"Design an environment around you that makes it impossible not to make the progress you want to make - the people we spend time with, the books we read, the podcasts we listen to, what we watch, the physical spaces we spend time in - all of these influences our journey in life. "In this episode of Decontextualized Podcast, Natalia Rachel is joined by Simon Alexander Ong, bestselling author of 'Energized: Make the Most of Every Moment', international keynote speaker and award-winning life coac...
“Remembering your intention when you are posting helps with your mental health, and keeps you from being too affected by what can happen on social media. ”In this episode of Decontextualized, Natalia Rachel is joined by Hanli Hoefer, media personality, influencer and content creator, and Ming Bridges, founder and CEO of Rentadella, influencer and content creator. Hanli and Ming share how they started their influencer journeys, the challenges and difficulties they face, how they overcame those...
“In order to be fully unmuted, you have to know when to press mute, and only speaking when you have something meaningful and impactful to say.”In this mini episode of Decontextualized Podcast, Heather Hansen (author of ‘Unmuted: How to show up, speak up, and inspire action.') shares her personal journey and experience with bias and discrimination in organizations, and its effects on how individuals show up in the world.About Natalia Rachel:Natalia Rachel shares her voice to begin to remedy th...
“Working on self, healing self, honouring self is the key to everything.”In this mini episode of Decontextualized Podcast, Shalini Verma (director of program management) shares her personal journey and experience with trauma, and how she overcame the challenges she faced.About Natalia Rachel:Natalia Rachel shares her voice to begin to remedy the world’s state of hustle, trauma, bias, disconnect, and disrespect. Her insights into the human condition and our profound need for healing, self-comp...
"At that moment when I had this situation, I was at my lowest, and I didn't realise it, until I was in it."In this mini episode of Decontextualized Podcast, Camilo Andrade (vice-president of brand marketing, Nike) shares his personal journey of dealing with a health crisis just as he was on the cusp of fatherhood, and how he overcame the challenges he faced.About Natalia Rachel:Natalia Rachel shares her voice to begin to remedy the world’s state of hustle, trauma, bias, disconnect, and disres...
“Trauma-work is how we heal. Each person who commits to their own trauma-work becomes more peaceful, empathetic and more compassionate.”In this episode of Decontextualized, Natalia Rachel gives her keynote speech prepared for TEDX PurdueU. She addresses concepts on trauma, where we are today as a humanity, and what we need to do in order to heal and become more peaceful, empathetic and compassionate humans. Her big idea is that as humanity continues to move through cycles of distress, disease...
“It’s important to do work your way, as there is no one right way to inhabit a particular identity or value.”In this episode of Decontextualized, Natalia Rachel is joined by Dr. Elisa Glick, founder of Elisa Glick Consulting, and strategic partner of New Chapter Coaching. Elisa shares her personal journey of coming out of the closet, and how emotional tolls affect the body. She also shares her viewpoints as a DEI person, on how the system has a huge impact on how we can experience the w...
“Remembering your intention when you are posting helps with your mental health, and keeps you from being too affected by what can happen on social media. ”In this episode of Decontextualized, Natalia Rachel is joined by Hanli Hoefer, media personality, influencer and content creator, and Ming Bridges, founder and CEO of Rentadella, influencer and content creator. Hanli and Ming share how they started their influencer journeys, the challenges and difficulties they face, how they overcame those...
“In order to be fully unmuted, you have to know when to press mute, and only speaking when you have something meaningful and impactful to say.”In this episode of Decontextualized, Natalia Rachel is joined by Heather Hansen, author of ‘Unmuted: How to show up, speak up, and inspire action.’ Heather shares ideas from her book and expands on the framework of ‘conscious, confident, and connected communication.’ She shares that in order to communicate well, in ways that promote peace and har...
“Working on self, healing self, honouring self is the key to everything.”In this episode of Decontextualized Podcast, Natalia Rachel is joined by Shalini Verma, director of program management, Google. Shalini shares how she brings her learnings from her children and her family into her work, which requires her to work on her self in order to be a better leader. She refers to research in the field, and speaks about how we see the world is viewed through the lens of our traumas and experiences....
“Trust that you are unique in this world, and honour your purpose by being yourself.”Welcome to the first episode of Decontextualized with Natalia Rachel. In this episode of Decontextualized Podcast, Natalia Rachel is joined by Camilo Andrade, vice-president of brand marketing, Nike. Camilo shares how his family shapes who he has become, his personal journey of dealing with a health crisis just as he was on the cusp of fatherhood, and talks about the importance of building trust and beli...