Hekaytee Podcast

A storytelling podcast with remarkable people in our region. The podcast features interviews with impactful individuals and most brilliant minds in every walk of life. Entrepreneurs, athletes, authors, pioneers of community development, health and wellness experts all designed to help bring us one step closer to our best self.

Hekaytee S3E18 - Caro Doss

Personal Stylist/Shopper | Content Creator | Former Marketer

01-21
01:04:12

Hekaytee S3E17 Rasha Kenawi - Senior Economist and Advisor to Governments turned Leadership Development Expert, Trainer and Corporate Culture Consultant.

Rasha Kenawi is a senior Economist and Advisor to Governments turned Leadership Development Expert, Trainer and Corporate Culture Consultant. She is one of the awarded Top 50 Most Influential Women during 2020. Rasha holds a Master’s degree for Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, a program for mid-careers that is known to prepare leaders among the world for a greater impact. She also earned an extra distinction of her achievement of the HKS certificate in Management, Leadership...

01-21
55:35

Hekaytee S3E16 - Sherine Arafa

Daughter of the famed movie director, Sherif Arafa, Sherine Arafa the YouTube starlet has taken over the internet by storm. Garnering a staggering rise in followers in just a short period of time, her videos have only gained support and positive reviews from the Egyptian public. Sherine Arafa would describe herself as a satirist with a hint of cheekiness. She puts a funny spin on her videos, combining both comedy and truth. Sherine Arafa’s topics range from Egyptian traditions, motherho...

01-04
01:09:10

Hekaytee S3E15 Mona El Kheshen - Founder of Egyptian Professionals Network 'EPN'

Mona is the founder of EPN Ltd (www.epners.com), a tech-driven community startup that connects & empowers success-driven Egyptian professionals worldwide. EPN has been recognized amongst the most impactful digital communities globally, taking part in Facebook's first Community Accelerator program in 2020, and has been featured on the recent YouGov & New York University report on 'the power of virtual communities. In 2020, Mona was amongst the first 100 community leaders to become a Fa...

12-02
56:09

Hekaytee S3E14 Menna Shoman - Mental Health and Hypnosis

Hypnotherapy -- or hypnosis -- is a type of nonstandard or "complementary and alternative medicine" treatment. It uses guided relaxation, intense concentration, and focused attention to achieve a heightened state of awareness that is sometimes called a trance. The person's attention is so focused while in this state that anything going on around the person is temporarily blocked out or ignored. In this naturally occurring state, a person may focus their attention -- with the help of a trained...

12-02
01:03:10

Ramy Rizkallah Director - GFF5 Bonus Episode

After completing a Degree in BA, Ramy pursued his passion for telling stories, Completing a Writing Course with the acclaimed writer Robert Mckee, Ramy began his career as a script writer for the award winning animated series WuzzWuzz and by the end of the first season he was producing the series as well. While completing his Academic Studies in Film Directing with the acclaimed Egyptian Director Sherif Arafa, Ramy was working as an Assistant Director in with the American Film Maker Brandon D...

10-29
42:48

Ahmed Amer (writer/director/producer) - GFF5 Bonus Episode

Ahmed Amer is an Egyptian writer/director/producer living between Cairo and New York. He recently released his first feature “Kiss Me Not” بلاش تبوسني that premiered at Arabian Nights at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) and toured the festival circuit including the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) and the Miami Film Festival.Amer has a strong background in film having worked as an assistant editor, writer and script consultant for both theatre and film.He co-wrote...

10-23
01:08:02

Hekaytee S3E13 Eman El Sherbiny

Iman was introduced to yoga 18 years ago and has been dedicated to Ashtanga yoga for 14 years. She is the first authorised Ashtanga teacher in Egypt from (kpjayi) she has been traveling to India since 2008 learning in The Ashtanga Yoga Institute of Mysore. She also managed Purple Valley yoga retreat in Goa where she worked with and assisted many of ashtanga Yoga's renowned certified teachers.

10-16
49:43

Hekaytee S3E12 Dr. Mohamed Farouk - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

While the true self is represented by our real feelings and desires, while the false self is a side of us that has changed its behaviour, repressed feelings and pushed needs aside in order to survive. Who Am I Really?! True self vs. false self.

10-08
57:03

Hekaytee S3E11 Dr. Maha Emadeldin - Consultant Psychiatrist

Dr. Maha Emadeldin the Professor of Psychiatry and the Head of Psychiatry Department, for the Faculty of Medicine, at Beni Suef University. Previously she worked as the Director of the Child and Adolescent Unit of the General Secretariat for Mental Health, Ministry of Health and Population from 2010-2013.

09-29
55:35

Hekaytee S3E10 Raneem El Welily - Squash Legend

Raneem Mohamed Yasser Saad El Din El Welily (Arabic: رنيم محمد ياسر سعد الدين الوليلي‎; born 1 January 1989, in Alexandria, Egypt) is a former professional squash player from Egypt. She has reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in September 2015. She is a three-time finalist at the World Open, in 2014, 2016, and 2019/2020. She became the World Champion in 2017, after defeating Nour El Sherbini in the finals. World No.1 Raneem El Welily announced her retirement from professional c...

09-23
39:50

Hekaytee S3E9 Omar Hegazy - Swimmer & Mountain Climber

Omar Hegazy: the first Egyptian to swim from Jordan to Egypt with an amputated leg. Egyptian swimmer Omar Hegazy, 30, became the first Egyptian to cross the 20 kilometers from Jordan’s al-Aqaba to Egypt’s Taba, challenging his own limits after having lost his leg in a tragic accident.Since this accident, Omar has been keen to continue all his favorite sports — swimming, diving and even mountain climbing — to “prove to the entire world that people can always choose to be greater th...

09-14
36:12

Hekaytee S3E8 Farida Ihab - Art therapist

Farida Ihab received an Art Therapy and Creativity Development master’s degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. She also graduated with a B.A in Psychology and Philosophy from York University in Toronto, Canada. Additionally, she obtained Yoga Teacher Training certificates at YogaWorks and Daya Yoga Studio, both in the US. In Cairo, She practiced as a Psychologist in a Mental Health and Rehabilitation Center Hospital and a psychiatric clinic. In Brooklyn, worked as an A...

09-07
44:13

Hekaytee S3E7 Lina Ezzat - Clinical Nutritionist

Learn to eat mindfully with our Clinical Nutritionist, Lina Ezzat. Lina is dedicated to supporting clients understand the importance of nutrition in their mental wellness journey. Connect with Lina today, and nurture a healthy relationship with your body and mindLina Ezzat. MC & Trainer. ‍ Presenter @elwasfa ‍♂️ Community Director @basecampegypt Clinical Nutritionist @ninepsychologycairo @o7therapy

08-26
01:00:21

Hekaytee S3E6 Prof. Dr. Ashraf Adel - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Clinical Assessment 26 Years Of Experience

As an Associate Professor in the Psychiatric Department, at Cairo University, Dr. Ashraf Adel earned a Master's Degree working with cancer patients at the Cancer Institute, and have completed a PhD in substance abuse. For more than twenty years, he has been teaching at Cairo University, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is also responsible for the training process of individual and group psychotherapy for psychiatrists and psychologists at the University. This is through le...

08-25
59:28

Hekaytee S3E5 Dr. Mohamed Farouk - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Kasr Al-Ainy, Cairo University.

Acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT, is a mindful approach to accepting the hardships in life to improve one's overall quality of living. It's a form of psychotherapy kindred to cognitive-behavioral therapy that helps people focus on the present and move forward from overwhelming, difficult emotions. While treatment time may vary from person to person, it can help diffuse the impact of negative emotions and reshape your thinking to treat depression, anxiety, and other similar mental dis...

08-11
01:00:45

Hekaytee S3E4 - Nirvana Zaher

Nirvana Zaher the founder of Beach Monkeyz (The Fitness Playground) in El Gouna, we can safely say that Nirvana Zaher brought fitness to the Red Sea, put El Gouna on the map as an international health and fitness destination and ushered in the trend of working out at the beach.Get Nirvana’s take on healthy living in her own words.

08-11
56:59

Hekaytee S3E3 - Sara Aziz Founder and CEO of Safe Egyp

MA in psychotherapy. Diploma in counselling survivors of sexual abuse. Founder and CEO of Safe Egypt since 2012 that empower kids, teens, parents and women against sexual abuse. Through implementing awareness workshops for parents, kids, teens, community leaders. Creating games, stories and songs to empower society against gender-based violence and sexual abuse.

08-05
50:24

Hekaytee S3E2 - Yousra Abul Naga

“Wonder Yousra”: An Inspirational Story You Haven’t Heard About. Yousra Kamel Abo El-Naga is a wonderful lady who got hit by a car causing her right hand and leg mobility impairment. She spent a couple of months visiting several doctors who all recommended immediate surgical procedures, but Yousra had lost her father only two months after her accident and consequently had a wrecked financial status. She was forced to give up on her operations and continued living in Cairo to finish her freshm...

07-30
01:10:43

Hekaytee S3E1 - Ashraf Bacheet (A holistic approach to Health & Wellness)

A holistic approach to Health & Wellness. A holistic approach means to provide support that looks at the whole person, not just their mental health needs. The support should also consider their physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing. Introducing Season Three with our partner O7 Therapy, CEO and Co Founder Ashraf Bacheet.

07-23
23:18

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