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Hi dear friends! In this calming and inspiring episode, we explore the power of listening, not just with our ears, but with our presence. Like an orchestra, true harmony in life comes when we tune in to one another. At work, listening builds clarity and trust. At home, it helps us connect with the rhythm of our partner’s and children’s emotions. And in silence, listening to the world around us restores inner calm. (Hear the violin!) You’ll learn: 🎻 How to use “the pause between notes” to listen more deeply at work. 🥁 How to hear the emotional rhythms of your loved ones at home. 🌳 A guided Listening Meditation to calm your mind and body. ✨ Plus—a quick 2–3 minute “Listening Reset” you can use anytime during your day.   Take a breath, tune in, and discover how listening can bring harmony to your work, your relationships, and your soul. With love and insight, Aja  Would you like to work with me. In Norwegian or English. Online or in Oslo, Norway. Booking and more info here: ajahumm.com aja@ajahumm.com Violin in background music: Aja Humm, Vår Beste Dag, Erik Bye     #ListeningSkills #MindfulListening #WorkplaceWellness #LeadershipGrowth #ConsciousParenting #HealthyRelationships #EmotionalIntelligence #MindfulnessAtWork #InnerHarmony #TuneInAndFindPeace #MeditationPodcast #PersonalGrowthJourney #CalmAndClarity #ResonanceAndFlow

FREE 17 min. clarity, grounding and "get your energy back" meditation recorded in the rain for ambient, relaxing feel.  Listen all the way to the end and you will hear me play Grace by the magnificent Rolf Løvland (thank you Rolf for editing my playing ❤️🎻) while you connect to your heart. Tune in to this beautiful, efficient and cleansing meditation and get your energy back in only a bit over 15 minutes. Pretty mindblowing how fast we actually can reset ourselves. Warning: Do not drive while listening to this soundtrack as you may fall asleep.  If you enjoyed this meditation, you are always welcome to book a private 1:1 coaching session with me online, phone or in my studio.  Read more here (in Norwegian and English):  https://ajahumm.com/ If you have a friend that could need a energy and clarity booster, please share this episode. Thank you! Your friend, Aja  FREE 15 min. call: https://calendly.com/ajahumm/samtale

Natasha Swerdloff is living in a beautiful house outside of Copenhagen and has a background as an NLP trainer, Psychotherapist, Copenhagen Business School, Systemic tests and more. She has run her own successful business for the last 23 years now.  In this podcast we cover; Where do great results come from?    How does the mind work?    It has to do with seeing for yourself that who you are in essence is not your thinking or your role or your beliefs about yourself.    Everything that you think is your identity is your thoughts. It’s not who you really are…   The more you are engaging yourself in thinking, it is almost like you are covering up who you really are…and then that does not come out…   Your true potential is lying in seeing your true nature.    Today I should be called “the pointer”…!    Your true nature IS effective, taking ownership, productive, joyful, compassionate with other people when I am not covering who I am with my thinking…   The secret of how to take ownership.    Finding your true self is also finding your personal power and what you are in the world to create.   What to do when you are in a job you don’t enjoy?   Thinking is good for 3 things:    They see their thinking has been covering the joy. Thinking is good to first discover how the mind works. Thought is great just for celebrating life. Planning trips, get things done etc.   Thinking is a beautiful tool, but often we misuse it and it gets dark…   Real-life story…Female Manager.     ..Experience life as it is with ought getting in your own way!   What happens when you are only present in the now?    Wisdom in Business is really our common sense and not all the time listen to our inner chatter, rather just letting it be.    Is it too good to be true?    It is heartwarming to see that people can live much fuller lives, much easier lives.    Side effects in personal life too…   Real life experience with a bank investor and what happens to him.  From being a bullying and being forced coaching (or getting fired) to seeing something totally new.   The rubber ball effect and the secret to the end of stress…   Natasha’s cool train metaphor!    How to become more efficient.   “I have a deadline today”…etc…    How to deal with Danish Business People (or any other nation) ;-)   We all want the same thing….every single person in the world wants the same thing.    Natasha’s book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Home-Uncovering-Foundations-Psychological/dp/153280783X Website: http://swerdloff.dk   My website: ajahumm.com Do you like to work with me? Send me a note on: ajahumm@me.com LinkedIn:Aja Humm

Have you ever feared losing your job/money/house/partner/kids? Then you are NOT alone.  Catherine Casey was interviewed by Podcast host Aja Humm.  For questions or if you would like to work with Aja, please email her at: aja@ajahumm.com ajahumm.com LinkedIn: Aja Humm  Catherine is currently implementing a Resiliency Program in Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, one of the largest public hospitals in the United States. Many of the environments that Catherine has worked with include: Fortune 500 Corporations, i.e.: Dow Chemical, BAE Defense Systems, Chlorox, Boston Scientific. Medical Centers, State and County Government, Adult and Juvenile Criminal Justice Systems (including San Quentin Prison), Educational Institutions( Elementary through College), Psychiatric Residential Facilities, Addiction Treatment Programs. Catherine’s passion and vision are to reignite the resiliency and wisdom in all persons in any environment. Catherine currently lives in San Jose, California. The Bag Lady effect: My worst fear: End up as a bag lady out on the street, under the bridge like a bag lady.  Now I just know I would end on my feet. We all have this capacity to land on our feet and be resilient. Imagine the weight you are carrying around with all this fear.  When my fear about my son vanished, it was such a different energy.  “I have to worry about my son” “I need to worry” That takes a lot of mental energy. Like a fish in the water. We don't see how much stress we are in/so much thinking.  Trust you have the presence, so you know what is important.     It's more realizing that you are not present.   Thought and feelings are connected.   Mental multitasking-your mind is somewhere else.   We are all caught up in our little worlds.   I would want me, brain sergeant, to be as present as possible.    It’s all about where your mind is. 100%   Coping takes a lot of mental energy. Rather “I just have too much going on in my mind right now…”   The source of my experience comes from the inside.    I was good at getting things done.    “This job is stressing me out” and then I would change my job.    It was where my mind was, not the job. The joke was on me. Like chasing my tail.    Sheryl Sandberg “Lean In” All the stuff you have in your head is holding you back.  You are sitting on limitless capacity, wisdom.    Fearless. You have the capacity to figure things out. You are OK with making mistakes.   Being fearless is going flat on your face and then brushing off the dust and getting up again.   I called in the Director of nursing in the Hospital after the head of the department had committed suicide.    “What do you want for your nurses?”   What happens to nurses that they get less resilient.    Fearless: confidence and certainty that you will bounce back!    Listen from a different place.    For yourself:   Notice in a conversation if you are in your own mind or listening to them. Does your mind    How often do you let somebody just speak with ought “doing” anything? Wait even with asking a new question. That gives you connection and impact. Had to come “out of Cathy”.  Don’t assume you understand. Ask “what do you mean ex. about anxiety”.    What happened to the businesswomen that were scared of ending up on the street..?    If you see that state of mind is running the show it will have a huge impact in your life.    Don’t worry about your state of mind as much as you APPRECIATE and have COMPASSION for yourself because that is humanity. The more we have compassion for ourselves is probably the most important thing. Then we can take care of anything outside of ourselves. That is probably the most important.  Just seeing that I am not present helps me get present.  Vil du jobbe med meg? Send en mail til: ajahumm@me.com  

I so much treasure this interview I had with "The Englishman in Boston" Robin Charbit in his hotel room in a beautiful resort in London where we had our Business training last year. I decided to publish the conversation one more time. Like art, we hear something new every time and I for sure do that in this interview. Robin shares key elements to keep our mental well-being even in times of resistance. We talk about: What is our built-in design for Success? What is innate? How does our mental system work? How to be brilliant (or knowing when we are not) It does not look the same in the morning… Balance/Intelligence We are all brilliant, but only when it “shows up” Why there is no “doing” involved, there is no technique in this understanding of the mind   The Peace Exercise: Think of a moment you were very peaceful Remember what qualities were available to you in that moment ( ex. Everything is possible, feeling of love etc) Did you make them (the good feelings) happen or did they just “show up”? Most people say “they just showed up”, so where did they come from? They must be innate=build in (in you).   The beating of your heart is innate (just happens) Small kids just learn Everything is in you, you have access. You get access when you know the way the system works.  How to get financial success You get insights/clarity that will show you the way to go  Insight= a moment of clear understanding or A-HA moments Our Design for Success when you need them A new way of thinking Example of a team that had to raise 100 billion in 7 weeks The biggest misunderstanding is that our feelings come from the outside ex. the stock market, a difficult client, your mother-in-law Your thinking is what causes your feelings. Different thoughts create a different experience To hear my voice right now in your head- that is just happening What happens? People start to react less to stress, "difficult" situations of people etc The more you become aware of the internal process the less you react to the outer world and the more brilliant moments you get When the team naturally relaxes they see 10x more solutions Same people, same target, different understanding, different results Unbelievable results How to “build” self-confidence (or not) What happens when you stop scaring yourself? Learning about how the mind works is like riding the bicycle  WD40 for the human mind How to have lifelong success Like learning to drive a car If you have a leader who learn this it has a ripple effect How a leader can operate with this understanding No power outside can hurt me I get curious if there is a problem Leaders get very conscious about what state they themselves are in   Leadership tips on how to get No. 1: Pay attention to the moments of peace Notice what you are capable of in those moments Notice those moments of peace and wisdom and realize that that's actually who you are Want to learn more about our leadership trainings, please contact me on  ajahumm.com aja@ajahumm.com    

We can all need a bit of extra care and attention to our bodies that carry us around all day and that constantly are exposed to inner and outer challenges and stressors. 🫀 With these 28 relaxing minutes you will be able to RESET your body and mind. You can also use this episode to fall asleep at night if you have troubles sleeping or resting your thoughts. 💭 😇 I recorded this from a session with one of my dear international clients. Everything I say is done 100% intuitively and spontaneous. No script what-so-ever. 🪴 If you are interested in my work and would like to book a consultation with me, you can send me an email on aja@ajahumm.com and we take it from there. ✨ ajahumm.com As always, with love and strength Aja   

Honestly...This simple yet powerful visualization has transformed my grounding throughout the day. No kidding. 💎 As you go along with the images, see what intuitively comes up for you.  For me, I could not find the center of the earth (you need to do it once to follow me here..), so I really had huge insights and transformation to myself when I discovered this. Somehow, I had left my "center" 40 years ago in my birth country Switzerland. Pretty strange, but now I understand why I somehow did not feel 100% at home in my current country, beautiful Norway... Luckily, this changed this year and so it is never too late to see something new and beneficial in life. This counts for you too my friend! 🙏🏻 Curious to learn more and have private sessions with me? Head me an email at: aja@ajahumm.com ajahumm.com PS. You can always during the day hook your grounding cord down to the center of the earth if you feel you are somehow a bit out of balance, needing extra security, or just wanna feel and be more grounded. Experiment and you will find your way! Have fun. 🙈🔜😍 Aja

We are so happy to announce a new episode of Suksesspillen-The Pill of Success covering: Critical People, Sensitive People: Can They Get Along in a business? How Do You Handle Criticism?  Receiving Critical Feedback with More Understanding.  This conversation is with Sandra Krot and, as always your host Aja Humm from AH Consulting Web: https://www.ajahumm.com Sandy and Insight Principles (see  more below): https://insightprinciples.com Highlights: Our reality is real. I forget that our reality is real all the time.  We live in separate realities. You cannot escape your thinking. It is going to look real på you. All culture is agreements about how life works. Critical people: We get so used to our thinking that we don’t notice the feeling we are in?  We human beings get used to our feelings and become tolerant of them. Habitual thinking that has become invisible to people. Once you understand how your mind works you get insights that will help you. I picked up really thick skin. Did not notice my own critical tone. Sensitive people also have to take a look inside and take responsibility for their own reactions.  You are not your label. You are not your mental habit. You cannot give critical feedback if you are not neutral. It takes insight to change even when we desire change. Willpower only gets you so far... Insight takes you the whole way! Look out for the shift in people. Not (only) the intellectual understanding. Synergy in a team. Best to make everybody learn about the principles of how the mind works...  Cannot always get that, so: As a leader, you can ask: Are you present, are you listening, you as the leader can just notice about what is happening in the room. Value the space and willingness to open up.  If you are not the leader you can ask: Can we take a time out? Can we listen better?  You don’t have to know and have long discussions about how your mind works.  Listening is helpful, build synergy, being present, doing one thing at a time. We all know when our mind works best.  You can actually open the door, you can walk out and have a break/some air. We all get lost from time to time. When we stop learning, that is the problem. Lots of material available to learn about the mind. Recommend tapping into that. But the real learning will be your life. Pay attention to our successes. Pay attention to when we DO see what is going on. Sidney Banks: “You wanna see what is instead of what isn’t” You wanna notice your successes.  For practitioners: https://insightprinciplesinstitute.com For Businesses: https://insightprinciples.com Other resources and books: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1020951/3_principles_resources_library/items/collectionKey/7XAP55B3 Please contact me if you have any questions about how the understanding of the mind could elevate your business.  aja@ajahumm.com Best, Aja      https://www.ajahumm.com

Fordi du abonnerer på min podcast, får du denne meditasjons lydfilen helt gratis i gave fra for å fylle deg med GODHET og KJÆRLIGHET og samtidig sette dine intensjoner for dette året.✨🩷✨ Studier viser at vi har 30% større gjennomføringskraft når vi kobler på alle deler av hjernen for å sette mål enten det er personlige mål eller businessmål. Vi har lettere for å se klart og lettere for å faktisk sette de målene som er bra for oss.  Hvordan skal jeg gjøre dette? Enkelt. Koble på hodetelefonene dine, sett deg behagelig i en stol eller ligg ned. Fungerer aller best uten distraksjoner i nærheten. Gi deg selv 20-25 min alenetid om mulig. Ikke kjør bil mens du hører på denne.  Tildligere tilbakemeldinger på lydfilen:  "Fantastisk lydfil. Tusen takk!" "Du er superflink til å formidle, jeg digger stilen din"  "Anbefaler Aja på det varmeste! Rolig, generøs, varm, lyttende og oppriktig interessert i de hun samarbeider med. Svært godt faglig oppdatert. Topp!"   Har du spørsmål om tjenester eller hva vi hjelper privat personer og bedrifter med, så send gjerne en mail til aja@ajahumm.com eller se mere på www.ajahumm.com  “The subconscious mind controls 95 percent of how our circumstances manifest and our beliefs shape our lives. The power of the subconscious is about a million times greater than our conscious mind.” -Bruce Lipton, PhD

In this episode of "The pill of Success" with host Aja Humm, you get to know why losing your job could be the best thing that ever happened to you. Also, find out what can happen to your performance at work when the mind gets more still. Enjoy listening and please rate the podcast on Itunes, that is really helpful. :-)  My website: ajahumm.com  Contact: ajahumm@me.com Phil Hughes writer of:  “It is all in your Mind, you know” on Amazon Wanted to improve his Golf skills, so read: “Stillpower” Excellence and Ease in Sports & Life by Garret Kramer Had to do a presentation at work. Decided to just go for it and just see what happened. So it went amazing! Why? How could it have gone that well?  He found out that nothing you can experience is beyond thought. Everything comes through thought.  What in my life have I experienced that has not included thinking?  Yeah. The catch is you can’t think about it. ;-) If your thinking is not included, how is your experience being formed/included?  DVD player metaphor Life force-DVD player that plays the DVD A screen where all the action takes place-consciousness Thinking/thoughts color the pixels is the action  How do you see this work in business?  When I see what truths thoughts can form I more question the day to day “beliefs” I have at work and as my mind has gotten more and more quieter, I just don’t see as many problems as I used to before anymore.   Put your reality under the microscope and challenge the truth of it. If this really isn’t thought created, where is this coming from? What is the basis for it?    There is only one time you can be in and that is now, there is only one place you can be in and that is here. You are always projecting stuff.  If we all could predict the future, we would be winning the euro lottery every week and I notice we are not.  The truth is, we have no idea about how things are gonna turn out.  You losing your job could be the best thing that has ever happened to you, you just have no way of knowing.   We waste so much energy worrying about the past, worrying about the future.  How can you do more easy on your presentations?  When you have perfected your presentation, how many people is it perfect too? Only ONE. That is yourself.  Who is really to say what is good or bad?  20 years ago I hated sushi, now I love it. Sushi hasn’t changed!  If you meet aggression with aggression it just fuels the aggression.  You are not what you “think”. You are not the content of your thinking.  You are the screen on what the action plays on.  The sun is always there even though you convince yourself otherwise. :-) Hope you enjoyed this episode. You can also get in touch with Phil by clicking here.  With love, Aja

Velkommen til andre episode av Suksesspillen der vi snakker om selve det mentale grunnlaget bak all suksess.    Vi fortsetter og gå enda mere ned i å avsløre hva som ligger bak stress og hva det er som gjør at mange sier at tennis er en lettere sport enn golf…   Er du nysgjerrig på hva jeg kan tilby deg og din bedrift?  Ta en titt på min webside: https://www.ajahumm.com Lær mere om Anders her:  http://www.lifevision.se   I denne podden snakker Anders Haglund om:    Kan du forklare hva det er som gjør oss redde og stressede?   Hvorfor føles det at vi “ikke kan leve uten de skoene”?    Hvordan du kan spare penger.    Samme på jobb.   Stress kan aldri komme fra to-do listen eller de menneskene du omgås, men det kan se ut slik!    Mye å gjøre-stresset eller stimulert?   Hvorfor partneren kommer hjem og blir irritert, mens andre ganger blir man omtenksom og kjærlig.   Det er noe annet som har hendt på innsiden av deg.   Fruen var irritert .   Plutselig et øyeblikk så jeg at min irritasjon var berrettiget men ikke hennes. Begynte å le.    En 2 barnspappa klikker i butikken.   Vente litt med å kaste stener i glasshuset.   Sitter alle i samme menneskelige båt, du kommer aldri bort fra å falle i illusjonen, for illusjonen er så virkelig, men kan få en annen oppfatning av illusjonen. Liten innsikten midt i situasjonen.    Satser ikke huset og livet på at du har rett.   Tar bort momsen. Tar brodden av det. Kan ha noe med meg å gjøre.   En person som er med hver gang.    Vorspiel, party og kjøttmarkedet.    Hvorfor verdens beste plass er ikke en plass.    Hva skjer når ungen heller ut et helt glass med melk?   Enda er det så vanskelig å se at dette skaper jeg fra innsiden og ut.    Hotte tips om hvordan unngå å bli utbrent.    2 alternativ, som begge leder til skillsmisse!   Vi har gått glipp av AT vi tenker.   Kjenne meg varm når partneren har det vanskelig.   Ingen sier slemme ting når de har det bra.   Fikse meg (følelsene) eller forlat meg.    Trafikkfarlig…   Endring-når man kan le av samme sak man før trodde var dødsalvorlig.   Vi ser situasjoner klart når vi blir mentalt klare.    Trenger ikke være perfekt, men innse du er et menneske i dette her.   Hvordan nye, friske tanker kommer inn.   De beste ideene kommer når vi prøver minst å få de.    Hverdagssituasjon. Pokemon og jobbtelefon.   “Jeg hater deg”!    Hva gjør vi når unger sier slik?    Trenger ikke føle kjernevåpentankene.    Han har havnet i en tankestorm-en tilfeldige fantasi.   Hans egentlig spørsmål er egentlig noe helt annet.    Den egentlige spørsmålet: “Elsker du meg virkelig.”   “Jeg elsker deg”.    Finner du ikke veien???   Hvordan komme inn i et kvinnes hode?    Handler ikke om at du svingte feil.    3 uker med bra sex.    Kanskje jeg ikke er så perfekt. Kan jeg være meg selv da?   Er det ok at jeg viser mitt crazy også?   Elsker du hele meg også etter “intervjuet” etter 3 uker?   Det eneste problemet vi mennesker har er at det kun er midlertidige usikre tanker og ikke egentlige problem.    Det er bare tilfeldig crazy og jeg er ikke sånn.   Gamle tiders lederskap og militærleir.    Nytt: La oss skape trygghet på arbeidsplassen og se hvor det tar oss.   Den virkelige deg er den trygge deg. Da er også den crazy deg ok å forholde seg til.    Myteknuser. Fra fulle folk og barn har man sannheten. Eller?   Når vi har de usikre, negative tankene om hvem vi er, får vi dårlig selvfølelse istedenfor å forstå at fabrikks innstillingen vår er den trygge og fornøyde jeg.   Normalt er sjeldent naturlig.   Alt kaos i verden er bare et resultat av kaotiske tanker   Håpefullt: Vi kan alltid starte på nytt.    Refresh er det som skjer automatisk. Plutselig har du skiftet.    Et ego jag. Kun du er i veien for å være i balanse.    Hele du VIL tilbake i balanse.    Hvorfor det er enklere enn vi tror.    Hvordan merker du at et møte blir uproduktivt.   Hvordan finne din naturlige refresh-ta en pause.    Hemmeligheten bak hvordan vi kan oppnå refresh og high performance i sport.    Du dras alltid tilbake til sentrum helt naturlig.    Akkurat som gravitasjonen tar oss nedover mot jorden, drar også den menneskelige naturen oss tilbake i balanse.   

Suksess uten å brenne deg ut? Denne 38 minutters podcasten, som er den aller første episoden av The Pill of Success er sprekkfull av tips du kan ta i bruk med en gang Anders Haglund er en av de smarteste menneskene jeg vet om og han formidler sitt budskap med humor og historier slik at læring blir gøy, spennende og ekte.  Perfekt for deg som leder og for deg som ønsker å prestere på ditt beste, samt for deg som ønsker å forstå hvordan vi mennesker faktisk fungerer på innsiden. Her kan du lese mere om Anders http://www.lifevision.se Her kan du få mere info om booking av seminarer, coaching og foredrag for bedrifter og private i Norge aja@tuneinlabs.com Dette vil du høre mere om: Hvordan løse store problemer Hvorfor vente, når vi kan le nå? Hvordan vite at vi er klar (mellom ørene)? Tankevirus Finnes det noe bra med stress? Ingen kan være stresset når du legger hjerte og sjel i det du gjør. Hvordan? Tips mot stress og burn-out 5-7 "store" gjøremål pr. dag Batmobile og definisjon på fantasi ift stress Hemmeligheten bak stress Stress, som ild i baken Menneskelig latskap, eller ikke? Hva gjør man med umotiverte medarbeidere? Hvorfor kommer ikke det gode frem? Prestasjonsangst Hva har nervøsitet med din prestasjon å gjøre? Hvordan få god selvtillit/selvfølelse? Selvfølelsen finnes ALLTID lengst inne i alle mennesker Vi kan ikke bygge selvtillit Hvordan bli en god taper? Vrikket foten? Vi fungerer slikt mentalt også! Brutalt voldtatt Lege mentale og fysiske sår Ikke farlig å ha det dårlig Når du ikke rekker å tenke, så redder du liv Hør også del #2 av Anders sitt intervju her.  God fornøyelse og sett gjerne stjerner og kommentar på podden, blir kjempeglad for det! 👍🏼😃 Se mere på ajahumm.com

📲Tune in to this awesome short episode from Aja Humm and download a powerful free 10 min meditation to "Call back your energy" after a day at work or after a busy week. 👉🏽👉🏽If you like to go right to the visualization, head to 4.25 min Regain your energy from endless Teams/Zoom calls or other matters and as a shift from your work-day🤹🏽‍♀️ to your private-time. 🧘🏻‍♀️🤸🏽‍♂️🌯 Many of us right now are more bound to hour home spheres and therefore we don't get the visual "shift" from office/workspace to the home environment. So... This short visualization will help your body and mind to center and regain balance in a healthy way (without the booze or other stimulants) AND create a shift. ⚖️ Do this on a chair with headphones on. To get the most out of the 10 min, be sure to listen to the previous "Grounding meditation" episode first. ✅ Please share to a friend that could need some support and rate on Podcaster. Thank you🧚🏻‍♂️ Curious for a private session with me? Email aja@ajahumm.com ajahumm.com With love and good vibes, Aja Humm    

This week, the whole world is honoring one of the most sought-after film composers Ennio Morricone. 2 weeks ago, I played one of his most popular songs; Gabriel's Oboe in a church in Norway. I recorded our quick practice session with my iPhone just to have for myself but decided to share it with you and the world too. 🎻 No professional recording what-so-ever, just an everyday practice before performing somewhere in a church or event. Hope you enjoy it. 😇🥰 Don't hesitate of course if you also want me to come to play for your gathering, event, or party. 🎶🤎🎶 ajahumm.com

I, Aja Humm your host of "The Pill of Success podcast" am delighted to share this conversation with the world today.🌍 Be sure to bring a tissue.🥰 Thanks to everyone that have made this connection and friendship possible.  Sharon, Marianna, Frans and more... Christine once said that "We are all in this together. We are just one big family in a Global Village". That really touched me to tears.  I so much love that. So now dear Village, enjoy listening and hopefully, you also will get new insight and inspiration to pass-it-on. Whatever good you choose to pass on! 😃👊🏻✅ In this heartfelt ❤️ and deep episode, Christine Vulimu shares her strong, heroic story and her mission in life that is to get the world to: Help one woman. One girl and one woman at the time can change a whole community. Never hurt another woman.  Empowering communities through the education of girls, so they can change the culture of child marriage and FGM from the inside. Helping women in their daily struggles to meet ends and end domestic violence.  From the podcast: How she came through education. I knew in my heart I wanted to be a teacher.  Marriage was not the safe haven I had foreseen... I have to take care of my children with my twins that are one healthy and one mentally challenged.  Something took me to the general hospital that was a free family planning clinique. (Not free anymore!) Just sitting on the bench outside the hospital. I see my former principle from my high school.  What are you doing? I want to be a teacher.  In two weeks you go check if your name is there...and it was!! I had to leave my children behind for 2 years. Almost 700 km away and told the father “I am going to school”. No discussion.  I made myself busy so I wouldn't hear the screams by missing my children on my inside because if I did I would not be able to focus and succeed. My first job was in the slum.  The story about the boy that had a crushed thumb.  The day I finished my probation I left.  I got a job in a private school and worked there for 25y. Every year I was meeting different children. Every single year I would write a personal note to every child so that in my mind I am understanding all the individuals sitting behind the desk.  We would be able to bond. And the parents bought in because of the personal note.  I would visit every single home and from there I would know if there is a special need for them.  To all the children: I am interested in you as a person. No bullying Don’t talk anybody down When you get to this school we are equal Nobody is above another person You are sitting where you are sitting because you begin with the letter A. We are positioning you alphabetically, not by your performance.  Then I looked for what to award for the children so that everybody has something great for them.   Every year we would pick a gift for one student. The note: You will surprise yourself. “Teacher, see I have surprised myself” Every year I randomly pick a girl to help. Otherwise she will be married away.  The story about the girl Dockas.    Final wisdom: I get to be OK with what is. Curious about working with me or other questions? Please send a note to aja@tuneinlabs.com www.tuneinlabs.com Insta: Instagram Aja Humm TuneInLabs From an article about Christine and a talk she gave in The Daily Nation in Kenya:  "I believe it’s time we flushed out our emotional baggage and built healthy families so that we’ll be able to face the world and fulfill our destinies. Usually, whenever a guest speaker stands up to share, we assume they’ll read out a typed speech so bias creeps in, then selective attention, and possibly a catnap, but this one was different. It was one of those talks, not speeches, that touch the core and provoke you to go out and make a difference. Mrs. Christine Vulimu, a teacher for more than 27 years, shared on “emotional energy”. What struck me about Christine was her frankness. She hid nothing about herself and bared it all for us to understand how emotional backlog affects parenting. “I have taught sexually and physically abused children, some whose thumbs were crushed because some coins went missing from home,” Christine said. “One time, I had a boy in my class whose uniform was always dirty, and when I enquired, he said his mum left with a man together with his little sister, and they abandoned him because he was ‘too big’. There had been no water at home for seven months because it had been disconnected.”

Does cancer and the corona pandemic have anything in common? No. Not really. But there is one common denominator and that is our mind our psyche. How we think about a crisis. How we feel. 🌿 Learn from Lars M. Fogtmann's personal story of how to deal with the psychological stress around cancer in this episode of Suksesspillen. ☀️ What really happened to the 47-year-old Danish leadership coach and trainer Lars Myndal Fogtmann 3 years ago?  Host Aja Humm in conversation with Lars Myndal Fogtmann.  Learn more about Aja here: Norwegian site https://tuneinlabs.com  English: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajahumm-businessconsultant/ Lars: https://myndalfogtmann.dk/om-os/ Lars is the father of 5 kids that he has together with his beautiful wife and business partner Dorthe.  Lars and his wife came over a new understanding of how the mind works for us about 7 years ago and that helped them tremendously when Lars was diagnosed with cancer.  It started with a lump in my neck.  Lars shares his story. How he communicated with his wife and 5 children. He shares openly what thoughts went through his head in the initial days and also in the process of healing.  Listen to what happened to Lars on the way home from the hospital. What went through his head.  He could see: The cancer was physical in his body The thinking was psycologically in his mind He did not have to mix those two anymore, so his mind cleared up.    “It was only my “thinking” about cancer” that caused my troubled feelings.    The kids could see that the parents were calm about cancer and they also stayed calm and confident. We were very honest with the kidds about the process and what was going on.    We were not emotionally charged about it, so the kids were not either.    If we are in a good state of mind when we talk about things, then everything is easier.   Also with the corona crisis.    Friends and family said, “just think positive”. But then I had to create an illusion that was not mine. For me, it was much easier to just sit down and just see the floating thoughts, the thoughts that goes through me.  “Oh, there was a new thought, and there is one other new thought”.    A thought is there a split second, and there is another new thought and a new thought and a new thought….   Help for overcoming overwhelm:  Just see it for what it is, a thought in the moment.    For example, I may think: “I may be dying”…that is not happening now, that is something that is going on in the future that I really don’t know.   Every worries or fear I have for the future is not real, it is not happening now.    …the only thing that connects the past to right now is my thinking in the moment….    …don't believe your thoughts…   …if I have to control my thoughts it is a lot of hard work…   …it’s easier just to lean back and see that it “just” is thinking going on right now, nothing more…   …there is so much more ease and lightness if you see it is thinking, you can react to it, but you don’t have to…   …when you are under stress, you only see part of the puzzle, you just see one piece…   What do I have to do to find calm again?   You don’t have to do anything. Because we come from calm, ease.    Go for a walk in the forest, have a coffe, take a shower.   It’s not a “doing” thing, it’s a being thing.   We are not human “doings” we are human “beings”.    It’s so much easier to just be in what is!   For me, with cancer, my body could use its energy to heal, not to fix my worried thinking.    We coud see what was right for us in the family.    It was for us the same to talk about cancer than it was to talk about coffee with my wife and that really helped me a lot.    My wife knows that life has our backs always and will have a way for us.    Lars’ last tips to you and your life:   Go live your lives and be present. Take a pause sometimes and go for a walk and see what floats in you.   

Podcasthost Aja Humm fra tuneinlabs.com i innsiktsfull samtale med en av norges største og råeste nålevende billedkunstnere; Roar Kjærnstad.  Følg Roar på kjernstad.com og insta: @kjern_art Følg Aja på insta: @ajahumm_tuneinlabs Lyst til å lære mere om hva TuneInLabs tilbyr, kontakt Aja på 41023153 eller aja@tuneinlabs.com  Denne samtalen fikk meg, Aja til å reflektere på så mye forskjellig fra mitt eget liv og min egen prosess og historie. Hvordan var uttrykket mitt i 20-årene i forhold til i dag? HVordan er det jeg skaper ut ifra et "blankt ark" og det positive med å ha noen faste rammer for å nettopp kunne lage noe stort var ting som sitter igjen i meg. God lytting!  Innhold: Perler på en snor! Den kreative prosessen Brikkene skal bygges litt underveis Begynner med blanke ark Begynner fra en grunn-idé og så dikter man videre Først idé, så kommer historien etterhvert Brikkene skal også bygges litt underveis Hvorfor har jeg valgt det på “den” måten? Liker å bryte opp historien. Valg Utfordre flaten Todimensjonal Har en fast ramme som jeg opererer på Det er en hjelp. Du disponerer flaten du har valgt Formatet du har må du disponere  Du har en lekegrind du har til rådighet Vi må ikke tenke på begrensningen som en selvfølge Når man har passion for en ting fører det ofte med seg noe annet Alle ting er avhengig av hverandre Det å skape kommer av seg selv, men det har veldig mye motstand i seg også En idé er bare et springbrett til noe Drømmen om å bli kunstner må du ha kontaktmed deg selv Du må leve MED det å være kunstner Ungdomsopprør Jeg visste ikke som 15 åring at jeg skulle bli billedkunstner, men bakerst i hodet ville jeg Kom etterhvert ut av “kunstnerskapet” Jobbet på Munch museet, følte jeg kom hjem Kunst handler om metafysikk-det er noe som ER, men ikke kan ta på. En motstand som ligger der og ta tak i den og ta den til deg. Den kraften du skal hente må du hente fra et sted. Den ligger ute der, den ligger i rommet  Hvor får du ideer fra? Det metafysiske er kraften som er rundt meg og få den inn Kraften er alltid med meg. Jeg bare vet at den er der  Det er opp til meg hvordan jeg henter den inn Naturens ytre skjønnhet tror jeg ikke så mye på. Den må brukes til noe. For meg er det helt uinteressant for det er det og sånn ser det ut. Hvis det gir en kraft, så er den der  Er en figurativ maler og har fragmenter fra naturen Det er alltid et håp om å nå det uoppnåelige Vet ikke helt hvordan formen på målet ser ut For 20 år siden var målet å strebe etter noe som man kunne måle. Mere et bilde uten innhold Viktigheten av film Helse er alfa omega Hvordan greier du å trene så jevnt? Hvem maler du for? Kos er sjelden Stemningen rundt når jeg tegnet som barn kunne være kos En stemme som ikke kom frem Gjorde det ikke for anerkjennelse Kunsten var som en prestasjon for meg inn i 20-årene. Prestasjon for meg selv  Trine Formoe (Folmoe?) betydde mye for meg Traff mange flotte mennsker. Selvportrettene var de som kom meg nærmest som kunstner. Se på Rembrandt sine selvportretter og tradisjonen i å male seg selv i forskjellige uttrykk.  De menneskelige sidene kommer veldig frem hos ham.  Det er der du vil komme som kunstner, dypt inn i noe.  Se hver enkelts kvalitet og målsetninger uavhengig av egenskepene til de andre i rommet. 

Host Aja Humm i ajahumm.com er så heldig å presentere Labib Malik på Suksesspillen. Labib ble kjent over natten på Norske Talenter 2017 der han sjokkerte alle med sine fantastiske, magiske evner. Se også hysterisk klipp fra God Morgen Norge !  Labib er nå aktuell med eget show på The Thief, "The Heist"-Tyveriet. Billettene ble revet vekk på få timer. Labib ruler og har tatt Norge med storm.  Du vil garantert bli inspirert av dette  åpne, ærlige og innsiktsfulle intervjuet og forhåpentligvis se verden på en litt annen (og bedre!) måte etter disse 44 minuttene sammen: Vi snakker om... Han har gått dundrende konkurs 3-4 ganger  Nådde drømmene sine og tenkte; jøss var det alt? Automatisk ble det en tomhet Siste 2 år har han endret tankegangen sin, nytt mindset ift mål Vet han når målet, men på en annerledes og bedre måte Veien til målet er nå viktigere Mere i nuen enn bare noen år tilbake Må være i nuet, må være tilstede i meg selv, for å nå alle menneskene i salen Politikere er flink til å gi (falske)illusjoner  Jeg er iallefall ærlig med at det er en illusjon Hva kan krydre hverdagen? Prøv noe nytt!  Helt vanlig dag. Gjør noe ut av den dagen! Da kommer du ut av en sirkel, et mønster.  Skrape opp en CD. Som om CD'en er mine gamle mønster. Jeg gjør det ofte med meg selv.  Memento Mori: Husk at du skal dø En form for nedtelling  Samler på kortstokker Åpner ny kortstokk på nyttårsaften Tør å ta sjanser, har noe å leve opp til Mindre redd for hva andre tenker om meg nå, men veldig åpen for tilbakemeldinger Jeg forbedrer meg og det jeg gjør hele tiden Har de beste triksene nederst på lista mi og så bygger jeg nye triks oppå og inspirert av dem.  Intuisjon Hadde vi ikke hatt teknologi hadde vi vært ute og jaktet Sylnummer, basert på frykt og intuisjon. Ingen vet egentlig hvor sylen er.  Fiskekroknummer på Alex sushi (hjelp!!!) For å trene opp intuisjonen må du gjøre disruptive ting i hverdagen.#hverdagsmagi Historien bak hvordan showet på The Thief ble til.  Tror du på Gud?  Hva er Gud?  Jeg er født muslim, men jeg tror på alt, jeg tror på alle Alle har sin måte å tilnærme seg Gud på.  Disruptive i New York Jeg var veldig redd for å slutte i fast stilling, men tryggheten er en illusjon den også Deres jobb er like usikker som min Vi har ingen trygghet Valgte å ikke gå til NAV "Falsk" trygghet Hvilket råd gir du Labib 19 år gammel? .... Hvis du ikke har passion, så spiller det ingen rolle Du må være obsessed av en idé for å kunne skape noe Iverksetter energi Kunne skape elektriske støt på kommando Livet vi lever er en drøm Kjenneteg for drøm, vi er i livet og er på vei til… Har mulighet til å manipulere den verden jeg lever i Korttriks som skapte nye og bedre drømmer Dype innsikter  Kjent med Labib som menneske  Labib om kjendislivet Vil bli kjent for noe jeg brenner for Hva er det du brenner for å gi: Å vise at det finnes en verden der det umulige kan skjer og blir virkelighet Alt jeg skal gjøre handler om å bygge meg videre og la noe være igjen for andre Jeg ønsker å bli husket på en god måte ----------------- Ønsker du å lære mere om hva Aja Humm kan gjøre for deg?  Ta gjerne kontakt på aja@ajahumm.com for en hyggelig "prat" Eller se ajahumm.com    

From the Kindle#1 Bestseller; Women and Confidence In this podcast, we dig into the stories many women have used against themselves and that has held them back from living their life with inner freedom.  Bastianutti and Ford began to question: why are women still suffering from a lack of confidence? Why are they still playing small? What if, all of us--including the self-help industry--have been looking in the wrong direction about how our experience of insecurity, confidence, or any other feeling state, gets created in the first place. And the bigger question: What causes true and lasting transformation? Their book, Women and Confidence, The Truth About the Lies We Tell Ourselves, is their answer to all of these questions. Indeed, it makes a bold and revolutionary claim--a complete 180 in fact--that confidence is not something we have to achieve, create, or exercise like a muscle, the popular advice espoused by the self-help pundits, but is actually, an innate quality every single one of us possess and not just a few lucky ones. www.lindafordcoaching.com www.lanabcoaching.com www.ajahumm.com Learn more about their book here: www.womenandconfidence.com In this podcast: Reflections about looks, “Am I looking good enough”?  About looks: Thoughts on aging, how to cope with getting older? The looks are changing, but there is something behind the scene is NOT changing.  About the labels, we put on ourselves “I am fat/thin/smart/stupid etc…” Imagine an island where cellulite is awesome…it’s just in our thinking. Confidence is innate, it is built into us. We are not the “made up” identity we THINK we are.     The confident woman just DOES things without all the complicated thinking. Steps to help you feel more appreciated. Ask for feedback, but don’t mistake it for your value.  How to get perspective on when you are not being recognized.  Be aware of the rules we make up for ourselves. We make up what people think of us.  A lot of women are struggling with the “good girl syndrome” and also with the "angry woman syndrome". Taking the temperature of the room.  Stop worrying about what everybody else is thinking of you.  The imposter syndrome, it’s just a lot of thinking taking us away from who we really are.  We live from the inside and not the other way around. In the end, a small reminder and tip for you to take into your life!  ENJOY!  Please don't hesitate to contact me if you are curious to know more. With love, Aja aja@ajahumm.com

*Danish neighbor consultant, coach and trusted advisor Mads Quist shares in this episode of Suksesspillen his insights into the secrets on how the human mind really works in sales.* This episode focuses on the hidden advantages of how to improve your sales.  He shares tips to sales leadership, describing how to have a good conversation with your employees to get on track, he shares the drivers behind the scene of high performance in business.   More about Mads: http://madsqwist.dk More about Aja: https://www.ajahumm.com From the episode today: The only thing between me and high performance is how I engage with my thinking in the moment. Our human mind is always gravitating towards clarity. Sometimes we forget to worry! When worry passes it passes. When I know how my mind works, I know from where to do my creative thinking, my priorities, my decision making. From a contracted consciousness you don’t see much of the world other than your problems. Take a step back and your consciousness expands and you see the world in the bigger picture again. Salespeople in distress notice their decision making... A person with a contracted mind makes bad decisions. The system is designed in our favor  As a leader, my most important task is to    Notice their thinking Step away from their thinking Let  clarity arise of it’s on   How you can help the person out of their negative thinking as a leader?  How can you help the person let go of their limiting thinking?  Pointing out fresh thinking and support them.   As a leader ask yourself: 1. Do I add troubled thinking to my salespeople? 2. Do I help them get out of bad thinking?   No matter what job you have, you will always perform to the best of your abilities from a clear mind.    "We just get in our own way in all areas of life!"   The last two decades it has been all about   Globalization Digitalization Optimization   This has been the core key-differentiator in business.   The companies that have had most success over the last 20 years are companies that have lived after (yes, you got it..):   Globalization Digitalization Optimization   Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Banks that have gone digital...   At the same time people are more stressed and have never been more unhappy with life even though we never had more opportunities for a great life and that ALL originates in the mind.    There is NO question that for the next decade or two the key differentiator in any business will be the ability to understand and utilize the human mind.     Stress is something we do to ourselves in a misconception of how the mind works.    The connection that we do with people comes from our human mind, not our intellect.    When people and businesses start understanding the human mind they will start to see possibilities, sustainability, community, teamwork, the common good, responsibility, humility, vulnerability, all these traits. I strongly believe that that is gonna build the next level of the future.    And the sooner people invest in understanding and utilizing the mind, it is gonna be a competitive advantage, and also for the common good and the sustainable process.