The MyKidsy Podcast

Sue De Caro is a heart-centered coach, educator, motivational speaker, and International Bestselling Author, working with individuals, corporations and families around the globe to navigate life’s daily challenges.  https://www.suedecaro.com/ While integrating education, consciousness, and coaching, Sue helps individuals to feel empowered, grow and thrive. Her passion is to help people deeply connect to themselves, to their children, and of course, to the world around them, creating a brighter future.Sue also serves as a member of the Wellness Council for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, focused on researching and identifying best practices related to improving student health. She served as a Guest Parent Specialist/Coach for Mindvalley University Training and an esteemed member on the 24 hour virtual help desk support team for Mindvalley.com month-long summer event in Pula, Croatia, 2019. Sue has had writings featured in various online publications and magazines. She has presented at events featuring Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Neale Donald Walsch, Marianne Williamson, Anita Moorjani, and John O’Sullivan. Sue has been an invited guest on radio shows and podcasts and has also appeared on Television, on The Dr. Nandi Show as well as a number of appearances on FOX 29, Good Day Philadelphia.

Dr. Christopher Willard (PsyD) is a psychologist and educational consultant based in Boston specialising in mindfulness.  He has been practicing meditation for 20 years, and has led hundreds of workshops around the world, with invitations to more than two dozen countries. He currently serves on the board of directors at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, and is the president of the Mindfulness in Education Network. He has presented at TEDx conferences and his thoughts have appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, mindful.org, and elsewhere. He is the author of Child’s Mind (2010) Growing Up Mindful (2016) Raising Resilience (2017) and eight other books for parents, professionals and children, along with six sets of cards and therapeutic games, available in more than ten languages. He teaches at Harvard Medical School. http://drchristopherwillard.com/

Alexa Poortier is the founder of itmustbeNOW.com, a legacy project in alliance with inspiring figures and companies from the travel and education industry. They are an online platform providing discussion, research, innovations, tools and inspiration on how to travel and learn with a conscience. They seek to inform and inspire people in making smarter choices on what to do, where to go and who to support.Their mission is to boldly advance sustainability, social responsibility and principled business practice with accountability and transparency.Tune in to hear all about what you can do to reduce your carbon footprint when engaging in tourism.

Arnaud Saint Paul, conscious technologist, philanthropist, author, and visionary has been inspiring businesses and individuals around the world since decades  by helping them reach their highest potential. He has been awarded for his many outstanding achievements in innovations, technology and methodology. His latest accomplishments are HealThruWords which has inspired more than 50M people with its inspirational positive messages and GIVE Nation, a gamified wallet aiming to unite 1.6B children, helping them become philanthropists and practice sustainable financial literacy.Tune in to hear all about why financial literacy allows children to take charge of their future and how Give Nation allows them to create a positive impact with money, by not only spending and saving, but by giving. 

Javier Goyeneche is the founder of Ecoalf, a sustainable fashion brand that uses recycled products. They currently recycle plastic bottles, fishing nets, coffee remnants, used cotton and wool, old tires to create polymers, thread and fabric for their clothes. He is also the creator of the Ecoalf Foundation, which through the Upcycling the Oceans initiative, seeks to remove the trash from the Mediterranean with the help of fishermen on the Levante coast. The materials collected will be turned into pellets, thread, fabric and products. In 2017 they rescued over 250 tons from the seabed, operating in 70 ports and over 3000 fishermen.Tune in to hear all about how Ecoalf is spearheading it's sustainable revolution in fashion and the innovative processes involved. www.ecoalf.com

Henry Faber is the Co-Founder and Director of Oppidan Education, the Winner of Private Tuition Company of the Year 2020 by Education Investor. Henry and his Co-Founder were recognised as social entrepreneurs in Forbes 30 under 30. Oppidan Education was founded in the spring of 2016 with a drive to change the rules in the education sector.They now support thousands of children through one-to-one mentoring programmes privately and in schools around the world. With an online learning platform that delivers live and on-demand courses, and through its summer camp business, Oppidan Camps, Oppidan Education places confidence and personal development at the heart of any education. Oppidan has now grown to a team of 200 inspiring mentors; a network of game changers who dedicate themselves to positive growth in each of their mentees across 3,000 families in the UK.Tune in to hear all about how Oppidan is approaching education: forming connections between mentor and mentee to allow for the best possible mentorship.

Paulina Tervo is an award-winning documentary director and producer, who has made films in over 20 countries throughout her career. She has collaborated with many international NGOs, broadcasters, educational and cultural institutions, telling inspiring stories of ordinary people from around the globe. As a co-CEO of the educational platform Lyfta, which she co-founded in 2016, Paulina leads on the editorial and strategic aspects of Lyfta’s learning content and platform. With her co-CEO, their vision is that Lyfta makes an impact in children's lives, in education systems, and in societies all around the world. Tune in to hear all about how Lyfta helps children around the world, children with autism and how the immersive platform engages them. 

There are few speakers today that have the wide experience and stellar reputation of Marisa Peer. Named ‘Britain’s Best Therapist’ by Men’s Health magazine, Marisa has spent over three decades treating a client list that includes international superstars, CEOs, Royalty, and Olympic athletes. Her engaging and amusing talks are peppered with anecdotes from an unparalleled career in which she has helped thousands of people to overcome profound personal issues. A bestselling author of five books, Marisa’s USP is that she teaches “simple steps that produce dramatic and life-changing results.” She seamlessly brings her one-of-a-kind therapy room techniques to the podium, leaving her audiences both transfixed and transformed.Tune in to listen to Marisa give advice on how to turn your thoughts into your reality, how to support your children in times of need and how meditation can transform your life. 

As a student with a passion for biology and medicine, Shree Bose was honoured as both the winner of the 17-18 year old age category and the Grand Prize winner of the first ever Google Global Science Fair in 2011 for her research on the chemotherapy drug, cisplatin.After receiving an incredible platform to speak around the world, Shree has become a dedicated STEM education advocate. Realising a need for better tools for technology education along the way, she cofounded Piper, a Minecraft toolbox for budding engineers. Tune in to hear Shree talk all things science and technology, how we can get more kids engaged in these fields, and how we can break down those gender stereotypes that still exist in STEM.

Lorraine Allman is an author, educator, and international consultant with more than 18 years practical business experience. This led her to look at how children could be supported at home to nurture their enterprising skills and character, given the crucial role parents have when it comes to character formation and development. She has written numerous articles for digital and print, and has three published books. Lorraine works with organisations both in the UK and internationally developing toolkits and programmes to nurture a Can-Do mindset and skills in young people.Tune in to hear about why developing a Can-Do mindset can be incredibly beneficial for your children!

The world-renowned violinist Daniel Hope has toured the world as a virtuoso soloist for 30 years and is celebrated for his musical versatility as well as his dedication to humanitarian causes.Daniel Hope is one of the world’s most prolific classical recording artists, with over 25 albums to his name. His recordings have won countless awards such as the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, the ECHO-Klassik Award and numerous Grammy nominations.Tune in to hear about why it is so vital that children grow up surrounded by music and the wonderful impact of tunes and melodies on their lives. 

Gabriele Tazzari is the former CTO and director for research and development of YOOX NET-A-PORTER , from the very beginning to its exit to Richemont for €5.3 bn. His professional experience for over 20 years has been in international project execution, software development, mobile and web product design, automation, e-commerce and media for retail. Additionally he has recently become a professor of AI and has joined mykidsy as our interim CTO. 

Andy Daly calls herself the “Sugar Doctor” ® because she believes most health issues arise in the gut, where refined sugars cause havoc. She initially qualified and practised as a lawyer for many years, but later decided to change her career path to focus on her passions of diet, health and wellbeing.Tune in to hear all about the effects of sugar and how giving kids a high amount of added sugars has been proven to have the same effect on their bodies as consuming alcohol!

Sailing World Champion and Olympian turned elite coach, Hugh Styles is passionate about performance sport, and has been driving British Sailing Team athletes to multiple podium successes at Olympic level since 1996. Tune in to listen to Hugh speak about learning valuable lessons on and off the water and how to apply these to real world scenarios through teamwork, endurance and visualisation. 

Jill Hodges is the founder and CEO of Fire Tech, the UK's leading tech and coding courses for young people aged 8-17. In 2013, Jill started Fire Tech out of frustration at the lack of interesting, interactive and inspiring technology courses available to young people. Since those early days brainstorming on her kitchen table, Jill and her team have delivered over 70,000 tech courses to young people across the world. They've been featured on the BBC and Channel 5 News, partnered with global brands like Amazon and Arm Technology, and worked with international governments in the Middle East and Europe. 

Yasmine Mahmoudieh is an architect, designer and the founder and CEO of myKidsy. Tune in to listen to her speak about the story of myKidsy: how it started, the mission and why it is filling the gap in education.

Tune in to listen to all things kids related, from mental health and nutrition to coding, mindfulness and financial literacy.

Dr. Bonnie J. Kaplan is a research psychologist, and semi-retired Professor in the University of Calgary’s School of Medicine. For many years she studied the role of nutrition in mental illness and brain development. Now, in retirement, her passion is to teach people how our diet influences our brain and mental health. https://www.bonniejkaplan.com/