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Breaking Free
by Rania Kurdi
I’m Rania, a transformational life coach, comedian and former host of the Pan-Arab TV talent show Pop Idol. I will be sharing my own life adventures and those of my inspirational guests from all over the world to discover how they found their authentic voice and purpose, in hope that it will inspire you to break free from whatever is holding you back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Better Communication
I am joined by Michele Moliter, founder and CEO of Nectar Consulting. Michele is widely recognized for her expertise in helping high achieving professionals elevate their confidence and self-worth, leading to greater success in their careers. As a nationally acclaimed speaker, certified executive...
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Balancing Motherhood & Career
From Yale to Managing Director of a leading tech platform: My guest, Hala Siraj, shares her story and insights on the joys and challenges of being a working mother in a world that expects "Women to work like they don't have children, and raise children as if they don't work" which is a recipe for...
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Total Wellness
Join me for an insightful conversation on personal growth and wellness as I talk with my guest Rikimah Glymph. She is a writer, mentor, and advocate for equal rights and opportunity and her passion for challenging people to think outside of their comfort zones has led her to create innovative...
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The confidence to age gracefully
This year I turn fifty. The BIG 50. Half a century! So I felt it was a good time to talk about seeing it as a blessing rather than a curse of getting older. It takes confidence to age naturally and gracefully these days, when most of the world expect you to use whatever means available to stay...
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The power of self-reflection
“In the summer of 2021, Hadeel decided it was time for a drastic change after her mental health had deteriorated and her friends had moved on without her. She realized she needed to stop living for other people and start living for herself. We talk about how she was able to overcome her…
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The confidence to speak up
I discuss why speaking up and standing out can be so hard for so many people. Why is it we feel uncomfortable to even take up space sometimes or someone's precious time to share our thoughts and opinions about even the smallest things? I share how many women and myself chose to keep quiet about...
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Reversing Paralysis
Natasha is a mum, serial entrepreneur, a transformation coach and hypnotherapist who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and was treated with Cortisone and Neurontin for years until she found a way to reverse her paralysis with Rapid Transformational Therapy. Her mission in life is to inspire,...
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Solving conflict
In this episode of the Breaking Free podcast, I explore conflict management and decision-making with special guest Kimberly Best, a highly experienced family mediator, facilitator, and author. Kimberly shares her wealth of knowledge by offering valuable tools and techniques for effectively…
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Creating physical harmony
Andy Tsz Chiu Chan is a certified strength & conditioning specialist, educator, and presenter from Hong Kong who has integrated traditional Chinese medicine into his strength training philosophy and shares how harmony between all aspects of life is a prerequisite to optimal health and human...
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confidence tips from 2022
Happy New year and welcome to season 3 of Breaking Free. It feels amazing to be starting a new season after reaching 50 episodes and I want to thank you for joining me on this podcast journey by listening and sharing the episodes with friends and family. It gives me a lot of joy when I know an...
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Creating more intimacy and passion
This is a juicy episode where I had the chance to ask Gillian Harper about her book 'Feed the Tiger,Free the Dragon' which looks at an energy-fueled system that assists you in creating and maintaining a more powerful, passionate, and fulfilling existence with your partner. Gillian is an author,...
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Stop being a people-pleaser
Today’s episode is about an issue that so many people struggle with on a daily basis PEOPLE-PLEASING . I will discuss how you can know if you do it ? how it effects your confidence and holds you back, and most importantly ….what you can do about it ? The good news is that you can change and the...
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Meditation made easy
I have a very interesting discussion with CEO ,co-founder and visionary of MUSE, Ariel Garten about the amazing brain sensing headband that tracks your brain as you meditate to aid with better sleep and lessen anxiety. We talk about how she managed to raise $18M to found MUSE from Silicon valley...
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When life calls you to heal
I enjoyed a powerful conversation with my guest Dawn Kohler about how even the most successful people struggle with feeling not good enough and are actually coming from a place of trying to prove themselves rather than express themselves from a more confident and authentic self. Dawn was an...
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Follow your heart
In my previous two episodes of Breaking Free, I discussed some of my favorite books and talked about how reading can increase your confidence in many areas. Well my guest this week shares how reading helped him follow his heart and find his purpose in life. Mostafa Salameh grew up in a…
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The power of reading 2
In part ONE of "The power of reading", I shared excerpts from two books that helped me better understand the world and myself and I have chosen three more that have stood out as favorites to share in this episode. Each one of them gave me valuable insights on what it is to be human. How we try to...
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The power of reading
I believe there is a strong link between reading and feeling more confident. Books and stories introduce us to characters and more introverted protagonists that we may not have seen or heard from otherwise in a world that tends to celebrate extroverts. It helps us gain empathy for ourselves and...
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Confidence to express your true self
It's Pride 2022 but many people still continue to question why gay people need to express their sexuality or speak out and share their authentic self. Perhaps It is hard to imagine how it feels to have to hide parts of yourself when you are in a position of privilege. However, I believe that...
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Inside a coaching session
Today's episode differs from previous ones on Breaking Free, it is special in the sense that it is an actual introductory coaching session with a client. It is a rare opportunity to hear what the experience of being coached is like and perhaps gaining some clarity through hearing the client's...
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Healing fatherless daughters
The term 'Daddy issues' is thrown around lightly but it really does have a seriously negative impact on your romantic relationships. My guest Danielle Robins, who is a certified coach and the founder of Be You Unlimited, works specifically with women who are experiencing a father wound.That...
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Confidence coaching
I have been asked a few times, "What is confidence coaching", "How can someone be coached to gain more confidence" ? So.... in this episode I explain how. Coaching is all about discovering the patterns of behaviour and fears that are holding you back. Once that is done, you will learn how to...
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The power of neuromarketing
Do you have a more masculine achievement impulse brain or a more feminine utopian impulse brain? Neuroscience has discovered how to market differently to each type. Your type effects your decisions and how you feel about the world. Understanding the differences between each is vital when it comes...
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Confidence through words
How can writing and poetry increase your confidence? That's what I wanted to find out in this episode of Breaking free by talking to my guest Adukeh. Adukeh (which means ‘beloved one’) is a London-based poet with Yoruba heritage. She has a passion for the arts, particularly their ability to heal...
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Money confidence
Dr Nikki Ramskill, also known as The Female Money Doctor believes that we cannot be truly healthy while a money nightmare is going on in the background; health and wealth is intimately intertwined. She is a certified money coach, and runs an award winning blog, The Female Money Doctor. She is the...
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Standing up to abuse with confidence
Warning: This episode discusses domestic abuse. My guest Julie Randall juggled a successful career in sales, finance & management as an employee and then a self-employed business owner alongside bringing up three children. But she also survived several toxic relationships, which were physically…
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Clowning with confidence
If you feel stuck and unfulfilled doing what you are doing and wondering how you can make a fresh new start; do listen to this fun and inspirational chat with my guest Rania Khoury. She found the confidence to leave a successful corporate career after two decades, when she took a (values in…
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Confidence through music
My guest is Suad Bushnaq, an incredible Jordanian-Canadian composer of Bosnian, Syrian, & Palestinian roots. She speaks Arabic, English, French, Spanish, is fluent in both Western & Middle Eastern music & is active in both the film & concert world. Her music, described by the BBC as 'reflective &...
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Teenage confidence
Do you remember struggling with confidence as a teenager? Do you have a teen who avoids all interactions with adults or trying new things? The truth is, they have a lot to deal with and peer pressure peaks around age fifteen. So in order to get an insight into what it feels like to be confident…
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Balancing your masculine and feminine energies
How would you describe your ideal partner? A strong man who has the ability to be sensitive and communicate his feelings ? A woman who is both confident and vulnerable and caring? Well those are a combination of male and female energies that are in balance in one person. (Strong and confident) is…
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Becoming sexually confident
We are all confident in some areas of our lives more than we are in others, but sexual confidence is rarely felt or talked about. Feeling confident in your body and knowing what pleasures you, gives you confidence in the way that you carry yourself and interact with others. Our sexuality is an...
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Confident speaking
Does the idea of speaking in public make you feel anxious? Do you worry about all the things that could go wrong? Are you scared people will find what you have to say boring? So many people feel this way and wish they could develop more confidence to conquer fears that have been holding them…
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Cosmetic confidence
My first guest on season two of Breaking Free is Laura Marshall, an award winning aesthetics director who helps people feel more confident with medical tattooing and cosmetic injectables. We explore whether looking younger or more beautiful on the outside, helps you feel any more confident on the...
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Creating confidence and joy
Do you feel pressured to create a whole new YOU and set challenging goals for yourself every new year ? Well I have found that it is much better for our mental health and motivation moving forward, to actually reflect upon the year that has past first. When we look back at the happy moments we…
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A single Mom's perspective
I share an honest and intimate conversation with a group of single Moms who made the decision to leave a partnership or marriage that was no longer making them happy. It is never an easy decision to make, and it still has its many challenges even when it comes with the privilege of financial...
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Healthy Feminist
I have a very interesting chat in today's episode with Hala Sabbah who is the founder of Healthy Feminist, a social business which works towards dismantling the patriarchy and other systems of oppression and fostering a just society where everyone receives various and equitable opportunities.…
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Purpose over prestige
My guest Amal Al-Agroobi became a successful neuroscientist to please her family and then ditched the title of DR. to follow her passion of becoming a director, filmmaker, producer and writer. Amal shares the challenges she was faced with as an Arab woman living in the UAE when she started off...
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World champion Mum
Warning. This episode may be triggering for anyone with an eating disorder. Today I talk to Magda Dawczak about how she transformed her body after having her daughter, earning herself the title of ultimate bikini pro world champion. Magda moved to England from Poland when she was five months...
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Overcoming SHAME
In this episode, I talk about shame. Where it originates from and how to overcome it. Shame keeps us small and gains power when we keep our feelings a secret. Unidentified and unexpressed, shame can lead us to hurting ourselves with perfectionism, addiction, eating disorders or suicide. We also...
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Raw motherhood
This episode is a heart to heart between myself and my guest Muna Shakour as two Mum's reflecting on how we felt after giving birth. We were told about the joy's of motherhood. We read and prepared what we needed to do physically as new mothers but we weren't warned about the emotional challenges...
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True beauty
My guest this week is Portrait and Brand Photographer Elodie Giuge. She helps elevate personal and professional profiles through soulful and thought provoking photography. She specialises in helping women see and feel their true beauty, and she's currently running a project called “21 tales of…
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A new zest for life
Simon Gilligan is a seventy-six year old man who has been inspiring me to work harder at the gym because of his stamina and commitment which inspired me so much that I wanted to share his story on Breaking Free today. Simon was suffering with illnesses that the Doctor's had no remedy for and so…
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Personal stories of sexual abuse
WARNING: The stories in this episode may trigger you and result in flashbacks if you yourself have experienced any form of abuse in the past but have no clear memory of it as the trauma was too painful and your subconscious may have suppressed it. Discussed in this episode : The difference…
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On sexuality-Part 2
My guest Madian Al Jazerah is a successful businessman and human rights activist living in Jordan. His story is a story of searching for identity and worth. In Part two of the episode of Breaking Free- On sexuality, he shares an honest account of how the Gulf war left him knowing what it was like...
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On sexuality- Part 1
My guest on Breaking Free today is Madian Al Jazerah. A successful businessman and human rights activist living in Jordan. He is described in the preface of his incredible memoir " ARE YOU THIS? OR ARE YOU THIS? " as: "A Palestinian but wasn't raised in Palestine, Kuwaiti-born but not Kuwaiti,...
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Bullying
In today's episode about bullying, I talk to Lisa Hunter who was born and raised in South Africa and moved to the UK in 2001. Lisa struggled with bullying herself from the age of 16 at a new school. It was the support of her family and a very special biology teacher, which helped her cope with…
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Life with Alopecia
My Guest and beautiful friend Houda Echouafni describes herself as a human, mother, actor and everything in between. Born to a Moroccan mother and an Egyptian father who died when she was young, she moved to England when she was eleven years old and had to learn English to cope in a London...
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Identity
My guest Tala Khalaf is a vibrant, positive soul with big dreams who happens to be the manager of my favorite cafe in Jordan and is struggling to break free from more than one challenge in her life. This episode discusses how Identity ( citizenship and gender ) has restricted Tala from achieving...
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Messages from beyond with Susie Tamim
Susie Tamim is an Irish spiritual guide, psychic and Reiki master who lives and works in Amman, Jordan. Her memoir "Only Time Will Tell" is a personal journey of faith and attunement through the healing powers of universal energy. I thoroughly enjoyed not only reading it but also narrating the...
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A female perspective
Today's episode of Breaking Free is about what it feels like to be female. What privilege really means and how gender inequality impacts us all. I include a checklist a poem and a snippet from a book I am enjoying at the moment. I highlight some of the many challenges women face and why there is…
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My father's story- Khaled Kurdi
This episode of Breaking Free is a special one, recorded from my home in Amman-Jordan with my Dad as my guest. My father dreamt of becoming a pilot when he grew up, it seemed like an impossible dream as the fifth child in a big family with very little income or education. I love how he didn't let...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I’m Rania, a transformational life coach, comedian and former host of the Pan-Arab TV talent show Pop Idol.
I will be sharing my own life adventures and those of my inspirational guests from all over the world to discover how they found their authentic voice and purpose, in hope that it will inspire you to break free from whatever is holding you back.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Rania Kurdi
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