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In this episode, I sit down with Carla Shridevi Cohen — Hollywood executive turned leadership coach and author — for a conversation that will genuinely shift the way you see yourself as a leader.

Carla's book The Radiant Revolution: The Rise of Feminine Wisdom and the Future of Leadership is not your average leadership book. It's a workbook — interactive, reflective, and built for action. And as I told Carla myself: read it once, then read it again, then start highlighting, then read it again. Every time you pick it up, you'll find a new layer.

We talk about why so many women in leadership are exhausted — not because they're weak, but because they've been trying to fit into a system that was never designed for them. Carla shares her raw, personal story: from burning out in Hollywood, to her body literally shutting down, to discovering transcendental meditation over 45 years ago — and how that single moment became the foundation for everything she now teaches.

💬 "Each person has the key to someone else's lock." — Carla Shridevi Cohen

This quote alone will stay with you. Because the truth is, the wisdom you carry might be exactly what someone else has been searching for.

In this episode, we dive into: ✨ Why women don't need to fix themselves — the system is what's broken - How your central nervous system affects your presence as a leader - The power of embodied leadership — leading from the body, not just the brain - Why feminine wisdom isn't soft — it's the future of business - What men can do right now to unlock more human-centered leadership

Connect with Carla Sridevi Cohen:

🌐 Website: http://Carlacohencoaching.com
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carla.cohen.944312/
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlacohenleadershift?lang=en
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlacohenconsult/
📖 Get Carla's book The Radiant Revolution on Amazon: https://bit.ly/42t4LYw

Apply for a free Leadershift Breakthrough Session:

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Free webinars on Eventbrite: Search "Carla Sridevi Cohen"

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In this podcast episode of 30 Years of Wisdom, I speak with Dr. Gabriele Lang, psychologist and founder of UP'N'CHANGE, about conflict management, emotional intelligence, leadership, psychological safety, and communication under pressure.

We explore why conflict in the workplace is often not the real problem — the real issue is that many people were never taught how to deal with tension, stress, emotional triggers, and difficult conversations in a healthy way.

Dr. Gabriele Lang shares valuable insights on how leaders, entrepreneurs, managers, and professionals can better understand reactions such as fight, flight, and freeze, improve self-awareness, build psychological safety, and develop stronger communication and collaboration skills.
This conversation is especially relevant for anyone interested in:

leadership development
emotional intelligence at work
workplace conflict resolution
stress responses in communication
psychological safety in teams
personal growth and self-awareness
healthy workplace culture

If you want to become a better communicator, stronger leader, and more emotionally aware human being, this episode offers practical wisdom and powerful insights.

About Dr. Gabriele Lang:
Dr. Gabriele Lang holds a doctorate in psychology and is an expert in conflict resolution and effective collaboration in challenging situations. She is the founder of the e-platform UP’N’CHANGE.

With her unique combination of psychological expertise, systemic knowledge, and economic insight, built over more than 30 years of professional experience in international corporations such as Egon Zehnder, Coca-Cola, and Mondi, as well as through her own companies UP’N’CHANGE and Create Success Consulting, she supports managers and teams in transforming friction into progress and impact.

Her work focuses on strengthening resilience, clear decision-making, constructive collaboration, and profitable ideas in the face of pressure, conflicting interests, and draining disputes, using a suite of personal and digital tools.


Follow Dr. Gabriele Lang and stay connected:
Website: https://www.upnchange.com

Free webinar:
“Im Job weiterkommen, wenn es menschelt und schwierig ist.”
https://www.upnchange.com/digitools/kostenloses-webinar-konflikte-als-wachstumsmotor/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drgabrielelang-leadership-collaboration-expert/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drgabrielelang/

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Is public speaking your biggest nightmare? You’re not alone—but there is a cure. Meet the man "Who saves good people from bad presentations." Paul Naveau

Most people think great speakers are born, not made. In this episode of 30 Years of Wisdom, we debunk that myth. Public speaking is a skillset, not a talent, and anyone can learn it once they understand one simple truth: It’s not about you.

We explore the art of communication as a tool for leadership and community. This podcast aims to bridge the gap between professional excellence and human vulnerability. Our host and guest, who met over a decade ago at Toastmasters, share their journey of discovering that true impact doesn't come from a perfect performance, but from the willingness to "be with" another person and truly read the room.

I sit down with communication expert Paul Naveau (Paul Presents) to discuss his mission of giving people their voices back. For Paul, this isn't just business—it’s a family legacy. He shares moving stories about his work with homeless individuals and the "invisible" members of society, proving that when you find your purpose, your fear disappears.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How to Cure Stage Fright: Shift your focus from your own anxiety to the needs of your audience.
• The "Relational Presence" Method: Why being "with" people is more powerful than any PowerPoint slide.
• Reading the Room: Practical tips to lead meetings and navigate conflicts with empathy.
• The Power of Purpose: How Paul’s family history and work with the homeless shaped his view on human connection.
• Authenticity in 2026: Why your "human-ness" is your greatest asset in the age of AI.

“Saving good people from bad presentations” Paul Naveau

Connect with Paul Naveau:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulnaveau/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulnaveau/?hl=en

Website: https://www.paulpresents.be/en

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Strategy helps… until it doesn’t. Then it’s discipline, self-worth, and leadership habits that decide your ceiling.

What if your “money problem” was never about money… but about the mindset behind it?
Too many CEOs and entrepreneurs scale strategy before they scale identity — and that’s where the plateau begins.

In this episode, I’m joined by Freda Nkansah, founder of Comfort Masters (Belgium), for a powerful conversation about money mindset, leadership, and the inner growth required to scale a business without hitting the same plateau again and again.

Freda shares her story — moving from Ghana to Belgium at 15, building a business, and then hitting a “do or die” financial moment that forced a deeper shift: your business can only grow as far as you grow.

This episode is for you if you are:

An entrepreneur/business owner who wants to grow without staying stuck in survival mode
A founder, CEO, or leader carrying pressure behind the scenes and needing a stronger inner foundation
Someone with a scarcity mindset who wants to shift into calmer, clearer decision-making
A high-achiever who earns money but still feels stress, guilt, or instability around it
Anyone building a future and craving more financial freedom, peace, and control

What you’ll get from listening:

A clear understanding of scarcity vs abundance mindset (and how it drives your daily choices)
Why investing in yourself isn’t a luxury — it’s part of the journey
Lessons Freda took from Tony Robbins and how it sparked an identity shift
Why did she choose a local mentor/training path with Carl Van De Velde
Practical distinctions between saving (stability) and investing (money working for you)
A real-life framework: budgeting + “10% discipline” + accountability
How she started learning investing step-by-step (including ETFs, risk balance, and researching before acting)

If you’ve ever thought, “I’m working hard, but something still isn’t shifting,” this conversation will help you see what’s really going on — and what to do next.

🎧 Listen until the end — Freda’s perspective on discipline, identity, and freedom is one that stays with you.

Connect with Freda
Comfort Masters: https://www.comfortmasters.be/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successmastery_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078061600055LinkedIn (main): https://www.linkedin.com/in/freda-nkansah-b76a52165/

Disclaimer: This episode is for education and inspiration — not financial advice.

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How Strong Teams Drive Business Change | Barbara Joshua

What if the biggest forces shaping your leadership, your decisions, and your business aren’t happening on the surface — but beneath it?

In this episode of 30 Years of Wisdom, I sit down with Barbara Joshua, a performance and business transformation expert, to explore the invisible patterns that drive human behavior inside leadership, organizations, and personal growth.

Barbara has spent years working at the intersection of strategy, psychology, and transformation, helping leaders and companies move beyond survival mode into conscious, sustainable performance. This conversation goes deeper than frameworks and theories — we talk about what really happens when power, fear, identity, and subconscious patterns shape the way people lead, follow, and build.

Together, we explore:

Why high performers often get stuck in invisible behavioral loops

How leadership is shaped by subconscious survival patterns

The difference between control and true strategic authority

What transformation actually looks like inside organizations and human systems

How awareness changes the way we make decisions, build teams, and create impact

This episode is for leaders, entrepreneurs, change-makers, and anyone building something meaningful — and realizing that real growth doesn’t start with better tactics, but with deeper awareness.

🎙 About My Guest

Barbara Joshua is a performance and business transformation specialist working across leadership development, organizational change, and strategic human performance. Through her work with Joshua Consulting and UPN Change, she helps leaders and organizations navigate complexity, power dynamics, and sustainable transformation in a rapidly changing world.

📌 Connect with Barbara Joshua

🔗 Website: https://joshua-consulting.eu/
🔗 UPN Change: https://www.upnchange.com/
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbarajoshua-performance-business-transformation/

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True organisational transformation doesn’t start with strategy, KPIs or performance metrics. It starts with awareness.

In this episode of 30 Years of Wisdom, I’m joined by Dr Arokia Antonysamy — award-winning psychiatrist, senior executive and transformational leader — for a conversation that goes far beyond leadership styles and management techniques.

This is a conversation about the part of leadership most people avoid looking at:
the dark side.

The unconscious patterns, blind spots and inherited behaviours that quietly shape how leaders show up — and how, when left unexamined, they can slowly erode trust, creativity and psychological safety.
Or, when brought into awareness, become a powerful source of transformation.

Drawing from over 20 years of experience as a psychiatrist, board-level leader and executive coach, Arokia shares real-life examples of how highly driven leaders — CEOs, managers, entrepreneurs — often don’t lose people because they expect too much, but because they don’t realise how their behaviour is experienced by others.

We talk about:

• Why every leader has a “dark side” — and why that matters more at the top
• How subconscious patterns influence leadership behaviour without us noticing
• Why awareness, not authority, is the real leadership lever
• How unaddressed blind spots can quietly destroy teams and cultures
• What happens when leaders learn to read the room, not just the numbers

This episode isn’t about blame.
It’s about responsibility.
And about the courage it takes to look inward — especially when you lead others.

If you are a CEO, a manager, an entrepreneur, or anyone who leads people, this conversation will invite you to pause and ask one powerful question:

What is my dark side — and how is it impacting the people around me?

Coaching & Mentorship

Arokia Antonysamy LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/arokia-antonysamy-b6701127/

Arokia also speaks openly about the importance of coaching and mentorship at every stage of leadership.
She shares insights from working with her own coach, John Lee — internationally known speaker and coach — whose work focuses on values, purpose, identity and the deeper “why” behind leadership and success.

Books mentioned in this episode

📘 Good to Great — Jim Collins
A foundational leadership book exploring why only a small number of organisations truly make the leap from good to exceptional.

📘 The Diary of a CEO — Steven Bartlett
Araw, honest reflections on leadership, growth and self-awareness.

📘 Zero Limits — Joe Vitale

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From Morocco to Belgium: How Taha Laarissi turned pain into purpose.

Meet Taha Laarissi. Born in Morocco on May 13, 2000 (or a day earlier or later) by unknown parents. Adopted and around the age of one came to Belgian parents with Moroccan and Algerian roots who couldn't have children. Discovered the truth at 16.

This 25-year-old model's journey proves that your biggest struggles can become your greatest strengths.

What we dive into:

Finding those adoption documents by accident in March 2016 - "everything collapsed, it was silenced, it was black"
How his parents reacted when he told them he knew
The anger phase during university and how therapy changed everything
Writing a letter to come out to his parents because he's "more a writing person than a talks person"
His father's initial struggle and their eventual healing
Why modeling became his safe space and therapy
How rejection taught him "you don't have to take it too personal"
His advice to other adoptees: "Get to know yourself."

This isn't another feel-good story. It's raw truth about identity, family, and finding yourself when everything feels uncertain.

The real message: Stop waiting for permission to be yourself. Your authenticity is your superpower.

Credits: Photography: Lennart Knab (our shared photographer for 30 Years of Wisdom)
Website: https://www.storytellermediastudio.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lennartknab/?hl=en

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About Taha's Modeling Career: Currently, Taha is building his runway presence across Europe, with upcoming fashion shows in Amsterdam and Brussels, and will be walking at Paris Fashion Week in September. His modeling journey began as more than just a career ambition. It became his safe space and therapy during his most challenging years.

Modeling was a significant aspect of his development, which he really enjoyed. And it was like a safe space, a therapy," he explains. For bookings and collaborations, Taha can be reached through his Instagram, LinkedIn, or email.

He's also expanding into styling work, having discovered a passion for the creative direction side of fashion. His unique look - what some called "too feminine" in his youth- has become his greatest professional asset, proving his philosophy that you can "turn the most negative part that you hear about yourself into your best skill

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taha.laarissi/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taha-laarissi-05668111a/
E-mail: taha.laarissi@gmail.com

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"Life doesn't ask if you're ready before it hits you."
How to Build Resilience After Life Hits You?

In 3 years: COVID destroyed my business, 5 surgeries nearly killed me, and complications left me using grabbers to pick things up. Most people would give up. Here's why I didn't.

What you'll learn:

The 5 stages every comeback follows
Why resilient people aren't "tougher" - they just think differently
How to build your support network before you need it
The difference between bouncing back vs bouncing forward
Practical tools for handling any crisis

From my medical nightmare to business recovery: How setbacks became my setup for something stronger.

This isn't theory - it's survival wisdom from someone who paid the price to learn it.

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