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Badass Basic BitchSelf-Love & Self-Worth as the Foundation for Building Habits with Sandra ChumaSandra Chuma is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach, podcast host, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. She is the Founder & Chief Creative Officer of WORTHY, which is a platform focused on helping women stop procrastinating on their dreams, and take confident action towards creating a life they love without overwhelm.Raised in a tiny mud hut in Zimbabwe with no running water or electricity, Sandra has never been one to let circumstances define her. Through hard work, and support from her “village”, she became a management consultant, advising major global companies. She then went on to build two successful companies....
2025-02-0442 min
Play It Brave PodcastManifest a Powerful Vision for Your Life with Sandra ChumaIn this episode, guest Sandra Chuma shares her journey of self-discovery and empowerment. After achieving outward indicators of success based on a lifestyle of 'chasing' and burnout, Sandra began to explore her values, emotions, and vision for her life. She learned to view her emotions as signposts. With this new sense of direction, she began to clarify her values, which, in turn, helped her identify her true priorities. Now, Sandra is on a mission to help other women experience rest, and to rediscover their inner power and purpose. Her story emphasizes the importance of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and defining...
2024-08-2247 min
The Rough Draft PodcastE008 - You Are Worthy With Sandra ChumaSandra is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach, podcast host, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. She is the Founder & Chief Creative Officer of WORTHY, which is a platform focused on helping womxn stop procrastinating on their dreams, and take confident action towards creating a life they love without overwhelm. Raised in a tiny mud hut in Zimbabwe with no running water or electricity, Sandra has never been one to let circumstances define her. Through hard work, and support from her “village”, she became a management consultant, advising major global companies. She then went on to build two successful companies. But despite all her...
2024-06-1341 min
Into The Wild218. How to Rediscover Self-Worth and Cultivate Self-Love for an Extraordinary Life with Sandra Chuma Hey you wild women! On today's episode we're joined by founder, speaker, podcast host, and award-winning documentary filmmaker Sandra Chuma. Sandra is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of WORTHY, a platform that helps people create more freedom, joy, income, and impact without burning out. Sandra has never been one to let circumstances define her. Through the power of storytelling and leveraging her experience as a management consultant, she's made it her mission to help others build the best version of themselves using practical tools and community. In this episode, you will learn...
2023-11-1446 min
Raw Babes 101Sandra Chuma: I am worthySandra Chuma has living in her purpose for sometime now and has only been expanding her coaching business with her business partner, her husband.
She is the founder of 'I am worthy'.
Sandra Chuma is a certified Life & Business Coach and Habits Coach, mother, wife and seasoned entrepreneur.
A coaching business that focuses on helping other female entrepreneurs to reveal their own worthiness, and teaches how to really manifest things that your heart is calling through practising abundance and self love.
We are so excited for this episode with this unique individual as Sandra shares where this desire to expand o...
2023-09-211h 04
Well To The CoreHow to own your habits so your habits don't own you with Sandra ChumaIf you have been trying to incorporate more exercise into your life you know exactly how challenging it can be to build the habit. Our habits make us who we are, so it's important to intentionally cultivate good habits. Our guest today is Sandra Chuma, a coach and certified habit-building expert. In this episode, she answers some of the most frequent questions I get surrounding habits: how to create habits that stick, how to break bad habits, and how many habits we should work on building at once. Sandra provides us with a number of p...
2023-06-2851 min
Happiness Happens178: How to Navigate Feeling Unworthy with Sandra ChumaIn this episode, we’re talking about what it means to feel worthy with my guest Sandra Chuma. Sandra grew up in a tiny mud hut in Zimbabwe without running water or electricity at a time when the country was segregated and she remembers struggling to understand why she couldn’t play with kids who had a different skin color than her. But she also remembers the magical times spent with her grandmothers around the kitchen fire, as they shared folktales or ‘ngano’ as they are known in her native language of Shona. Through these stories...
2023-04-2534 min
The Soul Seed PodcastClaim Your Courage with Sandra ChumaWelcome, Sandra Chuma, Transformation Coach & Founder of WORTHY
Sandra Chuma is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach, podcast host, and award-winning documentary filmmaker.
She is the Founder & Chief Creative Officer of WORTHY, a platform focused on helping women stop procrastinating on their dreams and take confident action toward creating a life they love without overwhelm.
In This Episode, They Talk About:
Meeting her dreams and goals and never being enough
Reprogramming of beliefs and habits
A lifetime journey of self-love
Having the courage despite your fear
Where to Find Us!
2023-04-2028 min
WORTHY with Sandra Chuma076 | You Are Worthy of Your Dreams (Powerhouse Women Speech)This week’s episode features Sandra’s speech at the Powerhouse Women live event held last August 27, 2022. Sandra shares her story and talks about the three valuable life lessons that she had learned from her grandmother that led her to achieving and becoming who she is now. Learn more about Powerhouse Women at: https://powerhousewomen.co/
2022-10-2535 min
The Art School PodcastTelling the Story You Want to Tell with Sandra Chuma (Part 1)Tune in this week to hear part one of my conversation with entrepreneur, speaker, coach, podcast host, and award-winning documentary filmmaker, Sandra Chuma. Sandra is sharing why the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and who we could potentially be have the most influence on our lives, and she’s sharing her story, going from grinding like she thought she was supposed to in pursuit of success, to instead defining what success means to her, and living it every day. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/206
2022-10-2041 minWORTHY with Sandra Chuma071 | Self-worth is the Key to Abundance with Amber LilyestromAmber Lilyestrom is a business mentor, branding expert, author, and speaker who helps coaches and creatives help more people and make more money. She spent 10 years working in collegiate athletics marketing before launching her business where she was recognized as one of the top sports marketing professionals in the nation. She is the author of ‘Master Your Money Mind’ and ‘Paddle Home’, and also hosts her own podcast, The Amber Lilyestrom Show. In this second part of our conversation with Amber, she talks about self-worth, the journey of self-trust, and allowing yourself to receive the same amount of love...
2022-09-2027 minWORTHY with Sandra Chuma070 | Your Dreams Are Your Direction with Amber LilyestromAmber Lilyestrom is a business mentor, branding expert, author, and speaker who helps coaches and creatives help more people and make more money. She spent 10 years working in collegiate athletics marketing before launching her business where she was recognized as one of the top sports marketing professionals in the nation. She is the author of ‘Master Your Money Mind’ and ‘Paddle Home’, and also hosts her own podcast, The Amber Lilyestrom Show. In the first of this two-part episode, Amber talks about her personal journey, and the importance of listening to our dreams and really taking them seriousl...
2022-09-1333 min
Powerhouse WomenPowerhouse Women 2022 Event Speaker Mashup w/ Coach Dar, Sandra Chuma, and Lori HarderI'm highlighting three of the incredible Powerhouse Women 2022 event speakers: Coach Dar, Sandra Chuma, and Lori Harder. With Coach Dar, we get into how to structure your building seasons leading up to a winning season, and with Sandra, we cover the lies we tell ourselves about our worthiness and getting out of the cycle of living a 'should' life. Finally, Lori and I touch on what it looks like to support yourself when you're going after really big dreams and leaning on your network to get through uncomfortable moments and decisions. Check out the full episodes linked below!
2022-08-1133 minWell To The CoreAre your habits helping or hurting you? with Sandra ChumaThe truth is that habits are more than just what we do. They're also what we think, how we respond to certain situations, how we solve the problems that we face and how we care, or don't care, for ourselves. In this episode, we talk all about the habits that we want to create or may want to get rid of, and all that is entailed in this process. To help explain what habits really are, today Robin is joined by her friend and fellow entrepreneur and business owner Sandra Chuma, a habits coach who helps women...
2022-06-221h 05
The Revolutionized Mind#52- The Power of Story and Reframing your Mindset (with Sandra Chuma)I hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine this week! In this very powerful episode, we are joined by Coach, Mentor, Speaker, and Entrepreneur, Sandra Chuma. Sandra shares some of her personal life experiences which includes growing up in Zimbabwe, working three jobs while being a full-time university student, and trying to figure out her "purpose" while doing it all. She is a strong believer in the power of story and how we can reframe our mindset in a way that best serves who we want to be and what we want to achieve. She talks all about overcoming adversity...
2022-05-131h 00WORTHY with Sandra Chuma056 | 4 Keys to Get Off the Bench and Step Into Your Dream LifeMy father used to say to me all the time, “Sandra, your success will have no meaning unless you bring others with you.” In my journey, I had gotten carried away by the quest for more and more – thinking that my happiness would lie at the other end of more. If I could just make more money. If I could just have more shoes. If I could just get the next dream car. And as I checked off each of those milestones, it was empty. It was hollow. What was i...
2022-05-0317 minWORTHY with Sandra Chuma054 | The only person who could ever complete you is YOUThis episode was taken from Sandra’s Instagram Live broadcast the day before Valentine’s Day. We are sharing it here because she delivers a very powerful message that everyone needs to hear. - The WORTHY Team We have been fed this romantic notion about someone ‘completing’ you. Who remembers the famous line from Jerry Maguire – “You complete me.” That is the kind of love that we are sometimes looking for – someone who completes us. But that's not true. The only person who can ever complete you is you. The only person who can gi...
2022-04-1905 minPowerhouse WomenFinding Value Outside Of Your Job Title And The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Our Worth With Sandra Chuma, Founder Of WorthySandra Chuma is a certified life, business, habits and mindfulness coach who is on a mission to live her life on purpose and with purpose, and inspire others to do the same. She is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Worthy, which is a platform focused on helping women stop procrastinating on their dreams, and take confident action toward creating a life they love without overwhelm. The person that Sandra is and how she shows up in the world is so empowering and inspiring. We discuss how to trust your intuition, reframing failure, and...
2022-03-3140 minWORTHY with Sandra Chuma029 | 7 Habits to Create A Life You LoveI literally was raised in a mud hut with no running water, and no electricity. The aspiration for me growing up was that I would get an education and I would make something of myself. What I lacked in material things I more than made up for in terms of the love and the attention that I got from my family. One thing that my grandmother would always say to me as a little girl growing up, every time she saw an airplane flying up high, she'd say to me, “Sandra, do you see that airplane up th...
2021-10-2628 minWORTHY with Sandra Chuma017 | Your Life is a BackpackI recently had a conversation with a mentor of mine, and I realized he had just dropped a truth bomb. He said, “You know, Sandra, I treat my life like a backpack. Every day I wake up, I pick up my backpack, and I put it on my back and I go through my day. And as I'm going through my day, I pick up different things, and I put them in my backpack. And as I get to the end of the day, I take off my backpack, I empty it out, I go to bed. An...
2021-08-0309 min
Be It Till You See ItWhen You Realize You've Been Chasing The Wrong Things (ft. Sandra Chuma) - Ep17Today Lesley interviewed Sandra Chuma, who shared her inspirational story of living in a mud floored hut in Zimbabwe to going to college to building an 8-figure company - before realizing she was still totally unhappy. After finding herself crying on the bathroom floor she stepped back and reevaluated, founding Worthy, a company dedicated to showing you how to get clear on what you want, and how to attain it while honoring yourself.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to...
2021-07-2649 min
The Parent & Teen ToolboxEP 64 - Sandra Chuma - Dealing with Life’s Challenges in a More Productive WayWhen we talk about creating new habits, many of us think about setting unrealistic goals (or new year resolutions) which, invariably result in failure. We set such high expectations and then beat ourselves up when we don’t manage to follow through. But in this episode - Sandra helps us recognize that Habits are just a different way of thinking. Sandra explains that once we understand our own behavior better, we can create a M.A.P. for our own success, by creating steps for our ‘new’ behavior’s success : M...
2021-06-0151 min
About ProgressKeys to Creating BIG Routines, by Starting with Small Habits || with Sandra ChumaWhen you think of your goals, are they the really big, New Year's Resolutions type? While a desire to totally revamp your morning routine, for example, is noble, it can be too large to be doable. To achieve change through sustainable growth you have to understand the keys to creating big routines by starting with small habits. Not sure where to start? Sandra Chuma, Habits Coach and Podcaster, has some great ideas for how to break it down. She opens up about her own story from being born and raised in Zimbabwe, to building a c...
2021-04-2846 minWORTHY with Sandra Chuma001 | The WORTHY MethodHello, and welcome to this very first episode of WORTHY podcast. In this episode, I want to share with you 6 pillars that make up WORTHY. ‘Worthy’ itself is the word -- the realization that you absolutely are worthy. You are deserving, just as you are, you don't need to be or to do anything to be worthy of stepping into your dream life. But I also wanted to be able to give practical tools, tips, and information to help you to help you get over that hump of fear when it shows up. But in...
2021-03-2913 minWORTHY with Sandra Chuma000 | Introduction to WORTHY PodcastHey, I'm Sandra, and I wanted to let you know that I'm launching a new podcast. In this podcast, I'm going to be sharing with you tools, tips, tricks, information that I've gathered, and information that my guests will be bringing to you all about how you can fully step into the power that you have. It'll be a reminder that you are worthy. One of my favorite quotes is from Glinda from The Wizard of Oz. Glinda, the Good Witch, tells Dorothy at the end of her journey, a line that really re...
2021-03-2903 min
Africana WomanEp.12 Possibility, Education and Truly Being Proud to Be African with Sandra ChumaWe all know that in Africa we have been sold the dream that the grass is greener on the other side. But is it really? We often complain about the images portrayed about Africans on the global stage; from the emaciated baby with a distended stomach and fly on the mouth to streets lined with garbage. Sadly, this tiny percent of the African story has been magnified to the status of an absolute and only truth. Sandra and I discussed how important it is for Africans to tell our own stories and more than that to embrace the numerous...
2021-02-2100 min
the bossbabe podcastWhat's Missing From Your Goal Setting with Sandra ChumaJoin BossBabe Co-Founder & President Danielle Canty and special guest Sandra Chuma uncover what's missing from the majority of goal setting practices. Learn why your behavior and habits have such an impact on goals and how to identify and set true goals that really push you forward. If you’re interested in getting backdoor access to The Société, click here. Follow: BossBabe: @bossbabe.incDanielle: @daniellecantySandra: @sandra.chuma
2020-12-2950 min
Blog - Bella FiguraTell Your Story: Sandra Chuma on Storytelling, Leaving Home, and Following Your PurposeSandra Chuma, of Zimbabwean ancestry, is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach, podcast host, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. She believes that our greatest responsibility is to share our stories so we can inspire and create possibility for others.
Raised in a tiny mud hut in Zimbabwe with no running water or electricity, Sandra has never been one to let circumstances define her. Through hard work, and support from her “village,” she became a management consultant, advising major global companies. She then went on to build two successful companies.
But despite all her professional success, she...
2020-12-271h 12
The NDINI Podcast150 | Sandra Chuma - 3 Keys to building sustainable habits (plus a special year-end message)In this episode, I will share the three key points you will need to remember to be able to build sustainable habits. These key points are way more effective long-term more than the temporary nature of relying on motivation and willpower alone. This episode wraps up our Habits series, as well as the year for the NDINI Podcast. I have a very special message at the end of this episode, so be sure to watch and listen until the end! I am eternally grateful to you for the support that you continue to give me...
2020-12-2014 minThe NDINI Podcast149 | Sandra - Habits are your superpower in times of hardship and crisisOne of the things that I have learned in learning about behavior design is the power of habits, and that habits really are the foundation of success. I didn't expect my learning about habits to literally be life changing. And so once I started down this path and started learning from BJ Fogg, I learned that he has one non-negotiable, -- the Maui habit. And what the Maui habit is, is that every morning, as soon as you wake up, you say to yourself, "This is going to be a great day." Regardless of...
2020-12-1310 minThe NDINI Podcast148 | Sandra Chuma - The Strategy for changing your habitsIf I tell you, “Whatever you do today, don't think about a pink elephant.” What's the first thing that happens in your mind? Don't think about a pink elephant -- now you're thinking about the pink elephant. And that's exactly the same thing that happens with habits. Your mind is the key. In this episode I talk about the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment that was done in 1972 and its significance on how to deal with issues of self-control, especially when it comes to changing habits. What is the strategy? Trying to focus on changing a bad...
2020-12-0610 minThe NDINI Podcast147 | Sandra Chuma - The easy way to ‘BREAK’ bad habitsHow do you start to ‘break’ a bad habit? First of all that terminology -- 'break' a bad habit -- we need to change that. Think about how long it took for you to ingrain that as a habit. It didn't just happen overnight. You've been doing it over and over for a time, you don’t just stop doing it overnight. It's something that, in the words that I've been taught in my coaching -- you start to untangle a bad habit. If you've ever tried to take apart something that is tangled, what's the ea...
2020-11-2911 minThe NDINI Podcast147 | Sandra Chuma - What no one has ever told you about habits!One of my coaches said to me, "Everything you have, or you don't have in your life is because of your habits." I've never thought about it like that. I knew your habits were important. I knew that there are good habits and bad habits, but I've never thought about the fact that my life was being created by my habits. And once I understood that, then I went on this quest to try and find how and why habits are created, why do some habits work and some habits don't. In this episode, I want to s...
2020-11-2211 minThe NDINI Podcast145 | Sandra Chuma - If you ever struggled with your habits, this is for youBefore we start this week’s podcast episode, I highly encourage all of you listeners to check out the video of this episode on our website, NDINI.COM or on our YouTube channel, NDINI Media. The reason I mention this is because this episode contains valuable visuals of the Fogg Behavior Model, and it would greatly help you understand it if you could actually see the illustration and diagram that I talk about. I wanted to talk today about something that for me, has literally changed my life. If you are somebody who's ever tried to create a...
2020-11-1512 minThe NDINI Podcast144 | Sandra Chuma - The key to your success is self disciplineThe key to your success doesn’t lie in you believing, or stepping into your fear, or in rubbing crystals so you can “manifest”. The “secret” to success is self-discipline. My friend Vitale Buford recently shared this powerful quote: “Self-discipline is the highest form of self-love.” Most people are allowing distractions, procrastination, excuses to chip away at their dreams. They’re choosing to settle for an “okay” life, and yet with self-discipline, it is absolutely possible for them to achieve the life of their dreams. Self-discipline is about doing what you NEED to do...
2020-11-0810 min
Spiritual Boss Babe with Stephanie SageEP 176: Share Your Story & Turn Your Passion To Profit with Sandra ChumaSandra Chuma is inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, podcast host, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. She believes that our greatest responsibility is to share our stories so we can inspire and create possibility for others.
Sandra is the founder of NDINI, a platform focused on telling the stories of inspiring, trailblazing women of African descent. In the words of Liberian Peace Activist Leymah Gbowee:
“You have not heard it before, because it is an African woman’s story, and our stories rarely are told. I want you to hear mine.”
NDINI aims to inspire, educate and entert...
2020-10-2248 minThe NDINI Podcast137 | Quick Fire Q&A with Makini SmithFor our Quick Fire episode this week, we have motivational speaker, coach, entrepreneur, and author of 'A Walk In My Stilettos', Makini Smith. Makini joined us in Episode 122 where she shared her personal journey and how she had come to write her book. Makini was a straight A student when she was in high school, but her turbulent youth and environment at that time ended up causing her to become a mother at a very young age. She had to prove herself to her family and to society that she was not going to be...
2020-09-2019 minThe NDINI Podcast136 | Quick Fire Q&A with Robina Abramson-WallingJoining us this week in our Quick Fire series is mother, entrepreneur, and life coach Robina Abramson-Walling. Robina joined us in Episode 120 where she talked about her life journey of discovering herself to her core and her pursuit of purpose and happiness. Robina worked as a nurse, got married and had children, then left her job to focus on raising her children. She had done what was expected of her and was living a life of how other people thought she should. One day she woke up and realized that she didn’t even know wh...
2020-09-1309 minThe NDINI Podcast135 | Quick Fire Q&A with Camille DundasJoining us this week in our Quick Fire series is Keynote Speaker, Inclusion Consultant, and Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief of ByBlacks.com, Camille Dundas Camille joined us in Episode 113 where she shared her journey from becoming a career journalist, and to pursuing her own path as an entrepreneur. Starting at an early age, Camille loved reading and writing. Some of her fondest memories are of mornings spent reading the weekend newspapers from cover to cover with her father. As a teen she got exposure to working for a local TV network….and she was hooked! She knew she...
2020-09-0616 minThe NDINI Podcast134 | Quick Fire &A with Maria Michelle LeeIn this week’s Quick Fire episode, we have inspirational and motivational speaker, life coach, and expert spray tan therapist Maria Michelle Lee. Maria joined us in Episode 111 where she talked about the challenges and struggles she had to overcome to ultimately find her purpose. She shared her reflections on her experience joining fitness competitions, as well as about her beautiful family, and the people that inspired her. Maria owns Brown Sugar Spray Tanz, offering natural luxury spray tan services, specializing in spray tan education, certification, & competition tans. She does the best of both worlds...
2020-08-3108 minThe NDINI Podcast133 | Quick Fire Q&A with Jully BlackIt’s time once again for our Quick Fire series! And to start it off, we are having Canada’s Queen of R&B, Jully Black. Jully joined us in an awesome 2-part interview in Episode 104 and Episode 105 where she shared her journey in her music career, life lessons throughout her experience, as well as her goals and purpose. In this candid conversation, we get to know Jully a bit more, including the time she answered the door for the pizza delivery man “in her panty.” She shares everything from her favorite popcorn to wanting to have din...
2020-08-2320 minThe NDINI Podcast132 | Francisca Mandeya - Change comes from telling the truthBorn and raised in Zimbabwe, Francisca experienced inequality from birth. She had experienced all types of harassment and discrimination that are considered a norm for the culture and society that she lived in. Growing up, she had been a sibling with the lesser share, a molested student and employee, and a wife in a toxic marriage struggling to raise her child. Having endured this reality, Francisca started to understand the root cause of this inequality and began a lifelong commitment to taking a stand and speaking up against gender inequality. Francisca believes in Maternal Power, the sacred b...
2020-08-1641 minThe NDINI Podcast131 | Mpumi Nobiva - We become the stories we tell ourselves“We become the stories we tell ourselves. So whatever story you’re telling yourself is the story you recreate for yourself.” - Mpumi Nobiva This week we have the privilege of welcoming back Mpumi Nobiva. Our first NDINI interview with Mpumi was a little over 2 years ago. A lot has happened in her life since then, so she came back to give us an update. When we last spoke to Mpumi, she was living her dream working for a prestigious company in Los Angeles, and living in a gorgeous high rise apartment. She was on a plane a...
2020-08-0946 min
Late Night Sessions with BeanSpilling the Beans with Bean: WCW Women’s Month Edition ft Tshiamo Smith & Sandra ChumaHappy Women’s Month!! I have put together a panel of powerful women this August, with whom il be chatting about all things women, and this conversation with Sandra Chuma and Tshiamo Smith is the first of many to come! Enjoy, be empowered and inspired! You can find Tshiamo on Instagram @tshia.smith and Sandra on Instagram @sandra.chuma and her page Ndini @ndinimedia and https://linkin.bio/ndinimedia. Music: Beautiful (Ndozvandiri) by Tamy Moyo. Stay blessed! Love, Bean!
2020-08-0538 minThe NDINI Podcast130 | Tendai Chitima - It’s your journey to walk and persevere (Part 2)In this second part of our conversation with Tendai, shares the impact of the success of Cook Off, especially now that the film has made it to Netflix. She expresses her optimism of the film industry in Zimbabwe and her dream to inspire young women. Tendai graduated from the University of Cape Town in South Africa with a Bachelor of Arts in Film, Media & Writing and Drama. During and after her studies she acted in several student short films, and even did musical stage productions as a conceptualiser, song writer, co-director and actress. Having worked as a...
2020-08-0227 min
The Jasmine Star ShowTurning Your Passion Into Profits with Sandra Chuma“Here's to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.” -Maya AngelouOh friend, if you love this quote you are going to love today’s guest, Sandra Chuma. For more than 15 years, Sandra has successfully blended business leadership, entrepreneurial innovation and creativity. Sandra hopes to provide access to the untold stories of exceptional African women that will resonate, inspire and ignite strength through her podcast, Ndini.>>She believes that our greatest responsibility is to share our stories so we can inspire, and create possibilities for others.
2020-07-2851 minThe NDINI Podcast129 | Tendai Chitima - It’s your journey to walk and persevere (Part 1)Tendai graduated from the University of Cape Town in South Africa with a Bachelor of Arts in Film, Media & Writing and Drama. During and after her studies she acted in several student short films, and even did musical stage productions as a conceptualiser, song writer, co-director and actress. Having worked as a runner in film production, Tendai gained experience in editing, and on-set management. With radio production skills training, she has also published scripts on national radio. In this candid conversation, Tendai shares that she had only landed her first TV role in 2016 after three years of...
2020-07-2640 minThe NDINI Podcast128 | Vivian Kaye - Taking the little steps that matterStruggle and success are just two of the many things people can relate to. Spread across our lifetime and in varying degrees, we all have our own struggles and successes that are instrumental in telling our story. This week we revisit our conversation with the phenomenal and unapologetically authentic Vivian Kaye, the Founder and CEO of KinkyCurlyYaki. What does it take to build a business by yourself from the ground up? How does being ‘real’ fit in this hyper filtered world? Discover how Vivian’s authenticity and grit became her brand and why she’s passionate about sharing her (not-so...
2020-07-191h 08The NDINI Podcast127 | Ntombizodwa Makuyana - You need exposure to know what you want to doTombi was raised in an underdeveloped part of Zimbabwe. Her mother was a part-time housekeeper and her father was a builder. She grew up helping her parents and brothers, and studying at the same time. Having witnessed the life of her mother’s employers, including hearing the stories of their child who was going to college at that time, Tombi was inspired and had her own dream of becoming a doctor someday. “Most of the time our schools don’t teach us to know (what you want to do) because they expect you to just figure it out in...
2020-07-1259 minThe NDINI Podcast126 | Tamara Mariam Dawit - If we don’t know about our past, we can’t learn from it“If we don’t know about our past, we can’t learn from it, and we can’t also be inspired to effect a similar change today.” - Tamara Mariam Dawit Tamara Mariam Dawit is a producer and director based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She runs Gobez Media, producing Ethiopian film, TV, digital and music content. She has produced content for CBC, Bravo, MTV, Radio Canada, Discovery, and NHK, among other networks. She directed the short film Grandma Knows Best, and her latest feature documentary Finding Sally, released in April, 2020. In this conversation, Tamara talks about why...
2020-07-0533 minThe NDINI Podcast125 | Nomndeni Mdakhi - We need to be intentional in what we dof you look up ‘resilience’ in the dictionary, you’ll likely find a picture of Nomndeni Mdakhi next to it! Nomndeni is a serial entrepreneur who has had more than her fair share of ups and downs. But one thing is clear - she has made it her mission to inspire and uplift others, and in particular African women. Nomndeni is the Founder of Agenda Women - a platform focused on bringing women together to learn and grow. She is also the Edits Communications, which is a PR, Branding and Talent Marketing Agency based in Johannesburg...
2020-06-2859 minThe NDINI Podcast124 | Phyllis Mugadza - It’s not just about being schooled, but being educated“Guaranteed, an African child will always be an achiever. I would just say that instead of defining what that achievement for them should be, allow them to discover that.” - Phyllis Mugadza Phyllis was born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. She was raised in a family that placed high importance on education. She was a natural academic achiever -- the ‘forever head girl’ as her peers refer to her. At a young age, Phyllis’ mother would take her to her office to allow her to experience a workplace environment. She’d even give her small tasks to do. All of thi...
2020-06-211h 00The NDINI Podcast123 | Sandra Chuma - Excellence is the best deterrent to racism and sexismThese recent weeks have been challenging for us as black people. Regardless of where in the world you are, it has been difficult for us not to see and not to be impacted by what has gone on in America, in Canada, and what is going on in the world at large. And a lot of the conversation that is being had is around racism, and in this particular moment in time, I understand that all lives matter. I do understand that. But the focus at this particular moment in time, whether it be in America and C...
2020-06-1411 minThe NDINI Podcast122 | Makini Smith - Finding strength and connection through vulnerability“A lot of what we know, we actually need to unlearn to relearn the correct way... A lot of people don’t understand that it’s the simple things that can change your life.” - Makini Smith Makini was a straight A student when she was in high school, but her turbulent youth and environment at that time ended up causing her to become a mother at a very young age. She had to prove herself to her family and to society that she was not going to be just a statistic. She went back to schoo...
2020-06-0745 min
The Empowered in My Skin PodcastSandra Chuma: Be happy with what you have, but eager for more
Sandra Chuma is a multimedia journalist and award-winning documentary filmmaker, and was selected as the inaugural Documentary Fellow during her time at Columbia University.For more than 15 years, Sandra has successfully blended business leadership, entrepreneurial innovation and creativity. In 2001, prior to attending Columbia University, Sandra partnered with her husband to create OBP (Open Business Process), an IT and management consulting company. Over the course of 7 years they grew the company into a highly successful consulting firm, offering guidance on IT and business strategies, and employing more than 60 consultants. Together, Sandra and her husband led their team in supporting clients operating...
2020-06-0152 minThe NDINI Podcast121 | Sandra Chuma - How to make a compelling VISIONIn this episode, we get to learn a little bit on how two specific parts of our brain work, and how we can make the most of it. Sandra shares The 3 steps on how to make a compelling vision, as well as her 5 'Core Desired Feelings'.
2020-05-3120 min
Trust & Thrive79: Embracing Failure & Seeing It as Feedback - with Sandra Chuma, Founder of NDINISandra Chuma is an inspirational speaker, podcast host, and award-winning documentary filmmaker, who believes that our greatest responsibility in this world is to share the stories that create possibility for others.She is the founder of NDINI, a platform to inspire, educate and entertain, and to encourage all women to believe in who they are and what they’re truly capable of. Sandra is also the founder of Woman on Fire Summit, which is a high-energy event - all about inspiration, transformation, connection, and entertainment.Before graduating from Columbia Journalism School with a Ma...
2020-05-2854 minThe NDINI Podcast120 | Robina Abramson-Walling - Everything starts with a decisionRobina Abramson-Walling, didn’t know who she was to her core most of her life. She worked as a nurse, got married and had children, then left her job to focus on raising her children. She had done what was expected of her and was living a life of how other people thought she should. One day she woke up and realized that she didn’t even know who she was anymore. She had given so much to everybody else that she stopped caring about herself. At this point, she knew that she had to make a decision to chan...
2020-05-2429 min
HEAL Her PodcastSandra Chuma "How The Power Of Our Words Shape Our Destiny"Sandra Chuma is an inspirational speaker, podcast host, and award-winning documentary filmmaker, who believes that our greatest responsibility in this world is to share the stories that create possibility for others. She is the founder of NDINI, a platform to inspire, educate and entertain; and to encourage all women to believe in who they are and what they’re truly capable of. She is also the founder of Woman on Fire Summit, which is a high-energy event that is all about inspiration, transformation, connection and entertainment.
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2020-05-2155 min
Homeward: The Sovereign Business PodcastSandra Chuma on Achieving Our Greater PurposeWhat is it that makes you come alive? Today's guest Sandra Chuma, is a storyteller, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. For more than 15 years, Sandra has successfully blended business leadership, entrepreneurial innovation and creativity. In 2001, prior to attending Columbia University, Sandra partnered with her husband to create OBP (Open Business Process), an IT and management consulting company. Over the course of 7 years they grew the company into a highly successful consulting firm, offering guidance on IT and business strategies, and employing more than 60 consultants. Together, Sandra and her husband led their team in supporting clients operating across the globe...
2020-05-191h 02The NDINI Podcast119 | Hadeel Osman - Inspiring visual creativity in SudanThis week, we talk to one of the honorees in Forbes Africa’s ‘30 Under 30 List’, Hadeel Osman. Hadeel Osman has worked in the media and fashion industries for over seven years. She had studied in Malaysia and the US, and had also worked in the United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe. But when she decided to return to Sudan in 2016, she found it hard to find visual inspiration from the streets. With limited resources, issues with infrastructure, and “mostly brown everywhere” as she described, Hadeel wanted to be part of the change and inspire visual creativity in her cou...
2020-05-1737 minThe NDINI Podcast118 | Natasha Sheppard - Be really passionate in what you doAs a child growing up, Natasha’s hair was consistently relaxed by her mother to make styling easier. She was even convinced that her hair was naturally straight (or ‘wavy’ at most) and ironically always wanted curly hair. Through many chemical relaxers and weekly wash-blowdry-straighten routines, her hair got more and more damaged, until she finally decided to cut her hair short. Doing this started to reveal her true natural curls the moment she started growing out of the relaxers. As years went by, eventually Natasha could not resist the urge anymore to do the “big chop” -- to cut al...
2020-05-1040 minThe NDINI Podcast117 | Sandra Chuma - Know that you are on the right path“Sometimes being a hero is acknowledging that you need help. Sometimes being a hero is acknowledging that you need to just sit and be still.” - Sandra Chuma How are you? Really, how are you? Normally we ask that question, but we don’t really mean it. It’s courtesy. It’s a greeting. But now more than ever, we truly must ask each other, “How are you today?” for it’s true intent and meaning. With the state of the world right now, I just wanted to remind you that the fact that we are wher...
2020-05-0309 minThe NDINI Podcast116 | Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - Challenging the Literary Canon for AfricaJennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a fantastic example of never, ever, ever give up on your dreams. She was born and raised in Uganda. While she won awards for plays that she wrote while in high school, she didn’t think of creative writing as a career, instead becoming an English teacher. But she longed to write, and decided to take the very daring step of going to the UK to do a Masters degree in creative writing. In 2003, initially inspired by her father’s battle with schizophrenia, Jennifer started writing what would become her first publish...
2020-04-2658 minThe NDINI Podcast115 | Chioma Ifeanyi-Okoro - Creating the ripple effect of change“The more we do for other people, the more there’s a ripple effect that just creates change within the different environments that we function in.” - Chioma Ifeanyi-Okoro Chioma is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA) with over 8 years of experience working with corporate and nonprofit organizations. As a growth coach and consultant, Chioma has helped a lot of professionals and entrepreneurs build creative strategies and grow their revenue. In 2018, She was named by Elevate Tech Fest as a Leader in the Canadian Innovation ecosystem and nominated for a Toronto Region Board of Trade Busines...
2020-04-191h 00The NDINI Podcast114 | Faridat Audu - Giving your child a global gift of language“Bilingualism is a fundamental gift that every parent should give to their children” - Faridat Audu It’s funny isn’t it how sometimes our inspiration to do something comes in the most random or unexpected way. For Faridat Audu, the inspiration to become bilingual came in grade school when she admired her friend’s sister, who she thought was so elegant and sophisticated in part because she spoke French. This admiration inspired Faridat to move to Côte d’Ivoire for University, and to immerse herself in the language. This life-long interest has led to academic de...
2020-04-1239 minThe NDINI Podcast113 | Camille Dundas - Changing the norm of media for Black CanadiansCamille Dundas loved reading and writing from an early age, and some of her fondest memories are of mornings spent reading the weekend newspapers from cover to cover with her father. As a teen she got exposure to working for a local TV network….and she was hooked! She knew she wanted to be a journalist. “You have to do the small things first for people to trust you to do the bigger things.” - Camille Dundas Camille’s journalism career started when she was just 15 years old when she got a gig as a part-time n...
2020-04-0550 minThe NDINI Podcast112 | Dr. Nina Lum - Never be oppressed by restrictions“I’m Christian and I believe that God places us in different phases of our lives for different reasons, and the biggest dream I have is to be able to meet my calling or my purpose.” - Dr. Nina Lum At a very young age, Dr. Nina Lum was exposed to how life changing a career in medicine could be. Her mother is a paediatrician in her native Cameroon. Growing up Nina was familiar with the late-night knocks on their door from frantic parents with a sick child. She’d watch as her mother tended to the child, a...
2020-03-2957 minThe NDINI Podcast111 | Maria Michelle Lee - Building a Tribe of EmpowermentMaria Michelle Lee is an inspirational and motivational speaker, a life coach -- all that while being an expert spray tan therapist. She also owns Brown Sugar Spray Tanz, offering natural luxury spray tan services, specializing in spray tan education, certification, & competition tans. Maria does the best of both worlds -- mentoring many women to be their best mentally, spiritually and physically, while expertly doing their spray tan sessions. If you want to know how that works out, you’ll want to hear it straight from Maria as she talks about how this began, and how she ha...
2020-03-2232 minThe NDINI Podcast110 | Whitney Madueke - Staying true to yourselfWhitney Madueke is a lawyer, who was admitted as a Barrister in the High Court of Nigeria. But after studying law, she realized that law wasn’t her passion. What she really loved was fashion and beauty. So she packed up her bags and moved to New York to pursue her passion. Making the transition wasn’t easy though – she’s had to work hard to create her brand, and there were times she even thought about giving up on her dream. But nothing could stop her determination as she overcame all the challenges of pursuing her dream.
2020-03-1539 minThe NDINI Podcast109 | Sandra Chuma - A reflection on my conversation with Lisa NicholsWe’ve had so much feedback on my interview with the incredible Lisa Nichols, in fact it’s probably the most we’ve ever had! But I completely understand why because it was such a phenomenal interview. Lisa shared so much wisdom and stories of inspiration from her personal experiences. If you haven’t seen it yet, then you’re missing out on something truly amazing! You can listen to Lisa’s interview on Episode 107 and Episode 108. Lisa Nichols is one of the world’s most requested motivational speakers, so getting her to sit with me for an interview w...
2020-03-0817 minThe NDINI Podcast108 | Lisa Nichols - Choose to be Extraordinary (Part 2)She’s one of the world’s most requested motivational speakers. Her platform has reached more than 80 million people worldwide, and continues to grow. She’s a bestselling author, and is CEO of a multi-million dollar publicly traded company. It’s hard to believe that Lisa Nichols was once a struggling single mother living on public assistance. It’s even harder to believe that this phenomenon who dazzles audiences on stages across the world was once told by a teacher to find a desk job and never speak on a public platform. But all of this is part of L...
2020-03-0129 minThe NDINI Podcast107 | Lisa Nichols - Choose to be Extraordinary (Part 1)She’s one of the world’s most requested motivational speakers. Her platform has reached more than 80 million people worldwide, and continues to grow. She’s a bestselling author, and is CEO of multimillion dollar publicly traded company. It’s hard to believe that Lisa Nichols was once a struggling single mother living on public assistance. It’s even harder to believe that this phenomenon who dazzles audiences on stages across the world was once told by a teacher to find a desk job and never speak on a public platform. But all of this is part of Lisa’s...
2020-02-2343 minThe NDINI Podcast106 | Elsa Isaac - You are your work, there’s no separationElsa Isaac is a professional wardrobe stylist based in New York. She has styled personalities like Lenny Kravitz, Phylicia Rashad, Brooke Shields, Katie Couric, and Marie Forleo, to name a few. Originally from Eritrea, her family moved to Canada when she was 4. Despite living most of her life in Canada, she shares that she has lived her life through immigrant eyes, coming from an immigrant household. Elsa was interested in fashion and style at a very young age, even styling her own Barbie dolls. She had already known that she did not want to take the expected ‘im...
2020-02-1636 minThe NDINI Podcast105 | Jully Black - Being the bridge of empowerment (Part 2)“There’s something about what I do -- with music, especially -- that really connects people. Understanding that music, especially in my travels, is a universal language.” - Jully Black In this 2-part episode, we are featuring Canada’s Queen of R&B, Jully Black. Jully is an award-winning R&B and Soul singer-songwriter. She was named one of the 25 Greatest Canadian Singers Ever by CBC Music in 2013. She’s collaborated with artists like Nas, Choclair and Kardinal Offishall. She’s also written songs for Destiny’s Child, Sean Paul and Missy Elliott, among others. All this before...
2020-02-0929 minThe NDINI Podcast104 | Jully Black - Being the bridge of empowermentKnown as “Canada’s Queen of R&B,” Jully Black is an award-winning R&B and soul singer-songwriter. She was named one of the 25 Greatest Canadian Singers Ever by CBC Music in 2013. She had already worked with various artists like Choclair and Kardinal Offishall as early as 1997, and written songs for Destiny’s Child, Nas, Sean Paul and Missy Elliott, among others, before releasing her first solo album “This Is Me” in 2005. Jully has also released a number of original songs independently and collaborations which had garnered awards and nominations. Her second album, “Revival” (2007) was certified gold in Canada and won...
2020-02-0234 minThe NDINI Podcast103 | Quick Fire Q&A with Tabia Charles CollinsFor this week’s Quick Fire round, we have former Olympian, University of Miami Sports Hall of Famer, fashion designer, ad motivational speaker Tabia Charles Collins. Tabia joined us in Episode 94 where she talked about her journey to becoming an Olympic athlete, and the aftermath of her unfortunate accident that ended her Olympic career. She shared what this meant for her, how she struggled and dealt with this reality, how she moved on, and has now dedicated her life to change other people’s lives by being a living example. “Athletics builds character, discipline, hard work...
2020-01-2608 minThe NDINI Podcast102 | Quick Fire Q&A with Nkechi Nwafor-RobinsonFor this week’s Quick Fire round, we have corporate executive, author, professional bodybuilder and inspirational speaker Nkechi Nwafor-Robinson. Nkechi joined us in Episode 92 , where she shared her experience as a professional bodybuilder, and the challenges it brought to her life. She talked about how her best friend and a life-changing book helped her overcome these challenges, making her the phenomenal woman that she is now. “When you show up, show up with empathy and compassion and love, and watch how that experience is just going to magnify and just be the best experience you could...
2020-01-1936 minThe NDINI Podcast101 | Quick Fire Q&A with Monique LondonFor our Quick Fire round this week, we have Monique London, owner and creative director of the all-natural and organic beauty brand London Ivy. Monique joined us in Episode 90 where she not only talked about her beauty brand and her life as an entrepreneur, but also how she provided a space where black women are given room to take off their armor, reset, learn, and leave feeling celebrated by creating Black Beauty Brunch. “I am not the exception for you. You don’t just have ‘Monique, the black friend.’ Monique is a black woman that represen...
2020-01-1211 minThe NDINI Podcast100 | Special Episode - Overcoming Fear and the Journey to 100Happy New Year, everyone! The beginning of a brand new year is not the only reason we at NDINI are celebrating, but because the first episode of 2020 also happens to be our 100th episode! How awesome is that! Looking back to the beginning, I had the idea of starting this platform for so long but never stepped in and took action until just a few years ago. This was because I was too afraid. I had always questioned myself, “Who am I to be doing this? Will people watch my interviews and stories?” But after finally taking the...
2020-01-0525 minThe NDINI Podcast099 | NDINI EBook: A Year End SpecialAs a special year end surprise for all of you, NDINI is launching our very first ebook! And it’s absolutely FREE! This ebook features highlights from our conversations, including some of the ones you’ll see in this episode. You’ll also get my personal insights and takeaways from these powerful conversations. What a wonderful way to end the year and start 2020 with this inspiring and empowering ebook! NDINI has always been a platform of inspiration and empowerment. We share the stories of bold, inspiring, trailblazing, and influential women of color. Since starting this platfo...
2019-12-2932 minThe NDINI Podcast098 | Quick Fire Q&A with Tomi GbeleyiFor our Quick Fire round this week, we have CEO and Founder of Makeup For Melanin Girls (MFMG Cosmetics), Tomi Gbeleyi. We featured Tomi in Episode 78 where she talked about her journey in creating her own beauty brand that specifically caters to the needs of dark-skinned women. She was driven by her own experience as a young runway model when makeup artists had difficulty figuring out how to work the makeup for a model of her ethnicity. She had also learned that most multi-ethnic women with darker skin like herself would just “hack” the existing cata...
2019-12-2214 minThe NDINI Podcast097 | Quick Fire Q&A with Nini AmerliseNext on our Quick Fire Q&A series this month is supermodel, actress, and motivational speaker, Nini Amerlise. This phenomenal woman was our guest in Episode 72 where she talked about how she got started in the modeling industry, and her journey to her success and the person that she is now. Despite a rocky start in modeling, Nini did not let her challenges bring her down and worked hard to pursue her passion relentlessly. She has achieved several recognitions, features, and honors including being named the Rising Star Model of the Year by African Fashion Organization in 2016...
2019-12-1508 minThe NDINI Podcast096 | Quick FIre Q&A with Hoodo HersiIt’s the time of the year again where we get to kick back and have a little fun with our guests. It’s time for our Quick Fire Q&A series! In this series of Quick Fire rounds, we get the chance to know our amazing guests even more on a lighter and even quirkier level with their “top of the head” answers. Make sure you don’t miss this, you might learn a thing or two about these phenomenal women that would surprise you! First on our Quick Fire Q&A feature is stand-up comic and writer...
2019-12-0815 minThe NDINI Podcast095 | Seun Adigun - Redefining what it means to be a winner"Anything is possible. You don't have to live limited by the fear of what you don't know or what you don't understand. That was what this was about -- breaking barriers." - Seun Adigun Seun is an Olympic athlete, who is the former 100m hurdles Nigerian and African Champion. She’s also now an Olympic record holder! Seun Adigun is the first African to ever compete at both summer and winter Olympic Games. Seun and her team mates Akuoma Omeoga and Ngozi Onwumere made history at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea as the first team to...
2019-12-0158 minThe NDINI Podcast094 | Tabia Charles Collins - Breaking Records, Breaking Limitations"Athletics builds character, discipline, hard work, and confidence... From athletics, I have made amazing connections. I have started different businesses. And for me, that's even greater than just saying 'I am an Olympian.'" - Tabia Charles Collins Tabia started with playing soccer and dancing as a young girl, but one that stood out about her in those early years is how fast she was. This got her into track and field, in which she proved to be really good at. She soon also got into long and triple jump, and her athletic competence and success had...
2019-11-2441 minThe NDINI Podcast093 | Caroline Hlahla - Embracing Natural Beauty"We don't look at the dolls as a toy. We look at the dolls as a tool. It is an educational tool. It is a tool that black children will use to empower themselves." - Caroline Hlahla When her business partner’s two-year old daughter asked for a peg and pillowcase so she could have long, flowy hair and a pointed nose, just like her dolls -- they knew that they had to do something! Caroline Hlahla and her business partner Khulile Vilakazi-Ofosu set to work to figure out how they could help young African girls to em...
2019-11-1745 minThe NDINI Podcast092 | Nkechi Nwafor-Robinson - Walk and lead from a place of love"When you show up, show up with empathy and compassion and love, and watch how that experience is just going to magnify and just be the best experience you could have imagined." - Nkechi Nwafor-Robinson Nkechi is a corporate executive, author, professional bodybuilder and inspirational speaker. She has devoted her life to empowering and inspiring people, and helping them live a more fulfilling and purpose-driven life. Something that really stands out about Nkechi is her incredible energy and joyful spirit - she even calls this her “superpower.” You truly feel this amazing gift she has the...
2019-11-101h 04The NDINI Podcast091 | Rumbi Bvunzawabaya - Live a life of service to empower others“I am beautiful, bold, courageous and tenacious.” - Rumbi BvunzawabayaShe’s a Solicitor, Speaker, Author and Social Activist. Spurred by seeing the mistreatment of women in her native Zimbabwe, Rumbi Bvunzawabaya was inspired to become a lawyer so she could address some of the injustice she saw growing up. But due to the economic and political situation in Zimbabwe at that time, she was forced to move to the United Kingdom with her husband. Arriving in UK, she was shocked by the shoddy legal services being provided to migrants, and so she and her husband decide...
2019-11-0343 min
Well To The Core04: Sandra Chuma: Morning Routines, Asking for Help, and Letting Go of Rigid Food LabelsIn a world where we can pick up our phones and look at what everyone else is doing right, it's hard not to compare yourself to others, especially as a woman of color! Today's guest, Sandra Chuma, has built a platform that highlights and celebrates the successes of women of color in a way that no other media platform does. In today's interview, she shares her journey with creating NDINI, navigating insecurity and inadequacy, and overcoming the challenges of having an emotional connection to food. Sandra shares what it really looks like to sacrifice and prioritize yourself...
2019-06-1955 minThe NDINI Podcast069 | Sandra Chuma: Do not let fear hold you backFear is one of the most prevalent causes of pain and injustice in the world. Think about it, what good has fear done for you? Fear is what binds us to remain unchanged and unmoving -- it makes us stagnant. It is what holds us back from owning our power because we fear our greatness will come with even greater sacrifices. It is our fear that lures us away from opportunities and awakening our potential. Fear exploits our weaknesses by magnifying our perceived incapability. The moment we succumb to fear's temptations, it is then our...
2019-06-0208 minThe NDINI Podcast058 | Sandra Chuma: We are who we declare ourselves to be NDINI has celebrated it’s the first anniversary early this year and it has been an absolute joy to have been given this opportunity and mission: to share the stories of African women who are earnestly changing Africa’s narrative to one that radiates hope, resilience, wisdom, and love for humanity. From activists to thought leaders, artists and socio-environmental entrepreneurs, I have learned that women – all women – ultimately, desire the same thing: a world that encourages everyone to embrace their truth, their potential, and their purpose. That’s why it has been such a blessing...
2019-03-1722 min
The NDINI Podcast056 | Quick Fire Q&A with Sindy Zemura-BernardIn this week’s NDINI quickfire round, we have the Founder and Executive Director of Southern Africa Embrace Foundation – Sindy Zemura-Bernard. Sindy is a humanitarian and philanthropist driven to support and empower marginalized communities. She currently serves in various international boards, committees and working groups in both private and public sectors. “I don’t have a lot, but I have a lot more than most people, and so I have a responsibility.” – Sindy Zemura-Bernard Sindy’s social advocacy is anchored in her passion to create equal opportunities for vulnerable communities in South Africa, especially for women and yout...
2019-03-0300 minThe NDINI Podcast050 | Quick Fire Q&A with Kirsty CoventryThis week, we feature Sandra Chuma's quick-fire round with one of Africa's best female athletes - Kirsty Coventry. "Staying true and honest to yourself takes sacrifice." - Kirsty Coventry Back in episode 34, we learned that Kirsty first learned how to swim at just 18 months old! Then at 9-years old, she told her parents that she would join the Olympics and win the gold. Oh, if she only knew how true this was! In 2000, she went on to compete in her first Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Stepping on the world stage had allowed her...
2019-01-2004 minThe NDINI Podcast048 | Year In ReviewHello! I just wanted to stop in and wish you a very, very happy new year. I also wanted to say thank you! Thank you so much for all of your support, all of your love, all of your likes in 2018. When I started this platform a year ago, I had no idea what I was getting into. I had no idea whether anybody was interested in the stories that I wanted to share. I had no idea if any of the women would be interested in telling their stories on this platform. Wh...
2019-01-0650 minThe NDINI Podcast047 | Quick Fire Q&A with Dr. Timiebi Aganaba-JeantyFor this week's quickfire highlight, we have the distinct pleasure to get up close and personal with multi-awarded international and space lawyer, Dr. Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty. Dr. Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty is currently an assistant professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society with a courtesy appointment at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, USA. She is a fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) based in Waterloo, Ontario Canada where she focuses on environmental governance. She's also a member of the advisory board to various groups and organizations!
2018-12-3009 minThe NDINI Podcast043 | Quick Fire Q&A with Gugu NkabindeIn line with the upcoming holiday festivities, we're excited to share our new lighthearted yet insightful content! Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing NDINI's special segment: Quick-Fire Q&A. Don't miss this rare opportunity to get to know our NDINI alumna on a more intimate level. This week, we have esteemed guest Gugu Nkabinde answer Sandra's 20 quick-fire questions! From something personal like Gugu's "I AM" statement to something surprising like her breakfast choices, this episode proves that trailblazers have fun too!
2018-12-0508 minThe NDINI Podcast025 | Sandra Chuma: Each one of us is incredibly powerful!Six months ago I had an idea. I had an idea that I wanted to be part of telling a different narrative about Africa, and in particular about African women. I was tired of people looking at me with pity when I told them I was from Zimbabwe. I was tired of people making assumptions about what it meant to be an African woman. But I realized that in part it was not their fault – no one was really showing a different side. And so NDINI was created as a platform to share the stories, wisdom, witticism and tru...
2018-07-1514 minThe NDINI Podcast008 | Lisa Chuma: Creating a compelling and inspiring brand story“I’ve realized that when women work together, good things happen” Brand Strategist, Lisa Chuma, shares the importance of having a compelling brand story; and how to use it to inspire others while creating meaningful connections and collaborations. Lisa has been featured in more than 60 international newspapers and magazines, and most recently was featured on CNN Money. She is also a highly sought-after speaker, and has given two TEDx Talks, and been a keynote speaker for organizations including Google, eBay, Goldman Sachs and Women Techmakers. Lisa Chuma is the Founder and CEO of the Women...
2018-03-1828 min
The NDINI Podcast001 | Welcome to The NDINI PodcastJoin host Sandra Chuma as she introduces you to The NDINI Podcast. She'll explain what NDINI means, the inspiration behind creating it, and her vision for the platform. Music: 'Be About It' by Lira
2018-01-2405 min