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Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!What does it take to produce a podcast, and what does it have to do with personal growth?What does it take to produce a podcast, and what does it have to do with personal growth?
Today we are speaking about what goes into producing a podcast, what the journey looked like that brought Vera and me here to episode 18, and also how much we needed to grow when we started to collaborate. We speak about hurdles, like computers suddenly not liking microphones, and that “assuming” is never a good thing!
It’s all about communication, growth, sharing knowledge, letting go, and finding together, and building an amazing collaboration.
2023-08-2527 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!How much faster could you achieve your goals when you seek out help? And is it wise trying to do everything yourself?There are many reasons why we business owners are trying to go by without help. There can be the feeling of having to be in control, perceived lack of money, pride, or our upbringing that haunts us.
Acknowledging needing help, admitting to yourself that you need it, and then asking for it, can be extremely difficult.
The consequence of this is, that when you are trying to do it all by yourself, the progress is much slower that you make (if any at all), and you lack the professional...2023-08-1820 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!Do you really have a choice?Join us - yours truly Heike and Vera - in today's episode where it's all about choices.
We often say that we do not have a choice. But is that really true?
No matter what we do, there's always a choice - or several - that we can pick from. Choices are not necessarily great, but we always have the control to pick the lesser evil - or the greater good.
This episode for sure is a more thoughtful one, but it does not...2023-08-1130 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!Happy but peed off?
In today's episode of Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!, we explore how we can be happy and yet pissed off, and also, what toxic happiness is.There are also some flowers and Unicorns mentioned (again by Vera - there seems to be a theme going on there, don't you think?).Honesty, speaking up, uttering how it really is can be one of the most powerful tools that we have, and we encourage everyone to explore what happens when you admit that things just suck right now.Let us know what you think, and subscribe and...2023-08-0424 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!Language, Baby - Language!This week will be a blast for you, we promise, and don't worry, we are not talking about the swearing-language, but how we communicate with each other, what our maps of the worlds are, how we try to make ourselves clear, and how important it is to have an external set of eyes (or rather ears) in our lives.AND most importantly, we explain why we called our podcast Kardamom & Chili!It was about time, right? 🤣So, after having listened, let us know who you think is what - we are SO curious to see your tak...2023-07-2126 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!We want to - so we do it! And why not?At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what you SHOULD do, but what you WANT to do, and what brings you happiness. Way to often we let ourselves go against our purpose and manoeuvre ourselves into unhappiness and a treadmill we start to despise very soon.What is your mission? What is your passion? What is the best version of yourself?Vera spills the beans today about what her secret is, and how much she follows her passion and what that actually enables her to do, and how she finds back to happiness in a...2023-07-1422 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!What happens when you are being put on the spot? Does magic happen, or is it just awkward?Vera has put me on the spot, and that very unexpectedly too, so this episode has been recorded with a very uncomfortable, facing the fear, Heike (me).
Discover my special magic, and gain a deeper understanding of what's behind the combination of coaching and NLP with branding mentoring, and how it helps so many people to unleash their power and magic with their business, brand, and life itself!
Our mindset comes first, then we make the brand work. It's quite logical, isn't it?
So...2023-06-3037 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!Do we have to be stuck with a decision we are forced to make as teenagers?Do we have to be stuck with a decision we are forced to make as teenagers? How free are we to choose what makes us happy, and how much courage does it take?
Listen to today's episode, where we are having the fabulous audio genie, José Machado, as guest, who makes the best out of our podcast sound and knows all the secrets that are going on behind the scenes!
José has a fascinating journey to share from "hard" science to becoming a game designer, sound engineer and becoming a...2023-06-2338 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!What happens when you reach your goals? Do you find yourself feeling guilty suddenly?What happens when you reach your goals?What happens when you reach your financial and time goals? Do you feel guilty? But why would you? Come with us today on a journey through the mindset of feeling guilty when you actually achieved your goals, on intention setting and how language defines our perception of our own world.And what does the societal construct and pressure that feeds through the whole world does to our mindset?Enjoy some time of exploration in the light of all those questions and more, and please do let us know what...2023-06-1644 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!What do you expect as a client from your supplier?Following last weeks episode about the ideal supplier, we thought we talk about what we expect as clients from our suppliers - and how much do we deliver to our clients of that?
Discover our preferences (or dislikes) how we are treated by suppliers, and what we would love to see, from client-repelling automations to the respect of being treated like an adult.
A very interesting topic, that I am sure you will find yourself nodding along here and there!
Come join us, have...2023-06-0925 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!How to find your ideal - SUPPLIERIn one of our earlier episodes our guest, Tom Cleary, had mentioned something that Vera and I picked up on in today's episode.
We all know the topic about finding our ideal client, but do we do that with our suppliers as well? How do we behave when we found the perfect supplier for us, how much money are we willing to spent, and isn't it the same process as without ideal clients?
Find out in today's episode full of goodness.
Heike SchimanskiCoaching and Branding2023-06-0230 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!A lawyer, a photographer and a coach meet in a bar ...What does a lawyer have to do with us, and what are we talking about today?
Vera and I had the pleasure of having the fabulous Richard Hiron as a guest, who's not only an awesome human being, but an employment lawyer - and we will be talking about copyright in general. It sounds like a weird mixture, doesn't it? But upon listening you will soon understand that this affects us all - no matter which area of our lives - on a lot of levels.
As always, an...2023-05-2641 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!Self-compassion - as an introverted business ownerIs there a difference to self-compassion, when it's down to introverts? you might ask, and it's a good thing to ask, because there indeed is. Come with us on our journey today with our fabulous guest Tom Cleary, with whom we will explore the topic self-compassion and what it means in terms of being an introvert.
And the added benefit of this today is that we also had some amazing points of view on society, as three nations came together to speak about this and other related topics.
So...2023-05-1947 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!How important is self-development in business?
Being a business owner is the best self-development tool you can have.Follow us today as we explore self-development in some of its forms, how it is essential for a business owner, the brain and what simple tools can already help yourself and therefore your environment.And also learn what a sabre cat has to do with a website!Come and relax in a few minutes of goodness, have fun and enjoy.
Heike SchimanskiCoaching and Brandinghttps://www.heikeschimanski.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/heike-schimanski/Vera Cloe ZebrowskaHolistic...2023-05-0434 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!Hell, Yeah! Hell, NO! - an essential strategy for life and businessThose two answers to questions that are posed to us are the most powerful that we can apply in our daily life. When you ever had the "Hell, yeah!" feeling as an answer to a question, you know what we will be talking about, don't you?
"Hell, yeah" and "Hell, no" are essential strategies to get the best life for ourselves, and to stand strong where we would otherwise "sell our soul", because we say Yes to anything and anyone, although we don't like it!
Turn those Yesses into...2023-04-2823 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!How does magic fit into your business?Magic follows emotion - and you need to feed the magic. What does this statement mean? Come with us on a discovery journey about the magic that lies within us - that drives us, lets us make decisions, be happy, and fulfil our purpose. Our magic is within ourselves, and is what we pour into our work every day.
Feeding the magic will elevate all that we do, and that is amazing, isn't it?
Have fun with today's episode full of magic, and do drop us your comments or...2023-04-2121 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!Introversion in business - and how fun can it be?Heike and Vera are both introverts (believe it or not 🤭), and so it was just natural to quite quickly come to this topic in this wee Kardamom & Chili podcast, and it will for sure not be the last time we will be talking about it. Explore with us what introversion actually can mean, and what wonderful perks and benefits it can have (get an amazing insight from Vera in terms of event photography!). Dive with us into deeper levels of mindset and self-development, and how to build your bad-ass avatar that gives you the confidence to safely grow into the...2023-04-1422 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!What does it take to build a successful business and brand?As small business owners or sole traders, we are at the centre of what we do. When we have blocks, limiting beliefs, or are introverts, it can be challenging to put ourselves out there, or get the most out of our business and brand. Equally, when we feel "Meh" when asked about our business, or we feel stuck, it can lead to loosing the focus where we wanted to go, and WHY we do what we do.
Have a coffee with us, as we explore the emotions and psychology behind branding and being a...2023-04-0620 min
Kardamom & Chili - Unleash your magic!Hello there and welcome!Join Heike and Vera when they talk about all things business and branding, how we as business owners are our businesses and brands, and what we can do to elevate what we love to do.2023-04-0300 min