From photographing a camel beauty contest to getting up close with the Pope on his trip to the UAE, award winning photographer Katarina Premfors has been capturing the region in all its guises for nearly 30 years.  Born in Sweden, raised between Pakistan, Turkey and North America, she’s worked with the biggest names in photography and been published in The New York Times, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal to name a few. We delve deeper into her career to learn how she originally found her flow with photography and hear her travel tales and dreams of future projects.

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If you are truly looking for the voice of reason and a way to uncomplicate the overwhelming mass of information out there listen in. Ryan has spent over 20 years working with patients helping them look and feel better. He’s authored 2 books with his brother Sean Penny also a Homeopath, the first NO SWEAT, a guide to exercising throughout the day without the need for a gym or any special equipment. The second book, Something BIGGER, an instructive handbook for overcoming negative thoughts and habits by resetting satisfaction goals. We talk biohacking, the power of the gut, how to peel back all the excuses preventing you from doing what you know you should be doing and how to connect with your true purpose to enable you to do what you need to do on your journey to wellness.

https://www.bedayaclinic.ae/services/dr-ryan-penny-the-wellness-brothers/

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Nitai Krishna is one of the most gracious and beautiful souls we have had the pleasure of spending time with. He was born in Ghana and grew up in a Bhakti yoga family and community. He has lived in many countries including India and Thailand. Now settled in Dubai for over 6 years, he has gathered a huge following who attend his gentle, non-judgmental, yet energizing classes at The Matcha Club. We sat down with him to find out more about his childhood, how he came to be the man he is today and how he lives in his flow. 

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Gorgeous, gracious and greatly talented, Nouri sat down with us in the JBM Studios and shared her life stories and her dreams for the future. She totally stole our hearts by her gentle yet fiercely determined ambition. Grounded by the love and support of her family she never forgets her humble beginnings despite her rise to fame on the global music scene. So excited to watch and find out where her talent takes her next.

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Mark McGuigan is an artist, musician, singer/songwriter, a teacher for primary and secondary school, a qualified life coach, mentor for teachers and student of neurobiology. He is really passionate about education but he himself describes his greatest passion as inspiring others. We loved chatting with Mark about Flow, what is a growth mindset and he shares some great tips on how to encourage your children to want to learn.

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Ed Sheeran, David Beckham and many more celebs have got them. It seems to be a growing trend but one that is actually for the better; its beekeeping. What is it about these fascinating creatures that is attracting people all over the world to keep them?

Unlike us this week who had a bit of a run in with flying insects, Zahira Nedjraoui definitely finds her flow with her bees. She is a mother of 2, her day job is with Dubai Holding and she is also a beekeeper or apiculturist who founded the UAE’s first Beekeepers Association. Since starting in 2005 over 200 people have attended the beekeeping courses. She also set up an educational Bee Garden at The Sustainable City. She has a wonderful story about how she was first introduced to bees and then fell in love with these fascinating creatures.

http://www.beekeepersassociation.ae/

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Mohammed Saeed Harib is an animator best known for being the creator and producer of the incredibly successful cartoon series ‘Freej’, (meaning “neighbourhood” in local dialect). It follows the lives of four gossiping grandmothers dressed in Bedouin face-masks who are trying to cope with the dramatic changes of 21st-century Dubai.

He also directed FREEJ FOLKLORE, the largest Arabic theatrical production in the region and is the founder of Lammtara Studios. Loreta has known Mohamed for many years and we take a trip down memory lane to find out how they first met and worked together. We so enjoyed our conversation with Mohammed, he was exceptionally open and honest about what motivated and drove him to create Freej in spite of the many years of struggling to get it off the ground. He also shares with us how he finds his flow.

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We loved talking to Loma, she is so insightful and we are delighted to have her as a regular on the podcast. With a background in Law, she retrained to become a Psychotherapist and now has her own private practice based in London. She also created the absolutely amazing fashion website called Suststyle, sourcing gorgeous sustainable clothing by designers all over the world. On this episode Loma shares with us her definition of flow as well as discusses anxiety, what is it and how we can find ways to overcome it.

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