“Ignite Your Strength” Scherazade Mokadem Scherazade Mokadem

This is a special episode of myself being interviewed by Andrea Corbett, CEO and Founder of Focus cic and International Bodybuilder. We have an intimate conversation about my sporting past, family, secrets and deception due to sporting passion, we discuss about my body dysmorphia, modest sports clothing and the lack of it and the importance of my faith balanced with male dominated sports to being in the fitness industry and facing adversities offering male training programmes and how social media trolling can get nasty!

Boxer, Fight Director and Amateur Boxing Coach. Kate has participated in 13 White Collar Fights and that’s when she become hooked! Kate discusses the impact of Covid-19 and how it’s affected the industry she works in and taking part in the 2.6 challenge to raise money for Refuge, a charity for women who suffer domestic abuse.

On this podcast show I chat with Yasmin Hussain, an inspiring female coach who’s a
FA qualified Football Coach, and has been coaching for 3 years and is a Coach for Muslimah Sports Association. Yasmin Hussain also plays and Is a Manager for Frenford F.C, Leyton orient trust and Colebrook Royals and is a
London Football Association council member part of the
Women and Girls Advisory Group.
A Player in super 5 league that got their big shot at Stamford Bridge and winner of the Nike Woman Tournament.
Yasmin Coaches woman indoor football to grassroot level and started with 5 Muslim players and now have over 20 players within 1 year.
We discuss about cultural barriers and the lack of opportunities growing up as a female teenager and why it took 20 years later to decide to go back and play Football, but also to take the step on training to become a coach, partly due to the change within societies opinions. We talk Football and inclusion of young girls and women in male dominated sports and still the lack of awareness and stigma perceptions that surround sports like football. How our minds can become our own barriers and stop us from perusing in physical activity or in the participation in sports specific clubs and the need for an increase in female coaches across the United Kingdom.

An honest free flow chat with Sarah about the hurdles of being a personal trainer and a small insight into how personal trainers struggle with self employment and renting in gyms in order to survive as a PT. Touching on about Algeria culture and men’s perception of women and girls involvement of male dominated sports and the barriers Sarah has faced from her own family wanting to study Sports Science at undergraduate and Post graduate degree level to working in a gym and why Sarah chose to be a Socca Aerobics Instructor.

In this episode Saadia Abubaker, from Swansea, Wales; discusses about how she got to hear about the Young Ambassadors Award and why she decided to join the Y.A at the tender age of 14 whilst in secondary school. What it meant to her to help other girls like herself that were from ethnic minorities and Muslim girls in order for them to reap wellbeing from participating in physical activity as Saadia herself has experienced Anxiety and for the young girls to have a safe environment to participate in physical activity without compromising on their cultural and their beliefs. On 21st July 2020, Saadia Abubaker was awarded an award for ‘Young Activist’ by Sport Gives Back, which was shown on itv and hosted by Jeanette Kwakye from the Royal Institution in London.

Welcome to “Ignite Your Strength” Podcast, An uncut raw free flow interview with Andrea Corbett, talking about her journey from being diagnosed with mental ill health, the journey of overcoming mental illness and the journey of becoming a bodybuilder and turning professional on an international and British elite level. Discussing the start of her community interest company, Focus cic and and what it means for the inclusion of youth fitness and young girls in the Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnic community.