Mehran Rowshan

Rowshan Podcast
Rowshan Podcast
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This podcast is simple. I sit down with good people and we have real conversations. As a coach, I’ve always cared about growth, discipline, perspective, and the kind of lessons that can actually help people live better. That’s what this podcast is about.

  1. 11h ago

    Our Parents Got One Big Thing Right (29) View test report Edit title

    A couple of years ago I told Elina I have 400 kids at Alliance and I can manage 399 of them. The one I can’t manage is her. She said yeah, but I’m your daughter. She had the answer ready before I finished.That’s most of what this one is about.Ela works with the good kid. The one who listens, who helps, who never causes a problem, who you never have to worry about. Her whole point is that’s the one you should be worrying about, because they’re quietly carrying everyone else and nobody has noticed.We also got into boundaries, why she won’t allow sleepovers at all, what our parents got right that we’ve somehow dropped, and the thing she says actually builds self-esteem, which isn’t telling your kid you love them.I talk to parents every day and I still took notes.If you’ve got a quiet one at home, watch this.Guest: Ela Nasserihttps://www.instagram.com/ela.raise.them.rightTime Stamps:00:00 Intro01:40 Why she coaches parents instead of children05:13 Why we parent exactly like our parents did08:20 Why we expect more from girls10:41 The good kid nobody worries about12:26 What happens to them at 25, 30 and 4013:45 How to see their value without using it17:02 Guilt trips, and how to actually apologise21:40 Boundaries, and what happens without them27:04 Gen Alpha, authority, and losing community33:04 How self-esteem is actually built35:50 Praise the effort, not the goal40:40 Why she will never allow a sleepover43:03 Letting teenagers decide for themselves50:47 They only remember how you made them feel52:20 Fear, faith, and what you can't control#parenting#selfesteem#raisingkids#peoplepleasing#rowshanpodcast

    Our Parents Got One Big Thing Right (29) View test report Edit title

  2. Nov 3 ·  Bonus

    is playing football worth it?

    is playing football worth it?It’s 6am on a Sunday. Most people are asleep. But our girls have a game at 8, so they’re up, in the heat, about to play a team bigger and stronger than them. And I kept asking myself one question. Is it worth it? Most players never go pro. They sleep early, wake up early, sacrifice their weekends, and most of the time they don’t even win. So why do it? In this video I ask that question from every angle. The player who slept at 9pm and still says yes. The coach who slept at 2am because he couldn’t stop thinking about the game. And the parent sitting in the heat holding a coffee that nobody claps for. What these girls are really building isn’t a football career. It’s discipline, resilience, and memories they’ll carry long after they forget the score. So, is it worth it? Watch and decide for yourself. What would you tell a parent asking if it’s worth it? Let me know in the comments. More on the Rowshan Podcast and @mehranrowshan. #youthfootball #girlsfootball #footballparent #AllianceFC #dubaifootball

  3. Oct 30

    It Was Not a Choice | Alistair Overeem

    Alistair Overeem didn’t choose fighting. His brother did.He was twelve. His brother decided he needed discipline, opened the car door and told him to get in. That was the whole decision. He told me if his brother had been an ice skater, he’d have been an ice skater.Five years later he had his first fight. He was 17, the other man was 28, and there was no headgear. He went on to have 93 of them.I know nothing about his sport. I told him that in the first minute. I coach football, I watched one of his fights to prepare and it lasted six minutes and I had to look away. So we talked about everything else instead. He’s 46 now. Three daughters. Lives here in Dubai. And when I asked whether he’d want them to do what he did, he said something I’m still thinking about. That in this field the motivation can only come from inside, and if someone else wants it for you, it doesn’t work.He also told me his body has healed completely. All of it, including his brain, after 93 fights. I pushed back on that, because I think about it with my own players and we don’t let kids head a ball before they’re twelve for a reason. He didn’t move an inch. Watch that part and decide for yourself.Then he told me he’s going back in the ring. I didn’t know that was coming.We also got into fasting, sleep, why he refuses to wear a tracker, Jake Paul, living to 125, having no fear at all, and what happened to him five years ago that changed how he sees God. Tell me in the comments what you make of the healing part. I genuinely want to know #UFC #mindset

    It Was Not a Choice | Alistair Overeem

  4. Oct 29 ·  Bonus

    What Makes a Football Coach Unforgettable

    Any coach can teach a player how to kick a ball. Very few leave a mark that lasts a lifetime. After 20 years and more than 10,000 players, I’ve learned the thing that makes a coach unforgettable has almost nothing to do with football. It’s how you treat the person, the standard you set, and who you are on a hard day. If you coach, or you’re raising one, this one’s for you. Chapters:0:00 The next Mourinho0:55 Know the person before the player1:58 Your standard speaks3:45 Catch them doing it right5:06 Showing up consistently6:18 Play the long game8:05 How you made them feel Which one hit home? Let me know in the comments.

  5. Oct 21

    Why Small Things Set You Off | Shorouk Abdallah

    Shorouk is one of my trusted friends, and this is the first podcast she has ever done. Until last year you could not find her online at all. That was on purpose. She is a psychologist, practising since 2006, and she has a way of explaining people that I have not heard anywhere else.Her idea is simple. Our body sits at 37 degrees, and we all understand that something is wrong if it climbs to 39 or drops to 33. We just never apply the same thinking to our emotional state. So we live at 39, controlling, on edge, one second from exploding, or at 33, going through the motions, looking at life instead of living it. And we call it normal.Her point that stayed with me is that 37 is not something you build. You were born there. The work is removing what got layered on top of it.We got into:, What a parent at 39 does to a child, and what a parent at 33 does, Why children copy who you are rather than what you tell them, Why meditation is the wrong tool for some people and the right one for others, The seven layers of conditioning she has spent twenty years mapping, Birth order, and why no two children get the same parents, Why people only change when staying put hurts more than changing, Why recovery speed matters more than staying calmIf you are a parent, a coach, a teacher, or you have ever wondered why small things set you off, this one is for you. Shorouk's website: Shoroukalabdallah.com #RowshanPodcast #EmotionalIntelligence #Parenting #Psychology #Dubai

    Why Small Things Set You Off | Shorouk Abdallah

  6. Oct 14 ·  Bonus

    Why You Can Never Get Comfortable

    As I turn 45, I’ve been thinking about a lesson I learned the hard way. When you build something and it finally starts working, there’s a quiet danger: you start to believe you’ve "made it." You get comfortable. And that’s exactly when things begin to slip. Building this club meant doing every task myself, from admin to logistics. We survived against massive franchises in Dubai because we focused on every single child. The day you think you’ve arrived is the day you stop doing the grounded work that got you there. Everything is temporary—the wins and the losses. If I had found this level of success younger, it might have ruined my soul. Today, I realize it's simply a profound responsibility. Staying humble isn’t weakness; it’s what keeps you sharp. The same effort that built it is the effort it takes to keep it. I filmed this on the pitch I built from nothing. Twenty years taught me this. I just hope my players learn it faster. Where in your life do you need to stop getting comfortable?

  7. Oct 6 ·  Bonus

    All Civilizations Are Equally Worthless | Dr. Roy Casagranda

    Every civilization believes it was the greatest. Every single one of them collapses. And almost none of us had anything to do with the achievements we are proud of. Dr. Roy Casagranda is a historian and political scientist who has lived in seven countries and now teaches in the UAE. He failed his way through American schools, fell in love with university and never left, and built a PhD out of psychology, political science, history and drama. I went after him for months after watching him talk about Cyrus (Kourosh) and the Achaemenids with more care than most Iranians manage.This is one of the deepest conversations we have had on the show, and one of my favourites .We got into:, Why he believes we may be the worst species that has ever lived, The Permian extinction, and why he thinks we are recreating it, Why civilizations almost always destroy themselves from the inside, The library of Cordoba, 400,000 books, burned by the city that built it, Why there is no greatest civilization, and why nationalism is the oldest trick there is, The genealogy maths that makes ethnic purity mathematically impossible, Why you can be proud of your ancestors but never of yourself, Good thoughts, good words, good deeds, and what the world lost when it forgot them, AI, bias, and why he says privacy is already an illusion, Why Gen Z being abandoned is the thing that gives him hopeFair warning, we did not avoid anything. The conversation goes into war, politics and the state of the world, and Dr. Roy says exactly what he thinks. You will not agree with all of it. I did not agree with all of it. That is what a conversation is for.Dr.Roy's Social Media Accounts https://www.youtube.com/@DrRoyCasagranda https://www.instagram.com/roycasagranda #RowshanPodcast #History #Civilization #RoyCasagranda #Nationalism #Philosophy #Dubai

    All Civilizations Are Equally Worthless | Dr. Roy Casagranda

  8. Oct 3 ·  Bonus

    The One Question That Fixed How I Spend Money

    Everyone thinks getting rich is about making more money. I've met plenty of people who make a lot and are still broke.So I started asking myself one simple question before buying anything: would I still buy this if I was alone on an island with no one watching? If the answer is no, I'm not buying it for me, I'm buying it to be seen. That one question changed how I spend. This video is about the things I wish someone had told me decades ago. Not because I'm good with money, I'm not. I've lost plenty, heart and money both. Most of what I know came from books, not from being some financial genius. I break down the subscriptions quietly draining my account that I finally cancelled, why flashy choices are a trap (nobody cares about you, they care about the car), and the difference between getting rich and staying rich.The honest truth: you need far less than you think. Wealth is quiet. It's the money people don't see.If you're younger than me, you've got time to fix this that I wish I had. Use it.Two books that changed how I think, both mentioned in the video: The Psychology of Money and The Algebra of Wealth.Which subscription are you cancelling after watching this? Let me know in the comments.

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This podcast is simple. I sit down with good people and we have real conversations. As a coach, I’ve always cared about growth, discipline, perspective, and the kind of lessons that can actually help people live better. That’s what this podcast is about.

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    Mehran Rowshan
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