Fearless Knowledge

Tania Khojasteh and Ali Khan

Fearless Knowledge is a conversation between two deep-thinking, deeper feeling, London friends interested in intersectional topics of emotional and social intelligence as it relates to our 21st century complex world, through a lens of fear and fearlessness. It's interpersonal, social, political, and sophisticated business. #FearlessKnowledge #EmotionalIntelligence #FearlessLeadership #Psychology #Philosophy #EquityDiversityInclusion #BusinessDevelopment #PersonalDevelopment #EQ 

  1. 01/31/2021

    Episode 11: Understanding Leadership in 2021 [Part 1/3]

    So, already in January 2021, the world is buzzing with conversations on leadership. And it's ABOUT TIME! Because leadership is one of the most important topics of emotional intelligence! This episode is the first of 2021 but also the 1st part of a series to come on leadership, which also happens to be shared on the inauguration of US President, Joe Biden and days after the attack on the US Senate.  Ali and I ask tough questions here as we explore becoming clear on what leadership truly means and why we may lack many "good leaders". We think 2021 is calling on each and every one of us to look internally and act externally with a clear and complete understanding of leadership, especially as we head slowly out of the pandemic and return to 'normal'. Can we look forward to leadership grounded in emotional and social intelligence?  *WARNING: Profanity alert! Ali and I swear a fair bit here as we record absolutely live and unedited. You get to hear the real and passionate Ali and Tania ;)  Thank you for listening, following, and sharing this episode and podcast series.  Made for you, with love!  Fearlessly yours,  Tania & Ali Copy rights: Fearless Knowledge 2021 Music: Unknown Sound Editor: Lukas Stainmaier #Podcast #Fearlessness #EmotionalIntelligence #Storytelling #Leadership #USelections #LeadershipPodcast #SimonSinek #BreneBrown #Daniel Goleman #SelfDevelopment #Society #Politics #Trump #Biden #Politics #COVIDtimes #2021

    46 min
  2. 11/20/2020

    Episode 10: Fearless Growth, 9 Steps to Egolessness

    Growth, true personal growth, is a big life long fear that connects to many of our other fears - the fear of abandonment, fear of failure, fear of success and more. But as you all know by now, Ali and I are big advocates of becoming *comfortable with our fears and understanding fear*. Fear after all is our most important emotion. It is there to protect us so we can survive – but like an over-protective parent, it can also sabotage our development by making us afraid of our true potential and growth. The ego, which I often synonymously call fear, operates in a similarly limiting way and it needs to be understood and overcome too.   Prof. Jane Lovinger, a brilliant development psychologist I’ve recently been researching on seems to have done really unique work on the study of the evolution of the ego…. In fact, she outlines 9 specific stages on how we can rise above the primitive stages of ego (which we can get stuck in) into a state where the ego eventually dissipates into egoless-ness.   If I apply these 9 stages in becoming egoless instead as 9 tangible steps for us to use and climb as individuals, perhaps we’ll all collectively grow from a place of fear into fearlessness. During yet another COVID lockdown, the US elections and its aftermath, and the various crises in the world, Ali and I think, it's time to get growing!  This episode is personal and political and for all of us!  Thank you for listening! Follow and share the good word and link here on fearlessness. Fearlessly yours,  Tania and Ali Copy right: Fearless Knowledge Music: Unknown  Editor: Lukas Steinmeir #FearlessKnolwedge #EmotionalIntelligence #Podcast #Podcastseries #USElections #Psychology #Ego #Egoless #Fearlessness

    51 min
  3. 10/02/2020

    Episode 8: Fear of Love: Fiction, Attachment, Reality

    "In this episode, I'll be sharing an interesting story on how I ran into Jason Silva, the popular American-Venezuelan modern philosopher and social media speaker on Amsterdam's streets! Our conversation on the fear of abandonment led me to ask whether the fear of love has become an epidemic in our modern Western societies? Or perhaps fearful love has reached a climax since the advent of marriage for love in the Victorian period? Maybe fearful love is what Jane Austen was actually talking about in the under layers of her characters, disguised as 'pride' and 'prejudice'.  Lately, I've been doing a crash course in a psychology theory called Attachment Theory, which aims to answer why we may become fearful of love and intimacy. So, just for fun, I examine a few of Jane Austen's characters from this lens.  And Ali, in his usual deep metaphorical and political style, makes the connection between attachment theory and Austen's characters and asks whether we see the 'avoidant' Mr. Darcy everywhere in our corporate, political and professional spaces!  And ultimately, how does one become a secure or 'fearless lover' in all aspects of life? Enjoy and share the word about Fearless Knowledge!  Fearlessly yours,  Tania and Ali ***This podcast series is inspired by Tania Khojasteh's workshop training series for children and professionals in intersectional emotional intelligence.  © Fearless Knowledge 2020. *Music has unknown composer and no copy rights. *Sound Editing by Lukas Steinmaier #Podcast #Fearlessness #Fear #EmotionalIntelligence #Storytelling #FearofLove #FearlessLove #AttachmentTheory #JasonSilva #ThaisGibson #JohnBowlby #JaneAusten #PauloFreire #SelfDevelopment

    46 min

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Fearless Knowledge is a conversation between two deep-thinking, deeper feeling, London friends interested in intersectional topics of emotional and social intelligence as it relates to our 21st century complex world, through a lens of fear and fearlessness. It's interpersonal, social, political, and sophisticated business. #FearlessKnowledge #EmotionalIntelligence #FearlessLeadership #Psychology #Philosophy #EquityDiversityInclusion #BusinessDevelopment #PersonalDevelopment #EQ