Sihame El Kaouakibi
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330 appearances
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1 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard May 2025
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I love to help someone who is confused or who is like a little bit new direction, help them in the present situation and start crafting their future together. That's for me, that's those are... Great journeys because I also learn a lot and we do it together. And it's really, yeah, it's really personal.
And it's so, I'm so grateful that these people jump on a call with me and can relate with me and just trust me to, yeah, to go on this journey with them. Because it's quite important, right? The next 10, 15 years of your life is always important. The next runway.
When you're feeling lost, mostly lost something, okay? And the moment you lose almost everything, everything you cared about, You have to believe that you will overcome this loss. We all did. And if you're back in shape, you just realize that nothing in life can happen that you cannot overcome. And maybe even you actually don't overcome it, you work through it and live differently.
And to believe this, you need really to trust the process. And it's something, it's making me sound vague, but it's something you have to believe in. You cannot change the situation you're in if you don't believe. And the path you're on will change. Roll out how it will roll out. It will manifest. That's how it is.
And another part is there's so much about glamorous success, but there is always another side. Okay. Everything you see when you're feeling lost and confused and you envy all these other people, just know that there's always another side.
own of growth okay so there are extraordinary people that you envy when you but they are also in deep pain even if they are millionaires or have social status and they are going through depths of darkness so don't mirror yourself with these people when you are lost because i did i envied so many people i was focused on the other instead of focusing on myself okay you lose time you leave energy you leave you lose self-belief confidence everything you need to start your transformation and
The other part is just success is moving through the peaks and the lows, equally embracing what is drawn at us. That's success. The rest is noise. If somebody says to you, this is success, look at me, don't believe it. Success is failure, stumbling, maybe bankruptcy, scandals, trials, whatever it is. Just know that the real success and wealth is inside you.
And when you find that source, you become resourceful to wrap it up I always say to the community of women I work with, you will always be in. You are going to make mistakes. You are not perfect, okay? The learning is in the doing. So embrace the change, lean into the resistance you feel, but also be grateful. Every day, these three things. that you're grateful for.
Focus on the abundance that you're surrounded with, whether it's love or the little things. Instead of focusing on the lack of something, the voids, okay? Your future will pan out just as it's supposed to be and let your values guide you. I think that's, for me, the most important thing. And if you're really...
want to have something very tangible what helped me a lot and helps a lot of people i'm surrounded with is creates a structured daily routine okay do these daily walks in nature they're brain juice start journaling practice gratitude it really helps stay positive pursue something like a further education it can be a course there's so many free courses online do something that sharpens that keeps you sharp that sharpens your knowledge for example you don't feel your
not able to learn no you keep on learning engage in sports so important and and if you're really in a dark period of course you need therapy of course you need to understand and manage your mental health through professional help but all these little things it's compounding it's compounding to change it's compounding your transformation and it's i can assure you it works it didn't only work for me it works for all these amazing women i work with for sure
Yeah, exactly. Oh, pleasure. It was really nice. It was really, it was lovely to do this. It was one of my first podcasts was in English. So sorry for my maybe some mistakes, but I love doing this and to share some, I think just real stories. Like I said, I think it should be part of impact to contribute to people's stories and people's journey. So it's always a pleasure to contribute in this way.
Yeah.
Hello, hello.
All right. What an opening. That's quite a story, right? So, for the people listening, my name is Sihem. I was born in 86 to Moroccan immigrants in Belgium. I was raised there, studied there, worked there. In the past 20 years, I was an entrepreneur, actually a five-time founder, former member of parliament. And yeah, I actually have to just be very honest.
As a young woman of color, I did face a lot of adversity. And my milestone started there, I think, because I found a way through education, hard work and luck to transform adversity into a sort of resilience. My experience really sparked for me a super deep desire to turn these societal hurdles into driving force for change. So my milestone is there the nonprofit work.
I founded, designed, implemented award-winning empowerment programs, education programs for youth and women. But simultaneously, I did enter the entrepreneurial world, co-founded several firms, especially focused on next-gen inclusion and diversity. Yeah, that was like the first 15 years. And then five years ago, I entered politics as a member of parliament.
And that changed really everything, but more the worse. where entrepreneurship is a positive sum game, I can assure you politics is a zero-sum game. It became this toxic work environment. And yeah, a couple of years ago, three, four years ago, I went through a very difficult burnout. Period of burnout, diagnosed PTSD. So it forced me to slow down.
During slowing down, what is a privilege today that you can slow down, I healed, started pivoting. And actually, I really went from being burnt out, confused, overwhelmed, even bankrupt to now being back in the best shape of my life, physically, mentally. I'm resilient, but actually more than resilient. I love to say I'm antifragile. I really find strength in adversity and
I'm in a career that I'm more proud of than ever. So I can probably say that today I'm a skin in the game consultant. Impact and innovation is my thing at the intersection of people, prosperity, planet. And actually it's about converting SDGs into tangible results. And besides consulting, I love coaching high-performing women because we can relate. And I think that's also the way we met, Vince.
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