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January 17, 2024, Anne V Muhlethaler

S4:E01 Sridevi Kalidindi

on proactive mental health care, investing in employee wellbeing and finding joy within oneself

Sridevi Kalidindi, a senior consultant psychiatrist and leadership and executive coach, tells Anne about her award-winning work in psychiatry and proactive mental health care, including through her company KLIP Global, a data-driven and science-backed wellbeing service for companies who want to see their employees thrive.

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November 26, 2023, Anne V Muhlethaler

S3: E17 Bridgitte Dempsey Klein

on innovative natural skincare, bottling up the goodness of the sea and connecting to her roots

Bridgitte Dempsey Klein, the beauty entrepreneur and founder of French natural skincare brand Yanne Wellness, tells Anne about the several career pivots she’s taken and speaks to the influences behind each — including her desire to bottle up the goodness of the sea for her innovative skincare and food supplement systems brand.

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October 23, 2023, Anne V Muhlethaler

S3:E16 Cath & Jeremy Brown

On balanced partnerships, considered designs and Feldspar’s commitment to heritage crafts

Cath and Jeremy Brown, the couple behind the beloved UK design brand Feldspar Studio, tell Anne about their journeys from early careers in different fields and then their relocation and the creative experiment that led them to establish Feldspar as a bona fide company. The pair also explains the design of their ‘wonky’ products, the importance of endangered heritage crafts and how they balance their romantic and professional partnership.

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September 14, 2023, Anne V Muhlethaler

S3:E15 Rahshaana Green

On human-ing, the power of agency and compassion-based resilience

Multidisciplinary wellness consultant Rahshaana Green tells Anne about how (and why) she formulated her life to go in the direction she intended, the accident that led her to yoga and how delving into yoga and meditation led her to become a certified teacher and now instructor at the Nalanda Institute in Contemplative Science.

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July 14, 2023, Anne V Muhlethaler

S3:E14 Etienne Salborn

on fostering innovation, freesponsibility and building self-organised communities

Etienne Salborn tells Anne about the work of the non-profit he co-founded called SINA (the Social Innovation Academy), that serves to empower marginalised youth in rural Uganda, how he helped build a self-organised community founded on ‘freesponsibility’ and how they are scaling impact from immigrant communities in Uganda and beyond.

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June 4, 2023, Anne V Muhlethaler

S3:E12 Gemma Colao

On the wonders of CBD, amplifying the silence and finding your space

Gemma Colao started her career as a knitwear designer and after years in fashion, the creative entrepreneur made a pivot. Now co-founder and chair of OTO Wellbeing, a sustainably sourced wellness brand Gemma’s talks about amplifying shared moments, finding focus and restoring balance and calm thanks to CBD. She talks to Anne about her career path, her own quest for balance and her vision for the future.

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October 18, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S3:E01 Kim Walls

Anne interviews Kim Walls, a beauty industry innovator, fourth-generation entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of Furtuna Skin. Kim explains the question she asked herself that led her to care about the sustainability and integrity of clean beauty formulas: if anything we put onto our skin is absorbed but it, what do we want to put into our bodies?

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August 11, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E20 Nishanth Chopra

On connecting the dots, the seed-to-sew model and regenerative farming

Anne speaks with Nishanth Chopra, the innovative Indian entrepreneur and founder of Oshadi, a unique sustainable brand and collective. In an inspiring interview, they discuss his first experiences in the textile industry in India, and how they informed his desire to establish a regenerative fashion initiative that respects all the industry’s labour elements: from the earth that provides the materials to the craftsmen and women who build the textile.

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July 25, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E19 Abigail James

on skincare, self-care and ageing well

Abigail James, London’s famed A-list facialist who’s been crowned ‘the queen of skin’ and ‘priestess of facial massage’, is also a well-being expert, yoga teacher, author, and single mother. In her absorbing interview with Anne, Abigail discusses her winding path to where she is now, the art of facial massage and power of positive touch, as well as the life philosophy she practices to keep going.

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June 24, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E17 Dr Jonathan Kaplan

on urban mindfulness, psychological flexibility and living from our values

Dr Kaplan is a clinical psychologist, ACT therapist, author and teacher who also works with the application of mindfulness and meditation in psychotherapy. A visiting faculty at the Nalanda Institute, in this engaging conversation he talks about cognitive diffusion and mindfulness, working with sensory overload and how we can learn to live with our narratives without being ruled by them.

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June 5, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E16 – Archana Jain

on purpose-driven communication, telling good stories, and why PR matters

In this episode of Out of the Clouds, host Anne Muhlethaler reconnects with Archana Jain, an accomplished PR and communications professional, and the founder of PR Pundit, one of India’s top integrated communications firms. Archana has been at the forefront of her industry since her early days in the field and is widely recognised as…

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April 28, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E15 Jennifer Fisher

on building a business, talismans and making smarter choices

In this episode of Out of the Clouds, host Anne Muhlethaler interviews her friend, New York-based jewelry designer Jennifer Fisher.
Jennifer is a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), a nominee for the 2020 and 2019 Accessory Designer of the Year at the annual CFDA Awards. She speaks frequently about strategic leadership, brand building and empowering the next generation of fashion entrepreneurs.

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April 21, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

SE2:E14.S2:E14 Wesley Faulkner

on how community shapes us, inclusion and neurodiversity

Wesley Faulkner is a first-generation American, public speaker, and podcaster, and he currently works as a Head of Community at SingleStore, co-hosts the developer relations focused podcast Community Pulse and serves on the board for South by Southwest. Anne interviews the founding member of the government transparency group Open Austin, also a staunch supporter of racial justice, workplace equity and neurodiversity.

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March 26, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E13 Jenny Sauer-Klein

on experience design, connection and scaling intimacy

In this episode, Anne Muhlethaler, host of the show, interviews consultant and experience design specialist Jenny Sauer-Klein. 
Jenny is passionate about how we get together as groups and how we learn. She is a wonderful facilitator who has spent her life creating lasting experiences for a myriad of different audiences and is a frequent presenter at international conferences and has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc., as well as Tim Ferriss’ book “Tools of Titans”.

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March 16, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E12 Manfreda Cavazza

on not fitting in, the craft of writing and adopting an audience-first mindset

In this episode of Out of the Clouds, host Anne Muhlethaler interviews writer, copy editor and journalist Manfreda Cavazza. The two have been collaborating since late 2020, with Manfreda supporting Anne in her writing for the blog and newsletter she publishes weekly for her company, AVM Consulting. They share a number of values, including, among…

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March 10, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E11 Julie Granger

on passion, teaching, and making the benefits of ballet available to all

In this episode of Out of the Clouds, host Anne Muhlethaler interviews celebrity fitness trainer and former ballerina Julie Granger. Anne came across Julie via an online recommendation and was immediately struck not only by the instructor’s passion for teaching and the effectiveness of her classes (particularly Brooklyn Barre), but also by the combination of…

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February 22, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E10 Cameron Silver

On circular fashion, the theatre of retail and vulnerability

In this episode, Anne Muhlethaler, host of Out of the Clouds, interviews Cameron Silver. Known as ‘the impresario of vintage fashion’, Silver – who pursued acting in his teens – is a talented retailer, storyteller, and an all-round entertaining guest.  In their interview, he tells Anne about how he landed working in retail while pursuing…

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February 15, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E09 Annie Lee

on safe events during COVID, setting healthy boundaries and not planning for perfection

In this episode, host Anne Muhlethaler interviews her good friend, entrepreneur and event planner Annie Lee (@Daughterofdesign). Annie is known as “The Wedding Doctor” by Refinery29, “The Party Planner” by New York Magazine, a “celebrity entertaining expert” by People Magazine and Shape Magazine’s “Woman in Action – Entertaining Expert.”  An event and wedding specialist for…

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January 11, 2022, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E8 Neil Bridgeman

on naturopathy, nutrition to support mental health and yoga for anxiety

Episode Notes Neil Bridgeman is a marketing and branding expert turned naturopathic nutritionist.  In this podcast episode, Neil talks to host Anne Muhlethaler about his personal journey from Australia to the UK where he landed in the then up and coming startup that was luxury online retailer Net-a-Porter. The two know each other from then,…

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December 21, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

SE2:E7 Paulette Perhach

on writing and personal finance, creating value, and the joy of writing in community

Episode Notes Paulette Perhach (@pauletteperhach) is an freelance writer, journalist and writing coach, who shares her knowledge and expertise with those pursuing writing, both as a career or for personal creative goals.  In this lively podcast interview, Paulette speaks to host Anne Muhlethaler about her early beginnings with writing, how one of her stories, ‘The…

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November 18, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E6 Rebekah Brown

on the M word, femtech funding and reframing midlife as a superpower

Episode Notes Rebekah Brown is the founder and chief guinea pig of MPowder, the world’s first plant-based supplement powder range crafted to target the three distinct biochemical stages of the menopause.  Rebekah’s personal struggle was the starting point for this entrepreneurial adventure, as she started to suffer in her early forties from varied symptoms that…

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October 31, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E5 – Yancey Strickler

on Bento and post-individualism, self-interest and future us

Episode Notes Yancey Strickler (@ystrickler) is an entrepreneur and writer, co-founder of Kickstarter, The Creative Independent, and the author of This Could Be our Future, A Manifesto for a More Generous World. He’s a Distinguished Fellow at the Drucker Institute, one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People, and an angel investor in startups, including Hopin,…

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October 25, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E4 On swimming, resources & finding flow

Solo episode with Anne

Episode Notes In this solo episode, host Anne Muhlethaler (@annvi) explains how she reconnected with her childhood love of swimming while away on a mountain retreat for a few days. Surprisingly, through a few changes she’d recently made, this practice turned into a peak experience.  This got her thinking, mid-stroke (breaststroke that is), and turned…

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October 14, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E3 – Dr Tim Lomas

on finding happiness through untranslatable words, and men, meditation, and mental health

Episode Notes Dr Tim Lomas (@drtimlomas) is one of Europe’s leading experts on positive psychology and the programme leader at the University of East London’s MSc in Applied Positive Psychology (one of Europe’s most highly respected post-graduate courses). He has written for the Guardian, the Times, Psychology Today and has published numerous academic papers in…

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September 26, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:02 – Andrew Barry

on transformational online courses, learning from each other and seeking joy

Episode Notes ‘Your customers will tell you what they want your product to be. Listening to what the customer wants is half the battle and the key to everything you do.’  Andrew Barry  Andrew Barry (@bazzaruto) is ‘the course guy’, an online teacher’s teacher and founder of Curious Lion Learning. If a single slogan could…

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September 15, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

S2:E1.Season 2 – This is a Test

This is a test

Episode Notes ‘If you are not happy with the way things are, don’t just complain. Go make things how they should be.’ Derek Sivers This episode marks the start of the second season of Out of the Clouds. Host Anne Mühlethaler returns with a solo episode, a podcast version of a piece she wrote recently….

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July 15, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

S1:E22 Nadine Kelly

on yoga and mental health, reclaiming her creativity and serving wise women

­In this episode of Out of the Clouds, Anne interviews Nadine Kelly,  a retired pathologist, experienced yoga instructor, American Council of Exercise certified Health Coach and Senior Exercise Specialist. She is also the founder of YOGI M.D. and host of the YOGI M.D. Podcast. ­Anne and Nadine are Akimbo almumni, they met in 2020 on…

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July 9, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

S1:E21 Solo Episode 3

Telling the WE story

Episode Notes In this solo episode, host Anne Muhlethaler was inspired by the fact that Geneva, her hometown where she currently resides, felt like the centre of the world as the city hosted Presidents Biden and Putin for the US/Russia summit, essentially happening a stone’s throw away from her home.  The conversations picked up in…

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June 28, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

S1:E20 Helen Baynes

on customer centricity and the power of listening

Episode Notes In this new episode of Out of the Clouds, host Anne Muhlethaler interviews Customer Experience Specialist and consultant, Helen Baynes.  Want to grow your business? “If you have a long-term ambition for your business, take your customers on the journey with you.” offers Helen.  Anne and Helen met through a close common friend and more recently…

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May 30, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

S1:E18 Todd Lynn

on fashion as an ideas laboratory and why everyone wants to be a rockstar

In this new episode of Out of the Clouds, host Anne Muhlethaler interviews Canadian ready-to-wear designer Todd Lynn (@toddlynnlondon). Anne and Todd have known each other since 2000, whilst Anne was starting out at Christian Louboutin in London, and Todd was designing at Roland Mouret. They became close friends over the years and worked together…

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May 23, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

S1:E18 Solo Episode 1

The one where I talk about my favourite word and Ikigai

In this episode, the first of its kind, host of Out of the Clouds Anne Muhlethaler introduces a solo episode. Unlike the interviews with her varied guests, this is a scripted show, an audio version of the blog post she publishes weekly on her other platform, AVM Consulting (avm.consulting).  Called Looking Forward, the blog is…

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May 2, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

#16 April Davila

on mindful writing, right view and the importance of consistency

In this new episode of Out of the Clouds, host Anne Muhlethaler interviews novelist and mindfulness teacher April Davila (@aprildavila).  Anne and April got to know each other thanks to their two-year certification training course, or MMTCP, which they completed earlier this year, meeting over Zoom during the closing retreat hosted by their teachers Tara…

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April 25, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

# 15 Keris Marsden

on naturopathy, self care and following her gut

Show Notes In this episode of Out of the Clouds, Anne Muhlethaler interviews Keris Masden (@fitterfood), in a first of what may be several interviews with the highly qualified naturopathic nutritional therapist, trainer and lecturer at the College of Naturopathic Medicine. Keris, with her partner Matt Whitmore, runs Fitter Food: a comprehensive platform offering good…

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April 13, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

#14 Nina Runsdorf

on being true to herself and always searching for treasures

In this episode of Out of the Clouds, host Anne Muhlethaler interviews the creative fine jeweler Nina Runsdorf. The two know each other well, having first been introduced by a mutual friend in 2011, and are currently working together on developing Nina’s business.   The super chic designer, who has been at the head of her…

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March 30, 2021, Anne V Muhlethaler

#13 Chris Magee

on his yoga journey - moving from injury to awareness, movement to introspection

Chris Magee (@mageesy), head of yoga at Psycle London, is a teacher’s teacher who runs trainings and retreats worldwide (in normal times), when he is not offering what is marketed to be the toughest yoga class in London, aptly named OMFG.  The accomplished Irish yogi has had a surprising and compelling path. A keen rugby…

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December 9, 2020, Anne V Muhlethaler

#09 Martin Popplewell

on being the real castaway, finding alternative routes and the state of journalism today

This week, host of Out of the Clouds Anne Muhlethaler is joined by journalist, media trainer and ex-broadcaster Martin Popplewell (@Martinpops).  Anne had the occasion to work with Martin on a couple of projects, which landed her in the green room of the BBC Morning News a few years ago. However little did she know…

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November 7, 2020, Anne V Muhlethaler

#08 Lama Hourani

on emotional geography, the importance building bridges and becoming a cultural entrepreneur

Lama Hourani (@lamahourani and @lamahouranijewelry) is a Jordanian jewelry designer who grew up in the country’s capital, Amman. Her artistically-minded entrepreneurial parents founded private art gallery Foresight 32 when she was a just girl. When a silversmith jeweler came asking for work at the gallery, during the Iraq war, her mother took him in and they turned…

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October 12, 2020, Anne V Muhlethaler

#07 Paolo Ferrarini

On content curation, fashion's opportunity and getting closer to nature

OCTOBER 12TH, 2020 | 01:05:39 | S1:E7 In this episode, host Anne Muhlethaler is joined by her good friend, curator, journalist and teacher Paolo Ferrarini (@paolostyleops).  Paolo started his career in trend forecasting before becoming a design journalist and teacher at several of Europe’s most prestigious schools. He writes for the Cool Hunting and Italian design title…

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September 30, 2020, by Anne V Muhlethaler

#06 Tess Privett

on faith, Japa meditation and finding joy while chopping an onion

In this episode, host Anne Muhlethaler interviews Tess Privett (@lotuspocus_milano): Tess is a yoga teacher, owner of Lotus Pocus studio in the center of Milan, Italy, who Anne encountered virtually while the two were studying how to launch their podcasts with the help of Seth Godin’s Akimbo “Podcast Fellowship”.  This marks their first time “meeting” over Zoom,…

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September 4, 2020, Anne V Muhlethaler

S1:E4 Clementine Desseaux

on body positivity, femininity and being Indiana Jones

In this episode, Anne Muhlethaler interviews friend Clementine Desseaux (@bonjourclem), a model, activist, TedEx speaker and CEO of the All Womxn Project. Clem shares stories ranging from her beginnings: with a start in business school, to a break through TV add as a plus-size model in France; her first “big” casting with American Apparel, and…

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August 1, 2020, Anne V Muhlethaler

#03 Rajesh Ramani

on emotional resilience and self awareness or sharpening the axe

Episode Summary In this conversation, spiritual teacher, meditation and life enhancement coach Rajesh Ramani (on LinkedIn) kindly relates his journey from South India to becoming a spiritual teacher as well as a life transformation coach based in the world renowned Kamalaya Wellness Centre in Southern Thailand.  In this conversation, we talk about his journey from…

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June 8, 2020, by Anne V Muhlethaler

#02 Eva Geraldine

On Good is the New Cool

Episode Summary In this episode, Anne speaks to Eva Geraldine Fontanelli. They begin by discussing how Eva is coping with the lockdow then tells Anne about her meditation practice. She studies a form of Japanese Buddhist meditation which she discovered in her 20’s. While meditating, she recites the mantra, “nam myoho renge kyo” which she…

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June 1, 2020, Anne V Muhlethaler

01.S1:01 Diana Rilov

How To Be a Pirate

Episode Summary In this inaugural episode of Out of the Clouds, Anne is joined by longtime friend and teacher Diana Rilov. Today they will be discussing how Diana came to yoga, aging gracefully, what it means to be a ‘pirate’ and Diana’s personal philosophy about spirituality in yoga. Anne and Diana met while Anne was…

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