The Life Therapy with Zita Podcast

In Conversation with Charlotte Hellekant – Opera Singer

In conversation with Swedish mezzo-soprano Charlotte Hellekant. Together, we explore travel and its meaning in our personal and professional experience of life. In a time when travel has become significantly restricted as a result of the novel coronavirus, it seemed fitting to celebrate with gratitude how travel shapes and informs the quality of our lives. Charlotte Hellekant has an international career as a regular guest with many notable opera houses, conductors and orchestras. And, a repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary classics. Charlotte has inspired some of the world’s leading composers to write especially for her including; Luciano Berio, Toshio Hosokawa, Philippe Boesmanns and Stefano Gervasoni. Charlotte has collaborated with Pina Bausch (Gluck’s Orfeo e Euridice at Opera Garnier) and Sasha Waltz (Hosokawa’s Matsukaze at Staatsoper Berlin, Brussels, Luxembourg, Tokyo and Monteverdi’s Orfeo at Staatsoper Berlin, Brussels, Baden-Baden). Other roles include Carmen (Glyndebourne), Charlotte in Werther (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Marguerite in La Fura dels Baus production of La damnation de Faust (Salzburg and Ruhrtriennale), Judith in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (BBC Proms), Clairon in Capriccio (La Monnaie) Cornelia in Giulio Cesare (Zurich). Charlotte Hellekant’s orchestral repertoire includes all of the Mahler song cycles and symphonies, Les Nuits d’été by Berlioz, Sheherazade by Ravel, Berio’s Folksongs, Chants d’Auvergne by Canteloube, Gurrelieder by Schoenberg, Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder. She has collaborated with conductors such as Sir Georg Solti, Ashkenazy, Dohnany, Salonen, Eschenbach, Dudamel, Nagano and Minkowski. Recent seasons include Charlotte in Autumn Sonata for Malmö Opera and Hong Kong and Polina in Pique Dame at La Monnaie with Nathalie Stutzmann conducting. Charlotte Hellekant has also curated and directed Hedvig Leonora for the Drottningholms Slottsteater as well as Hosokawa’s monodrama The Raven at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg and Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris. Charlotte is also a Mental Coach for classical musicians. She is a stage director for opera and creator of other projects, often exploring the synergy of the various art forms combined. The post In Conversation with Charlotte Hellekant – Opera Singer [https://lifetherapywithzita.com/in-conversation-with-charlotte-hellekant-opera-singer/] appeared first on Life Therapy With Zita [https://lifetherapywithzita.com].

In Conversation with Helen Reid

How to have a difficult conversation about race and racism.  Helen and I explore how inherent bias impacts us all.  We explore how we can learn and grow from listening to each other. Helen is an Intuitive Guide and Human Design Specialist – she supports women across the globe to take back their power with grace. Helen guides her clients and her community to remember who they are at the soul level, and create emotional and financial freedom doing the work they adore. Helen’s work supports the courageous, embracing and graceful letting go of generations worth of struggle and shame so that together we can create a New Earth. Previously, Helen spent eight years working as a corporate tax lawyer in London. After having children, her priorities changed, and she decided to follow her passion for human behaviour, growth, and evolution. Since leaving her legal career, she has specialised in supporting corporate professionals to move beyond the mundane roller coaster of modern life, guiding them to connect with their soul’s essence and true purpose in this world. Helen now lives in Southern Spain with her husband and two young children, enjoying a slower pace of life and the year-round sunshine. You can discover more about Helen here [https://helenreid.org] The post In Conversation with Helen Reid [https://lifetherapywithzita.com/in-conversation-with-helen-reid/] appeared first on Life Therapy With Zita [https://lifetherapywithzita.com].

In Conversation with Kelvin O’Mard

Kelvin O’Mard first came to the public’s attention in 1974 when he appeared as a boy soprano in the original production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat. As an actor, Kelvin worked for notable companies such as The Royal Shakespeare Company, Bristol Old Vic, The Royal Court Theatre, to name but a few. Kelvin has also made numerous appearances in film and television. In addition to an extensive career within the arts, Kelvin has worked as a project manager for Haringey Council, Hackney Council, and most recently Westminster Council where he is a key worker supporting the wellbeing of fifty women. All those under his care have survived the Coronavirus health crisis. In this interview, we explore Overcoming. Overcoming adversity in childhood, the trauma of loss, grief, and abuse. I wanted to know who or what supports a key worker that enables them to help us when we face challenges in our own lives. Lucille Dwek painted the portrait of Kelvin as part of a project to honour and say Thank You to key workers during this global pandemic. The post In Conversation with Kelvin O’Mard [https://lifetherapywithzita.com/in-conversation-with-kelvin-omard/] appeared first on Life Therapy With Zita [https://lifetherapywithzita.com].

In Conversation with Ainsley

Success has the face of your mother. In this episode we discuss the role of Mother in our life. It is our relationship with our primary care – giver, our Mother, that serves as a proxy for our relationship with success and life. If there is a strained or difficult relationships with our primary care – giver, our mother, it is reflected in a non-relationship relationship with life and success. Simply put, it is difficult for someone to excel at any venture they know is worthy of their human endeavour if they have a disrupted bond with their mother. As with anything in life we have the power to change aspects of our life to create better outcomes in all areas of their life.     The post In Conversation with Ainsley [https://lifetherapywithzita.com/in-conversation-with-ainsley-2/] appeared first on Life Therapy With Zita [https://lifetherapywithzita.com].

In Conversation with Franziska J. Golenhofen

Franziska Golenhofen is a consultant, researcher and recent co -author of the book “Mastering Disruption and Innovation in Product Management” (2018). The book aims to guide corporate Business Units to Startups through the process of creating tangible products and services from their initial ideas. With a systemic impact and systems thinking perspective, it is here where Franziska integrates and connects insights from human – centred design approaches to technical concepts such as modularisation and platforms. Prior to publishing the book, Franziska worked at Siemens Management Consulting and on the inaugural FIFA Female Leadership Programme. Franziska Golenhofen holds an MSc in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the London School of Economics, has published with Oxford University Press, and is an advocate for UN Sustainable Development Goals and work done by One Young World. Having grown up in Hawaii and Munich, Franziska has lived and worked in the USA, Canada, Germany, South Africa, the Netherlands and most recently, the UK. In this conversation we explore the influence of systemic awareness as an inherent skill in Systemic Leadership and how both can be implemented as a means to improving our current models of education and  healthcare. I trust you will enjoy the Conversation as much as we enjoyed having it. Thank you for listening.   The post In Conversation with Franziska J. Golenhofen [https://lifetherapywithzita.com/in-conversation-with-franziska-golenhofen/] appeared first on Life Therapy With Zita [https://lifetherapywithzita.com].