Inspired Evolution with Amrit Sandhu: A Mind, Body & Soul Podcast

Kristina Mand-Lakhiani on Self Acceptance & Authenticity

Kristina Mand-Lakhiani as the co-founder of MindValley is a serial entrepreneur. Her esteem as an international speaker is celebrated throughout the world. Kristina captures audiences with her powerhouse charm and relatability.

About Kristina

Kristina is the co-founder of Mindvalley. She specialises in personal transformation. Her multitude of talents as a speaker, artist, philanthropist, wife and mother inspire millions. 

Kristina builds on a career advising the Estonian government, leading to work in the non-profit sector and for the UN. Ever entrepreneurial, Kristina brings us Mindvalley Russian. The goal is to take the best English speaking authors and teachings to the Russian market. Commencing in 2009, Mindvalley Russian is now the biggest publisher of personal growth study programmes in the Russian market.

Kristina is a world-class expert at capturing audiences. A guru of internet marketing. Kristina as a result speaks at world’s leading internet marketing events. Her drive harnesses the power of a big and challenging Russian market.

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08:30 Introducing Self Acceptance

Kristina tells us where the self acceptance journey begins. The importance of being honest with yourself. Controlling the mental dialogue. Finding the place where you can dispel the false shame we put on ourselves.

09:18

“Every tool in personal growth requires appropriate timing to be applied.”

17:53 Reading Fiction

The importance of reading fiction. Kristina tells about how experiences in life are the catalysts for growth. Reading fiction can be the framework to enjoy experiences you may never otherwise have the chance to have in life.

21:35

“Transformation does not just come from knowledge… it is from experience of life plus consciousness.”

27:25 I’m Enough

Finding the drive to do more. Activation through self acceptance. Rewiring how we think about success, flow, resistance and challenges. 

28:17

“If you accept yourself fully you can express yourself fully.” 

30:28 Education

We jump into the current societally accepted educational platforms. What is success? What is happiness? How do we achieve both? Kristina guides us through the importance of differentiating between success and happiness.

36:47

“If we separate society’s idea of success with that which makes me happy then we might be doing totally different things with our lives.”

38:20 Depression, Stress & Guilt

Stress causes stress. The dangers of ‘the S word’ (should/shouldn’t). Kristina’s “how to” on breaking the cycles of turning everything against yourself.

38:33 Get Tara Brach’s – Radical Acceptance here:

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43:17

“Cut out the worry about worry.”

49:20 Death

Dispelling the challenges around death. Learning to befriend death. Accepting the only certainty we face despite the discomfort it causes. Diving into how we got to the place we are at now, where we are living fearfully, disconnected from death.

58:10

“Uncertainty is the name of the game. We are just not aware of that.”

Bonus Quotes:

08:48

“We are all born with self acceptance, it is just how deep you are willing to go with it.”

13:30

“We deny ourselves our flaws.”

25:20

“The biggest lie we have been told is “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”.”

32:29

“I was lucky, my idea of happiness coincided with society's idea of success.”

49:40

“In the earth there is another earth and it's much bigger than the one we can see.”

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