Join us in this inspiring episode of the Active Action Podcast as Dr. Nazif sits down with Aisha Makara, a world traveler and artist whose journey spans over 60 countries. Aisha shares her unique perspective on life, shaped by her early experiences growing up in Mongolia and her adventures across the globe. Discover how her curiosity and courage have led her to explore diverse cultures and create art that has even reached outer space. Tune in to hear about her Joyful Living Guidebook and her philosophy on embracing life's challenges with gratitude and joy. Don't miss this captivating conversation that encourages us all to live fully and fearlessly.
Be sure to check the webpage of Aisha Makara at the Active Action Podcast Website to learn more about her work, and ways to connect with her.
What you'll learn
- The power of curiosity and courage in exploring the world and embracing new experiences.
- Aisha's journey from Mongolia to becoming a world traveler and artist, with art sent to outer space.
- Insights into Aisha's Joyful Living Guidebook and her approach to maintaining joy and balance in a fast-paced world.
- The importance of viewing the world as a family and fostering connections across cultures.
- How to face life's challenges with gratitude and transform them into opportunities for growth.
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00:00:00 --> 00:00:01 Hello, everyone. Welcome back to another episode
00:00:01 --> 00:00:04 of Active Action Podcast. It's me, your host,
00:00:04 --> 00:00:07 Dr. Nazif, back again with another amazing guest.
00:00:07 --> 00:00:13 And today we have with us Aisha Makara. So Aisha
00:00:13 --> 00:00:17 Makara was born in Mongolia and now she's a world
00:00:17 --> 00:00:20 traveler with over 60 countries stamped on her
00:00:20 --> 00:00:24 passport. She was a selected artist to send art.
00:00:24 --> 00:00:28 engraved on golden plagues to outer space with
00:00:28 --> 00:00:32 SpaceX on January 3rd of 2023 in collaboration
00:00:32 --> 00:00:38 with a Singapore -based company. And she is also
00:00:38 --> 00:00:41 the author of the recently published Joyful Living
00:00:41 --> 00:00:44 Guidebook, expounding on simple actions on how
00:00:44 --> 00:00:48 to stay joyful, centered, and vigorous in a fast
00:00:48 --> 00:00:53 -developing society. How are you doing, Aisha?
00:00:54 --> 00:00:57 I'm doing great. It's so sunny today in Lisbon.
00:00:57 --> 00:01:01 I really enjoyed the day today. I was like in
00:01:01 --> 00:01:03 the park for like two or three hours, just like
00:01:03 --> 00:01:08 wandering, enjoying my time there. And discovering
00:01:08 --> 00:01:11 different birds. So many birds are coming in
00:01:11 --> 00:01:14 right now to Portugal. It's a wonderful day,
00:01:14 --> 00:01:17 wonderful day. So blessed, so blessed. I cannot
00:01:17 --> 00:01:21 describe how blessed I am, how grateful I am.
00:01:22 --> 00:01:25 For this amazing life and to be in your podcast
00:01:25 --> 00:01:31 as well. It's just like, I love to share my wisdom
00:01:31 --> 00:01:36 and the way I see the life and the way I appreciate
00:01:36 --> 00:01:39 the life. I believe we're here to enjoy, we're
00:01:39 --> 00:01:43 here to create. That's so wonderful, Ayesha.
00:01:44 --> 00:01:46 Can you please tell me a little bit about yourself
00:01:46 --> 00:01:51 to our audiences? Well, I've been born in Mongolia.
00:01:52 --> 00:01:55 I moved towards Russian Siberia. My mother abandoned
00:01:55 --> 00:02:00 me when I was less than two years old. So I actually
00:02:00 --> 00:02:02 get to kind of grow up on my own, you know, with
00:02:02 --> 00:02:07 my own idea of the freedom that's, you know,
00:02:07 --> 00:02:09 I'm feeling that's kind of giving me the strength
00:02:09 --> 00:02:12 to be who I am today. That experience built me
00:02:12 --> 00:02:16 up who I am today because I feel many times in
00:02:16 --> 00:02:21 life we get to actually create our reality and
00:02:21 --> 00:02:25 I've been blessed to kind of fail as many times
00:02:25 --> 00:02:28 as I could in my life because I get to learn
00:02:28 --> 00:02:32 from my own mistakes and I'm feeling wiser I
00:02:32 --> 00:02:36 am by my by the time now I'm feeling way more
00:02:36 --> 00:02:39 wiser than I was before I struggle a lot with
00:02:39 --> 00:02:43 patience in some moments Patient was my strength.
00:02:44 --> 00:02:45 Like I would say, it depends on the situation.
00:02:45 --> 00:02:48 In some other moments, patient was not my strength.
00:02:48 --> 00:02:52 For example, when I was a kid, I used to run
00:02:52 --> 00:02:57 away from the orphan house. And I love that freedom.
00:02:57 --> 00:03:00 I love to be alone. I love to go and explore
00:03:00 --> 00:03:04 nature. I love to go and explore animals and
00:03:04 --> 00:03:07 like other people around and always asking questions.
00:03:07 --> 00:03:11 I was very, very curious. So I always explored.
00:03:11 --> 00:03:16 I love explored. Exploration. Adventure. I really
00:03:16 --> 00:03:20 enjoy that level of imaginary and that level
00:03:20 --> 00:03:23 of reality that we have many people actually
00:03:23 --> 00:03:28 like to do. And I feel I'm reinvented myself
00:03:28 --> 00:03:31 many times. To the bigger city when I was 16
00:03:31 --> 00:03:34 and after I moved to Moscow and after I moved
00:03:34 --> 00:03:37 to, you know, to Norway and after I moved to
00:03:37 --> 00:03:40 Portugal. And I travel around the world, you
00:03:40 --> 00:03:42 know, backpacking and I did the hitchhiking.
00:03:43 --> 00:03:45 I did like so many amazing things in my life.
00:03:45 --> 00:03:49 I'm just feeling because I was curious, always
00:03:49 --> 00:03:53 curious. And now I realize it's good to be curious
00:03:53 --> 00:03:57 about many things. And at the same time, understand
00:03:57 --> 00:04:01 that curiosity also can be dangerous. So you
00:04:01 --> 00:04:04 get to understand that. I call it the balance,
00:04:04 --> 00:04:09 how curious you will be. getting more awareness
00:04:09 --> 00:04:12 or have more awareness of where you're exploring
00:04:12 --> 00:04:16 the world. And the thing is, I believe everything
00:04:16 --> 00:04:19 is safe. Absolutely anywhere in the world, it's
00:04:19 --> 00:04:25 safe. It just depends the way you're communicating
00:04:25 --> 00:04:29 yourself with others, the way you're kind of
00:04:29 --> 00:04:33 asking questions, the way you're curious about
00:04:33 --> 00:04:37 other people, about other culture. So when you're
00:04:37 --> 00:04:41 curious and when you're open to learn, when you're
00:04:41 --> 00:04:47 open to explore, I feel like the magic can unfold
00:04:47 --> 00:04:49 itself. Because I've been in many situations
00:04:49 --> 00:04:52 in my life, like so many. Some of them was very
00:04:52 --> 00:04:57 dangerous. And I still managed to look or face
00:04:57 --> 00:05:01 that fear or the reality. Because what I learned
00:05:01 --> 00:05:06 from my experience, it all depends. how deep
00:05:06 --> 00:05:10 you can go towards your fear. In my case, when
00:05:10 --> 00:05:14 I was a kid, because as a kid, you don't have
00:05:14 --> 00:05:20 the idea of the fear. Right. And my environment,
00:05:20 --> 00:05:24 they didn't explain me about the fear. There's
00:05:24 --> 00:05:28 fear there. It's a danger there. I haven't been...
00:05:30 --> 00:05:32 exposed to that level. Everybody around me say
00:05:32 --> 00:05:34 like, oh, don't do that. Every time it was like
00:05:34 --> 00:05:39 about freedom, exploration, but when it's scary
00:05:39 --> 00:05:42 of something, they just beat me up or punish
00:05:42 --> 00:05:44 me. They didn't talk to me. They say like, no,
00:05:44 --> 00:05:47 it's scary to do. Don't do this, you know? So
00:05:47 --> 00:05:51 it's, I didn't learn because I felt what they
00:05:51 --> 00:05:54 do to me, that was scary. That was not good.
00:05:55 --> 00:05:57 And later in my life, when I was a little bit
00:05:57 --> 00:06:01 older, I understand. why adults do this to the
00:06:01 --> 00:06:04 kids, kind of showing them what is dangerous,
00:06:04 --> 00:06:08 what is life, when it can be dangerous for your
00:06:08 --> 00:06:13 life. And so I think because of that, because
00:06:13 --> 00:06:17 they didn't explain me about the fear, the adults
00:06:17 --> 00:06:20 in my childhood, they didn't explain me about
00:06:20 --> 00:06:25 the danger. So I always have this curiosity and
00:06:25 --> 00:06:29 courage to go and explore more. outside of my
00:06:29 --> 00:06:31 body or outside of the comfort zone or outside
00:06:31 --> 00:06:35 of the reality that I was living in because I
00:06:35 --> 00:06:38 knew the reality I was living in, I didn't like
00:06:38 --> 00:06:41 it. I just wanted to go and explore. I was curious
00:06:41 --> 00:06:45 enough because when I was a kid and I travel,
00:06:45 --> 00:06:49 like I explore around, it was always, people
00:06:49 --> 00:06:53 were so nice to me. People were so gentle and
00:06:53 --> 00:06:56 so loving and, you know, sharing their stories,
00:06:56 --> 00:07:00 sharing. It must mean the food or water or whatever.
00:07:00 --> 00:07:05 And I was feeling, I was in way more feeling
00:07:05 --> 00:07:09 safe to be with all these random people than
00:07:09 --> 00:07:12 I was with people that I was living with in that
00:07:12 --> 00:07:15 moment of my life. So I was feeling like, what's
00:07:15 --> 00:07:20 happening? Why I feel so like safe and happy
00:07:20 --> 00:07:23 with people that don't know me, but it's just
00:07:23 --> 00:07:27 kind of like giving me this love. like teaching
00:07:27 --> 00:07:30 me about something then the people I'm living
00:07:30 --> 00:07:32 with who doesn't even care about me but they
00:07:32 --> 00:07:34 just they don't communicate with me they don't
00:07:34 --> 00:07:37 talk to me because they just give me a fruit
00:07:37 --> 00:07:40 you know and they go to the school that's it
00:07:40 --> 00:07:43 and come back this hour you know something like
00:07:43 --> 00:07:46 that they don't have the conversation with me
00:07:46 --> 00:07:51 like we do so I was learning like I'm kind of
00:07:51 --> 00:07:54 in this military, but these people outside, they're
00:07:54 --> 00:07:56 always like talking to me, asking me questions,
00:07:56 --> 00:07:59 you know, with my dreams, what I want to do when
00:07:59 --> 00:08:03 I'm older. So they give me different ideas. So
00:08:03 --> 00:08:05 I was like thinking the ideas they were giving
00:08:05 --> 00:08:11 me. So I believe when I grew up, I discovered
00:08:11 --> 00:08:17 that the world is a safe place because the people
00:08:17 --> 00:08:21 who was... being surrounded in my childhood they
00:08:21 --> 00:08:24 didn't say that the world is a safe place they
00:08:24 --> 00:08:26 didn't say anything about it so I believe that
00:08:26 --> 00:08:30 that's why I am who I am today because of my
00:08:30 --> 00:08:35 environment and my curiosity and coral to go
00:08:35 --> 00:08:39 and face the fears and danger that it's there
00:08:39 --> 00:08:44 with a smile and you know, with a warm heart.
00:08:44 --> 00:08:47 That's so wonderful to hear, Aisha, your perspective
00:08:47 --> 00:08:50 on life and also the difficulties that you have
00:08:50 --> 00:08:54 gone through and how you overcame that. What
00:08:54 --> 00:08:56 actually motivated you to travel around the world
00:08:56 --> 00:08:59 to know more about the people and the culture?
00:08:59 --> 00:09:02 So for me, from my perspective, when I went to
00:09:02 --> 00:09:04 explore the other world, because I'm curious,
00:09:04 --> 00:09:07 I was curious about other cultures, about other
00:09:07 --> 00:09:11 languages, about... History itself. I was wondering
00:09:11 --> 00:09:16 why people this way or that way. I was asking
00:09:16 --> 00:09:19 some questions when I was young. And I traveled
00:09:19 --> 00:09:22 around Russia. I was always asked questions.
00:09:22 --> 00:09:26 And I love the experience itself. I love to stay
00:09:26 --> 00:09:30 in the tent. Because I like to go hitchhiking.
00:09:30 --> 00:09:32 I was driving so many cars. And every time I'm
00:09:32 --> 00:09:34 learning something new about this car or that
00:09:34 --> 00:09:39 car. I was learning so much in that time of my
00:09:39 --> 00:09:43 life that for me, it was just normal. And after
00:09:43 --> 00:09:46 I discovered that whole the world is my family,
00:09:46 --> 00:09:50 it doesn't matter where I go, I carry a family
00:09:50 --> 00:09:53 vibe because that's what I want. That's what
00:09:53 --> 00:09:55 I want to see in the world, that we're all big
00:09:55 --> 00:10:00 family. We're here to experience this life on
00:10:00 --> 00:10:03 the planet Earth and we're all family. That's
00:10:03 --> 00:10:07 kind of in my mind. I'm creating this family
00:10:07 --> 00:10:10 vibe. I'm curious. On the same time, even so,
00:10:10 --> 00:10:13 I didn't have my family. I always imaginary,
00:10:13 --> 00:10:18 like using my imaginary, how it can be to have
00:10:18 --> 00:10:22 a family. Right. Like, you know, to be in harmony
00:10:22 --> 00:10:24 with everyone. You know, it doesn't matter what.
00:10:25 --> 00:10:27 background have it doesn't matter what education
00:10:27 --> 00:10:30 what you know where you come from we all one
00:10:30 --> 00:10:33 we all have this amazing experience to experiencing
00:10:33 --> 00:10:37 life on a planet earth to have our own experiences
00:10:37 --> 00:10:41 because in the end of the day all experiences
00:10:41 --> 00:10:45 that we have is in our body everything is happening
00:10:45 --> 00:10:49 in our body it's like all the even relationship
00:10:49 --> 00:10:52 sometimes i'm asking myself when i see people
00:10:52 --> 00:10:55 who they are are they brother and sister Are
00:10:55 --> 00:10:58 they lovers? Are they family members? Are they
00:10:58 --> 00:11:02 just friends? Because this thing says we're creating
00:11:02 --> 00:11:07 the reality with our intentions, with our thoughts.
00:11:07 --> 00:11:10 And the more we're intentional and happy and
00:11:10 --> 00:11:15 joyful and grateful, I feel life becomes so magical
00:11:15 --> 00:11:19 and so powerful just by being us, continue to
00:11:19 --> 00:11:24 communicate our truth. The way we are. I feel
00:11:24 --> 00:11:27 every time I'm surrounded by people, I trust
00:11:27 --> 00:11:30 that they're my family in the moment. This is
00:11:30 --> 00:11:33 the family I have now in the moment. I know them.
00:11:33 --> 00:11:36 I don't know them. It doesn't matter. I'm having
00:11:36 --> 00:11:39 experiencing right now with them. Sometimes people
00:11:39 --> 00:11:41 inviting me to their houses. Sometimes people
00:11:41 --> 00:11:43 fight with me. Sometimes people do whatever.
00:11:43 --> 00:11:46 And I just learned people are people. They always
00:11:46 --> 00:11:52 have something. And my work here. It's just to
00:11:52 --> 00:11:54 be grateful for the experience. Give them hugs
00:11:54 --> 00:11:58 when I can. When, you know, they open to receive
00:11:58 --> 00:12:02 the hug from me. The thing is, it's like, I'm
00:12:02 --> 00:12:06 a hugger. You know, I love hugs and I love harmony.
00:12:06 --> 00:12:11 I trust that we can always find solution how
00:12:11 --> 00:12:14 to live in harmony with each other. Because while
00:12:14 --> 00:12:17 we're alive, it's always solution. When we're
00:12:17 --> 00:12:19 not here anymore, it's not solution anymore,
00:12:19 --> 00:12:23 of course. I believe you can always find this
00:12:23 --> 00:12:27 peaceful solution, how to coexist and co -create
00:12:27 --> 00:12:30 together. My intention with my travelers, traveling,
00:12:31 --> 00:12:36 it's about learn about people, about their culture,
00:12:36 --> 00:12:40 about their history, about why they are the way
00:12:40 --> 00:12:44 they are. What's the difference? And deeper I
00:12:44 --> 00:12:47 go in this exploration, I started to realize.
00:12:48 --> 00:12:53 When we're creating our own philosophy of life,
00:12:53 --> 00:12:58 philosophy of the way we want to be, that's why
00:12:58 --> 00:13:03 we get to act. We get to be. And we just get
00:13:03 --> 00:13:06 to be that what we want to see in the world.
00:13:07 --> 00:13:08 That's what I believe the world is going to be
00:13:08 --> 00:13:11 a better place. And that's why one of my topics
00:13:11 --> 00:13:15 when I'm traveling, understanding about joy and
00:13:15 --> 00:13:19 happiness. What brings people joy and happiness?
00:13:19 --> 00:13:22 And many times, it's just sharing the experience,
00:13:23 --> 00:13:26 sharing the food, sharing the taste of something
00:13:26 --> 00:13:29 new that you haven't ever tasted before, the
00:13:29 --> 00:13:33 dance or the conversation, the hug, you know,
00:13:33 --> 00:13:37 the cry, whatever it is, it's all about sharing.
00:13:37 --> 00:13:40 That's what's making people joyful and happy,
00:13:40 --> 00:13:43 sharing that experience with someone that you
00:13:43 --> 00:13:47 have, someone you can share. The moment was.
00:13:48 --> 00:13:51 And now, with all the things that we're experiencing
00:13:51 --> 00:13:54 right now, it's like more and more we're feeling
00:13:54 --> 00:13:57 lonely. More and more we're kind of like moving
00:13:57 --> 00:14:01 towards loneliness than to connection. And I'm
00:14:01 --> 00:14:04 feeling like with all the experiences that we
00:14:04 --> 00:14:08 have, we, instead of connect more deeper with
00:14:08 --> 00:14:11 each other, we kind of disconnect from each other.
00:14:11 --> 00:14:14 Because we judge, we're using so much negativity
00:14:14 --> 00:14:18 because... We're looking at being as a threat
00:14:18 --> 00:14:21 instead to use as a way of like learning how
00:14:21 --> 00:14:25 I look at the person, how I can, you know, ask
00:14:25 --> 00:14:27 the questions instead to judge and make assumptions.
00:14:28 --> 00:14:31 And so many times I'm inviting people to ask
00:14:31 --> 00:14:35 questions instead to make assumptions. And I'm
00:14:35 --> 00:14:37 just feeling like more we're caring from our
00:14:37 --> 00:14:42 heart and really doing our work here to express
00:14:42 --> 00:14:48 our truth. The way we see reality and the way
00:14:48 --> 00:14:51 we see ourselves. I believe we're all winners.
00:14:51 --> 00:14:55 We're here to win. We're here to live and have
00:14:55 --> 00:14:58 it. All of us. All of us. It's no, you know,
00:14:58 --> 00:15:02 nobody is behind. It's a choice. It's a practice.
00:15:02 --> 00:15:07 Every day is a mental practice to be grateful.
00:15:07 --> 00:15:12 Absolutely all of it. You don't have a roof,
00:15:12 --> 00:15:16 so you get vulnerable. Ask for support, and you
00:15:16 --> 00:15:19 will see how much support you can receive. It's
00:15:19 --> 00:15:21 just like you understand you're living in abundance.
00:15:21 --> 00:15:24 You're really living in heaven. The thing is,
00:15:24 --> 00:15:28 be just grateful for this human life experience.
00:15:28 --> 00:15:30 My experience is traveling around the world.
00:15:30 --> 00:15:33 That's what I want to do in this lifetime. That's
00:15:33 --> 00:15:36 what I'm doing. I can also be upset. I can also,
00:15:36 --> 00:15:40 but everything I'm filtering through the joy
00:15:40 --> 00:15:44 and gratitude because all the experiencing, experiencing,
00:15:45 --> 00:15:48 if I would be just joyful all the time or happy
00:15:48 --> 00:15:50 all the time, how would know that I'm happy and
00:15:50 --> 00:15:54 joyful? If I don't have a sadness and other things,
00:15:55 --> 00:15:57 I don't, you need everything. You need this.
00:15:57 --> 00:15:59 I call it to the people. You need all of it.
00:15:59 --> 00:16:01 The good, the bad, the ugly. And like the dark
00:16:01 --> 00:16:03 doesn't go without light. The light doesn't go
00:16:03 --> 00:16:06 without dark. So everything is connected. Everything
00:16:06 --> 00:16:10 is one. And it's what makes everything a people,
00:16:11 --> 00:16:14 right? Right, yeah. It's what makes everything
00:16:14 --> 00:16:18 complete human, the goods and the bads. And I
00:16:18 --> 00:16:22 really like how you see life through your eyes
00:16:22 --> 00:16:25 and you also wish other people to see that as
00:16:25 --> 00:16:31 well. I understand as a woman traveler, had many
00:16:31 --> 00:16:34 experiences throughout your journeys. Can you
00:16:34 --> 00:16:37 share with me one or two highlights from those
00:16:37 --> 00:16:42 amazing experiences? It's so funny. I started
00:16:42 --> 00:16:45 to travel many, many years ago. I started to
00:16:45 --> 00:16:49 travel to the United States. I finally moved
00:16:49 --> 00:16:52 to the United States, but it was so scary. I
00:16:52 --> 00:16:57 used to go to California and Florida and other
00:16:57 --> 00:17:00 states, but the point is... I love this California
00:17:00 --> 00:17:05 state. Every time I'm coming to Cali or Los Angeles
00:17:05 --> 00:17:07 or San Francisco, I always feel like I was traveling
00:17:07 --> 00:17:10 by the coast of California. I remember everyone
00:17:10 --> 00:17:14 is so happy. I was like, everyone is so happy,
00:17:14 --> 00:17:18 enjoying their life. It doesn't matter if they're
00:17:18 --> 00:17:21 living in a van or living in a tent. I was feeling
00:17:21 --> 00:17:25 like, wow, these people are amazing. They're
00:17:25 --> 00:17:27 just living their life. amazing life they're
00:17:27 --> 00:17:29 always happy I want to be in this heaven with
00:17:29 --> 00:17:32 them you know like living this happy life through
00:17:32 --> 00:17:35 these experiences it's like being in a different
00:17:35 --> 00:17:39 events or parties so with all these random people
00:17:39 --> 00:17:44 I realized later in my life because I was celebrating
00:17:44 --> 00:17:49 my life I was in this weekend so I meet people
00:17:49 --> 00:17:51 through my experience who are celebrating life
00:17:52 --> 00:17:55 as well in that moment because I was going to
00:17:55 --> 00:17:57 all these events and parties that were the celebration
00:17:57 --> 00:18:01 of life. So I didn't understand that moment of
00:18:01 --> 00:18:04 my life. That's when people living in their normal
00:18:04 --> 00:18:07 life, they're not, they're not happy or they're
00:18:07 --> 00:18:09 not like fully joyful. They also struggle. They're
00:18:09 --> 00:18:13 also like men, like the men struggle. They're
00:18:13 --> 00:18:16 not happy about many things. So I learned it
00:18:16 --> 00:18:19 later in my life. and so on and so on how much
00:18:19 --> 00:18:23 like mental diseases we have and many like mental
00:18:23 --> 00:18:26 disorders and many many other things in that
00:18:26 --> 00:18:29 moment of my life i didn't understand that and
00:18:29 --> 00:18:33 for example what i used to like i love to travel
00:18:33 --> 00:18:35 to italy italy is one of my favorite countries
00:18:35 --> 00:18:39 in the world okay yeah italy for example have
00:18:39 --> 00:18:42 this amazing moments when people just gather
00:18:42 --> 00:18:46 in the streets they just Putting all the stables
00:18:46 --> 00:18:49 on the Friday, all on the weekends, all the neighbors
00:18:49 --> 00:18:53 getting out, putting food behind. And they're
00:18:53 --> 00:18:55 just inviting random people to eat and drink
00:18:55 --> 00:18:58 with them and celebrate life. That's wonderful.
00:18:59 --> 00:19:00 Like I remember one day when I was traveling,
00:19:00 --> 00:19:02 I was like, I see all of this. I was like, I
00:19:02 --> 00:19:06 wonder why they're doing it. It's like a festival
00:19:06 --> 00:19:09 or what it is. And I have to ask people. I said,
00:19:10 --> 00:19:12 no, it's just that's what they do time to time.
00:19:12 --> 00:19:15 They're just feeling like. celebrating and eating
00:19:15 --> 00:19:17 together and just like drinking wine talking
00:19:17 --> 00:19:21 and all the neighbors just get it together just
00:19:21 --> 00:19:24 sharing sharing sharing the food sharing the
00:19:24 --> 00:19:28 wine sharing the conversation sharing the dance
00:19:28 --> 00:19:31 sharing the music somebody bringing guitar or
00:19:31 --> 00:19:33 whatever different instruments and everything
00:19:33 --> 00:19:35 just happening in the moment around the like
00:19:35 --> 00:19:38 next to the fun whatever but it was like for
00:19:38 --> 00:19:41 me i was like wow that's so beautiful so of course
00:19:41 --> 00:19:45 i went to join And I enjoy the moment with them.
00:19:45 --> 00:19:48 And I just feel like it was all these experiences
00:19:48 --> 00:19:54 that when you're open for the exploration and
00:19:54 --> 00:19:57 you're asking questions, you don't even know
00:19:57 --> 00:20:00 where you end up in the end of the evening. It's
00:20:00 --> 00:20:03 like this magical, beautiful house with like
00:20:03 --> 00:20:07 all the masks or whatever. Sometimes you even
00:20:07 --> 00:20:12 don't know. That's the beauty. Of traveling.
00:20:12 --> 00:20:14 That's the beauty of being spontaneous, asking
00:20:14 --> 00:20:18 questions and being curious. Because I understand
00:20:18 --> 00:20:20 in some countries, maybe it's dangerous. But
00:20:20 --> 00:20:24 like, I believe, I still believe, I have like
00:20:24 --> 00:20:26 strong belief that it doesn't matter in the way
00:20:26 --> 00:20:30 in the world I am. Right. When you're carrying
00:20:30 --> 00:20:35 that idea of the family, the idea of joyful curiosity
00:20:35 --> 00:20:41 as a kid, like this childlike curiosity. People
00:20:41 --> 00:20:47 like generally when to show and share with you,
00:20:47 --> 00:20:51 they feel that you are their family. You kind
00:20:51 --> 00:20:55 of become family with them in the moment. Even
00:20:55 --> 00:20:58 so you're just passing by, but you're this family
00:20:58 --> 00:20:59 in the moment that they want to take care of
00:20:59 --> 00:21:01 you. They want to give you the best experience
00:21:01 --> 00:21:05 that they can. And I'm just feeling like that's
00:21:05 --> 00:21:09 the beauty of being curious, generally curious.
00:21:10 --> 00:21:13 and generally share whatever you can in the moment.
00:21:13 --> 00:21:17 Even like a song or your conversation or hug
00:21:17 --> 00:21:22 or whatever you have, a food, wine, whatever.
00:21:22 --> 00:21:26 It's all the moment. It's all about moment and
00:21:26 --> 00:21:29 it's all about the experience you're creating,
00:21:29 --> 00:21:32 that joyful experience that you're creating in
00:21:32 --> 00:21:37 the moment. I understand also, Ayesha, that life
00:21:37 --> 00:21:41 is limited. So you have to take advantage while
00:21:41 --> 00:21:43 you can of it and create as much as memories,
00:21:43 --> 00:21:46 as much as moment you can. Because there will
00:21:46 --> 00:21:49 come certain times when that won't be possible.
00:21:49 --> 00:21:53 So that we will still regret why we haven't used
00:21:53 --> 00:21:57 those moments to its entirety. I see from your
00:21:57 --> 00:22:00 profile that you are an artist. Can you share
00:22:00 --> 00:22:03 a bit about that? that journey or that phase
00:22:03 --> 00:22:07 of your life what do you do and what do you wish
00:22:07 --> 00:22:12 to represent the that exploration of my art happened
00:22:12 --> 00:22:16 many many years ago when i always do art i always
00:22:16 --> 00:22:20 as a kid i was doing a lot of paintings and drawings
00:22:20 --> 00:22:23 and so on and so on i never look at myself like
00:22:23 --> 00:22:27 as an adult that it can be it's my art also behind
00:22:27 --> 00:22:30 me like i never ever I think in my life that
00:22:30 --> 00:22:33 is going to be something that I would make money
00:22:33 --> 00:22:36 off or I will sell, I will like. But it was so
00:22:36 --> 00:22:40 interesting. I think I got, I went through some
00:22:40 --> 00:22:45 very, very heavy mental breakdown, mental, emotional
00:22:45 --> 00:22:48 breakdown in my life. Disappointment, I was like
00:22:48 --> 00:22:50 a strong disappointment. Idea of the family,
00:22:51 --> 00:22:55 the idea of kids, the idea of, it was many different
00:22:55 --> 00:22:58 things in that moment of my life. And I remember
00:22:58 --> 00:23:01 I said, want more art. And my friends that time
00:23:01 --> 00:23:03 was like buying my art. I mean, they were like
00:23:03 --> 00:23:05 giving me not so much money, but the thing is
00:23:05 --> 00:23:08 like, they were like, oh my gosh, you're an amazing
00:23:08 --> 00:23:11 artist. Look at your art. It's amazing. You're
00:23:11 --> 00:23:14 very talented. You get to go for it. So that's
00:23:14 --> 00:23:17 what I did. And I started to slowly get more
00:23:17 --> 00:23:19 confident and I started to create more things.
00:23:19 --> 00:23:22 I started to do art classes. I started to do
00:23:22 --> 00:23:25 like art classes with kids, for the adults. And
00:23:25 --> 00:23:28 I started to do like walls, collaborating with
00:23:28 --> 00:23:31 other artists. I was doing events and it's like
00:23:31 --> 00:23:34 exploring, exploring, exploring to the level
00:23:34 --> 00:23:36 of what it is to be an artist. So eventually
00:23:36 --> 00:23:40 I sent my art to this. And I had questions as
00:23:40 --> 00:23:43 what it is to be an accomplished artist. And
00:23:43 --> 00:23:46 eventually when. I sent my art to the space.
00:23:46 --> 00:23:48 I was like, I want to send my art to the space.
00:23:48 --> 00:23:51 Why not? So I sent my artwork to Elon Musk, to
00:23:51 --> 00:23:54 Jeff Bezos, and to Richard Branson. I asked Elon
00:23:54 --> 00:23:57 Musk to send my art to the space. I asked Richard
00:23:57 --> 00:24:01 Branson to paint his rocket. And I asked Jeff
00:24:01 --> 00:24:05 Bezos to send me to the space. So I sent my artworks
00:24:05 --> 00:24:07 to their offices. And eventually this project
00:24:07 --> 00:24:10 was like to send art to the space. So I applied
00:24:10 --> 00:24:13 because it was connected to my dream. And all
00:24:13 --> 00:24:15 my friends were saying, how is it going to happen?
00:24:15 --> 00:24:17 You don't have any money. It's very expensive.
00:24:17 --> 00:24:21 You send your art to the space. And I said, listen,
00:24:22 --> 00:24:25 a life of the artist, it's not about money. It's
00:24:25 --> 00:24:30 about experience. It's about living the experience
00:24:30 --> 00:24:34 itself. If today I'm sleeping in a beautiful
00:24:34 --> 00:24:37 house in a castle, tomorrow maybe I sleep in
00:24:37 --> 00:24:39 a tent. After tomorrow, maybe somewhere in the
00:24:39 --> 00:24:44 mountains. I don't know, on a volcano. I don't
00:24:44 --> 00:24:46 know. Maybe it's happening like I'm staying in
00:24:46 --> 00:24:48 a tree house for three months. I don't know.
00:24:48 --> 00:24:50 It doesn't matter. That's the life of the artist.
00:24:51 --> 00:24:56 Think about that. Make it a lasting memory that
00:24:56 --> 00:25:00 that person does think about you after a certain
00:25:00 --> 00:25:03 while of time. That is actually your achievement.
00:25:03 --> 00:25:06 I really like your outlook on life, Aisha. And
00:25:06 --> 00:25:11 I hope we have more people in the world. to think
00:25:11 --> 00:25:14 the way you do it just brings so much positivity
00:25:14 --> 00:25:17 and joy because our life is miserable already
00:25:17 --> 00:25:19 as it is you know the daily thing is going on
00:25:19 --> 00:25:22 so we really need that positivity and joy in
00:25:22 --> 00:25:25 life as well i'm really grateful aisha to have
00:25:25 --> 00:25:29 you in the podcast today and to share about your
00:25:29 --> 00:25:33 life your journey your struggles and also your
00:25:33 --> 00:25:37 entrepreneurship your ventures your art i i Do
00:25:37 --> 00:25:39 really like them. I was checking out your website
00:25:39 --> 00:25:42 the other day, aisha .today. So dear listeners,
00:25:42 --> 00:25:44 if you want to do that, please feel free to visit
00:25:44 --> 00:25:51 the website. The domain is aisha .today. And
00:25:51 --> 00:25:54 you can see Aisha's wonderful arts and colors
00:25:54 --> 00:25:59 over there. She has done also her Joyful Living
00:25:59 --> 00:26:01 Life program. If you are interested in checking
00:26:01 --> 00:26:04 that, please feel free to do that as well. Sure,
00:26:04 --> 00:26:07 it will be thrilled to see her artwork. And thank
00:26:07 --> 00:26:09 you, dear Ayesha, for joining today's podcast.
00:26:09 --> 00:26:13 And I really had a very wonderful time with you.
00:26:13 --> 00:26:17 Joyful living. Namaste. Dear listeners, thank
00:26:17 --> 00:26:19 you so much for joining to this episode. If you
00:26:19 --> 00:26:22 go to our website, activation .fm and just type
00:26:22 --> 00:26:25 Ayesha's name, A -I -S -H -A, you will find our
00:26:25 --> 00:26:28 webpage. And please feel free to visit the links
00:26:28 --> 00:26:30 of our social. And if you do have any questions,
00:26:30 --> 00:26:33 feel free to reach out to her. Take care, stay
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