SuperPowerFul Magazine - Issue 1 - Connect

A SPECIAL INVITATION 

TO BE SOMETHING 

GOOD IN THE 

World 

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The SuperPowerFul Global 

Foundation and Something 

Good Magazines are teaming 

up to bring our ‘something 

good’ into the world. This 

unique collection of wisdom, 

inspiration, and lessons in life 

all wrapped up in a beautiful 

magazine series. 

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uperPowerFul founders, Suzanne Hall and Natalie Alexia have 

spent the last two years and hundreds of hours interviewing 

some of the most interesting people on the planet, leaders 

in their fields and everyday people with lived experience and 

fascinating perspectives to find out what they know about 

‘life, love and business’ and are now sharing their wisdom and 

experience with the world. This first issue explorers ways we 

Scan CONNECT, key in these times of crisis. 

Along the way, they have uncovered 

truly amazing humans running charities 

to support some of the most underserved 

communities across the globe and felt 

moved to do something good to help AND 

(hint hint) now you can TOO! Our charity 

for this magazine is LIFELINE who do an 

incredible job preventing suicide. 

Suzanne and Natalie are the epitome 

of heart centred mission-driven goddesses 

whose courage, generosity and vulnerability 

have enabled many of us fortunate enough 

to have spent time with them, to walk away 

with more open hearts and a deep sense of 

gratitude for life and all its gorgeous twists 

and turns. 

Suzanne and Natalie are grateful to the 

founding sponsors of their work in this 

space - Be Intent and GIFT - without 

whose support would not have made their 

SuperPowerFul Movement possible in the 

beginning. 

It’s impossible to overstate the 

power of Connection. 

It’s even more impossible to explain the 

incredible synchronicity of everyone involved 

in this project, being brought together in this 

joyful way to deliver this unique collection of 

thoughts and insights. 

None of us knew 

this would happen... 

but if we trace back 

our steps, it was one 

October week in 2016 

in Guanacaste, Costa 

Rica at Mindvalley 

AwesomenessFest, 

that the connections 

were made and unbeknown to us, a seed was 

planted. Thank you Vishen Lakhiani. 

Fast forward to today and we thank our 

ancestors for bringing us all together to 

create this magical moment at this time 

and space and the opportunity to share 

something good. 

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P.S If you love this as much as we do and would like to join us as a 

sponsor or supporter, please reach out to: 

Suzanne Hall - suzanne@superpowerful.org 

Natalie Alexia - natalie@superpowerful.org 

Ali Fowler - ali@superpowerful.org 

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Please enjoy, join us and share this 

magazine with your community. 

With our gratitude, 

Suzanne, Natalie & Ali 

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This is the SuperPowerFul magazine - Connect edition 

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Virginia Salas Kastilio - I Trust 

You, Do You Trust Me? Founder, 

I Trust You University 

Lifeline Charity - NZ 

- 50 Years On Helpline 

Support For People In Crisis 

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Chade Meng Tan - Removing 

The Obstruction To Inner Joy & 

Peace, One Mega Cool Dude @ 

Google’s Jolly Good Fellow 

Connect Calendar 

How Will You Stay Connected In 

Your Life. Our 30 tips in a handy 

to use, free downloadable poster. 

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Suzanne Hall - Imagine Some 

Of The Happiest Moments In 

Your Life, Be Intent Group. 

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Sam Beard - A New Way 

Of Living At 80, GIFT Global 

Founder 

Natalie Alexia - Is There A 

Connection Between This 

Global Crisis And Energetic 

Inequality?, NatalieAlexia.com 

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Dr. Ivan Misner - 7 Wisdom Tips 

From The Father Of Modern 

Networking, Founder & Chief 

Visionary Officer of BNI 

(Business Network International) 

What Makes You 

SuperPowerFul? 

Join In The Fun. Hop on over to 

FB and Instagram and tell us! We 

dare you 

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Ali Fowler - Your Story Is 

Something Good, Share It & 

Build Deeper Connections, 

Now More Than Ever., 

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MEET 

THE TEAM 

SUZANNE 

HALL 

Suzanne is frankly an epic force for good, and the 

Founder & CEO of the Be Intent Group. Suzanne 

is a serial entrepreneur, who always places front 

and centre the importance of her projects having a 

positive impact on the individual, the community, 

the country and the world. She’s passionate about 

empowering people to be mentally, emotionally 

and physically healthy with suicide, depression and 

anxiety rates impacting communities globally, It is 

her mission to provide tools that can help as many 

as possible. Just being near this lady makes you 

feel inspired and hopeful for a better world. 

Suzanne was awarded the New Zealand Order of 

Merit (which is a big deal peeps). She is also a 

prestigious Talent Unleashed winner - an award 

that encourages innovative and disruptive 

businesses in tech. 

NATALIE 

ALEXIA 

Natalie is a creative powerhouse. Responsible 

for the global movement Love is the True Black, 

Natalie collaborated with the UN and thought 

leaders in the personal development space, to 

generate a campaign that resulted in over 30,000 

people engaging on social media. Natalie has 

traveled all over the world coaching, writing and 

speaking on values driven leadership, empowered 

feminine leadership and mindfulness. A bit of a 

closet overachiever, Natalie had 3 kids and run a 7 

figure biz by the time she was 30. 

ALI 

FOWLER 

KERI 

MOLLOY 

Ali is a dream driven co-creator, who specialises 

in bringing people across the globe together on 

projects that move humanity forward. She’s worked 

in 14 countries, managed, lead and supported 100s 

of projects and is now embarking on her dream to 

help people get their ‘something good’ out into the 

world. Her latest project saw her release her first 

Something Good magazine, which has received 

over 1.6 million views, so she knows she is in the 

right place. We LOVE having Ali in our power posse. 


We have had so many people give their expertise 

and help, we give particular thanks in this issue 

to Keri Molloy, who tirelessly edited the many 

interviews giving her insights and finding all the 

gems. She is an eco-warrior and wonderful artist 

check out her work keriatgooseberry.com 

CONNECT WITH US 

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Lifeline Has 

Been Helping 

People In Crisis 

For 50 Years 

At The Superpowerful Global 

Foundation, we are proud to be 

supporting ‘one cause, many charities’ 

in a global giving initiative to help 

youth mental health and suicide 

prevention. 

Donate to our featured charities (100% 

of your donation goes straight to 

that charity) and help us combat the 

growing crisis in youth mental health 

and suicide prevention across 

the globe. 

Lifeline in New Zealand is this issue’s 

chosen charity. Providing support for those 

in crisis for 50 years and need more funding to 

continue their great work. Each year they provide 

30,000 hours of support. They have more than 10,000 

calls per month listening and supporting people in crisis. 

Even with trained volunteers, it costs around $18 USD per call 

to provide the service. Your donation will go a long way to helping 

reduce suicides and help people find the right support. 

Let’s stand side by side and connect around the globe for youth mental health 

and suicide prevention. Currently during the COVID-19 crisis they are handling 

double the calls and really need our support. 

To get lifetime access to our content, donate to a charity of your choice from 

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HOW WILL YOU STAY CONNECTED IN YOUR LIFE? 

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Here are some great tips on how you can stay connected 

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Use your breath to 

connect with your body - use your 

intention to follow your breath all the 

way into your belly as you breath in and 

out for 5 minutes. Imagine that later you 

might have to describe the color, texture 

1Pay attention to your needs and meet 

them - how often do you really check 

in with yourself? We are so busy 

running through an endless to-do 

list, how often do you ask yourself, 

what do I really need right now? 

and temperature of your breath. 

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Support yourself with loving 

thoughts - We all suffer from that 

inner voice that tells us mean things, 

some of us more than others. Begin 

to ask yourself what could I say that 

would support and 

nourish me? 

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Make time for small joys - Make a 

list of the little things that bring you 

joy hot cups of fragrant tea, a good 

magazine, dipping your toes in the 

ocean. Pick one and make the time 

5 Check-in with yourself 

before committing - STOP saying 

an immediate yes. When you 

get invited somewhere or have 

a request made of you, practice 

saying I’ll let you know shortly 

and really check in with your body 

before committing. 

Create a morning ritual - Even if it’s 

5 minutes create a moment at the 

beginning of your day before picking 

up your phone to meditate, write 

gratitudes, read a chapter of a book 

or do a couple of simple yoga poses. 

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Listen to your body, 

move your body - Move your body 

with presence and love. Check into 

seeing how your body really wants 

to be nourished through movement 

walking, dancing, yoga or boxing. 

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Make time for eye contact - there 

is nothing more intimate than eye 

contact. Take 5 minutes in front 

of a mirror and gaze into your own 

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left eye (it’s easier to focus on one) 

really spend the time seeing and 

to do it. connecting with yourself. 

Connect with your heart - Simply 

place your hands on your heart and 

take 5 deep breaths. Imagine you 

were breathing into your heart. Ask 

your heart do you have a message 

for me today? 

Get into nature - nature is nourishing 

whether it’s in the park, the beach or 

the forest or even just in your garden 

get outside without any distractions, 

put your bare feet on the ground if 

you can and get present to all that is 

around you. 

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3 

Get in touch with your body - Do a 

body scan starting at your toes and 

slowly and methodically making your 

way up, asking yourself how does 

this part of my body feel today? 

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Explore your spirituality - open 

to the possibility that you are a 

spiritual being having a human 

experience. Explore with books that 

help you connect to your soul. 

Listen to your discomfort - Pain is 

just a feeling asking to be felt, when 

we resist the pain we suffer. When we 

lovingly allow ourselves to feel into 

the pain and listen to the messages it 

has for us we can move it. 

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Create a sacred space - create a space 

in your home that is sacred, fill it with 

cosy cushions, affirmation cards, 

candles, fresh flowers, your journal, 

Nourish yourself with good food - 

crystals or sacred items to you - make 

Make choices today that really honor 

time every day to be in your sacred 

your body both in terms of health 

space and connect 

and deliciousness. Take time to be 

with yourself. 

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Let your body’s wisdom guide you - 

Your body is very wise and will often 

know before your mind does. Tune into 

your body when making daily decisions 

and see how your body feels? 

Soft and relaxed 

or tight anxious 

and tense. 

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Take yourself on a date - imagine 

someone planning the ideal date for 

you full of all the things you love to 

do, then plan that date for yourself 

and enjoy! 

Create a meditation practice - find 

a practice that works for you, 

meditation can have an impact on 

your day even if only practised for 5 

minutes in the morning. 

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Explore your depths - Allow yourself to 

do stream of consciousness journaling 

Tune your eyes to beauty - Make the where you just allow your thoughts to 

decision to tune into your own beauty flow totally unedited onto a page you can 

and every time you look in a mirror, fret, worry, rage, feel sorrowful, joyful 

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find 1 thing to acknowledge about 

grateful, curious or whatever comes to 

yourself that you find beautiful. you to express. Give yourself permission 

to be totally unedited. 

Check-in with yourself - make a point 

of really tuning in to how you feel 

right now and then set an intention 

for how you would like to feel as you 

move throughout your day. 

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Find silence - We live in a busy 

world, find 5 minutes in the morning 

or the evening to just be in silence 

without doing anything. Do not try 

to stop your thoughts, just notice 

them and return to center. 

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Treat yourself - Feel into something 

that feels like a luxury to you, small 

or large and make the commitment 

to gift it to yourself. 

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Focus on your breath - Allow 

yourself to become present to your 

breathing, feel the air on the piece of 

skin between your nose and your lip 

and focus on the air flowing past that 

area as you breathe naturally in and 

out of your nose. 

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Follow your joy - Tune into what 

makes you happy, take 5 minutes 

and see if you can remember the 

last few times that you felt peaceful, 

Smile - See how many times today 

elated, laughing, joyful. Make a list 

Feel your feelings - Allow yourself 

you can remember to smile, to 

of how and when you can create 

to feel all your feelings the good 

yourself in the mirror, in the shower 

experiences like this again. 

and the bad, be compassionate with as you walk down the street or drive 

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yourself and use your breath to keep your car and notice the impact it 

you grounded. has on your mental state. 

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Morning light - Today get out into the 

morning light and savour for just 5 

minutes watch as the sun begins to 

rise and the sky begins to shift and 

change. 

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Practice the F Word - Forgiveness is 

unchaining yourself from what has 

hurt you, it’s for you not for them. 

Find a practice that works for you and 

choose to release some of what is 

holding you back. 

Dear me - give yourself 20 minutes 

today and reflect on the tasks you did 

on the list, how they impacted your day 

and made you feel. Decide on what’s 

getting added to your regular practice 

and congratulate and acknowledge 

yourself for making the commitment 

to connect 

to yourself 

more deeply

COVER STORY 

I TRUST 

YOU, 

DO YOU 

TRUST 

ME? 

Virginia Salas Kastilio 

Founder, I Trust You University 


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My superpower 

is bringing 

people together. 

When you 

come from a 

place of 

service, 

suddenly 

everyone 

in your 

community 

is such a huge 

supporter” 

Interview By Natalie Alexia 

V 

irginia blindfolded herself in Times Square NYC wearing a shirt 

that said ‘I Trust You’ with a sign that said ‘I trust you, do you trust 

me? Give me a hug.’ That day 100’s of strangers came up to hug 

Virginia and the ‘I Trust You Movement’ was born. 

Gini has been nomadic her whole life living all over the world in all different 

sorts of cultures. She shared that one of the big themes of her life has been 

connection and disconnection. Gini said “when I was living in the Dominican 

Republic people were very open, very physical, they kissed and hugged just 

to say hello. They also happen to have one of the lowest suicide rates in the 

world. I feel it’s because there is a lot of connection. In Germany by comparison 

I felt much more disconnected, people culturally take more distance and I had 

suicidal thoughts myself whilst living there.” 

Gini had a lot of corporate success at a young age, managing over $1billion 

dollars for Apple at age 22, she then moved on to Oracle. She decided to quit her 

corporate job without a plan as to what to do next. And as she didn’t know, the 

sociologist that she is, she decided to do some research. 


Gini spent a year travelling around the globe 

as a Happiness researcher. She interviewed 

people about happiness and what brought 

them joy and the theme of connection came 

up again and again. Gini said “I feel like we are 

becoming more and more disconnected from 

one another with all the advances in tech and 

as our society evolves.” 

I was staying in NYC for a month and feeling super 

disconnected, people were looking down when I sat 

on the Metro. I felt lonely. There seemed to be no 

natural mechanism for me to talk to strangers, which 

is one of my favorite things to do. It was during that 

stay that I downloaded the idea for I Trust You. I 

thought, what would it be like if we created a shirt 

that anyone can wear, that meant if you see another 

person wearing it you can hug them, that you know 

that the person wearing the shirt is a part of the 

mindset of wanting to be more open, to be more 

loving and more trusting? I had 6 shirts made and 

they were delivered to us on the day in Times Square. 

100’s of people came up to hug me that day when 

you see the video you see the power of taking the 

time to hold space, with no agenda, nobody selling 

anything, no collection tin. 

youtu.be/4ysWNMZ5aFg 


One of the 

themes of my 

life has been 

connection and 

disconnection” 

Just standing there with my arms open and wanting 

to give to you. When you do that the incredible 

and most transformative thing is how much you 

receive! I received at least 10 x more, EVERYONE 

should try it! 100’s of beautiful people, hugging you, 

complimenting you, telling you how amazing you are. 

We did it again in London recently at the end of our 

‘Humans I Trust’ mastermind, 20 people blindfolded 

on the streets of London wearing I trust you shirts 

offering hugs. It was so needed. When you’re 

blindfolded it takes away the pressure, it creates a 

safe space. Although it is kind of terrifying when 

you first do it. The results speak for themselves, 

people laughing, chatting, connecting, one lady even 

bursting into tears and afterwards saying… “I just 

needed that so much!”

Gini is ever the entrepreneur. She created and 

ran her social media marketing agency Gini 

TV - highlights included launching Snapchat 

channels for the Nasdaq and BBC and creating 

a lot of viral content Gini was also named as 

one of Forbes under 30 to watch. 

Recently, I Trust You has evolved into so much 

more than a shirt. In flowing with the demands 

of her community Gini has created I Trust 

University. When I asked her how she got from 

a shirt to a University this is what she said. 

“It isn’t just a shirt, it holds a very powerful 

vibration that is transformative, I call it the 

angels uniform. When you start wearing it you 

start undergoing a transformation yourself. Our 

community was asking for more support and 

we responded by giving it. The question that 

kept coming up was ‘is there more to life?’ 

I think we’ve been working with a very 

backwards education model. People are 

spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on 

degrees to be left with debt that can take 20 

years to pay off and not even the guarantee of 

a job. We’re at a point in history where you can 

learn so much online. At I Trust University we 

are on the frontlines in the education revolution 

delivering you ancient wisdom for futuristic 

thinking. 

When I asked Gini if she had a superpower - she 

said it was connecting people. When I asked her 

if she had a message for the world - she said it 

was to remind people how beautiful they were 

and to cultivate the most important love of all, 

love for yourself. 

We thrive in connection, connection to 

community, connection to purpose and 

connection to self and Miss Virginia is a living 

breathing example of that. 

NEWSFLASH from Gini: “Homeschool for 

Humanity” is our first Online Summit, officially 

launching I Trust University into the world. 

Bringing the best speakers directly into your 

home. Part of the proceeds will be going to the 

#PledgeToEarth Covid-19 Emergency fund. We 

are also making the summit super low cost, 

cause we know in Corona times people want 

to be mindful of their resources. We aim to 

blow every attendee’s minds with the incredible 

wealth of knowledge that is going 

to be dropped. 

To connect with Virginia, 

visit itrustyou.love 

itrustuniversity 


FEATURED STORY 

REMOVING THE 

OBSTRUCTION 

TO INNER 

JOY & 

PEACE 

Chade Meng Tan 

One Mega Cool Dude And 

Google’s Jolly Good Fellow 


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All I’m trying 

to do is 

create the 

conditions 

for world 

peace in my 

lifetime” 

- Is what Meng said when I 

asked him to share in his own 

words what he was up to in 

the world. 


youtu.be/XJpbHx6tkkM 

Meng was one of Google’s earliest engineers. He retired from 

Google in 2015, at the age of 45. His job title was “Jolly Good 

Fellow (which nobody can deny)”. 

Like many things in Google, his unusual job title started as a joke, but eventually 

became real. Among many other things, he helped build Google’s first mobile 

search service, headed the team that kept a vigilant eye on Google’s search 

quality, and was a founding member of Google’s Chinese Search team. So you 

could say that Meng has always had a passion for connectivity. Google must be 

one of the most connecting forces on the planet. 

Meng’s transition into one of the world’s leading lights on mindfulness from 

engineer happened in a simple moment. He was taking a walk outside the 

Google offices when 2 thoughts occurred to him. His first thought was ‘when 

nothing is happening, I am so happy’. Meng shared that as a teenager he had 

struggled with depression that he had spent a lot of time trying to get out of the 

pain. That he had grown up with the thought of ‘I suck’ and that for him for many 

years the thought of ending his own life had always been on the table as an 

option, which was very scary. His shift began after listening to a talk where an 

American policewoman had shared the power of ‘cultivating the mind’ and Meng 

became a Buddhist and cultivated a meditation practice. 

He shared ‘in that moment of realizing that if nothing is happening then I am 

happy, I noticed that I was no longer in pain. I thought if I can get out of pain, 

anyone can do it. His next thought was I am going to create the conditions for 

world peace in my lifetime, this will be my life’s work and my purpose’. 

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As a former engineer Meng’s approach 

to creating the conditions to world peace 

in his lifetime is strategic and simple, he 

describes them as 2 pillars. 

Inner peace, 

joy and 

compassion 

for all 

Compassionate action, 

creating a world where 

action for peace is 

the norm 

So his actionable items became to deepen his 

own practice and create mindfulness initiatives, 

like the program he developed for Google which 

is still running today some 17 years later. His 

2 NY Times bestselling books and his aptly 

named institute SIYLI (Search Inside Yourself 

Leadership Institute). 

The 2nd pillar is executed through his 

involvement with the 1 billion acts of peace 

charity whose mission is to inspire a billion acts 

of peace by 2020. 

Meng spoke to me about the desire to help 

people and the world eradicate suffering. He 

said people do evil things because they are in 

pain. Hurt people, hurt people. We later talked 

about our natural desire to resist pain. Meng 

shared that whether your pain is physical or 

emotional, the suffering lies not in the pain 

itself but your resistance to feeling it. 

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Which made me think of a powerful lesson I learned this 

year from another mentor of mine Janet Attwood when 

she shared “Pain is just a feeling asking to be felt.” If 

we are willing to release the resistance to pain and just 

notice it, then feel it can often move through or out of us. 

Resistance to the pain keeps us stuck. 

My most simultaneously surprising and obvious answer 

came from Meng when I asked him if mindfulness created 

kindness, compassion, joy and peace for the practitioner? 

Meng replied ‘No, we are born intrinsically, kind, 

compassionate, joyful and peaceful. We do not need to 

create those things, those things are what we already are. 

Mindfulness is a tool to help us remove the obstructions 

to those truths.’ 

Meng created the Search Inside Yourself Leadership 

Institute, so I asked him what he thought the connection 

was between mindfulness and leadership. Meng 

explained that whenever we train our attention with 

mindfulness to the breath it is like doing a bicep curl 

for the prefrontal cortex (part of the brain associated 

with rational thinking and planning). When we train our 

attention with mindfulness to the body it is like doing a 

bicep curl for the insular (part of the brain associated with 

empathy and self-awareness). It is mental fitness we are 

training. With this mental fitness, we reduce reactivity, 

fear and stress and promote empathy. 

Mindfulness cultivates self-awareness - a leader who is 

self-aware knows their strengths and weaknesses they 

have clarity of purpose which is inspiring. 

A person who 

can calm the 

mind on demand 

in a crisis and take 

rational action is a 

leader, with or without 

the title. Mindfulness 

trains us to calm the 

mind on-demand” 


After a successful eight-year stint in Engineering, 

Meng became the first practising engineer in 

Google’s history to move from Engineering to People 

Operations. His job description was, “Enlighten 

minds, open hearts, create world peace”. A job 

that was all about inviting people to connect with 

themselves more deeply. 

Meng led the creation of a groundbreaking 

mindfulness-based emotional intelligence course 

at Google called Search Inside Yourself, which was 

featured on the front page of the Sunday Business 

section of the New York Times. When I asked him 

about the transition from engineer to 8 time Nobel 

Peace Prize nominee he said Yes, I was an engineer 

but in my defence I was young and I needed 

the money. 

Meng is a deep, warm and humorous man, His 

personal motto is, 

Life is too important 

to be taken seriously”. 

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There is no way 

to do mindfulness 

wrong. There’s no way 

to suck at it” 

Meng shared what takes him out still at least once a day is 

that he is not good enough or that in his words ‘I suck’. When 

this happens he follows the following steps until he gets to 

number 4 where he notices… I grew up with this, I’ve been 

feeling this for years… there you are, my old friend, showing 

up again. 

At the end of his interview, I asked Meng if he could 

share with us what tool he uses when he is not the 

mega calm dude that I was interviewing but a regular 

human like the rest of us that gets triggered by life 

and he shared his 3 step process. 

1ATTENTION 

Bring attention to a single in 

and out-breath 

2AFFECTIVE 

Bring attention to where 

you are feeling that emotion 

in your body 

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visit chademeng.com 

3NOTICE 

It is merely a bodily 

sensation 

4INTERRUPT 

Use humor - oh my old 

friend is back 



LIVING 

AT 80 

Sam Beard 

GIFT Global Founder 

A NEW 

WAY OF 


Have you ever wondered what you’ll be doing when you turn 80? 

It was fun to ask that question of Sam Beard, founder of GIFT. 

Sam has spent over 50 years working for social good, including 

working with 8 USA presidents and co-creating the Jefferson 

Foundation with Jacqui Onassis which reached over 10 million Americans. 

I first met Sam at the Awesomeness Festival in Costa Rica, one of MindValley’s 

innovative events where 300 changemakers get together to learn, dance, 

connect and expand themselves. Sam’s new found passion for mindfulness 

and meditation had already become an audacious vision of healing a billion 

people through mindfulness. A crazy idea for sure, but one that I could see 

as a possible future. Sam’s vision connected those of us who were keen to 

see massive change in the world and those who knew with all certainty that 

mindfulness and meditation would be a big part of it. 

“So Sam, what’s it like to turn 80?” I asked. He responded “The next 20 years 

of my life are going to be the best! Here I come ready to create change, I’m at 

the beginning of a whole new journey!” 

You have to be 

willing to work hard, 

be persistent, bold 

and collaborative” 


Having witnessed much of Sam’s journey in the last 

four years. I know it’s taken resilience, courage, selfreflection 

and audacity to continue to be determined 

about his vision of global mindfulness. What has he 

learnt I wondered? He shared that often in his career, 

it has actually been easy to create impact. When 

you’re working alongside presidents and they send out 

thousands of letters, you get heard and change happens. 

Sam thought that was all he needed to do in his new 

creation GIFT, just communicate a great idea and people 

will come. He found out it wasn’t easy at all. 

He talks about his work with GIFT, his foundation for 

global mindfulness. He’s been agile enough to realise 

without a US President sending of letters, he needs to 

start in his own hometown and be content with a slower 

rollout and enjoy the process more. 

He began with supporting various collaborations and 

starting in his hometown Delaware USA with mindfulness 

trainers in schools and also those working with veterans 

with PTSD. I know it hasn’t been easy and I was curious 

to see what Sam would say when I asked him about this 

latest journey. 

Sam explained he got started on this current journey with 

a personal crisis that rocked his world and not in a good 

way. He faced a horrible legal battle that resulted in him 

When I first 

started on this 

track I needed to 

connect to myself, 

it was an amazing 

opportunity to 

understand my 

strengths and 

weaknesses 

and how I could 

improve” 

experiencing extreme anxiety, he couldn’t work 

or sleep and he knew he had to find a solution. 

The radical solution for him was his discovery of 

mindfulness, meditation and his connect to spirit. 

This was a whole new world of understanding. 

“I’m so thankful for that crisis in my life, I’m a 

much better person now. I’ve learnt empathy, 

emotional connection to myself and to others and 

I have a vision for the next 20 years of sharing that 

with the world.” 

Sam shares that he now lives from a place of 

creativity and intuition. As he talks I can see his 

excitement about the next 20 years. 

With the Jefferson Foundation Youth leadership 

program, they taught these simple ideas. 

Think Big! 

Think, Yes I Can! 

Create A Simple Plan 

Get Started 


He’s connected with some key people. Jim Walsh 

who is headlining mindfulness in schools and has 

reached over 3000 children. He also explained 

his passion for helping 1500 veterans overcome 

PTSD with mindfulness with the work of Dr. Jenna 

Tedesco. Together they plan over the next 5 – 8 

years to transform 100,000 soldiers with PTSD. 

Sam further says that you have to be willing to work 

hard, be persistent, bold and collaborative. He loves 

it, it’s all fun and he’s learnt that sometimes it just 

takes longer. Be prepared to transform and evolve 

your vision as you bring it to life. 

Just like building your own superpowers, be 

prepared to work hard and trust your passion and 

intuition. It reminds me of a germinating seed. You 

plant the seed and it sprouts and the seedling starts 

growing down into the soil away from the sun. It 

does this to get more nutrients and build strength 

before it then curls back up and starts to reach for 

the sun and sky. It feels like backwards growth, but 

it’s all part of the nature of creating a healthy start 

that will promote strong future growth. 

I assume there’s been lots of self-reflection and 

self-doubt with some of the roadblocks of recent 

years and I’m keen to understand how he overcomes 

this, “What do you do when you’re doubting yourself, 

Sam?”. He quickly quips “ I never think that way! You 

couldn’t bat me away with a stick, it’s such fun. I take 

a new idea and I travel around the world meeting 

people with positive energy who are wanting to make 

a difference. It’s a joy!” 

I’m so thankful 

for that crisis in 

my life. I’m a much 

better person now” 

Now Sam 2.0 is so thankful for the crisis in his life and 

the result of building emotional intelligence. “I’m a 

much better person and now I have a potent vision for 

the next 20 years.” He says again. 

With the theme of connect for this first SuperPowerFul 

magazine, I’m curious what connection means to Sam. 

“When I first started on this track I needed to connect 

to myself, it was an amazing opportunity to understand 

my strengths and weaknesses and how I could improve. 

I realised that despite loving parents, as a family we 

didn’t show affection or tell each other we loved each 

other. So this programming meant I lacked empathy and 

emotional intelligence. So learning to connect to myself 

and my heart was a new discovery and this is how I 

connected into my spirituality, intuition and creativity. 

This created glorious synchronicity.” 

He further explains, if you have a new idea, be 

prepared to make mistakes and be prepared to take 

time. Learn resilience and assume there will be hard 

moments, it’s a given. 

To Learn More 

About GIFT 

Global - 

Read Sam’s 

Magazine 

To connect with Sam 

Beard, visit giftglobal.org 

giftglobal.org/magazine 



7 WISDOM 

TIPS FROM 

THE FATHER OF 

MODERN 

NETWORKING 

Dr. Ivan Misner 

Founder & Chief Visionary 

Officer of BNI (Business Network 

International) 


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I 

van has an astounding reverence for the relationships in his life, both 

personal and professional. It is felt so clearly when you interact with 

him. I loved how he showed us with his words that this heart of service 

has been key to the success he has created. 

People 

don’t care 

how much 

you know 

until they 

know how 

much you 

care” 


Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world’s 

largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization 

now has over 8,900 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. 

Last year alone, BNI (Business Network International) generated 11.2 million 

referrals resulting in $15.4 billion dollars’ worth of business for its members. 

Ivan has created a global business around ‘connection’. BNI is based around 

the principle of connecting weekly with other business owners and referring 

business within those groups. 

Top 7 pieces of wisdom shared from the 

father of modern networking: 

1 

The more aware and present we can become 

to the moment, the better human being 

we become. I try to live my life with these 

3 words in mind. 

It’s too easy to do the 

opposite. To be at work 

and thinking about how 

you should be at home, 

or to be at home and 

to think you should be 

working. Giving people 

the quality of your 

presence is something 

they will always 

remember. 

BE 

HERE 

NOW 


2 

A good networker has 2 ears and 1 mouth and uses both proportionately. A great networker 

asks great questions and is present to who they are speaking with. Here are some suggestions 

for some questions that really help: 

What do you like best about what you do? 

What got you started in this profession? 

Where else do you usually network? 

What are some of your biggest challenges? 

How can I help you? 

(Don’t ask this unless you mean it and plan to follow through.) 

3 

Ivan shared that as his company grew and he was more personally in demand, he trained his 

assistants to schedule urgent requests with people in this way. “If you can wait an hour he will 

be able to give you the attention you deserve”. Nobody ever argues with that. When someone wants 

your undivided attention, they’ll wait it out. 

4 

People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care. Even if you’re 

letting them down in the moment you need to show them that you care. The better you are at 

showing people that you care the more successful you will be in life and in business. When life gets 

messy and you haven’t given someone or something the attention it deserves - Ivan’s advice was to 

throw yourself on the sword - apologize, say sorry let them know you know you could have done it 

better and that you are here now. 

Focus on 

solutions, 

not problems 

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IVAN’S 

SUPERPOWERS 

5 

He told me - This one came naturally to me, I am like 

a dog with a bone, I might not be the smartest or the 

most talented man in the room but I am almost always the 

most persistent. Gently, professionally but persistent. My 

experience has taught me that if you do a handful of things 

consistently and effectively you’ll create success. 

6 

This one I had to learn, diplomacy and co-creation. 

Co-creation can be a painful process for a naturally 

strong leader as you have to be willing to shut up and listen. 

When I am co-creating as a leader I am looking at: What are 

the problems? My strategy is to focus less energy here than 

on the next step (become an expert on the solution, not the 

problem!) What are the solutions? 

And then - how do we get there? This is where you really 

get to see as a leader how the co-creation of strategy and 

implementation makes so true the statement that the sum 

of the whole is greater than the individual parts. 

7 

Givers Gain - the strategy upon which BNI was built. If 

you want people to help you, you have to be willing to 

help them first. Ivan talks about this as if you are taking off 

the metaphorical bib in business where you are waiting to 

be fed, and putting on the apron ready to serve. 

A good 

networker 

has 2 ears and 

1 mouth and 

uses both 

proportionately. 

A great 

networker asks 

great questions 

and is present 

to who they are 

speaking with” 

To connect with Dr Ivan Misner, 

visit ivanmisner.com • bni.com 


IMAGINE SOME OF THE 

HAPPIEST 

MOMENTS 

IN YOUR LIFE 

Suzanne Hall, 

Founder 

Suzanne Hall, Be Intent Group 

This moment in time is confusing, on 

one hand we have a global crisis that is 

creating uncertainty, pain, loss and is lifethreatening 

On the other hand families are spending 

time together, we are all re-evaluating what 

is really important, what we really need 

and how we can support our community. 

Governments are rethinking the distribution 

on wealth models and many of the workers 

who are underpaid and not recognised 

are suddenly being appreciated like never 

before. There’s a real opportunity for a 

global reset. 

So how do we be in our optimal stateof-mind 

to cope with the uncertainty and 

overwhelm? How do we use the time to 

up-level ourselves so we can manage this 


new evolving world? Those of us fortunate enough to be 

able to work remotely, how do we balance family, work, 

play and find some certainty? That’s what we’ve created 

within our tool, some pathways to make easier. 

As human beings connection is part of our very survival, 

so how can we rebuild connection now? We have just left 

a world that was so busy with constant input and often a 

sense of loneliness and isolation while being surrounded 

by crowds. Our team have been busy creating content 

within our tool to help you with strategies in all aspects 

of life, connecting, managing this new world, managing 

the home and relationships, working remotely and most 

importantly building resilience and personal habits that 

build strength and hope. 

In a world where there is increasing social anxiety and 

most young people are experiencing severe anxiety 

around climate change, wondering whether there will 

even be a habitable planet to live on, this crisis is a huge 

wakeup call for us all. Let’s work together to bring the 

wisdom from the past and blend it with our new tools 

so that we can builder stronger selves, families and 

communities.

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Our Be Intent team have worked out that small daily ways 

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big part of the journey to wellness and being your best 

self. It’s why we felt so passionate about co-creating the 

SuperPowerFul Foundation to share the gems of some 

of the best minds of every human endeavour, how they 

manage the hard times. We’re breaking this down into 

bite sized pieces within the app, so it’s even easier for you 

to adopt daily actions that culminate into joyful change, 

especially for those struggling to find their path. We’d love 

to hear your story and what wisdom you’d like to share. 

support@beintent.com 

Together, sharing our wisdom and challenges, creates 

moments of awareness that paves the road forward for 

everyone. This SuperPowerFul movement is of course 

tentative in it’s first steps, but with your support and 

connection to your world, it will gain momentum. Each 

small action contributing to a world of resilience, energy 

and where we all belong. 

To Learn More 

About Be 

Intent, Read 

Our Magazine 

support@beintent.com 

beintent.com 

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IS THERE A CONNECTION 

BETWEEN THIS 

GLOBAL CRISIS AND ENERGETIC 

INEQUALITY? 

Natalie Alexia 

A friend recently posed the question: What does inequality mean to 

you? It really got me thinking, there are so many ways to go with this 

question. I could start with how as women our haircuts and lingerie 

are more expensive than men’s, but we still only get paid seventy-nine 

cents for every dollar a man makes. 

Or I could go into, how as women we are not well represented in 

leadership positions. Only 6.6 per cent of Fortune 500 CEOs are 

women, and out of 197 heads of state in the world, only 15 are women. 

This is the micro and I want to take you macro here... I believe there 

is something much deeper at play. An inequality in our way of being 

and operating in the world that is so insidious that it can almost go 

unnoticed. 

When I wrote this article a couple of months ago I had no idea how 

it would become the beginning of a train of thought that expanded 

in this way As a society for both men and women, we have largely 

disconnected from elements of our feminine nature to move towards 

gender equality, we have moved from the repression and control of the 

feminine to the denial of its necessity in the name of ‘equality’. 

At this point it’s not a conscious choice, it’s just an evolutionary fact. 

AND I want to be clear here and take a moment to really define we ALL 

have masculine and feminine energies 

inside of us. This is not speaking about 

men as the masculine, this is speaking 

about a society that has favoured 

masculine values for a LONG time for 

both men and women. 

As a culture our definition of success 

is one that reveres the masculine: 

strive, push, achieve, win, conquer, 

rational thinking, hustle, achievement 

of external success, doing. We 

associate these with strength. 

It sees the feminine as a frivolous 

luxury or inconvenient and timeconsuming: 

rest, play, collaboration, 

pleasure, sensuality, feel deeply, 

intuition, nurture, cultivation of inner 

peace, being. We associate these with 

weakness. 


We have disregarded nurture as a priority and we have failed 

to nurture ourselves or the planet we live on. The World Health 

Organization has named depression and anxiety as one of the 

largest global health burdens. In the creation of this magazine, 

I had the privilege of interviewing 75 of the world’s leading 

experts on mindfulness. And although there is no 1 factor 

to blame, it is clear that our addiction to doing and the pace 

at which we live our lives as a society does not contribute 

positively to this challenge. WE are in OVERWHELM all this 

pushing and striving has us at breaking point. 

I have often wondered as a society when we 

transitioned the answer to this simple question? 

When I was a child I was taught that when someone 

asks ‘How are you’? 

The polite response is ‘well thanks’ or ‘good thanks’. 

But I have noticed over the last 10 years that 

the most typical response I hear to this simple 

question is ‘busy’. We wear ‘busy’ like a badge of 

honor. Our worth has become so closely tied to our 

productivity, our doing. But we are human beings 

not human doings. 

I believe our attention is being drawn to this 

ENERGETIC INEQUALITY right now in this moment 

through this global crisis that is going on. 

The prioritization of doing over being has caused 

us many issues, some of which have the potential 

to make the existence of our race unsustainable on 

this planet. 

Notice what happens when we are FORCED to 

press pause on the rate at which we live our lives? 

Pollution over China clears up dramatically, dolphins 

are seen in the canals of Venice. The planet we live 

on ‘Mother Earth’ breathes a deep sigh of relief as 

she gets a moment to heal. 

There is no silver bullet, and there are so many factors that 

can impact our mental health, but there have been many 

studies on the positive impact of mindfulness and meditation 

on mental health challenges. These are aspects of being, of 

rest, of self-nurture of introspection (all feminine qualities). 

We are as a culture right now experiencing a lot of collective 

grief and I believe there exists in all of this deep sadness and 

loss, an opportunity for a new way of operating as a society. 

A way that has a more balanced set of values. A way that 

allows us to be, not just do. That clears the way for a more 

collaborative approach in us as individuals, in life and in 

business. 

My top tips for staying healthy and sane during this lock down: 

1 

MEDITATE. 

Meditation has been proven to reduce the firing 

of your stress response. When you go into fight or flight 

the prefrontal cortex - part of the brain associated with 

rationality and spirituality shuts down. You need to be clear 

and centered to put your best foot forward. Free 15minute 

LIVE daily meditations with me here nataliealexia.me/ 

prayer-and-meditation 

2 

BE COMPASSIONATE WITH YOURSELF. 

There is a lot of noise out there about coming out of 

quarantine with 6 pack abs and a bestselling book. If you feel 

moved to do that, go you!! AND if you feel like what you need 

to do is rest, reflect and feel into what matters to you. You 

have never had a more perfect moment to be. Be kind and 

gentle with yourself, no matter what is showing up. 

Check Out 

My Featured 

Story In 

Something 

Good 

Magazine 

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Yumpu and counting! 

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JOIN ME IN DAILY MEDITATION 

nataliealexia.me/prayer-and-meditation 

and/or Download my free meditation straight to your inbox 

Natalie@nataliealexia.com 

Nataliealexia.me 

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YOUR STORY IS 

SOMETHING 

GOOD, 

SHARE IT & BUILD DEEPER 

CONNECTIONS, NOW MORE THAN EVER. 

Ali Fowler, Founder & Editor-In-Chief, 

Something Good Magazines 

At Something Good, we have one thing on our mind. To help 

connect people with ‘their something good’. 

Something really cool happens when we co-create a 

magazine with a person who has a business dream, life 

passion or social contribution they are pursuing. 

We develop a deep connection to who they really are as 

a person, what they believe in, what’s important to them, 

what they value, how they are choosing to show up in the 

world and as the saying goes...what gets them out of bed 

in the morning Through a humble magazine, we get to give 

a voice to their DNA. Their DNA is their something good. 

Sometimes on social media, a 3-second 

read on a person just doesn’t cut it. 

We want to go deeper, particularly if we 

are thinking of working with this person 

or engaging their support for something. 

To hear someone’s story is an honor and a 

privilege and it deserves our attention. 


I am a part 

of all that 

I have met” 

- Lord Tennyson 

There is something almost 

decadent about flipping through a 

magazine. We effortlessly absorb 

the messages and the content in an 

open and relaxed way. Reading a 

magazine can be one of those rare 

moments when we give ourselves 

the gift of time to be present and 

engage with what’s in front of us. 

To truly connect with someone, 

we must be present, focus our 

attention and listen. Really listen. 

We all express ourselves differently 

and that’s a good thing. When we 

truly take the time to connect with 

another, strangers and loved ones, 

we can’t help but be changed.. 

for the better. 

At Something Good, we are so lucky to meet such a warm and 

sincere bunch of people as we co-create their magazines with 

them and sometimes our connection becomes more than a 

magazine. It becomes a true collaboration, like this one with the 

gorgeous Superpowerful team, based on shared goals and values 

and issues we all care about. I know we both care deeply about 

what we can do to help combat the growing incidence of youth 

suicide globally. 

Expand your something good and take 

advantage of our partnership with The 

SuperPowerFul Global Foundation. Book a 

free Q & A call with The Something Good 

Team to find out how you can have your own 

magazine - it’s easier than you might think! 

YES I’M INTERESTED! 

Somethinggoodmagazines.com/yes-I-am-interested. 

And if you decide to go ahead with your 

magazine, we will donate $100 to Lifeline. 

org.nz, our featured charity in this issue 

on your behalf. Simply add the code word 

‘SuperPowerFul’ next to your own name when 

you book the call...because you are! 

Connect with Ali: 

somethinggoodmagazines.com 

ali@somethinggoodmagazines.com 

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