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"My Healthy Cities" with Joëlle Smaniotto

November 27, 2023 • vincent • Season 1 • Episode 130

Joëlle grew up in Paris with a desire to explore the world. After a short stay in Mexico she has lived in Singapore, Dubai and Bangkok before moving to Hong Kong. Moving between big cities one of the questions arising was - What was available to support her “Health and Wellness"? Where may the information be found? This was the birth of the idea for “My Healthy Cities”

Born from the passion and inspiration to explore and share health and wellness within her communities. Joëlle's goal is to bring local, sustainable, healthy options created by talented and mindful brands and companies and make them inclusive, educational and most importantly, accessible.

In the podcast Joëlle discusses how her idea has taken shape, reaching out to experts, to venues and to brands. Experts and venues can apply to be listed on My Healthy Cities. There is a curation process, this may involve My Healthy Cities personnel visiting the applicants to be listed. The project is being developed in Hong Kong with the intention to roll it out to other major cities including Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai and Paris. Joëlle, shares details of how MY Healthy Cities is developing, how she has developed and continues to develop personally, as an entrepreneur, as a wife and a mum and offers great insights. Learning a lot in the process.

Timing
3:58 I was born and raised in Paris…I wanted to explore the world…
6:26 [My wellness journey]… what’s my mission in life… If you don’t have health …
9:06 I can’t be the only one in this situation….I got started on my project…
11:32 When we decide to embark on wellness career…it comes from a personal experience…
12:33 Make Health and Wellness more accessible…enjoyable… building a sense of community…
16:52 [For a recommendation] I would ask my friends… what’s missing… a kind of ice breaker… referrals are important…
21:12 The idea is to reach out to the experts… venues…brands… experts can apply to be listed…we are open minded…
24:27 We are developing the project in Hong Kong… later other cities… in different parts of the world…
25:39 [How can users help themselves]…
29:59 [Wellness concierge]… plan to develop…
32:26 I also wanted to create a space where people could find product…
33:13 [This idea of creating My Healthy Cities]… there was a perfectionist viewpoint… I have learnt a lot about myself…
37:23 [Biggest Challenge]… overcome all the negative thoughts…
40:01 [Being a mum, wife and entrepreneur]… find peace with choices I make… there is no right or wrong way to do things….make ourselves a priority…
44:48 [Books] … 2 areas of high interest - Scientific Aromatherapy… Self-Development…
“Loving What Is” by Byron Katie" – “Self-inquiry”… 4 questions – 1. Is that true? 2. Is that absolutely true? 3. Who would you be without that thought? 4. Turn it around…49:25 [Key Message]…

Contact Joëlle
https://myhealthycities.com/hongkong/
https://www.instagram.com/myhealthycities/

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