Where Knowing, Being, and Doing meet in times of unconventional change and poly-crisis.
Knowledge Mindfulness Porch is a space for thoughtful conversation, hosted by Dr. Laila Marouf, the Founder and Chief Knowledge Orchestrator of Knowledge Mindfulness LLC — a place to discuss and share insights on how learning, leading and living successfully can unfold as interconnected and show up in living practices.
Rooted in New Learning (Knowing), New Leadership (Being), and New Living (Doing),the podcast invites an exploration of how we come to know shapes how we show up, and how we live — engaging mind, heart, and soul — in the unconventional times we are living in and moving toward.
Through reflective dialogue with guests from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, each episode becomes a point of passage: an exploration of the inner and outer shifts shaping our world. Rather than offering certainty or prescriptions, the conversations create room for awareness, discernment, and meaning to unfold. Knowledge Mindfulness Porch is an invitation for wider awareness and deeper understanding of the many ways of Knowing that manifests in our Being and responsible Doing in the world.
Never Really Alone: The Confidence Myth of Self-Employment | Matthew Knight
Is self-employment really as independent as the name suggests?
In this conversation, Dr. Laila Marouf is joined by Matthew Knight — independent strategist, mental health activist, and founder of Leapers — to explore what freelancing and self-employment actually require beneath the promise of freedom and flexibility.
Together, they unpack why the “self” in self-employment is more myth than reality, how confidence quietly erodes without the structures employment used to provide, and why rest, community, and what Matthew calls “active design” are not optional extras but the foundation of a sustainable career. They also reframe freedom itself, not as independence from others but as an ongoing, intentional design of interdependence, with Matthew's own conviction: “I don't think freelancing gives you freedom. I think it increases flexibility.”
Knowledge Mindfulness Porch is a space for thoughtful conversation hosted by Dr. Laila Marouf, exploring how Knowing (New Learning), Being (New Leadership), and Doing (New Living) unfold as interconnected, living practices in times of unconventional change and polycrisis.
Join us on the Porch. Connect: knowledgemindfulness.com (https://www.knowledgemindfulness.com/)
10 Sept 2026
The Well-Rested Woman: Ambition, Boundaries and the Cost of Doing Too Much | Tamu Thomas
What does it really mean to flourish (not just survive) in today’s unconventional times?
In this conversation, Dr. Laila Marouf is joined by Tamu Thomas — somatic coach, former social worker, and author of Women Who Work Too Much — to explore what it actually takes to flourish in a culture that rewards over-functioning, and why "too much" has become the default setting for so many women.
Together, they explore why "too much" looks different at every life stage, how toxic productivity gets mistaken for commitment, and why belonging, joy, and safety are the nervous system's real markers of a flourishing life. They also reframe ambition itself - not as a destination but as fuel, an energy source that can either drive us toward flourishing or burn us out - with Tamu's own north star: becoming "a well-rested woman."
Knowledge Mindfulness Porch is a space for thoughtful conversation hosted by Dr. Laila Marouf, exploring how Knowing (New Learning), Being (New Leadership), and Doing (New Living) unfold as interconnected, living practices in times of unconventional change and polycrisis.
Join us on the Porch. Connect: knowledgemindfulness.com (https://www.knowledgemindfulness.com/)
Chapters:
0:00 Coming up
2:37 Rethinking human flourishing
15:55 Belonging, joy, and safety
20:40 Judgement vs feedback
24:35 The meaning of ambition
35:20 AI and human thinking
4 Jun 2026
Grow Thyself, Grow Others: Leadership, Education and the Next Generation | Krishiv Gandhi
“Leadership has only one definition,” says Krishiv Gandhi. “How many leaders did you create?”
In this conversation, Dr. Laila Marouf is joined by Krishiv Gandhi – engineer, second-generation family business leader, and entrepreneur in early childhood education – to reflect on what it means to lead with intention in a world changing faster than our systems can keep up with.
Together they explore why leadership comes down to one question – how many leaders did you create – and why knowing yourself is the foundation everything else is built on. They look honestly at what the education system is still getting wrong, what happens when you bring EQ and mindfulness into the earliest years of a child‘s life, and what a 10-day silent Vipassana retreat taught the young leader. The conversation also turns to the bigger questions – AI and what it threatens, the difference between hope and optimism, and what must remain irreducibly human as technology accelerates.
Knowledge Mindfulness Porch is hosted by Dr. Laila Marouf, exploring how Knowing, Being, and Doing come together in times of unconventional change and polycrisis. Through thoughtful conversations with leaders, thinkers, and practitioners across disciplines, the Porch creates space for reflection, discernment, and sense-making. Join us on the Porch.
Connect:
https://knowledgemindfulness.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laila-marouf/
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