My guest this week on the show is Shermin Kruse. Shermin has a widely diverse background and range of expertise, but more importantly is just a beautiful human being. She is a , lawyer, speaker, professor, TEDx producer, writer, and idea curator, currently teaching at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Sher is a TED and TEDx talk producer (having produced more than 60 different TEDx talks and various TEDx music videos), a TEDx speaker, and a negotiation and leadership consultant specializing in weaponizing empathy and stoicism.

On the list of many things we were unable to talk about is her best-selling novel “Butterfly Stitching,” which was inspired by the true experiences of herself and the women in her family before and after the Iranian revolution.

We were able to spend some time talking about her childhood in Iran during that dangerous time as well as her experiences as an Iranian woman in law school during 9/11 and so much more.

I highly encourage you to watch her TedTalk, and if you are interested in buying her book I will have a link to that as well!

As always, if you use my link to buy her book it will not only support her as the author but it will be buying it from a local bookstore, AND the Epics Podcast will get an affiliate commission so you will be supporting us as well!

I started this podcast because I believe that the foundation of hate and discrimination in our world comes from a lack of understanding of those who are different from ourselves. We plan to combat that by hearing everyone's stories, that we can better understand them, be a part of creating real positive change.

🎙 Show Notes: www.EpicsPodcast.com/episodes/sherminkruse

📖 Shermin’s Book Butterfly Stitching: https://bookshop.org/p/books/butterfly-stitching-shermin-nahid-kruse/11090941?ean=9780996050203

www.sherminkruse.com

Follow Shermin on Social Media:

• https://www.facebook.com/sherminkruse/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/shermin-kruse/
• https://www.instagram.com/sher_kruse/

2021 TEDx Reno talk, "Negotiating From a Place of Weakness Using Cognitive Empathy":

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJGSbqgdQGk

2017 TEDx Talk, "How to Change the World":

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK5aiZGu8L0

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