In this episode of “D Sustainability Issue” Dessie welcomes Milica Spiric.
Milica hails from Serbia but she’s moved to Milan, Italy, for her business studies at Bocconi 10 years ago. Afterwards she moved to Vienna for her masters, where she met Dessie and has been a dear friend since. She’s built an impressive career in talent acquisition, she is passionate for diversity and inclusion, and a proud feminist. She is very passionate about music as well, and spoiler alert, she sang a little something at the end of this episode.
Mili and Dessie talk about diversity, inclusion, working cultures, overcoming bias, and feminism. About learning about yourself from communicating with others and thus learning about others. They discuss concepts such as the stereotype threat - the perception that women are not good with numbers etc. that leads to “male dominated industries”, and motherhood penalty, or the decrease in salary for a woman after giving birth. They also address toxic masculinity, and on the other hand the rise of the feminine, that is bringing wealth and health on every level, including an increase in GDP in women-lead countries.
Mili speaks about how singing represents a healing mechanism for her - when going through sad times, grief and pain, and a mechanism to connect to herself and others as well.
We forget to create for the sake of creating.
Mili mentions other practices that have helped her grow and heal - meditation, hypnosis, reading, tarot reading. She also speaks about the importance of standing for yourself and leaning on your values when it comes to important decisions in your life. About being gentle with yourself, and listening to yourself, as well as to your body.
Resources:
Brene Brown Daring Greatly
Linda Scott The Cost of Sexism
Rupi Kaur - Healing Through Words
Connect with Milica here:
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/__milila__/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/milicaspiric/
For more mindfulness and sustainable fashion inspiration follow me on Instagram @iamdessiegeorgieva.
Interested in yoga and mindfulness for yourself or your organisation? Check out my yoga schedule here https://www.dgoldenhour.com/golden-hour-yoga or set up a quick call with me to see whether we can work together: https://calendly.com/dessie-georgieva.
Music credit:
Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
