Dr. Kinga Mnich
Professional Training and Coaching
Education: Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany & Nelson Mandela University South Africa - Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Lexington, KY, USA
Biography
Dr. Kinga Mnich is an award-winning international social psychologist, educator, and speaker, specializing in emotions, positive psychology, bio-hacking, and gender. Her work solves the myths of emotions by breaking down the complexity of social & cultural concepts tied up inside emotions. Through her extraordinary research, she brings new ways of understanding how we can use emotions to be who we want to be, create impact and flourish in life and business.
Additionally, social-justice and gender equality have been in the forefront of her work that’s why she has been involved in social entrepreneurship for almost 20 years now. She founded Ahimsa Prison Yoga Project in South Africa, and co-founded EcoBrick Exchange and Ziva Voices - HerStory in the Making. Ziva Voices is committed to collecting women’s stories, amplifying their voices, and providing a network to connect women worldwide and closing the gender gap in media and data.
In her work, Dr. Kinga Mnich believes that we need to change systems to change the prevailing inequalities when it comes to cultural diversity and gender.
Passion
New concepts that bend our minds; Adventures like climbing and crossing countries on a bike; People that overcome obstacles against all odds and start changing the world ( Wangari Maathai, Manala, Reshma Saujani)
Featured Video
I am willing to travel
More than 100 miles
When it comes to payments
Everything is negotiable
Topics
Best Story
My best story is when I traveled with friends to Zambia and Malawi. And unfortunately, one friend got Malaria and had to stay in the hospital. So we decided just to cross the border for a day trip to Malawi. Right after crossing, we saw a big billboard of the Malawi lake and decided to take a taxi to get there without considering that it was in the middle of the county. It didn't cross our minds that there won't be an ATM. Not knowing how to get back with just a few $ and the night approaching. We had to find a way to inform our friends that we were safe. A local allowed us to upload a bit of money on his cell phone and call our parents in Germany, that then could inform our friend in Zambia. Of course, no one picked up. But a few hours later, the guy came running across the village with his phone, excited about receiving a call from Germany. He was the one that was helping us out. Nonetheless, his humble approach and kindness lifted the entire experience and turned it into an intercultural exchange I will never forget. We ended up sleeping on a floor of some locales that helped us out. And make our way back by local transportation the next day. What took us before just about 1.5 hours took us that day 14 hours. It is a trip I will never forget because it showed how beautiful difficult situations could be when we approach them with kindness and curiosity.
Origin Story
I would like to hand this in at a later stage. It is too long.