21. Shermin Kruse
The journey of an Iranian woman. From fleeing war in Iran to mastering empathy and stoicism.
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!
Thank you Sher for sharing your story and your expertise on the show. I know that I will be thinking a lot about the awareness that I have of my emotions and how that is affecting both my physical self and my motivations. I am deeply moved by your openness and vulnerability on the show, and like I mentioned during our conversation, I still will think about the experiences of people such as yourself going through the discrimination that followed 9/11.
👇 Here is Shermin’s TedTalks! Enjoy!
