web01.fireside.fm Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:48:30 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Glocal Citizens - Episodes Tagged with “Nana Amoako Anin” https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/tags/nana%20amoako-anin Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Glocal Citizenship is the recognition that we are simultaneously citizens of our local communities and of the world as a whole. It's about understanding how local actions have global impacts and how global issues affect our local communities. As Glocal Citizens, we strive to be informed, engaged, and responsible individuals who work to create a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Explore the intersection of local and global impact with Glocal Citizens! Hosted by Florence Amerley Adu, this podcast delves into the experiences of inspiring individuals bridging their local selves with the wider world. Through engaging conversations with Dynamic Diasporans, Florence explores the personal and professional journeys that define Glocal Citizenship. Along the way, get to know more about the business of their business, including the technical and operational aspects involved in the work of manifesting a new world. Go beyond the headlines and discover how individuals are shaping a more just and sustainable world, both in their own communities and on a global scale. en episodic Dynamic Diasporans Making Local and Global Impact Florence Amerley Adu Glocal Citizenship is the recognition that we are simultaneously citizens of our local communities and of the world as a whole. It's about understanding how local actions have global impacts and how global issues affect our local communities. As Glocal Citizens, we strive to be informed, engaged, and responsible individuals who work to create a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Explore the intersection of local and global impact with Glocal Citizens! Hosted by Florence Amerley Adu, this podcast delves into the experiences of inspiring individuals bridging their local selves with the wider world. Through engaging conversations with Dynamic Diasporans, Florence explores the personal and professional journeys that define Glocal Citizenship. Along the way, get to know more about the business of their business, including the technical and operational aspects involved in the work of manifesting a new world. Go beyond the headlines and discover how individuals are shaping a more just and sustainable world, both in their own communities and on a global scale. no borderless mindset, pan-africanism, pan-african progress, dynamic diasporans, solutionscape and stretch salon, entreprenuership, argoadu llc, gbekembe, mmofra channel, culture, business, travel, glocal, global citizen, africa, ghana, new york, florence adu, florence amerley adu, leap transmedia productions, glocal citizens podcast, social entrepreneurship, beyond the return, year of return, tourism, expat living, diaspora, mindset hack, glocal speak, returnee, reparative justice Florence Amerley Adu florence@leaptransmedia.com Episode 313: Reclaiming Wellness with Nana Amoako-Anin https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/313 b0051e2f-b725-41b9-9a9f-ec346c5ce1f2 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 54:33 no Greetings Glocal Citizens! This year our Women’s Herstory Month series has taken us for the first time to Botswana and Norway; we stopped in the UK, picked up flavors from Nigeria, Sudan, Zambia, Netherlands, Philippines, Belgium, Brazil and South Africa; went on a future forward mission in Kenya, and we’re landing home in a flashback forward conversation with fellow Ghanaian-American and early Glocal Citizen, Nana Amoako-Anin (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/nana-amoako-anin). Nana first joined us on the podcast in January 2020 in a time when wellness was often taken for granted or an afterthought for later. Then the global pandemic, COVID-19 changed everything. Wellness is now having a moment. However, as we’ll discuss in the conversation, the moment calls for depth, not trend, to sustain real mindset and lifestyle shifts on the personal and professional levels. Nana writes about this at Wellness in Black (https://nanaamoakoanin.substack.com/) and lives and works it as a social entrepreneur and organizational leader. She is best known as the founder of Bliss Yoga Accra, Ghana’s first full-service yoga studio. With a background in law, she brings cross-sector expertise to her work, which bridges global perspectives with local impact, positioning her as a thought leader in mindful leadership, mentorship, social innovation and international executive strategy. In this conversation we catch up on evolving realities around wellness for Africans and in Ghana as well as her experience diversifying the what and how of work, guided by her enduring committment to staying people centered. And much, much more. Where to find Nana? https://www.nanaamoakoanin.com/ @ Bliss Yoga Accra (https://www.blissyogaaccra.com) On Glocal Citizens (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/nana-amoako-anin) At CrowdReason (https://www.crowdreasongh.com/) What’s Nana reading? An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455231/an-african-history-of-africa-by-badawi-zeinab/9780753560143) by Zeinab Badawi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeinab_Badawi) Other topics of interest: The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lindsey-stewart/the-conjuring-of-america/9781538769508/) The “official” Vicks story (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicks_VapoRub) Kemetic Yoga (https://herewithhara.com/the-black-history-of-yoga-examining-its-roots-from-africa-to-america/#:~:text=Yoga%20in%20Ancient%20Egypt&text=According%20to%20an%20article%20originally,with%20the%20video%20linked%20below.&text=Your%20browser%20can't%20play%20this%20video.&text=An%20error%20occurred.,is%20disabled%20in%20your%20browser.) An African History of Africa on YouTube (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLajyiGz4JeyPq2lpEt2skZRhQsAspIQCp&si=gpS1bqezYvsXvSlS) On Legalized Cannabis in Ghana (https://www.ncc.gov.gh/cannabis-regulations/) Indigenous vs Colonial Medicine in Ghana (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6676929/#:~:text=Traditional%20medicine%20practice%20development%20in,indigenous%20healing%20practices%20in%20Ghana.) Hamamat Shea Butter Museum (https://hamamat.com/pages/protecting-africas-shea-legacy) ishowspeed in Ghana (https://www.youtube.com/live/Ovj7okGTNQ0?si=YkZhmi6kAYZjJtD3) Jill Scott talks with Angie Martinez (https://youtu.be/sGFX1VL6NoQ?si=bDs300vYIn1yK90Z) Special Guest: Nana Amoako-Anin. florence adu, florence amerley adu, global citizen, future of work, solutionscape and stretch salon, african, brooklyn, denver, argodu llc, gbekembe, real estate, pact fund, expat, returnee, beyond the return, jill scott, angie martinez, ishowspeed, kemetic yoga, post pandemic wellness,nana amoako-anin, bliss yoga accra, wellness in black, crowdreason GH, founder, chief people officer, ghana, US, glocal citizens podcast, leap transmedia productions, dynamic diasporans, borderless mindset, pan-african progress Greetings Glocal Citizens!

This year our Women’s Herstory Month series has taken us for the first time to Botswana and Norway; we stopped in the UK, picked up flavors from Nigeria, Sudan, Zambia, Netherlands, Philippines, Belgium, Brazil and South Africa; went on a future forward mission in Kenya, and we’re landing home in a flashback forward conversation with fellow Ghanaian-American and early Glocal Citizen, Nana Amoako-Anin. Nana first joined us on the podcast in January 2020 in a time when wellness was often taken for granted or an afterthought for later. Then the global pandemic, COVID-19 changed everything. Wellness is now having a moment. However, as we’ll discuss in the conversation, the moment calls for depth, not trend, to sustain real mindset and lifestyle shifts on the personal and professional levels. Nana writes about this at Wellness in Black and lives and works it as a social entrepreneur and organizational leader. She is best known as the founder of Bliss Yoga Accra, Ghana’s first full-service yoga studio. With a background in law, she brings cross-sector expertise to her work, which bridges global perspectives with local impact, positioning her as a thought leader in mindful leadership, mentorship, social innovation and international executive strategy. In this conversation we catch up on evolving realities around wellness for Africans and in Ghana as well as her experience diversifying the what and how of work, guided by her enduring committment to staying people centered. And much, much more.

Where to find Nana?
https://www.nanaamoakoanin.com/
@ Bliss Yoga Accra
On Glocal Citizens
At CrowdReason

What’s Nana reading?
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Other topics of interest:
The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic
The “official” Vicks story
Kemetic Yoga
An African History of Africa on YouTube
On Legalized Cannabis in Ghana
Indigenous vs Colonial Medicine in Ghana
Hamamat Shea Butter Museum
ishowspeed in Ghana
Jill Scott talks with Angie Martinez

Special Guest: Nana Amoako-Anin.

]]> Greetings Glocal Citizens!

This year our Women’s Herstory Month series has taken us for the first time to Botswana and Norway; we stopped in the UK, picked up flavors from Nigeria, Sudan, Zambia, Netherlands, Philippines, Belgium, Brazil and South Africa; went on a future forward mission in Kenya, and we’re landing home in a flashback forward conversation with fellow Ghanaian-American and early Glocal Citizen, Nana Amoako-Anin. Nana first joined us on the podcast in January 2020 in a time when wellness was often taken for granted or an afterthought for later. Then the global pandemic, COVID-19 changed everything. Wellness is now having a moment. However, as we’ll discuss in the conversation, the moment calls for depth, not trend, to sustain real mindset and lifestyle shifts on the personal and professional levels. Nana writes about this at Wellness in Black and lives and works it as a social entrepreneur and organizational leader. She is best known as the founder of Bliss Yoga Accra, Ghana’s first full-service yoga studio. With a background in law, she brings cross-sector expertise to her work, which bridges global perspectives with local impact, positioning her as a thought leader in mindful leadership, mentorship, social innovation and international executive strategy. In this conversation we catch up on evolving realities around wellness for Africans and in Ghana as well as her experience diversifying the what and how of work, guided by her enduring committment to staying people centered. And much, much more.

Where to find Nana?
https://www.nanaamoakoanin.com/
@ Bliss Yoga Accra
On Glocal Citizens
At CrowdReason

What’s Nana reading?
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

Other topics of interest:
The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic
The “official” Vicks story
Kemetic Yoga
An African History of Africa on YouTube
On Legalized Cannabis in Ghana
Indigenous vs Colonial Medicine in Ghana
Hamamat Shea Butter Museum
ishowspeed in Ghana
Jill Scott talks with Angie Martinez

Special Guest: Nana Amoako-Anin.

]]> Episode 106: Mindset Hacks to Start the New Year! https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/106 c4c3d1ab-0f47-4d3d-a9b3-446a3b8f808e Tue, 04 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0500 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 19:06 no New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens! As we usher in 2022 aka double deuces, this week’s episode is all about mindset. We’re going back into the Global Citizens archive for a compilation of mindset hacks from early guests of the podcast. In case you’e new to the podcast and not unlike some of my guests you might be wondering what is a mindset hack? Well, a description that I quite like is that mindset hacking is exploring the limits of what is possible, seeking excellence, or even balance which entails doing something exciting and meaningful, deliberately finding opportunities to be clever, problem solve and enjoy what you are doing. So with that in mind, this week you’ll hear from: Cordie Aziz-Nash (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/3), she is the CEO and founder of Environment360 and has roots in Sierra Leone, Ghana and the US; Nigerian-American filmmaker and founder of Refined Creative based in Accra, Ghana, Emmanuel Etim (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/4); Ghanaian, musician and social entrepreneur, Leslie Bentil (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/6), he’s the founder of Gutta Soles and the Gutta Soles Foundation; Nigerian pianist, music director, composer, and leader of Afrobeat band Ayetoro, Funsho Ogundipe (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/21); Ghanaian Amma Gyampo (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/7), Co-Founder of B2B Entrepreneurship Development firm, ScaleUp Africa; Also from Ghana, serial techpreneur and creative, Kwame Acheampong (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/23); Yogi and wellness-peneur, Nana Amoako-Anin (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/9), founder of Bliss Yoga Accra; and Valerie Labi (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/10), a social innovator, business leader and mother who just last week welcomed her third bundle of joy. Congratulations to Val and her family! So, as we ease our way out of holiday mode and into the flow of work I hope you enjoy these sound bites of inspiration to help nourish the start of your new year! Links of interest: AIESECUS.org (https://www.aiesecus.org/posts/mindset-happiness) Mindsetopia.com (https://mindsetopia.com/18-mindset-hacks/) Discerning the Voice of God: How to Recognize When God is Speaking (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0802450121/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_CQAFEGBS17FHBWEFYW59) by Priscilla Shirer About Kofi Ansah (https://www.kofiansahfoundation.com/) Fringe TV Series (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119644/) Sound effects: "Ambience, Seaside Waves, Close, A.wav (www.jshaw.co.uk)" by InspectorJ of Freesound.org Special Guests: Amma Gyampo, Cordie Aziz, Emmanuel Etim, Funsho Ogundipe, Kwame Acheampong, Leslie Bentil, Nana Amoako-Anin, and Valerie Labi. global citizens, podcasting, black stories, culture, travel, lifestyle, business, ghana, nigeria, us, uk, sierre leone, dynamic diasporans, africa, refined creative, gutta soles foundation, bliss yoga accra, scaleup africa, ayetoro, link commerce, environment360, ide global. glocal citizens podcast, leap transmedia, florence adu, 2022, mindset hack, amma gyampo, nana amoako-anin, kwame acheampong, leslie bentil, emmanuel etim, cordie aziz-nash, valerie labi, funsho ogundipe New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens!
As we usher in 2022 aka double deuces, this week’s episode is all about mindset. We’re going back into the Global Citizens archive for a compilation of mindset hacks from early guests of the podcast. In case you’e new to the podcast and not unlike some of my guests you might be wondering what is a mindset hack? Well, a description that I quite like is that mindset hacking is exploring the limits of what is possible, seeking excellence, or even balance which entails doing something exciting and meaningful, deliberately finding opportunities to be clever, problem solve and enjoy what you are doing. So with that in mind, this week you’ll hear from:
Cordie Aziz-Nash, she is the CEO and founder of Environment360 and has roots in Sierra Leone, Ghana and the US;
Nigerian-American filmmaker and founder of Refined Creative based in Accra, Ghana, Emmanuel Etim;
Ghanaian, musician and social entrepreneur, Leslie Bentil, he’s the founder of Gutta Soles and the Gutta Soles Foundation;
Nigerian pianist, music director, composer, and leader of Afrobeat band Ayetoro, Funsho Ogundipe;
Ghanaian Amma Gyampo, Co-Founder of B2B Entrepreneurship Development firm, ScaleUp Africa;
Also from Ghana, serial techpreneur and creative, Kwame Acheampong;
Yogi and wellness-peneur, Nana Amoako-Anin, founder of Bliss Yoga Accra;
and Valerie Labi, a social innovator, business leader and mother who just last week welcomed her third bundle of joy. Congratulations to Val and her family!

So, as we ease our way out of holiday mode and into the flow of work I hope you enjoy these sound bites of inspiration to help nourish the start of your new year!

Links of interest:
AIESECUS.org
Mindsetopia.com
Discerning the Voice of God: How to Recognize When God is Speaking by Priscilla Shirer
About Kofi Ansah
Fringe TV Series

Sound effects:
"[Ambience, Seaside Waves, Close, A.wav](www.jshaw.co.uk)" by InspectorJ of Freesound.org

Special Guests: Amma Gyampo, Cordie Aziz, Emmanuel Etim, Funsho Ogundipe, Kwame Acheampong, Leslie Bentil, Nana Amoako-Anin, and Valerie Labi.

]]> New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens!
As we usher in 2022 aka double deuces, this week’s episode is all about mindset. We’re going back into the Global Citizens archive for a compilation of mindset hacks from early guests of the podcast. In case you’e new to the podcast and not unlike some of my guests you might be wondering what is a mindset hack? Well, a description that I quite like is that mindset hacking is exploring the limits of what is possible, seeking excellence, or even balance which entails doing something exciting and meaningful, deliberately finding opportunities to be clever, problem solve and enjoy what you are doing. So with that in mind, this week you’ll hear from:
Cordie Aziz-Nash, she is the CEO and founder of Environment360 and has roots in Sierra Leone, Ghana and the US;
Nigerian-American filmmaker and founder of Refined Creative based in Accra, Ghana, Emmanuel Etim;
Ghanaian, musician and social entrepreneur, Leslie Bentil, he’s the founder of Gutta Soles and the Gutta Soles Foundation;
Nigerian pianist, music director, composer, and leader of Afrobeat band Ayetoro, Funsho Ogundipe;
Ghanaian Amma Gyampo, Co-Founder of B2B Entrepreneurship Development firm, ScaleUp Africa;
Also from Ghana, serial techpreneur and creative, Kwame Acheampong;
Yogi and wellness-peneur, Nana Amoako-Anin, founder of Bliss Yoga Accra;
and Valerie Labi, a social innovator, business leader and mother who just last week welcomed her third bundle of joy. Congratulations to Val and her family!

So, as we ease our way out of holiday mode and into the flow of work I hope you enjoy these sound bites of inspiration to help nourish the start of your new year!

Links of interest:
AIESECUS.org
Mindsetopia.com
Discerning the Voice of God: How to Recognize When God is Speaking by Priscilla Shirer
About Kofi Ansah
Fringe TV Series

Sound effects:
"[Ambience, Seaside Waves, Close, A.wav](www.jshaw.co.uk)" by InspectorJ of Freesound.org

Special Guests: Amma Gyampo, Cordie Aziz, Emmanuel Etim, Funsho Ogundipe, Kwame Acheampong, Leslie Bentil, Nana Amoako-Anin, and Valerie Labi.

]]> Episode 9: Florence Adu and Nana Amoako-Anin talk Bliss in Accra and Beyond - Part 2 https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/9 gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/0T4nHOV-hIegRbMZey9dv9YFPaibFwnaOZsB5C-EPFM Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:00:00 -0500 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 17:26 no In Part 2, we pick pick up the conversation with an introduction to the newest offering in Nana’s bliss portfolio, the Bliss Wellness Center, and we learn more about how her work with children is tackling the unspoken traumas inherent in the global child trafficking crisis. More about Nana and her work: Bliss Yoga Accra (http://www.blissyogaaccra.com/) @nanaamoakoanin (https://www.picuki.com/profile/nanaamoakoanin) on IG @blissyogaaccra (https://www.instagram.com/blissyogaaccra/?hl=en) on IG TEDx Accra (https://youtu.be/vlTHkxikJSQ) Oprah Magazine (http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/nana-amoako-anin-yoga-teacher) Touch a Life Kids (http://www.touchalifekids.org/) Special Guest: Nana Amoako-Anin. Bliss yoga accra, yoga, ghana, wellness, nana amoako-anin, teacher trainer, tedx accra, oprah magazine, entrepreneur, coach, glocal citizens podcast, leap transmedia, business, start-up, lawyer, new york district attorney, NYC, florence adu, florence amerley adu, global citizens, dynamic diasporans, travel, year of the return, tourism, fitness, swan yoga retreat, goa, india In Part 2, we pick pick up the conversation with an introduction to the newest offering in Nana’s bliss portfolio, the Bliss Wellness Center, and we learn more about how her work with children is tackling the unspoken traumas inherent in the global child trafficking crisis.

More about Nana and her work:
Bliss Yoga Accra
@nanaamoakoanin on IG
@blissyogaaccra on IG
TEDx Accra
Oprah Magazine
Touch a Life Kids

Special Guest: Nana Amoako-Anin.

]]> In Part 2, we pick pick up the conversation with an introduction to the newest offering in Nana’s bliss portfolio, the Bliss Wellness Center, and we learn more about how her work with children is tackling the unspoken traumas inherent in the global child trafficking crisis.

More about Nana and her work:
Bliss Yoga Accra
@nanaamoakoanin on IG
@blissyogaaccra on IG
TEDx Accra
Oprah Magazine
Touch a Life Kids

Special Guest: Nana Amoako-Anin.

]]> Episode 8: Florence Adu and Nana Amoako-Anin talk Bliss in Accra and Beyond - Part 1 https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/8 gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/YNfhDowR5tYpKXeW_wzWHKrxcLWHyGZUDu1_B8FVyhg Tue, 21 Jan 2020 01:00:00 -0500 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 19:43 no Hello Glocal Citizens! For the next two part interview, I visit with Nana Amoako-Anin, founder and owner of Bliss Yoga Accra and the Bliss Wellness Center at her lovely home in Accra, Ghana. In Part 1, Nana tells us about her transition from New York City powerhouse attorney to Accra-based wellness ambassador and market-maker. More about Nana and her work: Bliss Yoga Accra (http://www.blissyogaaccra.com/) @nanaamoakoanin (https://www.picuki.com/profile/nanaamoakoanin) on IG @blissyogaaccra (https://www.instagram.com/blissyogaaccra/?hl=en) on IG TEDx Accra (https://youtu.be/vlTHkxikJSQ) Oprah Magazine (http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/nana-amoako-anin-yoga-teacher) Touch a Life Kids (http://www.touchalifekids.org/) Special Guest: Nana Amoako-Anin. Bliss yoga accra, yoga, ghana, wellness, nana amoako-anin, teacher trainer, tedx accra, oprah magazine, entrepreneur, coach, glocal citizens podcast, leap transmedia, business, start-up, lawyer, new york district attorney, NYC, florence adu, florence amerley adu, global citizens, dynamic diasporans, travel, yea of the return, tourism, fitness, sawn yoga retreat, goa, india Hello Glocal Citizens! For the next two part interview, I visit with Nana Amoako-Anin, founder and owner of Bliss Yoga Accra and the Bliss Wellness Center at her lovely home in Accra, Ghana. In Part 1, Nana tells us about her transition from New York City powerhouse attorney to Accra-based wellness ambassador and market-maker.

More about Nana and her work:
Bliss Yoga Accra
@nanaamoakoanin on IG
@blissyogaaccra on IG
TEDx Accra
Oprah Magazine
Touch a Life Kids

Special Guest: Nana Amoako-Anin.

]]> Hello Glocal Citizens! For the next two part interview, I visit with Nana Amoako-Anin, founder and owner of Bliss Yoga Accra and the Bliss Wellness Center at her lovely home in Accra, Ghana. In Part 1, Nana tells us about her transition from New York City powerhouse attorney to Accra-based wellness ambassador and market-maker.

More about Nana and her work:
Bliss Yoga Accra
@nanaamoakoanin on IG
@blissyogaaccra on IG
TEDx Accra
Oprah Magazine
Touch a Life Kids

Special Guest: Nana Amoako-Anin.

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