Fire in The BellyBring It On - Interview with Franciska Kosman
In this episode, Pete speaks to Franciska Kosman, a singer, composer, producer, podcaster and coach. She is also a mother, wife and one of seven children. She grew up in Moscow, Russia but now lives in the USA.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Fire in the belly to Franciska means whatever drives you, what is the fire within in you that doesn’t allow you to just take life as it comes. What is it that makes you get up in the morning and fight something.
- Singing in Franciska’s culture is complicated so she began to interview women in her position about what they did. This is how she built up a camaraderie and database of women in this space.
- Her theme in podcasting is ‘the elephant in the room’ and giving the underdog a voice.
- Being a Rabbi’s daughter and that experience growing up meant that Franciska knew she was always being watched and had to play a certain role. It has helped her in life now, particularly with being in the public eye. However, it also meant that she had to learn to find her own voice and her own brand.
- Franciska’s parents moved to Russia and raised all their children there. It was Franciska’s mum who first suggested she write a song and being in Moscow she had lots of opportunities to develop musically including piano lessons and going to music school.
- As a child Franciska put a lot of pressure on herself in music and at school. She is her was her biggest critic, but now she tries to control less of her life and finds life much more relaxing and stress-free.
- As an orthodox Jew, Franciska has daily struggles with a lot of stricter rules. She doesn’t want to alienate those she wants to inspire but it’s still difficult for her. She believes that girls in the community should grow up knowing that there are women who sing and women who are following their passions but it is still important that this is done in the right way.
BEST MOMENTS
“There’s a lot of thought process in what I do”
“I really feel heard, it’s a magnificent feeling”
“Ideas come to me, it’s really important for me to prioritise so I can execute them”
“I don’t see the world in colours I see everything in numbers”
“Part of my mission is to bring good music, not just sung by men but sung by women”
“There’s no casual performance for women”
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Franciska Kosman
ABOUT THE HOST
The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host of ‘Fire In The Belly’.
Pete is an Entrepreneur, Mentor, Coach, Property Investor, and father of 3 beautiful girls. Pete’s background is in Project Management and Property, but his true passion is the ‘Fire in The Belly’ project itself. His mission is to help others find their potential and become the mightiest version of themselves. Pete openly talks about losing both of his parents, suffering periods of depression, business downturn and burn-out, and ultimately his years spent not stoking ‘Fire In the Belly’. In 2017, at 37 years of age that changed, and he is now on a journey of learning, growing, accepting, and inspiring others.
Pete can connect with people and intuitively asks questions to reveal a person’s passion and discover how to live their mightiest life. The true power of ‘Fire In The Belly’ is the Q&A’s - Questions and Actions!
The ‘Fire In The Belly’ brand and the programme is rapidly expanding into podcasts, seminars, talks, business workshops, development course, and rapid results mentoring.
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