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It's time to ignite the spark of inclusion with Inclusion Bites. And today is episode 126 with the title, reframing our world. And I have the absolute honor and privilege to welcome Lina Jankauskeite. Lina is a trained psychologist, a certified holistic life coach, psychoeducator, trainer, a speaker, and a dreamer. When I asked Lina to describe her superpower, she said, it is her undefeatable belief that in humans, both individually and collectively, that at their core are good, giving, willing, and caring. Hello, Lena. Welcome to the show.

Hi, Joanne. Well, thank you for having me.

Absolute pleasure. We we did practice your surname a couple of times in the in the green room before we came on. I was determined to get it right. So reframing our world, you've obviously got a a rich heritage and past. Tell us about yourself and what you believe in.

In terms of, I was gonna say in terms on who I am. I suppose there's those sort of demographic or biographical things, which is, I originate from Lithuania. I came to the UK nearly 20 years ago. And I I suppose I matured in the UK. I was 20 when I came, and I matured here in the UK. And I I can hardly remember myself for what I was before because I think I changed quite a bit seeing the world around me, been exposed to a lot more in the UK than I have been in Lithuania because I grew up in a small, small town. Provincial, very small town. So I always say that whilst Lithuania is always going to be my home, the UK is really what made me up to this point what I am.

And, yes, as you said, I am a dreamer, and I dream about exactly that. Like, the tar title of the episode really speaks to it really well. I I want, as cliche as it sounds, I want to change the world to leave that little bit better place than I found it. So however little I can contribute to it, it all adds up. Again, loads of cliches, but, I just truly believe in that. And, I'll I'll try to do my best in in that changing of the world by helping people to really, to to see the opportunities on on how they can contribute to changing the world. And I know it sounds really abstract, but that's just because it's a big it's it's it's a big game to change the world. So, yeah, at the minute, it sounds a bit abstract, but there's many things I'm doing.

As you said, I'm a coach. I fancy myself, a self leadership coach because I think that's where it all starts, from self leadership because that's where how you relate to the rest of the world, your environment, to to the fellow human, to to the tree out, you know, outside. It all comes down to that. How you relate to the rest of the world starts with self leadership. So I think that's my starting point in in changing the world.

Interesting. My knowledge of Lithuania is is tiny. I think I was I went for a, I think, a 3 day conference. This is probably best part, 20 years ago, so probably by the time you're still there. It's so the capital is, Vilnius. Is that right, Vilnius?

Right. Yeah.