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Jul 2021
19m 18s

S1E14 - Dani Hakim: Let's Talk About Men...

Ameera Khalid
About this episode

Dani Hakim is one of the UAE’s most sought after healthcare strategic consultants as well as a fully qualified integrative health coach. She is also the proud CoFounder of Safe Space, a social impact agency committed to helping companies and individuals to pursue better mental health. Earlier in the year, Safe Space worked with Google to develop responses that would allow Google Assistant to address mental health queries in the region more effectively. 

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