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Inspiring Humans Podcast
Listen and be inspired by those who have stepped out and taken action to make a difference in our world by expressing their unique gifts and reaching their full potential.
On this podcast we interview leaders, movers and shakers and global legends who speak their truth and are having an impact on humanity, leading inspired lives and inspiring others in the process.
¿Quién está detrás de "Pretty As Rubies"?
Génesis A. Martínez Ramos, mejor conocida por Rubie nace el 11 de Julio de 1996. La única fémina entre dos hermanos varones y 5 primos. Cursó estudios elementales entre Dorado y Quebradillas. Sus padres deciden radicarse en este pueblo y es desde allí que recibe su formación. Desde muy temprana edad se involucra e interesa por el civismo y altruismo. Realiza labor social a través de las redes sociales (Social Vibe, unicef etc). Participó como miembro del coro escolar, grupos folclóricos. Estuvo recibiendo adiestramiento modelaje en Millenium Academy Hatillo P.R. Durante su época escolar recibió varios reconocimientos y premios de literatura destacándose en la redacción de ensayos. Incursionó en los deportes de Volleyball y Aikido aunque posteriormente abandonó los mismos aprendió lo necesarios de la práctica del deporte y la disciplina que conlleva que es de medular importancia en la formación del individuo. Posteriormente Rubie recibe reconocimientos por escritura de varios cuentos entre ellos “LA NIÑA Y EL DEMONIO” Y “VERDAD A MEDIAS” representando el área de Arecibo en el Festival Juvenfilm Fest obteniendo (3) Nominaciones. Cursó estudios en Administración empresarial y Mercadeo. Se interesa y participa junto a su padre de la Inciativa agrícola “PACHANGON SEMILLERO”. Rubie crea “EL HUERTO DE RUBIE” que dio inicio con la reproducción de plantas medicinales las cuales ofrecía libre de costo o a manera de intercambio.
Ángel González is a community advocate and the co-founder of One Love Project, an organization that promotes wellness within the LGBTQ+ and beyond by offering help to those in need. Ángel plays a large role within the One Love to collaborate with other organizations and communities to bring individuals of all backgrounds together while providing resource to those in need and suffering. In his free time outside of work and community outreach, he works on a raw and honest podcast about life and it’s wonders with his best friend and Co-Founder of One Love, Tim Nye. Angel is also a big proponent of expressing yourself through fashion and supports and advocates others to do the same in order for people to find love and acceptance in every aspect of life.
Ana Guzman was born in Degollado, Jalisco, México. Came to the US at 2 years old and was raised in Franklin, TN. Graduated from MTSU in May 2020 with a degree in Psychology and is currently working at a local non-profit helping vulnerable populations. Outside of work, she enjoys dancing for a Mexican folk dance group and even started a book club.
Génesis A. Martínez Ramos, mejor conocida por Rubie nace el 11 de Julio de 1996. La única fémina entre dos hermanos varones y 5 primos. Cursó estudios elementales entre Dorado y Quebradillas. Sus padres deciden radicarse en este pueblo y es desde allí que recibe su formación. Desde muy temprana edad se involucra e interesa por el civismo y altruismo. Realiza labor social a través de las redes sociales (Social Vibe, unicef etc). Participó como miembro del coro escolar, grupos folclóricos. Estuvo recibiendo adiestramiento modelaje en Millenium Academy Hatillo P.R. Durante su época escolar recibió varios reconocimientos y premios de literatura destacándose en la redacción de ensayos. Incursionó en los deportes de Volleyball y Aikido aunque posteriormente abandonó los mismos aprendió lo necesarios de la práctica del deporte y la disciplina que conlleva que es de medular importancia en la formación del individuo. Posteriormente Rubie recibe reconocimientos por escritura de varios cuentos entre ellos “LA NIÑA Y EL DEMONIO” Y “VERDAD A MEDIAS” representando el área de Arecibo en el Festival Juvenfilm Fest obteniendo (3) Nominaciones. Cursó estudios en Administración empresarial y Mercadeo. Se interesa y participa junto a su padre de la Inciativa agrícola “PACHANGON SEMILLERO”. Rubie crea “EL HUERTO DE RUBIE” que dio inicio con la reproducción de plantas medicinales las cuales ofrecía libre de costo o a manera de intercambio.
Para el episodio de hoy, tenemos a Elman Gonzales con 24 años. Elman es de Honduras y él ha vivido en Tennessee desde que tenía 3 años. Se mudó de Sevierville, TN para continuar con su educación. Se gradué de Middle Tennessee State University en Diciembre 2019 con la carrera en Biología. Ahora trabajo en un laboratorio de patología en Nashville. Tiene planes de empezar la escuela de medicina el próximo año.
For this episode, we have Elizabeth Gamarra. She is 24 years old, a TEDx speaker, Fulbrighter at Instituto Empresa (IE) University in Madrid, Pacific Forum Young Leader, and World Rotary Peace Fellow at International Christian University (ICU) is a Japanese Government MEXT PhD Fellow.
She has a double Masters in the field of Mental Health (U.S) and Peace and Conflict Studies (Japan) which has permitted her to work as a therapist and mediator with refugee and indigenous communities, drawing on her Spanish and Quechua heritage languages. At age 14, she founded "Generations of Legacies" which is an initiative focused on educational empowerment.
After completing her graduate-level studies at the record age of 19, she continued to grow this initiative from abroad. She has worked closely with Amnesty International USA, the Center of Migration and Refugee Integration, the Global Peacebuilding of Japan, Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) the Academic Council of the United Nations Systems Tokyo Office (ACUNS), and currently, interning at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.
She is the former recipient of the 2020 TUMI USA National Award, the Martin Luther King Drum Major Award, Young Philanthropy Award, the Mediation Akin Olawore Peace Award, the Diversity and Equity University Award among others. Currently, she sits in the GPAJ Board of Directors, YCAPS Executive Committee, the World Federation Movement Working Group, the Justice Party Board of Directors, and is a Board of Trustees for Pax Natura International.
Recently, she has co-founded the “RadioNatura Podcast," a unique multilingual podcast on peace and nature.
En este episodio, tenemos a José Hernández. José es de Puerto Rico y trabaja como Gerente de Contabilidad y Finanzas. Durante sus 15 años de trayectoria profesional trabajando en compañías globales nos comparte su experienca, consejos y opiniones de la industria.
Be entertained by Paschal, an epic and humorous Irish man who has a rather inspiring outlook on life.
James has come from a past which was riddled with illness & dis-ease. From around the age of 4 up until is early 30s. James had tried it all and spend tens of thousands of dollars only to receive little to no relief, life numb & joy was always short lived. The bottom of a dark hole is where his journey to surrender has begun. James was guided into the world of vibration and its remarkable sound healing capabilities. Little did he was also embarking on the quest of purpose. Shortly after James was gifted another wonderful treasure…. Rebirthing Breathwork. The absolute game changer in his healing journey. James now offers his services, empowering others to also embark on the journey to surrender.
For this episode, we have Alan Kavanagh from Dublin, Ireland. Alan speaks on Acceptance as a way of truly living.
As a hardworking, compassionate, ambitious, motivated and flexible individual, Alan has gained knowledge, skills and competencies in a range of areas related to the counselling profession. He possess a strong ability to connect and engage with clients in both one-to-one and group settings, remaining empathetic and non-judgmental. He have an excellent understanding of social issues affecting those struggling with mental health and substance misuse issues, as well as a solid grasp of community development principles. Although addiction can take many forms, not only that of a substance nature. Alan strongly believe in the social determinants model of health & how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) contribute to the development of issues throughout our lifespan. He believes too often we can individualise the issue thus label the person as the cause & do not factor in:
‘The social conditions in which people live powerfully influence their chances to be healthy. Indeed factors such as poverty, food insecurity, social exclusion and discrimination, poor housing, unhealthy early childhood conditions and low occupational status are important determinants of most diseases, deaths and health inequalities between and within countries’ (World Health Organization [WHO] 2004)
Alan is a passionate & committed life long learner who feels sometimes there can be a strong pressure for people to prove their worth, and that sometimes value can be placed too heavily on pieces of paper & should never outweigh the value within a person to be present. While education is no doubt empowering there is value in all forms not just the ones that are certified; especially, that one we call Life.
Alan shares the most vital thing he has learned, is that without practicing Self-care we will harm rather than help the person that needs to be heard. We got into this work because we care so we need to protect our best intervention to support at all costs, which quite simply is our authentic & empathic ‘Self’; otherwise, we will pay a heavy price.
One of Alan's favourite quotes is "No matter what it's done for your mind your education has been a failure, if it's failed to open your Heart" St.Francis de sale
Tatiana is a personal development coach supporting unfulfilled working professionals to create the lives of their dreams.
Having worked and built a successful career in strategy consulting, one of the most demanding sectors in the corporate world, Tatiana realised that there was something very important missing in her life and that her life shouldn’t equal her career. This led her to question everything she knew about what success and having a good life means, reevaluate her own life, let go of her negative patterns and limiting beliefs and start creating a truly aligned life for herself. She is currently working with individuals as a coach, helping them go on their self-discovery journey and create the life of their dreams truly aligned to who they are
Inspiring Humans brings you weekly podcast conversations with incredible people from our Global Community, whose stories will speak to the magic of life and the incredible human spirit. Our guests will motivate, inspire and speak to the incredible spirit within, calling you forward to step closer towards your passion and purpose. Listen to the latest episodes on your preferred streaming service.
For more episodes of the Inspiring Humans Podcast check out the links below.
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Meet Ollie, a passionate, lively Irish man with a zest for life and hunger for learning and growth.
In this episode we hear of Ollie's adventures through his sharing of his approach and outlook to life and all the magical synchronicities that happen when following your highest excitement.
This podcast takes a deep dive into the life of Matt Murray, a business coach, investor and lover of life.
This is a lively interview where Matt authentically shares his passion for life and things that have made a difference to him.
Asanga has had years experience in fashion design and runs a successful fashion design company in Sri Lanka. This is his first podcast where he shares about what it takes to run a sustainable brand where everything is designed and made by hand.
Kate is a kinesiologist, mind body medicine practitioner, reiki master and energetic healer.
Kate has been a student and teacher of these modalities for many years and is passionate in bringing her work to help as many people as she can. Kate teaches people to connect to their divine wisdom, magic and essence. She helps people build deep trust within themselves and to know that they are worthy of all they desire. In doing this Kate has had phenomenal results of people stepping into their power fully and live living from this space. Kate teaches people to connect to their divine wisdom, magic and essence. She helps people build deep trust within themselves and to know that they are worthy of all they desire. In doing this Kate has had phenomenal results of people stepping into their power fully and live living from this space.
Alex Barcenas is the Pastor at Fire Church, Carrum Downs and lives a transformed life in his walk with Jesus. Alex is a faith builder and helps people achieve the impossible. He is a counsellor, and performance coach.
Gerard is an intuitive Building Biologist with over 20 years’ experience in Building Biology and is also the manufacturer of EMF harmonizing tools/products. Gerard was originally trained in dowsing by members of the Victorian Dowsing Society back in 1998, which is a traditional method of using specialized tools for detecting radiation fields from earth radiation, and electrical and radio frequency generating appliances. Gerard started to manufacture his own harmonizers for his consultancy work in 2000 out of pure necessity, as there were no efficient EMF harmonizers available in Australia. Gerard created his Orgonium® process to produce EMF harmonizers using his developed intuitive skills. Over the last 20 years, he has researched, mainly through his own consultancy work, many different types of radiation fields which no EMF meter would or could measure. This is because EMF meters are only calibrated to measure RF and microwave and electrical radiation, however, with very poor accuracy. The types of fields Gerard has researched and documented were human-generated Bioplasmic fields, and different types of Earth Radiation magnetic grid lines and Geoelectric fields. In the end, what he personally discovered, was that he had found the missing information required to completely harmonize any property with no remaining fields of harmful positive charge. At Orgone Effects Australia, we now consult to a world-wide audience and our products are sold to over 20 countries. We are well regarded by accredited health practitioners who know how to test an EMF harmonizer against the human meridian system, as being the best and most efficient radiation harmonizers available.
As the founder & director of Moral Fairground, Susanna works with purpose-driven enterprises and diverse networks to deliver initiatives and projects that encourage collaboration, shared value, and impact. Susanna has a broad and diverse experience, with over 27 years working and leading community-based initiatives through the banking sector and 11 years creating events and programs with Moral Fairground. Susanna is also a passionate volunteer. She sits on the Board and was one of the Founding Members of the Moreland Early Year Management and on the Governance Committee of the new Social Enterprise Hub in Melbourne.
Inspiring humans brings you weekly podcast conversations with incredible people from our Global Community, whose stories will speak to the magic of life and the incredible human spirit. Our guests will motivate, inspire and speak to the incredible spirit within, calling you forward to step closer towards your passion and purpose. Listen to the latest episodes on your preferred streaming service.
For more episodes of the Inspiring Humans Podcast check out the links below.
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Patson Netha is 67 years old, married to Faith with 3 boys. His firstborn is 38 years old and his twins are 35 years old. He has 3 beautiful daughters, some call them daughters-in-law, and 4 grandchildren. Patson is currently a Bishop at Newlife For All Fellowship Church International and a Director of Turning Matabeleland Green which is a Christian-based organization.
Their Vision is “ Unlocking the Productive Engine of small scale farmers in Africa”. The mission is “To equip small scale farmers with agriculture skills, inputs, and markets that enable them to reach their godly potential”. The organization values putting “God First, looking unto God and not being ashamed of proclaiming the Gospel. Social Responsibility, We have a duty to capacitate and empower small-scale farmers. Innovation, Creativity in content, delivery, and production. Continuous Improvement, Growth, and development of the team and quality of service delivered. Collaboration, Working together as a team, and working together with communities.
Patson served as the former Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission of Associations of Evangelical in Africa from 2001 to 2011. He was also part of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe General Secretary from 1992 to 2001.
Tune into our podcast today and learn more about Patson and the wonderful things he is doing in his home country!
Inspiring humans brings you weekly podcast conversations with incredible people from our Global Community, whose stories will speak to the magic of life and the incredible human spirit. Our guests will motivate, inspire and speak to the incredible spirit within, calling you forward to step closer towards your passion and purpose. Listen to the latest episodes on your preferred streaming service.
For more episodes of the Inspiring Humans Podcast check out the links below.
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Sary Rosario-Ferreira was born on February 25, 1977, in Santurce Puerto Rico, and has been living on the island with her family. She has grown up in a Christian and diverse family. She completed a Bachelor's Degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Responding to the call to be a Pastor of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) she went to the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico and finished her Master of Divinity degree. She is a Disciples of Christ pastor in Puerto Rico since 2002 and was ordained in 2005. Rev. Sary had served three congregations as a pastor and is the Pastor of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Toa Alta Pueblo. She had written some articles in Spanish regarding eco-theology and the church. She has been involved in environmental activism in Puerto Rico and is working within the Christian church on the island to promote education in our responsibility for caring for the Earth. Pursuing this goal she completed this year 2021 the Brite’s Divinity School Doctor of Ministry program. Sary has long been involved in environmental/ecological justice work in Puerto Rico, where communities are deeply affected by environmental problems. She specifically studied eco-theology and justice, and her final project addresses ecological justice in her community and how churches can help communities struggling with environmental issues. She lives with her husband Luis O. Ronda in San Juan, Puerto Rico
The power to reinvent yourself again and again. Finding and activating the warrior within (for quiet achievers and introverted, shy, sensitive souls). Being the author and hero of your story. Serena Low is a Midlife Mentor to professionals over 40 who are at a crossroads and seeking clarity and direction for the next phase of their career as they move from asking "What" to asking "Why". She specializes in helping introverts flourish professionally, and is the founder and facilitator of a growing online community widely acknowledged as a safe and friendly space where introverts feel at home enough to speak freely and be themselves without fear of judgment or being asked "Why are you so quiet?" Serena's book, "The Hero Within: Reinvent Your Life, One New Chapter at a Time", is an Amazon bestseller and a finalist in the 2017 Best Book Awards in the "Business: Careers" category. She migrated from Singapore to Australia in 2006 and calls Melbourne home.
Jenn Donovan, marketing thought leader, change-maker, coach and mentor for small businesses, keynote speaker, and podcaster (Small Business Made Simple - 150 episodes and growing!).
Founder of Social Media and Marketing Australia, founder of the extremely successful community Facebook group - Buy From a Bush Business (currently 333,000 members), and the Co-Founder of Spend With Us - Australia's answer to Amazon but only for rural and regional small businesses.
Jenn's takes her clients from Invisible to Invincible and is also a community leader, and a community believer and is on a mission to ensure the lost art of Human to Human marketing and community are seeded firmly in everyone’s marketing strategy in 2021 and beyond.
Jenn lives on a farm near Rennie with her husband Ruston and their 3 children. Jenn has 10 chooks, 2 peacocks, 2 guinea fowl, 1 dog, and 1 cat and several pet lambs – she’s banned from going around the sheep in lambing season now!
Inspiring humans brings you weekly podcast conversations with incredible people from our Global Community, whose stories will speak to the magic of life and the incredible human spirit. Our guests will motivate, inspire and speak to the incredible spirit within, calling you forward to step closer towards your passion and purpose. Listen to the latest episodes on your preferred streaming service.
For more episodes of the Inspiring Humans Podcast check out the links below.
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Jhoanne is a self-taught intuitive abstract painter from Bangkok, Thailand. Laylas Light is her oversoul.
Her artwork combines the 2 core elements that is dear to her heart - Colour & SPIRITUALITY.
As her spiritual path deepens, so does the magical colour that flows into her canvases.
Her intention for each of her creations is to serve as an energetic field to help realign and reconnect people to their heart space and higher-selves.
She is creating a movement for an endless creation that seeks to heal and share light with the world.
Join us for this inspiring and liberating episode.
www.jhoanneasva.com
Moe is a modern slavery survivor advocate from Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. Moe was trafficked from Fiji as a young man to work in the Australian horticulture sector. He told his story for the first time in public at the Bali Process Government and Business Forum in August 2017 in front of government and business leaders from 50 Asia Pacific nations. Since then he’s told his story many times, including to members of Parliament and the Committee of Inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act for Australia. The Report from that Inquiry titled Hidden in Plain Sight reproduced Moe’s testimony in full. Moe has been a witness and provided evidence at Government wage theft inquiries, relaying testimonies of farmworker exploitation. The advocacy work that Moe has undertaken has been effective in raising awareness that slavery-like conditions exist in Australia today and of the importance of bringing an end to modern slavery.
Inspiring humans brings you weekly podcast conversations with incredible people from our Global Community, whose stories will speak to the magic of life and the incredible human spirit. Our guests will motivate, inspire and speak to the incredible spirit within, calling you forward to step closer towards your passion and purpose. Listen to the latest episodes on your preferred streaming service.
For more episodes of the Inspiring Humans Podcast check out the links below.
Apple: https://buff.ly/3xJm1Yc
Spotify: https://buff.ly/3iNJ4fQ
Youtube: https://buff.ly/37SNueU
5 steps to holistic success. How to activate our vision, healing our nervous system to regulate emotions, build resilience, and leading with courage! Karolyn empowers visionary women to unleash their limitless potential and activate their ultimate vision! She is a naturopath, embodied leadership coach, and is passionate about healing the nervous system to regulate our emotions and respond with love over fear. This is her 5th year as an entrepreneur she has been able to achieve huge success traveling the world living in Bali hosting retreats and events and mentoring hundreds of women around the globe to call back their power and create more abundance freedom and impact doing what they love.
Dayne is a certified Health Coach with a multidisciplinary approach. He is the proud creator of BARKLEY'S, the world's first interchangeable blue light blockers to block artificial light from day to night in one pair. Inspired by his grandmother, Dayne took the initiative to help others protect their eyesight while educating them on the effects of artificial blue light. He is also the co-creator of Live Holistically, a company geared to helping couples conceive easily and effortlessly. Live Holisticallys' mission is to get you feeling empowered and clear about how you can best serve your being as a whole as well as others, and our environment, so that you’re truly living in alignment with your values and ethics. Dayne wants to share his multidisciplinary approach to health and life with others while helping to apply those techniques to their lives. In this episode of the Inspiring Humans podcast, we dive into being the best version of ourselves, tune in and learn more!
Pia is incredibly passionate about sharing empowering conversations, divine service, and educational offerings that have the power to profoundly change the way people think, live, and treat! It thrills Pia to share perspective expanding education to her tribe, with a special focus on leaders, students and staff in the skincare, anti-ageing, medical, health and wellness fields. Pia is renowned for being able to present complex scientific concepts in an easy to understand, accessible way, providing relevant information that always gives a deeper holistic understanding of the body and its systems. Pia's major focus is on the nervous system, and the integration of all Four Aspects of Self - the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual selves. The whole of you is welcome and complete - no part left behind!
Pia is the award-winning founder of "Inspiration Place", Melbourne's premier multidimensional and multimodality wellness centre, and runs this alongside her education platform, "Pia Kynoch Holistic Education" where she shares courses and workshops both in person and online, mentors writes articles and is a sought after keynote speaker for different organisations. Pia has a range of modalities to draw upon as she helps people move towards living their most authentic, heart centred, soulful, most vital and vibrant life!
Her formal studies include; Naturopathy, Holistic Skin/Dermal Therapist, Corneotherapist, Functional Nutrition, NLP, Lymphatic Massage, Feminine Embodiment Yoga, Qi Gong, Reiki, Mindfulness, Breathwork, Quantum Healing, Acupressure and more. Pia is currently completing courses in the Neuroscience Academy and a Biology of Trauma Certification to enhance her ability to help people move past their physical and psychological limitations.
Inspiring humans brings you weekly podcast conversations with incredible people from our Global Community, whose stories will speak to the magic of life and the incredible human spirit. Our guests will motivate, inspire and speak to the incredible spirit within, calling you forward to step closer towards your passion and purpose. Listen to the latest episodes on your preferred streaming service.
For more episodes of the Inspiring Humans Podcast check out the links below.
Apple: https://buff.ly/3xJm1Yc
Spotify: https://buff.ly/3iNJ4fQ
Youtube: https://buff.ly/37SNueU
Daniella brings you everything that she created when her health and well-being challenges inspired her to find quick and practical solutions to feeling good. She believes that we all can feel good and it doesn’t require hours of meditation. Her daily practices take less than 1 minute and are proven to be very effective.You will find on her webpage a selection of easy-to-follow eBooks, organic products and life changing healings and events. You will be part of a community of people walking in your shoes.Your bio that will be used when introducing you on the show.: Daniella's journey of finding peace and acceptance of herself began with the experience and recovery from her own health crisis... At an early age she experienced mental health problems including eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse and self-harming. Then later as an adult she was plagued with more health concerns such as chronic post-natal depression, leaky gut, autoimmune disease and obesity to list a few.Now that Daniella is fully recovered, she is 22kg lighter, fit and off all medication. Daniella and her family are thriving on a gut healthy and spiritually connected lifestyle.Daniella is a Wellness and Energetic Healer and she gains great pleasure from sharing her psychic gifts. She moves blocked emotion through the body using Reiki, esoteric acupuncture, sound healing, crystals and massage. As well as, she specialises in gut health, trauma release and suicide prevention. Daniella believes that through focusing on strengthening mental, physical and spiritual health, we can all find clarity, be in charge of our choices and live our best possible life.
"Never give up. Go over, go under, go around, or go through. But never give up.”- Uknown.
Marian Mendoza was born and raised in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela. She graduated from Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez High School to pursue Industrial Relations in the College of Business at Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacin University. However, due to political and socio-economic issues in Venezuela, she had to drop out and move with her parents to Tennessee.
After working in sales for an auto insurance company, she desired to pursue her bachelor’s degree, but since she could not find a school that offered the program, she decided to study psychology at Middle Tennessee State University. In the meantime, she worked in small jobs to support her three children as a single mother. She was also involved in different organizations on campus, such as La Comunidad, “Latinx organization,” where she was voted Vice-President. She also became a Phi Sigma Pi Honor Society member, The Gamma Beta Phi Society, and Psi Chi - The International Honor Society in Psychology and the Pinnacle Honor Society. At the same time, collaborating with the LGBT+ events and Habitat for Humanity, among other organizations on campus, work together to better the community.
After successfully obtaining a bachelor’s degree with a double minor in Mental Health Services, Spanish, and Pre- Occupational Therapy, she took a break to dedicate to her children, mostly her youngest, born with disabilities and needed more attention during that time.
She is currently working in sales from home, and she is enrolled at the Baptist Health Sciences University to pursue her career in Neurodiagnostic Technology.
Mick Hawes has been in and around the building industry most of his life. And been a performance coach in both business and elite sports for over 35 years. With Builders Business Blackbelt all of those years of knowledge and experience have been laser-focused on the Custom Home Building business. The massive benefit of having a business coach that only works with your exact type of business is, the solutions, systems, and tools are tailored to the specific challenges you have. You don’t have to waste time figuring out how “Generic” small business solutions will work for you. So you can expect to make significantly faster progress!
His website can be found at:
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Heather is a leading authority in Values Based Leadership and is a respected voice in the international arena of consulting, business and corporate innovation and coaching. Having worked with such iconic brands as Macquarie Group, Mars, Origin, Nestle, Vincent’s Accounting, Westpac, National Foods, Empire Group, Barnardos, Forsyths, East West Consortium (Malaysia), Young President’s Organisation (YPO/WPO), as well as New Zealand’s largest NGO, major departments of the New Zealand Government and over 100,000 individuals worldwide, Heather specialises in growing people. With formal training in arts, psychology, family and systems theory and business, Heather has been a 'people' specialist for over 30 years. Her ability to get to the heart of what drives and inspires people, what limits them and prevents them from realising their fullest potential, has been the foundation of her work in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the USA and Asia. Heather is a renowned figure in the change leadership, business engagement and leadership development fields, bringing a new architecture to the structure of how we do this work and the impact it has on individual employee satisfaction, team innovation and business growth. Despite the hustle and bustle of daily life, Heather believes that all anybody really wants is to love and be loved, and to be known, loved and “got” for who they truly are. This is fundamentally what drives all aspects of her work and company. Heather holds that discovering and expressing the truth of who we are and embracing the difference we were born to make is at the core of us being loved and making a meaningful difference in the world. Heather knows that all too often the activities of life can distract us from the essential task of personal reflection and growth, yet this is where true success is borne; the home of personal leadership.
Join us for Part 2 of an incredible conversation with one of my hero's David Livingstone, who has led an extraordinary diverse life of fun, adventure and service.
As a diplomat with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), David was posted to Baghdad, Hong Kong, and Nairobi and had significant missions in Beirut, Baghdad, Ankara, Taipei, and Geneva. Other duties with DFAT included Lead Negotiator on Intellectual Property on the free trade agreement with China, and in Geneva in the World Trade Organization; Director and lead negotiator for APEC Trade and Investment when China was APEC Chair (2014), and lead on defense and security issues on the Korean Peninsula. David was appointed Adjunct Professor at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW Canberra Campus) and Federation University (2015-18). David was also the Chief of Staff to the former Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Trade (and later, Education); Head, Global Engagement for the Business Council of Australia (arranged the Australia-China CEO Roundtable and meeting with Chinese Premier Li Kechiang and PM Turnbull); and Director, International and Civic for the City of Melbourne where he drove the successful and now annual Nexus Start-up Summit (with Hitech Zone Pukou in Nanjing) and NexStar Global Students Entrepreneur Program. David has a Master of Laws (UNE), Bachelor of Laws (ANU), Bachelor of Arts (Melb Uni), was admitted to Practice in the Supreme Court and is a Graduate of the Royal Australian Navy Staff College. David is also on the Advisory Board of the Victoria Business Confucius Institute and is a Zijin International Friendship Ambassador for the city of Nanjing.
Sue Lees is a teacher who has taught in many places in the world. She has known Steph Woollard since Steph was a student at Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School. On her long-service leave, she went to Nepal to do some volunteer teacher training and was there when Steph started the Seven Women project. They worked to help each other support Nepal. As they continued to work together their lives diverged into different projects. Sue is happy to come together with Steph and discuss their accomplishments and is delighted to see how far Steph has come with Seven women. Join Steph and Sue as they come together to discuss why it is important to "be small and act tall".
Join us for an empowering conversation with Jorge from Mexico, taking a deep dive into community development, positive peace and building the community we want to create from the grass roots.
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Jorge is Mexican, son to Bolivian parents, with a strong Latin American identity. He is a Rotary Peace Fellowship Alumni, graduated with a Masters in Public Administration in Tokyo, Japan. He has worked on the strengthening of Civil Society Organizations in Mexico for over 10 years. Jorge is a member of the Advisors´ Council to the Mexican International Cooperation Network and a founding member of the social impact consultancy Embajada Social México. He is Elected President 2021-2022 of the Rotary Club Puebla Centro Histórico, District 4185, and professor with the International Relations Department at Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, Mexico. He likes to climb mountains.
Join us for Part 1 of an incredible conversation with one of my hero's David Livingstone, who has led an extraordinary diverse life of fun, adventure and service.
As a diplomat with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), David was posted to Baghdad, Hong Kong, and Nairobi and had significant missions in Beirut, Baghdad, Ankara, Taipei, and Geneva. Other duties with DFAT included Lead Negotiator on Intellectual Property on the free trade agreement with China, and in Geneva in the World Trade Organization; Director and lead negotiator for APEC Trade and Investment when China was APEC Chair (2014), and lead on defense and security issues on the Korean Peninsula.
David was appointed Adjunct Professor at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW Canberra Campus) and Federation University (2015-18). David was also the Chief of Staff to the former Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Trade (and later, Education); Head, Global Engagement for the Business Council of Australia (arranged the Australia-China CEO Roundtable and meeting with Chinese Premier Li Kechiang and PM Turnbull); and Director, International and Civic for the City of Melbourne where he drove the successful and now annual Nexus Start-up Summit (with Hitech Zone Pukou in Nanjing) and NexStar Global Students Entrepreneur Program.
David has a Master of Laws (UNE), Bachelor of Laws (ANU), Bachelor of Arts (Melb Uni), was admitted to Practice in the Supreme Court and is a Graduate of the Royal Australian Navy Staff College. David is also on the Advisory Board of the Victoria Business Confucius Institute and is a Zijin International Friendship Ambassador for the city of Nanjing.
Merrily Hunter is the Founder and CEO of MAC Energy Efficiency Group, a group of companies dedicated to energy efficiency services and the transition of the Australian energy market to greener technologies.
Merrily started MAC in 2014, in her hometown Melbourne, Australia and has grown it from a start up to 150 installers working with Government and businesses delivering energy saving upgrades.
Merrily prior to MAC, managed the energy efficiency compliance for AGL and has worked in the industry for more than 15 years. She currently sits on the board of the Energy Efficiency Council and is a rare female CEO (and working mum) in the Australian energy sector.
In this Episode Merrily shares her wealth of experience along with her journey of start up to successful conglomerate of companies. Join us for an interesting and insightful conversation on all things energy.
For this new episode, we have Andrew Flynn. From developing healthy sport programs in the Pacific to his work with the largest humanitarian organisation in the world, Andrew has had a vibrant career that has celebrated volunteerism every step of the way.
In his current role with the Australian Red Cross he leads a large group of staff and volunteers in a community lead response to the isolation impacts of Covid 19.
In addition to this, Andrew runs intensive Leadership workshops designed to focus skills, passions and instil the message that ‘positive change starts within’. He also leads a university alumni group that provides opportunities for graduates to connect with their industry leaders.
Andrew’s story is one that showcases a passion for bringing the best out of his community and takes great pride in empowering volunteers to answer the needs of our society.
Join us for an empowering conversation with Jorge from Mexico, taking a deep dive into community development, positive peace and building the community we want to create from the grass roots.
More on Jorge:
Jorge is Mexican, son to Bolivian parents, with a strong Latin American identity. He is a Rotary Peace Fellowship Alumni, graduated with a Masters in Public Administration in Tokyo, Japan. He has worked on the strengthening of Civil Society Organizations in Mexico for over 10 years. Jorge is a member of the Advisors´ Council to the Mexican International Cooperation Network and a founding member of the social impact consultancy Embajada Social México. He is Elected President 2021-2022 of the Rotary Club Puebla Centro Histórico, District 4185, and professor with the International Relations Department at Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, Mexico. He likes to climb mountains.
For this episode, we have Wadzanai Nenzou, originally from Zimbabwe. Wadzanai is the Founder & CEO of Herconomics a mission-driven company that is focused on empowering women to build their personal wealth. She teaches Australian women who want to invest in shares but feel intimidated to buy their first share. Through her Herconomics Share Investors course for beginners, she has so far taught dozens upon dozens of Australian women and counting how to start investing in shares over the long term so they can have financial autonomy, peace of mind, and ultimately build a lasting financial legacy for their loved ones and community. She got her start in the Australian financial services industry in 2006 working for AXA an investment management firm. Over the past 15 years she has worked in investment companies, multinational firms, superannuation companies, and major Australian banks in the areas of Financial Planning, Superannuation, Investments, Banking, and Compliance. In her most recent role for Bendigo Bank one of the largest banks in Australia, she has provided clients with general investing advice with a big focus on investing in shares. She holds a Master of Accounting from Swinburne University, Bachelor of Commerce from Deakin University, and Diploma of Financial Planning from ASFA. Wadzanai is deeply passionate about the advancement of African Australians. Over the years she has been able to attract African Australian women to learn about money and investing and many of these women have started investing in shares and building personal wealth. She has volunteered her time to collaborate with organizations such as Incubate Foundation to provide mentorship to African Australian women in order to build wealth for themselves, their loved ones, and their community. In her spare time, Wadzanai loves to laugh, connect with other humans and have interesting conversations, travel, music, dancing, reading, TV Shows, Movies, listening to podcasts, eating good food, going to nice bars, going to the theatre, the countryside and life as a whole.
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Gary Samowitz who shares his experiences growing up in South Africa, his time working with Aboriginal communities and South Sudanese communities among his work with many organisations supporting impact.
Gary is a leader and facilitator who not only has lived experience of engrained social justice issues, but cares deeply about creating long-term change through mobilising communities of purpose. He currently consults with a range of non-profit orgs in Australia. He was formerly the CEO of Stand Up for 10 years, a Jewish social justice organisation where he played a key role in overseeing the explosive growth of its programs and volunteer community. Stand Up works to empower vulnerable communities in Australia. Gary is actively involved in several non-profit boards, and mentors a number of CEOs. A father to three kids, and a lover of adventure and physical endeavors.
For this 3rd episode of the Spanish version, we have Shelyanne Adorno Otero. Ella se graduó de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Bayamón en el 2017, con un bachillerato en Ciencias, concentración mayor Ciencias Forenses y minors en Química y Justicia criminal. Además, perteneció al Programa de Honor, se destacó como presidenta de la Asociación Tigres de Honor y como Senadora Estudiantil. En el 2018 fue aceptada en el Cuerpo de Paz (Peace Corps) donde trabajó como voluntaria enseñando inglés a estudiantes de cuarto grado y llevando a cabo talleres de empoderamiento y sustentabilidad a través del reciclaje, en Uganda, África hasta marzo del 2020. Actualmente continúa haciendo una de las cosas que más le apasiona, siendo voluntaria bajo AmeriCorps, en SBP Puerto Rico como Project Lead enfocándose en la reducción del tiempo entre el desastre y recuperación, ayudando las comunidades puertorriqueñas más afectadas por el Huracán María.
For this episode, we have Shaun Doyle. Over the last four and a half years, he's been working on a project called THE RENATURE WAY. The Renature Way is an online program to help people tune into their internal connection with Nature in their everyday lives. The idea to create the Renature Way came in a period of his life where he was experiencing many stress and well-being issues. Even with an extensive background in the health and fitness industry, he struggled to overcome them. The one thing that always seemed to make things better was when he regularly spent time in Nature. The more he learned about connecting with Nature, the more it became clear that the main underlying issue was not so much the stress in his life or what he did or didn't do for his well-being. It had more to do with an internal disconnect from Nature. With more and more research around this, it becomes pretty clear this is a BIG reason why so many of us struggle with stress and various ailments today. Without a feeling of connection (which we can feel anywhere), disharmony will occur on some level. Meaning stress is more easily activated, knocking us around internally preventing us from feeling good and well regularly. Creating a deeper bond with Nature has helped him get through the most stressful challenges of his life and re-discover his spark for life once again. It's so exciting to be able to share this knowledge with others now. The link for more info about Shaun’s incredible offering is: https://renaturingyoureverydayways.com/introvideoandcourseinfo
Join us for a lesson on life leadership with Flo's uplifting outlook on life and the inspiring approach he brings to all he does.
Feel the joy and trust Flo has in life as he shares his pearls of wisdom.
Flo, born and raised in Germany, became the person that is today thanks to wonderful people who shaped him while growing up in Munich. He finished university in 3 countries (US, France and Germany) in Management and Economics, went for the PhD in Economics of Innovation. Also, worked as Directeur Général and as Export manager in the sausage industry, as project and HR-manager in the tyre service industry, volunteered as a tutor in school, soccer coach, chaperone, workshop facilitator, speaker (and many more roles) around the globe. Now speaking and coaching on leadership development, motivation and rhetorics, involved in the project to launch a startup on waste management, and thanks to the pandemic have started teaching French and Economics at a local high school.
In this episode, we have Nikki Casey. Nikki’s background in sales, marketing and training has a common thread running through it.... a strong passion for fashion and style.
Starting in teaching, her career encompassed retail fashion, modelling, sales/marketing, advertising and running her own Image Consultancy for over 25 years. Nikki has extensive experience in high level corporate and personal training, styling and brand development.
In recent years, she has focussed on assisting emerging executives and their partners to become the architects of their own style.
Her focus has always been on empowering the individual, through development of self confidence and self esteem. She partners men and women in developing their own signature style.
Nikki brings her skills together with empathy and understanding to create the desired outcome.
For the second episode of the Spanish Edition, we have Mauricio Prieto Peña. El es colombiano de 44 años de edad, casado hace dos años con una guatemalteca y esperando un bebé que viene en camino.
De profesión es Ingeniero en Automatización de la Universidad de la Salle, con especialización en Gerencia de empresas de telecomunicaciones y una maestría en administración de negocios de la Universidad de los Andes.
En los últimos 16 años se ha desempeñado como Gerente de Proyectos de Tecnología y Gerente de Producto en la línea de servicios de valor agregado en compañías de telecomunicaciones. Ha dirigido equipos interdisciplinarios que coordinan actividades de gestión de relaciones con clientes, supervisión, monitoreo, control y planificación de proyectos, ejecución de presupuestos, gestión de recursos, procesos y productos digitales. Trabaja actualmente como Asesor en Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones para el Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia y la Secretaría de Educación de Bogotá y gerencia su propia empresa en la que ofrecemos servicios como Video seguridad, Automatización Residencial, Diseño de Sistemas de Información y Páginas Web, entre otros.
Por último, y no menos importante, tiene una relación personal y directa con el Señor Jesús que lo hace sentir seguro y confiado en cada paso que da y que le permite acercarle a Dios como su hijo desde que lo recibió. Considera que esto es lo más valioso que tiene en su vida.
Join us for this episode and experience the heart felt passion of Merina Ranjit from Nepal. In her role she has been able to make large scale change by integrating social responsibility into the core operations of a billion dollar company.
Merina is the Chief Operating Officer of Chaudhary Foundation, social development initiative of Nepal’s leading conglomerate Chaudhary Group (CG). She also heads CG-Nepal Social Business (NSB), a non-dividend distributing company to promote social business in Nepal, another major social initiative of the group. She had key role for incubation of social business pilot projects of CGNSB at Jumla from March 2013- Dec 2014. A graduate in Environmental Management, from the National University of Singapore, Ranjit holds many feathers to her cap: She is a certified Environmental Management System (ISO 14001:2004) Lead Auditor (2010) and also Lead Auditor for Quality Management System(ISO 9001:2008). She has worked as Business Development Consultant and Environment Consultant for various development projects, and acted as visiting lecturer in prestigious educational institutions of the country. She was also part of consultancy team for the development for climate budget coding by National Planning Commission in 2012. As a Consultant (2007-11)CH2MHILL Pte Ltd, Singapore where she worked in in developing Environmental Management Plan, Environmental Impact Assessment, Diligence Studies, Corporate Social Responsibilities Strategies for various companies like Exxon Mobil, Shell Chemicals, Rolls and Royces etc in Asia Pacific Region.
Cheryl Ryan owner and director of 123Travel located on the Sunshine Coast has been involved with travel and philanthropy since 2005. Her passion for making a difference when she travels is something that has seen her set up her own charity in India and support multiple causes around the world. “Travel is about the connections and people you meet along the way, not the actual destination” says Cheryl.
You can check out 123Travel at www.123Travel.com.au or listen into some of her podcasts on “Shooting Through” about destinations around the world including Nepal.
Join us for this episode with Anton Pemmer who shares his positive and innovative ways of operating, bringing joy to all he meets and seeing the best in people.
Born and bred in Canberra, Anton Pemmer is the Founder of INOV8YOU, is a certified facilitator for LEGO®️ SERIOUS PLAY®️, Business Model You®️, and a member of the International Association of Facilitators and IECL Executive Coaching. Anton is also a Sessional Lecturer at the Australian National University, teaching Entrepreneurship, Innovation and is a contracted Business Advisor for the Canberra Business Enterprise Centre and a Pivoting Specialist Advisor for the NSW Business Connect Program through the Southern Region Business Enterprise Centre.
As an experienced leader and entrepreneur with a focus on international trade and engagement, exporting, importing, manufacturing, and new business development. With extensive experience owning and developing businesses across a diverse range of sectors, including Manufacturing, Distribution, Retail, Importing, Exporting, Healthcare, and Business Services.
Anton approaches tasks with a positive attitude and initiative. Delivering results and maintaining long-term relationships across public and private sectors have been one of his keys to success, while always in a collaborative way, with a win-win attitude.
For this first episode of the Inspiring Humans Podcast in the Spanish version, we have Laura (Lola) Acosta Acolau from the Dominican Republic. Lola Acosta es una estudiante universitaria que esta estudiando psicología. Ella esta en su ultimo año de escuela, y cuando termine, quiere ayudar a desestigmatizar la salud mental en las comunidades de minorias en los Estados Unidos de Norte America.
Join us for a fascinating conversation with an Health on finding our soul purpose and how to amplify our message on the planet through conscious business and service while living abundant lives of service ourselves in the process.
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Heath Myers. An Agent of Change is an Ascension, Spiritual Business and Leadership Coach.
He’s also the Founder of SoulCreations.Earth™, Align With Destiny™, and The Starseed Activations™.
His journey into spiritual evolution work was catalysed by a life-changing spiritual awakening the result of which saw him searching for answers.
It marked the beginning of nearly 20 years dedication to a vast array of personal and professional development. Including various healing modalities, shamanic practices, embodiment arts and spiritual business.
In that time he’s built a successful, impact-driven business that’s transformed the lives of thousands of people and assisted 100's of other way-showers to expand their influence and aid humanity.
Heath is a healer and a world-bridger.
He’s served the planet on many levels. From holding channelled, planetary activation ceremonies, to coaching purpose-driven business owners, to conducting social responsibility programs and leadership facilitation for senior leaders in financial institutions.
Heath is a Divine Channel for various Star Races and Enlightened Masters. His mission is to activate The Starseeds and mobilise their service to the world, in pursuit of rapidly accelerating planetary evolution.
Heath’s Gifts / How he assists people:
Heath assists people to access higher levels of consciousness and to see the results manifest tangibly in their business, careers, relationships, personal evolution and understanding of Self.
He helps people understand and articulate their Soul purpose.
He also helps them use this spiritual motivation to step deeper into Service so they can create a lasting impact of positive change for humanity.
His purpose is to awaken Divine Presence in humanity, that is the integration and embodied presence of our Spiritual Being.
Heath sees all of Humanity's challenges as a crisis of consciousness.
He believes that as we each embrace higher states of Love, Joy, Peace and Enlightenment individually and ask how we may serve the world from this place, it raises the collective consciousness and sees us ready and able to initiate rapid and impactful change on a multitude of levels.
Heath is a channel and I coach people in the field of Ascension, Spiritual Business and Leadership.
For this first episode of the Seven Women Podcast, we have Rhys Williams. Rhys has designed and implemented offshore tertiary education and training programs for over 20 years, for RMIT and Victoria universities & vocational providers. This has included in partnerships with the social enterprises KOTO in Vietnam and Seven Women in Nepal for disadvantaged persons. Rhys has also been involved with the Spina Bifida Foundation of Victoria, the support organisation for persons with spina bifida, for many years.
For this episode, we have Nicholas Bartlett, a down to earth New Zealand native who has built a thriving business and investment portfolio form scratch. A serial entrepreneur, angel investor, dad, and CEO of Resolvd AI, Nick has a lot of experience which he shares in this episode. At only 36, Nick has founded 6 companies in 5 countries and successfully exited 4 of them. He has also been highly successful as an angel investor with first-round investments in one unicorn and two other businesses valued in the hundreds of millions. Nick most recently resided in his wife's birth country of Slovenia but is now living in his home country of New Zealand with their two children. His hobbies include motorsport, tennis, and new technology. Join us for this fascinating journey into the world of business and investment.
For this episode, we have Nicholas Barlett from New Zealand. Nicholas Bartlett is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, dad, and CEO of Resolvd AI. At only 36, Nick has founded 6 companies in 5 countries and successfully exited 4 of them. He has also been highly successful as an angel investor with first-round investments in one unicorn and two other businesses valued in the hundreds of millions.
Nick most recently resided in his wife's birth country of Slovenia but is now living in his home country of New Zealand with their two children. His hobbies include motorsport, tennis, and new technology.
Join us for an inspiring chat about the passion this young Puerto Rican native has in supporting and serving her community and her deep understanding of local issues. Tanya is currently living and studying in Tennesse, gathering experience, knowledge and broadening her horizons.
With her beautiful, bubbly and curious nature, Tanya is our Guest Host for the Spanish Edition of our Inspiring Humans Podcast series.
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For this episode, we have Tanya Gonzalez. She was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She graduated from Margarita Janer Palacios High School in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, to pursue a Business Administration career. However, due to political and socio-economic issues in Puerto Rico, she had to move to Tennessee. While completing her Associate's degree online in Business Administration from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, she became an Assistant Store Manager for a Dollar General retail store. As she became more curious about the world, she decided to continue her studies at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) by successfully gaining a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice Administration with a concentration in Homeland Security, and double minors in Asian Studies and Information Systems while graduating during the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020. During those undergraduate years, she participated in multiple extracurricular activities, becoming Former Vice-President of La Comunidad, mentor for the Asian Student Association, Caribbean Student Association, Hispanic and Asian Heritage Month Committee while volunteering for LGBT+ events, Habitat for Humanity, Feed the Children, Tennessee Democratic Party, National Honor Society, Secular Student Alliance, Puerto Rico Rises, among many other entities. She is currently working as a Research Assistant for Dr. Donna Dopwell under the Social Work Department at MTSU while attending Graduate School, pursuing her Master's of International Affairs with the People's Republic of China as her region focused. Her short goal is to take all opportunities given, learn from others, develop multiple ideas for new projects, and graduate. At the same time, her long-term goal is to create connections between Asia and Puerto Rico in exchanging resources, leadership, business opportunities, and knowledge in rebuilding Puerto Rico from its natural disasters. Recently, she joined the Diaspora Committee for the Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño to enhance the possibilities and creation of a new nation with the independence for Puerto Rico under the PIP's Patria Nueva campaign. In addition, she joined the Seven Women NGO as an intern this summer, and she expects to learn a lot from it to continue helping others and empowering women worldwide.
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Vanessa's dedication has been recognised with an Order of Australia Certificate of Commendation for Service to the Community (2009), Australian Defence Force Leadership and Teamwork Award (2009), and Rotary Pride of Workmanship Award Excellence in Leadership and Passion for Learning (2013). She has ten years of experience in both government and NGO sectors (2008-present). Qualified with a Certificate of Engagement from the International Association of Public Participation (2015), she also has a Bachelor of Political, Economic, and Social Sciences from the University of Sydney (BPESS 2020).
Locally in government, for five years, Vanessa served as an elected Councillor (policymaker) with Warringah Council (2012-2017). This role involved chairing the Environmental ECOS Strategic Reference Group (SRG). The SRG covered environmental issues for four lagoons, nine beaches, and 1700ha of bushland. In this role, Vanessa gained experience in policy for sea-level rise in the Collaroy Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) and capital works for Narrabeen Lagoon Trail. From this, she developed a passion for the environment. The role also involved extensive experience in public speaking, such as being a speaker and MC at Australia Day and community events.
Abroad, Vanessa represented Australia at the precursor to the environmental G8 Summit on Climate Change in Hokkaido, Japan (2008), participated in the UNICEF Roundtable on Human Rights in the Asia Pacific (2007), worked in Poland teaching English (2010-2011), and saw Seven Women's work for women with disabilities in Nepal (June 2014). She has a passion for community service.
In addition, she also has ten years of experience volunteering with the environmental charity - OzGreen Australia (2009-present) and is now an elected Board Member (2018-present). She gained experience in the event management and facilitation of an annual Environmental Education program for Sydney - Youth Leading the World (2009-present). The organisation has been recognised with a Eureka Prize, Banksia Award, and UN Media Peace Awards.
Vanessa currently works in compliance for reducing the carbon emissions of companies and homes across NSW with the National Carbon Bank of Australia (2020-present). She works under the NSW Energy Saving Scheme (ESS) and specialises in Home Energy Efficiency Retrofits (HEERs).
Join us for an empowering conversation on making our world a better place through taking local action.
For this episode, we have Barbara Belger. 2020 was a big year for Barbara: She turned 60, published her (first) book co-authored with 16 other "little old ladies", and became a grandmother.
She started a new program called Living from the Heart and is currently re-working due to need for adapting the original plan with the current times.
Barbara grew up in Germany. She spent a year in France at the age of 16 as an au-pair, finished High school, went on to study languages, and then worked as a translator/commercial foreign correspondent in large multi-national companies in Germany until age 30. She got married, moved to Japan, had two sons, and spent 17 years in Japan, Thailand, Mainland China, and Hong Kong.
Then Barbara moved to New Zealand with her sons and the family dog after she got divorced. She had begun training for her new career in 2003, opened her first coaching business in Hong Kong in 2005, and set up her company "Walk Your Talk" in New Zealand after moving there in 2007.
2010 / 2011 were Christchurch earthquake years, and Barbara provided trauma recovery support under a government contract. 2012 and 2013 was her caravan journey through New Zealand, and she ended up at the other end of the country. By then, she had become more active in volunteering, leading social change groups such as guerrilla gardeners, anti-plastic campaigns (sewing bags), various activities with the local Transition Town team: a visionary and idea seeder.
Her passions are trauma and everything related to the "big T's" and "small T's", the evolution of our individual and collective consciousness, and new leadership models.
Barbara's training background is life coaching, hypnotherapy, NLP, mental health & addiction, energy psychology, and organisational psychology. She got trained and became a trainer in a modality - Meta Medicine and is currently working part-time as a Health Consultant alongside naturopaths in a Health Store where she also sees her coaching clients.
For this episode, we have Neville John, a dedicated and passionate accounting professional who has been in the charted accounting profession for 35 years.
Neville started his professional path in accounting and business after graduating from RMIT University in 1976.
Neville is a talented being, having more than three decades of professional experience and carrying a wide range of specialities such as superannuation fund management, strategic planning, business process improvement, financial management and corporate negotiations. His clients always trust him for his professionals and passions.
On top of that, Neville also has displayed inspiring leadership on his career path. He has been taking on leadership roles within various businesses for decades.
He is now the Managing Director at LHA Nominees Pty Limited and a Strategic Advisor at The Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund. Before that, he had been a Managing Partner & Partner of HLB Mann Judd, a Board adviser of Camp Australia and a Company Secretary of DESA Australia Pty Ltd, providing advisory services on business, management, strategy and financial procedures.
Neville also has been a Rotarian of Rotary International for more than 20 years, where he has served in multiple roles to bring together business leaders all over the world to produce humanitarian service and promote goodwill.
In this episode, Neville shares his life experience and the unwavering passions that motivate him to persist in his dream for decades.
Beverley Sheppard grew up in PNG to parents who were literacy workers in the Highlands. At the age of 5, her parents returned to to live in Australia and settled in Moama/Echuca. She has just retired from 20 years in the Victoria police and is now running my B&B in Heidelberg. She created Austin Rise B&B 10 years ago and has achieved awards for her service excellence with guests.
A year ago Bev started my Instagram page of www.instagram.com/Sparklingms.b. She has a goal to be a lingerie model and has found that there is a severe lack of 50 plus ladies who are curvy and confident in front of the camera to show off the beautiful lingerie that is available. Bev has also started being a Life Drawing model and writing poetry which she post onto her Instagram and FB pages. She loves her created life and look forward to many more years of fun and making a difference in Melbourne and beyond. Bev loves inspiring ladies to be confident with themselves.
On December 21st 2012, Peter walked away from “normal” life, leaving behind his partner, daughter, family, career and friends. He sold or gave away all his possessions and began a personal walking pilgrimage.
Between December 21st 2012 and today he has walked 13,000 kilometres in nine countries.
His motivation? A personal investigation into Balance, Peace and Freedom underpinned by love first into his own life and into the lives of others.
Peter is a writer, orator, master of ceremonies, teacher and student of the possibilities and opportunities of life.
After pursuing a career in commercial radio and television, he extracted himself from the mainstream industry to create and operate the world’s first environmental and conscious radio network, Planet Radio, beginning in 1993 until 2008.
In 2005 he began teaching personal development and sacred sexuality including the powerful and life changing Quantum Leap experiences and Dragon’s Breath journey.
Since 2010 he has been dreaming in The Village, a complete redesign of our failed social system and in 2014 he created “The Village” a series of gatherings that introduce that new social system for the 3rd millennium.
He is also currently authoring an epic novel series entitled “The Village”. The first book of the series, “The Call” is to be published in the winter of 2021.
Peter has a unique talent for distilling complex knowledge into simple wisdom.
He facilitates mens’ work, group work, individual mentoring, personal development, relationship and sexual expansion practices for men, women and partnerships.
Peter holds space for inner work with power & integrity as no other.
He is a passionate visionary for the creation of an integrous co-creative society.
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Prior to becoming Head of Business Development at The Entourage, Australia’s largest training institution for entrepreneurs and business owners, Morello spent 10 years alongside Mark Bouris AM building out the Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management branch network nationally.
He has personally built an impressive property portfolio, and also led numerous community projects across Australia and internationally, including as a Founding Board Member of Project Gen Z, a social enterprise which runs entrepreneur and development programs for disadvantaged children.
In recent years, Morello has summited Mount Kinabalu in Borneo and completed the Kokoda Trail to raise money for Seed Foundation, which supports indigenous health programs in remote communities.
Morello is an active member of Australia’s entrepreneurial and real estate communities, an engaging and charismatic speaker, and passionate about sharing his successes with other entrepreneurs, business owners and investors to help them reach their full potential and not waste their precious life.
Nathan Birch is the founder of the Binvested, dedicating his life to help everyday Australians live life on their terms! From humble blue collar beginnings to 220+ investment properties and a $55M net worth. Nathan Birch's unique no-bullshit approach has helped individuals nationwide. Providing property education and purchasing assistance through his companies. Nathan has always had the motto 'live life on your terms.' That was his goal and that is the lifestyle he created.
Susie Anthony is an established personal development and human potential mentor who has studied diverse religions, psychological and spiritual development practices for over two decades.
One of her great achievements is Super HERO Code, a map assisting individuals in understanding their personal development journey. The SuperHERO Code teachings have been applied through Susie's work for the past 25 years, mentoring people from all walks of life and all ages.
Besides the SuperHERO Code, Susie also has been running her own award winning events, and her own holistic day spa and Manor House Retreat Centre on 7 acres in the UK.
In this episode, we hear from Lucy Hardie, an Australian artist best known for her meticulously rendered ink drawings on cotton paper. Through devotion to the creation of beauty, a fascination with death as a catalyst for transformation and new life, and the portrayal of story and symbol as a means of reflecting our shared human experience, her works present as visual allegories: inviting viewers into deeper felt experiences of intimacy, connection, tenderness and power.
Lucy offers tailored mentoring to individuals who are pursuing growth in their professional development as artists. Her mentoring adopts an empowerment approach that focuses on unlocking potentials in people’s artistic voice, style and vision that are natural to them and supporting them in identifying their solutions to challenges.
Lucy loves to bring enthusiasm, patience and passion to people in their artistic career. You can find out more about her on her website: www.lucyhardie.com or her Instagram (@lucyhardieart) and Facebook (Lucy Hardie Art).
We have a duo of guests for this week’s episode - Gus and Brenda. In this episode, we learn about the incredible duo’s passions to uplift humanity through their holistic therapies.
Both of them are Yoga instructors that specialise in holistic treatments. They started their holistic health journey by training as Ki Massage therapists in September 1990 with the IHCA (Irish health culture association). Over the following years, they gained qualifications and training in Holistic Nutrition, Psychotherapy/relaxation, Stress management, Mindfulness and commenced a career as Yoga instructors. Individually, Gus pursued lengthy training in Ortho-bionomy and Craniosacral therapy which is what he uses very successfully in most of his treatments now; Brenda added the very popular and effective Reflexology qualification to her repertoire.
With a motto of “Continue to learn”, they work with energy and passion to help people enjoy life and discover the power of the Life force within. In their free time, they love to travel around in their campervan and chat with interesting people they meet. They also appreciate the great nature and have a colourful outdoor life such as sea swimming, cycling and walking.
In this episode, we hear from Barbra Wilson, a natural-born singer and an all-around incredible human who uses her creative talents to light up the world. Barbra’s journey of self-discovery not only unveiled her ability as an artist at the age of 50 but also led her to start her own business in Health and Wellness. She obtained a qualification in Aromatherapy and used essential oils to help people promote their wellbeing. She has over 20 years experience of mentoring young people and leaders in being their best self using her intuitive abilities. Barbra is a mother to 3 children and Grandmama to 4 grandchildren.
The conversation with Barbra gave me shivers when interviewing her. This episode can inspire you, especially if you are on a journey of self-discovery.
For this episode, we have Tim Beanland, the owner of a podcast production and video interview business called Beantalking. His business Beantalking specialises in helping people who want to start a podcast but have no idea where to begin. It will only take you one afternoon with Tim to get your equipment set up, have the podcast cover art ready and most importantly, hold the confidence to take the step for your first episode.
Tim also has his podcast channel, where he interviews the top performers in their field and has featured world-famous guests such as Jim Penman - the founder of Jim's Mowing and the Jim's Group, and James Whittaker - an internationally best-selling author of “Think and Grow Rich The Legacy”.
Tim is an inspiring person who has a great spirit of generosity and some fantastic tips for those interested in his area of expertise. In this episode, Tim shares some of his advice around building a podcast and things to consider regarding marketing.
In this week’s episode, we have Zara Janjua who is a passionate person pursuing a multi-faced career involving acting, comedy, writing, documentary filmmaking, hosting podcasts and much more. With a ‘multi-hyphen’ portfolio career, Zara Janjua has proven success in every area. She has worked for BAFTA, NTA and RTS award-winning TV programs and was named one of the most talented women in Britain winning ‘Highly Commended’ as a finalist for Women of The Future Award 2020, supported by The Financial Times, Oxford University and CNBC. In 2021, Zara was named of the Top 40 Digital Women To Watch in the UK and is currently shortlisted for the ‘Digital Women For Good’ and ‘Digital Freelancer’ Award 2021.
Zara appeared as an actor in an award-winning Solace Women’s Aid advert to raise awareness of domestic violence. She also undertakes annual philanthropic filming projects. She has recently returned from Nepal where she produced & directed a documentary about marginalised and disabled women for an UN-supported charity, Seven Women. In September 2021, she will travel to Tanzania to film a short doc for CHAS as she takes on the highest freestanding mountain in the world – Kilimanjaro.
In this episode, we are thrilled to interview Zara and hear about her zest of life and her belief in the power of trusting and following one's highest excitement.
In this episode, we interviewed Stephanie E Charlotte Koehler, an alchemist and accelerator of human potential using the art of rituals, quantum healing, coaching, and shamanic practices. Stephanie is passionate about helping people find their voice, turning obstacles into opportunities, and supporting others in breaking through blockages in order to fully embody their gifts and live their Soul’s purpose.
Stephanie offers private healings, online programs, and global transformational retreats. She loves to weave quantum science with ancient wisdom traditions. One of her missions is to protect the ancestral heritage of communities around the globe and preserve these traditions for the benefit of future generations.
Stephanie chatted with us all the way from Mexico, so this is an episode not to be missed. In this episode, Stephanie shared a lot about her enchanting and magical approach to life.
In this episode, we have Kusum Tamang Poudyal from Nepal to share her lived experience as an incredible community worker and humanitarian.
Kusum has an avid passion to serve the community that are marginalised and/or less empowered. She has been involved in the social sector since 13 years ago in Australia, India and Nepal. Having worked in the community sector for years, she firmly believes in building sustainable yet simple mechanisms of empowering communities and putting education as the priority to mitigate most social challenges.
Kusum holds a degree in Community Welfare Work and Buddhist Theology and is currently undertaking an MBA degree. She now heads Hiteri Foundation which is Nepal’s first non-profit crowdfunding platform and an emerging crisis management organisation working in training civil society organisations on communication, capacity building and fundraising. She is also a founding member of Timro Surakshya Hamro Kartabya (TSHK) and a general member of Hattihatti Nepal. In her free time, Kusum loves to volunteer for different causes, travel, read, decorate with plants, and spend time with her family and two dogs.
Listen to this episode to get inspired by Kusum’s passion and find more about how she made a difference to the communities.
In this episode, we hear from Jules Brooke who is the founder of Handle Your Own PR, a DIY PR service for business owners. Handle Your Own PR has helped thousands of small business owners run their PR campaigns and make millions of dollars worth of media exposure. Jules offers online camps, coaching programmes and a PR SaaS platform, which has helped many of her students get on TV, radio, magazines and newspapers nationally.
With a motivation to help women build their profile in the media, and also to showcase all the incredible women that are changing the world, Jules founded a community called She's The Boss at the start of the pandemic in 2020. The community has weekly free zoom lunches with women around the country and a podcast called She’s The Boss Chats. She’s The Boss also has a YouTube channel featuring interviews with wildly successful women in business around the world.
Jules is the mother of 3 boys (including twins!) and has a wonderful, supportive partner, Dave and a dog called Nugget. Jules has widespread hobbies, such as reading, cooking, music, movies, socialising with friends and going to the beach.
Listen to this episode to find out more about Jules and how she used her expertise to empower women. It’s time we put the spotlight on all the amazing female founders and women doing extraordinary things in business.
You can also click the links below for further information about Jules and her business.
Jules’ LinkedIn: //www.linkedin.com/in/julesbrooke/
Handle Your Own PR: https://www.handleyourownpr.com.au/
She's The Boss program: https://tickertv.com.au/programs/collection-iwyhsybaz8g?cid=1013285
She's The Boss podcast: https://www.shestheboss.com.au/chats
She's The Boss Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shesthebossgroup
In this episode, we have Michael McCarthy, an amazing human who ignites the passion within through his overflowing enthusiasm for life. Michael's love for life is infectious and his life is an example of drawing out our personal potential and the human potential in others.
Michael genuinely believes in the power of positive mindsets in life and has held a positive outlook on life since childhood. In this episode, Michael shares, through his life experience, the meaning and the magic of a positive mindset on his life and also on others. We hear examples of how using the mind can heal as Michael shares the story of his father's wellness journey and how a positive mindset created a transformative workplace.
This episode is not to be missed if you are looking for stories that truly elevate you, inspire you and move you.
In this episode, we interview Nichelle Lyster and hear about her stories on starting an event business, creating community, and enjoying the spirited journey called life.
As a huge fan of gatherings (birthday parties, block parties, holidays...), Nichelle knows the magic possible in gathering people together for a purpose. So no wonder she established an event management company called Change The Lights. In her 8 years long career in event management, she has pinpointed that our gatherings have to be in service of a brighter future for us all. Poet, Dancer, Musician, Ocean Fangirl, and Lover for Language - she brings Light Changing Perspectives into view.
In this episode, Nichelle shares the journey of what it is like to listen to the light within, to move in the direction of one's dreams and to embrace, boldly and courageously, all that life has to offer. Nichelle also shares a piece of her poetry as one of the ways she unleashes her creative expression.
In this episode, we have Carol Liknaitzky, an outstanding educator and social artist who provided teacher training at the School of Education, Victoria University for 5 years and ran a part-time Nourishing Early Childhood Course at the Steiner Seminar for the past 9 years.
She provides the Early Childhood Courses through her organisation, Heart Spaces, with a foundation in Rudolf Steiner’s insights and wisdom in human development. She has been the Education Leader for Ignite Minds Family Day Care scheme for the past 5 years and is currently, leading a team in developing practical storytelling skills with an indigenous language development project in Fitzroy Crossing. She taught in a Steiner High school and Nursery school over 30 years ago and co-founded the first South African Steiner Teacher Training organisation and Waldorf School in a black ghetto in 1985.
She also draws from wide experiences in artistic development, craft making, as well as movement and Nia dance classes that she conducts. She is talented in stained glass art, leatherwork, woodwork, ceramics and graphic arts. She has run large scale community arts projects and has built a deep connection to all sectors of the community through her eclectic and diverse life experiences.
In this episode, Carol shares her life experience and shares a different perspective on the power of creativity in self-development.
In this episode, we have Hesh Fernando who is the founder of The Model Man, an organisation passionate about empowering men to be male role models, access their full potential, and achieve a greater sense of self.
Hesh has a vision of creating healthier organisations by empowering men to lead the organisational changes that prioritise rest centred performance. His organisation, The Model Man, runs programs to improve working male professionals’ mental fitness to overcome fatigue and burnout.
In this episode, Hesh authentically tells us about his own personal journey which led him to the work he is involved in today. He also shares his approach to life and his faith which is his driver.
In this episode, we have Justin Mason, the founder of Agri Aquaponics. Agriculture has been in Justin’s blood since a boy. Having been working on a farm since a teenager, he gained drive, passion, and purpose in toiling the land and seeing it transform.
After realising that so many valuable spaces have been wasted by people, Justin came up with an idea to improve the productiveness in the use of space: self-watering, mobile gardens that you can place on a patio, balcony, back courtyard, etc. Then the business was born: Agri Aquaponics. Agri Aquaponics designs and maintains organic aquaponic and hydroponic gardens. Justin’s business aims to help people grow food anywhere by creating mobile herb and vegetable gardens using hydroponic and aquaponic principles.
The uniqueness of their gardens is self-watering and self-supported: the gardens can be powered by solar panels and batteries, allowing people to grow organic food with zero carbon footprint.
In this episode, Justin tells us about his creative idea of mobile gardens, his insights into agriculture as well as his life experience.
You can also find more about Justin’s business on their website and socials: https://linktr.ee/Agriaquaponics
In this episode, we hear from Tatiana Panfilova, a relentlessly curious soul who is on the search for deeper meaning, the real impact for the benefit of the world and speaking her truth.
She has over 5 years of experience in strategy consulting, solving complex business problems and mentoring people. She also has been practising yoga and meditation for more than 7 years and is passionate about personal development and conscious evolution.
In this episode, Tatiana shares her transformative journey towards self-healing and potential discovering. Her authentic sharing will surely help you with key learnings to propel yourselves forward.
In this episode, we have Steven Dossou, the creator of "IGNITE THE TRANSFORMATION", the founder of Salesforce Catalyst, and the Co-founder of Leadership.
Steven has multiple roles in his life - author, inspirational speaker and transformational coach. Steven was nicknamed “Action Man” for having impacted thousands of lives on a global scale. He is viewed by his peers as a charismatic visionary who undoubtedly believes in unleashing human potential by inspiring people to break their boundaries and redefine their limits. As a living testimony, Steven has followed his dreams and recreated a new path by elevating himself from humble beginnings in his country of origin (Togo-West Africa) to leadership and impactful roles on a global platform.
In this episode, we explore Steven's unwavering determination, passion, and faith that propel him into action.
We are lucky enough to have Susan Morrice on my podcast again.
Susan has shared some of her amazing life experience and incredible wisdom embodied in life and leadership in the previous episode. In this episode, we take a deeper dive into the mechanism of the mind in living our best lives with Susan Morrice and her brilliant example in this event recording where we delve into the power of the mind in creating the lives of our dreams.
In this week’s episode, we interviewed Susan Morrice, a Founding member of Belize Natural Energy (BNE) and the most inspiring woman I have ever met!
Belize Natural Energy is renowned for its holistic business model and has become an internationally recognized, award-winning beacon of light for industry and people empowerment. The business has made a difference in the country of Belize and beyond.
I'm thrilled to have Susan on my podcast as she is an incredible human that I will be forever thankful to, for leading me to the most transformative experience in my life to date.
In this episode, we share about this 10-day experience and some of Susan’s incredible wisdom embodied in life and leadership.
Welcome to Inspiring Human Podcast!
Our first guest is Cathryn Mahon, an Idea Generating Machine that specialises in developing new concepts and business ideas, especially when working with people who are filled with passions and want to create a purpose-based business.
Her spirit of generosity is evident in the way she connects people, supports them develop their ideas into sustainable businesses, and enables them to share their gifts with the world. Her keen eye for detail, intuition, diverse business knowledge and ‘fix anything attitude’ breathes life back into the most stagnate of businesses.
In this episode, you will hear Cathryn’s experience working with many clients and her ideas around what it takes to start, run and build a thriving business.
From this podcast, we have also launched an event in partnership with the Seven Continents Council, a global network to invite all interested to an “Ideas to Reality” event where you can come and test, develop and create an action plan, taking the first steps to turn your dreams into reality.
Stay tuned on the INSPIRING HUMANS Facebook page for the link to register or email inspiringhumanspodcast@gmail.com for details. Spaces are limited, so hurry up if you don’t want to miss out on our events.