This week, I had the pleasure to speak to Sophia Lavoie, who is a recent graduate in English Literature from University of Rhode Island. She is spending her time in COVID in Palestine, teaching kids English. In this discussion, she documents her experiences of whats it like to teach in such a controversial area of the world and why she took the leap. She is also extremely well-traveled and love to read books to expand her horizons.
Her recommended reads:
1. Arab & Jews: Wounded Spirit In a Promised Land
2. Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers' Testimonies From the Occupied Territories 2000-2010
3. Hollow Land: Israel's Architect of Occupation by Eyal Weizman
4. How to Understand Israel in 60 Days of Less by Sarah Glidden
5. I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti
6. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Illan Pappe
7. Palestine in Israeli School Books Image and Reality by Nurit Peled-Elhanan
8. Men in the Sun by Ghassan Khanafani
9. The Butterfly's Burden by Mahmoud Darwish
Reach out to her: sophialavoie6@gmail.com
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This week I had the pleasure on inviting Irina Buse again. She is a mindset coach. Initially trained for the business world, she completed her formal education in business management, got her MBA before the age of 30 and worked in different companies, small or large corporations for 20 years. Her passion though is being close to people, feeling their story and helping them build the conditions for long lasting transformation.
She changed careers in her late 30’s becoming a certified health coach from all walks of life ever since.
In this episode, we talked about entrepreneurship role in early education and how to anticipate challenges and find our strengths early on in our lives.
Reach out to her: https://www.irinabuse.com/
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On this episode, I had the honour to speak to Martine Ellis, who helps teachers and trainers love their jobs and be amazing teachers WITHOUT taking work home evenings and weekends. She does that through her own podcast, The Teaching Space, her book, The Productive Teacher her online courses and resources.
As well as being a podcaster and author, she is the Professional Development and Scholarly Activity Lead at the Guernsey College of Further Education. She also manage the College’s teacher and assessor training provision. Enjoy the episode
Reach out to her: https://www.theteachingspace.com/
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Deborah is intensely passionate about being an igniter and catalytic force in the world. She cares about youth empowerment, education reform, civic justice, and personal development. As the founder of the Student Leadership Initiative Program (SLIP), which is a space where students can gather to share ideas, encourage and support one another, and tackle projects they believe will help and improve their communities. In this episode, we discussed her book Unleashing Your Innovative Genius and what can be done to eradicate racism in America. Enjoy the episode.
Reach out to her: https://www.deboraholatunji.com/
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In this episode, I invited Matt and Sam, PGCE Primary Education students, from Teachers of Tomorrow Podcast. Their education podcast is delivered from the perspective of two student teachers, sharing experiences and views on everything from teacher training to wider issues in education.
Reach out to them: https://www.instagram.com/theteachersoftomorrow/ and https://twitter.com/toftpod
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David Somerfleck is an experienced Enterprise Digital Marketing Specialist helping business owners generate more leads, increase profits, and grow faster using SEO, eCommerce, website development, content marketing, PPC, social media marketing, branding; in coordination with traditional marketing efforts and lean management principals. David is also an active member of The Internet Society, the Internet Marketing Association, and the International Webmasters Association.
In this episode, I, as a business owner/ operator, ask questions that most businesses should ask before deciding to choose a digital marketer. Enjoy the discussion
Reach out to David : https://dms.blue/
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This week I had the pleasure of inviting Amy, who is a qualified Primary teacher with a background in Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum (EYFS). She also has her own education youtube channel called LittleLearnersVideos, with 100k+ subscribers. Based around the EYFS, Little Learners helps prepare young children for school and with their ongoing learning journey.
In this episode, we discussed her career as a primary school teacher, the discriminatory treatment of disabled teachers in schools, secrets behind her youtube success and her PGCE advise for aspiring teachers. Enjoy the discussion
Subscribe to her channel: https://www.youtube.com/LittleLearnersVideos
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As a start-up entrepreneur of an education platform, I gave a talk to aspiring entrepreneurs/ students at University of London at a career's convention. Therefore, This episode is slightly different than usual. It entails factors that I have learnt from being in business this year and I list out factors that you should consider before starting your own business. Hope you enjoy the episode.
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This week I had the pleasure of speaking to Rick Jordan. He is CEO & Founder of ReachOut Technology, and has become a nationally recognized voice on Cyber-Security, Business, and Ethics. He is a distinguished expert in leadership and technology for over 20 years.
Featured speaker at NASDAQ, Harvard Clubs of Boston and New York, Mercedes, Coca-Cola, and West Point Military Academy. Rick is also an expert guest on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX in top nationwide markets, and best-selling author of his book Situational Ethics.
Reach out to him: http://www.rickjordan.tv/
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This week I had Rolando Nieves on the podcast, who is the co-host of "Remakes, Reboots & Revivals" and producer of "Game Changers in Medical History." Rolando is an established documentarian whose work has been featured in prestigious events such as DOC NYC, NewFilmmakers NYC Film Festival, and the Florida Film Festival. He is also the VP of multi-cultural productions at Dramatic Health, who works with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to generate and cultivate engagement with multicultural audiences through health video.
Rolando holds a master of fine arts degree in integrated media production. Enjoy the discussion
Reach out to him: https://www.instagram.com/rolando_nieves/
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Dr. Shaun Woodly is a sought after speaker & professional development expert whose highly engaging, fun, yet thought-provoking messages inspire people for action and change. Dr. Woodly works with educators at all levels, specializing in helping those that serve in urban and culturally diverse communities.
Teaching in urban and culturally diverse schools has been a daily struggle for many educators. Different personalities, backgrounds and learning abilities can raise a lot of questions about how to meet the needs of such a variety of people.
Award-winning educator and university professor, Dr. Shaun Woodly shares research-based strategies, from 14 years of experience, to help you create the optimal learning environment in your classroom. He offers strategies that educators can put in place to transform standards and objectives to revolutionize learning.
Reach out to him: https://www.teachhustleinspire.com/
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This week, I had the pleasure of speaking to Roman Mironov, who is a certified relationship coach, trained by Robbins-Madanes, the official training center of Tony Robbins.He has also been featured in many news / media outlets. He teaches people how to succeed in a relationship by creating an ethos of respect, gratitude and effective communication. Enjoy the episode
Reach out to him: https://www.romanmironov.com/
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In this episode, I had the absolute pleasure to invite Dr Alice Kerby, from Kerby Method Consulting, who has a passion for healing from a young age. She has two decades of experience in the fields of medicine, healthcare, and wellness. Prior to becoming a Doctor of Physical Therapy, She was trained in alternate healing modalities such as Chinese Medicine, Conscious Language, Native American Healing and Philosophy, Vipassanna Meditation, Polarity Therapy, Western nutrition and Herbology with renowned teachers and experts in these respective fields. She, now, uses a multi-faceted approach when working with individuals and groups to facilitate changes within the physiological, biological, and neurological systems.
She also specialize in working with stress and anxiety reduction from an autonomic nervous system perspective. As student in Somatic Experiencing, she is key in providing education and tools to help her clients both understand their physiological processes and practice techniques that shift the underlying causes of destructive or unhelpful behavior. This was the focus of our discussion, in this episode.
Other than that, she is a featured speaker at the Virtual Holistic Immunity Summit, and have been featured on multiple podcasts including: Push or Pivot, Some Guy’s Opinion, Balance Shared, You Time with Synne, The Whole Human Health Podcast, and The Resilient Woman Club.
She also has her own podcast called "Beyond the Pink Cloud" . It is a show that offers expert advice from a wide range of guests on topics of recovery, mental & physical health, exploration, gut health, and finances. My amazing guests offer support and education on all things to build an amazing life in recovery and beyond! Check it out!
If you are ready to build internal resilience and ease, stop by her website for a free guide!
Reach out to her: http://www.kerbymethodconsulting.com/
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In this episode, I had the genuine pleasure speaking to Maria Tan. She is a thought leader, international author, motivational speaker and business coach who mentors “misfits” and “misunderstood geniuses”.
Before coaching, she was a cross-cultural communications consultant who worked with executives from all over the world and coached over 1000 professionals. Within two years of coaching, she’s been featured in Huffpost, Elephant Journal, Pick the Brain and Addicted2Success and was the only Asian woman featured in The Money Code and How to Crack It, a book that debuted at #14 on Amazon.
Reach out to her: https://www.maria-tan.com/
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In this episode, I have the pleasure to speak to Liz Forshaw, who is an entrepreneur and have spent her entire working life in business. Her specialty is growth with a background in founding and building a national franchise company over the past 10 years. She is also a qualified life coach, NLP practitioner with qualifications in hypnosis, time line therapy and currently studying psychology. More importantly, she is creator of Best Self Academy. She loves working with children, in business and helping people be the best version of them selves. Enjoy the episode
Reach out to Liz: https://www.bestselfacademy.co.uk/
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In this episode, I had the pleasure to invite Mark Taylor, a music teacher and podcast-host of Education on Fire. He is an inspirational figure and through his podcast, he has motivated teachers, parents and mentors to help guide and nurture the children in our society.
On his podcast, he share stories and resources that we hope will support children to thrive and be able to live their best lives. We talked extensively about creativity in school environment and what can be done to induce a permanent flare of innovative thinking. Enjoy the episode
Side note: I would like to apologise in advance for the bad sound quality due to mic issues.
Reach out to Mark: https://www.educationonfire.com/
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For this episode, I had a pleasure of inviting Steph Reed, who is an Autism Specialist Teacher, Advisor & Consultant, with over 10 years teaching experience in autism specialist and mainstream schools.
She also help professionals and parents maximise outcomes for autistic and neurodiverse learners, by ensuring they are equipped with the knowledge and ‘tools’ required to support a range of abilities and needs. Enjoy the episode
Steph's Podcast: https://www.autismspectrumteacher.com/category/podcast/
Reach out to Steph: https://www.facebook.com/groups/autismandinclusiveteachingideas/
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This week, I invited Stephanie Mearse & Austin Collins. Austin is a young, vibrant investment advisor and Stephanie is Published Author, Motivational Speaker, Radio Show and Podcast. In this episode, we talked about how wealth (being rich) is perceived in today's world and what can we do to overcome this dogma. Austin & Stephanie share invaluable advice on various investment opportunities as well. Enjoy
Reach out to her at: https://stephaniemearse.com/
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This week I invite Rebekah Saltzmann to the show. She is a Personal Organization Expert and Coach. She teaches people how to feel satisfied with fewer things and helps them to clear their clutter. She believes when you clear your clutter you clear your mind. Rebekah uses her professional design skills to help her clients create organized and beautiful spaces for themselves and their families. Enjoy the episode
Reach out to Rebekah: https://balaganbegone.com/
Rebekah's podcast: Balagan Be Gone
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On this episode, I invited Paul Forchione, who is a mindset coach that helps people improve their mindset to maximize their productivity at work. He is known for working with people to improve their self-esteem and eliminate limited belief. If you have belief in yourself, the sky is the limit with your potential. Enjoy the conversation
Reach out to Paul: https://www.calltoaction.coach
Paul's podcast: Actions & Limits
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