Being Borderless

This week I am joined by Caterina Bonan who is an expert in syntactic theory, language documentation, and linguistic data modeling. She recently completed her Postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge. She believes in advocating the benefits of AI and will be moving into an industry role within Data Science in the near future.

During our conversation, we talk about her journey from a small Italian town to Cambridge, UK, and all that comes in between. I was incredibly honored to learn about her journey, her struggles, and most importantly her strong belief in her Purpose.

Episode Links:

Catarina's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caterinabonan/

Musa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/being.borderless/

Beingborderless Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/beingborderlesspodcast/

This week's episode is with Ahmad Jabbir, who is pure motivation in a human being. His thirst for curiosity, challenging the norm, and creating opportunities for himself, and others around him is incredibly inspiring.

Among the many initiatives he has going on, one that stood out to me was his project to connect with 100 strangers through zoom during the #covid lockdown, listen in to hear what that was like!

Episode Links:

Ahmad's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmadjabbir/

Musa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/being.borderless/

I always believe people come into your life for a reason and that's exactly how I met this week's guest, Jeremy W. Hancock. We connected over from a job search webinar on LinkedIn and quickly got along. It was an honor hearing Jeremy's life story and being inspired by his ability to practice vulnerability, overcoming life-altering events, pushing through adversities, and leaning into discomfort.

This conversation is really one to not miss out on!

Episode Links:

Jeremy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-w-hancock/

Jeremy's Blog: https://www.texasbugger.com/

Musa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/being.borderless/

If it wasn't for my school principal, I may not be where I am today. This is the story of my friend Olasubomi Archibong who embodies a hard work ethic, overcoming struggles, successfully launching and growing a digital marketing business, and most importantly being a loving friend. I hope you find inspiration to dream big and follow your heart from this one. 

Episode Links:

Ola’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesubomi/

Musa Bajwa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/being.borderless/

Being Borderless - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/being-borderless/id1674047660

Being Borderless - AnchorFm: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/VPdF9EM4dyb

Deciding to take a trip across Canada and talking with strangers, to starting a podcast on Masculinity and always having a bias towards action. My guest on this episode is Luke West a friend and an inspiration for this podcast to exist. 

Luke has an uncanny ability to talk with strangers and put them to ease to share their stories with intimate details, taking on whatever he sets his mind to and not letting insecurities and the fear of failure get in his way towards trying something new, and most importantly being an incredibly kind human being, this was a special episode. 

Episode Links:

Luke's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukejwest/

Luke's Podcast, The Imperfect Pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LmqLJT67Y1y36MnINjvWx

Musa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/being.borderless/

I've been avoiding having this conversation among others with myself for quite some time and it couldn't have come with a better time to release it in a podcast. Admittedly it was a difficult conversation to have, primarily due to being vulnerable on such a medium nevertheless nothing great comes without difficulty. 

I wanted to share a bit of my internal dialogue with you all, where I come from, where I am, and where I am going towards. I've always been a big proponent of self-talk and awareness, taking the time to sit with our innermost vulnerable emotions/feelings to heal, understand, and move on towards becoming a better version of ourselves.

Episode Links: 

Musa Bajwa; Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/being.borderless/

Book 1 Link: https://www.amazon.com/Mountain-You-Transforming-Self-Sabotage-Self-Mastery/dp/1949759229

Book 2 Link: https://www.amazon.com/Daring-Greatly-Courage-Vulnerable-Transforms/dp/1592408419

Inspirational, Educator, Persistent, Humble, and Kind are just a few attributes that come to my mind when I think about my 1st guest, Arie Dia Fauzan, Born in Indonesia, and through the journey of his life, he now lives in Poland. Arie is a dear friend and a brother to me.

I hope you will enjoy his story and the tidbits of value shared across the conversation.

Episode Links:

Arie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ariediafauzan/

Arie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ariediafauzan?s=20

Musa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/being.borderless/

Having lived in multiple countries and having met amazing individuals, for some time now I wanted to start a conversation about the shared human experience we all are living in, I strongly believe due to my experiences and having been taught growing up that "Humanity is the only religion," there are multitudes of experience being lived out there in the wide world that we can learn, connect and be inspired from for our own lives.

This is the trailer episode for this podcast and I hope for you to join me in the new episodes for Being Borderless, every Friday!