On the podcast this week Ziada and Mary Ann look back over 2017 and share some of their own reflections about the year gone by, who and what inspired them, what they have been reading and listening to and their own most important personal learning and challenges.

Revisiting an episode from early on 2017 in which Mary Ann talks to Pamela Brannon, Executive Director of Children of Uganda. They speak about the experiences that inspired her to make a difference, the work of her organisation and their belief looking after ourselves is an important part of how we make a difference.

This week Mary Ann talks to Hannah Thompson about mothering and humanitarian work, the challenges of travelling and risky contexts when you are a mum and how becoming mothers has affected our approach to our work in the international development sector.

This week Ziada and Mary Ann talk with Rachael Maddox a trauma resolution educator, coach and guide about how she supports people to heal from sexual trauma in their lives, the new book she is currently writing and raising funding for and why healing our trauma is such important work in the world right now.

This week we talk to Liz Remande-Guyard about her work as a Shadow Work Facilitator and Coach. Mary Ann, also a Shadow Work Coach shares her experience as well while Ziada asks the questions this week. We find our what Shadow Work is and how it can help us to create change from the inside out.

Revisiting another of our favourite shows in this show Mary Ann talks to Claire Mahon, a human rights lawyer based in Geneva who consults, coaches and mentors others to do human rights work as well as running her own not-for-profit human rights legal work. We talk about how she got in to human rights work, what motivates and inspires her, what she has learnt along the way and how she has learnt to look after herself as well as the crucial work she undertakes.

Unfortunately, this show is no longer available.

In this episode Ziada and Mary Ann discuss '#MeToo', the hashtag that went viral recently as a means of identifying our experience of sexual harassment and assault. They talk about whether 'hastag's matter and what the impact of this one has been and might be in future. They also discuss the phenomenon of things going 'viral'.

Mary Ann asks Ziada about the Kipilipili Expose that will take place on Sat 4th Nov. They talk about how the event has changed from last year, what Ziada and her business partner have learnt in the process and all the exciting things that will be happening during this years event.

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