This week we speak with Kimberly Weiss a Body Positive Health Coach about what it means to truly believe in the possibility of health at any size, why she is so angry about the public health obsession with obesity and why we each need to start with defining what health means for us and our own unique body.

In this episode of Change Making Women Ziada and Mary Ann talk about women in politics and to what extent we can expect women in positions of power to represent the needs of women.

This week we talk with Ronna Detrick about how writing, both for herself and for others has helped her to delve deep in to her true nature. We talk about how writing can help us to uncover more about our deep fears and desires and in doing so identify our power and potential as women. Ronna also tells us about the support she is now offering to other women who want support and witness with their own writing.

This week 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 we talk to Sarah Lloyd-Hughes from Ginger Public Speaking about her passion for supporting women to use their voices to share a message that really makes a difference. We talk about what holds us back from speaking our truth, how we can use imperfection to our advantage and why she's committed to work with 100 leading women to support them to create change in the world.

This week Mary Ann gives Ziada an update on the changes that have been happening in her Jijaze project explaining what they are about and how you can get involved.

This week Mary Ann talks to Gwynn Raimondi, a an electrical engineer turned therapist about trauma and how we process it. Gwynn shares how she works not only with her clients own lived experiences of trauma but also both cultural and intergenerational trauma and we discuss why this kind of work is so closely connected to our desire for Social Justice.

On tonights’ podcast we talk with Elinor Predota about story telling, being a pagan and why listening matters so much when you want to both tell stories and work for social justice.

This week Ziada and Mary Ann reflect on Brexit in the UK and Ziada asks Mary Ann to share her views about the process and what the triggering of Article 50 this week will mean for the UK & beyond.

This week we talk with Shishani about her project Shishani & The Namibian Tales. We talk about making music, about her quest to discover the music of the San people in her homeland of Namibia, about authenticity, going you own way, love and power.