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Lorenna Feliz Santos – is the Chief Executive Officer of DiaM Life. The vision behind DiaM originated from her personal story of having two children with Type One Diabetes. This single mum of 3 wasted no time in getting her medical tech company started in order to optimise the medical health care system regarding diabetes behaviour patterns. 

Born in the Dominican Republic in 1979 and growing in New York City, Lorenna attended the prestigious La Guardia High School of Music and Art and the Performing Arts and majored in Theater. She shares her entrepreneurial journey as a Hispanic women making headway as an underrepresented founder in the tech industry. 

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Laura is a top 30 under 30 journalist from Berlin, an entrepreneur and podcast host of Redbull's Innovator Sessions. Her Youtube channel called, Meet your Mentors - launched only 4 months ago - is making waves because she's secured some of the most influential thought leaders like Gary Vee, Jay Shetty and Sophia Amarusso. Her mission is to inspire new ways of thinking and working. Here's some of her tips on productivity and being a self-starter. 

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An honest conversation with two mums, Laura Mbugua-Mwaura, an American married to a Kenyan living in SA - raising two biracial boys and Joan Atiko, a Kenyan mum married to a German living in Switzerland. We discuss challenges and experiences of what it's like to parent biracial kids and how to encourage a strong sense of personal identity- in the background of all the racial stereotypes and systematic racism they may face. 

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Divorce Lawyer and litigation attorney Yolandi Van Der Watt survived a deadly divorce shooting that claimed the lives of three other people, including her father. After doctors declared a 1 percent chance of survival, Yolandi determined to beat the odds, fought back to regain her health. After eight months of being in recovery she returned back to her legal practice. She currently continues to fight for justice even in a backlogged and seemingly unfair legal justice system. Women litigation lawyers, like Yolandi, are some of our unsung sheroes. 

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Saray Khumalo  is a Zambia-born South African explorer and mountaineer. In May 2019, she became the first black African woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

At the age of 47, this mother of 2 achieved her personal goal of submitting the highest mountain in the world. But this wasn't her first time. She had tried to conquer Everest three times before and in 2019 she finally succeeded, earning her the title of the first black African women to reach the top of Mt Everest. 

She talks to us on how she has achieved this summit mindset because we all have mountains in our daily lives. 
 

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In today’s episode we chat to Clara Hahn on the power of celebrating milestones, especially during this pandemic - when so many women are burning out, stressed and still feel like they have to be productive. 

Clara is a business coach for creatives and entrepreneurs. Born  in the South of Germany, she has a background in dance and artist management. 

She also has a serious passion for living her life on her own terms. This single  mom of a 2 year old daughter now live together in Berlin where Clara offers individual coaching and group coaching for creative people who want to build a strong and authentic foundation for their business.

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Busi is a People Development Business Partner at Uber. She is also a global leader in diversity and inclusion where she partners with the Executive leadership at Uber to create inclusion for underrepresented minorities as a global co-chair for the Black at Uber employee resource group. 

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Melissa Romero, founder of the Lean In in the Netherlands talks about her experience of overcoming bias, visibility in the workplace and shameless self promotion. 

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Sivuyile “SiV’ Ngesi is one of SA’s most dynamic performers, whose diverse talents have seen him making waves in the South African entertainment industry. He is a sought after comedian, popular television presenter, prolific actor, MC. and Producer, and a social media sensation.

His accolades include The Mail and Guardian’s Most influential young South African 2011, one of Destiny Man’s most influential men under the age of 40, You magazines most stylish celebrity, GQ’s top dressed man for 2014, a coveted place in the Cosmo sexiest man calendar 2015, and a place in the MDB Top 10 best working South African actors overseas.

His recent cover for Men's Health in South Africa was a revolutionary act as he used the platform to raise awareness for Period Poverty. For every copy of the May issue sold, a pack of sanitary pads was donated to schools for girls from impoverished backgrounds. Siv brings the topic of menstruations into the realm of men's conversations as well because he believes they should be part of the solution as well. 

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Twaambo is a business and life coach who runs the Confidence School in Berlin. 
She talks why some women struggle to set boundaries and how to set them without feeling guilty. 

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