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I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr.Ahmed Qasem, who currently sits in as the principal scientist at Cardiex- a medical technology company based in Sydney. Cardiex helps develop medical technology to help in the developing & design of advanced cardiovascular measurement devices. In addition to working at Cardiex, Dr.Ahmed Qasem is also a research fellow at Macquarie University.  -SUBSCRIBE FOR WEEKLY EPISODES-

* WARNING: WE WERE EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE MIC, SO APOLOGISE FOR THE FIRST 10MIN OF AUDIO HELL- IT'S FIXED RIGHT AFTER:)" 

A couple of weeks back I had the pleasure of sitting down with Paven from Sondr Films. Sondr Films was established by Paven 3 years ago and has since made some incredible content for artists like B Wise, I.am.Solo & OneFour. Apart from shooting content, Paven also operates Sondr Gram- a platform which provides local artists with a stage to perform their music. 

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I had the opportunity to sit down with the talented Chantel outside at a garden somewhere in Sydney (excuse the bird sounds). Chantel is a singer/songwriter/scriptwriter based in Sydney Australia. She walked me through her journey in music, her new single 2020 releasing soon and how to maintain sanity during these times!

Check out her music here: 

https://www.instagram.com/theonechantel/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzpU7dBJzNA&feature=youtu.be

 

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Karoline Stevens. Karoline is an experienced life coach, that specialises in providing coaching that releases people from their previous trauma to help them suceed in business, their relationships and their personal developments. 

Find Karoline here: https://www.instagram.com/karolinestevens/

 

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ali from Chebbos burgers. Chebbo's burgers has gathered a cult following over the past year on TikTok and in person, with 150k subscribers and 4.9m likes on his videos, Ali has built an incredible business soley on TikTok. We sat down and talked everything burgers, his journey to becoming the CEO of burgers and his attitude towards work. 

Find Chebbo's Burgers below:

https://www.instagram.com/chebbosburgers/

https://www.tiktok.com/@onlychebbo?lang=en

 

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Today's a little bit of a quick episode to help celebrate Refugee Week. Ali tells his story of coming to Australia on a boat and his experience as a refugee. 

Please find some resources below to get more information on how to help!

https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/

https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/get-facts/

https://www.redcross.org.au/get-involved/take-action/help-refugees/facts

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dean Mousad. Dean is a community worker and councillor that helps run Brothers in Need, a charity group based in Sydney that focuses on aid to the homeless, elderly, and disadvantaged. 

Find Dean below:https://www.instagram.com/deanmousad/

Find Brothers in Need below: https://www.instagram.com/brothers_in_need/

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I had the opportunity to have a chat to Taha from Loveclosely via Zoom to discuss his journey with starting his own streetwear company and his insight into streetwear culture. Loveclosely creates meaningful street wear rooted in tradition, culture and history. Their pieces can be seen being worn by French Montana, Jesse Reyez, Yuna, Roy Woods and Ali Gatie.

Find Love Closely here: 

https://www.loveclosely.com/

https://www.instagram.com/loveclosely/

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I had the pleasure of getting to sit down with Alero from Toronto Canada. Alero is a very inspirational guy that was kind enough to sit down and walk me through his journey from working security in Sydney Australia, to owning and operating his own Jamaican food joint “The Islands Caribbean restaurant” with spots all across Canada.

Check out Alero's restaurant below: https://www.instagram.com/theislandscaribbean/

 

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ziyad from Educaid to speak on everything mental health! Ziyad is an educator and co-founder of Educaid- that was founded to  meet the dire need of educating and equipping communities with regards to Mental Health. Ziyad walked me through the importance of training programs for mental health, anxiety, the importance of therapy and why suicide intervention courses are pivotal. 

Find EducAid's Details below:

https://educaidau.com/

https://www.instagram.com/educaidau/

 

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