We talk to Raina about 2 causes that she is passionate about: 1) animal welfare and 2) support for refugee children. She tells us about her own journey fostering a dog, talks about how she uses her experience as an occupational therapist to support refugee children and shares some ideas on how we can be active in our own communities. We also ask her about her experience of moving to Australia.

Hi everyone! We would like to celebrate this season by encouraging you to participate in 3 Challenges that revolve around the themes of the Advent Season: Love, Hope, Joy and Peace. Use the templates shared through YouTube or Instagram (@meriendastories) to share your Christmas Challenge stories. We will choose some participants to join us as Guests and share their experiences in the next episodes. We hope you will enjoy and take this chance to accept our challenges and get into the Advent season. Please submit all entries by December 15th!

We pick Ping’s brain on his views about earning, spending, saving and investing, how he started learning about cryptocurrency and followed Bitcoin over several years. We discuss how society and what we value is evolving and what that means for other sectors and for the future. We also talk about tips on how to learn more about these topics.

This episode is a fun mix of many different topics. Must be how it has to be when catching up with old friends! We chat with Miriam about studying abroad in Ukraine and Austria, her repatriation experience when she moved back to Nigeria, the 3 day detox she is going through now, the Fintech industry and her plans for the future.

Merienda Stories Episode 2! Together with our guest, Meisam, we talk about his journey of moving from Iran to Malaysia to Sweden to Germany, different things he tried to overcome his shyness and develop public speaking skills, how Improv Theatre helped him in his life, the importance of networking and his personal advice for people who are moving to a new country. Over a nice Merienda ofcourse 🧀😉

Together with our super inspiring guests, Ysa and Mark San Diego, we talk about starting a Business, the challenges and joys of working together with your spouse, the concept of Ikigai and finding your purpose through different paths (Ysa had a very colourful career and tried many different things in different countries, while Mark knew what he wanted to pursue quite early on). Ofcourse, over mixed merienda of chocolates, homemade summer drinks, hummus and foccacia!

Check out Mark and Ysa's interior design, space planning, project management business @designism_inc on Instagram.