Most memorable journeys

It's been a fascinating year and we all had to deal with challenges which we never thought we would face. Covid crossed many plans and drove us up the wall. When I couldn't travel anymore the way I was used to, I felt like I was missing a limb but then I decided that if I cannot travel anymore, at least, I can talk about it, and so I started this podcast. Despite everything, I managed to leave Cyprus four times and loved every minute of my travel as usual.

Let's have a look at the past year together, yours and mine. Let's start dreaming again and be hopeful for 2022.

I want to thank you for subscribing and listening to my episodes, for your contributions and for your love and I want to wish you and your loved ones a very happy new year. Always believe that everything is happening for your highest good, may your heart be filled with happiness.

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My first Australian podcast guest...

The ethical entrepreneur and creative powerhouse Tamara Loehr has spent her life making disruptive change for good by ‘doing the opposite’. Now she’s encouraging other women to leverage their personal power for global impact.

She is the Co-Founder of the House of Beusail brands which is a range of Beauty and Wellness brands that are 100% vegan, female founded, cruelty free, sustainable, indie, made in non-polluting countries and gives back and committed to zero waste.

She is also the author of the book "Balance is BS"! A handbook that will change the 42%+ of women who are now the breadwinners. We know “balance” doesn’t work. Tamara has figured out a solution after 20+ years as a global entrepreneur. A new way to approach your busy work and life.

How to ditch expectations, uphold your values and embrace a work-life blend.

https://www.loehrblend.com/

She is the founder and CEO of the Global Woman Club and with her background in media and psychology, she helps women go global.

She has shared the stage with Grant Cardone, Gary V, Robert Kiyosaki, Kim Kiyosaki, Les Brown, Jack Canfield etc. and she shares her experience and helps female entrepreneurs start their business, leverage it, scale it and take it global.

She has come a long way and her story is very inspiring. From a small village in Albania where before 1991 not even dreaming of having a career abroad was allowed, she made it the hard way but with lots of determination. The motto is: If you want to empower a women, give her a microphone and thousands of women in the world have had the opportunity to hold this microphone thanks to her. Improving public speaking skills is a huge boost for the self esteem and getting the opportunity to speak at an even like The Global Woman Summit is a very empowering experience.

She is also the CEO and editor in chief of the Global Woman Magazine and helps people share their stories by contributing to the magazine.

I am proud to be the Regional director of the Global Woman Club Cyprus and New York where I have the opportunity to help business women and female entrepreneur grow and get more exposure because as Mirela says: "If you are amazing but don't tell anyone about it, you are just a hidden talent."

www.globalwomanclub.com

www.globalwomanmagazine.com

www.globalwomansummit.com

www.globalwomanacademy.com

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Josh Rosen is a comedian/impressionist based out of South Florida. He uses his talent and mimicry to portray spot-on impressions of dozens of individuals including President Joe Biden, former Presidents Donald J. Trump and Barack Obama, Woody Allen, Larry David, Rodney Dangerfield, Matthew McConaughey, Jimmy Fallon, Owen Wilson, and Bernie Sanders to name a few. When I met him on Clubhouse, I knew that I would have to share him with you and make you laugh.

Josh performs in comedy clubs across the country having recently opened up for comics Jeff Ross and Michael Rapaport at the South Florida Improvs.

He posts daily content on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook Twitter, Clubhouse and YouTube. (social media links below)

https://linktr.ee/JoshRosenImpressions

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FB:

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YouTube

ttps://youtu.be/qBlzgCJi640

Clubhouse

https://www.clubhouse.com/@joshuarosen

Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/trumpimpression

TikTok: @JoshRosenImpressions

Roswitha Gassmann is a Swiss author and tour guide and even though she is retired, she still accompanies an occasional tour group because she loves spending time with people and she loves culture. We worked for the same tour operator years ago.

In this episode she talks to me about how she reluctantly became a tour guide and then did the job for over 40 years. Things were very different before the internet, we had to deal with stuff that is unimaginable today. She is the author of the book "Wie ich alle Grenzen ueberschritt" or in English, "How I crossed all borders"

She is an amazing lady with lots of fascinating stories and a great sense of humor. Tune in.

https://www.orellfuessli.ch/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1061028183

Marianna Rosset writes books and songs, acts in movies, loves and lives life to the full. She believes that we are all capable of turning our lives into fairy tales. After looking for her true purpose and striving to do everything and be everywhere, travelling widely etc. she became a happy wife and mom of three beautiful children.

That doesn't stop her from studying enthusiastically and participating in business project and act and produce movies like Portrait of God (2019), S.O.S. Survive or Sacrifice (2020) and The Ghosts of Monday. Her company is called Altadium group and in her capacity as a movie producer, her and her husband ended up representing Cyprus on the red Carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, promoting the island's film industry by making the world aware of its shooting diversity and overall potential.

I love her book Fanyasha, a beautiful angel that can tell people about happiness and love, suffering, dreams and how to find yourself in this big, wide world. Fanyasha helps make the world a brighter and kinder place, helps adults and children to believe in miracles, and helps them to find their way and understand that everything in this world happens for a reason.

In 2020, Marianna Rosset was the winner of the Red Diamond Russian Business woman of the year award.

http://mariannarosset.com/index.html

https://eng.fanyasha.com/

https://altadium.com/

Cherie is a former IBMer in the field of Computer Engineering and research and development. Cherie believes it is truly possible to change the world by taking ideas that solve problems and putting action behind them to watch them grow.

She has travelled all over the world and loves to ride motorcycles over high mountain passes in Europe and especially Switzerland. We meet in Global Woman Club Zoom rooms and Clubhouse rooms and have never actually met in person, even though I feel that she is a soul sister.

She is also a twenty-year breast cancer survivor and turned a bad thing into a good thing for others, she is the Founder and CEO of an Austin, Texas-based company called Healincomfort that has won many Innovative Awards and has been nationally and internationally recognized. The name of her company Healincomfort, appropriately named because from personal experience it was the last thing that occurred. Healincomfort is dedicated to helping women and men heal in comfort and dignity after mastectomy surgery in their battle against breast cancer with her award-winning, patented, and innovative post-operative garment. Cherie chose to bootstrap her business as a social experiment with one thousand dollars to learn if people still believed in a good product would they share it with others and whether it was possible to grow a business organically and by word of mouth.

https://twitter.com/healincomfort

Https://www.Instagram.com/cherie_b_mathews

Ever since I saw a picture in Queen Noor's book "A Leap of Faith - Memoirs of an unexpected life", with her and the late Kind Hussain I, sitting on a motorcycle with Wadi Rum in the background, I have been dreaming of going there.

Against all Covid19 restrictions, rules and regulations, my best friends and I spent 4 wonderful days in this beautiful country and tried everything from Kohl eyeliner to camel riding, stargazing in the desert and floating on the dense water of the Dead Sea.

My dream finally came true and I got a lot more than I had bargained for. Walking through world famous Petra which is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system, Petra is also called the "Red Rose City" because of the colour of the stone from which it is carved. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.

Then onto Wadi Rum where we enjoyed a bouncy 4×4 jeep drive over sand dunes and climbed up huge rock formations to view the sunset and camping out under the stars in a Martian landscape, well, we "glamped" and stayed at the UFO Luxotel. Yes, Wadi Rum is worth visiting. It is basically a giant sandpit to play in and observe the beauty!

Ending the short trip with an overnight at the Moevenpick Hotel and Resort on the Dead sea, covering ourselves with mud and floating on the water was just another highlight. Jordan, I will be back soon.

https://www.facebook.com/dryverjo (our drivers)

https://www.petraguesthousehotel.com/ (Hotel in Petra)

https://www.facebook.com/shadi.petra.7 (staying in a cave)

https://luxotel.com/en/wadi-rum-ufo/ (Hotel in Wadi Rum)

https://www.movenpick.com/en/middle-east/jordan/dead-sea/resort-dead-sea/overview/ (Hotel on the dead Sea)