Most memorable journeys

Kevin was born to an American father and a mother from El Salvador. His mother wanted him to be called Guillermo but his father decided to give the name of a basket player to the hospital administration. This is how the podcast starts. Kevin is witty and great fun with lots of stories to tell. When he received a scholarship from Georgetown Univesity, he decided to go to Lomé, Togo, where he stayed much longer than planned and discovered all of Africa, partly by moped.

Between 2010 and 2015 Kevin worked as the Associate Peace Corps Director of Peace Corps, Costa Rica where he built a project focused on improving the pedagogical practices of public school teachers in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Education of Costa Rica. A skilled Recruiter and mentor Kevin was responsible for the recruitment and retention of annual cycles of volunteers crucial for the projects’ success. During this tenure, Kevin and his team of more than 230 volunteers assisted the Ministry in rewriting the National Curriculum of English delivering pedagogical workshops to teachers around the country.

He lives in Cyprus with his family, loves to travel and is drawn to technology and music in his down time.

She is a Marketing Expert, an Author, a Motivational Speaker, a Presenter, a Podcaster etc. but most of all a very authentic, well travelled, beautiful woman with a great sense of humour.

During her time in London, she worked on some of TV and film's most prestigious international productions and had an amazing time working on film awards season in London and Los Angeles, getting to coordinate the production of events like the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA Tea Party and Empire Film Awards for Sky was the personal highlight of my TV career.

However, she realised that family is more important than glamour and decided to move back to her hometown Limassol which she loves watching grow into a cosmopolitan city. She has since been involved in launching and promoting a handful of the Mediterranean's largest developments, while writing and podcasting to support causes close to her heart.

https://sophiaparaskeva.com/home-1

A global collection of Balanced Travelers powers us. A shared ethos drives us: a commitment to wellness, sustainability, and eco-minded tourism. Our tight-knit guild is comprised of individuals who hold the planet dear and encourage mindful travel whose purpose extends beyond mere exploration.

It is not the start nor the finish, but the journey in between.

https://www.balancedtravel.com/

Paola Savva is an award winning public figure and the founder of Sheinspires and She Cyprus Events and Seminars. Her why is to lift herself and others to fearless living and to empower them to find their inner strength and authentic self, living a meaningful life.

At the age of 17, she lost her dreams and everything that gave meaning to her life. This led her into a dark period of depression, which lasted for about 2 years. However, it was during this time that she underwent profound self-awareness, awakening, and empowerment. She learnt how to be unbroken and not allow outside circumstances to bring her back to such dark situations. - A frog brought her back to awareness. She can feel and recognise people suffering with depression and comfort them, as well as recognise the potential of people and use h time and love to make them find their path.

In 2013 when again she lost a career after 30 successful years and her retirement funds, losing a big part of who she was, she did not allow herself to go back to darkness. She chose Light! She made a promise to herself, to keep going, moving, acting, become unbroken, feeling happy no matter of the loss.

DO NOT ALLOW outside circumstances to affect you, and make you BROKEN. When you know who you are, you know your purpose and values then you become unbroken and you don't have to go back to darkness.

I had been following him on TikTok and Instagram for a while and I met him at the Cyprus Diaspora Forum; thank you Paul Lambis for another useful and inspiring connection. Peter has a huge following on all his social media channels and says that consistency is key.

Peter Kypri was born in England and is now living in Cyprus and his alter ego Souvlakis has been making people laugh with his videos about Cypriot and Greek stereotypes.

As a stand up comedian he tours Australia, South Africa, the UK and all other places where there is a Cypriot and Greek Community.

He is a wonderful polite and very smart young man who turns into this crazy peasant Souvlakis with easy. His other ventures are his Youtube with Lagi Demetriou, the son of Stavros Flatley who performed on Britain;s Got Talent.

Peter’s dream is to fill a huge stadium in Cyprus in the summer when all the Cypriots from abroad are on the island on holidays and I will be sitting in the first row, supporting him.

https://cypriotsmurf.com/contact-book-me/

Sarit is one of the people that I instantly liked and felt connected to. We met on social media and when she visited me in Cyprus and became a member of the Global Woman Club Cyprus, I knew that I had found a new friend who would inspire, motivate and support me.

Sarit Shavit Qwabe was born and raised in Israel, in the Negev desert town of Be’er Sheva. After meeting and marrying her South African husband, they relocated to Johannesburg where they now live with their two children. “Surrendering” is Sarit’s first book, written in English with a nod to her Hebrew mother tongue, and published as the family are poised to begin a new adventure in Cyprus....but that’s another story!

It won’t be her last.. I can’t wait to see what’s in store.

https://www.amazon.com/Surrendering-Learned-Letting-Transformation-Mindfulness-ebook/dp/B0CW3MVSR9

I met Emilia at the Cyprus Diaspora Forum where she was an amazing emcee; thank you Paul Lambis for getting us together. I instantly fell in love with her beautiful, honest and down to earth personality. In this podcast she talks very openly about her struggle to get pregnant.

Emilia is an award-winning Television and Radio journalist and presenter. She is a Senior Broadcast Journalist at the BBC and a News Correspondent for BBC News, BBC London News and BBC World. She also reports on BBC Breakfast, the BBC One O'clock News, Outside Source, Radio 2, Radio 4, BBC World Service, BBC Radio 5Live and is a guest presenter on Inside Out London.

Before joining BBC London as a Sports Journalist and producer in 2009, Emilia was part of the Radio Wimbledon team and also covered The World Rally Championships. She's reported on the London 2012 Olympics & Paralympics, The London Marathon, Wimbledon, Queens, The ATP World Tour Finals, The Champions League, The Premier League, The NFL at Wembley, The Queen's Diamons Jubilee, The Epsom Derby and The BBC Sports Personality of The Year Awards. She also covered the Royal Family’s Christmas celebrations at Sandringham in 2016 & 2017 for BBC News and presented the BBC's Inside Chelsea FC, West Ham FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC Podcasts on iTunes.

In 2015, Emilia was commended by the judges of the CIRCOM Prix Awards as European Rising Star Journalist of the year.

https://emiliapapadopoulos.com/

I met Sarah many years ago when she was doing TV here in Cyprus and she interviewed me on “The Money Show” on Sigma TV. I have been following her on social media for a long time, and I am fascinated about all the things she does.

Sarah Fenwick is a multi-talented artist living in Germany with roots in England and Cyprus. She is renowned for her soulful jazz vocals that have captivated audiences across Europe. In addition to her music career, Sarah is an accomplished painter and writer, known for her book Digital Marketing for Musicians and artworks that reflect musical themes. With a passion for creativity and a drive to explore the grooves between music, writing, and art, Sarah Fenwick continues to make her mark in the world of arts and entertainment.

https://www.sarahfenwick.com/

Pauline is an award-winning self-development Senior Executive/expert, Business Coach , Neuroencoding Speciaist, coach

trainer, firewalker, mentor, and senior transformational trainer with over two and a half decades of experience at senior executive

strategic levels in local and multinational organizations. The founder of Swift Shift Coaching & consultancy Ltd, and the Success

Academy providing state of the art accredited life changing programs

Pauline has a wealth of experience spanning over two decades in both local and multinational organizations. Widely recognized

as an esteemed leader, Coach, Consultant, and trainer who has helped executives, senior managers and employees achieve

their career aspirations and personal growth through coaching, mentoring, NLP and training. With her extensive knowledge, she

has been instrumental in guiding organizations through structural changes, developing effective strategies, and fostering team

building, leadership and culture change.

She is an Accredited Master Coach, Master NLP, Leader, consultant, HR, transformational trainer and Neuroencoder.

Pauline's passion lies in elevating the self-development world and empowering both individuals and corporations to make a Swift

Shift from their current position to where they want to be, and beyond. Her highly experiential, practical approach creates a

professional yet fun self-transformation journey that sets her apart always.

Pauline holds a Bachelors & Master’s degree in Business Management from Notre Dame University as well as several coach

certifications,I, Master NLP Practitioner by the American Board of NLP, Time Line Therapy & Hypnotherapist Practitioner,

Accredited InternationalTrainer, Mentor Coach, Laughter Yoga Leader & Neuroencoding Specialist , Firewalker..

Pauline is a mentor at the Blessings Foundation for Women empowerment, Mentor at the Challenge to Change, Mentor Coach,

Member of the Women Leaders Council, Member of IWCLondon, Ex Vice President & member of Cyprus International Women

of Today -CIWOT, Founding member of the BPW English Speaking Club Cyprus, Board Member at the ICF Cyprus Chapter,

Member of the Life Winners Association

She is a senior expert at several top universities in the region.

https://swiftshiftcoach.com/

Panayiotis Panayiotou, also known as Panikos, was born in 1979 to parents Anastasia and Mihalis Panayiotou. Panikos began this whole journey into production with the publication Amathus to Birmingham (2016) inspired by his own parents who are also refugees from the 1974 Turkish invasion. ‘A2B’ as this project is known, documented the stories of families who moved from Cyprus to Birmingham. During this project it became apparent that the female perspective needed more attention and he was inspired to search deeper into the stories of the strong females in the community. This then inspired him to create his 1st documentary Queens of Amathus, and in his own words ‘due to the sacrifices of the Queens of yesterday, is the reason we live the life we live today’. Panikos is now an established documentary maker currently working on a series of projects which include ‘The Queens of the Commonwealth’ a celebration of migrant women from various backgrounds and their journey to the UK. He is also currently working on the sequel of Queens of Amathus re living the journey of Cypriot women from Cyprus to the rest of the world.

Panikos also followed his father Lakis' dream and created Lakis Greek Kitchen where he shares, cares and supports people in need. LGK is a traditional Greek Taverna with a clay oven serving authentic Greek Cypriot cuisine. Annual pop up taverna and charitable organisation running a series of projects and fundraisers supporting the community.

https://lgk.org.uk/productions/