My Mentor

By Edidiong Idang

My mentor is a platform where young women and girls get mentorship and guidance from the story of women across different fields of endeavour. This will be done via interviews with guests.... more

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The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.

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July 30, 2024 Vision and Strategies in Leadership_promoting and achieving your ambition 2
“Vision and Strategies in Leadership: a requisite to promoting and achieving your ambitions- Part 2”
You will recall that I gave a context to this topic which was on how women can promote their values and vision within already established systems. I emphasized the need to have clarity of vision and how this was an important component of getting support for the vision.
Today, I would love to speak about certain leadership strategies that have worked when trying to promote your vision. As promised, I will also share some examples from organizations that have applied these principles so that you can understand how this works.
Vision and strategies are foundational elements of effective leadership. A clear and inspiring vision provides direction and motivation, while well-crafted strategies outline the steps necessary to achieve that vision. Together, they enable leaders to guide their organizations towards long-term success, innovation, and sustainable growth.

Trying out the tools on Riverside, please bear with the edits.
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June 30, 2024 Vision and Strategies in Leadership_promoting and achieving your ambition
Last month on the show, I spoke with an amazing young lady, who is a Climate Enthusiast, and has been advocating in the space for quite some time. She mentioned that as a young person with a big dream to change the world, you need to have some strategies to be able to engage with systems that have already been established long before you were born.
Similarly, over the last few months, I have had the opportunity of working with young women and women led NGOs and one thing I realize from my encounter with their systems and processes is a lack of coherency. The vision looks more like a passion but not well structured to take the organization through the various phases of business. It also lacks the spark to motivate or inspire volunteers, funders or partners who would love to be part of their causes.
This gave me and idea and I thought that it would be nice for us to have a conversation on how women can lead and promote their vision with the requisite strategies to engender change and collaboration in achieving their set goals.
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May 30, 2024 Leadership: what young leaders are doing right ✅️
Young people have sometimes been neglected when it comes to taking the lead in decision making. A 2021 study of 1,000 US organizations by Korn Ferry suggests that the average age of a CEO across all sectors is 59, and that of the top leadership team is 56. In Africa, the youngest
president is above 35 years of age.
Following these statistics, one would ask, what does contemporary youth leadership bring to the table? How can young people engage to make their voices heard? What strategies or skills are required? My guest, Natalia Tsuyama, is a Public Policy Specialist, TedX speaker, and a climate ambassador. She is 28 years old and has constantly taken leadership roles from local to the international space. A youth leader at Feminist Action for Climate Justice Coalition and represented Brazilian youth at the UN Water Conference in 2023. She shared how young people can discover their passion and pursue it as well as the place of mentorship in guding them along the way. There is so much for young and not-so-young people alike.
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April 30, 2024 Artificial Intelligence_unlocking Economic opportunities
Melissa Stires, Founder of Stires Consulting, and the Head of Global Growth & Expansion for Mission Impact Academy (Mia) was our guest on the April episode of “My Mentor podcast”. We spoke extensively about the fear that women have with AI and a few reasons why most women feel that AI is not for them. Melissa provided reasons why women should embrace these new trends to improve their productivity in career or business.
There were other interesting issues around the use of AI and staying in tune with new trends. Don’t miss out on the conversation, please drop your contributions, and share widely.
For more information on our guest and the work they do at Mission Impact Academy, melissa can be reached via email @ [email protected]. For more information about MIA, https://www.themia.world/
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March 08, 2024 Celebrating International Women's Day 2024_ASR Africa Edition
With this year's International Women's Day theme being "inspiring inclusion, achieving progress, the management and staff of the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) showcased how they have inspired inclusion in their workplace. ASR Africa is the brainchild of African industrialist Abdul Samad Rabiu, who is the Chairman of the BUA group. We spoke about practical ways in which investing in women can benefit an organization and advance progress. You will enjoy the teambuilding and open door policy that exists in ASR Africa. Lets celebrate all the amazing women who amidst all odds, strive to make an impact in their organization. We also celebrate all the organizations that practice inclusion of women, especially those with disabilities.
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21min
January 30, 2024 Effective self care ideas for 2024
Anticipating a very busy year ahead, we thought to focus on how women can manage stress and chaotic schedules differently.
Our guest, Dr Leslie Ann Foster, is the founder and executive director of Masimanyane Women’s Rights International based in London. It is an NGO whose objective is to eradicate gender-based violence to achieve a healthy, safe, secure, equal, responsible, and supportive society for all women and girl children.
Dr Foster shared some self care tips stressing that all self care plans should focus on satisfying the mind, body, and spirit. She shared the 20-minute strategy for early risers and how this can help with stress management and self-improvement. Survivors of Gender based violence were not left out as our guest shed some insights into how they can overcome the trauma they experience.
Dr Leslie can be reached via email on [email protected]
Kindly share the link of this podcast widely to women within your network and let us know what your self care plan is/are for the year.
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24min
October 27, 2023 Effective approach to ending bullying among young women
We began this topic from the cradle, and I hope to take this as far as I can go. This is because a lot of women get bullied all through their lives- Either at home or in college or the workplace (depending on their field of endeavour). There is even some assumption that most people who get bullied at the early years of their lives get bullied all through; except they stand up and fight back.
A team of Yale Medicine investigators is examining what causes bullying and to untangle the interactions between bullies and their victims and redirect them in more positive ways. Using evidence-based personality measurement tools, the researchers found that many bullies score high in “callous/unemotional” traits, which describes an inability to recognize signs that another person is upset. Such people become impaired in their ability to know that the other person is in distress because of their action.
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September 30, 2023 Bullying of girls, by girls
Bullying impacts people physically and emotionally. That was the explanation given by my guest on the September edition of my Mentor podcast.
My guest was an 11 year old girl who explained what bullying does to people and how girls her age can handle such situations.
I decided to talk on the topic- bullying of girls by girls after my encounter with a young lady who had earlier on contemplated suicide. Let me know what you think about this topic as we plan to explore its effects on younger and older adults while seeking remedies to averting these.
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July 31, 2023 Podcasting for a CAUSE_with Energetic Ej
The July episode of My Mentor Podcast was one of a kind. It happened at the Twitter space town hall with guests sharing their experiences on the topic.
The topic of discussion was podcasting for a cause, and we had a good time delivering on this it. With the host and the guest having spent a good time posting, it was easy for them to share experiences on the journey so far and the motivation that has kept them going. We took time to speak on the challenges that would-be podcasters will face once they plan to set out but, most importantly, on the tips that they need to follow in order to succeed.
For anyone or orga ization who have a message for the world, podcasts will give you that platform to deliver it to a wider audience. Kindly remember to share with friends who are people of purpose. My mentor podcast is that chumcast that empowers women and girls from all over the world to build notable life and career through the experiences of other women in their chosen fields.
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June 27, 2023 Healing in your hands with Dr. Kate Truitt
On this episode of the podcast, I focused on our mental well-being as women, considering the fact that we all go through one form of pain and regret that keeps holding us back from living life to full potential. Where therapy and medication have failed, I found something quite different to help you salvage the pain.
I had the privilege of speaking with the author of the book- "Healing in your hands." She is Dr Kate, Truitt, a clinical psychologist and a neuroscientist from Los Angeles USA.
Dr Truitt has had her fair share of trauma after the loss of her partner of over 10 years. She shared some powerful insight on pain, stress, trauma, and how our brain reacts to these hurtful situations.
She mentioned that there are a lot of hurting people because traumatic situations face us all. However, hurtful people have the power to persevere and come out stronger.
Why don't you take some time to listen to this episode and share it with everyone? You never know what the other person is going through. Healing in your hands is a book that provides you with the Havening technique, a new approach to management and healing of trauma.
Check out Dr. Kate out in the channels below. Don't forget to drop your feedback as well.
You can reach me personally @www.edidiongidang.com
Social media links :
Social Media Links:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrKateTruitt
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.katetruitt
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkatetruitt/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.katetruitt/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrKateTruitt
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FAQs about My Mentor:

How many episodes does My Mentor have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.