Velina couldn't shake a problem from her mind, so she took a leap of faith and left her career behind to focus on solving it. Now, she's exploring opportunities in the circular economy space, aiming to make a positive impact that benefits everyone. Tune in to hear her story, it also involves roller skating, Serena and more!

Serena Williams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serena_Williams 

Could you win a point off Serena Williams? , YouGov survey, 12/07/2019 https://yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/results?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=daily_questions&utm_campaign=question_1#/survey/344ce84b-a48d-11e9-8e40-79d1f09423a3/question/4d73bd62-a48f-11e9-aee6-6742cfe83f15/gender

Allison Robinson / The Mum Project https://themomproject.com/about 
Who's Doing Europe's Housework?, Statista, 25/10/2018 https://www.statista.com/chart/15880/housework-europe-gender-split/

Mariam is changing the recruitment world by identifying bias and keeping them to a minimum in the business she founded with her brother, Polyglot.talent. Listen to her about the importance of delegating, the Lucky Girl Syndrome and her fascinating multicultural background.

Women Who Run With The Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estés https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241823.Women_Who_Run_With_the_Wolves

Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule https://www.melrobbins.com/5secondrule

Lucky Girl Syndrome: Smug TikTok trend or life-changing positivity?, Riyah Collins, 14/01/2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-64251820

@coachrachelleindra https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnxL5EJKYEJ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Confirmation bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Polyglot Talent - Mariam’s recruitment business https://www.linkedin.com/company/polyglot-talent/

Thuha: building a community

Thuha is a Google Ads Freelancer, Mum of two and growing an online community for Women in PPC hosted in Slack with her friend, Anu Adegbola. Listen to her explaining how and why this community exists,  chat about representation of Chinese people in the UK and about her Crafty Thursday.

Michelle Yeoh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh

Constance Wu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Wu

Michelle Obama, Becoming (2018) https://www.becomingmichelleobama.com/

PPC - Pay-per-click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-click

We make it work podcast https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/we-make-it-work-podcast/?originalSubdomain=uk

PPC live UK https://www.ppcliveuk.com/

Thuha’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thuhawright/

DM her for sign up link to Women in PPC Slack community

Cassandra multitasks her way through life and uses her time to empower other women. Listen to her talk about interacting with people, running and managing a full life.

Girl Guide movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Guides

#IamRemarkable https://iamremarkable.withgoogle.com/

Women in Leadership GSK https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/responsibility/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/

Gender inequalities are well established in the corporate world - Maria shakes this up. She offers consultancy services to help companies building their gender equality policies. Listen to her talk about Marie Curie, her way through studying and working on gender inequalities and cold showers.

Plan of Business https://www.linkedin.com/company/planofbusiness/

Marie Curie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

Why Gender Equality Matters in Business Success, Christina Carosella, Forbes, March 2020 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesnonprofitcouncil/2020/03/27/why-gender-equality-matters-in-business-success/

Maria’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-zarotiadou/

GD Anderson: “Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”

Natasha: Elevating a collective quality of life

Are you ever wondering about the link between the spaces you evolve in and the quality of your life? Natasha does and transforms them. Listen to her talk about careers in finance, following your joy and designing spaces.

Cleopatra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra

Penny Guggenheim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Guggenheim

Oprah Winfrey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey

Super Imaginary https://superimaginary.com/

The Fulfilment Manifesto, Natasha Hussein https://superimaginary.com/book

Meet Danielle!

Danielle works at GSK where she started the conversation around neurodiversity. Listen to her talk about her longlife love for fancy meals and experiences, her journey with dyslexia and her neurodiverse coaching.

Neurodiversity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity

GSK on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/responsibility/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/

https://www.instagram.com/thinkinglightcoach/

https://linktr.ee/thinkinglightcoach

https://www.linkedin.com/company/thinking-light-coach/

TW: this episode mentions children marriage and police brutality.

This episode is a bit different from the other ones.

As Iranian women are fighting hard for their rights and facing authorities brutality and repressions, Maryam asked me to use this podcast to raise awareness.

In this episode, we don’t focus on Maryam’s actions, but on what it’s like to be a woman in Iran, the murder of Mahsa Amini of the current political situation.

At the end of the podcast, Maryam invites us to take action - please do write to your representatives

Annalena Baerbock  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annalena_Baerbock

Forugh Farrokhzad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forugh_Farrokhzad

Maryam Mirzakhani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Mirzakhani

Anousheh Ansari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari

Mahsa Amini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mahsa_Amini

What can you do?

“You can kill me as soon as you like, but you will never stop the emancipation of women.” - Tahirih, 1852 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1hirih

See Feminista Berlin's page on https://linktr.ee/feminista.berlin which contains a petition and open letter to the Germany foreign minister.

Moving to a new country? Learning its language? Doing your PhD there? Getting the local driving licence and understanding how to pay your taxes? Ashmi did it all.

Listen to her talking about her journey from India to Germany, computer sciences and buying sugar instead of salt when she didn’t know the language.

Women in STEM https://womeninstem.org/

Sheryl Sandberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In (2013) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_In

Sudha Murty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudha_Murty

Meet Yana!

Wondering how baking and human rights can ever be used together?

Aside from her journalist job, Yana uses her baking passion to fight for human rights. Listen to her talking about her first travel to Kenya, surviving two cancers and growing up with two admirable grandmas.

Can baking improve mental health?, Huma Qureshi, The Guardian (03?07?2013) https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/03/can-baking-improve-mental-health

The bakery’s website https://www.tamubakery.org/

Yana’s website http://www.yanaspencer.com

Instagram @tamubakery