Welcome to the first episode of season 2 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach, and stories heal!

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The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE.

The goal of this episode is to bring out the better side of Covid-19 and to find the calm from within the chaos. Our guest for today is Rachna Johary, who is a nurse for 20 years at Centra State hospital in Freehold, NJ. Rachna talks to us about how the 'front liners' are coping with the situation physically as well as emotionally.

In addition, since this situation has a global impact, I want to present a global perspective of the better side of Covid-19. We have three other contributors, each from different fields of profession and different countries. They are from London, Canada and New Zealand.  Each of them spoke to us about the better side of Covid-19 in their countries and surprisingly each of them brought to us a unique perspective of it.

Paul Howden from United Kingdom found the better side of the situation in how the citizens of UK are coming together for each other and shared a fascinating example of Captain Tom Moore who is 99 years old and is able to collect 29 million Sterling Pounds for the health care workers. You can read about Captain Tom at this link:  http://justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs. Captain Tom turns 100 this week.

Fauzia Hemani Madhani from Canada found the better side of the current situation in a newly developed sense of community, going back to the basics, spending more time with her family and being able to develop skills and do the things that she normally would not have the time to do.

Shahina Oberoi from New Zealand found the calm within the chaos from the safety she and her fellow countrymen feel from the transparent, direct, and clear way their Prime Minister Jacinda Arden is handling the crisis. Her narrative was thorough and detailed and kept me wishing that the same was true in USA.

It was amazing how each person agreed that Covid-19 is also bringing us some new beautiful beginnings but from where that was coming from was very different for each one.

Let us together continue to find the 'calm from within the chaos'.

I will return with the 2nd episode of season 2 of 'Sharing Life Lessons' next Wednesday. Until then, 'Stay safe, be happy and be well'.

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