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Tamara came in for an interview yesterday and we also recorded some songs - here they are! There are several songs played on this episode using three different flutes as well as lots of insights into playing flute in between.... her band Mundi are amazing - check them out! She also impromptu composed a short song called "Rata" as one of the pieces.

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For more on Tamara visit http://mundi.co.nz

And https://www.facebook.com/www.mundi.co.nz/

TedX event performance - where we first met: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VYN4GOkc5I&fbclid=IwAR2Va_sCwv4rnacWR2ItC1sUrKM-wJuspMET6k7JJLCHz05uXemt7LnnlOA

Matthew is the manager for the Christchurch branch of Big Brothers, Big Sisters. In this interview we learn about his childhood and life journey, the role that mentoring has played in his life and what BBBS is involved in. We also talk about what training they give to new mentors - skills that are relevant to all of us.

I really enjoyed my conversation with Matthew and know you will as well - if you do, check out some of the other episodes in the back catalogue at www.theseeds.nz

Website: http://bigbrothersbigsisters.org.nz/team-chch.html

Hawaiian resilience study mentioned: https://www.pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu/pdf/fpS0504.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Enette is an expert in Leadership and System Change based in Canada. In this interview we talk about how that system change happens but also discuss stewardship and legacy. We also learn about her work in health care reform and what led to her making the decision to pursue what she does now with Level 8 leadership. I really enjoyed our conversation and all the variety of topics we touched on, including what she most appreciated about her Grandparents and what it means to be a French Canadian. It's a very wide ranging conversation!

Website: https://level8leadership.com/

Thanks to The Canterbury Club for making a room available for this interview and also to Peter McKaskell for connecting me with Enette. His business is here https://amazingmarketing.nz/business-insights/

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This is very short extract from a conversation I had with Nathan Seaward where he shared a story that I thought others might appreciate as well. If you are faced with a decision then this might be one thing to think about!

The full interview with Nathan will come out soon.

https://www.nathanseaward.com

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Rebecca connects people and through that weaves community across traditional divides. She does this through starting her own initiatives as well as supporting others with theirs. The number of people she mentions in this interview who have helped her or been involved in different things is an indication of the value she places on community - just have a look at the 24 names and links below for evidence!

In this interview we hear about her life story and trace back to her childhood, what motivated her to start her social enterprise Krama & Co., the impact of attending an Impact Lunch and the connections that led to starting Giving Seeds of Love after the attacks of 15 March as well as her thoughts about the future. Too often we hear negative stories so it is nice to hear some good ones too.

Rebecca sent me links to all the organisations and people she mentioned:

In terms of Krama & Co. https://www.facebook.com/Kramaandco

I talked about meeting you at Parry Field https://www.facebook.com/parryfieldlawyers/ to discuss how to set it up was pivotal.

I talked about Flame Cambodia https://www.facebook.com/flamecambodia/

and Home and Family Society https://www.facebook.com/HomeAndFamilySocietyChristchurch/ I talked about Danielle Poyzer https://www.facebook.com/danielle.poyzer

In terms of Giving Seeds of Love I talked about meeting Bel at a Seeds Podcast Impact Lunch https://www.facebook.com/SeedsPodcast/.

I then talked about Jo Bailey https://www.facebook.com/Jo-Bailey-Author-1885813798178188/

who founded Uniting Canterbury Women https://www.facebook.com/UnitingCanterburyWomen/

along with Zahra Hussaini who is part of Who is Hussain? Christchurch and Canterbury Resilience Foundation https://www.facebook.com/whoishussainchch/

and https://www.facebook.com/crfchch/ Also in the team is Amber Johnson who runs https://www.facebook.com/CraftWithoutBorders/ Naeema Arefi and very importantly Dr Hafsa Ahmed who is a trustee of the Lady Khadija Charitable Trust https://www.facebook.com/ladykhadijatrustnz/

who we have partnered with to look at running the Giving Seeds of Love initiative next year. In talking about the project I mentioned consulting with Sarina Dickson from The worry bug. https://www.facebook.com/TheWorryBug/ and also consulting with Jessie Kendall who practices NLP and Empower Me Now has https://www.facebook.com/empowermenow.co.nz/ I spoke about having a space at https://www.facebook.com/EastxEastChch/

which is run by https://www.facebook.com/LifeInVacantSpaces/ for the unity garden. I spoke about the Unity floral tribute. The artist is Simone Johnston from https://www.facebook.com/FlowerGirlOfficial1/ who I was introduced to years ago by Ministry of Awesome as she also has a social enterprise supporting women in Guatemala. called Mano Fair Trade https://www.facebook.com/ManoFairTrade/

We were lucky enough to have Janneth Gil https://www.facebook.com/jannethgil.fineart/ follow the process and get some great photos for us.

We donated it to the Muslim Association of Canterbury https://www.facebook.com/MacNewZealand/

and arranged for it to be then donated to the Canterbury Museum https://www.facebook.com/canterburymuseum/ We have been running workshops and were lucky enough to be invited to run some at Al Noor Mosque over the school holidays and also for https://www.facebook.com/Jane.Goodall.Institute.NZ/ when Jane Goodall came to Christchrcuh

and met children who are part of the Roots and Shoots programme https://www.facebook.com/rootsandshoots/

We have also run a workshop for Who is Hussain - Auckland https://www.facebook.com/whoishussainakl

A reflection written for Rebecca based on our conversation:

Seeds of Love

We talk and in every second sentence I hear Someone else who helped, another name While division was his goal, it's clear As seeds of love are planted, unity draws near Even if life will never again be the same

For in those brief moments of that day, last breaths were stolen from so many lives The way things were can't remain or stay And yet still a smile, for come what may With empathy, love and hope still strives

So let's turn our faces together, not apart Learning to talk, uniting for brave deeds Like laughing and listening, it's a start And maybe it will help heal each heart Giving us courage to plant more seeds

Alina Siegfried is an Impact Storyteller, Narrative Strategist, and award-winning Performance Poet. She is passionate about arts, storytelling and narrative as a tool to inspire systems-level change. In this interview we talk about her background and how she became a poet and what it means to draw out people's stories in order to describe the impact they are having.

Alina has been performing spoken word poetry for the past decade, under the alias Ali Jacs. She is a founder of Wellington's Poetry in Motion community, winner of the 2012 New Zealand National Poetry Slam, and in 2013 she competed in the Women of the World Poetry Slam in Minneapolis. While the poetry started out as a "full-time" hobby, Alina now taks the tools and tricks learned from the art form and helps organisations become more creative and authentic with their storytelling. Working with companies, social enterprises, non-profits, government bodies, and entrepreneurs driven to create impact, she helps with story strategy, content development, copywriting, video direction, and internal storytelling to strengthen teams and organisations to become more human.

Website: www.alinasiegfried.com Watch Alina's poetry on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjSCO6Ra8G4xRKESqks4mmcpdE19JnB7B LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alina-siegfried-a088a049/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AliJacsWordworker/ Edmund Hillary Fellowship: www.ehf.org?utm_source=seeds&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=podcasts_alina_on_impact_storytelling

Here is the link to the Shapeshifter video that signalled to me that it was time to come back to New Zealand! It's a cool watch if you haven't seen it... be great for listeners to be able to go on that journey if they so desire! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXnD0GAO-3s

Alina Siegfried [email protected]

In next week's episode we will hear from Alina Siegfried a performance poet and impact storyteller. She read this poem during the interview and so this is a preview of what is to come.

I think poetry helps us reimagine our world so appreciate the chance to use this platform to share a poem like this.

This poem was written after Alina read "Big World, Small Planet" by Johan Rockstrom, director of the Stockholm Resilience Center, and Mattias Klum.

Alina Siegfried [email protected]

Book website: http://anthropocene.info/bwsp.php

Book facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welcomeAnthropocene

Website: www.alinasiegfried.com Watch Alina's poetry on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjSCO6Ra8G4xRKESqks4mmcpdE19JnB7B LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alina-siegfried-a088a049/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AliJacsWordworker/

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Angela is a speech and language therapist who works with people who have communication difficulties following brain injuries or disease through Cantabrainers Choir. Cantabrainers helps people with neurological conditions to find their voice again. In this interview we talk with Angela about her early days in Springfield, what it was like growing up in a small town of 80 people, the role of steam trains for her Father, how she became a speech and language therapist and what she learned in studying that, and her role today in helping people who have needs for speech and language therapy. We also dive into what Cantabrainers Choir is and what they are involved in and the role they play for the people who attend.

Website: https://www.cantabrainerschoir.nz

From the website:

The Cantabrainers Choir is a therapeutic choir, led by a registered Music Therapist (Kimberley Wade) and a registered Speech Language Therapist (Angela Reimer, STAR). Cantabrainers exists for people with neurological conditions such as Stroke, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Brain Injury, helping them to improve their voice and communication through singing and socialising.

The choir was established by Therapy Professionals Ltd in 2012, and on 1 January 2019 the Cantabrainers Therapeutic Choir Charitable Trust took over the management of the Choir.

Through creating a sustainable therapeutic choir, the Trust enables participation, connection and enrichment of the lives of choir members, their carers and families as well as the wider community.

In this intertalk we speak 100 years after the original interview with Ron Park. We sit down with Ron Park jr, the great grandson of Ron Park (named after his great grandfather), and reflect on what our grandparents had discussed way back in 2019 on seeds podcast.

(Yes, you need an imagination to listen to this one).

Video: https://youtu.be/zEfY2pG0M4Y

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Ron moved at age 8 to New Zealand from Korea and while a University student he founded Kōrure. In this interview we talk about his memories of arriving in a new country where he did not speak the language, going through difficult times and what he learned from that, the UCE summer startup program and its impact, the business he set up, health and food supplements and Omega 3 and his work on other initiatives including the Whakamana Museum with Michael Mayell about Hemp. I really enjoyed this interview with Ron.

Bonus: At the end we also recorded a small interview which is set 100 years from now in 2119 and we reflect on what we discussed and how the world changed. It's a quirky bonus episode you might enjoy.

This was also recorded as a video here: https://youtu.be/l-rHjIMSnn8

Website: https://www.korure.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/korure.nz

UCE: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/business/uce/

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