Fahd shares the challenge he has had working through the narrative that has guided his social entrepreneur journey, facing into trauma he experienced as a teenager and questioning what should guide the future re-invention of himself. He talks beautifully about having your north star to aid focus, the importance of self-love and how to build resilience through creative recovery. Fahd shares the tools he has used to build his sense of possibility mindset which have enabled him to tune into his higher self and purpose.

Get to know Fahd in the first half of the podcast as he shares his incredible story of co-founding three organisations reforming education in Lebanon over the past 10 years: Inspiration Garden - a centre in Tripoli that cultivates experiential learning in a safe, creative, green environment for holistic skills development, Learning Land - a grassroots community of 6,000 educators fostering professional growth and innovation for meaningful education reform and nafda - a movement of social transformation through education anchored in 3 core values of engaged citizenship, good governance and social justice.

Guest speaker: Fahd Jamaleddine, Co-Founder and Transformation Catalyst at nafda

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Sanju thinks about the beautiful story that this month's guest Neha Sahu shared of her students from India visiting London as winners of the School Football League and reflects on the power of empathy during that trip. She highlights the Empathy Week Teacher CPD event she attended and reflects on empathy as the driver for creativity and how her early experiences of rural West Bengal led to setting up RISE. Sanju thinks about the challenge that Neha raised on career transitions and considers how to reframe imposter syndrome, inspired by the recent words of Oscar nominee America Ferrera and the Step Up Leadership event she attended on the concept of Ikigai - the reason for being. She also talks about what winning at life means to her right now.

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Neha shares the challenge she faced when she took a sabbatical - how the comparative stillness led to feelings of imposter syndrome and needing to seek external validation which led to people pleasing. She talks about how she worked through this, applying her own mechanisms to “win at life” again and creating a work ecosystem that is a "match", which she believes everyone can strive for.

Get to know Neha in the first half of the podcast as she shares her fascinating journey co-founding Just for Kicks, for the most disadvantaged children in India to learn life skills through football - an idea she developed whilst on the Teach for India fellowship. Neha went on to experience a merger with Enabling Leadership where she was Director of Global Operations and Development before co-founding Launch Girls.

Guest speaker: Neha Sahu, Co-Founder and COO of Launch Girls

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Sanju thinks about the time she experienced a form of burnout whilst establishing RISE and simultaneously starting her job at Accenture and the important decision she had to make about which path to take in her career. She reflects on the aspects that this month's guest Natasha Porter OBE raised on combatting burnout, namely 'right-sizing' roles at work and being honest about where you get your self esteem from in life, figuring out your 'canary in the mine' and keeping a positive mindset.

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Natasha shares a refreshingly honest account of when she experienced burnout in a senior leadership role, which she worked through by what she calls "right-sizing". She talks candidly about letting self-esteem be driven by her job and the work she did to reframe what she gets worth from in life.

Get to know Natasha in the first half of the podcast as she talks about doing Teach First, being on the founding team for King Solomon Academy in London and setting up Unlocked Graduates, having worked with Dame Sally Coates on her Government-commissioned review into prison education in the UK.

Guest speaker: Natasha Porter OBE, Founder and CEO of Unlocked Graduates.

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Dame Julia Cleverdon @Julia_Cleverdon

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Sanju thinks about what led to launching Something for the Soul, shares a little bit more on the purpose of the podcast, who it is aimed at and what she hopes will come out of it.

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With the New Year in mind, Richard shares a personal challenge that he describes as an “all pervasive malaise” which led to a reset in his goals, prioritising the non-negotiables. He talks openly about the work he did to get back the power to make things better in his life.

Get to know Richard in the first half of the podcast as he talks about his move from management consulting to teaching to setting up Maths Pathway, applying process improvement and efficiency to systemic change in education in Australia.

Guest speaker: Richard Wilson, Co-Founder and Chief Visionary of Maths Pathway.

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