Stories of Community Resilience

Content Warning: This episode discusses grief, childhood cancer and the loss of a child. Support is available at Red Nose Grief & Loss and Hope Bereavement Care.

Our guest today is Heba Shaheed. Heba is a Pelvic Floor expert, and in her professional practice of Physiotherapy supports women living with female related pain issues and pre/post-natal care.

In 2018, Heba's young daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and sadly passed away in May 2022. Heba's story details the surprising lessons of resilience she learned about her self, and reflects upon her self-growth while navigating this grief.

You can follow Heba's work on Instagram

This episode is produced by Egyptian-Australian Aamon Sayed. Aamon has worked within the Social Work sector since 2012. His work experience adds sensitivity to interviews to create them in a culturally safe setting. As a podcast producer, Aamon explores the human condition, and how to make the world a more positive place through his series AddLOVE. 

For insightful conversation follow @aamon_basha and subscribe to the AddLove podcast here: 

Transcript Available Here

Intro and outro music by Gregor Quendel under a Creative Commons Attribution licence

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Stories of Community Resilience is proudly supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

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Our guest today is well renowned reggae artist Jah Tung. Jah Tung and Aamon discuss the impacts and pressures of digital-globalisation that create a demanding social media presence for musicians and creatives. They also discuss spirituality and self-expression in music, and staying true to yourself in the music industry. 

Jah Tung's latest self-produced album Digital Degeneration is a "commentary on a society moving towards an unnatural, dystopian future, ...covering creation with dem- synthetic imitation." The title-track features an accompanying animation which explores this concept. 

This episode is produced by Egyptian-Australian Aamon Sayed. Aamon has worked within the Social Work sector since 2012. His work experience adds sensitivity to interviews to create them in a culturally safe setting. As a podcast producer, Aamon explores the human condition, and how to make the world a more positive place through his series AddLOVE. 

For insightful conversation follow @aamon_basha and subscribe to the AddLove podcast here: 

Transcript Available Here.

Intro and outro music by Gregor Quendel under a Creative Commons Attribution licence

'Digital Degeneration' by Jah Tung purchase at Bandcamp.

To share your story, contact Rebecca at [email protected]

Stories of Community Resilience is proudly supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

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Our guest today is. Deepa shares her stories of walking away from a conventional and 'secure' job and moving to Australia, feeling the need for connection in the community. Deepa found that her sou Deepa Ramakrishnanrce of resilience was through creating connecting experiences through food - to hold spaces for others to feel seen and heard. Deepa is a HR specialist, with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion.

You can follow Deepa on LinkedIn. 

Produced by Ruhee M, an inclusive facilitator and public speaker with over 12 years of teaching and facilitating experience. Forever curious, straight-talking, and driven by the conversation around inclusion and equity, Ruhee holds an academic background in psychology and a bachelor’s degree in business management. Having worked across industries including advertising, sport, retail, hospitality, tech, digital marketing, community services and wellbeing, Ruhee brings a wealth of diverse experience and problem-solving perspectives across the board. To support others in their learning journey, Allied Collective was founded to solve the need for impactful, inclusive, and accessible training. Today, Ruhee combines these insights with years of experience in teaching to provide clients with engaging workshops, training, and facilitation.

Transcript Available Here

You can follow all of Ruhee's latest work here: 

LinkedIn: 
https://www.linkedin.com/company/allied-collective/ 
Website:
alliedcollective.com.au 
Instagram: 
@alliedcollective
Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/people/Allied-Collective/100069307755227/ 

Intro and outro music by Gregor Quendel under a Creative Commons Attribution licence

To share your story, contact Rebecca at [email protected]

Stories of Community Resilience is proudly supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

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What are the different issues that need to be considered by migrant women when they seek employment opportunities in the western world?

Dr. Chris Bhadra speaks with Monia Choudhary about their experiences of migrant women navigating employment opportunities. 

Monia shares tips for women adapting to work in a new country, including the importance of accessing support and networks.

Monia Choudhary is a qualified risk management and insurance professional with a Bachelor’s degree in Law & Commerce and with a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Monia has lived in Melbourne for 16 years and works in the public sector. She is also a Community Leadership graduate of Leadership Victoria. In dedication to her father, who passed away as an organ donor, Monia has been volunteering with Donate Life Victoria to raise awareness about organ donation within migrant and faith-based communities.

Transcript Available Here.

Follow Monia on LinkedIn here.

Produced by Chris Mallika Bhadra. You can find more of Chris's media projects at:

• Coconut Chats YouTube and Instagram
• Durdeshe Bangla YouTube and Instagram
• Ananda Dance Group YouTube and Instagram

Intro and outro music by Gregor Quendel under a Creative Commons Attribution licence

To share your story, contact Rebecca at [email protected]

Stories of Community Resilience is proudly supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

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This episode talks about identity - specifically learning and relearning aspects of identity from Ruhee's perspective some years after settling in Australia. This episode is produced by Egyptian-Australian Aamon Sayed. Aamon has worked within the Social Work sector since 2012. Aamon's work experience adds sensitivity to interviews to create them in a culturally safe setting. As a podcast producer, Aamon explores the human condition, and how to make the world a more positive place through his series AddLOVE. 

For insightful conversation follow @aamon_basha and subscribe to the AddLove podcast here: 

Transcript Available Here 

Today's guest, Ruhee is an inclusive facilitator and public speaker with over 12 years of teaching and facilitating experience. Forever curious, straight-talking, and driven by the conversation around inclusion and equity, Ruhee holds an academic background in psychology and a bachelor’s degree in business management. Having worked across industries including advertising, sport, retail, hospitality, tech, digital marketing, community services and wellbeing, Ruhee brings a wealth of diverse experience and problem-solving perspectives across the board. To support others in their learning journey, Allied Collective was founded to solve the need for impactful, inclusive, and accessible training. Today, Ruhee combines these insights with years of experience in teaching to provide clients with engaging workshops, training, and facilitation.

You can follow all of Ruhee's latest work at the following links:

LinkedIn: 
https://www.linkedin.com/company/allied-collective/ 
Website:
alliedcollective.com.au 
Instagram: 
@alliedcollective
Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/people/Allied-Collective/100069307755227/ 

To share your story of resilience, contact Rebecca at [email protected]

Stories of Community Resilience is proudly supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

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Taylor Tran, and Lorena Duranthon from Professional Migrant Women's Group share their own stories of migration, as they reflect upon the Undefeated project - a collection of over 100 stories by women. This episode reflects upon the challenges of being a newly arrived person in Australia, and also celebrates the many achievements of migrant women. 

Transcript available here. 

You can connect with the Professional Migrant Women's Group via their website, and Linkedin page. 

Listen to the Undefeated podcast here. 

Interested in sharing your own Story of Community Resilience? 

Email [email protected] 

https://www.3zzz.com.au/shows/stories-of-community-resilience/ 

3ZZZ Stories of Community Resilience is proudly supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

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In tough times, Culturally & Linguistically Diverse communities are often the hardest hit and they also come together to overcome challenges, together…

Stories of Community Resilience is a 3ZZZ Anthology series podcast, open to all who want to share their own story and build capacity for culturally and linguistically diverse storytellers to gain podcast experience. Training is provided if needed and supported by a project coordinator.

Have you got a story to share? Interested in gaining podcast experience?

Email [email protected] to get involved.

 

TRANSCRIPT 

[audio snippets] [soundbed]

RUPA – “…Being a woman, that too of colour in a very male-dominated industry is hard, we can acknowledge that we validate it – that it is hard to even start thinking about it …”

RITPURNA – “…Grieving takes time, is it something we can learn from?”

SAMEERA – “…I think we derive our hate from our fear and what we are being peddled by media…so friendship circles that have diverse religious groups, or community groups tend to be more open and accepting of ‘the other’ essentially”

VO: In tough times, Culturally & Linguistically Diverse communities are often the hardest hit …

and they also come together to overcome challenges, together… Stories of Community Resilience is a 3ZZZ Anthology series podcast, open to all who want to share their own story and build capacity for culturally and linguistically diverse storytellers to gain podcast experience. Training is provided if needed and supported by a project coordinator.

[audio snippets] [soundbed]

DR CHRIS BHADRA:  What would be your message of resilience to our listeners?

RUPA

“Your mental health is as important as your physical health, great … if you’re doing mindful practice but if not it only takes 5 minutes … you have to find the thing that makes you tick, and do that pro-actively …”

RITPURNA 

“hang in there, bare with it, it’s like carbon turning into diamonds under immense pressure, you will have amazing results, and you know that, you have that element inside you that ‘I can come out of it stronger’…”

VO: Have you got a story to share? Interested in gaining podcast experience?

email [email protected] or check out 3ZZZ.com.au to hear the episodes of Stories of Community Resilience and get involved.

3ZZZ Stories of Community Resilience is proudly supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

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Conversations around sexual health and education need to be had on a regular basis in the 21st century. But, are we really having these conversations?

Our guest - Dr Niveditha Manokaran is a dermatologist and a venereologist from India. She works as a clinician in sexual and reproductive health and HIV medicine in Sydney. She is a TEDx speaker, Sex educator, sex positivity advocate and domestic violence (DV) awareness advocate.

Nive is the founder and CEO of the brand 'Untaboos' which focusses mainly on women's health, youth sexual and reproductive health, contraception and DV. Nive is an influencer and a motivational speaker who diligently works for woman empowerment and be the voice of many unheard women.

More info on:

https://www.facebook.com/PoojaBharatS/
Instagram - @untaboos

Produced by Chris Mallika Bhadra. You can find more of Chris's media projects at:

• Coconut Chats YouTube and Instagram
• Durdeshe Bangla YouTube and Instagram
• Ananda Dance Group YouTube and Instagram

Intro and outro music by Gregor Quendel under a Creative Commons Attribution licence

Stories of Community Resilience is proudly supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

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Our guest Nora, from Malaysia unpacks an analogy for empowerment and self-esteem - that is, the genius inside one-self that is waiting to come out and share its talents!

Nora is a coach, trainer and facilitator with a focus on career transition work. 

You can follow Nora's work via her website here. 

Produced by Dr. Yasmin Raja. You can connect with Yasmin and follow her projects on LinkedIn. 

Intro and outro music by Gregor Quendel under a Creative Commons Attribution licence

To share your Stories of Community Resilience contact [email protected] 

Stories of Community Resilience is proudly supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation. 

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Nahija discusses what intimacy is, and why it is an essential element in all relationships.

A content advisory that this episode briefly discusses the topic of child abuse, at the 3:30 minute mark. Support is available at Lifeline 13 11 14, BlueKnot 1300 657 380 and 1800 RESPECT. 

Produced by Dr. Yasmin Raja. You can connect with Yasmin and follow her projects on LinkedIn. 

Intro and outro music by Gregor Quendel under a Creative Commons Attribution licence

To share your Stories of Community Resilience contact [email protected] 

Stories of Community Resilience is proudly supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

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