The AWARE Panel

I had a great conversation with Anabela who talks about how age has had an impact on living life and talks about a personal experience of facing age discrimination while doing her masters and Ph.D.

Anabela Ventura is a Communicator and Project Coordinator interested in all things related to human behavior, technology, and environmental sustainability. She has reinvented herself multiple times professionally and personally always with the intent of self-development to then give back to the community. She got her master's degree in Human Development at 42 and started a Ph.D. at 45. She thinks it´s never too late to pursue your own dreams and learn to be and do better.

I had a great chat with Som, who is a Digital Marketing Manager who talked about the physical and mental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, pinpointing issues within the pandemic on a global basis.

Som is a proactive professional who been making waves in the digital industry for the past 5 years. Before becoming an online marketer, he has been a fashion designer and a print model for several successful projects in India as well as globally. Having lived in 4 different countries, his creativity is true as limitless as his experience.

Somesh has also actively been a part of voicing his concern over the LGBT Rights Act 377 and Animal Cruelty Petitions since 2013. A self-confessed travel enthusiast & fitness addict, he loves to cook in his free time and has an impressive savoir-faire that doesn't go unnoticed!

I had an emotional and raw conversation with Miki Sturges, who talked about her own personal experience with domestic abuse and violence within the household and how our brains can be affected by this. She is such an inspiring woman who has faced many obstacles to get to where she is today, in a much happier environment.

Miki is a Women's Empowerment and certified Master Neuro Coach, who is passionate about helping women get out of the feeling of unworthiness, insecurity and hopelessness and find their God-given greatness so that they can live a life filled with joy, security and hope and be free to go after her dreams!

Link to domestic abuse / violence resources: https://www.rcn.org.uk/clinical-topics/domestic-violence-and-abuse/general-resources-and-support

I had an eye-opening and inspiring conversation with Florence, who is a Podcast Host of Discovery of Self, where she talks about her journey to self-empowerment and increasing confidence.⁠

Florence is a self-empowerment coach where she struggled with self-esteem for three decades. Seen by many as too much, yet often felt not enough. She began to pursue everything/everyone without knowing her value. Seven years of healing childhood trauma and valuing self, she nows collaborates with women to come to self for deeper self-love.⁠

I had an inspiring talk with Richard Gatheru. He highlighted on the current Stigma of Homeschooling, the challenges of Homeschooling Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic and how it has massively affected Parents and Children's Mental Health. 

Richard Gatheru is Risk Analyst by profession and passionate Content and Article Developer, who thrives in writing as a way of expressing opinion, ideas, and research findings to the Global World. His passion and zeal for Content Development has made win an award for the Best Article on Leadership and Governance by Speedy Writers. He is Financial Engineer who analysis Financial risk and creates Financial Models for companies and organizations.

I had an inspiring talk with Gurupma Singh, who spoke about the perception of happiness and how this has affected his life since failing his engineering GCSEs and showing that happiness can be perceived in different ways and I have learnt so much about happiness in today's episode

Gurupma is completely dedicated to bringing others happiness! He runs a podcast, writes blogs, and does public speaking all based on happiness. With the amazing team of 5 backing him, there is no doubt that Gurupma will go on to help many people to create happiness within their life.

I had an inspiring and brave conversation with Laraib, who talked about her journey towards overcoming her eating disorder, where she suffered from anorexia and bulimia, as well as speaking her truth about the pressure of eating disorders between teenagers all the way to celebrities, such as Demi Lovato. 

Laraib is a teacher and a graduate in psychology and neuroscience with a self-help blog (laraibm.com) focusing on the recovery and research into eating disorders. She aims to raise awareness about the illnesses and empower people to take steps towards a safe recovery while reflecting on her journey with eating disorders, therapy and more.⁠

I had an amazing conversation with Vijay Singh who is the CEO and Founder of Hype Sneaker Society and we talked how to start-up sneaker businesses and the problems that a sneakerhead can have in the community.

Vijay Singh is a determined business owner that has developed an online exclusive sneaker business which has been operating for over 10 years but only brought to a social presence in the last year. An interest was taken and developed into a flourishing online organisation that operates in a highly competitive market, which is always competing for a top spot.⁠

I had an amazing talk with Kristian Marcus who talked about how people use social media in today's society and seeing in which ways does it affect us on a day to day basis

Kristian is an engineer who worked in the automotive industry for three years before founding his startup “FLTR” (pronounced filter) in August 2019. FLTR is a “social development platform” that helps its users connect with likeminded people so that together they can take small steps towards finding and pursuing something they love.⁠