I’m going to be speaking with one of the most remarkable human beings I have ever had the privilege of not just encountering, but also knowing, deeply as a friend and as a peer. Trust me. One day her writing and message will change the world and you will look back on this and say "Yes...that's where I heard about Julia first!"

Julia Dias has done things in this world that literally no other human being would have done or has done. She grew up in Germany and survived sexual abuse. There was point in time she was the only Westerner in the Gaza strip, the rest had left.

Not Julia!

In the early 2000s, she felt so compelled to help people in Colombia through the drug wars, she travelled there on her own as a young single woman, with no support and made a measurable difference to local communities. She remarkably, narrowly survived the Madrid bombing in 2004. She married and created a family with an Amazonian tribesman and these days she lives in Portugal with her 3 girls as a coach, author and supports organisations develop strategies for gender mainstreaming.

She blows me away and yet she probably still doesn’t realise how remarkable she is. I’m so grateful to her because she was the very first person who shared the music mapping experience with me and it still brings the hairs on the back of my neck up every time I think about how profoundly impactful that experience was on both of us!

My name is Disco Dave Wynn. If you’re interested in exploring music at a deeper level, if you’re interested in finding the track that keeps you on track, then visit ⁠discodavewynn.com⁠

Now, open your ears, your heart and your mind and I invite you to learn something new about who you can be.

Love.

Disco Dave