The MUNAlogues - Hello World. Hello Change.

What's your relationship like with money?

Check out Sarah's money scorecard and learn more about The Spirit of Business on Sarah's podcast by the same name.

Can patience make a difference? Can it have an impact? And even more pressingly: can being patient be fun?

Find out the answers to these questions and discover how patience got popular at a supermarket chain in the Netherlands, and why it plays a role in bridging the age gap in a language school in Brazil.

And should you be in a hurry:

The impact of patience depends on two things: How patient are you when it comes to others and how patient are you when it comes to yourself. Spoiler alert: Somehow the two are inevitably linked.

Sources:

The Netherlands

• https://nieuws.jumbo.com/persbericht/jumbo-geeft-startschot-voor-opening-200-kletskassas/616/#clip_content; last downloaded: 06/11/21.

 Brazil:

• https://videosift.com/video/Young-Brazilians-learn-English-by-talking-with-old-Americans; last downloaded: 06/11/21.

What do therapists, FBI negotiators and people who build bridges across social divides have in common?

Find out how you can use a simple communication tool to make a real difference in your daily life and get inspired from game changing conversations happening at the Human Library (Denmark) and become a part of Living Room Conversations (USA).

• The Human Library, Denmark: https://humanlibrary.org/; last downloaded 23/10/21.

If you worked in the film business and had worked with Hollywood greats like Brad Pitt - would you leave that life behind to go to Auroville, South India to start an NGO?

While mental health issues are on the rise everywhere in the world (note: India has one of highest suicide rates among teenagers and students with 28 lives lost every day, according to the The Hindu), MeDi Clown Academy is helping people struggeling with illnesses, fighting depressions, living in poverty.

Listen to her journey which took her from the movie world to Canadian hospitals and then to village life in India and even Chandigarh prison.

Find out how joy and laughter can bring healing to healthcare, education and corporate environments - and how it can help bridging the divide between the rich and poor.

For more info:

Or if you want to get in touch with Fif: [email protected]

Can you run a business based on trusting your customers? Can you build trust in communities that have experienced conflict and war? The answers to these two questions will bring you to a bakery in Saudi Arabia and the Hand in Hand school and community project in Israel. Give it a listen, it's worth it. Trust me.

Sources:

The Honest Bakery

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmI_LM7O3Bc – last download: 26/08/21.

Hand in Hand school and community project

• https://www.handinhandk12.org/ – last download: 12/09/21.

What's at the core of a civilization? In this episode we're going to answer this question in a very pragmatic fashion by looking at a community project in Lebanon and by discovering how a tether may be more than just a way of physically connecting people.

Links on becoming a guide:

• For Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, Singpore, the UK: https://www.attendly.com/guide-running-with-blind-or-visually-impaired-runners/ - last download: 27/08/21.

Sources:

On Margaret Mead:

• Ira Byock, The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the Ende of Life (Avery, 2012), quoted in https://ismailalimanik.medium.com/the-first-sign-of-civilization-95bc3f44f956 - last download: 27/08/21.

On Nation Station:

• https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/libanon-269.html - report dated 04/08/21 - last download: 27/08/21.

On VIs and their guides:

• https://www.unitedinstride.com/testimonials - last download: 28/08/21.

In today's episode you'll meet teacher Mohammed Ayub, who created a free school for all girls and boys from the slums in Islamabad. We'll also discover why the colour yellow is essential when it comes to bridging the religious divide between Muslims and Christians in Kenya.

Sources:

• https://www.colourinfaith.com - last download 14/08/21;
  

Did you think a park bench was just a spot to rest and have a conversation with a friend? They can be much more. Find out how park benches are used to overcome loneliness and help to bridge the age gap in this episode.

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/03/second-grader-buddy-bench_n_4378248.html - last download 14/08/21;

A little optimism to go.

The world seems to be full of bad news and the human experience can be quite challenging sometimes. But something good isn't coming our way - something good is already here.

In this podcast you'll find out all about things that are going in the right direction: projects, inititatives, organisations and people like you and me who are making a difference. You’ll hear stories about people from all over the world, changing their societies. Every now and then I’ll have a chat with one of them and find out what drives them, what keeps them going even when things get a little tough. In addition, I'll share all I know about implementing change - be it  your personal life or society. And maybe one of the stories you’ll hear will motivate you to get active yourself.

We all can be changemakers. It starts in our own daily lives and then has ripple effect, spreading to our neighborhoods, cities, countries and the world as a whole.

That’s what I believe, after all, I’m a voluntary optimist.