SHIFT HAPPENS Claudia Mahler

Tapp Francke Ingolia, founder and owner of holistic Wellness center STANDWellness in Watermill on Long Island, shares her (first shocking) shift into menopause, and how this was not only an important rediscovery of her body and mind, but an experience in self acceptance never felt before. We talk about female friendships and this new era of a woman beyond the child bearing years.

Waridi is a lively story teller. She takes us through her journey from growing up in Nairobi under the strict guard of her aunt, into unfolding into her own, tall body which leads her to a successful modeling career in London, Paris, Milan and New York. Waridi shares how her positiv outlook on life always helped her forward into a next phase, and to reconnect to her past, embracing not only her African heritage, but also her Arabic roots.

This week’s guest, Maria Tibblin, shares how she persevered when her 3-year-old daughter was kidnapped by her father and went missing for nearly a year. This unfathomable time shaped Maria as a woman, as a mother, and as a person. In reflection, she shares how she acquired strength and wisdom through a period marked by deep despair and fear.

How to embrace vulnerability and bring humanity back into leadership, is one of the main topics, Global Mobility Expert and changemaker, Angie Weinberger focusses on in her work with international (female) professionals. But how to tap into her own creativity and embrace change in her own life, was inspired by her 100-year-old grandmother. Angie shares what brought her to rethink life and unleash her full creative "rockstar" potential.

Dr. Barbara Mutedzi lives and works in Bali as a Conscious Leadership coach and teacher. She shares her shifts through life and how her inner voice has always been her guiding light - from earliest childhood in emotional hardship and conflict to getting multiple academic degrees and a PHD. Lots of wisdom and hands on life hacks guaranteed.

Have you ever had to repair your body? Not "just" heal it, but repair it?! Vili Hickey, my guest today, shares what is still way too common when it comes to women's health, that what our bodies suffer is still often met with mere ignorance - not only by our immediate surroundings but by doctors and medical practitioners. Listen to a young woman's story (but valid for any age!) out of a long, painful, pelvic misery into a newly created bliss.