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The Belonging Project Podcast – Episodes

The Belonging Project explores what it means to belong – across cultures,
careers, identities, and life transitions. Each episode offers stories and
insights from people navigating multicultural lives, leadership journeys,
and work environments that shape their sense of belonging.

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Episode 50

The Myth of Bringing Your Whole Self to Work

Guest: Fiorenza Rossini (Solo episode)

Themes: belonging, workplace belonging, authenticity at work, psychological safety, identity and self-expression, inclusive leadership, modern workplace culture, healthy boundaries

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Episode 49

Curiosity Unleashed: Transforming Lives and Careers

Guest: Marie de Champchesnel

Themes: belonging, career development, workplace experience, curiosity, creative path, creative career

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Episode 48

Belonging Through Self-Advocacy: A Cross-Generational Conversation

Guest: Febronia Ruocco

Themes: belonging

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Episode 47

Pitching with Purpose: Build Confidence, Communicate Clearly, and Win Opportunities

Guest: Grace Fogarty

Themes: belonging, values & purpose

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Episode 46

Building Belonging in Start-ups and Scale-ups

Guest: Carol Paddison

Themes: belonging, entrepreneurship, company culture, workplace experience

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Episode 45

Women in Leadership: Overcoming Barriers & Finding Belonging at the Top

Guest: Laura Howard

Themes: belonging, leadership, inclusive leadership, career development

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Episode 44

Rethinking the imposter syndrome: a bridge to belonging

Guest: Leila Ainge

Themes: belonging, career development, workplace experience

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Episode 43

Breaking the Mould: Anti-Fragility, Toxic Behaviours, and Inclusive Leadership

Guest: Zora Lazarov

Themes: belonging, leadership, inclusive leadership

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Episode 42

Building cultural intelligence in diverse hybrid teams

Guest: …oldson

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity, future of work

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Episode 41

From job loss to empowerment: Tash Bristowe’s story of community building

Guest: Fiorenza Rossini

Themes: belonging, career development, workplace experience, community building

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Episode 40

Creating Spaces of Belonging: Cross-cultural strategies for inclusive workplaces

Guest: Sean Dubberke

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity, workplace experience

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Episode 39

Self-employment, living across cultures & finding our own agency

Guest: Fiorenza Rossini

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity, entrepreneurship, company culture

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Episode 38

Fatherhood and finding a new identity as a father

Guest: Tommaso Maggio

Themes: belonging, family & parenting

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Episode 37

Diversity advocacy and identity

Guest: Jamie Love

Themes: belonging

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Episode 36

Behind Closed doors, the Struggles and Victories of Nursing Mothers

Guest: Lea Henry & Katie Muir

Themes: belonging, family & parenting

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Episode 35

Creating Belonging in Organisations and Communities

Guest: Justin Reinert

Themes: belonging

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Episode 34

When entrepreneurship and ADHD are part of your belonging journey

Guest: Tim Mart

Themes: belonging, entrepreneurship, company culture, mental health & wellbeing

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Episode 33

The Motherhood Penalty

Guest: Allison Venditti

Themes: belonging, family & parenting, career development, workplace experience

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Episode 32

Moving & Living across the globe, Managing Culture Shock

Guest: Kerstin Graebner

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity

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Episode 31

Hidden Disability & Belonging

Guest: Serena Savini

Themes: belonging, disability inclusion, accessibility

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Episode 30

Finding belonging and disability advocacy: from adaptive fashion to venue accessibility and much more

Guest: Isaac Harvey

Themes: belonging, disability inclusion, accessibility

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Episode 29

The power of community

Guest: Kemo Camara

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity, community building

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Episode 28

Belonging finds you wherever you are: growing up as a Kenyan-raised, Indian-Canadian Jewish daughter of immigrants

Guest: …anadian Jewish daughter of immigrants

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity, values & purpose

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Episode 27

Growing up in the South with a marginalized identity

Guest: … the South with a marginalized identity

Themes: belonging, race & identity, anti-racism

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Episode 26

Creativity & belonging as artists & multi-passionate people

Guest: Britt Seva

Themes: belonging, values & purpose

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Episode 25

Leadership coaching for belonging: the role of leaders in creating cultures of belonging & inclusion

Guest: …leaders in creating cultures of belonging & inclusion

Themes: belonging, leadership, inclusive leadership

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Episode 24

Belonging for third culture kids & mixed-race families

Guest: …ture kids & mixed-race families

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity, family & parenting

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Episode 23

How to include mixed-identity children at school and at home

Guest: … at school and at home

Themes: belonging, family & parenting, education & young people

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Episode 22

Belonging in the education system

Guest: … in the education system

Themes: belonging, education & young people

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Episode 21

Belonging at work as a first generation professional

Guest: … work as a first generation professional

Themes: belonging, career development, workplace experience

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Episode 20

Belonging, legacy, & uplifting others through storytelling

Guest: …uplifting others through storytelling

Themes: belonging, values & purpose

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Episode 19

Belonging in business: building values-led companies

Guest: … building values-led companies

Themes: belonging, entrepreneurship, company culture

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Episode 18

Holiday Episode: What makes us feel like we belong?

Guest: Fiorenza Rossini

Themes: belonging, values & purpose

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Episode 17

Birth, belonging, and claiming space in a woman’s body

Guest: … claiming space in a woman’s body

Themes: belonging, family & parenting

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Episode 16

Belonging as a Third Culture Adult

Guest: … a Third Culture Adult

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity

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Episode 15

Belonging and motherhood

Guest: … and motherhood

Themes: belonging, family & parenting

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Episode 14

Belonging in a relationship

Guest: … in a relationship

Themes: belonging

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Episode 13

The 3 pillars that help you create belonging

Guest: Fiorenza Rossini

Themes: belonging, values & purpose

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Episode 12

What is it like to not belong?

Guest: … to not belong?

Themes: belonging

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Episode 11

Being a Citizen of the World

Guest: … Citizen of the World

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity

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Episode 10

Belonging Across a Continent

Guest: … Across a Continent

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity

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Episode 9

The Goldilocks Synrome

Guest: …ldilocks Synrome

Themes: belonging, values & purpose

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Episode 8

When we chase belonging instead of chasing prestige

Guest: … instead of chasing prestige

Themes: belonging, values & purpose, career development

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Episode 7

What is it like to belong?

Guest: … it like to belong?

Themes: belonging

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Episode 6

Mental health, (Modern) Belonging & Culture

Guest: Dr Jessica Jack…d @Modern Health, on how social identities impact mental health.

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity, mental health & wellbeing

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Episode 5

Growing up in a multi-cultural and multi-faith family

Guest: Nicole Barile.

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity, family & parenting

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Episode 4

The experience of an adult TCK: the feeling of rootlessness when growing up across countries and cultures

Guest: Camille Deniau.

Themes: belonging, cross-cultural life, multicultural identity

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Episode 3

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

Guest: Dr Sandra Upton

Themes: belonging

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Episode 2

How mindfulness supports inclusive leaders

Guest: Kristen Lisanti

Themes: belonging, leadership, inclusive leadership, mental health & wellbeing

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Episode 1

New beginnings

Guest: Viviana Premazzi, founder of Global Mindset Development.

Themes: belonging, entrepreneurship, company culture

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