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.
New here? Browse the episodes by theme below or simply scroll and follow your curiosity.
browse episodes by theme
cross-cultural life & identity
diversity, inclusion & disability
mental health & wellbeing
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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