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  • Episode 15: Rashid Khan — Belonging, Emergency Management & Evacuation

    Episode 15: Rashid Khan — Belonging, Emergency Management & Evacuation
    2026/02/25
    Rashid Khan moved to Australia seeking opportunity and community—and found a life mission in emergency management. He shares how belonging is often unlocked by small conversations, how raising kids is a two-way cultural journey, and how major events shaped his commitment to better emergency communication. Rashid introduces Evacuation and EVAC Tracker—tools designed to account for people and help responders act faster with clearer visibility. A conversation on compassion, preparedness, and why diversity strengthens disaster response.

    A show, a movement, and a mission to break down the barriers that divide us. In a world growing louder with hate, division, and misunderstanding, we choose a different frequency: love, compassion, and the courageous power of connection.
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    28 分
  • Episode 14: Leigh-Anne Sharland — Invisible Illness & Redefining Worth

    Episode 14: Leigh-Anne Sharland — Invisible Illness & Redefining Worth
    2026/02/17
    Leigh-Anne Sharland went from a high-performing corporate data expert to navigating dysautonomia, an invisible chronic illness affecting speech, thinking, and mobility. In this episode, she and Andrea Putting explore ableism, the stigma of mobility aids, sensory overload in public spaces, the Hidden Disabilities lanyard, and how inclusive design starts by including disabled people in decisions. Leanne also shares her podcast, Suddenly Different, featuring stories of life-changing moments and rebuilding with purpose.
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    30 分
  • Episode 13: Rebecca Steele — Finding Home Within

    Episode 13: Rebecca Steele — Finding Home Within
    2026/02/11
    Rebecca Steele joins Andrea Putting to explore what it means to belong when your life spans cultures and continents. Born in Ghana to South Indian parents, raised in Australia, and later living across Europe and the US/UK, Rebecca shares lessons on cross-cultural connection, hidden bias, deep listening, and kindness as a daily practice. Now in New Zealand, she’s “setting the anchor” and bringing her work in energy medicine, nutrition, Bowen Technique, quantum biofeedback, and hypnotherapy into one integrated path.
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    27 分
  • Episode 12- Ross Judd, Listening Beyond Words

    Episode 12- Ross Judd, Listening Beyond Words
    2026/02/04
    Ross Judd joins Andrea Putting to talk about a kind of listening that goes deeper than advice, questions, or “fixing.” Ross shares the family moment that proved to him these concepts are real—and why people often “audition” the issue before revealing what’s actually hurting. You’ll learn Ross’s simple three-step approach (pick your moment, connect, summarize), plus how values shape the way we show up when someone we love needs help.
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    29 分
  • Episode 11- Fiona Demark — Resilience, Accessibility, and Choosing Possibility

    Episode 11- Fiona Demark — Resilience, Accessibility, and Choosing Possibility
    2026/01/28
    Fiona Demark has been legally blind since birth, and in this episode she shares what life looks like when you refuse to be defined by other people’s assumptions. Host Andrea Putting explores Fiona’s journey through education, employment, accessibility, and courage—plus practical guidance on how to interact respectfully with blind people (hint: ask first). This episode is a reminder that we’re all more than one label—and that sometimes the bravest thing is letting yourself breathe, receive support, and keep choosing possibility.
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    29 分
  • Episode 10 — Compassion, Curiosity, and Bridge-Building (Rabbi Zelman Castel)

    Episode 10 — Compassion, Curiosity, and Bridge-Building (Rabbi Zelman Castel)
    2026/01/21
    In Episode 10 of Chocolate and Coffee Break, host Andrea Putting sits down with Rabbi Zelman Castel to explore what compassion really means—and how we build bridges across faith, culture, and community in divided times. Zelman shares his upbringing in a tightly insulated Jewish community, the pivotal moment visiting a Muslim school in Sydney, and the deeper realization that the most meaningful parts of being human—wanting to be good, loved, and purposeful—are universal. You’ll also hear about Together For Humanity, powerful school-based exercises that challenge stereotypes, and practical ways everyday citizens can engage with compassion without collapsing into binary thinking.
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    24 分
  • Episode 9 — Emotional Safety, Bullying, and Belonging (with Ron Prasad)

    Episode 9 — Emotional Safety, Bullying, and Belonging (with Ron Prasad)
    2026/01/14
    In Episode 9 of Chocolate and Coffee Break, host Andrea Putting welcomes Ron Prasad, co-founder of the Beat Bullying with Confidence Foundation, for a powerful conversation about emotional safety, bullying, and the deep human need to belong. Ron shares his lived experience of being bullied, the impact of growing up with a speech impediment, and how he transformed pain into purpose by helping schools, parents, sports clubs, youth centers, and workplaces build bully-free cultures. This episode offers real guidance for parents, practical insights for schools, and a compelling workplace framework—BELONG—showing how belonging reduces bullying by default. Above all, it delivers an unforgettable message: you are not alone, and you don’t have to suffer in silence.
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    30 分
  • Episode 8 — How Culture Sustains Inequality (and How We Dismantle It) | Dr. Amanda Udis Kessler

    Episode 8 — How Culture Sustains Inequality (and How We Dismantle It) | Dr. Amanda Udis Kessler
    2026/01/07
    In Episode 8 of Chocolate and Coffee Break, host Andrea Putting welcomes Dr. Amanda Udis Kessler, sociologist, ethicist, and anti-racism trainer, for a conversation that is both challenging and deeply necessary. Drawing from her book Cultural Processes of Inequality, Amanda explains how culture—our shared assumptions, beliefs, norms, and systems—doesn’t just reflect inequality; it can create and maintain it. Together, Andrea and Amanda explore privilege, compassion, policing, media narratives, and what meaningful allyship looks like in real life. This episode is an invitation: to learn, to listen, to be willing to be uncomfortable—and to let love be the loudest voice.
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    29 分