Katy Hansell: The Impact Whisperer™ podcast

In this episode (season 2 episode 5) from Katy Hansell: The Impact Whisperer™ podcast, Wavestone Partner & AI Solutionist Cecilia Robinson Edwards shares her journey from the U.S. Air Force to global leadership, exploring the transformative potential of AI in leadership, societal change, and community empowerment.

Discover how agency, collective impact, and reimagining possibilities can shape a better future. In this compelling conversation, we explore the following:

• ​The role /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273080

Coming to us from her base in Quebec, Canada, Licensed Holistic Nutrition Consultant Kim L'Ecuyer shares that impactful moment when she realized she wanted to go back and become a nutrition counselor.

A collision of three factors drove her realization: 1) Her father was experiencing chronic disease; 2) her family had just bought a retirement home to manage and they were being told by Seniors that "our golden years are not that golden"; 3) Kim was turning 40 and realizing she wanted t /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273085

Creator/ Host Katy Hansell, also a Board Director of United Planet, explores the inspiring journey of United Planet Founder (now Chairman Emeritus) Dave Santulli, who dared to dream that it was possible to unite the planet one relationship at a time by building "bridges of understanding."

Notably, Dave has budget-traveled to 283 countries and built a global movement for peace and understanding. Discover how reflection, storytelling, and relational diplomacy can transform lives and foster /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273090

Discover how Vanessa Nakate, a prominent Ugandan climate activist, leverages her faith, personal experiences, and strategic initiatives to amplify marginalized voices, combat climate change, and foster hope for a sustainable future.

This episode explores the power of collective action, intersectionality, and the urgent need for climate reparations.

Main topics:

• Vanessa Nakate’s journey from climate strike founder to global activist
• The significance of intersectionality /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273095

Erin M. Barlow opens this episode by sharing how she felt when she was in one of her life’s lowest lows, when she was trying to navigate the loss of her beloved sister Michelle, and manage her own health crisis, and trying to find a way forward.

As she looked out at the patter of rain on the lake’s surface, she felt a tap on the shoulder…Equal parts grit and courage, Erin shows us how she was able to move through loss, grief, and trauma…and chart her path forward to thriving. Erin is a tal /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273100

In our final episode of Season 1 of Katy Hansell: The Impact Whisperer™ podcast, our guest Hussein Al-Baiaity opens this episode by sharing how losing his beloved father changed his perspective about how to live his own life.

Hussein’s father was visiting family and friends in Baghdad when he suddenly passed away. Hussein learned this devastating news in a phone call from a relative. His father, Kamel Al-Baiaity, was Hussein’s greatest teacher and an acclaimed artist known throughout Iraq. < /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273105

This episode opens with Dr. Faye T. Gamboa, O.D., sharing how a college volunteer service trip to help clean up after Hurricane Katrina opened her eyes to what true service looks like.

Moment of Impact: "If you want to help us, walk with us." This episode is for anyone who is considering a service-based professional career or anyone who has a wanderlust for travel and wants to figure out how to combine travel with service.

Dr. Faye also offers tips about how to own your own practi /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273110

Dave Babst, President and Co-Founder of DNA Business Consulting, opens up this episode by sharing how the birth of his eldest daughter and becoming a father for the first time shaped his outlook on what is important in life.

Dave and his wife Amanda knew in advance that their eldest daughter Katherine would have a potentially challenging birth as she was identified in utero as having a congenital heart defect.

Dave shares how the experience of Katherine’s birth changed his outlook to focu /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273115

Rebecca Liron, a humanitarian response professional with 10+ years of global experience (Nairobi/Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Abidjan/ Côte d’Ivoire, Geneva), opens this episode by sharing how seeing an exhibit as an undergraduate student at Northwestern University piqued her interest in humanitarian work and made her want to learn more.

She is a Washington DC-based humanitarian response professional with 10+ years of global experience working with UN agencies, NGOs, foun /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273120

Dr. Elke Zani-Ruttenstock, Pediatric Surgeon at Washington University and Director of the Pediatric Colorectal Program at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, opens this episode by sharing how life threw her a curveball when there was a time in her career when she couldn’t practice medicine and it really affected her sense of identity and self-image.

What we talk about is so relatable to anyone who feels displaced from their work against their will. While the circumstances were due to being part of /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273125

Sonali Makanji, Communications & Relational Expert focused on Emotional Fitness, is a London-based ICF Accredited Coach (CPCC, ACC) who helps individuals discover how to be more authentic in their communications and their presence.

Now running her own coaching practice "Coaching with Sonali", she brings 12+ years of experience across corporate and professional services, spanning consulting and in-house industry leadership roles. She has served as Head of Communications for a pan-Euro /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273130

Gina S. Lovasi, PhD, MPH, Dana and Davis Dornsife Dean at Drexel University of the Dornsife School of Public Health, opens up the episode talking about her moment of impact. When reflecting back on her career, she is most proud of the times when she worked in partnership with others to answer big questions that none of them could have tackled on their own. A renowned epidemiologist and the youngest dean of a school of public health in the US, probably the youngest dean at the university level in the US p /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273135

Katie Desmond, Client Manager at Forsman & Bodenfors (now Hecho Studio), opens up this episode by sharing her moment of impact (MOI) is to be a voice for Gen-Z and Gen Alpha in navigating this complex and challenging AI-era job market. A 2023 UNC (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) graduate with a BA in Communications and Media Studies, Katie aspired to leave her hometown and go to NYC to work in a creative field.

She shares her struggle sitting at home in Cary and filing hundreds of /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273140

Georgina Dukes-Harris, Founder & CEO of swishvo, opens up this episode by sharing with us how her lived experience of giving birth to her first child compelled and propelled her into creating her current health-tech company called “swishvo” (swishvo.com). Her traumatic and difficult birth experience as a young woman seeded in her the idea of creating a platform for the “wrap-around” care that women need in the pregnancy experience, especially BIPOC communities where the risk of Black maternal /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273145

Marshall Davis Jones opens up this conversation by sharing how breaking boards, hard and soft, symbolize how we dance with impact. In a firewalking retreat he helped to facilitate, he witnessed how people used the board breaking to let go of what no longer served and to deepen the commitment to what they wanted to transform into.

“Marshall Davis Jones is a poet, speaker, and communication coach specializing in affective presence. He is the Founder and CEO of GNTL STRNGTH and Mind Body Speak. The /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273150

Bodhi Patil opens up this conversation by sharing a childhood moment when he snorkeled on his father’s back and discovered the world below the water’s surface, becoming amazed by all he saw and falling in love with the ocean.

“As a United Nations-recognized, award-winning Gen Z ocean climate solutionist, Bodhi is focused on improving Ocean Health and Human Health (OHHH), which are interconnected. He is also the Founder & CEO of InnerLight, whose mission is to help a generation discover t /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273160

Sahar Paz opens up this conversation by taking us to that jaw dropping moment when she was meeting with her oncologist after the 4th recurrence of cancer and was told she had 2-5 years to live, 5 if she was lucky. In that conversation, Sahar decided that there had to be another way.

She embarked on a healing journey that she shares with us in this open-hearted conversation with lots of advice and inspiration for anyone who has a loved one touched by cancer or any other disease. Sahar shares with u /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273170

We are excited to share with you today the trailer for our podcast…Katy Hansell: The Impact Whisperer (™). The trailer features a quick cameo by each of the 12 fire guests that compose season 1 so that you can see that we approach IMPACT from every angle.

Our season 1 guests are from all corners of the globe, from The Phillipines, to London, to Los Angeles and lots of places in between. They come from different professions and vocations and represent every generation. What they all /episode/index/show/14b56b74-8e66-4120-a676-935395749b99/id/41273175