This week, I had the pleasure to speak to Sophia Lavoie, who is a recent graduate in English Literature from University of Rhode Island. She is spending her time in COVID in Palestine, teaching kids English. In this discussion, she documents her experiences of whats it like to teach in such a controversial area of the world and why she took the leap. She is also extremely well-traveled and love to read books to expand her horizons.

Her recommended reads:

1. Arab & Jews: Wounded Spirit In a Promised Land
2. Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers' Testimonies From the Occupied Territories 2000-2010
3. Hollow Land: Israel's Architect of Occupation by Eyal Weizman
4. How to Understand Israel in 60 Days of Less by Sarah Glidden
5. I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti
6. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Illan Pappe
7. Palestine in Israeli School Books Image and Reality by Nurit Peled-Elhanan
8. Men in the Sun by Ghassan Khanafani
9. The Butterfly's Burden by Mahmoud Darwish

Reach out to her: sophialavoie6@gmail.com

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This week I had the pleasure on inviting Irina Buse again. She is a mindset coach. Initially trained for the business world, she completed her formal education in business management, got her MBA before the age of 30 and worked in different companies, small or large corporations for 20 years. Her passion though is being close to people, feeling their story and helping them build the conditions for long lasting transformation.

She changed careers in her late 30’s becoming a certified health coach from all walks of life ever since.

In this episode, we talked about entrepreneurship role in early education and how to anticipate challenges and find our strengths early on in our lives. 

Reach out to her: https://www.irinabuse.com/

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On this episode, I had the honour to speak to Martine Ellis, who helps teachers and trainers love their jobs and be amazing teachers WITHOUT taking work home evenings and weekends. She does that through her own podcast, The Teaching Space, her book, The Productive Teacher her online courses and resources.

As well as being a podcaster and author, she is the Professional Development and Scholarly Activity Lead at the Guernsey College of Further Education. She also manage the College’s teacher and assessor training provision. Enjoy the episode

Reach out to her: https://www.theteachingspace.com/

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