Salt The Podcast

Odyl Rozendaal is a psychologist and walking coach, who loves the summers in Amsterdam, getting lost in beautiful and old villages in France and there is something about beachlife, about the sea, the ocean that makes her feel humble. She started with rollerskating to feel more connected to her inner child and feels the most free when she dances, something she never wants to give up. In this episode we talk about the power and benefits of walking coaching, what Odyl means when she says she is a coach of colour, mum guilt and the difference between toxic positivity and positive psychology. We speak about loss and grief, precisely the death of Odyl's dad who keeps popping up here and there throughout the entire episode.  And while we are doing all of this our overall aim is to go against fixed labels, that put us into boxes and that not only prevent us from being ourselves but also denounce who we were when we started life. So we want to kick those boxes, smash the labels and stop justifying ourselves and over explaining.  In doing so Odyl shares with us her in betweenness, the pain, the tears, her thought processes, doubts, describes things that were difficult. She reflects and connects and I am happy that we have had this conversation together.   Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #toxicpositivity #positivepsychology #walkingcoach #coachofcolour #father #motherhood #memories #mothersguilt #intersectionality #feminist #podcasters #saltthepodcast #suriname #amsterdam #dancing #rollerskating #amsterdamsummer #smashthelabels #smashtheguilt #innerchild #grief Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Abbiola Ballah (she/her) is the founder and CEO of Phern Education Studios, an organisation that is a catalyst for change in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging space. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Abbiola has spent the past 20 plus years living, studying and working in Japan, the US and Belize. An educator for 17 plus years, she has held leadership roles in various educational institutions, focusing on creating inclusive environments in these spaces, being especially passionate about supporting others to create communities where everyone's intersectional identities feel a sense of belonging. Abbiola is an avid reader, a travel nerd, a theatre buff, and a Japanese karaoke queen.  In this episode, we speak about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB). What do these terms mean, and why did Abbiola choose to become a diversity worker? Her personal journey is obviously inexctricably linked to her answer because the personal is political. In our conversation Abbiola also dismisses the myth that DEIB work is solely a US issue and highlights the importance of creating safer and braver spaces by outlining what those spaces actually mean. She introduces us further to the term co-conspirator as coined by Bettina Love.  It is an educational episode in which the brilliant Abbiola nurtures us with lots of book recommendations, her humor and by sharing her knowledge with us. Thank you Abbiola.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #diversity #equity #inclusion #belonging #access #Justice #japan #karaoke #bookrecommendations #intersectionality #feminist #podcasters #collective #communitydriven #saltthepodcast #saferspaces #braverspaces #trinidad #belize #curriculumdesign #carribean #diversitywork #academic #priyaparker #kimberlecrenshaw #privilege #accountability #positionality #mayaangelou #coconspirator #bettinalove  Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Nani Jansen Reventlow is an award winning human rights lawyer specialised in strategic litigation at the intersection of human rights, social justice and technology. Nani is also the founder of Systemic Justice , a new organisation that seeks to radically transform how the law works for communities fighting for racial, social and economic justice.  Nani has an extensive background in promoting human rights in the digital context and in defending journalists and activists in some of the most repressive environments in the world. She previously founded and built the Digital Freedom Fund , which supports digital rights litigation. Throughout her career, Nani has seen first-hand how unequal power structures in society affect people's ability to exercise their rights and achieve justice when they have been harmed or wronged.  By broadening access to judicial remedies and strengthening the ability of communities to leverage the power of the courts, Nani's new organisation, Systemic Justice will help dismantle the power structures that underpin racial, social, and economic injustice and work to develop a more just society. Through her public speaking, academic work, and teaching at some of the world's leading universities, Nani is shaping the next generation of human rights lawyers and public policy professionals.  Our conversation centers around Systemic Justice, its trajectory, its foundational values, its transparent recruitment process, and the importance of community driven strategic litigation. We also speak about the appropriation of terms such as decolonize, and intersectionality by capitalism and by white dominated organizations, about the importance of love, vulnerability and collective care in social justice movements. Hear about one of Nani's favourite book, and a memory that had an impact on her life. It was an honour to have this conversation with Nani on Salt.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #systemicjustice #transparentrecruitmentprocesses #equity #inclusion #belonging #access #Justice #amsterdam #dogs #elitecapture #audrelorde #intersectionality #feminist #podcasters #collective #communitydriven #sisteroutsider #memories #saltthepodcast #appropriation #compassion #care #decolonize #stories #personalnarratives #socialjustice #europe #communitydrivenlitigation #activism #feministknowledgeproduction #love #marginalizedcommunities #racialjustice #economicjustice Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Olena Gyrenko is a very proud Ukrainian soul. A dedicated, and happy but also often tired mama of Sophia and Lev. She is a caring daughter, not the worst friend and a loving but often whining wife to an amazing Dutch man called Leon.   This episode is probably one of the rawest and most honest Salt conversations I have ever had. Olena tells us about her life in Ukraine, of what it means to claim the streets and how her diasporic journey brought her to the Netherlands. How it feels to be far from the place you call home, to experience post-partum depression, witnessing an invasion, a war, an injustice from afar.  Our conversation is framed by poems read in Ukrainian and English giving Olena the space to structure the talk and giving her the room to speak about the topics as much and as little as she likes because at Salt we never record our guests' stories just for the sake of those, we do not expose our guests, have no interest in ‘selling' their testimonies for sensational purposes, in the perpetuation of stereotypes and invasion of personal lives.  Through telling our stories here on Salt we react to the injustices of the world, we claim our testimonials as part of feminist knowledge production, as a form of resistance aiming at forging solidarity among us, positioning us a agents. We document these stories against predominant discourses, fascist regimes, one-sided knowledge production, colonialism, oppression, in moments of history where narratives are either not known, manipulated or erased. We remember to resist, to disturb people's comfort zones, to withstand being told we are too much.   Olena's opening up to us all reminds me of the importance of speaking collectively about our most intimate issues as one of feminism's most beautiful beliefs. By Olena allowing us to enter into what is considered by our society as one of its most private spaces: your marriage and your home she shows us how the personal is political. And I thank Olena for that.  Trigger Warning: This episode contains topics of a highly sensitive nature including violence, war, rape and postpartum depression.  Host: Stella Saliari #ukraine #thenetherlands #war #violence #poems #immigrant #postpartumdepression #motherhood #revolution #thestreets #kryla #wings #podcasters #diasporicjourneys #diaspora #saltthepodcast #rupikaur #breastfeeding #transnationalsolidarity #stories #personalnarratives #testimonials #rape #linakostenko #feministknowledgeproduction #activism #LesyaUkrainka #nayyirahwaheed #resistance Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast www.salt-thepodcast.com  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

What characterizes our path in becoming diversity workers who strive towards achieving diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and intersectional justice in our societies? It usually starts with a memory, with witnessing an injustice that stays with us forever, and becomes ingrained into who we are.  For Kaumudi Goda it began with a memory about her grandmother who could not step out of the house because she was a widow and people believed encountering a widow first thing in the morning would bring them bad luck. The memory stayed with her and as a result Kaumudi never stopped to reflect on the world, realizing early on that dichotomies and pigeonholes representing power relations follow us everywhere we go. After studying, moving across countries and continents, and working in various fields, she decided to become a DEI consultant to be at the forefront of dismantling oppressive structures.  Accordingly, our conversation centers around the beauty of diversity, on the importance of feeling that we belong and on what we can unlock collectively through systemic changes that are long overdue. Kaumudi introduces us to the topic through a bike ride in Amsterdam, through her very own reflections on privilege and on how marginalized communities due to systemic disadvantages do not have the luxury to stop thinking about who they are, to not worry, to not struggle, to ultimately rest. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #diversity #equity #inclusion #belonging #access #Justice #amsterdam #india #grandmother #widow #intersectionality #feminist #podcasters #DEIB #workplace #saltthepodcast #privilege #compassion #visbility #stories #personalnarratives #diversitywork #genderidentity #nonbinary #activism  Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Mohamed Triki is a 22 year-old Tunisian podcaster working on Borjouliya podcast, the first and so far the only podcast focusing on toxic masculinity in Tunisia.   Mohamed grew up in Tunis, in a middle-class family, went to public school and has very nostalgic memories about his childhood, his large community of friends and the neighborhood he has been living in. He studied business administration and his passion for feminism and storytelling led him to the world of podcasting. His keen interest in economics, and Development Studies and his diverse and multifaceted being motivate him to contribute to something new in those disciplines. Mohamed says: "I want to see what I can bring as someone who comes from North Africa, the Arab region, the Mediterranean. I have this idea of how I can belong to different spheres and different circles and identities, Arab, Muslim, feminism, economics, maths and arts, my own definition of religion and so on."  Talking to Mohamed was a joy: We talked about toxic masculinity and what it means, about men's mental health, their bodies, unwanted dick pics, the penis, smashing the patriarchy and fatherhood. And I thank Mohamed from my heart for his openness and wonderful vibes.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #tunis #toxicmasculinity #borjouliya #thepenis #intersectionality #feminist #podcasters #dickpics #fatherhood #men #thegym #saltthepodcast #thevitruvianman #smashingthepatriarchy #mentalhealth #northafrica #openingup #noshame #collective #community #visbility #stories #personalnarratives Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Nicolette Lazarus describes herself as a mid-life woman, with a 100% record of getting through bad days. This is something she thinks we all should remind ourselves of when facing those challenges we all experience that we never think we'll get through. Originally from the UK, she has lived in Amsterdam with her partner for over 16 years and now considers it to be her home. As a people person, she's passionate about genuine human connection and exploring the things that we often collectively experience as women, and yet don't talk about. This has led to her leaving her previous career and comfort zone, the world of advertising and communications, to focus on her passion, bringing women together in allyship, and positive support of each other, regardless of race, religion, or other forms of diversity. She created a community and platform which is called Womanship , based in her belief that women hold the key to making the world a better place for all. In this episode Nicolette tells us her very own story by taking us on a journey through her life, emphasizing that we are many things, and that pigeonholes do not define us. Her story leads us towards the founding of Womanship and what happened before it, in between and now. I hope you enjoy listening to Nicolette and her story because stories are what binds us together. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #amsterdam #london #blackhair #womanship #intersectionality #authenticity #invisiblewomen #databias #perimenopause #menopause #soundtracks #saltthepodcast #traveling #healing #impostersyndrome #carolinecriadoperez #miscarriages #openingup #noshame #collective #community #visbility #women #stories #personalnarratives #testimonials #oralhistories Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

On a Monday evening in March I met with Sofi Antonellini in a safe brave space of vulnerability and radical honesty. We had a deep, emotional, and essential conversation.  Sofi is a very special person, and was one of my guests in season 1 episode 15. Many of you wonderful people wanted to hear more of Sofi. I received many messages asking me to bring them back. In March I felt the time was right to have another conversation. I met a different Sofi, a person who is embracing the rebirth of a new being, one that presents itself as a human in transition, and a beautiful mess.  Our conversation was guided by vulnerability, a journey through nature and our interconnectedness with the soil, rain, the stars, bacteria. We met the Cruz del Sur and the Tres Marias in Venedo, a special woman named Cristina who shared her home and an Argentinian football match with Sofi. We spoke about joy as resistance in places that are characterized by precarity. And everything we talked about was embedded in the importance of breaking the binary and the vastness and endless posibilities that come with it. It was a conversation of love and liberation.  I encourage you to take the time to sit down, to take notes and to truly listen. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #argentina #nonbinary #amsterdam #vulnerability #ptsd #climatechange #paulpreciado #theythem #donnaharaway #anthropocene #argentinianfootball #saltthepodcast #borderlands #rain #tresmarias #gloriaanzaldua #cruzdelsur #whereishome #breakingthebinary #mothers #nostalgia #translivesmatter #transwomenarewomen #indigenousknowledge #crying #cristina #therapy #breakup #precarity #water Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Eva is a psychologist and art therapist who runs her private practice in Amsterdam and online globally. She has worked in the private and public sector, in psychiatric clinics, educational settings, with survivors of sexual violence and in refugee camps.  During her work in refugee camps across Greece she encountered art therapy and saw the positive effects it has on people first-hand. How it can offer a safe space for exploration, play, healing and change. As a result she decided to become an art therapist herself.  There is a large amount of research which has shown that art therapy has a range of physical and mental health benefits. In this episode Eva talks about exactly this and shares her journey with us towards becoming a psychologist and art therapist. We also speak about trauma, emotional eating and what happened to me when I encountered the term.  Today's episode shows what hides behind labels that we use to describe ourselves or that others use for us … there is always a story, a wish, a journey behind them.  Enjoy the episode wonderful people and as always we love to hear from you.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #arttherapy #greece #amsterdam #thenetherlands #refugeecamp #refugees #emotionaleating #mentalhealth #eatingdisorder #pschotherapy #saltthepodcast #boundaries #artpsychotherapy #anxietymanagement #injustice #untoldstories #nonverbalcommunication #healyourlife #trauma Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Lieke Boot is the head of student welfare at the University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Lieke and I met a few years ago at the daycare our kids attended. After getting to know each other we met many times in the park, for long walks and long talks. A while ago I asked her if she wanted to speak on SALT and Lieke's answer was an immediate yes. However, it took two years until we set up the actual recording and when speaking with Lieke I realized why. Because now was the right time to speak.  This episode is about many things, it is raw and extremely honest. It addresses post-partum depression, intergenerational trauma, and the different forms of love. Lieke shares with us her journey of becoming a mama through sperm donation, and what single motherhood means to her. Against this background, we contest the notion that the romantic heterosexual couple is the highest form of love and that a woman's life will be fulfilled if she gets married to a man and has children with him.  In doing so, we encounter unexpected openings, the meaning of boat journeys and unravel the impact of memories. Enjoy it wonderful people.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #memories #chemist #burnout #thenetherlands #amsterdam #mothers #postpartum #mentalhealth #spermdonor #selflove #singlemother #saltthepodcast #forgiveness #love #boats #journeys #depression #eatingdisorder #untoldstories #emiliaroig #lessonsinchemistry #healyourlife  Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

What is a memory that you have that had an impact in your life? is a question I was asked in episode 37 by Ina from indieslittlecrafts . Her question triggered something unexpected and as a result, I have been asking all my guests about their memory ever since. Because something happens when we unleash our untold stories, when we remember them, and share them. They lead to unexpected openings and gatherings, connections and breaking of silences.  This is both Salt's 50th episode and its 2nd anniversary episode. I am dedicating it to our memories, to those unexpected openings and to Audre Lorde who said: "I was going to die. Sooner or later. Whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me and your silences will not protect you. What are the words you do not yet have?  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #memories #astronomer #burnout #thenetherlands #amsterdam #mothers #unexpected #spiderweb #leaves #founderstories #memory #saltthepodcast #forgiveness #love #migrantstories #diasporic #Suriname #antisuperwoman #untoldstories #audrelorde #mayaangelou #indieslittlecrafts Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

After 7.5 years as an innovation and concept designer, Mérida Miller decided to leave the corporate world to follow her passion: learning and working hands-on with people to create a ripple effect impact. Driven by human-centric design and a love for empowering solutions Project Fearless was born. A non-for-profit organization that offers after school courses for girls and genderfluid youth between the ages 9 and 14 to get hands-on, break stereotypes and find their voice. To be part of an organization that inspires bravery and leadership and focuses on shaping and amplifying a new generation. Since it founding in 2019, Project Fearless has welcomed over 895 kids across 72 one-of-a-kind programs.  In this episode we speak about Project Fearless, the anti-perfectionist reminder, artivism. We learn about the draft mode journey, create space for Mérida to relive a memory that impacted her life. But above all we share joy and life together.  Host: Stella Saliari    At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #problemsolver #activism #afterschoolprograms #skateboarding #thenetherlands #amsterdam #snowboarding #mentorship #buildmakebe #hypegirl #girls #founderstories #nonprofit #girlsgarage #mentalhealth #projectfearless #memories #anonymousnotes #antiperfectionism #saltthepodcast #teenagers #nonbinary #youth #doer #nonprofitleadership #artivism #nieuwwest #depijp Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

This is part 2 of 'Activism Works - Black Pete is Racism' where Lieke Koningen, Simone de Bies and I discuss why Black Pete is racism, and how it is connected to the Dutch colonial legacy and linked to institutional racism. We focus on the importance of recognizing power relationships and being antiracist. An we discuss how an inclusive Sinterklaas festivity can look like and how kids are ready to be educated on racism. Above all though, we recognize the long-lasting resistance struggle around Black Pete is Racism, the people who have been speaking out in the streets, in schools, in nurseries, workplaces, at family dinners and so forth. We honour activism as a creative endeavour and are inviting you all to be worthy of our times, to step up and say not in my name to racism, oppression, intimidation and injustice! Choose your model of activism, what speaks best to you, be artistic and creative about it and let's continue making positive changes together. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #blackpeteisracism #activism #resistance #stopblackface #thenetherlands #amsterdam #thetimeisup #socialjustice #decolonizing #antiracist #gloriawekker #representation #representationmatters #equitymatters #saltthepodcast #intersectionality #antiracism #personalnarratives #kickoutblackpete Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

This episode (which consists of two parts) is about the Dutch Sinterklaas festivity and specifically the figure of Black Pete. It firmly states that activism works and that Black Pete is Racism.  To discuss this important and challenging topic I gathered with two fabulous people: Lieke Koningen and Simone de Bies.  Lieke is a mother, a life coach, community builder and event producer. An award winning teacher, dancer and workshop developer who lives with her family in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. From a very young age she felt the need to stand up against injustices and her passion for social justice has been part of her life ever since.  Simone was born in Suriname, in South America and moved to Amsterdam, the Netherlands at the age of 9. This is where she lives together with her daughter Zoe. Simone works for the Dutch government and is passionate about making our society more equal and inclusive.   In this first part of the episode we introduce the topic, listen to statements from people on the topic, outline parts of the resistance struggle and provide some analysis on why Black Pete is racist.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #blackpeteisracism #KOZP #nederlandwordtbeter #gloriawekker #racism #killjoy #stopblackface #nederlandkanhet #blacklivesmatter #sinterklaas #decolonize #coloniallegacy #colonialism #activism #ZwartePietIsZwartVerdriet #representation #luluhelder #saraahmed #representationmatters #resistance #equitymatters #intersectionality #antiracism #blackpeteisblacksadness #amsterdam Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

J.A.D.E full name Joanna is a 23 year old multifunctional artist from Amsterdam. She makes music, creates beats, sings, creates drawings, works as a model and studies at the Herman Brood Academie in Utrecht in the Netherlands to be a music industry professional.  Regarding her music Joanna feels mostly at home in NEO soul. She started her music career in 2018 and her songs talk about trauma, heartbreaks, and things we experience as people, things that are part of our journeys. Joanna finds it important to share feelings, talk about our challenges, stories and connect through those with each other. In this beautiful conversation on a Friday evening, that felt like a gathering and very intimate chat with a wonderful soul, we speak about music and beats as a faithful companion in Joanna's life, music and modeling as a means towards healing Joanna's inner child, we speak about our bodies and how they remember trauma and injustices. Joanna shares her spiritual practices with us. We discuss art as healing, the importance of creating, community, love languages, our mothers, pictures as a means of representation and listen to one of Joanna's songs. Enjoy hanging out with us beautiful people

Melanie Jacob (she/her/hers) is a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Consultant (DEI&B). She holds a BA (Hons.) in French & Spanish from the University of the West Indies and an MA in Communications, Media & Public Relations from the University of Leicester. Originally from the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, she has lived in Barbados, Martinique, Lyon and now, Paris. As a result of her diverse personal and professional experiences, she became intent on exploring matters surrounding intersectional feminism, discrimination and media representation. This is what led her to launch Melanie Jacob Consulting. As an experienced DEI&B specialist, she advises multinational companies – through webinars, workshops and one-on-one coaching – on how to create and implement best practice strategies that focus on amplifying and respecting the uniqueness of each individual's background. In this episode we speak about Melanie's work as a DEI&B consultant, the story behind choosing this path in her professional life which is linked to her personal life, because we all know that the personal is political. We speak about racism, sexism, feminism, diversity washing, and misogynoir, about Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie and her book Americanah and we speak about black hair - a topic that is inextricably linked to historical, structural and racial discrimination. A subject that is part of the long-lasting intention to control black and brown bodies and further reflects the predominance of Eurocentric beauty standards. Thank you Melanie.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #diversitytraining #diversity #diversityandinclusion #diversitymatters #blackhairispolitical #saintlucia #unconsciousbias #misogynoir #blackgirlsrock #blackgirlmagic #blackwomen #femmesnoires #femmes #leadership #diversityequityandinclusion #diversityintheworkplace #womenleaders #genderequality #women #culture #equitymatters #saltthepodcast #intersectionality #antiracism #blackfeminist #paris Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Maryanne O'Hara is the author of the memoir LITTLE MATCHES, FINDING LIGHT IN THE DARK, published by HarperCollins. LITTLE MATCHES was inspired by a blog that Maryanne kept while her daughter Caitlin, who was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at the age of 2, was waiting for a lung transplant. Caitlin got her transplant, finally, but it was too late. She'd had to wait too long. Her family lost her in December of 2016. She was 33. The book LITTLE MATCHES was Maryanne's way of making sense in order to live.  Maryanne family's story has been featured in The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The Boston Globe, Psychology Today, and LITTLE MATCHES is also a People Magazine Book of the Week.  Moreover, Maryanne is the author of CASCADE, a novel, and many short stories and articles. She holds an MFA in creative writing, has taught creative writing at the college level, and was a longtime fiction editor at the Boston literary journal, PLOUGHSHARES. After many years of volunteering with the sick, in 2019 she trained as a certified end-of-life doula at the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine so she could better speak to the state of end-of-life care in our culture. She lectures on topics including chronic illness, bereavement, and secular spirituality; and with two other medical memoirists, speaks to “why medicine needs memoir” at Medical Grand Rounds programs at hospitals around the country.  In this episode we speak about motherhood, grief, death, Caitlin's legacy, synchronicities, learn about the work of an end-of-life doula and the importance of legacy work, we speak about Maryanne, the relationship with her husband and of course much more. Thank you Maryanne for everything.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #motherhood #cysticfibrosis #parenthood #memories #author #grievingmother #endoflivedoula #legacywork #littlematches #virginiawoolf #thelighthouse #motherdaughter #salt #mothertoomany #synchronicities #endoflifecare #memoirs #maryanneohara #grievingparents Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Djanifa da Conceicao is a a midwife with her own practice in South Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Through her work Djanifa realized that important information that can be extremely helpful before, during and after childbirth does not reach everyone. It is either hard to find or you have to have to pay for it. Therefore, Djanifa started the Youtube channel Verlosmoeder to offer education, motivation and advocacy for (almost) moms, parents and birthing people. It is where she shares her experiences as a mother but also her expertise as a midwife. The YouTube channel has grown rapidly with more than 30,000 subscribers. In April 2021 Djanifa launched VerlosMoeder the Podcast. Djanifa believes that everyone should have access to this information as it provides many health benefits and is a step towards achieving birth equity. Through her channel she shares her knowledge (for free) in a way that is easy to understand and fun to watch or listen to. In this podcast episode we speak about compassion and kindness in birth, how important it is to feel listened to when giving birth, institutionalized racism in and around birth, the importance of midwives and doulas, the importance of holding the government, and the health system responsible when it comes to changing the narrative around birth and not putting it all on the shoulders of the individual and birthworkers. Djanifa also shares some glimpses of her strong and loving relationship with her husband Edson, and why she became a midwife which is inextrricably linked to her own childhood.  Thank you Djanifa for this wonderful conversation, your spirit and important work.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #motherhood #birth #parenthood #memories #racism #midwives #doulas #kindness #Verlosmoeder #babies #birthingpeople #intersectionalfeminism #birthequity #compassion Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Charissa Promes is a journalist, podcast host, coach, writer and mother of three. After more than ten years of experience as a performing dancer and six years in the media, she changed her life. Because when motherhood came to her she experienced uncertainty, mental challenges and social isolation. Therefore, she decided that she wanted to support and connect with others to experience a more beautiful beginning of motherhood. So Charissa founded mommy conversations where she brings together mothers to support each other. She also launched the podcast Top Mothers to go on a quest and look into the different forms of motherhood, discuss topics such as motherhood and career, love after having kids, selfcare and guilt. The podcast has become part of her own healing journey and has allowed her to reflect on her own motherhood journey. In this episode we talk openly about our own motherhood journeys, the complexities that come with it, love after kids, being a mother in a capitalist society. Talking to Charissa was wonderful, raw, honest. We vented, laughed and cherished each other and I want to thank Charissa for being so open.  This episode also underlines that reproductive work which includes raising kids, cleaning, cooking, caring for the elderly and sick is work!! Unfortunately though it is most of the time unpaid, or poorly paid, it is gendered and racialized, not acknowledged enough, given little value, exploited. However, reproductive work is labour, that comprises of life making activities and without those our society would not exist, would not flourish. Reproductive work is not women's work, it is not something that we do naturally, it is not something we are born with. It is unwaged work that is undervalued while provided society with the next generation of workers. So let that sink in and enjoy the episode wonderful people :) Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #motherhood #reproductivework #parenthood #memories #racism #selfcare #topmoeders #loveafterkids #childrearing #labouroflove #intersectionalfeminism #domesticwork Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Rochelda Kemper is a 19-year old girl who is following her dreams. Everything in her life is about rest and relaxation. Rochelda grew up in a loving family with three younger sisters and is very close to her family and relatives. At a young age she was very quiet, felt things around her, captured energies, situations but she did not do anything with that. She thought it was nothing when you feel something that is not right. In recent years, Rochelda has focused on her self-development, increased her self-awareness, and her life revolves around rest and self-care. Now she knows who she wants in her circle, how important relaxed energies are for her and has found a way to live in peace. In this podcast episode she shares her story from having several panic attacks a day and being a very passionate kickboxer to healing herself and opening her own massage business called refreshment. It has been a pleasure meeting Rochelda who is from a younger generation than mine, one that demands and does not negotiate that much. Talking to her made me happy, gave me hope because for me it has been a painful process to find rest, however, I have embraced the journey and understood that my achievements are not my worth and that by resting I revolt against the system that measures us on our productiveness. Thank you Rochelda. This is also the last episode before the summer break. Salt will be back in September. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #rest #relaxation #peace #massage #kickboxing #selfcare #selflove #boundaries Follow Salt @salt_thepodcast Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

One day I got a call from my neighbor and friend Maria Smirnioti telling me that she would like to share her mental health journey that is centered around her experiences of living with depression on Salt. We came together and started talking openly. The result is a very honest, raw and compassionate conversation with Maria describing, how she has broken her chain, through speaking her truth and how sharing her story has given others permission to do the same.  You will hear us talking about living with depression, being conditioned in shame, motherhood and depression, medication, compassion and liberation and how Maria is today. Thank you Maria Trigger Warning: mental health and suicide Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #depression #mentalhealth #breakingthestigma #saltthepodcast #mentalhealthisafeministissue #breakingthechain #iamfree #amsterdam #greece #conditioning #shame #motherhood  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Laurie Nash is a single mum to her beautiful son and the founder of Askr Creative , a content marketing and copywriting business for creative entrepreneurs and coaches. In 2020 Laurie began her journey towards a diagnosis for bipolar after 10 years of trying to face mental health alone. In this episode we speak about Laurie's mental health journey, the stigma around mental illness, medication, motherhood and mental illness. With this episode and other's to come we want to fight the stigma around mental illness by featuring Laurie's story of being bipolar, hearing about her experiences, discuss symptoms and treatments, and debunk myths and stereotypes. Thank you wonderful Laurie. Trigger Warning: Mental Health Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #bipolar #mentalhealth #postpartumdepression #singlemother #depression #breakingthestigma #timeisup #intersectionalfeminism #nomoreshaming #smashthepatriarchy #motherhood #mentalhealthmatters #feminismo #bipolarawareness #mentalillnessawareness Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Zina Malas is a Sexual Health educator based in Amman, Jordan. Zina is a single mom to two lively girls and an intersectional feminist, who uses a shame free, body positive approach to her teachings and is an ally to the LGBTQI+ community. Zina is also an avid reader who is always happy to strike up a conversation with strangers. In this episode we speak about shame and guilt in relation to sex and sexuality, healthy communication about sex in a relationship, pornography in general and with regard to children specifically, body safety, boundaries, consent and as always much more. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #jordan #consentmatters #nomeansno #noisacompletesentence #sexuality #sexualhealth #sexeducation #genderequity #nomoreshaming #smashthepatriarchy #bodysafety #boundaries #mybodymychoice #feminismo #mybodymyrules #consentculture #bodysafetyforkids #solidarity #sexualshame #sexualhealtheducator Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Keren Dunaway is an activist and researcher from Honduras who was born with HIV. Keren comes from an activist household and her parents were one of the first in the country to speak openly about their and Keren's HIV diagnosis. Together they set up Llaves, one of the first organizations in Honduras that uses strategic communication for HIV prevention and advocacy. After her father‘s loss, her mother continued the important work Llaves does to fight against the stigma and discrimination people and especially women and children living with HIV face. Keren is a member of ICW, the International Community of Women with HIV Latina since 2006 and was part of the founding team of the ICW Youth Area. Keren works as a gender equity officer representing ICW Global at the PLHIV Stigma Index 2.0 International Partnership, and is part of the communications team of the Global Fund's LAC Platform. She studied Political Science at the University of Buenos Aires with a core focus that advocacy needs strong case evidence and research. In this episode Keren shares her journey with us, we speak about the importance of comprehensive and secular sex education, the lack of gender equitable HIV research, the greater involvement of people living with HIV into the research process and policy development, and much more. Speaking to Keren and learning about her journey and work was an honour. Thank you Keren. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #honduras #argentina #HIV #intersectionalfeminist #ICW #Latina #womenlivingwithHIV #genderequity #VIH #sexualandreproductiverights #advocacy #mymother #AIDS #feminismo #derechoshumanos #igualdaddeoportunidades #mujeresconvih #resitencia #educacionsexual #sexeducation #solidarity #resistance #zerodiscrimination #derechosesexualesyreproductivos Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Ina Agalliou is an embroidery artist, a creative soul and the founder of Indies Little Crafts . Ina is self-taught and uses embroidery as a way to express her feelings and mind. She has a thoughtful approach to her art and is based in Amsterdam where she lives with her husband and dog April. In this episode we speak about Ina's trajectory as an artist, her childhood, migrant experiences, and memories that we will never forget because they formed us and the people who surround us. It is an episode dedicated to journeys and untold stories, diasporic life and Maya Angelou, our queen. It is also an episode with unexpected openings, webbed connections and a beautiful ending. Ina has a kind heart and I am happy our paths have crossed. Make sure to listen until the end. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #mayaangelou #rupikaur #indieslittlecrafts #albania #Greece #amsterdam #coffee #artist #embroidery #racism #untoldstories #therapy #diaspora #migrantstories #memories #crafts Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Paola Salwan Daher is the Senior Global Advocacy Adviser at the Center for Reproductive Rights and a Marxist feminist from the Lebanese diaspora. She is interested in feminist movement building, embodying transnational solidarity, rethinking love and relationships, poetry, writing, tattoos, books, watching her children grow and the general witchery of life. This is part two of our conversation because I had so many questions and Paola so much knowledge to share and she made sure nothing was left unsaid. In part II we speak about writing as a political act, the importance of women writers, motherhood, reproductive labour, reproductive rights, hear about Paola's book recommendation, her Salt and why she does not want to inspire anyone. Paola is fierce and loving. And someone I truly admire. Enjoy listening to the second part of our conversation Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I c ontest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #intersectionality #motherhood #feminism #reproductiverights #lebanon #reproductivelabour #marx #engels #communistmanifesto #greenwave #feministmarxist #feministsolidarity #diaspora #writing #poetry #transnationalsolidarity #daughters #womenwriters Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Paola Salwan Daher is the Senior Global Advocacy Adviser at the Center for Reproductive Rights and a Marxist feminist from the Lebanese diaspora. She is interested in feminist movement building, embodying transnational solidarity, rethinking love and relationships, poetry, writing, tattoos, books, watching her children grow and the general witchery of life. This episode consists of two parts because I had so many questions and Paola so much knowledge to share and she made sure nothing was left unsaid. We speak about feminism, feminist solidarity, Lebanon, hummus and its appropriation, hammam radio, a feminist participatory radio Paola co-founded with her comrades and friends. We speak about tattoos and grief. Paola is fierce and loving. And someone I truly admire. Enjoy listening to the first part of our conversation and when you finish listening check out Hammam radio and Paola's blog myrrh and mint @ https://myrrhandmint.wordpress.com/ Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #intersectionality #tattoos #feminism #love #lebanon #hummus #motherhood #hammamradio #comrades #greenwave #marxism #feministsolidarity #diaspora #writing #poetry #transnationalsolidarity #reproductiverights #sororidad #myrrhandmint #activist #daughters Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Miriam Timas is both an HR professional and Walking Coach at Meerjezelfzijn, a true people's person, who values honesty and bringing healing to others. She is comforting and warm, genuine, connected to nature and keen on learning and evolving. Miriam had learnt from a very young age that love was conditioned, and that you either live your life as expected or you are no longer accepted. Being raised in an environment that conditioned her to live according to expectations and strict rules, otherwise negative consequences would follow, Miriam decided to break free from that, at age 19. With that decision she chose for her own wellbeing. However, her journey towards healing was not a linear one and 'only' when she decided to become a coach did her journey back to herself truly start. In this episode Miriam takes us on a ride towards finding herself and going back to her core, we speak about conditioning and how to break harmful patterns that we have internalized for way too long, we talk about transformation, the difference between pain and suffering, the butterfly, self love and of course much more. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #meerjezelfzijn #walkingcoach #conditioning #love #nayyriahwaheed #selflove #racism #mother #myroots #emotions #myblackhair #coaching #HR #capeverde #portugal #amsterdam #transformation #butterfly #naturalhair #krullen #curls #healing #conversationswithgod #nature Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Eva Kotta is based in Athens, Greece and during the first lockdown she created The Abstract Girl , a blog and Instagram account to share her thoughts and all the things that inspire her daily. Her favorite topics revolve around gender equality, feminism and women empowerment and through her blog she raises awareness regarding gender inequality and strives towards creating social change in Greek society. In this episode we speak about the abstract girl, the #metooGreece movement, wise words to our younger self, our ancestors and Eva asked me to tell her when was the last time I did something for the first time and obviously a lot more.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #intersectionalfeminism #meetoogreece #metoo #greece #athens #sofiabekatorou #theabstractgirl #genderjustice #blogger #ourmothers #sexualabuse #feminist #taranaburke #ourancestors #greeksociety #empowerment #youngerself Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Merette Khalil is a multilingual health systems researcher, gender and sexual reproductive health and rights advocate, feminist, doula, and birth educator, who is passionate about ensuring the right to health for all. She is based in Cairo, Egypt and the founder and CEO of YourEgyptianDoula , the first doula organization of its kind in the country and the region working to educate, advocate, and empower expecting parents on their rights in childbirth to improve quality of respectful parental care. Merette works also at the WHO Regional Office in Cairo as a consultant on the COVID-19 response, gender equity, and health systems, strengthening the focus on achieving universal health coverage, protecting marginalized and vulnerable populations, and advancing global health security. As a specialist on obstetric violence with her Master of Science in Public Health from the KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Merette has published her research on obstetric violence in Egypt and the region, in book chapters and peer-reviewed publications, most recently in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. In this episode we speak about obstetric violence as a global systemic problem, the importance of doulas, medical advocacy during childbirth, positive birth affirmations, the Lamaze healthy birth practices, the language around birth and as always a lot more. Merette is a powerhouse and full of knowledge. This conversation is part of the overall topic of changing the dominant narrative around birth. Enjoy it and spread the word! Host: Stella Saliari At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #intersectionalfeminism #obstetricviolence #lamaze #Cairo #Egypt #Doula #birthaffirmations #birth #midwives #birthworkers #midwivesofcolour #SRHR #feminist #publichealth #birthispowerful #genderjustice #education #advocacy #empowerment #birtheducator Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Red, Ayelle and Margot are three members of the feminist collective “Feminist Collages Amsterdam ” an intersectional feminist movement fighting systemic domination by reclaiming the streets through pasted slogans. They practice horizontal and decentralized civil disobedience to denounce oppressions such as femicides (the killing of women for being women), domestic violence, sexism, racism, queerphobia etc. In this episode we learn everything about Feminist Collages Amsterdam, a movement that has its origin in France, we talk about collages as a feminist means of causing rupture by changing public spaces, the significance of reclaiming the streets as a place that historically speaking has been dangerous for women, gender minorities, people of colour and other marginalized groups. We talk about bell hooks and of course much more. This episode also includes a trigger warning as we mention sexual abuse and femicide. Host: Stella Saliari  At Salt the Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #intersectionalfeminism #femicide #bellhooks #flinta #queer #amsterdam #racism #feministcollages #rollerskates #reclaimingthestreets #pasting #paris #marseille #BLM #nomeansno #occupationisacrime #smashthepatriarchy #love #wedontownyoupretty #zwartepietisracism Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Esther Molenaar is a haptotherapist in Amsterdam where she lives with her partner and her 7-year-old daughter Charlie. Her favorite pastime is dancing on roller-skates and she even runs a small roller-skate business next to her haptotherapy practice. Her star sign is Aries and her Chinese zodiac dragon. She describes herself as an ambitious, slightly restless women interested in everything that involves human growth and development, sometimes having a hard time juggling endless ideas and trying to find a nice life balance. And she also has her own podcast that focuses on haptotherapie.  In this episode we learn about haptotherapy: A therapy that is centered on the idea that experiences and memories are stored in the body. A therapy that focuses on the after effects of a certain experience which can manifest through tensions in our bodies, in certain habits we aren't comfortable with or difficult relationships with others. It looks for the balance between body, mind and feelings by using a combination of talking, body awareness exercises and affective touch to get in contact with feelings and emotions that we perhaps haven't been aware of or have been pushing away. In this episode we learn about haptotherapy, speak about racism as a cause of trauma that white therapists often fail to acknowledge, but also move to other subjects such as the process of aging and hear an example of Esther's life as a mum to Charly when it comes to handling emotions.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #haptotherapy #feminism #rupikaur #platoniclove #aging #amsterdam #racism #mother #rollerskates #emotions #whitetherapist #haptotherapist #aris #daughter #anger #andbloom #loramathis #platonicintimacy   Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Nicole Newman , is the creator of Pėcora Craft , a brand that makes Afro-Latina women visible through embroidered illustrations, highlighting expressions, textures and empowerment of black women. Nicole is the daughter of an Afro-Chilean mother and an American father, who grew up in Concepción, a city in the South of Chile, always surrounded by nature, the sea and adventures.  She comes from a family of artists: her grandfather was a furniture maker, her grandmother makes fabric bags and sells them in her store that she has had for more than 50 years, and her uncle and cousins are metal sculptors, so she had no choice but to follow happily into their footsteps. In this episode we speak about embroidery as a means of feminist expression, about Afro-Latin culture, being a black lesbian woman in Chile, art, Brunna Mancuso and much more. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #intersectionality #feminism #embroidery #pecoracraft #solidarity #chile #community #sisterhood #feministrevolution #daughters #brunnamancuso #elizabethacevedo #diversity #blackisbeautiful #womenofcolour #lesbianwomen #Afrolatina #amsterdam #blackwomen #bethesalt #valencia #pedrolemebel  Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Maya Angelou says: "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Salt is my untold story and with everyone I am inviting to speak on Salt I am showing you my own trauma and healing path, creating a space that is for ALL of us because we are love, community and struggle.  Enjoy the first anniversary episode wonderful people. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #saltthepodcast #anniversaryepisode #intersectionality #feminism #love #healing #solidarity #struggle #community #sisterhood #feministrevolution #daughters #audrelorde #mayaangelou #kimberlecrenshaw #diversity #mothers #poorwomen #womenofcolour #lesbianwomen #nonbinary #transgenderwomen #nourishing #blackwomen #bethesalt #passthesalt #learning #stretching #growing Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Kaelin Vu is a life coach, podcaster, and life enthusiast. Her journey to helping others began with her own challenges. She experienced a lot of pain and challenges, overcame abandonment, sexual abuse, substance abuse, anxiety, and depression. Her turning point was when she decided to look forward to the future and let go of the past. Now she shares the wisdom she learned along the way of healing herself with others. Her mission with her podcast and life coaching service is to help as many women as possible feel unequivocally empowered to be their authentic selves by connecting with their own self-love. Trigger warning: This episode mentions sexual abuse and trauma.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #sexualabuse #substanceabuse #trauma #abandonment #anxiety #ourbodiesareforloving #depression #saltthepodcast #selflove #california #dearlovelyuniverse #lifecoach #dogmama #feminism #blogging #healing #coaching #vietnam #RBG #beach #daughter #selfcare #stopsexualizing #selflovecoach #iamenough #youareworthy #inspiration #mentalhealth #family #selfesteem Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Zina Malas is a third culture kid, who was born in the UK and raised in the UAE. She further lived in Beirut, London, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Zina has a degree in political science and a Masters in anthropology of media. She worked in government, research and radio and helped to set up numerous radio stations in the Middle East.  Zina is also a single mom to 2 beautiful daughters while her divorce, home schooling and Covid all led her to change career and now she is certifying as a sexuality educator.  In this episode we speak about women's bodies, body shaming, body positivity, stretch marks, sexuality education, and concrete examples from Zina on how she is raising her daughters with regard to all that and much more. This episode is rich and it was so much fun recording.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #sexualhealtheducation #consentmatters #consentissimple #noisacompletesentence #womensbodies #ourbodiesareforloving #stretchmarks #saltthepodcast #jordan #sexuality #middleeast #sisterhood #feministrevolution #feminism #homeschooling #divorce #beirut #consentismandatory #london #bodypositivity #daughters #bodyshaming #stopsexualizing #nikitagill #thisismotherbeing #clementineford #mauj.me #iamrotana #womena #herspectivefeminist  Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Judith Holzmann is the co-founder of Cat Calls of Nimma an Instagram account against gender-based street harassment, where Judith and her friend and co-founder Roos write stories of harassment word-for-word in the spots where they happened alongside the hashtag #stopstreetharassment using sidewalk chalk and then post on social media to spur dialogue and story sharing.   Nimma stands for Nijmegen, a city in the Netherlands while Catcalls of Nimma is part of Chalk Back , an international youth-led movement committed to ending gender-based street harassment with public chalk art, digital media and education.  Chalk Back is a rapidly growing collective of more than 150 activists fighting for equal access to public space. Based on the Instagram account “@catcallsofnyc,” each Chalk Back account is called “@catcallsof” and the location.  Chalk Back activities span 6 continents, 49 countries, and 150 cities. There are Chalk Back Instagram sites based in cities, i.e. “Catcalls of NYC,” “Catcalls of Cairo,” and “Catcalls of Delhi”. Young activists tailor the idea to what is best for their community, as harassment is different based on context.   In this episode we speak about street harassment, chalk back, sexual consent, the freeze, flight and fight response, the #metoo movement and much more.  Trigger warning: This episode includes readings, discussion and testimonies on sexual assault.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #nomeansno #consentmatters #consentissimple #noisacompletesentence #catcalls #victimblaiming #notallmen #saltthepodcast #catcallsofnimma #streetharassment #testimonies #sexualconsent #metoo #survivor #ihearyourvoice #ibelieveyou #safetymatters #consentismandatory #chalkback #stopstreetharassment #catcallingisnotacompliment #ankreiden #stopsexualizing #taranaburke #flightresponse #freezeresponse #fightresponse #chalk #globalmovement Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Jessica Baladad is the founder and chief advocate of Feel For Your Life , an online resource for breast health advocacy. When Jessica was 33 years old, she was diagnosed with stage 2B invasive ductal carcinoma after discovering a lump while doing a self breast exam in the shower. She underwent 16 rounds of chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, 24 rounds of radiation, a hysterectomy and a 10-hour flap reconstruction. She has since celebrated life in remission by helping women advocate for their breast health through her new app, appropriately called Feel For Your Life . Jessica is the first breast cancer patient to create an app that allows women to learn about self breast exams, helps them track and monitor their progress and allows them to set monthly reminders.  In this episode we speak about Jessica's journey as a breast cancer survivor, medical gaslighting, being your own medical advocate, the sexualization of breasts, and of course Jessica's app Feel for your Life.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #breastcancer #feelforyourlife #breastcancersurvivor #feelyourboops #selfbreastexam #breasthealth #breastcancerawareness #saltthepodcast #medicaladvocate #patientadvocate #standuptocancer #checkyourbreasts #medicalgaslighting #survivor #ihearyourvoice #ibelieveyou #radiation #chemo #appdeveloper #resources #boops #breasts #mentalhealth #healthadvocate #collectivecare #advocate Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com  Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Lieke Koningen is a mother, a moderator, a lifecoach, community builder and event producer. She is further an award winning teacher, a dancer and workshop developer who lives with her family in Amsterdam.  From a very young age she felt the need to stand up against injustice and her passion for social justice has been part of her life forever. She believes that it is important to speak with people and not about them when seeking solutions.  Lieke is a true inspiration, especially to the youth and loves connecting people with each other while human bonds or “crewlove” as Lieke calls it is what she needs to be fulfilled.  At certain points in her life she lived in Venezuela and Spain and those experiences taught her to stand on her own feet.  She further grew up in a loving family and wants the same for her children. As a creative mother making memories is much more important to her than material matters.  I can say that Lieke shows to the world that our identity is not limited, that we can do and be many things with equal measure as if it is singularly who we are. With her work and ideas, she brings flavour into the world, initiates change for the next generation and raises awareness on important topics.  In this episode we will speak about Lieke's strong social justice vision, the importance of trying, evolving, Lieke's passion for dancing, her son, and a very personal story of mine and of course much more. Make sure to listen until the end.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #amsterdamnorth #venezuela #cuba #mayaangelou #racism #saltthepodcast #singlemotherhood #patta #educator #lifecoach #diversity #suriname #verdedignoord #orishas #dancing #herlegacy #freespirit #crewlove #healing #peace #radicaljustice #nextgeneration #choosingyou #yoga #meditation #myaunt #moderator #intersectionalfeminism #thrive #choosingme #goodvibes #collectivecare #daretocreate Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Pamela Huk is from Cochabamba, Bolivia where she studied industrial engineering. 10 years ago, she came to the Netherlands as the recipient of a scholarship and obtained a Masters in management, economics and consumer behavior at Wageningen University. After her studies she moved to Amsterdam where she works now in Marketing in the educational sector.  The last 7 years she has been involved in various activist causes fighting for more democratic processes within the EU, volunteering with 'Taste before you waste', an organization which collects food that is going to be wasted to cook delicious meals with. She further helped to organize the women's march in 2019, and participated in actions organized by extinction rebellion, a global environmental movement that uses nonviolent civil disobedience to convince governments to act justly on the climate and ecological emergency.  Pamela is a feminist who says that feminism saved her, it gave her a new perspective on life and in her relationship and gives her the strength to fight for a better future in which women and other marginalized groups won't be silent. In this episode we speak about (eco)feminism, climate change, the next generation, books and of course much more.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment. #bolivia #feminism #mariagalindo #aoc #collectivehappiness #happiness #saltthepodcast #extinctionrebellion #tastebeforeyouwaste #amsterdam #europe #democracy #silviafederici #migrant #wageningenuniversity #ecofeminism #climatechange #justice #sisterhood #healing #peace #saltthepodcast #nextgeneration #robertsapolsky #patriarchy #smashthepatriarchy #capitalism #cochabamba #intersectionalfeminism #latina #womensmarch #books #education #marketing Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Rula Asad is from Damascus and holds a degree in journalism from the University of Damascus. She also holds a Masters in Gender Studies from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Rula is a feminist journalist, researcher and the co-founder and Executive Director of the Syrian Female Journalists Network (SFJN) . Further, she is a freelance journalist and reporter on women and human rights, as well as culture and civil society's issues. Rula has worked as a reporter for local, regional and international media. Since 2012, she lives in Netherlands. In this episode we speak about the Syrian Female Journalists Network, the Syrian Revolution, being a feminist journalist, the diaspora and conflict-displacement, the image of the Syrian refugee and of course much more.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment.  #Syria #saltthepodcast #SyrianRevolution #change #intersectionalfeminism #journalism #resistance #womenjournalists #sfjnetwork #10YearsOfFeministResistance #SolidarityWithSyria #freesyria #freedom #FeministJournalist #safety #protection #TheNetherlands #SyrianWomen #SyrianFeminism Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com  Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Nicole Römer is a coordinator at Neighborhood Feminists . As coordinator, she is in charge of the Dignity Kits project, volunteer coordination and logistics. Nicole is also a public speaker and writer.   In this episode we talk first and foremost about period poverty, the amazing neighbourhood feminists and their work on the topic. We are further talking about intersectional feminism, the white savior complex, period stigma and shame, our uterus, books and so much more.  Nicole is full of knowledge, inspiration and amazing energy. This episode has been recorded on my home island Chios, where I connect with my roots, ancestors, family and friends. Enjoy it, it is a special one and Nicole is a jewel.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment.  Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com  Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ #neighborhoodfeminists #intersectionalfeminism #feminist #activist #periodpoverty #whitesaviorcomplex #resistance #writer #saltthepodcast #solidarity #publicspeaker #curacao #radicaljustice #amsterdam #periodstigma #vagina #uterus #bleeding #menstrualproducts #patriarchy #revolution #menstrualhealth #jedidiahjenkins #giannisantetokounmpo #fridakahlo Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Hayma Alyousfi is a Syrian feminist, human rights defender and political activist. She is part of the Syrian revolution but had to leave the country in 2014. However, she continues to fight for radical justice in Syria from abroad and is an active member of the civil society since 2012.  In this episode we talk about feminism, activism, books and the feminist killjoy, but above all about the Syrian revolution and the importance of personal narratives in times of war and conflict. Personal stories that need to be collected to protect them from deliberate erasure by the oppressor. This episode is about: keeping narratives alive, using personal stories as resistance, changing the center of knowledge production and breaking hegemonic discourses.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment because as Kimberlé Crenshaw says “women come from a whole range of backgrounds. If our visions of peace don't include these differences, then our peace will be partial.'' Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ #syria #syrianrevolution #feminism #activism #humanrights #intersectionality #resistance #catmom #saltthepodcast #solidarity #killjoy #aleppo #radicaljustice #civilsociety #narratives #women #sfjn  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Katerina Michaloutsou was born and raised in Greece. She has two beautiful daughters, loves spending time in thrift stores and flea markets, enjoys biking and nature. She is also a vintage enthusiast and plant collector.  After working for several years as a business analytics consultant she moved to the Netherlands in 2018 and two years later she founded Fitolojio Workshop , a slow fashion, ethical and sustainable fashion brand based in Amsterdam.   In this episode we will talk about Katerina's life in Greece, her relocation, Fitolojio workshop, the fashion industry, fast fashion, green washing and as always much more.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment because as Kimberlé Crenshaw says “women come from a whole range of backgrounds. If our visions of peace don't include these differences, then our peace will be partial.''   Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/  #fashionrevolution #recycling #fastfashion #upcycling #fleamarkets #vintage #thriftshops #amsterdam #fitolojioworkshop #greece #upcyclingfashion #imadeyourclothes #sustainablefashion #reworkedvintage #saltthepodcast #ecofashion #eco #whomadeyourclothes #oneofakindclothes Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Kristel Letschert was born and raised in the Netherlands where she studied tour guiding. Then she fell in love with a Palestinian and moved to Palestine. She lives in Beit Safafa, a town between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Her home is between the green line, the demarcation line between Israel and the Westbank and the Wall that Israel built.  She is the mother of Louisa and Hardi and is studying the tour guide program at the Bethlehem Bible College to become a local tour guide. Since the pandemic there is no more tourism in Palestine, that is why Kristel decided to launch Stories from Palestine , her own podcast where she takes us on a virtual tour through Palestine, shares stories about its history, its heritage, nature and her own life experiences.  In this episode we speak about life in Palestine, military occupation, checkpoints, settler colonialism, Kristel's podcast, Mahmoud Darwish, poetry and much more.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment because as Kimberlé Crenshaw says “women come from a whole range of backgrounds. If our visions of peace don't include these differences, then our peace will be partial.''   Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/  #palestine #storiesfrompalestine #sheikhjarrah #mahmouddarwish #marcelkhalife #visitpalestine Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Ninna Gutierrez is a young adult full of empathy, who loves spending time with friends, working out, writing, journaling and traveling. In this episode Ninna tells us her story about her 'invisible illness'. She is speaking her truth, which was not always easy for her, but now it has become simple and in its simplicity lies a power, the power of transformation, setting her free form the pain she endured and into her new life.  This episode, called “collective care matters”, is a reminder for us that taking care for one another, seeing each other's vulnerability, is revolutionary because by protecting each other, practicing community and acknowledging our interdependencies we practice a form of protest that breaks existing injustices and can make a change on this planet.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment because as Kimberlé Crenshaw says “women come from a whole range of backgrounds. If our visions of peace don't include these differences, then our peace will be partial.''   Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ #saltthepodcast #collectivecare #costarica #hungary #amsterdam #heart #pacemaker #invisibleillness #shepodcasts #intersectionalfeminism #fridakahlo #soulmate #stories #ourstories #mytruth #solidarity  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Sofi Antonellini is a passionate feminist activist from Argentina currently living in Amsterdam. She works as a program manager for a Syrian feminist organization and is part of different feminist collectives involved in decolonial practice and intersectional feminism.  Sofi says: “As a Latina migrant living in Western Europe, I am interested in the connections between the Western and non-Western contexts, particularly, in dismantling unfair representations of the Global South to promote social justice. This along with the potential of transnational feminist solidarity are in my opinion the most powerful tools for change. On a lighter note: Sofi is a mate addict (a herbal teal that has a strong cultural significance and is the national drink of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay). She loves swimming in open waters and plays the drums in a percussion feminist group. In this episode we speak about Sofi's feminist journey, about activism, borders, feminist solidarity, femicide, trans femicide, our ancestors and a lot more. This is our love letter to feminism.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment because as Kimberlé Crenshaw says “women come from a whole range of backgrounds. If our visions of peace don't include these differences, then our peace will be partial.''   Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/  #feminism #activism #feministasenholanda #saltthepodcast #feministsolidarity #intersectionalfeminism #gloriaanzaldua #avaduvernay #femicide #transfemicide #transgender #mate #argentina #amsterdam #borderland #decolonialism #ancestors #angeladavis #community #socialjustice #swimming #mayangelou #syria #globalsouth #together #love #transnationalfeminism  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Cordelia Gaffar is an emotions transformation coach, an award winning podcast host, an author of several books such as detached love , part of the unlearning labels project, a mother of 6, and above all a wonderful soul. In this episode we talk about replenish me: Cordelia's coaching program; unlearning labels: her newest project; spirituality, our soulself and about sexuality.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment because as Kimberlé Crenshaw says “women come from a whole range of backgrounds. If our visions of peace don't include these differences, then our peace will be partial.''   Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Yuli Kim is from Tokyo and has been living in the Netherlands since 2010. Her wife is American and they have two little children and a third one on the way. Yuli started Inclusion Sensei in 2020, promoting workplace inclusion. She is also a Learning and Development Program Manager at Workplace Pride Amsterdam. She believes that a sense of belonging is a pre-requisite for anyone to perform their best at work. In this episode we talk about being a LGBTQI+ family, inclusion in the workplace, Yuli's changes in life, her Salt and much more.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment because as Kimberlé Crenshaw says “women come from a whole range of backgrounds. If our visions of peace don't include these differences, then our peace will be partial.''   #inclusion #japan #feminism #motherhood #Salt #Saltthepodcast #lgbtqi #queer #sensei #amsterdam #samesexcouples #change #workplaceinclusion #gloriaanzaldua #lgbtqifamily #workplacepride #advocate #loveislove #chicana #intersectionalfeminism #intersectionality #shepodcasts #feministpodcast Visit my website at www.saltthepodcast.com and follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Olga Ditibane is a former professional dancer and dance teacher from South Africa. She was born and raised in Pretoria and moved to Germany as an au-pair to work and learn the language. She likes the country so much that she has decided to stay in Germany to pursue her studies in Education. In this episode we talk about Olga's journey, racism, her faith, self care, her Salt and much more. Olga is a storm, a magnificent force, writing her life's story in lighting.  Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment because as Kimberlé Crenshaw says “women come from a whole range of backgrounds. If our visions of peace don't include these differences, then our peace will be partial.''   #southafrica #pretoria #saltthepodcast #dancer #germany #aupair #braunschweig #selfcare #nikitagill #faith #healing #racism #family #storm #light #womeninspiringwomen #elevatingthenextgeneration #feministpodcast #inspiringwomen #community #courageouswomen #yourvoice #purposeful #poetry #proverbs #freiheit #innerpeace #bethesalt #HipHop #popping  Visit my website https://salt-thepodcast.com/ Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise

Empower her* voice (EH*V) was founded by Amira, Phoebe and Zainab when they had just started university. It is a global community based platform for women, non binary people and all those who have suffered the effects of misogyny.  The voices they platform have been marginalised or silenced from society, and EH*V strongly believes that those who are on the margins of representation are in the best position to critic this dominant image.  Their fundamental belief is that no person or community should be spoken for, or sidelined, and their platform works hard to prevent this erasure of voices. We spoke about disabilities in the arts, survivors not victims, allyship, feminisms and much more and we had lots of fun. Host: Stella Saliari At Salt The Podcast my guests and I contest and deconstruct narratives, and passionately recreate with the aim to change systems and perceptions. We want to elevate a generation that is feminist, antiracist and empathetic. Our conversations flow into each other and leave room for the unexpected. Salt is love, community, solidarity, a collective, healing, creating. It is intersectional, full of stories, movement and change. It insists, evolves and transforms. It is a commitment because as Kimberlé Crenshaw says “women come from a whole range of backgrounds. If our visions of peace don't include these differences, then our peace will be partial.'' #empowerhervoice #saltthepodcast #nonbinary #womxn #feminisms #cambridgeuniversity #aisholpan #paperairplanes #misogyny #kazakhstan #eagle #arms #languages #community #people #disabilities #allyship #survivorsnotvictims #saraahmed #strike #specialpeople #together #scholars #mothers #peru #mentorship #spaces #research #sisters #friends  Visit my website https://salt-thepodcast.com/ Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salt_thepodcast/ Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise  Subscribe to Salt The Podcast on Soundwise