
Ep 85 - Mariam Issa, The Wisdom of Elders, the Power of Storytelling and Turning Grief into Grace.
Mariam arrived in Melbourne from her Somali homeland as a refugee in 1998 with her husband, four children and a fifth on the way. Her story begins well before this however and we explore some pivotal stories, memories and lessons learned from this time. <\/p>
Having settled in Brighton, Melbourne, Mariam cofounded RAW-Resilient Aspiring Women in 2012, a not-for-profit organisation focused on building community and social spaces for women to connect in.<\/p>
She launched her autobiography, A Resilient Life, in 2012, and continued to share her experience and commitment to improving refugee's lives by sitting on the board of Asylum Seekers Resource Centre, serving as an ambassador for Refugee Council of Australia and a Director at Family Peace.<\/p>
Mariam continues to share her experience and commitment to improving refugee\u2019s lives by sitting on the board of Asylum Seekers Resource Centre, serving as an ambassador for Refugee Council of Australia and a Director at Family Peace.
She is an International Women\u2019s Forum member and co-founder of Space2b, an art and design based social enterprise established to support asylum seekers, refugees and newly arrived migrants.
She was recently awarded the Ambassador of Peace award from the Universal Peace Federation \u2013 in recognition of her on-going work promoting social cohesion amongst Melbourne\u2019s culturally diverse population. She is regularly invited to speak to different community groups and featured in national Australian TV, radio and press.
We conver so much ground in this conversation and we go deep early. We discuss:<\/p>Growth, transformation and evolution through challengeCatalysing grief into graceIntegrating stories and experience into wisdomElderhood and the desperate need for the wisdom of eldersA profound story her grandmother shared with Mariam, this metaphor was a highlight of the conversation for me
Lessons learned from a life of enquiry. Hosted by Mikey Ellis, each episode features insights into human behaviour and why we do what we do. These are conversations for the curious, for people who want to create a more compassionate, more inclusive and more conscious future. <\/p>","artwork":{"src":"https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/1200x1200bb.jpg","srcset":["\/img\/empty.gif 10w","https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/80x80bb-75.jpg 80w","https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/160x160bb-75.jpg 160w","https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/320x320bb-75.jpg 320w","https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/640x640bb-75.jpg 640w","https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/1280x1280bb-75.jpg 1280w"]},"url":"https:\/\/american-podcasts.com\/podcast\/a-satisfied-mind"}})">
I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did, my heart was full and I hope you feel the warmth and presence this conversation generated.
For more information and to follow Mariam's work:
Website: www.mariamissa.com.au <\/a>
Instagram: @mariamissaofficial<\/a>
To subscribe to A Satisfied Mind Journal and read previous entries, check it out here.<\/a>
Thanks for listening,
Michael<\/p>","mediaUrl":"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/904279\/episodes\/12168439-ep-85-mariam-issa-the-wisdom-of-elders-the-power-of-storytelling-and-turning-grief-into-grace.mp3","mediaType":"audio\/mpeg","mediaDuration":null,"mediaDurationText":null,"releaseDate":"2023-02-02","artwork":{"src":"https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/1200x1200bb.jpg","srcset":["\/img\/empty.gif 10w","https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/80x80bb-75.jpg 80w","https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/160x160bb-75.jpg 160w","https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/320x320bb-75.jpg 320w","https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/640x640bb-75.jpg 640w","https:\/\/is5-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts124\/v4\/0c\/dd\/ae\/0cddae8b-671c-5f2a-c412-9db4f202e419\/mza_492021771943453794.jpg\/1280x1280bb-75.jpg 1280w"]},"url":"https:\/\/american-podcasts.com\/podcast\/a-satisfied-mind\/ep-85-mariam-issa-the-wisdom-of-elders-the-power-o","guid":"Buzzsprout-12168439","podcast":{"id":"a-satisfied-mind","name":"A Satisfied Mind","description":"
You can feel the power of Mariam's presence through this conversation, and it's a beautiful thing.
Mariam arrived in Melbourne from her Somali homeland as a refugee in 1998 with her husband, four children and a fifth on the way. Her story begins well before this however and we explore some pivotal stories, memories and lessons learned from this time.Having settled in Brighton, Melbourne, Mariam cofounded RAW-Resilient Aspiring Women in 2012, a not-for-profit organisation focused on building community and social spaces for women to connect in.
She launched her autobiography, A Resilient Life, in 2012, and continued to share her experience and commitment to improving refugee's lives by sitting on the board of Asylum Seekers Resource Centre, serving as an ambassador for Refugee Council of Australia and a Director at Family Peace.
Mariam continues to share her experience and commitment to improving refugee’s lives by sitting on the board of Asylum Seekers Resource Centre, serving as an ambassador for Refugee Council of Australia and a Director at Family Peace.
Growth, transformation and evolution through challengeCatalysing grief into graceIntegrating stories and experience into wisdomElderhood and the desperate need for the wisdom of eldersA profound story her grandmother shared with Mariam, this metaphor was a highlight of the conversation for me
She is an International Women’s Forum member and co-founder of Space2b, an art and design based social enterprise established to support asylum seekers, refugees and newly arrived migrants.
She was recently awarded the Ambassador of Peace award from the Universal Peace Federation – in recognition of her on-going work promoting social cohesion amongst Melbourne’s culturally diverse population. She is regularly invited to speak to different community groups and featured in national Australian TV, radio and press.
We conver so much ground in this conversation and we go deep early. We discuss:
I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did, my heart was full and I hope you feel the warmth and presence this conversation generated.
For more information and to follow Mariam's work:
Website: www.mariamissa.com.au
Instagram: @mariamissaofficial
To subscribe to A Satisfied Mind Journal and read previous entries, check it out here.
Thanks for listening,
Michael
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