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Fuelling innovation through the camera lens: Elaine Pringle-Schwitter
“Expat life can be very hard and it can throw you 360 degrees. It can make you doubt yourself, doubt every move you make. Faced with a situation that is unfamiliar, away from almost everything I knew and loved , I had to find an outlet to cope with the uprooting process and my only escape was art; art felt like home.” Elaine Pringle-Schwitter
CHARISMATIC LEADERS: NAOMI SUSAN ISAACS
“Is that all there is? I’m too old to be told what to do – and too young to die!” Naomi Isaacs
Who is going to change the world in 2019?
“Love yourself, don’t try too hard to please others, be your authentic self, deliver your unique vision and be kind with no reason.” Dr Marina Nani
What does it take to be a Powerful Business Woman in China?
‘Trust the young people; trust this generation's innovation. They're making things, changing innovation every day. And all the consumers are the same: they want new things, they want cheap things, they want good things, they want unique things. If we can create these kind of things for consumers, they will come.’- Jack Ma
The Titans of Titanium Gardening Tools
‘We should never underestimate the power of women connecting and supporting each other at work, it is great to use this network to its highest potential. We experience the same obstacles and can learn from each other’s challenges and solution to make the most of opportunities at hand. I believe that having more women in leadership roles will help social progress and prosperity in the future.’ Wilma Peelen, Director of Sneeboer, The Netherlands
Time to watch the Woman and learn
‘Together we are stronger, more creative and better in all dimensions. I believe that it is important for women to support each other. This is what Powerful Business Women Network do! Delance is made by women for women. I am certain that the success of one woman is the success of all women. It is now time for all of us as women to be all what we can be, to help each other, to reach for the sky so we may all become stars and shine bright.’- Giselle Rufer, Delance Watch Designer, Switzerland
Can Western Culture escape Emotional Poverty?
‘It’s about learning to trust wisdom rather than knowledge. Wisdom is not biased or judgmental as knowledge can sometimes be and is always available to harmonise personal and community issues’- Davina Mackail
Living from the heart
‘Since I can remember I loved learning about medicine, science, chemistry, and all the things to do with medicine. There have been many people in my family and in my circle of friends who suffered from a various health challenges. Little I knew that, towards the end of my specialisation as a heart surgeon that I would see my mother fighting for her life. She was my inspiration and the force that guided me through endless long nights of study various medical exams’
Todorche Stamenov, Medical Doctor at Barts Health NHS Trust
Your Health MOT
Despite the obvious boom in interest for health and wellness over the past few years, as official statistics are showing, British people are not checking the status of their health enough. It’s becoming a serious concern; especially given that as a nation overall, our health is on the decline – and in some areas, quite dramatically.