SHIFT HAPPENS

Sylvia Yu Friedman, an award winning author, keynote speaker, tv host, journalist and advisor to ultra high net worth families, discusses two major pivotal moments in her life - her near death experience investigating the human trafficking underworld, and her divorce. Both of the experiences led her to to deep inner work, develop more empathy and compassion, and find her true purpose in life of he...

Milena Moser was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1963. She trained as a bookstore clerk and lived in Paris for two years, where she wrote her first three – as of yet still unpublished – novels. After six years of collecting rejecting letters, she finally published her first book with a little help of her friends. They founded the “Krösus” publishing house that released her first three books, includ...

Busie's father's sudden death 2 months before her graduation walk, changed her walk. She was to work for Citigroup and move back to Uganda. But she stayed and became a workaholic to deal with that trauma and thrust herself into entrepreneurship while working a 9-5pm job. As a result, she founded one of the first fashion tech companies which was then twice acquired. Another significant pivot was th...

Daisy Sindelar made the decision to leave her high-ranking position as Editor-in-Chief and Vice President of Radio Free Europe after 20 years, with no specific plan for what is next . Daisy, who has had a long and distinguished caree r in journalism, starting with a focus on Russian studies and working as a reporter in Russia in the 1990s , discusses how her rapid rise through the ranks at RFE was...

Dayle Haddon is a Canadian model and actress, internationally, she was on multiple covers of fashion and lifestyle magazines, starred in a variety of movies, and according to the New York Times: “shattered age taboos”, as she is the only model having held multiyear contracts with big cosmetic companies like L’Oréal and Estée Lauder , among others. Dayle broke down barriers in the beauty and fashio...

Dr. Christina Enzmann, a gynecologist in Baltimore, MD, former assistant professor and book author, describes her own experience navigating peri-menopause and menopause, including intense physical symptoms, relationship changes, and the need to take a more proactive, integrative approach to her health. She emphasizes the importance of addressing root causes rather than just treating symptoms. Chri...

Ayanna Taylor, the Chief of Staff of GirlTrek, America's largest public health movement for Black women and girls, discusses her upbringing by a single immigrant mother from Jamaica, and how her mother’s sacrifices and actions to provide for her, shaped Ayanna’s understanding of love as an active commitment rather than just a feeling. Ayanna also shares how the loss of her father at a young age ta...

Sophia's definition of happiness @ 0:00 Sophia discusses her background in the corporate world, including roles in management consulting, a hedge fund, and consumer companies. She explains that she never really aspired to be an entrepreneur, but was inspired to start Oddball after becoming frustrated with "catfish foods" - highly processed products masquerading as healthy. Also, seeing more divers...

Edwina describes how she started her career at a technology consulting firm called CACI, where she discovered her passion for data analysis and understanding customer behaviour . This led to her groundbreaking work with Tesco, where she helped them launch one of the first successful customer loyalty programs by leveraging customer transaction data. After her success in the corporate world , Edwina...

Tanvi shares her pivotal moment of when she started her first organization in India at the age of 19. It is called Becoming I Foundation and began as a platform for young people to connect with community development . The inspiration to start it came from frustration with what was happening around her, and having gone through a breakup that made her feel very small, she needed something to uplift...

Anna Believantseva, Co-founder & COO at Esper Bionics, shares a transformative moment she and her team experienced at their office, when they were setting up the first bionic hands for their users. One of the users, Nika, was born without a hand and had never experienced grasping something with both hands. The first time she used the bionic hand to hold something, it was profoundly moving, not jus...

Nearly two decades ago, while swimming in the Aegean Sea, Yasmine encountered a distressing sight : plastic waste clinging to rocks. This observation marked a turning point in her life. Over the years, the situation worsened, with more plastics dumped into the oceans , often with poorer countries being paid by the Western world to accept this waste. This realisation struck a chord with her, especi...

In January of 2011 , Yrthya started a new position as the very first Chief Diversity Officer for New York State . This was a huge shift from her previous role at Toyota. Here, she found myself securing the most exciting job she'd never thought she'd get. It was a big role, with lots of potential, great responsibility in an administration that, at that moment in time, was going to transform the way...

In 2017 Mari hit rock bottom mentally and physically, and decided to take ownership of my health by turning to wellness. She lost an astonishing 90lbs through strength training and completely transformed her life, inspiring her to launch both Bloom and the Strength app that have grown through her own platforms. Since then, she has dedicated her life to helping women from all backgrounds reach thei...

Pumela Salela , one of Africa's leading Global Business Facilitators , shares how her meeting Nelson Mandela in person and receiving a scholarship from him, propelled her into a life of purpose and a stellar academic and professional career. Pumela describes how her dedication for  human connection is infused by the turning point of shaking Mandela's hand. She then distinguishes between a turning...

"I’ve been able to build a career for myself I never imagined possible - a career I didn’t even know could be a career - sex education and sexual pleasure are so important to me - that to be able to make it my life’s work to try to enable greater access to information and tools for more informed, more pleasurable experiences, for hopefully millions of people, is extremely fulfilling". Leeza Mangal...

"Menopause is a transition in life that the Japanese call the second Spring. It's an opportunity. It's another chapter. It's another era beyond our reproductive era."  Clinical nutritionist and integrative health practitioner Tapp Francke Ingolia , shares her journey through peri-menopause and into menopause , and the shock her own body brought to her through this shift . Tapp says, that the chang...

"Growing up as a Muslim girl, with a Muslim background in Nairobi… I grew up with my aunt and she was super strict, so I was really traditional in the way I wore clothes, the way I appeared, and went to school. I went to Muslim girl’s school, so we wore long trousers and covered our legs and always covered everything up. it was a special time, as a young girl or young woman, I didn’t have boyfrien...

This week’s guest, Maria Tibblin, is an interior designer and founder of Maria Tibblin Ltd, a Medical Health promoting Interior Design Firm, based in London. Maria shares how she persevered when her 3-year-old daughter was kidnapped by her father and went missing for nearly a year. This unfathomable time shaped Maria as a woman, as a mother, and as a person. In reflection, she shares how she acqui...

In this episode, Angie Weinberger shares her wisdom on inclusive leadership and intercultural competence. Her book, The Global Rockstar Album – 21 Verses to Find Your Tact as an Inclusive Leader, was published in October 2023, and is geared towards leaders that are going through challenging times in their personal and professional lives, addressing vulnerability, privilege, and imperfection. Tune...

In the 5th episode of SHIFT HAPPENS - A PODCAST WITH CLAUDIA MAHLER, Claudia is in conversation with Dr. Barbara Mutedzi , a Conscious Leadership Coach for, originally from Zimbabwe and now living and teaching in Bali. Barbara is trained in neuroscience, with a background in health & community psychology, and socio-cultural and medical anthropology. Her purpose is to help leaders running businesse...

In this fourth episode of SHIFT HAPPENS A Podcast with Claudia Mahler , Claudia spends time with actress turned celebrity trainer turned womb healer, Vili Hickey . Vili, originally from Austria and now at home in Austin, Texas with her young family, shares a significant experience of the shocking misconception of the female body by a medical practitioner, and how she went from being left alone wit...

In a lively and sparkling conversation full of energy, twins Helena and Feven Yohannes, share the success story of their brand building of 241 cosmetics. They shed light into what it means to be part of the tiny percentage of female founders of color, and why they decided to remain a privately owned company. The twins have already been twice on Oprah's Favorit Things List and are regulars in talk...

Joanna Jordan, founder and CEO of Central Talent Booking , with offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, and Claudia have been sitting on the porch of Joanna's new home in the Hudson Valley on a warm Fall day and discussing life. And since microphone and headphones are Claudia's new must haves and always with her, they decided to record this episode whilst they had started discussing the empty...

In the premiere episode of SHIFT HAPPENS with Claudia Mahler , Claudia spends time with New York Times bestselling author, journalist, awarded war photographer and substacker, Deborah Copaken. Deb tells a gripping story of a moment at sea, adrift and alone, and how she was renewed in the Aegean Sea. She shares the most reliable breathing exercise to de-stress and how a horrible car crash made her...