Our Voices

Hello everyone! This is our last episode for this season, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Thank you so much for listening and good luck to the next hosts:) Elina and Sahar

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of Our Voices! Joining us today is our new co-host Palladius Christian Bynum. We get to know who Chris is and his life as an ISW student. He shares his challenges with his chronic illness (HS) and how he survives his everyday life. His story is both interesting and inspiring, and we appreciate his vulnerability in sharing it with us. We hope you enjo...

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of Our Voices! Today, we have a special guest, Ahmed, joining us to share his personal journey. Ahmed will talk about growing up in Gaza, the challenges he faced when he developed blindness, and what it's like living with these experiences here in the Netherlands. His story is both interesting and inspiring, and we appreciate his vulnerability in sha...

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of  Our Voices ! Today, Maja shares her powerful story and experience with sexual assault, along with her healing journey. In this episode, we confront the difficult yet crucial topics of sexual assault, consent, and safety. We thank Maja for her courage and bravery in sharing her story. To those who are struggling with similar experiences, please kn...

Hello everyone welcome back to another episode of Our Voices! Today, our topic is medical social work. Sjors Jansen is the guest of this episode, he will share his experiences on the topic. Hope you enjoy! Elina and Sahar:)

Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of Our Voices! In this week’s episode, Elina is joined by European Studies Student Elias. We talk briefly about the upcoming European Elections (go vote!) but spend the majority of our time talking about veganism. As a topic that is close to both of our hearts, we shared are most important concerns about animal rights. We play a little game where Elina as...

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of Our Voices! Today, we are talking about Colonialism, its legacy, and how it has affected us in the past and still affects us today. We also discuss what we can do to address the topic and implement decolonisation. Our guests for this episode are Viviane, Tiffany, and Louie. With multiple backgrounds we bring different perspectives to the table. Ho...

Hello everyone welcome back to another episode of Our Voices! Today we are talking about justice and how is this even possible to achieve. We talked about different philosophical perspectives as well as the question are we born "good" or "bad" ? Jonas takes over as host today, he is a second year student of ISW, and a board member of D0asis as well as part of the degree committ...

Hello everyone welcome back to another episode of Our Voices. For the one year mark of the war in Sudan, we share this episode with you. Our guest for this episode is Manner she is a part of a Sudanese organisation and a second year Political Science student in Amsterdam. Sahar is also sharing her cultural and emotional connection to Sudan. Links mentioned in the ep: Song: https://youtu.be/Vp1haAL...

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of Our Voices! Today Iris is sharing her journey of grief, going through the different stages of grief and how she is able to cope. For those who might be *triggered* there is mention of suicide, substance abuse and eating disorder. We were truly touched by her story, struck by the heartbreaking loss she endured yet inspired by her bravery to continu...

Hello everyone, welcome to another episode, from classroom to conversation of Our Voices! Today we welcome Mayaka, one of the teacher in ISW. Bernard Mayaka is an experienced social worker and part of the International Federation of Social Workers. He talks about his journey, starting from engineering to social work and then becoming a teacher in ISW. Listen in to his experiences and inspiring vie...

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of Our Voices! Today we welcome Wessel , who is an ISW student in the 3th year. He talks about his journey with autism and the importance of an open minded approach to people on the spectrum. We hope you enjoy listening ! From Sahar and Elina

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of our voices ! Today we are talking about Anger ! We welcome Fatma, psychology student who shares her perspective and knowledge on the complexity of the different layers of anger. Hope you enjoy ! From Sahar and Elina :)

Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of our voices! Today we are talking about being overwhelmed. Dalma and Dellwyn are joining for this episode to share their thoughts and experiences around the topic. Hope you enjoy listening to this episode:)

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of our voices! Today we are talking about love, love beyond romance and celebrating all forms of love. Joining us: Linne, Dieunifer and Nur. Sharing their perspectives and experiences of love. LOVE the most beautiful adventure of the heart, send a message to someone and tell them you love them! from Sahar and Elina :)

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of our voices! Today our special guests are Titi and Alex. Titi is part of the African Association and is here today to share her experience. Alex is a 4th year student from ISW (check out his episode if you want to know more about him). In honour of black History month we exchange perspectives and talk about what it means to be black, about identity...

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of our voices! Today we welcome Julija, who shares her story of fighting her eating disorder. An often misunderstood sickness, we engage in an open conversation about the challenges, misconceptions and triumphs surrounding this sensitive topic. Eating disorders affect millions of people world wide, since it is National Eating Disorders Awareness W...

Hello everyone and happy Christmas ! Today we spiced up our episode with some ASMR ! Here with Dieunifer, Sahar and Elina, talking about what Christmas means to us, as well as what it can mean for others. Many people face loneliness during the holidays, hopefully with this episode we can bring some laughter to the ones that are feeling a little lonely. Hope you enjoy :) See less

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of our voices! The topic of today is introversion. Loui, Carina, Sahar and Elina are 4 introverts/ambiverts talking about their own experience as well as how it is to be introverted in ISW. Hope you enjoy :)

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of opening up with Kasinta! Kasinta shares her story of drug abuse and recovery. As well as her life as a student. Last year she was part of the 99 class and is now doing the second year. Kasinta hopes to achieve a more open space for people to be able to talk by sharing her story. If you need help don't hesitate to reach out to: Jellinek can pro...

Hello everyone, welcome to another episode, from classroom to conversation of our voices! In classroom to conversation, we are chatting with teachers to get to know them as humans, not just their jobs or roles. For this episode we are happy to introduce Maria. We dove into Maria's life experiences, she shared how she lost a great person in her life. As well as how she found her way to ISW. Hop...

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of our voices! The topic of today is happiness and how to be happy. After attending the workshop from Dellwyn, on how to be happy, we sat down and reflected on his thoughts. We also shared our own experiences and perspectives on happiness. Joining us today, Selim and Dieunifer! Hope you enjoy from Sahar and Elina:)

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of our voices ! We welcome Ellen and Jelger to give us some insight on level 3 internships (year 3-4) of ISW. We talked about what HAN has to offer, what countries you can do internships in and what a Freemover internship is. Get inspired and learn about what you can do during your internship and how it works. Contact Ellen or Jelger if you have any qu...

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of your voices! We are honoured to introduce Mikaela and Luthiën, 3th year students of ISW and board members of D'0asis last year ! Our guests have shared their experiences of ISW, the challenges and lessons they have learned. We also thank our special surprise guest, who interviewed the two. Hint: he as already been on the podcast! Hope you e...

Hello everyone welcome to our voices! In classroom to conversation, we are chatting with teachers to get to know them as humans, not just their jobs or roles. For this episode we are happy to introduce Viviane! We dove into the perspective of our teacher, connect and talked a lot, beyond what we would learn in a classroom. Hope you enjoy listening, from Sahar and Elina :)