by Tukiya Kankasa-Mabula

I have not read the book titled Don’t Die Before your Death by Sabahat Qayoom, therefore my thoughts are not based on his ideas although they may coincide in some respects. However, this concept has dominated my thinking lately. On retirement from a lifetime of operating on a very high plane, I should have slowed down to pause and catch my breath, and been kinder to myself. However, I feared slowing down. I feared to die before my death, defined as descending into a purposeless existence.s are winding. But at every step of the way, connecting with your head and heart is key to shoot for the moon!

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by Isabelle Grosmaitre

I am part of a movement of FutureMakers acting for better futures. As an enthusiastic leader, I have always wanted to contribute to a better world with business as a force for good. Life is a journey, not a destination, as sometimes the roads are straight, and sometimes the roads are winding. But at every step of the way, connecting with your head and heart is key to shoot for the moon!

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by Sarah Owusu

If there is one characteristic I have that repeatedly serves me well, it is my capacity for ambiguity. Dictionaries will generally define ambiguity as open to several meanings or interpretations, and the reader may associate it with feelings of uncertainty, inexactness, lack of clarity or indecision… I wonder if simply reading those words, you are already feeling some discomfort and anxiety.

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By Johanna Spiller

It is often said about young women my age, the so-called Millennials, that we feel entitled to have meaningful jobs. It makes me sad that this is criticized. It implies that we are out of touch with ‘how the world works’ while I think the opposite is true. We are well aware that we have inherited a world with overwhelmingly great challenges and there is no other way than to engage and try to make it better.

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By Emilie Boggis

My teenagers often joke that if EDDIE IZZARD established a religion, their father would go every Sunday. Eddie is the British transgender comedian who began her career as a street performer. One day she borrowed some metal chains, wrapped herself up, and struggled to free herself. After witnessing Eddie’s countless failed attempts in front of the gathered crowd, another performer shared a bit of wisdom: “You’ll never get out of the chains until you believe it’s possible.”

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By Yvonne Twisk

FutureWomenX challenged me to have a courageous conversation with AAFKE OSSE about the Future of Spirituality. My chance to gain a deeper understanding of Aafke's spiritual vision on female leadership. A Sufi (Aafke) and a Jew (me). What I love about Universal Sufism is its openness. Its honoring of the Divine Feminine which is not so bright in Judaism.I remember Aafke smiling while giving this thought-provoking interview and I immediately felt she is digging into my heart to crack it open.

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By Cameron Trimble

My work has been both as a faith leader and a businesswoman. I have learned that what we believe about the Sacred shapes our values, fears, desires, relationships, career choices, politics, and industries. We don’t have to use religious language or have any connection to institutional religion. Still, we are sacred beings having a human experience.

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By Gulbakhor Makhkamova

We, the entire civil society, must call for our countries to help the women of Afghanistan to stand up for their hard-earned rights and to protect them. If that is impossible, we at least could save as many Afghanistan women as possible, providing humanitarian visas to protect their lives. The women activists of the world must start a movement to save our sisters, to show our sisterhood, our female solidarity, something we have been talking about for so long and that must be manifested on a global scale now.

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By Hilary Tjian & Sheri Roder

It's important to have that kind of open space amongst women who want to learn how to be leaders and move in that direction is so powerful. If anything, working at the startup I've worked at for the past three and half years, I've learned that true leadership is more about being than about doing. And how that shines through in various ways; how do we support other women in creating that space and allowing for that space because it isn't something that is traditionally surfaced or managed in the right way.

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By Meryl Marshall-Daniels

For much of our lives many of us have focused our power, treasure and talent toward influencing others, but what if instead of looking outward we turn our attention inward? What if the most vital challenge and subsequently the truest contribution we can offer the world begins with going inward? What if our most profound impact arises from becoming the change we want to see and effect? This is the job of realizing our nature, the reason we were born, a way to orient and find our place in the world. This is the work of understanding our birthright gifts before the expectations of others and the culture and values of our families and friends told us what would be rewarded or recognized.

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By Annemarie van Duijn (Andy)

France and the Netherlands; Christine and Andy. On a Friday morning after an intense week on both sides, we meet through a screen. Two generations, one blank sheet, and a bunch of unspoken words on 'the shift from human doing to human being.' Sharing big feelings that once lived in little girls.

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by Sarah Owusu

“Fed up-ness”. There is even a certain defiance in the way the word bursts out of the mouth when it is spoken. As if it is always accompanied by an automatic eye roll. The word is as abrupt, as the screeching halt that we all experienced around March 2020. Much has been said and written about the impact of the global pandemic, but the question that lingers unanswered is: how will we make the most of this opportunity for transformation?

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