Hi there, my wise friends and welcome to another episode of Collective Wisdom, which this week I'm recording from Hong Kong, as I'm here to host a panel interview with some really inspirational female leaders for International Women's Day on March 8th. And I can't tell you how good it is to be back here after three years looking out over the harbour.
 
Joining me today I have one of the most inspirational female leaders I've ever met Dr. Zahreen Ahmed. Zahreen has had to find a way to carry on after losing her daughter Halima in 2007.
 
This is a bittersweet story that some may find distressing, but I hope you'll agree that Zahreen’s courage and compassion has helped to define light in the darkness, and ultimately to learn to live alongside her pain and grief and find healing.
 
Halima means gentle, mild mannered and generous and those are all qualities that come from her mother. We laughed and shed tears together in this most generous of conversations.
 
Dr Zahreen Ahmed’s TED TALK : A Mother's Gift to Humanity, Period Justice
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Song:  Sunshine by Gabrielle
 
Sunshine Lyrics:
 
Made a wish, I can dream
I can be what I want to be
Not afraid to live my life
And fulfill my fantasies
I learnt a lot of tricks to help me live my life
You helped me find my paradise
When you came you were my
Sunshine through my window
That's what you are my shining star
Sunshine making me feel like
I'm on top of the world telling me I'll go far
Reaching out, for the highs you inspired me to try
I felt the magic inside and I felt that I could fly
I'm looking at the world in an optimistic light
You made me appreciate my life
'Cos when you came you were my
Sunshine through my window
That's what you are my shining star