The Meaning Quotient

An inspiring story of a German radio-journalist who non-violently fought for Native Americans rights and found her own meaning on the way. Through the eyes of Corinna, we intimately navigate her life journey from post-war Germany to the United States and back. A short stay with the Native American tribe as a young adult changed her life forever, and as a white woman from Germany, she found a cause in a different culture that gave new meaning to her life. Corinna is a founder of online congress www.weltenwanderer.family She has worked as a journalist, tour guide, and graphic designer. As part of her extensive travels, she has spent many years with a wide variety of Native American tribes, and for almost 30 years, she has offered trips to the Indian reservations of North America with depth.

What if a crisis of meaninglessness hits you when you are busy with your successful ventures? In this candid conversation with Kaivalya Kashyap, we savor a story of finding personal freedom after passing through a valley of crisis in late 40s. A fascinating story that takes us through the landscapes of Uganda, corporates in Switzerland, mountains in Tokyo, and an ashram in India, is also a reminder that internal freedom is as important as external experiences. A story where a transformed business has started by transforming oneself. Kaivalya Kashyap, is a serial entrepreneur and founder of the International Academy of Transformative Leadership (iatl.co). Kaivalya was inspired by his mentor, the social reformer Dadashreeji in 2013, and has been passing on his experiences through lectures since then.

What if when society teaches you about the enemy, you love them? What if when society gives you boxes to define yourself, you create a new patch? An Italian American from Nebraska went to Cairo for a couple of years in his early 20s, intending to understand more about the Arab-Muslim world. Little did he know that these formidable years are going to provide a new meaning to his life. Listen to this incredible journey of Dr. Dominic Longo, as we navigate Cairo's quarters from a Christian-American perspective, intertwined with his experiences of inner coming out. Dominic Longo has a Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies (Harvard University) and an M.A. in theology (Boston College). A former Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, Dominic also directed the Muslim-Christian Dialogue Center at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. He is currently a founder and managing director of "Flourishing Gays," a leadership development company from an LGBTQ+ perspective.

"You scientists have this stupendous story of the universe...You fail to hear its music. Tell the story, but tell it with a feel of the music." - Thomas Berry. Edoardo Striani, Ph.D. has taken a journey to tell us a story of the universe through the feel of the music. A Bruno Rossi Prize winning astrophysicist turned handpan musician; Edoardo is synthesizing the worlds of rationality and irrationality to help us experientially connect with the universe. In this candid conversation with Edoardo, we revisited his journey of change. From a moment in a lab in Italy when he and his team discovered the Crab Nebula in flaring stage leading to Bruno Rossi Prize, the time when he found his passion for handpan, to the struggles and pleasures of changing the career all to discover something new in himself. The story of Edoardo is an inspirational journey of following one's passions and finding a new meaning of life.