GSD Podcast
GSD Podcast
Dina Fesler
GSD Escape takes day-tripping to a whole new level as Dina Fesler's global escapades blend cultural enlightenment with social innovation in an exciting new way. An intrepid-yet-off-beat guide, Dina introduces listeners to the GSD methodology, and how they're helping the world's children expand their mental horizons to discover new solutions to old conundrums.
Outside the Box: how creative thinking can open up new solutions to the border crisis standoff
Outside the Box: how creative thinking can open up new solutions to the border crisis standoff
Jan 8, 2020
23 min
The War Within: the cultural trauma of teens in a rapidly changing world
Red Lake Nation students offer a new take on mental health and life in a proverbial warzone.
Nov 26, 2019
19 min
Karima Anwari, Anne Frank, and other 14 year old girls growing up in a world of "war."
Through the story of 14-year old Karima Anwari— the Anne Frank of Afghanistan— this podcast examines the universal struggles of teenage girls and their need to be heard by the adults in their world.
Oct 17, 2019
21 min
Climate change, mental health, and the generation gap
Discussions on the mental health effects of climate change, and the generational wedge of resentment.
Sep 12, 2019
14 min
Coming Home: finding wholeness by working through life’s challenges until we not only help ourselves, but help others
Dina shares the chronicles of a Kenyan AIDS orphan who turned the tables on the stigma of labels, and became a role model of empowerment for his generation.
Aug 8, 2019
21 min
The boys of Bwa Nef— Haitian teens explore identity and dreams amidst a reality of poverty and natural disaster.
Photographer and humanitarian Lisa Van Dyke shares her compelling GSD-encounter with a group of Haitian teens navigating a world of poverty and natural disaster. Using GSD’s “paper doll” template, the boys of Bwa Nef explore identity, dreams, and how to keep moving forward— no matter what. (explore more at https://gsdnetwork.net/gsd-escape/party-on-in-haiti)
Jul 2, 2019
29 min
Mental Health– the new 'war' on the next generation
Discussions on the mental health epidemic facing young people in both the Middle East as well as the Western world, and the importance of acknowledging their stories as a vital process in helping them cope.
May 29, 2019
21 min
85 can be the new 25
How an energetic octogenarian turned his retirement party into a new life beginning by transforming the future for a generation Vietnamese children... showing that you can answer your calling at any age. (explore more at https://gsdnetwork.net/gsd-escape/getting-our-tao-on-in-vietnam)
May 1, 2019
16 min
Tamale Day and the Paradox of Perspective
How a trip to a Midwestern taqueria led to a Guatemalan adventure that explores the duality of life and the human condition--where heroes create a new definition of "family", turn gang members into healthy role models, and teach all of us how to embrace the paradox of imperfection in our own clans.
Mar 27, 2019
21 min
Re-thinking how we "help" poor countries
We take a look in the mirror at how we "help" kids in the developing world. At some point in our lives, most of us have packed a box of food or donated a set of old clothes to be sent to kids in the Third World-- but have we ever really thought about what it means to be the kid on the other end of the chain?
Feb 27, 2019
21 min
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