SHIFT HAPPENS

About SHIFT HAPPENS

In SHIFT HAPPENS, host Claudia Mahler is curious about how women made it through turning points in their lives, and how they reflect back on them. SHIFT HAPPENS creates a space for women to pause for a moment and to share, to listen and to feel heard. A space where we connect and talk about life and its pivotal moments. About the highs and lows, the challenges and the joys. About what has been gained, and about how enriching change can be. Some things we hear are heavy, some are funny; they all put me in awe, as they are honest and raw testimonies of life. Too often, women just get on with it — the everyday, the duties, the expectations. Too often, life-altering events are being swept under the rug, as the day must go on. This podcast is a little window into the world. I invited women from all walks of life, and various counties, countries, and continents. I am in conversation with authors, business owners, artists, life coaches, and change-makers in the areas of academia, wellness, the arts, HR, beauty. All these women have their individual life stories, and much wisdom to share. Lots to learn from all of them.

Publisher

Claudia Mahler

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Oct 2023

Latest episode

9 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 51 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Sept 2026

   How To Lift Up The Next Generation: Create Opportunities For Teenagers With Angela De Giacomo

   We are celebrating our 50th episode! SHIFT HAPPENS amplifies women's voices and has shared 50 stories from around the globe. Thank you to all the guests who trusted me with their experiences, insights and I am grateful for your wisdom! Today, Claudia is in conversation with Angela Di Giacomo. Next to her day job as Chief Investment Officer at a single family office, and as an author*, she is the founder of Wunder Nova (an educational NGO based in Germany). Angela shares about the organisation's mission, growth, and challenges. Wunder Nova connects teenagers aged 16–18 with professional role models across diverse fields to ignite career awareness and reduce fear about future paths. Despite near-collapse in 2023 due to funding and operational pressures, the organisation recovered and is now running 15 events across four cities, having engaged 200+ role models and 900+ teenagers.

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   26 Aug 2026

   Seeing Things That Cannot Be Unseen With Margarita Forster

   In today's episode, Claudia interviews Margarita Forster, founder of Fondatción Avanzar. Margarita, originally from Ecuador, but a Swiss resident, shares how a visit to a home for single mothers in Ecuador after the birth of her first child, inspired her to start the foundation 25 years ago, initially fundraising in Switzerland with friends before evolving into a vocational training and entrepreneurship program for women covering areas like gastronomy, beauty, and photography. Her work broadened from 2009 on with establishing the production of handmade bags in Ecuador, that are now sold in Switzerland in person and online.

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   12 Aug 2026

   How To Make A Dream Come True With Christina Blecher

   Christina Blecher, originally from Sweden, shares, how a gap year spent in Peru has lead her to co-founded the non-for-profit Greenlamp in Switzerland, to support the development of midwifery in Ethiopia. Christina formed the roots of Greenlamp in 2012, after gathering 12 friends to discuss the book "Half the Sky ..." by Nicolas Kristof and his wife, with a vision of a bright future for women, girls, and their families. The organization operates in Ethiopia, supporting midwifery education, solar energy access for health centers, and alumni leadership development. Over 14 years, Green Lamp has contributed to more than 1.3 million births assisted under solar-powered conditions and supported approximately 84 midwifery students in Bachelor of Science programs.

Inside a recent episode

Why To Advocate For Parity In Leadership With Dr. Anino Emuwa

Published 9 Sept 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The truth is that it is all of that, which is why we do all of that, so there's a certain extent. The reasons are historical, because when we look at the workplace, it's determined by 100 years of industrialization, and the social status of women was very different then. But with education, and women getting most of the degrees, it's not reflecting in leadership. There's one is the socialization. Society has socialized, not just men, not just women, women and men, to behave in certain ways, so there's a socialization breaking out of that. There's two, because that socialization also determines what you do and how you do it, and how organizations reward and almost punish you in a sense. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

6,087,034

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

71

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