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🎙 Welcome to Balkan Sis, where I open my heart and share insights on the kaleidoscope of life. From culture, motherhood, and feminism, to trauma, relationships, wellness, mental health, business, politics, and beyond, we delve into it all.🌟 This podcast is more than just…
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🎙️ Nobody Asked You: Why Does Everyone Have an Opinion on a Balkan Woman’s Life? (opens the original)
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This is a flashback episode — one close to my heart — with the OG Balkan Sis, Frankie, the friend who started Balkan Sis with me back when it was just the two of us. We talk about something every Balkan woman knows intimately: body shaming, the obsession with being skinny, and the "feedback" that comes with simply existing in — or being from — the Balkans. It kicks off with my own story: fresh from a funeral, in a dress I felt genuinely good in, asked twice within two hours whether I was pregnan
Five Lifetimes in One: Drita Haziraj on War, Motherhood and Starting Over (opens the original)
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This week on Balkan Sis, I sit down with Drita Haziraj — a woman who has lived about five lifetimes in one. Drita survived the siege of Sarajevo as a teenager, spent decades as a radio and TV journalist in Bosnia (Radio Free Europe, Radio Stari Grad, Radio FERN, Radio BiH), and in 2004 created and hosted Naša Realnost (Our Reality), a humanitarian TV show that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for families in need. She rebuilt her life from scratch in the US as a single mother of two, beca
Violeta Gordeljevic, Parenting Science Expert: "You Can Do Hard Things" (opens the original)
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Today's guest is a scientist and a mum who got sick of the same thing most of us have felt scrolling parenting Instagram at 2am. Everyone with an opinion, nobody with a source. Violeta Gordeljevic, parenting science expert, spent years working in public health for governments and global organisations before she had her own baby and realised nobody was translating any of that research for parents. So she built The Parenting Class herself, now reaching over 330,000 people who come to her for one t
What Will People Think? Što će ljudi reći? (opens the original)
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What Will People Think?I get real about the pressure of being judged, why I nearly skipped recording this episode, and how that inner doubt connects to community, identity, and showing up anyway. I also answer listener questions about navigating Balkan identity, cultural expectations, and staying true to yourself in a Western environment.In this episode, I share why I'm doubling down on the Balkan Sis community, what it means to protect a space that isn't for everyone, and how women carry the we
Pt 2: Katrina Risteska | Milena in Gia: A Wog Chick Comedy, Becoming a Mother, and Making It in Entertainment (opens the original)
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PT 2: KATRINA RISTESKA — MILENA IN GIA: A WOG CHICK COMEDY, MOTHERHOOD, AND MAKING IT AS A STAR Part two of our Gia special brings us face to face with Katrina Risteska, the actress bringing Milena Petrovski to chaotic, big hearted life. Katrina's been on our screens for over fifteen years, starting in musical theatre at seven years old in shows like Annie, The Wizard of Oz and Oliver at Sydney's Lyric Theatre, performing alongside names like Bert Newton, Anthony Warlow and Pamela Rabe. At eight
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