I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudet. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps

some nuggets of wisdom along the way.

This is your invitation to slow down with us.

Welcome to slow-mo.

This episode is part of the silver lining theme in which I will try to explore

some of the bright side of the COVID-19 crisis with some of my wisest friends.

Today's guest is someone I hold in extremely high regard.

A three times Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr. Silla Elworthy. Silla is a peace builder.

She has been a distinguished activist for peace for over 30 years.

She has met with the policy makers from all five nuclear powers.

She met with their critics and she worked to develop an effective dialogue.

She founded the Oxford Research Group, Peace Direct, and co-founded Rising Women, Rising World and Fem EQ. Her latest book is the business plan for peace, building a

world without war and her TED Talk has been viewed over one and a half million times.

Cela I cannot thank you enough for being with me today. Thank you so much for the

opportunity. I'm delighted to be with you.

Silla, I want to start with a burning question. You know I've been following your work for every time you have a talk online, I'm there.

So how does a mow become a silla? How did you end up being here?

A mow is already a silla with a business acumen included.

That's what you know. I'm nowhere near by the way I think from an impact point of view

your way ahead I aspire to be but what was the story how did you end up here? I think I had very little choice Mo because from the

age of 13 I couldn't really do anything else. My instruction from the universe was

to be horrified by violence, my own violence included,

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