Dr. Yazdani was honoured with the Enterprise Champion Award from Oxford Brookes University in 2023 for her dedication to the entrepreneurial diversity project. She strongly believes in the power of narratives as an effective way of learning about people’s lived experiences. Her aim is to give a voice to those whose stories may not be celebrated in today’s world where only newsworthy success is highlighted. Through storytelling, she seeks to shed light on the experiences of those whose voices may not be echoed in mainstream media. By sharing these narratives, she hopes to create a more inclusive and empathetic society where everyone’s story is valued and heard.
Farzaneh is an experienced academic and researcher in the field of health and wellbeing, focusing on life balance. She has developed a model called the ‘Model of Occupational Wholeness’ to help individuals and groups who are unsatisfied with themselves or their lives to gain self-awareness, reflect, and make positive changes to improve their situations based on what has positive meaning to them.