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Women Walking
Women Walking is a collection of conversations with women who are in the middle of something — a transition, a reckoning, a beginning, an ending. Hosted by Debbie Ventimiglia and Courtney Park-Jamborsky, the show sits at the intersection of movement and meaning: what shifts inside us when life asks us to change.
Each episode is a walk alongside someone who’s figuring things out in real time. No polished “after” stories. No tidy arcs. Just honest talk about identity, work, relationships, grief, joy, and the small decisions that move us forward.
If you want stories that feel like a deep breath and a long walk with someone who gets it, this is your place.
Episodes
19 episodes
Episode 19: A Soulful Conversation about Connecting with our Grief
Today, we're joined by Robyn Hubbard, a grief therapist whose work feels like an exhale. Robyn meets grief in the body, in the nervous system, in the places we tighten and brace, in the places that long for softening. She reminds us that grief ...
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Saiqa's Story: Love, Loss, and What Comes After
In this episode of Women Walking, we speak with my longtime friend and global health colleague, Saiqa Panjsheri, about walking through some difficult life transitions. Saiqa shares her family's extraordinary story of fleeing Afghanistan, growin...
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Women Walking Episode 17: Back to the Path - The NYC Tip-to-Tip Challenge
After months of talking with women navigating transitions, Courtney and I decided it was time to get back to what started Women Walking in the first place: actually walking.In Episode 17, Courtney and I take on the NYC Tip-to-Tip C...
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Women Walking Episode 16: Notes from a Career Crossroads
In Episode 16 of Women Walking, I’m joined by Grace Tran, a global health professional whose steady thoughtful voice you may already know from LinkedIn posts. Grace opens up about what happened after the Trump Administration’s execu...
Women Walking Episode 15: Dementia, Caregiving, and the Gentle Turn Toward Comfort‑Centered Care
In this episode of Women Walking, I sit down with Lillian Cotter — a neonatal intensive care nurse, mother, and wife — for a conversation that is as tender as it is instructive. Lillian opens the door to her family’s j...
Women Walking Episode 14: The Power and Presence of Palliative Care with Dr. Farrah Daly, Palliative Care Neurologist
In this episode, we walk alongside Dr. Farrah Daly, one of the first neurologists in the U.S. formally trained in palliative medicine and a leader in the growing field of neuropalliative care. Her work sits at the intersection of ...
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Women Walking Episode 13: Life After USAID — Courage, Loss & Reinvention with Elizabeth Jere
Elizabeth Jere spent two decades leading global health programs across Africa — balancing leadership with single motherhood and a deep commitment to women’s empowerment. But after federal cuts abruptly ended her USAID contractor role, Elizabeth...
Women Walking Episode 12: USAID, South Sudan, and the Camino Portuguese
This episode of Women Walking brings together two lifelong friends—Claudia Vondrasek and Lynn Malooly—who each found themselves at major crossroads this year. Claudia, a longtime USAID contractor, was swept up in the abrupt RIF that ha...
Women Walking Episode 11: From USAID to the RocketBear Project, Reimagining Purpose through Creativity
When the wave of public sector layoffs ended Denise Mortimer’s long career at USAID, she turned loss into creative renewal. In this episode, we explore how her RocketBear Project began with sketches of her dog and grew into portraits...
Women Walking Episode 10: Walking through the Messy Middle
This week on Women Walking, we talk with Lenoure Mullaney, a longtime global development professional whose career began in the Peace Corps and spanned more than twenty years across Africa, the Middle East, and beyond. Like so m...
Women Walking Episode 9: From Baggage to Breakthrough with Lisa Neuberger Fernandez
In this episode, Lisa Neuberger Fernandez shares how walking with women—across continents and life stages—has shaped her journey through motherhood, leadership, and reinvention. From the Camino to community circles, Lisa reflects on how movemen...
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Women Walking Episode 8: From Path to Purpose - The Next Chapter Accelerator
In this episode, we talk with Fiona Macaulay—CEO of the WILD Network and co-founder of the Next Chapter Accelerator, a bold program helping women leaders step into what’s next. As part of the experience, participants walk and talk along the Cam...
Women Walking Episode 7: The Camino at 19 - Young Feet, Old Road
In this episode, we meet the youngest pilgrims we interviewed—two 19-year-old women navigating gap years with backpacks, curiosity, and a willingness to walk into the unknown. One studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the other is a student ...
Women Walking Episode 6: Walking, Biking, and Finding Romance on the Camino!
In Episode 6, we welcome Megan Maclaggan, a true solo Camino walker whose quiet presence carries a deep, healing energy—something you sense long before she speaks. Based in Mexico, Megan is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine and a ...
Women Walking Episode 5: The Camino you needed, not the one you wanted
Step into the raw, unfiltered reality of the Camino with two incredible women—a spirited Aussie and a resilient Kiwi—as they share the highs, lows, and unexpected twists of their journey. From emergency room visits and stubborn blisters to cont...
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Women Walking Episode 4: Out for a Dander along the Camino
Women Walking co-hosts, Courtney and Debbie chat with fellow pilgrim Una Smyth from Belfast, Ireland about her experience walking the Camino Frances solo in April-May 2024. She discusses safety, hostels, and offers a short, personalized history...
Women Walking Episode 3: Stop, turn around, and look behind you! Tips from two Australian Pilgrims
Two Australian perigrinos join Women Walking co-hosts, Debbie and Courtney to share their experience walking the Camino Frances. They share tips from foot care to daily routines to caring for one another throughout the journey. They discuss som...
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Women Walking Episode 2: Everyday is a Camino!
Women Walking co-hosts Debbie Ventimiglia and Courtney Park-Jamborsky talk to fellow Camino de Santiago pilgrims Cindy Conquer and Dana California about their experience walking the Camino Frances April-May 2024. Listen in as they share how the...
Women Walking Episode 1: Buen Camino! Walking and Talking across Northern Spain
Women Walking co-hosts, Debbie Ventimiglia and Courtney Park-Jamborsky, life-long friends from Reston, Virginia open up about their trek along the Camino Frances in 2024 - a 500 mile pilgrimage across Northern Spain. They offer listeners their ...
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