We Can’t Escape Real Life While Changemaking

by Elisa | Mar 20, 2024 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Family & Relationships, Fully Alive, Hard Conversations, Identity, Live Intentionally, Lupus and Autoimmune Disease, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Raising Kids, Recovery, Safe Spaces, Stuff of the Heart

We can’t escape real life while we are changemaking. The context matters. Let’s be aware of these four elements as we create change.

How One Woman Can Change the World: Justice Daily S3E3

by Elisa | Mar 17, 2024 | Being World Changers

Do you really believe you can change the world? Do you know you have something that matters? We have stories of women who have leveraged what they had to make a difference from the corners of the globe they live in. Humanitarian worker, storyteller, and author Ronne...

So You Want to Talk About Race?

by Elisa | Feb 12, 2024 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Human Rights, Seeking Justice, United States, Your Voice on Racism

So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo, has been on my list for a few years, and if I am honest, like most books on racism, it made me feel anxious and uncomfortable to pick up. To my surprise, this book does an excellent job at taking complex ideas and...

Loving Your Neighbor: Digging and Building Sandcastles

by Elisa | Feb 7, 2024 | Adventure, Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Live Intentionally, Love Your Neighbor, Personal Growth

Loving your neighbor has a lot of similarities to digging sand and building sandcastles. I've had a lot of moments by the ocean to think about this recently. I've been going to the beach during or soon after it has rained. (To my surprise, I even got in the local news...

Safe Water and Hopeful Changemaking: Justice Daily S3E1

by Elisa | Jan 17, 2024 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Busy Moms, Children-in-Need, Clean Water, Create Awareness, Family & Relationships, Global Health, Raising Kids, Seeking Justice, Ways to Make a Difference

Here’s how we can approach changemaking hopefully and advocate for safe water

The Pausing Season: Reevaluating and Renegotiating Commitments

by Elisa | Jan 5, 2024 | Being World Changers, Create Awareness, Discipleship Tools, Identity, Leadership, Life Purpose, Live Intentionally, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Productivity, Spiritual Discipleship

I texted the carpool mom, "See you at 8:45!" She wrote me back, "7:45! 😂 Back to the grind!" I guess have to get my head back in the game! Coming off the holidays, we went on a much needed anniversary trip. But, now it is time to hit the "grind" again and begin...

Social Change Ecosystems: Justice Daily S2E3

by Elisa | Nov 21, 2023 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Justice Daily Interview, Live Intentionally, Personal Growth, Seeking Justice

Did you know each of us have different roles in social change? We all play different parts in doing good, based on our experience, skill, natural bent, and stage of life. Deepa Iyer has mapped out these changemaker roles to give us guidance as we make a difference...

Reducing Trauma’s Influence in Doing Good: Justice Daily – S2.E2.

by Elisa | Nov 11, 2023 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Family & Relationships, Fully Alive, Hard Conversations, Justice Daily Interview, Leadership, Live Intentionally, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Recovery, Safe Spaces

How do we reduce trauma’s influence in our work of doing good? In this Justice Daily Interview with Michelle Stiffler, a trauma specialist, we learn about helping us endure beyond burnout and get real about Fight Flight, Fawn, Freeze

What is Happening With Migrants Near San Diego?

by Elisa | Oct 4, 2023 | Adventure, Being World Changers, Busy Moms, Children-in-Need, Clean Water, Community, Conflicts, Wars, Genocides and Atrocities, Create Awareness, Family & Relationships, Good Charities, Human Rights, Love Your Neighbor, Poverty, Raising Kids, Refugees and Immigration, Seeking Justice, United States, Ways to Make a Difference

What is happening with migrants in San Diego? Are there really outdoor detention camps in Jucumba California for asylum seekers? Here’s what I saw.

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Swamp Wisdom: An Ecclesiastes on Human Rights

Ever heard of ancient King Solomon? He was said to be the wisest of them all as he philosophized...

Busy Moms, Community, Family & Relationships, Raising Kids

Identity Crisis #3467 – My Messy Beautiful

The other day, my daughter was excitedly expressing her admiration of the teachers and helpers at her school. I usually resist the temptation to to ask my kids what they want to be when they grow up because at some point in my...