Intentional Acts of Kindness

Love checklists? So do I!

If you need ideas to help you start doing spectacularly little--and yet kind--actions that make a difference, this is for you.

We Are All Affected By Mental Health

by Elisa | Oct 15, 2020 | Being World Changers, Create Awareness, Fully Alive, Identity, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Recovery, Safe Spaces

As a coach, I've had to learn a lot about mental health to help people move forward. As an advocate/activist, I've had to learn a lot about brokeness and trauma. As a mom, I've had to learn about behaviors, learning disabilities and mental health coping skills. As a...

RESOURCES To Talk To Kids About Racism

by Elisa | Oct 3, 2020 | Being World Changers, Busy Moms, Create Awareness, Family & Relationships, Hard Conversations, Human Rights, Raising Kids, Safe Spaces, Seeking Justice, Your Voice on Racism

Do you need book ideas to talk with your kids about racism?

Kids Books To Raise World Changers

by Elisa | Sep 30, 2020 | Being World Changers, Create Awareness, Family & Relationships, Raising Kids, Women's Empowerment

Gosh, these days I feel like I'm getting books on all sides! There are six of us and between our school stuff, work, responsibilities and especially our interests, we are going through books like crazy! In these stacks are some good books to raise world changers that...

Is Your Welcome Backwards?

by Elisa | Sep 29, 2020 | Being World Changers, Community, Create Awareness, Family & Relationships, Hard Conversations, Refugees and Immigration, Safe Spaces, Seeking Justice, Spiritual Discipleship, United States

It took me awhile before I realized the "Welcome" sign was backwards. Sometimes in our lives we have it backwards too. We find ourselves welcoming ourselves. Welcoming ourselves feels silly when there are others looking for this sign hanging on their doors (or...

SUICIDE Prevention Day: It was Hard Before Coronavirus

by Elisa | Sep 26, 2020 | Being World Changers, Create Awareness, Hard Conversations, Mental Health, Safe Spaces

Yep, 2020 has been a doozy, but for us, it started before the COVID-19. The first days were tense and full of prayers. The first week was heartbreaking. The first month was incredibly challenging, like pulling someone up a mountain. For those who struggle with...

How to Cultivate Justice and How to Help the Moria REfugee Camp

by Elisa | Sep 12, 2020 | Being World Changers

What does cultivating justice look like? Especialy for places far away? Recently I've been talking on Instagram a lot about a small Grecian island, Lesbos (Lesvos), in the Aegean Sea where the Moria Refugee Camp caught on fire. What does cultivating justice look like...

Fundraising For Nonprofits, NGOs, Ministries and Leaders

by Elisa | Sep 5, 2020 | Being World Changers

#KindnessQuest 3.0 Road Trip

by Elisa | Aug 22, 2020 | Adventure, Being World Changers, Busy Moms, Family & Relationships, Live Intentionally, Personal Growth, Raising Kids

Do you love to go on road trips? We just got back from one chock-full of intentional acts of kindness, our #KindnessQuest 3.0! What is a #KindnessQuest? What is a #KindnessQuest? I am glad you asked! Let me tell you how it began. For many years my family has been...

Effective Elements in Sharing Your Faith and Making Disciples

by Elisa | Aug 6, 2020 | Being World Changers, Discipleship Tools, Fully Alive, Life Purpose, Personal Growth, Spiritual Discipleship, Ways to Make a Difference

For some of us, sharing our faith is vital and the most important part of how we make a difference in the world. But sharing our faith (or "evangelism" as it used to be called once upon a time) isn't an easy thing for those of us who believe this is part of our...

Adventure

Swamp Wisdom: An Ecclesiastes on Human Rights

Intentional Acts of KindnessLove checklists? So do I!If you need ideas to help you start doing...

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...

Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Mental Health, Recovery, Safe Spaces

Understanding Terms for Poor Nations vs. Rich Nations

Terms of Poverty Whether in public political addresses or in pleas from non-profits, we have all heard some of these terms thrown around at some point or another. But just because we can infer their general meaning, I...