A Letter to the Anti-Trafficking Movement

by Elisa | Jun 7, 2019 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Your Stories

This is a guest post from Anna Carroll, founder and director of LightForce International, a global organization that seeks to create sustainable solutions to injustice. She writes at annamcarroll.com and can be found on Instagram @annamichelle. A Letter to Modern-day...

About Us, Now

by Elisa | Jun 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

I started my first blog fourteen years ago. The content included badly written, excessively long essays about who knows what. Most were never read, which is probably better. I was fighting, discontent and depressed. I advocated with anger and was insecure about where...

The Seven Things Keeping You From Practicing Random Acts of Kindness

by Elisa | May 31, 2019 | Being World Changers, Family & Relationships, Giving Back, Productivity, Ways to Make a Difference

Last year my family went on a KindnessQuest, an amazing adventure chalk-full of random acts of kindness. It made our vacation-roadtrip into something more, something others-centered. Yet to succeed, we had to begin doing things differently to overcome these seven...

Are Swell Bottles Really Socially Good?

by Elisa | May 28, 2019 | Being World Changers, Clean Water, Fair Trade Products, Good Charities, Socially Conscious Brands

Are Swell Bottles really socially good enough to make them worth buying? And what social good and charity work do they actually do?

Trailblazing with Freedom Hikers and Get Outdoors for Freedom

by Elisa | May 16, 2019 | Good Charities, Human Trafficking, Ways to Make a Difference

A few months ago I had a great conversation with Laura, founder of Freedom Hikers. She told me how she was overlooking a beautiful lake in the Cascade Mountains and just knew that she would take others hiking to that same spot to bring freedom to those oppressed by...

Purpose Roadmap

by Elisa | May 11, 2019 | Being World Changers, Fully Alive, Identity, Personal Growth, Stuff of the Heart, Ways to Make a Difference

You are important, and the story you live is important too. This is why I am ALWAYS asking you to join me in Life Mapping, an intentional system of living that helps you become who you were meant to be and make the difference you were born to make. But...

Rise-Up: The Poway Shooting From a Local’s Perspective

by Elisa | Apr 28, 2019 | Conflicts, Wars, Genocides and Atrocities, Create Awareness, Seeking Justice, United States

Poway Poway is my stomping grounds, a small town on the outskirts of San Diego that sees themselves as something different than the bustle of Southern California tourism and bikinis. Horses and hikers might be welcome here, but not hate crimes, like the shooting at...

Book For Parents Raising Socially Conscious Kids: And Social Justice For All

by Elisa | Apr 26, 2019 | Being World Changers, Children-in-Need, United States, Ways to Make a Difference

For years I've considered writing a book to help parents raising global citizens and socially conscious kids. It seemed like an overwhelming project of compiling idea after idea, resource after resource, and all of the stories myself and other conscious parents have...

Work: Impostor Syndrome Pt.3

by Elisa | Apr 25, 2019 | Fully Alive, Identity, Leadership, Life Purpose, Personal Growth, Safe Spaces, Uncategorized

Impostor Syndrome Pt.3 Work. I've never worked a 9-5 job. I've never made a paycheck that would keep me afloat. My family, then school, then missions (which was pretty much my family), and then my husband (young love) has always paid most of my bills. I don't...

Adventure

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

Storm Chaser; Change Chaser: On Saying Goodbye

How Can Anyone Say Goodbye? I’m starting to feel all panicky that I am leaving all 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...