What Matters Most When Asking People To Join You?

by Elisa | Jul 2, 2019 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Being World Changers, Leadership, Safe Spaces

What Matters Most When Asking People To Join You? Have you ever thought about why you join what you do? What types of people do you follow? What types of projects do you work on? Why you shop at certain businesses, or donate and volunteer for only certain...

Twenty Miles: Refugee Immigration Crisis Near San Diego, U.S.A.

by Elisa | Jun 30, 2019 | Create Awareness, Refugees and Immigration, Seeking Justice, United States, Ways to Make a Difference

Is it true that there is a refugee immigration crisis near San Diego, only twenty miles away? This post simplifies what is happening along the U.S. border and gives you three ways to respond to the humanitarian crisis in our backyard.

Master Asking Great Questions With These Seven Questions

by Elisa | Jun 23, 2019 | Leadership, Safe Spaces

If you want to create safe spaces, influence others well, and make a difference in the world, it is time to master the skill of great question-asking!

Is the Causebox Worth Getting?

by Elisa | Jun 17, 2019 | Ethical Fashion, Fair Trade Products, Socially Conscious Brands, Women's Empowerment

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...

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...

Ethical Fashion, Fair Trade Products, Giving Back, Socially Conscious Brands

The Honest Truth About Loving Deeper (Art of Advocacy)

Loving others seemed good and something to be defined by. Until it was loving the same small group...

Children-in-Need, Clean Water, Conflicts, Wars, Genocides and Atrocities, Global Health, Good Charities, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Human Rights, Poverty, Refugees and Immigration, Seeking Justice, United States

7 Writers of Hope on Racism

This is part of the series, Your Voice on Racism. Do you have a story to share? We need to hear...

Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking

How Stories Heal Us and Prevent Burnout for World Changers

Working through our own stories and triggers are essential as we make a difference if we want to be fully alive and prevent burnout. Check out this interview covering this.

Leadership

What Is Mutual Aid? Why Community Care Is How We Learn to Love

What mutual aid really means, why it matters more than charity, and how community care during a hysterectomy reminded me how we learn to love.

Spiritual Discipleship

When Our Best Yes Meets Humble Service: When Should Changemakers Clean Toilets?

Often Changemakers find themselves doing the faithful background service of doing things like changing toilets. How to we balance our "best yes" with humility?

Life Purpose, Live Intentionally, Personal Growth, Productivity

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