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.

Notes From Birmingham Jail & 60th Anniversary of the March

by Elisa | Aug 26, 2023 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Create Awareness, Human Rights, Leadership, Seeking Justice, United States, Your Voice on Racism

Honestly, I've never read more than clips of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s works, even though I've talked them up. A major world-changer, Dr. King is mostly known for his "I Have a Dream" speech sixty-years ago during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. On a whim I decided...

Hypocrisy and the Love Your Neighbor T-Shirt

by Elisa | Jul 26, 2023 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Community, Family & Relationships, Fully Alive, Giving Back, Hard Conversations, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Love Your Neighbor, Personal Growth, Safe Spaces

Why I couldn’t wear the “Love your neighbor” t-shirt and how we become.

A Road Trip Story: Accepting Kindness When You Rather Give It

by Elisa | Jul 8, 2023 | Adventure, Being World Changers, Community, Family & Relationships, Kindness, Personal Growth, Raising Kids, Seeking Justice, United States, Ways to Make a Difference

How to accept kindness when you rather receiving it.

Practicing Everyday Justice: Justice Daily -Season 2. Episode 1.

by Elisa | Jun 28, 2023 | Being World Changers

What exactly is living justly? What can everyday people actually do about the social issues around them from their ordinary lives? Right before I went on a short camping trip, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sarah Driver, founder of JusticeDriver.com, about...

How Do We Honor a Story?

by Elisa | May 27, 2023 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Human Rights, Leadership, Seeking Justice

How do we honor a story? What is ethical storytelling and how can we use it to do good better?

When You Doubt Your Influence as a Changemaker

by Elisa | May 16, 2023 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Busy Moms, Family & Relationships, Fully Alive, Identity, Leadership, Life Purpose, Live Intentionally, Personal Growth

Do you ever doubt that you have influence to make a difference? The playlists that go through our minds, whether positive or negative, really affect who we are. And who we are, especially what we believe about ourselves, really defines how we try to change the world....

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

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...

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.