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Episode 99: Dr. Bertice Berry – “When You Walk With Purpose, You Find Destiny” Sep 29, 2021

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Sociologist, Dr. Bertice Berry, is an innovative storyteller, story curator, community builder, author, lecturer, and more! At 26, Berry completed her Ph.D. and started her career as a professor, but by showing up every day, “walking with purpose” she “collided with destiny” and become an award-winning entertainer, lecturer, and comedienne – including winning the coveted national Comedian of the Year Award. Through learning her best routine to show up every day, she created a niche as both a gifted speaker with a comic edge and a comic with a serious message.

In this episode, Dr. Berry shares the power of routine, sharing the story, and showing up in the day-to-day can and will create the space for you to collide with you destiny – of which there are many!

This episode is hosted by Dr. Emmy Burch.

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Dr. Bertice Berry on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Bertice-Berry-1787520281515508/

Stories to tell with Dr. Bertice Berry on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/195276448890954/

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Episode 98: Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin – Becoming Heroines Sep 23, 2021

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin is the CEO of Gaia Project Consulting, LLC. which is a world-wide executive coaching and consulting firm. She is also the founder of the Gaia Project for Women’s Leadership. Her work has been featured on CNN, Forbes.com, The Huffington Post, and The New York Times.

Elizabeth is also the author of Becoming Heroines which is what she is here to talk about on the podcast today! We dive into many of the stories that she tells in the book, her experience as a lawyer, dealing with fear, gaining confidence, and so much more!

This episode is hosted by Emma Benner.

Photo credit: Marisa Leigh

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Gaia Leadership Project on Facebook

Becoming Heroines

Elizabeth’s Website

Radical Hope by Jonathan Lear

Caste by Elizabeth Wilkerson

The Black Friend by Frederick Joseph

All About Love by Bell Hooks

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Mayor Johnson’s Inaugural Address

Episode 97: Emmy Burch – The Connection of Music Sep 16, 2021

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Today’s guest is our new host – Emmy Burch! We’re changing it up this week and I’m interviewing her so you can get to know her before she is on the other side of the microphone!

Emmy is a woman of many talents and hobbies. Emmy is a musician, a connector of people, conductor, music educator, singing pacer(!), runner, writer, podcast host, and just illuminates pure joy.

This episode is host by Kristin Srour.

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Praying for Sheetrock by Melissa Ray Greene

Deep Work

Episode 96: Sara Fenton – Empowering Young Girls Sep 09, 2021

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Sara Fenton is on the podcast today to talk all about Girls Inc. of the Pacific Northwest! Sara is the Southwest Washington Programs Manager for Girls Inc. This is a nonprofit organization that is working to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. They provide life-changing programs and experiences for youth ages 6-18 that help them grow up healthy, educated, and independent.

In this episode, Sara shares about Girls Inc. and the work that they do, advice for parents to prepare for the challenges that their young girls may face, how we can all inspire young girls in our lives to be leaders, and more!

This episode is hosted by Emma Benner.

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Learn more about Diveheart

Episode 95: Mariam Muzaffar – Joining The Illuminate Podcast Team! Sep 01, 2021

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Today’s episode is extra special because our guest, Mariam, will actually be joining us as a new host for The Illuminate Podcast! We as a team are so excited for her to join us and I am so sure that you will be too after you listen to this episode!!

Mariam has worn so many hats in her professional career. She started out as a divorce lawyer for the super-rich in London and then went on to lead and grow a brand consultancy agency in NYC. She now is the Director of Customer Success at a performance marketing company.

She is also currently working on a thriller novel and we get to hear all about that work in this episode!

In this episode, Mariam shares all about following your heart and switching career paths, leading a team and making sure everyone feels included, how living in other countries has impacted her day to day life, how giving back brings positivity into your own life, why she is excited to be joining The Illuminate podcast team, and so much more!

I am so excited to welcome Mariam to the podcast team and I hope you all enjoy learning more about her today!

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Episode 94: TinaMarie Hernandez – Imagine the Possibilities Aug 19, 2021

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TinaMarie Hernandez is the Executive Director of Diveheart; a non-profit organization that provides and supports educational SCUBA diving, surface supplies gas (SSG), snorkeling and related experience programs which are open to any child, adult and veteran with a disability; with the hope of providing both physical and psychological therapeutic value to that person, while building confidence, independence and self esteem … enriching their quality of life and human spirit.

Diveheart is such an incredible program and we get to learn all about it in this episode!

This episode is hosted by Lindsey Hein.

What we talked about:

3:15- TinaMarie’s backstory and how she got involved in Diveheart

9:45- Why Diveheart was founded

14:50- The power of being underwater for people with disabilities

20:00- Challenging your fears

23:50- How Diveheart trains people throughout the US and world to carry on their mission

27:00- The trips that they offer

28:30- The services that they offer to veterans

32:05- TinaMarie’s journey to learning how to dive and how we can all try it out

35:10- End of podcast questions

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The Obstacle is the way – Ryan Holiday

Episode 93: Susannah Wellford – Founder of Running Start Jul 29, 2021

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Susannah Wellford is the founder of Running Start, a nonprofit organization aimed to inspire young women and girls to pursue political leadership. They host training programs that that are focused on educating young women about leadership campaign strategy, and teamwork, without a partisan lens. Susannah is also the cofounder of an organization called Women Under Forty Political Action Committee which Running Start is designed to further the work of.

In this episode, Susannah shares about the work that she does with Running Start, how we can all encourage young girls and women to take up leadership and political positions, women in politics to be watching, her own female role models, and so much more!

This episode is hosted by Emma Benner.

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Running Start

Running Start on Instagram

The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker

Homes on Wheels Alliance

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Episode 92: Neli Vazquez Rowland – A Safe Haven Jul 08, 2021

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Neli Vazquez Rowland is the co-founder and president of A Safe Haven. A Safe Haven Foundation is a 501(c)3 not for profit, social enterprise that helps people aspire, transform and sustain their lives as they transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency with pride and purpose. A Safe Haven provides the tools for each individual to overcome the root causes of homelessness through a holistic and scalable model. A Safe Haven’s visible social and economic impact unites families, stabilizes neighborhoods, and creates vibrant, viable communities.

A first-generation American, the young Neli Vazquez Rowland, was a natural leader, becoming the first in her family to graduate from college. For 13 years, as an investment banker, Vazquez Rowland lead several firms across the nation. It was during her time as an investment banker, Neli had to rise up to the challenging and emotionally-draining task of overcoming an issue of alcoholism in her family.

This incident fueled a strong belief in Neli that no family should have to suffer through an already-tragic situation and in 1994, she established A Safe Haven with her husband, Brian Rowland. An organization determined to join forces with the private and public sector to ensure an efficient and sustainable approach to battle poverty and homelessness, A Safe Haven was welcomed instantly by business, academia and public policy leaders for its innovative and ground-breaking approach to an issue that has long plagued economies.

This episode is hosted by Lindsey Hein.

Show Notes: A Safe Haven Second Annual Run/Walk to End Homelessness Connect with A Safe Haven: A Safe Haven on Instagram A Safe Have on Facebook A Safe Haven on Twitter

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Thriving as an Empath: 365 Days of Self-Care for Sensitive People

Episode 91: Shantae Smith – Systems Transformation Advisor at Community Solutions Jun 24, 2021

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Shantae Smith is the Systems Transformation Advisor at Community Solutions. Community Solutions is a nonprofit organization that is working to create a lasting end to homelessness. They are proving that homelessness is solvable with their movement of Built for Zero. Through that they are working with more than 80 cities and counties using data to change how they work and the impact that they can achieve, proving that it is possible to make homelessness rare and brief and achieving the milestone of functional zero, where homelessness is rare!

Shantae has many years of experience in various roles in the homelessness response system. As you’ll hear in this episode, she is incredibly passionate about this work and making an impact in the world. In this episode, Shantae shares about her role at Community Solutions, the backstory on why she is passionate about this work, some stories of people that she has worked with and helped out of homelessness, things that we can all do to help people experiencing homelessness, and so much more!

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Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Arizona Coalition for Change

Be Heard Clothing

Community Solutions Website

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