Homegrown Solutions for a Patchwork World - The Skills, Talents, and Mindsets of Changemakers

My conversation with Sue Bevan Baggott was so empowering! Sue has a wide range of rich experiences from building a safer community for domestic violence survivors and supporting people with mental illness challenges to corporate innovation and angel investing. Sue’s life has helped her recognize the importance of channeling time, talents, and financial resources toward the positive changes she wants to see in her community and the world. Sue shared her story with us on … Changemaker Sue Bevan Baggott on Empowering Positive Impact Read More »

Today we welcome Changemaker Gunin Kiran to this series celebrating the work of people making the world a better place by creating “Homegrown Solutions for a Patchwork World.”   Gunin completed 8 years as a school board member in my local school district last fall, but she remains very active in our community as she explores next options to put her brilliant mind and heart for service to best use. I invited Gunin to share her … Civic Engagement for Change – Featuring Changemaker Gunin Kiran Read More »

There’s nothing I enjoy more than when I meet someone and start sharing what I do and they suddenly say something like “Oh!  You must meet ‘so and so’!”   These connections and introductions often turn into the very best conversations I get in any given week.  Thus was the case when a new mutual colleague decided to connect me with Mia Pumo.  Mia’s passion for education is something we share at a deep level.  Like … Mia Pumo – Helping Educators Flourish! Read More »

Today we welcome Marcia Dawood, Angel Investor and Chair of the Angel Capital Association.  I first met Marcia in a program we're both involved in with Heroic Public Speaking where we are learning with others to deliver speeches to “inspire and delight” our audiences.  I can tell you that I was both inspired and delighted when I heard Marcia share a part of her talk for the first time.  I've believed for a long time … Investing in Change – Featuring Marcia Dawood Read More »

Today we welcome Harriet Stein to the Blue Roads Changemaker Series that aired first on the WIN WIN WOMEN program “On Your Own Terms”.  Harriet shares her story of how she first became interested in the practice of mindfulness including how it has changed her own life and the lives of others around the globe.  I first met Harriet through “HPSGrad”.  It's an amazing program offered by Michael and Amy Port through their business, Heroic … Dipping into Mindfulness for Change – Featuring Harriet Stein Read More »

This is the second time I've had the great privilege of interviewing the radiant and gifted Jeannine Rivers for this Changemaker Series.  She's that amazing and positively LUMINOUS in her efforts to make the world work better for everyone she meets.  I hope you'll check out our first interview from last summer here.  This time, I interviewed Jeannine for my new show, On Your Own Terms, on Win Win Women TV.  Again we used the … Illuminating Change in the World – Featuring Jeannine Rivers Read More »

Today we welcome senior fitness specialist, Mariah Kaye.  I met Mariah because she has kept popping up week after week as a wonderfully loyal viewer and participant in my new weekly show on the WIN WIN WOMEN network I call “On Your Own Terms”.  Because she always stays for the vibrant conversation after the show, over time I started to realize that Mariah is a “Big C – Changemaker” in her own right! Plus, I … Mariah Kaye – Helping Changemakers Keep On Keeping On! Read More »

I've long been fascinated by the potential of hypnotherapy to help people make necessary changes in their lives.  When I met Certified Hypnotherapist Jackie Maclean recently in a business class we took together, I was immediately drawn to her evident knowledge and passion for helping people who were suffering deeply.  The results she gets for her clients using hypnosis are simply astounding.  Learn about Jackie's change-making work and her own Homegrown Solutions that ripple out … The Power of Hypnosis to Create Change Naturally with Hypnotherapist Jackie Maclean Read More »

I met the amazing Jeannine Rivers Colburn last summer when I was reaching out to the world to invite participation in a course I developed called “Tender and Brave:  Authentic Anti-racism for the Well-Intentioned White Woman”.  As an African American woman, something about that title didn't hit Jeannine quite right.  Who was this Patti Talbot?  What was she up to and what qualified her to teach such a course?  Instead of just stewing about what … Jeannine Rivers Colburn – Illuminated Changemaker Read More »

I met CJ Peterson, our special guest in this episode of the Blue Roads Changemaker Series, through a “matchmaking” service for podcasters.  When she was kind enough to interview me for her podcast “The Journey is Real” about my work to cultivate homegrown changemakers (airing in late June), we got to talking afterward about her own work as a Changemaker.  C. J. generously agreed to be a guest for the Blue Roads Changemaker Podcast so … The Journey of Changemaker CJ Peterson Read More »