Tag Happiness & Hope

Need a pick-me-up? These feel-good tales of people changing the world for the better will restore your confidence in humanity and put a spring in your step.

53 min listen

Finding Your Best Self By Solving a Problem for Others with Sarah Leathers (Episode #87)

When Sarah Leathers saw that high school students were lacking community and sick individuals in her area needed healthy meals, she realized she could solve one problem with another. Now, her nonprofit Healing Meals has delivered more than 90,000 meals to those in need of nutritious food, all while connecting kids who need it most.

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The Ripple Effect

The importance of having a community of people to help encourage each other and turn thoughts into action.

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Finding Your Allies

Helen shares an insight with us about cultivating relationships that make your world bigger and what having an ally in your life really is.

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Giving People A Chance

David tells a story about connecting with a woman over similar stories that would stay with him forever. He reminds us that not everyone is set in their ways.

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Lean Into Your Trauma

Deeper connections can still be formed and you can break out of your limitations by getting curious about trauma you have had in your life.

The Importance of a Moral Compass

The highs and lows in our life are all teachers. With this fresh perspective, we can pull out different themes to understand ourselves better and have more joy.

48 min listen

The One Big Problem We Know How to Solve with Christoph Gorder of Charity: Water (Episode #82)

Water is a human need and human right to which billions (with a B) of people still lack access. This is a natural resource that the rest of us normally take for granted. But Christoph Gorder, who grew up in the Central African Republic, is working to change that and seeking every day to improve people’s lives and conditions through his organization: charity: water.