Celeste Coler: Cultivating & Maintaining Self-Respect in the Face of Societal Headwinds
Cultivating and maintaining self-respect in the face of societal headwinds can be extremely difficult and feel like a real reach on any given day. That’s the subject of this week’s conversation between Laura and recent college graduate, and soon-to-be medical school student, Celeste Coler. They start by talking about the fraught process of being accepted…
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Daniel Pink: Ever Regretted Anything? This Is For You!
In our inaugural episode of Season Two, Laura talks with Daniel Pink. Pink has authored 5 New York Times bestsellers, and for more than two decades has explored and researched behavior and creativity. In this conversation they dive into his latest research on regret – why this ubiquitous human experience is one to turn towards,…
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Robin Brulé: Surviving Gun Violence & Honoring the Legacies of Those We’ve Lost
In our final episode of Season One, Laura speaks with Robin Brulé. Written about in The Age of Overwhelm, Robin’s mother and close friend were murdered while drinking coffee and reading the morning paper in their home. Robin speaks about her path from the day that forever changed her life through today and offers listeners…
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Achut Deng: Unstoppable
When reflecting on the early days of the pandemic, something forever memorable is Achut Deng’s story as reported on the New York Times podcast The Daily. Journalist Caitlin Dickerson met Achut when trying to give voice to some of the workers in the United States who were most vulnerable when it came to coronavirus exposure.…
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Freedom Siyam: For Anyone Who Has Ever Cared About Educators, This Week Is For You
This week Laura talks with Freedom Siyam. Freedom has been a classroom teacher, principal, adjunct faculty member and so much more! For decades he’s also been a community organizer for social justice and international human rights causes both in the U.S. and the Philippines. Freedom shares honestly what he sees kids going through and his…
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Krystal Rodriguez: Closing Rikers Island, Balancing the Personal & Political, and When To Kick In Your Plan B
Join Laura as she talks with former public defender and current policy expert, Krystal Rodriguez. Krystal has spent her entire career focusing on how to represent, defend, advocate for, and shift systems to better serve folks from marginalized and underserved communities. In this conversation they discuss her incredibly interesting and critically important work on bail…
Categorized: Future Tripping Podcast![Drs. Tom Gilovich and Shai Davidai: For Anyone Who Wonders Why Life Can Feel So Hard [even harder than it may be]](https://traumastewardship.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Gilovich-and-Davidai-2-copy.jpg)
Drs. Tom Gilovich and Shai Davidai: For Anyone Who Wonders Why Life Can Feel So Hard [even harder than it may be]
This week we are joined by two experts on people’s perceptions of the world and their influence on our actions. Laura has been an admirer, and drawn on the work of, Dr. Gilovich and Dr. Davidai for years, and during their conversation today, they generously indulge Laura as she asks them to apply their research…
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Lezlie Griffin: How Communities Worldwide Are Opposing Fossil Fuels & Dirty Mining While Promoting Sustainable Solutions
This week’s conversation is with activist, community builder, lawyer, and DEI leader Lezlie Griffin. Through her work with Earthworks, Lezlie supports employees in their devoted efforts to prevent fossil fuel and mining initiatives, and to change and enforce laws that hold companies responsible for the pollution and harm that they cause. Lezlie offers us sage…
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Deadria Boyland: Intimate Relationships – What To Do When They Become Manipulative/Controlling/Abusive
Join Laura this week as she talks with an esteemed leader in the Anti-Violence and Domestic Violence fields, Deadria Boyland. Having done this work for over 30 years, Deadria brings her wealth of knowledge to the conversation and together they discuss how we can recognize manipulation, control, and abuse in our own relationships as well…
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Kendall Titus: On Sympathetic Joy, Loss, & Overwhelm
This week Laura talks with Kendall Titus, a wise beyond her years entrepreneur and college student. Kendall shares her thoughts about navigating overwhelm, in college and beyond. They discuss loss and grieving, with Kendall offering concrete strategies that have been helping her over the past year. And they talk about sympathetic joy and all that…
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