Bridging The Potential Podcast

Embodying the Business of Life | Eloy Garza and Aaron Johnson

What if students are the customer and they have the answers to designing self-fulfilling learning? 

How might education change for the better?

 

These are the questions Founder of Career Bridge app and student-led corporation Aspire Enterprise, Eloy Garza, engaged with Aaron Johnson, a nineteen-year-old entrepreneur who plans to make a difference in education.

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Tune in to hear both the educator and student perspective on how teachers and parents can: 

1. prepare students for real life through meaningful projects that make a difference

2. go above and beyond circumstances to break the mold

3. shift cultural dynamics with a code of ethics

 

If you are an educator or an entrepreneur with children in school, you won't want to miss this.

 

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The Real Story About Indigenous People | Elizabeth Digby-Britten and Cassandra Funmaker

Why is it important to reveal the real story about Indigenous People?

Educator and Social Justice Advocate Elizabeth Digby-Britten sat down with activist, creative, environmentalist, and humanitarian Cassie Funmaker to discuss this mutual passion for establishing more equity for Indigenous People. 

They tackled important topics and inquiries that will help listeners discover:  

1. how to look at history with fresh eyes and the question that can lead us there

2. the powerful mentoring that unfolds when people claim their true identity beyond programmed stereotypes 

3. how ART can heal the trauma

4. the 7th generation prophecy that is coming true today

Tune in Tuesday and fill your soul up with some hope and possibilities for our future!

Combining Activism and Indigenous Wisdom | Annie Smith and Ella Britten

What happens when we combine Activism and Indigenous Wisdom?

Professor, Theater Director, Writer, and Facilitator, Annie Smith sat down to explore this question with high school senior Izabella Britten who is the founder and president of the Indigenous Peoples Club and VP of the Feminist Equity Movement. 

Their kindred commitment to social justice and the earth made this a conversation you won’t want to miss.

Tune in to discover how: 

• creating a listening of indigenous wisdom and applying its practices can heal all nations and our planet Earth
  
  
• taking a courageous stand for what you believe in activates the seeds of  leadership for a better world
  
  
• integrating theater performance with activism can propel us forward faster

If you care about social justice and the planet, this conversation will empower you!

The Art of the Possible | Jyl DeHaven and Faheem Dyer

How can we pursue our passion, make money, and be a force of good in today's world?

Visionary entrepreneur, Jyl DeHaven, brought her 30 years of business ownership and 15 years in the business of sustainability to this powerful conversation with Faheem Dyer, a recent college graduate employed in commercial real estate, who is committed to using his skills to provide communities access to transformative opportunities, networks, and capital.

Tune in on Tuesday to:

1. discover the myths of real estate and how to best build generational wealth
2. determine regenerative actions to integrate social justice with youth empowerment
3. be the change by shifting your mindset from consumer-madness to land stewardship in ways that generate the highest and best possible solutions

If you are struggling to believe that you can do well and create true win-wins for you, those you serve, and the planet, this conversation will inspire you!

Awakening Humanity through Service with Love | Dr. Anthony Fleg, MD, and Zelo-Jade Rael

How does Art provide liberation from the identities that enslave us?

Join Dr. Anthony Fleg, a New Mexico Physician and Founder of the Native Health Initiative, and one of our Youth Advisory Council members and first-year UCLA student and artist from Santa Fe Indian School, Zelo Jade Rael, as they dive deep into this topic.

You will be empowered and equipped as you listen to them talk about how we can more effectively:
1. depressurize challenging situations and get out of FEAR
2. remove barriers of separation with Art and Self-expressive Writing in community
3. create respectful spaces where youth are seen and heard and invited to "show up" powerfully

Tune in to listen to this powerful conversation and take some insights and tools back to your life.

Technology and the Psychology of Learning for the 21st Century | Caryn Warren and James Schmidt

What happens when we focus on CREATING technology instead of CONSUMING it?

When Caryn Warren, author of Cybersecurity: The Children's Guide to Being Safe Online, and Founder and Executive Director of Innovators of Tomorrow Inc., shared her insight from more than two decades of success in Information Technology with James Schmidt, a 19-year-old Psychology major who is deeply interested in the role of technology in our culture, wisdom ensued.

Together, they shared some powerful concepts and strategies for parents who grapple with these questions.

Listen in to discover how youth and their parents can:

1) discern beneficial from toxic technology
2) align their efforts to engage technology more responsibly
3) improve communication with technology.

Plus, you'll be thrilled to learn gaming strategies that reinforce critical thinking and prepare youth for jobs in the world.

If you are interested in what we are doing at Living The Potential Network, please visit our website at www.livingthepotential.com and check out the first two chapters of Renee Beth’s book, Living The Potential: Engaging the Wisdom of Our Youth to Save the World. 

Remembering the Human in Humanitarian | Dimple Dhabalia and Alyssa Coelho

How do we navigate life's opportunities and make career choices to maximize our sense of purpose? Can we create meaning from the tragedy we experience in ways that positively impact the world around us? How do we mindfully engage in change-driven work in the world while protecting and caring for our well-being along the way?

This is quite the journey...

Dimple Dhabalia, a leadership and mindful performance coach and founder of Roots in the Clouds, has been asking and answering this question for twenty years. Her work at the crossroads of the government and humanitarian sectors, and her focus on asylum and refugee-related policies and operations and organizations well-being, have developed a unique perspective and skillset that twenty-five-year-old humanitarian Alyssa Noelle Coelho was eager to discover during this conversation. 

As Alyssa sets out to change the world as a writer, entrepreneur, and founder of The Lionheart Creations Foundation, she found herself in the presence of a mentor who shared her wisdom around learning to orchestrate change within oneself as well as out there in the world, to be open to exploring unknowns and to stay socially connected as a leader. 

If you are a humanitarian, determined to elevate humanity out there and protect the humanity within, you will LOVE this episode.

If you are interested in what we are doing at Living The Potential Network, please visit our website at www.livingthepotential.com and check out the first two chapters of Renee Beth’s book, Living The Potential: Engaging the Wisdom of Our Youth to Save the World. 

Business as a Vehicle for Social Good | Cheryl Herrick and Faheem Dyer

How can a family-owned business be a model to positively impact humanity?

Cheryl Herrick -- co-founder of Global 1 Habitats LLC, founder of Ponytail Racing and Racing for Warriors, and innovative systems-thinking entrepreneur -- and Faheem Dyer, a young business man who shares her dream of and commitment to sustainability for individuals, businesses, and the environment had an incredible conversation about just that.

You will be inspired by the work that Global 1 Habitats LLC is doing to create affordable housing that meets the current demand, as well as the power of Impact Investing and how it serves humanity.

By the end of this podcast, you will have a powerful model of a change-maker’s process of clarifying their aim and integrating systems-thinking to improve value for the highest and best of all.

What if everyone realized that the highest good for all is possible?

If you are interested in what we are doing at Living The Potential Network, please visit our website at www.livingthepotential.com and check out the first two chapters of Renee Beth’s book, Living The Potential: Engaging the Wisdom of Our Youth to Save the World. 

Living Life in The Gap | Marcus Bell and Samuel Osborne-Huerta

What music and art inspires you? And what does it inspire you TO DO or BECOME

Whether you are an artist who creates, or someone who deeply appreciates art, you will not want to miss this conversation with music producer, social media influencer, activist, and entrepreneur Marcus Bell and Samuel Osborne-Huerta, a young actor, activist, and LTPN Youth Advisory Council member.

These two men are devoted to creating social change through Art and shared paradigm-shifting wisdom around meeting people where they are in this diverse world, the power of Living in The Gap, and the impact of artists co-creating the new narrative for the 21st century.

What if we could change the world BY doing what we LOVE with INTENTION?

If you are interested in what we are doing at Living The Potential Network, please visit our website at www.livingthepotential.com and check out the first two chapters of Renee Beth’s book, Living The Potential: Engaging the Wisdom of Our Youth to Save the World. 

Social Justice & Change through Art | Laura Mann Hill and James Schmidt

What if you could find a soul-nurturing way to create the change you want to see in the world with your CREATIVE, ARTISTIC talents?

Don’t miss this inspiring conversation with arts organizer, storyteller, theater artist, and stewardship director for the Friends of the Mississippi River, Laura Mann Hill, and James Schmidt, a young man who is already using art to catalyze social change.

By the end of this conversation, we think you’ll be looking for ways to contribute your creativity to the world’s biggest problems.

If you are interested in what we are doing at Living The Potential Network, please visit our website at www.livingthepotential.com and check out the first two chapters of Renee Beth’s book, Living The Potential: Engaging the Wisdom of Our Youth to Save the World.