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We've all been given the promise of hope - for a better life, an answer to our grievances, and an ease on our societal pressures. In the last episode, we explored how these promises were often empty - a disguise for another agenda which ended up hindering our progress. Now, in Episode 24, Bri and Adrian continue to explore practical solutions for hopelessness, and further diagnose the specific hurdles we often experience while yearning for an authentic lifestyle.   - We'll examine: The common perception of authenticity and the proper definition  What happens when our world doesn't ‘keep its promises?' How to manage tension during our biggest moments of pain The difference between leadership and ‘management' - particularly during a crisis   Join Us for Episode 24 of the New Rules Podcast, as we further breakdown the concept of “Hope I Can Believe In” - and the price of empty promises.    Bitty & Beau's Coffee: https://www.bittyandbeauscoffee.com/location/jacksonville/   Don't miss out on our latest updates and engaging content! Connect with us on all our social media platforms to stay connected and find additional resources to continue to become an authentic leader.   Instagram: @writenewrules   Threads: @writenewrules   TikTok: @writenewrules   Youtube: /cadriancrawford  

In this episode of SPEDTalk, we are joined by Meghan Young (Franchise Relations and Brand Excellence) for Bitty & Beau's Coffee Shops. Brewing up more than just delicious drinks, Bitty & Beau's Coffee is a human rights movement disguised as a coffee shop. Their shops provide a one-of-a-kind experience that is changing the way people see people with disabilities. As advocates for the value, acceptance, and inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the Wrights have dedicated their lives to making the world a better place for their children and others living with disabilities. With locations popping up everywhere, Bitty & Beau's is more than just a great cup of coffee! https://www.bittyandbeauscoffee.com/ 2021 Barbara Jordan Media Awards www.facebook.com/SPEDTalk2020 www.instagram.com/spedtalk2020/ Twitter@spedtalk2020 SPEDTalk Dashboard ARD Buddy Elite Big Changes It Takes Courage To Create Culture & Kindness To Keep Us Connected! (Dr. JCB) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spedtalk/message

Today's guests are Bitty & Beau's Coffee Co-Founders, Amy and Ben Wright, and Salesforce EVP & GM of B2B CRM, Bill Patterson. Ben and Amy share how they try to support their employees and customers on a personal level, communicate with honesty, and show their appreciation. They explain how they are using ecommerce to facilitate interactions with customers in today's environment, and how they are recreating their in-person experience online through social media. Please note that halfway through the episode, VP of Trailhead Evangelism at Salesforce Leah McGowen-Hare joins the discussion to host a Q&A with our guests. To learn more about Leading Through Change and to access additional resources to help you and your business manage during this global crisis, go to salesforce.com/blog.

Keah Brown, the journalist behind the viral #DisabledandCute, exudes pride, confidence, and humor – but that’s not always been the case.  Through years of introspect, Keah has learned to celebrate her cerebral palsy and strives to bring awareness to the struggles and triumphs of persons with disabilities. Her new book The Pretty One explores her journey to self-love and what it means for you. This candid conversation explores how to better accept, love, and empower ourselves and each other. SHOW NOTES: During her adolescence, others began calling attention to Keah's disability, leading her to believe it as negative. Keah has reformed a friendship with her non-disabled twin sister Leah after a season of resentment in high school.  Keah put the view of her self in the hands of others. "Insecurity is often the catalyst that sparks the most judgment." Every day, Keah would remind herself four things that she loved about herself allowing her to accept + love herself. #DisabledAndCute: To celebrate her self-love, Keah posted 4 photos she loved of herself on Twitter that led to a viral campaign. Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson personally requested Keah to write her Marie Claire cover story. Read the article here. "When you treat having a child with disabilities as the worst possibility in the world of having a child, that means you treat all of us adult with disabilities that we are the worst outcome." Keah sees strength as beyond physical assertions and includes survival + vulnerability. Get Keah Brown's The Pretty One here. If you enjoyed today's episode, you'll love hearing from Live Inspired Podcast guests Ben + Amy Wright, owners of Bitty & Beau’s Coffee which proudly employing people with disabilities. Listen to Ben + Amy on ep. 85 here. KEAH BROWN'S LIVE INSPIRED 7 1. What is the best book you’ve ever read? The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory. 2. What is a characteristic or trait that you possessed as a child that you wish you still exhibited today? Fearlessness. 3. Your house is on fire, all living things and people are out. You have the opportunity to run in and grab one item. What would it be? Photo of my grandma. 4. You are sitting on a bench overlooking a gorgeous beach. You have the opportunity to have a long conversation with anyone living or dead. Who would it be? Oprah Winfrey and ask “what it means to have an impact and influence on millions of people around the world?” 5. What is the best advice you’ve ever received? Keep going even when it feels like there is no point to it. Push through the fear and exhaustion to make sure you’re doing the things that you love and that matter to you. 6. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Girl, you’re going to look back on this time and laugh fondly at yourself. You think you have everything figured out. Relax and don’t be so hard on yourself. 7. It’s been said that all great people can have their lives summed up in one sentence. How do you want yours to read? Keah Brown changed the world but first, she had to change herself by choosing love in the face of kinds of things. *** Did you enjoy today's episode? Subscribe, rate + review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! Live Inspired with John daily on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram + get his Monday Motivation email.

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Ben and Amy Wright own the wildly successful Bitty & Beau’s Coffee shop, which proudly employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The shop is named after their children who have Down Syndrome. Ben and Amy Wright are combatting the staggering 80% unemployment rate for people with disabilities + using their shop as a platform to share this truth: “We all have different abilities. There’s room for everyone; we just have to see it that way.” Join me and the Wrights as they thoughtfully share questions (if you don’t have a disability/know someone who does) and answers (if you do) to everything you’ve ever wanted to ask or tell on this subject. SHOW NOTES: Amy + Ben are the founders of Bitty & Beau's Coffee in Wilmington, NC that proudly employs individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. "Typically developing guests who come in experience a transformation, a new perspective. It was important to create the jobs, but even more important is that we change the way people see people with mental and intellectual developmental disabilities." Video of Amy accepting her 2017 CNN Hero of the Year Award. Ben + Amy Wright were honored as 2017 Parents of the Year by Fatherly.   BEN + AMY WRIGHT'S LIVE INSPIRED 7 1. What is the best book you’ve ever read?  Ben: Knot on a Counting Rope, a children's book about an American Indian child who is born blind and how his tribe loves him for who he is. Amy: The Giving Tree, it's a children's book that says it all, the way to live and to give to others. 2. What is a characteristic or trait that you possessed as a child that you wish you still exhibited today? Amy: Dancing more, laughing more; although at the coffee shop everyone has fewer inhibitions and just live out loud so I get a good dose of that. I wish I didn't carry worries that I carry and danced more. Ben: The instinct to play more. Be goofy and uninhibited. If you feel like dancing, dance. If you feel like running, run. If you feel like jumping, jump. I have so much restraint these days trying to be the father, grown up, mature person when inside I wish I could grab back onto some of the playfulness I had as a child. 3. Your house is on fire, all living things and people are out. You have the opportunity to run in and grab one item. What would it be?  Amy: As many photo albums as I could carry out.  Ben: This beautiful portrait of Amy when we were married. I want family to be able to come to look at the portrait of her and realize that's where it all started. I believe my life really started in earnest when I met her. 4. You are sitting on a bench overlooking a gorgeous beach. You have the opportunity to have a long conversation with anyone living or dead. Who would it be?  Amy: My mom, who said "I hope this baby you are carrying has Down Syndrome just like beau." She passed away just a few months before Bitty was born. Ben: Amy! We're so busy, we don't get much of an opportunity to talk with each other. I can't think of anyone I'd rather spend my life or time with her. 5. What is the best advice you've ever received?  Ben: You are fearless and you need to stay that way.  Amy: You love your children the same by loving them differently. My mom said this. Everyone has different needs; meet people where they are. 6. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?  Amy: You think this is good now? Just wait! The best is yet to come.  Ben: Take even more risks. Life is unpredictable. It can change in a heart beat. If there is something you believe in, don't just think about it, do it. 7. It’s been said that all great people can have their lives summed up in one sentence. How do you want yours to read?  Ben: He broadened my perspective on what I thought was possible and gave me hope. Amy: She loved fiercely. *** If you enjoyed today’s episode: Please subscribe, rate & review wherever you get your podcasts. See you here next Thursday! Live Inspired with John every day on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram and get his Monday Motivation email: www.JohnOLearyInspires.com/Monday-Morning 

Wilmington environmentalist look to curb straw usage voluntarily meanwhile California they are going to jail waters for offering them, David Wasserman, of 538, writes a grief piece about the ease of criticizing gerrymandering but its very complicated to solve, Insurance Commissioner, Mike Causey, joins Tyler to talk about the ongoing fight with insurance companies that could raise rates significantly in southeastern North Carolina and what the Insurance Department is doing to help out with the Opioid epidemic, and liberal protestors show up and protest David Rouzer at Bitty Beau’s coffee shop

What would it be like to go to work at a place where you always smile, people are genuinely glad to see you, and there always seems to be at least one coworker who reaches a new milestone every day? That’s life at Bitty and Beau’s, a coffee shop in Wilmington, North Carolina that is staffed by people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) like autism or Down Syndrome. With a joyful environment that’s full of love and support, it’s no wonder that the shop’s founder, Amy Wright, finds it hard to leave. “People ask me if I go to work every day,” Wright says. “I say, ‘No, but I wish I could.’” Wright and her husband, Ben, are the parents of four children, including two who have Down Syndrome—Beau and his little sister, Jane Adeline, or “Bitty.” The children are the namesake of the coffee shop, which the Wrights launched in January 2016. The family opened the shop in response to an upsetting stat: Only 20 to 30 percent of adults with disabilities are employed. Amy says she wanted to provide an opportunity for a better future not only to her children but anyone living with IDD. In this episode, you’ll hear about the “Aha!” moment that led her to create Bitty & Beau’s—and the odds-defying young boy who inspired her to start it. You’ll also hear from an employee who says working there has changed his life for the better. By the end of the show, you'll be more able to see the often-missed gifts and talents of the disabled, and see why the fastest-growing coffee shop in the Carolinas is also the most inspiring.