Podcasts about creative visions foundation

Kathy Eldon has worked as an award-winning film and television producer, best-selling author and journalist in England, Kenya and the United States.  In 1998, Kathy and her daughter, Amy, launched Creative Visions Foundation, inspired by the life of her son, Dan Eldon - Reuters photojournalist, artist, and creative activist.  Creative Visions, a United Nations non-governmental organization, has helped incubate more than 500 projects and productions on five continents.   Kathy, a popular speaker, has been featured on countless television and radio programs globally, including several appearances on Oprah. Documentaries and films that Kathy has produced have been distributed through global outlets including, Columbia Pictures, Netflix, CNN, PBS, TBS and OWN.  Her many EP credits include Emmy-nominated "Dying to Tell the Story," "Extraordinary Moms", an Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) special, that features actor, Julia Roberts, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CNN Chief Correspondent Christiane Amanpour and "The Journey is the Destination", a feature film about her son Dan's life.  Now available on Amazon, the award-winning film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Zoë Tryon is a renowned activist, speaker, and artist known for her work with indigenous communities globally. She is the Founder of One of the Tribe Journeys, a travel company that offers privately led, immersive experiences with indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes.  Through One of the Tribe, Zoë has led journalists, filmmakers and celebrities to witness places in the world few will ever see.  Zoë also founded the One of the Tribe non-profit to raise awareness for the issues facing indigenous communities and has acted as a cultural liaison between indigenous and Western leaders since 2006 when she first began living with the Achuar Tribe in the Amazon. Since then Zoë has lived and worked with the Achuar, Shuar, Kichwa, Sapara and Waorani peoples across Ecuador.  She has supported education, health and economic capacity building projects, advocated for environmental and constitutional rights, and worked closely with indigenous partners on the largest environmental lawsuit in history.Zoë speaks worldwide on the interconnected issues of environmental stewardship and corporate responsibility and how we can apply extraordinary wisdom from tribal cultures to our lives today. She is an ambassador for Amazon Watch, a champion for the Clearwater Campaign and a creative activist for the Creative Visions Foundation.  Her artwork is held in private collections around the world.Find out more at ZoeTryon.com or her Instagram Page @ZoeTyron.If you're interested in accompanying her on a once in a lifetime journey into the Amazon, go to One of the Tribe Journeys.Also - cuencasagradas.organd sacredheadwaters.org-------------------------------------------------Click to become a PatronWhat's that mesmerising soundtrack?  That's Marlia Coeur: Spotify | YouTube.

Zoë Tryon is a renowned activist, speaker, and artist known for her work with indigenous communities globally. She is the Founder of One of the Tribe Journeys, a travel company that offers privately led, immersive experiences with indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes.  Through One of the Tribe, Zoë has led journalists, filmmakers and celebrities to witness places in the world few will ever see.  Zoë also founded the One of the Tribe non-profit to raise awareness for the issues facing indigenous communities and has acted as a cultural liaison between indigenous and Western leaders since 2006 when she first began living with the Achuar Tribe in the Amazon. Since then Zoë has lived and worked with the Achuar, Shuar, Kichwa, Sapara and Waorani peoples across Ecuador.  She has supported education, health and economic capacity building projects, advocated for environmental and constitutional rights, and worked closely with indigenous partners on the largest environmental lawsuit in history.Zoë speaks worldwide on the interconnected issues of environmental stewardship and corporate responsibility and how we can apply extraordinary wisdom from tribal cultures to our lives today. She is an ambassador for Amazon Watch, a champion for the Clearwater Campaign and a creative activist for the Creative Visions Foundation.  Her artwork is held in private collections around the world.Find out more at ZoeTryon.com or her Instagram Page @ZoeTyron.If you're interested in accompanying her on a once in a lifetime journey into the Amazon, go to One of the Tribe Journeys.Also - cuencasagradas.organdsacredheadwaters.org-------------------------------------------------Click to become a PatronWhat's that mesmerising soundtrack?  That's Marlia Coeur: Spotify | YouTube.

Michael Kass is the founder of Story and Spirit. As a facilitator, coach, speaker, and award-winning storyteller, he's passionate about helping people, organizations and communities discover and harness the power of their stories to create change.  Michael has over 18 years of experience working on staff and in the trenches with organizations across sectors including technology, social services, health care, arts and culture, and education. As a facilitator and coach, he focuses on helping clients reconnect with the deep passion underlying their work and address the core tensions and beliefs that may be getting in the way of growth. His work with organizations focuses on facilitating culture shift through storytelling, authentic conversation, and deep listening to foster clear internal and external communication and create thriving communities.Michael's training on storytelling, speaking, mindfulness and breathwork have been featured at events around the world. Partners and clients include The Walt Disney Company, Arts in Corrections, Unique CAMP, The House of Beautiful Business, Joint Idea, The Nomadic School of Wonder, The Well-Being Project, the Center for Nonprofit Management, NationBuilder, Kaiser Permanente, CreatorUp!, Swipe Out Hunger, the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles and many individual nonprofit and tech organizations. His storytelling has appeared on many podcasts and his solo storytelling show, Ceremony​, has toured nationally and garnered recognition including LA Weekly Pick of the Week, Best of Fringe at the San Francisco Fringe Festival, and Outstanding Solo Performance at the San Diego Fringe Festival. Michael is a graduate of Rice University and Northwestern University. He is an ACC coach certified by the International Coach Federation, a certified breathwork facilitator, and has completed Medicine Wheel training with Rites of Passage Vision Quest. Michael is a mentor with the Creative Visions Foundation and serves on the Board of Directors of the Breath Center. He likes brownies perhaps a little too much.Learn more about Michael at StoryAndSpirit.org. Connect with him on LinkedIn, and  follow him on Instagram.

Today’s conversation with Kathy Eldon and Pat Chandler boosted my spirits and reinforced my resolve. We can be heard ! This is the perfect message we want to send everyone, as you go off to the polls. Each of us matters and as Kathy has reminded us historically we always boomerang back into the light, after these challenging periods of darkness. We are rewarded by our coming together in hope and acceptance of one another. Both Kathy and Pat and the full Creative Visions Foundation reflect what true activism is about , with compassion, and creative focus on storytelling to shine a light on the best of our humanity. They look beyond themselves at the world ‘outside the cornfields’ as it were. There is magic in each of us as we engage and place ourselves boldly into what will determine our future.  

Stop living as if “here” has no value. “Here” is also a direction, and sometimes it's the most valuable direction that you have.” - Joy Donnell. In this episode, Joy Donnell joins Judithe Registre to highlight creative ways to harness and use the energy and emotion we are all generating naturally through the obstacles and adversaries we encounter every day. Despair is natural to us; you just don't need to let the despair overtake you. - Joy Donnell Joy is a strategist, activist, and entrepreneur driven by purpose. Her PR expertise touches all of her work as she brings her unique insights to content strategy, content creation, and luxury fashion and luxury lifestyle branding. When she isn't behind the camera creating fashion editorials and fashion films as a producer or director, she steps in front of the camera as a model and sustainable luxury advocate. The idea of luxury as a state of mind is something Joy advocates as necessary to cultivate as we creatively engage all of our emotions: anger, frustration, love, and shame. Joy challenges us to engage with ourselves and the journey of our emotion to create beauty in our communities and in the world in general. This powerful awareness can lead to social change and social engagement. This is especially important in a world where we are consuming more information than ever before, As Joy puts it, “true luxury is the absence of angst.” In today's world, “media has become a basic human need.” In other words, how we process and respond to the slew of information we are consuming and producing has never been more critical. If we accept media as a basic human need in our current world, we have to start asking ourselves different questions and demanding more well-rounded narratives. Joy Donnell is currently CEO of Parajin Media Corp and Editor-in-Chief of its flagship luxury lifestyle publication, Vanichi. She also serves as an advisor for The Geekie Awards, the Creative Visions Foundation, and Charles and Company luxury tea Give more oxygen to the knowledge than you give to the noise. - Joy Donnell Connect with Joy and learn more about her and her work via social media and her website details below: FB: @joydonnellofficial IG: @doitinpublic Twitter: @doitinpublic Vanichi FB, Twitter, IG: @vanichimagazin

Kathy Eldon has lived by the credo: "Do more, be more, experience more, create more." She is an extraordinary high-octane RenWoman whose multiple careers have included teacher, journalist, author, filmmaker and founder of Creative Visions Foundation and Creative Visions Productions.  She is an acclaimed speaker and frequent television and radio guest. She has authored 17 books, including her riveting memoir In the Heart of Life.  She has appeared several times on Oprah, and has been a three-time TedX presenter. She has also produced powerful and inspiring documentary films such as Dying to Tell the Tale, Soldiers of Peace, and Extraordinary Moms - which features women such as Christiane Amapour, Hillary Clinton and Rosie O'Donell, and is hosted by Julia Roberts. In 1993, her world was ripped apart when her remarkable photojournalist son, Dan Eldon, was killed by a mob in Somalia.  Although it was the worst thing any mother could go through, she found her way through the grief and founded Creative Visions, which supports creative activism, to honor her son.  Her Ted Talk: "The F-word" is about how she finally came to forgive those who were responsible for her son’s death.  Kathy is all about igniting in others that spark within to allow them to connect with and achieve their highest potential. I was thrilled to profile Kathy in our book RenWomen, and am equally thrilled to welcome her today.

Kathy and Amy Eldon, co-founders of Creative Visions Foundation, channeled their grief-energy into a foundation that creates awareness of critical issues through creative activism. Today on the EO Podcast, Kathy and Amy discuss how their foundation allows for exponential levels of impact by catalyzing change in a way that only media can. Tune-in to learn how Kathy and Amy, a mother-daughter team, supported each other after Dan’s death, found love, handle their differences, and work together towards a larger creative vision. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:10 – Kathy and Amy’s Journey 01:26 – Kathy was a teacher, then mother, then started writing books and telling other people’s stories 01:45 – She’s had an unpredictable life which forced her to be entrepreneurial 2:10 – Now they help others use their entrepreneurship to create important media and art projects to catalyze change 02:44 – Amy’s brother (Kathy’s son) was a war correspondent, activist, and artist who went to Somalia and was killed 04:45 – Parents responded with forgiveness and used the tragedy as a force for good 04:58 – This is how Creative Visions Foundation was born; to help nurture other sparks like Dan 05:13 – They’ve worked with more than 260 projects and productions, with a global reach of over 100 million people 05:38 – The impact of a media company is exponential; it is storytelling to ignite action 06:09 – Investing in media creates a huge impact; it’ll engage people 06:52 – Project examples: The first project 06:54 – Gave a small amount of money to brothels in India to document children in brothels 07:30 – They discovered that they could do more good creating a fiscal sponsorship program for people to create projects and embrace them 07:55 – The Creative Activist Program: Over 260 people that they’ve counseled and guided 08:17 – How do you build something out of a tragedy? 08:38 – Kathy, as a mother, had to channel the energy towards something good 09:10 – She wanted to make a film to share the lives of the young activists like her son, so she already had a mission 09:43 – Taking the energy of grief and pouring it into something else is very constructive 09:53 – This week, Kathy is launching a “Noisy Spirits Club” as part of the sponsorship program 10:12 – She’s met people all over the world who have taken grief and channeled it towards projects for good 10:57 – It can be used to celebrate people, too 11:15 – What does the world need more of? 11:17 – (Amy) Empathy: we need to understand the plight of others and act on it 11:50 – Kathy is concerned that kids aren’t as empathetic as they used to be, but Amy disagrees 12:23 – Kids were involved in foreign news more in the past, the news now doesn’t touch on international news as much 13:20 – “Be Fearless Be Kind” short films that they did for Hasbro 13:27 – Scarlet Lewis, a mother of a boy named Jesse who was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary, decided to take the approach of empathy, compassion, forgiveness, and love 13:49 – Her curriculum in schools across America brings the spirit of embrace into schools 14:00 – She saw the shooter with awareness of his pain 14:33 – Bullying is more painful for your psyche than any physical damage 14:50 – How can we teach children to be more empathetic? 14:53 – Exposure to different kinds of people who aren’t like us; Amy went to the International School of Kenya where everyone was different 15:26 – Children model their behavior from adults; if adults are mocking/judging, children will too 15:51 – It’s up to us to model loving behavior 16:20 – Kathy is working with Maya Soetoro-Ing who came up with a “Peace Studio” 16:48 – Books and projects coming up 17:15 – Amy felt like she was starting to lose memories of her brother Dan and her mother suggested she write in an “Angel Catcher,” a book to store memories 17:50 – The book “Angel Catcher” was born out of their own need to search for purpose and maintain memories of their loved one 18:06 – “Soul Catcher” is a guided journal to find out and become who you really are 18:32 – They wrote “Love Catcher” to find the male love in their lives and a friend connected Kathy with her now husband, and that man connected Amy with her now husband 19:40 – Amy brought some apple crumble pie to John, her now husband, who was living next door 20:00 – That was the beginning of their relationship; both of their husbands are incredibly supportive and wonderful 20:40 – Kathy believes strongly in the power of vision, hence the company name and logo that is from an ancient Chinese divination meaning “the power of the creative...that transforms the world around it” 21:13 – The film 21:20 – Kathy moved to LA and started going through his journals to generate the store 21:55 – After 16-17 years she felt discouraged but had a director, script, and new CEO encouraging them to complete it 22:16 – They pulled together the money, had an excellent producers, and shot for 8 weeks in South Africa the film “The Journey is the Destination” which incorporates Dan’s journal pages 22:45 – It won best film in the Garden State Film Festival and was just shown at Harvard Law School; it is compelling, moving, and inspiring 23:03 – It took Kathy 20 years to make and is a tribute to her steadfastness 24:00 – Be patient with people who hold fast to a vision and work to find angles that help them and support them 24:40 – Amy was always supportive of her mother and they had to learn how to work as a team 24:55 – How is the family dynamic? 25:08 – They are very close, but very different; Kathy is an “Insane Visionary” whereas “Amy” is more about planning and predictability 25:50 – Kathy couldn’t be with anyone like herself for very long; Dan had a noisy energy so they always bounced off each other 26:15 – Amy lives next door to Kathy; Amy loves how Kathy honors everyone, Kathy loves Amy’s “flow” 27:30 – Advice for women entrepreneurs 27:45 – Amy wishes she had more discipline; she hears of CEOs that wake up at 5am and she can’t, she is more effective when she sleeps 28:08 – Meditation is something Amy is working on, the mindfulness makes her more effective 28:25 – Kathy reads two newspapers daily, she’s very curious, and believes openness is important; we must read, experience, speak to others, and live 29:00 – Sometimes entrepreneurs can be too in their heads about achievements that we lose the chance to serendipitous and synchronistic opportunities, and LIVE 29:15 – They are an all-women, mostly young, company 29:40 – They mentor their interns and the interns learn to problem-solve in a way that many can’t experience 30:18 – They are very proud of everyone within their business and perceive them as grown-up and capable 30:39 – Their CEO will be running the company with a more of a business-style; Kathy and Amy weren’t trained in company management 31:00 – Kathy and Amy brought in people skilled in certain aspects of the business in order to grow it; nurture the entrepreneurial spirit in others and delegate; 32:00 – The culture at their company is warm and welcoming and maintains a high level of humanity, even though they are metric-driven and desire growth 32:34 – Kathy believes the company is magnetically attracting extraordinary people from around the world that want to connect 32:39 – “Connection is the solution” 32:50 – Entrepreneurs can bring their business brains to help their people that are in the trenches trying to make a difference 33:10 – Entrepreneurs are creative in their own way; they solve problems 33:35 – Sundowners May 18th at Creative Visions 18820 Pacific Coast Highway 33:55 – Activists from all over the world come and connect and make magic 34:30 – They have a Gala every two years and is about engagement around storytelling 35:00 – Find Kathy and Amy at creativevisions.org and their youth program at rock-your-world.org 35:20 – Learn more about Kathy and Amy at kathyeldon.com Key Points: We need to be more empathetic by understanding the plight of others and acting on it. Be patient and supportive towards people who have a vision, even if you can’t see it yourself. Be open to the world so that you can see opportunities, synchronicities, and serendipitous event when they happen. Resources Mentioned: Entrepreneur's Organization – The EO Network “Angel Catcher” - Journal “Soul Catcher” - Journal “Love Catcher” – Book “The Journey is the Destination” – film Creative Visions Foundation – website Youth activism – website Kathy’s websiteAlmost every household has an unsolved Rubiks Cube but you can easily solve it learning a few algorithms. To listen to more EO Wonder episodes as well as our other podcasts, head to EOPodcasts.com Welcome to the EO Wonder podcast, where each fortnight we bring you news, interviews and much much more about women entrepreneurs shaping the future. We delve into topics that discuss the future of women entrepreneurs, the highs and the lows of running a business and also the interesting things happening within EO!

Kathy and I talk about social change, catalyzing action, creative activism and choosing love and why fearlessness matters more than we know. For more information about Kathy head here and her new book head here. For more information on Creative Visions. The Journey is The Destination: IMDB Biography Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and a graduate of Wellesley College, Kathy has worked as a teacher, journalist, author, and film and television producer in England, Africa and the United States.  In 1997, Kathy launched Creative Visions Foundation, a global organization that supports “creative activists” who use their creative talents to change the world around them.  CVF was inspired by the life of Kathy’s son, Dan Eldon – artist, adventurer and activist – killed in 1993 while on assignment for Reuters New Agency in Somalia. Since 2004, CVF has acted as an incubator, academy and agency for more than 200 projects and productions by artists, filmmakers, playwrights, and leaders of social movements on five continents who use media and the arts as vehicles of social change, impacting over 100 million people. Kathy is also the Founder of Creative Visions Productions, which has produced award-winning films including “Dying to Tell the Story,” a TBS special about front line correspondents hosted by Amy; “Soldiers of Peace, a Children’s Crusade,” a CNN film profiling the Children’s Peace Movement in Colombia, and “Global Tribe,” a cutting edge PBS series hosted by Amy featuring grass-roots creative activists.  Once “Global Tribe,” an interactive website, inspired the development of Rock Your World, a common core curriculum that engaged middle and high school students in local and global issues.  Together with Julia Roberts, she exec-produced “Extraordinary Moms,” a special for the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) about the power of mothers to transform the world that featured then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rosie O’Donnell and Christiane Amanpour.   Currently she is developing “Best Care Possible,” a PBS special in association with WETA, about Palliative Care in America.  After many years of development, “Journey,” a feature film about Dan, directed by Bronwen Hughes (“Harriet the Spy,” “Forces of Nature,” “Stander”) will go into production in 2015. Kathy is the co-founder of Sanctri, a Facebook application that enables individuals to not only remember those who have passed on, but also to celebrate their lives through creating enduring memorials and tributes. Kathy is the author of 18 books, including “Angel Catcher,” “Soul Catcher,” and “Love Catcher” (Chronicle), a series of popular self-guided journals written with her daughter Amy Eldon Turteltaub that help people negotiate loss and grief, find their purpose and introduce more love into their lives.  Kathy edited the acclaimed collection of Dan’s journals, “Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon” (Chronicle), and has also written a variety of popular cookbooks, eating out guides and children’s social history books.  In 2013, Harper One published her memoir, “In the Heart of Life.” Kathy has been profiled in a number of books, including Arianna Huffington’s “On Becoming Fearless,” “Those Who Dare: Real People, Real Courage” and “Fearless Women.”  Kathy was named one of MSN’s “10 Amazing Women You Have Never Heard Of,” together with Nobel Peace Prize winners Wangari Mathai and Jodi Williams.  Kathy was given a Euro-American Women’s Council Artemis Goddess Award for her work with young creative activists, and named a Civic Ventures Purpose Prize Fellow.   On Nelson Mandela’s Birthday in 2013, Kweku and Ndaba Mandela nominated Kathy for the George H.W. Bush “Points of Light” award and in February, 2014, Kathy was awarded a grant of $25,000 after being named the winner of the Unite4Humanity’s Inspiration Award in the Arts at a ceremony in the presence of President Bill Clinton.  Thanks to the PVBLIC Foundation, Kathy was awarded the 2015 Media for Social Impact Award at the United Nations.  Los Angeles Confidential Magazine named Kathy one of Los Angeles’ Most Influential Female Power Duos with actress and activist Maria Bello. Kathy has been featured on countless television and radio programs globally, including several appearances on Oprah and a segment on Oprah’s “Producer’s Favorites.”  A popular speaker, she hosts “Caught in the Act,” a Huffington Post video blog that features dynamic creative activists. Kathy lives in Malibu with her husband Michael Bedner, next to the Dan Eldon Center for Creative Activism, a vibrant hub for individuals who want to help change their bit of the world. ---------- For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit my site here. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kathy Eldon is a bereaved mother, journalist, author, and film producer. She is the founder of Creative Visions Foundation and co-founder of Sanctri, a new Facebook application to commemorate and celebrate those who have died. Author of 17 books including “Angel Catcher: A Journal of Loss and Remembrance,” and her new memoir, “In the Heart of Life.” https://audio.opentohope.com/2014/01/Kathy-Elden.mp3

In this episode of The Intelligent Divorce with Mark Banschick, M.D., our topic is Getting Your Kids to Sleep.  This can be a challenging task with many children but during a divorce, the challenge can be even greater. Our guest is Maureen Healy, founder of Growing Happy Kids, a worldwide organization focused upon fostering happiness in children. She was named a “Creative Activist” by Creative Visions Foundation and authored a “Peace Curriculum” for preschoolers, which is distributed worldwide by The Simha Foundation. Healy is not new to making a positive impact on children around the world. In 2007, she created a program for Tibetan refugee children in Asia and built child-centered programs around the United States. Maureen helps parents understand what keeps children up and provides examples of what we can do to provide a better sleep environment that encourages rest and sleep.  If you are experiencing problems getting your kids to sleep, this is the program for you!