Podcast appearances and mentions of desiree adaway

Watering the Seeds of Soul A conversation with Holly Truhlar and Erin Geesaman Rabke   Find out more about Watering the Seeds of Soul at hollytruhlar.com embodimentmatters.com https://watering-the-seeds-of-soul.mn.co     In this conversation we explore how we came into grief work both personally and professionally.   We share a bit about what is unique about our approach to grief, including Soul, somatics, the mythopoetic, anti-oppression, biocultural restoration and more.  We talk about the Six Gates of Grief as articulated by our dear friend Francis Weller: Everything we love we will lose. The parts of us that have not known love. The sorrows of the world. Grief over destruction of the planet and injustice. What we expected and did not receive. Loss of village and connection. Ancestral Grief from the trials and tribulations of our lineages. The harms we've caused, both personal and collective. We also explore Francis's articulation of the 6 elements of an apprenticeship with sorrow.  Practice as a form of ballast. Self-compassion. Staying in our adult presence. Remembering our wild entanglement. Growing a relationship with silence and solitude. Developing right relationship with sorrow. We also dive into why grief work is important in the world today.  We hope you enjoy the conversation! If you'd like to join us for a live online course starting in February, see https://watering-the-seeds-of-soul.mn.co to fill out an application.    About Holly: Hello there friend, I'm Holly Truhlar. I'm a grief therapist, ritualist, and community organizer.  I'm most known for my work in collapse psychology and politicized grief tending. In my search for what's just and holy I earned a Doctorate in Law and Masters in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology; yet, I found more Soul, more of what mattered, in witnessing grief and spending time with animal-kin. For over a decade, I've facilitated small and large groups (700+) using ritual, storytelling, creative processes, and Deep Democracy work. I'm a queer abolitionist and two time sibling loss survivor (Ivy & Brett

From the best of The Will To Change: Desiree Adaway, DEI consultant, trainer, coach and speaker, joins the program to discuss why anti-racism efforts ultimately benefit everyone in an organization. Discover how to move beyond performative allyship and the need to pay attention to power dynamics. 

In this interview, you'll learn how to have difficult conversations so you grow stronger relationships. Desiree Adaway is the founder of the Adaway group. They consult with businesses to create an inclusive culture. One of my favorite parts of this interview was how we can stay in the right relationship even when in conflict. Highlights from the interview: Why Desiree likes to have difficult conversations.Staying connected during a conflict.Understanding why deep change is possible.Why conflict is essential to the change process.Why she was afraid of conflict as a kid.How Audre Lord taught her about her voice.She shares Dr. Love's four steps of consciousness.Why we filter our thoughts to fit in with others.Understanding what is the worst thing that will happen if we speak up.Why playing it safe is not the answer.Ask yourself, “Who benefits when I don't speak up?”Making room in the middle so we all have a chance to speak.We can be in conflict and hold each other with great care.How to look at the bigger picture instead of protecting our egos.Why most of us don't know how to apologize.The power of putting yourself out there.How not to worry about what other people think of us.Why we must have conflict at work to drive positive change.How to understand our expectations going into the meeting.Talking about things that make us feel broken. You can learn more about Desiree Adaway over at the Adaway Group. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn as well.  And as always, if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing, just reach out to me on the Dig to Fly website, and I'll do my best to get them on. If you enjoy the interview, please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

Desiree Adaway, Principal at The Adaway Group, is a seasoned nonprofit consultant and facilitator. Her work involves helping people, organizations, and institutions change their company culture by addressing the norms, policies, and behaviours that maintain oppression.

EP 99 - How to talk to your racist uncle/ kitchen table activismLiz and Difo talk about the holidays - traditions, mental health, difficulties, joys. They share strategies for standing up for their progressive values at the dinner table and how to have fruitful social justice conversations with family over the holidays.___________________________________________________Show notes:Jennifer Rosen-Heinz for Parents Magazine: https://www.parents.com/kids/responsibility/racism/what-to-do-if-the-racist-is-your-family-member/Desiree Adaway: https://adawaygroup.com/desiree-adaway/____________________________________________________Connect with us:Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/radically__human/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/theradicalsecularSpotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/7xI4LWo5AKI4BUZPorYMzS?si=e13739db3be14c45Apple Pods – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radically-human/id1526238241

Desiree Adaway is here to share with us how time has been constructed as a tool of oppression and how we can resist becoming complicit with supremacy culture through time pressure, and instead become aware of different ways to be in relationship to time.  Believe me: she understands time pressure, my friends! Desiree has over 20 years of experience creating, leading and managing international, multicultural teams through major organizational changes in over 40 countries. As the Senior Director of Mobilization for Habitat for Humanity, she was responsible for planning the strategy and training for hundreds of membership organizations, totaling more than 50,000 members. She was responsible for the overall strategy and DEI plans for 1,600 US affiliates and one million volunteers globally. Desiree is an expert at teaching others how to handle complex, charged conversations (particularly around identity and power) with grace, assertiveness, and transparency. Her program, Whiteness at Work is a one-of-a-kind primer in intersectional race equity work. To confront white supremacy, racism, institutional inequities, and power dynamics in our organizations we must learn a new set of skills. It requires shared language, a historical and cultural analysis, a nuanced understanding of our own identities, the ability to have difficult conversations across difference, and the capacity to imagine and create new ways of being. The Whiteness at Work program is Five modules containing 30 lessons, and over seven hours of training content. Each Lesson is accompanied by a comprehensive resource guide and an extensive debrief and activity guide to help solidify learnings and apply them to your organization. Follow Desiree on Facebook and Instagram.

This week, Virginia chats with with Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant, cofounders of the Center for Body Trust, and authors of a new book out this week, Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation.If you'd like to support Burnt Toast, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And considering becoming a paid Burnt Toast subscriber. It's just $5 per month or $50 for the year. Producing a weekly podcast requires a significant investment of time and resources from several talented people. Paid subscriptions make all of our work possible and enable us to offer an honorarium to expert guests, which is key to centering marginalized voices in this space.BUTTER & OTHER LINKSWe're getting ready to do another AMA episode soon. And we need your questions! Put them here, so we stay organized. Hilary and Dana were on the Dear Sugars podcastVirginia previously interviewed them for a Health Magazine pieceOne of the frameworks Hilary and Dana use is Barbara Love’s liberatory consciousness, which is something they learned from Desiree Adaway and Ericka Hines.Nonbinary psychologist and Body Trust provider Sand Chang contributed to their book.Hilary is obsessed with the show on Apple TV called Home and her dog Arrow. Dana is obsessed with her hot tub, heated or not, and English muffins from Sparrow Bakery.Virginia and her lower back are obsessed with this $29 heating pad from TargetCREDITSThe Burnt Toast Podcast is produced and hosted by Virginia Sole-Smith. Follow Virginia on Instagram or Twitter.Burnt Toast transcripts and essays are edited and formatted by Corinne Fay, who runs @SellTradePlus, an Instagram account where you can buy and sell plus size clothing.The Burnt Toast logo is by Deanna Lowe.Our theme music is by Jeff Bailey and Chris Maxwell.Tommy Harron is our audio engineer.Thanks for listening and for supporting independent anti-diet journalism. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com/subscribe

Desiree Adaway, founder and principal of the Adaway Group, is one of the nation's preeminent diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant-facilitators with over 25 years of experience creating, leading, and managing international multicultural teams in 40 countries through major organizational change. She also leads the annual Whiteness at Work program, which I took in 2020. When she sent an email a few months ago about the intersection of creativity, and was leading a journaling workshop, I immediately wanted to know more about how she sees that intersection, so I invited her to the podcast. As you'll hear, we delve deep into the ways equity work and creativity are similar, which may surprise you—from perfectionism to self-judgment to how to use journaling as a tool for your own freedom as well as the collective good, you'll find a lot to think on and explore. I hope you'll leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts—but in that review, please tell us about the just, equitable world YOU want to build. Check out the show notes at fycuriosity.com, and join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! I also post pretty regularly on TikTok, and you can also listen on YouTube. And if you're feeling stuck in your own creative process, I made the Creative Tune-Up just for you!

“It doesn't matter what you do, and what you have in place - if you are not building deep, right relationships with your partners and colleagues you're actually losing at this game.” - Desiree Adaway   In this episode of The Widest Net Podcast, Pam and guest Desiree Adaway engage in a deep and impactful conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in business. We couldn't imagine anyone better to lead this discussion than Desiree Adaway, the founder and principal of The Adaway Group, one of the nation's leading DEI consultants and facilitators with over 25 years of experience. Desiree and her team have created, led and managed multicultural teams in over 40 countries through major organizational change and training programs.     Like Desiree, Pam agrees that the critical piece to building a thriving business and community is understanding the building blocks of equity, justice and inclusion. Desiree has a way of communicating these building blocks so that each one of us can understand and walk them out in our own lives and business.    “Work is loving each other and being in community with each other. Do you want to be right or do you want to be in right relationship, because sometimes you don't get to have both.” - Desiree Adaway   Here's what you can expect from this episode:    Learn some of the core influences that have taught Desiree about racial equity Understand how to develop communication to better build alliances and coalitions through deep relationship Visualize what the future looks like when we are live out our policies and values around equity and inclusion Understand the different outcomes of leveraging skepticism over cynicism A clear definition of diversity, equity, inclusion and intersectionality  Why apologizing is a core leadership skill that delivers impact Resources mentioned in this episode:  The Adaway Group Desiree's Facebook Desiree's Instagram The Widest Net Book by Pamela Slim    Connect with The Widest Net If you haven't done so already, subscribe to the podcast. Published episodes will come directly to your favorite podcast app.    If you enjoyed the show, please rate it on Apple Podcasts with a short review. Doing so will help me reach more entrepreneurs and small business owners just like you.  Connect with Pam directly on LinkedIn

“If you're designing a space for the most marginalized folks, by definition, the entire experience is going to be more inclusive for everybody.”   It is a gift to have Pamela Slim as our guest for the official start of Inclusive Life Podcast Season 2.    The conversation illuminates Pam's skills at disrupting business as usual. She points out over and over again the choices business owner's can make to cultivate one's business as an ecosystem versus approaching business building as an empire, amassing market power through competition, extraction, and hierarchy.   The conversation opens with the metaphorical opening of Pam's new book, The Widest Net, which she's dedicated to her dearest friend, Desiree Adaway. Pam holds up Desiree as a model for inclusive business leadership. Clarity, honesty, and revolutionary love are what she brings both to their friendship and to those she manages. What Pam and Nicole are highlighting in this opening tribute to Desiree is the tap root of a thriving ecosystem: companionship and community built around shared values. As listeners, you will feel the strong weaving of the net.    A competitive, scarcity-based, transactional approach to business success is isolating and rigid. There is little room for mistakes or authenticity. And if there is no room for authenticity, then there truly is no room for inclusion.   Many of us are in the process of building business, with all the insecurity and fear that accompany this journey. Often, equity and inclusion are values we want to work in AFTER our businesses have reached a certain level of stability. Once we get “there,” we'll really focus on equity. What Pam has seen in her long career in coaching business owners is that it doesn't get easier to prioritize equity and inclusion later. In fact, without centering equity and inclusion at the outset (or starting now), business owners inadvertently build their businesses with practices that center whiteness and hierarchy.    Nicole and Pam weed out the central themes of The Widest Net and Pam's evolving approach to business and coaching. They identify that practicing clarity, consistency, and ecosystems in an iterative, synergistic, and curiosity-fueled cycle is a way to weave a wide supportive, inclusive net.   Mind you, Pam is not talking about casting a net, which is much more of an empire building approach. She's talking about weaving a net that draws folks (including you!) into a supportive, connected community where everyone's unique gifts and lived experiences are valued and each can thrive.    This is not easy work. And that's exactly why we need a wide net.   Listen in. We can't wait to hear your takeaways.   The conversation also includes: Equity and inclusion: not “nice to haves” but qualities and practices that fuel businesses The validation that all of us business owners and managers are agents of change doing transformational work  The importance of being open  Why there is never a better time than now to build an inclusive and equitable business Choosing curiosity as a posture when leaning into inclusion and equity, especially as a new business owner Disrupting empire building while building our businesses A discussion of transformation and transaction that transcends the binary The three themes of The Widest Net   Bio:   Pamela Slim is an award-winner author, speaker and business coach who works with small business owners ready to scale their businesses and IP.    She is the author of Escape from Cubicle Nation (Penguin Portfolio, 2009), Body of Work (Penguin Portfolio, 2014) and The Widest Net (McGraw Hill, November, 2021).   Pam and her husband Darryl Slim co-founded the K'é Main Street Learning Lab in Mesa, Arizona, where they host scores of diverse community leaders and regular small business programming.   You can find Pam at: PamelaSlim.com Twitter: @pamslim Facebook: @pamela.slim LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelaslim/ Instagram: @pamslim

Y'all. I got to talk to the amazing Desiree Adaway, a powerhouse teacher and consultant I've been following around on the internet for years. Get into this conversation where she shares her story, asks us to examine how race first enters our consciousness, tells us how we need to parse people from systems, and talks about why we need to challenge anti-fatness in our liberation spaces. And listen all the way to the end to hear why you need fountain pens in your best fat life.

Embodiment for the Rest of Us - Season 1, Episode 5: Nicola Haggett   Chavonne (she/her) and Jenn (she/her) interviewed Nicola Haggett (she/her) about her embodiment journey. To learn more about her work, follow her on instagram under the handle @nicolahaggett or find her on her website, www.nicolahaggett.com.    Nicola Haggett is a Body Trust Coach, Mentor, & Facilitator. She helps folks to unlearn body shame, rebuild self trust, and have a more compassionate, connected, and nourishing relationship with their "here and now" body. Nicola is a professionally trained, experienced and compassionately curious Coach, Certified Body Trust® Provider, Intuitive Eating Facilitator, and Open Heart Project Meditation Instructor.   She describes herself as fat (a word she has reclaimed as a neutral descriptor for her body) and her lived experience as a fat person are an important part of what she brings to her work. Nicola believes that it's possible to nourish, care for, and build trust with your body, despite living in a culture that tells you that you need to shrink to fit in. She sees clients online from her home in East London, where she lives with her husband, Ricky, and their two kids.   Content Warning: discussion of privilege, mention of ableism, mention of neurodiversity barriers   Trigger Warnings: 14:39: Nicola discusses her experience of medical fatphobia during her pregnancies 18:37: Chavonne discusses her experience of medical fatphobia during her pregnancies 24:30: Jenn discusses wheelchairs damaged on flights   The captions for this episode can be found at https://embodimentfortherestofus.com/season-1/season-1-episode-5-nicola-haggett/#captions   A few highlights: 4:40: Nicola shares her understanding of embodiment and her own embodiment journey 14:39 Nicola shares her experience of medical fatphobia during her pregnancies 29:27: Nicola discusses her understanding of “the rest of us” and how she is a part of that, as well as her privileges 31:34: Nicola shares her daily embodiment practice and her take on the word “resilience” Addendum: From Nicola: “I talk about my recent diagnosis with ADHD, and at a couple of points I refer to my kids' neurodiversity also. As I read more about what this means for both of us I have learned to use the word neurodivergence instead.” 1:04:57: Chavonne repairs with Nicola in the moment 1:07:34: Nicola discusses body stories and their intersections that come up with body justice and fat liberation Addendum: Nicola credits Hilary Kivaney and Dana Sturtevant of BeNourished, who shared some of the questions as part of her Body Trust Provider training 1:17:45: Nicola discusses how trusting our bodies is the opposite of the search for a cure or purification Addendum: Nicola wants to name that she is learning from Disability Justice and particularly Eli Clare's work 1:31:10: Nicola discusses how perfectionism benefits from our shame Addendum: Nicola credits Tema Okun's work in this regard and also credits Desiree Adaway, who first introduced her to the article below about white supremacy culture when she did Freedom School a few years ago 1:35:51: Nicola shares how listeners can make a difference based on this conversation 1:39:29: Nicola shares how to be found and what's next for her   Links from this episode: ADHD Adrienne Marie Brown Be Nourished The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor Body Story Body Trust Brilliant Imperfection Dana Sturtevant Desiree Adaway Disability Justice Eli Clare Executive Functioning Freedom School “Geriatric” Pregnancy Data from the 18th Century (1700s) Hilary Kivaney IFfirmations Interoception Kristi Colwell Medical-Industrial Complex "The Needy Podcast” episode with Nicola (CW: discusses medical fatphobia in pregnancy) Niva Piran and the Developmental Theory of Embodiment Octavia Butler  Proprioception Sonya Renee Taylor Strozzi Institute Tema Okun Tourette Syndrome Wheelchairs Being Broken on Flights White Supremacy Culture Characteristics   Music: “Wheel of Karma” by Jason Shaw   Please follow us on social media: Website: embodimentfortherestofus.com Twitter: @embodimentus Instagram: @embodimentfortherestofus

What if spending a few minutes each day touching a plant or staring into space could change your life? Paloma Medina has seen it happen—and tells us why it's the first step toward radical, equitable change. Paloma Medina is a management trainer, public speaker, coach, and entrepreneur who uses neuropsychology to help leaders develop more inclusive and equitable practices. She joins us to talk about trading cortisol addiction for life-affirming productivity, the power of tracking equity metrics on your team, and why she recommends everyone spend 5 minutes a day doing nothing.Inclusion is a sense of belonging. It is how we pick up signals from others that we are valued, liked, that we belong. That we have friends, that we've got people on our side. A ton of the work that I did in the beginning in researching equity and inclusion and how it intersected with the kind of manager trainer I could be was realizing there is all this neuropsychological research that shows that belonging is this absolute core need. Humans are wired to scan for it, protect it, and freak out fully if there's any threat to their inclusion.—Paloma Medina, management trainerWe talk about:How the neuropsychology of productivity relates to equity and inclusionHow to transition away from hustle culture and into life-affirming productivityThe difference between equity and inclusion How leadership can use the three E's of professional development to combat bias in the workplace: education, exposure, and experience How closing down Paloma's retail store,  11:11 Supply, helped her find a renewed sense of self-worth in the midst of uncertaintyThe power and protest of doing nothingThe BICEPS model of core needsPlus: in this week's You've Got This, Sara shares a post from Desiree Adaway on the connection between overwork and white supremacy: “White supremacy knows that when we're exhausted, we remain obedient. And when we're overworked, we tend to stay quiet.” For more on this topic, head on over to https://www.activevoicehq.com/podcast.Links:Paloma MedinaThe BICEPS modelThe Insight AllianceSense of Urgency Keeps Us DisconnectedActive Voice

This episode was previously released on The Will To Change. Note: Join Desiree for Whiteness at Work, beginning on June 15th, 2021, to explore ways organizations have successfully pushed back on the norms of white dominant culture in the last year. Register for the free training at http://whitenessatwork.com Desiree Adaway, DEI consultant, trainer, coach and speaker, joins the program to discuss why anti-racism efforts ultimately benefit everyone in an organization. Discover how to move beyond performative allyship and the need to pay attention to power dynamics. Desiree also shares her thoughts about the recent executive order regarding DEI training. 

In today's episode, we're talking about systems of oppression, what they are, how they stop us from living our unapologetic lives, and what we can do about it. Here's the breakdown: ✨naming some of the systems of oppression and why they matter ✨ how to start dismantling those systems from the inside out (it starts with us!) ✨ a helpful framework for looking at social change and how we can apply it to our own work ✨ exploring the way that our liberation is connected to each other ✨ a discussion of how all of this ties back to living unapologetically LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE: Sonya Renee Taylor - https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com/ Desiree Adaway - https://adawaygroup.com/ Liberatory Consciousness Framework by Barbara Love - https://app.uhds.oregonstate.edu/intranet/files/Public/CRF%20Class/Week%203/Developing%20a%20Liberatory%20Consciousness%20-%20Barbara%20Love.pdf Audre Lorde, There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions - http://uuliveoak.org/pdfs/worship_9-04-09_excerpts_no_hierarchy_of_oppressions.pdf FOLLOW JESS ON SOCIAL!!!! Instagram: https://instagram.com/jessmwagFacebook: https://facebook.com/jessmwag MORE FROM JESSFREE Resource - Your Passion Blueprint: Figure Out if You're on the Right Path and Where to Go From Here - https://jessmwagner.com/passionLearn more about how to work with me: https://jessmwagner.com/work-with-me  

Diversity, equity, and inclusion expert Desiree Adaway gets right at the heart of racism, the overt and subtle ways it shows up, and what companies can do to create a more inclusive culture.

Nai and Cam have a conversation about the things that they as co-founders have been learning and implementing, as they learn alongside members in the current intake of the Feminist Coach Theory Certification Training. One of the things that Desiree Adaway, a teacher and Advisory Board Member in the Feminist Coach Academy, has said many times is the importance of learning publicly.Nai and Cam share what they’re learning and the feedback they’re getting and applying on the following topics:How dominant the English language is in the training and in generalHow gender neutral language doesn’t always translate into other languages and contextsThe need for captions on videos and transcripts of audios to be more inclusive and not able-istThe way true inclusivity is actually a collaborative experience with your communityHow to be inclusive to folks whose identities we don’t shareWays to be more inclusive to folks in any group who don’t share the dominant identity so they don’t get lost in the mixHow, as course creators, it’s easy to get disconnected from the experience of the learner because the focus becomes about organising files and coordinating teachers and facilitating the technologyWays Nai and Cam are connecting back into what might not be clear to members as they go through the courseworkThe difference between genuine feedback for improving a training and ‘feedback forms’ that are really for seeking testimonialsThe benefits Nai and Cam are finding from applying what they’re learning from the student surveysWhy they’re shifting from Feminist CEO Calls to Feminist Coworking CallsEnsuring multiple perspectives are shared on classes led by white folksThe importance of self-care and rest in working on this big mission!Do you want to learn how to integrate an inclusive feminist praxis into your work, business, yourself and your everyday life and get Certified in Feminist Coach Theory? Then we invite you to join our Certification Training. We are now accepting enrolments for our March 2021 intake. If this feels right to you then we would love to have you and see in you in our community. Go to feministcoachacademycourses.comRemember, you can also support our work via Patreon. When you become a Patron you are supporting our vision for creating a new standard for all helping professionals and entrepreneurs, and making it more inclusive and feminist, which is what we so badly need. Your support contributes to business expenses and paying our faculty and advisory board members and to hopefully start having employees in the near future and hiring other people full time to come and work for us and grow our academy even more. Go to Patreon.com/FeministCoachAcademyThe Feminist Coach Academy podcast is proudly supported by Perk Digital, helping professional and entrepreneurial women amplify their message, build their body of work and leave a legacy through podcasts. For more information about how podcasts can help you build your brand, visit https://perkdigital.com.au

Desiree Adaway is no stranger to being the only black person in a room, or even in an entire community. At 16, while skipping class, she saw an ad in the back of a magazine about exchange student programs and applied, signing her mother’s name on the application, the passport application, and all other necessary documents. She was accepted into the program, but had to decline the invitation because she knew her mother couldn’t afford it. The program administrator found a sponsor, and Desiree started packing - before ever talking to her mother. Desiree didn’t want to go to Germany. She felt a deep need to go, like she would suffocate if she didn’t go. Arriving in Germany, she was placed with a host family in a tiny town where she was the only person with dark brown skin within more than a 500 mile radius. Her peers touched her skin and hair, stared at her, she felt like an animal at the zoo. And that was only the beginning. Throughout school and career, she had many of these experiences, including being the only black person at board meetings, management team events. She lost track of the number of times strangers have reached out without hesitation, much less asking to touch her hair, her skin, one woman at a market hugged her as if she had no ownership of her own body. People have had an outrageous sense of entitlement to touch her. This may not seem like a big deal, but when you put this entitlement into the context of the history of the enslavement of dark skinned people, you might begin to understand. This part of her story particularly resonated with me because of my experiences as a pregnant woman. Strangers would randomly reach out to touch my belly - and I know this is a common experience during pregnancy. It’s absurd. Our conversation here is rich with experiences, stories to open eyes to the many different ways racism is experienced in a variety of environments. The highlight for me was when I asked Desiree about a positive experience when a white person acknowledged racism, acknowledged the beauty of diversity as opposed to pretending to be “color blind.” She said that her business partner, early in their relationship, pulled her aside and said these words: One day my whiteness will betray me and I’m going to make a mistake. What will we do to move through that? The extraordinary thing about how Desiree told me this is that she turned it around and applied that sentiment to herself. She acknowledged that at some point she will fall into that trap as well, potentially with gender identity issues and other parts of humanity that she’s unfamiliar. If we want to address inequity and racism, we must acknowledge it as it exists for those who experience it. If you’re ready to take action as a human, you don’t have to make huge gestures. You must notice when micro-aggressions happen, and if you miss it and someone points it out to you, do not dismiss the concern. Ask about it, find out why it’s so insulting, demeaning, why the action or words are symbols of racism and bigotry. --- Desiree Adaway is a consultant, trainer, coach and speaker building resilient, equitable, and inclusive organizations. She holds a vision for people’s lives, workplaces and communities until they can hold it for themselves. Learn more by visiting her website, connect with her on LinkedIn, and be sure to follow her on your favorite social media platforms: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. --- About Sarah: In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with. My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home. The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available! Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.

“This is part of parenting. This is part of the process. If we are raising humans to live in this multicultural, multiracial society, we have an obligation first to them, but also frankly to humanity, to be willing to be vulnerable and have those deep conversations.” In celebration of Nicole’s new book, Raising Antiracist Kids: The Power of Intentional Conversations about Race and Parenting, DEI expert Desiree Adaway interviews Nicole about how to have difficult conversations with children about race. What is revealed: the research is well established and uncontroversial when it comes to what children need to understand and better navigate race and racism. They need consistent, imperfect engagement throughout their lives with their parents.  What gets in the way?  The discomfort of adults.  Throughout this conversation it becomes more and more clear: we begin with our young children with simple, basic explanations and conversations, and as they mature, so do the conversations. We weave in more nuance and complexity. This seems obvious, and yet parents and caregivers get bogged down with not having all the answers up front, or are silenced by myths such as “my kids don’t see race” or “talking about race will scare my child.” Desiree and Nicole together make it clear that even though these conversations may be difficult for parents, for our children it eases a burden. Parents can and need to create a space for children to come and grapple without shame. Rather than having to make meaning on their own, they learn they can rely on and trust their parents for support.  Parents’ avoidance and silence gives children information as well. Children learn what we believe by our body language, “shushing” and facial expressions. They learn there are certain topics that are bad or shameful. Add in racist messaging (whether implicit or explicit) from the media, our schools and houses of worship, and with yet another generation, we’ve perpetuated a cycle of harm rather than interrupted it. This conversation is a rich one. It will give you tools and more confidence to jump in. And yet, because we are working against generations of avoidance, you may need more support. Purchase a copy of Raising Antiracist Kids: The Power of Intentional Conversations about Race and Parenting  and get in community. Gather some parenting friends together to read and support one another. Share a copy with someone else in your family to begin to shift the culture in your own extended family. And please join us in the Inclusive Life community on Facebook where you will find like minded people who are devoted to their antiracist journeys. Desiree and Nicole talked about: The origin story of Raising Antiracist Kids: The Power of Intentional Conversations about Race and Parenting Nicole’s interview project with white parents and her findings The importance of white parents learning to talk to kids about being white How children are learning about race from our non-verbal cues Why it’s important to talk to your children about race before they’re 10 years old (and actually much earlier!) How kids who say or do racist things most often are not being raised by racist parents The importance of reading children’s books about Black brilliance and Black people living normal lives The research is clear and established: we know what children need when it comes to conversations about race Doing antiracism work in community. Read Raising Antiracist Kids: The Power of Intentional Conversations About Race and Parenting with your friends and family Bio: Desiree Adaway (she/her/hers), Founder of The Adaway Group,  is a seasoned non-profit consultant, trainer, coach and speaker building resilient equitable and inclusive organizations. She has over 25 years of experience creating, leading and managing international, multicultural teams through major organizational changes in over 40 countries. Desiree has crafted and administered partnerships that have secured over $10.5 million in funding from a variety of private and corporate resources. As the Senior Director of Mobilization for Habitat for Humanity she was responsible for planning the strategy and training for hundreds of membership organizations, totaling more than 50,000 members. She was responsible for the overall strategy and DEI plans for 1,600 US affiliates and one million volunteers globally. From this experience Desiree knows that if you want to create real and lasting change in the world you can’t expect to get something better if you’re doing the things you’ve always done. Desiree’s presentations have a mix of thought-provoking content presented with humor and wit. When she teaches, she makes a point to connect with every person and create a brave space for their growth. Desiree is known by staff, senior leadership, peers, and partners as facilitating open, honest, and productive conversations that transform organizational culture.She is not  afraid of addressing anything that gets in the way of the work. Her style is positive, approachable, engaging, service-oriented, and audience-centered. Desiree holds a vision for people’s lives, workplace and communities until they can hold it for themselves.   Click here to get the book Raising Antiracist Kids: The Power of Intentional Conversations About Race and Parenting --- Thank you so much for joining us! Our conversation continues on Facebook in our Inclusive Life Community. You can also follow us on Instagram and learn more at www.inclusivelife.co. Please click here to leave a review for The Inclusive Life Podcast. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get notified when a new episode comes out!  ++ Instagram @inclusivelife ++ Facebook @inclusivelife ++ Facebook Group @Inclusive Life ++ Website www.inclusivelife.co   Subscribe to The Inclusive Life Podcast ++ Apple Podcasts ++ Spotify ++ Google Podcasts

Desiree Adaway, DEI consultant, trainer, coach and speaker, joins the program to discuss why anti-racism efforts ultimately benefit everyone in an organization. Discover how to move beyond performative allyship and the need to pay attention to power dynamics. Desiree also shares her thoughts about the recent executive order regarding DEI training. 

This episode we have an interview with Desiree Adaway, one of our Advisory Board Members and one of our Guest Teachers in Module 2 of our Certification Training.This is an interview Nai did with Desiree a couple years ago, however it’s still very much relevant today. Desiree is a seasoned non-profit consultant and facilitator with decades of experience in helping leaders create real and lasting change in the world.All of her presentations have a mix of thought provoking content presented with humour and wit. When she teaches, she makes a point to connect with every person and create a brave space for their growth. Desiree is known by staff, senior leadership, peers and partners as being great at open, honest and productive conversations.In this episode Desiree and Nai cover a huge range of topics, including writing expressing your voice through online platforms, having deep nuanced conversations online, identity and what shapes us, understanding and unlearning our socialisation, activism and intentionality, the neutrality myth, save spaces versus brave spaces, as well as intersectional feminism and Liberatory Consciousness Framework.You can read more and connect with Desiree via https://adawaygroup.comDo you want to learn how to integrate an inclusive feminist praxis into your work, business, yourself and your everyday life and get Certified in Feminist Coach Theory? Then we invite you to join our Certification Training. We are now accepting enrolments for our March 2021 intake. If this feels right to you then we would love to have you and see in you in our community. Go to feministcoachacademycourses.comRemember to check out the free webinar: Four problems feminist entrepreneurs need to overcome in order to have a successful business. Get a free workbook when you sign up for the webinar at www.feministcoachacademy.com plus find other great resources too.The Feminist Coach Academy podcast is proudly supported by Perk Digital, helping professional and entrepreneurial women amplify their message, build their body of work and leave a legacy through podcasts. For more information about how podcasts can help you build your brand, visit https://perkdigital.com.au

Bear is a life coach, artist, and social justice educator who helps socially conscious humans align their actions with their values. In their coaching and teaching, they apply a feminist, anti-racist, anti-capitalist lens. In this episode, I ask them about their gender journey to using they/them pronouns, and we talk about interlocking systems of oppression, call out culture, and wanting healing for people who cause harm without necessarily wanting to be a part of that healing.  Content Warning: We do touch on sexual violence, capital punishment, and more, but we also take stretch breaks and pauses for breath as we do so. Remember to pause the recording if you feel yourself tensing up or becoming very activated. Bearcoaches.com Undoingpatriarchy.com Caliban And The Witch by Silvia Federici Combahee River Collective and How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Alternate ROOTS alternateroots.org Info about the online version of ROOTS Week Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni Killers Of The Dream by Lillian Smith The Farm: Angola, USA 13th, Ava DuVernay bell hooks on “white supremacist capitalist patriarchy” Whiteness At Work, Desiree Adaway with Jessica Fish and Erika Hines Beverly Daniel Tatum, author of Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria?  on diversity as an aftereffect of a lifelong commitment to the self-named struggles of people of color Philly Stands Up zine Beyond Survival book "The Opposite Of Rape Culture Is Nurturance Culture" and Turn This World Inside Out by Nora Samaran “No one enters violence for the first time having committed it.” -Danielle Sered, quoted by Mariame Kabe

This week I interview Desiree Adaway about embodied leadership, white supremacy and other systems of oppression, social equity, liberation, abundance and regeneration. It's essential listening for anyone seeking reimagined, equitable and inclusive ways of being, doing, working and doing business.For more information on Desiree's Freedom School - https://adawaygroup.com/freedom-school/   For more information on Embodied Changemaker - https://events.humanitix.com/embodied-changemaker  

Our guest today on the pod is Molly Gordon.  Molly is a Master Certified Coach, an Executive Coach, and a Certified Mentor Coach.  She is known to many founders of the profession as a "coach's coach". Molly's site Molly's mentor coaching Desiree Adaway's Awarepreneurs interview Inclusion in Conscious Business class Desiree Adaway's site Nicole Lee's site The Awarepreneurs Community Paul's business coaching site Awarepreneurs is a popular conscious business and social entrepreneur podcast.  You can find out more at www.awarepreneurs.com.

When running a business and as an entrepreneur, I strongly believe that is our responsibility to show up: as an individual for your community in times of crisis when we see social injustice such as racism But it is often not easy to know what to do and how to show up effectively without getting overwhelmed. To discuss this topic, I am bringing you an expert in community leadership, Naomi Hattaway. "Instead of using the word ‘ally’ use the word ‘antagonist’ but the work starts at your kitchen table"Naomi Hattaway is the founder of I Am A Triangle, an online community with thousands of globally located members with one thing in common – they have lived around the world, away from their passport countries. She also owns 8th & Home Real Estate and Relocation, a nationwide referral network, matching families on the move with real estate professionals who chase communities and not commissions. After living in several locations in the United States, her family (three kids, now in college and high school) moved overseas to Delhi, India where she learned to thrive in the midst of chaos. Following a one-year stint in Singapore, they are now back in the United States, and she has traipsed her way from Florida to Virginia to Ohio and is now back in her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. Naomi is passionate about community building and empowering others to thrive, not just survive, in the places they call home. What You Will LearnHow global nomads can take a stand against injustice even when not having voting or local political power Why not being racist is not enough and where the work again racism can start in simple small actions as an individual and as an entrepreneur How entrepreneurs can show up and lead their communities again racism and injustice while making sure to not get overwhelmed and keeping the business in focus Resources And Inspiration:Using your voice to speak up (https://tandemnomads.com/podcast/using-your-voice-to-speak-up/) How to build a powerful community and lead it to the next level – Naomi Hattaway (https://tandemnomads.com/podcast/using-your-voice-to-speak-up/) Catrice Jackson (http://www.catriceology.com/) Antagonist, Advocates and Allies: The Wake Up Call Guide for White Women Who Want to Become Allies with Black Women (https://www.amazon.com/Antagonist-Advocates-Allies-Guide-Become/dp/0983839824) Angela Y. Davis Quote (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8731136-in-a-racist-society-it-is-not-enough-to-be) This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8731136-in-a-racist-society-it-is-not-enough-to-be) Antiracist Baby Board Book (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8731136-in-a-racist-society-it-is-not-enough-to-be) How to Be an Antiracist (https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Antiracist-Ibram-Kendi/dp/0525509283/ref=sr_1_2?crid=ZI3X0TR7VVSK&dchild=1&keywords=antiracist&qid=1595088289&s=books&sprefix=anti+rac%2Cstripbooks%2C160&sr=1-2) Harvard Implicit bias test (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html) Danielle Coke (https://www.ohhappydani.com/) Desiree Adaway (https://adawaygroup.com/) Tiffany Jewell (This Book is Anti-Racist for teenagers) (https://adawaygroup.com/) Rachel Rodgers (https://www.instagram.com/rachrodgersesq/) Take the Anti-racist Small Business Pledge & commit to building an equitable, anti-racist organization. (https://helloseven.co/townhall-2) Find Naomi onlineWebsite (https://www.naomihattaway.com) Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/naomihattaway) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/therelocationexpert) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/naomihattaway/) Share Your Love! Do you enjoy listening to this podcast show? Leave on your review on your favorite app – Google Play (https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly90YW5kZW1ub21hZHMuY29tL2ZlZWQvcG9kY2FzdA%3D%3D)   Share Your Thoughts! Connect with the Tandem Nomads community and share your comments!

Continuing our discussion on Being Black in 2020. Today we are discussing colorism in today's society. Within our own communities we consistently deal with colorism and the questions remain the same, why, how did it start, will it ever end??? Tune in as my guest  Tamikia Thomas, of Tuesday's With Tamika and Desiree Adaway of The Adaway group and I dive into this sensitive topic.   

Continuing our discussion on Being Black in 2020, we are discussing marco and microaggressions in today's society. In the workplace, in our communities, and many other places these unfortunate behaviors occur. and where they originated.  My guest are Tamikia Thomas, of Tuesday's With Tamika and Desiree Adaway of The Adaway group. 

Continuing our discussion on Being Black in 2020, we are discussing marco and microaggressions in today's society. In the workplace, in our communities, and many other places these unfortunate behaviors occur. and where they originated.  My guest are Tamikia Thomas, of Tuesday's With Tamika and Desiree Adaway of The Adaway group. 

I sit down with Rebecca Prowse, owner and founder of Graves Co Potter in Indianapolis IN. They are known for beautiful pots and the work they do for non profits in their community. Throughout the conversation we touch on a lot of fun things. From retail design at Elder Beerman to all night tattoos. Check her website out https://gravescopottery.com to see her work and the ways that she's pouring into her community. We talk a lot about the feed the artist program in the episode. Go to https://jasonmichaelthomas.myshopify.com to follow up with that. Then we finish off talking about social justice in our community. Here are some of the resources she shares during that segment. Layla F Saad - http://laylafsaad.com Desiree Adaway - https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5ZmhiJvr3/?igshid=il8wyj8qubxl

#405: The Amy Ahlers Show is especially for powerful women that are ready to STOP being so hard on themselves so they can end the never enough cycle and RISE into the leader they were born to be. Show notes for today's episode can be found at www.AmyAhlersShow.com/405 Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, marches and protests happening around the world after the tragic deaths of more unarmed black men, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, and another unarmed black woman, Breonna Taylor, I wanted to bring back two shows from the Race Relations Series I did in 2016 for the Mama Truth Show (the original version of my podcast). For the black people in my community: I see and acknowledge the heartache, trauma, and devastation you're experiencing right now (and have likely experienced your whole life). I want you to know how much I deeply care about you and how much I believe Black Lives Matter. I also want you to know my commitment to continue imperfectly educating myself, as a white privileged woman, in anti-racism work so I can unlearn the ways of white supremacy that I know I benefit from. You and your voice matter so much to me. You belong here and I'm deeply honored you're here. For the white people in my community: Please join me in doing the work that we need to do to become the best allies possible. I'm learning alongside you. We must continue to put our white fragility aside and show up day after day. Will you join me in taking actions, big and small, to help dismantle the systems of racism and oppression? For today's show, the fantastic Desiree Adaway joins us to help us all learn more about how to celebrate diversity. Desiree is a consultant, trainer, coach, and speaker building resilient, equitable, and inclusive organizations. She holds a vision for people's lives, workplaces, and communities until they can hold it for themselves. She has over 25 years of experience creating, leading, and managing international, multicultural teams through major organizational changes in over 40 countries.  Listen in to learn:   -how to become a better ally and invite the wholeness of people into your life -what White Supremacy is and how it's different than racism -how to approach difficult conversations about race and embrace the tension -compelling stories about her own journey as a mom and a black woman.    Make sure to check out Desiree's work at https://adawaygroup.com/ and I highly recommend following Desiree on Facebook. Her posts are so thought-provoking and profound, they light up my day! https://www.facebook.com/desireeadaway

This is a touching yet powerful episode in which Desiree Adaway dares to venture into the intersections of race, culture and class with the intention of finding a means of liberation. Desiree is the principle of The Adaway Group, a consulting firm that works with multi-racial teams. During our discussion, she shares a strong perspective on equality and talks about how racism, sexism and systematic supremacy have affected not only her life but millions of others around the world.Join the Black Lives Matter Movement | https://BlackLivesMatter.comYou'll find Desiree and The Adaway Group at desireeadaway.comYou can also find her on all social media platforms at the handle @DesireeAdawayListener TribeWe have our own private social network for listeners of the Unmistakable Creative podcast. You can meet other listeners, discuss episodes, and even have the opportunity to have your favorite episode re-aired on a Friday! Just visit https://unmistakablecreative.com/tribe to sign up.UNMISTAKABLE CREATIVE PRIMEWe are launching Unmistakable Creative Prime, exclusive access to all our new monthly courses, group coaching calls, live chats with former guests as well as access to a keyword search engine of our entire podcast catalogue and much, much more. To find out more, visit https://UnmistakableCreative.com/Prime See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONTENT DISCUSSED…• No Boss Talk: https://nobosstalk.com• Monday Morning Routine: https://www.bethholdengraves.com/routine• The Camp Elevate Facebook Group: https://thecampelevategroup.com• Beth’s Instagram: @bethholdengraves• Beth’s website: https://www.bethholdengraves.com• Profit HER Way Course: https://www.bethholdengraves.com/profit• The Map Membership: https://www.themapmembership.com  KEYNOTES DISCUSSED:• And I had to go into more of that mission and vision that I have of, why I want to build this out, so that it can be a valuable resource and community for those that are using the network marketing model. And, want to now more than ever how to build their business with authenticity, and where they stand, and what their message is. Knowing that you don't have to just please everybody and not stand for what you believe, and you can still build a business. (6:25)• I thought about stopping and just taking the week off. And then the more that I realized that I can't make an impact if I'm not making more money, and not impacting more people, and the truth. And then I was receiving some beautiful messages, and you know who you are. Showing up in my inbox, and helping me and guiding me, and serving me. Telling me that together, we will rise. (8:03)• I'm so painfully sorry for the wound that is continually being opened up for you this weekend, this week, the week before. But I want you to know from the bottom of my heart, you are welcome in this community, you are wanted in this community, your voice is wanted in this community, your stories are wanted in this community. And if I screw up, which I probably will, I want you to tell me, I'm open to hearing how I can do better. (10:49)• Where do we start? Those are the books that we will be listing for you. We have a resource over in Camp, Elevate. Follow Black Activist Rachel Rogers, Rachel Cargle and her project, The Great Unlearning, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Desiree Adaway, Erica Heinz, just to name a few. And like she said, you might feel defensive, you might feel uncomfortable, but we need to be quiet, and we need to be listening. And I want to end with this; it's so important to take that time to not be defensive and not over-talk but listen, and be part of the change. (11:50)• I really want to talk about what's on my mind and Jody shared with me a really cool thing, and she said; What we have to remember is that we're a collective mindset, energetically we are all interconnected and what affects others affects us, so be mindful and be more aware of the present moment. (13:06)WHEN DOES IT AIR…June 08, 2020

Today’s guest is seasoned in leading difficult conversations on race, class, and gender, by doing so she helps build resilient, equitable, and inclusive organizations. She has over 20 years of experience creating, leading and managing international, multicultural teams through major organizational changes in over 40 countries. She designed and administered more than 150 global programs that directly engaged 500,000 people into action and almost one million people indirectly through the creation of global strategies. In addition, she also led one of the largest Humanitarian Grants programs in the country while working at Rotary International. As a nonprofit consultant and facilitator, she believes that to create work of depth and meaning, leaders need to fully engage both their creativity and their intellect. Through her company, Adaway Group, she helps organizations make full use of both abilities to create strong narratives that showcase not just the data, but the story behind the data. Please join me in welcoming Desiree Adaway Would you leave an honest rating and review on Apple Podcast? Or Stitcher? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration! In this episode we discuss: her thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is moving that which is on the margins to the center.” her early experiences in leadership and how she feels she was born with a natural ability and right to step up and lead. how she gave herself five years to get her business off the ground, and just celebrated her 9th anniversary as an entrepreneur. how networking helped her create a strong foundation of support before she started her own business. her work today around inclusion and diversity in the workplace. why she does not have employees on purpose. Links Desiree Adaway on LinkedIn and Twitter. www.DesireeAdaway.com Other Resources: Listen to my interview with Pamela Slim. Listen to my interview with Dorie Clark. About Robbie: Robbie Samuels is a keynote speaker and relationship-based business strategist who has been recognized as a “networking expert” by both Inc. and Lifehacker. He helps associations build life-long members by creating welcoming and inclusive first-timer experiences. He is the author of the best-selling business book Croissants vs. Bagels: Strategic, Effective, and Inclusive Networking at Conferences and has been profiled in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company. He writes for Harvard Business Review Ascend. His clients include associations and corporations including Marriott, AmeriCorps, Hostelling International, and General Assembly. He has been featured in several books including Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It by Dorie Clark and The Connector’s Advantage: 7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact by Michelle Tillis Lederman. He has guest lectured at many leading educational institutions including Harvard University, Brown University, Cornell University, Brandeis University, and Northeastern University. Robbie is the host of On the Schmooze podcast which features his networking strategies and talented professionals sharing untold stories of leadership and networking. Keynote Speaker Interested in booking Robbie to speak? At www.robbiesamuels.com/speaking you'll find video clips and a description of his signature session, Art of the Schmooze. Call 617-600-8240 to speak directly with Robbie. Relationship-Based Business Strategist Are you ready to create a Relationship-Based Business Plan that will help you achieve greater impact (and income)? You want to have a greater impact and increased income. The problem is that there are so many options for how to build your business that you can feel stuck, overwhelmed, and like you're running out of time. The reason options are overwhelming is that you're looking at them as a series of discon...

Desiree Adaway, CEO of The Adaway Group has over 20 years of experience researching and helping organizations pinpoint their trigger points when it comes to inclusivity. Her work helps leaders foster stronger relationships amongst employees and invest in programs that encourage employee development of all identities. She acknowledges that we are born into a world filled with assumptions, stigmas, and social identities that guide our decisions and perceptions. 

Today's guest is seasoned in leading difficult conversations on race, class, and gender, by doing so she helps build resilient, equitable, and inclusive organizations. She has over 20 years of experience creating, leading and managing international, multicultural teams through major organizational changes in over 40 countries. She designed and administered more than 150 global programs that directly engaged 500,000 people into action and almost one million people indirectly through the creation of global strategies. In addition, she also led one of the largest Humanitarian Grants programs in the country while working at Rotary International. As a nonprofit consultant and facilitator, she believes that to create work of depth and meaning, leaders need to fully engage both their creativity and their intellect. Through her company, Adaway Group, she helps organizations make full use of both abilities to create strong narratives that showcase not just the data, but the story behind the data. Please join me in welcoming Desiree Adaway.   In this episode we discuss: her thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is moving that which is on the margins to the center.” her early experiences in leadership and how she feels she was born with a natural ability and right to step up and lead. how she gave herself five years to get her business off the ground, and just celebrated her 9th anniversary as an entrepreneur. how networking helped her create a strong foundation of support before she started her own business. her work today around inclusion and diversity in the workplace. why she does not have employees on purpose. Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com - episode 172

Actionable insight about the importance of accountability, lessons from today’s prison abolition movement, and the constant journey of leadership.

We interviewed Desiree Adaway of Adaway Group, she does consulting, training and coaching focusing on equity inclusion and justice. Go to DesireeAdaway.com to learn more. You can always find her on social media, her handle for everything is @desireeadaway We asked:  What are the 3 pillars of white supremacy?   Why should nonprofit folks care […]

I’m honored to bring you such a powerful and important conversation on the podcast today with a woman who has already impacted my life and my children’s life, Ashia Ray of Raising Luminaries and Books for Littles.  Ashia is a multiracial (Chinese/Irish) autistic neurodiversity rights advocate and the mother of two kyriarchy-smashing young children! As the founder of Raising Luminaries, she helps parents and educators ignite the next generation of kind and brilliant leaders. Thousands of parents like me, on a quest to tackle hard topics with our children, turn to Ashia, who through her thoughtfully researched and child-tested book lists, at BooksForLittles.com and in her private group, helps us find the best books to foster age-appropriate conversations with our kids about white supremacy, cissexism, ableism and more. By using picture books to make hard conversations easier, and to introduce complex topics simply, Books for Littles also educates grownups like me, who then go on to have ongoing discussions with our littles and our extended community.  I loved the opportunity to delve deeply into how Ashia experiences the world as an autistic adult and mother, how we can deepen our own awareness, understanding and advocacy for neurodiversity, and how we can fight all the isms, smashing the kyriarchy (the intersection of them all) through the power of books.   This idea that we don’t have to be the same to want the best for each other connects to everything that Ashia embodies. And just as my last episode with Pamela Slim and Desiree Adaway made me feel like I wanted to be a better friend, this conversation, and the micro-challenge that Ashia gave us, made me want to be a kinder more inclusive human being.  In addition to saying yes to providing captions to photos in anything I post, I also committed to providing a transcript for this episode. I hope you will not only listen, but also read through the transcript, as this conversation is so full of insights that I found myself needing to go back over again and again. I hope what Ashia shares will help you, as it did me, to see things from a new perspective and feel inspired to smash the kyriarchy in your own ways in your epic life. Much appreciation, P.S. Know someone who would love this conversation? Click forward now to pay this forward to a friend who may be interested. This  Episode is Dedicated by: Kate Amoo-Gottfried This episode is dedicated by Kate Amoo-Gottfried to her two sons, Marlowe and Miles, as well as to the group of women in her life teaching her what it means and how to be an activist: Ebele Okobi, Dr. Khadijah Costley White, Regina Islas, Ginny Kraus, and Dania Rajendra. Kate is a recovering business consultant and a life-long learner of how to make change happen and also a full-time mom of two active boys named Marlowe and Miles. She is passionate about children, mothering, education, and the plight of second-class citizens around the globe. The daughter of bleeding-heart liberals, she has spent a life-time reconciling being both “Minnesota Nice” and a revolutionary at heart.  Kate is an enthusiastic social justice warrior working to bring civilian oversight and reform to San Mateo County and across California as an organizer with Justice for Chinedu. You can read some of her writing here: Bigger and Bigger and Always Black And get involved in her civilian oversight and reform organizing here:Justice for Chinedu In This Episode We Talk About: The definition of “allistic” and how Ashia’s allistic husband helped her translate the Mother’s Quest Podcast questions into more pragmatic language Unraveling stigmas about autism and exploring how autism can be a powerful and positive part of someone’s identity  How to think about the spectrum as not linear but muti-dimensional on five different points Identifying the ‘ism’s’ and the intersections of them all known as kyriarchy  Ashia's thoughtful explanation about how classifying autistic people as “high functioning” and “low functioning” is harmful and perpetuates supremacy.  Her journey to creating Books for Littles and Raising Luminaries and some of the favorite books on her bookshelf (listen to the bonus audio for more on this!) How Ashia is exploring the meaning of “transformative justice” and applying it to situations that come up with her children at home  What is exposure anxiety and learning how to ask for and receive help The power of micro-challenges to start to shift our own sense of self as someone who cares about inclusivity The importance of centering people with differences and providing a space for those whose stories are not traditionally seen or understood Resources Connected to this Episode: Mother’s Quest Podcast Episode 66: A Love Letter to Friendship with Desiree Lynn Adaway and Pamela Slim The Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino The “Misfits List” -Making Friends Is Hard - Books For Kids Who Feel Left Out Raising Luminaries Collection Where Oliver Fits by Cale Atkinson Front Desk by Kelly Yang The Art of Autism: Understanding the spectrum - a comic strip explanation Additional nuggets from today's episode: #OwnVoices first coined by Corinne Duyvis (Autistic Kidlit author) Kyriarchy was first coined by Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza Mia Mungus and How Transformative Justice intersects with Interdependence and Dismantling Oppression Deeper Articles  Resources mentioned in the "bonus" content: The Percy Jackson Series Parenting Forward Podcast - Progressive Children’s Book List with Ashia Ray For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J. Lockington Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai This Week's Challenge: For this week’s challenge, Ashia challenges us to write descriptions or captions whenever we post pictures on social media. This helps people of low vision, or who can’t afford high speed internet connections, to understand what the image is trying to portray. Starting with small micro-challenges like this one helps us to shift our own perception of our identity as someone who cares about people who are different than us who have different needs. Learn More About Ashia: Ashia Ray is a multiracial (Chinese/Irish) autistic neurodiversity rights advocate and the mother of two kyriarchy-smashing young children! As the founder of Raising Luminaries, she helps parents and educators ignite the next generation of kind and brilliant leaders If you're nervous about tackling hard topics with young kids, Ashia helps you find the best children's books to foster age-appropriate conversations with your kids about white supremacy, cissexism, ableism, and more on her website at BooksForLittles.com. By using picture books to make hard conversations easier, and to introduce complex topics simply, Books for Littles educates grownups, who then go on to have ongoing discussions with their littles and wider community.   Connect with Ashia: Ashia Ray’s Website Book for Littles email: ashia@booksforlittles.com Patreon Patreon Community Immigrant Solidarity Family Action Toolkit Join Aisha's Raising Luminaries - Student Ignition Society group on Facebook here. If you want to know more about Ashia’s work, experiences and the current project she is working on, click here!   Read the Podcast Transcript   Announcements: Watch out for a Bonus Episode! If you want to know what is on Ashia Ray's bookshelf, join the Mother’s Quest Facebook Group and will be releasing the episode to the group next week! Mother’s Quest Q & A with Ashia Ray My incredible guest, Ashia Ray, and I have set aside October 3rd from noon to 1 pm for a Mother’s Quest Q & A with Ashia. To register to join us, follow the link here or join us in the Mother’s Quest Facebook Group to find announcements. Click mothersquest.com/comunity to join. Women Podcasters in Solidarity Initiative Recently, we marked the two year anniversary of the Charlottesville Rally. I remember waking to the news the next day and deciding I had a responsibility to use my voice and the platform I’m building with the Mother’s Quest Podcast to pursue social justice. Many said “yes” alongside me and The Women Podcasters in Solidarity Initiative was born. First season episodes, with a focus on anti-racism and police brutality, are up at www.womenpodcastersinsolidarity.com, and episodes I recorded for our second season, on the intersectional impact of gun violence, are assembled on the latest Mother’s Quest Blog. We've also begun identifying the topic for our next season's series. If you're a women podcaster who wants to join our effort, come on over to the Women Podcasters in Solidarity Facebook Group to help us select our topic.  Want More Reflection in Your Life? Book A Discovery Call Some key themes that emerge from all my conversations, is the power of reflection and the power of being seen. These are elements that I bring, not only to every podcast interview, but to my one-one-one coaching and Mother’s Quest Circle facilitation. If you’re seeking more space for pause and reflection in your life, I encourage you to reach out to me for a discovery call to learn how we might work together.  Visit mothersquest.as.me/discoverysession to schedule a time to talk.  Click here to book a discovery call  One Minute Mom Manifesto ⚡️Have you been feeling a nudge to say "yes" to create your Mother's Quest Manifesto? The official challenge and giveaway may be over, but the invitation and content is always there for you to create your #oneminutemommanifesto  Here are some easy steps you can follow...

Today I am delighted to have my coach and friend Desiree Adaway on the show. Desiree helped me see, integrate, and then SPEAK this truth in every single and all gigs—that race, class, age, gender, ethnicity, gender expression, and other identities will always come into play as you do this work, and that I, Tanya, will not always be the best person to provide you support you need to do this work of shifting our mindset around leadership. AND I am committed to helping you reduce barriers and using my privilege to connect you to networks, resources, and teachers that CAN support you on this journey. So in this episode, Desiree and I talk about Desiree’s understanding of liberation and identities and how these two work together when it comes to navigating our world—and informing our Impostor Complex. We outline the frameworks of liberatory consciousnesses: awareness, analysis, action, and accountability. We talk about why we are so scared of getting it wrong and how this determines our every move, getting over the sense that if we do something wrong then we are wrong at our core. So a lot of that comes down to understanding the characteristics of white supremacy and focusing on brave spaces instead of safe spaces. Then we offer different ways of showing up with this deeper understanding to do the work. Find full show notes for this episode here.   More from Desiree Adway: desireeadaway.com Desiree Adaway on Facebook @desireeadaway on Twitter @desireeadaway on Instagram   More from Tanya Geisler: tanyageisler.com @tanyageisler on Instagram Take my quiz to learn what Imposter Complex behavior is standing in the way of your unshakable confidence Sign up for my email list

“We need these manifestos. We need each other. And we need each other’s stories.”  — Graeme Seabrook In honor of Mother’s Day 2019, I wanted to re-release this episode I recorded a year ago with Graeme Seabrooke of The Mom Center, Self-Care Squad and recently launched podcast, Your Mom Friend. I so appreciated this conversation and the invitation Graeme and I co-created for you called the #oneminutemommanifesto. Graeme and I are all about helping mothers claim their lives and realized we each had crafted our own manifestos that were instrumental in reclaiming ours. For her it was her Mother’s Bill of Rights which you’ll hear us talk more about, and for me, it’s The E.P.I.C. Life framework that’s become the foundation of all things Mother’s Quest. We also realize that a manifesto doesn’t have to be long or time-consuming to create, but can be something you can declare in as little as one minute.  Graeme and I have a vision one day for the creation and sharing of one million of these on social media using the hashtag #oneminutemommanifesto. This year, to support you in creating your own, I’m facilitating a Manifesto Challenge in the private Mother’s Quest Facebook Group, from May 13th to the 17th. You can join the group by visiting www.mothersquest.com/community.  Each day, I’ll share a reflective prompt to help you claim the next chapter in your life and I’ll host a different mother, including Graeme, who will share their stories and their #oneminutemommanifestos for inspiration.  I hope you’ll say “yes” to this challenge and creating your own #oneminutemommanifesto as a Mother’s Day gift to yourself. You must be a priority in your own life. And, this is an opportunity to claim it and declare it. Because as you’ll hear Graeme say in our conversation, “We need these manifestos. We need each other. And we need each other’s stories.” Have an amazing Mother’s Day!  Much appreciation, P.S. Check out the announcement below to join us for the #oneminutemommanifesto Challenge in the Facebook Group in honor of Mother's Day. P.S.S. Know someone who would love this conversation? Click forward now to pay this forward to a friend who may be interested. This Episode is Dedicated by: Desiree Adaway of the Adaway Group. Sign up for four weeks of reflection, discussion, and sisterhood through Desiree’s upcoming Sister Summer – a 4-week writing intensive. And learn to become a force for freedom –for your liberation and the liberation of others through the Freedom School. In This Episode You'll Hear About: The experiences that shaped Graeme’s childhood and conception of motherhood, including her observations of her own mother’s experience parenting, the many times her family moved, and how her home and heart landed in Charleston. Graeme’s honest retelling of the challenging early months of motherhood where she remembers holding her precious baby and feeling like there was a wall between them. The E.P.I.C. spark moment that came when she shared her story online, received an outpouring of messages from other mothers going through the same experiences of emotional pain, depression, and anxiety and realized she needed to do something about it. -Graeme’s “true truths” and the concept from her current favorite author, Octavia Butler, about God. It’s so powerful and a metaphor for the reciprocal relationship between parents and their children. Graeme’s description of the Ten Articles in the Mother’s Bill of Rights, how she champions and helps mothers reclaim themselves through this framework and the support she offers in her Mom Center. Graeme’s E.P.I.C. Snapshot moment which revealed reflections on the legacy of our matriarchs, the mothers we claim for ourselves, and how we can become the ancestor we aspire to now. A description of our co-created #OneMinuteMomManifesto challenge. Resources Mentioned: Postpartum Support Charleston and their annual MomsRun Graeme’s favorite books by Octavia Butler: Parable of the Sower andParable of the Talents You can visit Graeme’s website, The Problem with Motherhood. You can also follow Graeme on Twitter, or view her profile on Linked In. Graeme’s Mother’s Bill of Rights The piece Graeme wrote about her ancestors Lauren Rosenfeld, the mentor/teacher Graeme mentions in her E.P.I.C. snapshot moment Episode 7: Living Out Loud with Jenjii Hysten Episode 27: Courageous Conversations about Race with Nicole Lee This Week’s Challenge "Revisited":  Graeme and I have a vision one day for the creation and sharing of one million of these manifestos on social media using the hashtag #oneminutemommanifesto. Join us in the private Mother’s Quest Facebook Group, from May 13th to the 17th. Each day, I’ll share a reflective prompt to help you claim the next chapter in your life and I’ll host a different mother, including Graeme, who will share their stories and their #oneminutemommanifestos for inspiration.  Hope to see you there!  Announcements: Spark Your E.P.I.C. Year   Anyone else feel like they need a spring reset to their year?  A few months ago, we declared February the new January and facilitated a Mother's Quest Workshop/Virtual Milestone Hike experience to help us all start again. Using photos from my favorite local hike, I took a small group on a virtual journey to: ✨Reflect on our last chapter (as we ascend)  ✨Decide what we want to release (using an image of a big bad bonfire!) and what we want to carry forward ✨Then, set intentions along the E.P.I.C. guideposts for our new chapter.  There’s a special planning sheet we created to guide you and help you document the whole process. 

This is a touching yet powerful episode in which Desiree Adaway dares to venture into the intersections of race, culture and class with the intention of finding a means of liberation. Desiree is the principle of The Adaway Group, a consulting firm that works with multi-racial teams. During our discussion, she shares a strong perspective on equality and talks about how racism, sexism and systematic supremacy have affected not only her life but millions of others around the world.You'll Desiree and The Adaway Group at desireeadaway.comYou can also find her on all social media platforms at the handle @DesireeAdaway See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a touching yet powerful episode in which Desiree Adaway dares to venture into the intersections of race, culture and class with the intention of finding a means of liberation. Desiree is the principle of The Adaway Group, a consulting firm that works with multi-racial teams. During our discussion, she shares a strong perspective on equality and talks about how racism, sexism and systematic supremacy have affected not only her life but millions of others around the world.You'll Desiree and The Adaway Group at desireeadaway.comYou can also find her on all social media platforms at the handle @DesireeAdaway See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast.

In this conversation Desiree and I take on the issues of inclusivity, the values of Kwanzaa, what it’s like to walk through the world as a black woman, the challenges of creating a truly new world, and so much more. I loved this engaging and inspiring conversation and I think you will too.

Today's guest is someone I've been wanting to have on the show for a while, Desiree Adaway. Desiree is a seasoned nonprofit consultant and facilitator who is known by staff, senior leadership, peers, and partners as being great at open, honest, and productive conversations, which is exactly what we had in this episode. Her big truth was that, "Black and brown bodies are expendable." From there we got into a few really important distinctions: unity vs solidarity, discussion vs debate, diversity vs equity, inclusion and social justice. We also talked about allyship, accountability within community, whiteness, racism, finding ways to communicate that work for everyone, and the importance of listening. This is a good episode to listen to more than once and share with your friends, family and colleagues as a tool for unpacking and raising your awareness. Enjoy! About Desiree Adaway: Desiree is a seasoned nonprofit consultant and facilitator. All of her presentations have a mix of thought provoking content presented with humor and wit. When she teaches she makes a point to connect with every person, and create a safe space for their growth. She is known by staff, senior leadership, peers, and partners as being great at open, honest, and productive conversations. She is not afraid of addressing anything that gets in the way of great work. Her style is positive, approachable, engaging, service-oriented and audience-centered.

Hello and welcome to this special revisited episode of a conversation I had a year ago with Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin, titled "Intersectionality and The Age of the New Heroine.” This episode was one of my most impactful conversations and one that set me on my own heroine's journey to use my voice and leadership in new ways. So much has happened since that conversation. Sparked by that episode, and the horror of the Charlottesville Rally that took place a few weeks later, I launched the Women Podcasters in Solidarity Initiative and held a series of interviews on the subject of anti-racism and police brutality. I hosted an Impact Circle with other mothers where we made commitments to step into more action and raised dollars and awareness for the groundbreaking work of Mothers Against Police Brutality. I kept taking steps, one after the other.. Elizabeth invited me to speak about this work and my journey on a panel at her Gaia Women Lead Conference, and a week later, I witnessed the story of Laurie Valdez and other women who have lost loved ones to police brutality in the powerful play (M)others. The last few months brought me to a Father’s Day special episode with Assemblymember Rob Bonta on the podcast where we talked about his commitment to this issue and I began working with the play (M)others’ producer to bring the play to Sacramento ahead of key votes on critical police accountability bills in CA SB-1421 and AB-931. Along the way, messages from my conversation with Elizabeth have taken on deeper meaning, I've learned powerful lessons from incredible guides, and experienced signs and synchronicities that help me realize I’m moving forward on an aligned and purposeful path. So, it also felt right at this full circle moment to re-release the episode with a new introduction with reflections a year in, and a new dedication provided by one of my guides, activist, coach, speaker and now co-host of the new Families Fighting Mass Incarceration Podcast, Chandra Brooks. In this new introduction, I share five lessons I’ve learned over the last year as I moved into anti-racism and police accountability advocacy: Lesson #1 - Be willing to hold discomfort and a growth mindset Lesson #2 - Move from guilt into responsibility and action Lesson #3 - Raise your awareness and bear witness to the impact of police brutality Lesson #4 - Open yourself to signs and synchronicities on the journey Lesson #5 - Choose to answer the call If there is a cause that is calling to you, but you haven't yet answered it, consider this post your cosmic nudge to take your first few steps, find your guides, and trust that you can make a difference. And, if making a difference on the issue of police brutality is one that has been calling you, but you didn't know how you could help...there is an opportunity in CA RIGHT NOW that needs every soul who is willing... ✨To support bringing (M)others to Sacramento through contributing money to and sharing the GoFundMe page (linked below). Though we reached out initial fundraising goal, additional funds will enable the play’s producer to bring (M)others to other cities in CA. ✨To reach out to CA lawmakers to urge them to vote yes on AB 931 and SB 1421; and, ✨To urge lawmakers and those you know in Sacramento to attend the play on August 13th or August 16th and witness the powerful (M)others stories that need to be heard. Along this journey, I took a class called Diversity is an Asset with Desiree Adaway and Jessica Fish. One of the points that Desiree drives home at the end of every call is that none of us can truly be free until all of us are free.  I hope these reflections and the episode to follow from Elizabeth inspires you to step from guilt and helplessness into action, into your own heroine’s journey, and to working toward freedom for all of us. Resources Mentioned: The (M)others Play  and the (M)others GoFundMe Site Ep 07: Living Out Loud with Jenjii Hysten Ep 32: Sit at the Table & Own Your Power with Chandra Brooks Ep 27: Courageous Conversations about Race with Nicole Lee Ep 31: Brave Spaces and Solidarity with “Rad Women” Author Kate Schatz Ep 33: Beyond the Trauma: Legacy, Compassion and Change with Mothers Against Police Brutality Co-Founder Sara Mokuria Ep 44: A Family Legacy of Service and Leadership with California Assemblymember Rob Bonta Women Podcasters in Solidarity - explore the series I recorded on anti-racism and police accountability and over a dozen other powerful episodes recorded by other podcasters who joined the Initiative.   Diversity is an Asset Post from Desiree Adaway written after the Charlottesville Rally  Phone Scripts and other Resources for CA Police Accountability Advocacy [Editable &Printable]   This Episode is Dedicated by: Chandra Brooks, author of the book called Black, Brown & Political: Get Informed, Get Empowered and Change the Game and co-founder of the new podcast, Families Fighting Mass Incarceration. Dedicated to the organizers of the San Jose Women's March 2018, Vicky Mattson and Jenny Bradanini. Families Fighting Mass Incarceration Podcast Black, Brown & Political: Get Informed, Get Empowered and Change the Game!   Original Show Notes for Episode 24: Intersectionality and the Age of the New Heroine with Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin Hello and welcome to this Episode #24 of the Mother’s Quest Podcast. I’m so honored to bring you this important and powerful conversation today with Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin, who through her daily Resistance Lives on Facebook, guides thousands of us with a voice of reason and optimism during the twists and turns of today’s political landscape. Known as a “celebrated career coach” and “fearless entrepreneur” Elizabeth, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a J.D. from George Washington University Law School, transitioned from a fifteen year career as a Wall Street securities litigator and trial lawyer to found The Gaia Project for Women’s Leadership. The organization offers virtual and live programming that cultivates leaders from the ground up to to grow what they call “New Paradigm Women’s Leadership.” Elizabeth is also a mindful mother. No matter how full her life gets leading women around the globe or fighting for our democracy, she prioritizes bringing presence and focus to her two children, both under the age of 5. In this episode, we talk about how Elizabeth grew up in a very progressive community and had a strong intuition she would make a massive difference in the world. She attended her first protest when she was just 15 years old and now she’s leading a new awakening in activism – one that challenges her over 20,000 followers, of which I am one, to take daily political action, to truly listen to one another and to others with differing perspectives, and move forward as intersectional feminists, shoulder to shoulder. We also talk about the new heroine’s journey where the heroine brings back the lessons learned along the way, her words of wisdom for me as I set out to raise awareness and create space for uncomfortable but important conversations about race, how we can “bear witness” for those who have different experiences than our own, and Elizabeth’s challenge to all of us to use our voice for change. We packed so much depth and wisdom in this conversation, including the first ever lightning round exploration of the E.P.I.C. Guideposts. I look forward to hearing about the ways in which this episode will inspire you and invite you to join the Mother’s Quest Facebook Group to share with us and participate in a special Q & A on Thursday, August 3rd at 11:30 am PST with activist, leadership specialist, and former NAACP Vice President Chandra Brooks. I left this conversation feeling more inspired than ever myself to step up and into the role of the New Heroine during these times. Moved by my experience with Elizabeth, I commit to daily political action, to stretch myself to have brave conversations and use my voice for change, to truly listen to others, and to consciously cultivate this Mother’s Quest community I’m growing. Topics discussed in this episode: Elizabeth’s unique upbringing in progressive New Hope, Pennsylvania where 50% of the population was gay and there was a strong counter-culture. The necessity of letting go of our anger, being willing to listen, and leading from a place of healing to hold a vision for and create the holistic society we seek. The feminine energy and ongoing cyclical nature of the New Heroine’s Journey. The massive acceleration of purpose and mission brought about by our current political situation. Intersectionality within the Resistance and how women with privilege need to investigate our own internal biases so we can create a culture where everyone is safe regardless of our race, gender, sexual orientation or immigration status. Feedback for me on an initiative I’m exploring to raise awareness and funds for Black Lives Matter; the importance of listening and “bearing witness” for communities who have different experiences than ours. The profound moment of reconciliation at the Gaia Lead Conference that had everyone in tears. The importance of consciously cultivating the businesses, work-places and communities that represent all of us and how even the smallest gestures of reaching out can really make a difference. A lightning round version of how the E.P.I.C. guideposts are showing up in Elizabeth’s life and the lessons she’s learning along her heroic journey. This Week’s Challenge: Elizabeth asks us to think of ways we can stretch ourselves, outside of our comfort zone, to use our voice for good. And believe that we can change the world by making a difference even in one person’s life. Resources mentioned in this episode: Gaia Women Lead Website RISE (Resist, Inspire, Speak, Empower): An Activist/Leader Bootcamp starting Oct. 15th to help us use our voice for change #ResistanceLive Elizabeth’s Speaking Tour Information & Tickets The Heroine’s Journey Council on American-Islamic Relations The video I sent to Elizabeth before our podcast interview – Black parents explain to their kids how to deal with police The post that explains what happened when I committed to starting Mother’s Quest Two Trapped Birds: Opening the Door for Mother’s Quest Episode with Jenjii Hysten where we talk about her emotional Facebook live which first called me to “bear witness” regarding Black Lives Matter  Ep 07: Living Out Loud with Jenjii Hysten Episode with Women’s March Organizer Paola Mendoza Ep 16: Rising Up with Paola Mendoza  Episode with Kathleen Shannon where we discuss blocking our time Ep 20: On Being Mom and Being Boss with Kathleen Shannon  Sally Yates, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Siskind – women who are new heroines in their own ways Listen Now Announcements: Take this Play to Senate - Support our GoFundMe Campaign & Action Steps   In CA, at the time of the release of this episode, lawmakers are about to deliberate on two key police accountability bills, SB-1421 and AB-931. In advance of that deliberation, I’m working with Nikki Yeboah, the producer of a powerful play called (M)others, to bring forward the stories of those who’ve lost loved ones to police brutality to the Sacramento community and to the lawmakers who will vote on this bill. We need your help to raise funds, to spread the word, and to call CA lawmakers, urge them to attend, and to vote yes on these bills. Visit gofundme.com/slash take-this-play-to-senate to learn more about this effort and how you can support. Willing to make phone calls to CA lawmakers? Find additional background and call scripts for the CA bills (among others) from Indivisible here https://www.indivisible.org/resource/police-reform-california/.   Spark Your E.P.I.C. Life   Join me for the first "Spark Your E.P.I.C. Life" Pilot! Four consecutive weeks of one-on-one coaching using a signature process I've been facilitating in my circles this spring

Desiree Adaway is a business owner, educator, and changemaker. She's also a mother. How has her lived experience informed her parenting, and what does she mean when she says that "parenting is a radical act"? In this discussion we cover what she prioritized for her kids, reasonable expectations for our kids and ourselves, what makes a "good mom," what patriarchy has to do with that, and setting boundaries with our families. 

I’m so honored to bring you this special Mother’s Day edition of the Mother’s Quest Podcast with Graeme Seabrook, a woman whose recent writing on reclaiming ourselves in motherhood through a Mother’s Bill of Rights had me laughing, crying and cheering out loud. The moment I read it, I knew I wanted to have this conversation on the podcast. Graeme is a Motherhood Life Coach, who bases her approach to coaching on the belief that you must be a priority in your own life in order to thrive. Following a traumatizing birth experience and postpartum depression, anxiety, and PTSD, Graeme began a healing journey as a mother and a woman. Believing that our global culture treats mothers as if we’re inhuman and expects us to be superhuman, she helps mothers reclaim our humanity through her work as the founder of The Mom Center, a social and coaching network for mothers, and through her speaking and writing. In our conversation, Graeme shared generously about her life-long quest to become a mother, the disillusionment she experienced in her first months of motherhood, and how she reached out for support to reclaim her life, something she now pays forward by creating and holding space for other mothers. We discuss the ways that living an E.P.I.C. life resonates for her, the E.P.I.C. guideposts in her life, and how the floodgates for impact opened as she crystallized everything she’s experienced and thought about into the “Mother’s Bill of Rights” with Ten Articles which I think are revelatory: a mother’s right to Personhood, Privacy, Space, Care, Voice, Respect, Name, Dreams, Desire, and Visibility. In time for Mother’s Day, I hope this conversation inspires you to examine your own truths and that you’ll record and share with us what you uncover using the hashtag #OneMinuteMomManifesto. It’s a co-created challenge, and a Mother’s Day Gift to you, from me and Graeme…an invitation to you for nothing less than a reclamation of your whole SELF. This episode dedicated by: Desiree Adaway of the Adaway Group. Sign up for four weeks of reflection, discussion, and sisterhood through Desiree’s upcoming Sister Summer – a 4-week writing intensive. And learn to become a force for freedom –for your liberation and the liberation of others through the Freedom School. Topics Discussed in this Episode: The experiences that shaped Graeme’s childhood and conception of motherhood, including her observations of her own mother’s experience parenting, the many times her family moved, and how her home and heart landed in Charleston. Graeme’s honest retelling of the challenging early months of motherhood where she remembers holding her precious baby and feeling like there was a wall between them. The E.P.I.C. spark moment that came when she shared her story online, received an outpouring of messages from other mothers going through the same experiences of emotional pain, depression, and anxiety and realized she needed to do something about it. -Graeme’s “true truths” and the concept from her current favorite author, Octavia Butler, about God. It’s so powerful and a metaphor for the reciprocal relationship between parents and their children. Graeme’s description of the Ten Articles in the Mother’s Bill of Rights, how she champions and helps mothers reclaim themselves through this framework and the support she offers in her Mom Center. Graeme’s E.P.I.C. Snapshot moment which revealed reflections on the legacy of our matriarchs, the mothers we claim for ourselves, and how we can become the ancestor we aspire to now. A description of our co-created #OneMinuteMomManifesto challenge. This Week’s Challenge: A challenge co-created by me and Graeme in honor of Mother’s Day to invite you to create your own one-minute manifesto about what you want to claim or reclaim in your motherhood. Use video, photos, poetry or any other form of your choice to express what matters most to you and share on social media using the hashtag #OneMinuteMomManifesto. Visitwww.facebook.com/MothersQuest for more information and inspiration. Help us reach our goal to inspire the creation of one million of these Mom Manifestos! Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Postpartum Support Charleston and their annual MomsRun Graeme’s favorite books by Octavia Butler: Parable of the Sower andParable of the Talents You can visit Graeme’s website, The Problem with Motherhood. You can also follow Graeme on Twitter, or view her profile on Linked In. Graeme’s Mother’s Bill of Rights The piece Graeme wrote about her ancestors Lauren Rosenfeld, the mentor/teacher Graeme mentions in her E.P.I.C. snapshot moment Episode 7: Living Out Loud with Jenjii Hysten Episode 27: Courageous Conversations about Race with Nicole Lee Announcements: Dedicate an Episode of the Mother’s Quest Podcast On this special Mother’s Day edition of the podcast, I want to honor my own mother Fran Lieberman, my mother in law Anne Neale, and the matriarchal ancestors that came before us, both biological and those as my guest Graeme Seabrook says we claim for ourselves. I invite you to take a moment in honor of Mother’s Day to think about the mothers who have impacted you. And if there’s someone special you’d like to dedicate an upcoming podcast episode to, send an email tojulie@mothersquest.com. I’d love to hear your story and share how you can tell it on the podcast. Spring into Your E.P.I.C. Life Clarity Coaching Package Spring is an amazing time to more fully seed the E.P.I.C. Guideposts in your life. I’m opening a limited number of one-on-one coaching spaces for a 90 day coaching package that includes bi-weekly hour-long coaching sessions where I will help you mindfully close the chapter of the last season, identify your vision for what’s ahead, set strategic action steps for moving forward, and provide inspiration and accountability along the way. Email me at julie@mothersquest.com to set up a free discovery call and learn more. Virtual Mother’s Quest Circle Pilot I’m excited to announce that the first founding Mother’s Quest Virtual Circle has been filled. If you’re interested in a future circle, and want to receive notice when the applications open again, please add your name to this wait list. julie@mothersquest.com Help us Grow the Mother’s Quest Community If you’re finding value from the Mother’s Quest Podcast and would like to get more involved, please join us in the Mother’s Quest Facebook Group, help us find more like-minded mothers on a quest by spreading the word and sharing your favorite episodes, and make a donation or apply to dedicate an episode. You can also share your story on the Mother’s Quest Blog. Acknowledgements: A big THANK YOU to our “patrons” for helping to bring these conversations to myself and other mothers through financial and/or in-kind support: Desiree Adaway Rachel Steinman Katie Hanus Denise Barreto Sage B. Hobbs Samantha Nolan-Smith Jody Smith Emily Cretella Collette Flanagan Titilayo Tinubu Ali Carly Magnus Hurt Lizzy Russinko Suzanne Brown Mara Berns Langer Mallory Schlabach Katharine Earhart Jessica Kupferman Jen Jenkins Dohner Genese Harris Tonya Rineer Liane Louie-Badua Cristin Downs Erin Kendall Niko Osoteo Erik Newton Claire Fry Divya Silbermann Rachel Winter Caren and Debbie Lieberman Cameron Miranda Fran and David Lieberman Debbie and Alan Goore The Sustainable Living Podcast Support the Podcast If you’d like to make a contribution to Mother’s Quest to support Season Three of the Podcast and/or help provide coaching scholarships for mothers, follow this link to make a contribution. If you would like to “dedicate” an upcoming episode to a special mother in your life, email me at julie@mothersquest.com

Tending The Threshold is an event happening in Ashland, Oregon, on May 26 and 27th, 2018. Tickets can information can be found at tendingthethreshold.com It is a gathering of Change-makers, Bridge builders and Edge Dwellers, with no agenda other than to practice being together, and to learn how to take care of each other and the world, in these challenging times. The container at this un-conference will be held by a group of ten co-facilitators from three countries and many walks of life. The group includes: Poet and spoken word artist, Tannur Ali Conflict Engagement and Resolution practitioner, Aftab Erfan Equity and Inclusion Consultant, Desiree Adaway Clinical Psychologist and Author, Bayo Akomolafe Social Entrepreneur, Donnie Maclurcan Artist and Death Doula, Rachael Rice Educator, facilitator and Indigenous rights activist, Aaron Ortega Videographer and artist, Bec Stupak Therapist, ritualist and conference founder, Holly Truhlar And myself, Carmen Spagnola. ***   Desiree Adaway is a Principal of The Adaway Group, a minority and woman owned consulting firm that brings together multi-racial teams to work on projects related to racial equity and social justice. With over 20 years experience creating, leading and managing international, multicultural teams through major organizational changes in over 40 countries, she is uniquely qualified to partner with talented leaders to successfully navigate through integrations, reorganizations, and all stages of organizational evolution. She works from an intersectional perspective, which believes that organizations thrive when they build cultures that are inclusive of wide ranging ethnic, racial, gender, sexual, religious, and national identities and abilities. http://desireeadaway.com

I invited Desiree and Ericka on the podcast for a conversation on leadership and what ensued was a rich tapestry of narrative on empowerment versus entitlement, individualism and what it looks like to have big conversations that matters. Ericka and Desiree bring their fire for justice as well as their playfulness in a dialogue that will leave you wanting to do better.    To grab the show notes including all the information on today’s guests, go to www.ThaisSky.com/podcast/22.   If you like what you heard, it would mean the world to me if you took a moment to leave a review and share this podcast with your community.   Thank you for your generous attention. XO Thais   Socials // Website: www.ThaisSky.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/IamThaisSky Instagram: www.instagram.com/IamThaisSky

Today’s Guest   I'm back with another co-hosted episode with the fabulous Jo Casey! Today, we talk about how to ACTUALLY be authentic and speak your truth in business. These concepts have evolved into being kind of like buzzwords, and while everyone seems to be talking about being authentic, we often don't hear how to actually do that. I'd love to hear what you think of this format! Please comment and let me know. Also, we've got a whole list of topics that we want to discuss on this show, but please drop us a note in the comments and let us know what you'd like to hear us talking about. Thanks! About Jo Casey Jo Casey is a certified life coach, trainer and coach mentor.  She’s British, slightly nerdy and allergic to the marketing bullsh*t in the coaching industry. Founder of jocasey.com, podcaster, speaker, and writer for Coaching Blueprint, Mind Body Green and Tiny Buddha.  Things that make me scream with glee: Freshly washed bed linen, watching my husband get all 'handy' around the place (DIY I mean), yellow wedge sandals, fabric stores, the sound of my kids giggling, Jesus Christ Superstar the musical. Spirit Animal: Lesley Knope Why you should listen to me about coaching: I've been training, coaching and mentoring coaches for 14 years and I built my own coaching and training business after a lot of initial trial and error. I've been where you are now and I love showing coaches like you how to pull out all of the things that will make your business stand out and attract the right clients to you, without wasting a lot of time on useless and expensive shiny objects. Listen to this episode    What You’ll Learn How to speak the truth when the truth is hard to say How to figure out what is your truth How do know when you're actually being authentic How to deal with fear when speaking up How to deal with perfectionism so you can show up imperfectly How to say the things you think people don't want to hear Things We Discussed Kelly Diels  Desiree Adaway  How to Subscribe Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via RSS Click here to subscribe via Stitcher Help Spread the Word If you enjoyed this episode, please head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating and a review! You can also subscribe, so you'll never miss an episode.  

Writer, coach and speaker Desiree Adaway leads difficult conversations on race, class and gender. See show notes at www.naomiarnold.com/dream-for-others-podcast.

Desiree is a seasoned nonprofit consultant and facilitator. All of her presentations have a mix of thought provoking content presented with humor and wit. When she teaches she makes a point to connect with every person, and create a safe space for their growth. She is known by staff, senior leadership, peers, and partners as being great at open, honest, and productive conversations. She is not afraid of addressing anything that gets in the way of great work. Her style is positive, approachable, engaging, service-oriented and audience-centered. The Adaway Group www.desireeadaway.com

Desiree Adaway wants to show you how to get out of your comfort zone, so your work can make you feel liberated. The post Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone With Desiree Adaway (125) appeared first on Life Skills That Matter.

Welcome back to the Untamed Podcast. In Episode 5, I speak with guest Desiree Adaway about her powerful work leading difficult conversations for organizations, communities and activists. We talk social justice, feminism, politics, vulnerable people groups, systems of oppression, personal biases, fragility, meritocracy and SO MUCH MORE. Desiree is a seasoned nonprofit consultant and facilitator known for building resilient organizations and leading difficult conversations about race class and gender. All of her presentations have a mix of thought provoking content presented with humor and wit. When she teaches she makes a point to connect with every person, and create a safe space for their growth. She is known by staff, senior leadership, peers, and partners as being great at open, honest,... The post UNTAMED 005: On Justice + Difficult Conversations with Desiree Adaway appeared first on LU|EATS.

Desiree is a seasoned nonprofit consultant and facilitator. All of her presentations have a mix of thought provoking content presented with humor and wit. When she teaches she makes a point to connect with every person, and create a safe space for their growth. She is known by staff, senior leadership, peers, and partners as being great at open, honest, and productive conversations. She is not afraid of addressing anything that gets in the way of great work. Her style is positive, approachable, engaging, service-oriented and audience-centered. The Adaway Group www.desireeadaway.com    

This week we dive into the conversation of intersectional feminism. We are joined by consultant and coach, Desiree Adaway, as she shares her insights on intersectional feminism, racism, individualism versus collectivism and how to elevate all women's rights.

Today I am talking Desiree Adaway, the Principal Owner at the Adaway Group based in Nashville, North Carolina. She specializes in leading difficult conversations on race, class, and gender and building resilient, equitable and inclusive organizations. One of her prime success factors is the incredible skill she has for not caring with other people think of her.  Her purpose is to move the needle on diversity and inclusiveness inside organizations.   What you will learn How to help create more diversity and inclusiveness inside your organization, and how to implement these changes. How to test where your unconscious bias lay in your organization You will hear Desiree challenge Eleanor how the assertion that Facebook algorithms are making it harder to have a good broad diverse range of conversations.   Takeaways We need to change our vision of who is the definition of a leader -most organizations are still very bias towards gender, specifically white males. Women in positions of leadership and power can help move the needle on inclusiveness by becoming mentors to other women, specifically women of color. Some of the most common forms of unconscious bias are: where we are posting our job openings who are we hiring how we look and how we judge people by the institutions that they have attended Recognizing your own biases is difficult. The Harvard Implicit Bias test can help. Sometimes you have to step away from a situation and ask yourself “where did that thought come from”, and learn how to handle a situation differently.   Connect with Desiree Adaway: Desireeadaway.com   Calling all Coaches, Consultants and Thought Leaders… If you are starting a business or have just launched a business and you are in the thought leader, coach, consultant, or expert space, I’ve got a fabulous new video training series that I’ve just launched. In this 4 video training series you’ll learn: The biggest mistakes that I see coaches, consultants and thought leader based people making when they are building their businesses. Tips and strategies that you can put in place in your business right now in order to build a healthy thriving business Head over to http://www.eleanorbeaton.com/training to learn more.

Welcome to Season 2 of Create Your Magical Life! We’ll be talking to people who make life magical for others around them. It’s time to step up to a new reality of connectedness and love, and it must begin with our own awareness and understanding. White privilege---what does that REALLY mean? Do you have diversity in your life and business? Do your social attitudes include the subtle tones of racism? We’ll dig deep into these difficult topics today. My guest is Desiree Adaway, who is a master at leading conversations on race, class, and gender. As a consultant, coach, and strategic business professional, Desiree specializes in the challenges of organizational transitions and projects related to racial equality and social justice. As a person of color in America, she speaks truth with power about racism, oppression, privilege, and diversity.  

The Mama Truth Show is especially for ambitious, soulful, women that are ready to STOP being so hard on themselves, release self-bullying and embrace their Inner Wisdom. In this final show of the Race Relations Series, the fantastic Desiree Adaway joins the Mama Truth Show to help us all learn more about how to celebrate diversity. She shares how to become a better ally, how to approach difficult conversations and shares compelling tear-jerking stories about her own journey as a mom and black woman. Make sure to check out Desiree's upcoming course, Diversity is an Asset, at http://desireeadaway.com/diversity/ and I highly recommend following Desiree on Facebook. Her posts are so thought provoking and profound, they light up my day, at https://www.facebook.com/desireeadaway   Video: https://youtu.be/5hqqWj517CA  

In this No More Reasonable Doubt episode we interview Desiree Adaway who is the founder and Principal of The Adaway Group.  Want to learn more about how we are building a community to help young professionals of color have more impact at work?  Subscribe so you are always in the loop and get dope updates directly to your inbox: http://bit.ly/nmrdsupport --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/no-more-reasonable-doubt-podcast/message

I may have set a new record for the shortest time from concept to production for a podcast:  20 minutes ago, I shared on Twitter that my best friend, Desiree Adaway, set up a personal board of directors last year and just sent me her annual report.Desiree is the Senior Director of Volunteer Mobilization for Habitat for Humanity, and felt the need to get expert advice and insight from people she trusted and admired.Many people were interested in hearing her story, so I called her up and recorded a podcast on the spot.  I hope you enjoy our conversation in which we cover:What is a personal board of directors How to choose good membersHow to make sure the relationship is mutually beneficialHow to get the most out of the mentoring relationship Desiree and I learned of the concept from Jim Collins in Good to Great.  Here are a few articles which expand on the topic:BusinessWeek:  Good to Great ExpectationsIn Jim's own words from the Fast Company Design Conference in Phoenix, 2000:  Why have a personal board of directors?