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Episodes
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
In today’s episode Jeff interviews Pastor Kevin Powell from the First Lutheran Church here in Calgary, Alberta. In this wide ranging conversation Jeff and Kevin discuss; how the pastor found the Church through music, they dissect Canadian politics and misuse of power, the Pastor describes the concept of “non anxious presence” when it comes to leadership, and finally the importance of community. Pastor Kevin describes how the church underwent huge transformational changes when they began inviting the LGBTQ2S+ community into their congregation. If you would like to learn more about Pastor Kevin Powell you can visit www.makingfaithmatter.ca.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/powe2550?lang=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.powell1
Podcast: http://firstlutheran.podbean.com/
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
About this episode
In today’s episode of Powerful, Jeff and his guest Josh Clarke explore how to design your life through design thinking. Josh is an engineer, a designer, an experiential educator, and now works in the nonprofit sector.
Listeners will enjoy this conversation as Josh breaks this fascinating concept down into bite size pieces. Josh explains how the process of engaging your personal power through self expression creates a more useful and meaningful experience.
Josh and Jeff discuss how the most meaningful work happens when you move the needle from design thinking to design doing. Their conversation weaves through personal stories of life journey's and transitions and they discuss the therapeutic process that is involved with making and designing. Josh’s parting words of wisdom about design thinking are for listeners to get past the "thinking" and get "doing"!
Show Notes
Grab a copy of The War of Art by Steven Pressfield.
Where to find Josh:
Make Good project: https://www.makegoodintheneighbourhood.org
For a wide range of design-thinking strategies and tools, check out ideo.com
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
If you find yourself in an advocacy role, and trying to help with diversity and inclusion in society you are going to love this episode. Dr. Glynnis Lieb has spent 20 years in the helping profession. She began her career as a residential youth worker, she has her PhD in personality psychology, and is currently the executive director at the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies & Services (ISMSS) at the University of Alberta. Jeff and Glynnis’ wide ranging conversation touches on how our systems need to change and how we can manifest this change work through tough love and becoming effective allies without misusing our power and influence. In this very insightful conversation Glynnis shares with listeners that collective action, questioning what we know and sharing our power is the way forward.
Institute for Sexual Minority Studies & Services (ISMSS)
ISMSS on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ismss_ualberta?lang=en
Youtube on connecting:
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Our guest today has spent more than 20 years helping educators in 48 states and a dozen countries strengthen their equity efforts in classrooms, schools, and districts. He’s the founder of the Equity Literacy Institute and EdChange.
He’s published more than 70 articles and has written, co-written, or co-edited twelve books on various aspects of educational equity including Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap and Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education He is the author of the Multicultural Pavilion, an online compendium of free resources for educators.
He earned a PhD in Educational Evaluation at the University of Virginia. And was a teacher educator at several universities for 15 years.
Please welcome, Dr. Paul Gorski.
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
In this episode Jeff talks with Marilyn and Kaitlin at the Calgary not-for-profit “The Doorway” about their organization and their unique approach to getting young people off the street. The Doorway talks about culture as a driving force to getting young people off the street. They talk about their human process which was at times considered controversial, and why incentives (CASH), and a business plan approach to getting young people off the street is so effective.
To learn more about the great work the Doorways is doing or to donate to this wonderful cause visit: www.thedoorway.ca or watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6NkGLTkY4M&feature=youtu.be
Wade Davis - https://daviswade.com/
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Our guest today spent 23 years in the public education system as a teacher, literacy coach, guidance dean, and assistant principal, witnessing first-hand how the system helped white students thrive while continuing to marginalize Black students.
In 2016 she left the education system and started Being Black at School, where she serves as the founder and executive director. Being Black at School helps teachers, school boards, and students navigate tough conversations in the classroom, helps to build grassroots movements around the country to stand together and speak up for Black students and works with elected officials and decision makers to develop policies that promote equity and safety.
Best known as MochaMomma on the internet for her blog chronicling her life as a former teen parent and single mother, who took her then 3-yr old to college with her, she’s been a tireless advocate for anti-racism and dismantling systemic oppression and structures of power that contribute to many of the polarizing issues our society faces.
I hope you enjoy this conversation with Kelly Wickham-Hurst as much as I did, and please share, subscribe, rate and review the show if you do!
Thursday Nov 07, 2019
Thursday Nov 07, 2019
In this shorter episode, Jeff breaks down some of the core components of his 2016 TEDx talk titled “The Power of Human Nature”.
He asks questions like “why does addiction make sense?” and “why do we numb our feelings?” and is addiction a “choice or disease or neither?”
Learn more about the spectrum of addiction, and how it helps to explain a lot of our ‘human nature’.
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Welcome to Episode #2, where we’re going to dig into the topic of personal power and explore it from a few different angles, including a bit of a dissection of the idea of "grit".
In the first portion of this show Jeff deconstructs a TED talk by Angela Duckworth that has over 18 000 000 views. Jeff uses examples of how utilizing the argument that “you’re 100% responsible for what happens in your life” is both dangerously wrong and unhelpful. Jeff also speaks to his own experiences working with street involved youth and how they are some of the most grittiest individuals he will ever meet.
In the second part of the show (16:30) Vince Fowler and Jeff have a wide ranging conversation about Vince's personal experiences with grit and how his personal and professional journey has led him to be a coach for entrepreneurs. Vince speaks about how his experience serving with the Canadian Military in Somalia was his MBA, his experiences as a competitive rugby player taught him about adversity and power, and how parenting continues to teach him about reflection.
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
In this episode we’re going to be breaking down power and having a conversation with author and Right Use of Power founder, Dr. Cedar Barstow.
Trying to talk about individual issues like motivation, mental health, addiction, anxiety, depression or systemic issues like oppression, racism, misogyny, marginalization…the common thread that connects everything is power.
And yet, power is poorly misunderstood, or at least, not commonly understood. Everyone has a unique power history, and perspective on what constitutes power.
Today we’re going to dig into the concept of power and explore the 4 different types of power, the up and down power dynamic and the important domains of the right use of power.
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
In this show we’ll be exploring issues big and small, from addiction, anxiety and depression at the individual level to anti-racism, structural oppression and polarization at the level of society. Not to throw blame or drive a narrow agenda, but to develop a deeper awareness that can foster a desire to improve not only your own use of power, but the right use of power more broadly in the world.
We’ll be asking big questions like:
- What does it mean to be powerful?
- How do we understand power and how it shows up in ourselves, in our relationships with others and within our society?
- What are the mechanisms of power and how can we use them to intentionally and proactively shape ourselves and our community?
- How can we cultivate awareness of our own power, so that we can use it to live our best life?
A life where we don’t throw our hands up in frustration, don’t retreat into what’s comfortable, or numbing, or mindless.
A life where we dig in and pursue what’s most important and meaningful…for ourselves and the people we care most about.