Catalyst for Change Stories

Dr. Artika R. Tyner is a passionate educator, author, sought after speaker, and advocate for justice. At the University of St. Thomas School of Law, Dr. Tyner serves as the founding director of the Center on Race, Leadership and Social Justice. She is committed to training students to serve as social engineers who create new inroads to justice and freedom.

Tyner received her B.A. from Hamline University (Major: English; Certificate: Conflict Studies). Due to her passion for advocating for social justice and educational policy reform, she decided to pursue graduate studies at the University of St. Thomas. She began her journey with law school since she recognized that the law is a language of power and therefore she sought to become well versed in the law.

Subsequently, Tyner earned a Master of Public Policy and Leadership in order to gain tools for effecting social change through policy reform efforts. Later, inspired by the legacy of W.E.B. Dubois, she obtained a Doctorate in Leadership. Her doctoral studies provided her with key tools for serving in her community and promoting social justice.

Dr. Tyner is committed to empowering others to lead within their respective spheres of influence. She provides leadership development and career coaching for young professionals. She has also developed leadership educational materials for K-12 students, college/graduate students, faith communities and nonprofits. Additionally, Dr. Tyner teaches leadership coursework on ethics, critical reflection, and organizational development. Her research focuses on diversity/inclusion, community development, and civil rights. She has presented her research and conducted leadership training programs both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Tyner leads by example by organizing policy campaigns, fostering restorative justice practices, developing social entrepreneurship initiatives, and promoting assets-based community development. She serves as a global citizen by supporting education, entrepreneurship, and women’s leadership initiatives in Africa.

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Jan Hill worked in higher education for over 40 years before retiring from California State University East Bay, she talks about what it was like to be a women who was curious and had a desire to learn more and the progress we have made in the last 50 years. She is now a trustee for Ohlone College and likes to give back to her community. 

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In this episode we speak about boundaries, knowing your sensitivities, knowing who we are where we end and others begin, holding boundaries to  protect your sensitivities, holding boundaries to create safety to be ourselves. 

Mike Iamele is a Life Purpose Expert + Brand Strategist. With his proprietary Sacred Branding® system, he’s helped hundreds of people to connect the dots between their lived experiences to identify which levers they naturally pull every time they’ve been successful – and how to build a business or life around that. Mike’s also the author of Enough Already: Create Success on Your Own Terms (Conari Press 2015). He’s shared his provocative and vulnerable take on life in dozens of magazines and podcasts, including a personal interview with NPR about his viral story on rethinking sexuality in his first same-sex relationship.

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About Dana Humphrey: In her social circles, friends describe Dana as a psychonaut. She spent her childhood dragging her family to church. Dana is passionate about self-development and spiritual growth and over the past 20 years has explored many different energetic healing modalities revolving around sound, breath and movement to find her inner guidance or GU (self) RU (teacher).. Some modalities of interest have been Reiki, various forms of meditation including Vipassanā, tantra, tarot, yoga, breathwork, song, plant medicine and dance. Dana has traveled to more than 80 countries and lived in five, she was born in Calgary and has lived in NYC since 2008. After launching and running a successful PR firm for over 12 years, she decided to pivot and use her life experience to coach women desiring to live a more fulfilling life. Learn more about Dana Humphrey Life Coaching here: https://www.danahumphrey.com/. 

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Melissa Rohlfs is a certified holistic health and life coach helping busy women break free from sugar and stress/emotional eating so they can be calm, confident and in control. Around food. Around sugar. In stressful situations. In their bodies. In their life. She is committed to empowering women to break free from dieting, emotional eating and self-image issues so they can ditch the diet mentality, and feel empowered in their own skin. After her own tumultuous history with food {withholding and then later in life, bingeing}, she learned how to deal with the core issues around her broken relationship with food. As a result, she felt called to go to school and learn to teach other women how to do the same. She graduated from the Health Coach Institute as a Holistic Health and Life Coach in 2018 and is the proud owner of Free 2 B Coaching. She is a proud Boilermaker alumna living in Tucson with her husband, Chad and two kiddos.

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We will talk about: 

Food addiction

PTSD diagnosis after becoming a new mom, related to childhood experiences

Seeking help and staying connected 

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At 5’3” and 204 pounds, her weight held her back physically, mentally and emotionally. Being labeled clinically obese, she had anxiety, suffered from depression, went through bouts of disordered eating and struggled with self-image on a daily basis.

Today, she is 64-plus pounds lighter and healthier than ever! Her physical and mental transformation influenced her decision to become a Personal Trainer, Fitness Nutrition Specialist and Health Coach.

Discussed in the episode: 

Eating disorder

body image

perfectionism

Bulimia

healthy habits

family of origin and belief systems about self image

diet culture

bringing out the wins

taking the rules out of lifestyle change 

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Laura is a certified Health Coach, Life Coach and Personal Trainer. Her life's mission is to help people enhance their relationship with their mind and body. When working with Laura you get the ultimate teammate who won't quit until you find the results you crave. She is understanding, caring, and knows how to help you grow into your best you!

https://www.changebychallenge.com/

@change.by.challenge (for IG and FB)

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In this episode we will cover: 

Relationship with self

Body image

perspective shifting

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In this episode we speak about

Eating disorders

infidelity from her husband who fell in love with another man

Straight Spouse support group https://www.straightspouse.org/ 

starting over after divorce

DBT programs

You are not your thoughts (The Unteatherd Soul book)

Being vulnerable and opening up to people

Owning your story

What if you can … life motto … shift your thinking

Pema Chodran books

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Marlisse Hardamon: Transformational Speaker, Life Coach, Abuse Survivor, Author

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Ali. A lee

To people from my refugee community. Be patient during the time you are settling in your new home here in the United States. Things take time including your immigration documents like green card and citizenship applications, especially during these days of Covid-19. Be productive, volunteer, show acts of kindness and tolerance.

Ali Tinai is from Eritrea, a small country in East Africa. He left his home country at a young age to avoid being drafted in to the indefinite life of militarism after high school. He walked across the border to neighboring Sudan and then to Egypt where he became a refugee. During his time in Egypt he made the best out of every opportunity he got in front of him. He learned English and helped his refugee community. He came to the US in November 2014. He went to high school for a year and 6 months and then went to college. He has studied International Politics. He made many accomplishments during his time in college. He was a presidential scholar from the political science department at Western Michigan University when he graduated in April 2020. He plans to attend graduate school in George Washington University and study security policy. He wants to work in the field of diplomacy for his future career. Currently resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he work for a nonprofit organization.

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Topics covered:

the refugee experience: Eritrea, East Africa to Sudan to Egypt to America

living in a refugee camp

transitioning into school from being a refugee

transitioning into giving back and living in different countries

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