Dr. Pamela Ayo Yetunde demonstrates why we are right to look for answers to our modern problems in timeless wisdom, some of it thousands of years old. She brings together her insights from the world’s greatest wisdom traditions, philosophies, and religions to help others find peace-of-mind, timeless truths, and clarity amid the often daunting chaos in our times.

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00:00 Intro & Welcome

02:03 Interdependence

07:02 Preserving the Dignity of Others

09:36 How We Bring Compassion Into Our Everyday Lives

14:52 Break

17:55 Grace

23:59 Being Resilient in the Face of Negative Noise

36:11 Limiting Beliefs

39:32 Original Courage

45:06 Leadership

51:39 What Do You Wish People Knew?

53:04Closing

Does your neighborhood or community feel like one where everyone has each other’s back, or do you barely know anyone enough to say “hello?” Our guest today, Michael Wood-Lewis, is the co-founder of Front Porch Forum, a platform where 2/3rds of households in Vermont are choosing to come together with their neighbors. Whether it's finding lost pets, locating free building materials, volunteering to rebuild after disasters, or discovering a reliable plumber, the strength and bonds that are forming are a model for the future. Here’s inspiration and possibility at its best.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro & Welcome

03:54 Front Porch Forum

13:27 Social Capital

16:30 The Circular Economy

20:00 Break

22:45 Trust, Reciprocity, and Neighborliness

29:15 Beautifully Vulnerable Success Stories

33:06 Shared Struggles Build Bonds

35:28 Everything’s Local

37:46 Front Porch Forum Film

40:30 Social Contracts

46:31 What’s Next for Front Porch Forum

50:33 What Do You Wish People Knew?

52:04 Closing

Today we talk with author Andy Chaleff about some fresh remedies for our relationship struggles. The points of friction in our relationships can feel like a broken record and have us stuck, or worse, on the brink of heartbreaking separations. But Andy’s  insights are so helpful, simple and inspiring that they will make you feel like a path is appearing.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro & Welcome

03:01 The Connection Playbook

10:11 Growing Out of Repeat Trauma
20:02 Break

22:23 The Sorry Opportunity

28:02 Forgiveness
32:25 Knowing When To Disconnect

43:17 Turning the Mirror on Ourselves
47:14 What Do You Wish People Knew?
51:12 Closing

Dr. Lynda sits down with Claudia Ruane from an amazing company, Do Nation, that is turning the loss and sacrifice model of “living sustainably” on its head and making it possible for people to change habits and feel expansive, important, and energized. Do Nation is connecting businesses and all of us as individuals—each in our own way—to small acts that can really move the needle in mitigating climate change and putting a spring back in our steps. 

PODCAST TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro & Welcome

05:02 Joys of Sustainability

07:21 Stubborn Optimism

10:20 Founder’s Story

14:19 Do Nation for Individuals

21:12 Break

23:38 Quick Tips

27:22 Action is the Antidote to Anxiety

33:33 Do Nation for Businesses

43:22 What Do You Wish People Knew?

45:57 Closing

Vicki Saunders is the visionary, social entrepreneur who founded an organization called SheEO (now Coralus) which is widely renowned for supporting women who are getting the world’s to-do list done!  This conversation will generate sparks for your own impact and totally validate the fact that you were right to hold out hope for humanity. Momentum is building behind an economic model that is “circular” and regenerative when it comes to expanding goodness and progress.

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00:00 Intro & Welcome

04:46 A More Beautiful World

08:21 Subscribing to a New World

13:59 Break

16:42 Collective Wealth

22:40 Trust as the Core Currency

27:54 Circulating Capital

36:53 Being Set Free

42:59 Street Wisdom

46:41 Giving ‘til it Feels Like Receiving

49:30 What Do You Wish People Knew?

51:34 Closing

Welcome to the Conspiracy of Goodness podcast! Join founder of the Goodness Exchange, Dr. Lynda Ulrich, for conversations that will ignite one "aha" moment after another as we explore the amazing wave of goodness and progress happening in the world.

In a world filled with negative noise, we uncover stories and insights that will inspire and uplift you. If you're a doer, a helper, a giver, or an idea person in your circles, this podcast is for you.

New episodes drop every Wednesday on Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. You can also find us on The Goodness Exchange YouTube channel, where you'll discover even more uplifting content.

Get ready to put a spring in your step and gain valuable insights you can use every day. Welcome to the Conspiracy of Goodness!

Check out the Goodness Exchange's YouTube page for more content:

Doing work that matters—work that really lights you up—can impact your health and longevity so much that the goal of creating that kind of working-life is fast becoming a central theme in the new world of work. People seek work that matters, but for the longest time there hasn’t been a place dedicated to helping people find that work. To solve this problem, Hannah Phang co-founded The Now Work, a platform that connects people who have world-changing skills and aspirations with world-changing work and companies who are just waiting for the right talent to come along.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro & Welcome

03:53 The Now Work

14:25 Corporate Sustainability

19:32 Activists by Brand Choice

20:46 Break

23:33 Price and Value

28:30 How Do We Know Who to Trust? 

32:20 Green-Hushing 

34:45 Consumer Trust

35:46 Creating the Future We Want

44:23 The World can be our Teacher

48:24 What Do You Wish People Knew?

52:53Closing

When did society decide that people with larger bodies can’t possibly be “fit,” and create systems that exclude them from most fitness communities? Martinus Evans is flipping all those notions upside down and providing a rapidly growing community with insight and inspiration. At 300 pounds he has run 8 marathons, is a certified running coach, and has 95K followers on Instagram. And today, we will learn why the joy in fitness activities is for everyone, in every kind of body.

00:00 Intro & Welcome

00:53 Martinus’s Journey

09:20 Running Slow AF

15:45 Mental Chatter

20:50 Break

23:28 The Slow AF Run Club

35:10 Diet Culture Mental Chatter

39:08 Advice for Your Younger Self

44:50 Peak Moments

50:13 What Do You Wish People Knew?

53:15 Closing

Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals and just trying to get everything done. But all that activity can blind us to the fact that our goals come from the notions of “influential others” in our lives, and not from what lights us up as individuals. Christal Brown is a master in helping others discover and structure a personal vision that is all their own, and one that will be a central source of joy, no matter the ups and downs in the journey.

0 Intro & Welcome

03:15 Anything is Possible

07:28 Finding the Bigger Version of Yourself

15:55 Break

18:24 Confidence vs. Integrity 

20:56 Outcome vs. Process

22:47 Belief and Belongings

26:27 Steps and Stories

27:46 Grace

31:07 The Risk of Imperfection

34:13 Embracing the Messy Middle

40:55 Building Communities

48:18 Soft Skills vs. Hard Skills

55:15 What Do You Wish People Knew?

59:56 Closing

Listening to this episode will burst open a joyful place in your heart and will give you a leap in business savvy. Our guests are part of a flip in perspective in the business world that will change the future for millions. John Cronin, a young man with Down syndrome, and his father, Mark, are co-founders of John’s Crazy Socks, a business hiring people with differing abilities not as an act of charity, but a smart business move.

00:00 Intro & Welcome

05:02 Everyone Can Contribute

09:26 Language Matters

14:09 Dignity in Work

14:09 Break

22:13 The Founding Story 

32:33 Untapped Labor Market

41:30 The Five Pillars

48:49 Preparing for the Unforeseen

01:16:02 What Do You Wish People Knew?

01:18:40 Closing