Make a Difference (MAD) Podcast

Dr. Lori is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a passion for helping everyone live their best lives possible. 

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Lori a lot about kindness, especially about being kind to yourself. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Cindy was on the fast-track to success at a Fortune 300 company. But when Cindy and her husband decided to expand their family, they concluded Cindy should stay home to take care of her newborn. Though she loved her time at home, Cindy yearned for professional career growth. So, she started her own business—and now faces the challenge of juggling it all.

Angelle is a mother of 4 whose husband has a demanding job that keeps him away from home 12+ hours a day. This leaves her with the responsibility of the children’s activities, school, carpool, caring for her 2-year-old, all while maintaining her full-time remote job.

Living and breathing the challenges that face so many women in business today, Cindy and Angelle decided to team up to create a platform that could change the way women face the challenges of balancing work and life—for good. 

Check out The Village for Women:
https://www.thevillageforwomen.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thevillageforwomen
https://www.instagram.com/thevillageforwomen/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-village-for-women/

We had the absolute pleasure of talking with Joel from Recognize Good, an Austin-based 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides the means for anyone to illuminate, connect with and learn from great examples of goodness.

Check them out at:
https://recognizegood.org/
https://www.facebook.com/RecognizeGood
http://www.instagram.com/recognizegood
http://www.youtube.com/RecognizeGood

In episode 18, we talk to Jordan and Dan from Beef Sticks for Backpacks, who's mission is to create a world where no child in Colorado suffers from weekend food insecurity. How do they help to accomplish this? They provide high quality, high protein beef sticks to put into kids backpack programs throughout the state of Colorado. To date, Beef Sticks for Backpacks has distributed 79,023 beef sticks to Colorado kids.

Check then out at:
https://www.beefsticks.org/
https://www.facebook.com/BeefSticksforBackpacks
https://www.instagram.com/beefbankcolorado

In episode 17, we talk to Daniel about corporate responsibility and philanthropy, and the unique ways that TyRex Manufacturing gives back. 

The H Foundation was created, as all great ideas are, over a cocktail called the Goombay Smash. 

It started out as a few friends with entrepreneurial spirit that decided they could make a difference in the fight against cancer. So, every Summer The H Foundation hosts the Goombay Bash, a fundraising event under the disguise of a casual Caribbean-style party. Since 2001, The H Foundation has grown to include two additional annual fundraisers, Comedy for Cancer and the Celebrity Golf Classic, as well as other opportunities to get involved and make a difference in the fight against cancer.

Learn more at https://www.hfoundation.org/

Happy 2021! 

We'll be back with new episodes and fantastic new guests next week, but for now, we wanted to send our wishes for a happy and healthy new year!

Featured by ForbesWomen and The New York Times, Doll Avant is an award-winning tech entrepreneur, a cum laude graduate of Harvard University, and a TEDx speaker. As a data scientist and social impact strategist, Doll was honored with the global designation of “Google's Woman of Water” and featured on Google's home page for creating the “world’s largest water database.” 

Doll is the Founder & CEO of Aquagenuity ("Where Water Meets Ingenuity"), which has been recognized by Forbes, Google, Singularity University @ NASA Research Park, Coca-Cola, and WIRED Magazine as the first in the world to use big data, blockchain, and artificial intelligence to help consumers, corporations and smart cities answer the question: “What’s In Your Water?” in real-time, in order to predict and prevent water-related public health crises. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dollavant/
https://twitter.com/dollavant
https://www.instagram.com/dollavant/
https://aquagenuity.com/

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! 

In episode 13, we talk to Sheri St Marie who is on a mission to make the world a better place through inspiring and educating humans in personal and professional development. 

Connect with Sheri at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheri-st-marie-ms-education-%F0%9F%8E%A4%F0%9F%94%A5%F0%9F%87%BA%F0%9F%87%B8-and-real-estate-8089b494/

In episode 12, we talk to Lester Young, founder of Path2Redemption, a 501c (3) non-profit organization that hosts workshops for anyone in need of assistance with transitioning back into society. Its mission is to provide formerly incarcerated individuals with the essential life skills needed for success. The organization also provides mentoring services for at-risk youth, in hopes of preventing them from entering through the pipeline to prison.

https://path2redemption.org/
https://www.facebook.com/1603283653285951
https://www.instagram.com/path2redemption515
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lester-young-b1b6a0106/
https://www.youtube.com/feed/my_videos