Moxie Uncut

Kristina Lucia is a storyteller! Since she was a young child, she has been intrigued by the element of pretend and well known for her vivid imagination. As children toys are one of our first tools that serve our needs for pretend and similar explorations. Her goal with these creations is to further facilitate the art of play, a crucial part of a child's development, while also giving the child a further outlet for the love language of touch. Kristina Lucia Teddy Bears hopes to inspire and ignite this sense of freedom and imagination in each child and simultaneously provide them with the opportunity to explore their environment with a sense of love and security.

In this episode, Jenny and Kristina talk about venturing into and exploring talents and abilities in different fields and the fulfillment that comes with it.

Holly Williamson, the founder of The Women of Pader Uganda, resides in Austin, Texas with her husband. She is a mother of two boys and a grandmother to two grandchildren that she adores deeply. Holly first visited Pader in 2013 where she felt an immediate connection and call from God to help the women restart their lives after a 20-year war in Northern Uganda. In 2017, Holly converted the organization into a 501c3 nonprofit and has created sustainable, empowering programs to help the women and the community in Pader. Through taking a leap of faith and following God's call on her life, Holly has a beautiful story of God's faithfulness and provision to care for His people.

In this episode Jenny and Holly talk about successfully building good relationships by putting into perspective the partnership paths taken and the cultural setting of the different communities one is venturing in to avoid help turning to hurt.

When the fire to leave a mark behind burns in our hearts, it becomes very difficult having to wait to see that vision come to fruition. We want to be purposeful and live an adventurous life.

In this episode, we revisit episode 15 of season 1 with Jenna Nyanje as she talks about waiting and her fear of living a mundane and predictable life and how she is currently living her life in purpose and kindness. We hope that by listening to this, you are encouraged in your waiting period to take hold of the opportunity and readjust, recalibrate and rethink about the legacy you want to leave behind.

Societal anxiety and fear of others' reactions to us can stifle our voices and make us shy from making an impact. The best way around this is knowing who you are and understanding your best you. This aids in being able to push away those negative remarks that could otherwise pin you down. Find you, understand you and act with compassion and an immense amount of love for the people around you. This episode is a challenge to all of us to begin to ask ourselves what ripple effect we want to have on this world. What legacy are you wanting to leave behind?

For this episode, we revisit episode 7 of season 1 with Sania Shapi where she talks about teaching others how to understand their identity and leave an unforgettable legacy. The episode is a challenge to us to figure out what our ripple effect is and what legacy we would love to leave behind.

Life is messy and sometimes uncomfortable, but when we choose to embrace the ugly and walk through the seasons instead of sitting on the sidelines is when we gain the perseverance to run this race of life. We are in a marathon, not a sprint and we have to care for ourselves daily. We are human. We are not perfect but together, we are better. #themoxiecommunity

In this recap of episode 14 of season 1 with Nicole Devereaux, Jenny talks about mental health and what it means to show up for ourselves every day.

Matshona Dhliwayo said," When the wind blows, a stubborn tree breaks but an intelligent one bends."

In this week's episode we are revisiting episode 28 of season 2 with Kevin Mbogho and talking about how to walk through the storms in our lives.

There will be storms in our lives with the wind blowing strong enough to almost break us but we need to anchor ourselves on something strong that can hold us down. Trusting in the Lord and grabbing a hold of His hand tightly is an assurance of a breakthrough. Be present while walking through your storm and intentionally adjust your mind to believe you are enough to conquer it all.

As we listen to this episode and work out ways to weather our storms or get the drive to push the ones we have already put in place, let the word 'surrender' not be in our dictionary, only 'fight back'. Let's be inspired to put our fight song on and forge ahead without forgetting to vulnerably acknowledge that it's okay not to be okay.

If you have been blessed to get a chance to quench your wanderlust, you know the beauty and awe that comes with seeing new places but so do the cultural differences. In this second episode of our mini series, our host, Jenny, is revisiting episode 29 of season 2 with Carly Oosten and touching further on staying authentic even in the face of cultural differences or stereotypes.

We are so excited for you to listen in and really hope that this episode will open your eyes on what it looks like to be away from home and trigger a heart of compassion and understanding for people around you who are living away from their families and friends.

We are excited to be starting this new adventure for the next couple of weeks where we have our host, Jenny Nuccio talk in more details about challenging and life changing topics from our previous seasons. We believe that these topics are going to have such a profound impact on your lives, friends.

For this mini series period, we will have a recap on the episode right before Jenny dives in to talk about the highlighted topic in depth. Join her this week as she revisits episode 43 of season 2 with Emily Butzler and passionately talks about sustainable development.

We hope that this first episode will be a great eye-opener as you listen to Jenny giving her insight and well outlined take on what sustainable development is and what it means in our day to day lives.

This has been an amazing journey of building each other through sharing our exceptional stories and encouraging each other to pull our moxie out of our back pockets. As we wrap up on this season, we are leaving you with encouraging words and tips from our host, Jenny Nuccio, that will give us the direction we need in building our authentic selves.

In this episode, Jenny talks about who she is and answers a question frequently asked on how she does what she does. Be encouraged friends to be intentional in embracing who you are.

An avid kiteboarder, triathlete, and boat captain for a whale-watch operation on the Big Island, Kelsey's love for challenge and adventure is a huge part of who she is. "I believe women are capable of anything they put their mind to, and I have tried to exemplify that truth statement in my life." Her heart to help others is ultimately the purpose of her existence, which has been cultivated in her love for Jesus. This passion to serve others birthed Moi Moi Market and The Talking Story Podcast. "We want to make it easy for consumers to find, trust, and purchase products of purpose; products that help women out of sex trafficking, provide clean water, build schools, clean plastics from our oceans, and empower families. Moi Moi Market (www.moimoimarket.com) is a one stop shop for those products which includes Imani Collective. The Talking Story Podcast is the educational piece that explains the story behind the product and just shares cool stories of people using their lives to make a difference in others." Although working full time, she believes in giving back to the community, and has served at Heart Ranch and Ho'ola Na Pua here on the Big Island, Hawaii.

Even though life is busy, she still finds time to play and have fun. One of her favorite things to do is taking her dogs for walks at the beach. To Kelsey, "there's nothing like toes in the sand, listening to the ocean, and just BE-ing." @captkelseyhawaii

In this episode,Jenny and Kelsey talk about embracing the heart of altruism as clearly manifested in how the humpback whales thrive in the sea. They further talk about taking hold of your faith and believing that God's love for you is eternal.Jenny Nuccio on the Talking Story Podcast