Supergivers Podcast with Jesse Johnson

Morgan Rich is a life coach and passionate supporter of adolescent boys. In this episode he shares about his upbringing as a man and what he thinks the world needs now from men and in support of men.

Darcie Klassen is an educator and founder of Girls Are Heroes, a new on-line resource for parents and educators interested in empowering girls of all ages. In this episode you might learn:

- Surprising messages conveyed even by media for young kids

- How you can help steer your child towards media resources supporting empowered female characters

- About how a former public school teacher combined personal and professional experience, sprinkled in some courage, and created a powerful resource for anyone interested in raising awareness around how women are represented in pop media.

Michael Lloyd-White never intended to be a leader of a global movement. One day while visiting a school yard, he stumbled into a calling that has lead him to be one of the world leaders of the kindness organization, World Kindness. Starting in his native Australia, he is now poised to bring World Kindness more firmly into the US. In this episode you may learn:

- A more complete definition of the word 'kindness'

- How acts of kindness can be acknowledged

- How terrorism as an organizational model has inspired the kindness movement.

- How you can be a kinder person in action today

Sonja Skvarla is the amazing creator of A Social Ignition, a non-profit mentoring and coaching program for prison inmates. In this episode, Sonja shares how her life experience lead her to working on a mission she never imagined, and how one simple approach to action could revolutionize your impact in the world.

Angie Louthan is a mother of two who started the KindFest in Seattle, WA. In this conversation, Angie relates the incredible rock bottom she hit as a working mom and how it became the bedrock for her vision to transform the world through kindness and compassion.

Jessica Williams is the creator of the Superwoman Summit, an annual event held in Portland, Oregon, designed to elevate the consciousness and empowerment of all women. In this conversation, Jessica shares deeply about her own path through adversity to empowerment and about many ways that women can activate their potential in the modern world. We also discuss how men can play a critical role.

Andrew Hinton is an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker currently based in Portland, Oregon. Andrew’s most recent work is the acclaimed documentary “Tashi and the Monk,” a film that explores a Tibetan monk’s calling to create a school for underserved children.

At the core of Andrew’s mission is for his work to provide more solutions to the world’s problems, the latter of which he believes are represented amply in film work, the former, not enough.

In our episode, Andrew and I discuss:

- How he was sparked to make films

- What it took to go from inspiration to actualization of his dream

- The theme of finding sources of compassion in the world

- Inspiring people towards action

- Facing adversity

- His journey through the making of “Tashi and The Monk”