The Kindness Podcast

Matt Medford deals with people all day every day. LOTS of people. Hear how he keeps his cool and his perspective in this episode of The Kindness Podcast. Then head over to his Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/matthewmedfordministries for more inspiration!

Transportation is a huge barrier for people living with low income. The Fix It Forward Ministry in Moorhead MN is working to alleviate that stress.

The group has provided more than 500 free car repairs over the last 5 years and have given away 211 cars in the last 3 years!

Co-Founder, Jeremy Jensen, talks with me today about their mission and how they get people back on the road to success. Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/fixitforwardministry/ or

https://www.fixitforwardministry.com/.

HOPE BOLDLY. Those are the first words you see when you visit the website of “Unseen,” a capacity-building nonprofit that accelerates the work of anti-trafficking organizations. In this week’s episode of The Kindness Podcast, I’m joined by Than Baardson, the CEO and Founder of Unseen, for an update on their work and some tips to hope boldly. Learn more about Than and Unseen at https://weareunseen.org. Learn about how you might be impacting worldwide slavery at slaveryfootprint.org.

Just over three years ago, Anna Malus-Kitzmann had an incredibly successful career in advertising. She was working with amazing clients on big household brands. But something was wrong. Anna says she felt burned out and unfulfilled, so she pivoted.

In 2018, Anna started The Good Campaign, a marketing, community and social platform created to promote kindness between people and to our planet. Learn more at www.thegoodcampaign.com and on instagram @the_good_campaign.

Anna Dravland was planning her first big kindness event when she had a massive stroke that nearly took her life. Thanks to her support system, that first Spread Goodness Day still happened and it was wildly successful.

Anna is prepping for the third annual Spread Goodness Day on March 13, 2020 and I knew as part of our kindness community it would be something you would want to be a part of! Listen to Anna’s amazing story and learn more about the big day at www.spreadgoodnessday.com or at www.facebook.com/spreadgoodnessday/

There are those people in our communities who just exude kindness. Anytime there is someone in need or something that needs to be done, they always seem to be involved.

Jill Wiese from Washburn, ND is one of those people. Jill spreads kindness at home as a wife, mom, nurse, volunteer ambulance worker, church music leader and across borders through her work with The God’s Child Project in Guatemala. Check out The God’s Child Project at godschild.org.

Don Carter was in law enforcement for 10 years before feeling like he needed to reclaim his humanity. The job was tough and the rewards were slim. When an act of kindness landed Don on The Steve Harvey Show and NBC Nightly News, he knew he was on to something. Since then, Don has used the power of kindness to heal from the devastation of suicide and trauma. Learn about the Kindness Culture he is creating on social media or on his website at http://doncarter.com.

Beth Shaw is the founder and CEO of YogaFit, the world’s largest yoga and mind-body school, established in 1994. She is responsible for bringing yoga into the mainstream. Beth’s most recent book, Healing Trauma through Yoga, reflects her own experience with healing and her personal philosophy of paying it forward through her non-profit organization, YogaFit for Warriors, which focuses on veterans, first responders and those affected by PTSD and trauma. You can learn more at https://www.yogafit.com.

Georgeanne Irvine has been a spokesperson for wildlife and conservation for more than 40 years and is the director of corporate publishing for San Diego Zoo Global. She has written more than two dozen children’s books about animals, including San Diego Zoo’s new Hope and Inspiration collection, which features true tales about Zoo and Safari Park animals that have overcome challenges in their lives. Check out all of Georgeanne’s beautiful books at https://amzn.to/2M6oR4l.

On April 14th, 2009 Angelo Collazo and his wife welcomed their first daughter Alle Shea Collazo into the world. Alle was born with type II Osteogenesis Imperfecta also known as Brittle Bone Disease. Little Alle died after a five week battle. Angelo joins me to talk about how he has used kindness over the past ten years to help other families dealing with OI. You can learn more about OI and Alle’s Snuggle Buddies at http://www.allesheaproject.org.