Things They Don’t Teach Us

Vincent Jones is an innovative connector with a passion for building dynamic communities around common purpose and finding creative solutions to advance progressive change. His career spans the worlds of philanthropy, non-profits, politics, government, communications, travel, and social entrepreneurship.

Currently he is Founding CEO of The Citizen Jones Companies, a collection of socially-minded businesses created with the spirit of doing good, having fun, and helping others do the same, consisting of Citizen Jones Travel, Proud Photobooth, Citizen Jones Consulting, and CTZN JNS.

In this episode, Vincent shares his passions and the pathways he took when turning them into a series of businesses.

Social media and all the apps are supposed to make connecting with people easier than it was in the past. But what do you do when you have the time and the opportunity to become acquainted with a stranger spontaneously IRL?

Johan Xia shares his insights on overcoming awkwardness, the things that draw him to new people, and the experience of navigating social encounters in different cultural and linguistic contexts. He also reveals how he gets OUT of lackluster conversations tactfully.

sister sadada (she/they) is a student of liberatory practices: She lives in her body and vacations in her mind. She is Black Nipmuc and an embodied liberation teacher who works with individuals and groups who do the work of healing and educating. The aim of her work is to guide embodied liberation in our relationships and our structures.

Since 2012, she has provided professional consulting and mentoring services to people in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. From leadership development to instructional solutions, her focus is always curating the causes and conditions for liberatory practice and liberated practitioners. She has earned two masters: a Master’s in Theological Studies from Harvard in indigenous traditions, and an MEd from UMass in secondary English language arts through Boston teacher’s residency program and a bachelors of art in theater with a minor in English from UMass as well.

She believes that a love-based relationship with our bodies is essential to liberation. She approaches her work as a guide, supporting the development and deepening of embodied love-based relationships and structures.

During our conversation with her, sister sadada shares her perspectives on the scarcity mindset and how its opposite, the abundance mindset, is important to one’s sense of freedom. Through that framework, we explore generational legacies and briefly discuss Black liberation.

Meet Wendy and Derek, two friends who love travel. In this first episode of their podcast, they share tips and tidbits from their times abroad.

Derek and Wendy have been shooting the sh*t about arts, culture, education, history, politics, self care, travel, and other topics for over a decade. Many of their conversations drift into areas that they call the “things they don’t teach us,” which is usually an assortment of advice, information, inspiration, and other revelations that they wished they had been taught or told at an earlier age.

With both now living as entrepreneurs and globetrotters, they continue to strive for self improvement as they also exchange ideas and inspirations with each other and their communities. With this webcast, you’re invited to experience the joy, learn from the challenges, and explore the collective discoveries that are accumulated and unearthed. 

Things They Don’t Teach Us webcast is a lighthearted, candid, and inspirational conversation among friends and free spirits. Topics will include addressing the scarcity mindset, self liberation, turning one’s passion into a business, and more.