Words Matter

Words Matter episodes:

• 07.12.2018

  Max & Bonnie Kate Zoghbi – Accepting Joy in Pain

  We've heard it before: the light shines in the darkness. But what happens when you have to live that? After Bonnie Kate was shot in an Aurora movie theater in 2012, her and her now-husband Max had to experience darkness firsthand and...

  
• 06.28.2018

  Brandi Lea – Recognizing Our Belovedness

  One of our biggest battles in life is believing we are loved and worth loving. Any love we share is a reflection of our own self-acceptance. Through Beauty for Ashes Uganda and SoulCare Retreats, Brandi Lea seeks to help people around the...

  
• 06.14.2018

  Branden Harvey – Moving Towards Deeper Change

  Evolution is a natural part of life. However, the decisions we make help determine the direction in which we'll evolve. Since his early days as an amateur photographer, Branden Harvey has taken risks that have propelled him into places and spaces he never...

  
• 05.31.2018

  Hannah Brencher – Being Here in a Getting There World

  Life is scary. Adulting is hard. When faced with the challenges of building a life of your own, it’s all too easy to stake your hope and happiness in “someday.” Hannah Brencher invites you to see today as more important than...

  
• 05.17.2018

  Amber Rae – Journeying Into Wonder

  Emotions, like worry and fear, aren't always toxic. They can actually be wiser than we think; however, we rarely take time to get to know them. Amber Rae seeks to change that in her new book, Choose Wonder Over Worry. In this...

  
• 05.03.2018

  Lisa Ann Markuson – Haikus for the Heart

  Curiosity has a way of opening the heart. Through Haiku Guys + Gals, Lisa Ann Markuson and hear team of 20+ poets work to spark that curiosity by writing personalized haiku poems on typewriters at various events around the world. In...

  
• 04.19.2018

  Harris III – Believing in Real Magic

  We encounter people and situations on a daily basis that fill us with cynicism and lead us to worry. We forget that magic is all around us. Through his work as an illusionist and leading STORY, Harris III helps people rediscover...

  
• 04.05.2018

  Joel L. Daniels – Love as a Form of Activism

  Two months before his death, Martin Luther King, Jr. shared these words: "If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song... then my living will not be in vain." Joel L....

  
• 03.22.2018

  Sara Li – Pursuing Your Passions

  As we've recently seen all over the United States, kids are catalysts for change. When they see injustice in the world, they act against it. At age 17, Sara Li started Project Consent, a non-profit against sexual assault and human trafficking....

  
• 03.08.2018

  Houston Kraft – Making Kindness Normal

  Kindness isn't usually our default setting. It's easy to go through our days focusing on our to-do lists and ignoring the people around us. For Houston Kraft, this isn't okay. He connects with people around the world empowering them to make...

  
• 02.22.2018

  Carlos Whittaker – Breaking the Agreement with the Lie

  If we were really honest with ourselves, we all have things in our lives that hold us back. Lies that we've come to believe about ourselves. In his new book, Kill the Spider, Carlos Whittaker empowers you to destroy the root of...

  
• 02.07.2018

  Daje Morris – Creating Space for Healing and Connection

  Glennon Doyle once said, "Messy and beautiful are inseparable." It's in the mess where we often experience beauty in the form of deeper healing and connection.  Through singing, songwriting and poetry, Daje Morris seeks to create space for that healing and...

  
• 02.06.2018

  Julius Tunstall – Vulnerability in Music

  It takes bravery to face your story. It's another thing to bare your soul on a song with the intent of sharing it with others. That's what Julius Tunstall does on his debut album, Sir Cries A Lot, released in October...

  
• 02.06.2018

  Kristie Dunnigan – Fighting Shame with Intimacy

  In isolation, we give room for shame to exist. But when we come together and fill that space with our own stories and experiences, shame is stomped out. Whether in the shadows of trafficking and sexual exploitation, apathy, or a lie...