Women Changing The World

EP 61: Founding Soapbox Project, joyful activism, and the power of self-efficacy with Nivi Achanta

In this episode, we talk to Nivi Achanta, the founder and CEO of The Soapbox Project, a friendly community of busy people that combines personal responsibility, collective action, and FUN! Soapbox curates meaningful action pathways for professionals who are overwhelmed by the climate crisis. 
 
This episode covers:
 
🧼 How Nivi made the jump from corporate America to founding Soapbox Project 
🧼 Where her own impact journey started and what she learned from sending a bold email
🧼 Why the "baggage" of going full-time in entrepreneurship is not helping anyone
🧼 How Nivi has secured press in top-tier outlets like the Washington Post and New York Times
🧼 Joyful activism and ways to incorporate it into our everyday lives
🧼 How bite-sized action can help you reach your goals
🧼 The importance of real self-care and how you can add it into your life
 
You can learn more about Nivi below:
Soapbox Project Website
Soapbox Project Instagram
Nivi’s LinkedIn
 
Ready to spend more time together? Check out the spaces below where my community hangs out:
Monthly Meditation
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EP 60: Co-founding Women of Color Collective in Sustainability, creating climate resilient cities, and using community engagement to build trust with Jordana Vasquez

In this episode, we talk to Jordana Vasquez, a Senior Manager for Climate Resilience and Equity at the Resilient Cities Network.
 
Jordana is also the co-founder of Women of Color Collective in Sustainability (WOC/CS), the only global digital collective and community that is 100% dedicated to advancing women of color working across the sustainability industry. 
 
This episode covers:
 
🌎 Jordana's role at Resilient Cities Network and how she's redefining resilience
🌎 How building community trust can be the foundation for change
🌎 What it looks like to bring community voices into climate resilience work
🌎 The inspiration behind co-founding the Women of Color Collective in Sustainability
🌎 Why Jordana and WOC/CS are putting well-being at the center of everything they do
🌎 Why she wishes she could tell her 18-19 year-old self to “throw away the notebook”
 
You can learn more about Jordana below:
Jordana’s LinkedIn
Women of Color Collective in Sustainability Website
 
Ready to spend more time together? Check out the spaces below where my community hangs out:
Monthly Meditation
Girls Club CollectiveInstagramLinkedIn

EP 59: Knowing your worth, the importance of focus, and the most common mistakes new consultants make with Erin Halper

In this episode, we talk to Erin Halper, founder and CEO of The Upside and the leading authority on independent consulting. Since launching The Upside in 2017, Erin has helped thousands of professionals transition from corporate life into consulting to achieve flexibility, autonomy, and a renewed sense of purpose in their careers. 
 
This episode covers:
 
🎯 How The Upside has evolved and surprises along the way
🎯 Reflections on the evolution of the community business space
🎯 The value of making the right connections at the right time
🎯 The role of a community leader and how it informs your personal and professional growth
🎯 How dedicating a year to "focus" can radically change your life and career
🎯 Boundaries to help you reclaim your time and find balance
🎯 Creative advice on discovering and owning your worth 
🎯 What to consider before taking someone's advice
 
You can learn more about Erin below:
The Upside Website
Erin’s LinkedIn
The Upside LinkedIn Page
 
Ready to spend more time together? Check out the spaces below where my community hangs out:
Monthly Meditation
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EP 58: Building the communities you wish existed, finding mentorship, and navigating discouragement and ecological burnout with Diana Rosenberg

In this episode, we talk to Diana Rosenberg, an established professional in the apparel sustainability world with over 10 years of experience managing corporate environmental programs. 
 
Diana also loves building communities, having helped build the (now) national Women in CSR networking group as well as a regional outdoor women's group.
 
This episode covers:
 
🌲 Using community to make ESG careers more personally sustainable
🌲 Diana’s experience as one of the founding members of Women in CSR
🌲 How community and relationships can help you in your impact career journey
🌲 Advice for finding or becoming a mentor (even if you don’t have access to a formal mentorship program)
🌲 Managing and healing from ecological burnout
🌲 The importance of checking in with your colleagues
🌲 Insights from a year of living as a digital nomad while working in sustainability
 
You can learn more about Diana below:
LinkedIn 
Instagram
Ready to spend more time together? Check out the spaces below where my community hangs out:
Monthly Meditation
Girls Club CollectiveInstagramLinkedIn
 

EP 57: A day in the life of a freelance marketer, conscious marketing for good, and building community on Linkedin with Claudia Guerreiro

In this episode, we talk to Claudia Guerreiro, a freelance digital marketer with more than 8 years of experience working globally. Her mission is to empower women and help purpose-driven businesses through her conscious marketing approach. 
 
This episode covers:
 
🧡 A day in the life of a self-proclaimed “remote rebel”
🧡 The definition of conscious marketing and how you can leverage it in your business
🧡 The 8 principles of conscious marketing
🧡 Claudia’s perspective on marketing today and the future of marketing
🧡 Measuring the impact of your work and your business
🧡 Launching a business as a solopreneur and the most difficult parts to date
🧡 The inspiration behind Claudia’s “Leaders We Love” newsletter series
🧡 Tips and tricks for showing up as you are and building community on LinkedIn
 
You can learn more about Claudia below:
“Leaders We Love” Newsletter
Claudia’s LinkedIn
Claudia’s Website
Claudia's Services (use code LISBEST for a 10% discount!)
 
Ready to spend more time together? Check out the spaces below where my community hangs out:
Monthly Meditation
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EP 56: How to stop being “Chief Everything Officer,” build a Delightfully Tiny Team, and focus on the metrics that bring you joy with Jenny Blake

In this episode, we talk to Jenny Blake, an award-winning author, and podcaster who loves helping people move from friction to flow through smarter systems powered by Delightfully Tiny Teams.
 
This episode covers:
📘 What inspired Jenny to write Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business
📘 Why Free Time is NOT about helping you become more productive
📘 The concept of the Delightfully Tiny Team and how you can put it into practice in your business
📘 Why–and how–community leadership can look like stepping back 
📘 Reevaluating our business metrics and discovering the data that we find meaningful
📘 How launching and running two podcasts motivates Jenny to keep thinking in public
 
You can learn more about Jenny below:
Free Time Website
Pivot Website
 
Ready to spend more time together? Check out the spaces below where my community hangs out:
Monthly Meditation
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EP 55: Supporting founders who are doing things differently, taking a full-stack approach to business, and reimagining coffee with Pia Beck

In this episode, we talk to Pia Beck, the founder of Curate Well Co., a business consultancy and marketing agency, and Considered, a curb-side coffee shop.
 
On the Curate Well Co. side, she helps entrepreneurs, small businesses, and startups change narratives and redefine norms in industries that are desperately calling for something different. 
 
On the Considered side, she leads a team in making great coffee, providing unparalleled customer experience, and setting a new standard in the service industry.
 
This episode covers:
 
☕ What it means to take a full-stack approach to your business
☕ What inspired Pia to acquire and convert a VW bus into a mobile coffee shop 
☕ The differences and challenges in applying a full-stack approach to a physical space 
☕ Learning to pivot when your original plan is stalling out
☕ The biggest learning Pia has had in launching Considered coffee
☕ How receiving an OCD diagnosis at age 28 felt for Pia and what the media gets wrong about it
 
You can learn more about Pia below:
Curate Well Co.
Considered
 
Ready to spend more time together? Check out the spaces below where my community hangs out:
Monthly Meditation
Girls Club CollectiveInstagramLinkedIn
 

EP 54: Reimagining the future of work, bootstrapping a sustainability startup, and addressing burnout in the impact space with Laura Hunter and Hannah Phang

In this episode, we talk to Laura Hunter and Hannah Phang, founders of The Now Work, a flexible talent solution platform on a mission to connect world-changing people to world-changing work.
 
This episode covers:
 
🌱 What inspired Laura and Hannah to create The Now Work
🌱 The future they envision for sustainability work
🌱 How bootstrapping their business has sharpened their focus
🌱 Why burnout is so endemic to the social impact space—and what we can do about it
🌱 A fun tool for setting and communicating your boundaries at work 
🌱 The systemic challenges inherent in redefining your relationship to your job
🌱 The importance of space to dream of a better future
🌱 Who The Now Work is for and how you can join the movement 
 
You can learn more about Laura and Hannah below:
The Now Work Website
The Now Work Instagram
 
Ready to spend more time together? Check out the spaces below where my community hangs out:
Monthly Meditation
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EP 53: Founding Diversability, elevating disability pride, and why you should consider applying past the deadline with Tiffany Yu

In this episode, we talk to Tiffany Yu, the CEO and founder of Diversability, an award-winning, entirely disabled-run and led social enterprise on a mission to elevate disability pride.
 
Tiffany is also a content creator with over 170,000 followers across platforms. She has been a 3-time TEDx speaker, was named a TikTok API Trailblazer, and is a LinkedIn Top Voice in disability advocacy. 
 
This episode covers:
 
💡The journey of founding Diversability and the milestones reached over 14 years of operation
💡Ways you can be a more effective ally to the disabled community
💡The initial spark that inspired Tiffany to step into content creation
💡Tiffany’s experiences as a thought leader and content creator on Tik Tok and LinkedIn
💡How her journey as a community leader has informed Tiffany’s own leadership
 
You can learn more about Tiffany below:
Diversability Website 
Diversability Instagram
Tiffany’s Website
Tiffany’s LinkedIn
 
Ready to spend more time together? Check out the spaces below where my community hangs out:
Monthly Meditation
Girls Club CollectiveInstagramLinkedIn

EP 52: Solving sustainability challenges with UX, breaking up with hustle culture, and redefining “hard work” and “full time” with Amanda Luchetti

In this episode, we talk to Amanda Luchetti, the co-founder of Dayani.io, a climate-focused venture studio. Dayani’s team incubates, develops, and launches companies and projects that aim to solve the most pressing challenges facing our communities and our planet. 
 
This episode covers:
 
🌱 Amanda’s journey to founding Dayani
🌱 How UX and design can advance sustainability
🌱 Breaking up with hustle culture and redefining success
🌱 Navigating entrepreneurship and imagining a different meaning of “full time” as a new mom
🌱 How community helps accelerate connection and business growth
 
You can learn more about Amanda below:
Dayani.io 
Amanda’s LinkedIn 
 
Ready to spend more time together? Check out the spaces below where my community hangs out:
Monthly Meditation
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