The Giving Gifts Podcast

In the process of planning Discover:surf I reached out to Vanessa Yeager. Vanessa is life long surfer who has such an incredible heart for inclusivity in the surf community, she is the founder of the Latinx surf community - a group of 2000+ Latin surfers and The Women Who Surf, the biggest surf community for women with over 20,000 women! Vanessa is a wife, a mom, a PE teacher with a heart for spec...

Do you ever find it difficult to listen? Like to really listen…not just to hear something but to actually listen to something or someone? Oksana has been committed to learning to listen pretty much her whole life. With English not being her first language, Oksana was not only learning to listen for herself but also for those in this world who could not always understand what they were hearing. Wha...

Do you have a person in your life who is just refreshing to be with? A human who allows you to show up in whatever form you're in and leave a little more whole. A friend who meets you in the darker moments with a soft light…not one of those obnoxious lights that blinds you, more like a night light, guiding you with just enough light to see what's right ahead of you. Heidi Ochoa is kinda like that...

The Giving Gifts Podcast was created to be a place where real people can share real stories as they are navigating how to use their gifts in this world. Rafik Wahbi delivers a very honest, open, raw view into life as an abolitionist and the reality of what it looks like to live a life learning to stand for something. To learn more or connect with Rafik Wahbi follow him on Instagram @rafreaking_wah...

Kimmy has an autoimmune illness that impacts her day to day, relationships, work, really her whole life. The way that she has allowed her physical health and mental health to be a source a discovering her gift of connection is admirable and it is definitely not at all easy. One thing I really respect about Kimmy is her commitment to show up in celebration and grief sometimes coexisting with one an...

Brad is a writer and poet, the author of "The Art Of Relating", and really just an incredible human with a gift of words and vulnerability. When I think about a person who is committed to digging in deeper to vulnerability for the sake of relating, Brad always comes to mind. I think you'll hear that for yourself right now... READ THE ART OF RELATING BY BRAD ODILO

It is so often that we immediately share what a person does rather than who a person is. When I met Deb I knew within minutes that this woman was not simply an owner of a coffee shop. I would come to learn that Deb had a story, deeply rooted in a commitment to connection.

I want you to imagine that you're sitting down with two good friends to chat about life...that's really all this episode is and I believe if you really listen there will be something you connect with!  To learn more about what Alyssa is up to with Zar Surf, check out Zarsurf.com or on Instagram @zarsurf! 

Julia Rockowitz host the first episode of 2022 as we dive into the new year and the vision for The Giving Gifts! 

Here’s the thing about Aleena. Aleena is young, wise, and so courageous. Aleena has these gifts rooted in a life that is filled with both hardship and celebration. Aleena has perspective and insight that when the world hears, when people begin to consider, when we slow down enough to understand, we will be transformed. This really is The Giving Gifts. It’s creating a space for Aleena’s story to be...

"Diversity is about being able to recognize that we are different and that there is beauty is in that difference." Regina & Nyasha live and raise their family in Zimbabwe & this conversation is truly so rich with truth and curiosity. 

An episode that was needed after 4 and before 5, meeting you right in the middle to talk about giving & generosity! 

In a world that feels so disconnected, connection is a gift that may be more needed now than perhaps ever before.

Let's talk relationship , a core value of The Giving Gifts, and the very essence of why we all exist! Special episode with Doah Lynd as The Giving Gifts Podcast FIRST guest! 

Giving some context to what led to The Giving Gifts with the hopes that if I share my story you will share yours as well...

It is kinda like a pre podcast, the trailer if you will, to what is to come. Ready, excited, and a little scared to begin sharing the vision of The Giving Gifts with you!  https://www.thegivinggifts.org/whatsnext