WORLD GONE GOOD

Peter Godard is a queer leadership coach who nurtures people to thrive in life and leadership. His work is an expression of two passions: the joy and possibility of queer magic & liberation for all people. In addition to his queer coaching practice, Peter is a co-creator of Social Identity Coaching Lab. Peter’s coaching is warm, compassionate, and joyful. He is well suited to working with clients...

Danielle Hanosh wants us all to take a LEAP in the best way possible. Her organization LEAP stands for Leaders for Ethics, Animals, and the Planet. Their mission: to transform today’s youth into the humane leaders of tomorrow who advocate for and work towards an equitable future for all living beings and the planet. LEAP is a revolutionary humane education program providing high school students ac...

Lindsay Gould is the burning bright force behind and owner of Candle Bar 111 in Santa Barbara, CA and she's the definition of creative. This episode is another adventure outside the studio as we met up face-to-face and over coffee to talk the plusses and minuses of following our dreams, living the business owner life, and embracing failure as anything but failing. We had the pleasure of taking a c...

Mark Skipper continues the good conversation all about Faces of Rebellion, his artistic mission to lend his voice to the climate crisis at hand. We talk everything from community-building rallies and protests to how he sees himself as an artist in this world to the people who have inspired him to make the change he wants to see. We learned so much speaking with Mark and here's one of the most impo...

Mark Skipper is equal parts talented artist and climate activist. And just how is he bridging those two passions together? Through his project, Faces of Rebellion, where he sits down with people making a difference in the world to not just sketch and draw them, but also to connect with them and share their stories. Literally, he combines their likeness with their mission, all on one glorious singl...

Christina Shadle is a functional nutritional therapy practitioner (say that five times fast) aaaand she likes herself some wine (who doesn't?). But she also found that over time (literal time, we are talking aging, people), her tolerance and ability to bounce back from a few glasses of her favorite cocktail wasn't what it used to be. So she created her course, WELLNESS FOR WINOS, where the goal is...

Meet the Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage, a group of environmentalists who are proving age is just a number as they dive deep to and make a difference. Mary Grauerholz and Trish Corey join us to talk the good of making a difference right in your own backyard. Formed in 2017, OLAUG has been cleaning up ponds on Cape Cod from Falmouth to Chatham ever since. Gathering small teams of all-women s...

Beth Amodio is President/CEO of One Warm Coat, the organization on a mission to provide free coats to children and adults in need while promoting volunteerism and environmental sustainability. One Warm Coat is all about community: they create awareness of the vital need, this awareness brings volunteers, coat donations and monetary donations, they then pass the donations to nonprofit partners acro...

Maya Brattkus wanted to give her friend who lost her home in the LA fires a gift to comfort her and help her through her grief. What she didn't realize is that her art would touch so many people in need as well. So she started drawing the houses and businesses that were lost in the Eaton and Palisades fires to raise awareness and support for strangers she had never met, ones who had lost so much....

Sean Devlin was tired of nothing but bad news so he decided to do something about it in the nicest way possible. Nice News highlights the good stuff happening around the world on a daily basis. And with over 1 million daily followers, they must be doing something nice...er...right. Sean shares everything from where he finds his own personal inspiration and drive to how being a 'nice guy' is actual...

Craig Polsfuss believes we can change in an instant because that's exactly what happened to him. There will be listeners of this episode who will connect with this mindset and there will be listeners who wave it off as malarky (you heard me, I said it, I said malarky). And guess what? Craig's good with either and both responses. As a licensed psychologist practicing over 4 decades, he's definitely...

Frank Holleman is the founder of the Fork Ranger initiative, a platform dedicated to educating people on how their food choices can impact climate change and providing practical ways to eat more sustainably through recipes and information. Nearly 60% of food waste starts in our homes, with 1/5th of all food produced each year squandered or lost before it can be consumed. This is the equivalent to...

Marcy Thrash brings the good of Project AnimalAid, the Boulder, Colorado based 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving the health and welfare of animals in the U.S. and around the world. PAA achieves this goal by collecting veterinary equipment, technology and supplies from veterinary hospitals, human hospitals, medical equipment and supply manufacturers and distributors, zoos, other non-pro...

Brittinie Tran is a mother of 3, splitting her time between her own top-rated podcast Girl, Same and being the President of the Board for Hot Mess Express. What is Hot Mess Express? Good question. It's the women led non-profit, with chapters across the United States, serving women in their communities with zero judgment through cleaning, organizing, and offering a fresh start. Look, we all need a...

Celebrate our 200th episode with our #1 most downloaded show guest Julie McGuire, eco-artist and internet sensation Ike Wynter, and the Black Fairy Godmother herself, Simone Gordon. We talk the good of conquering literal mountains, turning trash into treasure, and how community means - and is - everything, especially right now in the time we are living in. Our mission has remained the same over al...

New Year, New You - Part 3: Gail Lynn wants to heal the world through sound and light healing. More specifically, she wants to do so through her creation, the Harmonic Egg. Gail's a renowned visionary, inventor and pioneer in the realm of frequency healing through both light and sound. Her innovative sound and light frequency chambers are designed with the aim of fostering holistic healing and wel...

New Year, New You - Part 2: Dr. Jay Winner wants us to be more gentle with ourselves, with each other, and with life over all. He's a family physician and stress expert who has helped thousands of people deal with stress. So much so, he's written a book about it, Relaxation on the Run: Simple Methods to Reduce Stress in Seconds. It's no secret we are living in stressful times. Too much stress can...

New Year, New You - Part 1: Alexis Gonzalez is an entrepreneur, speaker, author and Family Constellations Facilitator. She's a trained speaker with a background in both fields of spirituality and metaphysics for going on a decade. Her book, 'A Journey into Truth: Unveiling Life's Secrets for Truth-Seekers,' is all about her own personal journey, how she connected with others, and how in turn she c...

Get your ho, ho, ho on as Tim Brady, Kristine Augustyn and Kevin Ford join our sled ride directly into the holidays. We are talking the good of everything from unexpected gifts to discount Christmas trees to hiring an actor to play Santa Claus to prove to your in-denial child he truly exists. Yep. We are celebrating THAT kind of Christmas and Hanukkah together, people. About our party guests: Tim'...

PaSean Wilson-Ashley returns to talk about her oh-so-good documentary, THE F WORD. What IS the F WORD? Fibroids. We talk about women's health, specifically women of color, trusting your body when it speaks to you, and how finding the right doctor is everything. PaSean has been working on this documentary for over ten years now and recently opted for a new challenge, turning it into a podcast. You...

Cody Bryant's real life story is right out of a soap opera: he met a girl, they started dating, he went on a trip overseas alone, got in an accident, wound up in the hospital unable to walk with no memory, she didn't hear from him and assumed she had been ghosted, they reconnected months later, started dating again, and fell in love. Crazy, right? But this is more than a love story, it's a journey...

Sarah Woodard is back to spark more of our consciousness - literally - that's the name of her company, Spark Consciousness. We talk the good of being and embracing our true authentic selves, taking chances in our careers and playing it safe at the same time, and knowing when it's time to make a move in every sense of the word. She's equal parts empath and creative, with more books published than y...

36 years ago, Lori Maier put together Chick Singer Night for one night only and well, here we are, way more nights than one only. What exactly is Chick Singer Night? It's where singers and songwriters and performers - all of the female persuasion - come together to make music and community happen. It's a celebration of great music and a reminder to put your expectations on outcomes to the side, be...

James Freitas continues his ghostly good story of apparitions-a-plenty...at the mall (insert menacing laugh). Look, it's no secret I fancy a spooky story, so much so I made the executive decision this good topic needed to be a two parter. But make no mistake, this is more than just another Halloween-themed tale, it's a story about our connection and shared experience. And if it opens your mind or...

Mary Edwards shared her ghostly tale in this week's episode but that was just the beginning of her story. We're keeping Halloween going a little bit longer, with this bonus treat. Enjoy...and maybe listen with the light on? Just to be safe.