Business as Activism with Elijah Selby

Writing copy that is more empowering and not causing harm is Karyn Claflin's calling. Karyn is a Certified Feminist Copywriter, BodyMind Coach, and former Massage Therapist. We unpack what ethical marketing is and how traditional marketing causes harm and we look at how we can sell our services in a way that allows people to take action from a place of power. Karyn's website: https://www.karynclaf...

Penny Phoenix, the Anti-capitalist Entrepreneur, was pretty instantly successful when she took on entrepreneurship but as she learned and grew as a businessperson, she got clear that HOW she was taught to do business simply didn't feel good. And it didn't feel good to her clients, either. She set out to relieve the tension between the way people have been told is the way to build and their values...

We need to be able to imagine what is possible sometimes before we take steps towards change. One of the hardest things to imagine is shared leadership--doesn't leadership always mean one person to spearhead thing?! This is some of our most important work--creating collaborative and shared leadership that supports and nurtures rather than oppresses and causes harm. Join me as I talk with Tanya Dan...

We are all plugged into the matrix (The Patriarchy) but what exactly is that matrix built on? Therapist and Anti-Burnout Coach, Kathryn Stinson walks us through how Calvinism and the Protestant work ethic are the roots of are attitudes and beliefs about work, the idea that we have to make it on our own (without help) and pull up our bootstraps--to name a few. Needless to say, these beliefs and pra...

The idea that man has control of the earth and all that is on it--and that it is here for man's pleasure--runs very deep in the psyche of the Patriarchy. Allison Castle read about a man that tried to monopolize weather data in order to profit from it. So--is there such thing as ethical profit? What does it mean and how do we assess that for ourselves? Let's dive into this important conversation as...

Starting by examining the pervasive idea that success equals growth, Blue and Elijah unravel this notion -- or at least unpack why this is such a destructive idea. The idea that growth equals success fans out to may touch points including wage disparity, introducing different questions to ask and think about when it comes to success, and how it is so important for people on the front line of chang...

"Our only job is to find our way. It's not to fight a system against something, it's to find our own inner strength, our own self trust, our own capacity in the world." Katie Macks, Audacious Leadership coach, brings a lifetime of activism to her work. Katie brings a new perspective to radical change, insisting that it's not a fight AGAINST someone or something or a system - it's the radical choic...

Sasha Ostara believes that vulva love is a way to bring down the Patriarchy. As a Sexuality and Somatic Empowerment Coach, and through her personal history, Sasha sees how women have been conditioned to keep Patriarchy going, even in the female empowerment world. In her own words, "My experience is that of a Mexican/Lebanesse woman, where patriarchy has its own deadly flavour, so I am deeply passi...

Period activist and business owner Alyx Coble-Frake is here to tell you everything you wish sex-ed had taught you decades ago about your own body. The feminine hormone cycle runs differently than mens - but none of the mechanisms in society are attuned to the ebb and flow of our energy. In this episode, Alyx opens our eyes to the ways in which our bodies are designed to work - and how she is on a...

How we show up in our business changes the world. In this episode, Lauren deftly gives us permission to slow down, check in, and move in our business in ways that not only feel better for us, but feel better for our world as well. Listen courageously, as she and Elijah explore all the ways we can make marketing, offers, and the world of business actually work for us. Links: Website: www.laureneliz...

If you're in online business, you probably recognize all of these as tools of the trade. But does it have to be this way? Dr. Morgana is a powerful woman with an incredible story, and so much insight to share, that we couldn't fit it all into one podcast. In this conversation, Elijah and Dr. Morgana dive into the normalization of toxic positivity, how that is weaponized inside marketing and online...

Wish you knew what you could do to save the planet? What if the answer was actually doing LESS? Decolonization is the strong foundation of Ixchell Lunar's feminist work. Take a moment to hop off the hamster wheel, and listen to a brilliant JEDI activist blow your mind as she reveals the insidious ways that colonialism has seeped into every part of our lives (including how we keep track of and valu...

In this episode, Feminist Entrepreneur and CEO of The Feminine Rising, Elijah Shannon Selby invites Laura Hartley, an environmental and climate change activist, writer and activism coach, to discuss the patriarchy, burnout and how deeply our culture has internalized capitalism. Together they explore the true purpose of business, how to be an effective activist and how to run a business as a tool f...

I want you to question things. This is how we begin.   With a pinch of humor, a spot of game theory, and a metric ton of feminism, CV Harquail asks the question "What is a business?" and then takes it ten steps further by asking us "What could a business be?". As an author, management scholar, consultant, writer and toolmaker, CV is no stranger to speaking her mind and fucking with the system. If...

Instead of a free car, you get a podcast episode with Feminist entrepreneur and CEO of The Feminine Rising, Elijah Shannon Selby diving into the concept of "baking justice into business" with Kelly Diels, the Feminist Marketing Consultant who helps feminist entrepreneurs sell without selling out. In this conversation, they discuss how injustice is already present not only in our businesses, but in...

Welcome to the Business as Activism Podcast where we are going to uncover all the effed up ways we've been doing business. We're going to look at how doing business in the current paradigm is causing harm and perpetuating a system that is unjust. And we are going to get excited about new and better ways to do business that actually bring about healing and contribute to changing the world. I'm your...