The Cozy Impact Pod with Malia and Julia

Julia and Malia reconnect after months apart to discuss Julia's involvement in Zohran Mamdani's NYC mayoral campaign, Malia's concussion recovery journey, and their shared exploration of finding stability in uncertain times through community connection and embracing impermanence.

The Cozy Impact Pod Season 3, Episode 4: Boost Your Oxytocin! Welcome back to the Cozy Impact Pod, where we explore how softness, joy, and embodiment can be powerful tools for change. In this episode, Malia and Julia reconnect after a full season of life and work. They reflect on burnout, shifting energy cycles, and the ways we find rest in a world that rarely slows down. From crocheting sea turtl...

Malia and Julia discuss the current chaotic moment in the US, the LA fires, and each of our responses to navigating the environment we're in. Julia is in her petty era of activism, getting cybertrucks towed. Malia is in her mom-voice era being a powerful grounded goddess on a mountaintop. We discuss declassified CIA files on sabbotaging fascism, attacks on DEI, and how we’re continuing to fight fo...

Woof. These are challenging times with challenging conversations always simmering between us. How can we navigate them? What does "success" mean for hard conversations with those we care about? In this episode, we talk about how we have navigated hard conversations, tools and resources for showing up with authenticity and care to these conversations, and open with silly banter about Halloween cost...

The Cozy Impact Pod is back with Season 3, and we're kicking it off with a thought-provoking episode!    In the wake of UNGA and Climate Week, we dive into the realm of social impact events and discussions, exploring issues of exclusivity and imagining a more inclusive landscape. Examining everything from gaining entry to the social impact field to being excluded from high-profile events like UNGA...

For our final episode of our 2nd season, Malia and Julia are IN PERSON together talking about expansive visions of culture change for organizations, digging deeper into our own stories and longings, and sharing insights into the challenges and joys of being solopreneurs.  Notes: 🧘 Presence and Body Awareness (00:00 - 02:25) Discussion on the importance of being present in the body for business an...

The Cozy Impact Pod, hosted by Malia and Julia, welcomes Mariam Matin, an Austin-based talent entrepreneur passionate about making hiring more equitable and empowering. They delve into the performative nature of job interviews and the invisible barriers that perpetuate inequities in the job search process, particularly for marginalized groups like first-generation college students. Mariam shares h...

This week, we continue our conversation about exhaustion and burnout for activists and folks in impact fields with a very special guest, Taj M. Smith. Taj M. Smith (he/him) is the founder of Rooted Respite, an online burnout support community serving activists, DEI practitioners, faith-based changemakers, and others committed to creating a more equitable world. As a Black transgender entrepreneur,...

We are bringing transparency to collective exhaustion, exploitative capitalism, how hard it can be to say no, stress, overwhelm and the baseline state that we as a society might be expected to function at. Also how our value or self worth is tied to what we “do” and what happens when we actually pause. There will also be space to invite the question on what about when we are tired and other people...

What would it look like if we all had the support we needed? What would it feel like if we were able to self-accommodate and have more space for accessibility and adaptability in our lives and work environments? We are exploring what it is actually like to be in self-accommodation, have the conversation around disability, and ask for adaptability. How to create more space for possibility and honor...

Does it seem like everyone is doing better than you? Do you feel like you're behind where you "should" be in your career or life? Surprise! US TOO! Let's talk about it! This week, in the first episode with our new title, The Cozy Impact Pod, we'll be talking about the experience of comparisonitis - what it's like, where it comes from, and how to make it hold less power over us   Special Nods in th...

We tend to place "difficulty" on a pedestal, celebrating when people work hard. But where did we learn that it has to be hard? Why is easy bad? And is easy the opposite of hard or can we look to pleasure, softness, and play as antidotes to widespread burnout from the constant effort we're encouraged to make.

For many of us, this time of year feels like a fresh start...but it can also come with a ton of pressure to transform who you are, feel magically fulfilled all the time, and meet the expectations flying at us from all directions. Let's be honest, it also tends to set us up to feel like failures. So, as we move into a new year, we'll be sharing insights on how to navigate this time of year with mor...

In this episode, we're demystifying our own magical, mystical, and spiritual practices that are part of who we are and how we approach our work and lives beyond. We explore... 💫 Use of a dream, tarot, astrology, Human Centered Design, and other spiritual modalities, 😅 sharing magical selves publicly 🦋 Intentions of practitioners 🤓 Skepticism/”professionalism” 🌱 Alternative tools in business t...

This week, we’re Welcoming All Outsiders, discussing: Who or what is the “insider”?, busting the myth that anyone has it together, feeling like an imposter, cultivating a sense of belonging, ADHD, embracing your inner weirdo, and more! Join us live on Linkedin Audio as we host weekly(ish) convos!  

This week, we’re talking about SHAME! How shame shows up in activism, what is happening in the body in shame, how to shift shame into discernment, and so much more. 

In this episode, we discuss Giving Professions: ➡️ what that means, ➡️ how we got into this work, ➡️ shared challenges many of us experience around exploitation and self-sacrifice  ➡️ and how to keep doing good in the long term... as well as other topics that organically emerge as we go!

Our conversation about money included feeling valued, fears around money, transparency, pricing as entrepreneurs, money scarcity, and the complex dynamics of nonprofit exploitation and more. Meet Nagela - https://www.ouropenhouse.co/about