The Someone To Tell It To Podcast

Adam Lippin believes there’s a "transcendence that comes from being truly heard, seen, and validated by another human being".  We believe it too.  That's why our conversation with HearMe founder Adam Lippin was one we looked forward to.  We hope you'll learn more about the magic that can happen when we intentionally connect with others in our lives. Support the show

Lindsay Drew, of Hershey, Pennsylvania, has been profoundly influenced by the loss of her youngest sister. It has inspired her to step into the arena as a creator of a business, a local public servant, and a candidate for higher office. She is driven by the belief that we rise by lifting others. Her story is one we are proud to highlight today. Support the show

Jamia Wilson is a writer, speaker, storyteller, and a leading voice for issues affecting women and persons of color.  Our conversation with her provides rich insight into the different worldviews of others.  It is a challenge to all of us, to appreciate how others' experiences and stories need to be heard in order for us all to grow in appreciation of their perspectives.    Sup...

Kasley Killam is a social scientist by training, a strategist by practice, and a community connector at heart.  She has written: "With increasing numbers of people isolated because of quarantine and social distancing, COVID-19 is not the only public health threat we should be worried about—loneliness is one as well." In this helpful episode, she offers advice for preserving your mental health...

“If you model taking a position that promotes empathy, analysis, courage in confronting attacks on other people or things that harm other people, that involves moral authority.”   In this very special episode we talk with Dr. Mary Frances Berry, who had led a life exemplifying moral authority, with her work in education and civil rights through five United States' presidential administrations...

We reach out all the way to London, England to have a conversation with Jane Adshead-Grant, who believes  in abundance and sharing,  in creating opportunities for everyone, in gratitude, and that everyone and everything we encounter has something to offer us as a way of learning.  We believe the same things, too.   Support the show

Eric Zimmer is endlessly inspired by the quest for a greater understanding of how our minds work and how to intentionally create the lives we want to live.  Eric talks with us about being homeless, living in a van, being addicted to heroin, facing long jail sentences - and about finding a way to recover from addiction and building a life worth living for himself.   He has an award-winnin...

Dr. Lark Eshleman loves children.  She wants them to feel safe.  She wants them to feel heard.  She wants them to feel loved.  She has spent her career caring about and loving children, helping them to be emotionally healthy, helping them to heal when they have trauma.  Her work is transformative.  We have a conversation about how healthy children can become healthy a...

“People have scars. In all sorts of unexpected places. Like secret roadmaps of their personal histories. Diagrams of all their old wounds. Most of our wounds heal, leaving nothing behind but a scar. But some of them don’t. Some wounds we carry with us everywhere and though the cut’s long gone, the pain still lingers.”  Conor Donnan’s wounds from his childhood growing up in war-torn Northern I...

Today's podcast features a very special friend of ours - Krista Jakubik.  We've listened to and supported Krista for more than six years, through the aftermath of pancreatic cancer, and encouraged her as she sought to meet several important "bucket list" goals.  Her story has great power.  We hope you'll be inspired by it.  We also hope you'll be moved by the surprise that come...

During crisis, we can get so hyper-focused that we forget about showing each other that we CARE about each other.   In this episode, Renee Thompson, a nurse of 27 years, entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, consultant, and kindness enthusiast, reminds us to throw kindness around like confetti.   Support the show

“Few things could be more important than learning how to live with our sorrow and to support others who are bereaved.  One thing is certain: grief is inevitable and inescapable.  If we love, we will also grieve.”  And it's with those words, concluding the introduction to Patrick O’Malley’s book Getting Grief Right: Finding Your Story of Love in the Sorrow of Loss , we jump into part...

“Few things could be more important than learning how to live with our sorrow and to support others who are bereaved.  One thing is certain: grief is inevitable and inescapable.  If we love, we will also grieve.”  And it's with those words, concluding the introduction to Patrick O’Malley’s book Getting Grief Right: Finding Your Story of Love in the Sorrow of Loss , we begin today’s...

As CEO of Ziglar, Inc., Tom Ziglar shares not only a last name with his father, Zig Ziglar, but he also carries on his philosophy, which is simply, You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want. Support the show

Amber Sessoms is doing a great deal for others.  The statistics are staggering, 1 in 5 young people suffer from a mental illness, that’s 20 percent of our population but yet only about 4 percent of the total health care budget is spent on our mental health.  She believes psychologists are change agents.  As a school psychologist herself, she has a passion for facilitating courageous...

As the founder of Listening Alchemy, Raquel Ark's work is devoted to sharing ideas, tools and resources that help you develop listening capacities that go beyond what we typically think of. Science shows a strong association of high quality listening to leadership, performance, job satisfaction, motivation and much more. Most people think they are a good listener and it comes naturally... that oth...

Dale Fallon has been designing, building and facilitating learning environments for over 20 years.  He began his career as a professional business coach working with small and mid-sized companies around the country.  He specialized in helping business owners and leadership teams align their strategies, build engaging cultures, and develop training programs that get measurable results.&nb...

After the keynote speaker at Someone To Tell It To’s 2018 Annual Gathering spoke of her painful experiences of sexual abuse as a teenager, Louis Leskosky - who was in the audience that day - came to Someone To Tell It To so that his story and experiences could be told.  In this podcast, Louis talks publicly for the first time about what he went through as a young child, starting 40 years ago....

He may be in the middle of his ninth decade, but his messages, especially his stories, are as relevant today as they were 30 years ago.  Named by Christianity Today as one of the 25 most influential preachers of the last 50 years, his messages are as timely and engaging as they have ever been.  Dr. Tony Campolo is a masterful storyteller. He also is no stranger to controversy, but always...

Thomas Chan escaped from Sudan, as a young boy during his country's long and brutal civil war.  Over the next decade he survived extreme hunger and thirst, violence and brutality, conscription into military forces, homelessness, refugee camps, and the war.  Eventually he was able to immigrate to the United States, where he came to settle in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  Today he is an...

I’m 25 years old. I’m often afraid for people to know that. You won’t find my age anywhere on the internet, and I’ve kept it hidden on purpose. Why? I have a story that when people find out, I won’t be taken seriously when I talk about how I want to create a more loving world. I fear that age will limit my opportunity and my pay rate. I fear that I will be treated as less than, especially when mos...

Listen First Project believes in the power of starting new conversations that move 'us vs. them' toward 'me and you’ to turn the tide of rising rancor and deepening division. Listen First Project creates opportunities and teaches skills for conversations that tip the scales toward a stronger and more equitable future for our nation and better relationships in our daily lives.  Support the sho...

There are a lot of things we can live for in the world...security, for superiority, for wealth, for fame, for attention, for success, for prestige...but there is also another, better, way to live. Support the show

Junlei Li, a senior lecturer in early childhood education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and former Co-Director of the Fred Rogers Center, identifies what ordinary people do extraordinarily well with children and discusses how that promotes positive change - leading to more joyful, healthier lives. Support the show

Mary’s Place by the Sea, along the Atlantic Ocean, in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting women who are receiving treatment for cancer.  Mary’s Place provides services that complements their medical care, including oncology massages, nutrition education, individual counseling, expressive writing, reflexology, Reiki, guided meditation, prayer, and yoga....