Someone To Tell It To

The Someone To Tell It To Podcast

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We started Someone To Tell It To in 2012, and all along, our philosophy has been to listen. Because our mission is to "cultivate meaningful connections through compassionate listening and training and educating others to do the same," we thought it might be best to highlight both aspects—listening and training—in a podcast. Both listening and training continue to catalyze this global listening movement where Someone's voice is being heard, Someone is being reminded that they matter, and Someone doesn't need to feel alone in whatever they are facing in life. We are so excited to share these ric...

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Trust: One of the Essential Ingredients to Building Great Relationships 25.06.2019 55:48

In this episode leadership expert Jon Gordon discusses how trust is one of the essential ingredients to build a great relationship, winning team and culture of greatness. Without trust you can’t have engaged relationships and without engaged relationships you won’t be a successful leader, manager, sales person, team member, principal, teacher, nurse, coach, etc. Support the show

Watch Out World, Here She Comes! 04.06.2019 33:56

She recently received the “Woman of the Year Award” from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania chapter of the American Association of University Women, for her work for on youth development programs.  Our guest today is Sharice Johnson.  Sharice is currently employed as a coordinator of youth development programs, mentor and coach at the Milton Hershey School, in Hershey, Pennsylvania.  Her...

Leaders Can Be Less Lonely 08.05.2019 48:10

Leadership can be a lonely business.  In this episode, leadership expert Ken Blanchard talks about how leaders can be less lonely as well as the make-up of a servant leader.   Support the show

HOPE International: Investing in Dreams of Families 23.04.2019 51:28

"In its simplest form, Mission True organizations know why they exist and protect their core at all costs. They remain faithful to what they believe God has entrusted them to do.  They define what is immutable: their values and purposes, their DNA, their heart and soul." ~Peter Greer Support the show

Resisting The Urge To Rescue ‘Someone’ 10.04.2019 1:00:03

In this our first International episode, we discuss resisting the urge to rescue others with Tamsin Hartley, from Beverly, England, creator of The Listening Space ( https://www.thelisteningspace.co.uk/tamsin ). In The Listening Space, we are encouraged to gain awareness for ourselves and do our own thinking. Support the show

One Veteran's Story: Reaching beyond the myth and nostalgia of World War II 26.03.2019 58:54

As much as we may have liked to ignore the effects of that war on soldiers, the signs could not be dismissed and, decades later, the hidden anguish can still remain.  Before it’s too late, we want to reach beyond the myth and nostalgia of World War II and shine a light on what Tim Madigan states - no matter the war, it means “death, disfigurement, and horrors no human heart is equipped to bea...

Empathy: "to climb into someone's skin and walk around in it" 13.03.2019 58:04

In this program, STTIT co-founders interview Michael Verde, an award-winning teacher, documentarian, and the founder of Memory Bridge. Memory Bridge is a non-profit foundation dedicated to ending the emotional isolation of people with dementia. Michael chats about empathy - climbing into someone’s skin and walking around in it can give you the power to genuinely understand a variety of people - as...

The Ache for Home 27.02.2019 51:37

In this episode, guest Wm Paul Young, bestselling author of "The Shack", "Crossroads", and "Eve" talks about secrets, truth-telling, and freedom. Support the show

"You are going to need to tell this story much longer than anyone is going to want to listen" 12.02.2019 50:14

We’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out what to call the people we listen to. Are they clients? Friends? Storytellers? Nothing quite fit. We wanted a name that represented the type of relationship we try to build and the way we value those we listen to, but we struggled to find a single word that could accomplish exactly what we needed. In the end, we were surprised to find the answer stari...

A Free Listening Movement 29.01.2019 50:56

In 2012, our guest, Benjamin Mathes created Urban Confessional: a Free Listening Movement.  Since then, the movement has grown to over 80 countries with thousands of volunteers holding signs that say, "Free Listening".  In this episode, Benjamin explores the universal desire of being heard, making space (“with-ing”), and paying attention to each other.  Listen carefully, Ben offers...

Anything Mentionable Is Managable 22.01.2019 47:16

To get us started, we decided to highlight STTIT’s First Annual Gathering speaker, our dear friend, author, and speaker, Tim Madigan. You can learn more about Tim in this blog post about his involvement, perception, and hopes for STTIT. You’ll also learn how his book influenced us (so much so that we got matching tattoos in Fred Rogers handwriting… which you will hear about the podcast).   “T...