The Uplifters

Listen to our latest episode in Substack, Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you get your podcasts.  This Week on The Uplifters Podcast Sam France’s childhood was chaotic. But her parents didn’t get a guidebook for raising little Sam, so they were left to learn on the job, basing their decisions on their childhoods.  Sam’s daughter was also born without a guidebook. Go figure.  Sam r...

“My body is not an ornament, it’s an instrument.” - Christina Testut Listen to our latest episode in the player here, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you get your podcasts.  This Week on The Uplifters Christina Testut knows that appearance is not the most important thing about a person, and she’s on a mission to bring this message to the next generation.  Christina Testut, nomi...

”Sometimes life's greatest gifts are in the smallest things that make the biggest impact.” - Terri Tomoff Listen to our latest episode in the player here, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you get your podcasts.  This Week on The Uplifters Ever feel like the hits just keep coming? In this episode, you’ll hear how Terri Tomoff , nominated for The Uplifters by Julie B. Hughes , got...

Listen to our latest episode in the player here, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you get your podcasts.  THIS WEEK ON THE UPLIFTERS I’m so proud and grateful to welcome Lisa Halverstadt onto our show today. Lisa is a senior investigative reporter for Voice of San Diego , a nonprofit investigative outlet in San Diego. Lisa writes extensively about her community's homelessness, s...

People think of ego as superiority, but it can also manifest as perfectionism. I used to have such a hard time if anybody argued with me or pointed out my wrongs. -Lisa Crozier Welcome to The Uplifters Podcast. Today, you’ll meet Lisa Crozier, who is introduced by Marci Walker, her “Late In Life Best Friend” (a term I learned from my new friends over at Red Bird House ). You know that old game whe...

“I was tired of feeling run over all the time. I started feeling down and mopey about things. And I just didn’t know how to turn them around. I was taking on too much and I was trying to carry too much.”  -Alexis Nelson Today’s guest, Alexis Nelson, was nominated for The Uplifters Podcast by Beth Raynor Webb, from episode 5 .  At 33 years old, Alexis has already spent 14 years in the Air Force. Li...

Welcome to episode 11 of The Uplifters Podcast! How you do one thing is how you do everything. Again and again, in my work with women who are in transitional phases, I have seen how changing any one thing in our lives can kick off a cascade that changes everything. When people want to get unstuck, we often start by creating structure and organization in their daily lives to ensure their precious e...

Listen to our latest episode in the player here, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you get your podcasts.  THIS WEEK ON THE UPLIFTERS To fill some empty train travel time one cold morning in January, Gina Hamadey wrote out a few Thank You notes that had been lingering on her to-do list. When she was finished, she felt something different than the usual satisfaction of crossing a...

Listen to our latest episode in the player here, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you get your podcasts.  In this episode, join us as we dive into the remarkable journey of Chrisie Canny , who turned her personal pain into a powerful purpose. When Chrisie lost her father to cancer two decades ago, it ignited a spark within her to make a difference in the lives of others facing s...

Listen to our latest episode in the player here, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you get your podcasts.  Julie Hartigan didn’t grow up with much money, but she was smart, worked hard, and was good at math. As she neared high school graduation, she filled out a bubble form that told her she should pursue engineering, accounting, or architecture as a career. She knew she wanted t...

Listen to our latest episode in the player here, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you get your podcasts. Susannah Ludwig was born in the 1970s without an esophagus, a condition that almost no children survived at the time. But, by what some would call a miracle, her family had recently moved to Washington DC for her father’s residency in the one Children's Hospital in the nation...

Listen to our latest episode in the player here, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts . Watch us on YouTube .  Hey there, Uplifters!  Julie B. Hughes , author of Staring Down A Dream: A Mom, A Marathon, A Mission , fell in love with running when she was just a young girl. It was the perfect antidote to the relentless urgency of farm chores. She started racing and winning...

Hello Uplifters! Listen to our latest episode in the player here, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts . Watch us on YouTube .  Our guest today is Beth Raynor Webb . Beth grew up in a world that had strong opinions about what girls could and couldn’t do. She married young, started a family, and followed the path that was laid out for her. When her kids left the nest, she...

Welcome to The Uplifters Podcast! You can listen to our latest episode in the player here or on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch us on YouTube .  Our guest today is Rachel Lipson, the founder of Blue Balloon Songwriting School , who has been called the “Matriarch of Modern Music Education.” Rachel shares her journey from leaving a steady and secure full-time job...

Listen by clicking above or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify , or watch us on YouTube .  Susie Jaramillo is an Emmy Nominated Director,  illustrator, storyteller, and entrepreneur. She serves as President and Chief Creative Officer of Encantos, an award-winning entertainment company for kids. Encantos Original properties include the Emmy-nominated and 2x Kidscreen award-winning preschool brand Cantic...

The first interview of The Uplifters Podcast is live! Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and Substack , or watch on YouTube .  M’Lis Ward’s bio reads as a string of “firsts”, so it’s only fitting that this pioneering aviator is the first interview for The Uplifters Podcast. M’Lis is a United Airlines pilot and the first African-American female captain in commercial aviation. She graduated from t...

Click the arrow above and I’ll read this newsletter to you. 🥰 The pilot episode of The Uplifters Podcast launches today! You can subscribe for free right now on Apple Podcasts here , on Spotify here , or you can find all the episodes on my Substack here and you can watch all of the episodes on YouTube here .  The pilot is just a short introduction to our mission, but it represents something much...

It’s not too late to live your dreams. The Uplifters will show you how. This podcast is dedicated to celebrating the Uplifters: the teachers, the coaches, the caregivers, and the servant leaders who can get so focused on helping everyone around them that they forget to nurture their dreams to go, see, and do big things. But, it’s not too late. In this podcast, we share the tools and strategies Upl...

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