“You need to be heard and valued as much as anyone else needs to be heard and valued.” —Listening 2by2: A Paradigm Shift for Leaders (That’s When the Magic Happens!) Every week, for the next six weeks, we are sharing one of Someone To Tell It To’s values, one for each letter in the acronym…
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In the poignant yet lighthearted 1987 Academy Award-winning movie Moonstruck, an iconic scene emerged when on the morning after a spontaneous and unexpected night together, the character played by Nicholas Cage tells the character played by Oscar-winner Cher, that he is madly in love with her. Her response is to slap him—twice—and tell him to…
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SEASON 4: EPISODE 12 | March 1, 2022 Listening Provides Our Hope with Patty Kim Pennsylvania State Representative Patty Kim joins us in conversation about leadership and public service, at the start of Women’s History Month. Her leadership style has, at its core, a commitment to and belief in listening as a means to understand…
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SEASON 4: EPISODE 11 | February 15, 2022 The Cultures We Create with Garry and Maria Ridge Garry Ridge is president and chief executive officer of the WD-40 Company. Maria Ridge is a philanthropist and social activist. We met both of them four years ago at a small dinner party in San Diego, California. Both…
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SEASON 4: EPISODE 10 | February 1, 2022 I Am a Dreamer with Amma Johnson Designer, author, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur Amma Johnson’s mission is to inspire the world. Her passion, her creative gifts, and her desire to empower others shines through in this conversation. Her mission is to inspire the world around her. Most…
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SEASON 2: EPISODE 12 | June 10, 2020 Loving Children Well with Lark Eshleman 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…
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SEASON 2: EPISODE 13 | June 23, 2020 “Uncertainty can produce beauty, too” with Eric Zimmer 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,…
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SEASON 2: EPISODE 14 | July 7, 2020 To Truly Listen is a Gift with Jane Adshead-Grant 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…
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SEASON 2: EPISODE 15 | July 21, 2020 Let Us Not Be Silent about the Things that Matter with Dr. Mary Frances Berry “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…
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SEASON 2: EPISODE 16 | August 4, 2020 Addressing Loneliness in a Time of Social Distancing with Kasley Killam 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…
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