Journeys Through Change- Inspiration for Women to Create a Life they Love
Journeys Through Change inspires women to step into change with ease and grace. Your host, Noelle Van, an empowerment and change management coach who spent years coaching innovators and leaders at Apple and Sony, brings a fun and engaging perspective on how to navigate change along with inspiring and provocative conversations with women who have taken a leap into the unknown to create a life of greater joy, fulfillment and success.
Whether you’re contemplating a change in your career, relationship, health, lifestyle or anything in between, nothing is off the table. If you think you’re ready for change but need that extra little nudge to make it happen, this will motivate you to let go of the excuses and say yes to possibility in all areas of your life.
Journeys Through Change- Inspiration for Women to Create a Life they Love
Marie Newman: Navigating Politics, Advocacy, and Building Solutions from Scratch
When you think about the challenges that come up in your life, are you someone who thinks first about the problem or the solution? Today’s guest lives by the philosophy, “If you don’t see the solution, build it from scratch!” Her track record of advocacy work, holding a position in politics, and writing a book, all while raising two children, goes to show this mindset works! This week on Journeys Through Change, my guest, Marie Newman, and I are talking about her journey navigating politics, advocacy, and building solutions from scratch!
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Marie Newman is a former congresswoman, nonprofit CEO, marketing executive, author of A Life Made from Scratch and When Your Child Is Being Bullied: Real Solutions, antibullying activist, former Moms Demand Action spokesperson and national LGBTQ+ advocate. In addition to those roles, she is a mom of two adult children, consultant and podcaster. Marie Newman is known for building movements and solving the toughest problems. Marie’s newest release, her memoir, A Life Made From Scratch is out now!. Her motto has always been, when you do not see the solution you desperately need, make it from scratch.
In this episode, Marie and I discuss:
- How Marie's philosophy of creating solutions from scratch applies to various aspects of life.
- The beginnings of Marie's activism in civil and women's rights, and how her passion for fairness and justice guided her path forward.
- Insights and lessons learned from her time in Congress.
- Practical advice for those feeling disillusioned by the current political climate, emphasizing the power of advocacy and community involvement.
- The cathartic process of writing her latest book and her plans for a new fiction novel that draws on her personal and professional experiences.
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