280. Why We’re FIRED UP About Shannon Watts
Brave Writer
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley
4.8 • 904 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
This week, we're re-airing our fantastic conversation with Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, where we discuss her inspiring new book Fired Up: How to Turn Your Spark into a Flame and Come Alive at Any Age. Tune in for a powerful discussion on activism, passion, and the power of stepping into your purpose!
Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand Action, a six-million-member organization she describes as “maybe the world's largest real-life field experiment for what happens when you show women how their abilities and their burning desires and their values align, and how they come alive and can achieve things they never imagined possible.” We are thrilled to have her on the show today to talk about her upcoming book, Fired Up.
We talk about how both misogyny and motherhood shape women’s journey to, and through, advocacy. We discuss how to withstand blowback and the discomfort that comes with growth, including celebrating small wins and “finding your people.” We also touch on how social media has allowed women to bypass traditional media gatekeepers.
Our conversation with Shannon about the intersection of motherhood, feminism, and activism is one that will keep us fueled for a long time. We hope you enjoy it.
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| 0:49.6 | Hello, Brave Writing Friends. Today we are re-earing a fabulous interview that Melissa and I did with |
| 0:59.4 | the incredible Shannon Watts. Many of you will know her as the founder of Mom's Demand Action, |
| 1:06.4 | which was the largest grassroots organization in the United States, dedicated to sane gun laws. |
| 1:14.4 | And I am excited for you to listen again because this podcast gave us the hints about Shannon's new book that will be released in June. |
| 1:24.7 | The book is called Fired Up, How to Turn Your Spark into a Flame and Come Alive |
| 1:31.9 | at any age. Shannon interviewed me and Melissa, and amazingly, both of us, are included as examples of |
| 1:40.9 | fire starters in her book, which I think is just incredible. You can order her book now |
| 1:47.0 | before it comes out in June at firedupbook.com. I think that you will get so much out of reading |
| 1:53.9 | these awesome adult stories and you will feel inspired to pursue your own awesome adulting |
| 2:00.4 | adventure when you read Shannon's |
| 2:02.7 | amazing book. So let's tune in and listen. And if you need a direct link to make your pre-order, |
| 2:08.3 | you can go to the show notes. It's so great to see you, Shannon. Thank you for coming to our |
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