Episode 103.5: Action steps to take regarding recent tragedies

Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

Andrea Owen

How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 517 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2016

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Just an FYI- along with reading, you can listen to this post as well. Simply click the “play” button. In 2008 I had a mentor tell me, “When your blog starts to grow in popularity, stay away from topics revolving around politics, religion, and race. It’s too risky, and one wrong move can ruin your reputation.” She was trying to protect me. Helping me “stay on course” and only talk about personal development. However. For me to go on pretending like nothing is happening, to say nothing at all is unacceptable. How can I tell you to stand up for what you believe in, practice courage, and follow your intuition if I’m not practicing it myself whenever possible? So, here we go... Two major things have happened recently. Let me start with the most recent. Although I highly doubt you haven’t heard, but just in case-- this past Saturday a man shot and killed 49 people and injured at least 53 in a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. This is heartbreaking. And infuriating. And scary. If you’re like me, you’ve been thinking about the victim’s families. And like me, you probably can’t help but think about your own family. I think about my children, how I worry about them going to school, and when they get older going to the movies, out dancing, and to places where they normally should feel safe and be safe. Many of us no longer feel safe anymore. Read the rest HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.7	hey there askiggers so you may be surprised to have either gotten the notification that there is a new
0:37.3	podcast episode or maybe this
0:39.4	landed in your inbox this morning. And yes, this is not my norm. This is not what I had
0:46.3	planned for you. As you can see, it's podcast number 103.5. I wanted to send you something because my heart told me to do so. I have no other
1:02.7	reason than that. And this is not a 100% prepared episode.
1:17.3	I have just a few notes and things to say to you that I felt that were necessary.
1:22.1	You may have noticed there was no intro on this episode and that was not a mistake.
1:29.3	I just wanted to get this going and send this out to you and it's sort of a special edition of the podcast.
1:39.3	Not my norm. And where I want to start with it is in 2008 I had a mentor tell me. She said when your blog starts to grow in popularity, stay away from topics revolving around politics, religion, and race.
1:48.4	It's too risky and one wrong move can absolutely ruin your reputation.
1:55.0	And this was sort of the beginning of when people were starting to build online audiences and I was starting to watch people around me
2:04.5	build platforms and I took her words to heart and she was trying to protect me,
2:11.4	helping me stay on course if you will and advising me to only talk about personal development.
2:19.5	However, for me to go on pretending like nothing is happening, to say nothing at all,
2:28.4	I find completely unacceptable in myself.
2:33.2	How can I tell you to stand up for what you believe in to practice courage and follow your
2:40.4	intuition if I'm not practicing it myself whenever possible, whenever I am given the opportunity?
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