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From the third season of “Off the Hook,” episode four explores how #cancelculture forces people to try to say the right thing to everyone: https://bit.ly/46VB3Mu

Diamonde Williamson found a way to make art from a painful friendship breakup and help others process their breakups, too. Just like romantic breakups, friendship breakups can lead to feelings of grief, loss, and loneliness. Yet, these feelings are often dismissed or minimized, making it hard to heal and move forward. Topics We Covered: -Friendships that end because someone decided they need to end vs. a friendship that fades -Friendship breakups are an ageless, universal issue, causing pain -Acknowledging the grief of a friendship that ended for any reason -How mutual friends can handle a breakup between their friends (It’s hard to be in the middle!) -The importance of communication in friendships -Taking responsibility for our sides of friendships that ended -The beauty of reconciliation and forgiveness when possible -Making art as part of a healing process   Listen to Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship anywhere you get your podcasts!

If you remember a tagline like this, you’re likely celebrating some birthdays with big numbers like me. MTV pioneered reality television in 1993 with a show that followed seven strangers living in a loft together in New York City, aptly titled The Real World. I could go on and on about that show, but that’s not the point here. I was talking to a client last week about my next program- Sovereign- Coming Home to the Majesty of Who You Are. It’s a small group coaching program designed for women who have already done their own self-development work and are ready to come together in community to play a bigger game. She said very clearly that she doesn’t want to join a group where everyone is simply nice to each other. She wants a space where women can call each other out in a respectful and supportive way. She wants to find out what happens when people stop being nice and, as The Real World tagline said, get real. This is exactly what I’m cultivating in this group: a space where everyone gets to share the truth, where they get to talk about some of the things they don’t talk to anyone else about and be met not with judgment or advice but with compassion and accountability. A space where everyone feels held and everyone shares both motivation and inspiration. A space uniquely designed for maximum growth. Like the Marines, this isn’t for everyone. But if this sounds like it may be for you (even if it’s scary), you know where to find me.

Thanks for sharing this, Ellen Desmarais! I had a great time talking to Amy Gallo, Amy Bernstein, Alexandra Shore, Taniya Uppal (formerly Gupta), and Sayaka Kawano on Women at Work about what keeping or changing our last names means to us and our careers. When I was a kid, I'd often scribble "Hannah" with the last name of my crush-du jour (usually Joe Jonas) in the margins of my notebooks. I fantasized about marriage; if marriage was a sundae, changing my last name was the cherry on top. It was like the adult version of going Facebook official (IYKYK). It also felt inevitable – it was just something women did when they got married. And all the women in my life did it, so I would, too. But when I was a teenager, I started releasing and performing music under my name, and instead of fantasizing about a different last name, I was fantasizing about my name – Hannah Bates – on billboards and in magazines; I had started to feel attached to my last name in a way I hadn’t before. Over a decade later I still haven’t seen my name on a billboard, but it IS in a magazine, although not in the way I’d imagined: in all the copies of Harvard Business Review on the page where they list the staff! It’s also in the credits of all HBR podcasts. “Hannah Bates” has cred now! And if I changed my name, I’d be giving that up. So when I get married in June, I’m happily keeping my last name and the shred of cred it’s accumulated over the years. Most of all, I like my name. I like the way it looks on a page, and the way it sounds when one of our hosts reads it at the end of an episode. I like that my last name is one syllable, and how it connects me to my family and my late father. I can’t imagine not being “Hannah Bates”! This episode’s a good listen for anyone who’s on the fence about what to do with their last name, or for anyone who’s curious about how women make that decision. Shout out to Amanda Kersey for producing! #marriage #womenatwork #harvardbusinessreview #podcasts #careers

get specific. understand who you are amplifying. their needs is the focal point. you can do a community change campaign on Hispanic Heritage Month, Black History Month, Women’s History Month etc but, we are not a monolith. community is the key word, what need are you focusing on? WHO are you focusing on? #publicrelations #communitychampion #publicist

wtf do i need to have in a community change campaign? so glad you asked 😘 as we know, a community change campaign is a campaign that amplifies, spreads awareness or advocates for action surrounding a specific community need. so let’s break this down. & let’s use a campaign I’ve worked on to do it! ✨a Black History Month campaign spreading awareness on the dehumanizing NYC shelter intake experience for single mothers and their daughters ✨ 🩵 community - Black single mothers & their daughters facing homelessness and going through PATH (nyc shelter intake department) 🩵 community need - PATH is dehumanizing. The retelling of trauma, rude case workers, and children have to be there. We need PATH partners, advocates for single mothers & their daughters. 🩵 stakeholders - WIN NYC (who is ALREADY advocating for your community? how can you partner with them) 🩵campaign message - The shelter intake process is traumatic, especially for their daughters going through Girlhood. 🩵 campaign vehicles - major partnership, digital content and a podcast. (How are you going to amplify this message?) tldr: be specific with the community & their needs. research who’s already advocating for that need. understand what you’re trying to say. find the best ways to amplify that message. ✨✨ & that’s this episode of pov: a community change series on how storytelling is the key to social impact. ps. Loved this? I have a newsletter coming out next week with stuff like this & more. wanna read it first? comment 🎸 to be on the exclusive list 👀 #publicist #communitychampion #socialimpact #publicrelations