How to Process all the Bad News in the World and be a Force for Good

IN THIS PODCAST EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

How to process your feelings and emotions when the whole world feels like one big ball of bad news.
How to identify the cause or mission that is your thing.
What to do with everything else happening in the world once you figure out what your mission is (how to care about other things happening without losing focus on the thing that is your thing).
How to figure out what to say, when you should speak out, and how to do it.
How to get through the fear that you’re going to say the wrong thing.

(You can also listen right here!👇)

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Hey friends! Welcome to Girls’ Night!

So you guys, I am BEYOND excited about today’s podcast guest. Our guest for today’s episode is Danielle Coke, or as some of y’all might know her, Oh Happy Dani!

Dani is a designer turned illustrator, social justice advocate, and entrepreneur. Her work has positively exploded over the last year, and it’s because it’s so beautiful and so needed. Dani has a way of taking really important, really complex issues and making them both digestible and feel more actionable, and she does it all through her art!

I’m so happy to have Dani on the show because I had so many questions I really wanted to get her perspective on.

Things like:

When the whole world feels like one big ball of bad news, how do we process this? How do we care about the people who are hurting in the world without getting so overwhelmed by the hurt in the world that we just shut down?

How do we identify the cause or mission that is our thing? How do we figure out where and how we can help and actually make a difference?

Once we figure out what our mission is, what do we do with everything else? When something crazy or hard or heartbreaking happens in the world, how do we process it? How do we both care and help without losing focus on the thing that is our thing?
How do you figure out what to say, when you should speak out, and how to do it? And I asked her about how to get through the fear that you’re going to say the wrong thing. (Does anyone else have that fear? Is that just me?)

This conversation was so powerful and so HELPFUL, and I cannot WAIT for you to hear it!

(Also — I just about died when I found out that Dani’s been a Girls Night listener for years now. I had no idea, and I’m SO honored.)

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LINKS FROM THE SHOW

Steph’s book, The Lipstick Gospel (here’s a paperback copy and here’s a free digital download!)

Steph’s prayer journals, Every Single Moment and The Between Places

Do Good Daily Notepad mentioned

Danielle’s shop

Danielle’s Instagram graphics & art

Quotes Mentioned:

"I'm not supposed to hold it all" - Danielle

"I can't solve everything, but I do have a responsibility to do what I can with what I have and to stay alert and aware to as much as I'm able" - Danielle

"Don't let the fear of getting it wrong hold you back." - Danielle

"Perfection is not a prerequisite to participation" - Danielle

"It shouldn't have to happen to you to matter to you" - Danielle

"Apathy is the opposite of love, and love is what we all need" - Danielle

"Even when it gets difficult, we're not driven by performative activism, we're driven by the need to love one another and do that real work" - Danielle

"You don't have to be perfect to participate in this" - Danielle