Right now, a lot of people are feeling overwhelmed.
At work.
At home.
In the world around them.
Things feel heavy.
Uncertain.
Bigger than any one person can fix.
And when everything feels this hard, it’s easy to wonder… is this just the reality now?
Is it hopeless?
Or is it still possible to create positive change?
My special guest today is Catherine Alonzo, and she’s simplifying how to be a positive changemaker. Here’s how.
My special guest today is Catherine Alonzo and she’s simplifying how to be a positive changemaker.
We tackle and simplify all aspects of it, including:
- Why this moment feels so overwhelming right now, both personally and professionally, and how her trifecta of change helps explain what we’re experiencing.
- Where her own drive to make change comes from, and how that shaped the changemaker and leader she has become.
- The four tools every changemaker needs: vision, action, core values, and conviction.
- What “your five yards” means, and how to figure out the part you are meant to carry forward right now.
- And how to keep going when change feels hard, especially when you’re facing burnout, imposter syndrome, setbacks, or the fear that your efforts are too small to matter.
Q: Are you wanting to learn how to be a positive changemaker? If yes, this one is for you.
It’s time to #DoTheThing!
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<What’s catching my eye this week>
- 3 hours of (free) focus music for deep concentration - Quiet Quest - Study Music
- Hire Mary Baird, PHR to help you run a 30-day Employee Experience Accelerator to listen better to your workforce, rebuild trust in your senior leadership and improve culture at work - The Simplifiers
- 50 powerful questions to help you reflect - The Institute of You
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My challenge for you this week:
How are you going to take what you’ve learned in today’s episode and take action by becoming a positive changemaker? What’s one thing you’ll do differently? Share it with me, privately or publicly. Snap a photo of you doing the thing, and send me a DM over on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesimplifiers) for added accountability and support!
Links, books and apps mentioned:
Resource: Find Catherine Alonzo on LinkedIn - click here
Book: The Changemaker's Toolkit: How to Power Social Change in a World That Needs Hope - Catherine Alonzo
Book: The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America - Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer
Podcast: How to change the world - Catherine Alonzo
Podcast: How to respectfully disagree, featuring Justin Jones-Fosu - The Simplifiers Podcast
Podcast: How to be a better leader (guided visualization) - The Simplifiers Podcast
Mary’s New Book Available for Pre-Order Soon!
My new book, Squash the Sunday Scaries: A Modern Playbook to Rebuild Trust, Transform Culture, and Reignite Your Workforce, is coming out soon! It’s written for HR leaders, people managers, and anyone ready to make work better in a practical, human way.
If you’ve been looking for simple tools to improve employee experience, rebuild trust, and create better results for your people and your business, this book is for you. More details on pre-orders will be released next week, so be sure to tune in to the podcast or visit www.thesimplifiers.com to get all the details first!
About Catherine Alonzo:
Catherine Alonzo - She is a social change leader, keynote speaker, and author of The Changemaker’s Toolkit, a book designed to help people make an impact even when the world feels overwhelming.
As co-founder and CEO of Javelina, she helps organizations and campaigns turn big ideas into real-world change through powerful storytelling and strategy. Her work has supported movements ranging from marriage equality to environmental protection and abortion rights. She also hosts the podcast How to Change the World, where she shares practical tools and conversations for modern changemakers.
Where Catherine hangs out online:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinealonzo
Website: https://javelina.co
Website: https://www.catherinealonzo.com
Catherine’s vote for the perfect guest on The Simplifiers Podcast:
Tari Thomas - She is an entrepreneurial leader, real estate investor, and community builder, and she serves as Principal of Boundless Capital Group.
She is known for helping business professionals pursue financial freedom through real estate, drawing on a background in engineering and operations and a systems-focused approach to investing and wealth creation.
She is also the founder behind a growing investor community focused on education, passive investment opportunities, and building generational wealth.
