Jess Weiner
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284 appearances
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first heard Oct 2017
last heard Oct 2017
Jess Weiner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And how do we acknowledge that fear and not be afraid of it, but not let that dominate our lives.
Well, I think first of all, like you said, most of us, um, the advocacy or the need to advocate is sort of thrust upon us by a circumstance or an experience, right?
You're a parent of a differently wired child, or in my case, I was growing up in a culture that wasn't acknowledging various body shapes and sizes in the media, and I wanted to advocate for the ability for all girls to be seen.
Sometimes experiences or situations get foisted upon us that make us an advocate, right?
So I wanna also acknowledge that I don't think we all wake up and we're like, hey, I'm gonna go walk upstream today.
This sounds like fun.
Like I think, you know, our life calls us to do that.
But I think the key ingredient to your point is um obviously a deep passion.
But I would actually say more so than passion, it's an intention.
It's an intention to have change something, to have a vision, uh, and to know exactly specifically what you want.
Because I think nobody is successful as a general advocate.
People need to be very specific, right?
You need to be able to know exactly what you're asking for, to understand how to measure impact or success or, you know, what do you want to what do you want to have happen?
And I think sometimes
Тер'язлот комплекни, бо дас на авкасі.
А фінк адвокатинг із апарт едукація.
It's a part negotiation.
Um it's a part inspiration.
You know, there's lots of tactics that advocates have to use to get their point across.
And oftentimes when we're hurt, when we're upset, we use anger as the biggest piece, right?
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