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RAFT: Indrani Goradia, Alyce Jurgensen, Jeremie Miller, Amy Jaffe
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RAFT has a mission to improve the level of care for sexual and domestic violence survivors by supporting advocates in building resilience to compassion fatigue and burnout. Previously known as the "Caring for the Caregivers Podcast" the RAFT podcast has been created to support you, the Advocate, in the amazing work you do every day to make a difference in the lives of your clients and their children. With a focus on positive psychology, setting boundaries, building shame resilience, and improving your self-care, the RAFT podcast will provide the tools and answers you need to deal with the challenging situations you are facing every day in both your work and personal life.

  1. FEB 27

    Healing through Spirituality and Writing with Emily Bernath

    In this episode, the RAFT team is joined by survivor, author, and advocate Emily Bernath. She shares her survivor story, how she healed through spirituality, and how that led to her book series, Broken Lenses. Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions about sexual violence and assault, including personal survivor experiences. We encourage you to prioritize your well-being while listening. Episode Time Codes * 00:00 Intro * 00:25 Trigger Warning * 00:55 Gratitudes * 05:00 Who is Emily Bernath? * 06:55 How Emily's writing started * 09:30 Emily discusses levels of healing through her advocacy journey * 15:15 "How do you know that it's love?" -- How did you know who to trust through this journey * 16:15 "Coincidences don't just happen" - Emily speaks about faith leading her journey * 19:10 "Freedom brings healing" * 21:10 "The world hasn't given survivors a lot of hope to report" * 21:30 How Emily knew she was being sexually assaulted * 23:15 "As soon as a survivor comes to me - the one thing I can not do is nothing" * 25:38 Emily shares how she found her trust in her faith * 33:05 "What do you believe is the biggest challenge in the sv/dv field?" * 39:00 Emily speaks on trusting and obeying the voice of God. * 46:15 Emily discusses a peak point of advocacy * 49:50 Emily discusses her books. * 52:55 Should everyone write/share their story? * 57:10 Emily tells us more about her social work/grad school journey * 1:00:55 "How do you stay healthy and balanced?" * 1:03:35 Nicole talks about leaning into our strengths & Emily shares her individual strengths * 1:11:00 What's in the future for Emily? * 1:12:55 Appreciations * 1:14:35 Outro

    1h 15m

  2. 11/19/2024

    Human-Centered Workplaces

    Join Jeremie, Nicole, and Joy as they focus their conversation around human-centered workspaces, specifically what a workspace that is human-centered looks like, and how it's done at RAFT. Episode Time Codes * 00:00 Intro * 01:05 RAFT's mission statement * 01:50 What is a 'Human-Centered Workspace?' * 06:01 The 4 principles of Human-Centered design * 13:10 Designing A Human-Centered Workplace: * 13:35 Planning for job outcomes * 21:20 Launching a collaborative work group * 28:50 Learning from your employees * 37:15 Designing and testing solutions * 51:00 How RAFT can help you create a more Human-Centered Workplace * 52:00 Outro

    53 min

  3. 10/23/2024

    RAFT’s Core Values

    Join Joy, Sophie, Mariam, Jeremie, and Nicole on the RAFT Team as they discuss the RAFT core values—1) Fail, Learn, Grow; 2) Support; and 3) Transparency—and how those values impact their mission and teamwork. Episode Time Codes * 00:00 – Intro * 00:40 – RAFT's 3 core values * 01:05 – Value #1 – Fail, Learn, Grow * 01:35 – Joy's take * 03:00 – Sophie's take * 03:45 – Mariam's take * 04:20 – Jeremie's take * 06:53 – Nicole's take * 08:40 – Is there a downside to Fail, Learn, Grow? * 13:10 – Value #2 – Support * 13:40 – Joy's take * 16:30 – Sophie's take * 18:40 – Mariam's take * 19:12 – Jeremie's tale * 20:50 – Nicoles take * 23:10 – RAFT's DEI survey and how we used it to support each other * 24:55 – Are there any downsides to our support value? * 30:30 – Value #3 – Transparency * 31:00 – Nicole's take * 32:22 – Joy's take * 34:20 – Sophie's take * 35:55 – Mariam's take * 36:30 – Jeremie's take (being a transparent leader) * 45:15 – What are any unofficial values in how we work together as a team? * 50:35 – Contact RAFT at info@raftcares.org to learn how we can help you discover your organization's core values * 51:00 – Outro

    52 min

  4. 07/31/2024

    Self-Care: Thriving on a Budget

    How do you take care of your mind, body, and spirit when you don't have the time, money, or resources? Join the RAFT team as they share their own budget-friendly self-care tips. Episode Time Codes * 00:00 Intro * 00:25 Welcome * 01:05 RAFT Team Intros * 02:40 What would you do on a self-care day but you had no money to spend? * 07:40 Match your time available to what you're trying to do * 10:20 Being present in the moment is very free self-care * 11:00 Being clear on what you want from your self-care activities * 13:47 Scheduling in self-care is self-care in itself * 17:50 What do you do when you NEED to leave the house, but just don't have a lot of money? * 27:35 Self-care is a learned journey * 28:50 What do you do when you need "alone" self-care time? * 35:20 What's a self-care thing we can do to help out our future financial self? * 46:10 Outro

    47 min

  5. 05/08/2024

    Women’s History Month

    Join Maegan, Nicole, Sophie, and Joy as they come together to reflect upon Women's History Month and answer questions about what womanhood means to them, inspiring women, strengths, and advice they received and wish to share with others. Episode Time Codes * 00:00 Intro * 00:25 Welcome * 00:55 RAFT Team Intros * 02:55 What does womanhood mean to you? * 03:05 Maegan * 04:05 Nicole * 06:25 Sophie * 07:50 Joy * 10:15 What does it mean to us to be women in the anti-gender-based violence movement? * 10:30 Joy * 12:10 Maegan * 13:50 Nicole * 33:20 Sophie * 17:20 Who is a woman you know personally who has greatly inspired you? * 17:30 Sophie * 17:58 Nicole * 18:30 Maegan * 21:50 Joy * 24:15 Nicole * 26:20 Who's a famous woman that you greatly admire? * 26:30 Nicole * 29:44 Joy * 31:45 Maegan * 33:25 Sophie * 35:30 What's a special power that women have? * 35:35 Maegan * 37:25 Joy * 38:50 Sophie * 39:20 Nicole * 41:03 The best advice we've gotten from a fellow woman * 41:10 Nicole * 42:15 Joy * 43:30 Maegan * 45:10 Sophie * 46:35 What's some advice that you would share with other women? * 46:50 Joy * 49:50 Nicole * 51:15 Maegan * 53:25 Sophie * 54:15 THINK FAST Questions * 1:00:00 Outro

    1h 1m

  6. 01/22/2024

    New Year Gratitudes

    In this episode, the RAFT Team comes together to reflect upon their personal highlights of 2023 and discuss all things gratitude. From embracing gratitude through challenges and reminding yourself to practice gratitude, you will learn a few ways to incorporate gratitude in your daily life. Episode Time Codes * 0:00 Intro * 0:35 RAFT Team Intros * 01:20 Reflections on our personal highlights of 2023 * 01:30 Nicole * 02:10 Jeremie * 03:10 Joy * 04:55 Sophie * 05:55 Maegan * 07:30 Embracing gratitude through challenges * 07:55 Joy * 09:50 Maegan * 11:20 Joy * 12:45 Nicole * 16:10 Sophie * 18:45 Jeremie * 22:15 How do you remind yourself to practice gratitude? * 22:35 Maegan * 23:45 Jeremie * 25:00 Nicole * 26:50 Sophie * 28:10 Joy * 30:40 How will you lead with gratitude in 2024? * 30:50 Joy * 31:45 Maegan * 32:15 Nicole * 33:20 Sophie * 34:35 Jeremie * 36:00 Thank You! * 36:50 Outro Resources * New Year Gratitudes Worksheet

    38 min

  7. 12/22/2023

    Making Organizational Change with Amber Beam, Part Two

    You've seen changes you want to make in your organization, you're collaborating with co-workers, but now you might be wondering, "What are the leaders thinking about and looking for with change initiatives?" Join Jeremie and Amber as they continue discussing how to make organizational changes by focusing the conversation around the leadership's point of view. Episode Time Codes 00:00 Intro01:00 Jeremie recaps part 1 episode and highlights topics of episode 202:25 Amber introduces herself04:45 How to respond, as a senior leader, to a passionate pitch07:25 How to encourage gratitude and be positive without making someone think you've said "Yes"10:35 How to prioritize a good idea when it's bad timing14:15 How to empower your team member after the first pitch meeting18:30 Tips for leaders on how to reflect on their own biased21:55 How to push through the hesitancy and let go when you should say "Yes"27:05 Your responsibility, as a leader, to announce a new idea to your team28:15 How to continue the thread of change and support your team member when the change works out30:40 What to do, as a leader, when the change maker's goal fizzles out, and they aren't prioritizing their initial goal32:50 What can leaders do when the change pilot flops37:20 "What happens when the pitch comes in and it's just not going to work?"41:25 Final Thoughts44:15 Outro

    45 min

  8. 12/06/2023

    Exploring Team Habits with Charlie Gilkey

    Join Jeremie in a conversation with Charlie Gilkey about principles from his book, Team Habits: How Small Actions Lead to Extraordinary Results, including small actions that bring lasting change and creating a team that can solve problems without you. Episode Time Codes 00:00 Intro00:40 Jeremie highlights talking points and welcomes Charlie01:40 Charlie introduces himself04:55 Charlie shares his view on the challenges of trying to make a big change / Broken Printer analogy08:10 Grants and development challenges10:15 Time allocation and management12:30 Eight Categories of Team Habits15:10 Feeling a sense of belonging in an organization with a high turnover rate20:30 Cynicism as an effect of burnout22:40 A different approach/breaking down a challenge into pieces25:25 Three dimensions of power in an organization37:00 "When you go into an organization, you treat changing team habits like you're walking on someone's land that they have been tending and cultivating"44:25 "Am I being affected by the inertia that we've just always done it this way?"46:15 How to get through "If we try to change this and break it, that's not good"49:40 Future-ready your business by creating a team that can solve problems even without you52:10 Charlie's last thoughts54:25 How our partners and listeners can receive a copy of "Team Habits" gifted by RAFT55:10 Outro Resources * Team Habits: How Small Actions Lead to Extraordinary Results by Charlie Gilkey

    56 min
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    RAFT has a mission to improve the level of care for sexual and domestic violence survivors by supporting advocates in building resilience to compassion fatigue and burnout. Previously known as the "Caring for the Caregivers Podcast" the RAFT podcast has been created to support you, the Advocate, in the amazing work you do every day to make a difference in the lives of your clients and their children. With a focus on positive psychology, setting boundaries, building shame resilience, and improving your self-care, the RAFT podcast will provide the tools and answers you need to deal with the challenging situations you are facing every day in both your work and personal life.

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    • Creator
      RAFT: Indrani Goradia, Alyce Jurgensen, Jeremie Miller, Amy Jaffe
    • Years Active
      2017 - 2025
    • Episodes
      50
    • Rating
      Clean
    • Show Website
      RAFT

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