The Call to Rise

Makenzie Darling

Welcome to The Call to Rise, the podcast for sacred rebels, visionaries, and conscious changemakers. Here we sit down with the people birthing the new earth — weaving ancient wisdom with modern strategy to build movements that heal, transform, and uplift our world. Each week we sit down with luminaries and have honest conversations, share practical tools, and reveal hard-won wisdom to help awaken your power and to inspire you to answer the call to rise and to meet this moment in history. globalmovementmaker.substack.com

  1. 19h ago

    World Frequency Day with Martina Fuchs

    On this episode of The Call to Rise, I sit down with Martina Fuchs who is the co-founder of World Frequency Day and the Frequency School, where we talk about turning a bold vision into a global movement. Martina shares how she brought together 195 women from 195 countries for a song celebrating equality, and how that experience inspired World Frequency Day—a gathering built around music, sound, unity, and cross-cultural connection. Tune in for an energizing conversation about what it takes to build movements. We dive into the importance of persistence, collaboration, inclusive leadership, and the courage to start before everything is perfectly in place. We also explore music’s power to bring people together and the next generation in creating social impact. Martina shares with us how the Frequency School is working to support children through music studios and wellness spaces and how World Frequency Day on 11/11 is helping to fund this incredible initiative. Tune in to learn more and host your own World Frequency Day event! Links: World Frequency Day: https://worldfrequencyday.org/ LinkedIn (Top Voice): https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinafuchsglobal/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martina_fuchs_global/ Martina Fuchs Bio: Martina Fuchs is an international TV anchor, business journalist, Guinness World Records holder, event moderator, DJ, expert on China and the Middle East, and speaks 9 languages. She currently works as a business correspondent for China’s state television CGTN (China Global Television Network), co-founder of the Frequency School with U.S. Grammy-nominated music producer Maejor, consultant for the world-renowned IMD business school, and advisor for the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. Based in London, Zurich and Dubai, Martina also serves as international media ambassador and board member for the Montreux Jazz Festival China and is the brand ambassador for WITHIN darkness retreats.In 2025, she set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS for the first song in history featuring women from all of the world’s 195 countries and using the 528 Hz ‘Love’ sound frequency. It raised awareness about gender equality and ignited a global movement uplifting people through the transformative power of sound frequencies. On 11/11, she launched the first World Frequency Day with flagship events in Dubai and dozens of satellite activations around the world. The day is observed annually on Nov. 11 with a global moment celebrated at 11:11 AM and 11:11 PM local time across all time zones. World Frequency Day aims to amplify the universal language of music and promote unity, harmony, and physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing around the planet. Apart from being a global citizen and world traveler, she is also a music DJ and playing old school hip hop, soul and R&B, afrobeat and world music.Previously, she was a CNNMoney Switzerland TV anchor and CGTN senior business reporter in Beijing, and worked as a Reuters economy correspondent for the Gulf Arab region in Dubai and Reuters Financial TV producer in London.Martina holds a Master in International Economic History from the University in Geneva, Switzerland, a Postgraduate Diploma in TV Journalism from the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and a Master of Science in Global Finance (MSGF) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the New York University (NYU) Stern Business School.She speaks 9 languages, including: German, French, English, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Swahili. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globalmovementmaker.substack.com

  2. Oct 20

    Building the Infrastructure of the New World with Rick Broider

    Building the Infrastructure of the New World with Rick Broider This week I sat down with Rick Broider, a regenerative systems architect and a new partner of Movement Maker, to ask the question a lot of us are dancing around right now…why do so many purpose-led projects, the ones built on real vision and real heart, still fall apart. Not because the mission wasn’t true, but more often than not because nobody built the container strong enough to hold it. Together, we discuss the handful of predictable ways even the most devoted communities and movements come undone and what to do about it. We also get into where artificial intelligence fits into all of this, and it’s not the conversation you’d expect. Rick makes a case for AI as something we co-steward rather than fear or worship, freeing us up to get back to the things only humans can do which is ritual, story, and building real relationships…a.k.a pioneering community-led movements! Links: https://saberra.com/ Rick Broider Bio: Rick Broider is the founder of Saberra, an organizational intelligence system built around human-reviewed AI memory. Saberra helps purpose-led teams preserve decisions, roles, risks, commitments, and context so the organization does not depend on one founder’s brain or scattered meeting notes to remember itself. Rick’s work bridges regenerative systems design, AI, governance, organizational memory, and practical implementation. He is also the author of Bridging Earth and Kanaria, a framework for moving from extractive systems into more regenerative ways of living, leading, building, and organizing. His current work focuses on why purpose-led movements, regenerative projects, and mission-driven organizations often collapse after awakening something real, and how memory, governance, power, accountability, and AI can help them grow without losing their soul. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globalmovementmaker.substack.com

  3. Oct 6

    The 7 Stages of Heart Leadership with Arnaud Saint-Paul

    The 7 Stages of Heart Leadership with Arnaud Saint-Paul Most leadership models still measure the wrong thing. They track output, not the person producing it. Arnaud Saint-Paul has spent 40 years working the opposite way…starting with the leader’s inner coherence and then watching the business metrics follow. On this episode of The Call to Rise, Arnaud (whose life’s work is empowering a billion people to lead from heart intelligence) breaks down the framework he built to measure something most executive coaching still can’t: how coherent a leader actually is and what that coherence is worth. The Heart Leadership Index A few thousand leaders in, Arnaud’s assessment maps people across seven stages — from conventional leadership all the way to what he calls the “heart leader.” The data itself is the interesting part where it shows leaders in the 90th percentile are already living in flow and performing at the top of their field. Leaders in the 50-70% range are still operating from security, or survival. Where you land on the index changes everything about how you should be communicated with, coached, and led. This isn’t just a personal-development curiosity. Arnaud tracks it against company KPIs (financial, social, environmental) and the correlation holds every time…more coherence equals better numbers. If you lead a team, a company, or a movement and you’ve ever wondered whether your own internal alignment is actually showing up in your results this is the episode that gives you the language, and the data, to find out. Curious where you land? Arnaud’s free 7-minute Heart Leadership assessment can be found at https://tapuat.com/defrag. Arnaud Saint-Paul Bio: After 40 years leading through the heart, Arnaud Saint-Paul became convinced that performance follows coherence, and that coherence can actually be measured. He's built an instrument that maps a leader's development across seven dimensions, at the individual and team level, and ties it to real impact, with around 1,000 leaders in the dataset. He splits his time between France and LA. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globalmovementmaker.substack.com

  4. Sep 22

    When a Business Becomes a Movement with Sahara Rose

    In this week’s episode of the Call to Rise Podcast, I sit down with Sahara Rose, founder of the Travel Coach Network, to explore what it takes to evolve a successful business into a global movement. After building one of the leading communities in the travel coaching industry, Sahara found herself asking a deeper question: How can travel become a catalyst for greater well being, human connection, and collective transformation? In our conversation, Sahara shares the journey of turning her passion for travel into a thriving international community that empowers coaches and ambassadors around the world. Following her experience in the Movement Maker Incubator, she is now preparing to launch the Why We Travel Campaign, an initiative designed to inspire a global conversation about why wellness and travel belong together. If you’ve ever wondered how a business becomes a movement, or how purpose can become a force that mobilizes people around a shared vision, this conversation is for you. Links: https://thetravelcoachnetwork.com/ Sahara Rose Bio: Sahara Rose is the founder of The Travel Coach Network and a pioneer in the travel coaching industry. After earning her degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management in 2010, she quickly realized that the traditional career paths available in the industry did not align with her vision. Inspired to forge her own path, she purchased a one way ticket to Europe, packed a backpack, and embarked on a solo journey that would transform both her life and her career. Over the next decade, Sahara traveled to more than 84 countries across six continents, gaining firsthand insight into the profound impact travel can have on personal wellbeing, relationships, and professional growth. Having experienced the healing power of travel in overcoming her own struggles with anxiety, she became deeply curious about why businesses and the travel industry often overlooked these deeper benefits. In 2018, Sahara founded her Wellness Travel Coaching and Consulting business to help individuals and organizations better understand how travel can support employee wellbeing, enhance business travel, and create more meaningful wellness focused travel experiences. The following year, she launched The Travel Coach Network to bridge the gap between travelers seeking personalized guidance and travel professionals equipped to provide it. Believing that travel is far more than booking itineraries or writing destination guides, Sahara pioneered the concept of travel coaching as a way to help people thrive personally, professionally, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and beyond. To further advance the profession, she created The Travel Coach Certification Program, which trains and certifies travel professionals to incorporate coaching principles into their work and help clients experience deeper transformation through travel. Sahara is also the author of Hey You, Just Go!, a book on travel coaching and budget travel. She is an international keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, and recognized expert who has been featured in more than 350 media outlets, including Forbes, Travel Weekly, Condé Nast Traveler, TripAdvisor, CNBC, WISN 12, and CNN Travel. In recognition of her impact on the industry, Sahara was named one of TravelPulse’s Most Influential Women in Travel in 2023 and appeared on Season 8 of Project Pitch It. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globalmovementmaker.substack.com

    When a Business Becomes a Movement with Sahara Rose

  5. Sep 8

    Emotional Intelligence and the Future of Leadership with Marc Brackett (Permission to Feel)

    Emotional Intelligence and the Future of Leadership with Marc Brackett (Permission to Feel) On this episode of the Call to Rise Podcast, I had the profound pleasure of sitting down with Marc Brackett, Ph.D who is the bestselling author of two books which are “Permission to Feel” and “Dealing with Feeling.” He is also the Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. For the new wave of conscious leaders, we know that connecting to our emotional intelligence is no longer optional, but a new mandate. This conversation matters because the future will no longer be built by the loudest voices or the most armored leaders. It will be stewarded by those willing to slow down, listen deeply, and lead from a place of emotional maturity. In a time when so many people are searching for better models of leadership, this episode offers a grounded, research-backed, and deeply human reminder that the way forward begins with how willing we are to feel, reflect, and rise together. Links: https://marcbrackett.com/ Marc Brackett, Ph.D Bio: Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University. He’s the author of two bestselling books—Permission to Feel, available in 30 languages, and, most recently, Dealing with Feeling. Marc is the co-creator of RULER, an evidence-based framework for cultivating emotional intelligence that has been adopted by 5,000 schools across the globe. He has authored over 200 scholarly publications, and his research has been featured in The New York Times, Good Morning America, TIME, and TODAY. Marc has headlined more than 700 conferences, advises Fortune 500 companies on building emotionally intelligent workplace cultures, and is the co-creator of the award-winning How We Feel app, a tool helping millions improve their well-being, and the Point of Connection, a conversation card game that builds real-life emotional intelligence. Marc also is the producer of the acclaimed documentary film, America Unfiltered: Portraits and Voices of a Nation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globalmovementmaker.substack.com

    Emotional Intelligence and the Future of Leadership with Marc Brackett (Permission to Feel)

  6. Aug 25

    Holacracy and Self-Management: Decentralizing Power in Organizations with Brian Robertson

    Holacracy and Self-Management: Decentralizing Power in Organizations with Brian Robertson This weeks episode features Brian J. Robertson who is the creator of Holacracy, which is a system of organizational governance and management that replaces top down hierarchy. Brian is also the Founder of Glassfrog and has recently established Ledgeway Sangha, which is a psychedelic plant medicine church that he stewards in community. Together we sit down to discuss decentralized leadership, the importance of practical governance frameworks, and the integration of psychedelics into community and organizational development. Explore how these innovative approaches foster empowerment while inspiring collective growth within community-led movements at the cutting edge of change. Chapters 00:00Introduction to Brian Robertson and his work 01:39Journey into decentralized leadership and Holacracy 02:49The evolution of organizational structures and consciousness 03:39Finding leaders willing to delegate authority 06:59The constitution as a power-sharing framework 09:16Roles vs. titles in Holacracy 11:35Implementing Holacracy step-by-step 15:30Decision-making and proposal process in Holacracy 17:40Addressing misconceptions about consensus and autocratic authority 21:00Stepping into the learning curve and AI support 23:14The intersection of psychedelics and community building 25:04Sacraments and medicines used in psychedelic ceremonies 31:06The power of community and direct experience 33:58Religion, mysticism, and direct experience 36:07Embodied leadership and emotional expression 37:41Resources and ways to connect with Brian Robertson Links: https://www.holacracy.org/ https://www.glassfrog.com/ https://luma.com/ledgeway Brian J. Robertson Bio: Brian J. Robertson is best known for creating Holacracy, the most comprehensive framework in the world today for running self-managed companies using a decentralized power structure in lieu of a traditional management hierarchy. He’s founded and built many organizations over the past 30 years as an entrepreneur, including HolacracyOne, which helps companies use self-management to unleash creativity and empowered leadership, and the software company GlassFrog, which helps both traditional and self-managed companies drive organizational transparency, agility, and alignment to purpose. To date, tens of thousands of companies in over 50 countries have embraced his pioneering methods and ideas, and his frequent public speaking seamlessly weaves between business, management, consciousness, and love. Brian is currently focused on building Ledgeway Sangha, an entheogenic church & community-building organization that’s harnessing psychedelics to help people release judgments & resistances into loving acceptance of all that is. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globalmovementmaker.substack.com

  7. Aug 11

    Nervous System Optimization for Leaders: Perform Without Burning Out with J.J. Ruescas

    Nervous System Optimization for Leaders: Perform Without Burning Out with J.J. Ruescas Unlock the secret to sustainable leadership with JJ Ruescas, who is a human optimization strategist. In this episode of “The Call to Rise,” he reveals how mastering your nervous system, emotions, and physical health can transform your life and impact your movement building. JJ shares his own burnout journey and how he came to a new way of performing at his best (not through hustle), but through personalized and science-backed self-care through his Human Optimal Performance System framework. JJ breaks down practical tools like recovery calendaring, breathwork, and micro-movements that boost vitality and mental clarity. We also cover insights into managing the rising influence of AI and cyber regulation, ensuring leaders stay in control as technology evolves. This episode reveals why neglecting your well-being turns leaders into bottlenecks, and how investing in personal growth ripples outward to transform teams and movements. If you're committed to continuous growth and creating impact from a place of wholeness, this conversation is essential. Top Highlights Discussed: * The most effective leaders develop a nuanced awareness of their nervous system, emotions, and mind, enabling intentional regulation rather than reactive overexertion. * Understanding and listening to one’s internal signals (physical sensations, emotional states, and intuition) are essential for genuine leadership grounded in presence and authenticity. * Optimizing just 1% each day (be it through movement, mindset, or moments of curiosity) leads to profound transformation over time without burnout. * As humans increasingly co-regulate with AI systems, cultivating critical thinking, ethical conditioning, and self-awareness becomes essential to prevent loss of agency. Resources: https://jjruescas.com/ Book Recommendation: "The Hour Between Dog and Wolf" by John Coates. J.J. Reuscas Bio: J.J. is a human driven by curiosity, learning and continuous personal improvement. After more than a decade applying principles of continuous improvement (Kaizen) to lead and transform high-performance teams in technology, he asked myself: “why not apply similar principles to our own personal improvement?” In this way he began his adventure of continuous and holistic individual improvement in 2014. His current mission: to share the lessons he is collecting so that more people like you embark on their own human optimization adventure. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globalmovementmaker.substack.com

  8. Aug 7

    Using Joy to Drive Social Change With Jim Glaser

    In this conversation, Jim Glaser, also known as Costume Jim, shares how Costume Kult and Costume Network grew out of the simple joy of dressing up and showing up together. What starts as a playful New York Halloween parade tradition becomes a bigger story about participatory culture, community building, and using spectacle to break down barriers. His approach makes activism feel accessible…not just something you believe in, but something you can live, laugh through, and share with other people. What makes the episode especially energizing is the idea that fun can be a serious organizing tool. From leprechaun protests to zombie marches, Jim shows how costumes, creativity, and collective play can carry a message further than anger alone. It’s an inspiring reminder that movements grow faster when people feel connected, seen, and excited to participate—and that joy itself can be a form of resistance. Jim Glaser Bio: Jim Glaser is the Founder and Creative Director of the Kostume Kult Arts Collective and Costume Network. They have produced multiple annual events including NYC Halloween Parade Floats (since 2000), Burning Man festival theme camps (since 2001), group participation in numerous parade and public events and dozens of large art themed galas including the upcoming Kryptopia (Creative Tech Week’s Closing Party, May 12, 2018) Horned Ball, Black & Light Ball, Alt. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit globalmovementmaker.substack.com

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Welcome to The Call to Rise, the podcast for sacred rebels, visionaries, and conscious changemakers. Here we sit down with the people birthing the new earth — weaving ancient wisdom with modern strategy to build movements that heal, transform, and uplift our world. Each week we sit down with luminaries and have honest conversations, share practical tools, and reveal hard-won wisdom to help awaken your power and to inspire you to answer the call to rise and to meet this moment in history. globalmovementmaker.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Makenzie Darling
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Makenzie Darling
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