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The Passionate Youth Worker YIPA
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After 20,000 downloads, four seasons, and 107 incredible guests, we have stopped producing new podcast episodes. While we're sad it's over, we're eager to focus resources on new learning opportunities. Thanks for understanding and listening! - Your friends at YIPA The Passionate Youth Worker podcast is your invitation to explore your own life experiences by listening to other’s personal stories. Join me, Paul Meunier, the executive director of the Youth Intervention Programs Association (YIPA), as I interview youth workers from around the globe to reveal how their unique life experiences impact their work. Tune in and be inspired to consider how your story uniquely impacts your youth work. Do you have feedback about the show? I'd love to hear from you. Just send an email to paul@yipa.org.
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The Passionate Youth Worker Podcast Farewell Episode
June 17, 2024 Season 5 Episode 2Over the past four years, The Passionate Youth Worker podcast has been listened to in 106 different countries. Each of our 107 guests shared their unique stories with humility and grace. In this final episode, we reflect back on what their stories taught us about what it means to be a youth worker. And how their passion for serving our young people motivates and inspires us every day. Please, lend us your ears for this fond farewell!Accessibility Options: Watch...
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Tuli Kamati: Kindness is the Language of Humanity that Transcends Barriers
June 3, 2024 Season 5 Episode 1Khomas region, Namibia: Tuli Kamati has learned to transform challenges into triumphs. She generously shares all of her life lessons to benefit others. And she leads with both a strong heart and a determined mind to bring about social justice for herself and others. Tuli is a passionate advocate for reproductive rights and healthcare equity for women and girls. Accessibility Options: Watch the unedited video interview with subtitles or read the edited podca...
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Cyprine Omollo: Keep Going and Going, You Should Not Stop
May 20, 2024 Season 4 Episode 27Nairobi, Kenya: Cyprine Omollo has a story of overcoming obstacles, persevering, and finding a path to help others through the struggle. She is warm and straightforward in sharing her experiences and the lessons learned. And you’ll surely find inspiration in her resilience. She does not give up and will remind you to keep going too. Accessibility Options: Watch the unedited video interview with subtitles or read the edited podcast transcript by visiting th...
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Hope Flanagan: Be Accepting of Whatever Gifts You Have on a Daily Basis
May 6, 2024 Season 4 Episode 26Minnesota, United States: Hope Flanagan (Seneca) is Noodinesiikwe (Little Wind Woman) from the turtle clan. She comes from the people of Tonawanda, Seneca Reservation. Her interconnectedness with nature informs her work with young people. She brings a deep respect and authentic style of storytelling as a means of gifting knowledge and wisdom to help others. Her gift is the same for you.Accessibility Options: Watch the unedited video interview with subtitles or r...
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Ashley Daniels: Challenge the Status Quo to Help All Young People
April 22, 2024 Season 4 Episode 25Minnesota, United States: Ashley Daniels had a very difficult childhood, growing up with an alcoholic parent, dealing with countless challenges of her undiagnosed autistic ADHD, followed by a number of mental illnesses. That resulted in her being bullied and abused, unable to understand what made her so different. But, since learning about her diagnoses, she has become a vocal champion for the rights of neurodivergent individuals and an advocate against ablei...
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Michael Dawson: You Can Rewrite Your Story if You Want to
April 8, 2024, Year Season 4 Episode 24Normandy, France: Michael Dawson chose to leave a lucrative career in sales to pour himself into paying forward the gift of support he had received from caring adults at a time of turmoil in his life. Now an author, podcast host, and creator of youth work training resources, he knows he wouldn’t be who he is today without the experiences of his past. And he uses all those lessons to help others now. You can learn more about Michael’s work by visitin...
Customer Reviews
Great podcast about young people making a difference.
Great podcast about young people making a difference. Really enjoying it.