Power Up Podcast

What is pessimism? How does pessimism impact our understanding of reality and our sense of action? Why is pessimism negatively impacting our democracy and political participation? Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses the personal, physiological, and political effects of pessimism. Learn how to remedy pessimism by adopting self-care techniques such as gratitude, finding your ikigai and how having a the right dose of pessimism can lead us towards social progress. Thank you for listening to Wellness Wednesday! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: https:forms.gle/V2Kampz5pdBegmdCA Get your free Leadership Training at: https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign

What is a path breaker? How can our identity impact the political empowerment and problem-solving capacity of our communities? Why is it important to rely on community, as well as ourselves, in order to expand from protest to policy? Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses identity, community political support, and what to do after a protest with Dr. Veronica Reyna of Rice University in the final part of Office Hours. Thank you for listening to part two of this two part interview with Dr. Reyna! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: ⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/V1Kampz5pdBegmdCA⁠⁠⁠ Get your Leadership Training at: ⁠⁠⁠https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/⁠⁠⁠ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign

What is imposter syndrome? How does imposter syndrome impact our self perception and professional lives? Why is imposter syndrome negatively impacting our political leadership and civic engagement potential? Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses the personal, psychological, and political effects of imposter syndrome. Learn how to remedy imposter syndrome by adopting self-care techniques such as self-compassion and a willingness to learn and how being a fresh face can be the key towards equity. Thank you for listening to Wellness Wednesday! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: https:forms.gle/V2Kampz5pdBegmdCA Get your free Leadership Training at: https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign Sources: https://grad.uc.edu/student-life/news/all-about-imposter-syndrome.html#:~:text=The%20American%20Psychological%20Association%20states,lessened%20professional%20confidence%20and%20risk%2D https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/impostor-syndrome https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(19)30607-5/fulltext#:~:text=Perfectionist,sign%20of%20failure. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585058/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/16/impostor-syndrome-class-unfairness https://www.governmentevents.co.uk/understanding-imposter-syndrome-challenging-learnt-behaviours/ Schoel, C., Bluemke, M., Mueller, P., & Stahlberg, D. (2011). When autocratic leaders become an option--uncertainty and self-esteem predict implicit leadership preferences. Journal of personality and social psychology, 101(3), 521–540. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023393

What is strategic power ? How can academic institutions support students' efforts toward solution-based civic service? Why is it important to improve our college campuses from within our academic institutions as well as outside of it? Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses institutional allyship, student political power, and democratic social movements with Dr. Veronica Reyna of Rice University in the first part of Office Hours. Thank you for listening to part one of this two part interview with Dr. Reyna! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/V1Kampz5pdBegmdCA⁠⁠ Get your Leadership Training at: ⁠⁠https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/⁠⁠ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign

What is burnout? How does emotional burnout impact our everyday lives and relationships? Why is burnout negatively impacting our democracy? Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses the emotional, mental, and political effects of burnout. Learn how to remedy burnout by adopting self-care techniques such as kindness and patience and how Doing the Do-able can help us make political engagement an everyday effort. Thank you for listening to Wellness Wednesday! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: https:forms.gle/V2Kampz5pdBegmdCA Get your free Leadership Training at: https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign Sources: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/burnout-and-the-brain https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/health/burnout-changing-brain-wellness/index.html https://montrosedemocrats.org/beat-burnout https://www.campaignnow.com/blog/epidemic-of-american-political-burnout https://katiecouric.com/news/opinion/how-to-get-involved-in-politics/ https://medium.com/practicing-politics/how-to-avoid-political-burnout-84c764397031 PINES, AYALA M. “BURNOUT IN POLITICAL ACTIVISM: AN EXISTENTIAL PERSPECTIVE.” Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration, vol. 16, no. 4, 1994, pp. 381–94. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25780582. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.

What is our role in community? How does our relationship with our own self image impact our community? Why is it important to encourage and implement "open access"? Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses community leadership and we can empower ourselves and others through education with Divon Pender in the second part of Homecoming. Thank you for listening to part two of this two part interview with Divon! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/V1Kampz5pdBegmdCA⁠⁠ Get your Leadership Training at: ⁠⁠https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/⁠⁠ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign

What is isolation? How does isolation and loneliness impact our emotional and physical wellbeing? Why is isolation negatively impacting our democracy? Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses the emotional, physiological, and democratic effects of isolation. Learn how to combat isolation by fostering a sense of responsibility to yourself and your community and the solutions we can adopt to heal from the damage caused by social and democratic isolation. Thank you for listening to the first episode of Wellness Wednesday! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/V1Kampz5pdBegmdCA⁠⁠ Get your Leadership Training at: ⁠⁠https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/⁠⁠ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign Sources: Laurenz Lammer, Frauke Beyer, Melanie Luppa, Christian Sanders, Ronny Baber, Christoph Engel, Kerstin Wirkner, Markus Loffler, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Arno Villringer, A Veronica Witte (2023) Impact of social isolation on grey matter structure and cognitive functions: A population-based longitudinal neuroimaging study eLife 12:e83660 https://doi.org/ Lorentz, Kevin G. II and Saks McManaway, Kimberly (2022) "Democratic Isolation, Thin Citizenship, and Insurrection: A Theory," eJournal of Public Affairs: Vol. 11: No. 1, Article 3.Available at: https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/ejopa/vol11/iss1/3 https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/why-loneliness-affects-young-people.html#:~:text=The%20lockdown%20portion%20of%20the,than%20they%20do%20with%20people. https://einhorncollaborative.org/why-americans-isolation-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy/ https://www.newsweek.com/2023/05/19/american-democracy-faces-worsening-threatloneliness-chris-murphy-warns-1799231.html

What is community? How does our relationship with community encourage us towards service? Why is it important to empower ourselves and serve those in our community? Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses community and the lessons we learn that can better serve them with Divon Pender in the first part of Homecoming. Thank you for listening to part one of this two part interview with Divon! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: ⁠https://forms.gle/V1Kampz5pdBegmdCA⁠ Get your Leadership Training at: ⁠https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/⁠ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign

What is the every day application of No Blame? How can I hold my elected officials accountable without placing blame? Why is it important to find the courage to transform beyond toxic comfortability? Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses the accountability, discomfort, and how mutual respect and No-Blame can help us dismantle oppressive systems and beliefs with Darren "Freedom" Green in the second part of How to Not Be Toxic. Thank you for listening to part two part of this interview with Darren! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: ⁠https://forms.gle/V1Kampz5pdBegmdCA⁠ Get your Leadership Training at: ⁠https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/⁠ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign

What is mutual respect and the No-Blame Approach? How can I tap into empathy when surrounded by apathy and vitriol? Why is it important to identify my own toxicity before pointing out someone else's? Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses the transformative nature of mutual respect and how the No-Blame Approach helps us attack the problem and not the person with Darren "Freedom" Green in the first part of How to Not Be Toxic. Thank you for listening to part one of this two part interview with Darren! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: https://forms.gle/V1Kampz5pdBegmdCA Get your Leadership Training at: https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign

What happens when we decide to begin the work in our very own households? What can happen when we choose to enact change despite overarching crises? How can we shift the broader culture as individuals? Join your host, Cesar Romero, as he discusses solar panels in Germany, community fridges in Maine, tree bark stepping up to the plate, and Rustin - an unsung hero. Thank you so much for listening! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: https://forms.gle/V1Kampz5pdBegmdCA Get your Leadership Training at https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign Articles highlighted: Solar panels in Germany: ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/business/germany-solar-panels-climate-change.htmlCommunity Fridges in Maine: https://modernfarmer.com/2024/07/on-the-ground-with-the-volunteers-running-community-fridges/ Tree Bark removes Methane: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/trees-reveal-climate-surprise-bark-removes-methane-from-the-atmosphere Watch Rustin https://www.netflix.com/title/81111528

What can happen when we apply leadership values? How can values reshape the world around us? When has there been successful social impact based upon shared values of service? Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses historical and contemporary examples of service towards your community and towards self with Bradley Gonmiah in the final part of (Un)selfless Service. Thank you so much for listening to this two part interview with Bradley! Here is the link to access Power Up Podcast's Google Form where you can submit comments and questions: https://forms.gle/V1Kampz5pdBegmdCA Get your Leadership Training at https://thecitizenscampaign.org/register/ Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign

How do we uplift stories of pragmatic and successful solutions for long-standing community problems? Where can we find inspiration for positive change when faced with a bombardment of negative realities? Join your host, Cesar Romero, as he discusses inclusive cafes, 90-year-old astronauts, food pantries, and gerrymandering. Get your leadership training at www.thecitizenscampaign.org Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign

What values do we hold as individuals? What values do we want leaders to exemplify? What is the difference between selfless and unselfish service? Join your host, Samantha Castro, and guest Bradley Gonmiah as they navigate self and community, what it means to serve others, and the importance of value-based leaders. Get your leadership training at www.thecitizenscampaign.org Contact Power Up Podcast at poweruppodcastinfo@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @citizenscampaign