—Systemic change begins with personal change—
Evelyn Wallace lives in rural Eastern Oregon and is in the final stages of earning a master's degree from Howard University School of Social Work (remote program). Her participation in one of Josh's early Sustainability Leadership workshops led her to experience a profound mindset shift, and she has been incorporating this distinctive approach to her life---and life's work---ever since.
Evelyn now leads/ co-leads Sustainability Simplified workshops (under Josh's tutelage) and continually strategizes how to help others experience the life-changing magic of The Spodek Method. Her particular passion is finding the overlap between sustainability/ sustainability leadership and: social work, Hip Hop, rural communities, spirituality and wellness.
Patricia Ellis is currently the Director of International Communications and Curriculum Development for Attitudinal Healing International (AHI). After eighteen years in the high-tech world, she refocused her career in a more service-oriented direction and joined the staff of the Center for Attitudinal Healing in Tiburon, California in 1986. (The center was founded by Dr. Gerald Jampolsky and offered the first support groups for children with cancer.)
For 38 years, Trish has served in numerous roles within the AHI global community. She has designed social-emotional learning (SEL) and leadership programs for youth and incarcerated adults, trained more than a thousand facilitators worldwide, and assisted in the development of Attitudinal Healing centers and programs around the world.
Trish grew up in New Mexico and has been a resident of Hawaii Island for 25 years. She was introduced to the Spodek method through her niece, Evelyn Wallace and her sister, Beth Bailey. Through this powerful program, Trish has deepened her appreciation for the boundless gifts within nature and has expanded her understanding of each individual’s important role in protecting and sustaining our natural world. She enjoys exploring ways to share Josh’s clear and profound message with others.
Trish holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Excelsior College in New York.
"What I do doesn't matter" may be the most poignant sentiment of our time. A similar rationalization not to act: "I have faith that younger people will solve our environmental problems. After all they will be affected more." People say these things to avoid acting, avoiding personal responsibility. Well, if anyone can say she deserves to relax and not have to work on problems, nobody would tell someone with incurable cancer she can't spend her time how she wants. Trish has incurable cancer. She worked her whole life to enjoy her retirement. She didn't grow up planning to act on sustainability. She didn't plan to take my sustainability leadership workshops, but her niece, Evelyn, and sister, Beth, told her about taking the workshop so she did. In this episode, you'll hear Trish sharing why acting on sustainability and leading others is spending her remaining time how she wants. She once envisioned flying around in her retirement. She could and no one would judge her. But having learned that she can make a difference from the workshop, she's acting on sustainability. Living by your values and helping others live by theirs isn't deprivation or sacrifice. The above is my read of Trish's situation and motivations. Listen to the episode to hear her describe why someone who could do anything she wants and doesn't have to care about people far away or younger finds helping future generations and people far away she'll never meet the best way to spend her precious time. Then sign up for a workshop to create as much meaning in your life.
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