How does the gift of opportunity make a difference in the world?

In this episode of Humankindness at Work, you'll meet Bulleh “Boo” Bablitch-Norkeh, founder of Girl Power Africa, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering women and children in Liberia, West Africa through education and entrepreneurship.

Bulleh was born in Liberia to a Liberian mother and an American Peace Corps father, who brought her to the United States as a child — giving her, in her words, "the opportunity of a lifetime." She grew up, went to school, married, and built a comfortable life in Wisconsin. But when Liberia's newly elected first female president invited her husband to help rebuild the country after a 14-year civil war, Bulleh found herself making the opposite journey: uprooting her own family and moving back to the country of her birth.

What she found there — women walking miles each day to sell goods worth less than a dollar, children unable to attend school because their families couldn't afford a single cup of rice — changed the course of her life. She began helping women one at a time, giving them bags of charcoal to sell, then covering school fees for their children. That quiet, personal generosity has since grown into Girl Power Africa, which today supports more than 585 children's education and dozens of women-led small businesses across Liberia.

In this conversation, Bulleh shares:

• Her personal story and what it was like to return to Liberia after its civil war
• The founding philosophy behind Girl Power Africa: give a hand up, not a handout
• Why self-sufficiency restores dignity and voice to women in her community
• Real stories of transformation, including women who've gone from street vendors to homeowners and business owners
• How listeners can sponsor a child's education for $110 a year or a woman's small business for a one-time $100 donation

This episode is a reminder that meaningful change doesn't require wealth, influence, or a grand plan — just the willingness to keep passing on the gift of opportunity to others.

🔗 LEARN MORE OR SPONSOR A CHILD OR WOMAN THROUGH GIRL POWER AFRICA.

🎤 THIS EPISODE'S SPONSOR PARTNER: JENNIFER'S VOICE

Jennifer Clark is a multi-award nominated female voice over talent who specializes in TV/radio/digital commercials, web videos, corporate training, eLearning, TV narration and documentaries. She has voiced projects for brands like Apple, Walmart, Pinterest, Walgreens, Advent Health, NASA, PBS, Sam’s Club, Hilton, LEGO, and Starbucks. Jennifer is a trusted and seasoned voice talent, who brings the sound of humankindness® to everything she voices. Need professional voice over for your media projects? Let the sound of humankindness share your story!

HOST AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jennifer Clark

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🎧 PRODUCER: Melanie Scroggins of Scroggins Creative

Scroggins Creative is a content studio run by husband-and-wife duo, Jeremy and Melanie Scroggins, helping founders and teams create thoughtful, high-quality podcasts and videos for heart-led brands.

🎵 Original music written and produced by Brent Johnson.

What happens when the scariest thing you can do also turns out to be the most important? In this episode of Humankindness at Work, Jennifer Clark talks with Jessica Honegger — founder of Noonday Collection and author of the best-selling book Imperfect Courage — for an honest, unfiltered conversation about courage, creativity, and building a business that changes lives on both sides of the transaction.

Jessica's story doesn't start with a business plan. It starts with an adoption in progress, a financial crisis, and a friend's offhand suggestion: sell handmade goods from artisans in Uganda to help cover the costs. Terrified of what people might think, Jessica almost canceled the very first trunk show, hosted in her own living room. But she didn't. That one courageous, imperfect yes became the foundation of Noonday Collection, a people-first lifestyle brand with over $155 million in lifetime revenue and a mission to create dignified work for thousands of artisans in vulnerable communities around the world.

In this conversation, you'll hear:

• How redefining courage changes what's possible
• The critical difference between charity and dignified economic opportunity
• The "sisterhood effect" vs. the “bystander effect” - and what it means to stop waiting for someone else to step up
• The honest reality of being a mother building a global company
• What's next for Noonday, including new travel experiences launching this fall!

About the Guest: Jessica Honegger is the founder of Noonday Collection, an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and the author of Imperfect Courage. Her work has been featured in Inc. Magazine, InStyle, the Today Show, Vogue, Magnolia Journal, and Thrive Global. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and three teenagers.

🔗 Learn more and shop Noonday Collection

🔗 Buy Jessica’s book Imperfect Courage

HOST AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jennifer Clark

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🎤 THIS EPISODE'S SPONSOR PARTNER: JENNIFER'S VOICE

Jennifer Clark is a multi-award nominated female voice over talent who specializes in TV/radio/digital commercials, web videos, corporate training, eLearning, TV narration and documentaries. She has voiced projects for brands like Apple, Walmart, Pinterest, Walgreens, Advent Health, NASA, PBS, Sam’s Club, Hilton, LEGO, and Starbucks. Jennifer is a trusted and seasoned voice talent, who brings the sound of humankindness® to everything she voices. Need professional voice over for your media projects? Let the sound of humankindness share your story!

🎧 PRODUCER: Melanie Scroggins of Scroggins Creative

Scroggins Creative is a content studio run by husband-and-wife duo, Jeremy and Melanie Scroggins, helping founders and teams create thoughtful, high-quality podcasts and videos for heart-led brands.

🎵 Original music written and produced by Brent Johnson.

In this episode of Humankindness at Work, host Jennifer Clark talks with Daniel Yang, Senior Director of Global Mission and Church Movements at World Relief, about the power of curiosity, belonging, and shared humanity in building stronger communities.

Daniel's own story begins with his family's escape from Laos after the Vietnam War. As Hmong refugees, Daniel's family spent over a year in a Thai refugee camp before a small church in East Moline, Illinois sponsored them. Daniel was born just months after they arrived in the US, and was named by the woman who helped his family rebuild their lives.

In this conversation, Daniel shares:

• His family's journey from the Laotian civil war to refugee resettlement in the US
• How a heart attack at age 41 led him to understand generational trauma
• Why curiosity, not fear, is essential to building resilient, diverse communities
• Practical, simple ways anyone can start building relationships with immigrant and refugee neighbors
• What World Relief does and how you can get involved

🔗 CONNECT WITH DANIEL YANG:

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• X (Twitter)
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• Facebook
• X (Twitter)
• LinkedIn
• YouTube

Books authored by Daniel:

• Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders
• Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church

🎤 THIS EPISODE'S SPONSOR PARTNER: JENNIFER'S VOICE

Jennifer Clark is a multi-award nominated female voice over talent who specializes in TV/radio/digital commercials, web videos, corporate training, eLearning, TV narration and documentaries. She has voiced projects for brands like Apple, Walmart, Pinterest, Walgreens, Hilton, and Starbucks. Jennifer is a trusted and seasoned voice talent, who brings the sound of humankindness® to everything she voices.

Check out her work at https://jennifersvoice.com.

🎧 PRODUCER: Melanie Scroggins of Scroggins Creative

🎵 Original music written and produced by Brent Johnson.

Can consistent acts of kindness change us and make a difference in our world?

In this episode of Humankindness at Work, host Jennifer Clark talks with Mason Bennett, Executive Director of One Kind Act a Day, about the surprisingly powerful ripple effects of daily kindness.

Mason shares real stories from the impact of One Kind Act a Day: a school that used "kindness coins" to heal a staff culture where teachers were bullying each other, an award-winning kindness curriculum taught inside correctional facilities, and a survey finding that 75% of program participants said the hardest person to be kind to was themselves.

You'll also hear:

✔️ Why Mason refuses to strictly define kindness

✔️ The "bag of chips" theory on kindness

✔️ What the Pledge of Kindness is, and how you can join for free

Listen and be inspired to make kindness a daily practice. It'll change your world AND you!

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👉 Take the Pledge of Kindness: thepowerofkind.org

🎤 THIS EPISODE'S SPONSOR PARTNER: JENNIFER'S VOICE, LLC

Jennifer Clark is a multi-award nominated female voice over talent who specializes in TV/radio/digital commercials, web videos, corporate training, eLearning, TV narration and documentaries. She has voiced projects for brands like Apple, Walmart, Pinterest, Walgreens, Advent Health, NASA, PBS, Sam’s Club, Hilton, LEGO, and Starbucks. Jennifer is a trusted and seasoned voice talent, who brings the sound of humankindness® to everything she voices. Need professional voice over for your media projects? Let the sound of humankindness share your story!

Check out her work and get in touch at https://jennifersvoice.com.

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🎵 Original music written and produced by Brent Johnson.

How do we make a difference for those in pain?

In this episode of Humankindness at Work, Jennifer has a conversation with her childhood best friend, Dr. Chasity Brimeyer, a pediatric psychologist specializing in chronic pain. Chasity shares a principle she learned from Father Gregory Boyle that shapes how she shows up for others, both professionally and personally: “We all belong to each other, no exceptions.”

This conversation goes beyond her clinical work to explore the universal experience of pain, and how we can ease each other’s burdens.

In this conversation, you’ll hear these takeaways:

→ Pain, whether physical or emotional, is often invisible, which makes it easy to overlook in the people around us.

→ Supporting someone doesn't require expertise. It requires patience, presence, and a willingness to show up even when you don't know what to say.

→ Small, consistent gestures - a message, a lunch invitation, simply noticing someone's absence - can make the difference between someone feeling isolated and feeling seen.

→ Building a culture where everyone feels like they belong starts with individuals deciding no one gets left outside the circle.

You don't have to be a healthcare professional to make a real difference in someone else’s pain.

What’s one thing you’ll do this week?

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🎵 Original music written and produced by Brent Johnson.

Where do you want to be when the world feels heavy? Home. It's a physical and emotional refuge - a place of stability that so many of us take for granted.

In this episode, host Jennifer Clark talks with Gage Yager, CEO and Executive Director of Trinity Habitat for Humanity in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Over the past 30 years, Trinity Habitat has helped more than 800 families become homeowners and ranks in the top 10 of more than 1,200 Habitat for Humanity affiliates nationwide.

Gage shares his unlikely path from commercial real estate broker to nonprofit leader, and unpacks Trinity Habitat's "hand up, not a handout" philosophy: a partnership model where families help build their own homes, complete financial literacy training, and take on mortgages they're equipped to manage. The result? A foreclosure rate of just 2.5% since 1989, and a track record of families who go on to earn college degrees, build careers, and reinvest in their communities.

Along the way, Gage tells the deeply human stories behind the mission. Like a mother who fled domestic violence and rebuilt her life after living in her car, and a man who survived political upheaval and imprisonment abroad and found a fresh start in a Habitat home. These stories are a powerful reminder that stability isn't just about a house. It's about giving people the foundation to write their next chapter.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• How Trinity Habitat's "hand up, not a handout" model works
• The ripple effects of homeownership on families, schools, and neighborhoods
• Real stories of resilience from Trinity Habitat homeowners
• How financial literacy training sets families up for long-term success
• Ways to get involved with your local Habitat for Humanity affiliate

🏠 Learn more or get involved: [https://www.trinityhabitat.org]

Find your local Habitat For Humanity: [https://www.habitat.org/]

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Check out her work at https://jennifersvoice.com.

🎧 PRODUCER: Melanie Scroggins of Scroggins Creative

Scroggins Creative is a content studio run by husband-and-wife duo, Jeremy and Melanie Scroggins, helping founders and teams create thoughtful, high-quality podcasts and videos for heart-led brands.

🎵 Original music written and produced by Brent Johnson.

What does it look like to practice kindness when you're in desperate need of it?

In this solo episode of Humankindness at Work, host Jennifer Clark shares a personal story from the summer of 2003 - a July 4th spent thousands of miles from home in Bamako, Mali.

Recovering from a serious illness and struggling with homesickness, Jennifer made a choice: instead of focusing on herself, she would extend kindness to the people around her. What followed was an unexpected and beautiful exchange - and a lesson she still carries with her.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• How one simple act of kindness shifted Jennifer's perspective during one of her lowest moments
• What her host families in Mali taught her about seeing, celebrating, and caring for others
• A practical challenge to help you make a difference this week right where you are
• Why humankindness benefits both the giver and the receiver

Key Takeaway: Making a difference doesn't have to be complicated. Kindness starts with lifting your eyes off your own problems long enough to see the people around you.

This week's challenge: Find one person and take a genuine interest in them. You don't have to cross an ocean to make someone feel seen.

Humankindness at Work is the podcast where real people share real stories of making a difference in their corner of the world. New episodes drop every other Monday. Subscribe so you never miss one. And if today's episode moved you, please leave a review. It helps more people find the show. Thank you!

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Scroggins Creative is a content studio run by husband-and-wife duo, Jeremy and Melanie Scroggins, helping founders and teams create thoughtful, high-quality podcasts and videos for heart-led brands.

🎵 Original music written and produced by Brent Johnson.

What if your child created and consumed media that shaped their character?

In this episode of Humankindness at Work, you’ll meet Daniel Badi Rinaldi, a professional media producer and the founder and executive director of Shiny Gems, a media education organization helping students in grades four through eight navigate their digital lives with wisdom, creativity, and integrity.

Daniel's grandparents worked on beloved Disney films during the golden age like Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Dumbo. Growing up surrounded by storytelling, Daniel developed a deep love for media from an early age. Alongside that came another influence: his mother, who facilitated a virtues-based character development program in the neighborhoods of Cali, Colombia - teaching children values like kindness, generosity, patience, and humility.

Decades later, Daniel brought both worlds together. After a career spanning PBS Kids, NPR, iHeart Radio, documentary production, journalism, and podcasting, he founded Shiny Gems — a curriculum now reaching classrooms across the United States and Canada.

Shiny Gems uses media itself to teach media literacy and digital citizenship, weaving virtues into every module. Students learn practical skills that help them become active, thoughtful participants in their digital lives rather than passive consumers.

In this conversation, Daniel shares:

• How childhood media experiences shape identity and imagination, and why that matters for the content kids consume today
• What "better content" really means, and why it isn't about producing feel-good fluff
• How virtues like moderation, patience, and generosity apply directly to digital citizenship
• Why even posting a photo or an emoji is a creative act, and an opportunity to reflect your values
• A simple, powerful question every parent and educator can ask to spark media literacy at home
• Daniel's hopeful vision for a society built on trust, purposeful storytelling, and communities that look out for one another

Whether you're a parent trying to guide your child through the noise of screens and social media, an educator looking for character-based curriculum tools, or someone who simply believes that the stories we tell matter - this episode will leave you inspired and equipped to make a difference in your corner of the digital world.

🌟 Shiny Gems is currently in one of its pilot phases, and the pilot modules are available at no charge. Visit ShinyGems.com to learn more and get started.

HOST AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jennifer Clark

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Jennifer Clark is a multi-award nominated female voiceover talent, specializing in TV/radio/digital commercials, web videos, explainer videos, eLearning, documentaries, IVR, and more!

Check out her work at https://jennifersvoice.com.

🎧 PRODUCER: Melanie Scroggins of Scroggins Creative

Scroggins Creative is a content studio run by husband-and-wife duo, Jeremy and Melanie Scroggins, helping founders and teams create thoughtful, high-quality podcasts and videos for heart-led brands.

🎵 Original music written and produced by Brent Johnson.