Happy Valentine’s Day from the team at Uplifting Impact! Justin and Deanna are changing things up a little in this episode, and instead of bringing on a guest, they are sitting down to talk about love. They give a little insight into their relationship and how they make it work, discuss the intersection of love and DEI, and share the role love plays in the workplace. Justin shares a few book recommendations on the topic of love, Deanna brings up DEI from a motivation of love over fear, and they detail strategies for implementing love with team members and employees in order to continue to humanize those around us and to keep working towards a common goal.

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Topics In This Episode

• Challenging the idea that love is something that happens to us

• Ways in which social institutions de-humanize people

• Looking at love as a way to re-humanize people

• The small moments within any relationship that provides for love and connection

• Mutual self-actualization within any relationship

• What closeness between team members allows for in the workplace.

Resources

• All About Love, by Bell Hooks: https://www.amazon.com/All-About-Love-New-Visions/dp/0060959479

• Deanna Singh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannasingh

• Justin Ponder: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-ponder-1200b72b

Other Conversations We’ve Enjoyed

• Intent Versus Impact
• DEI is not an option, it's a must