This episode is a replay--in light of upcoming No Kings Rallies on Saturday 3/28, I wanted to bring back a conversation I had with my friend and fellow Indivisible member Ishaan Srivastava. While the dates and details I mention in the intro and outro are correct and current, the ones within the episode are from last fall. Everything else is still very much relevant!

We are here because when I found myself feeling hopeless a few weeks ago, I got involved with my local Indivisible chapter and it gave me a sense of purpose and community in a world that often feels irreparably fucked. I met Ishaan there and immediately knew we needed to come together to spread the word about No Kings and building a peaceful resistance.

Ishaan Srivastava is a GenZ progressive activist, and has been very active in Illinois politics. He has also been the host of The Ishaan S. Show, his political news podcast, since 2021. Ishaan is an advocate for GenZ involvement in politics, and informing people about ways to get involved!

On this episode we talk about:

• How Ishaan got into the work he's doing as a GenZ political activist.
• Why I came out of podcasting hiatus to talk to him about it.
• How so many people (especially GenZ!) got pulled to the right in the last election cycle and what we on the left need to do differently.
• All the different ways to participate in peaceful resistance when things feel hopeless.
• What to do if you want to protest but are concerned about your safety.
• Why we continue to gather to push back against the current administration and how you can build community of your own (or join ours!)
• What No Kings is and why you should come to one of our events on October 18th.

• So many other good things!

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**Please know that this conversation represents the views of myself and Ishaan and may or may not reflect the diverse views of Indivisible as an organization or its members.

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Today's episode is brought to you by antifa wine moms. LOL. But seriously, today's guest and I met this year thanks to Instragram, but quickly realized that we were both doing a lot of similar work in our local community. When I heard about the work she's done to advocate for better policy around things like mental health, addiction recovery, and even mammogram coverage, I knew I needed to have her on the podcast!

Chelsea Laliberté Barnes is a mom, social worker, psychotherapist, advocate, organizer, and change-maker at the forefront of the movement for compassion, justice, and equity for people and families impacted by substance use, overdose, and mental health. After losing her brother to an accidental polysubstance overdose in 2008, Chelsea channeled her grief into action — co-founding Live4Lali, a suburban Chicago-based organization delivering peer support, harm reduction outreach, advocacy, and education to thousands of people each year. In long-term recovery herself, Chelsea brings both lived experience and professional expertise to every space she enters. She is also the co-founder of the Lake County Opioid Initiative, the Illinois Harm Reduction & Recovery Coalition, and, most recently, Liberal Moms of the Northwest Suburbs, a grassroots community of progressive moms organizing for mutual support and advocacy. Chelsea holds a BA in Integrated Marketing Communications from Roosevelt University and a Master of Science in Social Administration (MSSA) with a Child & Family Mental Health specialization from Case Western Reserve University. She served as a Policy Fellow with the Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy, shaping evidence-based approaches to drug policy at the state level. A certified Overdose Education & Naloxone Distribution (OEND) trainer since 2013 and SMART Recovery Facilitator since 2016, she remains deeply committed to meeting people where they are — and helping systems do the same. When she is not caring for her 7-year-old and infant sons, reading, writing, or eating as much pasta as possible, Chelsea supports individuals and communities through her psychotherapy practice and provides nonprofit consulting and lobbying services through CLB Strategies. Follow her journey on Instagram at @mentalhealth.chels.

On this episode we talk about:

• What led her to start a nonprofit and get involved with advocacy at such a young age.
• How "getting political" might actually help us solve some of our biggest health problems.
• Small ways we can advocate for ourselves, our neighbors, and a better world overall.
• Why we feel imposter syndrome as women and what to do about it.
• Why so many people (moms especially) had many of the same concerns as us around health and landed on MAHA as a solution instead.
• How to build a village.
• So many other good things!

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Today's episode almost didn't happen. Then I remembered that much like a workout, a 15 minute podcast episode still counts and is better than nothing. And also sometimes I have good ideas that don't get shared often enough. So here we are!

On this episode we talk about:

• How I almost didn't record it, but then I remembered my own advice.
• Why "no excuses" is lazy coaching, IMO.
• Why I actually want to hear my client's excuses.
• Turning phrases like "excuses only satisfy those who give them" into something that can be helpful for YOU.
• The fact that some excuses are actually bullshit and how to tell if that's what yours are.
• How shame thrives in the dark and how putting things out there in the open take a lot of pressure off.
• The difference between a legit excuse and a barrier (that can be moved).
• What your excuses can tell you about what you about what you actually value and what's not working for you right now.
• So many other good things!

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