111. “It’s a Good Day to Change the World” with Lauren Schiller and Hadley Dynak

Overview

What can we learn about Sustainable Ambition from amazing women who are changing the world?

Today I’m talking with Lauren Schiller and Hadley Dynak about their new book, It's a Good Day to Change the World: Inspiration and Advice for a Feminist Future. The book features the inspiring stories of 30 ambitious female change makers from a variety of backgrounds, the tools they use for change, and how they sustain themselves.

The women in the book are taking on the seemingly intractable problems of our world and creating change one step at a time. They play to their strengths, they know they can’t go it alone, and as Lauren says, “They just get stuff done.”

There is so much we can learn from these stories and from the women who brought us the book.

More About Our Guests

Lauren Schiller is an award-winning interviewer and the creator of numerous podcasts and radio shows—including the nationally syndicated “Inflection Point,” one of the first and only to exclusively cover how women rise up, build power, and lead change. 

Hadley Dynak works with nonprofits and social justice causes to express their vision, raise funds for impact, and join up with one another to build momentum. She partners with artists and activists to connect people to issues and drive change. 

Their book, It's a Good Day to Change the World: Inspiration and Advice for a Feminist Future, was released in print in February 2023. The audiobook will be released in August 2023.

Listen to the full episode to hear:

  • How Lauren has been telling stories of women changing the status quo through her career

  • How Hadley and Lauren drew on Lauren’s existing content and broadened its scope for the book

  • How they created a thematic arc and a five-step journey of change through the book

  • Why approaching issues with a sense of optimism and opportunity can sustain us for the long haul of change

  • Why it’s so vital to find partners in making change

  • Why we have to develop the courage to embrace failure

  • The social and cultural challenges to navigating the ebb and flow of career and ambition

  • What Lauren and Hadley have learned from the women in the book about sustaining practices

  • How Lauren and Hadley nurtured their collaborative relationship

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