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Elevating Good | For Women of Faith Who Won't Give Up on People
by Morenike Ogebe
You still believe people are worth fighting for — even on hard days.Elevating Good is a podcast for women of faith who are crossing divides without losing the people they love.Hosted by Morenike Ogebe — attorney, HR leader, and lifelong bridge builder — each episode brings you inspiring conversations rooted in faith, courageous compassion, and the conviction that every person carries inherent dignity.Belonging is not a program. It’s practice. And you were built for this.New episodes every other week. More on Substack, Facebook, and Instagram.
Episodes
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S5E14: The Family Scratch: Lisa Y. Jones on Healing Money Wounds
Lisa Y. Jones didn't set out to become a wealth strategist — she set out to survive a decade of financially flying blind as a top Mary Kay sales director, then to dig her way out of $300,000 in debt with her husband, Keith. Today she's a faith-rooted wealth strategist and #1 best-selling author…
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S5E13: Person of Peace: Tania Brown's Blueprint for Quitting on Data, Not Hope
Tania P. Brown, CFP® and founder of The Confident Quitter's Collective™, joins the host for a conversation that's as much a testimony as it is a financial masterclass. Tania shares how a childhood memory of her mother's financial despair, an Army-issued credit card, and a "performance review from...
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S5E12: A Mature Woman Talks About Living Single with Grace and Purpose with Rotimi Iyun
By popular request — and because it's one of the top 5 most-played episodes in our catalog — we're bringing back this conversation with author and speaker Rotimi Iyun, now for the first time on video and available everywhere, including Substack and YouTube. Rotimi is the author of Wait Is Not a...
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S5E11: Positioned for Blessing: Shell Peterson's Season of Shedding
Our guest Shell Peterson is a single mom and entrepreneur who built her career from scratch — from a decade in optometry to founding A Courageous Beauty (a top DC blog), and Shell Social and Strategies, now leading marketing for The District Cup. In this episode, she opens up about her “shedding...
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S5E11: Positioned for Blessing: Shell Peterson’s Season of Shedding
Our guest Shell Peterson is a single mom and entrepreneur who built her career from scratch — from a decade in optometry to founding A Courageous Beauty (a top DC blog), and Shell Social and Strategies, now leading marketing for The District Cup. In this episode, she opens up about her “shedding...
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S5E10: Fit for the Kingdom with Pastor (Dr.) Manita Fadel A Sister-to-Sister Conversation on Diet, Discipline & Belonging
In this milestone 50th episode of Elevating Good, the host sits down with her sister, Pastor (Dr.) Manita Fadel — First Lady of RCCG The Americas I and a former pediatrician turned full-time minister. She oversees Children and Youth Ministries, leads Women in Ministry, and founded The Pastors'...
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S5E10: Fit for the Kingdom with Pastor (Dr.) Manita Fadel - A Sister-to-Sister Conversation on Diet, Discipline & Belonging
In this milestone 50th episode of Elevating Good, the host sits down with her sister, Pastor (Dr.) Manita Fadel — First Lady of RCCG The Americas I and a former pediatrician turned full-time minister. She oversees Children and Youth Ministries, leads Women in Ministry, and founded The Pastors'...
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S5E9: The Whisper That Became Dolores - Adassa Candiani on Faith, Belonging, and Love That Keeps Showing Up
What do you do when the very thing you’ve built your whole life around — your voice, your purpose, your identity — is suddenly taken from you? Adassa Candiani knows that question from the inside. You may know her as the voice of Dolores Madrigal in Disney’s Encanto, the powerhouse behind the...
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S5E8: The Blank Canvas — How Photographer Jimell Greene Lets People Be Who They Are
What if the most powerful thing a photographer could do had nothing to do with the camera? Jimell Greene — D.C.-based photographer, cinematographer, and the man behind the Department of Government Waste — joins Elevating Good to talk about seeing people the way they deserve to be seen. From...
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S5E7: PTSD Is Treatable: Simone Swartz on Healing, Service Dogs, and Reclaiming Your Life
Content note: This episode includes candid conversation about military sexual trauma, PTSD, substance use, and childhood sexual abuse. Please listen with care and step away if you need to. What does healing actually look like — not as a concept, but as a lived, embodied, decades-long journey? In...
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S5E6: Mulberries in the Rain - Growing Plants, Cultivating Belonging with Ryan Blosser
What if the way we grow food could teach us how to build community — and even bridge our deepest divides? In this rich, wide-ranging conversation, Morenike sits down with Ryan Blosser, farmer, educator, mental health professional, and co-founder of Shenandoah Permaculture Institute, to explore…
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S5E5: When Survival Mode Becomes Home — and How To Find Your Way Back with Cendrine Hosoda
In this episode of Elevating Good, Morenike sits down with Cendrine Hosoda, a trauma-informed life consultant, speaker, and founder of Pursuing Wholesome Health. Cendrine has a gift for meeting people right where they are — especially those who have carried invisible wounds for so long that...
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S5E4: One Man Processes Grief with Jason Tuttle
Some conversations don't expire — they wait for the moment the world is ready to receive them. We're bringing back this powerful episode with Jason Tuttle because the moment is now. In a time when headlines are surfacing painful truths about men's mental health, grief, the silent weight so many…
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S5E3: It Cost Me Nothing: Portrait of a Servant Leader with Vicky Crawford
Host Morenike Ogebe sits down with Vicky Crawford, a recently retired federal employee with 44 years of public service, during Women's History Month. Vicky shares the story of her journey from a North Carolina farm — the youngest of seven children — to helping build landmark EEO and disability...
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S5E2: One Table at a Time: Bridge Building, Belonging & Courageous Compassion with Andrea Putting
Andrea Putting is a speaker, award-winning author, and the host of Chocolate and Coffee Break: A Compassionate Proposition — a broadcast where strangers sit down together,share their stories and leave seeing each other differently. Her work centers on three convictions: belonging as practice,...
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S5E1: Still We Rise: Faith, Work, and the Future of Black Women
In this season's launch solo episode, Elevating Good Podcast host Morenike Ogebe dedicates Black History Month to Black women navigating job loss, career uncertainty, and economic transition in the U.S. With honesty, faith, and deep compassion, she reflects on the shifting labor landscape, honors...
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S4E4: Rooted Wisdom: Reclaiming Food, Culture & Community Through Foraging with Candise Jordan
In this third and final installation of From the Ground Up: Building Bridges Through the Land, Candise Jordan, AKA “Silk the Farmer,” a health and fitness coach, urban farmer, and owner of Farm, Forage, Feast, discusses her journey into foraging and permaculture and shares her enthusiasm for...
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S4E3: Grace Across Cultures: African-Western Marriages Through God’s Lens - with Femi Awodele
In this episode, pastor, author, speaker, and Executive Director of Christian Couples Fellowship International, Femi Awodele discusses cultural differences in intercultural marriages, particularly between African and Western traditions. He shares his journey from Nigeria to the U.S, his...
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S4E2: From the Ground Up: Building Bridges Through the Land with Travis Holzem
Meet Travis Holzem, a Marine Veteran of Desert Storm and owner of Food Forest Design Minnesota, who is revolutionizing local food sustainability in his community through the use of permaculture. Also featuring Dawn Taft, an Environmental Programs Manager, and City Arborist of Hyattsville…
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S4E1: From the Ground Up: Building Bridges Through the Land with Lincoln Smith
What if it were in our power to reduce food insecurity, food deserts, and improve the health and well-being of our communities? In this episode, the first in the miniseries From the Ground Up: Building Bridges Through the Land, we interview Lincoln Smith, Founder and Director of Forested, LLC…
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S3E8: Do Good Anyway, Be Kind Anyway - A Mini Pod
In this mini pod, the host encourages listeners to embrace kindness and goodness in the face of adversity, sharing personal stories of vulnerability, hospitality, and the transformative power of doing good ANYWAY, even when the world is divided and doing good may be considered to be subversive.
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S3E7: The Rag Doll and the Redeemer: Bambi Lynn's Story of Restoration
Bambi Lynn Makowski, life coach, published author, blogger, storyteller, influencer, mother, grandmother, believer in Christ, and award-winning author of The Journey of Josephine: The Doll That Mended A Broken Heart, shares about her journey to healing from the trauma of domestic violence and...
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S3E6: Peace Needs You: Bridging the Divide from the Middle East to Your Community with Becca Tyvoll
Becca Tyvoll of Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign returns to discuss new developments in Israeli-Palestinian relations, religious freedom and racial equity, Western Christianity and views on the Middle East and its people, and resources to partner in your community to work towards peace. Listen to...
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S3E5: The Mature Woman's Guide to Living Single with Grace and Purpose - with Rotimi Iyun
Rotimi Iyun, author of “Wait is Not a Four-Letter Word: The Mature Woman’s Guide to Living Single with Grace and Purpose,” discusses being a single Christian woman today, whether never married, divorced, widowed, or separated; she highlights key aspects of her book and her personal journey. More...
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S3E4: Navigating Change with Tamika Mason - Building for Mission
Tamika Mason, CEO of Building For Mission joins us again to talk about change and how to navigate change. We last heard from her last year in Season 1 Episode 4. You don’t want to miss hearing her again as she offers practical hope for times of turbulent change in our work, lives, nation, and...
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S3E3: One Man Processes Grief with Jason Tuttle
Jason Tuttle shares his journey as a stay-at-home dad for 12 years, including the loss of his son Zachary and his experiences as a father to a child with a rare medical condition. He also discussed his grief process, his creation of a Facebook page and a coloring book as a way to cope with his...
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S3E2: Building Bridges Through Beauty with Funlayo Alabi, Cofounder & CEO Shea Radiance
Funlayo Alabi, CEO of the ethically sourced global beauty brand Shea Radiance talks about her bridge-building life, business, and the future of the brand. Find Shea Radiance products at: Whole Foods and Wegmans: https://shearadiance.com/pages/store-locator Thrive:...
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S3E1: Reflections from the Book Selah with Precious Sancho
Precious Sancho, a humanitarian technical advisor in conflict-affected and food insecure countries joins EGP to share excerpts of her new bookSelahwhich takes us on her journey to healing and offers much-needed focus and reflection for challenging times. Connect with Precious Sancho:...
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S2E14: The Power of One Life - Jessie Pearl Ross (A Mini Pod)
EGP’s host shares stories from the life of her maternal grandmother Jessie Pearl Ross to show the power of one life to do good. Content Warning: Please note that this episode contains discussions about a crime that some listeners might find triggering and/or disturbing. Share, follow, and review...
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S2E13: Elevating Hope (A Mini Pod)
EGP’s host shares some thoughts on hope and what’s coming in the new year. Share, follow, and review on all platforms plus checkout EGP’s new shop! EGP Shop: https://elevategoodpod.printify.me Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/uWbFg1okjoNep1bL/?mibextid=LQQJ4d Instagram:...
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S2E12: Tears & Torture with Father Stephen Ojapah
A Catholic priest shares stories about his interfaith, interethnic, and intercultural work serving the poor in Nigeria and beyond. Hear his shocking narrative about being kidnapped and terrorized over a period of 33 days. What you learn will inspire, inform and even shock you! More from Father...
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S2E11: Eat Well, Live Well, and Be Well with Dianna Carr
Dianna Carr is a health coach, personal trainer, and founder of Be Well Health Coaching. After 13 years of working in data privacy, Dianna decided to pursue her passion for nutrition and focus her career on health coaching. Dianna holds a M.S. in Nutrition Education from American University, is a...
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S2E10: Igniting Joy with JR Rennie - Brush Fires Ministry
JR Rennie of Brush Fires Ministry shares why he credits God for helping him to find joy and his true purpose in life and how you can too. Email: [email protected] Phone: 888-287-1686 Website: https://www.brushfires-digital.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-j-rennie/ Instagram:...
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S2E9: American Boy Then & Now - Part 2
This is part two in a multipart narrative. ICYMI listen to Part One in S2E7. Dr. Folahan Soremekun, A 90-year old retired history professor and first-generation professional who immigrated to the United States in 1956 from Nigeria recounts in rich detail, what it was like coming to America for…
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S2E8: A Teacher Speaks Out on Gun Violence in Schools - With Katie Mitchell
Katie Mitchell, a 17-year veteran teacher of the public schools, was full of grief when she wrote a moving piece about gun violence in schools. She had just experienced another incident in a school close to her and she was inconsolable. The post on Substack went viral. Hearing very few teacher’s...
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S2E7: American Boy Then & Now - Part 1
Dr. Folahan Soremekun, a 90-year old retired history professor and first generation professional who immigrated to the United States in 1956 from Nigeria recounts in rich detail, his origin story, life before he left his native country, the forces that drove him to leave, from the lens of his...
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S2E6: Serving Well - Medical Missions with Karla Sherubawon
Karla Sherubawon, mother, Certified Registered Nurse Anaesthetist (CRNA), and founder of Serve Well talks about her life as a medical missionary bringing healing and resources to the poor and underserved around the world. Website: https://www.servewellglobalhealth.org Videos:...
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S2E5: The Carolyn Murphy Story - From Pain to Purpose
Content Warning: Please note that this episode contains discussions about childhood and post-childhood trauma that some listeners might find triggering and/or disturbing. Carolyn Murphy, Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS), knows about childhood and post-childhood trauma, she’s a survivor....
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S2E4: Allergy-Friendly Baking with TaMeisha Norris - Out of the Bubble Bakery
Having food allergies can be isolating; it can make it hard to gather with friends and loved ones, particularly where food is present. TaMeisha Norris serves her community with worry-free allergy-friendly baked goods at Out of The Bubble Bakery (OOTB), connecting to people with food allergies by...
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S2E3: Is There a Generation Gap?
A group representing different ages and generations (Traditionalists or Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Zillennials (between Millennial and Generation Z), Generation Z, and Generation Zalpha (between Generations Z and Alpha)) discuss if there really is a generation gap and their...
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S2E2: Building Bridges Between Heaven & Earth with Barbara Hollace
Join Barbara Hollace, writer, editor, author, speaker and me as we discuss the spiritual discipline of prayer. What is it? Why do Christians pray? What happens when people pray? Hear stories about one woman’s prayer life and the impact prayer has had on her life and others in proximity to her....
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S2E1: Building Bridges to the Life You Love with Karen Walther
This episode is about building bridges to the life you love with Karen Walther, Certified Life Coach and CEO of Krushin Goals with Karen. How do you know when you know it's time to find a coach? What tools you can use to connect with success in both your personal and professional life? Find out...
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Episode 14: Summer Reading List & Season Finale
In this final episode of Season 1, I share my reading list for the summer (and beyond). Please join the Elevating Good Podcast for Season 2 starting Wednesday, August 28. Thank you for listening! What do you think about Elevating Good Podcast? Share, follow, and review on all my platforms if you...
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Episode 13: Do You Remember George Floyd? (A Mini Pod)
Remembering George Floyd who was killed four years ago on May 25, 2020 by police brutality. What do you think about Elevating Good Podcast? Share, follow, and review on all my platforms if you like what you hear so more people can discover me! Facebook Instagram Subscribe to…
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Episode 12: Healing Political Divides (A Mini Pod)
This week I host a mini podcast about political division. I share some thoughts and experiences, why I think we have political divides and some resources for you to use as you begin your journey to heal them. Resources You Can Use: Braver Angels The Braver Angels Podcast A Braver Way…
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Episode 11: Nothing To Do with the Waffle
Ruth Barron, a Licensed Professional Counselor talks about mental health, healing and hope, and how she's bridging the gap between faith and mental health. You can reach Ruth on Psychology Today Check out her resources here: When Mama Gets the Grouchy Ouchies by Ruth Barron, LPC...
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Episode 10: Human Rights Stories
A conversation with Emmanuel Ogebe, International Human Rights lawyer, activist, and Special Counsel, Justice for Jos who mostly works on issues related to Christians in Nigeria who are victims of persecution. Describing real life events that often defy quick or easy solutions, this episode will...
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Episode 9: Building Relationships that Work with Alex Tremble
This week I talk with Alex Tremble, award-winning speaker, author and leadership expert who teaches ambitious leaders how to strategically build relationships to solve complex challenges and reach their personal and professional goals. Alex has over a decade of experience coaching and advising…
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Episode 8: K-Pop Globalization - Part 2
I continue the conversation about K-Pop with Professor Kim and the K-Pop fans. If you missed Part 1, go back and listen to Episode 7. You can reach Professor Dae Young Kim at [email protected]. Here is a link to his team's preliminary findings from the online survey:...
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Episode 7: K-Pop Globalization - Part 1
Explore the spread of K-Pop as we hear from some K-Pop fans and a professor who is studying the phenomenon and how it’s bridging cultural divides but not without some challenges. You can reach professor Dae Young Kim at [email protected]. Talk to me and let me know what you think about Elevating Good...
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You still believe people are worth fighting for — even on hard days.Elevating Good is a podcast for women of faith who are crossing divides without losing the people they love.Hosted by Morenike Ogebe — attorney, HR leader, and lifelong bridge builder — each episode brings you inspiring conversations rooted in faith, courageous compassion, and the conviction that every person carries inherent dignity.Belonging is not a program. It’s practice. And you were built for this.New episodes every other week. More on Substack, Facebook, and Instagram.
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