About the AuthorPatricia Talbot( CEO and Co-Founder )Patti cultivates homegrown changemakers prepared to step into their power and work with others to create the world they want to live in.  Get in touch to find out how you can grow the social changemaker in yourself and those you serve with Blue Roads Changemaker YOU.  Changemaker Annie Dickinson is proof that our roots do not dictate where we plant ourselves. Annie has found a way to embrace diversity and tap into the power of community and self-care to enrich her life and to help other women to do the same.   In this epi ..read more

About the AuthorPatricia Talbot( CEO and Co-Founder )Patti cultivates homegrown changemakers prepared to step into their power and work with others to create the world they want to live in.  Get in touch to find out how you can grow the social changemaker in yourself and those you serve with Blue Roads Changemaker YOU.  Each week, I feature a new changemaker who has created ripples of positive change into the world…But how does that change start? What do you need to create change?This week, Changemaker Catherine Schrenker tells her story about how she took her gifts and created posit ..read more

About the Author Patricia Talbot( CEO and Co-Founder ) Patti cultivates homegrown changemakers prepared to step into their power and work with others to create the world they want to live in.  Get in touch to find out how you can grow the social changemaker in yourself and those you serve with Blue Roads Changemaker YOU.  Tatiana Tsoir is someone I wish I had the chance to meet in my early in my entrepreneurial journey. Entrepreneurship comes with road bumps and challenges, but having someone with business smarts walk down that path beside you will help you avoid some commo ..read more

About the Author Patricia Talbot( CEO and Co-Founder ) Patti cultivates homegrown changemakers prepared to step into their power and work with others to create the world they want to live in.  Get in touch to find out how you can grow the social changemaker in yourself and those you serve with Blue Roads Changemaker YOU.  You don't find many people like Dr. Martha Ann Stallings. She is the kind of changemaker who chooses to spend much of her time in “retirement” for the benefit of others working tirelessly to make sure no voice goes unheard.  In this episode of “On Y ..read more

About the Author Patricia Talbot( CEO and Co-Founder ) Patti cultivates homegrown changemakers prepared to step into their power and work with others to create the world they want to live in.  Get in touch to find out how you can grow the social changemaker in yourself and those you serve with Blue Roads Changemaker YOU.  In her role as Senior Director of Major Gifts in Intercollegiate Athletics at Virginia Tech, Terry Bolt has learned how to thrive and create meaningful change in what is usually a male-dominated industry. Along with her “Homegrown Solutions for a Patchwork ..read more

About the Author Patricia Talbot( CEO and Co-Founder ) Patti cultivates homegrown changemakers prepared to step into their power and work with others to create the world they want to live in.  Get in touch to find out how you can grow the social changemaker in yourself and those you serve with Blue Roads Changemaker YOU.  Patti Shales Lefkos is one inspiring changemaker! At an age where many are retiring to take it easy, Patti is hitting the roads and the trails on great adventures to learn all she can, help all she can, and inspire us all to take the reins and live big liv ..read more

About the Author Patricia Talbot( CEO and Co-Founder ) Patti cultivates homegrown changemakers prepared to step into their power and work with others to create the world they want to live in.  Get in touch to find out how you can grow the social changemaker in yourself and those you serve with Blue Roads Changemaker YOU.  Healing communities can seem like a daunting task, but that is the core mission of Changemaker Sara Dechter. As a certified urban community planner, Sara has a birds eye view of the Flagstaff, Arizona community she serves.  From this vantage point, sh ..read more

In this episode of “On Your Own Terms,” we meet Changemaker Anne Campbell. Anne shares her “Homegrown Solutions for a Patchwork World” including her efforts to work with others to build a comprehensive hospice facility in her home community of Blacksburg, Virginia.   Watch the video of our conversation, listen to the podcast, and read the summary here! Homegrown Anne  Born and raised in Blacksburg Virginia in the United States, Anne Campbell took a huge step leaving the family nest for 10 years to pursue her education and career as a nurse.  She envisioned herself wor ..read more

About the Author Patricia Talbot( CEO and Co-Founder ) Patti cultivates homegrown changemakers prepared to step into their power and work with others to create the world they want to live in.  Get in touch to find out how you can grow the social changemaker in yourself and those you serve with Blue Roads Changemaker YOU.  Changemaker Sandy Joy Weston is a refreshing reminder of how to choose the joy in life.  Sandy and I had such a wonderful conversation that helped me come back to my own positive nature.  We often hear so many negative reports from many corners o ..read more

About the Author Patricia Talbot( CEO and Co-Founder ) Patti cultivates homegrown changemakers prepared to step into their power and work with others to create the world they want to live in.  Get in touch to find out how you can grow the social changemaker in yourself and those you serve with Blue Roads Changemaker YOU.  If I were to summarize my conversation with Changemaker Stacy Fritz, I would say, “passion driven by love.” Stacy’s passion for a healthier community has led her on a journey to help people live life on their terms. After her kids started school, she start ..read more