Join the Quest For You tribe & receive thoughtful updates every other Monday.

Sign up for my Quest Letter today!

Quest Stories: A Mother’s Story – QFY 592

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

ITunes
ANDROID

Episode Summary

A life-altering tragedy can be a stopping point for many of us. But not for Marilyn Washington Harris. Her love for her son has guided her through extremely challenging times, and at the same time gave her to fuel to turn her pain into action. Today she helps other mothers who have experienced loss through her organization named after her son and thereby inspires others to not stop with pain, but to move forward with love.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

From the Podcast | Quest Stories Categories

Show Notes for 

Quest Stories: A Mother’s Story – QFY 592

Looking for a quote from my show notes?

Episode 592 – A mothers story

  • Welcome
  • Today I am honored to bring you very special Quest Story
  • Just when I think the stories I bring you cannot get more powerful, more moving, more life changing, the next one is just that
  • More
  • My conversation with Marilyn Washington Harris was not easy
    • It probably wasn’t easy for Marylin to share it ,
    • And it was hard for me because I didn’t know what to ask
      • Didn’t even want to ask
    • I just wanted to listen
    • And you will find yourself doing the same
    • I didn’t want interrupt
    • Because this is a special story that really doesn’t need any questions
    • Its Marilyn’s story
      • A story of a mother who loves her son
    • I thought long and hard about this one sentence
    • Because in the following conversation you will hear about the tragic loss of her son
    • But I didn’t want to call it a story of loss
    • Because that’s not what it is
    • It’s a story of love
      • The love of a mother who does everything in her power even after everyone else would give up
      • The love of friends that are standing by her side no matter what
      • The love for God and the trust that he knows what we need
      • And a love for everyone else who goes through something similar
    • Marylin has taught me that its not just about me
    • She has shown me, no matter how difficult an obstacle I may face, it doesn’t end with pain
    • Instead, pain is the fuel to move us forward, onward and out into something more
    • Its inside that pain that we may see the next step
    • And its is often by helping others that we find a way to live with our pain
    • My friends
    • I invite you to listen today
    • To a mothers story of love
    • And I invite you to then take a look at your life and check yourself where you have stopped because of pain
    • And maybe you go right back there, where you stopped
    • And you find a way to start again
    • A way to move forward, together with your pain
    • And with love
    • I am linking to Marilyn’s foundation named after her son
      • The Khadafy Washington Project which provides critical response to families and friends of homicide victims in my show notes
    • Marylin is in the process of launching a podcast with the same title – a mothers story
    • As soon as I have more detail on that – I will share it with you
    • In the meantime
    • Please join me in this moving and inspiring conversation with Marylin Washington Harris
    • And don’t forget to share this episode with a friend who may need to hear it

Much love

http://www.youthalive.org/khadafy-washington-project/#kwp

https://oaklandish.com/blogs/news/reborn-marilyn-harris-and-the-khadafy-washington-foundation

 

 

GET IN TOUCH

0 Comments

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Recent Quest Stories

Quest Stories: A Food Story – QFY 590

Quest Stories: A Food Story – QFY 590

Meet Sarah Germany – a chef, educator and writer who provides hands-on nutrition, health and wellness education to low income communities of color. In this impactful conversation Sarah dives deep into food – her passion and her struggle with food, and how she turned food into a success story as well as a mission to help others heal with food. She is currently seeking representation her first full-length work, Stories from the Kitchen: There’s Healing at the Table, Ya’ll. And this conversation offers insight into the powerful stories Sarah has to share on her journey of redefining food for us. 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Quest Stories: You have wings – QFY 586

Quest Stories: You have wings – QFY 586

Join me in this wonderful conversation with my friend and the Director of Business Development at the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute, Mehmet Sevinç. He teaches us how to use personal stories to humanize our workplaces and our lives. When we share more of ourselves, we have the ability to build deeper and more meaningful connections with the people in our life. 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Quest Stories: Together we can – QFY 584

Quest Stories: Together we can – QFY 584

Join my conversation with Cathy DeForest who started a powerful organization called VisionQuilt that aims to reduce gun violence in our communities through art and dialogue. Cathy took action on a dream and combined her knowledge and experience from teaching and art to bring together people and partners to create positive change. The time is ripe for all of us to think on a bigger scale and contribute with our strengths and resources to make this world a better place. Allow yourself to be inspired by Cathy and her mission. 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Quest Stories: Love over fear – QFY 581

Quest Stories: Love over fear – QFY 581

Join me in this wonderful conversation with Amana Harris, the Executive Director of the Attitudinal Healing Connection in Oakland. In a time when more people feel lost and disoriented, Amana offers another way: Love. We have love already within us and we can choose it every day.
Learn more about her impactful work at the AHC and allow yourself to shine your light onto this world with your gifts.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Quest Stories: Conflict is an opportunity – QFY 571

Quest Stories: Conflict is an opportunity – QFY 571

Join me for a deep and mindful conversation with Charlie Rebich, creator of Beyond Polarization, a project that aims to help us communicate better despite opposing viewpoints. In this interview you will learn that conflict does’t have to polarize us. Instead we can learn how to dance with it and thereby improve our relationships. Charlie shares simple mindfulness tools such as breathing and journaling that can help us stay centered when things heat up around us.
We talk about hope, how to remain positive in challenging times, and how to move forward.
I enjoyed this conversation immensely and I hope you will as well. 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

More Quest Stories

All Recent Podcast Episodes

Zooming In – Quest For You 600

Zooming In – Quest For You 600

Celebrating 600 episodes coincides with the end of an epic year and I want to take to opportunity to invite you to reflect together with me. I want to help you see that this year may have not been the most productive, as you have witnesses with the irregularity of my last 100 episodes, but that doesn’t mean it was a waste. Lets zoom in on it and find meaning.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Quest Stories: You have wings – QFY 586

The moments bigger than us – Quest For You 598

The moments that are bigger than us tend to lead us into many directions – hiding, frantically searching for answers, or we feel overwhelmed. I have found that such moments, of which we have many this year, are meant to lead us back to ourselves. They require reflection and contemplation as it is often in that quiet time with ourselves that we get to the insights we need to move forward. 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

More EPISODES

Start every day with intention and direction

Does it seem challenging to find an inner connection with ourselves? Our world can be noisy, overwhelming and distracting.

Yet, the direction for our life comes from within us.

The Quest For You Podcast is my mission to help you discover who you are. I will help you challenge yourself through daily guidance, motivation and inspiration. I want to help you find your direction.

Itunes
Stitcher

Seasons

Episodes

Downloads

I publish episodes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Subscribe now so you don’t miss them

Please join me to Listen & Subscribe.

Choose this step and empower yourself to become the person you desire to be!

Images courtesy Sam Reeves – flickr

Pin It on Pinterest

Shares
Share This