Inspiring Living with Mark Candelaria - Living Your Mission with Darcy Olsen of Generation Justice

Living Your Mission with Darcy Olsen of Generation Justice

03/16/20 • 50 min

Today we speak with one of the strongest, most caring people we know, Founder of Generation Justice, Darcy Olsen. In 2011, Darcy found herself with a foster baby in her arms and a mission: to put an end to the bureaucratic failures, violence, and deaths she’d seen children suffer in our nation’s broken child protection system. Today, Darcy has adopted all four of her children from foster care, has testified before Congress, written for The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and has published a book "The Right to Try" along with countless appearances on public affair shows.
The story she shares in this episode about her life’s journey and work is heartbreaking and heartwarming . . . but please give it a listen to better understand what is happening all around us in this city and cities all over America. We must use our strengths to help others, especially those who cannot help themselves.
Through bipartisan reforms, Generation Justice has improved the safety of more than 35,000 kids across the country. Coupled with those reforms, their Children’s Law Clinic provides free counsel for children and creates precedent that serves all child victims.
By making a donation to Generation Justice, you receive a dollar-for-dollar credit off of your Arizona taxes, which means you get a credit on your state taxes for the full amount of your donation. Or, get involved!
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Mastering your Fear with Master of the Southwest Isabel Dellinger Candelaria

Fear grips all of us in some form and if we haven't developed skills to help us cope with our fears, they will hold us back from our full potential. Today’s podcast features Interior Designer and my wife, Isabel Dellinger Candelaria, who was just awarded Master of the Southwest by Phoenix Home and Garden Magazine. She will share what it was like to get the news that she was being given this award, but then the fact she would have to give an acceptance speech and face her phobia of public speaking.

Again, we all experience fear to some degree including now as we collectively fear the effects of the coronavirus, the markets, the economy, frankly there is always something to fear but how we deal with it makes the difference in how we enjoy our lives.

Listen to how Isabel faced her fear of speaking and gave her speech and accepted her award in front of a packed house. We hope this inspires you to go after your fears and push through to the other side and all the amazing things waiting there to take your life to the next level.
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Facing Challenges by Staying Relentless with Jim Steg

This episode features a highly motivated man, my friend and local home builder, Jim Steg. His journey began building homes with his father in the Midwest before they moved to AZ in 1979. Jim's early adult years were spent working for a nationally-recognized corporate company where he was responsible for managing over 250 employees, becoming proficient in cost planning, organizational, motivational and accountability skills. He mastered the art of setting goals; creating the action plan to achieve those goals, and executing the action plan, which brought him great success in the organization and all in all aspects of Jim’s life as we will hear in this episode.
Today, Jim owns and operates his a full-service custom home company, StegCustomHomes and is the brains and founder of 11 Summits: Attitude with Advocacy. He shares his story of turning his life around, completely transforming his physical and mental states and becoming an advocate for positive change. A few of his athletic accomplishments include:
4 time Ironman Triathlete
65 time Olympic Triathlete
Kokoro-52 hour Navy Seal Crucible finisher 20X Navy Seal Crucible finisher
9 year Bull Rider
6 time Ultra Marathon finisher
150 mile Ride for MS finisher
Licensed Skydiver
Philanthropist-Coach-Motivational Speaker-Thrill Seeker Fitness, Nutrition & Fasting Fanatic
11 Summits Founder....(53.4 miles, 17k ft, 42 hours completed back to back no sleep)
For photos and more on this episode and our other podcast episodes, visit Candelaria Design Associate's Podcast page: https://www.candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast
Link to the Mike Dillard podcast mentioned in this episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mike-dillard-podcast/id982006298?i=1000468895703