Authenticity & Courage with Chanda Smith Baker

10/20/20 • 63 min

In Season 4, we are listening: we begin with a conversation with Chanda Smith Baker.
Chanda Smith Baker has over 20 years of experience working in, for, and with underestimated communities. In 2017, Chanda joined The Minneapolis Foundation as the Senior Vice President of Impact where she oversees the Foundation’s grantmaking programs, provides strategic direction to community initiatives and partnerships, and is the event and podcast host of Conversations with Chanda.

Chanda’s civic leadership has been recognized with several awards and commendations, including Minnesota Business Magazines’ Real Power 50 (2018); Minneapolis St Paul Business Journal Women in Business Honoree (2017); Hubert H. Humphrey Leadership Award (2014); and Minnesota Vikings Hometown Hero honoree (2011). Chanda has served on numerous nonprofit and philanthropic boards throughout her career. Today she serves as a Trustee at the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, board member of Regional Chamber of Commerce, CommonBond Community Inc, and Public Allies.

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The Power of Process with Adam Arnold

Casey and Tim talk to Adam Arnold, exploring a host of topics - from Adam's transition from theater to mental health, the impact of trust in teams, trauma, and what the artistic community can teach leaders. Listen in for a wide-ranging conversation and stick around for Casey and Tim to process after the conversation.
Today's guest, Adam Arnold, is a licensed psychotherapist, and co-director of Enliven Psychotherapy. He works with individuals and families through a trauma lens. He is particularly passionate about working collaboratively to increase a feeling of safety in the body.

Adam has worked in schools, summer camps, after school programs, arts organizations, athletic settings, day treatment centers, correctional facilities, and residential treatment centers. For over ten years Adam combined his passions for healing and the arts, serving as Founder and Artistic Director of blank slate theatre, a personal growth-oriented theatre for youth in Saint Paul, Minnesota. While there, he collaborated with culturally and ability diverse youth to produce over two dozen theatre pieces focusing on themes of mental health and social change, including the award-winning Disordered [thy name is teenager], and Bottom, a play on child sex trafficking. Adam also was proud to serve as chair of the "Safe Schools, Safe Students Conference," which sought to address mental health issues in schools, innovate family involvement with schools, soothe peer aggression (bullying), and eliminate school shootings.

Adam continues his special interest in collaborating with culturally and ability diverse persons, frequently treating mental and chemical health concerns within transracially adoptive families, persons with developmental disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community. He is trained in, and commonly utilizes, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.

When not at Enliven, Adam practices yoga, watches scary movies, and listens to nerdy podcasts.

You can read his writings on cults, spiritual abuse, and coercive control on his blog, Leaky Buckets.

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