Ep 57: [Client Case Study] Beyond Bullying: Stepping into the Spotlight and Activating Courage with Andi Kay

EPISODE 57

 
 
 

In today's conversation, we introduce you to Andi Kay, the founder of the Bloom Foundation, an organization dedicated to offering hope and support for victims of bullying. Andi shares her experience in Amplify Social Impact, creating a Social Street Team to amplify her mission, and the importance for leaders to step into the spotlight.

Andi discusses the strategies and resources utilized by Bloom Foundation, such as an interactive curriculum and journal workbook designed for healing and empowerment.

“If you do get the 1 or 2 voices of criticism— don’t stop!”
— Andi Kay

Struggling with self-doubt and a daily battle to maintain confidence? We present a powerful tool – the 'courage sandwich' – to help you address persistent negative thoughts and replace them with uplifting truths. Drawing on insights from Brene Brown, we emphasize the bravery in simply showing up. We also explore the complexities of being an online content creator, with perspectives from Elyse Myers, who navigates the fine line between authenticity and feedback.

If you're a non-profit founder or fundraiser feeling stuck in your thoughts, we offer a simple yet effective remedy to reignite your creativity. Join us on this journey of resilience, transformation, and self-empowerment as we rise above the noise and bloom together. 

About Andi Kay

After experiencing cyberbullying herself in 2009, Andi researched bullying during her studies at the University of California Irvine. For over 10 years, Andi has studied bullying and how it affects both children and teenagers. In 2017, Andi founded Bloom Foundation – a 501c3 organization that provides social-emotional learning programs to girls experiencing bullying. Bloom Foundation teaches emotional intelligence and tools on how to navigate bullying before, during, and after it happens. Andi has spoken to over a thousand young girls and leads trainings and workshops to educate and empower others.

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TRANSCRIPT:

Christina 00:02

Welcome to the Purpose and Profit Club podcast for nonprofit leaders, mission driven creatives and social entrepreneurs. Get ready to stop dreaming and start doing. Here ideas become action. We prioritize purpose and profit. You ready, let's go? Welcome, andy Kay to the Purpose and Profit Club podcast. I'm really excited. You're actually our first like behind the scenes client case study to come to the podcast, so welcome.

Andi 00:30

Nice. Thank you so much. I'm excited too. I was so happy that you reached out. I've been a long time follower and client, so really excited to be here today and be the first.

Christina 00:42

Yes, so you're the founder and executive director of the Bloom Foundation. Let's start there. So tell us about the Bloom Foundation, why you founded it and the type of work you do. Sure.

Andi 00:53

Yes, so why I founded it was going through middle school, which is just in general a tougher time, and we had dial up internet at the time, and so we would have to dial up to the internet. But there was a website called school scandals and you could write whatever you wanted on there and write about other people. So someone wrote Andy as a loser, created a username. It was very confusing to walk through my first incident of cyber bullying, and even at a young age I was looking for resources on. I knew about bullying and I knew a little bit about cyber bullying, but I didn't know what you could do in terms of your mental and emotional health when you encounter it. So I kind of noticed that gap at a young age. And then it happened again in college and same thing online forums, and then Andy talking about Andy, and so that was a very painful and I again still didn't know what I could do to kind of address that, what it did to my identity, my sense of purpose, self, and so that really I started studying it in college and wanting to know more about cyber bullying in general, especially because by that time technology had advanced and I think that in terms of the bullying programs that are available. It's all very focused on anti-bullying or bullying prevention, but I really wanted to fill that gap of like the aftercare and support, recovery and support of going through it.

02:34

So a few years later I got into the nonprofit world. My first job was at Illumination Foundation in Orange County, which is a wonderful organization, knew I love nonprofit and so a few years later, after I graduated, decided to start at Bloom Foundation and love the name. The name came from this quote they tried to bury us, but they didn't know that we were seeds. Just that idea that even if you feel like you've been buried, you might have been planted to Bloom and help others through what you've gone through. And yeah, so that's why I started it. And I started it in Orange County with a wonderful support system, great people who came together who believed in the mission and wanted to also see this come to life, and so super grateful for the wonderful support and community that was there. Yeah, Awesome.

Christina 03:28

So one of the things that you said was and you're so right like there are these anti-bullying resources. So both my children are in elementary school and it's like those are the types of information we parents kind of receive, emails, get home with. You know they have different learning blocks, but I will say I've got a third grader now. That's my oldest. We have already been in situations where it's like this kid said this thing to me what do we do, right? So it's like what are we supposed to do when it's happening? And particularly in the middle school years, who I remember? I got bangs. I shouldn't have got bangs.

04:02

It's a whole thing right and it's like this idea of you're already, your body is changing, you're going through all the social and emotional changes and health and physical changes and all that, and then this is happening and I think parents feel a little or a lot like we. We are not exactly sure what to say or do. And now I think maybe the thing would be like well, therapy, try that. But I think what you've done is normalized it and the one thing that I think we all do, it all want to know, is that this happens, like Brené Brown talks about this, this idea of like we're not alone and therapy doesn't help address that. And I love what you do, because this speaks to that is, you're bringing girls together who are saying, yeah, this is happening, this is happening to me, I'm in Atlanta, this is happening to me, I'm in California, this is happening to me in Austin, and bringing them together. So talk a little more about that.

Andi 04:55

Yes, love that, thank you. And Brené Brown's amazing, definitely the leading voice in this space where vulnerability can lead to connection and a lot of what we've put together. So I've worked with a licensed therapist to put together our journal workbook and a lot of that kind of covers. A little bit about my story, so you initially know you're not alone.

05:20

Someone else has gone through it, and then you go through a little bit of a lesson on growing through what you go through. So that could be identifying those lies that may have been said about you and replacing that with the truth. It could be thinking about the future, what you want to accomplish in the next seven years, what are those coping skills or strategies that you can rely on, and then how can you, in turn, help someone else after growing through it yourself?

Christina 05:49

So, yeah, I love this curriculum so much because, again, I'm thinking about it for my own experience, which now, being a parent, and it's like I can tell my son and daughter all day like that's not true, it's not right, and they're gonna be like okay, mom, whatever. But when you have kind of this curriculum and then you have somebody else who's saying, listen, I've been there too and this is what the other side of it looks like, that's so powerful. That's so powerful. So right now, anyone can participate across the country, right, this?

Andi 06:24

is as a part of the process.

Christina 06:25

It's a virtual component to it. Yeah, Exactly.

Andi 06:27

Yeah, we are doing journaling clubs so you can sign up for that digitally and then come join on zoom and it's. We'll have just like some music and time to journal together and then it's safe space to process and heal.

Christina 06:41

And yeah, it's so good, okay, amazing. So thank you for telling us a bit more about your story. And I didn't know. I knew the middle school part, didn't know the college part and it's really easy for me knowing you going. It's like, how could that be? You're amazing, you're like what? But then it's like, yeah, the internet, the internet, the internet, and as we are learning more about there's like so many positives to the internet and so many negatives to the internet. And just having this toolkit in our pocket, both as a resource for ourselves and for our loved ones, I think is really is really important, because it's like ever changing. But the practice of just what you just walked through, of like, almost like, is it true, what is the truth? And then working people through the other side, I think is so valuable.

Andi 07:31

Right, yeah, you're giving me ideas too as you're talking, which I'm going to write down on the side. But what's your, what's your idea? Tell me. Yeah, I okay. So right now it's in a physical format, so our journal, but you can also join on, but I okay. So you gave me the idea of an app where you can do it, accomplish it on your own that way, or self-paced. Anyways, just an delightful moment.

Christina 07:59

Yeah, and it's like the reason why I love this is journaling for me is one of those things that is like it's like anything, like like any health and wellness habit. I'm so glad after I did it, but journaling for me is not one of those things that I'm like I can't wait to journal today, but I'm so and so I love that you're bringing people together saying let me give you a prompt, let me give you community, let me give you a certain time and date that we're going to share in this. For the people like me. Some people are natural habit journalists and like it's like I'm staring at a journal and so I put it, I try and have it, stack it into my practice, into my workday, but because I'm always happy on the other side, I did it. So I love the like collaborative element of it to be a little sticky, yeah.

Andi 08:42

Exactly, I love that and it's so true. It's that aspect of what was I going to say, the aspect of, oh, going to the gym, you always feel better right after and just taking 30 minutes to just do it together. And then we asked this was in our session just yesterday. In one word, how do you feel after? And the girls at calm, like, grounded, better, and so, yeah, it's just so cool. Like you, yeah, good after. But it does take that little bit of extra and you know everyone's different. Some people love to journal independently, some people like to have it be a social thing where you kind of show up. So it's a fun option, love it.

Christina 09:32

So we're going to dig into visibility. So this past year, I would say that's one of the things that I've noticed, because you're in Amplify Social Impact, you did outreach genius live and one of the things that that makes you so successful is number one. You always show up, you always ask great questions, you're very engaged in this work and I've noticed a difference of you really stepping into visibility, and I remember it was, I think, on LinkedIn, that you tagged me in your courage sandwich post. So let's talk about the courage sandwich, what that is to you and maybe why the concept resonated. Yeah, I love that.

Andi 10:10

Yeah, and one other takeaway I've got from you, which led to the Courage Sandwich too, was that main character energy. Yeah, using someone who is your role model for main character energy. I know Alexis from Schitt's Creek. She's wonderful. Yes, so I did say that.

10:28

But yeah, the Courage Sandwich is when you encounter something that might be, that might require courage, that might be challenging for you, but you set up yourself for pre and post positive self talk and I love that. I've heard of the post, but the pre is really important too and making sure that you're setting yourself up with just you know, at the end of this you know you're going to be okay and like, are you already did these steps? So just really building yourself up is so important. And then you do the scary thing and then having that post ready is so huge. Or maybe I've heard of like having the post after, but I think even in the pre you want to set yourself up with the post. If that makes sense, yeah.

11:19

And then you're hoping the post didn't know where you're writing already, or you even do the thing so that that's ready to go when, after you've done the scary thing, you can reference that and I think that's just so smart because we do so many scary things every single day, when we're putting ourselves out there, when we're building something, when we're working on something that doesn't necessarily have a roadmap. And, in fact, this courage sandwich was just so helpful to have in my toolkit as I would be more visible or do the things that I don't necessarily feel maybe qualified for or just yeah, you know, it's a it's a daily battle of kind of overcoming self doubt when you're in positions like this. So I love the courage sandwich.

Christina 12:12

I love the founders that I work with. It does not matter our tax designation, that you're a nonprofit and I'm a for profit. We go through this. It's like this feeling of like can I even do this? Am I even qualified enough? I don't even know what I'm doing.

12:26

And it's like one of the things that you said with the courage sandwich just now that really is helpful is, I think, as a society we're we're trained to like give ourselves a reward when we do a hard thing. You know, it's like I went to the gym, so now I'm going to go to my favorite smoothie shop. I don't know, but we don't really do that. On the front end, which is what you're talking about, is like what is the pregame that makes going task that funder for more, a higher gift than you've ever asked them before? Or going to pitch somebody, a partnership, and you've never pitched them before? Like what is that way that you want to talk to yourself? That makes it not only like, not awful, but like to where you're talking to yourself kindly you know, and so I think that's.

13:07

That's kind of the through line that I was hoping to get with a lot, of, a lot of people that came to these classes is just how do we do it to where it doesn't feel like a grind, how do we do it where that inner monologue isn't just like critical, which is so much the norm for founders. It's just, it's just how I think like our default could be pretty critical, right, right.

Andi 13:32

And a lot of perfectionism in there too, right, we have very high standards, very high pressure on ourselves. So, yeah, absolutely, I think that is so true. And then you're so right about that reward. It could be, yeah, you're like a latte or you know, I think we can be good at that. But what I like about the courage sandwich is it's addressing that like the emotional aspect, or the mental and emotional aspect of it too, because every time you're doing something scary, it can trigger even thoughts of shame, what am I going to call it shame gremlins and he may have gone that from Brené Brown, but the shame gremlins come once you do that courageous thing. That's right, and you really need kind of those. You need something to address that you know.

Christina 14:28

You know, like hard rails. Yeah, because that's right. Because then what happens is you pitch the funter, you do the courageous thing and then the drive home you're like could have done better than kind of flipped, kind of tripped up here, kind of got wobbly there.

14:42

You know it's like, whatever that thing is, and then it's just like, instead of going, oh yeah, you did that like, oh my gosh, that was the first. Yeah, you know it's like. And it's just that reminder of like. I think if anyone struggling with like the difference of how the chatter would sound is how you talk to your best friend, how we want the chatter to sound like. If you're writing the passenger seat but your best friend went to that funner meeting and did that hard thing, you would not be like you know what. You were really kind of tripped up on your words at. You know this mark and you should have worked. You would be like come on, you're awesome, let's celebrate you. Let's you know.

Andi 15:20

Yeah, I didn't make this correlation before but now I can definitely tie it in.

15:23

But that's what's in our chapter one of the bloom journal is writing down those lies, or writing down those things that you negative things that you may be saying to yourself, and then addressing each one with an empowering truth.

15:37

And exactly like it. If you're stuck leaning on what would you tell your best friend, and then writing that out so you can really focus on that. So that could be an additional tool with the courage sandwich. And so helpful when you write it out because and I think sometimes I'm at the point where I'm like I can do the courage sandwich in my head. You know it's ready to go and it is a habit, but I think writing it down helps really unload it from your mind on to paper, which can be right. And then I was also reminded of Renee Brown's quote of sometimes the bravest thing you can do is just show up and I think that's so true and at the end of the day, if you are, if you can't even think of maybe something positive at the end of the day, and just say, well, you showed up, you showed up to that thunder meeting, you showed up to that presentation and that matters, and that's sometimes the bravest thing you can do.

Christina 16:31

Oh my gosh. Yes, so let's talk about why being visible was important and a priority for you this past year. So maybe if you would share just the why behind that, or some of the things that you've been working on, yeah, I know that's a good question.

Andi 16:48

I think there was a time in 2018 when I was being very visible on Facebook. I was writing a lot of quotes, a lot of things on my mind, and I think it was helpful at that time. I was definitely writing a lot more in the morning, it was part of my routine, and so I wouldn't get these thoughts and I would write them on Facebook. But then I remember someone made a comment to me that was along the lines of, like you're writing too much online, maybe less typing, more like talking in person, which it was a very harmless comment, but looking back, I can see how I just stopped. Like I just got from that just one simple comment. I think that was 2018, then 2020, the pandemic came and I think that just like through all of us off a little bit and I just realized I kept kind of not showing up online as much, and then so yeah, so the reason why visibility is important now is, I think I've taken the time to even think about that, even that comment. I had forgotten about a little bit, but then I remembered I enjoyed showing up on Facebook, or I enjoyed, you know, thinking of things to share out into the world.

18:08

I enjoy building bloom, but sometimes visibility is really hard for me to get over that self promotion. There's definitely limitations there, but I think I realized that I do enjoy it and I do want to share the message of what we're trying to convey and that the more people that can be recipients of it, the more that we can build like a kind of world together, and I do think it's important. I think these messages are super important for not only young women, but just all of us to hear this message. That's right. So that's kind of why it's important and I'm stepping out more. And I also know that the opportunity is so big and that's why I really enjoy ASI and just being a part of your course, because there's so much opportunity out there in the digital world and I think that's why we live in, that it's fun and you know it's a great way to even meet people or just, you know, build connections and share the message out.

Christina 19:20

Yeah, okay, you said so much there and I'm really glad that you shared. This is interesting that you shared. You're like, wait a second. I did actually like writing. I did actually like writing on social media and being visible. I just want to like normalize that the more that you put yourself out there, the more digitally, the more that you're going to have like that one person and then it'll be more.

19:45

That's like I don't like that. You know, I may have told you the story before, but the one person that said Christina, on a feedback form, you're too excited, you're just too excited. I was like that's feedback. I don't know. I don't know that that's feedback there's going to be, like in order to show up and have people who are like your perfect fit, people that are like, yes, I'm all in, that's what I've been waiting for. Where has this been? You're going to have some people who are repelled, right, who are like I don't get it.

20:15

I don't know why Christina is sending so many emails. I don't know what they're. You know they're doing it wrong and reminding ourselves of that. You know, when I get that feedback, that truly isn't constructive. Or sometimes it may actually be constructive, like hey, you send too many emails, but if I've decided that's how many emails my business sends, then that's feedback doesn't. It doesn't align with me, and so I just want to like underscore that for anyone listening, that like part of being visible and turning the volume up on that unfortunately means exactly what you experienced. Exactly what I've experienced is there's constructive and non-constructive feedback. I could think of a handful just right now and putting it through your own filters of like. Is this helpful? Is it true? And do I want to just release it back into the world? Who is it that? God? She's a content creator. Her name's Elise Elise Myers. Maybe she's hilarious.

Andi 21:13

Okay, I would say the name around Elise Myers. Okay, okay, good.

Christina 21:17

So she has this thing where she's like no, I'm going to give that back to you. I remember she went through a huge phase where she was like I'm finally figuring out how to wear my hair curly. She actually has hair very similar to mine. She's been wrestling with it her whole life. Is it wavy, is it curly, is it not? And she was like I'm going all in to make it curly. And guess what? 90% of her followers said I love it, it's amazing. And 10% were really cool. They were like it looks weird. Why are you doing that?

21:42

And she and you know going up, I'm going to go ahead and give that back to you. And especially if it's like has to do with your own, your own, you know your, your own looks and it's just like no, and just kind of a reminder of that is like that's part of the visibility thing. Or even, I've seen it in organizations where if you ask for too many opinions from too many board members and stakeholders and everyone's going to say put the thing this way, do it this color, call it this, there's just going to be too many opinions, right, and sometimes just going oh, is that part of my filter and my process that I actually ask for 10, 10 people's opinions, or do I? Do I give it to my trusted? You know other person, and then we go and then you know yeah, you, you mentioned that too.

Andi 22:27

Yes, absolutely, like, yeah, but I'm like, yes, I love it, I love it all. I think I was, I was so into what you were saying that I like forgot what I was going to do.

22:39

Oh good, but I do agree and I think, yeah, wow, that's good, yeah, we just we, just you know, oh yeah, I was going to say yeah and I definitely want to encourage that if you do get that one, one or two or whatever voices, don't stop. Like I do, don't stop, I do. And yeah, if you encounter that, don't stop, don't. It does not mean stop and I wish I knew that, and it doesn't mean that it might mean something completely different. But take the time to really consider that, ask those questions that you said is it true? Is it helpful? And if not, give it back and keep going, keep going. And you know it doesn't. It doesn't. When you're doing things like this and this was a lesson I had to learn, but it's like you're not in the business of people pleasing and you know it will get very tiring, it will get very hard to if you're just focused on that too. So it's like that.

Christina 23:40

That's right. You cannot, people please and fuel your mission forward Like you, just like the two are like opposing. I don't know.

Andi 23:49

And it's difficult because, like I think, maybe many founders might be enneagram twos I'm an enneagram too which is the helper. It's this personality type, but and they are they can be people pleaser. So it's like knowing that, knowing your personality, but making sure that you're self aware, or intentional too, that you're not you're, you're being able to balance all of it.

Christina 24:12

Yeah, Okay, so we're going to talk about the. I don't know when it was, but I know that you showed up to one of our coaching calls I think it was for amplifiers, there's no impact and you shared your digital toolkit and I was like yeah, I'm so, so excited. So tell us what a digital toolkit is and what you use it for and why other organizations should have one too.

Andi 24:35

Love it. Yes, so that definitely came out from teachings, your teachings and being very inspired to create my digital toolkit and street team. This is something I could send to my street team, which those are people who want to share our mission online. So we did a mental health awareness month campaign for the month of May and put together our toolkit. We shared caption ideas or options and had a graphics and this was just on our website. It was a it's like kind of a different landing page for this toolkit and it was great because we could send it out and they can pull from it and it was a pretty easy ask. But, yeah, it was very simple.

25:21

I love the section. Well, christina shares it better in her course. It's the whole section on digital outreach and I just followed your steps and it's not it's not hard to put together, but I do think every organization should have something like that. So it's super easy to pull from and, again, it's not hard. And then you have something when someone does raise their hand and sit and they really want to be passionate and share about your cause. So, yeah, that's right.

Christina 25:54

So instead of saying to that you know, supporter, volunteer, donor, like hey, could you share our fundraiser? And they're like, yeah, sure, and then they kind of never do. This is a online digital resource that literally is like ABC it's so easy, it's scalable. So if there's 500 or five of those people, it's something that they all can pull from. And yeah, you did a great job and it was like the other part of me just loved it because it was like visually branded beautifully, it was all into your voice and your aesthetic and the entire Bloom Foundation vibe, so it was great, yes, okay. So another question for you If you were talking to another nonprofit founder or maybe somebody in development or fundraising who feels stuck in a plateau, kind of advice would you give them? And it could be a revenue plateau, it could be just like a. I just feel maybe the this time of year I hear a lot of overwhelm. I hear a lot of that kind of that energy that scramble. What might you say to them?

Andi 27:00

Yeah, I would say go on a walk without your phone. Ooh, good one. Okay, why? Because I. That was just really a big change for me. And I would say go to a coffee shop and get a latte, come back, but make it a long walk, don't take your phone and I don't know what it is, but I do think you'll get a ton of new ideas. You'll get a different perspective, the overwhelm. You just need to walk away for a little bit. You need to give yourself distance from all the screens, from all the things, and just go out into nature and the latte will help. There's something in that too. Get an iced latte this is like literally a recipe and then walk back and maybe take a notebook. But I really just think that through getting away from all of that, you'll get your mind. Our minds are always working on our business, they're always thinking about it, and just giving that time, dedicated time, to do that, I think, is super important, and with that, I think the motor exercise of walking allows your break to even more kind of get away and think and solve problems. So I highly recommend that.

28:25

I did that, I think, at the beginning of summer, and I had the idea on the way back, after I got my little latte, to do a summer series email campaign, and it all came together on my walk. I wanted to share a challenge that can be a very simple, social, emotional learning challenge. We'll share the benefits of it and we'll do an email blast, social media. And then I came home, wrote it all out and implemented it with my amazing team of interns and it was great. So I just highly and the first challenge, of course, was going to walk without your phone. I just think it's like very, very helpful, and it might sound oversimplified, you know, but it's extremely helpful.

Christina 29:11

I think I couldn't agree more. I'm like a thousand percent with you. And it also wait, it's flying out of my brain. It's going to come back. Oh, got it. It reminded me of anyone who's like, but I am overwhelmed and I do have so, so much to do. I do not have time to go to a coffee shop. I do not have time to go for a walk. What is mind-bendingly true is that when you do the thing that is like away from the work, you get the idea, but not only that. You said it just a few seconds ago. You came back and you plan the whole thing. You work faster, better, more efficiently, more optimized it is. It's why we need to go on vacation. But I think if you can't go on a vacation, you go for an hour walk, you go away.

29:57

I had an experience recently with a designer I work with and we were updating some assets for our client and she had sent me a draft and she said here's the draft. I'm going to be out of town next week, Totally offline. It's like okay, cool. So I'm looking at it and I didn't get her edits. The Monday she comes back. She sent me a new email. She's like hey, I took a look at this. No, no, no, no, I redid them. Here it is.

30:21

What happened over vacation was her brain took a vacation and she like 10Xed her designs, not because she was thinking about the client, not because she was at the beach, she was swimming. But she came back and she looked at it and she was like I don't think this does it justice, I don't think this is the lift we want, and I know her. She worked very fast and busted out something that was like 10X better and it was like this this is the walk, this is the thing, this is time away, and then it's just the value of it is again and again, and again. Yeah.

Andi 30:54

Yeah.

Christina 30:54

I totally agree. Oh, so good. I'm glad you came up with that yeah.

Andi 30:58

And I know, yeah, I agree, it's like if you can go on a vacation, but if you can't, you can do a walk. You can 20, 30 minutes. You should be taking lunch breaks too, so just you know. But yes, I love that and I know you went on. You've gone on some retreats too, and that can just be. So life giving, which can be a great extended time, I think just time away from your phone, too, is huge as well.

Christina 31:23

Yeah, I agree and I think it's. It's really easy to forget that simple thing and it's really easy to be like married to it. But, yeah, leaving the house and just going out without your phone is magic for sure. Yes, okay, okay. Let's see Anything else you'd like people to know before we wrap up, and also, how can people get involved and learn more.

Andi 31:49

Yeah, anything else I think. Yeah, I really like that we kind of double clicked on don't stop, keep going, making sure you're really intentional about, even before you kind of begin, knowing that maybe criticism might come or self doubt, just kind of being aware of that and then setting up those guardrails. I think would be just so helpful and knowing you're not alone in any of it, whether that's bullying, whether that's going through a really tough time with your business or things like that, you're not alone. There's definitely community and support around you. And just, yeah, setting up those guardrails as best you can, just because it's part of life and growing. But you'll be okay, but definitely keep going. I think when you have that mission or that kind of dream on your heart, it's really important to just follow that there as much as you can and want to.

Christina 32:47

Oh, I love that. And how can people get involved? So if they have a loved one, a friend, a family friend who they know is maybe experiencing bullying, and what would be the next best stuff?

Andi 32:58

Yes, definitely go up is our website, hello bloomorg, and we have our journals there that you can get. I just think that's a great gift to or just something to have and we've heard just it help a lot of people process. So definitely the journal, but reach out on our website. We'd love to have you be part of the community and join our journal club and different offerings that we have going on. But, yeah, website, and then we're also on Instagram at bloom foundation.

Christina 33:29

Amazing. Alright, last question for all of our guests what is one thought that you like to think on purpose, so very similar to the courage thing much. What is a thought that, as a go to, you like to kind of keep top of mind that keeps you going?

Andi 33:42

Yeah, so they tried to bury us, but they didn't know that we are seeds is where the name bloom foundation came from. I do love that. I love going back to that, knowing that whatever might be trying to bury you, you can still rise above, you can grow and you can help others. You always have that option. So I love to kind of go back to that and think about that on purpose.

Christina 34:06

Oh, I love that. Thank you so much for today. Thank you for for sharing your story and we went a little deep today and I really appreciate that. I think that that you know it's interesting, I think, as as teens and pre teens and younger, we experienced bullying in different ways and then it kind of shows up in different ways and normally call it bullying as much as adults, right. So it's a really important reminder to like be kind to yourself, get resources, you know, get the support, and so thank you for that.

Andi 34:36

Of course. Thank you for having me. It was great being a guest and part of the first of your series.

Christina 34:42

Yeah All right, thanks again. Thank you. I'm going to go ahead and take this to the next level. I want to invite you to go to purpose and profit dot club to watch my free class in there. And one thing, that's keeping your nonprofit or social impact business stock and what to do instead. Go to purpose and profit dot club.

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