You still believe people are worth fighting for — even on hard days. Elevating Good is a podcast for women of faith who are crossing divides without losing the people they love. Hosted by Morenike Ogebe — attorney, HR leader, and lifelong bridge builder — each episode brings you inspiring conversations rooted in faith, courageous compassion, and the conviction that every person carries inherent dignity. Belonging is not a program. It’s practice. And you were built for this. New episodes every other week. More on Substack, Facebook, and Instagram.
Elevating Good
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You still believe people are worth fighting for — even on hard days. Elevating Good is a podcast for women of faith who are crossing divides without losing the people they love. Hosted by Morenike Ogebe — attorney, HR leader, and lifelong bridge builder — each episode brings you inspiring conversations rooted in faith, courageous compassion, and the conviction that every person carries inherent dignity. Belonging is not a program. It’s practice. And you were built for this. New episodes every other week. More on Substack, Facebook, and Instagram.
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July 8, 2026
S5E9: The Whisper That Became Dolores - Adassa Candiani on Faith, Belonging, and Love That Keeps Showing Up
<p>What do you do when the very thing you’ve built your whole life around — your voice, your purpose, your identity — is suddenly taken from you?</p><p>Adassa Candiani knows that question from the inside.</p><p>You may know her as the voice of Dolores Madrigal in Disney’s Encanto, the powerhouse behind the chart-topping “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” But before the Oscar stage, before the Grammy, before the Golden Globe — there was a girl from a Colombian immigrant family carrying three generations of unrealized dreams. A mother of seven who stepped away from the spotlight to be fully present. And then there was COVID, which left Adassa paralyzed from the neck down, unable to speak, unable to sing, unable to care for herself or her family.</p><p>In this episode, Adassa shares the real story — the one that lives inside her debut memoir, Love Keeps Showing Up. We talk about what she found in the stillness of that season, how the voice of Dolores was born from a whisper, and what it means to recognize love when it shows up in the most ordinary and extraordinary ways.</p><p>This is a conversation about divine timing, about belonging to yourself across every intersection of your identity, and about refusing — even in the hardest seasons — to give up on people.</p><p><strong>What You’ll Hear In This Episode</strong></p><ul><li><p>How Adassa’s grandmother gave up her dream of singing to become a nurse, her mother got one song on the radio, and Adassa made a decision: I’m carrying that torch all the way.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>The YouTube video she filmed before getting tacos — and forgot about — that Disney found months later.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>What it felt like to be signed as the second dark-skinned Latina artist to a major bilingual record deal since Celia Cruz.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>The day after her Disney callback when she drove herself to the hospital and was paralyzed within 30 minutes — unable to speak, unable to move.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>The bathtub. The water rising. The moment she let go.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Her husband Gabriel walking in “like Superman” — and the phone call that came while her head was in his lap.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Why she whispered to Gabriel: “You call them if I’m dead” — and then took the part.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>How Dolores’ iconic soft-spoken voice was born directly from Adassa’s weeks of whispered survival.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>The shift from competing to contributing — and why she was finally willing to stand for something.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>What she wants every reader of Love Keeps Showing Up to walk away believing about love, community, and letting go of perfection.</p><p><br></p></li></ul><p><strong>ABOUT ADASSA</strong></p><p>Adassa Candiani is an Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe recipient, platinum-selling recording artist, and the beloved voice of Dolores Madrigal in Disney’s Encanto. Born to Colombian immigrant parents, she began singing at church at age four and went on to collaborate with Pitbull, Flo Rida, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, and many others. After stepping away from her career to raise her seven children, she was rediscovered through a YouTube video her husband filmed on a family vacation — a moment that led to the audition of a lifetime.</p><p> </p><p>Her debut memoir, Love Keeps Showing Up, weaves together her personal testimony with an original album, connecting each chapter of her life to a song.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONNECT WITH ADASSA</strong></p><p><strong>Instagram & TikTok: </strong></p><p>@ADASSAOfficial</p><p><strong>Adassa’s Community for Women: </strong>Visible Now Club<strong> —</strong> a community of women supporting one another through every season of life</p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/visiblenowclub"><u>https://linktr.ee/visiblenowclub</u></a></p><p><strong>Book: Love Keeps Showing Up — </strong>At all major book retailers</p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONNECT WITH ELEVATING GOOD</strong></p><p>Elevating Good is a podcast for women of faith who refuse to give up on people. Hosted by Morenike Ogebe — attorney, bridge builder, and people-centered leader — each episode shines light on the good God is doing in the world.</p><p><strong>Substack (subscribe to bonus content):</strong><a href="https://elevatinggood.substack.com"><strong> </strong><u>https://elevatinggood.substack.com</u></a></p><p><strong>Instagram:</strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/elevatinggood"><strong> </strong><u>https://www.instagram.com/elevatinggood</u></a></p><p><strong>Facebook:</strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/elevatinggood"><strong> </strong><u>https://www.facebook.com/elevatinggood</u></a></p><p><strong>NEW! Elevating Good Everyday Bridge Builders Community: </strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/elevatinggoodbridgebuilders/"><u>http://www.facebook.com/groups/elevatinggoodbridgebuilders/</u></a></p><p>If this episode moved you — share it. Leave a review.</p><p><br></p>
June 26, 2026
S5E8: The Blank Canvas — How Photographer Jimell Greene Lets People Be Who They Are
<p><strong>What if the most powerful thing a photographer could do had nothing to do with the camera? </strong></p><p>Jimell Greene — D.C.-based photographer, cinematographer, and the man behind the Department of Government Waste — joins Elevating Good to talk about seeing people the way they deserve to be seen. </p><p>From disposable cameras at Detroit parties to portraits of displaced federal workers against a weathered American flag, Jimell's career is built on one belief: let people be exactly who they are, and make it look beautiful. This conversation covers his origin story, Gordon Parks, the fear of repercussions in America, AI's threat to the creative industry, and what he'd tell any young Black kid picking up a camera today.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE</strong></p><ul><li>Jimell’s origin story — Detroit, a single mom, disposable cameras, and a slow-building 16-year career</li><li>Calling moment — bringing his camera to his grandmother’s hospital bedside, and what those photos became</li><li>Being a “blank canvas” — the gift of letting people feel no fear of judgment in front of you</li><li>Department of Government Waste — the portrait project documenting displaced federal workers</li><li>Fear of repercussion in America — the most surprising thing Jimell found when the project launched</li><li>Gordon Parks, single images, and how a photograph changed the course of history</li><li>Being a Black photographer in 2026 — honest, layered, and real</li><li>AI’s threat to the creative industry — and what Jimell predicted in a Paris café in 2024</li><li>Smartphones, social media, and what it means to be a professional visual storyteller today</li><li>What he’d tell a young Black kid with a phone and a dream</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>ABOUT JIMELL GREENE</strong></p><p>Jimell Greene is a Washington, D.C.-area photographer and cinematographer with 16 years of experience creating expressive portraiture, cinematic video, and documentary work for editorial features, commercial campaigns, government clients, and non-profits. He is known for rich color, dramatic mood, and an uncanny ability to capture the essence of a person, brand, or moment.</p><p>He is the co-creator of Department of Government Waste — an ongoing portrait project documenting the human faces behind the federal workforce displacement of 2025. Each subject is photographed against a weathered American flag and given the option to appear in silhouette or in full. The project asks not about politics, but about people: How are you doing? How is your family? How do you feel about America right now?</p><p>Jimell served on the board of the American Photographic Artists, D.C. chapter, following his protest photography in 2020. He is based in Baltimore, Maryland, and takes assignments across the United States.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONNECT WITH JIMELL GREENE </strong></p><p><strong>Email: </strong><a href="mailto:hello@jimell.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">hello@jimell.com</a></p><p><strong>Website: </strong><a href="https://jimell.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://jimell.com</a></p><p><strong>Jimell Greene on Instagram:</strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jimellgreene" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong> </strong>https://www.instagram.com/jimellgreene</a></p><p><strong>Jimell Greene on LinkedIN: </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimell" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimell</a></p><p><strong>Jimell Greene on Facebook:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jimellgreenephotography" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/jimellgreenephotography</a></p><p><strong>Department of Government Waste:</strong><a href="https://www.departmentofgovernmentwaste.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong> </strong>https://www.departmentofgovernmentwaste.com</a></p><p><strong>Gordon Parks Foundation:</strong><a href="https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong> </strong>https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org</a></p><p><strong>OpenGovHub (mentioned in episode):</strong><a href="https://www.opengovhub.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong> </strong>https://www.opengovhub.org</a></p><p><strong>American Photographic Artists – D.C.:</strong><a href="https://www.apanational.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong> </strong>https://www.apanational.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONNECT WITH ELEVATING GOOD</strong></p><p>Elevating Good is a podcast for women of faith who refuse to give up on people. Hosted by Morenike Ogebe — attorney, bridge builder, and people-centered leader — each episode shines light on the good God is doing in the world.</p><p><strong>Substack (subscribe to bonus content):</strong><a href="https://elevatinggood.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong> </strong>https://elevatinggood.substack.com</a></p><p><strong>Instagram:</strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/elevatinggood" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong> </strong>https://www.instagram.com/elevatinggood</a></p><p><strong>Facebook:</strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/elevatinggood" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong> </strong>https://www.facebook.com/elevatinggood</a></p><p><strong>NEW! Everyday Bridge Builders Community: </strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/elevatinggoodbridgebuilders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">www.facebook.com/groups/elevatinggoodbridgebuilders/</a></p><p>If this episode moved you, share it. Leave a review. And if you know someone who needs to hear Jimell’s story right now, you know what to do.</p><p><br></p><p></p>
June 10, 2026
S5E7: PTSD Is Treatable: Simone Swartz on Healing, Service Dogs, and Reclaiming Your Life
<p>Content note: This episode includes candid conversation about military sexual trauma, PTSD, substance use, and childhood sexual abuse. Please listen with care and step away if you need to.</p><p><br></p><p>What does healing actually look like — not as a concept, but as a lived, embodied, decades-long journey? In this powerful episode, Morenike sits down with Simone Swartz: U.S. Army veteran, published author, Reiki practitioner, and co-founder of Service Dog Strong. Simone knows the weight of undiagnosed PTSD from the inside. She also knows what it looks like when healing — finally — takes hold.</p><p>After surviving military sexual trauma in the Army and spending nearly a decade managing her pain through self-medication, Simone found her way to recovery through counseling, holistic healing, faith, and an extraordinary bond with her service dog, Gunner. Today she advocates globally, writes, coaches, and speaks the truth she wishes someone had spoken to her sooner: PTSD is treatable.</p><p>This conversation is honest, hopeful, and deeply human. Morenike opens up about her own journey as a survivor, and together these two women model exactly the kind of courageous, bridge-building dialogue that this podcast exists to hold.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode, you'll hear:</strong></p><ul><li><p>How a single incident in the military set off a decades-long domino effect — and what finally broke the cycle</p></li><li><p>Why Simone reframes PTSD as a post-traumatic injury, not a disorder — and why that distinction matters for healing</p></li><li><p>The surprising way Simone discovered her own PTSD (hint: she went to therapy to help someone else)</p></li><li><p>Why healing must be physical, not just mental — and what martial arts, Reiki, bodywork, and exercise have to do with it</p></li><li><p>The science behind why service dogs can reach sexual assault survivors in ways that even therapists sometimes cannot</p></li><li><p>What it means that "shame must switch sides" — and how speaking out becomes the last step of the healing journey</p></li><li><p>Simone's vision of a beloved community: a world where darkness has no place to hide</p><p><br></p></li></ul><p><strong>About Simone Swartz</strong></p><p>Simone Swartz is the author of PTSD and What Helped Me: A Step-by-Step Guide to Start Your PTSD Recovery Journey, a practical guide written from inside lived experience. She has contributed research to Elsevier, one of the world's leading medical publishers, and co-founded Service Dogs Strong — one of the first nonprofits in the country dedicated to providing trained service dogs at no cost to survivors of sexual assault living with PTSD. She is a speaker, coach, mother of three, and a tireless advocate for trauma survivors everywhere.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Simone</strong> </p><p> <a href="http://www.ptsdandwhathelpedme.com/"><u>www.ptsdandwhathelpedme.com</u></a> PTSD and What Helped Me — book and workbook available on her website 💬 Simone is currently accepting a limited number of coaching clients</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578050669759"><u>Facebook</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources mentioned:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Vet Centers (free counseling for veterans and their families) — <a href="https://www.vetcenter.va.gov/"><u>vetcenter.va.gov</u></a></p></li><li><p>Service Dogs Strong — <a href="https://sdsmaine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">servicedogsstrong.org</a></p></li><li><p>Simone's book includes a comprehensive list of FDA-approved and holistic PTSD therapies — Eastern and Western modalities</p></li></ul><p><strong>Additional resources:</strong></p><ul><li><p>National sexual assault hotline: 1(800) 656-4673</p></li><li><p>Veteran’s Crisis Line: 988 </p></li><li><p>Crisis text line: 741741</p></li><li><p>Crisis line for kids and teens: 1 (877) 968-8491</p></li></ul><p><strong>Enjoying Elevating Good Podcast?</strong> Share, follow, and review if you like what you hear so more people can discover EGP!</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/elevatinggoodpod"><u>Facebook</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/elevategoodpod"><u>Instagram</u></a></p><p>Subscribe to additional content on <a href="https://substack.com/@elevatinggoodpod"><u>Substack</u></a></p><p>Shop for EGP merch: <a href="https://elevategoodpod.com"><u>https://elevategoodpod.com</u></a></p><p><br></p>
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