Practicing Connection

About Practicing Connection

Improve your resilience and readiness in a rapidly changing world. Jessica Beckendorf and Erin Carlson Rivera host this exploration of personal and collective practices that empower us to work together to help each other, our families, and our communities improve our resilience and readiness.

Publisher

OneOp

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Dec 2020

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

176 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Get on the Balcony and Find Your Leverage

   Send us Fan Mail It's easy to talk about 'the system' like it's something happening to us. But what if you're already standing inside it - and holding one of the levers? We often talk about "the system" as something distant - a force acting on us rather than something we're part of. In this episode, Erin and Jessica offer a practice for stepping onto the balcony to see your place inside a system you're frustrated with or curious about, whether that's at work, in your community, or even in you...

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Inviting on Purpose: Empowering Others to Participate

   Send us Fan Mail Whether you're planning a single meeting or inviting people into a long-term community change effort, the invitation is where it succeeds or fails. Here are five principles to get it right. Invitations aren't just logistics - they're where a gathering succeeds or falls apart before it even starts. In this episode, Jessica and Erin dig into why a well-crafted invitation saves time, keeps efforts on track, and empowers people to actually participate, whether you're inviti...

3. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Collective Action & Working Together At Scale: Lessons from Early Matters

   Send us Fan Mail What does collective impact work actually look like? In this interview episode, we hear from a statewide “backbone” organization and a local coalition working in tandem to make changes on early childhood education and child care access. We dig into how it works on the ground, what it takes to sustain it over time, and what other communities might learn from it. Today’s guests are Eric Hale from Early Matters Texas and Tessa Harlin from Early Matters San Antonio.&n...

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

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Quality

86

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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