Why We're Going to Be Okay: Desiree Adaway on Hope, Change, and Getting Better at Conflict

Desiree Adaway joins the pod to help us through hard conversations in politics, body liberation, and beyond.

She shares her insights on nourishment, the (white) male gaze, workplace equity, community, and why conflict is actually required in personal and societal transformation.

* Desiree’s upbringing and why it lacked diet culture

* Breakfast as an act of reconnection with self

* Why she doesn’t give a s**t about the male gaze

* What Toni Morrison taught her about bodies

* The role of imagination in liberation

* Why change can’t happen without rest

* How we can set boundaries through conflict

* What accountability really means

* Centering love in difficult conversations

* Understanding what we want out of conflict

* How disagreement leads to right relationships

* The interconnectedness of personal experiences and systemic issues

* Why conflict is a necessary catalyst for change

* Desiree’s call for more community care

* Finding hope in the midst of hopelessness

Desiree Adaway is a seasoned nonprofit consultant and facilitator building resilient, equitable, and inclusive organizations. She holds a vision for people’s lives, workplaces and communities until they can hold it for themselves. She is the founder and principal of the Adaway Group, one of the nation’s preeminent DEI consultant-facilitators with over 25 years of experience creating, leading, and managing international multicultural teams in 40 countries through major organizational change.

As Senior Director of Mobilization for Habitat for Humanity, she was responsible for the overall strategy and DEI plan for 1600 U.S. affiliates and over one million volunteers worldwide.

Known as an open facilitator, Desiree educates with straightforward, thought-provoking content that allows participants to confront their own biases and seek new paths forward. She is not afraid of addressing anything that gets in the way of the work.

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