Maintaining Joy In the Time of Crisis (w/ Diahann Billings-Burford)

Sep 29, 2021 · 39m 32s
Maintaining Joy In the Time of Crisis (w/ Diahann Billings-Burford)
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“One of the things just for me personally: The ability to maintain my joy is recognizing that everything is not a crisis.” - Tommi Vincent Welcome to Stay a While...

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“One of the things just for me personally: The ability to maintain my joy is recognizing that everything is not a crisis.” - Tommi Vincent

Welcome to Stay a While with Tommi Vincent! It’s always so hard to remain joyful and optimistic when life gets so difficult and when it seems nothing is going our way. Now more than ever, especially that the pandemic is still ongoing and everything seems hanging in the air, finding ways to stay grounded and joyful is more important than they’ve ever been. And understanding exactly where our joy comes from is paramount.

In this episode, Diahann Billings-Burford shares how she remains rooted and joyous even in the hard times and how looking within is often the best answer to life’s hard questions. Diahann is a nationally recognized change agent. As the Chief Executive Officer of the RISE (Ross Initiative on Sports Equality), the nation’s leading sports organization improving race relations and fighting for social justice, she consistently directs her efforts to engage the sports industry to affect change.


In this episode we cover

[00:01 - 10:47] Getting to Know Diahann
[10:48 - 24:00] Not Everything is a Crisis
[24:01 - 36:35] How to Maintain Joy in Time of Crisis
[36:36 - 39:32] Closing Segment

Key Quotes

“It’s gonna be okay. You’re perfectly fine. We are sitting here all together, all alive, all eating. We’re good.” - Diahann Billings-Burford

“The most important part of this Christian walk is choice.” - Diahann Billings-Burford

“Someone else can’t make the choice for you. You have to make the choice for yourself.” - Diahann Billings-Burford



Connect with Diahann
Website: www.risetowin.org
LinkedIn: @diahann-billings-burford-ab030885
Facebook: diahann.billingsburford



Connect with Me!
Follow us on Instagram @stayawhileshow
You can reach Tommi on Instagram @cheftommiv
Visit https://vincentcountry.com and get connected with us on Vincent Country’s Instagram @vincentcountry

Produced By: Tommi Vincent, Tanner Vincent, and Skai Blue Media
https://www.instagram.com/skaibluemedia

Music By: Stichiz - Big T. Music /Roj&TwinkiE
https://www.instagram.com/stichiz

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