My guest for The Happy Hour # 224 is Amy Wolff. Amy is a TEDx Speaker Coach and Executive Coach for a consulting company she co-owns with her father in Portland, OR. She accidentally started a global movement in 2017 through simple yard signs. But what currently thrills Amy the most is engaging in difficult conversations with unlikely friends and leading teams to Rwanda to experience the global family of God.
Amy and I start off talking about jealousy and how this show almost didn't even happen. Amy gives us some great tips about speaking, whether that's at Sunday School, at the PTA, or in front of a large crowd. We then talk about grief and the loss of her brother Jeremy. Amy talks about how it has influenced her life, and the peace and wrestling with God she has experienced.
In the second half of the show, Amy tells us how she and her family decided to take action using yard signs when they learned of the suicide rate in their area. What began with driving around asking neighbors if they could place a sign in their yard, has turned into a global movement. We also learn about an unexpected friendship with a witch (yes friends, a witch) that has provided the opportunity to have difficult conversations publicly, but done so in love. And lastly – because we discussed all the things on this show! – we talk about sin, looking at our own sin, and how it influences how we love people.
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Links from the Show
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
What Amy is loving: Mindy Mae's Market DoubleHood, Noonday Collection, Sour Patch Kids new mango flavor
What Amy is reading: Letters to the Church by Francis Chan, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton
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To Amy, You are so correct in being able to have empathy for people b/c of our life experiences. When I was in high school, my parents divorced. The year of my graduation my parents actually remarried and have been together now longer than the first time around. As a married wife/mom, I have been able to be there for others who have had affairs happen in their lives (what happened with my parents). I was also able to be there for one of my small group girls whose mom and dad had divorced when she was younger and then got remarried while she was in high school. We just never know who are story is going to touch and help. Her and her mom were both so grateful for my story to them and to see how I have walked through those times. Thank you for sharing. I have enjoyed this podcast.
I began listening to The Happy Hour 10 months ago. I started with the episodes in Jan 2018 and worked my way forward. I caught up and so today, I came back to this episode to work my way backward. When I heard heard Amy talking about losing her brother, I nearly lost it. Amy said she had prayed that God would put people in her life who have lost a sibling so that she could be His spokesperson to provide empathy.
Friends, my stepbrother was found unconscious on Thursday night, pronounced brain dead on Friday, and at midnight on his 28th birthday – just 12 hours before I listened to this episode – he gave the gift of life by being a organ donor to five people. Thank you, Amy, and please know that God is still honoring that prayer.