Bloom Foundation with Andi Long [IEP 143]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If talking kindly to plants helps them to grow,  just imagine what it would do for us humans!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today we’re chatting with Andi Long, Founder and CEO of Bloom Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to empower and encourage girls experiencing bullying.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in to this encouraging conversation around learning how to be kind to others as well as ourselves, and changing the narrative from being bullied to becoming a leader.</span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andi shares her traumatic personal experience with cyberbullying as a young girl.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Brushing the matter off compounds the pain of the experience, but validating words helps to heal.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bloom Foundation teaches empathy and other social-emotional intelligence.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andi discusses the reason she founded Bloom Foundation and the programs offered to middle school and high school girls.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Words are powerful, and there can be a disconnect in written words.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Words build up or tear down, and Bloom Foundation teaches how to choose validating words, for others and also for ourselves.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andi speaks to how COVID has impacted the programs.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Email</span> <a href= "mailto:info@hellobloom.org" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">info@hellobloom.org</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">for information on how Bloom Found