Doing More Good
The Kindness Boomerang
Kindness rarely ends where we place it. One thoughtful act can travel through people and communities before returning in ways we never expected.
Jodi Pickens
Fueled by coffee, powered by sci-fi, and on a mission to do more good in this beautifully chaotic world. Podcaster, storyteller, and unapologetic nerd, boldly going wherever kindness and curiosity lead.
Fandom & Culture
The Guidance I Found in the Galaxy
Across planets, starships, and generations, Star Trek gave me lessons about leadership, compassion, courage, and the person I wanted to become.
Doing More Good
Where Giving Begins Today
Giving does not begin with unlimited money, time, or influence. It begins with noticing what is needed and choosing one thing we can do today.
Doing More Good
Stop Waiting for Joy
Joy does not always arrive after everything is fixed. Sometimes we have to notice and claim it while life remains unfinished and complicated.
Doing More Good
What Is Your Happy Place?
A happy place can be a destination, a memory, a familiar ritual, or the person who makes your shoulders relax when they enter the room.
Doing More Good
Something’s Brewing (And That’s a Good Thing)
A familiar cup of coffee becomes an invitation to consider how ordinary choices can support neighbors, strengthen communities, and help address food insecurity.
Life & Becoming
Why Ask why?
“Why?” can sound inconvenient, but it is often the question that exposes assumptions, opens conversations, and helps us imagine another way forward.
Doing More Good
We’ve Got 40 Million Reasons to Do More Good
More than 40 million Americans face food insecurity. Behind that number are neighbors, families, and reasons to turn concern into meaningful action.
Life & Becoming
Where The Sidewalk Begins
A sidewalk can mark the edge of one person’s property, but it can also become the place where neighborhoods, conversations, and community begin.
Life & Becoming
I Keep My Fake Boobs in a Drawer. Breast Cancer Will Do That to You.
Breast cancer changed my body, my choices, and what I keep in a drawer. This is an honest story about survival, identity, and living beyond the expected narrative.
Doing More Good
Be the Proof
When the world offers endless evidence for cynicism, we can choose to become living proof that kindness, courage, and decency still exist.
Fandom & Culture
Review: Strange New Worlds "New Life and New Civilizations"
“New Life and New Civilizations” brings Strange New Worlds back to exploration, identity, and the consequences of encountering life we do not yet understand.