Several years ago, Kristin Andrus and her husband sold a portion of their extremely successful business, Traeger Grills. But instead of feeling relieved or celebratory, she immediately felt a heavy weight of responsibility and a strong spiritual prompting to choose the path less traveled, give back, and get out of her “bubble.”
In this week’s episode, Kristin joins me to talk about the ways she and her family, including their six children, are thinking outside the box to serve and volunteer in their community, as well as change public policy through her work with The Policy Project.
Kristin, who has a large following on social media, is down to earth and quick to acknowledge that “philanthropy is not about money,” but rather about a willingness to share our unique talents, gifts, energy, and resources as we are able, just as Christ taught. She offers relevant and needed advice to women on creating a healthier relationship with social media (create > consume), and reminds women to prioritize investing in and developing themselves in order to reach our full potential as daughters of Heavenly Parents.
“When I go out in our daily efforts I ask, ‘where would Christ be?’ He would be outside of my bubble. ...He is absolutely my first and foremost example of how to spend my time, where to spend my time, and who to spend my time with.”
- Kristin Andrus
Challenge: Think about what talents and skills you have been blessed with and have been developing already. Consider how you already do or could to engage as advocate for individual, group or family, something you haven’t done before, even just a few sentences in your journal.
Resources:
@KristinAndrus on Instagram
Episode 31: The Potential Impacts of Social Media
Episode 32: A Few More Social Media Thoughts
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