Season 4, Episode 2: Refuel Your Hope Tank
August 29, 2025
Season 4, Episode 2: Refuel your hope tank
In this episode of The Imperfect Advocate, Karen Auld explores the wisdom of Jane Goodall and how her words embody the four tenets of being an Imperfect Advocate: recognizing interconnection, fumbling forward, leading with love, and making the hard work fun. Drawing on quotes from The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times, Karen reflects on how compassion leads to action, why “oops” moments are part of progress, and how small daily choices create real impact. She also shares Goodall’s powerful approach of storytelling over shaming, and how empathy transformed scientific practices.
Along the way, Karen speaks with a young environmental science student who feels discouraged about the future, offering a reminder that hope is both fuel and action—and that even in trying times, people and organizations are still pushing forward.
This episode is a call to refuel your own “hope tank,” celebrate imperfect steps, and remember that joy, connection, and love are at the heart of meaningful advocacy.
Call to Action:
Who would you describe as an Imperfect Advocate? What leader comes to mind when you think of “leading with love?” Karen wants to hear from you—head over to her socials and join the conversation.
Links:
Click here to find Karen’s Socials
Book Featured: The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
Documentary: Jane, 2017
About Karen auld
Karen Auld is an environmentalist and mind-set coach for mission-driven entrepreneurs and activists. Karen brings pragmatic thinking to her self-help teaching and environmentalism keeping heavy topics light and digestible. She is also the co-author of Color Love and Kindness, a coloring book based on a buddhist tradition known as metta.
When she is not giving talks or coaching, you can find Karen enjoying nature with her husband or watching her favorite shows, RuPaul’s Drag Race and Stranger Things, with a cat on her lap.
