In this Impact Interview on The Maytte Dusseau Show, Maytte sits down with Shashana Kaplan, co-founder and President of PIFster, a micro-donation platform designed to make charitable giving accessible, transparent, and meaningful.

PIFster allows people to give as little as $1 per month, suggest causes they care about, vote on where the collective funds should go, and then see how those donations are actually used. The idea is simple: when enough people give a little, together they can create extraordinary impact.

Shashana shares how the idea began during the COVID pandemic, when she started noticing small nonprofits and neighbors in her own community quietly helping people in need. One experience, helping a senior citizen who couldn't afford both her utility bill and charging her electric wheelchair, showed Shashana what could happen when a community came together around one very specific need.

That experience eventually became PIFster.

In this conversation, we talk about:

- Micro-donations and charitable giving

- How $1 donations can create meaningful impact

- Nonprofit transparency and trust

- Community-based philanthropy

- Supporting small nonprofits

- Giving families and individuals direct support

- How PIFster vets charitable organizations and causes

- Teaching children about generosity and giving back

- Creating a culture of service

- The ripple effect of helping others

- Starting a nonprofit

- Turning an idea into action

- Overcoming setbacks while building a mission-driven organization

- How giving benefits the giver as well as the receiver

Shashana also shares powerful stories of people and organizations PIFster has supported, including helping a child receive needed medical care, providing an adaptive bicycle for a teenager with cerebral palsy, supporting small community nonprofits, and funding very specific needs that may otherwise have gone unnoticed.

One of the most powerful ideas in this episode is that people want to help, but they often do not know how.

PIFster makes giving simple. It lowers the financial barrier to participation and allows donors to see exactly how collective generosity can change lives.

Shashana also talks about the importance of involving children in giving, allowing them to choose causes they care about and showing them that even a small contribution can make them part of the solution.

If you have ever wondered:

Does my small donation really matter?

How can I make a difference in my community?

How do I know where my charitable donations are going?

What can one person realistically do to help?

This conversation is for you.

Learn more about PIFster and how you can become part of the community at PIFster.org.

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In this episode of Dear Maytte on The Maytte Dusseau Show, Maytte explores the tension between gratitude and desire, and why wanting more does not mean you are ungrateful for the life you have created.

For many women, especially after years of building careers, families, and meaningful lives, the definition of success begins to change. What once felt fulfilling may no longer feel like the full expression of who you are becoming. That desire for something more can bring excitement, but it can also bring guilt, self-doubt, and questions like, Who am I to want more? Is it too late? Am I being selfish?

In this conversation, Maytte shares why personal growth and expansion are a natural part of life, how gratitude and desire can exist at the same time, and how to begin exploring what your next chapter might look like.

You’ll hear practical questions and reflections to help you uncover:

What may be calling you forward

Whether your current definition of success still fits

The limiting beliefs that may be keeping you from exploring something new

How to identify what brings you joy, meaning, and excitement

How to reconnect with dreams you may have set aside

How to make a new decision about what is possible for you

How to embody the next version of yourself

How to take one small aligned step toward your next chapter

Maytte also shares her own story of feeling drawn to a metaphysical bookstore years before opening one herself, and how a long-held desire can sometimes reappear when we are finally ready to explore it.

If you have been asking yourself, What’s next for me?, this episode is an invitation to get curious rather than judge the desire.

You can be grateful for everything you have built and still want something more.

Your life is allowed to continue growing and expanding. And you get to decide what the next chapter looks like.

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In this Impact Interview on The Maytte Dusseau Show, Maytte sits down with Christy Vogel, founder of Sounding Joy, to talk about childhood hearing loss, hearing aids for children, resilience, purpose, and the power of turning personal struggle into meaningful impact.

Christy shares how she first discovered her hearing loss at age 11, how she unknowingly taught herself to read lips, and what it was like growing up without the hearing aids she needed. For years, she believed she was less capable or slower than those around her, only to later realize how much she had been missing simply because she could not hear clearly.

At age 27, Christy finally received hearing aids, and the experience changed the way she understood herself and her life. Years later, she began asking a bigger question: What happens to children whose families cannot afford the hearing support they need?

That question ultimately led to the creation of Sounding Joy, a nonprofit helping children access hearing aids and connecting families with audiology providers throughout Florida. Christy explains how the organization was born, why there is still a significant gap for many working families, and why helping children hear can affect confidence, education, connection, and overall well-being.

In this conversation, we talk about:

Childhood hearing loss

Hearing aids for children

The emotional effects of growing up with untreated hearing loss

Lip reading and communication

Confidence, self-worth, and identity

Turning hardship into purpose

Starting a nonprofit

How Sounding Joy helps families

The importance of pediatric audiologists

Gratitude and resilience

Overcoming fear and taking action

Creating impact even when you do not know where to begin

Christy also shares why one of the most important things anyone can do when they feel called to make a difference is simply start asking questions. Her story is a powerful reminder that we do not have to know the whole path before we begin.

And perhaps the message that captures her journey best:

You are unstoppable. You do not have to do it alone. And you can create massive impact.

Learn more about Sounding Joy and the work Christy Vogel is doing to help children hear, grow, and thrive.

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Breaking promises to yourself does not mean you are lazy, incapable, or broken. Often, it means there is an old pattern, belief, or identity that is still operating underneath the surface.

In this episode, I talk about how to begin rebuilding self-trust by creating awareness around your patterns, identifying the meaning you are giving to your lack of follow-through, making a new decision, and taking small aligned actions that support the person you are becoming.

This is how change begins: not through perfection, but through awareness, repetition, and choosing again.

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Devon shares how Raising Relief Foundation grew into a 100% volunteer-driven nonprofit that supports local charities, disaster relief efforts, and urgent community needs across the Tampa Bay area. She opens up about her background in leadership, her work as a domestic violence advocate, the power of unrestricted fundraising, and how strong relationships, volunteers, and quick action can change lives.

This episode also explores entrepreneurship, resilience, leadership, service, and the importance of building community support that responds when people need help most.

If you care about nonprofit work, volunteerism, local charities, fundraising, hurricane recovery, and making a real difference in your community, this conversation is for you.

Topics include:

- Nonprofit leadership and community service

- Hurricane relief and disaster response

- Volunteer-driven fundraising

- Domestic violence advocacy and support

- How Raising Relief Foundation helps local charities

- Leadership, resilience, and immediate impact

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In this episode of Dear Maytte, Maytte explores what it really means to become aligned with your desires. She breaks down the connection between the Law of Attraction, limiting beliefs, subconscious programming, aligned action, and your state of being—and why simply visualizing what you want isn't enough.

Discover how to identify the beliefs creating resistance, release old programming, get clear on what you truly desire, and begin showing up as the version of yourself who already has what you're working toward.

Maytte also shares how her Sacred Alignment Methodology brings together spirituality, behavior psychology, neuroscience, and manifestation to help you consciously create change.

If you've been asking, “Why am I not manifesting what I want?” or “How do I get into alignment?” this episode will help you understand what may actually be standing in your way.

Topics include: manifestation, Law of Attraction, limiting beliefs, subconscious programming, alignment, belief work, conscious creation, aligned action, spirituality, neuroscience, and personal transformation.

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Sharon shares her personal journey through depression, addiction, sobriety, trauma healing, and leadership, and explains why open conversations about mental health are essential in both life and business. She also discusses the role of employee assistance programs, practical workplace support, intentional wellness practices, and how leaders can help people feel seen, heard, and supported.

If you care about workplace mental health, emotional wellness, recovery, leadership, trauma healing, and creating healthier organizations, this conversation is for you.

Topics include:

- Mental health in the workplace

- Recovery, sobriety, and resilience

- Depression, trauma, and healing

- Employee assistance programs and leadership support

- Daily wellness practices and intentional living

- How to create more compassionate workplaces

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In this episode of Dear Maytte on The Maytte Dusseau Show, Maytte explores what may really be holding you back, including fear, limiting beliefs, self-sabotage, fear of failure, fear of success, uncertainty, and subconscious beliefs that can keep you attached to what feels familiar.

You’ll learn why creating something new often requires more than motivation. It requires becoming aware of the beliefs driving your thoughts, emotions, and behavior, helping your nervous system feel safe with change, and beginning to embody a new identity.

Maytte also explores why discomfort does not necessarily mean you are on the wrong path. Sometimes discomfort is simply what happens when you begin stepping beyond what is familiar and becoming the person capable of creating the life you truly want.

In this episode:

What may really be holding you back

Fear of failure and fear of success

Limiting and subconscious beliefs

Why familiar patterns can feel safer than change

Self-sabotage and loss of momentum

Nervous system safety and personal growth

How beliefs influence thoughts, feelings, actions, and results

Identity change and becoming the person you want to be

How to uncover the belief behind a recurring pattern

If you’ve been asking yourself, “Why do I keep holding myself back?”, this episode will help you begin looking beneath the behavior and uncovering what may really be driving it.

Have a question you’d like Maytte to answer in a future Dear Maytte episode? Leave it in the comments.

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Effie shares the story behind Maddie’s Movement, the legacy of her daughter Maddie, and how the organization helps young adults transitioning out of the foster care system by meeting basic needs, building connections, expanding exposure to new opportunities, and creating pathways toward independence and self-sufficiency. She also opens up about leadership, healing, resilience, and what it means to carry grief while leading a mission that makes a real difference.

If you care about foster care, aging out of foster care, nonprofit leadership, mentorship, community support, and stories of impact, this conversation is for you.

Topics include:

Aging out of foster care

How Maddie’s Movement supports young adults

Grief, healing, and purpose-driven leadership

Mentorship, advocacy, and community connection

Exposure to careers, housing, and opportunity

Building a nonprofit that creates lasting change

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Founder & CEO of Madi's Movement

Maytte explores the belief that everything happens for a reason, that we are spiritual beings having a human experience, and that each of us has a unique gift and purpose. She also discusses the Law of Attraction, manifestation, gratitude, abundance, personal responsibility, and the idea that we are always creating our reality, either intentionally or by default.

This episode offers the foundation for future Dear Maytte conversations and explains why self-awareness, nervous system regulation, kindness, nonjudgment, and conscious living are so important when creating a meaningful and fulfilling life.

If you are interested in manifestation, spiritual growth, creating your reality, finding your purpose, and living with greater intention, this episode is for you.

Topics include:

• Law of Attraction and manifestation
• How your beliefs shape your reality
• Spiritual purpose and personal growth
• Gratitude and abundance
• Creating your life intentionally
• The importance of kindness and nonjudgment
• Nervous system regulation and emotional well-being
• Living as your highest and most authentic self

Have a question you would like Maytte to answer in a future Dear Maytte episode? Leave it in the comments.

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Dr. Teresa shares her journey from corporate leadership challenges to creating a nonprofit mission focused on mentorship, entrepreneurship, life skills, and global impact. She opens up about what it means to help girls build self-esteem, create opportunities for themselves, and step into rooms knowing they belong. She also discusses resilience, faith, purpose-driven leadership, and her mission to impact one million girls around the world.

If you care about women’s empowerment, girls empowerment, leadership development, entrepreneurship for young women, mentorship, and confidence building, this conversation is for you.

Topics include:

• Empowering girls of color
• Knowing your worth and building confidence
• Leadership and entrepreneurship for young women
• Mentorship and life skills for teens
• Resilience, faith, and purpose-driven impact
• How Girls of Color Takeover is creating global change

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Welcome to the very first Dear Maytte episode.

Before we explore real-life questions and situations together, I wanted to share the journey that shaped the perspective I bring to this show.

In this deeply personal episode, I open up about childhood trauma, grief, becoming a young widow, limiting beliefs, discovering the Law of Attraction, building a coaching business, opening Nurture Mind Body Spirit, and the mindset shifts that transformed my life.

My hope is that by sharing my story, you'll see that your past does not define your future. Lasting change begins with awareness, personal responsibility, and the willingness to think differently.

In this episode, we explore:

• overcoming childhood trauma

• navigating grief and loss

• limiting beliefs and mindset

• Law of Attraction principles

• personal development

• gratitude and intentional living

• discovering purpose

• creating a meaningful life

Dear Maytte is a series on The Maytte Dusseau Show where I respond to real-life questions through the lens of mindset, spirituality, behavior, neuroscience, and personal responsibility, helping you move from reaction to intention.

If this conversation resonates with you, I'd love to have you subscribe and become part of this community.

For deeper insight, coaching resources, and upcoming events, visit www.mayttedusseau.com

Katie shares why she launched Fostering Hearts, how the organization helps foster youth and aged-out young adults through education, GED support, reading growth, and trauma-informed encouragement, and why self-worth, compassion, and consistency matter so much for children who have experienced instability. She also opens up about nonprofit leadership, fundraising challenges, and the bigger mission to create better outcomes for vulnerable youth.

If you care about foster care, youth development, education support, nonprofit impact, and creating lasting change in your community, this conversation is for you.

Topics include:

- Foster care and adverse childhood experiences

- Education support for foster youth

- GED programs for aged-out youth

- Trauma-informed mentoring and consistency

- Nonprofit leadership and community impact

- Self-worth, resilience, and compassion

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