I’m so excited to share this powerful conversation with you.
In the newest episode of Purple Inspiration, I sat down with Audrey Coleman, Director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Audrey has spent years stewarding Senator Bob Dole’s legacy of principled, bipartisan leadership — and she’s doing it with heart, humility, and real optimism.
We talk about:
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How to actually listen in a world that rewards hot takes
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Building relationships across differences (the Dole way)
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Why showing up in the same room still changes everything
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Staying authentic and “blooming where you’re planted”
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Practical ways to bring constructive optimism into today’s divided culture
This is the kind of conversation we need right now — solution-focused, honest, and purple through and through.