Wednesday, October 22, 2025

How a Simple Photo Could Save a Life – Michael Sodini | Derate The Hate Podcast

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 — 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 — 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 44 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.” Sometimes it’s the smallest act that creates the biggest change. In this short but powerful moment from Derate The Hate Episode 286, Michael Sodini, founder of Walk The Talk America, shares the deeply personal habit he calls “Cause of Pause.” He keeps photos of his daughters on his gun safe — not because he’s in crisis, but because if that day ever came, those two faces would remind him what matters most. 👉 This is how “Cause of Pause” works: → Place a photo, memento, or note where you might see it in a moment of crisis. → Let it remind you that there’s something — or someone — worth staying for. → Give yourself that pause… that breath… that chance to reach for hope instead of despair. 💡 If this message moves you, share it. You never know whose life might be saved by seeing this. 🎧 Listen to the full conversation with Michael Sodini → DerateTheHate.com 🌐 Learn more → WalkTheTalkAmerica.org 👉 Subscribe for more real conversations that calm outrage and build connection. Because better conversations lead to better outcomes — and sometimes, they save lives. Please follow 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 on: X: https://twitter.com/DerateTheHate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DerateTheHate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derate_the_hate 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕! www.DerateTheHate.com *𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑘, ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 &/𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ.