1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 In today’s episode, Joe talks to Dan Maby of Big Orange Heart - a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes positive well-being and mental health within remote working communities. The Big Orange Heart Health Hubs are designed to provide holistic support for the individual. &amp;nbsp; Dan shares how Big Orange Heart came from the challenges he and his team faced while handling a digital marketing agency, and the organization’s mission to help support the mental health of workers in a remote setting. They also discussed the upcoming WordFest Live, a virtual event to be streamed in six continents in a 24-hour period. &amp;nbsp; Episode Resources: Big Orange Heart Big Orange Heart Support Dan Maby Website WordFest Live, register Here Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes Visit the WPMRR Community The 2021 WPMRR Virtual Summit &amp;nbsp; What to Listen For: 00:00 Intro 03:01 Welcome to the pod, Dan! 03:20 The funny story at the WordCamp US 2019&amp;nbsp; 05:30 What’s keeping Dan busy 06:55 Big Orange Heart born from the challenges of handling an agency 08:36 Things take different priorities at different times of your life 10:34 Mental health is a challenging topic to talk about 14:26 Supporting as many network as possible 16:55 Varying levels of support for different groups of people 22:31 Getting a core group for individuals to get support together 25:35 Encourage the community in Slack to help 28:37 WordFest Live 2021: The festival of WordPress 36:12 WordFest 2021 to deliver within six continents in a 24-hour period 39:33 A diverse organizing team in the background across seven time zones 43:32 WordFest was supposed to be an annual event 48:11 The virtual setting has opened many more interesting environment 53:40 Live Streaming in-person previous events were leading to the hybrid event style 54:38 Find Dan online WPMRR WordPress Podcast https://wpmrr.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/19790660/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/19790660