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Today is the Day Changemakers

Through connecting with and highlighting changemakers, self-starters, and those who are disrupting the status quo, Jodi Grinwald’s ‘Today is the Day Changemakers’ channel will provide content that will connect listeners to real stories, from real people who are making a real difference in their corner of the world. These intimate interviews with inspiring and relatable guests will act as an opportunity for you to peer inside the minds of the latest gamechangers and creators. Changemakers believe in the greater good. They identify a specific issue or challenge and give themselves permission to do what is needed. Learn more about their tenacity, determination, motivation, and their innate ability to move past the challenges even when it is not easy. Every Wednesday a new interview will be released. Remember....Today is the day! You cannot go back to yesterday and you do not yet own tomorrow! Please follow on social media @todayisthedayliveit or email jodi@todayisthedayliveit.com.

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Today is the Day Changemakers

Who You Are Matters Most When It's Tested

May 06, 2026 • Jodi

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What happens when the person responsible for managing some of the hardest realities inside the prison system goes home carrying the weight of leadership… while also trying to raise children as a single father?

In this deeply honest episode of the Today is the Day Changemakers Podcast, Jodi Hope Grinwald and cohost Fred Wasiak, Principal Owner, Humanics Consulting sit down with Timothy Rougeux, Court-Appointed Monitor | Transforming Correctional Healthcare Systems for a conversation about leadership, humanity, pressure, parenting, and what it means to stay true to yourself in environments that can harden people.

Tim opens up about his role working within the prison system — navigating intense situations, difficult personalities, emotional stress, and environments where strength is often defined by toughness instead of humanity.

But behind the title and responsibility was something even more personal:
A father trying to hold everything together.

In this conversation, Tim shares:
▪️ The emotional reality of being a single parent
▪️ The guilt, pressure, and exhaustion that come with trying to “do it all”
▪️ Working in a system that can challenge your values and identity
▪️ What it feels like to constantly be expected to be tougher, harder, less emotional
▪️ Why he refused to lose his humanity despite the environments around him
▪️ The struggle of balancing leadership, parenting, work stress, and personal identity
▪️ Friendship, resilience, sports, humor, and the moments that helped him keep going
▪️ How staying grounded in his values became more important than fitting expectations

This episode is raw, relatable, and deeply human.

It’s about the invisible pressure people carry.
The parts of leadership no one talks about.
And the reality that sometimes the strongest thing a person can do… is remain themselves.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by responsibility…
If you’ve ever tried to stay strong for everyone else…
If you’ve ever struggled to balance work, parenting, identity, and emotional survival…

This conversation will stay with you.

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