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This episode of "Regenerative by Design" features an enlightening conversation with Gary Wietgrefe, co-founder of the North American Millets Alliance. Gary and host Joni delve deep into the subject of using Proso Millet in foods, discussing its implications for regenerative agriculture and the importance of crop diversity.Show Notes:Guest: Gary Wietgrefe, Co-founder of North American Millets AllianceTopics Covered:Overview of a recent panel discussion on Proso Millet and its use in foods.Gary's extensive background in agriculture and his specialization in millet cultivation.The importance of crop rotation in spreading labor, preserving soil health, and preventing erosion.Economic and environmental benefits of diverse cropping systems.Challenges in market adoption for diverse crops due to lack of institutional support.The necessity for creating industry standards to make lesser-known crops like millet more marketable and reliable.Key Takeaways:Diverse crops contribute significantly to regenerative agriculture by improving soil health and reducing the need for synthetic inputs.Market adoption challenges for crops like millet stem from a lack of institutional support, not from their agricultural viability.Establishing industry standards is crucial for the recognition and reliability of lesser-known crops, facilitating their entry into mainstream markets.Call to Action:Listeners are encouraged to explore more about Proso Millet and other diverse crops. Check out the resources linked in the episode notes for more information on how you can support and promote agricultural diversity.Share this episode on social media to help spread the word about the benefits of crop diversity and regenerative agriculture practices.Closing Thought:Embracing diversity in agriculture not only supports the environment but also enhances food security. As we learn more and adapt, we pave the way for a more resilient and sustainable agricultural future.Additional Resources:Link to North American Millets AllianceGary Wietgrefe's Publications on MilletRegenerative by design is hosted by Snacktivist.  Snacktivist creates baking mixes and finished products that are allergy-friendly, soil, water, and carbon-focused, all while radically impacting human nutrition by transforming staple foods into something more than just empty calories.   Visit snacktivistfoods.com to learn more.Funding for Regenerative By Design Podcast was made possible by a grant/cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA. 

In this enlightening episode, we take a deep dive into Dr. Peter Attia's compelling book, Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity. Join us as we explore the intersection of healthspan and lifespan, unpack Attia's vision of Medicine 2.0 and 3.0, and discuss the four horsemen of chronic disease. All of this ties seamlessly into retirement planning, highlighting how crucial it is to not just live longer, but to live well. https://youtu.be/Bn3dwClgpgw Key Points Covered Understanding Healthspan vs. Lifespan Dr. Attia challenges the traditional focus on lifespan and argues for a shift towards optimizing healthspan. Learn why the balance between these two is critical for living a fulfilling life. Medicine 2.0 vs. Medicine 3.0 Discover the limitations of our current reactive healthcare model (Medicine 2.0) and explore Attia's proactive approach with Medicine 3.0 which emphasizes prevention over cure. The Four Horsemen of Chronic Disease We break down the four major threats to healthspan—coronary disease, diabetes, cancer, and cognitive decline—and discuss strategies to combat them before they become a reality. The Centenarian Decathlon Inspired by Attia's Centenarian Decathlon, we discuss setting long-term health goals that align with your retirement dreams. This segment covers how to remain physically active and independent throughout your golden years. Practical Longevity Strategies Find out how diet, exercise, sleep, and mental well-being form the pillars of Attia's longevity strategy. We provide actionable insights you can implement no matter where you are on your health journey. Call to Action Curious about optimizing your own healthspan? Ready to make proactive changes today for a healthier tomorrow? Grab your copy of Outlive and start taking control of your future. And remember, your health and financial plan are inseparable. Contact us to integrate wellness into your retirement strategy. Additional Resources Link to David's review of Outlive Book a consultation with our experts on retirement planning and health optimization. 517-321-4832 info@srbadvisors.com Connect with Us Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review if you found this episode helpful! Follow us on social media for more insights and updates. Thank you for tuning in, and here's to living not just longer, but better!

In this episode, I'm doing something a little different and sharing an interview I did on Dr. Rashmi Schramm's podcast. I don't always cross-post my interviews, but this one is special because I shared some valuable insights that I believe you will benefit from. We dive into the continuous journey of life, the integration of spirituality and professional success, and the importance of ongoing personal growth. Through our conversation, you'll learn about my path to finding inner peace and how combining worldly and spiritual gifts can enhance your ability to help others. Key Takeaways: Life is a continuous journey of learning and growth. Combining spirituality with professional life leads to greater fulfillment. Understanding and overcoming internalized oppression is crucial for personal freedom. Trusting the unknown and having faith in your path can lead to positive outcomes. Building a supportive community is essential for personal and professional growth. What You Will Learn: How I balance my roles as a physician, leader, and spiritual healer. The significance of continuous personal and spiritual growth. The concept of being "200%": combining worldly and spiritual gifts. How to recognize and overcome internalized oppression. The value of trusting the unknown and leaning into faith. Guest Info: Dr. Rashmi Schramm is a physician, mindfulness teacher, and meditation coach. She combines her medical expertise with mindfulness and consciousness practices to help her clients find fulfillment and inner peace. Rashmi has trained under Deepak Chopra and integrates her spiritual gifts into her coaching programs. Links: Instagram: @RashmiSchramm Website: rashmischramm.com Additional Resources: Link to Rashmi's meditation program If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. Don't forget to subscribe to stay updated on future episodes.   Mentioned in this Episode: Take my free Training: How to be more effective without burning out Register Here You'll learn the exact 4 steps you need to take to be more effective and productive, happier and fulfilled, so that you get more done in less time, without stress and burnout, and have the freedom to do what you love.   The Journey www.vanessacalderonmd.com/thejourney Learn more and join my all inclusive coaching program, The Journey, where we take everything you've been learning and apply it to your life, so you start getting sustained results in your career, business and your life. The Journey is the only comprehensive coaching program for smart women that teaches you - in just 12 weeks - how to get more done, feel better, and live a life aligned with your purpose.   Podcast Study Guide Download it here. Get your free copy of the podcast study guide   Let's connect: IG: @vanessacalderonmd FB: @vcalderonmd

Blue Zones Book Club - Loma Linda, California Hosts:- Amanda Dinsmore- Laura Cazier- Kendra Morrison Episode Highlights:- Introduction - Amanda reminds listeners about the importance of leaving ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts. - Continuing the Blue Zones Book Club series, focusing on Loma Linda, California. - Episode Overview - Discussing the principles and practices of the Blue Zones, with an emphasis on living longer, healthier lives. - Reminder: Hosts are doctors, but the information shared is not medical advice, just educational content. - Key Concepts from the Episode: - Blue Zones: Areas where people live significantly longer and healthier lives. - Loma Linda, California: A population of around 9,000 Seventh-day Adventists who live about a decade longer than the average American. - Adventist Health Principles: - Pure air - Sunlight - Rest - Exercise - Plant-based diet - Drinking water - Trust in God - Abstinence (self-control, especially in eating and drinking) - Research Findings: - NIH-funded Adventist Health Study (1974-1988): - 70% lower rate of lung cancer among non-smokers. - 40% reduced risk of colon cancer with high fiber diets. - 50% lower risk of heart attack with regular nut consumption. - Newer Adventist Health Study ongoing since 2000. - Lifestyle Practices of Adventists: - Staying active - Not smoking - Observing Sabbath from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset - Strong community and family ties - Volunteering and giving back to the community - Takeaways from Loma Linda: 1. Find a Sanctuary in Time: Observing a Sabbath for rest and family. 2. Watch Your BMI: Maintain a normal range BMI through diet and lifestyle. 3. Regular Moderate Exercise: Engage in low-intensity activities like walking. 4. Spend Time with Like-Minded Friends: Surround yourself with supportive, non-toxic people. 5. Snack on Nuts: Regular consumption of nuts can significantly reduce heart disease risk. 6. Give Something Back: Volunteerism can provide purpose and stave off depression. 7. Avoid Meat: Consider a vegetarian or pescetarian diet. 8. Eat an Early Light Dinner: Promotes better sleep and a lower BMI. 9. Drink Plenty of Water: Significant reduction in heart attack risk with regular water consumption. Conclusion:- Encouragement to leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.- Information on the Wellness 911 program available at http://www.thewholephysician.com..- Affirmation: "You are whole, you are a gift to medicine, and the work you do matters." Additional Resources:- Link to the book and Netflix series on Blue Zones.- More information on the Wellness 911 program can be found at http://www.thewholephysician.com. These show notes capture the key points and takeaways from the podcast episode, providing a concise summary for listeners.

Ladies and gentlemen, scientists and skeptics alike, today we are thrilled to announce a scientific project that will rock the very foundations of virology. In an unprecedented effort led by Jamie Andrews and sponsored by The Way Forward, a team of independent biologists are conducting the most exhaustive virological control experiments ever. This brave team of scientists have completely dismantled virology's so-called "evidence," rendering the foundational aspects of virology totally pseudoscientific and fraudulent. And the good news is, we're just getting started... And we're asking for your help to finish the job. We've finished Phase 1 and 2, but we'll need help funding Phases 3 and 4. Phases 3 and 4 of the control experiments will focus on genetics — Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Full Genome Sequencing.  To fully understand the truth about PCR related to so-called "viral genetics," we need to purchase a QPCR machine and a few other bits of equipment. We'll need to send samples to CROs for Full Genome Sequencing, and we'd like to conduct a more comprehensive Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM).  In order to finish, we need your help to raise funds to continue these vital experiments. Any amount helps, and we are so grateful for your contributions.  To donate to the project, click here or visit https://www.thewayfwrd.com/donate Additional Resources: Link to Kidney 360 EM Study mentioned by Jamie. Link to Duck Study mentioned by Jacob Jamie's Thread on Forensics Frauds Jamie's Thread on Dr. Lanka's control experiment Mike Stone's Avian Flu Article Stay Updated: Scroll to the bottom of our homepage and sign up for The Way Forward newsletter to receive important project updates. Sign up here  Other episodes to get you up to speed: Ep 85: Can You Catch a Cold? Ep 66: It Came From a (Computer-Lab) Ep 91: Bio-labs, Anthrax, and Gain of Fiction  Ep 35: The Show is Over The Way Forward podcast is sponsored by: NEW BIOLOGY CLINIC: Experience individually tailored terrain-based health services with virtual consults, practitioner livestreams, movement classes, and more. The New Biology Clinic's motivation is to make you healthy and keep you that way. Visit https://NewBiologyClinic.com and enter code TheWayForward for $50 off your activation fee. Members of The Way Forward get the full activation fee waived. Become a member of The Way Forward here: https://thewayfwrd.com/membership-sign-up/ ————————— ORGANIC MUSCLE: Organic Muscle is revolutionizing sports nutrition by exclusively utilizing non-GMO ingredients from USDA Organic farms. Experience the fusion of organic purity and scientific excellence at https://organicmuscle.com, and unlock a 15% discount with code "FORWARD15" at checkout. ————————— Visit our online marketplace for discounts on a variety of the best holistic health brands and products: https://thewayfwrd.com/store/ Click here for all of our links, and to watch or listen to The Way Forward on other platforms. Join The Way Forward to connect with like minded men and women near you, businesses near you, and more! The best part? You pay whatever you want!: https://thewayfwrd.com/membership-sign-up/ Are you a natural health practitioner? Join our private, natural-health practitioner database here: https://thewayfwrd.com/directory-form/ ————————— *This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without expressed written permission from The Way Forward, LLC. The purpose of this presentation is to convey information. It is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure a condition; nor is it to be considered medical or legal advice, opinion or recommendation. This information is presented in the spirit of service for all.*   1:45 - Introduction 5:00 - Importance in Dispelling Virology PART 1, BIRD FLU:  8:12 - “Isolation” of Bird Flu Virus 17:30 - Bird Experiments and Misrepresentation of Nature  30:00 - When 29 Million Chickens Die  35:20 - 462 Deaths Related to “Bird Flu” Worldwide PART 2, VIROLOGY CONTROL EXPERIMENTS: 49:33 - Important Project Announcement  53:09 - Project Overview and Details 1:00:55- Objections to Stefan Lanka's Work and Replications 1:10:08 - Importance of Strong Cell Lines 1:18:30 - Fetal Bovine Serum and Cytopathic Effects 1:27:05 - Pulling Aspects of Virology Apart 1:28:28- CDC Images vs Controlled Experiments  1:37:37 - Claims Supporting Viruses Being Real  1:44:13 - Project Moving Forward and Help Needed 1:55:24 - Where to Donate  

Welcome to our latest podcast episode where we delve into the world of cholesterol, a crucial yet often misunderstood component of heart health. In this episode, titled 'Boost Your Heart Health: Uncover the 4 Vital Components of Cholesterol,' we'll provide you with a clear and concise overview of the key elements of cholesterol and how they impact your body.Introduction:Welcome and brief introduction to the importance of understanding cholesterol for heart health.An overview of the episode's focus: Triglycerides, Chylomicrons, Low-Density Lipoproteins (LDL), and High-Density Lipoproteins (HDL).Segment 1: Triglycerides - The Energy StorehouseDefining triglycerides and their role in the body.Discussion on how triglycerides enter the body through diet and are also produced internally.The significance of triglyceride levels in the bloodstream and their impact on heart health.Segment 2: Chylomicrons - The Nutrient TransportersIntroduction to Chylomicrons and their function in transporting dietary fats.Exploration of how Chylomicrons pick up proteins in the bloodstream and distribute nutrients to muscles and fat cells.The role of insulin in the effective functioning of Chylomicrons.Segment 3: LDL - The ‘Bad' Cholesterol?Discussion on why LDL is often wrongly labeled as "bad" cholesterol.Insights into variants like small dense LDL (sdLDL) and oxidized LDL (OXLDL) that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.Examining the health risks associated with different types of LDL particles.Segment 4: HDL - The ‘Good' CholesterolDefining HDL and why it's considered beneficial for heart health.Overview of HDL's role in managing cholesterol levels and reducing the risk of atherosclerosis.Understanding HDL's antioxidant properties and its role in cholesterol transport.Conclusion:Recap of the key points discussed in the episode.Encouragement for listeners to consider their cholesterol levels as part of their overall heart health strategy.Reminder to consult healthcare professionals for personalised advice.Additional Resources:Link to Free 'Beginner's Cholesterol Guide'.Remember to subscribe for more insightful episodes on heart health and wellness. We appreciate your listenership and are here to support you on your journey to better heart health!Useful LinksYoutube ChannelElevate Health Chiropractic and Wellbeing WebsiteElevate Health Online Membership Registration

You saw the title, now enter Lindsey Groepper: BlastMedia's President and, as Rachel calls her, a total baddie. She exudes confidence and clarity—so how does she do it? And yet, there has to have been a time when she felt intimidated. How does she get back to her confident self? In this voicemail, she breaks down her process and gives out her #1 confidence tip. Additional Resources: Link up with Lindsey here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseygroepper/ Listen to Lindsey's podcast, SaaS Half Full: https://saashalffull.com/ Have a question for Rachel? https://www.speakpipe.com/vmswithrachel Want more from Rachel and her crew of brand content experts? Sign up for Genius Cuts. https://www.shareyourgenius.com/genius-cuts More on PeopleForward Network Follow PeopleForward Network on LinkedIn

In this insightful episode we delve into the groundbreaking findings of the Copenhagen City Heart Study. We uncover the four main lessons from this pivotal research and explore how these lessons profoundly impacted our client, Michelle's, approach to exercise and longevity. Join us as we share how Michelle's journey towards a more informed and confident exercise regimen could inspire your path to a healthier, longer life.Key Points Discussed:Understanding the Copenhagen City Heart Study: We start by breaking down this influential study, explaining its significance in the realm of health and exercise.Four Main Lessons Learned: Our deep dive into the study reveals four crucial lessons about the types of exercise that can potentially enhance lifespan and overall well-being.Michelle's Story: Hear about our client, Michelle, whose exercise routine was transformed by applying these lessons. We discuss how the study's findings influenced her choices and the positive changes she experienced.Life-Enhancing Workout Strategies: We outline practical, life-enhancing workout strategies that you can incorporate into your routine, inspired by the study's findings.Confidence and Reassurance in Exercise Choices: Discover how Michelle left feeling more confident and reassured about her health and fitness journey. We discuss the importance of making informed exercise choices based on scientific research.Episode Highlights:Personal Impact: Real-life applications of the Copenhagen study on our client's exercise regimen.Scientific Insights: Understanding how specific types of exercise can contribute to a longer, healthier life.Empowered Decisions: How knowledge from research can empower us to make better choices for our health.Conclusion:This episode is not just about understanding a groundbreaking study; it's about translating scientific knowledge into practical, everyday decisions that can lead to a healthier, longer life. Whether you're a fitness enthusiast or just starting your health journey, there's something in this episode for you.Additional Resources:Link to the full Copenhagen City Heart Study for further reading.Youtube Video - 7 Most Life Extending Forms Of ExerciseConnect with Us:Join Our Online Health Membership - Direct message us via our facebook page. We love hearing from our listeners! Share your thoughts, questions, or personal stories at The Health and Sport Show. Join our community on social media for daily health tips and updates.

In this episode, we delve into the much-discussed Stanford Twin Study, which explored the health impacts of vegan and omnivore diets. Join us as we dissect the study's methodology, its findings, and the broader implications for those considering dietary changes.Key Points Discussed:Study Overview: Understanding the Stanford Twin Study's approach to comparing vegan and omnivore diets and its objective to minimize genetic variability.Study Limitations:Small Sample Size: How the limited number of participants affects the study's reliability.Short Duration: Why the study's short-term nature raises questions about the long-term effects of the diets.Lack of Blinding: The impact of participants being aware of their diet type on the study's objectivity.Self-Reported Dietary Data: Discussing the potential inaccuracies in data reliant on participants' memory.Vague Dietary Definitions: How the unclear definition of 'limited exposure' to certain foods could lead to inconsistent results.Participant Demographics: Addressing the study's limited applicability due to a narrow participant profile.No Follow-Up: The significance of the lack of a follow-up period in understanding the diets' sustained effects.Study Findings: An examination of the study's conclusion, particularly its suggestion of a vegan diet's benefits in reducing LDL cholesterol.Critical Analysis: We provide a critical analysis of the study, highlighting the importance of considering its limitations and the need for further research in this area.Implications for Dietary Choices: Discussing what these findings mean for individuals considering a vegan or omnivore diet, emphasizing a nuanced approach to dietary decisions.Conclusion:While the Stanford Twin Study offers some insights into the health impacts of vegan and omnivore diets, its various limitations suggest that we should interpret its findings with caution. Stay tuned for an in-depth discussion that brings clarity to this complex topic.Additional Resources:Link to the full Stanford Twin Study for further reading.Research paper Review Cheat SheetOnline Membership:Direct message us through our Business Facebook Page - Elevate Health, Chiropractic & Wellbeing and we will help you through the next steps of the process. Connect with Us:We value your thoughts and questions! Reach out to us at The Health and Sport Show and join the conversation on our social media channels.YoutubeNext Episode Preview:Remember to subscribe to our podcast for more insightful discussions on health, welbeing and a sprinkling of sport. Thank you for listening, and see you in the next episode!

Ever received feedback that didn't really help you? Or the feedback you received wasn't even really feedback? We've flipped the script this episode—Share Your Genius Strategic Lead and Producer, Jillian Hoefer, asks Rachel to find the answer to the feedback question. She's got 2 pieces of advice that will help you get better feedback. Additional Resources: Link up with Jillian here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillianmacnulty/ Have a question for Rachel? https://www.speakpipe.com/vmswithrachel Want more from Rachel and her crew of brand content experts (like Jillian)? Sign up for Genius Cuts. https://www.shareyourgenius.com/genius-cuts More on PeopleForward Network Follow PeopleForward Network on LinkedIn

**Date:** October 23, 2023**Host:** Steve Dunkley**Co-Host:** AI Newsreader Hallie**Episode Highlights:**- Personal Reflections: Steve recounts his heartwarming family celebration in Sydney.- NASA's Technological Leap: Discussion on NASA's new reactive additive manufacturing process, Ramfire, and its groundbreaking implications for space exploration.- SpaceX's Starlink Expansion: Overview of SpaceX's successful double satellite launch, a critical advancement in the Starlink Global Broadband Service.- Artemis Program Updates: Insights into the RS-25 engine tests, underscoring progress in NASA's lunar exploration under the Artemis program.- Cosmic Mysteries Unveiled: Exploration of the discovery of ultrafast radio bursts (FRBs) and their potential implications for understanding the universe.- Space Security Concerns: Examination of recent unsettling maneuvers by Russian satellites and the global apprehensions surrounding space debris and satellite warfare.**Key Discussions:**1. **Innovations in Space Technology:** - NASA's cost-effective and efficient Ramfire process for rocket nozzle manufacturing. - Expansion of technology applications in the aerospace industry.2. **Milestones in Satellite Deployment:** - Recap of SpaceX's ambitious simultaneous satellite launches. - Future plans for Starlink and its impact on global connectivity.3. **Advancing Lunar Missions:** - Details of the RS-25 engine hot fire tests. - The role of advanced manufacturing in the Artemis program's progress.4. **Deciphering Cosmic Signals:** - The phenomenon of ultrafast radio bursts (FRBs) and what they reveal about the cosmos. - Reflections on the oldest and farthest FRB recorded.5. **Orbital Tensions:** - Analysis of Russia's controversial satellite maneuvers. - The potential risks and global security implications of space debris and satellite conflicts.**Additional Resources:**- Link to the Space Nuts podcast episodes with Andrew Dunkley and Professor Fred Watson.- Access to current and previous episodes of Astronomy Daily.- Invitation to join the Space Nuts Facebook group for further discussion and updates.**Sign-Off:**- Reminder for listeners to sign up for the Astronomy Daily newsletter for more space, science, and astronomy news.- A warm goodbye from Steve and Hallie, inviting listeners to stay curious and engaged with the mysteries of the universe.Listeners are encouraged to join the conversation and share their thoughts on the exciting developments and discoveries shaping our understanding of space.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5648921/advertisement

Here on Candid Conversations we talk to changemakers about what is happening in their industry right now. In this episode we talk to Giselle Hodgson and Peter Evans-Greenwood about: The evolution of the ecosystem in the modern firm and how organisations can respond The need to actively participate in sensing activities to ensure future preparedness The challenges establishing effective collective knowledge and other difficulties transitioning into the ecosystem-led future If you haven't already, follow Candid Conversations or subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. Host and Audio By: Adrian Chin Quan For enquiries about the series please contact innovation@deloitte.com.au  ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Link to the article "Strategy and the art of the possible: How listening to the business ecosystem can turn unpredictability into opportunity" https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/strategy/business-ecosystem-strategy.html © 2022 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. DISCLAIMER: This communication contains general information only, and none of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (“DTTL”), its global network of member firms or their related entities (collectively, the “Deloitte organisation”) is, by means of this communication, rendering professional advice or services. Before making any decision or taking any action that may affect your finances or your business, you should consult a qualified professional adviser. No representations, warranties or undertakings (express or implied) are given as to the accuracy or completeness of the information in this communication, and none of DTTL, its member firms, related entities, employees or agents shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage whatsoever arising directly or indirectly in connection with any person relying on this communication. DTTL and each of its member firms, and their related entities, are legally separate and independent entities.

What you'll learn in this episode: Why the best modernist pieces are fetching record prices at auction today How “Messengers of Modernism” helped legitimize modernist jewelry as an art form The difference between modern jewelry and modernist jewelry Who the most influential modernist jewelers were and where they drew their inspiration from Why modernist jewelry was a source of empowerment for women About Toni Greenbaum Toni Greenbaum is a New York-based art historian specializing in twentieth and twenty-first century jewelry and metalwork. She wrote Messengers of Modernism: American Studio Jewelry 1940-1960 (Montréal: Musée des Arts Décoratifs and Flammarion, 1996), Sam Kramer: Jeweler on the Edge (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2019) and “Jewelers in Wonderland,” an essay on Sam Kramer and Karl Fritsch for Jewelry Stories: Highlights from the Collection 1947-2019 (New York: Museum of Arts and Design and Arnoldsche, 2021), along with numerous book chapters, exhibition catalogues, and essays for arts publications. Greenbaum has lectured internationally at institutions such as the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum and Museum of Arts and Design, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art, Savannah. She has worked on exhibitions for several museums, including the Victoria and Albert in London, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, and Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York. Additional Resources: Link to Purchase Books Toni's Instagram The Jewelry Library  Photos Available on TheJewelryJourney.com Transcript: Once misunderstood as an illegitimate art form, modernist jewelry has come into its own, now fetching five and six-figure prices at auction. Modernist jewelry likely wouldn't have come this far without the work of Toni Greenbaum, an art historian, professor and author of “Messengers of Modernism: American Studio Jewelry, 1940 to 1960.” She joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about the history of modernist jewelry; why it sets the women who wear it apart; and where collectors should start if they want to add modernist pieces to their collections. Read the episode transcript here.     Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the second part of a two-part episode. If you haven't heard part one, please go to TheJewelryJourney.com. Today my guest is art historian, professor and author Toni Greenbaum. She is the author of the iconic tome, “Messengers of Modernism: American Studio Jewelry, 1940 to 1960,” which analyzes the output of America's modernist jewelers. Welcome back.    Do you think that if you had looked up and seen Sam Kramer's shop, would you have been attracted?   Toni: Oh, my god, I would have been up in a shot. Are you kidding? I would have tumbled up those stairs had I known it was there. I never even knew what it was, but I was always seeking out that aesthetic, that kind of thing. Like I said, my mother would buy handmade jewelry, silver jewelry, and I loved what she bought. I would go to galleries with her. When I say gallery, they were more like shops; they were like shop-galleries, multimedia boutiques, not specifically jewelry, that would carry handmade jewelry. I loved it. Had I seen Sam Kramer's shop, I would have been up like a shot. The same thing with Art Smith. I would have been down those steps like a shot, but I didn't know they were there, and I was too busy running after boys and going to the coffee shops in Greenwich Village to look carefully.   Sharon: Out here, I don't know if you would have had those influences.   Toni: You had a few shops. You're in the Los Angeles area?   Sharon: Yeah.   Toni: There were a few shops in L.A., not so much in Northern California. There was Nanny's in San Francisco, which was a craft gallery that carried a lot of jewelers. In Southern California there were a few studio shops, but I don't know how prominent they were. I don't know how obvious they were. I don't think that they were as much on people's radar as the ones in New York.   Sharon: When you say studio jewelers, was everything one-off, handmade?   Toni: Yes—well, not necessarily one-off. Generally, what these jewelers would do—this is the best generalization—for the larger, more expensive, more involved pieces, they would make one. When they sold it, they'd make another one, and when they sold that, they'd make another one. If the style was popular, they would also have what they would think of as production lines—earrings, cuff links, tie bars that they would replicate, but they were not cast usually. At that time, very little of it was cast. It was hand-wrought, so there were minor differences in each of the examples. But unless we get into the business records of these jewelers, we don't really know exactly how many they made of each design.   Sharon: Why is it, do you think, that modernist jewelry has been so popular today?   Toni: Oh, that's a good question. That's a very good question. I think a lot has to do with Fifty/50 Gallery's promotion. Fifty/50 was on Broadway at 12th Street, and it was a multimedia gallery that specialized in mid-20th century material. There were three very smart, very savvy, very charismatic owners who truly loved the material like I love it, and when you love something so much, when you have a passion, it's very easy to make other people love it also. I think a lot of the answer to that question is Fifty/50's promotion. They were also a very educative gallery. They were smart, and they knew how to give people the information they needed to know they were buying something special. I think it appeals to a certain kind of person.    Blanche Brown was an art historian in the midcentury who was married to Arthur Danto, who was a philosopher who taught art history at Columbia. His wife, Blanche Brown, was also an art historian. She did a lot of writing, and she would talk about the modernist jewelry, which she loved. It was a badge that she and her cohort would wear with pride because it showed them to be aesthetically aware, politically progressive. It made them stand apart from women who were wearing diamonds and precious jewelry just to show how wealthy their husbands were, which was in the 1940s and 1950s, the women who would wear this jewelry. So, for women like Blanche Brown and women through the 1960s, 70s, 80s and even now—well, now it's different because we have all the contemporary jewelers—but I think it set these women apart. It made them special in a way. It set them apart from the women who were wearing the Cartier and the Van Cleef and Arpels.    You dress for your peers. You dress to make your peers admire you, if not be envious. Within the Bohemian subculture of the 1950s, within the Beat Generation of the 1950s and through the 1960s and the hippies in the 1970s, it set apart that kind of woman. Remember, also, feminism was starting to become a very important aspect of lifestyle. I think when “The Feminine Mystique” came out around 1963—I would have to check it—women were starting to feel empowered. They wanted to show themselves to be intelligent and secure and powerful, and I think modernist jewelry imparted that message when one wore it. It's not that different than people who wear the contemporary jewelry we love so much now. Art Jewelry Forum says it's jewelry that makes you think, and that is what I think a lot of us relate to in that jewelry. It's jewelry with a real concept behind it.   Sharon: That leads me to the next question. I know the biographies repeat themselves. When I was looking up information about you, they said you're an expert in modernist and contemporary jewelry. Contemporary can mean anything. Would you agree with the contemporary aspect?   Toni: I don't view myself as an expert in contemporary. I think I know more than a lot of people about it only because I study it. It's very hard to keep up because there are so many new jewelers popping up all the time. The name of my course that I teach at Pratt is Theory and Criticism of Contemporary Jewelry. Because of that, I do have to keep up to the day because it's a required course for the juniors majoring in jewelry studies, and I feel a responsibility to make them aware of what's happening right at that point I'm teaching it. Things are changing so much in our field, but I don't view myself as an expert. I just think I know a lot about it. It's not my field of expertise, and there's so much. You've got German jewelers, and you've got Chinese jewelers, and you've got Australian and New Zealand jewelers, and you've got Swedish jewelers. All over the world. You've got Estonia, a little, small country, as these major jewelers. They are each individual disciplines in and of themselves.   Sharon: How is it that you wrote the catalogue that became “Messengers of Modernism”? Were you asked to write the catalogue?    Toni: Yeah, I was hired by David Hanks and Associates, which was and still is the curatorial firm. They're American, but they work for the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. At that time, there was a separate Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, and that's really where Messengers of Modernism—it came under the Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts. Now, it has been absorbed into the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. It's just one building. It was a separate building. Basically I was hired by the museum to write the catalogue.   Sharon: And how did it become a book?    Toni: It is a book.    Sharon: Yes, but how did it become—it was a catalogue.   Toni: It's a book, but it functions as the catalogue in the next edition.   Sharon: Right, but I was saying that you wrote the catalogue, and then you said it was published by Flammarion in Paris. Did they say, “Oh, let's take it and make it a book?” How did it transform?   Toni: It was always a book, but it functioned as the catalogue for a particular collection, which is their collection of modernist jewelry. Many exhibitions, even painting exhibitions, when you go to a museum and view a painting exhibition and you buy the accompanying text, it's the catalogue of the exhibition.   Sharon: Yes, but a lot of those don't become books per se. That's why I was wondering, did somebody at the publishers see your catalogue and say, “This would make a great book?” I have never seen the exhibition, but I have the book.   Toni: I think this is a semantic conversation more than anything else. It has become, as I said, the standard text, mostly because nothing else really exists, except I believe Marbeth Schon wrote a book on the modernist jewelers which is more encyclopedic. This book, “Messengers of Modernism,” first of all, it puts the collection in the context of studio craft from the turn of the century up until then, which was then the present. The book was published in 1996. I think what you're saying is it's more important than what we think of as a museum catalogue and it's become a standard text.   Sharon: Yeah.   Toni: It was always conceived as a book about modernist jewelry; it was just focusing on this one collection. What I'm saying is people would say, “Well, why isn't this one in the book? Why did you leave this one out?” and I said, “Well, I didn't leave this one out. This is a book about a finite collection that's in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.” If I were writing a book about modernist jewelry, of course I would have included Claire Falkenstein, but she wasn't in their collection, so it's not in that book. That was basically what I meant.   Sharon: Is there a volume two that's going to be coming out with the ones that weren't in the collection that you think should be in the book?   Toni: That book was published in 1996. We're already in 2022. People are always asking me, but one never knows.    Sharon: I guess you don't need an exhibition to write a catalogue.    Toni: No, to write a book, of course you don't.   Sharon: To write a book. What's on your radar? What do you think you have next? Is it in the realm of modernism that you would be writing about?   Toni: That's really what I write about. I lecture about contemporary jewelry to my students and occasionally to the public, but my area of expertise is modernism. There are cardiologists that have a part of their practice in general medicine, but if somebody has a gastrointestinal problem, they're going to send them to a gastroenterologist. I can deal with the broad strokes, which I do, but unless it's one specific jeweler that I would write about, I would not attempt a book about contemporary jewelry. I would stick with modernism, what I feel very confident and comfortable with.   Sharon: If somebody who's passionate about jewelry but not wealthy said they want to start building a modernist collection, where would they start?   Toni: That is another good question. First of all, they would really have to comb the auctions. If they were very serious about collecting important works, I would send them to Mark McDonald, who's the premier dealer in this material. He was one of the partners of Fifty/50.   Sharon: Right, does he still work in that area? Didn't they close the store? Yeah, they closed the store.   Toni: Yeah, two of the partners tragically died. Mark had Gansevoort Gallery after. That was on Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District here in New York, which was a wonderful gallery also specializing in modernist material, multimedia. Then he had a shop up in Hudson, New York, for many years, right opposite Ornamentum Gallery. That closed, but he still deals privately. He is the most knowledgeable dealer in the period that I know of. If anybody was really serious about starting to collect modernist jewelry, he would be the person I recommend they go to.   Sharon: It sounds like somebody to collaborate with if you're writing your next book.   Toni: We always collaborate. We're good friends and we always collaborate.   Sharon: Where do you see the market for modernist jewelry? Do you see it continuing to grow? Is it flat? Is it growing?   Toni: Yes, the best of it will continue to grow. There was an auction right before the pandemic hit. I think it was February of 2020, right before we got slammed. It was an auction that was organized by David Rago Auction in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and Wright, which is also an auction gallery specializing in modern and modernism from Chicago. Mark McDonald curated the collection, and the idea behind that exhibition was it was going to go from modernist jewelry from the mid-20th century up to the present and show the lineage and the inheritance from the modernist jewelers. It also included Europeans, and there was some wonderful modernist jewelry in that exhibition that sold very well—the move star pieces, the big pieces.    Then there was—I guess a year ago, no more than that—there was an auction at Bonhams auction house which was one couple's collection of modernist jewelry, artist jewelry—and by artists, I mean Picasso and Max Ernst, modernist artists. They collected a lot of Mexican jewelry and two of Art Smith's most major bracelets, his modern cuff and his lava cuff. I always forget which sold for what, but these were copper and brass cuffs. One sold for $18,000 and one sold for $13,000. I think the modern cuff was $18,000 and the lava cuff was $13,000. If anybody comes to my lecture tomorrow for GemEx, I talk about both of them in detail. This is big money. Five figures is very big money for these items, but these are the best of the best, the majors of the major by Art Smith. Art Smith is currently very, very coveted.   Sharon: Who's your favorite of the modernist jewelers? Who would you say?   Toni: Well, I have two favorites. There are three that are the most important, so let's say three favorites. One is Art Smith, and the reason is because the designs are just brilliant. They really take the body into consideration, negative space into consideration, and they're just spectacularly designed and beautiful to wear. Sam Kramer, the best of his work, the really weird, crazy, surrealist pieces like the one that's on the cover and the back of the Sam Kramer book. Margaret de Patta, who was from the San Francisco Bay area, and she was diametrically opposite to these two because her work was based upon constructivism. She had studied under Moholy-Nagy, the Hungarian constructivist painter, sculptor, photographer. Her work is architectural based upon these eccentrically cut stones. She would be inspired by the rutilations, which are the inclusions within quartz, and she would design her structures around them. I would say those are my three favorites.   Sharon: That's interesting. I wouldn't have thought of Margaret de Patta. I guess I think of her in a different category. I don't know why.   Toni: She's one of the most important modernist jewelers. She founded that whole San Francisco Bay Area MAG, the Metal Arts Guild. She was their guru.    Sharon: When I think of San Francisco at that time, I think of all the jewelry I bought when I was 16 and then I said, “What did I want this for?” Now I see it in the flea markets for 14 times the price I paid for it.   Toni: Right.   Sharon: But who knew. Anyway, Toni, thank you so much. It's been so great to have you. We really learned a lot. It's a real treat. Thank you.   Toni: I had a great time also. Thank you for inviting me. Thank you.   Thank you again for listening. Please leave us a rating and review so we can help others start their own jewelry journey.

What you'll learn in this episode: Why the best modernist pieces are fetching record prices at auction today How “Messengers of Modernism” helped legitimize modernist jewelry as an art form The difference between modern jewelry and modernist jewelry Who the most influential modernist jewelers were and where they drew their inspiration from Why modernist jewelry was a source of empowerment for women About Toni Greenbaum Toni Greenbaum is a New York-based art historian specializing in twentieth and twenty-first century jewelry and metalwork. She wrote Messengers of Modernism: American Studio Jewelry 1940-1960 (Montréal: Musée des Arts Décoratifs and Flammarion, 1996), Sam Kramer: Jeweler on the Edge (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2019) and “Jewelers in Wonderland,” an essay on Sam Kramer and Karl Fritsch for Jewelry Stories: Highlights from the Collection 1947-2019 (New York: Museum of Arts and Design and Arnoldsche, 2021), along with numerous book chapters, exhibition catalogues, and essays for arts publications. Greenbaum has lectured internationally at institutions such as the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum and Museum of Arts and Design, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art, Savannah. She has worked on exhibitions for several museums, including the Victoria and Albert in London, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, and Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York. Additional Resources: Link to Purchase Books Toni's Instagram The Jewelry Library  Photos Available on TheJewelryJourney.com Transcript: Once misunderstood as an illegitimate art form, modernist jewelry has come into its own, now fetching five and six-figure prices at auction. Modernist jewelry likely wouldn't have come this far without the work of Toni Greenbaum, an art historian, professor and author of “Messengers of Modernism: American Studio Jewelry, 1940 to 1960.” She joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about the history of modernist jewelry; why it sets the women who wear it apart; and where collectors should start if they want to add modernist pieces to their collections. Read the episode transcript here.   Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is a two-part Jewelry Journey Podcast. Please make sure you subscribe so you can hear part two as soon as it comes out later this week.    Today my guest is art historian, professor and author Toni Greenbaum. She is the author of the iconic tome, “Messengers of Modernism: American Studio Jewelry, 1940 to 1960,” which analyzes the output of America's modernist jewelers. Most recently, she authored “Sam Kramer: Jeweler on the Edge,” a biography of the jeweler Sam Kramer. Every time I say jeweler I think I'm using the world a little loosely, but we're so glad to have you here today. Thank you so much.   Toni: I am so glad to be here, Sharon. Thank you so much for inviting me. It's been many years coming.   Sharon: I'm glad we connected. Tell me about your jewelry journey. It sounds very interesting.   Toni: Well, there's a lot you don't know about my jewelry journey. My jewelry journey began when I was a preteen. I just became fascinated with Native American, particularly Navajo, jewelry that I would see in museum gift shops. I started to buy it when I was a teenager, what I could afford. In those days, I have to say museum gift shops were fabulous, particularly the Museum of Natural History gift shop, the Brooklyn Museum gift shop. They had a lot of ethnographic material of very high quality. So, I continued to buy Native American jewelry. My mother used to love handcrafted jewelry, and she would buy it in whatever craft shops or galleries she could find.    Then eventually in my 20s and 30s, I got outpriced. Native American jewelry was becoming very, very fashionable, particularly in the late 60s, 1970s. I started to see something that looked, to me, very much like Native American jewelry, but it was signed. It had names on it, and some of them sounded kind of Mexican—in fact, they were Mexican. So, I started to buy Mexican jewelry because I could afford it. Then that became very popular when names like William Spratling and Los Castillo and Hector Aguilar became known. I saw something that looked like Mexican jewelry and Navajo jewelry, but it wasn't; it was made by Americans. In fact, it would come to be known as modernist jewelry. Then I got outpriced with that, but that's the start of my jewelry journey.   Sharon: So, you liked jewelry from when you were a youth.    Toni: Oh, from when I was a child. I was one of these little three, four-year-olds that was all decked out. My mother loved jewelry. I was an only child, and I was, at that time, the only grandchild. My grandparents spoiled me, and my parents spoiled me, and I loved jewelry, so I got a lot of jewelry. That and Frankie Avalon records.   Sharon: Do you still collect modernist? You said you were getting outpriced. You write about it. Do you still collect it?   Toni: Not really. The best of the modernist jewelry is extraordinarily expensive, and unfortunately, I want the best. If I see something when my husband and I are antiquing or at a flea market or at a show that has style and that's affordable, occasionally I'll buy it, but I would not say that I can buy the kind of jewelry I want in the modernist category any longer. I did buy several pieces in the early 1980s from Fifty/50 Gallery, when they were first putting modernist jewelry on the map in the commercial aspect. I was writing about it; they were selling it. They were always and still are. Mark McDonald still is so generous with me as far as getting images and aiding my research immeasurably. Back then, the modernist jewelry was affordable, and luckily I did buy some major pieces for a tenth of what they would get today.   Sharon: Wow! When you say the best of modernist jewelry today, Calder was just astronomical. We'll put that aside.   Toni: Even more astronomical: there's a Harry Bertoia necklace that somebody called my attention to that is coming up at an auction at Christie's. If they don't put that in their jewelry auctions, they'll put it in their design auctions. I think it's coming up at the end of June; I forget the exact day. The estimate on the Harry Bertoia necklace is $200,000 to $300,000—and this is a Harry Bertoia necklace. I'm just chomping at the bit to find out what it, in fact, is going to bring, but that's the estimate they put, at $200,000 to $300,000.   Sharon: That's a lot of money. What holds your interest in modernist jewelry?   Toni: The incredible but very subtle design aspect of it. Actually, tomorrow I'm going to be giving a talk on Art Smith for GemEx. Because my background is art history, one of the things I always do when I talk about these objects is to show how they were inspired by the modern art movements. This is, I think, what sets modernist jewelry apart from other categories of modern and contemporary jewelry. There are many inspirations, but it is that they are very much inspired by Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Biomorphism, etc., depending on the artist. Some are influenced by all of the above, and I think I saw that. I saw it implicitly before I began to analyze it in the jewelry.    This jewelry is extraordinarily well-conceived. A lot of the craftsmanship is not pristine, but I have never been one for pristine craftsmanship. I love rough surfaces, and I love the process to show in the jewelry. Much of the modernist jewelry is irreverent—I use the word irreverent instead of sloppy—as far as the process is concerned. It was that hands-on, very direct approach, in addition to this wonderful design sense, which, again, came from the modern art movements. Most of the jewelers—not all of them, but most of them—lived either in New York or in Northern or Southern California and had access to museums, and these people were aesthetes. They would go to museums. They would see Miro's work; they would see Picasso's work, and they would definitely infuse their designs with that sensibility.   Sharon: Do you think that jumped out at you, the fact that they were inspired by different art movements, because you studied art history? You teach it, or you did teach it at one time?    Toni: No, just history of jewelry. I majored in art history, but I've never taught art history. I've taught history of jewelry. We can argue about whether jewelry is art or not, but history of jewelry is what I've taught.   Sharon: I've taken basic art history, but I couldn't tell you some of the movements you're talking about. I can't identify the different movements. Do you think it jumped out at you because you're knowledgeable?   Toni: Yes, definitely, because I would look at Art Smith and I would say, “That's Biomorphism.” I would see it. It was obvious. I would look at Sam Kramer and I would say, “This is Surrealism.” He was called a surrealist jeweler back in his day, when he was practicing and when he had his shop on 8th Street. I would look at Rebajes and I would see Cubism. Of course, it was because I was well-versed in those movements, because what I was always most interested in when I was studying art history were the more modern movements.   Sharon: Did you think you would segue to jewelry in general? Was that something on your radar?   Toni: That's a very interesting question because when I was in college, I had a nucleus of professors who happened to have come from Cranbrook.   Sharon: I'm sorry, from where?   Toni: Cranbrook School of Art.   Sharon: O.K., Cranbrook.   Toni: I actually took a metalsmithing class as an elective, just to see what it was because I was so interested in jewelry, although I was studying what I call legitimate art history. I was so interested in jewelry that I wanted to see what the process was. I probably was the worst jeweler that ever tried to make jewelry, but I learned what it is to make. I will tell you something else, Sharon, it is what has given me such respect for the jewelers, because when you try to do it yourself and you see how challenging it is, you really respect the people who do it miraculously even more.    So, I took this class just to see what it was, and the teacher—I still remember his name. His name was Cunningham; I don't remember his first name. He was from Cranbrook, and he sent the class to a retail store in New York on 53rd Street, right opposite MOMA, called America House.   Sharon: Called American House?   Toni: America House. America House was the retail enterprise of the American Craft Council. They had the museum, which was then called the Museum of Contemporary Crafts; now it's called MAD, Museum of Arts and Design. They had the museum, and they had a magazine, Craft Horizons, which then became American Craft, and then they had this retail store. I went into America House—and this was the late 1960s—and I knew I had found my calling. I looked at this jewelry, which was really fine studio jewelry. It was done by Ronald Pearson; it was done by Jack Kripp. These were the people that America House carried. I couldn't afford to buy it. I did buy some of the jewelry when they went out of business and had a big sale in the early 1970s. At that time I couldn't, but I looked at the jewelry and the holloware, and I had never seen anything like it. Yes, I had seen Native American that I loved, and I had seen Mexican that I loved. I hadn't yet seen modernist; that wasn't going to come until the early 1980s. But here I saw this second generation of studio jewelers, and I said, “I don't know what I'm going to do with this professionally, but I know I've got to do something with it because this is who I am. This is what I love.”    Back in the late 1960s, it was called applied arts. Anything that was not painting and sculpture was applied art. Ceramics was applied art; furniture was applied art; textiles, jewelry, any kind of metalwork was applied art. Nobody took it seriously as an academic discipline in America, here in this country. Then I went on to graduate school, still in art history. I was specializing in what was then contemporary art, particularly color field painting, but I just loved what was called the crafts, particularly the metalwork. I started to go to the library and research books on jewelry. I found books on jewelry, but they were all published in Europe, mostly England. There were things in other languages other than French, which I could read with a dictionary. There were books on jewelry history, but they were not written in America; everything was in Europe. So, I started to read voraciously about the history of jewelry, mostly the books that came out of the Victoria & Albert Museum. I read all about ancient jewelry and medieval jewelry and Renaissance jewelry. Graham Hughes, who was then the director of the V&A, had written a book, “Modern Jewelry,” and it had jewelry by artists, designed by Picasso and Max Ernst and Brach, including things that were handmade in England and all over Europe. I think even some of the early jewelers in our discipline were in that book. If I remember correctly, I think Friedrich Becker, for example, might have been in Graham Hughes' “Modern Jewelry,” because that was published, I believe, in the late 1960s.    So, I saw there was a literature in studio jewelry; it just wasn't in America. Then I found a book on William Spratling, this Mexican jeweler whose work I had collected. It was not a book about his jewelry; it was an autobiography about himself that obviously he had written, but it was so rich in talking about the metalsmithing community in Taxco, Mexico, which is where he, as an American, went to study the colonial architecture. He wound up staying and renovating the silver mines that had been dormant since the 18th century. It was such a great story, and I said, “There's something here,” but no graduate advisor at that time, in the early 70s, was going to support you in wanting to do a thesis on applied art, no matter what the medium. But in the back of my mind, I always said, “I'm going to do something with this at some point.”    Honestly, Sharon, I never thought I would live to see the day that this discipline is as rich as it is, with so much literature, with our publishers publishing all of these fantastic jewelry books, and other publishers, like Flammarion in Paris, which published “Messengers of Modernism.” Then there's the interest in Montreal at the Museum of Fine Arts, which is the museum that has the “Messengers of Modernism” collection. It has filtered into the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, obviously MAD. So many museums are welcoming. I never thought I would live to see the day. It really is so heartening. I don't have words to express how important this is, but I just started to do it. In the early 1970s or mid-1970s—I don't think my daughter was born yet. My son was a toddler. I would sit in my free moments and write an article about William Spratling, because he was American. He went to Mexico, but he was American. He was the only American I knew of that I could write about. Not that that article was published at that time, but I was doing the research and I was writing it.   Sharon: That's interesting. If there had been a discipline of jewelry history or something in the applied arts, if an advisor had said, “Yes, I'll support you,” or “Why don't you go ahead and get your doctorate or your master's,” that's something you would have done?   Toni: Totally, without even a thought, yes. Because when I was studying art history, I would look at Hans Holbein's paintings of Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More, and all I would do was look at the jewelry they were wearing, the chains and the badges on their berets. I said, “Oh my god, that is so spectacular.” Then I learned that Holbein actually designed the jewelry, which a lot of people don't know. I said, “There is something to this.” I would look at 18th century paintings with women, with their pearls and rings and bracelets, and all I would do was look at the jewelry. I would have in a heartbeat. If I could have had a graduate advisor, I would have definitely pursued that.   Sharon: When you say you never thought you'd live to see the day when modernist jewelry is so popular—not that it's so surprising, but you are one of the leaders of the movement. When I mentioned to somebody, “Oh, I like modernist jewelry,” the first thing they said was, “Well, have you read ‘Messengers of Modernism?'” As soon as I came home—I was on a trip—I got it. So, you are one of the leaders.   Toni: Well, it is interesting. It is sort of the standard text, but people will say, “Well, why isn't Claire Falkenstein in the book? She's so important,” and I say, “It's looked upon as a standard text, but the fact is it's a catalogue to an exhibition. That was the collection.” Fifty/50 Gallery had a private collection. As I said before, they were at the forefront of promoting and selling modernist jewelry, but they did have a private collection. That collection went to Montreal in the 1990s because at that time, there wasn't an American museum that was interested in taking that collection. That book is the catalogue of that finite collection. So, there are people who are major modernist jewelers—Claire Falkenstein is one that comes to mind—that are not in that collection, so they're not in the book. There's a lot more to be said and written about that movement.   Sharon: I'm sure you've been asked this a million times: What's the difference between modern and modernist jewelry?   Toni: Modern is something that's up to date at a point in time, but modernist jewelry is—this is a word we adopted. The word existed, but we adopted it to define the mid-20th century studio jewelry, the post-war jewelry. It really goes from 1940 to the 1960s. That's it; that's the time limit of modernist jewelry. Again, it's a word we appropriated. We took that word and said, “We're going to call this category modernist jewelry because we have to call it something, so that's the term.” Modern means up to date. That's just a general word.   Sharon: When you go to a show and see things that are in the modernist style, it's not truly modernist if it was done today, it wasn't done before 1960.   Toni: Right, no. Modernist jewelry is work that's done in that particular timeframe and that also subscribes to what I was saying, this appropriation of motifs from the modern art movement. There was plenty of costume jewelry and fine jewelry being done post-war, and that is jewelry that is mid-20th century. You can call it mid-20th century modern, which confuses the issue even more, but it's not modernist jewelry. Modernist jewelry is jewelry that was done in the studio by a silversmith and was inspired by the great movements in modern art and some other inspirations. Art Smith was extremely motivated by African motifs, but also by Calder and by Biomorphism. It's not religious. There are certainly gray areas, but in general, that's modernist jewelry.    Sharon: I feel envious when you talk about everything that was going in on New York. I have a passion, but there's no place on the West Coast that I would go to look at some of this stuff.   Toni: I'll tell you one of the ironies, Sharon. Post-war, definitely through the 1950s and early 1960s, there must have been 13 to 15 studio shops by modernist jewelers. You had Sam Kramer on 8th Street and Art Smith on 4th Street and Polo Bell, who was on 4th Street and then he was on 8th Street, and Bill Tendler, and you had Jules Brenner, and Henry Steig was Uptown. Ed Wiener was all over the place. There were so many jewelers in New York, and I never knew about them. I never went to any of their shops. I used to hang out in the Village when I was a young teenager, walked on 4th Street; never saw Art Smith's shop. He was there from 1949 until 1977. I used to walk on 8th Street, and Sam Kramer was on the second floor. I never looked up, and I didn't know this kind of jewelry existed. In those days, like I said, I was still collecting Navajo.

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We are taking a short break from recording new episodes this month. I hope you enjoy this previously released episode on Toxicology in the ICU. This is part one of a two part series. Today's episode will focus on an overview of toxic ingestions and their general management. Our guest is Dr. Jerrold B. Leikin. Dr. Leikin is the Director of Medical Toxicology at North Shore University Health System-OMEGA which includes several hospitals in Illinois. In addition, he is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Pritzker School of Medicine (University of Chicago) and Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Rush Medical College. Additional Resources: Link to the website for the American Association of Poison Control Centers: https://aapcc.org/ A three-part review series published in CHEST on Toxicology in the ICU. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21896525 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21972388 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22045882 Books mentioned in this episode: Biographies on Louis Armstrong: https://amzn.to/3wsdT0z https://amzn.to/38DfEP5 Albums by Louis Armstrong: https://amzn.to/3Pt40qO

Bryan Driscoll and Chad Keller are back on another episode of Eat, Sleep, Invest. Today, the co-hosts talk about building high-converting landing pages for real estate investors. They cover how to test your landers and what sort of things you should be trying consistently. Testing is an essential part of perfecting and adjusting your marketing strategy. But following specific steps for testing and learning from the information you gather is the only way to make your marketing work best for your area and target audience. In this episode, Bryan and Chad talk about: The importance of constantly testing to see what's working, especially for paid traffic How minor tweaks like taking away a menu bar or using certain headlines can increase your success Using short forms that lead to longer forms on Carrot websites The uses of Instapage, Unbounce, and ClickFunnels How the information above the fold of a website should be tested regularly Considering the mobile and desktop versions of your website An example of how sending fancy, professional-looking mailers lead to zero leads Learning from failed tests as well as what works well Being patient and not testing more than one variable at a time Using side-by-side testing of a variable   Additional Resources: Link to fancy mailer discussed on the episode https://instapage.com/ https://unbounce.com/ https://www.clickfunnels.com/ https://carrot.com/

On this episode, we talk with Acquisition experts Stan Soloway and Jason Knudsen on their ground-breaking report on the expanding use of Other Transaction Authority (OTAs) in the federal procurement market and then catch up with innovation leader Jim Cook on the recently released President's Management Agenda (PMA) Learning Agenda. Guests: Stan Soloway, CEO of Celero Strategies, former CEO of the Professional Services Council, former DoD acquisition leader and a Fellow at both the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and the National Contract Management Association (NCMA)) https://www.linkedin.com/in/stan-soloway-3707b84/ Jason Knudson, CEO of Vyzvalab, Inc., former Naval officer and former program manager for IT and related capabilities at the Defense Innovation Unit https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-knudson/ Jim Cook, Vice President for Strategic Engagement and Partnerships at MITRE and leader of the ACT-IAC Institute for Innovation https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-cook-10ab23a/ Additional Resources: Link to OTA Report – “Other Transaction Authorities: After 60 Years, Hitting Their Stride or Hitting the Wall”: https://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/other-transactions-authorities Link to the PMA Learning Agenda: https://www.performance.gov/pma/learning-agenda/ Link to President's Management Agenda: https://www.performance.gov/pma Link to the MITRE Center for Data Driven Policy: https://www.mitre.org/research/policy-center To learn more about ACT-IAC, the Institute for Innovation, the upcoming Innovation Roundtables, the 2022 Innovation Awards, Emerging Technology and Innovation Conference or the Agenda 2021 Presidential Election papers, please visit our website: https://www.actiac.org/

In today's episode, we will discuss the management of severe alcohol withdrawal in the intensive care unit. Our guest is Dr. Nick Mark (@nickmmark), a critical care physician practicing in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Mark is the founder and creator of www.onepagerICU.com - a wonderful resource that provides regularly updated comprehensive and practical one-page summaries on various critical care topics. Additional Resources: Link to the onepager on Alcohol Withdrawal. -https://onepagericu.com/ A statement on research needs for inpatient management of severe alcohol withdrawal from the American Thoracic Society. - https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rccm.202108-1845ST Guidelines for clinical management of alcohol withdrawal from American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). - https://bit.ly/3GIRkq6 Books mentioned in this episode: Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! By Richard Feynman. - https://amzn.to/34IZBgs Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. By Yuval Noah Harari. - https://amzn.to/3HGqsbE

As we start a new year, we look forward with the hope to grow and improve critical care medicine. In today's episode of the podcast, we will discuss a path forward focused on healing, recovery, and transformation. Our guest is Dr. Wes Ely, professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and co-director of the Center for Critical Illness, Brain dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS Center). Dr. Ely is the author of Every Deep-Drawn Breath – a wonderful book that will guide our discussion in this episode. Additional Resources: Link to the CIBS Center website, which contains a wealth of resources for intensivists on the topic of delirium: https://www.icudelirium.org Kaleidoscope by Wes Ely: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25599355/ Don't give COVID-19 long-haulers the Silent Treatment by Wes Ely: https://bit.ly/3GfgJbC ABCDEF Bundle and Supportive ICU Practices for Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection - An International Point Prevalence Study. K Liu, et al. Critical Care Explorations 2021: https://bit.ly/3qepqgS Caring for Critically Ill Patients with the ABCDEF Bundle - Results of the ICU Liberation Collaborative in Over 15,000 Adults: https://bit.ly/3FeX0Hw Books Mentioned in this Episode: Every Deep-Drawn Breath by Wes Ely: https://www.icudelirium.org/every-deep-drawn-breath In Shock by Rana Awdish: https://amzn.to/3JY9p6n Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis: https://amzn.to/339MJ2m East of Eden by John Steinbeck: https://amzn.to/3JXpRDN

Today's episode is a conversation with Julie Sochacki where they discuss the importance of determining your non-negotiables and your core values. And remember, you have a choice…to be kind to yourself or not. And to prioritize your health and well-being or not because self-care is a choice. As always we love to hear from our listeners! Reach out to podcast@drmcselfcare.com with any questions or topics you'd like to hear about on future episodes. Additional Resources: Link to Theresa’s episode on Julie’s podcast Core Value Direction Sheet & List of Core Values by Elena Aguilar Onward by Elena Aguilar Cheryl Richardson’s website Cook-Cottone Mindful Self-Care Scale to assess your strengths and weaknesses across the 10 domains of Self-Care. Dr. MC loves this scale and uses it frequently in her workshops. Be sure to reach out to Dr. MC after you take it if you need help developing your routine. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1 00:00:28 Welcome to another episode of Dr. MCs self care cabaret podcast. I’m Theresa Melito-Conners a PhD level self care expert in the greater Boston area with a passion for helping others recognize the importance of caring for themselves. Today. We are speaking with Julie Sochacki. Julie is a mother of two boys and a clinical associate professor of English and director of the English secondary education program at the University of Hartford. Julia is an urban educator and has Connecticut credentials as an English language arts teacher, literacy specialist and intermediate administrator. She also holds a Juris doctorate or a J D and is a member of the Connecticut bar in her coaching practice. She meets teachers where they are and moves them forward with wisdom, motivation, and grace. She is passionate about bringing mindfulness into the classroom. She was also an author at faculty focus and a 2021 recipient of the university of Hartford innovations and teaching and learning award. Speaker 1 00:01:39 She is a member of the Connecticut state department of educations, educator preparation advisory council, and she’s also a yoga teacher at and a Reiki master Julie’s work aligns very much with my passions, a fellow PhD classmate connected us a few years back as she recognized the overlap in our work. The first podcast guest experience Dr. MC ever made was on Julie’s the resilient teacher podcast. How exciting that I can now have her as a guest on mine, full circle, as they say, I am excited to learn from Julie about the important work she is doing. I know she has some fabulous tips for us and here’s our conversation Speaker 1 00:02:29 Well, thanks Julie, for joining us here today on the Dr. MC self care cabaret podcast, I’m delighted to chat with you. I’m so happy to Speaker 2 00:02:37 Be here. Thanks for Spea

Join us as we talk about shadow work...where it came from, how it became popular, and the cultural and scientific issues with the term and application of the practice.References/ResourcesBias of Carl Jung Toward Eastern Spiritual Practices: https://taileaters.com/depth-psychology/jungs-bias-toward-spiritual-practices-of-the-east/Gnosticism and Individuation: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27510698?seq=1Limitations of Psychoanalysis in treatment of mental illness:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/wps.20235https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272735811001863?via%3Dihubhttps://journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/Fulltext/2013/05000/TheCurrentStateoftheEmpiricalEvidence_for.1.aspxMyers-Briggshttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/00346543063004467https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26554264.pdfhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/232494957CautionarycommentsregardingtheMyers-BriggsType_IndicatorBiological EssentialismA Neurologists perspective on subcortical systems reflecting unconscious archetypes: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01424/fullJung and Racism: https://www.britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk/insights/blog/jung-and-racism**Archetypes: Culture or Biology? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22444357/Additional Resources:Link to workshops mentionedDISCLAIMER: These workshops are not affiliated with or recommended by the podcast, but included if our listeners wish to explore the subject further themselves.Twitter Announcement: https://twitter.com/becomingethical/status/1368598601346220035Fairy Tales and Therapy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fairy-tales-and-therapy-introductory-workshop-tickets-143404852775?ref=eiosGreek Myths and Therapy: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greek-myths-and-therapy-introductory-workshop-tickets-144792705881?fbclid=IwAR3Z_VvFCwLePAWgiuAeExWvfY7lTAdc9fZMfxpj6Krqp75SWDojE9-9u6Q

In this episode, I share a concept I learned from the book "The Ideal Team Player" by Patrick Lencioni. For me, this concept of the 3 essential virtues (Humble, Hungry, Smart) has always been applied to hiring/ on-boarding staff, but I think it's very applicable when we look at developing leadership in our sports teams or even business teams. Before we can really trust members of our team to lead well, they need to embody these values or else they will struggle immensely to have an IMPACT. I hope this episode gives you a framework for this concept, and motivates you to want to read more and start assessing where your team is at so you can grow them in these areas. Additional Resources: Link to "The Ideal Team Player" by Patrick Lencioni PDF with framework for this concept

Go all in. It looks good on a t-shirt. It looks good on a Christ-follower, too. Unfortunately, we are really good at half-way when it comes to our devotion to the Lord. I find myself going in spurts. I'm all in for awhile and then I get distracted. I'm gung-ho in one area, but not in another. Brandon Heath's song, "Whole Heart" reminds us to love God the way He wants us to...with our whole heart. There's a wonderful story found in 2 Chronicles about King Asa and all of Judah going "all in."  Will you join me in exploring it this week? On this episode I discuss: Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include: Slow down (digest smaller chunks) Explore a topic Read in context (don't read part of the story...especially this week) The heart as inner man - a place where affections, will, and inclinations reside How God asks for our wholehearted love and devotion - Matthew 22:37 The combination life -- half-in and half-out God as our example of wholeheartedness - Jeremiah 32:37-41 A quote from Andrew Murray - The Two Covenants King Asa's story in 2 Chronicles 14-16 and 1 Kings 15 The peace King Asa and all of Judah enjoyed because of their wholehearted devotion to God King Asa and the people entering into a covenant to seek the LORD with all their heart and with all their soul The comparison and contrast of when King Asa relied on God and when he relied on other men How we get a new heart that can maintain wholehearted devotion. God will give it to us!   Additional Resources Link to get Brandon's Whole Heart Devotional Series emailed to you! - Brandon Heath's Website Lyrics This Week's Challenge Read all about King Asa in 2 Chronicles 14-16. Read the entire story and compare and contrast the wholeheartedness and divided hearts of the king and his people and consider the results of each. Seek the Lord with your whole heart and thank Him for the good that He freely pours out with His whole heart.

In this episode of Critical Matters, we take a deep dive in delirium with Wesley Ely, MD. Dr. Ely is a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the co-director of the Center for Critical Illness, Brain dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS Center), which has enrolled thousands of patients into clinical trials answering vital questions about ICU acquired brain disease and other components of ICU survivorship. His team developed the CAM-ICU, and he has published extensively on the topic. Additional Resources: Link to the CIBS Center website, which contains a wealth of resources for intensivists on the topic of delirium: https://bit.ly/2HfdQ0n The MIND-USA trial evaluated haloperidol and ziprasidone in ICU patients with delirium: https://bit.ly/2OQ5gIE Caring for Critically Ill Patients with the ABCDEF Bundle: Results of the ICU Liberation Collaborative in Over 15,000 Adults: https://bit.ly/2VWLUlm Books Mentioned in This Episode: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown: https://amzn.to/2RMmcRe Solzhenitsyn: A soul in exile by Joseph Pearce: https://amzn.to/2RPhpi0 Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl: https://amzn.to/2VZ2ZLb Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande: https://amzn.to/2HfeQ4D Music Mentioned in This Episode: The Chronic by Dr. Dre: https://amzn.to/2HffeA7

In this episode of Critical Matters, we discuss what happens to patients who survive the ICU. Our guest is Dr. Carla Sevin, Director for The ICU Recovery Center at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine. Dr. Sevin discusses current concepts regarding the post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) and shares her views on how we can prevent, identify, and treat it. Additional Resources: Link to Society of Critical Care Medicine webpage containing a host of resources related to the Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS): https://bit.ly/2S34Xam Link to Understanding Your ICU Stay: Information for Patients and Families booklet: https://bit.ly/2SN6S7u Link to the CIBS Center website, which contains a wealth of resources for intensivists on the topic of ICU liberation and survivorship: https://bit.ly/2HfdQ0n Link to review article, Treatment of the Post-ICU Patient in an Outpatient Setting: https://bit.ly/2UUXkVg Books Mentioned in This Episode: In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and Redemptive Power of Hope by Rana Awdish, MD: https://amzn.to/2SOLwX6 A View from the Edge — Creating a Culture of Caring by Rana Awdish, MD: https://bit.ly/2E6t1FF

Our guest this week is Dr. Kevin Stone, a cutting edge orthopedic surgeon at The Stone Clinic in San Francisco. Dr. Stone has issued approximately 50 U.S. patents and is constantly innovating the field of sports medicine.In this episode, you’ll learn:Dr. Stone’s best advice for facing any injuryWhat types of people have the most successful recoveriesThe reason we should all be training for the sport of lifeThe four rules his family lives by everydayWhy we hope that everyone has daughtersWe were so fortunate to spend this hour with Dr. Stone and know that you’re going to walk away with a renewed outlook on the relationship you have with your body & the possibilities for your athletic potential.About Our Guest:Kevin R. Stone M.D. is an orthopedic surgeon at The Stone Clinic and the Chairman of the Stone Research Foundation. He has lectured around the world as an expert in cartilage and meniscal growth, repair and replacement. Dr. Stone has pioneered new ways to address biologic joint replacement and recently developed the robotic center at The Stone Clinic in San Francisco for outpatient partial and total knee replacements. He developed the first collagen scaffold for re-growing the meniscus cartilage (CMI), the first techniques for replacing the meniscus in an arthritic knee, the first method to humanize animal tissue for use as ligaments in ACL replacement (Z-Lig now approved in Europe), the first stem cell articular cartilage paste graft for re-growing articular cartilage inside injured joints, and the first glucosamine beverage for joint health (Joint Juice). His work has led to multiple awards, publications, grants, approximately 50 issued US patents and multiple start-up companies. As an orthopaedic surgeon, he has served the U.S. Ski Team, the U.S.Pro Ski Tour, the Marin Ballet, the Smuin Ballet, the modern Pentathlon at the U.S. Olympic Festival, U.S. Olympic Training Center, and now for the newly launched World Pro Ski Tour. He is a weekly columnist for the San Francisco Examiner which becomes a blog at www.stoneclinic.com/blog and recently published a book of these articles called “You, Only Better” which is about to be released as an audiobook and podcast. He was trained at Harvard in internal medicine and orthopaedic surgery and at Stanford in general surgery, did his sports fellowship with Richard Steadman and a visiting research Fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery.Tweetables:"I see injury as an opportunity for an athlete to return better than they ever were.""When approaching recovery, see yourself as an athlete in training, not a patient in rehab.""It's not just about winning, it's about being able to play the game for a long time.""There are four things you have to do everyday: educate yourself, contribute to the world, be a good person, and have fun."Additional Resources:Link to Dr. Stone's recent blog "The Testosterone Trap"Want to be a participant in the Stone Research Foundation Stem Cell & Growth Factor Clinical Research Study? Check it out here!VIDEO of the Recovery of a Super Bowl Champion, Tracy PorterDr. Stone's Self Diagnosis Symptom CheckerFollow The Stone ClinicInstagramTwitter

Body in Culture Kimberly Dark is a writer, sociologist, and raconteur, working to reveal the hidden architecture of everyday life one clever essay, poem, and story at a time. She uses humor, surprise and intimacy to help audiences discover their influences, and reclaim their power as social creators. She teaches in the graduate program in Sociological Practice at Cal State San Marcos. Kimberly Dark has written award-winning plays, facilitated and performed for a wide range of audiences in various countries over the past two decades. Her essays appear in popular online publications such as Everyday Feminism and Ravishly.  Her poetry and prose are available in various literary and academic publications. The storytelling performances and interactive lectures make big, complex ideas relatable at campuses, conferences, companies and anywhere people seek startling revelations and positive change.  Beloved by diverse audiences, Kimberly crosses boundaries to show how we must engage all the wisdom and verve we have to create the most compassionate, fair and inclusive world we can. You will feel her passion through the mic and this episode incorporates her storytelling and my interview with her. She is currently touring with her show, “Thing I learned from fat people on the plane”.      “We need more fat yoga teachers. And old yoga teachers, and disabled yoga teachers and anyone with a different body than you think you want. “ - Kimberly Dark   This Week on the Every Body Podcast: • Why she uses spoken word and storytelling to communicate her sociology perspective.  • A performance about  fat children and the many ways the “starve” • Healthism • Her experience of fat stigma being yoga teacher for 20 years.  Additional Resources: • Link to Kimberly Dark’s website • Here’s Looking At You: Yoga, Fat & Fitness • Another Way to Starve • Kalani Yoga Retreat  • Kiese Laymon’s website Rate & Share Thank you for joining me this week on the Every Body podcast. If you enjoyed this week’s episode, head over to iTunes , subscribe to the show and leave a review to help us grow the podcast. Don’t forget to visit our website , follow us on Facebook , Twitter, and Instagram , and share your story because this podcast is for every body.    

Big Gal Yoga with Valerie Sagun  Valeria Sagun took her first crack at yoga in a college course back in 2011 and now challenges over 152,000 instagram followers to start looking at their bodies through a more positive lens. Valerie (@biggalyoga) joins us this week with friend and co-bopo pal Anna Chapman (@iamannachapman) to talk about how their vastly different backgrounds led them both to a place where they could celebrate their size and encourage others to do the same. Valerie's new book, Big Gal Yoga, dives deeper into her life's story as well as her her yoga tips and practices. The endearing dynamic between these two has got to be some of my favorite #relationshipgoals to date. Take a listen and join the discussion with us!   "Finding that calmness within yoga that I hadn't had before; the simple movement, or just moving your body, can change your mental outlook on things." - Valerie Sagun   This Week on the Every Body Podcast: A look at how Valerie Sagun (@BigGalYoga) and Anna Chapman (@iamannachapman) met and hit it off.  Valerie's background as a "big gal" of color in a family that that differed from tradition western ideas of beauty. How Anna dealt with fat phobia within her own family.  Valerie and Anna discuss changing bodies in the fat-positive community and being supportive through it all, not just the bigger end of the spectrum.  Advice for those struggling with getting into a physical practice with yoga.  Lots of love between these two beautiful friends and body positive warriors.    Additional Resources: Link to Big Gal Yoga book on Amazon Valerie Sagun website: http://www.biggalyoga.com/ Anna Chapman website: iamannachapman.com      Rate & Share Thank you for joining me this week on the Every Body podcast. If you enjoyed this week’s episode, head over to iTunes , subscribe to the show and leave a review to help us grow the podcast. Don’t forget to visit our website , follow us on Facebook , Twitter, and Instagram so you never miss an episode.

Go all in. It looks good on a t-shirt. It looks good on a Christ-follower, too. Unfortunately, we are really good at half-way when it comes to our devotion to the Lord. I find myself going in spurts. I'm all in for awhile and then I get distracted. I'm gung-ho in one area, but not in another. Brandon Heath's new song, "Whole Heart" reminds us to love God the way He wants us to...with our whole heart. There's a wonderful story found in 2 Chronicles about King Asa and all of Judah going "all in."  Join me? On this episode I discuss: Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include: Slow down (digest smaller chunks) Explore a topic Read in context (don't read part of the story...especially this week) The heart as inner man - a place where affections, will, and inclinations reside How God asks for our wholehearted love and devotion - Matthew 22:37 The combination life - half in and half out God as our example of wholeheartedness - Jeremiah 32:37-41 A quote from Andrew Murray - The Two Covenants King Asa's story in 2 Chronicles 14-16 and 1 Kings 15 The peace King Asa and all of Judah enjoyed because of their wholehearted devotion to God King Asa and the people entering into a covenant to seek the LORD with all their heart and with all their soul The comparison and contract of when King Asa relied on God and when he relied on other men How do we get a new heart that can maintain wholehearted devotion? God will give it to us!     Additional Resources Link to get Brandon's Whole Heart Devotional Series emailed to you! - Brandon Heath's Website Lyrics This Week's Challenge Read all about King Asa in 2 Chronicles 14-16. Read the entire story and compare and contrast the wholeheartedness and divided hearts of the king and his people and consider the results of each. Seek the Lord with your whole heart and thank Him for the good that He freely pours out with His whole heart.