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In this episode, Vice Mayor Marie Little of Newark shares her inspiring journey from a challenging childhood marked by health issues to her recent election as Vice Mayor. She discusses her multicultural upbringing, her passion for languages, and her commitment to serving her community. Marie emphasizes the importance of supporting blue-collar workers and her experiences teaching in correctional facilities. Balancing her role as Vice Mayor and educator, she reflects on the challenges and rewards of public service, all while maintaining her vibrant personality and dedication to making a difference. In this engaging conversation, Vice Mayor Eve Marie Little shares her journey from city council to vice mayor, her passion for biking and poker, and her commitment to diversity and community. She emphasizes the importance of kindness, empathy, and understanding different cultures through travel. Little also discusses the significance of funerals as celebrations of life and her efforts to educate others about the funeral industry. Her insights into the deaf community and the skills she has learned through poker highlight her commitment to inclusivity and personal growth. Newark Vice Mayor and City Council Member | Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism Lecturer at California State University - East Bay, Mission College, and Austin University | FRESA Linguistics Spanish Translation Serviceseve.little@newarkca.gov Phone #: (510) 578-4913

What does it really mean to be an ally in today's workplace? For Amira Barger, Executive Vice President of DEI Advisory and Health Communications at Edelman, it's about going beyond being "nice." Growing up as the daughter of missionaries in Guam, Amira learned early on about meeting people's needs and building community. Now, she's challenging leaders to move past surface-level actions and ask the critical question: "What do you need to show up as your chosen self?" In this powerful conversation, Amira shares why "nice is not the measure" when it comes to creating real change, how behavioral communication shaped campaigns like "Don't Mess with Texas," and what it means to be a leader who truly builds capacity in others rather than just checking boxes.About AmiraAmira Barger is a multi-award-winning Executive Vice President at Edelman, focusing on health equity, DEI, and employee engagement. She provides strategic communications counsel that mobilizes communities and inspires action. As a professor at California State University East Bay, she teaches marketing, communications, and change management. She leverages design thinking to advance DEI and writes about Black women in the workplace and actionable steps for Black liberation in publications like Fast Company and MSNBC.Highlights:Growing up in Guam as part of a missionary family taught Amira the importance of meeting community needs, particularly in healthcareHow iving through major events shaped her view that we're "whole humans, not just working humans"The power of the "platinum rule" - treating others as they want to be treated - versus the traditional golden ruleWhy DEI work remains vital despite backlash, and how everyday workers across political lines value inclusionThe "curb cut effect" - how solutions designed for specific groups often benefit everyoneWhy "chosen self" can be more meaningful than "authentic self" in professional settingsHow middle managers shape workplace culture and why they need more capacity building, not just trainingWhy "nice is not the measure" and the importance of being a co-conspirator rather than just an allyUsing behavioral communication principles to create positive changeLinks & Resources Mentioned:Learn more about Amira's work:LinkedIn ProfileInstagram (@amirabarger)Writing PortfolioFortune's Report on Accidental Managers (2024)Don't Mess with Texas - Fabulous Thunderbirds Ad (1986)The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay StanierGet your FREE 5 Day Leadership Reset Challenge guide here: https://llpod.link/challengePodcast Website: www.loveandleadershippod.comInstagram: @loveleaderpodFollow us on LinkedIn!Kristen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristenbsharkey/ Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-s-364970111/Learn more about Kristen's leadership coaching and facilitation services: http://www.emboldify.com

In this episode of Risk Management Show, we delve into the art of risk management with Dr. Michael Orkin, an esteemed statistician and author of "The Story of Chance: What's Luck Got to Do With It." Dr. Orkin, a Professor Emeritus at California State University East Bay, shares his insights on mastering risk in both personal and professional domains. We discussed the critical role of probability in decision-making, the intersection of skill and chance in gaming, and effective money management strategies. Dr. Orkin's expertise in the gaming industry and his recent work with game developers provide a unique perspective on the complex dynamics of risk. You can find his book "The Story of Chance: What's Luck Got to Do With It." via the links below  Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=books+michael+orkin&crid=3GZD6JKRWUV30&sprefix=michael+orkin%2Caps%2C170&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_13 Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Michael%20Orkin Publisher: https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/story-chance-whats-luck-got-do-it-0 If you want to be our guest or suggest an expert, send your email to info@globalriskconsult.com with "Podcast Guest Inquiry" in the subject line. Join us as we explore the profound impacts of chance on risk management and equip you with the knowledge to navigate uncertainties.

How do you define facilities management at a university or college? Winnie Kwofie, who has overseen facilities management teams in public and private higher education institutions, describes the field as integrating people and processes in one place. She is passionate about increasing awareness about the diverse and interesting roles in facilities management. Currently, on HigherEdJobs, there are 4,300 open positions listed. Kwofie helped launch "Women in Facilities in the Cal State U" system while serving as associate vice president of facilities development and operations at California State University East Bay. Women are underrepresented in the field of facilities management leadership, she said. The U.S. Department of Labor describes the field as "non-traditional," which could dissuade some women from applying for these roles. Through her research, Kwofie has seen first-hand how a lack of awareness about these roles contributes to unfilled positions and job seekers still searching for that perfect role. Read her tips on how to recruit and retain Black women in facilities management. Kwofie is a licensed civil engineer in the state of California and she recently successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, with an emphasis on educational leadership for social justice. She has held national, regional, and local leadership roles with APPA (formerly known as the Association of Physical Plant Administrators). Do you have a topic you would like us to discuss on the podcast? Send us your idea and you might hear it discussed on the HigherEdJobs podcast.

"At DriveU, trust is key. Stringent background checks and skill assessments guarantee top-notch drivers. We maintain strict standards, admitting only the best. Swiftly addressing customer feedback ensures a service you can trust."In this episode, we explore the dynamic career journey of Ashok Shastry, a versatile professional who has worn many hats, from Co-Founder & CEO at DriveU to Event Alliances Manager at Taxiforsure.com. Ashok's diverse experiences include internships as a Leasing Consultant and Marketing Coordinator, along with a stint as a Sales Associate at T-Mobile. With a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Finance from California State University - East Bay, join us as we uncover the unique contours of Ashok's career, navigating the ever-evolving landscape of work in under a hundred words.In this episode, Ashok Shastri shares his entrepreneurial journey from Taxi for Sure to revolutionising India's on-demand driving. Dive into the intricacies of expanding into new cities, the use of cutting-edge AI technologies, and DriveU's unwavering commitment to safety. Explore the innovative responsive system driven by customer feedback, and gain insights into the future of mobility. Don't miss this deep dive into the ethos of a company shaping the forefront of transportation innovation.Episode HighlightDriveU's remarkable journey and evolution in the on-demand driving industry.The dynamic challenges and opportunities of operating across multiple cities.Financial success milestones and strategies contributing to profitability and revenue growth.Vision for the future of mobility services and DriveU's integral role in shaping it.Follow Ashok on LinkedinProduced by: Priya BhattPodcast Host:Archit SethiAbout Springworks:Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:SpringVerify— B2B verification platformEngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company cultureTrivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-buildingSpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, andSpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Joi Jackson-Morgan. When Joi was eleven years old, she earned her first paycheck as a newspaper delivery person. She distinctly remembers it was for $40.72. Joi wanted to use the money to buy a new pair of shoes. Her mom had different plans. Joi's mother took her to the local bank and helped Joi open an account and use the money to buy a savings bond. By her mom's math that bond would be worth double by the time Joi was 18. She was right. That money enabled Joi to buy a much-needed book later on when she was in college. As you'll hear, this crash course in savings, at an early age, drilled important money habits in Joi that she's leveraged ever since. Joi is the Executive Director at 3rd Street Youth Center & Clinic. Joi's most important contribution to 3rd Street has been her ability to combine insight into the history of the neighborhood with both her formal education in public health and her professional experience. She was born and raised in Bayview Hunters Point, the Southeast sector of San Francisco. She has worked as a math and science teacher at several Bay Area junior high and high schools and as a research assistant on community-based health studies. Joi's broad experience and education in health and education inform her approach to working with individual youth and the community as a whole. Under Joi's leadership, 3rd Street has experienced exponential growth fortifying its standing as a leader in housing and behavioral health services for young people, and recently opened San Francisco's first TAY Navigation Center for young adults experiencing homelessness. Joi is committed to centering the importance of racial equity and justice to end youth homelessness. Joi is currently the Co-Chair of the Black/African American Health Initiative on Sexually Transmitted Infections (BAAHISTI). She received her Master of Public Health from Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and her Bachelor of Science in Biology at California State University-East Bay.

In this episode, we dig into ways schools can advance equity by expanding "whole child" services that are available to students at sites. Dr. Chaun Powell, Senior Chief of Student Services for the Alameda County Office of Education, helps identify key approaches for maximizing funding sources for these services -- with a particular focus on behavioral and mental health supports -- and seizing new opportunities to partner with other agencies that serve children. California is in the throes of rolling out major initiatives that create greater access for students to a range of vital services  to better support all areas of children's  development and learning, including the:California Community Schools Partnership ProgramCalifornia's Children and Youth Behavioral Health InitiativeExtended Learning Opportunities Program, andFamily First Prevention Services Act.These initiatives present a new era of possibility for school districts and county offices to blend and braid funding to increase and sustain services. Chaun leads us through this new landscape of programs and policies that promote interagency collaboration. With insight and curiosity, she helps to explore questions around innovative funding, strengthening collaboration across systems, and centering equity.Other ResourcesStatewide Multi-Payer School-Linked Fee Schedule overview video"Improving Student Wellness With A Multi-Tiered System of Support," WestEd AudioCast featuring Santa Clara COEAbout Our Guest Dr. Chaun Powell, Senior Chief of Student Services, Alameda COE, is  a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), school social worker, educational leader, writer and adjunct faculty member at San José State University & California State University East Bay.  Her unique background in education, community based work and child welfare helps her bring a cross systems lens and experience to serving children, youth and families in schools and the community.  Her work has included the development of policy and spearheading and implementing School Based Health & Wellness, Attendance and Behavior Response Initiatives at the school site, district, county and state levels. Prior to joining Alameda COE, she served as a site level Dean of Students, and as Executive Director, Youth Health & Wellness for Santa Clara COE, where she also led a statewide Professional Learning Network for educators on school-based billing.  About our hostJason Willis serves as  Director of Strategic Resource Planning and Implementation for WestEd, and he is a former chief business official in several California school districtsAbout our seriesBudgeting for Educational Equity is presented by the California Association of School Business Official (CASBO) and WestEd. We are grateful to the Sobrato Family Foundation for additional support. 

When and why did the CIA create a venture capital fund? How did a failed stockbroker become a literary giant? Fred Fuld III from the Wall Street News Network joined me to discuss Financial History, Investment Trivia and Antique Stock Certificates. Fred Fuld III is a former financial services executive, stockbroker, and market maker on the options floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange. He was Vice president of a San Francisco based investment management firm and worked as an adjunct professor for the College of Business at California State University East Bay. He is the publisher of the Wall Street News Network website. He's written several investment related books including Stock Market Trivia and Investment Trivia, as well as three mystery novels. Fred is an interesting guy. Here's some links to find out more about him and his work:Amazon author profileInvestment Research Institute - in case you have an antique stock certificate lying aroundWall Street News NetworkBlog post available at: https://www.stocksforbeginners.net/blog/wall-st-news-networkDKI empowers you to earn higher returns in the equity portion of your portfolio. Providing conflict-free, well-researched stock ideas, and timely market commentary - Deep Knowledge without a hidden agenda. Use the coupon code stocksforbeginners50 to receive fifty percent off of an individual monthly or six-month subscription!Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use this link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they're offering something of value.Shares for Beginners is a production of Finpods Pty Ltd. The advice shared on Shares for Beginners is general in nature and does not consider your individual circumstances. Shares for Beginners exists purely for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be relied upon to make an investment or financial decision. If you do choose to buy a financial product, read the PDS, TMD and obtain appropriate financial advice tailored towards your needs. Philip Muscatello and Finpods Pty Ltd are authorised representatives of Money Sherpa PTY LTD ABN - 321649 27708, AFSL - 451289. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest: Zach Clark Host:  Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on June 13, 2023 (background friends: Paul Shortt and Louis M. Schmidt) Zach Clark is an Oakland based artist and educator. Since 2016 he has published as National Monument Press, a publishing project focused on supporting uniquely American stories through small edition artist books, zines, printed ephemera, and curatorial projects, completed largely through collaboration with other artists. He is one half of Chute Studio, an East Oakland based Risograph publishing studio, and is a lecturer at California State University East Bay. His work and collaborative publications have been shown and collected across North America, Europe, & Japan. www.zachclarkis.com www.nationalmonumentpress.com @zachclarkis --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paper-cuts/support

The San Francisco Bay Area is known as the “birthplace of biotech” and a center of the tech world, but did you know the local biomedical industry—companies developing new drugs and foods, medical devices and equipment, digital healthcare, and more—number in the thousands in the region? And that where a life science company first sets up shop in the Bay Area can indicate where it may move to in the future?  Gregory Theyel, Ph.D., a biomedical engineer and professor at California State University East Bay, discovered this ten years ago when he first sought out startups to help through the nonprofit Biomedical Manufacturing Network—an organization collectively started by UC Berkeley, Manex, and government entities to support the local biomedical ecosystem and provide companies with roadmaps to success—where he serves as program director. He wanted to find out where these companies were located in the Bay Area, but a comprehensive database with this information didn't exist. A self-professed “map guy,” Gregory collected the data and built a heat map plotting each biomedical manufacturing company in the region from the ground up. The Biomedical Manufacturing Network, which originated from grant support, studies and shares this data: about 1,000 companies were identified when they first began. Today, there are 2,500.  How can all this information in the network be used? Through this project, Gregory identified three economic “microclimates” in the Bay Area and spotted relocation trends as companies grow and need funding, which enables him to assist with location strategy. Various businesses and entities are wanting this data, too: realtors can forecast which companies need more space; service providers, lawyers, and contract research organizations can find potential customers; and government agencies and nonprofits can locate companies that need funding. The network's long-term goal is to facilitate the transfer of manufacturing technology between labs, universities and companies, and keep the infrastructure for a biomedical manufacturing ecosystem in the Bay Area.   We hear more from Gregory about how the Biomedical Manufacturing Network can assist startups and what kind of companies they are looking for, learn about the Tech Futures Group—another association he belongs to which helps startups find resources, capital and more—the latest technologies he's excited about, and why he was a pioneer in online teaching.  Learn more about the Biomedical Manufacturing Network.   LifeLines is produced by Biocom California, the leader and advocate for life science in California and beyond. To learn more about us, visit biocom.org or engage with us on Twitter and LinkedIn. For a transcript of this episode, you can download it here. Interested in becoming a member or joining us on this podcast? Email podcast@biocom.org.  Host: Chris Conner  Executive Producer: Marie Tutko Senior Producer: Vincenzo Tarantino Associate Producer: Lauren Panetta Program & Research Coordinator: Katy Burgess Transcripts By: Jessica Schneider  Senior Director of Marketing: Heather Ramsay Graphic Design By: Raquel Papike 

Ananda Bena-Weber is an interdisciplinary performing artist who has performed in a diverse array of productions and venues throughout the United States and abroad. Her touring solo work, Fancifool!, recently won ‘Best Variety Show' and was a Critic's Choice pic at the United Solo Theatre Festival in NYC. Roles in regional theater include: Rosalind (As You Like It), Arkadina (The Seagull), Juliet (Romeo andJuliet), Lady Anne (Richard III), Lola (Damn Yankees), Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Ophelia and Horatio (Hamlet), and the title role in Medea. Ananda has performed choreographic works by: Gregory Hines, Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, Fred Astaire, Hermes Pan, John Cranko, Alonzo King, Bill ‘Bo Jangles' Robinson, Jimmy Slyde, Marius Petipa, Sam Weber, Rosine Bena, Lynn Dally and others. Shehas performed as a dancer with such companies as: The Jazz Tap Ensemble, The Sierra Nevada Ballet, The Reno Ballet, Peninsula Ballet Theatre, and as an independent artist throughout the US and abroad. An accomplished teacher, Ananda teaches a variety of subjects and has taught classes and workshops throughout the US and Europe. Ms. Bena-Weber is the Associate Artistic Director of the Sierra Nevada Ballet. She was a professor of dance at Marymount Manhattan College, and teaching artist for the Dance Theater of Harlem and Mark Morris Dance Center inNew York for 16 years. She currently resides in San Francisco where she teaches for Alonzo King's Lines Ballet and California State University East Bay. Education includes: Goddard College (MFA, Interdisciplinary Arts), San Francisco State University (BA, Theatre Arts and Russian Language and Literature), Shakespeare and Co, American Conservatory Theater, Moscow Art Theater School, British American Drama Academy at Oxford University, Linklater Center of Voice and Speech, and Terry Schreiber Studio. Ananda is an official adjudicator for Regional Dance America, a board member of NAPAMA (North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents), a member of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, and a member of the Actor's Equity Association.For more information:https://fancifool.comhttps://anandabenaweber.comMore about Liz-Work- https://www.lizshealingtouch.com/Radio Show- https://www.voiceofvashon.org/raise-the-vibePodcast- https://www.buzzsprout.com/958816Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/raisethevibewithlizInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/raisethevibewithliz/*** Seeking sponsorship. If interested, please email- liz@lizshealingtouch.comSupport me- https://paypal.me/LisbethPeterson?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US On Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/user?u=43081730Thank you!Support the show

Toby Larson is a Performance and Exercise Psychologist and Performance Coach. With a Doctorate in Performance and Exercise Psychology from the University of Western States, Portland, OR, and a Masters in Kinesiology from California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, Toby works with athletes, actors, musicians, artists, executives, and others to reach their best possible performances consistently throughout a season and a career. Toby is an expert in human motivation and uses evidence-based approaches such as mindfulness meditation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based mental skills, and Motivational Interviewing to help his clients. He also works as an Executive and Lifestyle Coach, helping leaders increase their personal capacity and adopt new habits with both diet and exercise. In his free time, Toby loves competing in long-distance mountain bike races, skiing, camping with his family, and traveling. Toby's Social Media https://www.instagram.com/fitmindtraining/ https://fitmindtraining.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@drmojoback Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code ETP20 at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod  LET'S EXCHANGE PATCHES! SEND A PATCH TO THE PO BOX, AND WE WILL SEND YOU A CUSTOM ELBOWS TIGHT PATCH BACK! Travis Motl PO Box 768 Seabeck, WA 98380 Our Equipment: Sony 6100: https://amzn.to/355xbgM Sigma 16mm: https://amzn.to/3tQHGyN Amazon Basic Tripod: https://amzn.to/3qSt7ZH Zoom P4 Recorder: https://amzn.to/3fPmDod Zoom ZDM-1: https://amzn.to/33ATvic Blue Compass Mic Arm: https://amzn.to/3nSJhjV Elgato Camlink: https://amzn.to/3Ap3dA0 The Equipment Behind Elbows Tight Podcast: https://kit.co/ElbowsTightPodcast Subscribe on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuvHSgAUCczV4R_M6TsHcYw?view_as=subscriber Follow Our Social Media Pages! Instagram Podcast Page  https://www.instagram.com/elbowstight/?hl=en Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ElbowsTightPodcast

Have you been wondering how to manage anxiety, especially in midlife? Dr. Loretta Breuning is here to provide us with the answers! Join us on the latest episode of The Hormone Prescription Podcast and learn how the lessons from the mammalian kingdom can help us all have a happy brain. Not only will you learn about how hormones work within our bodies, but also gain insight into how simple changes in our environment can drastically change the way we feel.   Dr. Loretta Breuning, PhD, is the Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay. She is the author of many personal development books, including Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, and Endorphin Levels and Tame your anxiety-rewire your brain for happiness and others.   As a teacher and a parent, she was not convinced by prevailing theories of human motivation. Then she learned about the brain chemistry we share with earlier mammals and everything made sense. She began creating resources that have helped thousands of people make peace with their inner mammal. Dr. Breuning's work has been translated into twelve languages and is cited in major media. Before teaching, she worked for the United Nations in Africa. Loretta gives zoo tours on animal behavior, after serving as a Docent at the Oakland Zoo.   In this episode, you'll learn: - How the mammalian brain works - The hormones that can affect your emotional state - Simple strategies to rewire your brain for happiness and reduce anxiety - How our environment plays a role in affecting our moods   Listen now to this powerful episode with Dr. Loretta Breuning and learn how you can have a happy brain!   (00:00): Nature is designed to habituate to the emotions that we already have. Stay tuned to find out why our happy chemicals are not designed to be on all the time.   (00:13): So the big question is, how do women over 40 like us, keep weight off, have great energy, balance our hormones and our moods, feel sexy and confident, and master midlife? If you're like most of us, you are not getting the answers you need and remain confused and pretty hopeless to ever feel like yourself Again. As an ob gyn, I had to discover for myself the truth about what creates a rock solid metabolism, lasting weight loss, and supercharged energy after 40, in order to lose a hundred pounds and fix my fatigue, now I'm on a mission. This podcast is designed to share the natural tools you need for impactful results and to give you clarity on the answers to your midlife metabolism challenges. Join me for tangible, natural strategies to crush the hormone imbalances you are facing and help you get unstuck from the sidelines of life. My name is Dr. Kyrin Dunston. Welcome to the Hormone Prescription Podcast.   (01:07): Hi everybody, and welcome back to another episode of the Hormone Prescription with Dr. Kyrin. Thank you so much for joining me today. Today we're gonna be talking about stress. Again, I know it's such an important topic, but we're gonna be relating it to your happy neurochemicals. We're going to be talking about dopamine and serotonin and oxytocin and endorphins and how you can optimize these neurochemicals for your hormonal and overall health and wellbeing, how you can get out of anxiety and many other things. She has a unique perspective that's comes from the animal kingdom, which we're a part of, but we're a little bit different and we're gonna talk about how we're different and how that affects our health and ways that you can manage your neurochemicals that other animals don't need to worry about. I'll tell you a little bit about her and then we'll get started.   (02:05): Dr. Loretta Bruning is a PhD and she's founder of the Inter Mammal Institute and Professor Erta of Management at California State University East Bay. She's the author of many personal development books, including Habits of a Happy Brain, retrain Your Brain to Boost your Serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and Endorphin levels. And the author of Tame Your Anxiety, rewire Your Brain for Happiness and other books. As a teacher and a parent, she was not convinced by prevailing theories of human motivation. Then she learned about the brain chemistry we share with earlier mammals and everything made sense. She began creating resources that have helped thousands of people make peace with their inner mammal. Dr. Bruni's work has been translated into 12 languages and is cited in major media before teaching. She worked for the United Nations in Africa and Loretta gives zoo tours on animals' behavior after serving as a docent at the Oakland Zoo. Welcome Dr. Loretta Bruning to the podcast.   (03:05): Hi. So nice to be here.   (03:07): I'm really glad to have you here. I think people are dealing with so much stress right now. Stress levels are at an all-time high and we can't talk about it enough. How can people get regulated out of the stress site, be happy in their lives, experience joy? I mean, after all, I think that's what we're here to do ultimately, but there are a lot of things that get in the way and I'm curious if you can share with everyone how did you get interested in brain neurochemical chemicals and how to have a happy brain? What was your path?   (03:42): Like many people, I grew up around a lot of unhappiness and I didn't have a good explanation for it. So I think I was always curious like, what is everybody so upset about? So I was always looking for that and nothing ever seemed like a good enough explanation. I studied academic psychology my whole life, so I knew all the theories, but they still didn't really explain it to me and especially becoming a parent and you think, okay, now gonna start over and we're gonna do everything right according to the book, you know? And I was like, no, that doesn't work. Kids are unhappy. My students were unhappy. So then I had to rethink what I had learned and I stumbled on a lot of animal studies monkey studies, and that triggered, you know, cuz when I was like 18 years old and started studying psychology, there were a lot of monkey studies and that's what got me into seeing that the chemicals that make us feel good are the exact same chemicals in animals and they're controlled by brain structures that animals have too. And to me, that explained everything first because a monkey is constantly making decisions. What's gonna make me happy? Oh, if I get that banana, how can I get it? And that's the job our happy chemicals do is reward us for those actions. And then that this whole animal brain is not capable of using language. So it's totally separate track from the stuff we're telling ourselves in words.   (05:20): Yes. You know, I think that we forget that we are animals and that we have the same brain structures as other animals and that our brain is really designed to keep us alive, but some of those systems can act negatively in humans and actually make us sick when we don't understand them and use them properly. And I think this is super important for women at midlife because we've kind of, most of us been using our brains and our systems unconsciously, and we don't really start paying attention to how they function until we hit midlife. And the cumulative negative effects start encroaching on our good health. And then we wanna know, oh my gosh, I don't feel well. And we discover that our brain neurochemistry is part of the reason why we don't do well. How can we work with it differently? So can you talk a little bit about the different brain structures and kind of how our neurochemistry works and then we can kind of dive into what people might be encountering in terms of maladaptations of these systems that causing them problems? Sure.   (06:36): So you've raised so many good issues and I'm gonna try to simplify. Sure. Get to the point as much as possible, but there's so much. So I always like to focus on the positive, you know, what can we do instead of just focusing on the problem? So the reality is that our happy brain chemicals are not designed to be on all the time. You hear about dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and endorphin and you think, oh, other people must be just getting this all the time and what's wrong with me? And yet, when you know the job these chemicals do, you know that their job is only to be on for that moment to spark you into action when that action is appropriate. So for example, like a lion is looking around for something it can eat and if it runs after everything, it's not gonna get anything and it's gonna die of starvation.   (07:30): So dopamine turns on when it sees something it can get, and that's what our good feelings are like for that appropriate moment. So when we're not having that spark of joy, it's like no big deal. That's to the self-acceptance of my brain is designed to go up and down to navigate where should I use my energy? What's a good opportunity? And the other part of that is, well, how do I know what's a good opportunity and where should I use my energy? Well the amazing thing is my dopamine pathways are built from my own dopamine experience in my past. And your dopamine pathways are built from your past. So every little toddler is like trying to get that ball and get that cookie. And yet we're all building our pathways from our unique individual experience. And when I know my own pathways, that liberates me from being limited by them because you may think, oh, the only way to feel good is by repeating this behavior that triggered my good feelings in the past. But when you know that it's just a pathway, then you say, oh, there are thousands of other ways to be happy. I'm just doing this one because that's just the accident of my past experience.   (08:50): Yeah, we really are very programmed throughout our lives as to what's gonna make our dopamine reward pathway go up, what's gonna make our serotonin go up. It's gonna differ for every person. But I totally identify, and maybe you listening identify with this too, that I do wanna be happy all the time. Loretta . What's wrong with that? And you know, I think we see other people maybe on social media or friends that we have who really do seem like they're happy all the time. Why can't we be happy all the time?   (09:25): Okay, that's a great question. So first let's distinguish happy chemicals from unhappy chemicals. Okay, so I don't want to feel like I'm gonna die in every minute. So that's, yeah, like in in the animal brain, you are trying to escape from predators and starvation and the human brain is capable of imagining predators that are not actually there. That's how we stress ourselves. So we feel like we gotta run from this predator all the time, and that's horrible feelings. So absolutely, we should definitely wanna get away from that because that's the job our brain is designed to do is escape that threat. But if I want to feel joy every minute of every day, that's not realistic and I'm gonna end up disappointing. And if I tell myself that everybody else is feeling joy every minute of every day, then I'm gonna end up, you know, feeling left out. So, you know, there's this current movement of trying to feel the pleasure of small things. I think that's great, but the way the brain works is it habituates to what you already have. So if I think, let's say if I only get a date with this one person, I'll be happy forever. But then once you get the date with that person, you're not happy forever. Right,   (10:53): . So   (10:54): If you think, oh, if I only get this promotion, I'll be happy forever. But you get the promotion and you're not happy forever. So the reason is that our brain is designed to habituate to rewards we already have. So it's like saying that when my ancestors were hungry and they thought, oh, if I only found a tree full of riped fruit, I'd be so happy I'd, you know, I'd never be unhappy again. And they'd find the tree and they'd stuff their face with riped fruit. But if that made them happy forever, then they would not get any protein. They would not search for water and firewood. So our brain is designed to focus on the unmet need and to take for granted what you already have and say, okay, been there, done that. Now what else can I get? So that's the norm , which   (11:48): Yeah, I think everyone can relate to that. And I remember when I was younger, I would always think, I will be happy when, fill in the blank, you know, when I graduate high school, when I graduate college, when I graduate med school, you know, when I get married, when I have a baby. And like you would get to that and you do get that initial boost of, oh my gosh, this is so great, I'm so happy. And then it just becomes a factor of your life and it doesn't give you that dopamine kind of hit or serotonin boost. So I know everybody listening can really relate to that. And I love that you explained it, the nature's design to habituate to the emotions that we already have. And it is does confer survivability not only on the animal kingdom, but humans, which we're a part of the animal kingdom, but I think that sometimes we think we're superior because we have these huge four brains and that we should be able to surpass that. So how does someone who's maybe feeling dysthymic or even depressed really start to work in their lives to change their neurochemistry to a more positive state where they can get those boosts?   (13:03): Sure. So first is to understand that whatever triggers the happy chemical is based on not what you're telling yourself in words and philosophical abstractions, but it's a real physical pathway built from past experience. So a simple example would be, you know, if you give a child a cookie when they do a certain behavior, they're gonna repeat that behavior. So even if you're sad on some level, you got rewarded for being sad in your past. Mm-Hmm. because you felt like, well now I'm doing my share in carrying the load by being sad or something like that. So once you say, my sadness is a real physical pathway in my brain, my feelings about what it takes to turn on a reward chemical, those are real physical pathways in my brain. And I can build new pathways to have new expectations about how to turn on my happy chemicals. But it's hard to build new pathways in adulthood. It's exactly like learning language. When you're a child, you learn language easy. But if you try to study a foreign language in adulthood, it takes a lot of repetition and it feels like real work. And that's what it takes to build a new path to happy chemicals when you're older. Okay. One example.   (14:30): Sure. Yeah, that would be great.   (14:32): So, so the typical example would be negative expectations. Like if you think people don't like me, nothing I do works. Everything I, everything goes wrong in my life, you know, every, everyone can look for that o, that whatever is their own loop. And then look for, well, how did that pathway get built in my past? And then every time I feel it to say, oh, it's a real physical pathway, what other pathway could I have that would feel better? So my personal example was I always felt like people were criticizing me. Like I would jump to that conclusion all the time on no evidence at all. And then I would feel basically the terror of my childhood of being attacked and criticized. So what other pathway would I like to have will to just say other people are fine with me and I can feel good whether or not I have their approval. So I tell myself that, and the first time I do it, it sounds wrong and stupid and unbelievable, but I know that I, if I repeat it over and over and practice it, that I will build a real physical pathway in my brain and then it will just feel like my new normal.   (15:51): Okay, yeah, I love that. So we can change our neurochemistry studies have clearly documented that I know that some people listening deal with a lot of anxiety. You know, as our hormones change at midlife, when our estrogen starts going up and our progesterone starts going down, which can happen as early as 35, but definitely starts happening from 40 to 50. And by the time you hit menopause, you're really solidly in that category. You lose that ameliorative effect of the progesterone, which is the anti-anxiety hormone. So a lot of women at this stage of life deal with a lot of anxiety. What are some tools that we could start to use to help mitigate that?   (16:38): Sure. So to boil it down to one word that I use is called legacy. So legacy means my sense of what I can create that will live on after I'm gone. And the reason for this is if you think that we have this big human brain attached to this animal brain, so the animal brain is programmed to just search for survival and to fear survival threats. But my big human cortex can abstract and think about the future and it knows that I'm not gonna survive and there will be a future that will go on without me. And that is terrifying. And we can terrify ourselves all the time. Now, in the world of our past people died young, but they had children young. So if you had children like at 16, then you'd be a grandma at 32 if you lived that long. And so when you saw your grandchildren, you had a sense of legacy because you taught them how to chop vegetables and you saw them do it, and you had a sense of yourself living on after you're gone.   (17:46): So that was your legacy. And there was no, no birth control. So people were so busy taking care of children that they didn't have time to worry about dying as much, and they, they couldn't call 9 1 1, they couldn't get lab tests. So they just focused on like the next emergency of, you know, a kid's crying, how can I get food? And now like we don't really get to watch our grandchildren grow up for so many reasons. So we don't have that automatic sense of legacy. So we have to constant, consciously create a sense of legacy in one way or another.   (18:23): Yeah, that's, that's an interesting concept I hadn't thought about, but creating something for the future. And you're reminded me about the short lifespan that just a few hundred years ago we have, and I, I think it would be so interesting to see a study about people's ability to be in the present a few hundred years ago when they knew they were only gonna live, you know, 30 or 40 years. I bet that really focused them on, I gotta make the most of this time Yes. That I have. Whereas now we've got, you know, on average, I think 82 years in the US as the American lifespan for females. And I don't know about everybody else, but I feel like I waste a lot of time because it's like, oh, I won't do that thing now because I've got another, you know, few decades where I could do it. Whereas if I only had 32 years, well my life would've been over a while ago, but it really would've focused me. How do you think that has changed over time?   (19:25): Well that's, you know, to focus on the positive again. Yeah. Pause is a time when you say, geez, if I wait to be happy, I may wait too long. , you know, and so is it worth wasting another minute of my life worrying about X, Y, and Z? And you could make good arguments with your conscious verbal brain, oh, I should worry about X, Y, and Z. But then you could say, you know what? I could let it go because I'm not gonna get back the time that I waste on that. And also there's a lot of fearful images about the future, like even though I may live till X number of years that I'm gonna have a decline. And if you focus on that, then you're gonna be feeling the decline now. Mm-Hmm. . So it takes a real conscious effort to redirect yourself, you know? And like every time you see a wrinkle, for example, to instead of seeing that wrinkle as evidence of decline to say, this wrinkle gives me permission to stop worrying about X and to just start being happy. Now,   (20:34): I'm glad you brought this up. I recently came across an article in my newsfeed about the high demand for older aged female models. Recently there's been a boom and even 70 and 80 year old female models, right? Everybody is really starting to honor older women, their wisdom, which is what I think we really is the gift of menopause, is that the wisdom that we carry. We have lived long lives, we've seen a lot. I remember an attorney telling me once that when he went to jury trials and they did the voir deer where they select the jury, his favorite jurors were older women. And I asked him why. And he said, because they have been there, done that, seen everything. But they also have a lower ego and the maturity to understand the nuances of guilty, not guilty issues, which some younger people don't have. So all this to say also, I see in your bio, you've done a lot of interesting things. It says that you used to work for the United Nations in Africa, so you've lived a lot of life, you're at a certain stage outside of the work that you do with helping people to boost their neurochemistry. Just from a personal perspective, what would you share with the audience that would say, what are your biggest lessons learned at this stage of life, looking at life that that might be meaningful to them?   (22:08): Sure. So first we say, I have power over my own brain. I'm not gonna be happy from something outside myself. So if I wait for the world to make me happy, I'm gonna wait too long. . So what can I do to make myself happy? But of course we all know that that doesn't mean short-term happiness. Like you sit around and eat a pint of ice cream. So how do you balance this long-term versus short-term? So I talk about having a long-term goal, a short-term goal, and a middle-term goal. And in order to reach your goals, a lot of times, well, so a short-term goal is like I can reach it today, so I'm gonna get some hit of dopamine every day. That nice sense of accomplishment by setting a realistic goal, by breaking down what I want into small steps that I could actually do.   (23:00): And then the other part is like to achieve long run goals, I might have to do some things that are uncomfortable. So what can I do about that uncover? Well, instead of getting into like a cortisol spiral where you know I do something that feels bad and then that triggers another bad feeling and another, and another, I say to myself, okay, I'm gonna do this thing that makes me uncomfortable. I'm only gonna do it for five minutes. Or what, whatever's that reasonable chunk to tackle that obs obstacle. And then, you know, if I were gonna have a cup of coffee and a cookie anyway, I need to save it until after I've done that difficult thing. So that whenever I have it down, that I have an up that I can look forward to. And I have plenty of ups that have no calories, which in my life is comedy. But people can find their own.   (23:52): I love comedy cause laughing is so good for your neurochemistry . Yeah. Talk a little bit about laughing and what are some of your favorite things, ways to engage with comedy? Do you like standup movies? Like how do you get laughter in your life and what does it do for your neurochemistry?   (24:10): Sure. So laughter triggers endorphin, which is the body's natural opioid. And this is a widely misunderstood chemical. So an opioid is there to relieve pain and in the state of nature it's triggered by real physical pain. But because we have deep belly muscles that we don't use much, when you have a belly laugh, you get a little bit by giving those muscles a workout and you only get a little bit, but then you can laugh more and get a little bit more and it's the only healthy way to get them really, or the main healthy. And I explained this all in my books, so the way I get it. So I don't like bitter angry comedy and it's hard for me to find like truly uplifting comedy. And I know that if I look for comedy when I'm in a bad mood and like nine outta 10 of them are gonna be bitter, then I'm gonna just end up feeling worse, right? So I keep what I, I call, like when you're on a diet and you fill your pantry with healthy snacks mm-hmm. . So I fill my pantry with healthy comedy and I have a list of things that are ready for a bad day. So I know that when I'm in a bad mood, I have something uplifting that I could go to and I, I make that list on some other day rather than waiting until I'm in a bad mood.   (25:32): Yeah, I love that. And I love to laugh too. So one of my favorite go-tos I'm gonna share with everyone cuz you can use this, is I found this TV channel I, I'm sorry I don't re exactly know what it's called, but it's all videos of animals unscripted, they call it. Oh,   (25:49): I didn't write that down. .   (25:51): It's animals just doing what animals do mostly pets, right? Pet cats and dogs. They are hilarious. So it's just one video after another with no narration, no introduction of pets and Anna, there are some birds and different lizards and things doing the crazy things that animals do. So I'm gonna put a plug for that. And I'm also gonna put a plug for a re a movie I saw recently, I think it's from New Zealand that I think is hilarious. It's called The Breaker, uppers and . I literally laughed out loud so many times in that movie. So I gotta put a plug in for that. But I agree with you, laughing is huge. Another thing I wanted to touch on is that, you know, a lot of the people, women I work with, this might be you if you're listening, they're not so much concerned with their own worries, but worrying about others in their lives and what other people should be doing and trying to control them. And this one has to do this and what if they, what if my kid, you know, moves across the country to another state with my grandkids and then I won't be around them and they want to control what everyone else is doing. They're worrying about what everyone else is doing. You shared this quote with me before we started about it says, it's hard enough to manage your own brain, so stop trying to manage other people's brains. So I'm wondering if you can talk a little bit about that.   (27:18): Sure. So the feeling that I can only be happy if other people do X, Y, and Z, that my happiness depends on them. If you think that you'll never be happy . So it's just, you just gotta make a deal with yourself. I'm gonna be happy no matter what anyone does. And the simple way to do that, if I give you a visual image, if this other person does something and I think, oh no, I can't be happy because they're doing that, is I'm imagining that there's only one path to happiness and that person is blocking the path. But instead I'm gonna think there are thousands of paths to happiness and if this person blocks that path, I'll just find another P.   (28:04): Yeah. So stop focusing on everybody else . And you know, and it goes along with that same desire I used to have, well I'll be happy when this happens For me, that happens for me. And a corollary is I'll be happy when X person stops doing Y or X person starts doing why. And really I have decided at this point in my life that happiness only happens in the now when I'm happy with myself. And it really doesn't have anything to do with anything to do with what anyone else does. And I can choose that. Yes,   (28:41): I I a way of saying that. I always say my husband gets on my nerves, but it's my nerves . So, but it's fine. I, it's my job to adjust my own nerves to love him for what he is. And I don't even have to love him in any specific way. That's my job to just decide,   (29:01): Yes, to decide it's a decision. I know the name of your company's inner Mammal Institute and you take people on zoo tours to see animals behavior and I'm wondering if you can share with everyone, what does that do for the people who participate? How does it enrich their understanding? Sure.   (29:21): So I learned so much by watching nature documentaries and the simple fact of life in the interest of time, I'm just gonna say it straight, like animals are quite nasty to each other. And I learned that from watching nature videos. And yet what I learned from academic social science is that the state of nature is all peace and love and something has gone wrong with our world, but that's just not true. So we have this animal nature which is very motivated by self-interest and we really struggle to manage and navigate and control this inner mammal that is just wanting to grab the next banana. So how can I manage my inner mammal? And like I always feel like other people wanna grab my banana. That's easy to see. But what about my own impulse to get another banana and my feeling of like they took that banana at my expense.   (30:20): That's how the mammal brain works. So nobody likes to see this in themselves, everybody wants to see it in other people. So that's why we really need to be exposed to the reality of animals. Now to tell you the truth, you don't visually see that in the zoo because the pet world is not the same as the state of nature where animals are not fed. They have to get their food, they have to hide from predators. So the zoo tour is really a fun way to talk about this. But if you watch the nature videos of David Attenborough, especially his early series, then you really get get the facts. And I got them then from that like evolutionary biology books is how, and I have a reading list on my website and it's all in, in all of my books. I put this in a simplified form of why animals are nasty to each other and how we can feel it and manage it and relax with   (31:21): It. Yeah, you know, it's interesting, I just came back from four months in Africa and went on safari a few times. So I got to see those wild animals in their natural habitat habitat. And it was very instructive to see how they work both communally but also very selfishly in some ways. And I saw what good boundaries the animals had because at certain points in their existence, well for instance the wiles at one point we were driving up to, so in this Serengeti, or no, we were in the in goro goro crater in Tanzania. And most of it was extremely dry so there wasn't a lot of vegetation for a lot of the animals to eat. And then we came upon this place where there was a river and it was very green and lush and there were almost no animals there. And I said to myself and to the guide, why don't they just come over here and eat and drink water?   (32:22): And he said, because the lions know that that's where the animals are gonna go to eat and drink water. So they're afraid. And then I saw this group of will to be standing right outside this lush area and they were all huddled together facing the same direction. And one was out in front and he said, you see those will to bees, they are discerning. Is it safer, is it not? Where is the sun in the sky? What is the wind doing? What time of year is it? Is the lion gonna attack us now is it safe to go drink the water and eat or no? And so they were working communally, but then other times you would see them when there actually would be food and one would be pushing the other to try to get more of the food or more of the water. And so it was very interesting to me to observe that. Well   (33:14): I love those guides because they tell you the truth. Yes, don't get from academic psychology because academic psychology constructs this unrealistic, idealized world of peace and love, which is not what nature is about. And you get it from those tour guides and and you can get it without if you can't go there. You know, nat, a lot of some nature videos, you know, some of them are still hooked on the, the other unrealistic belief. But another simple example about the wildes that I learned from a nature video. So in order for them to get from, you know, they follow the grass year round, you probably saw how they migrate to wherever the grass is, but they have to cross a river and while they're crossing the river, they could die from a crocodile, they could die on the other side, you know, from a predator and then they could die when they jump in because another will toes could jump on top of them.   (34:15): So it's very difficult to make that decision. When am I gonna jump? They'd really rather not jump cuz the crocodile might get them, but if they don't jump, the rest of the herd piles up behind them and pulls them in and then they don't even get to jump, they just get shoved in with without balance. So they're constantly making this very difficult decision and you could see your own terror of like when you're a kid, like, do I jump or not? And so even what looks like herd behavior is a constant calculation of how much do I follow, how much do I, you know, take a step in a different direction. And our brain is making that decision every minute of every day. Am I gonna just follow the guy in front of me or am I gonna take a different step in a different direction? And you're calculating that with your best guess, which can never be perfect.   (35:09): Yeah. And I love what you said earlier about the fact that other mammals don't have the ability to imagine danger and humans do. There's a great book I wanna share with everyone called Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers that clearly explains why zebras don't get ulcers, they don't have the imagination faculty and they really go through a process after they are stressed. So for instance, we, we saw this crazy wild chase of a leopard going into a herd of various types of gazelle like creatures and how they responded and, and I really got to see what's outlined in that book firsthand where these animals, when they go through a stress like being chased by a predator, they have a discharge process that they go through afterwards where they shake, and maybe you can talk a little bit about this and how it might apply to us. They go through a process to discharge that stress and reregulate their cortisol stress hormone, which I talk about all the time. This is really what's killing us. So how can we take that instructive information from a zebra's behavior and use it for our superior mammalian brains?   (36:23): Sure. You're also referring to, and and it's slipping my mind, there's a a book by another guy Levine about this shaking that goes on. So the idea is they discharge the stress and then they go back to what, what do they go back to? And this is what I talk about in my anxiety books. They go back to meeting their survival needs because if they just worry about predators all the time, they're gonna starve to death. So if they say, I'm not going out into that world unless it's a hundred percent safe, then they would to death. So hunger motivates them to deal with risk, to deal with potential danger to go out and meet their needs and only worry about danger when it's really there. Now the big human cortex says, oh no, that's stupid, I'm going to anticipate threats and avoid them. But if you spend your whole life anticipating threats and avoiding them, you're gonna just worry constantly.   (37:26): That's because our basic needs are met, that our lives are so comfortable that we could just stay home and do nothing unless we think it's a hundred percent safe. And one thing I blame this on, that's funny, I'm a bit older than you, I think I remember the years when, so cars broke down all the time and people said, oh, American cars are so bad, we should do what the Japanese did. And this is what I taught in the early years of my academic career. So the Japanese had this way of anticipating things that will go wrong in the production of a car and solving it at the source, fixing it at the source. And they said, that's what we have to do. We have to anticipate defects and fix 'em at the source. And so the whole education went on this bandwagon of anticipating threats and figuring things and preventing them so that quality would be a hundred percent and that had value, but it really made people nuts because now people think nothing can ever go wrong. We anticipate every possible threat and they literally, it's called the Toyota method that every tiny defect is a crisis because if you don't fix it now you're gonna produce a thousand more cars with the same defect. So you have to treat it as a crisis. So we were all indoctrinated to treat every tiny little problem as a crisis.   (38:51): Yeah, I think that's a great example. And you know it's done well for the car industry, but as a human species we really can't live that way. And thank you for saying that about the the worrying. Cuz there was something I was worrying about this morning and as we're talking, I'm thinking, why am I worrying about that? If it becomes a problem, I'll deal with it. I'm not gonna worry about it now   (39:16): . Yeah,   (39:17): Yeah. So can   (39:19):I give you another example of this that I think is very common? So let's say you get an email that asks you to go to some website and do this or that, and let's say it's something that you wanna do. So okay, I'm gonna do it. So you go to that website and you think, oh, this'll take five minutes and then a half hour has gone by and you still haven't done it. And like somehow I get really upset when I can't get something technical to work. It's really the problem is that I'm connecting it to every failure in my past is a real pathway in my brain. So one little failure today activates that old pathway like it's my failure pathway. You have your failure pathway. And what triggered it was really the expectation that I could do it in five minutes. So all I could do is just tell myself this is something hard, it's gonna take a while, and then all of the problem goes   (40:15): Away. Right. No, I love that. It really is how we frame the problems that we have. It's not the problems themselves that are the problem. What you think is the problem is not the problem, it's how you're thinking about the problem. So our thinking is always the problem. I know you have some great resources for everyone, but before we wrap up, I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit about the importance of oxytocin. That's another hormone. I don't think we talk merely enough about its importance and how to nurture our oxytocin.   (40:47): Sure. So in the animal world, animals seek groups for protection from predators. And in the oxytocin is the chemical that rewards you when you feel protected by a group. But this has been idealized in an unrealistic way in the current human dialogue. So we think that we should be protected all the time. And in fact, that's true for babies and that's why, as you know in the medical profession that oxytocin is central to maternal birth and lactation. But in the adult world, you're not meant to get this protection that you got as a child. So oxytocin moments are difficult and rare. Now how do I get my oxytocin moments? Well, whatever triggered my oxytocin when I was young built real physical pathways that tell me how to get it today. But that's also quite limiting. So the famous example is if you smell the cooking that reminds you of trust and bonding moment of your youth, then you seek that you want that, you think that will make you happy.   (41:57): But what we really want is protection. And in the adult world, we're never gonna get the protection of a child. And even when you were a child that protection was not perfect. So we have to accept that I have this natural logging for protection and I'm only gonna get moments of it rather than to have this perfect protection. So a simple example of a moment of it is people go to a concert and they're in this building with like thousands and thousands of people, whether it's music or a speech or an athletic event that you feel like you're sharing something that's important to you, but they're not really protecting you. Another example is if I tell my life story to a train a stranger on a plane, they're not gonna be there for me in the future. So it's like you look for these trust moments because letting down your guard is what is the oxytocin feeling? And what was so impactful to me, I learned that reptiles only have oxytocin when they're mating, which lasts for 10 seconds and the rest of the time no oxytocin because they don't trust their fellow reptile. So oxytocin is that feeling that I can barely tolerate your presence just enough to reproduce .   (43:24): . That's hilarious. , yes, oxytocin. I mean, people may know it as being the hormone that go is what causes labor in women, but it's also involved with milk production and bonding and connection and it interacts with your other hormones as well. So I'm gonna leave you all with a mandate to do something with your oxytocin today. What could you do to get some oxytocin just on a daily basis? You know, I think the past few years where a lot of us have been so isolated, we were legally bound in some instances, to not leave our home for much really has put a toll on our oxytocin, which unbalances our entire hormonal neuroendocrine cascade. So getting back to normalcy where we have in-person human interaction is key. So I want to challenge everybody listening to do something about your oxytocin to boost it going forward. And Loretta has a lovely gift for you and we'll have a link in the show notes to it. Do you wanna tell them a little bit about your download anxiety? What turns it on, what turns it off?   (44:41): Sure. It's a free book, P d F. It's the shortened form of my larger book, which is called Tame Your Anxiety, rewiring Your Brain for Happiness and Explains something. We haven't talked much about cortisol, the chemical that gives us the survival threat feeling and to sort of accept our own cortisol. It has a natural job and then to get real about the ability to manage it rather than to just let it take over and spiral.   (45:12): Awesome. Well thank you so much for that free gift, Loretta. If you are dealing with anxiety, I invite you to click the link in the show notes and learn what you can do to start taming your anxiety. Thank you so much, Loretta, for joining us for an episode of the Hormone Prescription Podcast.   (45:33): Sure. Thanks for the great   (45:34): Questions and thank you for joining us today. Hopefully you will implement some of the things that we've discussed so that you can move towards greater hormone balance and brilliant health. Thanks again and I'll see you next week for another episode of the Hormone Prescription Podcast with Dr. Kiran. Until then, peace, love, and hormones   (45:54): Y'all. Thank you so much for listening. I know that incredible vitality occurs for women over 40 when we learn to speak hormone and balance these vital regulators to create the health and the life that we deserve. If you're enjoying this podcast, I'd love it if you'd give me a review and subscribe. It really does help this podcast out so much. You can visit the hormone prescription.com where we have some free gifts for you and you can sign up to have a hormone evaluation with me on the podcast to gain clarity into your personal situation. Until next time, remember, take small steps each day to balance your hormones and watch the wonderful changes in your health that begin to unfold for you. Talk to you soon.   ► Get a FREE copy of Dr. Loretta Breuning's Anxiety: What turns it on, What turns it off. CLICK HERE to sign up.    

In this episode, we talk to Bhawna Sharma Puri, a Bay Area resident who immigrated from India 19 years ago as a young girl all by herself. She lives here with her loving husband and is a mommy to two beautiful kids. She has built a successful career as a Marketing leader with over 15 years of experience in various key roles in Silicon Valley. Bhawna also chairs as a council board member for California State University - East Bay. In this episode, we cover: How parents can influence where you move to and what university you attend as an immigrant Being vulnerable and authentic at work with your cultural traditions Handling intersectionality in the corporate workplace after graduating from college and adapting to the world around you The challenges of having a marketing degree while trying to get sponsored for a visa (and why it's different for other degrees) Why it is essential to find a community to help you create balance in your life Connect with Bhawna: LinkedIn Connect with Lola: LinkedIn Immigrants in Corporate Instagram Apply to be on the podcast More about The Immigrants In Corporate Podcast: Welcome to the “Immigrants in Corporate” podcast. A podcast about Immigrants and the journey to belonging and thriving in the corporate workplace. Drawing on her experience as an immigrant with years of experience in corporate America, and her current role as a certified diversity professional who is working with global corporations to build a more inclusive workplace for underrepresented employees, Lola Adeyemo is amplifying the voices of immigrants across different geographical locations and within the corporate workplace. This podcast is focused on highlighting the different barriers immigrants face in the corporate workplace and sharing insights for overcoming and thriving at work by leveraging individual uniqueness and cultural background. The discussion will be based on the different categories from the book “Thriving in Intersectionality”. As an Immigrant in the corporate workplace or an International student looking forward to getting into the corporate workplace in a new country listen in for insights and visit www.immigrantsincorporate.com for more information on social media communities and upcoming live events and resources. Join Lola Adeyemo, each week as she connects you with immigrants who work across different industries and in different parts of the world. Hear their stories and learn how they are working towards belonging and thriving every single day.

In this episode of Girl, You So Random, I had the pleasure of hanging out with Lee, the Founder of Destination Luggage. We discuss her business Destination Luggage, its beginnings and so much more around entrepreneurship. Lee is from the Bay Area! She received her bachelor's degree in Communication and Media Studies from California State University - East Bay. She is an experienced sports media professional with a demonstrated history of working in the media and sports industry. She is also skilled in writing, teaching, editing, and public speaking. In her free time, she loves to travel, try new foods, and attend sporting events. She is also the voice and inspiration behind "Lee Peeped It First” podcast heard on Apple podcast and Spotify. Her love for travel prompted her to launch a family business, Destination Luggage. Although, "Destination Lug" is in the beginning stages, Lee truly feels many travelers and professionals can benefit from the services they provide. You can follow her on IG @destinationluggage or to learn more about Destination Luggage, visit her website at https://destinationluggagecom.yolasite.com/ or to listen to her podcast “Lee Peeped It First” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lee-peeped-it/id1445380269?i=1000446565996 * This episode is sponsored by Tazaryach and Lily's creations, fragrance oil and whipped body butter. It's the absolute best oils and body butters anywhere. You can buy their products at www.tlc1214.com * Intro/Outro beats by: @chosenbeats on Soundcloud * Vocals by: Canary on IG @canary_uncaged * Follow GYRS on IG @drhollysfunnybusiness * Email me:girlyousorandom@gmail.com

Neste episódio conversamos Gabriela de Queiroz, Cientista de Dados Chefe da IBM, líder em Estratégia e Inovações de IA. Ela é instrutora em cursos no Coursera, na edX e na Cognitive Class. Em 2012, ela fundou a R-Ladies, uma organização mundial para promover a diversidade na comunidade R, presente em mais de 200 cidades em mais de 55 países. Em 2019, ela fundou a AI Inclusive, uma organização global que está ajudando a aumentar a representação e a participação de minorias em Inteligência Artificial. Ela é formada em Estatística pela UERJ - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, é mestre em Epidemiologia pela FIOCRUZ - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, e também é mestre em Estatística pela California State University - East Bay. Falamos sobre quais são desafios de um Head de Data Science em uma Big Tech como a IBM, a importância da interdisciplinaridade em Data Science, a história por trás da criação do R-Ladies, a inclusão em Inteligência Artificial e como reduzir injustiça nos algoritmos de Machine Learning, como contribuir para pacotes Python e R e muito mais! Acesse nosso post para ter acesso a links e referências: https://medium.com/lets-data/

On the Well Woman Show today, I interview Dr. Kaumudi (kah-moody) Misra, Professor at California State University East Bay's College of Business and Economics. We talk about the role of strategic human resource management practices for employee and organizational productivity and work-life flexibility practices as a strategic HR tool. On the show we'll discuss: The key factor missing for workplace flexibility policies to work for women Dr. Misra's focus on equity in HR The future of flexibility at work and How core values and contextual factors impact workplace flexibility. The book she recommended was: https://bookshop.org/books/the-road-to-character/9780812983418 (The Road to Character by David Brooks)  The article from Harvard Business Review she mentioned: https://hbr.org/2021/09/the-future-of-flexibility-at-work (https://hbr.org/2021/09/the-future-of-flexibility-at-work) Also, don't miss the WFRN Conference. Founded in 1997, The Work and Family Researchers Network is an international organization dedicated to advancing the impact of work-family scholarship on lives, practice and policy. Nearly 2500 researchers have joined the WFRN as members. The WFRN which plans to host its next conference in June 23-25, 2022 in New York City. Information about joining the WFRN and its upcoming conference can be found at http://wfrn.org/ (WFRN.ORG). As always all the links and information are at wellwomenlife.com/283show The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at http://wellwomanlife.com/academy (wellwomanlife.com/academy). Join us in the Academy for community, mindfulness practices and practical support to live your Well Woman Life.

Guests Kyle Temple and Rio Bauce talk about how social workers can help people who are LGBTQIA+ overcome addiction to substances. Kyle Temple, LCSW, is Senior Director, Stonewall Project at San Francisco AIDS Foundation.   Rio Bauce is on track to graduate in May 2022 with a master's in social work from California State University - East Bay. Read the show notes to learn more and get related resources. Thanks for listening! If you liked this episode, please subscribe to NASW Social Work Talks on your favorite podcast app. And please leave us a review at Apple Podcasts.

In this episode, Terry discusses his experience initially being trained psychodynamically and psychoanalytically, but finding that it did not seem to be a good fit for the population whom he was working with, which were families in Chinatown in San Francisco, many of which were immigrants. He discussed how a training at the Mental Research Institute (MRI) had a profound impact on him when he heard the person teaching saying that people are not sick, they are stuck. The therapist's job is to help them get unstuck. Terry discusses the four elements that he feels are important to working with clients and families, which are related to the relationship, being humanistic in approach, understanding the client's cultural context, activating the clients' strengths, and the placebo effect, which is the client's belief that positive change is possible. We discussed the differences between the Brief Strategic MRI model and Jay Haley's Strategic Family Therapy model, and the 180 degree shift in solution. This is based on the idea that the attempted solution has become the problem. We discussed one example of a session Terry had written about, and how both the cultural competency and the MRI model came into play. The case involved a Vietnamese woman who was encouraged by her previous therapists to stop taking care of her sick father and instead individuate and take care of herself. She flatly rejected this idea. Terry understood the importance of certain roles in collectivists cultures. Instead of encouraging her to take care of herself more, he helped her to become more effective in caring for the father. He used different metaphors to step into the clients' worldview and shifted the system, which worked within the client's cultural context. The intervention was a success and the father and the client experienced great improvement. Terry discussed his approach called, Strength Based Culturally Informed Integrated Model, and how the two most important parts are adaptability and flexibility, and collaborating with your clients on creative interventions to disrupt the stuck cycle and generate new more effective solutions. Terry Soo-Hoo, PhD is currently professor at the California State University East Bay in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, and was the Clinical Director of MRI in Palo Alto. He completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and is Board Certified in Family and Couples Psychology (ABPP). Prior to university teaching he devoted over twenty years as a psychologist in Community Mental Health Services in San Francisco working with a diverse range of people with many different psychological problems. Terry's publications include topics on multi-cultural issues in psychotherapy and consultation, brief therapy and couples therapy. He has special interests in the area of innovative culturally relevant approaches to psychotherapy. He has also provided extensive presentations, training, supervision and consultation on these topics to agencies and other professionals in many countries around the world.

This week we welcome, Dr. Danielle Gaudry to The Band Room! Danielle is Associate Professor of Music at California State University East Bay where she serves as Director of Bands and Coordinator of Instrumental Music. Dylan, Cait and Danielle spoke about her very unique path, being a Canadian teaching in the United States, being a military musician and band director, the famous balance question and so much more!Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/bandroompodHelp support the Band Room Podcast by getting your merch at the BRP Storehttp://www.bandroompod.com/storeMusic used in this episodeBRP Theme Music: Skyline by EKR HammellPerforming Ensemble: University of Toronto Wind EnsembleDr. Gillian MacKay – ConductorLake Superior Suite - Pancake Bay by Cait NishimuraPerforming Ensemble: University of Toronto Wind EnsembleDr. Gillian MacKay – ConductorEpisode LinksMore About Daniellehttps://www.csueastbay.edu/directory/profiles/mus/gaudrydanielle.htmlCeremonial Guard of Canadahttp://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/4-canadian-division/ceremonial-guard/index.pageCalifornia State University East Bay Music Departmenthttps://www.csueastbay.edu/music/BRP is Supported ByCanadian Band Associationhttps://www.canadianband.org/Interprovincial Music Camphttps://www.campimc.ca/Kaleidoscope Adventures https://www.kaleidoscopeadventures.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod)

The AFA's Keith Whittington interviews Hank Reichman, professor emeritus of history at California State University-East Bay, former AAUP vice president, and former chair of the AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure from 2012 to 2021. Reichman is the author of the recently released book Understanding Academic Freedom from Johns Hopkins University Press.

Virtually nobody trusts what they read any more. The United States ranks dead last among 46 nations surveyed in confidence in the press. Only 29% of Americans say they broadly believe what they read, see or hear in mainstream media. And more than three quarters of the public think that big outlets knowingly publish fake news. The term “fake news” first came into common usage around the 2016 election, where Clinton claimed that Trump was being buoyed by false information shared on sites like Facebook, while Trump claimed the likes of CNN and MSNBC were themselves fake news.Joining MintPress Senior Staff Writer Alan MacLeod are two guests who know the long history of fake news in America. Dr. Nolan Higdon is an author and university lecturer of history and media studies at California State University East Bay. Meanwhile, Mickey Huff is professor of social science, history and journalism at Diablo Valley College in California and the director of the critical media literacy organization Project Censored.Together, the pair have written two books: “United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It)” and a forthcoming work, “Let's Agree to Disagree: A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy.”The divisiveness of social media has been in the news recently, with former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen having claimed that the social media giant had promoted inflammatory content to its users in order to generate more revenue, despite the consequences it has on society. Huff and Higdon agreed that disinformation is a major problem, but that the most pernicious examples of it come from the most established news outlets, many of whom were integral in selling America's wars to the public.MintPress News is a fiercely independent, reader-supported outlet, with no billionaire owners or backers. You can support us by becoming a member on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram.Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and SoundCloud.Also, be sure to check out the new Behind the Headlines channel on YouTube and subscribe to rapper Lowkey's new video interview/podcast series, The Watchdog.Support the show (https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/)

This fast-paced show drops listeners into a compelling conversation about higher education. In Your Element asks innovative leaders about the challenges, wins, and future of everything from meeting enrollment numbers to equity in education.Cathy Sandeen, President of California State University - East Bay joins Eric Stoller for a fascinating talk on this episode of In Your Element. In this deep dive chat, Eric and Cathy discuss:How things are going right now at CSU East Bay and for the entire CSU systemHow a university leader keeps people engaged when students are on-campus/online and faculty and staff are coming back after being remoteHow the events of 2020 changed the ways in which higher ed thinks about (and fosters) student engagementHow the role of the university president has changed over the past few yearsThe biggest challenges going forward for higher educationLearn more about this episode in our show notes.

Join Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Bill Fletcher Jr. for an urgent discussion of settler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of exclusion Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion, a new book from Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants, and urges readers to embrace a more complex and honest history of the United States. Whether in political debates or discussions about immigration around the kitchen table, many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the US's history of settler colonialism, genocide, white supremacy, slavery, and structural inequality, all of which we still grapple with today. While some of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, others are descendants of white settlers who arrived as colonizers to displace those who were here since time immemorial, and still others are descendants of those who were kidnapped and forced here against their will. This paradigm shifting new book from the highly acclaimed author of An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States charges that we need to stop believing and perpetuating this simplistic and ahistorical idea and embrace the real (and often horrific) history of the United States. ——————————————————————————————————— Get the book, Not “A Nation of Immigrants” from Beacon Press: http://www.beacon.org/Not-A-Nation-of-Immigrants-P1641.aspx ——————————————————————————————————— Speakers: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a historian, writer, speaker, and professor emerita at California State University East Bay. She is author of numerous scholarly Indigenous related books and articles, including Roots of Resistance: A History of Land Tenure in New Mexico and The Great Sioux Nation, as well as a memoir trilogy and is author of the award-winning book, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States. Her book Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment was published in 2018, and her new book, Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion is out now from Beacon Press. Bill Fletcher Jr is the former president of TransAfrica Forum; a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies; and in the leadership of several other projects. Fletcher is the co-author (with Peter Agard) of The Indispensable Ally: Black Workers and the Formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1934-1941; the co-author (with Dr. Fernando Gapasin) of Solidarity Divided: The crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice, and the author of “They're Bankrupting Us!” And 20 Other Myths about Unions. Fletcher is a syndicated columnist and a regular media commentator on television, radio and the Web. This event is sponsored by Beacon Press and Haymarket Books. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/bNvn0jVWcfw Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

My guest for episode 28 is Lori Mazenko ownder of RISEilient Consulting and Coaching. We talk about her experience in the corporate world as a banker and as an entrepreneur, author and publisher. We also talk about her work with individuals and couples and her plans for the future. Lori shared this with me: "My love of psychology grew out of my high school psychology class. In order to pay for my college, I entered the corporate world in banking, while attending school at night. After 8 years of night school I graduated from California State University – East Bay with a Bachelor's of Science in Industrial Psychology. With the arrival of my first daughter, and the desire to be more available, I took my business knowledge, years of study, plus my desire to help children and families and entered entrepreneurship by launching a publishing company with my sister, we created the brand Paranoid Sisters, wrote and published two books, had them translated into Spanish and sold the heck of our them! After 20 years of corporate life and entrepreneurship, I decided to return to my first love of helping others and also encouraging others to grow to their maximum potential. Which is where I am today. As a full-time Licensed Professional Counselor, Consultant and Coach. Not wanting to entirely abandon my corporate roots and business ownership I also enjoy facilitating trainings and teaching. My newest venture is so exciting. I am launching a weekend coaching and healing retreat for women going through or post divorce." Lori has a post-divorce weekend retreat coming up Sept. 17-19th in Oregon. You can connect with her here: https://lorimazenko.com/ https://riseilient.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-mazenko-784b87132/ https://www.facebook.com/RISEilient https://www.instagram.com/riseilient/ The Courage, Coaching and Counseling Podcast launched March 30th, 2021. I write more about marriage and parenting on my blog www.SovannPen.com You can watch the show on my Youtube channel. The purpose of the show is to encourage and inspire you to be more courageous in life and to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. It is for those who may be struggling with mental illness, relationship struggles, or seeking clarity and direction in life. People who are interested in personal growth, emotional and spiritual health. Moms and Dads who would like help with their marriage and/or parenting. And people who are interested in how church leaders and mental health providers can work together to care for people. You can connect with me: htps://www.instagram.com/sovannpencounseling https://www.facebook.com/CourageCoachingCounseling https://twitter.com/SovannPen http://www.sovannpen.com/ https://www.anewdaycounseling.org/

Jan Hill worked in higher education for over 40 years before retiring from California State University East Bay, she talks about what it was like to be a women who was curious and had a desire to learn more and the progress we have made in the last 50 years. She is now a trustee for Ohlone College and likes to give back to her community. to reach the host: https://www.facebook.com/catalystforchangestories catalystforchange20@gmail.com YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWXiilXqrHS4YhmkVc8hBg/

In episode 4 Kim Woozy chats with therapist Chettina Hunter, Professor of Kinesiology and Sociology, Dr. Mike Regan, and student researcher Cecilia Ledezma. We dive deeper into the topic of mental health specifically on campus at California State University, East Bay. Take a mindful moment with Dr. Jenny O. around the idea of framing tendencies and how we can positively interpret and respond instead of react to others with the “CRTC” method. Funding for Making Moves was provided by California State University East Bay and the Center for Sport and Social Justice. www.alwayslivelovely.com www.mikereganjr.com www.csueastbay.edu/cssj/index.html www.skatelikeagirl.com/

In episode 6, we conclude our series with 3 special guests, all of which are skateboarders from the Skate Like a Girl community: Alexa Berriochoa, Jai Ledesma, and Lou Williams. They courageously and powerfully share their personal experiences around gender identity and their thoughts about inclusivity in the skateboarding industry/community. Dr. Vanessa Yingling and Dr. Jennifer Sherwood give us a fun and youthful skit about about bone health, acted out by MaKenna Duda. Funding for Making Moves was provided by California State University East Bay and the Center for Sport and Social Justice. https://beacons.page/trans.sender https://www.csueastbay.edu/cssj/index.html https://www.skatelikeagirl.com/

In episode 5, we cover gender equity within sports. Kristin Ebeling interviews Anne Lieberman, Director of Program and Policy at Athlete Ally. Anne shares the impactful work Athlete Ally is doing to advocate for Trans athletes in sports. Listen in for MaKenna Duda's quick reminder about the importance of water consumption. Funding for Making Moves was provided by California State University East Bay and the Center for Sport and Social Justice. https://aei.athleteally.org https://www.csueastbay.edu/cssj/index.html https://www.skatelikeagirl.com/

In this episode, Kristin Ebeling interviews Rita Liberti, co-founder of the CSSJ and Professor of Kinesiology. Their conversation focuses on the future of sports and social justice. MaKenna Duda also presents a mindful moment on the importance of movement. Funding for Making Moves was provided by California State University East Bay and the Center for Sport and Social Justice. https://www.csueastbay.edu/cssj/index.html https://www.skatelikeagirl.com/

In episode 2, we further explore the future of sports and social justice, with a panel of guests: Professor Jeffrey Montez de Oca and coaches Christina Rodriguez and Sophie Goethals, led by Kim Woozy. We take a moment to hear from professor Aaron Miller and how he uses meditation to take a break from technology and improve mental performance. Funding for Making Moves was provided by California State University East Bay and the Center for Sport and Social Justice. https://www.soccerwithoutborders.org/oakland https://sociology.uccs.edu/jeffrey-montez-de-oca https://www.csueastbay.edu/cssj/index.html https://www.skatelikeagirl.com/

In episode 3, we hone in on the topic of mental health in sport. Kristin Ebeling interviews former pro skateboarder, John Rattray. Rattray is also the founder of “Why So Sad,” whose mission is to raise awareness and maintain dialogue around the subject of Mental Health, Suicide Alertness and Prevention. MaKenna Duda briefly inquires about your sleep hygiene with a mindful moment. Funding for Making Moves was provided by California State University East Bay and the Center for Sport and Social Justice. https://www.thepredatorybird.com/why-so-sad-a-mission-for-mental-health/ https://www.csueastbay.edu/cssj/index.html https://www.skatelikeagirl.com/

A native of Miami, Florida and an alumna of Florida A & M University, Ms. Tokiwa T. Smith is a Chemical Engineer, Social Entrepreneur and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Educator. She has over 15 years' experience in education, government and philanthropy having worked for organizations such as Atlanta Public Schools, California State University East Bay, Georgia State University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Spelman College. Ms. Smith the Founder and Executive Director of Science, Engineering and Mathematics Link Inc., also known as SEM Link, a nonprofit organization that exposes urban youth to STEM and STEM Careers by connecting to the STEM community. She is the CEO and Principal Consultant of Kemet Educational Services, a STEM educational consulting firm that focuses on ensuring that pre-college, community college and undergraduate students are prepared to pursue STEM careers.

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is one of the most controversial books in the American literary canon, particularly because of its frequent use of the N word. But for Enrique Salmon, a young Native kid trying to master the English language, “Huckleberry Finn” was the book that launched his lifelong love of reading. I'm Enrique Salmon. I'm a professor of American Indian Studies at California State University East Bay. And I've also written the book, “Eating the Landscape,” and I have a book coming out right now about American Indian ethnobotany called “Iwígara.” When I was growing up, I couldn't really read or write or speak English very well, up until like 11th grade. It was amazing I even made it to 11th grade. And then there was a teacher, an English teacher, Mrs. Anderson, who decided she was going to bring me up to speed with regards to being able to read and write in English. And she introduced me to Mark Twain, and more specifically, “Huckleberry Finn.” And I remember working my way through “Huckleberry Finn,” and reading about Huck and Jim and the Mississippi River and all of those things. It really had this impact on me as a person of color of how people from different ethnic backgrounds can just be friends, in that space along the Mississippi River and in this area that was actually very racist. I can understand where people are coming from with the use of the N word that Mark Twain used. But I look at it from the perspective that the Mark Twain was writing in a period and from a perspective, emerging from his own experience. He never says if he liked or disliked the word, it was just, that was his experience, then the fictional characters experience. And we have to acknowledge that experience and be mindful of that. Cultures and people change through time, and today we realize that that word is not acceptable anymore, and we have to respect that as well. That book led me to other Mark Twain books, that led me to Hemingway and “The Old Man and the Sea,” that led me to Steinbeck, and to Faulkner. And then, and ever since, I've just had this incredible fascination with books and with reading and to the point where I'm a writer myself. And that's the power of an 11th-grade English teacher, taking it upon herself to teach a young Native guy to read and write through Mark Twain. —This author recommends— Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (SeaWolf Press Illustrated Classic): First Edition Cover

Heidi Duffy is an Asset Manager at Meridian, a full-service real estate developing and investing company. At Meridian, Heidi is responsible for analyzing the qualifications of prospective tenants, driving lease negotiations to secure profitable returns for Meridian's portfolio, and overseeing the Western portfolio assets.  Heidi is the Vice President of the Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) of Oakland/East Bay Medical Office Building Special Interest Group and chairs their Annual Medical Office Summit. She graduated from California State University East Bay with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business. In this episode… Think back to when you were a kid. What did you want to be when you grew up? The answers are usually the same. Doctor, firefighter, maybe a lawyer, or an astronaut. Many kids also dream of growing up to be artists. But, what if there was a job that would value your problem-solving skills, your outgoing nature, and your creativity equally? According to Heidi Duffy, this job does exist—and it's called asset management. At Meridian, Heidi handles the company's Western portfolio assets, creates value lines, and oversees tenant improvements. Although Heidi started working at Meridian fairly early in her career, beginning as an office manager and then working in the marketing department, it took her some trial and error before she landed in asset management. Was all the pivoting worth it? For Heidi, the answer is simple: yes.  On this episode of Watching Paint Dry, Greg Owens sits down with Heidi Duffy, Asset Manager at Meridian, to talk about the world of asset management. Together, they discuss the importance of getting creative when adding value, the market in Tucson, and Meridian's two main business lines. Plus, Heidi shares how she got started in the industry and how you can, too.

Our guest in this episode is Kimberly Baker-Flowers, the University Diversity Officer at California State University - East Bay. We are talking about the language of equity and inclusion.

In this episode of the Life and Football Podcast our special guest was Alonzo Carter. Alonzo Carter is the recruiting coordinator and running backs coach at San Jose State University Football. He is making a major impact on the College Football landscape not just at San Jose State University Coach Alonzo Carter has brought hundreds of coaches together nationwide through Zoom meetings with his initiative called the "Listen, Learn, Network." The object was to talk about the game within the game, which would be how do we as minority coaches, how can we move up in this industry and social injustice. Carter was inducted into the African American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. He holds coaching certifications from the American Football Coaches Association, the California Interscholastic Federation and the California Community College Athletic Association. Carter was selected to participate in the Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship program in 2017 with the San Francisco 49ers. The 2016 California State University East Bay graduate majored in African American Studies. When the school was known as Cal State Hayward, he was a member of the Pioneers' football and track and field teams. At Cal State Hayward, he and a group of friends answered an audition call, became backup dancers and rap artists, and toured extensively with iconic hip-hop musician MC Hammer. Carter was awarded a multi-platinum record signifying at least 10 million albums sold for "Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em." In August, 2020, he was named to the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches (NCMFC) executive committee. The organization's goal is to identify and groom coaches of color, and create a list of coaching candidates for upward mobility. On campus, he now serves as an advisor to the student-athlete groups, People of Change and #SJSpeaksUp.

Dr. Enrique Salmon, a native American of the Raramuri people and professor of ethnic studies at California State University East Bay, discusses his new book, Iwigara about the ethnobotanical traditions and science of American Indians

Bri Guillory and I share a lot of laughs, even as we dive into some pretty serious topics about how to #ExerciseConfidence when you face overwhelming challenges. Bri has a fresh perspective on how to find that grit within you when you do not think you have anything left to give. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from California State University East Bay, where she played NCAA DII Basketball. Bri was recently accepted into the top graduate school program for Occupational Therapy, as well. She has many incredible achievements under her belt, the journey has not been an easy one. Bri's story has many aspects that we can all probably relate to, yet she faces each situation with her own, unique disposition of gratitude. If you want more of Bri's awesome inspiration and motivation, you can follow her @bribri_uno. Music license credit: Carpe Diem by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3478-carpe-diem License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, Mark talks with Ariel Serkin and Tanea Hibler, modelers who are passionate about building equity and dismantling racism in the classroom. They share reasons that they are passionate about the work and talk about big things and little things they do in their classrooms to increase representation for all of their students, create safe spaces, and open dialogue about race within the science classroom and in their school communities. Guest BiosTanea Hibler After having taught at international schools since 2009, Mrs. Hibler returned to teach in Phoenix in 2015. She previously taught in Bangkok, Thailand, and Shanghai, China. She earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from California State University – East Bay, a Master of Education from ASU, and a Master of Science in Teaching Earth Science from Wright State University. She advises the Brophy Culture Project, the Asian Culture Club, and the Zoology Club. Mrs. Hibler also serves as a member-at-large on the board of the American Modeling Teachers Association. Website: https://thibseducation.wordpress.com/ (https://thibseducation.wordpress.com/) Facebook: thibler (https://www.facebook.com/thibler) Twitter: @tanea_hibler (https://twitter.com/tanea_hibler) Instagram: @darlingtomasa (https://my.captivate.fm/instagram.com/darlingtomasa) Ariel Serkin Ariel Serkin has been a high school teacher since 2001 teaching history and then science in a variety of school settings. She attended her first modeling workshop in 2015 and has been a modeler ever since. You can find Ariel teaching distance learning and in-person workshops for AMTA, writing for ChemEdXChange, presenting at conferences, helping out as a regional representative for AACT, and an executive board member for NEACT (New England Association of Chemistry Teachers). She is a 2019 Massachusetts finalist for the Presidential Award on Excellence in Mathematics Teaching. Ariel has a slight obsession with chemistry t-shirts and other articles of clothing. Facebook: ariel.serkin (https://www.facebook.com/ariel.serkin) Twitter: @aserkin (https://my.captivate.fm/twitter.com/aserkin) Instagram: ariel.serkin (https://my.captivate.fm/instagram.com/ariel.serkin) Highlights[38:26] Ariel, talking about having a scientist of the week, "I would highlight people of color and women and people from other countries as well. So it's not just Europeans. You have people from all over and their accomplishments and their achievements need to be addressed. And so sometimes as simple as that because that representation in the classroom matters." [50:53] Tanea: "The kids ask me great questions and the best part is I tell them, I'm not telling you what to think. I'm asking you to think about why you think, what you think. And so they're forced to kind of wrestle with their thought process. And ultimately the goal is, that I'm not producing students that are going to hold on to racist ideas and concepts and then be a part of a racist system that is going to hold groups of people back. And so, I think if all teachers were working towards that end, we could push against racism a lot better than what we're doing now." [57:31] Ariel: "We have to be intentional about creating a safe, inclusive, and equitable place for all of our students and all of our learners and all of our teachers." [58:01] Tanea: "I would say you have to be willing to let go of the preconceived ideas that you have in your head about what it means to be a teacher and if you give yourself the freedom to let go and you're willing to try something new in your classroom, you probably are going to fall in love with modeling instruction and your students, if they haven't fallen in love with you already, they're probably gonna fall in love with you too." ResourcesTranscript Tanea and Ariel Transcription (/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SMT-Ep7-Tanea-and-Ariel-transcript.pdf) Mentions

Loretta Breuning is the founder of the Inner Mammal Institute, which helps people manage the ups and downs of their mammal brain. As professor emerita of management at California State University East Bay, Loretta's research explores how people can discover the power of their mammalian operating system. The author of several books, including Habits of a Happy Brain, Loretta had shared her research, and talks all over the world. In this week’s podcast, we explore our brain’s happy chemicals and how we can create more happy chemicals as we work. Connect with Loretta Breuning:  https://innermammalinstitute.org/ You’ll Learn: [02:11] - Loretta explains how dopamine work and why it is important for us at work. [05:10] - Loretta offers some practical ways to spark more dopamine at work. [06:33] - Loretta outline how endorphins help our brains to perform. [09:00] - Loretta explores if endorphins might help ease social or emotional pain at work. [10:15] - Loretta explains the upside and the downside of oxytocin at work. [13:01] - Loretta explores how oxytocin can help us to build belonging and psychological safety in workplaces. [16:44] - Loretta explains how serotonin shapes our relationships at work. [21:35] - Loretta outlines how we can create happy brain habits to stimulate these chemicals. [23:43] - Loretta completes the Lightning Round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you Loretta!

Welcome to Part 2 of our three-part series on happy brain chemicals: dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and endorphins. In this series, we're covering how your happy brain chemicals work and how your everyday actions impact their flow. If you missed last week’s episode (#20), I suggest you go back and listen to it first, before jumping into this episode. Here, we will specifically be talking about oxytocin (your brain’s love chemical) and endorphin (your brain’s pain masking chemical). Dr. Breuning also shares with us some exciting information and insights about how to build new neural pathways. Our guest Dr. Loretta Breuning, Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute, helps people manage the ups and downs of their mammal brain. She is also a professor emerita of management at California State University East Bay and the author of eight books, including "Habits of a Happy Brain" - which talks about the brain chemicals that make us feel good, and how to stimulate them naturally.   Read the show notes: https://www.brainshape.ca/podcast/loretta-breuning-inner-mammal-institute-oxytocin-endorphin Visit our website: https://www.brainshape.ca/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrainShapeTO Like our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BrainShapeTO/

In the next three episodes (three-part series), we will cover the topic of happy brain chemicals: dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and endorphins. We will cover how they work and how your everyday actions impact their flow. Our guest Dr. Loretta Breuning, Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute, helps people manage the ups and downs of their mammal brain. She is also a professor emerita of management at California State University East Bay and the author of eight books, including "Habits of a Happy Brain" - which talks about the brain chemicals that make us feel good, and how to stimulate them naturally. In this episode, we will cover part 1 of our three-part series. Today, you’ll be introduced to Dr. Loretta Breuning and learn valuable information about dopamine (our brain’s reward chemical) and serotonin (our brain’s pleasure chemical). Here we go, here’s Dr. Loretta Breuning.   Read the show notes: https://www.brainshape.ca/podcast/loretta-breuning-inner-mammal-institute-dopamine-serotonin Visit our website: https://www.brainshape.ca/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrainShapeTO Like our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BrainShapeTO/

Natali Morris is a former network news anchor turned personal finance educator and motivator. Her specialties include personal finance, business, and technology. She is currently a contributor to CNBC and MSNBC where she was previously an anchor, a role she also filled prior to that at CBS Interactive. Her experience includes being a contributor to CBS News and the TODAY show, along with CNN, ABC News, G4TV (a former US digital cable and satellite TV channel), BBC, The CW, Fox News, Fox Business News, and Univision (Spanish-language reporting). She has written for Consumer Reports, WIRED, Variety magazine, MarketWatch, TechCrunch, The San Francisco Examiner, PC Magazine, ELLEgirl (now defunct), the Oakland Tribune (now the East Bay Times), and more. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University East Bay, and a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Southern California. Prior to 2010, you may have seen her work under her maiden name, Natali Del Conte. Natali is from the San Francisco Bay Area. She lives and works with her husband Clayton and their three small children. Her sole focus is to not screw them up.   “I don’t want focus all the time on shrinking my life, because that’s what I’m worth, I want us, all of us to expand our lives.” Natali Morris   Andrew’s question about learning finance “When you first looked at the idea of learning finance, or learning investing for yourself … how did you feel about what you were faced with?” Natali’s response “If you look at your finances, how to get them in order and how to then save and invest, as a whole, it’s too much … I started reading these books about how many fees are in your funds, and your IRA and your 401k, and I got myself all worked up and pissed off. And then I was like, well, where do I put them? … So … that wasn’t getting me anywhere until I decided: ‘Okay, take one thing, learn that one thing and that teaches you the language of finance to go to the next’.”   Andrew’s points on learning Learn one book or take one step at a time Someone once asked Andrew: “How many books have you read?” The answer was: “Thousands!” The query continued: “How did you read so many books? Andrew answered: “I read them one at a time.” In reference to Natali’s “learn one thing at a time” strategy, Andrew agrees, saying: “Take one small step at a time.” Mother set example for family financial planning Andrew’s mother was very much involved in his household’s financial decisions and money management. His mother and father worked together for years to build financial security, so that they lived a period of 20 years retirement without financial trouble. When Andrew’s father passed away, his mother moved to Thailand with him and she is still financially independent. Cutting costs has a limit, growing wealth has few You can never get to true success in business, investing or in building wealth by cutting costs. There is a limit to cutting costs, so the other part has to answer the question: “How do we grow?”   Worst investment ever FBI probe of investment dare not speak its name Natali had some trouble choosing her worst, as she’s had so many challenges. One story she can’t really talk about because it is the subject of an active FBI investigation into some funds that were in her IRA. This investment was particularly heartbreaking because she had her children’s investments tied up in that situation, as well hers and her husband’s. Another situation also involved trust Natali and her husband Clayton (a previous guest on this podcast) got into business with someone during the past five years. They were helping other people invest in off-market properties. Their partner was a fiduciary (a fiduciary relationship is formed between two parties who trust each other. In real estate, a fiduciary relationship is created between a real estate agent, known as the fiduciary, and a buyer or a seller, known as the principal) who was selling all the houses and Natali and Clayton we were getting referrals on any investors that went through him. Towards the end of their relationship, they realized that a lot of the rehabs he had said he had carried out, had not been done or were incomplete. And so that really ended up exposing them to a lot more liability than they had planned for.   General lessons It’s very hard to save your way to wealth In fact, Natali says it’s almost impossible. She found that a very difficult change in her thinking. But change she did, and now she tells her clients and students that if she could achieve that shift, then other people can do it too.   Andrew’s takeaways Collated from this My Worst Investment Ever series, the six main categories of mistakes made by interviewees, from the most common, are:    Failed to do their own research Failed to properly assess and manage risk Were driven by emotion or flawed thinking Misplaced trust Failed to monitor their investment Invested in a start-up company Mistake No. 4 is Misplaced Trust Andrew goes on to ask Natali about the signs so that listeners are not sucked into a similar difficult situation. Natali’s lessons on trust delve into the spiritual Natali and Clayton explored why this had happened, looked back through their communications, and how they formed the relationship and they found it very hard to pin down how they could have known, so Natali calls this more of a “soul challenge” than a practical challenge, because she and her husband were unable to determine how they could have averted the results of this fiduciary partner’s misrepresentation. Need for healing other than legal, practical redress Natali and her husband actually teach people to take charge, run their numbers, research risks, understand who they are dealing with and do their due diligence. They had done all that. So after a few occasions of misplaced trust, she started to seek healing. The lessons she learned came from a spiritual perspective, and that somehow, they had been led toward all of the steps that she needed to protect herself before this happened. Higher power hints to put protections in place She had been working closely with state lawyers to make sure they had a domestic asset protection trust, and another instrument close to an offshore trust that is available under US law. She had educated herself and established those trusts before she and Clayton had had any problems. She had educated herself on different insurance plans and decided to open a captive insurance plan, a kind of advanced investor tool. She was prepared and she realized that a lot of times when a “big soul challenge” is coming, you have been prepared in ways by which you were not fully aware. Then when it hits, you realize why you needed to be so prepared. She says, some kind of spiritual guidance or guardian angel or higher power is putting in front of you the people you’re going to need, the books, the podcasts, and the information to guide you along your path. If you pick them up, you will be more prepared for the soul challenge when it comes. What if she hadn't been so ready? Natali often wonders what would have happened if she had failed to pick up the tools she had found before her? If she had just stepped over them before the soul challenge arrived, she would be injured much worse. She would have been saying: “I could have read that book. I should have called that person, I could have hired that estate lawyer.” Natali Morris   Andrew on spiritual preparation Right path is usually not so hard Some people say that they’re searching for God’s will on a matter. Others could say: “It’s just the right path for me to travel in life.” Andrew argues that the right path is usually not too difficult. If you find yourself getting in too much difficulty, it is probably a good idea to step back. When you think about spiritual preparation, look for a path. It’s not necessarily the easiest path, but it makes sense, and it feels right. Listen to your intuition When something feels wrong, pay attention, bring it up and put it right on your desk in front of you.   “You get into this scary time … you’re in … the belly of the whale … and you’re like, ‘how did I get here?’, I don’t know what the journey is and you have help along the way and somehow you come out of it a different person, and it shows you what you’re made of and what you’re supposed to learn from it.” Natali Morris   Actionable advice Look for the next book Natali recommends letting the next book or message fall in front of you and then read it, follow the intuitions or “wisps” or whatever is trying to guide. “Every moment gives you an opportunity to see and ask ‘Is this preparing me for something that I need to know?’ Let me give it some real thought.” Read A Hero with 1,000 Faces and you will realize all mythology has a story to teach us about how we are being prepared for our own hero’s journey. Natali is still involved in many painful situations, but she may not come out of them a hero, but that doesn’t mean she will quit. She’s learned a lot about herself, especially during 2018, when she had her husband went through difficult times. But now, she is stronger, not afraid of money, not afraid of investments, and willing to take on a seller finance deal and talk to a lender. A lot stronger than the “little housewife” she was trying to avoid being. Andrew’s value-added comment You’re stronger than you think. When you face difficult challenges out there, the reality is that you can make it through.   No. 1 goal for next the 12 months Natali wants to find a way to put the benefits of her and her husband’s Financial Freedom Academy in the hands of the people that need it the most, so that whatever soul challenges that have to do with money in their lives, they are not afraid. To listeners: Anyone who is facing the results of their worst investment, “this is just their opportunity to slay the dragons”.   Parting words “I appreciate you being empathetic and letting me talk.”     You can also check out Andrew’s books How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market My Worst Investment Ever 9 Valuation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them Transform Your Business with Dr. Deming’s 14 Points  Connect with Natali Morris LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Personal website Business website Blog Email Connect with Andrew Stotz astotz.com  LinkedIn Facebook  Instagram Twitter  YouTube My Worst Investment Ever Podcast Further reading mentioned Natali and Clayton Morris (2018) How To Pay Off Your Mortgage In Five Years: Slash your mortgage with a proven system the banks don’t want you to know about Joseph Campbell (1949) The Hero With a Thousand Faces (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)  

As Professor Emerita of Management at California State University East Bay, Loretta's research explores how people can discover their power over their mammalian operating system(laughs). The author of several books, including her newest one Tame Your Anxiety which is being released shortly, she has shared her research and talks all over the world In today’s episode, we explore, how we can tame the anxiety our mammalian brains when facing challenges at work. Connect with Loretta Breuning:  https://innermammalinstitute.org/ You’ll Learn: [02:15] - Loretta explains how anxiety can impact us neurologically at work when we’re facing challenges. [05:13] - Loretta explores why we might have become too anxious about being anxious at work. [06:43] - Loretta outlines how rewards can create a treadmill system for behaviors that can make us feel more anxious at work. [09:39] - Loretta explains how we can prepare ourselves to better navigate our feelings of anxiety at work. [14:31] - Loretta shares a tool she has created to encrypt self-soothing to help manage the anxiety that can come with learning in workplaces. [16:50] - Loretta offers some simple suggestions to help others tame their anxiety at work. [21:25] - Loretta outlines some of the pitfalls for taming anxiety in workplaces. [225:30] - Loretta completes the Lightning round. Your Resources: Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes by Frans De Waal Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you Lorettaa!

Tanea is a biology and environmental science teacher at Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, AZ. Before 2015, Tanea taught internationally at the Wells International School in Bangkok, Thailand, and Concordia International School in Shanghai. Back in 2012, Tanea was a member of the JASON Project Teacher Argonaut Program, on which she went on an expedition that explored the waters of the Black, Aegean and Mediterranean Seas off the coasts of Turkey and Cyprus. More recently, Tanea has been involved with the American Modeling Teachers Association and she has run Biology Modeling Workshops. Tanea earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from California State University-East Bay, a Master of Education from ASU, and a Master of Science in teaching earth science from Wright State University.

"A woman's vision is realized the moment she truly believes in the power of her purpose." Nineveh Madsen is a Swedish-born, ethnic Assyrian American television personality. She is the Founder of HER Magazine and VP of Marketing & PR at OpenVPN, a tech company in the Bay Area.  Nineveh spent a decade working as a journalist for local television stations in Arizona (KYMA, NBC) and Utah (KSTU, FOX) and made appearances on Fox News. Her accolades include an Edward R. Murrow, Associated Press Awards, recognition from the Utah Broadcasters Association and Assyrian Community for her excellence in journalism. She was also voted one of the State’s top reporters by Salt Lake’s City Weekly Magazine for more than five years. From TV to Business Woman, Nineveh launched her digital publication in 2015 - which has featured influencers like Tomi Lahren of Fox News, Melissa Hartwig of the Whole30, and Reality TV Star and Business Woman Rasheeda Frost. Nineveh graduated from California State University East Bay with a degree in Broadcast Journalism in 2004. She is married to John Madsen, a former NFL Oakland Raiders TE and successful athletic performance coach in Utah. Connect with Nineveh: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Personal:  Instagram | Twitter  | Facebook Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here Brought to you by: If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher

In this episode I talk with Stephen Gutierrez, one of Under the Gum Tree's previous contributors. Stephen has published three books of stories and essays. Live from Fresno y Los won an American Book Award, and The Mexican Man in His Backyard is his most recent. He has published widely in magazines and anthologies, including nonfiction in Fourth Genre, River Teeth, Under the Sun, Alaska Quarterly Review, Third Coast, ZYZZYVA and Cleaver Magazine. He is working on a collection of essays and hybrid nonfiction. He teaches at California State University East Bay. His essay "Spiritual Direction" appears in the October 2016 issue of Under the Gum Tree. In this episode we talk about: Writing both fiction and nonfiction, and discovering a new voice in nonfiction Taking a stand for writing a positive tribute of a family member What we learn about ourselves and others close to use when we write about family How writing can help us learn sympathy for others by being willing to challenge our own beliefs Stephen's three-volume box set: Elements, Live from Fresno y Los, The Mexican Man in his Backyard Visit Stephen online at stephendgutierrez.com Visit us online at moretothestorypodcast.com and visit Under the Gum Tree at underthegumtree.com. Follow Under the Gum Tree Twitter and Instagram [@undergumtree][4]. Follow me on Twitter [@justjanna][5] and [@jannamarlies][6] on Instagram. Find out about my 6-week email audio course at [jannamarlies.com/cnf101course][7].

Listen to Jocelyn Kibby as she evaluates each and every zodiac sign. Discussing their traits, likes, dislikes, and how to attract each sign. None of the content displayed represents California State University East Bay.

On this episode, we interviewed Dr. Katy Tschann-Grimm, Leena's close personal friend. Katy got her bachelor’s degree in physics at UCLA, and then got her PhD in Particle Physics at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. She is currently starting a faculty position in the Department of Physics at California State University East Bay, in San Francisco. We discussed that Goddamn Particle, the Higgs Boson, and she told us about her visit with Al Gore at CERN. We also talked about her love of baking and her current projects writing cookbooks. She also kind enough to offer some advice for getting kids interested in science.

Discussing why people are afraid to commit? Why are people afraid to love? Are your negative past experiences in the way of a possible bright future with someone?/T-shirt give away provided by running rebels. The last song "Your Friend" can be found on soundcloud @laceycastillano. Shoutout to him for donating a shirt and allowing me to feature his music. Warning: Some of the content in this podcast is for an adult audience and may offend some people.The content in this podcast does not represent California State University East Bay. The music used in this podcast is for entertainment purposes only. I do not own any rights to any music.

Joyce Scardina Becker is a leader in the West Coast wedding industry. She has owned Events of Distinction, a high-end event planning company, for over 20 years. She is the founder and instructor of the only University accredited Wedding Planner Certificate Program offered at California State University East Bay, and she is the founder of WIPA (all links below). She's also won a ton of industry awards and is the author of ‘Countdown to Your Perfect Wedding' - the wedding planning bible, as far as Christy and Michelle are concerned. Joyce is a big deal, a mentor and titular pro in the wedding planning industry. We are so stoked that Michelle had the opportunity to crash Joyce's class, share her story, and chat with Joyce a little! Click HERE to become a premium subscriber and unlock all of the amazingness:       Ad-free, full length episodes      The TBWPP Wedding Planning Resource Center with  Access to 6 mini courses of The Big Wedding Planning Master Class  Wedding Planning Templates and Tools Big Takeaways A wedding planner needs to be organized, pro-active, and friendly...sure. But a GREAT wedding planner - the kind that you want to hire - is educated. Pretty much, anyone can call themselves a wedding planner - it's not like we have to pass a bar exam. So make sure you hire a planner that has taken the steps to educate his or herself about the wedding industry, about contracts, traditions, etiquette. It's more than reading a couple wedding magazines, people! Make sure you hire a planner who is planning as a career - not just a hobby. Joyce teaches a certification course, one of the top courses in the world, and her syllabus is THOROUGH. Taking her course set both Michelle and Christy on the right track to be wedding planners and entrepreneurs. The course was absolutely invaluable. Look for a university credential when you are looking to hire your wedding planner. Either a hospitality degree, or a reputable wedding planner certificate program. The one Joyce runs is the only one with university credits - it's based at California State University, East Bay, and it is now available as an online course as well (which is awesome!). The whole point, according to Joyce, is that a couple hires her because she is a professional, and then they trust her to execute their vision and handle the planning of their wedding. Links we referenced Events of Distinction, Joyce's main website Cal State Hayward wedding planner certificate course (Michelle and Christy BOTH took this course. And passed with flying colors, of course ;) Wedding International Professionals Association thebigweddingplanningpodcast@gmail.com Get In Touch:  The Big Wedding Planning Podcast is… Hosted and produced by Michelle Martinez  Music by Steph Altman of Mophonics  On Instagram @thebigweddingplanningpodcast and be sure to use #planthatwedding when posting, so you can get our attention! Easy to get in touch with. Email us at hello@thebigweddingplanningpodcast.com or Call and leave a message at 415-723-1625 and you might hear your voice on an episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce Scardina Becker is a leader in the West Coast wedding industry. She has owned Events of Distinction, a high-end event planning company, for over 20 years. She is the founder and instructor of the only University accredited Wedding Planner Certificate Program offered at California State University East Bay, and she is the founder of WIPA (all links below). She's also won a ton of industry awards and is the author of ‘Countdown to Your Perfect Wedding' - the wedding planning bible, as far as Christy and Michelle are concerned. Joyce is a big deal, a mentor and titular pro in the wedding planning industry. We are so stoked that Michelle had the opportunity to crash Joyce's class, share her story, and chat with Joyce a little! Big Takeaways A wedding planner needs to be organized, pro-active, and friendly...sure. But a GREAT wedding planner - the kind that you want to hire - is educated. Pretty much, anyone can call themselves a wedding planner - it's not like we have to pass a bar exam. So make sure you hire a planner that has taken the steps to educate his or herself about the wedding industry, about contracts, traditions, etiquette. It's more than reading a couple wedding magazines, people! Make sure you hire a planner who is planning as a career - not just a hobby. Joyce teaches a certification course, one of the top courses in the world, and her syllabus is THOROUGH. Taking her course set both Michelle and Christy on the right track to be wedding planners and entrepreneurs. The course was absolutely invaluable. Look for a university credential when you are looking to hire your wedding planner. Either a hospitality degree, or a reputable wedding planner certificate program. The one Joyce runs is the only one with university credits - it's based at California State University, East Bay, and it is now available as an online course as well (which is awesome!). The whole point, according to Joyce, is that a couple hires her because she is a professional, and then they trust her to execute their vision and handle the planning of their wedding. Links we referenced Events of Distinction, Joyce's main website Cal State Hayward wedding planner certificate course (Michelle and Christy BOTH took this course. And passed with flying colors, of course ;) Wedding International Professionals Association

Discussing relationships and what makes a relationship healthy, including sex. How important is sex in relationships? If the sex is inadequate how do you tell your partner?/ Hilarious game of would you rather provided by, yourtango.com! Tune In! Warning: Some of the content in this podcast is for an adult audience and may offend some people. I do not own any rights to any music played in this podcast, all music belongs to their rightful owners. None of the comments made in this podcast represent California State University East Bay. Cardi B Invasion of privacy Eric Bellinger Eazy Call Show Banga Da Glo Up Nicki Minaj Chun Li Nicki Minaj Barbie Tingz

Discussing what to love about Black Culture. Including finish the lyric game. None of the statements in this podcast represent California State University East Bay. I do not own any music played in this podcast. All music played belongs to their respected owners.

Celebrating Black History Month through discussion and games. What is it like to be black? How do you feel about your cultures contributions to society? None of the comments represent California State University East Bay. The music played in this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, I do not own any rights to any song played.

California State University East Bay President Leroy Morishita discusses the challenges facing public higher education in California today. With over three decades of experience in the California State University system, President Morishita traces the evolution of the Master Plan for Higher Education, shrinking state support for these institutions and the opportunity gap this has created for California's most vulnerable populations. He also shares the strategies and solutions Cal State East Bay has instituted to lessen that gap. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 31531]

California State University East Bay President Leroy Morishita discusses the challenges facing public higher education in California today. With over three decades of experience in the California State University system, President Morishita traces the evolution of the Master Plan for Higher Education, shrinking state support for these institutions and the opportunity gap this has created for California's most vulnerable populations. He also shares the strategies and solutions Cal State East Bay has instituted to lessen that gap. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 31531]

Practitioner: Toby Larson Toby Larson runs a private practice, Fit Mind Training where he works with athletes and performers to develop, enhance or support their mental skills that enable peak performance. Toby has a M.S. in Kinesiology from California State University East Bay and is a Certified Consultant with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Toby's clients include athletes at the elite professional level to the recreational level and high school sports as well. Toby's contact information can be found at www.fitmindtraining.com. 

Discussing my feelings on California State University East Bay's "Rising in the East Campaign". The music played in this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, I do not own any rights to any song played.

This is a black arts and culture site. . . .  1. Kola Adesokan -- Kolamanjaro & his Yoruba Heritage Ensemble is where the classic Yoruba song-meter meets the modern. It is indeed, the crossroad at which yesterday's rhythms intersect with today's sounds to propel the future of cultural arts entertainment forward. It is a bridge that seeks to link Yoruba from the source with others far and widely dispersed around the globe and across the Diaspora. Kola Adesokan, (aka Kolaman or Kolamanjaro) describes his music as Juju-Fusion, a style which he branded Rhythm-N-Groove™ of Afrika, which is another variety of Afro-Beat genre founded by Fela Kuti of Nigeria. Kolamanjaro is a jazzily rhythmic sound whose soul is deeply rooted in authentic Yoruba heritage experience.  2. Almaz Yihdego has a M.A. in Public Administration, from California State University East Bay and currently seeking a Ph.D.. in the Global Health Program at UC Berkeley. She has over ten years administrative experience working in non-profit   organizations, government agencies and community services. She has developed programs for children, youth and adults that support their needs and has a broad range of experience in service identification, funding entitlements and empowering parents through advocacy. she joins us to talk about Y.E.S. a youth empowerment program which is having a fundraiser this weekend, May 21. Kolamanjaro is the headliner. Visit http://www.globalcommunicationservices.org/index.html Music: Zion Trinity's Elegba Opening Prayer; Kolamanjaro's Ori Mi Ma Deyin; Aar Maant's Deeqa; Eddie Gales's African Sunrise; Novalima's Coba Coba Liberta; Meklit and Quinn's Bring is Home to Me; Mark Lomax's Lives Matter Part 3: Black and Beautiful Power.  

Misty makes the workplace her stage   When she was growing up, Misty was so shy she used to hide behind her parents in family pictures. That all changed after taking an acting class. Now she regularly acts and directs theater shows while also working in business development in the accounting industry. Thank goodness we didn’t arm wrestle because CPA Practice Advisor named Misty as one of the Most Powerful Women in Accounting. In this episode, we laugh. A lot. And then Misty talks about how when she began to open up at work, she stopped “acting” and became herself. And how something as simple her team’s daily 10-minute walks creates lasting connections.   Misty is the VP of Business Development at CPA Academy, where she continues to follow her great passion for helping companies and sole proprietors grow to their fullest potential. She also spends time as the co-founder of The Theater of Marketing, a creative marketing business. Misty has a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University-East Bay. John talks with Misty Megia             Other pictures of Misty (click to enlarge)   Misty, the Director, poses after opening night.   Misty poses with Mathew Wiener, Tony Hawk, and Trevor Noah.   Misty performing in “All Shook Up”.   Misty’s links LinkedIn Twitter CPAacademy.org The Theater of Marketing

  The man who correctly predicted the nature and year of the monumental crash of 2008...back in 1997. Fred E. Foldvary received his B.A. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University. He has taught economics at the Latvian University of Agriculture, Virginia Tech, John F. Kennedy University, California State University East Bay, the University of California at Berkeley Extension, Santa Clara University, and currently at San Jose State University. Foldvary is the author of The Soul of Liberty, Public Goods and Private Communities, Dictionary of Free Market Economics . He edited and contributed to Beyond Neoclassical Economics and, with Dan Klein, The Half-Life of Policy Rationales. Foldvary's areas of research include public finance, governance, ethical philosophy, and land economics. Fred married Gloria in July 2012. They and their cat live in the Los Gatos mountains in California.

Todd Washburn, a decorated veteran of the U.S. Army and college student studying communications at the California State University_East Bay is fed up!  He is tired of being told how bad he his because he is a conservative.  He will cover current events, media, talk politics and make people angry-because that's what he likes to do!  Tune in and listen to him try to talk sense into the American public.  He doubts this will happen but will rant on anyway.

American Road Trip Talk hosted by Foster Braun is a talk show that celebrates travel across the two-lane highways of North America. This unique broadcast is an extension of American Road Magazine. Join Foster Braun, Your host and our guide on the American Road Trip Talk Show. In 2010 three graduate students from California State University East Bay campus created “The Mother Road Multimedia Experience”. The project was described in the Tunnel Vision column of the Winter 2010 edition of The American Road Magazine. My American Road TripTalk guest is Ann King, one of those bright young students, who combined the best of cutting edge technology, with a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle to provide a virtual tour of a portion of Route 66.

American Road Trip Talk hosted by Foster Braun is a talk show that celebrates travel across the two-lane highways of North America. This unique broadcast is an extension of American Road Magazine. Join Foster Braun, Your host and our guide on the American Road Trip Talk Show. In 2010 three graduate students from California State University East Bay campus created “The Mother Road Multimedia Experience”. The project was described in the Tunnel Vision column of the Winter 2010 edition of The American Road Magazine. My American Road TripTalk guest is Ann King, one of those bright young students, who combined the best of cutting edge technology, with a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle to provide a virtual tour of a portion of Route 66.

American Road Trip Talk hosted by Foster Braun is a talk show that celebrates travel across the two-lane highways of North America. This unique broadcast is an extension of American Road Magazine. Join Foster Braun, Your host and our guide on the American Road Trip Talk Show. In 2010 three graduate students from California State University East Bay campus created “The Mother Road Multimedia Experience”. The project was described in the Tunnel Vision column of the Winter 2010 edition of The American Road Magazine. My American Road TripTalk guest is Ann King, one of those bright young students, who combined the best of cutting edge technology, with a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle to provide a virtual tour of a portion of Route 66.

Keynote Speaker, Author, and Singer Diedra has made the incredible journey from orphan and "lost cause" to an honor-roll student and college graduate. Her journey of survival --through the adversity of growing up in an addiction-driven household, to the loss of her parents during high school -- has enabled her to be a living example that no young person has to be a victim of their circumstances. Diedra has been speaking professionally since the age of 15. She has been recognized as a Global Young Leader by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council, and served as Miss Yuba-Sutter as well as Miss California-State. Diedra is well known for her presentations to youth regarding "The Power of Choice" but also speaks for educators on a broad range of topics including a powerful collaborative keynote with award winning educator Dr. Arlene Kaiser. Kaiser and Wallis’ keynote gives an informative and meaningful look at the classroom from both a student and teacher’s perspective. Diedra also shares her personal journey of tragedy and triumph in an inspirational and unforgettable Christian program entitled "Faith Through Adversity." Diedra is currently a full time student at California State University East Bay where she is a psychology major pursuing her life’s calling to be a drug counselor. Pro-Track Profile Diedra is also a participant in Northern California National Speakers Association 2009 Pro-Track class, where she says she has enjoyed taking her speaking career to the next level and has learned to think-outside-the box as a presenter. Diedra’ presentations have been described as vibrant and gritty. Her goal as a speaker is to combine real life experiences with practical tools that will leave you informed, affirmed, and strengthened. Diedra’s teachings are effective when applied in schools, work environments, service, and faith-based organizations. For more information, please visit www.diedrawallis.com To hear what Diedra had to tell me about her background, including her memories of the very first time she spoke to groups at an early age, click on the podcast icon below.