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Marni welcomes Dr. Sarah Hill in the Life Check Yourself studio, where they discuss a myriad of topics including how hormones affect your identity and how you can stay sexy regardless of age. Dr. Sarah is an award-winning research psychologist and professor with an expertise in women, health, and sexual psychology. She was also featured in the Netflix documentary, The Principles of Pleasure and is a consultant for the dating site, Cougar Life. Takeaways from this episode:  - How do your hormones affect your identity?  - Inner beauty is sexy  - Is taking hormones bad for you?   It's not you, it's your hormones [01:50] Hormones not only affect our bodies, but our psyche as well. The hormonal transitions that women go through, which span from puberty to menopause and everything in between, have a cascading effect on their entire body including how they experience the world, and the ways in which they think and feel. Hormones can also cause an identity crisis because they are a part of what our brain uses to create the experience of being the person that we are.  You are your hormones. They aren't just something that happens to you. They are a part of who you are.    Aging is the new 20s [08:58] Culturally, there has always been this belief that ties women's sexiness and attractiveness to youth. But these stereotypes are shifting as women are gaining more financial independence and embracing themselves at whatever age. As women gain more resources independently, and as a consequence more power over themselves, they become more attractive to men.  For a very long time, we were dependent on men. And what we're starting to see [now] is that we have women who have access to their own financial resources and good jobs – and that feels powerful.    Bringing Sexy Back [14:30] Beauty is only skin-deep…or so the old adage goes. And it turns out, it's true, to an extent. Beauty comes from having value and feeling valuable. So, it's important for women to find out, when they're younger, what is it that they contribute and what is it that brings them value. Whether you're a career woman or a stay-at-home parent, find out what it is that makes you come alive. People are at their most beautiful when they come alive. And that is something that lasts forever, regardless of age.    Make a Connection:  - 3 Secrets Men Wish You Knew *Free Download*  - Are You Making These Unconscious Mistakes With Men? *Free Training*  - Ready To Take Control Of Your Dating Life?  Book A Call With Us  - Dr. Sarah Hill's Website

Modern America is far different from what it was a few decades ago -- from even a few years ago -- and that's not just speaking politically. Culturally, the country's grown coarser, uglier, more violent, less tolerant and yes, more evil. But it's the widespread acceptance of evil that's most dangerous. Countries typically go through cycles where one political time might show as more corrupt than another, but then the voting scales tip back toward moral righteousness and the public service officers chance their scandalous behaviors and justice is restored. What to do when there are no moral public service officers to take over the emptied seats, though? That's what happens when the culture turns rotten and the people become immune to the rot -- or outright accepting of the rot: there are no good men and women left to serve. This is where America is now walking, and it's due almost entirely to the evil that's infiltrated the Democrat Party and the culture of leftists. Radio host Ed Martin talks culture and evil and the cause of godlessness, and offers hope for better times.

Cheers to everyone who has made it to the end, or almost the end, of this school year! We're celebrating you and giddy with excitement for what's to come this summer at Brave New Teaching.In case you haven't heard, we'll be hosting Camp BNT, which is essentially a Nerdy English teacher book club. But here's the best part - we're actually interviewing the authors right here on the Brave New Teaching podcast! We can't believe that we'll have the chance to host these interviews and take you along for the ride.In today's episode, we're sharing the lineup of authors for this series and the books that we'll be focusing on. This series will highlight our mission of looking at culturally responsive and equitable teaching practices from both the pedagogical side and the curriculum side. Don't miss out on the opportunity to join Camp BNT for free and be a part of the conversations.Show Notes: https://www.bravenewteaching.com/home/episode151 We love teachers!! Get your FREE Teacher Appreciation Classroom Resources at https://www.bravenewteaching.com/teachertreatSupport the show

Pastor Dustin today spoke on “What would Jesus do” when it comes to today's society stance on Sexual Identity. WE SHOULD BE: 1. Loving 2. Culturally aware 3. Theologically resolute 4. In search of Common Ground Parents/Guardians should: 1. Be informed -your child's online activity -porn *My child/someone I'm close to is a believer and struggles with same-sex attraction. How do I approach this? -social media -friendships (we're the sum total of the voices closest to us) 2. Be involved -Be around your kids 3. Be in charge -not a dictator -Be a leader Ephesians 6:12 Isaiah 66:2 Matthew 19:21-22 John 8:9-11 John 4:14

Washington Heights isn't very far from Cranford as far as distance is concerned. A trip over the George Washington Bridge or taking a train to New York and then an uptown subway will get you there in about an hour. Culturally, however, it's far removed.This month, the Cranford Dramatic Club will be presenting the musical that first brought Lin-Manuel Miranda to the attention of many. Several cast members (Jose Figueroa/Kevin Rosario, Dania Agüero Davie/Camila Rosario, Gail Cevallos/Nina Rosario, and Karina Muñoz/Abuela Claudia) along with director Edgar Hidalgo, chatted with Cranford Radio about the show and how the story and characters resonate with them.Purchase tickets

Join Kelly in a chat with a therapist Adora Chun Du, who discusses the lack of cultural diversity in the current therapy model, which is predominantly based on Western culture and ideals. She notes that this does not fit with non-Western cultures and societies. Adora promotes the need for different perspectives in therapy and a different way to conceptualize cultural differences for therapists. Learn more about Adora's work @ Fauna https://www.fauna-npo.org/ Read Kelly's story about her mental health journey as a Latina: https://www.fauna-npo.org/articles/drkay About Fauna: We are aiming to bridge the Western model of therapy with the culture and values of non-Western populations seeking mental health care.With a team of passionate individuals - and a helping paw from Fauna - we are spearheading a movement to re-design the existing framework of therapy and mental health support to be more culturally literate and inclusive.  Connect with Kelly at La Brega Wellness Take the Latina Personality Quiz: www.latinapersonalityquiz.com Instagram: @labregawellness Tiktok: @labregawellness YouTube: @labregawellness Website: www.labregawellness.com Get Your Free 25-min Rest, Reset, Renew Restorative Yoga class from La Brega Wellness Just making sure... This podcast and website represent the opinions of Dr. Kelly Alvarado-Young (KAY) and her guests on the show and website.  The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content of this podcast is for informational purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. Views and opinions expressed in the podcast and website are our own and do not represent that of our places of work. While we make every effort to ensure that the information we share is accurate, we welcome any comments, suggestions, or corrections of errors. In no way does listening, reading, emailing, or interacting on social media with our content establish a doctor-patient relationship. ¡Dalé! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/labregawellness/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/labregawellness/support

As a nurse and healthcare provider, how well do you think you take culturally diverse patients? Outside of task-oriented things? In this episode, Nurse Alice speaks with Dr. Raj Sandar, physician and podcast Host of the Healthcare for Humans Podcast about how we can better understand, connect and service our patients of different cultures.The duo encourages you to ask yourself the following questions, - How else do you measure the quality of care that you provide? - How often do you consider social determinants of your patient's health when providing care? - How often do you consider historical, cultural, language, or religious factors and race in the care you provide? If you included those things in your metrics for  “good care” – how would you score yourself now? In this episode, Nurse Alice speaks with Dr. Raj Sandar, physician and podcast Host of Healthcare for Humans Podcast about how we can better understand, connect and service our patients of different cultures.

Blessed • Vulnerable • FreeIn 2008, after twenty years of self-sabotage and playing Russian Roulette with her health, Bunmi Abo-aba finally reached burnout. Since the mask fell, she has worked tirelessly, plotting a path to her recovery and making her fair share of mistakes. But Bunmi is truly a phoenix who has risen from those ashes more than once. Today she's beaten both food and alcohol addiction and overcome traumas, divorce, and triggers and now leads a beautiful, healthy, and full life. Connect with Bunmi on her website, Instagram or TikTok.Episode Takeaways:Dr. Bunmi is a dentist who was raised to be a full-on perfectionist. “I love you” didn't accompany anything less than perfect.She discovered alcohol at age 12.Alcohol made her feel confident and raised her self-esteem. She said it was her new best friend.Food is a comfort for so many people especially those who lack love. Russian Roulette was essentially throwing caution to the wind and continuing on a dangerous path of unhealthy life choices.By 2008 Bunmi was sick and tired of the consequences of her “Russian Roulette.”Culturally “strong Black women” don't trust the outside world and don't ask for help.Eventually, Bunmi had to embrace vulnerability to fully break down in order to rebuild.Accepting help and being honest reminds us that we are not alone.Bunmi says she's in recovery rather than recovered because it's always a work in progress.After she began recovery it was time to, finally, get to know herself.Next up was her spiritual journey. After the first session with a Shaman Bunmi finally felt supported.Feeling supported brought massive curiosity and an eventual complete life shift.Forgiving herself has been a serious part of her healing journey.As a parent, Bunmi tries to be the guide and love them without extreme discipline. Recovery gave her freedom and bravery - she was able to see choices and try new things.She is now a recovery coach that helps others move through their own, painful, journey.Future Life Progression: Finding your best future self while in recovery.Gratitude is Bunmi's favorite way to celebrate but also connecting with friends and family. She also loves to buy herself a new crystal when she's celebrating - that anchors her to a specific event.Charity: Water Aid - water is life!If you've been inspired, touched, entertained, or motivated by this or any of Heather Vickery's content you can “say thanks” by buying her a virtual coffee!Let's connect ...Follow us on Instagram and connect with our host, Heather Vickery here.ORDER YOUR COPY OF F*CK FEARLESS - MAKING THE BRAVE LEAP TODAY, Click Here!Order your Create Brave Manifestation Card Decks here.Share your feedback by emailing heather@vickeryandco.com or via Instagram DM's.

Rapp Report episode 267 This week, Andrew Rappapport joins Chris Hohnholz as they discuss the recent mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee and the growth of culturally acceptable violence against certain groups in the nation. Show Links: STTK Article – Audrey Hale and Culturally Acceptable Violence This podcast is a ministry of Striving for Eternity and all our resources Listen to other podcasts on the Christian Podcast Community Support Striving for Eternity Leave us a review Fill out our survey about this show Give us your feedback, email us info@StrivingForEternity.com Get the book What Do They Believe Get the book What Do We Believe Sponsors: Logos Bible Software MyPillow or call (800) 873-0176 and use promo SFE

Rapp Report episode 267 This week, Andrew Rappapport joins Chris Hohnholz as they discuss the recent mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee and the growth of culturally acceptable violence against certain groups in the nation. Show Links: STTK Article – Audrey Hale and Culturally Acceptable Violence This podcast is a ministry of Striving for Eternity and all our resources Listen to other podcasts on the Christian Podcast Community Support Striving for Eternity Leave us a review Fill out our survey about this show Give us your feedback, email us info@StrivingForEternity.com Get the book What Do They Believe Get the book What Do We Believe Sponsors: Logos Bible Software MyPillow or call (800) 873-0176 and use promo SFE

Rapp Report episode 267 This week, Andrew Rappapport joins Chris Hohnholz as they discuss the recent mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee and the growth of culturally acceptable violence against certain groups in the nation. Show Links: STTK Article – Audrey Hale and Culturally Acceptable Violence This podcast is a ministry of Striving for Eternity and all our resources Listen to other podcasts on the Christian Podcast Community Support Striving for Eternity Leave us a review Fill out our survey about this show Give us your feedback, email us info@StrivingForEternity.com Get the book What Do They Believe Get the book What Do We Believe Sponsors: Logos Bible Software MyPillow or call (800) 873-0176 and use promo SFE

Gholdy Muhammad is Professor of Literacy, Language and Culture at the University of Illinois and the author of Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically, Responsive Teaching and Learning. She talks about joy in an educational context and how teachers can specifically incorporate joy into their work.

I'm so glad to introduce you to Lavanya Lakshminarayan, a writer from India. Lavanya was so kind to me as I learned how to pronounce her name and how to interact with her and her culture. I think you'll learn a lot.Culturally, we discussed a few main points. First, tea and coffee, which I think you'll enjoy for the fun of it. Turning serious, we discussed the caste system, relating to an article from the BBC. Finally, we discussed the issue of Seattle banning caste discrimination, in an article from CNN. We then turned to her book, The Ten Percent Thief, which you can find at The Nook Bookstore, my favorite indie store to support. Get the ebook format directly from the publisher HERE. You can learn more about Lavanya at her Instagram page and at Twitter.As usual, I don't make any money from the book's purchase link. However, Coffee in Space is crowd funded, and if you'd like to join those supporting the show, please do so by buying me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/coffeeinspace! Thank you so much!

My guest today is Lindsay Lyons. We talk about what a culturally responsive sustaining classroom is, as well as why and how to make it happen, especially through PBL. She shares a lot of practical ideas and resources. Then Lindsay knocks it out of the park playing a literature focused The 5-Minute Game Show. I want to thank my guest today, Lindsay Lyons, and for help with the fauxmercial - Shane Lawrence, who is now on the podcast Unprofessional Development, and also Shane's daughter.   Resources and links: Lindsay's  Website  YouTube Twitter  https://extras.lindsaybethlyons.com/overthrowsurvey https://extras.lindsaybethlyons.com/overthrowcircle https://extras.lindsaybethlyons.com/overthrowplanne  

Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic BostonChurch. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston,or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Tyler. I am the teens or youth and hospitality director here at Mosaic Boston. And whenever I get the chance to be up here, it is truly my honor and privilege to be able to deliver God's word to all of us today. So this week we're kind of in between series, and so the pastors gave me the opportunity to preach something that is on my heart and it's a message about hope. I'm calling it, Praying for Hope. We're going to be spending most of our time in the text in Ephesians. And my wife and I recently had just gone through Ephesians, and so this is something I've been thinking about, been meditating on. But even before then, this idea that we're going to see and expound upon in this text is something that God has been working in my own heart, challenging me, growing me in, and I think it's something that will benefit the church as a whole. So we're going to see what does God mean? What does God call us to pray for? But what does it mean to pray for hope in our lives and in the church in general? So before we get started, will you pray with me over the preaching of God's word? Heavenly Father, Lord, you are good. We are so thankful that we get to be here today to hear your word, to learn from you, to know you more. So Lord, we ask that in this time that you speak to us through your word, that you use me to proclaim the truth of your word for all of us. And you challenge us, you soften our hearts to see the reality of who you are and how you are working in our lives. So Lord, we thank you. We praise you. In Jesus' name. Amen. Alrighty, we will be in Ephesians 1:15-23. So if you have your Bibles, you can turn there. If not, you could follow along on the screens behind me, but I'll read the whole thing and then we'll get started. So Ephesians 1:15 says this, "For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power towards us who believe, according to the working of His great might, that He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at the right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and above every name that is named not only in this age, but also in the one to come. And He put all things under His feet and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all." This is the reading of God's holy, inherent, authoritative, infallible word. May He write these eternal truths upon our hearts. We're going to be spending our time in kind of three points today. The three points are actually one sentence and the third point of that sentence has three subpoints. So just to throw some chaos and difficulty into things. But the one sentence that I want you guys to take away from this is the church should pray for wisdom and revelation of God. And the reason why the church should do that is to have hope, to recognize riches, and to perceive power. So that's what we're going to be spending our time in today. And so if you're like, "Wow, Tyler normally goes a long time with three points, and now He has three and three subpoints," I want to encourage you points one and two are on one page. So we'll get through those real quick. We'll spend most of the time on point number three. But point number one, the church, this is verse 15. Verse 15 says, "For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints..." Who is Paul addressing here? He is addressing the church. Well, he's clarifying how he knows it's the church that he's speaking to. It's the people that have faith in the Lord Jesus and love for all the saints. This is the very basics, the very fundamental definition of the church. It's those, it's the people who have faith in the Lord Jesus and love towards all the saints. Now, a couple clarifying things. I love that it says, Lord Jesus, because I think oftentimes in my mind I focus on savior Jesus, which is good. Jesus is savior. I have faith in Jesus as my savior. Which is what we talked about last week with Easter, and we talk about every week at Mosaic, that Jesus came and died to save us from our sins and raised to life three days later to prove that He had the power to do it, to save us from our sins. We have faith in that. But He's not just savior, He's also Lord. Lord is ruler. He is Lord. He has power. He has authority over our lives today and we trust in Him as our king. We have faith in Him as our Lord and Savior. That's a Christian. And naturally, when you do that, you love the saints. So let's clarify saints. If you're like me, I grew up in a Catholic Church, and so a saint is someone who did some really incredible work and then died, and so you get to be a saint. But that's not what the word means. The word just means holy or set apart. Paul is talking about Christians. He's talking about the church. And so when we have faith in Jesus, naturally, we should love each other, we should care for each other. And so Paul is just being very clear at the start, he is addressing the church. He is talking to the church. And so everything that we're going to talk about now, he is addressing to Christians. And so if you're here today, and you're not a Christian and you're like, "Well, why am I here?" Praise God that you're here. We're very thankful that you're here. We want you to be able to see a glimpse into what we talk about when we talk about church. We're not talking about a meeting on Sundays. We're not talking about a place that we go to do the thing we're supposed to do and get on. We're talking about a faith and love of Jesus Christ and a love for each other. And what I would just ask you, humbly, in this time, if you are able to just pray and ask God, "If this is true, if you are real, if you are here, open my eyes to see you." Ask God that, "If this is true and what we are speaking about is true," ask Him to reveal himself to you. Because what we are going to see in this text is that God works powerfully in His church to help, to give hope, and to save His people. Forgot to mention real quick, we have a motto, love Jesus simple, right? That's what this text is all about. That's why we have that motto, love Jesus simple. We love God, we love His people, and we love those who do not yet recognize that they're His people. We love the church. We have love for the saints. We love God and Jesus. Specifically Jesus, not just God in general, but we love Jesus Himself. So we have faith in Jesus. We love the saints. Simple, that's all we need. That's the foundation. That's the point. That's the root of all of that. We do. End of point one, nice job, nice and easy. Point number two, the church should pray. And this is verses 16 and the beginning of 17. It says this, "I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory..." And we're going to pause there and leave you on a little bit of a cliffhanger. But Paul starts saying, "I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers..." First thing, we cannot separate thanksgiving and prayer. When we pray, thanksgiving needs to be a part of it. Whatever you are thankful for in this life, whenever something happens or you receive something or whatever, you're just reminded of something that you're thankful for, praise God for that thing. Literally, go to Him in prayer and praise Him. Thank Him for it. We cannot separate thanksgiving and prayer. But specifically what Paul is thankful for is for the church, is for other believers, brothers and sisters in Christ. Christians, we are called to be thankful for each other, so thank you. I mean that very sincerely. You don't know how much this church has been an encouragement to me, been an encouragement to the staff, been an encouragement to the pastors, to each other, been able to support and help each other throughout the many years that this church has been here. Thank you. I praise God and thank Him for you and your faithfulness to Him. And I mean that sincerely. Now, when we look at each other, do we sincerely feel that way? Let's feel that way. Let's be thankful for each other that God has blessed us with the ability to have these relationships with each other. The next thing I want to point out is that Paul is very specific in who he is praying to and why he is praying to Him. This is the beginning of verse 17, "that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory...." So he's specific. Paul's not just talking to air. He's not just throwing out prayers to someone in general. He is praying to the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. He's specific. And then he throws it in and follows up with the Father of glory. Is this just some fancy phrasing that really religious people like to do so they sound nice when they pray in the letters read out loud to the church? No. What Paul is doing here is he's clarifying why He's praying and trusts this God that he's praying to. He's not just any God. He's not just any person. He's the Father of glory. I was reading a commentary on this text and it was written by a guy named Francis Foulkes, who he didn't write many commentaries, but he did on Ephesians. But most of his works were about prayer. Most of the things he wrote was like how to pray. Why do we pray? What does it look like to pray? Things like that. And I thought that he would be a very helpful person to study in these texts. And this is what he says about Paul's address of God. He says, "He is the Father to whom all glory belongs; for all the power and majesty revealed in creation, providence and redemption are His, and He the source. Such a thought of who God is gives to prayer a sense of awe and strengthens the faith in those who pray." Christians, we should strengthen our faith when we pray. It actually matters how we address God when we pray. It doesn't mean that we have to say, "The Father of glory," that's not the point. For me personally, when I prayed, I said, "Heavenly Father," that's what I usually say. You don't have to say that either. But I say that, because I'm reminding myself, yeah, I'm praying to God who is in heaven. He is above all things. He rules. He reigns. That's who He is. But He's not just in heaven. He's a father. He's relational. He knows us. He cares for us. We can have relationship with Him. And so I start, when I pray that way because I'm reminding myself, I'm speaking to the God who has a relationship with me, and He has power to do things. He has power to hear me. I trust He will hear me. I trust that He can act on what I'm asking of Him. I trust and grow in my awe and faith of Him. And so this isn't to say that's how we all need to pray, but what we all need to do is go to God in awe and reverence. Go to Him and prepare our hearts when we pray to say, yeah, I am speaking to the one true all powerful God. That matters. That makes a difference. And so when we are in times of questioning, times of doubt, times of weakness still go to God in strength, not our own strength, but we can go to Him saying, "God, I know I'm weak, but you're strong. God, I'm weak, but I'm reminding myself of who you are. I'm reminding myself of how you've been faithful to me." And so that regardless of our season in life, we can pray in strength, because it's God's strength, not our own that we pray in. And then from this point on in our text, Paul is going to launch into specifics that he prays over the church. So he's writing this letter to remind them and encourage them. He is praying for them and he's going to tell them specifically what He's praying about. And as we continue through these texts, we're going to see what are those specific things, and we're going to stop and we're going to pray for those things for this church. Why? Because Paul thought it was important to pray over the church in Ephesus. And if God thought it was important enough to canonize in scripture, I think it's something good that we should pray for ourselves as well. Plus, I know that it is something good for us to pray for ourselves as well. But real quick before we continue with that, I want to point something out, and this is something that I learned only a couple years ago and was never explicitly taught to me. And I was like, "Wow, why was this never explicitly taught? This is really important." When anyone, myself or a pastor or someone else is up here preaching and praying, or if you're in a small group and one person is praying and you're just there listening, we're all praying. And what I mean by that is it's not a time to just sit and listen and think, "Okay, do I like what he's saying?" Or, "That sounds good or nice? I like that wording." That's not the point. But it's the time of Christians to be led by one person to pray to God together about the same things. That's why the word amen matters. If you don't know the word, amen means truly. You're saying that you agree with everything that was said and you're praying it. So we've all done this, I'm guilty of this as well, but if you've ever been in a prayer group and someone's praying and it's late and you're tired and your mind starts drifting and you don't really hear anything that they're saying, and then the end comes and everyone's like, "Amen," you're like, "Amen. Amen." You just lied and you're guilty of lying. So what I'm saying is that as we talk about these things, I'm asking that we as a church pray together for God to bless His church with these things. It's not about me standing up here praying these things. It's about us as the body of Christ praying together in unity and seeking God for His help. So with that, that's the end of point two, on to point three. Wow, we're flying through this. Point three, the church should pray for wisdom and revelation of God. This is verses 17 through the end. I'm just going to read the first part of it for us. But "that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened." We'll stop there for now. So Paul's first request to God in prayer for the church is for us, for that church, but applicable to us as well, to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. Everything else that we're going to talk about, all of the rest of the requests of Paul are summarized in this point. He gets more specific as to why it matters as he goes along, but this is the heart of it. What Paul really wants for the church is to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the knowledge of God. So what does that mean? What is the spirit of wisdom in the knowledge of God? Well, wisdom is knowledge applied, right? Wisdom is about how we act based on information that we have. So you can classify it as a spirit to know God's will. The ability to know what God wants for us, for His people, for His church, for us to do. And then what is the spirit of a revelation in the knowledge of him? This is a spirit to know God, to see God. Well, Paul, you're writing to Christians, don't they already know God? Why are you asking for a spirit of revelation in the knowledge of him? Because we all can know God deeper, better, and more personal. Again, Francis Foulkes in His commentary on this section says this, "Such wisdom and revelation, moreover, come, not simply as such higher intelligence is given from God, but by the knowledge of Him, the personal knowledge of God Himself, which in the Bible always connotes the experience of life in union and fellowship with Him. Paul put the prayer for wisdom first, because to him the gospel was so wonderful that it was impossible for people to see the glory of it unless they were taught by God, and also because he knew that the knowledge of God was life itself." So when put that way, does it make sense to pray for a spirit, to pray for more revelation of God so that we can have greater unity with Him in this life, that we can have greater fellowship with Him in life? Yes, of course, it does. Well, how does that happen? How do we receive the spirit of wisdom and the spirit of revelation and the knowledge of him? It's the next verse that says, "having the eyes of your hearts enlightened that you may know," right? It's not that God is suddenly going to be someone more of Himself than He was so you could recognize it. He's always there. He's always there. We need to recognize Him there. We need to see how He is working. See who He is. We need to have the eyes of our hearts enlightened. What does that phrase mean, eyes of our hearts? Our hearts don't have eyes, that just doesn't make sense. Well, the only way you think of your heart is as a beating organ, you're probably the first person in all of history. Because every single culture talks about the heart, not just as a beating organ, but also as more than that, as part of who you are about emotions and desires. But what Paul is saying with the eyes of your heart, it's saying, "Let all of who you are, the truest part of you, your soul, everything that you are, have that open, your eyes open to see who God is, to see who He is, and how He is working His will and His revelation in your life." And we need to have our eyes opened, because we can't do it ourselves, right? We all know this experientially that we can see things and not actually understand what they are, or we can hear things and not understand what you're supposed to take away from it. During first service, it came to me that there's a really good example of this in art for me. I can look at art, I could see there's painting and brushes and whatever, and I just don't get it. It's art. Cool, that's nice. But I understand that there is beauty in it and that some people do get it. And so I need to have the eyes of my heart enlightened. There's a painting or a picture in our office space that Raquel, God bless, who God has used powerfully in this church and has blessed her, but Raquel loves this painting and I look at it, I'm like, "I don't get it." It makes me angry that I don't... Anyway, but she gets it. So I just need to have the eyes of my heart enlightened to the truth of the beauty of that painting. But anyway, I bring that up to say we all know what it means to see something and not get it. And what Paul is praying for the church is that we're not that way with God, that we can see Him and we can get Him, and we can see the fullness of Him and grow in our relationship with Him. And we need God to do that for us. We see this idea also in Isaiah 6:9-10, it says, "'Keep on hearing but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive. Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." It's a very difficult text, but what it's saying is that God is the one who has the power to open people's eyes. And so if we need our eyes open to the reality of God, let's go to Him. Let's ask him. Let's ask Him to reveal Himself to us. And if you're here today and you're not a Christian, this is what I urge you, ask God, open your eyes. Ask God to reveal himself to you, to show you to reveal His love, His grace, His mercy, and His power through the work of Christ for you. And he ends this part by saying, "that you may know..." And then he continues with what He's praying for. We need the eyes of our hearts opened and enlightened, not so that we could have an idea about what God is like, so that we can know Him, that we can know the hope that He gives us, that we can know what the inheritance is, that we can have confidence in Him. It's not a wishy-washy thing, but we could have confidence in Him. That's what God wants for us, and we need Him to open our eyes to it. So as the first thing that Paul is praying for the church, let's now spend some time praying for us, this body, this church here to receive wisdom, a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of God. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, Lord, we need you. We need more of you, and we need to see you. Open the eyes of our hearts to wherever we are blind to you and who you are and the way you are working in our lives. Give us eyes to see you. Lord, wherever we are blind, wherever we are stubborn, where wherever we are hardhearted, soften us and open our eyes to know you more. Grow our relationship with you. Lord, we know you desire the deepest relationship with us. Give us hearts that desire the deepest relationship with you to know you personally, to love you personally. Bless this body of believers, your church here with the deepest growth in relationship and love for you. Thank you. In Jesus' name, amen. So now He's going to get into three subpoints for why we should have a spirit of wisdom and revelation of God. So the church should pray for wisdom and revelation of God, subpoint number one, to have hope. To have hope. And each of the subpoints is going to get a little bit more specific, but they're all relating back to this idea of hope. And they're going to be ways that Paul shows that we as the body, we as Christians, can have hope. So this is in verse 18 where it says, "having the eyes of your hearts enlightened that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you..." Have you ever thought about hope that way, as you're calling? Christians, you are called to have hope. We are not called to despair. We are not called to anxiety. We are called to hope. And not just any kind of hope, a living hope. Pastor Shane referenced this in his prayer as he started the service. But 1 Peter 1:3 says this, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." Christians, we are called to have hope because we have a living hope. Christ did not stay dead. This is what we celebrated last week at Easter, that Christ raised from the dead. He is alive. We have a living hope, and it is practical to us in day-to-day life. It's not just a hope that we can have one day in the future. It's a hope we can have now. And I want to pause here for a second and recognize that life's not always easy. It's not always easy to have hope. I recognize that there are many brothers and sisters in this church who have gone through struggles and difficulty and are in the middle of that even right now. I know people in this body that have suffered from illness, have been diagnosed with cancer or disease. I know people in this church that have suffered from mental illness or anxiety or eating disorders. I know people in this church who have this desire for God to answer their prayers, and they've been waiting and waiting for an answer. I know people who have lost their jobs and are wondering when they're going to be able to pay the bills. I know people who are looking for housing, and like, "Don't know where I'm going to live, but I'm going to do something, I guess. I don't know." I know people who are suffering and I know many of you are. And what I am saying is God is calling us to have hope, even in that. It's not a call to suck it up and get tough. That's not what I'm saying. It's a call to recognize that we are weak and that in those moments we need help, and that God is the one who can provide it. And that God is the one who can give us hope, even when we don't see the reasons for hope. Because we are called to it through the life of Christ. We can look at Christ. We could look at what He willingly suffered for us. We could look at the way He lived for us, died for us, rose for us, and say, "You know what? Regardless of my circumstances, I could look to Christ and have hope." And as I mentioned, we're going to see in the further points of Paul's prayer, more specifically, more powerfully the thrust of why we can have hope. But Paul starts generally, we are called to it. We are called to have hope. So with that, let's pray for this church to have hope. Heavenly Father, Lord, we need you. We live in a fallen, broken world where we see the effects of sin, and where we see the pain and suffering and bitterness that comes from our own sin and from the sin in the world around us, and just from the brokenness of creation apart from Christ. Give us eyes to see the hope in those situations that only you provide. Give us eyes to see that you are with us. You love us, you are there. You have endured and suffered for us. And you are our reason for hope. Our hope is not in the solving of all the problems. Our hope is in you alone. Give us hope. We thank you. We praise you. In Jesus' name. Subpoint number two, why the church should pray for wisdom and revelation of God is to recognize riches. This is the rest of verse 18. I'll just read the first part to remind us, "having the eyes of your heart enlightened," to what? "To what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints..." This made me pause and think, what is the inheritance that he is talking about here? The inheritance that Christians have is the kingdom of God. Yes, we can see it fully in eternity in heaven with eternal life with God in His presence, in His kingdom forever. That is the inheritance that Paul is talking about here. And he clarifies what he means, actually, earlier, he had already talked about, it in verses 11 through 14 of this chapter. He says this, "In him," in Christ, "we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the council of His will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of His glory. In him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit who was the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it to the praise and glory of God." We are not in heaven right now. We have not acquired possession of the kingdom of God, of this inheritance that we are given yet. But in verse 11, he says that we have obtained it. How have we obtained it if we haven't taken possession of it? Yes, we have the Holy Spirit who is the guarantee of it. But how have we obtained it? Three small words at the end of verse 18 of our text, "in the saints." In the saints, right? There's this idea with the kingdom of God, it's a idea that we talk about as an already and not yet. And the day that Jesus was raised from the dead, He already conquered sin and death. He did it, definitively, done. He already ushered in the kingdom of God here on earth. Done. But we don't see the fullness of it yet. We're waiting. We're looking forward to that day. But as we wait, what do we look for the hope and to recognize what that inheritance is? We look to each other. We look to His church, His people, the saints. Because when we look at the way the body of Christ, the church, is supposed to interact with each other, the way they love each other, support each other, pray for each other, build each other up, use their gifts for each other's good for the upbuilding of the church, we just get a little taste, get a little glimpse of what the kingdom of heaven is like. And I want to be clear. The word glimpse is my word. That's not what Paul uses. What does Paul say? Paul says, "What are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints." What Paul is saying, "Don't downplay the power that the body of believers have to be able to reveal the love of God, the kingdom of God to each other." I said glimpse because I recognize the ultimate, infinite glory of the kingdom of God in heaven whenever we get there. But Paul is saying, "The church here now is still rich and glorious. It's still able to fully reveal the kingdom of God to those who are in it and who see it." So Christians, does this describe us? Are we the riches of His glorious inheritance to each other? The way I think about it is what do we want most or long for most when we get to heaven? The right Sunday school answer, which is true and good, is that we desire the presence of God. That that's what we want when we get to heaven, is just to be in the presence of God. Good, praise God. We need that. Do we bring the presence of God with us where we go? Do we bring the characteristics, the love, the nature, who He is to each other when we interact with each other? Or are we more of our own sinful self than Christ? But if we're honest with ourselves, maybe it's a little bit more specific than just the presence of God. Maybe it's the peace of God that we're longing for in heaven. Now, there's so much uncertainty in the world around us, so much going on that we don't have peace. We're not settled here. We just can't wait for the day that we have peace in heaven. Well, if that's the case, are we bringing peace wherever we go? And when you need peace and you're struggling to see that, do you look to the other believers, the brothers and sisters in the church, who you see, you've been walking with, you know are faithful, and say, "You know what? I need peace. I don't have it. Can you help me? Can you encourage me? Can you strengthen me?" Can we be the church for each other? Maybe it's hope. Maybe you're like, "There's so much that I have going on that's suffering, that's hard, it's difficult. I can't even imagine how to have hope for the next season. And in heaven one day we won't have to worry about any of that, so I'm belonging for that." Well, do we bring hope to each other? If what you need is hope, do you have the ability to share hope with other people? And if not, do you have the humility to ask for help? Do you have the humility to go to members of your community group, to go to brothers and sisters in Christ, and say, "I'm struggling. I need hope. Can you help me?" And are we willing to help when that happens? What Paul is saying is that we need to have the eyes of our hearts open to see how great it is to be the church. It is a blessing. It is an honor, and that we can reveal all of who God is through the church. And we need to be that for each other. So with that, let's pray that we could have the eyes of our hearts opened to see the riches of God's inheritance here and now through His church, and that we can be that for each other. Heavenly Father, we need you. This is what this all comes down to, Lord, is that we need you. Open the eyes of our hearts to see how you are working in our brothers and sisters here in this church. Strengthen us, convict us on how we are called to live to exemplify the fullness of the inheritance of your kingdom in heaven while we are here on earth. Let us to live joyfully and fully in that reality that we are in your kingdom even now. Give us that hope. Give us that boldness to live that way, to be your church here and now. Open our eyes to see that, to rejoice in the riches, the fullness of it, to not look at it as something light and not view it as merely a glimpse. And then just hope for that day when we get to be with you, even though we do. Help us to see the blessing, the richness of the blessing that is your church, even here at Mosaic. We thank you. We praise you. In Jesus' name. And the last subpoint that we have is that the church should pray for wisdom and revelation of God to perceive power. This is verses 19 through the rest of the chapter. I'll read just verse 19 first. It says, verse 18, "having the eyes of your heart enlightened," why? Verse 19, "to what is the immeasurable greatness of His power towards us who believe according to the working of His great might..." I love this verse. I love this verse. Paul is using as much human language as possible in this text to try and give us a sense of God's power, even though he knows no human words can ever describe the power of God. But he uses these phrases, immeasurable greatness, power, working great might in this verse to try and stoke in us an understanding of how great the power of God is. The word for immeasurable is huperballo, which is where we get the word hyperbolic from. And what it's saying is use all the hyperbolic language you want. Think as lofty and as high as you could think of anyone, any type of power, and it's not even accurate enough to describe God's power. That's not how, it's not even close to how great He is. It's immeasurable His power. But it's His greatness as well. And the word for greatness is exceeding a standard of excellence. So God is a standard of excellence, so much greater than we could ever imagine. That is who He is. That is His nature, His character. He is more excellent than we could ever measure or imagine. Then he uses the word power to describe God's working. And this word is what I characterize as gym strength, or you could think of it as potential energy. For those of you who are smarter than me and like science, it's potential energy. It's that God has the power, the ability to do, He has the ability to get things done. That's gym strength through me, right? You're not physically doing the thing, but you're preparing to be able to do whatever you need to do. You're lifting weights so that way you're prepared to do something with it whenever you need to. I'm not trying to dis gym strength. I need more gym strength myself. Pray for me for that. It's a good thing, but it's about being prepared to do something. Church, do we recognize the immeasurable excellence of God's ability to work to who? It says, "towards us who believe." God wants to work for His church, He wants to use His power to benefit Christians, to use His church to usher in the kingdom here. So when we look at the immeasurable, ultimate excellence of God's power, do we ask Him for help in times of need and recognize that He has the power to do it and that He wants to do it? And that that's the reason why He is using this power is for the benefit of those who believe in Him. But He doesn't just want to do it, He does it, that's the word working. This is kinetic energy. This is, it's happening. It's active. I call this manual labor strength. The strongest people I've ever known in my life never went to the gym. My friend Ty Harris, praise God for him. Love him. You look at him, you wouldn't think He's strong. He loves musicals. He loves singing and dancing. Great guy. I love him. He had to help someone move and lifted a pool table by himself. Now, for those of you who don't know, pool tables are solid stone. They weigh almost a ton. No, not quite a... They weigh a lot. I'm not using ton literally. They weigh a lot. It usually takes four or five people to install them. And if you have to move them up or downstairs, you usually you need to use machinery. He's just like, "Okay, go lift it up, and help people move." He has working strength. Never once in the gym, working strength. My friend Rich, his father, also Rich, Stovakin, had all of the brute ruggedness of German and Russian heritage combined. So think of the toughest German and the toughest Russian, put them together, that's him. He's like 6'7. And Rich and I would work out in his basement in high school, and we were like there curling our 20 pounds, feeling good about ourselves. And then he comes in, and is like, "what are you guys doing?" "Oh, we're lifting. Well, how much can you do?" And He's like, "I don't work out, but I'll do whatever I need to." And he starts curling a 100 pounds just for reps, just like, "I'm good." What he did for a living, he lifted bales of paper and just moved it and did it. And He was faithful in his job and he just worked for his job. God has working power. He doesn't just sit and say, "I have the ability to, I could do it if you want me to. We'll see if I do." No, He works. He does. He uses His power to help His church, His people bring His kingdom here. And the last one in the sentence is great might. The word for great is just focusing on the intensity, the magnitude of the might, of God's might. But the word for might is focusing on the ability to execute something. So God doesn't just have power to work, and then He keeps working and working and working. If you've done home projects yourself, you probably know what this is like. It takes a lot longer than you thought. And you just feel like I'm just working and working and it's never going to end. No, God executes. He completes. He does what He sets out to do. He finishes it. He finishes the work He promises to do it. He has promised to save His people. He has given us that assurance. He has promised to protect His church. He has given us that assurance. So we can trust that He will do and complete what He says. And Paul says, "You know what? Maybe you still don't understand the power of God." So He goes on to try and even more hyperbolically, explain the power of God. And we're just going to fly through verses 20 through 23. I'm just going to read the snippets of it real quick. But the next thing he says is that... Well, sorry, this is the most important thing in verse 20, "that He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at the right hand in the heavenly places..." When we look at Easter, when we look at the power that God used to raise Christ from the dead, that's the power He uses for His church. When we're talking about working power, when we're talking about Him completing and His ability, He shows us that He does it. He doesn't just tell you He's going to do it and hope that... He proves it through the resurrection of Christ. And now He's going to point out all the power of Christ to again stoke in us a desire and understanding of the ultimate supreme power of God, because Christ is seated at the right hand of the throne in heaven. The right hand is the hand of power. Whoever sits at the right hand of the king has all the power, all the authority of the king himself. So what it's saying is that Jesus Christ has the full power, full authority of our heavenly Father. Is that not enough power? Well, it's far above all rule and authority and power and dominion. I think we, like I do often, clump these together and just run through them and it's like it's a bunch of things that are powerful. God's more powerful than that. But Paul is calling out specific things here, and he clarifies what He means by them in Ephesians 6:12. He says, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers, over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." So rule and authority are specific positions that are being addressed, there are rules of people who rule and have authority, but then power and dominion is the force, is the power behind them. But Paul's saying, "We're not talking about flesh and blood here. We're not talking about physical earthly kings and rulers and authorities. What we can summarize all of this by is the kingdom of Satan," is what Paul is addressing here. Whether it's those who are working for the kingdom of Satan and the force behind them, whether it's demons or Satan himself. The sin and brokenness we see in this world, you compile all of that power together, and it's nothing compared to Jesus Christ. I think we often fall into thinking Satan is just the equal opposite of Christ, and that is so far from the truth. He is nothing compared to Christ. Jesus Himself alone is even more powerful than all of the kingdom of Satan could throw at Him, so much so, He's so far above and beyond that. In terms of power looking at it, He can barely even see the power of Satan, because He has none in comparison to Christ. Not only that, that not enough power for us, Jesus has the name that is above every name. The name of Satan has no power. He's not Lord Voldemort, or he who shall not be named. No, his name has no power. The name of Christ does have power. We see that in the New Testament, that the name of Christ has power to cast out demons. It has real, tangible power for those who believe. This is all in the context of those who believe. Don't want to say like you could just throw out Jesus' name and everything's going to go your way. That's not what it's about. It's about for those who believe and for the will of God. We see in the New Testament that the disciples see these people running around casting demons out in the name of Christ. And they go to Jesus and they're like, "Should we tell them to stop?" And He's like, "No, no, they're fine." Why? Well, because apparently, even though they weren't known, they had some sort of faith or trust or relationship with Christ. But then there's a time when we see people who don't have a relationship with Christ try and cast out demons in the name of Christ, and the demon says, "I do not know you," and attacks them. So study the book of Acts. It's a fun one. There's a lot that happens. But the point of all this is being is the name is not just the name you throw out and it's just like, "Okay, whatever I want is going to happen." It's that it has power for the church. It's powerful for God's people to work the will of God. To help, to protect, to bring hope, to perceive power, to understand our role in the church. The name of Christ has power unlike any other name. All things are under His feet, not just the kingdom of Satan, but everything you could think of in all of creation. Compile all the power, all the greatness, all the honor of anything in all of creation that you can think of, and it's barely even a footstool for him. Culturally, at the time when this was written, if they heard the word feet, the initial response would've been, "That's disgusting. Feet are gross." It's very similar to today. Not much has changed. I think of when my wife and I were dating, and if my feet went anywhere near, she would slap me, and jump and run away. And it's like, my feet are gross. I get it. Feet are gross. But back then, they were walking in sandals, barefoot. The dust of the road, the filth and grime that are on the streets that they're walking are just covering their feet. And that's why washing of feet was such a big deal when someone like Jesus did it for others. But what it's saying is if there was a less honorable part of Christ, which there's not, all of Christ is fully honorable, fully glorious, fully beautiful, all of the greatness of the things of this world, they barely are even able to get to His feet. They're barely even worthy of that. That's how great is the honor and power of Christ. And He's not just powerful sitting there on His throne. He is head over all things. He leads. He guides. He is in control. He is sovereign. He is working and leading and guiding His people. We can trust in His power because it's not just there and doing whatever He wants, but He is leading, guiding us in His will. And then verse 22 and 23, 23 is my actual favorite verse of this text. It says, "And He put all things under His feet and gave Him," Christ, "as head over all things to the church, the church is His body, the church, which is the fullness of Him who fills all in all." Church, do we recognize that we are called to be the fullness of Christ. Like I said, not just a glimpse. We are called to be the fullness of Him, to bring all of His power, all of His working, all of His love, His characteristics to the world. Why? Because it's not about us. He is the one who fills. We are dependent on Him. Again, going back, bringing it full circle. We are dependent on the relationship we have with Him, our love and trust for Him, to trust Him, to fill us, to open our eyes to what we need to see, to help us see where we are weak and need to be strengthened, to let Him fill us, so that the way we live can fully exemplify Him to all who see Him. Are we the fullness of God to each other? Are we the fullness of God to those who see us? We need to have the eyes of our hearts opened to see our need for His power, but also to see how His power can help us be the church today. So we'll close with prayer for that. We'll close with prayer, for us to have the eyes of our hearts open to the power of God, that fulfills us and enables us to be His church. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, you are powerful. You are mighty. You are working. And you desire to do good for your church. Open the eyes of our hearts to see the greatness of the ways you are working in our lives. Lord, individually where we need to see you, open our eyes to see how you are working in our lives. Lord, corporately, with this body, your church, here, open our eyes to see how you are working powerfully for your kingdom here and now. Lord, open our eyes to see that we are called to exemplify fully you to those who see us. Fill us with your power. Fill us with your strength, not for ourselves, not for our own good, but so that we can truly be your church. We can be your people. We can bring your kingdom here and now. And that those who see it turn to you and love you. Fill us with your spirit. Fill us with your hope. Fill us with your power. We praise you, and thank you. In Jesus' name, amen.

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Go online to PeerView.com/JPU860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. Observed differences in healthcare disparities for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (LN) have led to the recognition of racial and ethnic minorities as an independent predictor of worse disease outcomes in SLE/LN. Earlier diagnosis, earlier intervention, treatment strategies targeted to clinical remission or low disease activity, and effective communication and collaboration between providers and patients could offer the opportunity to reduce damage, thus improving long-term outcomes. Through a collection of short, focused educational modules, this PeerView activity allows learners to combine self-assessment with concise clinical content in an interactive format. Drs. Sheikh and Rovin will explore the emerging concept of treat to target, as well as the use of currently available and new/emerging biologic therapies, along with strategies to help learners optimize treatment for patients with SLE/LN. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Diagnose SLE, including LN, as early as possible in the course of disease to prevent organ damage and initiate appropriate therapy; Monitor disease activity and response to treatment in SLE and LN based on individual patient needs; Select appropriate treatment for SLE and LN to reduce disease activity, prevent organ damage, minimize drug toxicity, and improve quality of life; and Deliver patient-centered and culturally competent care to improve management of symptoms and promote adherence to long-term treatment in patients with SLE and LN.

I'm doing something a little out of the ordinary in this episode... because I'm sharing the details of my faith journey in this episode, along with the lessons I've learned and the insights my faith journey has given me as it relates to chronic pain. Culturally, it's believed that science and faith don't mix, which is why I have avoided sharing details of my faith story even though it is a big part of who I am and why I'm here. But health and wellness is not just physical and mental, it involves spiritual wellness as well. So in the name of healing, I hope that by sharing my story and these insights, you find something you can connect with or relate to. How We Can Work Together: Join The Chronic Pain Breakup Method - The most comprehensive program that teaches you to beat chronic pain by addressing the deeper cause, equipping you with knowledge and tools you can use that will put you in control of the pain instead of the pain controlling your every move. Book a FREE Pain Care Audit - Book a call so we can assess where you're at and what your needs are Attend the FREE Workshop - How To Master Chronic Pain Naturally: Discover The 3 Key Essentials to End Your Struggles With Stubborn Pain (without more pills, procedures, or pain-provoking PT... or becoming a holistic mind-body healer) Click here to subscribe on iTunes and write a review. Let's Get Connected... Here are some ways to enjoy more FREE resources and content from Alissa Wolfe. Join the FREE Facebook community Follow Alissa on Instagram Subscribe to my YouTube Channel

When journalist Stephanie Foo was 30, she finally learned her mental health diagnosis. She had complex post-traumatic stress disorder or C-PTSD, a condition caused by repeated exposure to trauma. At first, learning that fact made Stephanie feel hopeless. But she soon embarked on a journey of healing that helped her better understand what having C-PTSD really meant. In the process, she not only learned about herself, but also about the broader societal implications of trauma and how trauma in her family's past still affects her today. She chronicles that journey in her book What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma. This hour, we return to our discussion with Stephanie. We talk about her book and how mental health care in the U.S. often ignores the pain of people of color. Since this episode first aired in February, the paperback version of the book was released and entered the New York Times Best Sellers list. GUEST: Stephanie Foo: journalist and author of What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma This episode originally aired on February 1, 2023.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ryan and Ben are joined the Daniel Kwan to talk about cultural consulting, representation, and the D&D Summit. Daniel's pages and work: D&D Summit Summary; Daniel's Twitter; The Asians Represent Podcast; Daniel's supplements; Daniel's itch.io page. Things mentioned on the show: Shou-Chiang: The Shou Alphabet; The Star Wars Chandrilan clothing on Andor.

In today's episode we connect with Zaretta Hammond. She shares her story of true lived learning partnerships and why they are so important in the educational setting. Zaretta stands shoulder to shoulder with teachers and students to build their capacity to engage in the productive struggle. She highlights why the focus needs increasing our students' ability to be learners who gain knowledge, not just information. Zaretta also reminds us that to shift what is really happening in education is going to take more than just one PD, and she is leading the way in ensuring our teachers are cared for so they can continue to grow. Zaretta Hammond, M.A., is the author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. She is a national consultant and currently runs the Culturally Responsive Education by Design Online PLC. She is a former high school and community college expository writing instructor and for the past 20 years, she has supported schools in deepening their understanding and application of culturally responsive practices. Intro song: Poets Row, Young Bones

Women have come a long way in terms of owning their financial power. That's not to say there aren't still challenges or wage discrepancies, but globally women are poised to take center stage as their earning potential grows. On this episode, I am joined by Brie Williams to discuss tips and strategies for women to build a better relationship with money, achieve their financial goals, and prepare for a successful retirement. You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in... Getting to know Brie Williams and unpacking our personal relationships with money [0:42] Developing positive and realistic money habits [8:26] Creating a budget, paying off debt, and saving for the future [13:16] Keeping track of your finances [18:29] Three financial tips every woman needs [23:20] Taking back your financial power In 1974, the US government passed the Fair Credit Opportunity Act, which made it illegal for financial institutions to discriminate based on religion, race, national origin, or gender. For the first time EVER, women could apply for and hold their own credit cards and exercise unprecedented financial independence. However, generations of gender-based discrimination left a financial literacy gap that is still felt today. That's why people like Brie Williams are committed to empowering women to own their finances and achieve their financial goals. Many of our ideas around money come from childhood. Our family's attitude towards money will impact our own whether we want it to or not. Thankfully, Brie's mother had a healthy outlook on money, and ensured she started gaining financial literacy at a young age. But many people grow up in households where money is the greatest source of stress. This could lead to all sorts of unhealthy relationships with money. Maybe you avoid it and thus avoid planning for the future of retirement. Or perhaps you spend excessively to feel safe. Whatever your financial hang-up is, it's time to put a plan in place to get control of your financial future. Practical steps for healthier finances One of the best ways to develop a better relationship with money is mindfulness. Simply being aware of how you're spending money can take that relationship in a positive direction. There are several safe apps out there to help you keep track of your finances, but a good ole fashioned pen and paper works too. Having financial conversations is another way to increase money mindfulness. Culturally, we are taught not to talk about money, and women are specifically targeted with this kind of rhetoric. We have to break out of stereotypes and normalize the money conversation for everyone. Discuss your financial goals with trusted family and friends or a financial advisor to make the most out of financial planning. Everyone is on a journey with their finances. You will make mistakes. But the journey is about gaining competence over time and celebrating the small wins. When we acknowledge our progress, however small, we motivate ourselves to achieve the next positive step. This makes the journey more rewarding because we're developing healthy financial habits and gaining experience as we go. Listen to this episode for more on building a better relationship with money! Connect With Morrissey Wealth Management  www.MorrisseyWealthManagement.com/contact

Today's mindful conversation is with Ostap Manulyak (OS-TAP ManOOYA).Almost exactly a year ago, I had a spontaneous conversation with my friend John Yackus, who phoned  it in from the border of Poland, where he and other retired United pilot friends had joined the World Kitchen to distribute food to folks fleeing Ukraine. Sad to say, that today, the war is raging on. John and his friends went back to Ukraine last month and John met Ostap and called me and said, "I have a guy for you to talk with". Ostap Manulyak is an assistant professor in the Composition Department of the Lviv Music Academy and a co-founder of Art Association NURT, director of the Festival of electroacoustic music VOX ELECTRONICA and Experimental Educational Studio of Electroacoustic Music (EESEM) of Lviv Music Academy. During the 2018-19 academic year, he was a visiting researcher at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustic (CCRMA) of Stanford University (California) as Fulbright Fellow. He has recently received several awards. In 2020, he received the Mykola Leontovych Award for choral composition and in 2021, the Stanislav Liudkevych Award for works composed since 2018. In our MindFULL conversation, Ostap refered to many interesting web sites:Website links for Unarmed Civilians killed that are Culturally related https://apnews.com/hub/war-crimes-watch-ukraine A few stories which he translated to English  https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ZVv0y1Ogywl_YJkg8hDX0aBvjeaXZaV/view?usp=share_linkCarols of Bells link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shchedryk_(song)NYC – Ukrainian Festival https://www.ucmfnyc.com/And a  few stories about artists who joined Ukrainian Armed Forces https://ui.org.ua/en/culture-fights-back-2/Give a listen to our conversation! I think you will agree with him that keeping art initiatives alive is very important to showing that Ukraine stands tall and has not lost!  Robin has been a guest on several podcasts including Creative Lifescaping and Everyday Innovator. Check out my conversations via my LinkTree https://linktr.ee/robinglicksteinPlease follow my blog, The MindFULL Creative. It's the inspiration for this podcast and has tons of ideas and links to fill your mind with fresh perspectives! https://themindfullcreative.comBe in touch with me! You can DM me on Instagram at MindFULL conversations and let me know what you think! Also, let me know if you'd like to be a guest (or have a suggestion for a guest) and fill our minds https://www.instagram.com/mindfullconversations/And, if I have mentioned a book above, I might have moved the link up there - in case you need it again, click below to easily support local bookstores, shop my page and fill your mind. https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfullconversations

What if travel was a story, not a trip? Zac Lovas is the co-founder of Vegan Travel Asia by Voyages, a team of 5 friends from 4 different countries and different faiths who came together to create tours that focus on bridging gaps through cultural immersion while enjoying 100% local vegan food along the way. Collaborating with local communities, they develop tours that are environmentally friendly, socially impactful, and cruelty-free. They also invest 50% of their profits into the communities they work with through programs focused on social impact, animal welfare, environmental sustainability, education, and conservation. Their journeys seek to promote a deeper understanding of different cultures, the environment, the planet, and our interlinked coexistence. Zac is a practicing Theravada Buddhist and in this episode he shares about the storytelling nature of cultural immersion travel, how we can find a sense of belonging in the most unlikely places, and his involvement in the newly released award-winning, life-changing documentary, Maa Ka Doodh. WEBSITE: https://vegantravelasia.com RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL LINK: https://vegantravelasia.com/responsible-travel/ VEGVOYAGES FOUNDATION: https://vegvoyagesfoundation.org DOCUMENTARY: https://maakadoodh.in/ © the spiritual forum 2023

This week, Andrew Rappapport joins Chris as they discuss the recent mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee and the growth of culturally acceptable violence against certain groups in the nation.  Show Links: STTK Article - Audrey Hale and Culturally Ac...

This week, Andrew Rappaport joins Chris as they discuss the recent mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee and the growth of culturally acceptable violence against certain groups in the nation.  Show Links: STTK Article - Audrey Hale and Culturally Acceptable Violence

This week I share about my medical history with stress and how it has manifested in my body over the years. From getting tummy aches when I was in elementary because of bad notes home to almost dying from a brain hemorrhage in 2011 to a frozen shoulder due to unbearable stress- I share my story to be a mirror for you. Maybe my story sounds familiar to you and you have been experiencing something similar. Maybe it's not just a tummy ache or a acne breakout...look at what is stressing you in your life that maybe showing up in your body. This is your reminder to pay attention to the alarms your body is giving you and to not ignore them because it can be fatal. Culturally, whether Latino or Asian, we have normalized constant stress and keep on trucking. Culturally we normalized not going to the doctor and waiting till its unmanageable. It's stories like mine that opens up the conversations to take better care of ourselves. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/evolvewithnicolette/support

Culture is changing all the time so how do we, in the midst of that, remain resilient? Jeremy tackles this issue and more in this episode of Situation Report. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The convergence of mountain and prairie ecosystems along the Rocky Mountain Front is the awe-inspiring backdrop of the Blackfeet Nation, home of the Amskapi Piikani, or Blackfeet, for time immemorial. Latrice Tatsey, a rancher and cultural land ecologist with Piikani Lodge Health Institute, and Danielle Antelope, a teacher of wild plant medicines and the executive director of FAST Blackfeet, have long braided their lives into the cycles of this wild and tender land. This episode explores their respective food sovereignty initiatives, how they're helping people regain comfortability on the land, thrive in the face of climate change and restore balance to the plant, animal, land and human communities on the Blackfeet Nation. 

How many times have you said, "I teach because I love my students"? Have you also broken down what that actually means or how you show this to your students? Jump into today's episode to learn about the universal love language that will help you create a welcoming and inclusive learning space all your students need to thrive academically and socially. In this episode I mention: "The Five Love Languages of Children" by Gary Chapman The Love Language Quiz ⁠Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally & Historically Responsive Teaching and Learning" by Dr. Gholdy Muhammad⁠ ⁠Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy⁠ Lesson Plan Coaching Call - Click ⁠HERE⁠ to schedule ⁠Activities⁠ for creating a welcoming and inclusive class - Buy resources in my ⁠TEACHER SHOP⁠ Culture-Centered Teacher ⁠WORKSHOPS⁠ - Click ⁠HERE⁠ for more information Ready to take action? Grab your FREE "The Welcoming & Inclusive Classroom Checklist" at ⁠https://customteachingsolutions.com/thechecklist⁠ Schedule a free DISCOVERY CALL at ⁠https://calendly.com/customteachingsolutions/35min⁠ Check out ⁠The Culture-Centered Teacher Workshops HERE⁠! CONNECT WITH ME: Email - Jocelynn@customteachingsolutions.com LinkedIN - ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/cts-custom-teaching-solutions/⁠ Instagram - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/iteachcustom/⁠ Website - ⁠https://customteachingsolutions.com⁠ **Custom Teaching Solutions is a affiliate for ⁠Bookshop.org⁠, which means we receive a commission on every sale that comes through our link at no additional cost to you.** --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jocelynn-hubbard/support

We are at an all-time high of mental health being a mainstream topic. My experience is people are either fairly tuned in to it, or they just don't have much thought towards it. Similar to spirituality. And in neglecting to audit and tend to our individual mental health we are missing out on key aspects of our performance. I know I have and it's a constant challenge to make it a priority. Culturally we stay very busy and have very little margin and downtime, if any, in our day to day lives. We think getting a brain-break with entertainment or exercise or sleep is enough. But we're seeing that this is more like being on a long road trip and stopping for 5-10 minutes at a rest area. It's a little break for the engine, but not hardly enough for it to cool down. What most of us need is a daily tune-up. Not just to let the engine cool off, but to get fresh fluids, check for leaks and make sure the tires are rotated and balanced. This is what meditation offers. And let me start by admitting this is possibly my least favorite health and wellness effort. I'd honestly rather fast from food. So we've brought in a guest. Ariel Garten. Ariel is a neuroscientist, innovator, and entrepreneur on a mission to help people understand how the mind works and empower them to live their best lives through meditation. She is the co-founder and visionary of a highly successful tech start-up called Muse, which tracks your brain during meditation to give you real-time feedback, guiding you into true rest and letting you know when you are actively allowing your mind to recover. Muse is a multi-sensor meditation device, a headband, that syncs with an app on your phone and provides real-time feedback on your brain activity, heart rate, breathing, and body movements to help you build a consistent meditation practice. I use the “desert” mode and as I try to rest, it tells me how I'm doing by the level of the wind. As I slow down and settle my mind I hear the tell tale birds chirping. The app monitors my progress day to day so I can see my accumulative results and progress. It's really ingenious and takes the guesswork out of wondering if you really have your mind at rest. This episode is about the benefits of resting your mind and being present, not the Muse app and technology, though you can check it out at choosemuse.com. The Self-Help(ful) podcast is brought to you by Ziglar, your premier source for equipping coaches to help leaders and top performers excel professionally and personally. Visit Ziglar.com and let them inspire your true coaching performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dhruv is a PhD student at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge. He has interests in psychology, philosophy and animal advocacy. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “who matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is ⁠here on YouTube⁠. We discuss: 00:00 Welcome 01:33 Dhruv Intro 02:25 What's Real? - Born in India, moving to Scotland "A mix of two cultures" - Hindu temple at home, outside was "classic western materialism, science..." - @OfficialDerrenBrown 's "Tricks of the Mind". Magic, charlatanism, #homeopathy , #religion, #GMO scepticism (e.g. Golden Rice) - Reading Michael Shermer's "Why People Believe Weird Things" at 12 yrs old - Finding school academically easy but socially hard "immigrant children willl know... feeling like half and half and the halves don't really mix" - Culturally universal values: "There was this value of transcendence that was just missing... it would be really nice if god was real... I switched back and forth" - Celebrating #diwali when visiting India "I could see the appeal... but I couldn't see any reason or logic" - "It's not like the western materialists have any really great answers on how to live..." - Experiencing clinical #depression at Cambridge University - Discovering #stoicism & #nietzsche "a very positive nihilism" - The @philosophizethispodcast and @theschooloflifetv "self-directed, exploratory learning" - Existentialism "I couldn't really follow the continental philosophers". Camus' "The Plague" made more sense during #covid19 - A personal situation "which just did not seem amenable to being logiced out of" - A talk by @akalamusic - Going back to Indian religion & philosophy "there might be something here" - Reading the #mahabharata to understand the context for the #bhagavadgita - #arjuna , #krishna roles & responsibilities "why should I act if the fruits of my acts are not my own?" - Encountering #buddhism Graham Priest's "Paraconsistent logics" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Priest - 2 weeks at a Buddhist monastery in Scotland "everyone had their own story... so much suffering... worse than mine" - Values of patience, generosity, loving - Practising #meditation & #mindfulness - "Let me just try things that seem to work" - The wisdom of hunter-gatherer cultures - Not dismissing or reifying any culture - "I accidentally moved to New Zealand" - Going #vegan (after growing up #vegetarian ) mainly for environmental reasons - Trying vegan pizza "this is fine" - @SimonAmstellNumb 's #Carnage documentary https://youtu.be/6dXG0_yr7HE - @ed.winters Watching #EarthlingEd - Ethical & epistemological journeys developing in parallel - Meeting an activist community - Reading Peter Singer's "The Life You Can Save" and #effectivealtruism - Sam Harris' "Waking Up" - Identity & Derek Parfit - Physicist Carlo Rovelli's "The Order of Time" & intepretations of quantum physics - "I have 4 extremely diverse points of view pointing to this very strange thing about notions of identity... the Buddha takes things one step further... his is one of the reasons you're upset" - "Being troubled by open metaphysical questions is not because you don't have an answer... it's because you expect the answer" - A local #yoga group - "I stopped being bothered by these big existential questions" - Exploring from the outside & the inside (e.g. via meditation) - Cravings & suffering Also what matters, who matters, how we can make a better future... ...and much more. Full show notes at ⁠Sentientism.info⁠. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at ⁠Sentientism.info⁠. Join our ⁠"I'm a Sentientist" wall⁠ via ⁠this simple form⁠. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is ⁠here on FaceBook⁠. Come join us there!

Lopa Van Der Mersch: Setting the Record Straight about Coffee, Why It's Addictive, and How to De-Stress Without It Lopa van der Mersch is many things: Serial entrepreneur. Mother of two. Sustainability freak. TEDx speaker. Five years ago, she added a new chapter: Founder and CEO of Rasa, the adaptogenic coffee alternatives transforming the way we energize. But do you really know what happens to your body when we drink coffee? Lopa does, and she's here to set the record straight! Both Kristy and Lopa know first hand the suffocating stress of juggling being a mom, running a business, and trying to have a personal life?! Culturally, one of the go-to ways that people curb stress and stay alert is to drink coffee…. yet at a neuro-chemical level, Lopa emphasizes how coffee is only making our stress worse! Did you know caffeine essentially tricks our body into staying awake? We didn't! Plus, let's not forget how ritualistic and emotional drinking coffee can be for many of us, which makes it so hard to kick indefinitely. Lopa highlights how coffee has become in-service to the ways we've not only commodified our sense of self, but also our sense of productivity, time, energy, and how we spend it. Quinnsnacks.com - @Quinnsnacks Hosted by Founder of Quinn Kristy Lewis @kristyhlewis

Culturally Confused is all about identity crisis to one's culture. We discuss not accepting the reality about the culture and standards of people of color. Society perception verses reality is the the question, we try to answer.

Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/services/workshops/ In this episode, Nadege Minois PhD., Host of the Culture and Inclusion podcast, author, and Vision coach discusses how not to be judgmental about our cultural diversity because this is what truly makes us unique.  You'll learn: When it is effective communication. How culture impacts our thoughts and behaviors. Where the challenges lie. We discuss: How these differences can be overcome by self-awareness. Understand your culture first. A simple solution. Nadege's Coaching Vision website https://coaching-vision.com/  Contact Nadege on LinkedIn and get a FREE COPY of her book: "Actioning Inclusion." https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadege-minois-phd/ Podcast; Culture and Inclusion https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-culture-inclusion-podcast/id1617637530 IEASA Conference Masterclass South Africa 2023 https://ieasa-conference.studysa.org/conf_master_class/nadege-minois/ Medium article on Diversity and Inclusion https://medium.com/@nadegeminois/do-we-really-think-diversity-is-important-68ff4eaadb3d Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwamechristian/ The Ultimate Negotiation Guide: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/guides/ultimate-negotiation-guide/ Click here to buy your copy of How To Have Difficult Conversations About Race!: https://www.amazon.com/Have-Difficult-Conversations-About-Race/dp/1637741308/ref=pd_%5B%E2%80%A6%5Df0bc9774-7975-448b-bde1-094cab455adb&pd_rd_i=1637741308&psc=1 Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Confidence-Conflict-Negotiate-Anything/dp/0578413736/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PSW69L6ABTK&keywords=finding+confidence+in+conflict&qid=1667317257&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjQyIiwicXNhIjoiMC4xNCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMjMifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=finding+confidence+in+conflic%2Caps%2C69&sr=8-1 Kwame Christian with Nadege Minois.

Trust the process. That phrase has become a part of pop culture verbiage in the last decade, thanks in large part to the Philadelphia 76ers. At the core of the phrase is to not worry about the dark times and difficult situations because brighter days are ahead. And what better way to describe Terra McGowan's collegiate softball career. A star high schooler on the diamond and in the classroom, McGowan went to Arizona State to play ball for the Sun Devils. Culturally, ASU wasn't the right fit for McGowan. Her mental health was too important. Eugene provided the perfect fit culturally. But the tough times continued as she had to sit out her freshman year after transferring…and then COVID…followed by an injury that cut short her junior year. But, after trusting the process, McGowan is flourishing as a senior for the Ducks…and enjoying every moment of it.This is the Mighty Oregon podcast. And this is Oregon softball's Terra McGowan: All Part of the Plan.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of J2BG, Des & Shanee are join by Alex (Mr. Jamaica Himself) where they talk about culture shocks, being culturally aware and discuss tips that they have. Big shoutout to Alex for joining us on this episode! Stay tuned to see him on future episodes :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/just-2-black-girls/message

This week we return to Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education (CRSE) and expand to Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching. Podcast Bros (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/06/style/dating-men-with-podcasts.html)in th NewYork Times Umwelt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umwelt) Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching - Peter Licona (https://www.etown.edu/depts/education/faculty.aspx), Elizabethtown University 1. Learning about Students (Culture, Interests, Backgrounds, etc.) 2. Drawing on Student Prior Knowledge (Funds of Knowledge, Prior Experiences) to promote learning. 3. Maintaining High Expectations for All Students 4. Creating a Safe Space/Community of Learners Where All Feel Safe to Participate 5. Valuing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity - Framing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity as an Asset Things that bring us joy this week: Women Talking (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13669038/) The Mountain in the Sea (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/59808603) by Ray Nayler Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)

How do you increase your capacity to be more equity minded? How do you understand more deeply what it means to celebrate diversity? Where can you go for research based information about developing cultural competency? In this episode I will share about six scholars who continue to inspire my passion around this work in education. In this episode I mention: "Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in a Diverse Classroom" by Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings "Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Asking a New Question" by Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings "Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice" by Dr. Geneva Gay "Windows, Mirrors, Sliding Glass Doors" by Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop "Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain" by Zaretta Hammond Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally & Historically Responsive Teaching and Learning" by Dr. Gholdy Muhammad Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy "In All Lanes: Action Steps for New Leaders to Empower Black & Brown Students, Rethink School, and Transform Behavior" by Dr. Taryn Fletcher Lesson Plan Coaching Call - Click HERE to schedule Activities for creating a welcoming and inclusive class - Buy resources in my TEACHER SHOP Culture-Centered Teacher WORKSHOPS - Click HERE for more information Ready to take action? Grab your FREE "The Welcoming & Inclusive Classroom Checklist" at https://customteachingsolutions.com/thechecklist Schedule a free DISCOVERY CALL at https://calendly.com/customteachingsolutions/35min Check out The Culture-Centered Teacher Workshops HERE! CONNECT WITH ME: Email - Jocelynn@customteachingsolutions.com LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cts-custom-teaching-solutions/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iteachcustom/ Website - https://customteachingsolutions.com **Custom Teaching Solutions is a affiliate for Bookshop.org, which means we receive a commission on every sale that comes through our link at no additional cost to you.** --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jocelynn-hubbard/support

Hello, Hello!    In this edition of Indie Talk, we welcome a special guest, Actor Ali Alsaleh. We talk about the following:   Ariana DeBose's wack rap @ the BAFTAs and why people are too hard on her    Our Oscar predictions: Everything Everywhere All At Once vs. TAR    Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, and his misunderstanding of how polls work   What Ali thinks about only casting ethnic actors for ethnic parts   Culture Check: Is it culturally insensitive to depict culturally insensitive characters in a comedic way?   And much more… Enjoy!   The MAKE IT podcast is brought to you by the Voice of the Filmmaker program, which is sponsored by Women in Film and Television, Nashville (a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization).   If you like what we're doing, please donate here: https://www.bonsai.film/donate.   How you can continue to enjoy MAKE IT content:   Subscribe to the MAKE IT YouTube channel. Subscribe to the MAKE IT Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.bonsai.film/subscribe.   The MAKE IT podcast amplifies the voice of the filmmaker by exploring the filmmaking journeys of actors, writers, directors, producers, and a host of other creatives from across the film industry. We provide a platform for filmmakers to provide advice, lessons learned, personal reflections, and insights through our Filmmaker Conversations, Mistakes in the Making, Industry Insights, Indie Talks, and Film Investment Series. We are the go-to film podcast for independent creatives!

The two power questions in the title of this episode invite deep reflection and the creation of plans for action. Change and action can be challenging and scary, but they are most certainly worth it, especially when considering the positive impact the changes will have on the educational landscape. Are you ready for it? In this episode I mention: Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally & Historically Responsive Teaching and Learning" by Dr. Gholdy Muhammad Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy Lesson Plan Coaching Call - Click HERE to schedule Activities for creating a welcoming and inclusive class - Buy resources in my TEACHER SHOP Culture-Centered Teacher WORKSHOPS - Click HERE for more information Ready to take action? Grab your FREE "The Welcoming & Inclusive Classroom Checklist" at https://customteachingsolutions.com/thechecklist Schedule a free DISCOVERY CALL at https://calendly.com/customteachingsolutions/35min Check out The Culture-Centered Teacher Workshops HERE! CONNECT WITH ME: Email - Jocelynn@customteachingsolutions.com LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cts-custom-teaching-solutions/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iteachcustom/ Website - https://customteachingsolutions.com **Custom Teaching Solutions is a affiliate for Bookshop.org, which means we receive a commission on every sale that comes through our link at no additional cost to you.** --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jocelynn-hubbard/support

Greater understanding of how a wide variety of carbohydrate foods impact nutrition and health within the context of culturally inclusive diets is imperative to create dietary guidance that is relevant to all Americans. Recognition of these foods, especially as our population continues to diversify, is part of the appeal and utility of a new scoring system that helps define high-quality carbohydrate-containing foods.  While there are many ways to define carbohydrate quality, none of the existing strategies, such as glycemic index and others focused on carb/fiber/sugar ratios, look beyond the carbohydrate content and address other nutrients of public health concern--and ones that primarily come from carb-containing foods, such as potassium and sodium. Tune into this episode to guests Dr. Drewnowski & Dr. Rodriguez to learn about: ·       the increasing diversity of the United States population ·       consumer confusion about the role of carbohydrates in the diet ·       how carbohydrate foods provide important nutrients beyond fiber and sugar ·       limitations of the glycemic index and other tools to measure carbohydrate quality ·       how the research community recognizes the need for a globally accepted definition of carbohydrate quality as well as a simple, effective tool to help people make more nutritious food choices ·       the development and applicability of a new carbohydrate food scoring system ·       two published manuscripts introducing the new scoring system and a third manuscript pending publication that demonstrates how the tool aligns with the DGAs and a variety of healthy eating patterns and affordable eating patterns This episode is sponsored by Potatoes USA and has been submitted to CDR for 1.25 free CEU.  Full shownotes and resources at: https://soundbitesrd.com/230    

“Not to get political, but…”

Welcome to Angel season 4 episode 6! Huge shout out to the B-squad Emily, Meghan, Mark, and Ruben! That's right, it's another one of those: "we lost our memories so other hosts were called to action" things. Hosts and dogos alike. Keith has a slick spell in his back pocket that might just get Cordi her memory back. Does it work? Thanks for listening!

hi everyone! in this week's episode, i discuss Jersey Shore & why it was - and remains - so relevant & iconic, March goals & motivation, Crying in H Mart, and more! enjoy & dont forget to tweet/ig story me a screenshot of you listening! FOLLOW MY NEW IG PAGE! http://instagram.com/stellaraepodcast LISTEN ON SPOTIFY/APPLE MUSIC/ETC: https://anchor.fm/stella-rae FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK: http://tiktok.com/@stellaraeherself join my discord server! https://discord.gg/9D8M7QXynM my GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10449999-stella-rae MERCH: http://bit.ly/stellaraemerch follow me on IG http://instagram.com/stella.rae follow me on twitter http://twitter.com/stellarae follow me on pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/stellaraeherself/ support the podcast! http://anchor.fm/stella-rae/support support the podcast! use this amazon link when making purchases http://amzn.to/2u0WGeR my fav books/products/health: www.amazon.com/shop/stellarae listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DMbeh7EqiqgROIjvW0sI9 listen on apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-stella-rae-podcast/id1255618182 #stellaraepodcast 00:00 - 00:32 intro, Bev check, topics overview 00:32 - 11:22 jersey shore & why it's so iconic 11:22 - 17:07 motivation and goals for March 17:07 - 19:04 crying in h mart + outro --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stella-rae/message

In this episode I am inviting you to fall in love with teaching again. I am inviting you to help your students fall in love with learning by centering joy and allowing for liberation that comes through discovery. In this episode I mention: Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally & Historically Responsive Teaching and Learning" by Dr. Gholdy Muhammad Pharrell Williams Lesson Plan Coaching Call - Click HERE to schedule Activities for creating a welcoming and inclusive class - Buy resources in my TEACHER SHOP Culture-Centered Teacher WORKSHOPS - Click HERE for more information Ready to take action? Grab your FREE "The Welcoming & Inclusive Classroom Checklist" at https://customteachingsolutions.com/thechecklist Schedule a free DISCOVERY CALL at https://calendly.com/customteachingsolutions/35min Check out The Culture-Centered Teacher Workshops HERE! CONNECT WITH ME: Email - Jocelynn@customteachingsolutions.com LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cts-custom-teaching-solutions/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iteachcustom/ Website - https://customteachingsolutions.com **Custom Teaching Solutions is a affiliate for Bookshop.org, which means we receive a commission on every sale that comes through our link at no additional cost to you.** --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jocelynn-hubbard/support

Cultural and language diversity have an impact on how students are able to demonstrate what they know and understand — but how do implicit or institutional biases impact how we interpret and evaluate student learning? Dr. Sherrish Holloman returns this week to talk with us about the importance and complexity of culturally responsive grading.

Toni Rose is joined by Liz Kleinrock to speak about her work in the area of Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist teaching. Show Notes More info on MCP Webinars (https://www.modernclassrooms.org/webinars) and Scholarships (https://www.modernclassrooms.org/scholarships) Teach and Transform (https://www.teachandtransform.org/) (Liz's website) Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum (https://www.beverlydanieltatum.com/) and her book “Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In the Cafeteria?” (https://www.amazon.com/Black-Kids-Sitting-Together-Cafeteria/dp/0465060684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1548277131&sr=8-1&keywords=beverly+daniel+tatum) Liz's book “Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community” (https://www.heinemann.com/products/e11864.aspx) Connect with Liz on Instagram @teachandtransform (https://www.instagram.com/teachandtransform/?hl=en) The Vigil (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10793644/) M3gan (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760708/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Contact us, follow us online, and learn more: Email us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org (mailto:podcast@modernclassrooms.org) Send us an audio note (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffmqSsaaU7M0MTXowApIOt-wace2tD6LPct73oEQOlaFp4vQ/viewform?usp=sf_link) and we'll include it on a future episode! Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj (https://twitter.com/modernclassproj) on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj (https://www.facebook.com/modernclassproj) (remember you can tweet us questions by using the hashtag #askMCP) Kareem: @kareemfarah23 (https://twitter.com/kareemfarah23) on Twitter Toni Rose: @classroomflex (https://twitter.com/classroomflex) on Twitter and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/classroomflex/?hl=en) The Modern Classroom Project (https://www.modernclassrooms.org) Modern Classrooms Online Course (https://learn.modernclassrooms.org) Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom! The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond (https://twitter.com/zpdiamond) on Twitter and Learning to Teach (https://www.learningtoteach.co/)

Beginning at a young age, Brenden felt compelled to become an accountant in order to relieve his parents of their financial burden. Now he's the founder of MasterTalk where Brenden refers to himself as "a public speaker, communicator and facilitator." Brenden is the first in his family's lineage to complete higher education. My guest currently lives in Montreal Canada where he purchased a home for he and his mother in order to eliminate two mortgages. Culturally, as the first born, he had inherent responsibilities, including being very protective of his mother. Unfortunately his father, who passed away in 2019, was affected by  alcoholism and made things challenging around the home.  Both parents worked hard as factory workers, but just couldn't make ends meet. Brenden, who says, he was always good with numbers, studied accounting and got great jobs out of college and was eventually able to pay off all outstanding debt.Brenden admires and loves his mother tremendously. He says, "my mother has a very different life now than what she struggled through in the last ten years. Culturally, "you don't just walk away from your partner or family member who is struggling. You continue to support them and provide for them.  My #1 priority was making sure everyone was safe," says Brenden.Sri Lanka, is an island country located in South-Central Asia, and Brenden shares stories of both his parents who grew up in Sri Lanka. His mother is the youngest of a large family and she loved to tend to the family garden.  She married at 30 years old and immigrated to Canada.  His mother taught her son many wonderful life lessons including  his story that he shares about the $10 bill he found on the ground. Vijee hoped that her son understood that " even if we don't have a lot, we have a lot more than other people do and always be generous and lead with that generosity."After years of studying to be an accountant, then technology consultant, he was able to shift into doing what he really loved. He felt all of his steps in life where important. "That first step was absolutely necessary to get to the person I am today." Kumarasamy continues, " I got out of survival mode later in life and started to focus on the bigger picture of what I could do to serve the world"Brenden's Youtube channel is full of wonderful videos with professional advice for improving ones public speaking skills. He is self taught and wants everyone to understand that it wasn't easy in the beginning. He practiced hundreds of times before he felt he was ready. He was very fearful of launching that first Youtube video. He talks about trying to reach out and help many with public speaking skills and says "that when you care about others and only want to add value, you'll be able to overcome any fear/obstacle in the service of others."  MASTERTALK: https://www.mastertalk.ca/YOUTUBE MASTER CHANNEL-"MASTERTALK"-https://www.youtube.com/@MasterTalksROCKSTAR COMMUNICATOR WEBSITE: https://www.rockstarcommunicator.com/?r_done=1LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?fetchDeterministicClustersOnly=false&heroEntityKey=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAABrmbRABNB9-E_3DuEEVBO0EIaIuSnmoIH8&keywords=brenden%20%F0%9F%8E%A4%20kumarasamy&origin=RICH_QUERY_SUGGESTION&position=0&searchId=a6724d6a-158d-4b1a-a818-839e6be2c6da&sid=DHE