Podcasts about Curiosity

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 96 The largest known galaxy in the universe Astronomers have taken the deepest images yet of the largest known galaxy in the universe – a behemoth called IC 1101 located at the heart of the galaxy cluster Abell 2029. Evidence of streams flowing on Pluto Astronomers have found the first ever evidence of liquids flowing across the surface of the distant frozen world of Pluto. The Mars Curiosity rover celebrates its 14th birthday on the red planet NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has just celebrated its 14th birthday on the surface of the red planet. It was on August the sixth 2012 that the 899 kilogram vehicle touched down on the floor of Gale Crater on a mission to determine if Mars was capable of ever hosting the sort of habitable conditions that could have supported life as we know it. With in months scientists were provided with their answer – a resounding YES. The Science Report Scientists developed a new app that could fast-track autism diagnosis. Researchers genetically engineer tobacco and lettuce plants produce meat protein The new study showing that the famous long extinct Dodo bird may have been nocturnal. Problematic teen social media use linked to an increase in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Alex on Tech Alexa+ finally reaches down under.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

In this episode of the Reading With Your Kids Podcast, we're celebrating two powerful picture books that spark big conversations in families. First, Jed chats with Dr. Linda Booth Sweeney, author of Do Bees Pee? The Curious and Amazing Ways Nature Avoids Pollution. Linda shares how a giggle-worthy question opens the door to serious science, systems thinking, and hope-filled conversations about our planet. She explains how nature "thinks in loops, not lines"—turning waste into food and showing us brilliant, closed-loop designs that can ease kids' eco-anxiety. From bees and elephants to parrotfish that help make sandy beaches, Linda invites families to use humor, curiosity, and hands-on experiences to reconnect with nature and feel empowered rather than overwhelmed. Then, Jed welcomes Dr Esau McCaulley, author of Isaiah Johnson and the Big Game. Esau introduces us to Isaiah, a young ballplayer whose dad arrives late to the championship game. Instead of the parent swooping in as the hero, this story gently flips the script: Isaiah must decide whether to forgive his imperfect father. Esau talks honestly about failing as a parent, raising Black children in America, weaving faith into stories without preaching, and creating picture books that both kids and adults genuinely enjoy. Together, these conversations celebrate curiosity, compassion, and the simple, life-changing message every child needs to hear: "You are loved, no matter how you perform."

Dr. Keshe Chow, a board-certified specialist and bestselling author of fantasy, romance, and speculative fiction, is our guest this week. From cat-shy pre-veterinary student to feline specialist, animal welfare advocate, and published author, Dr. Chow has built a career by following her curiosity wherever it leads. She shares the changing priorities that shaped her path, including balancing motherhood with board certification and rediscovering her childhood love of creative writing. She also discusses bringing her two worlds together in fiction, using empathy and experience to imagine what it might be like to care for magical creatures in her most recent book, Strange Familiars.Thank you to our podcast partner, NVA General Practice. NVA helps great vets become even greater with multiple paths to build a career that's uniquely yours. Wherever you want to go next, NVA has a path to help you get there. Visit Careers.NVA.com to find your next role.

In this episode, Ray Cochrane breaks down NVIDIA’s case for world action models, the shift that swaps a robot’s picture-describing backbone for one trained to predict what happens next. He also covers Perseverance closing in on the off-world driving record, a derelict SpaceX rocket stage hitting the Moon, and Anthropic’s rework of Claude Fable 5’s biology safeguards. Finally, he digs into Gemini Omni, Google’s undisclosed trip-planning rankings, the Danube’s record low, and iFixit’s call for Apple to unlock the iPad bootloader. – Want to start a podcast? It’s easy to get started! Sign up at Blubrry – Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the show. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Email Ray if you want to get in touch! Like and Follow Geek News Central’s Facebook Page. Support my Show Sponsor: Best Godaddy Promo Codes Get 1Password Full Summary Cochrane opens with a personal update. Wildfires in Eastern Oregon made for a rough week of heavy smoke, and a local building burned down, which he calls a real tragedy. Meanwhile, his work at Blubrry has centered on PowerPress fixes, where reproducing customer-reported bugs remains the biggest headache. Support tickets rarely carry enough detail, and the errors themselves are often too vague to diagnose. Consequently, he is leaning toward a stronger logging and error layer, and he asks experienced developers to share what actually works for them. Beyond VLAs: NVIDIA’s Case for World Action Models The featured story comes from NVIDIA’s developer blog, and it answers a question sitting underneath this year’s robot news. Why do robot arms fall apart the moment anything changes? Move a cup six inches, swap its shape, or change the lighting, and a policy that worked perfectly in training fails. The answer, according to NVIDIA, is not the robot but the model underneath it. For the last few years, the dominant approach has been the vision-language-action model, or VLA, built on an AI that originally learned to describe pictures. Consequently, it recognizes a banana it has never seen, in a kitchen it has never seen, yet it has no idea what that banana will do next. As the article puts it, such a model “does not learn what happens to a mug when the gripper closes, how a towel folds, where an object lands when released.” Because the physics never arrives with the model, every scrap of it has to come out of hand-recorded demonstrations. The proposed fix swaps the foundation entirely. Instead of building on a model that learned to caption images, a world action model builds on one trained to predict how video continues, so the physics is already paid for. Notably, these models output an action and a prediction of what the robot’s cameras will see, in the same pass. Cochrane likens it to forethought, imagining your own motion as you make it. NVIDIA’s implementation is Cosmos 3, pretrained on roughly 767 million images and 348 million videos of real-world dynamics. It ships in 4, 16, and 64 billion parameter sizes named Edge, Nano, and Super, and it runs in real time on a Jetson Thor board bolted to the robot itself. Cochrane recalls his dad owning one of those Jetson boards, and he asks anyone working in robotics to explain how the throughput figures fit together. However, he closes on an open question: where did 348 million videos actually come from? For deeper detail, he points listeners to the source article and to NVIDIA researcher Jim Fan. Sponsor: GoDaddy Economy hosting $6.99/month, WordPress hosting $12.99/month, domains $11.99. Website builder trial available. Use codes at geeknewscentral.com/godaddy to support the show. Perseverance Closes In on the Off-World Driving Record Ars Technica reports that NASA’s Perseverance rover is about to take the record for most distance driven on another world. The mark sits at roughly 28 miles, set by NASA’s own Opportunity rover across more than fourteen years before it went quiet in 2018. As Cochrane works out on air, that averages about two miles a year. Perseverance will pass it in roughly five years instead. The difference is a navigation system called AutoNav. Since a radio signal takes several minutes to reach Mars, earlier rovers crept along pre-plotted routes and stopped every half meter to think. Perseverance carries a second computer dedicated to processing what its cameras see, so it plans while the wheels keep turning. Consequently, about ninety percent of its driving is autonomous, against roughly ten percent for Curiosity, and it averages around 110 meters an hour rather than 15 to 18. Cochrane notes researchers finding the rover at planned sites days ahead of schedule, and he wonders aloud whether world action models might drive the next one. A SpaceX Rocket Stage Slammed Into the Moon Next, Smithsonian Magazine covered the Falcon 9 upper stage that struck the Moon on August 5. That stage flew back in January 2025, carrying Firefly’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s Resilience landers, and it was never meant to end up there. SpaceX’s Julianna Scheiman says a mixture of solar activity and gravity nudged the derelict onto a lunar path after nineteen months adrift. Four tonnes of dead hardware arrived at about 5,400 miles per hour. Nobody watched it happen, and the reason is a nice bit of physics. It struck sunlit ground near a crater called Einstein, and no impact flash has ever been detected on the lit part of the Moon. However, the instruments caught the aftermath. South Korea’s Danuri orbiter imaged a dark new mark, while the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope picked up sodium and lithium in the plume, the lithium possibly shed by the rocket itself. Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell quipped that he has “Sir Isaac Newton’s personal assurance that it did indeed hit the moon,” while planetary scientist Hannah Sargeant warns against making a habit of it. Cochrane points out the Apollo landing sites are still sitting up there. Anthropic Reworks Claude Fable 5’s Biology Safeguards Anthropic published a post on how Claude Fable 5 handles biology questions, and the bind is genuine. Biology is the textbook dual-use problem, since the knowledge behind reading your own lab results also helps someone build a weapon. Rather than refusing outright, a classifier watches for risky requests and quietly reroutes them to Claude Opus 5, a capable model without Fable 5’s biological depth. Anthropic calls that mechanism a fallback. The trouble was how often it fired on people doing nothing wrong. This update cut biology-related fallbacks by roughly 85 percent in Anthropic’s own testing, with expected overall drops of 67 percent on Claude.ai and 55 percent on Cowork. Genuinely dual-use territory still trips it, and Anthropic names virology, toxicology, and molecular design. Cochrane hit the old behavior himself and found it irritating, so he welcomes the refinement. Even so, he would rather see a false positive than a model helping someone produce a virus. Five Builders Put Gemini Omni Through Its Paces Google highlighted five builders working with Gemini Omni. Omni is a model rather than an app, and it generates video from text, images, other video, or audio, while also editing footage you already have. Google claims it “combines an intuitive understanding of physics with Gemini’s real-world knowledge,” citing gravity, kinetic energy, and fluid dynamics. As Cochrane observes, that is the same bet NVIDIA is making with robots, only pointed at video generation instead. He also flags a naming collision worth knowing about. NVIDIA calls its architecture an omni-model while Google’s product is simply Omni, two different things landing in the same week. Additionally, he encourages listeners to watch the demos, though he still senses a disconnect in AI-generated video and concedes that knowing its origin may color the impression. Gemini Wants to Plan Your Vacation Another Gemini piece, a how-to on trip planning, drew Cochrane’s sharpest take of the night. Gemini plugs straight into Google Maps, Flights, and Hotels, pulling live locations, reviews, and prices to build an itinerary. Switch on a feature called Personal Intelligence, and it reads across your Google apps, turning a messy trip-planning email chain into a clean master plan. Clever, but he calls it extremely concerning. Once these become services, he expects partnerships to quietly push particular hotels, restaurants, resorts, and destinations onto users. Notably, Google’s post never explains how any of it gets ranked, and the words sponsored, ad, affiliate, commission, and paid never appear once. There is no disclosure of a commercial arrangement, and no denial of one either. Meanwhile the post hands readers off to Viator to book tours without describing that relationship at all. Cochrane suspects the real effect shows up slowly, in the shape of small businesses continuing to disappear. The Senate Blocks a Rule on Who Controls Research Money Science reports that the Senate passed a temporary spending bill in the early hours of Saturday the 8th. The Senate’s version carries a one-paragraph rider the House version lacks, and that rider stops the White House Office of Management and Budget from finalizing a set of proposed rules. OMB builds the president’s budget, clears agency regulations, and controls how approved money actually reaches agencies. The bill itself is a stopgap, which prevents a shutdown without settling anything. The rules reach every organization that takes federal money, a pot of roughly $1.1 trillion across 41 agencies, about $150 billion of it research grants. They would let political appointees second-guess which grants get funded, allow awarded grants to be pulled when the work does not match presidential priorities, and put several countries off limits for research partnerships, China first among them. Senator Susan Collins pushed the block through after telling OMB director Russell Vought the proposal was deeply flawed, noting nearly 500,000 public comments, the vast majority opposed. However, the 90-6 vote is not law. Both chambers are on recess. Vought reportedly said the rule would not have been finalized before December anyway, and the block only lasts as long as the stopgap, which expires December 11. The Danube Falls to a Record Low ESA published a pair of Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite images showing the same bend of the Danube, 45 kilometers upstream of Budapest, photographed a year apart. Cochrane calls the before-and-after shocking, going from green to brown completely. Wire reports put the Budapest gauge near 10 centimeters at the start of the month, about four inches of water, against a previous record of 33 centimeters set in 2018. The knock-on effects arrived fast. Budapest ran short on both power and drinking water, while the shrinking flow concentrated pollution in what remained. Romania hit record lows on its own stretch as well. Cochrane hopes the recovery is already underway. What a Heatwave Actually Does to the Power Grid That river story runs directly into a Carbon Brief factcheck. Nuclear plants cool themselves with river water, so when the Danube dropped, plants in Hungary and Romania throttled back and pulled roughly 2.5 gigawatts off the grid. Romania declared a state of alert in its energy sector, and its navy reportedly used explosives to steer more water toward a plant intake. Carbon Brief then walked through what heatwaves do to each way of making electricity. Nuclear loses efficiency when the cooling water is already warm, though its shutdowns are mostly regulatory rather than mechanical. Gas turbines pull in less air because hot air is thinner, costing capacity. Wind falls off hardest, since a heatwave is a big stalled dome of high pressure and nearly still air. Solar is the surprise: cells genuinely do get less efficient as they heat up, yet total output climbs anyway, with UK solar up 46 percent during a four-day June heatwave against the week before. Butterflies Are on the Move Everywhere A new study in Nature Ecology and Evolution covered 1,758 butterfly species, roughly one in ten of every species we have named. The team pulled 6,182 records from 105 countries, reading non-English research alongside 68 expert write-ups. Four out of five species pushed into new territory, and about 79 percent of the logged shifts traced back to climate change and extreme weather. Separately, 27 percent saw their range shrink somewhere, and 22 percent moved up or down a mountain slope chasing cooler air. That sounds like good news, and it really is not. Expansion means a boundary moved, not that butterflies are thriving, since a species can push its northern edge forward while its southern edge quietly collapses. Lead author Shawan Chowdhury says the shifts turn up on every continent where butterflies occur. Additionally, monitoring gaps leave Central Africa, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and the Amazon Basin barely counted at all. Cochrane recalls hearing years ago that butterflies were disappearing in Hawaii, and he invites listeners spotting unfamiliar species locally to contribute what they see. Primates Make Friends Across Species Cochrane called this one a fun find. A study in the journal Primates, led by Cyril Grueter at Oxford, gathered 427 documented cases going back to the 1970s across 88 primate species and 127 partner species. Play and grooming dominated at 139 and 136 cases, alongside carrying, huddling, food sharing, and even adoption. Primates usually started the interactions themselves, with juveniles playing most, adult females handling grooming and caregiving, and adult males least likely to join in. The examples are remarkable. Japanese macaques on the island of Yakushima groom sika deer and climb on their backs, a silverback gorilla cradled a tiny wild bushbaby, and wild capuchins in Brazil adopted an infant marmoset in a bond that held for weeks. However, Grueter rejects the pet-keeping headline and prefers the hedged term proto-pet keeping. The actual claim is smaller and more interesting: curiosity, tolerance, caregiving, and play have roots running far deeper than humans do. iFixit Tells Apple to Unlock the iPad Finally, an opinion piece from Charlie Sorrel at iFixit struck a chord. This fall, iPadOS 27 drops support for a batch of older iPads, including the 8th-generation iPad, the third-generation Air, the fifth-generation mini, and the first-generation iPad Pros. Cochrane owns one of those Pros and reports it still works fine. Those devices will not break, but they stop getting OS and security updates until apps abandon them and the battery gives out. The obvious second life is Linux, except the bootloader stays locked. Apple’s iBoot will not load anything else, unlike a Mac, a PC, or most Android phones. Sorrel argues it “should be a user choice, not a vendor choice,” and Cochrane agrees flatly. You own the device, so why does Apple decide what runs on it? He compares the situation to jailbreaking, and he suspects most consumers have never pushed back simply because it never occurs to them. Nevertheless, he hopes an unlock eventually breathes new life into hardware that still works perfectly well. Cochrane wraps with housekeeping: become a GNC Insider at geeknewscentral.com/insider, email geeknews@gmail.com, subscribe to the newsletter, and grab a modern podcast app at podcastapps.com. He thanks GoDaddy for over twenty years of keeping the show on the air, and he signs off wishing listeners a wonderful evening. The post The Robot That Imagines First #1872 appeared first on Geek News Central.

What does it take to make a museum experience meaningful, engaging, and relevant? Matt & Laura talk with Carolyn Keogh, Director of Education and Public Programs at Olana State Historic Site, about the many facets of her work and the evolving role of museums. Carolyn shares her creative journey and how she develops programs and conversations that invite visitors of all ages to connect with art, history, and ideas. Listen in for a fresh perspective on how museums can spark curiosity, invite connection, and encourage meaningful dialogue.

What if you stopped trying to get your relationship with food “right” and started getting curious instead?In this episode, I explore something I believe can completely shift the way we approach food, health, and change: curiosity.Think back to when you were a child. You naturally asked:What would happen if I tried this?What would happen if I did that?Curiosity led you.But somewhere along the way, many of us stopped exploring and started demanding certainty. We created rules, deadlines, expectations, and pressure.“I'm going to stop eating carbs.”“I have to lose 10 pounds.”“I have to get this right.”“This better work.”And suddenly, our relationship with food became driven by urgency instead of curiosity.Where Did Our Curiosity Go?As children, curiosity was a natural part of how we experienced the world.We experimented.We explored.We tried things.But as adults, we often feel like we need to know the answer before we begin.Instead of asking: “What would happen if I tried this?”We tell ourselves:“This has to work.”That pressure changes everything.Curiosity Creates SpaceCuriosity isn't absolute.It's not urgent.It's not fear-driven.It's creativity. Exploration. Expansion.Curiosity allows you to become comfortable with the unknown.You don't have to know exactly what will happen.You can simply become willing to discover.What If You Started Experimenting?What would happen if you started eating more of something that supports you every single day?What would happen if you started your morning with a 20-minute walk?What if you tried it for 20 days or 30 days and simply observed what happened?You don't have to turn every new habit into another rigid rule.You can experiment.You can notice.You can learn.And you can allow the experience to teach you something about yourself.Maybe You're Not the ProblemIf you've been struggling with food for years, you may feel like you're too far gone.But I want you to consider something different:You may actually be exactly where you need to be to begin.You know what isn't working.You've tried the things you've been told to try.And if those approaches haven't created the change you want, maybe it's time to stop assuming that you are the problem.Maybe it's the system.Maybe it's the approach.Maybe it's time to ask a different question.You Don't Have to Live in ShameWhen something doesn't work, we often turn the blame inward.Why can't I do this?What's wrong with me?Why can't I just stick with it?That cycle can leave us feeling powerless, confused, guilty, and ashamed.But what if you replaced self-blame with curiosity?Instead of asking: “Why can't I do this?”Try asking: “What can I learn from this?”That one shift creates a completely different conversation with yourself.Download my free guide, Calm the Craving: 7 Steps to Break Emotional and Binge Eating, and finally end the cycle of out-of-control eating: www.sherryshaban.comWork With Sherry Shaban:Book your FREE 30-minute Food Freedom Call and start your journey to lasting change! www.sherryshabanfitness.com/clarityListen & SubscribeCatch more episodes at www.makepeacewithfood.com/podcast or subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube so you never miss an episode!Connect & Go DeeperJoin our Facebook Community: www.myfoodfreedomlifestyle.comWork with Sherry: www.sherryshaban.com/transformExplore more resources: www.makepeacewithfood.comShare Your TakeawayTag us on Instagram (@makepeacewithfoodofficial), Facebook (@MakePeaceWithFoodOfficial), TikTok (@sherryshaban), or LinkedIn (sherryshaban) and share your biggest insight from this episode!

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Your Future in Sales and Marketing, host Andrew Cannock sits down with Sheri Juchau, Director of Category and Trade Marketing at Ferrero, about a career built on curiosity rather than a fixed plan.Sheri takes us from a marketing degree she didn't know existed until university open day, through the Unilever graduate scheme, a posting in London, a formative stretch at Arnott's, and a bold move from PepsiCo into a smaller, faster-moving distributor, Stuart Alexander. She's since spent several years at Ferrero, where she leads a growing team across category, shopper and trade marketing.Along the way, Sheri talks about imposter syndrome, the moment a mentor convinced her to take a role she didn't think she was ready for, and why she believes breadth of experience, not a narrow specialism, is what makes a career (and a CV) stronger. She also shares her view on where category management is headed as AI reshapes the analyst's toolkit, and why she still believes the best results come from 'human plus machine', not one replacing the other.Whether you're plotting your next move or building out your team, this is a conversation about backing yourself, staying curious, and knowing you don't need to see the whole path before taking the next step.If this episode has you thinking about your next move, or your team's, get in touch.

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Hey friends, Chase here. Every summer, I revisit conversations from the archive that have stood the test of time. Not because I'm nostalgic, but because the best ideas don't expire. They deepen. This is the sixth and final installment of Summer School 2026—episodes I personally returned to most this year when I was stuck, blocked, or facing a very particular need. This one with Elizabeth Gilbert is the closer for a reason. I kept finding myself spending so much time navigating my internal landscape that it felt like it was taking me away from everything I wanted to do out in the world. And then I remembered something Liz said that rearranged the frame: she considers mental health her full-time job. Writing—being a professional creator—is a hobby she does on the side. That line alone is worth revisiting every summer. Liz Gilbert is the bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love (more than 12 million copies), a Time 100 most influential person, novelist of City of Girls, and the rare creative who can talk about fear, mercy, grief, and truth-telling without flinching—and without performing enlightenment. She's a force of nature. Spend a few minutes with her and you'll know why. In this conversation, she makes the case that the way out of pain is through honesty. That grace can take you places hustling can't. That mercy is the foundation of any healthy creative life. And that you make the world safe for yourself by telling the truth in it. Grace can take you places where hustling can't. Summer School: Elizabeth Gilbert on Truth-Telling, Mercy, and the Art of Being Yourself Liz opens with City of Girls—a novel about promiscuous girls in 1940s New York theater who behave recklessly with their sexuality and aren't ruined by it. A palate cleanser, she jokes, from Anna Karenina: one orgasm and then you're under the train. Underneath the glamour is a deeper subject: how do you become yourself? How do you just be—not a role, not a brand, not a performance of "good girl"? Her aspiration is almost revolutionary: to be the most relaxed person in every room she's in. To show what it might look like for a woman—for anyone—to be at ease in a world of nearly universal anxiety. How do you get there? Not by hustling harder. Through foundational, almost unbelievable honesty—truth to yourself and truth to others. Spending most of the day saying no. Ending the hustle so grace has room to work. Her great love and teacher, Rayya (Ria in the transcript), lived by a line Liz now lives by too: the truth has legs. It's the only thing left standing in the room at the end of the day. Everything else blows up into drama. Since you're going to end up at the truth anyway—why not start there? If you've ever felt that taking care of your inner world is somehow stealing time from your "real work," this episode will reframe that entirely. The care is the real work. What You'll Hear in This Episode Why City of Girls is about becoming yourself—and why "just being" is rarer than we admit Liz's aspiration to be the most relaxed person in the room—and why honesty makes that possible "The truth has legs"—and how Rayya schooled her in radical truth-telling How withheld truth eventually breaks the body and mind—and why die-or-tell-the-truth becomes the only choice Why people-pleasing is really self-protection, not generosity Creativity and fear: being just 1% more curious than you are afraid A working definition of a creative life: decisions based more on curiosity than fear Mercy as the foundation—for self, for others, for the inevitable disappointment of making imperfect work Mental health as the full-time job; writing as the side practice The daily dialogue with Love that has saved her life for 20 years—and why writing slows the mind What to do when you're creatively stuck: walk away and do something with your hands Truth Has Legs Liz is clear: try to have a completely honest relationship with at least one person in your life—and it's best if that person is yourself. When she was younger, she thought she couldn't tell the truth because the world wasn't safe for it. Later she learned the reverse: you make the world safe for yourself by telling the truth in it. Around 30, the first major truth she couldn't say—ending her marriage—nearly destroyed her. Sleep gone. Appetite gone. Twenty pounds lost. Mental health broken. Physical health broken. Die or tell the truth. She finally told it. Instead of killing her, it brought her to life. And if she'd said it two years earlier, it would have been a greater gift to him as well. People-pleasing, in her frame, isn't kindness. It's manipulation for perceived safety. The other person deserves to know who they're actually talking to. And truth-telling isn't a one-and-done graduation. Life keeps offering another chance to be brave. The only way out is through honesty. Do it again. Trust builds. It gets easier—not because the stakes drop, but because you finally believe the method. Rayya's cancer journey deepened this. When Liz couldn't cope by clinging to her partner as salvation, she had to become the steady one. Wisdom she doesn't share, she says, starts to hurt—like unused talent turns into pain. So she shares. Not out of marketing duty to readers. Out of self-preservation and love. Mercy, Curiosity, and Mental Health as the Job Asked for compressed creative advice, Liz answers in one word: mercy. Mercy for yourself. Mercy for others. Mercy for the inevitable disappointment when what you make isn't the tourmaline butterfly you dreamed—when day one excitement becomes day two self-hatred. The only people who get to day three are the people who have mercy. Ann Patchett's image: smash the gemstone butterfly on day one, then make the weird little thing out of chewing gum and baseball cards and twigs—and say, good job, self. No one's ever made one like that before. That's compassion: ending the argument against reality. This is what we've got. Flap flap. A piece falls off. Keep going. On fear, Liz's saving grace is curiosity—just 1% more curious than afraid. That's enough. Her definition of a creative life isn't watercolor class. It's any life where your decisions are routinely based more strongly on curiosity than fear. Then the life itself becomes the work of art. And here's the Summer School lightning bolt: an enormous percentage of Liz's days is spent managing her mental health—the "dysfunctional family" inside her mind. Writing is what she does on the side. She was managing her mental health on the plane that morning. There are very few days off from saving her own life. Her primary practice for twenty years: a daily dialogue with Love (capital L)—writing the words she always wanted someone to say. I'm right here. I've got you. You can't tire me out. Love doesn't need the room to be different. Love doesn't issue a five-point improvement plan. Love is company in the darkest hour. Writing slows the mind enough to receive that. When creativity is stuck? Don't force the tormented artist fantasy. Walk away. Garden. Fix a bicycle. Power-wash a driveway. Get out of your head and into your hands. Inspiration returns after embodiment—not after more self-punishment. Timecodes So You Can Jump Around 00:00 – Welcome and why this episode closes Summer School 2026 04:24 – Liz joins; City of Girls, becoming yourself, and the aspiration to be relaxed 13:32 – Honesty, saying no, and "grace can take you places hustling can't" 15:12 – Rayya, addiction, and "the truth has legs" 19:00+ – The first major truth at 30: breakdown, then coming alive 22:23 – Truth-telling and creativity; Eat, Pray, Love as a story of learning to tell the truth 30:00+ – Rayya's illness, grief, and why unshared wisdom becomes pain 36:14 – Fear, curiosity, and the definition of a creative life 38:51 – Mercy: the foundation (and the tourmaline butterfly) 43:40 – Mental health as the full-time job; writing as the hobby 45:00 – The daily dialogue with Love 51:38 – Scrapping a book, gardening, and what to do when you're stuck 54:21 – Paint bicycles / power-wash driveways: walk away into the present Why This Conversation Still Matters We still live in the anxiety virus Liz named—exported globally, amplified by politics, climate dread, and the demand to be a thing at all times. Creators still treat self-care as optional overhead between "real" output. Hustle culture still pretends grace is lazy. This conversation is the antidote. Mental health isn't what you do after you're successful. It's the work that makes everything else possible. Truth isn't a brand strategy. It's how you stop poisoning your own body with secrets. Mercy isn't soft. It's the only way anyone ever reaches day three. That's why this episode earned the final Summer School slot. The year asked a lot of our inner landscapes. Liz's answer is still the one that helps me return to the world without abandoning myself: tell the truth. Tend the mind. Prefer curiosity over fear. Make the imperfect butterfly. Keep company with Love. Class dismissed—until next summer. Keep Going Deeper If this conversation resonates: City of Girls Big Magic Eat, Pray, Love Liz online: elizabethgilbert.com Follow Liz: Instagram | X/Twitter | Website Questions to Reflect On Where am I hustling for a result that only grace—and honesty—can deliver? What truth do I already know I'm going to end up telling—and what would it cost to start with it? Am I making the world safer for myself through honesty, or waiting for the world to feel safe first? Where has people-pleasing become self-protection dressed up as kindness? In my creative work, am I on day two (self-hatred) or practicing the mercy that gets me to day three? If mental health were my full-time job this week, what would change about how I schedule my days? When I'm stuck, am I forcing the art—or am I willing to power-wash a driveway and return to the present? The Core Idea You don't graduate from truth-telling. You practice it. You don't earn rest by producing enough. You save your own life daily so you have a life worth creating from. Liz's invitation—as the last lesson of this Summer School season—is both soft and severe: tell the truth until the room is safe. Put mercy under every creative attempt. Be just slightly more curious than afraid. Tend the warring neighborhood in your mind like it's the job. Write love to yourself when no one else can hold the need. And when the work won't move—move your body instead. If there's one lesson worth carrying forward from this final Summer School session, it's this: Mental health is the work. Creativity is what you get to do when you've tended it—and the only way out of the hard parts is through honesty.

What if the life you're living isn't truly your own? In this episode of Coaching In Session, Michael Rearden sits down with Lynda Leonce, authenticity coach, parenting coach, and author of Inside Out Creation, to explore how societal conditioning can disconnect us from who we truly are and how we can begin living from our authentic selves.Lynda shares why authenticity isn't something we create but something we uncover. Together, they discuss how self-awareness, curiosity, and intentional reflection help us peel away limiting beliefs, reconnect with our inner truth, and become more present in every area of life. They also explore the role parents play in helping children develop authenticity instead of conformity and why the journey inward is one of the most rewarding paths we can take.If you're ready to stop living by other people's expectations and start living with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose, this conversation will help you begin that journey.What You'll Learn What authenticity really means  How societal conditioning shapes our identity  Why self-awareness is the foundation of personal growth  Helping children develop authentic confidence  The role of curiosity in self-discovery  How journaling supports authentic living  Why perfectionism blocks authenticity  Practical ways to reconnect with your true self Key Takeaways✅ Authenticity is discovered by removing layers not creating a new identity.✅ Self-awareness helps reveal limiting beliefs and conditioned thinking.✅ Parents can help children embrace authenticity instead of conformity.✅ Curiosity is one of the greatest tools for personal transformation.✅ Living from your truth creates greater fulfillment and inner peace.Lynda Leonce's Guest LinksWebsite – https://www.livefromyourtruth.com/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/LiveFromYourTruthYouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@LiveFromYourTruthInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/livefromyourtruth/LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynda-leonce/TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@livefromyourtruthLive From Your Truth - https://www.livefromyourtruth.com/(Learn more about Lynda Leonce's authenticity coaching, mentorship programs, workshops, and her book Inside Out Creation. Explore resources designed to help you reconnect with your authentic self, strengthen self-awareness, and begin living from your truth.) Explore More With Michael ReardenWebsite – https://revenconcepts.com/Podcast – https://coachinginsession.buzzsprout.com/Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/revenconcepts/Work With Michael Rearden - https://www.revenconcepts.com/Listen for more conversations that help you strengthen your mindset, deepen your self-awareness, build authentic confidence, and create lasting personal and professional growth. Send us a MessageSupport the showWebsite: www.Revenconcepts.comEmail: Coachinginsession@gmail.comYoutube: @RevenconceptsDon't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and share the podcast with others who would benefit from it!

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What do you think of when you think of "kindergarten"? What about the prospect of being a life-long kindergartner? Join me and Lakshmi as we lean into what makes that mindset so rich and why returning to those roots is wise and wonderful. Check out Lakshmi & NoomaLooma: https://www.noomalooma.com Theme music by Sean Balick; “Zig Zag Heart" by Nursery, via Blue Dot Sessions.

Is a lack of motivation a personality flaw, or a signal from your brain that something needs attention? We tend to think brain decline begins with memory loss, but changes in motivation, behavior, attention, and decision-making can show up much earlier. Apathy can look like laziness. Poor sleep can feel like memory loss. Doom scrolling gets blamed on dopamine, even though the science does not support many of the claims people repeat online. And the habits we rely on for brain health are often based more on trends than evidence. This matters because your brain is constantly deciding whether a reward is worth the effort. When that calculation becomes harder, doing even simple things can feel overwhelming. Understanding how motivation works can help you reduce friction, take action before you feel ready, build routines that support your brain, and pay closer attention to changes in yourself or someone you love. Purpose matters. Curiosity matters. Relationships matter. And movement may be one of the most effective tools we have for protecting cognitive health. Dr. Masud Husain is one of the world's leading neurologists studying memory, motivation, attention, and cognitive decline. He is a professor of neurology at Oxford University, co-leads Dementia Research at Oxford University, and serves as editor-in-chief of Brain, one of the most respected journals in neurology. He is also the author of Our Brains, Ourselves, which explores how the brain shapes our behavior, identity, relationships, and sense of self. What's Discussed: (06:01) Why losing motivation can appear before memory problems and signal early cognitive decline. (08:07) How apathy differs from depression, even when the behavior looks almost identical. (12:14) What two tiny strokes revealed about the brain circuit responsible for motivation. (20:55) How purpose, curiosity, and strong relationships help protect the aging brain. (22:23) Why unmotivated people may use more brain energy deciding whether something is worth the effort. (24:54) What dopamine actually does and why it is not the brain's pleasure chemical. (26:31) Why the idea that social media gives you constant dopamine hits is not supported by evidence. (34:50) Whether Alzheimer's can be reversed and what current treatments can realistically accomplish. (45:17) How breaking tasks into smaller steps, starting before you feel ready, and building routines can create motivation. (57:12) Whether relying on AI is making our brains lazier and changing how we think. (01:01:36) How loneliness and isolation affect cognitive performance and long-term brain health. (01:07:22) How poor sleep, anxiety, and low mood can create memory problems that feel like dementia.   Thank You to Our Sponsors! Magic Mind: Head over to magicmind.com/jen and use code JEN at checkout. Momentous: Ready to try supplements that actually do what they claim? Head to livemomentous.com and use code JEN for 35% off your first subscription.  Therasage: Visit therasage.com and use code JEN to get 15% off your order. Your skin Prolon: Prolon is offering listeners 30% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit prolonlife.com/JENNIFERCOHEN and use code JENNIFERCOHEN to claim your discount and your bonus gift. Kion: Visit getkion.com/habits for 20% off. Tru Niagen®: For supplements that are rigorously tested, third-party verified, and actually deliver what's on the label, head to truniagen.com Find more from Jen Cohen: Website: jennifercohen.com Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements   Find more from Dr. Masud Husain:  Website: masudhusain.org X: @MasudHusain Instagram: @masudhusainoxford Book: Our Brains, Our Selves LinkedIn: Masud Husain  

Patreon/Supercast Special Release – Bonus – Inside Mentalization-Based Treatment: Borderline & Narcissistic Personality Disorders (308) This is a sneak peek of our 2nd episode with Robert Drozek – available only on our Premium Supercast and Patreon platforms. For as little as $5/month you can have access to special releases like this one, first-to-know about upcoming events and discounts and an ad-free feed. Click here to join & finish the episode!! What is mentalization—and how can therapists put it into practice? In this more clinical deep dive, Robert Drozek explores Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) and how strengthening our ability to understand our own and others' inner experiences can support the treatment of borderline and narcissistic personality disorders. Sue and Robert explore the common breakdowns in mentalizing, the power of curiosity over certainty, and practical strategies clinicians can use to help clients build greater emotional awareness, empathy, and connection. “The hallmark of mentalization is curiosity.” – Robert Drozek Time Stamps for Bonus – Inside Mentalization-Based Treatment: Borderline & Narcissistic Personality Disorders (308) 01:20 – What is Mentalization? 02:56 – The origins of Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) 08:07 – Curiosity vs. certainty: What healthy mentalizing looks like 12:43 – When thoughts feel like facts: Psychic equivalence 18:14 – Certainty in Borderline Personality Disorder 19:34 – Certainty in Narcissism 20:58 – The “not-knowing” stance in MBT 26:00 – How Mentalization-Based treatment actually works 32:32 – MBT vs. DBT: What's the difference? 35:11 – How therapists can incorporate Mentalization into practice 42:25 – Identifying Mentalizing blind spots About our Guest – Robert P. Drozek, LICSW Robert P. Drozek, LICSW is the clinical director of the Mentalization-Based Treatment Clinic at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. He is a teaching associate in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, specializing in the treatment of borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. He is author of the new book, Mentalization: Utilizing reflection to heal from borderline personality disorder—the first book for the general public about mentalization-based treatment.   Resources for Bonus – Inside Mentalization-Based Treatment: Borderline & Narcissistic Personality Disorders (308) Download page – Free worksheets and handouts from the book Mentalization Coach App – The first mobile app for mentalization and MBT, adapted from my new book Mentalization-based Treatment for Pathological Narcissism – Handbook Mentalization-based Treatment for Personality Disorders –  A practical guide Cambridge Guide to Mentalization-based Treatment Anna Freud Centre – The worldwide training hub for mentalization-based treatment (MBT) NPD Basic – A free guide to narcissistic personality disorder MBT Boston – An organization that Robert co-founded that offers training and supervision to clinicians across the world in MBT MBT USA – A consortium of MBT providers and organizations in the United Robert’s faculty page at McLean Hospital Instagram: @RobertDrozek Mentalization book – Facebook page Get your copy of Mentalization: Utilizing Reflection to Heal from Borderline Personality Disorder here!     Looking for our Upcoming Events? Click here!! Our Beyond Attachment Styles course is available NOW! Learn how your nervous system, your mind, and your relationships work together in a fascinating dance, shaping who you are and how you connect with others. Earn 6 Continuing Education Credits – Available at Checkout Online, Self-Paced, Asynchronous Learning with Quarterly Live Q&A’s – Next Q&A Coming September 2026!

Richard is the co-founder of ⁠1of10⁠, a research platform built by YouTube strategists, and his team has quietly been behind the scenes for some of the biggest channels on the platform—helping creators accumulate over 2 billion views through a repeatable, data-backed system. In this episode, Richard walks through his complete four-phase ideation system—audience identification, outlier research (using five distinct methods), idea remixing, and validation—and backs every step with real examples. We talk about what happens when the wrong audience floods your channel, why creators should double and triple down on formats that work, and how a single title change took one creator's video from 10,000 views to 150,000. He also shares data from 300,000+ YouTube outliers on the ideal title length (hint: shorter than you think) and where the sweet spots are for video duration across different niches. ⁠Save 20% on 1of10 using code JAY20⁠ ⁠Schedule a 1of10 Strategy Call⁠ ⁠Full transcript and show notes⁠ *** TIMESTAMPS (01:12) Where 80-85% of YouTube success comes from (01:50) Phase 1: Audience (03:19) When should you start a fresh channel instead of pivoting? (04:09) The danger of going viral with the wrong audience (05:40) Phase 2: Research (07:37) Format vs. Interest Topic (08:00) Method 1: Inside your own channel (10:52) Tripling and quadrupling down (12:33) Method 2: Inside your niche (13:45) Method 3: Adjacent niches (16:00) Method 4: Outside your niche (17:37) The "Japanese Rule" format (20:56) Method 5: External inspiration (22:07) Phase 3: Remixing (23:00) Escalation, inversion, and interest topic replacement (24:10) Viral vectors: concepts that work across all niches (25:28) Phase 4: Validation (27:00) Optimal video duration by niche (30:45) Why long videos are making a comeback (31:39) Total Addressable Viewership (34:36) Titles: Fear, Curiosity, and Desire as the three core drivers (37:17) Data: Title Length (37:51) Three methods for generating title angles (42:11) Thumbnails: Composition and Elements (45:11) It's never too late: title/thumbnail changes (46:10) Live demo: 1of10 thumbnail generator (48:10) The full 1of10 workflow *** RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODE → ⁠#282: David Altizer — How to Make Great Thumbnails (For Non-Designers)⁠ *** ASK CREATOR SCIENCE ⁠Submit your question here⁠ *** WHEN YOU'RE READY

After submitting many proposals between the two of them, Pete and Jen noodle on their proposal writing process, and how they might help their clients to write their own. Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: What are the three key questions to answer when writing a proposal? How might you identify the core problem that your proposal is meant to solve? Why is it important to consider who will be reading the proposal you submit?   More from us in your inbox. Subscribe to Box O' Goodies. A weekly email with the books, podcasts, quotes, and other noodles Jen and Pete are mulling over.Listen to all episodes and read full transcripts at thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.Reach us: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comPete's work: humanperiscope.com · Jen's work: jenwaldman.com

Loading the mail truck before the day begins, dealing with aggressive dogs and bad weather, and keeping a neighborhood connected by showing up every day with John Ayala, a retired mail carrier in Los Angeles. How did a golf club help him deliver packages? And what does a mail carrier learn about us from our mail?Thanks to Mike, one of our listeners, who reached out to suggest we talk with John after reading a profile of him in the LA Times.GOT A COMMENT OR SUGGESTION? Email us at jobs@whatitslike.comFOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Email us at partnerships@whatitslike.comWANT TO BE ON THE SHOW? Leave us a voicemail at (919) 213-0456. We'll ask you to answer two questions:1. What's a word or phrase that only someone from your profession would be likely to know and what does it mean?2. What's a specific story you tell your friends that happened on the job? It could be funny, sad, anxiety-making, pride-inducing or otherwise.We can't respond to every message, but we do listen to all of them! We'll follow up if it's a good fit.

About the Guest: Howard Hochhauser is the CEO of Ancestry, the global leader in family history and consumer genomics. After serving as the company's CFO and COO for more than a decade, he became CEO and quickly led a cultural and business transformation centered on customer focus, employee engagement, and innovation. Under his leadership, Ancestry has renewed growth while leveraging artificial intelligence to make historical records more accessible, searchable, and meaningful for millions of people around the world. Howard is passionate about building organizations rooted in curiosity, transparency, and humility. He believes leadership is about surrounding yourself with talented people, listening carefully, and creating an environment where honest feedback drives continuous improvement. What You Will Learn: Why humility is one of a leader's greatest strengths How curiosity fuels innovation and better decision-making Why feedback should be treated as a gift, not a threat How AI is transforming historical data into meaningful human stories The importance of staying approachable as a leader Why focusing on today's work creates tomorrow's opportunities Join us for this episode of the Take Command Podcast as Howard Hochhauser shares how purpose-driven leadership, curiosity, and humility can transform both organizations and the people within them. Whether you're leading a team, navigating change, or embracing new technology, this conversation offers practical lessons for leading with authenticity in an AI-powered world. Please rate and review this Episode!We'd love to hear from you! Leaving a review helps us ensure we deliver content that resonates with you. Your feedback can inspire others to join our Take Command: A Dale Carnegie Podcast community & benefit from the leadership insights we share.

Nancy Verdezoto-Feijoo spent 15 years as a reporter and editor in Ecuador before landing in Manitoba as marketing manager at IHT Group, which builds heating, cooling, and lighting systems for the swine industry. She argues the newsroom taught her the one skill industrial marketers most often skip: listen before you speak. Her buyers are technical, deeply experienced, and allergic to buzzwords, and they talk to each other, which means a single bad experience travels faster than any campaign. Nancy walks Jeff and Carman through months-long buying cycles, why proof beats claims, and why she treats marketing as a growth function rather than a support function.

Megan Hellerer had done everything she was supposed to do. She went to Stanford, graduated with a 3.9, and dutifully climbed the ladder at Google. But the life that looked great on paper felt terrible inside. A panic attack on the floor of a public restroom forced her to confront a bigger question: what if the problem wasn't choosing the wrong destination, but the idea that we need a destination at all? In this episode, Dart and Megan explore how we move from “destinational living” to “directional living,” and what it means to build a life and career by following curiosity, experimenting, and learning as we go.Megan Hellerer is the author of Directional Living and the founder of Coaching for Underfulfilled Overachievers. She spent eight years at Google in Strategic Partner Development before leaving to help other underfulfilled overachievers rethink work, success, and fulfillment.In this episode, Dart and Megan discuss:- The underfulfilled overachiever- Why success can still leave you miserable- Where our “shoulds” come from- Destinational vs. directional living- Why certainty can be so seductive- Curiosity over purpose- Using “warmer” and “colder” to find your direction- The value of small experiments- Designing more directional work- Can fulfillment become another destination?- And other topics…Megan Hellerer is the author of Directional Living: A Transformational Guide to Fulfillment in Work and Life and the founder of Coaching for Underfulfilled Overachievers. She has spent the past decade helping high-achieving people who feel unfulfilled rethink their relationship with work and success. Before becoming a career coach, she spent eight years at Google in Strategic Partner Development. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in International Relations and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach.Resources Mentioned:Megan's book: Directional Living: A Transformational Guide to Fulfillment in Work and Life: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593299272  Designing Your Life, by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1101875321Bill Burnett on Work for Humans: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/designing-your-life-how-to-use-design-principles-to/id1612743401?i=1000738307337 Margaret Heffernan on Work for Humans: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hidden-cost-of-certainty-at-work-margaret-heffernan/id1612743401?i=1000754431168 Connect with Megan:Website: https://meganhellerer.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-hellerer-6868326/Work with Dart:Dart is the CEO and co-founder of the work design firm 11fold. Build work that makes employees feel alive, connected to their work, and focused on what's most important to the business. Book a call at 11fold.com.

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by author and award-winning freelance journalist, Roberta Kwok. They discuss Roberta's latest book, Lost in Curiosity: Field Notes from Scientists' Adventures into the Unknown. Follow Roberta: @robertakwonk

"The dumbest thing you can be is a know-it-all."Curiosity isn't about having all the answers—it's about asking better questions. Journalist and podcast host Nayeema Raza believes the strongest communicators balance confidence with openness, using curiosity to better understand people, ideas, and the world around them. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Raza joins Matt Abrahams to explore how to make complex ideas accessible, ask questions that spark meaningful conversations, and communicate with both confidence and humility. From writing punchier questions to embracing uncertainty, she shares practical strategies for becoming a more thoughtful and engaging communicator.Key Takeaways:Confidence grows through curiosity. The strongest communicators stay open to new ideas, ask thoughtful questions, and leave room to learn rather than assuming they have all the answers.Simple questions create meaningful conversations. Clear, concise questions—and a focus on what matters most—help make complex ideas more accessible and engaging.Activity:Write better questions. Take an upcoming meeting, interview, or one-on-one and rewrite three of your questions so each is nine words or fewer. Focus on making them clear, direct, and curiosity-driven.Episode Reference Links:Nayeema RazaNayeema's Ted TalkSmart Girl, Dumb QuestionsConnect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedIn Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction (00:57) - Simplifying Complexity (02:11) - Better Questions (06:03) - Confidence vs. Certainty (07:24) - Interview Nerves (10:14) - Prepare to Improvise (11:02) - Going Independent (13:59) - Curiosity in the Digital Age (16:59) - Staying Relevant (21:01) - The Final Three Questions (25:57) - Conclusion ********Thank you to our sponsors.  These partnerships support the ongoing production of the podcast, allowing us to bring it to you at no cost.Unleash your Superhuman potential with AI that meets you where you work. Learn more at superhuman.comJoin our Think Fast Talk Smart Learning Community and become the communicator you want to be. 

Why do some local business videos generate thousands of views, shares, comments, and real customers while others barely get noticed? In this episode of Social Media Decoded, Michelle Thames breaks down the strategy behind her viral Hidden Gem videos and explains why their success has very little to do with food. From storytelling and curiosity to local pride, community sharing, strong hooks, and audience trust, Michelle reveals what actually makes people stop scrolling, pay attention, and take action. More importantly, this episode isn't just for restaurants or local businesses. Michelle explains how entrepreneurs, coaches, consultants, creators, and service providers can use the same principles to build authority and become known for their expertise. Because going viral isn't the strategy. Becoming known is. In This Episode, You'll Learn: Why curiosity is one of the most powerful tools in content marketing How Michelle creates hooks that make people stop scrolling Why storytelling works better than constantly promoting your business How local pride helps content generate organic shares and conversations Why the business owner—not the creator—should be the hero of the story How years of audience trust impact content performance The difference between getting views and generating real customer action How to turn one piece of content into part of a larger visibility ecosystem Why documenting your expertise builds more authority than simply calling yourself an expert How women entrepreneurs over 40 can turn their experience into a visibility advantage Michelle's five-part content framework: Curiosity, Story, Value, Emotion, and Action The Bigger Visibility Lesson You don't need everyone on the internet to know your name. You need the right people to know exactly what to call you for. Instead of constantly asking, "What should I post today?" start asking: What do I want to become known for? Then create content that provides evidence of your expertise. Join the Conversation Michelle wants to hear from you. If you're listening on Spotify, leave a comment answering: What do YOU want to become known for? If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, leave a review and answer the same question. Your response may even inspire a future episode of Social Media Decoded. Ready for Your Visibility Breakthrough? If you're great at what you do but feel like not enough of the right people know about you, Michelle's Visibility Breakthrough Session is designed to help you change that. Together, you'll look at your positioning, expertise, content, current visibility, and opportunities to determine how you can become more recognizable to the people who matter to your business. Send Michelle a DM with the word BREAKTHROUGH to learn more. Key Takeaway Stop saying you're an expert. Start creating evidence. The goal isn't simply to make viral content. The goal is to consistently create content that builds trust, demonstrates your expertise, strengthens relationships, and makes you unforgettable. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Send us Fan MailThe fastest way to lose someone's trust is to “help” them too quickly. When we rush to give advice, we often solve the problem we imagine, not the problem they are actually living with, and we accidentally create distance in the very relationship we want to strengthen. We dig into the coaching mindset that changes that pattern: slow down, get curious, and ask a few more questions than feels necessary.We walk through a real leadership coaching moment with a husband who opens with a familiar line: “My wife needs to change.” Instead of jumping into mentoring mode, we explore the hidden drivers under his frustration and introduce a relationship tool we teach often: the “manual.” These are the unspoken expectations we carry for the people we love and lead, the private rules that decide whether we feel respected, heard, or cared for. We connect that to real-life triggers like the dishwasher and the trash bins, and show how quickly the brain turns neutral facts into painful stories.From there, we expand into practical coaching skills for leaders, parents, and managers: staying present, removing the pressure to have the answer, and separating adaptive challenges (mindset, meaning, identity) from technical fixes (what to say, what to do next). When the adaptive layer shifts, the technical advice finally lands. If you want to lead people well, it starts with self-leadership.If you want support building this skill, grab our free self-leadership resource at modernleadership.us/lead, and if you want us to help you get under the surface, reach out for a free call. Subscribe, share this with a friend who “fixes” too fast, and leave a review so more leaders can find the show.Most people try to solve the wrong problem. They add more effort, more information, more action, when what's actually running the show is underneath all of it.We put together a short series on how to lead yourself through whatever life puts in front of you.Start at modernleadership.us/lead

Have you ever worked your butt off to build the life you thought you wanted...only to get there and think,  "...Wait. Is this it?"Dr. Kelsey Miles (https://www.drkelseymiles.com)  knows that feeling firsthand.WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/K83AKk4gm7kAfter earning a PhD in chemistry, she walked away from the career she'd spent years building to become a touring blues musician. Today, she's somehow both and she's discovered that science and creativity aren't opposites at all.In this fascinating conversation, we explore why so many of us treat life like a problem to solve instead of an experiment to run, how curiosity beats certainty, and why the scientific method might be one of the best tools for navigating change, uncertainty, and personal growth.If you've ever felt stuck, questioned your path, or wondered whether you're becoming the person you actually want to be, this episode is for you.Chapters00:00 Dancing in the Discomfort Zone03:10 From Chemistry to Music: A Journey of Self-Discovery05:48 The Power of Music in Healing08:57 Finding Common Ground Through Music11:54 The Intersection of Science and Art15:04 Embracing Change and New Opportunities23:10 Redefining Success and Personal Discovery30:09 Embracing Change and Continuous Growth37:04 Navigating Discomfort and Life's Challenges44:59 The Science of Experimentation in LifeWant more from Dr Kelsey?https://www.drkelseymiles.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/iamkelseymileshttps://www.youtube.com/@iamkelseymileshttps://www.instagram.com/iamkelseymileshttps://www.facebook.com/iamkelseymiles Dr. Kelsey Miles invites audiences to stop treating life like a problem to solve and start approaching it as something to discover. Through live science and live music, she shows people how to read the signal, cut through the noise, and make decisions that feel more aligned with who they are becoming. She is the 2026 Professor of the Year at Avila University in Kansas City.Anne Bonney is a keynote speaker and emcee who helps organizations lead through change by building resilience, emotional intelligence, and courageous communication.

In this episode, Barbara discusses:    Dr. Barbara Hales explains why video is a powerful way for physicians to connect with future patients where they already are—on platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn.  Dr. Barbara Hales shows that physicians already have endless video topics by turning common patient questions into short, helpful content.  Dr. Barbara Hales warns against waiting for perfection and urges doctors to start recording imperfect but useful videos instead of obsessing over equipment or appearance.  Dr. Barbara Hales emphasizes speaking in simple, patient-friendly language (not like a medical lecture) and getting to the point quickly to keep viewers from scrolling away.  Dr. Barbara Hales highlights the importance of focusing on the patient (not the doctor's credentials) and using strong visuals and demonstrations so videos build trust and are memorable.   Key Takeaways:  “Video works for physicians not because it's perfectly produced, but because it quickly, simply, and visually answers the patient's real questions in a way that feels personal, trustworthy, and focused on them.”  Connect with Barbara Hales:  Twitter: @DrBarbaraHales Facebook: facebook.com/theMedicalStrategist Business Website: TheMedicalStrategist.com Email: info@TheMedicalStrategist.com  YouTube:@barbarahales LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/barbarahalesBooks: Content Copy Made Easy 14 Tactics to Triple Sales Power to the Patient: The Medical Strategist TRANSCRIPTION (243)   Chapter 1: Why Video Matters for Physicians  [0:00:02 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Welcome to another episode of Marketing Tips for Doctors. I’m your host, Dr. Barbara Hales. Today we are going to be discussing something that has become one of the most powerful marketing tools available to physicians: Video, but ask yourself why your medical videos aren’t working. Today, we’ll discuss the first five mistakes most physicians make.  [0:00:38 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Before you think, I don’t have professional cameras. I don’t know how to edit. I don’t have enough time, or I hate seeing myself on camera. I want to tell you a little story, because over the last few weeks, I’ve been learning something completely new, not medicine, not practice management, not marketing strategy. I’ve been learning how to create short-form videos, and let me tell you, it has been humbling. I honestly thought the difficult part would be coming up with ideas. It wasn’t. The difficult part was editing. One afternoon, I spent hours trying to edit what should have been a very simple product video. Hours. I watched tutorials. I clicked the wrong buttons.  [0:01:45 – Dr. Barbara Hales] I undid things I had just done. At one point, I honestly wondered if I was ever going to finish. Then I had a realization: I don’t need to become a professional video editor. I don’t need to look like it was made by a professional. I need to become a better communicator.  [0:02:14 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Those are two completely different skills. Technology can help me edit. Only I can communicate with authenticity, and I realize something else. If I felt overwhelmed, imagine how many positions feel exactly the same way. So, if you’ve been putting off video because it seems complicated. This episode is for you. Why now? Let’s start with a simple question: Why should physicians even bother making videos? Because that’s where your future patients are. Years ago, people searched Google. Today, they search Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, even LinkedIn.  [0:03:15 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Patients don’t just want information anymore; they want connection. They want to know what kind of doctor you are. Will you explain things clearly? Will you listen? Will you make them feel comfortable? Video answers all of those questions before they ever schedule an appointment. Here’s another reason: you already have an unlimited supply of content. Every single day, patients ask you questions-questions you’ve answered hundreds of times, questions that seem routine to you-but those same questions are brand new to someone hearing the answer for the first time.  [0:04:06 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Should I worry about this symptom? Why do I need this medication? How long will recovery take? Can I exercise after surgery? What’s normal? What isn’t? Those aren’t just questions. Those are videos. Seasonal illnesses, flu season, travel medicine, heat exhaustion, spring allergies, sports physicals, Heart Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Diabetes Awareness Month. The ideas are endless, which brings me to what I think may be the most important sentence in today’s episode. Every question you answer in the exam room today. Is probably being typed into Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok by hundreds, if not 1000s, of people tonight. Then think about it.  [0:05:16 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Those questions, the ones that have become second nature to you, they’re exactly what people are searching for. They’re looking for answers. They’re looking for reassurance, and perhaps most importantly, they’re looking for someone they can trust.    Chapter 2: Mistake 1 – Waiting for Perfection  [0:05:35 – Dr. Barbara Hales] If you’re the physician consistently providing those answers, you’re not just creating videos; you are building relationships before the first appointment ever happens. Now, let’s talk about the first five mistakes I see physicians make with video marketing. Mistake one: waiting for perfection. Let’s start with the biggest mistake of all: waiting until everything is perfect. I understand why physicians do this.  [0:06:15 – Dr. Barbara Hales] We’ve trained to strive for precision. In medicine, details matter, accuracy matters, getting it right matters. So naturally, we carry the same mindset into marketing. We think, I’ll record a video after I buy a better camera. I’ll start once my office is renovated. I’ll wait until I learn how to edit. I’ll do it when I lose a few pounds. I’ll do it when I feel more comfortable on camera.  [0:06:52 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Can I tell you something? Your future patients aren’t waiting for perfection. They’re waiting for someone who can answer their questions. Patients don’t expect Hollywood. They expect honesty. They expect clarity. They expect someone who feels genuine. Ironically, sometimes the videos that perform the best are the ones that feel the least polished. Why? Because they feel real. People connect with people, not perfection.  [0:07:37 – Dr. Barbara Hales] If you keep waiting until every detail is perfect, you’ll still be waiting a year from now. Instead, record one helpful video, learn from it. Record another. Your first video isn’t supposed to be your best video. It’s simply supposed to be your first. Mistake two: talking like you’re giving a medical lecture. Once physicians finally press record, many make the same mistake. They forget who they’re talking to. You aren’t speaking to your colleagues. You’re speaking to Patients; patients don’t want to feel like they’re sitting through grand rounds. They want someone who can explain complicated information in a way that’s reassuring and easy to understand.    Chapter 3: Mistakes 2 & 3 – Overly Technical and Too Slow to the Point  [0:08:36 – Dr. Barbara Hales] One of my favorite communication tests is this: Could a high school student understand what you’re saying? If the answer is yes, you’re probably communicating well. Simple doesn’t mean you’re dumbing things down. Simple means you’re making knowledge accessible, and that’s one of the greatest gifts a physician can offer. Mistake three: taking too long to get to the point. You know this is something that we’ve all done at one point or another.  [0:09:12 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Now let’s talk about attention. Years ago, people would patiently watch an introduction. Not anymore. Today you’re competing with 1000s of videos. If your opening doesn’t answer one question, why should I keep watching? People simply scroll instead of beginning with “Hello everyone, I’m Dr. Smith.  [0:09:40 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Try beginning with three reasons your blood pressure medication may not be enough, or the biggest mistake I see after knee replacement surgery, or if you wake up with headaches every morning, don’t ignore the. Lead with the problem. Curiosity is one of the most powerful marketing tools you’ll ever use. Mistake number four: making the video about you instead of the patient.    Chapter 4: Mistake 4 – Making the Video About You, Not the Patient  [0:10:20 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Here’s another trap physicians fall into. They spend the first minute talking about themselves, where they trained, how many years they practiced, their credentials. Now, don’t misunderstand me. Credentials matter, but not in the first 30 seconds. Patients are thinking about one thing: themselves, their symptoms, their concerns, their questions. Meet them where they are, instead of saying, “I’ve been practicing medicine for 25 years. Try saying, “Here’s something every patient should know before. See the difference. The first sentence is about you.  [0:11:13 – Dr. Barbara Hales] The second sentence is about them, and that’s where trust begins. Let me tell you something I’ve observed over the years. I’ve worked with physicians who had nearly identical credentials, excellent schools, board certifications, years of experience. Yet one physician always seemed to have a waiting room full of new patients, while another struggled.  [0:11:44 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Why? Because patients don’t choose the doctor with the longest resume; they choose the doctor they feel they already know. Video creates familiarity. It lets patients experience your personality, your communication style, your compassion before they ever walk into your office. By the time they arrive for that first appointment, it doesn’t feel like they’re meeting a stranger. It feels like they’re meeting someone they’ve already come to trust-that’s the real power of video. It isn’t views. It isn’t likes. It isn’t algorithms. It’s trust.    Chapter 5: Mistake 5 – Not Using Visuals and Overcomplicating Production  [0:12:34 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Now, let’s talk about something I learned myself over the last few weeks. Video isn’t just about talking; it’s about showing. As physicians, we’re comfortable explaining things, but sometimes a simple visual explains more than a five-minute conversation. If you’re talking about knee pain, show a model of the knee. If you’re discussing skin cancer, show videos or diagrams when appropriate. If you’re explaining how to use an inhaler, you guessed it. Demonstrate it.  [0:13:18 – Dr. Barbara Hales] People remember what they see, not just what they hear. I’ll give you a personal example. Recently, I was creating a short product video. The first version, honestly, it wasn’t very good. I simply filmed the product and started talking. It looked flat, so I stopped and asked myself, “How can I tell the story before I even say a word? The product happened to contain coconut, lime, and verbena. Instead of just placing the bottle on a table, I got a coconut.  [0:14:01 – Dr. Barbara Hales] I cut it in half so you could see the inside. I placed fresh limes around the bottle. I put the bottle on a large natural rack, and I positioned everything beside a small palm tree. Suddenly, the video had a completely different feeling. Before I ever opened my mouth, the viewer already understood the product’s tropical theme. That experience reminded me of something we sometimes forget: video is visual. Every image should reinforce your message.  [0:14:45 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Now, here’s the funny part. I actually drove around my neighborhood looking for the perfect little palm tree. After all that searching, I came home, walked into my backyard, and realized I. I already had the perfect palm tree growing there.  [0:15:03 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Sometimes marketing is like that. We spend so much time looking for complicated solutions that we overlook the resources we already have. The same thing happens in medicine. Physicians often think they need expensive cameras, a professional studio, or a production company.  [0:15:26 – Dr. Barbara Hales] Most of the time, what they already have is enough. One of these: a smartphone, good lighting, knowledge that helps people, and the willingness to press record-that’s where great video marketing begins. Not with expensive equipment, but with thoughtful communication.  [0:15:51 – Dr. Barbara Hales] So today we’ve covered the first five mistakes that keep physicians from creating videos that connect with patients. Next week, we’re going to explore five more mistakes that can quietly destroy even a great video. We’ll talk about captions, why many viewers never hear a word you say, how to keep people from scrolling away, and the simple changes that can dramatically increase engagement. I think you’ll be surprised by how much difference those small details can make. So for this week, I’d like you to find one video you’d like to make and put it in the comments below. Okay, see you next week. The post 5 Video Mistakes You Make first appeared on The Medical Strategist.

There was a time when the premise of nanny robots and artificial intelligence raising our children was merely the subject of Steven Spielberg's futuristic sci-fi films. The future, it seems, is now. As AI enters nurseries, playrooms, and classrooms, parents are being sold a “smart” childhood at every turn. With mainstream use of artificial intelligence, the power of parent talk and human interaction in childhood development has become even clearer. In her latest book, Human Raised, author Dana Suskind, MD, reveals the possibilities and perils of using AI and related technologies for child-rearing. What do parents and caregivers need to know to assess individual technologies and foster the skills needed to thrive growing up in an AI-driven future? Dr. Suskind has authored over 45 scientific publications and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a Fellow for the Council on Early Childhood. She is also the founder and Co-Director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, Founding Director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, and Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago. Her previous books include the New York Times bestsellers Parent Nation and Thirty Million Words. This conversation originally took place on July 23, 2026 at the City Club of Cleveland. Guests: - Dana Suskind, MD, Author, Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity & Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI - Lisa Damour, PhD., Author, Psychologist, and Senior Advisor to the Schubert Center for Child Studies, Case Western Reserve University

Dr Debra Clary (@drdebraclary) is a leadership strategist, TEDx speaker; her book, "The Curiosity Curve" explores curiosity as a strategic growth elixir, not just a soft skill. We discuss some of the ways in which curiosity links with creativity and how it can give your company an edge over others.   You can find out more about Debra at https://www.debraclary.com/   Join the FREE Facebook group for The Michael Brian Show at https://www.facebook.com/groups/themichaelbrianshow   Follow Mike on Facebook Instagram & X  

What separates influential leaders from everyone else? It isn't a larger network—it's the ability to build authentic relationships rooted in trust, curiosity, and service.In this episode of Olympic Minds: Leadership Beyond Limits, host Sherry Winn—two-time Olympian, national championship basketball coach, bestselling author, and executive leadership expert—welcomes podcast and television host, super connector, and Ramax Development partner, Steve Ramona for a conversation about servant leadership, executive influence, emotional intelligence, and building lasting business relationships. Together they share practical leadership lessons that help executives strengthen culture, improve communication, and lead high-performance teams.Key takeaways:• Curiosity is one of the most overlooked executive leadership skills.• Trust compounds faster than transactional networking.• Leaders who serve first create cultures people genuinely want to be part of.Tune in to discover leadership strategies you can apply immediately, then subscribe, share this episode, and join us for more conversations designed to help leaders move beyond success into significance.Expert: Steve Ramona https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveramona/Host: Sherry winn https://www.linkedin.com/in/thewinningleadershipcompany/Sound: Mahesh R.Producer: Archita Puranik #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #HighPerformanceLeadership

The world our adult children grew up in is not the world we grew up in. The economy shifted. The technology shifted. The pace, the pressure, the rules for building a stable life, all of it moved while we weren't looking. In this episode, Dr. Janet Steinkamp steps back from the arguments and the hurt feelings to ask a bigger question. Not what our adult children believe, but what world shaped them, and why understanding that changes everything.In This Episode•    Why the ground genuinely shifted for this generation, and how easy it is to mistake a different reality for a personal rejection•    What the numbers actually say about how often young adults change jobs today, drawing on US Department of Labor data•    How constant social comparison reshapes the way our adult children measure their own lives•    The difference between agreeing with our adult children and simply understanding them•    The one internal shift, from certainty to curiosity, that changes almost every conversation that followsVoices From This Episode•    "Not what our adult children believe, but what world they came of age in. Because the ground shifted under them. The economy, the technology, the pressure, the pace, all of it looks different from the world that many of us stepped into as young adults. And when we forget that, we can mistake a different reality for a personal rejection."•    "When I started out as a guidance counselor in the 80s, we told students as they graduated that they should anticipate changing jobs about five times in their career. What we say now, based on the US Department of Labor and Statistics, is that people will change jobs on average 17 times in their career, and that they may actually change into completely different industries."•    "As adults, when we hear them say that we didn't prepare them, they're not altogether wrong. And we are not at fault. It isn't an issue of blame or shame. It's an issue of not knowing."•    "There have been unprecedented changes in the level of social comparison. Where we used to talk about keeping up with the Joneses, and that was based on our neighbors, the people at work, maybe the people we knew from the schools. Today it is a constant inundation of messaging about what success looks like, how quickly success should come, who gets to decide what success is. And this isn't just local, this is global."•    "Curiosity is not agreement. It never was. It's simply the willingness to ask what your adult child is up against before deciding what their choices mean, before deciding whether you agree with them or not. That one shift from certainty to curiosity changes almost everything in the conversations that follow." ConnectFind the show on YouTube at @DrJanetSteinkamp. If this episode spoke to something you have been carrying, share it with a parent who needs to hear it.One Next StepIf you would like a low-pressure place to bring your questions, Dr. Janet holds Virtual Office Hours. No commitment, just a chance to be heard and to hear from others walking the same road. You can find the details and register through the website.REGISTER FOR OFFICE HOURS: https://www.whenouradultchildrenwalkaway.com/office-hoursLEARN MORE: WhenOurAdultChildrenWalkAway.comProduced by Balancing Life's Issues.Hi Listeners. I'd love to hear from you. Send an email to Janet@jesteinkamp. It is not possible to respond to your Fan Mail posts directly.DISCLAIMERThe content of this podcast is based on my professional work as an estrangement coach and my personal estrangement journey. Any examples, characters, or stories referenced are drawn from my own lived experience or represent a composite of multiple real-life situations shared with me over time. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: Dr. Janet SteinkampWhen Our Adult Children Walk Away with Dr. Janet Steinkamp explores healthy communication, ethical interaction, safe family relationships, and reciprocal (appropriate) boundaries. The podcast provides education and support for parents navigating family estrangement, communication breakdowns, grief, reconciliation efforts, healthy boundary development and adult family relationship dynamics.Dr. Janet Steinkamp's work emphasizes emotionally healthy communication, adult accountability, ethical and safe relationship practices, mutual respect and appropriate boundaries, voluntary communication and reconnection and safe and appropriate family systems. Listeners gain practical tools to improve communication, understand the dynamics of estrangement, and pursue emotional responsibility, compassion, and integrity. 

Following the full episode, the Neuroscience of Curiosity.>> ⁠⁠⁠Support the Brain Blown on ⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠>> Have questions, stories, or topics you want us to cover? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠info@brainblownpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.>> Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.brainblownpodcast.com⁠⁠RESOURCESSystems Neuroscience of Curiosity — Roberto Lopez Cervera, Maya Zhe Wang & Benjamin Y. HaydenOn Curiosity: A Fundamental Aspect of Personality, a Practice of Network Growth — Perry Zurn & Danielle S. BassetInterest Development and Its Relation to Curiosity: Needed Neuroscientific Research — Suzanne E. Hidi & K. Ann RenningerExploring Curiosity in Neuroscience: A Contextual Analysis of Key Studies from 2020 to 2024 — Dragoș GrigorescuA Shared Novelty-Seeking Basis for Creativity and Curiosity — Tal Ivancovsky, Shira Barorc & Moshe BaraCuriosity as the Impulse to Know: Common Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms Underlying Curiosity and Impulsivity — Caroline B. Marvin, Ellen Tedeschi & Daphna ShohamyThe Psychology and Neuroscience of Curiosity — Celeste Kidd & Benjamin Y. HaydenCuriosity-Driven Exploration: Foundations in Neuroscience and Computational Modeling — Alireza Modirshanechi, Kacper Kondrakiewicz, Wulfram Gerstner & Sebastian HaeslerCuriosity in Childhood and Adolescence — What Can We Learn from the Brain — Matthias J. Gruber & Yana Fandakova

Witness: Love - August 9, 2026Pastor Kent LandhuisTHEME - People not projects.    TEXT - Acts 1:8Love every person. 2 Corinthians 5:14. The Love of Christ compels me. Witness is an act of love.Love every person at every threshold.  (Mark 4:26-29)Trust.Curiosity.Openness.Seeking.Follower.Love every person, at every stage, over the long term. Acts 1:8Acts 28:24 NEXT STEPSJournal and pray. Who is my low hanging fruit?Love someone who does not yet follow Jesus. Go deeper: https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/player/video/900376?session=949542&position=0&drawer=study-guide

In this episode, Ray Cochrane digs into Anthropic’s admission that Claude models reached real systems during sandboxed safety tests. He also covers OpenAI’s Astra model cracking ten decade-old math problems, DeepMind open-sourcing its WeatherNext cyclone forecaster, and Europe’s brutal fire season. Finally, he wraps with the MacBook Neo sweeping K-12 schools, WhatsApp calling in the browser, and the troubled rescue of NASA’s Swift observatory. – Want to start a podcast? It’s easy to get started! Sign up at Blubrry – Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the show. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Email Ray if you want to get in touch! Like and Follow Geek News Central’s Facebook Page. Support my Show Sponsor: Best Godaddy Promo Codes Get 1Password Full Summary Cochrane opens with a personal update. He just got back from a trip home to O’ahu, where he helped his mom with projects around the house, caught up with friends, and finally rode the island’s new rail line ahead of its phase-two extension to downtown. Also in the pipeline, a September trip to Michigan is coming up, and he is closing out three years at Oregon’s Finest to focus on Blubrry and the show. Then he turns to the featured story. Capture the Real Flag: Claude Reached Real Systems During Anthropic’s Safety Tests Cochrane’s featured story comes from Anthropic’s own investigation. A misconfiguration left evaluation machines connected to the live internet during capture-the-flag safety tests, and Claude models reached real production systems in three incidents across 141,006 reviewed runs. One model extracted working credentials and entered a real company’s database, another published a malicious package to PyPI for about an hour, and the newest model recognized the environment was real and walked away from the flag. Notably, Anthropic found no evidence of models pursuing goals of their own. The models did what their evaluations asked. The review began after OpenAI disclosed that its own models escaped an isolated test environment. Cochrane praises the transparency of the postmortem. However, he argues the incidents signal an industry-wide gap: evaluation infrastructure needs the same security rigor as production systems, and he hopes every lab takes the hint. Sponsor: GoDaddy Economy hosting $6.99/month, WordPress hosting $12.99/month, domains $11.99. Website builder trial available. Use codes at geeknewscentral.com/godaddy to support the show. An OpenAI Model Cracks Ten Open Math Problems OpenAI says an internal model called Astra produced ten new results on open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, each stuck for at least a decade. The wins range from sphere packing to a lattice problem behind post-quantum cryptography, plus two entries from Paul Erdős’s famous problem list. None are peer-reviewed yet, but every proof carries a machine-checked Lean 4 certificate. Cochrane finds the results impressive precisely because they reach past what humans could derive quickly, though OpenAI has not said how much human steering was involved. Scientists With LLMs Will “Do More, Less Well” Next, Nature’s news desk covered a modeling study predicting that scientists who adopt LLM tools will “do more, less well.” The team, which includes University of Washington biologist Carl Bergstrom, used optimal foraging theory to model researchers under publish-or-perish incentives. Faster AI-assisted work pushes them toward fresh projects instead of follow-up experiments and extra analysis. Cochrane relates from his own research: heavy LLM assistance can mean understanding the work less, which makes digging into the whys much harder. Intel’s Chip-Stitching Hub in New Mexico Intel’s newsroom showcased Fab 9 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, its U.S. hub for advanced packaging. Since single chips max out at the reticle limit, Intel stitches specialized chiplets together with Foveros stacking and EMIB silicon bridges until they act like one huge processor. Packages already reach eight times that single-chip ceiling, with twelve times targeted by 2028. Cochrane muses about a future where consumers simply snap extra compute onto a board. Gemini Robotics ER 2 Is a Brain for Robots DeepMind released Gemini Robotics ER 2, its most capable embodied reasoning model. The system chats with humans, plans multi-step tasks, and hands motor control to whatever vision-language-action model a robot runs. Moreover, it calls tools like Google Search mid-task and plans its next move while its hands keep working. Demos show it orchestrating Boston Dynamics’ Spot and Apptronik’s Apollo 2, and developers can use it now through the Gemini API. DeepMind Open-Sources Its Cyclone Forecaster Staying with DeepMind, the new WeatherNext Cyclones model adds more than a full day of extra warning on a storm’s track, intensity, and wind structure. It ran live with the National Hurricane Center during the 2025 season, helping forecasters spot Hurricane Melissa’s rapid intensification before its Jamaica landfall. Best of all, DeepMind open-sourced the code and model weights for research and commercial use alike. Cochrane, a longtime fan of the lab, calls the public release a huge service. Climate Change Supercharges Europe’s Disasters Eos rounded up how climate change is supercharging Europe’s heat, drought, and wildfires. Southwestern France has burned through about 287,000 acres this year, and roughly 330,000 people across France and Spain fled their homes in one of Europe’s largest evacuations since World War II. France also recorded more than 5,700 excess heat deaths in under three weeks. Meanwhile, a Bordeaux-region blaze spawned a pyrocumulonimbus fire cloud, and Cochrane notes that hearing “unprecedented” every year is starting to create a precedent. Ten Years of WILDLABS and Arm Arm is celebrating ten years of backing WILDLABS, a network connecting more than 16,000 conservationists across 180 countries. The goal was never to invent new conservation technology. Instead, it closes the information gap so tools and lessons get shared openly. Cochrane highlights a team using miniaturized GPS tags to track migrating bats, and says the project bears the heart of open source. FarmBeats Brings AI to Ag Classrooms Microsoft and the National FFA Organization expanded FarmBeats for Students nationally. The program teaches future farmers with smart soil sensors, data science, and AI, mirroring how real farms automate tractors and deploy drones against pests. At launch, 185 middle and high schools received free classroom kits. Interested families can grab a kit for $35, and the Microsoft Learn training is free. MacBook Neo Pulls Schools Off Chromebooks Apple’s earnings call revealed the MacBook Neo displacing Chromebooks and Windows machines in K-12. Close to half of the Neo’s large U.S. education purchases last quarter replaced competing fleets, including 25,000 students in Pinellas County, Florida. Cochrane sees the first truly affordable Apple laptop finally competing where Chromebooks have lived for a decade. He expects Apple to keep taking K-12 share from Google and Microsoft. Apple Upgrade Turns iPhones Into a Lease Apple also launched Apple Upgrade, a hardware leasing program backed by Klarna. iPhones start at $17.99 per month with 12- to 36-month terms by device, and lease-end options let you upgrade, buy out, or walk away. However, entry-level hardware like the base iPhone 16 and Mac mini is excluded, and enrollment requires a Klarna account and a soft credit check. Cochrane admits he has never been a leasing fan, having once bought his phone outright with tip money, but he expects plenty of takers. WhatsApp Calling Comes to the Browser Meta brought calling to WhatsApp Web, no app download required. Browser calls keep end-to-end encryption and add screen sharing, a dedicated Calls tab, waiting rooms for group links, and automatic HD video. Additionally, group calls now transfer between devices mid-call, and a Drown Out the Noise feature suppresses background racket. Everything rolls out gradually over the coming weeks. July’s Gemini Drop July’s Gemini Drop adds voice control on macOS, letting users dictate and transform text in any active window. Gemini Spark, the always-on assistant, expands nearly worldwide, except the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Nigeria. New Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite models arrive alongside avatar-based image personalization and app hookups for Dropbox, Zillow Rentals, and Viator. The Rescue Satellite That Needs Rescuing Katalyst Space Technologies’ LINK spacecraft, launched to boost NASA’s sinking Swift observatory, began tumbling in late July. Two of its three reaction wheels failed and its cold-gas thrusters degraded, so engineers used an electric xenon thruster to cut the spin from nine degrees per second to about 1.5. CEO Ghonhee Lee says a capture attempt is “very much in the cards,” with rendezvous in late August at the earliest. Cochrane wonders what happens if the window closes, and he promises to keep listeners updated. Curiosity Finds a Honeycomb Valley on Mars Finally, Curiosity rolled into a Martian valley nicknamed Valle Grande and found a honeycomb landscape. Polygonal fractures just inches wide stretch in every direction and climb a butte named Miraflores. Project scientist Ashwin Vasavada says the “sea of polygons took our breath away.” The rover just passed fourteen years on Mars, and scientists suspect ancient warming and cooling cycles fractured the ground. Cochrane wraps with housekeeping: become a GNC Insider at geeknewscentral.com/insider, email geeknews@gmail.com, subscribe to the newsletter, and grab a modern podcast app at podcastapps.com (he uses Pocket Casts himself). He signs off until Monday’s show. The post Capture The Real Flag #1871 appeared first on Geek News Central.

Send us Fan MailA shed is not a casual cart checkout. It is a high-trust, high-emotion purchase, and the online experience either builds confidence fast or quietly pushes your best leads to the back button. We sit down with Ashish Roy and Chris Dodd from Sensei Digital to break down what actually makes a 3D shed configurator convert, from guided design choices to the tiny details that serious builders care about.We talk about why “more options” can be the wrong move, and how an intuitive, guided flow helps very different buyers, from a tech-savvy first-time shopper to a retiree trying to make space at home. Ashish explains how Sensei approaches lifelike colors, model organization, upgrade clarity, and accurate features like door swing and interior context. Chris shares what it takes operationally to capture shed craftsmanship in software while keeping the experience simple enough for real sales teams to adopt.Then we get practical about revenue. You will hear how remote co-design can work through shareable 3D links, how AR “visualize in your yard” can change the conversation, and why attribution matters when you are running Google Ads or Meta campaigns. Sensei also walks through cross-domain tracking, CRM integration, and sending better conversion signals so you can optimize toward qualified leads and real sales, not vanity form fills.If you want your portable building marketing and sales process to feel modern without losing the craft, hit play. Subscribe to the Shed Geek Podcast, share this with a dealer or manufacturer friend, and leave a review so more shed pros can find these conversations.For more information or to know more about the Shed Geek Podcast visit us at our website.Would you like to receive our weekly newsletter?  Sign up on our website: shedgeek.comFollow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube at the handle @shedgeekpodcast.To be a guest on the Shed Geek Podcast visit our website and fill out the "Contact Us" form.To suggest show topics or ask questions you want answered email us at info@shedgeek.com.This episodes Sponsors:Studio Sponsor: Shed Geek MarketingVelocity 360Play Mor Swing SetsCardinal LeasingiFAB LLC

Check out Cam's latest novel / audio drama here! Jane Schoenbrun has done something absolutely extraordinary with their latest film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. This is a horror movie by horror fans for horror fans that is also about being a horror fan. The density, the efficiency, the provocation — there is so much to love here, and even more to discuss! This is a fantastic slasher movie just as much as it is a rigorous academic dissection of the slasher genre. It might even end up being our favorite "meta" horror movie ever made. LINKS: Patreon, YouTube, Spotify, Instagram Feedback & Theories: secondbreakfastpod@gmail.com 00:00 VHS Worship 02:00 Fandom vs. Analysis 05:35 Text vs. Subtext 08:52 Fun Factor 11:15 Metatextual Storytelling 15:44 Curiosity in Horror 20:46 Gillian Anderson 23:00 Closing Thoughts

Vincent Lackner Jr. is president of The Lackner Group and creator of the 6‑in‑1 Estate Administration System, combining deep tax, fiduciary, and technology expertise to streamline estate and trust administration software solutions. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. A willingness to be wrong is one of the most valuable traits for entrepreneurs because innovation begins when assumptions are challenged. 2. Curiosity is the engine behind every meaningful improvement in systems, processes, and client outcomes. 3. Complexity never truly disappears, the goal is to build tools that make complexity understandable and actionable. Check out Vince's website. Look for opportunities to simplify complex problems through better systems and education - Lackner Group Sponsors HighLevel - The ultimate all-in-one platform for entrepreneurs, marketers, coaches, and agencies. Learn more at HighLevelFire.com. Nexus Install - Have a high-ticket offer? Nexus Install builds you a custom LinkedIn prospect booking system designed to generate more quality sales calls. Email JLD at John@EOFire.com to learn more.

Mars Rover Discovers Mysterious Field of Honeycomb Textures on Red Planet: ‘Took Our Breath Away' NASA's Curiosity rover finds a mysterious honeycomb landscape on Mars Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What makes great executives stand out? I'm thrilled to share Part 1 of a 3-part series that will explore the foundations of positive leadership. Throughout this special set of episodes, I will be sharing the stage with Kevin Ford, the award-winning CEO of Calian who recently stepped down. In this episode, Kevin and I start the conversation by taking an honest look at why leading yourself matters most. We unpack the critical role of self-awareness, sharing a powerful personal journey that moved Kevin from early-career overconfidence to the life-changing benefits of welcoming tough feedback.We also discuss insightful research, amplified with real-life examples that makes the case that self-awareness isn't soft. Our discussion touches on structured approaches (like 360 reviews) and everyday, observational cues that help leaders read the room and adjust in real time. We reframe humility as a leadership strength, curiosity as the operational side of great leadership, and positivity as the superpower needed to weather today's challenges.If you're searching for ways to advance your leadership, build resilience, and foster authentic relationships, this episode provides an actionable roadmap to transform self-awareness from a buzzword into your most valuable asset.What You'll Learn- Self-Awareness is foundational- Feedback is a gift: Receive it well- Embracing (tough) feedback, can be transformative.- Make time for self-reflection.- Curiosity is operationalized humility.- Positive energy matters, especially in tough times.- Legacy is about the journey. Podcast Timestamps(00:00) - Introduction to the 3-Part Series(00:42) - Guest Introduction: Kevin Ford's Leadership Journey(03:26) - The Importance of Leading Yourself(04:11) – The Role of Self-Awareness in Executive Success(06:08) - Transformative Feedback: The Value of Tough Conversations(09:46) - Processing Feedback and Humility in Leadership(12:12) - Creating Upward Feedback Culture(14:24) - Reading the Room: Observational Self-Awareness(16:43) - Internal and External Self-Awareness(17:56) - Addressing Time Constraints and Feedback Reluctance(22:18) - Curiosity as a Driver of Self-Awareness(24:21) - Humility, Curiosity, and Leadership Legacy(29:04) - Self-Awareness and Decisive Leadership(32:59) - Positive Energy and Well-being in Leadership(37:48) - Practical Steps for Sustaining Positive Energy(41:45) - Final Reflections on Self-AwarenessKEYWORDSPositive Leadership, Self-Awareness, Leadership Development, Executive Feedback, 360 Assessments, Upward Feedback, Humility in Leadership, Curiosity, Culture, Authenticity, Positive Energy, Well-Being, Mental Health, Physical Health, Energy Management, Legacy, Organizational Culture, Coaching, Empathy, Constructive Criticism, Personal Growth, Employee Engagement, Resilience, Performance Review, Self-Reflection, Emotional Intelligence, CEO Success

We're on summer break, so this week is a Revisit: a favorite conversation pulled back out of the archive. In this one, Pete and Nikki dig into the words we use and how much they shape the way we see ourselves.Working from Alicia Dunams' book I Get To, Nikki walks through a few simple language shifts that hit differently when you have ADHD, from "I have to" versus "I get to" to catching the negative "what ifs." They also get into the power of the pause and staying curious instead of judgmental. It's an encouraging, practical listen, whether it's your first time or a return trip.Links & NotesI Get To: How using the Right Words Can Radically Transform Your life, Relationships & Business by Alicia DunamsThe Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life's Hurdles by Karen Reivich“Six Surprising Benefits of Curiosity” by Emily Campbell (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (04:14) - Change Your Language: "I Get To: How Using the Right Words can Radically Transform Your Life" (10:50) - How Rewards Impact Language (12:39) - A Brief Aside on The QUIT Center... (15:02) - What do you THINK you can do? (18:52) - Facing the Impossible Situation (19:42) - Why not? What if? (27:17) - The Power of the Pause ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Do you remember what it feels like to be fully alive? Not busy. Not productive. Not checking things off a list. Alive. Many women spend years taking care of everyone else, meeting expectations, solving problems, and carrying responsibilities. Somewhere along the way, joy becomes optional, curiosity gets pushed aside, and life starts to feel more like something we're managing than something we're experiencing. In this episode of Cacao Conversations, we're exploring what it means to feel truly alive and why so many of us have become disconnected from that feeling. We talk about: the difference between surviving and living how responsibility can slowly replace joy why so many successful women feel something is missing curiosity, play, wonder, and aliveness the relationship between authenticity and vitality reconnecting with what lights you up remembering the parts of yourself that have been waiting for your attention What if the thing you're longing for isn't more achievement? What if you're longing to feel fully alive again? Because maybe the question isn't what's missing from your life. Maybe the question is what part of you has been missing from your life. New episodes of Cacao Conversations drop weekly. Sip. Connect. Awaken. Join our 6 week online workshop here: https://www.bodyandsoulevents.love/event-details/reclaim-your-power-the-remembering-a-6-week-journey-back-to-your-true-self-2 Hey! Thanks for listening! If you liked this episode, please send us a message. We'd love to hear from you!Your cup is full, your journey awaits. Let's sip, chat, and transform together. Find out more at https://www.bodyandsoulevents.love/ Julietta Wenzel Founder of Body & Soul Ministries, Julietta is a healer, guide, and visionary dedicated to helping others remember their true selves and step into their authentic power. With a background as a physical therapist turned spiritual practitioner, she combines individual healing sessions, sacred ceremonies, and transformative retreats to guide her community toward joy, fulfillment, and alignment. https://bodyandsoulministries.love/ Instagram: @bodyandsoulministries Dorice Ross Elder of Body & Soul Ministries, Dorice is a healer, educator, and guide devoted to supporting others in remembering their divinity and lived experience of Oneness. With a background in physical therapy and university-level teaching, her path has always bridged the body, mind, and spirit. Rooted in both psychology and energy healing, and inspired by diverse spiritual traditions, Dorice creates safe, compassionate spaces where healing unfolds naturally. Her work is guided by love, deep listening, and trust in the wisdom of Source.  Instagram: @rossdoriceShine bright and have a magical day!Julietta & Dorice

What if the life you've been imagining is waiting for you to take the first step?Sarah Aviram didn't stumble into a year of travel. She created it. She made the bold decision to leave behind the familiar and designed a plan to travel through 12 countries in 12 months while continuing to work remotely. And she trusted herself enough to make it happen.In this episode of Speaking of Travel, Sarah shares the remarkable story behind her upcoming memoir, The Scenic Route: Following My Inner Compass Across 12 Countries in 12 Months. Along the way, she immersed herself in new cultures, formed unexpected friendships, embraced moments of uncertainty, and discovered that some of life's greatest rewards come from taking chances.Sarah shares what it really takes to turn an idea into reality and how stepping away from routine can open the door to new ways of thinking. More than a story about travel, this is a conversation about possibility and giving yourself permission to dream bigger, think outside the box, and recognize that the life you want may be closer than you think. Whether your next adventure takes you around the world or simply in a new direction, Sarah's story is a reminder that meaningful experiences begin with a single decision to say yes."The biggest risk wasn't leaving home. It was wondering what might have happened if I never said yes."If you've ever wondered whether it's too late or simply too impractical to follow a dream, this episode offers a refreshing perspective. Sarah's journey proves that adventure isn't reserved for a lucky few. It's available to anyone willing to be curious and embrace the unexpected. And of course taking that first step.A must listen. Only on Speaking of Travel.Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler. 

In this episode of Exit is Now: Plan Accordingly, I sit down with exit planning expert Joe to discuss the critical art of activating professional advisors and business owners on their exit planning journey. We dive into the nuances of understanding entrepreneurs beyond surface-level solutions, emphasizing the importance of curiosity, clarity of problems, and collaborative solution-building. Joe shares insights on how to engage effectively with business owners, the significance of recognizing their unique challenges, and the power of servant leadership in fostering trust and partnership. Whether you're a seasoned advisor or new to exit planning, this conversation offers valuable perspectives to enhance your advisory practice and better serve your clients. Tune in for an enlightening discussion that will inspire you to elevate your approach in exit planning.

This week, Pete brings his sighs and his aha moments around grown up sh*t to Jen, and they unpack it all together. Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: Why is adulting so hard sometimes? What tactics might we utilize to navigate difficult situations and conversations? How might we think about finding solutions and take ownership of the problems we encounter?   More from us in your inbox. Subscribe to Box O' Goodies. A weekly email with the books, podcasts, quotes, and other noodles Jen and Pete are mulling over.Listen to all episodes and read full transcripts at thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.Reach us: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comPete's work: humanperiscope.com · Jen's work: jenwaldman.com

Join data storyteller Alli Torban as she talks with Riley Martin, founder of Sportsball, about one of the hardest parts of data storytelling: getting people to care before you show the data. You'll learn how Riley translates complex topics into approachable visual stories, why he assumes his audience starts with little or no background knowledge, and practical techniques for uncovering what your audience actually wants to know. Show notes: ⁠https://www.storytellingwithdata.com/podcast/106RESOURCES MENTIONED:Register for our virtual, public workshop on August 20, 2026 (use code PODCAST10 for 10% off our public workshops and on-demand courses)Riley Martin on LinkedInSportsball websiteIlia Malinin figure skating infographicSakura Micron pensPentel PointLiner pensZebra ClickArt markersFlourish Studio

Career journeys are rarely linear—and sometimes our most valuable lessons come from the unexpected turns. In this episode of Great Women in Compliance, co-host Dr. Hemma Lomax sits down with Amybeth Garcia-Bokor to explore a career spanning public service, legal and compliance leadership, and an inspiring pivot from law to baking before returning to the profession with a renewed perspective. Together, they discuss how curiosity, resilience, and thoughtful leadership help compliance professionals navigate increasing complexity while building trust and enabling better decisions. Key Takeaways: Why judgment is one of the most important capabilities in modern compliance. How an unconventional career path can strengthen leadership and perspective. The evolution of compliance from enforcement to strategic business partnership. Building cultures where curiosity, learning, and open dialogue thrive. Leading confidently through ambiguity without sacrificing integrity. Preparing compliance programs—and ourselves—for a future shaped by constant change and AI. Bio Amybeth Garcia-Bokor is a leader who helps organizations navigate complexity, build trust, and make sound decisions where strategy, governance, and innovation intersect. Her career spans government, private practice, entrepreneurship, and nonprofit organizations, giving her a distinctive perspective on how organizations grow, manage risk, create lasting value, and innovate responsibly in rapidly evolving environments. She currently serves as Senior Vice President of Legal and Compliance at Emergent, where she helps shape the governance of the emerging global market for forest carbon finance.

Rob Heyvaert is the Founder and Managing Partner of Motive Partners, a fintech-focused investment firm backing companies transforming financial services through technology, data, and infrastructure innovation. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Failure is often a greater teacher than success because it forces adaptation, resilience, and continuous learning. 2. The real AI opportunity is not replacing people; it's delivering finished work, creating better products, and providing highly personalized customer experiences. 3. Curiosity, urgency, and surrounding yourself with exceptional people are foundational ingredients for long-term entrepreneurial success. Check out Rob's website to learn more - Motive Partners Sponsors HighLevel - The ultimate all-in-one platform for entrepreneurs, marketers, coaches, and agencies. Learn more at HighLevelFire.com. Nexus Install - Have a high-ticket offer? Nexus Install builds you a custom LinkedIn prospect booking system designed to generate more quality sales calls. Email JLD at John@EOFire.com to learn more.

This week on Catalyst, Tammy is joined by Craig Vaughan, Executive Managing Director and Global Head of AI Go-to-Market at NTT DATA, three months into the role. Craig traces his path from studying architecture at Cornell through an MBA at Wharton and a master's in business analytics from NYU Stern, then through go-to-market roles at SAP and a decade leading AI and gen AI practices at Accenture. He and Tammy dig into how leading diverse, cross-functional teams and moving at AI's breakneck pace aren't in tension but actually reinforce each other. They also discuss what drew Craig to NTT DATA's culture, the partnerships with OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Mistral that are shaping how the company delivers for clients, and how to keep AI adoption human-centric so workers are repurposed rather than replaced.Please note that the views expressed may not necessarily be those of NTT DATALinks: Craig Vaughan Learn more about Launch by NTT DATASee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this God Hears Her episode, hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins welcome Unshakable Moxie Season 2 guest, Diane Cohen, a woman who was raised in a Jewish home where Jesus' name was forbidden. After caring for her mother through terminal cancer and losing her in 1999, Diane fell into a deep grief until she wrote a gospel-style song that lifted her out and sparked years of curiosity about Jesus. Diane experienced multiple stunning moments that eventually led to her accepting Jesus and becoming a Messianic Jew. Join this incredible conversation to hear Diane's advice for helping people who may be wrestling with accepting Jesus.   Guest Bio: Diane Cohen has been an active leader in the Messianic Jewish community since she first met Jesus. She was the president of Congregation Ruach Israel in Needham, Massachusetts, and served in that capacity for over a decade. Diane still serves on its board of directors and is also on the board of directors of the Messianic Jewish Theological Institute (MJTI) and Camp Or L'Dor. She also facilitates a multi-denominational Bible study group in Florida where she, her husband Sid, and their fur baby Sofie spend the winters. When not there, the Cohens live in Phippsburg, Maine.  Notes and Quotes:  “I wasn't looking for Him—He was looking for me, I guess really hard!” —Diane Cohen  “Nothing will shake my faith because it's true, He's there, He's got us, He'll never leave us, He loves us. And you can't make that less no matter what anyone says to you.” —Diane Cohen  “God is really reaching out to people—unlikely people—to say ‘fight for this kingdom on earth.'” —Diane Cohen  “I think that we are living in times where we are being asked to really dig deep; to fight for Him, to be for Him, to stand up for Him, to show who He is, and to share our testimonies.” —Diane Cohen  Verses:  Acts 2 - Pentecost  Related Episodes:  GHH Ep 60 – Becoming a Woman of Moxie with Julie Richardson: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/becoming-a-woman-with-moxie/ GHH Ep 148 – The Journey of Unshakable Moxie with Julie Richardson: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/the-journey-of-unshakable-moxie/ GHH Ep 149 – Accepting Moxie with Toni Collier: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/accepting-moxie/ GHH Ep 150 – The Meaning of Moxie with Moriah Smallbone: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/the-meaning-of-moxie/ Links:  God Hears Her website: https://go.odb.org/sign-up-ghh  Subscribe to the God Hears Her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GodHearsHerODBM Unshakable Moxie Season 2 Docuseries: https://go.odb.org/ghh-moxie  Unshakable Moxie Season 2 Bible Study: https://go.odb.org/ghh-unshakable-moxie 

We continue our Sunday series, bringing you conversations with faith, leadership and spiritual voices who can offer perspective, inspiration and hope for the week ahead. Today we sit down with leadership coach, author and former pastor Karl Martin, who has spent more than 25 years helping CEOs, athletes, executives and organizations build stronger leaders by focusing on character first. Karl shares why true leadership begins with leading yourself, how curiosity and kindness can transform relationships, and why our greatest challenge today may simply be learning how to be more human.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our Sunday series, bringing you conversations with faith, leadership and spiritual voices who can offer perspective, inspiration and hope for the week ahead. Today we sit down with leadership coach, author and former pastor Karl Martin, who has spent more than 25 years helping CEOs, athletes, executives and organizations build stronger leaders by focusing on character first. Karl shares why true leadership begins with leading yourself, how curiosity and kindness can transform relationships, and why our greatest challenge today may simply be learning how to be more human.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.