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What really happens after someone completes the Ascension Channel Certification Program?Yesterday, I had the joy of sitting down with Eileen, one of the graduates from our previous certification intake, to reflect on her journey, her growth, and everything that has unfolded over the past two years since completing the training.Together, we explored what drew her to the program, the transformations she experienced along the way, how her relationship with channeling evolved, and the ways this work has supported her life, purpose, and spiritual path since certification.If you have ever been curious about the Ascension Channel Certification Program, wondered what makes this training unique, or felt the call to deepen your own gifts in a grounded, embodied, and sovereign way, I think you'll enjoy this conversation.There is something deeply powerful about hearing directly from those who have walked the path before you.Below you'll also find more information about Eileen, her work, and ways to connect with her.Enjoy the transmission!With Love,Cendrine. ***Eileen is a Self Connection Coach & Sacred Space Holder.Her deeply grounding & nurturing energy allows clients to meet the essence of their higher self and connect with their multidimensional nature.  With a background in Nursing, Drug & Alcohol Counselling, Hypnotherapy, Energy Healing (Reiki & Sekem) and rich real world lived experience, Eileen is her to slay the shame and guide you back on to the path of your unique Sacred Journey. She can hold ALL of you. Her intention is that you may self-source your highest wisdom.  She offers 1 on 1 Sacred Space Holding Sessions, Sacred Ancestral Healing & DNA recoding sessions and online Women's Circles.As a Stay at Home Mum currently, she has a dream to continue working from home in her soul aligned business ‘Leen In'.  You can find her on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/leen_in_with_eileen?igsh=MWNyMDRnNDk1a3B5cg==Website: https://eizaleen.wixsite.com/leenin                       Find her on FB: Eileen Mary Be***Cendrine is the founder of the Golden Age Spiritual Ministry and visionary leader of Harmonic Ascension, a global movement devoted to helping humanity remember their sovereign divinity. Born awake with the ability to connect with non-physical beings and other realities; she has walked through many initiations to consciously reactivate her gift. Now she teaches advanced technologies of sovereign crystalline ascension, guiding multidimensional souls to channel their Infinite Self and High Council of Light, embody their highest destiny, and move as dragons, with bold bravery, unshakeable faith and a touch of crazy that ignites the world. 

What if bullying was not only an emotional wound…but one of the deepest ways humanity becomes fragmented from its own power?In this transmission, I share a very personal story as a mother, and how I taught my daughters to feel their fire, trust their anger, use their voice, and create a boundary without becoming violent, mean, or disconnected from love.Because the dragon is not rage.The dragon is integrated fire.And so many sensitive, spiritual, powerful humans were never taught how to safely hold their fire.So they became nice.Quiet.Compliant.Afraid of conflict.Afraid of visibility.Afraid of taking space.Afraid of their own power.This is one of the deeper roots of why so many people struggle to activate their mission, speak their truth, hold boundaries, and feel safe being fully seen.In this live transmission, I open the architecture of bullying, root fragmentation, sacred anger, dragon embodiment, and why the Sleeping Dragon within you is not here to destroy anything.It is here to bring your power home.Watch the full transmission.And if you feel the fire rising in your body as you listen…come join us inside The Sleeping Dragon.This is a five-week self-initiation to awaken the dragon within, reclaim the treasure it has been guarding, and finally feel safe in your power.Here are all info, I'd love to see you there!https://cendrines.kartra.com/page/sleepingdragonWith Love,Cendrine ***Cendrine is the founder of the Golden Age Spiritual Ministry and visionary leader of Harmonic Ascension, a global movement devoted to helping humanity remember their sovereign divinity. Born awake with the ability to connect with non-physical beings and other realities; she has walked through many initiations to consciously reactivate her gift. Now she teaches advanced technologies of sovereign crystalline ascension, guiding multidimensional souls to channel their Infinite Self and High Council of Light, embody their highest destiny, and move as dragons, with bold bravery, unshakeable faith and a touch of crazy that ignites the world. 

30 Years of Reign™Special 30th Anniversary EditionIn this milestone episode of Inspired Conversations with Kim Evans™, Kim reflects on 30 years in business, leadership, faith, and transformation.What began as a dream in May 1996 evolved into a 30-year journey of entrepreneurship, wellness, resilience, reinvention, and service.In this special anniversary series, Kim shares the lessons, victories, challenges, and wisdom gained from building a business through changing seasons while remaining committed to her vision.This episode explores the significance of reaching the 30-year milestone, the power of purpose-driven entrepreneurship, and why the next chapter may be the most impactful season yet.If you've ever faced obstacles, questioned your path, or wondered whether to keep going, this episode is a reminder to hold on to the vision and continue moving forward.Faith. Resilience. Reinvention. The Next Chapter.Recorded May 31, 2026.www.kimgems.comwww.kimMevans.comBook a Clarity Session with Kim Evans, MA:https://Calendly.com/Kmecoaching/elevate#30YearsOfReign #InspiredConversationsWithKimEvans #FaithResilienceReinvention #WomenInBusiness #Entrepreneurshipjourney #WomenEntrepreneurs“Thank you for tuning in to Inspired Conversations with Kim Evans.If today's episode spoke to your spirit, share it with another powerful woman who's ready to rise in business, beauty, and wellness.For more resources, trainings, and mentorship, visit The School of Beauty and Business inside The Digital Library at www.unstoppableladyboss.com.  And if you're ready to reset your clarity, confidence, and cash flow — book your VIP 1-Day Reset Intensive with me today www.kimgems.com. I'm Kim Evans — reminding you to stay radiant, stay resilient, and always remember: success should feel beautiful, not exhausting.I'll see you in the next inspired conversation.”  Kim Evans, MA

Welcome to Inspired Conversations with Kim Evans, Host.In this special Happy Friday Reflection, Kim Evans shares a heartfelt conversation centered around Psalm 103, gratitude, faith, renewal, and stepping into the next chapter of life with clarity and intention.As Kim prepares to enter the final two months of her 50's and celebrate 30 years in business, this episode is a reminder to reflect on God's goodness, stay grounded in purpose, and move forward with peace, wisdom, and expectation for what's ahead. Remember to read Psalm, 103 daily.A calming and encouraging reflection for women in business, leadership, wellness, and faith.Enjoy.---------------------------------------------------More About Host- Kim Evans, MA Owner 2GORJIS Facial Spa, KME Coaching and The Kim Evans Business & Wellness Accelerator for Womenpreneurs www.kimgems.com ready to scale their business online.Website: http://www.kimMevans.comhttps://www.2gorjisbeauty.comKME COACHINGhttp://www.kimgems.comJoin our Business Accelerator: Our Private Business Coaching & Mentorship Program

This transmission reframes the common fear-based narrative around lost souls, entities, and the “dark side.”Instead of seeing them as dangerous forces targeting us, you explain that:1. Most “entities” are not evil — they are lost• Many were once human beings who experienced trauma, death, or abandonment.• They are often confused, suffering, and seeking help—not trying to harm.• Like a distressed child or person in pain, they need guidance, not fear or rejection.⸻2. Fear-based teachings create fragmentation• Many spiritual narratives promote:• Fear of being attacked• Over-protection• Belief in being targeted for having light• This creates disempowerment and instability, especially when opening psychic abilities.⸻3. True power comes from love + sovereignty• Your power comes from:• Heart-centered presence• Compassion• Neutral awareness• Clear boundaries• You don't need fear-based protection — you need clean, intentional boundaries, like closing your door for privacy.⸻4. Your state determines your reality• If you approach entities with fear → you amplify fear.• If you approach from sovereignty → nothing has power over you.• The key is how you initiate your energy.⸻5. You can guide lost souls (simply)• Many don't even realize they are dead.• You can:• Show them their inner light• Help them reconnect to their vertical axis (higher realms / Gaia)• Call in support (angels, guides, star family)• This is not complex or reserved for “advanced” practitioners—it becomes natural with understanding.⸻6. The real work is structural coherence• Spiritual growth is not just “awakening” (passive).• It's about:• Taking responsibility• Stabilizing your energy• Choosing alignment over fear• Fragmentation comes from operating from fear, not from external attack.⸻7. The “dark side” exists—but it's not ultimate power• It's part of a distorted system (inverted matrix) built over time.• It's unstable and collapsing.• You don't need to fight it—you simply choose not to align with it.⸻8. Your sovereignty dissolves interference• The more you:• Embody your power• Trust divine support (God/source)• Act from your soul→ the less anything can affect you.⸻9. Your challenges are initiations, not attacks• Even intense experiences (including your own past) were part of:• Training• Mastery• Activation of your mission• Nothing happens to you—it happens for your evolution.⸻10. The core message• You are not a victim.• You are a sovereign, multidimensional being.• Fear is optional.• Power is cultivated.• Love + structure = mastery.⸻

May 10, 2026 Guest Candidate Brandon Evans for Richmond City Council, District 3 in Richmond, CAIn this powerful episode of Conversations with Kim Evans™, we sit down with Brandon Evans — fourth-generation Richmond resident, community leader, CEO of Men and Women of Purpose, and candidate for Richmond City Council District 3.Brandon shares his vision for Richmond, discussing public safety rooted in prevention, economic opportunity, workforce development, leadership, second chances, and the importance of community involvement in shaping the future.Together, we explore the power of:• Passion• Faith• People• Purpose• Progress• CommunityThis conversation highlights what it truly means to lead with service, accountability, and heart while creating pathways for individuals, families, and neighborhoods to thrive.If you care about leadership, transformation, economic opportunity, community impact, and the future of Richmond, this is a conversation you do not want to miss.Guest: Brandon EvansCandidate for Richmond City Council District 3.Learn more:Evans4Richmond.comHosted by:Kim Evans, MA, LE, CMTBusiness & Wellness Strategist#Richmond #Leadership #Community #BrandonEvans #KimEvans #PublicSafety #EconomicOpportunity #Purpose #Faith #People #Progress #CommunityLeadership---------------------------------------------------More About Host- Kim Evans, MA Owner 2GORJIS Facial Spa, KME Coaching and The Kim Evans Business & Wellness Accelerator for Womenpreneurs www.kimgems.com ready to scale their business online.Website: http://www.kimMevans.comhttps://www.2gorjisbeauty.comKME COACHINGhttp://www.kimgems.comJoin our Business Accelerator: Our Private Business Coaching & Mentorship Program

Today we discuss what it takes to help our work on leadership and identity shift, so you can understand what's truly required to rise in your light and expand your soul mission.More than ever before, authentic leadership aligned actions are what makes the difference in our ability to activate a higher reality for ourselves and our community.But what truly leads you and your desires?Why are so many people still not activated in a higher timeline?There's great refinement shared into this popup transmission, and I trust many of you will happily receive it all.I send you lots of love Angel!***Cendrine is the founder of the Golden Age Spiritual Ministry and visionary leader of Harmonic Ascension, a global movement devoted to helping humanity remember their sovereign divinity. Born awake with the ability to connect with non-physical beings and other realities; she has walked through many initiations to consciously reactivate her gift. Now she teaches advanced technologies of sovereign crystalline ascension, guiding multidimensional souls to channel their Infinite Self and High Council of Light, embody their highest destiny, and move as dragons, with bold bravery, unshakeable faith and a touch of crazy that ignites the world. 

I'm so happy to share with you this epic convo with Debbie, who is a multi-talented artist, healer, channel, leader and incredibly well-rounded human being.She is a Brand Ascension Activator, Visual Alchemist, and founder of the Creative Ascension movement. Debbie works at the intersection of creativity, embodiment, and leadership, guiding New Earth visionaries to unlock their innate creative intelligence and lead from the wisdom of the body.Through her body of work, the Creative Ascension Codex, she supports leaders to reclaim sovereignty, activate their soul mission, and create businesses that serve both humanity and the Earth.Make sure to follow her and to check out her work, including this upcoming retreat in the sacred lake Taupo in New Zealand:https://debbielimcreative.com/-crystalline-genesis-retreatInsta profile: https://www.instagram.com/debbielimcreativeWebsite: https://debbielimcreative.com/Thank you Debbie for joining me today and for being such a devoted student of The Portal and The Dragon Quest!***Cendrine is the founder of the Golden Age Spiritual Ministry and visionary leader of Harmonic Ascension, a global movement devoted to helping humanity remember their sovereign divinity. Born awake with the ability to connect with non-physical beings and other realities; she has walked through many initiations to consciously reactivate her gift. Now she teaches advanced technologies of sovereign crystalline ascension, guiding multidimensional souls to channel their Infinite Self and High Council of Light, embody their highest destiny, and move as dragons, with bold bravery, unshakeable faith and a touch of crazy that ignites the world. 

Eps #132 The Glamous Prision of Hustle and Rise of Aligned Wealth for Women in established businesses!In this episode, Sara Vezensek shares for women in business ready to scale-

For the first time in… I don't even know how many years… I completely stepped away from my phone for nearly five full days. No scrolling, no checking messages, no quick little peeks into the online world. Just nature, music, conversations, laughter, long nights, long days, and the raw beauty of being present on the sacred land of the South Island.And something very interesting happens when we truly unplug from the constant stream of information and stimulation.We begin to see ourselves again.When we are always moving in the same rhythm, repeating the same patterns, surrounded by the same perspectives, it becomes surprisingly difficult to shift identity. We keep recreating the same internal landscape because we are never far enough away from it to see it clearly.But when we pause… when we step out of the noise… when we allow ourselves to enter a different environment, a different rhythm, a different social field… something beautiful happens.Perspective arrives.And perspective is one of the greatest allies of leadership!This weekend gave me a huge dose of perspective.I spent a lot of time surrounded by friends, and interestingly enough, many of them were men, some I have known for years, some new connections, and being in conversation with them opened something in me that I had not anticipated.Men often approach life, evolution, spirituality, leadership… from very different angles than women. Different language. Different instincts. Different frameworks.And there were moments where I could feel my human reacting at first. Moments where I would hear something and my immediate inner response would be something like, “I don't think so,” or “That's not really how I see it,” or “That doesn't resonate with me.”Yet another voice began to whisper inside me.A quieter voice.A wiser voice.What if you softened here?What if instead of defending your current perspective, you allowed yourself to explore a different one?What if this conversation is actually inviting you to see something new about yourself?And that is the magic of perspective.Not because we abandon who we are.But because we expand the range of ways we can perceive reality.Leadership requires that flexibility.Leadership requires that humility.Leadership requires the courage to say, “What if I am ready to understand this differently?”Sometimes leadership grows not through effort, but through space.Space to observe.Space to listen.Space to allow the soul to reorganize its perspective.And as I came back from this little wilderness immersion, I opened my computer again and saw something that made me smile so deeply.Many of you have already signed up for the five-day activation The Courage to Lead The Dragon Way.Seeing your names coming in felt like watching a field begin to gather… a field of humans ready to look at themselves with honesty, compassion, courage, and curiosity, and to strengthen the way they lead themselves, their families, their communities, and their missions.My intention with this activation is simple: to create a vortex where we remember what true leadership actually is… not ego leadership, not performance leadership, but the kind of leadership that begins with radical self-honesty, bravery, compassion, and a deep alignment with our soul.And here is where I would love to invite your help.Many of you already know how powerful these spaces can be.So I have a little request.If each one of you in this group simply invites two people (two friends, two family members, two colleagues, two humans you know who would benefit from stepping more consciously into their leadership) we will very naturally reach the intention I set for this activation.Five hundred souls!

Today I am so happy to introduce something new, a Student Spotlight, where I get to celebrate the extraordinary women who say yes to their soul mission at the deepest level.And our very first spotlight is the beautiful Larnie of Golden Feather Alchemy! https://www.instagram.com/goldenfeatheralchemy/Larnie worked with me privately inside my six-week container, Mission Blueprint Incubator.This container is devoted to one thing:Downloading and activating the higher template of your soul mission.Inside this work, we:• Reconnect you to your High Council of Light• Activate parallel versions of you already embodied in mastery• Refine and clarify your offers with precision• Call forward your magnetic soul tribe avatar• Recalibrate your multidimensional architecture• Strengthen your relationship with the beings co-creating your missionIt is intimate, precise, and deeply transformational.Larnie lives in Taupō, New Zealand, as a guardian of sacred volcanic lands, the sacred lake Taupo, and inner-earth portal frequencies. Through Golden Feather Alchemy, she works with sound frequency, with weaving Love and Light at the highest frequency, and deep remembrance work to help women return to their light, their love, their divine life on earth, and their true embodied mission.She is the real thing!!!In this interview, you'll see:What shifted for her.What became clearer.How her mission deepened.And what it truly feels like to work with me privately.And if you have been quietly wondering what it would be like to step into this level of support…I currently have two spaces open for the next Mission Blueprint Incubator.Six weeks.$6,000or 3 x $2,000(Local currency available upon request.)If your soul is stirring as you read this, simply message me on info@cendrines.com, and let's begin the conversation!Your higher template already exists.The question is whether you are ready to embody it.With devotion,CendrineFollow Larnie and get in touch with her here:https://www.facebook.com/goldenfeather.alchemyhttps://www.instagram.com/goldenfeatheralchemy/***

Hello Angel, and welcome into this transmission about the year of the Fire Horse and year 1 and what it means for all of you light workers and light leaders…I've been receiving so many downloads around the Year of the Fire Horse and this Year One momentum, and I wanted to share it from our angle, not as a trendy astrology chat, not as “spiritual entertainment,” not as fluffy bite-size inspiration for the mind… but as a message for the kind of souls who are here to embody ascension as mastery, to stabilize their light, to lead, to build, and to live their soul mission like it's not a side project… but a way of being.Because something has shifted and you can feel it and clearly see it too!It's not the era of endlessly circling the same healing loops, inner child, past life, ancestral, more processing, more analyzing, more “why am I blocked,” more “what's wrong with me,” more rewinding and pivoting and trying to find the easiest route to abundance.Those seasons had a purpose… but we are not here for the endless 4D bridge.We're here for refinement.We're here for structural coherence.We're here for leadership of the self.We're here to become so rooted in our divinity and our unique codex… that our mission is no longer something we do in a “work container,” while the rest of our life is disconnected, mundane, numb, or anxious.This is the year where it all comes into ONE.And in a Fire Horse year, everything accelerates…  not just success and visibility, but absolutely everything.That means: what is coherent becomes more coherent.And what is fragmented becomes more obvious and more unsustainable.✦ KEY POINTS FROM THIS TRANSMISSION ✦1) The Fire Horse is speed + direction.Not scattered “a little bit here, a little bit there,” not hopping between identities, not being in the mission one day and doubting it the next, the Fire Horse runs with propulsion, freedom, and trajectory.Which means this year asks you:Where are you going?And are your thoughts, your words, your emotions, your actions… actually aligned with that?2) Fragmentation becomes LOUD.Fragmentation is when the inner world and outer world don't match.It's saying you trust… while your body lives in panic.It's speaking “I'm devoted to my mission”… while behind the scenes you spiral into comparison, self-hatred, time pressure, scarcity, resentment, avoidance, or collapse.And I'm not saying that to shame you, Angel.I'm saying it because this year is merciful: it brings refinement faster.Not to punish you but to liberate you.3) Nervous system regulation becomes non-negotiable.Because the nervous system is the interface between your physical system and your light body.As plasma light increases as your field gets more electric, so what used to feel like “anxiety” is often your body learning to hold more current, more life force, more power.The question is not: “How do I stop feeling?”The question is:How do I become a spiritual athlete who knows how to metabolize intensity without collapsing into fear?4) This is a year of leadership.First: leadership of the self.Then: leadership of others.And leadership is not perfection.Leadership is coherence.Leadership is being able to say:“My human is feeling pressure today, and I love her… and I will still guide her back into truth.”5) The collapse is part of ascension and it is not the end.Yes, more truth comes out.Yes, more false authority dismantles.Yes, systems shift.But this is not doomsday.This is the reveal.This is the purification.And in the middle of it, light leaders are being asked to become trees, rooted, nourished, stable, flexible, strong, so others can rest in our field and remember their own strength.So if you've been feeling the intensity, the pressure, the acceleration… let this be your reminder:You are not “too late.”You are not “behind.”You are not failing.You are being invited into mastery.And I'm right here, walking with you.With devotion,CendrinePS: If you feel the call to deepen your coherence and mission templating this year, you're invited to join ONE and/or step into The Portal, my ascension school where we cultivate sovereign ascension through the art of channeling, and where you have me as your mentor every single week. Send me a DM and I'll send you the link.***

This is a transmission inspired by the Dragon Heart, the pod we're currently weaving with inside the Dragon Quest.I share on the differences between the heart as the technology (engine) and Love as the most aligned fuel for it.When the hearts runs on toxic fuel it can't operate properly and will connect us to low identities and low timelines.How can we learn to fuel our heart with higher frequency Love, the divine love that unifies and loves unconditionally no matter what?How does this activate your mission and channeling abilities?How can you do it in a practical way when you know how hard it can be to love yourself unconditionally to start with, yet love other people who are objectively “bad”.This is a profound transmission that I trust you'll love And I have decided to offer you the possibility to get all the replays of this Dragon Pod on Love and the Heart technology. If you'd like the replays Comment “me”” below or DM me directly!***Cendrine is the founder of the Golden Age Spiritual Ministry and visionary leader of Harmonic Ascension, a global movement devoted to helping humanity remember their sovereign divinity. Born awake with the ability to connect with non-physical beings and other realities; she has walked through many initiations to consciously reactivate her gift. Now she teaches advanced technologies of sovereign crystalline ascension, guiding multidimensional souls to channel their Infinite Self and High Council of Light, embody their highest destiny, and move as dragons, with bold bravery, unshakeable faith and a touch of crazy that ignites the world.

Episode #465: In a rich discussion on Buddhist manuscript cultures in Southeast Asia, Professor Volker Grabowsky and Dr. Silpsupa Jaengsawang explore how handwritten texts—especially those on palm leaf and mulberry paper—carry spiritual, cultural, and scholarly significance. They distinguish literature from manuscript study, which emphasizes the importance of materials, format and scribal context as much as the content.Manuscripts, they argue, are not just vessels of content, but cultural artifacts, and often used as sacred objects in monastic rituals. In Theravāda traditions, monks often preach from memory, andholding a manuscript mainly to symbolically evoke the connection to the Buddha's teachings. They explain how traditional manuscript forms can also be used to convey secular content—such as histories and political commentary—and sometimes serve as tools of cultural preservation, such as in the Tai community in China.The scholars highlight the many challenges of preservation due to the deleterious effects of a tropical climate and natural disasters, as well as the social barrier of restricted access to manuscripts for women. Another challenge to preservation is the declining knowledge of traditional scripts in the modern world.Digitization efforts like the Hamburg-based Digital Library aim to safeguard these texts, but both scholars insist on the need for public engagement. The pair concludes that manuscript traditions persist not as relics but as dynamic forms coexisting with print and digital media—integrating past, present, and future in a living continuum of cultural practice.

This is the final episode of Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter for 2025, and it's a quiet, honest pause before we step into whatever comes next.In this deeply personal episode, I reflect on a year that didn't unfold the way I imagined it would. There were no neat timelines or glow-up moments, just a messy, demanding season that asked more of me than I expected. A year where strength felt heavy, certainty felt distant, and simply getting through the day sometimes felt like the work.I share what it was like to stand in the messy middle, questioning myself, feeling behind, and wondering whether all the inner work was actually leading anywhere. And I also share the part that surprised me most: this was the year I came home to myself. Not loudly or dramatically, but steadily, honestly, and for good.We talk about learning to stop postponing yourself, celebrating growth that doesn't photograph well, recognising the glimmers that bring the nervous system back to safety, and entering what I now lovingly call the no-f**ks era, not reckless or loud, but grounded, clear, and deeply self-trusting.This episode also holds space for real milestones alongside the quieter work, and explores why I'm not rushing into “my best year yet,” why I want 2026 to feel different, and why presence matters more than pressure in midlife.This final episode of the year is sponsored by Harriet Hills Nutrition, whose work aligns beautifully with this season of recalibration and care. Harriet is hosting the Re-Set | Re-Nourish: Luxury Wellness and Detox Day at the stunning Sopers House, a space created for women who are ready to pause, soften, and tend to themselves with intention. Not as a fix. Not as a punishment. But as an act of devotion.If you're ending this year feeling tired, reflective, quietly proud, or simply still standing, this episode is for you. You didn't fall behind. You survived the year that shaped you.Here's to the next chapter. One honest conversation at a time.For more slow rituals, gentle reminders, and reflections on becoming, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library, or join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

This episode is a gentle hand on your back for the moments when anxiety arrives quietly and takes up more space than you expected.In this Letters from Midlife conversation, I respond to a letter from a woman navigating that familiar midlife anxiety that seems to come from nowhere. The racing thoughts. The tight chest. The sense of being on edge, even when life looks fine on the outside.I talk about why anxiety can intensify in midlife, how hormonal shifts, accumulated stress, and nervous system overload often sit beneath it, and why this doesn't mean you're failing or going backwards. I share my own experiences of anxiety, the subtle signs I've learned to listen for, and the practices that help me come back into my body when my mind starts running ahead of me.This isn't about quick fixes or positive thinking. It's about understanding what anxiety is trying to tell you, learning how to soften your response to it, and rebuilding a sense of safety within yourself.If you've been feeling unsettled, restless, or not quite yourself lately, this episode will help you feel less alone and remind you that calm is something you can return to, gently and in your own time.Settle in. Breathe slowly. You're safe here.For more slow rituals, gentle reminders, and reflections on becoming, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library, or join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

This episode is for the woman who's done Christmas beautifully… but hasn't quite felt it.In this Letters from Midlife conversation, I'm sharing something quietly honest: despite the lights, the styling, the rituals, and the intention, Christmas didn't land for me this year. And instead of pushing myself to feel festive, I chose to let that truth breathe.I talk about what it's like when the season feels muted rather than magical, when you opt out of the noise, the events, and the expectations, and when Christmas becomes less of a celebration and more of a holding space. We explore the permission to enjoy cosiness without performance, presence without pressure, and stillness without explanation.This episode isn't about fixing your feelings or forcing joy. It's about honouring where you actually are, especially in midlife, when your inner landscape is shifting, and old traditions don't always fit the way they once did.If Christmas has felt quieter, heavier, or simply different for you this year, let this be your reminder: nothing is wrong with you. Sometimes the most sacred thing we can do is stop pretending and tell the truth.Settle in, breathe out, and listen gently.For more slow rituals, gentle reminders, and reflections on becoming, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library, or join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

Alyssa and  Molly McAleer from Mother May I Sleep with Podcast  travel back to the late 1890's/ early 1900's to discuss Chicago's Bluebeard Johann Hoch, a bigamist and murder whose crimes would be too much for a Lifetime Movie plot.    Show Notes: Second City Sinners New York Times: JOHANN HOCH HANGED, PROTESTING INNOCENCE; Wife Murderer's Lawyers to Test Denial of Stay in Last Hour. PRISONER FORCED DELAY Refused to Leave Death Cell Until Full Time Allowed by Sentence Was Run. Digital Library of Chicago History: John Schmidt, aka Johann Otto Hoch thought to have killed over 50 women.American Heritage: The Lady-killer CBS: Chicago Hauntings: The Sinister Men Who Were Executed At The Old Cook County Jail Gallows, And Sightings At The River North Firehouse Now In Its Place Chicago Tribune: WIVES OF HOCK FOUND ALL OVER.: Four More Listed by the New York Police Make Total of 37 Deluded Widows. EAST ALSO HIS PARISH. Much Married Man May Be Put on Way to Chicago This Morning on Extradition. Several Months in Landing One. Gets Her $900 and Skips. Will Demand His Punishment. May Be Still Another. Hock Again Is Remanded. Hock Flirts in Courtroom. Chicago Tribune: THIS HOCK WIFE OF HIS OWN KIND.: Mrs. Ranken, His Spouse in 1895, Said to Have Too Many Husbands. POLICE SEE THE RECORDS. Documents Indicate Bigamist Was Married Twice in Seven Months. Justice Shows Hock Marriages. Matrimonial Agent Is Accuser. O'Neill Informed of Warrant. Chicago Tribune: HOCK GLORIES IN MARITAL RECORD.: Thinks It Is Great Joke to Be Suspected of Murder of Many Wives, and Has a Happy Time. "WIDOWS HARD TO KEEP." Man "Explains" Sudden Deaths, Says He Is "Affectionate," and Tells of His Career, Which Began Early. Mysterious Powder in His Room. "GOt to suffer for Deserters," Sweatbox to Calin Him Down. Connoisseur of German Widows. Married Only Twice, He Says. It Is a Great Joke with Him. Angered by Talk of Poison.. "Disappointed" in Last Widow. Widows Weak, Savs Hock. Sava Police Are "Away Off." Adventurer Since Immigration. Taking Way with Widows. Chicago Headquarters for Years. Marriage "Ads" His Bait. New Wives in Quick Succession. Hopes He Can Meet the Woman. Doen Not Deny This Wife. Likes to Marry Sisters. Another One He "Can't Place." Explains Death of One More. Admits the Last Wives. Woman Sees Hock Again. Tells of Hammond Marriage. Still Kind to Her Husband. Will Get Startling Evidence. Chicago Tribune: ROMANCE IN HOCK CASE.: BLUEBEARD CAUSES JEALOUS RIVAL TO WARN WIDOW. Romance in Story. Rival Suitor Suspicious. Suspicions Result in Arrest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Letters from Midlife, I'm responding to a letter from a woman who's struggling with a shift so many of us experience in midlife, yet rarely speak about with real honesty: no longer recognising the woman looking back at us in the mirror.She writes about the weight, the softness, the bloating, the aches. About feeling like her body has changed overnight and wondering if this is normal, and how she's meant to feel at home in her body again.If you've ever looked in the mirror and felt a wave of grief, frustration, or quiet disbelief, this episode is for you.I talk openly about why these changes happen in midlife, what's actually going on beneath the surface, and why this isn't your body betraying you, but recalibrating for a new season. I share my own moments of feeling disconnected from my body, and the shift that changed everything for me: moving from fighting my body to listening to her.Inside this episode, I explore how to soften your relationship with your changing body, why focusing on support rather than shrinking matters more than ever, and how strength, rest, and compassion can help you feel grounded again in your own skin. We talk about grief too, because losing the body you once knew is real, and pretending otherwise only makes it heavier.This isn't about loving how you look overnight. It's about learning to treat your body as a partner instead of a problem, and beginning a kinder, steadier conversation with yourself.If your body feels unfamiliar right now, let this be your reminder: you are not behind, broken, or failing. You are becoming.And before I go, I want to share something that genuinely stopped me in my tracks. Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter has been listed as number 14 out of 70 on Feedspot's Top Lifestyle Design Podcasts.Number fourteen. Out of seventy. I had to read it twice.What makes this even sweeter is that this recognition originally came under my old podcast name, and once they reviewed the rebrand, they updated everything to reflect who I am now, this season, this voice, this work.It feels like a quiet confirmation from the universe: keep going. Your voice is landing exactly where it needs to.And honestly, I'm just grateful. Grateful that something I create from my lived experience is helping women in midlife feel seen, steady, and a little less alone.Here's to the next chapter, one honest conversation at a time.For more slow rituals, gentle reminders, and reflections on becoming, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library, or join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

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In this episode of Midlife by Design, I open the door on a season of letting go, of chasing, performing, and trying to keep up, and stepping gently into ease. After years of doing more, striving harder, I'm learning that my next chapter doesn't call for more hustle, but more softness.I talk about perimenopause, midlife shifts, and how sometimes the greatest act of courage is to slow down, trust your rhythm, and allow your work and life to grow in harmony with who you are becoming. It's not about grand leaps or dramatic reinventions. It's about refining, listening, and aligning with ease.If you've felt the pull away from old expectations and the longing for gentler living, this episode is for you. It's your reminder that endings don't always scar; sometimes, they open the way for your gentlest, most honest becoming yet.For reflections, rituals, and resources to support your becoming, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore the Digital Library, or join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

 In this episode of Letters from Midlife, I respond to a tender letter from a listener who writes, “I feel like I've outgrown my life, but I'm scared to change it.” It's a feeling so many women in midlife quietly carry, that sense of being pulled toward something new while still standing in the familiar.We explore what it means to sit in the in-between, when your old life still works on paper but no longer feels alive, and how to begin again without burning everything down. I share gentle, grounded ways to move through fear, reclaim clarity, and take small steps toward a life that feels more aligned, spacious and true.If you've been feeling the whisper of change but don't know where to start, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are, with softness, honesty, and practical guidance.For reflections, rituals, and resources to support your becoming, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore the Digital Library, or join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

In this episode of Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter, I speak to the quiet grief and gentle grace of realising that the woman we imagined we'd be, disciplined, early rising, ever-consistent, isn't always the woman midlife asks us to be.Perimenopause changes the rhythm. Energy shifts. Sleep becomes unpredictable. The morning routines we once clung to don't always fit anymore. And instead of forcing ourselves to perform, to perfect, to keep up, this season invites us to soften.This is a conversation about letting go of the idealised version of ourselves we've been measuring against, and learning instead to listen to our bodies, our needs, our natural pace. It's about trading perfection for presence, routine for rhythm, and doing for being.If you've been feeling like you're “failing” at consistency, this episode is your reminder that nothing is wrong with you. You are not behind. You are not losing yourself. You are learning to live from the inside out.For reflections, rituals, and resources to support your becoming, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore the Digital Library, or join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

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In this episode of Tea with Self, I talk about the quiet link between our inner world and our outer space. Sometimes it's not the room that feels messy, it's us. I share a simple moment in my living room that became a deeper realisation: the piles of “I'll sort this later,” the browser tabs, the unread messages… they weren't just clutter, they were signs that I'd been carrying too much. And how, when I slow down, clear a surface, light a candle, make the bed with intention, something in me settles too. This is an invitation to tend to yourself like you tend to your home. To open a window, soften a corner, set a boundary, choose gentleness over judgement, not as a performance of “self-care,” but as a way of saying: I belong here. You don't have to escape your life to start over. You can come home to yourself, right where you are, one small act of care at a time. For more slow rituals, gentle reminders, and reflections on becoming, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library, or join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

In this episode, I share an honest reflection on my perimenopausal journey, the physical shifts, the quiet lessons, and the deep gratitude that comes from finally listening to my body. What began as a dull ache in my hips has become a powerful teacher, reminding me that health is our truest wealth. From attending my first group physiotherapy session to rejoining the gym, this season of my life isn't about pushing through; it's about slowing down, honouring my limits, and moving from a place of care rather than correction. This episode is a gentle invitation to tune in to your own body's wisdom, to listen to its whispers before they become cries for attention, to nourish it, rest it, and thank it for carrying you this far. Because healing doesn't begin with grand change; it begins with one small promise kept to yourself. For reflections and free resources, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library. For more personal musings, join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

In this episode, I reflect on the gentle unfolding of October, a month that taught me about balance, release, and renewal. It wasn't a season of grand change, but of quiet transformation: a month of movement and stillness, expansion and rest, all coexisting in their own rhythm. From the Water Lantern Festival to turning 48, this month reminded me that midlife isn't a crisis, it's a conversation, one that asks for honesty, tenderness, and presence. I talk about what it means to take an honest inventory, to listen deeply to yourself, and to honour the small, sacred moments that shape us. If you've been feeling stretched or in transition, this episode is your invitation to pause, to reflect on what you've released, what you've made room for, and how you want to feel in the next season of your life. For reflections and free resources, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library. For more personal musings, join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

In this episode of Tea with Self, I share how a quiet week of decluttering became an unexpected act of homecoming. What started as clearing a few cupboards turned into a gentle ritual of release, of making space not just in my home, but within myself. Through letting go of what no longer serves, donating what can bless someone else, and even cleansing my home with sage and Palo Santo, I discovered that decluttering isn't really about tidiness, it's about energy, clarity, and coming back to centre. If you've been feeling disconnected or overwhelmed, this episode is your invitation to begin again, one drawer, one shelf, one soft breath at a time. Because sometimes, the path back to yourself begins with a single cleared space. For reflections and free resources, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library. For more personal musings, join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

In this episode, I share how one simple act, opening my banking app, became an unexpected moment of peace, clarity, and courage. It wasn't really about money; it was about facing myself. For years, I'd avoided looking too closely, afraid of what I might find. But when I finally did, I didn't feel shame or guilt; I felt relief. I realised that avoidance isn't about what we're avoiding, but about the stories we tell ourselves about it. This episode is a gentle reminder that real courage often lives in small, quiet moments, the ones where we finally turn toward what we fear and say, “I'm ready to see the truth now.” Because the truth, when met with softness, is never something to fear. It's what sets us free. For reflections and free resources, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library. For more personal musings, join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

In this episode of Tea with Self, I share what it feels like to be in the in-between, that tender space between who we were and who we're becoming. It's not always comfortable. It's quiet, reflective, and at times, achingly lonely. But it's also where the most honest growth begins. I talk about rediscovering the parts of myself I've dimmed in the name of strength and responsibility, the longing for connection and softness, and the reminder that this season isn't about reinventing myself, it's about returning. This is a reflection for anyone who feels in transition, who's tired of striving but not ready to give up. It's about learning to live without rushing to the next version, about resting in what's here, and trusting that clarity always follows space. For reflections and free resources, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library. For more personal musings, join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

In this special birthday episode of Tea with Self, I reflect on turning 48, not as another year passing, but as a homecoming. This year feels different: lighter, softer, more grounded in who I am. I'm no longer chasing; I'm simply being. I share the quiet lessons that have shaped me through the decades, that ageing isn't decline but deepening, that peace is found in presence, and that self-love is a daily devotion, not a destination. From letting go of old patterns to tending to myself with softness and grace, this is an episode about embracing the woman I've become while welcoming the one I'm still becoming. Because every year is both a continuation and a new beginning, a reminder that the best is yet to come, and that we are already whole, already enough, right here, right now. For reflections and free resources, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library. For personal musings, join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

In this episode of Tea with Self, I talk about my growing desire for less, not from scarcity, but from soul. Less noise, less proving, less rush. More meaning, more quiet, more space to breathe.Midlife has a way of showing us that peace doesn't come from having more, but from needing less. I share how I'm learning to move slower, root deeper, and choose simplicity as a way of coming home, to myself, to the seasons, and to what truly matters.This episode is an invitation to trade perfection for presence, performance for peace, and constant doing for gentle being. Because when we stop chasing “more,” we finally start to feel enough.For more reflections and free resources, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library. For personal musings, join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

Discover the latest book and audiobook apps that let you read, listen, and even borrow digital titles for free! From surprise updates to hidden features inside Apple Books, Kindle, Kobo, and more, get the essential scoop on what's changing for readers on iPhone. Deep dive on Apple Books: features, store, audiobooks, customization Kobo ecosystem: devices, app, syncing, Kobo Plus, unified reading/listening Kindle and Audible: app experience, syncing, subscriptions, accessibility options Libby library app: digital books, audiobooks, local library access, features News: iOS 26.0.1 bug fixes and updates Feedback: iPhone Air impressions, camera concerns, battery experience Shortcuts Corner: Attention Aware and notification automation limitations App Caps: Reverse Audio and Threes+ Apple Arcade game Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Discover the latest book and audiobook apps that let you read, listen, and even borrow digital titles for free! From surprise updates to hidden features inside Apple Books, Kindle, Kobo, and more, get the essential scoop on what's changing for readers on iPhone. Deep dive on Apple Books: features, store, audiobooks, customization Kobo ecosystem: devices, app, syncing, Kobo Plus, unified reading/listening Kindle and Audible: app experience, syncing, subscriptions, accessibility options Libby library app: digital books, audiobooks, local library access, features News: iOS 26.0.1 bug fixes and updates Feedback: iPhone Air impressions, camera concerns, battery experience Shortcuts Corner: Attention Aware and notification automation limitations App Caps: Reverse Audio and Threes+ Apple Arcade game Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Discover the latest book and audiobook apps that let you read, listen, and even borrow digital titles for free! From surprise updates to hidden features inside Apple Books, Kindle, Kobo, and more, get the essential scoop on what's changing for readers on iPhone. Deep dive on Apple Books: features, store, audiobooks, customization Kobo ecosystem: devices, app, syncing, Kobo Plus, unified reading/listening Kindle and Audible: app experience, syncing, subscriptions, accessibility options Libby library app: digital books, audiobooks, local library access, features News: iOS 26.0.1 bug fixes and updates Feedback: iPhone Air impressions, camera concerns, battery experience Shortcuts Corner: Attention Aware and notification automation limitations App Caps: Reverse Audio and Threes+ Apple Arcade game Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

In this episode of Midlife by Design: Tea with Self, I explore the quiet truth that real inner work isn't about fixing, it's about remembering. It's not a project or a performance; it's a homecoming. This reflection is for the woman in midlife who's tired of striving and ready to return to herself. I talk about what it means to soften into who we already are, to sit beside what aches, to listen beneath the noise, and to let healing move at the pace of roots. True transformation, I've learned, doesn't happen through grand gestures, but through the smallest acts of self-honouring, resting before the collapse, telling the truth even when your voice shakes, letting joy and grief both have space. This is what midlife has taught me: we don't need to perfect ourselves, only to return to who we've always been. For more reflections and free resources, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library. For personal musings, join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

In this episode of Tea with Self, I share a truth that surfaced quietly one sleepless night, a truth I didn't know I'd been resisting: I no longer want to do in-person work. Not because I'm giving up, but because I'm growing out of it. After years of holding space for others, through one-to-one sessions, group programmes, and live events, I've realised that the impact I once sought in rooms now lives through my words, my voice, and my energy. The connection remains, but the form has changed. This episode is about refinement, the art of releasing what no longer fits so you can honour what truly does. It's about recognising that your worth isn't measured by how much you give, but by how intentionally you live. Here's to becoming quieter, truer, and more precise in how we show up. Not chasing presence, but being it. For reflections and resources, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library. For more personal musings, join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

In this episode, I open up about my journey with mental health, not the picture-perfect version, but the real, messy, human one. There was a time when everything looked “fine” from the outside, but inside, I was quietly breaking. This is a story about learning that true strength isn't found in holding everything together, it's in allowing yourself to fall apart and meet what's there with compassion. It's about finding peace not through control or perfection, but through presence. I share the small, healing practices that helped me return to myself, slow mornings, silent tea rituals, therapy, journaling, and simply letting myself feel. If you've ever felt tired, disconnected, or unsure where to begin, I hope this reminds you that healing isn't a finish line. It's a rhythm, a gentle coming home to yourself, one breath, one choice at a time. For more reflections and resources, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore the Digital Library. And for personal musings, join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

In this episode of Tea with Self, I share the beginning of my 90 Days of Becoming, three months of aligning, simplifying, and showing up for myself with presence instead of pressure.October is about Gathering what nourishes me (and letting go of what doesn't), November will be Deepening, and December, Arrival.This isn't about chasing perfection or waiting for January 1st, it's about creating your own rhythm, your own timeline, your own Becoming. If you've been feeling behind, stuck, or stretched too thin, consider this your reminder: you're not late; you're right on time.For more inspiration, resources, and free tools to support your journey, visit Kiransinghuk.com and explore my Digital Library. And for more personal musings, join me on Substack at Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter.

Marilyn Oshana, team leader of the Ashurbanipal Library Project under the Assyrian Australian Association, told SBS that after years of dedicated effort, the new online Ashurbanipal Library will officially launch on 3 July 2025. According to Ms Oshana, the library now holds over 5,000 items, including books, journals, documents, and audiovisual materials. A significant portion of the printed collection has already been digitised. She also announced that two new books will be officially launched on the same day.

In Transformismo, M. Myrta Leslie Santana draws on years of embedded research within Cuban trans/queer communities to analyze how transformistas, or drag performers, understand their roles in the social transformation of the island. Once banned and censored in Cuba, transformismo, or drag performance, is now state-sponsored events. Transformismo suggests that these performances are making critical interventions in Cuban trans/queer life and politics and in doing so, the volume offers critical insight into how Cuba's postsocialist reform has exacerbated racial, sexual, and economic inequalities. Leslie Santana argues that mainstream trans/queer nightlife in Cuba is entangled with the island's tourism economy, which has shaped the aesthetics and social makeup of transformismo in coastal Havana, which largely caters to foreigners. Leslie Santana considers how Black lesbian and transgender transformistas are expanding understandings of sexual selfhood and politics on the island, particularly questioning the ways that Black women's creativity is prominently featured in the aesthetics of tourism and trans/queer nightlife, while Black women themselves are denied social and material capital. M. Myrta Leslie Santana is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California San Diego. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

In Transformismo, M. Myrta Leslie Santana draws on years of embedded research within Cuban trans/queer communities to analyze how transformistas, or drag performers, understand their roles in the social transformation of the island. Once banned and censored in Cuba, transformismo, or drag performance, is now state-sponsored events. Transformismo suggests that these performances are making critical interventions in Cuban trans/queer life and politics and in doing so, the volume offers critical insight into how Cuba's postsocialist reform has exacerbated racial, sexual, and economic inequalities. Leslie Santana argues that mainstream trans/queer nightlife in Cuba is entangled with the island's tourism economy, which has shaped the aesthetics and social makeup of transformismo in coastal Havana, which largely caters to foreigners. Leslie Santana considers how Black lesbian and transgender transformistas are expanding understandings of sexual selfhood and politics on the island, particularly questioning the ways that Black women's creativity is prominently featured in the aesthetics of tourism and trans/queer nightlife, while Black women themselves are denied social and material capital. M. Myrta Leslie Santana is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California San Diego. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In Transformismo, M. Myrta Leslie Santana draws on years of embedded research within Cuban trans/queer communities to analyze how transformistas, or drag performers, understand their roles in the social transformation of the island. Once banned and censored in Cuba, transformismo, or drag performance, is now state-sponsored events. Transformismo suggests that these performances are making critical interventions in Cuban trans/queer life and politics and in doing so, the volume offers critical insight into how Cuba's postsocialist reform has exacerbated racial, sexual, and economic inequalities. Leslie Santana argues that mainstream trans/queer nightlife in Cuba is entangled with the island's tourism economy, which has shaped the aesthetics and social makeup of transformismo in coastal Havana, which largely caters to foreigners. Leslie Santana considers how Black lesbian and transgender transformistas are expanding understandings of sexual selfhood and politics on the island, particularly questioning the ways that Black women's creativity is prominently featured in the aesthetics of tourism and trans/queer nightlife, while Black women themselves are denied social and material capital. M. Myrta Leslie Santana is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California San Diego. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latin-american-studies

In Transformismo, M. Myrta Leslie Santana draws on years of embedded research within Cuban trans/queer communities to analyze how transformistas, or drag performers, understand their roles in the social transformation of the island. Once banned and censored in Cuba, transformismo, or drag performance, is now state-sponsored events. Transformismo suggests that these performances are making critical interventions in Cuban trans/queer life and politics and in doing so, the volume offers critical insight into how Cuba's postsocialist reform has exacerbated racial, sexual, and economic inequalities. Leslie Santana argues that mainstream trans/queer nightlife in Cuba is entangled with the island's tourism economy, which has shaped the aesthetics and social makeup of transformismo in coastal Havana, which largely caters to foreigners. Leslie Santana considers how Black lesbian and transgender transformistas are expanding understandings of sexual selfhood and politics on the island, particularly questioning the ways that Black women's creativity is prominently featured in the aesthetics of tourism and trans/queer nightlife, while Black women themselves are denied social and material capital. M. Myrta Leslie Santana is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California San Diego. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies

In Transformismo, M. Myrta Leslie Santana draws on years of embedded research within Cuban trans/queer communities to analyze how transformistas, or drag performers, understand their roles in the social transformation of the island. Once banned and censored in Cuba, transformismo, or drag performance, is now state-sponsored events. Transformismo suggests that these performances are making critical interventions in Cuban trans/queer life and politics and in doing so, the volume offers critical insight into how Cuba's postsocialist reform has exacerbated racial, sexual, and economic inequalities. Leslie Santana argues that mainstream trans/queer nightlife in Cuba is entangled with the island's tourism economy, which has shaped the aesthetics and social makeup of transformismo in coastal Havana, which largely caters to foreigners. Leslie Santana considers how Black lesbian and transgender transformistas are expanding understandings of sexual selfhood and politics on the island, particularly questioning the ways that Black women's creativity is prominently featured in the aesthetics of tourism and trans/queer nightlife, while Black women themselves are denied social and material capital. M. Myrta Leslie Santana is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California San Diego. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

In Transformismo, M. Myrta Leslie Santana draws on years of embedded research within Cuban trans/queer communities to analyze how transformistas, or drag performers, understand their roles in the social transformation of the island. Once banned and censored in Cuba, transformismo, or drag performance, is now state-sponsored events. Transformismo suggests that these performances are making critical interventions in Cuban trans/queer life and politics and in doing so, the volume offers critical insight into how Cuba's postsocialist reform has exacerbated racial, sexual, and economic inequalities. Leslie Santana argues that mainstream trans/queer nightlife in Cuba is entangled with the island's tourism economy, which has shaped the aesthetics and social makeup of transformismo in coastal Havana, which largely caters to foreigners. Leslie Santana considers how Black lesbian and transgender transformistas are expanding understandings of sexual selfhood and politics on the island, particularly questioning the ways that Black women's creativity is prominently featured in the aesthetics of tourism and trans/queer nightlife, while Black women themselves are denied social and material capital. M. Myrta Leslie Santana is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California San Diego. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

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Subscribe, Rate, & Comment on YouTube • Apple Podcasts • Spotify If you value this series, please consider becoming a patron here on Substack or with tax-deductible donations at every.org/humansontheloop (you'll get perks either way).Our next members hangout will be Saturday Feb 15th at 3 pm Mountain Time and I would love to see you in the mix! Expect details on how to join the call by Friday.About This EpisodeWe live in a time defined by the agency of what author, critic, and teacher Howard Rheingold famously described as “tools for thought” — media that expand our minds and enhance our ability to learn and collaborate, both for good and ill. But just because we're on the Web doesn't make us “net smart”, another term from Rheingold's extensive catalogue of pithy idioms. As anyone with a pocket supercomputer can attest, having information on tap doesn't necessarily result in better attention management, boost our critical thinking, or confer a greater capacity to engage in prosocial collective action…but we can choose to allocate ourselves to developing the skills we need to thrive on this electronic frontier. And who better to help us than Rheingold himself, a legendary figure whose reporting and counsel from the frothy edge can teach us all great volumes about how to deepen our humanity in technologically-augmented worlds.Disclaimer: the audio and video on Howard's end of the recording drifted unevenly and sometimes minutes away from each other…and while I put in several extra days of effort to repair it all, you will notice moments where they don't line up. Project Links• Read the project pitch & planning doc• Dig into the full episode and essay archives• Join the online commons for Wisdom x Technology on Discord + Bluesky + X• Join the open, listener-moderated Future Fossils Discord Server• Contact me if you have questions (patron rewards, sponsorship, collaboration, etc.)• Browse the HOTL reading list and support local booksellersChapters0:00:00 - Teaser0:01:50 - Intro0:07:15 - Howard's Story0:15:59 - Technology as Psychedelic & The New Selves of The Web0:26:42 - Attention Management as A 21st Century Literacy0:39:29 - Making Life Online a Lucid Dream0:52:17 - New Architectures of Participation1:01:51 - The Importance of Art & Play1:12:16 - Making Room for Innovation1:17:05 - Howard's Guest Recommendations1:18:24 - Thanks & AnnouncementsHoward's LinksWebsite | Patreon | X | Mastodon | WikipediaAttention: And Other 21st Century LiteraciesNet Smart @ Google Tech Talks (video)Tools for Thought: The History & Future of Mind-Expanding Technology (also on Digital Library for The Commons)Net Smart: How to Thrive Online (also on JSTOR)The Peeragogy Handbook (also public domain)Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution (PDF here)Virtual Reality (also on Internet Archive)The Virtual Community: Homesteading on The Electronic Frontier (also on Internet Archive)Pataphysics.usMentioned Books & PapersDouglas Engelbart - Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual FrameworkLinda Stone - Beyond Simple Multi-Tasking: Continuous Partial AttentionJacques Ellul - The Technological SocietyRegina Rini - Deepfakes and The Epistemic BackstopPuja Ohlhaver, Vitalik Buterin, Glen Weyl - Decentralized Society: Finding Web3's SoulJoseph Henrich - The Secret of Our SuccessElinor Ostrom - Governing The Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective ActionJ. Stephen Lansing - Perfect Order: Recognizing Complexity in BaliAnanyo Bhattacharya - The Man from The Future: The Visionary Life of John von NeumannGarrett Hardin - The Tragedy of The CommonsManuel Castells - The Rise of The Network SocietyAnnie Murphy Paul - The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the BrainMentioned People & InstitutionsTimothy LearyJoe KamiyaAlan KayClay ShirkyRichard DoyleRay KurzweilLinda StoneIain McGilchristClifford Nass Stanislas DehaeneTim O'ReillyCory DoctorowAndreas WagnerDavid PasiakDave SnowdenMircea EliadeEd CatmullJohn LasseterAlan TuringXeroc PARCScientific AmericanThe WELLThe Whole Earth ReviewThe Institute For The FutureThe Macarthur FoundationNapsterBurning ManHewlett PackardPixarIndustrial Light & MagicLucasfilmStanford Institute for Innovations in LearningGuest RecommendationsJoe HenrichAnnie Murphy PaulBrian AlexanderAthena Aktipis This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe

It's finally arrived: our digital library archive is now open in early access! Our library team: library director Phil Salvador, director of technology Travis Brown, and artist and engineer Amanda Cifaldi all join foundation director Frank Cifaldi and show producer Robin Kunimune to celebrate and discuss the years-long project sampling just a portion of our physical collection. We highlight the library's role in facilitating video game research, the importance of fair use, the novel tools and infrastructure we created in this process, legal and ethical considerations, and future plans for and potential of this digital archive. *This episode has a follow-up bonus episode available to our paid tier Patreon members. Digital Archive: archive.gamehistory.org Library Catalog: library.gamehistory.org You can listen to the Video Game History Hour every other Wednesday on Patreon (one day early at the $5 tier and above), on Spotify, or on our website. Video Game History Foundation: Email: podcast@gamehistory.org Website: gamehistory.org Support us on Patreon: /gamehistoryorg

How Black and white Cubans navigated issues of race, politics, and identity during the post-Civil War and early Jim Crow eras in South Florida. On July 4, 1876, during the centennial celebration of US independence, the city of Key West was different from other cities. In some of post–Civil War Florida, Black residents were hindered from participating in 4th of July festivities, but Key West's celebration, “led by a Cuban revolutionary mayor working in concert with a city council composed of Afro-Bahamians, Cubans, African Americans, and Anglos,” represented a profound exercise in interracial democracy amid the Radical Reconstruction era. Constructing Cuban America: Race and Identity in Florida's Caribbean South, 1868–1945 (U Texas Press, 2024) examines the first Cuban American communities in South Florida—Key West and Tampa—and how race played a central role in shaping the experiences of white and Black Cubans. Andrew Gomez argues that factors such as the Cuban independence movement and Radical Reconstruction produced interracial communities of Cubans that worked alongside African Americans and Afro-Bahamians in Florida, yielding several successes in interracial democratic representation, even as they continued to wrestle with elements of racial separatism within the Cuban community. But the conclusion of the Cuban War of Independence and early Jim Crow laws led to a fracture in the Cuban-American community. In the process, both Black and white Cubans posited distinct visions of Cuban-American identity. Andrew Gomez is an associate professor of history at the University of Puget Sound. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies