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Dr. Brandy Nunez is a microbiologist, a veterinarian, a mother, a live electronic musician and an aspiring astronaut. She is CEO of Mobile Veterinary Services, Inc, based in Orange County, CA. Her formal education is in microbiology/chemistry, with an emphasis on novel therapeutic discovery. She then obtained her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the Western University of Health Sciences. After several years of clinical and emergency work, Dr. Nunez opened her own mobile practice, focusing on underserved populations. “I forge my own path. That’s how I’m going to get to space, too.” -Dr. Brandy on the Casual Space Podcast with Beth Mund In addition to her love of science, Dr. Nunez is a lifelong musician and multi-instrumentalist. She often uses samples and recordings from space incorporated into her compositions. She is co-founder of the Southern California Synth Society; whose purpose is to educate and facilitate interest in electronic music through open synthesizer performances, modular DIY builds and community events targeting women and people of color. She performs live music at venues around Los Angeles under the moniker, Space Racer. Her new project aims to launch a DIY satellite into orbit for recording sonic data to be used in future compositions. Her other interests include astrobiology, botany/horticulture, hydroponic garden design and urban farming. She enjoys T’ai Chi practice, creative writing and spending time with family. Her goal is to continue her scientific research and music composition on the moon. Find Brandy On Instagram at @space_racer_ On Soundcloud as spaceracer and Support Brandy on her journey to become an astronaut at: space_racer_ and find out more about her competition at: https://advancingx.com/careerastronauts/
Ryan interviews singer/songwriter Brandy Clark about her newest release, Your Life Is A Record, and talks about what it was like writing songs with Kacey Musgraves, Sheryl Crow, and many more. She also performs an exclusive version of her single, "Bigger Boat."Find Brandy online: https://www.brandyclarkmusic.com/
Writer and podcaster Brandi Ferner tells us about an embarrassing moment she experienced in the happiest place on earth, Target. I also have included some more depth of conversation on things we discuss in episode 29. My Guest: Brandy is a mother, wife, and the creator of the Adult Conversation podcast, social media pages, and blog. Her writing has been featured in Good Morning America, HuffPost, Romper, CafeMom, TODAY Parents, and more. She has a book coming out in May of this year, also called "Adult Conversation: A Novel" - it's a darkly humorous novel about the relentlessness of modern motherhood, as the main character questions, "Am I broken, or is motherhood?" In addition to writing and fulfilling her kids’ endless snack requests, she's spent the past decade working as a doula, childbirth educator, and birth trauma mentor, ushering clients through the intense transition into motherhood. The insight gained from watching moms crack wide open — literally and figuratively — and her own experience as an independent woman who suddenly traded autonomy for snuggles, led her to say out loud the things that mothers are thinking. Sometimes it’s serious, sometimes it’s comedic, but it’s always honest. She currently live in Southern California, and her love language is sleep. Find Brandy's blog, book and podcast at her website, AdultConversation.com. Follow her Facebook page, Adult Conversation Parenting and join her robust community! Find Julie on Instagram @adultconversation. Preorder Brandy's book, Adult Conversation, a novel here! Reminders: Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun! The question of the week is "What is your most embarrassing high school memory?" Click the Subscribe button so you don't miss a single episode! Leave a rating and written review! Click here and follow the step by step instructions. I will be forever grateful!!! If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at notfancy@fancyfreepodcast.com! Do it. It'll be fun! The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter! Wednesday we feature Cydni Beer of Instagram's @cydbeer. She tells us 3 HILARIOUS dating stories! Next week, we feature Brandi Wiatrak of the Mom After Hours podcast! She tells us about an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction and bodily function. Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look! ~Joanne
Writer and podcaster Brandi Ferner tells us about an embarrassing moment that she is sure ruined a stranger's labor experience, tells us about another embarrassing moment that made her quit gymnastics, fills us in on how not to sneak-carry a tampon to the bathroom in a cheerleader uniform, and reveals how she managed to embarrass her 7th grade sex ed teacher. She is loving the podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend and the book All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and and the Myth of Equal Partnership. She lets us in on something about her we'd never know by looking and shares the two best pieces of advice she's ever been given. To listen to her interview the friend who gave her the awesome advice, check out her Adult Conversations episodes starring Kathie here, here, and here. My Guest:Brandy is a mother, wife, and the creator of the Adult Conversation podcast, social media pages, and blog. Her writing has been featured in Good Morning America, HuffPost, Romper, CafeMom, TODAY Parents, and more. She has a book coming out in May of this year, also called "Adult Conversation: A Novel" - it's a darkly humorous novel about the relentlessness of modern motherhood, as the main character questions, "Am I broken, or is motherhood?" In addition to writing and fulfilling her kids’ endless snack requests, she's spent the past decade working as a doula, childbirth educator, and birth trauma mentor, ushering clients through the intense transition into motherhood. The insight gained from watching moms crack wide open — literally and figuratively — and her own experience as an independent woman who suddenly traded autonomy for snuggles, led her to say out loud the things that mothers are thinking. Sometimes it’s serious, sometimes it’s comedic, but it’s always honest. She currently live in Southern California, and her love language is sleep. Find Brandy's blog, book and podcast at her website, AdultConversation.com. Follow her Facebook page, Adult Conversation Parenting and join her robust community! Find Julie on Instagram @adultconversation. Preorder Brandy's book, Adult Conversation, a novel here! Reminders: Join Fancy Free's private Facebook Group! It's so much fun! The question of the week is "What is your most embarrassing high school memory?" Click the Subscribe button so you don't miss a single episode! Leave a rating and written review! Click here and follow the step by step instructions. I will be forever grateful!!! If you have your own not-so-fancy story to tell, email me at notfancy@fancyfreepodcast.com! Do it. It'll be fun! The best way to help Fancy Free reach more listeners is to tell a friend about it. Share the laughter! Wednesday we feature Cydni Beer of Instagram's @cydbeer. She tells us 3 HILARIOUS dating stories! Next week, we feature Brandi Wiatrak of the Mom After Hours podcast! She tells us about an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction and bodily function. Thanks so much for listening, have a great week, and remember NO ONE is as fancy as they look! ~Joanne
We invited Brandy Dawley, practicing witch, over to talk about Sabbats in the Wheel of the Year. And we ended chatting about so much more! Find Brandy on Instagram @theoverlady Brought to you By: The Sonar Network
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today is the FINAL installment of this Learning How to Live Series -- which makes this the END of Season 4! What I tried to do, and hope I accomplished, was take the categories we’ve been discussing these past few weeks and show how they play out in my own life – not because the way I do it is the one right way, but simply because it’s always useful to have an example of how this might work. I hope you find it helpful as we look at different ways to learn in the midst of busy days! Thank you for joining me this season. Please make sure you're subscribed so that you're notified when AfterCast come back after the break. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today is NOT just a review. Yes, we walk through everything we’ve learned over this huge series and remind ourselves of the amazingly numerous possibilities. But the point isn’t the review – the point is to think of these as categories and then discover what similar options exist for us today. I think you’ll find some real gems to help keep you learning in the midst of your busy days. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today we begin to end our Learning How to Live series. We’re heading toward application. Before we get too practical, we need to discuss the WHY. Why keep learning? There are some good reasons to learn and some bad or insufficient reasons to learn, and it takes wisdom to know the difference. Listen up for an exploration of the heart of self-education. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today we continue with our Learning How to Live series. Up until this point, we’ve mostly talked about things that can be done privately – reading books and magazines and such. This time, we take a look at communal activities like meetings and conferences. There’s some information here that you won’t want to miss! *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today we continue with our Learning How to Live series by discussing magazines and the part they played in the education of Charlotte Mason’s parents and teachers. Do you think magazines can play a part today? Is there anything else that might be similar? Listen up to find out! *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today, we take a look at something called Mother Culture. If you found the idea of a Mothers’ Education Course, which we talked about in Episodes 27 and 28, overwhelming, this is the solution for you. Make sure you listen to the end so you hear all about the freebie tracker I offer that makes Mother Culture even more fun. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To get your Mother Culture Habit Tracker, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today, I’m interrupting our Charlotte Mason series to bring you this season’s special conversation. Brittney McGann is back with me today; I hope you recognize her from last season. Brittney has been studying Charlotte Mason for over seven years. Mason’s philosophy embodies all the things Brittney loved about her own upbringing and everything she would have wished for in her education, had she known it was possible. Brittney hosted the Grace to Build Retreat in Black Mountain, North Carolina for three years and has presented workshops at multiple Charlotte Mason conferences. These days she is teaching her three children, leading two Charlotte Mason groups and working with her husband to restore native plants to their 3.5 acres. Today, Brittney and I discuss the "Mother’s Compass". We talk about working within limitations -- for both ourselves and our children. It’s a great discussion you won’t want to miss! *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today’s episode is our second on Charlotte Mason’s Mothers’ Education Course. If you recall, last episode we talked about the HISTORY of the course. This time, we’re looking at the content of the course and also asking a few questions about what it’d look like to build a course for today’s mothers. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Are you ready to take a look at Charlotte Mason’s Mothers’ Education Course? Before we talk content, we need to know our history, and I think you’ll find this lesson particularly interesting. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today’s episode is super short, but still worth hearing. We briefly speculate on what lectures at Miss mason’s college might have contained, and generally take one last look around at life at Ambleside. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
In today’s installment of our Learning How To Live series, we take a close look at what it was like for the students who went to Ambleside and studied under Charlotte Mason. Have you ever wondered what it was like for a governess at the training school? Stay tuned to find out! *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today, we're taking a look at Charlotte Mason’s personal habits. She was quite the well-read lady, and it turns out this didn’t happen by accident. Let’s check out what Miss Mason did and think about how we can make better choices with our time. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Welcome to Season 4 of AfterCast! I'm so glad you're here! Today, we're kicking off a new series of episodes. This whole season is going to have one focus: continuing our education as homeschool teachers. To think about that, we're going to discuss all the ways Charlotte Mason and her comrades continued their educations. But first, we need to start at the beginning: what does it mean to have the heart of Charlotte Mason teacher? How does a Charlotte Mason teacher flourish? Listen to find out! *** To read the transcript of today's episode, click here. To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
For this final episode of the season, we’re tackling some tough questions: why are names like classical education and great conversation so difficult to define? Is Charlotte Mason for everyone? And what does it mean to duplicate a tradition in a living way? *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
In a Charlotte Mason education, there is no specialization. All students are to study all subjects. The question is WHY? Today, we’re going to take a look at some possible reasons using Socrates, Aristotle, MBTI, and some lesson Miss Mason teaches us in her book Formation of Character. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today’s episode is a crossover episode with the Charlotte Mason Poetry Podcast, and I’m chatting with CMP’s very own Brittney McGann! Brittney and I read the book Bandersnatch together – it was an excellent read (I highly recommend it) and a great place to start for a conversation about conflict in community. Join us today as we learn lessons from how the Inklings succeeded … and also failed ... and learn from them about building a healthy community. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
So, you figured out something is wrong with your homeschool. Good. The question is what to do next. A lot of us find it paralyzing to discover our imperfections. Today, we’re devising an action plan to get moving. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Charlotte Mason prescribe a “broad and generous education” for her students. For a variety of reasons, this can be a daunting task. Today, we’re taking a look at one of the biggest obstacles to implementing this sort of education: OURSELVES. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
We all have ideals, opinions, and expectations of our governing leaders---and sadly, often those ideals are not met because we elect “politicians.” Today’s show is about change---real change that can happen when the voice of the people is truly heard by community leaders and when the needs of every segment of the community are addressed and improved. This conversation is a breath of fresh air. Brandy Brooks genuinely has the heart and the determination to make these changes into reality--for the good of ALL the people. Brandy Brooks is an organizer and educator who has spent nearly 15 years working on social, environmental and economic justice. Her areas of focus include community organizing and empowerment, community-based design, land use planning, food justice, and food sovereignty. She currently works as the Leadership Development Organizer for Progressive Maryland. Brandy has served on multiple nonprofit boards and planning committees locally and nationally. She continues to speak at local and national events on community design, community-based food systems, and cooperative development. Brandy’s civic and professional leadership have been recognized through numerous awards and fellowships. We are taught that we are powerless to change the systems that govern us, but Brandy strives to help people reclaim their power and break down false narratives that are used to divide, dehumanize, and control us. Her hope is to provide a “people-powered democracy” where the needs, hopes, and dreams of all are valued. In her words, “I want us to live into our boldest visions for a renewed, healed, and liberated world where we can all live in peace, love, and dignity.” Brandy recently ran as a candidate for Montgomery County Council-At-Large in Maryland. Even though society tells her as a woman of color that she has a certain “place,” she says her life has a calling and she has a destiny to fulfill. Her goal is to “do politics” differently in a way that engages people in organizing them to tell their stories and experiences and build the vision they want in the world. Brandy’s theme is “relational politics,” based on how we build trust, protect each other, understand benefits and drawbacks, and make choices. When things in our society are broken, it ultimately comes down to fundamentally broken relationships. Unfortunately, some groups want to maintain power over others and keep groups of people “disconnected by design.” You’ll be inspired by Brandy’s account of the moment when she realized she could not remain in the shadows any longer. She is open and transparent about her battle to maintain mental health in the face of depression. Brandy is an advocate for others who face mental health stigma and have been shamed and blamed. People need support in whatever their needs are, and they need to choose a space of freedom. Brandy’s other passions include improving “out-of-whack” relationships with farming, food, education, and community healing. Brandy dreams of building “a world that matches our values – a world where justice and love and dignity and care for one another are the bedrock for how we govern ourselves.” Resources: http://brandy4montgomery.com Find Brandy on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @brandy4moco
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
If you’re thinking that because Charlotte Mason prescribed short lessons, this means your high schooler should only do 20 minutes of math, you’re thinking wrong! Today, we’re doing a deep dive into what we mean when we say “short lessons.” *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
Marcy & AJ welcome Brandy Middleton this week. Brandy is a wellness advocate, "Money Mindset Mentor" and Accountant. Brandy has helped kick start Marcy's path to financial freedom and shares tips for cutting costs, increasing income and will hopefully motivate you to adjust your money mindset. Cut the cable off, get a Britta filtered water and listen up to what she has to say! They say never to talk about money in public, but in this case, we disagree. Find Brandy online at: https://www.instagram.com/brandy.middleton and take your money mindset to new heights! Find Midlife Makeover online! Follow https://www.instagram.com/midlifemakeoverpodcast/ on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook! You can find Marcy on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/themarcyminute & AJ too at https://www.instagram.com/askajanything. Become a Patron by supporting us through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/midlifemakeover Email us questions and comments to midlifemakeoverpodcast@gmail.com! Please rate and review us on iTunes and Facebook!
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It’s easy to say that our children should read hard books, but what does that look like in practice? Do we just throw them into the deep end and hope for the best? No! There’s actually a lot we can do to help, which is our topic for today. *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Are you feeling the pressure to change things in your homeschool because there are new, hip curricula on the market? Or maybe it's the opposite -- you're tempted to hang on to something that isn't really working? Either way, this episode is for you! *** To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Is YOUR child reading a hard book right now? Is he really struggling? Is your mommy heart going out to him, tempting you to let him drop the book? It’s completely normal to feel this way… BUT … before you let him drop the book, let’s think through the situation a bit. Sometimes, we need to drop a book. But lots of times, we don’t. It takes wisdom to know the difference. To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Children are born persons. — Charlotte Mason’s First Principle of Education In today's episode, we're digging deeply into this principle. What does it mean? What are its limitations? How do we apply (or misapply) this principle? To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today's episode discusses something I picked up in Charlotte Mason's book, Home Education ... that IDEAS are the food of the MIND. What are the implications of this? What about when children are limited in their ability to read and discover ideas for themselves? How does this change the way that we treat our children? To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
Today's episode isn't about homeschooling, unless you count the fact that it's part of my series, The Low-Energy Mom's Guide to Homeschooling. Life continues, even though we're homeschooling, and sometimes life gets ugly. Let's talk about why that is. To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!
AfterCast: An Audio Companion for the Classical, Charlotte Mason Mama
In today’s episode, I have a bit of debate with a chapter in Clark and Jain’s book, The Liberal Arts Tradition. I love what they said in terms of philosophy, but I don’t think they took the practical implementation of their philosophy nearly far enough. I tried to provide what I think is a helpful push in the right direction. To access the posts and show notes for this podcast, click here. To support the show, click here. Find Brandy on Facebook. Find Brandy on Instagram. Thanks for being an Afterthinker!