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Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova.  This week I am thrilled to bring you this episode of the What's Next! Podcast, an encore of my LinkedIn Live chat with Erica Dhawan. Erica is a 21st century collaboration expert and keynote speaker who has studied human innovation and collaboration for over 15 years. She's written two books on collaboration, communication, and teamwork, Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence and Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance. I am so excited to bring you this episode with Erica Dhawan on the What's Next! Podcast!     THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… everyone navigating a digital environment, work emails, remote work, and colleagues with differing, digital communication styles.    TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… The integration of traditional body language and digital body language matters now more than ever as we move to more hybrid forms of remote work and remote communication, across different digital communication styles and preferences.     WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Erica believes we need to approach hosting virtual meetings like TV show hosts, and aim for more thoughtfulness, not more haste.    Running time: 36:08     Subscribe on iTunes    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSUmm8rRNf0     Find Tiffani on social:  Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn     Find Erica online:  Twitter  LinkedIn  Instagram  YouTube    Digital Body Language Book  Get Big Things Done Book 

Today I'm welcoming Natalia Walker from Inner Creative to The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast to talk all about unlocking our inspiration and the 'doubly smart' approach to setting goals that make us happy.What really excited me about my conversation with Natalia was her approach to goal-setting that centers self-care around the goals themselves, rather than the traditional techniques that often rely on (or result in) push, punishment, guilt and shame.Specifically, Natalia shares with us her unique take on SMART goal setting (it's not what you think and Natalia's take on this is INSPIRING!) and how ensuring that we are supported (internally and externally) in our pursuit of what makes us happy is vital in the process.Natalia shares:> why self-kindness doesn't equate to laziness> why knowing what makes us happy is important (but maybe also not immediately obvious)> the importance of starting small when it comes to moving toward our goals> the role of creating a 'container' to support our goal pursuits> how we can work with our 'resistance to starting' and her approach to failure (it's not the end of the road)> how we can use our body as a barometer and the importance of noticing how we feel.All this and more! I loved chatting with Natalia and am thrilled to share this conversation with you.More about Natalia: Inner Creative is all about empowering you to harness your creativity and inner wisdom, so you can create a life or business that feels more inspired and authentic to you. Live and work to your fullest potential! You can find out more about Natalia and her work via her website.Find Erica on her website, on Instagram and Facebook.

So happy to welcome Jessica Patching-Bunch back to The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast! Jess joined me back on episode 70 to talk all about stress resilience and today we're picking up the conversation and talking about the internal stress we experience from self-judgement. Self-judgement is a thing. Do you do it? I do. And it can be incredibly stressful. So, what can we do about it?In this episode I chat with Jess and she shares with us:> how self doubt, shame and blame impact our ability to trust that we can manage external threat and stress> how our nervous system 'learns' from our reactions to stress (and how we can use this to our advantage)> the importance of understanding what variables we can manage and how to use the breath to help us manage both our psychology and physiology in response to stress> why practising in the 'off season' can help us in times of stress> why we want to complete the stress cycle daily (and how to do that)> why small windows of time and simple practices count!Tune in to hear our full conversation, then come connect with us and share your thoughts!Find Jess via her website and Instagram and tune into her podcast - Brain Body Resilience and tune into our previous episode of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast (ep 70)Find Erica via her website, Instagram and Facebook.

Today Lori Curran of The Humble Nook joins me to talk about motherhood and how it has changed us, challenged us and transformed us (and continues to do so!) In our candid conversation we chat about:> the impact of our own expectations - what we told ourselves we should be doing, feeling and achieving> how feeling scrutinised impacts our experience> feeling lost and how we each navigated this> the impact of post-baby (and pre-baby) body-image> the ways movement and exercise sometimes hindered us from feeling good in our bodies (and the times they helped)> the impact of feeling 'not enough'> understanding the role of agency and choice and being honest about what we really need.It should be noted that this conversation is potentially triggering and is in no way intended as advice or therapy. If you are struggling and need support, you can contact the following organisations:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636PANDA (Perinatal mental health): 1300 726 306Learn more about Lori and her work on her website and Instagram.Find Erica on her website, Instagram and Facebook.You can also tune into episode 54 of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast when Lori was a guest for the first time.Remember - your subscriptions, ratings and reviews mean so much! You can leave one on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you tune in.

Episode 24 - On today's episode, my guest Erica Bazzell and I had a beautiful conversation about dropping the diet culture in our society and how eating well or exercising well means having it all perfectly put together. We also talked about how we decide to take care of our mental and physical wellness, and our body follows suit because it knows best. Erica started Power of 3 Wellness in 2012 as a personal training service.  Over the past almost ten years, it has evolved to include massage therapy, nutrition, and health coaching.  She strives to help women regain control of their energy, their health, and their lives.  There is no cookie-cutter, quick-fix model to help everyone the same way.  Wellness has to come from an individualized place of transformation.  She currently lives in Buffalo, NY, with her husband, fur children, and a baby girl on the way! Find Erica on her Website, Instagram, and Facebook. Join Victoria in the Facebook Community, Living and Parenting By Design. Find free resources and schedule your Human Design Guidance reading on the website. Follow Victoria on Instagram at @victoria__armijo and @humandesignbyvictoria, where she talks about Holistic Health, Living, and Parenting through Human Design as a Certified Human Design Guide and Health Coach.

Join us for a conversation with Tehseen Noorani and Erica Fletcher where we discuss the origins and highlights of the Psychedelics, Madness, and Awakening Conference, as well as each interviewee’s personal research and links to these subjects. Topics we cover include: Why madness is excluded from psychedelic therapy and left outside the emerging conversation, and how to involve mad folks in these conversations Community harm reduction responses to spiritual awakening, and harm reduction with psychedelics The consequences of psychedelic exclusion criteria How themes of overground and underground experimentation and healing show up in each participant’s research And more! About Tehseen Noorani and Erica Hua Fletcher: Tehseen is an independent researcher in the final stages of a five-year postdoctoral project documenting how 'psychedelic' and ‘psychotic’ experiences, practices and histories are connected.  This has involved an ethnography of the overground and underground experimentation happening with, (1) psychedelics, including leading qualitative research with the psychedelics research team at Johns Hopkins University, and (2) madness, including as a long-standing ally of the Hearing Voices Network, and more recent membership of the Hearing The Voice project. His book - planned for publication in 2021 - puts these twinned sites into conversation, locating their joint possibilities within the raced and gendered politics of contemporary drug-taking and spirit-making.   Erica is a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the co-chair of the Society for Medical Anthropology's Mental Health Interest Group. Over the last decade, she has worked closely with community members, peer support specialists, and community health workers on collaborative alternatives to traditional psychiatric treatment. Erica writes about contemporary mental health social movements, community health and healing, and carework; her scholarship spans the health humanities, social medicine, and mad studies.  About the Conference: Psychedelics, Madness, & Awakening: Harm Reduction & Future Visions To watch recorded presentations and panel discussions with the Psychedelics, Madness, and Awakening’s conference, check out the PMA website: http://www.psychedelicsmadnessawakening.com Find Tehseen online: On Twitter @tehseennoorani To download Tehseen’s articles: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tehseen-Noorani-2 Find Erica online: On the web: https://ericahua.weebly.com On Instagram @erica.hua To download Erica’s articles: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erica_Fletcher3 Links to relevant resources: Anthropology & Mental Health Interest Group: http://amhig.medanthro.net  Alternatives Conference: https://www.alternatives-conference.org  Hearing Voices conference: http://hearingvoicesnetworkireland.ie/intervoice-congress-2021/  Links to So Many Wings’ social media and website On the web: https://somanywings.org On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somanywingspodcast On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/somanywingspodcast On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/somanywingspodcast

Today, our special guest is Erica Brennes of Real Mom Real Tired. She is an Austin-based working mom, Blogger, and On-Camera Spokesperson. We learn more about her journey, her career, and how she juggles it all with grace and humor. In This Podcast: 01:51 – How did Erica come up with “Real Mom Real Tired”? 02:53 – Erica's background and career. 09:06 – Erica's fertility journey and what she wants to share with other women. 17:40 – Know and trust yourself! 20:17 – Realize that you are not in charge. 24:07 – How Erica manages the chaos of running a business while being a mom. 30:32 – The importance of being compassionate with yourself. 35:53 – Every child and parent is different--that's okay! Give yourself grace. 37:28 – What does Erica do on a daily basis to bring balance into her life? Find Erica at www.realmomrealtired.com and on Instagram @realmomrealtired. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/envibelifeconversations/message

What age were you when you started to believe that those aches and niggles were just part of getting older? Let's face it, whether we're 20 or 70, we're all in the process of aging ... but is FEELING old in our body inevitable? In today's episode I'm sharing a little analogy about a train track and how choosing one track might be making you feel 'old' and yet it doesn't have to be that way.Tune in to find out more. Mentioned in this episode:- Blog article: What Even is Somatic Exercise?- Free full length Somatic Unwinding Class (no sign up required)Find Erica on her website, Instagram and Facebook.Interested in joining Erica inside The Mindful Movement Virtual Studio? Find more details here. 

It's the end of a year and the beginning of a new one. Perhaps 'move more' or 'start yoga' is on your list of new year resolutions? Or finding ways to more effectively manage life's stress and overwhelm? This chat with Occupational Therapist and Life & Mindfulness Coach Simone Russell is perfect for this transition. In our chat, we talk about how we can use a mindful movement practice to help manage stress and overwhelm, as well as really practical ideas to help you set those new habits in place.  Find out why understanding your values is so important in developing a movement habit; why finding the ‘path of least resistance' is a good idea; why ‘could' might be a better option than ‘should'; and the power of choice. Plus, we look at why relying on motivation might not get you where you want to go, and how ‘dangling the carrot' could work more effectively.Tune in to find out more, then go find Simone at www.simonerussell.com and on Instagram and Facebook.Find Erica on Instagram, Facebook and the website.

Today journalist Erica Barnett joins Crystal to dissect Mayor Durkan's decision not to run for re-election, Renton's continued attempt to use zoning laws to oust homeless folks, shelters, and services, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce's challenge to the JumpStart payroll tax, and the SPD being held in contempt of court for their use of force last summer. A full text transcript of the show is available below, and on the Hacks & Wonks blog at https://www.officialhacksandwonks.com/post/week-in-review-with-erica-barnett. Find the host, Crystal Fincher on Twitter at @finchfrii and Erica Barnett @ericabarnett, and on Publicola.com. Find Erica's book, Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery, online or at your local bookseller. More info is available at officialhacksandwonks.com. Articles Referenced: Anti-Homeless Shelter Bill Moves Forward in Renton from Publicola https://publicola.com/2020/12/09/anti-homeless-shelter-bill-moves-forward-in-renton/ Federal District Court Judge Finds Seattle in Contempt of Crowd Control Injunction by Paul Kiefer https://publicola.com/2020/12/07/federal-district-court-judge-finds-seattle-in-contempt-of-crowd-control-injunction/ Find more work by today's co-host, Erica Barnett, at https://publicola.com/ Full Transcript: Crystal Fincher: [00:00:00] Welcome to Hacks and Wonks. I'm your host Crystal Fincher. On this show, we gather insight into state and local politics and policy through the lens of those doing the work and provide the behind-the-scenes perspectives on politics in our state. Today, we're continuing our Friday almost live shows where we review the news of the week with a co-host. Welcome back to the program, friend of the show and today's co-host Seattle political reporter, editor of PubliCola, and author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse and Recovery, Erica Barnett.  Erica Barnett: [00:00:40] Great to be here, Crystal.  Crystal Fincher: [00:00:42] And great to have you here. So we will dive right in. And big news of the week that we started off the week with is Jenny Durkan announced that she will not be seeking re-election - very consequential news for the city. And so just wanted to get your thoughts on what drove that decision and what does that mean now? Erica Barnett: [00:01:03] I mean, my thoughts, just having observed Mayor Durkan for three years are that she really didn't like the job. And particularly the job of being mayor in a pandemic, at a time when there is a racial reckoning taking place that involves protests, particularly protest against her and her leadership. And during a time of economic collapse nationwide - it's a time of a lot of bad news, as everybody is well-aware, and it's a hard job in good times and it's a hard job, especially in bad times. And I think she just, in some ways, was not really fully prepared for what the job entailed and the criticism that she would be subjected to in such a prominent position. She'd never held elected office before and, I think, came in believing that this was essentially a managerial job and a communications job. And in fact, it's much, much more than that to be the mayor of a major city with lots of problems, including, I didn't even mention, the crisis of homelessness which has gotten so much more visible on her watch.  Crystal Fincher: [00:02:09] Well, I think you nailed that analysis and kind of put your finger on what a lot of people don't pay much attention to is - what is the job of the mayor? And it's a lot more broad than when someone's just thinking about, off the top of their head - if they don't have much experience with it, there's so much more to it than just managing the city. And also in situations where someone's not used to being under a microscope with every decision that they're making, and criticism is coming, no matter what decision you make - to be able to accept that and deal with it and work with that - it seemed like that was always a struggle for her. Just dealing with criticism and understanding that that's something that happens and instead of trying to avoid it at all costs - not successfully, or adeptly, navigating through that. That seemed to be a continuing struggle for her and I think you nailed it - she seemed to just really not want to be there increasingly as time has gone on. Erica Barnett: [00:03:17] Yeah. I mentioned that I think that she sees being the mayor as largely a communications job and I want to expand on that a little bit. I think that if you look at her messaging and the messengers that she uses to get her message out and just, her general spin on every event, whether good or bad, has been that things are good and getting better. And that just simply doesn't work in 2020, and also it's not believable. And I think that that really hampered her ability to respond in real time to events like the Black Lives Matter protest, for example. Her response was essentially to double down initially and say, We're doing everything right and that Seattle is a model for police reform in the country. She said that many times, and then flipped it at a certain point and said, You know what? Fine. Here's a $100 million that we're going to spend - first, she said on black communities and then she said on BIPOC communities - without actually having any sort of plan for how to do that and just saying, We'll figure it out later.  As it turned out, that was a pretty rash promise because it relied on revenues that were already dedicated and promised to other sources, including by the mayor herself. There's $30 million in there that she had already promised to equitable development - and so, it just felt like a lot of her careening from position to position was based on, if not real polls, kind of an invisible poll in her head about what would make people react to her positively. I, obviously, I'm not inside the mayor's brain, but that's what it looked like from the outside and it often resulted in a lot of really inconsistent seeming policies. And it also led to, I think, a feeling that it's hard to trust what the mayor's position is, or policy is, on an issue and on any given day, 'cause it could change tomorrow, based on who she wants to please on that day. So I think that - no politician can ignore opinion polls and no politician can ignore what people are saying about them, but I'll just give one example. The mayor's office reactions to things on Twitter was pretty extreme. I think that - just the pushback that I would get personally, for stuff that I would say on Twitter, or things people would respond to me saying that I had no control over, was pretty strong from the mayor's office. And my advice about Twitter and I don't always take this is, It's like riding on a waterfall and it disappears after a minute. And, if you make an error, you correct it. If you don't like something, everybody's gonna be yelling about something else in five minutes. But I don't think the mayor was really able to heed that advice. Crystal Fincher: [00:05:53] I think you're right. And the issue of trust - when you talk about the community needing to trust the message that they're hearing from the mayor and from the mayor's office, eventually wound up being irretrievably broken. And I think that she eventually came to see that. But the struggle through that, like you were talking about - her responses to, during the protests, to what the police were doing and our ability to see something that she is denying while we're watching video of that thing happening - it was jarring for a lot of people and a number of her supporters that came in, as she came in, became disillusioned. People who were already frustrated with the messaging and pace of progress became even more vocally disillusioned. And it just continued to be a consistent problem.  We have seen, and it looks like there's going to be another rehashing of the "Seattle is Dying" - fabricated, largely exaggerated, I won't say documentary, but spin - on homelessness and crime in Seattle. And for residents of Seattle that never rang true. And so the effect that people thought that that would have on elections never materialized. I think on the flip side, with a number of the things, as you pointed out, Jenny Durkan saying, Things are great and they're getting even better. We're working on it and it's awesome and don't you believe your eyes. And people are looking around and going, No, it's not - the problem's getting worse and the things that you say are happening are not. And we understand this is a hard problem to fix, but we want to see you try and not just lie to us with a smile on your face. And that was continually a challenge. And especially in municipal positions, from big cities to small, you're living in the same conditions as your residents and you're telling them what's happening on their streets and in their neighborhoods. And they can see, outside their window, if what you're saying rings true or not. This is not like a legislative position or something in Congress where you can make a speech and take a vote and it just seems very disconnected and the expectation of accountability doesn't squarely land on you. That's the case in Seattle and it just seems like she wasn't prepared for her word and her actions to be the end-all and be-all, her needing to take a side, her needing to make definitive decisions and be accountable to those decisions in the public. So now that we are here and she has announced that she's not running for re-election - what does this do to the political landscape in Seattle? Erica Barnett: [00:08:31] Well, I think that it is going to be, I think it's going to be a very crowded mayoral race as it was last time. I wouldn't be surprised to see 20-25 people jumping in. I think that Lorena González - and I'm terrible, I should say, at predictions, I always need to caveat that - but I think Lorena González, City Council president, is likely to get in. And of course, Teresa Mosqueda is another council member whose name is being thrown around - I think that's a little less likely. I mean it's - running for mayor is a tough decision because it's a bad job and so, it's often hard to get that many really qualified candidates out of that 20 or 25 that we've been seeing in recent years. So I think it'll be really interesting to see - Jessyn Farrell, who ran last time and who PubliCola, then the C is for Crank, endorsed, is supposedly thinking about it, as is Brady Walkinshaw, who ran for Congress and lost. And so, I think it's going to be a crowded race with some familiar faces, probably some unfamiliar faces. And yeah, I mean, that's basically all we can predict right now.  Crystal Fincher: [00:09:40] Do you think there's going to be an advantage or a disadvantage to those running from their council positions, if one or more current council members get in? Do you think that's an advantage, a disadvantage, or how do you think that plays out? Erica Barnett: [00:09:55] Well, that's a really good question. The city council is broadly incredibly unpopular and the mayor is also not super popular, but in a way, these are judgements of positions rather than judgments of people. I do think if you're running as an incumbent city council member, that is a tough thing you have to overcome. I do think, though, that the citywide city council members may have a little more popularity - and I haven't seen specific polling on this, I just know that a lot of the district council members are less popular than they were when they came in and certainly than the mayor. So I think it is a disadvantage to run from a council seat, but on the other hand, you do have name recognition, so that certainly helps. I'm trying to think of the most recent council member who was elected mayor, if any, and I am drawing a blank right now. So, I'm not sure - it certainly doesn't convey any obvious advantages other than name recognition, obviously.  Crystal Fincher: [00:10:56] Yeah, that does seem to be the case and I'm drawing the same blank that you are.  Erica Barnett: [00:11:01] I can think of lots of them who've run - Bruce Harrell, Peter Steinbrueck - I mean, plenty of candidates for mayor among the council, but none successful.  Crystal Fincher: [00:11:10] Yeah, certainly going to be interesting to see how this plays out and how they engage with the competing and pressing priorities in the city. Well, talking about other cities, that brings us to Renton, and we talked about this a bit last week on the show, but Renton is adopting legislation that will effectively ban future homeless shelters and set an eviction date for the current tenants in the Red Lion. This certainly - my view is that this is a very bad thing, but also as you have pointed out and discussed, it's also bad for the regional approach to homelessness that's so often talked about. You want to give a bit of background on this? Erica Barnett: [00:11:53] Sure. So the City of Seattle and I believe 39 other suburban cities are joining into an agency called the King County Regional Homelessness Authority. And the idea is that having a centralized authority will create or enable a regional approach rather than the city-by-city approaches that we have had over the years. And that authority has had a lot of bumps along the way. The selection of a director for the authority, known as the CEO is very slow. It's been - it was supposed to happen in September. The latest timeline has it happening now in February. So, hard to say how that's going to go, but the problem with regionalism and the problem always has been that a lot of these cities that are outside Seattle want to have their own approaches to homelessness and a lot of times those approaches are a lot more punitive than what Seattle would like. So that tension does not go away just because you create a regional body and say, We're regional now. The cities did not initially want to participate unless they got a significant amount of leverage on the various boards that are on the governing board that oversees the authority. And they also didn't want to pay taxes to support the authority. They got both of those things, but now as we're seeing, individual cities, not just Renton, but, cities are cleaving off in various ways. One thing that happened recently was a bunch of cities, I think half a dozen, including Renton, adopted their own versions of local sales taxes to pre-empt the King County sales tax that's going to pay for homelessness. And those local versions can pay for things that are not specifically oriented to homelessness, like housing for essentially middle-income people. So I think that tension is going to continue and it's going to continue to hamper the ability to have an actually regional approach. Renton is already talking about sub-regional authority, which is, I think in some ways, a synonym for city authority, which is what we already had before this whole effort started.  Crystal Fincher: [00:13:51] Right. So how is Renton going about trying to evict these people from the Red Lion?  Erica Barnett: [00:13:57] This legislation is land use legislation and it is essentially zoning them out. So the legislation does two things - it says that everybody, that most of the people at the Red Lion currently, have to be out as of June 1st, so the end of May -  by putting a cap on the number of people who can be there. So it would be 125. Right now there's about 235 or so people living there. Then after that, at the end of the year, everybody would have to be out. So no matter what happens with the pandemic, which is the reason everybody was moved so swiftly from the Morrison Hotel and other DESC facilities in Seattle to the Red Lion. No matter what happens with that, they've got to be out. And then the second thing it does is it adopts new rules for - new zoning rules - for shelters, which Renton says - shelters are currently illegal 'cause there's no zoning that explicitly allows them. I think that's a novel interpretation of what zoning is for. We don't have any rules like that in Seattle at all. And the rules say that no homeless service provider can serve more than a hundred people total. And that includes shelters and any other homeless services you might have, either co-located or at a facility. So no more than a hundred - hard cap. And they have to be half a mile from each other, only in certain industrial zones, well-removed from people, and there's also tons of rules around how the shelter providers are supposed to manage the conduct of the people who stay there, which is kind of an outrageous demand in my view, because they are human beings and they have civil rights and I think a lot of the conduct requirements really infringe on those rights.  Crystal Fincher: [00:15:40] I completely agree with that. And this is just a reminder that you're listening to Hacks and Wonks on KVRU 105.7 FM. I'm your regular host Crystal Fincher, and today we have a guest co-host, Seattle political reporter, Erica Barnett. And so they are really appearing to use zoning as a tool to exclude. Which, certainly, zoning laws have a history of that use and then being wielded that way. But you talked about one of their interpretations being novel. How standard does what they're doing appear to be overall with how zoning laws are implemented and used? Erica Barnett: [00:16:20] Well, I think it's - I can't speak to every single zoning law in the state obviously. I haven't done a review, but I know that in Seattle, the biggest city in the state, zoning, and traditionally everywhere, zoning is used to regulate things like density and also environmental hazards. So you might have industrial zoning that says the buildings can't include residential and also it has to be far away from people because there are environmental hazards associated with a steam plant, or whatever, or manufacturing business. Zoning is not traditionally used to exclude - well traditionally, it was certainly used to exclude people of color from certain areas of cities - but today in 2020, we use it to do things like regulate height, and regulate density, and regulate how many people can live in an area versus what kind of businesses can be located in an area - do we let big box stores go there? We don't use zoning to say that if people are of the class that is houseless or homeless, they cannot be here. I think that is a really, really dangerous road to start going down, and the reason I say it's a novel interpretation is that the city of Renton, I think, really rushed this legislation. I think it's pretty poorly written and they revised it a whole bunch of times in response to specific legal objections that could open them up to lawsuits. And they have been trying to get the people kicked out of the Red Lion for a really long time. They initially said that this is a violation of a different part of the zoning code, saying that there's a dispute over whether it's a hotel use or whether it's a use that's not explicitly allowed, and that's happening on separate tracks. So, they're trying every tool they can and they don't have a lot of tools to ban homeless people because there aren't a lot of tools to ban homeless people. It's not people's fault that they become homeless, and tools that are laws like sit-lie laws and saying that you're not allowed to loiter, are increasingly considered to be civil rights violations and also racist. So this is a different approach that takes a very kind of, cold and analytical-seeming concept of zoning, and says that it applies here. But what they're really trying to do is send these folks back to Seattle and their comments at council made that pretty clear. Everybody said, This is a Seattle problem. Seattle created it. They need to go back there and that's what's really going on.  Crystal Fincher: [00:18:51] That does appear that is what's actually going on. They're attempting to act like their city doesn't have an inherent problem with homeless people, that they are somehow coming from different cities, and that if you treat them with full humanity and decency, that only entices them and incentivizes them to stay, when we know that's just factually untrue. So it looks like this is going to be taken up again on a meeting with the council on Monday night, is that correct?  Erica Barnett: [00:19:26] That's right. And that'll be a final action. Crystal Fincher: [00:19:30] So it certainly looks like this is what the council intends to do, but for people who are able - making comments, making phone calls, certainly making sure that people are on record saying that this is not the default position of the general public in Renton and in the area. And that this is really an inhumane response to a really human problem. So looking next - issues where residents and businesses are struggling. The JumpStart payroll tax was an attempt to generate revenue to help people impacted by COVID, the pandemic, and everything that has resulted. And the Chamber of Commerce has brought a lawsuit against it. What's happening there? Erica Barnett: [00:20:19] Well, the lawsuit - this is from the Seattle Metro Chamber of Commerce. And essentially what they're saying is that this amounts to, just getting outside of the jargon of the lawsuit, they're saying this is an income tax effectively. Specifically, they're saying it's a tax on the right to do business and they're calling on a 1952 precedent that involved a license that people in Bellingham, I believe, had to get to basically work and that was overturned. And so, again, speaking of novel approaches, I think this is a novel approach and I don't know that it will necessarily be successful. It seems like a pretty weak argument. But it's interesting - I mean, I think a lot of people at the city were surprised that the Chamber decided to take this kind of Grinch-like action, it was described to me by someone at the city, and sue over this. It only affects a small percentage of businesses in the city making revenues of over $7 million and with employees with pay of over $150,000/year. And as you said, the JumpStart Tax for the first couple years, it's COVID relief. And a lot of that is COVID relief directly to small businesses. And so, for the Chamber of Commerce to be opposing relief for small businesses is directly, it seems, conflicting with their mission, which is to support businesses of all sizes and not just the Amazons and the Facebooks and the Googles of Seattle. Crystal Fincher: [00:21:46] Well, and this is certainly that issue brought out into the light. This has been a criticism of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and of several - saying in larger cities, really saying, Who are you representing? The majority of your membership is small businesses and they oftentimes have fundamentally different challenges and concerns than the largest corporations in the world, like the Amazons and Microsofts and Googles. And the issues that they have pushed hard on or run on, oftentimes seem to have been at the direction of the mega-corporations and not of the neighborhood businesses that many residents patronize and who hire our neighbors to a large degree. And so there really does seem to be a real conflict of interest and a need for a reckoning and accountability for whose agenda are they really pushing. And I hope this is a conversation that the wider business community in Seattle has, because when we only focus on the mega-corporation interests, we all lose out, and it is small business who employs the majority of people. They're individuals and don't individually wield a lot of power, but collectively, they really determine the direction of our local economy. And so to see help - that are keeping the doors open in these small businesses and that are keeping people employed - being directly challenged and Amazon looking to snatch money out of people's hands and the hands of small business is pretty blatant and overt. And people are literally asking, Is this now an Amazon lobbyist? Or is this an organization that represents the biggest, the interest of small businesses in the city? So it'll certainly be interesting to continue to watch how that unfolds.  Erica Barnett: [00:23:46] Yeah, I'll just add one quick thing. I mean, the JumpStart Tax is explicitly designed to go - to have preference for brick and mortar businesses. And a lot of the complaints about what's happening "downtown", and what you're going to see in the latest KOMO propaganda film on Saturday is that there's - is that the downtown is dead, the businesses are boarded up, and there's too many homeless people wandering around, and all that kind of stuff. Well, guess what? This tax pays for brick-and-mortar businesses to help them stay open. It also pays for, specifically for homelessness programs, and homelessness prevention and rental assistance, so that more people don't become homeless. So I would say that even the non-targeted provisions of this legislation would actually help the businesses that are complaining about the state of downtown right now. Crystal Fincher: [00:24:40] Certainly appears to be the case. Now, this week, we also saw SPD have a case ruled against them and they were held in contempt by a judge. What happened with that?  Erica Barnett: [00:24:55] Well, essentially, there were a lot of complaints regarding the protests that started back in June about police use -  indiscriminate use - of weapons, so-called less-lethal weapons, like blast balls and tear gas and pepper spray. And several of those - the judge found several of those to essentially be credible and held them in contempt of this injunction that he issued back in June saying that SPD could not use force against peaceful protestors. So, it's a very, it's a meaningful ruling. I think we'll see what the penalties are and, and whether it has any kind of long-term impact on SPDs practices, but it is unusual for the city to be held in contempt in this way. So it's certainly meaningful in that way.  My reporter Paul Kiefer said that, reported that, the mayor's office couldn't find any similar cases like this in their review. So it's certainly unprecedented and unusual. But we'll see what the penalties are and we'll see what - whether it has any kind of impact on the upcoming police negotiations or on police practices. Crystal Fincher: [00:26:00] That will be interesting to see. And especially with some of the arguments that SPD was making - that as long as they can show that their officers were instructed not to do something - if they do it, then it's not SPDs fault. Even if that appears to be habitual behavior - just the throwing up of hands and say, Well, we told them not to do it. So what - how can we be responsible for that? How are we to expect that an organization currently under a consent decree for an excessive use of force would have officers that do that, despite being told not to several times? So it seems like there is a continuing resistance - none of us are surprised, right - about any kind of accountability, taking any kind of responsibility, for what officers are doing on the ground. And this contempt order also explicitly acknowledged that officers were acting independent of any regard for their own personal safety. So many defenses of this are like, Well, what do you expect if someone tries to assault an officer, which no one is condoning of anyone. But what we have seen several times is that there was no threat - no physical threat, no assault, no feeling scared that something imminent was about to happen - this was just a response and basically, explicitly said, a response to the message Black Lives Matter than to the protestors. Erica Barnett: [00:27:26] Sorry, sorry that I interrupted you there - just to your point - the judge noted that one of the officers ordered an officer to use a blast ball to "create space" between officers and protesters, which is not a response to any kind of use of force or any kind of bad behavior at all from protesters. It's just - it was just kind of indiscriminate - and blast balls are very potentially harmful and damaging weapons.  Crystal Fincher: [00:27:52] Extremely. There are instances of journalists' eyes being put out with blast balls and people of the public's eyes being just exploded by blast balls. There's actually a little support group just for that specific thing throughout protests in the country. It is an alarming and depressing thing. And what a lot of people wonder is, Okay, so a judge has ruled they've been held in contempt. So what happens to them? Is there a penalty? Is there a consequence? Erica Barnett: [00:28:21] I mean, there could be a financial penalty for sure. I think that - that again remains to be seen, but they could have to pay out. There's a lot of plaintiffs in this case, as you might imagine - not just Black Lives Matter of Seattle King County, but the ACLU and a number of individuals who say they were harmed by SPD's use of force. So financial penalties are something that the city is used to dealing with, but they also don't like to pay them. So conceivably that could change officer behavior, but I think, what it's going to come down to ultimately is the police contract, is police leadership. We have an acting police chief right now and ultimately whether we get a mayor, or whether this mayor decides to take a hard political and public stance against some of these actions, which the current mayor has not.  Crystal Fincher: [00:29:14] Got it. But I do want to thank all of you for listening to Hacks and Wonks on KVRU 105.7 FM on this Friday, December 11th, 2020. Our chief audio engineer is, at KVRU, is Maurice Jones Jr. The producer of Hacks and Wonks is Lisl Stadler. And our wonderful co-host today was Seattle political reporter and founder of PubliCola, Erica Barnett. You can find Erica on Twitter @ericabarnett, that's Erica with a C, and on PubliCola.com. And you can buy her book Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery on Amazon or through your independent bookseller. You can find me on Twitter @finchfrii, and now you can follow Hacks and Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts - just type Hacks and Wonks into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to get our Friday almost-live shows and our mid-week show delivered to your podcast feed. And you'll notice in the show notes there are now full text transcripts of the audio shows to further the accessibility of the podcast. So thanks for tuning in and we'll talk to you next time.

In this interview, Erica chats with yoga teacher Kerry McGregor about the ways our physical movement practice can expand our perspective beyond the practice itself. Find out how ‘giving attention to the subtleties broadens our perspective' and how we can use movement to tap into the lessons of valuing ourselves, self-respect and responsibility. Because ‘everything you want to be to everyone else flows from your commitment to yourself.'This interview was originally recorded as part of a yoga for self-kindness video series in February 2020. Find Kerry on Facebook.Find Erica on Instagram, Facebook and her Website. 

December. Holiday season. Notorious for booting our self-care practices to the bottom of the (very long) list of priorities. But it doesn't have to be that way! In this episode, I'm sharing 3 tips to help you stay at the TOP of that list, feeling well and moving well. Tune in to find out more. Join The Mindful Movement Virtual Studio by Friday 6th December 2020 (Melbourne, Australia time) to go into the draw to win a 1-1 session with me! The virtual studio is the perfect companion for moving well and feeling well, with classes you can do anywhere, any time. Classes range from 5-60 minutes and there's also livestream sessions, monthly masterclasses, exclusive discounts and an awesome community. All for just $37 per month. Come join us!Find Erica on Instagram and Facebook and visit her website for more.

In this episode, Kim interviews Fran Dargaville who is a motivational speaker, transformation Coach, podcast host and author. We chat about the 7 techniques for healing, what to do when you reach rock bottom, how to navigated and overcome it, how to become a coach and actionable steps we need to take to reach our goals. Book an RTT Session with Host Kim Akrigg. Kim is a RTT coach for entrepreneurs who want to manifest their dream lives and embody their highest selves. Find Erica here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ericalynnspeaks/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EricaLynnSpeaks LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericalynnspeaks/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericalynnspeaks/ Learn more here: Instagram: @kim.akrigg Website: www.kimakrigg.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/kimakriggphoto/ Magic of I Planner: www.magicofi.com Discount code: KIMAKRIGG Support the show(http://www.paypal.me/kimakrigg)

Time. It's a funny thing. Sometimes it seems to pass slowly; at other times we blink and half a year seems to have disappeared. I have found my relationship with time has shifted a lot during the past few months. While I haven't had less to do (home schooling, anyone?!), I've realised that time isn't always the 'problem' I thought it was. And I've seen others talking about this too - like that meme I've seen doing the rounds about 'give me a week off just to clear out my wardrobe ... oh nope, turns out a week off wasn't the problem'. We use a lack of time as an excuse for a lot of things - including moving our body regularly. I ain't here to cast shade on anyone, I've done it and DO so regularly. But ... time isn't the whole of the picture, so in today's episode I'm sharing three tips to help you move beyond that belief that time is to blame (and actually get the thing you want to do done). If you struggle to find the time to do your yoga practice, even though you WANT to, this episode is for you. Find Erica:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.auhttps://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyogaFind The Mindful Movement Virtual Studio:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au/virtualstudioAnd the FREE Upper Body Reset Class:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au/upperbodyreset

You've heard the term, "Use it or lose it", but what does it really mean in the context of movement? When it comes to moving well, one of the keys is moving often. But, more than that, it's moving BEYOND your movement habits, and that takes more than just signing up for a new class. In this episode I talk a bit about what move it or lose it looks (and feels) like, the important ingredients to reclaiming these lost capacities, and why a new yoga class isn't the whole of the answer. Tune in to find out more, then come share your thoughts with me!Find Erica:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.auhttps://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

Hey! In this week's solo episode of The Movement and Mindfulness podcast, I'm talking about the role of yoga and mindful movement in navigating change and uncertainty. I am a big fan of the physical benefits of moving well, moving often and moving with kindness. But the benefits don't stop there. One of the really cool things that happens with ongoing practice and exploration is the way the ideas that we play with on the mat can follow us off the mat and into the 'real' world. I was reminded of this this week as I've navigated adjusting to my kids returning to school. Tune in to find out how attention and presence with WHAT IS are important parts of a movement practice that have multiple benefits.Find Erica:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.auhttps://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

Join us for an intimate and far reaching conversation with scholar, educator, and media producer Erica Hua Fletcher where we discuss contemporary mental health social movements, community health and healing, identity politics, and the rise of Mad Studies.  Topics we cover include: The limits of terms like “madness” and “mental health” The many useful lessons learned from researching The Icarus Project and other forms of peer support The multiple and complex gifts and traps of embracing identity politics  The growth of the Mad Studies field in the academy and beyond Critical psychiatry and how public mental health care can be radically transformed About Erica: Erica is a scholar, educator, and media producer based in Los Angeles, California (Tongva land). She currently serves as a co-president of the Anthropology and Mental Health Interest Group, in association with the American Anthropological Association's Society for Medical Anthropology; and this fall, she is starting a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA, where she will be doing research on issues related to veterans recovery and resilience. Erica writes about contemporary mental health social movements, community health and healing, and carework; her scholarship and course offerings span the health humanities, social medicine, mad studies, and social work. She has taught at four public universities, most recently at the University of California at Irvine.  Find Erica online: On the web: https://ericahua.weebly.com/ On Social Media: Instagram @erica.hua  Links to relevant resources: To download Erica’s articles: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erica_Fletcher3 For more on the return of class consciousness among the Left: See Adolph Reed Jr.’s article “The Myth of Class Reductionism:” https://newrepublic.com/article/154996/myth-class-reductionism Mikkel Krause Frantzen’s article “A Future with No Future: Depression, the Left, and the Politics of Mental Health: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/future-no-future-depression-left-politics-mental-health/ Recent article and reflections on the Mad Studies movement: Peter Beresford (2020) ‘Mad’, Mad studies and advancing inclusive resistance, Disability & Society, 35:8, 1337-1342, DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2019.1692168  To join Mad Studies Reading Groups (via Zoom), email Matthew Jackman at globalmadstudiescollective@gmail.com the (Australia-based) monthly reading group.   Visit https://www.pinkskythinking.com/mad-studies to register for upcoming reading group discussions (based in the UK). To connect with social researchers with lived experience, visit User/Survivor Research Network at https://usersurvivorresearch.weebly.com/ and sign up for the mailing list.  Links to So Many Wings’ social media and website On the web: https://somanywings.org On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somanywingspodcast On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/somanywingspodcast On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/somanywingspodcast

Welcome to episode 51 of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast! So thrilled you're here. Today, I'm talking (briefly) about why self-kindness is less about absolutes (the type of thinking that has us saying 'this thing is kind, that thing isn't') and more about developing and deepening our capacity to listen (and respond). Tune in to find out more!Mentioned in this episode:Free workshop - Stretching But Still Tense? - on Saturday 26th September 2020. Head to www.ericawebbyoga.com.au/freeworkshop to register.Find Erica:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.auhttps://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

Welcome to Episode FIFTY of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast. Fifty episodes in - I can hardly believe it! And what better way to celebrate than to welcome the wonderful Dr Rima Thapar as my guest. Rima is a graduate of Windsor University School of Medicine and School of Etheric Healing who delicately weaves the threads of science, spirituality and yoga. During her medical studies, she became fascinated with the art of medicine and began to explore the sciences with the lens of a spiritual mind. Practicing yoga and meditation from a young age, she decided to merge her spiritual teachings with her medical knowledge to bring forth a new perspective to healing the body as an integrative health practitioner. Merging teachings from allopathic medicine, energy medicine, medical intuition and yoga, Dr. Thapar empowers her patients, clients and yoga students to be the CEO of their own health. Her favorite yoga pose is Ustrasana (Camel Pose) as it keeps her heart open to all possibilities in life.Dr. Thapar is the founder of The Healing Cup: heal through Movement | Medicine | Mindfulness and MoGa: Mobility Yoga and the co-founder of Panacea Pain Care, a new 4 fold approach to chronic pain care alongside Dr. Rhythm Gumber that incorporates mindfulness, movement, medication management and neuromodulators. In our chat, we cover a lot of ground, from the importance of mindset, to intuition, vibration and learning to listen to our inner wisdom. This is a conversation not to be missed - enjoy!Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review the show! I'm so grateful for each and every one of you!Find Rima:https://www.thehealingcup.ca/https://www.instagram.com/the_healing_cuphttps://www.facebook.com/thehealingcup377/Find Erica:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.auhttps://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

Hey there! Welcome to episode 49 of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast! I can't quite believe we're about to hit the 50 episode mark! Thank you for being here with me - I'm truly so grateful for you!In today's episode, I'm sharing four simple ideas for your week - from breathing well, to shifting your thinking from destination-focused to responsive, I hope these four ideas are helpful for the week ahead (whenever it is that you're listening!). I'd also love to extend an invitation to join me at my free workshop - Stretching But Still Tense? - on Saturday 26th September @ 10am (AEST). Head to https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au/freeworkshop to sign up! Yes, there will be a replay if you can't join me live.Find Erica:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.auhttps://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

Trying to form a new habit (like moving well more often or treating yourself with more kindness)? Have you ever thought about it as making the unfamiliar familiar? I love this way of framing it, and that's exactly what I'm talking about in today's episode of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast. Our human brains love familiarity because what is familiar is 'safe' (even when, objectively, what you're doing isn't the safest option). So ... when we are looking to do something that isn't currently familiar to us, the only way to make it more familiar (and therefore more habitual) is to DO it. We can create more familiarity in lots of tiny moments but underlying it all is the commitment you make to yourself. Tune in and enjoy - then come share your thoughts with me!Find Erica:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.auhttps://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyogaMentioned in this episode: Episode 396 of the Mind Your Business Podcast with James Wedmore and Marisa Peerhttp://mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/396Find Erica:

Today I am thrilled to welcome Christi Brown from Intuitively Strong to The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast! Christi is a nutrition coach who bridges the gap between Eating Intuitively and Athleticism. She flipped diet culture the bird after years of chronic dieting, disordered eating patterns, and hating herself lean. Now, Christi teaches fellow extreme dieters, fit mums, former athletes, and fitness enthusiasts how to live a life without food rules, restriction and self-destruction. In our chat we dive deep into the ways that intuitive eating (and living) can change your relationship with yourself and the world. We talk about Christi's journey and how she now helps others to break free of food rules and self-destructive patterns to finally step into a life that feels expansive and full of possibility. We also talk about the balancing act that is life (hint: there is no magic moment where you are finally 'balanced') and how each of us can commit to practice self-nurturing thoughts and behaviour.Find Christi:https://www.instagram.com/intuitively_stronghttps://www.intuitivelystrong.com/Find Erica:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.auhttps://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

I'm thrilled to welcome today's guest to The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast. Maree Zimny of The Relief Clinic is a coach and mentor. Working with Clinical Hynoptherapy, NLP, Heart Math and more, she supports people experiencing stress, anxiety, overwhelm, and burnout. She teaches science-based skills to increase resilience, recharge energy and improve wellbeing.In our conversation we chat about the power of the heart, reprogramming subconscious beliefs, breathing well, and much more. This is a wonderful conversation. I hope you love it.Find Maree:https://www.facebook.com/TheReliefClinicOnlineMentioned by Maree:https://oxygenadvantage.com/Find Erica:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.auhttps://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

Ed tech coach and instructional designer Erica Zimmer joins me to talk about eLearning Launch, an online instructional design academy started by Alexander Salas. We talk about Alex's supreme hustle skills, his teaching style, and the ways in which his courses differ from other self-paced courses out there. Check out eLearning Launch at www.elearninglaunch.com. You can also follow eLearning Launch on LinkedIn. Find Erica's podcast The Learning Journal - From Teach to LXD wherever you listen to podcasts and connect with her on LinkedIn.

It's a long title, I know. Judge me for it if you choose (see what I did there?!). All jokes aside, this episode is an important one if you believe that your goal in life should be 'non-judgment'. The thing is, judgments are made by your mind automatically. You don't have control over that. What you DO have control over is your attention and CHOOSING to choose what judgements you will act upon and/or believe. Want to dive into this a little more? Tune into this short episode for more.Find Erica:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.auhttps://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

Chile, this week we are talking more about how to create a healthy partnership. Tune in to this episode to discover the importance of being intentional with time (both with your partner and with yourself), the difference between compromise and collaboration, and the strongest ways to lay a healthy foundation with your partner. In this show I will go into the science behind how marital conflict affects your body’s immune response and ability to heal, and the correlation behind emotional tone during conflict and the risk of heart disease. Later, I will speak to Erica St. Bernard, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist to get some more insight. Go grab your boo, or your girls if you are single, get comfy, and learn:What research says about the effects of healthy and unhealthy partnershipsThe “we over me” philosophy within a partnershipThe importance of our health in a relationship (showing up as a whole person)How to discuss “his and hers” roles and responsibilities within a partnershipHow to manage boundaries in your relationship through healthy communicationThe ways in which your inner work will benefit you, and your current or future partnerCheck out Erica’s practice: https://yourlifeswell.com/Find Erica on Instagram: @yourlifeswell 

Motivation. Can you rely on it to get you to your yoga mat (or anywhere else for that matter?). Nope. It's a friend that doesn't text you back, but lures you in with its passion when it does decide to swan on in.So if we can't rely upon motivation, what can we do? Is there a way to show up for ourselves, even when we don't feel like it?In this episode of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast, I'm talking about exactly that and I have some ideas to share with you.Liked it? Thoughts? I'd love to hear from you!And don't forget to leave me a rating/review on Apple Podcasts and hit subscribe wherever you listen. It means the world to me to have you here!Find Erica:https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.auhttps://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyogaMentioned in this episode:Atomic Habits by James Clear (book)

Today on The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast I have the absolute joy of speaking with Suz Crichton-Stuart all about our acute human-ness. Suz is a teacher of French classical training, an equine bodyworker and Confidence Coach. The last 15 years of curious study have led to qualifications in Equine Touch, Craniosacral therapy, reiki and French classical dressage. She brings the fields of bodywork and movement together in an approach to the horse and rider seated in kindness, lightness and compassion. Her goal is to help horses and handlers rediscover the joy in moving harmoniously together.In our conversation we talk about the ways the horse-human relationship can shed light on our human relationships and our relationship with ourselves. We also explore how part of the process of living is to figure out how to be acutely human - with all the inherent messy-ness that brings - with grace, kindness and forgiveness.Find Suz:https://www.instagram.com/aholisticsolutionhttps://www.aholisticsolution.co.ukMentioned by Suz:Complete Confidence: How to Build the Confidence You Need to Enjoy Your Life by Cathy Sirett.Find Erica:https://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au

Erica Treaster is the founder of Wild Earth Studio, LLC in Salem, Connecticut. In this episode, Erica talks about her journey into the world of fruit. Find Erica's Wild Earth Studio on Instagram: @wildearthstudiollc Find Lexi on Instagram: @healthydynamiclife YouTube: Lexi's Healthy Dynamic Life

Rush. It's deeply ingrained. At least, that's the truth for me. How about you? But, when it comes to mindful movement - yoga, pilates and somatics - I teach and practice SLOW. On purpose! This slow, mindful approach to movement is beneficial on so many levels (a few of which I'll talk about in this episode). Sometimes we are attracted to yoga because we assume the modality itself is nurturing, forgetting that it's the approach we bring to it that actually makes it so (or not). So, does your yoga practice feed into your 'rush' mentality or offer a contrast to it? I'd love to know your thoughts!Join me inside The Mindful Movement Virtual Studio by the end of July 2020 to lock in a membership rate of $27/month (AUD) before the price goes up to $37/month on 1 August. Visit https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au/virtualstudio to find out more and join.Find Erica:https://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au

I am super excited to share my guest with you today - the one and only Movement Maestro, Dr Shanté Cofield. We go deep in this episode, talking about the ways that movement principles - including the four stages of competency and sweet talking the nervous system - can help us to show up in life and do the things that maybe feel hard, but will help us to live more fully and authentically.We cover topics from supremacy culture, perfectionism and binaries, through to the importance of agency, choice and critical thinking. You are going to love this episode. Enjoy. Then don't forget to share it and share with us your questions and thoughts!About the Movement Maestro: Dr Shanté Cofield is a doctor of physical therapy and educator who believes that movement unites us all. In addition, you can find the Maestro dropping all the best digital business tips and wisdom. Find Maestro:https://www.instagram.com/themovementmaestrohttps://www.themovementmaestro.comhttps://themovementmaestro.com/type/audio/Find Erica:https://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyogahttps://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au

The multiple-choice reading sections of the SAT and ACT have never been more similar, but closer analysis proves they are hardly the same. Amy and Mike invited best-selling author Erica Meltzer to explore the subtle differences between the SAT and ACT reading sections.  What are five things you will learn in this episode? How similar are the reading sections of the SAT and ACT? Which section is more likely to feature 19th century or earlier passages? Which reading section may be easier to earn a top score on? What makes precision so critical in answering SAT reading questions? Why is pacing on ACT reading so tricky? MEET OUR GUESTS A native of Brookline, Massachusetts, Erica Meltzer graduated from Brookline High School and earned her B.A., magna cum laude, from Wellesley College. Before becoming involved in test prep, she worked in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University and in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University, where she helped coordinate graduate admissions. From 2006 until 2015, she tutored privately in Manhattan as well as online, helping students around the world achieve their SAT/ACT goals and gain admission to a number of top colleges, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Caltech, Stanford, and Duke. With over 100,000 copies sold, her SAT and ACT Reading and Writing guides consistently rank at the top of their respective categories on Amazon, outperforming comparable guides produced by Kaplan, Princeton Review, and Barron’s. She has been featured in Teen Vogue, The College Solution, and CBS Moneywatch, and her books are currently used by students and tutors worldwide. Find Erica at https://thecriticalreader.com/. LINKS Erica’s extensive catalogue of books The Critical Reader SAT/ACT grammar question of the day Breaking The Code RELATED EPISODES COMMON MYTHS ABOUT THE SAT AND ACT

You and Me and Everyone We Know is an audio diary made by everyday people living through the Covid-19 pandemic, and in today's episode, we're talking to an event designer who's facing an uncertain future as events close down across the country. We're also talking to a photographer who's using this time to find peace in her work and joy in her young family. And we'll talk to my oldest friend who's raising her daughter in small-town Kansas. Press play to listen to the latest episode! A special thank you to Michaela, Erica and Maria for connecting with all of us. If feel like someone you know might feel comforted by hearing how everyday people are getting through these tough days, please share this podcast with them. And if YOU, dear listener, want to be part of this podcast go to heybrentlove.com and tap coronavirus podcast on the menu or find me on Instagram @heybrentlove. Links: Find Michaela's event design here: www.lucent.blue/ Find Erica's photography here: www.ericaloeks.com

Chile, this week we are delving into a topic that many people do not connect with health, our relationships! Although they may seem unrelated, our partnerships can have a profound effect on our health and well-being long term. Tune in to this episode to find out how your partnership affects your longevity, major keys to choosing the right life partner, how to set healthy boundaries in a relationship and more. In this show I will go into what the research has discovered about being single, married, and divorced and how it affects our health, and  later will speak to Erica St. Bernard,  a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist to get some wisdom.Go grab your boo, or your girls if you are single, get comfy, and learn:What research says about the effects of healthy and unhealthy partnershipsHow singleness, marriage, and divorce can affect your long term health Major keys to choosing the right partner for you Red flags to look out for in relationships early on Four elements that can destroy relationshipsHow to spot emotional abuse and set healthy boundaries within relationshipCheck out Erica’s practice: https://yourlifeswell.com/Find Erica on Instagram: @yourlifeswell

If you want to dream big and think you can’t do it because you have a portable business that is difficult to scale, or because you do not have what it takes to grow, or because you are a stay at home mom and can’t see how you can make it while living on the move, you need to hear this story! "We actively listened to make the decisions that led us to our growth"Erica McMannes started out her career path in 2003 working for the American Army in various Director and leadership positions. Erica is also a military spouse and after multiple moves in the country and abroad, 2 kids, and limited traditional job opportunities, she had to get creative with a way to find fulfillment and income that meshed well with the unpredictable military lifestyle. Her entrepreneurial spirit started when she joined a veteran owned start up as a consultant and managed to find the flexibility she was looking for. In 2016 Erica co-founded her own startup, called Hire Mad Skills, a company that sources virtual work opportunities for military spouses to clients ready to outsource. In 2017, she shared with us how she started her company and started generating real revenue. (https://tandemnomads.com/podcast/tn83-build-portable-startup-erica-mcmannes/) However, in 2018, she and her partner decided to make major changes in her business model and even the name of her business that is now called Instant Teams. In this episode, two years later, Erica will share with you why she and her partner made these changes and how they built thisseven figureportable business. What You Will LearnWhat triggered the decision to pivot the strategic direction and how this big change was managed How Erica and her partners grew this seven-figure portable business What are the learning lessons to succeed even if you have a small business Resources And Inspiration: How to build a portable startup and generate revenue in 9 months! – Erica McMannes (https://tandemnomads.com/podcast/tn83-build-portable-startup-erica-mcmannes/) Founder Institute (https://fi.co/) Blue Startups (https://www.bluestartups.com/) Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (https://vwise.vets.syr.edu/) Find Erica online Website (https://www.kellynolan.com/) Linkedin (http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellynolantimestrategist) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/_kellynolan_) Share Your Love! Do you enjoy listening to this podcast show? Leave on your review on your favorite app – Google Play (https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly90YW5kZW1ub21hZHMuY29tL2ZlZWQvcG9kY2FzdA%3D%3D)   Share Your Thoughts! Connect with the Tandem Nomads community and share your comments! (https://www.facebook.com/groups/tandemnomads/)  

Hannah chats with Erica Ayala about her path to hockey, her experiences covering the WNBA, what it’s like to be an analyst for the NWHL, about how her background in advocacy has helped her coverage of women’s sports, and so much more. Find Erica’s work here. You can also support Erica on PayPal! Follow Erica on twitter at @elindsay08 Follow Hannah on twitter at @hburrito92 Follow the podcast on twitter at @womanadvantage Support the podcast on Patreon. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/womanadvantage/support

Joy is a major key to emotional wellness. We often think we are supposed to fall into joy. In this episode, Kisha and Christina along with Licensed Clinical Therapist Erica St. Bernard talk about the work that it takes to remain joyful even when life gets hard. Scripture: James 1: 2-4 CSB Find us at IG: @maryandmarthapodcast Internet: www.maryandmarthapodcast.com Find Erica at IG: @yourlifeswell Internet: www.yourlifeswell.com Email: erica@yourlifeswell.com

In this episode Erica and Ethan delve into an expansive conversation on Erica's life growing up in Church, getting into politics and Democratic advocacy, working in journalism and media, running a creator studio at Snapchat and now returning to a life dedicated to spiritual growth and leadership. Erica's unique story, confronting her father's death at an early age, and stepping into leadership as an activist, host, founder and writer has shaped her unique worldview on love, spirituality and the power of media and attention to incite change. Find Erica at https://www.ericawilliams.com/ on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/missewill/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/missewill Find Ethan at https://www.extremist.love/ and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ethanlipsitz/

Dance therapist Erica Hornthal discusses her journey to becoming a dance therapist and shares her passions working within mental health and those with cognitive deficits. We talk about the nuances of creative arts therapy advocacy and creative therapies within a variety of settings. We dig into the ins and outs of advocating for our work when agencies or other companies may not see its worth and learning to let go in those times as there is always another advocacy opportunity down the road that will value the creative arts therapy field. Erica loves connecting and has an amazing youtube channel called "Dance Therapy Dialogues" where she talks to other dance and movement therapists, furthering her passion for connecting others in the field. Erica Hornthal, a clinical counselor and board-certified dance therapist, is the CEO and founder of Chicago Dance Therapy.  Erica specializes in movement and cognitive disorders and has a passion for educating people on the power of movement in mental health. Find Erica on Instagram! ericahornthal, chicagodancetherapy Chicago Dance Therapy Website Facebook: Erica Hornthal Websites: www.ericahornthal.com, www.chicagodancetherapy.com Follow us on Instagram! Looking for more creative content? Sign up for our newsletter and get a free creativity guide! Join the Creative Therapy Umbrella Hub Facebook group to further discuss, collaborate, and create with your fellow creative arts therapy community! Have feedback? Fill out our anonymous survey to let us know your thoughts, concerns, questions, suggestions, and feedback. For us to serve you better, we need to hear YOUR voice!

Dance therapist Erica Hornthal discusses her journey to becoming a dance therapist and shares her passions working within mental health and those with cognitive deficits. We talk about the nuances of creative arts therapy advocacy and creative therapies within a variety of settings. We dig into the ins and outs of advocating for our work when agencies or other companies may not see its worth, and learning to let go in those times as there is always another advocacy opportunity down the road that will value the creative arts therapy field. Erica loves connecting and has an amazing youtube channel called "Dance Therapy Dialogues" where she talks to other dance and movement therapists, furthering her passion for connecting other in the field.Erica Hornthal, a clinical counselor and board-certified dance therapist, is the CEO and founder of Chicago Dance Therapy. Erica specializes in movement and cognitive disorders and has a passion for educating people on the power of movement in mental health.Find Erica on instagram! ericahornthal, chicagodancetherapyChicago Dance Therapy WebsiteFacebook: Erica HornthalWebsites: www.ericahornthal.com, www.chicagodancetherapy.comJoin the Creative Therapy Umbrella Hub on Facebook!

The multiple-choice grammar sections of the SAT and ACT have never been more similar. Nonetheless, important distinctions between the ACT English and SAT Writing and Language sections can influence how test takers approach the exams. Amy and Mike invited best-selling author Erica Meltzer to explore the subtle differences between the SAT and ACT grammar sections.  What are five things you will learn in this episode? How similar are the SAT and ACT grammar sections? Are some grammar questions more complex than others? Which grammar section consistently covers more grammar rules and content? Does pacing and time per question differ dramatically from one test to the other? What aspects of the grammar sections might influence students to take one test or the other? MEET OUR GUEST A native of Brookline, Massachusetts, Erica Meltzer graduated from Brookline High School and earned her B.A., magna cum laude, from Wellesley College. Before becoming involved in test prep, she worked in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University and in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University, where she helped coordinate graduate admissions. From 2006 until 2015, she tutored privately in Manhattan as well as online, helping students around the world achieve their SAT/ACT goals and gain admission to a number of top colleges, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Caltech, Stanford, and Duke. With over 100,000 copies sold, her SAT and ACT Reading and Writing guides consistently rank at the top of their respective categories on Amazon, outperforming comparable guides produced by Kaplan, Princeton Review, and Barron’s. She has been featured in Teen Vogue, The College Solution, and CBS Moneywatch, and her books are currently used by students and tutors worldwide. Find Erica at https://thecriticalreader.com/. LINKS Erica’s extensive catalogue of books The Critical Reader SAT/ACT grammar question of the day What does the ACT English test measure? What does the SAT Writing and Language Test measure? ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page.  

Today, Erica & Melissa share their life-changing tips for the first trimester of pregnancy. You’ll learn: Why breakfast is still the most important meal of the day.How to take care of your skin using natural products you can find in your kitchen.Which natural remedies for nausea really work.How to stay positive, even when it feels impossible.How to tackle insomnia.How to navigate exercise classes.How to communicate with your partner and share the pregnancy 50/50.What NOT to Google. This week’s Shining Star is Whitney English, a nutritionist and “predominantly plant-based mama.” If you’re craving evidence-based nutrition information that will help you feel good, you can find Whitney on Instagram at @whitneyerd. Nominate the next Shining Star of the Week by going to www.shareyourshinepodcast.com or sending us an email at hello@shareyourshinepodcast.com. And say hello to us on instagram at @shareyourshinepodcast! Find Erica’s blog post, 5 Tips to Surviving the First Trimester, at http://www.everythingerica.com/2016/01/24/5-tips-to-surviving-the-first-trimester/. Learn more about the Sneak Peek Early Gender Test at https://sneakpeektest.com/.

Erica's Bible Studies: The Unexplainable Life The Unexplainable Church The Unexplainable Jesus (brand new) What is making Erica come alive right now: Jesus- YouTube series coming out about how Jesus has been unexplainable in their lives. (available on her website) Find Erica online: ericawiggenhorn.com      

On today's podcast, I have an amazing guest and Owner of EMPOWRYourExercise, Erica Hepperle. Erica competed in contest prep like myself for a number of years before inflammation and a injury set in and had to reevaluate who she truly was. She found herself unhappy when she was competing. She then transitioned to fitness modeling and is a testament to owning who you truly are. If you are struggling with this same identity issue, I hope you listen in on our conversation! Time Stamps: (0:15) Welcome Back! (0:25) Erica’s Intro (4:00) Where to Find Erica (4:12) Ratings and Reviews (5:13) Erica’s Story Growing Up (8:00) The End of Fad Diets (11:23) Prepping for Show (19:43) If Beyonce Does It… (21:00) The Pivot (27:58) Acupuncture (37:33) Tips for Gut Health Issues (44:50) Shift in Identity (53:00) Being Present (1:01:12) Definition of Health   (1:03:20) Practicing Self Love (1:05:01) Superpower and Kryptonite (1:08:52) Definition of Paradise (1:09:49) Relive One Day in Your Life (1:11:12) Value of Travel (1:14:44) Advice to Yourself 20 Years From Now (1:15:38) Where to Find Erica (1:17:15) One Rule for Life Proclaim your Power Course! Are you sick of feeling trapped in your body & negative mindset? Imagine waking up feeling optimistic, energized, and fired up about the life you're living. Does this sound too good to be true? It is not. I have created a brand new program called "Proclaim Your Power". This 8 week course will radically transform your life, your mindset, and your overall wellbeing. If this sounds like something you would benefit from, head to https://brianpickowicz.com/ProclaimYourPowerCourse to learn more!   Thank you all for tuning in & don’t forget to leave a review on ITunes so you have the opportunity to become the reviewer of the week and make sure you leave your email address! To learn more about my one-on-one lifestyle & wellness coaching, check me out at www.BrianPickowicz.com/start and check out my new book Proclaim your Power at www.proclaimyourpower.com/book! Thank you again & remember, the journey begins with you!

In episode 51, Mikayla is having a discussion with Erica Russo, a psychic medium and fellow spirit junkie who is all about alignment and expanding your consciousness. You will learn the best way to get your life into alignment in order to manifest, about setting intentions, and ways to call upon your guides for help. Interestingly, you will also hear her story of how she came to the realization that she could possibly be a medium, the information she received from her “Star Chart” (Astrological Birth Chart), and what she did to develop and strengthen her abilities. In this episode: + Signs you are going through a spiritual awakening, how it may look and feel + Intuitive hits - when you may receive them + Have faith and know that it is not happening TO you, but FOR you + The differences between psychics and mediums + #1 HACK: Alignment! Focus on bringing joy into your life The Mindset Magic & Manifestation Method, Mikayla's SIGNATURE program, is officially opening its doors for round three!!! 12 weeks, a trip to Los Angeles and a life transformation? Enrollment closes on the 31st! LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM HERE! SPIRITUAL SPLURGE - Bad Bitch Affirmations // There's nothing more on brand than these bad bitch cards! Grab them HERE! Find Erica on IG HERE! APPLY FOR ONE-ON-ONE COACHING WITH MIKAYLA HERE! FREE MEDITATION HERE! Can't get enough? Check out the blog at mikaylajai.com and on Insta at Instagram.com/themikaylajai --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Infertility, pregnancy loss, infant and maternal mortality----none of these are topics that we enjoy talking about, but the number of women and families affected by these obstacles is astounding. For African-American women, there is a stigma attached to these issues, and the compounding problem of their voices not being heard.Today’s show addresses these topics and more in honor of October being Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.   Erica McAfee is the founder of Sisters in Loss, LLC, a faith-based grief and pregnancy loss coaching company that helps black women turn their pain into purpose after loss.   Sisters in Loss provides consulting and coaching services to help women step beyond anxiety and fear into trust and peace after loss. The Sisters In Loss goal through courses, retreats, and conferences is to help women minimize regrets, maximize memories, and manage their path forward after loss. Their self-titled podcast spotlights faith-filled black women who share miscarriage, infant loss, and infertility stories and testimonies to heal, gain clarity and peace, find hope, and become victorious after loss. Launched in August 2017, the podcast has a community of 5000+ Sisters in Loss.   Erica is a Grief and Pregnancy Loss coach, pastor’s wife, and Mom to two angels in heaven and one rainbow baby, Maxwell, also known as Super Mighty Max. She is an alumnus of Virginia Commonwealth University where she earned a BS degree in Chemical Engineering.   Show Highlights:   How Erica found podcasts a few years ago when she had a long commute to work each day, but she couldn’t find one that told the stories that aligned with what she and her friends had experienced with traumatic loss The year-old podcast shares weekly stories of real women of color and how faith helps them gain clarity, peace, and learning Erica’s coaching work with those still early in their loss experience or those in pregnancy after loss How loss affects everyone around you How the podcast helps African-American women know what questions to ask their medical professionals, no matter where they are in their journey to parenthood The example set by celebrities recently who have shared their pregnancy and birth stories The power of storytelling in healing the pain of loss How the podcast helps support women through the grieving process by building a community Seeing success stories of others helps people in their personal experiences How Erica and her guests share their faith on the podcast and the role faith plays in the journey to healing How the podcast gives scripture, tools, and resources for support How some people going through loss cling to faith and others push it away Sometimes the grieving process isn’t “over and done” and we tend to shove those feelings down because we feel guilty holding onto them What we should know about supporting women of color through loss: Maternal and infant mortality is an issue that African-American women face 3-4 times more than other races Why black women are not taken seriously by their medical providers and their voices aren’t being heard Erica’s message to friends and family of those who have lost: Continue to check on loved ones who have gone through loss, because they may have deep, dark moments. Be a listening ear for your loved ones. How healing requires you to do the work   Resources:   Find Erica and Sisters in Loss: www.ericammcafee.com www.ericammcafee.com/podcast www.sistersinloss.com www.instagram.com/ericammcafee www.facebook.com/ericammcafee’   https://www.ericammcafee.com/summit   Find out about Erica’s free healing and prayer summit, Oct. 15-19   Therapy for Black Girls, a podcast by Dr. Joy Harden Bradford

Liberate The Podcast! Episode 53: Erica Ormsby: I AM. Happy. Healthy. Free. With host Cristina Dam. Liberate The Podcast: We aim to educate, motivate, inspire and liberate your consciousness! "I kept finding myself wanting to create what I wanted for my life based on other peoples' expectations and other peoples' ideas of who I needed to be, even if it was never explicitly said... this looking outward. As a child, thinking 'to be successful, you need do this this... to be liked, you need to do this... to be loved, you need to do this.' That's kind of how we roll until we have some type of shift of awareness. What I'm sharing about today is personal power. I truly believe powerlessness is an illusion. Meaning that the idea that our freedom is outside, our happiness is outside, our health is outside of us - has been such a profound misunderstanding." - Erica Ormsby, International Best-selling Author, Speaker & Entrepreneur. Find Erica at www.ericainspired.com Find us at www.liberatehollywood.com Join Erica at Liberate Hollywood on Saturday, September 15th, 2018 from 1:00 - 4:00 PM for a workshop & book signing.Tickets available at www.liberatehollywood.com.

Erica is an attorney by day and a health and wellness blogger and podcaster by night. She gives us some tips on how to switch over to a healthier, non-toxic lifestyle. She shares with us how networking in the blogger space and how that has affected her business.  Find the full show notes at www.alliowen.com/erica Find Erica at www.bringyourownkombucha.com