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Watch the full coverage of the live stream on The Emily D Baker YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/live/IJgD247smlQDay 19 of the Karen Read Retrial happened on May 20, 2025. Defense Attorney, Robert Alessi, continued cross examining Shanon Burgess. Questions arose regarding the accuracy of dates and timeline in the expert's analysis, with errors of 24 hours. Burgess kept saying that the event happened the night of January 29-30th when in reality is it was January 28-29th. Shanon's analysis of call logs, text streams, and vehicle data was scrutinized. There were concerns about the use of approximate times and potential confirmation bias. The expert did not have the raw data for the techstream information, he instead got it from Welcher's report. During redirect examination, Special Prosecutor, Hank Brennan, attempted to clarify Burgess' credentials and data interpretation. Pointing out that he didn't need that degree to perform his job and that work life balance made it a challenge to complete his degree.On Re-Cross Examination, Alessi pointed out that in a federal court filing in Texas, Burgess' resume stated he was anticipating a BGS - Bachelor of General Science in 2024. There is no Bachelor of General Science degree in Alabama and he has been pursuing this degree since 2008. The use of the Commonwealths presenting video and audio clips, especially the voicemail, appears to be related to establishing a timeline of Karen Read's movements and actions around the time of John O'Keefe's death. The defense may use it to show her actions were consistent, while the prosecution may use it to point out inconsistencies. The 12:25/12:30 timeframe she gives for John's passing may be challenged given her audio from the voicemail at 12:41AM.Later in the day, Christina Hanley, a trace analyst expert witness from the lab testified about a mechanical match on glass. The court adjourned early after sidebar discussions. We'll get back to her on Day 20.RESOURCESRetrial Day 10 - Voicemails - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2vEF0vxG2wWhat You Need to Know About the Retrial - https://youtu.be/89Jpa8vz1RQ Karen Read Retrial Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gKOJlfL__9F027hlETVU-vo Karen Read Trial - 2024 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gKUeCUzApgsEuQRXu5IXeTSThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/Podscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy

Send us a textDejah-Maia's story is one of incredible resilience and inspiring transformation. Born in San Diego and raised in the vibrant neighborhoods of Spanish Harlem, New York, and Maplewood, New Jersey, Dejah-Maia now calls Maplewood her home. She is the second eldest of four siblings, each of whom shares a bond strengthened by their shared trials and triumphs.At the age of two, Dejah-Maia's life was forever altered by a catastrophic house amage from smoke inhalation, and he eventually passed away.Dejah-Maia's story is not one of surrender but of deuring her conThe unwavering support of key individuals in her life was crucial. They supported Dejah-Maia as she grew in conWith an Associate's Degree in General Science with High Honors and a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Dejah-Maia's personal experiences have fueled her passion for school psychology. She is driven by a desire to dismantle the stigma surrounding mental health in low-income communities, especially for children. One of her goals is to create environments where young people can express themselves freely and without fear, just as she learned to do. She envisions a world where every child feels protected and empowered to share their story, drawing strength from their experiences rather than being deThroughout her journey, Dejah-Maia has refused to be a victim of her circumstances. Instead, she stands tall as a survivor, her life is a testament to her strength and resilience. She is committed to giving back to her community, providing the same support and guidance that helped her overcome her traumatic past. Dejah-Maia's story is a beacon of hope, demonstrating the power of perseverance and the profound impact of a nurturing environment. She is determined to ensure that other children have the tools they need to not only survive but thrive in the face of adversity.Find DejahLinkedInind The Suffering PodcastThe Suffering Podcast InstagramKevin Donaldson InstagramMike Failace InstagramApple PodcastSpotifyYouTubeThe Suffering Podcast FamilySherri AllsupToyota of HackensackPoPl Discount code TSP20Cubita CafeSupport the showThe Suffering Podcast Instagram Kevin Donaldson Instagram TikTok YouTube

Kid's Teeth Week is Sponsored by SuperMouth! Join the Pro Partnership:http://www.supermouthpro.com/nxlevelconsultantsDr. Kasey Hall attended Portland State University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in General Science. Dr. Hall then attended Oregon Health Science University School of Dentistry where he developed a strong desire to pursue a career working with children.Following dental school, Dr. Hall accepted associate dentist positions in El Paso, Texas and Santa Fe, NM at pediatric offices. During his time in the southwest Dr. Hall trained in a wide range of pediatric dentistry, including soft tissue surgery and behavior management.After 5 years in the southwest, Dr. Hall and his family left on another adventure. This time taking them to the Northeast where he attended an intensive two-year hospital residency in pediatric dentistry at St. Joseph Hospital for Specialty Care in Providence, Rhode Island. During residency, he became competent in all facets of pediatric dentistry, including surgery, sedation, treatment of trauma, and orthodontics.Dr. Hall is awaiting board eligibility with the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. He is also a member of the American Dental Association and Rhode Island Dental Association.Dr. Hall finds the relationships he develops with his patients and their families to be the best part of his work. He enjoys joking and telling children stories while he provides treatment to them. He wants his patients to enjoy their visits and develop a healthy relationship with dentistry.As a parent of four kids, he understands the unpredictability of life with children. He tries to make himself available for his patients whenever problems arise. He believes strongly in a preventative approach to dentistry combined with the most up-to-date science and technology.Dr. Hall grew up just outside of Portland, Oregon and is married to Jenees Hall. Together they have one son, Milo and three daughters, Hazel, Thea and Halle. Their family enjoys board games, movie nights and spending as much time as possible outside0:00 Intro Music0:46 SuperMouth Sponsorship3:50 Welcome Kasey Hall at AAPD '2410:03 Deciding if Ownership is The Right Path17:08 Your Vision for Being a Practice Owner20:00 What's the Biggest Fear of Starting Up?26:05 SuperMouth Product Reaction from Dr. Kasey SHOW HOST:As always Michael Dinsio your host Michael Dinsio is available to you as a Dental Practice Start Up Consultant. You can reach Michael at: https://www.nxlevelconsultants.com/start-up-practice-consulting.htmlYou can learn more about what he does by scheduling a One-on-One call as well:https://calendly.com/nxlevelconsultants-michael/30-minute-new-client#dentalstartup #dentalpodcast #startupunscripted #dentalconsultant #dentalcoach Intro Music: Do The Math: by SLPSTRM from Artlist https://artlist.io/artist/503/slpstrm

The first ever Drunk on Trivia podcast is here!! Starting with some general knowledge science questions. Say your answers out loud and see how you do!! If you love trivia, follow the socials: https://www.instagram.com/christianhals_ https://www.tiktok.com/@christianhalstrivia Like, Share or do whatever you're supposed to do with podcasts if you love TRIVIA!!

“She had an inside and an outside now and suddenly she knew how not to mix them.”  -Zora Neale Hurston There can be no liberation without a commitment to living.  It's Gemini season, and life (with all of its chaos and beauty) abounds! In today's episode, We begin with a recognition that this tropical Gemini new moon brought some clarity with its heaviness. Then Brendane sits with Amber Starks, aka Melanin Mvskoke, to discuss a Black feminist spiritual-political commitment to living. This commitment includes celebration–Brendane turned 31 on Monday–and dedication to honoring oneself and one's ancestral inheritances. As you listen, may you remember that your life is an ancestral inheritance. You were brought here for this moment, as you are, to live well. Self-compassion and self-forgiveness are essential to surrendering to life, as they allow us to find self-love in moments of imperfection. A recognition of one's "inside and outside" is necessary to persist in times of chaos, famine, drought, and abundance. Who and what will you hold close as you fight, love, and rest for your life? Tune in now to hear more! Amber Starks (aka Melanin Mvskoke) is an Afro Indigenous (African-American and Native American) advocate, organizer, cultural critic, decolonial theorist, and budding abolitionist. She is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and is also of Shawnee, Yuchi, Quapaw, and Cherokee descent. Her passion is the intersection of Black and Native American identity. Her activism seeks to normalize, affirm, and uplift the multidimensional identities of Black and Native peoples through discourse and advocacy around anti-Blackness, abolishing blood quantum, Black liberation, and Indigenous sovereignty. She hopes to encourage Black and Indigenous peoples to prioritize one another and divest from compartmentalizing struggles. She ultimately believes the partnerships between Black and Indigenous peoples (and all POC) will aid in the dismantling of anti-blackness, white supremacy, and settler colonialism, globally. She earned a Bachelor's of Science in General Science (emphasis in Biology and Anthropology) from the University of Oregon.Her pronouns are she/her. You can find Amber on Instagram and Twitter @MelaninMvskoke ! Find out more information about the podcast at blacklovedandfreepodcast.com. Donate to the podcast here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/black-loved-free-podcast/message

Send us a Text Message.Prof. Isabel Oliver is the Director General of Science and Research & Chief Scientific Officer, at the UK Health Security Agency ( UKHSA - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency ). The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a government agency in the United Kingdom, responsible since April 2021 for England-wide public health protection and infectious disease capability and replacing Public Health England. It is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Prior to this role, Prof. Oliver was Director of National Infection Service at Public Health England (PHE) having held other roles previously in the organization. She is also professor and co-director of the National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit on Behavioral Science and Evaluation, at the University of Bristol and an honorary professor at University College, London. Prof. Oliver has broad research interests ranging from infectious diseases epidemiology and the evaluation of public health interventions and services, to the surveillance, prevention and control of infectious diseases and environmental hazards, antibiotic resistance, emergency preparedness and response, sexual health and the mental health impact of major incidents. She leads the National Study of Flooding and Health, a longitudinal study aimed at understanding the impact of flooding on mental health and wellbeing. Prof. Oliver received an MSc, Public Health, from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London and a Medical Degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Support the Show.

In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother's Son” podcast, I sit down to talk with fellow author, Nicole Brown. Nicole is an author of 15 books and counting.  She is a certified K-12 teacher in Louisiana, Tennessee, Missouri, and Mississippi.  She holds certifications in the following subject areas: Chemistry, Physics, General Science, Early Childhood (PK-3), Vocal Music, and Reading. She is also a member of Zeta Phi Beta, Sorority Inc. She holds a B.S., in Chemistry Education from the University of Louisiana-Monroe, a MEd in Reading Education from Alcorn State University and an EdS in Educational Leadership from Delta State University. Nicole recently served an elementary music teacher for 9 years in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2 years) and in Vicksburg, Mississippi (7 years). Nicole currently resides in her hometown, Monroe, Louisiana. To find out more about Nicole, check out her website at https://authornicolesbrown.yolasite.com/.

Lauren (Laurie Ann) McDevitt of Glen Allen, Virginia, unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2023, at the age of 60. She was born on August 16th, 1962, in Columbus, Indiana, and graduated from Graded High School in Sao Paulo, Brazil. There, she was an active participant in athletics and set the long-distance track record. Lauren graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of General Science in Management and Business Communication. She also received a Master of Science in Health Administration through the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia. Later in life, she continued her education through...Article LinkSupport the show

Our guest this episode is Anthony Poponi. He says about himself, “At my core, I am focused on reducing suffering at the levels of the individual, the workplace and the community”. As you will hear, this is exactly what he does. In 2016 Anthony started his consulting and speaking company, Focus On The 40. As he will tell you he is committed to helping focus on achieving the full %40 of happiness over which we have control. Talking with Anthony on this episode was intriguing for me and, I think, we challenged each other in many different ways. As he mentioned to me we are aligned in so many ways, but as I observe, we come to the same points from different and both relevant places. This episode was as fun as I could ever expect one to be. I hope you will feel the same way. About the Guest: ANTHONY POPONI is the FOUNDER OF FOCUS ON THE 40, LEAD PRESENTER AND HUMORIST. MY MISSION. At my core, I am focused on reducing suffering at the levels of the individual, the workplace and the community. People are struggling, burned out, and directionless more so than ever before. We're disengaged and looking for inspiration, deeper connection and a sense of purpose—and this is challenging our workplaces at a time when we need to get the most out of our people. We've been led astray, seeking happiness by chasing the myths marketed to us. My work is centered on refocusing on the 40% of our happiness that we control through the active crafting of our lives which includes pushing through the hard parts. I've been told I'm “tenacious about my happiness.” I love that phrase and want to bring that mindset of actively crafting a fulfilling life to my audiences. INCREDIBLE DELIVERY. Humans are wired to feel good when connecting with others, and events are a huge part of what's been missing since the whole pandemic thing started. Conferences, retreats and team-building are important opportunities to reconnect and reengage. So, I urge you to make your events fun and inspirational by finding the right talent (ahem, cough, me). And events are hard to pull off. I have over two decades of experience presenting at events of all types including grand galas, festivals, corporate events, conferences and intimate parties. You get this vast experience in a human smoothie of “subject matter expert” and “comedic genius” on stage and BOOM! Your event goes from “good” to “memorable” and “talked about.” SERVICE FOCUSED. In my work, I take pride in solving challenges for businesses and for associations looking to provide value for their members. When at home, I'm honored to be part of a community of caring, passionate, driven and yet funky people in Bend, Oregon. Service is important to me and I find joy in volunteering my time as a Board member for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bend, Commute Options, and I've also emceed about every community event under the sun. It lights me up! HUMBLED OUTDOORS. When I'm not working, I'm usually outside seeking open spaces and especially water. You can find me exploring the breadth of life's humbling experiences through snowboarding (below average) and playing hockey (really poorly). When snow turns to water, I'll be rafting (flipping) and fishing (it's not called catching for a reason), on my motorcycle (generally not enjoying), hiking, and smiling while mountain biking. Or navigating a series of near-death experiences on a surfboard. I'm having fun. Performing improv and live comedy keeps my brain churning and making people laugh and engage with life is an element of my purpose. I occasionally have a bruised and scraped-up body (and almost always a bruised ego). But I'm happy Ways to connect with Anthony: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonypoponi/ https://www.facebook.com/AnthonyPoponi About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Well, hi, once again, thanks for joining us here on unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet love the unexpected part. Today, our guest is Anthony propone, who is going to be as unexpected as they get. Because he among other things, is a humorist. He is very committed to trying to eliminate suffering at the individual, the workplace and the community levels. And we're going to get into a lot of that. I don't want to give it away because it's no fun. He's supposed to be the expert in that. So Anthony, welcome to unstoppable mindset. I'm I don't thanks for having me. Well, glad you're here. So why don't we start I love to start by learning a little bit more about you in general growing up and all those early Anthony things? Well, that's a start.   Anthony Poponi ** 02:08 Yeah, let's get started. I mean, I've we're gonna have to have multiple episodes here to cover my entire life story. But I'll give you the quick version.   Michael Hingson ** 02:14 Oh, you can start off with in the beginning, it's okay. In the beginning,   Anthony Poponi ** 02:19 there was a big bang and the universe became and then the you know, I love Calvin and Hobbes, I don't know if you're a fan, but he always has these crazy stories about in the beginning. And he has this one script where like, you know, basically God creates the universe. And that Calvin, the six year old little boy, is the culmination of all of the things that the universe has put together. So I think of myself as that self centered narcissist as well at times. Yeah, I grew up on the East Coast. And I think the thing that's been really formative for me and and it wired me in a certain way that I really appreciate is I grew up in a portion of my life from about age five to age 12, in poverty, living in low income housing, living off of what was food stamps back in the day living with my mom, I was five, my sister was three, my brother was one, of course, I was the favorite. And,   Michael Hingson ** 03:10 like you best, wow,   Anthony Poponi ** 03:11 yeah. And so my sister and brother brought his grandkids and then I became, you know, a second and third fiddle. And so now at least, I'm still on the podium. But I think that was really important for me, I mean, my dad was was, and still is, in my life. My mom was a loving mother, that environments really challenging. And we know a lot from the research into psychology about how impactful those times can be in our, in our lives. And, and so I think it's been really interesting for me to take the good and the bad from that, you know, the bad is the adverse childhood experiences, which is the technical term. And the good is it made me wired to serve other people, you know, I was really fortunate to have others take care of me. And it was given a lot of chances in my life. And I want to turn that back around and give that back to the world. And so I think it's really driven me as a surface mindset person.   Michael Hingson ** 03:58 What, what made that leap? What made you make that leap? I mean, that certainly is different than what a lot of people do with their lives and so on. I love it. And I have that attitude. But I know a lot of people don't so kind of what really made that leap happened.   Anthony Poponi ** 04:13 Yeah, it's, it's a really good question. And I don't know, I mean, maybe it's a deep desire to have the sense of belonging, and you know, something in there about like, wanting to contribute and wanting to be wanted, I think, in a way, and it's not that my parents didn't want me it's not that I wasn't surrounded by people that showed me love and affection. But maybe it has maybe some, some fear based wiring to it, but I think it's turned into something that's been positive, you know, for, for me and for, you know, for anyone I'm in contact with, not, not anyone, but   Michael Hingson ** 04:47 some people. Some people, some people can exercise away from their life and that'd be fine too. Yeah, you'd be happier, which is always, always a good thing to do. Well, Older saw subtraction. That's right. And the conservation of happiness. It's a good theory. So you, you went to college and all that,   Anthony Poponi ** 05:10 yeah, I went to college and I have a degree in Biology from the University of Georgia. And for the longest time, up until about 2014, I use that science degree in a lot of different ways. I think one of the things that was really valuable for me and even sort of like in, in this definition of like, alleviating suffering for others, it was for me first, you know, that there was, I remember this one person who I really respected, saying, well, you'll always be nonprofit, environmental, Anthony. And like, that was the label thrust upon me. And I made strides and steps towards breaking that label intentionally and unintentionally. And I think as you kind of like, drop some labels, you can add new labels, you know, or you could probably still add labels even while you have existing labels. But there was this kind of transition for me being like a nonprofit, Anthony anymore. Second, environmental, I started working for boys and girls club that had nothing to do with the environment. And then I was like, Oh, well, now I'm a professional speaker, Anthony. And what's that label look like? And what are these other labels that I would like to add versus maybe later labels that I've accepted at this point?   Michael Hingson ** 06:17 Well, how did you make the jump to I assume it's full time professionally speaking?   Anthony Poponi ** 06:22 Yeah, yeah. Well, it's a mix of professional speaking and workplace consulting. So I do a lot of work with workplace culture. That's still probably professional speaking, depending on how you you slice. Good point. Yeah, it's, um, you know, years ago, I mean, I've always gravitated towards roles where I could be front and center, I love speaking in front of audiences, I have a talent. I think I had a talent for it. And then I develop the skill and develop more of the skill set to do it better and better. And it's been just kind of an evolution, you know, there was a while back in, like, probably 2008 or 2007. You know, someone came up and said, Hey, we're doing this fundraiser for the Animal Welfare League. I was like, Oh, that's great. I have to rescue dogs and, and they said, Would you like to be our auctioneer? And I said, Sure. And then I said, What does that mean? You know, and so it was a yes. And then I did that. And I had a lot of fun with it. I did it the second year. And then I just started paying attention to like, well, what things really bring me joy, and how can I serve people? And how does it not have to necessarily be through nonprofits? And so that kind of led me to just continue index more and more emceeing and then developing my expertise in positive psychology and workplace culture and leadership and all that.   Michael Hingson ** 07:36 What were you doing when you were focusing on biology? What was your day job?   Anthony Poponi ** 07:42 Oh, it was a lot of things that kind of played with all of it. I was a middle school science teacher. For a while I was an environmental consultant, I worked with sea turtles for a long time and the Caribbean and in Florida. I was doing watershed restoration work, Source Water Protection work. So that kind of for nonprofits running those as like an executive director. So it was all over the place. I played with all of it. And I found I mean, I love science, I still love science. And I'm doing work for for the Fish and Wildlife Service these days doing some, some work with for corporate wellness. So it's been really nice to kind of tap back into that world. But I've never been a good scientist, I've been a very good communicator of science versus being the one that should generate the data.   Michael Hingson ** 08:23 I think I probably fit more in that role as well. I wanted to teach physics ever since I started getting degrees. And I thought that was going to be the way I went and went a little bit different way. But by the same token, I think we're all still teachers at heart in one way or another. And so for me, it's led to a number of different things. And now among other things, doing a podcast, which is a lot of fun, and get to meet people like you. Now the real burning question is what did the sea turtles think of your speeches?   Anthony Poponi ** 08:57 I don't know that reptilians have a whole lot of emotional repertoire to share them back with me. How do you get connected to physics? Like what was the what was the thing that   Michael Hingson ** 09:06 I have always been interested in science. And so when I was like, seven and eight years old, I got a radio kit. My parents bought me a radio kit that I could could build some little radios with crystal sets and so on, and, and so they helped teach me the schematics so I could do it. And I've just always been involved with it. I got a ham radio license at age 14, and have had that license ever since. And so radio and physics have always been a part of what I did. And when when I was in high school, General Science first year, the last quarter, the general science teacher, Mr. Doyle said, you know, you look pretty bored here. And I said, Well, I understand all this stuff. And he said, well, so last quarter of the year, and I know you have a ham radio license, and the senior physics class is studying electricity magnetism, we're gonna send you there for your last quarter. That wasn't a change. But I've just always liked it. My dad was an electronics and electrical engineer, ran the precision measurements equipment lab at Edwards Air Force Base. So it was it was in my life life and in my blood and then went to UC Irvine and had a lot of fun there. And I've been doing things that have been technical ever since. So it's really not a problem at all. While I was at UC Irvine, I also worked at the radio station. So that kind of entered the bloodstream as well. That's really interesting.   Anthony Poponi ** 10:30 Yeah, that's, so we both have had this path of like, we started somewhere with something was science for both of us. Like that's the overlap I see. And I think what's really interesting is I was just reading this book the other day, and I'm trying to remember what it was. Maybe it's Richard lighters, the power of purpose, and he was talking about Peter Drucker, who's no pass on? Yes. And, and the quote from Peter Drucker, and I'm gonna paraphrase is that those of us that figure out our career at age 18, and stay the course on that thing the entire time, it's a one in a million chance. Yeah, I think that that, and he didn't back it up with data, it was more of just a commentary. And I just found that comment, I was like, Yeah, I think a lot more people just need to be given that sort of like space to say, I'm taking my best guess, and age 18, or whatever it is, as I'm picking as either a career path or a vocational study, or going to college for something that, just try it, you know, and if it doesn't feel right, it doesn't fit. And you keep learning more about yourself and more about what lights you up and what you can give back to the world, like look for that synergy. And I think that that's where a lot of the suffering exists for people.   Michael Hingson ** 11:37 I think for me, actually, I, I ended up sticking with the one career and the career wasn't being a scientist, but the career was teaching and communicating. And I've always had that. And in one way or another, I have been involved with that. So when I left college, I had a job that that eventually, within a couple of years had me selling full time, and I've been selling ever since. But anyone who really understand sales will understand and know that sales is really about teaching and advising, if you do it, right. And so I think it's just been that way all along. And then of course, September 11 happened, and people started saying, gee, come and tell us what we should learn and the natural speaking process took over. So that was a lot of fun. And frankly, for me, I don't tend to really understand what so many people say about public speaking being such a great fear, because I'm comfortable with it. And I don't think it has anything to do with seeing or not seeing the audience because I know they're there. But rather, it's a matter that if you learn that you're not talking to an audience, but you're talking with an audience, and you want them to be drawn in and be a part of what you do. Why would you ever be afraid?   Anthony Poponi ** 12:55 Yeah, it's really interesting. I mean, like I said, it's something I've just gravitated towards. And then I also think that there's, you know, one of the core parts of positive psychology is about, you know, this, this engaged life and that flow state that me Hi, chicks and Mihai talks about. And the way that he breaks it down that I think makes a lot of sense to me is, and we don't necessarily recognize this and see these patterns in ourselves without introspection. And what I mean by that is, he basically says, there's this flow channel, right, and you remain in this place of being super engaged, lose track of time, and you're doing something that's challenging, but it's at the right challenge level for you. So it's, it's the right mix of challenge and ability. And I think, you know, the first few times the, you know, I gave a presentation on on content matter, you know, like on neuro chemistry. Somebody said, Can you do a 20 minute talk? And I was like, whew, 20 minutes. That's a long time, you know, and now I'm like, give me two hours, give me a day, give me you know, give me two days, like, there's so much that we can be sharing and also doing together, right? It's communicating with versus just, you know, I'm not going to just do a two day retreat with someone and talk for eight hours a day for two days. It's more about creating that, that bidirectional dialogue around what they're wanting to achieve and how we can support   Michael Hingson ** 14:11 them. Absolutely. It has to be a dialogue. It has to be both ways, which is why I always say, I talk with an audience and not to it. A few years ago, the Iowa Police Chiefs Association asked me to come and speak. And I didn't pick up on this at first. They wanted me to do the keynote address. And it dawned on me over a few times in conversing with him that I was going to have three hours to do the keynote. Oh, wow. So it was a lot of fun. And we did have a lot of interaction back and forth too. So yeah, that's the way it really needs to be because I think that any audience doesn't want to be lectured to as such, but really, the the real, engaged audiences are the ones that are engaged and they're a part of the process.   Anthony Poponi ** 15:04 Yeah, it's and that's hard to achieve when you have a gigantic audience and a limited amount of time or even, like the way that I always kind of frame a keynote for me, the way I approach them, it's, it's a comedy show with content. And I think we're, I can do a really great job and serve people better, is a big give me time. While I'm also at that, in that conference, or in that space to say, I'm gonna, like, get you to think about a few things. And then, and we don't have time for you to have a little back and forth, or it might be time for q&a. But I want to have, give me two hours for a workshop after that, we're gonna run down, but just pick a vein, and we're gonna run down whatever vein they think is most valuable to their audience. And then people can select in to say, Oh, that was intriguing. I want to know more, and I want it to be a little more personal to my own challenges. So I'm gonna go go to that.   Michael Hingson ** 15:52 And I always feel that if I'm not learning at least as much as my audience, then I'm not doing my job well, because I love to go and spend some time before speaking. Because oftentimes, I'll find that there are things that I hear that I can integrate in, which makes it more meaningful. But I need to gain a lot out of being at any event. And gaining that I get comes from listening to what other people say or interacting with them. And I, when the opportunity arises, do love to have q&a?   Anthony Poponi ** 16:24 I mean, q&a is the hardest part. And it's also sometimes the best part, it gives you just an insight into what really resonated and jumped out to people. And then what they need more of.   Michael Hingson ** 16:33 Yeah, for me, it's always hard to get people started on asking questions. So they're, they're very uncomfortable. But once you open the dam, yeah. Then the questions come. And that's really cool. And again, that's a great way to to learn a lot more. Let's say you've been speaking professionally, since you said, what? 2014?   Anthony Poponi ** 16:56 Yeah, yeah, somewhere back in there. And they went from a side hustle to a full time gig and somewhere in that timeframe to well, around 2016, then it became more of a full time thing.   Michael Hingson ** 17:06 How was it like during the COVID?   Anthony Poponi ** 17:09 Oh, it was tough. Yeah. Yeah, you know, fortunately, a good part of my business has always had some consulting to it. And that still existed for workplaces. And, you know, people were transitioning to virtual and trying to keep their people engaged. So, you know, it was good. And I don't want to ever repeat the pandemic. But it helped me take stock of a lot of things, as I think it did with a lot of people. And it, you know, I did a lot of good things for my community as well, you know, I was doing free virtual talks all day long. I was writing, I have a history when, when I was working with nonprofits and fundraising. So I was writing grants for my local food pantry, we landed a couple of big grants that came through during that time. So, you know, I put stuff on pause a little bit, I did a lot of online training for myself, which was helpful, I produced my first workbook. So there was a lot of good things that came out of having that time and space. But, you know, I love the being in my office all day long. That's not the part I love. And part of that love is working with groups and working with people. So you know, getting back to that was important for me, for my own happiness for my own fulfillment.   Michael Hingson ** 18:17 You have talked a lot about people being not well engaged, we're not happy in the workplace and other things like that. So tell me a little bit more about that, if you would. Yeah, you're gonna start in any specific area? No, I'll leave that to you.   Anthony Poponi ** 18:38 Yeah, you know, certainly post pandemic, we're seeing a lot of, you know, everybody knows these terms of the great resignation, and quiet quitting, and all of those things. And you know, how much of that has been driven by kind of coming back to work after we kind of came out of crisis mode, and we were like, Hey, we're all rallying together, you know, we're gonna get through this together. And then people, you know, last boundaries between work life balance, hybrid became the way of doing things or working virtually. And those are, it's hard to create boundaries there, you know, and then layer on just different pieces of like, Okay, now what, like people had time to be introspective and time to get back to their lives. And so now creating those boundaries is, I think, really been helpful, helpful. But also people are like, Oh, this work that I was always doing is maybe not the work I shouldn't be doing. And so I think it's led to a lot of, you know, disengaged employees and, and that's a, it's a lose lose proposition, you know, like an employee that's not getting fulfillment out of their work is and because they're not leaning in, and they're not trying, you know, getting things done and being productive and all that that's a list for them. And it's obviously this for the workplace. So, you know, a big part of what I do when I'm working with groups is say, like, let's figure out who you are like who you are as an individual. Let's figure out what lights you up let's figure out what your skills and your gifts are. And then let's figure out like we you know, all the all the fun stuff, strengths, finders and leadership styles and all those things, and then let's figure out how to put those views as much as you can. Now Very few jobs are gonna let you do that all day all day long. But the more we can align those things between passions and values and gifts, you're gonna find more purpose in the work that you're doing. And that's great for the workplace. And you know, it takes time, it takes energy, it takes up investment, but it's worth it. And sometimes it means that that's the wrong job for you are like, as in a position, or it's the wrong workplace for you, if some of those things are often so I think so. So much of that is just exploration that you have to do.   Michael Hingson ** 20:30 Do you think that a lot of people are really unhappy at work?   Anthony Poponi ** 20:35 Uh, huh. You know, I don't know, the the data doesn't look good.   Michael Hingson ** 20:41 Why do you think that is? I've had that impression, too. But But why is that? And is it? Is it just in this country? Or is it all over?   Anthony Poponi ** 20:50 Um, I people are generally pretty, pretty low engagement levels. I don't know if that's actually a really good analogy, measurement tool for looking at what happiness looks like. I mean, I think work is supposed to be hard. And, you know, part of the, it has hard parts to it. And that's, that's because we're learning new things and trying things and we're engaging with groups, and there's going to be natural conflict in those things. Like it's, it's at all levels are everywhere, like, I'm part of a performing improv group here. And there's like, conflict within that. I'm like, we are volunteers. We're here to entertain people and have a good time, like, but why are we adding on this dramatic element? I guess, because, well, we're dramatic people are performing. But, you know, I just think it's human nature. And so you know, that's one layer is like, the social dynamic at work is really hard. And then all these other pieces, it's just like, Can I do things that I really find enjoyable? And I'm not saying that I have a completely dialed I mean, the, the best thing I've done in my work day today, is actually having this conversation with you. Because I like talking to people. I like conversing. I like sharing information. I like learning new things, versus sitting behind a computer and take a picture.   Michael Hingson ** 22:01 Yeah, me too. You know, my wife passed away in November of last year. So it's now been four months. And it'll be two weeks, on Sunday. But one of the things I've noticed, since she passed, and in even a little bit before she passed, although I really became aware of it later was doing these podcasts has just taken on a whole new meaning. It's been fun. And every time I get a chance to talk to somebody, it lightens the day, because they have new things to say that I haven't heard. And I get to interact with them. It's just a totally unique thing. So it's again, getting back to that whole interaction. Yeah.   Anthony Poponi ** 22:46 I'm sorry, for your loss, glass grease, grief is real. And people need to give themselves the the ability to honor that and be okay with that, you know, and I think the more we can share those things like vulnerability in life, and in the workplace is an incredibly valuable thing. And, you know, I think that's the other part of this too, is like we treat, we treat our lives as like compartmentalized, and they're not compartmentalized, it's all this, it's an amalgamation of all the things it is   Michael Hingson ** 23:12 it's everything. And like I like I tell people, I don't move on from Karen passing, I move forward, because moving on really implies that you're going to move on and forget. And that is absolutely the last thing that I want to do. Because it's all about the memories. It was 40 years minus 15 days of being married, so that the memories are great, I love them all, I cherish them. And at the same time that adds to enriching my life today. And I'm always happy about that.   Anthony Poponi ** 23:43 That's great. And I love the difference between moving on and moving forward. And I've had to embrace that with the loss of a friend to have just like, it doesn't, you don't want to move on, you know, like, this honors, all the richness that was there of all the great things that came from.   Michael Hingson ** 24:00 Yeah. And it's really important to to make that distinction. And she passed because as I tell people, the Spirit just oftentimes goes faster than the body she is in a wheelchair her whole life and her body just started not keeping up. There's there's no other real way to put it. I think that's basically what happened. There were a number of different factors into it, but it was just, it was her time. So I don't know where she is now or exactly what she's doing. But I hope I don't get in trouble.   Anthony Poponi ** 24:35 I don't know she might want you to get in trouble.   Michael Hingson ** 24:37 Well, I mean with her I don't want to get with her. I want her to approve. That's kind of important. Have you read 10% happier by Dan Harris? Yeah, I   Anthony Poponi ** 24:47 just read it this you're actually yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 24:49 I found that was an interesting book. And I think he had a lot of interesting things to say. And it's all about happiness. Go ahead.   Anthony Poponi ** 24:57 No, no. You Yeah, I was actually, I don't know that I have anything profound to say right off the bat there, I enjoyed the book. And I enjoyed the story. And I enjoyed it. As a non spiritual sort of person, like, I don't mean towards religion, I don't mean towards spirituality, it was really cool to see him find that I'm seeing a Venn diagram in my head of just like mindfulness and, and, and performance, you know, mindfulness and happiness. And so yeah, I thought it was an interesting, interesting book.   Michael Hingson ** 25:30 He did work hard to not try to get involved in a religious discussion. And it was about mindfulness. It was about sitting back and, and looking at yourself. And I'm a great fan of that. I think that people need to spend time every day looking at how the day went. And I've, I've learned, partly from a number of discussions on these podcasts. One of the things that I used to say was that after every speech I gave, I recorded them, I made audio copies, I would listen to them. And I said, I wanted to because I'm my own worst critic. And I realized that's horribly the wrong thing to say. And what I've learned is, I'm my own best teacher, which is a lot more positive. And what it really leads to is, when I look at it from what do I learn today, what did I learn from doing this? What do I need to learn to make it sound better? Or that didn't sound right? What's the real thing I need to do? So I love I'm my own best teacher, I think that's a much better approach to take. And we, we are way too negative anyway, so it's always good to be more positive.   Anthony Poponi ** 26:38 Yeah, I'm pretty hard on myself too. And those things that, you know, I think when you have an expectation of like, when you have the standard that you've set, and experience that you've done, where you've been, like, that's the best I've ever been on stage. And you can probably think about Windows, or I can think about a couple of instances over the last year or so. And, and then when you don't do that, well, you're still doing really well, like, unless you just completely bomb. And I have a hard time thinking that either of us do that, because we're not there. It's not like we're sticky. You know, like, we're not up there trying to deliver this thing. It's mine hasn't my presentations haven't melted, you know, it's organized, but it also has some organic newness to it. Sure, and I really love. But yeah, even you know, the, the, the be the, you know, what, we're not on our a game and we give the B version of it, we can be really, I can be really hard on myself, I should say. And, and that's still really good. You know, that room for improvement is is good. But it needs to be framed, I think in the way that you framed it.   Michael Hingson ** 27:41 The The other issue, though, is you can be hard on yourself. But again, that can be a positive thing or a negative thing. And for me, it's all about why wasn't it what I expected it to be. And that analysis is I think the most important thing for me, and I will continue to do that. And the time may come when I'll never feel that things really went poorly, which means I've been improving, or there will be a specific reason I can immediately point to it like, Oh, I just wasn't feeling well that day. But you're right, we will probably pretty much always be on and the key is that people won't notice it. And shouldn't because we're professional enough. But we're also skilled enough. One of the things that I remember I collect old radio shows as a hobby, and Abbott and Costello, the comedians in the 50s, and so on, I think it was Lou Costello. One Sunday, they were gonna going to do the show, his daughter drowned in their swimming pool that afternoon, but he still went on and did the show that night, and no one ever knew. Because he was able to transcend it. And, and as you said, there's got to be a time for grieving, which is extremely important. But when that was going on, he did what he needed to do, and he was skilled enough to be able to do it.   Anthony Poponi ** 29:09 Oh, it was probably a reasonable break from when the grief as well, you know, to just compartmentalize that for a moment and run away from it, you know, but, you know, to be able to move on and distract yourself with something else. Briefly. I'm   Anthony Poponi ** 29:22 not saying that that's a great strategy is used all the time. Right? There's times when you need to get out of your own head.   Michael Hingson ** 29:31 Yeah, you got to what are some techniques that people can use to make themselves or become happier in the workplace?   Anthony Poponi ** 29:40 Well, I think we, you know, I'll read their reiterate some of the other stuff. I mean, the, I think you got to figure yourself out, right? And B go back to that Peter Drucker comment about, like honoring that you need to figure yourself out and who you are now and who you're going to be and who you were there. You know, they're all different things. And then you can really shape things a lot better. That's a win win for everybody involved if you're, if you're aligning things better. And so, you know, do the strengths, finders work, do work on leadership, understand your character strengths, like, you know, do at this training, whatever the thing is that you need to do to kind of start off being able to put some language to the things that you're really great at, and then try to do those things as much as possible. I think that you'll find a lot more joy in the work, you'll have a lot more success in the things you do, you'll be happier doing it, it's just a great opportunity. And, you know, and then I think the other thing is that relationships are working really valuable. And relationships in general are really valuable. And so, you know, encourage people to really build strong relationships. And, and you should have that I mean, even the work that's come out by Shaun Baker, I don't know if you've ever heard of him The Happiness Advantage? Yeah, yeah, I encourage you to watch his TED Talk. It's a 17 minutes of just absolute brilliance. He's so funny. And he's so articulate, and he's got a great, he's a excellent researcher. But he talks about there being kind of basically like three components to what makes us successful work, one relationships, that we have social support, relationships, and they can be at work and they can be outside of work. But we need to have as we you know, we don't operate in a vacuum as humans, than introverts, extroverts, the different numbers of friends, that's fine. But it just makes sure that you have a social network that's strong, whatever that means for you. And then, you know, finding that alignment between things that you're really good at, and leaning in in ways that have a positive outcome, because of your way to engage with those things really well. And then also, optimism is really important. So having a belief that there's a better future out there that you're that you're actively going to be the one to help create. And I think those all kind of weave together really well.   Michael Hingson ** 31:49 And I think having a good relationship with ourselves is extremely important. We, we need to like ourselves, and we need to learn to like ourselves, which is why I like best teacher, as opposed to worst critic anyway, but we need to do that. But again, I think the other the other technique, I would add, which is what we talked about a while ago, which is you really want to look at the end of each day about how things went. And even the good things, what what might I do better? Or have I really done it as well as I could? And it's okay to say yes to that, by the way, I think. But at the same time, if there are things that that didn't go well, so what's the deal here? And what did we do to address it, and we can do that. But if we don't take the time to think about those things we're never going to learn.   Anthony Poponi ** 32:37 I mean, 100%, I would say that you need to be looking at your life at scale. And I share this with groups a lot about you know, every year on my birthday, I carve out some time, and I kind of do a urine review. And I use the tools that I use in my audiences, I use them with myself, I kind of look at the different domains of my life, and what's going well, and what what can I be doing better? What would I like to shift? What are the easy things to shift? What are the harder things that will take more time to shift? What are the things that aren't going to change? You know, there's some of those out there as well. And, and really paying attention to those things. And of course, doing it once a year is a nice thing for like, Alright, here's my baseline from last year. And now where where am I gonna year because some things will take time. But the opportunity, you don't want to wait all year. Think about making those chips.   Michael Hingson ** 33:25 No, it's always about setting goals. It's always about looking at what you want to do. But then every day, exploring it and re examining it gives you the opportunity to say how do I move forward with that? Or what do I need to redefine, but so many people say I don't have the time to do that you always have time to do that, if you choose to   Anthony Poponi ** 33:48 even better make the time to do it. You know, I mean, it's like one of those things where it's like, I don't like the word should. Yeah, but it's this is such an important show, you know, like, it's an important thing that I think, you know that we can get stuck in this kind of like default life of how things are going. And if we don't examine the things that we really love that we want more of, and then the things that aren't working and how to subtract those from our lives as much as possible. It's a missed opportunity. And it's that whole metaphor of like, having, you know, a jar, and then you if the rocks are the big things, that you put those in the jar first. But if you wait and keep filling the jar with all the little stuff, the sand and the pebbles and all those things, you won't have any room for the rocks, that thing important things in your life, right? That's finding ways to prioritize those is important. Can you do that every single day and make sure that you aren't just focused on your rocks every single night? Probably not, you know, and that's okay. But you know, if you lose sight of those sort of things, then you can be like, Well, I don't have time to do the things that are really important. Well, then it's on you to change it. You're the only person that could do that.   Michael Hingson ** 34:51 Yeah, what's really important then you're missing the point.   Anthony Poponi ** 34:55 Now we're let it go. I mean, quit being so like, Oh, I just wish I could be alive. Well, you can wish you could or you can actively happen, right? And, and there's, there's benefit, I think, in taking that approach of saying, I thought I really wanted this thing and I'm not making time for it. And instead of wanting and wishing and being angry that I don't have it, I'm gonna let it go is no longer possible for my life? And I'm gonna move on. But there's a relief in that.   Michael Hingson ** 35:22 Yeah, I'm a Yoda fan Do or do not? There is no try. I've ever since I saw the movie the first time, I've always loved that line. And it's true. Because you either do it or you don't. If you talk about trying, you're introducing doubt. And, and it's okay. If you do, and it doesn't succeed, then you go back, and you look at that, but the doubts the issue?   Anthony Poponi ** 35:51 Yeah, I like that. You Yeah. And even if you try and fail, at least you don't have to think about regret. You know, right. Unless, unless you gave up on trying iterating and saying, Oh, it didn't work because of this. I'll try this, you know?   Michael Hingson ** 36:07 Yeah. That's and fail. Again, it's a learning experience, as opposed to being a negative well, by just screwed up, you know, what do you learn?   Anthony Poponi ** 36:16 Oh, there's plenty of times I just screw up? Well,   Michael Hingson ** 36:21 well, you know, in your case, when you talk with yourself every year on your birthday, which one gets the better presents? is That's the real question.   Anthony Poponi ** 36:31 Pretty good care of myself on my birthday?   Michael Hingson ** 36:35 How much of our happiness is really under our control? Yeah, to cover it. But I'm curious to see what you'd say to that? Well, I think   Anthony Poponi ** 36:45 we kind of, you know, we're dancing around it. And I think the thing that is valuable for people to hear is that a lot of it, you know, and the name of my business is called focus on the 40. And the reason that it's called that is because about 40% of our happiness is within our control through intentional action. And so back to your Yoda of is no try, there's only do How does He say   Michael Hingson ** 37:06 there is no doer? Do not there is no try, right? There   Anthony Poponi ** 37:09 you go. And so taking action and, and you've heard me use this term today, during our our time together, I'm just I think of happiness as a verb, it's the act of crafting of happiness, like you should be. Well, I guess that doesn't mean, in that phrase, it probably isn't a verb, but I'm not the syntax person. But you know, we have to make those intentional choices about what we're going to be doing to shape our lives. And you know, the other 50% of our happiness is genetic, we kind of come up with a set point that's inherited from our parents. And then there's 10%, that's really controlled by life circumstance, we put an inordinate amount of focus on that 10%. If our circumstances will change, we will be happier. And the science shows that we just it doesn't affect our happiness that much.   Michael Hingson ** 37:52 When September 11 happened, I remember afterward, reacting more and more strongly when people said we got to get back to a normal. And I, I subconsciously and then eventually really was able to articulate No, we're not going to get back to normal, because normal will never be the same again. Yeah, this is the normal, the new normal, and the new normal is ongoing change, actually even more than we had before. But the reality also is we do always try to control so many things over which we don't have any control. And we should worry about the things that we can control. And the rest. If you worry about them, it's just going to drive you crazy.   Anthony Poponi ** 38:35 Absolutely. I mean, those concentric rings of circle of influence, you know, we have so little control and some of these outlying things. And if we put our attention on those, it's yeah, it's just going to dry, it's gonna drive us crazy. It's gonna make us unhappy. And it's, it's not changing anything other than how we are perceiving and how we're reacting to it.   Michael Hingson ** 38:55 Why are we so negative about changing chaos, especially when people say all the time changes all around us? We're always on we're always going to be changing. And then when something affects us, we hate to change.   Anthony Poponi ** 39:11 Yeah, I mean, you know, Cass, I think that our brains don't like uncertainty, you know, our brains like a defined target, and then define a problem. And then we put our supercomputer brains towards that towards solving that. If, if the target is always moving, that's chaos, right? It's targets all over the place. And that was What's so hard about the pandemic, and even all that. The impacts from that, just like the marketplace is changing, and supply chain is changing. And now we have stuff going on in Ukraine and things with China. And all these changes are going to keep coming. And you know, when they're definable, it's easier for our brains to compute the answer and the solution for those. When they're constantly changing. It's hard because our brains are like, Well, I was working on this problem and it looked like this and now it doesn't look like that at all. So it just creates it's hard for us and And it's the it's the same thing within, like even a workplace or just in anything that you're doing is that, you know, we build up expertise in things. And we build that up through cataloging experiences and learning new things. And then, you know, trying and solving, trying and failing sometimes before we solve. And so it feels good for us to do things. And it feels hard for us to be confronted with something that we don't know that we can solve. And if you can flip the switch in your mind and say, This is a new challenge, and it's causing me stress, and the term has actually challenged stress. Like, you know, when I get through this, I'm gonna be better for it, you know, and it's what I would call strategic discomfort, you know, like, there's value in this discomfort, because when you solve this thing, you're going to move forward. And, and that's a great thing to do for yourself to continue to challenge yourself. And, you know, doing it the right increment level, makes it easier to tolerate that change in those challenges.   Michael Hingson ** 40:51 If you're able to step back and recognize what you just said, and recognize that the stress is there, that's the important part, rather than just letting it overwhelm you go, Oh, this is a challenge. Okay. I don't know if I'm going to be able to do this, or I'm going to do this, I'm going to have to figure it out. It may take a while. But it is something that I can deal with in one way or another because human beings are great. And then work toward that. Rather than letting it stress you that's the big issue.   Anthony Poponi ** 41:22 Yeah. And I think you did a good job there of saying, Oh, I feel what do I feel? Oh, I feel stressed. Why do I feel stressed? Like, what can you unpack that? You know? And like? And that's where I think like this literacy around our feelings and literacy around what what challenges look like in literacy around? Why it feels good to achieve things. Like, if you can start, like understanding those pieces and breaking it apart, then you can be like, Why do I feel like this right now? Because I'm not being challenged? You know, there's another side to that.   Michael Hingson ** 41:48 Good point, too.   Anthony Poponi ** 41:49 I'm bored, you know? Yeah, that's good.   Michael Hingson ** 41:53 One of the things that I talk a lot about to a number of audiences is trust and teamwork. And I talk about that, because having used guide dogs now since 1964. Oh, well, long time. What I've, what I've learned over the years, is that wild dogs do love unconditionally. And I absolutely firmly believe that's true, unless they're just so abused, somewhere on the line that they're stilted, but they love unconditionally, but they don't trust unconditionally. Trust is still something that has to be earned. But the difference between dogs and humans is that dogs are more open to trust than humans are. And I always, when I have that discussion with people, I hear lots of stories about how well we can trust this person or, or you know, but other people have agendas, and how do we know what their agendas are? Yeah, trust is extremely important in the workplace. How do we deal with that? And how do we get people to be more open to the concept of trust?   Anthony Poponi ** 42:58 Yeah, it's it. It's a double edged sword, right? Yeah, so this statistic that just pops out to me that I think it's, it's dated, mounted as an 18. Or so I think it was from Gallup, they did a survey and about 58% of the people said, they trusted a complete stranger, or than they trusted their supervisor. So think about that, you know, a complete stranger, and we're not, you know, we're wired to give people some degree of trust, and then maybe he wants to earn the rest of it. And, and I say, Trust is a double edged sword. Because by not trusting other people, you're kind of keeping your armor up, and you're protecting yourself. And by letting it down, I think it's incredible. Like, there's magic behind being able to trust all the people around you, and what you can achieve with those people, doing anything, playing team sports, or working in a community, being on a board of directors, when everybody can just be very candid, and very transparent about what's going on what they're thinking, what they're afraid of what they're worried about. What they're excited about, you know, and sometimes even being excited about something is a vulnerability. And so yeah, I think it's, it's, you know, trust is incrementally earned, is broken in a heartbeat. And if you break it, you gotta fix it. You know, that's the big part of it.   Michael Hingson ** 44:13 And that's the real key, it's, again, we you may not trust your supervisor, but are you open and willing to be open to gaining their trust, and they earning your trust? And of course, that is, the whole point is that you said it's incrementally earned, and it can be broken in a heartbeat. And that's a very important part of the process. But we've got to start by being open to it. And all too often, I think we just send out messages that we're not open, we're going to keep the armor up, and that doesn't help.   Anthony Poponi ** 44:49 No, I don't think it helps anybody. It's, you know? Yeah, it's so complicated. And, you know, micro, it's like, I use the metaphor of like, you You can't microwave to a trust, you know. And it's a slow cooker process. And it takes attention. And it takes time. And I think it's actually one of the things that it's impacted really heavily by this high degree of mobility we have in the workplace right now, even high degree of mobility and community, you know, used to be that we were born and raised somewhere, and you stayed there, and you live there, and you inherited your parents business, and you know, you stayed the whole time and want to community. And through that, you know, you're cataloging all these behaviors of all these people and building trust and building relationships that, you know, could be transcendent, you know, of politics and belief systems have all that stuff. Because you get to know the people. And you get to know the person behind whatever labels get put on. And it's an I think, the same thing in the workplace. You know, if you're only in a position for two years, you know, you're, you're kind of there and you're looking to be upwardly mobile, you're doing whatever you're doing. But there's, that relationship takes a long time to build. And it could just be getting to the point where you're like, we've been through a lot together, and now I trust you. And by the way, I'm moving on.   Michael Hingson ** 46:04 But that's better than not trusting at all. Oh, sure. Sure. Absolutely. Yeah, I can understand that. But, you know, we've got such a world today, you mentioned a lot of things before, like China and Ukraine and everything else. And all the things that are going on in this country, the people who we have mostly been raised to think that we can trust are demonstrating all too often that we can't, and shouldn't just because of the way they behave, and that doesn't help our psyche and ability to learn to be open to trust either.   Anthony Poponi ** 46:41 Yeah, it's the corruption and all those sorts of things. And even I asked him, if I can pull the statistic out of my brain, I probably can't, but just, you know, the overall decline of trust and belief in government and even business is, you know, it's went down, I think, four percentage points in the last two years or something like that, you know, whatever the numbers are, it's not going in a better direction.   Michael Hingson ** 47:04 No, it certainly isn't. Yeah. Well, when did you start your company focus on the 40?   Anthony Poponi ** 47:10 Oh, background? 2016? I think,   Michael Hingson ** 47:14 and I assume it's focused on the 40. Because you're talking about the 40% of happiness?   Anthony Poponi ** 47:19 Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it's, you know, from stage, it's a different, you know, and talk about workplace, you know, that the hard parts of workplace happiness from a stage and then when I'm working with groups, it gets, like, into the nitty gritty of really examining. So it's, it's workplace happiness, but it's, it's very tactical, when when delivered with group. Do you do workshops and stuff with groups? Are you mostly just from stage? Mostly from   Michael Hingson ** 47:44 stage? I've done some mostly with groups, I do more on accessibility consultant. consultancy than, than anything else, but mostly from the stage. Cool. Keeps me keeps me going. Well, yeah, I'm glad you enjoy. So for you in terms of what you're doing through the company, and so on, how do you go about assessing what is occurring in a workplace? And how do we work to bring out the most productive cultures and the most productive people in them?   Anthony Poponi ** 48:17 Yeah, I mean, that's always a tricky one, you know, getting people to be candid with you about what's going on? Well, you know, usually you're talking about somebody that's a leader within an organization, or at some leadership level, and, you know, I mean, that's one of the big parts of trust, like it, can leaders hear from their people about what's going on? Well, they will hear that a lot. But sometimes it's skewed towards that versus being like, Hey, these are other things that are happening in the workplace that are not good. And if that trickles up, I guess towards leadership that can make decisions around that great. And they can accept that and can bring that in and say, Hey, this is you know, we have a problem, or I'm fixing it, it's okay. You know, it's the nature of, of a dynamic, the dynamic nature of LV culture, which is living, breathing changes all the time. I was just gonna say, I have assessment tools, you know, and I use those. And then I think there's a lot of interviewing, and just people want to, when I'm given the time to do that, and being like, you know, what the ideal relationship for me is, like, let's do some assessments, let's figure out where you are. Let's set a base baseline, let's try to parse out what some of the things are we can do to open the door on that conversation about what's going on in this workplace. And then as I build trust within the group, and as I build trust between them and me, then we can start to be more candid and more candidate and more candidate.   Michael Hingson ** 49:32 Do you think more leaders don't tend to get a lot of that useful information? Because whether it's intentional or not, they're sort of sending a message or the way they behave that they're really not interested in getting it. They don't want to get psychological or or whatever.   Anthony Poponi ** 49:50 I mean, it's a qualified yes. And the reason I qualified is I don't know how to put a number on much of that, you know, I've seen statistics out there on it before about What it looks like about how many leaders are really hearing the truth from their people something around 60%? You know, that sort of transparency? It just really, I don't know, I don't know about you. But like when I am working with CEOs, and I'm seeing CEOs, and there's some that immediately I'm like, that's the guy. That's the guy that should be leading this organization. Yeah. Because it's not about him. It's about what he can bring out in this people. You know, and certainly, there's somebody at the top there. But you know, being infallible and invulnerable and omnipotent, I think you're just like, failed definitions for what leadership should look like?   Michael Hingson ** 50:39 Well, the other thing is, you said roughly 60% of leaders hear the truth from their their people. So there's hearing the truth, and then there's hearing the truth. And that's the course the real issue. Yeah. Because if people since they're not being heard, then that doesn't help the situation. I think that happens all too often. I think we've all seen that one way or another.   Anthony Poponi ** 51:02 Yeah. And I mean, there's leadership at all levels to you know, that. If nothing else, you can lead yourself. And that's about making choices and decisions and even what you're talking about. But being introspective. Yeah, saying, you know, what's great about today, what was that great about today? Like that? That's something in itself of being like, you know, what did I do well as, as an employee, as an area as a community members of parent or as a spouse, or whatever it would be. That level of introspection is valuable. And, you know, the problem is, you know, if you have leadership that, that I'm going to put a period on that, because I'm kind of tangent and making a tangent here. But there, if you have this like insular group of people that are like, That can't hear these outside influences in these outside concerns, and they don't great channels of communication around that, you can perceive that things are going great. But that may not really be the what's true. And that's not just the CEO when I when I was like departments and teams, and you know, whatever those clusterings aren't workplace,   Michael Hingson ** 52:02 well, it's everyone because somebody may be telling you the truth as an employee, and you're not hearing it. And so it, it is something that has to occur at all levels. And it might very well be that the leader is trying to tell you something that should be told to you and you're not listening, or you're not hearing it then so that happens. For sure. What's the difference? Or what's the relationship between happiness and success?   Anthony Poponi  52:25 Yeah, I mean, we talked about it a little bit more. Yeah, a lot of us put this kind of this causality or this? Yeah, I'll just say causality between happiness and success. As you know, I'll be happy when I'm successful.   Michael Hingson ** 52:38 Whatever that means. Yeah. And   Anthony Poponi ** 52:40 you better be able to define success really well. And then so that, you know, when you've achieved that, or when you're nearing it, or when you're, you know, at least you're aiming in the right direction. And then, yeah, so I'll be happy when I'm successful. The causality is backwards. And you know, the work of Shaun Baker and others have basically said, it's, I'll be successful when I'm happy. Yeah. And I don't mean happy, like running around the office doing cartwheels. I mean, like, aligned and engaged in all the things that we talked about before, like using your gifts and your strengths and having a, you know, an active using those actively in the workplace. And those can be way more predictive than just your skill set that one. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 53:21 And that makes perfect sense. Yeah,   Anthony Poponi ** 53:23 I'm glad it does. I mean, you know, you can't Don't don't wait on creating love in your life. Don't wait on creating happiness in your life. You know, those two things are like they should not be delayed waiting until some right time. Is that right? Time will never come through it now. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 53:40 You got to start. And that you do have control over?   Anthony Poponi ** 53:44 Yeah, absolutely. That's that 40%?   Michael Hingson ** 53:47 Well, how a few people want to reach out to you and talk with you and learn more about you and so on. Since we've been doing this for a while. How do people do that?   53:56 Well, I'm a raging narcissist. So my website is my email, or my My name is, so it's Anthonypoponi.com. And if you don't know how to spell, it's just like Tony Poponi But Anthony Poponi. So P O P O N I, or you can go to focus on the 40 focus on the four zero and.com. And that'll get you there as well. And I'm on LinkedIn and Facebook and not on Tik Tok. Probably still have a MySpace account, but I don't use it very much.   Michael Hingson ** 54:21 You don't hear much about MySpace anymore. Do you?   Anthony Poponi ** 54:23 Know it's apparently used a lot though, for by musicians. And I didn't know that. That's kind of the place where theysurprised me too.   Michael Hingson ** 54:31 Yeah, as far as Tiktok. We'll see where that goes. Yeah, never know. Yeah. Well, I want to thank you for being with us. This has absolutely been fun. And maybe we can do it some more in the future. But this has been great. And I will definitely thank you for being here. And I want to thank you for listening out there. Reach out to Anthony. He's got a lot of ideas and I think a lot of ways that can help and we all need to become happier and we need to work at that that is as much an important part of life as anything else. So I hope you will do I'd love to hear what you think about this podcast as well as unstoppable mindset in general. So feel free to email me, Michaelhi at accessiBe A C C E S S

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In this episode, we go deep on how and why it is crucial to optimize circadian rhythms during pregnancy and beyond with doula and certified quantum biologic practitioner, Nikko Kennedy. Nikko has a Bachelor of General Science with a focus on Biology and Psychology and brings an evidence-based approach to her work which focuses on the connection between the light environment of the mother and the development of the fetus - that's right, mom's screen time affects the baby in utero. We also talk about light and its role in labor, delivery and postpartum. This is a fascinating, fact filled conversation that's incredibly important.    “Spending a week in the NICU is really what kicked me off with making the connection between circadian dysregulation and pregnancy,” shares Nikko Kennedy. Nowadays, mothers give birth in bright white hospital rooms and then they bring their newborn home to an environment filled with artificial light. Even before the baby is born, pregnant women are constantly experiencing circadian disruptions due to maladaptive sleeping and eating schedules, lack of outdoor time, and a toxic addiction to blue light. Research has shown a strong correlation between circadian disruption and common pregnancy problems like pre-eclampsia and postpartum depression. It has even been shown that mental illnesses like autism and ADHD can be tied back to circadian disruption experienced by the baby while in the womb. When a mother's circadian rhythm is disrupted, so is that of the fetus. This can lead to lifelong health complications.   Circadian rhythm is incredibly important, especially for a pregnant woman and her developing baby. New research suggests a clear connection between the role of light and the health of both the mother and the baby.    Quotes “Spending a week in the NICU is really what kicked me off with making the connection between circadian dysregulation and pregnancy.” (5:55-6:02 | Nikko) “We find circadian disruption being a uniting factor between some of the most mysterious yet common pregnancy problems.” (17:59-18:08 | Nikko)  “Circadian disruption is highly correlated with infertility.” (30:48-30:51 | Nikko) “The breast milk is making the melatonin that the baby needs to transition into being an air breathing being. And so that's where it's really important for the mother to have a strong circadian rhythm through labor and delivery and postpartum so that the baby has protective melatonin to counter the natural oxidative stress that it experiences at that time.” (36:02-36:31 | Nikko) “Babies who are premature tend to have higher oxidative stress, and mother's milk of premature babies actually tends to have higher levels of melatonin in it than babies who are full term.” (38:26-38:40 | Nikko)   Links Connect with Nikko Kennedy: IG: @brighterday.darkernights  Website: https://www.brighterdaysdarkernights.com  Local doula website: https://sunkissedbirth.com  Papers Nikko discussed: Population wide study https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02028-3 Newborn case study with maximal daylight and no artificial light at night: https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/22.3.303 Bilirubin and SAD: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3223(01)01254-9 To find a practitioner who understand the health principles of quantum biology: www.quantumbiologycollective.org  To become a QBC member and get invites to live deep dives & access to our video library: www.quantumhealthtv.com  To take our 8 week practitioner certification in the science of quantum biology so that you can add it to your existing area of expertise: www.appliedquantumbiology.com    Follow on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @quantumhealthtv    Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

What do we do when we can't make predictable or ordered decisions? What do we do when things are unordered? How do we approach those decisions in ways we haven't in the past? These questions are just some of what you get to hear about on this episode with our guest, Sherry Johnson.   Sherry, like so many others we have had the opportunity to interview, grew up not knowing she was a person with autism. She often wondered why she felt she was an outsider in the world. It wasn't until her 40s that she was finally diagnosed. By then, she had gone to college and became a teacher of English and the theater.   Now, she is a coach, a course creator and the founder of the company Cultivating Strategy. Our discussion ranges far beyond autism and neurodivergence. We even get into a story from Sherry about her facilitating a church discussion about gun control. Wait until you hear what happens. (Hint: no, the gun control issue is not solved, but diametrically opposed people do learn to listen to and talk with opponents.)     About the Guest: With a background in arts education, community organizing, and volunteer coordination, Sherry likes inspiring folks to experiment with new ways of being together. Sherry enjoys bridging divides between people. She likes helping leaders and experts make complicated information more accessible, while elevating homegrown leadership and expertise.  Sherry leverages her autistic mind to help people see their own assumptions and biases, so that everyone is freer to be seen and heard more faithfully. Sherry blends Technology of Participation, emergent strategy, Asset-Based Community Development, and current brain research—particularly the neuroscience of emotion and mindfulness—into her approach. Her North Star is interrupting linear and conventional thinking, which so often hampers care and innovation in human systems. Most of her clients are in the civic and nonprofit sectors. Sherry's feet touch the ground in St. Paul, Minnesota, her heart's home. She loves her family, most cats, playful dogs, corvids, and a good windstorm.   How to connect with Sherry: My website My Facebook Page My LinkedIn Profile My December training on Adaptive Leadership     About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!   Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.     Transcription Notes Michael Hingson  00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson  01:21 Well, a pleasant afternoon to you wherever you happen to be. I am Michael Hingson, your host and you are listening to unstoppable mindset. Now we get to interview lots of different people who do lots of different things, which really makes it fun, we get to inspire. And I frankly will tell you I love being inspired. We get to talk with Sherry Johnson today who has a company called cultivate strategy, and we'll get to that but a little known fact, except for a close circle around sherry. She had a birthday yesterday. So Sherry, welcome to unstoppable mindset and happy birthday.   Sherry Johnson  01:57 Thank you so much.   Michael Hingson  02:00 We won't we won't give away your age. That's entirely up to you. But I want to tell you, we're really glad you're here. I enjoyed chatting with you and preparing for this. So split start by telling you or asking you to tell us a little bit about your roots, you know where you came from growing up what it was like, and all that kind of stuff.   Sherry Johnson  02:22 Yeah, thanks. I'm happy to be here. And so lucky to get to do this. And so I came from southern Wisconsin and a rust belt town called Janesville, Wisconsin. And my tone really was embodied a lot of what shapes me, deep divisions, we produce Janesville, both Russ Feingold and Paul Ryan to two completely opposite politician, if you don't say, Yes, that's right. And even my own household was a fractal image of that my mother was a union steward and a factory. My dad retired for agent first sergeant first class in the army. And they used to joke how they canceled out one another's boats all the time. So really grew up in a lot of tension. And also a lot of people have lost their jobs during the mid 80s, as so many did, and that rust belt town got a lot rest year, and that kind of sense of loss and some of the family traumas that compounded around that and my family's background, shaped a lot of how I approach my work and who I become and how I relate to those routes all the time. And I think to you know, this will come up later, but I think to Mike family was also impacted, not just from, you know, caste and job loss, but also generational trauma that may have actually come from being neuro divergent in a world in which that is not really created for us to be successful. Right.   Michael Hingson  04:01 So, yeah. Where did the neuro divergence come in?   Sherry Johnson  04:06 Well, you know, it's genetic. A lot of that I actually came had a midlife autism diagnosis. And when I looked back and kind of, you know, the crash that I had, at that time, I look back at a lot of the family trauma that I experienced and, and sort of see started seeing these signs of OCD, ADHD, autism in my family of origin, and how a lot of that sort of set up some, some difficulties and how we were able to approach live view live, get along with others, collaborate or not, and it really isolated us in our town.   Michael Hingson  04:50 So do you think or do you know, were there other people in your family who had neurodivergent kinds of things or are you the one on choosing one   Sherry Johnson  05:02 I dealt my dad was very likely OCD, autistic, possibly ADHD as well. I, my mother was most definitely autistic and really struggled with some depressive issues and that life because of that, I believe my grandfather was I think there were lots of folks on my father's side as well. And so just kind of growing up along around that, and not really being able to trace back some roots about why is my family so different? What is it about us not being able to fit in and really find our places in society? Why are we so sort of isolated? Why do we continue to isolate ourselves? And I feel like I have a lot more answers about that example.   Michael Hingson  05:49 So how old were you when you were diagnosed?   Sherry Johnson  05:52 I was, um, sexually. So I live here in St. Paul, Minnesota now. But for a while my spouse's job moved, and we had to move out to Seattle for a handful years. And having been sort of taken out of my context, and my community that I had built up. In my mid 30s, I had a breakdown. There were days where I was laying on the couch with a, you know, blanket over my head, and I literally could not get up. And I know that my story is not unique. You know, I had to start over that I didn't know how, and it felt very much like a lot of you sort of go through this year or so of reinterpreting your entire life, nothing, why? Why you made certain decisions or not, and what it felt like it again, your family of origin, and all of that. And I took all of that and sort of had to rebuild who I was and how I saw myself as a disabled person in a world that was not necessarily designed for me to be successful. Right.   Michael Hingson  07:04 So when did you get diagnosed?   Sherry Johnson  07:07 That was 3030. I've missed a 38.   Michael Hingson  07:11 Sir. You know, I've talked to a number of people on this podcast, who got diagnosed with autism, or other disabilities, in their 30s ran into into their 40s. I know, several people who were diagnosed with autism and ADH D in their 30s. For her I know one person who we talked with who knew that they didn't see well, but never really got a diagnosis until a little bit later. Wow, how how was it for you when you got a diagnosis and really understood what was going on?   Sherry Johnson  07:55 Um, well, I went again, I went through that year of just kind of reinterpreting my entire life, there was a lot of anger. I remember feeling for a long time that the whole world was hiding something from me, like, there were all these inch implicit rules, that I wasn't in on all these shortcuts to emotions, and it   Michael Hingson  08:16 didn't send you the memo. Right?   Sherry Johnson  08:18 Right. Like and it was entire light bulb feeling like I missed the memo. And by the way, this is part of my executive dysfunction is numbers was actually my early 40s, that I was diagnosed. And, and I remember just feeling that profound sense of grief, of loss time, of not understanding myself of not understanding that there are people like me, that there have been always fuchal, like me, you know, you go through this, you read a lot of books, if you start seeing yourself represented, we talked about representation in mass media all the time. And I'm so excited to be able to see myself and that's what helped me kind of redefine myself from an I'm an outsider, feeling like an outsider all my life to an outlier, someone who has something different to give. And so I started creating a field with the ways that I was approaching training and consulting and facilitation and coaching and allowing my neurology to kind of shape something new.   Michael Hingson  09:24 And really, I'm not even sure I would go so far as to say outlier, because what it allowed you to do was to realize who you were, which allowed you to then move forward and become a real part of and feeling like a real part of society.   Sherry Johnson  09:43 Yeah, yeah. I mean, I always feel like I'm the sauciest one who Pena sees things a little bit differently and kind of is a lot really intense for a lot of people. I'm proud of that difference, and at the same time, it's helped We appreciate even more other's differences, and to try to help people collaborate in ways where we can honor those differences, lift them up, celebrate how those differences are really where innovation comes from there. Those differences are how we move forward in new ways and in healthier ways. Right?   Michael Hingson  10:21 Well, let's go back. So when you were growing up, you went to regular public schools and all that kind of thing, I assume.   Sherry Johnson  10:27 Yeah. Yep. We were, I should say there was these gifted programs that they were experiment, experimenting with back in the 80s. And almost every two a one of us were nerve divergent at sunset. And so we, we had our own different social milieu, some of which was damaging, some of which was healthy. But we were kept together, separated and kept together from about fourth grade. So that eighth grade, and then just sort of thrown thrown out of that program in ninth grade. And so that that even added, I think, to this sense of isolation and difference and outlier ship or outsider ship at the time. Yeah. You're just like, whoa, what just happened? And then suddenly, you're in all these classes where you're breaking the curve, and upsetting upper class people, because you're the, you're the freshman and chemistry getting a plus. Right? And nobody and you just feel you feel ostracized? ostracize, you don't make a lot of friends? Let me tell you.   Michael Hingson  11:36 Yeah, it is tough on when I was in high school, I actually was taken out of our freshman General Science course for the last quarter of the year. Because my general science teacher said, you know, you seem pretty bored. And I said, Yeah, this is all pretty straightforward stuff. And they put me in the senior physics class. Oh, I had this experience, I had that experience, too. As a, as a blind person. I know, I wasn't in most of the social groups, the social cliques and so on. And I was, no one was mean, it just was that I didn't end up associating with, with people a lot directly. I've talked to some of my high school colleagues a whole lot more after graduation, and over the past several years, then, then in high school. But yeah, I know exactly what you're saying. Yeah, I believe it. And at some point, you really have to decide, you can only do what you can do, and you don't have control over how people feel.   Sherry Johnson  12:37 Yes. And, and I think, you know, speaking of how people feel, I think one of the things that's really shaped me, post diagnosis is I got deep, deep, deep into understanding how we construct emotions. I'm a huge fan of this neuro neuroscientist cut aspect of neuroscientists and Risa Feldman Barrett, who talks about the theory of construction, emotion, and the predictive brain model and how that impacts us and impacts our relationships. And thinking about that through an autistic lens. And I've really brought a lot of that Affective Neuroscience work into my work. And it's helped me also kind of reinterpret my past and see why human differences so hard for a lot of us to address in a constructive way. But once you understand it, you can kind of start piecing together some experiments to help us connect better across different.   Michael Hingson  13:36 Well, this whole concept of diversity, which everyone seems to embrace, unfortunately, when you deal with it in terms of their traditional ways today. For many of us, it never seems to affect us. For example, diversity doesn't seem to include disabilities today. Oh, we're a diverse society. We are diverse all the way around. We deal with race and gender and sexual orientation and culture and so on. But you never hear mentions about disabilities. And what's really, what's really unfortunate   Sherry Johnson  14:14 about it.   Michael Hingson  14:17 Yeah, they're, they're trying to get us. What's really unfortunate is that when we when we talk about these differences, and diversity in reality, we are leaving so many people out, which is why I like the term inclusion a lot more than diversity. Because if you're really going to take inclusion literally, you can't say well, we were partially inclusive. No, it doesn't work that way. You either are or you're not. You can't leave people out.   Sherry Johnson  14:50 Absolutely. I had the pleasure of working with the Minnesota Council of disability on disability lately, and they taught me so much about you know, I thought I was doing it pretty good job of making making my documentation accessible? No, that's all their work with them Did I see all these different ways that what I thought was inclusive, wasn't there it you know, it wasn't to their standard, and they really taught me a lot. And so adding that lends to, you know, being neuro divergent as well, and having an idea about lots of different neuro types and how to be inclusive of that. And of course, I've also done other diversity, equity inclusion work around anti racism, and gender inclusion. And I think all of that work, you know, has a lot more commonality than then indifference. I think a lot of what makes something universally accessible, is also what makes something a place fully inclusive of all those things.   Michael Hingson  15:52 Yeah. We, we need to, we need to recognize that there's nothing wrong with being different than everyone else around us. It doesn't make us less or doesn't make us more, which is the unfortunate part about the term disabilities because people just interpret that as well. You're not able? Well. That's why what we really need to do because I haven't come up with a better word. We need to change the definition of disability.   Sherry Johnson  16:24 Read it. Yeah. I Yeah. And whenever I talk about my own, myself being disabled, I tried to talk about disabled in a context disabled because something was not designed for me. And there are barriers to it being designed for me to access it, you know, just the rhythms of everyday life. Honestly, a lot of the organizations I work with right now, for example, we know that there's been this great resignation, and this passive quitting, because we're all sort of overtaxed and traumatized by the last few years. Well, that's how I felt most of my life. So I can kind of bring some of that feeling and some of those adaptations that I've made for myself, and listening to my body and self liberating my values and and being more mindful, I can bring that to groups and help them you know, even folks who've never experienced any kind of, quote, unquote, disability feel like there are steps that they can take to succeed more to be plugged in more, to collaborate better, in healthier ways that is honoring to themselves, their bodies, their communities, one another.   Michael Hingson  17:39 There's an interesting book written by Henry Mayer, entitled all on fire. And it's the story of the abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison from the 1840s. And one of the things that Mayor talks about in the book is a time when garrison was looking for more people to join the movement. And he suggested to his people that they contact two ladies, their sisters, they grim case sisters, and the sisters were very active suffragettes. And of what what happened was that the his his people said, well, we shouldn't contact them. They're not relevant to what we're doing. They're dealing with something totally different than what we're dealing with. And that would just detract. And Garrison said something, which I think is extremely profound. He said, It's all the same thing. And how true it is. The reality is we're all fighting to become part of the same society. And doesn't matter whether it's suffrage doesn't matter whether it's abolition of slavery, doesn't matter whether it's dealing with any kind of disability or whatever, it really is all the same thing. And we need to recognize that and include everyone to deal with the issue.   Sherry Johnson  19:04 Absolutely. And, and also celebrate and lift up and represent those differences, and nonfiction and fiction media, right. Like I said, seeing myself starting to see myself represented was really important to me. And I know that that's been really important to many other colleagues from from different backgrounds. For sure,   Michael Hingson  19:26 well, so what did you do after high school?   Sherry Johnson  19:29 I became a high school English and theater teacher, because that was the role model that I had from the cast. I was from right. As a first generation college student I the whole concept of going to grad school even though I really wanted to be a medical doctor or something like that. I just couldn't understand the concept. And that you went to college. I did go to college. I was I was very lucky to get a full ride scholarship at UW Madison. And I studied education in theater, taught theater and English to high schoolers for about 10 years, and then transitioned into above, I had my kid, and my teenager, they're now 15 was also autistic. Because, again, we're genetic. And that was really tough as an autistic person who didn't know it yet, you know, having had this autistic person with other high needs, and not really having a lot of space or help around that. And so I made some choices, right, I got into community organizing a taught yoga for a while I got into my body, I started working on my own emotional landscape. And mindfulness, started doing community organizing, which brought me into consensus processes and collaboration. And that's why I became a technology participation certified facilitator, I still train that on a regular basis. And then it just started, it kind of led me from there. Now I do strategic planning for nonprofits, I work with local governments to improve their systems. And it's all just sort of taken off where those last, you know, 1015 years, it's kind of put me in a completely different spot. But then I've always been a bit of a polymath, I think that might come from some add tendencies as well in my brain. But I think that all of that kind of like, what you were just saying, from the quote from the book is, like, all is everything. And if you can have your hands and a lot of different things, you can bring a sense of wildlife and plant ecology, and to changing human systems, right. And it can make that process more meaningful and adaptable. So it's stuff like that, that I live for that kind of synthesis.   Michael Hingson  21:55 You said something several times, and I'm not we're not going to get political or anything. But we I hear a number of people say, Oh, my child is autistic, because they had vaccinations and so on, and they don't even look at the whole genetic thing. What do you think about all that?   Sherry Johnson  22:13 It is 100% genetic? And I think that we're gonna find that we've always had autistic people with us, we've always had add people with us. And, and, and I think, and I know that, you know, all the studies are the vaccines have nothing to do with creating, or enabling or turning on any genes when it comes to autism, you know, vaccines. And I think, for the for us in the community, the Autistic community. It's kind of maddening to, to hear that come up again. Because it was essentially a fake study that even started that whole thing. And now that gentleman makes a lot of money selling that story to different organizations and traveling the world and writing books. And it's really unfortunate how much damage he's done.   Michael Hingson  23:05 Well, so you how long ago did you form creative strategy? Cultivate strategy? Yeah. polyphase strategy? Yeah, um, it's another C word. I call it a base. All right.   Sherry Johnson  23:17 And of course, cultivation comes from ecology. But But I, you know, I started my own business when I before even left for Seattle about 1012 years ago. But it wasn't until I came back from Seattle about 533234 years ago that I that I built, called the Bates strategy out of kind of an amalgamation of all these things that I learned. And, you know, it's my third business and was happy to build it in a state of Minnesota. And I just felt like there was this niche I needed to fill. And I've grown to think of myself more and more as a complexity coach, both for individuals and organizations to help us think about just to sort out the different complexities and when we can't make predictable decisions. When things are unordered. What do we do? How do we approach those decisions in ways that we haven't in the past? And that's changed the way that I approach strategic planning and students the way that I've approached leadership orientation, and things like that.   Michael Hingson  24:30 Will Tell me a little bit more about your approach and what you do if you would, please. Sure. So   Sherry Johnson  24:35 I come from this place where you know, it's kind of taken me a long time to kind of define this because I was always about helping people collaborate across Denver. Well, what is that about? It can be about almost anything, but I think where I'm finding my niche is helping people understand when a linear plan a time based linear plan with goals is not always the right frame, it's not always the right way to go. Increasingly, we know that the less predictable our world is, the less predictable the context of an organization, the more experimental we have to be, the more we have to allow things to emerge between humans and within human networks that can be sustainable. It's through changing a system through relatively simple interactions is what one of my favorite thinkers Adrian Marie brown talks about in this changing complex adaptive systems, and thinking about ourselves more as part of nature than something that's imposing order upon nature. And that's, that's what excites me and gets me out of bed every day. So I have a leadership course coming up, for example, it's based on leadership orientations and figuring out what situations you're most gifted to lead in. And when you should really be stepping back and recognizing the leadership orientation of others who are more able to move in that particular context, which is again, about celebrating difference, and was something that always has always bugged me is about just moving and operating in a tip in a neurotypical world is that oftentimes those things that I've been teased about throughout my life was overthinking, you're overthinking. You're anxious, you're trying too hard. Those things have been a gift to me. That's how my brain works. And it's how I do what I do. And yes, I burn hot, I'm intense. But a lot of that is what allows me to lead in a different way. And more effectively in some contexts. And that's what I'm trying to bring into the organizations I work with to   Michael Hingson  26:54 one of the things that I have found about leadership and being part of a team is the best team leaders are the ones who also know how to use your words, how to step back and let someone else take the lead to do a particular thing.   Sherry Johnson  27:10 Absolutely. Yeah. And who knows? Yeah, go ahead.   Michael Hingson  27:14 Because they don't necessarily themselves have all the gifts or they know, who might be better gifted to do a particular thing?   Sherry Johnson  27:22 Absolutely. And we all know that, you know, information doesn't flow through human systems unless we trust and care about one another. You don't, you know, that's where information hoarding happens in systems where care and trust are missing, or deficient. And we know too, that as our systems as our organizations become more and more complex information is everything. Sharing information is everything. So how do we meet this moment and figure out how to care for ourselves and one another, even as we're working on these harder and harder problems?   Michael Hingson  27:59 Yeah. And it isn't just information, it is absolutely sharing information. We we grow up in a world today where trust is so much under attack, which is what's so unfortunate to me. Because in reality, we trust in so many ways, and we should be more open to trust than we tend to be.   Sherry Johnson  28:22 Yeah, in fact, I had the most one of the most beautiful situations I've been in in the last few years is the day after Donald Trump was elected in 2016. You know, I remembered it was one of the most divisive. It was the Sunday after rather, one of the most divisive times I can think of even even more so than now just this sort of everybody holding their breath. And I was hosting a conversation at my suburban Seattle church on gun control, can you imagine, are you and we had a very heated, we had all kinds of people in that room. There were there were 2530 people in that room. And we had a very heated, very intense high conflict, but but carrying, because we were all part of this same community carrying conversation that I was able to facilitate within some good boundaries. And that was one of the most effective situations I've been in because we realized, I think in that moment, that we needed to find a way to care about each other, we needed to leverage our care to have a conversation together about something that is just so high, high conflict, right. And that can be a lot of hope for even where we are now and how we can move forward with the right good boundaries around conversation and collaboration. And I want more of that.   Michael Hingson  29:56 So what was the main bone of contention or the main conflict since you all came from a church environment. You were you were all there. And as you point out, people really cared what was the main issue that was hard to address or deal with?   Sherry Johnson  30:15 It just there were, you know, again, suburban, mainline, you know, Methodist Church, about half of the folks in the room were very pro Second Amendment, NRA members, and about half of the room were very sort of liberal Moms Demand Action types of folks who were very, very frustrated with the state of gun legislation in the country. And, you know, even even in that context, those tensions exist. And in fact, I think churches, mainline churches, particularly, are one of the last places where you can find that level of difference, even in a caring community. And those differences, by the way, often are under the rug, and we'll talk about when pretend everything is okay. Until we can.   Michael Hingson  31:11 Well, was there any room to discuss things like does the the idea of gun control? Since we're talking about it? Is there any, was there any room to discuss? Does gun control really mean you're gonna lose your guns? I mean, that that's, of course, the the whole argument the NRA makes, and that people say when they talk about the Second Amendment, we ought to have the right just to have our guns. And that's all there is to it. But there is there was there any room to say? Well, wait a minute. Is it really that black and white?   Sherry Johnson  31:47 Absolutely. I think one of the best. One of the best things about being a facilitator, and the longer you do it, is that you start to be able to ask the right question. And you notice that you're working with the group, and they stop talking to you, the facilitator and they start talking to each other. And that doesn't always happen. But when it does, it leads to situations in which that did happen in this group. I remember the look on there were two really passionate people, and it was toward the end of the conversation. And they just stood and faced each other they stood up. And there was people were a little bit afraid, I was feeling pretty good about it. But she just said, Look, I don't want to take your guns, you know, and he said, You want to take my guns, I don't want to take your guns. And it was, and I was just about to interrupt. And then there was a pause. I'm Scott Peck, one of my favorite thinkers talks about this where we're in this sense of chaos. We live in pseudo community most of the time, and then we get this sense of chaos when we realize our differences. And it's only after a period of emptiness that we become a community. And what I watched was this emptiness, this period where no one said anything. And then I think one of them asked the other the question, I don't remember it. I wish I did. But she got a real answer. And then he asked her a question. And she gave him a real answer. This is the trust piece. And they never, they did not agree with one another walking out of that room. And meanwhile, everybody else is sort of watching this happen. But I think we all learn something about emptying ourselves of that need to control the situation and be right. And really just get curious and see what's behind this. This person's thinking.   Michael Hingson  33:34 Yeah, we, we spend so much time hearing the shallow sound bites and so on. And then we just buy that rather than thinking more about it. You know, of course, we could talk about Donald Trump. So many people say I'd vote for him again, because I trust him. And what I always wonder, and I would wonder it about any politician really is, what do you really trust? You hear words, but do you dig down to look at the actions behind the words? Do you look at all the things that they do or not? And unfortunately, we don't tend to allow ourselves and I think we also don't teach our children nearly enough to be curious,   Sherry Johnson  34:30 right? Yes. Yes, Curiosity is so key. And that that negative capability of being able I love this concept of negative capability, have you heard this, the neuroscientific concept where basically, you're allowing about it? Well, sorry, you're allowing yourself to realize that you don't have the answer in the moment. Our society is so obsessed with having the right answer, usually a simple answer, right? And the moment that something's needed And unless you're in a true crisis, potentially really bad to make a decision really? Yeah, it's really good to step back and employ this concept of negative capability. You see how long you can wait in that space of unknowing to have an answer. And you'll find that people with a higher negative capability, make better decision? Because it allows them to consult others be curious, fill that space in their brains of even what they done that unknown unknowns like, what do I not know? Let's find out what I don't even know that I don't know. And that that, that can really bring us way beyond where we're at with our relationships. And I think too, that's one of the strengths of being an autistic person is that I have? I think, a lot of negative capability, because I've spent my entire life sort of going, why did they just do it? What was the assumption behind that? I don't have those simple rules that I think neurotypical culture has. And it's always led me to always take a step back and ask, why did that happen and get curious. And I love sharing that, that negative capability, the father's   Michael Hingson  36:15 interesting concept, I wasn't really familiar with it. But the other part about it is you also said, The only really good time or the necessary time to make a fast decision is when there's a crisis, right. But I would also add to that, that making a fast decision in a crisis also comes down to as much preparation ahead of time. So of course, for me, the example is the World Trade Center, and all the things that I did to prepare for an emergency, not necessarily ever expecting one, but at the same time, needing to know information. I had a discussion just yesterday with someone who asked me the question about, well, was it? Or could it be an advantage in a situation like the World Trade Center, not to see as opposed to being able to see? And what I pointed out was, that you're still basing that question on having eyesight, and comparing more or less eyesight? And that's not really the question to ask or the issue to discuss. The issue really is what do you do to prepare for different situations in your life. So for me, going out and, and exploring, learning what to do in the case of an emergency, was something that I felt really necessary and required for me to do as the leader of an office. It also prepared me for an emergency. And it gave me information that sighted people would not normally get because they just rely on the science to tell them what to do and where to go, which only works if you can see the signs. And if you have time to read the signs. So it's it's really not site versus not site. It's preparation versus not preparing.   Sherry Johnson  38:21 Yes, absolutely. And in the autism community, we talk about the concept of social story that is very similar. A lot of times autistic people aren't said like, Wow, you really know what to do in a crisis. And we can turn off all our feelings and be these heroes and crises. And we may bring that with us and a lot of PTSD, we now are much more kin kin we are much more susceptible to PST, PTSD. But with our neuro types, but we're really good in a crisis. I think it's exactly what you were just talking about when the world I don't know about you, Michael, but I think when the world is sort of designed for not you, yeah. You, you have to take that extra step to get curious about your own planning, your own approach to things that the rest of the world takes for granted. And I think that that's a richness that those of us who bring that bring these various lenses can bring into the greater world like, Hey, have you ever thought about it this way? And they were really, you know, I'm really glad that that served you well and that situation?   Michael Hingson  39:30 Well, the other part of that is the world The world may not be designed with me in mind in some way for help preparing and doing what I do. Can I help the world become a little bit more designed for more of us than less of us? And the more of us may not be the majority, but can the world be made to be more designed for more of us than less of   Sherry Johnson  40:01 us. Absolutely.   Michael Hingson  40:02 That's great. And I think that that is an important part of it. It isn't just learning. It's then utilizing that information. And in reality, it is my belief that everyone should learn what to do in an emergency. And very frankly, I would say, for most people learn what to do as a blind person, because you rely way too much on your eyesight much too often. And you don't learn nearly as much as you can learn by utilizing some other skills, which isn't to say, don't use your eyes. But don't limit yourself to your eyesight.   Sherry Johnson  40:45 Yeah, I think that's brilliant. And it forces you to just sit just regard your surroundings differently, I would imagine to this reminds me to of another of my favorite thinkers, Duncan green, has this wonderful book, how change happen. And he talks about that preparation piece. And he said, you know, working for an NGO, the idea was that if you really wanted to change systems, you would figure out your entire plan for changing something. And you would present the entire plan when the crisis happens. The moment the crisis happens, if you're the first one to plop down the plan for moving out of that crisis, you've just changed the system forever. I love that concept.   Michael Hingson  41:33 And it makes perfect sense. The reality is that we should be doing more of that we shouldn't just be moving around as robots which we do way too often.   Sherry Johnson  41:43 Absolutely. Yeah. mechanization and expertise. Have no person that points for sure. So   Michael Hingson  41:50 I, you know, I have a wife, who we've now been married almost 40 years, it will be 40 years next month. And I've had to learn what eyesight is all about. And I've learned to explore that and learn what she sees how she sees how other people see. And that helps me be more part of that world. But at the same time, then I can use that to say, okay, but here are the limitations of that. Now, take that another step. And really look at what if you don't just use your eyes? And what are the advantages of expanding your horizons as it were?   Sherry Johnson  42:36 Yeah. Yeah, I like that.   Michael Hingson  42:39 So it's a challenge. So you started your company? And what do you do? What What exactly does the company do today?   Sherry Johnson  42:50 Well, we like I said, we moved from sort of doing strategic planning into more organizational change, work, leadership work. And I spell into doing this work around looking at large systems, to now taking that into the city of St. Paul, we did a constituent services study, and we looked at equity implications around who is who can access constituent service and who can't? And what is the quality of that service? And what's the experience? What's the user journey, like? And how can you improve it? And how can you improve the system, looking at all those different more and less predictable ways of working, and looking at all those different ways that people can lead from anywhere in the system and the types of things that they can do. And then I'm hoping to get some new work, knocked out of wood, where I get to do more of that, but also employ narrative ethnography. I'm very excited about this. Do you remember Cambridge Analytica in 2016? Yeah, basically, worked through Facebook to try to find the narratives that were shaping the culture and shift them so that they would get what they wanted out of the election, I kind of want to be the good guy and use that technology for good it is be able to trace the narratives that a culture is telling itself and look for narratives that are positive that would help emerging narratives that will help lead that organization in the right direction and in the direction of its values, and try to move a system by studying those things. So that's the next horizon for me. And it's a project I've been hoping and planning for for the last five years. So I'm hoping that I'm really the one that's putting my book down full of steps and that I'm the first one. I'm not the first by far but I'm excited to do this new work at a larger scale.   Michael Hingson  44:46 You'll be the first to do it the way you do it. I   Sherry Johnson  44:48 spa and slow state.   Michael Hingson  44:52 Tell us more about this concept of narratives.   Sherry Johnson  44:55 Yeah, um, so narratives are the stories we tell ourselves of that shape our behavior, they shape our behavior, they shape our emotions, they shape our relationships, our culture on a grander scale, right. And a culture can believe a set of narratives individuals do. And these can be good or bad working with human narratives, the stories we tell ourselves can be good or bad. Like I said, Cambridge analytic, a bad example of something where you can harness what people believe the predictions that their brains have made about the world way the world works, and make them more afraid, make them do things that are more reactive. But you can also find those hopeful narratives and a culture those narratives that will lead you toward more connection more care, and amp those up, repeat those tell those stories, and lead a culture in a different way. And this works for individuals too. There's a lot of different facilitative frameworks where you can work with an individual or a small group to help them kind of shift their image of themselves and move them in a new direction. So it's that level of change work that is really harnessed in this concept of narratives, because our brains literally predict every moment. And if you can help people predict differently, you can help people change.   Michael Hingson  46:19 How do you incorporate mindfulness into the things that you do? And what is mindfulness? How would you define it? That's a broad subject, isn't it? Yeah. No,   Sherry Johnson  46:29 I mean, that that's about awareness and curiosity, right? That's about, um, you know, being as much as you can be in your body, knowing what's happening within your body, knowing what that says, for you in, in your context about how you're feeling about things. What is your what is good for you? What is bad for you? What feels good or bad? I think a lot of us are so caught up in this sort of perfectionist gogogo culture of, you know, and even in my family of origin, how will you work your way till your next paycheck? You're working more out of competition, fear. Sometimes perfectionism. I know, that was me before my autism diagnosis, I still struggle with it. But what mindfulness does that helps you just kind of check in with yourself and be able to read what is what do I actually need in this moment? What am I actually desiring in this moment? And it's only then when you can help folks feel bad about their own selves that you can help a group be more mindful of one another culture, be more mindful of it. So   Michael Hingson  47:44 how do you teach people to do that?   Sherry Johnson  47:46 playfully. I used to be a theater teachers. So there's a lot of improv involved, sometimes in a more playful sense. With more serious groups, it's just about inviting people to close their eyes and check in with our bodies before virtual I'll say, you know, feel free to turn off your camera, we're just gonna take a few breaths, taking pauses when a group would normally speed ahead, you remember what I said about emptiness? Right? Yeah, we need to be able to take those moments of silence emptiness, to check in with ourselves to see where we're really at. And that, you know, brainstorming works much better when you can take some time of pause, take a break, go on a walk, come back. That's that net negative capability thing again, pausing before deciding, pausing before gathering, pausing to consider, those are all things that I would consider to be mindfulness. And you can do their exercises to do that. Certainly, I taught yoga for a while. And I could do that with certain groups. For the most part, it's much simpler than that. It's about just pausing.   Michael Hingson  48:56 It's also about giving yourself permission, and hopefully encouraging yourself and changing your habits and mindset to doing it. So often, we we just hear excuses. I don't have time to do that. Yeah,   Sherry Johnson  49:12 yeah. Yeah. And it doesn't have to be meditation. Meditation doesn't actually work for everyone. And it works for me, I love it. But I've know a lot of folks who really struggle with it, particularly in the ADB community, but I think it's just about taking time. And for some people that might be taking a walk, for some people, it might be spinning something in their hand. For some people, it's sitting and breathing and feeling the weight of gravity, right. But whatever it is, I try to help people find that. Yeah.   Michael Hingson  49:46 So when you say meditation, what do you mean by that?   Sherry Johnson  49:49 Um, I, you know, that's a tool. That's a highly cultural concept, right? It's different across cultures. For me, I I think of the sort of the Desert Fathers in Christianity and just sort of being silent and sitting in the presence of God, you know, others would say, it's about being silent and just sitting in the presence of nature, or whatever it is, or checking in with our chakras, or whatever it is. Different cultures have different definitions for what it means that it's about taking time. And, you know, we know that some some folks believe that meditation is only just sort of freeing your mind and not thinking about anything. But I think what I've noticed is a pattern, at least in my own small way, is that so much of it is about self compassion. It's like, No one starts out being able to meditate perfectly. But a lot of us can benefit from it, if we have self compassion, and just, you know, keep trying.   Michael Hingson  50:58 And, of course, the whole idea of meditation sure, is being silent, and possibly emptying your mind. But the whole idea behind mindfulness, in a sense, is meditation, it's taking time to not just go forward and confront the day. And it doesn't really matter how you do it. But you do need to take time mentally for yourself, or to slow down. It's something I think that's as much a concept of meditation as is anything else. Absolutely. There's always transcendental meditation where you say a mantra. And that can be very helpful to people who do it. And it may help more people, then think that they could do it. But still, it's all about taking time to slow down and disconnecting from just what goes on in the world.   Sherry Johnson  51:52 Yeah, yeah. But really just noticing more, right? Taking it more with more of your senses, what is actually happening? Yeah, because that predictive brain of ours, we actually don't see, we don't hear, we don't taste we don't smell we don't touch most things. In the moment. We've already predicted those things. If we only really sense what we predicted, we would sense, we actually have to slow ourselves down to truly sense of what's happening around.   Michael Hingson  52:25 So what's next for you?   Sherry Johnson  52:29 Well, I'm like I had this project that hopefully, I'll get to do some narrative ethnography and what we call sensemaking. I've got a course coming up on adaptive leadership on December 3, sign up for that at my website, cultivate strategy that calm slash events, be teaching today, my Two Day technology participation facilitation course, if you want to learn about how to facilitate and collaborate better, I teach that about once a quarter either in Seattle are online, hopefully will start to teach teach that in Minnesota too. And, you know, someday, you would ask me about this earlier, Michael, before the show. I am hoping to complete my musical about growing up as an autistic kid and trying to fit in. So working on that, too.   Michael Hingson  53:21 There you go. Are you going to write the lyrics? Are you going to write the songs? Or are you going to write the words around them? And let let somebody else come in and do it?   Sherry Johnson  53:30 You know, it's going to be I think it's going to be a jukebox musical. So it'll be just hits from the 80s and 90s. Ah, you know, moving moving through my own experiences middle in early high school with the dialog that I'm right. Yeah. Have you   Michael Hingson  53:49 thought about taking a lot of the content of your courses, and putting them into a book? And using that as another mechanism to teach?   Sherry Johnson  54:00 Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of existing books, particularly on the technology of participation. I do write blogs pretty regularly. And I've started to do some video logs as well, on tic tac, and Facebook, but someday, I might start to gather some of that stuff together and make a compendium or something that makes sense, but I'm a little too random, maybe to make that full nonfiction book for resale. I'm always fine. It's nothing new to talk about and work on instead.   Michael Hingson  54:35 And, and that's valuable. And as you said, so your courses will be online as well. And they are online.   Sherry Johnson  54:42 Yeah, yeah. The deciding how to decide is online. And there's both an in person and online version of that top facilitation methods which is actually through top trading dotnet you can sign up for courses in that all over even the world   Michael Hingson  54:59 top training dotnet A   Sherry Johnson  55:00 trained dotnet as the US arm of the Institute for Cultural Affairs, is the purveyor of that that particular band of training. Cool? Yeah.   Michael Hingson  55:14 Well, so you've sort of said it, but if people want to reach out to you and maybe learn more about you talk with you, and do you do individual coaching?   Sherry Johnson  55:23 I do. Yeah. So yeah. So   Michael Hingson  55:26 how do they reach out to you and learn, but all of that   Sherry Johnson  55:29 they there is a website, there's a form on my website, cultivatestrategy.com. And you can also just email me at Sherry at cultivatestrategy.com S H E R R Y. I'm happy to respond.   Michael Hingson  55:41 And strategy singular, just to make sure everybody understands. Yes. Well, Sherry, this has been fun. I've enjoyed it. I really appreciate you coming on. And my dog has stayed awake over here, so you must be happy with it. There you go. That's awesome. Alamo pays attention to everything I do. I can't get away with anything. We do have the door closed. So the cat doesn't get to come in. And I understand why cats.   Sherry Johnson  56:10 I adore cats. I have two of them, including the best get in the world and then kissick,   Michael Hingson  56:16 we have a cat we rescued seven and a half years ago. We thought we were just going to find her a home. And I learned that the cat's name was stitch. And my wife is a quilter Do you think that cat was going to go anywhere?   Sherry Johnson  56:32 Oh, it adopted you.   Michael Hingson  56:37 Oh, it took over us? Yeah. He's a great and and she and Alamo get along very well. So we're happy with that. That's great. Well, thanks again for being here. And I want to thank you for listening. And wherever you are. Please give us a five star rating. We appreciate it. That's another thing share. You could do a podcast.   Sherry Johnson  56:57 Oh goodness, I've done I've done it. I've done something like it. We'll see someday.   Michael Hingson  57:05 But wherever you are, please give us a five star rating. I'd love to hear from you. Please reach out to me at Michaelhi at accessibe A C C E S S I B E.com. And Sherry will have to talk about your website and see how accessible it is.   Sherry Johnson  57:21 Oh, I'm working on it. It's not it's not there yet.   Michael Hingson  57:26 Checkout accessiBe it can help and it's not expensive. It's a way to really help. And I'll be glad to help you with that. But we hope that wherever you are, you'll give us a rating and you'll reach out I'd love to hear your thoughts. And we'll be back of course again very soon with another episode of unstoppable mindset. We're inclusion, diversity. And my favorite part the unexpected meet and again, Sherry, thank you for being a part of this.   Sherry Johnson  57:51 Thank you for having me, Michael, this was fun.   Michael Hingson  57:58 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. 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Are you ready for Mo gratitude??? We Zoom in Mike Mohammad to explain the many ways he sees and hears from all of his learners so they feel known and valued. He builds relationships and activates learning in his science classroom! Shoutouts to two women supporting him through a difficult time in his life and to a special education teacher who helped Mike make physics accessible to ALL learners! Transcript available here. About Our Guest: Mike been a secondary science teacher for 22 years, 15 of those at Brookfield Central High School. At Central, he has taught General Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. In his classroom, he works to increase access, engagement, and expression for all learners by removing the barriers of legacy instructional practices. He is a Google Certified Teacher and Apple Educator and has been recognized by the Institute for Personalized Learning with their Trailblazer Award. He live in Brown Deer, WI with my wife. When not deep into his work, He is an avid movie buff and loves to cook. Blog: mophysicsmoproblems.blogspot.com Twitter: @Mo_physics About Lainie: Lainie Rowell is an educator, international consultant, podcaster, and TEDx speaker. She is the lead author of Evolving Learner and a contributing author of Because of a Teacher. Her latest book, Evolving with Gratitude, was just released. An experienced teacher and district leader, her expertise includes learner-driven design, community building, online/blended learning, and professional learning. Learn more at linktr.ee/lainierowell. Twitter - @LainieRowell Instagram - @LainieRowell Evolving with Gratitude, the book, is now available! Purchase here! You can also get bulk orders for your staff (10 copies or more) at a discounted price! Just fill out the form linked below and someone will get back to you ASAP! bit.ly/ewgbulkdiscount

Daily Word  In the United States of America, today is Thanksgiving. It is a time to spend with friends and family; however, it is also a time when depression can creep in. In particular, for entrepreneurs, Thanksgiving signifies that the end of the year is near, which causes us to look back and wonder, “How come we are not more successful in our calling?” When that thought process happens, it can lead to depression.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner    Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry.        

Daily Word  For Satan to destroy our finances, relationships, and calling, we first must give him access to our life. We grant him access by allowing fear into our lives, which binds our spirit. When our spirit is bound, Satan gains access and destroys our lives. Fear is a dangerous force that we need to kick out. In today's Daily Word, learn how fear binds and how to break those bonds to prevent destruction in your life.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner    Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of CFE and CFE Atlanta.    CFE | https://churchforentrepreneurs.com Started in 2014 with a mission is to equip believers from around the world to succeed at their God-given calling by teaching them the Word of God, providing them with godly counsel along their journey, and connecting them with like-minded believers.   CFE Atlanta | https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner     

Daily Word  Searching through the Bible you'll find a vast difference between praying to God over a situation and using your God-given authority in a situation. This difference is important because if you pray when need to use your authority, then you won't receive what you desire out of the situation.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner    Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of CFE and CFE Atlanta.    CFE | https://churchforentrepreneurs.com Started in 2014 with a mission is to equip believers from around the world to succeed at their God-given calling by teaching them the Word of God, providing them with godly counsel along their journey, and connecting them with like-minded believers.   CFE Atlanta | https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner     

Daily Word  I am sharing with you seven (7) things I wish I knew before I got married. I am sharing this because a successful marriage doesn't happen automatically it requires deliberate work to make it a success.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner    Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of CFE and CFE Atlanta.    CFE | https://churchforentrepreneurs.com Started in 2014 with a mission is to equip believers from around the world to succeed at their God-given calling by teaching them the Word of God, providing them with godly counsel along their journey, and connecting them with like-minded believers.   CFE Atlanta | https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner     

Atlanta Recap   Here's a recap with insights from this morning's service at CFE Atlanta. Pastor Stephen ministered on understanding the power of God's anointing and Minister Lisa Green led us into a time of worship that brought Holy Spirit revelation. Take a listen.   Give to Atlanta | http://give2cfe.com Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner    Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of CFE and CFE Atlanta.     

  Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner    Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of CFE and CFE Atlanta.    CFE | https://churchforentrepreneurs.com Started in 2014 with a mission is to equip believers from around the world to succeed at their God-given  calling by teaching them the Word of God, providing them with godly counsel along their journey, and connecting them with like-minded believers.   CFE Atlanta | https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner     

Daily Word  God has given us authority on Earth, enabling us to become successful in our business endeavors. However, success will elude us if we improperly apply this authority.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner    Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry.    CFE Atlanta | https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner     

Daily Word  As believers, we have the same authority Jesus has. Therefore, we have the authority to bring about our healing, success, and pretty much anything we desire.   Scriptures  Psalm 8:3-8 AMPC, Genesis 1:26-27 AMPC, Genesis 2:16-17 KJV, Romans 5:17 NASB, John 15:7 KJV, John 14:12-13 KJV, Matthew 17:19-20 KJV, Matthew 8:23-27 KJV   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner    Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of Church for Entrepreneurs and CFE Atlanta.    CFE Atlanta | https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner     

Daily Word  Many believers are in a holding pattern, waiting on a direct word from God to get moving. However, God is not a micromanager. God has given us the general direction and wants us to be constantly moving forward. He just needs us to listening out for His stop signs and specific turns throughout our journey. Rather than pushing or pulling us, God desires for us to work with Him along the way.   Scriptures  Acts 16:4-10 NLT   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner    Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of Church for Entrepreneurs and CFE Atlanta.    Church for Entrepreneurs | https://churchforentrepreneurs.com Started in 2014 with a mission is to equip believers from around the world to succeed at their God-given entrepreneurial calling by teaching them the Word of God from an entrepreneurial perspective, providing them with godly counsel along their journey, and connecting them with like-minded believers.   CFE Atlanta | https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner     

Open Forum  We are discussing what we can learn from Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter plus other interesting topics to help you succeed at your God-given calling.      Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner    Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of Church for Entrepreneurs and CFE Atlanta.    Church for Entrepreneurs | https://churchforentrepreneurs.com Started in 2014 with a mission is to equip believers from around the world to succeed at their God-given entrepreneurial calling by teaching them the Word of God from an entrepreneurial perspective, providing them with godly counsel along their journey, and connecting them with like-minded believers.   CFE Atlanta | https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Podcast Partner |  https://amosjohnsonjr.com/partner     

Daily Word  To accomplish your entrepreneurial calling, you are going to need great faith. However, most of us have little to no Faith, thus we are not seeing results. One of the main reasons our faith is so weak is because we do not understand authority. God has placed various human relationships in our lives to teach us authority; however, Satan and modern culture are fighting hard to create a generation of believers who rebel against authority in all forms. Thus, we are in danger of significantly weakening our faith because we don't understand authority through our rejection of authority.   Scriptures  Matthew 17:19-20 KJV, Matthew 17:20 AMPC, Matthew 8:5-10, 13 KJV, Exodus 20:12 KJV, Hebrews 13:17 KJV, Ephesians 5:21-24 KJV, Ephesians 6:5 KJV, 1 Timothy 2:1-2 KJV, Romans 13:1-2 NLT, Galatians 6:7 KJV   Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of Church for Entrepreneurs and CFE Atlanta.    Church for Entrepreneurs | https://churchforentrepreneurs.com Started in 2014 with a mission is to equip believers from around the world to succeed at their God-given entrepreneurial calling by teaching them the Word of God from an entrepreneurial perspective, providing them with godly counsel along their journey, and connecting them with like-minded believers.   CFE Atlanta | https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Partnership |  http://partnerwithcfe.com    

Daily Word  If you are dealing with any level or form of sickness or disease in your body, then God desires for you to be healed instantly. In today's podcast learn how to receive healing sooner than later. Scriptures  1 Peter 2:24 KJV, Matthew 8:5-7, 13 KJV, Matthew 12:13 KJV, Mark 5:29 KJV, Matthew 9:28-30 KJV, John 3:16 KJV, Psalm 35:27 KJV, Romans 10:9 KJV, Romans 2:11 KJV, Mark 11:23 KJV, Hebrews 11:1 KJV   Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of Church for Entrepreneurs and CFE Atlanta.    Church for Entrepreneurs | https://churchforentrepreneurs.com Started in 2014 with a mission is to equip believers from around the world to succeed at their God-given entrepreneurial calling by teaching them the Word of God from an entrepreneurial perspective, providing them with godly counsel along their journey, and connecting them with like-minded believers.   CFE Atlanta | https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Partnership |  http://partnerwithcfe.com    

Sunday Service Online  Many Christians feel like they are cursed to fail because they have made so many mistakes in their past. They wonder, “How can God bless me based on my previous mess-ups?” Because they feel cursed to fail, they don't attempt to succeed in life. This mindset is a trick from Satan. You are not cursed to fail! Jesus died to remove the curse, and to give you the blessing. Yes, you will experience consequences for mistakes you have made and will make. However, because of the sacrifice of Jesus, you are blessed to succeed despite your mistakes. Scriptures  Proverbs 10:22 KJV, Deuteronomy 28:1-6 NLT, Deuteronomy 28:15-19 NLT, James 2:10-11 KJV, Malachi 3:8-10 KJV, Galatians 3:10-14 NLT, Genesis 12:2-3 NLT, Genesis 12:11-13 NLT, Genesis 12:14-16 NLT, Genesis 12:17-20 NLT, Genesis 20:1-7 NLT, Genesis 12:1,5 KJV, Genesis 13:5-7 NLT, Genesis 13:14-15 NLT, Genesis 21:8-21 NLT, Hebrews 11:8-12 NLT    Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of Church for Entrepreneurs and CFE Atlanta.    Church for Entrepreneurs | https://churchforentrepreneurs.com Started in 2014 with a mission is to equip believers from around the world to succeed at their God-given entrepreneurial calling by teaching them the Word of God from an entrepreneurial perspective, providing them with godly counsel along their journey, and connecting them with like-minded believers.   CFE Atlanta | https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Partnership |  http://partnerwithcfe.com    

  About Amos Johnson God has given Pastor Amos a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology, where he received undergraduate degree in General Science and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His ministry training is from Faith Christian Center's Faith School of Ministry. He is the founder and pastor of Church for Entrepreneurs and CFE Atlanta.    About Church for Entrepreneurs https://churchforentrepreneurs.com Started in 2014 with a mission is to equip believers from around the world to succeed at their God-given entrepreneurial calling by teaching them the Word of God from an entrepreneurial perspective, providing them with godly counsel along their journey, and connecting them with like-minded believers.   About CFE Atlanta https://cfeatlanta.com Started in 2022 with a mission is to help people of all ages in Atlanta, GA to know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference. We are a church for everyone in Atlanta, whether they attend our church or not.   Partner with us |  http://partnerwithcfe.com    

This week we caught up with Dr. Elijah Dixon, a liver and pancreas surgeon at the University of Calgary, to talk about mindfulness and meditation. Dr. Dixon really opened our eyes to how those practices might help us both inside and outside the operating room. We also asked Dr. Dixon about what it was like to be the president of the Americas Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association as well as the Canadian Association of General Surgeons. Links: 1. Eckhart Tolle: https://eckharttolle.com/ 2. Waking Up app: https://www.wakingup.com/ 3. One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir by Henry Shukman. https://www.amazon.ca/One-Blade-Grass-Finding-Memoir/dp/1640092625 4. Jillian Horton interview: https://soundcloud.com/cjs-podcast/e83-jillian-horton-on-writing-burnout-and-the-quest-for-a-better-culture-in-medicine 5. Stroke of Insight TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_my_stroke_of_insight?language=en Bio (taken from https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/sites/default/files/teams/236/april-2016-newsletter.pdf): Dr. Dixon is a Professor of Surgery, Oncology and Community Health Sciences with the University of Calgary. He is a practicing General Surgeon at Foothills Hospital with a focus in Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic Surgery. Dr. Dixon completed his Undergrad in General Science and Medical School at the University of Manitoba, and then Surgical Residency at the University of Calgary. From there he went to the University of Toronto and did a Fellowship in Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic Surgery and GI Transplantation at the Toronto General Hospital. He then proceeded to the Harvard School ofPublic Health and did a Masters in Epidemiology. Dr. Dixon's research interests include the development of quality indicators of care for patients undergoing hepatic resection for metastatic colorectal cancer. He conducts clinical research, particularly in the area of hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery.

Julia Sieff is an outreach EMT working with the homeless population of South Central Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2019 and is currently studying Pre-Medicine and General Science studies at UCLA Extension. Julia brings her EMT skills directly to her patients by providing wound care and health education on the streets of LA. She is preparing to apply to graduate school for a Master's in physician assistant studies, after which she plans to continue to provide accessible, high-quality health care to the underserved.  Thank you to those who have rated us!Please go ahead and follow us on the different social media platforms listed below!Vardians Connect!Facebook LinkedInInstagram Twitteremail: healthcareboulevard@gmail.comLife Boulevard... Tune in to the Lessons and Shenanigans

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Keenen Smith was raised in Nashville, TN and attended college at Middle Tennessee State University where he majored in Psychology with minors in both General Science and Criminology. After graduating, he began working as a Data Analyst for Hospital Corporation of America, one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States. In pursuit of his dream to be a physician, he enrolled in a post-bacc program at Case Western Reserve University where he earned his Masters degree in Medical Physiology. He went on to enroll in medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC where he graduated in May of 2021. He is now a PGY1 Pathology resident at the Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He is still undecided about fellowships and is currently focused on becoming a great resident.instagram: kd_smithLinkdin: Keenen Smithtwitter:  Keenen Smith, MD MS (@kdsmithmed) / Twitter

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This week i speak to a young African women who took a bold step to leave a stable corporate job to pursue her dream in Agribusiness. Her zeal was met with her first big failure in the first farming season where she run at a loss. "I cried" she says. But she bounced back with lessons learnt and renewed vigor to do better. In our conversation, she breaks down the several aspects of Agribusiness and shares the diverse opportunities in the field. It's not just about farming! She also shares how her fear of failure influenced her to choose Agric Science instead of General Science at Secondary School and how that ended up being a blessing in disguise. We talk about how Ghana as a country can do better in the Agric space and the need to reform how Agric is perceived in the country. Ama Afriyie Mensah is my guest this week and i have no doubt you will enjoy this conversation! Social Media Facebook: Witama Agribusiness Limited Instagram: dearyoungafrikan Facebook: Dear Young Afrikan