Podcasts about Gesture

We had a fun one today, starting out the show with a girl who spent weeks sweating in her car with no reason to! "Hood jars" are all the rage right now, and flooding social media feeds everywhere. Keystone Light has a bold promotion for America's 250th birthday, and Dave's fridge died in the worst month possible. But the big topic today came from X, where a woman's tweet about being propositioned by a tech at Valvoline has the internet at each other's throats! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens when our modern visual culture, which demands we constantly observe global atrocities on our phones, actually leads to apathy instead of a meaningful moral response? The University of Chicago's Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, Dr. Ben Saltzman, joins host PJ Wehry to discuss the overlooked significance of a common, deeply human reaction.Dr. Saltzman explores the history and meaning of this physical act in his book, Turning Away, The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture. They examine how looking away is frequently not a sign of disengagement, but rather an indication of deep emotional involvement, and how understanding this can help us navigate the horrors of the contemporary world.In this conversation they explore: How the book traces archaic scenes—like the ancient painting of Agamemnon's sacrifice of Iphigenia—by treating them as rocks tossed into a pool, following their cultural and artistic ripples across time. The surprising realization that turning away from a distressing event often signifies a deep engagement with the pain of the world, rather than simple indifference. Why our contemporary habit of scrolling through images of suffering on our phones can create a false sense of moral duty while actually fostering an empty act of looking. The concept of the divided soul, exemplified by Plato's tale of Leontius, which demonstrates how humans experience an inner conflict and oscillation between looking and turning away. How ancient rhetoric and art utilized the covered face to convey states of emotional extremity that existed entirely at the limits of representation. The relationship between covering one's eyes and the acquisition of painful knowledge, illustrated by figures ranging from a newly fallen Adam and Eve to a young girl watching a cruel scientific experiment on a bird.This is a conversation for anyone interested in literary studies, art history, and the humanities who wants to understand the historical weight behind our everyday instincts and how we process the painful realities of our modern age.Make sure to check out Dr. Saltzman's book: Turning Away: The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture

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Something shifts in midlife that's hard to explain until it happens to you. You start noticing signs and catch on to the meaning of synchronicities faster and more often. For example, it might be song lyrics that answer the question on your mind. A person you randomly think about suddenly texts. The book that suddenly falls off the shelf has a message in the title. You might see repeating symbols, angel numbers, or get tiny nudges. Sometimes you encounter strange timing that feels too precise to dismiss. That’s not a bunch of coincidences. Spiritual Antenna What I've discovered is that midlife seems to heighten your awareness of synchronicities and intuitive guidance. It's as if your spiritual antenna gets stronger with age, experience, and a deeper trust in yourself. A few years ago, during a difficult period when I was struggling emotionally, I began working with a body-centered healing practice called the Power of Gesture. The idea was simple. Create a physical movement that embodied the emotional state you wanted to experience more fully. The gesture I created became what I called the “Sunflower Pose“. Standing with my feet slightly apart, I slowly raised my hands from prayer position at my heart up toward the sky, opening my arms wide as if embracing the sun. As I did this, I spoke these words:. “I surrender to my higher self and open to the divine flow of creativity, abundance, joy.” It sounds simple, but something profound shifted. Soon afterward, sunflowers started appearing everywhere. In grocery stores, online, a card picked from an oracle cards. Even on random signs and advertisements. Curious, I looked up the spiritual symbolism of sunflowers and was pleasantly surprised. Sunflowers represent joy, resilience, optimism, abundance, and spiritual truth. That’s exactly what I’d been seeking. The synchronicities felt affirming, like the Universe itself was responding or my higher self was sending a message. That experience changed how I understand synchronicities, midlife and the magic that is part of it. Midlife and Intuition At this stage of life, women often become far more intuitive because you now know yourself so much better. You care less about what others think, spend less time people pleasing, and become more aligned and true to yourself. Your discernment sharpens and your inner authority grows stronger. And because of that, you begin noticing the subtle messages more frequently, that were probably there all along. That's what Midlife Magic means to me, that guidance appears magically as needed and you can rely on your intuition more than ever. This is a phase when you can become deeply attuned to your own inner knowing. I've experienced this countless times since entering my fifties. Once, during a energy clearing session, I was guided to seek help from the ancient Roman goddess Abundantia, whom I had never heard of before. Over the next few weeks, references to her appeared everywhere. A friend happened to own ancient coins with her image. I discovered I already had a picture of her tucked away in my home with no memory of acquiring it. Then I randomly pulled her card from a goddess oracle deck. Ok that was not a series of simple coincidences. The Meaning of Synchronicities I see them as confirmation. Little clues that remind you that you are supported, guided, and moving in the right direction. They can give you a heads up that something important is happening and it's time to pay attention. One thing that's good to know is that magical occurrences aren't always big or dramatic, but they still matter. One afternoon, after a deep conversation with a friend about life and uncertainty, we walked back to the cars together. I'm not sure why, but I looked down at one point and saw a four-leaf clover right at my feet. That tiny moment stands out because it provided a sign that all is good. After all, four-leaf clovers are known for being lucky. That left me with such a good feeling about everything we discussed. That's the thing about synchronicities. The more you notice, the more they seem to appear. Maybe the universe or your guides, angels, or even your higher self are always leaving clues. In midlife, that's the time women become wise enough and brave enough to trust the signs and follow them. If this resonates, I invite you to be open to and notice the synchronicities that are happening all around you. They have a message for you and are there to gently guide you on life's path. Key Takeaways Midlife often heightens intuition and spiritual awareness. Synchronicities offer meaningful guidance, rather than just being random coincidences. Life experience strengthens discernment, self-trust, and inner knowing. Heeding signs, symbols, and intuitive nudges can reduce self-doubt. Midlife magic is about perception, intuition, alignment, and awareness. Tiny synchronicities can be just as meaningful as dramatic ones. The more open you are to noticing synchronicities, the more often they seem to appear. FAQs What is the meaning of synchronicities? Synchronicities are meaningful coincidences that seem to carry guidance, confirmation, or deeper personal significance. Many people experience them as signs from the universe, spirit, their higher self, or intuitive wisdom. Why do synchronicities seem stronger in midlife? Midlife often brings greater self-awareness, emotional maturity, and trust in your intuition. As women become less focused on external validation, they become more perceptive of subtle signs and inner guidance. Is noticing signs spiritual or psychological? It can be viewed either way. Some people see synchronicities as spiritual guidance, while others see them as increased awareness and pattern recognition. Either perspective can still provide comfort, clarity, and meaning. What counts as a synchronicity? Things that come to your awareness repeatedly like symbols, chance encounters, meaningful timing, vivid dreams, intuitive hits, songs with perfect messages. It might also include finding objects at meaningful moments, or thinking of someone right before they contact you. How can I become more aware of synchronicities? Set an intention to notice them. Slow down, stay present, and pay attention to repeated themes, symbols, or feelings. Keeping track with a journal also helps you recognize patterns over time. Can synchronicities help with decision-making? Many people experience synchronicities as confirmation that they are moving in the right direction. While they shouldn't replace practical judgment, they can strengthen self-trust and intuitive clarity. What is “Midlife Magic”? Midlife magic is how I define the increased sense of intuition, alignment, inner wisdom, and meaningful connection many women experience as they hit their 40s and 50s and beyond. Many find themselves going deeper into self-trust, authenticity, and inner authority. The post Midlife Women Start Seeing the Synchronicities Everywhere appeared first on Intuitive Edge.

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"Anything will work again, as long as you unplug it long enough, even you." This simple principle serves as the heartbeat for reclaiming a life dedicated to authentic human depth. In a world optimized for digital efficiency and "frictionless" convenience, the true currency of a meaningful life remains the unscalable power of independent thought, presence, and intentional effort. In this episode of Gratitude Through Hard Times, Ashleigh Spiliopoulou explores the growing cultural movement of "Friction Maxing" — the intentional reintroduction of effort, inconvenience, and presence into our daily routines. Ashleigh shares insights from her month-long experiment with deliberate inconvenience, including rawdogging a 24-hour flight to Australia and ditching her headphones on daily runs. Together, the conversation dives into the rise of mainstream AI infiltration, the psychological dangers of AI Psychosis and FOBO (Fear Of Becoming Obsolete), and why healthy friction is ultimately the secret weapon for nervous system regulation, creative clarity, and deep human connection.   10 Memorable Quotes: "In a world of frictionless design, what if we friction maxed a couple things to add a little bit of meaning back into life?" "The more efficient and outsourced we get through really well-designed technology, the more it feels like life is kind of evaporating from us." "Why would I think for myself when AI could think for me?" "Frictionless isn't bad in every scenario." "The process was so beautiful, and then the result was so satisfying." "AI has so much potential and brilliance for so many areas of our lives, but it shouldn't be designed to replace our brain." "It's not necessarily teaching people something new. It's reminding them, this is how you used to live." "First we need to unlearn." "It's rebellious. It's so fun." "Anything will work again, as long as you unplug it long enough, even you." 10 Key Takeaways: The Origin of Friction Maxing: Exploring Catherine Jezer-Morton's January 2026 article in The Cut magazine that sparked a mainstream conversation on adding intentional effort to life. The Falsehood of Frictionless Relationships: Reflecting on Esther Perel's cultural work and how eliminating interpersonal friction directly fuels the loneliness epidemic. The Threat of Cognitive Decay: How outsourcing daily thought processes to technology results in a tangible feeling of your brain disintegrating. Understanding AI Psychosis: Confronting the psychological danger of over-trusting automated companions until you completely lose trust in your own mind. Dismantling FOBO: Analyzing the "Fear Of Becoming Obsolete" and how surrendering creativity and discernment to AI attacks our baseline human self-worth. The No-Headphone Run: Why leaving audio stimulation at home forced a deeper focus on surroundings, leading to a fresher, more imaginative brain. The Gesture of Friendship: How exchanging a frictionless voice note for a handwritten letter to Boston reestablished a visceral, emotional sense of connection. Rawdogging a Flight: The profound creative clarity that emerged from enduring a 24-hour flight to Australia completely detached from movies, podcasts, or Wi-Fi. Unlearning for a 180 World: Recognizing that surviving the modern technological landscape requires us to actively unlearn automatic habits to relearn how to think. Architected Attention: Understanding that tech companies deliberately engineer frictionless designs solely to fork over your attention, money, and will. About our Guest: Ashleigh Spiliopoulou is a freelance journalist and health writer specializing in women's health, travel, and culture. A former heptathlete, her words have appeared in prominent publications including Condé Nast Traveller, Marie Claire, Women's Health, Stylist, Dazed, and Glamour. She is also the Co-Founder of Sunnie Runners, an inclusive London-based run club, and SOLA, a supper club designed for women looking to build personal and professional connections. Built on a foundation of storytelling, her work advocates for the vital necessity of using creative friction to protect human meaning and connection.

Great presentations do not depend on words alone. Even when the language is unfamiliar, audiences can still detect structure, energy, enthusiasm, pacing, vocal variety, and body language. That is the real lesson for leaders, trainers, salespeople, and executives who want their message to land. Why does presentation structure matter so much? Presentation structure matters because it helps the audience follow the logic, even when the subject is complex or unfamiliar. Without clear structure, listeners get lost and the speaker's expertise becomes harder to trust. A well-designed business presentation has a clear opening, main points, sub-points, transitions, examples, and a strong close. This matters in Japan, Mongolia, Australia, Singapore, the US, and Europe because audiences everywhere need signposts. In leadership training, sales presentations, investor pitches, and corporate town halls, the speaker usually knows the topic far better than the audience. That creates a danger. The presenter can jump between ideas and assume the connection is obvious. It often isn't. Do now: Build your presentation like a guided journey. Make every point and sub-point visibly support the main thesis. How can speakers make transitions between presentation sections clear? Speakers make transitions clear by using deliberate bridges between sections, rather than suddenly leaping from one topic to another. A bridge tells the audience why the next idea belongs in the story. The audience is hearing the material in real time. They cannot rewind the room. That is why transitions, linking phrases, recap lines, and preview statements matter. Ancient storytelling understood this well. Classic literature such as The History of the Three Kingdoms used chapter-end hooks to make readers continue. Business presenters can do something more elegant: "Now that we have seen the client problem, let's examine the cost of leaving it unsolved." That small bridge protects the narrative arc. Do now: Write your bridges before you present. Do not rely on improvisation to connect major sections. Why is enthusiasm important in public speaking? Enthusiasm signals to the audience that the message matters, even before they process every word. If the speaker sounds indifferent, the audience quickly borrows that indifference. Energy is contagious in training rooms, boardrooms, webinars, and conference halls. A coffee-chat level of energy is not enough when presenting to clients, employees, or senior executives. Speakers need to move up several gears. In Asia-Pacific training environments, including Japanese and Mongolian contexts, enthusiasm helps cut through hierarchy, fatigue, translation gaps, and topic complexity. This does not mean fake cheerleading or theatrical overkill. It means controlled intensity, visible commitment, and the physical presence to carry the message. Do now: Raise your energy above normal conversation. Let the audience feel that you care before asking them to care. How does vocal variety keep an audience engaged? Vocal variety keeps attention because changes in volume, speed, pause, tone, and emphasis prevent the audience from mentally checking out. A flat voice is an invitation to daydream. If the speaker is soft and low-key from beginning to end, modern audiences reach for their phones fast. If the speaker is all fire and brimstone from start to finish, the audience gets exhausted. The best delivery uses contrast. Slow down for important ideas. Pause before a key point. Increase pace when building momentum. Lower the voice to create intimacy. Lift the volume when the message needs force. Executives at companies like Toyota, Rakuten, Google, and Salesforce all face the same human attention problem: monotony loses people. Do now: Mark your script for pace, pause, power, and softness. Do not let your vocal delivery get stuck in one groove. Can body language communicate across language barriers? Yes, body language communicates confidence, clarity, and conviction even when the words are not understood. Gesture, posture, facial expression, and movement all carry meaning. When a speaker presents in a language the listener does not know, the non-verbal signals become more obvious. You can still sense whether the presenter is organised, energetic, nervous, passionate, or disconnected. That is why trainers, public speakers, sales leaders, and executives need physical self-awareness. In Japan, where restrained delivery is common in some corporate settings, body language still matters. In the US or Australia, the expected range may be broader, but the principle is the same: the body either supports the message or weakens it. Do now: Practise with the sound off. Check whether your posture, gestures, and movement still communicate confidence. What can presenters learn from speaking across cultures? Presenting across cultures teaches us that communication is bigger than vocabulary. Structure, enthusiasm, vocal variety, and body language travel across borders. Working with presenters from Ulan Bator, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore, London, or New York reveals a universal truth: audiences respond to organised thinking and human energy. Language matters, of course. Native-language fluency gives a speaker huge advantages. Yet even when the words are blocked by a language barrier, listeners still feel rhythm, confidence, variety, and intent. That should be encouraging. If those signals work in an unfamiliar language, imagine their impact when combined with clear words in your own language. Do now: Treat presentation delivery as a full-body, full-voice skill. Words are only one part of the message. Conclusion: How can leaders become more engaging presenters? Leaders become more engaging presenters by paying attention to the basics they already know but often forget. Structure the talk. Bridge the sections. Lift the energy. Vary the voice. Use the body. Keep improving the craft. None of this is new, complicated, or reserved for professional keynote speakers. The problem is not that executives, trainers, or salespeople have never heard these ideas. The problem is that habits take over. We get comfortable. We lose self-awareness. Then our presentations become flat, fragmented, and forgettable. Let's not do that. FAQs Why is structure important in presentations? Structure helps the audience follow the speaker's logic and remember the message. It turns separate ideas into a coherent journey with a clear beginning, middle, and end. What is vocal variety in public speaking? Vocal variety means changing pace, pause, tone, volume, and emphasis to keep the audience engaged. It prevents the delivery from becoming monotonous or exhausting. How much energy should a presenter use? A presenter should use more energy than normal conversation, while still staying authentic. The goal is controlled enthusiasm, not fake performance. Can audiences understand delivery even if they do not understand the language? Yes, audiences can still read structure, energy, confidence, and body language across language barriers. Words matter, but delivery carries meaning too. How can I improve my presentation delivery quickly? Record yourself and review structure, transitions, energy, vocal variety, and body language. Small adjustments in these areas can make a presentation immediately more engaging. Author bio Dr. Greg Story, Ph.D. in Japanese Decision-Making, is President of Dale Carnegie Tokyo Training and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University. He is a two-time winner of the Dale Carnegie "One Carnegie Award" in 2018 and 2021 and recipient of the Griffith University Business School Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2012. As a Dale Carnegie Master Trainer, Greg is certified to deliver globally across all leadership, communication, sales, and presentation programs, including Leadership Training for Results. He has written several books, including three best-sellers — Japan Business Mastery, Japan Sales Mastery, and Japan Presentations Mastery — along with Japan Leadership Mastery and How to Stop Wasting Money on Training. His works have been translated into Japanese, including Za Eigyō（ザ営業）, Purezen no Tatsujin（プレゼンの達人）, Torēningu de Okane o Muda ni Suru no wa Yamemashō（トレーニングでお金を無駄にするのはやめましょう）, and Gendaiban "Hito o Ugokasu" Rīdā（現代版「人を動かす」リーダー）. Greg also publishes daily business insights on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, and hosts six weekly podcasts. On YouTube, he produces The Cutting Edge Japan Business Show, Japan Business Mastery, and Japan's Top Business Interviews, which are widely followed by executives seeking success strategies in Japan.

On Other, Other Life Forms The quest for other life forms must be anchored in the knowledge of why we're even here. Let's get nitpicky. Also, unapologetically religious in nature, though the points stand on merit regardless. This isn't a screed against space travel, for looking up, even beyond, is worthwhile. Rather, the aim is to properly frame our search through understanding what exactly is “other life” and where exactly is “out there.” The terminology “other life” or “other life forms” is presumptuous in nature, as it can only be asked within a vacuum which denies the existence of myriad life forms on planet Earth. Not only are there other life forms aplenty, but the range, capacities, colors, designs, etc., etc., etc., are so diverse and so far-ranging that not a single planet in our system comes anywhere close to dreaming of similar potential. Even more, every part, planet, and particle in space lends to the preservation of life on earth in some way. Almost as if it's all here for us. Per Torahic categorization, there are four general kingdoms in creation. The so-called lowest is “silent”, for the predominately inanimate basics of existence, water, soil, rocks, minerals, and the like that comprise it have a lifeforce so quiet it's barely noted. Thus, we view creations in this kingdom as existing but not exactly alive. The next kingdom is “growth”, essentially plants and all vegetation where growth is usually visible and indicative of the lifeforce within. Third is the “life” kingdom, which includes all creatures from insects to birds to marine life to mammals, as each overtly display an animating lifeforce not only through growth, but also some measure of mobility, intelligence, communication, or similar. The final kingdom is “speaker,” aka man, the only kingdom made in G-d's image. The lifeforce within man is undeniable, not only for all previously specified reasons, but also because, unlike the other kingdoms, man goes beyond a measure of intellect in his ability to communicate ideas, teachings, morality, ethics, and abstractions to others, mainly through speech. For this display of what's deemed higher intelligence, man is considered the highest of the four kingdoms. With that set, our quest for other life begins with understanding why these four kingdoms aren't life forms enough. The “silent” kingdom covers just about everything that isn't obviously alive. For example, the four building blocks of creation, earth, water, air, and fire. The varying parts of our atmosphere which cause the sky to blaze at sunrise and sunset. The very earth from which all things grow, as well as rolling hills, fertile valleys, and majestic mountain ranges. Gentle waters which calm the soul and raging waves which quicken the heart. Rocks which stand against the fiercest winds, but also caves and crevices sculpted over time. Geodes, crystals, stalactites, stalagmites, in shapes and colors man cannot always describe or name. All are “silent” in their steadfast, unchanging existence. In the context of our quest, any discovery within the “silent” kingdom doesn't qualify as an other life, not only because some forms within this kingdom have already been discovered in space, but also because the categories within this kingdom literally don't display signs of life. Never mind that the “silent” kingdom sustains every kingdom above it, revealing it may not be quite so lowly a kingdom as supposed. Either way, our search mandates we find a form that's obviously alive. Ergo, despite the wonders and marvels of the “silent” kingdom, our exploration continues. Does the “growth” kingdom qualify as another life form in our search? Do we seek proof of some sort of life beyond moss and ferns and fungi and flowers and vegetables and fruit and trees? Well, yes and no. We'd be thrilled to find any kind of vegetation, as long as it's not here. In other words, we want what we have here, just somewhere else. Then again, we don't have to find an exact replica of Earth, only something that's entirely like it but on a different planet. Plants show life in their visible growth, and are incredible dynamic doing so. Plants can run rampant and wild, plants can be domesticated and tamed; some thrive in the sun and some only open to the moon. They have no eyes, they have no ears, yet they know the difference between night and day, between summer, winter, spring, and fall. They know when it's time to blossom, to shed, to regrow. Even more, there are plants which heal, plants which harm, plants which flavor, plants which sustain, plants which dominate, plants upholding entire ecosystems, and plants which light the way with their glow. Some plants are beautiful, some terrifying, some cooling, some fragile, some stronger than blades. Some plants tower, some are unnoticed, some provide food, shelter, clothes. The “growth” kingdom climbs and clings, flowers, buds, twists, and bends. The above doesn't even include the incredible array of shape and color, which continually startle and dazzle the eye of the beholder. All this is only part of what we know about the “growth” kingdom, for though we live in a highly advanced world, we have yet to discover the full extent of just how many creations call this planet home. As with the “silent” kingdom which sustains it, the “growth” kingdom provides for the kingdoms above it. But while plants are really, really nice and cool and intricate and beautiful and, and, and, we're still set on looking for other life elsewhere. We'd be thrilled to find any of the “growth” kingdom on another planet, even though, as mentioned, it sure seems everything out there is pretty well-suited to the needs of here, but never mind that. We're rather set on finding something new, something obviously alive out there. Onward to the next kingdom. The range of creatures packed into the “life” kingdom is so immense, we cannot in good faith claim to know its entire. The vast, not yet completely discovered “life” kingdom spreads an umbrella wide enough to include every non-human animate life form between plants and people, including insects, marine life, fowl, rodents, reptiles, beasts, cattle, and all the rest of terrestrial creatures. Every country, every state, every ecosystem has a unique web of animals, insects, marine life thriving in its environs. Scientists are perpetually “astonished” at the new kinds and species discovered around the globe, as if this world of ours could ever fully be known. And even where we think to have catalogued it all, creatures of the “life” kingdom continue to surprise with their levels of intelligence, adaptability, and significant role on this planet we call home. Just spare a minute to consider the animals and plants that flourish in all the places humans can't. Only looking at the life contained in the form of insects is a dizzying proposition, for the thousands and thousands we actually know about which fly, walk, scurry, and roll. Insects that regenerate, insects that burrow in the dark and damp and soil, insects that color gardens and make honey and with strength to carry many times their own weight. Insects hum and call and chirp and buzz, spin silk that can be worn or webs that withstand rainstorms. Insects are harmful and harmless, brainless and multi-eyed, soft, hard, airborne, and pliable. We oft overlook the many we come across each day, but would speak of little else were even one to be found out there. Though we have yet to discover every insect dwelling on earth, not one is the other life we hope to find. A moment away from land to plunge into the sea, a world so vast, vivid, and varied, we haven't nearly plumbed its depths. Beneath the waves, beyond our grasp creatures hide in the sand and glow in the deep no human can withstand. There are creatures so tiny they can hardly be seen, yet enough can feed creatures which cannot be missed. Leaping, breaching, scuttling, wriggling, swimming, floating, preying, and flying, in schools and pods and herds and shoals and consortiums and mobs and runs and swarms. Other kingdoms are also found in the sea, sand and coral, kelp, rocks, salt, and shells. Therein a whole world sustains itself, and the kingdoms above it, as well. And yet, though fathoms remain beyond our current ability to explore, relatively far out of reach as the stars, none are the other life we seek. Finding some collection of water that sustains life would shake the world we know, but only if we find it somewhere that isn't here. Amphibians are forms of both water and land, the slimy, shiny bridge between both sorts of life. As with the others of the “life” kingdom, amphibians aren't known in their entire, and the range of what they can do is as far ranging as the category itself. They also have their own unique twists to the norm, as bright colors aren't signs of aesthetics but warnings of danger. Right alongside them are reptiles, including those that sting, bite, and choke. Ones that can swallow prey significantly larger than they, and ones which instantly camouflage to hide in plain sight. What about the life forms of air? Birds don't fit a single mold, and the multitudes well exceed human count. Birds that fly and birds that can't, birds with vision and hearing much keener than man, birds that build nests without hands. Birds sing and twitter, hum, caw, and shriek. Birds dive and hunt, scavenge and hover. Birds sense shifts in the weather, and birds soar on the air. They're cheery and territorial, colorful as flowers and dark as moonless nights. They're predators and prey, oversized and tiny, imitators and instigators. But birds are also something we know in some form, and what we insist on is something we haven't seen before, or at least, something we haven't yet seen out there. And so, the search for other life continues. Perhaps the rest of the “life” kingdom will qualify? The innumerable animals which roam the deserts, plains, jungles, mountains, and forests. From rodents to beasts, from domesticated to wild, there is hardly a color or kind without peer in the “life” kingdom. Animals hunter and hunted, solitary and social, protective and loyal and vicious and tame. Animals that observe, animals that learn, animals that comfort or guide or guard. Animals that defy the fiercest elements of their topography, and animals that adapt or blend in with impressive speed. Animals with a range of communication and expression, animals soft and hard and furry and rough. Animals weighing tremendous amounts, and animals that can shoulder the burden of even more. Animals endure the harshest habitats and conditions, animals hibernate for months or only wake with the night. Animals symbiotic, parasitic, or with an innate sense for assisting others. Between claw, talon, teeth, and paw, the “life” kingdom is as wild and varied on land as beneath the sea. Yet, as we seek other life, we brush all this aside, for, when we're certain there's so much more to discover and know, why continue to look where we always have? What sort of life forms do we then seek, if not any of the myriad already upon this earth? Much as we'd delight in finding the same creatures on a different planet, we're adamant about finding something we haven't seen before to definitively conclude other life exists. Consider, finding life forms which display some growth, with or without the sun, would be enough to fund space travel for years to come, but growth isn't really enough to satisfy us. When we seek other life forms, we don't want something that grows, or even something that moves with overt signs of life, we want something that communicates, especially in ways we don't. Putting aside every other kingdom and category of creation, including all their unique methods of interaction, we'll declare victory in our search for other life if we discover a species that knows how to communicate with what, sound? Gesture? Semaphore? Dashes and dots? No, no, we want something that communicates as a sign of and sharing of its intelligence. Again, putting aside all other kingdoms we know at present, their various modes of communication and ranges of intellect, our search will be a success only if we find different intellects that communicate with ours. About what's relevant to us? About things that confirm our projections of what life and intellect should be? Assuming this isn't a reference to learning about new languages and cultures, what do we really seek? From all kingdoms of creation, perhaps the closest to “speaker” would be spiritual beings, namely angels. And not the cherubic children or glowing berobed humans with wings and halos, but fiery messengers of the Divine. Then again, unless they take a human form, angels, while other life, are not tangible enough to be discovered, so there's little point in centering them in our quest. The highest kingdom of creation is “speaker,” which is only and entirely mankind. Not because we are the only creations with verbal articulation, but because, as the only kingdom made in G-d's image, we are the only kingdom which seeks and learns and communicates about that which is greater than ourselves. The rest of the kingdoms do not have a mind to challenge their Creator nor the nature He embedded within them. Only “speaker” has the choice to live up to his potential in creation, to fight or embrace his inherent design, to imagine and debate and give coherency to the abstract. Essentially, we're looking for other life forms, but not the other life we already know of heaven and earth. This other life may be almost identical to the life we know, or it may be something entirely different than the thousands and thousands we've already found. And perhaps the inability to know it all is what's truly given us hope that there's more out there waiting to be discovered. The emphasis is less on what we seek than on where we want to find it. Considering what's already been mentioned about the categories of creation, the question is why? Is this exploration driven by a simple desire to know and understand and bear witness to the expansive capacity of the Creator? Or is there dissatisfaction with what we have here, and a desire to have different and more threading through it all? If the latter, nothing found will ever be enough, if the former, at least the premise isn't so far afield. So, we're looking for advanced life forms, yet the question compounds, more advanced than us? We've seen clearly that on this planet there are no other creatures quite like man. Creatures who for all their shapes, sizes, and colors don't include the full package of abilities to communicate, procreate, perambulate, and debate. Other kingdoms have no struggles with moral frameworks around which to understand the purpose of existence. If anything, they already know why they're here, so only man grapples with the existential side effects that come with the dissonance of a spiritual soul animating a physical body. Though man is sustained by every kingdom below him, he also has the capacity to be ruler over them, in the sense that if every part of this vast creation somehow leads back to him, his sustenance, his shelter, his clothing, his appreciation, then it follows all was created to be of service to him. In return, he must use all the other kingdoms enable in a way that will honor them. Think of what man has achieved. Think of what more he could. Think of the wonders that man has wrought from the kingdoms of this earth, and then reexamine our search for other life. What do we expect to find to surpass what we already have here? What else but perhaps a different conglomeration of the capacities we already know? Do we cease exploring? Do we ground all ships to the stars? Such questions can only be answered correctly by those with a clear understanding of what we're doing here, as space exploration literally can't occur in a moral vacuum. SomeOne put us here, and He did so for a reason. That Earth is the only planet to sustain such a teeming array of life isn't a fluke of smashing atoms but a signal of deliberate intent. Inanimate life exists on other planets, but an intricate ecosystem that sustains life doesn't. What does it tell you when every entity we know of, both celestial and terrestrial, somehow serves life on earth? It's almost as if we're the point of it all. Which affects the search for other life, because it can only be sought in recognition that everything comes back to our purpose here. The purpose SomeOne launched all creation for, and that is to make Him known in this world. If these other life forms are out there, what for? Is it only so the Creator can show off what else He can do? After everything He created here, does He really need to? Why do we assume this supposed other life is more advanced if we're the central point of all creation? Why do suspect they're advanced, when every celestial entity and kingdom of creation is here to sustain us? Why do we think they can surpass us, when we are the ones made to fulfill the purpose of creation? It's the “speaker's” job to make the Creator known in this world. Man is the only creation that can. Everything and anything else only exist, or is known to exist, to assist man in his sacred task. Do we even know what we have? Do we appreciate what's known, and what can't be known? That said, now we can explore. “Whatever the Holy Blessed One created in His world, he created only for His glory.”

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Jana Dean & Heather Byington, Supporting Multilingual Learners During Number Talks ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 17 What might it be like to engage in a number talk as a multilingual learner? How would you communicate your ideas, and what scaffolds might support your participation?  Today, we're talking with Jana Dean and Heather Byington about ways educators can support multilingual learners' engagement and participation during number talks.  BIOGRAPHIES Heather Byington has taught all grade levels over the span of her 27-year career as a bilingual public educator. She currently teaches middle school mathematics and English language support classes in Lacey, Washington. She is also a student at Washington State University pursuing a PhD in Mathematics Education.  Jana Dean currently serves as CEO of the Mathematics Education Collaborative and supports a fantastic team of middle school math teachers in North Thurston Public Schools. Her research focuses on the intersection of content learning and language learning.  RESOURCES Judit Moschkovich research  Math Between Us blog "Number Talks: A Whole Class Routine for Learning Language for Learning Mathematics" article  Mathematics Education Collaborative website  jdean@mec-math.org Jana Dean email TRANSCRIPT Mike Wallus: Welcome to the podcast, Jana and Heather. I am so excited to be talking with you both today. Jana Dean: Good morning. Yeah, thanks for having us.  Heather Byington: Thanks so much for having us.  Mike: Absolutely.  Jana, before we begin talking about the ways that teachers can support multilingual learners during number talks, I wonder if you can offer a working definition that would help educators visualize what a number talk actually looks like. Jana: Yeah, I'd be happy to do that. A number talk in terms of how we worked with the routine in this project consisted of the teacher providing some sort of visual prompt, starting either with a visual pattern of dots or a computation problem. And then the students get wait time, time to think about how they might solve that problem. And then as they share their strategies, the teacher records and asks them questions about their reasoning for why they approached the problem in the way that they approached it. The teacher creates what I like to think of as a visual mediator of student ideas. So the students' ideas become visible as they share them. So children who are listening can listen to the dialog or conversation between the person sharing and the teacher, but the ideas actually become visible as they're being shared. And the teacher always verifies with the student whether or not they've been understood. And the goal is not for the student to be right, but for the teacher and student to understand each other.  Mike: That's really helpful. Heather, is there anything else you'd add to that?  Heather: In terms of the way that we worked with it with multilingual learners and increasing their opportunities for engagement in the routine, we always gave them an option of talking to a partner and rehearsing their answer before they volunteered to share with the whole group. We prioritized calling on multilingual learners if they volunteered. And we also did a final reflection at the end. So those were some enhancements that we added onto the routine.  Mike: I think that's really helpful and I'm excited to talk a little bit more about the details of those, Heather.  One of the things that really struck me as we were preparing for this conversation was reading about the ways that some of the multilingual learners you worked with, how they described their experience during number talks. And it helped me to see the experience from their perspective and rethink some of the ways that I'd facilitated number talks in the past. And I'm wondering if you could share a bit about some of the feelings students told you that they were experiencing.  Jana: Yeah. One of the things we suspected before we started was that as a language learner myself, talking about ideas that you're just forming in a language you're in the process of learning can be really intimidating. It's very challenging. So they were nervous. And when I interviewed fourth graders about their experience in number talks, even facilitated with language acquisition in mind, they talked about how much courage it took them to share their ideas.  They also talked about and could very keenly remember moments when they had made a contribution that their teacher made use of or a time when they made a contribution that another student made use of later. So there was a lot of pride they felt in having shared their ideas once they found ways to do that.  They also talked about how much easier it was to share our ideas than it was to share my idea. And so if, for instance, we had given them the opportunity—and like Heather said, we almost always gave them the opportunity to talk with a partner—they would often share using the pronoun "we." "This is how we thought of it." And we picked up on that and began to ask them if it was OK to attribute a group of students with a unique idea rather than an individual. And that was also consistent with many of their home cultures. It's not every culture in which individual contributions are elevated, but rather when you dare to speak, you're definitely speaking for the group, for a collective. So that collective understanding was really important.  There was one child, and I'm really curious about how representative he was of many. He always talked to the same friend, and every time he shared, he, I'm going to say, nailed it. He really had it figured out what it was that he was going to say. And there was one particular day when he did a beautiful job sharing, and I asked him about that day and he said, "To be honest, that day I really didn't want to share, but I knew my teacher wanted to hear my idea, so I did anyway." And so there's that element of love and respect for their teacher that I think was also really motivating for them.  Heather: Yeah. Can I add something quickly to that?  So one aspect of that, I think that idea of a student sharing because it meant a lot to the teacher, we also tried to utilize individual conferring with students as much as possible and gave them opportunities to confer with us, whether it was just checking in briefly before the number talk started, encouraging them or maybe telling them, "Hey, you can share the idea with me after the number talk if that feels more comfortable to you." So it's giving them multiple opportunities to do that and encouraging them to share their thoughts.  Mike: What I appreciate about what you all are doing is even in this initial part of the conversation, really getting specific about the practices and the way that those practices played out for kids. And I think as an educator, one of the things that I've come to over all my years teaching is the need to have humility and also continue to be a learner. And that sometimes really leads me to questions about intent versus impact.  Heather, I wonder if you could talk about the parts of the number talk routine or facilitation practices that may have unintentionally provoked some of the anxiety that kids were experiencing.  Heather: So for multilingual learners, when I think about what they will need, the supports that they may need to be able to engage in a routine like a number talk, I think about first the processing time that they might need to understand and think about different ways of solving that prompt. And then I think about their understanding of the prompt. And then the other thing I think about is their ability to communicate their thoughts and ideas with others. So naturally, if it seems like there's a lot of pressure because of time, if they don't have much time, if they feel that pressure to do that processing and think of those ideas and share them quickly, that may provoke anxiety because this, of course, is still a language that they're still developing. So that ability to share with a partner and rehearse those ideas and process that with a partner, that really becomes, as Jana mentioned, more of a team effort.  And then being able to rehearse the words that they're going to use and the way they're going to convey that message and communicate it to others, that again reduces the anxiety because it's a lot less pressure to share my thoughts and ideas with one person than with a whole group. And if I share those thoughts with one person and they seem to understand what I mean, then now I might feel confident enough to share with more people. So I just think that naturally when it's a time constrained activity, that that naturally can provoke anxiety.  Mike: Yeah. I mean, that absolutely makes sense. I will say as a child who was not quick, even in my first language, the impact of that was profound, let alone trying to both process in a language that I was learning and feel like I was under pressure to produce an idea and describe it. That absolutely makes sense.  Jana: I want to back up a bit and quote something that you said, Heather, partway through our working together, which was that Heather had some familiarity with number talks before we started working together, but had a healthy skepticism as well. And at one point she said that she wondered if we might not actually be hurting students when we are facilitating a routine that they cannot find entry into. And so it became really like a guiding light or principle of our work together to work hard to help them find entry into the routine. And something that I didn't realize until a year after we began working together and I was really closely tracking the experiences of the multilingual learners themselves—and this is kind of back to your question about intent and impact—when we listen to children's mathematical ideas with the intent of not correcting them, trying to figure out what's right and what makes sense to them, we have to ask them questions about what their ideas are. And for many of the multilingual learners, engaging in that process itself was a huge lift language-wise. So I'm not just going to be able to say the answer or tell my teacher my strategy; I'm going to have to stick with my teacher until my teacher actually gets it. And a few of the multilingual learners that I followed over the course of a year actually said to me, "I don't like it when my teacher doesn't understand me." So while we absolutely, 100%, our intention is golden. It is about understanding them. But putting them in that position of that negotiating meaning with us until we do understand takes a great deal of trust on the part of the student. And so it's on us to develop that trust so that they're willing to do that with us.  Mike: I think that's a good segue because Jana, going into this, you mentioned three big ideas as starting points for supporting multilingual learners. One was negotiated meaning, one was the notion of voluntary sharing, and the last was the idea of using ambiguity as a resource. And I wonder if we can start this next part of the podcast with having you describe each of these for the listeners.  Jana: Yeah, absolutely.  Voluntary sharing means I've made a commitment to not ever put you on the spot as a student. And so any one of us who has learned a second language—which I've learned a couple, none of them to a super high level—but most people can relate to, say, standing in line in a grocery store and rehearsing what you're going to say so that you ask for the bag you want rather than the receipt that you don't want. There's a process in coming to speak, and I think there's a process in coming to speak publicly for just about every learner, especially about ideas that you're in the process of forming, but that pressure—and I've had many, many students over the year thank me for being the kind of teacher in a kind of classroom where they knew that I wasn't going to call on them unless they had volunteered to share. So the level of distraction, I think that that, again, well-intentioned pressure causes, is absolutely not worth it, and especially not for our multilingual learners.  Negotiated meaning really is the process of coming to understand each other, and we do it all the time. Unfortunately, often in classrooms, we end up in discourse routines that are actually not about teachers understanding students. They're about teachers asking questions for which students are supposed to have answers, which then the teacher evaluates. So what I would argue that the number talk routine turns that discourse pattern, which is often called I.R.E.—initiate, respond, evaluate—absolutely on its head. The child volunteers their idea, the teacher responds by trying to understand it as best they can, and then the student is the evaluator of whether or not the teacher actually understood them.  Mike: Heather, I was hoping we could go granular on a couple pieces that I heard you talk about too. You talk a lot about something very practical, the value of predictability, and I wonder if you can talk about how predictability impacted students and what does that mean for the teacher?  Heather: Absolutely.  When facilitating these number talks with this goal of engaging multilingual learners or helping them find those entry points, I found it helpful as a facilitator to utilize similar types of approaches to statements I would make during the routine, and then similar ways of asking students if I was seeing things the way that they were seeing them. It seemed to help the students that we were really hoping to engage to feel more comfortable with what was happening in the routine and to lean in more to that engagement. So I think that that is one thing as a facilitator to be aware of.  Jana, can you think of anything else that we haven't talked about yet?  Jana: There's the whole knowing the rules of the game aspect of really any classroom routine or instructional routine. So if the student knows how this thing goes, whatever "this thing" is, then that lifts off some of the cognitive load in terms of participation because they don't have to be figuring out how to participate. Judit Moschkovich writes about this a lot in her research, and I think she calls it the "sociocultural aspect of learning mathematics," and she uses the word "ecological". So the environment itself really matters. And in community, our social environment is made up of all kinds of routines. So I think that part of it is important. My favorite metaphor for it is learning a new card game. The first time you play the game, it is no fun because all you're doing is trying to figure out how the cards move, how the turns go, what the rules are, and how you can play. You can't do any strategy at all. But then as you learn the game, then you can really engage in it in a thoughtful way and have fun with it. So I really think that classroom routines are like that and not only for multilingual learners, but I have the privilege of being an instructional coach now in a middle school and have seen teachers engage in routines that I can tell are 100% soothing of trauma that students have as they come into the classroom, just because they know what to expect. So not only are those kinds of regular routines really helpful for multilingual learners, but they're also trauma-informed teaching. And when I say "routine," it can be easy to misunderstand and think it's boring. It has to be an open-ended routine so that something inside it that is engaging and fun can happen.  Heather: There are a couple of other things that occurred to me in terms of the students participating in the routine. I know that they started to see that we were elevating the status of gestures in terms of the communication to be another way to visualize the thinking in terms of the processing for themselves, but also a way to help others see what they were seeing and to understand their ideas. So that was one aspect of the routine that they could count on, that they could utilize gestures if needed, and that we would reinforce that. If they didn't have a mathematics label for the terminology that would typically be used in that conversation about those mathematics ideas, they could rely on describing what they understood, and then either I, the teacher, the facilitator, or another student, providing those words and the opportunity to practice that specific mathematics language within that routine. So those were some other things that were predictable and happened across all of the different number talks that happened, no matter what the prompt was.  Mike: You're making me think that part of what a teacher might do in response to this conversation is really to think about some of the things that they want to make normal, right? Like this notion of using gestures is both normal and accepted and valued. The idea that you are going to use rough draft, informal language, and that's OK, and that's a way that we get to more technical language of mathematics, and that's normal. And so thinking about what are the things that I want to become normal and predictable for kids, maybe homework recommendation number one for an educator that might be listening in.  Heather: So another thing that was predictable was the utilization of color-coding. And this is something that many teachers probably do already. But we did, when we were recording the students' ideas, we used different colors for each student, and that made it more accessible. Again, it was a support for our students to be able to distinguish between different chunks of information on the board as they were looking at each other's responses and reflecting on those responses. So really reading that.  Mike: Can I ask for a clarification on that, Heather?  Heather: Absolutely.  Mike: I think what you mean is that you use different [colors] to represent different students' contributions. So if a student shared something, you might write it in red, and if it was a different student, it might be in green. And then you can distinguish what contribution each student made.  Heather: Yes. Yes, that was a predictable aspect of the routine, as well as Jana had mentioned earlier, attributing the ideas to students using their initials. And if multiple students contributed to that idea and the original person who was sharing said that, yes, they would like to attribute more people, then we included all the people's initials who contributed to that idea that was shared in that number talk for that idea, that communication.  Mike: Speaking of contribution, I want to name something that we talked about in our preparation for this that seems incredibly simple but felt like it was really significant. You all talked about the importance of the teacher consistently—not just once, not just a handful of times—but consistently, on the regular stating to kids that they wanted to hear from all students. And I wonder if you can just talk about what did this sound like to make that happen and what was the impact on kids? Jana, I think this is one I'd love for you to start with.  Jana: Yeah, absolutely. It is simple. All you say is, "I'm so glad to be with you today. And let's remember that while we may not hear from everyone today, it's our goal to hear from almost everyone over the course of the week." And if you as a teacher have made a commitment to voluntary sharing, it's essential to say that, to really tell them that you do want to hear their voices. You need to tell them that. Otherwise, they're not going to know that you want to hear their voice. And like I shared a little while ago, there was one student who actually said to me, "I didn't want to share that day, and I knew my teacher wanted to hear from me, and so I did." And then in reflecting back on that share, to get at students' perspectives on what number talks have been like for them—they were fourth graders, only 10 years old. I showed them video of themselves participating in the number talk, and you should have seen the smile on that kid's face. The pride he had in having taken that risk because his teacher wanted him to. People rise to the expectations that we have for them, 100%, maybe not 100% of the time, but if we don't have that expectation, they don't get to choose to rise to the expectation. And you can't make anyone talk when they're not ready to talk yet.  Mike: Heather?  Heather: I also think that part of that goes back to something that we were talking about a little while ago, and that is establishing the norms in the community of learners. And in addition to communicating that to the whole group, our goal is to hear everyone's ideas over the course of the week. Something also as simple as when they were getting ready to do a pair-share and rehearse their thoughts with each other before launching into the whole-group discussion, also reminding them, "Hey, make sure that we're taking turns when we're sharing in that pair." So again, just to reinforce that we value everybody's contribution, we value everybody's voice and everybody needs to have a turn.  Mike: Can you say more about why it's important to offer kids the option to talk with a classmate before they do any whole-group sharing? Why does that matter so much, particularly for multilingual learners? And either one of you, feel free to jump in and take this.  Heather: I'll start. My understanding is that when the originators of these number talks created this idea that they wanted, that idea of agency and giving students choice was really an important priority to them. And so I feel like part of the rationale for that is to give students choices as often as possible in this routine to elevate students to co-learners with the teacher. So I feel like that's kind of where it starts.  Mike: Jana, is there anything you want to add to that one?  Jana: Well, we've already mentioned the value of rehearsal before sharing with the whole group, but there's also another aspect of it that we may not have touched on yet, which is: As that person listens to us and we actually negotiate meeting and clear up ambiguity, we feel seen, heard, and understood. And if I feel seen, heard, and understood by Heather, it's going to be easier for me to share my idea with Mike, who I don't know quite as well as I know Heather. And so there's really a relational aspect of it that is about feeling understood.  Mike: I want to ask another question about something that feels eminently practical. You all talk about recommending that educators call on multilingual learners early in number talks. And I wonder if you could say more about the why behind that recommendation.  Heather: So as a learner of a new language, I may only have one way of explaining my thinking about that problem or the way that I'm seeing that. And if I have taken that risk and I've raised my hand, if somebody else answers first or maybe two other people answer first, maybe they've taken the only way that I knew to answer and share my thinking about this prompt. So for me, as a facilitator in that setting, that was really important for me to prioritize those volunteers if they raise their hand and call on them as one of the first contributors. I've also seen in some classes that I've been in, some math classes, if a student is not yet fluent in English, sometimes their classmates think that they don't know math, that they don't have ideas to share in math. So I also think that calling on those students first also, again, sets the norms in this community of learners that, again, we all have valid and valuable ideas to share.  And so Jana and I saw in particular with the pair-shares, we saw students starting to choose to work with students who still spoke primarily another language. And Jana captured on video where she had a student who didn't speak Spanish and a student who primarily spoke Spanish and they were sharing ideas with each other in that pair-share to get ready for the whole-group discussion. And honestly, I think that that worked more effectively because of that idea that everybody has valuable ideas to share. So I also think that that was another part of that idea of calling on those students first and making sure that they had a lot of opportunities to share their ideas.  Mike: Yeah. I'm really glad you mentioned that. You're making me think about this notion called positioning, meaning that the choices that we make—whether they're spoken or unspoken, like who we call on first or who gets called on more—they are sending a message to students. And often that message may not be the one we intended. So in this case, it really does show how the choices that you all were making in calling on multilingual learners early, it may have disrupted some narratives that people could have formed about how much those kids had to contribute to a mathematical conversation. I'm so glad you shared that.  Jana, I want to ask you this next question. It's something that, if I'm not mistaken, Heather brought up earlier, and I wanted to dig into it a little bit more if we could. You referenced the value of making gestures something that's a normal, accepted, valued practice, and I want to take a bit of time to clarify that. Perhaps for some folks who might not have a clear picture in their own mind of what we mean by that, can you say more about what we mean by gestures and maybe some examples of the ways that gestures either help students to communicate or even how they contributed to the conversation that was happening during the number talk where there might've been something that was lost if gestures weren't in play?  Jana: One thing I know for sure is that lately I've been learning from Heather about how some mathematical ideas are actually perhaps communicated better with gesture than verbally. And yet we have this traditional notion that there's some kind of language for expressing mathematics that's fancy and only occurs from the neck up, but that's not how we usually talk. So why would we tell people who are trying to explain their ideas that they can't use gesture as part of a person-to-person conversation? Gesture by no means keeps you from developing formal language. It actually helps you develop formal language. So one example of using gesture, it came up particularly during dot talks when we first started the routine, and the dot talks were a fabulous way to encourage and introduce that norm that gestures are welcome. But if a student is describing an array of dots and they say, "three on top," and then they use their hand to indicate it's horizontal, we would affirm, "Thank you so much for using your hands." I can tell that the three on top are in a horizontal line. And then, Heather is fabulous, and I've learned a lot about this from her at gesturing "horizontal" by bringing her hand across the space in front of her horizontally. And then everyone [says] "horizontal," and everyone gestures and says "horizontal" with them. And so we're pairing what's an academic word that is often very hard for students with any language background to remember with a physical gesture.  Mike: That's really helpful. As you all were talking about this, one of the things that I started thinking about is how there are ways that I use gestures to indicate a lot of mathematical ideas like partitioning into groups, indicating that I'm talking about a group and another group and another group, which is basically the seeds of multiplication or unitizing. How I'll gesture as a way to show that I'm combining or separating. How I gesture to show the way that I'm counting things. That all of those are ways that actually enhance what I might be saying and actually communicate that meaning more clearly both to my teacher and to the other students who are in the room.  Heather: Absolutely. Yeah. Another example of that, as you were talking about that, that I use all the time as a seventh grade mathematics teacher and we're working a lot with integers, is the idea of 0 in a horizontal hand as 0. And thinking about if that's 0 and I'm navigating between positive and negative numbers, what will that look [like] visually? And as you said, I just think that gestures are another tool for thinking and understanding and processing information and sometimes communicating that information.  Mike: Heather, I want to come back to you for something that, again, really struck me as important when we were preparing for this. You said that you recommend educators close their number talks with an opportunity for kids to make connections between strategies that emerged. And I wonder if you can just talk about: Why is it important to provide that opportunity for kids to make connections, particularly for our multilingual learners? Heather: So first of all, I have a firm belief that development of conceptual understanding is really valuable in mathematics. And as we are engaging in this routine, in this whole-group discussion, and we're considering all these different possible ways of solving a prompt or seeing a prompt, then when we get to the end, it feels like that we should reflect on the different ideas that have been shared and draw some conclusions about what we can say across all of these different ideas as part of that development of conceptual understanding of what is happening there mathematically. In addition to that, in terms of student engagement, some of our students are multilingual learners. That was the time in the routine that they actually felt the most confident to contribute their thoughts and ideas. So maybe they didn't often raise their hand to speak in that whole-group discussion, but they did raise their hand to share something they noticed from the artifact, some kind of commonality or something that stood out to them.  So again, that was another opportunity for them to feel like they had a valid contribution, that their contribution needed to be heard. So those are a couple of good reasons why I feel like that final reflection is really important in particular for multilingual learners.  Mike: Well, Jana, before we close this conversation, I'm wondering if there are any resources that you'd recommend to a listener who wants to keep learning about the ideas and the practices that we've been discussing today. Is there anything that you could point them in the direction of, or perhaps even something that you'd invite them to try out as a first step?  Jana: Yes, absolutely. I have a couple of ideas. One would be to go to a blog I write that's called mathbetweenus.org. And I've published a short article there ["Number Talks: A Whole Class Routine for Learning Language for Learning Mathematics"] that is specifically about the adjustments we've made to the routine.  Also, I am now CEO of the Mathematics Education Collaborative, and we recently developed a grassroots workshop in making number talks meaningful. It only takes 2 hours. It's an introduction to the routine, ensuring that it's more than just something fun, but actually results in building number sense for students. It's a low-cost way for an individual teacher to get started. And then you can also go to our website at the Mathematics Education Collaborative, which is [www.mec-math.org] and reach out to us and see if you're interested in having us come to your district or your region. Or you can email me at jdean@mec-math.org. So lots of ideas.  Mike: I think that's a great place to stop. I can't thank you both enough for joining me and being willing to have such an in-depth and detailed conversation. Jana and Heather, it's really been a pleasure talking with you both. Thank you.  Jana: You're welcome.  Heather: Thank you so much.  Jana: Thanks for your curiosity.  Mike: This podcast is brought to you by The Math Learning Center and the Maier Math Foundation, dedicated to inspiring and enabling all individuals to discover and develop their mathematical confidence and ability.  © 2026 The Math Learning Center | www.mathlearningcenter.org

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Not every magical moment feels good, but you can always find magic in it. Some of the most powerful lessons and course corrections in life show up disguised as disappointments, embarrassments, and situations that leave you wondering what the point of any of it was. After decades of doing intuitive work and living a spiritually guided life, I can tell you with certainty that the magic is always there. Sometimes you just have to dig a bit deeper before you can see it. Lesson #1: You Always Have Choices For my 40th birthday I wanted to do something very different. During my 30s I had read everything I could find about the Findhorn Garden and loved each book. Founded in 1962 by Peter and Eileen Caddy and their friend Dorothy MacLean, the Findhorn Garden flourished against all odds. Located in Scotland, on the sandy shores near the North Sea, the garden miracle resulted from intuitive guidance from plant devas, nature spirits, and their own intuition. The produce yield was astonishing, including 40lb. cabbages. I actually had the sacred privilege of meeting Dorothy MacLean in the early 1990s when she traveled to the US. Completely enthralled with their connection to nature spirits and elementals, I booked a trip to Scotland as my 40th birthday present to myself. More than 20 years after the books I’d read were published, things had changed considerably. None of the original founders still lived there, and the program for first-timers was uninspiring. I arrived to cold, rainy weather. I was shown to a room I was sharing with four other women. The shower was freezing cold. And I was given the esteemed job of vacuuming the dining room. Apparently my 40th birthday gift to myself included communal living complete with snoring and a spiritual janitorial position. Not What I Expected The scheduled workshops each somehow managed to be less magical than the last. After enduring one particularly awful exercise that required birthing myself, I asked the female group leader if we were going to be rolling around on the floor any further. She didn’t take it well and started shouting at me. What did she shout? “You have choices!” Well, that was unexpectedly useful. What a fabulous and timely reminder. That night I changed my flights. The next morning I walked into the office, let them know I was leaving early, and asked for a partial refund. One woman explained, “We don’t do that.” My response was simple and polite: “Well, you will today for me.” And they cut me a check. The woman who handed it to me said with genuine astonishment, “When people leave early, they usually aren’t happy like you are.” That comment still makes me laugh. I was happy because I had choices and I acted on them immediately. Lesson #2: Course Correction Is Its Own Kind of Magic A friend asked if I wanted to take a mediumship class. I’d taken one before and knew it wasn’t a passion of mine. The part I enjoy is relaying messages from loved ones, but most classes focus on evidential work. This is about identifying who the spirits are, which doesn’t light me up. But my friend wanted me there and it was inexpensive, so I said yes. During the second session, the teacher joined our Zoom breakout room. We were told to focus on one woman as our subject. Since mediumship isn’t my strength, I often feel hesitant. But this day I decided to fully trust myself and say whatever came to me. I was going for it! I picked up on a lot of details and was relaying them confidently when the teacher stopped me mid-stream: “Ok, Ronnie, let’s move on from that. I’ll explain why later.” Later came in front of over 80 people on the full group call. Her explanation? “What you were saying — you were making it up.” I wanted to crawl under a rock. Nothing like public humiliation to really open your psychic channels. Here’s where I netted out. Do I believe she can see every spirit that shows up and is 100% infallible? No. That’s a rather bold claim. Was everything I said completely wrong? I doubt that too. Maybe I was picking up on spirits simply not related to the subject — this happens all the time. Regardless, one thing was crystal clear. I had choices. And my choice was that this class wasn’t bringing me joy or serving my highest path. I stopped attending. A couple of weeks later the teacher reached out to ask why. I explained that being embarrassed in front of 80+ people didn’t call to me for more. This was a simple course correction. Not too glamorous, but that’s the magic. Lesson #3: Remember Who You Are I had landed a great spot in a day-long online summit with a wonderful lineup of speakers. Very exciting! The morning of the event I went to check out the schedule and discovered another speaker whose talk description appeared to borrow and rephrase much of what I had written about myself for this very summit. I was astonished and filled with anger. That’s not exactly the centered energy I was hoping for before my own talk. I called a friend to vent. That didn’t help or change anything. Shocking, I know. So I meditated, and from that place I asked my higher self, my guides, and angels: What is this about and what can I do? Here’s what came through: “Remember who you are and what you’re good at. Does her copying you affect your presentation? Can she deliver this information with the same knowledge or passion? No.” “You cannot control what others do, but you can let your energy drain away rather than focus on yourself and the opportunity in front of you. Be your best and let the chips fall where they will.” I pulled myself together and gave a wonderful, energizing presentation. I did my best and the copycat never crossed my mind again. Everything Is Magic I’ve done quite a bit of somatic healing work with my friend Jen Aks, founder of The Power of Gesture. One day I’d been through some unmagical event and worked through the emotion to release it with Jen. I told her what happened and how I was said that I didn’t get to experience the magic. Then she asked where I felt that in my body and what gesture could represent that. I demonstrated the showed and then another that followed showing I had moved on. This last gesture was like swimming, with one arm out in front of me at a time. As tears welled up in my eyes, what became clear was that I hadn’t missed out on any magic at all. As it turned out, EVERYTHING IS MAGIC! The Bigger Magical Picture Not everything is fun or exciting in a positive way and that’s okay. These three experiences still delivered practical magic. They redirected my attention and helped me course correct. Sometimes I needed time to look deeper for the message. Other times it was clear as day, even if I wasn’t thrilled about it. There truly is magic in everything. When something unpleasant happens, the practice is to calm yourself, take a step back, and look for the message or meaning. That’s when you can appreciate how things unfolded and what came next. So yes, it is absolutely okay to ask, “Where’s the f*ing magic in that?” And then look for it. That’s exactly how you find it. So, Where Is the Magic? Magic doesn’t always feel fun, uplifting, or even remotely pleasant in the moment Disappointing experiences often carry the most practical and redirecting lessons You always have choices, even when situations feel out of your control Course corrections are a form of magic, even when they’re unglamorous or not fun Remembering who you are and what you’re good at is its own kind of spiritual practice Looking for the lesson, even when you’re frustrated, is how you tune into and notice more magic Frequently Asked Questions What does it mean to find magic in a bad situation? It means looking for the lesson, message, or course correction that a difficult experience is offering you. The magic isn’t always fun or exciting. Sometimes it’s as simple as realizing you have choices, or that something isn’t serving your highest path and it’s time to move on. Do you have to be spiritual to find magic in hard times? Not at all. The core practice here is self-awareness. Pause when something goes wrong and asking yourself what this experience is redirecting you toward. That’s accessible to anyone, regardless of their spiritual background or beliefs. What do you do when you’re too angry or upset to see the lesson? That’s completely normal and human. The first step is simply to acknowledge the feeling rather than push through it. Meditation, talking to a trusted friend, or any practice that helps you calm your nervous system creates the space needed to step back and see things more clearly. Can this way of thinking apply to serious loss or trauma? This approach is really meant for everyday frustrations and disappointments — the situations that make you stop and think, seriously, where is the magic in this? It is not a framework for processing grief, trauma, or serious loss, which deserve their own care, time, and support. The post Where’s the F*ing Magic in That? appeared first on Intuitive Edge.

At NAB in Las Vegas, OBSBOT introduced their new Tiny 3 series, a new AI-powered 4K PTZ webcam lineup is showcased, emphasizing improved built-in audio to reduce reliance on external microphones. Dreami Li, Influencer Partnership Manager, walked us through the collection that  features multiple audio modes, advanced tracking (human, voice, and animal), and gesture controls for zoom. MacVoices is supported by Macstock Conference, along with Ecamm Creator Camp, taking place in Crystal Lake IL on July 9 - 12. Sign up at macstockconference.com and use the code “macvoices” to save $50 off your ticket. Show Notes: Chapters: 0:03 Introduction from NAB 2026 and return visit to the company0:10 Overview of Tiny3 AI-powered webcam lineup0:52 Audio improvements and multiple recording modes1:30 AI tracking features: human, voice, and pets2:00 Gesture controls for zoom and camera interaction2:14 Workflow integration with Stream Deck, OBS, and streaming platforms3:42 Software compatibility and flexible streaming setup4:11 Comparison of Tiny3 and Tiny3 Lite models5:10 Pricing and target audience for creators5:53 Closing remarks and NAB coverage wrap-up Links: OBSBOT Tiny 3 AI-Powered Spatial Audio 4K Webcam, AI Tracking PTZ Camera with 1/1.28" Sensor, Tri-Mic, Voice & Gesture Control, 120FPS, HDR, Web Camhttps://amzn.to/4t1Usph OBSBOT Tiny 3 Lite AI-Powered Spatial Audio 4K Webcam - Compact AI Tracking PTZ Camera with 1/2" Sensor, Tri-Mic, Voice Control, 120FPS, HDR, Webcamhttps://amzn.to/4vUSCsN OBSBOT Tiny 3 AI-Powered Spatial Audio 4K PTZ Webcam, Tri-Mic AI Tracking 2.0 Voice Control Gesture Control 1/1.28" Sensor 4K Streaming Camera for Zoom Meeting Content Creationhttps://amzn.to/4mWYDBd Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     http://macvoices.com      Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Mastodon:     https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner      Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes     Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

At NAB in Las Vegas, OBSBOT introduced their new Tiny 3 series, a new AI-powered 4K PTZ webcam lineup is showcased, emphasizing improved built-in audio to reduce reliance on external microphones. Dreami Li, Influencer Partnership Manager, walked us through the collection that  features multiple audio modes, advanced tracking (human, voice, and animal), and gesture controls for zoom. http://traffic.libsyn.com/maclevelten/MV26128.mp3 MacVoices is supported by Macstock Conference, along with Ecamm Creator Camp, taking place in Crystal Lake IL on July 9 - 12. Sign up at macstockconference.com and use the code "macvoices" to save $50 off your ticket. Show Notes: Chapters: 0:03 Introduction from NAB 2026 and return visit to the company 0:10 Overview of Tiny3 AI-powered webcam lineup 0:52 Audio improvements and multiple recording modes 1:30 AI tracking features: human, voice, and pets 2:00 Gesture controls for zoom and camera interaction 2:14 Workflow integration with Stream Deck, OBS, and streaming platforms 3:42 Software compatibility and flexible streaming setup 4:11 Comparison of Tiny3 and Tiny3 Lite models 5:10 Pricing and target audience for creators 5:53 Closing remarks and NAB coverage wrap-up Links: OBSBOT Tiny 3 AI-Powered Spatial Audio 4K Webcam, AI Tracking PTZ Camera with 1/1.28" Sensor, Tri-Mic, Voice & Gesture Control, 120FPS, HDR, Web Cam https://amzn.to/4t1Usph OBSBOT Tiny 3 Lite AI-Powered Spatial Audio 4K Webcam - Compact AI Tracking PTZ Camera with 1/2" Sensor, Tri-Mic, Voice Control, 120FPS, HDR, Webcam https://amzn.to/4vUSCsN OBSBOT Tiny 3 AI-Powered Spatial Audio 4K PTZ Webcam, Tri-Mic AI Tracking 2.0 Voice Control Gesture Control 1/1.28" Sensor 4K Streaming Camera for Zoom Meeting Content Creation https://amzn.to/4mWYDBd Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon      http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:      http://macvoices.com      Twitter:      http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner      http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Mastodon:      https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner      Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes      Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Erich Jarvis, PhD, a professor and Head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language at Rockefeller University and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). We discuss the brain circuits and genes underlying spoken language and why the ability to learn and produce vocalizations is extraordinarily rare in the animal kingdom. We also explore why song likely evolved before language, how gesture and movement share deep neural roots with speech, the neurobiology of stuttering, why childhood is the optimal window for language acquisition, and how physical movement — including dance — may help preserve speech and cognitive function across a lifetime. Read the show notes at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman Function: https://functionhealth.com/huberman Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/huberman Timestamps (00:00:00) Speech & Language (00:00:23) Speech vs. Language; Brain Pathways for Communication (00:01:57) Gesture, Hand Movement & Speech Evolution (00:04:31) Sponsor: Function (00:05:59) Innate Vocalizations vs. Learned Speech (00:08:01) Evolution of Spoken Language; Neanderthals & Vocal Learning (00:09:29) Birdsong & Human Speech; Brain Circuit Parallels (00:13:22) Hummingbirds; Vocal Learning Species & Complex Traits (00:14:32) Critical Periods & Learning Your Native Song (00:16:50) Pidgin Language & Cultural-Genetic Convergence (00:18:36) Sponsor: AG1 (00:20:01) Genes Specialized in Speech Circuits (00:23:05) Critical Period for Language Learning; Multilingualism (00:25:17) Music, Emotion & Semantic vs. Affective Communication (00:28:14) Sponsor: Eight Sleep (00:29:49) Facial Expression & Speech Circuitry (00:31:07) Written Language & Neural Pathways (00:32:47) Stuttering; Basal Ganglia & Neurobiological Basis (00:35:03) Texting & Language Evolution (00:36:36) Tool: Movement, Dancing & Singing to Maintain Cognitive Health (00:38:43) Recap Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Click to Subscribe: https://bit.ly/Youtube-Subscribe-SoapDirt Young and the Restless spoilers for April 20-24, 2026 brings a rollercoaster of emotions and surprises with the spotlight on characters such as Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow), Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope), Adam Newman (Mark Grossman), and Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn). Prepare for the potential overdose of Nick Newman and a major gesture by Kane Ashby.  Y&R spoilers suggest Sally Spectra, feeling unwell, cancels Billy Abbott's (Jason Thompson) trip to see his mother, Jill Abbott (Jess Walton) in London. A potential pregnancy scare for Sally adds another layer of complexity to the plot. Meanwhile, Adam Newman is taken aback when Chelsea Lawson Newman (Melissa Claire Egan) shows up at his Las Vegas hotel room. A tense encounter with Riza Thomas (Tina Casciani) adds to the mounting drama.  Spoilers for Young and Restless indicate Christine Williams (Lauralee Bell) informs Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) that Devon Winters (Bryton James) has filed an appeal on Mariah Copeland's (Camryn Grimes) plea deal. The tension between Devon and Abby Newman (Melissa Ordway) escalates over this issue, putting additional strain on their relationships. More Y&R spoilers bring a shocking revelation by Matt Clark regarding Nick's supposed overdose leaves everyone stunned. Concurrently, Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters) and Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) scheme against Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), potentially jeopardizing their respective marriages. Michael Baldwin (Christian Jules Leblanc) and Lauren Fenmore (Tracey Bregman) embark on a new chapter of their lives. A heightened sense of urgency as Sharon, Chelsea, and Adam unite against Matt in an attempt to save Nick the week of 04/20 - 04/24/2026. This episode was hosted by Belynda Gates-Turner for the #1 Soap Opera Channel, Soap Dirt. Visit our Young and the Restless section of Soap Dirt: https://soapdirt.com/category/young-and-the-restless/ Listen to our Podcasts: https://soapdirt.podbean.com/ And Check out our always up-to-date Young and the Restless Spoilers page at: https://soapdirt.com/young-and-the-restless-spoilers/ Check Out our Social Media... Twitter: https://twitter.com/SoapDirtTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoapDirt Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/soapdirt/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soapdirt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soapdirt/

Welcome back to our space. We've been doing a lot of moving work, breathing, and affirming. But today we're going to find some stillness. One of the easiest ways to tell your busy mind that it's time to rest is through your hands. On Day 4, we're introducing the Dhyana Mudra. It's a classic gesture of deep meditation that creates a sacred bowl with your hands, a place to hold everything you're feeling without being overwhelmed by it. In today's episode wer'e talking about: The Void and the Fullness: Understanding that the space between your palms is a place where healing can actually breathe. The Practice: How to Place Your Hands Rest your hands in your lap, palms facing up. Place your right hand on top of your left. Bring the tips of your thumbs together so they just barely touch, forming a soft oval shape. Imagine your hands are a bowl catching all the peace and quiet of this moment A Little Reminder for Your Day You don't always have to do something to heal. Sometimes, just sitting with your hands in your lap and your heart open is the most productive thing you can do. You've got this. ABOUT THIS WEEK'S SERIES Why do we rush the parts of us that are hurting? In this episode, we explore the concept of self-compassion. We dive into a guided meditation focused on releasing the pressure of recovery and learning to sit with ourselves in a state of nonjudgmental awareness. In This Episode We Cover: The Myth of Linear Healing: Why feeling two steps back is often part of the forward motion. The Internal Witness: How to observe your pain without becoming it. Guided Practice: A 10-minute heart-centered meditation. This is day 4 of a 7-day meditation series, "The Art of Honoring: A Guided Meditation for Self-Compassion," episodes 2861-2867. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE -  THE COMPASSION QUEST Become aware of others who have been hurt in a similar way you've been hurt. Express your compassion towards them. THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION JOURNEY Day 1: VISUALIZATION: Compassion visualization. Day 2: AFFIRMATION:  "I honor you." Day 3: EARTH INHALE BREATH Inhale: Visualize sending loving compassion to someone in need. Exhale: Release emotional wounds. Day 4: DYANA MUDRA Inner contemplation that leads to compassion. Place your right hand gently on top of your left hand. Touch your thumbs together. Place your hands on your lap. Day 5: CHAKRA FOCUS: Your fourth chakra is located at your heart. Visualize the color green surrounding you. The element is the expansive quality of air. Day 6: COMPASSION FLOW MEDITATION: Combining the week's techniques Day 7: WEEKLY REVIEW MEDITATION: Closure with a review of the week's highs and lows. SHARE YOUR MEDITATION JOURNEY WITH YOUR FELLOW MEDITATORS Let's connect and inspire each other! Please share a little about how meditation has helped you by reaching out to me at Mary@SipandOm.com or better yet -- direct message me on https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om. We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual! WAYS TO SUPPORT THE DAILY MEDITATION PODCAST SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss a single episode. Consistency is the KEY to a successful meditation ritual. SHARE the podcast with someone who could use a little extra support. I'd be honored if you left me a podcast review. If you do, please email me at Mary@sipandom.com and let me know a little about yourself and how meditation has helped you. I'd love to share your journey to inspire fellow meditators on the podcast! All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com. FOR DAILY EXTRA SUPPORT OUTSIDE THE PODCAST Each day's meditation techniques are shared at: sip.and.om Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om/ sip and om Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SipandOm/ SIP AND OM MEDITATION APP Looking for a little more support? If you're ready for a more in-depth meditation experience, allow Mary to guide you in daily 30-minute guided meditations on the Sip and Om meditation app. Give it a whirl for 7-days free! Receive access to 3,000+ 30-minute guided meditations customized around a weekly theme to help you manage emotions. Receive a Clarity Journal and a Slow Down Guide customized for each weekly theme. 2-Week's Free Access on iOS https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sip-and-om/id1216664612?platform=iphone&preserveScrollPosition=true#platform/iphone All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com.Let go of repetitive negative thoughts. Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

Henry reacts to the Minnesota Twins surprising sweep of the Detroit Tigers, he gets emotional about a letter he received from a listener, he talks Timberwolves and NBA playoffs with Trent Tucker, plus we have This Day In Sports History.

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After watching a viral road‑trip video, Mandy is conflicted. A husband buys his wife coffee to wake her up while he’s driving — but she calls him out for having an agenda. Does she have a point, or should the passenger help keep the driver awake? The Wake Up Call crew breaks it down with strong opinions on both sides.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chronic stress, self-doubt, and disconnection from the body can keep the nervous system stuck in survival mode until you learn to listen to your body's wisdom and access its powerful guidance for healing. Did you know that your hand gestures reflect your emotions — even your subconscious emotions? Join me and my guest, Jen Aks, embodied leadership coach, TEDx speaker, and founder of The Power of Gesture®, to learn how simple hand gestures and body awareness can help you regulate emotions, reconnect with your body's wisdom, and shift into a calmer, more empowered state. Is your brain keeping you in pain? Download my free 10-question quiz here: https://www.thewellnessengineer.com/yourbrainandpain Concerned about the negative impacts of EMFs on your health? Save up to 50% on Harmoni Pendant here: https://thewellnessengineer.com/harmoni  In this episode, you'll learn: ⏰ 00:00 - Introduction ⏰ 02:27 - Journey to Body Awareness ⏰ 08:30 - Understanding Multiple Intelligences ⏰ 15:22 - The Concept of Body Set ⏰ 19:24 - The Power of Gesture in Emotional Expression ⏰ 22:29 - Transforming Emotions Through Gestures ⏰ 24:17 - Common Gestures and Their Meanings ⏰ 28:33 - Practical Steps for Body Awareness ⏰ 30:19 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing Check out Jen Aks' Bio: Jen Aks is an embodied leadership coach, TEDx speaker, and author of Your Body is Speaking. She's the founder of The Power of Gesture®, a science-based somatic practice that reconnects people to three intelligence systems—emotional, somatic, and kinesthetic— to calm the nervous system and access the body's innate wisdom. With more than 30 years of experience as a dance educator and somatic practitioner, she guides leaders, creatives, and individuals worldwide to stop searching outside themselves for answers and instead trust the clarity, confidence, and self-direction that already lives within. Jen Aks' gift: You Know You're Capable of More. Bodyset Shows You How to Access It: https://yourbodyisspeaking.org/5-day-r-e-s-e-t-challenge/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfZGY1mAbWs https://yourbodyisspeaking.org/ Connect with Jen Aks: Website: https://jenaks.com/  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jen_aks  ***** Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.  Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation. Learn more at https://thewellnessengineer.com Connect with Jane:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHoganHealth/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewellnessengineer/ 

Join the leadership of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and Immigration (part of the D.C. Bar International Law Community) for a timely discussion of India's Citizenship Amendment Act (the CAA), a law that expressly conditions migrants' access to citizenship rights on their religious affiliation. Implemented in March 2024, the CAA threatens the country's longstanding commitment to secularism and equality under the Indian Constitution. The law also magnifies existing tensions between religious communities through rendering certain individuals (primarily Muslims) legal and societal outsiders, or--to quote the law's architects and supporters--“infiltrators.” To date, more than 200 constitutional challenges to the law are pending before India's Supreme Court. Our guests are Aashish Yadav, a legal scholar who has published widely on citizenship and the related topic of statelessness in India, and Ankita M. Kumar, a journalist and documentary filmmaker whose short documentary, Far From Home, centers on an Afghan Muslim woman and her family who fled Afghanistan in early 2021 only to find themselves ineligible to naturalize in India or obtain resettlement in a third country. Resources: "A new immigration law reflects India's rising paranoia over the ‘undesirable outsider”', Aashish Yadav with Angshuman Choudhury (The Indian Express, 23 May 2025)"CAA will not help persecuted Hindus, Sikhs from neighbouring countries", Aashish Yadav with Mohsin Alam Bhat (The Indian Express, 22 March 2024)"On the verge: Revocation and denial of citizenship in India", Aashish Yadav with Mohsin Alam Bhat (Emilien Fargues and Iseult Honohan (eds), Revocation of Citizenship: The New Policies of Conditional Membership, EUI Working Papers) ‘Seeking Refuge: The Story of Two Women I Know', Ankita Kumar (Winner of the AFPC's Professional Excellence Award)Afghan Refugee Doc ‘Far From Home' Adds Indian Thespian Naseeruddin Shah as Executive Producer in Oscar Push (Variety) Director Ankita Kumar on new documentary 'Far From Home' (The Afghanistan Project Podcast) "The Story Behind Far From Home Will Surprise You!" (American Documentary Film Festival)  Far From Home: Shedding Light On The Unseen Lives Of Afghan Refugees In India (Outlook India)Aashish Yadav is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Australia at the Melbourne Law School's Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness focusing on nationality in the context of displacement caused by climate change disasters.  Aashish previously served as an Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the Centre for Public Interest Law at the Jindal Global Law School in India, where he led India's first clinic on statelessness.  Ankita M. Kumar is an Indian-origin journalist and documentary filmmaker based in the U.S.  She is the recipient of the SF Press Club award and the Professional Excellence Award from the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents (AFPC-USA). Her first film, Far from Home, a short documentary about Afghan refugees in India, has screened at the Academy award-qualifying American Documentary and Animation Film Festival and the Tasveer Film Festival.  Ankita is the founder of Akiray Pictures, a San Francisco-based production company.  Please note, the positions and opinions expressed by the speakers are strictly their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers, nor those of the D.C. Bar, its Board of Governors or co-sponsoring Communities and organizations.

How many ways can you slice the petrol handout? Many. The Government is to be commended on restraint, and I hope that message of restraint has sunk into the New Zealanders who think we have money on trees and debt is never to be paid back. And for those who think Hipkins, Robertson, and Ardern were economic geniuses, Fitch have provided the wake-up call. The bill on interest alone for our debt is heading towards $10 billion a year. We have no room to move. We commend them too on the $370 million coming out of the operating Budget. In other words, no new borrowing. But its downhill from there I'm afraid. $50 a week for a year, or until 91 octane is at $3 or less for four weeks. In that random mechanism is the weakness of not only government, but relying on government. What's targeted about $50 for certain people based on the fuel price? How many of those people getting $50 drive an EV and their fuel bill is unaffected? How many don't use much fuel anyway, no matter what the cost? What about the city dwellers who walk a lot? I drive 12km a day, so 60km a week. If I do 10L per hundred, that's six litres. That's $35-45 a week for fuel. I'm winning. The Government is giving me free money that pays for my fuel bill. That's nuts. The people affected by fuel are the people who travel the distance. It has nothing to do with income. It's miles, but a government can't hand out money in that way. So how targeted is this actually? Yes, low incomes are affected in greater percentage terms when prices rise, but only if the price is a major for you. Petrol might be more expensive, but it's only a burden if you use a lot of petrol. Money is going to people who we have no idea whether they actually need it, because the mechanism that drives the support is all wrong. But what are they to do? The truth is this is the best of a series of bad options. Cap the fuel tax? A lot of people argue that. Sure, then millionaires get Ferrari's full of gas cheaper. It is the weakness of having a populous who has come to rely on government too heavily. Itches are scratched for political ends, not economic solutions. This looks more like a dartboard gesture than an actual economic solution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Episode 829 of The Core Report, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Ajay Shah, economist and co-founder of the XKDR Forum as well as Richa Sawhney, Partner at Grant Thornton Bharat.SHOW NOTES(00:00) Stories of the Day(00:50) Trump makes a fresh gesture of temporary peace even as Israel continues to pound Tehran leaving markets confused as always(04:28) How India is quite literally fighting to get through a tanker at a time through the Strait of Hormuz(10:36) Should India allow the rupee to float freely and thus depreciate further?(27:35) New Income Tax Rules are here, what do they mean?Register for our event “Who Builds the Future of AI?”https://luma.com/x6oyyjiz For more of our coverage check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thecore.in⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Mason and Ireland are back together in the studio today! Morales is in today for ‘Live Imaging Tuesday!” Has the World Baseball Classic been a success so far? How are the Lakers without LeBron James on the court? Mychal Thompson and Pepe Mantilla are in for the rest of the show! Why was Luka fined $50,000? Is the MVP Award in the NBA SGA's to lose? Ice Breakers! The crew dive into the current state of the WNBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Poetic Invitation to Face Our S**tMarie Ida Sequence: Writing Prompts to Love Our MothersHello Wonderful Reader,The mother-daughter bond is just about the last thing I wanted to share about this week. I only wanted to give you a taste of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven because next week we'll be working with another poem by her in a “Fantasy”-themed Intimacy Writing Workshop (which I'm very excited to teach!)I found her poem “Marie Ida Sequence,” and I liked it. But once I sat down to illustrate, I got the message: she's talking about her mother, their resemblance, and her love for her. Her mother, Ida-Marie, who died of uterine cancer when Elsa was only 19 years old. Her mother, who had suffered from mental illness and spent time in a sanatorium in Stettin, Germany (theartstory.org). Her mother, who had been stuck in an abusive, violent relationship with her father, and contracted syphilis because of him (Elsa blamed her father for her mother's death).I'm not going to lie, the complexity of it makes me feel a bit better about myself. I'm going through a difficult time with my own mother. I am trying to accept her for who she is, while she cannot do the same for me. My boundaries are met by her silence. I'm still an afterthought in her web of family gatherings, always wanting everyone to be close while still not really knowing what closeness means. It's f*****g complicated, and not fun to think about.Still, the clear images in the poem captivated me. The slate-green eyes, the copper hair. Maybe that's what writing is about sometimes. Facing the dark s**t. Processing the stuff we'd rather not look at. In fact, in the research from UT Austin that I base my workshops on, they say that there are more mental and physical health benefits from writing about your most traumatic and difficult experiences than from writing about neutral topics.So, here's to facing our s**t.Love,Tash

Iran's attacks aren't just attacks on US allies and interests anymore - the entire region is having to swat down missiles, rescue sailors and more as Operation Epic Fury burns on

In this episode of the Happy Whole You Podcast, Jen Aks shares her powerful journey from feeling "not smart enough" in a test-score-driven world to reclaiming her innate wisdom and creating a body-based practice that helps others do the same. She and the host explore multiple forms of intelligence—kinesthetic, emotional, and somatic—while challenging the old stories that keep us small. Jen also guides a simple, hands-on somatic exercise live on the show to demonstrate how we can listen to and love our bodies, calm our nervous systems, and reconnect with our authentic selves.   Key Points How a childhood story of "not being smart" shaped Jen's life—and how she rewrote it Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences and why test scores are not the ultimate measure of intelligence The power of kinesthetic, emotional, and somatic intelligence in real-life success and fulfillment Why so many people (especially teens and young adults) feel like they don't belong in today's comparison-driven culture The concept of "body set": using hands on heart and belly to pause, notice, and reconnect Introduction to Jen's somatic practice and the Power of Gesture—using hand movements to embody and release emotions A live guided exercise to ease lower-back tension using touch, breath, and loving attention Why simply paying attention and pausing (without attaching meaning) is the first step to reconnecting with your body's wisdom How emotional and body-based practices can support leaders, executives, students, and kids alike Where to find Jen's work, including her book Your Body Is Speaking and her "Body Set to Reset" 5‑day email series   About Jen Aks: Her journey into leadership and embodiment began as a self-conscious student who felt unseen by traditional education. Through decades as a dance educator, she rediscovered the body's wisdom and the power of kinesthetic and emotional intelligence. Today, she helps others reconnect with their inner intelligence, worthiness, and courage—guiding them toward embodied leadership and aligned, purposeful living. Connect with Anna: Email: annamarie@happywholeyou.com / info@HappyWholeYou.com Website: www.happywholeyou.com / https://linktr.ee/happywholeyou Personal Website: www.DrAnnaMarie.com Instagram: @happywholeyou Personal Instagram: @Dr.Anna.Marie Facebook: Happy Whole You LinkedIn: Anna Marie Frank Venmo: @happywholeyou

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Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Valentine's Blossoms: A Flower Farmer's Bold Gesture Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2026-02-14-08-38-20-nl Story Transcript:Nl: Het was een koude winterdag op de bloemenboerderij.En: It was a cold winter day at the flower farm.Nl: Overal waren rozen, tulpen en andere kleurrijke bloemen te zien.En: Everywhere, there were rozen, tulpen, and other colorful flowers to be seen.Nl: De lucht was gevuld met de zoete geur van verse bloemen.En: The air was filled with the sweet scent of fresh flowers.Nl: Het was Valentijnsdag en de markt was druk.En: It was Valentijnsdag and the market was busy.Nl: Mensen liepen haastig rond, op zoek naar het perfecte cadeau voor hun geliefden.En: People hurriedly moved around, searching for the perfect gift for their loved ones.Nl: Maarten stond achter zijn kraam en observeerde de menigte.En: Maarten stood behind his stall observing the crowd.Nl: Hij was een beetje nerveus.En: He was a bit nervous.Nl: Zijn collega Henk lachte en gaf Maarten een vriendelijke duw.En: His colleague Henk laughed and gave Maarten a friendly nudge.Nl: "Kom op, Maarten!En: "Come on, Maarten!Nl: Vandaag is dé dag!"En: Today is the day!"Nl: zei Henk met een knipoog.En: said Henk with a wink.Nl: Maarten glimlachte zwakjes.En: Maarten smiled weakly.Nl: Hij had een speciaal boeket gemaakt, alleen voor Saskia.En: He had made a special bouquet just for Saskia.Nl: Elke week kwam ze naar de markt en elke keer stopte ze bij zijn kraam.En: Every week, she came to the market, and each time she stopped at his stall.Nl: Ze lachte altijd vriendelijk en praatte enthousiast over bloemen.En: She always smiled kindly and talked enthusiastically about flowers.Nl: Maarten bewonderde haar vrolijkheid en positieve energie.En: Maarten admired her cheerfulness and positive energy.Nl: Maar vandaag was de markt extra druk.En: But today, the market was extra busy.Nl: Maarten kon Saskia nergens zien.En: Maarten couldn't see Saskia anywhere.Nl: Overal waren mensen die hem de weg versperden.En: Everywhere, people blocked his view.Nl: Hij zuchtte diep en voelde de twijfel opborrelen.En: He sighed deeply and felt doubt rising.Nl: Moest hij wachten op het perfecte moment of gewoon durven en zijn gevoel uiten?En: Should he wait for the perfect moment or just dare to express his feelings?Nl: Henk zag zijn aarzeling en fluisterde: "Jij kunt dit, Maarten.En: Henk saw his hesitation and whispered, "You can do this, Maarten.Nl: Neem de gok.En: Take the gamble.Nl: Soms moet je gewoon de stap nemen!"En: Sometimes you just have to take the step!"Nl: Maarten haalde diep adem, omklemde het kleurrijke boeket stevig en begon zich een weg te banen door de menigte.En: Maarten took a deep breath, gripped the colorful bouquet tightly, and started to make his way through the crowd.Nl: Hij zocht naar Saskia, zijn ogen scande de omgeving.En: He searched for Saskia, his eyes scanning the surroundings.Nl: En daar, tussen de mensenmassa, zag hij haar.En: And there, among the crowd, he saw her.Nl: Haar gezicht verlichtte zodra ze hem zag naderen.En: Her face lit up as soon as she saw him approaching.Nl: Met een laatste duw wurmde Maarten zich door de menigte tot hij voor Saskia stond.En: With a final push, Maarten squeezed through the crowd until he stood before Saskia.Nl: Zijn hart klopte snel.En: His heart was pounding.Nl: "Dit is voor jou," zei hij en overhandigde het boeket aan haar.En: "This is for you," he said and handed her the bouquet.Nl: Saskia's ogen twinkelden bij het zien van de bloemen.En: Saskia's eyes sparkled at the sight of the flowers.Nl: "Oh, Maarten, wat prachtig en speciaal," zei ze glimlachend.En: "Oh, Maarten, how beautiful and special," she said with a smile.Nl: "Ik heb altijd bewonderd hoe je bloemen samenvoegt."En: "I've always admired how you arrange flowers."Nl: Verbaasd keek Maarten haar aan.En: Amazed, Maarten looked at her.Nl: Ze had hem al die tijd opgemerkt?En: She had noticed him all this time?Nl: Hij voelde een warme gloed door zich heen stromen.En: He felt a warm glow spreading through him.Nl: "Dank je," zei hij zacht.En: "Thank you," he said softly.Nl: "Ik hoopte dat je ze mooi zou vinden."En: "I hoped you would like them."Nl: Saskia glimlachte nog breder.En: Saskia smiled even wider.Nl: "Ze zijn perfect, net als jouw talent."En: "They are perfect, just like your talent."Nl: Op dat moment besefte Maarten dat hij meer zelfvertrouwen had dan hij ooit gedacht had.En: At that moment, Maarten realized he had more confidence than he ever thought he possessed.Nl: Het was de moed om risico's te nemen die hem dichter bij Saskia had gebracht.En: It was the courage to take risks that had brought him closer to Saskia.Nl: De drukte van de markt leek ineens minder overweldigend.En: The market's hustle and bustle suddenly seemed less overwhelming.Nl: Het was een bijzondere dag op de bloemenboerderij, een dag vol onverwachte mogelijkheden en nieuwe, bloeiende gevoelens.En: It was a special day at the flower farm, a day full of unexpected possibilities and new, blossoming feelings. Vocabulary Words:cold: koudewinter: winterfarm: boerderijcolorful: kleurrijkefresh: verseair: luchtcrowd: menigteignored: genegeerdenthusiastic: enthousiastroad: wegblocked: versperdendare: durvenfeelings: gevoelwhispered: fluisterdehesitation: aarzelinggamble: gokbreathe: ademgripped: omklemdeway: wegsparkled: twinkeldenamazed: verbaasdpossibilities: mogelijkhedenbustle: drukteoverwhelming: overweldigendglow: gloedadmire: bewonderconfidence: zelfvertrouwenrisks: risico'sspecial: bijzondereblossoming: bloeiende

Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: A Courageous Valentine: Lars' Heartfelt Winter Gesture Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/no/episode/2026-02-14-23-34-02-no Story Transcript:No: Lars stirret ut av vinduet i klasserommet.En: Lars stared out of the window in the classroom.No: Snøen dalte sakte ned over Blomster Gård hvor den lille skolen lå.En: The snow slowly drifted down over Blomster Gård where the little school was located.No: Hytten ved gården glødet med varme lys fra de gamle, rustikke vinduene.En: The cottage by the farm glowed with warm lights from the old, rustic windows.No: Det var Valentinsdagen, og snart skulle det være feiring.En: It was Valentine's Day, and soon there would be a celebration.No: Lars var en sjenert gutt med stort hjerte.En: Lars was a shy boy with a big heart.No: Han likte Sigrid, en av de mest populære jentene i klassen.En: He liked Sigrid, one of the most popular girls in the class.No: Hun var alltid smilende og full av liv.En: She was always smiling and full of life.No: Det var vanskelig for Lars å innrømme sine følelser.En: It was difficult for Lars to admit his feelings.No: Han hadde laget et kort til henne, et spesielt Valentinskort.En: He had made a card for her, a special Valentine's card.No: Nå holdt han det i hånden, mens tankene kvernet: Hvordan skulle han gi kortet til henne?En: Now he held it in his hand, while thoughts churned: How should he give the card to her?No: Anonymt?En: Anonymously?No: Eller direkte?En: Or directly?No: Hvis Karina, skolenes lille ramp, begynte å erte ham, ville dagen være ødelagt.En: If Karina, the school's little prankster, started teasing him, the day would be ruined.No: Sigrid kikket over til ham og smilte.En: Sigrid glanced over at him and smiled.No: Lars kjente en rødme som bredte seg over kinnene hans.En: Lars felt a blush spread over his cheeks.No: Klokken viste at det snart var friminutt, og Lars visste at muligheten snart kom.En: The clock showed that recess was coming up soon, and Lars knew that the opportunity would come soon.No: Han pustet dypt og kikket på det vakre kortet han hadde laget med forsiktig håndskrift og tegninger.En: He took a deep breath and looked at the beautiful card he had made with careful handwriting and drawings.No: Snart hadde alle barna stilt seg ved garderobene for å hente jakkene sine.En: Soon all the children lined up by the lockers to get their jackets.No: Lars så Sigrid komme mot ham.En: Lars saw Sigrid coming towards him.No: Hjertet slo fortere nå.En: His heart beat faster now.No: Han kunne høre Karina le et sted i bakgrunnen, men han bestemte seg.En: He could hear Karina laughing somewhere in the background, but he made up his mind.No: I et modig øyeblikk rakte han kortet til Sigrid mens han forsøkte å holde hendene stødig.En: In a brave moment, he handed the card to Sigrid while trying to keep his hands steady.No: “Dette er til deg,” sa han, kanskje litt for raskt.En: "This is for you," he said, maybe a bit too quickly.No: Sigrid tok imot kortet, og øynene hennes skinte.En: Sigrid accepted the card, and her eyes shone.No: "Takk, Lars," sa hun med en varm stemme.En: "Thank you, Lars," she said with a warm voice.No: "Det var veldig fint!En: "It was very nice!"No: " Lars kunne ikke tro hvor lettet han ble.En: Lars couldn't believe how relieved he felt.No: Tanken på flausen forsvant, og han smilte tilbake, lettet og glad.En: The thought of embarrassment disappeared, and he smiled back, relieved and happy.No: Da han gikk ut i snøen, virket vinteren varmere.En: As he went out into the snow, the winter seemed warmer.No: Han følte seg sterkere, med vissheten om at han kunne uttrykke seg uten å være redd.En: He felt stronger, knowing that he could express himself without being afraid.No: Han hadde vunnet over sin egen frykt.En: He had overcome his own fear.No: Følelsen av å ha vist sitt sanne jeg var like vakker som blomsterne som sov under snøen, og som ville blomstre igjen om noen måneder.En: The feeling of having shown his true self was as beautiful as the flowers sleeping under the snow, and that would bloom again in a few months. Vocabulary Words:stared: stirretdrifted: daltelocated: låcottage: hyttenglowed: glødetrustic: rustikkecelebration: feiringshy: sjenertadmit: innrømmechurned: kvernetanonymously: anonymtprankster: rampteasing: erteblush: rødmerecess: friminuttopportunity: mulighetenbreath: pustetcareful: forsiktiglined up: stilt seglockers: garderobenejacket: jakkenesteady: stødigwarm: varmrelieved: lettetembarrassment: flausendisappeared: forsvantexpress: uttrykkeafraid: reddovercome: vunnet overtrue: sanne

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In this soul-stirring episode of The Feminine Frequency, Amy Natalie sits down with Jen Aks, an embodied leadership coach and author of the transformative book, Your Body is Speaking. Together, they explore the profound shift from living exclusively "from the neck up" to reclaiming the intuitive intelligence of the entire physical form.Jen shares her powerful journey of overcoming a decade of misalignment—moving from a state of frozen insecurity to discovering "Body-Set," a practice that prioritizes somatic wisdom over logical overthinking. The conversation dives into Jen's signature methodology, The Power of Gesture, revealing how simple hand movements can communicate directly with the brain to regulate the nervous system and unlock authentic expression. This episode is a call to action for every woman to stop bypassing her truth and start leading from a place of deep, embodied trust.Themes: Real alignment happens when you stop overthinking and start integrating the body's deep wisdom.Your hands are a direct neurological portal from anxiety to safety and clarity.Reclaiming your brilliance by embracing emotional and kinesthetic wisdom over societal boxes.Build radical self-trust by giving every internal emotion a voice instead of gaslighting yourself.True leadership is the ability to guide others through the safety and authenticity of your own presence.Your unique energetic resonance is the one thing AI can never replicate.Somatic tools allow you to bypass "fight or flight" and return to empowered action.

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What if machines could truly see and understand how we move? In this episode, I sit down with Sherry Shang, CEO and co-founder of Neural Lab, a company reimagining how we interact with technology through visual intelligence AI and gesture-based interfaces. Sherry's journey from Intel technologist to startup founder began with a pivotal moment during the pandemic. What started as a side project in her living room became Neural Lab—a platform that turns basic webcams into powerful tools for gesture recognition, with no specialized hardware required.Now, Neural Lab is unlocking new ways to deliver care, boost performance, and support human potential. From sterile surgery rooms to personalized rehab and coaching, touchless interaction is creating fresh possibilities for how we live and work with AI.Key TakeawaysComputer vision is gaining eyes: Sherry frames visual intelligence as the “missing sense” in AI—complementing language models with sight.Entrepreneurship is about timing: Sherry waited until her kids were older to build Neural Lab, choosing to innovate on her own terms.Gesture recognition is real—and ready: Neural Lab's technology translates hand motions into universal commands with no need for specialized hardware.Human-centered design is essential: From recognizing intentional gestures to modeling real-world physicality, their design is inspired by how humans naturally interact.Healthcare leads the way: Use cases like sterile surgical environments are proving to be strong early markets for gesture control.Additional InsightsVisual intelligence is the missing sense in AI: Sherry describes computer vision as adding "eyes" to AI, enabling machines to interpret physical space just as large language models allow them to process language.Entrepreneurship is about timing: Sherry chose to start Neural Lab once her children were older, aligning her professional ambitions with personal priorities.Gesture recognition is real—and ready: Their product works with any basic camera and translates 15 customizable gestures into commands for existing applications—no new hardware required.Designing for human nuance matters: Neural Lab focuses on distinguishing intentional from unintentional gestures using cues like eye gaze and body motion—mimicking how humans communicate.Healthcare is an urgent use case: Environments like surgery rooms benefit immediately from touchless interaction, helping maintain sterility and reduce unnecessary patient radiation.The interface is evolving beyond the mouse: Sherry sees gesture-based interaction as a more natural, immersive input method—moving us beyond traditional tools like keyboards and mice.Customer feedback drives innovation: From live demos to direct use-case discovery, Neural Lab adapts based on what real users need and how they react in context.AI can coach, not just compute: Sherry envisions AI-enabled coaching in sports, physical therapy, and even surgery—delivering expert guidance in real time, at scale.Episode Highlights00:00 – Episode RecapSherry Chang shares how her journey from Intel technologist to founder of Neural Lab began with a desire to create immersive, meaningful technology—and a pivotal moment during the pandemic when gesture-based interaction suddenly became essential.02:14 – Guest Introduction: Sherry ChangBarry...

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