Podcasts about human well being

AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Michelle Schack, the keynote presenter for the 8th AABP Recent Graduate Conference. Schack grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, with no access to cattle farms or 4-H and FFA programs. She decided to become a veterinarian early in life, but then realized companion animal practice did not suit her needs and she became interested in large animal medicine as an undergraduate and cattle production medicine at University of California-Davis College of Veterinary Medicine. We discuss that only 18% of the U.S. population is from rural communities, and our recruitment efforts should focus on exposing all interested students to cattle practice and welcome them to join us! Schack delivered the keynote presentation “Enhancing Sustainability through Animal and Human Well-Being”, and this presentation will be available to AABP members to view on our CE portal which is accessible under the Continuing Education menu of the AABP website.  Schack discusses the impact of everyone on the team providing care that affects animal well-being on every farm. She provides some tips for how to approach team members, managers and owners for addressing animal handling and promoting well-being. Approaching the conversation as a helper for the caregiver and the animal can be a good way to be non-confrontational. Providing training programs not only impacts the care for the cows and calves, but also improves employee satisfaction and retention. Schack is a co-founder of DairyKind, an online resource for caregiver training that can then be followed up with in-person training sessions. This creates an environment where cattle are cared for in an appropriate manner, caregivers are properly trained, and veterinarians are involved in the program to create billable hours. Veterinarians are an important part of promoting well-being on farms for both employees and cattle. Start having conversations today with your clients to provide these resources and training sessions for well-being just as you do for other production medicine consultations. For more information, visit the DairyKind website at this link. 

303 Episode #471 Best of 2024 Welcome to Episode #471 of the 303 Endurance Podcast. We're your hosts Coaches Rich Soares and April Spilde. Thanks for joining us for another week of endurance news, coaching tips and discussion. Shoutouts to: @genucan @ironmantri @303triathlon @tridottraining @tridottrainingsystem #ironmantri #cycling #triathlon #swimbikerun #Iamtridot #tridotambassador #tridotcoach   Show Sponsor: UCAN UCAN created LIVSTEADY as an alternative to sugar based nutrition products. LIVSTEADY was purposefully designed to work with your body, delivering long-lasting energy you can feel. Whether UCAN Energy Powders, Bars or Gels, LIVSTEADY's unique time-release profile allows your body to access energy consistently throughout the day, unlocking your natural ability to finish stronger and recover more quickly!    In Today's Show Announcements Ask A Coach Get Gritty Ironman Confessions Triathlon News/Updates - X-Mas Gift Exchange     Announcements:   Upcoming Programming in January - In January we are going to bulletproof you and your season with a focus on strength and mobility. In fact we have Erin Carson on board to share her expertise on the podcast.    FulGaz Virtual Group Ride Schedule Dec. 21 - IM Kona 8am MT The FulGaz Experience Lessons Learned and Adjustments Dec. 28 - IM Cozumel 8am MT Jan. 4 - IM Nice 8am MT   Ask A Coach Sponsor: G2G Coaching Triathletes, are you ready to level up and see what's possible with smarter training? At Grit2Greatness Coaching, we're here to set you up for success with TriDot's game-changing platform.   When you click Coach April's or Coach Rich's TriDot Sign-Up link, you'll get a white-glove onboarding experience designed to help you hit the ground running. We'll walk you through every step of the process—from setting up your TriDot account to understanding how the platform tailors your workouts to fit your goals and lifestyle.  Your onboarding will include 2-weeks of free access and then you can decide on plans as low as $14.99 per month.  Get started with us because we've been where you are and know how to bridge the gap between where you're starting and where you want to be. With TriDot and our support, you'll train smarter, gain confidence, and crush your goals.   Ready to get gritty? Start your journey today—because every epic finish line starts with the first step!   Ask A Coach:  Coach Rich, as you know, I had my CSS test this morning and it was my first in a 25 meter (LCM) pool. I maintained my swim dot score, and definitely gave it my all. The only issue is that I know I left a lot of meat on the bone because of my flip turn technique, especially during the 400 meter portion. In 2025, my swim goal is to focus on improving my flip turns so that I am faster doing them then turning at the wall. What tips do you have to help me master my flip turns? Train With Coach Rich: Coach Rich Soares Rich.soares@tridot.com Rich Soares Coaching TriDot Signup - https://app.tridot.com/onboard/sign-up/richsoares RunDot Signup - https://app.rundot.com/onboard/sign-up/richsoares   Train with Coach April: Coach April Spilde April.spilde@tridot.com Grit2Greatness Endurance Podcast Podcast Series - Apple Podcasts TriDot Signup - https://app.tridot.com/onboard/sign-up/aprilspilde   Best of 2025:   It has been a 303 tradition to have our final episode of the year to reflect on the year. We are going to do this in two parts:   Part 1: Our Favorite “Tri Related” Things    Rich's: Pro Race at any distance: Paris Olympic MTR Personal Race or Event: Colorado's Ride Personal Training Day: Pike Peak Book: The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan Podcast Episode: Gwen Jorgensen Races Local and Mark Allen Reset Tips   April's Pro Race at any distance: Definitely the XTERRA North American Championships at Oak Mountain State Park, Pelham AL–getting to see my faves all in one place and race on the same day! Personal Race or Event: Boulder Sunset Tri - Athena 2nd place finish and flew out of the water looking like swamp thang, LOL Personal Training Day: Riding the Falcon Trail on the Air Force Academy Book: The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga (Highly recommend you listen to this one). A self-help book that encourages readers to embrace their individuality and live authentically, regardless of others' opinions, by applying the philosophical concepts of Alfred Adler, which emphasize the idea that true happiness comes from accepting oneself and not seeking validation from others, essentially finding courage to be disliked if it means staying true to yourself; the book is structured as a dialogue between a young man and a philosopher discussing these ideas, allowing readers to explore the concepts through conversation. Podcast Episode: Ep. #271 Building Powerful Triathlon Habits & Episode #461 Preventing/Rehabbing Injury 9 Year End Reflection Questions     Get Gritty Tip: Welcome to this week's “Get Gritty” tip!   This is where we dive deep into the nuts and bolts of mental toughness, resilience, and building a winning mindset—not just for peak performance in triathlon but for life itself. After all, the best athletes are those who inspire others and lead by example. This week, we're drawing inspiration from Richard Barrett's Seven Levels of Consciousness as outlined in his book, “A New Psychology of Human Well-Being.”  Every decision you make—from pushing through the last mile of a race to handling a tough conversation with a teammate—stems from your current awareness. Recognizing that and learning how to elevate yourself is a game changer. These levels offer a fascinating way to think about how we grow mentally and emotionally, and how our consciousness evolves to guide our actions. Let's break it down:   The Seven Levels of Consciousness map your mental and emotional state across different dimensions. The first three levels—Survival, Relationship, and Self-Esteem—are where fear-based, limiting beliefs often hold us back. Imagine you're mid-race, and your energy plummets. If your mindset shifts to Survival mode, you may feel overwhelmed and anxious, questioning your ability to finish. Sound familiar? These thoughts are rooted in fear, not possibility. Here's the gritty part: when you recognize these fear-based triggers, you gain the power to shift your mindset. For example, instead of spiraling into doubt when you're struggling on the bike or in open water, ground yourself by focusing on what's in your control—your breathing, cadence, or a mental mantra like 'calm and strong.' This technique helps you climb from Survival consciousness to higher levels like Transformation or Internal Cohesion, where you're aligned with your purpose and values, not paralyzed by fear. For coaches, this model is equally transformative. When you understand where your athletes are mentally, you can tailor your guidance to meet them where they are. An athlete stuck in Survival consciousness after a DNF might need reassurance and small, actionable steps to rebuild their confidence. By recognizing these patterns, you help them develop resilience and guide them toward realizing their potential. Ready to go deeper? Level 1: Survival Consciousness   *Triathlete Perspective*:   At this level, you're focused on meeting your most basic needs—hydration, nutrition, rest, and overall health. Think about the first time you trained for a triathlon. Were you worried about how far you could swim without panicking or whether you'd have the energy to finish a workout? Survival consciousness is about building a foundation of physical security. For new triathletes, it's essential to master these basics without succumbing to fear. Trust your training plan and learn to prepare for challenges like staying fueled on a long ride or handling a flat tire on race day. *Coach's Perspective*:   A coach operating at this level helps their athletes build confidence in the fundamentals—proper gear, safety in open water, and pacing basics. It's about creating an environment where athletes feel safe to grow without being overwhelmed by survival fears.  Level 2: Relationship Consciousness   *Triathlete Perspective*:   Once your survival needs are met, you start seeking connection—belonging to a training group or feeling supported by friends and family. At this stage, having training partners or a triathlon club is critical. It's where you begin to feel like you're part of a team and gain strength from the relationships you've built. *Coach's Perspective*:   A great coach fosters a sense of community. They emphasize the importance of collaboration, such as relay races or group workouts, where athletes feel supported. This level is also where trust is built between coach and athlete, helping athletes feel safe to share fears or insecurities. Level 3: Self-Esteem Consciousness   *Triathlete Perspective*:   This level is about proving to yourself that you belong in the sport. Maybe you're chasing your first podium finish, hitting a PR, or finally calling yourself a "triathlete" without hesitation. However, the flip side of this level is battling self-doubt. A bad workout or race can trigger those nagging thoughts of not being good enough.  *Coach's Perspective*:   Coaches at this level focus on building confidence. They set realistic goals for their athletes to achieve small wins, reinforcing a sense of accomplishment. A coach might celebrate a new PR or remind athletes that even showing up is a victory on tough days. Level 4: Transformation Consciousness   *Triathlete Perspective*:   At this stage, you start asking more profound questions. Why am I doing this? What does triathlon mean to me? This is where athletes often discover their *why*—whether it's to push boundaries, inspire others, or simply find joy in the process. Transformation consciousness is about stripping away ego-driven motives and aligning your training with core values. *Coach's Perspective*:   Coaches help guide athletes toward this level by encouraging reflection. This might involve post-race debriefs, journaling about their journey, or exploring how triathlon fits into their broader life goals. Level 5: Internal Cohesion Consciousness   *Triathlete Perspective*:   Triathletes find meaning and fulfillment in their training and races at this level. It's not just about crossing the finish line but about how the sport contributes to your well-being. You start to notice how the discipline, focus, and resilience from triathlon spill over into other areas of your life.   *Coach's Perspective*:   Coaches help athletes connect their training to a larger purpose. This might mean encouraging them to mentor newer triathletes, participate in charity events, or reflect on how triathlon enhances their relationships and careers. Level 6: Making a Difference Consciousness  *Triathlete Perspective*:   You're not just in the sport for yourself at this stage—you want to give back. Maybe you're mentoring a beginner, volunteering at a race, or advocating for inclusivity in triathlon. Your focus shifts to making a positive impact on others.   *Coach's Perspective*:   Coaches at this level inspire athletes to think beyond personal goals and contribute to the community. They might lead initiatives to promote youth triathlon programs or encourage athletes to support causes that align with their values. Level 7: Service Consciousness   *Triathlete Perspective*:   This is the pinnacle of consciousness, where triathlon becomes a way of life and an expression of your deepest self. Training and racing are no longer "work" but a form of play, joy, and connection. You're fully aligned with your purpose, using the sport as a platform to live authentically and inspire others.   *Coach's Perspective*:   A coach at this level is no longer just teaching athletes—they're transforming lives. They model selfless service and show that triathlon can be a force for good, whether it's inspiring resilience, building community, or fostering personal transformation. Here's the gritty takeaway: every level builds on the last. To grow as athletes and humans, we need to move beyond basic survival or simple performance metrics and tap into reflection, connection, and purpose. When you level up your consciousness, you level up your life—inside and outside the sport.   Triathlon is the perfect metaphor for life—challenging, rewarding, and constantly evolving. By learning to identify and elevate your level of consciousness, you don't just get stronger physically; you build the mental toughness that helps you overcome any obstacle. Remember, growth begins with awareness.  So, this week, ask yourself: what level of consciousness are you operating from right now? How can you elevate it? Whether you're a triathlete or a coach, climbing these levels could be the key to unlocking your potential.   That's it for our “Get Gritty” tip of the week! Stay tuned for more practical strategies to build resilience and mental toughness in every episode.   Today's Fun Segment: Ironman Confessions Description: A no-holds-barred look at the funny, embarrassing, or downright weird moments athletes have experienced during training or races. Think: porta-potty stories, open-water freak-outs, or “bonking” in the most awkward situations. Example: “I ate someone else's gel at an aid station…on purpose.” Example: “I have sucked the sweat out of the bill of my own visor.” Truth or Lie? Example: “Drank out of a dog bowl at the end of a driveway” Truth or Lie? We want to hear from you! 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 AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by the program committee for the upcoming 8th AABP Recent Graduate Conference. The program committee includes Dr. Cody Sacquitne (committee chair and AABP Emerging Leader), Dr. Colleen Potter (dairy chair), Dr. Patrick Schmitz (cow-calf chair), and Dr. Annika Johnson (feedlot chair). The conference will be held February 14-15, 2025, at the Embassy Suites in Norman, Oklahoma. There will also be preconference seminars on February 13 which offer additional CE opportunities. The conference is open to AABP members who graduated between 2017-2024. All AABP members will have access to the recordings from the conference presentations by going to the Continuing Education menu of the AABP website and clicking on Online CE (recorded sessions). This is a free member benefit and allows you to access virtual CE that is RACE-approved for no charge! AABP also welcomes all registered/credentialed veterinary technicians of any graduation year to attend the recent graduate conference. Make sure your dues are paid before registering and note it can take up to three business days to process dues payments. Go here to pay your dues so that you can register for the conference.  The theme of the conference is “Be the Beginning” with the intent to empower recent graduates to be the source of change and opportunity in their practices. The conference keynote presentation will be delivered by Dr. Michelle Schack and is titled “Enhancing Sustainability through Animal and Human Well-Being”. General sessions will follow that focus on health – physical health, financial health, and emotional and mental health. The conference will also offer sessions on mixed animal, clinical skills, practice management, beef, dairy and practice tips from the program committee.  Registration is limited, so we encourage members to register now. View the conference schedule on this page. Register for the conference at this link. Make sure you are logged in to the website before registering! All attendees are required to book reservations at this link to attend the conference. Make sure to come a day early for the great preconference seminars that are offered for additional hands-on CE. Find seminar descriptions here. 

Highlights from this week's conversation include:The Growth and Evolution of Impact Investing (0:47)Misconceptions about Impact Investing (3:34)Impact Investing in Political Climate (7:59)Spring Point Partners' Mission (11:07)Venture Capital and Impact Strategy (12:28)Assessing and Vetting Fund Managers (14:41)Impact Labeling for Fund Managers (16:47)Fundraising Strength and Networked Wealth (19:13)Silicon Valley Diversity (23:03)Shared Ownership and Participatory Investment Models (28:31)Insider Segment: Stock Option Funding (33:33)Climate Investment Opportunities (42:13)Intersection of Planetary and Human Well-Being (44:06)Community Ownership in Renewable Energy (46:04)Industries and Investment Trends to Avoid (49:47)Applying Historical Frameworks to Investing (55:04)Final Thoughts and Takeaways (57:02)Spring Point Partners is a social impact organization that invests in the transformational leaders, networks, and solutions that power community change and advance justice. We do this by: Seeking out and supporting community leaders who have the vision to see what's possible and the drive to make that real.Connecting the experience of partners with comprehensive and flexible supports for shared learning and impact. Investing in innovative ideas and adaptive solutions that can spark and scale change for all. Whether we're partnering on youth development, human-centered learning, animal welfare or water sector leadership or investing in new business models that close opportunity gaps and boost social and economic mobility, we center equity and justice in all we do — supporting individuals and ideas that can have a catalytic impact in their communities and on our society.  Together, let's change the way social impact is achieved. Learn more: www.thespringpoint.com.Vested empowers startup employees to capitalize on their hard-earned equity, primarily by providing funding to help exercise stock options. The company's overarching mission is to democratize access to equity, ensuring that startup employees both understand and have a real chance to tangibly benefit from the shares they're granted.Swimming with Allocators is a podcast that dives into the intriguing world of Venture Capital from an LP (Limited Partner) perspective. Hosts Alexa Binns and Earnest Sweat are seasoned professionals who have donned various hats in the VC ecosystem. Each episode, we explore where the future opportunities lie in the VC landscape with insights from top LPs on their investment strategies and industry experts shedding light on emerging trends and technologies.The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information, content, and materials available on this podcast are for general informational purposes only.

That which haunts us will always find a way out. The wound will not heal unless given witness. The shadow that follows us is the way in. – RumiDeepak Chopra is a veritable one-man institution, with over ninety books to his credit, several of them making the New York Times bestsellers list. He is also fonder of The Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global. We at “Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PODCAST” are proud to count Dr. Chopra among the contributors to the book, Dawn of an Era of Wellbeing: New Paths to a Better World by Ervin Laszlo and Frederick Tsao (SelectBooks, ISBN 978-1-59079-515-6) for which he penned both the Foreword and the article, “Human Well-Being and the Pathless Path”. As you will hear, Dr. Laszlo and Dr. Chopra have a long history of collaboration, and similar aims of elevating human consciousness through the vectors of science and spirituality—as does our co-host, Frederick Tsao, from a markedly East-Asian point of view. Our discussion with Deepak will continue an overarching theme across this podcast, of harmonizing such supposed dichotomies—science and spirituality, East and West, etc.—and demonstrating how their very existence is more a matter of perception than of reality. And how a stronger awareness of the perception is part of the path to higher consciousness and the condition of Well-Being. To quote Dr. Chopra from his chapter in Dawn of an Era of Well-Being:  Morality and spirituality add meaning to human existence, and the one thing human beings cannot tolerate for long isn't poverty—but a meaningless life. If we cut to the quick, all models for achieving well-being are fatally flawed by using the reducing valve. When infinite possibilities are squeezed down into a few possibilities, advocated for our own good, the price is too high. Instinctively, children rebel when a parent says, “It's for your own good,” and the same is true when we are faced with formulas for well-being.Join us today for a very special episode of our podcast as Frederick Tsao, Ervin Laszlo, and our moderator, Alison Goldwyn take a close look at the human condition with the extraordinary Deepak Chopra. Deepak Chopra MD, FACP, founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a whole health company at the intersection of science and spirituality, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. His 90th book and national bestseller, Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential (Harmony Books), unlocks the secrets to moving beyond our present limitations to access a field of infinite possibilities. For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution and his latest book, Total Meditation (Harmony Books, September 22, 2020) will help to achieve new dimensions of stress-free living and joyful living. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.” www.deepakchopra.com

When we finished series 2 - Preflight Checklist - one thing was clear, any governance for Spaceship Earth going forward must put the Biosphere at the centre. Governance models from households, up through companies and countries, to international bodies must include the Biosphere as their central partner.So far, perhaps, so obvious. We know we need to act, and in many cases, we know what we need to do. But it's not happening. We just can't seem to muster sufficient focus.In Series 3 - Is God the Biosphere? - we interrogate this state of play.In this episode we introduce the background and take a look a the systemic straight-jackets that contain us - politically, economically, psychologically - in a kind of trap that makes it almost impossible to avoid feeding the beast. But this is not doom and gloom, not at all. As we constantly reiterate, Change Is Possible - this is our purpose. And there can be no effective change without a frank assessment of reality, so this is where we start.And then. As the series progresses, we will explore the tranquil jungles of possibility, armed with the question:What, exactly, would make the Biosphere a compelling object for our attention?Talking Points:The attractions of Systems Thinking, and what it isThe challenge - Biodiversity RevisitedUrgency of IPCC report: what does Systems Thinking have to contribute?Why has the biosphere not proved a compelling object for our attention?1 - The Tragedy of The Commons: shortsightedness2 - The Global Addiction System: The monetary system, and the Technosphere3 - Avoidance: The doom bar, the scale of the challenge, the vast constituency of the very rich, the fantasiesLinks:Biodiversity Revisited:https://luchoffmanninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/biodiversity-revisited-research-agenda-2020.pdfIPCC Summary - (MIT Technology Review)https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/04/1048832/un-climate-report-carbon-removal-is-now-essential/?truid=&utm_source=the_download&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&utm_term=&utm_content=04-05-2022&mc_cid=1ab39c4971&mc_eid=24fa1486a0Original Peter Haff article describing the Technosphere - Technology as a Geological Phenomenon: Implications for Human Well-Being:https://pne.people.si.umich.edu/PDF/Haff%202013%20Technology%20as%20a%20Geological%20Phenomenon.pdfEpic sweep of monetary system (book review):https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-financial-system-is-supposed-to-serve-the-economy--not-harm-it/2019/12/26/59c26028-1d0c-11ea-8d58-5ac3600967a1_story.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The co-founder of the “People-Centered Internet,” Mrs. Mei Lin Fung will discuss how to maintain a global network of “positive change agents” and how to ensure that technology is developed with a “people-centered” focus – increasing access while ensuring equality, protecting the vulnerable, and prioritizing human well-being.

The co-founder of the “People-Centered Internet,” Mrs. Mei Lin Fung will discuss how to maintain a global network of “positive change agents” and how to ensure that technology is developed with a “people-centered” focus – increasing access while ensuring equality, protecting the vulnerable, and prioritizing human well-being.

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great holiday season! There are a lot of climate change/global warming conspiracies out there. In this episode I take a look at a few of them. Links: 6 Claims Made by Skeptics: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/everyday-actions/6-claims-made-by-climate-change-skeptics-and-how-to-respond/?c_src=MDS21VX&c_src2=21vvmmembcpc&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_c-OBhDFARIsAIFg3expaYTymDI8w0xuMGlMqFajgCXFnbmO30sDfA17Wbl2yr8MAoh1nKsaAtWLEALw_wcB Climate Change Conspiracies are Spreading - CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-conspiracies-are-spreading-rapidly-during-uns-cop26-event/ Climate Change, Fossil Fuels and Human Well Being: https://cei.org/blog/climate-change-fossil-fuels-and-human-well-being/ Climate Change - nrdc.org: https://www.nrdc.org/issues/climate-change?gclid=Cj0KCQiA_c-OBhDFARIsAIFg3ewdAckj_Kwddrq4MtS84lQ35GgOm5TK8sA2uwCjOGdpbDYWohXmBXIaAvrOEALw_wcB HAARP - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-frequency_Active_Auroral_Research_Program Music: Empire Seasons by Dan Henig https://www.youtube.com/c/sirdannytrolls/featured

What picture comes to mind when you hear the word 'rigour?' Is it a group of students huddled over their exam papers, solving complex math equations for an end of unit test? Or is it as the Co-Founder of world renowned PBL school High Tech High Rob Riordan describes it: students engaged for an extended period of time in DEEP, meaningful, real-world work? In this episode, we unpack and re-imagine rigour through Rob's 8 rules: Rule #1: No rigour without engagement. Rule #2: No rigour without ownership.  Rule #3: No rigour without audiences Discover the other 5 rules and 'rigourous' process students went through to uncover and share stories of forgotten veterans from the community; build homes for struggling artists; and solve a pesky school rodent problem in a more humane way.    I promise you will see rigour in a whole new light. Rob's Bio:  Rob Riordan is a co-founder of High Tech High in San Diego and President Emeritus of its Graduate School of Education (GSE), the nation's first to be situated wholly in a K-12 environment. A lifelong educator, he has co-developed 14 new schools spanning the K-12 years, focused on equity, innovation, and community. Through the GSE, he has worked with educators around the world to transform the social relations of schooling by fostering project-based, dialogical approaches to teaching and learning. His work is best described in his chapter, “Schools as Equitable Communities of Inquiry” in Sustainability, Human Well-Being, and the Future of Education (2019). Connect with Rob: rriordan@hightechhigh.org  Get the Book of High Tech High Projects: 'Changing the Subject' Reference to Rob's 10 Rules: Rules for Rigour Take the 12 Shifts Scorecard for Learner-Centered Classrooms: 12 Shifts Scorecard

We Are the Stories We Tell Ourselves: The Role of Self and Family Narratives in Human Well-BeingIt's no accident that most of us crave stories, in books, in movies on the internet. In many ways, our lives are created by the stories we tell others— and ourselves. And we don't just tell stories, we live them, and not infrequently we are willing to die for them. Stories have beginnings, middles, and ends. Research has shown that endings are especially important for how we think about our lives. Did we fail or succeed, try or avoid trying? Stories that go wrong are one of the strongest drivers of depression and anxiety in our lives.But what about people without enough personal stories in their lives, or who lack stories about their families? Welcome to the research of Robyn Fivush, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology and Director of the Institute for Liberal Arts at Emory University. Dr. Fivush has spent a career studying the role of memory and narrative in forming our adult selves. Her work points to the importance of developing coherent, detailed stories of ourselves and of our family heritage. And she has shown how important it is for parents to help young children began to craft these types of stories about themselves and their families. More recently, she has identified disturbing trends in how the COVID-19 pandemic has begun to change the stories young adults are telling themselves about who they are and what their futures might or might not hold. Join us on this podcast as Dr. Fivush describes her work and gives pointers on how stories can promote our well-being.Featuring:Dr. Robyn Fivush, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology and Director of the Institute for Liberal Arts at Emory UniversityHost:Charles Raison, Psychiatrist, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Emory UniversityAbout Emory University's Center for the Study of Human Health:The Emory Center for the Study of Human Health was developed to expand health knowledge and translate this knowledge to all aspects of life – for the individual and populations as a whole. The Center assembles the extraordinary faculty, researchers and thought leaders from across disciplines, departments, schools and institutions to bring this knowledge to Emory University students and inspire them to become leaders for the next generation in meeting challenges facing human health. Follow Us:Blog: Exploring HealthFacebook: @EmoryCSHHInstagram: @EmoryCSHHTwitter: @EmoryCSHH

Neva Goodwin is co-founder and co-director of the Global Development And Environment Institute at Tufts University, where her projects have included editing a six-volume series, Frontier Issues in Economic Thought (published by Island Press) and a Michigan Press series, Evolving Values for a Capitalist World.  She has edited more than a dozen books, and is the lead author of three introductory textbooks: Microeconomics in Context, Macroeconomics in Context, and Principles of Economics in Context.Over the past decade Dr. Goodwin led the creation of a “social science library” called Frontier Thinking in Sustainable Development and Human Well-Being which contains nearly 10,000 full bibliographic references, representing seven social sciences, and including full text PDFs for a third of the referenced articles and book chapters.Stewart Wallis was the executive director of the New Economics Foundation, the UK's leading think tank for social, economic, and environmental justice, from 2003 through 2015.He graduated in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and began his career in marketing and sales with Rio Tinto Zinc. After receiving a master's degree in business and economics at London Business School, Wallis spent seven years with the World Bank in Washington, DC, working on industrial and financial development in East Asia. He then spent nine years with Robinson Packaging (UK), the last five years as Managing Director leading a successful business turnaround.In 1992 he joined Oxfam as International Director, gradually assuming responsibility for 2500 staff in 70 countries and for all Oxfam's policy, research, development, and emergency work worldwide. In 2002 he was awarded Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for service to Oxfam.Stewart Wallis is also a board member of the New Economy Coalition (USA), Vice-Chair for the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Values, and Trustee of the Forum's Inclusive Growth Global Challenge. His expertise includes global governance, functioning of markets, links between development and environmental agendas, the future of capitalism, and the moral economy.

Ha ha, how about this for a BOLD ambition?! It arose from enjoying Michael Gelb's insights into, "How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci." That kind of innovative, expansive, Renaissance thinking is essential given that the China Crisis aka World Crisis has, so far, wiped £2.7 Trillion off the World's productivity - that is if productivity can be equated with lost working hours. [Source: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/news/global-income-falls-by-27tn-4222161/ ] How DARE I write this? Talk about imposter syndrome on steroids! However, that's just an excuse. The thoughts of the most successful Human Being that has ever lived are clearly marked out in Red Ink in some versions of the New Testament! It's a no-brainer. Go through these like an honourable journalist and just report on the way He thinks - that's Gospel Truth! But that would also be a bit lazy (and boring?) Instead, whilst I promise to go through ALL the New Testament in this series, I'm not going to do it in order. I'm going to act 'as if' I'm inspired to write this to you in the order it 'comes' to me. IT BEGINS WITH STRATEGY NOT TACTICS What Jesus told us to do, as the equivalent of habitual behavioural tactics, really doesn't make sense without first understanding the context of the Divine Strategy for Human Well-Being. He really was clear on His Mission: The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. The Gospel of John chapter 10, verse 10 Right from the beginning, we are clear that there is a villain in this story - here called, "The thief." The enemy comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy. There is no confusion here. If events in your life steal, kill, or destroy, they are diametrically opposite and opposed to the Character and express Will of God. What is God's Will, His Intent, His Purpose? God's purpose is that YOU and I may have Life (with a Capital 'L' methinks) and to have it abundantly. BEFORE YOU GO FURTHER God is not a deceiver - that's the other one. There's no trick here. "Abundance" means abundance... plus a lot more! I'd like you to pause and complete this wonderful exercise. Mind Map blank template on the topic of "Abundance" giving space to write in what "Abundance" means to you Write on the branches the topics you associate with the topic of "Abundance". "Abundance" in the Greek The Greek word is rather splendid. It's a transliteration of "Perissos" which comes from "Peri" (meaning "all-around, excess") beyond what is anticipated, exceeding expectation; "more abundant," going past the expected limit... [Quoted from: https://biblehub.com/greek/4053.htm ] Thus, whatever 'limits' you've put on what Abundance means to you, God can and wills to go beyond it. SHOCK! This is SO far beyond my experience and the experience of most people (including all the Christians) that I know, that we have to take a breath in and decide right here and now whether or not God is serious. I'm siding with the whole, "God means what He says," movement! This means that the first step to thinking like Jesus Christ is knowing that God's Will is a level of abundance that exceeds our small expectations. The second step is taking that mission on yourself as the agenda for your Life. Your purpose for being here is that those you meet may have Life and have it more abundantly! Their lives are meant to be enriched by working with you. Our task is to make people's lives better, richer, more enjoyable... to redefine their expectations of what 'Life' means. There's a catch, of course! They have to work with the programme - it's active, not passive. Here endeth lesson one, and I believe we're off to a pretty wonderful start, don't you?

Ha ha, how about this for a BOLD ambition?!It arose from enjoying Michael Gelb's insights into, "How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci." That kind of innovative, expansive, Renaissance thinking is essential given that the China Crisis aka World Crisis has, so far, wiped £2.7 Trillion off the World's productivity - that is if productivity can be equated with lost working hours. [Source: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/news/global-income-falls-by-27tn-4222161/ ]How DARE I write this? Talk about imposter syndrome on steroids! However, that's just an excuse. The thoughts of the most successful Human Being that has ever lived are clearly marked out in Red Ink in some versions of the New Testament! It's a no-brainer. Go through these like an honourable journalist and just report on the way He thinks - that's Gospel Truth!But that would also be a bit lazy (and boring?)Instead, whilst I promise to go through ALL the New Testament in this series, I'm not going to do it in order. I'm going to act 'as if' I'm inspired to write this to you in the order it 'comes' to me.IT BEGINS WITH STRATEGY NOT TACTICSWhat Jesus told us to do, as the equivalent of habitual behavioural tactics, really doesn't make sense without first understanding the context of the Divine Strategy for Human Well-Being.He really was clear on His Mission:The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.The Gospel of John chapter 10, verse 10Right from the beginning, we are clear that there is a villain in this story - here called, "The thief." The enemy comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy. There is no confusion here. If events in your life steal, kill, or destroy, they are diametrically opposite and opposed to the Character and express Will of God.What is God's Will, His Intent, His Purpose?God's purpose is that YOU and I may have Life (with a Capital 'L' methinks) and to have it abundantly.BEFORE YOU GO FURTHERGod is not a deceiver - that's the other one. There's no trick here. "Abundance" means abundance... plus a lot more!I'd like you to pause and complete this wonderful exercise.Write on the branches the topics you associate with the topic of "Abundance"."Abundance" in the GreekThe Greek word is rather splendid. It's a transliteration of "Perissos" which comes from "Peri" (meaning "all-around, excess") beyond what is anticipated, exceeding expectation; "more abundant," going past the expected limit... [Quoted from: https://biblehub.com/greek/4053.htm ] Thus, whatever 'limits' you've put on what Abundance means to you, God can and wills to go beyond it.Do you like this?Would you like more like this?THANKS TO YOUYou can easily join and support this growing movement here: https://ko-fi.com/magnanimousI promise to be a good stewardBless You!

On today's podcast, John talks with Amit Kapoor about how GDP is a poor measure of Human Well Being. Amit is the chair for the Institute for Competitiveness in India and they have created an Ease of Living Index to measure the average citizen's quality of life as opposed to tracking economic output! Makes sense! Fascinating discussion - we cover numerous topics including happiness, climate change, Trump, quality of life, social media, and Hong Kong! Enjoy! For more information on Amit Kapoor, his books and articles and the Ease of Living Index, please visit his site at https://amitkapoor.com and you can also follow Amit on Twitter @kautiliya For more information on the Institute for Competitiveness, please visit www.competitiveness.in or twitter @arthsastra

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What role did guilds play in the economic development of Europe? Why do bad institutions persist throughout history? Join us for this conversation between Mark Pennington (King's College London) and Sheilagh Ogilvie (University of Cambridge) for a discussion of her new 900-year history and economic analysis of the European Guilds. Subscribe on iTunes and Spotify Subscribe to the Governance Podcast on iTunes and Spotify today and get all our latest episodes directly in your pocket. Follow Us For more information about our upcoming podcasts and events, follow us on facebook or twitter (@csgskcl). The Guest Sheilagh Ogilvie is Professor of Economic History in Cambridge and a Fellow of the British Academy. She holds degrees from the University of St Andrews (1979), Cambridge (1985), and Chicago (1992). She has been successively Lecturer (1989), Reader (2000), and Professor of Economic History (2004) in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge.She is the author of State Corporatism and Proto-Industry (Cambridge, 1997), Women, Markets and Social Capital in Early Modern Germany (Oxford, 2003), Institutions and European Trade: Merchant Guilds, 1000-1800 (Cambridge, 2011) and the editor of European Proto-Industrialization (Cambridge, 1996), Germany: A New Social and Economic History (3 vols, London, 1996/2003), and Revolution des Fleißes, Revolution des Konsums? (Ostfildern, 2015). She has published journal articles on institutions and economic development, the economics of guilds, merchants, rural communities, serfdom, consumption, retailing, occupational structure, demography, proto-industry, banking, female labour force participation, regulation, the growth of the state, and social capital. She is the winner of the Gyorgy Ranki Prize (1999), the Anton Gindeley Prize (2004), the René Kuczynski Prize (2004), and the Stanley Z. Pech Prize (2008). She has been the director of research projects on “Social Structure in Bohemia, 1500-1750” (British Academy, 2001-03), “Economy, Gender, and Social Capital in the German Demographic Transition” (Leverhulme Trust, 2005-07), and “Human Well-Being and the ‘Industrious Revolution': Consumption, Gender and Social Capital in a German Developing Economy, 1600-1900” (ESRC, 2008-12). She held a British Academy/Wolfson Research Professorship (2013-16), during which she explored the relationship between human capital and long-term economic growth. Her book on the economics of guilds was published with Princeton University Press in March 2019. Skip Ahead 1:03: Sheilagh, why have you decided to bring your work together in a volume of this kind? 4:13: How would you define a guild? What are the key features of such an organisation? 8:40: The title of the book is The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis. Economists often disagree about things. One of the things they disagree about is the efficiency properties of these guilds. Some would argue that these guilds played an important function – they were efficiency enhancing, they might have been necessary for growth. I know that's not a view that you hold. But could you give us an indication of what those arguments are? 14:22: These are basically arguments which are suggesting that some kind of market failures arise in these situations, and you have an institutional response to address the market failure. In this instance the guild is seen as the institutional mechanism to solve it. 15:32: Your view as I understand it is very much that guilds should be seen as rent seeking institutions which were actually seeking exclusive privileges for the members – and rather than solving a market failure, they essentially create a different sort of failure, which is that certain people are excluded from markets, there's a lack of competition, you actually don't get the quality control or professional certification that you might have gotten from an alternative institution. Is that a fair summary of your view? 20:14: So this is saying that guilds are about distributional matters; they're institutions that are quite conflictual in terms of grappling with a part of the pie rather than increasing the size of the overall pie. 20:56: Can you say a bit more about the role of the state in your particular theory? Some of the work in this area that's focused on guilds from a rosier viewpoint often depicts them as a kind of bottom-up private order institution that arises spontaneously to solve an efficiency problem. Whereas your view suggests that these institutions were embedded in political structures of power and authority which were used for these distributional purposes. Why do some people hold that rosier view? 26:45: I think in your first book you used the term ‘state corporatism.' Would you describe guilds as corporatist institutions? They're a kind of negotiation between a semi private organization and the state? 27:49: Given that you subscribe more to this view of guilds as rent-seeking or privilege-seeking organisations as opposed to efficiency enhancing ones, could you describe the ways in which guilds reduced efficiency? 36:02: Reading your account, this is quite a damning indictment of these institutions. There really is evidence of rent seeking—the scale of these markups is at a level where… how could anybody think that they have any beneficial properties? I guess the contrary view is that, OK, from today's point of view, these were inefficient practices. But if you look at the context at the time, what was the alternative to providing the kind of mechanisms that would address market failures? 43:39: So in your view, you didn't need guilds to address the kind of training market failures. What about asymmetrical information and quality controls? Did you find evidence of alternative mechanisms to deal with those? 49:41: This reminds me of a conversation I had with Barry Weingast – his argument is, yes, many of these kind of restrictions, when looked at through today's lens, we would see them as inefficient and would want to get rid of them. But you have a slightly different take on them if you realize that the alternative might not be a free market type situation—it might actually be one where… you don't have a market at all because you have societies embroiled in violence. And the various restrictions and privileges at least provide some rudiments of peace and order in a context where the alternative would be something worse than that… do you see cases where states seem to be able to avoid violence without having guild privileges or some of these distributional deals? 58:00: Why did guild institutions decline? As I understand your argument about why they persisted for so long, it's basically a kind of public choice, rent seeking argument, which says that you've got relatively small organised groups…facilitated by public authorities through these corporatist deals, they gain privileges which are inefficient, but the reason why you don't have …people challenging that is either because they're politically disenfranchised or they face a huge collective action problem… If you take that kind of explanation, it implies that those privileges would be hard to break down. 01:06: I understand it's a difficult question, but …I understand the explanation you're giving there is a kind of accidental one. That is, by accident some factors come together and then we're able to break free of guilds. I guess that's not an unsatisfactory explanation in some ways, but I was wondering if you've thought of more positive explanations… I'm thinking of Deirdre McCloskey's work on why we have the industrial revolution, and that's a more ideas-based explanation…. Do you have any sympathy with that kind of view? 01:12: I want to ask you about a theme closely related with our research centre, and that's thinking about the relationship between informal and formal institutions and how that can sometimes go wrong… there's a tendency to see community as providing certain kinds of services in a singularly romantic view rather than seeing it as double edged, where you can recognize that there's a positive side to traders getting together but at the same time recognize the dark side- the exclusion as the flipside of community.

Dr. Rafinejad has had over 30 years of experience as a senior executive in high-tech industries in Silicon Valley. He was a Corporate Vice President at both Applied Materials and Lam Research, both multi-billion dollar semiconductor equipment companies. Prior to PGS, he was Associate Professor, Consulting at Stanford University. He has also served as adjunct faculty at Haas Business School at Berkeley and Dean of Management at Menlo College in Atherton, California. Dr. Rafinejad is the founding CEO of Blue Dome Consulting serving high tech companies in the U.S. and China to develop product innovation and organizational leadership capability. He has authored several publications including two books on product innovation. His recent book was published in 2017 and is titled: Sustainable Product Innovation – Entrepreneurship for Human Well-Being. Dariush Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Graduate programs that prepare students to become successful sustainability leaders Sustainable product innovation Leading sustainability change from positions not labeled "sustainability" Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders Final Five Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? It is important that sustainability professionals extend their reach beyond corporate sustainability programs which aim to measure and report. Sustainability professionals should build coalitions with the operating units of the company, starting with the enthusiasts and early adopters in each of these units. Sustainability professionals should become entrepreneurs within the corporations. They should seek opportunities for innovation in every building block of the company to affect triple bottom line change. They should remember, however, the big changes start with the small wins and small steps, and through prototyping solutions to demonstrate viability and to create enthusiasm for the potential outcome. What are you, what are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? I'm excited by the rise in the awareness of acute need for sustainable development, for social justice and for stewardship of the environment and natural resources. I'm also encouraged by the rise in the recognition that sustainable development is the next innovation wave that will fuel future prosperity and wellbeing. What is one book you'd recommend sustainability professionals read? I'm sorry. I have to shamelessly recommend my own book, Sustainable Product Innovation: Entrepreneurship for human wellbeing. That was published in 2017. So sorry about that. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work? I use many resources in the sustainability space. Some examples, for instance, I look at websites of activists and other NGOs. Governmental resources are plentiful and they're invaluable. US Department of Energy and the state of California sustainability sites. Leading corporations and industry alliances have many good resources. I also consult trade journals in addition to scientific journals. Trade journals like Solar Magazine, Green Chemistry and others are also very valuable. United Nations organizations such as United Nation Environmental Program as well as United Nations Sustainable Development Goals websites are great resources. They provide and pull data, provide advice and recommendations. One of the PGS faculty professors has published in GreenBiz as well. So, there are many, many resources and of course the listeners who are interested in the scientific area, there is much research done in the sustainability area in regards to climate change, both in prevention as well as adaptation technologies that are being developed. So there's plenty of those areas of opportunity as well. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and what's going on at Presidio Graduate School? The best resource is the Presidio Graduate School website at presidio.edu. They can email admissions@presidio.edu also and ask to join an upcoming monthly virtual open house that we have. PGS also has a Twitter handle and LinkedIn resources they can connect to. Learn more about Preidio Graduate School: https://www.presidio.edu/  Learn more about Sustridge: https://www.sustridge.com/   

The co-founder of the “People-Centered Internet,” Mrs. Mei Lin Fung will discuss how to maintain a global network of “positive change agents” and how to ensure that technology is developed with a “people-centered” focus – increasing access while ensuring equality, protecting the vulnerable, and prioritizing human well-being.

The co-founder of the “People-Centered Internet,” Mrs. Mei Lin Fung will discuss how to maintain a global network of “positive change agents” and how to ensure that technology is developed with a “people-centered” focus – increasing access while ensuring equality, protecting the vulnerable, and prioritizing human well-being.

Richard Barrett's new book A New Psychology ff Human Well-Being offers the world an exciting new approach to the understanding of human well-being: an approach that aligns ancient wisdom with cutting-edge theories of science, psychology, and spirituality. He brings together Eastern and Western approaches to consciousness and medicine in a unifying model that transcends birth and death and leads us into an energetic dimension of reality, where we encounter the soul. Richard is an author, speaker, and internationally recognized thought leader on the evolution of human values in business and society. He is the founder and chairman of the Barrett Values Centre. He is also a fellow of the World Business Academy, member of the council of the Centre for Integral Wisdom, honorary board member of the Spirit of Humanity Forum, and former values coordinator at the World Bank. 

Podcast 583: The New Psychology of Human Well-Being with Richard Barrett by Greg Voisen

Richard Barrett returns to The Zone Show to talk about his new, paradigm-shifting book, A New Psychology of Human Well-Being which expounds a theory of human well-being that unites psychology with spirituality and science.