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In this episode of The Birth Trauma Mama Podcast, Kayleigh sits down with Maggie Runyon, nurse educator, author, and co-creator of the Trauma-Informed Birth Nurse Program, for an insightful and heartfelt conversation about what it means to care, and to keep caring, in a system that so often asks too much of its helpers.Maggie's new book, I Thought I Was Here to Help, explores the emotional and professional identity of nurses and other healthcare providers, unpacking how the “helper” mindset, while rooted in empathy and purpose, can also lead to burnout, moral distress, and trauma when left unchecked.Together, Kayleigh and Maggie explore how the same drive that brings so many clinicians to this work can, without boundaries and reflection, begin to harm them, and how shifting from a hero or handmaiden mindset to one of advocacy can create space for more sustainable, compassionate care.They also dive into:

Happy Halloween! IFor your spooky enjoyment, we will be reposting an episode of our livestream collaboration with Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous. Still Comfy? is an in-depth look at our favorite comfort shows and movies. Enjoy our review of Addams Family starring Anjelica Houston and Christina Ricci.You can watch Still Comfy? By subscribing to the playlistFollow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram! All ways to support the show can be found at https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod. Join the newsletter so you never miss any update we have on Team Tolerator!

Iona Roberts, neu Iona Pen Ffridd i bawb sy'n ei hadnabod yw gwestai Beti a'i Phobol.Mae Iona yn ffarmwraig ac yn gadwraethwr, mae'n hyfforddwr yoga, yn gyn warden gyda'r Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol, ac yn fam i 3 o blant (Nel, Nedw a Joe) a gwraig i John. Mae hi hefyd yn rhedeg rasys Iorn Man. Ganwyd ar fferm Pen Ffridd, Penmachno (pentref ger Betws y Coed, yn Sir Conwy). Cafodd ei magu gyda'i Nain a'i Thaid a 3 ewythr oedd yn adnabyddus yn yr ardal sef Ifor, Elw a Hyw."Tyfais fyny yma ym Mhen Ffridd, gyda digon o ryddid ac awyr iach, erbyn hyn dwi'n deall pa mor unigryw oedd fy magwraeth erbyn hyn!" Bu'n gweithio yn Llundain am gyfnod gyda chwmni Saatchi and Saatchi ac yn Wimbledon ble daeth ar draws Pat Cash. Ond dychwelyd i ffermio gwnaeth hi i Pen Ffridd, ac mae'n angerddol am amaethu mewn dull cynaliadwy.Cawn hanesion difyr ei bywyd ac mae'n dewis caneuon sydd yn ffefrynnau gan gynnwys Meic Stevens – Gwenllïan. Dyma'r gân oedd yn chwarae pan gerddodd Iona mewn i'r gwasanaeth priodas.

Croeso i bennod mis Ebrill o bodlediad Clera. Y mis hwn rydyn ni'n trafod yr hyn sydd ar dân ar wefusau pawb ledled Cymru....teitlau cerddi! Yn ogystal â hynny, cawn Orffwysgerdd hyfryd gan Haf Llewelyn, cerdd o'r flodeugerdd newydd, 'O ffrwyth y Gangen Hon'.. Hefyd rydyn ni'n ddiolchgar iawn am y fraint o gael cynnwys nid dim ond un Ebenezer, ond dau! Diolch i Dylan Ebz am fynd â holi ei dad, Lyn, ynglŷn a'i gyfrol fendigedig newydd, Cerddi'r Ystrad. Ar ben hyn oll, cawn sgwrsa gyda'r cyn-Fardd Cenedlaethol, Ifor ap Glyn, a hefyd y delicyssi gan Dylan, Tudur Dylan, neb llai. Ac ar ddiwedd y bennod, syrpreis bach ar eich cyfer. mwynhewch!

In this Episode Derry Breaks down 3 principles to avoiding burnout. From Self-Awareness, to Working Genius to Sabbathing Well this episode has it all! Derry's take on Vacationing is worth the entire episode.

14. prosinec je dnem pro Evropu významného výročí, jež si ale připomínáme jen zřídka, neboť do obecného povědomí prostě nepatří. V tento den přitom byla v roce 1995 v Paříži definitivně podepsána Daytonská mírová dohoda, poslední podmínka pro ukončení války v Bosně a Hercegovině, jednoho z vůbec nejhorších evropských konfliktů od konce 2. světové války. Jak významná Daytonská dohoda byla? Šlo o v tu chvíli nejlepší možné řešení? A jakým způsobem probíhalo poválečné usmiřování znepřátelených etnik? O tom a mnohém dalším si Jakub a Lukáš Novosadovi v další epizodě svého sourozeneckého podcastu povídají se dvěma vzácnými hosty: panem armádním generálem Jiřím Šedivým, bývalým náčelníkem generálního štábu Armády ČR a také velitelem kontingentu AČR v misi IFOR, následující bezprostředně po podpisu Daytonu, a Blankou Čechovou, spisovatelkou, právničkou a účastnicí civilní mise v Kosovu, kde dodnes v mnoha ohledech panuje situace srovnatelná s Bosnou a Hercegovinou.Uzavřením Daytonské mírové dohody se podařilo definitivně ukončit válku v Bosně a Hercegovině. Tento pro budoucnost západního Balkánu i celé Evropy zcela zásadní a poměrně komplikovaný dokument po skoro 30 letech od uzavření i nadále určuje uspořádání i další směřování Bosny a Hercegoviny. Smlouvou nastavený systém se ovšem ukázal jako nefunkční, Bosna a Hercegovina se nadále potýká s obrovskými problémy, v místní společnosti opět roste napětí a množí se hlasy o hrozícím nebezpečí dalšího krveprolití.V době, kdy se čím dál víc řeší téma nutnosti uzavření míru v Ukrajině, je nasnadě podívat se na okolnosti vzniku Daytonské dohody a jeho důsledky trochu blíž. Co o tomto dokumentu vlastně víme? Jaké byly jeho cíle? A povedlo se je naplnit? Tehdejší úsilí mezinárodního společenství motivovala snaha udržet Bosnu a Hercegovinu pohromadě a rovnoměrně rozdělit správu země mezi tři v tu dobu znesvářená etnika. Kvůli implementaci sjednaných podmínek vznikl speciální Úřad vysokého představitele pro Bosnu a Hercegovinu. NATO zároveň organizovalo několik vojenských misí, které měly dohlížet na udržení míru. První a nejzásadnější byla právě mise IFOR, v rámci které působil i kontingent AČR pod vedením armádního generála Jiřího Šedivého. Ten v rámci podcastu nastiňuje tehdejší nálady v bosensko-hercegovské společnost i hlavní problémy, s nimiž se vojáci museli v prvních měsících potýkat. V rámci rozhovoru se vyjádří i k problematice rozdílných mandátů vojskOSN a NATO, přičemž se postupně dobereme i k tomu, že průběh válek na Balkáně, ale i v dnešní Ukrajině, by zcela jistě vypadal jinak, kdyby mezinárodní společenství dokázalo na vývoj situace reagovat rychleji a razantněji. Pan generál to ostatně dokládá i konkrétními příklady.S tím souhlasí i druhý host této epizody, spisovatelka Blanka Čechová, která se účastnila civilní mise v Kosovu a dlouhodobě žije v Chorvatsku, takže do rozhovoru přináší spoustu osobních zkušeností jak s válkami na západním Balkáně, tak i se současnými náladami v místní společnosti. Jakožto vystudovaná právnička se také vyjadřuje k samotné podstatě podepsané mírové dohody, jejíž naplnění považuje za nebývalý a poměrně nečekaný úspěch mezinárodní diplomacie. Jedním dechem ale hned vše problematizuje, neboť další postup mezinárodního společenství označuje za hloupý až skandální. Dokládá to i svými zkušenostmi z Kosova, přičemž neopomene zmínit i kontroverzní zapojení Madelaine Albrightové.Hosté v průběhu podcastu opakovaně vyjadřují obavy o další budoucnost Bosny a Hercegoviny, vzrůstající napětí a separatistické tendence srbské části Bosny a Hercegoviny dokládají i vlastními zážitky. Dojde na opakovanou kritiku přístupu mezinárodního společenství k válečným konfliktům, diskusi o úloze vojáka v kritických situacích i konkrétních příkladech nefunkčních programů, které mají pomáhat s obnovou poválečných společností.Jakub několikrát vše zmíněné uvede do širšího kontextu, Lukáš si závěrem povzdechne nad deziluzivním směřováním celé diskuse.

Neglespretten markerer sesongavslutning for hele Norges bilcrossland, for første gang i 2024-sesongen et todagersløp med action fra lørdag morgen til søndag ettermiddag. Støtte jobben som gjøres for norsk bilcross? Vipps til 54 02 81. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Croeso i bennod mis Ebrill o bodlediad barddol Clera. Y mis hwn cawn y pleser o holi Sioned Dafydd, Cyflwynydd Sgorio a Golygydd y flodeugerdd newydd o gerddi am y campau, 'Mae Gêm yn Fwy na Gêm' (Cyhoeddiadau Barddas). Clywn hefyd am arddangosfa o gelf a barddoniaeth sy'n ymateb i waith y bardd mawr o Gwrdistan, Abdulla Goran, yng nhgwmni Alan Deelan, Heledd Fychan AS ac Ifor ap Glyn. Hyn oll a chwmni ffraetha difyr ein Posfeistr, Gruffudd Antur.

Blunt Business discusses standardizing laboratory practices in the cannabis industry for accurate testing. We welcome Breanna Neff, Founder and Chief Food Scientist at brelixi, who shares insights on vetting labs for data integrity.Breanna introduced brelixi's products like THC/CBD powders for fast-acting functional solutions in daily life. NFL-funded research on cannabinoids as pain management alternatives, with two trials approved, was discussed. Neff also detailed brelixi's customizable shakes with low sugar content and unique electrolyte blends.We discuss the importance of education, diverse perspectives, and destigmatizing cannabis was stressed for potential funding rounds, as well as future product visibility strategies and collaboration enthusiasm.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Pigion Dysgwyr – Anne Uruska Wythnos diwetha roedd hi‘n 80 mlynedd ers brwydr Monte Cassino yn yr Eidal. Un fuodd yn brwydro ar ran y fyddin Bwylaidd yn erbyn yr Eidalwyr a'r Almaenwyr, oedd tad Anne Uruska o Aberystwyth. Roedd Stanislaw Uruski yn rhan o gatrawd fuodd yn brwydro rhwng Napoli a Rhufain am fisoedd lawer. Dyma Ann i sôn am hanes ei thad…. Byddin Pwylaidd Polish ArmyCatrawd Regiment Brwydro To fight Hanu o To haul fromCipio To captureGwlad Pwyl PolandDengid DiancRhyddhau To releaseMewn dyfynodau In exclamation marksY Dwyrain Canol The Middle EastPigion Dysgwyr – Esgusodwch Fi Anne Uruska yn fanna‘n sôn am hanes diddorol ei thad, ac mae'n siŵr bod llawer ohonoch chi'n nabod Anne fel un o diwtoriaid Cymraeg i Oedolion Prifysgol Aberystwyth. Gwestai diweddar y podlediad Esgusodwch Fi, sydd yn trafod materion sydd yn berthnasol i'r gymuned LGBT+, oedd y cyfarwyddwr ffilm Euros Lyn. Mae Euros wedi cyfarwyddo Dr Who, Happy Valley, Torchwood, Sherlock yn ogystal â nifer o gyfresi eraill. Dyma fe i sôn am un o'i brosiectau diweddara sef Heartstopper i Netflix…. Cyfarwyddwr DirectorCyfresi SeriesDiweddara Most recentDau grwt Dau fachgen Eisoes AlreadyEhangach WiderCenhedlaeth GenerationProfiad ExperienceYn ddynol HumanHoyw Gay Pigion Dysgwyr – Antarctica Euros Lyn oedd hwnna'n sôn am y gyfres Heartstopper sydd i'w gweld ar Netflix. Does dim llawer o bobl sy'n gallu dweud eu bod nhw wedi bod yn Antarctica. Ond un sydd wedi bod yno yw y biolegydd morol Kath Whittey, a buodd hi'n siarad am y profiad ar raglen Aled Hughes fore Mawrth diwetha…. Biolegydd morol Marine biologistLlong ShipCynefin HabitatAnghyfforddus UncomfortableSbïad EdrychPigion Dysgwyr – Diwrnod Cenedlaethol yr Het Mae Kath yn gwneud i Antartica swnio fel planed arall on'd yw hi? Roedd Dydd Llun yr wythnos diwetha yn ddiwrnod cenedlaethol yr het. Un sydd a chasgliad sylweddol o hetiau yw Angela Skyme o Landdarog ger Caerfyrddin. Dyma hi'n sgwrsio gyda Shan Cothi am y casgliad sydd ganddi Casgliad sylweddol A substantial collectionCael gwared To get ridHen dylwyth Old familyMenyw DynesDrych Mirror Pigion Dysgwyr – Clare PotterA dw i'n siŵr bod Angela'n edrych yn smart iawn yn ei hetiau. Bardd a pherfformwraig ddwyieithog yw clare e. potter, ac mae ganddi MA o Brifysgol Mississippi mewn Llenyddiaeth Affro-Garibïaidd. Mae Clare wedi cyfieithu gwaith y bardd Ifor ap Glyn i'r Saesneg ac mae hi wedi bod yn Fardd y Mis Radio Cymru. Mae'n dod o bentref Cefn Fforest ger Caerffili yn wreiddiol a Saesneg oedd iaith y cartref a'r pentref. Cafodd hi ei hysbrydoli gan athro Cymraeg Ysgol Gyfun Coed Duon ac aeth ati i ddysgu'r iaith. Dyma i chi flas ar sgwrs gafodd hi gyda Beti George Llenyddiaeth LiteratureBardd PoetYsbrydoli To inspireMam-gu NainEmynau HymnsRhegi To swearO dan y wyneb Under the surfaceFfili credu Methu coelioBraint A privilegePigion Dysgwyr – Nofio Gwyllt Beti George yn fanna'n sgwrsio gyda clare e. potter ar Beti a'i Phobol ddydd Sul diwetha. Owain Williams oedd gwestai rhaglen Shelley a Rhydian ddydd Sadwrn ar gyfer slot newydd o'r enw Y Cyntaf a'r Ola. Owain yw cyflwynydd cyfres newydd ar S4C o'r enw Taith Bywyd sydd ar ein sgriniau ar hyn o bryd. Yn Llundain mae e'n byw a dyma fe'n sôn wrth Shelley a Rhydian am y nofio gwyllt mae e'n ei wneud…. Degawdau DecadesLlynnoedd Lakes

Bardd a pherfformwraig ddwyieithog yw clare e. potter, ac mae ganddi M.A. mewn Llenyddiaeth Affro-Garibïaidd o Brifysgol Mississippi. Bu'n byw yn New Orleans am ddegawd a chafodd gyllid gan Gyngor y Celfyddydau i ymateb i ddinistr Corwynt Katrina gyda phumawd jazz. Mae clare wedi cyfieithu gwaith Bardd Cenedlaethol Cymru, Ifor ap Glyn, ac mae'n cydweithio ag artistiaid i greu gosodiadau barddoniaeth mewn gofodau cyhoeddus. Enillodd Wobr John Trip am Berfformio Barddoniaeth yn 2005 a bu gyda'i thad ar y Listening Project ar BBC Radio 4, yn archwilio tarddiad emosiwn mewn barddoniaeth. Yn 2018, clare oedd bardd preswyl Gŵyl Velvet Coalmine – lle bu yn Sefydliad y Glowyr yn casglu straeon pobl am yr adeilad diwylliannol a gwleidyddol bwysig hwnnw. Mae'n enedigol o bentref Cefn Fforest ger Caerffili. Saesneg oedd iaith yr aelwyd a'r pentref ac fe gafodd ei ysbrydoli gan athro Cymraeg yn Ysgol Gyfun Coed Duon ac aeth ati i ddysgu'r iaith.Clare oedd Bardd y Mis Radio Cymru cyn y Nadolig 2023.

Because My Singing Monsters Sing, So Must I (Tribute to When Love Sucks (feat. Dido) by Jason Derulo ) *Original written by: Dido Armstrong & Paul Herman, JBACH, Jackson Morgan, Jason Desrouleaux, Johnny Goldstein, Kyle Buckley, & Shawn Charles **Thank you to fellow monster lovers Miles Porter & his beloved Mommy Lauren; this song is dedicated to both of you ❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣ *** Happy 200th Episode, everyone❣️❣️❣️ Lyrics: Because My Singing Monsters sing So must I For food, diamonds, relics, & crystals Daily breeding for eggs to awaken statues like Wublins These islands spin my mind in circles But even if I had millions of golden coins and monster compositions, when Would it be enough? I'll never know… It drives me crazy Waking up to its tunes It's grand But Wonderland style mad Ethereal, psychic, & tribal For me, those are the trickiest islands Building Castles and Books of Monsters On Plant, Cold, Air, Earth, & Water Fire Haven to Fire Oasis Plus Light, shining brightly, then Faerie Add Bone in with Seasonal Shuga Shuga Shuga Shugabush Gold, Amber, & Composer Celestial, Ethereal, & Wublin It's both Mythical and Magical Remember, everything's alive ;) Because My Singing Monsters sing So must I For food, diamonds, relics, & crystals Daily breeding for eggs to awaken statues like Wublins These islands spin my mind in circles Even if I had millions in coins and monster compositions, when Would it be enough? I'll never know… It drives me crazy Waking up to its tunes It's grand & Wonderland style mad Paid a gold coin mil for a bottomless pit These monsters always want want want, see Hungry for meals and musical achievements, seek To create new iterations Through endless breeeding Happiness depends on trees, to logs To storage sheds, to going nowhere signs In Composer, your own monster musical beats, you get to write Do Re Mi purchased with keys Such wit from other Tawkerrs hard to find Competing in the Colossingum For everything from medals to costumes But don't Clamble and Pummel your way to the top; instead: Wish a Happy 11th Birthday to My Singing Monsters!!! For them, I'm hanging off the edge of my bed Because My Singing Monsters sing So must I For food, diamonds, relics, and crystals Daily breeding for eggs to awaken statues like Wublins These islands spin my mind in circles But even if I had millions in coins and monster compositions, when Would it be enough? I'll never know… It drives me crazy Waking up to its tunes It's grand & Wonderland style mad Grand ~ & Wonderland style mad Grand ~ & Wonderland style mad Grand ~ & Wonderland style mad Grand ~ Wonderland style mad Wonderland style mad Because My Singing Monsters sing So must I For food, diamonds, relics, and crystals Daily breeding for eggs to awaken statues like Wublins These islands spin my mind in circles But even if I had millions in coins and monster compositions, when Would it be enough? I'll never know… It drives me crazy Waking up to its tunes It's grand & Wonderland style mad End Tribute by Melissa Smith: - Melzy of Wonderland on Youtube - Mel's Music on Spreaker, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Castbox, Deezer, Podcast Addict, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Facebook & - Melissa_Martinek_Smith on Instagram (AKA: MelsMusic)

I For most of us, our mortgage is the greatest liability we will ever have, and if you are near retirement and still carrying a mortgage, the decision to pay-off or not to pay-off may be a legitimate toss up. Donna discusses the decision making factors for those choosing whether to pay off their mortgage or put their money to work in the market. Also on MoneyTalk, our hosts go over the top 10 reasons to save more for retirement.Hosts: Donna Sowa Allard, CFP®, AIF® & Nathan Beauvais, CFP®, CIMA®; Air Date: 8/11/2023. Have a question for the hosts? Visit sowafinancial.com/moneytalk-radio to join the conversation!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Lillian Rafeldt discusses implementing ePortfolios in nursing, ethics, and the evolution of the practice. Lillian is a Professor of Nursing at Three Rivers Community College.Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/KdDuiG_1u-IFor more information about this podcast, please visit our podcast website using the link below:https://buff.ly/3SWPJDVListen on Apple Podcasts using the link below:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digication-scholars-conversations/id1538850043Follow us on Social Media!Twitter: https://buff.ly/3SXhzQHFacebook: https://buff.ly/3T0FtdZInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/makelearningvisible/Please visit our website at https://buff.ly/3rMBqWy#NursingEportfolio #MakeLearningVisible #DigicationScholars #digication #Eportfolio #nursing

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Did you know that standard wine packaging, including the bottle and the process, is 42% of the wine's total carbon footprint? That statistic is exactly what inspires Erica Landin-Lofving, Chief Sustainability Officer at Vintage Wine Estates to explore alternative packaging. Lightweight bottling positively impacts the full circle sustainability of wine from saving money on glass and transportation to the quality of work for the people lifting cases to less wear and tear on equipment. Erica covers challenges and solutions related to all types of alternative packaging (wine in a bag, wine in a box tetra pak, lightweight glass) including choosing the best packaging for your brand, quality signaling, getting leadership to buy in, what changes will be most sustainable, and educating consumers. References: 171: How to Farm Wine Grapes for Climate Change Alloy Wine Works How Climate Changes will Change the Wine Climate Is Wine in Cans Your New Favorite Format?  SIP Certified The Changing Landscape Of Sustainability (Video) Vineyard Team – Become a Member Vintage Wine Estates What does a sustainable water strategy look like in the wine industry? Why is sustainability now not a choice but a necessity? What does it mean for wine businesses? Get More Subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss an episode on the latest science and research with the Sustainable Winegrowing Podcast. Since 1994, Vineyard Team has been your resource for workshops and field demonstrations, research, and events dedicated to the stewardship of our natural resources. Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org.   Transcript Craig Macmillan  0:00  My guest today is Erica Lofving. She is Chief Sustainability Officer with Vintage Wine Estates. And we're going to talk about sustainable wine packaging today. Welcome to the podcast. Erica.   Erica Landin-Lofving  0:09  Thank you happy to be here.   Craig Macmillan  0:10  You have done a lot of work on sustainable packaging. It's obviously an area that not only you're interested to, but there's a major component to the work that you do with with Vintage Wine Estate. How did you get into it? What is your interest? What kinds of things you've worked on recently?   Erica Landin-Lofving  0:24  Well, I first got into sustainable packaging, maybe six, seven years. Back when I was still living in Sweden, I'm Swedish. I was consulting for the Swedish wine monopolies, Systembolaget. They are possibly the biggest buyer of wine in the world. And they have sustainability as a core issue. And they started lifting the packaging, and did lifecycle analysis together with the other Scandinavian monopolies and saw that packaging bottling and the process of doing it was up to 42% of the total carbon footprint of a wine, which is huge. Of course, they started focusing on on that because of course being big buyers, they can require changes in packaging of their buyers. So they launched projects on lightweighting bottles and alternative packaging, which they are still very strong and probably leading in the world. So that's that's when I got interested at that time, there was almost no discussion about packaging as part of sustainability and wine. We talked vineyards, vineyards, vineyards, maybe a little bit of winemaking, but packaging got ignored most of the sustainability certifications around the world don't even mention packaging, or didn't at least at that time. Actually, that was my project for the monopoly. I went through basically all the sustainability certifications around the world. Comlpex job. Let me tell you that.   Craig Macmillan  1:39  Yeah, I guess.   Erica Landin-Lofving  1:41  So of course, when I started at Vintage, I, you know, packaging was one of my key topics that I want to bring up. It was also really interesting to see we did a survey last year when we set our strategy I've been with Vintage for a year and a half. So one of my first things was to start collecting the information called a materiality analysis, basically pinpointing which areas are key sustainability areas. And as part of that, we did a survey in house and a lot of our staff were also interested in packaging, primary secondary packaging, and then of course, the waste of incoming packaging. So that that became one of our core core topics, and a very exciting one to be to be working on.   Craig Macmillan  2:22  For those of us who don't know what to what kind of companies of Vintage Wine Estates, what do they do?   Erica Landin-Lofving  2:28  Oh, yeah, Vintage Wine Estaes is a group we own 13 wineries, I believe and have 50 brands on top. Plus we do contract production for for external brands. We went public. Last June, June 20. June 22. It or is it 20 this year?   Craig Macmillan  2:47  Yeah. Oh, that's right. No, that's right. No, I do. Yeah. That was kind of a big deal.   Erica Landin-Lofving  2:53  It was a big deal. There aren't. Yeah, there aren't that many public public companies. So year and a half ago, we went public. Yeah, I know. That was that was part of the goal of of Pat Roney, our founder was to build a company to take public so that was definitely a big deal for the company. And we're continuing to grow. A lot of our brands, we will buy grapes, we buy juice, we even buy finished wines. So packaging is one of the sustainability aspects we can control there. For me, there's there's two big aspects to to packaging, of course, that the wine bottle is bigger than any of the other packaging considerations. The one that I'm most attached to is lightweighting. of glass, find alternative packaging is interesting. And so in Sweden, I think it's 56% of the wine sold by volume is in bag in box. But they are also big buyers of Tetra Pack, PET bottles, cans, wine and cans, and it becomes an interesting market to watch. I'm not completely positive to all the alternative packagings and we can we can get into that if they do have a much lower carbon footprint. But there are other considerations. I cans I am some fairly positive too. But let's dive into that separately. But I'm still a firm believer that the glass wine bottle is going to be our key wine packaging for the foreseeable future. However, this attachment that consumers and therefore producers have to heavy bottle being a signifier of quality of the wine, we've got to let that go. That is that got outdated when we set the Paris, Paris climate goals like that's it has nothing to do with the quality of the wine. This is part of the message that is finally slowly catching hold. And it's gone a lot further in Europe professionally in Scandinavia than it has in the US still, but I believe that we're heading that direction. I've started seeing articles on the negative aspects of a heavyweight bottle in New York Times ,Wall Street Journal,Wine Enthusiast and when that starts coming, it's like we're starting to get that message into the mainstream. It is going to bring change. Fancy wine wants to be sold in a heavy bottle still,   Craig Macmillan  4:59  Based on On that basis, we're now getting national non wine press paying attention to this a little bit. Do you think there might be a groundswell of public interest attitude belief that might put some pressure on wineries to reduce their glass weight to go to a lighter weight package?   Erica Landin-Lofving  5:15  I believe so I believe we're in the early days of it still, I think the people that we're going to reach first are the wine connoisseurs that read those newspapers, magazines, and want to be part of early adopters who want to show that they know something, as well as the millennial consumer who is not as concerned with tradition, and is very concerned with environmental aspects and more knowledgeable in general on on environmental impact. I think those are the two groups that will start making the change from two directions.   Craig Macmillan  5:45  Now, do you think that there is a curve of this behavior that's related to price, so somebody's going to buy a $100 bottle of wine in a traditional dead leaf green Berg bottle as opposed to a big heavy deep punt? You know, I've been doing some analysis, you can have a bottle that's say 400 grams, or you can have a bottle of over 1000 grams big difference? Am I going to pay the same for 400? As opposed to 1000? Do you think?   Erica Landin-Lofving  6:12  I think you will, when you understand why I mean for 400 is still an extremely lightweight bottle. 420 grams is kind of what the international wine industry has set as the limit for true lightweight bottle in the US. I know a lot of producers who speak about eco weight or lightweight and they mean 470 to 490 grams, I've started speaking in terms of true lightweight as something under 420. Those bottles do feel quite light, I think they will be their shoo ins for anything under $20. But I think for for these $100 bottles, moving them from the 900 Gram 32 ounce massive pieces down to more normal weight, like 500 500 grams, we should be able to do that. And again, this is where we're New York Times and Wall Street Journal's writing matters the most because they reach that consumer, when the first adopters there, start understanding this, they might react negatively to one of those super heavy bottles. I do now. I mean, this has been something I've been I've been looking at for a long time. But now if I lift a bottle and it's a 900 gram bottle, I just say like, seriously, why? Why would I want to buy this? Also, why would I want to drag this home and then drag it to recycling?   Craig Macmillan  7:24  Well, I think that you're absolutely right, that once we get below about a $20 retail price point, the lightweighting seems to be kind of a no brainer. As we push up. Hopefully that message will get out I think from a sustainability standpoint. But I also do wonder how far that can kind of go. Right. I remember, this is how old I am. I remember when very expensive Napa Cabernets came in a straight sided forest green Bordeaux bottle with a just a big square paper label on it and a very cheap foil. Now I don't think I could get $100 for that package. Even there's been a lot of work that's been done. And if I understand it correctly, this is you know, social psych stuff. If you give a consumer two bottles, one's heavy one's lighter, you say this is the same product even? Which what will you pay? Their willingness to pay is higher for the heavier package? Yeah, if that's true, right. That's a tough psychology to ignore.   Erica Landin-Lofving  8:20  That's a tough psychology to ignore.   Craig Macmillan  8:22  So some of it, I think, is consumer level. But I'd also like to hear a little bit on what's going on behind the scenes on the production side, what kinds of conversations ideas, potential is there because it seems like there might be some work to do there on the marketing side. But there's some work to do. Maybe behind the scenes side.   Erica Landin-Lofving  8:36  We'll just say that imagine that they were doing this test again. But that the test subjects had been given an article to read that said that the environmental impact of the bottle was the biggest contributor to the carbon footprint of the wine, how many of them their mind, and that's what I believe is the key. I think as long as the consumer does not know this difference, we will see a preference for the heavier bottles, the more that information disseminates into the marketplace, the more impact it will have. I will also say that so behind the scenes, one of the calculations that I'm doing is that I have a much bigger impact taking a SKU that has 300,000 case production and moving it from 500 grams to 400 grams. Then I do taking a SKU that's in a seven 750 gram bottle and moving it to 400 grams, but the production is only 1000 cases or even even less. So for that reason, my focus and our internal discussions center around the big volume wines. That said there there are bigger volume wines that come in those super heavy bottles. I For me, it's the super heavy bottles. We've got to watch out there because while I would like to make the move purely from a sustainability perspective, there is the marketing risk, but there's also a risk of not making the change. because I'll just tell you when I was in Sweden last time now Sweeden, as I said, much further along than the US market when it comes to consumer understanding of sustainability and an interest in sustainability. I went into the store and I was asking for advice on something cool and something high end. And the guy picked out two bottles, and he said, Oh, this one is great. This is Niepoort I, you know, I love this wine. 10 years of age for selling it aged, which is, you know, not always easy to find in a store. He said, but you might not want it. It's a super heavy bottle. And I said, Oh, why do you think I might not want it now? The sustainability impact is is pretty big. I don't know. I've had people hesitate. I was like, wow. They advised me away from a really cool wine because it's an a heavy bottle. And and I liked that. I know that I know that Jancis Robinson, for example, called out Joe Wryneck iIn South Africa, great producer, amazing wines, and definitely a sustainability champion. And this was a couple of years ago, you know, in in her magazine, she said you can't have accountability, profiling, make these beautiful wines, and put them in a super heavy bottle, if the message doesn't add up. And again, the more we get that, the more you're going to have high end consumers turn away from these bottles and be like, nope, gotta gotta change that.   Craig Macmillan  11:19  Maybe we're getting groundswell on both sides. Now, I want to get technical, I've done some of this work myself and feel like I have failed miserably. Probably not entirely true. But tell me about your methodology when you're looking at this with glass and you're trying to get a carbon footprint sense, because what I'm guessing when you're telling me what you're doing is you want to come back to management ownership and say, Hey, this is how much reduction we have in ourCO2 equivalent. Is that fair is that by alright?   Erica Landin-Lofving  11:46  Let's be completely fair, the the message to leadership is, this is how much we're saving on glass. And this is the sustainability messaging we can attach to it. But you know, the savings, CO2 reduction, for a lightweight bottle will almost always come at a lower price point. For us. One of the challenges has been finding really nice quality molds with perfect stability and stability. I don't mean to make the wine stable. I mean, we have some high speed bottling lines, we don't want it to crush in the bottling line, or we're losing speed. So finding these really nice looking molds, making sure that they're not shorter and smaller, we had a launch with 100 gram bottle on the on the Canadian market, it was shorter. We did not want to bring that to the to the US market.   Craig Macmillan  12:29  Well, why not? Oh,   Erica Landin-Lofving  12:30  The funny thing is you, you get a surprising number of people writing in saying, Hey, you're cheating me out of wine, I see this bottomless is smaller than a regular wine bottle. Right?   Craig Macmillan  12:40  Right. Yeah.   Erica Landin-Lofving  12:42  Especially the amount of it just didn't look looked nice on the shelf. But it makes me makes me laugh. And it makes me also understand the the millions of packaging said had that say this, you know, this package was full at the transport and items might have settled or things like that, because I understand that those companies were getting callbacks, saying, Hey, you're cheating me out of product. It still needs to look nice, then you have the calculation on saving on glass cost. But then you also get the calculations on saving in other parts of the production, which include transportation, because if you do have your bottles, a lot of our trucks aren't physically full, they are at their weight capacity, you lower the wine bottle weight, and you can load that truck to capacity before before hitting the weight limit. That's a saving right there. It's also an additional carbon carbon saving that I might not calculate. I would love it if I sat on all the data to do that. But I know that there is a gain there. But also things like throughout the supply chain, when you have people handling it, it's better for the for the people, it's better for the people who are lifting those cases. And if that's our crew, or if it is if it is the crew in the store or or logistics company, there's less wear and tear on people. I would personally if I was working in a wine store rather restock shelves with with the lightweight bottles or lighter weight bottles and those super heavy ones.   Craig Macmillan  14:05  Part of my job is I work in the tasting room. And it's amazing as a server, you know what a huge difference it makes, just carrying stuff from place to place and you can't tell whether something's full or not because of the weight of the glass is darn close to the weight of the wine, you know, it's drinking sense. So yes, absolutely. We do need to take that into account. There's wear and tear on people and there's efficiency questions. I think the mechanization question is a good one depending on which direction you're gonna go, what kind of molds you have and how fast you're trying to do it.   Erica Landin-Lofving  14:35  The super heavy mold so we're talking like the 32 ounce mold that's also wear and tear on equipment and extra energy for the for the forklifts and trucks transporting it around. I'm not at the level where I'm doing calculations on that but definitely in the bottling line running a 32 ounce bottle this is going to be rough around the mechanics. And again, lifting it with a forklift is going to take more energy I mean In basic physics, you might not know the exact gain from a lighter weight bottle. But there's definitely gains throughout.   Craig Macmillan  15:07  You mentioned it before. And this is a really interesting question because there's a winery that I'm familiar with, that's in the oh, golly, 25 to $75 retail range with their products at least. And they just brought out a bag and box product.   Erica Landin-Lofving  15:22  Tablets Creek?   Craig Macmillan  15:23  Maybe.   Erica Landin-Lofving  15:26  I love those guys. I really...   Craig Macmillan  15:30  I think we can leave that in the podcast, can't we?   Erica Landin-Lofving  15:34  It was a was three liter.   Craig Macmillan  15:36  I'm sorry, yes, three litre, and was a customer who brought this to me because we were talking about these issues. And they said, hey, you know, I just saw this product. Maybe I'm not gonna put super high end wines, really expensive wines. I mean, I don't want to have a $400 box product and then say, okay, you gotta drink all four bottles necessarily. But how many future do you think there is for that, or one liter turbo pack packaging and that kind of thing.   Erica Landin-Lofving  15:57  With those alternativepackagings, I'll just list the ones that I would look at. One is Tetra Pak, usually one liter, can be 77, or 750 milliliters to the PT plastic bottle, which is very often same size as a regular wine bottle. Aluminum can which can be between 25 centimeters and 33 centimeters. Generally, you have the wine pouch, which is the one and a half liter and the wine pouch is more or less like the inside of bag and box, it's usually a little bit thicker. And then you have the bag and box, which is generally three liters. I've seen two liters, frequently as well, the bag and box. As I said, it's 56% or more of the Swedish market by volume. It's popular as well in places like Norway, Finland, partially because it brings down the price of wine a little bit, but it's also growing a lot in France, supermarket sales.   Craig Macmillan  16:48  What kind of price points are we talking here? I know that I know. We're talking about years and things.   Unknown Speaker  16:53  Yeah, so I would say for three liter box, which is the equivalent of four bottles, I would say most of them lasted between 20 and $40. So at $40 because you have a lower packaging cost, lower lower handling cost, so on. So at $40 It's not a $10 bottle of wine. It's a $15 bottle of wine. I mean, it's not high end high end, but it's not bad wine either. What Tablas did launching $100 $100 box, so $25 a bottle. That was that was unusual, and it was a great PR thing and it got got people talking, I don't believe we're going to see mass market boxes in that price range. But I definitely think that there should be more 30 $40 boxes. There's one advantage of the bag in box, which is of course it's really just take one glass, it's also really easy to take three glasses not notice that you're taking three glasses every night. So you know, two sides, two sides to that. But it's a it's a pretty convenient format. And it's gone from being something that people hide in Sweden to something that you actually you know, you have people over for dinner, you put it out, maybe you poured into craft to make it look nicer. But it's it's not something that the mainstream consumer hides anymore. Maybe the wine geeks still shy away from it. Carbon footprint of wine in pouch or wine in bag and box is once we say it's it's less than a fourth of a lightweight bottle per liter equivalent.   Craig Macmillan  18:19  Wow. And huge.   Less than 1/6  of a traditional glass bottle at 540 grams.   Wow.   Erica Landin-Lofving  18:27  So yeah, it's big   Craig Macmillan  18:29  That's very attractive.   Erica Landin-Lofving  18:31  So let me tell you what I don't like about t.   Craig Macmillan  18:32  Yes, please do.   Erica Landin-Lofving  18:34  And honestly for you know, for your general consumer who consumes their wine within days or a week of buying it and who buys at the $15 price point. Sure. Go for the box. What I don't like about it is plastic recycling in the US is still pretty limited. So that pouch does not necessarily get recycled, which means plastic production and landfill. Don't love that. And then of course, most of the plastic pouches have a petroleum base. So fossil fossil base, you can you can weigh that against the carbon footprint and see what what it's important to you. The other thing is when I worked as a wine writer, many years back since we had so many quality wines and seven saying like 15 $20 wines in both box and bottle, maybe not $20 wines but let's say $15 We would as journalists, we would sometimes go and we would buy the same wine in bottle and the same by wine in box and make a comparison and 80% of the wines tasted tasted a little bit better in bottle 20% of the wines tasted better in the box and they were usually the ones who would have in the bottle needed a little bit age a little bit less sulfur or somehow just breathe more. Because it's not inert. That pouch is not inert. While the Swedish monopoly says it has says six month in six months there's no problem with a with a bag and box. I would like to do taste tests on. I think maybe what they're checking that acid and sulfur levels and VA and things like that aren't actually changing. But I do believe that there are some sensory changes over time.   Craig Macmillan  20:12  Interesting. What about cans.   Erica Landin-Lofving  20:13  Oooh I like cans.   Craig Macmillan  20:15  Aluminum is very attractive from recycling standpoint, it's one of the one thing that we seem to be able to do fairly well out in the US compared to plastic of things.   Unknown Speaker  20:23  I'll call out the US. So let's just say that glass recycling percentage in Scandinavia is 98 to 99%. In the US, the recycling rate is 31.1% for glass and in California and step up towards 60 beer and soft drink cans. So that's where we can classify wine cans to the recycling rate. It's actually 50. A little bit over 50% In the US, so isn't terrible. It's still almost half of Scandinavia, which is again 98%. But let's just say it's, it's not it's not terrible. So yes, it's decently easy to recycle. The carbon footprint is about twice that of a pouch or bag and box, but still, then less than half way less than half of lightweight glass bottle and about a third, a little less than a third of a standard weight bottle. So, so good. I liked the format. I can't I can't help it. I'm, I'm a bonafide wine geek. I drink the fun stuff. I like that. It's a small, small package. I like that it's very easy to transport. It is inert. It does have that little tiny plastic lining sometimes but I just think you can play with it. You can put fun wines in it if it doesn't suit all wines. And not all wines are good drinking from the county there. But I think it's a great packaging, especially for newer consumers, millennial consumers who aren't so stuffy about how things are supposed to be done. But you know, rosacea, white wines, orange wines, sparkling wines, lighter quaffable reds, and some fun packaging to go with it. Say like, why not? I like it. We we have one we have Alloy Alloy comes in cans. And we've done some specially can projects for festivals. But isn't it a nice format. I mean, if you're going to go to a festival or a picnic, and you're drinking out of plastic glass anyway, so you might as well just bring a can. I think it's a way for the wine industry to also tap into all those people that are drinking spiked kombucha and hard ciders and who are you know, necessarily dragging my bottle around.   Craig Macmillan  22:32  Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I was a long time ago. But I forget the name of the product. There was an Australian product that came out and it was in a half size can. And you see sodas occasionally in this like smaller can. And I thought it was really interesting. And then I met an Australian winemaker who was visiting. And I asked him about it. And if he was familiar, he was oh, yeah, absolutely. Everybody loves those things are everywhere. It was like really knows, yeah, you don't need to take the thing. You dump it in your cooler and you put a bunch of ice over it. And anyway to the barbecue you are set. It's easy. It's great.   Erica Landin-Lofving  23:01  I do think a key thing is putting in like quality stuff.   Craig Macmillan  23:04  That's the question then is what's the quality level that we can kind of get to.   Erica Landin-Lofving  23:08  I think like a sweet spot a 10. A $10 canister is nice. Like don't make it the crap wines I want I want a little bit better quality and a little more fun ones and actually suitable to natural wines, natural wines to both from a style stylistic perspective. And also because you have to reduce your you can't add as much sulfur to to a canned wine or it becomes productive. So you have to adjust your..   Craig Macmillan  23:32  Yeah, we we keep coming back to millennials. And so I kind of want to wrap wrap this up on this topic. Again, based on your experience, your view, you obviously are on top of this, because you mentioned it several times. How much of a difference is there generally generationally in interest, and maybe even willingness to pay just the sustainability topic? For folks. It sounds like Millennials are much more interested in do more research on this than maybe the folks that from later or earlier generations. You see that continuing?   Erica Landin-Lofving  24:10  Yeah, yeah, definitely. It's with with younger generations, and I mean, I'm on the cusp of that myself. There's definitely more interest. And they are better at calling out BS too. They might, you know, they're not going to dig into every every number, but they they want a credible story and they want sustainability to be part of the story that you are telling about your wine. And yeah, I mean, they it's definitely one of the things that makes me hopeful is the more consumers is that we have a problem reaching them as one consumers but if we can pull them into the fold, one way of pulling them into the fold of wine lovers is actually To, to show this connection to the earth that we have in wine, I mean are seriously our product is so much more natural than a lot of the stuff that sold us, you know, no additives, no super sustainable, no carbon footprint, whatever they're selling it as it's still like a manufactured product in a, in a more synthetic way we have a direct connection to land, I think we need to communicate that to them. And part of that communication needs to it needs to consider sustainability that we are stewards of our land.   Craig Macmillan  25:29  So maybe just to editorialize for a second maybe not only on an individual level to individual wine companies, but maybe it's an industry wide, we need to do a better a better job messaging sustainability, and communicating to the consumer, especially apparently the millennial, what we're about what we do in in some of what our kind of standard practices are I you know, I mean, I remember when I first started farming years and years and years ago, the idea of cover crops was a little bit iffy. And I had one friend of mine, and he tried it, he says, you know, I'm farming two crops, I can barely farm one crop, and I'm farming two now, minimum and many years later. It's everywhere you just, of course you do you know, why wouldn't you? You know that so those changes there. Now it's a practice that I think it's an important practice that if people realize what's involved and why people do it, I think it could be very, very beneficial. Kind of wrapping up what one piece of advice or message or idea would you like to communicate to, let's say, winery owner or management or whatever on this topic, what's the one piece of like advice that you would have?   Erica Landin-Lofving  26:30  Well, I guess we've spent the last half hour talking about it, but it is definitely to consider the full scope of your packaging as part of your core sustainability work. Lift your eyes from just the Vinyard. It's super important, but include the winery and definitely include packaging, primary and secondary packaging and see what you can improve. Start asking questions, start asking your suppliers for information, ask your glass producer, what their coolest content is the recycled content, just start getting an understanding of what sustainable wine packaging is and how you can implement it and start communicating it to your customers, the more of us that tell the customer that these super heavyweight bottles are actually not an environmentally beneficial way of selling wine, the quicker the consumer is going to catch that and you know, what if you don't care at all about the environmental footprint, care about your your costs of goods, and help the rest of us get that message.   Craig Macmillan  27:24  Because one of the E's is economy economics, right? And that's part of the picture and controlling my costs is huge. Where can people find out more about you?   Erica Landin-Lofving  27:33  Oh, geez, I was to say I'm all over the internet. I've been a writer on other podcasts and speaking probably Google my name I there's not that many Erica Lofving spelled LOFVING in wine out there. My name is we Landin. So half of my articles are in Swedish. But you can you could probably find out online and feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn if you want to have a dialogue about anything.   Craig Macmillan  27:58  Fantastic. Wonderful. Our guest today has been Erica laughing. She's Chief Sustainability Officer with Vintage Wine Estates. Thank you for being the guest today. It's been a really fascinating conversation. And I look forward to talk to you again. Let's meet you in person at some point.   Erica Landin-Lofving  28:11  Thanks for having a good podcast. I always enjoy listening to the people. You're interviewing so much knowledge out in the wine industry.   Craig Macmillan  28:18  There really is. There's just a lot of richness and that's one thing that I love about doing this is meeting people like yourself and hearing perspectives and information I never otherwise would have gotten.   Transcribed by https://otter.ai

February 26 2023 Sunday T. Stacy Hayes  Week 7 / You're His Child My Vision My vision is to teach the world Who They Are In Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior! To Teach them what the Bible says about them and who they have been made to be in the promises of God's Word. This changed my life years ago and completely transformed me from a person full of doubt, fear and unbelief to a strong confident Christian that knows I can do anything through Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior. And I'm determined to teach the world what God has taught and commissioned me to teach and that is His Word.  That commission takes me to jails and detention centers weekly along with other open doors at many churches and ministries that are wanting to teach these important truths to the world. My podcast goes out 6 days a week to help the people I am ministering to grow in the truths that God has taught me for many years now. 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The United States Supreme Court's June 2022 Opinion in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District marked a potential sea change for the considerations school districts must account for in relation to employee private religious expression in the school context, whether as a matter of constitutional free speech rights vs. regulation of employee speech, free exercise of religion, or the Establishment Clause.  With the benefit of several months and almost half a school year to consider the impacts and ramifications of Kennedy, host Sloan Simmons talks with Michelle Cannon and Kendra Tovey on their understanding of Kennedy's immediate and anticipated potential impacts, as well as options and challenges for school districts looking ahead. Show Notes & References 2:06 – Kennedy v. Bremerton School District case background (Client News Brief 31 - July 2022) 5:09 – Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) 403 U.S. 602 8:05 – Facts focused on by Supreme Court in the majority opinion 10:42 – Garcetti v. Ceballos (2006) 547 U.S. 410 11:16 – Johnson v. Poway Unified School Dist. (9th Cir. 2011) 658 F.3d 954 13:30 – Three clauses of the First Amendment – U.S. Const., amend. I     For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.

Try and find the good in everything today! -------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Here is your challenge: Be in action by staying put!-------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Here is your challenge: find a deserving someone and tip them $50. You will be so pleased with their reaction! -------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Reminder: keep going, no matter what. You will always come out on top of you choose.-------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Your challenge today is to try a little harder to be the best version of yourself!-------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Happy Halloween! Have a wonderful and safe holiday! Spread some spookiness to your friends and family today! -------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Authentic true feedback is worth a million bucks. Find someone who can be truthful to you today! -------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Here is your challenge, take a risk today and give it your all. You never know what you might accomplish.-------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Your challenge today: Leave others better than you found them. Do this by just being You on your best day.-------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Put yourself into action today. Try and go the extra mile with all your tasks.-------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Be the first today, it could something big or something small, but be the first today!-------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Make sure that everyone you meet leaves better than they came. Practice kindness! -------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Giving up is a choice, don't make that choice today! -------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Don't complain about the little things today and look at every situation as a new opportunity!-------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Challenge: Today spend some time with a dog. -------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Don't give up even on your worst day! Keep on going! -------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

You know struggle is all part of the process right? Remember don't let struggles defeat you! -------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Let silence be your friend! What can you learn from enjoying the peace and quiet?-------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Try something new today, be the jack of all trades.-------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Stand out from the crowd today, by being your true self! Don't hold back! -------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

What magic are you going to do today?-------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Today do little acts of kindness, can you accept the challenge? -------------------May your morning begin shattering expectations right out of the gate. I hope my message brings a smile to your face. May you gain knowledge, become inspired, or collect a trivial fact that you might use in a contest someday.I------------For the past 30 years, I've changed my phone message EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's a daily activity, as automatic as brushing my teeth.​ I actually do 2 unique messages daily: one on my cell phone and one on my landline. The time has come to share them. (Perhaps the time has come to get rid of my landline? :)#youonyourbestday #tsp #truthfulspecificpositivefeedback #livewithgusto #livewithexcellence #communicationexcellence #leadershipexcellence #itsshowtime #selfawareness #motivate #inspire #motivationalspeaker #corporatecoach #communicationsspecialist #selfawarenessspecialist

Dr. Homer Tien is a trauma surgeon at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. We were so excited to have him on the show because of the incredible work that he has done in multiple leadership roles, more recently as the president and CEO of ornge, Ontario's air ambulance and transport service. Largely because of the amazing work he had done with ornge, Dr. Tien was also made in charge of the COVID19 vaccine distribution task force back in April 2021. This was a conversation about trauma care, paramedic services, and air ambulances, but even more importantly, we got to hear Dr. Tien's insights on leadership. Links: 1. Preventable Deaths From Hemorrhage at a Level I Canadian Trauma Center. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernando-Spencer-Netto/publication/6585292_Preventable_Death_From_Hemorrhage_at_a_Level_I_Canadian_Trauma_Center/links/5a1d4cd50f7e9b2a5317123c/Preventable-Death-From-Hemorrhage-at-a-Level-I-Canadian-Trauma-Center.pdf 2. Ornge. https://www.ornge.ca/home 3. Amid third wave, U of T's Homer Tien takes over province's COVID-19 vaccine task force: CBC. https://www.utoronto.ca/news/amid-third-wave-u-t-s-homer-tien-takes-over-province-s-covid-19-vaccine-task-force-cbc 4. Clinical handover from emergency medical services to the trauma team: A gap analysis. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33084560/ 5. Operation Remote Immunity 3.0 wraps up after coordinating nearly 200 vaccine clinics in 29 remote and isolated communities. https://www.canada.ca/en/indigenous-services-canada/news/2022/02/operation-remote-immunity-30-wraps-up-after-coordinating-nearly-200-vaccine-clinics-in-29-remote-and-isolated-communities.html Bio: Tien earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Queen's University in 1989.In 1992, he graduated with a Doctor of Medicine from McMaster University. He then pursued residency training in family medicine before obtaining his Independent Practice Certificate in 1993. His training was sponsored by the Canadian Forces. After training, he was then posted with the Field Ambulance at CFB Petawawa, and served as the unit medical officer for the 1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment. While at RCR, he deployed to Croatia on Operation Harmony. He then deployed to Bosnia with IFOR on Operation Alliance. He then served with Canadian special forces at Dwyer Hill Training Centre as their first unit medical officer. He has also deployed to the Golan Heights, and has worked with Veterans Affairs in the recovery of RCAF airmen missing from World War II, in the Burma recovery mission. He later underwent four years of further residency training in general surgery via the Canadian Forces and the University of Toronto from 1998 to 2002. As a Canadian Forces surgeon, he also deployed to the NATO-led multinational stabilization force in Bosnia in 2003, to Kabul with ISAF in 2004, and multiple times to the Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit in Kandahar. In 2007, he earned a Master of Science in clinical epidemiology from the University of Toronto. He is currently the president and CEO of Ornge, an air ambulance non-profit based on Ontario. He also holds the rank of colonel in the Canadian Forces Health Services, associate professorship at the University of Toronto,and was the former director of Trauma Services at Sunnybrook's Tory Regional Trauma Centre. He is the first to hold the Canadian Forces Major Sir Frederick Banting Term Chair in Military Trauma Research. In April 2021, Tien was appointed to head Ontario's COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force for Phase 2 of the rollout

Dros Ginio Beti a Raymond Mam a mab o Ddyffryn Nantlle yng Ngwynedd oedd gwesteion Dewi Llwyd bnawn Llun. Y cyn Aelod Seneddol Betty Williams a'i mab, y Rhingyll , neu Sarjant, Raymond Williams sy'n gweithio i Heddlu Gogledd Cymru. Cyn Aelod Seneddol - Former Member of Parliament Yn hen gyfarwydd - Very familiar Llwyddiant ysgubol - A roaring success Petrusgar - Hesitant Y naill a'r llall - One or the other Trychineb - Disaster Ffasiwn beth - Such a thing Am wn i - As far as I know Serth - Steep Brwdfrydig - Enthusiastic ABC Y Geiriadur Raymond Williams a'i fam Betty yn sôn am ran Raymond yn y gyfres Y Llinell Las. Taith drwy'r wyddor yng nghwmni Ifor ap Glyn ydy ABC y Geiriadur, i ddathlu canmlwyddiant Geiriadur y Brifysgol - geiriadur mwya Cymru. Mae'r geiriadur ar gael ar-lein erbyn hyn ,ac mae o am ddim! Mae'r awdures Manon Steffan Ross yn gwneud defnydd mawr o'r geiriadur ar-lein fel buodd hi'n sôn wrth Ifor… Canmlwyddiant - Centenary Penodol - Specific Gweddu - To suit Antur - Adventure Cyd-destun - Context Amaethyddol - Agricultural Mynediad i'r bydoedd - Access to the worlds Dylsa - Dylai Stiwdio Phyllis Kinney Yr awdures Manon Steffan Ross oedd honna'n sôn am sut mae hi'n defnyddio'r Geiriadur ar-lein wrth sgwennu ei cholofn yn Golwg. Dydd Llun y 4ydd o Orffennaf mi roedd Phyllis Kinney yn dathlu ei phen-blwydd yn 100 oed, a buodd ei merch, Eluned Evans yn sôn wrth Nia Roberts am ddyddiau cynnar ei Mam yn America. Mae cerddoriaeth wastad wedi bod yn rhan enfawr o fywyd Phyllis ers ei dyddiau cynnar yn Pontiac, Michigan. Mi roedd Phyllis a'i gŵr Meredydd Evans, wrth gwrs, yn awdurdod ar ganu gwerin Cymraeg. Awdurdod ar ganu gwerin - An authority on folk music Graddau di-rif - Many degrees Meistr mewn cyfansoddi - Masters in Composing Sbarduno - To inspire Parchedig - Reverend Cyflwyniad - Introduction Ddaru hi - Wnaeth hi Gweinidog - Minister Trwy gyfrwng - Through the medium of Emynau - Hymns Gwneud Bywyd Yn Haws - Aids A phen-blwydd hapus iawn i Phyllis Kinney ynde, yn gant oed ac yn ôl ei merch mewn hwyliau da iawn. Ar Gwneud Bywyd yn Haws yr wythnos hon buodd Hanna Hopwood a'i gwesteion yn nodi pedwar deg mlynedd ers buodd farw'r Cymro Terrence Higgins – un o'r bobl cynta ym Mhrydain i farw o salwch yn gysylltiedig ag AIDS. Dyma i chi ran o sgwrs rhwng Hanna a Mark Lewis sydd yn Uwch Swyddog Polisi i Grŵp HIV ac AIDS Aelodau Seneddol San Steffan . Dyma'r ddau yn sôn am bodlediad newydd A Positive Life sydd ar gael ar BBC Sounds . Yn gysylltiedig ag - Associated with San Steffan - Westminster Holl bwysig a chanolog - All important and central Tyfu lan - Tyfu fyny Hoyw - Gay Cwato - Cuddio Bore Cothi Elinor Ychydig o hanes Terrence Higgins yn fan'na ar Gwneud Bywyd yn Haws. Elinor Staniforth o Gaerdydd fuodd yn siarad efo Heledd Cynwal ar Bore Cothi. Dechreuodd Elinor ddysgu Cymraeg yn 2019 ac mae hi wedi derbyn swydd fel Tiwtor Cymraeg efo Dysgu Cymraeg Gogledd Orllewin ym Mhrifysgol Bangor. Dyma hi'n esbonio pam dechreuodd hi ddysgu'r iaith… TGAU - GCSE Rhydychen - Oxford Tanio - To fire Pam lai - Why not Cymdeithasu - To socialise Yn llythrennol - Literally Bore Cothi Llangollen A phob lwc i Elinor ynde, yn ei swydd newydd efo Dysgu Cymraeg Gogledd Orllewin Prifysgol Bangor. Mae Eisteddfod Ryngwladol Llangollen yn ôl ar ôl y cyfnod clo. Mi fydd y dre yn llawn lliw efo cantorion a dawnswyr o bob rhan o'r byd yn cystadlu yn y pafiliwn. Mae'r gyflwynwraig Sian Thomas wedi bod yn arwain y llwyfan cystadlu ers rhai blynyddoedd. Beth sy'n arbennig am yr Eisteddfod hon felly? Cantorion - Singers Rhyngwladol - International Cyflwynwraig - Female presenter Melin ddŵr - Water mil Prydferth - Pretty Ar gyrion - On the outskirts Tyle - Hill Cwympo mas - To fall out Cytûn - In harmony Atseinio - To echo Dyletswyddau - Duties

The role of National Poet of Wales is demanding: ‘to represent the diverse cultures and languages of Wales at home and abroad, take poetry to new audiences, encourage others to use their creative voice to inspire positive change, be an ambassador for the people of Wales, advocating for the right to be creative and spread the message that literature belongs to everyone.' Front Row will reveal who will be taking up that challenge, announcing who will be following Ifor ap Glyn as the new National Poet for Wales and talk to them about the role, their work and ambitions. A new exhibition at The Freud Museum in London entitled, Lucian Freud: The Painter and his Family features paintings, drawings, family photographs, books and letters. Front Row speaks to the curator, Martin Gayford about this highly personal exhibition which includes items never, or rarely seen artefacts from Lucian Freud's life. The future of The Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro is now uncertain because of a change in how the local county council is funding culture. We hear from councillor Carol Mould and Bryony Robins, the Artistic Director of the Royal Cornwall Museum. The composer Laura Bowler and librettist Laura Lomas discuss The Blue Woman - their new opera for the Royal Opera House which explores the psychological impact of violence against women. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Kirsty McQuire Main Image The Painter's Mother Resting (1975-76) Copyright: The Lucien Freud Archive All Rights Reserved 2022/Bridgeman Images.

This content is for Members only. Come and join us by subscribing here In the meantime, here's some more details about the show: It's a warm welcome then to the man himself: Dr. Brad Stone - the JazzWeek Programmer of the Year 2017, who's here every Thursday to present The Creative Source - a two hour show, highlighting jazz-fusion and progressive jazz flavours from back then, the here and now, plus occasional forays into the future. Please feel free to get in touch with Brad with any comments or suggestions you might have; he'll be more than happy to hear from you: brad@soulandjazz.com or follow him via Facebook or Twitter. Enjoy! The Creative Source 23rd June 2022 Artist - Track - Album - Year NYO Jazz    Oyelo    We're Still Here    2022 David Benoit    Cabin Fever    A Midnight Rendezvous    2022 Peck Allmond Quartet feat. Ed Kelly    Tenor Madness    Live at Yoshi's 1994    2022 Felipe Salles    Toe Tappin' Tasty    Tiyo's Songs of Life    2022 Jean Fineberg & Jazzphoria    Away With Words    Jean Fineberg & Jazzphoria    2022 The Richard Braithwaite Quintet    Precious Mercy    Monk & Other Music    2022 Snorre Kirk Quartet w/Stephen Riley    The Grind    Going Up    2021 The Paxton/Spangler Septet    Part of a Whole    Ugqozi    2022 ARC Trio and the John Daversa Big Band    Red and Gold    Arceology: The Music of MSM Schmidt    2022 Dan Schnelle    Spaceman Spiff    Shine Thru    2022 Matt Slocum    Precipice    With Love and Sadness    2022 Alan Pasqua/Peter Erskine/Derek Oles    Dear Chick    Live in Italy    2022 Megumi Yonezawa    Lone Winds Blow    Resonance    2022 Helge Lien Trio    Spiral Circle    Revisited    2022 The Margaret Slovak Trio    Flowers for Marie    Ballad for Brad    2021 Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet    For the Love of Fire and Water (Pt. I)    For the Love of Fire and Water    2022 The post The Creative Source (#CreativeSource) – 23rd June 2022 appeared first on SoulandJazz.com | Stereo, not stereotypical ®.

Happy Thursday to you! Two quick things to share.I will be at the Campbell Road church of Christ in Garland, TX June 17th-19th. Friday night at 7pm. Saturday beginning at 10:30am. And Sunday beginning at 9am. Come join us as we sing and pray and study renovating our spirits to go on beautiful missions of mercy in Jesus' mighty name.Today I want to share with you one of the most beautifully encouraging songs I've ever heard. Everything God has made around us, and everything God did in sending His Son, declares His glory beyond comprehension. Today we hope to be grateful. And to look at the planets proclaiming His majesty and say "So Will I." Look at the extend Jesus went to honor the will of God and love those around Him and humbly proclaim "So. Will. I."God of creationThere at the startBefore the beginning of timeWith no point of referenceYou spoke to the darkAnd fleshed out the wonder of lightAnd as You speakA hundred billion galaxies are bornIn the vapour of Your breath the planets formIf the stars were made to worship, so will II can see Your heart in everything You've madeEvery burning starA signal fire of graceIf creation sings Your praises, so will IGod of Your promiseYou don't speak in vainNo syllable empty or voidFor once You have spokenAll nature and scienceFollow the sound of Your voiceAnd as You speakA hundred billion creatures catch Your breathEvolving in pursuit of what You saidIf it all reveals Your nature so will II can see Your heart in everything You sayEvery painted skyA canvas of Your graceIf creation still obeys You, so will ISo will ISo will IIf the stars were made to worship, so will IIf the mountains bow in reverence, so will IIf the oceans roar Your greatness, so will IFor if everything exists to lift You high, so will IIf the wind goes where You send it, so will IIf the rocks cry out in silence, so will IIf the sum of all our praises still falls shyThen we'll sing again a hundred billion timesGod of salvationYou chased down my heartThrough all of my failure and prideOn a hill You createdThe Light of the worldAbandoned in darkness to dieAnd as You speakA hundred billion failures disappearWhere You lost Your life so I could find it hereIf You left the grave behind You, so will II can see Your heart in everything You've doneEvery part designed in a work of art called loveIf You gladly chose surrender, so will II can see Your heart, a billion different waysEvery precious one, a child You died to saveAnd if You gave Your life to love them so will ILike You would again a hundred billion timesBut what measure could amount to Your desire?You're the One who never leaves the one behind

Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 4 - Symbolism, Romanticism, Nihilism And A Dissonant Ending!   Hi, I'm Christy Shriver. We're here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I'm Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our final episode in our four-part series of Kate Chopin's masterpiece The Awakening.  There is a lot layered in such a short book.  In episode 1, we discuss Chopin's life, we introduce the concept of “local color” and we arrive on the colorful shores of a summer resort village in Grand Isle, Louisiana.  Episode 2 we spend time on Grand Isle.  We meet Edna, Adele, Mr. Pontellier, Robert Lebrun and Madame Reisz.  We watch Edna awaken to an inner awareness she had never understood before, and we see this awakening occur through a physical sensuality she has never experienced before.  She learns to swim.  Edna Pontellier leaves Grand Isle a very different person than how she arrived at the beginning of her summer. Episode  3 we start with chapter 18 as Edna arrives back home in New Orleans.  Nothing would be the same.  She cannot  conform to the roles she has previously played.  She does not fit into the culture; she doesn't want to anymore.  She abandons almost all that she had previously identified with and experiments with different lifestyles: the arts, the horse races, men, ultimately she decides to leave the ritzy Esplanade street and take up residence in what she calls her Pigeon House just around the corner.  Today, we begin with chapter 26 and we follow Edna's progression through the end of the book.       Stylistically Chopin wrote what we call a realistic novel. The story, the settings, the characters truthfully represent the real world.  Grand Isle really exists and the resort there existed in the way she described it.  The same is true for Esplanade Street.  The details are accurate as Chopin represents the reality the great city of New Orleans at the turn of the century.  The French language, the customs, the way people behave, the races, the music, even the Song, “Ah, si tu savais”…is a real song. All of these things reflect reality.   However, as we get farther to the end of the novel, and as the reader gets more submerged into Edna's perspective, things get more and more romanticized.  Objects that seemed liked just objects at the beginning are now understood to be metaphorical and are symbolic.  We notice that objects are repeating and evolving- they are motifs.   In other words, the objects are still what they have always been, but they have taken on to mean MORE than just what they originally meant.  We understand things to be symbols in two ways.  The first way is whey the author spends an inordinate amount of time describing something that maybe isn't THAT important otherwise.  A second way is when we notice something to keep showing up over and over again.  Here's one example  There is music in the beginning.  It's described in detail, but notice just how much music there is in this book.  Notice how much time is devoted to describing it.   There is music in the middle and there is music at the end.  It means something, but of course it's up to us to draw our own conclusions as to what.  The birds work the same way.  There are birds on the first page, they come back in the middle and there is a bird on the last page.  It means something.  Food and meals are often symbolic.  Meals are archetypal symbols for fellowship.   Chopin use meals as a way to sort track what's going on with Edna and her relationships throughout the story.  Following the symbols helps us understand the universality of the story.  The biggest symbol is the sea, and by the end of the book it takes on mythic proportions.  The sea, as we pointed out in the beginning is personified.  It's alive.  But by the end, if we look carefully, we see in the description that the ocean is described as a serpent- uh ohh.  That's a Biblical symbol- but even in the Bible a serpent is not just one thing.  But it's not just the Bible that that is alluded here in these ocean references.  Edna as called Venus, and Venus emerges from the sea. What is that about? Although everything is still realistic- there are no superheroes or magic or pirates or fairies of any kind, there symbols somehow feel allegorical; is Edna even a real person or is she a type?  I know that's a little hyperbolic, but not by much.  Today as we end our discussion, I'd like to see this book as indeed political; there certainly is that side of it, but that is just the surface.  It goes beyond that to ask questions that are personal.  But before we can do that, we must first address the political.  Chopin was, by her very essence, a woman in the vein of what Europeans of her day called the “New Women” of the fin de siècle.    Garry, Chopin, was a well-read French speaker and reader very attune to the political, social and literary movements of her day, but we are not- although I will say, I've learned a lot about new women by watching them evolve in Downton Abbey, but what is a “new woman” and what does the term “fim de siècle” mean beyond the obvious translation of end of the century.    The term “New Woman” was actually an invention of the British media- it's not an American thing- and you're right, it's showcased in a lot of period pieces.  Here's one tell, a new woman might be the one riding a bicycle as a display of her independence.    A bicycle.  That's funny.      You'd have been the first to get your hands on one, I'm sure.  Think about it; just being able to wear clothes that would allow you to ride it would be liberating.  Anyway, the term first came out in the The Woman's Herald in August of 1893.  To use the newspaper's words, “woman suddenly appears on the scene of man's activities, as a sort of new creation, and demand a share in the struggles, the responsibilities and the honurs of the world, in which, until now, she has been a cipher.”  This feminist vision, as you can imagine was highly controversial and threatening to the status quo.  Among other things, it involved a new definition of female sexuality.  Some considered this alone to be the beginning of the apocalypse- the world was certainly turning upside down.  The mainstream media portrayed the new woman as a mannish brute towering over men- someone who is extremely hideous and monstrous- something most women obviously would not want to embrace- very propagandic.  Opponents were making caricatures as negative as possible of these “independent women”  wearing masculine clothes and pursuing unwomanly pursuits like sports, politics or higher education.     How dare they?    There was a lot of cigar smoking in these pictures.  These were meant to be negative images; the women would have angry faces, maybe with their hands on their hips scowling at the reader.  But in the feminist media, the new woman was portrayed very differently.  The traits were the exact same but portrayed in a positive way.  The new woman in these publications  was portrayed as a social warrior defending her home, using her political positions, social standings to compliment traditional household duties.  The idea being a new woman didn't neglect her family she was a better provider and defender of self and family because of it.  The main difference between these new visions of a new woman had to do with what you do with motherhood.   Femininist media created images of women incorporating traditionally male domains not necessarily excluding motherhood.   The big political interests that stand out were women's suffrage and property rights. Women were interested in careers outside the home and higher education.   Women's periodicals emerged with pretty large readerships, and not all of these readers were women.  Women were publicly and in writing asking other women to openly express their views on contemporary life- this was new.  The question of the era was “What is the role of the ‘new woman'?” I quote the North America Review here, “the great problem of the age is how to emancipate woman and preserve motherhood.”   In the 1890s, the new woman wanted to be what some called a “respected radical”.      And of course, we don't have to get far into The Awakening to see these political and social concerns embedded in Chopin's work.  She is a voice speaking to this socio-political moment in time, and she's commenting in a serious way on women's struggle to speak- Edna struggles to speak for herself at everyone point in the book.  Interestly enough, Edna didn't have a mother and doesn't know what to do with motherhood.  She had no personal role model.    I noticed that, and it matters psychologically when we watch Edna vacillate at the end of the book.  Chopin created a character of extreme economic privilege for her day, yet still, Edna has terrible trouble articulating even to herself what she feels or what she wants.   The reasons for this are not simply resolved.  Chopin seems to suggest to me that for sure there are political, social and cultural adjustments that must be made giving women more rights, but that's just one part of it.  Chopin illustrates this from the vantage point of a woman.  There must be a redefinition of respectable womanhood that is not so polarizing.  Here there are only two versions of respectable women-  Madame Reisz and the other Adele Ratignole.     By chapter 26 Edna clearly understands she is not one or the other, but there is an inarticulate lostness.  Where does Edna fit in?  She tells Madame Reisz that she's moving out of her home, and for a brief moment you wonder if she's got some sort of radical plan, except she doesn't and her reasons don't even make a lot of sense.  They're emotional. She's literally moving  “just two steps away in a little four-room house around the corner.  It looks so cozy, so inviting a restful, whenever I pass by, and it's for rent.  I'm tired looking after that big house.  It seemed seemed like mine, anyway- like home.  It's too much trouble.  I have to keep too many servants.  I am tired bothering with them.”  She goes on to say when Madame Reisz doesn't buy that explanation, “The house, the money, that provides for it are not mine.  Isn't that enough reason?”    Obviously those are NOT reasons enough- what does she get out of this move? When Madame Reisz asks how her husband reacted to this plan this is her response, “I have not told him.   I only thought of it this morning.”      Very impulsive.    SOO impulsive.  I'm ashamed to say, I know people that do things like this, but this is not my vision of the real pioneers of the women's movement- not today or from the turn of the century- women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Isadora Duncan, Clara Burton, Mary Wollstonecraft- they aren't anything like Edna Pontellier.    Well, no they are not, Edna has some deficiencies for sure, and they express themselves in various ways.  One of these is expressed through this confusion of passion with relationship like we see with Robert LeBrun.   She indulges in fantasy which is fun, of course, and the idea of Robert is a wonderful fantasy.    This is something else that frustrates me, personally, with Edna. I keep wanting to say, “snap out of it, child!”  Chopin builds this tension but she never lets Edna snap out of it.  And even though the title of this book is The Awakening, and it is true is that Edna awakens continuously throughout the book, There is another sense paradoxically where Edna is always asleep literally and figuratively.  Edna is not a villain; Edna is not a pathetic character; Edna is a realistic character who vacillates all the time between this illusion and reality.  She's continually uncovering things that haven't been real, but then constructing things that are totally fake- like her life in this pigeon house or her relationship with Robert. Unpacking Edna is seeing a real life- a struggle. Chopin's evolutionary character awakens from a very female - not a male one, not a neutered life; the complexity derives from realities that are unique to women, specifically those from the turn of the century, but the social and culture implications aside, in universal terms, what does it mean for Edna to be in love with Robert?  To love someone means something in a universal way.  People love in all cultures in all times all around the world.  For a woman to love a man as she claims to love Robert, what does she mean?  Is she saying she desires a life with him; does she want to take on any responsibility for his happiness or good?  That is what I find confusing, because Edna doesn't seem to be doing that for anyone.  In what sense is Edna “in love” or should we not take her at her word on this?        Ha!  Do we take anyone at their word when they are “in love”?  Of course, when she is asked to describe what she means, she describes the biochemical addiction we all feel when we can't get enough of another person.  That experience is overwhelming for anyone; and Chopin has gone to a lot of trouble to show us that Edna has never been “in love” before.  Edna is a woman who recently just turned on her feelings.  Turning on our feelings is important, and it is very sad that it was so long in happening for her.  Contrary to popular opinion, feelings are good.  To experience feelings is not a sign of weakness. Not taking into account her feelings is what got her into a loveless marriage to begin with.  We have to learn to incorporate our emotions if we are going to live as a whole individual- a person with no dead spots.  Edna has lived from her childhood onward with lots of dead spots.  This has handicapped her in many ways.  In this case, what does it mean for Edna in Edna's mind to love Robert LeBrun?  What does it mean if he loves her?  I'm not sure the relationship between these two is what is important for Chopin.  It appears to be the backdrop of a larger issue?  Love is not the end game for Edna; passion was the catalyst to her awakening, to be sure, but the relationship between Edna and Robert is not a Romeo and Juliet type story.  The Awakening is not a love story.    Indeed, Madame Reisz recognizes that as well.  Madame Reisz calls Edna “Ma Reine” in chapter 26.  She then asks, “Why do you love him when you ought not?”       And why does that term “ma reine” draw your attention?    Because that term means, “My queen”, and that seems to be more in line what Edna wants instead of a relationship with Robert LeBrun.  What has Edna discovered in this world.  She's discovered she doesn't want to be woman-mother.  She discovered she doesn't really want to be artist woman.  She's trying out what it's like to be a “man” in some ways.  But really what she wants is to be Woman-queen.  Which is a nice role- I'd like that to be that one as well.    Ha!  Not a Disney princess.    Heck no- I'm all for mother-queen.  But here's Edna'a problem.  She's not prepared nor does she seem creative enough to invent this role for herself in the actual real world in which she lives; she likely can't conceptualize it.  This illusion of a mother-queen will be the model from here to the end of the book.  The thing is, it's not real; Edna is creating an illusion.  In fact, this whole book is a discussion on illusion versus reality.  What did Edna awaken to, if not to the understanding that her entire life was an illusion- she was living an inauthentic life.  Except, look at what she does in response to that?  She's building more illusion- exhibit A-  this relationship with Robert- if it is anything it is an expression of illusion.      Edna doesn't need a fantasy.  She needs hope.  She needs to see her own potential- a creative vision of what she can become, something she would like to become- if not mother, if not artist, if not horse-racer, if not socialite, then what.    In chapter 27, Edna says this “Don't you know the weather prophet has told us we shall see the sun pretty soon?”  The sun is a very ancient and universal symbol.  It represents hope.  It represents creativity; it's a male archetypal symbol, btw, the sun represents energy.  If you remember, Edna can only paint in the sun, and that's exactly right.  That's all of us, we all can only create in the sun.  We can only move forward when we have hope.  The Sun gives us life and without it we live in darkness, without hope.  Edna is wrestling with finding hope, but that seems to be problematic because she can't even decide if she's a good person or a bad person.  Listen to what she says to Arobin, “I'm going to pull myself together for a while and think- try to determine what character of a woman I am; for, candidly I don't know.  By all the codes which I am acquainted with, I am a devilish wicked specimen of the sex.  But some way I can't convince myself that I am.  I must think about it.”      It is in that line that I think Chopin enraptures many female readers.  I want to read it again, “  By all the codes which I am acquainted with, I am a devilish wicked specimen of the sex.  But some way I can't convince myself that I am.  I must think about it.”      In other words, the world tells me I am a bad person because I'm not conforming properly.  I'm not doing the right things; but something inside of me defies that.  I don't feel devilish.  But I'm told I am, and there is my disconnect.    Indeed-and isn't it interesting that it is here at this point that Edna revisits something Madame Reisz has apparently told her previously but we are only getting to see in this context after this confession, “When I left her today, she put her arms around me and felt my shoulder blades, to see if my wings were strong, she said, ‘the bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.  It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.”    I agree, but what kind of bird is Edna?  Madame Reisz is not using language that suggest Edna IS this kind of woman.  She's challenging her to be a certain way.  She's saying if Edna wants to have a certain outcome, she must display certain characteristics.  But, notice the next thing that happens, Edna and Arobin kiss passionately.  “It was the first kiss of her life to which her nature had really responded.  It was a flaming torch that kindled desire.”  Chopin is very delicate in how she expresses the implied sex scene.  The entire chapter is very short- very different than how Shonda Rimes does these things in Bridgerton.  Let's read it.    Chapter 28    I know this is not the majority view here, but this is not only Edna asserting independence.  This is Edna running into more illusion. From here, she immediately moves out of Leonce's house, but not without running up a crazy expensive bill with a lavish dinner party.  Arobin calls it a coup d'etat.  “It will be day after tomorrow.  Why do you call it the coup d'etat?  Oh! It will be a very fine; all my best of everything- crystal, silver, and gold. Sevres. Flowers, music and champagne to swim in.  I'll let Leonce pay the bills.  I wonder what he'll say when he sees the bills.”    This dinner party is very strange.  For a book so short, why should so many pages be devoted to a dinner party that is essentially meaningless in terms of plot development.      It is long.  One critic pointed out that it's literally, “the longest sustained episode in the novel.”     So, why?  It does not develop the plot; it does not develop any characters; nothing provocative is uttered.  What is going on?    Well!!!  Meals are never just meals- not in literature, not in the movies.  In fact, food is never just food.  It's almost always symbolic of something.  Food is so essential to life, in fact it IS life,  but meals are essential to community.  They don't just symbolize fellowship- they ARE fellowship.  This Thursday night we are going to celebrate our niece, Lauren,  graduating from Collierville High School, and how are we going to do this, we are going to eat together.  Eating together is bonding.  With that in mind, notice how many meals are consumed in this story.      So, what's with the dinner Edna holds?  Her family isn't there.  Her husband isn't there.  Adele, her closest friend, isn't even there.  Many literary critics have suggested, and I honestly think there is validity to this, that Chopin is creating a parody of Jesus' last supper.  Edna has invited a select 12 to join her on her birthday dinner.  There's irony there.  In some sense, it's not just a day where she is celebrating turning 29.  She sees herself as being reborn- her birth…day.  She is celebrating her departure, but unlike Jesus' humble meal in the upper room before his crucifixion and resurrection- Edna goes high dollar.  She sits at the end of the table presiding over her dinner guests, who all have a magnificent time, btw. She wears a cluster of diamonds she had just received that morning from her husband.   There is a specially designed cocktail her father invented for her sister's wedding that she didn't attend; there are multiple courses, everyone has a special chair.  Everything was queenly.  Let me read the description of Edna, “The golden shimmer….    Page 103    Madame Reisz on her way out at the end of the party again says this, “Bonne nuit, ma reine, soyez sage.”  Translated- Good night, my queen, be wise.”    Well, you've made your case…she is playing the part of the queen. But who are the other people in this charade?  Specifically, why is  Mrs. Highcamp there who we know she doesn't like, and why is she weaving a garland of yellow and red roses and laying it over Victor…according to Chopin transforming Victor into a vision of oriental beauty, his cheeks the color or crushed grapes and his dusty eyes glowed with a languishing fire. After that she drapes a while silk scarf on him. It's just weird…and pagan feeling…nothing like the Lord's Supper of the bible, if you were trying to make that comparison.      No, it's the very opposite. That's why critics say it's a parody of Jesus' last supper.  It's imitating but not recreating.  It feels pagan, doesn't it?   Edna is Queen but she has no stated purpose; she is not Jesus sacrificing his life for the sins of the world.  Another moment of parody is when Victor, Judas' like, quickly falls out of favor or betrays her so to speak by singing a song Edna associates with Robert.  But he is shut down.    In the chapters that follow, we see Leonce saving face by remodeling the house as a way of explaining Edna's odd behavior and moving out of the family home.  Edna feels happy about what she's done.  Of course, these are all feelings but “Every step which she took to relieving herself from obligations added to her strength and expansion as an individual.  She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper undercurrents of life.”   Again, Chopin never gets far away from the idea that Edna is trying to understand for herself what is real and she is doing this by stripping down, an image we will see all the way to the end.    And yet, the text never clarifies exactly what it is that Edna is learning about the world and herself.  She draws no conclusions, makes no provisions, takes on no responsibilities.  Reality is an immovable thing.  It is not something we simply escape- that is not possible.      Well, I'm not sure Edna knows that.  She visits her children and weeps when she ssees them. Let me quote here, “She lived with them a whole week long, giving them all of herself, and gathering, and filling. Herself with their young existence.”  She tells then about the Pigeon house and the kids get real very quickly.  They ask her where they would sleep, where papa would sleep. Edna's answer betrays her unwillingness to problem solve.  She says and I quote, “the fairies would fix it all right.”      Edna rejects reality over and over again.  She responds with fantasy at every point.  Madame Ratignolle recognizes this.  In chapter 33 she pays Edna a visit at the pigeon house.  She asks about the dinner party.  She warns her about her behavior with Arobin, but she also makes Edna promise that when the baby comes, Edna would come be a part of the delivery.  Before leaving she says this to Edna, “In some ways you seem to me like a child, Edna. You seem to act without a certain amount of reflection which is necessary in this life.”      Adele is referring to whatever is going on with Arobin, but really, the relationship with Robert is the epitome of her fantasy.  As long as Robert is flirting with no goal- like he did on Grand Isle, Edna is in love with him.  On Grand Isle they share a meal together.  They talk about spirits and pirates.  She loves that.  But here in New Orleans, Robert approaches Edna with a desire to be honest and she rejects that.  The text says that in some way “Robert seemed nearer to her off there in Mexico than when he stood in her presence, and she had touched his hand”.   After Edna's birthday we see no more communal meals, Edna eats alone- there is no more fellowship at this point really with anyone.  Edna invites Robert to eat with her at a little restaurant called “Catiche”.  Edna requests a plate and puts food in front of him, but he doesn't eat a morsel. He walks her home and comes inside.  Edna kisses him.  He confesses his love and how he is tormented because Edna is not free.  Let's read this exchange.    “Something put into my head that you cared for me; and I lost my senses.  I forgot everything but a wild dream of you some way becoming my wife.”    Your wife!    “Religion, loyalty, everything would give way if only you cared.”    Then you must have forgotten that I was Leonce Pontellier's wife.”    “Oh I was demented, dreaming of wild, impossible things, recalling men who had set their wives free, we have heard of such things.”    Yes, we have heard of such things.”    There's a little more back and forth until we get to this line of Edna's, “You have been a very very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier setting me free!  I am no longer one of Mr. Pontellier's possessions to dispose of or not.  I give myself where I choose.  If he were to say “here Robert, take her and be happy; she is yours, I should laugh at you both.”    He of course responds with, “What do you mean?”  He has no idea what Edna's talking about.      Exactly, and here is where the a plot complication makes things interesting.  Their conversation is interrupted when Madame Ratignolle's servant comes to say that Adelle is having her baby.  Edna leaves Robert.  She says this to Robert, “I love you.  Only you; no one but you.  It was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long, stupid dream.”      Robert begs Edna, as if she really were Queen Edna.  He begs her to stay with him- to not go to Adelle.  This is kind reminiscient of the stereotypical female damsel in distress begging her hero to stay- except in revere.  She pulls away, promises to return and leaves him and  quote the text here, “longing to hold her and keep her.”      This Birth scene is symbolic in many ways.  It also is a return to the female reality.  Is there anything more real in this world than bringing life into it?  This birth scene reminds readers that this is a uniquely female story because this is one way men and women engage the world differently and there is no way around it. Motherhood and fatherhood are not the same.  Edna goes to Adelle and begins to feel uneasy. Let's read this paragraph from chapter 37.     Page 127    On the surface, it seems that Adele is hoping to inspire Edna to resume her role as a Woman-mother.  On the surface it seems that Edna is battling social conventions and her own sensuality.      Of course, the whole experience leaves her dazed.  The doctor walks her home, and I quote, “Oh well, I don't know that it matters after all.  One has to think of the children some time or other; the sooner the better.”  Let's read the rest of this dialogue between the doctor and Edna.    Page 128      Even at the end of the chapter, Edna cannot articulate her own thoughts, not even inside her own head.  Still she remembers Adele's voice whispering, “Think of the children; think of them.”  She meant to think of them; that determination had driven into her soul like a death wound- but not tonight.  Tomorrow would be time to think of everything.”    Of course, when she gets inside the pigeon house there is no Robert.  He left a note. “I love you. Good bye- because I love you.”  Edna grew faint; uttered no words and stayed up the entire night, apparently just staring at a flickering lamp.    Again, may I point out- light represents hope and hers is flickering.      Speaking just in a general sense, we are co-creators of our reality- our circumstances proscribe lots of things, but we create out of those circumstances and we know it.  And since we know this, no person can run away from his own innate moral obligation to live up to whatever potential we find inside of us.  Whatever we determine that to be.  We cannot run away from that reality.  No matter how hard we try to put it off until tomorrow, that sense of obligation to create something out of our lives is inside of us.  We can't run from it because it is not coming from outside of us.  Edna, in all of her confusion, and she, is very confused about a lot of things at various points in the book, but she never wavers about that.  She clearly says early on in the book, that she understood herself to have an obligation first and foremost to herself.  But what is that obligation- it is for her what it is for everyone.  She must meet her own potential.  We cannot fail at that.  If we feel we are failing at that, that's when despair sets in.      Edna looks at certain realities in her life and awakens to an awareness she doesn't want to face.  She sees obligations in her future- not opportunities.  She doesn't want tomorrow to come, but not going to bed does not put off the morning from arriving.      The end of the book circles back to where it starts- Grand Isle.  Except it is not the Grand Isle of the summer.  Archetypally, Spring represents new birth, summer represents youth; fall represents adulthood or maturity.  Grand Isle is still there, but the women from the summer resort are not.  It's barren. The sun and the warmth is not there either.  Edna returns to find Victor there.  She arrives to find that he's been telling Mariequita all about her birthday dinner.  He has described Edna and and I quote, “Venus rising from the foam”.  If you remember from your Roman mythology, Venus is the goddess of love and is said to have emerged full-grown from the ocean foam.  So read into that what you will.  Anyway Edna asks him to prepare a meal of fish.  She then leaves Victor for the beach for a swim.  If you recall, it was at this place where she had her first swim and experienced her first real awakening.  But now this beach is dreary and deserted.     Let's listen to the thoughts in Edna's head, “She had said it over and over to herself.  “Today it is Arobin' tomorrow it will be someone else.  It makes no difference to me.  It doesn't matter about Leonce Pontelllier- but Raoul and Etienne!”  She understood now clearly what she had meant long ago when she said to Adele Ratignolle that she would give up the unessential, but she would never sacrifice herself for her children.  Despondency had come upon her there in the wakeful night, and had never lifted. There was no one thing in the world that she desired.  There was no human being whom she wanted near her except Robert; and she even realized that the day would come when he, too, and the thought of him would melt out of her existence, leaving her alone.  The children appeared before her like antagonists who had overcome her, who had overpowered and sought to drag her into the soul's slavery for the rest of her days.  But she knew a way to elude them.  She was not thinking of these things when she walked down to the beach.”    There's a lot of nihilism in those comments.  Edna has found nothing that excites her passion.  “There was no one thing that she desired” – that's the line that stands out.  Desire is the fuel of human behavior.  It's where we see our potential.  This is a huge expression of someone who has given up all desire to have responsibility for anyone or anything- and it is unthinking here.  She is completely detached to a degree that it's actually shocking.  I see why this book unsettled so many people.  We don't want to believe people can detach like this.  We know it's dangerous.     She wades out into this ocean because the seas is seductive.  It whispers, it clamours; it murmurs.  It invites her soul to want in the abysses of solitude.  Edna looks up to see a bird with a broken wing beating the air above and falling down disabled to the water.  She then takes off all of her clothes and stands naked in the open air, at the mercy of the sun with the waves inviting her to come in, and so she does.  Let's read this final page.    Page 133      We notice right away the sea is a serpent about her ankle.  Most of us think of a serpent as a symbol for the devil, and that's true in the book of Genesis.  But that is not the only time we see a serpent in the Bible.  In the book of Exodus, the Israelites in the desert look up to a serpent on a stick for healing.  Archetypally a serpent is a symbol of rebirth.    Edna retreats into thoughts of her childhood which reminds me that Edna has no mother.  Honestly, this does not read like a suicide. I For one, think, Chopin leaves it completely open ended.  Can we be sure Edna even dies?  Chopin ends this book entirely unresolved.  It's disturbing.      It hinges on what you want to do with that ocean.  And scholars have come to zero consensus on how to understand this ending.  Oceans symbolically can be sources of self-awareness.  They can be places to find rebirth.  But, what's jarring about this ending is that there is nothing in Edna's characterization at any point in the book to suggest that Edna wants a beginning or even an ending for that matter.  Edna doesn't search for closure not one time in this story- even the bedtime story she tells her kids there's no ending.  Edna is not just rejecting society's roles for her; she seems to be rejecting herself as an individual here.  Do these final images of her childhood suggest she wants to start over or does she give up up?    When ending a good song, every musician knows you have to create closure at the end or you don't resolve the tension in the music.  Non musicians may not know that but they feel it when it happens. Try ending a song on the 5 chord.  And for a woman with such a keen sense of music, it seems Chopin purposely leaves her song unresolved.  There is no funeral; nobody on the beach; not even any thoughts of exit in Edna's mind.  There is nothing.  Instead, Edna is focused on all the repeating elements of her own life's story.  It is a totally directionless ending.    And that's what people love about it- it's messy and unresolved.  It's realistic but also kind of mythical.   I guess, if we want to we can finish the tale in our own minds.  We can either kill her off or revive her.  She either sinks into further illusion, or she awakens one final time into a creative reality.  The central motif of this book is this sleeping/waking thing that goes on the entire time.  And maybe that's where we find ourselves-- hopefully to a much lesser degree than Edna- the messiness of life sets in when we find ourselves oscillating between waking up and further deluding ourselves at some lost point in our lives.  We will make a mess of things (as Chopin says about Edna) – being a victim of forces without and forces within.  Yet what happens after we go into the ocean- or do we even dare?  I like to see this ending positively.  I like to think of Edna rising up and finding she CAN attach to other humans in a way where one does not consume the other.  She can find meaning in her children, in work, in art, in society.   She can find a way to make peace with her culture, her society, her limitations from without and within.  In my mind's eye, she arises out of the foam-like Venus to rob a term from Victor.  So, whether it's realistic or not- In my mind, Edna comes back up- A woman- Queen.  I know I'm adding extensively to the text and that is a terribly bad no no, but hopefully while she was under water listening to all those bees she came up with a good plan.      HA!  You do like to find the silver lining in every storm.  Well, thanks for spending time with us today.  We hope you enjoyed our final discussion on this very perplexing piece of literature.  Next episode, we move from Louisiana up the road to our home state of Tennessee to discuss the music and life of our own Dolly Parton, self-made woman of this generation, whose displays the very idea of local color in her music.  We would ask you to please share our podcast with a friend.  Email or text them a link.  Share a link on your social media.  That's how we grow.  Also, visit our website at www.howtolovelitpodcast.com for merchandise as well as free listening guides for teachers and students of English.      Peace out.                                     

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