Podcast appearances and mentions of nina collins

Jen Simonic and Masey Kaplan have bonded over a mutual love for knitting for decades.In 2022, the pair of avid knitters decided to search for strangers to help finish an incomplete blanket their bereaved friend's mother had started. It kickstarted a movement of ‘finishers' - people around the world who complete the half-knitted works left behind by others. Their concept challenges the idea that we are successful only when we finish what we start, an idea entrenched in our present culture.Matthew Syed traces the psychological roots of valuing completion and explores alternative outlooks that subvert the merits of finishing. He hears remarkable stories that reveal beautiful possibilities in leaving creative work half-done and asks whether reappraising the unfinished can enable an imaginative process to unfold, connect people more deeply to one another and even ease grief.With Loose Ends founders, Jen Simonic and Masey Kaplan, their friend Patty Gardner, artist and composer Jan Hendrickse and Nina Collins, daughter of filmmaker Kathleen Collins.Featuring excerpts from Nafas ar Rahman, commissioned by the MUSARC Choir.Presenter: Matthew Syed Producer: Vishva Samani Series Editor: Katherine Godfrey Sound Design and Mix: Rob Speight Theme music by Ioana Selaru A Novel production for BBC Radio 4

Raging Gracefully will be going on a haitus. We hope to be back soon but for now we're leaving you with a conversation on spiritual wellness bewteen Nina Collins and Dr. Debbie Magids. 

Nina Collins is in conversation with Ellen Jovin, author of Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian. About Ellen:  Ellen Jovin is a cofounder of Syntaxis, a communication skills training consultancy, and the author of four books on language. She is also the creator of a traveling pop-up grammar advice stand called the Grammar Table, whose adventures serve as the basis of this book. Ellen has a B.A. from Harvard College in German studies and an M.A. from UCLA in comparative literature, and has studied twenty-five languages for fun. She lives with her husband, Brandt Johnson, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Katie Hickman about her new book, Brave Hearted: the Women of the American West. Katie Hickman is the author of nine previous books, including two international bestsellers of history. She has also written two highly acclaimed travel books, and a trilogy of historical novels, which between them have been translated into twenty languages. Born into a diplomatic family, Hickman had a peripatetic childhood, growing up in Spain, Ireland, Singapore, and South America. She lives in London on a converted barge on the River Thames. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com 

Nina Collins is in conversation with Jennifer Cassetta, Reveler and author of The Art of Badassery: Unleash Your Mojo With Wisdom of the Dojo! Jennifer Cassetta is a nationally recognized TEDx and keynote speaker, empowerment coach, self defense expert and author. Equipped with her 3rd degree black belt in Hapkido and Masters degree in nutrition, Jenn has spent the last two decades helping women feel strong, safe and powerful from the streets to the boardroom. More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith about weight management. They discuss: How much weight actually affects your overall health New drugs like Wegovy How stress and sleep affect weight gain Sustainable weight loss More on Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Jeanine Mioton from Meetup! They discuss community (both online and off), the events business, and their own experiences making new friends in midlife.   Jeanine Mioton is the Events Programming Manager at Meetup. She holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Lehman College. Jeanine's career started as an Executive Assistant to the CEO. Since then, she has had positions in event management, public relations, and worked her way up to where she is today. Event management is where her true passion lies and her storytelling comes to life. Jeanine recently moved to Austin, TX, and is loving the chance to explore the city with her dog Otis! More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins hosts a conversation about how to trade houses with Alexandra Humbel of People Like Us.  More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins hosts a conversation about the senior living options with experts from A Place for Mom.   More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Marcia Mantell and  Sam Zimmerman of Sagewell. They discuss retirement planning and the particular challenges that women face. More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

A conversation between Nina Collins and Washington Post reporter Helena Andrews-Dyer about her new book, THE MAMAS: What I Learned About Kids, Class and Race, From Moms Not Like Me. More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Yana Tallon-Hicks, author of Hot and Unbothered: How to Think About, Talk About, and Have the Sex You Really Want.   More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

In this week's episode, Nina Collins is in conversation with life coach, podcaster, and founder of The Compassionate Menopause, Henny Flynn! More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

“The fitness industry and wellness industry has told everyone that if you are healthy, you look a certain way. And the reality is that's not true at all. It's really just a way for the industry to make money because we're pushing an image on and trying to get everyone to buy products and, basically basing it on a lie. “And so I say health is a feeling. Health is a version of you taking care of yourself, given your own circumstances. It's moving regularly. It's eating relatively well, and hydrating, and sleeping. And that's what health is. And everybody's version of health looks a different way. “Health just doesn't look one way.” Kaisa talks with Nina Collins, the chief creative officer at Revel, on the Raging Gracefully podcast. (Original air date: Aug 26, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Raging Gracefully Episode: Health is a Feeling Release Date: Aug 26, 2022

Nina Collins is in conversation with Sally Mueller, co-founder of Womaness, about aging, entrepreneurship, and building a menopause brand. More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with financial expert and author Bobbi Rebell about how to raise financially literate adults. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com 

Nina Collins hosts a panel discussion with Kindra experts Hasti Nazem and Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz. The conversation is a deep dive on hot flashes and night sweats, why they happen and what our options are for managing them, especially during warmer months. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com 

Nina Collins is in conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims about her new book, Your Turn: How To Be An Adult! About the Book: What does it mean to be an adult? In the twentieth century, psychologists came up with five markers of adulthood: finish your education, get a job, leave home, marry, and have children. Since then, every generation has been held to those same markers. Yet so much has changed about the world and living in it since that sequence was formulated. All of those markers are choices, and they're all valid, but any one person's choices along those lines do not make them more or less an adult. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Rebecca Walker, Editor of Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo. More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins talks with Dr. Debbie Magids about ageism and its effect on our mental health. More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Ann Marie McQueen, the founder of Hotflash Inc about perimenopause, menopause, and middle age in general! More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins in conversation with Catherine Burns, Artistic Director at The Moth, about storytelling and The Moth's most recent book, HOW TO TELL A STORY.    More about Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins hosts a conversation with Shelley Emling, the editor of The Girlfriend, and AARP's Executive Editor of Specialized Content.

Nina Collins moderates a panel of professional matchmakers! Featuring:  Laurie Berzack, MSW Michelle Jacoby Maria Avgitidis  More about Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Alloy co-founders Anne Fulenwider and Monica Molenaar about menopause, treatment options, and the telehealth process. More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Lisa Hefferman, co-founder of Grown and Flown, an amazing website devoted to helping women with the trials and tribulations of the Empty Nest, a big part of which is often the launch to higher education. MoreAbout Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Vicki Larson about her new book, Not Too Old for That: How Women are Changing the Story of Aging. About Vicki: Vicki Larson is a longtime award-winning journalist at a San Francisco Bay Area newspaper, author of Not Too Old for That: How Women are Changing the Story of Aging (Rowman & Littlefield, April 2022) and co-author of The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels, (Seal Press, 2014), named a Best Book of 2014 by PopSugar. A resident of Marin County, California, her writing can be found in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Aeon, AARP's The Ethel, WHYY, Quartz, HuffPost and Medium. About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Dr. Mimi Winsberg, author of Speaking in Thumbs: A Psychiatrist Decodes Your Relationship Texts So You Don't Have to. More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins hosts a "session" with Dr. Debbie Magids.  About Dr. Debbie: Dr. Debbie Magids is a counseling psychologist with a thriving private practice in New York City. In recent years, Dr. Debbie's philosophies and focus have shifted from traditional therapy practices to meet the varied needs of her clients – entrepreneurs, finance executives, creative professionals -- in our increasingly fast-paced, highly connected society. She is also an entrepreneur, consultant, and corporate speaker. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com #howsherevels #revel #stress

In our new "Grown-Ass Guindace" series Nina Collins will host a monthly bonus episode with Jackie MacDougall, host of the Grown-Ass Woman's Guide! They'll answer listener questions on topics like transitions and reinvention, sex and relationships, money, career, friendship, menopause — nothing is off-limits. Register to attend live:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins hosts a conversation with comedian and Carole Montgomery, creator of Showtime's Even More Funny Women of a Certain Age! More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com #womenincomedy #evenmorefunnywomen #femalecomics #howsherevels #revel

Join Lori and her guest, Nina Lorez Collins, as they discuss the importance of connecting women in midlife. Nina talks about the impact of having a community where women can share similar experiences and empower one another. Stay tuned!   Here are the things to expect in this episode: The value of creating a community targeted to a specific demographic. As we get older, it's very important to have young friends. Women in midlife may often have a feeling of responsibility to support the next generation. And many more!   About Nina Lorenz Collins:   Nina Collins was born in NYC in 1969, raised in Rockland County, and graduated from Barnard in 1990. She had a long career in book publishing, first as a scout and then as an agent, and then made a career change in 2008 to pursue other interests. In 2013 Nina completed both a life coach certificate and a Columbia University Masters in Narrative Medicine. She has been consulting and writing since then. Nina's interests—issues around transition, loss, separation, end of life, how women in particular tell stories—have come together in the creation of a closed online community for women over 40 called What Would Virginia Woolf Do? now also the title of her book, which was published by Grand Central in 2018.   Connect with Nina! Website: https://www.hellorevel.com/ Email: nina@hellorevel.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ninalorezcollins/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WWVWDBook   Organizations mentioned: Brooklyn Public Library: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/ The Family Center: https://www.thefamilycenter.org/ The Moth: https://themoth.org/ Whitman Circle: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/support/whitman-circle   Book Recommendations:  Palaces for the People By Eric Klinenberg https://www.amazon.com/Palaces-People-Infrastructure-Inequality-Polarization/dp/1524761168 The Big Power of Small Connections By Jen Nash https://www.amazon.com/Big-Power-Tiny-Connections-Interactions/dp/1777959659   Article Recommendation: IT'S YOUR FRIENDS WHO BREAK YOUR HEART The older we get, the more we need our friends—and the harder it is to keep them By Jennifer Senior https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/03/why-we-lose-friends-aging-happiness/621305/   Connect with Lori Kranczer! Website: https://www.everydayplannedgiving.com/  Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/positiveimpactphilanthropy  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorikranczer/

Nina Collins is in conversation about home-sharing with Jennifer Hammer the director of partnerships and Silvernest a company putting a fresh new spin on sharing space and enjoying life with roommates.  About Jennifer:Jennifer is passionate about finding ways to help people stay in their homes, exploring options for affordable housing, and building relationships with communities and companies that support the aging population across the nation. Jennifer focuses on collaborating and partnering with nonprofit and government entities. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com   #homesharing #revel #howsherevels

Nina Collins hosts a "session" with Dr. Debbie Magids. This week is all about breakups!  To attend a live recording visit: www.hellorevel.com

Rachel Kramer Bussel talks with Nina Collins about her last publication, Best Women's Erotica of the Year Volume 7

Nina Collins is in conversation with Mona Eltahway, author and curator of the FEMINIST GIANT newsletter. From Mona: I wanted to create a space to write about feminist and gender issues - in US-based publications, those spaces are usually given to white women - and I wanted to write about global feminist and gender issues - the United States is not the center of the world.  So I am creating that space for myself! More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com   #howsherevels #feminist #womenwriters

Charlotte Jap talks with Nina Collins about intergenerational mentorship and how to make it work! Charlotte Japp is the founder of CIRKEL, a company that connects older and younger professionals for mutual personal and professional growth. www.cirkel.world More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

We all have patterns in our lives when it comes to relationships. These blueprints are set at the beginning, with our first loves, our moms and our dads. Nina Collins is in conversation with Dr. Debbie to discuss patterns, your role in your connections, and how to shift if you want things to be different. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum about women and heart health. Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum is a leader in preventive cardiology, now in private practice in New York. She launched heart prevention programs at Mt. Sinai Heart, Northwell Lenox Hill and Beth Israel. She is the CEO/Founder of Cadence, a technology-based prevention model. She published Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum's Heart Book: Every Woman's Guide to a Heart Healthy Life, and been a national spokesperson for Go Red through the American Heart Association for 18 years. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins in conversation with Stephanie Gangi about her new book, Carry The Dog, which is also our December Book Club pick! About Stephanie: Stephanie Gangi is a poet, essayist and fiction writer. Carry the Dog is her second novel. Her acclaimed debut, The Next, was published by St. Martin's Press. Gangi's shorter work has appeared in Arts & Letters, Catapult, Dame, LitHub, Hippocrates Poetry Anthology, McSweeney's, New Ohio Review, Next Tribe, The Woolfer. She lives in New York City, where she is at work on The Good Provider, her third novel.

Nina Collins talks to Dr. Debbie Magids about how to find the right therapist.  Dr. Debbie Magids is a counseling psychologist with a thriving private practice in New York City. “Dr. Debbie” -- as she has come to be known to both her clients and national TV audience -- also runs corporate Wellness Workshops/webinars focused on topics including communicating effectively, managing stress, increasing productivity, and decreasing anxiety. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins talks to Katie Kitamura about her latest book, Intimacies, which is our November Book Club pick! About Katie: Katie Kitamura's most recent novel is the national bestseller Intimacies, which is longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction and was named one of President Barack Obama's favorite reads of 2021. Her previous novel, A Separation, was a finalist for the Premio Gregor von Rezzori and a New York Times Notable Book. It was named a best book of the year by over a dozen publications and translated into sixteen languages, and is being adapted for film. Her two earlier novels, Gone to the Forest and The Longshot, were both finalists for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award. A recipient of fellowships from the Lannan Foundation and Santa Maddalena Foundation, Katie has written for publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, Granta, BOMB Magazine, Triple Canopy, and Frieze. She teaches in the creative writing program at New York University.

Nina Collins interviews Heidi Brown CEO and Editor-in-Chief at Brilliance by Brown, Inc.! A wellness enthusiast and practitioner, Heidi graduated from Columbia Business School, Columbia University with an MBA, and she earned a B.A. in English Literature from University of California, Berkeley. Heidi is member of the Board of Directors for the National Menopause Foundation, and Board Member of The Digital Diversity Network.

Are you meeting everyone's needs but your own? Do you think you have boundary issues? Listen to Nina Collins in conversation with Dr. Debbie and learn about why we find ourselves in these positions, and how we can learn to set better boundaries and take care of ourselves first.

Nina Collins in conversation with Natalie Nixon about her new book, The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work. About Natalie: Natalie Nixon, PhD changes lives through ideas so that people build their creative confidence for years to come, make an impact and get paid their worth. She is a creativity strategist, global keynote speaker and author of the award winning The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation and Intuition at Work, which has been recognized as a game-changing innovation book by Fast Company, Porchlight and Soundview. As president of Figure 8 Thinking, LLC she advises leaders on transformation- by applying wonder and rigor to amplify growth and business value. Clients have included Comcast, Citrix, Living Cities, VaynerMedia and Bloomberg. About the Book: Too many people associate creativity solely with the arts, even though to be an incredible scientist, engineer, or entrepreneur requires immense creativity. And it's the key to developing breakthrough products and services. Natalie Nixon, a creativity strategist with a background in cultural anthropology, fashion, and service design, says that in the fourth industrial revolution a creativity leap is needed to bridge the gap that exists between the churn of work and the highly sought-after prize called innovation. Nixon says that since humans are hardwired to be creative, it is a competency anyone can develop. She shows that it balances wonder (awe, audacity, and curiosity) with rigor (discipline, skill-building, and attention to detail), and that inquiry, improvisation, and intuition are the key practices that increase those capacities. Drawing on interviews with fifty-six people from diverse backgrounds--farming, law, plumbing, architecture, perfumery, medicine, education, technology, and more--she offers illuminating examples of how creativity manifests in every kind of work. More About Revel:  www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins hosts a conversation all about perimenopause with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz. About Dr. Suzanne: Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz is a nationally renowned doctor, expert, speaker and advocate for integrative women's health. As a partner at Women's Care of Beverly Hills, she's performed thousands of deliveries and continues to help women transition through important phases of their lives -from adolescence to post menopause. Her expertise covers all aspects of gynecology including sexual health, fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and the science of self care. About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins is in conversation with Dr. Debbie to learn more about childhood triggers and how they are showing up in our present-day lives – mostly where they don't belong! Dr. Debbie Magids is a counseling psychologist with a thriving private practice in New York City. “Dr. Debbie” -- as she has come to be known to both her clients and national TV audience -- also runs corporate Wellness Workshops/webinars focused on topics including communicating effectively, managing stress, increasing productivity, and decreasing anxiety.

Nina Collins hosts a conversation with Sarah Greaves Gabbadon (AKA Jet Set Sarah) all about Caribbean Travel! From Sarah: I'm a Miami-based Caribbean travel expert, award-winning travel journalist, TV host and self-described “Carivangelist,” who ventures to the beach and beyond to share the diverse culture, lifestyle and people of the world's favorite warm-weather destination with brands such as Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, Islands.com, the U.K's Telegraph and Canada's Globe and Mail newspapers. Formerly executive editor of U.S. newsstand magazine Caribbean Travel + Life, I'm now jetsetter-in-chief here at JetSetSarah.com, where my passions — the Caribbean, style and fitness — meet. My not-so-hidden talent? The ability to sniff out a “shopportunity,” wherever in the world I may be. Follow my adventures on Twitter and Instagram, and on Facebook. Learn More More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins interviews Dana Spiotta about her new book Wayward, which we'll also be discussing at September's Book Club. Dana Spiotta is the author of five novels: Wayward (forthcoming in 2021), Innocents and Others (2016), winner of the St. Francis College Literary Prize and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Stone Arabia (2011), which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Eat the Document (2006), which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the American Academy's Rosenthal Foundation Award; and Lightning Field(2001), a New York Times Notable Book. Other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, the Rome Prize in Literature, the Premio Pivano, a Creative Capital Award, and the John Updike Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. About Wayward: On the heels of the election of 2016, Samantha Raymond's life begins to come apart: her mother is ill, her teenage daughter is increasingly remote, and at fifty-two she finds herself staring into the Mids--that hour of supreme wakefulness between three and four in the morning in which women of a certain age suddenly find themselves contemplating motherhood, mortality, and, in this case, the state of our unraveling nation.When she falls in love with a beautiful, decrepit house in a hardscrabble neighborhood in Syracuse, she buys it on a whim and flees her suburban life--and her family--as she grapples with how to be a wife, a mother, and a daughter, in a country that is coming apart at the seams. Dana Spiotta's Wayward is a stunning novel about aging, about the female body, and about female difficulty--female complexity--in the age of Trump. Probing and provocative, brainy and sensual, it is a testament to our weird, off-kilter America, to reforms and resistance and utopian wishes, and to the beauty of ruins. Tremendous new work from one of the most gifted writers of her generation. More About Revel: www.hellorevel.com

Nina Collins hosts a conversation with entrepreneur and author Mei Xu. They will discuss Xu's professional ventures as well as her new memoir Burn. Mei Xu is a Chinese American entrepreneur. The founder and CEO of three global companies, Yes She May, BlissLiving Home® and Chesapeake Bay Candle®. Xu successfully negotiated the sale of Chesapeake Bay Candle to Newell Brands in 2017, a conglomerate with a $14 billion portfolio of consumer goods. Mei is now focused on helping women-owned consumer product companies grow and prosper with the Yes She May product platform.

Melody Wilding, LMSW talks about her new book with Nina Collins!   Melody is an executive coach, human behavior expert, and author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work. She has coached hundreds of private clients, from CEOs and Fortune 500 executives to leaders from the US Department of Education, the Federal Reserve, and the United Nations. She teaches graduate-level human behavior and psychology at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College in New York. Her writing is regularly featured on Medium and in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, Business Insider, and Quartz. Her advice has been featured in the New York Times, The Cut, Oprah Magazine, NBC News, US News and World Report, and more

Nina Collins interviews Dr. Juliana Hauser.   Dr. Juliana is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a counselor with a Ph.D. in counseling education. For 20 years, she's worked with clients to help them manage relationships, sexuality, confidence, infertility, and more. Her work has been featured in Oprah, CBS's The DrS., The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Women's Health, The Discovery Channel, Martha Stewart, Conde Nest, TV Panel ShareCare, Inc., and Shape (among others). Her flagship courses include REVEALED: Uncovering your Sexual Story, REVEALED International Facilitation Certification, Be Your Own (S)expert and The Wanting. She's also a writer and thought-leader, and she speaks to audiences around the world. Most recently, she was named the Lifestyle Expert for Tempur Sealy, where she also serves on their Sleep Council, is the therapist at large for The Broadway Collective, and (s)expert for Campowerment.

Nina Collins interviews Sherry Turkle About her latest book! Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Professor Turkle received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Professor Turkle writes on the “subjective side” of people’s relationships with technology, especially computers. She is an expert on culture and therapy, mobile technology, social networking, and sociable robotics. Her newest book, The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir (Penguin Press, March 2021), ties together her personal story with her groundbreaking research on technology, empathy, and ethics. Her previous book, the New York Times bestseller, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age (Penguin Press, October 2015), investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity. For media inquiries, go to http://sternspeakers.com/sherry-turkle. Previous works include four other books about evolving relationships in digital culture (Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other; The Second Self: Computers

Nina Collins talks with Barbara Becker about her new book, Heartwood: The Art Of Living With The End in Mind. BARBARA BECKER is the founder of EqualShot, a strategic communications consultancy specializing in strengthening the voice of the non-profit community. For over twenty-five years, she has served a broad range of institutions including the United Nations, Human Rights First, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. She has taught on the faculty of Columbia University’s master’s program in strategic communications and has been a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. Becker holds a Master of Arts in International Administration from the School for International Training, a Master of Arts in Media Studies from the New School, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology from Haverford College. An ordained interfaith minister, she lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.

Nina Collins in Conversation with Gina Frangello Gina Frangello is the author of Blow Your House Down, Every Kind of Wanting, A Life in Men, Slut Lullabies, and My Sister’s Continent. Her short fiction, essays, book reviews, and journalism have been published in Ploughshares, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, HuffPost, Fence, Five Chapters, Prairie Schooner, Chicago Reader, and many other publications. She lives with her family in the Chicago area.

Nina Collins in Conversation with Gabrielle Hartley, ESQ.   Gabrielle is a nationally recognized divorce attorney, online mediator, and divorce strategy coach. She trains divorce professionals to bring the highest level of conflict resolution into their practice. She is a highly respected negotiator, author, and engaging, dynamic speaker Gabrielle is known for her unique, non-toxic approach to divorce that she has developed over twenty-five years. She keeps 99% of her cases out of the courtroom and at the negotiating table, as she effectively supports her clients to create a healthy, uplifted post-divorce life for them.

In this episode we talk about Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman, aging, how to think about death, our views on religion, and why our best traits can sometimes be our worst. Follow us at Real Ballers Read on Instagram! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realballersread/support

Nina Collins talks with expert and author Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus.   Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus is a certified sex therapist and the author of Sex Points: Reclaim Your Sex Life with the Revolutionary Point System. Dr. Marcus is the Clinical Director of Maze Women’s Sexual Health, the largest independent sexual health center in the country. She wrote her dissertation on women and vibrator use while earning her Doctor of Philosophy in human sexuality from the Institute of Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. She also has a Master’s in public health from the same institution. She is a licensed social worker with a Master’s degree from Columbia University. Dr. Marcus has worked as the executive director of not-for-profit institutions and corporations, medical practices and laboratories. In addition to being featured in a NY Times article, she is a frequent guest on radio, podcasts and has lectured both nationally and overseas on a wide variety of women’s issues.

Nina Collins talks with Woolfer Author Dr. Terri Francis about her new book, Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism.   Terri Francis teaches film studies courses and directs the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University. She is a scholar of Black film and critical race theory. Josephine Baker, the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, was both liberated and delightfully undignified, playfully vacillating between allure and colonialist stereotyping. Examining an unexplored aspect of Baker's career, Josephine Baker's Cinematic Prism deepens the ongoing conversation about race, gender, and performance in the African diaspora.   Get the Book: https://bookshop.org/a/7661/9780253223388

BIO: Nina Lorez Collins is a writer/entrepreneur and the founder of The Woolfer, a social platform and website for like-minded women over forty. The community grew organically out of a closed Facebook group she started in 2015 called "What Would Virginia Woolf Do?” Her book, What Would Virginia Woolf Do? And Other Questions I Ask Myself As I Attempt to Age Without Apology, was published in April 2018. She's a graduate of Barnard College, has a Master's degree from Columbia in the field of Narrative Medicine, and has a professional background in book publishing, both as a literary scout and then as an agent. EPISODE LINKS: Free three‑day trial: www.thewolfer.comSHOW NOTES:

Nina Collins in Conversation with Sexpert Dr. Emily Morse Emily Morse is on a mission to liberate the conversation about sex and pleasure. Over the last 15 years, Morse’s work has made her the best-selling author of Hot Sex: Over 200 Things You Can Try Tonight, a pioneering MasterClass instructor on Sex and Communication, live SiriusXM radio host and executive producer and host of the #1 Sexuality podcast on iTunes, Sex With Emily. Morse has helped millions of people around the world navigate their sex lives. Her candid conversations challenge cultural taboos, misinformation and awkward sex talks to create a future where people can deeply connect and embrace pleasure-filled lives. 

Nina Collins in Conversation with Omisade Burney-Scott

Nina Collins and Sherry Brennan recap the first ten days of our Unlearning Racism virtual discussion-group as we look ahead to round two in 2021. 

Nina Collins in conversation with Cindy Gallop, the founder of MakeLoveNotPorn. 

Nina Collins in conversation with author and health educator Ellen Friedrichs.

Nina Collins in conversation with Lisa Selin Davis, author of the new book, Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different. 

Nina Collins and Tulani Bridgewater talk with Macy Gray about quarantine, parenting, activism, and Macy's new foundation, My Good. 

If you’re reading this, we’re guessing that you are in the community management profession. Hi, how are you holding up? Between the COVID-19 pandemic, the murder of George Floyd and too many other Black people, ongoing protests for an end to systemic racism and inequality, and a looming presidential election that has a lot riding on it, life has been more challenging than usual, to say the least. And as community managers, we’re at the center of many of these conversations. Whether we’re creating spaces for people to safely discuss these challenging topics, working to build and foster diverse communities and teams, or helping companies make the leap to a fully digital workplace, our skills and work are in high demand. In this episode of Community Signal, Patrick speaks to three community professionals about how current events have impacted their lives and how they think about building inclusive communities. In the day-to-day, that might mean guiding conversations within our communities. In the broader sense, it’s thinking about how we build communities, tools, and platforms that have diversity, equity, inclusion, and the knowledge from our collective decades of experience in community management baked in from day one. As our guest Bassey Etim puts it, “we stand on the shoulders of the people before us, and we’re Called, and I mean ‘called’ with a capital C, Called to try to make this a more fair and just world.”  Listen to Patrick, Bassey, Marjorie Anderson, and Nina Collins as they discuss the following and more: Supporting hard conversations in spaces where they need to happen Building platforms that encourage diversity and stamp out racism Identifying broader candidate groups when hiring Designing systems that allow for proper flagging of abuse Our Podcast is Made Possible By… If you enjoy our show, please know that it’s only possible with the generous support of our sponsors: Vanilla, a one-stop shop for online community and Localist, plan, promote, and measure events for your community. Big Quotes On fostering communities that embody inclusivity and empathy (3:55): “What’s the tone that you set the minute that people sign up to come into your community and participate? What does that look and feel like? If it’s not one where it feels like people can speak up and have their voices be heard, then it’s really hard to course-correct [later on] and start to cultivate that feeling of belonging.” –@MarjorieAyyeee Is the time for sarcasm over? (21:35): “Earnesty, applied over time, just wins people over. It’s hard to combat it with sarcasm, irony, anger, all of those things.” –@BasseyE Do paid communities encourage less moderation and more ownership? (22:10): “I’m finding now on The Woolfer community, we have people who behave; people are in bad moods, people are feeling sensitive sometimes, but generally, they are much more earnest, and I’ve attributed it to the fact that they’re paying for it, that people value things they pay for so they take better care of the space.” -Nina Collins When what you share is what people will hold against you (37:34): “There is always this Libertarian utopian edge to [Mark Zuckerberg’s] promises and the promise of the internet where once we free ourselves of all of our clothing, once we put everything we are out there and everybody else is naked, it’ll be like, ‘Oh, well we’re all naked. Whatever.’ It turns out that some people, even when they’re naked, they’re going to be extremely judgmental about it. I don’t think this was necessarily something that was unknowable from the perspective of a lot of the folks who built platforms that undergird the internet today.” –@BasseyE Talking to your community members (in a real way!) about the issues that impact their lives: “Open up the conversation gently. It doesn’t have to be, ‘What do you think of Black Lives Matter?’ It can be, ‘This is an unprecedented time that we’re in. I want to know how you’re feeling,’ and let them talk. … You know there are people who are likely hurting and [if] you ignore that, how much does that make them feel like this is the community for them?” –@MarjorieAyyeee (51:23) “This moment is a real moment for humility and for people to show up vulnerable and honest and careful about boundaries, but to be able to really talk about [race and racism] is vitally important. We’ve tried to make the space for them to do that.” -Nina Collins (55:08) Our responsibility as leaders and community builders (1:23:16): “The domination of the major [social media] platforms isn’t infinite. It’s going to end one day. It’s our responsibility to think about what are we going to build in its place.” –@BasseyE Choosing to talk about race (1:26:54): “As someone who runs a community for women over 40, where we talk a lot about sex, health, and relationships, I’m known in my little teeny world for talking about anything. I’ll talk about my vagina. But I realized I was not talking about race with these women. Here I am, a Black woman running a community of lots of white women, and I was never talking about race. I’ve decided that’s over. I’m going to be having these conversations, and I’m okay with it.” -Nina Collins On the responsibility of speaking up for diversity and inclusion within our organization (1:28:27): “As Black folks in America, if we’re in positions in organizations where we have voices that are going to be listened to, a big part of the legacy is that we stand on the shoulders of the people before us, and we’re Called, and I mean ‘called’ with a capital C, to try to make this a more fair and just world. … We need to be agitating for getting professionals who can work on these things. We need to be agitating for change. … For folks who do have the emotional energy to be able to deal with this, I definitely encourage you to make your voice heard.” –@BasseyE Change will come (1:30:47): “Things do change, but they don’t change if you lose your energy.” –@BasseyE About Our Guests Bassey Etim is the editorial director for CNN’s NewsCo. He was previously the community editor at the New York Times. Marjorie Anderson is the manager of digital communities at Project Management Institute and she also manages Community by Association, a resource for community builders in the association space. Nina Collins is a writer, entrepreneur, and the founder of The Woolfer, an online platform for like-minded women over forty. Related Links Sponsor: Vanilla, a one-stop-shop for online community Sponsor: Localist, plan, promote, and measure events for your community Twitter’s rules and policies Gordian knot A Complete Breakdown of the J.K. Rowling Transgender-Comments Controversy Thomas Chatterton Williams on Race, Identity, and “Cancel Culture” Supporting Hard Conversations Rachel Cargle’s the Great Unlearn Woolfer TV Community Thrive! Virtual Summit 2020 Marjorie on Community Signal Toxic Waters by Charles Duhigg The Program Management Improvement Accountability Act (PMIAA) The WeSupport newsletter and Twitter Facebook’s Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men From Hate Speech But Not Black Children “You are what you tolerate.” –– Derek Powazek on Community Signal Transcript View transcript on our website Your Thoughts If you have any thoughts on this episode that you’d like to share, please leave me a comment, send me an email or a tweet. If you enjoy the show, we would be so grateful if you spread the word and supported Community Signal on Patreon.

In this, the first of two parts, Katie talks to Nina Lorez Collins about her mother, the groundbreaking filmmaker and writer, Kathleen Collins.Collins died of breast cancer in 1988, when she was just 46. She was one of the first Black women to direct a feature film. In this episode, Nina talks about her mother's childhood in New Jersey, her stormy relationship with Nina's father, a White man she met while studying French cinema in Paris in the 1960s. And Nina talks about her mother's cancer, an illness she hid from her children until two weeks before she died.Nina is a writer and entrepreneur who runs the Website TheWoolfer.com, a social network for women over 40.

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How to make a video game with Auroch Digital - Episode 3 We've started a new series of podcasts looking at the ins-and-outs of making a video game. In our third episode hosts Matt Davies and Matt Walker talk to Nina Collins, Production Manager, about working life in an independent studio and what the benefits are compared to other companies! Show links

Here's a taste of Raging Gracefully, a new podcast hosted by Nina Collins and Hillary Richard. Use this podcast as your guide as you attempt to age without apology!

Kathryn interviews Brooklyn divorce attorney James J. Sexton, Esq, author of “If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late: A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together”. A realist by profession and a romantic at heart, Sexton has tapped into his years of experience helping people end their marriages to create the ultimate how-NOT-to-need-his-services guide to help couples starting out find a path to success, and to help those who aren't too far gone get back on track. Kathryn also interviews life coach and consultant Nina Lorez Collins, author of “What Would Virginia Woolf Do? And Other Questions I Ask Myself as I Attempt to Age Without Apology”. Her book grew out of a closed Facebook group as an ironic nod to a brilliant and witty feminist who killed herself in her 50s. There are now 13,500+ members who talk candidly about all things that women over 40 care about — their bodies, their romantic lives, their kids, their careers, literature, politics.

Kathryn interviews Brooklyn divorce attorney James J. Sexton, Esq, author of “If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late: A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together”. A realist by profession and a romantic at heart, Sexton has tapped into his years of experience helping people end their marriages to create the ultimate how-NOT-to-need-his-services guide to help couples starting out find a path to success, and to help those who aren't too far gone get back on track. Kathryn also interviews life coach and consultant Nina Lorez Collins, author of “What Would Virginia Woolf Do? And Other Questions I Ask Myself as I Attempt to Age Without Apology”. Her book grew out of a closed Facebook group as an ironic nod to a brilliant and witty feminist who killed herself in her 50s. There are now 13,500+ members who talk candidly about all things that women over 40 care about — their bodies, their romantic lives, their kids, their careers, literature, politics.

What happens when writer and entertainer, Nina Collins, starts having a difficult time dealing with aging and lifes obstacles? It started as a Facebook group and turned into an ever changing life experience. Joan and Nina sit down and have a genuine conve

What's so monumental about turning 40 that women need their own Facebook group? Turns out--pretty much everything. From discussing fashion to friendship to feminism, work and health Nina Collins has created an "environment that's a little like Vegas...our special place to talk about what's really going on in our lives..." But why don't real life friends fill that need? Collins turned what she learned from the group--and her own experience with hitting 40–into a book, "What Would Virginia Woolf Do?" Hear it all, including a foray into chin hairs and Botox on this week’s episode.

Sam's car was broken into and his laptop was stolen... so here we are, two days late. This week on the show is Nina Lorez Collins, who is most recently the author "What Would Virginia Woolf Do?". She also talks about a memoir she's writing on her late mother, filmmaker/poet Kathleen Collins. Over the course of the hour, she and Sam get into the details of both, while Nina also sheds light on often-undiscussed topics including aging as a women, relating to one's own body and the bodies of others, growing past anger, and the particular scars and imprints only parents can leave.

Nearly 30 years after her untimely death, Kathleen Collins’ fiction is gaining exposure and earning the admiration of Zadie Smith, Roxane Gay, and Miranda July – to name just a few. Her daughter, Nina Collins, assembled the forthcoming collection, “Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?” Here, she discusses life with her dynamic mother.

Tell it Like it Is: Black Independent Filmmaking in NYC 1968-1986 The Film Society of Lincoln Center – Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center and Walter Reade Theater  Friday, February 6th – Thursday, February 19th  Tonight's program highlights the opening night film, “Losing Ground” by Kathleen Collins. Guests include co-producer and director of cinematography, Ronald Gray and Nina Collins, daughter of the late Kathleen Collins. Ronald Gray is a filmmaker, musician and photographer. Working in film, he has been a producer, director, cinematographer and editor. His first film was the multi-award-winning Transmagnifican Dambamuality (1976), which also received two Creative Arts Program grants and one American Film Institute grant. Gray collaborated with Kathleen Collins as co-producer, cinematographer and co-editor on The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy and Losing Ground.  Nina Collins' mother, Kathleen Collins's film career began in 1972. She was working at Channel Thirteen as an editor when she met Ronald Gray. Rejected by the WNET filmmaker-training program, he crashed and sat in on the course anyway, and that's where they first met. A couple years later Ronald heard that Kathleen was teaching at City College. The first class he took with her was in the Speech department, where the assignment was to analyze how three speeches by Malcolm X changed over time.    

Join KNOW THE LEDGE RADIO for a SPECIAL EMERGENCY BROADCAST feat Dr Sebi speaking candidly about the future of his business.  Spring is quickly approaching and spring cleaning is essential in every home, in every temple, and the temple that Dr Sebi has built with his very hands, the temple of healing known as the Usha Herbal Healing Institute has been compromised.  There is a need and necessity for a deep tissue, cellular chelation cleansing of the very temple responsible for creating the products that can unanimously bring a balance of health back to this planet.  Those cancerous elements have been removed from the cipher of Dr Sebi's business model, and as he rebuilds and reaffirms his dedication to the people as not only a healer, but a man who longs for healing as well, he invites the circle of friends to join him on a new journey..a new day for a new year..that is RIGHT around the corner. A healing journey. It is a time to rebuild from the ashes.  Tune in to hear it in VIVID detail from the visionary himself, your brother Dr Sebi. Tune in for the tune up TONITE!! CLASS IS IN SESSION!!