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Nominate your veterinary hero here today! Veterinary Medicine was a 2nd career for Jill Clark, DVM, who had a successful 17-year career as an Assistant Director in film and television production that followed her early start in that profession as a child actor. Looking for a change, she was accepted into veterinary school and graduated from Oklahoma State University with her DVM ('96). Clark practiced medicine in a 6-doctor practice as an associate and then Medical Director of a satellite practice for 10 years before joining a group of 8 hospitals that grew to 80, National PetCare Centers, eventually taking on the Vice President of Operations role. Next up, she served 12 years with VCA in hospital operations, managing 22 General and Specialty Practices, and then as a vice president at the VCA home office in Los Angeles, overseeing VCA's doctor recruiting team, campus relationships, and intern/resident placement. In 2010, she was responsible for creating VCA's award-winning corporate university, WOOF-U, which trained and developed over 24,000 veterinary learners and is still VCA's primary training vehicle today. Clark founded IGNITE Veterinary Solutions in 2016 with the singular goal of elevating the role-specific knowledge and capabilities of veterinary teams to enhance their well-being and the well-being of the patients and clients they serve. Her passion for the underserved learners in our profession is obvious in IGNITE's focus on CSRs and their advancement. Clark and her co-author, Kristi Fisher, CVT, created the Veterinary Receptionist Certificate of Excellence (VRCE), which has made a material difference in the lives of more than 5,000 CSRs and growing. Her passion for elevating CSRs to a new level led her to create the non-profit North American Association of Veterinary Receptionists (NAAVR) in 2024 with Debbie Boone, CVPM, and Rhonda Bell, CVPM, PCM, CDMP. This association advocates for CSRs, normalizes and creates continuing CSR education tracks at state and national conferences, and provides the tools necessary for CSRs to thrive in their role. Her nearly 30-year career in veterinary medicine has been dedicated to constantly improving veterinary outcomes and operations. It has created many opportunities for the professional growth of the incredible people who make up our profession. Clark's other passions are showing American Quarter Horses and spending time with the love of her life and fellow veterinarian Bob Murtaugh, DVM, MS, and their 7 dogs, 9 horses, 4 cats, 4 goats, 4 mini-Belted Galloway cows, and 4 chickens on their ranch outside of Austin, Texas.

In collaboration with The World We Want podcast by the North American Association for Environmental Education, Gregg and Ryan are guests on the show highlighting Mister Rogers' lessons of kindness for others, and for the earth.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced recently that if these visa holder are involved in activities that are counter to our national interests…their visas could be revoked. And that's exactly what's happened to a number of international students recently who've been detained by ICE. Sudhanshu Kaushik [Sa-dun-shoe Kaw-sh-ick} is Executive Director of the North American Association of Indian Students. He's a student himself and I want to be clear - an American citizen. I asked him with all that's going on right now, do international students want to come to the US right now to study?

Send us a textClimate change is a real-world problem. Its intricate web connects governance, social justice, and ecological sustainability. Real solutions require moral leadership that reaches far beyond political party and country lines.In the latest episode of our series on Moral Leadership, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Dr. David Orr, an esteemed environmental scholar, on his journey from international relations to pioneering environmental activism. They discuss the systemic issues surrounding climate change and the ethical responsibilities we all share in safeguarding our planet. Listen in for the full conversation.Dr. David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics Emeritus at Oberlin College. and presently Professor of Practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of eight books, including Dangerous Years: Climate Change, the Long Emergency, and the Way Forward (Yale University Press, 2017), Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse (Oxford, 2009), Design with Nature (Oxford, 2002), Earth in Mind (Island, 2004) and co-editor of four others including Democracy Unchained (The New Press, 2020). He was a regular columnist for Conservation biology for twenty years. He has also written over 250 articles, reviews, book chapters, and professional publications. He has served as a board member or adviser to eight foundations and on the Boards of many organizations including the Rocky Mountain Institute, the Aldo Leopold Foundation, and the Bioneers. Currently, he is a Trustee of the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado and Children and Nature Network. He has been awarded nine honorary degrees and a dozen other awards including a Lyndhurst Prize, a National Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation, a “Visionary Leadership Award” from Second Nature, a National Leadership award from the U.S. Green Building Council, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Association for Environmental Education, the 2018 Leadership Award from the American Renewable Energy Institute, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Green Energy Ohio.Support the show Follow us on IG and FB at Bishop Rob Wright.

Meet Natalie Cutter, a Boston native whose love for sports started at age 4, wielding a tennis racket at a Greensboro, NC sports camp. From playing to coaching, her days were filled with tennis, cheering for Roger Federer, making NFL game picks, and catching Red Sox and Patriots games—sports has always been her world. Fast forward to 2023, Natalie graduated from Wake Forest (GO DEACS!) with a double major in Economics and Psychology earning High Honors for her fascinating thesis exploring how betting markets responded to the introduction of the serve clock in tennis. Since then, Natalie's presented her research at the Eastern Economics Association for the North American Association of Sports Economics and working on getting her study published in the Journal of Sports Betting. In this episode, we chat about her journey from tennis courts to academic conferences, what sparked her interest in sports economics, and how her work could change the way we think about betting markets. Whether you're a tennis fan, sports nerd, or just curious about the numbers behind the game, this is a conversation you'll love.

Students concerned about what's ahead for planet Every spring for the last five years, Aaron Burke, the librarian at South Avenue Elementary in Beacon, has led students to nearby Fishkill Creek to stock the stream with 3-inch brown trout. While watching the 60 or so fish grow in a 55-gallon aquarium in the basement library, the children give them names like Fred and Bob. Burke hopes to get kids to put down their video games and foster a love of nature. "There are very few kids playing outside," he said. "If you don't have any feelings about the environment, you're not going to change your behavior." Burke is among a growing number of educators in the Highlands who are part of a climate-education movement, teaching students about the changing environment and helping address what has been called "climate anxiety." One survey found that nearly 60 percent of students said they are "extremely worried" about climate change, while 85 percent are at least "moderately worried." Leah Alper, who teaches about climate change at Haldane in her environmental science elective, said she has seen that worry firsthand. "Students want to talk about it," she said. Sofia Kelly, a junior who founded the Habitat Revival Club, which has 40 members, agreed. "We had 80-degree weather in October," she said. "It's frightening." "This generation is going to be facing real challenges with regard to climate change, and we need to start educating them accordingly," said Greg Stowell, superintendent for the Garrison district, one of 53 schools designated by the U.S. Department of Education this year as a Green Ribbon School for environmental education, sustainability practices and improved health and wellness. Last month, the state Department of Education unveiled a plan to include climate education in a widespread revamping of New York's high school graduation requirements. A curriculum is expected by the fall of 2026. New York is following the lead of a handful of states that have mandated climate education, including New Jersey, Connecticut, California and Illinois. Colorado high school graduates can receive a seal of climate literacy on their diplomas by demonstrating mastery. About 75 percent of districts nationwide teach about climate change to some extent, according to a survey by the North American Association for Environmental Education. However, it also found teachers are concerned about the lack of standardized curricula and administrative support. At Haldane, Christian Hoolan weaves climate-related lessons into his discrete mathematics class, an elective popular with seniors. For example, the class analyzed the cost of heating and cooling Hoolan's home. "We dissected my Con Edison bill and figured out what it means when the price of energy is 8 cents per kilowatt-hour," he said. In the Garrison district, middle school students create journals in English and Language Arts classes about the environment. "We start with connecting kids to nature," said Rachel Arbor, the director of environmental education. "Before we start learning about climate problems, we need to deal with our personal relationship with the environment." Arbor recently published an article in Environmental Education Research about how nature journaling can improve mood among middle schoolers. She was one of nine teachers nationwide selected this year to receive a Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators from the Environmental Protection Agency. Arbor, who lives in Beacon, is leaving the district in January to focus on her consulting firm, Gaia Scholastic. The district has hired her successor, Christa Buccola Henriquez, and Stowell said it plans to continue to host an annual youth climate summit where area students and professionals come to Garrison to discuss climate-related topics.

Welcome to the 100th Episode of Pangolin: The Conservation Podcast! I cannot believe that we are finally here, and so we are going to spend today celebrating. Firstly, we are going to look back at the last 4 years and reflect on what it means to be here. Secondly, we are going to be ranking the world's most under-appreciated and misunderstood creatures. Finally, I will be saying a HUGE thank you to everyone who has made this incredible journey possible! Obviously, no celebration is complete without guests, so to help me I am joined by 13 amazing, incredible, wonderful, inspiring people who have dedicated their lives to helping create a healthier, happier, more just and beautiful world for us all. They are… Robi and Emma from Zoology Ramblings! Connor and Steph from Planty Planty Zoo Zoo! Alicia Hayden and Natasha Hatcher - two of my favourite wildlife artists! Tasnia Khandaker – researcher, friend, dog lover, icon! Toryn Whitehead - PhD candidate and wild boar enthusiast! Tomi Teicher and Rae Landriau – two AMAZING members of the environmental education community from Consciente Colectivo and Create Change Collective! Indy Greene and Franca Kasuku, both new guests to the show who both do incredible conservation work! Jodi McFarlane, my ReZOO partner-in-crime! They have each chosen a creature to highlight, and I have then ranked them… so I know it is going to be controversial! I am so grateful to everyone who has offered their support to the show over the last 4 years. The boy who started this show would never, ever believe everything that was about to happen to him. Every success I have ever had is because of all of you… thank you, thank you, thank you! Useful Links Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! We are @PangolinPodcast You can also follow Jack on X (Twitter) (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@onlyjackbaker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Instagram (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theonlyjackbaker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)!  Please follow the links below to learn more about our incredible guests: Robi & Emma: https://open.spotify.com/show/1T7Zzh2YTiDfb2kgbOxQsz?si=f97cb3a9f8324f39 Connor & Steph: https://open.spotify.com/show/54QtJ8MTb4MBxdRgjK7ct3?si=cd1d4439c7694889 Alicia: @AliciaHaydenWildlife Natasha: @HatchlingMakes Indy: @greeneindy Tasnia: https://bd.linkedin.com/in/tasniakhandaker Toryn: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/toryn-whitehead Tomi: https://conscientecolectivo.com.ar/ Rae: https://createchangecollective.weebly.com/ Franca: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisca-kasuku-11bb60a5/ Special thanks to The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), BIAZA, & The Lemur Conservation Network for your continued support. This episode is dedicated to my incredible family. Whether we are connected by blood or chosen, I couldn't do anything without you. Music Credits: "Cambodian Odyssey" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ At The Shore by Kevin MacLeod, Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3389-at-the-shore License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Monkoto by Kevin MacLeod, Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4072-monkoto License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ AngloZulu by Kevin MacLeod, Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3372-anglozulu License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Savannah (Sketch) by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4323-savannah-sketch- License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The great Pennsylvanian poet Taylor Swift once asked, “are there still beautiful things?”. The NAAEE Conference in Pittsburgh proved the answer is a resounding YES! I was lucky enough to be able to attend the North American Association for Environmental Education Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from the 6th-9th of November 2024! I met the most incredible people, made the most wonderful friends, and learned more than I ever could have dreamed of. It was constructive, challenging, enlightening, inspiring and joyful. This episode is a recap of that event, but also a huge thank all of the beautiful souls who made the conference what it was. I feel so grateful that I was able to share a few days with you!  The episode starts by explaining my history with NAAEE and recounting my visit to the Pittsburgh Zoo! Then I recap all of my favourite moments from the conference. I talk about some of the major themes, and share some of the lessons I learned. Useful Links Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! We are @PangolinPodcast

Sanitation. Energy efficiency. Robots. Standards are helping to make the food service industry safer, more efficient, and more productive.Join host Dave Walsh as he speaks with Charlie Souhrada, vice president, Regulatory & Technical Affairs at North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM), and Adam Spitz, commercial food service industry specialist at ICF.Follow Us Twitter @ASTMIntl Facebook @ASTMInternational Instagram @astmintl YouTube @ASTMIntl LinkedIn @ASTM International Presented by ASTM International www.astm.org

Listen to today's podcast... When you think of stress and food, you are often told to stay away from treats, like ice cream cones. Ice cream: My favourite food. Creamy. Cold. Sweet. Hard or Soft…doesn't matter. I love ice cream. It can be high in fat and it contains a lot of sugar. And it's not the kind of snack food that I should have everyday…though wouldn't that be absolutely wonderful? An ice cream cone has some definite pros. Ice cream may help in maintaining weight. How interesting is that?  Ice cream for weight control.  Research from the American Society of Experimental Biology found that a diet that included dairy prevented about 50 percent of weight regain and 80 percent of fat regain after the animals had lost weight and were allowed to eat at will.  Now this research was done with animals, but if it works there it may work on humans….I would at least like to be a part of the experimental group…test group…not the control group. Ice cream may help me to keep my girlish figure. The North American Association for the Study of Obesity found in a study of 800 men and women that those who ate the most calcium were also the leanest. Research from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Woman's University in Houston reported an association between the consumption of low-fat milk and dairy products and a lower waist-to-hip ratio. Ice cream may keep me from shrinking. Calcium is essential in preventing osteoporosis.  One reasonable (insert small) serving of ice cream can give you 10% of your daily calcium intake.  Did you know that: Ice cream is not a new treat…people have been creating frozen delicacies since 400 BC Britain's Margaret Thatcher was part of a research team that helped to develop soft ice cream The average American eats 18.3 litres of ice cream each year while Canadians eat 8.7 litres.  Japan has the lowest consumption with .01 litres per year. Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency!      Here are my tips For Building Resilience By Celebrating National Ice Cream Cone Day: Ice cream can be a healthy treat.  But it is a treat.  I have nothing else…just go out and celebrate. Now which kind to choose…DQ, Kawartha Dairy, soft, hard, dipped, sauced, fruit, chocolate….. #mentalhealth #hr

In this week's episode, both of our storytellers have a passion for science that can't be suppressed. Part 1: As a zoo volunteer, Lisa Yeager adores sharing her love of the wild, but one zoo patron is ruining that for her. Part 2: Anna yearns to be a scientist, but her strict mormon family doesn't want her to become one. Lisa Yeager started her career as an environmental educator and bookstore manager in Anchorage, AK. She shifted to build a career in project management after earning her MBA at the University of Washington. She currently works as a Program Manager for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center where she works to bring innovation and transformational change to business practices and collaboration. Lisa built her life in Seattle after attending UW because where else are you within a day of ocean, sound, volcano, shrub-steppe, lakes and two mountain ranges? With 10+ years as an informal education volunteer at Woodland Park Zoo, she is exploring ways to translate her business background and a recent second master's in biology to support climate change education and advocacy. She serves on the governing council for the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation, and received a Cee-Change fellowship and grant funding from the North American Association of Environmental Education. She is a previous board member of the International Applied Improvisation Network. She is the co-founder of Yes and Nature Collaborative (climateconversations.net), which combines scientific data, communication theory, and improvisational theater techniques to help people have more effective conversations about climate change and nature. Anna is a naturalist and aquatic entomologist. Going to school in Utah gave her the opportunity for a backyard mountain classroom. She got to learn about migration patterns of mule deer, moose, elk, and pronghorn through GPS collaring initiatives led by the Department of Natural Resources. Her coursework helped her learn how to identify all the plants and animals native to the desert, valley, and mountainous regions of Utah. Monitoring the restoration of a canyon after wildfires, flash floods, and debris flows bolstered her knowledge of the resilience of native flora and fauna to historical natural disaster regimes. She found purpose, love, and life in those experiences. Now Anna gets to connect to the parks and people within NYC, as well as challenge herself through a doctoral program studying the evolutionary history of stoneflies. These insects are fundamental to maintaining the health and balance of freshwater ecosystems, but many populations around the globe are experiencing substantial declines due to human interference and climate change. *For privacy reasons, Anna's last name has been withheld. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to another episode of “What are We Doing,” where we take the latest wild news and give it the roasting it deserves. This week, we're diving into the saga of a sunken superyacht, Trump's unexpected fertility plan, and Subway's attempt to stay relevant with a discount that's got franchisees ready to riot. First, let's talk about the Bayesian superyacht. This wasn't just any boat—it was a $40 million, 184-foot-long symbol of excess that met its match in a Mediterranean storm. One minute, it's a floating palace; the next, it's an underwater art exhibit. But the real story here isn't just the yacht going down faster than the Titanic—it's the insurance nightmare that followed. The hull was insured for around $40 million, but the real kicker is the protection and indemnity (P&I) insurance, covering all the “oops” moments—like, you know, accidental deaths and environmental disasters. Estimates put the P&I coverage somewhere between $200-300 million. Yep, when you're that rich, even your accidents need to be insured for more than a small country's GDP. And now, the investigation begins. Prosecutors are looking into the captain and crew, but don't hold your breath for answers anytime soon. Meanwhile, Captain James Cutfield pulled a classic “I'm outta here,” catching a private jet out of Palermo faster than you can say, “Not my problem.” Where he's headed? Who knows. Maybe he's off to find the next yacht to sink. As for the insurance companies, they're probably regretting every decision that led them to insure yachts in the first place. Premiums have been skyrocketing thanks to hurricanes and other “acts of God,” and now they're dealing with a sunken superyacht. Climate change might be sinking the yacht industry, but at least it's keeping the insurance companies busy. Now, onto Trump's latest “brilliant” idea: funding IVF treatments. Yes, the man who overturned Roe v. Wade now wants to play the fertility fairy. Trump's promising to either foot the bill for in vitro fertilization or force insurance companies to do it. Because nothing says “pro-life” like helping people create embryos while simultaneously trying to criminalize what happens to them afterward. The Harris-Walz campaign is all over this, reminding everyone that Trump is the reason Roe v. Wade is history and now he's trying to play nice by offering to pay for baby-making treatments. It's a classic case of trying to have your cake and eat it too, but this cake is made of contradictions and empty promises. And finally, we've got Subway's latest attempt to stay in the fast-food game with a $6.99 footlong deal. Franchisees across the country are ready to revolt, and honestly, who can blame them? Subway's asking these folks to take a massive hit to their already thin margins just to offer a discount on a sandwich that's barely worth it at full price. The North American Association of Subway Franchisees (NAASF) is telling its members to sit this one out unless they're cool with losing money faster than a gambler on a losing streak. Subway's been struggling for years, and this promotion isn't helping. Even Patrick Mahomes holding a footlong and a cookie can't save this sinking ship. So, there you have it! A yacht that couldn't handle a little wind, Trump playing fertility fairy, and a sandwich chain clinging to relevance. Just another day in the world of “What are We Doing?” where the news is crazier than fiction, and we're all just trying to keep up. Catch you next time, and remember: if your yacht insurance isn't worth more than your house, are you even really living? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-doing-pod/support

Hey everybody! Episode 138 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Scott Stanley. Scott is the founder of the ayahuasca church, Arizona Yage Assembly (AYA) as well as the North American Association of Visionary Churches (NAAVC). I was interested to bring Scott on to speak about the legal status of plant sacraments in the US. I think Scott is a really good representative in that he has been involved in a legal battle with the US government over religious freedom and actually is suing the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) and seems to be in a good position. We spoke about his background, ayahuasca, the history of churches and religious freedom in the States, principles and morality, and why he's involved in doing this work. I think its a very relevant conversation in regard to plant medicines and I hope you all find it insightful. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!This episode is sponsored by Real Mushrooms. As listeners, visit their website to enjoy a discount of 25% off your first order: https://www.realmushrooms.com/universe“Scott Stanley has spent some 15 years working with ayahuasca and Amazonian master plants. He has led over 500 ayahuasca ceremonies across the US, since founding the ayahuasca church, Arizona Yage Assembly (AYA) in 2015. He also founded the North American Association of Visionary Churches (NAAVC). Both organizations have sued the Drug Enforcement Agency to ensure free and legal access to the visionary practice of religion. His organizations have worked to bring combat vets into ayahuasca ceremonies through support of the veteran led AYA Mission. AYA has also started a nature conservancy for preserving the virgin rainforest of the upper amazon.AYA currently conducts bi-weekly ceremonies in their ceremonial maloca in Tucson, AZ.”To learn more about or contact Scott, visit his website at: www.ayaguide.orgTo view the recent documentary about us, Sacred Tobacco, visit: https://youtu.be/KB0JEQALI_wIf you enjoy the show, it's a big help if you can share it via social media or word of mouth. And please Subscribe or Follow and if you can go on Apple Podcasts and leave a starred-rating and a short review. This is super helpful with the algorithms and getting this show out to more people. Thank you in advance!For more information about me and my upcoming plant medicine retreats with my colleague Merav Artzi, visit my site at: https://www.NicotianaRustica.orgTo book an integration call with me, visit: https://jasongrechanik.setmore.comSupport this podcast on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithinDonate directly with PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanikMusic courtesy of: Nuno Moreno (end song). Visit: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/ And Stefan Kasapovski's Santero Project (intro song). Visit: https://spoti.fi/3y5Rd4Hhttps://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

Jill Clark, DVM, spent 17 years as an Assistant Director on feature films, commercials, and documentaries before changing direction and becoming a veterinarian in 1996.  She practiced in a multi-doctor group of small animal practices known for creating an exceptional client experience as an associate and then as Medical Director before joining a group of entrepreneurial veterinarians who grew their hospital group from 8 to 80 hospitals.  She was vice president of Operations for this group before joining VCA, managing 22 general and specialty practices with a continued focus on client experience as a competitive advantage.  In 2009, she joined VCA's Executive Team and was responsible for VCA's doctor recruiting team as well as creating VCA's corporate university, WOOF-U, which served over 24,000 veterinary team members.  In 2016, Clark founded IGNITE Veterinary Solutions, a modern learning company focused on bringing high-end learning experiences to all veterinary teams across the globe.  She has a special passion for Client Service teams and elevating their role to its fullest in our profession. She is one of the founders and President of the newly formed, North American Association of Veterinary Receptionists. Sarah Machell, DVM,  is a graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College and previously owned and operated a Small Animal Practice outside of Toronto, Canada for 18 years.  Since transitioning her practice in 2018 she has worked in a variety of industry spaces, with a special interest in technology and virtual care. Machell is passionate about maximizing the capacity of veterinary practices to engage with and effectively leverage technologies to improve practice efficiencies, patient outcomes and professional satisfaction.  One of Sarah's current roles is the Medical Director for PetPath, a digital tool that provides a critical bridge between inpatient and outpatient care. Alex Ehrich, co-founder of PetPath and Liberty University graduate, is passionate about transforming lives and bringing innovative ideas to life.  Ehrich has spent the past four years in the tech space, bringing products to market that enhance organizational effectiveness and improve user experiences.  In 2022, Ehrich teamed up with a veterinary neurologist and several business partners to launch PetPath. This digital care companion guides pet owners through their pet's most stressful moments, while freeing up veterinary care teams to focus on their core passion: providing exceptional animal care.

Joining Jack today, are Tomás Teicher (Consiente Colectivo) and Alerick Pacay (Seeds of the Ocean)! They are here to discuss the power and impact of environmental education! The three educators will discuss the importance of equipping young people with skills to help protect the environment; how to engage people in environmental education; some of the things they have learned as educators; what challenges they have faced; how education is different in the UK, Argentina and Guatemala; and how they first became inspired to connect with nature! Make sure to share your thoughts on social media using #PangolinPride

Symone Barkley, a Baltimore native, is a recipient of the North American Association for Environmental Education's "30 Under 30 Award," which recognizes young leaders in the field worldwide. And she's a fellow traveler in the podcast world, hosting a pair of podcast series for her employer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These would be “Planet NOAA” and "The NOAA Ocean Podcast.” She discusses the state of environmental education in America and what can be done to get kids more interested in nature studies. Barkley also talks about the kits she has developed providing kids with hands-on, STEM-based activities. More info about the kits is available here. 

A tough job that we often talk about on the Veterinary Viewfinder is the role of a veterinary receptionist, a customer service representative, or whatever you choose to call those invaluable folks up front who are, quite frankly, taking a lot of the hits from our clients. This week, we're excited to welcome back to the podcast Debbie Boone, CVPM, one of the co-founders of a new organization dedicated to improving the lives and skills of those folks who are our veterinary receptionists. This week, we want to discuss how you can get involved and why this is important for your clinic. Hosts Dr. Ernie Ward and Beckie Mossor, RVT, MPA, talk with Debbie Boone, CVPM, a co-founder of the North American Association of Veterinary Receptionists (NAAVR). Learn how this organization started, what its plans are, and why you should better train your veterinary receptionists!

Welcome to a special bonus episode of Pangolin! Today I sit down with Nina Hamilton from the 'North American Association for Environmental Education' and Anthony Ochieng of Tony Wild to discuss environmental education. The conversation revolves around wildlife photography, podcasting and the importance of sharing our knowledge and love with the world! Also, do you know someone who is making waves in the environmental education space? If so, it is not too late to nominate them to be part of this years NAAEE Environmental Education 30 Under 30! You can nominate until March 25th, just click here: https://naaee.org/programs/ee-30-under-30 Useful Links Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! We are @PangolinPodcast

In this episode, Will Wright and Pastor Josh Burtram are joined by Matthew D. Taylor, a senior Protestant scholar, to discuss the recent IVF ruling in Alabama and its ties to the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and Christian nationalism. They explore the background of the NAR and its influence on American politics, particularly in relation to abortion. The ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice, Tom Parker, is examined, highlighting his use of biblical and theological arguments in his concurring opinion. The conversation sheds light on the NAR's extreme views on abortion and their belief in spiritual warfare. This conversation explores the IVF politics and disagreements among right-wing and conservative politicians. It delves into the implications of IVF politics and the preservation of embryos. The desire for radical change and the theological treatise in Tom Parker's ruling is discussed, along with the extrapolation of the ruling and the desire for societal transformation. The NAR's approach to biblical interpretation and prophecy is examined, as well as the impact of rulings on different religious communities. The conversation also explores the implications of the ruling on democracy and religious freedom, and the tectonic shift in the religious right and the threat to democracy.Learn more: Alabama justice's ties with far-right Christian movement raise concernHow the Alabama IVF Ruling Was Influenced by Christian NationalismThe Right to a Private Life Is Under AttackGuest Bio:Matthew D. Taylor, Ph.D., is a Senior Protestant Scholar at ICJS, focusing on Muslim-Christian dialogue, Evangelical and Pentecostal movements, U.S. religious politics, and American Islam. He previously taught at Georgetown University and The George Washington University and is a member of the American Academy of Religion and the North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies. Taylor earned his Ph.D. in Religious Studies and Muslim-Christian Relations from Georgetown University and an M.A. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He authored "Scripture People: Salafi Muslims in Evangelical Christians' America" and created the audio-documentary series "Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation," exploring extremist Christian networks' role in the January 6th Insurrection. His upcoming book, "The Violent Take It By Force: The Christian movement that is threatening our democracy," is set for Fall 2024 publication.Support the showTo learn more about the show, contact our hosts, or recommend future guests, click on the links below: Website: https://www.faithfulpoliticspodcast.com/ Faithful Host: Josh@faithfulpoliticspodcast.com Political Host: Will@faithfulpoliticspodcast.com Twitter: @FaithfulPolitik Instagram: faithful_politics Facebook: FaithfulPoliticsPodcast LinkedIn: faithfulpolitics Subscribe to our Substack: https://faithfulpolitics.substack.com/

Do you want to know the truth about grass-fed beef? Regenerative grazing? Free-range eggs? This episode is jam packed with the jaw-dropping reality of greenwashing. Vasile Stanescu is an Associate Professor and Chair of Communication at Mercer University. He received his Ph.D. in the program of Modern Thought and Literature (MTL) at Stanford University. Vasile's research focuses on greenwashing in animal agribusiness, critiques of humane meat, in vitro meat, and consumerist options for social change. He is the author of numerous publications on the study of animals and the environment including in the Journal of American Culture, Rhetoric of Health & Medicine, the American Behavioral Scientist, and Animal Studies Journal. Vasile is also the co-founder of the North American Association for Critical Animal Studies (NAACAS).Vas talks about what is really behind regenerative grazing and the false messaging around supposedly “new” methods of animal farming. We also talk about the detriment of chicken farming, how beef is so often cited as the worst culprit for the environment, and the myth that if you just switch to chicken, it's so much better. Vas dives deep into how interconnected all animal farming industries are and how the supposed “green” meat movement is just another marketing tool for industrial agribusiness. He also shares how he feels that it is critical to reverse the stigma on veganism and have Vegan Pride.  Resources:Humane Hoax Online Conference details and free registrationLearn more and support this podcast:Hope for the Animals PodcastCompassionate Living Studies cited in this episode:Joseph Poore, University of OxfordTara Garnett, Food Climate Research Network at Oxford University

Subway could avoid some problems if it consulted more with its franchisees. Or so says the head of its biggest association. This week's episode of the Restaurant Business podcast “A Deeper Dive” features Bill Mathis, a Subway operator out of Minnesota and chairman of the North American Association of Subway Franchisees, or NAASF. Subway remains the largest restaurant chain in the U.S. by unit count, with some 20,000 stores domestically. But thousands of those locations have closed over the past decade. NAASF represents much of that franchisee base. The association rarely speaks publicly, but Mathis is breaking that silence on this podcast, specifically to talk about some of the group's concerns with current strategies. We talk about communication between management and the association and what impact that could have on some of the chain's strategies. But we also talk about several other issues, including slicers and the impact they have had on food and labor costs. We also talk about Subway's recent requirement that franchisees accept digital coupons—and what that is doing to franchisees. Mathis also discusses the purchase of Subway by Roark Capital and the association's view on that. And we talk about the general financial condition of franchisees and the state of food and labor costs right now. It's an in-depth discussion with one of the most-prominent franchisees in the country's biggest sandwich chain, so please check it out.

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more Democracy in a Hotter Time: Climate Change and Democratic Transformation The first major book to deal with the dual crises of democracy and climate change as one interrelated threat to the human future and to identify a path forward. Democracy in a Hotter Time calls for reforming democratic institutions as a prerequisite for avoiding climate chaos and adapting governance to how Earth works as a physical system. To survive in the “long emergency” ahead, we must reform and strengthen democratic institutions, making them assets rather than liabilities. Edited by David W. Orr, this vital collection of essays proposes a new political order that will not only help humanity survive but also enable us to thrive in the transition to a post–fossil fuel world. Orr gathers leading scholars, public intellectuals, and political leaders to address the many problems confronting our current political systems. Few other books have taken a systems view of the effects of a rapidly destabilizing climate on our laws and governance or offered such a diversity of solutions. These thoughtful and incisive essays cover subjects from Constitutional reform to participatory urban design to education; together, they aim to invigorate the conversation about the human future in practical ways that will improve the effectiveness of democratic institutions and lay the foundation for a more durable and just democracy. Contributors William J. Barber III, JD, William S. Becker, Holly Jean Buck, Stan Cox, Michael M. Crow, William B. Dabars, Ann Florini, David H. Guston, Katrina Kuh, Gordon LaForge, Hélène Landemore, Frances Moore Lappé, Daniel Lindvall, Richard Louv, James R. May, Frederick W. Mayer, Bill McKibben, Michael Oppenheimer, David W. Orr, Wellington Reiter, Kim Stanley Robinson, Anne-Marie Slaughter Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics emeritus (1990-2017), Counselor to the President, Oberlin College 2007-2017, and presently a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of eight books, including Dangerous Years: Climate Change, the Long Emergency, and the Way Forward (Yale University Press, 2017), Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse (Oxford, 2009), Design with Nature (Oxford, 2002), Earth in Mind (Island, 2004) and co-editor of four others including Democracy Unchained (The New Press, 2020). He was a regular columnist for Conservation biology for twenty years. He has also written over 250 articles, reviews, book chapters, and professional publications. He has served as a board member or adviser to eight foundations and on the Boards of many organizations including the Rocky Mountain Institute, the Aldo Leopold Foundation, and the Bioneers. Currently, he is a Trustee of the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado and Children and Nature Network. He has been awarded nine honorary degrees and a dozen other awards including a Lyndhurst Prize, a National Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation, a “Visionary Leadership Award” from Second Nature, a National Leadership award from the U.S. Green Building Council, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Association for Environmental Education, the 2018 Leadership Award from the American Renewable Energy Institute, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Green Energy Ohio. He has lectured at hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He is a founder of: the Atlanta Environmental Symposium (1972-1974), the Meadowcreek Project (1979-1990), the Oberlin Project (2007-2017), the journal Solutions, and of the State of American Democracy Project 2017-present). He headed the effort to design, fund, and build the Adam Joseph Lewis Center, which was named by an AIA panel in 2010 as “the most important green building of the past thirty years;” . . . “one of thirty milestone buildings of the twentieth century” by the U.S. Department of Energy, and selected as one of “52 game changing buildings of the past 170 years” by the editors of Building Design + Construction Magazine  (2016). He was instrumental in the design and funding for the Platinum-rated Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center (hotel + conference center). His current work at Arizona State University is on the repair and strengthening American democracy Pete on YouTube Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

Noticing skin changes as you get older and not feeling as confident and good in your skin as you once did?  Finding your pores seem to block faster, eye brows are thinning, chin hairs are popping up, dry skin and wrinkles are showing up more?  Helen Marray-Finlay is a Hollywood makeup artist and skincare expert with over 20 years of experience helping the famous look amazing in their roles at any age.  As she went through menopause Helen noticed anti-aging creams weren't addressing needs specific to skin changes with peri-menopausal and menopausal skin.  When she couldn't find a product that addressed the skincare needs of aging women, Helen set out to create her own skincare line Finlay + Green. In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast, Dr. Jannine Krause interviews Helen Marray-Finlay on the skin care needs of peri-menopausal and menopausal women as well as tips and tricks to have you looking your best while rolling with your symptoms from make up, skin care routines and lifestyle factors to address.   WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE: How skin hydration plays a huge role in your skincare over 40 Why anti-aging skin care products do not address peri-menopause and menopause skin needs Essential make up tips for women in peri-menopause and beyond Cream eye shadow and mascara tips for dry eyes Why you can't skip moisturizing your neck The things every woman over 40 needs for her skin Why you want to moisturize your skin within 60 seconds of getting out of the shower The benefit of a 5 minute skin care routine - cleanser, moisturizer and eye cream How to use a moisturizer as an overnight mask Cost effective hydrating face spritzers, eye puffiness and darkness tips   RESOURCES FROM THE SHOW: Helen's skincare line - Finlay + Green The Yuka App to evaluate your skin care product ingredients Burt's Bee's Blush Stick Bobbi Brown's Jones Road Beauty - Magic Balm Clinique Chubby Stick  Armani Foundation  Tom Ford Makeup Line Trish McAvoy Line and Trish's mascara Podcast Transcript JANNINE: [Intro] Welcome to The Health Fix Podcast where health junkies get their weekly fix of tips, tools and techniques to have limitless energy, sharp minds and fit physics or life. Hey, HealthJunkies, Dr. Jeanine Krauss here. I am looking for some help from you all. And what I'm looking for is some inspiration, some inspirational stories that I can share of men and women, defying aging and defying it by crossing things off their bucket list that maybe they thought they could never do, maybe coming back from an injury, starting something new, like skiing at 40 years old. Whatever it may be, I want to know about these stories and I want to interview folks. Maybe it's you, maybe it's someone you know, doesn't matter. I want to help inspire folks out there that you don't have to follow social aging norms. You can defy stuff. You can get better as you get older. You can make so much progress at any age. You can build muscle at any age. You can have a stronger heart at any age and you can crush all those things you want to do on your bucket list. Just because you're older doesn't mean you have to give up on yourself and your dreams. And this is something that I want to share and inspire folks with. And so if you have a story or someone you know, email us at info@doctorspelledout. So d-o-c-t-o-r-j-k-r-a-u-s-e-n-d.com https://doctorjkrausend.com. Let's spread the word about how amazing life can be as you get older and all the cool things that you can do. Alright, health junkies. I'm counting on you. Let's get some emails in and let's get some awesome stories on the podcast.  Hey, health junkies on this episode of Health Fixed Podcast. I'm interviewing Helen Marray-Finlay and she's the founder of Finlay and Green, a skincare company focused on menopausal. And I would also say perimenopausal skin. Now, Helen and I talk about some amazing stuff. I think this podcast is the go-to for women wondering, okay, how do I roll with the changes I'm starting to see in my skin with perimenopause and beyond? And what can I do? Helen's expertise is amazing because she is a makeup artist to the stars. And in particular, she's done some work on folks from Parks and Reck and Modern Family. And she's seen folks age right before eyes and all the different changes and she's been able to use different makeup tricks and tips. And also, I mean, lighting on the set is a game changer for a lot of these folks, but she's got to know what to do to help people look amazing no matter what. And so in this podcast, we are going through all kinds of stuff. I mine her on a ton of things. And she shares her story, but also the story of what she's seen in different folks in the industry of film and TV. And while she can't say anybody's names, you can kind of figure it out from what I mentioned. So let's introduce you to Helen Marray Finlay. We're going to talk all kinds of cool things. So get your pen out on this one because she gives a ton of tips. But if you can't write things down, go over to my podcast notes at https:///doctorjkrausend.com and check it all out. Now one more thing I've been using her moisturizer since we did our interview a couple weeks ago. And I do have to say it is simple. It's light. It's super moisturizing and she talks all about moisture. So you'll see what she's going with here. I like it. I'm keeping it around. I'm going to be recommending it to my patients as well. So let's introduce you to Helen Marray-Finlay. Hey, health junkies, I have Helen Marray-Finlay on and we are going to be talking about skincare. As we get older and in particular, looking at the different phases, as we get older and things we should be thinking about because on this podcast, I took a lot about hormones, but I don't necessarily talk about skincare changes, what to be thinking about and what to be kind of doing in that realm. So of course, we have expert Helen on and she is going to give us some good stuff today. So Helen, welcome to the fixed podcast.  HELEN: Thank you. Thanks for having me.  JANNINE: So this whole menopause and perimenopause thing is a trip. Of course, I always have to ask folks, when was the first time you notice, like things are starting to slightly change a little bit? How old were you and what was the first thing you saw?  HELEN: I think it for me was around about 42, 43. I started to see my skin wasn't as elastic. It was probably the first thing. Probably then was the first time I contemplated doing Botox and filler. And looking back now is stupid way too young, but whatever. Yeah, you feel the pressure, don't you? I certainly, as a woman, you feel the pressure to stay looking youthful. But no, definitely as far as my skin, around about 42, 43. I also noticed some dark spots, brown spots too.  JANNINE: Gosh, you know, you're right. And I even noticed on your website and folks will talk about finlayandgreen.com here a little bit later. But on the website, you even put the phases and 42 is one that is right out there in your face. And I'm like, wow, yeah, I really do think that at 40, 42 ish for sure. I started to be like, oh, yeah, these wrinkles are getting deeper. And like I can see my smile lines. And then the acne started coming. [laughter] I'm like, what in the world? HELEN: Like a teenager all over again, right? And I think, God, yeah.  JANNINE: Even as we speak right now, I have two spots going on. And I thought, oh, this is appropriate for this podcast for me to talk about it. And I'm coming off of a weekend with some family and definitely celebrating for our cousins, wedding. And so I'm like, wow, I'm as my system that sensitive these days, or is this something brewing? So I think a lot of folks probably are like, okay, you're the makeup expert. But you're also menopause specialist in this department is it that common for acne to kind of pop up from eating terribly or or switching your diet? Or does it seem that as it starts a cycle, it's more of a cycle based on hormones? What would you say? Both a little bit of both a little bit one or the other.  HELEN: Definitely the food you eat is going to have a little bit of an impact. But what I've seen is definitely hormone related to be honest, you know, just because you know, you're certainly around about 42, you're in perimenopause. That's the average age— not everyone. It's different for everyone. But you know, your hormones as you know, are fluctuating up and down. And that's definitely going to be a reason why you'll break out for sure. You know, it's a reason it's also the reason why your skin may be looking a little bit more slack. You might be having more noticeable hyperpigmentation. So yeah, hormones almost have a lot to do with what happens to skin during menopause. Unfortunately.  JANNINE: Oh my gosh. Yeah, I mean, you know, we think wrinkles and like you had mentioned with the Botox look eye, it might be time to do Botox. I haven't. I'm not going to. I chose to like let my skin be and see kind of what unfolds, but also play with things naturally. And one of the first things folks always think about and I heard you mentioned this in a previous podcast about collagen. And I've always wondered, you know, I think great for the gut because it gets to the gut. But like, how does the body know to take it from the gut to the skin and move from there? So I think a lot of folks might be thinking like, Helen, if we're starting to see our skin not be as plump, not be as— it's starting to then it's starting to to sag a little, if collagen isn't quite the answer. And I'd love to hear your opinion on this. What can folks be thinking about to prep their skin or even get started in that department of preventing or working on what's already happening with the slack?  HELEN: With the slack, you know, I think you could probably have, you know, collagen supplements and things. I don't think I think they work for certain things, probably work for your joints, heart and things like that. I don't think they make terrible difference to the skin to be honest. From what I've seen, maybe they're just the supplements, collagen supplements I've been trying. But, you know, an SPF is probably your biggest asset and always use an SPF. I was really bad in my youth. So I'm basically, yeah, suffering for those consequences. And certainly, you know, areas where you're now going to have a lot more hyperpigmentation and brown spots are generally those areas you had a lot of sun damage on previously. So an SPF is your best friend, hydration. You know, everyone's having to drink water. I've heard that before. But, you know, when we were younger, we were 60 to 70% water, right? But now, menopause, you dropped to 50, 55. So it's a significant drop. And obviously, if you're hydrated, your skin's going to look more plumper. So there are those ways to do. And obviously, also using a skincare regimen that really supports that, that has the ingredients like hyaluronic acid, squalene. Those things are really going to boost the moisture content in your skin, which will then make it look plumper, firmer, more elastic too. So yeah, there are the kinds of things you can do to help your skin look a little less slack. But like you, you know, I tried the Botox, well, you didn't try the Botox. I tried the Botox in the filler and it just wasn't me either. So I've definitely gone down the natural route now, which is why I do everything clean. And I haven't even airbrushed my photographs, because I just want to be authentic. There's too much anti-aging and aging. It should just be aging. And so I'm trying to be authentic. So yeah, no, so good for you for doing it too.  JANNINE: Yeah, you know, I mean, the whole aging thing and the anti-aging thing, it's like, you know, I want to look my age. I don't want to look artificial. Because when you've seen someone has had a lot of work done, I mean, you do kind of look at them go, whoa, okay, you know, whoever wants to do whatever, I'm all for it, but the idea, you know, we all have a choice, but the thought processes, you know, if you want to let yourself to look your age, okay, great. How can we look our age, but still look amazing? I think that's the thing, you know, the difference between like letting yourself go or maintaining what you have and working with what you have and finding that common ground with your skin and body. And one of the fabulous things that I noticed just looking through your skin care line and things of that nature is that it's tailored to us older folks. We're not trying to weave through is this, you know, the, let's put it this way. Is this the older ladies department of the cream? Is this going to help me with what my needs are? It takes the guess work away. And I think for a lot of people, you know, yes, we could see an aesthetician in here, all the different suggestions, but it's nice to have a line that we know is tailored for us.  HELEN: Yeah, and I think that's what you see when I, so it was joined COVID, I ended up having a hysterectomy. So up until that time, I didn't realize all the different things that can happen to due to, you know, going into Manopause. So I had no idea that your skin changed or your hair changed or, you know, I would get in some near anxiety or and all those things. But so when I had the hysterectomy, my skin changed overnight. My hair got frizzy, my nails got brittle and whatnot. So I realized, I quickly found that my favorites usual go-to's just weren't cutting the mustard anymore. And I went out, well, it's hard to go out, I was doing everything online to try and find new products. And I never found one, you know, that really addressed my, what I felt were pretty unique symptoms. But I realized they weren't unique to me in the end, you know, all women going through this with that. So then when I realized I wasn't unique, that's when I thought, you know, I'm going to create my own skincare line that is very much tailored to those issues, you know, brought on by Menopause. Because I don't really believe in anti-aging skincare, it's just skincare. And a lot of those anti-aging products, they're not addressing menopause symptoms, you know. And so that's the difference too, you know.  JANNINE: I think that's vitally important to mention that. They're not addressing the menopause symptoms, because so many folks, you know, they've gone to an aesthetician for years. And they hear about— and my aesthetician love her to death to, but she's also like, “hey, there's this new anti-aging cream,” you know or, “hey, there's this new miracle thing.” And we're like— and I'm always my first question. And this would be my question to you too, is my first question is, okay, what is it going to do for me?  You know, and what— how does that tie back to my specific needs? So, you know, one of the big things you would mention, like, okay, you had a hysterectomy me your skin changed overnight. Tell us a little bit about what you exactly notice, because I think a lot of women you're mentioning the nails. And this is a question I get often, is like, is it a mineral or vitamin deficiency, or is it estrogen change, things of that nature? So give us a little scoop about what you experienced, what you started to see, and how you tied it to certain hormone shifts. So folks know kind of where, where we're working with here.  HELEN: Well, you know, you're right, you know, you can get, you know, there's little divots in your nails and different things because of vitamin deficiency. That's true. And that can happen in a certain period of your life. But we're talking about that period when it's— you're in menopause, you're in perimenopause, those years leading up when, as you know, a lot of your symptoms occur during perimenopause, because menopause itself is just one day, right? The anniversary of my period. Yeah. So really, when we talk about menopause, we talk about the whole phase, all four phases, really, right? The the pre, the peri, the menopause and the post. So most of the symptoms are peri and posts, but taking it back to the skin, it was really, I think it was really, I guess for me, I had the hysterectomy. So that was the clear warning, right? But other people may not have a hysterectomy. So it's really looking out for the signs and knowing what the signs are. But that's menopause as a whole, right? A lot of women don't know that, you know, you may get anxiety and some near, you know, you may get achy joints and muscles, you dry eyes, dry mouth, that all these things can be menopause related. So I think, you know, it is important that women understand what the symptoms are. And so, you know, as another thing, I want to tell people what they are and why they're saying menopause, but very skin-specific too. So, yeah, I guess it's just the phase your in. The other thing is, you know, generally, if you're around about 47, you're probably most definitely in peri-menopause, so some of those symptoms are more likely to be, to be menopause. But always get it checked out, you know, I've never say start and of course, of action without checking with your doctor first.  JANNINE: Absolutely, absolutely. And, you know, I think it's more, and the reason I love bringing folks on like yourself to the podcast is because we can set that awareness and also honestly, in the long run, save women a lot of grief and money because some skincare regimen protocols can get, having owned spa myself, they get incredibly, you know, we had 10 steps and how much of it is really doing some thing, you know, and I think for a lot of women looking at, okay, what's going to get me my most bang for my buck based on these symptoms I'm experiencing? But also a lot of folks are looking at, you know, my eyes, so let's just go this way, like my eyes, right? Like, what's going to be the best eye cream situation? Because it seems like everybody comes up with their magical eye cream, comes up with this, comes up with that. And yes, our eyes change because it's a sign of something internally going on too. But let's talk a little bit about your eye cream that you've got here and coming soon. And talk a little bit about that because that was one of like when I put the survey out to folks, hey, what do you want to learn about with this eye cream was one that came out big time?  HELEN: Yeah, when we tested our products, the eye cream was, yeah, that was the really popular one. So for me, when I went through menopause, I had never had dark circles under my eyes before, but they came and never went away. So yeah, so for us, nice and wide is a fantastic product for brightening, lightening, you know, helping with redness and irritation. Your skin obviously is a lot thinner there. You need something soothing. So that is a great ingredient to, again, hyaluronic acid, ceramides, peptides. But it's really, you know, again, because your skin is thinner, you want someone something that's going to help with the, you know, your, the skin's resilient. So that's another reason why ceramides are great peptides too. But yeah, you really want to hydrate that area. So, yeah, good quality, highly active ingredients. Yeah, so definitely hyaluronic acid, I would look out for peptides, vitamin C is great in an eye cream too. So yeah, definitely. And that's we have all of those, you know, so yeah, but if you're looking for a cream, that's what you should be looking for. Yeah.  JANNINE: Got it. Got it. And there's been a lot of debate about vitamin C and a lot of folks, you know, L-ascorbic versus, you know, a ascorbyl glucoside because I like what, what is your take? I know, I obviously seeing your ingredients that that's one thing, but I want to hear your take on, on why the the sea that you're using you use, just so folks can hear like the thought process behind this, because there's so many different, like if you listen to certain companies out there, it is like L-ascorbic or die. You know, or there's other processes there. And give me give me this scoop, because I do truly feel like vitamin C is something that I've seen make a huge difference in my skin. And, you know, as a whole, so give us a scoop on on your vitamin C thoughts.  HELEN: You know, you want to vitamin C that can penetrate your skin. You want something that's going to be going to be able to absorb, got to have a high quality. So I mean, that's really my scoop on it. We used a great lab who sourced the top ingredients that we could find both, you know, here in the United States and in Europe. So for me, for me, it's a lot about quality, but so that's the route we went down.  JANNINE: Okay, okay, fair enough, fair enough. So looking at the overall, let's say, compendium, maybe I don't know, trajectory of skin. You've seen a lot going on with being in the makeup industry. You've seen celebrities. You've worked with multiple folks. Of course, this was a big question that folks brought up to me. Like, I want to know what someone's so is doing. And of course, we can't go there, guys. But what we can do is talk about looking at skin over the course of time. And you've worked on different shows. We will mention the shows at least because that way folks can kind of get an idea like Parks and Reck and Modern Family in particular. There are certain folks folks asked me like, what's up with their skin? So, you know, we think celebrities have the most amazing skin. Maybe they were born with amazing skin. HELEN: Right.  JANNINE: Are they dealing with the same things we are? I need confirmation.  HELEN: Absolutely. They have the acne, they have the same things. Yeah, when you, they walk in the trailer in the morning and it's 4.30 AM. Yeah, they just look like we do, you know. So, yeah, you know, makeup, makeup transforms, everyone, you know. And so, yeah, they're real people. Same, same anxieties as we do. And certainly for, you know, women as we age in front of the camera cameras get a lot more sophisticated, you know. And then you get blown up in big screens, not just in the movie theaters, but in people's homes. So, yeah, it can be quite a scary time for women as they're as they're aging for sure in the business.  JANNINE: And so, looking into that, you know, with makeup, I always tend to go, okay, so obviously we have the skin care side of things. Then we have the makeup side of things. And in terms of women and aging skin and makeup, where, where are the areas that you're finding to be the most— let's say, worked with on your end? Is it the eyes, like you said? Is it the hyperpigmentation? Is it like trying to fill in wrinkles? Like, what, what happens on to make someone look younger or, you know, what, what happens in this case? I'm curious as how it works. Well, you know, makeup plays a big part, but lighting plays a big part too, right? They're usually lit for the most part, but as we, we are mortals, we don't walk around with the camera, you know, with the camera, you know, lighting around us and stuff like that. So, yeah, so lighting helps big time. But makeup, yeah, you, you, again— hydration is huge to get you through the day of filming and so skin looks alive and bright. You've got to have great skin care. So, we'll hydrate after lunchtime. They'll come back in the trailer. We have after lunch touch-ups. And again, we'll probably hydrate the skin too. Certainly, when a woman is in her late 40s, 50s and beyond, concealer, you know, is your friend? Certainly under eyes. That is a product that— again, I never use concealer prior to having my history right to me and my skin change. But now, yeah, that's probably the number one product I use. Eyes get a little bit more hooded, you know, certainly for me. So eyes tend to be trickier to do as you get older, certainly with the eyeliner and everything. It's maybe not as easy to get that nice cat eye that we did when we were younger and that. So, they tend to be the more challenging areas, but, you know, everyone's beautiful, right? You know, and there's a beauty in anyone. So, sometimes you don't need makeup. Sometimes, you know, the prettiest person is the one that doesn't have any makeup on. So, yeah.  JANNINE: I have never worn much in terms of makeup. I've taken, like, different, you know, at the beauty counter, the classes where they teach you how to do the things and I usually am just like, I can't. So, I was just like pardon me for my makeup, non-specific knowledge. But, you know, I agree with you. You know, we do tend to gravitate towards the makeup. Sometimes when we're getting older, and I think for a lot of women, I've heard women say, like, oh, I need to wear makeup now, because before I didn't have to now, I do because it, and a lot is, of course, like you had mentioned, the eyes and concealer. And for a lot of us, it's going, like, me, I'm going, okay, how can I help to not have to use those types of things? Like, the eye creams and things of that nature. Like, of course, preventative-wise, but not, what am I trying to say? I don't even know where I'm going with this. I guess basically what I'm saying is like, help, what can we do? Makeup wise or even preventative-wise? Is it using the eye creams daily? Is that the idea? Or like you were saying, where do you help the, the actors they've got like the touchups? Like, is that a thing for women? Should we be thinking about that as we get older? Little touchups? Like, give us the scoop on like, day in the life of a menopausal woman who might be hot flashing and like, you know, sweating, right? What do we do about that? A foundation out the window? What? Give us the scoop.  HELEN: Yeah, well, for me, as I've got an older, less has been more, to be honest. I actually wear less makeup now than I did when I was younger, because I find that, you know, eye liners and things like that, I don't know, they just don't look as good on me anymore. So I've kind of gone with the more fresh-based look. I wear a tinted sunscreen on top of my moisturizer, a little bit of concealer, mascara, and blush. That's my thing. And even when I go out, I don't actually put, I might put a little bit of bronzer on, but that's it. But I'm pretty fresh-based, to be honest. Again, I think it's all about feeling good in your skin, you know. So what you have to do to make you feel good, but skincare is just the key for everything. I believe, you know, just having a really good moisturizer. If you don't do anything else, have a great moisturizer, use an SPF and drink plenty of water. But, you know, if you are, you know, someone who likes to wear makeup, again, like I just said, water SPF, a good moisturizer and an eye cream. But I would go for products that have a little bit of a dewy complexion. I wouldn't go for anything that's matte, because matte's just going to highlight things. So I would try it. I like cream blushes. If you're going to use a blusher, I like those kinds of things. I like cream eye shadows too. You know, Bobby Brown has one and a, like, a little, like, pen, like a tubby stick. You can put those on your eyelids and use your finger to blend. So yeah, I always go with simple, you know, I prefer simple. So [inaudible] and healthy. If you can go for those brands that are cleaner healthier, I think that's always a good thing to do too.  JANNINE: Absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, like, you know, how you're mentioning certain things and less is more, I think that's huge. And obviously, if you take care of your skin more, you're going to need less to, you know, to cover up things as well. And obviously, I can see where you're going here with having the company Finlay and Green, because it helps. You know, it really, it really does help to have the foundation going here of what your skin kind of like skin food. If you will. So tell us a little bit about your processing of the products and the packaging, because what I noticed, and this is something that is a big kind of, let's put it this way, pet peeve of mine. Well, have these companies they'll create green products, but then the packaging and the transportation, you know, everything. It seems like you've thought of every single step along the way, because obviously, you've probably also seen the side effects of hormone disruptors and how that also impacts the skin as well.  HELEN: Yeah, I mean, definitely. Well, as we know, there's green washing, but there's also clean washing. Those brands say they're clean. And really, to me, they're, it's basic, you know, legally you're not allowed to have parabins and fallets and sulfates and things like that. So to say you're clean when you're just basically meeting the basic, you know, parameters. So for us to be— it was really important to be clean, you know, I didn't want any hormones, hormone disrupted in there. So there's no soy, there's no phyto estrogens or anything like that. You know, though for those women who are maybe going through chemotherapy or cancers or anything, you don't want any of those ingredients in your product. So being clean, we tried at the beginning to go completely to not use any synthetic ingredients. But unfortunately, we couldn't do that. We needed to have a preservative, legally, you have to have a preservative. And unfortunately, that's a synthetic. But again, in my research, I thought synthetics were all bad, not all synthetics are bad, you know. So, but yeah, we are, we are particularly clean. There's a store here in LA on the west coast, I'm not quite sure if they are on the east coast, called Credo. And me, right. And to me, they're the whole foods of skincare. So you have to meet a very high standard to get there. So although we're not in Credo, we follow the Credo standards, you know, to, and we exceeded those standards too. But there's also an app, a website called Yuka, I think it's about white, yeah. And that's a great thing. And if you were to scan our ingredients, we come up, we've got excellent score on that. So it was, it was those, but going back to sustainability too, packaging is so much waste. I mean, there's, I think there's like 13 billion, I think for, you know, for, I think skincare, I think, yeah, 13 billion tons, I think globally or something, we kind of put out there into, into the, into the, onto the planet. So we definitely wanted to do our part to cut back on all that wastage. So we have used recycled plastic. So post-consumer recycled material for our jars. And eventually, it's— we're going to have, well, right now our jar has a pod. The pod can't come out right now, but in a few months time, as we, as we get bigger, that pod will come out and you can buy refills. So we're looking at ways as we continue to grow to, to be sustainable and to be greener and cleaner, but as a startup, it's really hard to be all of those things and get a product out there that's affordable. So.  JANNINE: That makes sense. That makes sense. And I'm, I'm incredibly, you know, I get it, like I'm incredibly fascinated that one, you're, you're exceeding CREDO Beauty. So you guys, I talk about a lot credobeauty.com great website. That's where I kind of refer to when folks are like, where do I go to find things that I think there you go. And Yuka app Y-U-K-A, that one, if you're, if you're exceeding their standards, then by, by all means, you know, this is, this is solid. You've done your homework and, you know, we can't be perfect. And, and that's another thing that I think that a lot of people need to understand. And, and also the synthetics that sometimes that is— you know, the better option. And that's just where we have to be in, in this realm. And, and really at the, at the bottom line here is product, right? And, and getting results, right? And, and that's where, you know, you've got a ton of reviews I saw there on the website about how things are, are going. And I mean, just looking at your skin, it looks amazing. And, and love it there. Now, so I guess my next question that a lot of folks are probably going to be wondering about like, okay, so how long does it take to get into your regimen? And, and let's, let's talk about the regimen here with the eyes, the cleanser, you know, and the moisture is there. How does it work? How do you, you know, what is your, what's your insider tips? And how long does it take to see results? Like, when, what's up before and after like a reasonable time between that?  HELEN: For me, I believe in less is more. So I don't want to have a kind of a 10 step skin regimen. So again, with Finlay and Green, the, the big thought process behind that is to make every ingredient multipurpose. So an each ingredient pretty much all the or not ingredient, each product you can use together. So right now we have a, our moisturizer, but our moisturizer is a day cream, night cream and can be a five minute mask too. So that one product can be three different things. Now, and then we'll be coming out next year with these drops, these drops are like serums, but you can add them to your moisturizer. There'll be a hydrating booster drop that you could put to your moisturizer to, if you want, a little bit more hydration. There's a clarity drop. So you can either put them on your face or you can add them to your, your moisturizer. So we just, you know, because you don't have that much time during your day, I like a five minute routine, anything longer than that. I'm never going to stick with. So I wash my face in the shower with a nice gel cream gel cleanser, which is mine again, that'll come out in December. So I use a cleanser, then I moisturize my face, but it's really key to moisturize your face within 60 seconds of getting out of that shower, because that you've still got a slightly damp skin, not really wet skin, but slightly damp skin, and if you have a product with hyaluronic acid, that hyaluronic acid is going to draw that moisture on the surface of skin into your skin too. So that's another kind of tip. And yeah, putting your moisturiser skin care in your steamy bathroom is a great environment too, is helping lock in extra moisture. So I do my cleanser, my moisturizer, and I'm an eye cream. Any more than that, I'm never going to sustain that regimen, you know, it's just nice. Too many steps. So yeah, that's me.  JANNINE: Me either. That's what I found about it. You know, I am somewhat, folks wouldn't imagine this because I don't wear makeup very much, but I am a skincare junkie and have been for a long time. And I will try different products, go through different things, and you know, my aesthetician always, you know, has me intrigued about certain things, but one thing we always talk about is, and as I mentioned before, the 10 step, 12 step process. I'm not doing it. I'm just not. And so having the quick, you know, boom, boom, three things and multi-purpose, very, very nice to be able to think about that. So I'm thinking the mask. How would we use the moisturizer correct with like, as a mask? Did I remember that correctly? Okay. Yeah. HELEN: So I like to do that in the evening. So I'll wash my face, cleanse my face, then I'll put the cream on and I literally lay on a little bit heavier. So you still see the— the cream hasn't absorbed. You still see it's the white cream. So you still see the whiteness of the cream on your face. And I, I put it pretty much in even area, certainly in those driest spots on my, and I'm always drier here on the cheekbone kind of thing. And I leave it on for five minutes. And then after five minutes, I will take most of it off and I'll do it. And then to leave enough that will just absorb into your skin. So I take most of it off, but leaving a slight film on my skin. And then I go to bed and yeah. And in the morning, when I wash my face, you know, you, you feel that, that the residue of the mask still on. But it doesn't block the pores. So that was the other thing because women have hormonal acne. We didn't want any ingredients in there that was going to block pores. So yeah.  JANNINE: That's huge. What about using like neck chest also for the moisturizers same same thing. Can you use it anywhere? Could you put it all over the body?  HELEN: You can lather all over your body if you wanted to. But yeah, definitely take it down your neck. And this is one thing I learned too. But, you know, if you, if you miss your neck, if you, if you just do your, your face and miss your neck, then your neck's going to basically the skin of your neck is going to absorb that moisture from your face. So really, you know, so then you end up with two-parched areas. So definitely always massage your face, moisturize your face and your neck. For sure.  JANNINE: That's interesting because I mean, I think about the lymphatics quite a bit in the neck and how they're kind of bogged down. But if the moisture goes here, gravity goes down. Okay, so if we moisture everywhere, we can keep things.  HELEN: I mean, our moisture actually will absorb, it absorbs really quickly. So we won't go down. It's just that your skin here is just going to kind of try to absorb all that moisture from your face, you know, just internally. So we got definitely, definitely. I know I've seen you down your chest to your dectloletage. Really important. Yeah.  JANNINE: That's huge. I think a lot of women will forget about that area. And, you know, looking at the three-step process, not like that's not so bad to just add in a little bit down below, call it good. What about, you know, what about the eyes? Again, I want to go back to those and some tips in terms of eye cream and things of that nature because it is no doubt the number one thing women all say thanks to me like, man, I just in every morning, I just look so tired or I just look so worn down. What can I do to prevent this from happening? And so not only do I want to hear what the eye cream, but I want to hear about what tips do you give to clients and folks who are doing makeup on when they come in in the morning. Like, how can we keep your eyes looking most amazing in the morning and not all puffed up and or not all dark? What kind of other lifestyle things can we do?  HELEN: Trying to reduce your caffeine. Which is easier to have than done. I love my coffee and I'm definitely going to have a coffee first thing in the morning. But, yeah, trying to reduce your caffeine, hydrate, hydration is the key. What we do in the morning, you know, as I said, we're getting into the trailer 4 AM in the morning, 4.30 and no one looks good at that time of day. And I'm, I'm asked, you know, those little silicone, you know—  JANNINE: Yeah HELEN: —doesn't have to be silicon. Putting two teaspoons in the refrigerator is a really cheap easy way to do. So you get the cold teaspoons in the morning and you just put it on your eyes. I mean, that's probably the cheapest quickest thing to do and it's highly effective. And then moisturize. Yeah. Moisturize. And throughout the day, if you want to, put a little bit more moisture there. You can get Evian in a can, you know, and you can spritch your face, but it doesn't have to be Evian. You can get a little spritz bottle with some, you know, filtered water, leave it in the fridge and spritch your face. And again, if you have products with hyaluronic acid, you know, it's only going to love that moisture you're spray on and your face will plump up a little bit more.  HELEN: So one of the things I wonder, so there's hyaluronic acid that you can buy in bulk in bottles.  HELEN: Yeah.  JANNINE: Does that work the same if someone was to add like a little bit during the day and then the spritz with that? Does that do the same or do you need more of the agents that you have in cream stick on to help get it across?  HELEN: I think so. I think so. But you know, it's probably like to try, but it was cheap enough, but no, I think you need, I think you need the whole package, unfortunately.  JANNINE: Fair enough. Fair enough. There's something that I figure someone might ask me, and it just popped in my head. Now here's another thing. You know, obviously you are getting in with with a bunch of folks at 430 in the morning to get ready. And like you said, no one looks amazing in 4:30 in the morning. Do you have like a like list for folks like this is what you want to do to come in and be ready to like have your best skin and your best makeup? Or is it individual? You kind of know who has what going on? Like do you do intakes before with with the celebrities to know like what's their stuff?  HELEN: Yeah, I did. I was going to say that. Yeah. Before I start a show, and certainly when I'm department heading a show, I will, you know, when the casting's been done, you know, who the actors are, generally they're going to come in for a wardrobe fitting before we start shooting. So that's my time. I'll have called them beforehand and say, hey, would you want to meet at the wardrobe fitting? Have a conversation. And I can get a feel of the products they like, the routine that they like to follow. Most actors like us, we have our favorite go-to's, you know, and the hard sway one way or the other. But yeah, so does that routine? Certainly what will happen is obviously we have hair and makeup which are a trailer. So hair is on one end. Sometimes the actresses will go to hair first so we can put the eye pads on underneath to help kind of liven them up a little bit while they're getting their hair done. You know, the average person won't won't have that. Sometimes it takes two hours to get a woman ready in the morning. So, you know, I prefer five minutes for me. So, you know, it's not realistic for people. So they have a lot of attention. But yeah, there's a routine, generally, eye pads. But, you know, the guys like special treatment too, you know, there's Kiehl's facial fuel eye balm stick. And I always keep that in the refrigerator. And so the guys when they come in, they'll get that on. But by the way, that's a great trick for women too. You know, you can keep your eye creams in the refrigerator. So the nice and cool too, which is another trick to put on that helps you in the morning as well. So.  JANNINE: Nice. Oh my gosh. I can imagine we can mine you for tips for like hours. I think, you know, for folks, there's always that curiosity. You know, what are the celebrities doing? Because, you know, we see it in the tabloids. We see the different things in the grocery store, you know, so-and-so is doing this for their makeup, regimen, so-and-so is doing this. But I think ultimately it's like how do we apply this in real life? And how can we take what you've learned in the the the TV and film industry and apply it to ladies who are going through menopause? And so one of the big things I was thinking about is like, okay, we've got a three-step regimen that you have here. We have tried to limit the caffeine, working on things in the morning. What kind of things could someone be looking at as a whole, perimenopausal, menopausal, and beyond? What are the things that we like need to be thinking about we're keeping our hormones in check, kind of giving like a lifestyle breakdown? What do you advise folks is-and I know that's a huge can of worms I just opened up, but think of like your top things. Like, what do you advise for hormone balance and having your skin looking fresh and amazing every day? What are your top go-to's?  HELEN: So, well if we talk about menopause, you know, as a whole, not just skin, I think it's really important to learn about menopause. I think it's really, you know, there's some great resources. There's that website nonprofit called Let's Talk Menopause. That's a great resource. The North American Association for Menopause is great, Nams, I think it's called. It's great. So definitely do your research. Find out what the symptoms could be, so because being forearmed is forewarned, that's a big thing. Eating a healthy diet is something like the Mediterranean diet, something like that. Real balanced diet is great for your skin, your hair and your nails as well as for your overall well-being. Staying hydrated, as I said, is key. Getting enough exercise, which is not only good for your mental health, but your overall well-being, and I think when you exercise, it actually helps your skin too. You know, you've got that nice flush to your skin. You sweat out a lot of those toxins too. So it's really good for your skin as well. Getting sleep. Sleep is so important, but easier said than done. If you've got insomnia or those night sweats or whatever, but sleep again, great for your overall health, but good for your skin. You really need, also great for your, you know, managing brain fog too. What else is good? Gosh, there's so many different things you can do. I said exercise. Talking to your friends, you know, really trying to create your own support network too. And if you're talking to your friends, your friends, you'll realize your friends are going through it as well. They might be a little bit further ahead than you, so they might have a doctor that they like, they can recommend. That's usually important too as well. And they might give you some tips of what, you know, what they've experienced with their skin as well and what makeup they like to use, you know, now, because, like I said, I can't use matte things anymore. I prefer the more like cream based stuff because my skin is drier. But things like that, you know.  JANNINE: let's talk about makeup for a second. Thanks for sharing those. I love to hear from everybody, you know, what they're thinking when it comes to managing menopause and I don't even know if I like the word managing. I mean, it's just like insider tips to thrive, you know, in this realm. So makeup, you mentioned Bobby Brown, some of the cream cream stuff. I love using different cream ones to when I do actually put on makeup and actually I do have Bobby Brown products because of the cream ability. What you would mention, Credo Beauty, but what other, you know, brands do you tend to like to use what kind of ones are most functional for needs as as our skin dries out or it changes with hormone ships?  HELEN: Yeah. So yeah, as I said, I kind of gravitate to the more creams. You don't have to go for expensive brands, Burt's Bees is fantastic. I love that line and if you go to CVS or whatever, you can gently buy one get the other one for you or something, but they have this great stick and it's got I think it's got argon oil in it, but it's a blusher stick and you can put it on and they have like a bronzer one. It's nice sheer, but the tint of color, quick easy to put on, you put it on. If you've got it, if you like using brushes, you can just like swirl your brush in your face or you can use your fingers. What else? Yeah, again, a lot of drugstore makeups great these days. So if you don't want to spend the money or don't have the money, that's great, but if you if you do, well Bobby Brown obviously should know, long with Bobby Brown, she now has Jim's road and she has those great, they call them magic something, they're it's those bombs, is the miracle bomb magic bomb or something?  JANNINE: I don't know.  HELEN: I just see it on Instagram all the time and I, you know, I'm a sucker for these things, I always buy them and try them, but there's a couple of colors of hers that I like, you know, again, the nice and sheer, what else? And then on the higher end, Tom Ford has some great cream eye shadows, but yeah, I do a mix, you know, I have a clinic, mascara, I have a drugstore eyeliner, I have Burt's Bees, Cheeks, I think I use a Clinique chubby stick, I think it's in fig for my lips, because again, I don't, I don't light lipstick, I've never liked the feel of lipstick on my skin, so if I'm going to put color on, which is rare, it'll be like the Clinique little chubby stick, which is kind of a sheer tint, but again, Burt's Bees is a great one too, so yeah, yeah, less is more for me, unfortunately, so yeah, I could tell you what I did on the actors, which is, you know, so, um, um, um, they love the Armani Foundation, they love that, um, what else do we use on them? Oh, gosh, is everything can anything to be perfectly on? Trish Mcevoy is a great hit when it comes to my scars, um, whatever, Santa for eyebrows, um, what else? Tom Ford again when it comes to contour, yeah, yeah, unfortunately, you know, if you have to pay for that stuff yourself, you're going to be pretty broke by the end of the month, because yeah, it'll, it'll adds up.  JANNINE: Oh my gosh, yeah, I mean, and I think just, you know, inquiring minds want to know curiosity, you know, about the brands that, that's the stars use, but also, you know, I mean, Burt's Bees definitely cost effective, definitely something that we can all get behind and, and, and try out, I think the most important thing is just really understanding and, and getting like you said, the education understanding more about your skin, and knowing, you know, what your needs are, what things can be most important to focus on, and kind of like you're saying, the concealer, the eyes, you know, not as much the matte, matte foundations anymore, kind of shifting out of that and, and really rolling with it. Poor clogging, I think is something that a lot of folks debate on, they're going, you know, what, what do we find that's non-poor clogging, and you had mentioned that your products are really great in that department. What about in terms of if someone did want to use a little bit of foundation, wanted to use something of that nature, what would you advise for non-poor clogging regimens?  HELEN: Um, first, see that, that, that ends up being kind of personal because, you know, some people can't use certain products or whatever, but yeah, unfortunately that's a bit of a hit and miss. Again, less is more, to be honest, if you can get away with just wearing, you know, a moisturizer, maybe a tinted sunscreen is great, that will be, again, a lot of people are frightened of sunscreens because they think they clogged the pores, but modern day sunscreens generally don't, and there's a great one called Eltamd, and she has one, she has a clear one, well she has a bunch of them, but the ones I like is, is it clear and tinted and the tinted is great. So yeah, yes, it's hard and unfortunate when it comes to foundations, it's pretty hidden, you know, you're going to try a few out, yeah, unfortunately, but you know, going back to the other big tip is, you know, I lost, my eyebrows are got a lot thinner during manopause. Yeah, and stuff. So one thing to do is I think I probably spend more time doing my eyebrows now than I ever do, you know, I never used to kind of put a pencil through them. Now I will occasionally, you know, if I'm going out, so that's the other tip I would say. Yeah.  JANNINE: Okay. Gosh, I, I can imagine there's so many things that I've mentioned it before, there's just, there's a lot that happens and the eyebrow thinning definitely the kind of thyroid decreasing effect that a lot of folks will see on the edge of the eyebrows. You know, another big one is the chin hair and hair growth kind of change. What's one thing that you can, can say about that? Is there anything that you've done, you know, either makeup or skin care wise, that is a game changer there that can help offset that. I,  HELEN: I haven't, I do have a lot of that peach buzz, but I've just gone with it to be perfectly honest because I, I don't want to get into that whole thing of having to, you know, do that shaving. I didn't want, I don't want my face to feel a bit stubbly or anything like that either. I know you can, you know, do electrolysis and stuff, but I've just stayed away from that. I do get the odd little whisker and that. I finally see it in the mirror and I think, oh my god, how did I not miss that? Because, you know, it's like two inches long by the time I see it or whatever. But whatever, yeah. And unfortunately, I don't do much for that. And yeah.  JANNINE: Sure. And I'm guessing, you know, when you're working with celebrities and, and their skin, and if they do have overgrowth, the hair, maybe they're— their aestheticians are doing a little derma-planing or something in that case, you know, to kind of— HELEN: Yeah, they'll all be doing that. And too, because for them, you know, again, it's lighting and lighting is going to pick up that facial hair. So they're going to want to do that. But for the everyday person, you know, unless it's particularly bad, I don't think you should worry about it. JANNINE: Fair enough. One last thing that I wanted to talk about, that's kind of common as we get older is dry eyes. And eye kind of irritation that'll happen. And so a lot of women eye care, they'll be like, I don't want to put anything around my eyes. I don't, you know, my mascara now always burns. What are some things that you found to be helpful or just a little bit of a highlight there in terms of what women can do to help in that department?  HELEN: So I keep eye-wetting drops, you know, that's one thing I use because I get dry eye quite a lot. So I do that. I, at one, for the longest time when I did my eyeliner, I always used to do it, you know, on the inside rim. I don't do any of that now because that will definitely irritate my eyes. I try to keep as much stuff away from my eyes as possible. And even when I'm putting my, you know, my eye cream on, I don't take it right up to the edge anymore like I, I used to. And the other thing, that was another reason why I go with, with the cream eye shadows because I was finding with the powder ones, sometimes the little powder flex were getting into my eye. And that was, that was the thing too. So I guess I've changed my products that I use. So cream is one of them, cream eye shadows. I don't take my eye cream right up to the rim, close to the rim as I used to. And the mascara too. Again, if you get particularly dry eyes, that Trish Mcevoy mascara is great because it comes off in little tubes. So you just wash your face with water and it'll come off in tubes. And what's great is like some moisturiser kind of start to break up and flex during the day. And sometimes those little black bits will get in your eyes. So maybe try the Trish Mcevoy if you're particularly sensitive to dry eye. Yeah. And you want to wear a mascara.  JANNINE: That makes sense. That makes sense. Thank you for sharing that because it is something that I was like, wow, I got, I better talk about that. And then the last, and okay, maybe there's one more. It is talking about the hot flashes. And how do we keep our ourselves looking fresh despite having hot flashes, getting some sweats on the face? What is your kind of go-to thing for folks during the day? What should they have on hand to kind of help in that department? Well for me, like you've seen. I'm firmly confident. So again, you don't want to want to moisturize or scream. There has a lot of water soluble ingredients in it because once you start to perspire, it's all going to start running down your face. And if you do have makeup on, it's not going to be pretty. So that was one thing I was really conscious of when I was developing my line was to make sure that it does have somewhat of a primer quality to it. So that when you do perspire, it's you're not going to feel you moisturizer kind of basically coming out your face or your makeup. So maybe if you're not going to use our product, I would maybe consider a primer if you were going to wear makeup. But for me honest, it's hard getting around those hot flashes. I do hormone replacement therapy, which I know is not for everybody. It's a bit contentious in some circles. But for me, it's been a game changer and it has helped manage my my hot flashes. But as far as as far as makeup, maybe try a primer, maybe try our moisturiser has a primer quality to it. And you know, drink plenty of fluids, keep saying that I guess I'm a broken record with that clothing. That's the other thing is I try to wear layers, which helps me as well. So when I get hot, I can take a couple of layers off, which helps. Yeah.  JANNINE: Absolutely. Absolutely. Yes, there's nothing worse than feeling like your face is melting. And as you're going through the day, it's a hard thing to deal with. And I think for a lot of women, that is one of the tougher things to to manage and try to figure out like, how do I find this right balance? So it's a great to hear using your moisturizer will help to prevent that like face melting phenomenon that will happen over time. Gosh, we've talked about so many different things and like I said, I probably we could talk hours and hours about all the different little tips and tricks. But I think this is great for folks to get started and really understand more about, you know, your your line and really getting an insider look into, okay, what can we do to help, you know, roll with the changes that are happening and then also adjust our makeup and our our skincare regimen as a whole. So this is incredibly helpful. I do love what bioidentical hormones can do for folks. I do think that it does give a change with the skin. Have you seen since using them that your skin does seem to have either at least halted the process of of more wrinkles? Give us, give us a scoop. What have you seen?  HELEN: I do. I do think it's helped. It's helped with my overall energy to be honest, you know, and it's helped with my sleep and I think because I wasn't sleeping before, that was really having a, you know, playing a cost on my face, looks a little bit more haggard. So definitely that's helped with the sleep. And yeah, for me it's been all positive, you know, a lot of people, whatever against it, but for me it's been positive. My hair's changed. Thankfully, you know, at one point, I didn't think I was going to have a single hair on my head, you know, because it just fell out so bad. And it's halted that too. So for me, it's been a positive. And I feel better about myself, you know, which is a big thing. So now I feel, I feel, I feel me again, I feel confident again, and I feel good in my skin, which is what I think is what I hope for everyone is just to feel good in your skin, to feel good about yourself, whether you wear makeup or not. It's a natural process we're going through. And what does it really matter if we're sweating or at the office and whatever, you know, everyone goes through it. And so maybe we shouldn't be self-conscious about menopause, you know, it's just roll with it, you know, and if people don't like it, that's their fault, you know. [laughter]  JANNINE: Oh my god, I love it. I love it. Yeah, I mean, it's life, you know, let's try not to hide it. Let's, you know, be more open about it. And yeah, roll with the punches and do what we can to help counter things, you know, as as needed. Gosh, thank you so much for sharing your story, but also giving us all of these tips. Let's talk about Finlay and Green and how folks can find you and all the things. Tell us Instagram, give us a scoop.  HELEN: Yeah, well, we've been, we've launched a month ago, so we're still like a little baby right now. So yeah, you can find us on our website finlayandgreen.com. We're also on Instagram and Facebook again, finlayandgreen is the tag. But yeah, no go and check us out. And feel free to reach out to me too, you know, if you go to the website, you want to contact me, just fill out the page there. You get to me and I'll answer any of your questions too. Again, on social media, if you want to message me, ask me anything. Yeah, feel free.  JANNINE: Love it. Love it. I think that's, you know, that's huge. A lot of us are looking for some personalized, you know, attention versus just some random person answering a phone. So great to know that we can reach you and get some really good insider tips and help there. So thank you so much, Helen, for coming on. Great conversation. Looking forward to seeing good things coming out of Finlay and Green going forward.  HELEN: Thank you. Thank you. It's been fun. I've had a lot of fun. Thanks for having me on.  JANNINE: My pleasure.  JANNINE: [Outro] [Upbeat music] Hey fellow health junkie, thanks for listening to the HealthFix podcast. 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Listen to today's podcast... When you think of stress and food, you are often told to stay away from treats, like ice cream cones. Ice cream: My favourite food. Creamy. Cold. Sweet. Hard or Soft…doesn't matter. I love ice cream. It can be high in fat and it contains a lot of sugar. And it's not the kind of snack food that I should have everyday…though wouldn't that be absolutely wonderful? An ice cream cone has some definite pros. Ice cream may help in maintaining weight. How interesting is that?  Ice cream for weight control.  Research from the American Society of Experimental Biology found that a diet that included dairy prevented about 50 percent of weight regain and 80 percent of fat regain after the animals had lost weight and were allowed to eat at will.  Now this research was done with animals, but if it works there it may work on humans….I would at least like to be a part of the experimental group…test group…not the control group. Ice cream may help me to keep my girlish figure. The North American Association for the Study of Obesity found in a study of 800 men and women that those who ate the most calcium were also the leanest. Research from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Woman's University in Houston reported an association between the consumption of low-fat milk and dairy products and a lower waist-to-hip ratio. Ice cream may keep me from shrinking. Calcium is essential in preventing osteoporosis.  One reasonable (insert small) serving of ice cream can give you 10% of your daily calcium intake.  Did you know that: Ice cream is not a new treat…people have been creating frozen delicacies since 400 BC Britain's Margaret Thatcher was part of a research team that helped to develop soft ice cream The average American eats 18.3 litres of ice cream each year while Canadians eat 8.7 litres.  Japan has the lowest consumption with .01 litres per year. Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency!      Here are my tips For Building Resilience By Celebrating National Ice Cream Cone Day: Ice cream can be a healthy treat.  But it is a treat.  I have nothing else…just go out and celebrate. Now which kind to choose…DQ, Kawartha Dairy, soft, hard, dipped, sauced, fruit, chocolate….. #mentalhealth #hr

Lena Skahill received her Master's degree in Sociology in 2012 from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She is an adjunct professor of Sociology and Women's and Ethic Studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She created her departments first courses in Adoption and Family Studies now available to all students regardless of their discipline. Lena has also given volunteered with adoption non-profits over the last decade and dedicated her academic career toward the pursuit of teaching and sharing the unique lived experiences of all members of the adoption constellation. Lena also teaches courses on the intersection of climate change and environmental justice. She holds a Master's Certification in Environmental Education through the North American Association of Environmental Education. She has been a lifelong advocate for the natural world and its sentient beings. Lena is dedicated to the power of ‘each one, reach one, teach one' and she strives to create communities of students, colleagues and friends who share the same mission.Lena is also an adoptee of a closed adoption in 1966 and engaged in reunion with both of her first families. She is also a photographer with an emphasis social documentary story telling, wildlife, landscape and portrait photography. Some of her greatest joys are spending time in nature, rare and sweet moments with her two grown daughters and to be behind the camera telling stories and shining a light on people, places and sentient beings. For her, these stories matter now more than ever.”Her recent social documentary work The Womxn's Power Project can be found on Instagram at @womxnspowerproject. Other bodies of work can be found on her website at www.wildsoulphotographycolorado.com. GA-Genetic Attraction https://www.cumbria.gov.uk/eLibrary/Content/Internet/327/857/6802/42109163456.pdfMusic by Corey Quinn

In this episode of Cancer Registry World, we welcome Jim Hofferkamp, BA, CTR, current Program Manager of Education for the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR). Mr. Hofferkamp is a national leader in CTR education and presents frequently at conferences and webinars throughout the United States. Please enjoy listening and learning!

Youths United For Earth (YUFE) want to celebrate Malaysia's environmentalism, one youth at a time. The youth-led NGO aims to mobilise Malaysian youths for environmental action through environmental storytelling, grassroots community-building, and policy advocacy. The group recently received the Diana Award, set up in memory of the Princess of Wales, presented to 200 youths worldwide aged 9-25 to acknowledge their humanitarian work, and earlier this month, they were also recognised under the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)'s 30 Under 30 program, which recognises young people across the globe who are building a sustainable future through education. We speak to co-founders Max Han and Nurfatin Hamzah, to find out more about the group's efforts, and also ask them their hopes for future Malaysia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where does boredom come from? Have humans always experienced boredom, or has it only come on in the entertainment age, having more time than we know what to do with? Kevin Gary (Valparaiso University) is author of Why Boredom Matters: Education, Leisure, and the Quest for a Meaningful Life. He joins Drew Collins & Evan Rosa to reflect on the discontent and disconnection that boredom constantly threatens. They discuss the phenomena of boredom, the childhood experience of it, whether its good or bad, the definition of boredom, its connection to entertainment and education, and finally the role of attention and leisure in cultivating a healthy understanding and response to being totally bored out of our minds.This episode was made possible in part by the generous support of the Tyndale House Foundation. For more information, visit tyndale.foundation.About Kevin GaryKevin Gary is a Professor of Education at Valparaiso University. He has a Ph.D. in cultural and educational policy studies from Loyola University Chicago with a focus in the philosophy of education and an M.A. in systematic theology from the University of Notre Dame. His teaching experience includes 10 years of teaching theology at Loyola Academy High School in Wilmette, Illinois.; seven years as a professor of education and philosophy at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana; 8 years as a professor of education at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana; and one year as faculty director of Goshen College's international studies program in Lima, Perú.Dr. Gary's research is primarily in philosophy of education. He recently published, Why Boredom Matters: Education and the Quest for a Meaningful Life with Cambridge University Press in 2022. K-12 educators (and parents) face bored students every day. Drawing on multiple disciplines Dr. Gary makes a case for teachers guiding students to engage with boredom constructively, steering clear of restless boredom avoidance on the one hand, or passive submission to boredom on the other.Dr. Gary has published in multiple journals, including Educational Theory, the Journal of Philosophy of Education, and Studies in Philosophy and Education.Dr. Gary is one of the founding executives of the North American Association for Philosophy and Education (NAAPE), launched in 2018. NAAPE provides an international forum for scholars working at the intersection of philosophy and educational thought, where disciplines such as ethics, political philosophy, epistemology, philosophical anthropology, history, and others meet the practical challenges of teaching and learning.Dr. Gary is passionate about liberal education, especially within the context of a Christian liberal arts university, which aims to cultivate practical wisdom, compassion, and a Renaissance spirit.Show NotesKevin Gary's Why Boredom Matters: Education and the Quest for a Meaningful LifeA quick and incomplete history of boredomThe Preacher of Ecclesiastes laments over human toil, “everything is vanity and chasing after wind” around 250 BC. “The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hearing.”Stoic Roman philosopher Seneca noticed a nauseating tedium in his famous letter “On Tranquility,” describing a familiar quote “vacillation of a mind that nowhere finds rest, and the sad and languid endurance of one's leisure. Thence comes mourning and melancholy and the thousand waverings of an unsettled mind, which its aspirations hold in suspense, and then disappointment renders melancholy. Thence comes that feeling which makes men loathe their own leisure and complain that they themselves have nothing to be busy with.”The ancient Christian monks of the desert struggled with the noonday demon of acedia, a spiritual boredom with their vocation of prayer and faithfulness.Aquinas and other scholastics disciplined the “roving mind.”Variants of the English “boredom”—including being bored to death!—show up in Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, and Herman Melville in the mid 19th century.Kierkegaard calls it the root of all evil.Heidegger sees it in a positive light, saying that philosophy begins in the nothingness of boredom.C.S. Lewis's Uncle Screwtape advises that “anything or nothing is sufficient to attract the wandering attention” of Jr. Demon Wormwood's human patient.The French bourgeoisie nailed it with ennui that many a suburban latchkey kid can relate to.In the King-Kubrick masterpiece, The Shining, boredom goes very dark when “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”Boredom for children: How to respond to the boredom children feelIs boredom bad or good?What's the definition of boredom?Tolstoy on boredomKierkegaard on living life to avoid boredomKierkegaard as a form of existential despair; boredom as an indicator that we're not comfortable with ourselves.Chasing novelty, looking for the new; or giving up and resigning our agencyHeidegger was influenced by Kierkegaard; and thought you must push through it to find your true, authentic self.Kierkegaard's view of the “authentic self” is the self resting in God.“Schola” (Latin): attentively receptive.Simone Weil on tedium, boredom, and attentionLiving in an “attention economy” and controlling or stewarding others' attentionAttention as an antidote to boredomSimone Weil's experience working in a car factory and losing her sense of agency and selfPhilosopher Albert Borgmann on “focal practices” and guardrails.Go chop wood for an hour, and simply do it.Go for a walk for an hour without your smartphone.Boredom and entertainment in a perverse binary orbitSimone Weil “Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God” in Waiting for God (link to PDF)Entertainment is, therefore, not the problem.“The entertainment-boredom cycle just becomes more boring.”Leisure as antidote to boredomSabbath as oasis from work filling up our lives.Thomas Aquinas's “roving mind”Let's go birding!Liturgy as the guardrails of attentionBe an apprentice and learn to experience and perceive in a new way.Mindful in the mundaneGordon Wood's History of the American Revolution: politicians as “disinterested men of leisure”Fighting against instrumentalization.Intrinsic goods of doing the dishes.“The bored mind is missing an opportunity for leisure.”“I like to fish… and any fishing guide will tell you they call it fishing, not catching, for a reason.”“Having resources does not guarantee the experience of leisure.”Josef Pieper and Abraham Heschel and the tradition of Intellectus and WonderHow leisure as both active and contemplative, and its role in a flourishing lifeProduction NotesThis podcast featured Kevin Gary and Drew CollinsEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Macie Bridge and Logan LedmanA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/giveSpecial thanks to the Tyndale House Foundation. For more information, visit tyndale.foundation.

Abhay is joined by Sudhanshu Kaushik, the founder of Young India Foundation and the executive director of the North American Association of Indian Students, to talk about activism for Indian youth.  They chatted about advocacy, balancing patience and urgency, Sudhanshu's own personal journey, and many lessons learned.(0:00 - 3:06) Introduction(3:06 - 23:48) Part 1 - frustrations, making mistakes, urgency to activate the young voter (23:48 - 40:18) Part 2 - touchpoints of Sudhanshu's journey, staying young(40:18 - 54:19) Part 3 - comparing/contrasting Indian youth in India and the US, staying away from cliques, building trust(54:19) Conclusion

In this enlightening episode, we are joined by special guest Matthew D. Taylor, PhD, as we delve into the intriguing world of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). Together, we'll explore the beliefs, origins, and impact of the NAR, shedding light on its relevance to both religious and political spheres.Dr. Matthew D. Taylor, a respected expert in religious studies, brings his wealth of knowledge to guide us through the complexities of the NAR. We'll uncover the teachings of C. Peter Wagner, the seminary professor who coined the term "New Apostolic Reformation" in the 1990s, and explore the transformative influence he had on Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity.Join us as we examine the role of apostles and prophets in church leadership, as emphasized by the NAR. Together with Dr. Taylor, we'll discuss how this movement challenges established structures and fosters new perspectives on leadership within faith communities.Through engaging conversations, we'll explore the growth of the NAR and the rise of self-proclaimed apostles and prophets, as Dr. Taylor provides insights into their significance in shaping modern Christianity. We'll also delve into the unique structure of the NAR, which prioritizes personal connections over traditional denominational hierarchies.In addition, we'll tackle the concept of strategic spiritual warfare—a topic that sparks debate within the NAR. Dr. Taylor will shed light on the belief in territorial spirits and their supposed influence over physical regions, as well as their role in the NAR's approach to prayer and spiritual battles.Here's the series we reference on the program- Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/series/charismatic-revival-fury/Guest Bio:Matthew D. Taylor, Ph.D., is the Protestant Scholar at ICJS, where he specializes in Muslim-Christian dialogue, Evangelical and Pentecostal movements, religious politics in the U.S., and American Islam. Prior to coming to ICJS, Taylor served on the faculty of Georgetown University and The George Washington University. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the North American Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies, and the Company of Teachers of the Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington. Taylor holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies and Muslim-Christian Relations from Georgetown University and an M.A. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. His forthcoming book, Scripture People: Salafi Muslims in Evangelical Christians' America (Cambridge University Press—August 2023), offers an introduction to the oft-misunderstood Salafi movement in the U.S. by way of comparison with American Evangelicalism. He is also the creator of the acclaimed audio-documentary series  “Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation,” which details how networks of extremist Christian leaders helped instigate the January 6th Insurrection.Support the showTo learn more about the show, contact our hosts, or recommend future guests, click on the links below: Website: https://www.faithfulpoliticspodcast.com/ Faithful Host: Josh@faithfulpoliticspodcast.com Political Host: Will@faithfulpoliticspodcast.com Twitter: @FaithfulPolitik Instagram: faithful_politics Facebook: FaithfulPoliticsPodcast LinkedIn: faithfulpolitics

Dr. Antonio Tataranni, MD is Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Life Sciences of PepsiCo ( https://www.pepsico.com/docs/default-source/leadership-bio/drpietroantoniotatarannibiography.pdf?sfvrsn=aa4e9fe6_15 ). As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tataranni oversees all aspects of the company's efforts to protect its global workforce, products, and communities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. He also leads PepsiCo's Life Sciences strategy and the R&D Fellows Program as its Executive Sponsor. Dr. Tataranni joined PepsiCo in September, 2018 as the Senior Vice President of R&D Life Sciences, responsible for leading the development and execution of a nutrition and bio-sciences strategy in support of the company's portfolio transformation and Pep+ agenda. Dr. Tataranni serves on the Boards of several for-profit and non-profit organizations. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Dr. Tataranni was Senior Vice President, Head of Global Medical Affairs, Diabetes & Cardiovascular Business Unit, in charge of medical strategy worldwide and operations for mature markets at Sanofi. Previous responsibilities within the group included the roles of Vice President Global Medical Affairs, Medical Director Europe, Vice President for the Metabolism Medical Unit in the US affiliate (2006-2008) and Medical Director for the Metabolism Franchise (2005-2006). Between 1999 and 2004 he was Head of the Obesity, Diabetes and Energy Metabolism Unit at the Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. and Director of the Clinical Research Center at the same institution from 2000 through 2004. Dr. Tataranni is an avid researcher who has published and lectured extensively at national and international meetings on obesity, diabetes, and their cardio metabolic complications. Professional awards presented to Dr. Tataranni include the NIH Fellowship Award for Research Excellence (FARE) in 1998 and the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)- Lilly Scientific Achievement Award in 2004. Dr. Tataranni is a native of Italy. He graduated from Catholic University School of Medicine in Rome in 1990 and went on to receive a specialty diploma in Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases and Diabetes at this University. He has authored more than 100 original manuscripts, in addition to contributing to numerous review articles and book chapters. Support the show

Kelsey Leonard is the first Native American woman to earn a science degree from the University of Oxford, which she earned in 2012. She earned an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management from St. Cross College, one of the thirty-eight c olleges of the University of Oxford. Her master's thesis, “Water Quality For Native Nations: Achieving A Trust Responsibility”, discusses water quality regulation and how water resources on tribal land are not protected. Kelsey Leonard is an enrolled member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation and is originally from the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Long Island, New York. In 2010 she was the first member of the Shinnecock Nation to graduate from Harvard University. Her Harvard degree is a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Anthropology with a secondary field in Ethnic Studies.Kelsey Leonard currently represents the Shinnecock Indian Nation as the Tribal Co-Lead on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body of the U.S. National Ocean Council. This planning body consisting of tribal, federal, and state entities is charged with guiding the protection, maintenance, and restoration of America's oceans and coasts. As a Shinnecock citizen and environmental leader, Kelsey strives to be a strong advocate for the protection of Indigenous waters through enhanced interjurisdictional coordination and meaningful consultation.She has been recognized as a 30 under 30 world environmental leader by the North American Association for Environmental Education and a “Native American 40 Under 40” award recipient by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. Additionally, her work with Indigenous Nations to protect the Ocean received a Peter Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in Policy Solutions.

This week on The Open Door (February 15) we discuss the phenomenon of boredom. We're especially interested in its effects on education. Our special guest is Kevin Hood Gary, a professor of education at Valparaiso University. He is co-founder of the North American Association for Philosophy of Education. The Association provides a forum for scholars working at the intersection of philosophy and educational theory. Prof. Gary is the author of Why Boredom Matters: Education, Leisure, and the Quest for a Meaningful Life (Cambridge, 2022).Among the questions we will ask are the following. 1. Prof. Gary, Kevin if we may, could you please tell us a bit about yourself and how you came to Valparaiso?2. Just what counts as boredom, and why is it a problem for teachers and students?3. Might the experience of boredom in fact serve to prepare students for the boredom of the workplace?4. Are there strategies for dealing with boredom that don't really work very well?5. Is there a connection between boredom and despair?6. How does Kierkegaard address boredom?7. Does leisure, rightly engaged in, offer a cure for boredom?8. What's the difference between “time off” and leisure?9. Any thoughts on G.K. Chesterton's surmise?“Children have abounding vitality, because they're in spirit fierce and free, and therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “do it again!” and the grown-up person does it again until they're nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exalt in monotony, but perhaps God is strong enough to exalt in monotony. It's possible that God says every morning “do it again” to the sun and every evening “do it again” to the moon. It may not be…necessity that makes all the daisies alike. It may be that God makes every daisy separately and has never gotten tired of making them. It may be that he has the eternal appetite of infancy for we have sinned and grown old and our Father is younger than we.”10. What's your next project?Boredom is an enduring problem. In response, schools often do one or both of the following: first, they endorse what novelist Walker Percy describes as a 'boredom avoidance scheme,' adopting new initiative after new initiative in the hope that boredom can be outrun altogether, or second, they compel students to accept boring situations as an inevitable part of life. Both strategies avoid serious reflection on this universal and troubling state of mind. In this book, Gary argues that schools should educate students on how to engage with boredom productively. Rather than being conditioned to avoid or blame boredom on something or someone else, students need to be given tools for dealing with their boredom. These tools provide them with internal resources that equip them to find worthwhile activities and practices to transform boredom into a more productive state of mind. This book addresses the ways students might gain these skills.Why Boredom Matters: Education, Leisure, and the Quest for a Meaningful Life: Gary, Kevin Hood: 9781108839983: Amazon.com: Books

Welcome to the podcast with Dr. Brendan McCarthy! In this episode we go over the overall struggle and continuous battle with weight loss. Why we aren't losing weight and talking about what doctors aren't doing to help people with that struggle. Dr. Brendan McCarthy founded Protea Medical Center in 2002. While he's been the chief medical officer, Protea has grown and evolved into a dynamic medical center serving the Valley and Central Arizona. A nationally recognized as an expert in hormone replacement therapy, Dr McCarthy s the only instructor in the nation who teaches BioHRT on live patients. Physicians travel to Arizona to take his course and integrate it into their own practices. Besides hormone replacement therapy, Dr. McCarthy has spoken nationally and locally before physicians on topics such as weight loss, infertility, nutritional therapy and more. Thank you for tuning in and don't forget to hit that SUBSCRIBE button! Let us know in the COMMENTS if you have any questions or what you may want Dr. McCarthy to talk about next! Check out Dr. Brendan McCarthy's Book! https://www.amazon.com/Jump-Off-Mood-Swing-Hormones/dp/0999649604 --More Links-- Instagram: www.instagram.com/drbrendanmccarthy TikTok: www.tiktok.com/drbrendanmccarthy Clinic Website: www.protealife.com Cited Links: 1) Foster GD, Wadden TA, Vogt RA, Brewer G. What is a reasonable weight loss? Patients' expectations and evaluations of obesity treatment outcomes. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology. 1997; 65(1):79–85. • Phelan S, Nallari M, Darroch FE, Wing RR. What do physicians recommend to their overweight and obese patients? Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM. 2009; 22(2): 115–122. • Rothman AJ. Toward a theory-based analysis of behavioral maintenance. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association. 2000; 19(1S):64–69.. 2) Ferri, Fred F., ed. Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2022, E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2021 3) NIH The Practical Guide. 2000 http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_gdlns.htm 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/ear/v/2013/11/11/01.cir.0000437739.71477 ee.citation 4) North American Association for the Study of Obesity, et al. The practical guide: identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults. National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative, North American Association for the Study of Obesity, 2000. 5) US Food and Drug Administration. "FDA approves new drug treatment for chronic weight management, first since 2014." Washington, DC Center for Drug EvaluationandResearch(2021) 6) Phelan, Sean M., et al. "Impact of weight bias and stigma on quality of care and outcomes for patients with obesity." obesity reviews 16.4 (2015): 319-326.. • Gilbert, P. (1997). The evolution of social attractiveness and its role in shame, humiliation, guilt and therapy. Br. J. Med. Psychol. 70, 113–147. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1997.tb01893. • Terrizzi Jr, John A., and Natalie J. Shook. "On the origin of shame: Does shame emerge from an evolved disease-avoidance architecture?." Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 14 (2020): 19. • Fessler, D. M. T. (2004). Shame in two cultures: implications for evolutionary approaches. J. Cogn. Cult. 4, 207–262. doi: 10.1163/1568537041725097. • Curtis, V., Aunger, R., and Rabie, T. (2004). Evidence that disgust evolved to protect from risk of disease. Proc. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 271, S131–S133. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0144 • Oaten, M., Stevenson, R., and Case, T. (2009). Disgust as a disease-avoidance mechanism. Psychol. Bull. 135, 303–321. doi: 10.1037/a0014823. • Ananthakumar, Thanusha, et al. "Clinical encounters about obesity: systematic review of patients' perspectives." Clinical obesity 10.1 (2020): e12347..   #weightloss #weightlossjourney #fitness #healthylifestyle #motivation #health #healthylifestyle

Ellen Bashor, 29, is the Education Director for an intergovernmental agreement between Prescott Unified School District and the City of Prescott's Community Nature Center, and has been an Environmental Education instructor at Prescott College for 5 years now. She holds both a Bachelors and Masters in Education, with emphases in Early Childhood Education and Environmental Education. In addition, Ellen serves as board president for the Arizona Association for Environmental Education, and as a board member for the Greater Prescott Outdoors Fund and the Prescott Audubon Society. In 2019 they were selected as an ee360 Fellow by the North American Association for Environmental Education, in 2020 they were awarded Arizona Environmental Educator of the Year, and in 2021 they were honored with the international Environmental Education 30 Under 30 award. Ellen's career and service work is deeply embedded in her commitment to equitable access to the outdoors, environmental learning, and opportunities that cultivate a more healthy, just, and sustainable world for all. @pinyonpineranger @communitynaturecenter @natureniñosprescott www.prescottcommunitynaturecenter.org www.prescott-az.gov/recreation-events/programs-special-events/programs/nature-ninos/ Diona Reese Williams Edited Production: Angel Productions DRW Guest: Ellen Bashor Facebook Page: @dionareesewilliams Instagram DRW Personal Brand: @drw_dionareesewilliams Instagram Out Back Learning LLC: @outbacklearning2019 Facebook Page: @outbacklearning2019 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/diona-williams Children's Book: Sweet Potato & Mud Pies https://a.co/d/hRu3fvP --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/diona-williams/support

The teaching of Jewish and Christian scripture, and for Christians, particularly the example and teachings of Jesus, Paul, and the first writers of Christian scripture have emphasized the mandate to care for people. Some of the roots of the caring efforts of social work are in the Jewish/Christian tradition. There is much parallel and overlap between social work and Judaism and Christianity. Some of Christianity's most important and effective ministries are done by Christians in social work. This episode and the next seeks to give us a better understanding of social work and its relationship with Christianity. We will explore this relationship from two perspectives--that of practitioners and that of scholars. The engagement in scholarship and in practice really is not separated in my guests. They each participate in both areas, but for conversational purposes, we make the distinction. This episode focuses on the practitioners. My guest are Dr. Rick Chamiec-Case, Lauren 'Lo' Reliford, and Dr. Lloyd Gestoso. Rick is currently a self-employed faith-based nonprofit consultant. Before becoming self-employed, from 1988-1998 Rick was Director of Services and then Senior Vice President of Always Reaching for Independence. From 2006-2008 he was Assistant Professor of Social Work at Calvin College. And, from 1997-2021 Rick was Executive Director of North American Association of Christians in Social Work. Lauren 'Lo' is the Political Director for Sojourners. Prior to coming to Sojourners, with over ten years of research, policy, advocacy, and government relations, Lo worked in domestic and international public health advocacy for a number of large nonprofit organizations. At Sojourners, Lo is responsible for developing and implementing Sojourners' policy strategy, positioning, framing, messaging, and advocacy for outreach and impact on Capitol Hill and the presidential administration. Lloyd has served in contexts dealing with child welfare and those living with opioid addiction and HIV/AIDS. He served in several hospitals and was the director of social services of a front-line AIDS housing/hospice serving the neediest people dying of AIDS in the Philadelphia region. Lloyd then transitioned to teaching undergraduate social work students leading a Department of Social Work which later became a School of Social Work with the addition of a Master of Social Work Program.  After 23 years of academic life, Lloyd was appointed as the current Executive Director of the North American Association of Christians in Social Work. The intro and outro music for this episode is from a clip of a song called 'Father Let Your Kingdom Come' which is found on The Porter's Gate Worship Project Work Songs album and is used by permission by The Porter's Gate Worship Project.

Megan Gessler is the Little Trees Program Supervisor for The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL, United States. She has over a decade of experience directing and teaching in a nature-based preschool. Megan founded the Northern Illinois Nature Preschool Association (NINPA), and serves on the Executive Leadership Team of the North American Association of Environmental Education's (NAAEE) Natural Start Alliance. She holds a M.Ed. from Antioch University New England (AUNE), a Certificate in Nature-based Early Childhood Education from AUNE, and is a certified Master Naturalist. Megan contributed to The Sky Above and the Mud Below, published by Redleaf Press. Diona Reese Williams Edited Production: Angel Productions DRW Guest: Megan Gessler Facebook Page: @dionareesewilliams Instagram DRW Personal Brand: @drw_dionareesewilliams Instagram Out Back Learning LLC: @outbacklearning2019 Facebook Page: @outbacklearning2019 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/diona-williams Children's Book: Sweet Potato & Mud Pies https://a.co/d/hRu3fvP --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/diona-williams/support

When you think of stress and food, you are often told to stay away from treats, like ice cream cones. Ice cream: My favourite food. Creamy. Cold. Sweet. Hard or Soft…doesn't matter. I love ice cream. It can be high in fat and it contains a lot of sugar. And it's not the kind of snack food that I should have everyday…though wouldn't that be absolutely wonderful? An ice cream cone has some definite pros. Ice cream may help in maintaining weight. How interesting is that?  Ice cream for weight control.  Research from the American Society of Experimental Biology found that a diet that included dairy prevented about 50 percent of weight regain and 80 percent of fat regain after the animals had lost weight and were allowed to eat at will.  Now this research was done with animals, but if it works there it may work on humans….I would at least like to be a part of the experimental group…test group…not the control group. Ice cream may help me to keep my girlish figure. The North American Association for the Study of Obesity found in a study of 800 men and women that those who ate the most calcium were also the leanest. Research from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Woman's University in Houston reported an association between the consumption of low-fat milk and dairy products and a lower waist-to-hip ratio. Ice cream may keep me from shrinking. Calcium is essential in preventing osteoporosis.  One reasonable (insert small) serving of ice cream can give you 10% of your daily calcium intake.  Did you know that: Ice cream is not a new treat…people have been creating frozen delicacies since 400 BC Britain's Margaret Thatcher was part of a research team that helped to develop soft ice cream The average American eats 18.3 litres of ice cream each year while Canadians eat 8.7 litres.  Japan has the lowest consumption with .01 litres per year. Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency!      Here are my tips For Building Resilience By Celebrating National Ice Cream Cone Day: Ice cream can be a healthy treat.  But it is a treat.  I have nothing else…just go out and celebrate. Now which kind to choose…DQ, Kawartha Dairy, soft, hard, dipped, sauced, fruit, chocolate….. #mentalhealth #hr

Episode 91 was recorded in front of a live audience at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills and is brought to you by our partner, Los Cabos Tourism.    Our special guest, Danni Washington, is a Science Communicator, Author, and TV Host. Making her return to the TWM podcast, she shares her love for the Pacific Ocean + Los Cabos and even drops hints about the top secret NatGeo show she's hosting.   Danni, a Miami native of Jamaican descent, graduated from The University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric with a Marine Science and Biology degree. At age 21, Danni and her mom launched the non-profit Big Blue & You, dedicated to inspiring and educating youth about marine Science through the arts and media.    Danni is a full-time dedicated marine science communicator, a part-time educational "mermaid," and an unstoppable rising media star brilliantly educating and entertaining. Standing at the intersection of Science and the public at large, Danni is the first African American woman of color to host an American Science TV show. Her new book geared towards youth, Bold Women In Science, tells the inspiring stories of fifteen women who changed the course of Science.   Danni is currently in production as the sole host of a "top secret" National Geographic Disney + mega-budgeted premium limited documentary series. She is the host of Season 1 of The Genius Generation; a new podcast focused on young people behind an incredible invention, entrepreneurial pursuit, or discovery using Science. Previously, Danni was a featured correspondent for the weekly nationally syndicated CBS series Mission Unstoppable, hosted and executive produced by Miranda Cosgrove and Geena Davis. Danni has also hosted Xploration Nature Knows Best on Fox and Amazon Prime, a STEM educational TV series featuring the latest bio-inspired technology and design advancements. Danni has also worked with other significant STEM shows, including Facebook Watch and Science the $#!* Out Of It to Science Channel's Strange Evidence.   Her new book, geared towards youth Bold Women In Science, tells the inspiring stories of fifteen women who changed the course of Science. Now Danni supports changing the system by serving as a judge for the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize 2021. Danni is also a proud Board Member of the North American Association of Environmental Education.                                                                                Thanks to Danni for sharing her inspiring stories and LOVE for Los Cabos. We look forward to having you back on the podcast to tell us all about your NatGeo show coming out in Spring 2023! A big thank you to all our partners, Los Cabos Tourism, the Waldorf Astoria, State Bags, and all who attended this special live podcast evening!  

Marcos Trinidad is the Center Director at the Audubon Center at Debs Park and also works as a Senior Regional Manager at TreePeople. He was born and raised in Northeast Los Angeles, where his family has lived for 75 years, Marcos has deep roots in the community. Marcos' formal education is in geology and anthropology.For two decades, Marcos has advanced equity, diversity and inclusion in the environmental movement, including co-directing LA's Environmental Professionals of Color chapter. Through that work, Marcos promoted and sponsored forums for people of color working in environmentally-related careers. He was recognized by the North American Association for Environmental Education as the recipient of the Rosa Parks and Grace Lee Boggs Award for his leadership in environmental justice, education and advocacy. Marcos loves to go bird watching with his two children, Paloma and Bija along the Los Angeles River.-----------------------------------------Please SUBSCRIBE, LIKE and COMMENT! Share with your friends.Thank you for listening.Find Marcos Trinidad at:Instagram: @huskynaturalistFind Audoban/Debs Park at:Website: https://debspark.audubon.org---my LINKS:Merch: http://rafa.LA​​​​​​​​​​​​​​/shopMy photography: http://rafa.LA​​​​​​​​​​​​​​NFT: https://opensea.io/collection/dancngsobr Donate at venmo: @ rafa-LA  SPONSOR:MOVITA JUICE BARhttp://movitajuicebar.com​​​​​​​​​​​Instagram: @movitajuicebarSPONSOR:PICARESCA CAFEhttps://www.barrapicaresca.comInstagram: @picarescacafe------------------Recorded at Outer Circle Mediahttps://www.outercirclemedia.com   ------------------

Under the current centralized system, drug development happens in silos.  Pharmaceutical companies don't share information. Scientists run the same failed experiments over and over again. And the process of bringing a drug to market typically takes ten-plus years.  But Paul Kohlhaas and Tyler Golato are building a new way to do drug development. A system that allows for collaboration and dramatically increases the speed of breakthroughs in healthcare.  CEO Paul and CSO Tyler are the Cofounders of Molecule, a decentralized biotech protocol that establishes a Web3 marketplace for research-related intellectual property.  On this episode of Boost VC, Paul and Tyler join us to explain how their personal experiences with the failures of healthcare inspired their interest in changing the system.  They discuss Molecule's end-to-end ecosystem for bringing drugs to market, describing how their IP-NFT both protects innovation and makes it more open, sharable and collaborative.  Listen in for insight on Eroom's Law and learn how open science leads to enormous efficiency gains in the drug development process. Topics Covered How Paul & Tyler define scienceEmpirical discovery of knowledgeProgressive search for truth What inspired Paul & Tyler's interest in sciencePersonal experience with failures of healthcarePotential for DeSci to foster new behaviors Paul & Tyler's failed experiment with crowdfundingTried to raise money for microdosing studyPartnership with University of Toronto How Molecule has evolved since 2019Ecosystem for bringing drugs to marketIP-NFT framework for collaboration How to make scientists more open to sharingImprove user experienceStreamline funding process The power of Molecule's IP-NFT frameworkIntellectual property rights held on chainCollectively owned by patients The value prop for open scienceCreates enormous efficiency gainsMakes drug development much cheaper Jack Scannel's naming of Eroom's LawTechnology to discover drugs improvingYet drug discovery output in decline The goals for DeSci over the next decadeExtend quality of human health spanMake science self-sovereign, self-aware How Paul & Tyler define successRemain true to values and vision for lifeNet positive impact on every person Connect with Paul Kohlhaas & Tyler Golato Molecule https://www.molecule.to/Molecule on GitHub https://github.com/moleculeprotocolMolecule on Discord https://discord.com/invite/uAGW7K4hQUMolecule on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWYW5ho3L_d0EO_a619E7RQMolecule on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/molecule-protocol  Molecule on Twitter https://twitter.com/molecule_daoPaul on Twitter https://twitter.com/paulkhlsTyler on Twitter https://twitter.com/GolatoTyler Resources Linum Labs https://www.linumlabs.com/Molecule's Crowdfunding Experiment with the University of Toronto https://www.molecule.to/blog/psychedelics-on-the-blockchainNIH Grants and Funding https://www.nih.gov/grants-fundingSimon de la Rouviere on Bonding Curves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k4M6QAW2pMJack Scannell on Eroom's Law https://refoundable.com/research/life-after-erooms-law-interview-with-jack-scannell.htmlMeme Lordz https://memelordz.io/North American Association of Technology Transfer http://aim.autm.net/Ray Kurzweil https://www.kurzweilai.net/Peter Diamandis https://www.diamandis.com/Abundance 360 https://www.abundance360.com/summit Connect with Boost VC Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVCBoost VC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/boost_vc/

Spastic Chatter Special! In this episode I chat with Caleb, Melissa, and Tanner all about their support group, North American Association of Cerebral Palsy Advocates. Check out the full episode: https://youtu.be/d1OABOslrlw You can also listen to this episode on your favorite podcast platform by searching Spastic Chatter. #CerebralPalsy #Disability #SpasticChatter #SupportGroup --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whitney-bailey/support

Welcome to Season 3! In this episode, I chat with Carlos Perez Murcia aka Profe Tiburon, a marine biologist and scuba instructor from Bogotá, Colombia. He is a passionate shark scientist who focuses on ocean literacy and policy. These are his favorite tools to scale-up collective actions that allow us to live a healthy future. Profe Tiburón is now the new President of Sustainable Ocean Alliance hub for Colombia (SOA Colombia), and environmental educator for Fundación Mundo Azul, Guatemala, and the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), United States. To kick off this season Carlos and I chat about the need to use the arts to save our ocean, the importance of spreading ocean literacy to children, and the need for countries to have an ocean ministry to allow for organised and centralised governance of our oceans. Feel free to follow Carlos on social media @profetiburon on Instagram and myself @ecovybz on all social media platforms!

Joining us today is Marcos Trinidad, host of the new LAist Studios podcast “Human/Nature” is Center Director at the Audubon Center at Debs Park. During the past 5 years, he has nurtured a growing community of volunteers, youth and community partnerships; implemented a facility and grounds improvement plan; and partnered with the National Park Service to establish a vibrant native plant nursery. Born and raised in Northeast Los Angeles, where his family has lived for 70 years, Marcos has deep roots in the community. Prior to coming to Debs, he served as Director of Audubon Youth Environmental Stewards (a program of the Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society), where he engaged and inspired youth to connect to nature and their community through restoration and volunteer projects. He has also spent time as a Biology Technician for the U.S. Forest Service and an Urban Forester for both Northeast Trees and TreePeople. Marcos is an Army Veteran stationed in Hohenfenls, Germany as part of the 7th Army Training Command and served as a 19D Cavalry scout, Forward Observer. Marcos continues to serve and work toward a more environmentally inclusive Los Angeles. For 2 decades, Marcos has advanced equity, diversity and inclusion in the environmental movement, including co-directing LA's Environmental Professionals of Color chapter. Through that work, Marcos promoted and sponsored forums for people of color working in environmentally-related careers. He was recognized in 2017 by the North American Association for Environmental Education as the recipient of the Rosa Parks and Grace Lee Boggs Award for his leadership in environmental justice, education and advocacy. Marcos loves to go bird watching with his 9-year-old daughter Paloma and his 7-old son Bija along the Los Angeles River. He is a world traveler and feels most complete when he goes on extended camping trips with his family. Sponsor:Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!! 1-on-1 Coaching: If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com. Let's get to tomorrow, together. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline800-273-TALK [800-273-8255]1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433]Teen Line (Los Angeles)800-852-8336The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)866-488-7386National Domestic Violence Hotline800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]Crisis Text LineText "Connect" to 741741 in the USALifeline Chathttps://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/International Suicide Hotlines: http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.htmlhttps://www.nowmattersnow.org/skillshttps://sobermeditations.libsyn.com/ www.suicidesafetyplan.com https://scaa.club/

Season #2, Episode #4: Christiane Maertens, Founder, DoGooderyIn today's episode, Adam sat down with Christiane Maertens. Read her bio below:Christiane Maertens has a palpable love for life. For over 15 years, Christiane (Kris-tee-on-ah Mair-tens) has built values-driven brands that create positive social impact on a global scale.Christiane is the founder of DoGoodery, a social impact agency for change makers where doing good is about making this world a tangibly better place for all. They work with bold leaders who go beyond their everyday stories and live into their legendary purpose.Maertens helped lead the design of the first corporate social responsibility portfolio for The Walt Disney Company. Her global marketing and education initiatives engaged 2,000 schools, 75,000 students and mobilized millions of viewers to take social actions around the world.In the nonprofit sector, Maertens served as the Deputy Director of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). She built a professional team that leads the largest and most diverse environmental education network in the world, including 60,000 educators and 56 affiliate organizations in more than 30 countries.As a storyteller for our times, Maertens delivers truth with her trademark moxie and optimism. She was named a National Geographic Explorer for her original podcast Imagine If. This series inspires young leaders to find resilience in responding to the climate crisis. Within two months, this popular podcast had attracted over 4,000 subscribers. She also traveled all over North America to capture stories of young engineers with breakthrough solutions to humanity's biggest challenges.Christiane is an outdoor adventurer, horseback rider, overly enthusiastic to get on an airplane, always thinking about her next meal, and loves building community. She was born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents from El Salvador and Germany.Learn more about Christiane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiane-a-maertens-6bb2b74/Read more about the work of DoGoodery: https://dogoodery.com/our-work/Produced by Old Soul

With Sylvia Hadnot and Derek Hoshiko of E3 Washington How can we make environmental education a more equitable space? To what extent is citing limited resources a lack of creative, inclusive thinking? What is tokenism and how can it be avoided? Which narratives about equity are both inaccurate and counter productive? Sylvia Hadnot and Derek Hoshiko are the co-chairs of E3 Washington — the Washington state affiliate of the North American Association of Environmental Education — and they have been at the leading edge of some innovative work on equity and inclusion. Just as permaculture farming is more resilient and sustainable than monoculture farming, so is a diverse community that includes all voices and the unique perspectives they bring. Guests: Sylvia Hadnot is a Seattle-based multicultural educator, artist, and systems thinker. With several years of educating, entrepreneurial, and artistic experience — from working with students in the King County Youth Detention Center to coaching soon-to-be teachers in anti-racist curriculum design to launching her own benefit events company at age 22 — Sylvia brings real-world knowledge and experience into her work supporting leaders with creating and maintaining the systems they need to build more liberated, powerful, sustainable, and agent individuals and communities. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Sylvia grew up in the Beacon Hill and Shoreline neighborhoods. She now lives on Lake Union with her black cat, Jabari. You can learn more about Sylvia and her work at www.haseverything.co  and contact her with any inquiries for projects or collaborations at sylvia@haseverything.co. Derek Hoshiko is an organizer with For the People. For more the twenty years, Derek has managed groups of volunteers, activists, and entrepreneurs. In 2012, after witnessing continued inaction to stop global warming, he shifted his focus to climate action. In 2015, he journeyed over one thousand miles on a bicycle pilgrimage from Seattle to the tar sands to witness and learn about the suffering caused by fossil fuel extraction. He now heads Rapid and Just Climate Action, a project to stop global warming by 2030, and mentors Whidbey Island-wide youth climate justice coalition United Student Leaders. Derek serves on the boards of E3 Washington, the South Whidbey Schools Foundation, and Salish Sea Cooperative Finance. He has worked for change at many organizations such as Greenpeace USA, Climate Solutions, Cascadia Climate Collaborative, YES! Magazine, Seattle Good Business Network, and Web Collective, among others.

With the unconscionable Russian invasion of Ukraine ordered by Russian president Vladimir Putin, we will be focusing the next several episodes on Ukraine. These episodes will aim to provide our global listeners, who are seeking to inform themselves truthfully about the war, with background, context, analyses, and historical appreciation of this country and why the world absolutely must care and must combat Putin's revisionist and disinformationist campaigns. On this episode, the first of our Ukraine-focused series, returning guest Dr. David Marples, professor of history at the University of Alberta, graciously joins us to help unpack, if not understand, Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine by providing a basic yet thorough overview of the conflict's history. Visit slavxradio.com/ukraine for a list of trusted organizations addressing this humanitarian crisis. ABOUT THE GUEST https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSKREOSquxhEyxP99KQnxCve9JXmnnFMOeYzQ&usqp=CAU Dr. David R. Marples is a former President of The North American Association for Belarusian Studies (2010–15) and was formerly Director of the Stasiuk Program on Contemporary Ukraine at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (2004–14), University of Alberta. In 2014 he was a Visiting Professor at the Slavic and Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan. At the University of Alberta he is a recipient of the J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research (2003) and the University Cup (2008), the university's highest award. He is regarded as one of the leading Western authorities on the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe (social and political aspects), Lukashenko's regime in Belarus, and contemporary Ukraine. Follow him on Twitter @drmarples for more insights. PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on March 3rd, 2022 via Zoom. If you have questions, comments, or would like to be a guest on the program, please email slavxradio@utexas.edu and we will be in touch! https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/slavic/_files/images/banners/ukraine-statement.png The Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies condemns the Russian Federation's military invasion of Ukraine. We stand in support of the people of Ukraine who are fighting for their lives and sovereignty in the face of the unjustified invasion by Russian military forces. CREDITS Associate Producer/Host: Lera Toropin (@earlportion) Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig (@cullanwithana) Assistant Producer: Zach Johnson Assistant Producer: Misha Simanovskyy (@MSimanovskyy) Assistant Producer: Sergio Glajar Assistant Producer: Taylor Ham Recording, Editing, and Sound Design: Michelle Daniel & Charlie Harper Music Producer: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic) www.charlieharpermusic.com (Special Episode Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Charlie Harper, Ketsa, Polkavant) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci) DISCLAIMER: Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9a59b135-7876-4254-b600-3839b3aa3ab1/P1EKcswq.png Special Guest: David R. Marples.

Currently, there's the Great Resignation happening. However, it's been difficult retaining good talent for a while. Some individuals move companies in a few months, others in a couple of years. Those who stay with one company for more than 10 years are rare. Is it even a good thing to stay with one company that long?   Damien Hanna, the President of The North American Association for Sales Engineers and an active SE Leader at Citrix comes on the show and we discuss why people move, how organizations and SE leaders can entice people to stay, and having tough career conversations to move up the ranks, or move out of the company.  

Clay Villanueva joins our hosts in studio this week to share his experiences becoming an ayahuasca minister and how that led to a DEA raid and federal lawsuit. He begins by educating us about what exactly ayahuasca is and the benefits it has provided to him and others (2:53). He also delineates between the ceremony and other conventional U.S. religions. Clay then proceeds to give us some of his personal background and how volunteering at the Center for Really Neat Research ended up bringing him to a shaman in Peru (13:08). He then describes his first time ever participating in an ayahuasca ceremony and his subsequent calling to do more (19:15). T and Saif are so enthralled in his story that they need to know what happened next (26:30). After returning from Peru a second time, Clay became part of a community of people who were all interested in ayahuasca and this led to him needing more formal training, and another trip to Peru (32:35). Saif asks if this is something people can have a bad trip on and Clay lays out the major differences between this ceremony and consuming recreational drugs to pass time (38:08). He then goes on to describe how he established his church in Phoenix in 2017 (43:02). This leads to a conversation about government vs. religion, the O' Centro decision, and how the DEA established a catch-22 as a result (45:36). This catch-22 led to the formation of the North American Association of Visionary Churches and a DEA raid on Clay's home (50:13). He tells us what happened next regarding legalities, a surprise arrest at LAX, and his near-death experience while being detained (1:00:18). The case is still ongoing, so there is only so much that can be shared, but Clay lets our listeners know how they can assist if they want to (1:10:46). Thank you for tuning in and giving us your continued support. You may interact with us online @CTSTerry on Twitter or by searching Catch The Sky Podcast on Facebook (and giving us a Like), Instagram, or wherever you listen to podcasts and subscribing. Music by Emby Alexander Recorded October 25, 2021 #CatchTheSky #Podcast #Interview #Ayahuasca #Minister #Colors #Music #SacredVine #Phoenix #Arizona #Peru #DEA #Government #Religion #Shaman #Catch22 #Church #OCentro #SupremeCourt #Raid #Arrest #Lymphoma #Healing #Community #AlwaysBeComing #TrashRocket

When you think of stress and food, you are often told to stay away from treats, like ice cream cones. Ice cream: My favourite food. Creamy. Cold. Sweet. Hard or Soft…doesn't matter. I love ice cream. It can be high in fat and it contains a lot of sugar. And it's not the kind of snack food that I should have everyday…though wouldn't that be absolutely wonderful? An ice cream cone has some definite pros. Ice cream may help in maintaining weight. How interesting is that?  Ice cream for weight control.  Research from the American Society of Experimental Biology found that a diet that included dairy prevented about 50 percent of weight regain and 80 percent of fat regain after the animals had lost weight and were allowed to eat at will.  Now this research was done with animals, but if it works there it may work on humans….I would at least like to be a part of the experimental group…test group…not the control group. Ice cream may help me to keep my girlish figure. The North American Association for the Study of Obesity found in a study of 800 men and women that those who ate the most calcium were also the leanest. Research from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Woman's University in Houston reported an association between the consumption of low-fat milk and dairy products and a lower waist-to-hip ratio. Ice cream may keep me from shrinking. Calcium is essential in preventing osteoporosis.  One reasonable (insert small) serving of ice cream can give you 10% of your daily calcium intake.  Did you know that: Ice cream is not a new treat…people have been creating frozen delicacies since 400 BC Britain's Margaret Thatcher was part of a research team that helped to develop soft ice cream The average American eats 18.3 litres of ice cream each year while Canadians eat 8.7 litres.  Japan has the lowest consumption with .01 litres per year. Here are my tips For Building Resilience By Celebrating National Ice Cream Cone Day: Ice cream can be a healthy treat.  But it is a treat.  I have nothing else…just go out and celebrate. Now which kind to choose…DQ, Kawartha Dairy, soft, hard, dipped, sauced, fruit, chocolate…..

Project Reef Spawn was a winner of the North American Association for Environmental Education 30 under 30 Changemaker Grant 2021, and was developed to deliver effective environmental education, specifically for the marine environment. The project has three components, which included capacity-development for 12 selected youths through virtual and hands-on activities. Two of the youth who have completed the virtual part, Priyangka Gunasagaran and Muhammad Irfan Hazim bin Mowardi, join us to share more about the program, and discuss what they've gained from it, and how they will spread all the knowledge they’ve gained to others. We also discuss why it's important to have multiple stakeholders involved in solving issues about the environmental problems.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Project Reef Spawn was a winner of the North American Association for Environmental Education 30 under 30 Changemaker Grant 2021, and was developed to deliver effective environmental education, specifically for the marine environment. The project has three components, which included capacity-development for 12 selected youths through virtual and hands-on activities. Two of the youth who have completed the virtual part, Priyangka Gunasagaran and Muhammad Irfan Hazim bin Mowardi, join us to share more about the program, and discuss what they've gained from it, and how they will spread all the knowledge they’ve gained to others. We also discuss why it's important to have multiple stakeholders involved in solving issues about the environmental problems.

Project Reef Spawn was a winner of the North American Association for Environmental Education 30 under 30 Changemaker Grant 2021, and was developed to deliver effective environmental education, specifically for the marine environment. The project has three components, which included capacity-development for 12 selected youths through virtual and hands-on activities. Two of the youth who have completed the virtual part, Priyangka Gunasagaran and Muhammad Irfan Hazim bin Mowardi, join us to share more about the program, and discuss what they've gained from it, and how they will spread all the knowledge they’ve gained to others. We also discuss why it's important to have multiple stakeholders involved in solving issues about the environmental problems.

Do you have questions about lab-grown meat? Wondering if it's really as sustainable and great for animals as great as many proponents claim? Will it solve the ethical and environmental problems with our current food system and factory farming? Today Dr. Vasile Stanescu joins me to take a holistic deep dive into the benefits and downside of lab-grown meat (AKA in vitro meat, cell-based meat, cultured meat, or clean meat) and who this novel technology will really benefit! We cover: - what lab meat is/how its made- what proponents claim this miracle product can do- Will it help end animal exploitation and factory farming? - Fetal bovine serum and animal inputs - the sustainability of lab meat- The validity of using the free market/technology to solve moral issues in society - What do we really need to end speciesism? - Corporate control of our food supply------ Dr. Vasile Stanescu is associate professor of Communication Studies at Mercer University. Stanescu is co-editor of the Critical Animal Studies book series published by Rodopi/Brill, the co-founder of the North American Association for Critical Animal Studies (NAACAS), the former co-editor of the Journal for Critical Animal Studies, and former co-organizer of the Stanford Environmental Humanities Project. Dr. Stanescu is the author of over 20 peer-reviewed publications on the critical study of animals and the environment. Dr. Stanescu's research has been recognized by The Woods Institute for the Environment, Minding Animals International, The Andrew Mellon Foundation, the Culture and Animals Foundation, the Institute for Critical Animal Studies, and the Institutul Cultural Român (Institute for Romanian Culture), among others.------ For more information and vegan perspectives on lab-grown meat, check out these others videos about lab-grown meat on my youtube channel and the brilliant, detailed, and fully referenced website: Clean Meat Hoax ---- Want to be the first to be notified every time I release a new episode? Sign up HERE for my email list or visit my website for more information: https://bornvegan.org

Do you have questions about lab-grown meat? Wondering if it's really as sustainable and great for animals as great as many proponents claim?  Will it solve the ethical and environmental problems with our current food system and factory farming? Today Dr. Vasile Stanescu joins me to take a holistic deep dive into the benefits and downside of lab-grown meat (AKA in vitro meat, cell-based meat, cultured meat, or clean meat)  and who this novel technology will really benefit! We cover: - what lab meat is/how its made- what proponents claim this miracle product can do- Will it help end animal exploitation and factory farming? - Fetal bovine serum and animal inputs - the sustainability of lab meat- The validity of using the free market/technology to solve moral issues in society - What do we really need to end speciesism? - Corporate control of our food supply------ Dr. Vasile Stanescu is associate professor of Communication Studies at Mercer University. Stanescu is co-editor of the Critical Animal Studies book series published by Rodopi/Brill, the co-founder of the North American Association for Critical Animal Studies (NAACAS), the former co-editor of the Journal for Critical Animal Studies, and former co-organizer of the Stanford Environmental Humanities Project. Dr. Stanescu is the author of over 20 peer-reviewed publications on the critical study of animals and the environment. Dr. Stanescu's research has been recognized by The Woods Institute for the Environment, Minding Animals International, The Andrew Mellon Foundation, the Culture and Animals Foundation, the Institute for Critical Animal Studies, and the Institutul Cultural Român (Institute for Romanian Culture), among others.------ For more information and vegan perspectives on lab-grown meat, check out these others videos about lab-grown meat on my youtube channel and the brilliant, detailed, and fully referenced website: Clean Meat Hoax  ---- Want to be the first to be notified every time I release a new episode? Sign up HERE for my email list or visit my website for more information: https://bornvegan.org

This week we are joined by Lance Mathena from the North American Association of Blind Sportsmen & Adaptive Pursuits TV!  We are excited to be partnering with Lance and several outstanding organizations to bring you "The Fall Obsession Series"; consisting of 6 different Mule Deer hunts in Washington and Idaho this October for blind and disabled veterans!  During this podcast, Lance shares with us some of his personal experiences over the years as he has worked to give folks like this an opportunity to experience hunting and the outdoors when they may not have been able to otherwise.  Lance provides us with serval other interesting details over the unique equipment these folks use for hunting, information regarding the hunt this fall, and more!  This is a 100% charity hunt, and you could be able to help in more ways than one!  Listen in as Lance shares the many ways folks can contribute to support these veterans, and other additional details can be found through the link below...For more information on this hunt, to make a donation, or to find out how else you can help out, visit www.naabs.org, or contact us through our website www.fallobsession.com.  All donations made through NAABS for this project should be classified as "The Fall Obsession Series" in the donation form comments. 

On this episode of Knowing Animals, we speak to Dr Vasile Stanescu. Vasile is an associate professor of Communication Studies at Mercer University in the United States. Lots of listeners will know him for his work in critical animal studies: he co-edits the Critical Animal Studies book series published by Brill, he's a former co-editor of the Journal for Critical Animal Studies, and a co-founder of the North American Association for Critical Animal Studies. Today, we're going to talk about his paper “‘White Power Milk': Milk, Dietary Racism, and the ‘Alt-Right'”, which was published in 2018 in Animal Studies Journal. This episode is brought to you by the Australasian Animal Studies Association and the Animal Publics book series with Sydney University Press.

00:00 Marilyn Monroe's networks pulled her apart, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141257 10:00 Genres, Objects, and the Contemporary Expression of Higher-Status Tastes, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141245 17:00 How to live given the certainty of death, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Hu465KL1w 20:00 ‘School athletics at the center of attention devalues intellectual students', https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141254 26:00 Seven Reasons Cops Are Disliked, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141252 36:30 Why Be Jewish? (Jonathan Sacks), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA2U3zF_BmY 54:00 Rethinking Jewish Philosophy: Beyond Particularism and Universalism, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=140872 1:22:00 Getting to Know the North American Association for the Study of Religion, https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/getting-to-know-the-north-american-association-for-the-study-of-religion/ 1:29:00 Resisting History: Historicism and Its Discontents in German-Jewish Thought, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136098 1:55:00 Reflections on “Thinking with Jonathan Z. Smith”, https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/reflections-on-thinking-with-jonathan-z-smith/ 1:57:00 Religious scholar of Jonathan Z. Smith, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Z._Smith 1:58:00 Jonathan Z. Smith, Now You See it Now You Won't': The Study of Religion Over the Next Forty Years, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfuypty7LGw 2:42:45 Tucker Carlson on Big Tech censorship Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSFVD7Xfhn7sJY8LAIQmH8Q/join https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://lbry.tv/@LukeFord, https://rumble.com/lukeford https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Listener Call In #: 1-310-997-4596 Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/lukeford/ Soundcloud MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593 Code of Conduct: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=125692 https://www.patreon.com/lukeford http://lukeford.net Email me: lukeisback@gmail.com or DM me on Twitter.com/lukeford Support the show | https://www.streamlabs.com/lukeford, https://patreon.com/lukeford, https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback Facebook: http://facebook.com/lukecford Feel free to clip my videos. It's nice when you link back to the original.

00:00 Aloe vera and ginseng 02:00 There's No Cure for Antisemitism, But There is a Vaccine, https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/editors-note/338618/theres-no-cure-for-antisemitism-but-there-is-a-vaccine/ 11:00 Religious studies as an academic discipline, https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/religious-studies-as-a-discipline/ 15:00 How Luke Ford and his Show "Changed my Life" Part 1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg-kwHTVP0M 54:00 Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars: Critical Explorations in the History of Religions, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141140 1:06:00 Mircea Eliade, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Eliade 1:10:00 Aaron W. Hughes, https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/persons/aaron-w-hughes/ 1:28:30 Islamic studies vs Jewish studies 1:31:00 The Study of Islam in an Age of Trump: Notes from the Field, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRi9KfC4rOQ 1:32:00 Daniel Pipes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pipes 1:34:00 Richard Spencer on Steven Pinker, Nathan Cofnas and infiltrating academia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w8R0VIy7wA 1:46:00 Orientalism, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism 1:52:00 Jewish Philosophy and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141165 1:59:00 Bible codes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_code 2:00:00 Greg Johnson, Frodi, Millennial Woes on malaise in racial nationalism 2:10:20 Institutional Religion and Supernatural Conversion, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1eLH4XOFaQ 2:37:20 Revisionist Israeli historians 2:52:00 Getting to Know the North American Association for the Study of Religion, https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/getting-to-know-the-north-american-association-for-the-study-of-religion/ 2:58:00 The Study of Judaism: Authenticity, Identity, Scholarship, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141060 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSFVD7Xfhn7sJY8LAIQmH8Q/join https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://lbry.tv/@LukeFord, https://rumble.com/lukeford https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Listener Call In #: 1-310-997-4596 Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/lukeford/ Soundcloud MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593 Code of Conduct: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=125692 https://www.patreon.com/lukeford http://lukeford.net Email me: lukeisback@gmail.com or DM me on Twitter.com/lukeford Support the show | https://www.streamlabs.com/lukeford, https://patreon.com/lukeford, https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback Facebook: http://facebook.com/lukecford Feel free to clip my videos. It's nice when you link back to the original.

Today’s Guest: Lance Mathena with the North American Association of Blind Sportsmen joins the show and is doing some amazing things and helping so many people enjoy the great outdoors as a result of his work with the NAABS. The North American Association of Blind Sportsmen (NAABS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping blind... READ MORE

If you’ve been following this podcast long enough, you’ll know that I built this to create a community of Sales Engineers all over the world so we can all grow and learn together. But how many of you belong to an organization catered specifically for your profession? Ken Lambert, the current President of the North American Association of Sales Engineers (NAASE), aims to bring Sales Engineers and technical sales reps across North America in one organization to enable members to connect, create Certified Sales Engineers and advocate on behalf of the profession. The organization provides members with opportunities to network on industry-specific forums, webinars, and blogs. Moreover, through its membership, a certificate is awarded to Sales Engineers that designate them as skilled, life-long learners who are passionate about client success. In this podcast, we talk about why he founded NAASE, the commonalities and differences between Sales Engineers working for software and non-software industries, how he differentiates himself from other Sales engineers, and how you can prospect on Linkedin or connect with prospects without being sleazy. Shownotes: https://wethesalesengineers.com/show160

Discussion with Lorna Fox about evaluation in environmental education. We talk about some of the limitations with how educators generally evaluate the success of their programmes, and highlight some of the pitfalls of relying on observations of student engagement during sessions.   Check out this free pdf resource from the North American Association for Environmental Education: Practitioner Guide to Assessing Connection to Nature   Notes and suggestions for improving your use of evaluation in the full show notes here.

The Marine Mammal Center is an organization that specializes in rescuing Marine Mammals along a 600 mile stretch of California Coastline. It's not an easy thing to do; however, the organization has saved thousands of animals over a 45-year period. I was able to be connected to Adam Ratner (bio below) to discuss how the Marine Mammal Center goes beyond rescuing Marine Mammals through its various programs and storytelling. Listen to a few different stories of how the Marine Mammal Center has helped Marine Mammals and inspired people to live for a better Ocean! Background on Adam Adam Ratner began at The Marine Mammal Center in 2009 leading educational programs for high school students and visitors. Over the years, he has challenged people to think differently about ocean conservation using the stories of individual patients that are rescued by The Marine Mammal Center. By providing hopeful stories of action and tangible solutions, Adam helps people find inspiration and empowerment to become the heroes of their own environment and community. Today, as the Associate Director of Conservation Education, Adam serves as an expert on topics related to ocean health, such as climate change, ocean trash and sustainable seafood. His ability to break down big and complex ideas helps people understand how their actions have an impact on the ocean. Adam was named one of the 30 under 30 Game Changers for the Planet by the North American Association for Environmental Education. Working collaboratively across sectors and geographic regions, he serves as the chair of the Training Committee of the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation and is currently the Executive Chair of the Bay Area Climate Literacy Impact Collaborative. He is also a member of the Zero Waste Marin Local Task Force, the Global Ghost Gear Initiative and the Pacific Ocean Aquafarms Stakeholder Advisor Group. Adam has been in the conservation field for over 10 years leading environmental education programming. He graduated from Bates College with degrees in Marine Biology and Psychology, with a focus on animal behavior. He has completed field research and studied animal behavior in labs around the country. His research includes studying bird hearing, as well as fish learning and memory. About The Marine Mammal Center Headquartered on the site of a former Cold War missile base, The Marine Mammal Center is a global leader in marine mammal health, science and conservation, and is the largest marine mammal hospital in the world. The Center’s teaching hospital and training programs operate globally, with its headquarters in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, part of the National Park Service. Expert teams from the Center travel around the world to work with emerging first responders and has itself rescued more than 24,000 marine mammals from 600 miles of its authorized rescue area of California coastline and the Big Island of Hawai‘i. The Center’s mission is to advance global ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research, and education. For more information, please visit MarineMammalCenter.org. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Want To Talk Oceans? Join the Speak Up For Blue Facebook Group: http://www.speakupforblue.com/group. Speak Up For Blue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakupforblue/ Speak Up For Blue Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakUpforBlue Check out the Shows on the Speak Up For Blue Network: Marine Conservation Happy Hour Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2k4ZB3x Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2kkEElk Madame CuriosityApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2xUlSax Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2V38QQ1 ConCiencia Azul: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2k6XPio Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2k4ZMMf Dugongs & Seadragons: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lB9Blv Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2lV6THt Environmental Studies & Sciences Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lx86oh Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2lG8LUh Marine Mammal Science: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2k5pTCI Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2k1YyRL Projects For Wildlife Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Oc17gy Spotify: https://spoti.fi/37rinWz Ocean Science RadioApple Podcast: https://apple.co/3chJMfA Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3bnkP18 The Guide To Mindful Conservation: Dancing In Pink Hiking Boots:Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/31P4UY6 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3f7hDJw  

This week we are celebrating the 200th edition of Sustainability Now!, which has been coming to you every week since April 2017! Returning to the program to mark this special milestone with your host, Justin Mog, is Carolyn Waters, an environmental education researcher currently pursuing her PhD at Bellarmine University. We explore her studies into the JEDI training model for environmental educators (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) and addressing the legacy of white supremacy in the U.S. environmental movement. But we also get an update on Carolyn’s tiny house project and her new shotgun house in the Clifton neighborhood, where she is engaging in her new “unintentionally intentional” community, tapping her maple trees for syrup, and exploring Joshua McFadden’s Six Season’s cookbook (https://www.joshuamcfadden.com/sixseasons). Carolyn recommends these resources for going deeper:
North American Association for Environmental Education (https://naaee.org/)
Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (https://www.kaee.org/) Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission (https://heritage.ky.gov/aa-na/Pages/overview.aspx) As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW! Sustainability Now! airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com

Dr. Vasile Stanescu is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at Mercer University. He co-edited the Critical Animal Studies book series, co-founded the North American Association for Critical Animal Studies (NAACAS), and is the the former co-editor of the Journal for Critical Animal Studies, and former co-organizer of the Stanford Environmental Humanities Project. Dr. Stanescu has authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications on the critical study of animals and the environment. https://mercer.academia.edu/VasileStanescu ****************************** Plant Powered Radio broadcasts Tuesdays 11 am - noon PT at http://cfuv.ca​ Podcasts: PocketCasts, Breaker, Spotify, RadioPublic, Anchor, Overcast and Google Instagram - @plantpoweredradio Twitter - @envirovegan With gratitude for the opportunity to live, work, and create on the unceded traditional lands of the Coast Salish Peoples.

In this episode, Dr. Rakesh Jain and Dr. Andrew Cutler review the pathophysiology and comorbidities in patients with schizophrenia and explore how serious mental illnesses (SMIs) may affect the whole patient. They also discuss the potential dysfunction that may be present across multiple symptoms in patients with schizophrenia based on evidence from antipsychotic-naïve patients. TAKE HOME POINTS – When considering physical comorbidities—including infectious, respiratory, metabolic, and cardiovascular diseases—in patients with SMI, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, multiple studies have reported an increased prevalence compared with the general population. There may be dysfunction across cardiometabolic, immune, and endocrine systems in patients with schizophrenia—whether we see elevation of certain blood cytokines or an imbalance between adiponectin and pro-inflammatory cytokines, this may contribute to a persistent cycle of obesity and inflammation. There are opportunities to improve whole patient care through comprehensive management of comorbidities and behavioral risk factors that may be present in patients living with SMIs like schizophrenia. For example, efforts to enhance tobacco smoking cessation, given over half of people with schizophrenia smoke and smoking is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, may involve behavioral interventions and cognitive behavioral therapy that have shown promise for smokers with SMIs. References ADA, APA, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, North American Association for the Study of Obesity. Diabetes Care. 2004;27:596-601. APA. Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia (September 2020). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890424841. Accessed September 17, 2020. Cohn TA et al. Can J Psychiatry. 2006;51(6):382-386. Bahorik AL et al. J Psychosom Res. 2017;100:35-45. Balu DT. Adv Pharmacol. 2016;76:351-382. Brisch R et al. Front Psychiatry. 2014;5:47. De Hert M et al. Eur Psychiatry. 2009;24(6):412-424. De Hert M et al. World Psychiatry. 2011;10(1):52-77. Di Chiara T et al. J Nutr Metab. 2012;2012:175245. Diez JJ et al. Eur J Endocrinol. 2003;148(3):293-300. Fernandes BS et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2016;21(4):554-564. Freyberg Z et al. Front Neurosci. 2017;11:432. Gonzalez-Blanco L et al. Schizophr Res. 2016;174(1-3):156-160. Grimm O et al. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2017;75:91-103. Hayes JF et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2017;211(3):175-181. Helleberg M et al. Lancet HIV. 2015;2(8):e344-350. Huckans MS et al. Psychiatr Serv. 2006;57(3):403-406. Khokha JY et al. Schizophr Res. 2018;194:78-85. Leonard BE et al. J Psychopharmacol. 2012;26(5 Suppl):33-41. Lucatch AM et al. Front Psychiatry. 2018;9:672. Mangurian C et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2016;31(9):1083-1091. Menzaghi C. Diabetes. 2007 May;56(5):1198-1209. Myles N et al. J Clin Psychiatry. 2012;73(4):468-475. Nakamizo S et al. Trends in Immunotherapy. 2017;1(2):67-74. NIMH. Mental illness. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness.shtml#part_154788. Accessed May 8, 2019. NIMH. Schizophrenia. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/schizophrenia.shtml. Accessed August 26, 2020. Pillinger T et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2018;24(6):776-794. Ringen PA et al. Front Psychiatry. 2014;5:137. Sokal J et al. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2004;192(6):421-427. Stahl SM. Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications. Cambridge University Press; 2013. Toda M et al. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2007;9(4):329-336 Yang AC et al. Int J Mol Sci. 2017;18(8). © 2020 Alkermes, Inc. All rights reserved. UNB-003069

TOPICS INCLUDE: Grief, Complicated Grief, Bereavement, Loss, Mental Health, Coping with Death, Processing Emotions, Therapy, Grief Counseling, Relationship Counseling, Arrested Development, Self Care, Neuroplasticity, Depression, Anxiety, How To Deal with Familiar Loss, Candlelight Therapy, and Staycations    FULL YOUTUBE Video: https://youtu.be/t4Yiap8BnSs LIVE AGAIN BOOK DESCRIPTION: https://youtu.be/_eLokTJKkmY Welcome to the Sober is Dope Podcast with your host and fellow Sober Evangelist, POP Buchanan. This episode features Faith Dickens a Certified Counselor and the CEO of LIVE AGAIN Counseling Services. Faith Dickens teaches us techniques on how to cope with grief.    LIVE AGAIN BOOK (A Guide To Processing Pain, Hurt, and Disappointments in Life) by Faith Dickens: https://www.amazon.com/Live-Again-Faith-Dickens/dp/1984369768 Faith Dickens is a certified counselor, author, speaker, and Chief Executive Officer of Live Again Counseling Services.  Live Again Counseling Services was created to assist people in processing relationship challenges, grief, pain, hurt, and disappointment.  Faith is experienced and trained to help people overcome adverse life-changing events.  She is a native of South Florida where she currently resides with her family. Faith is a graduate of Nova Southeastern University with certifications from the North American Association of Counselors and Columbia University’s Center for Complicated Grief. Although, we will have ups and downs throughout the course of life.  Having a counselor to walk you through the most difficult times in life make a tremendous difference.  Allow Faith to counsel you in this thing called "Life".  One of her greatest fulfillment's is being able to navigate people through the dark tunnels of relationship issues, grief, trauma, and self-improvement into the bright avenue of hope.    Faith’s heart desire is to see people become completely whole while living out their purposed destiny.    Contact Faith Dickens   https://www.liveagaincs.com/   https://linktr.ee/faithdickens   Video Produced by POP Buchanan For the Recovery Community. #FaithDickens #SoberisDope    FREE LIFE TRANSFORMATION EBOOK: by SOBER IS DOPE PODCAST  LINK: https://linktr.ee/Soberisdope --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/soberisdope/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soberisdope/support

Philip Resnik, PhD, returns to the Psychcast, this time with his research partner and wife, Rebecca Resnik, PsyD, to discuss the interface between language, psychiatry, psychology, and health. Dr. Philip Resnik appeared on the show previously to discuss artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and mental illness. He is a professor in the department of linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park, and has a joint appointment with the university’s Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. Dr. Philip Resnik has disclosed being an adviser for Converseon, a social media analysis firm; FiscalNote, a government relationship management platform; and SoloSegment, which specializes in enterprise website optimization. Some of the work Dr. Philip Resnik discusses has been supported by an Amazon AWS Machine Learning Research Award. Dr. Rebecca Resnik is a licensed psychologist in private practice who specializes in neuropsychological assessment. In 2014, she served as cofounder of the Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology workshop at the North American Association for Computational Linguistics. She continues to serve as a workshop organizer and clinical consultant to the cross-disciplinary community. She has no disclosures. Dr. Norris disclosed having no conflicts of interest. Take-home points Dr. Rebecca Resnik and Dr. Philip Resnik are interested in finding measurable, observable features to apply to the assessment of psychological and psychiatric diagnoses. They point out that finding an objective measure is essential for scaling up mental health evaluations and treatment. Natural language processing (NLP) is focused on analyzing language content. NLP technology has generated tools such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Translate, and NLP allows computers to do things more intelligently with human language. Individuals are using machine learning and NLP to analyze language data sets to evaluate diagnostic criteria. The goal is to create or use language sets that can be analyzed outside of the clinic. Dr. Rebecca Resnik imagines a world where a patient gives a “language sample” to an app or an avatar that would be evaluated by NLP that would, in turn, offer some overarching hypotheses about the person. So much of evaluations is trying to home in on the correct signal, explicit and implicit, from the patient. In addition, neuropsychiatric tests/scales are standardized against a limited scope of the population, so NLP would be matched to the individual. Dr. Philip Resnik looks at signals in text and speech content, acoustics, microexpressions, and even biometric data. Machine learning can process and distill a huge amount of data with various signals more easily than any human. Dr. Rebecca Resnik revisits the idea of clinical white space, which is the “space” or the time between clinical encounters, and this is where decompensation and high-risk suicidal behaviors occur. She suggests that NLP software could be used to fill this white space by using apps to collect text samples from patients, and the software would analyze the samples and warn of patients who are at risk of decompensation or suicide. If clinicians were to use text or speech samples from people’s smart technology, we could assess an individual's risk in the moment and use nudge-type interventions to prevent suicide. Finally, Dr. Philip Resnik emphasizes that there are technologists who have the skills and technology that is on the verge of helping clinicians, but the key to progress is collaborating with clinicians. References Resnik P et al. J Analytical Psychol. 2020 Sep 10. doi: 10.111/sltb.12674. Coppersmith G et al. Biomed Inform Insights. 2018;10:1178222618792860. Zirikly A et al. CLPsych 2019 shared task: Predicting the degree of suicide risk in Reddit posts. Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology. 2019 Jun 16. Yoo DW et al. JMIR Mental Health. 2020;7(8):e16969. American Medical Informatics Association and Mental Health: https://www.amia.org/mental-health-informatics-working-group Selanikio J. The big-data revolution in health care.  TEDxAustin. 2013 Feb. CLPsych: Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology Workshop. 2019 Program. *  *  * Show notes by Jacqueline Posada, MD, associate producer of the Psychcast; assistant clinical professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University in Washington; and staff physician at George Washington Medical Faculty Associates, also in Washington. Dr. Posada has no conflicts of interest. *  *  * For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com

How a dentist can improve your sleep, breathing, and more If you have perfect sleep, NEVER mouth breathe, and have excellent tongue posture, then you can skip this post.  But if you are like the rest of us, no doubt you or your clients struggle in one or many of these areas.  What if all of these issues were related to the structure of your mouth? That's why I interviewed Dr. Brian Hockel, a dentist who I work with personally, and a leading expert in the field of dentistry and airway orthodontics. [caption id="attachment_12956" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The legend![/caption] In this podcast, you'll learn: How facial structure can impact breathing and tongue position Why a CPAP doesn't really fix sleep apnea How a well-trained dentist can improve mouth position to enhance your sleep and breathing How occlusion, tooth contact, may not be the exact science that people make it out to be What you need to look for to find a dentist who can best help your sleep and breathing If the health of your airway is important to you and you want to get your sleep on fleek, then you need to check out this interview. You can watch the interview here. Learn more about Dr. Brian Hockel His website: Life Dental & Orthodontics His practice is located in Walnut Creek, CA 64598. Bio As a graduate of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry in 1989, Dr. Hockel is a general dentist in private practice with a focus on orthodontics that aims to prevent or treat airway problems like sleep apnea. He aims for more permanent solutions to Airway-Friendly Smiles, going beyond the dental oral appliance approach, often having to reverse previous orthodontic treatments. He has lectured nationally and internationally on topics of facial growth guidance, orthotropic, and airway orthodontics, and is an orthodontic instructor for the Academy of Airway and Gnathologic Orthopedics (AAGO). He is also co-founder of the Team Airway Study Club, a co-founder and board member of the North American Association of Facial Orthotropics, and a board member of the AAGO. Show notes Here are links to things mentioned in the interview: Joe Cicinelli - He is our mutual physical therapy colleague, and a dear friend. ALF - A lightwire appliance that is often used when there is cranial dysfunction present DNA - An appliance that aims to expand the palate in multiple directions. It's akin to the Invisalign of palatal expansion AGGA - An appliance that is used for sagittal palate expansion A Randomized Crossover Trial Evaluating Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Versus Mandibular Advancement Device on Health Outcomes in Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - A neat study that positively affected PTSD symptoms by targeting sleep. Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome Patients Have Worse Sleep Quality Compared to Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea - If you have never heard of UARS, then this is a must-read Bruxism: A Literature Review - An excellent in-depth article on all things bruxism, grinding, clenching, and more. Modified Transcripts The difference between conventional dentistry and airway dentistry Dr. Hockel: I think a lot of it has to do with the understanding of how we get to where we are and what the underlying causes are of some of the problems that we're dealing with. And then the connections to what we're doing in the orthodontic world, the orthopedic world. By that I mean if you understand that our growth really affects our function, especially of the airway but certainly of the jaw joints and of the bite, how those relate to each other? if someone says “we are the way we are because of our genes; we're just going to grow.” “This is a set shape to the skull, a set position for the jaws and it is what it is and make the teeth fit within that confine of the skeleton.” That's going to lead you to a very definite approach in orthodontics.  As opposed to the belief that the way we posture our mouths and the way we use the muscles of our mouth and head and neck, that's going to affect how our face grows at a young age. Then as an adult, it's going to affect the function of the airway, again of the joints and that maybe if we look for the underlying causes and address them, we can have other successes beyond just getting the teeth to fit.  So it's looking beyond how the teeth fit together and looking at the overall structure; jaws, airway.  It turns out that the roof of the mouth is the floor of the nose. The nasal airways are our next-door neighbor that way going up and the oropharyngeal airway is right behind the tongue. We're always looking at the back of the throat but we don't recognize that that's where the air has to go to be able to breathe. So there are neighbors in the dental world and it turns out that the things we do affect them. Zac: It's a lot more than making a pretty smile in terms of the impact that you can have on someone's health and well-being.  What kind of implications or negative things have you seen from people who don't respect that? We've spoken before having this conversation about some people who are just doing retractable orthodontics which maybe you can talk about. They're just pulling teeth so things can fit and the smile can look nice.  What are some of the implications of not taking into consideration the structure of the face? Dr. Hockel: It might be an overstatement to say that most orthodontists are focused on just making the teeth pretty because obviously there's a lot of science that goes into how we try to make the teeth fit. Jaw joints and even airway are in the conversation, though the latter seems to be lip service.   The best way to answer your question would be to use a term that was coined by Dr. Bill Hang in Southern California, he calls it ERRS (extraction retraction regret syndrome). He purposely called it errs because it's based on the answer to your question, what are the errors that we've been forced to live with? The first is kind of an aesthetic one where people don't like the way they look and with a lot of traditional orthodontics. There's a feeling like maybe the teeth are further back in the face than they should be or the lips seem sunken in or thin. There might be a feeling like the face has lengthened after orthodontic treatment has been done.  Then there's the whole functional side and this includes, both the airway and the jaw joints and also includes the bite, of course, the way the teeth fit together can be affected by that. How we chew and how we breathe, they can go hand in hand. If you bring teeth too far back in the face, the tongue doesn't have enough room, the chewing motions of the jaws can be affected and of course, the dimensions of the oropharyngeal airway can be affected. People who live with this for a long time and have been told this or that thing is all in your head and you just need to learn to deal with that.   [caption id="attachment_12855" align="alignnone" width="810"] How embarassing[/caption] We who work in the orthodontic profession may be saying your bite is fine, everything fits together, it meets every possible standard that or criteria that I could have treated it to. So whatever you're not happy with, it's not what I did and maybe I did treat to the best standard of care that's out there.  But we're learning now that there are things beyond what we've been held to and by ourselves and others and what we try to achieve that have really profound and far-reaching effects that we weren't even aware of. Zac: I mean you just think of this area of the body, you have most of your sensory systems there. There's a lot of prime real estate that could potentially be influenced in one direction or the other.  It's intriguing that you're saying the wide-ranging effects that can happen on this. I remember a study I read years ago about people who had PTSD. They put an appliance in the person's mouth as treatment in this randomized control trial and it had a profound impact on symptoms. We can have large substantial changes on someone's health and well-being by affecting this area of the body in the way that you're talking about.  Now you weren't always into the airway side of things so in your career what led to you appreciating this side of dentistry more? Dr. Hockel: I think it was contact with doctors like Bill Hang and John Mew.  John Mew is an orthodontist in the UK who for many years developed treatments that were based on what he called the tropic premise. That was the belief that the jaws are going to grow to the position that they most commonly adopt, so keep your jaws closed, pointed forward they're going to grow forward. Keep them apart, pointed away from each other they're going to grow away from each other. It turns out that the treatments he was doing to get the face to grow to what was a better proportion, more aesthetically pleasing result; it was also making a difference with the airway.  Initially, he didn't really even realize this so he's one of these people that looked at the results of what he was doing and actually saw something really good. There were a lot of us that looked at the results of what we were doing with more traditional methods and saw that we weren't doing things that were good. Bill Hang, who I already mentioned, is probably the biggest influence on how I've been able to connect the dots between the airway and what we do in the orthodontic and orthopedic world.  I thought I had every answer that I needed at one point and I suppose sometimes we get that state of pride in our careers. At first it can be unnerving to learn something new but then you can get to a point where you're kind of in a zone, you feel comfortable and I felt like I had a tool to treat pretty much every type of bite problem that I could come across. It was right then that Bill Hang dropped into my life and taught me to look at things in a very different way that included growth direction, growth guidance, developing more space for the tongue, looking at the oral posture. Especially looking at what was happening with the airway and how things affected that. Like most of the people who've heard Bill Hang, there was some of it that I readily accepted and other things I was skeptical about. I had to go home and think “I don't know if he's really right about what he says about the herbst appliance” for example. I'm going to go home and look at my cases a little more critically and I just shook my head as he was right. There were things going on that I didn't want to have going on right under my nose because I wasn't paying attention to it. So now my attitude is “just don't cause any harm, don't do anything that's going to make anything worse.” “And if you're doing something that has made other people worse and you're not sure if it's going to make this person in front of you worse, just don't do it,” it's the safest thing to do. Zac:  Yeah and I imagine too if you're not taking into consideration things like oral posture airway and things like that just because of how important respiration is. You could have wide-ranging effects of doing harm that you didn't know you were doing. Dr. Hockel: Right or at least miss the opportunity to do good, to me that's just as bad; if I had an opportunity to do something a lot better for someone and I missed the chance, I don't like that. Zac: Was that hard for you to have that kind of paradigm shift? Dr. Hockel: Yeah my wife would tell you, I was in a very difficult mental state during those years. It was a big paradigm shift and very emotional and around that time we had a lot of little kids around the house. It's hard to realize your professional foundation isn't as solid as you thought it was. I knew however, that  I needed to keep growing and learning; not being foolish to where I thought I knew it all.  Zac: Yeah, that's when you know you need to retire or quit.  What types of patients would benefit from airway orthodontics Dr. Hockel: I think the people that search me out know that there are important ramifications of the types of treatment we do in orthodontics and in growth guidance. And they don't want something bad to happen to their kids or they're an adult that has already seen something that happened to themselves.  We talked about extraction retraction regret syndrome and there's either an emotional component or an aesthetic component, more often I see the functional component. People will come wanting to know what they can do to improve their situation as an adult and some of them might come very bitter about what was done with them in orthodontics. It's unfortunate because the person who treated them was only treating what the standard of care was at that time and they probably did a very good job.  [caption id="attachment_13014" align="alignnone" width="500"] Making kids unhappy in more ways than one since 1960 (Photo credit: Orthodontist101)[/caption] I don't see too many people who were treated by an orthodontist who did a bad job; they were just doing it with a very different philosophy of how to treat and why to treat. So there are the moms with the kids that want them to grow right, that's a group of people who have young kids and they want to catch them as early as possible.  The earlier we get to kids the better.  I'd rather get kids at six days old and talk to the parents at that point. Make sure there's no tongue tie, make sure you're breastfeeding as long as you can, try to switch to solid food as early as you can, and the whole concept of baby-led weaning. Take away bottles, pacifiers, and sippy cups.  So it's not classic orthodontics to talk to a parent about their child when they're that young. And yet, if they follow what advice I'm giving them, it can help minimize what I might have to do later on. I think the goal would be for us to really find as far upstream as we can go to find the causes that can be addressed so that we don't have to treat them at the stage where we are. Even at age four and five when I'm treating a child that young in a way, it'd be better if I could have got them earlier. Tongue ties Zac: It seems like even the concept of having your child have a tongue-tie release is very controversial. I read stuff on the internet all the time where it's like “oh, we don't need to do that” and it's unfortunate because it can definitely negatively impact things like breastfeeding and things of that nature.  Let's say I have a kid and I say “Dr. Hockel, do unto this child what we can do to minimize any negative effects,” where would you start? Dr. Hockel:  Well those things that I just tossed off a little bit of a list when they handed me that little scissors to cut the umbilical cord in the delivery room for my kids. I look back on it now and think I probably should have just looked around like lifted their tongue going “okay, I'll just do that first!  Tongue ties can affect speech and growth. When they're really bad and a lactation consultant picks it up and says you're not able to breastfeed because of the tongue tie, they deal with it. Or if a speech pathologist says your child can't make those sounds because he's tongue-tied, they deal with it. But there's a wide range of restricted mobility of the tongue that can come before you ever have any of those kinds of troubles and it does affect the tongue posture.  There's research that's being done now by Souresh Zaghi, but it's going to take time to build the evidence body. They showed at Stanford that when you have a tongue tie, there's a correlation with narrow palates, and it kind of makes sense, it's common sense. The tongue is the scaffold of the palate so if it isn't able to posture up against the palate, how is it going to grow wide and up and forward? It's going to tend to be narrow and down and back. While we cannot expect adults who get a tongue tie release to grow differently, we do know that the muscles of the head and neck can be in better balance with good oral posture.  I'm not an expert in cranial osteopathy but I'm told that the cranial bone and the balance of how they fit together and move, you know cranial bones move right? [caption id="attachment_12694" align="aligncenter" width="329"] Now I got the loosest tongue in the game...wait....[/caption] Zac: Haha yes I do! Dr. Hockel:  Some adults will report some wide-ranging improvements of symptoms and you got to be careful about that. Because they'll tell their story on the internet and somebody else thinks “oh if I go get my tongue-tie release, all my troubles are going to go away.”  It is controversial probably because there's such a wide range of techniques in doing it. Back in the day, I got my laser in 1999 and I thought “oh, there's a tongue-tie, I'll just release that tongue-tie with my laser” and it's like getting a lightsaber on Star Wars. There's no bleeding and all of a sudden the tongue can just elevate really easily.  Mainly, all I was treating was that flap of tissue on the outside not knowing that there were deeper fibers that of fascia or even the mylohyoid going deeper that needed to be dealt with. Then the scar tissue would come because I wasn't having them do exercises afterward and the scar tissue ends up restricting the tongue down even more than it was before.  Doing it the wrong way is oftentimes going to make things worse and not any better at all so the data points that people have to compare to are very limited. The unfortunate thing is we currently lack a body of knowledge out there of training. It's changing slowly because people know improvement when they feel it. You can't put an idea in somebody's head that effectively after I do this all of a sudden you're just going to imagine that you have a tension release in your whole head and neck area. They're going to tell you stuff like that or you see a child who has a tongue tie and you get a certain growth direction improvement. Then don't treat the tongue tie and you see the growth direction tend to drop back, that's kind of the lost opportunity side of it.  You want to get everything going in your favor for optimal mouth posture. Facial underdevelopment Zac: Now if you have someone who was breastfed, had a tongue tie release, did myofunctional therapy, addressed nasal patency, do you see a reduced need for orthodontic services down the line? Or do you think that our altered cranial shapes are generational? Dr. Hockel:  If I had seen that happen here or there, that's such a small number of patients, it's really anecdotal and there's confirmation bias. I'm not sure how valuable that would be, I do know that I see patients who were breastfed very early on and their parents follow Westin Price. They feed them really well and try to avoid sugar and stuff, they avoid bottles and pacifiers, avoid milk, avoid wheat and they seem to be doing all the right things. Yet there are still issues there so there's so much that we don't understand about it. I feel like we're just at the tip of an iceberg and we're doing our best, we know certain things do affect it and we're trying to change those but we don't know everything.  I can sympathize with the mother who says that “I've done all this, what else do I need to do?” Well, sell everything you own, give it to the poor and then maybe… I don't know. Zac: It's hard, especially in health and wellness. You want people to do everything right. They eat healthily, they're sleeping and they're doing all of this, but sometimes there are genetic factors, epigenetic factors, and exposomal factors outside of your control that are the rate-limiting steps. It's unfortunate. But life's not fair either so I get that.  Airway orthodontics for children Dr. Hockel:  Orthotropics can be used for kids in a particular age range. There's a narrow window because orthotropics is growth guidance, and if you're trying to guide growth you need growth to be able to guide.  There are actually a couple of different windows where you can do it but for practical reasons, it tends to be a better fit somewhere in the 7-10 age range. In England, they'll say eight is too late, but in America, we tend to do it at nine or ten as well. The older you get, the less growth there is and the less cooperation there is to be able to do what's required for the treatment. So guiding growth and starting at that age; say seven or eight, you want to look at how the face is growing.  You want to look at imaging to see how the airway might be restricted. Although you can't diagnose from imaging, it's a glimpse into what's going on in the nasal airway, the oropharyngeal airway, and tongue posture sometimes.  Then you look at obviously orthodontic issues like how the teeth are fitting together, and how the jaws are fitting. If the jaws have not grown as far forward as they should and there's an oral posture issue, those are two things you can consider affecting at that age. Younger than that age, it's harder to make a change with how the jaws are growing with appliances and postural changes, and after age 11 or 12 it's very difficult, so during those middle years is prime time for treatment.   I had two boys in my office yesterday morning. Both of their faces were tending to grow more downward and backward than they should, and I always say “welcome to our world.” That's all of us to one degree or another much more so than our ancestors a few hundred years ago.  I looked at their imaging, teeth, questionnaires, and my notes from their exam and I thought I think they could really benefit from just simply widening out the dental arches. This would give their tongue and teeth more room. Then releasing the tongue tie could really help oral posture. Then I got their sleep studies. Both boys had overnight sleep studies and had sleep apnea at over 11 events an hour. For a child that's severe. For you and me it'd be 32, 35 or 40 times an hour (normal is less than 5 per hour). When I saw that, the scale was tipped WAY in favor of orthotropics.  Meaning it'd be worth the cost, the time, and the hassle if the parents and the patients were candidates for it.  Cooperation both by the child and by the family is so much a part of orthotropics. It's not like any other treatments that we do. Lack of family support, discipline, or money are all factors to consider.   What I like to do is look at what are the problems; what are this family's capabilities and desires and then what's possible from a technical point of view. How can I put all that together in a way that's going to be a win-win and get a good result?  [caption id="attachment_13015" align="alignnone" width="810"] Yeah, let's discuss airway later honey. (Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay)[/caption] Had it been a family that came in where the kids were climbing up and down the chairs in the room, they weren't listening to me at all when I talked to them. The mom's on her phone trying to carry on a conversation at the same time talking to the dad who doesn't live with them and is trying to tell him “don't worry, I'll bring them over;” you know just a lot of other challenges in life for a situation like that. Even though I knew it would make a big difference for them, I wouldn't even mention the word orthotropics because it's going to be frustrating and in the end, not a fruitful endeavor.  Airway Orthodontics for adults Dr. Hockel: Let's assume there's an airway problem, have sleep-disordered breathing, and don't want to be on a CPAP for the rest of their life. What are the options? Although everyone is different,  there are a lot of commonalities. The three general approaches are: CPAP [caption id="attachment_13016" align="alignnone" width="800"] It saves lives, fam! (photo credit: myupchar)[/caption] Dr. Hockel: The first is to push harder on the air going into the airway. That's the CPAP option and usually, there's kind of an x through that option, but for a lot of people, it is a realistic option. If those boys from earlier had severe sleep apnea, I told them “you need to follow the doctor's recommendation.” CPAP is a viable first aid option. Whenever we do growth guidance, changes in the skeletal structure aren't going to have an effect overnight, so just get some good sleep and get healthy in the meantime. Oral appliances Dr. Hockel: Option two would be to open the airway temporarily at night time, and that's effectively what the dental appliances do.  When you see dentists or orthodontists talking about how they treat sleep apnea, generally it's because they make appliances like this. There are over 200 different FDA approved designs for the appliances so there are lots of ways to try something and not be happy and then try something else and not be happy.  Or you get a good fit, if somebody really knows what they're doing and making these appliances, they look at other things beyond just the appliance itself then they can be effective too. They have their place; everything has advantages and disadvantages and the big advantage of an oral appliance is you don't have to be married to this machine on the bedside table. You're not dependent on electricity, you could bring it with you when you travel a lot easier, it's less bulk in the mouth, it's not as unromantic as having this thing strapped around your head.  It's got downsides too and that is it's not really fixing the underlying problem, it's not addressing the structural underlying problem for most people. The other downside is that it's anchoring a lot of force, pulling the lower jaw forward on the upper teeth. So there tends to be a reciprocal effect on the upper jaw of pulling it backward and over time that can allow for changes in the bite, how the teeth fit together or even on the jaws themselves.  It may not be the end-all be-all for many years for everyone although there are people who've gone many years and have not had bite changes, but you just don't know if you're going to be that one. It helps with cardiovascular effects with sleep apnea which cpap does not. Zac: Why is that? Dr. Hockel:  They don't know. Zac:  It is so interesting. Dr. Hockel:  It is. Zac: Because they say CPAP will save lives right, but if you're not getting the cardio protective effects... Dr. Hockel:  When my dad heard that he said “what should I just give up on my CPAP?” I said, “no dad breathing is important, you need to be able to breathe and without that, you might stop breathing in your sleep.” “You will stop breathing and that's not a good thing,” but it's kind of artificial breathing, forcing the air in and out. And the parts of the brain that control your breathing are like “all, right don't need us anymore” and may become less responsive over time, but I don't understand the physiology of it completely. I know that it's better than not breathing and it does save lives when it works, but the compliance goes way down after six months or so and for a lot of different reasons. Feeling claustrophobic, drying out the airway if it's not humidifying it, restriction of movement in bed just the hassle of wearing it, the feel of it on the face, a lot of reasons why people might not want to wear it. For them, the dental appliance might be a good alternative and it's got the added bonus that it turns out it does help with the cardiovascular effect. Zac: Is it effective in severe sleep apnea? Dr. Hockel:  It can be. Medical doctors will often tell you if you're over 30 on your AHI, the score of how severe the sleep apnea is, you should be on a CPAP. But if you're under 30, you can try an appliance.  However, my friend Pat McBride has treated more people than I know using appliances like this, including a lot of people with very severe sleep apnea, and she's been very successful at it so I think a lot of it has to do with the skill of the person making the appliance and how they adjust it. It has to do with what else they do in addition to it: do they work on vitamin D levels? Nutrition? Overall body markers? Breathing mode? Are they lip taping? Is the nasal airway clear?  There's a lot else that can go into it; the tongue-tie for some people can make a difference, so it can be a part of a good regimen for some people, but then there's that risk of the bite changing.  Change the airway structure Dr. Hockel: Option three is to structurally open the airway; do something so that the airway is able to be more open by changing the structure around the airway. Ear nose and throat doctors do the same thing with different types of nasoseptal surgery or reduction of turbinates or any number of things there.  But what we do in the dental world is either move teeth to a different position to allow more room for the tongue to come forward out of the way of the airway or work with an oral surgeon who's able to move the jaws themselves into a more optimal position.  So in both of those cases, you're trying to change the underlying structure. They have the potential of being a more definitive change to the airway but they're also more involved. Going through orthodontics takes time and going through double jaw surgery, first of all, it has to be done right and a lot of times it isn't as effective as it should be, but even when it's done right it's still an expensive and invasive procedure. Everything has pros and cons.  In our world, we ask what can we do to change the shape of the jaws? Either by moving teeth or by moving the bones of the jaws. Zac: I appreciate you listing out those options because I want people to know that if you do have some type of sleep issue. Like I had a guy reach out to me where he's like “I got my CPAP and my numbers are good according to my doctor, I don't need to do anything else,” it's like it depends right? If we're just looking at pure symptom management you're probably okay but if you want to fix the underlying structural issues maybe we do need to go down a different pathway. Using oral appliances and orthodontics to improve the airway Zac: So there are some people who would argue that they're creating bone growth with some appliances versus you're saying moving teeth. What is the underlying physiological way that an appliance like I have (Crozat) works and what is likely not happening? Dr. Hockel: It's a good question and it's a hard one that I don't have a fully comprehensive answer to, but I'll tell you what my thinking is on it today. Bill Hang calls it the alphabet soup appliances; we've got the AGGA, DNA, ALF, and all these different types of appliances that are out there. Zac: And they're all three or four letters, just like in our industry! Dr. Hockel:  Right, yeah pretty much yeah so but like you say claims are being made about the growth of the jaws and I'm skeptical of that in the way they make it sound. When you move teeth, you don't just move teeth, you move the teeth and you move the bone around the teeth. Technically, that alveolar bone is part of the upper jaw and the lower jaw. So yes you're expanding the jaw by moving the teeth, but you're not really expanding the jaw when you think about the basal bone, the roof of the mouth, the hard palate.  In a child, you can much more dramatically change the shapes of the jaws. You can apply to pull forward force with something that touches the chin and the forehead and rubber bands come forward out of the mouth and attach to that reverse pull headgear. Not like the old headgear that pulled things backward but a reverse pull headgear at the right age can bring the whole upper jaw forward; that's moving the base of the jaw.  I think the bottom line is most of the time for adults; it's not a huge order of magnitude in terms of the growth changes.  Now you're going the right direction if you keep your tongue on your palate, you push it up there and help your oral posture. Maybe you're going to slow the worsening of it.  You're going the right direction if you expand both side to side and somewhat forward with any appliance; I mean to a certain degree if someone can get it done with an appliance that's different from the one I use then great. I think as practitioners we get better with specific appliances by using them a lot. We learn the idiosyncrasies of them and it probably makes sense for practitioners to stick with tools that they are proficient with.  But on the other hand, I think there are some tools out there that don't accomplish the same thing even though a lot of times the people who use those appliances are talking about them accomplishing the same thing. For example, I'm asked a lot of the time what about the ALF appliance? Derrick Nordstrom developed this appliance from the Crozat, which was a lightwire appliance, just not as light of a wire as the ALF.   He wanted to develop an appliance that was cranial compatible because he was looking at what was happening with the movement of the head bones. He found that with certain adjustments of the wires in the mouth, he could help the mouth posture and encourage the mouth posture to help develop the jaws themselves. It's a way of letting the body's healing potential come out on its own to help the body do the healing from within. As a pure mechanical tooth moving device, it's probably not as efficient. I know it's not as efficient as other appliances would be, but it's not really fair to compare the two. Because the objectives that a good ALF practitioner is going to have are cranial stability and health; likely working together with an osteopath. They're doing very different things than somebody like I am is doing. I'm trying to accomplish larger-scale changes in either lateral arch development or forward arch development by advancing front teeth. As for something like the anterior growth guidance appliance (AGGA), the claim is that it's stimulating the growth center of the premaxilla, that with that pressure behind the upper front of the jaw there that now the maxilla is going to grow further forward. I have yet to see either case, research or x-rays, where that kind of growth could be anything more than dental alveolar changes. A dental alveolar, meaning the teeth and the bone around them moving, and I think they're going in the right direction. I love to see the changes in advancing the front teeth with those kinds of appliances, but my question is what do you do after that? What about the side-to-side expansion? What about the lower jaw position? There's more to it than just bringing the upper front teeth forward. I think that's a good direction to go in. Do I think it's something that's happening with the epigenetic change now and activating the bone growth genes to grow? I don't know enough to say that it's not; I'll just say that I haven't seen the cases that have shown me the kind of bone growth that is making that kind of a claim. It's a very different order of magnitude of change compared to what you would do with orthognathic surgery, where you may be going forward 18 millimeters and able to change the whole plane of the occlusion at the same time. The ALF crowd would say, “but that's completely destroying the cranial mechanism,” now the bones are frozen and unable to move as they should. I'm not going to say that they're wrong about that. I don't know enough to say when they are and when they aren't, the osteopaths I know will say, “Yeah they shut down for a period of time, but they work their way back to normal. There's this inherent healing potential the body has and that it's worth it to be able to get the kinds of changes in the structural airway that you would get.  However, picking the appliance you want to use for yourself is like telling your contractor he should use a Craftsman hammer. What do you know about the appliances? The consumer really is in a worse position than we are as professionals. We're going to lectures and hearing pro other experts talk about these things, it's confusing for us to try to piece together what's really going on. So for the consumer to be able to do that same thing and say, “well based on what this person said I want their results, so I want you to use this particular Craftsman hammer.”  On the other hand, the consumer could say, “well to me the osteopathic angle is the highest priority and I want to work with an osteopath,” and so in the hands of that practitioner, the ALF appliance might be the best thing to achieve those goals. Zac: It's just funny because we have the same issue in the movement industry. You have these people who are in these different camps and systems, all three or four letters.  But the tools themselves are irrelevant, it just depends on what you're objectively trying to achieve.  I actually really like how you broke it up into different camps because this was one thing that I wanted to talk to you about a little bit. You have Alf, which is more cranial osteoporosis driven, you have the Crozat which I have in right now, which is more airway focused? Dr. Hockel: Well no, the Crozat started out as something that osteopaths like to do. In my dad's book, Orthopedic Gnathology, is the best textbook out there on the Crozat.    The idea was that it was developing the potential that was there and the growth, both for the kids and for the adults and they knew there was an effect on the airway, not to the degree we know it now. There's a whole chapter in that book on cranial osteopathy and the pictures that are in that book are used in almost every cranial osteopathic lecture that I've gone to because they're well done. So the thinking by the osteopaths with Crozats was that they were also very cranial compatible. I'm not one to say how to compare Crozats versus the ALFS, but I know Derek Nordstrom's position as the very light biomimetic forces seem to be more cranial compatible. The Crozats to me having a larger body wire on them are more effective at getting transverse arch development, especially in the back in a more defined time period. An ALF practitioner will often go much longer periods of time than we would be comfortable in the orthodontic world wanting to have someone commit to. The objectives of the end of the treatment aren't what are focused on; it's more the journey along the way. Let's do the tweaking we need to do now, see if that's getting you going in the right direction and then nine years later maybe we're still doing the same tweaking and your bite is nowhere near fitting together. We've been looking at the symptoms and the cranial situation, it can go in a direction like that and maybe it's helping people, I'm not going to say it's not; it's just not what I do. I can't comment on it, except to say that I want to have a more defined period of time to accomplish certain objectives and in my world, I can do that. The Crozat is a common tool that I'll use, the sagittal designed by Bill Hang has been a very effective tool, as well as different kinds of other expansion screw appliances. They're different approaches depending on what you want to do and it's really hard to say, “I want this appliance.”  The most important thing would be to say what it is you want as a result of your treatment? People say, “Well can you use the ALF appliance to do what you want to do with that particular appliance?” I'll say, “yeah I could use my kids watercolor brush to paint that whole wall over there too,” it's not the most efficient way to do it, give me a roller and I'll just go like that and there it's painted. I think certain things can be done in other people's hands if that's the way they choose to do it. How to seek better dental care Dr. Hockel: That's a really hard question because what job do they want to have done? What's their goal?  I think if I could rephrase your question it might be “how could I help people know whether they're seeing a practitioner?” Who's going to do things that are not going in the wrong direction for the airway and sometimes for the jaw joint? Better yet, that they're going to be focused on ways that they can help improve the airway and there are other people around the country and around the world that focus on this and we all have our different approaches, but that's okay! I think asking questions like:  “If you have a child and the front teeth seem to be a little bit ahead of the upper than they are on the lower, what would be your favorite way to try to correct that kind of a bite problem?”  I can tell you that almost all the time the solution is going to be some type of mechanics that's going to end up pulling the uppers backward to a certain degree. We'll conceptualize in our mind that the appliance we're using is bringing the whole lower jaw forward, but that's a really hard thing to do. So dentists end up using things to pull teeth back. Back in the old days, it was headgear, now it might be the Herbst, the twin block, or the Carrier appliance, it could be the Invisalign with attachments on the side that brings the lower jaw forward. It could be class two elastics rubber bands going from the top to the bottom. There are all kinds of things: twin force bite correctors, jasper jumper. They've invented all these different things because it's the most common malocclusion, the class 2 malocclusion. [caption id="attachment_12200" align="alignnone" width="472"] #overrated (Photo credit: Rjmedink)[/caption] I won't say it's where the lower is too far back and I won't say where the upper is too far forward. I'll say where both jaws are too far back, but the lower is further too far back than the upper. So to do something that's going to pull it back even more is going further in the wrong direction, and it's not following the best principle which is do no harm.  So if you found an orthodontist that had a way of leaving those upper front teeth where they were, not pulling them back and consciously trying to hold them where they are and do something to compensate for it with the lower, you have somebody who is really on the right track. For an adult when there's a big discrepancy between the upper and lower like that there really aren't a lot of things that they can do. I have a patient who went to a local department head of orthodontics in the local dental school because her dentist had told her before he did porcelain veneers that she really should just get her bite fixed, which was a class II malocclusion.   They recommended that she take out two teeth on the upper and just pull the upper front teeth back to match the lower teeth, a very common way of fixing it that's been done for many years for many people around the world. It's considered the standard of care in many ways, but she felt that everything went downhill for after that: diabetes, hair falling out, she got atrial fib and more. She remembers having dreams while her front teeth were being pulled back of choking.  So she thought that this is probably affecting my airway health, my sleep, and my breathing. This is all on her own, from her own research, and she told her doctor, “you need to do a sleep study for me,” it turned out she had sleep apnea. Then she was recommended to have laser surgery from the back of her tongue to reduce the size of her tongue. They recommended double jaw surgery to bring the jaws forward; of course, there was CPAP, which she wasn't able to tolerate. She attributes all of this to pulling the upper teeth backward. Reversing that for her opening up that space again and eliminated the sleep apnea!  Her hair didn't grow back, but she felt overall so much better and people report little things that they notice along the way when you reverse that kind of extraction orthodontics. Our experience of patients reporting what negative things they went through, the extraction retraction, regret syndrome stuff, in her case it was functional, but it became emotional and aesthetic too. She didn't like how her face looked with those teeth further back. People generally look better when you bring the teeth forward. Their lips look fuller; they aren't sunken behind a line between their nose and their chin.  She's a good example of an overjet problem. When people have this they have an overjet problem, but they call it overbite. Zac: Just so people have that definition and I know this is not correct. It's when the top part the top teeth appear to be further forward than the bottom teeth even though from a facial structure standpoint that's not the case, versus an underjet, commonly misnamed an underbite would be the reverse of that where the lower teeth appear further forward than the upper teeth even though both are back. [caption id="attachment_13017" align="aligncenter" width="255"] Overjet is front to back, overbite is top down (chrome spinnin') (photo credit: Nielson2000)[/caption] Dr. Hockel: Yeah exactly, even though both are back that's the key, you see people with these really big chins, they're probably too far back. Zac: Like Jay Leno? Dr. Hockel: Like Jay Leno, his chin is actually not too far forward, if you put an outline on his face and make a comparison to the ideal. You'd see that it's really mainly the upper jaw that needs to be more forward and his lower if anything is slightly back. [caption id="attachment_13018" align="aligncenter" width="272"] HE HAS AN UNDERDEVELOPED JAW?!?!?!?! (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)[/caption] Zac: Gosh could you imagine if he worked with you, he would have the most prominent chin. Dr. Hockel: No he'd have a balanced face because we get the whole midface further forward. He probably has sleep apnea as a result because his tongue must have nowhere to go. You see in his smile, it's a very narrow upper arch. Poor celebrities getting diagnosed by us dentists all the time on TV. Another thing to ask a practitioner is: Do they think that there are times when it's worth taking teeth out and pulling front teeth backward? Are there cases they think that can be helpful for?  If they say yes, I would probably just go somewhere else because if it's okay for an exception it's probably okay as a general rule. I'll tell you, the last time I took a tooth out and pulled things back it was when somebody had five lower incisors. Zac: Normally there are four. Dr. Hockel: There are four, so taking one out and pulling them together now we're just right back to where a normal set of teeth would be. Although there's a case to be made for leaving that tooth in there, allowing the lower arch to be that much bigger and then just making the upper fit bigger over the top of it. That would be a question to ask you:  How do they know if there's an airway problem?  If your medical doctor has told you have sleep apnea then I know you have an airway problem and you might want to ask:  Is sleep apnea the only kind of breathing disorder that you address? What are the ways that you address it? If they say yes, that's the main kind of disorder we treat and we treat it using appliances that bring your lower jaw forward. Well on the diagnostic side, if sleep apnea is the main thing that's being treated they might be missing something that's even more prevalent than sleep apnea and that's upper airway resistance. It's a whole side to sleep breathing disorders that get missed for kids, for thin, fit adults; people like you or women especially. It isn't always apneas, although the sleep medical doctor I was talking to yesterday was telling me if you score the sleep study the right way you'll see the apnea is there. It's just not things that would be traditionally called an apnea, so finding upper airway resistance as a potential confounding factor of these patients who have problems is important.  I think for the dental practitioner either working with a medical doctor who knows what they're doing with this or maybe helping the patient get the sleep study yourself. Another important question to ask would be:  If they are finding the upper airway resistance, then what are the ways that you try to treat it? Are they doing expansion arch development, getting the tongue more room, and working with a myofunctional therapist, in either their office or somewhere else to try to optimize the oral posture? If that's not a part of what they do to try to treat it then they're probably not as deep into this rabbit hole as they should be, because that's at the outer rim of the rabbit hole. That's the basics: create more room for the tongue however you're going to do it, don't close spaces generalized.  You could ask them: If my child has a lot of gaps between his teeth, how would you tend to treat that? And whether you do it with Invisalign or braces or whatever to take spacing between teeth and close all that spacing up? You're talking about a friend who had a bunch of missing teeth, when people have missing teeth the jaws don't develop to the size they should. If you just close all the spacing where there were teeth missing the tongue is going to have much less room to fit into, it's going to go back toward the airway and there's going to be a risk for sleep apnea, so that's another combo. Zac: The big things are you want are: Moving teeth forward and outward Prioritizes expansion Appreciation of sleep disorders Focus on attaining palatal tongue posture and adequate lip posture Utilizes myofunctional therapy Dr. Hockel: Yeah it's the tongue posture and the lip posture: lips together at rest all the time breathing through the nose and the teeth either together or in near contact. so lips together, teeth together, and tongue to the roof of the mouth; those are the three things posturally that a good myofunctional therapist is going to work towards. Keeping Our Wisdom Teeth Zac: Now I want to talk a little bit about getting teeth pulled, the ones that I'm going to bring up of course are the ones that are old remnants from caveman days, wisdom teeth. I was recommended by a practitioner to get mine pulled out, I didn't get them pulled out when I was 18, I actually pulled them out in my late 20s. The reason why I got mine pulled out was because I had no lateral jaw movement. Are there instances in which you should have wisdom teeth pulled out? Dr. Hockel: In the ideal world we would not have to take wisdom teeth out. In the ideal world, our jaws would be further forward and we would all look way better than we look now.  In the ideal world, our airways would be massively open, we'd be breathing through our nose, and our muscles would be much stronger to support that.  We're not in an ideal world, so taking wisdom teeth out now it's not the best way to go, and our hope in developing more forward growth of the jaws is that there would be room for them, but sometimes there just isn't room for them. Sometimes they're at crazy angles and you really don't have much of a choice. I don't tend to focus too much on the wisdom tooth issue. As much as I'd like everyone to have 32 teeth in position with the way they should, once the growth is done (age 12-14), there's not as much that can be done to make a difference in how much room they have or whether they come in. In my family, my dad tended to have us just keep them in our mouth and he didn't want to take the wisdom teeth out. So I still have all four of mine, I've got all 32 teeth and occlusion, but it's still somewhat tight on space back there. I think it's the case that when you leave them in you tend to get more growth of the jaw. I can't prove this and I don't know if there's research to show this.  I've had a lot of kids where they'll come in and maybe the general dentist has said take the wisdom teeth out I'm looking at them thinking, “you know what there might be room. You're only 18, go another seven years let's see how you grow.” I think that there's more and better jaw growth as a result of those wisdom teeth being there. We know that people like your friend with missing teeth get less jaw growth; why wouldn't having extra teeth back there help encourage more jaw growth?  At the same time, as an adult, if you're wisdom teeth are sideways pointing forward, now it's a liability for the bone integrity around the back of that molar in front of it better not to take that chance. I know that there's a discussion of meridians attached to different teeth and I'm not an expert in that. People might tell you if you lose that tooth that's going to affect some other part of the body, that may be true, but I'm just not sure what the best compromise is. I'd rather not lose that second molar in front of it by having more bone loss there, and I'd rather just lose the wisdom tooth. Zac: Yeah because I think in my case, mine were pointing straight forward at least on the lowers. Dr. Hockel: There probably was nothing that could be done to try to straighten them yeah and even if you went and did heroic orthodontics to try to move them up then where are they going to go? There's no space back there. Occlusion Zac: When I was first getting exposed to this even being a thing because in PT school, we never talked about when you need to refer to sleep apnea or how teeth influence things or anything. My anatomy is still lackluster up here; what is occlusion? Is it from your perspective an important thing that we need to consider? I know that they make appliances to alter occlusion, if you could just give a little overview of that I think that would be amazing. Dr. Hockel: Sure, that's kind of where I started, I was a senior in high school and my dad said “I bet you could earn more making teeth than you could slicing salami at the deli where you're working, why don't you give it a try?” I was like sure, I don't know what it really involves but that was my start in dentistry. I was working as a dental technician doing full mouth reconstruction. We call it wax up where you create and wax how the teeth should fit together, upper and lower, and it's a very precise scheme of how the teeth should fit. Gnathology was where I came from and people who are in dentistry would know they're kind of different camps of different types of occlusions and gnathology is the one that really raised the bar for how teeth should fit together.  There were certain principles you always tried to follow with it, and as a dental technician and as an early years in practice as a dentist, I focused a lot on the occlusion of my patients and trying to get the bite right. Gnathology means trying to get the bite right, but it turns out that some of the things we do to try to get the bite to fit right can work against the bigger picture. So I'm not against looking at how the occlusion fits and trying to be as precise with it as you can, but that's a tree. And if you don't see the forest, then you're way down a side path that's going to be very distracting.  We'd always try to get the canines to touch each other to guide the jaw as it moves side to side. It's called canine guidance, and the thinking is that there's enough leverage this far forward in the jaw to separate the back teeth as the muscles are chewing side to side. It's got leverage against the muscles way back here if the molars right next to the muscles that are chewing are the ones that are mainly hitting when you go side to side, it's much stronger bite forces and it's a risk for wear or for the fracturing of the teeth.  The idea was the front teeth protect the back teeth and the back teeth protect the front teeth; when you close, the back teeth should touch stopping the closing motion of the jaw. When you move side to side, the front teeth should touch so that you can bite through things and so that you separate the back teeth in those other positions. All this works great if you have jaws in a face that's in the right position so that now the joint is in a favorable condition and the airway is in a favorable condition.  If you have jaws that are somewhat too far back, take the case of my patient who had the bicuspids extracted and the front teeth pulled back. They did that partly because it looks better but mostly because we're just taught that's how teeth should fit together; the front teeth should fit with overbite and overjet. Also close contact or maybe slightly away so that they can slide against each other to separate the back teeth during the chewing movements. The problem is her jaws were already too far back and by pulling front teeth backward to meet against the lowers for the sake of what we disclusion, the best functioning of the teeth against each other. It can be making things worse for the airway, it can also be making things worse for the jaw joint when front teeth are brought back so that you have that contact which in the gnathological occlusal philosophy you want to have. Then it can tend to cramp the style of the joint, the whole lower jaw can be held in a position that's too far back. That was one of the things in the early years of learning about the airway is how do I mix this with my occlusion...I won't say beliefs, but it's almost like beliefs. There's no research to show that this kind of occlusion is better than that kind of occlusion. Even class one, ever since Edward Angle the father of modern orthodontics came up with his ways of putting a bite together and one of them is the molars need to fit like this what we call class one. There's no research to show that that's any better functionally or any other way than any other kind of occlusion. So yeah I had to balance how do I mix gnathology with the airway, and I think that you always put the airway first.  Michael Gelb has termed this ‘airway centric;' instead of having a centric relation which is what his dad and my dad and I would all be worried about. How do you make the teeth fit together when the jaws are in their center position? That would be the best connection of the two. The tooth home is the same as the bone home and they just work in coordination with each other. Well, maybe the bone home is pathologic, maybe there's something about that bone home that isn't right. Because maybe the lower jaw and maybe the upper jaw belongs further forward for the sake of the airway or for the sake of the function of the joint if the little disc gets displaced, then the lower jaw might need to be further forward.  If we do things with the bite, the occlusion, that works against that, the results are never going to be what they should be.  Another philosophy of occlusion might be to go to where the muscles in there are in their most relaxed or harmonious state and make the teeth fit there. Here again, in any philosophy of occlusion, if you're not looking at the airway function, you might be going down the wrong path. Zac: It's funny you mentioned Michael Gelb because that was the first appliance that I was exposed to. I wore it because we were trying to improve my jaw motion, and I definitely got some interesting changes within my body. Dr. Hockel: His dad Harold Gelb is the one who developed the appliance. It allows the bite to open and it allows you a lot of times to bring the lower jaw forward a little bit, which can decompress the joints. It can be good for a TMJ appliance and without knowing it, it was sometimes also helping the airway. Zac: Yeah, but it's also doing so without necessarily affecting the airway dimensions or the health of the airway, whereas it may be affecting other areas like you said the TMJ. Dr. Hockel: There are some people that when you put a thickness between the teeth, the lower jaw rotates as the lower jaw opens, it goes backward. There are some people that put a thickness between their teeth like that and it can make the airway worse, it'll make them grind their teeth even more so it isn't the same for everyone. Zac: Interesting, because they definitely said it would be bringing my jaw down and forward.  An analogy in my domain is shoe orthotics. Sometimes, shoewear is something that we can use to influence someone's movement versus not. I've had people where we've put them in really supportive shoes and have a completely undesirable outcome from a movement perspective versus someone having those same shoes doing very well. It's just funny how you kind of have the same thing. Dr. Hockel:  We call them the same thing; you call it an orthotic, we call it an orthotic. Dental pathology. Zac: There are a lot of other pathological processes that some people may be dealing with. Like people who have gum recession or crowns or veneers; I don't know much about this. Sometimes I'm sure that my clients and people are getting exposed to these things, how does that influence and play a role in the airway health? Tooth implants Dr. Hockel: Well you didn't mention implants. If somebody's thinking about getting an implant, but they also think they may have bite or jaw position or airway problems, they've got to be analyzed and diagnosed really completely first from the big picture before putting in an implant. Because once an implant's in, it's not going to move ever; it's just going to stay right where it is. I've had patients where I've had to do a lot of expansion of the arches and just leave the implant where it was. So in the end, the implants are like way over here toward the inside and sometimes you can work with it and just kind of warp a tooth out to where everything else is and leave it. But I've had other people where the implant has to be taken out and then put back in or another crazy way I've done it before is to have an oral surgeon just create corticotomies. Cut around the bone where the implant is and then I'll make an appliance so that after I've expanded everything else, he just cuts the bone around that section where the implant's sitting and then moves it out into the position where it belongs. Then we just let the bone heal there. Don't do an implant until you know where it's going to need to end up. I saw someone yesterday that's going to need one for an upper front tooth and their front teeth may need to be in a different position. I'd rather catch them now and say just don't do anything until it's in the right place.  Gum recession Recession is the gums moving down the root of the tooth exposing some of the roots, and it's generally a function of some bone loss around the tooth as well. It's not a good thing, but you don't look at any gravestone and see recession as a cause of death, it's usually not even a cause of death of an individual tooth even when there's a lot of recession. It's the bone between the teeth that tends to hold the teeth in really well so it's not a crazy bad thing if somebody does have some recession. Having said that, you'd rather not have recession. So we look now at ways of expanding the upper jaw for example, that the base of the upper jaw will expand skeletally so that the teeth don't have to be moved in a way that might risk recession.  Of course, there are procedures the periodontists can do to help minimize it or add bone back to those areas, different kinds of bone grafting procedures. It's sometimes a necessary evil. But it's often a sign that something's going wrong functionally with the tongue and the tongue space. You'll see people whose teeth don't even meet together in the front and they have recession. It's not from heavy bite forces or clenching or grinding on the teeth that caused it which is one cause of recession; it's like if you take a fence post and shakes it, the dirt kind of moves away and you're going to lose the support down where it's coming out of the ground. If the bite is putting forces on the teeth up where it comes out of the ground at the gum line, the bone may be getting lost and the gums may be receding. That would be like shaking the fence post but in the analogy another thing that happens you get a cow that comes up to the fence post and just leans against it all day long. That can also make it come loose and lose the support down below. That's the tongue on the inside without enough room putting constant force against teeth either forward toward the front teeth, sideways toward the back teeth and sometimes recession is the tongue's fault and the tongue just not having enough room.  We've been talking about the airway and when you don't have enough room for the tongue, you often want to make more room for the tongue so that the airway can be healthy. But making more room for the tongue might be important to try to prevent further recession when there's already been recession. Zac: Have you ever seen a case where you improve tongue positioning and you give the tongue enough shape where you've had a positive change in gum recession? Because I think with Wolf's law you might be able to get some bony adaptation. Dr. Hockel: No I can't. What I have seen is sometimes if there's a little recession in the front and you bring front teeth forward, it just from the way that it's moving through the tissue, the recession seems to look a little bit better. Other times the recession just follows it along; I don't know if there's really a pattern to when you're going to keep it or see it get worse.  For some people it will get a little worse, it's a risk of any orthodontics you could have some recession, but grafting is a possibility and trying to do things that avoid that. Moving slowly, lighter forces, and getting the tongue in balance too; get the tongue enough room so it's not going to be putting pressure on the teeth as well. Crowns and veneers Dr. Hockel: Those are the world of restorative dentistry and

We're back to Belarus with this episode, but this time we take an in-depth look at the still-thrumming situation from the dictator's perspective with one of the foremost experts on the region, Dr. David Marples. Dr. Marples talks about the potential end of the dictator while rounding out the context for the current revolution, allowing us to see just how and why Alexander Lukashenko came into power. Follow Dr. Marples on Twitter @drmarples. ABOUT THE GUEST https://visegradinsight.eu/app/uploads/2019/04/Dm2-300x199.jpg Dr. David R. Marples is a former President of The North American Association for Belarusian Studies and was formerly Director of the Stasiuk Program on Contemporary Ukraine at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. In 2014 he was a Visiting Professor at the Slavic and Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan. At the University of Alberta he is a recipient of the J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research (2003) and the University Cup (2008), the university's highest award. He is regarded as one of the leading Western authorities on the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe (social and political aspects), Lukashenko's regime in Belarus, and contemporary Ukraine. In 2014 he published Our Glorious Past': Lukashenka's Belarus and the Great Patriotic War', the product of an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. In 2017, he published 'Ukraine in Conflict' with E-International Relations Publishing. In 2020, he co-edited a book with Aya Fujiwara entitled Hiroshima-75: Nuclear Issues in Global Contexts," published by Ibidem-Verlag, and the result of a conference at the University of Alberta. As a historian Marples has written extensively on Eastern European history of the 20th Century including such major historical events as the Russian Revolution 1917-1920, Ukrainian Famine 1932-1933, Stalinism, and fall of the Soviet Union. NOTE: This episode was recorded on September 21st, 2020 via Zoom. CREDITS Co-Host/Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: Twitter @RehnquistTom) Co-Host/Co-Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrrmatthew) Associate Producer: Lera Toropin Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig Assistant Producer: Samantha Farmer Assistant Producer: Milena D-K Assistant Producer/Administrator: Kathryn Yegorov-Crate Recording, Editing, and Sound Design: Michelle Daniel Additional Editing: Jada Geraci Music Producer: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic) www.charlieharpermusic.com (Main Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Charlie Harper and Michelle Daniel, Ketsa, Eme Hache, and Ion Romania) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86) www.msdaniel.com DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this episode do not necessarily reflect those of the show or the University of Texas at Austin. Special Guest: David R. Marples.

In episode 2, Darren and I chat about a myriad of things under the umbrella of all those 'A' words, but not exclusive to them... We share about our beginnings in the activism world, as well as prison farms, prisoner rights et al. And yes, animal liberation & exploitation did inevitably get woven into the discussion! Also, is differentiation a word?!?! Darren Chang holds an MA in political theory from Queen's University 2017 and researched under the supervision of philosopher Will Kymlicka. He is a longtime activist and member of the North American Association for Critical Animal Studies. Tiny House Warriors - http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com Evolve Our Prison Farms - https://evolveourprisonfarms.ca/voices/ Evolve Our Prison Farms Community Forum El Jones - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyLEcWNqF-c The Dig Podcast - https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/hegemony-how-to-with-jonathan-matthew-smucker/ Books: Angela Davis - Are Prisons Obsolete Carol J. Adams - The Sexual Politics of Meat Jason Hribal - Fear of the Animal Planet Jonathon Smucker - Hegemony How-to: A Roadmap for Radicals

In today's episode, Sam sits down with Mel Williams, Executive Director of North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents (NAAWS). Mel has a masters in Corrections Administration from California State University and a long history in the New York State Department of Corrections as a warden. Listen in as Sam and Mel discuss Mel's experience in corrections. Discover Prison Fellowship's Warden Exchange Program at pfm.org/warden-exchange To reach out with any feedback or suggestions for future podcast guests, contact reimaginingprisonpodcast@pfm.org. music by Podington Bear under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Grit/Blammo)

Join us this week as we will be interviewing Lance Mathena President of the North American Association of Blind Sportsmen. We will also have all the usual activities, bible verses, lame jokes, Armed Citizen of the week, hunting stories, and more.

Join us this week as we will be interviewing Lance Mathena President of the North American Association of Blind Sportsmen. We will also have all the usual activities, bible verses, lame jokes, Armed Citizen of the week, hunting stories, and more.

Join us this week as we will be interviewing Lance Mathena President of the North American Association of Blind Sportsmen. We will also have all the usual activities, bible verses, lame jokes, Armed Citizen of the week, hunting stories, and more.

Kathryn Owen is an independent evaluator who helps zoos, aquariums, nature centers, and conservation groups assess the effectiveness of their exhibitions, programs, and initiatives. She has worked in the nonprofit sector for more than 20 years.I reached out to Kathryn because I wanted to speak with her about doing evaluation in the kind of community settings where freelance educators often work — settings such as an environmental education fair, a neighborhood conference, or some other community event.How many ways are there to evaluate the impact of brief interactions at community events?Let’s find out. LINKSEmail Kathryn OwenKathryn Owen (LinkedIn)Kathryn offers free one-hour phone consults and is happy to offer feedback and suggestions on evaluating your programs.Helpful resources for those seeking more about evaluation include:My Environmental Education Evaluation Resource Assistant is an online tool that takes you step-by-step through the process of designing and implementing your own evaluation.The Visitor Studies Association is a professional organization for anyone engaged or interested in visitor research and evaluation.Informalscience.org offers a large archive of current and past evaluation reports from projects in the field of informal learning. Skim through the reports in the Evaluation section, and you’ll see what kinds of evaluation tools and approaches others have used to measure the outcomes you’re interest in.North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)Practitioner Guide to Assessing Connections to NatureInstitute for Learning InnovationAmerican Evaluation AssociationPoll Everywhere

Tired of routes? Looking for an outdoor adventure? Here's your opportunity! North American Association of Blind Sportsmen (NAABS) is a nonprofit that challenges the blind/visually impaired community of America to take on outdoor hunting, fishing, and camping adventures packed with enough good vibes to last a lifetime. Join Lance Mathena, founder and President for this exciting presentation. www.naabs.org. https://www.facebook.com/naabs.org/?modal=admin_todo_tour. https://www.facebook.com/Adaptive-Pursuits-TV-106836044188466/?modal=adm...

Welcome to another episode of Baatein by Chhaya Dabas - a podcast where we hope conversations provide you respite in these uncertain times. This week we are in conversation with Sudhanshu Kaushik - Founder of the North American Association of Indian Students and CEO of Young India Foundation, where he has been working tirelessly to create a political discourse directed and driven by the youth of the country. It indeed is a respite to see such a driven and determined storyteller. So tune in and tuck in, to listen to the 10th episode of our loved season 2.

Find Ali:https://www.facebook.com/aliza.wellwisherhttps://www.10000hours.earth/About:Ali Weller became a Climate Reality Leader at the 2018 Mexico City training. She is a Training Content Manager at Apple, where she also volunteers as a Core Leadership Member of the AppleEarth group, with whom she has coordinated several company-wide tree planting events in partnership with environmental nonprofits like the Sierra Club, Our City Forest, the Santa Cruz Land Trust, and the Turtle Island Restoration Network. Ali was certified by Afforestt in the Miyawaki method of regenerative forest restoration, which can be used to regenerate a 100-year native forest in 10-30 years, from the soil-up. She is also a certified permaculture designer, with her PDC from Pun Pun, a regenerative farming school north of Chiang Mai, Thailand. Ali co-founded an environmental education nonprofit in 2008, called Intelligent Play, which has led hundreds of workshops in 15 different countries. Ali gave a TEDx Talk in 2014 about her environmental and community work in an Inuit community in the Canadian High Arctic Circle, where she was the Manager of Communications for the Nunavut Impact Review Board. Ali has spent several years advising on the Boards of Directors for the North American Association for Environmental Education, the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication, and currently serves as Ambassador for Mission Be. She created an arctic group of the Canadian Water Resources Association, and participated in the creation of the Pan-Arctic Environmental Education Association. During this time, her arctic writing was nominated for a national literary award. Ali has a background in Education, Communications, Biology, Aboriginal Law, World Literature, and a Masters degree in Environmental Studies. She lives on a farm in Soquel with 6 other women who collaboratively tend the land, grow organic food, and create soil by composting. Ali is currently looking for co-founders for a new organization: the BlueGreen Fund, which aims to scale Miyawaki-style forest restoration in North America to plant and protect millions of trees, as part of the World Economic Forum's 1-Trillion Trees Platform.I am currently looking for co-founders for a new organization: the BlueGreen Foundation, which aims to scale Miyawaki-style forest restoration in North America to plant and protect millions of trees, as part of the World Economic Forum's 1-Trillion Trees Platform.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/speakforchange/supportSupport the show (Http://Www.patreon.com/speakforchangepodcast)

Have you ever questioned when will you get married? Do you find yourself in a cycle of back-to-back family or friends death? In this episode, Herdyne and Faith have a genuine heart to heal chat about her journey of grief. Faith Dickens is a certified counselor, author, speaker, and Chief Executive Officer of Live Again Counseling Services. Live Again Counseling Services was created to assist people in processing grief, pain, trauma, relationship challenges, and disappointment. Faith is experienced and trained to help people overcome adverse lifechanging events. She was born and raised in South Florida where she currently resides with her family. Faith is a graduate of Nova Southeastern University with certifications from the North American Association of Counselors and Columbia University’s Center for Complicated Grief. Although, we will have ups and downs throughout the course of life.Having a counselor to walk you through the most difficult times in life make a tremendous difference. Allow Faith to counsel you in this thing called "Life". She takes pleasure in navigating people through the dark tunnels of relationship issues, grief, trauma, and self-improvement into the bright avenue of hope. Faith’s heart desire is to see people become completely whole while living out their purposed destiny. Recommended ResourcesTo learn more about Redefining Grief: http://herdynemercier.comTo advertise on the podcast: herdyne@mercierwellness.comFor questions about booking or sponsoring the podcast: info@mercierwellness.comTo schedule a consultation: https://calendly.com/mercier-wellness/consultation orhttp://herdynemercier.com/contact-me/   To check out all our past episodes: http://herdynemercier.com/#podcast Social MediaPodcast Hashtag: #RedefiningGrief    #TheChiefGriefCrusader    #HerdyneMercier   #MercierWellness    #Grief  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herdynemercier/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HERDYNEMERCIERFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/herdynemercierlcswYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/herdyneLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/herdyne-mercier-lcsw-chief-grief-crusader-6050aa72/Online Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MercierWellness 

Just before most global travel stopped and India went into lockdown because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Ujwalla Tate's J-1 visa to work and learn hospitality services at a hotel in Florida expired. Now she's stranded, alone, in the US, far from her family, and without a job.“The hotel where I was working gave us accommodation, where I'm living,” Tate said. “The grocery shops are like 10, 20 miles away, and we don't have any local transportation. In the building, I have [an] American family who knows me really well so, sometimes they provide me food.” Thousands of Indian nationals on visas like Tate are stuck in the US, including many students. Sudhanshu Kaushik, executive director of the North American Association of Indian Students, said many were on scholarships, and within a few days, some lost their jobs. Others were evicted or didn't have enough money to eat.“I would say that all stakeholders involved, the government, the diplomatic missions, the students and the community — I don't think they understood the scope of how much this lockdown would affect them.”Sudhanshu Kaushik, executive director, North American Association of Indian Students“I would say that all stakeholders involved, the government, the diplomatic missions, the students and the community — I don't think they understood the scope of how much this lockdown would affect them,” he said.Students' families in India begged the Indian government to arrange transportation home. Eventually, Indian officials responded that they couldn't provide flights for so many people.“In terms of the scope and the logistics, it was an obvious ‘no.' That it isn't possible. But even that answer — even that simple, "no” took almost four, five, six days, which created somewhat of a confusion and hysteria among the students because they just didn't have a definite answer,” Kaushik said.In an Instagram question and answer session with students that was streamed live April 11, Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu said any travel would invite trouble. He said it would expose students to possible infection, and could also be harmful to their families in India when they arrived home. “You are in the US. Therefore there is nothing to panic. My strong advice to you is stay put where you are."Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Indian Ambassador to the US “You are in the US. Therefore there is nothing to panic,” Sandhu said. “My strong advice to you is stay put where you are. We are in touch with you. If you have problem, please come to us, and we will help you out.” Indian officials created a 24/7 hotline. They enlisted the help of Indian American hotel owners across the US to house people who are stranded. One of those hotel owners is KP Patel, an American-born son of Gujrati Indian immigrants. “My dad came over from India. Had nothing in his pockets. Pulled himself up,” Patel said. “But it is India that is our motherland.” Patel says it is his duty to help fellow Indians. He's reserved half of his rooms in Santa Cruz, California, for local Indian students who were displaced from university housing, or were staying in places that put them at risk.  “For example, I took in three students just over the last few days, and they were in an unsafe environment where six, seven kids were staying in one apartment. [They] didn't feel safe being there,” he said. “I asked them to come stay with me for a few weeks.”Now, each student has their own room. Patel's working with Meals on Wheels to get them food. He said he'll house them for as long as this emergency lasts. Read: International students displaced by COVID-19 also face headaches with online classesBut despite efforts by people like Patel, and assurances from the Indian ambassador, Kaushik remains worried. He said it's hard to reach such a large, spread-out population so quickly. Some Indians affected don't even have cell phones. “I think many people are falling through the cracks,” he said.There's also a lot of misinformation being spread and scams being run, Kaushik said. In the back of his mind is the question of what happens when this is all over: Will thousands of Indians pack flights to return home? “Where are you going to quarantine [them]? You already have a lack of places where you can do so, which is a true headache,” he said. “You have a lack of tests that are taking place. So how are we going to mediate that?”Kaushik said now that the Indian government understands the magnitude of the problem — and the sheer number of people impacted — they're trying to plan ahead, and answer those questions. 

Cale Birk is a District Principal of Innovation in British Columbia, co-author and imagineer of "PLC 2.0 - Collaborating for Impact in Today's Schools", "The PLC 2.0 Toolkit" and "Changing Change Using Learner-Centered Design". As a former Principal of a model professional learning community school and high school educator, Cale helps districts and schools answer the question "What is our observable impact?", the visible changes in practice at the classroom level that make the difference for students. Having worked with organizations across Canada, the United States, Asia and Australia, Cale uses his background in project-based learning, Instructional Rounds and Visible Thinking strategies to design interactive learning experiences and professional development sessions with ready-to-use tools and protocols that teachers and administrators can take away to make their collaborative work have the observable impact where it matters the most--in classrooms with kids. In addition to writing "PLC 2.0 - Collaborating for Impact in Today's Schools", "The PLC 2.0 Toolkit" and "Changing Change Using Learner-Centered Design", he has has written articles for Education Canada, the British Columbia Principals and Vice-Principals Association, the North American Association of Secondary Principals, and given podcasts on leadership, learner-centered design and parent engagement.    Show Highlights Suffering from “solution-itis” The power of using silence as a leader Human-centered leadership. Avoid doing things to people but with them. Defeating the imposter syndrome  Resistant people help you clarify your thinking The only question you need as a school admin: What is the impact going to be in the classroom? Full Transcript (Available on the website)   Cale Birk Resources & Contact Info: Cale’s book, PLC 2.0 Twitter Website   Looking for more? Read The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap Join “The Mastermind” Read the latest on the blog   Show Sponsors ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE) You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/   SANEBOX Suffer from email overload? Bring Sane-ity back to your email inbox.  Click here for a free 14-day trial to Sanebox and get a $25 credit, by visiting sanebox.com/blbs   Copyright © 2020 Better Leaders Better Schools

On today's episode of the It's Not Just A Game Podcast, Chrissi Sanders chats with author, sports economist and University of Southern Utah sports business and gender economics professor David Berri about using data and analytics to make better decisions in sports. We also discuss gender economics and disparities in relation to men's and women's sports. Berri is the author of Wages of Wins and Stumbling On Wins and also the past president of the North American Association of Sports Economists and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Sports Economics and The International Journal of Sports Finance.

This is a live recording of Annie Sorrell and Tommy Mackey at the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) 48th Annual Conference in Lexington, Kentucky on October 17, 2019. The topic of this session was focused on the diverse interests in environmental science that have grappled with the differences between mainstream quantitative science and qualitative Indigenous science. This hands-on presentation is for education practitioners who have questions about what these differences mean for environmental education. Be sure to check out the link below to download the PowerPoint so you can follow along. Main Ideas: importance of place Indigenous perspectives on land how a worldview shaped Onondaga Lake how a worldview shaped the Mission Mountain Tribal Wilderness moving forward with two lenses ~ Links & Resources: NAAEE Workshop PowerPoint Searching for Synergy: Integrating Traditional and Scientific Ecological Knowledge in Environmental Science Education by Robin Kimmerer Two-Eyed Seeing into Environmental Education: Revealing its "Natural" Readiness to Indigenize by Margaret McKeon North American Association for Environmental Education ~ Like this show? Leave us a review on iTunes... even one sentence helps! And if you leave your Twitter handle we'll be sure to thank you personally! You can also Support the Show on PayPal NDN Science Show WordPress Page ~

This is a live recording of Annie Sorrell and Tommy Mackey at the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) 48th Annual Conference in Lexington, Kentucky on October 17, 2019. The topic of this session was focused on the diverse interests in environmental science that have grappled with the differences between mainstream quantitative science and qualitative Indigenous science. This hands-on presentation is for education practitioners who have questions about what these differences mean for environmental education. Be sure to check out the link below to download the PowerPoint so you can follow along. Main Ideas: importance of place Indigenous perspectives on land how a worldview shaped Onondaga Lake how a worldview shaped the Mission Mountain Tribal Wilderness moving forward with two lenses ~ Links & Resources: NAAEE Workshop PowerPoint Searching for Synergy: Integrating Traditional and Scientific Ecological Knowledge in Environmental Science Education by Robin Kimmerer Two-Eyed Seeing into Environmental Education: Revealing its "Natural" Readiness to Indigenize by Margaret McKeon North American Association for Environmental Education ~ Like this show? Leave us a review on iTunes... even one sentence helps! And if you leave your Twitter handle we'll be sure to thank you personally! You can also Support the Show on PayPal NDN Science Show WordPress Page ~

Voice of the Valley host Todd Skeen interviews Lance, the founder of the non-profit organization North American Association of Blind Sportsmen. Lance discusses the outdoor adventure programs for the blind and vision impaired and the mission of the non-profit, upcoming events and needs of the organization also 

In this episode we get the chance to talk with Johannes Escudero. He is the Founder, CEO & Executive Director - Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas, a North American Association dedicated to advocate for sustainable development, deployment and utilization of renewable natural gas, this promising fuel, more encouraged now than ever.The potential for renewable Biomethane is huge, 28,000 feedstock sources remain with a huge potential of still capture its methane. We are talking about 2,000 landfills, 8,000 large farms, and more than 17,000 wastewater treatment facilities where best case scenario there is a system in place capturing some of the Biogas, and maybe generating some power for its own operation, but worst case scenario it’s being flared or maybe even vented.Over the course of this enlightening conversation with Johannes, it was demonstrated that Renewable Natural gas is facing technical impediments and several cost barriers, but we can clearly see at this moment, that RNG is an amazing and sustainable solution, and hundreds of projects continuously producing this fuel are the proof that it works.This is what we discussed on the podcast:How were the beginnings at the State Assembly for Johannes (1:50)About the first renewable natural gas project in the United States (7:15)How the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) programs impacted the ecosystem (9:20)What’s the potential for Renewable Natural Gas projects on LandFills, Farms and Sewage (17:10)How to deal efficiently with consensus on an association (21:24)What are some efforts that the coalition have advocated for (26:30)What is Renewable Natural Gas (30:30)How RNG is driving Natural Gas Vehicle adoption (35:30)Why Renewable Natural Gas injection was banned from California since 1988 46:06Resources:RNG Coalition websiteA great website aggregating RNG Content - RenewableNaturalGas.infoJohannes Escudero Linkedin ProfileWhat is the RNG Coalition

Matt Hinkley has been a teacher for 13 years and grew up hiking the Cascades. He loves spending time in nature and has a passion for outdoor field science education that gives learners the tools to discover their own passion for the natural world. He's taught science in grades 7-12 in middle and high schools in Berkeley and Seattle. He added AP Environmental Science to the Seattle Public Schools' catalog in 2008 and taught it at Nathan Hale High School, and was honored as the 2017 Distinguished Educator of the Year in Berkeley schools. He has presented at the meeting of the North American Association of Environmental Education and has written teaching guides for the American Federation of Teachers' science cadre. Hinkley has taught nature journaling in the schoolyard and on field trips for his students, and he has facilitated professional development for K-8 teachers about nature journaling and other science teaching topics. He works to include all of his students and to promote the abilities of students from underserved populations, and is an activist for social justice through his union. Most of all, he loves being outdoors with a bunch of students – whether they're children, adults, colleagues, clients, and whether they feel brand new to nature or are seasoned naturalists – he loves being outdoors and seeing his students discover their own passion for the natural world. To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.org or to listen to more audio recordings visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.org

Karey and Justin preview the upcoming North American Association of Food Equipment Manufactures Show, or NAFEM, held in Orlando, FL on Thursday, February 7th - 9th. This show is so HUGE, it's only held every other year. Karey and Justin talk attending past shows, what to pack for this show, what to expect from attendees and exhibitors and a whole lot more. So sit back, relax and click PLAY!

Christiane Maertens (Kris-tee-on-ah Mair-tens), as the Deputy Director of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), built a professional team that facilitates the largest and most diverse environmental education network in the world. In 2017, she was named a National Geographic Explorer for hosting the forthcoming Imagine If, a podcast that explores climate change resilience with her trademark moxie and optimism. For four decades, the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) has been accelerating environmental literacy and civic engagement through the power of education and networking, supporting over 20,000 educators and 56 regional affiliate organizations working in environmental education in more than 30 countries. 

Recorded at the 2015 North American Association for the Study of Religion (NAASR) conference, Robert McCauley discusses methodological and theoretical issues within the cognitive sciences of religion. "Science surprises us!" - McCauley podcast with the Religious Studies Project in 2014, Dr. Robert McCauley gave an overview of some of these ...

In this interview, Russell McCutcheon and Aaron Hughes discuss the North American Association for the Study of Religion (NAASR), an international organization dedicated to historical, critical, and social scientific approaches to the study of religion. In this interview, Russell McCutcheon and Aaron Hughes discuss the North American ...

Bob Burke discovered the Irish language in his 40s. Was that too old to start to learn to speak Irish? Not at all! Listen to this discussion podcast (in English), and you'll hear how Bob's lovely spoken Irish Gaelic is. Bob is the former president of the North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers. What … Not Too Old to Start with Bob Burke (Ep. 50) Read More »The post Not Too Old to Start with Bob Burke (Ep. 50) first appeared on Bitesize Irish.Support the showGo to www.bitesize.irish/links to find out more about courses and membership #GaeilgeGachLá

Bob Burke discovered the Irish language in his 40s. Was that too old to start to learn to speak Irish? Not at all! Listen to this discussion podcast (in English), and you’ll hear how Bob’s lovely spoken Irish Gaelic is. Bob is the former president of the North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers. What … Not Too Old to Start with Bob Burke (Ep. 50) Read More »

This is a previous Couch Talk and there is some great info below as well...the offer is no longer available, but I encourage you to take a listen! This week we are celebrating a great new book written by my friends – and nutritionists – Jayson and Mira Calton, I had the chance to sit down with them on my Couch Talk podcast and got the inside scoop, just for you, on their book, The Micronutrient Miracle. We discussed their journey which started with Mira getting diagnosed at age 30 with severe Osteoporosis and life-impacting fatigue. This surprising diagnosis at such a young age led her to connect with Jayson, where they began aggressive research on how nutrition – specifically micronutrients – could reverse her Osteoporosis COMPLETELY. During our interview, they shared their nutrient and exercise hacks, and they have so much more to share in their book, including great recipes and menu plans, plus some great bonuses. Read a sample of their work below including great recipes. Comfort food has never been so healthy! By Jason and Mira Calton There is one thing that we all have in common. Regardless of age, sex or dietary preferences, we all require the essential micronutrients, or vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and amino acids, to be present so that our bodies and brains can function properly. While many people (more than half the population) recognize the importance of supplementation with a multivitamin, adding fat to the diet, on purpose, has, in the past, been controversial. However, there is no scientific debate whatsoever that the type of fat we are to add to your diet with this recipe is essential, and health promoting. In this recipe we make it comforting and delicious. And if you read to the end of the blog we will share how you can also make the salmon FREE. Good fats! No matter what your dietary philosophy, be it vegetarian, Paleo, low fat or low carb there is one type of fat we want to make sure you are getting enough of: omega-3 fatty acids. And the best source of these omega-3s—the EPA and DHA— is certain types of fish. Some miraculous health benefits of these essential fatty acids include: reduced depression, improved asthma symptoms, decreased arthritis and lowered triglycerides. O' my…. Did we mention just how good Omega-3 is great for fat loss? In a study presented at the North American Association for Study of Obesity (NAASO), women that were given the omega-3 fatty acids reduced their weight 20 percent more than the placebo group, and reduced their BMI by up to 15 percent in only three weeks. This means that an increase in omega-3 brought an increase in weight loss and a decrease in BMI. Science has also established that omega-3 increases oxidation of fat by activating genes that break down fat. In a study on animals that were overeating, much like obese humans, the introduction of omega-3 not only intensified fat breakdown, it also reduced the number of overall fat cells. How to choose the salmon? We have all heard that we should consume more fish because it is a great source of the essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6. However, is all fish created equal? Eighty percent of salmon on the global market today is factory-farmed. In the United States, it is estimated to be even higher—perhaps as high as 90 percent. Factory-farmed salmon has fewer omega-3s per ounce than wild salmon. According to the USDA Nutrient Database, wild fish can have up to 380 percent more omega-3 than factory-farmed fish. Additionally, the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio is far less health-promoting in factory-farmed fish. For instance, while the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 in wild Coho salmon is 15.3 to 1 (optimal), the farm-raised Coho salmon has been shown to have a far less optimal 3 to 1 ratio. WILD CAUGHT IS THE OMEGA-3 WINNER EVERY TIME! This recipe is one of our favorite ways to get tons of healthy omega 3's into your diet while satisfying your desire for comfort food. It makes a great breakfast, but it can also be used as a delicious lunch or dinner – enjoy! And if you have children who say they won't eat fish, then you are in luck, they wont even know that these tasty cakes are salmon. Speedy Salmon Cakes served atop Cheesy Cauliflower Hash Browns Speedy Salmon Cakes Serves 4 Serve as breakfast over Cheesy Cauliflower Hash Browns Ingredients: 2 cans wild caught salmon (We love the wild red salmon sockeye from Vital Choice) 2 pasture raised organic eggs 1 scoop INPOWER protein ½ diced organic onion 2 teaspoons seafood seasoning (we like Simply Organic Seafood Grilling Mix) 2 tsp. Organic Cajun spice Unrefined sea salt and organic pepper to taste Butter for the skillet Directions: Combine all the ingredients in a bowl In a large nonstick skillet melt some butter and create either 4 large or 8 smaller Speedy Salmon Cakes. Brown on one side then flip to cook the other side Remove from heat Cheesy Cauliflower Hash Browns Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 head cauliflower 1 organic, pasture raised egg 1 scoop INPOWER protein (or similar unflavored grass fed whey) ½ cup shredded organic cheddar = 2 oz of cheddar block hand shredded ¼ cup organic Parmesan 1/2 tsp. unrefined sea salt 1 tsp. organic pepper 1 tsp. organic onion powder 1 tsp. organic garlic powder 1 tsp. organic Cajun spice Directions: Steam cauliflower till soft Mash cauliflower with a potato masher, leave a bit chunky Add in the remaining ingredients Cook in a pan with butter until crispy Keep warm in the oven while cooking salmon cakes Serve under Speedy Salmon Cakes