Podcasts about program facilitator

On this episode of EquiTEA, Greg had the chance to talk to Larry Butler, a previous participant turned Program Facilitator and Outreach Specialist of the Fatherhood Services Program with Sigma Beta Xi (SBX) Youth and Family Services. Eric Willis, a program participant program, joined the discussion to share his own experience. Both highlighted the importance of knowledge sharing and community support systems. The fatherhood program was established to support the Perinatal Equity Initiative which aims to reduce Black infant mortality rates and improve health outcomes for Black mothers.   To find out more about the SBX Black Fatherhood Program please visit:   https://www.sigmabetaxi.com/black-fatherhood  For The Nurturing Fathers Program, open to all fathers, please visit:   https://www.ruhealth.org/behavioral-health/parent-support-training-program. 

Get to know these successful thought leaders and find out how they present themselves and their crafts as experts in their fields. Marla Blaylock is the CEO of Blue Lotus Systems Inc. She assists companies in implementing a variety of CRM systems designed to help develop successful relationships, attain the art of effective communication, and enhance the overall personal touch of customer service. She offers services in several key domains that are designed to solve business problems and help elevate the maturity of your IT organization. She and her team have broad experience in the High-Tech, Healthcare, Government, Telecom, and Banking spaces. If you want your family and extended family happy, you should reach out to Marla Blaylock by visiting her website at https://bluelotussystems.com/.  Jacqueline Wales is the CEO, the President, The Program Facilitator, and The Author of The Fearless Factor @ Work. She helps leaders and businesses accelerate change and achieve powerful results through assessments, services, and programs that build the skills of leaders, teams, and businesses. She genuinely cares about developing fearless leaders and works best with leaders willing to dig into discovery, be held accountable for their actions, and take responsibility for their decisions. Her directness, insights, and experience guide them to confront and remove any stumbling blocks getting in the way of becoming a stronger leader. If you recognize that you're afraid of taking the next step, you need to reach out to Jacqueline Wales by visiting https://thefearlessfactoratwork.com/. Danny Levin is an Innovation Strategist, Speaker, Visionary, and the author of The Mosaic. He helps people see how the stories they tell create the life they live both personally and in their business. He holds the space for people to discover what might suddenly flourish by simply changing a few words of the story they tell. If you feel like you're not being heard, you should reach out to Danny Levin by visiting www.DanielBruceLevin.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-levin-themosaic/.  Global Credibility Expert, Mitchell Levy is a TEDx speaker and international bestselling author of over 60 books. As The AHA Guy at AHAthat (https://ahathat.com), he helps to extract the genius from your head in a two-three hour interview so that his team can ghostwrite your book, publish it, distribute it, and make you an Amazon bestselling author in four months or less. He is an accomplished Entrepreneur who has created twenty businesses in Silicon Valley including four publishing companies that have published over 800 books. He's provided strategic consulting to over one hundred companies, and has been chairman of the board of a NASDAQ-listed company. Mitchell has been happily married for thirty years and regularly spends four weeks in Europe with family and friends. Visit https://mitchelllevy.com/mitchelllevypresents/ for an archive of all the podcast episodes.   Connect to Mitchell Levy on: Credibility Nation YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3kGA1LI Credibility Nation LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credibilitynation/ Mitchell Levy Present AHA Moments: https://mitchelllevy.com/mitchelllevypresents/ Thought Leader Life: https://thoughtleaderlife.com Twitter: @Credtabulous Instagram: @credibilitynation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Krissy spoke with Lee Kelly, Program Facilitator at Quadrangle NL, during a special broadcast of the St. John's Morning Show, Feed NL edition.

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by James Hofheins, a former 12 Step Addiction Program facilitator for the LDS church.James discusses how facilitators are chosen and rarely have any kind of experience or training. He tells us more about how the 12 Step Programs work and how people who are referred to these programs often slip deeper into shame and guilt. James has a very interesting story himself and it was fascinating to delve deeper into the world of LDS therapy programs in general. In light of the recent Jodi Hildebrandt revelations on abuses within the LDS therapy system, this topic is not only timely but very important and we thank James for being willing to share his story. Please check out James' podcast:Latter Day Shamed Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/latter-day-shamed-lds/id1694177453latterdayshamedpodcast@gmail.comHow to DONATE to Mormonish Podcast: We appreciate our Mormonish viewers and listeners so much! If you would like to support our podcast, you can DONATE to support Mormonish Podcast here: PayPal: https://paypal.me/BiblioTechMediaVenmo: @BiblioTechMedia

Separate Not Equal: The Hale-Field Pairing explores several themes including the legalprecedents and landmark rulings that led up to the 1971 pairing; community support andopposition; racial boundaries in South Minneapolis; the lived experience of students, parents,and teachers during pairing; measurable outcomes of success; and what all this means fortoday. The exhibit has been available for viewing at the Hennepin History Museum, but for the first timeever, it will come to MPS this week! On Wednesday, June 21, MPS will host an opening event for the exhibit at the John B. DavisEducation Service Center from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. The event will include a panel discussion,

Tracy Greeley Howard began teaching in 2003 after moving to Cincinnati from Philadelphia, where she was a Zookeeper and a research scientist. She holds two Masters Degrees: MAT in Biological Science from Miami University and MEd in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Cincinnati, with an Educational Leadership endorsement from Ohio Dominican. Tracy is a Senior Professional Educator in Science and Career Technology with the Ohio Department of Education who has sat on several state level subcommittee boards, and a Certified Lead Teacher with Cincinnati Public Schools who has written several district wide content curriculums, served as a teacher evaluator, served on the Local Professional Development Committee, and served as Program Facilitator for several CPS programs. She has received the Teacher of the Year award from the Cincinnatus Woodward Trust and has been a finalist for the Dr. Lawrence Hawkins Educator of the Year Award on several occasions. She has helped new and experienced teachers since 2007 as an ODE Resident Educator Mentor. Tracy has represented CPS while presenting at over two dozen local, regional and national conferences, and also represented the University of Arizona and NASA by presenting about the scientific mission of the Mars Phoenix Lander at the national level. She has been awarded over $100,000 in local and national grants to enhance her science teaching in her classroom, as well as help her start the Biotechnology program which is now used in several Cincinnati area school districts. Tracy is also working to enhance the programs offered at Cincinnati Public School's Zoo Academy through agreements with local universities which will benefit students after graduation, and throughout their lives. More: Intro and Outro music "Vicious Pen" courtesy of Moby Gratis

Summer Scholars: Explore. Create. Connect.MPS families are invited to explore more this summer through an experience that challengestheir student to dive into a world of possibilities both in and out of the classroom. It's a placewhere learners create their own paths, dream up new ideas and find meaning in everything theycreate. All while discovering endless ways to connect with friends and their interests.Summer Scholars is free and open to students in grades preK-8. Classes start June 26 and endAug. 3. Families should register by May 5 to secure transportation on the first day of class.

We're starting off the year with some helpful information and reminders with regards to safety for ourselves and our loved ones that you won't want to miss! January also happens to be Human Trafficking Awareness Month so in this episode, we are featuring Keelin Washington and Jeff Wohler, experts in both of those fields.  Keelin Washington, a human trafficking survivor, is a Program Facilitator on multiple anti-human trafficking programs including support groups and the kNOw More program, an awareness curriculum for middle and high school aged youth. She is also the Survivor Advocate and Mental Health Coach at Generate Hope, a safe house that provides healing and a real way out. As an expert in the field, Keelin has spoken at Shared Hope International, The Washington Times podcast, Debx/Amplified Voices among many more. Her dynamic work includes creating training videos and developing curriculum for organizations working with survivors, designing reintegration programming for survivors, including therapy, court advocacy.  Jeff Wohler is a lawyer, has an extensive background in law enforcement and was a former Special Agent with the US Treasury Department where he worked on organized crime and complex financial investigations. In his current role as President and CEO of the San Diego Harbor Police Foundation, he has created a robust Human Trafficking awareness training program that contains six separate segments and all of these training modules are available for free through their website at www.helpstophumantrafficking.org  Jeff is the recipient of the 2021 ASTORS Platinum Award for Excellence in Public Safety and Community Enrichment sponsored by American Security Today, along with the 2022 Hope Rising award for the Foundations work.   In this episode we are certain you'll learn surprising new things about the subjects of safety and human trafficking. You will also be immensely inspired by the work that Jeff Wohler and Keelin Washington are doing to make a difference and create hope out of darkness. Don't forget to make sure you're following us on Instagram and also subscribe to our YouTube version of the podcast so that you'll know about this episode as well as the many crazy amazing humans featured in all of our episodes. We're always here to remind you that any gesture of kindness has the potential to create a Crazy Amazing Human experience, one person at a time. You have the power to create that every day because YOU are Crazy Amazing! Thanks for being part of the Crazy Amazing Humans community. We appreciate you!

Khushboo Chabria describes herself as a “Neurodiversity Specialist and a Transformational Leader”. She comes by this description honestly. However, while she has her own neurodivergent characteristic, (she has been diagnosed as ADHD), she did not discover about her diagnosis until she was 30 years of age. Those of you who have listened to many of our episodes have heard me talk with others who have different characteristics such as ADHD, Autism and even blindness and low vision that were not discovered or properly diagnosed until they became adults. I would suspect in part this is due to our own growing knowledge base about such things. As you will hear from Khushboo, however, increased knowledge does not mean more positive attitudes. As she will explain, while in some quarters we are learning more, we do not spread this education and improved attitudinal advance throughout our culture.   Today, Khushboo works for a not-for-profit agency called Neurodiversity Pathways, (NDP) in the Silicon Valley She will tell us how NDP has created an in-depth program to help Neurodivergent individuals grow to gain and keep employment as well as simply learning how to live meaningful and productive lives.   I believe you will be inspired by Khushboo Chabria. She has lessons all of us can use about how to move forward in life.     About the Guest: Deeply passionate about diversity and inclusion, Khushboo is a Neurodiversity Specialist and a Transformational Leader, on a mission to advocate for and help provide access to high-quality services for neurodivergent individuals. Khushboo aims to make a meaningful impact in the world through education, empowerment, authentic engagement and unbridled compassion. With varied experiences in supporting neurodivergent individuals of all ages and their family members, working as a therapist and clinician, studying Organizational Leadership and discovering her own ADHD, Khushboo brings an interesting mix of skills and experiences to this field of work. Khushboo is currently a Program Manager, Career Coach and Program Facilitator at Neurodiversity Pathways (NDP) - a social impact program under the Goodwill of Silicon Valley focused on educating and supporting neurodivergent individuals to help launch their career and supporting organizations to integrate ND employees into the workplace through belonging and intentional empowerment. The tagline is “Inclusion for Abilities and Acceptance of Differences” and NDP is on a mission to inspire and improve the intentional inclusion of neurodistinct individuals in the workplace. Khushboo also sits on the board of Peaces of Me Foundation and is involved in consulting and speaking on the topics of Neurodiversity, DEIB, Transformational Leadership, Psychological Safety, Cultural Competency, Mental Health + Employee Wellbeing as well as Coaching. I believe in diversity in who we are, but also in how we see the world.   Social Media Links/Websites: Personal Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khushboochabria/ Connect with Neurodiversity Pathways: https://ndpathways.org/ https://www.facebook.com/NDpathways https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndpathways https://www.instagram.com/ndpathways/ https://twitter.com/pathways Neurodiversity is Normal website:  https://sites.google.com/goodwillsv.org/neurodiversity/home   About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!   Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.     Transcription Notes Michael Hingson  00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson  01:20 Hi there and welcome to unstoppable mindset. It is late in August when we're recording this getting near the end of what they call the dog days. Speaking of dogs Alamo is over here asleep on the floor and quite bored. However, here we are. And our guest today is Khushboo Chabria. And Khushboo is a person who is very much involved in the world of neurodiversity, and providing services for people who are neurodivergent. She has her own things that she has dealt with along the way. And I'm sure that we'll get into all of that. And she had an adventure last week, which we might get into. If she wants to talk about it and set you went a little so we'll get there anyway. Welcome to unstoppable mindset. Glad you're with us.   Khushboo Chabria  02:07 Thank you. Thank you so much for having me.   Michael Hingson  02:09 And you are up in Northern California, right? That's correct. In the Silicon Valley. What's the weather up there?   Khushboo Chabria  02:17 It's really warm right now. It's hot.   Michael Hingson  02:21 We're about 96 degrees today. It was 104 yesterday, so   Khushboo Chabria  02:26 yeah, maybe not that hot. Yeah, I   Michael Hingson  02:29 know. But at least neither of us are in Palm Springs or Sacramento.   Khushboo Chabria  02:33 That's true. That's true, that would definitely be harder.   Michael Hingson  02:37 Well, let's start Would you just begin by telling us a little bit about you growing up and all that kind of stuff? And give us a little background like that?   Khushboo Chabria  02:46 Yeah, sure. Um, so I was actually born in India. My mom's sister had moved to the US in the late 80s. And we had applied for green card when we were little kids. And it wasn't until I was 10 years old that we got our green card, and I moved here with my family. So my parents and my brother and I, we all moved here in 1999.   Michael Hingson  03:15 Okay, and what was it like moving to obviously, a whole new country and all that what? What motivated your parents to come over here? And what was it like for you growing up in a new country? Yeah,   Khushboo Chabria  03:29 it was honestly very challenging. I was very young. And I was the I was at the kind of time in my life where I was very impressionable. So when we moved to America, my parents, they had to reestablish their careers here. And for the time being, we had stayed with different aunts and uncles, along the way, until my parents could afford their own place. And both my parents worked multiple jobs, in order to make sure that we had everything we needed. They wanted to move to America so that my brother and I would have additional opportunities, and a chance to really succeed at life. So that was, it was a whole American Dream story.   Michael Hingson  04:21 You when you moved here did or did not speak much English.   Khushboo Chabria  04:26 I actually spoke a lot of English because I went to an English school in India. So a lot of people don't know this, but the British when they had occupied India, took over the school system. So if you went to an English school in India, that means you got a really good education. And I went to a school called St. Mary's School in Pune, Maharashtra. And I had a little bit of a British accent, actually, when I moved here,   Michael Hingson  04:58 you've lost that   Khushboo Chabria  05:01 Yes, it's gone. It's been too long.   Michael Hingson  05:04 But what you don't have is, I guess more of a traditional Indian accent having been born and lived there for 10 years.   Khushboo Chabria  05:13 Yeah, I mean, I do speak in Hindi with my mom every day. But when anyone else hears me speaking Hindi, they think I have an American accent. So I feel like I've definitely lost the Indian accent. But it comes out every now and then when I'm speaking with my family.   Michael Hingson  05:34 It just always fascinates me to talk with people who have come from another country who have spent a lot of time here, but maybe grew up elsewhere. Some end up retaining an accent, and some don't. And I've always been fascinated by that and never understood how it works out that some do. And some don't, it must just plain be the listening or just the amount of work they put into what they choose their accent to be.   Khushboo Chabria  06:04 I think it also depends on age. So my brother still has a very much an Indian accent. Because when he moved here, he was 15. And because I was 10, I was still kind of at that age where it was easier for me to assimilate than it was for him.   Michael Hingson  06:23 So you, you, you get right in as it were,   Khushboo Chabria  06:26 yeah, definitely. Oops. So   Michael Hingson  06:29 you came here, you obviously were able to settle in from a language standpoint, and so on. But you say it was a little bit hard when you came, how come?   Khushboo Chabria  06:39 Um, it was challenging, because as I mentioned before, our family was staying with our extended family members. So we would stay at this aunt's house for six months, and then this uncle's house for three months. And then this uncle's house. So I ended up going to several different schools for sixth grade. And after that, my parents had enough, just enough to put a downpayment on a one bedroom apartment. And so when we moved into the apartment, those my parents were working all the time. And so often, I grew up in the apartment with my brother. And it was many times it was we were on our own. And it was a long time before my parents had established themselves enough in their careers that we had a more comfortable lifestyle.   Michael Hingson  07:37 What kind of career should they have? What did they do?   Khushboo Chabria  07:39 So my dad, he actually ended up going and getting a real estate license and is a broker. And full time for his job. He works at FedEx. And my mother, she took night classes at a school and got a certification and accounting. And then she basically became an accountant. And she worked for companies before. But now she manages the accounts for several different businesses from home.   Michael Hingson  08:15 Wow. That's still that's pretty cool. And then it shows the typical work ethic. I see, oftentimes, from people who move here from elsewhere, they're going to work hard, they're going to do whatever they need to do, to be able to establish themselves and care for families and so on. And I think that's personally so cool. My parents grew up here. And were born here. But still, they very much had that kind of an attitude. And they worked very hard to make sure that my brother and I also kept that same kind of attitude. And I, I don't think that that's a bad thing at all. And I think that we all can work pretty hard at trying to succeed, and we can do it in a good way.   Khushboo Chabria  09:03 Definitely. It was really important to learn that too.   Michael Hingson  09:07 Yeah, I agree. How long after you moved here? Did you guys finally get your own apartment?   Khushboo Chabria  09:13 Um, it must have been about what to say nine months or nine to 12 months before we did. Wow. Yeah.   Michael Hingson  09:25 For a 10 year old kid. That is a long time not to be able to put down roots somewhere and call someplace home.   Khushboo Chabria  09:34 Yeah. And you know, when I started in the public school system, I started first and a middle school. And then I ended up in an elementary school and then I ended up in a junior high. So it was a lot of switching around as well in between different school systems and trying to kind of figure out what where I fit into this whole education piece too?   Michael Hingson  10:03 Well, what was it like growing up just physically and so on? I know you have said that you, you have ADHD is something that you live with, when did you discover that?   Khushboo Chabria  10:16 I didn't discover that until I was 30 years old. So, you know, growing up, I was always a busy child, my mom had enrolled me and lots and lots of different classes when I was in India. So I was learning dance, I was learning singing, I was learning art, I was learning ceramics, I had a lot of different things that I was involved in, and my parents had a lot of structure in our lives. So I didn't for a long time even know that I had this different brain and that I actually struggled with ADHD. Even after I graduated college and started working in the field of behavior analysis, I didn't know that I had ADHD. And then at some point, when I became a board certified behavior analyst, and I actually move forward in my career, I went from being a therapist that spent 100% of my time with clients, to now becoming a clinician that spent 90% of my time with spreadsheets and 10% of my time fighting with insurance companies. And with all of that, I got further and further away from the clients, and further and further away from solving problems in real time, to just being behind the screen. And that's when my ADHD really started to show up.   Michael Hingson  11:54 So what made you finally realize that ADHD was part of your life.   Khushboo Chabria  11:59 Um, you know, to be honest, at first, I was just burned out, I was a burnt out clinician with a huge caseload, I was driving all over the Bay Area all day long. And I ended up in a clinic, and I got, I got diagnosed with depression. And I first got misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder, because that's something that a lot of people confuse, especially in regards to ADHD. And then I got a therapist who started to recognize that all the things that I was discussing in our sessions, all the areas of my life that I felt anxious and depressed about, were areas that are related to executive functioning, and ADHD. So she was, she was bright enough and keen enough to notice that, and to suggest that I be tested for ADHD, which is when they started the actual diagnosis process.   Michael Hingson  13:14 How do they test for ADHD?   Khushboo Chabria  13:17 Well, first, they took all of my notes that they had from the therapist, and they also interviewed my mother to find out what I was like as a child. And then lastly, they had me go through a bunch of different assessments where they were tracking my ability to focus. And these were usually tests on a computer where they showed different images. And I had to press specific keys when certain images popped up. And I did that for hours and hours and hours. And based on what they found, I definitely had ADHD. So I got the official diagnosis. Then I was connected with a cycle analyst who was able to then prescribe medication for me, which I didn't end up staying on. But that was the beginning.   Michael Hingson  14:13 A lot of it, though, is ultimately recognition. And then once you know it and believe it, then you can really work to understand it and not medications can't help but a lot of times it's more what you do internally that makes a difference.   Khushboo Chabria  14:32 Exactly. That's true.   Michael Hingson  14:35 So for you, you, you finally got diagnosed with that. But by that time you had been very much involved in a lot of psychology oriented kinds of things, which do you like better being a clinician or actually practicing and being in front of clients?   Khushboo Chabria  14:55 You know, to be honest, I think the field had completely changed. inch by the time I graduated with my master's, because at that point, the Affordable Care Act had passed. And what that what happened with that is all the insurance companies were now in the system. And while that made the services more available to lots and lots of people, it also meant that there was now this huge demand for the services. So I think my experience was the way it was because of the timing of that bill passing, as well as at that point, the need that was there for more service providers in this field. But that being said, I think that it was, it's much more reinforcing for me to engage with people, rather than engaging with spreadsheets. And as someone who has ADHD, since the time I was diagnosed, and all the years that I continued to struggle with ADHD, I have learned that I work best in an environment where I'm constantly solving novel problems, that are allowing me to research different kinds of things. And also to use everything in my toolbox to solve problems. And any problem that has a fast response in terms of solving it is one, that's the most reinforcing to me.   Michael Hingson  16:36 So does that translate today into you, looking at cases from kind of the outside or working more with people and being in front of them,   Khushboo Chabria  16:46 I think it's a little bit of both. Now, I would say that the most amazing part of my career is the coaching. And what the coaching allows me to do is to work with neurodivergent people with all kinds of different backgrounds. Because that makes it so that one day, I might be researching how to get a marketing internship. And the next day, I might be understanding how I should help my coachee brand themselves as a musician. And then maybe the third day, I'm working with someone who has a computer science background. And so I'm working with a lot of different skill sets and a lot of different abilities. And the great thing about what I get to do now is that it is fully aligned with how I work best. And that I get to continue solving novel problems. I get to continue teaching, I get to continue engaging with organizations on increasing the awareness of neurodiversity. So I get to solve these issues, and improve that awareness for neurodiversity in a lot of different ways that are very much in line with how I work best.   Michael Hingson  18:05 So what are the star diversity take in obviously ADHD would be a factor. What other kinds of things fall under that category?   Khushboo Chabria  18:15 Yeah, definitely. So ADHD is a big one. Autism is a big one. Dyslexia, dyscalculia. dyspraxia, bipolar disorder, as well as Tourette's   Michael Hingson  18:30 are all considered part of neurodiversity, or neuro divergent world.   Khushboo Chabria  18:36 Yeah, and neurodiversity as an umbrella term, just to explain what it is. You know, just like when, you know, you see any people we see, we say that, you know, people have different height, people have different hair color, people have different eye color. And just like how there's so much variability in humans, in terms how we present physically, the same way, our brains have just as much variability. So the term neuro diversity is to describe the natural variability in people's brains and behavior functioning.   Michael Hingson  19:15 When you talk about neurodiversity. Do people try to create some sort of box and fit everyone into it? Or do people generally recognize that it is a really broad category that takes in a lot of stuff?   Khushboo Chabria  19:29 I think different people have different ways of looking at it. You know, there are companies that instead of having specific groups for neurodiversity, we'll put everything in an ability group, which is about including anyone with any kind of disability, whether it's invisible or visible. In terms of neurodiversity. A lot of people know the main ones to be autism, dyslexia and ADHD. But we're still learning so much about bipolar does over and about to rats. And so there's a lot of understanding that still needs to happen around neurodiversity. There's still a lot of stigma there, there's still a lot of people who aren't really aware of what this term means. So I would say that people have different levels of understanding about this. But I think it's all kind of related, right? I mean, if we have different ways of processing information from the world, then we all kind of have a different way of going about it. And when we say neuro divergent, we're talking about one person who may or may not have one of those labels. When we say neuro diverse, we're talking about everyone, because everybody's in that umbrella of having a brain that's unique and processing information in a unique way, and making sense of the world in a unique way. So it depends, I guess that's the answer to the question.   Michael Hingson  21:06 No, it does. And I could make the case that we're all part of a neuro divergent world in a way, and I think that's what you're saying. But there, there are specific kinds of categories that mostly we deal with when we talk about neurodiversity. I'm a little bit familiar with Tourette's, but can you define that a little bit? Yeah,   Khushboo Chabria  21:27 definitely. Um, Tourette's has to do with basically, it has to do with just kind of its has to do with tics and involuntary repetitive movements. So in terms of how that relates to neurodiversity, we're just talking about individuals who have different behaviors, whether that sounds, whether that's saying the same words in the same way, or having physical behavioral differences that are stereotypical, well,   Michael Hingson  22:02 how was it for you grew up? Well, not growing up so much, but being in the workplace and not being diagnosed with ADHD and so on? That had to be quite a challenge?   Khushboo Chabria  22:13 Yeah, definitely. Um, you know, to be honest, one of the biggest things that I found out right off the bat was that when I had a lot of different cases, and different deadlines, and different things that I needed to accomplish in my job, I really struggled with keeping control over everything that was going on. And as a clinician, you know, there was a lot of things that I was responsible for I was responsible for training all the staff that was on my cases, I was responsible for keeping track of all the materials that were needed. On every case, I was responsible for parent training, I was responsible for scheduling meetings, I was responsible for completing reports, I was responsible for staying connected to insurance companies. And with all of those different things, I had a really hard time with managing all my responsibilities. And in the beginning, you know, it was just a write up about being more punctual and being more timely to meetings. Then it became about making sure that all my reports are complete, then it was about making sure that my reports had all the feedback taken into consideration. And throughout every single step of it, I was feeling more and more disheartened about where I was and how I was working. And it really made me question, you know, is something wrong with me? Why is it that everyone else is able to do all this without any issues, but when it comes to me, here, I am struggling so much. And I was really depressed. I, I thought I was depressed, and I thought I was burnt out. And in trying to get treatment for that I ended up finding out I had ADHD.   Michael Hingson  24:22 Did other supervisors or colleagues see kind of all the stress and the things that were going on? Or were you able to kind of hide it?   Khushboo Chabria  24:30 A lot of people were able to see the stress and to be honest, for the longest time, despite being in a field that was there to support children with neurodiverse conditions. I found myself in a workplace that was very toxic. And I was basically just told, Well, you need to meet your billable hours and maybe you need to do this or maybe you need to do Under planning, but nobody was sitting down and telling me how to go about doing that, or what steps I needed to take to get the support I needed. And not a single person in that office had identified what I was dealing with as something that could be related to ADHD. Instead, I was just being told that I wasn't working hard enough, or I wasn't working fast enough, or I wasn't being organized enough. And I took all of that to heart. For a long time, it took me a long time to unlearn those messages. Because I kept beating myself up over the simple things. And I felt like I wasn't a good employee. And I felt at times that I was being discriminated against. But I realized now looking back at it all, that I made a lot of mistakes as well. And I should have known how to ask for that support early on. But I didn't know what I didn't know. So there's a lot of thinking that's gone behind everything that happened then. But looking back at it, now I'm able to see all the different sides of that equation.   Michael Hingson  26:15 When did you start in the workforce?   Khushboo Chabria  26:17 I started in the workforce in 20. I would say 2007.   Michael Hingson  26:26 Okay, so you Where were you in school at that time?   Khushboo Chabria  26:33 At that time, I was in community college, okay. And I was working at a daycare center with a whole bunch of children. And I was also working as a campus activities coordinator at our school.   Michael Hingson  26:50 So that was 15 years ago. Do you see that there has been a lot of change in dealing with ADHD and and neuro diversity. And I don't mean, just talking about a real substantive change, that would nowadays make a difference. If you were starting out today, as opposed to what happened to you 15 years ago? Um, is it different? Yeah,   Khushboo Chabria  27:23 I think the way that we do work with children who are neurodiverse has changed a lot. Like the way that things are done. Now the way that treatment is carried out, is very neurodiversity affirming, which means that it's not really about fixing anything, it's about really understanding what are the challenges that this individual is facing? And how can we support them such that they can live fulfilling independent lives without having to depend on other people. And so a lot of what I did before, was in regards to teaching skills. So I might be teaching a two year old how to make eye contact, I might be teaching a five year old how to tie their shoelaces. I taught everything from toilet training, to how to make a purchase at the store, how to start a conversation with someone how to speak, a lot of my clients were nonverbal when I was in the field. So that whole space has changed a lot. In regards to working and working conditions. I don't know if there have been a lot of changes in how we provide care, and how we provide support to people who are providing that care. And I think that as a society, we need to do a better job of supporting the people who are providing health care to the disability population. Yeah, and we could do a lot better with that. Right?   Michael Hingson  29:08 Oh, no doubt about it. I was thinking, though, of how you described your work situation is you needed to work harder, you needed to work better, and so on. Do you think those attitudes in the workforce toward people who may be experiencing the same thing that you experience? Do you think that those kinds of conditions have changed much?   Khushboo Chabria  29:35 I think they have to some degree, but I wouldn't say all across the board. And what I've mean when I say that is because even now, when people have disclosed their neurodiversity to their employer, there are times where people are just saying, Well, you know, I understand that you're struggling with a XYZ, but this work needs to be completed. So this idea of kind of painting this color on somebody who's a little bit differently, who works differently, who thinks differently, who processes information differently, I think we still have these assumptions that we make about people and those assumptions of, oh, this person's just lazy, or this person's just not doing it, or this person's just not the right fit. And as soon as we start using that terminology, we've now made assumptions before trying to understand what it is that that person might be struggling with. Right? Oh,   Michael Hingson  30:46 I agree. And it sounds like that, even with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. And now 32 years ago, and 31 years ago, actually being enacted and going into law, it hasn't made a lot of difference in these kinds of things, because we just haven't really dealt with the educational aspect of it yet.   Khushboo Chabria  31:11 Right? Yeah. I think you know, the problem is really with the stigma we have in society about people who are different, anyone who's another, right? It's very easy to say, Oh, this is just not working out, instead of approaching that person and saying, Hey, I noticed that in our last interaction, this is what happened. Is there something that I'm seeing that's confusing you? Or can you talk to me about what's going on, so I can help, right? And that moment, where you have the chance to question somebody, to understand that better before you judge them. That is something that we as a society just need to be better at, we need to be better managers, we need to be better educators, we need to be better leaders. And that comes with not trying to just rush things along and thinking that someone is going to be exactly the perfect candidate. But instead saying, You know what this is a human being. And the way that they might think, or work might be different than the way I think and work. So before I put them in a box, it's important to show that curiosity and that compassion to learn more about that person.   Michael Hingson  32:41 And I think you hit it on the head when you talk about curiosity very much. How do we get people to be more curious to be more open to ask why and why not? As opposed to just assuming? Yeah, definitely. That's a real general question. I really,   Khushboo Chabria  33:05 ya know, you know, and our presentations at neurodiversity pathways, we have this terminology called compassionate curiosity. And what that is, is that when you have a moment where something doesn't make sense, or someone's behavior is just not adding up to what you know about them. Or if some interaction happened, that leaves you feeling confused. Before you jump to, I can't believe this person hasn't gotten this to me. If we could all take a moment to say, Hey, I haven't heard from you. I just wanted to follow up is everything. Okay? Right. That's a really great way that we can sort of foster that kind of a culture, which capitalizes on empathy and understanding versus judgment and expectations. But that being said, to change that, I think that begins with increasing awareness. Right. So in the work that we do with neurodiversity pathways, the first thing we do when any company engages with us, and they say, We want to hire people with autism, or we want to hire neurodivergent people. The first thing we say to them is, there's no point in bringing anyone into your organization, unless and until you're able to foster a culture of inclusion, and a culture of understanding and awareness that's built around neurodiversity because as someone who is responsible for placing neurodivergent people into organizations, I know that if I place somebody in an organization that is not supportive neurodivergent talent, then that person is, forget, thrive or succeed, that person is not even going to be able to retain that position.   Michael Hingson  35:10 Do you hear people often say, Oh, we don't need to do that, because I'm certainly open. I'm glad to bring somebody in. Who is who has autism? Or who is neuro divergent in some way? Do you? Do you see that a lot? Or do people get it and then tend to be open to say, how do we really make that happen?   Khushboo Chabria  35:31 I would say probably a few years ago, there was a lot less awareness about neurodiversity. And I know that probably with every client that we engage with, they're at different levels of understanding about it. And maybe some of them have received trainings from other sources. But that being said, I think that there are definitely some companies who do try to rush these things. None of those are companies that we've engaged with. But the ones who try to rush into these diversity and inclusion efforts are usually the ones that fail. Because without that understanding, and that real culture of inclusion, and that culture of psychological safety, it's just kind of a recipe for disaster, when you have people who don't understand how to work with that population,   Michael Hingson  36:28 and don't really want to take the time to do it. Right.   Khushboo Chabria  36:32 Exactly. Exactly.   Michael Hingson  36:34 Well, how did you get involved in being interested in disabilities, and well, neurodiversity, and so on, because that clearly had to happen a long time before you were diagnosed with ADHD. So how did all that happen?   Khushboo Chabria  36:47 Yeah, definitely. Um, you know, so when I was in college, at UC San Diego, I had a major human development. And I was actually pre med at the time, because I thought that I wanted to go into medicine. And after I graduated from college, it was actually right when we had had our first sort of economic collapse as a country. And so there were still not a lot of jobs, I thought I wanted to do PhD programs in social psychology. And I had started applying to graduate programs all over the country in that degree. And it wasn't until I started working in the field of behavior analysis, that I felt I had kind of found a home. So growing up, I had a cousin, who had Global Developmental Delay, previously known as Mr. And I grew up with him. And I had always had a really special bond with them, I was very close to him. And I also had another cousin who grew up with schizophrenia. So I grew up kind of seeing how that had affected him. And when I graduated college, I needed a job, I applied to a part time job as a behavior therapist. And I worked for a very small company in Oakland, California. And my first client was an eight year old, nonverbal, autistic boy from Ethiopia. And he was the most beautiful child I had ever seen in my entire life. And I just fell in love with him. And within a few months of working with them, he started speaking his first words. And the first sentence he ever spoke was, I want more cookies. And that was it. I think that as soon as he started speaking, I knew that whatever I did, I wanted to be helping this population. And I wanted to work with neurodivergent people. And it started out with working with children. But when that client spoke his first words, I felt like the trajectory of my life had changed. And I decided to rescind all my applications for social psych. I reset for my GRE exams, and I reapplied to grad schools in behavior analysis. That's kind of what started the journey in that direction. And then obviously, as we spoke about before, when I was finally a clinician, I found out I had ADHD. i At that point, had worked for a school district. I had worked as an assessor. I had started a social skills group, I had tried to start a parent training program. I had done a lot of other things before I found neurodiversity pathways. Well,   Michael Hingson  39:59 the big Question, of course is did you give him more cookies?   Khushboo Chabria  40:03 Of course we did. Definitely   Michael Hingson  40:07 reward good behavior.   Khushboo Chabria  40:09 Yeah, he just it was amazing because as soon as he started speaking, just like babies do, he started babbling as well. And he would wake his mom up early in the morning and Babble Babble Babble for hours to her trying to communicate and everything that we pointed to and labeled for him was a word he picked up immediately. So it was a transformative case.   Michael Hingson  40:38 That is so cool. And do you? Do you hear anything about him nowadays?   Khushboo Chabria  40:46 Yeah, actually, I'm still in touch with his mom. And he just graduated high school a year ago. So he's starting in community college.   Michael Hingson  40:56 How old is he?   Khushboo Chabria  40:57 He is now 19 years old.   Michael Hingson  41:00 Wow. That's so cool.   Khushboo Chabria  41:04 Isn't that amazing?   Michael Hingson  41:05 It is. It's wonderful. Well, that's what doing good work like that. And being thorough is all   Khushboo Chabria  41:11 about. Exactly, exactly.   Michael Hingson  41:14 So for you, having eventually been diagnosed with ADHD that that certainly had to give you a great amount of well, relief on one hand, but then also, it gave you the ability to really sit back and look at your options and decide how you go forward. What kind of tools did you end up then starting to use that maybe you didn't use so much before tools that help you be more productive and deal with what you had to deal with?   Khushboo Chabria  41:46 Yeah. So at first, I had therapy, which is what I had started out with, and I had continued. At some point, I had also tried meds, but I found out that the meds were just too difficult on my body, and I couldn't handle staying on those. So I had to find other strategies. And some of those strategies were things like using a Google calendar using more reminders, planning ahead, having more of a morning routine, really building healthy habits around eating, sleeping hygiene and meditation so that I had a better handle on things, and also had to learn coping and resilience strategies for when things did not go my way. A lot of these tools and strategies got solidified when I joined neurodiversity pathways. And we actually used all this information to create the curriculum for our students who were going into the workplace. But for the time being, when I first gotten diagnosed, I started reading about things online. And I found people who were sharing strategies, on websites and on LinkedIn and on social media. And I slowly started piecing together the things that worked best for me, the things that were the most instrumental. In the beginning, were buying a habit calendar. And having a morning routine. With those two things, I was really able to get started. Then with the executive functioning, I started planning out reminders for things that I had do weeks in advance so that I was more on top of getting my tasks completed. And as I learned more and more about ADHD, I recognize that most of the things that I struggled with in regards to executive functioning, they weren't necessarily related specifically to cognitive differences, but they were more related to the emotional and behavioral aspects of executive functioning. So the anxiety of having to start a task that I've never done before, or just the fear of not getting it correct, that would just paralyze me from even beginning on the task. Those were the things that I needed tools around the most and that's where therapy came into play.   Michael Hingson  44:26 Do you still deal with therapy today?   Khushboo Chabria  44:29 I, I have been on and off therapy. I'm currently on a lookout for therapists. So if anyone's listening, I'm looking for one and I'm on many waitlist. The therapists in my area are all booked up because of COVID. And so there's been a little bit of challenge with that. But since the diagnosis, I have tried individual therapy. I've worked with different kinds of therapists so it was really important to me to try to find someone who was a South Asian therapist, because I felt like there were a lot of things that someone with a South Asian background would understand that someone who doesn't have that background would have a lot of difficulty in regard to cultural competency. In addition, I've also tried group therapy. And I've also done a workshop on ADHD that helped with learning how to be more organized. And with better planning.   Michael Hingson  45:34 You mentioned meditation, how does that play into what you do? And in your own progress in psyche? Yeah,   Khushboo Chabria  45:43 definitely, I think, you know, meditation is one of those things that a lot of people throw around. And it's kind of like, you know, the pop psychology thing to talk about, right? Like, let's all do mindfulness and meditation. And for me, because my mind is constantly racing at 100 miles per hour, what meditation and mindfulness practices allow me to do is to steal my mind, and to really focus on my breathing, and to really sort of observe the things that are making me anxious, without starting to act upon them right away. And so when I meditate, it's, that's my time to steal my mind of all the racing thoughts, to take account of the things that I'm anxious about. And instead of jumping on them, just observing them, reflecting on them, and noticing them before I can actually start to begin what it is that I want to do. And that single moment of clarity is enough for me to kind of be in a better headspace, so that I can tackle all the tasks on my to do list,   Michael Hingson  47:06 show what happens when you do that.   Khushboo Chabria  47:10 I think that it helps me relax, it helps me focus. It helps me prioritize on the things that I need to get done. And it allows me to have some breathing room to really plan things out in a way that doesn't take over my entire life. But instead, it helps me remember what things I have to do, what things I need to do, and what things I want to do. And as soon as I have that division and that clarity, in my mind, I'm better able to tackle the things I need to get done.   Michael Hingson  47:51 Cool. Well, you've mentioned neurodiversity pathways many times. And so we should get to that. Tell me about that. What led you to finding it, what it is, and so on?   Khushboo Chabria  48:04 Sure. So actually, when I decided to pivot to neurodiversity, in 2020, it was because at that point, I had tried to work in the field of behavior analysis for years, and continued to struggle and fail at that endeavor. And the reason being that I just didn't feel like the field was aligned with what I wanted to do. And I needed to figure out a different thing that I could take or a different path that I could take going forward with my career. So in the beginning of 2020, shortly before COVID, I had just left a position as a behavior specialist at a school district, where I was helping to support a class of students that were under the IDI category or emotionally disturbed. And at that point, I had decided that I wanted to shift away from all of the behavioral stuff and focus more on neurodiversity, because I wanted to be neurodiversity affirming in my career, and I wanted to be working with adults and I wanted to expand my skill set. And I didn't feel like my previous work was aligned with me anymore. So I ended up hiring a career coach. And this was in January of 2020. And he was someone who had a completely different background than me, but he was very good at learning what was awesome about me and what my strengths were, and how I could best showcase those strengths to the world. So together you him and I started our research into neurodiversity. And we learned a lot about how the field works. And then I started networking. And it's kind of ironic that I started with a career coach, because now I am a career coach to neurodivergent people. But in my networking, I ended up meeting someone named Jessica Lee, who has a neurodiversity program in Southern California. And she told me that I should speak to Ranga Rahman, who is the program director of neurodiversity pathways, and we set up a networking call, I opened up to him and honestly shared with him about everything that I had faced and where I was with my career, and what it is that I wanted to do. And to be honest with you, Michael, I cried to him. And 20 minutes later, he sent me a job description and said, I can only hire you as a volunteer for now. But you will get the work experience that you need in this space. And if at any point, you get another job, you're welcome to leave. But this would be a great starting place for you. And we will be happy to have you on the team. So that's how I came on to neurodiversity pathways. And when I joined the team, we have lost all our funding due to COVID. And we had to basically build our program from the ground up. So at the time, me Ranga, and a small group of volunteers work together to build our first online course. And that was growth mindset. And we went from building one course to three courses, to five courses, to 10 courses to 14 courses. And what our career launch program is now is a 14 course program training program called Career Readiness Training, followed by six months of one on one coaching. The entire program is called Career launch programs. And it is aimed at neurodivergent individuals who have a two or four year college degree and those who are unemployed or underemployed, in relation to their strengths, their qualifications and their interest. And it's focused on those who are really motivated to get a job and be good at it. And those who need the motivation and drive to get to their goals.   Michael Hingson  52:41 Well, overall, what is neuro diversity pathways as an organization, what what does it do? How do you start? Tell us a little more about that, if you would?   Khushboo Chabria  52:52 Yeah, definitely. So Rhonda J. Rahman, who's our program director, was actually responsible for starting a lot of coalition building around neurodiversity at Stanford University. And when he left Stanford, he joined goodwill, and started neurodiversity pathways, which used to be known as expandability. Colon autism advantage. And then after about two years, they rebranded themselves to not just focus on autism, but to be focused on the full neurodiversity umbrella, which is when they became neurodiversity pathways. We've been around since 2017. And we are a social impact program under the mission services umbrella at the goodwill of Silicon Valley. So we Oh, go ahead. Go ahead. I was gonna say we work on two sides. On one side, we work with individuals, which is the career launch program, which I was just telling you about. And on the organization side, we have workplace inclusion services, where we train companies on neuro Diversity Awareness, and we provide business process consultation. And we provide coaching and we provide half day and full day workshops to train companies on how to work with neurodivergent people. So those are the two ways in which we support   Michael Hingson  54:26 do you work on both sides of the company or mainly in the work?   Khushboo Chabria  54:31 I work on both sides. So on the individual side, I teach all the job development courses. And I do a lot of the coaching that we do with our students to get them placed into jobs. And on the organizational side and part of all the presentations and the consulting that we do with companies that want to hire neurodivergent people.   Michael Hingson  54:56 Are there other kinds of career launch programs around the country? Similar to what neurodiversity pathways does, or yeah,   Khushboo Chabria  55:05 there are, but there are many different kinds. And they're offering many different kinds of services. But I would like to say that there isn't a single program in the country that as in depth as ours, that has a 10 month commitment to neurodivergent individuals, where we teach everything from personal effectiveness to workplace competency skills, and job development. And a two week workplace experience, followed by six months of coaching,   Michael Hingson  55:38 is the program free to people who need it.   Khushboo Chabria  55:41 The program is free to anyone who is connected to any DLR office in California. However, if you live in a different state, if you live in a different country, we're willing and able to work with any local service providers or government agencies in order to get you the funding that you need to cover the costs of the program.   Michael Hingson  56:08 So you get funding from the Department of Rehabilitation now, for example. So there is funding, unlike there was at the beginning of the COVID time.   Khushboo Chabria  56:19 Yeah, so actually, I was only I was a volunteer for a part of the time. And then I was my manager pushed for me to become a contractor. And then I became a full time employee. So I have been a full time employee for a little bit. And we have gotten the program off the ground. So when we were building the courses, we did several test runs. We had our official first cohort launched in spring of this year, which went from March 1 to July 1. And we are now recruiting for our fall program, which begins on September 13.   Michael Hingson  57:00 How can organizations and people support or help what you're doing and neurodiversity pathways in the Korean lunch program.   Khushboo Chabria  57:09 There are so many different ways. So if you actually go to our website, you can make a donation to our mission. You can also sponsor the education of a student if you're interested in that you can hire us to come speak to your work groups, to your community groups, to your team, to your organization, about neurodiversity, you can also sign up to be a volunteer coach to help support one of our students while they're working, or look looking for jobs. So there are lots of different ways we host two neurodiversity awareness sessions that are free to anyone in the world online. And those are offered two times a month, you can sign up on our website when you click on awareness sessions, and go to individual and click on the Google Form there. Additionally, if you want to hire us for Neuro Diversity Awareness, or to help hire neurodiverse people into your company, we're happy to speak to you about that as well.   Michael Hingson  58:19 In it all operates under the umbrella of goodwill of Silicon Valley's 501 C three tax status, or do you have your own?   Khushboo Chabria  58:28 We're all under the goodwill and   Michael Hingson  58:32 it makes sense. Well, so what do you do when you're not working?   Khushboo Chabria  58:37 Um, to be honest, lately, I've been mostly just working. But I'm also working on my dissertation, which is kind of related to work.   Michael Hingson  58:49 Congratulations. So you're working toward a PhD?   Khushboo Chabria  58:52 Yeah, it's actually an EDD in organizational leadership.   Michael Hingson  58:57 Okay. Where, what what?   Khushboo Chabria  59:01 So I'm going to UMass global, which used to formally be known as Brandman University, under the Chapman umbrella. And I am getting my degree in organizational leadership. So I'm going to abd right now, which is all but dissertation, which means I have completed my coursework, but I haven't completed my dissertation yet. And so I am completing that now. My dissertation is going to be looking at the lived experience of colleagues of neurodivergent employees.   Michael Hingson  59:40 When do you think you'll get to defend it and become a doctor?   Khushboo Chabria  59:46 Well, to be honest with you, Michael, with my ADHD, I only have until August of next year to defend so I have to get it done by August of next year. Or school. Yeah, I do much better. They have deadlines. So when they told me I had a year left, I wish they had emailed me that, that actual email a few years prior, so I could have been scared enough to just get it done. But here we are towards the end of it outside of my dissertation. I am learning Tarot. So I'm moonlighting as a tarot reader. And I do a lot of different networking things. And I'm part of social groups, and I do speaking engagements. And I spend a lot of time with friends and family and I travel as well. Where have you traveled? I've traveled to a lot of places in Asia. So I've traveled to the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau. I've also traveled a little bit in Europe. So I've traveled to Spain and to France. But I'm hoping to increase that once things settle down with COVID.   Michael Hingson  1:01:11 Yeah. Hopefully that will happen sometime in the near future, or at least in the future, but it's so unpredictable still.   Khushboo Chabria  1:01:20 Exactly, definitely.   Michael Hingson  1:01:23 Well, this has been a heck of a lot of fun. And I've learned a lot I appreciate all that you have had to say. So you haven't written any books or anything yet, your thesis is probably going to be your first major project.   Khushboo Chabria  1:01:37 Yes, definitely. I have been published as a poet and a couple of books, but that's not related to this.   Michael Hingson  1:01:45 Okay. Well, it's, it's great that you're doing some writing. And that is always exciting to do. Well, if people want to learn more about you, or reach out, if they want to explore neurodiversity pathways, and so on, if you would tell us all about how to contact you and how to learn about the program and so on.   Khushboo Chabria  1:02:05 Yeah, definitely. So when this podcast is published, I know you're going to be posting some links on our website, and all of those other things. But if you go to ndpathways.org. That is our website, all our information is there, our contact information is there as well. You can reach out to me directly, you can connect with me on LinkedIn, I'm happy to answer any questions that you have. And to be able to help you in any way that I   Michael Hingson  1:02:36 can. How do people connect with you on LinkedIn,   Khushboo Chabria  1:02:40 my LinkedIn profile will also be linked to this podcast, but it is actually just linked in.com and my U R L, let me just pull it up is linkedin.com backslash Khushboo Chabria, which is K h u s h B for boy, o o C a b r i a. And that's my full name after the LinkedIn and the backslash.   Michael Hingson  1:03:18 Khushboo. Thank you very much for being here. And I think it's always fun when we get to learn more and new and different things. And we get to explore new ideas, at least to some of us. They're new, but explore ideas and even picking up new things. Even though we may have heard some of it before. There's always new stuff. So thank you for bringing that to all of us.   Khushboo Chabria  1:03:46 Thank you so much for having me, Michael, I appreciate you.   Michael Hingson  1:03:49 Well, I appreciate you being here. And I hope you enjoyed this out there, please reach out to Khushboo. 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This episode with Violette is so encouraging as she shares her health journey where she hits rock bottom and it the guiding factor to staying on track no matter what is thrown her way.  Make sure to check out the company Violette has created - FemCity if you're a female entreprenur because they have a 30 day free trial to their membership! Are you needing help with your health + ready to finally stop DIYing? We got a whole blueprint of how to support your health throughout the whole year. Check it out here on the podcast page! About Violette Violette de Ayala is a Cuban American serial and social Entrepreneur, Founder of FemCity®, and the International Best-Selling Author of The Self-Guided Guru© Life Lessons for the Everyday Human.   Violette has been quoted in Success, Forbes, Entrepreneur, CNBC, Fast Company, Yahoo Finance, MSN, Ivy Exec, Women Entrepreneur, Daily Mail UK, Yahoo Small Business, Food52, MSNBC, The Good Men Project, U.S. News as a small business expert.   She's been quoted/seen in Cosmopolitan, Glamour, BBC, Good Morning America, Inside Edition, Parade, Shondaland and in MarieClaire as an influencer/personal brand. Violette has also been seen in featured campaigns in People, InStyle, Real Simple magazines in addition to bareMinerals "Women We Love" Series. She was selected by Isaac Mizrahi for the Malibu Collection campaign and had her personal love story featured on Good Morning America.   She served as part of The White House: Women Environmental Leaders Program and was a commissioned Keynote speaker for Accenture's International Women's Month Event, the SBA Regional Women's Conference, Beconet and Luxury Brand Partners. She's also volunteered as a Program Facilitator and Mentor for the United Way and Girl Scouts of South Florida. She was also featured as Top 27 Entrepreneurs for Hire on Upwork 2019.   FemCity has been seen in Gilt, Vogue, Forbes, AP, Mashable and Fast Company and has over 80 locations in the US, Canada and the Islands. Violette is a Member of NationSwell Council, Entrepreneur Leadership Network and a Contributor for Entrepreneur.com. She was a Moderator for the Global Women Empower 2020 Summit and NationSwell's “The Great American Lie” Discussion. Violette also was a Panelist in the SBA of South Florida Research + Development Panel 2021.   Violette and Stephen and have three kids that span mid 20's to tween age. Their newest non-human family member, Georgie is a frequent pseudo star on her instagram.   Connect with Violette   Instagram: www.instagram.com/violettedeayala Facebook: www.facebook.com/violettedeayala Connect with Lahana/Nuvitru Wellness Website - https://nuvitruwellness.com  Private Community {IT'S FREE!} - https://nuvitru-wellness.mn.co  Instagram - https://instagram.com/nuvitruwellness Facebook - https://facebook.com/nuvitruwellness Pinterest - https://pinterest.com/nuvitruwellness  YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/nuvitruwellness  Functional Nutrition Radio {Our nutrition podcast that you can find where all podcasts play - iTunes, Spotify, etc!) Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Return to love - https://amzn.to/3R29nNe  A Woman's Worth - https://amzn.to/3LL5FXd  Modern Love Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/modern-love/id1065559535  Goop Podcast - https://goop.com/the-goop-podcast/ 

Fill your cup episode with B+T to remind you to take care of yourself first. Kelsey Ross shares her top tip for self-care but this mind-blowing response is not what B+T expected! Check out Kelsey's amazing first podcast interview: Episode 15: Taking the pressure off sex & puberty talks. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes! We're here for you! So please leave a review in the comments with topics that would be helpful to you and that you're interested in. Kelsey Ross is a sexuality educator and soon-to-be social worker, completing her Master's Degree. She has a Bachelor's Degree from Queen's University, and a Certificate in Sexual and Gender Diversity, most recently working as a Program Facilitator with the not for profit organization Centre for Sexuality. Kelsey is extremely passionate about working with youth and their caregivers to help everyone feel more comfortable and confident communicating about sexuality (and beyond). In her spare time, Kelsey is an avid backcountry camper with her dog, Cash. Follow Kelsey: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelseyer/ IG @kelseyeross: https://www.instagram.com/kelseyeross/?hl=en JOIN OUR MEMBERSHIP: https://www.calmparent.net/thriving-family-podcast-membership Check out our site and blog: https://www.calmparent.net/ Connect with us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thrivingfamilypodcast/?hl=en Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/thrivingfamilypodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiqp1YF3rI909vsKko0G0zw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/65412085/ CONTEST DETAILS! If you subscribe & leave a review of this podcast, you'll be entered to win a NOW Tone Therapy System by Solu (valued at $179 USD). No purchase or payment is necessary to enter, see the Terms and Conditions page of our site for more about the contest. NOW Tone Therapy System by Solu exclusive discount for our community: https://www.calmparent.net/now-tone-therapy-system-by-solu-yoga-for-your-mind. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/calm-parent/message

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The wise old saying that “laughter is the best medicine” is really true. Intrinsic Health Coach and Laughter Yoga Leader, Debbie Friend, shares her journey with using laughter to heal and discusses laughter's powerful effects on nourishing the mind, body and soul. In this episode, we discuss: - The health benefits of laughing and what it does to the body - How laughter can reduce stress - Using laughter to deal with tough times - The healing power of laughter - How laughter can strengthen our relationships - How to infuse more laughter into our everyday lives - Laughter Yoga – what it is and how its transformed peoples' lives And more! Debbie Friend, Intrinsic Health Coach and Laughter Yoga Leader, is the Founder, Owner and Program Facilitator of LifeCurrents whose mission is to help people manage their daily stressors and lead healthier, happier and more fulfilling lives. Her career started as a hospital-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist and Exercise Physiologist where she spent years counseling, educating and training heart patients on how to develop, adopt and practice sound dietary and exercise habits. Over the years, her focus shifted to helping people manage the one major roadblock to healthy living, stress. Through her engaging stress management presentations, laughter yoga sessions and 1:1 health coaching, she helps clients step into their best selves by teaching strategies for healthy living and motivating them to adopt healthy habits. Connect with LifeCurrents: Website: www.lifecurrents.net Email: debbie@lifecurrents.net Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Connect with My Motivation: Facebook Instagram: @mymotivation_podcast

In today's episode we interview Rena Strool who is a Certified Professional Energy and Leadership Life Coach, Wellness Advocate, EFT Practitioner, Caregiver, and Program Facilitator. She specializes in holistic wellness and spiritual exploration. Her slogan is "I'll help you take control of your health and experience your life with EEEE's." These stand for Enjoyment, Education, Enrichment, Empowerment, and Enlightenment. She is a Brooklyn girl living in New Jersey by way of Elkhart, Indiana. As an only child she had imaginary friends, a loving family, innate creativity and curiosity, with an energetic, intuitive awareness from a young age that has never waned. Rena and her clients co-create their experiences based on their likes, dislikes, curiosities desires, and needs. Each excursion is unique with such options as indoors or outdoors, choices of creative expressions, book clubs, theme, group, and individual experiences, and EFT sessions. You can reach Rena at: rena.strool@gmail.com Facebook: Rena Bernstein Strool Instagram: renastrool In this episode Vicenta talks about her father's cancer diagnosis. She would like to give a huge shout out to the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre for the tremendous care and treatment they provided her father during his seven year battle with multiple myeloma. https://www.uhn.ca Grab your favourite drink and enjoy the episode! Oh, please remember to like, subscribe and share. Intro and Outro music by Chris Molyneaux of Chris Molyneaux Jazz Trio Cover Art by Graphic Artist Nikki Contois For Annamaria visit www.alwaysreadyforlife.com For Vicenta visit www.lifecoachonduty.com Visit our website www.coachesnookpodcast.com We would love to hear from you.

Stuart Morgan, PDC Practice Development Consultants and Program Facilitator at EBDA Institut, shares how to cope with the urgent need for C-Level Selling programs to prepare companies to embrace tomorrow´s global business environment. www.pdc.wales.

In this episode, William & Mary Law School Professor of the Practice of Law and CLCT Deputy Director, Dr. Iria Giuffrida, hosts William & Mary School of Education Class of 1963 Associate Professor of Higher Education, Dr. Stephanie Blackmon, to discuss the importance of experiential learning in cybersecurity education, and the significance of interdisciplinary collaboration. Dr. Blackmon is Program Facilitator for CyberExL, a program of the Coastal Node of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (COVA CCI), and she illustrates the value experiential learning can have for growing professionals, including gaining vital experience and mentorship in various areas of cybersecurity by working with companies, faculty, researchers, and university administrators. For additional information about COVA CCI CyberExL Program discussed in this episode, click here for a PDF. https://law.wm.edu/academics/intellectuallife/researchcenters/clct/exhibit-ai/additional-resources/exhibit-ai---exhibit-15---additional-resources.pdf?q=academics+intellectuallife+researchcenters+clct+exhibit-ai+additional-resources+exhibit-ai---exhibit-15---additional-resources.pdf The views and opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the speakers, and do not represent the official position of William & Mary Law School or any other affiliated institutions.

 Treasha Mcmanes shares her incredible story, Suffering through the pain of Sexual Assault, Physical and Emotional Abuse, Drug Addiction, Depression and Suicidal Thoughts with so much more. She talks about what most people cant. She is using her story to inspire others that have suffered through similar experiences.  She believes that if you want change and want to see the change happen, you must "Get over that mountain"  Do not allow any obstacles to get in your path and stop you.  Since all of the Trauma and Pain that she had suffered through in her life, she has now done a lot of amazing things in her community, Volunteering for the Veteran Non-Profit (VetLife4Life) she is now a Advocate for Mental Health, Juvenile Probation Officer, Author and currently serving as a Program Facilitator teaching Cognitive Behavior at a Halfway House in Austin, Tx. Treasha has truly turned her "Mess into her Message" and is now living her best life. Helping as many people as she can on her path to success.   

Violet De Ayala was my first business mentor. She is a first-generation Cuban-American first-generation, Violet struggled to find her place in her new world but soon met success with grit, determination, and goal-setting. Meet Violette De Ayala Violette de Ayala is a Cuban American serial and Social Entrepreneur, Founder of FemCity®, and the International Best-Selling Author of The Self-Guided Guru© Life Lessons for the Everyday Human. She has been quoted in Success, Forbes, Entrepreneur, CNBC, Fast Company, Thrive Global, Medium, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Small Business, Authority, Business Insider News as a small business expert. Violette has also been seen in featured campaigns in People, InStyle, Real Simple magazines in addition to bareMinerals "Women We Love" Series. In addition, she was selected by Isaac Mizrahi for the Malibu Collection campaign and had her personal love story featured on Good Morning America. She served as part of The White House: Women Environmental Leaders Program and was a commissioned Keynote speaker for Accenture's International Women's Month Event, the SBA Regional Women's Conference, Beconet, and Luxury Brand Partners. She's also volunteered as a Program Facilitator and Mentor for the United Way and Girl Scouts of South Florida. She was also featured as Top 27 Entrepreneurs for Hire on Upwork 2019. FemCity has been seen in Gilt, Vogue, Forbes, AP, Mashable, and Fast Company and has over 80 locations in the US, Canada, and the Islands. Violette is a Member of the NationSwell Council, Entrepreneur Leadership Network and a Contributor for Entrepreneur.com. She was a Moderator for the Global Women Empower 2020 Summit and NationSwell's "The Great American Lie" Discussion. Violette also was a Panelist in the SBA of South Florida Research + Development Panel 2021. Starting and Growing Businesses Starting, growing, and scaling several businesses, Violet ended up in the coaching sector. She looks at life and understands that everything we need is out there. “When you are an immigrant, the narrative that you are acquiring, the stories being shared are of those people that arrived with nothing and achieved great success.” Many people will tell you that you'll fail as an entrepreneur. Listen in to find out Violette's amazing backstory, how she scaled and grew her business and her background as an immigrant coming to America to achieve her dreams! You'll also learn: How to find your grit when you're struggling The importance of systems in your business Ideas for partnering and cross-promoting Goal planning Why you want to review your company data Refuting negative stereotypes Understanding your financial liability For more information, visit the show notes at https://www.amandaabella.com/grit-growth-and-goal-planning-with-violette-de-ayala

Terence Jones is an activist, law student, community organizer, and long-time advocate for Civil Rights/Social Justice organizations including the NAACP. Currently, he serves as a Program Facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project—where he works with prison inmates to foster anti-aggressive behaviors. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 6:04 - Terence tells a story about a car crash with a cop; The Student Debt Crisis; The lack of Financial Literacy in America 27:48 - The Opioid Crisis and Terence's work in Opioid Clinics; Suboxone and drugs that ween addicts off of heroin; The motivations of a drug addict to use drugs; Drug Legalization Debate;  1:00:23 - The types of people who work at Drug Addiction Clinics; Pharma Companies and kickbacks to judges for drug recommendations 1:17:18 - Julian tells a story about a Big Pharma Marketing Team; The dangerous combination of Groupthink and Marketing in large entities; The problem with the Criminal Prosecution & Criminal Sentencing Systems; Julian & Terence discuss Malcolm Gladwell's “AI Bail” study in “Talking To Strangers”; Julian tells a story about a surreal courtroom scene 1:50:44 - Terence emphasizes the need for nuance in society using “The Sopranos” as a symbol; Why Tony Soprano was relatable; The timelessness of another HBO show,  “The Wire”; Terence defines what Patriotism should really mean;  Terence and Julian debate putting Presidents on a pedestal given the examples of Obama & Trump in recent years; Steven Pinker, The Wealth Gap -- and the  symbolism of the political movements of the 2010s.  2:27:53 - The Afghanistan Crisis; The ridiculous expectation we have that Presidents know about everything; The irony of Trump having success because he knew very little 2:45:29 - The politicization of young kids; Cancel Culture; The ACLU and allowing all speech ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q  ~ Get $100 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover: https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier  Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey  ~ Beat provided by: https://freebeats.io  Music Produced by White Hot

ReShonda and Nia have both lived the reality of launching their own businesses as black female business founders in Waterloo. Learning from her father helping run his manufacturing company, ReShonda founded Popcorn Heaven and eventually franchised the business to several other locations. She most recently took on the role of Program Facilitator to launch the Black Business and Entrepreneur Accelerator (BBEA) in Waterloo, in addition to working as one of the founding partners of the Bank of Jabez, a Waterloo, IA based full-service CDFI that will intentionally focus on servicing the community's underbanked, low-income, and minority populations. Nia, more recently taking on the title of entrepreneur, is the owner of ShnDgg, photography, videography, and merchandise brand based in Waterloo. She recently graduated from the BBEA program and secured a partnership with Hy-Vee to carry her brand. We talk about the difficulties of getting started, accessing capital, and the networks of trust that can be the difference between welcomed client or unwelcome outsider – and how the BBEA and other initiatives are taking a shot at real, generational change for founders.

Justin and Marie Centanni joined Discover Lafayette to share their journey together and how they work as a team to support each other. Independently successful in their own fields, you'll hear in this interview how their loving bond makes each of them stronger to tackle the myriad of family, work, and political issues that come their way. Marie and Justin Centanni on their wedding day in 2004. The couple met while in college at a Kappa Alpha Rush party, and Marie jokingly added, "I'm 5'10". I looked over and saw a boy taller than me! He was well-dressed and smart," and Marie was impressed. They were friends for years and were married after she graduated with a Master in Legislative Affairs at the George Washington University in 2004. Marie's interest in politics stems back to her early college days as a Page in the Louisiana House of Representatives where when she met Cavan Bordelon who was a general assignments reporter for KLFY. He showed her how a full day of news could be broken down into "one piece of paper" that could be shared easily on the evening news. For the first time in her life, "I became so interested in state government and civic life, which had been so foreign to me in my own upbringing" in a family immersed in the medical field. She was hooked and went on to work at KLFY in Lafayette for two years and eventually at WAFB in Baton Rouge as a Capitol Correspondent. Marie had met Gov. Kathleen Blanco while she was at UL-Lafayette and had the honor of serving as her Press Secretary following the double-hit of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She spoke of Blanco's kindness and strength as well as how she cared for her staff members. Blanco's decision not to run for a second term as governor was a poignant one, as Marie stated, "She was the last bi-partisan governor that we'll see. The national party politics that focused on Louisiana (post-Katrina) divided our state and I don't know that we'll ever see that division come back together." With Blanco's retirement, Marie started Centanni Communications in 2009, where she helps people and organizations achieve their goals through targeted messaging and legislative strategy. Additionally, she serves as Director of Public Affairs at Louisiana Association of Business and Industry ("LABI"), where she calls upon her news skills to relay what's going on at the State Capitol in a precise, memorable, easily understand, and impactful way to its members. Marie also serves as Program Facilitator for the Council for a Better Louisiana's Leadership Louisiana. Marie and Justin Centanni at the groundbreaking of Southside High School. Justin Centanni is a graduate of Nicholls State University in Computer Information Systems, and the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts in Natchitoches. He has worked with IBERIABANK since 2010 when he and Marie moved back to Lafayette, where they had always wanted to live. Working at the downtown branch, Justin is able to walk to work from the couple's Saints Street area home and he looks forward to doing that post-COVID. His current position is Assistant Vice President - Database Analyst for the bank, which is now a part of First Horizon. On his 37th birthday, Justin decided to run for Lafayette Parish School Board, and made that decision only one week before candidate qualifying time. It was a time of immense turmoil on the school board during the tenure of Superintendent Pat Cooper and people were ready for change-makers who could bring peace as well as stability to the budget. Justin's background in finance gave him the tools that were a good fit for the job. He turned to his wife, Marie, for help, and in the first big project they did together, she ran his campaign on a budget of $16,000 (half of which they self-financed with cash on hand). Justin campaigned door to door and shared the story of his children, then "6, 4 and 2 years of age" and how they would be public school students.

What a great opportunity to sit down with Paul Elias (Eli) an Ex RAF colleague who was at senior instructor level when I was learning my craft. It has been a pleasure to sit down with many of my previous colleagues on the podcast, who I hold In high regard, respect the part they added to my journey and know they train/facilitate at the highest level. Paul has been a performance coach and in leadership development for the past 25 years, cutting his teeth in the Royal Air Force helping the leaders of today and tomorrow's military adapt to the ever-changing world. He is now working in the leadership development industry for GAIA Insights, helping leaders to develop their own skills and discover deeper levels of awareness in their own growth. https://gaia-insights.com/ Connect via LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-elias-b928864a/ Basic format – 20 minutes to help you on your leadership journey PLEASE ENJOY Make sure you follow/subscribe to my social media platforms - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/STARDevelopmentuk/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-waddington-1882b4aa/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stuart_waddington/?hl=en YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/LeadershipWhatsonyourmind Spotify - #Leadership – What's on your mind? See you next week…..

Equine Collective Podcast, Episode 6. Introducing Our NEW Co-Host: Keely Portsmouth ➳ With your host, Mary Anderson ➳ .I am SUPER EXCITED to share this one with you guys and even more excited that I can officially introduce everyone to my new co-host, Keely Portsmouth .Keely is not only a good friend she is also a huge inspiration to many with her journey through equine ownership and adventures with her horse of two years, Charlie and Keely account to help inform riders about bit-less riding and bridle options.She is also the runs the Best Bitless Keely is also a integral part of our team up at Huckleberry Horse Co. as one of our Women's and Business Empowerment Mentors and Program Facilitator. I cant say any more. you will just have to listen I hope you enjoy listening & thank you for being part of this incredible community!

Have you ever wondered why some churches have so few men attending and what can be done about it?  Michael P. Hamer shares his stories as a leader and program facilitator in the Christian program Brothers in Discipleship at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in the Washington, DC metro area.  Listen to how this intense small group program has led men to become better husbands, fathers, Christ-followers, and community contributors. https://fbcglenarden.org/ministries/brothers-in-discipleship-bid/

Meet the Founders of the Lone Star Parity Project, Brooke López and Adrianna Maberry. Have you ever wondered how many women are currently running in office? Lone Star Parity Project was created to research and broadcast these numbers. Surprisingly enough, the data to provide these statistics have not been well tracked and organized until now, until this project recognized the need. Brooke and Adrianna dream of making this kind of information accessible for everyone. The info that these two women have brought to light has made it clear that now more than ever women are needed in office! Tune in to hear the how and why women should run for office today! About The Host: Terri Broussard Williams believes that leaders turn moments into movements. She also believes that anyone can be a great leader. Terri explains that movements can be as big as passing a law, building a church, or starting a nonprofit. They can also be as small as giving to someone in need, showing kindness, or helping students at a school get gym equipment. This podcast is here to help you with the HOW and WHY people build movements. Terri breaks it down each time using the #FirestarterFormula which is: find your cause, build a community to help, communicate your vision, and work to see change. In each episode of this podcast, we’ll take a look at one of the four pillars of the #MovementMakerTribe including philanthropy, policy change, movement-building, and the movement from within. Moderator/Host: Terri Broussard Williams, Founder, Movement Maker Tribe + Social Impact Strategist, Lobbyist Very Important Guests: Brooke López seeks to bring gender parity to women in politics. Brooke co-founded Lone Star Parity Project, a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to sharing the research and stories behind women and femmes in Texas politics. She began her journey into politics and government at a young age by working with her state representative to draft a bill at age 15, founding a social welfare-based nonprofit at age 16, running for municipal public office at age 18, and serving on the Public Arts Advisory Board for her hometown at age 19. She graduated cum laude from the University of Texas at Dallas with a BSc in Public Affairs and currently attends the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law. López also works as a Program Facilitator for IGNITE National. She is the proud owner of Albus, the destructive "abogato" (cat lawyer in Spanish). Adrianna Maberry is a leading demographics expert in Texas politics. Her extensive background in geography and data science informs how she looks at every problem. With this lens, she’s helped identify solutions in fields like veteran’s affairs, redistricting, urban planning, and domestic violence. As a founder of Lone Star Parity Project, she is addressing the disproportionate representation of men and empowering women to run through aggregating data with a localized approach. Adrianna currently resides in Washington, D.C., where she enjoys walking the National Mall and going for hikes in Shenandoah National Park. Get your own copy of “Find Your Fire” here! After you listen, be sure to check out: Want your copy of “Find Your Fire” signed by the author? Click Here. The #MovementMakerTribe Facebook insider group, join us for all things #MovementMaker inspired. Follow the #MovementMakerTribe on Instagram. Get your #MovementMaker swag  here! Sign up for some “Friday Fuel” - a newsletter providing weekly love letters meant to inspire the change-maker in all of us. Contact Brooke: brooke@lonestarparityproject.org Check out the Lone Star Parity Instagram. Subscribe to Movement Maker: The Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. If you enjoyed the show, please leave us a rating or review!

Imagine for a minute that you're a young boy in the late ‘60s growing up in country Victoria. Yours is a typical childhood in many ways, but you are a little too fond of getting into trouble. On your twelfth birthday, you are made a Ward of the State and find yourself in Turana Youth Training Centre, starting your apprenticeship for a career of crime, drug addiction, mental illness and homelessness. What happens next? What kind of life will you have? And how do you survive and thrive from such a traumatic experience?This is the story of Steve Cain, our special guest in GET REAL's second Lived Experience episode. This week, Steve talks to guest host Karenza Louis-Smith about how he embarked on a life as a career criminal at the tender age of 12, immersing himself in a world of drug taking and crime for the next 20 years, until at 35 he decided he wanted his life to be different. And so he set about changing the world – one person, one job, and one dollar at a time.Now the Founder and Program Facilitator at Empathy Not Sympathy, Steve describes his life journey as one that has gone from – in his own words – “the gutter to glory”, overcoming addiction issues and childhood trauma to help others see that in their own lives, nothing is impossible.For more information:ermha365 complex mental health & disability services – https://www.ermha.org/Steve Cain, Empathy Not Sympathy - http://empathynotsympathy.com.au/ 

Terence Jones is an activist, law student, community organizer, and long-time advocate for Civil Rights/Social Justice organizations including the NAACP & Black Lives Matter (BLM).   Currently, he serves as a Program Facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project—where he works with prison inmates to foster anti-aggressive behaviors. ~ YouTube FULL EPISODES: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q  YouTube CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChs-BsSX71a_leuqUk7vtDg  ~ Show Notes: https://www.trendifier.com/podcastnotes  TRENDIFIER Website: https://www.trendifier.com  Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey  ~ Beat provided by: https://freebeats.io  Music Produced by White Hot

Viet Mai is an educator, poet,​ and entrepreneur from San Diego, CA. Upon finding his voicethrough spoken word poetry, Mr. Viet connects with community leaders throughout San Diegoand other cities to inspire young people, promote civic engagement, celebrate art and culture,and elevate social consciousness. Highlights include:-2019 RISE Urban Leadership Fellow- 2017 National Poetry Slam Championship, San Diego PoetrySLAM Team-2016 Award of Merit, California Association of Teachers of English- 2015 Special Commendation, The City of San Diego Race and Human RelationsCommission-2014 Facilitator of the Year, Aaron Price Fellows ProgramMr. Viet currently serves as a Program Facilitator with the Village of Promise CollectiveMentoring Program, an Independent Consultant, and Co-Founder of Vincii, Inc.After completing his MA in Social Innovation from the University of San Diego, Kroc School ofPeace Studies, Viet Mai is exploring the startup community and impact sector to find ways ofdesigning and implementing sustainable change.Viet Maiwww.vietmai.comfb.me/mr.viet.maifb.me/mr.knowledgetwitter.com/v_knowledgeinstagram.com/mr.viet.maiVinciiwww.vincii.netfb.me/vincii.netinstagram.com/vincii.incPresented by Attorney King Studios with CB on IQ Podcasts

In today's episode, Recovery Ray has a compassionate conversation with Josh Posley (@jposley_), Program Facilitator for the Power Huddle, and host of the Dream Big, Think Sharp Podcast. They discuss the ways Josh has been intentionally investing in his personal growth and development during this quarantine, along with ways you can begin to invest in yourself today! Listen to Dream Big, Think Sharp: https://anchor.fm/joshua-posley --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/Balance-Period/support

Cheyanne Ratnam is a child advocate also has experience as a a post-secondary educator in the social services sector, and was the Phase 2 project coordinator at A Way Home Toronto (a City of Toronto and cross-sectoral community collaborative working with young people as key partners, stakeholders and decision makers regarding the formation of a cross-sectoral youth homelessness strategy for Toronto, in addition to an implementation and sustainability plan). Cheyanne is the primary investigator of the Family and Permanency Project/Study which previously engaged with young people in systems of care across Ontario to explore conceptualizations of permanency and family-making, and currently in the analysis and synthesis phase. She recently joined the Mosaic Institute as a Program Facilitator to deliver curriculum to high school students on complex themes such as inclusion, identity, prejudice, discrimination, and conflict resolution. Cheyanne is a founding member, and lead, of the Ontario Children's Advocacy Coalition, and is on the board of directors of both Scarborough West Community Legal Clinic and the Children's Aid Society of Toronto, as well as a member of the Children in Limbo Taskforce. Cheyanne is an independant consultant, advisor, facilitator, trainer, as well as public speaker, is an ambassador of the Children's Aid Foundation of Canada, and partakes in various communities through voluntary roles such as being the lead of the Gender Equity Committee and Working Group at the Tamil Center for Civic Action, advisor to ISEE Initiative (Tamil initiative regarding gender based violence), and sits on the stakeholder leadership table chaired by the former Ontario Child Advocate regarding advancing principles of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act. Previously, Cheyanne was the founder and co-manager of the "What’s The Map?!" project, mobilizing young people with lived experience of homelessness from the global south to nurture a more coordinated system through multi-governmental policy circles and cross-sectoral community engagement. Some topics she has experience in (lived experience and professional), and is highly passionate about include: youth homelessness, youth in/from the child welfare system, educational outcomes of vulnerable populations, childhood sexual abuse, youth development, mobilization and ethical engagement, equity issues and human rights issues regarding marginalized populations. Cheyanne holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work, and in 2016 she was the recipient of one of four highest accolades presented to York University’s Alumni — the Bryden ‘One To Watch’ Alumni Award ("A graduate who has made significant impact in their field and/or community within 15 years of a bachelor’s degree or 10 years of a professional/graduate degree").

Sarah is the Program Facilitator at the Delta Program for Research, Teaching and Learning at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. And we had the opportunity to talk about how she incorporates UDL in her role as a faculty developer to help faculty and future faculty improve their teaching and learning.

Hubtown Life Podcast With guest Kelly Furlotte of "The Lotus Centre"Kelly is the Youth Program Facilitator at the Lotus Centre and runs a youth program for girls at Truro Elementary School.Lotus Centre website - www.thelotuscentre.netFacebook - www.facebook.com/thelotuscentresocietyThe Lotus Centre - A Resource for Women67 Dominion Street, Truro NSB2N 3P2(902) 895-4295 The "Hubtown Life" Podcast is produced by Firm Foundation Media in partnership with Media Ladder Digital Marketing

Learn what it's like to be a correctional nurse. Our guest, Sherry Cameron, started her career with CoreCivic in 2009 as an HR Manager at a Bureau of Prisons facility in Mississippi. A few months later, she was promoted to the Corporate Headquarters in Nashville as a Regional Recruiter assisting the HR teams and later served in a role as a Program Facilitator for Arts and Music at a facility in Florida. She left CoreCivic in 2013 to start a part-time business but then returned in 2016 where today she passionately serves as a Regional Medical Recruiter assisting to fill CoreCivic's healthcare vacancies across the organization throughout the United States. Learn more about Essentials of Correctional Nursing at: https://www.springerpub.com/essentials-of-correctional-nursing-9780826109514.html

Introduction: Terrie is a bit revolutionary and evolutionary in her thinking and approach. Terrie coaches and advises leaders and teams worldwide. She uses innovative change processes to help individuals and teams improve  the results they get without having to sacrifice well-being Terrie is a Master Certified Coach, she is a pioneer in the field of coaching and was one a number of professionals who codified the Core Coaching Competencies used today as the standard of Coaching Professionalism worldwide. Terrie is currently chief disruptor at her own company, Terrie Lupberger and associates, senior director at Altus Growth Partners, Program Facilitator for the Executive Circle for Women who Lead and Director of Training for the Coach Partnership (formerly Newfield Asia)   Podcast episode summary: This episode illuminated the many conversations that are missing on teams and spoke to the need for Leaders and members to be cognisant of the promises they hold for the sake of the team, the mood they live and the shape or quality of their team standards. Terrie spoke of some team myths, debunked the notion that teams simply exist to work but instead exist to fulfil a promise. She also communicated her desire for more teams to enjoy their time together, to be enlivened by the work, to be nourished and fulfilled by the work they do together. There is too much suffering & wasted energy going on in organisations. Conversations could change the shape of work life.    Show highlights:   Terrie started life working in Washington DC as a manager in the treasury department A program designed to help people re-locate changed how she saw change management Teams exist to fulfil a shared promise Emotional intelligence and Somatic intelligence inform a lot of the work she does with teams She helps teams navigate, manage and expand their emotional literacy at work She discussed how the way we show up as leader determines whether people chose to follow us, be repelled by us or move away She pays attention to the shapes of conversations-context matters, setting & environment matters, linguistic ability matters etc.. One myth we need to debunk is the notion that we can ask for certainty in a world that is VUCA, instead we need to equip leaders and teams to be resilient, to be flexible and agile not just intellectually but emotionally as well. We have to be able to pivot Understand Politics and Power do not be blindsided by both Terrie described her approach working with teams. She engages the leader first, then she has interviews/conversations with individual members and then with the team as a whole to work out their shared promise, their ways of working and the kinds of conversations that are missing between members. She is minded that the team need to understand what will satisfy their customers and stakeholders-do they know? Teams form but they do not necessarily have the conversations to shape their interactions or how they will be together, especially in times of breakdowns There is a sort of take it for granted approach to team norms She encourages teams to take a look at the missing conversations the members are not willing or are uncomfortable to have together She shared a word coined by Chalmers Brothers “Carefrontation” as a substitute for difficult conversations, asking how we care about our promise, our working agreements, our care for a supportive environment, our missing conversations She opined that there is too much suffering in our organisations that could be resolved by better quality conversations. Often individuals on teams need to question their own patterns, beliefs about teams, how they self-sabotage, what stores they live etc..this awareness can improve the quality of team life Terrie shared the work of Judith Glaser, called conversational intelligence and how science shares that our emotions precede us and impact how another reacts to us. We need to be mindful and aware. This is a great book to understand how to learn new and effective powerful conversational rituals that primes the brain for trust, partnership and mutual success. Terrie shared 3 nuggets for teams to consider-What is the shared promise for the team? Watch your mood and do a self-analysis on the conversations this team will not engage.   Resources: the following include the resources we alluded to over the course of our conversation   Chalmers Brothers; Language and the Pursuit of Happiness The Institute for Generative Leadership Https://generativeleadership.com Judith Glaser; Conversational Intelligence    

## AnthroAlert## Episode 32: MicrofinanceOriginally aired 2 February 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Olubukola (Bukky) Olayiwola discusses his research on microseldning and mobile finance systems in Nigeria.I have bachelor and master degrees in Anthropology, University of Ibadan (Nigeria). I am a second year PhD student in Applied Anthropology and a Fellow (Wadsworth International Fellowship) of Wenner-Gren Foundation. My research interests are in economic anthropology; the anthropology of policy; the anthropology of development organization; and the anthropology of ethnicity, women, and gender; microcredit; informal economy; West Africa. I have been involving in ethnographic research and survey across rural and urban centers of Nigeria since 2009. I have experience in monitoring and evaluation of MDGs projects, Social Impact Assessment and I have engaged in collaborative projects with organizations such as HarvestPlus (Researcher), Harvard and Yale Okrika Survey-Lagos Trader Project (Unaffiliated Investigator), Action-Aid Nigeria (Consultant/State Enumerator and Program Facilitator), Development Policy Center, Ibadan (Program Assistant), and Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (Unaffiliated Investigator).Current ResearchMy dissertation focuses on Women and the Economic Violence of Credit Mobilization in Southwest Nigeria. I critique Grameen Bank model as an empowerment scheme gears towards making provision of microcredit facilities for women in rural and urban centers in Nigeria. SynopsisMicrocredit schemes fashioned after the Grameen Bank Model are widely acclaimed for their potential for empowering the poor through access to credit based on social collateral. The Grameen Bank is a financial empowerment scheme introduced in Tangail district, Bangladesh by Muhammad Yunus as an initiative of providing credit for poor women with social collateral. However, in contrast to the supposed positive outcomes, grassroots women in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria refer to microcredit loans as “owo komulelanta,” a term which literally translates as “resting the breast on a lantern,” a plain critique of the stringent conditions of loan repayment. Such a notion invokes images of violence as implicated in the process of loan repayment. In my ongoing dissertation research, I argue that neoliberalizing microcredit rather than creating empowerment for women through access to credit further agonizes their situation and makes them more vulnerable. It is considered as a universalizing solution to problems of poverty and thereby creates an image of “one-size fits all.” Therefore, I argue for a context-specific explanation of the failure of microlending as well as context-specific solution through the application of anthropological knowledge.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we welcome Christine Roussel, assistant Director of Pharmacy at Doylestown Hospital in Pennsylvania and Program Facilitator for Medisca's LP3 Network. This was a great conversation about containment practices and we really hope to have her on again sometime soon! WE'RE NOW ON iHEART RADIO PODCASTS (click here)! Sign up for updates from PharmacyInspection.com: [mc4wp_form id="14886"]   If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pharmacy-inspection/support

On the next installment of the Pharmacy Inspection Podcast, we welcome Christine Roussel, assistant Director of Pharmacy at Doylestown Hospital in Pennsylvania and Program Facilitator for Medisca’s LP3 Network. This was a great conversation about containment practices and we really hope to have her on again sometime soon!  If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We’re just getting warmed up; there’s SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what’s to come! 

On the next installment of the Pharmacy Inspection Podcast, we welcome Christine Roussel, assistant Director of Pharmacy at Doylestown Hospital in Pennsylvania and Program Facilitator for Medisca's LP3 Network. This was a great conversation about containment practices and we really hope to have her on again sometime soon!  If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we welcome Christine Roussel, assistant Director of Pharmacy at Doylestown Hospital in Pennsylvania and Program Facilitator for Medisca's LP3 Network. This was a great conversation about containment practices and we really hope to have her on again sometime soon! WE'RE NOW ON iHEART RADIO PODCASTS (click here)! Sign up for updates from PharmacyInspection.com: [mc4wp_form id="14886"]   If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!    

This week we welcome Christine Roussel, assistant Director of Pharmacy at Doylestown Hospital in Pennsylvania and Program Facilitator for Medisca's LP3 Network. This was a great conversation about containment practices and we really hope to have her on again sometime soon! WE'RE NOW ON iHEART RADIO PODCASTS (click here)! Sign up for updates from PharmacyInspection.com: [mc4wp_form id="14886"]   If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!    

Listen here to Bo Bonner's presentation on Book Program Facilitation.

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