Podcasts about science art

Send us a textIn this enlightening and heartfelt episode, Joey Pinz sits down with Dr. Kristen Williamson—founder of EmpowerMind Solutions and a passionate advocate for neurodivergent adults. Diagnosed with ADHD at 37 and autism at 39, Dr. Kristen calls her brain “neuro-spicy”—a term that perfectly captures her vibrant mix of insight, humor, and self-awareness.Together, they explore the complexities of being late-diagnosed, how masking and scripting impact daily life, and why traditional “one-size-fits-all” approaches often fail neurodivergent individuals. She offers real-life strategies to manage time, sensory overload, and emotional energy using tools like spoon theory, supportive routines, and self-compassion.From her love of cats (they understand consent best!) to her fascination with brains and puzzles, Dr. Kristen brings relatable wisdom that challenges stigmas and redefines what thriving can look like.✨ Top 3 Episode Highlights:1.

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Send us a textModern motherhood meets food truth. In this powerful episode, Joey Pinz sits down with Real Food Advocate Nikki Cheak to reveal how today's food industry preys on busy, well-meaning mothers—and what they can do about it.Nikki shares her journey of transforming her family's nutrition by decoding deceptive labels, ditching processed foods, and empowering her kids to make healthy choices. She understands the chaos of motherhood—school drop-offs, sports schedules, picky eaters—and offers real solutions that fit real lives.This is more than a talk about food. It's about helping mothers break free from confusion, guilt, and exhaustion. It's about understanding that being healthy isn't about being perfect—it's about being consistent. And that starts with small, smart swaps.✨ Top 3 Highlights: 1. How mothers can read labels like pros

Send us a textWhat do sprint triathlons, marketing strategies, and business growth have in common? According to marketing powerhouse and endurance athlete Laura Patterson — everything.

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Send us a textWhat if the path to fulfillment isn't found in wealth—but in impact?In this deeply personal and eye-opening episode, Joey Pinz speaks with Arunjay Katakam—author, thinker, and self-proclaimed "recovering wealth-chaser." Arunjay recounts his journey from investment banking to becoming a global advocate for Inclusive Economics, revealing how a mindset shift—sparked by a shocking metaphor involving his grandmother's gold teeth—set him on a new course.He shares how the dream of being a millionaire was slowly replaced by a mission to help the world's most vulnerable, and how financial inclusion alone is not enough—we need economic inclusion. From founding Inclusive Action Lab to advocating zero-fee digital payments, Arunjay is pushing for a system that works for everyone.✨ Top 3 Highlights: 1.

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Send us a textCan storytelling save us?Hollywood veteran turned podcaster Alan Katz opens up about his rollercoaster ride — from the heights of Tales from the Crypt to a 20-year creative drought, to rediscovering purpose through podcasting. In this raw, unfiltered convo, Alan explores the seduction and betrayal of the entertainment industry, the personal trauma that silenced his voice, and how vulnerability and honesty became his superpowers.

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Send us a textWhat if everything you thought about dance was wrong? In this captivating conversation, Joey Pinz sits down with Chelsea Pierotti, a former professional dancer, coach, and podcast host, to explore why dancers are more than artists—they're elite athletes.

Send us a textHow do you build a brand that stands out? In this engaging conversation, Lisa Shorr, branding expert and MSP owner, unpacks the essentials of branding, marketing, and leadership. She shares insights from her book Brand Unleashed and reveals how small businesses can create a compelling brand identity that drives success. Lisa explains the crucial difference between branding and marketing, why every team member plays a leadership role, and how personal and corporate branding shape company culture.

Send us a textCould the key to better health be hidden in a common household plant? In this eye-opening conversation, Dr. Reg McDaniel, a pioneer in medical nutrition, shares his decades of research on AceMannan, a powerful compound found in aloe vera. From its surprising benefits for AIDS, Alzheimer's, and even cancer, to the FDA's resistance to natural solutions, Dr. McDaniel breaks down why this discovery could revolutionize healthcare.

Send us a textWhat if your childhood curiosity about money could shape your financial future? In this episode, Jerremy Newsome shares his incredible journey from selling blackberries as a kid to making and losing millions in the stock market—only to rebuild his wealth with a new mindset.

Send us a textWhat happens when a military veteran, an engineer, and a passionate home cook come together? You get Douglas Katz, the creator of the Nulu Knife—a revolutionary tool designed to make cutting easier and more efficient for everyone, especially those with mobility challenges.

Send us a textIn this inspiring episode, Joey Pinz sits down with Morgan DeNicola, a diplomat, philanthropist, and leader of the Denicola Family Foundation. From working in African orphanages to navigating diplomatic challenges, Morgan shares her journey of giving back, cultural diplomacy, and mental wellness. She recounts a life-changing moment holding an orphaned child, the complexities of bridging cultural gaps, and the importance of transparency in charitable giving. We also discuss mental health, personal growth, and the power of small, meaningful actions in making a global impact.

Send us a textIn this insightful conversation, Joey Pinz sits down with Sergio Farache, a visionary entrepreneur who transformed a struggling distribution company into a powerhouse at TD SYNNEX. From growing up in Venezuela to navigating the ever-changing tech landscape, Sergio shares his journey of innovation, leadership, and resilience.

Send us a textIn this powerful episode, Joey Pinz sits down with Garret Biss, a Marine Corps veteran, TEDx speaker, and recovery coach, to discuss the often-overlooked struggles veterans face when transitioning to civilian life. Garret shares insights from his TEDx talk, Unspoken Trauma All Veterans Face, breaking down the three essential pillars for a smoother transition:✅ Be the Connection – The critical role of social bonds in mental well-being.✅ Express Your Truth – Why authenticity is key to overcoming trauma.✅ Seek More Joy – The importance of meaning in battling emotional struggles.Garret opens up about his darkest moments, the staggering veteran suicide statistics, and how civilians can provide real, impactful support beyond just saying, “Thank you for your service.”

Send us a textIn this high-energy conversation, Joey Pinz chats with Joshua Liberman, a cybersecurity expert, adventurer, and polyglot with a fascinating life story. From hitchhiking across Africa and Asia to mastering martial arts and leading in cybersecurity, Joshua shares how resilience, adaptability, and quick decision-making have shaped his success.

Send us a textIn this dynamic conversation, Joey Pinz sits down with Corey Kirkendoll, a seasoned MSP leader, entrepreneur, and community builder. From his love of BBQ and coaching to leading a thriving MSP, Corey shares how passion, perseverance, and preparation are key to success.

Send us a textIn this insightful episode, Joey Pinz chats with Jill Schaumloeffel, whose journey from a 100-acre farm in Ohio to crafting intricate quilts and understanding cybersecurity is anything but ordinary. Jill shares how the discipline of farming, the precision of quilting, and the vigilance needed in security all tie together.

Send us a textIn this insightful and adventurous episode, Joey Pinz chats with Morgan Hines, a world traveler, corporate travel expert, and MSP advocate, about how strategic travel solutions can empower businesses. With over 70 countries explored, Morgan shares how travel fuels personal growth, enhances business success, and creates smarter solutions for MSPs. ✈️

Send us a textIn this episode, Joey Pinz sits down with Dr. Larry Little, an entrepreneur, leadership coach, and author, to discuss the power of leadership, personal growth, and faith in business success. With over 25 years of experience building leaders and organizations, Larry shares how intentional growth, discipline, and resilience shape the most successful individuals.

Send us a textIn this fascinating episode, Joey Pinz sits down with Colin Bunyard, an Air Force veteran turned tech leader, to explore his journey from military logistics to cutting-edge SCADA solutions. Colin shares his passion for astronomy, the evolution of MSPs, and how AI-powered automation is shaping the future of industrial tech.

Send us a textIn this action-packed episode, Joey Pinz sits down with Dan Gribble, an expert in MSP sales and cybersecurity, to explore how businesses can accelerate growth and stay ahead of cyber threats. Dan shares his experience in coaching basketball and how discipline, strategy, and execution apply both on the court and in business.

During his time as an Artist in Residence (AIR) at the SETI Institute, visual artist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst Martin Wilner invited prominent SETI Institute scientists to participate in his ongoing project, The Case Histories. Interested in exploring how scientists relate to the possibility of encountering an alien life form, Wilner invited researchers such as Jill Tarter, Seth Shostak, and Franck Marchis to send him daily messages and share thoughts of interest. These messages, filtered through the prism of psychoanalytical principles, were then transformed into drawings and visualized as daily elements of a calendar. More recently, Wilner has expanded his conversations into the realm of AI, an “alien” intelligence that is already in our midst. In this conversation, hosted by SETI AIR Director Bettina Forget, discover how Wilner weaves connections between the human mind, machine learning, consciousness, and our ideas about extraterrestrial life. (Recorded live 27 February 2025.)

Trina is a science teacher at a nature-based school, where she weaves together science and art through nature journaling. By guiding her students in an immersive learning experience, she helps them explore the world while creatively capturing their observations.Listen to hear more about:Teaching science in a nature-based school.Modelling nature journaling habits by drawing alongside the students.Learning from the expertise of the community. Surveying stream biology during Biodiversity Day.Starting a nature journal club in your area.  Simple art materials that you can use on-the-go.Adapting your nature journal classes to suit children of different ages.Inspiring nature writers. Click the link to find out more about the North Central Nature Journal Collaborative. You can find out about Trina's nature adventures over on Instagram @treenswalton.-----------------Sign-up for Journaling With Nature's Newsletter to receive news and updates each month. You can support Journaling With Nature Podcast on Patreon. Your contribution is deeply appreciated.Thanks for listening!

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we are joined by the Plant Priestess, herbal explorer, environmental steward, and founder of Full Circle Herbals, Erin LaFaive. Listen in as Erin and Thomas discuss looking beyond analytic perspectives to strength our understanding of plants, the benefit of blending scientific and intuitive ideas together, and how using our five senses can be indicators for what a plant species offers to our health and well-being.   As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism.  Learn more about Erin and Full Circle Herbals below!

Eternal friend of the podcast Glenn Neufeld to talks about another way to classify the skills of coaches.

Peter Cavanagh is a wildlife photographer who has been taking pictures since he was a boy in England. Peter's migration to the photography and study of bird flight evolved from his study of flight aerodynamics for aircraft pilot qualifications; his professional training in anatomy, biomechanics, and high-speed photography; and his love of nature and the outdoors.Peter's images have been included in the Audubon Society's Top 100 Bird Photographs of the Year, he is a member of the North American Nature Photographers Association, and he has guest-curated the exhibit "How Birds Fly" at the Seattle Museum of Flight. Peter lives in the San Juan Islands of Washington State, USA with his wife, artist Ann Vandervelde.Notable Links:Peter Cavanagh WebsitePeter Cavanagh InstagramHow Birds Fly: The Science and Art of Avian Flight on Amazon100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight on Amazon*****This episode is brought to you by Kase Filters. I travel the world with my camera, and I can use any photography filters I like, and I've tried all of them, but in recent years I've landed on Kase Filters.Kase filters are made with premium materials, HD optical glass, shockproof, with zero color cast, round and square filter designs, magnetic systems, filter holders, adapters, step-up rings, and everything I need so I never miss a moment.And now, my listeners can get 10% off the Kase Filters Amazon page when they visit.beyondthelens.fm/kase and use coupon code BERNABE10Kase Filters, Capture with Confidence.

Suppose global warming raised temperatures so drastically that crops failed and caused world hunger. Would you support the idea of gene editing humans' skin cells so that photosynthesis would become an alternative source of human nutrition? The Non Random Arts Collective, part of the SETI Institute's Artist in Residence (AIR) program, explores fascinating scenarios connecting climate change, habitability, and gene editing. SETI AIR Director Bettina Forget chats with the collective about their GAIA workshop series, which they led at the SETI Institute this summer, where they invited scientists and artists to engage with the intricacies of climate adaptation, space exploration, and genetic research. The Non Random Arts Collective consists of Linda O'Keeffe, Ashley James Brown, Tony Doyle, and Ines Montalvao. Together, they delve into the intersections between the arts and diverse fields such as astrophysics, genetics, urban planning, ecology, climate change, technological adaptation, AI, and design futures. (Recorded live 17 October 2024.)

Welcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, Emily chats with Ceramic Sculptor Wanxin Zhang...Wanxin discusses his journey from studying art in China, his move to America, and the influence of prominent Bay Area artists on his work. He shares how artists like Robert Arneson and Viola Frey helped shift his perception of ceramics from craft to fine art. Wanxin's sculptures, which blend historical references with contemporary culture, are showcased in several prestigious museums and galleries. He recounts his early inspiration from his mother and the pivotal moment he decided to move to the U.S. Wanxin also talks about how changing his medium from metal to clay allowed him to express his identity and cultural heritage more profoundly.About Artist Wanxin Zhang:Wanxin Zhang was born and educated in China. He graduated from the prestigious LuXun Academy of Fine Art in Sculpture in 1985. In 1992, after Zhang established his art career as a sculptor in China, he relocated to San Francisco with his family and received his Master in Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University. Zhang had been on the faculty of the Academy of Art University, Department of Art Practice at University of California, Berkeley and California College of The Art in Oakland, and the San Francisco Art Institute. Zhang's sculptures represent a marriage between historical references and a contemporary cultural context; they carry messages of social and political commentary. His work is deeply influenced by the Bay Area figurative movement and artists such at Peter Voulkos and Stephen De Staebler. As a studio sculptor and educator, Zhang was the first place recipient of the Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant in 2006 and the Joan Mitchell Grant in 2004. His sculptures have been shown in San Francisco,  Santa Fe, Miami, Seattle, Palm Desert and New York City. In 2007, his pieces were part of the 22nd UBE Sculpture Biennial in Japan; in 2008, his sculpture was selected by the Taipei Ceramics Biennial in Taiwan; and in 2013, he was part of the Da Tong's 2nd International Sculpture Biennial in China. Zhang had his first solo art museum show at the University of Wyoming Art Museum in 2006, with solo museum exhibitions following at the Arizona State University Art Museum, Boise Art Museum in Idaho, Fresno Art Museum in California, The Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art in Michigan, Bellevue Arts Museum in Washington, and Holter Museum of Art in Montana. His works have been selected to be included in Confrontational Ceramics by Judith Schwartz, and can be found in major art magazines such as "Art News," "Art in America," "Sculpture," and "American Ceramics." Zhang has many public collections, and his private collectors are located both nationally and internationally. In 2012, the San Francisco Chronicle picked Zhang's exhibition at the Richmond Art Center to be one of the Top 10 Exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area.Visit Wanxin's Website:  WanxinZhang.comFollow Wanxin on Instagram:  @WxZhang25For more about M is for Water at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa, CLICK HERE. For more about the Spirit House exhibition at Stanford University, CLICK HERE. --About Podcast Host Emily Wilson:Emily a writer in San Francisco, with work in outlets including Hyperallergic, Artforum, 48 Hills, the Daily Beast, California Magazine, Latino USA, and Women's Media Center. She often writes about the arts. For years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco.Follow Emily on Instagram: @PureEWilFollow Art Is Awesome on Instagram: @ArtIsAwesome_Podcast--CREDITS:Art Is Awesome is Hosted, Created & Executive Produced by Emily Wilson. Theme Music "Loopster" Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 LicenseThe Podcast is Co-Produced, Developed & Edited by Charlene Goto of @GoToProductions. For more info, visit Go-ToProductions.com

Get $50 off ANY version of Rosemary's The Science & Art of Herbalism Course COUPON CODE: Gladstar LEARN MORE & REGISTER Expires August 31, 2024! [Not to be combined with any other promotions or coupon] We visited Rosemary Gladstar in Vermont in July 2024 and created this mini-documentary with her.  MINI-DOC | GLADSTAR: Becoming Nature's Reflection Climb into a comfy chair and sit down with the Fairy Godmother of Herbalism, soak in all her beautiful words of wisdom, and be enlightened by her life lessons, how to communicate with plants, and bring out the wildness that lives in our deepest cellular core. Rosemary Gladstar invites us to her beautiful home on Lake Champlain, Vermont, and walks us through her day-to-day rituals, how she greets every morning, and gives thanks when it's time to drift into slumber, dreaming about the magical plants. Destined to be a plant lover, Rosemary shares some early childhood memories, what got her on the path of herbalism, and expresses her life's mission. We live in a pretty tamed world today, and if you are someone who wishes to spend more quality time outside with Mother Nature, with your community, and wildlife, then you found yourself a real heartfelt gem. We can't thank Rosemary enough for the beautiful visit and taking the time to sit with us and allow us to see a glimpse into her lovely home, sharing some tasty meals, and showering us with so much love and compassion. WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY ON YOUTUBE

Melissa does it all, and today, we're chatting about it! Check out Melissa's links:Dare to Bird by Melissa HaftingMelissa's blogBC Rare Bird AlertBC Young BirdersRare Bird Alert documentary Get more Life list by subscribing to our newsletter and joining our Patreon for bonus content. Talk to us and share your topic ideas at lifelistpodcast.com. Thanks to Kowa Optics for sponsoring our podcast!

Imagine this: you've sold your biz and landed what many would consider their dream job at a multi-billion dollar firm. It's secure and you're coasting at the top of your game.  Now, imagine what it would take to trade it all in to leap back into the great unknown of entrepreneurship and build a boutique from scratch.  Guts. That's what. Today's guest, Adrian Clayton, had the guts to leap back into entrepreneurship when an unexpected tragedy shook him and reminded him of what his heart wanted all along - to sit in the founder's seat again.  Listen in as Adrian and Stacy discuss: His backstory - From fresh-faced and hungry for a break in the investment world to chasing his passion and building Northstar Asset Management The Three Pillar Business Model for success in financial management: Operational excellence, investment management skills, and the distribution market, and why they're importantThe secret to striking a balance between the two key components of investment management risk-taking and risk management About Adrian Clayton: Adrian joined the asset management industry in 1995 and has acted in the capacity of analyst, portfolio manager, CIO, board member, and CEO over his career.   After 13 years of successfully managing the top performing PSG Balanced fund as well as being the CEO of PSG Asset Management, he reluctantly decided to resign in late 2012 as a rare opportunity arose to acquire Northstar Asset Management.     Since then, Adrian has been following his dream of building a long-only, research-driven specialist asset manager with a powerful global skill-set.  Northstar has grown from R600m to R9bn or $500m over this time period, it now has a deep research DNA with a full research team working within the business. Adrian has a commercial background with a Masters in Finance and Strategy.Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Books: Into Thin Air by John Krakauer, Red Notice by Bill Browder

“​​I love working with historic sites. I've done a few events and installations working in old cathedrals; we did one with And& Festival in Leuven, and in Carlisle Church in Belfast with the AVA Festival guys, and the Acropolis of Athens, and lots of other venues. I love venues where I can turn up and map projections onto architecture. Particularly when you're using old historic buildings, they're full of feelings and ideas before you, you know, from the history and what you associate them with. That embeds itself into the music and the visuals that you're presenting, so you get this extra layer of engagement and emotion and ideas coming through, which I love. I generally use projectors rather than screens for that reason, so that I can use the architecture and try to make the show itself interact with it. Whenever I can, I try to project. It adds to the storytelling, I think, and it makes it feel more special.”How is being an artist different than a machine that is programmed to perform a set of actions? How can we stop thinking about artworks as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences? In this conversation with Max Cooper, we discuss the beauty and chaos of nature and the exploration of technology music and consciousness.Max Cooper is a musician with a PhD in computational biology. He integrates electronic music with immersive video projections inspired by scientific exploration. His latest project, Seme, commissioned by the Salzburg Easter Festival, merges Italian musical heritage with contemporary techniques, was also performed at the Barbican in London. He supplied music for a video narrated by Greta Thunberg and Pope Francis for COP26.In 2016, Cooper founded Mesh, a platform to explore the intersection of music, science and art. His Observatory art-house installation is on display at Kings Cross until May 1st.https://maxcooper.nethttps://osterfestspiele.at/en/programme/2024/electro-2024https://meshmeshmesh.netwww.kingscross.co.uk/event/the-observatoryThe music featured on this episode was Palestrina Sicut, Cardano Circles, Fibonacci Sequence, Scarlatti K141. Music is from Seme and is courtesy of Max Cooper.www.creativeprocess.infowww.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

Nimbly combining the tools of art and science, SETI Institute Artist in Residence Xin Liu expresses what it means to be human through a diverse body of work that includes frost-coated sculptures, a bubbling fountain of crude oil, and a performance in outer space. In a new body of sculptures exhibited at Pioneer Works in New York City, the artist considers her fears around having her eggs frozen, creating warped, skeletal, frost-covered sculptures that propose a human body transformed through a cryogenic process. Through art, Liu centers the human experience in the face of technologies and developments motivated by efficiency, productivity, and optimization. Art21 is the world's leading source to learn directly from the artists of our time. A nonprofit organization, the mission of Art21 is to educate and expand access to contemporary art, producing documentary films, resources, and public programs. Learn more at http://Art21.org.  Join SETI Artist in Residence Program Director Bettina Forget as she chats with Emma Nordin from Art21, premieres Xin Liu's video, and then speaks with her about this latest show and its scientific concepts.

The Role of a Residential Counselor:  Care and Treatment CARE: Relationships:  A core responsibility is to attend to the care, well-being, and safety of the clients.  This requires caring and respectful relationships between staff and clients.   Self:  In order to take care of the clients, you have to be able to take care of yourself.  This work is very stressful and your ability to become centered will strongly effect your ability to help the kids become centered.   Task Responsibilities:  A Residential Counselor has numerous core tasks related to the implementation of program structures, care of the facility, and reporting requirements. TREATMENT: Emotions:  In the East cardinal position of the treatment compass, this domain represents the parts of the brain, and the parts of the mind or psyche, that understand the world and communicate in terms of emotions.  Part of a counselor's treatment role is to help clients become emotionally centered when their feelings and moods become too extreme, too intense, too unstable, or too restricted.  Cognitions:  In the South, this domain represents the parts of the brain and psyche that understand the world and communicate in terms of thinking.  Part of a counselor's treatment role is to help clients become cognitively centered when their thinking is disorganized. Behaviors:   In the West, this domain represents the parts of the brain and psyche that understand the world and communicate in terms of both external actions and internal physiological activity.  Part of a counselor's treatment role is to help clients become behaviorally and physiologically centered when their actions and bodies become too extreme or chaotic.  Executive Skills:  In the North, this domain represents the parts of the brain and psyche that regulate the other parts of the brain and body.  Part of a counselor's treatment role is to serve as the kids' executive skills, support their emerging skills, and inspire the development of their executive skills so that they can successfully self-regulate and no longer need residential treatment.     Self:  At the center of the treatment compass is the self.  In addition to needing to take care of themselves, so that they can care effectively for the kids, from a treatment perspective residential counselors need to be skilled at becoming centered themselves.  Those abilities, to be highly resilient and to set the tone, will help the kids learn how to become centered.  Other Key Concepts Counseling:  Where therapy is has a strong interest in helping people make connections between their past and present, and tends to directly focus on issues related to grief and trauma; counseling tends to be more focused on the present – on how the client is functioning in-the-moment. Neuropsychology:  Neurology is the study of the brain and nervous system.  Psychology is the study of the mind or psyche.  Neuropsychology studies and explains the connections between neurology and psychology.  The Human Brain:  This complex organ is made up of different parts that have unique shapes, functions, and ways of processing sensory data.  Likewise, different parts of the brain have different ways of communicating to rest of the brain.  Via the spine, nerve pathways, and blood vessels, the brain is connected to all the other parts of the body.  There are glands throughout the body that produce various chemicals that change how the brain functions.  Although only a metaphor, you can think of these chemicals as corresponding with feelings and moods, while the electrical system of the brain corresponds with thinking. The Practice Effect:  Anything you practice, your brain gets better at doing.  This not only applies to actions, like bouncing a ball, but to feelings and moods.  Practice getting angry and you'll more easily be able to get into that state-of-mind.  Practice being happy and you'll ore easily be able to get into that state-of-mind.  Co-Regulating:  This term refers to how two people who are doing the same activity, side-by-side, will start to synchronize their nervous systems.  Human Beings start out life dependent on co-regulation to manage their infant feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.  As those parts of the brain get used, the practice effect kicks in, and a person starts being able to better self-regulate. The Artist:  This is what I call the parts of the brain, and the parts of the psyche, that only understand the world and communicate in terms of emotions.  The Artist wants to be seen, and the artist wants to be heard.  The Artist communicates, via feelings and moods, to get its needs met, using the only “language” it has – emotions.      

Welcome to the MAKES SENSE podcast, where we apply the science, art and philosophy of sense making to the things that make you go Hmmm? Those most pressing thoughts and discussions going on in our minds today. With a combination of solo conversations as well as intriguing interviews with some of the leading experts in the field, the Makes Sense Podcast offers cost free content with the intention of helping you execute on the concept of changing the way you look at things, so that the things you look at begin to change.  Today we'll Make Sense of the Science, Art and Philosophy of Making Sense. The intention of this episode is to arm and equip you with the basic language and understanding of your Sense Making Machine, that is operating 24 hours a day and seven days a week. We will also become aware of the fact that this sense making machine has been programmed in large part by outside sources, forces and people. Not necessarily by you. Sponsor: The Makes Sense Podcast is sponsored by the Makes Sense Academy.  Co-Created by wife Mieke (aka The Chicken) and I, the Makes Sense academy is a Live interactive community, where like minded, solution focused, curious seekers of expansion, gather daily in a mastermind setting with both Chicken and Dragon, where they have access to premium content, online courses and powerful collaboration and networking. All for $24 a month. The Makes Sense Academy and its members are solely responsible for funding the Makes Sense podcast so feel free to reach out to us at https://zez.am/makessense and check out the Makes Sense Academy, Risk Free with a money back guarantee.  Resources: What Happened To You: Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey https://amzn.to/42yEUh5 Case Against Reality: Professor Donald Hoffman CONNECT WITH Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon" ://zez.am/makessense    Show Notes: BRAIN AWARENESS PERCEPTION: Lets begin with a brief understanding of how our sense making machines (the brain) works and embrace what leading expert on childhood trauma Dr. Bruce Perry refers to as Brain Awareness Perception. Dr. Perry recently co-authored a fantastic book with Oprah Winfrey called What Happened to you. A book that unpacks unresolved childhood trauma and its impact on childhood development and thus, your programmed Sense Making Machine. Or perception of reality. The idea behind it is simple in principle yet complex in application. Perry speaks about the vast network of immeasurable functions occurring all at once in the human brain that manifest in your conscious mind as thoughts, feelings and an all around awareness of what you call reality. In fact, that brain of yours has the ability to process between 40-70,000 thoughts a day. Of course they don't all get absorbed and manifest as the thoughts and feelings you actually perceive. Your sense making machine somehow selects a few of those thoughts and tethers to them in its creation of a baseline determination of what you call your reality. Good day, bad day. Happy, sad. Depressed vs confident. All subconsciously chosen by this all and powerful OZ that ironically sits comfortably in the only place in the human body that is completely protected by bone. Must be important eh? YOUR VIRTUAL REALITY SUIT: So as we move about our day, our brain is working with our 5 primary senses to perceive and process all we interface with. The end product is a highly effective description of what's going on. It helps us stay away from harm, move towards pleasure, and determine good from evil. All in conjunction with things like natural selection. Our eyes do the seeing. Our nose does the smelling. Ears do the listening. Mouth does the tasting. Skin does the touching etc.. I like to refer to the 5 receptacles as our Virtual Reality Suit. Named after the realization that these five senses operate the same way a pair of virtual reality glasses work. Almost like a VR Haptic Suit. In the VR world we recognize that the Goggles and Haptic suit are giving us an Artificially Generated virtual experience. Almost like a suggested experience that's just for the sake of experiencing. So this sense making machine consists of your brain which we can call “Mission Control” and your 5 senses and receptacle aka your “Virtual Reality Suit”. It runs on auto pilot and is working its ass off as we speak and helping you make sense of this podcast episode. Does all of this make sense?  WHERE THINGS GET STICKY? Where things get sticky is when we notice a glitch or wrinkle in this sense making system. Sometimes we hit a wall where we can't figure something out. It doesn't make sense. When this happens, our sense making system moves from Defcon One to Defcon 2. It experiences the thoughts and feelings associated with confusion which are correlated with other feelings like frustration.  Things get a little sticky when you become aware of this sense making process taking place and become conscious of two things. Your Sense Making Machine is calling all the shots. It's not only interfacing, analyzing and creating perceptions. It's also making the decisions on how to react and respond to everything we interface with. Most often without you being aware of it all. So brain awareness perception was Dr. Bruce Perry's way of explaining the act of becoming aware of this. Your Sense Making Machine has been programmed by outside forces and not by you. From birth, as your vulnerable brain developed, all you received and consumed from your MFTPSE (Your Mother, Father, Teacher, Preacher, Society and Evolution) and developed what it considered its baseline reality. Or its base line encyclopedia of how the world makes sense. You learned what to do and not to do. You consumed religious, political and ethical beliefs systems. You picked up concepts about relationships, partying and a specific explanation of how to go through life and what it means to have a good life vs. bad. However, all of these concepts were those of your programmers and never your own. In fact, when you think you are making your own decisions, they are being influenced by this program as well. In the grand scheme of things, this sticky wrinkle and the unpleasant feelings associated with it can actually become a blessing as they are the necessary obstacle we must take prior to reclaiming control of our sense making machine.  It's only when we practice this present time consciousness around our sense making system and how it works, that we can learn to place a pause on it and voluntarily step into the space between that which we are interfacing with and perceiving. In other words the stimulus and our response to it, that we can have a fighting chance to create our own perception and response. Have you ever considered this as you go about your day? Ask yourself questions like “Hmmm, I wonder where I got that idea?” or “Hmmm, I wonder why I think and feel that way?”  If you have, then you can understand the first step of a system and strategy I developed called the IRS (Interface Response System). This system is a 4 part strategy to reclaim control of your sense making system and teach it over time to work for you rather than happen TO YOU. We'll discuss in later episodes in more depth. Yet for the sake of this discussion regarding the acknowledgment of our Sense Making Machine, were considering the value of learning to take an extra step in our daily interfacing with reality to simply pause the knee jerk reflexive nature of our programmed sense making machine and allowing ourselves to challenge the stimulus with our own thoughts using things like logic and rational considerations. Rather than letting our programmed system call the shots. This is what it looks like to both get out of your own way and reclaim control of your reality as the dominant force and shot caller. It's as simple as practicing the insertion of a specific sound that encompasses the pause of your programmed response and moves you into a space of curious contemplation. Where you have the opportunity to use logic and rationale evaluating the stimulus or event in reference to your desired state and goals in life. It sounds like this. “Hmmm?” It says, “ok, i see, i feel and i think, however, I am going to consider other things like, is this even about me? Does this matter? Is this useful and in support of what I want, need and must have? Just imagine how many times we get caught up in, distracted by and triggered by things that really don't matter and have little or nothing to do with you or your goals and dreams. Lots of wasted time as a result of our unconscious program doing what it thinks it needs to do?  The power of Hmmm? I was sitting in an airport, having a cocktail and multiple TV's were on. A woman sitting next to me, a few drinks ahead of me if you know what i mean. Started ranting to me about the news cast taking place on the TV in front of us. It was a story about the current president at that time. Donald Trump. FYI, I don't watch the news. She spent approximately 15 minutes telling me how unhappy she was with him as the President, and shared very explicative words describing her hatred and frustration with him as a human. After 15 minutes of her talking to me, she decides to finally take a breather and ask for my opinion. My only answers to her all the while were “Hmmm?” Simply observing her behavior and obvious passion for the topic, while not caring in the least about the topic as it had nothing to do with me, was out of my control and in no way shape or form was connected to my goals or the things that mattered most to me that day. She said “Right?” I replied “Hmmm?” with a tone that implied confusion in the question. She said “Him?” and pointed to the TV. I replied “What about him?” She said he's an asshole right?” I replied, “Oh, I don't know, I've never met him.” She got up and left. There's a famous saying that if you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will change. I believe I first heard this from the late great Wayne Dyer. What we are talking about, is the first step to actually executing on this powerful concept. The first step in changing the way we look at things is recognizing that there is a pre-programmed sense making machine that controls how we look at things. Once you recognize the potential danger connected to allowing that program, which was uploaded to your operating system by others that may have very well not known what was best for you. It makes a ton of sense to place a pause on that knee jerk perception and reaction system and have a look at things in a more logical and rational fashion. This being the first step in the IRS (Interface Response System) - A 4 step process and strategy I created to help people better make sense of the things they interface with, thus helping you change the way you look at things so the things you look at can actually begin to change and do so in a way that better suits your wants and needs in life. So there you have it. You are now armed and equipped with the first tool in your belt as we claim more control of your sense making machine. Brain Awareness Perception. By understanding that what you see is in fact what you get. However, what you see is what you've been programmed and conditioned to see. We're going to learn how to control what we see and re-configure and bend our reality to better suit our needs.  

Today's guest Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). She is the author of the book The Little Book of Being, and co-author of Fully Present: The Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness. The LA Times calls her one of the nation's best-known teachers of mindfulness.” In this episode, Diana shares her wisdom on how mindfulness (when done consistently) can have dramatic effects on our mental & physical health. We also talk about the importance of the prefrontal cortex as the CEO of the brain and how to harness the power of mindfulness to grow in other areas of your life outside of your job. “We get checked out of life and mindfulness is that invitation back into appreciating being present in life, not being on autopilot. ” - Diana Winston  Learn more about this episode of She's Got Moxie at findingjoyeveryday.com/187

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A huge thank you to our presenting sponsor for The Herbalist Hour, Oshala Farm. Oshala Farm is a beautiful and vibrant certified organic herb farm based in southern Oregon where they grow and sell over 80 different plant species.  LEARN MORE AND BUY In this episode of The Herbalist Hour I'm joined by Rosemary Gladstar.  She has been such an inspiration to my herbal journey over the years, so I felt incredibly honored to have her on the show.  In this conversation we chat about cooperation versus competition in the herbal community, honoring your elders, her new podcast, the origins of the Breitenbush Herbal Conference, advice for living a good life and a whole lot more.  This interview took place at the 2023 Great Lakes Herb Faire.  If you love herbalism podcasts, which I'm guessing you do, please SUBSCRIBE to Rosemary's new show. It's called "Voices of Our Herbal Elders". Simply search for it in your podcast player of choice.  They're sharing incredible stories from some of the most beloved teachers in the herbal community.  Immense gratitude to Rosemary for taking the time to join me on the show, and thanks to you, dear listener, for tuning in!  See you in the next episode, ~Mason PS - this interview is also available on YouTube! GIVE IT A WATCH   LINKS & RESOURCES Voice of Our Herbal Elders on YouTube | WATCH Rosemary's Science & Art of Herbalism | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Rosemary on Instagram | @rosemarygladstar Great Lakes Herb Faire | GreatLakesHerbFaire.org MORE LINKS & RESOURCES Plant Spirit Psychopomp brought to you by Nativa Medica LEARN MORE AND REGISTER FREE WEBINAR | Five Things Herbal Practitioners Should Avoid LEARN MORE AND REGISTER FREE | The Vitalist Herbalism Mini-Course LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

Dakini by Jennet Inglis Waxing Full Moon-Opening the Dakini portals!…. Caroline welcomes Jennet Inglis, practitioner of Chöd, dedicated to tracking the Wrathful and Peaceful Dakinis, back to their original liberating impulse, before Tibetan Buddhist orthodoxy made then ”pretty.”…When they were beautiful! woofy, part woman, part animal…original party animal… and offers them, through her craft, a portal through which they may enter the world…. at this Time of Dire Beauty where we welcome all help to transmute poison – toxin – into tonic… What did this want to be – before bamboozled by taming “orthodoxy”… (“straight teaching”)… We like our teaching curvy and undulating – thankyou. Syncretizing Science, Art, and Spirit, she spirals forth manuscripts, thousands of paintings, heretical Tankas, sculptures, that travel an increasingly welcoming world jennetinglis.com Celebrating the Primordial Feminine: Transforming Anger into Compassionate Wrath Article ~ https://soulfulliving.com/primordial_feminine.htm   Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Syncretizing Science, Art, and Spirit appeared first on KPFA.