Best Tamiko Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 300 - Celebrating this milestone with Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor and Tamiko Nimura 41:52

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Three hundred episodes! Can you believe it?? How did we get here? What an amazing feat! Never did I ever imagine that I would have a podcast let alone release 300 episodes! To celebrate, I have invited my writer-friends and fellow Pinays, Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor and Tamiko Nimura! In this episode, we talk about what has kept us steady and tethered d…

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The Digital Shift Advisors Can’t Ignore with David Anderson (Ep. 87) 37:53

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Most advisors know they need a stronger digital presence, but the landscape can feel overwhelming. David Anderson breaks it down into practical steps any advisor can take to build trust online without getting tangled in compliance challenges. In this episode, Randy Yost and David Anderson, Director of Digital Marketing and Analytics at Simplicity G…

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Ep 299 - Balancing the material and the spiritual 32:01

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In this week's episode, I’m talking about the challenges of balancing the material with the spiritual in this overwhelming world. How can we remain true to our spiritual practices while the external world inundates us with so much noise that we lose track? How can we hear what our ancestors are trying to tell us if we don't sit still for one goddam…

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Ep 298 - Letting go and tuning into your life's calling 29:37

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This week, the new moon in Scorpio is asking us to release the things that are holding us back, to let go of the old so that the new can be planted in fertile soil. In this week's episode, I'm asking: how do we know what is weighing us down? How do we know what we are supposed to release? And then: how do we step into our life's purpose? Do we even…

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Ep 297 - Best of Spiritual Grit - Lean into the mystery of not knowing 36:08

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Midlife is chock full of surprises. Identities falling away, unknown futures ahead. What's not to love? Haha! But more importantly, how can you ground yourself and hold yourself through the portals of change and transformation that are inevitable? How can you lean into trust of yourself and the universe? Can you allow yourself to surrender to the n…

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Ep 296 - Seeing what's possible in Mamdani’s win and in building community 30:52

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I can't not talk about Mamdani’s win. This is a huge example of what is possible when we come together in solidarity. In this week's episode, I'm talking about hope and inspiration, practicing discernment between what is yours and what is not yours, and working towards reclaiming our innate power. When we stand firm and proclaim our truths, and whe…

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Uncovering Opportunities from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act with David Foster (Ep. 86) 32:16

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Tax law is changing again, and with it, the way advisors should guide their clients. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (O-B-B-B-A) introduces provisions that impact everyday retirees, mass affluent professionals, and high-net-worth families alike. In this episode of The Breakthrough Advisor, host Randy Yost sits down with David Foster, JD, AEP, CLU®, …

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When Your Word Becomes Law: The Power of Keeping Promises to Yourself. 5:38

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In this episode of the Radical Hope Podcast, Tamiko Hope explores the profound power of your word and how it shapes your reality. Drawing from the wisdom of Stuart Wilde, Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements and scripture, she reminds us that our words are laws we write into the universe. When we speak carelessly, make idle promises or declare thi…

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Ep 295 - The Archipelago of Our Various Selves with Mel Hilario 47:56

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What do comics, writing, and Pilates have in common? None other than this week's guest, Mel Hilario! In this episode, we talk about all kinds of things from intuition to creative expression to somatic practices and everything in between! Including what it's like to be a daughter of Filipino immigrants who don't understand what we do in our lives. J…

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Ep 294 - What it Means to Remember, to Go Home, and to Practice Healing in the Name of Collective Liberation w/ Marjorie Milloria 1:00:26

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Continuing with our celebration of Filipino American History month, I've got a special guest today who is an artist, death doula, and spiritual ceramicist, Marjorie Milloria! In this episode, we talk about connecting with our spiritual and cultural inheritances, the healing practices we engage with, what it means to remember, and how this can help …

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Ep 293 - Folktales, Spiritual Inheritance, and Kpop Demon Hunters w/ Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor 54:13

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This week I have a guest! Yay! As part of Filipino American History month, I am featuring a Filipino guest each week during the month of October. This week, I am talking with Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor, poet, writer, and storyteller. Our conversation touches on spiritual inheritance & practices, our relationship with cultural identity & the land upon w…

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The Voice Within: How Self-Talk Shapes Your Beliefs and Habits 6:53

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Your inner voice is always speaking but what is it saying? In this episode of The Radical Hope Podcast, Tamiko Hope explores how the quiet conversations we have with ourselves become the foundation of our beliefs, behaviors and daily habits. Drawing from neuroscience, spirituality and personal reflection, Tamiko unpacks how self-talk can either nur…

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Infusing Solution Focused Practice at School; An Interview with Polly Netto 45:54

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In this new episode, Tara and Vicky are so happy to welcome Polly Netto who has been making a huge difference at Beechen Cliff School. She is a secondary school teacher in the UK with over ten years experience in both pastoral and academic provision. Polly is the whole school Mental Health and Solution Focused lead, PSHE Lead, Head of Religion, Phi…

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Ep 292 - Opening Up to Love, Grounding, and Community 37:08

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In this week's episode, I'm talking about being bold and brave in how you live your life. Maybe it's the full moon in Aries that is inspiring me this week, but it's time for us to take down the walls around our hearts and really experience the life we're meant to live. Even if it means heartbreak. Even if it means feeling grief. Even if it means fe…

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The One Question That Will Change How You Make Every Decision 7:15

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Ep 291 - Best of Spiritual Grit: The Fated Path vs The Destiny Path 29:44

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The title of this episode is basically this: will you choose capitalism? Or humanity? Which is to say: you can choose to be a full human being with all of your facets and complexities, living life exploring this existence in all ways (art making! communities of care! food growing!). OR you can give your power away and allow capitalism to dictate yo…

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How to Turn New Tax Laws Into New Clients with Patrick Kelly (Ep. 85) 36:30

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Is your practice ready for the ripple effects of the next big tax wave? In this high-impact episode of The Breakthrough Advisor, Randy Yost sits down with bestselling author and Simplicity partner Patrick Kelly to unpack the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping piece of legislation that could quietly reshape retirement income strategy, tax divers…

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How to Quiet Your Inner Critic and Build an Inner Coach 12:43

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In this episode of the Radical Hope Podcast, Tamiko Hope breaks down one of the most important inner battles we all face: the harsh voice of the Inner Critic versus the steady encouragement of the Inner Coach. If you’ve been laid off, stressed about bills, doubting your worth or just feeling the weight of uncertainty…you’re not alone. Tamiko shares…

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Ep 290 - How to show care and build community 31:57

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After being sick last week, I got to experience the effects of the failure of care. It reminded me of how important it is for us to truly make efforts showing care for each other. It emphasized how crucial community is during a time where systems of oppression are crumbling. In this week's episode I offer ways to think about care and how to show it…

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Ep 289 - Best of Spiritual Grit: The Great Shedding: A Consequence of Standing In Your Truth 32:26

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As I continue to speak my truth and advocate for a free Pal3st!ne, more and more folks are telling on themselves, showing who they really are. And the shedding of various levels of relationships –from acquaintances to friends to community members– continues. In this week’s episode, I address the fears that come with this shedding and what to do abo…

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Ep 288 - Every little thing matters and community is how you keep going 36:49

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Even when you don't see immediate results, it's so important for us to keep going. To understand that every little thing we do matters and that every little thing we *don't* do also has an effect. In this week's episode, I'm talking about an insistence to make the effort even if it feels too hard or feels too insignificant. For example, sometimes i…

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Ep 287 - Best of Spiritual Grit - Growth (and evolution) hurts 22:48

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As we enter a portal into more darkness, we need to remember that change equals growth. And while nobody really talks about this, growth is painful. How can we stay steady and endure the discomfort, knowing that change is inevitable? How can we reframe challenges in order to learn from the pain? To learn that we are not being tested nor are we bein…

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An Interview with Linda Metcalf and Marcella Stark; Celebrating Solution Focus in Education and Counselling 1:00:31

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In this new episode, it was such a joy for Tara and Vicky to host two very inspiring women - Marcella Stark and Linda Metcalf – researchers, counselors, professors and authors. They are leaders in Solution Focused Brief Therapy and its applications in schools and workplaces. They shared their wonderful journeys, insights and stories with us. They a…

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Ep 286 - Global / Local Vibes: Navigating our personal lives while fighting for collective líberätion 36:28

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We're all struggling in our personal lives, from financial strain to job insecurity and beyond. AND there are so many fires burning both in our communities and at the collective level. So how do we navigate it all? How do we keep going and not burn out? In this week's episode, I'm talking about how the global and the local are intertwined, how what…

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Ep 285 - Listening for and Hearing your Inner Voice 34:07

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What does our inner world have to do with our external actions? What does meditation have to do with activism? How can we discern between my inner voice and the voices of others? In this week's episode, I'm talking about the connection between spiritual practices and external activist action. Also talking about a longing for home and how we can fin…

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Ep 284 - How Mindfulness and Intention Help the Revolution 30:40

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When we practice mindfulness, we can pay closer attention to how we move in our lives. And when we have that power, we can choose how to take aligned action and create the life we want along with the liberated world we dream of. In this week's episode, I highlight the importance of relationship audits, intentionality, and mindfulness in the continu…

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Ep 283 - Spiritual Practice is Part of the Revolution 38:02

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What does it matter whether or not we have a spiritual practice? Does that truly make a difference as we fight for collective liberation? The short answer: yes! The longer answer is in this week's episode. How do spiritual practices help us with our activism? Why is it important for us to connect with our interior world? How do we even do that? Tun…

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Ep 282 - Pause, Rest, Ask: Who Are You Being Now? 26:18

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The pace of life keeps rapidly increasing. Many of us feel like we can't catch up, like it is a race uphill with no end in sight. But what if you rested? What if you took the time to just pause and look around? To tune into your body and understand how the external changes are affecting internal ones. Who we are being is changing, whether we like i…

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Mastering Human Connection for Real Growth with Jason Jenkins (Ep. 84) 41:47

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What if mastering human connection, not just products or processes, was the most important skill in your practice? In this powerful episode, host Randy Yost sits down with Jason Jenkins, Executive Vice President at Simplicity, to uncover what sets elite advisors apart. With nearly three decades in the industry, Jason shares his journey from selling…

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Ep 281 - Energy, Ghosts, and Integrity During a Time of Gen-side 32:15

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With each passing day as the situation in Gázä becomes more and more dire, it is hard to not feel the energetic shift of dramatic loss. In Buddhist tradition, the soul wanders 49 days after death. Imagine: so many ghosts have been wandering around for the past 22 months. What energy imbalance are we grappling with? As the gee-side continues, it is …

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An Interview with Sonja Pullen: Instructional Coaching 52:25

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In this new episode, Tara Gretton and Vicky Essebag have the pleasure of interviewing Sonja Pullen. Sonja's journey through teaching, school leadership, coaching and consulting has equipped her to support students and teachers across Canada, Ethiopia, and Australia. Based in Toronto, she is the founder of SP Coaching and the Canadian consultant for…

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Michelle Burton 34:12

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Listen to this powerful story of Durham County Commissioner Michelle Burton share her family legacy that influenced her to be the change she wanted to see in her community. Listen as she shares her remarkable journey through civic engagement, beginning as a school librarian in North Carolina, to deciding to see sustainable actions take place to sup…

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Ep 280 - Why bother? Because even the little things matter 36:44

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How many of us let things slide? Maybe it's a question you had that you thought was too unimportant to ask. Or maybe you feel like no matter what you do to try to change a situation, it won't matter. I know a lot of folks feel like nothing they do is stopping the G side. So why bother? In this week's episode, I talk about how the little things do m…

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Ep 279 - Discern and Be Intentional With Your Focus 34:07

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Does it feel like the world is ending? That all hope is lost? It's time to pause and take a step back. Ask yourself: where are you placing your attention? Is it on the death and destruction? Or are you also seeing the joy and progress of our collective efforts towards liberation? Where we place our attention, energy flows. Can we be intentional wit…

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Ep 278 - Working On the Subconscious: Why It Matters 24:58

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Did you know that your subconscious runs 95% of your life? It's the little man behind the curtain. Have you ever wondered why you have a 500-item to-do list? Why do we do this to ourselves? Why do we put so much on our plates? And why is there so much urgency? In this week's episode, I talk about why it's important for us to be aware of this and ho…

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Ep 277 - The secret to community and community building 26:20

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Everyone's talking about community and how we need it in order to survive the fall of empire. But how do we actually find it? How do we create it and sustain it? In this week's episode, I'm talking about what community can look like and what is needed in order for it to become the very thing that helps us through these upheavals *and* help the figh…

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An Interview with Tamiko Nettles: Empowering Schools to 'Let Go and Be Great'! 55:01

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In this new podcast episode, Tara Gretton and Vicky Essebag have the pleasure of interviewing Tamiko Nettles. Tamiko is a lifelong educator, innovative thinker, and author who empowers individuals and organizations to excel and create solutions in education, staff engagement, community and life. For over 20 years, she has created high impact progra…

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What Makes a Family? 4:39

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Love makes a family. Whether the family is genetically connected, the family was created by adoption, or the family chosen through connection in life. Love tends to be the glue that holds many families together, and each family’s glue may be different. In this second iteration of our Shine on NC story series, listen as three of our North Carolinian…

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Ep 276 - Remembering Your Humanity Through Ritual 37:22

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In a world that moves at lightning speed, it is easy to forget ourselves. As the géno/side in Pal/estí/ne continues, many have been desensitized and disconnected from their humanity, their empathy. And still others choose to look away and stay silent (likely because they've lost their humanity). In this week's episode, I'm talking about our natural…

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Ep 275 - Focusing On Your Lane 38:02

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Where are you placing your focus? What is your part in the collective fight for liberation? In this week's episode, I talk about how it's important for us to ask lots of questions. How we need to remember that there is much more beyond the frame of our screens. It's not all death and destruction. There is joy and love to be found. Where are we focu…

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Ep 274 - How our life’s purpose and gifts lead to liberation 29:35

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“What is your purpose?” This question stresses out a lot of people. There seems to be a lot of big expectation applied to this question. But maybe it's not that deep. Maybe it's not as magnanimous as we think it is. Tune into this week's episode as I offer different ways of considering our life's purpose… and how that can help our efforts towards c…

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Ep 273 - What needs to be released and what needs to be nurtured? 28:25

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There are things in our lives that have been there for so long we can't imagine life without them, whether it's a relationship, a job, or even a particular way of doing things. What will life look like without capitalism, for example? What are new ways of interacting with each other? Sometimes this thing can be what holds you back, what weighs you …

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Ep 272 - Best of Spiritual Grit - What Feeds You? 33:10

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With so many blazing fires in the world and the constant upheaval in our daily lives, it's easy to get overwhelmed by what we think needs to get done. What protest do I go to? Do I sit and meditate to help the collective frequency? Do I do both? How? What if nothing I do actually affects any kind of change? But the real question is: how can we focu…

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Ep 271 - Materiality, money, and being human 29:29

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What's your relationship to money? What about all of your possessions? Have you examined the importance you might place on these things? Why is it important? Does it bring up stickiness or discomfort? Can money do good and heal the collective? (And I don't mean this in the literal sense.) How can this kind of inquiry help the fight for lîbérätîon? …

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Ep 270 - Inspiration and Community 31:26

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It's a challenge to find inspiration while living in the center of a crumbling émpîre. It's a challenge to remain hopeful while despair pulls us down as the gën/oside in Pal/est/ine continues. But we must continue to dream and imagine - what does the new liberated world look like? How do we keep hope? The short of it is: we need each other more tha…

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An Interview with Jessica Morgenthal: Coaching with Power & Purpose while Looking to Nature 45:59

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Tara Gretton and Vicky Essebag have the pleasure of interviewing Jessica Morgenthal, an award-winning podcast host and blogger, positive psychologist, and resilience coach who helps people and organizations navigate change, build resilience, and reconnect with what truly matters. She is the creator of Resilience Gone Wild, a podcast that blends cap…

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Tamiko Lockett: How to be Brave in Times of Fear 2:22

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Shine on Tamiko! Listen as family advocate and educator, Tamiko Lockett, shares strategies to support individuals, families, and communities in navigating their communities in times of uncertainty. Tamiko shares some simple but easily applicable strategies anyone can integrate into their daily routine to regain a sense of peace, calm, and strength.…

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Tamiko Lockett: Everyone Needs a Listening Ear 5:09

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Listen to this heartwarming story shared by Tamiko Lockett, educator and family advocate, as she reflects with a lifelong friend about the importance of the simple act of kindness, such as lending a listening ear to a stranger in need. One small moment can change a person’s life. In this reflection, Tamiko shares the importance of sharing one’s gif…

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Tamiko Lockett: Ending Community Isolation through Reconnection 3:35

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The Surgeon General of the United States recently diagnosed the country as having an “epidemic of loneliness, " as outlined in the article, Combating the Epidemic of Loneliness in the US: Creating More Connected Communities. Listen as educator and family advocate, Tamiko Lockett, shares her expertise and strategies for helping families combat lonel…

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Ep 269 - What Feeds You? 33:10

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With so many blazing fires in the world and the constant upheaval in our daily lives, it's easy to get overwhelmed by what we think needs to get done. What protest do I go to? Do I sit and meditate to help the collective frequency? Do I do both? How? What if nothing I do actually affects any kind of change? But the real question is: how can we focu…