Hot Takes on the Classics is no dusty, academic approach to great books. It’s a gossipy, exciting discussion about the best literature ever written. Hosted by Tim and Emily, who are veteran teachers and long-time friends, Hot Takes is packed with playful debate, meaningful speculation, and hearty laughs.
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The Great Belonging Book Podcasts
This podcast is based on Chief Bob Vásquez's book, So Ya Wanna Be THE Chief?! It consists of interviews with leaders who have experience in each of the twelve areas discussed in the book. Each week, Chief Vásquez and a guest will discuss additional thoughts and ideas (all belong to the interviewees themselves) that will help you empower yourself to become a better leader, a Chief! Good luck! Be GREAT! You ARE!
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Welcome to my podcast about yarn crafting, psychology, and other homey topics. Thanks for listening!
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The People’s Recorder is a podcast about the 1930s Federal Writers’ Project: what it achieved, where it fell short, and what it means for Americans today. Each episode features stories of individual writers, new places, and the project's impact on people's lives. Along the way we hear from historians, novelists, and others who shed light on that experience and unexpected connections to American society today. The People's Recorder recounts a forgotten chapter in our history. Join us on an un ...
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Interviews with Scholars of Systems and Cybernetics about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/systems-and-cybernetics
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We all think and talk about what we’ll do someday, but what if that someday could start right now? If there’s a change you want to make in yourself, in your life, or an idea that you have that you want to make real … this podcast is for you. After 20 years leading and coaching innovators, Certified Coach Marie McDonald is breaking down how great change-makers think so you can do what they do and take your ideas out of your head and into the world where they belong. We’ll teach you how to sto ...
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The MindShift Therapy: Rapid Transformation with Coach Kitty Welcome to The MindShift Therapy — a weekly RTT-based podcast designed to help you rewire your mind, release limiting beliefs, and transform your inner world. Hosted by Certified Rapid Transformational Therapist Coach Kitty, this series blends neuroscience, subconscious reprogramming, and sensual awareness. These 10-minute episodes are great fit for anyone ready to shift fast. ✨ New episodes every Tuesday 🌀 RTT for confidence, boun ...
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For the young parents, the veteran homeschoolers, or anyone navigating the waters of homeschool options, nationally-known speaker and educational consultant, Carole Joy Seid, helps you homeschool simply, inexpensively, and enjoyably with a Bible, math curriculum, and library card. Great books have the power to build godly family culture and give educational success! If you need a weekly shot of encouragement and support to continue on with confident joy in your homeschooling journey, listen in.
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Fireside chats about whole child (and adult) Social Emotional Learning.
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For decades, Dr. Anita Sanchez, Nahuatl (Aztec/Toltec) and Mexican American, has committed herself to bridging indigenous wisdom and science for individual, business, and societal renewal. Drawing on her indigenous life experience and inner-city origins, Anita is a messenger of the Eagle Hoop Prophecy and gifts: forgiving the unforgiveable, healing, unity, and hope in action. A renowned consultant, trainer, coach, and speaker, she focuses on cultural transformation, leadership, diversity, in ...
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The Light's Work is a Wheel of Time podcast all about the phenomenon that is WoT fandom. Anas and Grace, two sentimental superfans who work in healthcare professions, discuss the Healing power, the sense of belonging, and the shared creativity among WoT fans. They may also be slightly obsessed with making, documenting, and building upon great fandom moments. Their projects have been known to make people cry tears of joy.
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We are more connected now than ever before, but most of us still struggle with feelings of loneliness and isolation. Hope for the Lonely host Charlotte Donlon believes loneliness loses some of its power when we bring it into the light, so she writes and talks about different angles of loneliness and belonging and how they intersect with the Christian faith. The more curious she's become about her loneliness, the less severe it seems. So, she welcomes you to inhabit a posture of curiosity as ...
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The great writer Walker Percy gifted the world with an inspiring and thought provoking line with his words: "Consciously cultivate the ordinary." So many of us today find ourselves living in a foggy and disorienting world where we are held captive to hectic schedules, polarizing news narratives, and our addiction to technology. We find ourselves continuously battling things like isolation, anxiety, fear, boredom, and apathy. What if instead of being held captive we could find ourselves capti ...
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Your London Legacy was born out of my love for London. I have travelled far and wide, and as much I get so much pleasure from seeing new places around the world, I always look forward to getting back home to London. I cannot think of anywhere else in the world, that has the same depth of history, the coming together of ancient and new cultures, fashions and religions and our hard-won freedom of speech. London is a global leader in banking and has the highest concentration of Universities and ...
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The Leadership Strategies for Women® Podcast is hosted by Ellie Nieves – a dynamic Women's Leadership Speaker and Career Strategist. Join Ellie for expert insights and practical strategies designed to empower women to show up with confidence, speak up with clarity, and step up in their careers and personal lives.For more information, visit: www.LeadershipStrategiesforWomen.com.
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Individuality is one of the greatest freedoms of our culture—and also one of its biggest traps. The beauty of individuality is that it allows us to hear our own desires, define our own values, and express our unique contribution to the world. It fuels creativity, innovation, and self-discovery. But when the desire to be original stops us from takin…
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289: Homeschooling Q&A: Dad Participation, Little Kid Distractions, and Navigating Screens
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22:51In this episode from the archive, Rachel Winchester and Carole Joy Seid answer some of the most common questions from homeschooling families. They give practical ways to involve dads in family read-aloud time, including strategies for dads who may not feel confident about reading. Carole shares creative tips for keeping younger children occupied wh…
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Episode 13: Romeo and Juliet: The Wisdom of Young Love
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39:55Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh revisit Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, asking what makes this story so enduring and how it reshapes tragedy. They trace Romeo’s shift from infatuation to eloquent devotion, highlight Juliet’s prudence and wit, and map the play’s pivot from sparkling comedy to sw…
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Expressive Power – Creating from Your Inner Spark
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7:30What would your life look like if you let yourself be fully expressed? This RTT-inspired session helps you release the fear of being too much, and step into full, embodied expression. Activate your inner spark — not for performance, but for truth. 🌐 More: https://coachkitty.nlBy Coach Kitty
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Shownotes can be found on our blog at cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com and also on our group on Ravelry.
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Most of us were taught that failure is bad. That if we fall short, it means something about who we are—our worth, our capability, our potential. But what if failure isn’t a problem at all? What if it’s the path to everything we want? In this episode, we unpack what I call failure tolerance—the skill of building your capacity to try, fall short, fee…
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Episode Summary: Tune in for an important update on The People's Recorder! Host Chris Haley shares the state of the podcast now in the wake of recent funding cuts and also the exciting plans we have coming up over the next few months, including a sneak preview of "Gospel of Fear," our trilogy of episodes about Congressman Martin Dies, the playbook …
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288: When 'I'm Bored' Becomes a Good Thing
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27:35In this episode from the archives we get practical! Rachel Winchester and Carole Joy Seid dive into the challenges of unplugging kids in a world dominated by screens and constant noise. Carole and Rachel discuss the benefits and the how-to’s for unplugging your family, how to teach children to practice silence and solitude, and having a daily rest …
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Confidence in Your Skin: Body Image, Visibility & Self-Belonging
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9:15This RTT-inspired meditation helps you soften body criticism and embrace your presence. Not to perform. Not to prove. Just to feel at home in yourself. 🌐 More: https://coachkitty.nlBy Coach Kitty
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Episode 12: The Divine Comedy: Disordered Eros
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56:31Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh dive into Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, one of the most ambitious works in world literature. They examine how Dante portrays love—especially eros—when it becomes disordered, destructive, or distorted. From Francesca and Paolo in Inferno to the purifying fl…
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Ep. 15 - Voices of the Land with Taita Pacha Kanchay, Colombia
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48:22Holding gratitude for the ways Mother Earth supports all beings, Spiritual Healer Taita Pacha Kanchay describes the indigenous mission to be a voice for the land. This time on The Four Sacred Gifts, Anita and Taita Pacha Kanchay chat about : The profound indigenous connection to Mother Earth and the wisdom of listening to her deeply Healing the pla…
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So many of my students reach a point in life where they’ve checked all the boxes: career, marriage, kids, home, stability. They’ve climbed every rung of the ladder they were told to climb. And then one day, they look up and think—now what? In this episode, we explore that moment of disorientation that comes after meeting all of life’s early milesto…
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Shownotes can be found on our blog at cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com and also on our group on Ravelry.
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287: Reading the Classics with Christian Eyes in Our Modern World
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26:34Rachel Winchester talks with author Nadya Williams about her new book, Christians Reading Classics. We discuss the importance of studying ancient Greco-Roman literature which can enrich our conversations in our families and our perspectives of the modern world. Nadya shares that she wrote this book to be “training-wheels” to reading the classics in…
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Known as The Fired Up Chief, CMSgt (Ret) Juan (Lou) Lewis, is one of CMSgt (Ret) Bob Vásquez’s first proteges. Chief Lewis was a SSgt when he met Chief Vásquez at March AFB, CA in 1991. Chief Vásquez has been Chief Lewis’s mentor ever since. Chief Lewis culminated 28 years of distinguished service as a Command Chief.…
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61: 3 Ways to Re-Engage Your Students’ Brains and Hearts
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9:47Thom shares three powerful, research-backed strategies—story, motion, and connection—that reignite curiosity, focus, and compassion in the classroom.
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Episode 11: The Phaedras: Love is a Madness
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1:00:51Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Plato’s Phaedrus, a dialogue that weaves together questions of love, rhetoric, and the soul. They trace Socrates’ speeches on the nature of desire, his paradoxical claim that love is both divine madness and a path to truth, and Plato’s broader concerns ab…
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Release the Old Stories – Freeing Yourself from Identity Conditioning
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8:15This RTT-style meditation helps you release labels, roles, and scripts you didn’t choose — and reconnect with your wholeness. It’s time to come home to yourself. 🌐 More: https://coachkitty.nlBy Coach Kitty
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Elizabeth Sawin, "Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World" (Island Press, 2024)
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55:31Now, Dr. Elizabeth Sawin has dedicated her career to the theory and practice of creating change in complex systems. In 2021, she founded and is currently the Director of the Multi-solving Institute. This interview discusses her book Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World (Island Press, 2024) After studying many successful effort…
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Ep 147: Power Over, Power Under, and Power With
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23:18This week’s episode dives into something we all experience but rarely talk about— embracing all of our weird social reactions. The feelings that rise up when we’re around other people: self-doubt, comparison, superiority, inferiority, grasping, withdrawing, fixing, or trying to prove ourselves. The idea for this episode came to me at a women’s retr…
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286: Why Author Elizabeth Goudge Belongs on Your Family Bookshelf
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23:22Discover the enchanting world of Elizabeth Goudge in this encore episode of Homeschool Made Simple. Carole Joy Seid discusses why Goudge’s books are must-haves! Carole shares personal favorites like The Little White Horse, the Elliott Trilogy, and The Dean’s Watch, exploring how Goudge’s deeply spiritual and uplifting stories can inspire both paren…
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By Chief Bob Vásquez!
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Episode 10: The Wind in the Willows: A Classic Tale of Friendship
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49:28By Emily Maeda & Tim McIntosh
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Coming Home to Yourself – Rediscovering Inner Wholeness
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7:39By Coach Kitty
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Shownotes can be found on our blog at cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com and also on our group on Ravelry.By Gemma
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The more we put ourselves out into the world, the more people come to know us by the value we add—and the more they begin to depend on us. This is beautiful…until it isn’t. Because over time, the value we add and the strengths we command become commodities people want more and more of. Eventually, we’re faced with a flood of requests: friends needi…
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When does comedy become more than a laugh? Ben Mangrum of MIT joins RtB to discuss his new book, The Comedy of Computation: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Obsolescence (Stanford UP, 2025), which in some ways is organized around “the intriguing idea that human knowledge work is our definitive feature and yet the machines we are ourselve…
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285: Building Community and Contentment: Wendell Berry’s Books
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17:46Drawing from Wendell Berry’s novels, essays, and poetry, Carole shares how Berry’s deep love for the rural life, community, and contentment can leave an indelible mark on our lives. He paints a vivid picture of rural America and it’s values through Berry’s fictional Port William, Kentucky. If you have never read one of his books, now is the time to…
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CMSgt (Ret) Dr Emily Shade was raised in Oregon, joined USAF in 1994, and retired in 2018. Married to Jeromy, they have a 14-year-old son, Kambell, in the house and daughter, Kiyana, who is Active Duty USAF and stationed at Fairchild AFB. Dr Shade is currently serving as the civilian Director of A9 for the Barnes Center for Enlisted Education. She'…
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Thom continues his reflections on belonging, reminding us that dignity, respect, and compassion are the foundation of every healthy school community.
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Episode 9: Huckleberry Finn: Can a Man and Child be Friends?
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53:56Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim and Emily explore Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, asking whether a man and a child can truly be friends. They unpack the novel’s uneven yet profound legacy, including its powerful portrayal of Huck and Jim’s unlikely bond, its place in the tradition of banned books, and its …
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Daily Boundary Reset - How do I protect my energy?
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7:50This RTT-inspired visualisation helps you reset your energy field in just 8 minutes. Use it daily to stay grounded, clear, and connected to your own power. 🌐 More: https://coachkitty.nlBy Coach Kitty
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Last week, I hit pause. A middle-of-the-night migraine, a body that said “nope,” and—after three straight years of weekly episodes—I let myself skip a week. Not because I didn’t care, but because I chose health over hustle for this week. That tiny, honest shift is exactly what today’s episode is about: thought bridges—the believable steps that carr…
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284: Building Strong Memories Through Shared Bedtime Stories
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26:46Today, we are talking about the power of reading together as a family and some practical tips for how you can start to make that change in your family life. Rachel sits down with her husband Jesse, their family’s main bedtime narrator, to talk about what reading together as a family looks like in their home and to share some of their favorite books…
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Captain Pierce Risinger is a USAF Maintenance Officer who is transitioning to the Acquisition field. He received his commission in 2021 from the United States Air Force Academy. He has held a variety of maintenance assignments at the squadron and group levels supporting F-16C/D and HH-60G/W maintenance. During previous operational assignments, he l…
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Episode 8: Cicero, On Friendship: Virtue–The Basis of Friendship
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38:24Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh turn to Cicero’s On Friendship, a dialogue exploring what makes friendship possible, lasting, and good. They unpack Cicero’s conviction that friendship is only possible between those committed to virtue, and that true friendship is one of life’s greatest gifts—se…
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Choosing You – Power, Safety & Inner Alignment
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8:00What if choosing yourself didn’t make you selfish — but sovereign? This RTT-inspired session helps you let go of the guilt of putting yourself first. It guides you to trust your inner knowing and realign your decisions with what’s true for you. 🌐 More: https://coachkitty.nlBy Coach Kitty
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Shownotes can be found on our blog at cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com and also on our group on Ravelry.By Gemma
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Ep. 14 - Shifting the Frequency with Lawyer & Activist Pooven Moodley
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54:28Lawyer and activist, Pooven Moodley, reveals how individual transformation can help guide the entire planet toward a new frequency and energetic direction. This week on The Four Sacred Gifts, Anita and Pooven discuss : A brief grounding practice to meet each other in the present moment Pooven’s journey into activism, joining the anti-apartheid stru…
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283: The Impact of AI on Learning and Literature: Concerns and Guardrails for Families
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32:50As technology continues to develop, you may feel more and more like we're living in a brave new world. With AI becoming more prevalent in everyday life, we want to talk about how we as parents can pursue wisdom while guiding our children through using new technologies. In this episode, Rachel Winchester sits down with Rachel Reeves, a homeschool mo…
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CMSgt (Ret) Dr. Keith Castille currently serves as co-owner of C2H, LLC and independent contractor advising on force development, policy creation and implementation, and a wide range of business solutions. Keith is a retired veteran, having served 28 ½ years to this great nation as a valued member of the United States Air Force. While on active dut…
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Thom explores the building blocks of social awareness, diving into perspective, understanding, empathy, and compassion.
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Episode 7: Epic of Gilgamesh: Superhuman Friendship
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38:39Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda journey into the world’s oldest surviving epic, The Epic of Gilgamesh. They explore how the story dramatizes philia, or friendship, through the bond between Gilgamesh and Enkidu—a friendship that transforms a tyrant into a true man. From their first clash to thei…
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Rewriting Consent Scripts – Reclaiming Body Autonomy
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7:30This RTT-inspired meditation helps you release old patterns of going along when you meant no — or feeling unsafe to voice your truth. You’ll gently reclaim your power, tune into your body, and trust your own clarity again. 🌐 More: https://coachkitty.nlBy Coach Kitty
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In this episode of the Bloom Your Mind Podcast, we unpack the cycles of thought that either move us toward the life we want—or pull us away from it. Just like a garden, our minds are always growing something. Some thoughts regenerate possibility and growth. Others are degenerative—reinforcing old, unhelpful beliefs and keeping us stuck. Today we’ll…
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282: Must-Read Books for Boys and Equipping Books For Their Parents
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28:47Finding engaging books for boys can be a real challenge for parents. But after listening to this episode, you'll have a treasure trove of recommendations to explore! J.J. Seid shares more than 20 book suggestions that captured his imagination as a child and continue to captivate his own sons today. Beyond entertainment, he also discusses his favori…
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