We created our Morning Intentions podcast because, as coaches and mentors, we know that being intentional in every aspect of life is the key to becoming the best version of ourselves. Each episode is your daily dose of positivity, practical advice, and encouragement to help you embrace life with open arms and a hopeful heart. This is your time to set intentions, create meaningful change, and step into the possibilities of a brighter, more empowered you. Tune in and join us as we start each m ...
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All about the Middle Ages from Medievalists.net. Join Danièle Cybulskie and her guests as they talk about the medieval world, from Byzantium to the Vikings.
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Today’s Intention: In every situation, before I act and before I speak, I will ask myself, “How can I help things go right?”By Annette and Ada
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What are you reflecting on? Let us know on our Substack! https://morningintentions.substack.com/By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention: I will celebrate all the healing work I've done and all that I will continue to do.By Annette and Ada
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This week, in celebration of Episode 300, Danièle answers your questions on everything from Hastings to hose, with a couple of surprises along the way. You can support this podcast on Patreon - go to https://www.patreon.com/medievalistsBy Medievalists.net
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Today’s Intention: I will be authentic.By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention: I will have integrity. My words and my actions will match.By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention: I will view everyone I see today as a person with their own hopes, fears, and value equal to my own.By Annette and Ada
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Today’s and This Weekend’s Reflection: What are you all reflecting on this week? It could be about what we talked about just this week. It could be anything that we talked about this month. What has had the most impact on you? What has got you thinking? What has got you acting with a new way of being? Take some time today and this weekend to do som…
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Today’s Intention: I will be the best version of myself for myself.By Annette and Ada
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Vikings Behaving Reasonably with Robert Lively
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43:48If you asked the average person how Vikings solved their problems, they probably wouldn’t say through lawyers. And yet, early Scandinavian people were sticklers for due process. This week, Danièle speaks with Robert Lively about how a person became a Viking lawyer, what the process was for solving disputes, and how fixing bad behaviour worked in th…
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For Today: Please reflect on the letter from The Anatomy of Peace.By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention: I will do my best not to betray myself, and I will see myself and others as people, not objects.By Annette and Ada
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Today's Curiosity Question: Does self-justifying show up in my life?By Annette and Ada
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Today’s and This Weekend’s Reflection: Of everything that we talked about this week, what stood out the most and what had the most impact?By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: How have I colluded with other hearts at war?By Annette and Ada
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Elephants were known throughout most of the medieval world, even if most people had never encountered one, themselves. In bestiaries, elephants are praised for their long memories, intelligence, and monogamy. And, of course, their ivory. This week, Danièle speaks with John Beusterien about elephants and ivory in medieval China and Spain, including …
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Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: Am I willing to consider other people's feelings and needs?By Annette and Ada
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Today's Curiosity Question: Does the environment I'm in allow me or others to heal, change, and grow?By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: Where in your life has someone shown up with a heart of peace and changed the situation?By Annette and Ada
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Today’s and This Weekend’s Reflection Question: Do I spend more of my days, more of my time being FOR the positive parts of life, such as peace? Or, do I spend my time and my days AGAINST the story that I tell myself about someone else, the character that I've turned them into, or the role that I set up for them in my own story of my life or their …
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Royal Grief in Medieval Iberia with Nuria Silleras-Fernandez
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56:45For three medieval Iberian queens, grief - and the way they expressed it - had immense and far-reaching consequences. This week, Danièle speaks with Núria Silleras-Fernández about what grief and widowhood were "supposed" to look like, how grief and madness were thought to be intertwined with love, and how the grieving women in the famous Isabella t…
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Today’s Curiosity Question: What character, role, story, or identity have I assigned to myself or to others?By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Curiosity Question: As I go about my day with all the different people I see or that I meet, what am I looking for? Am I looking for separation, or am I looking for connection?By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention: I will engage in life with a sense of wonder and appreciation.By Annette and Ada
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Today’s and This Weekend’s Intention is some Reflection Questions: How am I doing with each of these core concepts of play?By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention: I will not hide, minimize, or deny my pain.By Annette and Ada
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There are several famous examples of mysterious medieval writing, including the so-far unbreakable Voynich Manuscript. So, what secrets were medieval people trying to hide? And why? This week, Danièle speaks with Garry Shaw about who was encrypting their manuscripts, the codes they used, and the centuries of attempts to crack the Voynich Manuscript…
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Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: When I look back on my life, can I see now that different people were in my life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime?By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention: I will be present in my relationships today.By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention: I will be brave.By Annette and Ada
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There are a lot of gamechanging inventions that shifted the trajectory of the Middle Ages, but one machine managed to hit at just the right time and place to create a massive enterprise in medieval Europe, with consequences that touched the entire globe: Gutenberg's printing press. This week, Danièle speaks with Eric White about Johannes Gutenberg’…
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Today's and This Week's Intention: I'll plan for tomorrow, but I'll live today.By Annette and Ada
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For Today’s and this Weekend’s Reflection, take some time to journal and/or reflect on how you played as a child.By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention: I will not sacrifice my personal development for any reason.By Annette and Ada
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Inventing the Renaissance with Ada Palmer
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55:55Given that the term literally means “rebirth”, the Renaissance throws some not-so-subtle shade on the period that comes before it. So, where did the idea of the Renaissance actually come from? And was it truly a golden age? This week, Danièle speaks with Ada Palmer about Petrarch, Machiavelli, atheism, and how we should look at the period formerly …
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Today’s Intention: I will open and close the different gatherings in my day.By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: What is your relationship with laughter?By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention: I will regulate my nervous system with play.By Annette and Ada
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Today's and This Weekend's Intention: I will approach my day with a sense of play.By Annette and Ada
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Today's Intention is a Reflection Question: Where in my life does it feel like I am performing?By Annette and Ada
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Saint Thomas Becket with Michael Staunton
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57:16It's one of the most notorious political assassinations in history: the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. The story of two friends who became bitter enemies in a struggle between church and state that drew in some of the most powerful people from all over medieval Europe. So, how did a pretty ordinary kid from London end up as …
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Today’s Intention: I will remind myself that play is a mindset, not an activity.By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: What is my relationship with “play”? Our Website Our Latest Newsletter Your 100 Gratitudes Summer ChallengeBy Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention is a Reflection Question: What is my first gratitude on my list of 100 gratitudes? Our Website Our Latest Newsletter Your 100 Gratitudes Summer ChallengeBy Annette and Ada
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Our Reflection Question for Today and This Weekend: What stood out for your in our working definition of friendship? Friendship is a bond built on mutual trust, shared experiences, emotional support, and genuine care for each other’s well-being. It is a relationship chosen freely, nurtured intentionally, and strengthened through kindness, honesty, …
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Today’s Intention: I will be gentle with my friends.By Annette and Ada
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One of the most celebrated moments in childhood is when a person utters their very first words, stepping over a brand new threshold of communication. And from that moment on, all bets are off. This week, Danièle speaks with Julie Singer about what medieval people thought about infancy in general, how literary children could be vehicles for truth an…
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Today’s Intention: I will help my friends - or anybody that I care about - celebrate their joys.By Annette and Ada
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Today's Intention: I am willing to apologize.By Annette and Ada
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Today’s Intention: I will walk beside my friends, offering support, not solutions.By Annette and Ada
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