Live, Learn & Thrive

I don't know about you, but it's been a rough year for most of us. And some of us seemed to be able to bounce back faster than others during these times where bad news seems to be popping up often. Those people who can recover faster are resiliant. Can we all be resiliant? Why yes, we can! And in this podcast I'll share 5 strategies you are can start practicing today, so you can cultivate resiliance in your life. The 5 strategies I share are based on the research done by professionals in this arena. In this podcast I reference the following researchers and encourage you to read or listen to the books and the podcast, links are below.

In this episode I’ll share 5 common misconceptions about Defund the Police and share a bit of history of the slogan as well. The goal is to continue our learning journey as it relates to Social Justice education topics being discussed today in different communities by sharing information I’ve learned. 

As always, I am sharing more resources of experts and activists on racism and anti-racism below. 

Resources

In this podcast, I’ll cover the last 7 features of Oppression and I’ll also share examples, as I did in the last episode with the first two, of the 9 total features of oppression. Learn how they work together, interwoven, to strengthen and reinforce oppression. I continue to share in my learning journey, pulling together key takeaways from the experts, along with provide Social Justice terms and definitions. The goal is to help you continue your own learning journey about Social Justice in the US.  As with every epsiode, I'm sharing resources available to you. These are activists and anti-racist experts, so you can continue and expand your education. 

Tune in as we continue our Social Justice education journey, where I explore and define terms related to systematic racism and race consciousness. There is much to learn and share!

Show Correction: It sounds like I say 107 for the Kentucky example, and I actually meant to say 170 - apologies for any confusion due to my speech!

There are amazing, valuable, informative resources out there, here are just a few, and as with the Black Lives Matter podcast I'll keep adding new resources with every related podcast to come in the future. #alwayslearning #learnliveandthrive

Resources - Books, Articles, Films

This podcast is for all the neutrals who have woken up and are fully in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and are engaged, learning, listening and acting. I am speaking up, rather than saying nothing, and being vulnerable to share my journey in hopes of bringing all the formally neutral complacent folks, and now adamant supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement, with me. Let's learn together and keep the momentum going. In this podcast you'll hear about what I've learned so far, resources I'm highlighting and more. Hopefully you will feel inspired to continue to do your work. Let's do this together. Show up perfectly imperfect.

#blacklivesmatter

Resources:

Books - 

How to be Antiracist written by Ibram Kendi

White Fragility written by Robyn DeAngelo

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness written by Michelle Alexander

A People's History of the United States written by Howard Zinn

Sites - 

Why does it seem so hard to change habits? We’ve all been there. Decided to exercise more, eat better, get more sleep, stop smoking, drink less, be more assertive, be less reactive or fill in the blank with whatever it is. And yet despite knowing the behavior change will benefit us, we find ourselves slipping back into old conditioning. I’ll share 5 reasons why, and how you can use them to start moving towards long lasting change.

What does that word diet mean to you? For me, traditionally it meant deprivation. Most often if we are talking about our diet, it’s about eliminating something, whether it be calories, points or a food group. Diet in fact can be both a noun and a verb, meaning we may have dieted or are dieting (verb, whereby we regulate our intake of food and nutrients) and diet with respect to the quality of the food we consume and its impact to our health (noun). And generally, diet is considered when losing or gain weight, lowering cholesterol or blood pressure, heart health and so on. Lately, the gut brain axis (GBA) or gut health is top of mind, but we don’t often think diet and its effect on our brain. For example, is it possible to connect our diet to how we manage anxiety or stress? The answer is in short yes, and this podcast will dive into how that’s possible. 

This episode is all about learning how to slow down to speed up during a time of triage, critical or escalated issue you're dealing with as a business owner or within a company you work for. Slowing down to speed up is a powerful skill set you can leverage to ensure you're solving for the root issue of any problem rather then reacting to the symptom. I'll provide you 9 key questions you can ask to help you get to the root of the issue and identify how you will solve it. 

Have you recently transitioned to working from home? If so, this podcast is for you. Going from the office full time to being home all day, every day, is a bigger change then you'd think. I am your host Jenna Garma, and I've worked from home for 6 + years and I'm sharing the tips and techniques which have helped me create a wonderful working from home schedule.