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Seasons change, and that takes a toll on our skin. Environmental factors, stress, and poor hygiene all contribute to clogged, tired pores. If you can't, or don't want to visit an esthetician, we have an expert on board to share some easy -- and inexpensive ways -- to care for your body's largest organ.

For nine years, Alexis Simmons has owned an ecommerce business, working with Rodan & Fields Dematologists,  a top brand in premium skin care.  Alexis is passionate about  helping others, and her enthusiasm is infection. She is skilled in recognizing which ingredients, lifestyle changes and routines will effectively heal skin affected with four basic concerns:
acne, sun damage, aging and wrinkles, and sensitivity due to rosacea, psoriasis and eczema.

If your skin is feeling as stressed as the rest of you, join us for a talk as entertaining as it is educational. Thanks for listening.

Jon Mattleman knows a thing or two about anxiety. Not only does he help people, especially teens and the adults in their loves, find ways to cope with anxiety, he, too deals with anxiety in his own life. Then again, these days, who doesn't.  As the Massachusetts Clinical Director of Minding Your Mind,  he helps provide mental health education, and strategies to adolescents, teens and young adults.  In his private practice, Jon offers presentations, consultations and consulting services.  We talk about the rise of not just anxiety, but suicide ideation among teens during Covid, along with ways to recognize anxiety, and find positive ways to deal with our loved ones, and ourselves when we find our emotions frayed. More on Jon's warm, kind and sometimes humorous approach to the human condition, read more at jonmattleman.com.

Everyone has a brand these days. And if you have a business -- or even if you don't -- your brand can be memorable, even influential. And that means having a brand that reflects who you are, not just in business but in life.

Rachel Pintarelli from Rock Your Brand hit a  professional wall in April when her rock 'n roll persona no longer reflected where she is now, or  what our current circumstances are globabally. A little introspection, and she's still rocking it, in a very different way. All while being true to herself. She'll talk about how you can do the same,  addresses branding do's and don'ts, and interjects some humor and wisdom. For more visit, letsrockyourbrand.com.

Imagine a customized vaccine to treat a person's unique type of cancer. Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a world-class hospital for people with cancer. They are developing ground-breaking therapy to treat advanced-stage cancers. Keerthi Shetty serves as a Senior Manger of Strategic Initiatives at Dana-Farber, and is part of the team working on Neo Vax. Keerthi is also a business Manager for the Translational Immunogenomics Lab. She is passionate about her work in immunology, as well as connecting innovators and business developers. Her greatest satisfaction comes from mentoring the next generation of STEM students. Hear her story, and the amazing developments to fight cancer.

Our guest today is Stela Lupushor, who is on a mission to humanize the workplace.

She works with the Conference Board’s Fortune 500 corporations-members on rethinking their workplace strategies. She leads Reframe.Work Inc. and consults on how to create inclusive workplaces through the use of technology, human-centered design, people analytics, and future-thinking, In 2018 Stela founded  amazing.community, a nonprofit that expands the work horizon for women 45+. She has transformed the workplace at the intersection of technology, analytics, and Human Resources at Fidelity Investments, TIAA, IBM, Price Waterhouse, and PwC Consulting and their clients. In this episode, Stela addresses inclusion in the workplace, how colleges can prepare students for a changing employment environment, and what we can expect to see in the next five to ten years. Learn about her work at reframe.work 

What keeps you up at night? Whatever it is, you can finally get a good night's sleep. Kali Patrick, sleep wellness coach helps tired, stressed-out people - sound familiar - develop habits and strategies during the day that will lead to sweet dreams at night. She shares her own journey from Type-A perfectionist workaholic to a more Zen lifestyle.  Find her practice 'A Journey Into Health' at kalipatrick.com.

We speak with author  E. Dolores Johnson whose book 'Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets and Love' was published June 2. A story of her parents flight from Indiana during the 1940's to escape the state's then-punishing laws against interracial marriage.
Last episode, Dolores spoke to Embark about growing up interracial, and black in America, and how we can help bridge the racial divide. In this episode we follow up with the art of writing memoir, and the challenges of publishing a book during a pandemic.

Part one of a conversation with E. Dolores Johnson, who discusses her memoir, Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir on Race, Secrets and Love, published in June by Chicago Review Press. In our discussion through the lens of race, Johnson relates how her black father and white mother fled Indiana in the 1940’s to escape punishing state laws against interracial marriage, and her experience growing up black in America. More on Johnson at edoloresjohson.com.

‘Life is what happens to you while you’re making other plans.’ Sang John Lennon. 

Life’s also full of change. Hear stories of personal challenge, inspiring comebacks, innovations, new developments in science, business and culture, and how we can, and do, navigate to what's next.