This episode, from Spring 2025, is a follow-up hot take on a 2020 podcast on skincare—both on the “outside” skincare or “inside” appreciation of who you are at your core and remember the value you bring to the table. It offers some perspectives about both personal and professional external factors that have impacted Professor Franck’s choices and may, perhaps, to be useful for your journey. Yet, the more important element is about ensuring that you: value yourself, understand the unique value your personal life experiences bring to the table for professional skills, and encourage focus on joy and kindness.     

As "Out of the Woods" was their personal anthem for the Pandemic, Prof. Franck is grateful to Taylor Swift (who now owns the masters and 'Taylor's Version') of this song for its use in connection with student mental health and the limited educational purpose of keeping students moving forward during a stressful period. Prof. Franck encourages all students (or other listeners of this podcast) to peruse the TS website to purchase merch and music to thank Taylor Swift for their contribution to their education: https://www.taylorswift.com/. 

Thanks also P!nk for their song, Courage to Change, and their album Hurts 2B Human, as well as their label Atlantic Recording Corporation and Monkey Puzzle for the fair use of a limited aspect of the song provided to my 1L students for limited educational purposes only (for the purpose of promoting mental health during the end of their first semester in law school). The official video for the single is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbGOfep7Mgc.