Feisworld Podcast

Emily Peterson is a certified 500-hour yoga instructor, Usui Reiki Master, and licensed TIMBo facilitator and trainer. TIMBo is "Trauma Informed Mind Body", which has been instrumental in her personal healing process. Formerly a competitive athlete, she began practicing yoga to manage chronic pain from injuries more than 15 years ago.

Show Notes: https://www.feisworld.com/blog/emily-peterson

Emily Peterson is a certified 500-hour yoga instructor, Usui Reiki Master, and licensed TIMBo facilitator and trainer. TIMBo is "Trauma Informed Mind Body", which has been instrumental in her personal healing process. Formerly a competitive athlete, she began practicing yoga to manage chronic pain from injuries more than 15 years ago.

Show Notes: https://www.feisworld.com/blog/emily-peterson

I met Angela Akinyemi during Seth Godin's altMBA in January 2017. We both belonged to session 8 and a cohort called "Ruby".

altMBA is "an intensive, 4-week online workshop designed by Seth Godin for high-performing individuals who want to level up and lead." Previously on Feisworld, I interviewed another classmate named Gustavo Serafini on the show, and the episode was very well received. 

In this episode, we talk about both of our experiences, as students at altMBA, and Angela as a coach.

Angela and I met up in NYC not long ago and exchanged a few stories of our lives you are going to hear again on the show, including my new diet called Whole30 (Angela first introduced me to Whole30 and it has worked wonders on my body and mind.).

For millennials who are listening to this episode, this is an opportunity to rethink what's possible. Angela is someone many of you can relate to. What have learned from this conversation? Share with us in the comments below, or via social media on Facebook or Twitter. 

Show notes, tools and resources: www.feisworld.com/blog/mimi-chan

Sifu Mimi Chan is the daughter of Grandmaster Pui Chan, founder of the Wah Lum Kung Fu System. She was the model for Disney's featured animation Mulan released in 1998. She also hosts a podcast called the Culture Chat Podcast.

Jennifer Nycz is a researcher and teacher for the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. 

I've always been interested in linguistics and semiotics. With many questions unresolved when we began the recording, Jennifer helped answer an array of questions related to accent variation, dialect acquisition, phonetics, sociolinguistics, general linguistics.

An ESL (English as a Second Language) person, I began learning basic English at age of 4 or 5. However, it wasn't until I was 17  (when I moved to the U.S.) that I started to speak English on a daily basis. 

Whether English is your first or second language, we are certain that you will be fascinated by some of the linguistic discoveries in this episode.  Perhaps you'll go as far as challenging yourself to learn more about English, or a new language! It's good for your brain. :)

This episode of part of a Mini Series called the Freelancer's Starter Kit. 

Visit our blog for this episode to access additional tools and resources: https://www.feisworld.com/freelance/health-insurance-for-freelancers

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Health insurance is often the number one concern for people who are considering freelancing on a full-time basis. 

How much does health insurance cost? Where and how do I get it? What if I have a family? 

Traditionally, health insurance is something that your full time employer sets up for you and helps pay part of the premium. It can be convenient and hassle-free. Like most people, you probably never even had to think about health insurance before freelancing.

Contrary to common belief, health insurance is much more accessible than you think. You just need to know where to look. 

Show notes, tools and resources: www.feisworld.com/blog/bisila-bokoko

Bisila Bokoko is a Spanish-American businesswoman and entrepreneur. "There is not only one right way to succeed," she tells you, "simply to just go for it".

Today, she has over 200,000 fans on Facebook and 75,000 unique visitors to her website each month. She has kids and travels around the world for her work.

Bisila (or BB for millennials who prefers her nickname) calls herself :

“A cultural hybrid. I was born in Spain to African parents, became an American citizen, and have been living in New York City for the last fifteen years.”

In this episode, Bisila and I had a casual conversation to help you better understand her journey from zero to launch, as a speaker and influencer. What was it like for Bisila to speak in so many countries? How does she prepare herself for the appearance? How to engage with different people from so many different backgrounds and beliefs?

We also drill into tactics such as how Bisila introduces herself to people she meets for the first time. She shares an effective approach that sparks conversations rather than monologues.

Jeff Grey, also known as Professor Grey, is a father, a record producer/studio engineer, podcaster, as well as human services/non-profit consultant.

Our conversation travels through the most unexpected places. 

Jeff and I met at The Podcast Garage in Brighton, MA during an event featuring guest speaker, Radio Diaries Founder and Executive Producer Joe Richman. Joe is a Peabody award-winning producer and reporter whose pioneering series Teenage Diaries brought the voices of teenagers to a national audience on NPR’s All Things Considered. 

Jeff Grey, also known as Professor Grey, is a father, a record producer/studio engineer, podcaster, as well as human services/non-profit consultant.

When Jeff Rogers recorded his Teenage Diary back in 1998, when he referred to himself as a ‘halfrican.’ He had a black father and a white mother, and like many teenagers, he was trying to figure out who he was. 

Nearly 20 years later, Jeff calls himself a ‘mulatto.’ In fact, he’s the founder of something called Mulatto History Month that celebrates the unique experience of mulattos. It’s from February 15 – March 15. 

Our conversation travels through the most unexpected places. 

Jonathan Lunde is a Streetworker at UTEC.

What is UTEC? Founded in 1999 and based in Lowell, "UTEC's mission and promise is to ignite and nurture the ambition of proven-risk youth to trade violence and poverty for social and economic success." UTEC was also highlighted in the National Institute of Justice's 2016 environmental scan of agencies working with justice-involved young adults. 

What is a Streetworker? What does Jonathan do at UTEC? 

Street Outreach and Gang Peacemaking* ensure that Streetworkers meet young people "where they're at" and serve as the starting point of UTEC's program model.  Streetworkers target those young people who are most disengaged and deeply involved in local youth gang networks. This recruitment and relationship-building work sets the stage for Streetworkers to conduct UTEC's gang peacemaking work and to bring disconnected youth through the doors.