Linda Colletta is an abstract artist who has been creating art in various mediums for over 25 years. Linda's art is known nationally as she explores textures, patterns, and layers mimicked in nature and urban landscapes while using color as her muse. Linda's art examines themes of compulsion, obsession, and addiction - through a lens of feminism, pop culture, and childhood sentiment. Her inability to discard any leftover materials traces back to her deeply personal issues with a compulsive overeating disorder that often caused her to hoard and binge junk food in a secretive manner. Linda's art is stunning and moving, and ultimately, Linda's work gives form to the delicate alchemy of humanity. 

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Linda's Website: https://lindacolletta.com/

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I am excited and honored to be welcoming Stephen G. Post back to the podcast. Stephen is a professor of preventive medicine, and director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University. He is recognized internationally for his work on the unselfish, compassionate love at the interface of science, ethics, religious thought, and behavioral medicine.

In today's conversation, Stephen and I discuss his new book, Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People: How Caregivers Can Meet the Challenges of Alzheimer's Disease. In this book, Stephen offers new perspectives on the worth and dignity of people with Alzheimer's and how we approach a "deeply forgetful" loved one to notice and affirm their continuing self-identity. 

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Stephen G. Post's Website: https://www.stephengpost.com/

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Khafre Jay is the founder of Hip Hop for Change, nonprofit empowering communities through the power of Hip Hop music and culture, focusing on social justice. 

Khafre was influenced by Hip Hop artists early in his teen years, and after getting into trouble at a public high school, Khafre enrolled in the School of Arts in San Francisco. While enrolled, Khafre was able to find an outlet for all his anger and frustration and started taking back his power from a broken system through music.

After a few years of working for Greenpeace as a Director, Khafre decided to marry his love of education, hip hop, and his new experiences of canvassing and fundraising and launched Hip Hop for Change.  

Learn more about Hip Hop for Change and support Khafre's mission.

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I am excited to welcome Alida Miranda-Wolff to the podcast. Alida is the CEO of Ethos and author of Cultures of Belonging. She is committed to teaching love, scaling empathy, and healing harm through diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging strategies. Alida is beyond impressive, and I enjoy our conversation talking about everything from her journey into the DEI space to the building of Ethos.

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Ethos: https://ethostalent.com/

Alida: https://alidamirandawolff.com/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/alidamw/

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I am excited to welcome Bari Koral. Bari is a beloved children's recording artist and an internationally recognized yogi. After a ten-year battle with stress and anxiety, Bari has dedicated her life to educating others about the powerful tools she discovered. Bari has presented on the benefits of yoga and mindfulness to over 100,000 teachers and has been a keynote speaker at the nation's top educational conferences. Bari has performed numerous times at the White House and has been featured in People Magazine and The New York Times.

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Youtube: https://youtube.com/user/barikoral

Instagram: @bari.koral

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Madison Hughes is a spirited singer/songwriter from Jacksonville, Florida. The 25-year-old, still discovering her sound, uses her naturally alluring, warm, hauntingly beautiful, and soothing voice to give her listeners a sweet escape. Make sure you check her out on TikTok or Spotify, trust me, you will not be disappointed. 

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Mike Kelvington is a Professor of Military Science at The Ohio State University, where he's also a part of the University's ROTC program. Mike is an experienced Infantry Officer, and military professional armed with over a dozen combat deployments and a Master of Public Affairs focused on International Relations from Princeton University.

I just want to thank Mike and his family for their service and sacrifice to this country. The views expressed within this podcast are Mike's alone and do not reflect the official opinions or positions of the United States Army or Department of Defense.

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Maia Szalavitz is a neuroscience journalist obsessed with addiction, love, evidence-based living, empathy, and everything related to the brain and behavior.

She's the author or co-author of eight books, including Her New York Times bestseller, "Unbroken Brain," where she uses her own story of recovery from heroin and cocaine addiction to explore how reframing addiction as a developmental disorder could revolutionize prevention treatment and policy. Two other of her bestselling books include "The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog" and "Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential— and Endangered," both co-written with a leading child psychiatrist and trauma expert Dr. Bruce D. Perry.

Maia is also a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and recently released her latest book, “Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction,” the first history of the harm reduction movement.

I am honored to have Maia join me for this conversation. We talk about tolerance, addiction, dependency, empathy, trauma, harm reduction, and the stigma of being an addict. 

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Maia Szalavitz Website

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Dr. Bruce Perry is one of the world’s leading experts on childhood trauma. His clinical research and practice focus on examining the long-term effects of trauma in children, adolescents, and adults. Over the last thirty years, his work on the impact of abuse, neglect, and trauma on the developing brain has impacted clinical practice, programs, and policy worldwide.  

Currently, Dr. Perry serves as the Principal Member of The Neurosequential Network, he is the Senior Fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy, and he is an adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

He has written several best-selling books, including his most recent book co-authored with Oprah, What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, which looks at and explains how childhood trauma impacts our adult lives, health and behavior.

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The Neurosequential Network

Dr. Bruce Perry's Website

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I am truly honored to welcome Christine D'Ercole to the podcast! Christine is a Senior Cycling Instructor at Peloton, a decorated competitive track cyclist, including being a Masters World Champion and a ten-time Masters National Champion. Christine is a public speaker whose WORDSHOPS© are workshops for editing our self-talk into the story we want our lives to tell. Many of you who have taken her classes might know a little about Christine's remarkable story. Still, in this conversation, we cover so much more, including Christine’s struggle with body image at a young age; creating her signature mantra, “I am I can I will I do,”; and the importance of learning to love the journey and appreciating the moment. 

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