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Our 25th episode features guest Emily Ouellet who's a childhood friend of our host, Jarrett Carpenter (@jcrpntr). In the episode, the two discuss Seasonal Affective Disorder, COVID, the 2020 election, and Emily opens up to us about her journey with IVF as she strives to become a mother.

This past summer, our host Jarrett Carpenter (@jcrpntr) participated in a Black Lives Matter march from City hall in downtown Beverly, MA to the Unitarian Universalist church in Marblehead, MA. The ending point was strategic as that congregation’s Black Lives Matter banner had been previously, over the last couple of months, vandalized or ripped down. It was at the end of the March, where local and community leaders shared their thoughts on race in America and the work that lay ahead. Of these speakers where this episodes guests - Nia Guzman (@nn1aaa) & Shelby Casimir (@sdollazzzz) This episode was recorded in two parts and shares their experiences of navigating white spaces as young black women.

For our 23rd episode, our host has a behind the beats chat with Ju$t Jill and N Fuego from B&B Music which is a Massachusetts based rap group. We review their first album titled city bars and explore the origins of all of its songs. City bars is empowering, uplifting and most of all it’s a fun listen. You can find them on SoundCloud under B&B Music and on Instagram @brainsnbars_music.

In today’s episode we chat with Courtney Smith who, as a virtual assistant, provides her clients with the same magical ingredient of leverage. Courtney holds a doctorate in physical therapy and works within her field to support other therapists to achieve their goals. This episode is as much about exploring the power of virtual assistants as it is about gaining value and inspiration from Courtney’s unique career pivot. To visit Courtney's business, check out theofficeoncall.com or @theofficeoncall on Facebook and Instagram.

In this episode, I have a virtual sit down with Sabrina Auclair - Founder of Unpacked Living. Unpacked Living is a low waste and plastic free store that offers its customers a more conscious alternative to the more traditional products we frequently purchase. Sabrina shares with us how her personal journey of trying to live a more eco-responsible life slowly transformed into Unpacked Living's current online store and her future plans to one day complement it with a brick and mortar. Please visit www.unpackedliving.com to check out her products and learn more about her story.

For our 20th episode, we speak with the Founder and Owner of Kind Lab - Angela! Angela runs a small CBD shop that’s transitioning from a traditional brick and mortar set up located in Beverly, MA to an all online business model.

In this episode, she’ll share why she got into CBD, where the business is going and how all of their work fits into a larger conversation around self care and improving one’s health.

For our 19th episode we chat with Erin McCarthy who works as a Program Manager for Trinity Place Shelter. Trinity Place Shelter provides homeless LGBTQ youth with the basic support, shelter and skills necessary to make the transition to independent living. Erin shares with us how they're creatively navigating COVID to continue to provide compassion and support for their residents.

For our 18th episode, we learn from Leah Gooch about her program, Agitated To Elevated, and how she’s using creative writing, yoga and meditation to transform the lives of inmates in the US’ prison system. If we can’t have immediate change tomorrow led by better and more humane policy, Leah’s program offers us a another alternative. One that works within the current structure to positively impact inmates’ lives and ideally work to decrease recidivism and ensure that once outside, ex-inmates find their footing both within society and more importantly within themselves.

For our 17th episode, we share with you our first QuickPod. Our host, Jarrett Carpenter (@jcrpntr), discusses the myth of trying. Is trying really a thing?! According to Yoda, the answer is no. Is he wrong? Give it a listen and be sure to subscribe and review!

In a COVID world, everything’s changing all the time. To keep up and align with a listen base that’s doing less daily commuting to and from work. Let us introduce our listeners to QuickPods - 5 to 15 minute short form podcasts. QuickPods will provide our listeners with a shorter form of content when the more traditional 50-60 minute format may not be as ideal. (Check our episode 17 to hear our first edition of a WiFi & Water QuickPod!)