Humanize The Human Eyes

Oli Beardsall is personal trainer, strength and conditioning coach, certified yoga instructor and Chek holistic lifestyle coach based in Metro Detroit. Having recently built a gym in his garage, Oli trains a busy schedule of clients from his home and provides a holistic approach to health and wellness. He also runs an online fitness training club (Pursuit of Progress Training Club) with his wife Taylor where they provide an all levels workout group with a focus on strength training, fun, music and community.

Taylor Beardsall is a Certified Art Therapist (ATR) and Yoga Teacher (RYT-200, Certified YogaCalm Youth Instructor, YogaMedics Certified). She provides creative mind-body services for individuals, groups, and organizations. Taylor is a founder and art therapist at Solstice Healing Arts Collective, an expressive arts therapies studio in Bloomfield Hills, MI. In art therapy she utilizes tenets of mindfulness, as well as a humanistic and positive psychology approach. Through these approaches, she accompanies participants as a non-judgmental, fully present, and supportive facilitator on their journey of using art-making for healing.  Taylor provides in-service art therapy, individual art therapy, expressive arts workshops, individual and small group yoga, and more.

Website: www.solsticehealingartscollective.com

IG: @solsticehealingartscollective

This conversation was filmed in the Pursuit of Progress garage in Southfield, MI.

Bryce Henney is drawn to dissolving the separateness between things. He uses a regenerative design approach to sustainability and resiliency planning with a focus on indigenous empowerment. 

Website: http://Brycehenney.com

This conversation was filmed at the old grounds of Pink Lake Elementary School in West Bloomfield, MI.

Frankie is a singer/songwriter currently living in Chicago. As of late, she spends her time teaching (virtual!) piano lessons, reading, biking, hanging out at the lake, and cooking fancy dinners. She's also passionate about community-building and healing through creative expression, with an array of experience in music therapy, education, performance, and programming to show for it. Most recently, this manifested as a DIY concert space in Ann Arbor called The CoOp, which she hopes to eventually bring to Chi-town! Links to The CoOp & her music below :)

Links: https://linktr.ee/francyypants

This concert was recorded in Wicker Park in Chicago, IL.

Frankie is a singer/songwriter currently living in Chicago. As of late, she spends her time teaching (virtual!) piano lessons, reading, biking, hanging out at the lake, and cooking fancy dinners. She's also passionate about community-building and healing through creative expression, with an array of experience in music therapy, education, performance, and programming to show for it. Most recently, this manifested as a DIY concert space in Ann Arbor called The CoOp, which she hopes to eventually bring to Chi-town! Links to The CoOp & her music below :)

Links: https://linktr.ee/francyypants

This conversation was filmed in Wicker Park in Chicago, IL.

For over 30 years, Rabbi Paul Yedwab has served Temple Israel of West Bloomfield, Michigan, the largest national Reform congregation.

He has published books and articles for journals and newspapers, served/serves on various boards, and founded or co-founded numerous organizations, projects and missions that are still operational.

Rabbi Yedwab met his wife, Wendy, at U.A.H.C. Kutz Camp Institute in N.Y. His three children Ariella, Jesse, and Zoe are all beautiful and brilliant.

This conversation was recorded outside of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, MI.

Jacob Sigman’s goal as an artist is to fuse the contemporary with the classic — a singer/songwriter mentality through the lens of modern R&B.

Website: https://linktr.ee/jacobsigman

This concert was recorded at Belle Isle in Detroit, MI.

Jacob Sigman’s goal as an artist is to fuse the contemporary with the classic — a singer/songwriter mentality through the lens of modern R&B.

Website: https://linktr.ee/jacobsigman

This conversation was recorded at Belle Isle in Detroit, MI.

Mark Honeyman is a resident of Rochester Hills, Michigan. Throughout his 35 years as an educator in the Bloomfield Hills School District, he devoted himself to encouraging his students to embrace their voices and their power as change agents in the world around them. Honeyman’s teaching has been widely recognized, including the Excellence in Education Award from the Michigan State Lottery, the Letters About Literature Michigan Teacher of the Year Award, Distinguished Alumnus Award from Marygrove College, Oakland County Teacher of the Year, and the Bloomfield Hills School District Distinguished Service Award.

Now in his second year of retirement, Honeyman continues to work with students as a tutor and mentor. Recently, Honeyman – an adoptee – discovered both the paternal and maternal sides of his family, and he looks forward to deepening those relationships. His most ardent wish is to travel the world with his wife of 29 years, Mary Honeyman.

This conversation was recorded in Rochester Hills, MI.

Emily Rose writes songs and studies existence. She describes herself as introspective and drawn to vulnerability in its myriad forms. 

Website: www.emilyrosemusic.com

This concert was recorded in Detroit, MI.

Emily Rose writes songs and studies existence. She describes herself as introspective and drawn to vulnerability in its myriad forms. 

Website: www.emilyrosemusic.com

This conversation was recorded in Detroit, MI.