Le vital corps Salon

Professionally, Barb’s an award-winning professor of engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and the Ramón y Cajal Distinguished Scholar of Global Digital Learning at McMaster University. Her research focuses on bioengineering with an emphasis on neuroscience and cognitive psychology. She’s also the creator of the massively successful Learning How To Learn online course, which she teaches alongside legendary neuroscientist Dr. Terrence Sejnowski. Dr. Oakley makes the neuroscience of learning both practical and accessible for the rest of us.

In today’s episode we talk a lot about learning and MOOCs, or for the uninitiated, massive online open courses. With all of Dr. Oakley’s credentials and professional experience, we also discuss some adjacent topics like how to hang-up your workaholic spurs, how to avoid task-list intimidation (yes, we touch on task lists!), and how we might leverage Imposter Syndrome for our advantage. As I said at the top of this episode: If a Swiss Army Knife came in human form, it would be called a Barbara Oakley, Ph.D. Like a Swiss Army Knife, there are a multitude of tools and ideas woven into this conversation which can be applied to what’s going on in your own life. Dr. Oakley contributes a wealth of knowledge and implementable inspiration.  

Selected link love + resources from the episode:

• Connect with Barbara on social media and on the web: Website | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn
• LEARNING HOW TO LEARN: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying (course)
• Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential by Barbara Oakley, Ph.D. (book)
• MOOC (Massive Online Open Course definition)
• Oakland University
• McMaster University
• Terrence Sejnowski  National Academy of Sciences | National Academy of Engineering | National Academy of Medicine
• Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens by Barbara Oakley, Ph.D. (book)
• A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science by Barbara Oakley, Ph.D. (book)
• Pathological Altruism by Barbara Oakley, Ph.D. (book)
• Structures of Science Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn (book)
• Pomodoro Technique Website | Book
• Nike Fuelband
• Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture  by David Kushner (book)
• Idan Segev - Neuroscience MOOC professor
• I am Jackie Chan: My Life In Action  by Jackie Chan (book)
• The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papsan (book)
• Imposter Syndrome  
• Barbara’s NYTimes Opinion Feature, “Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She’ll Thank You Later.”

MOOC Resources from Barbara’s Book, Mindshift:
Find a MOOC! Go online and find a MOOC on a topic you’re interested in. The easiest way to do this is to go to Class-Central.com to run a search. Be careful, though—the subject matter in MOOCs is so broad that you may not even think to look for a MOOC on your favorite minor novelist or television drama—though such a MOOC may very well exist.

You can also go directly to some of the main MOOC and online learning providers and poke around. The following are some of the biggest providers (U.S.-based and university-affiliated unless otherwise noted):

• Coursera (the largest provider)
• edX
• FutureLearn (UK-based)
• iversity (Europe-based)
• Kadenze (Special focus on art and creative technology)
• Open2Study (Australia-based)
• NovoEd (Focus on collaborative learning approaches)
• Udacity (corporate- and university-affiliated provider; focused largely
• on high-quality vocational courses and Nanodegrees for professionals)
• Lynda.com (private company owned by LinkedIn that provides access on a fee-per-month basis to top-quality professional courses taught by industry experts; excellent reputation)
• Udemy (private company for self-selected experts of any kind to offer their training)

There are also MOOC platforms that specialize in certain languages and cultural spheres. These are a few examples:

• China: XuetangX, BistuX
• France: The France Université Numérique
• India: SWAYAM
• Italy: EduOpen, Oilproject (geared toward high school students)
• Japan: gacco, OpenLearningJapan
• Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world: Miríada X
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
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While I believe almost anything is possible, I knew the odds were small. Astronauts are busy folks. Yet, here we are. Today’s episode is proof-positive that intentionally aiming for the stars may well get you there. Tune in to learn how this episode came to fruition, but first, a little more background on today’s guest.

Nicole’s NASA experience includes 2 space flights, 104 days spent living and working on a space shuttle and the International Space Station. If that wasn’t enough, she performed 1 space walk and was a crew member on the final flight of Spaceship Discovery. Yet, one of her most memorable experiences is painting the first watercolor in space. Nicole has soared to the heights of outer space and dove to the depths of the Earth’s ocean as a NASA aquanaut. She’s now incredibly dedicated to sharing the beauty of Earth from space with others, especially through art. In this episode, Nicole and I talk a lot about art and how she ended up painting in space, her relationship with space and Earthlings, and the interconnectivity between all of these things.

Whether your feet are firmly planted on the ground or you are orbiting the Earth, this episode is ready for your listening pleasure in T-1 click below. Let’s lift off with Nicole!

Selected link love + resources from the episode:

• Connect with Nicole on social media and on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram |  LinkedIn
• Space for Art Foundation (Nicole’s work now)
• Space for Art Exhibit at Johnson Space Center
• Space Suit Art Project | Space Suit Art Project Video
• ILC Dover (maker of space suits and contributor to the Space Suit Art Project)
• One Strange Rock, National Geographic w/ Darren Aronofsky (featuring Nicole and hosted by Will Smith)
• Aquarius Undersea Habitat
• NPS Discovery Feature on Nicole
• SXSW
• Pegasus, UNF Feature on Nicole
• Astronaut Mom Nicole Stott On Being a Mom and Space Explorer
• Space Shuttle Discovery
• Atlantis
• Exercising in Space
• Maslow’s Hierarchy
• Astronaut Cady Coleman
• International Association of Astronomical Artists
• Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances by Leland Melvin (book)
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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Additionally, she consults with both students and school faculty around effective family engagement.

You might be thinking this episode is going to be a really kid- and family- focused one. Yes, we are going to talk about Theresa's work for context. We’re also going to discuss how she came to it. Yet, there is so much in this episode for grownups without children, too. My husband, Craig, and I don't have kids currently, but the conversation left me with some ideas that stuck since Theresa and I recorded this conversation.

In this episode, Theresa shares both a deeply personal, courageous story and her professional story with us. She shares how mindfulness instruction came to be part of her core offerings, and how she helps children understand true happiness, which is not contingent on achievement. (I found this to be quite, thought-provoking as a recovering Type-A lady.) We also discuss the misconceptions of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and what life is like after the diagnosis. We consider the concept of courageous communication, which also plays out in real-time in this episode. As always, I hope you find comfort and ideas through our conversation. 

• Connect with Theresa on social media and on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn
• The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts by Lee Baer (book)
• The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine Aron, Ph.D. (book)
• Sandra Costella on Le vital corps Salon, Episode 0009
• Tim Ferriss
• OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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Aimee is the Operations Director for O+ (pronounced oh positive).  Over her time with the organization, she’s also helped launch spin-off festivals in San Francisco and Petaluma, California. O+ works to build long-term relationships between creatives and health & wellness providers to help strengthen local communities. The O+ festival infuses medicine, art, and wellness in a uniquely engaging way.

In addition to talking about O+, Aimee explains how we can trip into new and galvanizing experiences - sometimes unexpectedly - even as organized planners (ahem, my Type-A friends) and live to tell about it. We also chat about ways she’s dealt with burnout, the importance of setting bite-sized goals, and how she spends her “free” time at Disaster Mansion. Oh yeah, we’ll also discover the satisfaction of slaying a star-farting cat. (PETA friends: Don’t be alarmed. No real cats were harmed in this conversation.) 

• Connect with Aimee on social media and on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn
• Computer History Museum
• Kingston Museum of Contemporary Arts
• Nancy Donskoj
• Joe Concra
• Kingston Candy Bar
• Amanda Palmer
• Spirit Family Reunion
• O Wind Take Me To My Country Mini Documentary
• O+ Festival Website | O+ Poughkeepsie Festival | O+ Kingston Festival (Oct. 5th to Oct 7th)
• O+ Festival Murals 2016 (video)
• Carolita Johnson's A Woman's Work: Home Economics
• Teuxdeux (task list app)
• Disaster Mansion
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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[Since the initial airing, Debra faced conflict with her board and started VoteAmerica.com. She no longer endorses Vote.org.]

Debra served as the Founder and CEO of Vote.org,  a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that uses technology to simplify voter engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy. In this episode, we talk about being “abrasive” women in the workplace and how to really own getting fired. Plus, we talk about how she is working to bolster democracy through her organization [at the time], Vote.org.

If you come away with anything from my conversation with Debra, I hope it's that life is one giant blank check of permission for you to do things your way. Listen right now...and then go register to vote!

• Connect with Debra on social media and on the web: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
• VoteAmerica.com - Register to vote (even by mail), get reminders to vote, and find your polling place in a snap.
• Lyft
• The Best Vacuum Cleaners, WireCutter.com
• Netflix
• Anna Galland
• MoveOn.org
• Ilyse Hogue
• NARAL Pro-Choice America
• KFC
• Colonel Harland Sanders (KFC founder)
• Jonathan Vanasco LinkedIn | Twitter
• Lindsey Stephens LinkedIn | Instagram
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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I had the great fortune of meeting this week’s guest, Miranda Mims, at a roundtable discussion hosted by Minda Harts at SXSW. (Yes, SXSW again!). After the roundtable, I organized an impromptu dinner at the Elizabeth Street Cafe, which is one of my favorite restaurants in all of Austin, Texas. As luck would have it, Miranda said yes to joining and really got my brain cooking. I asked her a million questions about what it’s like to be an archivist. I found it fascinating and knew I had to invite her to the podcast.

In this episode, we chatted all about what archivists do. Plus, we talk all about how to decide what to keep and what to get rid of - the physical items, a mindset, or even the mental clutter - what we carry around as human beings. I hope this conversation with Miranda frees you up.

Turn on your favorite listening device and join me to learn more about knowing “when to hold 'em, when to fold 'em, or when to walk away,” with my guest, Miranda Mims.

• Connect with Miranda on social media and on the web: Website (coming soon!) | LinkedIn
• Schomburg Center for Research
• New York Public Library
• Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
• Catholic University
• Society of American Archivists
• Project 333 by Courtney Carver
• Soulful Simplicity, Courtney Carver (book)
• The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts, Joshua Hammer (book)
• Researchers Discover Dirty Jokes in Anne Frank Diary (article)
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo (book)
• Steven G. Fullwood
• Minda Harts on LvcS Episode 16
• SXSW
• Elizabeth Street Cafe
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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As I record this podcast, I’m slowly working on and growing the 33K Task List Project. After facilitating a craftworking (crafting + networking) event in Ruby’s town, the librarians lovingly wouldn’t let me out of there without the copy of 363 Days of Tea. 

Today's episode is a great example of how you really never know how things are going to come together. The librarians’ recommendation ultimately led me to reach out to Ruby. And that, friends, is how I met Ruby.  She is a visual artist and a graphic designer whose recent work includes experimenting on recycled and repurposed materials.

Here is a little bit more about Ruby: On January 3rd 2015, Ruby started a project called 363 Days of Tea as a visual daily record of her impression of the moment; using emptied, dried, and flattened tea bags as little miniature canvases; altering them to create a new work of art, every single day over the course of 363 days. Just amazing! Plus, she’ll talk about the significance of 363 days, instead of the expected 365 days, which in my humble opinion, is the height of perfect imperfection.

In early March 2018, her art was featured at Art on Paper, an international art fair in New York City. Prior to that, marking the introduction of a new international artist-in-residency program, she was the first resident artist at LM Studio in Hyères at the southern tip of France’s illustrious Côte d’Azur region. There she showcased paintings inspired by her visit in a solo exhibit called Printemps en Provence: 26 Days of Tea. Her art is featured all around the world - in both public and private collections.

In this episode, Ruby and I talk about how she came to be the creator of this amazing tea bag art. We touch on creativity and inspiration. Ruby also talks about all of the things she learned over the course of her artistic journey, including how being an artist, especially one committing to create one piece of art a day, was a lesson in practicing discipline.

Selected link love + resources from the episode

• Connect with Ruby on social media and on the web: Website | Facebook  | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn
• 363 Days of Tea: a Visual Journal on Used Tea Bags by Ruby Silvious
• Ruby’s sister Rita’s artwork
• Artists Inspiring Artists
• Design Taxi
• Bored Panda
• Arts Students League of New York
• Oribrami Exhibit
• Salvaged Exhibit
• “Take your broken heart, and turn it into art.” Meryl Streep, Golden Globes speech, August 2017
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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Chelsea is the Founder of Digi.City, Editor-At-Large for Smart Cities Connect, and Co-Founder of Impact Hub Austin. She’s a 2018 Marshall Memorial Fellow and a 2016 Eisenhower Fellow. Her work has been published through Inc.com, Venture Beat, the Chicago Tribune and more. She is also an Advisor to the St. Edwards’ University Business School, the Austin Technology Alliance, and the Austin Forum. Chelsea has won an Austin Under 40 Award and has a masters and a bachelor degree in Communications from the University of Texas at Austin. Whew! All of that - well, it just scratches the surface of what Chelsea is all about. I connected with Chelsea at SXSW in Austin. 

If you’ve never been to SXSW, put it on your bucket list and go. The advice I received there - from folks like Chelsea - have led to some major professional breakthroughs and unexpected support. 

In today’s episode, we touch on some big concepts in the world of technology. Have no fear! Chelsea breaks things down in a way that is super easy to follow, so stick with us. We talk about figuring out what you want to do when you grow up and making it happen. No job description for your dream job? No problem. We talk about what to do if you don’t fit into a nice, neat box. Plus, we geek out a little on sustainable fashion.

Selected link love + resources from the episode

• Connect with Chelsea on social media and on the web: Website | Facebook  | Twitter  | LinkedIn
• Internet of Things  
• Smart City
• 5G
• Eisenhower Fellowship
• Katie Ford
• Richard Rohr: Everything Belongs
• Pema Chodron: The Places That Scare You
• Chop Wood Carry Water
• Impact Hub Austin
• Impact Hub (global)
• Smart Cities Connect
• Calendly
• Full Contact
• Squarespace
• Chelsea on Inc.com
• This Sheet of Paper Could Change Your Life (article)
• Blake Shanley of Tiny Taiga
• #whomademyclothes
• Nisoloshoes
• UbuntuMade
• Women of Milot
• Little Pieces of Hope
• Slumlovesweaterco
• SavageSwim
• SXSW
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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While in a green room together at SXSW with George, I learned about the fantastic work happening at Greater Good Studio.  

In this episode, Sara talks about how she transitioned from the corporate space to Greater Good Studio, how she uses human centered design (a really powerful process for solving problems) at the Greater Good Studio, and how she applies innovative and intentional concepts like equally shared parenting at home, too. This episode is Innovative (see that capital I) and empowering for all you frazzled femmes out there. Get out your smartphones and start listening already.

Selected link love + resources from the episode

• Connect with Sara on social media and on the web: Website | Facebook  | Twitter  | Instagram | LinkedIn
• Greater Good on Twitter
• Raising Places (Greater Good project)
• Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time, By Brigid Schulte (book)
• LongestShortestTime.com
• Equally Shared Parenting, by Marc Vachon (book)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• MacArthur Foundation
• Metropolitan Tenants Organization
• Greater Good Studio's approach
• Take part in Greater Good's virtual fireside chats
• Professional Women Controllers
• Patti Wilson on Episode 31 of Le vital corps Salon
• SXSW
• “Can These Two ‘pissed off optimists’ fix America?” (article featuring Sara and her husband, George)
• StrengthsFinder 2.0
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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I'm so simultaneously energized and chilled out by today's guest, Alix Kram. I first met Alix last year when I rolled stowaway on my husband’s business trip to Nashville. Alix and I got to talking at a Women in Music event planned by past podcast guest, Nicole Barsalona. Within about 30 seconds, I recognized I was in the presence of a super-duper smart, creative woman who likely doesn’t realize there’s even a box to think outside of. My next thought was, “How can I get Alix to say yes to the podcast?”

Let’s talk about Alix for a minute. She is Vice-President of Global Brand Licensing for the Artist Services at Warner Music Group. Previously, she led KramCollective, where she helped industry professionals extend into the retail and lifestyle spaces. That was after Alix spent 10 years at Nickelodeon, where she was the V.P. of Lifestyle and Retail Marketing. I know, I know. That’s a lot of titles and kind of jargon-y, but we’ll break down what that actually means in the episode. Alix shows up - far beyond the titles and work stuff - as a woman who really knows how to live a full life.

In this episode, you’ll hear Alix and I discuss her work helping artists build their brand, her shift from her post-collegiate career to what she does now (btw, not a smooth, comfortable one), and how she balances her energy as, in the words of Todd Henry, an on-demand creative. Plus, we talk about understanding fear, embracing discomfort, and learning to trust yourself.

Selected link love + resources from the episode

• Connect with Alix on social media: LinkedIn | Website  | Instagram
• Nicole Barsalona on maternal loss + connecting music mavens
• The Accidental Creative, Todd Henry
• Warner Music Group
• KramCollective
• Nickelodeon
• Shinnyo Center
• Grateful Dead
• Flaming Lips
• Dora the Explorer
• Coachella
• MTV Networks
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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