Quality Human

I talk with brain injury survivor and mental health advocate Stephanie Cahill about her multiple past concussions, how she copes today, and her vision for future advocacy.

A few small but exciting changes are coming to Quality Human. I take a quick break from the blazing Portland heat to talk about dialing it in and getting real. Happy Summer!

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Visit Quality Human (http://www.quality-human.com) for more episodes.

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You might also enjoy my visual art, music and poetry (http://www.justinjudecarroll.com).

Rik Lemoncello is Professor of Speech-Language Pathology at Pacific University and founder of Sarah Bellum's Bakery, a nonprofit bakery whose mission is to help brain injured people return to work and life. Rik has wed his love of baking with his passion for helping people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) reconnect with work and community. Sarah Bellum's is staffed mostly by volunteers living with TBI.

Rik and Justin discuss the "Me 2.0" that TBI survivors face, as well as the power of work and peer support to combat isolation, the biggest obstacle to recovery. Rik also offers resources for loved ones who care for TBI survivors, a challenging role.

Support Sarah Bellum's work by donating here (https://www.sarahbellumsbakery.org/donate)!

LINKS

Sarah Bellum's Bakery (https://www.sarahbellumsbakery.org/)

Brain Injury Connections Northwest (https://braininjuryconnectionsnw.org/)

Brainline.org (https://www.brainline.org/)

In the Shadows - book for care partners (may be out of print)

The Cake Bible (https://www.amazon.com/Cake-Bible-Rose-Levy-Beranbaum/dp/0688044026)by Rose Levy Beranbaum

Entrepreneur, author and business coach Kate Northrup speaks with Justin about her Do Less methodology. Kate has worked with thousands of business owners to help them harmonize their work with the natural cycles of the body and nature. Instead of living in an unsustainable culture of "perpetual harvest", Kate advocates listening to the natural flow of daily and monthly cycles. The results are powerful.

Kate's membership, the Origin Collective, invites women business owners to apply this practical philosophy. Open enrollment starts in May 2021.

Kate is funny, gracious and a deep thinker about how we can live lives we enjoy, rather than lives we get through.

LINKS

Kate's website (http://www.katenorthrup.com)

Origin Collective (origincollective.com)

Pareto's Principle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle) (the 80/20 rule)

Titilayo Tenubu Ali's website (https://www.ownyourexpertise.co/)

Emergent Strategy (https://www.amazon.com/Emergent-Strategy-Shaping-Change-Changing/dp/1849352607) by Adrienne Maree Brown

Patriarchy Stress Disorder (https://www.amazon.com/Patriarchy-Stress-Disorder-Invisible-Fulfillment/dp/1544505779/ref=sr_1_1?crid=M9TDDQDFOQS5&dchild=1&keywords=patriarchy+stress+disorder&qid=1619023330&s=books&sprefix=patriarchy+stre%2Cstripbooks%2C239&sr=1-1) by Valerie Rein

Intuitive painter and teacher Flora Bowley joins Justin to discuss her new book, The Art of Aliveness. Flora’s approach, which she calls Brave Intuitive Painting, has helped thousands of students reconnect to their authentic creativity.

Justin and Flora discuss how to give ourselves permission, the magic of letting go, and creating boundaries for ourselves when we feel vulnerable.

LINKS

The Art of Aliveness (https://florabowley.com/books/)

Flora’s website (http://www.florabowley.com)

Flora’s Spotify playlists (https://open.spotify.com/user/1264053890)!

Barbara Chen spent seven years as a civilian in the New York Police Department, ultimately serving as Director of Media Relations. These days she’s a driving force behind nonprofits that seek police-community healing.

Barbara and Justin discuss what the field of communications really is, her work with Irondale Ensemble Project (https://irondale.org/to-protect-serve-and-understand/) bringing together cops and civilians to make theater, and the unique perspective her work has given her on racial unrest and policing.

Note: A great partner to this episode is Episode 8 with Civil Rights Attorney Jon Feinberg (https://bit.ly/38lGsjv), posted Dec. 15, 2020. Both conversations dig deep into hidden realities of race and the criminal justice system.

(Editor’s Note: Barbara wishes to elaborate on the part of our talk in which she discusses federal funding:

From 2017 through 2020, two law enforcement agencies and one nonprofit in NY received Department of Justice grants for "Community Policing Development." The most recent award supported patrols in Chemung County, NY. You can read more at http://cops.usdoj.gov (http://cops.usdoj.gov/)

LINKS

Irondale Ensemble Project (https://irondale.org/to-protect-serve-and-understand/) - WATCH THE VIDEO

Red Door Project (https://evolvereddoor.com) in Portland, OR

What is Stop and Frisk (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-and-frisk_in_New_York_City)?

Musical innovator and songwriter Mark Sherman is looking for the beautiful. With his Musical Midrash Project, Mark has written over 50 songs inspired by a line or lyric from the Torah, the Hebrew Bible. A project ten years in the making, Mark is now connecting with a wide community of listeners and musicians through regular Zoom concerts, sharing his songs and inspiring others.

Mark and Justin talk about the different ways we can find meaning scriptural texts, and how responding to what we find beautiful in it may be the most powerful way.

Mark also discusses the ebbs and flows of the creative process, what inspiration really feels like, and balancing family, work and creativity.

LINKS

Musical Midrash Project  www.musicalmidrash.com

Entrepreneur and small business owner Anne Johnson of Mamancy Tea discusses creating community and deep connection through tea. Originally from Kenya, Anne seeks to bring her home culture of tea and togetherness to the fast-paced production-minded American mind -- and she's succeeding.

Anne also discusses her journey opening Mamancy as lockdown began, her experiences as an immigrant, and the support her minority- and female-owned business has received from the public this past year.

LINKS

Mamancy Tea & Chocolate mamancy.com

Eisner Award-winning writer David F. Walker joins Justin to discuss his work bringing historic episodes of racial justice -- and injustice -- to life. His new graphic novel, The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History, created with artist Marcus Kwame Anderson, just came out Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 2021.

David discusses the power of comics to educate and (maybe?) change minds and hearts, the danger of casting ourselves as heroes in our own stories, and what "creative self-care" really means.

David and Justin also talk about treading water until you can swim, and David’s comic-writing bucket list, including the Lone Ranger and Tonto (for realz).

 

David is the co-creator of the Eisner-winning comic series Bitter Root. He has written major titles for DC (Cyborg, Young Justice), Marvel (Power Man and Iron Fist) and Image. He is also a filmmaker and a recognized expert on 1970s Black film. David is an adjunct professor at Portland State University.

 

LINKS

The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History https://amzn.to/3svJ1s3

 

Bitter Root Vol. 1   https://amzn.to/3bAhort

Who was Fred Hampton?  https://bit.ly/2Lnl7OJ

“The 1968 Kerner Commission Got It Right, But Nobody Listened”, Smithsonian Magazine, March 2018  https://bit.ly/3i9gK5A

Classics Illustrated   https://bit.ly/3bPlpbZ

“Bad Apples of Bad Barrels? Philip Zimbardo on the Lucifer Effect”  https://bit.ly/2KfBKLy

 

The Hero’s Journey, made popular by Joseph Campbell   https://bit.ly/39KkruX

 

Adventureman Vol. 1 by Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson   https://amzn.to/2LTWMjs

 

Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel adapted by Ryan North and Albert Monteys https://amzn.to/2Nd1KIr

Civil rights attorney Jon Feinberg talks with Justin about his twenty years of work on exonerating innocent people incarcerated in our prison system. Jon and Justin also talk about his work with immigrant families gravely impacted by the Trump administration’s family separation policy. Parenting and keeping a healthy balance under intense work demands are also major topics. A rich, revealing conversation from which Justin learned so much.

Immigration advocacy groups and books discussed:

American Immigration Councilhttps://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/

National Immigration Justice Centerhttps://immigrantjustice.org/

National Immigration Litigation Alliancehttps://immigrationlitigation.org/

Girl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristohttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41081373-girl-woman-other

The Testaments by Margaret Atwoodhttps://bit.ly/3qZiLoY

(https://bit.ly/3qZiLoY)Author Gary Shteingarthttps://bit.ly/37ouXIi