Riveting Broads

Riveting Broads

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Riveting Broads episodes

  • Ally-Ship, Awareness, and Action for An Inclusive Future | With Dianna Ciruolo
    For this week’s Riveting Broads’ episode, Molly and Jacqui are joined by Dianna Ciruolo, owner and founder of Staffing Studio, a Diversity & Inclusion Consultant from an ally-ship position, speaker, feminist, and author, to talk about the importance of ally-ship and looking outside of the box past your own perspective to see others’ and how you can help them.
    The three broads explore their individual experiences with altering personal biases. being aware of the barriers some face that others don’t, communicating about privilege, and channeling adversity and luck as vehicle for change.
    To see the “Life of Privilege” video mentioned in this episode, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&feature=youtu.be&v=4K5fbQ1-zps
    Also, jokes!
    1 hr
  • Volunteerism, Humility and Finding the Time to Feel Fulfilled | With Colleen Hendry
    On this week’s Riveting Broads’ episode, Molly and Jacqui are joined by Colleen Hendry, owner of Virtual Run Co; a business consultant, philanthropist, bowling aficionado, runner, coach, nonprofit advocate, and overall secret weapon for your technology needs, to address volunteerism, the importance of giving back and knowing your limits when you do.
    The three broads talk about privilege, barriers to getting out the door and getting involved, using your unique skills to help others, what kind of service is right for you, and most importantly, what isn't!
    Also, jokes!
    Given recent escalations of COVID-19 exposure on statewide, national and international levels, the 2020 Riveting Broads Summit has been postponed. We will are excited to announce a new date very soon. We can’t wait to say hello (eventually)!
    1 hr
  • Zen is Everything | with Myozen Joan Amaral
    For this week’s Riveting Broads’ episode, Molly and Jacqui are joined by Myozen Joan Amaral, owner and founder of Zen Center Northshore, to talk Buddhist Principles, human suffering, the true meaning of Zen, and what happens when you’re able to ‘be with everything.’
    The three broads explore their individual experiences with suffering, preconceived notions of what it means to be ‘zen,’ building communities of support, and how to give ourselves space to find our way.
    Also, jokes!
    1 hr 1 min
  • We're All Influencers! Unpacking Ego and the Modern 'Audience' | With Amanda Goedde
    On this week’s Riveting Broads’ episode, Molly and Jacqui are joined by Amanda Goedde, disruptor, activist, community manager, inclusivity advocate and wellness influencer, to discuss how to handle being newly ‘known’ on the internet, diversity, inclusion, acceptance and managing anxiety.
    The three broads talk about feeling insecure online, learning to say ‘no’ to opportunities that take you away from your authentic self, separating yourself from your online presence, and how to establish healthy boundaries with your technology.
    Also, jokes!
    For more information on how to attend or support the 2020 Riveting Broads Summit, please visit the following link. We can’t wait to say hello!
    1 hr 5 min
  • Second-Guessing and Seeking Justice in the Gray Areas of Abuse | With Jacqui Richard and Molly Merluzzi
    TW: Discussions of physical, emotional, and sexual assault.
    On this week’s special Riveting Broads’ episode, Molly talks to Jacqui about her experience with domestic abuse. Through recounting her relationship, the broads discuss the blurred lines of toxic vs. abusive behavior, mixed with the confusion, manipulation, policing, intimidation and the loss of oneself.
    Further, they discuss how to validate one’s experience and how to move on from trauma. Or alternatively, how to support someone going through it.
    NOTE: If you or a loved one are in an abusive situation, you are not alone. We are here and there are resources for you. If you are local to the North Shore, please consider using HAWC as a resource. HAWC provides free services to abuse victims. To understand if what you’re experiencing is abuse, or to start making a safety plan, call their hotline at 1-800-547-1649.
    1 hr 9 min
  • Body Image, Dysmorphia and Asking the Right Questions | With Alyse Grimm
    For this week’s Riveting Broads’ episode, Molly and Jacqui are joined by Alyse Grimm, owner and founder of Things to Do in Salem, to talk body image, weight loss, dysmorphia and the common missteps that can happen when commenting on other people’s bodies.
    The three broads explore their individual experiences with internal and external judgments, comparison, focusing on metrics vs. their levels of confidence and how unsolicited opinions whether positive or negative can have a powerful impact.
    Also, jokes!
    1 hr 7 min
  • Jetpacks, Pleasure and the Stories We Tell Ourselves | With Ajna Pisani
    On this week's episode, the broads were joined by Ajna Pisani, psychotherapist and transformative coach, to explore the pervasive misinformation surrounding sex and intimacy. 
    The three women discuss libido as a life-sustaining energy, body autonomy, arousal preceding desire for women and the challenge to but value of prioritizing pleasure over 'productivity' when it comes to building a solid foundation of intimacy and connection.
    1 hr 9 min
  • Radical Acceptance, Squiggly Lines and Respecting Your Evolving Narrative | With Meg Grant
    On this week's episode, Molly and Jacqui are joined by Meg Grant, educator, writer, radical empath and Director of the Academic Access Studio and Adjunct Professor at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA.
    The three broads talk about the power of exercising radical acceptance, owning the evolution of one's personal narrative and how it's fine to follow life's 'squiggly line'.
    Also, jokes!
    1 hr 9 min

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At Riveting Broads, we believe that the important conversations in media and politics — and in everyday life — are too often ABOUT women instead of WITH them. We plan to change that. With two dynamic…