Dr. Marcia Mikulak, Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of North Dakota in the Department of Anthropology. Her curriculum vitae is impressive, to say the least. She joins us to talk about how language influences our identity.

If you find yourself grinding your teeth or painfully clenching your jaw when you are stressed, here is a practice for you.

My daughter, Maddie Kelly returns to the podcast. At Harvard, she studies human evolutionary biology, focusing on the environments of our ancient African ancestors. In the summer of 2019, she traveled to Kenya to participate in The Koobi Fora Field School to learn the basic principles and field methods of paleoanthropology “on location”. When she came back, she was full of excitement. On this episode, she chronicles her incredible experience in Kenya.

This is a guided relaxation. Find a comfortable seat, close your eyes, and picture yourself standing on a beach on a cloudy winter day...

In this episode, Strategy Coach Imogen Roy, joins us to talk about how to define realistic goals and to set ourselves up for success to achieve them. Say no to overwhelming lists and yes to small steps and a flexible journey.

Mia Zavalij has spent eight years working on food waste. As a college student, Mia co-founded Food Recovery Network, a national organization inspiring students at over 200 campuses to reduce food waste. Currently, Mia is a co-founder and consultant at Eatable, supporting food waste reduction goals of food businesses. A new resident of Detroit, Mia is passionate about getting to know the local community and engage in sustainability and food waste reduction efforts.

Danielle Todd serves as the Director of Make Food Not Waste, a community program designed to inspire people to waste less food in the home. In this role, Danielle speaks on the issue of wasted food, conducts wasted food workshops, and leads the annual Community Feast, held in September at Eastern Market in Detroit. A passionate advocate for food and the environment, Danielle is active in national initiatives related to food waste reduction.

Thank you for making 2019 so rewarding! There is a lot more in store for 2020!

Stephen Taylor is the founder and owner of StephensDrumShed.com as well as the creator of the Drum Better Daily system. The website is membership based and offers a way to learn the drums online in an organized and goal oriented fashion, since 2011. Stephen developed a course entitled The Art of Practice for drummers in 2016. The main purpose of the course is to help create "a focused and productive practice routine that is guaranteed to help you see results". Although we are going to frame our discussion about being a better musician, the principles we are going to learn about will help us to get better at doing or learning anything

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