Dr. Mark Wilkinson (D.M.A.) - teacher, singer, performer, athlete, philosopher, and formidably gentle human being joins Adam for Part 4 of our Human Opera Series. In today's show, we talk about overcoming stage fright, applying the Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule) to different aspects of life, visualization when preparing for a performance, becoming resilient through practice, the nature of perfection, and lots more. Please enjoy! Connect with Mark: www.mwilkinson.ca; Twitter & Instagram: @marklwilkinson. Connect with Thoughts & Found on Instagram @thoughtsandfoundpodcast, Twitter @thoughtsfound, and Facebook @ThoughtsandFound.

Dr. Mark Wilkinson (D.M.A.) - teacher, singer, performer, athlete, philosopher, and formidably gentle human being joins Adam for Part 3 of our Human Opera Series. In today's show, we talk about being hyper-subscribed in our modern lives and how context drives the human brain crazy. We also cover being in charge versus being a leader, disagreeing with a mentor, weighing personal responsibility against the public good, how we're obsessed with the micro right now and could all use some 'zooming out', and Dr. Mark's concern with the infantilization of talent with shows like "...Idol" and "...Got Talent". We also talk to Mark about his personal decision to put performing aside during the pandemic, his passion for studying the voice, and how the voice can be used to detect lying and overall health. It's another packed episode! Please enjoy! Connect with Mark: www.mwilkinson.ca; Twitter & Instagram: @marklwilkinson. Connect with Thoughts & Found on Instagram @thoughtsandfoundpodcast, Twitter @thoughtsfound, and Facebook @ThoughtsandFound.

"You can’t go to McDonald’s and ask for a "Whopper". There will always be structure to the world, that’s just how it works." Dr. Mark Wilkinson (D.M.A.) - teacher, singer, performer, athlete, philosopher, and formidably gentle human being is back for a second episode! In today's show, we touch on addictions and grief in a post-pandemic world, imperfection, the sanctimony of social media, privilege, anthropomorphizing our phones, discrimination, anarchy, getting lost in what you’re fighting against instead of what you’re fighting for, group freedom versus individual freedom, reading books you might end up disagreeing with, slowing down to remind ourselves of what’s real and beautiful in the world, and taking care of others. It's packed! Please enjoy! Connect with Mark: www.mwilkinson.ca; Twitter & Instagram: @marklwilkinson. Connect with Thoughts & Found on Instagram @thoughtsandfoundpodcast, Twitter @thoughtsfound, and Facebook @ThoughtsandFound.

Today's guest on Thoughts & Found is Dr. Mark Wilkinson, (Doctorate of Musical Arts - D.M.A.) - teacher, singer, performer, athlete, philosopher, and formidably gentle human being. He joins us for a lively, wide-ranging conversation, and we chat about family, noticing life's "green lights," maintaining your "self" while excelling, making art, rediscovering humanity, identifying overlap, cohesion, and next steps in your personal and professional pursuits, and so much more. Please enjoy! Performance audio is included with permission, and with gratitude to Mark and his colleagues: the Ohio State Men's Glee Club, Casey Cook (piano), Kia-Hui Tan (violin), with Robert J. Ward conducting. Connect with Mark: www.mwilkinson.ca; Twitter & Instagram: @marklwilkinson. Connect with Thoughts & Found on Instagram @thoughtsandfoundpodcast, Twitter @thoughtsfound, and Facebook @ThoughtsandFound.

In honour of our 13th episode, we have fun chatting about the bizarre, unsettling, fantastical, and downright frightening things that children have reportedly said out-of-the-blue. Are children somehow aware of, or connected to, otherworldly dimensions or experiences? We add in some of our own strange experiences with our daughter, and as a couple before she was born, and draw on pop-culture and philosophy during our conversation. Join us for a fun and skin-chilling discussion! Visit our website at www.thoughtsandfound.com for people, companies, and links mentioned in this episode. Connect with Thoughts & Found on Instagram @thoughtsandfoundpodcast, Twitter @thoughtsfound, and Facebook @ThoughtsandFound.

In this episode, we chat about the book, "The Wonder Weeks," by Hetty van de Rijt, Ph.D., Frans Plooij, Ph.D., and Xaviera Plas-Plooij.

The book outlines "how to stimulate the most important developmental weeks in your baby's first 20 months and turn these 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward."

We discuss how we prefer the term and concept of a 'leap' to the more popular one, 'milestone'; how we've continued to apply the term 'leap' to our daughter's development past the age range presented in the book, and what strategies we've used as parents to push through the inevitable fussy phases, and trust the ride to take us to the wonderful gains that come soon after.

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In this episode, Adam talks about two delightful books we added to our home library this Christmas season. They are books for all-ages, can be opened to any page, anytime, and can even be enjoyed by your toddler. We invite you to understand why.

This episode is NOT sponsored by the authors; we just really like their books.

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In this episode, we chat about how the Royal Canadian Legion has chosen to commemorate the 100th anniversary of wearing a Remembrance Day Poppy in Canada, and how we stumbled on a way to make Remembrance Day and poppy-wearing easier for a toddler to understand. Visit our website at www.thoughtsandfound.com for people, companies, and links mentioned in this episode. Connect with Thoughts & Found on Instagram @thoughtsandfoundpodcast, Twitter @thoughtsfound, and Facebook @ThoughtsandFound.