On the first episode of Season 2 of Tri This, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen is joined by pro triathlete Alysha Krall. Alysha shares how she got into triathlon and her favorite aspects of the sport. We also hear about her experience with eating disorders throughout her career as an athlete in college and her journey to healing through plant based eating and triathlon. We know that eating disorders are common in athletes, particularly higher in female athletes, and Alysha's story is both full of realistic expectations, but also hope in healing and overcoming the challenges that come with navigating the world of nutrition and sport.Host: Dr. Kirstin LauritzenRecorded: January 10, 2022For more information, links and resources and hundreds more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1500+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. We are ranked in the top 2% of more than 2.71 million podcasts worldwide. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wisp--4769409/support.

Tri This: S2E2 - Pro Triathlete Alysha Krall Overcomes Eating Disorder

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Visual storyteller Flash Rosenberg, is a self described 'Attention Span for Hire' who photographs, draws, writes and talks as a performer. Flash was the pioneering artist in residence for ‘LIVE from the New York Public Library’ for seven years, capturing live-drawings of literary discussions in real-time to create panels and animated summaries known as “Conversation Portraits Flash was born in Mt. Vernon, NY; one of three children—she has a younger brother and sister— to Marilyn, an early childhood educator, and David, a chemical engineer and rocket scientist. Her family moved to Delaware when she was four years old. Flash attended the University of Delaware where she graduated with a BS in Graphic Design as a Dean’s Scholar in Visual Communication. In 2011, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts. Her animations have been commissioned for Broadway shows. Her Main Stage stories for ‘The Moth’ have been broadcast nationally on NPR. “FlashThink Cartoons” was a weekly, online feature on the Conde Nast site, Archetypes.com. Flash has had an elaborate and original teaching career, specializing in provocative approaches to art, including workshops in Visual Humor, and a Perception Studies class conducted entirely in the NYC subways for Cooper Union. She lives in Harlem, NY. Websites: http://flashrosenberg.com/ https://www.archetypes.com/flash-rosenberg (http://www.nypl.org/live/conversation-portraitsInstagram: @flashrosenberghttps://www.instagram.com/flashrosenberg/ Flash’s favorite female artists:Arlene LoveMarsha MossKaren MisherAmie PotsicWacky Wendy BrackmanBonnie LevinsonBarbara MinkJill DeGroffSusan KaprovLaurie Rosenwald Flash’s playlist: Blackbird - The Beatles The Penguin - Raymond Scott Gymnopédies - Erik Satie Toc - Thom Ze Hot in Heere - Nelly Atomic Dog - Parliament Funkadelic Incense Peppermint - Strawberry Alarm Clock Sunshine Superman - Donovan Hava Neegila - Harry Belafante Oh Yeah - Yello Crazy Women - Jess Korman Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell Old Man - Neil Young Dust in the Wind - Kansas Another One Bites the Dust - Queen <a...

AART: S2E22 Flash Rosenberg, Visual Storyteller

This week the figurative painter Lisa Golightly whose work revolves around memory and how snapshots shape and influence change. Lisa was born in Eugene, OR in 1974—one of two children; she has an older brother— to parents Frank, an accountant, and Patty, a teacher. Her father was also an amateur painter and sculptor who guided Lisa’s introduction to art. She was also a keen rider and enjoyed showing hunter-jumper.  Lisa’s early academic interest was photography and she graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor in Fine Arts leaning towards a career in photography. It was after she married her husband, John, that she turned her attention back to art and progressed to becoming a professional artist. Lisa works exclusively in her studio and shows her work at several galleries, including Billis Williams Los Angeles, CA., George Billis Gallery, NYC/CT, Maya Froedman Gallery Jackson Hole, WY, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT and the Patricia Rovzar Gallery in Seattle, WA. She lives in Portland, OR with her family and two dogs.Lisa on Instagram: @lisagolightlyarthttps://www.instagram.com/lisagolightlyart Lisa's website: https://www.lisagolightlyart.com/Lisa’s playlist:Pixies-Hey Pixies-U Mass Pixies- Monkey Gone to Heaven The Stone Roses- Don't Stop Arcade Fire- Neighborhood (tunnels) Arcade Fire- Wake UP The Verve- Velvet Morning The Temper Trap- Summer's Almost Gone M83- Midnight City Blur- The Universal Radiohead- Thinking About You Radiohead-Let Down Lisa’s favorite female artists:Kathryn LynchLynette Yiadom-BoakyeCayce ZavagliaErin LawlorLois DoddBoo SavilleKaye DonachieRose Wylie Host: Chris StaffordProduced by Hollowell StudiosFollow @theaartpodcast on InstagramAART on FacebookEmail: hollowellstudios@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wisp--4769409/support.

AART: S2E21 - Lisa Golightly, Figurative Painter

My guest this week is the National Geographic explorer and award-winning wildlife film-maker, photographer, presenter & founder of Bambee Studios, Aishwarya Sridhar. Aishwarya was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India in 1997, the only child to parents Sridhar Ranganathan and Rani Sridhar. Her father is a chartered accountant and her mother an advertising professional. Both her parents help Aishwarya with the business aspects of her film studio and have been instrumental in introducing her to wildlife and conservation from an early age. She has always been passionate about protecting the natural environment, climate change and the impact on India’s wildlife. Although career pathways for women in filmmaking in India are limited, Aishwarya created her own opportunities beginning in college at Pillai College of Arts, Science and Commerce where she studied Mass Media. Her first two films were picked up by DD National and National Geographic WILD respectively, and it wasn’t long before the awards came her way for her conservation work, including the Sanctuary Asia Young Naturalist Award,,which she won at age 15, The Princess Diana Award for Young Change Makers aged 9-25, the Woman Icon Award, and the International Inspirational Women's Award. In 2020, she became the first Indian woman to win at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award.  Aishwarya also became the youngest conservation storyteller from India to join the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) as an Emerging League Fellow. Her work has been telecast on leading networks like National Geographic WILD, Discovery, Arte, KBS, NHK, Love Nature and BBC Earth and her images have been published worldwide in newspapers and magazines, such as BBC Wildlife, The Guardian, and Times of India. Aishwarya is currently working on.a documentary about a leopard, Rana, in the Jhalana Leopard Reserve. Ash’s website: https://www.aishwaryasridhar.com/Instagram: Chikoo_wild https://www.instagram.com/chikoo_wild/Ash’s Playlist:Taylor SwiftMichael JacksonHindi Bollywood Soundtracks  Ash’s favorite female artists:Beverly JoubertShannon WildVanessa BerlowitzRathika RamaswamyAlia BhattPriyanka ChopraKartiki GonsalvesGuneet Monga Host: Chris StaffordProduced by Hollowell StudiosFollow @theaartpodcast on InstagramAART on Facebook Email: hollowellstudios@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wisp--4769409/support.

AART S2E20: Aishwarya Sridhar, Filmmaker, Photographer

This week the Fine Artist, Michele Usibelli, whose work ranges from landscapes and animals to still life and figurative art. A Washington State native Michele was born in Seattle in 1962 then spent time in Utah and Alaska before returning to Edmonds, WA where she divides her time with another studio in Montana. Michele is the eldest of three children—she has two brothers—to John Hampson (d) a former navy serviceman and realtor, and mother Carol who was a home-maker, pianist and seamstress. Michele’s childhood was spent mostly outdoors and playing sport. She was she says something of a tomboy, and she also followed in her mother’s footsteps by playing the piano and sewing. Michele’s interest in fine drawing led her to study architecture at the University of Washington and pursue corporate architecture. She also worked as Director of Marketing for the National Park Service, which involved extensive traveling. It was while she was on a business trip to Denali, AK that she met her husband, and after raising her three children—Nathan, Jacqueline and Angelina, that Michele returned to her love of art. Aside from painting most of the week, she also teaches workshops. Michele has won numerous awards, including the Silver Medal Award at the prestigious Salmagundi Club, NYC and the UCI Institute and Museum of California Art Award. Her work is in the permanent collection at the University of Alaska Fairbanks/Museum of the North the Brinton Museum/Wyoming, and her painting "First Light, Pioneer Mill Smokestack", was acquired by the State of Hawaii for their permanent collection. Michele lives in Edmonds, Washington State with her husband Mitch.  Michele’s website: https://www.micheleusibelli.com/about Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/micheleusibelliart/  Michele’s playlist: One Eskimo - Kandi, Amazing Amos Lee-Windows Are Rolled Down Lord Huron - The Night We Met Two Feet - Winter Alt J - U&ME; BORNS - God Save Our Young Blood Dennis Loyd - Nevermind Absofacto - Dissolve Moby - Love of Strings BORNS - Man Two Feet - Quick Musical Doodles Sir Sly - High Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate  Michele’s favorite female artists:Susan WoolgarKellie WeeksAbigail GuttingIngrid ChristensenWendy Conklin/UpholsteryAnnie LeibovitzMary Cassatt (d)Berthe Morisot (d)  Host: Chris StaffordProduced by Hollowell StudiosFollow @theaartpodcast on InstagramAART on FacebookEmail: hollowellstudios@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wisp--4769409/support.

AART: S2E19 - Michele Usibelli, Fine Artist

This week the Russian born felt-maker Elena Bondar who has established a second career as an artist in her adopted country of Finland. Elena taught herself the art of wool and felt-making, and since 2010 she has been crafting bespoke wool paintings, infusing them, she says, with the strategic planning, self-reliance, and dedication to excellence honed during her athletic career. Elena was born in the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg, Russia in 1981—one of two children—she has an older brother, Andrey, to parents Svetlana Moskovskikh, a technology engineer, and Yuri Moskovskikh, a chemical engineer. She spent a happy childhood learning crafts from her mother and grandmother before attending the School of Art in Novouralsk for eight years. She then turned to sports at the Secondary School for Olympic Reserves, Ekaterinburg as a Specialist in Physical Education and Sports from 1999-2002 followed by the Ekaterinburg State Institute of Education for Physical Education Teaching from 2002-2007.  In addition to music and art school Elena also participated in sports such as volleyball and track and field. However, it wasn’t until she was16, with encouragement from her new coach, that she started taking sports seriously. Elena subsequently began a professional career, which led to becoming the 2009 European Rogaining Champion. She also competed in the 2009 World Ski-Orienteering Championships in Rusutsu, Japan, and Adventure Racing World Series in South Africa, Portugal, Sweden and Turkey. After retiring from pro sports, Elena moved to Finland where she met her partner Ville Rissanen, and decided to revisit her interest in art. She attended the JEDU Vocational Education Centre, Piippola from 2015 - 2017 earning a Bachelor of Arts and Crafts degree. And she is currently undergoing specialized vocational education specializing in industrial arts and design in Jyväskylä. As well as crafting her wool and felt-making, Elena teaches the art in person and online both in Finnish and English. She lives in Palonurmi, Finland with her family and three dogs.Elena;s website: https://woolrealm.com/ Instagram: @ellunhuopa Elena’s playlist:INOSSI (Somewhere)Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon)50 Cent (Candy Shop)Simon & Garfunkel (the Sound of Silence)Guano Apes (Big in Japan)Elena’s favorite female artists in visual arts:Feltmaker Marjolein DallingaFingerpainter Iris ScottCeramist Heather KnightCeramicist Iris ApfelHost: Chris StaffordProduced by Hollowell StudiosFollow @theaartpodcast on InstagramAART on FacebookEmail: hollowellstudios@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wisp--4769409/support.

Tri This: S2E2 - Pro Triathlete Alysha Krall Overcomes Eating Disorder

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