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Uncommon CourageUncommon CourageClimate Courage: get prepared for extreme heatAustralia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has finally called the start of El Nino, even though the US’s NOAA claimed it started a few months ago. The BOM’s announcement, combined with a positive Indian Ocean Dipole, means in the coming months, the effects will start to be felt, and heat extremes are expected. Right now, in September, when the effects of El Nino are not present, the state of New South Wales, Australia, is experiencing temperatures 10-15C above average. If these highs continue so far above average over the summer months, we could see heat ex...2023-09-221h 07Uncommon CourageUncommon CourageThe Know Show – are human rights negotiable?Welcome to the Know Show. Our screens are full of football (or soccer) mayhem, however, there has been a lot of news beyond the upsets, especially in regard to human rights. Whether it’s focusing on the treatment of migrant workers who built the World Cup venue or LGBTQIA+ rights, there has also been a big focus on the leadership failures at FIFA, as well as questions on the decision to hold the event in Qatar in the first place. On our show, we like to look at all the layers and angles to news stories, because not...2022-12-021h 10Uncommon CourageUncommon CourageEven gratitude advocates struggle sometimes…Bavani Periasamy is a gratitude advocate (among many other things) and she told me recently she’s been struggling, as others don’t believe she has the right to talk about negative feelings, because, well… she’s a gratitude advocate. We HAD to have a talk about that, because we all know the right to feel how you’re feeling (especially negative emotions) is the pathway out the other side. So yes, it’s always important to honor our feelings, we just don’t want to get stuck there. We also know - after the last couple of years - TIME...2022-06-2351 min