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Everyday CreationThe Many Achievements of Q, aka the Legendary Quincy JonesAt age 11, Quincy Jones found his purpose when he felt compelled to touch the piano at a local recreation center. It was a small gesture that set him on his way to a hugely successful music career. The first instrument he learned was the trumpet, and it didn't take him long to be good enough to play in jazz bands. From there, he went on to:- Collaborate with Frank Sinatra;- Compose film scores for movies and TV shows; - Produce hit songs for Lesley Gore; - Work wit...2025-06-0902 min
Everyday CreationC.J. Snare of Firehouse Hadn't Found His "Love of a Lifetime" When He Wrote that SongC.J. Snare, frontman and main songwriter for Firehouse, wrote the hit "Love of a Lifetime" before joining the band. The song was Firehouse's most successful single, reaching number five on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1991.To watch Snare performing the song with Firehouse, go to YouTube. The comments below the video are a really nice tribute to Snare as well. Here's one of them: "Rest In Peace CJ. Glad that I met you 3 years ago on the 30th anniversary of Firehouse debut album performance. Very cool guy!"The photo in this episode's thumbnail is of Snare...2025-02-1502 min
Everyday CreationA Story from 2016, Election NightI'm not a pessimist by nature. However, the 2016 election kind of threw me. I started thinking about it Sunday night, after reading a Substack post by Greg Olear about Leonard Cohen's song, "Hallelujah." In Olear's post, there's a link to Kate McKinnon singing part of "Hallelujah" for SNL's cold opening on Nov. 12, 2016. Her performance touched me deeply and prompted me to share this brief story eight years later, not that I expected to experience the same outcome in 2024 but to express the feelings that so many of us had back then. So here it is, a simple s...2024-10-2902 min
Teaching Math Teaching PodcastEpisode 96: Kate Johnson: Identity, Language, and Pedagogy in and beyond being a Math Teacher EducatorLearning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Kate Johnson, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at Brigham Young University, as we discuss her experiences and advice as a mathematics teacher educator, as an associate editor of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal, and as a co-author of the article, Ungrievable: Theorizing white Christian nationalist rhetorical practices in education in the Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies journal.
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Johnson, K. R., Hadley, H. L., Schoonbeck, A., & Benson, S. E. (2024) Ungrievable: Theorizing white Christian nationalist rhetorical practices in education. Review of Education, Pedagogy...2024-09-1154 min
Everyday CreationPracticing Self-Love Makes Your Life Work BetterThis is the last of four excerpts from a longer interview with self-love excerpt Darcy Lord, PhD. What happens when we practice self-love? The answer is literally, our lives work better in all the areas we care about — our weight, health, money, relationships, etc. In this short episode, Darcy Lord, PhD, explains it way better than I do. Please take a few minutes to listen.To receive Darcy's free pdf of the 5 principles of self-love, visit her website. You also can find her on YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn. All of my episodes with Darcy are on t...2024-04-0307 min
Everyday CreationBe as Kind to Yourself as You Are for Those You LoveThis episode is the third of four short excerpts from a longer interview with self-love expert Darcy Lord, PhD. In it, you'll learn how important it is to put yourself into a circle of kindness and to care about how you feel. To receive Darcy's free pdf of the 5 principles of self-love, visit her website. You also can find her on YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.All of my episodes with Darcy are available on the @EverydayCreation channel on YouTube too.To hear the full interview in this directory, please go to episode 4.2024-03-2706 min
Everyday CreationEmbrace Your Inner Worthiness with Self-LoveThis short episode is the second of four excerpts from a longer interview with Darcy Lord, PhD. Here, she talks about the four pillars, or foundations, of self-love, which can help us understand the practice of self-love. That's one of the pillars, that self-love is a practice and not something we check off a list. We want to keep at it every day even when we're feeling unworthy. And that's another pillar, that we have innate worthiness. How so? Learn more from Darcy, who has empowering concepts to share.To receive Darcy's free pdf of the 5 principles...2024-03-2004 min
Everyday CreationLive Your Higher Purpose with Self-LoveSelf-love may sound selfish, but it's not. It's really about living our purpose so that we can lead happier lives and help others do the same. This is the first of four short episodes with self-love expert Darcy Lord, PhD. All four are excerpts from a longer interview that covered many aspects of self-love including the practice of self-love, which has the power to change our lives for the better.To receive Darcy's free pdf of the 5 principles of self-love, visit her website.You also can find her on YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.2024-03-1305 min