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Beyond The BlogConnecting Communities: A Beyond the Blog Podcast - Episode 6: Little Learners, Lifelong Impact: The importance of School ReadinessWhat does it really mean to be school-ready?In this episode of Connecting Communities: A Beyond the Blog Podcast, host Leah Verier-Dunn is joined by Alison Nichols, Director of Elementary Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Learning for the School District of Manatee County, and Jennifer Harrison, K–2 Curriculum Specialist for the School District of Manatee County. Together, they unpack what school readiness truly looks like, explore the challenges children may face without it, and offer practical tips and valuable resources for parents, caregivers, and educators to help every child start school with co...2025-07-3125 min
Close All TabsOGs of Tech: A Latino Engineer in Silicon ValleyIn a field obsessed with the future, sometimes it’s worth looking back. OGs of Tech is a new occasional series from Close All Tabs that looks beyond the billionaires to spotlight the often-overlooked innovators who helped build the digital world we live in today.
One of these OGs is Felidoro Cueva, who grew up in a rural village in the Andes mountains of Peru, and immigrated to the US in 1964 — during the height of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. He went on to become one of the first Latino engineers in Silicon Valley.
2025-07-2333 min
Healthy As A Mother#121: Pregnancy + Homebirth with Type 1 Diabetes with Dr. Gina CumminsBeing pregnant and giving birth with Type 1 Diabetes takes specific intention, energy, and management of health. In this episode, Dr. Morgan has Dr. Gina Cummins on to tell us how she managed her blood sugar throughout her two pregnancies and homebirths. They discuss how the conventional route of prenatal care and birth for women with Type 1 is different for those that don't have it - including the risk factors and reasoning for why it is this way, and then Dr. Gina goes on to explain how she advocated for herself to walk an alternative path outside the system. She...2025-07-161h 02
Bare Naked SoulWhen He Speaks Through Us w/ Amy NicholsWait til you hear the story Amy Nichols tells in this episode. Her light shines through as she shares how Jesus spoke through her to resolve an incredibly difficult situation in her life...Only when she got quiet enough to hear Him speak.
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2024-12-0345 minHealthy As A Mother#88: Gestational Diabetes Part 2 with Lily NicholsThis is the second part of our two-part series all about Gestational Diabetes with Lily Nichols RDN. In this episode, we do an overview of testing options and discuss some of the lesser-known nuances of normal pregnancy metabolism - getting into some fascinating details around low blood sugars, continuous glucose monitors, and nutritive ketosis in pregnancy. We then discuss the conventional dietary recommendations and how they are insufficient and outdated and discuss the method of blood sugar management that Lily recommends to her clients to achieve the best outcomes. Also discussed is how this diagnosis of gestational diabetes can...2024-11-271h 08Healthy As A Mother#87: Gestational Diabetes Part 1 with Lily NicholsThis episode is part 1 of an interview all about gestational diabetes with registered dietitian and well-known author, Lily Nichols. We discuss the ins and outs of how pregnancy metabolism changes insulin function and levels, and what happens when this process results in elevated blood sugar levels over time. We discuss risk factors for developing gestational diabetes, prevention, early screening that should be taking place but is not, lab lists, the risks to the baby if the mom's blood sugar continues to stay elevated, and the problems with certain testing methods. We also go on an all-too-important rant about vitamin...2024-11-201h 16
The Sex Reimagined PodcastKeeper Catran-Whitney: From Billboard to Breakdown - Fame, Family, & Sexual Abuse | #107Send us a text & leave your email address if you want a reply!Have you ever wondered about the hidden impact of childhood sexual abuse on siblings? Keeper Catran-Whitney, shares his raw and powerful story of growing up in a family shattered by sexual abuse. But here's the twist – he's telling it from the brother's perspective. Yeah, we're going there. Keeper, the author of Helplessness: The Emotional Health Challenges Brothers Experience Once We Learn Our Parents Have Sexually Abused Our Sisters says "The only way you heal is by talking to people." Ready to challenge everything you th...2024-10-011h 12
Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Mastery for Women's Health ProfessionalsThe Role of Minerals in Balancing Hormones | Leah BrueggemannToday’s episode is all about the role of minerals in balancing hormones with my guest Leah Brueggemann. Follow this link to view the full show notes page! This episode is sponsored by Lisa’s new book Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lily Nichols! Grab your copy here! Would you prefer to listen to the audiobook version of Real Food for Fertility instead? 🎧 Listen here! This episode is also sponsored by FAMM, the Fertility Awareness Mastery MentorshipTM program! Apply now to join the waiting list for our next class! Have you...2024-08-1646 minHealthy As A Mother#68: Real Food for Fertility with Lily NicholsWhat should we be eating to boost our fertility? Today we unpack all things food and fertility with Registered Dietitian, Nutritionist, and popular author of the book: Real Food for Pregnancy, Lily Nichols. Lily and Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, the author of the Fifth Vital Sign, teamed up to write the brand new book, Real Food for Fertility and we talk about what to eat for female and male fertility, what's wrong with the Mediterranean diet diet, some of the things that surprised her during her research, and so much more! Let's dive right in! This e...2024-07-101h 30
Vermont ViewpointHour 1: Duncan Nichols & Leah Kaliski - Vermont Peace and Anti-War Coalition, Rep. David TemplemanIn the first hour, Brad Ferland is joined by guest host Isaac Evans-Franz. Then, Isaac hosts the second half of the hour talking with Duncan Nichols and Leah Kaliski of the Vermont Peace and Anti-War Coalition. Then later, Vermont Representative David Templeman joins the show. 2024-03-1244 min
Voices on the SideLove, Light, and Liberation - Part 2 with Ruby Sheng NicholsThanks for coming back for Part 2 of my conversation with intuitive guide, Ruby. We get into some pretty spicy topics, questioning the silence of our Asian community during this time of too many humanitarian crises and calling out hypocrisies of the wellness industry. We acknowledge that there is no blueprint for many of us to have these conversations and mistakes are inevitable, but there has to be room for mistakes. We have to try. We have to talk to each other.
Ruby clarifies — with the help of the Akashic records — what the real meaning of “love and light”...2023-12-2359 min
Voices on the SideLove, Light, and Liberation - Part 1 with Ruby Sheng NicholsRuby is an intuitive guide. She is Chinese American. Like many Asian Americans, for most of her life she tried to align with whiteness. Immigrant parents often instruct their children, whether explicitly or by example, to keep your head down and your mouth shut, to not cause trouble, to assimilate. This is how we are told we will stay safe and survive, and perhaps get allowed to collect some successes along the way, but we must never take up too much space.
While working in the wellness / spiritual world, Ruby kept finding herself in familiar situations where s...2023-12-1955 min
Leaving the TheaterElemental (w/ Laura Nichols)Ronald Young Jr. reviews Elemental with Laura Nichols RYJ and Laura discuss the merits of white saviorism.Laura - 1.8 of 5 starsRYJ - 2.25 of 5 starsFollow me on IG, Twitter, TikTok, and any of the dozens of new social networking platforms sprouting up now - @ohitsbigronFollow Laura Nichols on Twitter - @larr_bethAvailable in Theaters and eventually on Disney PlusStarring Leah Lewis, Mamoudoe Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Catherine O’Hara, and Mason WertheimerWritten by John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, and Brenda Hs...2023-09-2519 min
Remnant StewINTERMISSIONS4E017 | An intermission is defined as a pause or break in something, used most often to refer to the break during a play, movie or concert. Today’s episode is about an intermission and a walk down memory lane.A copy of the transcript can be found here.Thank you for listening, StewHeads! Follow Remnant Stew, discuss the episodes and answer the Trivia Challenge on our social media FaceBook and InstagramIf...2023-08-141h 18
Remnant StewWEIRD SCIENCES4E016 | Science helps us to understand the world around us. However, sometimes scientific endeavors can wander into weirdness. Today we head to the lab of curiosity as we explore some wonderfully bizarre science. A copy of the transcript can be found here.Thank you for listening, StewHeads! Follow Remnant Stew, discuss the episodes and answer the Trivia Challenge on our social media FaceBook and InstagramIf you like listening you can d...2023-07-311h 00
Remnant StewMISSING PEOPLES4E015 | How can a person be here one day and then completely gone the next? The topic of missing persons is at once both intriguing and horrifying. Today we are going to investigate some baffling cases of missing persons.A copy of the transcript can be found here.Thank you for listening, StewHeads! Follow Remnant Stew, discuss the episodes and answer the Trivia Challenge on our social media FaceBook and Instagram...2023-07-1745 min
Remnant StewOUTLANDISH ARTIFACTSS4E14 | The word Artifact is defined as an object made by human beings that possesses cultural or historical value. Today we are going to explore some of those remarkable items that link us to our past.A copy of the transcript can be found here.Thank you for listening, StewHeads! Follow Remnant Stew, discuss the episodes and answer the Trivia Challenge on our social media FaceBook and InstagramIf you like...2023-07-031h 00