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Mindful Marathon PodcastEp 54: Never Too Late - Finding Yourself Through Running, with Dr. Marion McCraryIn this episode of the Mindful Marathon Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Marion McCrary, a primary care physician, national board-certified health and wellness coach, and fellow runner who didn’t lace up until her 30s. At age 42, she crossed the finish line of her very first half marathon.
Dr. McCrary shares the ups and downs of her running journey, from training for three half marathons in 18 months, to taking breaks, and always finding her way back. Her story is a reminder that running doesn’t have to be perfect or all-or-nothing.
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2025-09-2621 min
Cameras and Carseats#21 Talking Branding and SEO with MichelleWe took a guest episode pivot to pick Michelle's brain on all things branding, SEO, and her thoughts on a full branding package vs just colors and a logo. The main advice that rings true every time though, stick to being yourself even through all the trends of the industry. Michelle's links:Website- https://michellemariestudio.com/IG- https://www.instagram.com/michellemariestudio/Find us on our social accountsOur Website is LIVE, Join us for the Momtog Mastermind but hurry only 10 spots available!
2025-04-1538 min
Absolute ShowAS 27 | I die and haunt the show | Netherfriends & Lili MichelleLiz has beef with one of the writers, and tried to poison him. But does she miss her target? Anyways, Lukas comes back as a ghost and has ghost powers! Netherfriends shows us his new song. Lili Michelle starts vaping again.
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2024-10-1633 min
Where Did the Road Go?The Satanic Panic - July 20, 2024Seriah is joined by Barbara Fisher and Amber, the Witch of Noccalula, to discuss the Satanic Panic in American history, pop culture, and current events. Topics include Dungeons and Dragons, a personal experience with censorship of a D&D afterschool club, the 2022 documentary “Satanic Panic”, the 1982 movie “Mazes and Monsters” starring Tom Hanks, the blaming of metal bands for youth suicide, the gross misinterpretation of Ozzie Osbourne’s song “Suicide Solution”, the book “Michelle Remembers” by Lawrence Pazder and Michelle Smith, hypnotic regression and false memories, generational attitudes, the Moral Majority, Anita Bryant, the Mormon involvement in the Satanic Panic, reality TV...
2024-07-311h 32
Curious RootsPart Two: Rich ConnectionsThe second part of our interview with Mr. Griffin Lotson brings us to our final episode of season two. Mr. Lotson continues his story about Kumbaya. Works discussed: Drums and Shadows: Survival Studies Among the Georgia Coastal Negroes and its connection to Mr. Lotson’s story about Kumbaya as well as the infamous Old Man Thorpe father to my third great grandmother Ethel “Effie” Proctor. He also shares how he became the manager of the nationally acclaimed Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters. Music in this episode is courtesy of the Free Music Archive from Makaih Beats “Reflection” (licensed under a Att...
2024-06-0552 min
Curious RootsPart One: Rich ConnectionsRounding out the final two part episode of season two, is Mr. Griffin Lotson, Georgia Commission Vice Chair for the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission,Chief Executive Officer of the non-profit Sams Memorial Community Economic Development, Inc., and manager of the nationally acclaimed Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters. I sat down with Mr. Lotson last year to discuss his own deep roots in McIntosh County, Georgia heritage and his work to share Gullah Geechee culture globally. He talks about being a part of the beginnings of the creation of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission and how this c...
2024-05-2936 min
Curious RootsPart Two: This Why We Come to Be KinWe continue our conversation with Adolphus Armstrong of the Lowcountry DNA Project in this episode. We return once again to the issues of land, removal, heirs property, and exploited labor as those topics relate to Harris Neck and beyond. We also talk about the book The Half Has Never Been Told : Slavery And The Making Of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist and how the patterns of enslavers trafficking stolen African people across the country are seared into the DNA of Black folks today. We also talk about the fantastic podcast Tilling the Soil put out by the staff o...
2024-05-2233 min
Curious RootsPart One: This Is Why We Come To Be KinResearcher and genealogist Terri Ward always says all roads lead back to Coastal Georgia. This week’s guest, Adolpohus Armstrong, heads up the Lowcountry DNA Project with Ujima Genealogy, helps people trace those roads of their roots back to Coastal Georgia. Adolphus shares how he got started with the project and the many fascinating stories that have emerged from his work. Learn more about the Lowcountry DNA Project and how you can get involved. Also mentioned in this episode is the work of researcher Brian Sheffey and his study of “The Weeping Time” on Butler Island Plantation. Music in this epis...
2024-05-1538 min
Curious RootsPart Two: Determined Not to LoseSeason two of Curious Roots continues with the second part of our interview with Mr. Winston Relaford. He shares the difficulties of attempting to get justice from the federal government and the struggle to find politicians who are willing to stand up and do what’s right. Mr. Relaford also reminds us what it means to have Harris Neck restored both to the community and to the cultural legacy of Gullah Geechee descendants across the world. Learn more about the African American Redress Network and their work with Harris Neck and many other communities. Support Gullah Geechee comm...
2024-05-0830 min
Curious RootsPart One: Determined Not To LoseCurious Roots begins its second season with three two-part interviews with community members and descendants of Harris Neck. Our series of interviews begins with Mr. Winston Relaford who is the Chairman of the Harris Neck Land Trust and direct descendant and son of Harris Neck. We spoke to Mr. Relaford in July of 2023 to talk about his family’s deep roots in Harris Neck and the community’s continuing struggle for justice. Mr. Relaford’s memories of Harris Neck beautifully recall the community’s deep connection to the land and how the land nourished the echoes of Indigenous West African f...
2024-05-0138 min
Pro Politics with Zac McCraryRemembering Governor Bill Richardson, with his former Campaign Manager & Chief of Staff Dave ContarinoSend us a textDave Contarino was Bill Richardson's 2002 gubernatorial campaign manager, his first term Chief of Staff, and manager of his 2008 presidential campaign. Very few are better equipped to remember the life and legacy of Governor Richardson than Dave. In this conversation we talk Dave's own path to politics and mine his expertise specifically about New Mexico, then go in depth about the inspiration, impact, and influence of Bill Richardson...from his unconventional lifestory, to his time as a rising star in the House, stint in the Clinton cabinet, two terms as Governor, groundbreaking presidential campaign...
2023-09-261h 04Pro Politics with Zac McCraryDiana Hwang: Founder & Executive Director of the Asian American Women's Political InitiativeSend us a textDiana Hwang is the Founder and Executive Director of the Asian American Women's Political Initiative. In this episode, Diana talks growing up in Houston in a Taiwanese-immigrant family, her political awakening after college in Boston, what led her to start the AAWPI, how the organization has grown over the past 10+ years, her analysis of partisan trends within the AAPI community...plus her own experience running for State Senate in 2016. This is a great conversation with an innovative political thinker on the frontlines of expanding political opportunity.IN T...
2023-08-2248 min
Curious RootsConfederate AudacityIn the final bonus episode, we trace the roots of the current unrest in state legislatures across the country to the politics born out of the Reconstruction era. We discuss the Tennessee state legislature in particular and how it compares to what happened to the Georgia state legislature under Reconstruction. Image of the Tennessee State Capitol Building is courtesy of The Tennessee State Library and Archives. This image of the building was taken during the Civil War when the city of Nashville was under Union control and was the first Confederate capitol building to fall to the Unio...
2023-07-1928 min
Curious RootsMustapha Shaw's LessonsWelcome to bonus episode two! Terri Ward researcher and geneaologist from Ujima Geneaology joins me for a closer look at the legacy of Mustapha Shaw. Terri and I unpack what instructions this ancestor left for us in his legacy of defiance and "surthrival."Image of the 33rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment in Beaufort South Carolina courtesy of the Library of Congress. Mustapha Shaw and my third great grandfather Lester Grant both served with 33rd United States Colored Infantry.
2023-07-1223 min
Curious Roots1619 Project & Harris NeckIn this first of three special bonus episodes, Curious Roots, takes a closer look at an episode from Hulu's special 1619 Project docuseries called “Justice” which featured the story of Harris Neck. I break down some thoughts about the episode with genealogist and researcher Terri Ward of Ujima Genealogy of Coastal Georgia. Image of the 1940 McIntosh County,Georgia census enumeration district map courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
2023-07-0527 min
Curious RootsThe Healing PathWe end season one of the podcast by uncovering the roots of the fight to return to Harris Neck and reflect on what the future may hold for this struggle.
2023-04-0510 min
Bring Your Full SelfEpisode 9: Full Embodied Life - Michelle McCrary & Amy Yoshitsu (Part 2 of 2)Today we rejoin Amy Yoshitsu & Michelle McCrary, the earliest and newest working members of Converge Collaborative. Part two picks up this wonderful conversation with Amy and Michelle as they discuss their passion for music scenes and cultures, their identities as only children, and their experiences navigating workspaces while maintaining a sense of self.The final Episode of Season 1 of Bring Your Full Self, a roundtable question and answer with our intern Ryan Park, will be available next Thursday, April 6.Bring Your Full Self is a series of conversations that center the humanity and emotions of p...
2023-03-3038 min
Curious RootsMiss Mary's TestimonyMiss Mary tells the story of what happened in Harris Neck on July 1942 in her own voice.
2023-03-2914 min
Bring Your Full SelfEpisode 8: Full Embodied Life - Michelle McCrary & Amy Yoshitsu (part 1 of 2)In the final 1-on-1 conversation of the first season of Bring Your Full Self, we join Amy Yoshitsu & Michelle McCrary, the earliest and newest working members of Converge Collaborative. Across two episodes this wonderful conversation follows Amy and Michelle as they discuss their passion for music scenes and cultures, their identities as only children, and their experiences navigating workspaces while maintaining a sense of self. Part two of this conversation between Amy & Michelle will be available next week March 30, 2023Bring Your Full Self is a series of conversations that center the humanity and emotions of pe...
2023-03-2338 min
Curious RootsThe People and the LandIn this episode we’ll learn what life was like on Harris Neck from some of my ancestors and how their deep connection to this piece of land on Turtle Island makes their removal especially harmful.
2023-03-2219 min
Bring Your Full SelfEpisode 7: Looking For Spaces For Me - AmaYah Harrison & Coral Martin (part 2 of 2)Today we pick back up th conversation between two social members of Converge Collaborative, AmaYah Harrison and Coral Martin. Having both graduated from Oakland School of the Arts, AmaYah and Coral discuss their shared experiences across careers in the arts and how their approach to work shifts with and is impacted by their passions. The conversation also focuses on their identities as Black women and the way geographic and professional environments impact their work, creativity, and voice.Episode 8, a conversation between Amy Yoshitsu & Michelle McCrary, will be available next week, on March 23, 2023.Bring Your Full S...
2023-03-1638 min
Curious RootsUntil Buckra ComeWe continue to unravel the history of Harris Neck with researcher and genealogist Terri Ward of Ujima Genealogy that includes my ancestor’s connection to the legendary Mustapha Shaw.
2023-03-1515 min
Curious RootsAcres and MulesResearcher and genealogist Terri Ward of Ujima Genealogy frames the history of Harris Neck inside the larger story of Coastal Georgia.Find Terri Ward at Ujima Genealogy of Coastal Georgia: https://ujimagen.org/ Episode features 4o Acres and Mule by Oscar Brown Jr.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm_opzUhQj4Music courtesy of Makaih Beats: https://makaihbeats.net/
2023-03-0819 min
Curious RootsDaughters of Harris NeckThe story of Harris Neck comes alive for me at the kitchen table of Mr. Wilson Moran and his late mother, Miss Mary Moran in the summer of 2000. Music courtesy of Makaih Beats https://makaihbeats.net/
2023-03-0809 min
Curious RootsCurious Roots - Season 1 TrailerThe Curious Roots podcast digs deep in the living earth of our personal, familial and communal lives to help us understand how we exist in the world today. Season one of the podcast begins with the maternal story of my own curious roots, still buried, but breathing and holding fast in Harris Neck, Georgia. Curious Roots is hosted by Michelle McCrary and is co-produced by Moonshadow Productions and Converge Collaborative.
2023-03-0702 minPro Politics with Zac McCraryLis Smith & The Love of PoliticsSend us a textLis Smith is an operative's operative...with nearly 20 years of races under her belt of wins and losses and lessons learned along the way. Her new book ANY GIVEN TUESDAY is now out about her career in politics, while also finding herself in the headlines from time to time...including a deep dive into the unlikely ascent of Pete Buttigieg's 2020 Presidential Campaign. This is a really fun conversation with one of the most dynamic thinkers in today's politics. IN THIS EPISODEThe moment Lis fell i...
2022-07-1957 minPro Politics with Zac McCraryThe NYT's Alex Burns & Jonathan Martin, Authors of THIS WILL NOT PASSSend us a textYou no doubt know that Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin, both of the New York Times, recently released their new book THIS WILL NOT PASS…chronicling the last few years of our politics…including Trump’s time in office, the 2020 election and aftermath, the January 6 insurrection, and the first phase of the Biden Administration. In this conversation, they go deep on many of the stories in their book – including some background and asides not fleshed out in the book and stories you won’t have heard from them amidst their recent media blitz.
2022-05-1046 min
Our Shared HumanityEpisode 13 - Michelle McCraryWe invite you to sit with HRI facilitator Michelle McCrary as she speaks on connections to the land and first harms. Michelle's perspective on bridging between people Indigenous to Turtle Island (United States) and Indigenous African Peoples who were removed from their homelands to these shores, is potent and rich with her gift of storytelling. The episode is an invitation for all of us to interrogate our own family histories and "center the story of stolen land in the story of stolen people."
2022-03-1137 minPro Politics with Zac McCraryAdnaan Muslim on Delivering Effective Mail, Building Firms, & Winning RacesSend us a textAdnaan Muslim has been a leading player in Democratic direct mail for more than 20 years, initially helping start Mission Control mail and now as a partner at Deliver Strategies. In this conversation, Adnaan talks his path to working in politics, how he gravitated to direct mail, importance races in his career like electing Elizabeth Warren, Jared Polis, and Raphael Warnock, and the passion he has for campaign speechwriting. Great stories, insight, and advice from one of the most unique voices in politics.IN THIS EPISODE...
2022-02-1547 min
Voices of EsalenJazsalyn: black beyondJazsalyn is the creative and curatorial Director of black beyond, a radical space for artists and activists to define alternate realities for Blackness. As an anti-disciplinary artist, she combines new media and community organizing practices to reimagine Black futures and to decolonize and re-indigenize social and creative practice. Her work has been featured in CULTURED Magazine, Vogue, The New Yorker, and Huffington Post.
Jazsalyn was interviewed for today’s episode by Michelle McCrary. Michelle is a daughter, granddaughter, niece, cousin, mother, wife, and friend who lives on occupied Duwamish land in the Pacific Northwest. She has roots in Coastal Georgia, Sou...
2021-11-1354 min
WISH Well Podcast: Women's Integrative Summit on Health & Wellness61 - Overwhelm with Dr. Marion McCraryThis week's episode features Dr. Marion McCrary, an Internal Medicine Physician and Certified Integrative Health and Wellness Coach in Durham, NC. She discusses the feeling of overwhelm in her own personal life and how to address this feeling that is so prevalent amongst not only women but in people in general.
She talks about discovering health coaching to help patients and others as she was able to address the overwhelm in her own life.
Her advice to others is if you find yourself overwhelmed and yearning for more time for yourself, follow these steps:
1. Determine your priorities: Do, Delegate, Delete...
2021-03-1130 min
being BALANCED podcastMichelle Carlton & Adrienne McCrary connected on social media and are now changing the way that women connectMichelle Carlton and Adrienne McCrary, connected through insta, collaborated on a project and Founders of The Valorie. The Valorie offers a unique experience for Black Women, by providing a social + wellness club that is focused on connection and community, giving Black Women the space to be their true selves.
In this episode we chat about all things community care, why black women need support now more than ever and ways to be intentional every single day.
Learn more about the Valorie on Instagram, @thevalorie and at www.thevalorie.com
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2020-12-2230 min
The Speech Science PodcastUS Public Health Services Part 2, Lee Silverman Training, and MonitoringMichelle is 3 weeks into her new move and continues to unbox everything in the new home. Michael was able to return to Long Island for the weekend to see family before the school year starts up. Matt has had to navigate the Ohio Department of Education’s website to renew a license and he continues to digitize his classroom just in case he has to go virtual.
On today’s show, we discuss if you should be using the Lee Silverman Voice Training for patients with Parkinson's and why our use of a numerical pain scale may be wrong. ...
2020-08-271h 36
The Speech Science PodcastEthics in Private Practice, US Public Health Services, and Mask Usage in CommunicationMatt joins the show this week after a long week that included a baby Sprinkle Shower, fishing with his kids, and created a singular drive for his entire family to use to share photos. Michelle has set up shop in Kansas and continues to unload boxes around the home as she and her family acclimate themselves to the neighborhood. Mike continues to improve his golf skills while honing the private practice to be prepared for the school year.
On today’s show, we discuss how will you be using a mask in therapy (clear or not) and...
2020-08-191h 34
Mystic MagicGratitudeSend us a textRev. Celeste's guest is Rev. "Queen" Michelle Jordan, powerful vocalist, musical theater actress, passionate vocal teacher and choir director. Celeste mentions the California Arts Council Grant (http://arts.ca.gov/opportunities/grants.php) Rev. Michelle received for Vocal Music in schools, and the Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Effie in "Dreamgirls" (https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/06/10/berkeley-bred-singer-taking-perfect-path-toward-broadway/). The real topic of discussion is Gratitude. Rev. Celeste weaves gratitude through questions. Some interesting discoveries include: Rev. Deborah Johnson's (https://www.innerlightministries.com/about-us/rev-deborah-johnson/) call for gratitude at a graduation ceremony.The m...
2020-06-0334 min
Conquerors CafeAuthor Spotlight Featuring Author & CoAuthors of Born Again Daughters of ZionAuthor and Visionary Lavern Perlie along with Co-Authors: Arvinese Reid, Carla McCrary, Tawanda Holmes, Michelle Baylor, Jackie Easley, and Linda Caldwell discuss their new book “Born Again Daughters of Zion” Transformational Stories of Revelation, Resilience, and Recovery.
Forced to face past hurt and pain they open up and share their journeys to encourage others to persevere and push forward. Join them as they share their testimonies as authors and entrepreneurs, as well as their life experiences, road blocks, detours, and milestones! You will learn what life in ministry is like for them as they carry out the vision walking in the cal...
2018-10-011h 52