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Unboxing Careers25 Marine Biologist w/ Sara StevensON THIS EPISODE: Sara Stevens, a marine biologist and director of animal collections at Butterfly Pavilion, discusses Sara's journey into marine biology, and the diverse career paths available in the field. Sara shares insights into her daily responsibilities, the challenges of working in marine biology, and the rewarding aspects of her job, particularly in coral conservation. The conversation also touches on common misconceptions about the field and offers advice for aspiring marine biologists.
Hosted by Greg Zakowicz
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Wish I'd Known Then . . . For WritersTurning Military and Tech Backgrounds into Gripping Crime Fiction with Nick StevensEpisode 243 / We are thrilled (pun intended!) to chat with contemporary crime and conspiracy thriller author Nick Stevens. We talk about anti-heroes, setups and payoffs, Tremors, and why sometimes you just have to publish the book. 10:58 Why emotional connection is better than perfect structure in storytelling14:00 Using multiple formats to diversify17:18 Marketing mistake: starting too early23:00 Getting ratings and reviews29:26 Finding community for writers of mystery/thrillers34:09 Setups and payoffs in thrillers37:20 Incorporating real-life details into fiction and authenticity that grounds stories46:12 Ni...2024-10-3048 min
SoundCheck FlixEpisode 53: Sara Petite - "Thelma & Louise" (1991)Sara Petite is a headlining Outlaw Country performer whose music transcends the genre's boundaries. Sara has built an award-winning career with songs that draw from both the rock & roll roadhouse as they do the honky-tonk.
Born and raised in the countryside of Sumner, Washington, her rural youth helped shaped her songwriting, which often incorporates pedal steel guitar, fiddle, banjo, and mandolin.
Currently residing in San Diego Sara has released 7 albums, her most recent, "The Empress", was awarded Best Americana Album at the 2024 San Diego Music Awards.
Hers is a raw, rough-edged version of...2024-07-291h 13
Growing Edge LiveSara Stevens Nichols Growing Edge Live with Dr. Ali Benjamin and guest Rev. Sara Stevens Nichols 4/22/2024Growing Edge Live with Dr. Ali BenjaminJoin Ali Benjamin as she creates conversations with soul-centered people who channel their attention, energy, and resources into supporting others and helping the world come together in love.Guest: .Speaker and Leader Sara Stevens Nicholshttps://sarastevensnichols.com/https://snicholsblog.com/thesatyacenter@gmail.comwww.satyalive.org#newthoughtmedianetwork#alibenjamin #growingedge2024-04-2254 min
Talk Classic To MeInterview with George Stevens, Jr (2024)Want to learn even MORE about the iconic author, producer, director, writer, founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the Kennedy Center Honors and all around really nice guy George Stevens, Jr in a sequel interview? Then this is the podcast episode for you! This week, host Sara Greenfield chats with Hollywood and Washington DC legend (and returning guest) George Stevens, Jr whose book My Place in the Sun is now available in audio book format.
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I Like ArtTurning Dirt into Incredible Creations (whether that is a ceramic object or a studio): Interview with Em Stevens of Pazful DesignsEpisode 69 of I Like Art Podcast: Turning Dirt into Incredible Creations (whether that is a ceramic object or a studio): Interview with Em Stevens of Pazful Designs Tune in to this week’s amazing episode of I Like Art Podcast as host Sara Glupker talks to Denver, Colorado-based ceramic artist Em Stevens of Pazful Designs. Learn all about Stevens’ current Kickstarter campaign to build her dream studio and get involved by backing and sharing the campaign. Stevens talks about her dreams for the space, her desire to become more involved in her local community and more. We know...2023-11-031h 00
Mindfully Moody | How To Live An Aligned Life063. Heal Your Body Through Intuition with Intuitive Energetic Healer Kayla Rose StevensSend us a textIn this episode, Kayla Rose Stevens, an intuitive energetic healer, shares her personal journey of overcoming medical gaslighting and finding her true potential through intuitive healing. She highlights the importance of trusting oneself and embracing intuition to tap into one's highest potential. The transcript explores the significance of addressing emotional trauma, understanding its connection to physical illness, and the need for self-exploration and self-love in the healing process.Kayla is teaching an upcoming workshop called Healing Hacks August 24 - August 26th. You do not want to miss this. To...2023-08-141h 00
MindHealth by Sara StevensLaughI must say I am one of those people who likes to laugh; if you have been a client of mine, you might have noticed this. If you are a family or friend, you will know this about me. I often like to make a joke or just make fun of myself or the situation I might be in, as I think laughter is one of the most precious gifts we are given in life.2023-03-1106 min
MindHealth by Sara StevensCBTCBT is another approach that I often use parts of in my sessions, as it can help you work through your issues and find those solutions you have been searching for. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, and severe mental illness. Numerous research studies suggest that CBT leads to significant improvement in functioning and quality of life. In many studies, CBT has been demonstrated to be as effective as, or...2023-03-1107 min
MindHealth by Sara StevensLife CoachingI think at times we all have those thoughts about what direction we should take in situations, and we can feel overwhelmed by those more challenging situations, struggling to find a way through things. Life coaching can help you pick things apart and help you properly identify which way forward to go and give you more focus on how to make those life changes that you have wanted to make.2023-02-1806 min
MindHealth by Sara StevensReikiOnly about a year or so ago I had a Reiki session, and I thought this is a great thing to do alongside what I do already. I have been able to blend it into my sessions and help my clients have additional healing support in the sessions. Some of you might already have tried Reiki, but for some of you, it might be something you have never heard of. So firstly, let's just have a look at what it is. Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation, that also promotes healing. It is administered in...2023-01-2807 min
MindHealth by Sara StevensEMDRAfter I had trained fully to be a Clinical Hypnotherapist, I then continued in my professional development and started doing regular masterclasses to explore different approaches that worked with or alongside hypnotherapy. When I did a course in EMDR it was one of those amazing moments when you just know this is one of the most incredible approaches and just how it can help so many people.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma, PTSD symptoms, negative thoughts, phobias, and a...2023-01-2008 min
MindHealth by Sara StevensHypnosisOver 30 years ago I tried hypnotherapy and was blown away by how it made me feel. I had suffered from anxiety for so many years and had a lot of issues I needed help with. I had tried counselling and psychotherapy without much success and was feeling deflated and as if I would never be able to get over these issues. Hypnotherapy back then was quite out there and there was not much research or true information to help me fully understand what it was all about. But I was lucky to have found a great therapist; my first...2023-01-1108 min
MindHealth by Sara StevensStartFor many of us we have many chapters in our lives and finding our way to move through these will help us make the most of our lives and give us more time in the now. It is often very hard to work things through, come to terms with things and take those first steps into a new chapter in our lives. This time of year is the perfect time to give us the boost we need to help us move into that next chapter. The history of new beginnings in January is so great for our minds as i...2023-01-1006 minMindHealth by Sara StevensDenial Pt.2Over the last few blogs, we have been looking at ways to help become a calmer person by not letting underlying habits trigger internalised anxiety responses. Our minds are black and white and even if we are pretending to ourselves that we feel ok, our inner minds won't believe what isn't true. I am sure we are all at times living in denial about things that are happening in our lives. We pretend to ourselves that it isn't an issue and that we are not bothered about something, when we are bothered, scared, living in denial, and pretending this...2023-01-1006 min
Shameless Leadership711: Sarah Stevens: How to Talk to Your Kids About Bodies and FatnessSarah Stevens is a former healthcare executive turned writer, speaker, and entrepreneur. After leaving her career in corporate healthcare in 2016, she founded The Beautifull Project - a storytelling collective that has reached tens of thousands of women across the globe with its powerful message about learning to take up space. Today, Sarah helps other people tell their stories through Branded, by Sarah Stevens, a small business offering a full suite of marketing services. She also serves as the Community Impact Officer at The Project of The Quad Cities, a nonprofit that serves people living with HIV and the LGBTQ+...2022-12-1449 minMindHealth by Sara StevensAvoidAnxiety can be increased within us in many different ways and the last few blogs have been looking at this. Avoidance can be a massive instigator of increased anxiety within you. Your mind is amazing, but it is always looking to protect you. If you are avoiding things then your mind will automatically think that this is something that is super scary and will react in these ways. A few thousand years ago we used our fight, flight, and freeze (FFF) response many times, every day, to protect ourselves from things that could cause us harm. If we saw...2022-11-2907 minMindHealth by Sara StevensReassureThe last couple of blogs were about worries and anxiety, and how many different habits you might have developed that maybe negatively impact these levels. Moving away from anxiety will not only mean letting go of worries, but it will also lead you to live life in several different ways. One of these things is reassurance, whether it be we are searching for it from others, or we are giving it to ourselves. Our mind is very clear in how it holds all the information that comes to us, and we have to understand that this is such a...2022-11-2307 minMindHealth by Sara StevensWorriesWe all get worried from time to time and that is quite normal. But if we are allowing this to take over and become a habit then this will negatively impact how we feel. The thing about worrying is that the more we worry, the more worried we can feel. Also, worries can be impacted by how we react to ourselves and the world around us. If, say, we are worrying about going somewhere and we keep telling ourselves, “It's ok, we will be fine”, this you might think is no big thing, but to our unconscious mind, it is a...2022-11-2307 minMindHealth by Sara StevensForgetWe discussed in the last blog ‘Worries’, about these pesky worry habits, plus the way you are living your life which could be increasing your internal worry and anxiety levels. This blog will look at how to fill the spaces, that worry, reassurance, denial, and avoidance, may have left within you. Worrying about things can take up lots of time and if we are choosing to break from these habits then it is important to make the most of that time in ways which won’t inadvertently allow our inner mind to continue to worry. The key to not worryi...2022-11-2306 minMindHealth by Sara StevensPathsLet’s have a look at the things that can be limiting you moving forward, being positive, happy, grateful and being the best version of yourself. You might not have looked at life in this way, but many of us, if not all of us, are following the path of least resistance. This means that you choose to do what holds the least fear for you, you might be saying now, “I don't feel fear” or “I am fearless”, which may be the case. But beneath the surface is the more complex and primitive parts of our mind that operate on...2022-10-2509 minMindHealth by Sara StevensUniqueLife is now so competitive, about who we are, what we have, how we look and the lifestyle we lead, if we don’t fit in, we can easily feel inadequate. For teenagers and young adults, life is super competitive and social media is the king who tells us how we should look and be. With all the social media, we have a window into people’s lives, or do we? Or is it just all the amazing bits and lots of great camera angles and airbrushing? Nearly every week there’s a new story on some celebrity who has alt...2022-10-1907 minMindHealth by Sara StevensHappyAll over the world, we lived in fear of a neighbour from the beginning of time, to the 1950s and in fact, this might still be the case in some places in our world. We have also lived with another country invading our homes, villages or territory. Slaughtering our friends, family, and community, to take over and occupy our land and resources, or if they didn’t slaughter us, they brought health epidemics which did it for them. We are also at a point where we can experience less helplessness of being in this powerful world, out of control wi...2022-10-1108 minMindHealth by Sara StevensGONEEvery moment in life is gone by the next moment. How about taking a few days to just embrace as many of those moments as you can? It is a challenge to catch the moment and be present to fully enjoy it. I think we have to remind ourselves to stop and pause to embrace the moment. Being in the now is one of the most pleasurable times we have. When we are in the moment we just forget about everything else and just enjoy what is happening in the now. This might seem an easy task but for...2022-10-0406 minMindHealth by Sara StevensDoneEvery moment in life is gone by the next moment. For most of us, we just don't appreciate the moments as much as we should. We can be lost in the habitual mundaneness of parts of our life and then we just get stuck in habit and find ourselves lost to them. This can be fine when we need time to speed up, when we are maybe doing things which don’t bring us as much joy or pleasure. But for some of us, we can get stuck in that cycle of disconnection and then the task or the jo...2022-10-0406 minMindHealth by Sara StevensGoWhy put off something until tomorrow when you can do it today? I bet all of us do this at least once a day and for some people, it has become a way of life. I see lots of people
who have stalled in their lives, and they are literally only just doing the bare minimum and even that is a struggle. We all know what we should be doing but we just, at times, are stuck, avoidant and even frozen from moving forward with things. Why are we doing this and why can't we just push...2022-10-0406 minMindHealth by Sara StevensSelfBeing yourself is a complicated thing. It’s something that can take a lifetime to achieve, and for other people, it can come so easily. How we are depends on the life we have led and how this has informed our deep unconscious about how we need to be. If our lives have been filled with unconditional love and support, we can often feel that this is how we need to continue to live our lives. Our inner confidence is something that is built as a child and then we continue to grow and develop throughout our lives. If sa...2022-10-0407 minMindHealth by Sara StevensRainbowWe have been looking, over the last few blogs, at the melting pot of our emotions and those emotional responses that can be triggered by stress and things that make us anxious. If you have read all of these then you will be quite aware of the differences we have, and how things impact us on an individual level. I think it shows that having too much of any emotion can lead us into seeing red, or getting blue, or any of the other emotional responses. What we need to do and strive to, is to stay balanced and...2022-08-1607 minMindHealth by Sara StevensBlackWe have been looking, over the last few blogs, at our melting pot of emotions and how when we get anxious, we can respond in lots of different ways. Our unique blend of feelings means we can sometimes not fully connect to where this is coming from, which in turn can make it harder to change those negative behaviours that can stem from this. When we get anxious it’s such a range of responses that we can have at that moment, but also when we suffer from extended or long-term anxiety it then gets more complicated. We can al...2022-08-0207 minMindHealth by Sara StevensYellowWe have been looking at our inner melting pot of emotions over the last few blogs and how when we get anxious about things we can all react in our own unique way. The thing is if we are reacting in a certain way and we don't recognise where this is truly coming from, then it is harder for us to change these responses. Understanding our minds at times can be super complicated and I often say to my clients your mind is like a very slippery snake. You feel you have got it in your grip and then...2022-07-2608 minMindHealth by Sara StevensWhiteWe have been looking at the melting pot of emotional responses we can have when life gets challenging, and how we all have our unique way of dealing with things. If our emotions are running high, then sometimes our inner minds fear that this could be too much for us to deal with and can detach us from what is happening. We know that this happens in shock and PTSD situations and this detachment from our emotions and ourselves is something that has been studied extensively. But with this type of research, I think it is so hard to...2022-07-1908 minMindHealth by Sara StevensBlueWhen life is making us anxious or things are challenging, this can impact us in many ways. This melting pot of different feelings is unique for all of us and often how we are thinking and responding to things is at the bottom of us feeling the way we do. If we are being challenged by life and we spend time with worrying thoughts, it can take us down many different routes. This in turn will negatively impact how we feel and can then cause us to feel even worse about what is happening. If we put ourselves down...2022-07-1206 min
MindHealth by Sara StevensRedWe have been looking at the melting pot of our emotional responses to things and how this can trigger our unique response to how we deal with things in our lives and also how we live on a day-to-day basis. If our prominent colour is red then we will be carrying anger and frustrations within us, this can also mean that we might have habits of stirring ourselves up. We can do this by how we deal with things that are happening in the now and also those things we are struggling to come to terms with in the n...2022-07-0507 minMindHealth by Sara StevensMeltThe way our minds work with worries and fears, is like a melting pot of many different colours that blend into our unique habit of worrying. We all add our own different colours and amounts, making it a bespoke formula, but the basis of all of it is, the pot and the colours. This is how our minds work to navigate fears and worries, and then form habits and direct us down a certain pathway of thinking. The pot is our mind, and the colours are the different accents that we choose to follow when we get fearful or s...2022-07-0506 minMindHealth by Sara StevensLiteLife can weigh us down at times and it can leave us feeling the heaviness of this, which then can have an impact on how we feel and function in our lives. I think lots of emotional and mental health issues can weigh heavy on us and some of these things we can't change, but we can change how we communicate with ourselves. We can often be our worst critics and when life is challenging, we can beat ourselves up with our inner self-talk. Also, we can be volunteering our over responsibility for things happening around us by saying...2022-07-0507 minMindHealth by Sara StevensCloudWe are continuing to look at ways to help keep us feeling as bright and as sunny as possible even when life might have other ideas. As we looked at in the last blog ‘Sun’, this weather metaphor of our emotional states is ultimately the best one to be living in.
The clouds are the things that can just blow in from nowhere and overshadow that inner brightness and joy that we had been experiencing. We have to accept that we can't change what life throws at us, but we can work to find the best ways to d...2022-07-0507 minMindHealth by Sara StevensSunThe blog last week was looking at the metaphor of the weather and how this can describe the feelings and emotional states we can experience and move through. I think the sun is one of the nicest ones we can feel from others and be experiencing ourselves. It is all about being bright, bold, warm, and vibrant. When we are living in the emotional state of the sun, we can shine brightly, and everyone around us can see this. Of course, people and life can try and bring things in that can overshadow our brightness. You can see this l...2022-07-0506 minMindHealth by Sara StevensWeatherOur emotions can be viewed just like the British weather. They can be erratic, and unpredictable and can go from snow, and freezing weather conditions, to bright blue skies and lots of sunshine. I think it's a good way to look at our emotions by using the weather metaphor as a simple way to help us stay in touch with how we feel. Also, for the other people around us, it can be a great way to look at how people are feeling and find the best ways to navigate the situation at hand. If we think of all...2022-07-0507 minMindHealth by Sara StevensTimeChanges take time and it's important to acknowledge this. I have thousands of sessions every year with people and one fact that can come out when people have been trying to get better, is the fear of failure. If we try to push ourselves too hard to change or expect too much of ourselves then we will be adding to the issues, not helping them. What we need to do is find ways that we challenge ourselves but not strain ourselves over the process of changing. If we see this changing process as three stepladders; the first one is fu...2022-05-1006 minMindHealth by Sara StevensMindOur minds are the most amazing and spectacular things we can ever conceive. I know we often don't look at our minds in that way but it is so true. All you have to do is look around our world and all the things we have created. like rockets that go to the moon, keyhole microscopic surgery, life-saving vaccines, buildings that go up to 163 floors high, and computer technology are just a few of them. We could consider so many different things of incredible achievement and the one core component is that it’s minds like you and me th...2022-05-1007 minMindHealth by Sara StevensBeWe were talking about being kind, and how this doesn't have to be grand and big, even the smallest things can make a difference. With this being the case, it is easy to think that we can learn to be this way and not just do this from time to time. We are all creatures of habit, and it is about forming habits that enable us to stay in good patterns, that are essential to long-lasting change. To live life as a kinder and more caring person, it's good to start to embrace just how lovely it is to...2022-05-1006 minMindHealth by Sara StevensKindWe can all look and see some terrible things at the moment happening all over the world. It can be hard to quantify that people can behave in this way to other people and cause them harm in this way. When we see these things happening in other parts of our world it can often make us feel quite helpless in how we can change or even help what is happening. At times like this, we have to take a step back and not get stuck in that helpless place, feeling that these things are out of our control...2022-04-1207 minMindHealth by Sara StevensShineLife is a medley of many different feelings, thoughts, memories and experiences. It can be very easy to get pulled down by the negative ones and stop us from taking pleasure in the other things in our lives. Often just being present and in the moment, just finding things that we can gain pleasure in and emanate that out, can make a big difference to how we feel. Maybe we see children playing and laughing, or we enjoy just looking into the blue cloudless sky with the warmth of the gentle sun on us. Or we could just laugh...2022-04-0507 minMindHealth by Sara StevensDo ItTime is a precious thing, as each moment that we get in life is something we can only have once and when it's gone, it never comes back. Change can seem a scary thing and often we put things off because of fear. What is super important is that we acknowledge this, and don’t make excuses to hide our fears and stop us from moving forward and harnessing that moment. Our primaeval part of our unconscious mind is the part of us that is the limiter in this. This is an old survival mechanism that over the centuries ha...2022-04-0506 minMindHealth by Sara StevensAnxiousWe can all get anxious from time to time and this is quite normal for all of us. But if we are letting this anxiety and worry overtake us, it could then cause us lots of issues on a day-to-day basis. With anxiety, this can either come in an instant, maybe we see or hear something that makes us jump or shocks us; at those times we can become instantly anxious. The other way with anxiety can be that we are stuck on that heightened level of nervousness and anxiety and we can feel a constant high anxiety level...2022-04-0506 minMindHealth by Sara StevensPeaceWe are seeing much instability in our world at the moment and for many of us, we can feel the impact this has on our feelings of peace and safety. It is a time that we need to offer support to those that need us but also to give ourselves the inner strength we need to help us keep peace within us. Often when things upset us or don't go the way we had expected them to go, it can cause a host of feelings and can trigger us to respond out of character. This is because our responses...2022-04-0506 minMindHealth by Sara StevensNeckWhen we get stressed, we not only feel this in our minds, by making our minds become a bit like scrambled eggs; as we have looked at already in other blogs, our bodies get anxious in all sorts of different ways. Understanding this is key to helping not continue to live this way with all those negative impacts that we feel when we are stressed. I do think for many of us life is a roller coaster, and other times more like just a walk in the park, but mainly we are somewhere in-between this. If we let ourselves...2022-04-0507 min
THE SJ CHILDS SHOW-Building a Community of InclusionAutism Acceptance-With Autistic Self-Advocate Cheyenne StevensSend us a textCheyenne Stevens is a female Autistic Adult. She and her family have an exciting and fun way they celebrate and teach Autism Acceptance! Listen in to hear her story and the Amazing Advocating she does in the Autism Community! FB @piecesofthepuzzleTo be a guest, get resources, or just say hello:https://linkfly.to/30124nzS2q5Support the show2022-03-3120 min
Talk Classic To MeInterview with George Stevens, Jr. (2022)Want to learn more about the iconic author, producer, director, writer, founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the Kennedy Center Honors and all around really nice guy George Stevens, Jr? Then this is the podcast episode for you! This week, host Sara Greenfield chats with Hollywood and Washington DC legend George Stevens, Jr whose new book My Place in the Sun is out May 17, 2022. 2022-03-0946 minMindHealth by Sara StevensBreatheIn the last blog, we were looking at worrying and the impact on not only our minds, but our bodies too. In this blog we want to explore one area of how our bodies can respond to stress. If we worry and get anxious, we will more than likely be impacting our breathing patterns. Our breath is such an important aspect of being alive, if we haven't taken a breath, in just a few minutes our bodies will just shut down and stop working. If we just take a moment to consider this, we all have to agree that...2022-01-2508 minMindHealth by Sara StevensWorriesWe all worry from time to time and that is quite normal, but if we let these worries get out of hand, we can cause ourselves lots of issues. Worrying is not just sometimes what we do in our minds but is also something that our bodies do on many different levels. It is so easy for our minds to push worry into our bodies, and it can be done on such a deep level of our unconscious mind, we might not even be fully aware of it. If this is happening, we might find that we get a...2022-01-1806 minMindHealth by Sara StevensMorningWe have been looking at ways to help keep your mind in a clear place and help you feel more relaxed and get those good night’s sleep that we all crave. If our minds are full of life, thoughts, options, worries, fears, and the burdens of our life, being in a calm place won't come that easily. Even if we think we are coping well, it doesn't mean that we are coping the same way on an unconscious level. Our minds are always trying to protect us and sometimes we feel fine on those outer conscious levels, but ben...2022-01-1107 minMindHealth by Sara StevensMessWe have been looking at finding ways to take down stress levels so that you not only feel more relaxed, but you also can sleep better. If our lives are messy, then our inner minds will also be messy. We all carry our lives around with us in our heads, we can't help it, it is how our mind works. So, if we can't change this then we have to look to change how much of our lives that we are carrying around with us. In the blog ‘Order’, we were looking at all the technology we have in our...2022-01-1107 minMindHealth by Sara StevensOrderLast week we were looking at ways to help you switch off from work and allow your mind to relax better and in turn, help you get a better night's sleep. It is important that we support our minds, or they can easily get overwhelmed with things, the more we carry, the more difficult it will be to switch off. Let's use the analogy of the library again as this is a great way to help you see better how your mind is working beneath the surface. As we know, if we don't find ways to help our minds...2021-12-2307 minMindHealth by Sara StevensTake to bedWe have been exploring sleep issues and ways to help you find that better sleep, In the last blog, we were looking at practical things to do on a more physical level. Today we want to explore things we can do that will help us with our anxiety and stress levels to enable us to sleep better. Our unconscious minds are black and white, they mainly work based on input and output. Being stressed, anxious and not sleeping well can come from having too much in our lives that we are trying to cope with. By not finding those...2021-12-1406 minMindHealth by Sara StevensSleepWe have been reviewing how we worry, and now we are going to look at some of the things that can get impacted when we are feeling this way. Sleep is one of them, and if we don’t sleep, this can have such a negative impact on how we feel.
Sleep is one of our basic human needs. Proper sleep is critical to many health aspects including our hormone levels, maintaining a good mood, and even weight management. However, not everyone can achieve good and sound sleep on their own. There are sleep disorders, a group of...2021-12-1408 min
What's The Difference?Discussing the Benefits of Inclusive Leadership, with Sara TaylorWhat You Will Learn: In this unique episode of What’s The Difference, you’ll hear audio from a panel at the Stevens Institute of Technology about the benefits of inclusive leadership, in which we discussed Cultural Competence as a business skill, when it is and isn’t appropriate to point out the “differences that make a difference,” and why context is vital. Hear insights about: Why developing your Cultural Competence is a key business skill that goes far beyond “knowing when to kiss, bow, or shake hands” Sara shares a story of being asked to point her husba...2021-12-0124 minMindHealth by Sara StevensCosmosWe have been looking at our minds, and how they work on those deeper levels and just how much depth we all have within us. Also, I am sure for many of you, it might have made you think about anything that might still be impacting your life on a deeper level. Continuing to look at the analogy of ourselves being the planet at the centre of our universe; I think it is a good way to understand more of our hidden depths, just like as we explore the far reaches of our cosmos and what this holds. There...2021-11-3007 minWhat's The Difference?It’s More Than Just a Name: Deadnames and “Preferred Pronouns," with Sara TaylorWhat You Will Learn: Why it feels awkward and oftentimes uncomfortable for most of us when we are called by the wrong name incorrectly How Sara recently participated in a panel presentation on inclusive leadership and relationships at the Stevens Institute of Technology Sara shares comments from the other panelists that explain why “preferred pronouns” aren’t really a preference, and why it’s important to avoiding calling trans people by their deadnames Why a better way of referring to someone’s chosen pronouns is by calling them “identity pronouns” rather than “preferred pronouns” Why calling by someone by the wrong name...2021-11-1007 minMindHealth by Sara StevensOrbitIn the last blog Solar, we had been looking at our mind and how it stores and holds onto things. We know that our minds are vast and much of it is unexplored, just like the solar system we live in today. On a conscious level we can often, over time, work things through, but if we think things work like that on a deeper unconscious level then we are mistaken. Our inner mind works very differently on what we experience, how we hold onto things and the whole process of fully letting go. But don’t be worried an...2021-11-0206 minMindHealth by Sara StevensSolarIn the last blog, we were looking at shock and the impact it can have on us, and how these events can trigger our nervous system to respond in fight-flight or freeze response. This is great, as these survival mechanisms have made us the most overpopulated species on the planet. What we also have to understand is how our mind works more deeply around these times of survival, and how we can help ourselves to reset and get back to normal. The inner parts of our mind work in a completely different way to our conscious mind. One of...2021-11-0207 minMindHealth by Sara StevensShockLife can be comfortable, and we can feel relaxed and happy with things just ticking along in our lives, then, out of nowhere, something can come along and shock us. Sadly, this is something we can’t change or predict. The issue with things that shock us, is that we can never be prepared for these things and there is nothing we can do on a conscious level to change the reactions we have. At moments of shock, we are never responding on a conscious level; your flight, fight, and freeze response is in control of how you react to...2021-10-1908 minMindHealth by Sara StevensPeaceLife can be so full on at times, and we can, at times, never seem to find the time to just stop. I think many of our worlds are all moving at a very fast pace and don’t always leave much time to find that inner peace. In the first lockdown, some of us found we had more time, but for others, it was even more pressure from our life commitments, or maybe it was coming from new factors. But whatever our lives throw at us, it is very important that we work to give ourselves more time to...2021-10-1907 minMindHealth by Sara StevensRedWe can all see red from time to time and that is quite normal, but what isn’t right is if we then overreact to these triggers and situations. If you blow up like a bomb, then this isn’t going to make your life as happy as it could be. When we find better ways to deal with things, then we are not only making our lives happier, but we can also build better relationships with the people in our lives. A good way to look at the things which make us see red, is to choose to pres...2021-10-0507 minMindHealth by Sara StevensDe-NileI am sure we have all done this at times, it can seem just an easy thing to do, and, in some ways, it might feel that in the beginning like it helps. But floating down the river of “De-Nile” isn't the answer to things, it can over time, make things much worse. Denial is something our minds can resort to as a level of protection, and it is something we can choose when things are hard to face or deal with. I think that sometimes, we just don’t want to face up to things or what is happen...2021-08-3106 minMindHealth by Sara StevensCloudWe can all get worried from time to time, this is quite normal, but if we start to over-worry about things, then this will be causing your stress levels to rise. For many of us, we know when we are relaxed and we know when we feel terrible, but often, we lose track of how we are feeling in the middle of these two extremes. This is because relaxation and stress are clearly defined in our minds and the gap in between isn't clear, so are we relaxed or are we stressed? If we let things grow, then it...2021-08-2406 minMindHealth by Sara StevensWho's feeding my cat?If you haven’t read the other four blogs about the cat, and you suffer from worries and anxiety, then I would recommend that you do. They are ‘Don’t Feed The Cat’, ‘The Cat Is Back’, ‘The Cat Lives On’ and ‘I Can’t See The Cat’. These four blogs can help you fully understand your anxiety and help you see the things that unbeknown to you, can be negatively affecting your anxiety and worry habit. Also, the blogs give you lots of tips and advice about how to break the cycle of worry and become anxiety free. The last 18 months for...2021-08-1708 minMindHealth by Sara StevensBigMaking changes in life can take time and this can often challenge us on many different levels. We can choose to play it the steady safe way with our goals and the desires we want to achieve in our lives, or we can take the opposite approach to things in a different way and think BIG. Thinking BIG is a good attitude to take when we are looking at making changes in our lives, as we can easily push our minds to achieve so much more. This won’t be for everyone, but that’s often how things are in life...2021-08-1707 minMindHealth by Sara StevensStartWe often think that finishing things is the successful part of changing and of course it is. How great is it to get to the end of our goals and feel that amazing feeling of satisfaction which we have when we have achieved something? I think it is one of the best feelings we can have, not only the success of making it to this point, but also the things that you have achieved are exciting too. But the key to changing is actually the start of the process, not just the end goal. If we don't start something, w...2021-08-1706 minMindHealth by Sara StevensJumpLife is precious and over the last couple of years, I think we all have had some level of a wake-up call. This being the case, it's important that we take full advantage of how this makes our minds feel and respond on those deeper levels. Our minds are just so habitual, even if we think they aren’t and that we are super spontaneous. On a deeper level that isn’t the case, especially for our unconscious minds and the thousands of automatic habits and responses, we have every day. Changing from learned and conditioned habits takes time and w...2021-08-1707 minMindHealth by Sara StevensLoveIn the previous blog ‘Hate’, we were looking at the power of words and just what an impact they can have on water cells and the fascinating work that Dr Emoto has done in his studies. We are all, about 50% to 65% of water, so now is the time to start sending the love we need and deserve, to ourselves and our bodies and also to start to emanate this to the world around us. We live in a very outwardly focused society for all of us, but more primarily the younger people who are bombarded with images that they can...2021-08-1707 minMindHealth by Sara StevensHateCan those negative words we say to others and also to ourselves, have a deeper impact on us than what we think? This experiment is going to blow your mind and make you start to rethink the power of words. What happened in this experiment is just so incredible it might seem hard to fully believe. Dr Emoto exposed water to both positive and negative music, spoken words, typed words, pictures and videos. Then, he froze them and took photos of the ice crystals under a microscope. Water exposed to words like “love”, “thank you”, “appreciation”, “happiness”, and “truth” or music, turned into beaut...2021-08-1709 minMindHealth by Sara StevensBulbOur minds are so complex and for many of us, we know little about the deeper workings of the mind and those unconscious parts of ourselves. The unconscious mind is still viewed by many psychological scientists as just a shadow of the real conscious mind. But, much more research into the field now shows substantial evidence that the unconscious is not identifiably less flexible, complex, controlling, deliberative or action-oriented than its counterpart, the conscious mind. For most of our human history, we had not a great deal of connection to anything other than conscious thought and we saw that...2021-08-1708 minMindHealth by Sara StevensWeedsWe were looking in the last podcast about how we can plant a seed within us and how if we nurture it, we can greatly encourage the seeds of thought and desires to grow. This is something we should all try to do, as it will enhance our lives, elevating the quality of the lives we lead by striving to be the best version of ourselves in all areas of our lives. Our mind is amazing and has such power in helping us change and grow, but we must never forget we are the part that’s in control of...2021-08-1706 minMindHealth by Sara StevensSeedOur minds are the most profound and powerful thing we will ever have in our lives, we might not think that, but it is true. It's easy to look around our world and marvel at the technological advances we see around us and feel even awestruck by what we can now do. I have always looked at planes as they fly through the sky leaving the cloud line, travelling at five hundred miles an hour, at 30,000 feet above me, heading to the other side of the world, with just total amazement. Lately, we have seen on the News, the...2021-08-1707 minMindHealth by Sara StevensViewI do love those times when we are taking off on a plane and you get that aerial view of the world beneath us - not that lately I have had the pleasure - but hopefully soon we can all be planning fun trips away if you haven’t already. When the sky is clear, the best views you can have are often over England, as the country and landscape is a totally different array of views. From the spalling cities and villages to the ploughed fields looking like a massive patchwork quilt. Then the hills and mountains, the wo...2021-08-1707 minMindHealth by Sara StevensTimeTime is a strange thing; when we are waiting for it to pass, it can seem so slow, yet on the other hand, we can get lost in time and it all just seems to have rapidly evaporated. Also, how we see time in our outer world is different to how we see things in our inner world. Clocks are devices created by us humans to measure time. We all need this measurement to help us live our lives and coordinate our activities according to clock time. Without clocks, our lives would be very confusing, and we would never...2021-08-1707 minMindHealth by Sara StevensGoMoving forward in life can take a combination of things, we can move slowly or quickly or even somewhere in between but also, we can move in circles. Making choices to enhance the process is what we should all aspire to do, not because we must, more because, why wouldn't we? Life is something we need to make the most of, and to do this we do not need to live life with procrastination and putting things off. If we take the time, we may be using it to procrastinate and put things off, to convert this to more p...2021-08-1707 minMindHealth by Sara StevensClimbLife can feel like an uphill climb sometimes, which can seem like a struggle having to go through those challenging times. Whether this challenge is a work-related one and we must put in a lot more time and input into our work to reach the end results we need to achieve, or maybe we must do some house or garden detoxing to do or DIY changes. With the time we need to input into these challenges, fitting this in on top of what we already have to do can sometimes seem overwhelming. It might also be an exam we...2021-08-1707 minMindHealth by Sara StevensMoveMotivating ourselves can often be seen as something we just work at trying to do, but I believe to get the best out of ourselves, we need a plan and to see the true end goal. With a planned approach to change, this can help our minds see the beginning, the middle and the end results of what we are working to achieve. If we don’t, our minds will be guessing what the end result should be, if we don’t tell our minds what we want, how can your mind positively help you? Our mind is always in s...2021-08-1707 minMindHealth by Sara StevensLightDepression is a low mood that lasts for a long period of time and will be affecting your everyday life. In its mildest form, depression can mean just feeling a little down, more emotional and being in low spirits. In those mild cases, it doesn't stop you from leading your normal life but makes everything seem such an uphill battle and harder to do, also it can make it feel less worthwhile in trying to do things. At its worst and most severe levels, depression can be life-threatening, it can consume your every thought and you can even become...2021-08-1707 minMindHealth by Sara StevensLifeLife is getting more complicated for all of us and what can come with this is added pressure and nerves to perform well and live up to these expectations. The more we learn about communicating with people and learning to not judge people, can sometimes negatively affect us if we struggle with social situations. It can leave us in a place of second-guessing what we should or shouldn't say and add to our existing nerves and worries. Finding new ways to think about being around people can help with those insecurities and not only help our anxiety levels but a...2021-08-1707 minMindHealth by Sara StevensClearOur minds are heavily influenced by the world around us and this is a good time to have a good clear-out in your home, garage, garden or shed. If we live in a cluttered house and are holding on to lots of things that we don't need, then this will be having a negative impact on our minds. It sends the message to our minds that we need to hibernate, holding onto everything in case we might need it, or we feel we can't let it go or we will be causing our inner minds to feel unsafe. Hibernating...2021-08-1708 minMindHealth by Sara StevensSpringSpring is such a great time when we can feel ready to make changes, as it is a time of year for our English countryside to spring into life. It's great for those later nights now and the warmer weather on the horizon. This is such a great time to make changes, as our inner primeval minds are ready to move much more quickly as they see this time of year as the end of hibernating through the winter and time to get busy. Making the most of our natural motivational times, is a great way in supporting us...2021-08-1706 minMindHealth by Sara StevensOpenThings are about to change for us in England and the loosening of the lockdown for many people is an exciting thing but for some people, it can seem a scary next step. Our inner minds are always looking for patterns and ways to protect us. This is our primaeval mind; it is amazing and is constantly looking to keep us safe and out of danger. But it can also make mistakes with things, as it can read the wrong messages and so in turn send you the wrong signals back to you because of it. In our primaeval mi...2021-08-1707 min
Shameless LeadershipSarah Stevens: How to Take Up Space and Love Yourself in the ProcessIn 2016, Sarah left a successful, decade-long career in corporate healthcare in favor of work that better aligned with her passion and purpose. After serving for two years as a freelance consultant to small businesses and start-up nonprofits, Sarah founded The Beautifull Project - a storytelling collective that invites women back to their bodies and into a world where they belong with substance and with strength.Sarah is a gifted storyteller with a skill for using her own experience as a woman navigating the world in a fat body to invite her audience to encounter the parts of...2021-08-1144 minMindHealth by Sara StevensCriticMost of us are familiar with those nagging thoughts that tell us we are not good enough, casting doubt on our ability to achieve our goals and undermining our accomplishments. These thoughts might be there to greet us when we first wake in the morning, about how bad we are at our jobs or life and can even be the first things we think when we see ourselves in the mirror in the morning – “You're so unattractive, you're looking even fatter, how ugly are you”.
This horrible inner critic might continue with you into work – “You will never be a...2021-07-2306 minMindHealth by Sara StevensWitnessOur negative pasts can sometimes weigh heavy on our hearts, but also can have a massive impact on how we live our lives in the now. Because we all have past experiences, we have a part of our inner mind that we call our inner ‘Observing Self’ or the ‘inner witness’ and this part of you is always doing just that. It observes and records what you think, feel, say and do moment to moment. It doesn’t decide if what you are doing is right or wrong, it just observes and records. It is a bit like our own intern...2021-07-2206 minMindHealth by Sara StevensBuildConfidence comes from deep inner feelings of well-being, acceptance of your body and mind, your inner self-esteem and belief in your abilities, skills and experience. Confidence is an attribute that most people would like to possess and you will be pleased to hear that it is a learned and developed habit. It’s such a great thing to be confident and I do think everyone admires a self-confident person. We may even envy them a little as those self-confident people seem really at ease with themselves, others and their work. They hold a calm strong air about them, invite tru...2021-07-2207 minMindHealth by Sara StevensFlipKeeping our mood upbeat and bright is essential in protecting our mental health and finding ways to keep us more optimistic when dealing with life’s stresses, can help us. We all have to accept that there are things in life that we can't change, this being the case getting stuck in the negative thoughts of these situations won’t help you. It’s time to challenge your mindset and get into this more positive way of thinking in as many situations as we can. We have to accept that there will always be some things that we can’t do this...2021-07-2207 minMindHealth by Sara StevensDoubleWe have been looking at ways of how to help us keep our mood in a good place even when life can be a challenge to us. This is a key thing not only in helping our mood but also in keeping our levels of anxiety in a stable and low place. If we spend lots of time with those worries and ‘what-if's’, we will be creating lots of inner fear and anxiety and if it is left unchecked, it can run riot within us. A good plan is to stop this before it starts, if it's just at the be...2021-07-2207 minMindHealth by Sara StevensLimitWe have been looking at ways to help keep us in a positive place and how we can do things to help keep our mood upbeat. Today let's look at something else we can do to help us stave off negativity and keep us feeling more positive, even in times of difficulty. We have looked at a way to limit and reset ourselves around negative times and experiences but what if we are going through a really hard time, what then? We all have to accept that life can be hard at times and that we can't change that...2021-07-2207 minMindHealth by Sara StevensUpbeatWe have been looking at ways to make us feel more positive and now it's time to work on those next steps to help you make these changes in your life. If we can keep our minds focused in the right direction, we can be one of those positive people who see life in an optimistic way. Being this way is not going to have any adverse effect on your life, it is going to give you a more comfortable life, as being positive helps us feel happier and more relaxed, both of these are great attributes to have in...2021-07-2208 min
Broads You Should KnowNettie Stevens — Geneticist Who Discovered Sex Chromosomes [Jupiter Stone]Nettie Stevens was expected to do what any woman born in the 1860s was expected to do... but she had other plans. Nettie devoted her life to becoming a scientist, a goal she achieved despite having to take breaks to earn enough money to pay for more schooling. Then, while studying mealworms, she made a discovery that would change our understanding of sex, gender, and reproduction forever.
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
3 Wa...2021-06-3026 minMindHealth by Sara StevensPositiveThere is one thing we always have to keep clear within our minds and that is that none of us knows what the future brings and however hard we try; this will never change. But there are lots of things we can do to point us in a good direction and one of these is being positive.
This is not about trying to reassure ourselves with mantras of ‘It will be ok’, it’s about having a strong mindset to see the positive way forward first. I learnt these lessons nearly 40 years ago now when I first started...2021-05-0508 minMindHealth by Sara StevensDriveThis year with the pandemic I think we are all feeling a bit stuck. This can mean that moving forward seems more strained for many of us. Making changes is always a challenge for our minds as we have spent much of our millions of years on this planet playing it safe to stay alive. These old habits are still within us and it’s important to understand these more to help give us more freedom and drive to move our lives forward. A massive part of our unconscious mind is the primaeval mind, this part of our mind is a...2021-05-0508 minMindHealth by Sara StevensUpbeatIf we can keep our minds focused in the right direction, we can be one of those positive people who see life in an optimistic way. Being this way is not going to have any adverse effect on your life, it is going to give you a more comfortable life, as being positive helps us feel happier and more relaxed, both of these are great attributes to have in your life. If we choose to keep our lives upbeat, we can enhance our mindset and continue to help our mind keep focused on looking at all the good things in...2021-05-0508 min
Harold and Brad: Windy City Film MakersSara Sevigny: Part TwoIn part two of our interview, we chop it up with Sara Sevigny on theater in Chicago, the importance of listening as an actor and more. Check out the video podcast on YouTube. Subscribe to the station and hit the bell for notifications. Yes!!!2020-09-2221 min
Harold and Brad: Windy City Film MakersSara Sevigny Part OneHarold and Brad chop it up with the super talented actor, writer, director and singer Sara Sevigny. In part one we talk about acting in Chicago, her break out role on the hit show Empire, and the vibrant theater scene in the windy city. Peep the Video podcast on Youtube. Subscribe to the station. Hit the bell for notifications. Yup!!!2020-09-0218 min
ShenkREMEMBERING COMEDIAN STEVEN BRODY STEVENS: 818.APPLE CIDER VINEGAR.TOP-SIDERS W/COMEDIAN BRODY STEVENSThis is me remembering Brody Stevens +a re-release of an episode from 9/5/18 W/ Brody Stevens. I imagine his name will continue to come up throughout the following weeks w/ other comedians on this podcast.
Brody Stevens is every comedian's favorite comedian. He was a staple at the comedy store, he loved mentoring young comics and we had a very special relationship since we were both 818, he was so special to me. He was so special to everyone who ever met him. He was the brightest light. the most sensitive and sweetest soul.
Brody Stevens was...2019-02-281h 07