wellness

November 2016: Giving Back

We reach a certain point in life where it’s required to give back. Not out of obligation, but because we are overflowing: with knowledge, experience, passion. With the understanding that generosity breeds exponential results. A few years ago I decided to test [The Universe]* on this whole generosity thing. I spent a week giving as […]

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WikiLeaks

Past Present Podcast: Rigged Elections, Wikileaks, and Self-Care

In this week’s episode, Neil, Natalia, and Niki debate the history of rigged elections, Wikileaks, and the importance of self-care. Rigged Elections Donald Trump has already declared the 2016 presidential race a rigged election. We discussed the history of claiming rigged elections. Wikileaks Wikileaks continues to dump Democratic Party emails as Election Day nears. In our discussion of

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Scale

Past Present Podcast: Presidential Debates, Stop and Frisk, and Fat Shaming

In this week’s episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the presidential debates, the constitutionality of stop and frisk, and obesity and medical care. Presidential Debates Do presidential debates change election results? Natalia pointed to research that showed debates had only small electoral effects. Neil discussed how the Lincoln-Douglas Senate debates of 1858 set the model for political debates in

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Michael Perron

How They Did It: Michael Perron, Fitness Star Turned Pastor

Welcome to How They Did It: the podcast that gets you the real story behind the success. Host Darbi Worley interviews extraordinary people about this thing called life and how to do it better. In this episode, Darbi reunites with her former fitness colleague, Michael Perron, who is now Senior Pastor at Summit Life Church in Dallas. Michael shares

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Star Trek

Past Present Podcast: Presidential Health, Free Pre-K, and Star Trek

In this week’s episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki debate secrecy and presidential health, New York City’s universal pre-kindergarten, and the legacy of Star Trek. Presidential Health Hillary Clinton’s team announced she has pneumonia after she fell ill at the 9/11 commemoration. Neil argued anxiety over Clinton’s health was really partisan politics, fueled by internet conspiracies like the “Hillary Clinton Parkinson’s” videos.

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Katrina Majkut

Creative MVP: Katrina Majkut

Katrina Majkut is creating in feminism, art, and writing.  She is a visual artist and writer dedicated to exploring and understanding feminine narratives and civil rights in aesthetics and social practices within mediums such as embroidery, painting, and writing. She recently exhibited at the Mint Museum, NC and was an Artist in Residence at MASS MoCA. Majkut also

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Startup Sabotage

Pregame Your Business: Six Ways To Sabotage Your Startup Before It Starts

Congratulations, you followed your passion and launched a business! You’ve officially joined the ranks of the dreamers, the innovators, the creators, the entrepreneurs… those with the can’t-ignore-it calling that can feel like both a blessing and a curse. When you’re driven to create, how can you make sure you don’t drive your business – or

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