Meeting Emily Burns (The Smile Project)

Awake in Wake Forest: meeting the needs of highly and profoundly gifted kids

In this episode I get to meet two new friends while traveling for ice hockey. I'm so lucky to have found these two ladies, founders of Bright Links, a non-profit organization meeting the needs of highly and profoundly gifted kids and their parents in North Carolina and throughout the US. www.brightlinks.us - Bright Links - connecting highly and profoundly gifted students and parents www.coachalli.com - Alli Krug's academic consulting and coaching for neurodiverse students

Meeting Emily Burns (The Smile Project)

This pod starts the moment I met Emily Burns for the first time after being mutual Twitter followers over the past two years. We set aside time after learning that we had each chosen to allow our torn ACLs to self heal (unthinkable to most). Emily and Alli talk about COVID-19 pandemic policies which failed to risk-stratify the population, what an empowered community can accomplish (Emily moved from Boston to Texas last year), raising curious minds who can shape their own tendencies to create vs consume content, podcasts to enjoy while traveling, and ACL self repair (vs surgery). A wide-ranging episode! Follow Emily on Twitter @Emily_Burns_V and Alli @KrugAlli Who else do you want to meet?

Life coach training - Day 1 reflections

Yesterday I finished day 1 of 3 days in Mod1 (of 3) with iPEC life coach training. This is a one-year journey to becoming a certified professional life coach, and what tremendous training this is. Is. It is so valuable personally and I hope it will help me transform into a better spouse, parent, support for others seeking a life with more abundance. The challenge for me was figuring out how to construct empowering questions. My kids tease that I'm a "data miner" and someone comfortable speaking to anybody about anything. AND... I love questions. So what's the trouble? That's what I delve into in this episode and figure out how to teach myself to do this better. How can you see using empowering questions in your own life?

HB699

Testimony and support of a bill to protect Maryland public higher education students from covid-19 vaccine mandates.

Published! Booster mandates at universities are unethical, current research, and what's ahead.

This is a quick roundup on what I've been working on, what has been published recently, current research, focus and collaborations, and new directions ahead for 2023 focusing on young adults ages 18 to 34. Take a listen and please let me know your thoughts about what I should tackle next!