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π° Newsletter Topic πΈπ» Society & Culture π‘ Ideas: Big and Small π€°π» Motherhood π Relax & Escape π§ Growth π¨βπ©βπ§βπ§ For the Family β Series
π£= explicit language π = frank content β οΈ = sensitive topic
π° “The Best Place to Start is With a Budget”
“Whether you’re paying down credit cards or saving for daily necessities during COVID-19, some simple budgeting tools can help.”
Listen to Life Kit | Budgeting Basics To Get You More Money (22 min)
πΈπ» “Do we have alcohol to thank for civilization?”
“The answer, according to βDrunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization,β is a resounding yes. Edward Slingerland, whoβs a professor at the University of British Columbia and self-proclaimed βphilosophical hedonist,β says that far from being an evolutionary fluke, our taste for alcohol is an evolutionary advantage β one that weβve relied on for millennia to help us lead more social, creative, and pleasurable lives.”
Listen to The Next Big Idea | Drunk: Can Alcohol Make You More Creative, Sociable, and Attractive? (75 min)
π‘ Dr. Jade helps us understand hormonal complexities… easily!
” Join Dr. Jade on this installment of the Next Level Human podcast as he elaborates on the physiology and roles played by female hormones, the prime fat loss hormones, and understanding hormonal complexities. “
Listen to Next Level Human with Dr. Jade Teta | The Science of Estrogen and Progesterone (40 min)
π€°π» “Tweens…what to do, and what definitely NOT to do”
“For today, we will be focusing on talks with tweens, and how to use the BRIEF B-R-I-E-F model to Begin peacefully, Relate to your child, Interview to collect information, Echo what youβre hearing and give Feedback to help middle schoolers thrive.”
Listen to How to Talk to Teens About Anything | How to Talk to Teens about Topics that Matter with Michelle Icard (52 min)
π Presenting… Stories Full of Pleasant Surprises
π£”From unexpected friends, to the Civil Rights Movement, and a love story over 60 years in the making.”
Listen to The Moth | Pleasant Surprises (51 min)
π§ “What does it actually mean to know your worth at work?”
“This week, we asked the queen of confidence (and of morning TV), Gayle King, how she found hers. She told us her self worth came from years of salary negotiations, building strong support systems, navigating setbacks, and dealing with tough bosses.”
Listen to 9 to 5ish with theSkimm | Gayle King On Knowing Your Worth (30 min)
π¨βπ©βπ§βπ¦ “Saving money can be tough β and even tougher to talk about!”
“So this week on the show weβre gonna get the conversation started and learn a few ways to think about spending and saving our money.”
Listen with your kids to Million Bazillion | Saving money is really hard to do (22 min)
β “Itβs a race against the clock for the remaining climbers”
“Unforeseen conditions have put the world’s strongest climbers to the test as they battle their way down the mountain. Before itβs over, the savage mountain will bring on more avalanches and below-zero temperatures. “
Listen with us to Against The Odds | K2: The Savage Mountain | The Final Descent | 3 (54 min)