Afleveringen
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Story time (covid style) for special little ones scattered all over the world. This first in the series is dedicated to little Conrad.
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It's Thanksgiving week. There is lot there is to be cranky about right now and in Anna's case this has been a particularly hard few months. But she reminds us that whether it's Covid grief, or loss of Thanksgiving tradition or the death of a spouse, to be respectful of each other's pain, no matter what it looks like. In her graceful way, Anna talks about building a muscle of gratefulness to provide you with a banked counter balance for those hard times so that when we do have "those days" we can dig into those grateful banked moments.
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Jarrod discusses the notion of focusing on the tomorrow, what you can control, reminding us that this will eventually pass (but giving some suggestion on how to maintain sanity until we do).
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Twyla is my North Dakotan friend who is now living in Minneapolis after spending some time in New York. She lives in Golden Valley, a suburb of Minneapolis, is amicably divorced with two teenagers, Tuco and Ronnie. She is an avid gardner, wine drinker, beer drinker, dinner and party host, Twyla alternately loves and hates people. She is an independent IT consultant who specializes in business analysis, team leadership, development and general fire fighting. Twyla likes to build things and build things with people. Three pizza ovens for example. Bringing people together and community are a personal mission for Twyla, connecting people and expanding minds, sharing ideas and helping people inspire each other is what keeps her up at night, in a good way.
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Alex was working as an Animal scientist in South Africa in the dairy and beef fields. He loved his work, travelling the country and working with farmers, relishing the chance to be part of the food supply chain. The Covid hit and challenged him to find his why, pack up his life and unpack it again but this time based on his rules and not what life had dictated.
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Louise is a South African turned Kiwi and is an organizational development coordinator for Nelson’s regional district health board. That is Nelson in New Zealand, she is 17 hours ahead of me in the Midwest. Louise is married with two boys, one water snail and a guppy. Last time we spoke, 6 months ago, her boys were extremely busy building and doing various activities, her guppy was lonely, the snail was an escape artist, her 8 year old had a covid goal of learning to tie his shoe laces, and her husband was learning pilates and yoga (which Louise might have recorded)...
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Joscelin is a self-employed consultant to the Hospitality industry and is based in South Africa. Last time we spoke Jos shared with us the impacts of Covid on herself, as well as her friends and colleagues in the tourism industry. When Covid hit and forced shut - downs Jos was on the front lines of being impacted. Today, 6 months later, we are reconnecting to find out what Covid looks like for her now (and her friends and colleagues) 6 months in.
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Georgette is a Scottish with a hint of Africa in her blood. Our paths crossed in Junior school and since then she has left South African sunsets and moved back to Scotland where she works as a software analyst in Edinborough, is the mother of 2 with one still in the nest although the cat has moved into take her oldest son’s place (or is attempting to at least). She is a keen cyclist (something unfortunately curtailed during lockdown) and is missing holidays and the sun.
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Episode 31, a month of covid conversations reflection from Viv, your host of covid bites. Thanks for joining me.
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Kayako was born and raised in Japan, lived in Minnesota and now calls Seattle, WA home. She recently recently won 2nd place in a short film category with the reception to be held in London but Covid had other plans. Kayako talks to us about cooking, trying new things that she has "always been meaning to do" and discovering the art of jump roping to help seal with the Covid love handles.
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Heather invites us into her life and shares with us her journey on what started as an art project with her kids and has now become a national way of saying THANK U to all the medical workers, first responders, truck drivers and grocery store clerks around the country during Covid. She reminds us of the beauty of gratitude, how much she misses hugging her friends and family and that it is ok to "lower the bar" when it comes to parenting because it is just about being gentler with ourselves, our families and our expectations during this time.
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Jason, who originally hails from Zimbabwe, is an avid traveler of over 40 countries and is now living in Russia. He talks to us about being a small business owner, what it's like to go out based on a pass and how he almost bought a hotel in Zanzibar right before Covid hit.
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Jarrod hails from Wisconsin and has been in Minnesota for the last 20 years. He introduces us to Cliff Clavin, the concept of technology enabling humanness and his advice for coping with depression during this time.
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Donna lives in Minnesota with her husband and 4 year old terrier. When she is not healing people through massage she is playing host to bar trivia...that is until Covid. Donna invites us into her life as a massage therapist during this time, what it's like to live with someone who doesn't like massage and reminds us that even with the emotional ups and downs that this time brings to allow ourselves the peace to do things simply for the sake of doing them and nothing more.
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AnneMarie a born and raised Minnesotan brings us into her world of the implications of being self-employed right now, missing the opportunity to just connect with people and how she possibly has gotten a glimpse into what her future life in retirement could look like...and she's not impressed!
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Melissa is an introverted Pisces who got used to being at home and the alone time when Covid hit. She tells us how she has learned to cherish being at home with her family and talks to us about learning to be ok with the bar minimum when it comes to expectations on ourselves.
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