Category: Things I Love
Watch List: Live to Lead
Live to Lead feature interviews with world leaders and influencers, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Greta Thunberg, Bryan Stevenson, Jacinda Ardern, Siya Kolisi, Gloria Steinem, and Albie Sachs. It is an inspiring series that highlights how the efforts of a single person can meaningfully change the world.
Listen List: Pixie Geldof, “Woman Go Wild”
Heart Centered Learning: Menopause
In my quest to educate myself about healthy aging and menopause, I have been keeping my eyes open for good resources: especially ones focussed on providing support to women. I have been particularly impressed with the work of Dr. Sara Gottfried, Dr. Mary Claire and Dr. Jenn Gunter. I follow them all on Instagram and they provide easy, actionable advice on a daily basis. I recommend that you check them out!
Watch List: The Imitation Game
“Sometimes is it the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” ~ Alan Turing
Heart Centered Learning: Everyday Heroes
When I am feeling overwhelmed with the state of the world, it gives me hope and strength to look to the stories of ordinary people who lived extraordinary lives.
Most of these people are not unique or special. They simply made a conscious choice to live a life of service, despite the fact that it is often a lonely and difficult path. I have highlighted some of these stories below.
I love the anthem, “My Hero”, by the Foo Fighters. It captures the sentiment perfectly.
Listen List: Jon Bryant, “At Home”
Heart Centered Learning: Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich is living proof that an ordinary person can change the world. As a Southern California law clerk, she spearheaded a successful lawsuit against a major company on behalf of hundreds of people who had unknowingly been exposed to toxic waste. Her efforts inspired the Oscar-winning feature film that bears her name, and led her to a successful career as an environmental activist and public speaker.
“Often times we don’t think about or worry about or understand what is happening to another until it happens to us. Deceits have no boundaries. Disease doesn’t recognize the colour of our skin or our political parties affiliation. When it comes to cover-ups and destruction of our environment, we are all up for grabs.” ~ Erin Brokovich
Watch List: “She Said”
The New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor’s 2017 Pulitzer prize-winning exposé of the powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein helped to kick start a cultural reckoning over sexual harassment and abuse across a wide range of industries. She Said isn’t a triumphant film about the rise of the #MeToo movement, but rather a clear-eyed, measured depiction of why the first article struck a global nerve. As the film’s screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz put it, “Although there is such darkness in the story…there is a lot of beauty and light about women finding one another.”
Heart Centered Learning: “A Whole New Mind”
“Lawyers. Doctors. Accountants. Engineers. That’s what our parents encouraged us to become. They were wrong. Gone is the age of left-brain dominance. The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: designers, inventors, teachers, storytellers —creative and emphatic right-brain thinkers whose abilities mark the fault-line between who gets ahead and who doesn’t.”
~ Daniel H. Pink, A Whole New Mind
Listen List: Ocie Elliot, “Wait for You”
Heart Centered Learning: Chef Babette
A seventy-two year old, world-class chef, fitness expert and motivational speaker, Chef Babette runs a successful Inglewood, California restaurant, Stuff I Eat, while also producing online cooking classes, and participating in health summit and speaking engagements all around the country. She is an amazing, inspirational human being who lives her life from a place of love. I hope that you will take some time to learn about her incredible journey.
Breath by Breath 