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Biden-Harris Inauguration, Goals, Renewal by Nature, Mindfulness

Jan 21
3 min

Biden-Harris Inauguration, Goals, Renewal by Nature, Mindfulness

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/127950/goals-renewal-by-nature-mindfulness We, the people. This is America's day. Congratulation to President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris. This is democracy's day. A day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested a new and America has risen to the challenge. Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause, a cause of democracy. Have you written your

Immigration: Why We Are Coming with Yasin Kakande

May 17, 2020
3 min

Immigration: Why We Are Coming with Yasin Kakande

From veteran journalist, Yasin Kakande, expelled from two Middle East countries because of his daunting investigative reporting, comes the real story of why Africans flee their beloved homelands for unfamiliar and uncertain surroundings with his book, Why We Are Coming. Host Siri Phaneendra talks with Yasin about his amazing journey to combat corporate greed, exploitation, political greed, and the plight of migrants worldwide. Economic, social, and political conditions in his

Quarantine Communication and Contemplation with Brigitte Jia

Apr 11, 2020
3 min

Quarantine Communication and Contemplation with Brigitte Jia

Brigitte Jia hosts a meditative hour that includes research on the neuroscience behind staying connected during the lockdown of the corona virus. Forced isolation studies conducted on animal species that have definitive social orders have returned results that evidence a hugely negative impact on subjects’ brains, cognition and physiological conditions that is replicable in human cohorts. Brigitte discusses long distance planning using Zoom, FaceTime, Skype, etc. If you’re lo

Meditation Mindfulness

Feb 10, 2020
3 min

Meditation Mindfulness

“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.” -Mother Theresa Mindfulness is the ability to be fully present in the moment. Host Katelyn Darrow shares how to get clarity and peace of mind to ride oneself of anxiety, stress, and to help with connecting with others. An in-depth interview with Tom Voss and his sister, Rebecca Nguyen, authors of the book, Where War Ends, provides insight into moral injury and how mindfulness and meditation can all

Where War Ends, 2020 Garden Trends, Gratitude

Jan 8, 2020
4 min

Where War Ends, 2020 Garden Trends, Gratitude

After searching in a scout-sniper platoon, Tom Voss came home carrying invisible wounds of war—the memory of doing or witnessing things that went against his fundamental beliefs. Voss and his sister, Rebecca Anne Nguyen have co-authored the book, Where War Ends. They converse with Cynthia Brian about Voss’s pursuit of mediation where he discovered breathing techniques that moved him from despair to hope. Hindsight may be 2020, but in this year of 2020, we can live healthier a

Courage and Meditation

Jun 19, 2019
3 min

Courage and Meditation

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear––not absence of fear.” Mark Twain Do you meditate? Would you like to? What about bringing meditation into the classroom? Hosts Kenneth Jeon and Siri Phaneendra interview William P Meyer about his transformative book, Three Breaths and Begin. Get a deeper awareness and move through feelings with meditation. A teacher can use meditation every day in the classroom, on field trips, for sports assemblies, and more to help students