Welcome to Very Real. A podcast where 2 friends chat about life, love, anxiety and bath towels. Join hosts Dr. Jenny Bennett and Regina Very Modesto as they do the one thing that 2 middle aged white women are best at: talk incessantly about shit. From politics to parenthood, they strive to understand how to make sense of, and be a positive force for this crazy fucked up world.
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NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education Learning with Leaders
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NCSM's Leadership in Mathematics Education Podcasts are published as part of the educational services NCSM provides members and visitors to the NCSM website -- http://mathedleadership.org NCSM - Where Mathematics Leaders Go To Learn
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Deep in the throws of summer - Gina and Jenny soak the last of the summer sun up.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Jenny and Gina talk about what it means to live a BRAT summer in your 40sBy Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Jenny and Gina recollect what it was like to have 10 days of alone time in your own house while your family is gone.
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Episode100-Kenya Overton and Dr. Tutita Casa, "Mathematics Teaching that Uncovers What Students CAN Do"
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Episode100-Kenya Overton and Dr. Tutita Casa, "Mathematics Teaching that Uncovers What Students CAN Do"By NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education
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Episode99-Katey Arrington and Brian Buckhalter, "What's Happening NCSM"
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Episode99-Katey Arrington and Brian Buckhalter, "What's Happening NCSM"By NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education
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Healthy Weight Loss - What Does This Mean?
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Jenny and Gina talk about the potential health impacts of losing weight, fat shaming in the medical community and what it means to lose weight for your health and not just for appearanceBy Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Jenny and Gina talk about the energy of caring, and how that can be exhausting given the context for individual people.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Episode98-Jenny Novak and Grace Anne McKay, "Breaking Barriers: NCSM's 56th Annual Conference Preview"
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Episode98-Jenny Novak and Grace Anne McKay, "Breaking Barriers: NCSM's 56th Annual Conference Preview"By NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education
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In this episode, Jenny and Gina discuss the different types of fun - and how they can turn stressful fun into just plain fun.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Jenny and Gina discuss what it means to give their kids the childhood they never had - and if that even matters in the long run.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Gina expresses her concerns over the changing economyBy Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Let's Talk About Sex! And Bodies! And All Things Uncomfortable
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In this episode Gina and Jenny talk about the uncomfortable conversations and how we should be having more of them - especially with our kids.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Episode97-Dr. Jamila Riser, Anthony Reid and Shellee Wong, "Math Marigolds"
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Episode97-Dr. Jamila Riser, Anthony Reid and Shellee Wong, "Math Marigolds"By NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education
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Jenny and Gina talk on how to connect with yourself in mid-life amongst the ongoing chaos.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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To Drink or Not to Drink: That is the question
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Jenny and Gina review how things are going with sober curiosity and just how things continue to be challenging in the last few months.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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In this episode, Jenny and Gina talk about what it's like living with someone with ADHD and how that impacts communications with the ones we love.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Episode96-Christina Lincoln-Moore and Tashana Howse, "Iron Sharpens Iron: Black Womxn in Mathematics Education (BWXME) Speak "
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Episode96-Christina Lincoln-Moore and Tashana Howse, "Iron Sharpens Iron: Black Womxn in Mathematics Education (BWXME) Speak "By NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education
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In this episode, Jenny and Gina review the symptoms of depression, and how it can sneak up on you, especially when anxiety is involved.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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In this episode, Jenny and Gina talk about the fast pace of life and how there is always something.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Episode95-Dr. Jason Gauthier, "Coaching is Belief Work "
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Episode95-Dr. Jason Gauthier, "Coaching is Belief Work "By NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education
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Jenny and Gina talk about the recent loss of a friend to suicide.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Episode94-NCSM Fellows, "Sharing the NCSM Fellows Program "
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Episode94-NCSM Fellows, "Sharing the NCSM Fellows Program "By NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education
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Jenny talks about her frustrations with co-miseration and the struggles with having to do continuous work on yourself.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Oppositional Defiance and Criticism Sensitivity
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In this episode, Gina and Jenny discuss oppositional defiance and what it means, how we use it to classify others and what it really means to a person that might have it.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Sober-Curious: Experimenting with a Month of Sobriety
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In this episode, Jenny talks through her month of sobriety in December - what she learned and how facing her anxiety head on was the best and worst experienceBy Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Episode93-Dr. Jackie Murawska and Dr. Sean Nank, "Igniting Change through Empathetic Storytelling "
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Self Help Shorts Episode 2: Raising a Kid Who Can and The Way of Integrity
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In this conversation, Jenny and Regina discuss their Thanksgiving experiences and the challenges they faced with their families. They also review the following self-help books: Raising a Kid Who Can The Way of Integrity Despite their different approaches to reading and self-help books, they both recognize the importance of resilience in their own l…
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Episode92-Dr. Katey Arrington and Dr. Brian Buckhalter, "A Holiday Message"
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Episode92-Dr. Katey Arrington and Dr. Brian Buckhalter, "A Holiday Message"By NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education
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To Be Coached, or Not to Be Coached - That is the Question
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Jenny and Gina discuss their experiences with business coaches and whether or not they are a good idea or merely just an MLM scheme.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Human Design: The Breakdown of the Non-MLM Personality Test
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In this episode, Gina, Jenny and Cheryl break down their Human Design readings and try to interpret their individual inner workings. For more information on Cheryl's new podcast: We're Doing this Right? Right!? More information on Human Design: https://www.myhumandesign.com/
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Where Gina tries to figure out what the hell Jenny is actually going through now that she's had a week to think about it.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Episode91-Dr. Paul Gray and Dr. Cory Bennett, "Supporting All Students Through Flexible Grouping Practices"
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Episode91-Dr. Paul Gray and Dr. Cory Bennett, "Supporting All Students Through Flexible Grouping Practices"By NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education
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Jenny answers the question: "What the fuck is going on with you?" And how it's hard to explain transformations on an internal levelBy Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Self Help Shorts Episode 1: How to Keep House While Drowning & The Tools
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In this new series, Gina and Jenny will read and summarize a self help book every week and then break it down so you don't have to read it yourself This week, they go through the following books: - How to Keep House While drowning - The Tools: 5 tools to help you find courage, creativity, and willpower - and inspire you to live life in forward moti…
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What happens when we fall apart and have to put the pieces back together again? In this episode, Gina and Jenny explore how they have gotten through their most difficult life experiences and how they are using the tools they have now to help rebuild themselves as stronger and healthier individuals.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Episode90-Lateefah Id-Deen, "Call People In, Not Call People Out"
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In this episode, Gina and Jenny review the ins and outs of asking for help - when you would do it, why it's hard, and what to do when you don't get the help you wanted to begin with. Referenced in this podcast, the link to human design charting: https://www.myhumandesign.com/get-your-chart/
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Gina and Jenny walk through the differences between Empathy and Sympathy and what that means to them and how they can work on having more Empathy in their lives. References made to the following in this episode: - Brene Brown Sympathy vs EmpathyBy Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Season 2 Premiere! Keeping it Accountable
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Can you believe its already been a year? In their Season 2 Premiere, Jenny and Gina discuss accountability - for themselves, and for their friends and family. How is it that we work with bad behaviors in the ones we love, as well as check our own behaviors around others.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Episode89-Maya Garcia, "Impact at Scale: Collaborating for a Thriving STEM Teacher Workforce"
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Episode89-Maya Garcia, "Impact at Scale: Collaborating for a Thriving STEM Teacher Workforce"By NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education
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In this episode, Jenny and Gina recount and experience at the doctors that is all to common for people - shame, dismissal, and the feeling of being passed off.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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In this weeks episode, Jenny and Gina talk about how hard healing is, how doing the things that are healthy for us seem impossible, and why coping mechanisms are needed sometimes.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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Episode88-Karen Spalding and Georgina Rivera, "When We All Come Together: 2023 NCSM Annual Conference"
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This week, Jenny and Gina take a look back over the last several decades of their lives - where they have come, what they are now and how their insides are starting to match their outsides.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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This week, Gina and Jenny recount on more lighter subjects after reading The Book of Delights. They recount the things in their week that delighted them and what that meant to them.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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What Would It Take To Relax? (Corrected Audio!)
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Our first post had issues with audio - here is the corrected version! In this episode, Jenny and Gina recount their trip together, what it would take to really relax, and how they can communicate that with the people that they love the most.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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White Woman Shame and Fragility (And How to be a Better Ally) - With Special Guest Emily Aneja
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This weeks special guest Emily Aneja talks with Gina and Jenny about her frustrations with white allyship, the challenges that people of color face when educating white people on issues of race and diversity, what it actually means to be an Ally and how we can all do better, even when we fuck up. Books mentioned in this podcast: White Women: Everyt…
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Episode87-Nicole Goberdhan and Dr. Catherine Paolucci, "The Power of the Invitation"
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Episode87-Nicole Goberdhan and Dr. Catherine Paolucci, "The Power of the Invitation"By NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education
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Jenny and Gina explore the feeling of despair, when it comes on, the things that drive it and how it can affect our daily lives.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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I'm Not the Problem, I Just Have ADHD
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In this weeks episode, Jenny and Gina walk through Gina's new diagnosis of ADHD and what that means for Gina moving forward.By Dr. Jenny Bennett & Regina Very Modesto
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