Documentary story consultant Karen Everett advises filmmakers on how to improve their works-in-progress.
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OurVoices, the podcast by OurPath, Inc., is a resource for Straight Partners and Partners of Trans People as we navigate the tremendous life changes that accompany the discovery that our spouses or partners are LGBT+. Closets impact entire families. Telling our own stories as Straight Partners or Partners of Trans People is a powerful catalyst for healing, growth and discovering our own paths toward an authentic life post disclosure or discovery. Host Kristin Kalbli interviews Straight Partn ...
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In America, we like to think that we're always talking about race. Like the conversation is happening everywhere, all the time. But race is embedded in society in ways we don't even think about -- just like fish don't see the water they're swimming in. In Race Unwrapped, host Michelle Tyrene Johnson tackles different ways to unwrap and unpack race and identity.
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S7 Ep 7: A Detransitioned Man Shares His Motives for Becoming a Trans Woman so Wives Can Better Understand their Spouses
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Ray Alex Williams used to go by the name Rachel. A former trans woman, today he refers to himself as a detransitioner. In this episode, he shares his perspective on his own transition process, including his true motivations for transitioning. Exploring a diversity of essential perspectives like Ray’s can provide wives whose husbands have come out a…
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#27 Coaching in The Age of Burnout & Insecurity with John Everett
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Meet Humble Mind Mentor John Everett, a former tech executive-turned-coach. Having spent a long career working with Dell, General Electric and Oracle, he turned his attention to helping teams embrace mental fitness and ageless agility. You can connect with John in our community and check out his regular sessions on Humble Mind. Join us here: https:…
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S7 Ep6: Navigating Conflicting Feelings When a Straight Spouse has an LGBT+ Child
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When Christine discovered her husband was gay after thirteen years of marriage, at first she felt relief that the disconnect between them had been explained. Anger and grief came much later. But when her oldest child came out as trans a few years later, she felt her grief first. Many straight spouses in mixed orientations marriages have LGBT+ child…
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#26 Unlocking Flow State Creativity with AI & Neuroscience with Dr Shama Rahman
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Dr Shama Rahman is a neuroscientist, artist, entrepreneur and founder of NeuroCreate.co.uk. Check out her TEDx talk here.
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S7 Ep5: One Husband's Story of Divorcing a Late-Life Lesbian
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When another husband called Wade out of the blue to tell him both their wives were spending time together on a vacation that very moment, Wade Ferris knew the writing was on the wall. With candor and vulnerability, Wade shares his story of learning that his wife of 23 years is a lesbian during the pandemic. A dedicated father and husband, Wade trie…
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Dave Birss is an author, speaker and a top LinkedIn Learning & AI instructor who advises Fortune500 companies on artificial intelligence, innovation, creativity and ideation. Check out his work here: https://davebirss.com/ See the Sensible AI Manifesto here: https://sensibleaimanifesto.com/
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S7 Ep 4: Coming Out as a Late Life Lesbian with Anne-Marie Zanzal
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Podcaster, Writer and coming out Coach Anne-Marie Zanzal shares her journey to coming out as a late-life lesbian after decades in a straight marriage. With the hope of building understanding and healing for straight husbands, she sheds light on the experiences of women coming out later in life and answers their questions. About Anne-Marie: https://…
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#24 Quantum Negotiation & How to Get What You Need with Dr Karen Walch
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Dr Karen Walch is a negotiation expert, Emeritus professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management and author of Quantum Negotiation: The Art of Getting What You Need. Learn more about Karen here: https://www.karenwalch.com/
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#23 Demystifying Trust & Influence with Dominic Wilhelm
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Dominic Wilhelm is the founder of The Global Trust Project, an international advisory advisory that builds trust-rich pathways at personal, professional and societal levels, and a member of the VUKA group. The Global Trust Project has advised the UNEP, the X-Prize, JFK Library Foundation and many others on the subjects of organisational trust, sust…
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S7 Ep 3: The Case for Letting Go with Karen Slater
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Karen Slater had a lot to forgive her closeted husband for, not the least of which is the impact his sexual rejection had on her. It created profound insecurity about her body and sparked years of yo-yo dieting, trying to reignite their sex life, only to have her efforts fail and the cycle repeat. In this conversation, she shares all she had to for…
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#22 Navigating Our Modern World with Better Tools with Manj Bahra
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Manj Bahra is an ex-JP Morgan executive turned transformational coach, writer and author. His new book, The Art of Moving On, is available on Amazon. Check out Manj's writings on psychology, neuroscience relationships, dating and personal transformation here: https://manjbahra.medium.com/
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#21 The Hidden Advantage of Mental Fitness with Jodie Rogers
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Jodie Rogers is a mental fitness facilitator, author and founder of Symbia Partners, who has worked with high-performing teams and leaders at Google, Meta, Barclays, L'Oreal, Unilever and more. We discuss the hidden edge that mental fitness provides in work and life, including how to elevate your perspective, embracing failure and how to hack your …
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#20 Exploring Purpose & Archetypes with Richard Olivier
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Richard Olivier is the founder and artistic director of Olivier Mythodrama™ and works internationally in leadership development as a speaker, workshop leader and co-author of a new book, Archetypes at Work. For over 25 years, Richard has been exploring the stories we tell ourselves about purpose, with the help of the 10 archetypes to help us unlock…
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S7 Ep 2: The Sweet Pain of Being Alive with Ann Anderson Evans
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Author Ann Anderson Evans shares her story of loss and healing after she discovered her husband’s body the morning after he took his own life. After a decades long struggle with his gender identity and her husband's suicide, Ann has worked to make sense of her life, the man she married, and the hidden pain he carried. Ann's story is nuanced, compli…
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#19 The Future of Thinking Clearly with Jon Cherry
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Jon Cherry, futures strategist unpacks the tools that help us to think clearly more clearly and make better decisions in the face of uncertainty. Learn more about what Jon does here: https://cherryflava.com/
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#18 The Art of Creating Your Offer with Patrick Leddy
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Patrick Leddy, CEO & Founder of Interface explores how to use the four forces to supercharge your business' offer with clarity and conviction. Check out Interface here: tryinterface.io
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S7 Ep 1: Creating an Authentic Life After Mixed Orientation Marriage with Sally Srok
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Author and Coach Sally Srok shares her experience of losing herself in a 20-year mixed orientation marriage, learning her husband was gay, and how she rebuilt her life after divorce. After a birthday trip on a cattle drive reawakened her sense of self, Sally found the strength to confront her unhappy marriage, pursue a divorce, and keep her childre…
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#17 How to Stay in Your Groove with Dan Kirby
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Dan Kirby from Founders Are Mental helps us unpack weighty concepts like responsibility, burnout, the stress of being a founder and giant silverback gorillas. Check out the FAM here: https://www.foundersaremental.com/
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Hey y’all! Michelle Tyrene Johnson here. You usually hear from me in the summertime, but I’m popping in with “Gifting a Soulful Christmas,” an hour-long exploration of Black holiday music! I spoke to music experts and music lovers to share what makes Black Christmas and holiday music pull a little extra in your soul this time of year. Our experts i…
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#16 Principles & Thinking Clearly About The Customer Experience with Jermaine Edwards
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Jermaine Edwards, founder of the Irreplaceable Advisory Group, joined our group speak about the importance of principles in business and the customer experience. They're not just abstract ideas, but rather a kind of compass that directs every decision and action in a business.
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S6 Ep 13: Healing the Trauma and Shame of Betrayal with Author Michelle Mays
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Today we talk to Licensed Professional Counselor and expert in treating sexual betrayal Michelle Mays. She is the author of The Betrayal Bind: How to Heal When the Person You Love the Most Hurts you the Worst. We discuss the emotional and psychological impact of sexual betrayal on betrayed partners, the four types of gaslighting and their effects, …
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#15 Customer obsession, bias for action & other secrets from Amazon with Allan Boyle
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When it comes to attracting and retaining customers, managing the expectations of their experience is everything. That's why the onboarding journey is perhaps the most important but least effectively delivered part. Allan Boyle has experience working with some of the world's biggest customer-facing brands like Amazon, and shares with us his insight…
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S6 Ep 12: A Deep Dive Into Forgiveness, Part 2, with Pastor Carter Cortelyou
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In part 2 of our deep dive into forgiveness, we seek a spiritual perspective with Methodist Pastor Carter Cortelyou. We talk about why it can be so hard to let go of the identity of being a straight spouse, what lies on the other side of forgiveness, and why forgiveness can make us feel vulnerable. Carter Cortelyou is a United Methodist clergy pers…
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S6 Ep 11: A Deep Dive into Forgiveness with Everette Worthington
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It's no secret that people who have been betrayed often have a hard time forgiving the person who betrayed them. Resistance to "letting them off the hook" is understandable. In this illuminative conversation with Professor Everette Worthington, we learn the science and research behind forgiveness - what it is, how to do it, and why it matters for o…
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S6 Ep 10: The Secret Life of Secrets with Michael Slepian
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Michael Slepian is the leading expert on the psychology of secrets and author of The Secret Life of Secrets. Slepian has authored more than fifty articles on secrecy, truth, and deception. We talk about why people keep their sexual orientation and gender identity secret (among other secrets), how secrets impact both the secret keeper and those that…
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S6 EP 9: Counseling Couples Through Gender Transition with Dr. Gary Bischof
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Dr. Gary Bischof is a professor and coordinator of the Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling Program in the Dept of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in the treatment of couples navigating the gender transition of one of the partners. In this ep…
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A Black gay comedian walks into a comedy club…
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Black don’t crack, except when it comes to cracking jokes. And Keith McGill does it for a living. McGill is a Louisville native and class clown who took it to a microphone for the first time when he was in his 20s. Since then he has used comedy to talk about a range of tough topics — some tougher than others, depending on the audience. Being Black,…
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S6 EP 8: Facing the Second Half of Life Alone with Arti O'Brien
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In our most raw and vulnerable interview yet, guest Arti O’Brien shares what it was like to discover only a year ago that her soulmate, best friend and husband of 30+ years had been cheating on her with men for the entirety of their marriage. They were the perfect couple: compatible in multiple ways, mutually affectionate confidants, and looking to…
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S6 Ep 7: Post Separation Abuse and High Conflict Divorce with the author of Cover Wife, Suzanne Hope
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After discovering that her husband was regularly dialing "Manhunt," one of the most iconic telephone dating services for gay men, Suzanne knew her marriage was not what she thought. After she left the marriage she endured two decades of post separation abuse and coercive control. Her experience has lead her to become a certified high conflict divor…
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When the voice in your head is an old white man named Everett
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On this episode of Race Unwrapped, we meet Pooja Reddy, a comedian and writer whose family immigrated from Hyderabad in southern India to Glasgow, Kentucky. Her humor draws heavily from her childhood experiences — in one bit, she describes herself as “personally victimized by the location of [her] parents’ green card sponsor.” Reddy unwraps how her…
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NPR’s Eric Deggans unwraps the curious and careful career of Eddie Murphy
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In the early 1980s, a young Eddie Murphy stepped into the national comedy scene and revitalized a flaccid “Saturday Night Live.” His career since then has been a fascinating reflection of how white American audiences relate to Black comedy. He was the lone Black man in fish-out-of-water movies like “Beverly Hills Cop,” then pivoted to movies like “…
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Are you laughing with me or at me? Second City’s Anne Libera unwraps the ethics of comedy
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Sometimes people just know their stuff. And in the case of Anne Libera, her stuff is comedy and she knows it well. Libera is a professor of comedy at Columbia University in Chicago. She’s also the director of comedy studies at Second City, and directs performances there. This episode, we unwrap the anatomy of a comedy routine and how joking about s…
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#14 Designing new futures in exponential times
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In this episode from the Humble Mind learning group 'Exponential Thinking, Alex speaks with futurist and strategist Jon Cherry and speaker John Wiley about the value of embracing multiple futures, influencing consumer behaviours, mixing Western methodologies with Eastern thinking and what to have in your scenario planning toolkit. Learn more at Hum…
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A Black Baptist minister, a Chinese Buddhist monk and a White Presbyterian walk into a bar… and for more than one reason, they may not all laugh at how the joke ends. This season of Race Unwrapped we’re focused on the tie between race and humor. On this episode, I talk with Dr. Lawrence Edwin Williams about how humor connects us as humans, and how …
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#13 Towards a humble mind: Developing skills for an uncertain future
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In this episode, Alex discusses the need for a new way to rebuild the bonds of connection between humans as the uncertain future of work, life and tackling global challenges moves ever closer. It starts with rethinking how we learn and connect with each other, the first step to having a humble mind. Learn more at HumbleMind.co…
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How Rain Pryor uses humor to explore race (and what she learned from her dad, Richard)
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Comedian Richard Pryor didn’t leave much on the cutting room floor when it came to comedy.Not sex, family, religion, or politics. Certainly not race, or being Black in America.Many of today’s comedians can trace their lineage of fearless humor right back to Richard Pryor, and that includes his own progeny. On this episode of Race Unwrapped, I talk …
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