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#51: My Secrets to Fighting Fear: From Cancer to the Election
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This week, Lora discusses the link between judges and judgment and our human fear of it.By Lora Nakamura
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#49: The War on Women: The Epidemic of Abuse
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From the very personal to the very public, Lora shares some of her own experience and comments on the Christin Blasey Ford-Brett Kavanaugh Hearing, and ways we can deal with the epidemic of abuse.By Lora Nakamura
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Lora is live at The Moth GrandSlam (Los Angeles, July 24, 2018). Topic: Identity CrisisBy Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora explores the power of community and our individual roles in it when confronted with mistreatment of our fellow humans.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora discusses the side of abuse not often discussed.By Lora Nakamura
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This week Lora discusses the hidden dangers of conformity.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora looks at identity, shares some personal experiences that reflect back on her experience as an Asian American woman, and discusses a way to get to freedom.By Lora Nakamura
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This week Lora responds to a request from prison to discuss the concept of time and the "love/hate" relationship we soemtimes have with it.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora looks at abundance, how to get closer to it, and the one major block that often gets in the way.By Lora Nakamura
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#39: Thought of the Day: The Abundance Mindset
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Today's thought of the day to get us closer to our core...By Lora Nakamura
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This week Lora shares the folktale about the two wolves, but with a twist.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, by request, Lora speaks on the importance of sunset, as well as the significance of Kate Spade's passing, particularly addressing the prisoner, the misfit, the oddball, and the marginalized in all of us. This one challenges what we believe is real.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora revisits the concept of "dichotomy" on the planet, discerning good from evil, and why it is important to understand the difference.By Lora Nakamura
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This episode, Lora shares a personal story of stepping into unfamiliar territory. This one is dedicated to those who are suffering hardships, feeling like their backs are to the wall...to you, a gift of faith.By Lora Nakamura
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#33: Being Misunderstood & Our Need To Be Seen
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In this episode Lora discusses the experience of being misunderstood and the choices we have when it happens. She also shares a true story of triumph, faith, and a dream-turned-reality.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora follows up on the "fight" theme of the very first episode, delving into the world of boxing, the concept of inspiration, and what happens when we shift our perspective.By Lora Nakamura
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This week Lora looks for love in all the craziness that is our family. She discusses what it means to look for love, and gives tips on releasing resistance to our family drama.By Lora Nakamura
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This week Lora shares her thought of the day about family and the things they do that drive us nuts.By Lora Nakamura
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This week Lora shares her takeaways from the movie, "A Quiet Place" and discusses the concept of silence as it applies to our human growth and empowerment.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora provides a thought of the day on resistance and procrastination.By Lora Nakamura
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#26: Addictions: When "Good" People Do "Bad" Things
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This week Lora looks for love in prison and behind the mask of all things addiction...from drugs and alcohol to television, social media, shopping, hoarding, food, etc.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora looks for love in the little town with big history: Sanger, CA. Going back to her cultural roots, she reflects on the layers and stories of our human experience, our perspective, and the importance of compassion.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora looks for love in the arcade, and shares her non-mainstream take on the cultural phenomenon of the Japanese-style crane games, ufo catchers, and how our experience with these gives us huge clues on our life perspective.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora Looks for Love within the experience of human suffering, from childbirth to heart break, and all the ways in which we avoid getting hurt.By Lora Nakamura
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From the Olympic Ice Skater Nathan Chen to Black Panther to Pad Man to Mali Music, this week Lora shares examples of the hero's journey and breaks down some of the major steps and obstacles of living life as a hero.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora looks at love lost and gained from the tragedy of the recent Florida school shooting to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.By Lora Nakamura
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In this episode, Lora looks at love in boxes of her past. This one is a reminder of divine timing, the realizations that come to us when we are ready, and what it means to let go.By Lora Nakamura
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#17: Purse of Hunger: The Abundance Mindset
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This week, Lora discusses abundance in terms of material wealth and love, and offers listeners a free gift on identifying the love blocks that keep us from manifesting a deep connection with our partners (for couples), a fulfilling soul mate relationship (for singles), and abundance for everyone.By Lora Nakamura
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This week Lora looks for love in the world of reality tv and shares insights about the deeper messages hidden in The Bachelor. From defense mechanisms to fear to what constitutes the best soulmates, this one speaks directly to all single women who are spiritual warriors and changemakers.By Lora Nakamura
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This first podcast of 2018, Lora Looks for Love in our solitude and speaks directly to single females and the opportunities that lie in that special space we often take for granted.By Lora Nakamura
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As we come to the end of 2017 and prepare for the New Year, Lora Looks for Love in our true spirit selves...and the clues to who that is lie in our dreams.By Lora Nakamura
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Lora looks for love at the movies, from Coco to The Disaster Artist, and reminisces about her time in Memphis. This episode is about the stuff outside the box and in the gray just in time to reflect on our personal holiday traditions.By Lora Nakamura
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#12: What Lies Behind Our Words: Twin Flames & Other Love Stories
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This week, Lora Looks for Love in the places where we often do not look.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora Looks for Love in food and provides some insights on foodie culture, food as communication and how the way we eat is a reflection of our spiritual well-being. Honorable mentions of our food culture's big names, Roy Choi and Jonathon Gold.By Lora Nakamura
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In this episode, Lora flashes back to look at love in the 80's...first crushes, first concerts (anyone remember The Jets?), and the experiences that form our identity.By Lora Nakamura
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...FAMILY. This week, just in time for the holidays, Lora looks for love in one of the most energetically dense dynamics of our human experience.By Lora Nakamura
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#8: When Strangers Say "I Love You": A Spanish Love Story
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This week Lora receives love from a stranger and reminisces about her cross-cultural love affair in Spain.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, an unexpected buzz cut inspires Lora to look at love in our hair, as she reflects on the concept of physical beauty and the hidden messages in fairy tales. From hair horror to hair brilliance, from Demi Moore to Ani Difranco, yes it's about hair, but not really...By Lora Nakamura
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#6: World Series 2017: Dodgers vs. Astros
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In this episode, Lora highlights the bigger picture in the aftermath of the 2017 World Series. Whether you celebrated the Astros win, mourned the Dodgers loss, or didn't care to watch, the 7-game series contained some major lessons on life and love.By Lora Nakamura
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In this episode, Lora looks at the life and loves of Chavela Vargas, and why sometimes the most beloved soul mates come into our lives without us even noticing.By Lora Nakamura
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Lora looks at the continued devastation in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, and discusses why works of fiction, such as The Walking Dead, are not so far from our human reality. What would we all do if confronted with an apocalypse? And how can we, as a human race, move away from our misery and begin to function outside of our daily …
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In this third episode, Lora discusses the topic of abuse, addressing the recent Harvey Weinstein scandal, the dynamic of sociopathy, and the role of internet culture, porn addiction, and the state of intimate relationships.By Lora Nakamura
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This week, Lora looks for love in the pit of grief, addressing the recent tragedy of the Las Vegas mass shooting, and the insights she gained from her 100-year-old grandmother.By Lora Nakamura
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