Best Sarah Maurer Podcasts (2024)

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#91 – The 3 Steps I’d Take if I Missed a Week of Workouts 18:28

2h ago18:28

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In this week's episode of the Climb Your Mountain podcast, we dive into a common struggle for perfectionists and athletes alike: missed workouts. Whether you’re training for an endurance event like a marathon or just exercising to look and feel better, skipping a workout can send you into a spiral of panic and guilt. I know this firsthand, having t…

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#90 – What I learned from spilling three drinks in 24 hours 18:44

2d ago18:44

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In this week's episode of Climb Your Mountain, I share the story of an unfortunate series of drink spills ... and the surprising lessons that came from them. From embarrassment and guilt to spiritual insight and self-kindness, this story goes deeper than just clumsiness. It’s about learning to be kinder to myself and embracing the imperfections we …

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#89 – The Real Reason You Can't Get Consistent 22:45

16d ago22:45

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You're focused on a goal like following a training plan, eating healthy, or meal prepping. You do great for a week ... or sometimes a few weeks. And then ... CRASH. You just can't get yourself to step on that treadmill, log that sushi, or take out that slow cooker. When you try to act, a brick wall of resistance comes up. Is it because you're lazy?…

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Sarah Miller-Davenport, "Gateway State: Hawai’i and the Cultural Transformation of American Empire" (Princeton UP, 2019) 59:12

12d ago59:12

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One of my talking points when hanging out with my fellow diplomatic historians is the painful absence of scholarship on Hawaii. Too many political histories treat Hawaii’s statehood as a kind of historical inevitability, an event that was bound to pass the moment the kingdom was annexed. As I would frequently pontificate, “nobody has unpacked the i…

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#88 – How I'm Training Smarter-Not-Harder This Summer 29:50

16d ago29:50

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I used to believe when it came to exercise, more was always more. Especially for a multisport athlete who is running, backpacking, mountaineering and wanting to be ALWAYS READY TO ROLL at a moment's notice. Also, as I cruised toward 50, I felt like I needed to work harder just to maintain a certain level of performance. But this summer, I got tired…

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#87 – Taking Your Mental Health Seriously 39:10

24d ago39:10

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"I'm silly for feeling this way." "Other people have it worse." "Some people have war in their countries." "Look at me and my first world problems." Have you ever said things like these to yourself during times of stress or sadness? If so, it's totally understandable! We're all programmed to disregard our mental health by a capitalist society that …

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The Dragon and the Nguzunguzu 20:08

28d ago20:08

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Nguzunguzu is the traditional figurehead which was formerly affixed to canoes in the Solomon Islands. In this episode, Julie Yu-Wen Chen talks to Rodolfo Maggio, a senior researcher at the University of Helsinki about his book project on the dragon and the nguzunguzu, namely the relationship between China and the Soloman Islands. The dragon and the…

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Mavis Kerinaiua and Laura Rademaker, "Tiwi Story: Turning History Downside Up" (NewSouth, 2023) 47:45

26d ago47:45

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The Tiwi people have more than their fair share of stories that turn ideas of Australian history upside down. The Tiwi claim the honour of defeating a global superpower. When the world’s most powerful navy invaded and attempted to settle the Tiwi Islands in 1824, Tiwi warriors fought the British and won. The Tiwi remember the fight, and oral histor…

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#86 – Why you're probably NOT too slow to do that thing 31:15

1M ago31:15

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Have you ever thought about signing up to hike the Inca Trail? Or summit Mt. Rainier? Or even join a pub run at your neighborhood bar? And then stopped yourself, because you're worried about slowing the group down or getting left behind? Friend, if you are feeling ashamed of your pace and worrying you won't fit in ... I have a GOLDEN tip for you on…

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#85 – Why I'm Intentionally UNDERtraining for My Next Ultra 27:08

1M ago27:08

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Before I was a life coach, I was an endurance sports coach (think running and mountaineering). And I'll tell you one thing: almost all my clients were overtraining. They believed that more was better. And if they slowed down even a little, they'd crumble. And that the answer to getting older was to train harder. Almost none of them were getting eno…

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Roger Crowley, "Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World" (Yale UP, 2024) 54:31

2M ago54:31

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The spice islands: Specks of land in the Indonesian archipelago that were the exclusive home of cloves, commodities once worth their weight in gold. The Portuguese got there first, persuading the Spanish to fund expeditions trying to go the other direction, sailing westward across the Atlantic. Roger Crowley, in his new book Spice: The 16th-Century…

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Michael J. Sheridan, "Roots of Power: The Political Ecology of Boundary Plants" (Routledge, 2023) 1:03:11

2M ago1:03:11

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Roots of Power: The Political Ecology of Boundary Plants (Routledge, 2023) tells five stories of plants, people, property, politics, peace, and protection in tropical societies. In Cameroon, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, St. Vincent, and Tanzania, dracaena and cordyline plants are simultaneously property rights institutions, markers of social…

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#84 – 13 Genius Time Hacks 49:11

2M ago49:11

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You've got big plans for your life! You want to ditch the day job, start your own business, and run a 100-mile ultra — all while dating and finding your perfect person. But who the hell has time for that? A lot of us are afraid to dream bigger because we already feel so squeezed for time. But here's a cool thing: It's possible to create more time. …

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Kristie Flannery, "Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) 59:13

2M ago59:13

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Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024) offers a new interpretation of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippine islands. Drawing on the rich archives of Spain’s Asian empire, Dr. Kristie Patricia Flannery reveals that Spanish colonial officials and Catholic missionaries forged alliances with Indige…

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Justin B. Stein, "Alternate Currents: Reiki’s Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific" (U Hawaii Press, 2023) 56:56

2M ago56:56

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In the second half of the twentieth century, Reiki went from an obscure therapy practiced by a few thousand Japanese and Japanese Americans to a global phenomenon. By the early twenty-first century, people in nearly every corner of the world have undergone the initiations that authorize them to channel a cosmic energy—known as Reiki—to heal body, m…

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Derek Taira, "Forward without Fear: Native Hawaiians and American Education in Territorial Hawai'i, 1900-1941" (U Nebraska Press, 2024) 52:17

2M ago52:17

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During Hawai‘i’s territorial period (1900–1959), Native Hawaiians resisted assimilation by refusing to replace Native culture, identity, and history with those of the United States. By actively participating in U.S. public schools, Hawaiians resisted the suppression of their language and culture, subjection to a foreign curriculum, and denial of th…

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#83 – How to Navigate a Career Change 44:34

2M ago44:34

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A lot of people think changing careers will be a shortcut to happiness. (Kinda like people think having a baby or getting married or buying a house will finally make them happy.) But what if you could be happy in any career -- including the one you're in now? Here's a truth that might feel a little confronting. It's not your work that makes you hap…

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Anaïs Maurer, "The Ocean on Fire: Pacific Stories from Nuclear Survivors and Climate Activists" (Duke UP, 2023) 50:33

2M ago50:33

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Bombarded with the equivalent of one Hiroshima bomb a day for half a century, Pacific people have long been subjected to man-made cataclysm. Well before climate change became a global concern, nuclear testing brought about untimely death, widespread diseases, forced migration, and irreparable destruction to the shores of Oceania. In The Ocean on Fi…

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#82 – How to Find a Great Life Coach 44:52

2M ago44:52

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Is there such a thing as a life coaching cult? Yes, but they're exceedingly rare. Notable examples: Lighthouse (see the BBC podcast series "A Very British Cult" and arguably Scientology). Yes, your girly loves a good cult documentary. 🤣 So rest assured, if you sign up for help to stop yelling at your kids, it's extremely unlikely you'll end up livi…

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Sino-Pacific Relations: A Discussion with Rodolfo Maggio 25:19

2M ago25:19

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The 2024 Solomon Islands elections were surprisingly peaceful. The deepening economic inequalities, widespread corruption, rogue demagogues manipulating the mob, and other aspects such as the heated debate about the increasing presence and influence of China, did not result in the kind of riots that hit this Pacific Island country twice in the prev…

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Alfred Peredo Flores, "Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944–1962" (Cornell UP, 2023) 49:44

2M ago49:44

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In Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944–1962 (Cornell University Press, 2023), Dr. Alfred Peredo Flores argues that the US occupation of the island of Guåhan (Guam), one of the most heavily militarised islands in the western Pacific Ocean, was enabled by a process of settler militarism. During World War II and th…

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#81 – Take The No-Advice Challenge 39:52

2M ago39:52

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What's wrong with advice? Everyone wants advice, right? (Especially great advice yours!) Here's the thing. We're all conditioned to give and receive advice. You can't post about your cat's teeth-grinding without getting a million helpful suggestions — everything from supplements to surgery to GET HIM TO THE VET IMMEDIATELY BEFORE HE DIEZ. But repea…

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#80 – “All I do is give and no one reciprocates” 34:00

2M ago34:00

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"All I do is give ... and no one cares." "I'm drowning under the weight of my obligations." "I'm surrounded by takers who drain me." "I'm sick of being the strong one who's there for everyone else." 😡 ^ If you've ever had thoughts like these, you're not alone. The issue of support (and lack thereof) comes up so often in life coaching. If you're fee…

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Joanna Siekiera, "21st Century as the Pacific Century: Culture and Security of Oceania States in Great Power Competition" (Warsaw UP, 2023) 1:20:35

3M ago1:20:35

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With the ever-greater shift of the balance of global power towards the Pacific region, what does this have implications for the geopolitics of the region? How should the rest of the world, especially Europe, address the growing power and influence of the Pacific region? How does the complex interplay of cultural, civilizational, economic, legal, en…

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Sidney Xu Lu, "The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism" (Cambridge UP, 2019) 1:17:26

3M ago1:17:26

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Sidney Lu’s The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism: Malthusianism and Trans-Pacific Migration, 1868-1961 (Cambridge 2019) places the concept of “Malthusian expansionism” at the center of Japanese settler colonialism around the Pacific. For Japan’s imperial apologists and the discursive architecture they disseminated, alleged overpopulation―or m…

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#79 – How to Start Exercising and Stay Consistent 39:09

3M ago39:09

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Can we just all agree that exercise (the actual doing of it) is wicked uncomfortable? This is doubly true if you've been away for awhile living life and are now coming back to fitness. "I can't WAIT to get on the treadmill and start huffing and sweating and feeling like I'm charging through a wall of jello." ^ Said no human ever. 🤣 When exercise fe…

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Miles M. Evers and Eric Grynaviski, "The Price of Empire: American Entrepreneurs and the Origins of America's First Pacific Empire" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 50:39

4M ago50:39

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The United States was an upside-down British Empire. It had an agrarian economy, few large investors, and no territorial holdings outside of North America. However, decades before the Spanish-American War, the United States quietly began to establish an empire across thousands of miles of Pacific Ocean. While conventional wisdom suggests that large…

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#78 – Holistic Energy Management 27:44

3M ago27:44

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You've cleaned up your schedule. You've prioritized your life. You're saying no to friends and invitations that exhaust you. You've scheduled more time to relax. You got to bed on time. So why are you still so damn tired? Here's the thing. Rest isn't just a about taking a bubble bath or getting more sleep. Your body can be still. But if your mind i…

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#77 – Why Solo Travel Will Change Your Life and How to Start 55:33

4M ago55:33

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Tired of waiting for you bestie to get her shit together and go to Paris with you? Would you give your left arm to get your partner off the couch and onto a romantic island? Friend, if your soul is longing to travel — and you've been putting it off because no one will go with you — this week's podcast episode is for you. This week, we're diving int…

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#76 – How to believe the opposite of what hurts 21:55

4M ago21:55

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When we believe a thought like "I'm not enough," we will see evidence of our not-enoughness EVERYWHERE. And that's NOT because it's true. It's because your brain will always show you more evidence of what you already believe. (Look at your MAGA Uncle Ted if you need further proof!) What if you could make this confirmation bias work in your favor? W…

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Martin Dusinberre, "Mooring the Global Archive: A Japanese Ship and Its Migrant Histories" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:06:34

4M ago1:06:34

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In Mooring the Global Archive: A Japanese Ship and Its Migrant Histories (Cambridge UP, 2023), Martin Dusinberre follows the Yamashiro-maru steamship across Asian and Pacific waters in an innovative history of Japan's engagement with the outside world in the late-nineteenth century. His compelling in-depth analysis reconstructs the lives of some of…

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#75 – Goal Setting for Heretics 36:57

4M ago36:57

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Does the whole concept of goal setting make you want to puke? Are you tired to chasing your dreams, only to fizzle and fade when life inevitably gets in the way? Would you rather eat broken glass than ever set another SMART goal? Well friend, it's time for you to throw away all the crap you learned from personal development gurus, break all the rul…

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#74 – How to Be More Likeable? Stop trying. 44:02

4M ago44:02

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#73 – My number one tip for changing your life 23:25

5M ago23:25

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Andrés Reséndez, "Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery" (Mariner Books, 2022) 1:08:58

5M ago1:08:58

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The Pacific Ocean is twice the size of the Atlantic, and while humans have been traversing its current-driven maritime highways for thousands of years, its sheer scale proved an obstacle to early European imperial powers. Enter Lope Martin, a forgotten Afro-Portuguese ship pilot heretofore unheralded by historians. In Conquering the Pacific: An Unk…

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#72 – How to use your calendar to create your FY life (even if you hate calendars) 29:44

5M ago29:44

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#71 – Here's the Number One Reason You Haven't Been Able to Change Your Life (Yet) 21:44

5M ago21:44

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#70 – The Fastest Path to Mastery Is Through the River of Misery 31:48

6M ago31:48

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Learning a new skill? A new job? How about a new language? Did you dive in with enthusiasm — only to find yourself in a world of discomfort? The hard truth is, growth is a messy process. And there's often an extended "river of misery" you must wade through on your way to mastery. But the only alternative is to return to the bank you came from — and…

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Nell Freudenberger, "The Limits" (Knopf, 2024) 54:39

6M ago54:39

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The most thrilling work yet from the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Newlyweds and Lost and Wanted, a stunning new novel set in French Polynesia and New York City about three characters who undergo massive transformations over the course of a single year. From Mo'orea, a tiny volcanic island off the coast of Tahiti, a French biologist obs…

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#69 – A hack to help you say no with less guilt 30:44

6M ago30:44

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Are there people in your life who are hard to say no to? Maybe they're going through a tough time, and you hate to "make it worse" by disappointing them. Maybe they have a huge emotional reaction any time you try to set boundaries. Or maybe standing your ground with them fills you with guilt. If you're in any of these situations, today's podcast ep…

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Emily Conroy-Krutz, "Missionary Diplomacy: Religion and Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations" (Cornell UP, 2024) 49:48

6M ago49:48

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Missionary Diplomacy: Religion and Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations (Cornell University Press, 2024) illuminates the crucial place of religion in nineteenth-century American diplomacy. From the 1810s through the 1920s, Protestant missionaries positioned themselves as key experts in the development of American relations in Asia, Africa,…

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Angela Wanhalla, "Of Love and War: Pacific Brides of World War II" (U Nebraska Press, 2023) 1:05:59

7M ago1:05:59

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Between 1942 and 1945 more than two million servicemen occupied the southern Pacific theater, the majority of whom were Americans in service with the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. During the occupation, American servicemen married approximately 1,800 women from New Zealand and the island Pacific, creating legal bonds through marriage and…

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Daniel Immerwahr, "How to Hide an Empire: The History of the Greater United States" (FSG, 2019) 1:19:28

7M ago1:19:28

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“Is America an Empire?” is a popular question for pundits and historians, likely because it sets off such a provocative debate. All too often, however, people use empire simply because the United States is a hegemon, ignoring the country’s imperial traits to focus simply on its power. Dr. Daniel Immerwahr’s book How to Hide an Empire: The History o…

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#68 – If I had to start my business over, here are all the things I'd do differently 45:47

8M ago45:47

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I am celebrating my first $5000 month in my business by sharing ... All the mistakes I made on the way here, so you can avoid them! I know so many of you are interested in creating side hustles (or already jumping in!) And if you avoid these seven pitfalls, I guarantee it will save you a lot of angst and help you get to profitability faster. And ev…

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Kiribati in the Chinese Pacific: A Discussion with Rodolfo Maggio 25:48

8M ago25:48

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Is Kiribati in the American lake, Indo-Pacific or Chinese Pacific? In this Episode, Julie Yu-Wen Chen talks to Rodolfo Maggio, a senior researcher at the University of Helsinki to conceptualize Kiribati as an interstitial island in the Chinese Pacific. Rodolfo Maggio is a social anthropologist of moral and economic values in the Asia-Pacific region…

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#67 – 6 Wild Life Lessons from my First Month of Online Dating 38:10

8M ago38:10

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Any time you declare a big goal — dating, climbing a mountain, having a baby, starting a business, finding a job — here's my advice for you: Prepare to be expanded! As in: stretched, squashed, kneaded, rising, falling, and every other uncomfortable transformation you can imagine. Wouldn't it be nice if the universe made it easy by rolling out a red…

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How to Manifest Without Toxic Positivity or Gaslighting Yourself 38:38

8M ago38:38

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"The cosmos isn't going to deliver a new car; it's busy." — Valerie Frankel Is there a way to attract what you want ... without devolving into a toxic positivity monster who pretends to be "high vibes only" every damn second? Can you manifest your your desires while still being a human with human feelings and experiences? Can you embody that positi…

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Leanne Trapedo Sims, "Reckoning with Restorative Justice: Hawai'i Women's Prison Writing" (Duke UP, 2023) 29:56

8M ago29:56

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In Reckoning with Restorative Justice Hawaii Women's Prison Writing (Duke University Press, 2023), Dr. Leanne Trapedo Sims explores the experiences of women incarcerated at the Women’s Community Correctional Center, the only women’s prison in Hawaii. Adopting a decolonial and pro-abolitionist lens, she focuses mainly on women’s participation in the…

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#65 – Should You Move Overseas? My Thoughts and Advice. 1:05:58

8M ago1:05:58

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This episode is a bit of a departure from our normal subject matter. But I am getting SO many questions about moving overseas lately! (I think it's the election.) For those of you who are new to my world, I studied, volunteered, and worked abroad for seven years. (Mostly in Asia.) So I am a good bestie to have if you are considering moving abroad! …

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#64 – Questions to Ask When Someone Triggers You 20:45

8M ago20:45

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Do you ever get triggered by other people? Duh, it's like asking, do you breathe air? 😂 Often we want to push away or put down people who trigger us. When actually they can be our greatest teachers. They are mirrors who can show us what we're not fully loving and integrating about ourselves. They can shine light on the parts of us that still need h…

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