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“The words and the language are the main toolkits that we have. It is the main paintbrush that we have to describe not just external realities, to describe not just what we see, what we experience, our traumas, our stories, our experiences. But most importantly, it is, in a way, the only tool that we have to describe our internal realities onto the others.” - Benoit Kim Welcome back to another epi...

"There is a very thin line between being politically correct for the sake of trying to use it to charge on other people, because they aren't informed on using the correct terms, and actually trying to be instrumental in making the world a better place." - Jack Knipe, Ph. D. Welcome back to another episode of Discover More. This week, we continue our conversation with Jack Knipe . Jack has a Ph. D....

“In brief, dialogism says when you go to a text, and read a novel and they present different characters, every character should be viewed as having their own storyline. So dialogism plays out in the classroom in the same way. Recognizing theoretically that every student that I have has their own story. They all have their own narrative. Like you said, we can’t dismiss them. It’s very dehumanizing...

“I think true vulnerability requires true discomfort. I think the definition of vulnerability is inherent to discomfort and vice versa. So I think you’re spot on - I think there is no true vulnerability without true discomfort. And if you feel comfortable sharing whatever you want to share, then that may be a vulnerable piece of your experience of the past, but currently speaking, you’re not being...

“By using the word 'find' we are tricking ourselves because there’s not a magic button… balance isn’t hidden somewhere in this room for us to discover. It’s not an Easter egg hunt. But rather, it’s a cultivated practice. Just like anything else in the world. Similarly, I think that’s the same ethos we want to convey about the difference between finding balance and creating balance. You must create...

“But I think an important thing is making things inclusive. Before anything goes out to a customer, every single person in the kitchen and all of the servers try everything. We take input from everybody. Understanding that everyone knows what good food tastes like. Having an inclusive kitchen where everybody’s able to put their input in. I think that’s what builds a great menu.” - Sashia Liriano W...

“I worked on this dish for three months and it’s still not good enough. Let’s put it on the back burner and work on something else. We really wanna put things out that we always gonna be proud of. You know when you do something and you know you half-assed it? You pretend to feel good about it, but in reality, deep down in your heart, you know that it’s not that good. That’s definitely part of the...

"I automatically disqualified myself from even trying because I was told that I have a learning disability. And that person wasn’t even in the room...Their voice became my voice and I limited myself and convinced myself that I wasn’t enough. And I’m thankful for my parents reminding me that I’m enough, smart enough, to be in that room. So in that book, I would write ‘You are more than enough. And...

"A good story is one that is vulnerable and authentic. And not just crafted up. So let’s go back to the TED Talk. Yeah, I did come out there and I said I have social anxiety...I admitted my biggest fear. Storytelling is so powerful because it gives you the ability to knock down that wall and establish connections. So I personally think a good story is one that provokes emotion and that is extremel...

"It just makes common sense at least in terms of the health aspect. And it really only clicked for me 5 months ago, because like I said, I stopped eating dairy and  gluten. The brain fog cleared up immediately. Within 12 days, all the lingering depression I had was gone. I was like a whole new person again. Within 30 days, I felt happy and I could have listed at least 10 differences in my life tha...

"You can actually grow kiwi here. I mean, it's incredible. And as I tasted them I've realized that not only have I been ignorant to where food came from, but I've been deprived as well. Our food system is just a joke. And we really value our food system first and foremost on food security, which has a good place in the world, but we've really sacrificed our health and our pleasure for food securit...

“What would it be like if we had unbroken trust across healthcare? If patients had trust in what we do and if we had faith in what our patients are doing, how amazing would that be? I think that it would save us a lot of frustration, it would save patients a lot of frustration, and we would get things done. But that’s a perfect and ideal scenario and we can only strive for that. It's probably neve...

“Over time I think we’ve seen a shift of putting ourselves more into our social media presence rather than just simply being a professional on social media spewing facts. I think my motivation is because there’s so much distrust in our healthcare system and health professionals, we’ve seen that play out with the pandemic, and I think it’s important to show that we are human beings too. We have per...

"That's why the ability to reframe your perspective matters so much. I think reality = perception + perspective because your perception is shaped by your experiences, but your perspective is what you take away from your perception  and how you apply that. People always say 'information is power', or 'knowledge is power', but I think 'appliance is power'. When you have too much information, too muc...

“Yeah, challenges suck, and life will come at you hard, and fast…. But if you are able to, in at least some corner of your mind, remember that actually, this hard time will help you grow. If you take on challenges as growth opportunities, that is one of the key pieces that I’ve seen in resilient people. If you can change your mindset to understanding that, I think your life will change within mont...

"And of course we’re going to affect ecosystems, but there will not be an ecosystem untouched by human action. Unfortunately, we’re warming the planet, and, yes, of course, the climate has changed before, but we are doing it at such a rate that no species on earth will be able to adapt. The planet has certainly changed, but over the course of thousands of years, giving species time to adapt and ad...

"For those of you listening, my TedX talk, the theme of it is this concept that created called the courage equation. The courage equation is courage = belief > fear. So I believe that in order to have courage, all we need is to raise our self-belief to a level that is greater than our fear. Once we do that, we will act. We will have the courage to take action. We will have the courage to put ou...

"What I didn't understand when I was living in it, is that the pain was really serving me. I always see failure, in general, as either a lesson or a redirection. And through all my experiences it's so clear. Like 'Oh that was the lesson I needed to learn because it's preparing me for this goal' or 'Wow I was redirected because I wasn't meant to do that.' So I think pain is  a really beautiful thin...

"I think it's just really about taking a pause and check in with different things. Are you happy? Do you feel fulfilled with what you're doing? Are the things you're doing, are they aligning with your values and your life? All these questions that you don't really ask yourself until you ask yourself." - Shania Smith  Welcome back to another episode of Discover More. This week, we continue our conv...

"College will not deliver all the answers to your plate, like what your career should be and what your passions are. You always have to be in a mindset of exploring, learning, and figuring things out. Recognizing what I did like, what I didn't like, and really experimenting across a lot of different industries to see what really makes sense." - Shania Smith Welcome back to another episode of Disco...

"For example, there are people asking me to hit up Jay for Post Malone's concert for $400K, but Jay said: 'No, either a little under $1M or more." Now, I know that's the decision for him,  it's not for me, because until I get to that level, all I can do is to work with my peers and do whatever I can to shoot certain shots. If it works, it works. If not, then I pivot. That's it because nothing is p...

"That's what the American dream is. If you're being really honest with yourself, this is the land of opportunities and the land of traps, and people don't realize that. I've been trapped a series of times, and I learned from it and moved from it. I'm just gonna see it as an experience as a whole." - Anweezy As we kick off February, we have decided to interview inspirational black leaders and think...

"We are taught that creativity is this pen and paper, grab a paintbrush and go to town, this very definite act. When in actuality, we are using our creative energy all the time. So I would like to challenge people to be just a little bit more open-minded and discover your creative decision-making, and how you can have more fun in the process. I think in that discovery process, you learn a lot abou...

"I think it helps me to be a better communicator because if I am with people and they say something out of the left-field, then really quickly I can in my brain think out how did it happen and then get there with them really fast. I think that's a really weird  accidental empathy tool that I built as a kid to learn to be a better communicator due to my suicidal ideation." - Paris Gramann Welcome b...

“My goal of 'Just Be Books' - and Rebecca would probably agree - is to open up the conversation about mental health to add gray area. So that things can get healed and talked about. So that kids like me who are dealing with a lot of things like depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, who didn’t need really strict consequences, just are able to talk about it." - Paris Gramann This week’s guest is P...