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What can you do within your community to improve the amount of happiness that you experience in your life, and to make a positive impact on those around you? There are a number of areas where you can focus on defined concepts, gleaned from studying behaviors in particular communities over two decades! There will be more collaborative effort needed for some of these when you’re ready, and it’s enco...

What can you do individually to improve the amount of happiness that you experience in your life? There are a number of areas where you can focus on defined concepts, gleaned from studying behaviors in particular communities over two decades! It’s encouraging to know that you can take specific individual action and have it lead to a better life. Enjoy and thanks for being here, C

SPOILER ALERT: Don’t go to listen to this if you are trying to avoid the results of the most recent Super Bowl, and its implications. Come back after you know what happens! I hope you read this before you click ;) C

I’m exhausted. The conclusion of the three-part series on microaggressions. We mention one more, expand on another, and talk about the obvious question: How should I respond? If you have had a microaggression directed towards you, or you are the person perpetrating them against others, there are recourses. Either way you’re not alone in this. Thanks for sticking with this sometimes upsetting mater...

We’re talking more about microaggressions, in an unconventional three-part series that takes place on consecutive days in the same week. Take a look at the Crown Act (2019) and what “locs” are, if you’re unfamiliar with either or both. You may also need to look up the word “monolith.” Thank you so much for being here. This is challenging. This is important. C

This one was harder for me than I anticipated. It’s one thing knowing about microagressions, it’s another to live, and it’s an entirely different thing altogether to be assaulted by the memories of countless personal experiences as you relate those of others. Yet we persevere. This is a topic that is as crucial as it is uncomfortable, and it deserves to be discussed. Maybe things can get better. T...

Looking to travel to someplace with a potentially higher likelihood of kind and welcome people? These are the 20 most welcoming cities/areas that could be right for you, for 2024 and from 2023. Enjoy! C

Please forgive the interruption! A technical issue caused the episode to drop out right at Poetry Time. Eh, life is life and things happen. So if you’d like to hear the conclusion (and a little personal note), it’s the next newest thing in the feed. I couldn’t just let it end unfinished! Thanks for being here, as always, and for your patience with the imperfections of our existence, C ;)

Please forgive the interruption! A technical issue caused the episode to drop out right at Poetry Time. Eh, life is life and things happen. So if you’d like to hear the conclusion (and a little personal note), it’s the next newest thing in the feed. I couldn’t just let it end unfinished! Thanks for being here, as always, and for your patience with the imperfections of our existence, C ;)

(I don’t remember exactly what was going on this day or why there was no description here, but I discovered it on a September day in 2025 while converting to my color-coded thumbnail system. Hopefully if you stumble upon this episode for some encouragement, you will find what you are looking for. ~C)

Need a job? Wanna keep it for AWHILE? Let’s talk about careers you can get into with little or no experience/education and work your way to the top. It’ll take some time, but if job security is important to you, this could be helpful. Also include direct career paths for multiple professions! I learned a lot with this one. Hope you feel the same. Thanks for being here, as always, C