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  Maintaining Brain Health: Navigating the Aging, Feeling and Thinking Brain

  Maintaining Brain Health: Navigating the Aging, Feeling and Thinking Brain

  E47

  33:57

  Maintaining Brain Health: Navigating the Aging, Feeling, and Thinking Brain As we journey through life, our brains undergo various changes that can affect our cognitive abilities, emotional well-being, and overall mental health. Understanding these changes and adopting proactive strategies can help maintain brain health and enhance quality of life. This podcast explores the aging brain, the feeling brain, and the thinking brain, offering practical tips and insights into brain science to support your mental fitness. For those who want to learn more: Read: - "Brain Rules for Aging Well," by John Medina presents ten principles for staying vital, happy, and sharp as we age. Do regular check ins with yourself. If you are feeling foggy or thinking less clearly do a check on what aspects of brain health might be lacking for you - sleep, diet, social connection exercise. Take inventory and slow down. Listen in to the podcast recording for pro tips to help you make changes to create more neurons and positively impact the health of your brain.

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  The Eight Sources of Awe and What Bringing More Awe into Your Life can do for you

  The Eight Sources of Awe and What Bringing More Awe into Your Life can do for you

  E46

  32:17

  UC Berkeley professor of psychology Dacher Keltner, Ph.D. presents a radical investigation and deeply personal inquiry into the 8 Sources of Awe and how awe transforms our brains and bodies, Muge and I discuss and reflect on Prof. Keltner findings. Tune in to learn how cultivating awe in our everyday life leads us to appreciate what is most humane in our human nature. Things you can do: Tune in to learn about the 8 sources of awe and how you can proactively cultivate more awe in your life. Read Keltner's books AWE: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life available on Amazon.

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  Before the Pitch

  Before the Pitch

  E45

  37:12

  Muge and I visit with tech executive and entrepreneur Lisa Dion for a thought-provoking discussion about how to prepare for a large pursuit in life or in business. Lisa has cracked the code on how to drive highly performant sales teams. The techniques she uses and discusses are very relevant for both business and your personal life. this episode, we dive into the critical elements of preparing for a successful pitch through the lenses of decision-making, emotional intelligence, and the power of language. For our listeners who want to learn more: Upon listening, we encourage our listeners to run through a mental checklist on the next big decision or pitch you need to make:Is your mindset aligned for success? Are your emotions in check? As Lisa discusses, are you in a neutral mindset or do you need more processing time? Role play the words you want to use for impact with your team. Lisa gave a few great and powerful phrases that are worth adopting. Lisa can be reached at lisa@lisadion.com if you would like to explore having Lisa present to your team as a guest speaker. About Lisa Dion: Lisa is part of the Enterprise Sales team at Google Cloud and has commercial responsibility for a group of enterprise customers. She currently leads an account team that aims to impact and amplify the way her customers serve their end customers with a focus on go-to-market strategies, global scale and measurable outcomes. Lisa brings 25+ years of experience in leading US and global sales pursuit teams along with building and executing business development strategies. Prior to joining Google Cloud, Lisa spent the majority of her career in the Microsoft ecosystem both at Microsoft and at PwC. She is known for her inspirational speaking style, collaborative leadership and has consistently gravitated to start-up teams.

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  Keys to a Happy Retirement (or Refirement).

  Keys to a Happy Retirement (or Refirement).

  E44

  33:50

  Today we are talking about the Keys to Happy Retirement and sourcing some content from a Kiplinger Article - Key to a Happy Retirement? Finding Yourself | Kiplinger A few helpful guiding principles: Acknowledge the emotional mix: excitement and fear. Recognize that retirement is not just a change in routine but a shift in identity. Encourage self-reflection to understand one's sense of self beyond professional roles. Emphasize the importance of planning for personal goals and passions. Muge and I discuss the 5 core elements to identity. Listen in to see how you can best prepare and enjoy a most excellent retirement (or more appropriately refirement!)

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  Thriving for and through others one safari at a time

  Thriving for and through others one safari at a time

  E43

  23:42

  Today we meet with Sharon Warner, Entrepreneur and CEO of Moajaza Expeditions, a safari company in Tanzania. When most people are slowing down in their fifties, Sharon answered a calling to start a business on the other side of the world. The reason for starting this business was to positively impact the life of a man she had met while climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. Learn about Sharon's story and hear about the beautiful sites to be found when on safari. Key Takeaways: Treating others the way Sharon would want to be treated was the precipice for starting a business. Starting small, investing in self-education, and being good to yourself (mindfulness, self-reflections) is a great formula for successful entrepreneurship. To book a safari, visit moajazaexpeditions.com (after June 1st the site is live!).