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Mettle Brain

117 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings

Mettle is a thing we all have inside of us, it's our capacity. This podcast brings guests from all over the world sharing their perspective's, stories, and truth. I share my own voice on my Monday Morning Musing series titled M.M. Did you enjoy the episode, have ideas for the podcast? Reach me at [email protected]

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Episode 71: Shutting Down the Default Mode Network

January 28, 2022 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MB

Today's guest is Sarah Jenan. In this conversation we discuss mantra, specifically her experience with the Japji Sahib.  Sarah also shares her experience with kundalini yoga. Sarah discusses her beautiful thoughts on mantra and the ability it brings to shut down the mind's default mode network.  We discuss what she believes happens to the brain subconsciously when  it has mantra, meaning mind wave. I specifically loved hearing about Sarah's experience of practicing this kind of mindfulness. ...

M.M. Episode 70 The Fish Bowl

November 23, 2021 01:00 - 11 minutes - 8 MB

Today's episode is a short Monday Morning Musing. This is coming to you on the cusp of Thanksgiving. I give you this small labor of love this Thanksgiving holiday. I value the ideas in this so much and wanted to share them with you. I share an experience involving a broken fish bowl and some moving moments that happened in response. Thank you for listening!  Support the show (http://www.mettlebrain.com/contact-1)

Episode 69: M.M. The Resilience of Hans Christian Andersen

November 08, 2021 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.57 MB

Today's episode is a Monday Morning Musing with me, Heather Brockbank Miller. This is a short 10 minute episode on Hans Christian Andersen's rough beginnings. Did you know Hans Christian Andersen had four failed career attempts, and a horrible experience in school? These included: three failed apprenticeships, a dead end in the theater, and a very rough experience in school owing to the fact that he had a cruel and disparaging teacher. He experienced a deep depression, and almost gave up on ...

Episode 68: M.M. The Beauty Elevator

October 25, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes - 6.89 MB

Today's episode is a 10 minute Monday Morning Musing with me (Heather Brockbank Miller). I share how I found what fed my spirit this last week. Surprisingly,  my mind felt fine, my body felt fine, but my spirit might as well been out of gas. This is the 'Monday Morning Musing' on beauty. I found a deeper realization that beauty is one of the things that elevates me out of the ball pit of the not self/neurotic ego/shadow or as I introduce in this morning musing: the shrieking crow. I share th...

M.M. Run your M.O.

September 17, 2021 22:00 - 10 minutes - 7.23 MB

When it comes to being true, be true to you! Don’t think it through, you know what to do, just do it too!  This episode is a short 10 minute Monday Morning Musing sharing my opinions about being yourself and finding that clear lens. Today’s episode is another Monday Morning Musing on perspective. I recently found some renewed clarity and then simultaneously found my missing pair of sunglasses, very ironic. I use this story of finding my lenses as a framework to the idea of being yourself:  ...

Episode 67: M.M. Keeping Running Your M.O.

September 17, 2021 22:00 - 10 minutes - 7.23 MB

When it comes to being true, be true to you! Don’t think it through, you know what to do, just do it too!  This episode is a short 10 minute Monday Morning Musing sharing my opinions about being yourself and finding that clear lens. Today’s episode is another Monday Morning Musing on perspective. I recently found some renewed clarity and then simultaneously found my missing pair of sunglasses, very ironic. I use this story of finding my lenses as a framework to the idea of being yourself:  ...

Episode 66: Wisdom from The Henry Miller Memorial Library

August 16, 2021 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Magnus Toren is the Director of the Henry Miller Memorial Library, which is tucked away in a spectacular redwood grove in Big Sur, California.  Born in Sweden, we discuss a few highlights of Magnus's journey through life, including leaving Sweden for an epic seven years of sailing around the world. Magnus opens up about and what he's learned from nearly 30 years running the library and meeting people from all around the world. He shares a few book recommendations and what values has served h...

Episode 65: M.M. Cleaning the Doors of Perception

July 19, 2021 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB

In this episode I share my experience trekking in the Himalayas with my family and muse on this quote from William Blake: “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things tho’ narrow chinks of his cavern.”    –William Blake.  Through the course of writing this episode I searched for answers to this question: how do we cleanse our doors? I share what I have gathered in this  Monday Morning Musi...

Episode 64: The Sound Conversation

July 05, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB

Today's episode is with Chris Blum creator of the podcast, Spirited Soul.  Chris shares sound baths on her podcast that she records in her home, episodes range anywhere from 10-30 minutes.  Chris started the podcast when she could no longer give her sound baths baths in-studio due to the pandemic.  I sat down wanting to learn more about sound waves, and what is happening to your body during a sound bath? In this episode we discuss how sound rebalances the brain and what happens as sound is c...

Episode 63: M.M. That Parisian Chair

March 29, 2021 23:00 - 13 minutes - 9.34 MB

Today's episode is a short 13-minute Monday Morning Musing on soaking up all the goodness in your life through sincere gratitude. I share a metaphor involving a certain Parisian chair that showed me how easy it is to pine for something  you already have but lack the awareness to see it. In this episode, I pose the question to the listener: are you pining for something outside of your life experience that perhaps you already have but haven't recognized? This episode is a reminder to breathe, ...

Episode 62: M.M. Life Learnings from Wil Wood

March 05, 2021 23:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MB

Today's episode is with the ever charismatic Will Wood. Wil is a family man and business owner. He owns the shop Love to Cook with his wife Lauren Wood. Wil discusses his life learnings both personally and professionally.  Wil is honest and open about his health: his journey with ADD,  two very hard years he experienced after suddenly losing his energy after a race and flu  triggered a downward spiral, and what gives him so much of his energy now--joy and fun!  Wil shares his journey getting...

Episode 61: M.M. The Animals and the Cala Lilly Paradox

February 19, 2021 21:00 - 13 minutes - 9.33 MB

In this episode I discuss a little about life with three different animals: rabbits, a bird, and our miniature golden doodle Little Ann. I also share a piece I've written called the cala lilly paradox about unrecognized growth.  Support the show (http://www.mettlebrain.com/contact-1)

Episode 60: M.M. Inner Marriage

February 01, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

This episode is a Monday Morning Musing on some interesting ideas from poet and author Robert Bly and Jungian analyst Marion Woodman. The poet  Antonio Machado wrote, “All things die, and all things live forever; but our task is to die, to die making roads. Roads over the sea.” Woodman and Bly use this poem throughout their work to reference what it's like working with the unconscious, it's like building a road onto the sea.  The unconscious is exactly that-completely unconscious. Woodman a...

Episode 59: M.M. Tending to Your Garden

January 17, 2021 23:00 - 10 minutes - 6.99 MB

This episode is a short 10-minute Monday morning musing with me, Heather Miller. I read a poem by Antonio Machado called, "The Wind, One Beautiful Day." It goes like this.  The wind, one brilliant day, called  to my soul with an odor of jasmine.  'In return for the odor of my jasmine,  I'd like all the odor of your roses.'  'I have no roses; all the flowers  in my garden are dead.'  'Well then, I'll take the withered petals  and the yellow leaves and the waters of the fountain.'  The wi...

Episode 58: M.M. New You 2021

January 01, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes - 9.02 MB

This is a short 10 minute 'Monday Morning Musing' on three key grounding ideas to keep in the front of your mind as you pivot in new directions this 2021 year. First, find peace amidst the continual battle with the entropy of life. I share my own struggle with accepting the reality that yes, the second law of thermodynamics is real, the kitchen unfortunately will not stay clean. Money will be made; money will be spent. I discuss finding peace alongside the never-ending process of the doing a...

Episode: 57 Collect and Connect M.M.

December 18, 2020 21:00 - 12 minutes - 8.69 MB

Today's morning musing is a re-release of one of my personal favorite Monday morning musings that I love revisiting from time to time. I discuss the idea of collecting and connecting to yourself. What does your internal morning sweep look like? Where is your awareness? Are you plugging into yourself or do you have displaced emotion landing on others. Today's short 12 minute musing is about owning yourself fully and how to do that. This episode promotes finding our individual infinite "okayne...

Episode: 56 Collect and Connect M.M.

December 18, 2020 21:00 - 12 minutes - 8.69 MB

Today's morning musing is a re-release of one of my personal favorite Monday morning musings that I love revisiting from time to time. I discuss the idea of collecting and connecting to yourself. What does your internal morning sweep look like? Where is your awareness? Are you plugging into yourself or do you have displaced emotion landing on others. Today's short 12 minute musing is about owning yourself fully and how to do that. This episode promotes finding our individual infinite "okayne...

Episode 56: M.M. The Gingko Tree

December 07, 2020 03:00 - 10 minutes - 7.59 MB

This is a short ten minute musing on the wonders of the gingko tree. You may see gingko trees often lining your streets, but did you know that the gingko tree is actually one of the oldest species of tree or plant on earth? The gingko is sometimes referred to as a living fossil as its species is prehistoric.  In this episode I share a few details on what makes the gingko tree so remarkable from a scientific and symbolic perspective.  In Japanese culture the gingko is revered after surviving ...

Episode 55: M.M. I Say You Have It!

November 28, 2020 03:00 - 13 minutes - 9.09 MB

This episode is a short speech intended for anyone who has ever felt up a creek without a paddle. Today in this morning musing I share my belief that if you love what you have and use it-- with that mindset it will be enough. I share an experience I had fishing with my boys: my fellow fishermen on the dock said, "I didn't have enough line to catch fish"- in fairness the line I did have wasn't very long-with little to spare but we kept at it and ended up catching a lot of fish. Despite multip...

Episode 54: M.M. Being Mortal, Dylan Thomas, and the Magical Powers of a Simple Massage

November 07, 2020 03:00 - 16 minutes - 11.8 MB

This episode is a short fifteen minute grab bag of ideas: a book and recipe recommendation, what I've been  reflecting on these last two weeks, and the wonders of a hand held massager. Yes you read that correct, where have you been all my life hand held massager? Does everyone but me know how grounding that is? I discuss briefly Atul Gawande's book, Being Mortal and the blog piece on Dylan Thomas from Maria Popova. I've read it three times this week. Check it out! The last two elements go ha...

Episode 54: M.M. Being Mortal, Dylan Thomas, and an easy anxiety reducer

November 07, 2020 03:00 - 16 minutes - 11.8 MB

This episode is a short fifteen-minute grab bag of ideas: a book and recipe recommendation, what I've been reflecting on these last two weeks, and the wonders of a handheld massager. Yes, you read that correct, where have you been all my life handheld massager? Does everyone but me know how grounding that is? I discuss briefly Atul Gawande's book, Being Mortal and the blog piece on Dylan Thomas from Maria Popova. I've read it three times this week. Check it out! The last two elements go hand...

Episode 53: M.M. Carried To The Table

October 24, 2020 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.38 MB

Today's episode is a morning musing on my recent move to the Central Coast of California and a few ideas that I have been reflecting on over the last month, i.e., "we all need to be carried sometimes". I share a thought from a new friend in passing that "there is a seat at the table for everyone." I recall a quote from a previous interview, "I love my mistakes" and one of my favorite treasures the idea "mistakes are allowed." I reflect on my longing for the feeling of community after weeks o...

Episode 52: Mary Poppins, The Diamond Mine.

September 14, 2020 04:00 - 11 minutes - 7.72 MB

This episode is a Monday Morning Musing (recorded on a Friday for some extra enthusiasm). I have two beautiful thoughts to share with you to give you a boost in your week. The first is a recommendation from a podcast series that I am loving called, "this movie changed my life" which is a mini-series from On Being Studios. The episodes are short, and the content is fantastic. I really enjoyed the 'Toy Story' episode. The next is my own movie recommendation about a movie that has changed my li...

Episode 51: Kerry Wilde on Adornment and The Art Of Womxn

August 10, 2020 13:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MB

Kerry Wilde is a soul adornment stylist. In this episode we discuss the art of adornment: dressing for your second skin, having the outer be an expression of the inner like wearing a second skin. In this episode Kerry discusses her work around adornment, how she came to do this work, and how others can find their second skin. Kerry walks the listener through the process of dismantling patriarchal pieces within the mind that block the ability to express the true inner self. A great question t...

Episode 50: M.M. Don't Feed The Extremes

July 31, 2020 06:00 - 10 minutes - 7.07 MB

Today's morning musing is about the middle way. Have you ever heard the phrase, “Don’t feed the extremes?” I share how holding mentally to this phrase has provided fortitude in stressful situations, and helped me see more opportunities to let things be: "Don't Feed The Extremes". I came across this idea from Michael Singer and love it. I’ve always agreed with Pascal who said: "if you can keep something beautiful in your mind, you can endure a many great things." I've always loved holding ont...

Episode 49: M.M. The Untethered Soul

July 18, 2020 05:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

Today's episode is a Morning Musing with me, Heather Miller. This is a short 15 minute episode with some reflections and quotes from the book, "The Untethered Soul" by Michael Singer. I share my surprise of how powerful his ideas about navigating the psyche were, how systemic in nature the ideas felt—Singer overlays a framework of being along with his views on living.  This book isn't simply another "spirituality" genre book. His ideas on allowing, moving beyond resistance, losing the addict...

Episode 49: M.M. Check out the The Untethered Soul

July 18, 2020 05:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

Today's episode is a Morning Musing with me, Heather Miller. This is a short 15 minute episode with some reflections and quotes from the book, "The Untethered Soul" by Michael Singer. I share my surprise of how powerful his ideas about navigating the psyche were, how systemic in nature the ideas felt—Singer overlays a framework of being along with his views on living.  This book isn't simply another "spirituality" genre book. His ideas on allowing, moving beyond resistance, losing the addict...

Episode 48: Djamila Zangre

July 03, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB

In today's episode I talk with Djamila Zangre. She is from Burkina Faso (West Africa). We discuss women's empowerment, Burkina Faso, and her career trajectory. Djamila is a model and airmen in the US Air Force.  Djamila's family came to the United States in 2009 when her father won the entry lottery. Djamila's mother was the first in generations to receive an advanced education, inspiring herself and others. Zangre also produces and sells her own skin line made with shea butter from Ougadoug...

Episode 47: Inner Voice Work with Nicole Perkins

June 19, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

Atlanta native, spiritual and metaphysical enthusiast Nicole Perkins sits down with me and discusses her work as a certified Inner Voice Facilitator. She shares what it is, how she found it, and her experience working with her own inner voice.  Nicole shares her journey of peeling back the layers of armor and taking continual baby steps to get to her own worthiness. Nicole shares how working with her own authority has brought greater authenticy and how others can work with their own inner vo...

Episode 46: Integrating with Kera Thompson

May 25, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

Kera Thomspon is a force. We sat down together and discussed her work and other roles she juggles including: the on-court entertainment host for the Utah Jazz, yoga instructor, mother, and creative. She shared what keeps her in joy, and how she’s navigated what doesn’t. Thompson discusses balancing career and family. We compare notes on our individual integration journeys and the ongoing process from moving through that maiden archetype to mother. Thompson currently lives in Salt Lake City, ...

Episode #45: The Underdog In Us All

May 04, 2020 06:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

Today's episode is a Monday Morning Musing about the underdog in us all. This is a great time to reflect and overview our life with this Covid-19 pandemic happening around us- slowing down our normal day to day pace of life. I pose a few questions intended to create a headspace to experience that underdog journey but through a podcast. Are you familiar with the underdog narrative, and do you identify with it? In the past what chapters of your life have you experienced transformation? Any are...

Episode 45: The Underdog In Us All

May 04, 2020 06:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

Today's episode is a Monday Morning Musing about the underdog in us all. This is a great time to reflect and overview our life with this Covid-19 pandemic happening around us- slowing down our normal day to day pace of life. I pose a few questions intended to create a headspace to experience that underdog journey but through a podcast. Are you familiar with the underdog narrative, and do you identify with it? In the past what chapters of your life have you experienced transformation? Any are...

Episode 44: If You Dream of a Dream with Tishmal

April 17, 2020 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

Today's interview is with Rachel Brockbank, or Tishmal as she's known to her fans. Rachel is a singer, songwriter currently pursuing a professional career in music. She is also family.  She talked with me the same day she dropped her new song, I Have Dreams, that she wrote in collaboration with D.J. Kaskade.  Rachel joined me remotely to discuss her new release and how she became the performer and artist she is now. Rachel shares how she grew beyond the comfortable identify of being a song w...

Episode 43: I never knew that about Bob Ross!

April 03, 2020 18:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

Today's episode is a morning musing with some interesting facts about Bob Ross and his show, The Joy of Painting. I share a variety of clips from his show. There is also a small cameo from a true Bob Ross fan. (You'll have to listen to find out who!) Did you know that Bob Ross spent the first 20 years of his career as a drill sergeant in the military? It's a little hard to imagine the calm voice of Bob Ross yelling at people to wake up, clean their room, or wash the latrine. In this episode ...

Episode 42: Blue Skies during Covid-19

March 27, 2020 16:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB

Today's episode is a short morning musing update on my life here. I share a dose of optimism for our current COVID-19 quarantine with questions like, "why is the sky blue?" I am 11 days into our 'Stay at Home' order here in Orange County and things are feeling pretty heavy around here. I share a few excerpts from books that have serendipitously crossed my path that have brought a little wonderment and curiousity to my vantage point. This moment in time feels akin to 14th century England and ...

Episode 41: Staying Home during COVID-19

March 19, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

Today's episode is with my husband, Ryan Miller. We are home! To give you an idea of timelines, governor Governor Newsom has just ordered a stay at home order to all CA residents. The situation around this Corona virus is a fluid one and constantly unfolding. I asked Ryan to sit down with me and share his thoughts on COVID-19, his story, and a few insights on life. I don't know anyone more well informed on global news than Ryan. He has a  background in political science, anthropology, and ha...

Episode 40: Expressive Writing

March 06, 2020 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MB

We often hear the value of keeping a journal. Great minds like Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Mark Twain, Oliver Sachs, and Frida Kahlo, to name a few, kept journals. My guest today, Allison Pond, shares a passion for maximizing the power of keeping a journal and writing in general. Allison Pond has a treasure trove of knowledge on expressive writing. Allison is certified in teaching expressive writing through the Therapeutic Writing Institute (T.W.I) and has held numerous workshops. She is h...

Episode 40: M.M. Maybe It's Like That Trench Coat

February 22, 2020 07:00 - 13 minutes - 9.34 MB

In this short 13 minute M.M. (Morning Musing) episode, I share my thoughts about not identifying with the thinking mind. I share my favorite thought influencers on the mind and what experience I remember to empower myself when I am buying into thoughts that don't serve my best interests. How many times have you realized you were wrong when you really thought you were right?  Support the show (http://www.mettlebrain.com/contact-1)

Episode 39: Remember Your Glittering Eyes M.M.

February 08, 2020 06:00 - 13 minutes - 9.14 MB

Chances are you have heard of Roald Dahl, probably even read a few of his books. In today's Morning Musing I share a few insights that I have taken to heart from studying the life and works of Roald Dahl, did you know he's actually written 34 books?  In Dahl's last book, Billy and the Minpins published after his death, there is a particularly poignant last line, "And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most un...

Episode 39: M.M. Remember Your Glittering Eyes

February 08, 2020 06:00 - 13 minutes - 9.14 MB

Chances are you have heard of Roald Dahl, probably even read a few of his books. In today's Morning Musing I share a few insights that I have taken to heart from studying the life and works of Roald Dahl, did you know he's actually written 34 books?  In Dahl's last book, Billy and the Minpins published after his death, there is a particularly poignant last line, "And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most un...

Episode 38: Be Gentle, Be Kind

December 20, 2019 06:00 - 10 minutes - 7.32 MB

Today I am sharing the words of British philosopher Alain De Botton. Because of the busy holiday season and Christmas next week we discussed over e-mail. I am sharing his answers here in this short ten minute episode. I was fortunate to have stumbled onto Alain De Botton and his work years ago. His books cover subjects like love, travel, architecture, and literature. Botton is also one of the founders of the organization The School of Life. The School of Life is just what it claims to be, a ...

Episode #38 Be Gentle, Be Kind

December 20, 2019 06:00 - 10 minutes - 7.32 MB

Today I am sharing the words of British philosopher Alain De Botton. Because of the busy holiday season and Christmas next week we discussed over e-mail.I am sharing his answers here in this short ten minute episode. I was fortunate to have stumbled onto Alain De Botton and his work years ago. His books cover subjects like love, travel, architecture, and literature. Botton is also one of the founders of the organization The School of Life. The School of Life is just what it claims to be, a s...

Episode 37: Satori

December 13, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MB

This episode is with anesthesiologist Dr. Rachel Allen. In this episode we compare mutual life notes and learn from one another. We cover ground on topics like awareness, consciousness, the brain, how to create space in the mind to see who we really are and how we can differentiate from the not self narratives we buy into. Rachel discusses the dynamic at play in one's own mind in the thought process "this isn't who I want to be". Rachel encourages looking at that, "Wait, if "this" isn't who ...

Episode 36, The Baby.

December 06, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

In this episode I sit down with M.F.T. Kelly Faust McCann. We discuss the value religion played in her life, specifically the Mormon faith. As a therapist Kelly has helped many people through their faith transitions. Kelly shares a profound analogy derived from Buddhism that significantly helped her shift and transcend. We discuss the idiomatic expression: "don't throw the baby out with the bath water" in which something good, albeit sacred, is thrown out when trying to get rid of something ...

Episode 36: That Baby.

December 06, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

In this episode I sit down with M.F.T. Kelly Faust McCann. We discuss the value religion played in her life, specifically the Mormon faith. As a therapist Kelly has helped many people through their faith transitions. Kelly shares a profound analogy derived from Buddhism that significantly helped her shift and transcend. We discuss the idiomatic expression: "don't throw the baby out with the bath water" in which something good, albeit sacred, is thrown out when trying to get rid of something ...

Episode 36, That Baby.

December 06, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

In this episode I sit down with M.F.T. Kelly Faust McCann. We discuss the value religion played in her life, specifically the Mormon faith. As a therapist Kelly has helped many people through their faith transitions. Kelly shares a profound analogy derived from Buddhism that significantly helped her shift and transcend. We discuss the idiomatic expression: "don't throw the baby out with the bath water" in which something good, albeit sacred, is thrown out when trying to get rid of something ...

Episode 35: Overcoming The Past

November 15, 2019 15:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

Jared and Erin are the creators of Mozz Artisan Pizza. In this episode we discuss their story, Mozz, and Jared's unique story overcoming a heroine addiction. Jared is one of the lucky few that have been able to thrive after being on the other side of a dabilitating heroine addiction. Jared shares his story overcoming some serious low points, i.e. robbing a bank - via note. Jared is the first person to describe his story as "absurd" but as he so poignantly points out in our interview he could...

Episode 35-Overcoming The Past

November 15, 2019 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

Jared and Erin are the creators of Mozz Artisan Pizza. In this episode we discuss their story, Mozz, and Jared's unique story overcoming a heroine addiction. Jared is one of the lucky few that have been able to thrive after being on the other side of a dabilitating heroine addiction. Jared shares his story overcoming some serious low points, i.e. robbing a bank - via note. Jared is the first person to describe his story as "absurd" but as he so poignantly points out in our interview he could...

Episode 34: Beyond Beauty with Joanie Sprague

November 09, 2019 01:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MB

Today's episode is with Joanie Sprague, host of 'The Little Bit' podcast. We discuss getting out of the cycle of poverty, the privilege of beauty, and living life with integrity. Joanie shares a little about her experience teaching women of all ages how to use power tools in her once a month class in Huntington Beach. Joanie opens up about lessons she's learned, what she's always held onto in every stage of her life, as well as some fascinating stories from her time working as a world renown...

Episode 33: This Podcast Mettle Brain. M.M.

October 18, 2019 23:00 - 13 minutes - 9.49 MB

I am thirty three episodes into this podcast and have finally felt ready to explain what Mettle Brain is about. This episode is a M.M. (Morning Musing). This is a short 13 minute episode where I share a little about myself, why I created Mettle Brain, and what it is about. At the end of this episode I share what I have come to know is a critical component to having capacity.