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La belle vie

New research finds that the brains of Alzheimer’s patients are less able to obtain energy from glucose.

Untangling Alzheimer’s Connection To Insulin Resistance

Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/10/mary-oliver-on-punctuation/

Recorded by the Lannan Foundation, 2001

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Seven White Butterflies: Mary Oliver on punctuation

Guided visualisation meditation to nurture feelings of compassion for the self.

Self-Compassion Guided Meditation

Background and poem text: https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/01/01/adrienne-rich-reads-what-kind-of-times-are-these/

Recorded for PBS's "Poetry Everywhere" program: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/poetryeverywhere/

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Adrienne Rich reads "What Kind of Times Are These"

How well did you do in completing projects last year? Not just work projects, but also personal projects surrounding family, fitness, or hobbies. If you didn't accomplish as much as you'd like, then maybe you need to change up your mindset and tactics in the new year.  

My guest today has written a guide to making those changes. His name is Charlie Gilkey and he's a former Army officer with a PhD in philosophy who's spent over a decade studying productivity, writing about it on his website Productive Flourishing, and coaching clients in what he's learned. He now has a book out as well: Start Finishing: How to Go From Idea to Done. Charlie and I begin our conversation going through the most common roadblocks that prevent people from completing their projects, including following other people's priorities and dealing with what he calls "head trash." We then discuss how we waste a lot of time doing what Charlie calls "thrashing' and what we can do to overcome it. We then dig into why you sometimes have to quit things to move forward, how to create effective goals, and why it's crucial to know which of three levels of success you're aiming for. We also talk about how to do what Charlie calls "momentum planning" and the importance of creating focus blocks in your schedule. 

Get the show notes at aom.is/startfinishing.

#573: Why You Don't Finish What You Start (And What to Do About It)

Salahuddin Mazhary tells us about the history of Islam in the Caucasus, with a focus on Chechnya and Dagestan. He talks about the Sufi tariqas in the region and the role dhikr played in resisting the Russians. He also tells us about notable figures such as Imam Shamil and Kunta-haji and their legacies.

Islam in the Caucasus: Sufi Tariqahs, Imam Shamil and Resistance Through Dhikr

What happens in a classroom of refugee and immigrant youngsters learning English? Their fresh approach to language can result in remarkable poetry -- some of which is collected in the anthology England: Poems from a School. Also, new language among healthcare professionals: the term cohorting describes the act of grouping patients with COVID-19 in designated facilities. But what's the word for reintegrating them into the general patient population after treatment. Decohorting, maybe? Finally, who can resist all those independent bookstores with tantalizing names like Moon Palace and Mysterious Galaxy? Also, black-hearted buzzard, nesh, livid, muckle, Fiddler's Green, Come go home with us, and a confounding puzzle about words containing the letters C-O-N. http://waywordradio.org

A Way with Words

Moon Palace (Full Episode)

Loud cicadas calling on a calm afternoon in the Congo basin rainforest, accompanied by other insects flying and buzzing close to the mics. Buy recordings like this one for commercial use at https://mindful-audio.com/african-jungle/

Congo Basin Rainforest - Afternoon - Loud Cicadas

The Dunning-Kruger effect stems from the ignorance of our own ignorance. But how do you fix something if you don't even know it's broken?

The Dunning-Kruger Effect: The Paradox of Our Own Ignorance

Depression in children is characterised by sad or irritable mood, anhedonia, decreased capacity to have fun, decreased self-esteem, sleep disturbance, social withdrawal or impaired social relationships, and impaired school performance.

It is one of the most common paediatric psychiatric disorders, especially among girls during adolescence.

David A. Brent, Endowed Chair in Suicide Studies, Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh, gives us an overview of the condition.

For more on depression in children, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/785

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Adrienne Rich reads "What Kind of Times Are These"

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