In this episode I had a great discussion with Braedon Leslie about how his company LEON uses AI to upgrade management with empathy woven into the actual framework of their platform. They're doing great things for the future of the workplace!

For more information please check them out at http://myleon.co

Alt.Narrative Podcast EP1: LEON, Braedon Leslie Interview

This is the first of many blog post readings on the Alt.Narrative Podcast. This blog post is mine but in the future I will be reading blog posts by other authors (with permission of course) that are on topic with this podcast, always with a link in here back to the original post. Thank you for listening.

SOURCE: 
https://altnarrative.com/mental-health/well-shit/

Alt.Narrative Podcast EP2: Well Sh*t

"My father was a US Marine from 1967 to 1970. He had an insanely stressful job, close to death every day, saw his friends blown up, etc….so tons of PTSD. Before that though he was a creative child in a household where unless you did sports or were an accountant you were perceived as an aimless disaster. My grandfather, while an amazing grandparent to us kids, had no understanding of what it meant to have a relationship with his sons. Everything was hard ass, black and white….my dad was a 150% creative, nervy, emotional, abstract, heartfelt and probably as a kid was innately affectionate. Understanding and affection is not something he received from his own father."

SOURCE:
https://altnarrative.com/mental-health/everything-has-a-beginning/

Alt.Narrative Podcast EP3: Everything Has A Beginning

The original authors of this blog post are Lawrence Robinson and Melinda Smith, M.A.

SOURCE:
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-health/social-media-and-mental-health.htm

Alt.Narrative Podcast EP4: Social Media & Mental Health

Welcome to episode 57 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 21 July 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday spoke with guest Heather Henry about public health.

Queen's Nurse Heather is an entrepreneur, poet, social innovator and health policy influencer. Heather practises a social model of public health, inventing and co-producing solutions with local people. Based on her own severe asthma as a child, her latest innovation is BreathChamps (@BreathChamps): Where children families and communities learn about breathing in fun ways. In 2018 she won the Sue Pembrey Award for person and community centred care. In 2016 Heather received the Open University Business School Alumnus Award for her 'Outstanding Contribution to Society'.

Some Twitter links to follow are:
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​​​​​​
DM - https://twitter.com/davidamunday
HH - https://twitter.com/HeatherHenry4

Credits:
Presenter: Nicky Lambert & Dave Munday
Guest: Heather Henry
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: Dave Munday

#mhTV episode 57 - Public health

I met Ray Prock Jr. years ago at a Twitter conference in Seattle. He's a dairy farmer and an influential presence in the agriculture world in terms of leading discussions about the industry and the role of social media and tech's impact on it. I like Ray a lot because while we come from different backgrounds that would be considered "opposing" to some, Ray and I both care more about what we have in common with each other than the popular approach of reducing cognitive dissonance in order to serve a specific side or status quo. Critical thinking is a lost art and we want to help bring it back however we can. If we all spent more time learning about those that are different than ourselves, seeking out common ground as much as today's internet seeks out reasons to argue, the world would be a much better place. Thanks for listening.

Watch the video version here:
https://youtu.be/tHztYjWfyd0

Alt.Narrative Podcast EP13: Elevating common ground.

As a Gen-X'er myself I've always felt like my generation has a unique set of challenges, growing up as sort of a latch key kid like many other GenXers. We really are the only generation that knows what life was like before the internet and social media, while also being the first to navigate adulthood and parenthood during the internet/social media era's infusion into every day culture. It is complicated to say the least!

The original article, entitled "health declining in Gen X and Gen Y, national study shows" was written by Jeff Grabmeier and published by Ohio State News from Ohio State University.

SOURCE:
https://news.osu.edu/health-declining-in-gen-x-and-gen-y-national-study-shows/

Alt.Narrative Podcast EP14: The declining health of generations X and Y

They say that stubborn pride is the longest distance between two people. In the case of my childhood, my father and finance, pride hijacked all three.

SOURCE:
https://altnarrative.com/mental-health/the-hidden-cost-of-pride/

Alt.Narrative Podcast EP15: The hidden cost of pride

There are literally thousands of conversations going on every day about the impact of AI on humanity. Whether it's a machine that digs a hole for you in the ground or an autonomous robot performing various medical procedures, robots, automation and artificial intelligence have been around longer than most realize. They are part of our daily lives. With these inventions comes a huge and almost visionary set of ethical responsibilities that are still being established today. 

SOURCE:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7605294/

Alt.Narrative Podcast EP16: AI & Bioethics - The good. The bad. The cautionary.

I met Ginger Johnson on LinkedIn earlier this year. I was in the depths of a depressing job search, several months into the COVID-19 onslaught so in an effort to differentiate myself I leveraged my video skills and interviewed myself (well me and a mannequin). Ginger had some how seen the video pop up in her feed, got a kick out of it, and reached out just for the sake of connecting. This is her essence and what draws people to her. 

Since we've connected we've gone back and forth chatting about career stuff, I've written some music for her to use in her content, and just in general just remaining in each other's spheres even though we've never met face to face (Zoom doesn't count!). In this episode we finally get a chance to have a longer conversation about life, career, and the undeniable importance of a real human connection, one driven by purpose, super-powered by a service mindset.

Check out Ginger's book "Connectivity Canon." It's an easily digestible read that'll leave you high on mental ROI.
LINK: https://www.gingerjohnson.com/product/connectivity-canon/

Alt.Narrative Podcast EP2: Well Sh*t

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