Gloria Moraga - Political Woman

Here is the scenario: I want to have a conversation about the Galapagos Islands. But the 13-Year-Old is watching a Funny TikTok video.

How does a person compete with that?

Cell Phone. TikTok. Raging Hormones. Three strikes and I am out!!!

But I didn’t give up. 

We’ve got to keep trying and talk to each other – One-On-One.

 

Depression Sucks - It killed May for me, but it can't have June.

I have two new Female heroes: Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams.  I don't play tennis, I don't watch tennis, but these two women athletes make me PROUD to be a woman. Naomi Osaka suffers from depression and anxiety. She's sorry about it. Serena Williams says, 'You have NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR." 

Osaka is brave. Serena is a Champion! We are such a harsh, unkind, backward society. Nobody should have to apologize for suffering from a mental illness. 

I haven't posted a podcast since April. In this episode, I explain why. I love you Podcast listeners. Hang in there with me.

 

I have a ton of links in my story. Please find them all on my website. My blog is a basic script/transcript for this podcast.

 

 

Local News Coverage is disappearing in America City-by-City. Critics of Television News shrug and say, “So What?” But when it happens in your town, it can be devastating. Think about it. No news from City Hall, no local traffic, no local weather. Sure. You can log on and check your phone, but if there are no local reporters, or news people, or meteorologists, who is there for you? An answer is usually a person working for a major conglomerate in another city, hundreds of miles from your home.

This scenario I described is happening in Casper, Wyoming. But there is a small but vocal grassroots effort to revive local news. It may result in the birth of a television station called Casper 1 - TV at a Higher Elevation.

Former News Director Mark Hyman is my guest on One-On-One. We talk about "Casper 1 - TV at a higher Elevation," and more.

For more information on Casper 1 http://casper1tv.org/

 

Women continue to be hurt by COVID 19.

More than 2.3 million women have left the workforce since February 2020.  

Millions left the workforce to care for their children and to handle education responsibilities. The ones I've spoken with are not complaining. "Kids come first,"  is what I've heard.  

Still, it's going to be tough to get back to where we were. Now is a good time to talk to a woman you know. And say Thank you. 

 

A transcript of this One-On-One episode will be posted on gloriamoraga.com. Including links to sources.

If ever there was a time for all of us to stop and talk to each other about ways to end racism and Hate, THIS IS IT! 

Anti Asian-American Pacific Islander Hate Crimes increased 150 percent in 2020 when compared to 2019.

According to the organization "Human Rights Watch," cities across the United States are seeing numerous attacks, especially against older people and women.

The City of Oakland, CA, reported 20 attacks during January 2021. Hate Crimes are happening everywhere, but New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area are experiencing the most blatant violence.

I  spoke One-On-One with Professor Timothy Fong from Sacramento State's Ethnic Studies Department. Historians say the United States has a long, dark history of discrimination against immigrants from Asia.

To watch the video and read my blog, and find related links, go to https://gloriamoraga.com/

 

 

 

 

Jane Austen, the author of Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and other great books, wrote, “Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everyone to comfort and a happy ending.”

I agree with my sister Jane Austen 100 percent. In literature and film, in art and llife, I crave Happy endings.

I had a great One-On-One conversation with my Movie Buddy and Nephew Joey Garcia. Our main topic was "WandaVision." He gives it 5 Stars, Two Thumbs Up. I have a problem with the ENDING!!!  No Spoilers! 

 

 

How many times have you heard the phrase, “Choose Your Attitude?” It comes from Viktor Frankl.

This is a quote from Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s memoir, “Man’s Search for Meaning,”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” “Everything can be taken from a man (or woman) but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

Viktor Frankl was tortured and imprisoned at four different Nazi Concentration Camps between 1942 to 1945,  including Auschwitz. His parents, brother, and pregnant wife all died.  

Frankl’s theory, logotherapy, argues that we cannot avoid suffering, but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose.

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Attitude Links:

Viktor Frankl’s memoir, “Man’s Search for Meaning,”

https://www.amazon.com/Viktor-E.-Frankl/e/B000APVZJU?ref=dbs_t_pbk_rwt_abau

Cornerstone Coaching and Training

“10 Ways to Be a More Positive Communicator”

https://www.cornerstone-ct.com/10-ways-positive-communicator/

Dancing With Strangers – The Book

Betty Lechner, Author, Dancing with Strangers

https://www.cornerstone-ct.com/meet-betty-lochner/

“10 Reasons Why a Positive Attitude Will Help You Get a Great Job!”

https://www.reachivy.com/blog/10-reasons-positive-attitude-will-help-get-great-job

 

LISTENING: It’s a communication skill that many of us don’t think about. We hear plenty. But we don’t listen.

Merriam-Webster defines hearing as the “process, function, or power of perceiving sound; specifically: the special sense by which noises and tones are received as stimuli.” 

Listening means “to pay attention to sound; to hear something with thoughtful attention, and to give consideration.”

And there are different types of Listening—Appreciative, Empathic, Comprehensive, and Critical. For more on this, check out this article.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-fscj-publicspeaking/chapter/types-of-listening/

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