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2 days ago
2 days ago
In this episode we are closing The Golden Record series with an episode on the connection between smell/taste and memory and how we can use our sensory experiences to heal from moral injury.
A few links of note:
Smell and Memory:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK55967/
Olfactory and Neural Pathways: https://www.britannica.com/science/olfactory-system/Nervous-pathways-of-smell
Proust Effect: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X23000076
Clip from the film, “Ratatouille”: https://youtu.be/Cxpm-xYSvkU?feature=shared
Connection - Smell and Cognitive Decline/Dementia Connection: https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/sense-smell-linked-speed-brain-loss-and-cognitive-decline

Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
In this episode we will explore the importance of understating the roll of visual memory, emotion, and self-identity.

Wednesday Apr 23, 2025
Wednesday Apr 23, 2025
How does “touch” effect our memory and what can happen to us in a world that has exported the need for touch to rely on our digital senses? what is the cost of a digital reality experience substituting human interaction?

Sunday Apr 13, 2025
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
In 1977 NASA Launched 2 space missions, Voyager 1 and 2, each containing a “Golden Record.” These 15” discs were apart for a project developed by exobiologies Carl Sagan to translate “humanity” through sounds. The discs were a collection of 90 minutes of music and nature sounds and images along with symbolic language on how to operate the system, were also part of a mission to collect space sounds. Nearly 48 years later, has the sounds of American humanity changed?
Let’s take a listen:
About The Golden Record Including Track Listing:
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-golden-record-
Divine Sound: Ohm, Sa’d Shofar, Psalm 19:
https://www.foundationswithjanet.org/article/god-spoke-and-everything-changed/
Alan Lomax:https://www.culturalequity.org/alan-lomax/about-alan
About Carl Sagan: https://brainly.com/question/57533916?source=new+physics+questions
Robert Johnson: https://forums.synner.com/threads/story-time-robert-johnson-and-the-deal-at-the-crossroad.5745/

Saturday Jan 11, 2025
Saturday Jan 11, 2025
No one can stretch-out, scuff, run over or break what was custom crafted for you. Keep walking.

Thursday Dec 12, 2024
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
“I Can See Clearly Now”
It’s easy to become excited by a visionary, but there are very few who are going to stand by you as you adjust your eyes to the light. In this episode we speak a bit about the difference.
This is the final installation in my spiritual leadership series, and also the last Love Genus Podcast Episode of 2024. Thank you for joining me on this journey. If you are interested in specific topics for 2025 please feel free to contact me at info@sheikasonline.com

Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
What a great blessing to have one whom you intimately trust be with you as you navigate towards your highest self? That is a friend.

Sunday Dec 01, 2024
Sunday Dec 01, 2024
Everytime you speak to even just one person, you have an opportunity to be a leader. Yes, Even if it is just ONE. Specialize in being mindful to the one. Lead them to greatness. Guide them in truth. Speak in Love

Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
This episode kicks off the series on spiritual leaders in presenting a framework for, “What creates a leader?” The understanding of the complements of divine mother and father give us a great bird’s eye view of what pushes energies, humanities, and even ourselves towards our very best. It might not be what you think…

Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
This is the kickoff to our 4-week series dedicated to types of spiritual work and leadership, representing the cycle of life. This series is dedicated in part to the remembrance of Dr. Harriet Sweeney of Conestoga and the countless other like her, whose work and legacy restored dignity and vitality to those whose names are not remembered in history books but whose lives are apart of the hand and heart work that holds us all together.