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What Kanye West documentary ‘jeen-yuhs’ reveals about Ye’s mother, music and mental illness – USA TODAY

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Looking back at the 20-year career arc of any musician would be revelatory.

But when that artist is Kanye West, its compelling, confusing and maddening. In other words, pretty much on brand.

Those looking for salacious details about the recently rebranded Yes celebrity lifestyle or explosiveKardashian drama wont find it here. Instead, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is a fascinating plunge into his relentless drive to succeed, his wavering friendships and the toll of mental illness.

DirectorsClarence Coodie Simmons started filming Ye in 2002 to document his signing to Roc-A-Fella Records and met Chike Ozah, a producer on MTV's You Heard It First, shortly after.

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Their film, which premiered Sunday at Sundance Film Festival and arrives on Netflix Feb. 16, is divided into three 90-minute acts: Vision, Purpose and Awakening.

Early on, Ye, now 44, saysdoing a documentary at the embryonic stage of his career shift from producer to rapper is a little narcissistic.

That self-awareness would, over the years, become clouded by hordes of enablers and adoring fans. The death of Yes beloved mother, Donda, caused a shift in molecules that Simmons captures withheartbreaking clarity.

He didnt seem like the same Kanye. We hardly ever spoke, Simmons says in a voiceoverexplaining a gap in footage from 2008 to 2014. Yes team told the filmmaker that there was no room for him to accompany the superstar on his Glow in the Dark tour.

But a call from Common askingSimmons to film his 2014 Aahh!Fest in Chicago proved fortuitous:Ye was booked as a surprise guest.As much as Simmons anticipated reuniting with his friend, it wasnt without trepidation.

It made me nervous because I knew Kanye, but Id never met Yeezy, Simmons says.

The pair renewed their friendship, and in 2017, he returned to filming the superstar.

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Simmons and Ozah have describedjeen-yuhs as a film rather than adocumentary. Its a notable distinction because there are no talking head interviews or footage other than Simmons' raw takes, aside from a few quick-cutscenes that include a Kardashian red carpet photo op andYes MTV Awards disruptionwith Taylor Swift.

Simmons'footage, culled from 330 hours of video, is unflinching. He thought the documentary was completed at various points in Yes life. But there was always another chapter.

This one ends with the rappers idiosyncratic unveiling of his Donda albumin Atlantalast summer, with his limp body being raised through the opening in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium roof at the end of the presentation.

Perhaps it was meant to symbolize a new beginning. But first, here are some jeen-yuhs highlights from the past.

After a twentysomething Ye teases his mother about the bottle of Zinfandel in her refrigerator, she notices the gold cherub hanging from his neck. You need an angel to watch over you, she says, flashing one of her infectious gap-toothed smiles.

The love and ease between West and her son is showcased in the most mundane moments, but its particularly sweet watching her rap Like Son, Like Mother beside him in her kitchen.

West is Yes compass and Simmons captures her dispensing poignant advice. A giant looks in the mirror and sees nothing, she tells him. Stay on the ground, but you can be in the air at the same time.

West died in 2007from heart failure following complications from cosmetic surgery.

I could tell Kanye was grieving, but he kept working, he refused to stop, Simmons says.

Ye never talks about his mothers death on camera, but there is a rare interaction captured with his father, Ray West.Following Yes admittance to a hospital for a psychological evaluation and his inflammatory 2020 presidential campaign speech about abortion, he is shown FaceTiming with his dad.

When you go out and say things like no abortion, you know how the medias going to be, Ye tells his dad. Thats a very strong Christian statement, and Christians are scrutinized and killed for our beliefs and following the word of God. And I use my voice and I wont not use my voice.

His father pauses. I would just say, write your speech next time.

Simmons was there after Ye, having justlanded a verse on Jay-Zs track The Bounce," crashed his car and broke his jaw in three places.

I was afraid hed never rap again, Simmons says.

But, as Ye lore goes, his ambition to finish his debut album, The College Dropout, couldnt be halted by having his mouth wired shut; instead, Ye had his first hit, Through the Wire.

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Simmons camera accompanies the rapper to the dentist (look away, needle-phobes) to have his wiring removed, but the bigger story is Yes capacity to continue working. Jamie Foxx, Ludacris and John Legend are enlisted to join Ye in the studio to restart the momentum behind his debut, which arrived in 2004 to massive success, including a Grammy Award for best rap album.

By the third act of jeen-yuhs, Ye is designing sneakersandembracing Christianity with the advent ofhis Sunday Service concerts.

Ye also retreats to his Wyoming ranch, where Justin Bieber is among those in the giant garage/studio, laying down vocals and listening to Yes numerous soliloquies.

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Its apparent as the film rolls on that Yes medications have slowed his speech his voice sounds deeper and more deliberate and Simmons is aware and respectful of his friends challenges.

A 2020 meeting with real estate friends in the Dominican Republic turns into a diatribe, even though Ye tells them, I took bipolar medication last night to have a normal conversation.

But the rappers discourse becomes so scattered, Simmons stops filming.

It was hard to tell how he was feeling, Simmons says. No matter what he was going through, he always buried himself in his work.

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Although faced with anger from agroup of conservative parents over what they claim is racisttraining, Brevard Public School officials show no sign so far ofreconsidering a summer program to teach staff about social and emotional learning.

Members of conservative parent group Moms for Liberty at Tuesday's School Board meeting criticized a contract to buy 53 tickets for the Conscious Discipline Institute, a summer program teaching school staff to implement social and emotional learning (SEL) in classrooms, at a cost of $79,500.

SEL techniques teach students interpersonal skills and self-awareness to help them deal with emotions and resolve conflicts. But Moms for Libertyparents at the meeting criticized a 2020 blog post on the website titled, Raising Antiracist Kids: 9 Steps from Ibram X. Kendi.

Kendi is an anti-racism activist, author and the director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University. The organization linked to a free online seminar during which Kendi spoke.

This is $79,500 that is going to CRT training for teachers, Moms for Liberty member Katie Delaney said at the Tuesday meeting. This is continued racist training.

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Ashley Hall, Brevard chair of Moms for Liberty, said her group wants more transparency from the district about the program BPS staff will attend.

We were just trying to bring up the concern basically, Who is this organization? Why are we spending so much money on this, and how are we supposed to know that these ideologies are not being inserted into this training? … I know that they've used Conscious Discipline for a while now. We have teachers in our group (who) speak highly of the program itself, but have also seen some of the changes that have been made over the last couple of years that have gone a little bit to the left.

As political debates around critical race theory and LGBTQ rights have taken center stage in school board meetings around the country, social and emotional learning has sometimes been caught in the crossfire.

In November, Asra Nomani, vice president of conservative group Parents Defending Education, called social and emotional learning a Trojan horse to bring critical race theory and LGBTQ+ curriculum to the classroom around America.This fall parent groups in states including Texas, Indiana and Washington have pushed back against SEL programs.

BPS spokesman Russell Bruhn said he isnt aware of any plans by the district to reconsider sending staff to the Conscious Discipline Institute, and School Board Chair Misty Belford said its unlikely the district would move away from the program. Belford added that the summer institute was approved by the state as part of BPS reopening plan and has nothing to do with critical race theory.

Conscious Discipline has been around for a long time, Belford said. And the elements of the program that we're teaching have nothing to do with the raising an anti-racist kid blog post on the website. It's really about how do you encourage good choices by children and how do you address when children make bad choices and a positive way so that you can redirect them.

I'm kind of baffled by how social emotional learning has been turned into what it has been by some groups. I think it's just a misinterpretation.

Belford said the training is especially important due to the disruptions and emotional challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students are dealing with a lot of big emotions that I don't think our students have had to deal with in, goodness, decades, Belford said.

On Tuesday, School Board member Matt Susin said the training isn't until summer, giving the district plenty of time to ensure the training is appropriate. He told FLORIDA TODAY in a Friday interview that he expects the best and hasn't seen any reason for concern with Conscious Discipline.

"Everything Conscious Discipline's done with our schools has been in line with rules and regulations, and no CRT's been taught," Susin said."And we hope to continue that with them and look forward to continued collaboration with them to help our kids."

Hall said her group isn't opposed to the training as long as it strictly deals with students' emotional health. For parents to be made comfortable, Hall said the district should share the materials or access to the training itself so that they can see that no critical race theory has infiltrated the teachings.

I think parents should have an open invitation to the training, Hall said. As long as we could see what the training materials are and see it for ourselves, so that we can feel comfortable that these ideologies aren't leaking in.

Bailey Gallion is the education reporter for FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Gallion at 321-242-3786 or bgallion@floridatoday.com.

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Weike Wang’s ‘Joan Is Okay’ explores the idea of home – NPR

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Versatile and overused, the colloquial "okay" conveys a wide range of expressions: an acknowledgment of one's well-being, an attitude of either support or indifference, a polite decline of goodwill offered, or an affirmation of someone's resilience.

Universally adopted, the term "okay" can seem both plain and mysterious, like in the case of Weike Wang's titular heroine in Joan is Okay.

Joan is a Chinese American doctor who feels most at home when at work. Wang's inside joke in keeping with the world's exhausted and exhaustive use of "okay" is to present Joan as an old stereotype: mousy, industrious, inscrutable, asexual. Joan's supervisor both admires and begrudges her robot-like dedication, "brilliant and potent, but with no interests outside work and sleep."

At the beginning of the novel, Joan appears pokerfaced after receiving news from China that her father has just died from a stroke. She takes Friday off to fly across the globe for his funeral, then comes right back to work the following Monday. The novel, in illustrating Joan's seemingly detached personality, satirizes the post-Enlightenment concept of self-determination as a blinkered worldview that actually impairs, rather than promotes, self-awareness. Reese, Joan's colleague, whose Teutonic image on the hospital's information brochure exudes strength and commitment, doesn't understand why his "reasonable" demand for sleep and holiday leave should hinder his career advancement. Mark, Joan's neighbor, while well-intentioned, holds facile assumptions about race, culture, and gender that prevent him from seeing Joan on her own terms.

Almost everyone Joan encounters would try to teach her how to live. To them she is an Eliza Doolittle, or a petite Frankenstein's monster, unformed but full of promise.

But Joan, whose name evokes "God's grace" in its subtle reference to her 15th century namesake, prides herself in being an unobtrusive but critical component in a well-run system a 5-ft. tall maestro who orchestrates breathing machines and brings order to the daily chaos at a New York hospital's medical ICU wing. As a teaching physician, Joan humbly compares herself to a "standardized" vessel, protected by emotional discipline and years of accumulated knowledge.

While Joan's ideal of medical efficacy seems closer to machine than the Romantic notion of freewill, it helps her appreciate her staff's core humanity: "If learning required mistakes, then teaching required watching different people make the same mistakes. Teaching was relentless dj vu but grounding. It cemented the idea that we are all the same height and weight did not matter, and the possibility of failure or (success) for anyone was never too far off."

Joan's belief in the universality of human resilience renders fluid the borders between native and other, home and exile, American Dream and Chinese Dream. In embracing medicine as her true home, Joan resists people's limited view of her as a cultural outcast. Likewise, her parents do not consider their condition of exile to be permanent. After years of struggle in an unyielding America, they return to China as soon as Joan goes off to college, and in time to establish themselves as members of Shanghai's upper-middle class.

Despite her parents' propitious homecoming and eventual success, their past sacrifices in what many often assume as the land of opportunity remind Joan of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, in which Santiago's dead, shark-infested marlin symbolizes the onerous American Dream.

But Wang's novel, in a way, is a sly correction of Hemingway's tragic individualism. Even at the novel's outset, Joan has already achieved her American Dream, and her parents have regained their Chinese Eden.

Throughout the novel, when thinking about her deceased father, Joan often meditates on the homonymic chung, which depending on the tone can mean either "to create something that never was, to forge a new path, to innovate," or "breaking down barriers and charging through." By espousing a pragmatic, resolutely untragic concept of agency as embodied by both meanings of chung, Joan at once pays homage to her father's legacy and affirms her Hippocratic oath.

Set during a six-month period from September 2019 through March 2020, Joan is Okay takes the reader through the inevitable rise of COVID in New York City, deftly showing the parallel between Joan's present calling and her parents' past labors. To be an effective physician in a pandemic is similar to being a hardy immigrant in an adverse environment: One must learn to go with the flow, put others before one's needs, accept suffering, and nurture hope.

By exploring the spectrum of commitment from doubts about one's career and cultural identity, as depicted in Wang's debut novel Chemistry, to a deep passion for one's calling that seems tantamount to faith in Joan is Okay Weike Wang has shown us myriad ways to build a sense of home, myriad ways to feel okay in our skin.

Thy inh is a freelance critic and literary translator. Her work can be found at thuydinhwriter.com. She tweets @ThuyTBDinh.

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Beauty Influencer Aaliyah Jay’s Personal Style Is A Reflection Of Her Self-Work – Essence

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Known as the It Girl on social media to her millions of followers, New York native Aaliyah Jay is expanding her resume as a beauty influencer into the fashion lane. As she prepares for the release of her upcoming clothing line Twisted Saints, the Los Angeles-based beauty is learning more about the fashion industry and herself as she spreads her wings into the world of fashion design and correspondence. The 27-year-old YouTuber is not abandoning her followers who know her for makeup tutorials and Girl Talk vlogs, but shes always known that her passion for fashion has burned inside of her and been a form of creative expression.

This is going to sound really cliche, but I think its me. Ive inspired my style as of lately, Aaliyah Jay told ESSENCE when asked about her personal style influences and how she fell in love with fashion. As of recently, Ive really found myself and Ive been doing a lot of self-work and Im like, Why dont I express this on the outside?. Ive been really trying to do that and I kind of just put on whatever I want.

While the influencer lives her life publicly and shows the Instaworld the glitz and glam of a day in the life of Aaliyah Jay, she does experience the dreaded imposter syndrome and finds ways daily to balance her mental health. I experience it all the time, she admitted about her experience with imposter syndrome. In times when she finds herself in bouts of negative self-talk, Aaliyah reminds herself that she is deserving of all the things that she has. Ive actually had to identify with it as of recently becauseself-awareness is very important.

To watch ESSENCEs full interview with Aaliyah Jay, check out the video above where the beauty influencer and associate editor DShonda Brown talk more about Twisted Saints, what the beauty industry has taught her, and her experiences with social media and imposter syndrome. Take a look!

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7 Micro Steps To Help You Build the Big, Bright Future of Your Dreams – Well+Good

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This January, its time to take it easy and hone in on healthy habits that you can live with for an entire trip around the sunand beyond. Weve enlisted the help of industry experts to put together three four-week plans designed to help you move your body, eat more sustainably, or show yourself some loving care. Pick a planor threeand hit refresh. Get the Program

I am a big believer in creating what you want to see in the worldthrough conversation, intentional planning, and by exuding the positive energy that you'd like to be returned to you. I dont spend as much time reflecting as I would like (its something I'm consciously prioritizing and mindfully making more time to do), but as I work on leveling up the skill, Ive realized how core doing so is for being able to effectively set up the life I want to live.

To round out the month of using self-care practices to facilitate the creation of foundational happiness and positive growth, this week is about learning how to design your dream future, both by dreaming and doing.

Its important to capture affirmations and reflections, since they'll steer you toward the future that's meant for you. Buy a new journalwhether it's a gratitude journal, a dream journal, or a general notebookand practice capturing your thoughts in small ways. You can start with prompts to get into a creative flow. For instance, try responding to the prompts "What do I know for sure?" or "When do I feel most authentically me?"

Journaling is a favorite resetting hack of mine, because its nice to flip back to previous entries and see how much youve grown since you began the practice.

In addition to providing the self-awareness power of orienting you to how you authentically feel, journaling is a favorite resetting hack of mine, because down the road, its nice to be able to flip back to previous entries and see how much youve grown and changed since you began the practice.

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Do you know where in the world you would most love to visit for a transformative, worldview-shifting trip? Dream up this locale you want to explore by reading, watching content, and connecting with others about their travels. Consider what you might see on this trip, who you might meet, delicacies you might try, and experiences you might have.

I follow several travel accounts on social media to drum up inspiration for myself. As you dream about future travel, don't worry about the logistics of getting time off or paying for this trip or actually planning itall of the details are for down the road. Today, the purpose is to dream about your future trips.

Have dreams of going on a trip with friends, or even attending an event together that will beget meaningful shared memories? Make an Airbnb Wishlistwhich is basically a mood board where you can pin dreamy properties where you would like to stayand share it with your friends. You could also use online scheduling and surveying tools such as Doodle and Survey Monkey to gauge where your friends might like to go.

If a trip isnt in the cards, you can still scratch that travel itch by finding a special event happening in your city that everyone is excited about, like a concert or a play, and go. Or, you could host a group dinner themed to a specific destinationfor example, if a trip to Jamaica isn't in the cards, perhaps you could make jerk chicken together and watch How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

Make space in your schedule for a new practice or skill that youre excited to learn. Maybe you've always wanted to speak French, or you've been meaning to find time to take a pottery class. Whatever it is, leave notes around the house affirming the new practice or habit and look into local or digital classes. Cultivating comfort around learning a new skill at any age is important and something that many people lose as they get older.

Think about reading as an exploratory practice. How can you add novelty into your reading routine? If you are already an avid reader, branch out into new-to-you genres and see what excites you. To do so, find and source books on topics that interest you but you have never picked up before. I typically read fiction, for example, but I recently picked up A Work in Progress: A Journal by Ren Redzepi and it has been such an insightful read about the creative workings and the highs and lows that come alongside entrepreneurial success.

If you aren't a regular reader and aren't sure where to start with your book list, ask friends for their favorite books or join a book club. Check out descriptions and see what might resonate with you (choosing a favorite of someone else allows you the bonus of being able to connect with them about it). However you interact with reading, the act allows us to learn more about ourselves by way of learning about different arenas of the world in general.

Have you been musing about creating something you want to see in the world? Put your ideas on paper and start breathing life into them! You can start as small as drafting a purpose statement, creating an Instagram account, or making a mood board. I started Ethels Club in 2019 with one Instagram post that spoke to the need and power of safe spaces centered around joy and community. That post evolved into conversations, then into press, then into a physical space, and now into a brand known around the world. Put your ideas out thereyou never know what they could add to your life and the world if you keep them to yourself.

You've reached the end of the first month of the year, so bring all of your New Year energy and pour it into a shared experience with friends and loved ones. Have a small gatheringIRL or virtualdesigned around intentionally supporting one anothers dreams. A lot of magic happens when you speak things into existence, and starting with a strong support system of people who believe in you will give you the energy you need to keep going.

After youve sent out invitations, ask all attendees to create a three-minute presentation outlining their goals and desired milestones for the year ahead. At the party, everyone can share and talk about ideas for supporting and uplifting one another. After the party, create a group chat where everyone can share successes and challenges to keep the supportive relationships continuing throughout the year.

Looking to hit refresh on your healthy habits this January? Check out our full2022 ReNew Yearprogram for expert-led plans for sustainable eating, exercise, and self-care routines.

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Moxie and TuYo’s world premiere ‘Sapience’ to examine barriers in communication – The San Diego Union-Tribune

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Sapience, the title of Diana Burbanos play making its world premiere at Moxie Theatre on Feb. 3, is a commonly misunderstood word.

To be sapient is to possess wisdom, sound judgment and self-awareness, which are qualities that set humans or Homo sapiens, meaning wise man in Latin on a different intellectual plane from the Earths other animals. Many scientists believe dolphins, whales and large apes are sapient, but without a common language, we can never know for sure.

Burbanos play is about Elsa, a Latinx primatologist, and her subject, an orangutan named Wookie, attempting to bridge the species communication barrier. Its also about how difficult communication can be for nonverbal people on the autism spectrum and between Spanish and English speakers.

Co-produced by Moxie and TuYo theaters, the play will feature optional post-performance educational workshops created with the help of the Autism Society of San Diego. The workshops are designed to help audience members appreciate how community and culture are enriched when the voices of people on the spectrum and who are Latinx and Spanish speakers are amplified.

Nancy Ross, top, as Wookie, and Mariel Leon as Elsa in Moxie and TuYo theaters Sapience.

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With Sapience, Vanessa Duron makes her Moxie directorial debut. An actor, writer and producer, Duron said she first encountered the play as a member of the Amigos Del Rep play selection committee for San Diego Repertory Theatres 2020 Latinx New Play Festival. A single mother of three and advocate for mental health awareness and theater about people of color, Duron said she was immediately struck by the script.

It is such a sweet and eye-opening play, Duron said. Its about communication. Its also about our relationship to each other and how we fail to understand how everyone communicates differently. But its also a play where the characters are trying to understand that in the best way that they can.

In Burbanos play, Elsa is a highly intellectual but unemotional scientist who has been hiding from her fellow researchers that shes on the autism spectrum. Meanwhile, her 12-year-old nephew, A.J., is on the spectrum as well, but hes nonverbal, locked-in emotionally and unable to communicate with others. Then one day, A.J. and the orangutan Wookie discover a common language and their conversations force Elsa to expand her ideas about communicating with others. Wookie will be played by an actor and the audience will be able to hear A.J. speaking with Wookie, even if Elsa cannot.

As human beings, we tend to be judgmental and sometimes selfish in the way we want to communicate, or critical of people in how they communicate with us, Duron said. Whats special about the relationship between Wookie and A.J. is they accept each other for everything that they are their flaws, their brilliance, their love, their lack of being able to show emotion or the way they show emotion.

Nancy Ross, left, and Mariel Leon in Moxie and TuYo theaters Sapience.

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Burbano is a Colombian immigrant, actor and prolific playwright who works as a teaching artist at both Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble and South Coast Repertory, both in Orange County. Many of her more than 50 plays have Latinx characters and themes, including Ghosts of Bogota and Fabulous Monsters. She wrote Sapience during a 2018-19 residency at Center Theatre Groups L.A. Writers Workshop.

In order to present the characters authentically and expand Moxie and TuYos efforts to expand diversity and inclusion, some of the actors cast in Sapience are neurodiverse. Part of the shows creative team is inclusion specialist Samantha Ginn, a San Diego actor who works as an educator for people in the the neurodiverse community. Ginn has been on hand to provide additional support to the neurodiverse cast members, and she is working to create a sensory-friendly experience for them for the entire run of the show.

Duron said that when she cast Sapience several months ago, she wanted to be inclusive in seeking out actors on the spectrum, but she didnt want to invade their privacy.

We didnt ask people on the spot if they were on the spectrum, we just asked if they had any life experience in this area.

During rehearsals, Duron has been working with Ginn and with Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Moxies founding artistic director, who has served as an artistic mentor on this production. Duron said its been a great learning experience for her and has made her a better director.

Its been one of the best experiences of my life, she said. It has allowed me to develop a different way of thinking and looking at things. It has allowed me to give thought to how I give directions and how I want situations to look for an audience. It also helped me acknowledge that everyone has a different way of processing. Im more conscious of that now.

While Duron said she believes many people who have family members on the autism spectrum will be attracted to Sapience, the play has universal themes that will appeal to a wide audience.

Its such an amazing story. Its not just about communication, its about connection and the human experience. If we learn from this that everyone has accessibility needs, then we can be more compassionate, she said. Its a lovely play. You will leave the theater thinking, and thats whats important.

Moxie and TuYo have postponed the shows opening date by one week due to COVID-related issues. It will now open Feb. 3 and a filmed streaming option will be available Feb. 12, 15, 16 and 19 for audience members who would feel more comfortable watching the show from home.

When: Opens Feb. 3 and runs through Feb. 20. Showtimes 7:30 p.m. Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays

Streaming: A streaming option will be presented at scheduled times on Feb. 12, 15, 16 and 19 (check with theater for times, tickets)

Where: Moxie Theatre, 6663 El Cajon Blvd., Suite N, San Diego

Tickets: $35-$37; $15 rush tickets one hour before performance (limited quantities)

Phone: (858) 598-7620

Online: moxietheatre.com, tuyotheatre.org

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3 Tips To Find a Job You Love and Actually Get It, According to a Career Recruiter – Well+Good

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Whether youre on the hunt for a new gig because youdon't feel your workplace is supporting your needs, you're looking to switch fields, or you're more simply looking for a related position at a different company, starting the job search can be daunting. It is, after all, important that the career shifts we make be made with intention and self-awareness because we spend so much of our life working. But, knowing how to find a job you love can feel at once impossible and like a luxury. (We need paychecks to live, regardless of how much we enjoy (or don't) how we're securing those funds.) Furthermore, being able to identify that a potential opportunity is one that aligns with your goals and interests isn't necessarily so simple, either, since you'd be hard-pressed to find a job for which you loveall components and responsibilities.

That said, plenty of people do seem to be making moves: According to a January report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in November 2021, a record 4.5 million people quit their job amid what's being called the Great Resignation. With people considering the factors of personal fulfillment, company values, and flexibility, among other components of a given job, many are considering what actually fits their needs.

To get specific regarding how to find a job you love, recruiting consultant Bert E. Miller shares three tips below to help you optimize your professional future as you're on the job hunt.

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Taking self-inventory means evaluating your commitment toward personal, professional, and financial goalsand the exercise can crucially help you identify what you want from a future role that you're not getting from a current one. Miller suggests writing an ideal job profile for yourself as part of your self-inventory to help you gain clarity about what youre looking for in job opportunities.

"Your job profile should showcase who you can become." Bert E. Miller, career expert

Be clear and transparent with what you want. Job profiles should detail the position while also highlighting the company mission and why you would be the best fit for the position and company, Miller says. There should be a balance between understanding the role and learning about the company. Your job profile should showcase who you can become.

In your inventory, include the job title, where the position is based, whether its full-time or part-time, what the salary range is, a summary of benefits, facts about the company (specifically its values and purpose), and the role as well as its responsibilities.

Make sure you get a professional headshotnot one sitting in a car, in the gym, or a selfie, says Miller. Next, when building your digital profile, ensure your mission is clear under the about section. The same goes with the description in your profile. Create a title and phrase that is concise, to the point, and searchable.

Miller adds that the focus here should be leaning into how a given role aligns with the job profile you created in step one. Its important to showcase how you've taken the skills you have acquired in previous jobs and leveraged them to move forward. Putting that into writing and having conversations about how those skills willmake recruiters see how you can help the companys objectives.

Being a lifelong learner is a great skill that translates directly into the workplace. When youre learning about a company that you want to work for, Miller says its key to know where the company is aiming to go. Its important to immerse yourself in their news," says Miller. "Company leaders like intrinsically motivated people who have a thirst for continuous learning in their craft.

To learn more about a company, check out their website, search for news about them online and in trade publications, and on LinkedIn. Using LinkedIn, seeking out connections there, and following what current employees are doing can also be helpful, says Miller. You can also stand out by posting on your own social media, sharing posts that are [informative], educational, and inspiring to others.

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Do you have a good understanding of who you are?

Being in touch with who you are yields numerous benefits. Youll have more happiness, you will make better decisions, your goals will be more meaningful, you will be more motivated, and more in touch with your emotions. Some people innately know who they are. Others move through life without a clear understanding. If you dont really know who you are, today is a great time to start figuring it out. The more you know about yourself, the more youll be able to follow the path which best suits you. What are your likes and dislikes? This simple understanding is essential to your happiness. Doing more of what you like and less of what you dislike is a simple strategy for greater satisfaction. The quest for financial security often leads to jobs or careers which are less than satisfying. To see where you are currently, answer this question: How would you be spending your time if you were independently wealthy and didnt need to work? If your current job or occupation corresponds to what you would being doing if you didnt need the money, you are in great shape. If its not, getting more in touch with who you are will help you navigate a more desirable route. Who or what inspires you? Knowing your sources of motivation helps you focus on what fits you best. People make a living doing whatever you do for fun, vacations, or as a hobby. You can support yourself doing what you love. What are your best habits? These are the habits to cultivate and focus on. Your good habits assist you in making progress toward your goals. Good habits enable you to be effective and efficient. What are your worst habits? These habits produce negative results and need to be purged. Replace bad habits with good habits. Self-awareness enables you to monitor your actions so that you can eliminate undesirable habits. What are your fears? What are you afraid of? Fear is a major roadblock. Typically, you wont do something you are afraid of. Your fears may be holding you back. Since fears exist in your mind, a change in thinking overcomes fears. What obstacles, problems, and challenges are you facing? In order to overcome obstacles, solve problems, and move past challenges, you must first identify them. Until you do this, they will be a frustrating roadblock. What are your strengths? Everyone has strengths. Having more strengths than you realize is common. Underutilizing one or more of your strengths is a real waste. Use your strengths to overcome challenges. What are your weaknesses? Unfortunately, many people obsess about their weaknesses instead of tapping into their strengths. Weaknesses can be overcome by rectifying any deficiencies. Anything lacking can be enhanced. Take advantage of your strengths while overcoming your weaknesses. Use what you have instead of lamenting that which you feel you dont have. Make the most of all your current assets. What are your values? Its much more satisfying when your life lines up with your values. Acting counter to them leads to endless frustration. You dont have to justify your values; you need to know what they are and live by them. Whats your emotional temperament? How much patience do you have? What upsets you? What type of people do you like to associate with? How social are you? Answering these additional questions provides more insight into who you are. Knowing who you are is a starting point. You are a work in progress. You can make any desired changes. Build on the aspects you like, while adjusting any facets you are unhappy with.

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The Delhi government plans to complete its survey to assess the psychological and emotional impact of Covid-19 on children before the start of the next academic year in April.

On Friday, the government decided to conduct a large-scale survey to understand the changes in the mental and emotional state of school children in the past two years and to use these findings and inputs from experts to modify the Happiness Curriculum in schools.

According to an education department official, the development of the survey is at a nascent stage and the planning department is working on a proposal to carry it out.

It is the mandate of the planning department to carry out surveys such as these and the education department will be supporting it. Because the decision itself was taken just a few days back, there is not a clear timeline as such for it but it should be completed before the coming academic session, said the official.

With the stated objectives of developing self-awareness and mindfulness, critical thinking and inquiry, enabling expression, among others, Happiness Classes in Delhi government schools involve mindfulness sessions, storytelling and teacher-student interactions. The plan is to modify it by introducing new chapters, stories and activities so that students can learn to be stress-free in challenging situations like pandemic.

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Being aware of your thoughts and how you talk to yourself about a challenge can make a big impact, research finds. (Antonio Guillem, Alamy)

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ATLANTA "I think therefore I am," mind over matter, the little engine that thought he could our philosophers, language and literature all point to the power of perspective.

Psychologists say this common wisdom is right: What you expect from yourself and the world make a big impact on the results of your endeavors.

"From a neuroscience perspective, the brain will believe anything you tell it, right and wrong," said Roseann Capanna-Hodge, a Connecticut-based psychologist.

Research has shown that this phenomenon can have huge benefits when approaching a significant or difficult task, said David Robson, science writer and author of "The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World."

"We do know that there's the mind-body connection, which isn't kind of mysterious or magical, it's just, it's how it has to work and that this is in itself changing our physiology," Robson told CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta in his podcast, Chasing Life.

Thinking that you could catch up in a race or that your public speaking anxiety could help you perform better does, in many cases, Robson said.

Psychologists agree and say that rerouting your expectations to work more for you takes self-awareness, self-compassion and resilience. Here are six expert ways to develop a mindset that pushes you toward success.

Expectations, even negative ones, are meant to help our brains navigate a complicated world by simplifying our predictions of the wide range of outcomes to any situation, Emiliana Simon-Thomas, science director of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, said.

Those negative expectations can help up anticipate and avoid danger, but they aren't always up to date with the context that surrounds us, she added. The bias to sense danger sometimes inaccurately skews how we see the situation ahead of us.

And inaccurate information in the face of a challenge can create obstacles of its own.

"Pessimistic thoughts really just put you in a position where you're more vulnerable to actually experiencing that unpleasant or negative outcome," she added.

Setting more positive expectations and hopefully reaping the rewards starts with how you talk to yourself, Capanna-Hodge said.

When baseball players step up to the plate, they tell themselves they will knock it out of the park, she said, and the rest of the world should be doing the same, whether it comes to dietary changes, dating, career development or physical challenges.

Sometimes, though, those negative thoughts feel pretty automatic. If that's the case, Capanna-Hodge recommends activities like prayer, meditation, journaling and visualization to get better in touch with your goals and more in control about how you think about them.

We tend to see ourselves and our obstacles in two ways, Simon-Thomas said. Either our abilities are fixed or can grow, and our obstacles are a threat or a challenge.

Shifting the focus to believe that we can develop skills and to see difficulties as a challenge to be met rather than a threat to be avoided has shown to result in more success, she said.

"Is this a challenge that I can get excited about trying to drum up the resources to accomplish? Or is this a threat to my worth as a person?" Simon-Thomas said. "If you could relate to or interpret that situation as a challenge, your physiological response is empowering and equips you to be more creative and effective."

An optimistic expectation doesn't always mean tying yourself to one specific outcome, said Joan Rosenberg, a California-based psychologist and author of "90 Seconds to a Life You Love: How to Master Your Difficult Feelings to Cultivate Lasting Confidence, Resilience, and Authenticity."

Instead, she recommends setting expectations that anticipate a positive result, without being too hard on yourself.

For trying something new and challenging, Rosenberg said her ideal mindset is "I'm going to do the best I can and see just how far I can stretch."

The disappointing truth is those seeking to accomplish something new often will have to fail at least a few times. Part of going into those challenges with an optimal mindset means preparing to face whatever the emotional consequences are win or lose.

It usually isn't the loss people avoid, but the feelings that can come with it, like fear, anger, vulnerability, sadness and embarrassment, Rosenberg said. For most, the worst part is the physical feelings that come with a setback, like a flush in your cheeks or racing heart.

Fortunately, data has shown those feelings tend to last for no more than 90 seconds, she added. Preparing yourself to sit through whatever unpleasant emotion and feeling may arise can make you more ready to charge into the challenge as well as more resilient if it doesn't go your way, she said.

Sitting in those uncomfortable feelings of loss can actually be turned into a gain, Rosenberg added.

She recommended people find the opportunity to find information in the disappointment. Perhaps you learn that you need to eat something more substantial before your 5K or triathlon, that your feelings of sadness mean you really care about the kind of job you were interviewing for, or that the new friends you have been spending time with don't make you feel that good.

"Why would I want to stay present in those feelings? Because it's a source of information that, when joined with thought and reason, will help me make better decisions in my life," Rosenberg said.

Having realistically optimistic expectations is not a cure-all for life's disappointments and losses, but it does better equip each of us to go into a challenge with our best resources, experts said.

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