
48: Marlene Castillo discusses Such A Fun Age
We welcome Front Porch Book Club friend Marlene Castillo to discuss Kiley Reid’s debut novel Such A Fun Age.
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We welcome Front Porch Book Club friend Marlene Castillo to discuss Kiley Reid’s debut novel Such A Fun Age.
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In Kiley Reid’s debut novel, Such A Fun Age, a racial profiling sets college-educated Emira on a collision course with her employer, Alix, and new boyfriend Kelley. Emira is looking for a good job with health insurance and would prefer not to be the latest racial incident. Alix and Kelley have their own ideas about Emira’s future, until they meet each other (again!).
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In his book, Max Out Mindset, Larry “Doc” Widman describes the mindset skills we can apply to max out our performance in athletics and life. Most New Year’s resolutions have been abandoned by February. Doc shares with us how to set and achieve our goals using the building blocks of positive psychology. We learn that elite athletes struggle with the same mindset challenges Linny does when she’s on the pickleball court. Doc shares with us that the same strategies that made Jordan Larson an Olympic gold medalist may help Linny improve her game, too.
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Just in time for New Year’s resolutions, we discuss Max Out Mindset, Dr. Larry Widman’s book describing how elite athletes achieve results through his evidence-based approach and how we can apply them to improve our performance in life, work, and play.
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Author Sue Ray-Smolik joins us on the front porch to tells us about her brand-new children’s picture book, The Evening Walk, a story about how visually-impaired Mommy shows toddler Liam that sight is only one way to experience the world around them, but love is everywhere.
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