Event schedule

To begin with, we are scheduling weekly sessions that feature an expert in a topic on which they have a unique perspective. Sessions typically take place on Tuesday evenings at 8:00pm and are scheduled to be 45 minutes long, split evenly between an interview and Q&A. Occasionally we will hold a pop-up session during the week on a topic of special interest. Susie Rolander will be moderating the sessions.

• Past events

 

• Way of Living

• Course: Continuing Conversations About Race

  Way of Living - Life

  • March 29: Where to Begin Conversations About Race
  • April 12: Race as a Social Construct
  • April 19: There's Nothing Micro About Microaggressions
  • April 26: Young People's Experiences With a Call to Action
  29 MAR

  With: Ashley Greene
  More info

• Way of Living

• Beginning Conversations about Race

  Way of Living - Life

  • Can you talk a bit about intentions and impact?
  • How does one’s own lived experience and identity impact race relations and microaggressions?
  • When we are thinking about race, what are things that we need to consider?
  14 DEC

  With: Ashley Greene
  More info

• Way of Living

• Crafting a Thoughtful Life

  Way of Living - Life

  • Tell us about your path to writing your book Brave Leadership and how your vision has changed since then.
  • What do you think it means to live a Thoughtful Life?
  • How can we unlock our own thoughtful lives?
  7 DEC

  With: Kimberly Davis
  More info

• Wellness

• Embrace Imperfection: Feeling Healthy While Enjoying the Holidays

  Wellness - Holidays

  • How do we avoid throwing in the towel and just eat anything until Jan 1st?
  • How do we find time to eat well when there are so many demands on our time and we always feel like we can’t keep up?
  • If someone were to take away nothing else from this call, what would be just 3 straight forward tips to help us feel great on Jan 1st?
  30 NOV

  With: Lizzie Merritt
  More info

• Wellness

• Coping with Chronic Pain

  Wellness - Pain Management

  • What is your story with chronic pain?
  • In your book Chronic Profit you talk about simplifying, systematizing and self-care. Can you speak to that a bit?
  • What first steps do you recommend for the person who has chronic pain?
  9 NOV

  With: Alison Tedford
  More info

• Wellness

• Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain!

  Wellness - Weight Loss

  • What are the 3 hidden reasons why we gain weight during the holidays?
  • What are ways we can be prepared for those hidden factors?
  • What are some specific tips you can share with us to help us be prepared for holiday eating?
  2 NOV

  With: Lizzie Merritt
  More info

• Way of Living

• Call to action: Elevating the unheard authors.

  Way of Living - Writing/Fiction

  • Can you discuss the creation of the Mae Fellowship?
  • Why is this work important to you and to the world?
  • What can I do tomorrow to elevate underrepresented stories?
  26 OCT

  With: Courtney Young
  More info

• Way of Living

• We Are All Brands!

  Way of Living - Branding

  • What is your life story?
  • Can you tell us about your time at Yelp?
  • What are things to bear in mind as one develops their personal brand?
  19 OCT

  With: Nish Nadaraja
  More info

• Wealth

• Personal Finance 101: For Young Adults and Beyond

  Wealth - Personal Finance

  • Why does this area of financial planning interest you? What is your background?
  • How can financial literacy help shift historical biases?
  • What are your top 5 suggestions for financial literacy?
  12 OCT

  With: Sara Rathner
  More info

• Way of Living

• Fixing Digital Photo Overload

  Way of Living - Photography

  • What are some baseline concepts to get me started?
  • What systems can I put in place to keep my photos under control?
  • What can I do tomorrow to get me started?
  5 OCT

  With: Isabelle Dervaux
  More info

• Way of Living

• Aiding Afghan Athletes

  Way of Living - Stories

  • Why do you think you are called to a life of giving?
  • How did your world of cycling and Afghanistan come together?
  • What is your call to action?
  28 SEP

  With: Liên Johnson
  More info

• Way of Living

• Changing Our Conversations About Race

  Way of Living - Stories

  • As a white dean, why have you chosen to make racial literacy such an emphasis in a college of education and how have you gone about it ?
  • What do you hope to achieve? What is the larger purpose?
  • Where did we start? Where would you start?
  21 SEP

  With: Cecelia Traugh
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• Way of Living

• Learning From Our Elders: A Conversation with Dr. Bob Thompson

  Way of Living - Stories

  • You have seen so much change in your lifetime, can you describe some of the most significant from your perspective now?
  • What are some of the issues that most trouble you about the state of our world right now?
  • If you could go back and talk to your 20 year old self about the wisdom you have gained over the years, what would you tell that 20 year old Bob?
  • As a retired doctor, what is your perspective on how we should take care of our body in addition to nutrition?
  14 SEP

  With: Bob Thompson
  More info

• Way of Living

• Coping with Trauma Through Story: 9/11, Pandemic and our Shared History

  Way of Living - Stories

  • Why did you write your books about 9/11?
  • How is it helpful to lean into story around traumatic events such as 9/11?
  • How do I dive in and write about my experience this last year as a step toward coping?
  7 SEP

  With: Nora Raleigh Baskin, Gae Polisner and Tom Rogers
  More info

• Way of Living

• Capturing Memories: 10 tips to immediately make better photographs

  Way of Living - Photography

  • What's the best camera/equipment?
  • How can I improve my photos immediately?
  • What steps can I take to make my photography interesting?
  3 AUG

  With: Daniel Harel
  More info

• Wellness

• The Missing Puzzle Piece of Weight Loss

  Wellness - Weight Loss

  • Why we don’t do what we know we are supposed to do?
  • What do I do when the scale doesn’t change and I feel like quitting?
  • What are 3 habit hacks for getting started?
  27 JUL

  With: Lizzie Merritt
  More info

• Way of Living

• Transforming Your Living Spaces with Biophilia: Blending Nature & Interior Environment

  Way of Living - Living Spaces

  • What is Biophilia anyway?
  • If you had to choose, what are 3 of the most important changes we can make in our current spaces?
  • What steps can a family or community take to shift their thinking about the spaces they share?
  20 JUL

  With: Elizabeth MacPherson
  More info

• Way of Living

• Neighborhood News in New York

  Way of Living - News

  • What is your personal story leading up to when you took over Tribeca Citizen, a neighborhood e-newspaper?
  • How has it been to report during the past year, and what are some headline observations on people and businesses during the pandemic?
  • Looking back at your career, including at Tribeca Citizen, could you highlight a couple of interesting stories that you enjoyed covering?
  13 JUL

  With: Pam Frederick
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• Way of Living

• How Indigenous Worldview Can Change Our Future

  Way of Living - Culture & Values

  • Why is worldview reflection important?
  • How is our original Indigenous worldview different than what guides most cultures today?
  • Is comparing worldviews a dangerous binary?
  6 JUL

  With: Four Arrows
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• Wellness

• Breathing with Bryan - Take 2

  Wellness - Breathing / Wellness

  • What does it mean to breathe correctly?
  • How can breathing correctly increase my lifespan?
  • How can the quality of my breath reduce the amount of stress that I feel?
  29 JUN

  With: Bryan Mirabella
  More info

• Wellness

• Breaking Bad Pandemic Eating Habits

  Wellness - Eating Habits

  • What prompted Jiying to startover? How does one make a dramatic career change?
  • How can I break bad pandemic eating habits and get back on track?
  • What should I do when I’m tired of cooking and out of fresh ideas?
  22 JUN

  With: Jiying Zhang
  More info

• Way of Living

• Post-Covid Home Hacks

  Way of Living - Home

  • How do I get rid of the “covid 15” (in terms of extra stuff in my apartment)?
  • How do I repurpose my house to be my home?
  • Guest re-entry...how do I invite guests over for the first time in 18 months?
  15 JUN

  With: Margarita Picone
  More info

• Way of Living

• Parenting with Sanity and Joy

  Way of Living - Parenting

  • How can I find more joy in parenting?
  • How has the pandemic (and what is likely to follow) changed parenting?
  • If I can only remember five things about parenting, what should they be?
  8 JUN

  With: Sue Groner
  More info

• Way of Living

• The Power of Notebooking and Journaling

  Way of Living - Literacy

  • Why does everyone need a notebook and what kind is best?
  • What type of notebooking and journaling might be right for me?
  • What are three powerful ways that I could use my notebook today?
  1 JUN

  With: Stephanie Affinito
  More info

• Work

• Entrepreneurship in the Fintech World

  Work - Fintech

  • Can you recount your journey to becoming the youngest founder and CEO to take a company public?
  • How is fintech disrupting traditional banking and where are we headed now?
  • What is your advice for aspiring women entrepreneurs and leaders based on your experience?
  25 MAY

  With: Luvleen Sidhu
  More info

• Wellness

• Dementia with Dignity

  Wellness - Awareness

  • What don’t I know (but should!) about dementia?
  • How can we let go of the stigmas attached to dementia and aging?
  • What preventative measures can I take to ward off dementia?
  18 MAY

  With: Patti Wick
  More info

• Way of Living

• Timely Tech Tips

  Way of Living - Tech

  • How can you harness the hidden power of search on your smartphone and computer?
  • How can you control your children's digital activity with some simple yet powerful parental control tips/tricks?
  • How can you prevent hacks and attacks? Three effortless solutions to stay safe online.
  4 MAY

  With: Christopher Hobbick
  More info

• Way of Living

• Bibliotherapy as Self Care

  Way of Living - Literacy

  • Why is a strong reading life essential to our physical and mental well-being?
  • What is bibliotherapy and how can we use it to help us live curiously and grow through what we go through?
  • What are some simple, yet impactful, ways to cultivate your reading life and which books might we start with?
  27 APR

  With: Stephanie Affinito
  More info

• Wellness

• Finding Hope After COVID

  Wellness - Care

  • What has it been like to be in an inpatient service for COVID, and how has that changed over the course of the past 12 months?
  • Can you share some of your memories from that experience?
  • What learnings should we take from the pandemic that we can put into practice now and into the future?
  20 APR

  With: Mark Shapiro, MD
  More info

• Work

• Divided no more

  Work - Integrated Self

  • Examining how and why we divide our selves: Are you living with integrity?
  • Why bring your whole-self to work?
  • What are some actions you can take to minimize power leakages from fragmenting the whole person?
  13 APR

  With: Atif Iqbal, MBA (Wharton), M. Phil, ACC
  More info

• Way of Living

• Picture Books are for You Too!

  Way of Living - Literacy

  • How are picture books relevant beyond the age when a child can independently read? (NYT article: Our Kids Aren't Too Old for Picture Books, and Neither are You).
  • What does the rising popularity of images, a la Instagram, mean for the future of picture books?
  • In the spirit of starting over, what changes can we make as we recognize the power of picture books?
  6 APR

  With: Pernille Ripp
  More info

• Wellness

• Fifteen with Gene

  Wellness - Fitness

  • Do I really need to exercise?
  • What are the best exercises for me to do if I’m sitting all day?
  • What if I only have 15 minutes to exercise--what are the best exercises for me to do?
  30 MAR

  With: Gene Schafer
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• Way of Living

• Standing up to Anti-Asian Hate (Pop-up Event)

  Way of Living - Pop-up event

  • How can we better understand the Asian American experience?
  • Why are so many Americans and the media so reticent to call crimes against Asian Americans hate crimes?
  • What can we do to "start over" and be upstanders, not bystanders?
  25 MAR

  With: Soyoung Park
  More info

• Work

• Should I Stay or Should I Go?

  Work - Career Guidance

  • How do I find out where I stand in my current organization--'My job is at risk (though I didn’t realize it)' or 'My job’s fairly secure, but I don’t have a lot of leverage as I’m seen as replaceable' or 'I’m highly valued, and my organization’s leaders would hate to lose me'
  • Depending on my status, what might I be able to negotiate?
  • How should I go about it?
  23 MAR

  With: Sarah Stamboulie
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• Work

• Humor, Seriously

  Work - Humor

  • Humor seems inefficient, frivolous, potentially harmful in a work context - yet Jennifer’s book Humor, Seriously argues there is a significant “ROI on humor”. Why?
  • I don’t think of myself as being a funny person and trying to be funny feels scary to me. Any suggestions?
  • What are some concrete tips to cultivate humor at work and in our lives? How can we make sure these changes in habits last?
  • Why it is so important that we take humor seriously in our personal lives? At home, with kids?
  16 MAR

  With: Dr. Jennifer Aaker
  More info

• Way of Living

• Chocolate: sweet indulgence

  Way of Living - Chocolate

  • What are the origins of chocolate?
  • How can I best appreciate the finer points of tasting chocolate?
  • Where and how can I buy good chocolate?
  9 MAR

  With: Peter Moustakerski
  More info

• Work

• Executive Search in Turbulent Times

  Work - Executive Search

  • How has the pandemic affected which companies are hiring, who they are hiring, why and when?
  • What can I do to position myself well in today's job market?
  • How should I partner with recruiters?
  2 MAR

  With: Gustavo Alba
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• Wellness

• Staying Pain-Free While Working from Home

  Wellness - Joint Health

  • Is sitting the new smoking?
  • How has work-from-home impacted joint health and mobility?
  • What changes can I make to improve joint health?
  • What are some ergonomic options in setting up my workspace?
  23 FEB

  With: Dylann Craig
  More info

• Wellness

• Nutrition Myths

  Wellness - Nutrition

  • Timing: is breakfast really the best meal of the day?
  • Carbs: love them or leave them?
  • Snacking and nighttime habits: intermittent fasting?
  16 FEB

  With: Sydney Greene
  More info

• Wealth

• Breaking Through Financial Boundaries

  Wealth - Financial Planning

  • What might a Biden administration mean for my investments and taxes?
  • What strategies could I use in this post-Trump environment?
  • What are the pros and cons of being self-directed versus working with an advisor?
  9 FEB

  With: Justin Charise, CFP®
  More info

• Wellness

• Breathing with Bryan

  Wellness - Breathing / Wellness

  • What does it mean to breathe correctly?
  • How can breathing correctly increase my lifespan?
  • How can the quality of my breath reduce the amount of stress that I feel?
  2 FEB

  With: Bryan Mirabella
  More info