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Rev. Jodi welcomes John Burkhardt, Life Coach and Nonprofit COO This conversation explores what it means to live and lead from the Authentic Self in a world that rarely slows down. John Burkhardt shares insights from life coaching, nonprofit leadership, and nature-based mentoring, weaving together personal growth, resilience, and community building.

The focus stays practical and human, how clarity, presence, and values-based action create real change in everyday life, work, and relationships. Less hype, more truth, with room to breathe and reflect.

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The Noise We’ve Come to Trust In our tech-saturated parenting era, white noise has become a modern pacifier—soothing infants with mechanical hums while offering weary parents a break. But beneath its calming surface lies a deeper concern: Are we sacrificing developmental richness for artificial ease? Emerging neuroscience shows that soundscapes aren’t just background, they’re the scaffolding of cognition and emotional regulation. What babies hear shapes who they become. When their first soundtrack is engineered monotony, we risk tuning out the world just when they should be tuning in. White noise machines may seem harmless, but they mask natural auditory experiences that nurture brain development. It’s time to challenge their mainstream embrace, educate caregivers, and reclaim the wisdom of nature’s sounds. Turn off the static. Tune into the world. Let infants grow in harmony with the rich, organic rhythms that have shaped healthy minds for generations.

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Host: Rev. Jodi L. Suson; https://susonessentials.com/

Guest: Beverly Hansen, RN MBA; http://www.clinicalbrainiacs.com/