K. Elizabeth Toasts is a podcast celebrating people who increase our quality of life. Each episode is a heartfelt interview of a person who makes lives better through one or more of the Social Determinants of Health. Give a listen if you are in need of a dopamine hit or if you want to be inspired to do small things that make big differences. Or if you like toast. Because this toast’s for you.
K. Elizabeth is a fat, queer, privileged, White, middle-aged American woman living in Minneapolis. She has a background in mental health counseling and adult education and is likely interested in the Social Determinants of Health because of her identities. For example - she has been baffling healthcare providers for years with her low blood pressure, and wellness is the cornerstone of the counseling profession. While researchers, public sectors, and intergovernmental organizations are focused on necessary and equitable systemic change, K. Elizabeth wants to celebrate what individuals are doing to positively influence the health and wellness of themselves and others.
Book Review of the Week: Untethered by Angela Jackson-Brown
I'm always a bit excited when I get a chance to read the latest from an author with Indiana connections. Such is the case with Angela Jackson-Brown, an Associate Professor in the creative writing program at Indiana University in Bloomington who also teaches in the graduate program at the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Louisville's Spalding University.
I saw a reference to "Untethered" on a friend's social media page and knew I wanted to check it out. Just released this week by Harper Muse, "Untethered" introduces us to Katia Daniels, a longtime executive director of Troy, Alabama's Pike County Group Home for Negro Boys whose life has long been defined by the caregiver role for just about anyone and everyone around her. Our story is set in 1967, a couple of years after Bloody Sunday on the Edmund Pettus bridge. In theory, things are improving in the U.S.
