Who is my friend Becca who's my guest on this episode? This is how she describes herself: “A student for life, I’m curious about human nature as much as I am curious about the wild kingdom. I’m building a life from the rubble handed to me by my ancestors. I’m reaching out to new people in an effort to learn new ways to bring peace and stability to my life. I share what I’m learning along the way.”

Diana J. Brodie is a freelance video editor and post production consultant. Upon graduating Ithaca College with a BS in television-radio communications, she moved to San Francisco where she works as an editor and filmmaker. She has edited television series in both Los Angeles and Seattle. You can see the behind the scenes documentary, Meet The Pickles, that she cut for Pixar on Disney+ right now. 

Diana has taught Avid, Premiere, and FCP7 at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco State's Digital Video Intensive program, and to inmates at San Quentin Prison. 

She most recently founded and is the lead instructor for the Next Level Editing Academy which teaches Avid & Premiere along with career coaching for emerging editors.

When not editing Diana can be found juggling, playing poker, researching obscure 20th century entertainment trivia, and napping. 

Diana is not entirely comfortable talking about herself in the third person.

Dr. Stephanie Minter completed Internal Medicine residency training near her hometown of (Braidenton) Bradenton Beach, FL at Manatee Memorial Hospital where she served as Chief Resident. She has additional certifications in hyperbaric medicine, neuromuscular therapeutics, life coaching, and yoga. 
 
Dr. Minter has created a unique medical practice combining several years of experience in outpatient primary care, inpatient hospitalist medicine, and her osteopathic skills. 

Shoreline Integrative Health expands patient options for whole person healing and preventive care. Dr. Minter and Shoreline Integrative Health provide the community with a unique combination of western and eastern medicine including hands-on therapeutic osteopathic manipulative medicine, neuromuscular therapy, life coaching, yoga, breathwork, meditation, and personalized wellness plans. 

I understand your pain and struggle because I have been there. The heart of my journey was a lifetime of feeling broken and responsible for others pain and suffering, while ignoring what was right for me. To survive, I modified, adjusted, apologized, and "chameleoned" my way through life believing that if others around me were happy then I would be OK. 

I’m me. I put everything else before writing which is annoying. But I love to garden, take on DIY projects, make photos, and travel. Finishing something is a challenge.

I began painting in 2018 and it continues to keep me sane. I use acrylic paint because it is more forgiving when I make mistakes. I paint more abstract works with little imagery because I can use color choice, brush strokes, paint thickness, paint application, etc. to show emotion or passion or enthusiasm.
 
Artists I love and who have been influential include Willem deKooning, Frida Kahlo, Lee Krasner, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko.