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Podcast with author Jaya Jaya Myra about Building Mindful Workplaces to Boost Culture

Posted by Elena del Valle on December 16, 2024

This article and interview were created without AI-assisted technologies.

Author Jaya Jaya Myra
Author Jaya Jaya Myra

Photo: Jaya Jaya Myra

A podcast interview with author Jaya Jaya Myra is available in the Podcast Section of Hispanic Marketing and Public Relations, HispanicMPR.com. During the podcast, she discusses Building Mindful Workplaces to Boost Culture with Elena del Valle, host of the HispanicMPR.com podcast.

Jaya Jaya Myra, is a former immunologist who turned to mind-body wellness. She authored Vibrational Healing and The Soul of Purpose. She is also a TEDx and motivational speaker, as well as the creator of The W.E.L.L. Method for purpose-filled, healthy living. She founded Gita for the Masses, a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization created to help people with conscious character development.

To listen to the interview, scroll down and click on the play button below. It is also possible to listen by looking for “Podcast” then select “HMPR Jaya Jaya Myra” and download the MP3 file to your audio player. You can also find it on the RSS feed. To download it, click on the arrow of the recording you wish to copy and save it to disk. The podcast will remain listed in the December 2024 section of the podcast archive.

With video – Switzerland Oscar submission: film exploring family, migration issues

Posted by Elena del Valle on December 11, 2024

This article was created without AI-assisted technologies.

Reinas poster
Reinas poster

Photos, video: Outsider Pictures

A 2024 Spanish language film from Switzerland, Peru and Spain Reinas is this year’s Switzerland’s International Film Oscar submission. Set in 1990s Peru the 105-minute film with English subtitles* centers around two sisters and their divorced parents. Driven by a deteriorating political and financial situation in her country Elena (Jimena Lindo) plans to move to Minnesota with Lucia and Aurora, her daughters. In order for them to leave the country Carlos, their absentee father, must sign exit papers. Complications arise as departure time approaches. Scroll down to view a trailer.

Scene from Reinas

Scene from Reinas with Carlos, Lucia and Aurora

Excellent acting, attention to detail and a credible setting (for someone who has never visited 1990s Peru) made the story immersive. The film received the following recognitions: Winner Best Director, Berlin – Grand Prix, Generations; Winner Audience Award at the Locarno Film Festival; and Official Selection at Sundance. Also starring are Abril Gjurinovic, Gonzalo Molina, Luana Vega and Susi Sanchez. According to promotional materials Klaudia Reynicke-Candeloro, the director, grew up in Lima. The script was by Reynicke-Candeloro and Diego Vega. The producers were Britta Rindelaub, Diego Vega, Valerie Delpierre, Thomas Reichlin and Daniel Vega.

Scene from Reinas with Elena, Lucia and Aurora

Scene from Reinas with Elena, Lucia and Aurora

Support for the film was from Sundance, Alva Film, Inicia Films, Maretazo Cine, RTS Radio Television Suisse. It was sponsored by Switzerland, Spain, CineForum, Loterie Romande, Department of Culture of Catalunya and Peru among others. Reinas opened in Los Angeles and New York City theaters last month. According to a press release it will be available for online rental and purchase in Spring 2025.

*(the screener was without subtitles)

Podcast with Obie Silverwood, author, Industrial Real Estate Investing and Management, about investing in industrial real estate

Posted by Elena del Valle on December 2, 2024

This article and interview were created without AI-assisted technologies.

Obie Silverwood, author, Industrial Real Estate Investing and Management

Obie Silverwood, author, Industrial Real Estate Investing and Management

Photo: Obie Silverwood

A podcast interview with Obie Silverwood, author, Industrial Real Estate Investing and Management, is available in the Podcast Section of Hispanic Marketing and Public Relations, HispanicMPR.com. During the podcast, he discusses investing in industrial real estate with Elena del Valle, host of the HispanicMPR.com podcast.

He was employed for five years by the National Cash Register Company, marketing commercial computer systems for accounting application, from which he gained accounting skills. In 1976 he began his commercial real estate brokerage career at the Newport Beach office of Grubb & Ellis. In 1981 he opened a brokerage in Irvine, California, specializing in industrial properties.

According to his bio he has personally transacted millions of square feet of industrial building sales, exchanges and leases, representing clients and for his own portfolio; as well as investing in industrial real estate provided him a multi-million dollar net worth and adequate income to retire from brokerage in his mid-forties; and he has been continuously licensed in good standing as a California Department of Real Estate broker since 1977.

To listen to the interview, scroll down and click on the play button below. It is also possible to listen by looking for “Podcast” then select “HMPR Obie Silverwood” and download the MP3 file to your audio player. You can also find it on the RSS feed. To download it, click on the arrow of the recording you wish to copy and save it to disk. The podcast will remain listed in the December 2024 section of the podcast archive.