Learn With Lels

About Learn With Lels

In the Learn With Lels blog, Kaitlin learns about life and herself as she attempts to navigate the twenties. In the podcast version of Learn With Lels, she sits down with a variety of guests to talk about their lives and the biggest lessons they've learned on their journeys.

Publisher

Kaitlin Jingco, aka Lels

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Oct 2019

Latest episode

4 Jun 2021

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Jun 2021

   43: Chloe Grande on eating disorder recovery and her efforts to crush myths and create community

   Hi everybody and thank you for listening to episode 43 of the Learn With Lels podcast! On this episode, I spoke with Chloë Grande, an eating disorder awareness blogger and my friend from Western University! In our conversation, Chloe and I talked about: - her experience dealing with an eating disorder and what’s helped her on her journey to recovery; - her advice on how to talk with someone about their eating disorder; - diet culture and how it impacts basically everyone; and - why she started an eating disorder recovery blog and how she hopes it will help people. When I met Chloe five years ago, we were both overachievers who struggled with perfectionism. I’m sure we still have some of those same tendencies today, but we’ve both come a long way, and back then, I never would’ve thought we’d one day be talking so openly about our mental health and eating struggles. We’ve both realized the power that comes with vulnerability, and I hope you feel and enjoy that in our conversation. Thank you so much for listening, and be sure to follow Chloe on social media and check out her blog, www.chloegrande.com! If you like this podcast, please subscribe wherever you listen, and follow me on social for more content (@LearnWithLels on Instagram and @KaitlinJingco on LinkedIn and Twitter).

2. 

   18 May 2021

   42: Tracie Garacochea on adaptive skateboarding, conquering fear, and being flexible with our dreams

   Hi everybody, and thank you for listening to episode 42 of the Learn With Lels podcast. On this episode, I spoke with Tracie Garacochea, a 60-year-old wheelchair skateboarder from Venice Beach, California. In our conversation, Tracie and I talked about: - her multiple sclerosis diagnosis and how she never let it hold her back; - how Tracie got into this unique sport, despite originally being reluctant to use a wheelchair; - how dreams can change and why we should be flexible; and - Tracie’s advice on conquering fears, from doing tricks in an extreme sport to trying something new at an older age. Tracie is a true badass. She embodies so much of what I want to be and what I want this blog and podcast to represent: being yourself, lifelong learning, joy, kindness, conquering fears, going for your dreams, and cool-ass sports. I hope that you learn from Tracie’s journey and that you enjoy listening to this episode. Also, good luck to Tracie as, at the time of recording this, she’s on her way to the Dew Tour, her first adaptive skateboard competition ever! If you like this podcast, please subscribe wherever you listen, and follow me on social for more content (@LearnWithLels on Instagram and @KaitlinJingco on LinkedIn and Twitter).

3. 

   23 Apr 2021

   41: Tim Blackmore on the problems in our society and how we're slowly progressing for the better

   Hi everybody, and thank you for listening to episode 41 of the Learn With Lels podcast. On this episode, I spoke with Tim Blackmore, my former professor from Western University who teaches in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies. In our conversation, Tim and I talked about: - issues in our society—specifically, we touched a bit on gender and race issues; - his media theory class and how it’s impacted how I understand myself and my upbringing; - why “people are always so offended nowadays”; and - how our systems are broken, but are slowly changing to become more inclusive. When I took Tim’s class about five years ago, I was like, “What the hell is going on?” Having had a science background, I never took the time to really think about issues like racism or sexism or homophobia. But, as I said to Tim in this conversation, as a woman and a minority in a predominantly White community, while I was often confused in his class, a lot of the teachings really resonated with me as well. I left Tim’s class just questioning everything and looking at our world differently. And I feel like that curiosity is part of the reason why I started this podcast—to better understand others and myself and our society, and to help people do the same. I did a lot of listening in this episode, as I do since I have a lot to learn—this is Learn With Lels, after all. But I just want to say that if you listen to this and you’re at all confused by what Tim talks about, that’s totally OK. I was too when I was first introduced to these kinds of sociological conversations. But I think that if you’re open to listening and learning, in time you’ll start to get a better understanding of our world, the progress that’s been made, the progress that’s to come, and the work that’ll be needed to make our world a better place. So thank you so much for taking the time to listen, and I hope that you learn and enjoy. If you like this podcast, please subscribe wherever you listen, and follow me on social for more content (@LearnWithLels on Instagram and @KaitlinJingco on LinkedIn and Twitter).

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