It was with that goal in mind that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham called legislators back into a special session last year after the regular session had failed to produce legislation legalizing the sale and production of marijuana. The state’s nascent cannabis industry took its first steps Friday as doors opened to customers for the first time.
The top priority for our state’s leaders, not just this year but for the next several years, must be to diversify our economy and break free from our complete dependence on oil and gas revenue.
It was with that goal in mind that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham called legislators back into a special session last year after the regular session had failed to produce legislation legalizing the sale and production of marijuana. The state’s nascent cannabis industry took its first steps Friday as doors opened to customers for the first time. Today, a conversation with Keith Whelpley follows a winding path, through considerations of blind spots and cognitive dissonance. How is it that we sometimes aren't aware of (don't see) what's right going on right in front of us - right now?
Sometimes perhaps it's attributable to the way our brains are hard-wired. Sometimes perhaps, our cognitive dissonance (discomfort with disparate "truths") prompts us to simply close the minds' eye to conflicting ideas that make us uncomfortable. Out of sight - out of mind - blind spot. Stuart Kelter interviews Lyn Barrett, an author, speaker, pastor, retreat leader, and survivor of early childhood trauma. Diagnosed in 1992 with Multiple Personality Disorder, now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), she endured several decades of inner chaos and deep pain. Even so, most of the time, she was able to maintain a professional life as an elementary school teacher and principal, as well as persevere to a satisfactory outcome with her personal and family life. Crediting her therapist, Sonya Nowak, with guiding her to health and wholeness and to close friends for emotional support, Lyn recently published a memoir entitled Crazy, about her intense psychological journey.
Las Cruces Bulletin publisher Richard Coltharp recaps the week's news and previews some upcoming events as he highlighted some of the articles in the latest edition of the newspaper. Also he talked with Keep Las Cruces Beautiful Coordinator James Woods. They talk about the Great American Cleanup on April 9.
Host Rev. Carolyn Wilkins, discusses Ramadan and spiritual activism with Soraya Dean, founder of the Muslim Women Speakers Movement, and Co-founder of Peacemoms.
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