<p><strong>This Week on The Zen Effect: Conscious Takes Ep. 173</strong></p><p>Every week we scan the currents shaping culture, bodies, and choice, but through a conscious lens. We look for the undercurrents most headlines miss and the patterns that quietly reshape how we live, love, work, and move through the world.</p><p>This week, I unpack <strong>six major cultural shifts</strong> that are rewriting our future in plain sight:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Netflix &amp; Media Consolidation</strong> — <em>Source </em><a href="https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-to-acquire-warner-bros" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em> netflix.com</em></a><br></p></li><li><p><strong>Southwest Airlines &amp; Body Politics</strong> — <em>Source </em><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/southwest-airlines-impact-thousands-with-plus-size-tax-11153443" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>www.newsweek.com</em></a><br></p></li><li><p><strong>Food Fraud &amp; Conscious Consumption</strong> — <em>Source </em><a href="https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025/06/16/global-food-fraud-surges-in-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>www.foodnavigator.com</em></a><br></p></li><li><p><strong>AirPods &amp; Tech Myths</strong> — <em>Source </em><a href="https://www.verywellhealth.com/do-wireless-bluetooth-headphones-cause-cancer-5087265" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>www.verywellhealth.com</em></a><br></p></li><li><p><strong>Menstrual Product Contamination</strong> —<em> Source </em><a href="https://www.goodrx.com/health-topic/environmental/arsenic-lead-in-tampons" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>www.goodrx.com</em></a><br></p></li><li><p><strong>Layoffs &amp; Economic Restructuring</strong> — <em>Source</em><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/layoff-announcements-this-year-top-1point1-million-the-most-since-2020-when-pandemic-hit-challenger-says.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em> www.cnbc.com</em></a><em></em></p></li></ol><p>Take what resonates. Reflect deeply. Question boldly. Stay curious. Stay discerning. And stay connected to the future you’re choosing to build.</p><p>Because every choice you make, every perspective you hold, every awareness you carry becomes part of the culture we create next.</p><p><strong>Click here</strong><a href="https://thezeneffectshow.komi.io" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>⁠ ⁠For all things mentioned and all things Zen Effect ⁠⁠</strong></a><strong> Tune in live on</strong><a href="http://tun.in/sfj6I" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>⁠ ⁠WBNC⁠⁠</strong></a><strong> Tuesdays at 6pm EST, also linked above.   </strong></p>