Podcasts about Broken

Is true healing after infidelity really possible? When trust is shattered by betrayal, the pain often feels insurmountable—turning love and certainty into confusion, grief, and self-doubt. The world seems to shift on its axis, leaving many to quietly question whether relationships can ever fully recover or whether individuals can truly reclaim safety and a sense of self after such a rupture. In this episode, listeners will discover compassionate guidance for facing the aftermath of intimate betrayal and pathways toward real healing. The conversation explores why facing uncomfortable truths is a necessary starting point, what it means to rebuild safety and internal clarity, and how to find empowerment amidst pressure from others and oneself. Moving through foundational steps and the common phases of recovery, this episode offers both validation and tools for anyone unsure of what comes next—reminding listeners that, with intentional effort, hope and growth are within reach. Tammy Gustafson, MA, LPC, is a trauma-informed licensed professional counselor, coach, and speaker with over fifteen years of experience. She holds a master's degree in counseling and is the founder and CEO of Betrayal Healing and LiveFree Counseling. She is the bestselling author of Broken to Brave: Your Courageous Act of Healing After Intimate Betrayal, and she hosts the annual Betrayal Healing Conference, an international gathering of hope and expert guidance.   Episode Highlights 03:48 The unique pain of intimate betrayal and the shattering of trust. 06:17 Navigating uncertainty: Deciding whether to stay or leave after betrayal. 10:07 The necessity and process of full disclosure in healing betrayal. 14:34 Childhood roots and the myths around blame in infidelity. 16:37 Ownership and the importance of responsibility. 22:27 Key foundations of repair: Full ownership and avoiding defensiveness. 24:56 Expressing emotions and empowering the betrayed partner. 28:14 Grieving, acceptance, and the importance of safety in the healing process. 31:51 The four phases of betrayal recovery. 35:30 Outcomes after betrayal and the possibility of growth. 37:10 Indicators of healing: Rebuilding trust and recognizing positive change. 40:07 Sustaining recovery: Shifting needs, integrity, and the journey toward growth.   Your Checklist of Actions to Take Allow Time for Clarity: Resist immediate pressure to decide whether to stay or leave; give yourself space to grieve and process before making big decisions. Seek Full Disclosure: Insist on obtaining the full truth about the betrayal, ideally with the support of a therapist who specializes in betrayal trauma. Own Your Emotions: Permit yourself to experience and express all feelings—including sadness and anger—throughout the healing process. Establish Safety: Ask yourself, "What do I need to feel safe?" and establish boundaries or environments that honor those needs. Expect 100% Ownership from the Betraying Partner: Require the partner who betrayed to take complete responsibility for both their actions and the impact on you. Look for Consistent Change: Observe for ongoing, consistent behavioral change and empathy from the betraying partner as indicators of healing. Consider Professional Support: Work with therapists individually and as a couple who are trained in betrayal and trauma to facilitate healthy communication and healing. Focus on Personal Growth: Prioritize your own healing, self-care, and post-traumatic growth, regardless of the relationship's outcome.   Mentioned Broken to Brave: Your Courageous Act of Healing After Intimate Betrayal (*Amazon Affiliate link) (book) Shifting Criticism For Connected Communication (free relationship guide)   Connect with Tammy Gustafson Website: tammygustafson.com Instagram: instagram.com/tammylgustafson Facebook: facebook.com/betrayalhealing  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tammy-gustafson-lpc-4179aaa3/   

Pack your bags and double-check your passports—Reviewed to Death is crossing borders! After taking a detour for our Non-Horror July, we are officially diving back into the dark and kicking off our annual International Horror Series. For our first stop, we are flying straight to Indonesia for the blood-soaked 2009 cult favorite: Macabre (Rumah Dara).Directed by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto (collectively known as The Mo Brothers). When a group of friends offers a ride to a distressed woman, they are invited back to her family's isolated estate for dinner. Little do they know, matriarch Dara and her immortal, cannibalistic brood have no intention of letting them leave alive.Follow us @Reviewedtodeath Music:“Shine On” and “Get Right” by creatormix.comAll additional music provided by Groove Witness -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.groovewitness.us⁠Follow R.Jacob Honeybrook @author_honeybrookBuy Books for the Broken - https://a.co/d/04pARBgFCreate your ⁠podcast⁠ today! #madeonzencasterRead our companion written reviews - imgur.com/user/trojaSpaceBandit

CLICK HERE! To send us a message! Ask us a Question or just let us know what you think!The remarkable story of how a stick of Wrigley's chewing gum rescued a priceless piece of cinema history unfolds in this fascinating exploration of Edison, innovation, and overlooked genius. When historian Jack Stanley joins us to discuss a historic photograph from Edison's laboratory, what emerges is an incredible tale of rediscovery and ingenuity spanning over a century. Recorded July 2025.While Thomas Edison gets credit for inventing motion pictures, the real pioneer was his employee William Kennedy Laurie Dixon. As Stanley reveals, Edison's true genius was "being brilliant enough to realize he wasn't brilliant" – surrounding himself with specialized talent like Dixon who developed film sprockets, created the first film studio (the "Black Maria"), and ultimately produced the first synchronized sound film in 1894, showing men dancing while Dixon played violin.The story takes an extraordinary turn when Stanley shares his firsthand account of being present in 1995 when the original sound cylinder for this historic film was discovered in the Edison archives. Broken in three pieces and sitting forgotten in a cigar box for decades, the cylinder seemed unplayable – until sound engineer Peter Dilge had a flash of inspiration while chewing gum after a dental appointment. Using ordinary Wrigley's gum to temporarily hold the cylinder fragments together, they successfully recovered the audio, reuniting sound and image for the first time since the 1890s.This little-known historical treasure isn't just fascinating trivia – it represents a pivotal moment in media technology that predated "The Jazz Singer" by 33 years. Subscribe to hear more extraordinary stories about innovation, unsung heroes, and the surprising ways history gets preserved and rediscovered when you least expect it.

The August 2026 edition of the EML Podcast delivers another packed selection of new electronic music from across the EML family and the wider underground dance scene.This month's show features fresh trance, progressive house, techno, melodic electronic music and club-focused releases, including music from Flukus, Arturis, Funky Resistance, Jan Johnston, Lorna James, Ariel Music, SJM, Newsome, Venom Hertz and more.Flukus takes the Demo of the Month spotlight with “Mantra”, while Jay's Pick goes to Funky Resistance with “Inside the Sound.” The episode also includes the Suncraft remix of “Synth Magic”, Flukus' energetic “Rhythm”, Arturis' atmospheric “Lost in the Silence”, and a new remix of “Broken” from Jan Johnston and Lorna James.August 2026 Tracklist  Ariel Music – Forever Alive   Flukus – Mantra [Demo of the Month]  Juan Almiñana Obando – This Is Your Dream   SJM – Like a Sunlight   Jarr Head & Alphed Le Cornett – Synth Magic (Suncraft Remix)  Paul Ross [AU] – Hold Me High   Flukus – Rhythm   Arturis – Lost in the Silence   Newsome – How We Do   Jan Johnston + Lorna James – Broken (SNIL Remix)  Funky Resistance – Inside the Sound [Jay's Pick]  Venom Hertz – Come and Fucking Get It  Discover more new electronic music, releases, artists and label news at:https://www.eml-recordings.comEML Podcast — New Music • Artist News • DJ Picks

Welcome to The Daily. Partner with us in Project23. Grab your Hosea Scripture Journal. Our text today is Hosea 12:12-13 Jacob fled to the land of Aram;     there Israel served for a wife,     and for a wife he guarded sheep. By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,     and by a prophet he was guarded. — Hosea 12:12-13 Today, Hosea brings Israel back to Jacob. Jacob was not impressive at first. He was running. Vulnerable. Uncertain. Working long days guarding sheep and trying to survive. In the same way, Israel's story did not begin with strength. It began with dependence. That is how most of us begin. Unpolished. Tired. Broken. Searching. Wandering people. People who realize they can no longer carry themselves. Remember, your spiritual beginnings matter. It reminds you who you were before God changed you. It keeps gratitude alive. It keeps pride from taking over. It reminds you that your life today was built on grace, not self-sufficiency. I think about this often in my own life. Some of my earliest spiritual memories take me back to sitting with my grandfather in his old '58 Chevy truck. Simple moments. Conversations about God. Quiet beginnings that did not seem monumental at the time, yet God was planting seeds that would shape the rest of my life. And those humble beginnings are still important to me. Because remembering where God first met me softens me. It reminds me that everything meaningful God has done in my life started with His grace long before I understood what He was doing. Believers become spiritually dangerous when they forget their beginnings. They start acting self-made. Self-righteous. Independent. Self-important. And this weakens your dependence on God. So remember your story. Remember the prayers prayed over you. Remember the people God used. Remember the moments you were desperate for Him. Remember the season when faith was simple and honest and dependent. Go back there for a moment. Back to the moment you first realized you needed God. Back to the grace that found you and dependent on the God who carried you this far. And if you feel so convicted, share that moment in the comments below. DO THIS: Spend time today remembering and thanking God for the people, moments, and humble beginnings He used to draw you toward Him. ASK THIS: Have I forgotten where God first found me? What early moments or people helped shape my faith? How can remembering my beginnings deepen my humility today? PRAY THIS: Father, thank you for meeting me in my weakness and drawing me to yourself. Help me never forget the humble beginnings of my faith or lose sight of the grace that carried me here. Amen. PLAY THIS: "God of All My Days"

God's promises are never to be rushed. So, take heart and wait on the Lord. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible.     Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global movement today at www.joniandfriends.org   Find more encouragement on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube.

Most cryptographic findings on your vulnerability report will never be exploited by a real attacker. So why do they keep showing up — and why should you still fix them?In this episode of the Cyber Threat Perspective, Brad Causey and Jordan Natter break down OWASP Top 10 A04: Cryptographic Failures — the entry they openly call their least favorite on the list. They explain why SWEET32, BEAST, and the other scary-sounding named TLS vulnerabilities almost never translate into real-world compromise, why platforms like Security Scorecard and BitSight inflate their severity anyway, and where genuine cryptographic risk actually lives.Jordan also walks through a real penetration test finding: a JSON Web Token signed with HS256, an exposed configuration backup sitting on the web server, and the signing secret that turned a standard user into an administrator.In this episode:- Why A04 dropped on the OWASP Top 10 without becoming less important- The difference between exploitable risk, hygiene risk, and brand reputational risk- An honest take on Security Scorecard and BitSight scores — what they measure, what they miss, and why a perfect score can coexist with a weak password policy and no MFA- The two halves of A04: data in transit (TLS/HTTPS, integrity, tampering) and data at rest (secure storage of credentials, PII, and payment data)- What a JWT actually is, and why pen testers love pulling them apart- Real pen test story: exposed config backup → leaked JWT secret → signature tampering → privilege escalation to admin- Broken server-side signature validation and other improperly implemented cryptography- Why MD5 and SHA-1 still show up for password storage 20 years too late — and what to use instead (Argon2, scrypt, bcrypt)- HSTS, secure renegotiation, and certificate expiration as A04 subcategories- The coffee shop scenario: the full chain of conditions required to exploit SWEET32 — including roughly 250 GB of captured traffic — and why no one has ever documented it happening in the wild- Why a decade-plus-old vulnerability in your environment says more about your vulnerability management program than about your crypto- Quantum computing: how today's theoretical attacks may not stay theoreticalThe takeaway: classify your data, choose modern algorithms, retire deprecated protocols, and keep a functioning vulnerability management program. Not because a threat actor is sitting in your local coffee shop waiting to derive your session key — but because leaving decade-old findings in place is a signal about everything else you might be missing.Next up: OWASP A05, which Brad promises is way cooler than A04.Blog: https://securit360.com/blog/Podcast: https://securit360.buzzsprout.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SecurIT360Contact: https://securit360.com/contact/Have a topic you want us to cover? Send it our way.Blog: https://offsec.blog/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyberthreatpovTwitter: https://x.com/cyberthreatpovFollow Spencer on social ⬇Spencer's Links: https://spenceralessi.comWork with Us: https://securit360.com | Find vulnerabilities that matter, learn about how we do internal pentesting here.

Deb Hutton speaks with Bonnie Crombie, former Mississauga mayor and Ontario Liberal leader, about her bid to reclaim the mayor's chair, the controversy over a proposed AI data centre, and her growing feud with Mayor Carolyn Parrish. Listeners then weigh in: Do political battles on social media inform voters or simply turn them off politics? Later, Ian Grotenhuis, Ford Secure Product Manager, explains how new vehicle security technology aims to stay one step ahead of car thieves. The hour wraps up with Richard Crouse, co-host of Entertainment is Broken, covering the latest entertainment news, from Spider-Man's box office ambitions to Ben Affleck's charity win and BTS's Grammy boycott. Guests: Bonnie Crombie, Ian Grotenhuis, Richard Crouse

For episode 261 of the Crypto Altruists podcast, we have a special solo episode in store where we explore why the United Nations is going all in on blockchain and cryptocurrency, highlighting some of their most exciting projects from agencies like UNICEF, The World Food Program, The UNDP, and the UNHCR, that are leveraging web3 tools to drive humanitarian impact.We walk through why the UN has embraced blockchain and cryptocurrency, the real-world impact they're having on millions of people around the world, and what other NGOs, nonprofits, changemakers, or activists can take from this, and why they should consider exploring web3 use cases for their organizations.In today's discussion, you'll learn:

Who is my neighbor?It's one of the most famous questions ever asked Jesus. But instead of giving a definition, Jesus told a story that has challenged hearts for over 2,000 years.In Week 5 of our True Fiction series, Pastor Chris Hoyt unpacks the parable of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) and reveals that this story isn't just about helping strangers. It's about learning to see people the way Jesus sees them.Love doesn't stop at compassion.Love crosses the road.But the greatest surprise comes at the end of the story.Before we could ever become the Good Samaritan... we were the wounded traveler. Broken, helpless, and in desperate need of mercy. The good news of the Gospel is that Jesus crossed the greatest road imaginable to rescue us.When you've experienced that kind of love, you can't help but share it with others.Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

This week Paula has a tricky episode of components, competitors and communal outrage. This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below. Support us here! PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/thisgameisbroken This Game is Broken is eternally thankful to our sponsors Restoration Games - Find them at https://restorationgames.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/TGiBpodcast iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/this-game-is-broken/id1282526804?mt=2 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/this_game_is_broken_podcast/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Thisgameisbrokenpodcast/ Email - Thisgameisbrokenpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join us as we dissect Episode 5 of House of the Dragon, exploring themes of steadfastness, political intrigue, and the relentless fight for power. From the perilous journeys of key characters to the dark magic influencing the realm, this episode is a pivotal chapter in the series.In this episode:• The strategic movements of the Riverlands and the significance of the Stony Steps• Aemond's surprising survival and the haunted history of Harrenhal• The political machinations in King's Landing: promises, betrayals, and the brewing insurrection• The brutal, almost supernatural, murders of the Gold Cloaks and the possibility of dark magic• Aegon's reckless pursuit of vengeance and the power dynamics with his Lannister allies• The importance of resilience reflected in Ser Criston Cole's unwavering stand amid defeat• Historical context on Meria Martell, the Yellow Toad of Dorne, and her reputation as a brilliant military tactician• The complex relationships and survival tactics of Alicent, Helaena, and DaemonTimestamps00:00 – Episode overview: power struggles and resilience02:10 – The Riverlands' guerrilla warfare tactics and strategic retreats04:33 – The journey to Harrenhal and its haunted history06:28 – Why Harrenhal was destroyed by Aegon the Conqueror08:20 – Aemond's vulnerability and his mother's concerns10:00 – Broken promises in King's Landing12:08 – Helaena's resistance and her prophetic visions14:15 – The threat of Aegon's revenge16:33 – Daemon's political maneuvers18:49 – Power plays across Westeros22:24 – Cole's unwavering defiance and the toll of war26:43 – The dark magic behind the Gold Cloak murders30:40 – Escape plans and the importance of secrecy36:23 – Aegon's reckless violence and his search for validation39:06 – The growing conspiracy and dark magic's influence44:05 – The ever-present threat of violence against women48:22 – The horrifying Gold Cloak murders52:16 – Resilience amid chaos and political upheavalResources & Links• House of the Dragon on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon• Dark Magic in Westeros – An Exploration: https://www.westeros.org/Letters/Details/1234• Meria Martell – The Yellow Toad of Dorne: https://www.westeros.org/History/MariaMartell⸻

On episode 217 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with John Nicholson of E.Y.E. Productions! Having grown up in Nashville most of his life, John is classically trained in theater/music and the Performing Arts, in addition to a background in communications, radio, and television. When he came back to the Music City after some time away, a Tears for Fears cover show that he attended helped plant the seed for John to create a sense of community within the Nashville music scene and give back.  With his E.Y.E. Productions imprint (Everything You Ever Productions), John helps put on themed shows in Nashville which also give back to various charitable and non-profit organizations. Featuring an array of artists and talent within the local music scene performing cover songs, E.Y.E. Productions events over the years have included New Wave Prom Night (80s hits), The Halloween Ball (Halloween classics), and THE VOID (industrial, alternative, and nü-metal). Additionally, John fronts the Nashville-based Nine Inch Nails tribute band Not Your Nails, the Korn tribute band Karrot, performs as The Nashville Krampus, and is part of the East Nashville Clowns.  On Saturday, August 1st, E.Y.E. Productions is putting on another addition of THE VOID at Eastside Bowl in Nashville. Featuring Not Your Nails performing "Broken" in its entirety, this addition of THE VOID will also feature other Nashville talent performing covers from the likes of Slipknot, Tool, Poppy, Type O Negative, and Depeche Mode, among others. The event will raise money for MusiCares, a non-profit which helps musicians. In this episode, John talks with Mike about how he got into music and the performing arts, having a supportive family that fostered creativity and giving back, creating E.Y.E. Productions, building a sense of community in the local Nashville music scene, some of his favorite vinyl albums, 80s TV and movies, and more. Follow John on Instagram @everythingyoueverproductions and @not_trent_reznor. For tickets to THE VOID on 8/1 at Eastside Bowl in Nashville, visit https://www.eventim.com/event/the-void-rock-industrial-night-eastside-bowl-21860682/. Follow Mike on Instagram @marchforthpod. To stay up to date on the podcast and learn more about Mike, visit https://linktr.ee/marchforthpod. Thanks for listening! If ya dug the show, like it, share it, tell a friend, subscribe, and above all, keep the faith and be kind to one another.

Country star Riley Green ate an absurd amount of eggs, just as a regular breakfast. Anna is disturbed. Raven can do 4, Anna's dad ate one in an omelet. What is your egg limit?  Shark week is back! It used to be all about sharks, but now... shark week has changed. Parodys, remixes, songs... what is this!?  Raven celebrated with his son at his bachelor party this weekend. It got crazy with their ATVs. Broken phones, dirty mud plunges. Typical vacation adventures. What vacation activity did you do?   Anna slept in a dorm, Sophia snuck into a club, and Raven and Justin did boy activities. We're you mad, sad, or glad this weekend? You have to pick one! Anna and her friends rediscovered skipping this weekend after they watched a couple doing it together down the street. She claims she cannot skip like she used to, so she sees who can do it the best!  Generation wars round two! After Producer Sophia claimed she didn't care for anything involving Brad Pitt, Anna thought it was the perfect time for Gen Z vs Gen X. Sophia vs Raven!  Taryn and Declan's eight-year-old daughter has already started complaining that when school starts, she doesn't want to take the bus. She was bullied a lot last year, they worked with the school to sort it out, but she's always hated it. Mom thinks Dad has a more flexible job, he can change his hours to start an hour later and he can take her to school in the morning. Dad says they're the parents; they dictate what happens, and he's not changing anything, she needs to keep going on the bus to build character and to “toughen up”. They handled the bullying last year, this year will be different. Eleni has a chance to win $800! All she has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can't Beat Raven! 

In this episode @btek_benchung & @thecunninghamsisters (@k.ennafaith + @m.adigrace) talk about the inspiration behind their motion picture debut “RESILIENCE” as well as how to live a life of DANGEROUS FAITH

Other possible titles for this episode included: Sienna's worst day of 2025, Reasons not to own a Malinois, Go big or go home - Fel edition, and Broken bones are no bueno.This injury happened in Sep of 2025, and this episode was recorded at the end of Oct 2025. Today (July 2026) Felony is pretty much fully recovered and is running loose, free, and at full speed daily. My bank account has still not recovered.Train your dogs for skills they could need for an injury before you ever need them. Better to have them and never use them, then need them and not have them.

C.O.R.E. pt 4: What Matters Most. We began with C – Christ at the Center; O – One Body; and R – Restoring the Broken; Today's focus is on E – Extending the Mission.

People (parents, grandparents, other relatives, friends, etc.), may have contributed to how you think, feel, and acted as a child but as an adult if you stay on a negative path that is by choice. If you were a victim in your childhood and you continue to be a victim in your adulthood, that falls on you. If you're a victim who've turned into a a person who victimize others, that's by choice! If you get in and stay in an unhealthy relationship, it's by choice! Brokenness leads to insecurities and false beliefs. It prevents people from healing, learning self-love, and obtaining mental maturity. Whatever you choose as an adult is a choice! You're the only one who's responsible for what or for who you've chosen to become!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/relationships-and-relatable-life-chronicles--4126439/support.

This week, Simon Daniels, Principal Consultant at Accenture Song, a marketing and revenue operations expert and former Forrester analyst, is back in the studio, and he arrives clutching the results of the “Accenture Song Client Buying Index 2026”- which was shared at a recent “Rethink' event, and in keeping with the editorial policy of the show, he shares his 5 f'in' favorites.  Ian then joins Robert Rose, Chief Trouble Maker at SeventhBear, in our virtual bar, to discuss the tension of quality, price, or convenience when it comes to having AI create our content, as we assume everyone wants quality, but maybe they want it quicker, cheaper, and more convenient.  Enjoy! — The Links The people: Ian Truscott on ⁠LinkedIn⁠  Simon Daniels on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ Robert Rose on LinkedIn Mentioned this week: Accenture Song: Growth Through Relevance What's Broken in GTM and How to Fix It - Podcast Robert's podcast: This Old Marketing  Robert's newsletter: Lens, his websites, robertrose.net and seventhbear.com Rockstar CMO: The ⁠Beat Newsletter⁠ Rockstar CMO on ⁠the web⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, and ⁠LinkedIn⁠ Previous episodes and all the show notes: ⁠Rockstar CMO FM⁠. Track List: ⁠Stienski & Mass Media - We'll be right back⁠ Piano Music is by Johnny Easton, shared under a Creative Commons license You can listen to this on all good podcast platforms, like ⁠Apple⁠, ⁠Amazon⁠, and ⁠Spotify⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, acclaimed gospel recording artist and worship leader Cody Holley shares the powerful backstory behind his moving single, "God Loves the Broken," and why its message of hope, healing, and restoration is resonating with listeners around the world. He also talks about his appreciation for timeless gospel classics and how those songs continue to influence worship today.Plus, he talks protecting your peace, whether its blocking out negative news or people.Don't miss this uplifting conversation filled with inspiration, testimony, and music that encourages the soul.

Send us Fan MailThe first World Cup champion in history spoke Spanish — Uruguay, 1930. The Latino history of fútbol, from Aztec stone courts to the Estadio Azteca.Ask most people who won the very first World Cup and they'll say Brazil, Italy, or England. They're wrong. And the real answer says everything about us.This is a solo episode on the history of fútbol, the origins of the World Cup, and how deep Latino roots run in the biggest tournament on Earth.THE BALLGAME BEFORE THE BALLGAME Three thousand years before England wrote a single rule, our ancestors were already playing one of the oldest organized ball games on the planet. The Aztecs called it ōllamaliztli — from ōlli, their word for rubber. The Maya called it pok-ta-pok. They played with a solid rubber ball that could weigh up to nine pounds, in massive stone courts, with crowds in the stands. Mesoamericans invented the rubber ball. And this was no weekend kickaround — it was sacred, tied to how they understood the sun, life, and death. No hands, no feet. Hips, forearms, thighs. A version of that same game, ulama, is still played in Sinaloa, México, to this day.WHERE THE MODERN GAME REALLY CAME FROM England's original version was called mob football — entire villages dragging an inflated pig's bladder across miles of open country. Broken bones, brawls, deaths. Kings tried to ban it, and a preacher in the 1500s called it a bloody, murdering practice rather than a friendly sport. The most beautiful sport on the planet started as a legal riot between two towns. England's boarding schools — Eton, Harrow, Rugby — finally tamed it, and in 1863 they split the difference in a London tavern: the foot game became association football, the hands game became rugby. That's also where the word "soccer" comes from. Not America. England.DID FÚTBOL COME FROM CHINA? FIFA officially points to cuju, played in China more than two thousand years ago, as the oldest recorded version. Most historians call the connection a stretch. Their reasoning is simple: kicking a ball is just something humans do. It appeared independently in China, Greece, Rome, Japan — and right here in the Americas. Nobody handed the game down to us.HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN FIFA? No. For about forty years there was no global governing body at all. FIFA was founded in 1904 in Paris by seven European countries — and England, who wrote the rulebook, was too proud to join at first.URUGUAY 1930: THE FIRST WORLD CUP The first World Cup ever played wasn't in London, Rome, or Paris. It was in Uruguay. They were the best team on Earth, they were celebrating a hundred years of their constitution, they offered to pay for everything, and they built the Estadio Centenario from scratch. Thirteen teams played. Seven came from the Americas. The first goal in World Cup history was scored against México on opening day. And in the final, Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in front of 93,000 people to become the first world champions in history. The next day the whole country shut down for a national holiday.TEN TITLES Brazil has five World Cups, more than any nation on Earth. Argentina has three, including Maradona in 1986 and Messi in 2022. Uruguay has two, including the Maracanazo of 1950. Ten world championships in Latin America.AND AN HONEST LOOK AT FIFA FIFA's record off the field is ugly — the 2015 corruption arrests in Zürich, and right now, the ticket situation at the Estadio Azteca, with everyday Mexican fans priced out of watching their own national team on their own soil. That's not okay. But a boardroom in Switzerland doesn't get to rewrite what we built on the field.Follow the show, share this with somebody watching the games this summer, and leave a rating. Nos vemos en la próxima.Website: https://thegloballatinfactor.com/Support the showSocial Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGlobalLatinFactorPodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/thegloballatin1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegloballatinfactorpodcastTiktok: ...

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey leads this week's show as Sam gives his surprising review. Plus the bizarre Chuck Schumer Senate incident, the possibility of Epstein prosecutions in New Mexico, and the Taco Bell salad diarrhea mystery.Get real food, real fast at 60-percent off your first box at tempomeals.com/brokensim!Visit BlueChew.com and use the code "BROKEN" for the latest in boner tech.More stuff: Get episodes early, and unedited, plus bonus episodes: patreon.com/brokensimulationSocial media: Twitter: @samtripoli, @johnnywoodard Instagram: @samtripoli, @johnnyawoodardBroken Simulation Hosts: Sam Tripoli, Johnny Woodard

Heartbreak... No one's friend or favorite word. It can leave you questioning your worth, your future, and even whether love is worth pursuing again. But there's a purpose past the pain and a joy set ahead!In this episode, we talk about the reality that rejection isn't always fair—but it doesn't have to define your story. We'll explore how God can redeem even the deepest pain, use it to shape your purpose, and restore hope without hardening your heart. If you're healing from disappointment or wondering whether to believe in love again, this conversation is for you.Thanks to Monarch for partnering with me! Start your free trial and get 50% off your first year of total money clarity using my link https://monarchmoney.yt.link/4XXuYVR or code cb50 for 50% Off Monarch Core tier.Head to https://perelel.yt.link/HAmZc8q and use CHRISTIAN20 for 20% off your Perelel routine.Pray while you wait with Future Husband, Present Prayers and trust God with your love story with the Dear Future Husband Prayer Journal. Discover both at www.christianbevere.com.

Whether self-labeled or labeled by a professional, people with MH issues need to understand how they developed. Staying on medications for your entire life will alter you mind, body, and soul, yet it will not cure your issues! People must get to the root cause of why they developed mental health issues and then work on getting past them. That should be the goal, but unfortunately people settle for a lifetime of numbing via medication, drugs, alcohol, etc. Too many people use their labels as crutches.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/relationships-and-relatable-life-chronicles--4126439/support.

BIG STORY: Republican Funding and Running for OfficeRepublican incumbent's funds outpace Democratic opponent for Tarrant county judgeTarrant GOP's election strategy focuses on $3.5M in donations, unified campaign3 Tarrant Appraisal District seats on the November ballot as board considers reappraisal planRelated: New political action committee pours $70K into Tarrant Appraisal District raceFocus Local PACDonate to Alisa SimmonsSHORT STORY 1: Tarrant County Commissioner's CourtTarrant commissioners honor Carroll ISD for role in Supreme Court ruling on trans athletesTarrant County commissioners approve body camera policy for county law enforcement officersTarrant residents ask for more meetings as commissioners court keeps monthly scheduleTarrant County residents protest, demand accountability over June's jail deathsSHORT STORY 2: How Granbury is Fighting Data CentersGranbury residents seek to recall mayor, 4 council members over data center concernsInside the Granbury data center revolt: recalls, lawsuits and Texas RangersWhat rural Texans should know about the Granbury data center fightHere's where Fort Worth's data centers are — and where developers look to build othersFort Worth to consider starting lengthy data center moratorium processSHORT STORY 3: FWISD TurnoverAbout 40% of Fort Worth ISD campuses will have a new principal this school yearNearly 800 Fort Worth ISD teachers resign after state takeoverFort Worth ISD to pay Karen Molinar at least $412K in separation dealReassigned FWISD educator says district offered her $130,000 job after principal backlashFort Worth ISD Board of Managers to consider changes to ethics policyWINS: Fort Worth Community Collaborative's fashion show walks the walk for clothing accessSpace at DFW Airport's Chase Sapphire Lounge is cherry on top for Fort Worth coffee shopFort Worth's Leon Bridges announces new album ‘Happiness Anytime'Recharged and still caring, Fort Worth arts advocate launches new kid theater programLOSSES: Longtime Historic Southside advocate Johnny Lewis dies at 78 ACTIONS:Where are North Texas road improvements needed? Officials want your input on spending $95BengageFW Community AcademyCitizen's Prosecutor's AcademyJuly 18 - Aug 17 - Apply to run for TADJuly 22 - August 16 -  The Shark is Broken at Amphibian StageJuly 25 - Kinfolk House Giving & GatheringJuly - August - Floating Lotus Tea Room openingAugust 6 - 817 Gather at the Table (District 8)August 11 - Fort Worth's data center policy voteAugust 17 - Focus Local PAC's new candidate recruitment eventAugust 25 - Black Mountain data center voteJoin the 817 Gather Discord, donate to the 817 Gather, and follow us on Instagram & TikTok.

C.O.R.E. pt 3: What Matters Most. We have covered C – Christ at the Center; and O – One Body; Today's focus is on R – Restoring the Broken.

In this episode of Boss Bitch Radio, I'm sharing something deeply personal - the seven warning signs that kept showing up before I finally made one of the hardest decisions of my life: closing the business I'd spent nearly two decades building. The truth? It wasn't one dramatic moment. It was years of subtle signals that I kept brushing aside. The work I once loved started feeling heavy. I couldn't sleep. My creativity disappeared. My mind was consumed by the same problems every single day. Looking back, my body was trying to tell me something long before my brain was ready to listen. If you're a woman over 40 feeling burned out, emotionally exhausted, disconnected from your work, relationship, or even yourself, this conversation is for you. Whether you're questioning your career, your business, a relationship, or simply the direction your life is heading, I hope these signs help you recognize your own patterns before you spend years stuck like I did! #WomenOver40 #BurnoutRecovery #PersonalGrowth    Key Takeaways: 00:39 Why I Started This Podcast 01:32 The Instagram Poll That Changed Everything 02:46 Why We Stay Stuck Way Too Long 05:25 The 7 Signs I Couldn't Ignore 05:41 When What You Love Starts Feeling Heavy 07:40 The Sleep & Overthinking Spiral 09:33 Constantly Asking, "Am I Crazy?" 12:20 The Tiny Thing That Finally Broke Me 14:07 When You Finally Hit Your Limit 15:36 The Mindset That Helped Me Move Forward 19:53 Fix the Root, Not the Symptoms 21:30 Sponsor Break: iVologist 22:27 The Part I Didn't Tell Anyone 23:24 Why I Disappeared From Social Media 23:50 The Program That Changed Everything 25:42 Learning to Feel Instead of Suppress 27:08 How I Learned to Trust Myself Again 30:08 What Is Your Body Trying to Tell You? 31:18 Send This to the Friend Who Needs It 31:50 Delulu Updates & Behind-the-Scenes 32:47 Thanks for Listening ❤️ Come Say Hi Links mentioned: Ready to feel like yourself again? Visit Ivologist and use code DIANE50 for 50% off! https://ivologist.com/ Watch my inspiring conversation with Tracy Litt, "You're Not Behind, Broken, or Stuck — You're Becoming." If you're feeling stuck or standing at a crossroads, this episode is exactly what you need:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRUwXFZG-bM Didn't catch the previous Delulu Maxxing episodes? Listen here:  Episode #1 - https://bossbitchradio.libsyn.com/delulu-maxxing-i-burned-down-a-19-year-career-retired-the-fitness-girl-and-stopped-waiting-to-feel-ready Episode #2 - https://bossbitchradio.libsyn.com/i-made-almost-4k-in-15-days-on-purpose-this-time Episode #3 - https://bossbitchradio.libsyn.com/delulu-maxxing-if-you-dont-ask-the-answer-is-always-no-my-first-full-month-every-number   Want more? Join the newsletter! Behind the scenes of the pivot, brand partnerships, real life in progress, and the things I'd only tell you in a DM: https://www.bossbitchradio.com/newsletter   Connect with Diane: Website: https://www.bossbitchradio.com/  Come find me on Instagram and reply to my Stories. I actually read everything and your opinion literally shapes the brand work I do:  https://www.instagram.com/thebossbitchdiane/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dianeflores_ifbb_pro  Are you a brand looking to work with me? I create content for brands I actually use and love. With 19 years of marketing and sales experience and an audience of women over 40 who are done being ignored by the brands that should be speaking to them. View my portfolio and let's talk: https://buffbunny.my.canva.site/diane-flores-ugc-portfolio  Freebies: Fit Girl Gift Guide: https://www.bossbitchradio.com/fit-girl-gift-guide  My Favorite Supplements: https://www.bossbitchradio.com/myfavoritesupplements  Protein Snack List: https://www.bossbitchradio.com/protein-snack-guide  Lower Body Blueprint: https://www.bossbitchradio.com/lower-body-blueprint  Full Body Training Program: https://www.bossbitchradio.com/full-body-gym-program 

Lindsey Graham is dead -- was Russia involved? Also this week: Hunter Biden's meeting with Nick Fuentes, the reported Tom Segura and Christina P split, and the Clavicular/IDF social media controversy, and way more on a new Broken Simulation with Sam Tripoli and Johnny Woodard!For simple, online access to personalized and affordable care for Hair Loss, ED, Weight Loss, and more, visit Hims.com/BROKENSIM. For Sam's dates and more visit samtripoli.com!Get real food, real fast at 60-percent off your first box at tempomeals.com/brokensim!Go to Quince.com/BROKENSIM for free shipping and 365-day returns!More stuff: Get episodes early, and unedited, plus bonus episodes: patreon.com/brokensimulationSocial media: Twitter: @samtripoli, @johnnywoodard Instagram: @samtripoli, @johnnyawoodardBroken Simulation Hosts: Sam Tripoli, Johnny Woodard

How do you begin to heal after one of the deepest forms of betrayal? What does it look like to reclaim your sense of self when it feels shattered or lost?Author and counselor Tammy Gustafson knows firsthand the pain of intimate betrayal. Through her own story, as well as the experiences of countless women she has counseled, she has come to understand the immense courage required to heal when betrayal dismantles trust and fractures a relationship. She has witnessed the long and often arduous journey women must walk as they move from heartbreak and confusion toward wholeness and a renewed sense of identity. In her book, Broken to Brave: Your Courageous Act of Healing After Intimate Betrayal, Tammy offers a compassionate roadmap for navigating the complex and often murky waters of healing after betrayal.In this conversation, Davey and Tammy discuss the profound impact betrayal can have on a relationship, where to begin when the healing journey feels overwhelming, and some of the common places people become stuck along the way.If you or someone you love has experienced the pain of betrayal, this episode offers hope that healing is possible—and that it is possible to move from brokenness to bravery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veteran Detectives Expose What's Broken in Policing  Retired NYPD Sergeant Bill Cannon, and detective Phil Grimaldi discuss what is wrong with policing in NYC. Rules and laws enacyed by a progressive city council have hampered the NYPD. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What is the difference between forgiveness and restoration? In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Nick Surface and Garrett Unclebach answer a question many Christian men wrestle with: “I've changed, I'm following Jesus, but my wife still doesn't trust me. How do I get her to trust me again?” The answer is not quick, easy, or comfortable. Forgiveness can happen in a moment because it flows from grace, but restoration takes time because trust has to be rebuilt through consistent faithfulness, humility, and love.Nick and Garrett unpack what biblical forgiveness really means, showing that forgiveness is not earned by the worthiness of the recipient but freely given by the generosity of the giver. When a man truly receives the forgiveness of Christ, he becomes able to extend grace to others. But restoration is different. Becoming new in Christ is a process of growth, transformation, and maturity. In marriage, that means a husband cannot demand trust just because he repented. He has to understand the damage done, give grace to his wife's healing process, and stop trying to control the timeline.This episode is a powerful call for men to walk in biblical masculinity by taking ownership, refusing self-pity, and loving like Jesus even when restoration takes longer than they want. A godly man does not pressure a broken person to heal faster so he can feel better. He submits to God, receives grace, shows grace, and keeps doing what is right. For anyone walking through forgiveness, marriage restoration, broken trust, repentance, or relational healing, this conversation points back to the only foundation strong enough to rebuild what sin damaged: the love, grace, and transforming power of Jesus Christ.Get With NuWave Home Lenders By Clicking HereGet a Free 7 Day Trial On The Tailored Training App By Clicking HereJoin a group of likeminded Impossible Life listeners in our FREE Skool community by clicking here.Get the Purpose Playbook by clicking hereGet the FREE Basic Discipline Training 30 Day Program by clicking hereJoin us in Mindset Mastery by clicking hereLevel up your nutrition with IDLife by clicking hereGET IN TOUCHSocial Media - @theimpossiblelifeEmail - info@theimpossible.life

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Most of us assume the person with the credentials knows us better than we know ourselves.In this episode, I sit down with lawyer-turned-therapist and author Mark A. Michaels to explore why that assumption might be therapy's biggest blind spot.We talk about the authority of the therapist versus the authority of lived experience, the myth of Freud's Oedipus complex and what the story is actually about, growing up with a family secret that took thirty years to uncover, the right to your own therapy transcripts, attachment theory, and the dangers of letting AI diagnose who you are.This isn't just a conversation about therapy. It's about who gets to define your story, and why the answer might not be who you think.Mark A. Michaels is a lawyer, therapist, and author whose work challenges the theoretical frameworks that most modern psychotherapy is built on. Drawing on his own life, including discovering at 30 that he was conceived through anonymous donor insemination, he makes the case that no framework, credential, or theory can replace the expertise you have in your own experience.Timestamps:(00:00) Introduction: Therapy Models are Broken(01:55) Recording Sessions With AI(03:19) The Client Is The Expert(04:30) Oedipus Myth Reframed(07:18) Freud And The DSM(10:08) Donor Conception Secret(14:12) DNA Search Breakthrough(17:41) Meeting Biological Father(22:45) Attachment Interview Insights(29:44) Self Awareness And Meditation(32:29) Mothers Shame And Denial(36:15) How I Was Conceived(37:43) Shame And Secrecy(38:38) Fertility Industry Ethics(40:20) Right To Know Origins(42:21) Therapy Power Dynamics(46:11) Freud DSM Limits(48:28) AI For Mental Health(52:13) AI Bias And Hallucinations(59:34) Paper And Creative Writing(01:01:06) Aging Expectations(01:03:03) Final AdviceJoin the Move Your Mind Community:go.nickbracks.com/mymcommunityConnect with Nick:Instagram: https://instagram.com/nickbracksWebsite: http://nickbracks.comEmail: contact@nickbracks.comConnect with Mark:https://markamichaels.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New evidence in the Charlie Kirk/Tyler Robinson pre-trial proceedings, the latest Alex Jones vs. Sneako weirdness, renewed claims surrounding anti-gravity research, and the rapid expansion of Flock license plate cameras and what they could mean for privacy, surveillance, and the future of law enforcement.Visit BlueChew.com and use the code "BROKEN" for the latest in boner tech.Tempo is offering BS listeners 60% OFF their first box! Go to www.TempoMeals.com/brokensim!New customers get 15% Off with code "BROKEN" at takeultra.com!More stuff: Get episodes early, and unedited, plus bonus episodes: patreon.com/brokensimulationSocial media: Twitter: @samtripoli, @johnnywoodard Instagram: @samtripoli, @johnnyawoodardBroken Simulation Hosts: Sam Tripoli, Johnny Woodard

Jane Daly started her career with the memoir of losing her adult son called Because of Grace. The book launched her writing and gave hope to many other mothers experiencing grief. After writing another memoir, The Caregiving Season, Jane launched into Christian romance. Quite the career change! Jane's novels have won the Cascade Award from the (formerly Oregon Christian Writers) Cascade Christian Writers organization and in 2023 her novel, Broken, was a Carol Award semi-finalist.Find out more about Jane Daly here: https://janesdaly.com/Find Jane's books here: https://janesdaly.com/all-books/Want to be on Pencils&Lipstick? https://www.katcaldwell.com/contactSign up for my writers' newsletter to learn more about the craft of writing, know when my workshops are and be the first to get exclusive information on my writing retreats. https://katcaldwell.com/writers-newsletterWant more information on my books, author swaps, short stories and what I'm reading? Sign up for my readers' newsletter. https://storylectory.katcaldwell.com/signup You can always ask me writing questions on instagram @author_katcaldwell

Rock Thomas is a serial entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and personal development teacher whose 7.5-minute story about his father has been viewed by over 125 million people and credited with changing thousands of lives. The youngest of seven kids raised on a farm by a cold, duty-bound father, he channeled that pain into decades of overachievement before spending over $2 million on his own healing and building a body of work on breaking generational trauma. This episode gets into what happens when a boy grows up chasing a father's approval that never comes, and how that wound quietly shapes marriage, friendship, and the way you show up as a dad. If you are a father wrestling with your own childhood, questioning whether you're doing a good job, or trying to break a cycle you inherited, this conversation will hit home.   Timeline Summary [1:02] – Larry shares how a coach showed him Rock's video at the Dad Edge Summit and it moved him to tears [2:14] – Rock explains how his 7.5-minute story with Goal Cast reached 125 million people and stopped people from taking their lives [3:00] – The origin of the wound: a young boy craving a distant German father's approval [4:20] – Broken arm, "suck it up," and the trauma that drove decades of overworking [5:16] – Why Rock reframes the David Goggins "stay hard" model as pain in disguise [6:08] – The empty, hollow heart behind the boats, cars, and houses [7:07] – Rock's mission to be the one who breaks the generational cycle [7:28] – The football day: waking up excited, and the moment his spirit broke [9:53] – Larry describes his own absent father and running into him in a coffee shop at 30 [12:06] – Larry's vow to play with his kids 300 days a year after watching Rock's video [18:22] – How the father wound showed up in Rock's friendships and marriages through self-sabotage [23:00] – The hockey parking lot: leaving before the other kids to please his father [24:14] – Why Rock spent over $2 million on therapy, mentors, and personal development [28:52] – The real win isn't the home run, it's a dad in the stands saying "that's my boy" [30:25] – Larry shows a video of his 17-year-old son and the dad he's becoming [33:12] – Rock on the ego, the amygdala, and the voice of doubt keeping men stuck [35:07] – The "I used to... but now" method for rewiring your identity one small shift at a time [42:26] – Why big hairy goals backfire and how tiny wins harness dopamine and the RAS   5 Key Takeaways Kids Want Connection, Not Trophies — Overachievement can look like success while masking an empty heart. What children actually crave is to be seen, felt, and heard, not provided for from a distance. The Wound Shapes Every Relationship — An unhealed father wound quietly leaks into marriage and friendship through self-sabotage and distrust. Naming the pattern is the first step to stopping it. Break the Cycle On Purpose — You can be the one person in your family line who chooses differently. Doing the work now means your kids inherit the healing instead of the wound. Change Your Identity One "I Used To" At a Time — When a negative thought surfaces, catch it and say "I used to... but now" followed by a tiny new action. Small wins trigger dopamine and reprogram your subconscious over time. Small Goals Beat Big Hairy Goals — Massive goals trip your survival brain into fear of failure. Micro-commitments slip past that alarm and let your reticular activating system pull you toward the person you want to be.   Links & Resources Podcast Shownotes — https://thedadedge.com/1502 The Dad Edge Alliance — https://thedadedge.com/join The Dad Edge Business Boardroom Brotherhood — https://thedadedge.com/goals   Enjoyed This Episode? If Rock's story about that one football morning hit you the way it hit Larry, don't keep it to yourself. Text this episode to a dad who's carrying his own father wound, or to a friend who's chasing approval he'll never get. And if this show keeps showing up for you, follow, rate, and leave a review so more fathers can find it.

https://youtu.be/1Fjm6P43i8k Anastasia Golovko, President and CEO of Tino Digital Agency, is helping businesses build user experiences that work by creating intuitive digital experiences that simplify complex systems and improve the way people interact with technology. By combining strategy, design, and engineering, she helps startups, enterprises, and organizations in highly regulated industries deliver products that people actually enjoy using.  In this conversation, Anastasia introduces the Agency Growth Framework: Build Relationships, Find What’s Broken, Help Your Team Flourish, Nurture Creativity, and Offer Your Customers Relief. She explains why trust is the foundation of lasting client relationships, how identifying user friction creates immediate value, and why empowering creative teams leads to better products and stronger business outcomes. Anastasia also shares how eliminating user friction through live UX audits accelerates business growth, improves customer satisfaction and conversion rates, and demonstrates the importance of user experience in government digital services. — Build User Experiences That Work with Anastasia Golovko  Good day. Steve Preda here with the Management Blueprint Podcast, and my guest today is Anastasia Golovko, President and CEO of Tino Digital Agency, a team of experts specializing in helping companies and startups achieve their goals by providing comprehensive solutions in strategy, design, and engineering. Anastasia, welcome to the show.  Thank you so much. Thank you for having me.  Well, it’s very interesting that you combine strategy, design, and engineering. I have not seen this combination before. So where does this come from?  The foundation for all of this is user experience and the connection to the user that we’re trying to build for many companies. As soon as you start thinking about the user and their experience, they get to enjoy the product more and more, and they get to find the buttons that the clients want them to find in their product.  Okay. So basically, you have to have a strategy first, then you come up with a design, and then you engineer it. Yeah.  The design supports the strategy, and then you have a good product.  Exactly. We also work with startups, and we work with established companies. With startups, we encourage them to reach the market as fast as possible so that they get to prove their hypothesis. Because up until it reaches the customer and starts getting feedback from the customer, it’s all in numbers. It’s all in the… But it’s still a hypothesis of how it will perform. The sooner we’re there—with as few features as possible, while still being valuable—the better. Some clients call it an MVP, and some clients call it a Minimum Lovable Product. Then they can start getting feedback, and those relationships start building between the final user and the product. Yeah, that makes sense. And Lovable is actually also a vibe coding platform, isn’t it? Yeah.  Yeah. That’s right. Maybe that’s where it comes from—that you can get a lovable MVP very fast with vibe coding. So let me start by asking you, what is your personal “why,” and how are you manifesting it in Tino Digital Agency? I recalled such a wonderful story that I want to share with everyone from my childhood. I was born when it was still the USSR. I’m originally from Ukraine, and when the USSR fell apart, everyone was poor. When I was 13 years old, I remember talking to my friends and saying, “When I grow up, I’m going to drive a Jeep Grand Cherokee.” They completely mocked me. They said, “That’s impossible.” I remember that question to this day: “Do you even know how much money that costs? Have you ever seen that much money?” My brain just flipped a switch. I thought to myself, “That’s just money.  It can be made.” Money is there to be made. That mindset, I think, separated me from my childhood friends by giving myself permission to dream big without limitations. Just like somebody dreamed about sending a car to space, they gave themselves permission to think that up. So, ironically, I ended up owning a Jeep Grand Cherokee. We had it for 10 years. A while ago, there were floods in Houston, and the Jeep Grand Cherokee has very good ground clearance, so we were able to get through them.  After I got that car, I remembered this conversation from back in the day. So we started our agency with zero capital and zero connections. Without growing into connections here, that created a set of blocks. So we were attracted to subcontracting for top agencies in LA, Silicon Valley, and Switzerland. Eventually, we landed a massive contract with one of the top Swiss banks, modernizing their digital products as well as rethinking their strategy toward the younger generation. That was my wake-up call. I realized, “Wow, we’re incredibly good at this.” The Swiss bank had such high standards that we had to fit within their branding. They couldn’t rebrand just because we thought something up.  We had to fit into their tight branding and produce a good product within those guidelines. It made me look around the States and realize that—I had already lived here for more than half of my life—we have so much anxiety around finance and healthcare. After that moment, I decided to move our company in those two directions. Maybe our team can actually reduce that anxiety and make a real dent in the well-being of the nation—the well-being of the people who interact with products that are convenient, don't add to the problem, but instead resolve it and make it intuitive.Share on X  Yeah. That’s great. I never heard the combination of finance and healthcare phrased this way—that both of them are a big source of anxiety for people. And if you can fix their problems in these areas, then you can actually reduce their anxiety and increase their well-being. That makes perfect sense. I also love the example of, you know, “what the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve” kind of thing. Visualization is very powerful. It worked in my life as well.  So this is a podcast about frameworks. It’s called Management Blueprint, and what I’m looking for is some kind of, it could be a mental model. It could be some kind of process. Something that simplifies the world and allows you to see things more clearly, make better decisions, or create a bigger impact. So what comes to mind?  I love this question. I love this question, and I love viewing the answers from your other guests to this question, and how everybody approaches it differently. For different people, it is their own world that they built. So, in our world, first, we build relationships. No cold calls. We build these relationships with our clients and with our team.Share on X The digital agency market is oversaturated with low-quality providers who sign the client, then disappear for four weeks, come back, and drop a product that doesn’t relate at all.  Then they come to us. Some of our clients come to us and say that the agency disappears. It’s really important for us to stay in contact. So our first step is building these in-person relationships. That also means visiting conferences, visiting events, showing up wherever it’s needed—before, during, and after the process as well. So I think what we do by building relationships is that we sell trust, not just the code or the design.  Of course. Yeah, that makes sense. In this AI age, when there’s so much noise. When you’re online, you don’t know what’s real and what’s not. But when you meet someone in person at a conference, then you know they’re a flesh-and-blood human being. Yes. And also, describing to a person that user experience is important, that I can do it, and that I do it really well doesn’t really give them value. Rather than just telling them, I can look through the site face to face and find certain things that are broken right there on the spot. It’s not a simple presentation. It’s already proof of my value. So that helps. So that’s first. The next one is the human element. The human element of the team. Our designers and developers are not machines. Each of those teams needs its own approach. They need their own conditions to flourish.  They need their own conditions to be successful. If we keep a creative person locked into FinTech, compliance-driven products for too long, they’ll burn out. It’s two-faced. We try to avoid that as much as possible, but we consider what they’re telling us. We listen. If a designer tells us something isn’t working out, or they’ve hit a creative block, we try to rotate them, give them different exercises, give them a break, and so on. So, listening and rotating. Rotating between different types of projects. But whenever the FinTech project comes back, we need the FinTech team to work on it.  So at this point… Sorry, I have a clarifying question. The previous point was helping your team flourish, basically. By rotating them, is it about helping them gain more experience, not burn out, or create more ideas? So what’s behind this idea of rotating?  It’s the creativity that for it to exist, it needs different challenges. Let’s imagine a FinTech dashboard. It’s tables. It’s tabular. It’s a similar task that they’re solving. They’re solving how to convert tabular formats into digestible formats. Converting tabular formats into something that the user can comprehend quickly. With a food delivery app or a calorie-tracking app, they get to add more colors, use different styles, and solve a different problem. So I think that when they get to solve different problems, they keep their full creative potential.Share on X  Yeah. You’re not allowing them to fall into a rut and just go on autopilot, basically.  Not everyone. Not everyone. We mainly listen. We listen, and whenever we hear the signs that a person is asking for something more creative, we do that. Happy humans build great products.  Yeah, that’s true.  And we’re a service company. Our team is our main advantage.  All right. So you build relationships, you find what’s broken, you help your team flourish, you stimulate or nurture their creativity. So what’s next? What’s the last piece of the puzzle? Is there another piece of the puzzle, or is that it?  Yes. The next step is to provide relief. We could be building everything for everyone, but over time—my company is 10 years old now—and over those 10 years, we became really good at turning something that is complex or heavily regulated. For some reason, clients know that it has to be intuitive. To be competitive, it has to be convenient. Sometimes it’s in industries where they have a lot of competition. Whoever is more convenient for the client will move forward. Not for the client—I mean, for the final user.  Apple philosophy. Yeah. So, to be a relief, to be their right hand, we need to be looking for companies that are undergoing some changes. Maybe it’s a digital transformation. Once, we completed a merger for companies that were providing hosting and security. They merged into one. They needed all of that infrastructure to be brought together. Their internal teams were too busy doing their internal tasks. So for that overhaul, that digital transformation, we come in as a relief squad with the skill to make it intuitive. So we can call it becoming a reliefShare on X Offering relief.  Yeah.  Yeah. It’s a mindset, really. It’s thinking about, “How can I make these people’s lives easier? can I help them do their work better, with less mental strain and less cognitive load?”  And for them, in the end, it’s for their users as well. I often say that we build experiences that work. Every business owner comes up with an idea of what they want their end users to do, but they don’t always find it. They don’t always find it because, somewhere along that chain, there was a UX designer, a UI designer, and a developer who all worked together on that user experience, and something didn’t go right. Typically, with a little bit of data, or just complaints, or just suggestions, the owners and the product owners know what’s not working.  They can see that some registrations aren’t happening, some sign-ups aren’t happening, some applications aren’t being filled out completely, and so on. Some tickets aren’t getting booked. Marketing worked fine, but somehow the carts are being abandoned. Why is my cart being abandoned at the moment when we spend so much money on marketing? We don’t do marketing. We know what marketing is trying to do, but what happened then? So you’re treating the client’s effort as a complex system, and you want to optimize that system so that everything serves the same purpose, it’s simple, and you have a team that keeps improving it.  Yeah. If they have some kind of Google Analytics or Hotjar analytics, it’s always easier to put a number to the words. We can say that this user experience is broken because the consumer is overloaded at the cart. Maybe you’ve seen those shopping carts where there’s a timer, additional upsells, and also some additional decisions they have to make, whether they want insurance or not, and so on. It becomes very overloaded. Sometimes people just close it. It’s too much. So we look at the cart and see how it can be improved to be more pleasant.  Yeah. That’s great. That’s fantastic. So, switching gears here a little bit, what drives growth in your particular business?  That’s what I actually started to talk about. I now realize that this friction audit, UX review, UX evaluation—that gives immediate value. It is the foundation of our business growth.Share on X The thing is how it’s delivered. If I present it in a room and talk about user experience, how it’s important, and how to lay things out, the perceived value is hard to communicate. It can sound abstract unless we’re talking about something specific. Our real growth driver is a live, maybe casual, friction audit.  For example, at a recent conference, a business owner asked me to look at her website. Right there on my phone, I pointed out a few specific UX blocks that were delaying the purchase. I was like, “Look here. Every second user is delayed. They’re drifting away. They have to make two extra clicks to get where they need to be. This click is not necessary. You can remove it. You can place it here instead.” Control dropped. She said, “That’s exactly what I needed.” When business owners see exactly where they’re losing money in real time, that value is undeniable. So you go to these conferences, then you talk to people, they show you their website, and you point out a couple of friction points. Immediately they see, “Wow, you guys could fix that.” That already is value. Then, probably, if you found two friction points in two minutes, if you dive deeper, then you’ll find a lot more, right?  Yeah. That is the ultimate path, which we don’t always take. We can only go to so many conferences and have so many of these conversations. But the opportunity to have that conversation is where the most growth comes from. That’s the optimal way to grow—by showing, not just telling. We definitely have a good presence on the platform for designers called Dribbble. If you search on Dribbble for finance or FinTech products, you'll find me. That already speaks to our experience.Share on X  But this kind of conversion of experience into value for our clients, for those business owners, that’s an add-on. That doesn’t come from a pretty picture. I have many pretty layouts, and those who understand user experience can see it, but that’s not always the case. To understand user experience, you have to have experience. You have to be in that area. Typically, that’s for repeat entrepreneurs. A part of our clients are serial entrepreneurs who keep opening businesses. They can’t stop opening businesses. I think when you’re in that mindset, it’s hard to stop.  Yeah. Some people are good at starting companies, and other people are good at building companies and growing them.  Yeah.  So what’s one thing, Anastasia, that you’re actively trying to figure out in your business right now? I’m actively trying to figure out how to get into the government space—government contracting. That’s a whole different animal. To get a government contract, one of the rating criteria is previous government experience. Today, it’s 2026. Every agency has a website. It means they have a vendor. It means they’ve had a vendor, or somebody has a preferred group of vendors, and so on. Large companies are taking a big part of that market. The market is oversaturated.  Somebody comes in and does a website for dirt cheap, and it’s not good. Not always, but we’ve seen it. We’ve been trying to break into our local market in the city near where I used to live. They had an RFP for a website. I thought, “Oh, I wish I could do that. I know them so well.” But another company came in with a lower offer. I think the website became worse than it was before.  You know, there’s a big gap between commercial company websites and government websites. You try to pay a bill to the government, like taxes, and there are a million clicks. It’s so complicated, and it doesn’t have to be. I can totally relate to this. I say, “Why don’t these people fix this up?”  And I think it partially comes from one of the points that I was making before. It’s that understanding user experience and understanding the value of it isn’t a given. It’s not something that existed a while ago.  That was not one part of the rubric when they evaluated the offers. Exactly. It has to match the existing system. It has to transmit data. It has to be ADA compliant. But nowhere does it say that it has to be convenient for the users.  Yeah.  And we can quantify it. We can gather a user group, gather their feedback, and so on. So right now, on Monday, I’m doing a demo for our first nearly completed government contract. That client actually prioritizes user experience, and she asked, “Could we possibly do user testing with my actual users?” I cannot tell you how much I love that question. Just the fact that she prioritizes that is exactly what we do.  Yeah. Well, you bring a lot of passion to solving problems, and I love that. So if you had a magic wand to fix one thing inside your company in the next 12 months, what would that be?  Being the person who’s always trying to fix something—and in my family, it’s great that I have my business, because otherwise I’d be going around fixing them. Yeah. Yes. My husband would be just enough. So I think the first thing would be to focus on our team and make sure they're always heard. That they get the time they need. That they get their problems resolved on time by senior leadership, by HR, or by whoever is needed.Share on X I’ve noticed several situations where that’s been postponed, or the person doesn’t speak up, or they see that I’m busy, someone else is busy, and they just think, “We didn’t want to bother you.”  Then there comes a point where they’re not happy. That’s too late. We don’t want them to become unhappy. So if I had a magic wand, I would make sure that my team is heard. That’s the most important thing. Once they’re heard, then we can see if it’s solvable, if it’s not solvable, and so on.  Yeah. That’s very important because, ultimately, you said that you want a happy team. Because a happy team does great work. If people feel heard, they’re going to be happier and deliver.  And if somebody’s selling widgets, it’s the equivalent of saying, “I want my widget to be perfect.” For my widget to be perfect… Because we test for skill before we hire, so they already have the skill. They already have good teamwork. I think the environment that we’ve built is already there. We have those foundations for them to be able to apply themselves properly. But then, what if something happens along the way?  Yeah. Love it. I love this human-centric approach that you take—not just for your team, but also how you look at the human user experience, the people, to improve the lives of your customers by designing good products.  Yeah.  So if someone would like to take advantage of your services, or they have some friction that they want to alleviate, or they’re a government agency and they figure, “Well, maybe these guys down in Houston can help us,” where can they reach you, and how can they connect with you personally? It’s very easy. Tino.design is our website. There, you can schedule a call with me. Just choose any time on my calendar and speak with me or my right-hand person. Alexander is also available. Whichever time is more convenient, we can just have a conversation and see whether we can help or not. Okay. So you heard Anastasia Golovko, President and CEO of Tino Digital Agency, down in Houston. She really cares about your company, your user experience, and making sure your people aren’t frustrated using your technology. If you liked what you heard, reach out to them. Check out Tino.design. Book a call. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure you follow us on YouTube, give us a review on Apple Podcasts, and stay tuned because every week we have an exciting entrepreneur come and share their best-kept secret framework with us. So thanks, Anastasia, for coming, and thank you for listening. Thank you, Steve. Important Links: Anastasia's  LinkedIn Anastasia's  website

In this message from 1 Corinthians 7, Pastor J.D. addresses an issue that is as relevant today as it was 2,000 years ago—divorce. Broken marriages affect so many of us in the church, and we often fail to apply gospel hope to this painful experience. But the Apostle Paul offers real-world wisdom and gospel hope to those who are divorced, those who have considered divorce, those who have been hurt by divorce. Essentially, to all of us.

This week Mike hosts over Prime Ministers and Purple People with some board game panel show wonderfulness. This Game is Broken is a comedy board game panel show with Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Paula Deming, Nick Murphy and Mike Murphy. We play a lot of nonsense games full of role playing and trivia as well as other fun stuff which can be found at the links below. Support us here! PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/thisgameisbroken This Game is Broken is eternally thankful to our sponsors Restoration Games - Find them at https://restorationgames.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/TGiBpodcast iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/this-game-is-broken/id1282526804?mt=2 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/this_game_is_broken_podcast/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Thisgameisbrokenpodcast/ Email - Thisgameisbrokenpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What happens when you start selling at six years old — not lemonade, but industrial machinery parts? Doug C. Brown figured out the math of leverage before he finished second grade: why work forty hours for ten dollars when you can sell one part in six minutes and make the same? That early wiring never left him. From military service to selling music equipment to Aerosmith and Paul McCartney, from nuclear medicine to telecom where he helped grow a company from $62 million to $368 million in two years as their number one rep, Doug's career is a masterclass in following the leverage.Doug joins Bill to unpack his concept of Win-Win-Win Selling — the idea that every deal should produce three winners: you, your buyer, and someone else who benefits from the transaction. He shares the origin story behind this philosophy, born from watching too many reps stuff commissions by selling clients things they didn't need, simply because they didn't have enough prospects in the pipeline. Doug explains how he built an internal partner channel at his telecom company — connecting telephone hardware vendors with his cost-saving service so that clients saved money, vendors sold more phone systems, and Doug's phone rang sixty-two times a day with inbound leads.The conversation digs into what actually separates top 1% performers from everybody else. Doug breaks it down to four things: always thinking in terms of leverage, systematizing everything, continuously building business skills, and continuously building personal skills. Bill and Doug trade war stories about the car dealership model of win-lose selling, the brutal economics of department store procurement, and the costly lesson Doug learned when he walked into a multi-million dollar meeting totally unprepared while six people on the other side had done their homework. They also explore the power of follow-up — Doug's two-year nurture that landed NASCAR, his mentor Chet Holmes' five-year pursuit of Jay Abraham and even longer play to land Tony Robbins, and why a simple quarterly "just thinking about you" message builds the kind of relationship capital that changes careers.In This EpisodeAbout the GuestDoug C. Brown is the CEO of CEO Sales Strategies and author of Win-Win Selling: Unlocking Your Power for Profitability by Resolving Objections. A military veteran, former musician, and nuclear medicine professional turned sales leader, Doug has helped companies from startups to Fortune 500s build revenue growth systems. He was the #1 sales rep at a telecom company that grew from $62M to $368M, served as President of Training and Sales under Tony Robbins, and has worked with brands like Enterprise, Procter & Gamble, and NASCAR. His mission: helping business owners and sales professionals break into the top 1% of earners.Links & ResourcesStuck? The Q20 Growth Diagnostic will give you a fresh perspective and it's free. ScalingCoach.com/Q20Our new book, Busy is Broken, coming this September. Sign up for the release at busyisbroken.comMentioned in this episode:Busy Is BrokenHave you ever had a week where you're completely slammed but somehow nothing actually moved? Is this one of those weeks? That's not really a time problem. It's a busyness habit problem. My new book, Busy Is Broken: Do Less, Scale More, is about growing by doing less, not more. Read or listen to a sample chapter, over at busyisbroken.com. That's busyisbroken.com. Also on amazon and other booksellers.

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Ariel Jalali, an AI entrepreneur, advisor, operator, longtime CTO, and founder of Paragon Tech. Ariel has been building in AI and machine learning since 2014, previously taught part-time at UCLA, and now helps mid-market companies drive capital efficiency and value creation through practical, measurable AI implementation.Together, Avetis and Ariel unpack why this AI wave feels fundamentally different from previous technology shifts like the internet, cloud, mobile, ERP, and CRM. Ariel explains why the speed of change is compressing decades of transformation into years, why curiosity may matter more than age when adopting AI, and why the future of work may be better understood as the future of earning, ownership, purpose, and belonging.The conversation moves from tactical to philosophical, covering AI adoption inside private equity-backed and mid-market companies, the rising importance of CFOs and COOs, the difference between efficiency AI and productivity AI, and why organizations should avoid simply automating broken processes. Ariel also shares his perspective on career reinvention, player-coach leadership, AI avatars in meetings, the risks of outsourcing human thinking, and why human relationships still matter in an increasingly automated world.TakeawaysAI is not just another technology cycle; Ariel frames it as a new wave moving much faster than cloud, mobile, ERP, or CRM adoption.Career resilience in the AI era depends less on age and more on curiosity, tinkering, adaptability, and a willingness to learn by doing.Ariel argues that the “future of work” may become the future of earning, ownership, purpose, and belonging as traditional jobs evolve.Companies should begin AI projects with clear KPIs, measurable ROI, and an understanding of the business outcome they are trying to improve.Efficiency AI focuses on automating tedious back-office workflows, while productivity AI helps people create, decide, and execute faster.Spreadsheets are often a signal of operational gaps between systems, processes, or expectations—and can be a strong place to find automation opportunities.Automating a broken process only makes the dysfunction faster; leaders should simplify, question assumptions, and redesign workflows around outputs.Middle management and traditional project management are being reshaped into “player-coach” roles where leaders must orchestrate work and add real value.AI is powerful, but high-stakes thinking, judgment, relationship-building, and nuanced communication still require human ownership.Chapters00:00 The Role of the COO in the AI Era02:09 The Impact of AI on Careers and Industries05:58 AI as a Collaborative Partner08:11 The Future of Work and Purpose13:53 Embracing Change and Learning17:14 The Importance of Curiosity in the Workplace23:02 Best Practices for AI Implementation30:10 Navigating Career Changes in the AI Landscape37:09 The Dangers of Multitasking in Career Development40:03 The Impact of AI on Work Efficiency42:27 Evolving Roles in Management and Project Oversight49:21 The Future of Meetings and AI Integration56:09 Identifying What's Broken in Organizational Processes01:02:34 The Importance of Relationships in Business01:10:21 Navigating the Future with AI and Human CollaborationAriel Jalali's Social Media Link:https://www.linkedin.com/in/arieljalali/https://x.com/arieljalaliResources and Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hireclout.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.podcast.hireclout.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/hirefasthireright⁠

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The safety of sunscreen is in question. Someone with military knowledge is winning huge bets on PolyMarket, Hillary Clinton praised Trump's Israel strategy, a liberal sweetheart is being destroyed, and Bill Maher might vote Republican. Also a cannibal.Visit BlueChew.com and use the code "BROKEN" for the latest in boner tech.More stuff: Get episodes early, and unedited, plus bonus episodes: patreon.com/brokensimulationSocial media: Twitter: @samtripoli, @johnnywoodard Instagram: @samtripoli, @johnnyawoodardBroken Simulation Hosts: Sam Tripoli, Johnny Woodard

Hey Heal Squad! We are back with Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford from Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital, and we are picking up right where we left off about GLP-1s. Dr. Fatima gets into the stuff people are most confused about. She explains why your body is literally wired to fight back every time you try to lose weight, and why that is not a personal failure. It is just biology. She also gets real about side effects (no sugarcoating here!)  and breaks down the very real risk of muscle loss on these medications, plus she shares the exact cardio-to-strength ratio she recommends for every decade of life. Yes, by decade.Then Maria finally asks the question the whole episode has been building toward...who is a GLP-1 actually for? Dr. Fatima answers it directly and also breaks down the difference between single, dual, and triple agonists — including a clinical trial showing nearly 30% total body weight loss that could change everything we know about treating obesity. And Patreon members, we have a bonus episode waiting for you! Dr. Fatima gets into something we did not cover in the main episodes: why you should think twice before ordering GLP-1s through Instagram. It's worth a listen!  HEALERS & HEAL LINERS Your Body Isn't Broken,  It's Doing Exactly What It Was Designed to Do: Dr. Fatima explains why the body defends its weight set point with everything it has. It isn't a failure of willpower. It is biology. Understanding this changes how you think about these medications. The Muscle Loss Nobody's Warning You About: GLP-1 medications can cause you to lose lean muscle — not just fat. Dr. Fatima breaks down the specific strength-to-cardio ratio she recommends for every decade of life. This is the practical guidance that should come with every prescription but rarely does. Obesity Is a Disease: Dr. Fatima  shares what it is like to be ridiculed and stigmatized for caring for patients with obesity and makes the case that the language we use around weight has real consequences for real people. It is a reminder that compassion and science are not mutually exclusive. They are both required. HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website:https://www.healsquad.com/ Heal Squad x Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquad/membership Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com My Curated Macy's Page: https://stylecrew.macys.com/@mariamenounos EMR-Tek Red Light: https://emr-tek.com/discount/Maria30 for 30% off Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/host GUEST RESOURCES: Follow Dr. Fatima on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askdrfatima/?hl=en More info on Dr Fatima here: https://askdrfatima.com/ ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos' passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content (published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company's Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.

Why do so many women suddenly start waking up at 3:00 a.m. during perimenopause? In this practical and science-backed conversation, Dr. Mariza sits down with renowned sleep specialist Dr. Michael Breus to unpack why sleep changes so dramatically during perimenopause and menopause, and what women can do to finally get restorative sleep again. Dr. Breus explains how fluctuating estrogen, progesterone, melatonin, cortisol, body temperature, and blood sugar all collide during midlife, creating the perfect storm for middle-of-the-night awakenings. He shares why waking up at 3:00 a.m. is incredibly common, how modern habits often make it worse, and why women need a layered approach instead of relying on a single solution. Together, they discuss everything from sleep apnea, hormone replacement therapy, alcohol, caffeine, blood sugar, and evening routines to cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), breathwork, thermoregulation, and supplementation. Most importantly, Dr. Breus offers practical strategies women can begin implementing immediately to improve sleep quality, reduce nighttime wakeups, and build a foundation for better health through every stage of menopause. If you've been lying awake at 3:00 a.m. wondering what's happening to your body, this episode is packed with answers and actionable solutions. DR. MICHAEL BREUS Dr. Michael Breus is a board-certified clinical psychologist, clinical sleep specialist, bestselling author, and founder of The Sleep Doctor. For more than two decades, he has helped millions of people improve their sleep through science-backed strategies focused on circadian rhythms, sleep disorders, behavioral sleep medicine, and overall wellness. He is the author of multiple bestselling books, including Sleep, Drink, Breathe. IN THIS EPISODE Why women commonly wake up around 3:00 a.m. during perimenopause How estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, and blood sugar affect sleep The biggest mistakes women make before bedtime Why sleep apnea is often overlooked in midlife women How CBT-I can help retrain the brain for better sleep The role of caffeine, alcohol, fiber, and evening nutrition Why cooling the body improves sleep quality Practical habits that create a healthier nighttime routine QUOTES “Everything we do, we do better with a good night's sleep.” “Sleep is the currency of attention.” “You need runway to land the plane.” RESOURCES MENTIONED Order my newest book: The Perimenopause Revolution https://peri-revolution.com/ Get the “Sleep Drink Breathe: Simple Daily Habits for Profound Long-Term Health” book by Dr. Michael Breus. https://amzn.to/4b6OM75 Take the Chronoquiz nowGet the Home Sleep Study - The at-home sleep study measures key sleep metrics The Sleep Doctor Website The Sleep Doctor Instagram The Sleep Doctor Youtube RELATED EPISODES  758: Why Your Body Can't Heal Until It Feels Safe: The Nervous System Shift That Changes Everything with Dr. Dave Rabin 757: The Hidden Emotional Shift of Perimenopause (No One Prepared Us For) with Dr. Melinda Ring 756: What Low-Grade Inflammation Is Really Doing to Your Hormones, Brain & Metabolism with Dr. Mariza 755: What If Your Body Isn't Broken, Just Undernourished? The Missing Link Between Nutrients, Hormones & Energy with Ryan Woodburry

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Jesus saves you and makes you new, but He doesn't stop there. Next, He'll give you something to do. Pastor Earl McClellan shares from Nehemiah to show that God has called you to build something, but the timing might not be what you expect. If you've just made a decision for Christ, please respond HERE: http://ele.vc/tIepfr Nehemiah 1, verses 2-4 – Broken walls don't have to stay broken Nehemiah 1, verses 10-11 – Pray for favor before you take the step Nehemiah 2, verse 10 – Expect opposition when you start building Nehemiah 3 – Your part of the wall needs you to show up Nehemiah 6, verses 1-4 – Don't come down from what God called you to Nehemiah 6, verses 8-9 – The enemy is lying about your situation Luke 13, verses 31-33 – Keep moving when threats try to stop you Psalm 121, verse 1 – Your help comes from looking up

Jesus saves you and makes you new, but He doesn't stop there. Next, He'll give you something to do. Pastor Earl McClellan shares from Nehemiah to show that God has called you to build something, but the timing might not be what you expect. If you've just made a decision for Christ, please respond HERE: http://ele.vc/tIepfr Nehemiah 1, verses 2-4 – Broken walls don't have to stay broken Nehemiah 1, verses 10-11 – Pray for favor before you take the step Nehemiah 2, verse 10 – Expect opposition when you start building Nehemiah 3 – Your part of the wall needs you to show up Nehemiah 6, verses 1-4 – Don't come down from what God called you to Nehemiah 6, verses 8-9 – The enemy is lying about your situation Luke 13, verses 31-33 – Keep moving when threats try to stop you Psalm 121, verse 1 – Your help comes from looking up

Jesus saves you and makes you new, but He doesn’t stop there. Next, He’ll give you something to do. Pastor Earl McClellan shares from Nehemiah to show that God has called you to build something, but the timing might not be what you expect.If you’ve just made a decision for Christ, please respond HERE: http://ele.vc/tIepfrNehemiah 1, verses 2-4 – Broken walls don't have to stay brokenNehemiah 1, verses 10-11 – Pray for favor before you take the stepNehemiah 2, verse 10 – Expect opposition when you start buildingNehemiah 3 – Your part of the wall needs you to show upNehemiah 6, verses 1-4 – Don't come down from what God called you toNehemiah 6, verses 8-9 – The enemy is lying about your situationLuke 13, verses 31-33 – Keep moving when threats try to stop youPsalm 121, verse 1 – Your help comes from looking upSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.