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After founding two successful beverage companies, Soylent and Kin, Matt Cauble is ready for his toughest customer yet – kids. Will the VCs snap, crackle, invest in his protein packed juice? This is The Pitch for Wonderade. Featuring investors Charles Hudson, Ellie Bahrmasel, Elizabeth Galbut, and Jeff Cantalupo. Watch Matt's pitch uncut on Patreon (@ThePitch) Join us for our fall live shows and Season 17 taping: pitch.show/events Subscribe to our email newsletter: insider.pitch.show Learn more about The Pitch Fund: thepitch.fund *Disclaimer: No offer to invest in Wonderade is being made to or solicited from the listening audience on today's show. The information provided on this show is not intended to be investment advice and should not be relied upon as such. The investors on today's episode are providing their opinions based on their own assessment of the business presented. Those opinions should not be considered professional investment advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Reverb Effect, we visit KIN: Us and Our Kinds, an exhibit of paintings, comics, and sculpture by historian and artist Rafael Neis, and ask what happens when creative practice becomes a way of doing history. Drawing on ancient rabbinic stories, KIN explored how kinship, species, and bodies were once imagined as unstable and open to change. We talk with Neis about bringing art and scholarship together, teaching history through hands-on experiments, the medical history of classifying bodies, and how discomfort in front of art can start conversations. Rafael Neis is Hermann P. & Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture at the University of California, Berkeley, and was previously Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. Neis is the author of When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species (University of California Press, 2023). Cheyenne Pettit received her PhD in History in 2025 and is now Assistant Professor of History at Missouri Southern State University.

2003-ųjų rugsėjo 29-ąją pradėjo gyvuoti LRT KLASIKOS kanalas, o drauge su juo – autorinių pokalbių laida „Homo cultus“. Tuomet ją kūrė kino kritikas Saulius Macaitis, dailininkas Linas Katinas, rašytoja Vanda Juknaitė, istorikas Egidijus Aleksandravičius, menotyrininkas Virginijus Kinčinaitis. „Homo cultus“ laida savo kelionę tęsia ir šiandien – su kita vedėjų karta ir jų savitu požiūriu į temas. Kokių pokalbių su kultūros žmonėmis trūko tuomet ir kaip ekspertų vedamų laidų formatas prisitaikė prie pasikeitusio medijų lauko? Pokalbis su V. Kinčinaičiu ir „Iš balkono“ mojančia Laima Kreivyte.Kaune įvyko Istorijų festivalis, šįmet susikoncentravęs į temą „Be ryšio“. Mieste keturias dienas vyko parodos, diskusijos, ekskursijos, kino ir muzikos vakarai, performansas bei patyriminės veiklos.Rytoj Varėnoje prasidės 17-asis Dalios Tamulevičiūtės profesionalių teatrų festivalis. Jį atidarys praėjusių metų konkurso laureato – teatro „Utopia“ ir Oskaro Koršunovo teatro – spektaklio „Chapel B“ premjera. Režisierius Jaunius Juodelis kūrinį pastatė pagal Antano Škėmos romaną „Balta drobulė“ ir šiuo spektakliu mėgina priartėti prie rašytojo pasaulėjautos.Sekmadienio popietę Klaipėdos universiteto Botanikos sode karalienės Luizės istorija buvo pasakojama žodžiais, gestais, šokiu ir muzika. Renginio kulminacija tapo Prūsijos karalienės biusto atidengimas. Luizės 250-osioms gimimo metinėms skirtame renginyje dėmesio sulaukė ir žmonėms su negalia pritaikytas istorinis maršrutas.Ved. Indrė Kaminckaitė

Luffy sinks beneath the sea while the Straw Hats struggle across Onigashima. Sanji turns Zoro into a human sword, Nami and Usopp deal with Big Mom and the dinosaur siblings, and the Akazaya Nine race to save Momonosuke. Kanjuro returns with another Oden drawing, killing Kiku before Kin'emon finishes him. Then Momo hears Luffy's voice from the sea.⁠⁠PandaSightings.com⁠⁠⁠ Audio Engineer -  ⁠⁠⁠⁠ @mixed.by.neal⁠⁠⁠⁠Production Assistant - @TRGabrielGFExecutive Producer - @PabloShoeCan ya'll not hear the voice?~

It's an Oprah's Book Club special! The celebrity mogul's book club is turning 30, so we're sharing two of our twin picks — books and authors both Callie and Oprah have featured on their shows.First, we have Callie's 2020 conversation with Robert Kolker; author of “Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family,” a nonfiction account of the Galvin family, in which six of the 12 children had schizophrenia.Then we have Callie's 2018 conversation with Tayari Jones about her book, “An American Marriage,” a novel about a young couple separated by mass incarceration after the husband is wrongly accused. It's the first time we had Tayari on the show; we had her again this past spring for her latest novel, “Kin,” which was also selected for Oprah's book club.After each interview, we have short updates we recorded this summer giving us more insight into what it was like for Robert and Tayari to be selected by Oprah, how it changed the trajectory of their books and careers, and what they're up to now.

This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.This post was an original Subtack Live that aired on September 18, 2026.Awards season has landed — and the 2026 National Book Award (NBA) fiction longlist is stacked. Deedi Reads joins the pod to break it all down.Deedi from the Deedi Reads Substack joins What to Read Next for a special crossover covering all ten titles on the 2026 National Book Award fiction longlist — from Marlon James's queer epic The Disappearers to Valeria Luiselli's Beginning Middle End. We also dig into the Hugo Awards, the biggest NBA snub of the year, and how to build a budget-friendly award-season TBR using your library

9月21日 | KIN 26 宇宙的白世界橋 我們都知道，凡事有堅持才有可能，但太過執著卻生煩惱。「所謂用功，是要放下。」即盡人事、聽天命。怎樣才算盡力？時時放下小我與雜念。因為沒了雜念，才能全然盡力。全然時，小我消失，煩惱自解。 讓我們一起創造共時好生活，我是 張舒斐 Baraka. 今天是 KIN 26 宇宙的白世界橋。 白世界橋象徵著死亡，是放下，從舊有中解脫的橋。宇宙的調性，則提醒我們安住當下、超越小我。當我們願意放下執著，是讓努力不再背著雜念前行，我們才能從舊的劇本中，走出來，走向新的境遇。 讓我們一起誦讀共時好生活的啟動語： 今天，我放下「非要如此」的執著。 我盡人事，也聽天命。 我放下小我，放下雜念，讓全然地行動穿過我。 今天嘗試練習覺察： 當你發現自己緊抓著某個結果、某個念頭，或某種「應該」時，停下來，做三次深呼吸。吸氣時，感覺自己正在盡心；呼氣時，練習放下。對自己說：「我盡力，也交託。」然後再回到眼前的事，讓呼吸帶你跨越焦慮，回到當下。 白世界橋的低語： 放下不是失去，而是讓更大的可能通過你。 當小我退位，煩惱自會消融。 願你在盡心與放下之間，安然跨越，走向共時。 IN LAK'ECH, ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 田定豐 安眠書店互動社群 (line) @fong_venture 田定豐＿FB粉絲專頁 https://www.facebook.com/LancasterTien 田定豐＿IG ＠lancaster5858 https://www.instagram.com/lancaster5858 田定豐＿YOUTUBE 定心哲學 https://www.youtube.com/@lancastertien -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

9月20日| KIN 25 水晶的紅蛇 你是否曾以為，身體所感受到的快樂與痛苦，就是真實不虛的自己？ 我們所感知的世界大部分來自感官。感官看似真實無比，卻都是因緣聚合的產物，並非恆常存在。急著抓住快樂、推開痛苦，只會落入二元對立；煩惱，正是我們對二元一極的取捨。如宗薩所述：「所謂的『快樂』，只是尚未成熟的苦。」生老病死是身體必經，生滅無常才是恆常。那麼，什麼才是不滅的？ 讓我們一起創造共時好生活，我是張舒斐 Baraka。 今天是 KIN 25 水晶的紅蛇。 紅蛇，象徵著生命的本能與原始生命力；水晶的調性，是合作和奉獻。 紅蛇提醒我們回到身體，透過感官喚醒生命的本能，才可能轉化成更高的覺知，將生命力化為與整體合作的奉獻。於是，合作讓人超越了原始的本能，擴大對生命的完整覺知。 水晶的紅蛇帶給我們的啟示：在每一次追逐快樂、逃避痛苦時，暫停，問自己——「這個感受，是我嗎？還是只是無常變化的一部分？」讓身體成為舟，讓感官成為鏡，讓合作成為道。 讓我們一起誦讀今日共時好生活的啟動語： 今天，我回到身體，但不困於身體。 我保持對身體的覺察，但不執著於任何感受。 我知道，在生滅無常中，全然經驗，就是奉獻我的生命力。 今天練習覺察： 留意身體的感受，當你發掘自己抗拒某種感受時，問自己：「這個感受，是我嗎？」當你允許它發生時，便可以從中解脫。 水晶的紅蛇的低語： 身體是舟，感官是浪；你不必抓住浪，只需認出那個從未隨浪漂流的你。 願你穿越二元的取捨，讓生命力在合作中流動，在無常中認出那不生不滅的覺知，活出柔軟而清醒的真實。 IN LAK'ECH, ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 田定豐 安眠書店互動社群 (line) @fong_venture 田定豐＿FB粉絲專頁 https://www.facebook.com/LancasterTien 田定豐＿IG ＠lancaster5858 https://www.instagram.com/lancaster5858 田定豐＿YOUTUBE 定心哲學 https://www.youtube.com/@lancastertien -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Hurt likes a finished human. Authentic change is the only hammer that has a right to touch that finish. Once somebody breaks you, the mind stops meeting them as a moving fact and starts meeting them as a closed verdict. That verdict works. It tells you when to brace. It tells your people you were not crazy. It gives the worst night a job in the present. A fake new self should not get the old verdict lifted. A real new self should not be forced to wear the old verdict for your comfort. So when the one who did it begins to live another way, the trouble is not only trust. The trouble is unemployment. A changed person puts your pain out of work. If the change is true, keeping them in the role that produced your wound is how you stay employed as the wounded one. The body still scans for the first danger it learned. Kin and church often bless that scan and call it wisdom. Pride calls it standards. Underneath, you are protecting a story that finally made the harm make sense. If they are new, the old sense collapses. You would have to carry what happened without a full-time guilty party standing in for it. That is the thesis hiding inside the fear. Real transformation does not erase what they did. It ends your right to keep casting them as the only person they were on the day they did it. Most of us would rather keep a known enemy than learn a stranger who used to be the enemy. That is why the old version survives their transformation. Not because you cannot see what is in front of you. Because seeing an authentic new person would retire the standard you still use on a body that is no longer committing the old crime. Because seeing it would leave you alone with the injury and no one left to hold it.

Introduction Ask an insurance operator to write down how a policy endorsement actually gets processed, and you will usually get about six steps. The real number is closer to fifty. The other forty-four live in the head of whoever has been doing the job longest, and they leave when that person does. Giancarlo Stanton, Co-Founder and CEO of Magiq, has built a company around that gap. His argument is that you have to know what the process actually is before you automate it, and most operations don't. The industry is buying agents to handle work nobody has written down, which is how you end up with a system whose decisions nobody can explain. In this episode, Josh Hollander and Giancarlo get into what it takes to pull a process out of a competent person's head, why the exceptions matter more than the normal path, and what changed in one support operation once someone finally mapped the work. Guest Bio Giancarlo Stanton is Co-Founder and CEO of Magiq. He started in complex commercial litigation, moved in-house, and became General Counsel and VP of Claims at Swyfft before serving as Chief Operating Officer at Cover Whale. Along the way he advised Obie, FRG Specialty, and Sunfish. That path put him in the back office of regulated businesses during periods of fast growth, which is where he formed the view that the minutiae are the whole game. He founded Magiq with Nick Eich, previously at Groupon and then on the engineering team at Kin, to build the thing he kept needing as an operator: a way to go from what should get done to proof that it actually happened. Key Topics -Your best people cannot describe their own jobs - When something becomes routine it becomes invisible, so asking an expert to write down what they do all day produces a partial answer at best. -The mirror problem - Magiq shows an organization its own process as steps one through fifty, and the response is almost always that leadership knew about step one and step fifty and assumed the rest. -Insurance runs as an ecosystem, not as silos - When billing misses a cancellation for nonpayment, claims pays a loss that should never have existed, which is why Giancarlo argues point solutions aimed at one function cannot fix the operation. -The exceptions are where the value sits - The flat cancel and rewrite that one person handles differently today than yesterday is what turns a bordereau into a conversation with your reinsurer about why the math doesn't math. -What mapping the work actually did - A support operation went from a one-in-five call response rate and an 8.8 day email response time to 96-97% call response and 5.8 hours, seven months in. -Sales is a process too - Mapping the inbound lead decision tree and empowering producers to end calls that were never a fit drove a 23% improvement in per-producer output and a $10 million gross written premium lift over a seven month engagement. -The staffing question - Giancarlo makes the case that doing more with the team you have lands better with buyers than headcount reduction, and that a business only profitable with no employees was never really profitable. Notable Quotes "You can't automate things you don't understand. And that, I think, is just objectively true. But that doesn't stop people from trying." "No one is sitting there running a business saying, I need more AI. They're saying, I need less cost, or I need more sales, or ideally both. And probably fewer errors." "People don't do things incorrectly because they want to. They do things incorrectly or inefficiently because they think they're doing them correctly, but it's eight thirty at night and it's their fiftieth endorsement." "If the only way your business is profitable is for there to be no employees, then you probably just don't have a profitable business to begin with." "It's really about making sure the mistakes don't happen, not making sure the people aren't there." Resources Guest: Magiq: https://usemagiq.com/ Giancarlo Stanton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giancarlo-stanton-1b011a59/ Magiq on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usemagiq Host & Organization: Joshua R. Hollander on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuarhollander/ Horton International (USA): https://www.horton-usa.com/ Insurtech Leadership Podcast (LinkedIn Showcase): https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/insurtech-leadership-show Subscribe & Review If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe on your favorite platform and leave a review. The Insurtech Leadership Podcast is available on YouTube, Podbean, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

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On this episode of The Bandwich Tapes, I sit down with multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer, and engineer Giulio Carmassi for a conversation about instinct, perseverance, and the unexpected turns that shape a life in music.Giulio takes me back to his childhood in Pisa, Italy, where he began on drums before discovering jazz harmony at the piano. By his teens, he was improvising on multiple instruments and learning alongside musicians several times his age. He shares how moving to the United States at 22 opened doors that had seemed firmly closed and how his ability to play nearly anything eventually became his greatest strength.We dig into Giulio's work with Will Lee, Steve Gadd, Chuck Loeb, and Emmy Rossum, as well as the remarkable path that led him into the Pat Metheny Unity Group. Giulio tells the story behind his "First Circle" video, the grueling month he spent learning its guitar part, and the surreal experience of recording KIN (←→) with Pat Metheny, Antonio Sánchez, Chris Potter, and Ben Williams.Giulio also speaks candidly about the pressure of performing at that level, the discipline of leaving space, and what it means to listen with complete attention. We close by exploring his transition into composing and commercial music, his collaboration with Brian Scary, and why the human movement of a great rhythm section can never be reduced to a grid.Key TakeawaysBecoming a father gave Giulio a sharper understanding of time, priorities, and the importance of saying no to work that does not matter.His multi-instrumental approach was once treated as a professional liability, but it ultimately created opportunities that specialization could not have provided.Giulio's move from Pisa to the United States showed him the power of an environment that rewards curiosity, hard work, and initiative.His opportunity with Pat Metheny grew out of years of preparation, a personal recommendation, and an extraordinary month spent learning "First Circle," one measure at a time.Playing with musicians such as Steve Gadd and Will Lee taught Giulio that trust, generosity, and personal connection are inseparable from great musical performances.His time in the Pat Metheny Unity Group honed his ability to concentrate, adapt, and perform under pressure.Giulio believes the feel of master musicians comes from confident, human interaction, not from mechanically conforming every note to a grid.Music from the EpisodeChasing Mornings - Giulio CarmassiTraccia Sconosciuta - Giulio CarmassiTen Thousand Birds - Giulio CarmassiPath Through the Jungle - Giulio CarmassiCan't Stop It - Giulio CarmassiAbout the PodcastThe Bandwich Tapes is a podcast about music, the people who make it, and the experiences that shape a creative life. Host Brad Williams sits down with musicians, songwriters, producers, and other artists for thoughtful conversations about craft, collaboration, careers, and the moments that happen both on and off the bandstand.Connect with the ShowQuestions, comments, and guest suggestions:contact@thebandwichtapes.com

9月8日   我們都是來地球旅行的光行者，倚靠這具肉身久了，難免迷失在感官之中，而忘了本質。當我們執著於過去、依賴於肉身，便只能在舊模式中轉圈；若把每時每刻都視為一場旅行，便會明白一切皆在變動之中。「過去心不可得，現在心不可得，未來心不可得」——無常，正是喚醒覺知的契機，提醒我們：順應變化。   讓我們一起創造共時好生活，我是張舒斐 Baraka.   今天是 KIN 13 宇宙的紅天行者。引領我們跨越時空的幻象，既是穿越者，亦是觀察者。   紅天行者，空間與覺知的探險家，教導我們「一切經驗皆為路標」；宇宙調性，將探索延伸至存在的全部維度——每次移動，既是空間的跨越，也是意識的穿梭。真正的覺醒，不在固定狀態，而在安住變動之中，以無常為師。   今日，我們不再將「變化」視為威脅，而是視為一種召喚——召喚我們從沉睡中醒來，從重複的模式中脫身。當你願意在每一個當下「重新出發」，便找回那份初始的輕盈。   讓我們一起誦讀今天共時好生活的啟動語： 今天，我願以旅人之眼看待一切。 我不再緊抓過去，不再投射未來，而以「此刻正在經驗」來活出完整。   今天試著練習覺察： 當你開始陷縮在自己的身體感官時，試著抽離出來，以旁觀者的眼光，覺察自己的自動化模式。   宇宙的紅天行者的低語： 當你不再畏懼無常，便能從時間的牢籠中，躍入永恆的當下。 願你於每次移動中，都能向內觸碰恆常不變的本質。   IN LAK'ECH, ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

9月7日 | KIN 12 水晶的黃人   起心動念，只在須臾；承擔結果，卻需勇氣。凡人畏果，不問其因，卻忘了——每一枚果實，皆由自己的意志所播種。無法接受，便沒有道路。能夠直面承擔，才可解脫。   讓我們一起創造共時好生活，我是張舒斐 Baraka.   今天是KIN 12 水晶的黃人。引領我們直視這份勇氣：既是創造之勇，亦是承接之勇。   黃人，是智慧與自由意志的守護者，祂教導我們「為自己的選擇負責」；水晶調性，則將這份責任延伸至群體與共時之中——你的每個決定，不僅關乎自己，更在編織我們共有的實相。 真正的解脫，從不在逃避結果，而在於全然接納，以接納為起點。 由此出發，你將在每一個結果中，看見自身創造的力量，並從中重掌生命的主導權。   今日，我們不再將「結果」視為審判，而是視為一面鏡子——映照出內在的信念、恐懼與渴望。當你願意承擔，便重新取回力量。   讓我們一起誦讀今天共時好生活的啟動語： 今天，我願為每個起心動念負責。 我接受結果，不再以「早知道」責怪過去，而以「我選擇」創造當下。   今天試著練習覺察： 當你對某個結果感到不滿或抗拒時，請暫停，深呼吸三次，對自己說： 「這是我自由意志所寫的劇本，我選擇以完整的接納，來完成這一幕。」 水晶的黃人的低語： 結果不是終點，而是回饋；承擔並非沉重，而是自由。 當你不再畏懼結果，便能從因果的羈絆中，躍入共時的流動。   願你於每個選擇中，活出清醒的勇氣；於每個結果裡，擁抱解脫的可能。   IN LAK'ECH, ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。   田定豐 安眠書店互動社群 (line) @fong_venture 田定豐＿FB粉絲專頁 https://www.facebook.com/LancasterTien 田定豐＿IG ＠lancaster5858 https://www.instagram.com/lancaster5858 田定豐＿YOUTUBE 定心哲學 https://www.youtube.com/@lancastertien -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

9月6日 我們生活在看似無比真實的世界，然而一切都是幻象。Maya的原始意思，就是「幻象」，但這並不意味著生命就失去了意義，而是在提醒我們，一切都是我們的心念所創造的。 讓我們一起創造共時好生活，我是張舒斐 Baraka. 當我們緊抓某個信念不放時，痛苦便產生了。而生命一直都在流動，變化，唯有全然經驗我們才有機會觸碰生命的完整。 今天是 KIN 11 光譜的藍猴。藍猴是幻象中遊戲的魔術師，看透萬象皆為心造。光譜的調性，帶來釋放與消解的力量。 今天也是時間法則發現者荷西·阿圭列斯（Jose Arguelles）博士出生的星系印記。這位將未來的智慧帶給我們的星際藝術家，用他的生命詮釋了光譜的藍猴，活出「時間就是藝術」。而幸運的我們有機會接觸到13月亮曆，這套知識系統，是為了讓我們記起，生命當下的本質。 光譜的藍猴提醒我們： 執著於「應該怎樣」，只會讓人生變得沉重。如果能把嚴肅轉為幽默，把對抗轉為觀照，那麼幻象就成了你的遊樂場。 讓我們一起誦讀今天共時好生活的啟動語： 今天，我卸下所有的「應該」， 放下無法改變的， 讓自己騰出空間，迎接新的創造。 今天試著練習覺察： 當你因某事焦慮緊繃時，停下來，深呼吸三次，對自己說：「這是我創造的遊戲，我選擇用輕鬆的心態來經驗。」 光譜的藍猴的低語： 幻象無法用邏輯破解，而困境有時可以用幽默化解。 願你在幻象的遊戲裡，守住本心，輕鬆而穩定的穿行於浪潮之中。 IN LAK'ECH, ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 # 田定豐 安眠書店互動社群 (line) @fong_venture 田定豐＿FB粉絲專頁 https://www.facebook.com/LancasterTien 田定豐＿IG ＠lancaster5858 https://www.instagram.com/lancaster5858 田定豐＿YOUTUBE 定心哲學 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

9月4日｜KIN 9 太陽的紅月 和有些人相處，就是特別自在。 不需要一直想著：嗯？我這麼說，是否正確？ 也不需要擔心對方會不會誤解， 甚至只是安靜地待在一起，也不覺得尷尬。 為什麼有些關係裡，會讓我們有這樣的感受？ 讓我們一起創造共時好生活。 我是祖芳，Latifa。 今天是 KIN 9 太陽的紅月。 太陽的調性象徵著意圖、脈動與明白； 紅月則象徵著宇宙之水、淨化與流動。 而我們的感受，就像水一樣。 開心會來，難過會來；喜歡會來，失望也會來。 可是我們常常希望自己只擁有某些情緒，甚至責備自己： 「我不應該生氣。」、「這有什麼好難過的？」、「不要想那麼多。」、「我應該成熟一點。」 所以原本可以自然經過我們的感受， 被我們一層一層的堵住。 而關係也是如此。 有時候真正讓關係變得辛苦的， 不是情緒本身， 而是情感失去了流動的空間。 我們會在意，卻說沒關係。 感覺到受傷，卻告訴自己不要計較。 內在渴望擁有自己的空間，又害怕說出口會讓對方失望。 久而久之，那些沒有被表達的感受， 就像河道裡慢慢堆積的泥沙。 直到有一天，一件很小的事情發生， 就會突然潰堤。 「真誠對待自己」不應該變成一件困難的事， 我們是否能坦然地接受：「對，我現在就是有這樣的感受。」 當我們能夠真正感受到自己， 才比較有能力設身處地去感受另一個人。 因為同理，不是忽略自己去理解別人。 而一段讓人自在的關係， 背後其實也有很深的信任。 我不需要抓住你，才能確定你在。 今天需要自己的空間，也允許。 甚至當我們的想法不同，我也不急著把它修正成一樣的想法。 我們必須相信，這段關係有能力承接變化。 而更深一層，這就是我們對生命的信任。 我們不再要求每一件事情， 按照自己預想的方向前進。 有得有失，學習像水一樣， 該靠近的時候靠近， 該停留的時候停留， 該離開的時候，也允許它離開。 所以今天，可以試著做三個小小的覺察。 第一，當一個情緒升起時，先不要急著處理它。 問問：「我現在真正的感受是什麼？」 第二，看看身邊那些讓我們覺得自在的人。 感受一下：「他給了我什麼樣的空間，讓我可以成為自己？」 第三，如果最近有一段關係卡住了，可以問： 「有什麼感受，已經很久沒有被好好說出來？」 太陽的紅月低語是： 「真正的信任，是相信在流動之中，我們能夠依然真誠地交流。」 就像水一樣，水之所以清澈，是因為它持續流動。 我們的感受、情感也是。 於是我們也會深刻的明白： 自在，不是因為一切都符合期待； 而是即使生命不斷變化，我們仍然願意信任它的流動。 IN LAK'ECH！ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 # 田定豐 安眠書店互動社群 (line) @fong_venture 田定豐＿FB粉絲專頁 https://www.facebook.com/LancasterTien 田定豐＿IG ＠lancaster5858 https://www.instagram.com/lancaster5858 田定豐＿YOUTUBE 定心哲學 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Send us Fan MailDans cet épisode de MAX Wellness, je reçois Keven Arseneault, kinésiologue, auteur, formateur et professeur en chef de l'Institut Lift, pour une conversation approfondie autour de l'entraînement, de la nutrition et de la santé globale.Keven possède un parcours assez unique : études en kinésiologie et en nutrition, maîtrise en kinanthropologie, enseignement universitaire, recherche, coaching et plus de 25 ans d'expérience dans le domaine de l'entraînement. Il est également l'auteur de La Bible des stratégies et planifications d'entraînement, aujourd'hui traduite dans plusieurs langues.On revient ensemble sur une idée qui traverse tout l'épisode : les stratégies les plus efficaces ne sont pas nécessairement les plus complexes.On parle notamment de l'importance de bouger au quotidien — au-delà du simple entraînement au gym —, de santé cardiovasculaire, de masse musculaire et de vieillissement, mais aussi de protéines, de suppléments, de qualité alimentaire et de coaching individualisé.Keven nous explique également pourquoi une protéine en poudre peut être considérée davantage comme un aliment que comme un « supplément », comment choisir une protéine de qualité et les différences entre whey, protéines végétales et collagène.On explore aussi un aspect fondamental du coaching : le meilleur programme n'est pas seulement celui qui est optimal sur papier, mais celui auquel la personne va réellement adhérer.La conversation nous amène finalement vers les habitudes alimentaires, les aliments ultra-transformés, notre relation émotionnelle avec la nourriture et les changements progressifs permettant de construire une meilleure alimentation sans tomber dans les extrêmes.Et pour conclure, Keven nous partage les 3 grands leviers de santé qu'il considère intemporels : l'entraînement, la qualité de l'alimentation et le sommeil.Un épisode rempli de nuances, de science et surtout de conseils applicables pour mieux prendre soin de sa santé au quotidien.

9月2日 我們是否還在寄托於所謂救世主 或是外在權威、導師來救贖自己？ 輕易把內在力量交付外界 卻忘了： 大師的智慧，本就蘊藏在自己裡面！ 讓我們一起創造共時好生活。 我是禹桐 Karuna。 有個學生問佛陀：「你是救世主嗎？」 「不是，」佛陀回答。 「那你是個治療師嗎？」 「不是，」佛陀回答。 「那你是個老師嗎？」學生堅持問道。 「不，我不是個老師。」 「那你是什麼？」學生惱怒地問說。 「我是清醒的人。」佛陀回答。 是啊，只是一個清醒的人 修行，從來不是仰望他人 而是修己修心 藉由生活裡一切境遇 重新看見、瞭解自己 清醒地叩問：我是誰？ 我始終相信 大師在每一個人自己裡面 所以我並不熱衷於做解讀個案 只是分享親身走過的感悟與啟發 教學相長，分享的人往往收獲最多 輸出亦是自我梳理釐清的過程 也期待藉由這份表達 和有緣之人同頻共振 互相喚醒本自具足的生命智慧 學習運用13月亮曆 每個人也在書寫，屬於自己的共時篇章 探索、覺醒的入口，無處不在 沒有標準答案 沒有高低對錯 只有獨一無二的生命體驗 這份旅程，無人可以替代 今天是 KIN 7，共鳴的藍手。 藍手象徵著：貫徹 知道 療愈 而共鳴的力量代表著：協調 開闢通道 啟發 卓爾金曆開啟的前20天 每個印記直接對應一個星際原型 更用心度過這個周期 記錄每天的共時日記 越安住當下，好好生活 越能更好連接原型智慧 憶起源頭本性 生命最高的成就 從來不依附外物 而是成為“真我”！ 今日共鳴的藍手 直接對應星際原型“化身者” 邀您一起誦讀星際原型祈禱文 藉由祈禱文的聲音振動 繞開頭腦分析 承接這份藍手智慧 我是化身者，藍手是我的圖騰，【7】是我的數字。 藉由【7】的力量，我穿越到你的世界 我從七重天宇宙的頂端下凡而來 拿著所有的鑰匙，開啟萬物的七日創造 我是實現者，形式的建造者，我建立未來的明日世界 就在維際之間的結構裡面，我安置了知識的道路 好讓你可以記得，去知道，去療癒，去完成 我也召喚你，透過你所有的行動，去了悟這些文字 由於我是盟約的守護者，我守護著所有療癒世界的靈魂知識 所有密碼存在於我的存在，包裹在神秘裡的謎 並且，對於那些我所遇見的人，留下神性的線索 對於那些無法相識的人，我的任務就是去樹立典範 讓我們一起誦讀今日的共時好生活啟動語： 生命最重要的工作是：工作自己！ 今天覺察練習： 遇事感到恐懼、內心卡住時 向內下達指令：STOP！ 暫停頭腦思慮 直接去完成當下該做的事 簡單的內在重啟儀式，試著多練習下 共鳴的藍手的低語是： 讓我們的心念、意識、能量、行動，全部聚集在當下此刻，全然通達。 願今天的我們，真實存在，踏實行動，哪怕微小，亦是成就的起點。 IN LAK'ECH！ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 # { 田定豐 安眠書店互動社群 (line) @fong_venture 田定豐＿FB粉絲專頁 https://www.facebook.com/LancasterTien 田定豐＿IG ＠lancaster5858 https://www.instagram.com/lancaster5858 田定豐＿YOUTUBE 定心哲學 https://www.youtube.com/@lancastertien -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 29, 2026 is: kith • KITH • noun Kith is an old-fashioned term that refers to familiar friends, neighbors, or relatives. It is often used in the phrase “kith and kin,” which means “friends and relatives.” // Spending time with kith and kin at the end of the summer is the highlight of our year. See the entry > Examples: “One thing that you could usually count on was the loyalty of your kith and kin, your friends and family. But now it seems that the closeness of family and relatives is more difficult to maintain in the modern world.” — James Morabito, The Buffalo (New York) News, 26 July 2026 Did you know? If you'd used the word kith a thousand years ago, you might have been referring to knowledge, or to a homeland, or to your neighbors and acquaintances. While those first two meanings of kith have long since fallen out of use, the word endures with a meaning very close to that “neighbors and acquaintances” one. Today kith appears almost exclusively in the phrase kith and kin, meaning “friends and relatives.” (Kin, another ancient word, can also refer independently to relatives.) Occasionally you will see kith and kin used to refer only to family members, much to the chagrin of those who despise redundancy in language. If you wish to avoid redundancy charges you'll be sure to include friends as well as family among your “kith and kin.”

8月30日 我們是否覺察過 自己不知不覺 被植入了多少信念木馬程式？ 有的來自外界環境 有的來自過往個人經驗 潛移默化扎根心底 變成我們固有的思維與言行模式 可這其中 又有多少 是屬於真實的自己？ 讓我們一起創造共時好生活。 我是禹桐 Karuna。  “三人行，必有我師” 於我而言不只是一句美文 是我的靈性高塔一次次坍塌之後 得來的生命體悟 那些曾經我看不慣、心生厭煩的人身上 往往藏著我尚未擁有的閃光點 值得看見與學習 就像最近網信辦通報的一則事件 92歲擺攤婆婆被惡意剪輯 部分博主刻意激怒老人博取流量，遭到處罰 婆婆痛失兒子 依舊靠擺攤還清債務 九十多歲依舊自立謀生 這份生命韌性 本就值得敬重 當初我也曾被剪輯後的 片面視頻帶偏判斷 信息爆炸的時代 到處充斥真假混雜的內容 人為製造對立、悄悄植入信念 人人都要警惕信息與信念的陷阱 人無完人 在評判苛責他人之前 先學會反求諸己 葛吉夫說過： “為了能夠幫助別人，人得先幫助自己。 如果人如實地看自己，他將不再想幫助別人： 這種想法會使他覺得羞愧” 今天是 KIN 4，自我存在的黃種子。 黃種子象徵著：盛開 對準目標 覺知 而自我存在的力量代表著：形式 確定 權衡 人所受最大的欺騙之苦，往往來自於我們自己！ 如同中醫把脈，脈象時刻流轉 此刻的我，不等於下一刻的我 正如人不能兩次踏入同一條河流 我們又怎能拿過往經驗、他人認知 框住定義自己，給自己設下牢籠？ 市面上各類人格體系 可以當作趣味探索 但切莫較真，套上枷鎖 13 月亮曆是鮮活流動的曆法 跟隨宇宙自然節律 擁有著開放性與無限可能性 跟隨曆法的同時 我們也在共時書寫屬於自己的版本 紅龍是我，黃種子是我 20個圖騰、260個印記，皆可以是我 每個印記還可以向外延展 2600、26000等萬千可能性 每一個圖騰/印記，都是通往無限的入口 時間是放射、循環、分形的 1個KIN，可對應1天 亦可對應1年、100年及更大周期 每個星系印記連接著 PSI 行星記憶庫 承載超越個體的星際智慧 封存地球長久的靈魂檔案 等待我們探索、挖掘…… 讓我們一起誦讀今日的共時好生活啟動語： 萬事萬物都在不停變化中，也包括我認知里的 “我自己”！ 一切皆有可能！ 今天覺察練習： 自我存在黃種子之日 向內檢視自己有哪些限制性信念、自我框架 靜心回溯，找到自己的信念木馬 看見它來自何時、何處、何人 不必把它們當成敵人 感恩它帶來的啟示 看清自己是從何處開始陷入桎梏 自我存在的黃種子的低語是： 每一處困境與障礙，都是自我突破與穿越的良機 願今天的我們， 於何處沉淪，便於何處提升與穿越！ IN LAK'ECH！ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 田定豐 安眠書店互動社群 (line) @fong_venture 田定豐＿FB粉絲專頁 https://www.facebook.com/LancasterTien 田定豐＿IG ＠lancaster5858 https://www.instagram.com/lancaster5858 田定豐＿YOUTUBE 定心哲學 https://www.youtube.com/@lancastertien -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

The Fork In Your Ear Ep#220 On Tilt From the Eustachian Tube - Podcast Show Notes & Summary 8-29-26 Quick Summary Tim rolls in already on tilt — Eustachian tube dysfunction has taken his left ear hostage, Nate's office door hinge has left the building, and the cats have seized the keyboard. The ring lands on Earth first, and the guys immediately dump a week of Apple leaks (HomePod Mini refresh, Home Hub, iPhone Fold rebranded Ultra, AirPods with cameras) before Tim's 2017 LG TV goes full villain: secret Wi-Fi, court-mandated user agreements, HDMI fingerprinting, and the most malicious "Agree All" trap he's ever seen. Entertainment is a short "only sadness" block with one bright spot: Lanterns slaps and the Masters of the Universe deluxe score still rips. Then they spend the back half of a long show on Gamescom plus Tim's Duskbloods closed network test (FromSoftware's Switch 2 exclusive 8-player PvPvE monster) and the GTA 6 Netflix footage that makes everything else — including a still-gorgeous Fable — look last-gen. Classic Fork: technical chaos, legal-TV rage, and two guys trying not to drown in announcements. Detailed Show Notes

8/29 你最近，還有在做白日夢嗎？ 讓我們一起創造共時好生活。 我是neelambar。 今天，想和你聊一件看起來很不實際，卻可能默默改變生活的事情—— 夢想。 我最近突然發現， 當一個人很久沒有做夢的時候，生活真的會變得有一點無聊。 每天都有事情要做。 工作、吃飯、睡覺、處理生活。 日子也可以過得很好。 可是，好像少了一點什麼。 少了一些猜想。 一些「如果呢？」 一些還沒有發生，卻讓人覺得有趣的事情。 所以我最近又開始練習做白日夢。 開始想像一些自己想去的地方。 開始想一些未來可能發生的事情。 開始允許自己有一些小小的願景。 很奇妙的是，當我重新開始做夢，生活裡好像突然多了一點新的注入。 前段時間，我回頭看了大概十年前，自己曾經寫下的一些小小願望。 結果我突然發現： 它們竟然已經實現了。 而且不是轟轟烈烈地實現。 它們就這樣悄無聲息地，變成了現在生活裡的一部分。 那一刻，我其實有一點不可思議。 原來，有些夢想真的會發生。 只是我們走在生活裡的時候，常常已經忘記自己曾經夢過它。 所以現在，我還是想提醒自己： 夢想還是要有。 今天是 KIN 3 電力的藍夜。 藍夜代表豐盛、夢想與直覺。 電力代表服務、啟動與連結。 藍夜提醒我們： 夢想不只是對未來的幻想。 它也可以是一種觀看生活的方式。 當我們沒有夢想時，眼睛很容易只看見「現在」。 現在有什麼。 現在缺什麼。 現在做不到什麼。 可是當一個夢出現， 我們開始看見：「還有沒有其他可能？」 一個夢，就像在平靜的水面上投入一顆小石頭。 它不一定立刻改變整片湖泊， 但它會產生一圈又一圈的漣漪。 而電力提醒我們，夢想不能永遠只停留在腦海裡。 它需要一個開始。 可能是一個電話。 一頁文字。 一次學習。 一個小小的行動。 甚至只是今天花十分鐘，認真想像自己想要的生活。 夢想讓眼睛看見方向， 行動則讓那個方向慢慢進入現實。 所以，今天不需要想一個多麼偉大的夢。 只需要問問自己： 「如果我的生活可以多一點有趣，我想讓什麼進來？」 讓我們一起誦讀今日的共時好生活啟動語： 我允許自己做夢，也允許生命擁有新的可能。 我願意聽見內在的直覺，讓夢想成為生活的方向。 我願意從一個小小的行動開始，讓夢想進入現實。 今天可以嘗試一個簡單的覺察練習： 給自己十分鐘白日夢。 不考慮可不可行，只問：「如果我的生活可以變得更有趣，我想要什麼？」 電力的藍夜低語是： 不要停止做夢。 有些夢， 你甚至會忘記自己曾經夢過。 直到某一天回頭， 才發現： 原來它已經悄悄來到了你的生命裡。 所以，允許自己想像。 允許自己好奇。 允許生命有一些尚未發生的可能。 因為夢想就像水面的漣漪， 也許只是很小的一圈， 卻可能讓你， 重新看見整片湖泊。 IN LAK'ECH！ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Welcome back to the Pear Healthcare Playbook! Every week, we'll be getting to know trailblazing healthcare leaders and diving into building a digital health and biotech business from 0 to 1.We would greatly appreciate it if you took a moment to listen to the episode on either Apple or Spotify and leave us a rating! Your support helps our guests' insights reach a larger audience!Today we're thrilled to share our interview with Arpan Parikh, MD and Amit Parikh, MD, and Kyle Alwyn, the co-founders of Kin Health, a free app that records patients' doctor visits, turns them into a plain-English summary with next steps, and helps them act on what they were told. Kin closed a $9 million seed round with GoodRx co-founders Doug Hirsch and Trevor Bezdek joining as founding partners and executive chairmen.1 In this conversation, Arpan, Amit, and Kyle walk through the personal and professional catalysts behind Kin, how the company is borrowing (and adapting) the GoodRx playbook, how Kin complies with security and privacy, and how they think about consent in a world where both doctor and patient are now showing up to the visit with their own AI listening in.

8月26日 | KIN 260 宇宙的黃太陽 你是否也曾困惑：明明知道生命本自圓滿，卻總被日常瑣事攪得心煩意亂？ 我們總想驅散陰霾、追逐光明，卻忘了——太陽從不在意烏雲的存在，它只是持續燃燒，放射光芒。 那最熾熱的光，不在天際，而在你心底。煩惱如雲聚散，而你的本質，是那片永遠晴朗、永遠燃燒的天空。 讓我們⼀起創造共時好生活，我是張舒斐 Baraka。 今天是 KIN 260 宇宙的黃太陽。這是卓爾金曆的最後一個印記，是260天銀河週期的圓滿句點，也是嶄新樂章開啟前的寂靜前奏。 黃太陽，是開悟與生命之火，它不向外索取，只是存在，只是給予。宇宙的調性，則代表著安忍、包容與超越。太陽之所以是太陽，是因為它燃燒自己，而無條件地照亮一切。 宇宙的黃太陽帶給我們的禮物是：在每一個感到匱乏、被煩惱遮蔽的瞬間，記得——你既是火焰，也是燃料，點燃自己覺知的火。 讓我們一同誦念今日共時好生活的啟動語： 今天，我回歸自性的圓滿。 不再抗拒煩惱的浪潮，只是如太陽般升起。 每一次呼吸，都是一次燃燒； 每一次放下，都讓光明更加純粹。 今天練習覺知： 當你感到被煩惱籠罩時，輕輕地將手放在心上。感受那裏的溫度，深呼吸三次。想像胸口有一輪太陽，它的光不向外求索，只是自然放射。然後對自己說：“我允許煩惱經過，我選擇如光存在。” 願你在260天週期的終點，放下所有對“不夠好”的執著， 以太陽的寬容，擁抱自己，擁抱一切。 IN LAK'ECH, ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 田定豐 安眠書店互動社群 (line) @fong_venture 田定豐＿FB粉絲專頁 https://www.facebook.com/LancasterTien 田定豐＿IG ＠lancaster5858 https://www.instagram.com/lancaster5858 田定豐＿YOUTUBE 定心哲學 https://www.youtube.com/@lancastertien 購買資訊 https://reurl.cc/nlQYz1 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

8月25日 | KIN 259 水晶的藍風暴 你是否曾在生活突然脫離掌控時，第一反應是拼命抓緊，試圖讓一切恢復「正常」？ 我們對變化的抗拒，往往比變化本身帶來更多痛苦。當風暴席捲，我們以為目標是抵達無風的港灣，卻忘了——風暴本身就是蛻變的通道。穿越它的秘訣，不是對抗，而在於讓自己穩定在風暴眼的中心，穩定在自己呼吸的流動裡——每一次吸氣，接納混亂；每一次呼氣，釋放控制。 讓我們一起創造共時好生活，我是張舒斐 Baraka。 今天是KIN 259 水晶的藍風暴。 藍風暴，具有催化與蛻變的力量，加速所有不再服務於你的事物離場。水晶的調性，是合作與奉獻。 執著於維持現狀，只會讓自己感受更大的阻力；將「對抗」轉為「重新校準」，調整內在的羅盤——當你與生命之流對齊，風暴便不再是摧毀，而是清理。 水晶的藍風暴帶給我們的禮物： 在每一次抗拒改變時，暫停一下，問自己——「我在緊抓的，是真實的需要，還是習慣的安全感？」讓自己定住在暴風的中心，才能看清恐懼本質是空的。在看清它的那一刻，它便失去了力量。 讓我們一起誦念今日共時好生活的啟動語： 今天，我敞開雙手迎接變化。 不再將混亂視為威脅，而是重生必經的震動。 讓風暴帶走陳舊的，信任留下來的，便是真實。 今天試著練習覺察： 當你發現自己正拼命想讓事情「恢復原狀」時，停下來，深呼吸三次，提醒自己：「一切都在變化，我允許改變發生，我信任生命正在重建秩序。」 水晶的藍風暴的低語： 你無法阻止風暴，但你可以學會在風眼中安住，迎接你的就是重生的機會。 願你鬆開對控制的執著，活出隨順流動的從容。 IN LAK'ECH, ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 田定豐 安眠書店互動社群 (line) @fong_venture 田定豐＿FB粉絲專頁 https://www.facebook.com/LancasterTien 田定豐＿IG ＠lancaster5858 https://www.instagram.com/lancaster5858 田定豐＿YOUTUBE 定心哲學 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

In this episdoe we talk about one of the world's most famous magicians. Also known as the "Kin of Hancuffs," we talk about his life, where he came from, and the many ventures that Houdini was apart of.

Kin broke our hearts, Georgia's election debate has us talking, and young men deserve more support. This week, we unpack the emotional ending of Kin, get into Georgia's push for paper ballots amid election fraud concerns, and Isaiah uses The Rant to give young men their flowers and talk about why encouragement, guidance, and support matter.

8月24日 | KIN 258 光譜的白鏡 你是否常因他人的一句話，在心裡反復琢磨、自我檢討？ 我們對外界的看法，都是內在狀態的投射。我們想去糾正外在時，反而要看清——那雙挑剔的眼睛，正是我們看待自己的方式。最深的清理是認出：外面沒有別人，只有自己的影子。 讓我們一起創造共時好生活，我是張舒斐 Baraka。 今天是KIN 258 光譜的白鏡。 白鏡，具有映照和穿透的力量，讓我們超越「我」的幻象；光譜的調性，是釋放與消融。 執著於外在評價，只會困在他人眼光中；唯有放下評判，才能將投射轉為照見真實的入口。真正的看見，不是試圖修正鏡中影像，而是反觀自省，看清投射的源頭。 光譜的白鏡帶給我們的禮物：在每一次急於評價時，暫停，問自己——「我看見的，是對方，還是自己的影子？」讓批判化為覺察，外在的鏡子便成了內在蛻變的助力。 讓我們一起誦念今日共時好生活的啟動語： 今天，我釋放所有評判。 不再用他人目光定義自己，如實看見即是解藥。 接納鏡中一切，每一次放下，都讓我更完整。 今天練習覺察： 當你開始評價某人時，停下來，深呼吸三次。感受情緒，問自己：「這個不舒服，是讓我看見自己的哪個面向呢？」然後對鏡中的自己說：「我看見你，我允許你如實存在。」 光譜的白鏡的低語： 你對世界的每份看法，都是對自己的定義；讀懂它，你便自由。 願你鬆開對完美的苛求，活出全然接納的真實。 IN LAK'ECH, ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 田定豐 安眠書店互動社群 (line) @fong_venture 田定豐＿FB粉絲專頁 https://www.facebook.com/LancasterTien 田定豐＿IG ＠lancaster5858 https://www.instagram.com/lancaster5858 田定豐＿YOUTUBE 定心哲學 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

V dalším díle videopodcastu týdeníku Respekt Dělníci kultury spolu Jindřiška Bláhová, Pavel Turek a Jan H. Vitvar debatují o tom, co je v uplynulém týdnu v kultuře zaujalo a o své aktuální práci. Tentokrát došlo na:dokument Pepy Lubojacki Kdyby se holubi proměnili ve zlatofilm Pedra Almodóvara Hořské svátkyfestival Brutal Assault v pevnosti Josefovalbum Jamese Ellise Forda Lost in Another Worldfilmy Martiny Buchelové Milovník, ne bojovník a Martina Gondy Potopavýstavy Dominiky Vyskočilové After Dolls (Musoleum) a Renaty Jelínkové Odejdi oknem, dveře nech otevřené ((A)void/Hidden Gallery)seriál Reacher (Amazon)sbírku povídek Osamu Dazaie Zdvořilostní návštěva starého přítele (Slovart)promítání třinácti němých filmů Alice Guy (1. září v Kině 35), koncert Kurta Vila (2. září v Arše+) a výstavu Adama Holého Afterglow (od 3. září v galerii Fotograf Zone)Když už člověk jednou je, tak má sledovat kulturu v Respektu.

Fake Ass Book Club welcomes Jennifer Magley for a conversation about Tayari Jones' Kin. The group digs into family, identity, abandonment, ambition, and the things we spend our lives chasing. Jennifer's own experiences with persistence, reinvention, and her 365-day Stooge Quest add another layer to the discussion, creating some connections between the book and the pursuit of our own goals. And while the conversation doesn't go quite where Moni and Kat expected, that's part of what makes this episode of Fake Ass Book Club so much fun. Sometimes the best book conversations aren't about agreeing on the story, but leaning into why it made us feel the way we did. The Book Club is Fake, but the Talk is REAL! Cheers

8月16日 如果累了，就停一下。 我們常常以為， 愛是繼續付出、繼續努力、繼續照顧身邊的人。 但有時候，愛也可以很簡單—— 知道自己累了，願意休息； 知道自己撐太久了，願意放下。 真正長久的服務，不是耗盡自己， 而是在愛裡，也為自己留下一個位置。 讓我們一起創造共時好生活。 我是祖芳，Latifa。 今天是 8 月 16 日，也是 1987 年和平匯聚 39 週年的紀念日。 39 年前，人們因為一個共同的願景而聚集： 為和平而相遇，為地球而祈禱， 也為一個新的時間意識打開可能。 而 39 年後的今天，我在想： 和平究竟從哪裡開始？ 我們很容易把和平想成一件很大的事， 好像它關乎世界、國家、人類，離我們的日常很遙遠。 但和平也許就是—— 當我心裡不舒服的時候，我們能夠直面； 當身邊的人需要我的時候，我願意付出， 但也知道什麼時候該回來照顧自己。 而一個內在長期處於戰爭狀態的人， 很難真正把和平帶給別人。 今天是 KIN** 250 電力的白狗**。 電力的調性象徵著服務、啟動與連結； 白狗象徵著心、愛與忠誠。 所以今天的能量像是在問我們： 我們能不能用愛，來服務自己的生活？ 服務，不一定是犧牲。 愛，也不等於無止盡地給予。 有時候我們對所有人都很有耐心， 卻唯獨對自己最沒有耐心。 別人累了，我們會說：「休息一下吧。」 輪到自己累了，卻告訴自己：「再撐一下。」 別人做不到，我們願意理解； 自己做不到，卻開始責怪自己。 但如果愛是一種真正的力量， 那麼它不應該只向外流動。 它也應該回到我們自己身上。 當你照顧好自己的身心， 你才有足夠的空間，繼續愛人、工作、創造，以及服務。 所以，如果累了，就停一下。 停下來並不是離開道路， 有時候，停下來本身，就是道路的一部分。 讓我們一起誦讀今日的共時好生活啟動語： 「我願意用愛，服務自己的生活。」 「我允許自己付出，也允許自己休息。」 今天可以做三個小小的覺察練習： 第一，當身體出現疲憊時，不急著撐過去，先問自己：「我現在真正需要的是什麼？」 第二，今天做一件單純照顧自己的小事。好好吃飯、休息十分鐘、散步，或者只是安靜地呼吸。 第三，在準備為別人付出之前，先感受一下： 這份付出是來自愛，還是來自「我不得不」？ 電力的白狗低語是： 「真正的愛，不以耗盡自己為代價； 當愛開始回到心裡，我們才有力量讓它繼續流向生活的各個面向。」 世界需要的， 只是一個好好生活的人。 一個知道如何愛自己， 也願意把愛分享出去的人。 願今天電力的白狗， 重新啟動我們心中愛的力量。 服務世界之前，也別忘了服務自己的生命。 IN LAK'ECH！ALA K'IN. 你是我，我是另外一個你。 田定豐 安眠書店互動社群 (line) @fong_venture 田定豐＿FB粉絲專頁 https://www.facebook.com/LancasterTien 田定豐＿IG ＠lancaster5858 https://www.instagram.com/lancaster5858 田定豐＿YOUTUBE 定心哲學 https://www.youtube.com/@lancastertien -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

What if every community, your baseball team, your college campus, your favorite creator's fanbase, had its own currency that worked like real money from day one? Ted Livingston, the founder who built Kik into one of the world's largest messaging apps and launched the first token on Solana, is back with his boldest bet yet: Flipcash.In this episode, Ted breaks down why Bitcoin, Kin, and stablecoins each got it partially right and how Flipcash is designed to capture the best of all three. This one is a must-watch for anyone serious about where crypto payments are actually headed.Topics covered:

Go behind the scenes with Amy Allen Clark and Symbol as they reveal the untold stories, challenges, and triumphs of producing this year's Book Gang summer season. This week, we're opening the curtain on our very first Summer Wrapped: Behind the Scenes episode! Amy and Symbol sit down for a candid, honest conversation about how the Book Gang team built this year's summer reading season that included eighteen incredible voices. You'll hear about the careful curation process for selecting each title (and guest!), the unexpected technical hurdles and logistics that go into every episode, and the real-life stories you never hear on-mic—from heartwarming guest moments to personal challenges and family curveballs. We also recap each of our summer author guests, highlighting what made their conversations special and our favorite listener feedback that brought us so much joy. What's Inside This Summer Wrapped Episode:

Ridvan joins us this week to dive into the dark Kin and teach us all why Drukhari can hang in 11th edition.

This is the second episode from our recent meetup with Chris Lehto where we explore his work on the Fractal Universe, where macrobiological entities become a real possibility in the cosmos by way of adherence to NASA's own checklist definition for life. We explore the fractal organization of biological structures, what it means to be a subunit in a living system, and Lehto argues the case that many large scale structures, from nations to galaxies qualify incredibly well. Ultimately, we may prove to be living elements in a much greater order that is only just now coming into focus.Part 1: https://youtu.be/9fTSsLk5p34Chris' book: https://amzn.to/3S29crAPATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Lehto Recap and the Ladder of Scales00:03:44 Cities, Nations, and the Life Test00:12:27 Corporations, Money, and Metabolism00:20:01 Why Scale Forces New Structure00:30:04 Large Systems as Living Bodies00:43:42 Life Cycles, Collapse, and Reproduction00:53:37 Earth's Kin and the Search for Peers01:05:40 Is the Sun Alive?01:11:21 Why the Solar System Looks Like an Atom01:19:25 Cosmic Lifespans and One Unifying Process01:26:15 What Changes If This Is True01:40:20 Cross-Scale Science and How Early We Are#physics #astrophysics #cosmology #emergence #cosmos #consciousness MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Want to know what kind of reader you are? TAKE OUR QUIZ: https://www.currentlyreadingpodcast.com/quiz   In this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee bring their current reads, discuss how to track the books they only "dip into" and bring some last minute bookish goodness before they go.  Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site).   0:00 Welcome to Currently Reading 1:20 Bookish Moments of the Week 8:07 Current Reads 8:18 In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan (Meredith) 13:30 Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (Kaytee) 19:11 Artisan Sourdough Made Simple by Emily Raffa (Meredith) 25:42 Chasing the Wild by Elliott Rose (Kaytee) 29:59 Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall (Meredith) 34:49 Kin by Tayari Jones (Kaytee) 39:08 Deep Dive: Tracking the Books You Only Dip Into 47:47 Before We Go 53:05 Wrap-Up #books #reading #currentlyreading #podcast #currentreads ❤️ Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend on Patreon | https://patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast  Grab Some Merch on Zazzle | http://www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading Shop Bookshop dot org | https://bookshop.org/shop/currentlyreading Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August's IPL is a special murderful edition brought to you by Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX.  Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show:  Instagram | https://instagram.com/currentlyreadingpodcast Website | https://currentlyreadingpodcast.com/ Email | hello@currentlyreadingpodcast.com Substack | https://currentlyreadingpodcast.substack.com/ Youtube | https://www.youtube.com/@currentlyreadingpodcast Threads | https://www.threads.net/@currentlyreadingpodcast The Hosts and Regulars:  Meredith | https://instagram.com/meredithmondayschwartz Kaytee | https://instagram.com/notesonbookmarks Mary | https://instagram.com/maryreadsandsips Roxanna | https://instagram.com/roxannathereader Elizabeth | https://instagram.com/wacoreads Production and Editing:  Megan Phouthavong Evans | https://instagram.com/mostofmegansreads

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The fellas are heading to another planet in a far-off galaxy as they continue to explore post-apocalyptic cinema. Luckily, they have proper representation as they are joined by Space Lawyer Adam while they discuss the Soviet dystopian sci-fi comedy Kin-dza-dza!. Will the gang make it back home and regale the world with far-out stories or will the entire experience make them wanna Pluke? Tune in to find out!

Next of Kin After Stroke: When Your 19-Year-Old Has to Decide For You Kylie Ralston was 56, living alone in Sofia, Bulgaria, and getting back into shape after a divorce. Three mornings a week she ran. On the morning everything changed, she was doing a local park run with her friend Rebecca when she slowed to a walk, then tried to run again and couldn’t. “It was like the message wasn’t getting through from my brain to my legs,” she says. No headache. No fatigue. Nothing that felt like an emergency. She finished the run, registered her time, and went home. It wasn’t until she collapsed getting out of the car that anyone understood what was happening. By the time Kylie reached hospital, she had suffered a left frontoparietal haemorrhagic stroke, a spontaneous brain bleed roughly 7.5cm across, with none of the usual risk factors. No high blood pressure. No cholesterol history. No aneurysm, no AVM. She was placed in an induced coma for four days. When she woke, she couldn’t move her right side, and she couldn’t speak. What “Next of Kin” Really Means When a Stroke Hits Abroad Kylie was a permanent resident of Bulgaria, not a citizen, divorced from her daughter’s father, and living on her own. When the hospital needed someone to authorise emergency surgery, there was exactly one person available to make that call: her daughter, then 19 years old, splitting her time between her separated parents’ homes. It’s a detail easy to skim past, but it sits at the centre of this episode: next of kin isn’t a role most of us think about until a hospital needs an answer immediately. Kylie hadn’t nominated her daughter out of any formal planning process; it simply fell to her, because she was the only adult relative in the country who met the age threshold. A 19-Year-Old Signing Consent-to-Operate Forms Kylie’s friends contacted her daughter directly. She rushed to the hospital, and unconscious, unable to advocate for herself, her mother’s care now depended on decisions made by a teenager under enormous duress. Kylie’s first memory afterward is her daughter arriving in the ICU in a hairnet and scrubs, holding her hand, telling her she loved her. It’s the kind of moment that rarely makes it into conversations about stroke recovery, because the focus so often lands on rehabilitation milestones: walking, speaking, returning to work. But before any of that, someone has to be legally empowered to say yes to surgery, and for Kylie, that someone hadn’t expected the responsibility for another few decades. The Gap Between Acute Surgery and Real Rehabilitation Bulgaria’s acute care, Kylie and her friend Nicole Nott both stress, was world-class surgery within roughly two hours of the stroke, the kind of outcome her friends still describe as a miracle given the size of the bleed. What came next was a different story. In the public hospital, physiotherapy visits totalled two sessions. There was no speech therapy. After 14 days, still unable to move her right side or speak, Kylie was expected to go home. Her partner, Guido, refused to accept it, and the couple began privately funding rehabilitation themselves. This is a distinction worth sitting with if you or someone you love is navigating stroke recovery in a country or even a region with limited public rehab funding: acute survival and functional recovery are not the same fight, and they are not always resourced the same way. When a Friend Becomes the Rehab Team Nicole Nott, an occupational therapist and Kylie’s friend since they were 16, found out about the stroke through a message she initially suspected was a scam. Within days she’d cleared her schedule and flown from Australia to Bulgaria. What she found in the private rehab hospital was a caring but under-trained care team, kind staff with, as Nicole puts it, “no rehab expertise.” Nicole spent close to two weeks restructuring Kylie’s room and routine around basic stroke rehabilitation principles: approaching from Kylie’s affected right side to address her spatial inattention, built-up cutlery to force use of her weaker hand, a balloon tapped back and forth for shoulder strength, word games layered on top for speech practice, pegs and curtains repurposed into arm exercises. She also pushed back hard against hospital staff who tried to stop her from helping Kylie transfer to a shower chair or toilet, at one point being told outright she wasn’t permitted because she was a woman. Her single goal before flying home: get Kylie toileting independently again, for dignity as much as mobility. Kylie called her from Dubai airport, mid-transit, to tell her it had happened. Living With Aphasia Fourteen months on, Kylie’s right-side weakness has largely resolved. What remains, she says, is the hardest part: expressive aphasia. “I can’t express myself like I used to.” It’s a small, telling detail of the condition that even the phrase “I can’t” is itself shaped by the aphasia; the words available to describe the loss are affected by the loss. The Unexpected Gains Both women point to what came out of the crisis alongside the hardship: Kylie’s relationship with her daughter deepened. Her circle of friends in Bulgaria proved itself in ways she hadn’t anticipated. And in the rehab hospital, her partner Guido proposed something; he told her he’d already decided before the stroke but simply hadn’t gotten around to asking. If this episode raises questions about who is legally positioned to make decisions for you and whether that person actually knows it, it may be worth a conversation with your own family before a crisis forces the issue. For a deeper account of navigating identity, recovery, and unexpected transformation after stroke, Bill’s book The Unexpected Way That A Stroke Became The Best Thing That Happened is available at recoveryafterstroke.com/book. If this show has helped you, you can support it at patreon.com/recoveryafterstroke. This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your doctor before making any changes to your health or recovery plan. Kylie Ralston: Stroke, Bulgaria, and the Friend Who Flew Across the World When Kylie had a stroke abroad, her 19-year-old daughter became her next of kin, and a friend flew in to help her recover. Bill’s Book: The Unexpected Way That A Stroke Became The Best Thing That Happened Support the Recovery After Stroke On Patreon Highlights: 00:00 Introduction – Next of Kin After Stroke03:47 The Day of the Stroke08:55 Rehabilitation Challenges in Bulgaria16:32 Coping with Language Barriers22:08 Reflections on Healthcare Systems32:50 Setting Goals and Achievements38:29 Family Dynamics and Support Systems45:36 Finding Meaning in Recovery54:44 The Impact of Caregiving58:22 Reflections on Recovery and Gratitude Transcript: Introduction – Next of Kin After Stroke Bill Gasiamis (00:00)And one of my first horrible thoughts was, is this a dreadful hoax? Is someone, you know, is this some horrible scam? And it made me feel quite sick actually And then I rang her son who lives in Australia and he’s like, Yeah, I’m so sorry. I haven’t told you. Yes, it’s true, mum’s had a stroke. Bill Gasiamis (00:16)Welcome back to Recovery After Stroke. I’m Bill Gasiamis, and today I’m joined by two guests, Kylie Ralston and her friend Nicole Nott. Kylie was 56 living in Bulgaria when she suffered a left frontoparietal hemorrhagic stroke, a spontaneous brain bleed with none of the usual risk factors. Nicole is an occupational therapist and one of Kylie’s closest friends since they were teenagers. And when she found out what happened, she got on a plane to Bulgaria to help. In this episode, we get into what it means to have a stroke far from home in a country where you don’t speak the language, and public rehabilitation funding barely exists. We talk about who becomes your next of kin when you least expect it, what it’s like to advocate for a friend inside a hospital system that won’t always listen. And what recovery actually looks like 14 months on, before we get into it, if you want a deeper look at identity, recovery, and unexpected transformation after stroke, my book, The Unexpected Way That Stroke Became, the best thing that happened, is available at recoveryafterstroke.com/book. And if this show has helped you And you can support it to keep me on the path of getting to a thousand episodes, you can do so At patreon.com/recoveryafterstroke Bill Gasiamis (01:37)Kylie Ralston and Nicole Nott, welcome to the podcast. lovely to be here, Bill. Thanks for having us, Bill. Kylie, tell me a little bit about what life was like before the stroke. I was very active and I had a full life and I was working full time. and I was living in Sofia in Bulgaria, in my on my own, in my own apartment. I was renting, actually. and I was getting back to fitness. So I was g getting I was running regularly. So two two or three times a week I was hitting the gym and hitting the tr the treadmill. And that had been happening for like a few month like six months or something like that. but before that I was very fit and active. What kind of work were you involved in? I was a HR work. I was a ha HR leader and so I had my own consultancy I had a team of people that I’ve managed. I had thirty five people, so and that they were people in Germany, Poland, Czechia, Portugal, France, so everywhere in in Europe, basically. Yeah. Wow, how how does an Aussie end up in Bulgaria with staff or clients in that many countries? short answer is I came here with my family, so with my ex husband. and shortly after I arrived we separated and and ultimately got divorced. and I stayed on because my daughter is here. So she was only eleven at the time and I could just couldn’t leave her. The Day of the Stroke So you were living at home with your daughter? she was sharing her time between between us both. Yeah. got it. Okay. So both parents are there. So your daughter was going backwards and forwards. On the night of the stroke or on the day of the stroke, can you take us through that? What were you experiencing? Was there anything unusual that happened that made you think something was wrong? How did it go down? I was with my friend Rebecca. And she was running ahead of me as she she was faster than me, so sh and she often often ran ahead of me. and I’d slowed down to a walk and when I started to run again or try to run again, it it was like the message wasn’t getting through from my brain to my legs. And I thought, that’s strange, that’s that’s really odd. ‘Cause I didn’t feel like tired or anything and I didn’t have a headache and well stuff like that. and I just walked through the rest of the park run. And then when Rebecca saw me coming to the finish line, she waved me over and she said, come on, let’s go register your chip. and so I did that. and she said afterwards that there was a little bit of fumbling with with my phone and there’s a there was a little bit of fumbling when I put my jacket on, but other than that, I just seemed exhausted from a run. do you recall after the experience of feeling exhausted from the run where you ended up? Did you need help? Yeah, I do. So so she didn’t notice that I wasn’t talking because I n I’m normally an endless talker, so I she didn’t notice that I wasn’t talking. And she said that that that is one thing that should have alerted her to what was happening. but it it didn’t. And so I’d caught the bus to the park run and her husband was there and so he drove me home. And I j I remember the journey home and when when we when I went to get out, I just couldn’t. And so and Mark came around to my side of the car and help tried to help me out and I just collapsed against him. And so then that so then they said, quick, something’s wrong something’s I don’t remember what they  They they said, you know, they basically took me straight to the hospital. Yeah. And also rang Guido, my now fiance, but my partner at the time. Uh-huh. So you you went from the run, attempted to go home, and then from that attempt to get you out of the car, actually into your home, it was pretty clear that that wasn’t gonna happen and you ended up in hospital. so Did you guys drive to hospital? Do you recall that? Yes. Yes. We do how far is it from your home? it’s pretty close. I don’t know about kilometres or time, but it’s but it’s like ten or fifteen minutes. Yeah, so it’s not too far. But they didn’t know what was going on, of course. They just knew something wasn’t right and then they figured one of the best things to do is just get it to a hospital. You get to the hospital Do you know what happens after that? Do you get admitted? do you get tested for anything? I suppose what I’m asking is when is the first time you realise that that you’ve had a stroke? When do they report that back? When I came out of the coma. So I was put I was put into an an induced coma straight away. so I I obviously don’t remember anything of of that. and but Rebecca’s told me afterwards. so she’s filled in the f filled in the filled in the blanks for me. and by that stage her husband thought it was a stroke. So she’s he said he said to the staff at the hospital, we think she’s having a stroke. And so yeah. So how long were you in the coma, do you know? Has somebody told you how long it was? Yeah, four four days. Four days, okay. And do you know what kind of stroke you had? Yep. I had a left Frontoparietal hemorrhagic stroke. Wow, that’s a good effort. So you had a brain bleed. Yep. Do they know what caused it? No. It was spontaneous and I didn’t have any of the risk factors. So I didn’t have high blood pressure, a history of high blood pressure, but admittedly I’d hadn’t tested my blood pressure immediately before the stroke. but you know That’s un that’s unlikely to be the cause. And I didn’t have a hi a history of high cholesterol. and so they just and I didn’t have an aneurysm and I didn’t have like what’s the other thing? The An AV AVM. AVM, yeah, I didn’t have any of that. And how old were you? Fifty six. Okay. So you had a spontaneous Bleed in the brain. That happens. People do have that happen from time to time. And sometimes they don’t have any symptoms leading up to it or anything like that. and this is the bizarre nature of like there’s an unlimited number of ways, unfortunately, for people to have a stroke. Now, you woke up in hospital four days later. What kind of deficits did you have? I couldn’t move my right side and I couldn’t speak. Okay. Now I’ve got an idea of well, I haven’t got an idea, but my mind immediately kind of says like if you’re in hospital in Bulgaria, that’s not a hospital in Melbourne. That’s not the Royal Melbourne hospital where no shit is unreal, like it’s perfect and it’s got the highest technology and it doesn’t matter how many things we can bitch and moan about the system being here like compared to Bulgaria, my expectation is that we’re world class. Perhaps that’s not the case in Bulgaria. Would you agree with that statement? I would have agreed before and my my my expat friends here would have agreed before, but now we’re all saying maybe Bulgaria is better than we thought. That’s brilliant. Awesome. Okay, so Rehabilitation Challenges in Bulgaria As far as like medical interventions and all that type of stuff, you felt like that was handled like any other world class hospital would have handled it. Yeah. In that in that s it in that stage it was. but there’s no like that was a public hospital and there’s no there’s no public funded rehab after. or or very li very little. So so that’s where that’s where Australia is ahead. So when you knew you had deficits, was there any rehabilitation whatsoever? Did you get any of that while you were still in hospital? Minimal. So the the physio came to see me twice. and so that’s so that’s all and I got no speech therapy and stuff like that. and but when I was discharged from the public hospital here and went and so they they expected me to go home from the public hospital. And so Guido said she just can’t like like what what the fuck? After how many days? After how many days, how long? Fourteen. Wow, your right side was still offline and you still had problem. Yeah. Okay. So we we just paid for paid for private rehab. got it, right. Yeah. And how long were you in private rehab for? another like two months or something like that. Right. Okay, that’s pretty cool. So i even though you couldn’t access it publicly, you were still able to Access a private now. Are you a citizen in Bulgaria? Not a citizen, a permanent resident. Okay. So do you have are you as a result of the fact that you’re a permanent resident and not a citizen, do you have different things that you are able to access because of your status? No. no. I’m it’s I have the same rights as a citizen. The only one the only right I don’t have is I’m I’m not able to vote here and I’m not I’m not able to work in other EU countries. Got it. Okay. So that’s pretty traumatizing, the whole experience, and then to have to deal with overcoming your left side and your speech deficits after the two month mark, roughly where were you at where you where you are now? Because you kinda sound pretty good. Okay. No, yeah. no and and the other thing the other thing that I must say about Bulgaria is I don’t speak Bulgarian. very very little. So that was a problem. Yeah. I can imagine, yeah. so maybe you can come in here, Nicole, and and talk about where I was at when you came to see me, because that was very very very early on in my in in the private rehab hospital. Yeah, Nicole, tell me a little bit about what it’s like to receive a phone call to find out that your friend has had a stroke. I was absolutely hellish. the way I found out is I got a message through social media from someone saying, Hey, I’m a friend of Kylie’s and she’s in hospital in Bulgaria. And one of my first horrible thoughts was, is this a dreadful hoax? Is someone, you know, is this some horrible scam? And it really, you know, it made me feel quite sick actually thinking this is that’s not someone I know. It does look like a name I’ve seen in Kylie’s kind of social media world. And then I rang her son who lives in Australia and he’s like, Yeah, I’m so sorry. I haven’t told you. Yes, it’s true, mum’s had a stroke. and I was kind of beside myself because by training I’m an occupational therapist, but Kylie and I have known each other each other since we were about 16. and it was really hard to get the information that I wanted as a friend, but also as a health professional. I was wanting to understand what kind of stroke is it? Where is it? What’s the rehab? What can we do? How’s it going? And at that stage the information that I had was that you know, it was really seriously affected the speech part of the brain and obviously the hemiplegia, the weakness down the right side and knowing that Kylie was right handed. so, you know, it’s the friendship part that your heart’s breaking and it’s also the therapist part that’s wanting the information to be able to, you know, reconcile it for myself, professionally what that was going to look like as a consequence for Kylie. Yeah, and you’re so far away, so you really can’t do anything and kind of have to like take information second hand, third hand, and be kind of in a position which is really uncomfortable for, I imagine, a friend, but also a therapist, right? So as an occupational therapist, that’s not the information you work on. You work on actual facts, scans, reports, like a whole bunch of things. So are you also playing it out in your mind? Are you kind of Doom thinking it, like are you how does it affect you personally? I think for me I was all I was really very conscious of not stressing other people. So like friends, family, because sometimes when you are a health professional, you know, you have knowledge and information and you know, you sometimes you you’re keeping that to yourself to some extent because you do know what can happen to people and you do know what consequences can be. So I was really trying not to ask too many questions of people as well. but I was seriously desperate for information. And so I remember I’d gone to a party and I didn’t really want to go because I was actually, you know, upset and stressed for Kylie. And I did end up going to a party and during the party I was really kind of outside having a bit of a downer really by a campfire. but I got a phone call or a message to say that I think you’d said some words, Kylie, and were kind of waking up. so you’re still in the acute hospital then and that you’d been able to move your leg a little bit, I think. Yeah. And you know, joy in that moment. And yeah, I felt very, very far away. And then What happens over the next few days? Like do you guys continue to communicate somehow? Do you keep getting information? Are you being updated? Yeah. Yeah. I wasn’t able to get my into my phone or my any of my devices. So I wasn’t able to able to because I couldn’t remember my password, right? And so and and I tried like d different ones and I you know I just got locked out. So and when I was able to get in then that made it it made it easier t because I was able just text short messages. So so Nicole and I kept in touch that way. and before English-speaking Before you came, Nicole, I think I was talking, but not not not as well as I am now. Yeah. So was it, Nicole, in your mind, you were always going to fly over to Bulgaria and beath your friend? Or did you guys have to work that out? Like what happened now? It’s so cool that you get to have a somebody in your corner that is also a Fred, but also a medical professional in the exact field that you’re struggling with now. Right. Like how do you just drop everything and go overseas and be with your friend? Yeah, well, very grateful that I had an up to date passport. So that was that was a good thing. Kylie, it was interesting because the texting, like if I go back and look at that history, it’s like you can see the progress in the texts. So you can see that Kylie was using kind of more single words and having struggles with spelling and putting sentences together. And then over time, you know, they became more fluent. but the thing that happened was that Kylie and I were talking and she was able to you know, she got some speech back and we were talking. And she was just saying about the rehab care that the the the kind of caring staff just seemed to have no rehab expertise. So the physios were amazing. I think they were great. There was no active speech therapy for Kylie. I think we ultimately found an English speaking speech therapist but who still had Bulgarian as a first language. And there’s very few occupational therapists in Bulgaria, seems to be some expats. And Kylie was talking to me a jab about just you know, really basic things like not being taken to the toilet. and that’s probably what broke my heart. It’s like I cannot leave her in bed, not being able to go to the toilet. I just can’t do it. And so I just said to my partner, I think I just need to go to Bulgaria. And luckily I’m self-employed. So I just kind of cleared my schedule, got on a plane and yeah, I was just I suppose I’m incredibly grateful to have the skill. incredibly grateful to have the financial ability to do it. and yeah, and the skills to do it. And you know, you don’t always get an opportunity in life to do the right thing, or sometimes you don’t make that decision and later you think, Why didn’t I do X, Y, and Z? I try not to live my life like that. I try to actually do those things. So, yeah, I got on a plane and basically arrived at the airport, got on a train straight out to see Kylie at the Rehope Hospital. You’re a real superhero. I’m very grateful to Nicole. Yeah. I rec you know, my story is kind of well, it has a similar kind of thread to it. I one of my best friends is a radiographer and he was a radiographer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital where I was a patient for nearly two and a half years because I was in and out with a number of brain hemorrhages. I had three in total in the same spot, but over two and a half years, then I had brain surgery. And I can’t tell you how many scans I had, but being a radiographer, he was the one who was in the room taking the photos through the MRI. Yeah. And then he would come out. And he would tell us what he saw in the RI, which was against the rules. that’s why I won’t name him. But but that meant that we didn’t have to wait a month to get our results and the the meeting for the results was just more of we’ll go through the process and and have the meeting. Yeah. And and and it was like and I regretted my life when at school I used to throw his books on the roof of the canteen just to mess with him going to s to class late to get in trouble. and I’ve apologised profusely for that and thanked him every day for the fact that, you know, he was able to lend his well, you know, he was able to be in the room. He was able to have that conversation with us and he was able to ease our minds. over that two and a half year period and then you won’t believe it. Like his daughter had an AVM at seventeen. And she went through that and and has recovered from that somewhat now in the last few years. and I got to be I mean I hate that I had to be this guy, but I got to be the guy that supported him through that really acute phase and There is just nothing to describe what it’s like to be able to a repay the favor. and then but B, when I was in that situation to have somebody kind of well, you know, like put their arm around me and really walk me through every stage. Me and my wife and my family walk us through every stage of that part of it, other than intervening as a brain surgeon. But he was the one that put us in char in in touch with my brain surgeon. like Everything that happened was just the most amazing experience to be able to be guided like that. And I know it’s a privilege and many people don’t get that opportunity. so I see Chris, I haven’t told him this in person. I see him as like a bit of a superhero, but he doesn’t know that. I’ve told him I love him in the way men tell each other that they love each other by s abusing him and swearing at him and telling him that the team that he follows is terrible and all that kind of stuff. Reflections on Healthcare Systems so you arrived in Bulgaria. take me from the airport to the hospital. Like what happens? How is that? Actually the flight was really good. Customs was pretty easy. There was some annoying folk in front of me who I wanted to punch in the face and tell them to hurry up, but I was just, you know, needed to to get there. Kylie’s daughter met me at the airport. And then we got the train together out to the hospital. So, you know, obviously I’m seeing my first sight of Bulgaria. I’d never been there before. so not really taking a tourist route at this point. so went out to see Kylie. And, you know, when you just eyeball someone and I, you know, just thank God I’m here, I’m in front of her. Her she’d had a shaved head. she had some pretty spectacular surgical scars, a couple of very big scabs still on her head. she looked skinny, she looked pale, she had started doing a little bit of movement and the hospital room was really kind basic and crazy. Her friends had funded a pressure mattress for her that didn’t exist. And some of these things I had been liaising with Kylie’s friends in Bulgaria about what could we do, how you know, what do we want to prevent? So we want to prevent anyone pulling on from. Her weak shoulders and like don’t let anyone pull her by the arm. this is how I want, you know, to help her with posture in bed or in sitting. and you know, like speaking in single kind of actions at a time and just take your time, say something, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Just allow Kylie’s brain to, you know, take that information on board. Don’t speak for her. and when I got there, it was really clear that. She had an inattention to the right hand side as an effect from the stroke. So then I was a bit of a ball breaker, rearranging the whole room. No, no, no, no, no. Where, you know, everyone come from the right, everyone sit on the right. no cutler, you’re not allowed to have your phone in your left hand, you’re having your phone in your right hand. I’d taken some things with me from Australia to Bulgaria that I thought she might need. like some built-up cutlery, because I wanted her to use her right hand to feed herself. I took a couple of kind of activities that I thought we could do to look at some retraining for the right arm. what I’ll still bring with me, try to remember now. Benjamin. So yeah, just try kind of going into early stroke rehab principles. Yeah. Did you go there well you went there as a friend. But when you were there, were you able to be a professional and also have a conversation with the local team? Kylie and I laughing. Do you want to tell that story, Kylie? Which one are you thinking about? Where I got told off. No, I don’t remember that. well, Kylie was in act like, you know, there was still quite a lot of weakness, but she was also so determined for her own rehab. And in the system there their carers really don’t have a rehab focus. They have a I’ll provide you a meal focus and I’ll occasionally do some cleaning and I’ll occasionally change the bed linen and but really not a rehab focus. So I’ve personally found it quite easy to help Kylie to like stand move. And so the very first weekend I was there, it was a long weekend and what I didn’t realise later was that they were actually quite understaffed. Which worked in our favour because I was helping Kylie to get onto a shower chair, taking her to have a shower, us taking her to the toilet, because prior to that time they were just, you know, using pads for toileting because Kylie couldn’t stand up or move on her own. And because I’m trained, I found it very easy. She’s a lightweight person and she and I just work together and I could do that. I think it was the Tuesday, person who I refer to as Nurse Ratchet. remembering now kind of intercepted me bringing Kylie back from the bathroom to her room and just like, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. What are you doing? Stop that, stop that, stop that. and you know, she and I are having a bit of a a discussion. And basically she’s refused and I’m allowed to move Kylie. So Kylie is sitting out in the corridor. I think I’d luckily kind of covered you up for privacy. and she’s like, No, you’re not allowed to move her. I’m gonna go and get the physio. I think at least forty minutes went by and then she comes back, well, okay, and I said, Look, I am a trained person, it’s easy, it’s safe. no, I’ll think about it. And then after I think another fifteen minutes she pushed your chair into the bedroom. And then I think it was probably another fifteen minutes where she just decided to move Kylie herself at that point. even though that was out of policy and the physios had to do it. And then it was all this discussion with me that you can’t do it. And in the end it was you can’t do it because you’re a woman. Not strong enough, you know. so yeah. Then Kylie and I kind of would go on clandestine missions because again, from a rehab point of view, being able to stand transfer, it’s putting all the weight through the leg, it’s giving feedback to the brain. I really wanted to make sure Kylie’s bladder and bowel were gonna work properly. And you know, sitting in bed and that’s just not ideal. So then Kylie’s like, Nicole, I want to go to the toilet. I was like, I’m banned, I’m banned, Mother Nurse Ratchet, I’m not allowed to take you. And I was like, shit. So I would go on a little mission, go look down the corridor, make sure she was nowhere to be seen. And then I quickly stole the shower chair and then I found a bucket. And so Kylie and I were doing secret Wii missions in the bedroom. until w on one of our missions I just hadn’t quite got the bucket in the right place. And so then I it was also then later on a cleaning mission. So it was it was a pretty crazy environment. yeah, just for that lack of t whole team approach to rehab. Whereas, you know, in Australia the nurses would all be rehab trained. They would be transferring someone physios would come in, speech would be coming, OTs would be coming. So I was kind of desperately trying to convince Kylie or to get her rehab to a standard where she’d be able to come back to Australia to get some more rehab. You know what’s good about this conversation other than the hilarious nature of it also is that I as an as a person who hadn’t had a stroke before my hadn’t known anyone who had a stroke before my experience, if I had come across somebody who had had a stroke, I wouldn’t have known what to look out for and what to say to support them in a situation where perhaps something was being neglected. Because I don’t know what I don’t know. I’m not a professional, right? Just like those nurses and therapists that weren’t specifically trained. Yeah. In certain things. I mean, you may as well be not only talking a different language, but you may as well be making it up as you go because as far as they know, now this is what we do for stroke patients. This is how we handle that. is it a lack of understanding of what r stroke rehabilitation requires, or is it a lack of resources, or is it a little bit of both? Do you feel in Bulgaria when you were there? I think I think it’s a lack of of all all of that but it’s the lack of maybe money. So it’s a lack of training. So th there’s there’s not enough there’s not the the nurses or the orderlies or whatever they’re called here, are are aren’t paid very much. So they so And t just like, even though I was in a private rehab hospital, so you would have expected that more. It’s you would have expected more, but I just think that they just don’t have the money to to train those people. Yeah. it wasn’t really a role, was it, Kylie? Like they really were more like housekeepers in a sense. It was more like cleaning a meals. I have to say the physios were excellent. and a lot of the physios had good English as well, which was for your rehab was so important. because again a lot of the carers they would come into the room and you know, again, just from a speech therapy point of view, in Australia, say if someone came into the room who was the person who did the menus or filled up the water bottles or the cleaners, Kyler could have spoken to all of those people and had   incidental communication the whole day in English. But because of all of those p incidental people coming in didn’t speak English, you know, reasonably in Bulgaria. it just for me, I was worried about the lack of just exposure to English language as well. So not even speech therapy, just incidental language through the day. Which is very helpful and people don’t realise how helpful it is to be able to speak to a nurse about how you’re feeling or what’s happening. Yeah. And all the usual stuff. And Kylie’s chatty and friendly and she would have just been having conversations galore, but it just it it it couldn’t be. Yeah. Yeah, it’s another another barrier. so you know when you go overseas, it’s your friend and you’re a professional. How do you handle that? Because you know, like are you emotional? Are you trying to put a lid on it? Are you allowing yourself to Gonna be emotional. How does that work? We had some killer laughs, didn’t we? I mean, I’m a joker anyway. And so, like the first time Kylie got to do a poo on the toilet, I just did a poo dance for her. So I I felt half my job was you know, cheering her up and keeping it light and having fun and chatting about stuff we would just always chat about. as well as doing as much rehab because it was very exhausting because, you know, p after a stroke, it’s very fatiguing. you know, so to Kylie was really tired and needed lots of rest. So and because I had just you know, obviously dropped tools to go over quickly, I was just working sometimes. So I just have my computer and if Kylie was asleep I’d just stay with her and and her partner Guido as well, who was there with her as well. So just, you know, emotional support wise. But Yeah, I do some work. And I stayed in Kylie’s apartment. So I w was I just stayed at her place and I I train out to see her each day at the hospital. W how many hours would you spend in hospital with her? What do you think, Kylie? you would often arrive at like ten in the morning and you wouldn’t go till like five in the evening or six in the evening. Yeah. So technically visiting hours kind of finished at six. So I just try and stay most of the day. A full shift. Yeah. Yeah. Unpaid. Unpaid labour. Slave driver. Yeah. yeah. But nah. That’s what friends are for. I very what I very much wanted to stay the whole day because I did really, really wanna like especially the toileting thing. I just really wanted that. Setting Goals and Achievements I had this bit of a goal for myself for Kylie that she would be able to take herself to the toilet before I left the country. So just from a dignity point of view, from a mobility point of view, transfers, you know, bladder control. So yeah, that was one of my big goals. And she rang me when I was in transit at Dubai Airport on my way back to Australia and said, Nicole, I just took myself to the toilet. Wow, that’s cool. Yeah. Yeah. And and I was having physio two physio sessions a d a wi a day. So I was having other than Nicole. So I was having like about one session about of about an hour in the morning and one session of about an hour in the in the afternoon. Got it. You Kylie seem like pretty mm chill, pretty calm. how are you handling it though, emotionally? How’s the aftermath Treating you because there’s a little bit of you know, there’s all that acute stuff. It’s awesome when your friend is there, but then your friend goes home, right? So how how does that transition kind of happen? Yeah, I might start crying. because I’ve just recently spent seven months in Australia. So I I went to Australia in October last year and I came back in just in May. and I had more rehab there. So I had I had student led rehab at at first and then I got in got accepted into Birch, which is the brain injury rehab community and home in Ad in Adelaide. so that’s that is is a whole team of people. So I had I had physio and I and a occupational therapist and a a e exercise physiologist and a speech therapist and stuff like that so I th that’s really good. now the most frustrating part for me is the aphasia so I I can’t I can’t express myself like I used to. Yeah. You know what I love about interviewing people who have aphasia is when they say I can’t in a sentence to describe something to me it triggers the part of the condition which doesn’t allow the words to come out. It’s so interesting. That happens so so often. And it’s just a for me, I noticed this I’m saying it just from a perspective is maybe I can’t is not the right word. I don’t know. You might remember this, you might not, but maybe I can’t is not the right word. Maybe the right word is Something that helps you get to the word that you need to get to. And okay, now that’s just me, the uneducated stroke survivor on a phasia guy. Like I don’t know about that. But it’s so interesting, it happens every time. but then Nicole goes home, you go home, your partner is kind of now taking over the caregiving role, and you still have some deficits. phage is one of them. what about your right side? How offline was it? I I also moved in with Guido after the after the stroke. So so that was that was a has was ha was and has continues to be a challenge because we’re still getting used to living together because we weren’t living together before. and I was very in very independent before. And I was living in Sofia and he and he and I now live in a in a village. So I live in in a village just outside of Sofia. And I’m not driving yet. but I was medically cleared to drive in Australia before I left. So I’m going through the process here. so anyway, all of all of those things together make it very challenging. don’t get me wrong, I I l I love him, but but you know, and and I d and and I made that decision because my apartment is was was on the fourth floor and th there was no lift. Wow. Yeah. So back to your question. When I was when I was when I came here, when I was discharged, I continued with as an outpatient and and the physio continued to come at home twice a week. So I was having more physio maybe like five times a week. and like it were ha had started to come my right side had was all already back online, but I would I was just working on building strength and and I would get still very tired. Yeah. And did your daughter end up coming to live with you as well? No. but she she at the beginning she she was my next of kin. So at the ripe old age of nineteen, she signed the consent to operate forms. yeah, so that was that was very difficult for her. I didn’t know that at the time, obviously. but yeah. And did that happen, did she become your next of kin because your former partner, her dad, and you had separated and then his that role wasn’t gonna be his anymore. It’s just passed down to the person who was the closest to you. Like how did that happen? Family Dynamics and Support Systems We’re divorced. I I’m divorced from her dad. Yeah. So he’s definitely not my next kin. Right. So that ha changed after the divorce and she was the only person you could nominate because she was over is there an age limit to the next of kin? Eighteen. Yeah. Okay. So she had hit that criteria, you nominated her and then at nineteen she got to make a decision. Which she never and you never would have expected ever for that to be a thing. I didn’t nominate her, it would just happen. So I was I I was unconscious at the time that she signed those forms. So yeah. So my friends actually contacted her. and she she rushed to the hospital. so it was all under duress. It was like this is what happened to your mum, you’re her Next of kin, whether you like it or not, you have to decide. Yeah. Far out. Okay, that’s pretty full on for a 19 year old. Yeah. Yeah, seems like she did a good job. How did she handle this whole mum’s not well situation, this stroke thing? Like how did she deal with it? she was very good. my first memory actually is of her coming into the ICU with with the with the whole, you know, the whole like the the hairnet and the mask and the and the and the what’s it called the scrubs. Scrubs, yeah. and she held my hand and said t that she loved me. so that was pretty special. And incidentally I have an a another memory of Guido coming into the ICU as well and singing singing to me. So he he said that he said that I always wanted him to sing and he refused before. And so did did I want him to sing to me now? And I squeezed his hand or on the on the left he’s was holding my left hand and I squeezed his hand and so he knelt down beside my bed and started singing. Wow. Can he actually hold the tune or is he hard to hear? Yes, see he’s he’s very musical. Okay. Thank God. If my wife had asked me to sing a w if I had asked my wife to sing, it wouldn’t have been a good experience at all for either of us. Yeah, he was he was a busker in i in his younger years. Yeah. and now he decided to come good. Fair enough. Well that that’s important. You know, things like that are important. It lightens the the mood and it makes Yeah. You kind of feel like your family’s around and that you know you know, maybe kind of things might be all right. Like it gives that glimmer of hope. Is that how you received it? Yeah, I did. yeah, but I’m also very, very determined. So I’m a I’m a very normally very strong woman and so everyone said to me that if if well not to me, but w we had a we had a group WhatsApp chat so and I was added to it later and everyone said in that that if anyone can get through this, Kylie can. Yeah. So you know when you’re told you’ve had a stroke, you wake up with all the deficits and everything. Are you like how do you take it? I woke up, couldn’t use my left side. I I did not for one minute. It did not cross my mind like for one minute that this is not a good thing. Like I mean, clearly I wasn’t able to move, etcetera. But it never kinda went a lifesaver, I’m fucked. Like I never had that happen. Me as well. yeah. I I’d I’ve never thought that. I don’t know whether I even thought that It was n like you said, that was not a good thing. I just put one foot in front of the other and or not literally, but the Yeah. Metaphorically. Yeah. Metaphorically. so one foot in front of the other and just got on with it. Yeah. Nicole, like you come across in your work, you come across a lot of different versions of patience, right? Like you get people who might just be by design more negative to a bad experience and then people that are half class full to a bad experience. Just from a professional perspective, what’s the difference like when you’re trying to rehabilitate somebody that has kind of that different mindset? From perhaps what Kylie and I described. Yeah, I mean I’m probably in the last half full camp as well. So as an OT, I suppose we always meet people where they’re at. because everyone is a combination of their past experiences, aren’t they? So and cultural things, like there’s a very significant cultural differences in how people respond to pain or disability and expectations of kind of family and I suppose cultural expectations in Australia are even about you know, what what what should be publicly available. So, you know, from an expectations point of view, I think a lot of it is based on, you know, previous experience. So as a therapist, we’re obviously there to support, you know, emotional well being, physical well being, and try and find the things for people that connect with them. So meaningful, like OTs are our absolute core is meaningful occupation. So how do we find something that’s meaningful to that person that we think is going to get them from kind of, you know, here to there and it’s gonna be very different different motivators, you know. Kylie is probably, you know, very self motivated as described. Sometimes it’s about people really have a d strong desire to get back to work, or people have a really strong family structure that they want to be able to get back to do something with their family. So finding the way or the thing hopefully that’s going to motivate them. But we certainly work with people who you know, have a high level of distress from what’s happened to them and and on an ongoing basis. One of the things I’ve got a little quote on my desk that you can’t see here, but it says, I’m still me, just a different version of me. And it’s what someone one of my clients told me recently who has MS. and often we find need to find the new version of someone. and the new meaning for someone if that, you know, needs to happen. So that’s our great challenge, I suppose. That’s a big job, especially very early on when identity is so tied up into who they were literally days ago. You know, like a week ago. The mobile person, the working person, the money making person, the father, the mother, the whatever. Finding Meaning in Recovery And then, you know, you’re dealing with a physical crisis, the existential crisis, the identity crisis, like you’re dealing with it all in the one moment, and you’re trying to get them to sort of see, well, you know, you’re still you and how we’re gonna move forward with the still you person, like we’re still gonna move forward with that person. And then later does come an adjustment of what that you looks like. did for me like it’s a massive adjustment into what me looks like. But my identity wasn’t so much tied up in a one label specifically, although, you know, I s I was the person who felt like they needed to be the main breadwinner, you know, that you know ran a business that did all these things. I I had a big strong identity. But I think one of the things this is going to sound weird or might even sound logical depending on like w who you are and why you’re listening to this podcast. But for me, the fact that my brain went offline was a really good thing because it and that allowed my emotional side to come to the fore. Like it really enabled me to see things with a different intelligence, you know, and access part of me that my emotional intelligence perhaps that I hadn’t that I perhaps suppressed previously, you know, and just battled through things. And that kind of allowed my identity to come with me, it allowed me to leave some stuff behind and allowed me to bring into my identity this emotional side of me, you know, which who cried, who got excited about new and different opportunities, you know, that my head didn’t convince me out of. You know, so there was a lot of silver linings that I didn’t I wasn’t able to iterate back then. I wouldn’t have been able to tell you that it was a silver lining. But now and a few years later, after it all happened, I was definitely able to talk about those silver linings. Kylie Do you you’re fourteen months or so out, right? So maybe you’re not there yet, I don’t know. But are there some silver and I know a hundred percent Nicole was one of those silver linings, I get it. but do you see some silver linings in this whole saga? Yep. I do. my relationship with my daughter got stronger. Yep. So that was all s that was definitely a silver lining. and you know, I I’m was very grateful before, but it cemented how g how grateful I am for my circle of friends. Yeah. Kylie’s friends were amazing. Yeah. Your friends were amazing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Big family still in Australia is is there a big family in Australia, Kylie? Not not a big one, but my mum and dad are still still alive. So they’re they’re in Melbourne. and my sister is in on the Gold Coast and my brother is in Melbourne as well. Yeah. And my and my son is in Adelaide. Okay. So you still have some family here, but then you were able to create a community in the years before the stroke in Bulgaria. Yeah. you you were doing it a little bit tough after the stroke. Yeah. Correct. Yep. So that’s spot on. Did you Nicole tag team with some of those people as well? Yeah, so Kylie’s friends were beautiful and they were looking after me too. So When I was in Bulgaria, they were looking after me, you know, giving me dinner and what have you, and kind of giving me emotional support as well. And I think they were grateful that I was there from a skills point of view, like they were doing a beautiful job of supporting Kylie emotionally. But and I did kind of train them up a little bit in in some rehab as well, you know, how to help with approaching from the right and how to communicate and also just even doing some activities. Kylie and I had the balloon and we were tapping it back and forward to each other for strengthening up the right arm. And then we’d play some kind of word games as we were doing that for some speech therapy. So I was educating her friends around that kind of stuff. But the other thing, Kylie, that you and I have spoken about is, you know, after the stroke is knowing what’s important and how to let some sh shit go that would have been, you know, annoying or you know. focus on something and now it’s just you you just know it’s just not important. Yeah. Being able to just let crap go. Correct correct. and the other silver lining is that I got engaged. Yes. Did he propose soon after? Yes, in the in the rehab hospital. what a romantic Yeah. But he but he said that he’d already decided before the stroke that he wanted to marry be ma be married to me. So he just hadn’t got around to asking me yet. Yeah, fair enough. That stroke has a way of interrupting people’s plans and the things that they think they’re gonna do. so Nicole you normally treat your patients. They get to a stage. Usually they’re a lot better than they were when they first met you. And part of what you do is you send them off into the big wide world like a kid. I’ve grown you know, I’ve raised them, you know, like they know how to comb their hair now. And you kinda send them off and it’s kind of bittersweet, I imagine, but also a very important part that the people who you’re helping get better actually go off into the world on their own. And stop needing to be supported by you. I know there’s some people who need more support and that continues for longer and some people who don’t get enough and it and it’s never enough. But what’s it like knowing the job is not done, but you still have to leave and go home? that was heartache. I mean, Kylie and I both balled our lies out. it was a long flight home. Yeah. Yeah, it was a long flight home. with lots of reflections. I suppose the good thing at that point was Kylie was easily able to speak on the phone or message each other. So and also, you know, I think at that stage maybe I got to see the brain scan and I was just like, my god, how have you even survived this? ‘Cause I think was it about a seven centimeter bleed, Kylie? Yep. seven and a half. Yeah. To be precise. It truly felt like a a miracle. And again, full kudos to the surgeons in Bulgaria, truly, for that acute care. Because I think Kylie, I feel like you were in surgery in about within about two hours or something after the stroke, which is phenomenal. And, you know, your friends really saved your life. taking you straight to the hospital and prevented like, you know, more serious outcomes from the stroke. So yeah, so for me, I was proud of myself as well. and I, you know, I like to live my life by thinking I can look myself in the mirror. And I felt like I can really I’ve got a tear, really look myself in the mirror. Yeah. Doing the right thing. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. You came to the need of somebody who was in need and needed specifically not only your love and support as a friend, but also your skills. Like you had the complete package for them at that time. How long did you end up staying in total? Was I ra away about just under two weeks probably with the flights and everything like that? So yeah. so yeah, leaving was leaving was horrible. But the goal of being able to go to the toilet was met. and also just the skills for, you know, skilled up a few other people and Kylie, you know, had her good networks. I also went out to Kylie’s property out in the village to have a look at any home modifications. So that was another kind of OT type role that that was done. and she’s got an amazing property out there, but it is kind of needs a bit of love and so that was also just reassuring her partner too, like reassuring Guido that no, look, Kylie’s got this. There were a few times where it was like, Nicole, I don’t want her to do this. Like I’m like Guido, she’s safe. She can do it. She’s got sitting balance. She’s okay to sit over the side of the bed. She can wiggle sideways. But he was anxious. And so again, part of my job was to reassure him to make sure that he let her do things. and didn’t step in too quickly. And so as an O T, we’re all used to like sitting on our hands and taking time and letting people struggle a bit. And it was hard for him to let Kylie struggle. So to just encourage him to let her struggle a bit so that she could do it herself and just wait. Just take the time, especially with communication. so yeah, I I kind of obviously knew there was a lot more rehab to be done, but I also had seen Kylie’s determination and that, you know, she kind of knew what to do. and and so that was I I was grateful again for that. Kylie, what was it like when your friend had to leave? I was heartbroken. The Impact of Caregiving I felt like she was a lifeline and I felt like that that had been cut because obviously she speaks English and obviously like Obviously we have a really good relationship. and I felt like I was in a like how do I describe it? In a in a sea of not n of people not understanding. So yeah, not my friends, but the hospital staff, basically. So not the not the physios. Like Nicole said, the physios were exceptional. but, you know, just the hospital staff. Yeah, just generally speaking. So did you feel like she had put you on the right path? Were you more confident with kind of where she left you as opposed to where you guys started and was that enough to kind of give you the foundation for what you needed to take responsibility for when she left? Definitely. yeah, definitely. Yeah. Man, w what a kind of interesting whole situation. You know, if this was fifty years ago, there’s no way anyone’s going anywhere to help anyone with anything. you know, like your hospital s experience in country like Bulgaria after what they’ve been through would have been completely different. You know, your s the chance of surviving telling your story is probably s you know, very much decreased. I know this is gonna sound weird, but like it’s never been a better time to have a stroke in in most of the world. Like let’s face it. the the possibilities are just endless. I’m a miracle from all the medical professionals that put all their time and effort in. I am eternally grateful to my occupational therapists and physios and surgeons and people who invent X ray machines and people who make C T scanners and The plastic bottles where drips go in, like every single thing is just an an absolute miracle of God or medicine or science or I don’t care what, like whatever you want to call it. And it just to me, it you know, here’s a really terrible situation and here and and but look at all the amazing things that came out of it. Somebody from the other side of the planet to be able to come over and intervene in that way, train people up. Like, man, it’s the Perfect like feel good story, you know. Everything’s going okay, things turn shit, and then something good comes out of it and yeah hopefully there’s more good to come, you know. Like, man, it’s just an amazing experience. I just feel really privileged to be able to hear it and share it further. No, not not not me, personally. but now that you say that I will s I will think about it now. the most thing that that Nicole and I reflect on is, you know, like like we’ve already said, how good was that my friends got me to the hospital quickly? How good was the the surgeons the surgeons because it could have all gone wrong. or gone gone a different way. so that’s the stuff we reflect on more. and just just like my amazing recovery. Reflections on Recovery and Gratitude Because I recovered so quickly and so well, like I’ve thrown everyone away here. So so my new my neurologist, my my physios, ever everyone here is like well, back then was like really surprised. So we it’s when I first walked into the n neurologist, she said, like, wow, No one expected you to recover that quickly from such a severe stroke. Yeah. That’s such a good outcome. I like to I like to think that those things wouldn’t have been possible without your most amazing superhero friend Nicole. Nicole, your final thing I’d like to kind of run by you is that your whole career you’re working towards making things better. Yep. Like for people who are going through all really difficult times. have you had you ever dealt with a family member who needed your intervention or family friend or someone like that that needed an intervention with your specific skills before this? man. yes. So when I was quite a young therapist, probably in my early twenties, my dad told me that his One of his like great aunts or cousins elderly relative had had a stroke and she was in hospital and I didn’t really know her. Like she wasn’t someone in the family that I I had knew had known. And I said to Dad, I’ll go and visit her in hospital. And and so I went to the hospital and I found out she was in this room and I walk into the room and there were four people. And I see this gorgeous little old lady who is all crumpled in her chair and squashed and nearly falling out. And I I just walked in and I was horrified. And I just walked straight over to her. And I just said, look, can I help get you more comfortable, get you into a better position? And then I realized it was it was my own relative. and I said to her, I’m Nicole, I’m John’s daughter. you know, dad’s asked me to come and see you. And and she just said the most cutest thing ever. She said, when you walked into the room. You just look so lovely and I hoped you were here to see me, but I I wouldn’t have known what I could have done to deserve that or something something dead cute. anyway, she’d had a very dense stroke and they were basically saying that she wasn’t a candidate for rehab and that she should go straight to a nursing home. And her daughter was a nurse. And she said, Nope, Mum’s not going to a nursing home and she ended up taking her home and I used to go every night after work and do rehab with her. she ended up being able to walk quite with a pretty awkward gait and a and a stick. but she got back to, yeah, walking and living at home and I just again always think that if she didn’t have her daughter, the nurse and myself, she probably would have ended up not not walking. Yeah, being in a nursing home. It’s not that quality of life. So there’s people who definitely go through that. And what I love about you sharing that part of the story is there’s people listening and they’re paying attention and maybe they haven’t been given the amount of therapy that they feel they deserve or need. And maybe that’s going to trigger people to go, you know what, stuff this, I’m gonna find a way to get more therapy, I’m gonna ask. I’m gonna hassle some people, I’m gonna be a pain in the butt to some people, I’m gonna do more. for myself to get me further. I love that you shared that part of the story. That’s kind of the unique experience that a that a a seasoned occupational therapist can kind of impart on us who are early on in the recovery about like how you need to advocate for somebody or yourself for more physical therapy. And and even if you Can’t access that people listening and watching YouTube channels. Go to YouTube. There are a ton of awesome therapists on YouTube showing people how to do exercises at home. Yeah. And I mean, I just took some really basic things. We s I, you know, stole some things out of Kylie’s flat to take in. And Guido’s son gave me some toys and we use those like stacking things to, you know, do rehab with Kylie’s hand. I took some pegs from her house and we made an activity of pegging up the curtains to do shoulder and arm rehab. So you can often do a lot without, yo

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Some mornings everything goes according to plan. This is absolutely not one of those mornings.King Scott kicks things off by earning the legendary Clock of Shame after an alarm clock betrayal (or operator error...depending on who you believe). From there, the chaos only escalates.The crew talks about the growing national blood shortage, why knowing your blood type actually matters, and how one simple donation can literally save lives before immediately steering the conversation straight into complete nonsense...because that's what a comedy podcast is supposed to do.Then comes the story nobody asked for but everyone will remember forever.A New Zealand metal concert turns into one of the most horrifying concert stories imaginable after a mosh pit gets interrupted by an unexpected biological disaster. The gang debates whether anyone could actually miss that smell, why everyone immediately started throwing up, and why this somehow isn't even the first time it's happened at a heavy music show.Yes...It's every bit as disgusting as it sounds.Meanwhile...The crew battles through Jeopardy music trivia, debates classic albums, laughs about DevilSkin vs. Devil's Kin, and somehow turns human biology into comedy.In Crap on Celebrities, there's plenty happening:• Carly Simon reveals her Parkinson's diagnosis.• Brett Michaels recovers from surgery while fans wonder about upcoming tour dates.• Larry the Cable Guy undergoes emergency surgery.• Christopher Nolan explains why he'll never direct a romantic comedy.• Kevin Smith announces a Jay & Silent Bob video game.• Rob Zombie's wife releases her debut single.• Tom Cruise family drama gets another chapter.• Jon Stewart and Pete Davidson reunite for a huge comedy benefit.• Plus celebrity birthdays, weird entertainment news, and all the sarcastic commentary you'd expect from The Rizzuto Show.It's another morning where serious conversations somehow collide with absolute nonsense—and somehow it all makes perfect sense.If you're looking for a comedy podcast packed with ridiculous stories, pop culture commentary, questionable life advice, St. Louis humor, and enough laughs to make your coworkers question what you're listening to, you've found today's episode.Because only The Rizzuto Show can go from saving lives with blood donations...to discussing poop in a mosh pit...without missing a beat.Follow The Rizzuto Show → https://linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → https://1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nothing says "good morning" quite like realizing one of your coworkers completely disappeared.This episode of The Rizzuto Show starts with full-on panic when King Scott doesn't show up for work. Is he okay? Did the baby arrive? Is there an emergency? Nope...he just slept through everything. Naturally, this earns him the legendary Clock of Shame and enough roasting to last until the baby's old enough to drive.From there, the chaos only gets better.The crew uncovers a little-known towing loophole that could save you hundreds of dollars if you ever catch your vehicle being hauled away. Is it legitimate? Is it shady? Is bribing a tow truck driver with a burrito technically negotiating? Important questions are asked.Then things get somehow even more ridiculous.A seasoned mountain climber accidentally impales himself with his own hiking pole...and calmly hikes TEN MILES back down the mountain with it still sticking through his body. Somehow that's still not the craziest survival story of the day.A solo sailor spends an entire month drifting across the Pacific after losing his mast, running out of water, and improvising his own survival system while waiting for someone—anyone—to notice him.Meanwhile, TikTok has apparently decided diarrhea is now a weight-loss strategy. Yes, really. The crew discusses the unbelievably stupid "Cyclospora Skinny" trend, contaminated lettuce, food recalls, and why intentionally giving yourself explosive diarrhea may not be the wellness breakthrough influencers think it is.If medical malpractice stories make you cringe...brace yourself. A woman goes in for a routine procedure and somehow wakes up missing the wrong organ entirely. The crew debates how much compensation is actually enough when a doctor's mistake permanently changes your life.Along the way there are conversations about:• hilarious late-to-work disasters• bizarre downtown vandalism• towing scams• rental car nightmares• hiking fails• ocean survival• bad diet trends• weird medical news• and the everyday nonsense that somehow turns into a three-hour comedy therapy session.King Scott kicks things off by earning the legendary Clock of Shame after an alarm clock betrayal (or operator error...depending on who you believe). From there, the chaos only escalates.A New Zealand metal concert turns into one of the most horrifying concert stories imaginable after a mosh pit gets interrupted by an unexpected biological disaster. The gang debates whether anyone could actually miss that smell, why everyone immediately started throwing up, and why this somehow isn't even the first time it's happened at a heavy music show.The crew battles through Jeopardy music trivia, debates classic albums, laughs about DevilSkin vs. Devil's Kin, and somehow turns human biology into comedy.In Crap on Celebrities, there's plenty happening:• Carly Simon reveals her Parkinson's diagnosis.• Brett Michaels recovers from surgery while fans wonder about upcoming tour dates.• Larry the Cable Guy undergoes emergency surgery.• Christopher Nolan explains why he'll never direct a romantic comedy.• Kevin Smith announces a Jay & Silent Bob video game.• Rob Zombie's wife releases her debut single.• Tom Cruise family drama gets another chapter.• Jon Stewart and Pete Davidson reunite for a huge comedy benefit.• Plus celebrity birthdays, weird entertainment news, and all the sarcastic commentary you'd expect from The Rizzuto Show.The gang debates America's best fast food restaurants, questions why Del Taco somehow keeps winning national rankings, argues over Taco Bell's drive-thru speed, wonders why Chick-fil-A can be both the friendliest and the slowest, and absolutely unloads on some of the worst drive-thru experiences imaginable. There are passionate opinions about fries, chicken, Crunchwrap Supremes, Popeyes, Zaxby's, Raising Cane's, and just about every chain capable of serving questionable life decisions in under seven minutes.As if that wasn't enough chaos, the crew dives into a nostalgic rabbit hole of foods only your grandparents seem to enjoy. Liver and onions. Sardines. Bologna. Tapioca pudding. Fruitcake. Jell-O molds. Black licorice. Somehow everyone ends up questioning their own taste buds while Scott proudly brings in licorice like it's a treasured family heirloom.And then...Headline Hoosh arrives.This week's winner is a man who decided hopping onto a moving freight train wasn't exciting enough, so he climbed onto the locomotive completely naked and surfed it across Colorado before police finally stopped the train. His explanation? Vodka, cheap beer, and banjo playing. Honestly...we've heard worse resumes.Follow The Rizzuto Show → https://linktr.ee/rizzshowConnect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online →https://1057thepoint.com/RizzShowHear The Rizz Show daily on 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.Man put glue in electrical outlets downtown...Man impaled by own trekking pole then hiked more than 10 miles to safetySolo sail gone wrong: California man survives month at sea drifting to HawaiiRecord-breaking solo rower Kelsey Pfendler arrives in HawaiiWoman wins massive settlement after bladder mistakenly removed during surgery for benign cystMen Born at Same Hospital Allege They Were Switched at Birth and Raised by Each Other's Biological Parents"And then everyone else starts vomiting". Metal gig in New Zealand marred by extreme poo incident in moshpitSalt + Smoke to close 2 locationsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Send us Fan MailWhat if you didn't need a tech background, investors, or a perfectly mapped-out plan to build a real app?In this episode of Call Me CEO, Camille sits down with K Botkin, a millennial mom of two and corporate leader who turned a personal frustration into a powerful solution for modern motherhood.With zero coding experience, K taught herself how to build Kin—an AI-powered assistant designed specifically for moms carrying the mental load of everyday life. What started as a late-night idea at her kitchen table quickly became a fully launched app helping women simplify meal planning, grocery shopping, scheduling, budgeting, and more.Together, they dive into:What it really looks like to build a tech product as a non-technical founderThe mental load of motherhood and why it sparked the creation of KinHow AI can actually simplify life for moms instead of overwhelm themBuilding confidence when you don't feel “qualified”The reality of creating something after bedtime, between work, and real lifeWhy the future of AI belongs to everyday moms—not just tech expertsK also shares how resistance from traditional workplace systems pushed her to explore AI independently, and how she began building tools not just for herself—but for moms everywhere who feel like they're constantly trying to “do it all.”This is a conversation about motherhood, innovation, and what becomes possible when you stop waiting to feel ready.About the Guest:K Botkin is a millennial mom of two young boys, full-time corporate leader, and founder of Kinyoudoitall. She is the creator of Kin, an AI assistant app designed to help moms reduce the mental load of daily life through meal planning, scheduling, budgeting, and more.She also runs the kinyoudoitall.com blog and community, where she teaches non-technical moms how to use AI in practical, everyday ways.Resources & Links:Instagram: https://instagram.com/kinyoudoitallWebsite: https://kinyoudoitall.comFree AI 101 Guide for Moms: https://stan.store/kinyoudoitallDownload Kin (iOS): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kin-ai-assistant-for-moms/id6763621685Download Kin (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kinyoudoitall.kinConnect with Camille:Instagram: @CamilleWalker.coPodcast: @CallMeCEOPodcastTry the 5-minute routine tomorrow and tag @CallMeCEOPodcast on Instagram with your biggest takeaway.Schedule a free discovery call with Camille!https://calendly.com/callmeceopodcast/discovery-call-with-camille 

Content note: This episode includes discussion of suicide and attempted suicide.In 1x03 “Next of Kin,” 9-1-1 takes its first big swing at found family and uses a piece of rebar through Chimney's skull to get there. Meanwhile, Athena and Michael face the terrifying aftermath of May's suicide attempt, Abby is forced to confront what caring for her mother can realistically look like, and a bouncy castle finally proves that children's birthday parties are inherently hostile environments.This episode, we're talking:

Unraveling the history of the Jim Crow South, personal stories are interwoven with humor and heartbreak. Tayari Jones is an author and C.H. Candler Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her new novel, which follows two young Black women – both motherless and as close as sisters – navigating the era with different trajectories. The book is called “Kin.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This week, Sharifah recommends Kin by Tayari Jones and Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed on the Show Kin by Tayari Jones Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S., we're revisiting author interviews on important books about American history. Today's episode features two novels that fictionalize the Jim Crow South. Author Tayari Jones spoke with Weekend Edition's Ayesha Rascoe about Kin, which follows two friends growing up in Honeysuckle, La. who must navigate the constraints on Black women in the 1960s. And Margaret Verble chatted with All Things Considered's Ari Shapiro about When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky, the story of a Cherokee woman working as a horse-diver at a Nashville, Tenn. zoo.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedaySee pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter discuss the best books of 2026 (so far)! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 588) or download and shop on The Bookshelf's official app: Annie First five-star read: The Reservation by Rebecca Kauffman Most surprising: Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai Nguyen Least favorite: Man Overboard! By Kathleen Rooney (July 7th, 2026) and Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune Next on your TBR: June Baby by Shannon Garvey Most anticipated fall release: The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw (September 29th, 2026), Fair Ones by Lydia Millett (October 6th, 2026) Annie's Top 10 1. Kin by Tayari Jones 2. Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin 3. Strangers by Belle Burden 4. The Reservation by Rebecca Kauffman 5. The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout 6. Anywhere Else by Rachel Knox 7. Whistler by Ann Patchett 8. Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer 9. Good People by Patmeena Shaw 10. This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman Hunter's Top 10 1. Brawler by Lauren Groff 2. Whidbey by Kira Madden 3. Just Watch Me by Lior Torenberg 4. Departures by Julian Barnes 5. Kin by Tayari Jones 6. Gunk by Saba Sams 7. My Dear You by Rachel Khong 8. Murder Bimbo by Rebecca Novak 9. The Complex by Karan Mahajan 10. Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is reading Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object by Laurie Colwin. Hunter is reading Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.