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While Sydney welcomes African-American entertainers, Moree bans Aboriginal Australians from exercising their human rights on the land that's always been their home. But this regressive act will have progressive consequences… eventually. Plus, while Australia plans to vaccinate against polio and the government commits ground forces to a war in Asia, the manhunt for escaped murderer Patrick Platts reaches a climax. But the Platts story will have its sequel nearly 20 years later – in the ‘Murderphobia' murder case.To read more about the 1965 Freedom Ride:https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/1965-freedom-rideTo get hip to the beat with Dewey ‘Pigmeat' Markham's Here Comes The Judge:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRS62nccwmw&list=RDNRS62nccwmw&start_radio=1It's easy to get a free trial that will give you access to ad-free, early and bonus episodes. Hit either of these links:Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustraliaApple: apple.co/forgottenaustraliaWant more original Australian true crime and history? Check out my books!They'll Never Hold Me:https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.htmlThe Murder Squad:https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.htmlHanging Ned Kelly:https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.htmlAustralia's Sweetheart:https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.htmlEmail: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Idea: It's better to abandon your brother to Satan than to ignore his sin.1 Corinthians 5:1-8I. The Church's Purpose. 1 Corinthians 5:1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated among the Gentiles—a man is sleeping with his father's wife. II. The church's Pain.1 Corinthians 5:2-3And you are arrogant! Shouldn't you be filled with grief and remove from your congregation the one who did this? Even though I am absent in the body, I am present in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who has been doing such a thing.III. The church's Power.1 Corinthians 5:4-5When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus, and I am with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, hand that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.IV. The Church's Purity.1 Corinthians 5:6-8Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough? Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new unleavened batch, as indeed you are. For Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us observe the feast, not with old leaven or with the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.Next Steps: Believe: I need to be rescued from Satan's grip today.Become: I want to join a Life Group today. Be Sent: I will push back darkness this week. Discussion Questions: How did you push back darkness last week?Have you ever been part of a church that practiced discipline? Why don't most churches practice discipline?What does it say to society about a church that openly tolerates sin?Have you influenced someone's eternity lately?  Explain. Who do you know who is in the clutches of Satan? Pray for the Holy Spirit to convict them this week. 

Ok, I've started to embody my transness. Now what?Today we meet Seth Anderson-Matz and we're talking about the queer book that saved his life: The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You by S. Bear Bergman. And Bear joins us for the conversation!Seth Anderson-Matz is a queer & trans community organizer and minister. He has lived and worked in the Twin Cities area all his life, and currently resides in South Minneapolis with his wife (Jenn), one big dog (Roxie), one tiny dog (Saul), and one weird cat (Lucy).S. Bear Bergman is the author of nine books, founder of Flamingo Rampant press, and frequent consultant in equity and inclusion to business and government. Bear began his work in equity at the age of 15, as a founding member of the first ever Gay/Straight Alliance and has continued to help organizations and institutions move further along the pathways to justice ever since.Alternately unsettling and affirming, devastating and delicious, The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You is a collection of essays on gender and identity that is irrevocably honest and endlessly illuminating. With humor and grace, these essays deal with issues from women's spaces to the old boys' network, from gay male bathhouses to lesbian potlucks, from being a child to preparing to have one. It offers unique perspectives on issues that challenge, complicate, and confound the "official stories" about how gender and sexuality work.Connect with Seth and Bearinstagram: @s.andersonmatzwebsite: sbearbergman.cominstagram: @bearbergmanbluesky: @sbearbergman.bsky.socialOur BookshopVisit our Bookshop for new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbookBuy your own copy of The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781551522647Become an Associate Producer!Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbookCreditsHost/Founder: J.P. Der BoghossianExecutive Producer: Jim PoundsAssociate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Bob Bush, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean SmithPatreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Terry D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy EricksonQuatrefoil LibraryQuatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1It's a new year, so we hope you enjoy our new format and theme song. Be sure to support us on Patreon, buy the books we feature on the show through our bookshop, or read them through Quatrefoil Library's free e-library. Links in the shows and on our website. Support the show

Here is part 1It is a drab midweek as Rotherham United exit the Vertu Trophy at the quarter-final stage.League 2 Bradford earnt a Semi-final birth with a second half penalty. We also cover the end of the transfer window.But back to League 1 action as Gareth Ainsworth brings his Shrewsbury Town team to New YorkMake sure to follow us on X and FacebookPlease also give us a 5 star rating wherever you are listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When you find the book that gives you the resilience, strength, and willingness to be yourself.Today we meet Louisa Hext and we're talking about the queer book that saved her life: Ruby Fruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown.Louisa is a transformational coach, speaker, and mediator with over 30 years of experience helping individuals and families navigate forgiveness, healing, and personal growth. Drawing from her research and nearly 13 years as the curator of a highly regarded traveling photographic exhibition on forgiveness, Louisa has been privileged to guide countless individuals through profound emotional healing. Her coaching practice is built on empathy, deep curiosity, and a non-judgmental approach, creating a safe space for her clients to explore their unique stories and unlock their potential for growth and transformation.Ruby Fruit Jungle is a ground-breaking coming-of-age novel from one of America's most distinctive voices. It is a transformative work which tells the story of Molly Bolt, an adopted daughter of a Southern couple who boldly forges her own queer path in America.Connect with LouisaWebsite: embraceforgiveness.comOur BookshopVisit our Bookshop for new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbookBuy your own copy of Ruby Fruit Jungle: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781101965122Become an Associate Producer!Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbookCreditsHost/Founder: J.P. Der BoghossianExecutive Producer: Jim PoundsAssociate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Bob Bush, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean SmithPatreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Terry D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy EricksonQuatrefoil LibraryQuatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1It's a new year, so we hope you enjoy our new format and theme song. Be sure to support us on Patreon, buy the books we feature on the show through our bookshop, or read them through Quatrefoil Library's free e-library. Links in the shows and on our website. Support the show

Is the loss of innocence the beginning of compassion and wisdom?Today we meet Dean Backus and we're talking about the queer book that saved his life: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh.Dean is a playwright, essayist, screenwriter, journalist, filmmaker, and high school English teacher. He is the author of Darts and Flowers and the forthcoming The Deep End of the Pool.Harriet the Spy is a timeless YA classic by queer author Louise Fitzhugh. In it, Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before she can stop them, her friends have read the always truthful, sometimes awful things she's written about each of them. Will Harriet find a way to put her life and her friendships back together?Connect with Deanwebsite: deanbackusauthor.cominstagram: @deanbackusauthorfacebook: facebook.com/deanbackusauthorOur BookshopVisit our Bookshop for new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbookBuy your own copy of Harriet The Spy: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780440416791Become an Associate Producer!Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbookCreditsHost/Founder: J.P. Der BoghossianExecutive Producer: Jim PoundsAssociate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Bob Bush, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean SmithPatreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Terry D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy EricksonQuatrefoil LibraryQuatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1It's a new year, so we hope you enjoy our new format and theme song. Be sure to support us on Patreon, buy the books we feature on the show through our bookshop, or read them through Quatrefoil Library's free e-library. Links in the shows and on our website. Support the show

Here we go with part 1It was a good Saturday afternoon for Rotherham United. A very convincing 3-0 victory at home to Northampton TownJCH and Andre Green with the goals, but an all-round good performance for The MillersMake sure to follow us on X and FacebookPlease also give us a 5 star rating where you are listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let Freedom Ring #7 Free To Be Free!, Galatians 5:1-15 By Louie Marsh, 7-29-2007   1)  Jesus set me free to BE FREE!   “1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1, BSB)   Freedom has ETERNAL VALUE.   Why? What is that Value?   ·       You could say without it we can reach our full potential – true but not the real value ·       Because it makes me happy and that's what life is all about. ·       Real Reason: We are make in God's image, and are called to be like God, and God is Free!   The Two Components of Spiritual Freedom:   Free FROM   &  Free TO   3 Way this freedom works in my life   1) In my relationship with Jesus   Free From: SEEKING SECURITY which INVALIDATES Christ's power in my life.   Free To: Live life TRUSTING God's spirit alone.   “2Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.” (Galatians 5:2–5, BSB)   2) In how I live out the truth.   “6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love. 7You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth? 8Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you. 9A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough. 10I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be. 11Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. 12As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!” (Galatians 5:6–12, BSB)   Why don't these agitators, obsessive as they are about circumcision, go all the way and castrate themselves! Galatians 5:12 (MSG)   Free From: DECEPTION   News Item: Giant Man-Eating Badgers in Basra British military officials are denying reports that they released, we kid you not, "strange man-eating bear-like" badgers to sow fear among the residents of Basra, Iraq. "We have not released giant badgers in Basra, and nor have we been collecting eggs and releasing serpents into the Shatt al-Arab river," Maj. David Gell tells reporters, according to The Guardian..   Free To: Live by FAITH through LOVE.   3) In how I view myself   “13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. 14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”” (Galatians 5:13–14, BSB)   Free From: A SELF-CENTERED life   Free To: SERVE God & others

This book made me think about how my relationship to myself is lifelong.Today, we meet Saraid de Silva and we're talking about the book that saved her life: Paul Takes The Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor. And Andrea joins us for the conversation!Saraid de Silva is the author of Amma and is a screen writer on the TV series Shortland Street.Andrea Lawlor teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College and has received the Whiting Award for Fiction. Their publications include a chapbook, Position Papers.Paul Takes The Form of a Mortal Girl takes place in 1993 and follows Paul Polydoris who tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a dyke best friend, makes zines, and is a flaneur with a rich dating life. But Paul's also got a secret: he's a shapeshifter. Oscillating wildly from Riot Grrrl to leather cub, Paul transforms his body and his gender at will as he crossed the country––a journey and adventure through the deep queer archives of struggle and pleasure.Connect with Saraid and Andreainstagram: @saraiddesilvaSaraid's linktree: linktr.ee/ammasaraiddesilvaAndrea's website: anderlawlor.cominstagram: @anderlawlorOur BookshopVisit our Bookshop for  new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbookTo purchase Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl visit: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780525566182Become an Associate Producer!Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbookCreditsHost/Founder: J.P. Der BoghossianExecutive Producer: Jim PoundsAssociate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Nicole Olila, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean SmithPatreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy EricksonMusic and SFX credits: visit thiqueerbook.com/musicQuatrefoil LibraryQuatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1It's our two-year anniversary and we have new episodes and live events all month long! Check back for the links for the live events!Support the Show.

A deep dive into LGBTQ book bans with two of the nation's leading researchers.Today, we are joined by Sabrina Baêta and Tasslyn Magnusson. They are leading researchers in the United States on LGBTQ book bans in our schools. They led efforts to research and write the new 2024 PEN America report Banned in the USA: Narrating the Crisis.Here is part of the official description: "This report provides data, alongside a comprehensive narrative of the censorship crisis affecting public schools. It shows the nuance of the current moment and damage that occurs when stories—compassionate, reflective, educational, and entertaining—are restricted or removed on the basis of fear, intimidation, or bigotry."Read the full report here: https://pen.org/report/narrating-the-crisis/Check out our earlier coverage on Book Bans: thisqueerbook.com/book-bans/Learn more about Sabrina and TasslynSabrina: sabrinabaeta.comTasslyn: tasslynmagnusson.comOur BookshopBuy banned books! Visit our Bookshop for  new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbookBecome an Associate Producer!Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbookCreditsHost/Founder: J.P. Der BoghossianExecutive Producer: Jim PoundsAssociate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Nicole Olila, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean SmithPatreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy EricksonMusic and SFX credits: visit thiqueerbook.com/musicQuatrefoil LibraryQuatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1It's our two-year anniversary and we have new episodes and live events all month long! Check back for the links for the live events!Support the Show.

Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Imagine what this would be like if we Stopped looking for loopholes and look for ways to love otheImagine what this would be like if we we Stopped looking at our new life in Christ like a membership reward card.  The more I do the more points I get and one day I can cash them in on some pretty cool stuff.Imagine what it would be like if we Stopped asking what is in it for me and instead asked what does love ask me to do for you.

I break down why Dockerfile frontends exist and how Docker's build engine "BuildKit" is giving us updated Dockerfile features.The TL;DR of this podcast is to add this to your Dockerfiles as the first line, always and forever.# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1It'll ensure your Dockerfile will have access to the latest v1.x features of the "Dockerfile frontend" feature of BuildKit.★Topics★My newsletter on Dockerfile frontends (including links and references)Creators & Guests Beth Fisher - Producer Bret Fisher - Host (00:00) - (00:36) - Understanding Docker Files (00:47) - The Evolution of Docker Files (01:05) - The Importance of Docker File Versions (02:20) - The Impact of Dockerfile Standards (03:41) - The Benefits of Using the Latest Dockerf ile Parser (04:16) - The Challenges of Docker Engine Versions (05:18) - The Advantages of Docker Front Ends (07:56) - The Role of OCI in Dockerfiles (10:18) - Exploring New Features in Docker File Front Ends (15:27) - Conclusion: The Future of Docker Files You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

You have 10 color themes to work with in a Squarespace website - and honestly? that seemed like way too many when I first started using Squarespace 7.1It took me a few months to get the hang of it, but these days, I regularly utilize at least 6 of the 10 in every site I build and in this episode of thinkinsidethesquare I'll tell you how - and why.Support the showThe term "Squarespace" is a trademark of Squarespace, Inc. This content is not affiliated with Squarespace, Inc. For a transcript of this episode, along with the links to any resources mentioned, visit insidethesquare.co/podcast

Candy's World, de muzikale ontdekkingsreis met Candy Dulfer op Sublime. Candy zal haar persoonlijke smaak en ervaringen delen. Zo gaat zij, jou, als luisteraar een kijkje geven in haar keuken en verrassen met andere muzikale invalshoeken, ruimte voor talent en muzikale gasten. Maar bovenal worden het twee lekkere funky en soulvolle uren. Aflevering van: 6 oktober 2023. Playlist: I'll Get You back - Con Funk ShunI Want You For Myself -George Duke17 Days (17'' Rmaster) - PrinceSuper Soul Sister - HeatwaveBon Bon Vie - TS MonkNasty Girl - The Notorious B.I.G. (ft. P. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm)Love Has Come Around - Donald ByrdSumthin' Sumthin' - MaxwellFind Me - Muroki Groove Thang - ZhaneFishnet - Morris DayWork That Body - Diana RossWe Came To Play - Tower Of PowerE-Flat Boogie - Trouble FunkNightlife - JafunkWaiting For Your Touch - Spanky WilsonMaybe They 'll Take Your Picture - Liv WarfieldCircles _ Rufus & Chaka KhanThat's The Joiunt - Funky 4+1It's Too Funky In Here - James BrownCall Me - Me'Shell NdegeOcelloFunk Attack - Dexter Wansel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1It is actually reported that there issexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans,for a man has his father's wife.2Andyou are arrogant! Ought younot rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. 3For thoughabsent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing.4When you are assembledin the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus,5you areto deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, sothat his spirit may be savedin the day of the Lord.[a] 6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know thata little leaven leavens the whole lump?7Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.8Let us therefore celebrate the festival,not with the old leaven,the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9I wrote to you in my letternot to associate with sexually immoral people10not at all meaningthe sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters,since then you would need to go out of the world.11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyonewho bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindlernot even to eat with such a one.12For what have I to do with judgingoutsiders?Is it not those inside the church[b]whom you are to judge?13God judges[c]those outside.Purge the evil person from among you.

Because of Jesus, you have been rescued from sin and death. Jesus set you free from the shame and guilt of sin, but more importantly from the power and reign of sin! Only Christian's are truly free to not choose sin! Real Christian freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want, but the ability to not be controlled, driven, mastered by every desire, impulse and sin that wants me.2 Corinthians 3:12-1812 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. 14 But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. 2 Peter 2:1616 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God's slaves.

"In the Beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth. And he saw that they were good. So he then created the sock puppet."- The Book of Tyrone 1:1It is so good to be back from an extensive break, and we are so happy to be joining you with this uproarious and irreverent new American play from 2015! Be sure to join us as we dive into this masterful world all at the hands, well..hand, of one young man, and his puppet.

Movie of the Year: 2002The Finale, Pt. 1It is time to start picking 2002's Movie of the Year in our 2002 Finale Part One!It seems like just yesterday we started the 2002 season, but as they say: time flies when your castin' pods. This year we embraced just how many movies there are in any given year. Because there are so many, we opened up our brackets (and our hearts) to 16 movies.I know what you are thinking, you must have just opened up the floodgates and invited all the stinkeroos to the party along with the usual eight brilliant movies. However that is not what happened; seven great movies (and just one stinkeroo) made their way into the sweet sixteen. And now it is time to take that number DOWN.Maybe Battle Royale will slay the competition and move on to the next round. Perhaps Spider-Man (yeah just the one, kinda weird) will web-sling his way on. Personally, I could see Morvern Callar slicing up the competition. And it's not just the movies that can win and lose because we are giving out our podcast-famous Mooty awards as well, celebrating the best in performance and artistry.All this AND the stuff that I forgot to mention!Visit our websiteUse our Amazon page!Join our Patreon team! (to get the show early and hear bonus segments!)Like us!Follow us!While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S.The Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade on June 24th.Abortion is a basic healthcare need for the millions of people who can become pregnant. Everyone should have the freedom to decide what's best for themselves and their families, including when it comes to ending a pregnancy. This decision has dire consequences for individual health and safety, and could have harsh repercussions for other landmark decisions.Restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion, threatens the health and independence of all Americans. Even if you live in a state where abortion rights are upheld, access to safe medical procedures shouldn't be determined by location, and it shouldn't be the privilege of a small few.You can help by donating to local abortion funds. To find out where to donate for each state, visit donations4abortion.com.If you or someone you know needs help, or if you want to get more involved, here are 5 resources:1. Shout Your Abortion is a campaign to normalize abortion.2. Don't Ban Equality is a campaign for companies to take a stand against abortion restrictions.3. Abortion.cafe has information about where to find clinics.4.

1 Corinthians 5:1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father's wife!Support the show

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. 5 For each will have to bear his own load.GALATIANS 6:1It is fitting that love be the first mentioned because it [love] encompasses all of the following. It may even be said that the following eight terms are just describing what love in action looks like. DAVID GUZIKBrothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him…GALATIANS 6:1Our mission is to RESTORE.Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.GALATIANS 6:1Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. 2 He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.LUKE 9:1-251 As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 52 He sent messengers ahead to a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival. 53 But the people of the village did not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to Jerusalem. 54 When James and John saw this, they said to Jesus, “Lord, should we call down fire from heaven to burn them up[j]?” 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56 So they went on to another village.LUKE 9:1-2Their offense – even on behalf of Jesus – was not appreciated.DAVID GUZIKRoughness: power that is out of control; caused by the inability to see something/someone as valuable or fragile.REASONS FOR ROUGHNESS1.) MISUNDERSTANDING JESUS51 As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.LUKE 9:51For the Lord GOD will help Me; therefore I will not be disgraced; therefore I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed. ISAIAH 50:7Jesus hardened His face; not in the sense of becoming a hard or angry man, but in the sense of having focus, and having focus through a difficult time. They saw the flint-face of Jesus and thought it meant mean or tough. They didn't understand that it meant focus and being more focused on love than ever before. That flint-like face will end up on the cross in the ultimate demonstration of love, not the ultimate demonstration of anger.DAVID GUZIKGod's seriousness against sin is not from a place of ROUGHNESS or anger; it's from a place of DEEP LOVE for the sinner to be made RIGHT.2.) MISUNDERSTANDING WORTHAre not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.MATTHEW 10:39-31For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.PSALM 139:13-16 Gentleness: power under controlGENTLENESS SOFTENS MY WORDSEvil words destroy one's friends; wise discernment rescues the godly.PROVERBS 11:9“Gentle words bring life and health; a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.”PROVERBS 11:9“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”PROVERBS 18:21“A person's words can be life-giving water; words of true wisdom are as refreshing as a bubbling brook.”PROVERBS 18:4GENTLENESS ISN'T SURPRISED WHEN PEOPLE MISS THE MARK AND HELPS THEM GET BACK UP

Welcome to Hi in Hawaii - Hi on Life, Hi on the Mountain and Hi on Cannabis.  This podcast is meant to be a form of entertainment and escape, while at the same time being informative about cannabis products and methods of consumption.  If you are new, welcome, kick back with your choice of strain and enjoy the stories and the tunes. -  PFC Songs-  Wise Words-  Learning As I Grow! - Light of Jah Update-  New Product Discovery (a discreet way to partake anywhere, anytime)This episode brought to you under the influence of Donkey Dawg Shatter.  This Hybrid strain makes for a great tasting dab hit.  Total Cannabinoids - 84.3%.Talking Saves Lives:NEW NUMBER to remember 988 Veterans press 1It has been in place for a few months, but with September being National Suicide Prevention Month I thought it would be a good time to bring it up. Also known as Suicide Awareness Month, the month shines a spotlight on a topic not often talked about.Everyone is affected by suicide, not just the victim. Suicide impacts family and friends long after the loss of a loved one. On average, one person commits suicide every 16.2 minutes. Two-thirds of the people who commit suicide suffer from depression.I remind myself as well as everyone who listens – talking saves lives. It takes courage to talk.  It takes strength to talk.  Having problems doesn't make you weak.  Everyone has problems.  Talking will help.Remember that your thoughts are just thoughts.  You can change your thoughts.I am continually reminded of the importance of talking.Talking Saves Lives!22 Veterans Take their own life each day!I don't want to be a statistic, and I don't want you to be one either.aka...National Suicide Prevention Line: 988800-273-8255Veterans press 1Veteranscrisisline.net or text them 838255   Even if they are not registered with VA or enrolled in VA health care -Available to all Veterans and their families and friends. 24-7-365kndmisty.mtn@gmail.com  www.hiinhi.com     Thank You for listening - Aloha!Support the show

In the last of our Royal Ascot 2022 previews, George Elek is once again joined by Andy Holding and Johnny to run through Saturday's card.Alfred Munnings is the current even money favourite for the Chesham Stakes but our panel think there's vulnerability in him based on the time figures he's run to date. The Jersey Stakes comes next at 3.05 and Andy has a "strong" fancy in this one with him not being blown away by the quality, he likes Alflaila for Owen Burrows, currently a best price of 8/1It's another short priced favourite in the Hardwicke with Hurricane Lane a best price of 4/5 at the time of writing, William Buick will be hoping for another winner as he hunts down Ryan Moore. Both Andy and Johnny think we're guaranteed to see a non-runner here which would affect each-way backers."Probably the race of the week" Andy describes the Platinum Jubilee as. James McDonald is onboard the Australian Home Affairs who was only narrowly beaten by Nature Strip recently, Andy isn't sure how much you can read into that run for the 15/8 favourite.The Wokingham Stakes looks a hugely open affair with the favourite Fresh currently at 9/1. Johnny think he's a solid bet to be in the frame with some bookies paying up to 8 places.The Golden Stakes handicap is the penultimate race of the meeting. Missed The Cut is the 7/2 favourite as things stand. "Leave this race to Godolphin" is Andy's advice.The week ends with the Queen Alexandra Stakes. With Trueshan likely to withdraw, Andy fancies a 14/1 shot as his bet of the week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You guys, we have made it. We have FINISHED My Immortal!!!111111!!2!1It's the final episode of Fangfiction Season 1! Zac has put on his wildest outfit, Lucy is doing her best to finally get cancelled once and for all - we're pulling out all the stops, baby! We do an epic recap, including a return to the best opening paragraph in history, and make predictions for the closing chapters. And Tara does not disappoint!!!1!11 We get ALL the tropes we have come to know and love in the MIU: guns, sex, torture, and of course, outfit descriptions. Will all the loose ends get tied up, or will Tara just lose interest and stop writing in the middle of the story? Will Draco and Enoby finally make up and live happily ever after? Will Evovy's gun ever go off, or have we transcended Chekov? And most importantly, will we be back for another season of Fangfiction??? No spoilers in the show notes!!!! You'll have to listen to find out!!!!11!2!!!1You can follow us on Instagram and Twitter @FangfictionPod, or check out our website https://fangfiction.transistor.fm/ to listen to episodes or find links to subscribe to Fangfiction in all the podcast places!If you'd like to channel some of Tara's genius and send us your Fangfiction fanfiction, hit up our socials or send through to fangfictionpod@gmail.com!CONTENT WARNING: mentions of suicide and sexual assault. If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone. Support is always available.Lifeline 24-Hour Telephone Crisis Support 13 11 14 (24 hours)Mensline 1300 789 978 (24 hours)Kids Helpline (aged 5 - 25 yrs) 1800 551 800 (24 hours)Beyondblue info line 1300 224 636SANE mental health information 1800 187 263 

Worse than not knowing where you're headed is being distracted. Distractions not only divert your attention, but some have fallen away from the Faith altogether because of a small distraction. Your bold Faith is only as vigilant as you are, and today I want to discuss the distractions and small foxes in our lives deterring us from our promise. Seeds from Today's EpisodeGenesis 3:1It's here where we see the introduction of distractions with Adam and Eve in the garden through language and understanding. Subscribe to our Newsletter here.Join us for a new episode bi-weekly on Wednesdays!If you need prayer, email info@bigboldfaith.comWant to support the podcast financially, learn more about our mission and see how we live Ordinarily Bold daily? Follow us or visit us at the below links:Website: www.bigboldfaith.comPartner with Us: https://www.bigboldfaith.com/supportFind Us: @bigboldfaithSupport the show

Where is Jesus?--------Easter Stats: 8 in 10 Americans will celebrate this weekend  #1 Christian Holiday – 1 out of 3 people on earth celebrate this holiday  Resurrection of Jesus often celebrated Thursday night (Friday) Satan with his fierce temptations wrung the heart of Jesus. The Saviour could not see through the portals of the tomb. Hope did not present to Him His coming forth from the grave a conqueror, or tell Him of the Father's acceptance of the sacrifice. He feared that sin was so offensive to God that Their separation was to be eternal. Christ felt the anguish which the sinner will feel when mercy shall no longer plead for the guilty race. DA 753.2Jesus' objective was to reconcile the prerogatives of Justice and Mercy, and let each stand separate in its dignity, yet united. Through Christ, Justice is enabled to forgive without sacrificing one not of its exalted holiness.                       In many eyes in Israel 2000 years ago and echoing through time still today, Justice and Mercy stood apart, in opposition to each other, separated by a wide gulf. The Lord the Redeemer of all the earth - clothed His divinity with humanity, and lived out on behalf of mankind a character that was without spot or blemish.  Jesus planted His cross midway between heaven and earth, and made it the object of attraction which reached both ways, drawing both Justice and Mercy across the gulf.  Justice moved from its exalted throne, and with all the armies of heaven approached the cross. There it saw One equal with God bearing the penalty for all injustice and sin. With perfect satisfaction Justice bowed in reverence at the cross, saying, it is enough. 7BC 935-936Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.” Psalm 85:10 Jesus died on what many today call Good Friday  Satan saw that his disguise was torn away. His administration was laid open before the unfallen angels and before the heavenly universe. He had revealed himself as a murderer. By shedding the blood of the Son of God, he had uprooted himself from the sympathies of the heavenly beings. Henceforth his work was restricted. Whatever attitude he might assume, he could no longer await the angels as they came from the heavenly courts, and before them accuse Christ's brethren of being clothed with the garments of blackness and the defilement of sin. The last link of sympathy between Satan and the heavenly world was broken. DA 761.2 Man as well as angels must see the contrast between the Prince of light and the prince of darkness. We must choose whom we will serve. DA 761.3 John 20:11-18 – Mary and Jesus  Emmaus – Luke 24 – Where is Jesus?  5 Great Yet Forgotten Truths – The 5 Lost teachings of Christianity were validated on this weekend 2000 years ago: Spirit of Prophecy – Sabbath – State of the DeadSecond Coming – Sanctuary Symbolism Prophecy: Daniel 9:24 – Anoint the Most Holy – 70 prophetic weeks – 490 years given to Israel to accomplish a few things – 9:26 – the Messiah will be cut off…Vs. 27 – in the midst of this 7 year period the Messiah will die. 3.5 years of ministry of Jesus. I tell you these things before hand… Sabbath – He could have died and been resurrected on Saturday… State of the Dead – His words to Mary were very clear – He had not ascended to the Father. His words to the thief were not a lie – Today you shall be with me in paradise Second Coming– Acts 1:11 – Same Two Angels – same two at the grave, same two that had been with Jesus throughout his life… “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” John 14:3 - I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. But where is Jesus today? Why the delay?  Sanctuary - Hebrews 8:8 Here is the main point: We have a High Priest who sat down in the place of honor beside the throne of the majestic God in heaven.2 There he ministers in the heavenly Tabernacle,[a]the true place of worship that was built by the Lord and not by human hands.3 And since every high priest is required to offer gifts and sacrifices, our High Priest must make an offering, too.….. (Earthly Priests) serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.”[b]6 But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.7 If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it.Daniel had another prophecy – The Angel showed him in Daniel 8:14 – that in the Fall of 1844 – 2300 days into the future from Daniel's day that Jesus would finally transition to the last stage in the controversy between good and evil – into the Most Holy Place – the antitypical day of atonement  A special day – a solemn day – Cleansing by the High Priest… A day of judging in favor of the saints Hebrews 9 - 9 This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people who bring them.Hebrews 9:11-1311 So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come.[e]He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world.12 With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.13 Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer could cleanse people's bodies from ceremonial impurity.14 Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds[f]so that we can worship the living God. Hebrews 9:23 – 23 ….the Tabernacle and everything in it, which were copies of things in heaven, had to be purified by the blood of animals. But the real things in heaven had to be purified with far better sacrifices than the blood of animals.24 For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with human hands, which was only a copy of the true one in heaven. He entered into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf.25 And he did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again, like the high priest here on earth who enters the Most Holy Place year after year with the blood of an animal.26 If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to die again and again, ever since the world began. But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age[k]to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice.27 And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment,28 so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him. Jesus says in the Revelation – Behold I come and my reward is with me …I will never leave you…I will be with you until the end.(At any moment in this controversy) - God could have destroyed Satan and his sympathizers as easily as one can cast a pebble to the earth; but He did not do this. Rebellion was not to be overcome by force. Compelling power is found only under Satan's government. The Lord's principles are not of this order. His authority rests upon goodness, mercy, and love; and the presentation of these principles is the means to be used. God's government is moral, and truth and love are to be the prevailing power. DA 759.1It was God's purpose to place things on an eternal basis of security, and in the councils of heaven it was decided that time must be given for Satan to develop the principles which were the foundation of his system of government. He had claimed that these were superior to God's principles. Time was given for the working of Satan's principles, that they might be seen by the heavenly universe. DA 759.2 As the “whole creation groans and travails in pain together” (Romans 8:26, 22), the heart of the infinite Father is pained in sympathy. Our world is a vast house of disease and sickness, a scene of misery that we dare not allow even our thoughts to dwell upon. If we realized it as it is, the burden would be too terrible. Yet God feels it all. In order to destroy sin and its results He gave His best Beloved, and He has put it in our power, through co-operation with Him, to bring this scene of misery to an end.If the Love of Jesus, the Life of Jesus, the New Life in Jesus is attractive to you and you have a desire to show that kind of love to others… will you stand with me this morning? 

This episode originally aired on 2/28/2020. New episodes coming soon. Learn about how quitting smoking may reawaken healthy cells; how researchers figured out how to tell the age of crime scene fingerprints to help investigators; and why you sometimes yawn while exercising or singing.Quitting smoking doesn't just slow lung damage, but can also reawaken undamaged cells by Grant CurrinGallagher, J. (2020, January 29). Lungs “magically” heal damage from smoking. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51279355Pfeifer, G. P. (2020, January 29). Smoke signals in the DNA of normal lung cells. Nature, 578(7794), 224–226. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00165-7Yoshida, K., Gowers, K. H. C., Lee-Six, H., Chandrasekharan, D. P., Coorens, T., Maughan, E. F., Beal, K., Menzies, A., Millar, F. R., Anderson, E., Clarke, S. E., Pennycuick, A., Thakrar, R. M., Butler, C. R., Kakiuchi, N., Hirano, T., Hynds, R. E., Stratton, M. R., Martincorena, I., … Campbell, P. J. (2020, January 29). Tobacco smoking and somatic mutations in human bronchial epithelium. Nature, 578(7794), 266–272. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-1961-1It's been impossible to tell the age of crime scene fingerprints — until now by Grant CurrinDetermining Fingerprint Age with Mass Spectrometry Imaging via Ozonolysis of Triacylglycerols. (2020, January 3). Analytical Chemistry. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04765Residues in fingerprints hold clues to their age. (2020, January 22). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/acs-rif012220.phpWhy we yawn during exercise by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Kate in Pennsylvania)Provine, R. R., Tate, B. C., & Geldmacher, L. L. (1987). Yawning: No effect of 3–5% CO2, 100% O2, and exercise. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 48(3), 382–393. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0163-1047(87)90944-7Massen, J. J. M., Dusch, K., Eldakar, O. T., & Gallup, A. C. (2014). A thermal window for yawning in humans: Yawning as a brain cooling mechanism. Physiology & Behavior, 130, 145–148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.03.032The science of the exercise yawn. (2017). Furthermore from Equinox. https://furthermore.equinox.com/articles/2017/09/yawningMcKinney, James C. The Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Faults. (2005). Google Books. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=znaCDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=singing+yawn&ots=DKpXxdwhGJ&sig=IjgkdxkqyENjWLoXJTDaYB94G30#v=onepage&q=yawn&f=falseWant to learn even more? Head to discovery+ to stream from some of your favorite shows. Go to discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms apply.

                  Hebrews – A Call to Commitment:                               “Stability in a Shaky World”                                            Hebrews 13:7-16 The Main Idea is found in V-8Leaders will change but Christ remains the same: Heb 1:10:12 (Ps. 102:25-27) The quoted psalm is about YHWH; Jesus is God incarnate; the second person in the Trinity.  John 1:1It is all about Jesus: 1 Cor. 2:2            Four Steps to Stability in a Shaky World:1.        Remember and Imitate Godly Leaders  In Chapter 11, “Hero's of the Past.”             Two Behaviors to  imitate:           1)    Their focus on the Word: Acts 20:26-27           2)   Their Faith (Trust or walk) 2 Tim 4:6-8 2.         Be Strengthened by Grace not Regulations Carried away: Don't get sidetracked!The gospel is not about food: Rom 14:17Friend of one of my daughters: Mark 7:19What happens outside the camp is significant: Lev 16:27 3.         Embrace the Disgrace – Come to the Cross! Moses regarded this disgrace: Heb 11:26Sharing in his sufferings is a common theme: Phil 3:10-11Following Christ means preparing for hardship: Luke 9:23 “Here,” we are on shaky ground: Heb. 12:27 4.         Sacrifice Worship and sacrifice are synonymous: Rom 12:1            Four ways to sacrifice:           1)   Praise: Psalm 54:6           2)   Confession: Rom 10:9-10           3)   Deeds of Kindness (Empathy)  Heb 13:3           4)   Gifts:  Phil 4:18Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AnthonyMartino66?fan_landing=true)

Food blogger and recipe developer, Brooke Nickelatti, joins us today to talk about building her business + community online, following her passion, and showing up authentically on social media. How do you overcome the fear of putting yourself out there in order to follow your passion?What does building a business online look like?How do you put authenticity first when there are other monetary temptations?How can having a presence on social media impact our mental health?What does it take to make your side hustle a full-time job?Brooke's Resources:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooklynsbites/https://www.brooklynsbites.comSHOP: https://www.brooklynsbites.com/shop-1It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1Get 10% Off your first month at BetterHelp:  https://betterhelp.com/itshardJoin our Community on Facebook: It's Hard CommunityEmail us at: hello@itshardpodcast.comIt's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

Emmy Marie is a certified trauma-informed life coach who strives to create content that makes understanding trauma and healing more accessible and achievable. She hopes to help as many people as possible reject toxic shame, grow to love and accept themselves, and create joyful lives and relationships post trauma. In this episode, Emmy dives into her experience with trauma and how it led her to where she is now. At age 15, she entered an abusive relationship. She had a skewed idea of “what love is” due to this, and it reduced her from being her happiest, healthiest self. After three years, she was finally able to get out. She began to experience PTSD and started going to therapy, which started her healing journey and journey towards learning and educating others about trauma. Emmy defines trauma as, “something in the past that overwhelmed your nervous system to the point that you were not able to reconcile what happened and feel safe”. There are multiple types of trauma, and it depends on each person and their reaction to a situation. She also explains the healing process and how there is no linear process towards it, as well as how to move into a new relationship post-trauma and post-healing. We also talk about… RelationshipsSafetyTypes of traumaAbuseNeglectBullyingHomophobiaSexismRacismTypes of abusePhysicalEmotionalFinancialReligiousSexualLove-bondingManipulationSelf-blameResponsibilityLeaving abusive relationships HealingTrustEmmy's Resources: Website: Emmymarie.com andIG, TikTok, Pinterest: @bloomingwithemmyIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

Let's hear what a little girl wrote in her letter to Santa, and then listen to what happens on the Night Before Christmas on Sesame Street.Each day of the year becomes special in this one-of-a-kind treasury!A Year Full of Stories Hardcoverhttps://www.amazon.com/Year-Full-Stories-Georgie-Adams/dp/0385325274/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Georgie+adams+a+year+full+of+stories&qid=1622539960&sr=8-1It's the night before Christmas, and Cookie Monster is dozing peacefully, until a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer land on Sesame Street. Cookie Monster is delighted to have a visit from Santa, but there's just one problem: he's already eaten all of Santa's cookies! Luckily, Elmo and the rest of the Sesame Street friends are ready to help!Twas the Night Before Christmas on Sesame Street:https://www.amazon.com/Before-Christm...Storybook Bundles PodcastOn Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and moreStorybook Bundles & Let's Read Social Media Links:https://storybookbundlespodcast.buzzsprout.comStorybook Bundles Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/storybookbundlesStorybook Bundles Instagram Page:https://www.instagram.com/storybookbundles/Let's Read YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjo2n2aYTFY-kSlVeWputjQLet's Read Twitter Pagehttps://twitter.com/EdisonRagsdalepatreon.com/mystorybookbundlescurlyblue productionsletsread415@gmail.com#storybookbundlesDo You Need A Narrator For Children's Storybooks?If you have a Children's Short Storybook that you'd like me to do an audio narration, you can contact me regarding plans, and pricing. Use Storybook Bundles on Facebook Messenger, or email: letsread415@gmail.com.At this time I am only accepting Storybooks for ages 0-3, and NO more than 300 words long.Thank you,EGRStorybook Bundles PodcastIs on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and much more.Storybook Bundles Links:https://storybookbundlespodcast.buzzsprout.comStorybook Bundles Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/storybookbundlesStorybook Bundles Instagram Page:https://www.instagrDo You Need A Narrator For Children's Storybooks?If you have a Children's Short Storybook that you'd like me to do an audio narration, you can contact me regarding plans, and pricing. Use Storybook Bundles on Facebook Messenger, or email: letsread415@gmail.com.At this time I am only accepting Storybooks for ages 0-3, and NO more than 300 words long.Thank you,EGR If You like the Storybook Bundles Podcast, please Like, Follow, Subscribe, and even share it with family and friends.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/mystorybookbundles)

Paige sits down with psychologist Dr. Elnur Gajiev to strives to give the people around him a sense of meaning within their lives. Mental health has always been a factor in his life and he hopes to empower those around him through his experiences. As a child, Elnur and his family immigrated to the United States. This large change really impacted the way Dr. Elnur lived his life. He encountered many challenges as he moved from place to place and changed the way he lived his daily life. Many things came to light later in life as he realized all the challenges he went through. From moving across the world, experiencing a culture shock, adapting to a new area, and the many other things he and his family faced, completely changed the trajectory of his life. He did not have the resources and help to work through his mental health journey, but this allowed him to become an advocate for this journey for others. He has done this by working with children to empower them and help them work through the many things they may be feeling. Life encompasses many different things. From reflection, wisdom, community, family, differences and much more. Within our lives, we form many relationships--some lasting longer than others--however we should be grateful for each and every one because life has many chapters. We all evolve, move on, move out, and transform into the people we meant to be. Our lives all have meaning, sometimes harder to find than other times. Mental health is important in each and every life, when we improve ourselves we then improve our mental health. Nobody is alone, we all have a community around us. We also talk about… Adaptability ImmigrationCulture shockTransformationsRelationships ConsistencyComfortability Wisdom ExpectationsRights of PassageCommunity Bounded lifeMovingDifferences Gratitude Dr Elnur's Resources:Instagram: @PoetryInPsychology Website: www.Dr-El.comLearn more about Pace at Pace.GroupIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

The episode begins with a question about Paige's decision to commit to sobriety. Paige is sober because of the trauma and anxiety that drinking brought to her. While for her it is something that she needed to do and it has helped her mental wellbeing, sobriety is something that many people around us do not understand; some will even try to persuade you into breaking that sobriety. This goes into the next point of self sabotaging, we have conditioned ourselves from a young age of believing we have specific limits on us as human beings. This makes us believe we cannot do certain things or achieve things that are a bit more difficult. You can achieve whatever you put your mind towards and work towards, nothing is in your way but yourself. Our mental health is important in many ways, if we are not on track and doing well ourselves it is difficult and even sometimes impossible to help those around us. Just as we rely on those around us, they also rely on us. We have to surround ourselves with people who are willing to help us and watch us thrive. Having a support system is very important to our mental health. The last topic of this episode is Paige and Jack's engagement. When committing to each other they decided not to go a traditional route, but go in a route that fit them best. Everyone is different and having one traditional approach is not for everyone. Both Paige and Jack asked each other's parents, and decided to both ask each other to commit to each for an eternity. This commitment was a special moment for them and they will be able to remember it and live through it for forever. Relationships are all different and are meant to be that way! We also talk about…SobrietySober curiousTraumaAnxietySupport systemSelf sabotagingBoundariesMental wellbeingTherapyTime apartRelationshipGrowingFutureRegretsEngagementIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/beyondcamp/10-summer-camp-lessons-pt-1It's easy to forget, but necessary to remember!You learned so many incredibly valuable lessons as a camp pro, especially when you were first starting out. So many of these lessons likely became second nature, your default if you will. Sometimes, however, we leave those lessons at camp at the end of each summer. Join us today as we remember some of those key lessons and chat about their relevance outside of summer camp.Tune into this episode as we discuss:Taking time for youEveryone LOVES positive feedbackRemember to have funRelationships, relationships, relationshipsYour creative non-profit, cost-cutting brain will help in the for-profit world. Be like the pipe cleanerSet boundaries with your teamMake presentations interactive You don't have to work 100+ hours a week to be good at your jobYou can do hard things -Your Hosts:Cassie Bloy, Consultant & Freelance Camp Director - Stephane Richard Development Consulting Rachel Kent, Coordinator, Outdoor Experiences - Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council-Thanks to our sponsor:The American Camp Association of Illinois is made up of nearly 289,000 members, volunteers, campers, families, and professionals who believe in the power of camp. We work to disrupt the effects of poverty by providing fundamental services for children and families, and learning opportunities for camp professionals. Learn more about ACA Illinois by visiting acail.org

The Work of the SpiritNovember 27, 2021Adairsville 40 days of prayer  - preparing for the second coming– why are we doing this?  My belief on the delay of the second advent –  Revelation 14:15 – harvest is ripe – its all overRevelation 14:6/7 – A call to Giving God glory which Jesus describes in John 15:8 as bearing fruit – the character traits of the fruit of the spirit There can be no growth or fruitfulness in the life that is centered in self. If you have accepted Christ as a personal Saviour, you are to forget yourself, and try to help others. Talk of the love of Christ, tell of His goodness. Do every duty that presents itself. Carry the burden of souls upon your heart, and by every means in your power seek to save the lost. As you receive the Spirit of Christ—the Spirit of unselfish love and labor for others—you will grow and bring forth fruit. The graces of the Spirit will ripen in your character. Your faith will increase, your convictions deepen, your love be made perfect. More and more you will reflect the likeness of Christ in all that is pure, noble, and lovely. COL 67.3“When the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.” Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself in His church. When the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim them as His own. COL 69.1It is the privilege of every Christian not only to look for but to hasten the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, (2 Peter 3:12, margin). Were all who profess His name bearing fruit to His glory, how quickly the whole world would be sown with the seed of the gospel. Quickly the last great harvest would be ripened, and Christ would come to gather the precious grain. COL 69.2 A LITMUS TEST – What if we asked those around us? - - - - - -  The same danger still exists. Many take it for granted that they are Christians, simply because they subscribe to certain theological tenets. But they have not brought the truth into practical life. They have not believed and loved it, therefore they have not received the power and grace that come through sanctification of the truth. Men may profess faith in the truth; but if it does not make them sincere, kind, patient, forbearing, heavenly-minded, it is a curse to its possessors, and through their influence it is a curse to the world. DA 309.3 James 5:7 –  Zechariah 10:1In the East the former rain falls at the sowing time. It is necessary in order that the seed may germinate. Under the influence of the fertilizing showers, the tender shoot springs up. The latter rain, falling near the close of the season, ripens the grain, and prepares it for the sickle. The Lord employs these operations of nature to represent the work of the Holy Spirit.... FLB 334.2 There must be no neglect of the grace represented by the former rain. Only those who are living up to the light they have, will receive greater light. Unless we are daily advancing in the exemplification of the active Christian virtues, we shall not recognize the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the latter rain. It may be falling on hearts all around us, but we shall not discern or receive it. FLB 333.6 Feb 18, 1895 – Manuscript Releases Number 14 – MS 1084 p. 23 –   Cumbered with humanity, Christ could not be in every place personally; therefore it was altogether for their advantage that He should leave them, go to His father, and send the Holy Spirit to be His successor on earth. The Holy Spirit is Himself divested of the personality of humanity and independent thereof. He would represent Himself as present in all places by His Holy Spirit, as the Omnipresent. “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall (although unseen by you), [This phrase was added by Ellen White.] teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” [John 14:26]. “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will come not unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you” [John 16:7]. 14MR 23.3   The disciples had issues to work out – competition, envy, jealousy etc. They began praying and once they were at peace, converted and transformed – the Spirit was given.      

Paige and Emily preface this episode with the overarching theme of mental health. Many people in our lives are struggling with mental health, and many people don't have the support to help them navigate their way through it. Emily had a tough time trying to diagnose these invisible illnesses she was encountering as a result of her struggle with mental health. As she discusses, mental health and physical health go hand in hand, and people do not need to suffer as a result of their mental health. She now realizes how parallel the two are, they are so interconnected. Emily's healing journey included changing her diet such as cutting out dairy, many people did not understand her and why she was embarking on this journey. Another big topic within this episode is burnout. Emily describes how she was burning herself out, by overworking herself and proving her worth. She was continually overworking, this caused chronic pain, she then realized that there was a disconnect between her mind and body. Emily started her mind, body, darma when she realized this disconnect and realized she needed a change. People all over feel this burnout, many doctors try to make people change everything at once, whereas like Emily says our nervous system is in survival mode and changes make us more overwhelmed. To actually heal we need to change slowly or do “bite size self care”.We must be able to open up to others around us and share our mental health struggles. Sharing and allowing ourselves to talk about our struggles allows us to figure out a way to help us and help others around us. Having a safe space to open up is very important. Emily did this by having an open story time at her workplace, they all were able to open up and talk about their struggles. This allows others to see that we are all going through something, and we can all help each other. We have to make a culture of inclusivity and support for more and more people to open up and share, knowing they are not alone. We also talk about….Physical v mental healthchronic stressChronic illnessHealingStrugglesSafe spaceInclusivityTransparencyCreating communitiesMind, body, dharmaIdentity cohesionFlight, fight, freezePowerlessnessCard readingRipple effectChallenges -> adventuresEmily's Resources:Website: https://www.mindbodydharma.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindbodydharmaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTZhHUEN7trDLTR6-VQMQMwIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

Chrissy Kyles knew she was overwhelmed and anxious; in a mindset of surviving life instead of thriving with life. Chrissy knew it was time for a change with trying to juggle a new normal. Therapy helped Chrissy juggling her life, navigating what emotions she is experiencing and understanding herself more deeply. Therapy is a very powerful source that showed Chrissy that what she was going through was normal, and it is okay to go through these things. Chrissy found herself wanting to be a counselor because of those things she wasn't getting as a child, to be able to give those mental health tips to kids. Being able to have deep conversations with the students is a way of coping with the things she didn't get as a child but also to show the students that they are not suffering alone. Everyone struggles with mental health in one form or another, giving access to children at a young age can give them more efficient help to navigate their mental health. Another big topic talked about was checklists in life. We often find ourselves comparing ourselves to the people around us. Making deadlines of what we should be doing, such as having kids, getting married, going to college. Chrissy says that we feel an intense pressure to keep up with those around us, which shouldn't be the case, we all have to work at our own pace and live life on our own time. Society pushes things when we all need time to grow, instead of being pressured. Life throws so much at us. It is hard but we must realize it's hard to navigate our way through life and make our mental health a top priority. Within this episode Chrissy Kyles and Paige give a lot of advice on how we can be the best version of ourselves and how we can find our normal within an ever changing world. We also talk about… Work - life juggleLetting go of guiltMental HealthNavigating new thingsAdjusting as neededThriving v. SurvivingAnxietyCovidFlight or FightNormalPower of therapyDepressionDeadlines in lifePressureUnrealistic timelinesChrissy Kyles Resources:Website: Blisswithchriss.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blisswithchriss/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bliss-with-chriss/id1509607698Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2poXZwkjkgvaQJilXIpG96Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Bliss-with-Chriss/dp/B08JJRMXR9 It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

This solo episode is focusing on the idea of finding yourself. Throughout every obstacle in our lives we are told by others what to do and what to be, but when we do this we lose ourselves. We have to put ourselves first to create who we are, someone who is independent and not dependent on those around us. Our mental health relies on what we do in our daily lives, Paige talks wildly on preferences. Preferences show us who we are and what we prefer, we need to allow our preferences to be above those around us. Our preferences matter to us and  to our mental health. Values are also very important within our lives, the things we value in life show us what we can put above other things to aid in our mental health wellness. Becoming more self aware allows us to be able to become the best version of ourselves, we are meant to put ourselves first. Everyday as we embark on the journey of finding ourselves we grow. We must grow and build upon our lives, every step we take we are building up and upon our life this allows us to create our true selves. “Creating Yourself” workbook is now released. This workbook was created by Paige Boner of It's Hard Podcast, check it out to build your foundation and be able to understand yourself deeper!We also talk about… Finding yourselfCreate ourselvesBecoming oneselfUncontrollable situationsCreating standards ValuesExperiencesDesiresPreferencesBuilding our livesOur storiesNext stepsIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

Lynn Casaletto owns her own consulting company called, Core Growth. Core Growth helps individuals and teams realize their greatness. Within the episode the term emotional intelligence is the forefront of much of the conversation. Emotional intelligence is understanding yourself and your emotions in the moment and not getting burnt out because your emotions are taking over, but instead you are taking over your emotions. Instead of becoming irrational and lashing out you can be able to better regulate your emotions and yourself. We become hijacked by our own emotions many times because we are not regulating our emotions. It is difficult sometimes to even realize and become self-aware that we are being hijacked by our emotions. We all have to be able to slow down and look around us and be present with ourselves. It is oftentimes very difficult to slow your life down, however it is very important for your mental health. You have to do the things that matter the most within your lives, you don't always have to be in a go, go, go state of mind. Other things are just as important, if not more important. We can ask those around us to aid us in working on our own emotional intelligence. The people you surround yourself with, and the things you do will help you stabilize your emotions that you may not see you are having. We have to be open to the ability to learn who we are, the real and raw parts. We also talk about…Emotional intelligenceRestValueGreatnessGrowthTherapyEmotionsAwarenessRecoveryMental HealthConfidenceForce vs. FlowLynn's Resources:Website: https://www.coregrowthconsulting.comIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

Reid Bervik has a podcast centered around mental health called Recess. Within his podcast he details both his mental health struggle and opens up to the struggles millions are going through daily in fifteen minute short episodes. Mental health is an all encompassing topic within so many people's lives, and Reid is not a stranger to mental health struggles. Through this episode we sit down and talk about this. Reid began his mental health journey at thirteen, he began to have huge amounts of seasonal depression, he felt alone in his struggle. But after ten years he started therapy and felt a huge sense of relief to understand that he was not alone in his struggles and that it was a REAL thing. Reid began to realize through his journey that he could help those around him as well. He outlines the many real things he has learned and experienced. As your own person you can and have the authority over yourself to make decisions that work for you. Asking for what you need and what you want, is extremely important for your mental health. Without attending to your needs and wants you can not healthy express your emotions.  Every human has a story. Everybody goes through a series of events within their life that affects the outcome of their mental health. Many people go through trauma that affects them but you need to be able to be free to focus on your mental health journey. Your emotions are meant to be heard, not suppressed. It is sometimes difficult to understand why we matter and why we are here, but we all have a purpose and a reason. We also talk about…TherapyDepressionSeasonal DepressionMental healthEmotional neglectPhysical neglectEmotionEmotion regulationReids Resources: Follow him on Instagram at:  @reidbervikFollow his Podcast on Instagram at: @recess.podcastGo listen to his podcast at: ⁠Recess • A podcast on Anchor⁠⁦anchor.fm⁩It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

McKenna Grass is a fourteen year old mental health advocate who is raising awareness for mental health within her community. She is on a mission to make as many people as she can not feel alone, and change the stigma surrounding mental health.  In this episode we discuss the idea of ‘it's okay to not be okay' and Mckenna's journey surrounding mental health. Mental health is a big part of many people's lives, especially McKenna's as she details her story about her fathers mental health struggle and how it has impacted her, and even her own journey through mental health as a result. McKenna's father committed suicide as a result of the tremendous struggle he endured with mental health. McKenna tried hard to get her old self back, when her mental health began to plummet. She now feels like her old self again, with the help of her therapist who works for her and helps her heal. Her and her family have grown together as a result of her fathers tragic death, and have realized that it is okay to have mental health struggles. People have to open up and find those people surrounding them who can help them through their mental health journey. Being open and realizing that mental health is not shameful, is a step toward realizing mental health is just as important as any other health issue. Mental health is not something to feel ashamed about. You are enough, you are heard, and you deserve everything.We also talk about…Mental healthMental illnessTherapy Trauma Suicide AlcoholismStrugglesChange It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

Hershall, It was quite an episode today! I started with a call from devin@podnme.org which is the name of my email if you want to send feedback. It was requested to hear the Deacon's smash hit again. We also took our intervention of a friend in dire (desperate sounding word) need to the next level. We ended the show today with a GINORMOUS (literal big word) announcement. Stay tuned to the end to hear that but it has to do with a new podcast that just launched this week! Enjoy & find us on Instagram @podn_me.  Bro. Donnie King's new podcast that we announced is linked to Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2hs3Es8clsCz6tncuVXj5A?si=tl0ugwStRJiEZoOTx1IsPg&dl_branch=1It is also listed on several podcast platforms. Search either his name or The Pod King Bible Study.

In this episode, Jack and I discuss our big move to Utah and the feelings we have been feeling throughout it all. Moving across the country is a big jump between trying to find your place and feeling like we are enough for each other. From the good days to the bad days, trying to adjust to all the different things that come about from a big move. We discuss how we want to be the best version of ourselves for each other throughout these new shifts within our lives. From job hunts, routines, and figuring out what makes you happy and how it impacts the people who are around you. Trying to make each other happy while also being the best versions of ourselves, it can be difficult however worth it. Through the adjustments we have had in moving we have been able to learn more about ourselves and each other. Moving is more than just moving, it is finding yourself, and changing. Change can be a great thing. We also talk about… Change Self improvement New life shiftsSelf discoveryTransitionsInsecurities Impacts you have on the people around youHow things make you feel ex. Social media Relying on each otherAnxiety It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

Dr. Nikki Sammet is the founder of Confident Coach Accelerator, Becoming Mama & Beyond, the What Nik Knows Podcast, and is a Transcendental Meditator and a yoga teacher… she does it all!In this episode, Nikki opens up about her journey with ADHD, anxiety, depression, and how the fight to “not be different” caused her to lose hold of her identity. Nikki has struggled with her mental health since she was a very young age. At age 10, she was diagnosed with ADHD and she explains how being silenced about it impacted her socially, academically, and her self-esteem as a whole. Nikki emphasizes the importance of viewing these diagnoses as mental health, not mental illness. She encourages others to have the hard conversations about what they are going through is what makes you uniquely, YOU!Nikki also discusses her Ph.D. research which revolves around how social media impacts millennial women. Social media, when used in an unhealthy manner, causes us the inability to distinguish what's real and what is not. We associate what we view as the standard and get down on ourselves when we aren't “meeting” the standard. Nikki stresses the importance of establishing and maintaining a healthy relationship with technology, whether that's setting boundaries, following only people we want to follow, or putting it away at a designated time. She reminds us that “we need to start and end each day with ourselves”, not just the posts and stories we see. We also talk about High functioning anxiety, ADHD & depressionEducationBoundariesIdentityMotherhoodMeditationHow being different makes us uniqueGrounding ourselvesWorthinessDr. Nikki Sammet's Resources:Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_nikkiphd/Website: https://drnikkisammet.com/ Check out “What Nik Knows” on all podcast platforms!Confident Coach Accelerator waitlist: https://docs.google.com/formsBecoming Mama & Beyond: https://www.facebook.com/groups/becomingmamaandbeyondIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.com Follow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

Mackenzie Fannin is a Pre-Med Student from Florida who shares her journey on the road to Med School. In this episode, Paige sits down with Mackenzie who explains the highs and lows of her journey through med school. She discusses how to follow your dreams and become the person you aspire to be, especially as struggles of mental health surface. Mackenzie opens up about her mental health struggles and the challenges she's faced throughout the entirety of her life as she navigates her way to becoming a doctor. She outlines the idea of following one's heart as being the most important thing to do with wherever you want to go within your life. Being who you want to be and doing what you want to do is not only best for you but also your mental health. Mental health is an important aspect of who you are and who you become, without allowing mental health to thrive you are not allowing your best self. Being yourself and working at your own pace is important as well, we cannot compare ourselves to the people around us. Everyone goes through life's phases at a different pace, which can be different than us. Going at different paces than the ones around us does not make it wrong, it just makes it more uniquely our own journey. Do what you love and don't let anyone hinder that. We also talk about… Mental healthChallenges of Med SchoolMental and Physical ware being a doctor has on peopleFollowing your dreamsConfidenceApplications and ResumesHow to follow your heartSelf CareComparing yourselfMackenzie Fannin's resources:Mackenzies Personal Instagram: @mackenziefanninFollow Mackenzie's Pre-med journey on Instagram at: @mackstudiesmedIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

Lindsey Simcik is the co-founder of Almost 30, a top 50 podcast, global brand, and community. In this episode, Paige and Lindsey discuss mental health and how we can navigate our way through big changes within our lives. We all go through changes in our lives which often leave us wondering if they are worth going through, will they hurt the people around us, will it hurt us, and overall what this big change means for us. Lindsey tells us that if you have the intuition and feeling that you need to make this change, it is meant to be and you need to follow your heart. Your life is about making the right decision for you and for your mental health. Where we are is right where we are supposed to be in life.  Mental health is the overarching theme within this episode, as Lindsey discusses her mental health journey and the things we can do to put mental health first. We have to listen to ourselves and our physical bodies to see what is needed for the betterment of ourselves. We have to allow ourselves to feel every feeling from sadness, mourning, happiness, excitement, and so much more to be at our highest level of expression. You have to be able to make the right decision for yourself and find your center in the midst of the craziness around you. They also talk about codependencies and how throughout our lives, we rely on other people for our own happiness. Through these big transitions, we decide to endeavor to slowly relinquish these co-dependencies, which allows us not to be so caught up in what other people think about us, but in what we think about ourselves.Any path we choose to take in this life is the correct path for us, we are meant to be right here at this moment. What we cover:People pleasingFollowing your heartLife transitionsListening to your intuitionAsking for what you needCodependent tendenciesNavigating relationships through transitionMoving across the countryMaking decisionsBeing self-responsible Lindsey Simcik's Resources:Follow Lindsey on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/lindseysimcik/Follow Almost30 on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/almost30podcast/?hl=enAlmost30 WEBSITE:  www.almost30podcast.comVisit Lindsey's personal website to learn more about her platform and connect with her,  https://www.lindseysimcik.co/podcast Listen to Almost30 Podcast if you don't already on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/almost-30/id114818361 It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review, and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

We are back! Season 3 is here! I am kicking off season 3 with a solo episode. Every first Monday of the month I will be serving you a slice of solo chats. This is hopefully going to be an opportunity for you all to get to know me better and for me to share what is at the top of my mind in that moment. Today, I chat about Jack + I's heart centered move across the country, making the "right" decisions, going against the grain, and my journey to becoming sober at 23. What is covered in this episode:Moving across the country -- why we decided on Utah instead of ArizonaTransitions Doing what feels rightMaking decisions for YOUBecoming sober at 23Sobriety as a wholeGoing against the grain Learning + growing It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopnamehttps://www.hearts4henry.org

Book Besties Season 1, Episode 9- To Kill a MockingbirdIn this episode of Book Besties, Molly and April will be talking about April's favorite book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Join them as they talk about banning books, systemic racism, and small-town prejudices. This episode has heart and depth, much like the novel discussed.Things talked about in this episode:Banned Books 2021https://bannedbooksweek.org/banned-books-week-2021-books-unite-us/IMDBhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056592/?ref=nvsrsrsg0Books Molly Mentioned:Consent: The New Rules of Sex Education: Every Teen's Guide to Healthy Sexual Relationships by: Jennifer Lang MDhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1641522801/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, Gender, and Sexual Health by: Robie H. Harrishttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1536207217/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.

Hi fam! Welcome to the season 2 FINALE. What a season it has been, 36 episodes later + I could not be more proud of my team and all they have accomplished. Most importantly, we are incredibly grateful for those of you who choose to listen to It's Hard. I feel like I am truly fulfilling my mission to help people feel less alone in what they are going through, the messages you send + the proof that you listen everyday is what keeps me going each week. This episode was inspired by someone who messaged me and asked to speak on this topic. Honestly, it is a challenging thing for me to talk about and an incredibly vulnerable conversation. However, I know that many people struggle or have struggled with this and sharing stories is how we connect and get through the hard things in life. Have you ever felt as though you lost yourself in a relationship? You and your partner break up and you feel lost + have no clue who you are anymore? You aren't alone. I jumped from relationship to relationship at a young age, I felt as though I knew who I was but in hindsight, I had no clue. This led to me having no idea what I wanted or deserved and allowing behaviors that ultimately caused an intense amount of anxiety + trauma. In this episode, I share my story and how I pulled myself up after being at rock bottom post-breakup. I hope you know that you aren't alone, you deserve love + respect, and it is always okay to do what is best for YOU. Thank you all for continuing to support It's Hard, I truly am forever grateful for all the love + support. I hope you continue to find this community to be a safe place that offers you love and belonging. We will be back on SEPTEMBER 6th for It's Hard SEASON 3! See you soon.It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check outhttps://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE:https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastNow find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

In this episode, Jack puts Paige on the hot seat! They give the inside scoop of what's new in their life and what's coming up, as well as opening up about vulnerable topics and experiences. The two give relationship advice and reflect on the different ways they process life changes. Paige gets vulnerable about her eating disorder. She discusses the societal pressures in summer to look a certain way in a bikini, the guilt and shame that comes with slacking off workouts and skipping meals. Eating disorders are often an old pattern and a vicious cycle, and she shares the importance of having support from others to hold you accountable and ensure your health is where it needs to be. They also talk about the next steps in their relationship following their move to Arizona, and the challenges and excitement that come with living together. New experiences, different geography, new community... how could it be better? While the excitement is a valid emotion, so are the others. Paige says, “Whenever you do something brave and outside of your comfort zone, it doesn't come easy and natural... It is going to be hard. An adventure that will expose all the emotions... sadness, excitement, fear, and more.” Everyone processes their emotions differently, but every new adventure is one to be a light in the world and see it as an opportunity to grow.  Finally, what's the future of the podcast going to look like? To stay centered around mental health. Mental health is hard. Everyone has a story, and everyone's story is important, has depth, and matters. The connection with other people's stories is what reveals our humanness and that we are not alone! We also talk about Eating disordersMovingRelationship adviceLife transitionsSocietal pressuresGetting out of your comfort zoneFamily sicknessDeathThe future of the podJack's Resources:Instagram: @jackholmgrenIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

This week I spoke to Canadian MC Roshin Who was nominated to come on the podcast by previous guest Dave Merheje. Roisin introduced me to 11 Canadian artists that he admires respects or has collaborated with and he was really passionate about shining a light on these homegrown artists.Follow Roshin here...Follow Mixtapes With Mike on Instagram here... Support Mixtapes With Mike on Patreon hereCheck out Tim & Gends Weekend podcast here...Checkout The Band Practice podcast here...Checkout Roshin's Toronto based playlist here...Follow the Kount on instagram here... Listen to this weeks mixtape on Apple Music here…https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/mixtapes-with-mike-roshin/pl.u-r2yBY8BTvvajm Listen to this weeks mixtape on Spotify here...https://open.spotify.com/playlist/03eIarDsNpqKGls9ll0LKn?si=i8hoV1PMRFGLv6v5ZyYwEA&dl_branch=1It's a Shame  4:11 Noam Good Energy  3:04 Tona Safe  2:38 SUPERDRAMAGO! Broke Boi Anthem  3:55 DijahSB Like I Never Did (Sparkle Express)  5:04 Gabagool Gang & Rob GFODB (feat. Tremayne)  3:15 Beaugé ODB (feat. Tremayne) 4AM in Toronto (feat. Miloh Smith)  4:25 Junia-T & Miloh Smith Limited Run  3:05 Tim North & Roshin Intres-Ting  2:18 Clairmont The Second Anybody  3:21 SHWING, BBRC & Pluto All My Friends  3:20 The OBGMs As always the music discussed is played below the conversation as I believe that all musicians should be paid for what they do. This is why a purposely point the listener towards the mixtape on streaming platforms and implore you to support your local record shop by seeking out the physical releases of anything you discover through this podcast, I recommend Black Circle Recordshttps://blackcirclerecords.co.uk  

Jayna Davis was 15 years old when she first came out as a lesbian to those around her. However, her coming out journey never stops. Due to her femme-presenting nature, she is constantly challenged on her identity and has to correct others about her romantic preference. She opens up about what it's like having to prove herself and her sexuality to others, battling comments like “you don't look lesbian”, “I have girl friends, too” and “I could change your mind”. She also discusses the shame aspect of going against what is “expected” from a woman who looks like her. Sexism, undermining, and harassment occur regularly and unfortunately probably always will. While we have come far in taking steps towards equality for the queer community, there is so much more work that needs to be done. Jayna emphasizes the importance of asking questions, getting informed, and enforcing change. This can be as simple as permitting queer friends to correct you if/when you make a mistake, allowing them the space to open up, and validating their experiences. Jayna reminds us to own who you are with confidence; that “your dreams, desires, and identities are not defined by the way others see you. As you become more in touch with who you are and what you want in life, you might lose connections with people who don't understand. And that's okay. Don't let somebody else's biases steer you away from who you really are”.We also talk about: Mental healthSocial normsShameGender identity and expressionValidation Family How to support the LGBTQ+ communityIgnoranceJayna's Resources:Find her music on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, and wherever else you stream music @ Jayna DavisInstagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok: @jaynadavismusicWebsite: Jaynadavismusic.com Stay tuned for an EP of all-original songs that will be released later this summer!It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

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Sam Led is a mindset and transformation coach, author of the book “Fear Less”, powerful speaker, and group facilitator. In this episode, Paige and Sam discuss the stigma of mental health and the impact it has. Mental health is typically associated with illness, that something is wrong with you, or that you are “broken”. In reality, everyone has mental health and you are more than your ADHD, anxiety, depression, etc. We all feel differently, think differently, and face things differently. As soon as our society begins to normalize mental health and talk about it in a positive light, we will be better off. They also discuss thought control and what to do with the negative thoughts that take over your mind in times of discomfort. Sam reminds us that pushing thoughts down and utilizing thought-stopping techniques is actually detrimental. Instead, he encourages us to remember that these bad thoughts will pass and your mind will settle. It's okay to not be okay at that moment. But, by giving ourselves space and grace, prioritizing our mental health, and allowing ourselves to accept that we aren't perfect beings - the easier it will be to recognize that you are exactly where you need to be.We also talk about: Mental healthThought processesStereotypesPerfectionismAddictionPhysical healthTreatmentSam's Resources:Website: www.samledconsulting.comIG: @samledconsultingFacebook: @samledconsultingIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

Done with Adulting is a podcast created to break down societal expectations of “adulting” to relieve listeners of life's many pressures. Asia and Jareed create a safe space of insightful conversations for whatever phase of life you are in. They talk openly about their experiences with relatable guests to connect listeners, provide resources, and allow themselves + others to grow.In this episode, Asia, Jareed, and Paige discuss the concept of adulting and all of the decisions that come with it. At the ripe age of 18, our society is forced to make a decision that will determine the rest of our lives: to attend college, to attend community college, to go to trade school, to go straight to work, perhaps even none of the above. What if I told you there was no right or wrong path? There is an expectation that young people will all follow the same path. Our generation is starting to change that narrative. It is okay not to go to college, it is okay to go into a trade, it is okay to do something different than everyone around you. We live with the idea that there is one trajectory to follow and you can't make any turns off that. Asia and Jareed remind us that this is not the case and that the “norm” looks different for everyone. We must make the decisions that are best for ourselves, not simply based on what others are doing. We also discuss the different experiences that each person has with vulnerability, opening up, race + identity, mental health, and more. While it can be hard to believe at times, the hardships we face make us who we are. We can choose to react positively or negatively no matter what life throws at us.  Adulting is hard. Find what makes you happy. Make decisions you support. The rest will follow!We also talk about: Supporting othersThe perception of fearMoney managementJob/work lifeDoing what you loveFailureInternal vs external processingEmpathyRace + identityDWA Resources:Instagram: @donewithadultingpodTwitter: @donewthadultingWebsite: www.donewithadulting.comListen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all podcast platformsIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

At age 13, Miki Speer lost her mother to cancer. Miki pushed this trauma down, claiming “I'm fine” out of fear of standing out when all she wanted to do was fit in. This unprocessed grief lasted a decade until finally, in college, she started experiencing its impact. She began crying at the drop of a hat and her relationships with friends, school, and sports faced negative repercussions. Miki went to a doctor, simply thinking she had a tear duct problem! Instead, she learned her “mystery crying” was years of pent up grief and trauma that hadn't had anywhere to go. She went to counseling and began working through her grief, which inspired the brand she has created today. Through her music, books, and shows, Miki Speer's mission is to create impactful content that helps people process their grief and teach others how to help grievers.In this episode, Miki explains what you can do to help yourself + others with their loss, explains the phases of grief, discusses “loss-privilege”, resilience, comparison, and more. Grief looks so different for everyone and it is important to remember these three things:Don't bring it up in public. While sympathy is greatly appreciated, no-one wants to be the one to stand out. This is especially true for kids, as they work so hard to fit in and be normal.Remind the grieving person that their loss matters. Their life is going to change, even when the world spins on as normal. Let them know that it is okay to take a step back and process things and it is okay to be sad. Remember that grief is vulnerable. Opening up is hard; it is emotional, raw, and not something people will be comfortable talking about with everyone. Don't expect someone to open up right away--just be a safe spot and be there in other aspects of their life. We all have unprocessed grief, whether that is a family death, the loss of significant experiences due to COVID-19, or a friend moving away. It is important to take pressure off of yourself because any loss deserves respect, time, and sympathy. Avoid comparison and don't dismiss grief just because it isn't as extreme as something else. Let yourself heal, no matter how large or small its impact was. Grief is hard. We aren't taught how to be resilient, it is something you train and strengthen as you go through life. Being a support for yourself and others through tough times is key... Miki is a force in teaching us how! We also talk about…Types of losses: cancer, suicide, non-death relatedThe grief pitPrivilege Comparison TrustResilienceVulnerabilityHow to process griefMiki's Resources:Website: www.mikispeer.comIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

The Creating Ripples podcast was designed to create empowerment, inspiration, community, and provide guidance to elevate those around us. Alex Zauner believes in the power of showing up and sharing our experiences + knowledge with others to create ripples of impact around us. We have the opportunity to create ripples, both small and large, everyday. Whether it's smiling at a stranger or complimenting someone on a new hairdo, these simple acts can change the course of their whole day and everyone else they come in contact with. With honest conversations, sharing stories, “aha” moments, and more, Creating Ripples Podcast does exactly as its title implies. In this episode, Alex opens up about her sobriety journey after countless negative drinking experiences in college. Blacking out, causing trouble, fighting, getting bad grades, and making decisions she wouldn't support if she was sober became her normal--something too many people can relate to. After waking up in a hospital and seeing how her drinking habits impact her relationships, she decided to make a change. She enrolled in an outpatient program and has been sober since September, 2014; her 24th birthday. Alcohol is a forefront for social activities and we see it in our lives constantly in phrases like: “Let's go out for drinks!”, “Drinks after work?”, or, “It's Friday, drink up for the weekend”. Drinking has become the status quo! People don't react well to the word sober, nor alcoholic. However, sobriety--removing something that isn't serving you anymore--should be normalized without the negative perception that follows. Being sober has allowed Alex to be her best and truest self and show up for those around her. She is fun, trustworthy, reliable, supportive, kind, and resilient. She is creating ripples through her platform and reminds us that we can keep going, we are wildly capable of doing hard things, and there is a spot for you in whatever dream you are going after.We also talk about…College drinking cultureBlacking outStatus quosIntentionResilienceFalse narrativesComparisonThe “why” behind doing what you doAlex's Resources:Creating Ripples Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creatingripplespod/Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandrazauner/Listen to Creating Ripples on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: .It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

1It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord,to sing praise to your name, O Most High;2to herald your love in the morningand your faithfulness at night;3on the psaltery, and on the lyre,and to the melody of the harp.4For you have made me glad by your acts, O Lord;and I shout for joy because of the works of your hands.5Lord, how great are your works!Your thoughts are very deep.6The dullard does not know,nor does the fool understand,7that though the wicked grow like weeds, and all the workers of iniquity flourish,they flourish only to be destroyed forever;8but you, O Lord,are exalted forevermore.9For lo, your enemies, O Lord, lo, your enemies shall perish,and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.10But you have raised up my horns like those of a wild ox;I am anointed with fresh oil.11My eyes spy out those who watch me;my ears hear when enemies rise up against me.12The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,and shall spread abroad like a cedar of Lebanon.13Those who are planted in the house of the Lordshall flourish in the courts of our God;14they shall still bear fruit in old age;they shall be green and succulent;15that they may show how upright the Lord is,my rock, in whom there is no injustice.From sundaysandseasons.com.Copyright © 2021 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved.O God, you are the tree of life, offering shelter to all the world. Graft us into yourself and nurture our growth, that we may bear your truth and love to those in need, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Girls w/ Anxiety (GWA) is a podcast about anxiety and mental health where laughter and light-heartedness is emphasized. It is co-hosted by Heike and Neg to share their stories and experiences with anxiety so people can feel less alone. They are building a community of friendship, encouragement, and care. They are here to be a friend and provide support for those going through similar things. In this episode, Heike and Paige discuss all things anxiety: what anxiety looks like for them, the impact it has on their lives, and how they fight it. They also open up about the challenges of being a people pleaser and the importance of setting boundaries in order to give themselves the care they deserve.Heike wants listeners to understand that you are not alone in your struggles and you must give yourself some grace and compassion. She reminds us that you are not weak for asking for help, quite the opposite, actually. “I know anxiety is such a lonely and isolating feeling, but you're not alone. That when you're feeling overwhelmed, and anxious, and your thoughts start to spiral, to be gentle with yourself to have compassion. Of course, this is easier said than done, but if you can remember to step back, remove yourself from those thoughts and see that they are just thoughts, you can take back a bit of control. That if you're able to go to therapy and receive the tools to help navigate your anxiety it can be the biggest blessing. And that asking for help doesn't mean you're weak, it means you're so strong for putting yourself first”.We also talk about…EmpathySelf-loveControlBoundariesSaying “no”People pleasingDivorceSelf-careGWA's Resources:Instagram: @girlswaxnietypodcastWebsite: girlswanxietypodcast.comPodcast: Listen to Girls w/ Anxiety on Apple, Spotify, and on all podcast platforms.It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

Dr. Lauren Cook is a therapist, keynote speaker, career coach, and author who specializes in supporting people with their life transitions and the corresponding anxiety that often comes along with this. She is the creator of the Find Your Why, Know Your Way course, which helps millennials make efficient and effective life decisions with confidence. She is also an author of two books: Name Your Story: How to Talk Openly About Mental Health and The Sunny Side Up: Celebrating Happiness.  In this episode, we discuss what phobias are and the impact they have. Phobias are fears that debilitate your life in such a way that you will try to get out of it at all costs, even if it has a negative outcome for you. This can be the phobia of public speaking, heights, needles, etc. For Dr. Cook, this phobia is emetophobia— the extreme fear of vomiting, seeing vomit or watching other people vomit. This causes her to face internal suffering and impacts the decisions she makes. While someone would be excited to go to a bachelorette party or 21st birthday party, Lauren would dread it due to a high chance of vomit. Dr. Cook also talks about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and hopes to break the stigma around it. OCD is more than just a fear of germs or a keen eye for organization, like most may think. It is excessive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions) about anything the brain has internalized as bad or taboo. She encourages being who you are, showing up for your life wholeheartedly, and provides resources to do so!: “My tagline is helping people live what they believe and love who they are. I'm all about helping people identify their values and live out those values with intention. I'm about embracing the discomfort and challenging ourselves to live meaningful, purposeful lives.” - Dr. Lauren Cook.We also talk about…Life transitionsShameTherapySelf-diagnosisDecisions TreatmentExposure response preventionRelationshipsLauren's Resources:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.laurencook/Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlaurencook/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/DrLaurenCook/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrLaurenCook/Sign Up for the Waitlist for Find Your Why, Know Your Way Course: https://www.drlaurencook.com/know-your-why-find-your-wayFreebie: The Top 10 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before You Make a Life Change: https://dr-lauren-cook.ck.page/cff90ffa69The Sunny Side Up book: https://www.amazon.com/Sunny-Side-Up-Lauren-Cook/dp/1475981872/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+sunny+side+up+lauren+cook&qid=1600387758&sr=8-1Name Your Story: https://www.amazon.com/Name-Your-Story-Lauren-Cook/dp/1532018096/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=name+your+story+lauren+cook&qid=1600387801&sr=8-1Amare Wellness products: https://www.amare.com/66081/en-us/shop-all=It's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

Sarah is a certified hypnotherapist, oracle reader, and intuitive coach who is committed to a life of self-study and spiritual seeking. Through her work at Intuitive Empowerment, she helps uplift others, be a light for those along the way, and openly welcomes all. Her mission is to remind people of their power by claiming and living out the energy from her intuitive gifts for the sake of creating a life of peace, joy, creativity, and unconditional love.In 2016, Sarah Leverett lost her fun-loving, passionate, best friend of a partner. In this episode, Sarah opens up about her experience with this loss and the repercussions that followed: confusion, despair, grief, and immediate suffering. While this loss was the biggest suffering of her life, knowing and loving him was also one of the greatest blessings. She stopped simply checking boxes and going through the motions of life, turned off auto-pilot, and really became aware of the present moment. Sarah became determined to figure out who she is as a person. She tapped into spirit and began taking charge of her mental, physical, and spiritual health. Even in her deepest suffering, she experienced gratitude. Sarah reminds us of the importance of slowing down and remembering that “You are a Divine, intuitive being. You hold the power. You can not only survive grief, but thrive through grief”. We also talk about…Spiritual seekingEnergetic boundaries MeditationLossGriefSlowing downSupport systemsSarah’s Resources:Instagram: @intuitive.empowermentWebsite: intuitiveempowerment.square.site Podcast: @litforthespiritIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

After growing up experiencing acts of racism, gaslighting, close mindedness, and even hearing “you’re what’s wrong with America'' from a so-called “friend”, Ericka Jones is not going to let discrimination win. She recognizes her responsibility to speak out, lead, and enforce change-- a  responsibility that we all have. This goes beyond just reposting an Instagram or not personally making rude comments. It is about being an ally by calling someone in or out when necessary. “Calling in” means circling back to a hurtful or oppressive comment someone made in private, such as by shooting them an email or grabbing lunch to discuss what was said. “Calling out” means letting someone know their comment was hurtful in a public space, such as in a board meeting or company call. There can be learning opportunities and growth from both for the person who said it and those who heard it. There are other options for fighting against discrimination or harassment that Ericka touches on. These are described as the 5 D’s, which are: Distract: derail the incident by interrupting itDelegate:  asking for assistance, a resource, or for help from a third partyDocument: take note of what is going onDelay (check-in): offer a listening ear and provide emotional supportDirect: responding to harassment by naming what is happening or confronting the harasserEricka’s work is based on her goal of connection and respect. She values “connection through difference and encouraging others to hear both sides. To disagree and know we can walk away with dignity and respect based on our differences”. She strives to promote love, kindness, inclusivity, and reminds us that the experiences we face are valid.  We also talk about…Comparative sufferingIrresponsible leadershipMinnesota’s cultureSelflessnessVulnerabilityMaking changeCurrent heinous tragediesBeing single in your 40’sEricka’s Resources:Personal Instagram: @Ericka.jones_Meditation Community: @abi.learntomeditateIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

Do you remember what you were like as a child? Were you creative... curious… playful? Why do we lose this as we grow up? Kara Latta doesn’t think we have to. Kara is the founder of The Playful Warrior, whose mission is to reconnect adults back to their inherent creative nature and playful inner child. The goal is to encourage embracing all parts of ourselves: the dark parts, the playful parts, and the parts that make us unique. So… what really is play? According to Kara, “play is a mindset. It doesn’t matter what specific activity you are doing, it’s about doing whatever gets you in that playful mindset to return to who we were as kids”. This could include sports, games, dancing and singing, painting, puzzles, and more. With these activities, it doesn’t matter if you are good at it or not, if you win or lose, or what the end result is. It’s all about the journey of having fun for the sake of having fun, not the outcome. Seeking and working towards releasing the inner child in us will bring success, adaptability, productivity, creativity, joy, enhanced focus, and better health! By incorporating play into a daily routine, our lives can be shaped into a life we love. Kara also talks about…ValidationCreativityPerfectionismSelf-EsteemForgivenessEpilepsyKara’s Resources:Instagram: @theplayfulwarriorWebsite: www.theplayfulwarrior.comIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

It's May which means... Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! Everyone has a mental health and taking steps to care for yourself is so important, both this month and every month! Whether that’s starting your day off with some meditation, grabbing a cup of coffee with a friend, taking some alone time to journal, the daily things you do can be HUGE! We also have some exciting news… It’s Hard is growing! Within the next couple of months, we are hosting events such as mediation, workout classes, conversations about the hard things in life, weekly mental health check-ins with Antonio Sundquist, so much more. You will NOT want to miss this! To stay in the loop about these amazing opportunities coming up, send your email over to itshardpod@gmail.com or DM @itshardpodcast on Instagram. Come be a part of the It’s Hard community, we would love to have you!In this episode, Paige answers all of the questions listeners sent in. From topics like finding yourself, post-grad life tips, acne, being present, and so much more, Paige doesn't hold back. She even opens up about her most embarrassing moment, which involves a large staircase and an even larger audience… but you’ll have to tune in to hear about that ;-)Paige also talks about…Past traumaTherapy and meditationPost grad lifeCareer goalsFinding something that wakes you upAcneChangeBoundariesPaige’s Resources:Instagram: @paigebonerIt's Hard Resources:https://www.itshardpodcast.comFollow It's Hard on Instagram if you don't already! I share updates on the episodes, chats about mental health and other parts of my life--go check out https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-hard/id1487375933NEW WEBSITE: https://www.itshardpodcast.comNow find us on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@itshardpodcastJoin me in It's Hard. You'll love it as much as I do. https://it-s-hard.mn.co/feed?autojoin=1It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday The Liturgy of the Word The Collect: Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Old Testament: Isaiah 50:4-9a 4 The Lord God has given me    the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain    the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens—    wakens my ear    to listen as those who are taught.  5 The Lord God has opened my ear,    and I was not rebellious,    I did not turn backwards.  6 I gave my back to those who struck me,    and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face    from insult and spitting.  7 The Lord God helps me;    therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint,    and I know that I shall not be put to shame;  8   he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me?    Let us stand up together. Who are my adversaries?    Let them confront me.  9 It is the Lord God who helps me;    who will declare me guilty? All of them will wear out like a garment;    the moth will eat them up.  Psalm: Psalm 31:9-16 9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; *        my eye is consumed with sorrow,        and also my throat and my belly. 10 For my life is wasted with grief,    and my years with sighing; *        my strength fails me because of affliction,        and my bones are consumed. 11 I have become a reproach to all my enemies and even to my neighbors,                                    a dismay to those of my acquaintance; *        when they see me in the street they avoid me. 12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; *        I am as useless as a broken pot. 13 For I have heard the whispering of the crowd;    fear is all around; *        they put their heads together against me;        they plot to take my life. 14 But as for me, I have trusted in you, O Lord. *         I have said, “You are my God. 15 My times are in your hand; *        rescue me from the hand of my enemies,        and from those who persecute me. 16 Make your face to shine upon your servant, *        and in your loving-kindness save me.” Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11 5Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,  6 who, though he was in the form of God,    did not regard equality with God    as something to be exploited,  7 but emptied himself,    taking the form of a slave,    being born in human likeness. And being found in human form,  8   he humbled himself    and became obedient to the point of death—    even death on a cross.  9 Therefore God also highly exalted him    and gave him the name    that is above every name,  10 so that at the name of Jesus    every knee should bend,    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,  11 and every tongue should confess    that Jesus Christ is Lord,    to the glory of God the Father.  Gospel: Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39, 40-47 1It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; 2for they said, ‘Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.' 3 While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head. 4But some were there who said to one another in anger, ‘Why was the ointment wasted in this way? 5For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor.' And they scolded her. 6But Jesus said, ‘Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. 7For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish; but you will not always have me. 8She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial. 9Truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her.' 10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. 11When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and promised to give him money. So he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.  12 On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, ‘Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?' 13So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, 14and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, “The Teacher asks, Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” 15He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.' 16So the disciples set out and went to the city, and found everything as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover meal. 17 When it was evening, he came with the twelve. 18And when they had taken their places and were eating, Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.' 19They began to be distressed and to say to him one after another, ‘Surely, not I?' 20He said to them, ‘It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the bowl with me. 21For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born.' 22 While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, ‘Take; this is my body.' 23Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, and all of them drank from it. 24He said to them, ‘This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. 25Truly I tell you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.' 26 When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.27And Jesus said to them, ‘You will all become deserters; for it is written, “I will strike the shepherd,    and the sheep will be scattered.”  28But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.' 29Peter said to him, ‘Even though all become deserters, I will not.' 30Jesus said to him, ‘Truly I tell you, this day, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.' 31But he said vehemently, ‘Even though I must die with you, I will not deny you.' And all of them said the same. 32 They went to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.' 33He took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be distressed and agitated. 34And he said to them, ‘I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and keep awake.' 35And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36He said, ‘Abba, Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet, not what I want, but what you want.' 37He came and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, ‘Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep awake one hour? 38Keep awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.' 39And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. 40And once more he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to say to him. 41He came a third time and said to them, ‘Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Enough! The hour has come; the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42Get up, let us be going. See, my betrayer is at hand.' 43 Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived; and with him there was a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. 44Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, ‘The one I will kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard.' 45So when he came, he went up to him at once and said, ‘Rabbi!' and kissed him. 46Then they laid hands on him and arrested him. 47But one of those who stood near drew his sword and struck the slave of the high priest, cutting off his ear. 48Then Jesus said to them, ‘Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as though I were a bandit? 49Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled.'50All of them deserted him and fled. 51 A certain young man was following him, wearing nothing but a linen cloth. They caught hold of him, 52but he left the linen cloth and ran off naked. 53 They took Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes were assembled. 54Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the guards, warming himself at the fire. 55Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for testimony against Jesus to put him to death; but they found none. 56For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony did not agree. 57Some stood up and gave false testimony against him, saying, 58‘We heard him say, “I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.” ' 59But even on this point their testimony did not agree. 60Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, ‘Have you no answer? What is it that they testify against you?' 61But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest asked him, ‘Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?' 62Jesus said, ‘I am; and “you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power”, and “coming with the clouds of heaven.” '  63Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, ‘Why do we still need witnesses? 64You have heard his blasphemy! What is your decision?' All of them condemned him as deserving death. 65Some began to spit on him, to blindfold him, and to strike him, saying to him, ‘Prophesy!' The guards also took him over and beat him. 66 While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came by. 67When she saw Peter warming himself, she stared at him and said, ‘You also were with Jesus, the man from Nazareth.'68But he denied it, saying, ‘I do not know or understand what you are talking about.' And he went out into the forecourt.* Then the cock crowed.* 69And the servant-girl, on seeing him, began again to say to the bystanders, ‘This man is one of them.' 70But again he denied it. Then after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, ‘Certainly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean.' 71But he began to curse, and he swore an oath, ‘I do not know this man you are talking about.' 72At that moment the cock crowed for the second time. Then Peter remembered that Jesus had said to him, ‘Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.' And he broke down and wept. 15 As soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. 2Pilate asked him, ‘Are you the King of the Jews?' He answered him, ‘You say so.' 3Then the chief priests accused him of many things. 4Pilate asked him again, ‘Have you no answer? See how many charges they bring against you.' 5But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed. 6 Now at the festival he used to release a prisoner for them, anyone for whom they asked. 7Now a man called Barabbas was in prison with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection. 8So the crowd came and began to ask Pilate to do for them according to his custom.9Then he answered them, ‘Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?' 10For he realized that it was out of jealousy that the chief priests had handed him over. 11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas for them instead. 12Pilate spoke to them again, ‘Then what do you wish me to do with the man you call the King of the Jews?' 13They shouted back, ‘Crucify him!' 14Pilate asked them, ‘Why, what evil has he done?' But they shouted all the more, ‘Crucify him!' 15So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas for them; and after flogging Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified. 16 Then the soldiers led him into the courtyard of the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters); and they called together the whole cohort.17And they clothed him in a purple cloak; and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on him. 18And they began saluting him, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!' 19They struck his head with a reed, spat upon him, and knelt down in homage to him. 20After mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. 21 They compelled a passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross; it was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus. 22Then they brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull). 23And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it. 24And they crucified him, and divided his clothes among them, casting lots to decide what each should take. 25 It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him. 26The inscription of the charge against him read, ‘The King of the Jews.' 27And with him they crucified two bandits, one on his right and one on his left.*29Those who passed by derided him, shaking their heads and saying, ‘Aha! You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30save yourself, and come down from the cross!' 31In the same way the chief priests, along with the scribes, were also mocking him among themselves and saying, ‘He saved others; he cannot save himself. 32Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down from the cross now, so that we may see and believe.' Those who were crucified with him also taunted him. 33 When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34At three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?' which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' 35When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, ‘Listen, he is calling for Elijah.' 36And someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, ‘Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.' 37Then Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. 38And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39Now when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, ‘Truly this man was God's Son!'* 40 There were also women looking on from a distance; among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. 41These used to follow him and provided for him when he was in Galilee; and there were many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem. 42 When evening had come, and since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, 43Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.44Then Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead for some time.45When he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. 46Then Joseph bought a linen cloth, and taking down the body, wrapped it in the linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock. He then rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. 47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was laid. The Liturgy of the Palms Gospel: Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:12-16 1When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2and said to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. 3If anyone says to you, “Why are you doing this?” just say this, “The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.” ' 4They went away and found a colt tied near a door, outside in the street. As they were untying it, 5some of the bystanders said to them, ‘What are you doing, untying the colt?' 6They told them what Jesus had said; and they allowed them to take it. 7Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it; and he sat on it. 8Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields. 9Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting, ‘Hosanna!    Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!  10   Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!' 11 Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. or 12The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord—    the King of Israel!'  14Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written:  15 ‘Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Look, your king is coming,    sitting on a donkey's colt!'  16His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him. Psalm: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; *        his mercy endures for ever. 2 Let Israel now proclaim, *       “His mercy endures for ever.” 19 Open for me the gates of righteousness; *        I will enter them;        I will offer thanks to the Lord. 20 “This is the gate of the Lord; *        he who is righteous may enter.” 21 I will give thanks to you, for you answered me *        and have become my salvation. 22 The same stone which the builders rejected *        has become the chief cornerstone. 23 This is the Lord's doing, *        and it is marvelous in our eyes. 24 On this day the Lord has acted; *        we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Hosannah, Lord, hosannah! *        Lord, send us now success. 26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; *        we bless you from the house of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord; he has shined upon us; *        form a procession with branches up to the horns of the altar. 28 “You are my God, and I will thank you; *        you are my God, and I will exalt you.” 29 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; *        his mercy endures for ever.

(episode script)[frogs 2017 05 22, Preston River, QC]Welcome to the conscient podcast. My name is Claude Schryer. Season 1 was about exploring how the arts contribute to environmental awareness and action. I produced 3 episodes in French, 15 in English as well as a series of bilingual blogs and videos. You can see and hear them at https://www.conscient.ca/. Season 2 is about accepting reality, working through ecological grief and charting a path forward. Today you'll hear episode 1, called reality. It touches upon our perception of reality, the possibility of human extinction, eco anxiety and eco grief, hope, arts, storytelling and the wisdom of indigenous cultures. The episode mixes quotations from 28 authors with field recordings from my simplesoundscapescollection and from my soundscape composition, Au dernier vivant les biens. This poetic layering of ideas and sound is how I make sense of life and the world around me.A complete transcript of this episode, including weblinks to the source each of quotation and field recording, can be found in the episode notes. The rest of season 2 will feature interviews with thought leaders, in English ou en francais, about their responses and reactions to episode 1. This is where I will be fleshing out some of the questions I raise in the episode with experts and thought leaders. Please stay tuned. Veuillez noter que cette émission est également disponible en français. [e11 Arrival 2017 09 19, Dash-8, Ottawa Airport, ON]*Journalist Jack Miles, If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?Reality, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary, is “the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.” Instead of being the method through which we observe a thing, reality is the nature or truth of this thing.  [e55 crôute, 2018 01 28, Duhamel QC]Definition of Reality in Buddhism,WikipediaBuddhism seeks to address any disparity between a person's view of reality and the actual state of things.[e97 raven 2018 07 24 Saturna Island, BC]Writer Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based ChangeWe must tune in to our ability to see beyond the physical reality that surrounds us and awaken to the vast unseen world that exists. [e169 chorus 2018 05 26 Duhamel, QC]Cultural theorist Thomas Berry, The Dream of the EarthOur challenge is to create a new language, even a new sense of what it is to be human. It is to transcend not only national limitations, but even our species isolation, to enter into the larger community of living species. This brings about a completely new sense of reality and value. Historian Paul Krause (also known as Hesiod),Francis Bacon's Philosophy of Scientific ConquestFor Francis Bacon, man is superior to nature. But man is also alienated from nature. Nature is harsh and unforgiving and something that needs to be conquered. Rather than seeing man as part of the web of nature, Bacon sees man as existing in a natural empire.[chainsaw, 2016 12 04, Duhamel QC] [ice falling, 1990 North Bay, ON]Political science professor Thomas Homer-Dixon, Commanding HopeToday's globe-spanning crises all stem from common sources: beliefs and values that are too self-centered, political systems that are too hidebound, economies that are too rapacious, and technologies that are too dirty for a small, crowded planet with dwindling resources and fraying natural systems.[birdsong, 2020 03 14, Biosphere2, AZ]Activist Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The ClimateWhat the climate needs to avoid collapse, is a contraction in humanity's use of resources and what our economic model demands, to avoid collapse, is unfettered expansion. Only one of these sets of rules can be changed, and it's not the laws of nature. Philosophy professor Todd Dufresne, For the Love of Wisdom: Climate Change and the Revenge of HistoryWe're all being “radicalized by reality.” It's just that for some people it takes a personal experience of fire, landslide, or hurricane to get their attention. I'm afraid it takes mass death and extinction.Whoever survives these experiences will have a renewed appreciation for nature, for the external world, and for the necessity of collectivism in the face of mass extinction. There's hope in this — although I admit it's wrapped in ugliness.[2 appel, Au dernier vivant les biens, 1996 Montréal QC]Environmental humanitiesprofessor Jennifer Atkinson, Facing It Eco-anxiety and climate grief are sometimes framed as “disorders” but in fact these feelings typically arise from an accurate perception of our ecological crisis. It may be more appropriate to identify eco-anxiety as a “moral emotion” – a sign of compassion, attachment to life, and desire for justice. Our future remains unwritten, and by embracing the unknown we are better able to reframe our thinking in empowering ways. Writer Rebecca Solnit, Hope is a​n embrace of the unknown​: Rebecca Solnit on living in dark timesHope locates itself in the premises that we don't know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act. [33 nuage, Au dernier vivant les biens, 1996 Montréal QC]Dharma teacher Catherine Ingram, Facing ExtinctionLove, what else is there to do now?  Here we are, some of the last humans who will experience this beautiful planet since Homo sapiens began their journey some 200,000 years ago. Now, in facing extinction of our species, you may wonder if there is any point in going on.  Journalist Dahl Jamail, The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate DisruptionMy heart breaks for what we have done and are doing to the planet. I grieve, yet this ongoing process has become more like peeling back the layers of an onion — there is always more work to do, as the crisis we have created for ourselves continues to unfold.  And somewhere along the line I surrendered my attachment to any results that might stem from my work. I am hope-free.Journalist Richard Heinberg, The Big PictureHope is not just an expectation of better times ahead; it is an active attitude, a determination to achieve the best possible outcome regardless of the challenges one is facing.[protest, 2017 01 21 Ottawa, ON]Activist Greta Thunberg, Message to world leaders at #DavosAgenda For me, hope is the feeling that keeps you going, even though all odds may be against you. For me, hope comes from action not just words. For me, hope is telling it like it is.[8 capital, Au dernier vivant les biens, 1990 Montréal QC]Law Professor Shalanda Baker, Revolutionary Power: An Activist's Guide to the Energy TransitionWill we redesign systems to replicate the current structures of power and control, or will we reimagine our system to benefit those are so often left out of discussions regarding systems design? [49 temps, Au dernier vivant les biens, 1998 Montréal QC]Writer Britt Wray, Climate tipping points: the ones we actually wantWhen a small change in a complex system produces an enormous shift, that new pathway gets reinforced by positive feedback loops, which lock in all that change. That's why tipping points are irreversible. You can't go back to where you were before. A tipping point that flips non-linearly could be the thing that does us in, but it could also be the thing that allows us to heal our broken systems and better sustain ourselves. [7 brassage, Au dernier vivant les biens, 1996 Manitoba]Public policy professorEric Beinhocker, I Am a Carbon AbolitionistHumankind is in a race between two tipping points. The first is when the Earth's ecosystems and the life they contain tip into irreversible collapse due to climate change. The second is when the fight for climate action tips from being just one of many political concerns to becoming a mass social movement. The existential question is, which tipping point will we hit first?[41 profondeur, Au dernier vivant les biens, 1980s Ice breaker, Nunavut]Zen teacher David Loy, Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological CrisisThe Buddhist solution to this predicament is not to get rid of the self, because there is no such thing to get rid of. The sense of self needs to be deconstructed (‘forgotten' in meditation) and reconstructed (replacing the ‘three poisons' of greed, ill will and delusion with generosity, loving-kindness and the wisdom that recognizes our interdependence). Just as there is no self to get rid of, we cannot ‘return to nature' because we've never been apart from it, but we can realize our nonduality with it and begin to live in ways that accord with that realization. [43 réveil, Au dernier vivant les biens, 1990s Church bells, Europe]Actor Dominic Champagne, Le fond de ma pensée (in French only)Knowing that I will be leaving my three sons a world in worse condition than the one I inherited from my parents, knowing that we are contemporaries in a world where our actions are jeopardizing the future of life on Earth and knowing that the situation may get worse, what am I doing with my life? How can I keep putting on shows and spinning balloons on my nose as if nothing had happened?Journalist Julia Rosen,An artist set out to paint climate change. She ended up on a journey through griefSociety tends to see climate change as a scientific issue, rather than a cultural and political challenge that demands our full humanity — the kind more often explored and addressed through art.Composer R. Murray Schafer, Au dernier vivant les biensLook at war. People who want to use noise as a kind of weaponry. To frighten them.  To scare them. To beat them down. To pulverize them. If you want to destroy people. One of the first resorts you have is to noise.Artist David Haley, Going beyond EarthlyWe now need aesthetics to sensitize us to other ways of life and we need artists to sensitize us to the shape of things to come.[28 liquide, Au dernier vivant les biens, 1998 Montréal QC]  Artist Diego Galafassi, How the arts might help us grapple with climate changeArt is a space where we can ask very difficult questions and explore things in a more open-ended way and not be committed to solutions. Artist Lance Gharavi,In a climate crisis, artists have a duty to speak up – but what should they say?While individual works of art, ‘however genius,' may have value, they won't do the trick. What we need is for all art to be about climate change.[Marche sonore 1, Grenouilles, 1992 Montréal QC]  Composer Robert Normandeau, Marche sonore 1It's a bit like taking a frog, which is a cold-blooded animal, and putting it in a jar of water and heating the water, little by little. The frog will get used to the temperature rising and rising, and it will not notice that the temperature has risen and one day the temperature will be too hot for it and it will die. Therefore, our civilization, in terms of sound, looks a bit like that, that is to say we get used to it, we get used to it, we get used to it and at some point, we are going to have punctured eardrums. Historian Yuval Harari,Why Did Humans Become The Most Successful Species On Earth?If you think about any religion, any economic system, any political system, at the basis you will find some fictional story about God, about money, about human rights, about a nation. All these things are fictional stories. They are not a biological reality, but it's a very powerful and convincing and benign fiction that helps us organize our political and legal systems in the modern world.Writer Charles Eisenstein, To Reason with a MadmanExpository prose generates resistance, but stories touch a deeper place in the soul. They flow like water around intellectual defenses and soften the soil so that dormant visions and ideals can take root. Writer Richard Wagamese, Embers: One Ojibway's MeditationsTo use the act of breathing to shape air into sounds that take on the context of language that lifts and transports those who hear it, takes them beyond what they think and know and feel and empowers them to think and feel and know even more.  We're storytellers, really. That's what we do. That is our power as human beings.[fireplace, 2021 01 26, Duhamel QC]  Composer Claude Schryer, story from participation at How does culture contribute to sustainable futures?Here's a story.  Once upon a time… I think it was during the fall of 2019, I was at a meeting about how the arts and cultural sector, and in particular indigenous traditional knowledge community, could play a much larger role in the fight against climate change. I was very fortunate to be there, and I was very excited to learn more. So, we sat around a table, not quite a circle, but close enough, and each person shared knowledge and some stories. I spoke about how the institution that I worked for was trying to become greener and walk its talk on environmental issues. Others spoke about issues like built heritage and intangible culture and hat kind of thing. Then, the representative from an indigenous cultural organization took my breath away when he said that it would ‘likely take as long to resolve the ecological crisis as it did to create it'. Now, I played this back in my mind: take as long to resolve the ecological crisis as it did, or as it does, to create it. How is this possible? and then I said: ‘but, but we do not have that kind of time'. Or do we? We all looked at each other in silence. I'll never forget that moment. [e105 thunder, 2018 08 04, Duhamel QC]Activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Our survival utterly depends on living in nature, not apart from itIt's important to recognize how closely linked environment, health, economics, culture and rights are in our society. The Earth is a living, breathing entity just the same as our bodies are. Our survival utterly depends on living in nature, not apart from it. Writer Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of PlantsThe land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness.[frogs 2017 05 22, Preston River, QC]Dharma teacher Catherine Ingram, Facing Extinction : Despite our having caused so much destruction, it is important to also consider the wide spectrum of possibilities that make up a human life.  Yes, on one end of that spectrum is greed, cruelty, and ignorance; on the other end is kindness, compassion, and wisdom. We are imbued with great creativity, brilliant communication, and extraordinary appreciation of and talent for music and other forms of art. There is no other known creature whose spectrum of consciousness is as wide and varied as our own.*I agree with Catherine that we humans are conscient beings, with an unlimited capacity for, yes, greed, cruelty, ignorance and selfishness but also for kindness, compassion, wisdom, creativity and imagination.My own understanding and perception of reality have been transformed since I started writing this episode. Yuval Harari's statement about how ‘fictional stories are not a biological reality' shook me up and woke me up.More and more, I now see, and more importantly, I now feel in my bones, ‘the state of things as they actually exist', without social filters or unsustainable stories blocking the way. So where do we go from here? Eric Beinhocker reminded us earlier in the program that humankind is in a race between two tipping points: irreversible collapse or mass social movement.  My heart, of course, is with massive social movement, there are signs of it growing, however, my rational mind, informed by science, sees irreversible collapse as the most likely outcome. and this collapse has already begun and so we must make every effort, for the benefit of future generations, to slow down the collapse while a mass social movement grows. Personally, my hope is that we find a way to accept reality, to work our way through ecological grief and to chart a path forward. My dream, as zen teacher David Loy suggests, is that one day, we can ‘realize our nonduality with nature and begin to live in ways that accord with that realization'.  *You've been listening to reality, episode 1 of season 2 of the conscient podcast. My name is Claude Schryer. I would like to warmly thank the 28 individuals who I quoted in this program. Some of their quotes have been slightly abbreviated for concision and clarity. I also want to thank all those who have helped me produce this episode, in particular my wife Sabrina Mathews and podcast consultant Ayesha Barmania.Please keep in mind that this podcast is a work in progress and that I'm aware that my work has moments of incoherence, contradiction, unconscious bias, a bit of panic and some naïveté, among other things, so please feel free to challenge my assumptions, share your thoughts and join the conversation through conscient.ca. Also keep in mind that these are troubling and challenging issues, so please do not hesitate to reach out to support groups or counselling services in your community for help. A reminder that episode 2 (é20 réalité) is the French version of this program and episode 3 will be the first in a series of conversations with guests about their response to the reality episode.Take good care and thanks for listening.[e74 sky, 2018 08 04, Duhamel QC]Thanks to Hélène Prévost and Lolita Boudreault for their support. *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024

The Answer vs. the Question: Pt. 1It's #TBT!!! The Tri-O revisits the past and gives praise to "The Answer" Allen Iverson. Arguably the best small guard of all time and possibly the best player to have never won a NBA ring, we relive the best moments of AI's career and MVP season in particular in the first chapter of this TBT series.

Jehoshaphat knew what to do when he didn't know what to do. Let me share his powerful keys with you, so you can walk in the victory God has planned for you!   Jehoshaphat Invaded by Moab (Obadiah 1:1-14)   1It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. 3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. Jehoshaphat's Prayer 5And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 6And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? 7Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? 8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; 11Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. 13And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. The Prophecy of Jahaziel 14Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. 16To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. 18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. 19And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. The Enemies Destroy Themselves 20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. 22And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. 24And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 25And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. The People Return in Triumph 26And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. 27Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. 29And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. 30So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

为你读英语美文 · 第396期主播：永清What is the Corona/ Covid-19 Virus Really Teaching us?新冠真正教给我们的是什么？作者，译者：佚名I'm a strong believer that there is a spiritual purpose behind everything that happens in this world whether that is what we perceive as being good or being bad.As I meditate upon this, I want to share with you what I feel the Corona/ Covid-19 virus is really doing to us:我坚信发生的每一件事后面都有一个精神层面的目的，无论我们认为是好还是坏。当我沉思时, 我想与大家分享我的心得，新冠病毒究竟对我们做了些什么。1It is reminding us that we are all equal, regardless of our culture, religion, occupation, financial situation or how famous we are. This disease treats us all equally, perhaps we should too. If you don't believe me, just ask Tom Hanks.病毒提醒我们，人都是平等的，无论我们的文化、宗教、职业、经济状况，或是一个人有多么出名。在病毒眼中我们都是平等的，也许我们也应该平等对待他人。如果你不相信我的话，那就去问汤姆·汉克斯。2It is reminding us that we are all connected and something that affects one person has an effect on another. It is reminding us that the false borders that we have put up have little value as this virus does not need a passport. It is reminding us, by oppressing us for a short time, of those in this world whose whole life is spent in oppression.病毒提醒我们，我们的命运都是联在一起的，影响一个人的事情同时也会影响另一个人。病毒也提醒我们，我们建立的虚假国境线毫无价值，因为病毒并不需要护照。病毒还提醒我们，虽然我们暂时受到压迫，世界上还有人一生都受到压迫。3It is reminding us of how precious our health is and how we have moved to neglect it through eating nutrient poor manufactured food and drinking water that is contaminated with chemicals upon chemicals. If we don't look after our health, we will, of course, get sick病毒提醒我们，健康多么珍贵。而我们却忽视健康，吃垃圾食品，喝被各种化学品污染的水，如果我们不照顾自己，我们当然就会生病。4It is reminding us of the shortness of life and of what is most important for us to do, which is to help each other, especially those who are old or sick. Our purpose is not to buy toilet roll.病毒提醒我们，生命苦短，什么是我们应该做的最重要的事情，特别是那些已经生病的老年人。人生在世的目的不是买一卷卷的厕纸。5It is reminding us of how materialistic our society has become and how, when in times of difficulty, we remember that it's the essentials that we need (food, water, medicine) as opposed to the luxuries that we sometimes unnecessarily give value to.病毒提醒我们，我们的社会已经变得物质至上，当我们遇到困难时，我们才想起我们的基本需求是食物、饮水和药品，而不是并没有什么价值的奢侈品。6It is reminding us of how important our family and home life is and how much we have neglected this. It is forcing us back into our houses so we can rebuild them into our home and to strengthen our family unit.病毒提醒我们，家庭是如何重要，但我们却忽视了这一点。病毒强迫我们回到我们的房子里，所以我们可以把房子建成家庭，并建立牢固的家庭纽带。7It is reminding us that our true work is not our job, that is what we do, not what we were created to do. Our true work is to look after each other, to protect each other and to be of benefit to one another.病毒提醒我们，我们真正的工作并不是我们打的那份工，我们固然需要打工，然而上帝创造我们的目的并不是让我们打工。我们真正的工作是互相照顾、互相保护、互助互利。8It is reminding us to keep our egos in check. It is reminding us that no matter how great we think we are or how great others think we are, a virus can bring our world to a standstill.病毒提醒我们，我们不能妄自尊大。病毒还提醒我们，无论你觉得自己多伟大，也无论别人觉得你多么伟大，一个小小的病毒就能让整个世界停摆。9It is reminding us that the power of freewill is in our hands. We can choose to cooperate and help each other, to share, to give, to help and to support each other or we can choose to be selfish, to hoard [hɔːrd], to look after only our self. Indeed, it is difficulties that bring out our true colours.病毒提醒我们，自由掌握在我们自己手中。我们可以选择合作互助、分享、付出、互相支持，或者我们也可以选择自私、囤积和自顾自。只有在困难的时候才能看出一个人的真面目。10It is reminding us that we can be patient, or we can panic. We can either understand that this type of situation has happened many times before in history and will pass, or we can panic and see it as the end of the world and, consequently, cause ourselves more harm than good.病毒提醒我们，我们既可以耐心，也可以恐慌。我们既可以理解这种情况在历史上已经发生过多次，但最后都过去了，我们也可以恐慌，以为世界末日到了，结果伤害了我们自己。11It is reminding us that this can either be an end or a new beginning. This can be a time of reflection and understanding, where we learn from our mistakes, or it can be the start of a cycle which will continue until we finally learn the lesson we are meant to.病毒提醒我们，疫情既是结束也是开始。我们现在可以反省和理解，从错误里吸取教训。疫情也可以是一个轮回的开始，而且还会继续下去，直至我们吸取教训为止。12It is reminding us that this Earth is sick. It is reminding us that we need to look at the rate of deforestation just as urgently as we look at the speed at which toilet rolls are disappearing off of shelves. We are sick because our home is sick.病毒提醒我们，我们的地球病了。病毒还提醒我们，我们必须看到森林消失的速度，也必须看到一卷卷厕纸从货架上消失的速度。我们都病了，因为我们的家庭病了。13It is reminding us that after every difficulty, there is always ease. Life is cyclical ['sɪklɪkəl], and this is just a phase in this great cycle. We do not need to panic; this too shall pass.病毒提醒我们，困难总会过去，然后就容易了。生活是周期性的，现在只是周期里的一个阶段。我们不必恐慌，疫情一定会过去。Whereas [ˌweərˈæz] many see the Corona/ Covid-19 virus as a great disaster, I prefer to see it as a great corrector. It is sent to remind us of the important lessons that we seem to have forgotten and it is up to us if we will learn them or not.▎主播介绍永清：为你读英语美文创始人后期，编辑：永清▎节目首发，背景音乐，图文资料，更多推送敬请关注微信公众号：为你读英语美文，ID：readenglishforyou

为你读英语美文 · 第396期主播：永清What is the Corona/ Covid-19 Virus Really Teaching us?新冠真正教给我们的是什么？作者，译者：佚名I'm a strong believer that there is a spiritual purpose behind everything that happens in this world whether that is what we perceive as being good or being bad.As I meditate upon this, I want to share with you what I feel the Corona/ Covid-19 virus is really doing to us:我坚信发生的每一件事后面都有一个精神层面的目的，无论我们认为是好还是坏。当我沉思时, 我想与大家分享我的心得，新冠病毒究竟对我们做了些什么。1It is reminding us that we are all equal, regardless of our culture, religion, occupation, financial situation or how famous we are. This disease treats us all equally, perhaps we should too. If you don't believe me, just ask Tom Hanks.病毒提醒我们，人都是平等的，无论我们的文化、宗教、职业、经济状况，或是一个人有多么出名。在病毒眼中我们都是平等的，也许我们也应该平等对待他人。如果你不相信我的话，那就去问汤姆·汉克斯。2It is reminding us that we are all connected and something that affects one person has an effect on another. It is reminding us that the false borders that we have put up have little value as this virus does not need a passport. It is reminding us, by oppressing us for a short time, of those in this world whose whole life is spent in oppression.病毒提醒我们，我们的命运都是联在一起的，影响一个人的事情同时也会影响另一个人。病毒也提醒我们，我们建立的虚假国境线毫无价值，因为病毒并不需要护照。病毒还提醒我们，虽然我们暂时受到压迫，世界上还有人一生都受到压迫。3It is reminding us of how precious our health is and how we have moved to neglect it through eating nutrient poor manufactured food and drinking water that is contaminated with chemicals upon chemicals. If we don't look after our health, we will, of course, get sick病毒提醒我们，健康多么珍贵。而我们却忽视健康，吃垃圾食品，喝被各种化学品污染的水，如果我们不照顾自己，我们当然就会生病。4It is reminding us of the shortness of life and of what is most important for us to do, which is to help each other, especially those who are old or sick. Our purpose is not to buy toilet roll.病毒提醒我们，生命苦短，什么是我们应该做的最重要的事情，特别是那些已经生病的老年人。人生在世的目的不是买一卷卷的厕纸。5It is reminding us of how materialistic our society has become and how, when in times of difficulty, we remember that it's the essentials that we need (food, water, medicine) as opposed to the luxuries that we sometimes unnecessarily give value to.病毒提醒我们，我们的社会已经变得物质至上，当我们遇到困难时，我们才想起我们的基本需求是食物、饮水和药品，而不是并没有什么价值的奢侈品。6It is reminding us of how important our family and home life is and how much we have neglected this. It is forcing us back into our houses so we can rebuild them into our home and to strengthen our family unit.病毒提醒我们，家庭是如何重要，但我们却忽视了这一点。病毒强迫我们回到我们的房子里，所以我们可以把房子建成家庭，并建立牢固的家庭纽带。7It is reminding us that our true work is not our job, that is what we do, not what we were created to do. Our true work is to look after each other, to protect each other and to be of benefit to one another.病毒提醒我们，我们真正的工作并不是我们打的那份工，我们固然需要打工，然而上帝创造我们的目的并不是让我们打工。我们真正的工作是互相照顾、互相保护、互助互利。8It is reminding us to keep our egos in check. It is reminding us that no matter how great we think we are or how great others think we are, a virus can bring our world to a standstill.病毒提醒我们，我们不能妄自尊大。病毒还提醒我们，无论你觉得自己多伟大，也无论别人觉得你多么伟大，一个小小的病毒就能让整个世界停摆。9It is reminding us that the power of freewill is in our hands. We can choose to cooperate and help each other, to share, to give, to help and to support each other or we can choose to be selfish, to hoard [hɔːrd], to look after only our self. Indeed, it is difficulties that bring out our true colours.病毒提醒我们，自由掌握在我们自己手中。我们可以选择合作互助、分享、付出、互相支持，或者我们也可以选择自私、囤积和自顾自。只有在困难的时候才能看出一个人的真面目。10It is reminding us that we can be patient, or we can panic. We can either understand that this type of situation has happened many times before in history and will pass, or we can panic and see it as the end of the world and, consequently, cause ourselves more harm than good.病毒提醒我们，我们既可以耐心，也可以恐慌。我们既可以理解这种情况在历史上已经发生过多次，但最后都过去了，我们也可以恐慌，以为世界末日到了，结果伤害了我们自己。11It is reminding us that this can either be an end or a new beginning. This can be a time of reflection and understanding, where we learn from our mistakes, or it can be the start of a cycle which will continue until we finally learn the lesson we are meant to.病毒提醒我们，疫情既是结束也是开始。我们现在可以反省和理解，从错误里吸取教训。疫情也可以是一个轮回的开始，而且还会继续下去，直至我们吸取教训为止。12It is reminding us that this Earth is sick. It is reminding us that we need to look at the rate of deforestation just as urgently as we look at the speed at which toilet rolls are disappearing off of shelves. We are sick because our home is sick.病毒提醒我们，我们的地球病了。病毒还提醒我们，我们必须看到森林消失的速度，也必须看到一卷卷厕纸从货架上消失的速度。我们都病了，因为我们的家庭病了。13It is reminding us that after every difficulty, there is always ease. Life is cyclical ['sɪklɪkəl], and this is just a phase in this great cycle. We do not need to panic; this too shall pass.病毒提醒我们，困难总会过去，然后就容易了。生活是周期性的，现在只是周期里的一个阶段。我们不必恐慌，疫情一定会过去。Whereas [ˌweərˈæz] many see the Corona/ Covid-19 virus as a great disaster, I prefer to see it as a great corrector. It is sent to remind us of the important lessons that we seem to have forgotten and it is up to us if we will learn them or not.▎主播介绍永清：为你读英语美文创始人后期，编辑：永清▎节目首发，背景音乐，图文资料，更多推送敬请关注微信公众号：为你读英语美文，ID：readenglishforyou

Today's Bible Translation Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 60 CEV, Ch. 61 GNT, Ch 62 NIRV Support Please remember that this is a listener supported show. Your support of any amount is needed and very much appreciated. Find out how by clicking here. Thoughts Psalm 62 actually reads like a song.  In verses 1 and 2 David begins with declaring some truths. These verses establish the theme. 1It is surely true that I find my rest in God.He is the God who saves me.2It is surely true that he is my rock. He is the God who saves me.He is like a fort to me.I will always be secure. So what is the theme? We can rely on God. In verses 3 and 4, he talks about his enemies.  3How long will you enemies attack me?Will all of you throw me down?I’m like a leaning wall.I’m like a fence about to fall.4Surely my enemies only want to pull me down from my place of honor.They take delight in telling lies.They bless me with what they say.But in their hearts they ask for bad things to happen to me. His enemies try to shake his confidence in God, but they are only liars. Verses 5 and 6 repeat verses 1 and 2 5Yes, I must find my rest in God.He is the God who gives me hope.6It is surely true that he is my rock and the God who saves me.He is like a fort to me,so I will always be secure.Verse 7 is a sort of remix of verses 1 and 27I depend on God to save me and to honor me.He is my mighty rock and my place of safety. Though his enemies try to bring dishonor to him, God is his source of honor and safety. In verse 8, David shares the message with the people 8Trust in him at all times, you people.Tell him all your troubles.God is our place of safety. When we find something wonderful, don't we want to share it? Verses 9 and 10 talk about what not to rely on  9Surely ordinary people are only a breath.Important people are not what they seem to be.If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything.Together they are only a breath.10Don’t trust in money you have taken from others.Don’t put false hope in things you have stolen.Even if your riches grow,don’t put your trust in them. People and money are temporary. In verses 11 and 12, we learn what we can rely on 11God, I have heard you say two things.One is that power belongs to you, God.12The other is that your love, Lord, never ends.You will reward everyonein keeping with what they have done. There are rewards at the judgement, beloved. If a person has not accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior, he or she will unfortunately for them, be sentenced to Hell. Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is death." That is the reward for rejecting the free gift of salvation. For those who have accepted Jesus, they will be rewarded with eternal life with God. And in Heaven, we will receive rewards. There is a good article at gotquestions.org that discusses rewards in heaven.

The Daf from a Psychological Perspective For Mareh Mekomos Click Below אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב פַּפִּי: מִשּׁוּם דְּאַתּוּ מִמּוּלָאֵי אָמְרִיתוּ מִילֵּי מוּלְיָיאתָא. הָנָךְ מְחִיצוֹת, לְגַוַּאי — עֲבִידָן, לְבָרַאי — לָא עֲבִידָן. Rav Pappi said to him: Because you come from truncated [mula'ei] people, as Rav Beivai's family traced their lineage to the house of Eli, all of whose descendants were destined to be short-lived (see i Samuel 2:31), you speak truncated [mulayata] matters, as the inner wall cannot be relied upon at all. That is because these walls were made for the inside of the mansion, and they were not made for the outside; that is, they were not designed from the outset to serve as partitions for the orchard. ריטב״א יהמות עו, א משום דאתו ממולאי פרש"י ז"ל לשון כרותים ואומללי' שהם ממשפחת בני עלי שנכרתים בחצי ימיהם ור"י ז"ל פי' ממולאי שם מקום כדאמרי' במדרש ר"מ הלך לממולא חזנהו להנהו דהוו שחורי ראש אמר להם מדבית עלי אתון ועסקו בתורה: שמואל א, ב:לא הִנֵּה֙ יָמִ֣ים בָּאִ֔ים וְגָֽדַעְתִּי֙ אֶת־זְרֹ֣עֲךָ֔ וְאֶת־זְרֹ֖עַ בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יךָ מִֽהְי֥וֹת זָקֵ֖ן בְּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ A time is coming when I will break your power and that of your father's house, and there shall be no elder in your house. אברבנאל שם No “elder”, that is high priest will come from His family. של״ה תורה שבעל פה פה קדוש ב ר״ה י״ח, א תנו רבנן משפחה אחת היתה בירושלים שהיו מתיה מתין בני י"ח שנה באו והודיעו את רבן יוחנן בן זכאי אמר להם שמא ממשפחת עלי אתם דכתיב ביה (שמואל א ב, לג) וכל מרבית ביתך ימותו אנשים לכו ועסקו בתורה וחיו הלכו ועסקו בתורה וחיו והיו קורין אותה משפחת רבן יוחנן על שמו פניני הלכה, שמחת הבית וברכתו 8:2 וכפי שלמדנו על חפני ופנחס, בניו של עלי הכהן הגדול, שחיללו שם שמיים במשכן ה' שבשילה, וכיוון שאביהם לא מיחה בידם כראוי, נאמר לו (שמואל א' ב, לא): "הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים וְגָדַעְתִּי אֶת זְרֹעֲךָ וְאֶת זְרֹעַ בֵּית אָבִיךָ מִהְיוֹת זָקֵן בְּבֵיתֶךָ". וצריך לבאר, שבדורות הראשונים, כל צאצאי עלי הכהן מתו צעירים, וככל שעברו הדורות והתחתנו במשפחות אחרות, הגזירה נותרה רק על אלו שנקראו על שמו או שהיו מחוברים אליו בשורש נשמתם, וגם אלף שנים לאחר מכן עוד היו צאצאים שנחשבו כממשיכיו, וחלה עליהם הגזירה. וכפי שאמרו חכמים על רבה ואביי שהיו שניהם מבית עלי, והיו צפויים למות בגיל צעיר מאוד, ונהגו בעצת חכמים ושבו אל ה' בתשובה גדולה. רבה עסק בתורה בשקידה גדולה, וזכה לחיות ארבעים שנה. אביי עסק בתורה ובגמילות חסדים, וחי ששים שנה. וזהו שנאמר (שם ג, יד): "וְלָכֵן נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לְבֵית עֵלִי אִם יִתְכַּפֵּר עֲוֹן בֵּית עֵלִי בְּזֶבַח וּבְמִנְחָה עַד עוֹלָם". דייקו חכמים (ר"ה יח, א): "בְּזֶבַח וּבְמִנְחָה – אינו מתכפר, אבל מתכפר בתורה ובגמילות חסדים".ראוי לציין, שאמנם רבה חי ארבעים שנה, אולם כמעט בכל המחלוקות שהוא משתתף בהם, הלכה כמותו (ב"ב קיד, ב). ואביי שחי ששים שנה, שגם עסק בגמילות חסדים, ברוב המחלוקות אין הלכה כמותו (ב"מ כג, ב). We learn a similar lesson from Ḥofni and Pinḥas, the sons of the high priest Eli, who desecrated the name of heaven in the Tabernacle in Shilo. Because their father did not object strenuously enough to their behavior, he was told, “A time is coming when I will break your power and that of your father's house, and there shall be no elder in your house” (1 Shmuel 2:31). Indeed, for the next few generations, all of Eli's descendants died young. As time went on and they married into other families, the only descendants who were affected were those who were named after Eli or whose souls were connected to him. Even a thousand years later, there were still descendants of Eli who carried on his legacy, and the curse affected them. The Talmud says that Rabbah and Abaye were both descendants of Eli, and were expected to die very young. However, they followed the Sages' instructions and repented sincerely. Rabbah studied Torah diligently and was privileged to live to the age of forty. Abaye engaged in Torah study and acts of kindness, and lived to be sixty. This accords with the homiletic interpretation of the verse, “Assuredly I swear concerning the house of Eli that the iniquity of the house of Eli will never be expiated by [animal] sacrifice or [meal] offering” (ibid., 3:14). The Sages explain: “An animal sacrifice or a meal offering will not atone for the sin, but Torah and kindness will” (Rosh Ha-shana 18a).1It is worth noting that although Rabbah did not combine his Torah study with acts of kindness like Abaye did, and thus died younger, the halakha follows him in almost every disagreement in which he was involved (Bava Batra 114b). In contrast, Abaye combined his Torah study with acts of kindness, so although he lived to sixty, the halakha does not follow him in most of the disagreements in which he was involved (Bava Metzi'a 23b). This is an important lesson about priorities. We cannot be in two places at once. Whatever priority we choose is our personal decision. Rabbah did not want to be Abaye, and Abaye did not want to be Rabbah. Each received a benefit and a loss for their choices.

Drew Starling is an Amazon bestselling author of horror and dark fiction, a husband and dog dad who loves strong female leads, martial arts, and long walks in the woods with canine companions. He would like to think his plots are better than his prose, but strives to make his words sound both beautiful and terrifying at the same time. He listens to Beethoven, Megadeth, and Enya when he writes. His only rule of writing: the dog never dies.In this episode we go deep into:Why the dog never diesDrew’s writing journey and how he’s gotten to where he isHow beneficial author communities are onlineWhy short stories are a great way create emotional insulationThe incredible influence of Stephen KingWhether the TV series of “The Outsider” was better or worse than the bookThe power of the short story submission loopWhy short stories are a great way to build an author reputationHow to maximize your chances of getting short stories submitted and publishedThe benefits of real-time feedback in author communitiesUsing StoryGrid to edit your novelWhy something must happen in a sceneDrew’s writing processWhy you shouldn’t measure success in words writtenFinding a relationship that complements your writing careerWhy Drew writesDrew answers questions from Patrons:Ian J Middleton: what Must Read books would you put on a horror writers reading list?This week’s question:What systems do you use to gain real-time feedback?Find out more about Drew:Get your free story https://www.drewstarling.com/danLinks from the show:Https://www.patreon.com/greatwritersshareHttps://books2read.com/anatomyofprosehttps://www.doesthedogdie.com/https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/https://www.cormacmccarthy.com/https://www.amazon.com/N-K-Jemisin/e/B0028OIVC0/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8550800/“Guts” by Chuck Palahniuk http://readfulltext.blogspot.com/2013/10/guts-by-chuck-palahniuk.htmlhttps://storygrid.com/The Shining https://www.amazon.com/Shining-Stephen-King/dp/0345806786/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+shining&qid=1591020355&s=books&sr=1-1It https://www.amazon.com/Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1982127791/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=it&qid=1591020343&s=books&sr=1-1The Stand

Want to be more attractive? There has actually been some interesting research on what makes people appealing to others and this episode begins by exploring ways you can instantly make other people notice you – and like what they see. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-attract-the-opposite-sex-2013-7?op=1It is conventional medical wisdom to take a pill to lower your fever or to put ice on a sprain or to be sure to take all your antibiotic pills even if you feel all better. Yet all those common practices and others, are bad medicine according to Dr. Paul Offit, a professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia and author of the book Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far (https://amzn.to/2RoRAUp). Listen and Dr. Offit offers an eye opening explanation of why we persist in doing these types of things and what we should be doing instead. It is easy to let exercise slip, especially with gyms and parks being closed and all of us cooped up inside. Yet exercise is exactly what we need to help get us through. Listen as I explain some of the amazing benefits of exercise that you may not have heard before. http://www.businessinsider.com/psychological-benefits-of-exercise-2015-6Are you prepared to die? What I mean by that is, do you have everything in order, or do you at least have a will? More than half the U.S. population does not yet every single one of those people will die someday. Chanel Reynolds’ husband didn’t have a will and when he was suddenly killed in a car crash, she had to navigate and figure out what to do since he left no instructions. She has since become an advocate to get people to plan for the inevitable. She wrote a book called What Matters Most (https://amzn.to/3aPU7P8) and she joins me to explain the importance of having a will and other legal documents ready as well as the nightmare it creates when you don’t. Her website is www.ChanelReynolds.com This Week's Sponsors -The Zebra. Compare and save money on car insurance. Go to www.TheZebra.com/sysk

GeneralSubscribe to Fully Vested on SimpleCast, or wherever you listen to podcasts.IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Neither of us are lawyers, and we don't play them on the internet. We have not personally reviewed the evidence which led the DOJ to make its decision to file charges against Outcome Health. The following discussion is based on our reading and personal interpretation of news reports, press releases, and other publicly available documents.In late October, Outcome Health paid out $70M to victims of its fraud scheme to settle charges. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/outcome-health-agrees-pay-70-million-resolve-fraud-investigationIn late November, the DoJ filed felony fraud charges against former executives and employees https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/former-executives-and-employees-health-technology-company-outcome-health-charged-1It's important to note that these are two distinct incidents. - The first, settled, case involves the company selling advertising inventory that didn't actually exist. - The second involves the repercussions from those allegedly intentional misstatements... that Outcome had inflated its revenue numbers it reported to investors and banks it was negotiating a loan agreement with.Really good reporting from John Pletz at Crain's Chicago Business:https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JEosP5VJexwJ:https://www.chicagobusiness.com/technology/everything-about-outcome-saga-has-been-over-top-latest-twist-particularly-jarring+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=usPletz, quoting Howard Tullman: "Regardless of the outcome or the accuracy of the allegations, it's such a black eye for the tech community and the city. It's like our version of Theranos. I think it's really sad and unfortunate."Takeaway from the Pletz piece: "Failure is one thing, fraud another" - Startups fail all the time. - Failure does not necessarily mean a shutdown. It could simply be a failure to meet growth targets. - As much as failing sucks"Big questions about Shah and Aggarwal's status in the Chicago startup ecosystem:Shah, Aggarwal, Purdy, and Jim Demas (who, curiously, isn't named in any of the lawsuits) were founding partners of Jumpstart Ventures, which made dozens of startup investments. Some of those investments include Chicago unicorn SMS Assist, Built In, Base CRM, and YCharts.Rishi Shah told Crain's Chicago Business, back in 2014, that JumpStart "It's more of a personal investment vehicle than anything else, We don't have (limited) partners or a particular mandate." That same article states that JumpStart made LP investments in funds including Avia, the Firestarter Fund angel group, and Chicago Ventures.http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eQCw3w8oHRwJ:https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140318/BLOGS11/140319735/contextmedia-founders-rishi-shah-shrada-agarwal-investing-in-more-startups&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1&vwsrc=0Private company protection Legal is a necessary but insufficient standardAdditional Reading:Outcome Health Lays Off More Employees (John Pletz for Crain's Chicago Business)About The Co-Hosts-Jason D. Rowley is a data journalist for Crunchbase News, volunteers with the Python Software Foundation as an organizer of Startup Row at PyCon US, and sends occasional newsletters from Rowley.Report.-Graham C. Peck is a Venture Partner with Cultivation Capital and additionally helps companies build technology development teams in partnership with Brightgrove and other technology development organizations.

Complacency and Deception Today – Tom Donnan pt 1It is no secret that the Founding Fathers of this nation were Christian through and through. There have been reports lately that try to disprove that. But if you look at the personal letters they wrote (which have survived) and the public letters and speeches they wrote – they are filled with scripture references!  Not scripture references like you hear some people today quote. You know, when they try to quote the Bible to make a point. They are attempting to “wow” you that they know a scripture or two, so you should vote for them. No, our Founders knew the Bible better than any Masters of Theology professor today! Remember, this was before radio and tv. So many of them would spend the early mornings and the late evenings reading the Bible!  Some made a habit of reading the Bible completely through, three or four times in one year! They KNEW the scriptures! They would lace scriptural references throughout their writings, in examples and just plain talk. Some speeches contained as much as 75% scripture references!  You never see any politician do that today!  But they did not have to say, “As the Bible says in “such and such” scripture…” No. The people of that day knew the Bible’s also! So when these leaders would simply talk and reference the scripture in their messages, the people knew what they were talking about! Well, it’s not like that today. Even life long church members do not know how to find scripture in the Bible anymore! That is why almost all the churches post the scriptures on the big screen in the sanctuary! You rarely hear a preacher today say, “Turn in your Bibles to such and such and read with me…” Because the people are to Biblical illiterate to understand what that means! But, these are all signs of the end times as detailed in the Bible. The Bible is very clear about the “falling away” that will take place today…I mean in the last days…which we are in TODAY.  To help us talk about this situation and to offer the ONLY solution to this problem, is our good friend, Tom Donnan. Now, if you have been listening to us in our past interviews, you know as well as I do, that we have no clue where the Lord is going to lead this conversation! Praise God! We just kind of “flow with the Spirit” when Tom is here! Amen! Help me welcome to the program, Tom Donnan!  Tom, thanks for coming back on the program today! Alright, let’s go ahead and grab the bull by the horns…I’m fired up about this topic today, as  you can probably tell. Let’s start this right off and talk about COMPLANCEY in the church today!  The Book of Daniel talks about this, right? And something that a lot of American’s do not realize – even a lot of preachers do not want to admit – that America IS NOT listed as one of the influential nations in the end times. How can that be? Are we described in the Book of Revelation, in the letter to the Laodiceans’ as a “luke warm” church? You travel a lot. Have you noticed the differences in the culture just off the shores of America? Say in the Caribbean nations? You’d think being that close to the blessed nation of the USA that their culture and standard of living would be a lot better than it is. Why do you think that exists?  CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES:Tom Donnan asked Pastor Phillip Corbett to write about the Presence of God. Pastor Phillip Corbett (https://www.facebook.com/HealingTheNationMinistries/posts/3444692945601833?__tn__=K-R) Tom Donnan asked Pastor Ron Pratt permission to tell two of his experiences with the presence of God. Pastor Ron Pratt (https://www.facebook.com/HealingTheNationMinistries/posts/3444752958929165?__tn__=K-R) Tom Donnan has written a small book on what happens to the life of a pastor who inherits the Presence of God in a book called:  Pastors and the Presence of God...

For the last two weeks we’ve been seeing God’s glory revealed through the birth of Jesus. We learned that a Christian's joy is not tied to circumstances, rather it is tied to Jesus our savior who loves us unconditionally. He is Immanuel, always with us. The Christmas story holds yet another revelation of God’s glory. This revelation is often misunderstood because we’ve heard it misquoted many times, “Peace on earth and good will toward men.” Not quite.“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” Luke 2:14Christmas peace is not primarily between man, it is between God and man. Paul gives clarity in his letter to the Romans.Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1It’s interesting to notice here that Paul didn’t say we have “peace of God” nor even “God’s peace in us”—though both those things are also true. Instead Paul said we have peace with God. That tiny word makes all the difference. You see, when there’s hostility between you and God, it’s a one-way battle. We sin and make ourselves enemies of God, but because of Christ, God refuses to make himself our enemy in return. You and I lash out in defiance and disobedience and selfishness and pride and hurtfulness. We miss the mark and we misunderstand how our own sin hurts us and those around us.Theologian William Newell reframes it this way, “Our peace with God is not as between two nations before at war; but as between a king and rebellious and guilty subjects.” Think of a child who screams to a parent, “I hate you!” and then runs off and slams the door. The kid is angry, but the parent is heartbroken. They don’t want to be close to you but you still want to be close to them. This is how it is with God. We’re that stubborn child shouting, “I hate you!” as we stomp off and slam the bedroom door. Meanwhile, our Heavenly Father refuses to retaliate, waiting instead for us to return again to His presence in peace. Why? Because, “We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ!”

In this episode, the trio explores and discusses the topic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and the Disney film Moana is viewed for a discussion of cultural appropriation or appreciation. This episode is hopefully easier to digest in terms of time, also fixed up the intro and outro. The podcast has a Twitter @of_resurgence. You can also reach us by email for business opportunities at voicesofresurgence@gmail.com. Cover art was done by Eli and you can reach him @paintedturtleco on Twitter. James, Sarah, and Tai have a Twitter @oglalawarriorAW, @FeminIdginous, and @sp4cek1d.Edit: For those of you looking for the live show link I have removed it. The reason being is because I didn't realize at the time I had collaborated with a problematic community member. So I have removed the link and refuse to promote any content from Kevin Flynn and NativesinFocus. If you want further context I'll put my explanation thread here: https://twitter.com/OglalaWarriorAW/status/1163861133981339649?s=20List of resources that were suggested in order:Mauna Kea: https://org.salsalabs.com/o/2699/donate_page/aloha-aina-support-fund https://twitter.com/prxncesa_/status/1150276438928400385?s=20Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls resources:https://www.annitalucchesi.com/about-1It has come to our attention that the Red Ribbon Alert App is associated with a pedophile and it will not be supported on this podcast. For more info go here: https://twitter.com/dearnonnatives/status/1183558714386604032?s=20https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/https://indianlaw.org/issue/ending-violence-against-native-womenhttps://www.uihi.org/projects/our-bodies-our-stories/https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/

 Have you ever seen the image of the two fish, one in a fish bowl and one swimming free in the open water? Signifying the life of one committed to religion (the fish in the bowl) and the other fish living a life free & spiritual.The metaphor comparing the life of one who would be considered religious and one to be spiritual heads the movement today among many.  Steering away folks from God & religion, and instead choosing a life of a mere outlaw and calling it spirituality, a growing majority look at religion as a box that leaves hardly any room for self expression and freedom; a constraint full of strict, old laws that people are desperately trying to break away from.When studying the life of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ and how he came up in the ranks during His day, I have come to fully believe that Jesus was in fact that first Outlaw to break away from the religiosity of religion as it outright took away from what God intended, receiving the Good News. Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.  Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.But while breaking away and setting the people free, Jesus never intended to do away entirely with religion as He meant to set things straight, and create a new order that is Christianity.Take a quick listen to this week's discussion as we crush those notions of Jesus & Christianity being like a caged box.In Jesus, we are set free from the confines of that fish bowl.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter @sadedizzle or look me up on Facebook @ Sade Graham.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricespice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source(s):--Holy Bible

Keywebco.com My favorite Top 5 Games I played. Number 5. Grand Theft Auto gta san andreas. A smash hit! GTA V has sold huge amounts of copies and has made giant amounts of money. GTA is the infamous franchise. Parents and anti-videogame-violence advocates everywhere shake in fear or rage at the GTA name. The campaign stories are interesting, the driving is fun, and all the extracurriculars are fun too. We used to play water rescue in GTA 4. Someone takes a boat out into the water and jumps off, the other person has to fly in with a helicopter and get close enough to the water so that the guy in the water can grab on and get into the chopper. Mostly the helicopter just got too close and sank, though. Still, what a blast! Number 4. Call of Duty. call of duty modern warfare 1It's our duty to mention this one. You don't crank games out on a release schedule like CoD's, always getting those big sales numbers, with that giant online community unless you're #popular. The Call of Duty franchise is a great addition to the FPS compendium. I spent way too many hours playing this one. Number 3. Halo. What a ruckus this big ol' franchise caused! It's an empty MJOLNIR suit of its former self, but when it first came out on the original Xbox, boy did it come out swinging! It's a huge franchise, it has live-action spin-offs (a little bit better than Super Mario Brothers movie), and it was a big deal for shooters when it came out. Popular. Number 2. Super Mario Brothers super mario bros game You think Diablo III moved some copies, it has nothing on the Super Mario Brothers! A timeless classic, everyone knows who they are. Now the argument could be made that people only know of the Mario Bros because of that smash-hit, live-action film that came out in 1993. If anyone makes that argument they're dead wrong. Terrible movie, watch it sometime! Number 1. Pacman pacman game Pacman gets the first spot because it's an ancient arcade game that everyone played at least once at the local roller rink before it closed down for good like 20 years ago. I play the new versions to this day. As far as games ago, it's always seemed to be on the frustrating and simplistic side. Yes, it's “a classic” but, just like with old movies, a classic doesn't mean it's any good! Still, the popularity is undeniable. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roger-keyserling/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/roger-keyserling/support

想必大家都知道表示一般般，英语可以说：so so，或者just so so，来表示一般般，尤其是人家问How are you?的时候，其实外国人真不用“so so”来表达“一般般”，那我们今天就来学习还有哪些短语表示“一般般”。1It's okay 好吧重音放在"okay"上面的话，可以表示你持中立的态度，并不情愿。May I use your lipstick？What？ Oh…it's okay…我可以借用你的口红吗？什么？（口红这种私人物品为什么要借啊，我真是很介意啊，可还是要勉强保持微笑），好吧。。。2Not bad 不好不坏Have you tried my dish？Yeah！Not bad.你尝过我做的菜了吗？是的呢！还不错！（毕竟你也辛苦了半天，我真是不忍伤你啊，可是我又不愿意昧着良心说好吃）3sort of 一般般Do you like the dress I bought for you yesterday?Sort of.你喜欢昨天我买给你的裙子吗？一般般吧。除此以外，sort of 你还可以这样用4Sort of 有几分；稍微What is he like?Well, he's sort of strange to be honest.他是什么样子的？讲真，他看起来有点奇怪。5Not so hot 不怎么好，一般般How are you today?Not so hot, I am going to stay in bed and have a rest.今天感觉如何？不怎么样，我打算躺着歇一会。

Lady Killer Vol. 1It’s time to get bloody while also making sure the kids get to school and have dinner ready in this episode. Roman, Colton and Trevor explore the bloody high heel tracks of Seattle’s most bad ass woman. She cooks. She cleans. She kills. She does it all! Joelle Jones and Jamie S. Rich do an amazing job showing the gang what the times were like and how in a comic that takes a knife (and occasionally a bullet) to toxic masculinity.MATURE CONTENT WARNING.SPOILERS! Check out these books before you listen to us break them down.

Joe has flipped over 100 deals and helped students flip 100's more. He loves doing deals and coaching students to do the same. He has been fortunate to receive more student testimonials than he can count. He invests remotely in multiple markets. He loves creating automated marketing systems.Joe often takes 2-3 month overseas trips with his family while running his business.Joe's Podcast: RealEstateInvestingMastery.comFree Lease Options Book: WLOBook.comThree Keys to Success: Marketing, Automation and Delegation.Joe was a civil engineer before getting into real estate investing.In 2006, Joe started learning about investing and went full time into it in 2009.You don't make money by learning. You have to study and take action. You don't accomplish anything by buying another course.In a financial cash crunch, Joe decided to take action, without judgment and followed his mentor without changing anything. That's how his investing career began.Mentally get out of your own way.Stop thinking and saying "What if?" and start thinking "What's next?"Take the first step. Then the next step... then the next one...One of Joe's biggest mistake on a deal was rehabbing. He has always lost on rehabs and never does it any more.When you get discouraged, you have to lean in and get going. Lots of times you can quit.It is impossible for you to fail until you decide to quit.What is Wholesaling real estate?Flipping paper. You get a contract with the seller to buy the house at a steep discount. Then sell the contract for a fee of $10k or more.Double close is when the investor buys the contract.Assignment: Joe assigns it to investor for a fee.Wholesale lease options.It can be assigned to a tenent buyer.House $150KMortgage: $145kOwner has to rent house out. Lease option that allows renter to buy it at a later date.How does Joe find the deals?1) Sending mail/emails to landlords and FSBO's.2) Using 'dead' leads from other investors.Joe uses Craigslist a lot to find leads.When Joe gets a contract, he sends a hand written 'desperate motivated seller' letter to investors. He get 30-40% response from investors who own rental propertys within a 30 mile radius.Automation of Joe's BusinessJoe was doing 4-5 deals a week, but still working too hard.He wrote down a list of all the things you do in a deal. Then asked: "How can I do none of this?"Joe goes into more detail in the show.Joe's Success Habit: Get up early (5:30am). Read the Bible. Pray. Reading Hebrews now.He is also read The Pumpkin Plan. https://www.amazon.ca/Pumpkin-Plan-Strategy-Remarkable-Business/dp/1591844886/ref=sr_1_1It's all about focus.Register for the Real Estate Cashflow Conference:http://bit.ly/jaymoneypodcastJay Conner is a proven real estate investment leader. Without using his own money or credit, Jay maximizes creative methods to buy and sell properties with profits averaging $64,000 per deal.What is Real Estate Investing? Live Cashflow Conference https://youtu.be/QyeBbDOF4woThe Conner Marketing Group Inc.P.O. Box 1276, Morehead City, NC USA 28557P 252-808-2927F 252-240-2504Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZfl6O7pRhyX5R-rRuSnK6whttps://www.youtube.com/c/RealEstateInvestingWithJayConnerRSS Feedhttp://realestateinvestingdeals.mypodcastworld.com/rss2.xmlGoogle Playhttps://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ihrzsai7jo7awj2e7nhhwfsv47yiTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/real-estate-investing-minus-bank-flipping-houses-foreclosure/id1377723034

Prayer LiturgyBible ReadingWhat is prayer for?to “get God to do something”?Does God answer our prayers? YES YES YES!the Bible is clear - when we pray something happensGod calls us to pray as part of our cooperation with HimDoes God do a lot more than answer our prayers?? YES YES YES.If God just gave us whatever we asked for we would not be better off!God hears our requests and answers in the most loving wayto form us.Prayer is never about changing God - Prayer is about being changedGod already knows what you are going to pray for - He knows better than you do what you need!Matt 6:7God is always present and at work!God cares about this more than you do!Prayer is never about convincing God - it is about moving into alignment with His will and His power - About learning to fully surrender to Him and fully RELY upon Him.Prayer changes us - prayer FORMS us.Prayer shuts down unhealthy thought patterns and opens up healthy ones.Prayer quiets anxiety, prayer fosters hope,prayer reminds us of the truth, prayer reveals the lies,prayer opens us to hear the voice of God.Pray reminds and enables us to forgive and to show grace.Who Taught you to pray? - If prayer is so important who taught you to do it?Most of us just stumble along and figure things out. We might have a little instruction but most of us were never taught HOW to prayThis is why prayer is so hard for so many people - if they have to make it all up themselves it is difficult! They pray for a few minutes and run out of things to say.When we feel like we are constantly failing it will never become a pattern in our livesHow does one teach others to pray?Luke 11:1It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” 2And He said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. 3Give us each day our daily bread. 4And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'"Why should I pray other people’s prayers?to have something to say when you don’t know what to say - why isn’t tongues enough?2 Cor 14:13Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret. 14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.15What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.If prayer forms us and we are making up our own prayers then our formation is bound to be limitedmaking up your own prayers is still going to be good for you because God is in the midstbut it won’t change you as deeply because its just MORE of you.Angry people pray angry prayers, violent people pray violent prayers, greedy people etc...So What prayers should we prayYou need to pray the word of God!Jesus gave us a prayer to pray - we should be praying it!The book of Psalms has been the prayer book of God’s people for over 3000 yearsYou need a Wise liturgy given to you by the great tradition of 2000 years of lovers of Jesus.Prayers that have stood the test of timePrayers that have been helpful for generation of Jesus followersYou need a liturgy that is going to take you into encounter with Jesus but then also outward into encounter with the worldYou need a liturgy that you can come back to over and over again.that stays the samethe lattice, the skeletonthat makes room for change and variety

BEYOND CONFESSION Romans 10:9-10I CONFESSED!... IM SAVED!... NowWhat!??Matt 24:12-14  12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.Luke 21:16-19  16 You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. 17 And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. 18 But not a hair of your head shall be lost. 19 By your patience possess your souls.This is the only reason to Doubt Salvation…I wasn’t CONFIDENT because I wasn’t CONSISTENT.Understanding WHYGalatians 5:1 1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.#1.    I’m Saved FOR - Relationship   a. With God   b. With OthersPsalm 119:2 2 Blessed are they who keep his statutes        and seek him with all their heart.Deut 4:29 IF you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with     all your soul.Jeremiah 29:1313 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.#2   I'm saved FROM...  SIN!Galatians 5:19-2119 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.#3 I’m saved TO LIVE!John 10:1010The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.1 cor 9:26-27 26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified

BEYOND CONFESSION Romans 10:9-10I CONFESSED!... IM SAVED!... NowWhat!??Matt 24:12-14  12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.Luke 21:16-19  16 You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. 17 And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. 18 But not a hair of your head shall be lost. 19 By your patience possess your souls.This is the only reason to Doubt Salvation…I wasn’t CONFIDENT because I wasn’t CONSISTENT.Understanding WHYGalatians 5:1 1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.#1.    I’m Saved FOR - Relationship   a. With God   b. With OthersPsalm 119:2 2 Blessed are they who keep his statutes        and seek him with all their heart.Deut 4:29 IF you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with     all your soul.Jeremiah 29:1313 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.#2   I'm saved FROM...  SIN!Galatians 5:19-2119 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.#3 I’m saved TO LIVE!John 10:1010The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.1 cor 9:26-27 26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified

Jessica Louise Li shares how she went from being in an abusive marriage to creating a legacy with a new love of her life using what she calls the path of Sensational Sex.And at the end of this episode I'll share with you a little food that I bet you don't know is a powerful libido booster – as well as another food that you definitely want to avoid, because it acts like a cold shower of toxicity!Our guest, Jessica Louise LiI am very excited to be joined here today by Jessica Louise Li. Jessica is a former raw food chef who now teaches women how to use the power of sex energy to unleash self-expression in both the bedroom and in business. Now I don't know about you, but that alone would get me very excited. But she's got a lot more to share with us today, so let's get started!Me: So Jess welcome to the Clean Food, Dirty Stories podcast! I'm super excited to have you here!Jess: Yes, thank you for having me. I'm looking forward to those tips you have at the end.Me: Yeah, let's see how that turns out! We'll see if you know them – including the toxic one.I'm really glad we're able to do this because we've known each other for quite a while. So I already know your story, but I love it and I think it's quite a powerful one. You went from such a place of hardship to a place of lightness and joy. I think people will be very inspired to know how you went from one to the other, and what it was like for you.I know that for a while you had a bit of a rough time because you were in a bit of an abusive relationship. Do you want to say a little bit about that? Because I think that's where your story starts, if I'm not mistaken?Jess: Yeah definitely.Jessica's storySo I was married for 10 years – I mean it was 14 years in the long run. But it was 10 years into the marriage where things started to accumulate more and more.An abusive marriage from day 1It always...from day 1 it was mentally abusive, verbally abusive, emotionally abusive...There were 5 times when he put his hands on me and of course as we know, one time is more than enough.It wasn't until almost 10 years into the marriage where he had actually tried to take my life.My husband had actually tried to kill me as my 3 children were sleeping upstairs.Me: Oh my God, how old were your children?Jess: They were 7, 9 and 11...or actually no, that was 2010...The kids are 2 years apart so they were 3, 5 and 7.Me: Wow.Jess: They were really young.And I know that's the hard run of the story, but...I want to share it like that because that's an experience. As dramatic and as crazy and wild as it may seem to some people, it's something that I happened to experience in life. But I know that that doesn't define me.A journey tooIt's really the journey of what I experienced back then to what I am now. And that's what I'm really here for, it's the inspiration, it's the whole picture. It's not just that one incident.Me: Exactly. If people were to look at your life now, when people see what you're doing now, it's amazing. I know that you'll say a bit more about that later but it's kind of hard to imagine that you started from that kind of place. Jess: Yeah, totally. I guess that's a testament to how far I've come. It was something that was really horrifying and I wouldn't wish it on anyone for sure.Married to a killer (literally)But here's the thing: when I was in that relationship, I knew that it was wrong. Deep down I knew that I shouldn't be in there. But the thing is that I was living in so much fear, and I didn't feel like I had the resources to be able to leave him.On top of that he was someone who was involved with the gangs, so I was in fear of him having someone follow me. Or, you know, because he was in that lifestyle, he had no qualms about coming after me or trying to kill me.Like when he said he was going to kill me, I like 100% believed him.Me: Wow.Jess: Because he had killed people before. And I can say that freely now only because he passed away. He died suddenly 3 years ago, it's been almost three years now.Living in fearOne of the biggest secrets that I couldn't tell – and I think even when I met you, I couldn't say my whole story. So maybe it's perfect timing now that we're doing this interview!There's only so many details that I could say, right? It's not about ratting him out or like trying to show off, even if you'd consider that showing off. But it's to highlight that I was living in so much fear that every night I knew that I was laying in the arms of someone that has killed before.People ask me, “Why didn't you leave earlier?” A lot of people say that about abused women, 'why do you stay' or 'I don't get why you're still with him'. And I think it's not until or unless you're in that situation that you really understand why a woman stays. Like I said, of course I knew it was a bad thing. As my kids were growing up, I knew that I didn't want my daughter to see that it was OK for a man to hit her and for her to go back. And vice-versa, I didn't want my son to think it was OK for him to put his hands on a woman and then she comes back and all is great.So I had to be mindful of that. When they were younger there was so much that I could get away with, but as they got older they started to mimic certain behaviours. They started to see my ruses, they started to ask “Why does Mommy have a black eye?”The turning pointIt just got to the point where you know what? This was enough. And yeah, unfortunately it got to the night where he attacked me and tried to kill me.Me: And was that the turning point?Jess: That was the turning point, because I was on the sofa, and without going into too much detail... One of the ways he tried to kill me...He was huge, he choked me twice unconscious on the sofa.So I had three thoughts. One, that my parents would find my body here. Two, that my children wouldn't have their mother. And three, that this isn't fair, I didn't get to do everything that I wanted to do.  It was the third thought that was the catalyst. That was what made me want to take my own life, after healing, and create something that was for me. To create the life of my dreams. And to do something that was gonna benefit my kids - I was gonna be happy.I didn't want to waste time, and I didn't want to life my life for someone else. Now I wanted to live my life for me.The scariest momentActually I was very fortunate, because he had stabbed me after I had regained consciousness. He had actually stabbed me in the head.Me: In the head?!Jess: He did, yeah. And I know it's crazy and it was the scariest moment. I mean, the whole night was crazy. Crazy scary. Me: Well it's amazing that you survived!Jess: Yes, but do you know what though Barbara? If you believe in it...I do... it was divine intervention.Face to face with a knifeWhat happened was he had picked up the knife, it was a big stainless steel kitchen knife. He came towards me and he was 6, 6 feet 1 and 270 pounds at the time. Mostly muscle, a big guy. And I'm like 5 feet 4, 5 feet 5, a 140 pounds, 135 pounds.He came to me, basically we were like face to face and he picked up the knife and I shut my eyes and I was hoping that it wasn't going to hurt too much.I was like 'wow, this is the last scene I'm going to see before I die'.And I shut my eyes and I squeezed my eyes so tight, and I was just braced for the knife. I felt the knife go in and out of my scalp really fast. It was really creepy.All of a sudden he backed off. I tried to deflect the knife for one or two seconds and he backed off and I thought this was weird, I was just in so much shock.After he had already punched me, after he had already broken a chair over me, after he'd choked me unconscious twice, and now he'd just stabbed me...my adrenaline was just pumping and all of a sudden he just stopped out of nowhere so I was in a huge state of shock. Then on top of that I was like 'what the heck? What's going on?'So I actually thought he was going to go get...I knew that he had a gun in the house and I thought he was going to go get that.Divine interventionAnd it wasn't till later that I realized when I talked to him that he has a rosary. Usually as you know you don't wear rosaries. But he had his decked out in diamonds, and he made it fancy. So he was wearing his rosary at the time, and it snapped, it broke. He had owned it for years, maybe like 8 years up to that point or so. It broke, and he told me that's what snapped him out of his rage, because when the rosary snapped it took him out of what he was doing to me and he was like 'What the f am I doing?' So I keep that piece with me to this day, I have it in my room. I've done talks when I've spoken in front of organizations and young girls, I've showed it to them. Because that's what saved me. If the rosary hadn't broken at the time, I don't know whether I'd be here talking to you.Me: Wow. Whoof! Jess: Yeah.Me: It's such a powerful story that I'm kind of glued to my chair. I'm kind of like wow, where do you go...Getting out fastSo how did you leave? Was it after that night that you just like left? Did you take your kids? Did you go somewhere?Jess: So after he had left, I guess what he did was he left, he took off in one of our cars because we had two family cars. And as soon as I knew he was gone, I ran upstairs like a madwoman. This must have been like 3 in the morning so the kids were asleep. Thank goodness they didn't wake up and they didn't witness any of this.I ran upstairs, they were all sleeping in one room and I grabbed them and I said “Hurry, hurry guys, we've gotta go, something bad happened”. And they were like, “What's going on?” They were groggy...So I grabbed some blankets, some toys, I threw them in the car...And I literally just threw everyone and got myself out of there so fast, cause I thought he was gonna come back and that was my only way to escape.At one point he said “Do you wanna leave?” And I knew that as a mother I wasn't going to leave 3 kids at home. I didn't think that he would harm them, but as a mother I needed to protect them and I needed to know that they would be OK.So yes it was risky, I knew I was risking my life by staying, but heck, my kids! I grabbed them and I put them in the car, and we left. He didn't come back.Being brave, or a bit nutsAnd I was scheduled to work that night. Two nights of the week I slept over there which was that night. It was crazy because I was trying to be tough, right? So I drove back there with the kids and I wrote a message to him as I was bleeding, saying “I'm so sorry I had to leave early, I'll be back in the morning to finish working”. That was nuts!I got back in the car and I drove to my employer's place. So I was working as a caregiver and her son had hired me to take care of her. Two nights out of the week I slept there and it was that night. I took the kids and I had some skin hanging off of my hand from one of the knife wounds and I looked at the kids and I was like, “Oh man, what am I gonna do now?” And I didn't want to go to the police, I didn't want to go to the hospital because I was afraid they were gonna take my kids away.Me: Oh!When even the police let you downJess: So the last time... I had moved from Ontario which is more on the eastern side of Canada from British Columbia which is on the west coast of Canada.When I lived in British Columbia my husband had threatened me at one time in the past. He didn't do anything but he said that he would kill me. And I had enough courage to go to the police back then.And crazy enough Barbara, they said... I walked up with my two year old at the time and my son who was in a baby carrier. So I walked up the steps and I told them what happened. I said my husband threatened to kill me and it was a female police officer.She said, “Do you have family in the city?” and I said, “Yeah”. Then she said, “Who is it?” and I said, “My uncle”. She said, “Here's the phone” and she hands me the rotary phone and she says, “If you don't call him right now and tell him what happened, I'm gonna have your kids taken away from you”.Me: Oh my God! That's awful!Jess: And I thought... I had gathered so much courage to get to the police! Because in that lifestyle, you're always trained to think of the police as someone that you'd never, ever speak to, you know, that's a bad thing. But I had the courage to go there when he wasn't home, and here she tells me this. Hiding in the hospitalI bawled. I cried – and I thought, “If the police can't help me, nobody can”. So that was the experience I had going into this situation. And I thought, “I can't have my kids taken away from me”. So I was just looking at my wounds going, “Maybe I can get some bandages”.I got some bandages and I was like, “No, this is not gonna work!” So I went to the hospital and I left my kids in the car, and I felt bad.But I went in and I said, “You know, I got this wound from chopping vegetables” and she said “Right handed?” and I said “Yeah” and she said “Hmmm, tell me what really happened because you don't hurt your right hand chopping vegetables with your right hand”.Well she knew, and they're trained to look for these things. I told her, and I told her I didn't want to press charges. And it actually wasn't until 3 months later that he got arrested, and it was because I was seeing a psychologist for some counseling to help me work through some things, and she was the one that said, “You know, just enquire at the police station what would happen if you wanted to report him. Don't say you want to, just enquire”.Me: That's a good idea.More guidance and helpJess: So I drove my way to work one day, and him and I, we were... we thought we would work things out, and things were going okay. And I was like, “See you guys later, I'm gonna go to work now.”Then on my way to work, something just took my hand. As if something just took my hand and made me turn the steering wheel the opposite way. I drove to the police station and I said, “Look, this is what happened to me. What would happen if I reported this?”She comes back and she says, “Let me talk to my supervisor”. And she came back to the front and she said, “Now that the ball is dropped we have to go and arrest him”.I freaked because I said, “You can't arrest him. He's going to come and kill me now!” And she said “I'm sorry, we have to go and get him. We have to bring him in”.I said, “I've got kids, my kids are with him”. They promised that they wouldn't see him getting arrested. Unfortunately my older daughter did see that and that's traumatized her since.The staying, leaving cycle...So yeah, that's how I got out of it. And the funny thing is with abuse – and I think this is an important conversation because there's a lot of people who have gone through domestic abuse. Men and women. There's a lot that don't talk about it, or they don't recognize it. And I know that a lot of men and women, they go back to their abuser and then something happens, right? It's that whole cycle of staying, leaving, staying, leaving. That's what happened to me.So even though he got arrested, I continued to see him for about 4 or 5 months after, going to the jail, saying that I would recant my statement. I would bring the kids to the jail and I would say “Let's work this out” and I really did mean it.Family men to the rescueAnd then it wasn't until I finally got to my lawyers and I told them what happened, and they were like “OK, from this day forward, you cannot go to the jail”. They told me, they shared their reasons that they saw my husband as not a good husband and not a good father.This was coming from men that were family men. At the time I never had male role models to look to. So to have them say that, it put something in me where I was like, “Holy crap, maybe, maybe they're right”. You know?They made me promise, they said “If we're going to work together, you cannot go back there”. And the guy that I was working for said “Look, you've started something, you need to finish it”.So I was lucky that I had those pillars in my life to hold me to that, because left to my own devices, I would have just taken him out of jail, recanted my statement and I don't know if I would be here today. And my life wouldn't be where it's at today. That's how I got out of it.Like I said, looking at my kids going “I can't have them look at me as a role model and going back to an abusive situation”. And that catalyst, that moment I had on the sofa, right? Going 'this isn't fair, I didn't get to do everything I wanted to do'. I'm taking the reins back on my life.The healing beginsMe: And so you must have gone through quite a long process of...I don't know, did you do counseling? What kinds of things did you do to start to, I guess sort of change your world view, or just you know, heal things in yourself to enable you to move forward?Jess: So the psychologist that I was talking about, the police referred me to them because part of the victim services and I don't know if they have that where you are. But they only allow 10 sessions with a psychologist and after that you have to pay and it's really expensive. So I thought any help I can get is awesome, and there was one group I had for mothers and children of abuse. Myself and my youngest two went, my oldest didn't want to go. And after that, honestly it was mostly self work and that's what really shot me into this world of spiritual enlightenment if you want to call it that.I was never someone that I would have considered spiritual before this incident. And I'm grateful for what happened to me because it allowed me to really go deeper into myself and just ask myself.Looking inside and pleasing yourselfYou know, as I was healing physically, I had the time thank goodness to just heal. Like in a great spot with trees and the forest around me and animals. And I would just look outside every day and go “What would  make me happy? What does Jessica want?” That was hard for me because I had lived my life for so many years trying to please somebody else. And I lost who I was, I lost my self expression. I was not allowed to talk to certain people, my friends and family were cut off, so I had to find me again.And so like I said, most of it was work that I did by myself and on myself, and when I was ready, then I started to talk to some people and I started to network after I made the decision, “You know what? I'm going to start a business”. I think that was about the time that I met you, you know, doing the whole raw food thing. Me: Yeah, I remember, yeah.A new career, and maybe a new man?Jess: Yeah, because I became a raw food chef. Because I decided, “You know what? I'm going to go down to New York City, I'm going to train as a raw food chef”.I came back and started a catering company here in Toronto and that's pretty much the time when I had met you. And I thought I would continue my journey that way, and it wasn't until this further journey, a couple of years went by that I said to myself...I knew that I wanted a new love in my life, and what was funny was, and I know that you can relate to this as an entrepreneur because there are so many things on your plate...And I said to myself, “You know what? I want my business to get to a certain level before I start dating again”.Me: That's what I've said to myself! (laughs)Jess: I was cool with that, but then I was like “Wait a second. I could be totally be cutting off the guy that's made to be there in my life.” And when I made that decision, I just declared to the universe that I'm giving this up. If the guy is out there, so be it, I can work through this with my business at the same time”.And really, like within the next two or three months, I met Michael!Enter the relationship coachMe: Wow! How did you guys meet?Jess: So we met at a trade show. He was doing relationship coaching at the time for women, so he was helping women find a great partner. He still does some of that work as well, so he helps women find a really great partner and keep a really good relationship.So he had just released his newest book at a women's trade show in Toronto. I was walking between the aisles and I was like “I know you, I recognize this name from somewhere” and he said, “You do?” And we realized we both belonged to the same entrepreneurial group online.But what was funny was he was in a relationship at the time and I was going into a relationship. So it was one of those like 'here's my business card' and there was some attraction there and then there was no contact at all for 5 months.Dating adviceAnd then one of my friends invited me to a concert that a friend was holding. I showed up early and Michael showed up, and I'm like, “What are you doing here?” So we didn't know that we had the same mutual friends, but the universe is so funny how it works. But he showed up that night, and he was there with his girlfriend, he was waiting for his girlfriend but he came early and I came early, so we just started chatting.And I shared with him where I was at, I was getting out of the relationship that I was previously in. I said, “I know you're a relationship guy, here's the deal, what's up with this guy?”He gave me some dating advice and he said “There's nothing wrong with you, look, I do some matchmaking. Tell me what you're looking for”. And I told him. Sneakily enough, I didn't find out until later, he broke up with his girlfriend that same night!Knowing what you wantSo you know, we were Facebook messaging each other. And I said, “Well if I get too specific, here's a general idea of what I'm looking for in a guy”. Then I said, “You know what? Scratch that, here's my specifics”. And I went very specific, and I guess that on the other side he was like “Oh my goodness, this is me, I'd have everything!”He didn't tell me that, he said, “Awesome, I think I know someone for you. Can you meet me downtown for tea next week?” And I said, “Yeah, sure”. So we met and about an hour, an hour and a half talking, I said, “Where is this guy?” Because I was expecting this guy to show up. And he's like, “OK so you know that guy I was telling you about? Yeah, it's me!”Me: Oh, it's like something out of movie, out of a romcom, right?Jess: Totally! And it wasn't until that moment, until that day, that I found out that he broke up with his girlfriend back at the concert. Like once I know someone's in a relationship, to me they're categorized as off-limits.Me: Yes, of course.Jess: I didn't think that, you know, that it was gonna be him at all. And when he got that he was like 'My ex-girlfriend thinks you're really pretty'. And I'm like 'OK so the girl before this girl? I don't get it'. He said 'Oh, she's no longer my girlfriend, we broke up' and I'm like 'Ohhh...' and that's when it totally clicked in.Friends with benefitsSo we started seeing each other just for sex and he knew I had needs and I wasn't looking for anything serious right now so I was like, “Yeah, sure”. I had a couple of rules and one of them was 'We don't tell anyone about this' so for like 5 or 6 months I would go to his house and I would leave the kids because I had kids at home and he doesn't have kids. And I would drive 45 minutes each way just to go and have sex with him, twice, sometimes three times a week, and we would do this for 5 or 6 months.Then of course feelings started to...We started talking more, and then one day he goes, “I know this is crazy, but do you want to go out on a date?” After like 5 or 6 months of sleeping together, 'do you want to go out on a date'. And yeah, things just went from there, that was 2 and a half years ago and we're getting married in a few months!Me: That is so cool! You seriously have to...that has to be made into a movie, that just has to happen.Jess: Well what's funny about that is there's actually a producer who heard about my story and he wants to make a movie out of my life, so maybe we'll stick that in there.Me: Yes! You have to stick that in there!ForgivenessJess: Yeah, that's where we're at right now and life is just incredible. And see, the thing is after my husband tried to kill me, it took me some time but I forgave him and I got to verbalise that to him before he passed away.He was impressed by my healing and my journey, and he was like “Wow, sweetheart I'm so happy for you, maybe one day you can help me get to where you are”.Me: Oh wow. That must have been...How did you feel when he said that?Jess: Just chills! And it was also because we met up, we weren't talking to get back together. We met because he's the father of my kids but there was no talk of us getting back together. So we had the best communication just before he died, funnily enough. Should I stay or should I run?After they released him from jail, after he got out of jail for what he did to me... Oh by the way I completely freaked out when he was released, I was ready to run. My mom said, “Look, if you need to run and hide, you just run and wherever you are, you just tell me where you are and you're safe.” Like I was ready to take my kids in the car and just, like...Honestly, Barbara, I was Googling things like 'how to become a refugee in Australia'. I was looking for ways to escape Canada. And then I just came to the point where I was like, “If I start running now, I'm going to be running for the rest of my life”.I had a friend who when I was attacked...she's very spiritual and I wasn't there yet. But she said to me, “Jessica, you just need to trust” and I said “No” and in my mind I was like “Are you f-ing crazy? Do you know who... He's gonna come get me!” She grabbed my hand and she was like, “You just need to trust. You just need to trust”.Giving up fearAnd I totally didn't understand that at all back then, and it wasn't till later till I was just like, “I need to just trust, and everything is going to work out. The universe is going to support me. I don't know how, but I just need to give up this fear that I have”. So I decided to stay in Canada.The first conversation I had with him, it was the first time I'd talked to him since I'd left him in jail. Because he was livid when he found out that I'm not going to get him out of jail and recant my statement. I mean he was absolutely livid, he was ready to send someone to kill me. He told me this afterward, but luckily he had the time to just cool off.So when he first got out of jail, I didn't know how he was gonna react. I'm like, “This could be the worst mistake of my life or this could be the best thing”. And I just knew that the first conversation I had with him, I just had this huge feeling rush over me like 'everything is going to be fine, everything is going to be good'. I can't explain, it was just a knowing.And things just blossomed from there. Like I said, not to get back together, we were going our own ways but we were in conversation so it was a big shock that his dad called me one day and just said, “I'm so sorry, he passed away this morning”. He wasn't even sick.A huge shockMe: How did he die?Jess: He died of an overdose, and they thought it was a heart attack because 95% of his arteries were blocked in his heart. But the toxicology report said that it was an overdose and he wasn't someone to do drugs. I think what it looked like was some of the pills he was taking were laced with fentanyl, which is... There's a huge problem in British Columbia with a lot of people dying from fentanyl. They're lacing Fentanyl into other drugs currently.So it was a huge shock, a huge shock. I was driving down the street in Toronto with my youngest daughter and I just collapsed. I had to get out of the car and I collapsed. Then I was screaming, like “Why!” And I had so much of this 'you just left me here and I've got these 3 kids, but... You know, I see signs of him all the time. So even though he did that to me, I still talk to him all the time. And I ask him to look after the kids and support them and look after me, and I know that he's in a better place to be able to support me.Me: That's just what I was gonna say.Taking responsibility to empower yourselfJess: Yeah, totally. And the thing is, I could have gotten hung up on 'I was abused, this happened to me...' Trust me, I've had many more reasons than we've talked about here to keep myself in a place of victimhood and blaming everyone else. But instead what I did was take responsibility.Even when before...you know, we didn't get a chance to talk about gang rape, but in my younger years when I was gang-raped, I took responsibility for my part. Not to excuse them, but there was a certain responsibility that I had to take for myself, and the same thing with my husband.So going back and taking responsibility in those areas really got me empowered, and then, you know, people encouraged me more and more to share my story. And the more I did, the more women would stand up and say 'this has happened to me'. The more I did that, the more I realized that I have a powerful story to share. I can inspire others, hence this podcast.From sharing to teaching to rocking out seminars!And you know I've just realized that the raw food that I was doing before, it's funny how the universe has its plans. It wasn't until I met Michael and we were having this incredible sex... We had a lot of experience prior to meeting each other, but this was something different. One day he was joking around, he said, “You know, this is so great, we should teach this to people”. I said “Yes, we should!” And he's like, “Really? Cause I was just kinda kidding”.But within 5 months of that idea, we sold out our first event in Toronto and we just rocked it. It was amazing! And we have our 7th one coming up pretty soon here. Me: And those are your Sensational Sex Seminars, right?Jess: Exactly, yeah. Hopefully one day soon we can bring it to the UK.Me: You have to bring it to the UK because I want to come!Jess: Yeah!The power of sexual energySo what happened too was my sexual energy, when I was younger I always had this innate feeling of...I don't know what you want to call it. I knew what sex was or sexual feelings before a child should even know what that stuff is. And I couldn't put my finger on it as a kid, but as I got older, people would shame me and I would feel repressed. I felt like I had to shut off that side of me.What I realized was I was cutting off my sexual energy and I completely lost that when I was married. Of course we had sex, but I wasn't in the flow, I wasn't embracing my feminine energy. I didn't know about masculine and feminine energies and honoring them both within each of us, within myself and within my partner.It was the gift that I got afterwards with being with Michael that I discovered how powerful sexual energy is. Because sex energy is how we all got here, it's life energy. It runs every area of our life, it permeates into everything that we do, the way we walk, the way we dress, the way we do business, it's all sexual energy. If we can really tap into that, our life will be remarkably powerful. And that's what I want to spread right now, because I regained my power, my real power, by tapping into, by reclaiming my sexual energy. How to find JessicaMe: Wow! Now I think there's a lot of... I'm sure there's a lot of people out there who would love to know how to do just that. So how do people find you? Because I know that you help a lot of women with precisely that, so where's the best place for them to find you?Jess: The best place right now would be to go to my website, so it's www.jessicalouiseli.com and Louise is l-o-u-i-s-e and Li is l-i because some people ask, so jessicalouiseli dot com.Me: Yeah, I'll link to that in the show notes as well, so... Wow that is fantastic, and yes, you've got to bring the Sensational Sex Seminar to the UK so let me know what I can do to help make that happen!Jess: Definitely! We'll chat!Me: Well, thank you so much for coming onto the podcast and for sharing your absolutely incredible story. I think the image of you with the broken rosary is going to stay in my mind for quite a while, that's really something.Jess: You're welcome!A great libido boosterNow I did mention at the beginning of this episode that I'd share with you a little food that I have a feeling you may not know can boost your libido – as well as one food that you definitely want to avoid.So as far as aphrodisiacs go, you may be thinking chocolate, right? And yes, chocolate does have lots of substances that give us some feel-good chemicals, but most of us know that. I'm not going there.The food that I'm talking about is...blackberries!Benefits of blackberriesYes, blackberries. Both the berries themselves as well as their seeds are great libido boosters, according to Drs. Anna Maria and Brian Clement, who are the directors of the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida. This is because blackberries are so rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that they just have a very powerful effect on our wellbeing.Blackberries have lots of other benefits – including helping to relieve PMS and hot flashes, helping with bone health, keeping your hair clean, helping prevent memory loss and loads more. In fact there are way too many benefits to list here, so I'll link to an article in the show notes where you can read about it if you want to.How you use blackberriesHow do you eat blackberries? Well, this is easy. You pick up a big handful, about 10 berries, and that should do the trick! Or sprinkle them on cereal or a fruit pudding. Just don't have them with dairy because dairy is another food that cuts our libido short. It's very clogging, and we don't want clogged bodies, right? We want everything to be working at its max efficiency!Now blackberries are delicious on their own, but if you'd rather have them with a gorgeously tasty yet healthy dessert, I've got loads of recipes that would go really well with blackberries in my 5-minute dessert recipes ebook which I'll link to below as well.One of the top foods to avoidRight, so I have to tell you one of the top foods to avoid. I can't help it, especially because it's famous for being an aphrodisiac. And that food is oysters!Oysters are high in zinc which has been linked to the creation of hormones, but unfortunately oysters, like other bottom-feeders in the ocean, absorb a lot of toxins and parasites. And those toxins far outweigh any benefit you might get from the zinc. Oysters are not a love food, they are a toxic food!So I hope you've enjoyed our story and our foodie tips!Have YOU got a story to share?And if you've got a true story to share (and you'd like to know what food could have saved the day or enhanced your situation),  I'd love to hear from you! Got a question, or a comment?Got a question, or a comment? Pop a note below in the comments, that would be awesome. You can also subscribe to the podcast to listen 'on the go' in iTunes.I hope you have an amazing day. Thank you so much for being here with me to share in my Clean Food, Dirty Stories. Bye for now!RESOURCESJessica's website: www.JessicaLouiseLi.comArticle on foods that boost (and inhibit) libido: www.fitnessmagazine.com/mind-body/sex/libido-boosting-foods/Benefits of blackberries: www.valuefood.info/1292/health-benefits-for-blackberries5-Minute recipe ebooks: rockingrawchef.com/5-minute-recipes 

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