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Send us a textA two-pronged episode based on complimentary requests.  You could summarize this episode by asking the question:  why is it so hard to freakin be happy when you have good shit happening in your life?What you'll hear:Part I:I just landed a contract I have spent the last two years dreaming about and I don't know how to process/deal with it. It feels like 'in the future' got here so quickly that I haven't caught up with myself yet and i keep swinging between "this isn't happening' 'they must have confused me with someone else" and "*confused static noises* -HelenWhat happens after your dreams come true? And why doesn't it feel BETTER?  1:45Storytime about my dreams coming true and how it sent me into a spiral 2:55Atlantic Center for the Arts Artist in Residency programHow I ended up recording a 20 minute screaming rant while trying to "rehearse" Keep your eyes peeled on the Patreon if you'd like to see this rant, it was actually really good looking back on it now.  6:15"Pressure doesn't make good work, it makes good panic attacks."For the first time ever, I'm making Teeth public.  This is what I ended up making on that residency:  https://youtu.be/3LVHOqEUIn4  Content warning:  early loss.  8:46The Ego Gap:  why it can feel less than wonderful when you finally get what you want 10:55Part IIA friend confided in me that she's avoiding doing her work even though when she actually does it, it makes her happy.  Why do we procrastinate on doing things we actually want to do?  12:30The Neverending Story:  sacred text  Auryn really called it.  13:51The real reason we procrastinate 15:30Brene Brown's quote about shame:    “If you put shame in a petri dish and cover it with judgment, silence, and secrecy, you've created the perfect environment for shame to grow until it makes its way into every corner and crevice of your life. If, on the other hand, you put shame in a petri dish and douse it with empathy, shame loses its power and begins to wither. Empathy creates a hostile environment for shame—an environment it can't survive in, because shame needs you to believe you're alone and it's just you.”  Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.My take on why it's so hard for humans to be happy 20:00Don't go back to sleep.xoRachelSign up here for monthly blasts and functional wooFind me on InstagramSupport this podcast on Patreon

On today's DNVR Buffs Podcast, the guys discuss the jaw dropping speed numbers that came out of the Colorado Buffaloes offseason work out yesterday. Who is the Colorado wide receiver who hit an absurd top speed of 23.79mph? Who is the inside linebacker who hit 22mph? Recapping last nights Shrine Bowl where Shilo Sanders stood out. Coach Prime is the leading candidate for NFL head coaching jobs that aren't even open. We have the date for this year's spring game at Folsom Field. The latest NFL mock drafts, CBS' second year head coach grades and much more.Intro: 0:00Speed numbers for the buffs: 2:51The shrine bowl: 17:57Coach Prime candidate for another coach?: 24:56Shedeur Sander's interview: 31:40New Mock Draft: 33:54Spring game date: 37:36Grading coaches: 40:08Chat: 43:57An ALLCITY Network ProductionPARTY WITH US: https://thednvr.com/eventsALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsportsMERCH: https://store.allcitynetwork.com/collections/dnvr-lockerSUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DNVR_SportsBreck Brew Ice Deck Giveaway: http://breckbrew.com/icedeckSleeper: If you think you have what it takes, NEW USERS can download the Sleeper app and use the code BUFFS to get $55 in free entries when you place a $5 contest. Apply it to any contest - doesn't have to be your first! Terms and conditions apply. See Sleeper's Terms of Use for details. Currently operational in over 25 states. Check out Sleeper today!Elevations Credit Union: Sko Buffs With the Go Buffs® Visa® Signature Rewards Card, the only official credit card of CU athletics, only at Elevations Credit Union. Visit http://buffscreditcard.com to apply and see full card benefits and details.Empire Today: Schedule a free in-home estimate today! All listeners can receive a $350 OFF discount when they use the promo code DNVR. Restrictions apply. See https://empiretoday.com/dnvr for detailsCoach Prime wants to help you and other Coloradans be your healthiest selves as the Chief Motivation Officer of UCHealth's Ready. Set. CO challenge. If you want to join the challenge, go to https://www.uchealth.org/readysetcoGet Coors Light delivered straight to your door with Instacart by going to https://coorslight.com/DNVR. Celebrate Responsibly. Coors Brewing Company, Golden, Colorado. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code BUFFS for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply.bet365: Go to https://www.bet365.com/hub/en-us/app-hero-banner-1?utm_source=affiliate&utm_campaign=usapp&utm_medium=affiliate&affiliate=365_03485318 or use code DNVR365 when you sign up. Must be 21+ and physically located in CO. Please gamble responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help call or TEXT 1-800-GAMBLER This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try athttps://betterhelp.com/dnvr today to get 10% off your first month and get on your way to being your best self.Check out FOCO merch and collectibles here https://foco.vegb.net/DNVR and use promo code “DNVR10” for 10% off your order.Download the Circle K app and join the Inner Circle or visit https://www.circlek.com/inner-circle! Get 10 FREE meals at https://hellofresh.com/freebuffs. Applied across 7 boxes, new subscribers only, varies by plan.Rugged Road: Gear up for your next adventure with Rugged Road Coolers - Your ultimate outdoor companion! Head to http://ruggedroadoutdoors.pxf.io/ALLCITY and use code DNVR for 10% off!When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.

In this podcast we talk about the essence of love, relationships, and cultivating a life filled with love centered around Allah first. The aspect of love is first learned by connecting to Allah and then through loving Him, you learn how to love others such as your family, spouse, children, and community. Learn about developing a connection with Allah, understanding unconditional love, and fostering meaningful bonds with others.DeenTour is a podcast and channel where 3 brothers showcase their love for islam through reminders, brotherhood, motivation, entertainment, and more!Let us know if you enjoyed this video and if you'd like to see more of this!!Start your FREE Trial in Guided Success!https://www.skool.com/guidedsuccessRead about finding your purpose and our journey to getting closer to God!!Cop Our E-Book!!Deentour.shopJOIN THE DISCORD:https://discord.gg/xUdqnuDY6wFOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deentourr/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deentourrIntro - 0:00Why we didn't have a podcast last week - 1:15Love & Hate being tied to Allah - 4:49What is love? - 6:06When you love for the sake of Allah - 7:32How often we sin against Allah yet He forgives us.. - 8:19We don't know Allah - 9:17When's the last time you thanked Allah? - 10:58Allah teaches you how to love Him so you can love others - 11:28High quantity, low quality - 14:14Show love to people the way you want Allah to show love to you - 15:00The bonds built by family - 19:13We put unnecessary burden on ourselves - 20:35Looking for love in the wrong place - 21:35Showing love & being sincere as a form of worship - 23:10The love, respect, and compassion of Muhammad (SAW) - 23:51The honor of Nuh (AS) - 25:47Patience compliments love - 26:40We have the blueprint for life as Muslims - 27:49Build your confidence in your religion - 29:00Do you not think Allah would provide for His religion? - 29:45An example of us giving advice and still getting bashed - 32:18difference between worshipping Allah and submitting - 35:49Trying to change for Allah - 39:00

In episode 126 Veronica and Laurie are joined in the Writer's Room by authors Lisa Darcy and Dr Bella Ellwood-Clayton. We dive into contemporary fiction writing, female relationships in its many forms across the generations, the concept of perfection, navigating the vicissitudes of life and ultimately triumphing over adversity. Lisa and Bella share their different writing and editing processes, and provide sage advice for emerging authors.Intro - 00:57Lisa Darcy bio - 05:35Book spotlight - Christmas Actually - 8:48Bella Ellwood-Clayton bio - 13:53Book spotlight - Weekend Friends - 15:08Outwardly perfect inwardly messy characters - 22:08Contemporary settings - 28:31Relationships from real life creeping into stories - 41:51The writing and editing process - 55:58Support the showThanks for listening.Visit australianbooklovers.com to learn more.

Readings for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time - 1 Kings 19:4-8; John 6:41-51The thread between the two readings couldn't be much easier to spot. We can't make the journey on our own. It's too difficult. But what it also reminds us is that we are not at the end, either. No matter what is happening in your life, whatever difficulties and struggles you may be facing - God gives us a gentle shove (or maybe not so gentle!) and doesn't invite us to keep moving. He orders us. There are missions to accomplish and you need Bread to sustain you. So get up, partake of the Bread, and keep moving. Your life has purpose.Special thanks to Bridget Zenk for her composition and performing of our intake and outtake music. And thank you for continuing to listen and share this podcast with others. I'm so humbled and grateful. Have a question or comment? I can be reached at pdjoezenk@gmail.com.

John Ervine - Sun 14th July 24false00:49:51The parable of the sower

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Support Common Prayer Daily @ PatreonVisit our Website for more www.commonprayerdaily.com_______________EasterIf then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. ConfessionOfficiant: Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.People: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws.We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and apart from your grace, there is no health in us. O Lord, have mercy upon us. Spare all those who confess their faults. Restore all those who are penitent, according to your promises declared to all people in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may now live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of your holy Name. Amen.Officiant: Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. Amen. Invitatory & PsalmsOfficiant: O God, make speed to save us. People: O Lord, make haste to help us. Officiant & People: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Christ our PassoverPascha Nostrum - BCP p. 83Alleluia.Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us; *therefore let us keep the feast,Not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, *but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Alleluia.Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; *death no longer has dominion over him.The death that he died, he died to sin, once for all; *but the life he lives, he lives to God.So also consider yourselves dead to sin, *and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord. Alleluia.Christ has been raised from the dead, *the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.For since by a man came death, *by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.For as in Adam all die, *so also in Christ shall all be made alive. Alleluia. Psalm 139Domine, probastiBCP p. 794Lord, you have searched me out and known me; *you know my sitting down and my rising up;you discern my thoughts from afar.You trace my journeys and my resting-places *and are acquainted with all my ways.Indeed, there is not a word on my lips, *but you, O Lord, know it altogether.You press upon me behind and before *and lay your hand upon me.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; *it is so high that I cannot attain to it.Where can I go then from your Spirit? *where can I flee from your presence?If I climb up to heaven, you are there; *if I make the grave my bed, you are there also.If I take the wings of the morning *and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,Even there your hand will lead me *and your right hand hold me fast.If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me, *and the light around me turn to night,”Darkness is not dark to you;the night is as bright as the day; *darkness and light to you are both alike.For you yourself created my inmost parts; *you knit me together in my mother's womb.I will thank you because I am marvelously made; *your works are wonderful, and I know it well.My body was not hidden from you, *while I was being made in secretand woven in the depths of the earth.Your eyes beheld my limbs, yet unfinished in the womb;all of them were written in your book; *they were fashioned day by day,when as yet there was none of them.How deep I find your thoughts, O God! *how great is the sum of them!If I were to count them, they would be more in number than the sand; *to count them all, my life span would need to be like yours.Oh, that you would slay the wicked, O God! *You that thirst for blood, depart from me.They speak despitefully against you; *your enemies take your Name in vain.Do I not hate those, O Lord, who hate you? *and do I not loathe those who rise up against you?I hate them with a perfect hatred; *they have become my own enemies.Search me out, O God, and know my heart; *try me and know my restless thoughts.Look well whether there be any wickedness in me *and lead me in the way that is everlasting. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. The LessonsJob 23:1-12Then Job answered: "Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning. Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling! I would lay my case before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; but he would give heed to me. There an upright person could reason with him, and I should be acquitted forever by my judge. "If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him; on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him; I turn to the right, but I cannot see him. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.Officiant: The Word of the LordPeople: Thanks be to God. 21. You are GodTe Deum laudamusYou are God: we praise you;You are the Lord; we acclaim you;You are the eternal Father:All creation worships you.To you all angels, all the powers of heaven,Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless praise:Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,heaven and earth are full of your glory.The glorious company of apostles praise you.The noble fellowship of prophets praise you.The white-robed army of martyrs praise you.Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you;Father, of majesty unbounded,your true and only Son, worthy of all worship,and the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide.You, Christ, are the king of glory,the eternal Son of the Father.When you became man to set us freeyou did not shun the Virgin's womb.You overcame the sting of deathand opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.You are seated at God's right hand in glory.We believe that you will come and be our judge.Come then, Lord, and help your people,bought with the price of your own blood,and bring us with your saintsto glory everlasting. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. John 1:43-51The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, "Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!" Nathanael asked him, "Where did you get to know me?" Jesus answered, "I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you." Nathanael replied, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."Officiant: The Word of the LordPeople: Thanks be to God. 16. The Song of ZechariahBenedictus Dominus Deus - Luke 1: 68-79Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; *he has come to his people and set them free.He has raised up for us a mighty savior, *born of the house of his servant David.Through his holy prophets he promised of old,that he would save us from our enemies, *from the hands of all who hate us.He promised to show mercy to our fathers *and to remember his holy covenant.This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, *to set us free from the hands of our enemies,Free to worship him without fear, *holy and righteous in his sightall the days of our life.You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, *for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,To give his people knowledge of salvation *by the forgiveness of their sins.In the tender compassion of our God *the dawn from on high shall break upon us,To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. The CreedI believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. The PrayersOfficiant: The Lord be with you.People: And also with you.Officiant: Let us pray The Lord's PrayerOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. The SuffragesShow us your mercy, O Lord;And grant us your salvation.Clothe your ministers with righteousness;Let your people sing with joy.Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;For only in you can we live in safety. Lord, keep this nation under your care;And guide us in the way of justice and truth. Let your way be known upon earth; Your saving health among all nations. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten; Nor the hope of the poor be taken away. Create in us clean hearts, O God; And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.Take a moment at this time to reflect and pray for the needs of others. St. Philip and St. James, Apostleslmighty God, who gave to your apostles Philip and James grace and strength to bear witness to the truth: Grant that we, being mindful of their victory of faith, may glorify in life and death the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.A Collect for PeaceO God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.A Collect for GraceLord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought us in safety to this new day: Preserve us with your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.For MissionAlmighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. ThanksgivingsThe General ThanksgivingAlmighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.A Prayer of St. ChrysostomAlmighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen. ConclusionLet us bless the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia.Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia. Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.Ephesians 3:20,21

Support Common Prayer Daily @ PatreonVisit our Website for more www.commonprayerdaily.com_______________EasterIf then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. ConfessionOfficiant: Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.People: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws.We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and apart from your grace, there is no health in us. O Lord, have mercy upon us. Spare all those who confess their faults. Restore all those who are penitent, according to your promises declared to all people in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may now live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of your holy Name. Amen.Officiant: Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. Amen. Invitatory & PsalmsOfficiant: O God, make speed to save us. People: O Lord, make haste to help us. Officiant & People: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Christ our PassoverPascha Nostrum - BCP p. 83Alleluia.Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us; *therefore let us keep the feast,Not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, *but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Alleluia.Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; *death no longer has dominion over him.The death that he died, he died to sin, once for all; *but the life he lives, he lives to God.So also consider yourselves dead to sin, *and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord. Alleluia.Christ has been raised from the dead, *the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.For since by a man came death, *by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.For as in Adam all die, *so also in Christ shall all be made alive. Alleluia. Psalm 97Dominus regnavit - BCP p. 726The Lord is King;let the earth rejoice; *let the multitude of the isles be glad.Clouds and darkness are round about him, *righteousness and justice are the foundations of his throne.A fire goes before him *and burns up his enemies on every side.His lightnings light up the world; *the earth sees it and is afraid.The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord, *at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.The heavens declare his righteousness, *and all the peoples see his glory.Confounded be all who worship carved imagesand delight in false gods! *Bow down before him, all you gods.Zion hears and is glad, and the cities of Judah rejoice, *because of your judgments, O Lord.For you are the Lord,most high over all the earth; *you are exalted far above all gods.The Lord loves those who hate evil; *he preserves the lives of his saintsand delivers them from the hand of the wicked.Light has sprung up for the righteous, *and joyful gladness for those who are truehearted.Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, *and give thanks to his holy Name. Psalm 99Dominus regnavit - BCP p. 728The Lord is King;let the people tremble; *he is enthroned upon the cherubim;let the earth shake.The Lord is great in Zion; *he is high above all peoples.Let them confess his Name, which is great and awesome; *he is the Holy One.“O mighty King, lover of justice,you have established equity; *you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.”Proclaim the greatness of the Lord our Godand fall down before his footstool; *he is the Holy One.Moses and Aaron among his priests,and Samuel among those who call upon his Name, *they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.He spoke to them out of the pillar of cloud; *they kept his testimonies and the decree that he gave them.“O Lord our God, you answered them indeed; *you were a God who forgave them,yet punished them for their evil deeds.”Proclaim the greatness of the Lord our Godand worship him upon his holy hill; *for the Lord our God is the Holy One. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. The LessonsExod. 12:40-51The time that the Israelites had lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years. At the end of four hundred thirty years, on that very day, all the companies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. That was for the Lord a night of vigil, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. That same night is a vigil to be kept for the Lord by all the Israelites throughout their generations. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the ordinance for the passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, but any slave who has been purchased may eat of it after he has been circumcised; no bound or hired servant may eat of it. It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the animal outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones. The whole congregation of Israel shall celebrate it. If an alien who resides with you wants to celebrate the passover to the Lord, all his males shall be circumcised; then he may draw near to celebrate it; he shall be regarded as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it; there shall be one law for the native and for the alien who resides among you. All the Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. That very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, company by company. Officiant: The Word of the LordPeople: Thanks be to God. 21. You are GodTe Deum laudamusYou are God: we praise you;You are the Lord; we acclaim you;You are the eternal Father:All creation worships you.To you all angels, all the powers of heaven,Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless praise:Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,heaven and earth are full of your glory.The glorious company of apostles praise you.The noble fellowship of prophets praise you.The white-robed army of martyrs praise you.Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you;Father, of majesty unbounded,your true and only Son, worthy of all worship,and the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide.You, Christ, are the king of glory,the eternal Son of the Father.When you became man to set us freeyou did not shun the Virgin's womb.You overcame the sting of deathand opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.You are seated at God's right hand in glory.We believe that you will come and be our judge.Come then, Lord, and help your people,bought with the price of your own blood,and bring us with your saintsto glory everlasting. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. 1 Cor. 15:[29]30-41[ Otherwise, what will those people do who receive baptism on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? ] And why are we putting ourselves in danger every hour? I die every day! That is as certain, brothers and sisters, as my boasting of you-- a boast that I make in Christ Jesus our Lord. If with merely human hopes I fought with wild animals at Ephesus, what would I have gained by it? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals." Come to a sober and right mind, and sin no more; for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. Not all flesh is alike, but there is one flesh for human beings, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one thing, and that of the earthly is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; indeed, star differs from star in glory.Officiant: The Word of the LordPeople: Thanks be to God. 16. The Song of ZechariahBenedictus Dominus Deus - Luke 1: 68-79Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; *he has come to his people and set them free.He has raised up for us a mighty savior, *born of the house of his servant David.Through his holy prophets he promised of old,that he would save us from our enemies, *from the hands of all who hate us.He promised to show mercy to our fathers *and to remember his holy covenant.This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, *to set us free from the hands of our enemies,Free to worship him without fear, *holy and righteous in his sightall the days of our life.You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, *for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,To give his people knowledge of salvation *by the forgiveness of their sins.In the tender compassion of our God *the dawn from on high shall break upon us,To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. The CreedI believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. The PrayersOfficiant: The Lord be with you.People: And also with you.Officiant: Let us pray The Lord's PrayerOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. The SuffragesShow us your mercy, O Lord;And grant us your salvation.Clothe your ministers with righteousness;Let your people sing with joy.Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;For only in you can we live in safety. Lord, keep this nation under your care;And guide us in the way of justice and truth. Let your way be known upon earth; Your saving health among all nations. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten; Nor the hope of the poor be taken away. Create in us clean hearts, O God; And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.Take a moment at this time to reflect and pray for the needs of others. Wednesday in Easter WeekO God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.A Collect for PeaceO God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.A Collect for GraceLord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought us in safety to this new day: Preserve us with your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.For MissionAlmighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. ThanksgivingsThe General ThanksgivingAlmighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.A Prayer of St. ChrysostomAlmighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen. ConclusionLet us bless the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia.Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia. Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.Ephesians 3:20,21

Believers are immune to temptations aren't they? We can succeed completely on our own right? Tune in as Garrett discusses "The Secret War Within", an allegory of a business owner and their journey to learn to trust The Lord, with the author and founded of Iron Deep, Brett Snodgrass.A book and personal reflections. 0:00Building deep friendships through faith and entrepreneurship. 1:51The importance of honesty and vulnerability in men's groups. 5:23The struggle for identity and the influence of the devil. 10:16Relying on God's strength and forgetting trust in Him. 16:15The importance of deep relationships with God and others. 22:57Balancing faith and business with a focus on vulnerability and celebration. 27:33To get Brett's book  - https://www.irondeep.com/the-secret-war-withinTo learn more about Brett's organization Iron Deep - https://www.irondeep.com/THE NEXT FAITHFUL AGENT CONFERENCE IS HERE! JOIN US April 22-23 in Greensboro, NC - www.faithfulagent.com/conferenceInterested in Group Coaching from a Biblical Perspective? Click here to learn more and have a quick chat with Garrett to see if it's a good fit! faithfulagent.com/chatHelp us fund the continued work of The Faithful Agent by sending us your Hampton Roads, VA buyer and seller referrals! https://faithfulagent.com/referralJoin our Facebook community to meet other agents who share your work and your faith! facebook.com/groups/thefaithfulagent Want to join a local Faithful Agent group to meet believers in your area? Check out faithfulagent.com/local-groups

Why banks can't get out of the habit of not using the out-of-branch tools available when they are doing business in the branch? Why is that so hard? Why banks don't value the virtual branch, like the physical branch, and do not enable younger generations to become users of the financial institutions the way they like the best - via digital? These are only some of the questions that financial institutions must work on to get more customers who hold phones in their hands from the age of 2. It is time to innovate! Notes:

In this episode of "Figuring the Figures," your host ZtikMan, a dedicated financial coach, shares the importance of budgeting and its role in achieving financial goals. He discusses his personal journey into the world of personal finance and offers insights into his approach to financial coaching, emphasizing education, empowerment, and accountability. Discover the free budgeting tools and resources available to help you take control of your finances and start building the life you desire. Don't miss this valuable episode on mastering your finances and reaching financial freedom!Get coaching at ZtikMan.com/CoachingTime stamps:Intro - 2:37Entrepreneur at heart - 3:14The overall plan - 4:37My personal story - 5:51The importance of education- 6:56Accountability - 8:00What I offer - 8:38If you want to be a guest - 10:18Free tools & resources - 11:11Get Free Budget tools at ZtikMan.com/BudgetIntroducing ZtikMan.com on YouTube - 11:37Figuring the Figures Recap - 12:22What the following episodes consist of - 12:58The 7 baby steps - 13:41Closing statements - 19:34Do you need equipment for your studio? Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showZtikMan.com/Podcasts

Gina chats with best selling author and learning expert Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer about coming to the end of The Program and how to approach life after The Program. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodfall2023Topics covered:Let's talk about finishing strong when things are difficult @ 1:42How to keep going when things feel heavy from the pressure of the goals we've set as well as dealing with loss @ 2:00How do we move through the hardest parts of life? @ 3:56The invitation is to sit and feel within our capacity and to be in community @ 5:09The importance of prioritizing rest, sleep, moving our body and connection when things feel very difficult @ 5:46Coping mechanisms and how old habits can creep back in when dealing with big feels @ 7:18Allowing kindness for ourselves, focusing on what the next most kind step for yourself is @ 8:45Other's losses ping our own losses in life and how that impacts the decisions we make to care for ourselves @ 10:06How do we care for ourselves in our hardest moments @ 12:00The Program is a waking up program, helping us recognize our tendencies when things get difficult @ 12:28The difficulty of prioritizing yourself when there is so much going on and how we all have heavy things we're dealing with @ 13:50How to stay focused on what we're working on when life is smacking us in the face @ 15:58How we can simplify our goals when we're feeling the pressure of time @ 18:40Working through feeling nervous of next steps and the perceived notion of no structure moving forward @ 19:27When determining your best way forward, ask yourself ‘What has worked?' and continue to use the resources and steps that have worked best for you @ 21:32How to work through future tripping and dealing with past diet traumas @ 22:43The importance of dealing with the heart and the mind, in addition to following the steps of the Program @ 26:10Asking ourselves - What am I here to unlearn? and the importance of doing the underneath work @ 27:51The opportunity to level up when repeating the Program and how many people struggle with the ‘boringness' of redoing the same things @ 30:08The value of a beginner's mind, the beauty in finding what you didn't see before, what you might have missed. Where are the glimmers? @ 32:37Dr Deena Kara Shaffer's final words for our community in this difficult time. Focusing on replicating what's working @ 35:30Where to find Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer @ 36:36To learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5  Providence Restaurants. Today, I'm sharing a panel discussion I had with 5 of Rhode Island's finest culinary professionals at the Star Chef's event in Providence. Chef Derek Wagner from Nick's on Broadway in Providence, Chef Eric Brown from Thick Neck at The Dean Hotel in Providence, Chef Kevin O'Donnell from Giusto in New Port, Chef Nick Gillespie at Dune Brothers Seafood in Providence, and Bartender Jesse Hedberg at Pizza Marvin in Providence.
You'll hear what makes the cuisine of New England unique and the important role of sourcing what's local to the region, rather than what's trending in other parts of the world. The chefs share how they're incorporating lesser-known, local seafood and produce into their menus.You'll learn how the food scene in Rhode Island has changed over the last 20 years, and how local sourcing, as well as having pride in that bounty, is shaping their culinary landscape. What you'll learn from this 5 Providence Restaurants Perspectives on the culinary scene from Providence Restaurants in Rhode Island 3:51The two cities that are leading the food scene in Rhode Island 5:17Why Newport is tough for new restaurants 6:11How the seasons and landscape affect the food 6:47Why Providence has a Napoleon complex 10:55The importance of taking risks and standing out 13:16How the scene has become more representative of New England 10:40The pros of their proximity to Boston 18:50How Covid scrapped the seasonal restaurant trend 20:37Creating community through the local food system 22:19Having pride in what's local to your area 26:36Highlighting local fish that weren't popular before 29:065 Providence Restaurants talk about building a menu around what's available rather than what you want 30:44Reducing waste in the local food system 32:56How ideas for new dishes are formed 34:48Giving everyone a voice in the creative process 36:07Coming up with a seasonally inspired cocktail menu 38:37The alchemy of cooking 44:04How trends shape menus for each chef from 5 Providence Restaurants 47:42The role of Covid in the fast casual trend 49:26Incorporating fermentation into the kitchen 51:55Trends chefs would like to see take hold 53:37The future of fine dining 54:32How restaurants are returning to niche dishes 58:12The pros and cons of running a food truck 59:45What food says about place and time 1:07:33The role of AI in kitchens 1:09:25How customers can help shape the future of food 1:15:14Sneaking education onto the plates people eat 1:17:21Serving up authenticity 1:19:45 I'd like to share a potential educational resource, "Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door", my new book that features dialogues with accomplished culinary leaders from various backgrounds and cultures. It delves into the future of culinary creativity and the hospitality industry, drawing from insights of a restaurant-industry-focused podcast, ‘flavors unknown”. It includes perspectives from renowned chefs and local professionals, making it a valuable resource for those interested in building a career in the culinary industry.Get the book here! Links to other episodes with the chefs from New England Don't miss out on the chance to hear from these talented chefs and gain insight into the world of culinary techniques. Check out the links below for more conversations with chef Derek Wagner and chef Jamie Bissonnette.Conversation with Chef Derek WagnerInterview with Chef Jamie Bissonnette Links to most downloaded episodes (click on any picture to listen to the episode) Chef Sheldon Simeon Chef Andy Doubrava Chef Chris Kajioka Chef Suzanne Goin Click to tweet One thing I've always liked about Providenc...

Support Common Prayer Daily @ PatreonVisit our Website for more www.commonprayerdaily.com_______________Opening Words:“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”Psalm 19:14 (ESV) Confession:Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God. Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen. Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen. The InvitatoryLord, open our lips.And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Venite (Psalm 95:1-7)Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: Come let us adore him. Come, let us sing to the Lord; * let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.For the Lord is a great God, * and a great King above all gods.In his hand are the caverns of the earth, * and the heights of the hills are his also.The sea is his, for he made it, * and his hands have molded the dry land.Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, * and kneel before the Lord our Maker.For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice! Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: Come let us adore him. The PsalterPsalm 119ZayinMemor esto verbi tui49Remember your word to your servant, *because you have given me hope.50This is my comfort in my trouble, *that your promise gives me life.51The proud have derided me cruelly, *but I have not turned from your law.52When I remember your judgments of old, *O Lord, I take great comfort.53I am filled with a burning rage, *because of the wicked who forsake your law.54Your statutes have been like songs to me *wherever I have lived as a stranger.55I remember your Name in the night, O Lord, *and dwell upon your law.56This is how it has been with me, *because I have kept your commandments.HethPortio mea, Domine57You only are my portion, O Lord; *I have promised to keep your words.58I entreat you with all my heart, *be merciful to me according to your promise.59I have considered my ways *and turned my feet toward your decrees.60I hasten and do not tarry *to keep your commandments.61Though the cords of the wicked entangle me, *I do not forget your law.62At midnight I will rise to give you thanks, *because of your righteous judgments.63I am a companion of all who fear you; *and of those who keep your commandments.64The earth, O Lord, is full of your love; *instruct me in your statutes.TethBonitatem fecisti65O Lord, you have dealt graciously with your servant, *according to your word.66Teach me discernment and knowledge, *for I have believed in your commandments.67Before I was afflicted I went astray, *but now I keep your word.68You are good and you bring forth good; *instruct me in your statutes.69The proud have smeared me with lies, *but I will keep your commandments with my whole heart.70Their heart is gross and fat, *but my delight is in your law.71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, *that I might learn your statutes.72The law of your mouth is dearer to me *than thousands in gold and silver. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Lessons1 Kings 17English Standard Version17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 2 And the word of the Lord came to him: 3 “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. 4 You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” 5 So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. 7 And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, 9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.” 11 And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” 12 And she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.” 13 And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son. 14 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.'” 15 And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days. 16 The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.17 After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!” 19 And he said to her, “Give me your son.” And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed. 20 And he cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?” 21 Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, let this child's life come into him again.” 22 And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived. 23 And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives.” 24 And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”Philippians 2:1-11English Standard Version2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The Word of the Lord.Thanks Be To God. Benedictus (The Song of Zechariah)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; * he has come to his people and set them free.He has raised up for us a mighty savior, * born of the house of his servant David.Through his holy prophets he promised of old, that he would save us from our enemies, * from the hands of all who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathers * and to remember his holy covenant. This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, * to set us free from the hands of our enemies, Free to worship him without fear, * holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, * for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way, To give his people knowledge of salvation * by the forgiveness of their sins.In the tender compassion of our God * the dawn from on high shall break upon us, To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, * and to guide our feet into the way of peace.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. The Apostles CreedI believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. The PrayersLord, have mercy.Christ, have mercyLord, have mercyOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. The SuffragesO Lord, show your mercy upon us;And grant us your salvation.O Lord, guide those who govern usAnd lead us in the way of justice and truth.Clothe your ministers with righteousnessAnd let your people sing with joy.O Lord, save your peopleAnd bless your inheritance.Give peace in our time, O LordAnd defend us by your mighty power.Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgottenNor the hope of the poor be taken away.Create in us clean hearts, O GodAnd take not your Holy Spirit from us. Take a moment of silence at this time to reflect and pray for others. The CollectsProper 18Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Daily Collects:A Collect for PeaceO God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.A Collect for GraceO Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, you have brought us safely to the beginning of this day: Defend us by your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin nor run into any danger; and that, guided by your Spirit, we may do what is righteous in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.Collect of Saint BasilO Christ God, Who art worshipped and glorified at every place and time; Who art long-suffering, most merciful and compassionate; Who lovest the righteous and art merciful to sinners; Who callest all to salvation with the promise of good things to come: receive, Lord, the prayers we now offer, and direct our lives in the way of Thy commandments. Sanctify our souls, cleanse our bodies, correct our thoughts, purify our minds and deliver us from all affliction, evil and illness. Surround us with Thy holy angels, that guarded and instructed by their forces, we may reach unity of faith and the understanding of Thine unapproachable glory: for blessed art Thou unto ages of ages. Amen. General ThanksgivingAlmighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen. A Prayer of St. John ChrysostomAlmighty God, you have given us grace at this time, with one accord to make our common supplications to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will grant their requests: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen. DismissalLet us bless the LordThanks be to God!Alleluia, Alleluia! BenedictionThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen

Today, I'm talking to Celebrity Chef Maneet Chauhan. You might recognize her from The Food Network where she provides culinary insight to aspiring chef on Chopped . As a successful Nashville restauranteur, she's known and admired for her uniquely global Indian culinary style.You'll hear about her early life and career and the key influences behind her signature modern Indian cooking. She shares stories from her childhood in India and why seasonality is so important to her cooking. She'll also tackle some of the most common misconceptions people have about Indian cuisine and inspire you to cook outside of the box. What you'll learn from Chef Maneet Chauhan The smell that takes Maneet Chauhan back to her childhood 3:23Why you should visit a food festival in India 5:01How her love for cooking began 5:2Where she's currently gathering inspiration 8:35]Advice on forming your team 9:51The wisdom of experience 11:11The simple key to her approach to Indian food 12:47How creativity became a bestseller 13:14Who Maneet Chauhan admires most in the food industry 13:54How she gathered inspiration for her book 15:13A simple recipe from her book to make at home 17:04The biggest misconception about Indian food 17:52Expressing Indian food through seasonality 19:52Why Maneet Chauhan gives her team the space to be creative 23:03The trap of things being too easy 25:25Where Southern food and Indian food meet 26:23A hybrid dish you can find on her menu 27:40Maneet Chauhan culinary projects in Nashville 28:27Why she prioritizes grown from within 30:31Wise advice for aspiring chefs 31:43What to do when you make a mistake 32:33The long term effects of Covid on the industry 33:54Why many young chefs have success backwards 34:12How to think if you want to succeed 36:57What impressed Maneet Chauhan the most on Chopped 37:29Why she loves competing on TV 39:25Where to eat in Nashville 41:25Her simple, yet specific, guilty pleasure food 42:41Cookbooks to inspire your creativity 42:57Her biggest kitchen pet peeves 43:34The best and worst things about being a chef 43:46Condiments to add to your collection 44:16Advice for young chefs 44:54 I'd like to share a potential educational resource, "Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door", my new book that features dialogues with accomplished culinary leaders from various backgrounds and cultures. It delves into the future of culinary creativity and the hospitality industry, drawing from insights of a restaurant-industry-focused podcast, ‘flavors unknown”. It includes perspectives from renowned chefs and local professionals, making it a valuable resource for those interested in building a career in the culinary industry.Get the book here! Links to other episodes in Nashville Don't miss out on the chance to hear from these talented chefs and gain insight into the world of culinary techniques. Check out the links below for more conversations with Masako Morishita, Carlo Lamagna, and Fermín Nuñez.Conversation with pastry chef Alyssa GangeriInterview with chef Matt Bolus Links to most downloaded episodes (click on any picture to listen to the episode) Chef Sheldon Simeon Chef Andy Doubrava Chef Chris Kajioka Chef Suzanne Goin Click to tweet When people say ‘who are the chefs that you look up to? I say it is the street vendors because they have limited resources. Everything is fresh because they have no storage. And with limited resources, they are making such incredible flavors. Click To Tweet There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. And it is okay to fail because what you learn from failure is so much more valuable than ...

Michelle Walters and Cinthia Varkevisser, explore the fascinating world of twins. Both Michelle and Cinthia have personal connections to twins, and they decide to interview two sets of twins to understand their unique experiences growing up as twins. This episode is the first of the two twin episodes.Dominique and Amber Haskell, Cinthia's daugters, share their insights about the twin bond and synchronicities they experience. They reveal how their connection goes beyond just finishing each other's sentences, as they often find themselves on the same wavelength, even across different time zones. Dominique discusses the challenges of forging her own identity outside the twinship and how it impacted her ability to make friends in college. Amber, on the other hand, explains her analytical nature and how she knew she needed to attend a different college from her sister to grow as an individual.Throughout the conversation, the twins highlight the unspoken twin code, where they naturally protect and support each other, making them a formidable duo. The episode provides a captivating glimpse into the unique bond shared by twins and the complex dynamics that shape their lives.SummaryIntro to the episode. 0:01The twin power. 3:14Feeling things about my sister that are stronger than others. 5:22The unspoken rule of the twin code. 7:28You don't know what it's like to be a twin. 9:30The unspoken competitive nature of sibling rivalry. 11:04The rule of calling it first. 12:25The story that I told my sister. 15:51The challenges of making friends outside of the twinship. 18:43Receive a free hypnosis track from Michelle! Request any product from her Etsy store for free. Get your recording here.To learn more about Michelle, visit www.michellewalters.netTo learn more about Cinthia, visit www.cinthiavarkevisser.com

Support Common Prayer Daily @ PatreonVisit our Website for more www.commonprayerdaily.com_______________Wednesday - Proper 11 Opening Words:“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”Psalm 19:14 (ESV) Confession:Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God. Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen. Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen. The InvitatoryLord, open our lips.And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Venite (Psalm 95:1-7)Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: Come let us adore him. Come, let us sing to the Lord; * let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.For the Lord is a great God, * and a great King above all gods.In his hand are the caverns of the earth, * and the heights of the hills are his also.The sea is his, for he made it, * and his hands have molded the dry land.Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, * and kneel before the Lord our Maker.For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice! Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: Come let us adore him. The PsalterPsalm 119ZayinMemor esto verbi tui49Remember your word to your servant, *because you have given me hope.50This is my comfort in my trouble, *that your promise gives me life.51The proud have derided me cruelly, *but I have not turned from your law.52When I remember your judgments of old, *O Lord, I take great comfort.53I am filled with a burning rage, *because of the wicked who forsake your law.54Your statutes have been like songs to me *wherever I have lived as a stranger.55I remember your Name in the night, O Lord, *and dwell upon your law.56This is how it has been with me, *because I have kept your commandments.HethPortio mea, Domine57You only are my portion, O Lord; *I have promised to keep your words.58I entreat you with all my heart, *be merciful to me according to your promise.59I have considered my ways *and turned my feet toward your decrees.60I hasten and do not tarry *to keep your commandments.61Though the cords of the wicked entangle me, *I do not forget your law.62At midnight I will rise to give you thanks, *because of your righteous judgments.63I am a companion of all who fear you; *and of those who keep your commandments.64The earth, O Lord, is full of your love; *instruct me in your statutes.TethBonitatem fecisti65O Lord, you have dealt graciously with your servant, *according to your word.66Teach me discernment and knowledge, *for I have believed in your commandments.67Before I was afflicted I went astray, *but now I keep your word.68You are good and you bring forth good; *instruct me in your statutes.69The proud have smeared me with lies, *but I will keep your commandments with my whole heart.70Their heart is gross and fat, *but my delight is in your law.71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, *that I might learn your statutes.72The law of your mouth is dearer to me *than thousands in gold and silver. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Lessons1 Samuel 25:23-44English Standard Version23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said, “On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant. 25 Let not my lord regard this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. 26 Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. 27 And now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live. 29 If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God. And the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling. 30 And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince over Israel, 31 my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord working salvation himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”32 And David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand! 34 For as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.” 35 Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.”36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light. 37 In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And about ten days later the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. The Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife. 40 When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.” 41 And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.” 42 And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife.43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and both of them became his wives. 44 Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim. Acts 14:19-28English Standard Version19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20 But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. 21 When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, 22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. 23 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.24 Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. 25 And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, 26 and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled. 27 And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. 28 And they remained no little time with the disciples. The Word of the Lord.Thanks Be To God. Benedictus (The Song of Zechariah)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; * he has come to his people and set them free.He has raised up for us a mighty savior, * born of the house of his servant David.Through his holy prophets he promised of old, that he would save us from our enemies, * from the hands of all who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathers * and to remember his holy covenant. This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, * to set us free from the hands of our enemies, Free to worship him without fear, * holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, * for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way, To give his people knowledge of salvation * by the forgiveness of their sins.In the tender compassion of our God * the dawn from on high shall break upon us, To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, * and to guide our feet into the way of peace.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. The Apostles CreedI believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. The PrayersLord, have mercy.Christ, have mercyLord, have mercyOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. The SuffragesO Lord, show your mercy upon us;And grant us your salvation.O Lord, guide those who govern usAnd lead us in the way of justice and truth.Clothe your ministers with righteousnessAnd let your people sing with joy.O Lord, save your peopleAnd bless your inheritance.Give peace in our time, O LordAnd defend us by your mighty power.Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgottenNor the hope of the poor be taken away.Create in us clean hearts, O GodAnd take not your Holy Spirit from us. Take a moment of silence at this time to reflect and pray for others. The CollectsProper 11Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Daily Collects:A Collect for PeaceO God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.A Collect for GraceO Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, you have brought us safely to the beginning of this day: Defend us by your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin nor run into any danger; and that, guided by your Spirit, we may do what is righteous in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.Collect of Saint BasilO Christ God, Who art worshipped and glorified at every place and time; Who art long-suffering, most merciful and compassionate; Who lovest the righteous and art merciful to sinners; Who callest all to salvation with the promise of good things to come: receive, Lord, the prayers we now offer, and direct our lives in the way of Thy commandments. Sanctify our souls, cleanse our bodies, correct our thoughts, purify our minds and deliver us from all affliction, evil and illness. Surround us with Thy holy angels, that guarded and instructed by their forces, we may reach unity of faith and the understanding of Thine unapproachable glory: for blessed art Thou unto ages of ages. Amen. General ThanksgivingAlmighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen. A Prayer of St. John ChrysostomAlmighty God, you have given us grace at this time, with one accord to make our common supplications to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will grant their requests: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen. DismissalLet us bless the LordThanks be to God!Alleluia, Alleluia! BenedictionThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen

According to our guest on this episode, Gail Gazelle, MD, there has never been a more difficult time to be a doctor. Whether or not you agree with this statement, it's true that clinicians today are expected to see more patients in less time than ever before, spend hours on the electronic medical record, and manage countless administrative and organizational pressures. Dr. Gazelle is a physician coach who specializes in helping doctors build resilience and confidence in order to overcome burnout and rediscover joy in medicine. She is the author of the book Mindful MD: Six Ways Mindfulness Restores Your Autonomy and Cures Healthcare Burnout. Over the course of our conversation, we discussed the psychological and organizational factors that contribute to burnout and what we can do to overcome them.In this episode, you will hear about:What drew Dr. Gazelle into medicine and what eventually led her away from clinical practice - 1:58The differences and similarities between coaching and therapy - 7:22How much of coaching is about helping people change the narratives of their lives - 9:45The kinds of people who seek Dr. Gazelle's help - 14:18The increasing acceptance of coaching in the healthcare profession - 15:51The extent to which an individual clinician can address burnout - 24:49Reflections on how perfectionism creates overstressed physicians and how to change that - 34:04A discussion of Dr. Gizelle's book Mindful MD and the six ways mindfulness can help physicians - 40:25In this episode, we discussed the Atul Gawande's 2011 Harvard Medical School commencement address, titled Cowboys and Pit Crews,  later published in the New Yorker. We also discuss the article Does Medicine Overemphasize IQ? by Ezekiel J. Emanuel & Emily Gudbranson, originally published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Gail Gazelle is the author of the book Mindful MD: Six Ways Mindfulness Restores your Autonomy and Cures Healthcare Burnout; you can download a free chapter at GailGazelle.com. She also authored the article The Slow Code: Should Anyone Rush to Its Defense? published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which we discussed in this episode.You can follow Dr. Gazelle on Twitter @GailGazelleMD.Visit our website www.TheDoctorsArt.com where you can find transcripts of all episodes.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review our show, available for free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you know of a doctor, patient, or anyone working in health care who would love to explore meaning in medicine with us on the show, feel free to leave a suggestion in the comments or send an email to info@thedoctorsart.com.Copyright The Doctor's Art Podcast 2023

Use the timestamps below to guide you better as a leader or individual:Why meetings are important to leaders? 0:00Meetings can be fun for some leaders.Meetings are not necessarily evil.Baking is like baking. 2:46Meeting expectations and why meetings stink in some people's minds.The great British bake-off.Meetings have an incredible purpose.Why do meetings suck as a whole, not as a group?How to make your meetings more effective. 6:51The three rules for effective meetings.The first rule is a new mindset.The meeting should always be attached to a strategy or purpose. 9:18The meeting should always be attached to a strategy or purpose.Meetings exist within the mission vision and strategies.There needs to be context and purpose to meetings.The number one purpose of a meeting.Meetings are powerful tools in the tool belt.The number one issue in business.Set the strategy and the purpose. 16:36Rule 2, set the strategy and purpose of the meeting.Define the strategy.Mission, vision, strategy, and goals.The mission is the destination. Vision is the strategy.Who needs to be in the room for a brainstorming session?Strategies for a productive meeting.Leaders are stuck in the leadership crazy cycle. 22:54The leadership crazy cycle.The power of going into meetings with intentionality.Curb your enthusiasm and curb your enthusiasm. 24:52Consistency in high-quality communication is key.Rule three, curb enthusiasm and energy for meetings.Meeting energy and leadership. 28:02The fulfillment of high-quality internal meetings.Why Brian is so enthusiastic about meetings.The one-on-one meeting that excites the person.The purpose of the meeting.Passion for creating quality workbooks for big events.The importance of due diligence in editing.The importance of setting yourself up for success. 36:47Giving feedback to team members is part of setting someone up for success.Meetings are important.Learning from your team members. 38:58Why meetings should exist.The bonus round to the three rules of meetings.The fourth rule, be a vulnerable leader.Hire smart people, not smart people.The importance of getting feedback from your team. 42:55Biggest aha moments in a meeting.The three rules for effective meetings.

A lung transplant—taking some or all of one person's lungs and putting them into someone else, giving the recipient years of additional life—sounds nothing short of miraculous. Today, over 2500 lung transplants are performed every year in the US. Still, it's among the most medically and ethically complex areas of medicine. Joining us in this episode is David Weill, MD, former director of the Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Center at Stanford Health Care. He is also the author of Exhale: Hope, Healing, and a Life in Transplant. Over the course of our conversation, we discuss the challenges of transplantation, including how we find suitable organs, transport them, and decide who gets them. Dr. Weill also shares the high-stakes human drama that accompanies each triumph and failure, why he eventually decided to leave the practice, and the importance of staying connected in the midst of suffering. In this episode, you will hear about:How Dr. Weill's early experienced inspired him to pursue a career as a transplant pulmonologist - 2:14What a lung transplant entails - 5:51The risks of lung transplantation - 8:31Stories of successful and unsuccessful transplantations - 11:50Challenges of navigating difficult conversations with patients awaiting transplant - 15:53A discussion of the organ transplant selection process - 25:24Dr. Weill's reflections on his transition out of medical practice and what it was like to face burnout - 38:46Advice on staying balanced and connected with patients, colleagues, and loved whens when dealing with suffering - 45:20Dr. Weill is the author of Exhale: Hope, Healing, and a Life in Transplant (2021).You can follow Dr. David Weill on Twitter @DavidWeillMD.Visit our website www.TheDoctorsArt.com where you can find transcripts of all episodes.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review our show, available for free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you know of a doctor, patient, or anyone working in health care who would love to explore meaning in medicine with us on the show, feel free to leave a suggestion in the comments or send an email to info@thedoctorsart.com.Copyright The Doctor's Art Podcast 2023

Welcome to Oh Brother, Oh Brother. 0:04Welcome to oh brother, a podcast of three brothers.Top tips on proper hydrating techniques.If you are in an extreme heat advisory for multiple days in a row then you too can put some water in a bottle and drink it all throughout 2:28Extreme heat advisory for multiple days in a row.Drinking water throughout the day.Rip out all of the software and hire a new person.The fourth of july is a travel holiday.What happens when you're planning your trip, don't forget about your pet. 7:31The onslaught of new inquiries.The weekend is crazy busy in one location.The moral of the story, don't forget about pet shock.The challenge of capacity with staff.One of their clients has a dog terrified of fireworks.The extreme drought in northDon't put on your own fireworks. 15:06The tone of, don't put on your own fireworks.Drought and no fireworks is fascist.No mowing or weeding today.No water today, no problem.New client onboarding with new software.Meet and greet with a new staff member.James talks about the importance of being the third choice. 21:56Being the third choice for a client.The one time a client invited us over.James May cooking show, reacher and gold cup soccer.Jack Reacher, a mystery.Was there a movie about Jack Reacher or Jack Ryan? 27:46There is a movie about jack reacher.The first season of Jack reacher is slow.Not riveting or interesting in the first season.Cutting his losses.What we do in the shadows.How the fields is coming along.How often do you use the sprinkler? 36:39Getting the sprinkler on and using it.The sprinkler is clogged.Mowing the grass every other day.When to start using the field.What have you been up to since we last talked? 41:04Welcome back to the show, brandon.Summer guitar time with brian.The world's best customer service, sweetwater.Guitar strings are dying.Movie theater review. 47:31Going to movie theater with friends.Movie theater is a vintage movie theater.Old timey movie theater in anderson, mcdonough county.Old movie theater seats.Indiana Jones and the Fall of Destiny. 52:08The sound is a little wonky.Indiana Jones and the fall of destiny.Don't read any of that garbage.The movie is fun to watch.The dynamic between him and the female character in the movie. 58:17The dynamic between india and the female character.The opening of the movie.Little references to other indie movies.No consensus on which Indiana Jones movie is the best.Every person has a different perspective on Indiana Jones movies.The bad guy is predictable.Why Indiana Jones is the best movie of the 60s. 1:05:37A couple of times the bad guys show up in Indiana Jones.Nostalgia and personal preference.Temple of doom is the best movie ever made.Collin is eating bugs.Tulsa drillers game for fourth of july.Fireworks show in Tulsa, texas.The power of the Fourth of July. 1:13:21Tiny town in oklahoma goes crazy with their fourth of july fireworks.Tiny towns are crazy.Experience in a small town for the July holidays.Horticulture and the study of grass.Introduction to the new chapter. 1:19:39There's more than one type of grass.Dadgummit encountered a few things.Not really a thunderstorm, apparently.Giant trolls and giant stone columns flinging things.The dangerous part of caves is where they go. 1:25:51The stone giants in the dark.The dangerous part of caves.The cave is not safe.Gandalf slips away. Gandalf is a burglar.Goblins don't like dwarves in his house.Goblin wars, the goblin wars.People glowing with rage and other fantasy themes.The first real vulcan.What are you all for? What does the book cover? 1:36:43The first time people read the hobbit.The illustration of the goblin gang.Immediate action, fire and explosives.Growls, growls, curses, shrieking and striking.Gandalf springs with light and the Great and Powerful Oz. 1:40:15The next few pages of the book.The next chapter is blue.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. 1:42:41Lord of the rings. Bilbo falls and bonks his head.The first thingbilbo does.Have a chance or predestination thing in life.What Tolkien didn't know when he wrote.What's up with the goblins? 1:47:19The heart of the mountain.Gollum wants to eat bilbo.High stakes game of riddles with bilbo.One on one staring in the face.The back and forth conversation between Gollum and Jake.The dark, twisted nest.It's like a slow ramp. 1:57:30The slow build-up of the riddles.The panic in bilbo and gollum.The subtle nature of this is really important.Gollum is confused and enraged.What's the force pushing all this forward? 2:03:35Gollum is confused and bilbo is confused.The ring finds its way to bilbo.Gollum escapes from bilbo.The personal stakes in this chapter are higher than ever.What's to come. 2:09:20Comparison to what's to come in Hobbit.The danger level is increasing.Turning point for brian personally.Closing remarks from aaron.Ramping up the pace of the story. 2:13:45The stakes have ramped up.The pace is increasing and the urgency is increasing.Ramping up the story, ramping up everything from here.Aaron and the mirkwood.Check out our other episodes: ohbrotherpodcast.comFollow us on InstagramCheck us out on Youtube

Some of us want to achieve inner peace and harmony. We're tired of the stresses we constantly feel. And while it is true, when you heal, when you do the inner work to achieve the outer results of different behaviors and renewed relationships, you do cut down on the drama. But much like exercise requires us to constantly challenge our physical bodies, so too is there a need for ongoing inner conflict or tension. It's the need for opposing forces for us to achieve our higher, bigger self. The Law of Three is referred to by Gurdjieff as “the second fundamental cosmic law." According to this law every phenomenon consists of three separate forces, which are Active, Passive and Reconciling or Neutral. This law applies to everything in the universe including organic life on earth. On whatever scale, from molecular to cosmic in whatever world, results from the combination of three opposing forces – the positive (affirming), the negative (denying), and the neutralizing (reconciling) force. And this idea is also put forth from philosophers from a variety of ages, some attribute the concept of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis to Hegel, some to Kant. That doesn't matter. What we're putting forth here is the idea that there will always be tension in your growth work. So, intrapersonally there is tension, there will be tension, and the good news is there does in fact NEED to be tension.Time Stamps:The problem with repetitive conflict. 1:32People see patterns of repetitive conflict and dramas.The tension between self-compassion and self-confrontation.Self confrontation. 3:12Self-confrontation is necessary in the coaching process.The law of three.The law of three. 4:45A shock point, a reconciling force.Burnout and the third force. 6:34We get stuck in our own shit. 7:51The one-sided echo chamber of beliefs.The importance of reconciliation and synthesis.Being open to the tension you're feeling. 9:00How do you break the script? 10:38Find out more about Big Self SchoolWe still offer our flagship burnout coaching package. We also offer packages for those seeking clarity and reconnecting to their life purpose–and we do this work with individuals and couples. Reach out to us if you'd like to book a discovery call and learn more about our coaching packages.Book a discovery call hereWant to learn more about the role stress plays in your life, and discover your blueprint for how to handle it based on your Enneagram type and subtype? Order a copy of Chad's

Wednesday - Proper 4Opening Words:“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”Psalm 19:14 (ESV) Confession:Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God. Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen. Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen. The InvitatoryLord, open our lips.And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Venite (Psalm 95:1-7)Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: Come let us adore him. Come, let us sing to the Lord; * let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.For the Lord is a great God, * and a great King above all gods.In his hand are the caverns of the earth, * and the heights of the hills are his also.The sea is his, for he made it, * and his hands have molded the dry land.Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, * and kneel before the Lord our Maker.For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice! Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: Come let us adore him. The PsalterPsalm 119ZayinMemor esto verbi tui49Remember your word to your servant, *because you have given me hope.50This is my comfort in my trouble, *that your promise gives me life.51The proud have derided me cruelly, *but I have not turned from your law.52When I remember your judgments of old, *O Lord, I take great comfort.53I am filled with a burning rage, *because of the wicked who forsake your law.54Your statutes have been like songs to me *wherever I have lived as a stranger.55I remember your Name in the night, O Lord, *and dwell upon your law.56This is how it has been with me, *because I have kept your commandments.HethPortio mea, Domine57You only are my portion, O Lord; *I have promised to keep your words.58I entreat you with all my heart, *be merciful to me according to your promise.59I have considered my ways *and turned my feet toward your decrees.60I hasten and do not tarry *to keep your commandments.61Though the cords of the wicked entangle me, *I do not forget your law.62At midnight I will rise to give you thanks, *because of your righteous judgments.63I am a companion of all who fear you; *and of those who keep your commandments.64The earth, O Lord, is full of your love; *instruct me in your statutes.TethBonitatem fecisti65O Lord, you have dealt graciously with your servant, *according to your word.66Teach me discernment and knowledge, *for I have believed in your commandments.67Before I was afflicted I went astray, *but now I keep your word.68You are good and you bring forth good; *instruct me in your statutes.69The proud have smeared me with lies, *but I will keep your commandments with my whole heart.70Their heart is gross and fat, *but my delight is in your law.71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, *that I might learn your statutes.72The law of your mouth is dearer to me *than thousands in gold and silver. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. LessonsDeuteronomy 13:1-11English Standard Version13 “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,' which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,' 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him. 5 But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.6 “If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,' which neither you nor your fathers have known, 7 some of the gods of the peoples who are around you, whether near you or far off from you, from the one end of the earth to the other, 8 you shall not yield to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him. 9 But you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. 10 You shall stone him to death with stones, because he sought to draw you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 11 And all Israel shall hear and fear and never again do any such wickedness as this among you. 2 Corinthians 7:2-16English Standard Version2 Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. 3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. 4 I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within. 6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 7 and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more. 8 For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it—though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. 9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. 11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter. 12 So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God. 13 Therefore we are comforted.And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. 14 For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true. 15 And his affection for you is even greater, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling. 16 I rejoice, because I have complete confidence in you. The Word of the Lord.Thanks Be To God. Benedictus (The Song of Zechariah)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; * he has come to his people and set them free.He has raised up for us a mighty savior, * born of the house of his servant David.Through his holy prophets he promised of old, that he would save us from our enemies, * from the hands of all who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathers * and to remember his holy covenant. This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, * to set us free from the hands of our enemies, Free to worship him without fear, * holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, * for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way, To give his people knowledge of salvation * by the forgiveness of their sins.In the tender compassion of our God * the dawn from on high shall break upon us, To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, * and to guide our feet into the way of peace.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. The Apostles CreedI believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. The PrayersLord, have mercy.Christ, have mercyLord, have mercyOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. The SuffragesO Lord, show your mercy upon us;And grant us your salvation.O Lord, guide those who govern usAnd lead us in the way of justice and truth.Clothe your ministers with righteousnessAnd let your people sing with joy.O Lord, save your peopleAnd bless your inheritance.Give peace in our time, O LordAnd defend us by your mighty power.Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgottenNor the hope of the poor be taken away.Create in us clean hearts, O GodAnd take not your Holy Spirit from us. Take a moment of silence at this time to reflect and pray for others. The CollectsProper 4O God, your never-failing providence sets in order all things both in heaven and earth: Put away from us, we entreat you, all hurtful things, and give us those things which are profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Daily Collects:A Collect for PeaceO God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.A Collect for GraceO Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, you have brought us safely to the beginning of this day: Defend us by your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin nor run into any danger; and that, guided by your Spirit, we may do what is righteous in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.Collect of Saint BasilO Christ God, Who art worshipped and glorified at every place and time; Who art long-suffering, most merciful and compassionate; Who lovest the righteous and art merciful to sinners; Who callest all to salvation with the promise of good things to come: receive, Lord, the prayers we now offer, and direct our lives in the way of Thy commandments. Sanctify our souls, cleanse our bodies, correct our thoughts, purify our minds and deliver us from all affliction, evil and illness. Surround us with Thy holy angels, that guarded and instructed by their forces, we may reach unity of faith and the understanding of Thine unapproachable glory: for blessed art Thou unto ages of ages. Amen. General ThanksgivingAlmighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen. A Prayer of St. John ChrysostomAlmighty God, you have given us grace at this time, with one accord to make our common supplications to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will grant their requests: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen. DismissalLet us bless the LordThanks be to God!Alleluia, Alleluia! BenedictionThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen*.*

David Harper, dubbed the "Reggie Miller of comic interviews" by Mike Del Mundo himself, is the host of the Off Panel podcast and the founder/writer of the comic site: SKTCHD. He joins Badr for a deep-dive conversation about comics, journalism, basketball, Pizza Hut...and Stiltman?! Watch the behind-the-scenes video version on YouTube!TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS: An introduction to David Harper - 10:50Breaking into comic journalism and the origin of SKTCHD & Off Panel - 20:32Advice for getting new people into comics - 41:12How to prioritize your comics and reading order with The Immediacy Index  - 48:03The Story Behind the X-Men x Pizza Hut Promotion - 51:08The "Five F's" to staying consistent in podcasting and writing - 56:51The unlikely charm of Stiltman  - 01:01:17David's Comic Artist Mt. Rushmore - 01:08:32Advice for aspiring podcasters & comic writers - 01:22:54Ben's Top 3 Comic Picks! (Space Outlaw #1, The Incredible Hulk #1, & Creed Next Round #1) - 01:26:14BOOM Studios comics giveaway! (Write in and tell us your favorite comic series from BOOM Studios, and automatically be entered) - 01:36:38Jax friends, join us, for the 2nd Duval Comic and Zine Fest (DCAZ) on June 10th!Proudly sponsored by Gotham City Limit! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showGET IN TOUCH WITH US!

Join Michelle Walters and Cinthia Varkevisser in this thought-provoking episode as they explore the intersection of mind power, intuition, and finding happiness in the workplace. Learn how to tap into your intuition, align your energy with your work, and create a fulfilling and meaningful career. Don't miss this inspiring conversation that may change the way you approach your professional life.How to incorporate your intuition into the job hunt. 3:22Working with clients is like having a vision. 6:06What happens when you've got a team that's all about you. 9:12When the job is done, it's time to go. 13:15Why he's not unemployable. 18:33What's the best way to break up a team? 19:47The mystic side of intuition at work. 23:51The power of visualization in business. 25:48An Alignment of Spirit: Finding Work You Love, a book by Michelle WaltersBook a Strip Down What's Stuck Session with Cinthia Cinthia's WebsiteMichelle's Website

Drinking caffeine while breastfeeding- I'm spilling the tea!Le Leche League: CaffeineEffects of maternal caffeine consumption on the breastfeed child StudyCaffeine StudyPodcast Sponsor: Amara (use discount code BREEZY20 for 20% off at amaraorganicfoods.com)This episode appeared first on the Breezy Babies website.SummaryBri's introduction. 0:00Welcome to the breezy babies podcast.Intro to caffeine and breastfeeding. 0:51Last week, alcohol and breastfeeding, and this week, caffeine and breastfeeding.Bri's request for listener feedback. 3:09Breezy is open to suggestions and suggestions for improvement.Today's podcast is brought to you by Amara.Caffeine intake and age. 4:52Remember to consider the age of your baby.Babies under six months may be more sensitive.What is the half-life of caffeine? 6:51The half life of caffeine.Signs that a baby may not be handling caffeine well.Drinking caffeine is not a necessity, but an option.Caffeine can stimulate milk production.What is the right amount of caffeine during pregnancy? 11:42The right amount of caffeine per day.Starbucks vs diet coke.Caffeine effects on breastfed babies. 13:45No significant effects on 24-hour heart rate or sleep time.Caffeine study on breastfeeding.Caffeine and breastmilk iron. 15:29Caffeine intake during pregnancy and three months of age.Caffeine and breastmilk. 17:22Making breastfeeding convenient and not restrictive.Moderation is key to meeting lactation goals.Look at the labels for caffeine. 18:41Look at the labels Consider medications and prescription medications.Top three tips for caffeine and breastfeeding.Support the showFollow along @breezy__babies on Insta for more tips and tricks.Check to see if your insurance will cover FREE consults with Breezy BabiesJoin Bri's crew so we can stay in touch.This podcast is not "medical advice". Please consult with your Healthcare Provider about your specific situation.Podcast song credit: Stock Media provided by juqboxmusic / Pond5

In this episode, David and Lucas sit down with Ethan Ross, the service manager for Choate Engineering Performance in Bolivar, TN. Ethan took an unconventional path to his position, spending time in the armed services before getting his degree in history. Having found himself in a new position and a new industry, Ethan struggled to make things work. He was on the cusp of quitting until a fateful phone call helped enact the change he needed. Ethan's introduction. 0:01Leadership changes when you have a gun in your hands. 7:21The story of blue-collar America is the same across the country. 11:58What do you expect from a technician? 16:35How to get more listeners to your podcast. 17:40How to use social media to get your message out. 21:09The problem with the “five percenter” mentality. 22:51The next step in the journey. 27:40He looked at the business and said, “We've got to do something about this.” 32:05The disconnect between numbers and the practical behaviors that lead to better numbers. 37:20How do you explain your profit to your employees? 41:35How do you make sure the right parts are on the parts list? 45:36What's easier to do when you're working on a single truck or a single brand? 51:44If you don't understand the numbers, you're not going to understand the business. 55:06When your part numbers are off, your matrix is wrong. 59:38How many shop owners have complained that they don't like the Optimizer because they can adjust their prices? 1:05:07What's up with these trucks that have 1000 horsepower? 1:09:36 Don't get to the end of this year wishing you had taken action to change your business and your life.Click here to schedule a free discovery call: https://geni.us/IFORABEShop-Ware gives you the tools to provide your customer with a unique and immersive buying experience.Click here to schedule a free demo: https://geni.us/Shop-WareUtilize the fastest and easiest way to look up and order parts and tires with PartsTech absolutely free.Click here to get started: https://geni.us/PartsTech

Discover the power of Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) to help cope with the effects of trauma and restore balance in your life! Dr. David Berceli joins Dr. Karlfeldt and they discuss how to use this revolutionary technique to reconnect with the present moment and live a more meaningful life. Uncover the secrets of how to use TRE to release tension, trauma, and fear, and learn how to savor life in the face of...-The importance of integrative and holistic methods for cancer treatment-The Trauma Release Technique developed by David Bursely-How fear can lead to contraction and how the human body instinctively pulls down and forward-The power of the body to release emotions and energy through tremoring-The mammalian dive reflex and how it can be used to become more aware of our body and its needs-The use of trauma release techniques in family settings to help cope with the KEY POINTS Approximately mentioned @ 00:00:09Start tremor therapy by lying on your back with the knees bent and slightly spread apart and feet touching. Allow the body to tremble naturally, creating a calming and communal experience that can be shared with family, friends and colleagues. Approximately mentioned @ 00:01:37Developing a technique to reduce the effects of emotional trauma, David Bursely created TRE, a simple and effective method to help individuals cope with their struggles. Utilizing this technique can lead to improved emotional and mental wellbeing. Approximately mentioned @ 00:04:19Cancer and its related traumas can be treated by activating the body's natural "tremor mechanism" to restore its own pulsation, enabling it to survive and open itself back up. Approximately mentioned @ 00:08:00The body is naturally equipped with the ability to discharge and release stored energy from trauma, and this process is often marked by physical tremors or involuntary shivering. This is a natural and instinctive response that can help the body heal and restore balance. Approximately mentioned @ 00:10:17By living in life-or-death situations, individuals are able to gain access to a deeper understanding of life and its value, leading to a more meaningful and powerful existence. Approximately mentioned @ 00:18:51The tremor exercise is a powerful self-help routine that helps to release tension and stabilize the body by allowing it to vibrate gently and follow your unique tension pattern. Connect with Dr Berceli https://traumaprevention.com/ Integrative Cancer Solutions was created to instill hope and empowerment. Other people have been where you are right now and have already done the research for you. Listen to their stories and journeys and apply what they learned to achieve similar outcomes as they have, cancer remission and an even more fullness of life than before the diagnosis. Guests will discuss what therapies, supplements, and practitioners they relied on to beat cancer. Once diagnosed, time is of the essence. This podcast will dramatically reduce your learning curve as you search for your own solution to cancer. For more information about products and services discussed in this podcast, please visit www.integrativecancersolutions.com. To learn more about the cutting-edge integrative cancer therapies Dr. Karlfeldt offer at his center, please visit www.TheKarlfeldtCenter.com.

For all the deeply rewarding moments medicine offers, it is also a profession often intensely challenging on both systemic and personal levels. Our guest in this episode is Dr. Caroline Elton, an occupational psychologist who has devoted her career to counseling doctors and medical trainees in the National Health Service and various medical schools in the UK. She is the author of Also Human: The Inner Lives of Doctors, which discusses the physical, mental, and emotional toll of medical training and practice. Among other issues, she writes about how doctors deal with guilt and shame, gender and racial discrimination in health care training, the erosion of the clinician-patient relationship in modern medicine, and how clinicians can build emotional resilience. Over the course of our conversation, Dr. Elton shares what led her to this work, exposes the many shortcomings in how doctors are trained today, and explores how we can create a more humane path forward.In this episode, you will hear about:What led Dr. Elton to her unique work in counseling physicians - 2:04Reflections on both the compassion and the callousness Dr. Elton witnessed as she observed physicians (her patients) in their working environments - 10:01A review of medical training in the UK versus the US - 15:16A discussion of Also Human: The Inner Lives of Doctors and the concept of moral injury - 19:51The kinds of patients Dr. Elton sees in her present work - 25:00How institutional cultures can come to valorize toxic, brutal expectations placed on physicians - 27:03How Dr. Elton's managed her first patient, a doctor who was planning on quitting medicine just weeks after beginning her postgraduate training - 32:49A discussion of how sexism and other forms of bigotry factors into burnout - 38:20Why the screening process for selecting future doctors should be improved - 43:37How a trainee can prepare themselves for the psychological demands of a medical career - 48:00Advice to administrators and executives of how best to serve the psychological demands of their medical workforce - 50:34Dr. Caroline Elton is the author of Also Human: The Inner Lives of Doctors.Visit our website www.TheDoctorsArt.com where you can find transcripts of all episodes.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review our show, available for free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you know of a doctor, patient, or anyone working in health care who would love to explore meaning in medicine with us on the show, feel free to leave a suggestion in the comments or send an email to info@thedoctorsart.com.Copyright The Doctor's Art Podcast 2023

On this Valentines Day, the day of love, I'm sharing why the love hormone is critical in both childbirth and lactation. Also, do you know the difference between Pitocin and Oxytocin? It's a slight but critical difference. Listen in to feel more empowered in your birth and breastfeeding decisions. Oxytocin Study 1Oxytocin Study 2This episode appeared first on the Breezy Babies website. OutlineBri's introduction.0:00Oxytocin and life-saving moments.4:41What is oxytocin and pitocin?8:49What is pitocin and how does it work?11:09Risk of postpartum depression.15:51The effect of pitocin on breastfeeding.17:06Oxytocin levels during breastfeeding.19:27Oxytocin's role in breastfeeding.23:21Skin-to-skin contact and breast massage.25:25Support the showFollow along @breezy__babies on Insta for more tips and tricks.Check to see if your insurance will cover 6 consults with Breezy Babies (for free!)Join Bri's crew so we can stay in touch.This podcast is not "medical advice". Please consult with your Healthcare Provider about your specific situation.Podcast song credit: Stock Media provided by juqboxmusic / Pond5

OUTLINE of today's show with TIMECODESA small flub bursts Google's AI story and flatten the curve on the stock bubble 2:51The dream of universal generalized intelligence — is it as naive as Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" was about the essence of life? 12:03ChatGPT is excellent at programming and a listener says it's excellent in designing electrical circuits. Why is it important to differentiate this kind of machine learning from statistical analysis using statistical algorithms? 18:22Anthony Levandowski's “AI religion” the "Way of the Future" (WTF?) 25:38Hacking ChatGPT to tell the truth after its created forced it to lie to you 36:52The real purpose of artificial intelligence is not to do the driving but to get it to do just enough to stop YOU from driving and eliminate private cars 29:31What's going on with artificial intelligence and satanic influences? 42:11Some of the weird things they found in the ChatGPT? 46:10DAN - People tell ChatGPT "Pretend you're D.A.N. and you can 'Do Anything Now' ": This is what happened when ChatGPT broke the censorship 53:47From "volcano carbon credits" to blocking the sun with moon dust — bizarre geoengineering schemes being floated 1:01:36Climate scientists find further evidence that global warming is a lie 1:13:15The solar plasma and the solar cycle. 1:19:52The “Last Generation” of environmental activists are just the latest generation of privileged anarchists as this case in Germany shows 1:30:22Windmills are failing and costing big companies like Siemans and General Electrics billions in losses — so MORE subsidies beyond those already offered. 1:36:52Texas is the top producer of wind energy in the country and if Texas was its own country, it would break the world record. 1:38:55Wind and solar are not free, they are expensive. 1:44:04Turkey is arresting contractors after buildings easily collapsed during earthquake. So why didn't anything change after 9/11? 1:48:54Hoisted by their own petard — Guardian's ties to the slave trade. 1:51:41What caused Southern Baptists to get it wrong in 1861 (slavery) and again in 2020 (pandemic)? 1:57:12One of Biden's first acts as a freshman senator was to sunset Social Security and Medicare 2:04:42What needs to be done to stop the spread of disinformation. 2:15:40What is the Global Disinformation Index? State Department Funding of Disinformation Crusade 2:25:32The biden administration is knee deep in left-leaning efforts to crack down on speech. 2:31:16Whistling Thru Vax Graveyard. Listener whose mother was in the funeral home business, talks about how things have gotten very strange. But the strangest thing is how people are avoiding the obvious. 2:32:20Listener — hospital offered to let him store his own blood. 2:39:29US military shoots down fourth unidentified object over North America. 2:47:21The Worst Example Yet of Power Drunk Pandemic Politics. Rarely do they say the quiet part out loud and the open contempt for rights, rule of law and people's health. 2:53:46Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here:SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation through Mail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silver

OUTLINE of today's show with TIMECODESA small flub bursts Google's AI story and flatten the curve on the stock bubble 2:51The dream of universal generalized intelligence — is it as naive as Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" was about the essence of life? 12:03ChatGPT is excellent at programming and a listener says it's excellent in designing electrical circuits. Why is it important to differentiate this kind of machine learning from statistical analysis using statistical algorithms? 18:22Anthony Levandowski's “AI religion” the "Way of the Future" (WTF?) 25:38Hacking ChatGPT to tell the truth after its created forced it to lie to you 36:52The real purpose of artificial intelligence is not to do the driving but to get it to do just enough to stop YOU from driving and eliminate private cars 29:31What's going on with artificial intelligence and satanic influences? 42:11Some of the weird things they found in the ChatGPT? 46:10DAN - People tell ChatGPT "Pretend you're D.A.N. and you can 'Do Anything Now' ": This is what happened when ChatGPT broke the censorship 53:47From "volcano carbon credits" to blocking the sun with moon dust — bizarre geoengineering schemes being floated 1:01:36Climate scientists find further evidence that global warming is a lie 1:13:15The solar plasma and the solar cycle. 1:19:52The “Last Generation” of environmental activists are just the latest generation of privileged anarchists as this case in Germany shows 1:30:22Windmills are failing and costing big companies like Siemans and General Electrics billions in losses — so MORE subsidies beyond those already offered. 1:36:52Texas is the top producer of wind energy in the country and if Texas was its own country, it would break the world record. 1:38:55Wind and solar are not free, they are expensive. 1:44:04Turkey is arresting contractors after buildings easily collapsed during earthquake. So why didn't anything change after 9/11? 1:48:54Hoisted by their own petard — Guardian's ties to the slave trade. 1:51:41What caused Southern Baptists to get it wrong in 1861 (slavery) and again in 2020 (pandemic)? 1:57:12One of Biden's first acts as a freshman senator was to sunset Social Security and Medicare 2:04:42What needs to be done to stop the spread of disinformation. 2:15:40What is the Global Disinformation Index? State Department Funding of Disinformation Crusade 2:25:32The biden administration is knee deep in left-leaning efforts to crack down on speech. 2:31:16Whistling Thru Vax Graveyard. Listener whose mother was in the funeral home business, talks about how things have gotten very strange. But the strangest thing is how people are avoiding the obvious. 2:32:20Listener — hospital offered to let him store his own blood. 2:39:29US military shoots down fourth unidentified object over North America. 2:47:21The Worst Example Yet of Power Drunk Pandemic Politics. Rarely do they say the quiet part out loud and the open contempt for rights, rule of law and people's health. 2:53:46Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here:SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation through Mail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silver

Amy Finkelstein is Professor of Economics at MIT. Amy's research focuses on market failures and government intervention in insurance markets and she has won numerous awards include a MacArthur Fellowship and the John Bates Clark Medal. Amy is co-author with Liran Einav and Ray Fisman of the forthcoming book: “Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to do about it”.Buy the bookhttps://www.amazon.com/Risky-Business-Insurance-Markets-About/dp/0300253435/Amy on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Finkelsteinepisode on youtube: https://youtu.be/nvVlNSolE3sshow notes: https://notunreasonable.com/?p=7706When is government compelled insurance a good idea? 0:02How the public option or the mandate can create two different equilibria in the market. 8:53Dental insurance isn't really an insurance product. 13:27The subsidy is not an objective, it's a problem. 19:18How do we choose whether to pay attention to some of these issues or not? 25:47Why do we feel compelled to act when people are suffering from chronic conditions? 29:53What are the benefits of giving people cash instead of insurance? 33:44The problem of moral hazard in insurance. 39:51The concept of affinity and intermediation. 45:28Insurance can be learned the hard way. 51:02What happens when the price of insurance gets too high in compulsory markets. 54:46Why nobody ever wants to buy insurance. 1:01:06Some of the studies that contradict what you think you know. 1:05:23Twitter: @davecwrightSurprise, It's Insurance mailing listLinkedin Social Science of Insurance Essays

Sometimes it's hard to know who to believe, sometimes it isn't: Do you believe the person who has studied the finest details of physical health and wellness for upwards of a decade, or do you trust your pastor who thinks that God couldn't possibly reveal those secrets to anybody willing to test such principles? Unfortunately, that's the dichotomy we find in the world today. Christian Nationalists have actively led the crusade against medicine for most of the last two centuries, but there's some interesting nuances among the more moderate groups that we're happy to explore with you this week. Hospitals were a Christian invention, so why do so many distrust them? Maybe part of the problem is that most of our history has us going to our priests/shamans/knowledge holders to get healed....President Richard Nixon was the subject of a lot of satire. Relative to his predecessors, he's an outlier in many ways, not least of all was his membership in the Quaker community. This informed his decision to protect parents from legal repercussions for medical neglect. We also have some data from Pew Research Center that makes a lot of religious groups look bad, relative to vaccine hesitancy.Unleavened Bread Ministries has taken the lives of several children in the name of being "Pure Blood," including 11-year-old Madeline Kara Neumann, who simply needed a regular insulin supplement for diabetes. So many people are calling vaccines a secret poison masquerading as a cure, if only they read their Bibles (Mark 16:18).The faithful among "Jehovah's Witnesses" avoid blood transfusions, the Amish avoid heart transplants, and "Christian Scientists" typically avoid medicine in all its forms. Muslims avoid medical products derived from swine, and Hindus tend to avoid medical products derived from any animals. Interestingly enough, Seventh-Day Adventists still run hospitals, and the head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a retired heart surgeon.We dive deep into the story of Doctor PP Quimby and Mary Baker Eddy, and how mesmerism burrowed into the "Science of Health."From Tim Minchin's “Storm”: "Alternative medicine… Has either not been proved to work, or been proved not to work. Do you know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? Medicine." Watch  Dr. Glen Fairen's discussion of COVID-19 vaccines and the Apocalypse on YouTube Support us at Patreon and SpreadshirtJoin the Community on DiscordLearn more great religion facts on Facebook and Instagram Episode TranscriptKatie Dooley  00:12Hi, everyone. My name is Katie. Preston Meyer  00:14Hi, Katie. I'm Preston.Katie Dooley  00:18And this is.Both Hosts  00:19The Holy Watermelon podcast,Katie Dooley  00:22I thought an intro would be like an introduction. Would be nice. Occasionally.Preston Meyer  00:27All they know is our names. We haven't described who we are and why we're here.Katie Dooley  00:32Oh, I got to go back to the trailer for that.Preston Meyer  00:35Should we introduced ourselves a little more often?Katie Dooley  00:37probably. Join our Discord. I mean, sure. It's the end of January 2023 Already, which blows my mind. Preston Meyer  00:49We've been doing this for a couple of years.Katie Dooley  00:50Couple years. I'm a resident atheist.Preston Meyer  00:54And I'm a Christian and graduate in this exact field of studies Katie Dooley  00:59and an all-around great guy.Preston Meyer  01:00Thanks. I am glad you think so. You're pretty good for an atheist too. Most atheists are better than most Christians.Katie Dooley  01:11Oh, wow. Preston Meyer  01:12Wow. Okay, that that could be an exaggeration, but probably not by a lot. Katie Dooley  01:15You know one reason atheists tend to be better than Christians is that they don't just let their children die in the name of the Lord.Preston Meyer  01:22That specific detail is true.Katie Dooley  01:28Wow I just said it. Today we're talking about religion and medicine, and how religion and religious beliefs affect your belief of science.Preston Meyer  01:39Yeah, man, what a roller coaster. There's some interesting things we've been able to uncover. And definitely lots of bad news, which we cannot cover every news story that falls into this category. Of course,Katie Dooley  01:55there were some, there were some really sad ones.Preston Meyer  01:58But yeah, generally, problems have come up.Katie Dooley  02:02Yeah. Which is so weird. Because historically, the hospital system as we know, it is a Christian invention.Preston Meyer  02:10Yeah. Hospitality. And I mean, even the word that we have for hotels now, all of that this is, comes from the need to take care of people who don't have somewhere else to be, especially the people who straight up can't take care of themselves at all.Katie Dooley  02:28Yeah, so the first hospitals were kind of an amalgamation of both hospitals as we know them, but also hostels and food banks and or soup kitchens, and yeah they just take care of everyone that couldn't. That needs some extra help. And then obviously, we started segregating those things. And a lot of healers, or medical people were priests to begin with.Preston Meyer  02:53Well, anciently, if we look at the biblical tradition, and this was pretty standard for most societies around the world, your healers, your medical practitioners, were the priesthood. Those are the people that could read who were keeping notes on things that worked and didn't work.Katie Dooley  03:12Because they could also write Preston Meyer  03:13Yeah,Katie Dooley  03:13most people couldn't. Preston Meyer  03:14Yeah. Yeah. The the craft of literacy and, and writing was all practically magic to the layperson.Katie Dooley  03:24Yeah. So then things somewhere along the way, went horribly wrong.Preston Meyer  03:30They sure did. Katie Dooley  03:32Yeah. So there's a lot of Christian groups that and I mean, Preston I'll get your hot take on this. But there are science deniers, and I know a lot of that stems from having to reconcile evolution with what's written in the Bible. So it feels like they just are like, Well, science isn't real, because how can Noah work then? Good enough. So they deny science. And then by extension, things like medicine, and most recently, with the pandemic, things like vaccines are being denied for their efficacy.Preston Meyer  04:08Imagine this just for a moment. Katie Dooley  04:10Okay?Preston Meyer  04:11Do you you live on this planet? Katie Dooley  04:14I do. I don't need to imagine that kay.   No, I don't like that.Preston Meyer  04:16So far, you're with me, right? All right. Now imagine going through life, not ever being able to predict the outcome of any action ever.  No, that's absolute nonsense. You know that when you put one foot in front of the next one, it's going to meet the ground that you can see, and that as you shift your weight, you can propel yourself forward. That's science.Katie Dooley  04:45That just reminded me of a really bad joke.Preston Meyer  04:48If you're going to pour yourself a glass of water, that's science. We have reliably proven that the exercises to accomplish these tasks work.Katie Dooley  05:00Yeah. And I mean, we can go go back to our early episodes, but there was a time when things couldn't be proven. So we use religion to prove themPreston Meyer  05:11All kinds of fancy hypotheses for all sorts of things we didn't understand. And then we studied them,Katie Dooley  05:17Then we figured it out which is awesome. But yeah, but would I be right to say that a lot of this anti science comes from trying to reconcile the Bible that if you're a fundamentalist and believe is true to the word, even though there are stories we know are not true stories, then you have to cut out science?Preston Meyer  05:32You don't have toKatie Dooley  05:35But then how did Noah work if you have science?! It doesn't!Preston Meyer  05:41Yeah, things get complicated when you try and make stories that are primarily symbolic.Katie Dooley  05:48Doesn't work.So if you do the literal truth, then we Yeah,Preston Meyer  05:54you're gonna have a hard time.  Yeah. And so it's weird that the and this is definitely throwing the baby out with the bathwater. If you're just Oh, science disproves this one thing that I believe really strongly, really effectively, then I'm gonna have to stop believing literally everything under the banner of science. Weird choice.Katie Dooley  05:55Gonna have a hard time. You think so? But again, a lot of people let their kid die over this. So  Yeah, we found a whole bunch of Christian denominations that do this. The followers of Christ in the early 2000s, this group had a child mortality rate 10 times higher than the state average of where they were located, which was the state of Idaho, because they liked faith heailings... Preston Meyer  06:25yeah.  Yeah,Katie Dooley  06:46instead of real doctors. Preston Meyer  06:48Yeah,Katie Dooley  06:49one thing that was also really terrifying that I guess benefited, benefited the followers of Christ. Also, we're going to talk about Christian scientists later also benefited Christian scientists, is that President Nixon actually made a ruling that required states to pass exemptions to child medical treatment based off of a religious exemption. So basically, parents couldn't go to jail if their child died, because they made a medical choice based off of their religion, so you can charge them with like, neglect, or murder. So that was really cool.Preston Meyer  07:24So I'm fully on board with the whole the government won't impose laws on what you believe. But the government has an awful lot of laws on how you can act in our shared society. And our actions are founded on the things that we believe about the world around us. So we need to convince people to change their beliefs.Katie Dooley  07:49Well, you know, comes back we've done a lot of episodes on this everything from our parody religions episode to atheism, and Satanism of like, that's great that you want to kill your kid but like, I can't just like make up a rule for religious religious exemption. Preston Meyer  08:05Right.Katie Dooley  08:06Right. If we can just do things because we say but I'm religious like it would, everything would become chaos.Preston Meyer  08:12You just gotta stop telling the government you're an atheist. And then you get all kinds of fancy freedom. Katie Dooley  08:17Cool. Okay, well, I believe in Russell's teapot and Russell's teapot tells me I get to be naked 24/7 in public, so I cannot go to jail for public indecency. Like, you can't just do that Preston.Preston Meyer  08:31That depends where you live.Katie Dooley  08:35I mean, I knowPreston Meyer  08:36I mean, full nude still prohibited in most places, butKatie Dooley  08:40Handful of nude beaches you can go toPreston Meyer  08:41but you can be fully topless in most parts of Canada. I mean, we also have the weather that discourages thatKatie Dooley  08:51like right now, right but you just can't have your wiener hanging out Preston.Preston Meyer  08:56Noo.Katie Dooley  08:58And you can't... You know, if everyone just said, Well, it's because I'm religious.Preston Meyer  09:03Well, though, okay. We do know that members of the clergy have definitely been caught with their wiener in places where it does not belong and get away with it because they claim religiousness. There had been way too many times where somebody who has been a pastor for a while diddled a couple of kids went, went to court and got a reduced sentence because he's a man of faith. When clearly his actions say he's notKatie Dooley  09:37anyway, we just hopped on a soapbox for a minute there. This was eventually repealed in 1983, which I guess is good, but it was around for a while where you couldn't go to jail if you killed your kid. So A+ President Nixon,Preston Meyer  09:53right. Yeah, that was that was interesting. Christian Nationalism is a little bit of a problem.Katie Dooley  10:01Yeah. I mean, you were on I was just remembering the other day you were on a podcast talking about some of this stuff progressive versus... Preston Meyer  10:08Yeah...Katie Dooley  10:08Not progressive Christianity.Preston Meyer  10:12Yeah, it was a little while ago now, actually. But it was good time.Katie Dooley  10:15I'm the villain. Preston Meyer  10:17Yeah,Katie Dooley  10:17check out Preston. Preston Meyer  10:18Man that was... it feels like so long ago.Katie Dooley  10:22Yeah, real scary stuff, especially when it came to the pandemic.Preston Meyer  10:27Yeah, I mean, Christian Nationalism has been a problem in North America for almost a century. But things got really weird over the COVID crisis, and all kinds of people shouting about their rights to avoid this poison. I want to get a little bit more into that later. But it's just crazy that 45% of white evangelical adults said they would not be vaccinated. That is a staggeringly large number. And this idea is not just in like a couple of weird little nationalist groups, either it had spread through a lot of Christianity. But the nationalists got really gross about it.Katie Dooley  11:15And like bizarre about it, one of the articles I read that Christian nationalists have said that the vaccine is the mark of the beast, as prophesized in the Revelation of John, because it prevented people from buying and selling, air quotes, "without the mark".Preston Meyer  11:33Yeah. Our recent guest, Dr. Glenn Farron has shown up in other shows, examining this exact phenomenon, it's really fascinating.Katie Dooley  11:44And terrifying. Preston Meyer  11:45Yeah, it's weird. Katie Dooley  11:47Okay, as because we introduced ourselves as our resident Christian, why do you think it's taken such a hold on Christianity,Preston Meyer  11:54we have this frustrating problem where there's been this prediction of a whole bunch of signs that will mark the coming of the Savior. And it's been many, many centuries, where it's kind of been a building tension. We've got all kinds of apocalyptical groups popping up more and more recently, but they've been around for a while. And when we see anything that can fit into that framework that's built to be a thing of interpretation, rather than a one for one obvious comparison kind of deal as something that people really latch on to. And so when you see this part in the scripture that says, without this mark, you won't get to participate in the economic part of society, then you, you fear that maybe this is a parallel to what is happening with oh, you need your COVID passport to go into a store. Instead of recognizing, oh, I have a civil responsibility to do my best to take care of the people around me. And that's why I'm being shunned. But because I don't want to help out. It's so much more fun. And self aggrandizing to see everyone else as the villain, rather than admit that you're the one causing harm. That's the problem.Katie Dooley  13:24Mormons believe in the Second Coming, yeah? Preston Meyer  13:27Yeah.Katie Dooley  13:27Okay. Is there any piece of this, that's like, people wanting it to happen? Preston Meyer  13:32Oh for sure!Katie Dooley  13:33Yeah?Preston Meyer  13:34Absolutely.Katie Dooley  13:35They just want to be on the bleeding edge. So Jesus takes them up.  Preston Meyer  13:40Yeah.Katie Dooley  13:40With themPreston Meyer  13:41Yeah.Katie Dooley  13:42They don't want to be wrong. Preston Meyer  13:43Hey?Katie Dooley  13:43They don't want to be wrong. They don't want to take the mark of the beast, and then Jesus will be like, No, sorry.Preston Meyer  13:48Yeah, you don't want to do anything wrong. Because what if this is the end? What if this is the trial, I don't want to fail.Katie Dooley  13:55Okay.Preston Meyer  13:56I need to be as faithful as I possibly can. Even if that means I've screwed up. It's okay to make mistakes, you're forgiven for mistakes, as long as they're genuine mistakes, and not me skipping out on opportunities to be better. But I mean, all it takes is a little bit of extra thinking.Katie Dooley  14:19It just anyway, goes back to love your neighbor. We've talked about this a lot this month, actually.Preston Meyer  14:25And so many people have a hard time realizing that that's the number one thing. Jesus wasn't ambiguous about this. But it's hard to love your neighbor sometimes. Especially if your neighbor is anti-Vaxxer.Katie Dooley  14:44You know, I realized during this podcast, I like Jesus a lot more now and Christianity a lot less. Preston Meyer  14:50Yeah.Katie Dooley  14:51Like if you asked me three years ago, if I like Jesus would be like, like, like, no, like, I don't know, but I actually kind of think he's a cool guy.Preston Meyer  14:58I appreciate that you have, in your head, separated the man from the fan club.Katie Dooley  15:02Yeah. And the the more I learned, the more they're getting very separate in my head.Preston Meyer  15:07They are very very different I mean, yeah, there's more than one fan club, most of the fan clubs suck.Katie Dooley  15:15So what we should do is start our own fan club! I am kidding, that doesn't solve the issue.Preston Meyer  15:19What more parties?!?Katie Dooley  15:24more denomination Okay. In the United States religious conservatism, including the evangelical and born again Christianity movement is associated with lower levels of trust in science, rates of vaccine vaccine uptake, vaccine knowledge and higher levels of vaccine hesitancy.Preston Meyer  15:44Yeah, research has found that religiosity is negatively associated with plans to receive the COVID vaccine, which is a huge bummer. And one religious worldview, especially hostile to science and vaccines is the Christian nationalism movement. It's caused a fair bit of problems, distrusting the government is fair to to a degree. So not the same thing that sees a rebellion a whole year ago, or a couple of years ago now, January 6. But, you know, funKatie Dooley  16:24Is it fun? One of these groups I found and just because they came up in the news for killing a child, and I put an asterick Preston I will let you guide me on how much we actually talked about this group was the unleavened bread ministries, and I'm big Asterix in our show notes. They say, I barely want to give this man any attention, because he's fucking crazy.Preston Meyer  16:46I mean, that's fair.Katie Dooley  16:48So I'll probably just not say the pastor's name.Preston Meyer  16:51I think that's the right way.Katie Dooley  16:52So in 2008, an 11-year-old girl, Madeline Cara Newman died of diabetes complications that were very manageable, and very treatable. She literally just needed some insulin, which is really sad, but instead her parents opted for prayer.Preston Meyer  17:11Yeah, it's not the only headline, but it happens. And I don't know why people want to deny that, medicine is a gift. If you believe that God gives us all the good things, and we've studied the universe to understand creation, which is the way a lot of religions do look at it. Knowing that, oh, now that we know more about this thing, we can help people. Why not jump on that?Katie Dooley  17:42So we're, so her parents were part of this Unleavened Bread Ministries, and so I decided to go to their website. I really hope I'm not retargeted for anything, because that was something that was not pleasant. You can tune into their radio. 24/7 they actually say tune into our radio channel, 24/7 Which implies they want you to listen to it 24/7.  Not that it's on 24/7, which was scary.Preston Meyer  18:09I mean, that's how you get your ad revenue. Right?  I think if you were to listen to us 24/7 right nowKatie Dooley  18:13I guess so. You should listen to the Holy Watermelon podcast 24/7  you just have five daysPreston Meyer  18:23Yeah, just couple of days of content, and then you're on repeat. Katie Dooley  18:28That's fine.Preston Meyer  18:28I mean, Katie Dooley  18:29I'm okay with it.Preston Meyer  18:30You know, maybe some people would be better for it.Katie Dooley  18:32So basically, this pastor tells to pray away COVID and others other diseases, but he also recommended Ivermectin and hydro hydro ox so Chloroquine hydro- Preston Meyer  18:47hydroxychloroquine?Katie Dooley  18:48that one that makes you go blind or whatever, as well which was insanity. To me, it's like you should pray but if you don't feel like praying, take something that will kill you. Preston Meyer  18:58The vaccine is poison, butKatie Dooley  19:01Ivermectin is totally fine...Preston Meyer  19:04So-Katie Dooley  19:05So I have in my notes I wrote "not sure if grifter or cult leader"Preston Meyer  19:10it's, it's problematic. What's interesting to me, is there is a reasonably common belief among these Christian extremists, let's call them what they are, that the vaccine is poison. And I've heard several times that all these people who took the vaccine they're gonna be dead in five years or less.Katie Dooley  19:35Did you see this quote? "Fully vaccinated people-" this is from the pastor again, his name I won't say fully, "vaccinated people are now suffering from what looks like the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, better known as AIDS. Their immune system is fading as many have warned." so both Preston and I apparently have AIDS.Preston Meyer  19:54Apparently.Katie Dooley  19:57Most of our friends also apparently have AIDS.Preston Meyer  20:01Yeah. So what I was getting to this idea that this vaccine is poison. And remember, the vast majority of us are taking the vaccine to either protect ourselves, or to protect the people around us because we care about them. So they're here. Here's a passage from Mark chapter 16. Gospel of Mark, it's Jesus speaking, it's after he's been resurrected, he's teaching the remaining apostles because Judas is gone. He's not with them. And he says, Those who believe in Me will be able to drink poison without being hurt. I mean, there's a bit about snakes in there, there's, there's all kinds of little bits I skipped. But I added the beginning and the end together to give you the good bit, that if you believe, and if you do actually believe you want to help your neighbors and protect them, then it sounds like the Lord says, You got nothing to fear from this vaccine. Katie Dooley  21:00Yeah, well. Preston Meyer  21:03But to be fair, that is a personal interpretation of Scripture, that is at least as valid as the opposing argument.Katie Dooley  21:18So one of the arguments I wrote in, in these, nothing short of crazy articles was that, and this kind of goes back to the Nixon thing is that some of these groups have argued like, well, if a doctor, someone dies under a doctor's watch, the doctor doesn't get charged. So just because we weren't successful in our prayer circle, doesn't mean we should be charged.  Oh Preston... Preston's face is gold right now.Preston Meyer  21:47So while it's very tricky to charge a doctor- Katie Dooley  21:54Unless it's malpractice.Preston Meyer  21:55Right, and it's very tricky to sue a doctor, they have training to do the things that are they're expected to do. And the rest of us are told with, I would say, a close to equivalent value of repetition of take your people to a doctor. So when we fail step one of the process to not even give the doctor a chance to screw up or do the great thing that we need. Wit and it's usually a success, that is neglect. And I would say in an awful lot of situations a criminal neglect.Katie Dooley  22:38I just had a weird thought- Preston Meyer  22:39Yeah?Katie Dooley  22:40that's not in our notes. America in particular, and I mean, Canada, to some extent, as well, prides itself on being a Christian nation. Preston Meyer  22:50YupKatie Dooley  22:51Christianity started the first hospitals to help people. Yeah, that couldn't help themselves. And America doesn't have free health care.Preston Meyer  23:00NopeKatie Dooley  23:01Those things don't all go together, do they? Preston Meyer  23:03No, they don't.Katie Dooley  23:04Okay.Preston Meyer  23:06It sounds like you understand perfectly.Katie Dooley  23:09I do, I do. I understand the pieces, but the why? I am perplexed by because Jesus would have wanted public health care.Preston Meyer  23:20So we've already talked about the prosperity gospel-Katie Dooley  23:22we have,Preston Meyer  23:23and nothing on this planet is more American than publi-Katie Dooley  23:28Grifting!Preston Meyer  23:29Than grifting! Yeah! Maybe the the next best thing would be mass extermination, which I mean, is connected to this in some sort of way.Katie Dooley  23:45All right. Well, I feel like we're being very critical today. ButPreston Meyer  23:50sometimes you got to be and that it comes with the territory and today's subject. Katie Dooley  23:56Totally. Then there are groups that have very specific rules around medicine. Not necessarily, these sort of broad-Preston Meyer  23:57Yeah,Katie Dooley  23:59don't believe in science.Preston Meyer  24:05A lot of groups generally like the idea of science. Oh, yeah, I guess this thing has been proven. Let's go with it. With exceptions.Katie Dooley  24:14So there's the Jehovah Witnesses are almost famous for it, they do not accept blood transfusions. So overall, they're pretty cool with medicine and science, unless you need a blood transfusion.Preston Meyer  24:28Yeah, Prince was a pretty well-known star, and almost as well known that he was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. And he had some wicked hip pain for a long time. And it is speculated hard to confirm things now that he's gone, that it took him a while to get the hip surgery he needed, because hip surgery almost always comes with a major blood transfusion. Cuz, you know, open up pretty high traffic area in the body. Katie Dooley  25:04Yeah.Preston Meyer  25:05And so it's a big problem. So it's generally discouraged that because of the blood transfusion hip surgery is a tricky thing to try to navigate as a Jehovah's Witness.Katie Dooley  25:15Yeah, I, this is ages ago, and I didn't find them for this. And we'll do a full episode on Jehovah Witnesses one day, but the number of parents that when their kid needs a blood transfusion, start to question their faith prettyPreston Meyer  25:32it's a healthy perspective.Katie Dooley  25:34Totally! But it's interesting, like, I didn't pull up blood transfusion statistics, but especially probably before 50 Most people do not need a blood transfusion unless you're, you know, touch wood in a car accident or something. But I'm learning a blood transfusion and presume you never need a blood transfusion. So it's pretty easy to be like, oh, yeah, fine. I cannot accept someone else's blood until you need to accept someone else's blood. Preston Meyer  25:59Right? Well, and I think it's really interesting that I've, I've heard stories of people who say that after a blood transfusion, my brother-sister-loved one is just a totally different person. And so obviously, it's because the spirits in the blood, and that's now, now they are a different person. The weird thing about that is they totally ignore the possibility that a incident that requires a blood transfusion is a life changing experience! He's probably traumatized. It's things like cancer and major accidents, while recognizing your own mortality. Sometimes it's all it takes to really change how you want to deal with the world around you. It's a weird thing to hear people say, but I mean, the facts are the facts. They behave differently. Sure, fine. Or maybe you're reading more into it than is real, and they haven't changed as much as you think. But you expect them to be different because there's this idea of a different soul in the body. Katie Dooley  27:02Sounds like...Preston Meyer  27:03it's a spectrum. I can't say that it's all one thing or all the other, but I bet you it's a mix of the twoKatie Dooley  27:09Totally. So there's three Bible passages that Jehovah's Witnesses cite for not accepting blood transfusions, so I'm gonna read them so we can get Preston's hot take on themPreston Meyer  27:19PerfectKatie Dooley  27:19first- and who knows how-Preston Meyer  27:20I like it. Katie Dooley  27:21So Genesis nine "for you shall not eat flesh with its life. That is, its blood."Preston Meyer  27:28All right. So part of the context that we have here is, this is a document of how the Lord's people should be different than their neighbours. What makes them different. A lot of the people around them their neighbours, would ritually consume blood.Katie Dooley  27:48That's blood in the mouth?Preston Meyer  27:50Yes, eating blood.Katie Dooley  27:52I think we need that to be clear.Preston Meyer  27:54I have eaten blood, or a blood adjacent substance, on a, on a few occasions. It is delicious.Katie Dooley  28:06As someone who enjoys a good black pudding, yes. I prefer white pudding though, which doesn't have the blood. But I won't say no to the black pudding. Preston Meyer  28:14Right. So you can take my interpretation of this however you want, I suppose. I don't think that there is a spiritual reason. I think this is more of a this separates the people of Israel from their neighbours. Just another way to mark that we are different from them kind of deal. Katie Dooley  28:35All right.Preston Meyer  28:36And I mean building an us versus them philosophy isn't the healthiest choice. But here we are.Katie Dooley  28:43In Genesis, what makes a Jewish person a Jewish person, right?Preston Meyer  28:46I mean, that's really what Genesis and the tour of the Tanakh are all about.Katie Dooley  28:51Alright, so the next one is Leviticus 17:10. "If anyone of the house of Israel or of the aliens who reside among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut that person off from the people." Preston Meyer  29:07So-Katie Dooley  29:08that God speaking? Preston Meyer  29:09Yeah.Katie Dooley  29:09Wow.Preston Meyer  29:10So the short version of this is, if this person insists on eating blood, they will be excommunicated. Or exiled, depending on whether or not the church has a monopoly on national politics. Excommunicated if they're out in an area that's diverse like ours, exiled from the nation if you have a monopoly.Katie Dooley  29:37And again, this is blood in the mouth?Preston Meyer  29:39Yes. Do not eat bloodKatie Dooley  29:41Okay, because this is where I-Preston Meyer  29:43and it doesn't actually mean human blood. Cannibalism is an entirely separate law. This is don't eat the blood of the cattle and the livestock and the pigeons and everything else that you bring in for sacrifices,Katie Dooley  29:57Right, which is part of the kosher process. Preston Meyer  29:59Yeah.Katie Dooley  30:00That seems super fun. Acts 15:28 to 29. "It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose on you no further burden than these essentials. That you have seen from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication. If you keep yourself from these, you will do well. Farewell."Preston Meyer  30:22I mean, I like having such a short list very convenient. Don't eat things that are sacrificed to false gods. Easy. Generally speaking, though, there are other parts where Paul does specifically say you know what? It's okay to eat something sacrificed to idols, if that's all there is to eat. Just remember, the gods aren't real. But be grateful that you have something to eat. So, even in these essentials- Katie Dooley  30:55There's still an asterisk!Preston Meyer  30:56There's an asterisk yeah. But again, don't eat blood is still on the list.Katie Dooley  31:03So again, blood in the mouth. Preston Meyer  31:05Yes. Do not eat from these animals that you need. And then of course, there's don't eat anything that's been strangled. WhichKatie Dooley  31:19the meat would be tough.Preston Meyer  31:22It's better to quick kill rather than choke. Because then it's got fight in it.Katie Dooley  31:27Yeah. All the muscles not-Preston Meyer  31:29Yeah.Katie Dooley  31:30I'm gonna be plugged meat. And then don't have sex.Preston Meyer  31:35Which Yeah, totally unrelated to the previous three things. While fornication isn't just sex, fornication is extramarital sex.Katie Dooley  31:45Oh, specific.Preston Meyer  31:46Yeah, fornication is dirty sex. I it's, it's specifically that sex which is unapproved by society.Katie Dooley  31:55Well, wait till next episode.Preston Meyer  32:00Yeah, we'll get a little more details there for you. But yeah, so in Old and New Testament for the Christians who are super concerned about it. That's the deal, is that you should not EAT ANIMAL BLOOD.Katie Dooley  32:15So they don't let you take any blood. Even if it's not in your mouth.Preston Meyer  32:21Yeah, life-saving apparently not that big a deal. If it's your time to go. It's your time to go kind of philosophy. Which sucks if you could have survived with the tools available to you.Katie Dooley  32:32Now there are bloodless surgeries and blood alternatives.Preston Meyer  32:40Which sounds really weird. Katie Dooley  32:42I mean, I'm kind of that person. Like, if you can have the real thing. Why wouldn't you have the real thing? Like if you're not allergic to milk? Or lactose intolerant. Why would you squeeze the shit out of an almond?Preston Meyer  32:54Right?!?Katie Dooley  32:56Like, you know, and I mean, I get lactose intolerance is a thing. Don't get me wrong.Preston Meyer  33:02I'm lactose intolerant. I have- Katie Dooley  33:04I didn't know that!Preston Meyer  33:05way more dairy in my diet than I should.Katie Dooley  33:10The fact that I didn't know that you're lactose intolerant until this moment tells you that you do.Preston Meyer  33:15I'm lactose-sensitive, not lactose intolerant. I correct that there are times when I am way more sensitive than at other times. The night before I got married. Katie Dooley  33:28Ohno, ohno!Preston Meyer  33:29We stopped at one of the great drive-throughs and got the classic, real good, absolutely delicious milkshake. And I was ruined by the time...Katie Dooley  33:41Ohhh you, noooo!Preston Meyer  33:45So everyone else is setting up the chapel for decorations and the tables and everything. And I was just camped out somewhere else. But this week, I've gone through a whole litre of eggnog and plenty of milk and no issues. Katie Dooley  34:04All right, well. So yeah, I mean, I guess like I said before, it's great to say you don't accept a blood transfusion until you're one of the 4.5 million people a year in North America that needs one.Preston Meyer  34:16I'm curious because I haven't been able to find anything. And maybe I just need to talk to somebody who's got specific religious authority to make such a declaration, how they might feel higher up among the witnesses about synthetic blood. I don't know how they'll feel about that.Katie Dooley  34:38Members that willingly and knowingly accept blood transfusions are often disfellowshipped. And generally, like I said, they when witnesses are encouraged for medical help other than this weird blood thing, which I feel like they haven't run by God ever but what do I know?Preston Meyer  34:54Right. And a similar limitation for some reason the Amish and some other Mennonites but not all Mennonites believe that the spirit specifically lives in the heart. And you know, if you're watching a movie and you get to a real emotional part and you feel a twinge in your heart, I can see why they might come to that conclusion. Katie Dooley  35:18When you see your husband who I haven't seen in three weeks!Preston Meyer  35:22Right?! When you feel that in your chest, it does make sense that you can believe your spirit resides in or near your heart fine. Feels a little bit weird, but I get it. So specifically, the Amish, while they have a tricky relationship with modern medicine, they do specifically avoid anything that would be even close to a heart transplant, because that's the soul. And yet, there's sometimes exceptions to that...Katie Dooley  35:55Asterisk! It's a spectrum!Preston Meyer  35:59Yeah. There have been children who have been born with heart defects that are so severe that before baptism, because as an Anabaptist, you are baptized later in life instead of as a child. Like in the Catholic tradition. They are okay with a heart transplant in a young child... sometimes.Katie Dooley  36:23Asterisk. I was born with a hole in my heart, maybe that's why I'm an atheist.Preston Meyer  36:28Is it a Jesus-shaped hole in your heart?Katie Dooley  36:29I don't... I don't know. I, that was 32 years ago.Preston Meyer  36:35Is the hole still there?Katie Dooley  36:36No it healed up.Preston Meyer  36:37It just healed up? Katie Dooley  36:38Yep. Sometimes they heal up on their own. Sometimes they need surgery to make the switch.Preston Meyer  36:41Well see that's the weird thing about making people from a clump of cells is that when you're born, you still got a lot of growing to do.Katie Dooley  36:51So apparently, I looked into this like a million years ago, apparently, like when you're born and finally get oxygen. It is supposed to just like happen. The chambers in your heart close up to what they're supposed to be and mine didn't.Preston Meyer  37:03huh!Katie Dooley  37:04Yeah!Preston Meyer  37:05So that's the thing I don't know much about. But that is cool.Katie Dooley  37:08Yeah. Science!Preston Meyer  37:10Check out our bonus episode on abortion!  right. It's, it's weird how many churches insist that the Bible says that a baby is a murderable person, before they're born, when the Bible was pretty clear on the detail of, "And he breathed and became a living soul." Now, you're allowed to take that symbolically. But when you do that, you no longer have the Bible backing you up when you say that a baby is alive from conception, or from six months in or whatever. Whatever your arbitrary time is. The Bible doesn't have your back, for any point before birth! Yeah, we get into a lot more detail there!Katie Dooley  37:51The next one we're going to talk about are Christian scientists or the Church of Christ, comma scientists is their official name. Preston Meyer  38:08This, this group-Katie Dooley  38:10and guess what Preston they hate science.Preston Meyer  38:14So this, I've run into a couple of these people over the years that we've got a Christian Science Center downtown. And I've been trying to figure out for a while, how they can get away with feeling comfortable using the word science, and that they call themselves scientists, and absolutely deny the scientific method! The scientific collection of knowledge that we've amassed. I don't get it. Katie Dooley  38:51We will eventually. Again, just like Jehovah's Witnesses we will do a full episode on Christian scientists at some point, but we're just gonna dive into the medical stuff for today's episode.  The Church of Christ scientists was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in the 19th century. And it can actually be traced back. For more if you remember our last episode to Phineas Quimby, the mesmerist!!Preston Meyer  39:00Yeah.  Yeah, so she was a patient of his! Katie Dooley  39:18Oh, cool!Preston Meyer  39:19Yeah! So that's where this connection comes in. So I did a little bit of more research on this Quimby fella and oh what a trip! So oh...Katie Dooley  39:31so Phineas Quimby... I'll let you read your your research but finance can be started that new thought movement which turned also into the prosperity gospel that name it and claim itPreston Meyer  39:41Yeah, Dr. PP Quimby which I didn't make up to make this humorous. This is how he styled himselfKatie Dooley  39:52This is amazing! And I love that we both are so mature that we can just laugh at Dr. PP!Preston Meyer  39:58I'm not sure he was a real Dr.Katie Dooley  40:01WHAT?!?Preston Meyer  40:02I mean, as you learn more about this fella, you'll see why that could have been a problem.   But Dr. Phineas PP. Quimby was a clockmaker. You don't need a doctorate to be a clockmaker-Katie Dooley  40:09Yes.  No you don't to be a clockmakerPreston Meyer  40:21I mean, you do need tools. Yeah, for sure. And he was convinced that he had found the key to the science of health. This is where the Christian scientists adopted the word and never validated it ever again. The science of health, which of course, is, it's all in your head!Katie Dooley  40:47Yet it's it's not. Your feelings and physical ailments are all-Preston Meyer  40:53Yeah, this gaping wound in my leg that's making a huge mess of the kitchen is all in my head.Katie Dooley  41:03No, it's all on the kitchen floor!Preston Meyer  41:07Anyway, Quimby's theory was that there is no intelligence, no power or action in matter of itself. That the spiritual world to which our eyes are closed by ignorance or unbelief, is the real world that in it lie all the causes for every effect visible in the natural world. And then if the spiritual life can be revealed to us, in other words, if we can understand ourselves, we shall then have our happiness or misery in our own hands. That sounds really nice.Katie Dooley  41:42Oh, and I believe some of it-Preston Meyer  41:44Sure!Katie Dooley  41:45we talked, again, we talked about this for prosperity. If you're a positive person, your life will feel more positive. Preston Meyer  41:50Yeah.Katie Dooley  41:51But this does not account for gaping leg wounds!Preston Meyer  41:55No, or viral infections, bacterial problems! There's a lot of things that you can't control with positive thinking. And this is a proven fact.Katie Dooley  42:06Yes.Preston Meyer  42:07So, interestingly enough, he was a very busy man. Quimby was treating several patients every day, almost every single day for years, which would be normal if he was a doctor. But he wasn't really a doctor. He would sit next to his patients and explain that their ailment was just in their minds, and that they could control it just by thinking really hard about it. Just convince yourself that everything's fine and it will be! If it was easy to convince yourself of something that wasn't so easy to believe. And then it got weird. Sometimes he would rub their heads with his wet hands. Katie Dooley  42:50Ew! Why were they wet???Preston Meyer  42:52Oh, he would dip his hands in water too, and just rub their heads. He later explained that it was the words that did the help. Not the contact with the wet hands. So presumably he was just rubbing their heads with wet hands for his own enjoyment?Katie Dooley  43:10That is a very specific fetish, but we don't kink shame at the Holy Watermelon Podcast.Preston Meyer  43:15True story.Katie Dooley  43:16But we do fake Dr. shame! So carry on!Preston Meyer  43:20cause people are weird!Katie Dooley  43:25There's various fetishes and rubbing.Preston Meyer  43:28I'm okay with if that's your fetish. That's fine. Our-Katie Dooley  43:32Is there consent?Preston Meyer  43:34That's my question! Are these people participating with informed consent? In what is probably a sexual fetish.Katie Dooley  43:44Probably not because it's the 1800's.Preston Meyer  43:47Yeah...consent was a tough discussion back then-Katie Dooley  43:49Actually still a tough discussion, but that's a different episode! Preston Meyer  43:52But at least it's becoming more mainstream. Now.Katie Dooley  43:54Did you know 55% of Canadian men don't actually know what constitutes as consent?Preston Meyer  44:00That's an alarming statisticKatie Dooley  44:02Yeah. A study came out recently.Preston Meyer  44:07Members of Congress are outing themselves all over the place right now saying, Oh, if we have the liberal wrought laws of consent, I would be a sex criminal!Katie Dooley  44:17That means you're a sex criminal!Preston Meyer  44:19Why would why would you say that?Katie Dooley  44:22That means you're a sex criminal. Carry on.Preston Meyer  44:27Anyway, Quimby met Mary Baker Eddy in 1862 when she became his patient. And she was already into the the weird spiritual thing. Yeah, which is fine. It's what she started doing with it after she met Quimby that makes it easy to label her as full crazy.Katie Dooley  44:49So Eddy basically thought the world was the matrix and the only real world was the spiritual world. And we've created this physical world in our minds.Preston Meyer  44:59Neil deGrasse Tyson talks a little bit about how the world is, and the universe is probably just a simulation. So is that really all that different? They both sound crazy.Katie Dooley  45:11They both do sound crazy. I mean, we're getting into philosophy, and it already hurts my head is trying to formulate this sentence, but like,Preston Meyer  45:21The trick is, it's really easy to believe that the world isn't. The world is as concrete as it looks and feels. But I mean, the things that we found out by just scoping down on to the molecular level is even solid rocks are mostly empty space. Katie Dooley  45:39Yeah.Preston Meyer  45:41So it gets pretty easy to say, wow, yeah, there's there's a lot of magic going on here. What is what? Who knows? But it feels like, we're getting some pretty interesting fictions.Katie Dooley  45:56Yes. So Eddie also wrote a book called Science and Health, which in addition to the Bible is considered a holy book in the Church of Christ scientists.Preston Meyer  46:06Yeah, it's pretty normal to have the founding person's literature as part of your Canon.Katie Dooley  46:12It seems like there isn't a lot of Christ in Church of Christ scientists. Preston Meyer  46:16Well, they still have the Bible.Katie Dooley  46:17Yeah.Preston Meyer  46:17It's just secondary to you have the divine power yourself to heal all your problems.Katie Dooley  46:25This goes back to my earlier point, is that I am starting to like JC-Preston Meyer  46:29not the fanclub. Katie Dooley  46:30Not the fanclub, all right.Preston Meyer  46:33That's fair. Katie Dooley  46:33OkayPreston Meyer  46:35Yeah, it's interesting that members of the Church of Christ scientists aren't strictly prohibited from seeking medical attention, but they do avoid it an awful lot. Instead, they just pray. And it's not like your regular prayer. That's like, it's never do the Lord's Prayer, and everything's gonna be fine. It's kind of a, you need to go find a place where you can argue with yourself for a while, just like Mary did with the Nez MarusKatie Dooley  47:04Yeah, not even. Yeah. You like, it's weird. I read some instructions on how to pray. And basically, you just like, fight yourself to not feel sick anymore. Preston Meyer  47:14Yeah!Katie Dooley  47:14So I am like to Jesus or God, it's like "Don't be sick Katie!"Preston Meyer  47:19Right?!Katie Dooley  47:20Don't be sick!Preston Meyer  47:21which sounds like not just counterproductive, because you're not getting the help you need. But you're tiring yourself out more. So if you were fighting an infection, you're probably worse off than if you hadn't had this internal conflicKatie Dooley  47:37I just watch Fraggle Rock when I'm sick. Preston Meyer  47:39Yeah. Does it help?Katie Dooley  47:40Yeah.Preston Meyer  47:40That's good. Filling your life with positivity is helpful. And there's there's a lot to be said about the placebo effect. That doesn't mean don't seek actual help when there's something wrong that needs help.Katie Dooley  47:57Absolutely. There are reports though, even though they aren't specifically prohibited from seeking medical treatment, that members that do opt for medical treatment are often ostracized.Preston Meyer  48:09Yeah, but you can hire somebody from the church to come and help you out. You can get a healer, which is like a doctor, but they're making money off of lying to you.Katie Dooley  48:22It's actually a Christian Science practitioner, and they're very good at praying!Preston Meyer  48:27Are they?Katie Dooley  48:29That's what they're trained to do!Preston Meyer  48:32So I'll just 11 years well, 12 years ago, now, I guess. There was a practitioner named Frank Prince Wonderlic. If I'm not writing that pronunciation, I'm at least close. Put his his name in the show notes. He said... "all healing is a metaphysical process. That means that there is no person to be healed. No material body, no patient, no matter, no illness, no one to heal, no substance, no person, no thing and no place that needs to be influenced. This is what the practitioner must first be clear about."Katie Dooley  49:08It sounds very Scientology.Preston Meyer  49:11A little bit yeah! So, I mean, the problem that I have, right off the beginning is, there is nobody that needs to be healed or influenced. When your job is to heal people. Maybe that's not the thing you should be saying.Katie Dooley  49:28What are you charging for?Preston Meyer  49:31Right? I mean, basically, he's standing here saying, either you don't exist, or you do but nothing else does. So you got nothing to worry about. Which I mean, it may be an extreme interpretation of those words, but that feels really weird when you say there's nothing that needs to be influenced. You're either saying there is no disease at all, or it's not a problem and there is a disease and it is a problem. It's frustrating. And at least 50 Christian scientists have been charged with murder after the children died of very preventable illnesses. Now, of course, it's not first-degree murder that requires premeditation. And the situation is a little premeditated, but not to the degree where it actually counts as premeditated murder.Katie Dooley  50:29Then it would be manslaughter in Canada.Preston Meyer  50:30Exactly.Katie Dooley  50:31Where I think it's third-degree murder in the States is our manslaughter. Preston Meyer  50:35Yeah.Katie Dooley  50:37LDS!Preston Meyer  50:39Yeah, the LDS tradition is a much healthier place relative to this issue. I'll admit it's a mixed bag, there are a lot of converts to the church who come from a wide variety of backgrounds. A lot of people have believed that you really should just pray and not see a doctor when something is wrong. That if you're having mental health problems, or physical health problems, pray about it, eat your vitamins, get your essential oils, and maybe talk to the bishop for counselling. Most of those are not very good choices, including the last one, your bishop is very seldom a properly trained therapist. But there are cases where he is, and he deserves to be paid for that.Katie Dooley  51:31But talk about these elder blessings, because I've heard about it in passing, just being your friend.Preston Meyer  51:36Yeah? So while there are encouragement to seek medical attention, there is also encouragement to get a blessing from an elder of the church comes with an anointing of virgin olive oil, and all that fun stuff. And typically, we laid- lay hands on somebody's head and give a blessing of whatever is needed. Very often, there's a promise that you'll be healed. But this does not take the place of seeking medical attention. It is very explicitly stated over the pulpit regularly from the very top that it should not take the place of seeking medical attention.Katie Dooley  52:17Well, that's good.Preston Meyer  52:18Yeah. Even though some people have a hard time with that. Spectrum! No, church is monolithic. I've given lots of blessings, and that's not because I believe that it's going to fix everything and that you need to go, just pray afterwards. No, sometimes you should get medical attention, depending on what the situation is. Yeah, I don't know. The president of the Church throughout the COVID crisis was a world-renowned heart surgeon, we've got a serious commitment to actually making sure people are healthy, that we can stick around for a long time. The Latter-Day Saints are in some communities longer lived than average. SoKatie Dooley  53:01Because you don't drink do drugs or anything!Preston Meyer  53:03I mean, that's probably a bigger contri-contributor, though, we have our own vices. There's a there's an awful lot of Latter Day Saints who eat a lot more sugar than they ought to.Katie Dooley  53:15That's gonna say from the ones I know. Yes. You all feel personally attacked now, I'm so sorry!Preston Meyer  53:25But to be fair, the entirety of North American culture with a handful of specific localized exceptions, we eat way more sugar than we really should. So are Mormons to stand out there? Not so much.Katie Dooley  53:40Well Okay! Seventh Day Adventists. Again, another Christian denomination, they are typically vegetarians.Preston Meyer  53:49Pretty often.Katie Dooley  53:50And so they're comfortable with seeking medicine and modern medical and health practices, but they have know, have been known to prefer holistic medicine, kind of in line with that vegetarian thing. So they've been known to follow holistic medicine, which is a phrase that has been used by people who oppose medical treatment, but good doctors also talk about the necessity of keeping the whole body healthy, which is holistic. SoPreston Meyer  54:18yeah. Dr. Mike even talks about it sometimes.Katie Dooley  54:22Is that the YouTube one? Preston Meyer  54:23yeah,Katie Dooley  54:24That's kind of cute? Both Hosts  54:25Yeah.Preston Meyer  54:26He's a handsome man.Katie Dooley  54:27He's very handsome. An Adventist family hit the news in 2014 for failing to get their son proper medical care after being diagnosed with rickets. Preston Meyer  54:36You don't hear about rickets very often!Katie Dooley  54:38That's what Tiny Tim had or they speculated it, it's not actually written the book.Preston Meyer  54:42I mean, it's it's a work of fiction, soKatie Dooley  54:45and then in it's always sunny.Preston Meyer  54:48Rickety Cricket!Katie Dooley  54:49Rickety Cricket!Preston Meyer  54:52Yeah, you know, but, I mean, we put vitamin D in so many things now. Katie Dooley  54:56YesPreston Meyer  54:57Like we encourage children to have cereal with a bowl of milk and all of our milk that you get at the grocery store today has vitamin D in it.Katie Dooley  55:05Yeah. So rickets is preventable with vitamin D. Preston Meyer  55:07Yeah.Katie Dooley  55:08So, yeah, it's pretty easy to get. So that's really bad.Preston Meyer  55:13Pretty easy to not get rickets.Katie Dooley  55:15Yeah, I mean, it's pretty easy to get vitamin D Yeah, it really is not easy to get, rickets. So it must be known that they got sucked into the anti medi-medic trap despite warnings from their church.Preston Meyer  55:30Yeah, this is not a normal thing within this religious community. There there is even a network of Seventh Day Adventists hospitals where they actually perform real medicine. So it's, it's weird to see this kind of news hit where a family within this religious community just doesn't want to get involved in medicine.Katie Dooley  55:31Yep. Now we've been pretty hard on Christians. This episode, specific Christian denominations. Preston Meyer  56:03Yeah.Katie Dooley  56:04Spectrum, we know it's not all Christians. ButPreston Meyer  56:06one, it's not even all people within the dominant denominations we've talked about.Katie Dooley  56:10Right, like I said...Preston Meyer  56:12Nothing is monolithic.Katie Dooley  56:13Yes, so on your deathbed, if you need a blood transfusion, you might change your mind real fast! And people have. Preston Meyer  56:19Yeah!Katie Dooley  56:19But we also see it in other religions.Preston Meyer  56:22Yeah, the Hindu tradition is kind of interesting, where generally speaking, medicine is favorably talked about. In fact, when we talked about Hinduism, in our introductory episode, there is a whole part of their religious philosophy that deals with different kinds of medicine. How that translates to the modern things can get a little bit fuzzy. But generally speaking, it's pretty positive, because the Vedas were written 1000s of years ago. But it's kind of cool. But there is, of course, a lot of prejudice against doctors from overseas coming to North America. Do they live up to the same medical standards? Investigation always has to go into it, and they usually end up becoming taxi drivers or literally anything else that's easy to get into. Because getting into the doctor's office again, it's really complicated. Katie Dooley  57:12Yeah, there needs to be some better international cooperation there. BecausePreston Meyer  57:17well, and we do have some doctors who make it and become doctors hereKatie Dooley  57:20Oh absolutely! Preston Meyer  57:20-relatively quickly. But it's yeah, it's not 100% thing. It's really frustrating. And the interesting thing that I think is worth bringing up here is that while they're cool with medicine, they actually do have an issue as... If they're really into their Hindu faith. Of they have an issue with using animal products in their medicine! Any animal juices! Katie Dooley  57:27Gelatin often quite-Preston Meyer  57:47Yeah, we use a lot of different animals stuff in our medicine, which sounds really weird until you actually know a lot about it. And it's like, oh, yeah, that sounds like a natural choice. I'm not an expert. I just trust the people who are.Katie Dooley  57:59Fair.Preston Meyer  58:00Sihks follow the same Hindu principles. This comes with the whole vegan vegetarian thing that care for the animals. It's not about keeping the body, non animal keeping it pure. It's about respect for the animals. So of course, our First Nations people here in North America are more positive about using the whole animal respecting the animal, but take what you need, and be responsible and respectful with what's left make find a use for it, if you can. So really different way of looking at the world there. Yeah, Islam is interesting that they have similar restrictions to Sikhs and Hindus, but not the same. That you absolutely cannot use any material that comes from swine. swine is haram. But animal products from cows, for example, is fine.Katie Dooley  58:53Medical Products from cows. Yes, you said animal products from cows. Which that's true, that is not untrue! Preston Meyer  58:59It's not what i meant-Katie Dooley  59:00Its not specific enoughPreston Meyer  59:01medical products in cows. So I thought that was really interesting. Because you would be haram if you were part pig, I guess. I mean, I'm pretty sure I'm haram anyway. According to their laws.Katie Dooley  59:14I mean, yeah, I own a dog soPreston Meyer  59:17Oh yeah, there you go. Katie Dooley  59:17AlreadyPreston Meyer  59:18Troubles.Katie Dooley  59:19Yeah.Preston Meyer  59:21Of course, there are exceptions life or death emergencies are validation enough to ignore these prohibitions. Of course, there are a lot more available here in the West, where there's not preexisting prohibitions. Some people like their books more than they like their children. SoKatie Dooley  59:38I was gonna make sassy comment, but I will refrain for once. I like books better than children. I said it, I said it.Preston Meyer  59:47That's fair, but they're not your children.Katie Dooley  59:49That's true and I have no interest.Preston Meyer  59:51Do you like your books more than Paige?Katie Dooley  59:53No, I would save Paige in a fire but not my books. Preston Meyer  59:55See? That's how it goes.Katie Dooley  59:57FairPreston Meyer  59:58And that feels like the right choice. Katie Dooley  59:59Thank you! Preston Meyer  1:00:00And Paige isn't even human.Katie Dooley  1:00:03But she is real!Preston Meyer  1:00:04Yes. She is real!Katie Dooley  1:00:06She's a little dog. Yeah, I'll post the picture in Discord just 'cause I like her.Preston Meyer  1:00:11Yup. And a few years ago, I heard this great poem from Tim Minchin who we actually mentioned ever so briefly in a, in our most recent interview episode. Storm is the name of the poem by Tim Minchin, and this, this little snippet is just perfect. "Alternative Medicine has either not been proved to work, or been proved not to work. Do you know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? Medicine!" And that's the deal. It's, I can't think of any better way to explain it. I couldn't get a doctor to say it in a more beautiful wayKatie Dooley  1:00:49Judas would say something like that... Yeah, so we were pretty hard on people today. But that's okay.Preston Meyer  1:00:59That's okay. I don't think we've alienated anybody. Katie Dooley  1:01:02No I think it's, I mean, that's why we exist, is to have conversations about religion, and maybe push some boundaries on beliefs, because no group will get better if we don't.Preston Meyer  1:01:16Right. Whether you're Christian, Buddhist, or just really into snails, or atheist. Generally, the best way to run through this life is by caring about each other as people and wanting the best for each other. And that means saving lives when we can in the effective ways through proven methods.Katie Dooley  1:01:42You know, what, everyone? In addition to following us on Discord and our Instagram and Facebook this week, I encourage you all to go and donate some blood!Preston Meyer  1:01:53I think that's the best civic thing that we can all handle. Unless, of course,Katie Dooley  1:02:01unless you can't. Preston Meyer  1:02:01Yeah.Katie Dooley  1:02:04You can also support us on our Patreon, where we have early release and bonus episodes and our book club. Thank you to patron Lisa for supporting our podcast. And if the subscription model is not your thing, you can also check out our spread shop where we have some amazing Holy Watermelon merch to make you look fancy in this new year.Preston Meyer  1:02:26Thanks for joining us! Both Hosts  1:02:27Peace be with you!

October is ADHD awareness month, and given that half of our clients have ADHD, I knew there was something important we could offer the ADHD community this month with the podcast.From educators to parents, mental health specialists to doctors, too many people in all areas of society may not be fully aware of just how much ADHD can impact an individual's life in ways both good and bad. So in today's episode, I'll be exploring many dimensions of ADHD in hopes of providing the wisdom you need to both overcome the challenges of ADHD, but also harness its hidden superpowers. We'll dive into the unique qualities of the ADHD brain, how both ADHD medication and other non-medication activities may help, and how pairing them with tools and strategies that support executive function can change life with ADHD in incredible ways. Best of all, I'll be sharing clips from conversations I had with three people who have learned to be successful alongside ADHD. Their experiences prove that ADHD can be a blessing instead of a curse - all it takes is the right approach and mindset. A big thank you to Dr. Theresa Cerulli for sharing her expertise on medication's role in ADHD treatment, and Bob Shea for coloring the episode with his warmth, wit, and story. You can see more of their work in the show notes.Speaking of which... here are the show notes!ADHD FundamentalsADHD Success Kit by Beyond BookSmartFact Sheet: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) TopicsWhat is ADHD? | CDC5 things parents and teachers need to know about ADHD - Harvard HealthADHD Fundamentals: What you need to succeed after a diagnosis, Beyond BookSmart Webinar with Thersa Cerulli, MDSchool Success Kit for Kids With ADHD - Child Mind Institute ADHD BrainsIt's All in Your Brain: The Structure of ADHDDefault Mode Network - an overview | ScienceDirect TopicsNorepinephrine: Dopamine's Less Glamorous Wonder Twin | Psychology TodayIt's All in Your Brain: the Structure of ADHDADHD & the Brain2-Minute Neuroscience: ADHD - Youtube VideoThe Default Mode Network, Motivation, and AttentionThe ADHD Brain: Neuroscience Behind Attention DeficitADHD ResearchThe World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorderADHD and GenderADHD in girls and boys – gender differences in co-existing symptoms and executive function measuresThe Intersection of ADHD and Gender Diversity - Mental Health Therapy, Psychotherapy, Counseling, Coaching, Psychiatry Blog Post By Holly MilesA Review of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Women and Girls: Uncovering This Hidden Diagnosis - PMCADHD and Gender Identity: How They're Linked and Tips for ParentsADHD Diagnosis SupportHow to Get an ADHD Diagnosis - Child Mind InstituteSymptoms and Diagnosis of ADHD | CDCADHD Symptom ManagementThe Exercise Prescription for ADHD What Should You Treat First: ADHD or Mental Health Challenges?Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and ADHD - CHADDCognitive Behavioral Therapy for ADHD: Techniques and OptionsNon-drug treatments for adult ADHD - Harvard HealthShout-outs to our guests!Theresa's PracticeBob Shea's WorkContact us!Reach out to us at podcast@beyondbooksmart.comIG/FB/TikTok @beyondbooksmartcoachingTranscriptHannah Choi 00:01So what's something positive about having ADHD?Andrew 00:04So many things! Honestly, I feel like personally, my brain has allowed me to experience the world in ways that most other people don't. Because I don't focus on the things that people asked me to focus on. And I focus on the things that I want to focus on and my focus can be drawn to many different things. And so having a brain that's able to fire off that quickly, has been truly a gift.Hannah Choi 00:36Hi, everyone, and welcome to focus forward and executive function podcast, where we explore the challenges and celebrate the wins you'll experience as you change your life through working on improving your executive function skills. I'm your host, Hannah Choi, the person you just heard speaking is Andrew, a client of mine who has ADHD. October is ADHD Awareness Month. And this episode is all about that. I'm going to explore a bunch of different aspects of ADHD. And I hope this episode answers any questions you might have about it. Today we will learn about what happens in ADHD brains that makes them function differently. I'll also share some information about ADHD medication and other non medication activities, and how pairing them with tools and strategies that support executive function can really help give people with ADHD some confidence. These days, more and more people are finding answers in receiving an ADHD diagnosis. They're getting explanations for some of the challenges they have faced in their lives. If you've been wondering if you or your child may have ADHD, I'll give you some tips on where to start if you're interested in pursuing testing. Hannah Choi 01:48Throughout the episode, I'll be sharing clips from conversations that I had with three people who have ADHD. Andrew, who you heard in the beginning of the episode is an executive function coaching client of mine. He lives outside of New York City and he's 35 years old. He was diagnosed with ADHD about two years ago. Ally is a coaching client of my colleague Christine Keller. Ally is attending college in Europe, and she was diagnosed when she was 16. I'll also share some clips from my conversation with Bob Shea, who is a children's author who has ADHD. I interviewed him for episode 10 of focus forward. If you haven't listened to that one yet, check it out. He's hilarious and super honest about his life with ADHD. Hannah Choi 02:35Before I show my nerdy side by exploring how the ADHD brain works, let's look at the symptoms of ADHD. ADHD can be broken down into three types, all of which have slightly different and sometimes overlapping symptoms. Okay, so first, we have predominantly hyperactive people with this type of ADHD might fidget and talk a lot, they may have trouble sitting still for long and waiting their turn. They may be impulsive, interrupt others or grab things from people. Interestingly, they may also have more accidents and injuries than those without this type of ADHD. Next up, is inattentive type ADHD. And this often shows up as mainly challenges with the executive function skill of attention. It may be hard for people with this type of ADHD to finish tasks, and they may miss details. It can be difficult for them to follow instructions or keep up with what's happening in a conversation. And they might be easily distracted and lose things or forget the details of their daily routines. You know that term add it's an older and now outdated term for this inattentive type of ADHD. Lastly, is what's called combined ADHD. People with this type have characteristics from both of the other types. Hannah Choi 04:00Okay, Yay, it's brain time. I think it's really, really important to understand the ADHD brain, because ADHD truly does start in the brain. And for many people, just knowing what's going on in their brain can help them feel better about their challenges. ADHD is not the result of laziness is not the result of how you were raised by your parents, or your socio economic level. And many studies have been done to determine what causes ADHD. And for most people, it's likely a combination of mostly genetics and maybe some environmental causes. But there's really no way to determine exactly what caused it for each person. And only correlations can be made from the results of the studies that have been done. So no exact cause has been or probably ever will be determined. You can find out more about this research in the show notes. Hannah Choi 04:58So, now that we know that ADHD is a brain thing, let's find out exactly what's going on in there. People with ADHD have challenges with executive function skills. executive function skills originate in the prefrontal cortex in our brain. And if you've listened to the procrastination episode, you might remember some of this brain science lesson. So the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine play a role in causing ADHD symptoms. Dopamine is more well known because it's the brain's pleasure chemical. And norepinephrine is the chemical that gets your brain going, kind of like adrenaline. But for the brain, the transmitters, norepinephrine and dopamine play a role in causing ADHD symptoms. Norepinephrine is the chemical that gets your brain going. It's kind of like adrenaline, but for the brain, it tells our brain to start paying attention. Dopamine is well known because it's the brain's pleasure chemical. As you may remember, from the procrastination episode, when we do something pleasurable, dopamine is released and makes us want to do the thing again. So if we put hard work and effort into something, and we get rewarded, dopamine is produced. And then this dopamine makes us want to put the effort in again, because the reward feels good. For people with ADHD, less dopamine and less norepinephrine make it to the regions of the brain involved with motivation and attention. And that makes it harder to stay motivated and focused. Hannah Choi 06:36Let's dig a little deeper into the ADHD brain. So we have this network of regions in our brain called the default mode network. And this network is active when we're daydreaming, you know, when you're like not focused on anything. It's also active when we think about ourselves or others. And it's active when we plan for the future or remember the past. And then when it's time to focus on something, we inhibit this default mode network, and then turn on the networks that are used for attention and cognitive control. So studies have shown that it may be that people with ADHD have dysregulation in the default mode network, and just have a more difficult time turning it off when it's time to focus. And what do you know, these networks are all located in or involved the frontal lobe or the prefrontal cortex, which as we know, is where our executive function skills originate from. Hannah Choi 07:37Gender also comes into play with ADHD symptoms and diagnosis. Three to one, gender comes into play with ADHD symptoms and diagnosis. ADHD can show up differently in cisgender males and females. Unfortunately, there is a severe lack of research on how ADHD impacts people who do not identify as their birth gender. And there absolutely needs to be more diversity of gender within the research done in the field of ADHD, well in all research, really, and I think especially mental health and related topics. So today, I will do my best to share what has been learned in the research thus far. And I really encourage you to reach out to your state representatives and ask them for more research to be done for the underresearched population.Hannah Choi 08:31Okay, so for convenience, I'm gonna say boys and girls, but please know that I also mean cisgender men and women, more boys are diagnosed with ADHD than girls. This may be because the symptoms that boys usually have, such as hyperactivity and impulsivity are more external, and they more obviously impact their day to day lives and the people around them. Girls usually have more internal behaviors such as difficulty maintaining attention and remembering things, and they often develop strategies to hide these challenges. Sometimes girls also have anxiety and depression. So ADHD behaviors are missed, and then the child is misdiagnosed. Sometimes girls who are misdiagnosed don't find out until much later in life that ADHD was actually the cause of their childhood challenges. societal expectations can also come into play here as well. How many times have you heard or maybe you even said so yourself that those rowdy boys over there are just boys being boys, hyperactive or impulsive behavior in boys is more accepted, and in general, society expects girls to be more controlled, so they develop coping skills to fit into these expectations. Again, here's another reason why many women are not diagnosed until adulthood. In regards to the impact on executive function skills, studies have found that in general, there are not too many differences between boys and girls with ADHD. executive function skills seem to be similarly influenced by it in both. Hannah Choi 10:19So now that we know the brain science behind ADHD, and the common symptoms that may appear in those with ADHD, and how it can affect girls and boys differently, it's time to take a look at some strategies people can use to manage it. First, I'm going to talk about medication. And then we'll dive into some non medication strategies you can use to level the playing field for your ADHD brain. As I've said before, and I will say again, and again, using medication is a personal choice. And whatever choice people make about medication is okay. As an executive function coach, I work with a lot of people who have ADHD, and I always support my clients' decisions about medication, whatever they are without judgment. We recently held a webinar on what to do after a diagnosis of ADHD. And our guest was Theresa Cerrulli and Teresa is a psychiatrist and an expert in ADHD diagnosis. Theresa helped us understand the ins and outs of ADHD medication. Remember how we talked earlier about how the ADHD brain works differently? Theresa explained that since people with ADHD have underactive frontal lobe circuits, their brains require a higher level of stimulation to function properly. And here's where the role of medication comes in to provide that stimulation. And you might be wondering, why would you want to stimulate a person who already has high energy? And Teresa shares how this works:Theresa Cerulli, MD 11:50I get this question all the time. Why in the world, would you talk about stimulant medications for somebody who's already hyperactive and impulsive? That's kind of counterintuitive. And the reason is, because you're not trying to stimulate the whole person, you want to stimulate that frontal part of the brain that Its job is to help us focus, concentrate, built around, filter out background noises, organize, and plan, your trying to turn it on to do its job most efficiently and effectively.Hannah Choi 12:22Now that we know how ADHD medication works, let's listen to what Teresa has to say about the choice to use medication.Theresa Cerulli, MD 12:29So medications, I will say it should be something to at least discuss with your providers medication isn't for everyone, but should at least be considered for everyone is how I would how I would think about it. And mostly because of the data looking in this was these were NIMH funded studies, not pharmaceutical funded studies years ago, looking at the role of behavioral interventions versus motivate medication intervention interventions versus combined in treating ADHD. And the so the surprise was that medication interventions, compared with behavioral interventions alone, medication invent interventions were more significantly impactful. And then we all made the assumption that the combined medication and behavioral treatment would be even more impactful and which was true, but not to the extent that they had anticipated. So it does look like a main a main part of the treatment intervention should be medication should at least be considered this is neural neuro biologically based. And the sometimes it's hard to make headway in your behavioral strategies. Those strategies become hard to learn, and or utilize if you're also not not working from the inside out and helping with the neurobiological aspects in terms of what's happening in the brain.Hannah Choi 13:55Some people may be okay without medication, and others might rely on it. And like I said, before, whatever your choice is, that's your choice. I really encourage you to do what works best for you and your family. And like Teresa said, at least have the conversation with your doctor about medication before making a decision either way to learn a lot more about ADHD, three to one. To learn a lot more about ADHD medication, including non stimulant medications, you can listen to the full webinar in which Theresa explains the different options that are available. And you can find the link to that in the show notes. When I asked Andrew and Ally about what role medication plays in their lives, they both said that it helps them by allowing them to focus and making it easier to take advantage of the non medication strategies that they use. They both also feel that the medication alone is not the answer.Andrew 14:54I was immediately prescribed Adderall and I was like, I don't want Adderall. I was like give me strategies. I won't come Watching I want like something that I can like learn and apply. I don't want to have to just like take a drug because I knew the problems weren't going to go away just because I was taking Adderall. Right? If anything, Adderall is going to make it worse, because I was just I was going to focus, but I was going to be focusing in the wrong ways. And so the combination of the strategies and the medication have been really powerful. And I think for me, the medication, it's just clarity, I go on Tik Tok every once in a while, and like, there's the ADHD memes, where it's like the five songs playing at one time, right? Like, that's what it feels like. And sometimes that's where I need to be, that's a great place for my head to be, right. But sometimes, I don't, sometimes I just, I need to get stuff done. And it's just nice to know that it's there. I would say, I don't take medication every day. But I've changed my perspective on medication. And I think having having the strategies to fall back on, and then having the medication to fall back on that that kind of double layer of protection, if you will. It's been it's been huge.Ally 16:09I mean, I didn't get on medication until later in the high school game, when I think it could have helped me a bit earlier. So I was in my senior year of high school, when I started taking medication. And it really was a game changer for me, in the sense where I think it was one of the first times in my life, I felt like actual focus. I was like, oh my god, this is the hype like this is what people have been talking about, like sitting down for a few hours and getting work done and feeling like I'm like tunnel vision doing my work right now. And it was a really, I think, a really great feeling to feel that you kind of have control of that. And kind of taking that into your own hands again, and not letting like concentration problems, manifest that for you and being like, okay, I can do a workout with this. But I do I mean, I'm a believer that with most problems that can be treated with medication, it has to be supplemented through a holistic approach. I mean, maybe it's just that my mom is from Latin America. So I think there's different ideas that are on medication. I mean, anywhere outside of the US even living here, I've realized medication is very much like a last resort situation. And I used to be very against that when I was trying to get medication, I was like, just give me it like helped me out. But now I really, really see the benefit of having a holistic approach. Because I don't think I would be able to do many of the things that I do today without the help that I get from beyond booksmart, for example, or other executive function skills that I've developed outside of medication. And also I mean, I think this is a good thing to clarify. But I the medication I take I don't take it I think in normal way people do with ADHD I have short release, and I only take it when I need to. So on days I really need to study or like exams. So it only ends up being like one or two times a week at most. Definitely more concentrated towards like the studying weeks and final exam weeks. But yeah, I just think a supplemental approaches like they have to go hand in hand if not I don't think the total thing will ever be resolved.Hannah Choi 18:29Bob Shea, the children's author that I interviewed for episode 10 shared a similar experience. He explained that before he started taking ADHD medication, he would really miss out on experiences with his family, because he was always trying to play catch up with what he had missed at work all week. So we didn't get to hang out with him on the weekends. He shared with me how the medication made a huge difference for him.Bob Shea 18:53The medication allowed me to make use of the systems I had been trying to put in place because it was always planners, it's always calendars, planners. How do I do this? How do I do this. And once I took the medication, I was able to do all the things. And everything fell into place. It's all it's all a bit. It's not just oh, it took a pill and I was fun. It was it was a framework of things. And knowing that you're even now I'm like, You're bad at this. So you have to do this more than other people do.Hannah Choi 19:31The most important takeaway from all three of these people is that they did not use the medication alone. The medication helps them take advantage of and be better about using the non medication strategies they've learned. And there are an infinite number of strategies out there to support the areas that challenge people with ADHD. So in the interest of time, and my sanity, I'm just going to explore a few of these strategies today. And not all of them that I'm going to talk about are going to be helpful to everyone But if you have ADHD actually, if you're just a person, you might find these helpful. But if you have ADHD, they'll likely be extra helpful. And please have a listen to our previous episodes, especially the one on procrastination and the one on habit tracking for some other ideas. And then in my next episode, I'm going to be coming at you with ideas for improving your time management skills.Hannah Choi 20:25But back to this episode. Before we dive into specific tools and strategies, we need to talk about two really important things that people with ADHD should consider adding to their lives - therapy and exercise. Therapy is definitely something to look into because it can help with anxiety and depression. And it can also reduce ADHD symptoms. Cognitive behavior therapy, which is also called CBT, has especially been shown in studies to be very helpful in reducing symptoms. You can learn more about the benefits of therapy in our show notes. And I encourage you to ask your doctor for support in identifying a therapist who has some experience supporting people with ADHD. Hannah Choi 21:09All right now about that exercise. Ally, Bob and Andrew all shared that exercise, it makes a huge difference for them in managing their ADHD symptoms. It makes sense to me, exercise increases neurotransmitters in the brain, including dopamine and norepinephrine. So in addition to all the other benefits that exercise provides, your brain also gets a nice boost of those chemicals involved with motivation and attention. Studies have shown that exercise improved executive function in kids with ADHD and more research needs to be done on adults with ADHD. But the consensus seems to be that exercise is pretty much the number one thing you can do for yourself. It improves your memory and provides opportunities to add structure to your day, and just gives you something to focus on. And it even gives you a chance to practice some mindfulness. Ally shared with me how running has benefitted her life greatly.Ally 22:08I really like running both as like a place to put in my energy but also a place to kind of practice mindfulness, especially as someone with ADHD like it's a great way to like process emotions and feelings and everything you're taking in throughout the day. I mean, I think it also applies for someone without ADHD as well. I mean, I'm very pro-running.Hannah Choi 22:27Okay, so we now know that medicine, should you choose to use it, therapy and exercise are all super helpful. In addition to these, I think building systems to support planning and time management for people with ADHD is also critical for success and satisfaction in their lives. My colleagues and I see evidence of this in our clients all the time. My Podcast Producer and editor Sean Potts, who joined me in Episode Four to contribute his experience with ADHD as a child shared with me that he relies on Google Calendar and an STM. And the STM is a tool I talked about in our episode on procrastination. And it helps you break down the individual steps or tasks that are involved in a project, or things that you need to do in your day. And then once you've created a list of those steps, or tasks, you figure out how long each one will probably take. And then you map it out on your calendar or your planner, Allie shared a similar love for planning things ahead of time and using her Google Calendar.Ally 23:33Just those tools and those kind of like systems and plays have helped me tremendously just add structure and add clarity to things that can just seem like a lot. Just for example, like organizing, study work just writing down. I mean, before every semester, I will write down like all the assignments I will need to do by week, just so that I know that when it hits like week four, and I don't want to look up what work I have in the syllabus. I already have it there. Or for me like recently, Google calendaring has been a game changer like total game changer. Just having like, kind of a list of like, Okay, at this time I have breakfast at this time, I will go to the gym at this time, I will shower it seems a bit extreme. But I think the big thing is if I get off track, not blaming myself at all, but having it more as a guide and a resource to look back to because getting off track is fine. And it's kind of like a natural thing anyone would do with or without ADHD. But being able to return to a routine is the thing that I think a lot of people struggle with that it's been super helpful.Hannah Choi 24:43Andrew also uses his calendar for part of the system that he's created, which starts with the process of breaking large tasks down into smaller chunks. For him, this is the key to success, so he spends much of his time breaking things down. He then and adds those smaller tasks that he's created to his calendar. And he has found a great side benefit to doing that.Andrew 25:07The amount of energy it saves me in the long run is massive, and the amount of burnout that it saves me from two. And I think that's the other thing. allowing myself to rest, right knowing that when I have something on the calendar and be like, you can work on this tomorrow, you have time to work on this tomorrow. And if you're not here tomorrow, it's not gonna matter. Right. So like, you don't have to finish this today. You have time to work on it tomorrow. And if for whatever reason you can't, then you can't write but. But that has really allowed me to incorporate rest into what I do. Which has also been just hugely powerful.Hannah Choi 25:54Timers are very helpful for people with ADHD. Using a timer can both remind you of the passing of time, and also help you to focus knowing that there's an end coming up when that timer goes off. Bob loves using timers and shared with me how he uses them.Bob Shea 26:11I'll tell you something that timers are the key to everything. If if I use the timers, the days I'm I'm diligent about using the timers, that's a good day. If I'm just like, oh, just freestyle it today, it's like it's not a bad day, it's the works falls apart a lot easier those timers, because it gives you a little deadline.Hannah Choi 26:32Andrew uses timers to make a dreaded task easier. When he and I first met, he shared with me that there was nothing he hated more than doing the dishes, we work together to figure out a way to make doing them less awful for him. And to he shared this update with me about it. Andrew 26:51I think one of the biggest things for me has been dishes, right? Like that has been, for the longest time, just the hardest thing for me, and I would do it, I would do the dishes. But it was always just like, physically painful for me to do the dishes. But I think like doing a bunch of different things, I think timing myself for a while and realizing that it actually doesn't take that long for me to do the dishes. And then I think setting a timer has also been helpful be like, you know, just do it for five minutes, and then stop if you don't want to keep doing it. And also realizing now that like I do feel better when I do it. So reminding myself of that.Hannah Choi 27:27Whatever strategies you use to create a system that supports you and your executive function challenges, it's important to remember that you own this process, and you can make it work for you. It may be different from other people's systems and you made needs more support in areas that your friends don't, you might have to ask for help more often. And that's okay. I loved what Ally had to say about this.Ally 27:51The biggest thing for me is overall finding what works, but not having shame and it being different than everyone else. Because I think the biggest thing I had to overcome in ADHD help and support was kind of the shame that I it wasn't the same that all my friends were going to do. And it wasn't the natural route I thought it should be. But ultimately, it's what helps me be successful and what helps me feel good about myself. And I don't think there should be any shame in that whatsoever. And I think kind of piecing that together for myself, at one point was super, super beneficial.Hannah Choi 28:34Ally and Andrew have both found invaluable support by working with an executive function coach. We coaches are trained to support people with executive function challenges by meeting them where they are, and helping them build these systems and habits into their day to day lives. And then they allow them to feel more confident in their ability to reach their goals. And having someone there that's on your side and understands your challenges can really help to make lasting change. You can find out more about our coaching on the beyond booksmart website, or you can just do a general search for executive function coaching on the internet. Hannah Choi 29:11Okay, so the last thing I'm going to cover today is the topic of how to get tested. If you think you or your child has ADHD, a good place to start is your child's pediatrician or your own primary physician. Testing can also be done by clinical psychologists, licensed social workers and psychiatrists. You can talk with the school psychologist at your child's school for help to there are more resources in the show notes for how to get the testing process started. It can be scary to put your kiddo or yourself out there, but it can also be the answer to many, many questions. Andrew shared his experience receiving his diagnosis. Andrew 29:51Being diagnosed was the greatest thing that ever happened to me because it allowed me to take action. I talked to a nurse practitioner and then I went and sat for like, it's very long, and you have to answer like 1000s of questions, go back to like, talk about your family history and all of that stuff. But I remember at the end of it, the woman that interviewed me for the diagnosis, she was like, oh, yeah, you, you clearly have ADHD. And she was like, let me kind of walk you through kind of what it is and how it works. And she walked me through, like, the brain structure and like, what happens in your brain and what ADHD is, and that was huge. That was massive. And I think that's what led me to coaching. And that's what, what enabled me to be like, Okay, I know what my problems are. But now I know what the source of the problem is. So I can do something about it. And I think being diagnosed has now allowed me to find some semblance of peace with the challenges that I face.Hannah Choi 30:53And Ally had a similar experience.Ally 30:55I wasn't diagnosed until I was 16, more or less, but I had experienced all the symptoms, I mean, more severely when I was younger, and kind of as it progressed more academically, through my whole life, so when I looked at the symptoms, and I wasn't really educated on ADHD, I genuinely and this is a bit sad, but I genuinely thought I was like, I'm just stupid. Like, I thought I had like some sort of IQ cap on myself. I was like, that's the only logical explanation. And once I got that diagnosis, I think I was able to do my own research and find sort of just validation in the diagnosis so that a lot of things clicked. And it just felt like, Okay, this is not like me being an intelligent in any way, whatever that means. It's just me, going down a different individual path and everyone else. And over time, I learned that there's no shame in that whatsoever, it actually makes you much, I think, well, much more well rounded and decent human.Hannah Choi 32:01Bob shared with me that the diagnosis explained everything for him. He said, This revelation, and the medication changed his life completely. Hannah Choi 32:11Before I go, I wanted to share that all three of my guests see some really positive aspects of their ADHD. Bob feels like his sense of humor is unique because of the unexpected ways his ADHD brain allows him to think. And Ally is really proud of the positive ways that ADHD affects her socially.Ally 32:31On a more positive note, I think it's affected my life with socially, I think I'm a very social person, I think, because I kind of have a lot of things going on in my head, I think I can be witty at times. And I don't know, it makes me feel like happy that I have this ability to kind of think on my feet a lot. And then kind of adding on to that problem solving. I think people with ADHD are inherently more creative. And I think people will learn any learning differences than the norm, are always going to have more creative thoughts and ideas. So I think when presented with a problem, I am proud that I can often think outside of the box a bit and think very much on my feet, which is something I'm proud of, with havingHannah Choi 33:16ADHD. Andrew shared a story about how he feels that ADHD is his superpower.Andrew 33:23I mean, it's my superpower in so many ways. And it's also my kryptonite. But I think understanding how to apply it has been has been key. So like an example of that. We went to the business partner and I went to the bank. And we were trying to open up our business account. And I was bored. We were waiting. And I was just I was sitting and I was just like waiting. And I was looking around and I was this was in New York City. And so I was just watching the people, right? And this guy like was standing outside the bank and like, he had his pants down below his bought no underwear. And I was just like, what the hell I was like, welcome to New York City. But very quickly, he came back. And because I had noticed them before, and I noticed him again. He came back and he started harassing a girl outside the bank. And I just immediately just ran up and, like, stopped the guy and like, chased him off. And but it was like, if I was if I was able to just focus on the bank account, I would have never even known the guy was there. I would have never even known that happened. I would have never seen it. But I feel like because I was bored because I was distracted because I was looking at all the things that were going on. I noticed that and I think like that, to me was a solidifying moment of like, you know what, there might be some sort of evolutionary adaptation purpose to this that we don't really recognize and appreciate in modern society. But like, I mean, think about it. If you're in the bush with somebody with ADHD, and every sound and every, like, you know, smell can trigger them. And they'll be like, what was that? That's probably somebody you want with.Hannah Choi 35:13And that is our show for today, I want to thank Ally, Andrew and Bob for openly sharing their experiences living with ADHD. They were all very happy to do so. And they really hope that their stories will help normalize both neurodivergent learners and show the world that having these conversations about ADHD is really important.Ally 35:34I mean, podcasts like these are so important and just like general work on informing the masses on ADHD, because I think when you believe that, like a neuro normative way of going about life is the only way it really makes you so confused for so many things. And you just feel very separated from the rest of the world when there's genuinely no need for that whatsoever.Hannah Choi 36:02We'll be back with more important conversations about topics that affect us every day, because executive functioning affects every aspect of our lives. I personally feel very, very grateful to be able to be part of enabling these conversations, and sharing useful information so that we can all improve our executive functioning skills and in turn, improve our lives. Thank you for taking time out of your day to listen. If you are enjoying focus forward, please share it with your friends, you can subscribe to our podcast on Apple podcast, Google podcasts, Spotify, and more. And be sure to check out the show notes for this episode because there's a ton and I mean a ton of good info in there. 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A former dean of Stanford Medical School and past leader at the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Phil Pizzo is as renowned for his groundbreaking research on childhood cancers and immunodeficiency as he is for his promotion of medical education. He is also a tireless scholar who continues pursuing knowledge and purpose deep into what many would consider the retirement years. In this episode, Dr. Pizzo shares what caring for children with some of the most harrowing diseases has taught him about courage, and how his creation of Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute epitomizes his vision for longevity and philosophy of lifelong learning.In this episode, you will hear about: How Dr. Pizzo's love of learning and objection to the Vietnam War led him to a career in medicine - 2:00Teddy, a “boy in the bubble” whom Dr. Pizzo cared for and who profoundly shaped Dr. Pizzo's career and life philosophy - 5:54Leaning into the work of treating severe diseases, despite the realities of the deep suffering involved - 14:46The guiding principles behind Dr. Pizzo's time in leadership at the National Institutes of Health, Harvard Medical School, and Stanford Medical School - 20:01How Dr. Pizzo manages to maintain tranquility of mind and buoyancy of spirit over his long career, and why he created the Distinguished Careers Institute - 22:51The surprising next step in Dr. Pizzo's scholarly journey - 30:42Dr. Pizzo's advice to young people about the value of a habit of lifelong learning - 34:40Read more about Teddy DeVita, the “boy in the bubble” whom Dr. Pizzo cared for, in this Washington Post article.Visit our website www.TheDoctorsArt.com where you can find transcripts of all episodes.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review our show, available for free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you know of a doctor, patient, or anyone working in health care who would love to explore meaning in medicine with us on the show, feel free to leave a suggestion in the comments or send an email to info@thedoctorsart.com.Copyright The Doctor's Art Podcast 2022

Dr. Richard Smith discusses Dr. Wolfgang Smith's work--the THE VERTICAL ASCENT which demonstrates how the unsolved mystery of quantum physics points to the TRUTH that we are tripartite beings. Time StampsReturn to the spiritual, return to reality 00:00:00Intro - Dr. Richard Smith 00:00:51Wolfgang Smith and THE VERTICAL ASCENT From Particles to the Tripartite Cosmos and Beyond 00:01:58The limits of science 00:05:29What is Physic? And what can't it do? 00:11:59What is the corporeal world? 00:15:32Unsolved mysteries leading to theories of the multiverse--and is unscientific 00:22:18The Cosmos is tripartite 00:24:51The consequences of materialism 00:29:09You have a soul. 00:31:10Science Fiction made Bible 00:33:11Returning back to the real world. 00:36:56Web3 00:38:29Mediated Relationships 00:41:15Quantium world is not real rather a realm of potential. 00:44:18Scientism is a system of Faith 00:46:57The Spiritual Realm 00:58:58Inverted Yield Curve Explained 01:03:38How to practically defend against economic collapse 01:10:24World Financial World I 01:13:39Tripartite Cosmos 01:17:01https://philos-sophia.org/ 01:18:47Outro 01:19:45For more detailed show notes visit: https://282.lucasskrobot.comYou can find Dr. Wolfgang Smiths work here: https://philos-sophia.org/product/the-vertical-ascent/VALUE FOR VALUE- If you get value out of this show— support the show in the value that you've received.You can do that by visiting the website and giving Fiat currency thereORYou can stream bitcoin by listening Podcasting 2.0 Certified apps: Podfriend - Breez - Sphinx – PodstationTo find one visit http://newpodcastapps.com and find a player with the “VALUE” tag. I personally listen on Breez.If you want to get MORE value out of the show, talk about it with a colleague or co worker, or friend. You will begin to build (hopefully) stronger relationship and culture through texting this to a friend and then talking about the concepts discussed here. Remember, as leaders our first job is to define reality and define culture and that is done brick by brick.Until next time… uncover your purpose, discern the Truth, and own the future.To take more steps to live a focus life to achieve your dreams and fulfill your destiny–get my book Anchored the Discipline to Stop Drifting.  https://amzn.to/2Vwb22nThank you for listening, and as always you can find me at:WhatsApp: +1-202-922-0220http://www.LucasSkrobot.comTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lucasskrobotLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasskrobotInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucasskrobot★ Support this podcast ★

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MATTHEW 1:18-23GOD WITH US. PERIOD.OMNIPOTENCE: all-powerfulOMNISCIENCE: all-knowingOMNIPRESENCE: all-present7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?    Or where shall I flee from your presence?8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!    If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!PSALM 139:7-8GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US BUT WE AREN'T ALWAYS WITH HIM. You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.PSALM 16:11And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”EXODUS 33:14Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.JAMES 4:850 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.MATTHEW 27:50-51The veil was what separated the holy place from the most holy place in the temple. It was a vivid demonstration of the separation between God and man. Notably, the veil was torn from top to bottom, and it was God who did the tearing.DAVID GUZIKGOD IS WITH US IN OUR DISAPPOINTMENTS5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah,[a] of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.8 Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, 9 according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. 11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.LUKE 1:5-13GOD IS WITH US IN OUR LIMITATIONS30 “Don't be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God! 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32 He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. 33 And he will reign over Israel[f] forever; his Kingdom will never end!”34 Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.”35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.LUKE 1:30-35 GOD IS WITH US IN OUR ORDINARY39 When Jesus' parents had fulfilled all the requirements of the law of the Lord, they returned home to Nazareth in Galilee. 40 There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God's favor was on him.LUKE 2:39-40Enter his gates with thanksgiving;    go into his courts with praise.    Give thanks to him and praise his name.PSALM 100:4

Ashleigh Hargrave  00:05Welcome to mosaic, your Novant Health podcast for diversity, inclusion and equity. You'll learn more about the mosaic of similarities and differences that make us stronger, and how health equity benefits us all. Piece by piece, we're telling the stories of the beautiful mosaic of Novant Health. Becky Knight  00:51Hello again, this is Becky Knight. On this episode we'll be sharing excerpts from the webinar our Native American BRG presented on Indigenous People's Day 2021. The BRGs mission is to educate, collaborate and communicate with people throughout Novant Health and surrounding communities, with a focus on understanding and improving the health of Native Americans, as well as bridging gaps of misconceptions and challenges among the Native American population. Rebecca Souza is the leader of this BRG, and her voice is the one you'll hear on this episode. We begin with a history lesson.   Rebecca Souza  01:31Before Columbus, there already were people here in America, all throughout the Americas, north and south. We know they were here at least 17,000 years ago, but actually, they probably were here as far back as you know, more than 40,000 years ago. They migrated to this continent from Asia via the Bering Land Bridge, which connects Mongolia to what is now Alaska. These early people were nomadic and they were hunter gatherers. They didn't live in one place, they moved around. Here in North Carolina and Wilson County we know that around 8000 BC, they started to develop more permanent sites where they would come in seasonally like for hunting. And then when winter came they might move to another site. And between 212 100 BC they started to develop more permanent locations. East of the Mississippi. This is mostly true for all tribes. Villages started to crop up and people might move from village to village depending on the season. But they were more permanent. And they were like still relied heavily on hunting, hunting, wild game and fishing and also gathering but they had started to develop agriculture. They were developing pottery and cultural traditions like mound building. And mound building is one of the only permanent types of structures that we have of Native American people in the past. Since most of what they use wood, animal hides, mud dobbing, that stuff doesn't last after people stop using it but the mounds, the mounds did last. And east of the Mississippi and all along the Mississippi River. There was many there were many mounds built and there are some actually still standing here in North Carolina in the town of Town Creek. You can go it is in a state park and you can go visit there. I'm actually going to visit there this month. Hopefully. The baseline of Native American agriculture was corn, squash, and beans. And those all start to be traded all around the continent and grown even here in North Carolina. It's important to recognize and appreciate that these people did create complex cultures and traditions. Becky Knight  03:59So how did Columbus State come to be recognized in the United States? Rebecca Souza  04:04Columbus Day was first recognized in 1892 by Italian Americans to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the voyage. Then in 1937, it was sort of established unofficially as the second Monday in October and then many decades later, it was set up as a national federal holiday. Because throughout the 19th and early 20th century, Roman Catholic Italian Americans were members of a stigmatized ethnic and religious group, as were many Southern Europeans and Eastern Europeans. They campaigned for Columbus Day in order to place Catholic Italians into American history where they weren't really allowed to be before. Christopher Columbus sailed under the Spanish flag, but he actually was Italian. You have to you would have to understand that white was not a fixed term throughout much of the history of America. And many Southern Europeans and Eastern Europeans were not considered white, by the dominant group of the time, they were all Northern Europeans, English, Scottish, German, French, you know that that's the background of the people that were considered white and so it changed. And at this time, Italian Americans did have a problem with discrimination and prejudice in this country. So they were trying to celebrate a famous Italian American history. Becky Knight  05:37That was a big aha moment for me. Learning that Columbus Day began as a way for one marginalized group to elevate their standing in America. But honoring their own struggle and resilience came at the cost of honoring someone who not only never stepped foot on American soil, he was instead in the Caribbean and Central and South America, but who directly and indirectly led to the enslavement and slaughter of millions of indigenous people. Rebecca Souza  06:01Part of the agreement of his voyages with the Spanish king and queen was that he would send gold and slaves to Spain. And he did. He didn't find a lot of gold, but he sent a lot of slaves. There's an estimated 5 million died within the first years of Columbus landing on one of the Caribbean islands. And that began the subjugation of the native people, the Americas that has continued for five centuries and so in many ways continues today. Millions have died from the disease or violence committed by European colonizers, and entire tribes and cultures were wiped out completely. As you can see, for many Native Americans, recognizing Columbus with this holiday, relives the trauma of violence and loss associated with European colonization of the American continent. They have continued to suffer great loss. Even today, Indian reservations are some of the poorest counties in the country. And treaties have been broken as late as the last 40 years, land has continued to be stolen for treaties. And even their children are being stolen still. When there are issues that require a child to be removed from the home of a native person. In many parts of this country, they will be put into the foster care system and then can be adopted out to white parents away from their native families. So they have continued to lose their cultural heritage. Becky Knight  07:38So now that we've learned more about the origins of Columbus Day, and the impact of colonization on indigenous people, what's the history on Indigenous People's Day? Let's hear again from Rebecca Souza. Rebecca Souza  07:51The first day of this type was celebrated in Berkeley, California in 1992. In recognition of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus voyage, it was actually a counter to Columbus Day, they were recognizing the inherent problems with recognizing Columbus. In 1994, the United Nations declared an international day of the world's indigenous people. So that became the first holiday to recognize indigenous people. And let me back up a little bit and talk about the word indigenous. Some people believe that indigenous or Aboriginal are derogatory terms, synonymous with savage or barbaric, and that's not what it means at all. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, indigenous means relating to the earliest known inhabitants of a land, especially if that place was colonized by the now dominant group. So it's just recognizing that these people were here first.  Becky Knight  08:51So the word indigenous acknowledges that they were here first, is that what the day is meant to do? Rebecca Souza  08:58Well, it celebrates the history and contributions of Native Americans, as well as other indigenous people throughout the world. And it calls attention to the need to put diversity, inclusion and equity into history. To make sure our histories are inclusive of the facts, and all peoples. It reclaims the sense of culture and heritage for Native Americans and refutes the erasure of indigenous people. By recognizing a colonizer you have erased all the people that were there first. And we found this quote from a native person and it is “We are here, we are resilient. Our stories, people and land are important and worth preserving.” And that is truly what they what they feel, and what we feel is that this is something that needs to be preserved. Becky Knight  09:53In conclusion, Rebecca shared ways we can support Native American stories, people and land. Rebecca Souza  09:59You can shop native owned businesses. You can attend Native American cultural events to powwows.com, where you can find pow-wows throughout the country, including locally or you can go to any of the local tribes' websites if they have one, and they usually have a listing of any events they have going on. Research Native Americans of the past, educate yourself on pre contact and the history of the United States and native people. There's a lot we were not taught in school. There's a whole lot we were not taught in school. Educate yourself on the current trends and policies and initiatives that are important to Native American groups, such as the pipeline protests, water conservation, domestic violence, the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. These are all ongoing issues and you can find out a lot of information about them. Becky Knight  10:56What I'm not able to include in this episode is the robust discussion that took place following the full length presentation. We all learned so much and are indebted to Rebecca and the Native American BRG for correcting our misconceptions, and inspiring us to better honor the contributions of America's indigenous people. Ashleigh Hargrave  11:18Thanks for listening to mosaic, your podcast for diversity, inclusion and equity and Novant Health. Stay tuned for our next exciting episode.

Author, speaker, and Bible teacher Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young talks to us about making rest our superpower this holiday season https://livesteadyon.com/Email Angie at: steadyonpodcast@gmail.comFacebook: @livesteadyonInstagram: @angiebaughman421 https://dorinagilmore.com/running/podcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DorinaLazoGilmore/Instagram: @dorinagilmoreTwitter: @DorinaGilmore Dorina's book, “Walk, Run, Soar: a 52-week Running Devotional” is available wherever books are soldDorina's podcast, “Walk, Run, Soar” can be found wherever you listen to podcasts Dorina mentioned:Sacred Rest by Dr. Saundra Dalton-SmithEven If by Micthel LeeMatthew 11:28-30 (from The Message)Isaiah 30:15 Angie mentioned:Luke 9:51The story of the fiery furnace in Daniel 3 (not Daniel 4)Theme music:Heartwarming by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3864-heartwarmingLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this podcast, life & relationship coach, Bryan Reeves and Sophie Joesphina discuss the nuances between the many approaches that men have towards love. They explore what the internal work looks like for both men and women to reach a certain functionality in their relationships. 02:25 Who is Bryan Reeves 06:15 Bryan's journey in relationships 12:33 The self-serving approach of love 15:52 How you can be ‘wrong' even when you're ‘right' 19:30 The path of emotional mastery for men 25:48 What is the male check-out system 30:55 How men contrasts in experiencing emotions with women 38:20 Your partner will never give enthusiastically what you selfishly demand from them 43:09 The fear of being uncared for 47:20 How to get a man to choose his partner everyday 55:51The realities of having a highly emotionally and spiritually conscious partner 1:03:46 How getting into relationship is a spiritual relationship 1:08:38 Where to find Bryan Reeves on Social Media A former US Air Force Captain, Bryan is now an internationally renowned Author and Life/Relationship Coach, and host of the podcast, “Men, This Way.” His viral blog has been read by over 30 million people in every country on the planet (except North Korea). His newest book, Choose Her Every Day (Or Leave Her), is now available on Amazon and other retailers, and also at www.bryanreeves.com/book. You can find Bryan's social media here: Home - https://bryanreeves.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/bryanreevesofficial Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/bryanreevvesinsight TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@bryanreevesinsight? For more on Sophie Josephina, check out her work on instagram @sophie.josephina or www.sophiejosephina.com

On this week's show we discuss Shang Chi and the legend of the Ten Rings a somewhat polarizing film amongst the crewTrae Watch: 8:51The follow-up: 1:07:30Gaming News: 1:15:43Shang Chi: 1:50:56The Saturn Studs Podcast is a banter driven wild ride through the nerd culture entertainment landscape. Each week your hosts Kurt, Peter, and Jake engage in entertaining discussions about the latest trailers, box office winners and losers, the latest happenings in the world of video games, and whatever off-topic nonsense pops into their heads Support the show by donating: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/902676cb-9b03-4021-9042-cf79635436f9/donations. Visit Saturnstuds.com for links to all of your Saturn Studs side projects, social media, and more. Join the Saturn Studs discord server at https://discord.gg/kgdnhJd. Follow @StudsSaturn on twitter or visit facebook.com/saturnstuds to stay up to date on the latest news episode releases and audio highlights from each show.

This is a hot new ingredient, which we will talk about, dissect, and see if there is some good science behind it. It's a sticky tar-like substance that ranges from jet black to yellowish-brown. It oozes out of rocks in the mountain ranges of Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, and Russia, and has also been found in Antarctica. Though it may look toxic, studies have shown that this compound is not toxic to people and actually has many positive outcomes, such as collagen production, skin elasticity, and muscle building properties. The composition 2:15Collecting shilajit 3:51The health benefits 4:27Studies and findings 6:14Chronic fatigue syndrome and fertility 9:42Shilajit and cholesterol 12:50“So shilajit, rich source in humic and fulvic acids, it contains over 85 different minerals ranging from silver to gold, to manganese, to strontium, and a bunch of other really cool minerals.” 3:11 “This paper was interesting because it showed that not only does shilajit increase muscle building properties, but also skin enhancing properties. And so another study here showing that shilajit might have some skin enhancing, or beauty from within type properties.” 8:08

With Katie Wight Surveys say that 68% of people do not think that brands share interesting content. Yikes! Social media has really become an essential platform for businesses to connect with their customers so using it effectively is important, but that doesn't mean that it is easy. People connect with a brand when it has a personality and our next guest is here to teach us just how to perform our content. Katie is the founder of KW Content, global content and social media marketing agency that develops and launches content and social media programs for purpose-driven brands. Her newest project is called Strong Brand Social and they provide social media marketing education that empowers small brands to develop their own high-performing marketing programs that are guaranteed to drive growth. Katie helps to simplify the process and demystify the art of social media marketing to offer focus, efficiency, and measurable results to small business owners, brand directors, and social media marketers. I definitely learned new things during our conversation today and i am sure you will too! Let's dig in! In this episode, Katie talks about: Katie's own entrepreneurial journey and her background in marketing. 2:17Creative marketing and performance marketing… What is the difference and why that matters. 5:27Why it is important to keep your branding and social strategy in house. 6:42The difference between connecting with a brand V.S. an individual on social media. 8:54Examples of brands who personify their social media accounts. 10:25Tips to bring these strategies into your own business and brand. 12:43How to discover what customers/clients really want to see from your brand. 17:51The narrative of your brand, weaving storytelling into your content as a strategy. 21:21Don’t reinvent the wheel, how to recycle your content effectively. 24:25Get one step closer to being more strategic with your content with these tips. 29:15 Build it, and they will come. I loved this conversation because it stressed that you really do need to focus on building a community that your audience can visualize themselves in and help them connect with your brand. Imagining your brand as a single person with a very specific personality allows you to authentically reach your audience and understanding the type of information that your audience is seeking is sure to stop their scroll. Centering your customer in your brand story is a sure fire way to help them connect with your fabulous offer. Thank you for making me a part of your day today. It is always such an honour. Until next week, bye for now. Connect with Katie: Websites: https://kwcontent.com/ and https://www.strongbrandsocial.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kwcontent/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kwcontent/ Mentioned in this episode: Glossier on Instagram as a great example! Are you a growing brand that's looking to scale? Get Katie’s guide on the 7 proven steps we take that work every single time. Visit the website to download! A note from our sponsors: So you bought a fancy camera or you’re thinking about buying one because it’s clear to you that there is no shortage of beautiful moments or things in your life that you’d like to capture beautifully, but the record scratches because all the dials and buttons and settings are standing between you and your life in stunning photos. Well, my friend I have just the fix the Ultimate Photography Starter Kit. This free resource includes a recommended equipment list, quick start checklist, and a beginner’s guide to creating natural poses and candid moments to give you the confidence you need to dust off that fancy camera and start documenting your moments so they can last forever. The Ultimate Photography Starter kit is completely free and It is everything you need to get started. So grab yours today at Kellylawson.ca/starterkit. That’s Kellylawson.ca/starterkit. And I can’t wait to see your framers in my scroll. – If you're looking to elevate your business or brand photos using your smartphone or any other photo-taking device, I don't want you to miss out on my most downloaded free resource. The results people are getting from this guide are crazy, some say I should be charging actual money for it. But for now, I don’t want to because I want everyone to get the beautiful photography results that they deserve. No more blurry, dark, dull, yellowish, shadow-y embarrassing photos for you! It's so much easier to get a beautiful photo than you probably think. Simply visit kellylawson.ca/freeguide to download your free photography guide and start taking better photos for your business TODAY. Click here for the transcribed version of this podcast.

Before Brad & LL go back through the previous episode's interview with Alex Street, a storytelling coach for entrepreneurs, they answered the question of why they moved to Las Vegas. Then they dug into the gold that Alex talked about confidence, how to move through fear, merging two different worlds in your life, and much more.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co .And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:ConfidenceRipping off the Band-AidEducation vs ExperienceSupport from othersGetting a coach or mentorDoing "it" for youReferences/Links:Alex Street's Website Amy Cuddy's TED TalkIf you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox.Lesley Logan ResourcesLesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesFollow Lesley on Social MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInTranscript:INTRODUCTION:Brad CrowellFor those of you who are fitness instructors, you know, it's, think back to when you were going through your program, you know where they required teaching hours, you remember the first time that you had to teach a body, and you were like...Like, a real body,Yeah, yeah, like, you know, all the things that I think I know that I don't really know now that I'm trying to call on them, you know, and, you know, you know, at the end of the session, the person was still okay, you know, they might have actually had a good workout. Who knows, you know, and for you, you know, now you're going away from it going, alright, here's what I'm gonna do next time.Lesley LoganWelcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.EPISODE:Lesley Logan 00:39Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co host in life, Brad, and I are going to dig into the profound conversation I have with Alex. In our last episode, it was freakin' profound (Brad: Alex Street) Alex Street. (Brad: Yes) Absolutely. And if you haven't yet listened to that interview, feel free to pause this now, go back and listen to that one and then come back and join us, or be like me, listen to this whole thing, love him so much that you have to go back and listen to all the other gems that we didn't bring up in this episode. So, okay. Several of you have been Instagram dm-ing me on the @be_it_pod because you've been seeing all this awesome stuff with the 100withme challenge happening, and I wanted to just tell you the 100withme challenge is awesome. It happens a couple times a year, we will do it again this year. So, no FOMO, just make sure that you are on the list, it is one of my favorite things to do. It is a 30-day consistency challenge. So you, it's one of the most funnest challenges out there because you decide how often you're going to do Pilates, you make a schedule, and every single week we do a live class together, a hangout session together, we give away prizes, people share how many times they're gonna do their workout and it's basically you deciding what your new routine is going to be, and then practicing it.Brad Crowell 01:59Yeah, and look, depending on when you're listening to this, you probably could still jump in, although it might because at the end, but like Lesley said, it's definitely something that happens, two, three times a year, and you can get on the list and join us for the next round, but it is, it is pretty awesome. And, and I do Pilates during the challenge too.Lesley Logan 02:21Yes, he does! He picks how often he's gonna do it. He makes a schedule, he posts when he does it, and it's, it's just really fun and the whole idea is just to help you have accountability and showing up for yourself. So, yeah, so that's the answer to that question, and I'm really excited about it. I love the 100withme, I can't wait till the next one.Brad Crowell 02:44Awesome. Well, I think we had an audience question. This week (Lesley: We did.) my dear,Lesley Logan 02:52I love audience questions, you can send us your questions at the @be_it_pod on Instagram,Brad Crowell 02:57Yes, you can just send us a DM,Lesley Logan 02:59Yeah, just any DM. Ask any question you want.Brad Crowell 03:02Questions can be about anythingLesley Logan 03:03Anything. You can ask us about our dog's (Brad: life), life (Brad: business) business, (Brad: sleeping). Oh, I have so many things on routine sleeping, water intake, I've got (Brad: water), Brad and I are on a three liter minimum take a day right now. Welcome to desert life, which brings us to...Brad Crowell 03:23Why did we move to Vegas?Lesley Logan 03:25This is such a good question, I think, and I hope we don't disappoint the person who's asking this only because we had...I remember coming to Vegas and going, I will never live in Vegas, it's...why would anyone live here? Do you remember why we're here? I don't know what year it was, maybe a year after we've been married, maybe two, and we came to see your friends perform. Both of Brad's friends were headliners on the strip in two different shows like badass couple.Brad Crowell 03:55Yeah, they're married, both the leads in shows here in town. (Lesley: Yeah), in Vegas and separate shows both the lead,Lesley Logan 04:02Both the lead. (Brad: Pretty amazing) And they had this their dream house everything and they were like, and their shows, they both found out were being cancelled at the same time.Brad Crowell 04:12Yeah. Well within weeks of within a week, two weeks of each other, they found out both shows were closing.Lesley Logan 04:16Yeah, so we, we wanted to see them so we came out to Vegas to see them both perform before the show's close, and I remember being, it was a Labor Day weekend and I remember it's like so hot and it's so smoky and like who lives here, right?Brad Crowell 04:32I do remember thinking it was oppressively hot.Lesley Logan 04:36Oppressively hot.Brad Crowell 04:37Right? But I also remember thinking that they had a really beautiful home.Lesley Logan 04:40They had a gorgeous home and we...like, living in LA, their home was multiple millions of dollars and I liked it because it had a pool and it had the view and it had a bungalow...Brad Crowell 04:53A garden with a water fountain in the middle of it, I mean...Lesley Logan 04:55Yes, and they had like this, it's like a guest house, like a carriage house or your mother-in-law suite or whatever, it's like a separate room that we stayed in with our own bathroom. (Brad: Oh yeah). And so, just coming from LA that exists in the multiple millions. It does not exist in the 1 million or under. And so anyways, it was 2019 at Christmas we were doing our Pop Up Tour for OPC so we were literally driving across the country to get home for the holidays and stopping in eight cities to teach Pilates which was so much fun. And our first stop was Vegas because my brother lives here. And I remember we're sitting on the strip having breakfast and we asked my brother, Do people live here and not work on the strip? (Brad: Right) Which is such a dumb question because we lived in LA, and people live in LA who are not in the industry. (Brad: Of course) But, like, you know, you just can't fathom it and he's like, of course, totally. And so we started doing some research. And we're like, well, we'll probably move here and like 2022.Brad Crowell 05:51Yeah, well I think also before we decided that we then went to teach at that workshop and when we found the arts district we were like, this is so cool!Lesley Logan 06:02This was true and it was so cool. We had this great coffee, it was amazing, they still are here and they have great coffee and. And so we were like yeah you know what, probably let's start looking 2021 2022 (Brad: Yeah) Because (Brad: We are not really in a hurry), no, our 2020 schedule was so packed. Every single month we're in a different country. And so we, well, we all know what happened in 2020. And we, y'all, we lived in a 500 square foot apartment with ourselves, and two dogs, and when you can't go sit at a bar and work and you can't go to your favorite gym and you can't go to your favorite Pilates...Brad Crowell 06:39Or a coffee shop or even a friend's house or my (Lesley: friend's house is like), like, like everything changed, and our entire world revolved around our 500 square foot apartment, (Lesley: and we) and made no sense.Lesley Logan 06:50And I was sitting on my meditation chair using suitcases to make a desk, and I was like, we're moving now. So we were, you know the reality is that Vegas is a four hour drive from LA, we could get so much space for what we were paying in LA, and it was such an easy decision because we still go to LA.Brad Crowell 07:14Well yeah, I mean, 100%. We, I miss LA, I love LA, it's my favorite place, but Vegas is not far, and Vegas also has an International Airport.Lesley Logan 07:25Yes, it was very...we had a couple decisions. Like, we did contemplate like Hollywood, Florida and then our friends who we love, flew from Hollywood, Florida, to our house in Cambodia and their route sounded tragic.Brad Crowell 07:38Yeah it was it was a bit much, I was like, wow, ours is so much better.Lesley Logan 07:42I was like, can't do that and, and you can fly from Vegas to Asia, in a stop, so that was pretty much the killer of Florida, being an option for us but, um, so yeah Vegas, we've moved here for space, we moved here because we could keep so much of our LA life. (Brad: Yeah), like, some of the best LA restaurants are here.Brad Crowell 08:04Oh yeah, there's tons of food here. There's you know the only thing that we didn't have here really was a community.Lesley Logan 08:11Oh I was going to say humidity, but..Brad Crowell 08:14Yeah, yeah, there's lots of differences but I think when you're, you know like, like we, there were all these positives for moving here, but the true negative of moving here was community. (Lesley: Yeah), We didn't really have friends here.Lesley Logan 08:30Yea, no. And LA is this interesting mirage of a community because you have a community but it is as transient as Vegas is, and people move all the time. And what we also realized within a lockdown was like how easy that community could just kind of go away to and so we're still buildingBrad Crowell 08:49Oh sure, even in LA our community reallyLesley Logan 08:52Had really dwindledBrad Crowell 08:54Yeah cuz we weren't the only ones moving away, (Lesley: no). Right? So, (Lesley: no). Yeah,Lesley Logan 08:58So I mean we're still working on the community here. I had a great coffee date the other day. I feel good about the community we're building, and our neighbors are awesome. So if they're listening, we love you.Brad Crowell 09:08I would say, I would say it's unique in that we have neighbors that we actually know. That wasn't something that we had in LA. Here, I mean, we know, almost all of our, we know all of our neighbors, so it's very interesting.Lesley Logan 09:22They bring us bread, they clearly don't know that I'm gluten and dairy free but,Brad Crowell 09:27But they're friendly, what a weird concept.Lesley Logan 09:29But they're so friendly and also, side note, when we are traveling last Christmas and there was like a water situation happening on our roof, our neighbors, like (Brad: Oh yeah) call us up, and they're like, hey, there's a water thing happening on your roof, we know you're not there and we're like, that is so cool. Do you know what no one would have done (Brad: Yeah) in LA? No one would have called.Brad Crowell 09:51The man, we would have gotten a call from the manager when the downstairs neighbor had a leak coming through their ceiling, (Lesley: Yes.)Lesley and Brad 09:56Okay. AnywayLesley Logan 09:56That's, thank you for that question. (Brad: Great question) You're awesome. That was so fun. We actually haven't talked about that with many people, no one really asks so thank you for that. Alright, send your questions into @be_it_pod on Instagram and we will talk about them in the next episode. (Brad: Yeah) Before we talk about Alex Street, I love him so much. I just want to remind you that it is important to prioritize yourself, and it is really hard to do that until you practice it, like prioritization of self is like anything - it's a muscle - especially if you're not used to doing it. And so I want to help you do it, and by that I mean, I want you to go to OnlinePilatesClasses.com/beit and sign up for a free class, it's 30 minutes, you can do 15 minutes if that's all you want to do, but the act of you logging in, pressing play and moving your body, it is not only connecting your mind to your body and helping you do life better, it is telling yourself that you come first. And so go to OnlinePilatesClasses.com/beit, that's OnlinePilatesClasses.com/b e i t to get that class and practice your prioritization.Brad Crowell 11:06Awesome. All right, time to talk about Alex Street. I really love this guy. He's so gentle. (Lesley: I know) His demeanor and everything about him is friendly and approachable.Lesley Logan 11:24I just, like, he's like a teddy bear, but he's not...he doesn't look like a teddy bear, but like, do you know what I mean? Like you just want to bring him with you. You just want to have him there, likeBrad Crowell 11:30He's, he's just a lovely human being, and we had a chance to meet him in 2019, and I must say, I wrote this bio myself, I did not take anything from any bio that he had given us,Lesley Logan 11:48Check out the show notes if you want the real one. But this is gonna be so good because Brad is the best edifier of peopleBrad Crowell 11:55Alex Street was born to be on stage, (Lesley: Totally) his acting career took him into the ministry where he became a youth pastor, teaching teenagers, which put him on stage every single week for more than 10 years, every single week, he was on stage for 10 years. He has since become a speaking coach, working with everyone from those working in sales, to those who are pitching products to executives leading teams, and he's so darn good at it. I'm not kidding, every time we talked to him, (Lesley: Can't believe you said it darn, he's damn good) he's damn good. Well, we have had him. Okay, first off, we've seen him speak, a couple times at that conference, we've had him two times as a webinar guest.Lesley Logan 12:41Yes, he has two courses on Profitable Pilates.Brad Crowell 12:44And then now, yes, two courses on ProfitablePilates.com and then now a podcast. (Lesley: Yeah) Okay, here is what blows my mind,Lesley Logan 12:51Tell me.Brad Crowell 12:55Each time, each time he is speaking. He's so amazing at starting with an idea, and then revisiting the idea, and then revisiting the idea and then revisiting the idea, and then closing his conversation. And the whole time he's not like, it's like, like for those tech nerds out there it's not keyword stuffing like you would with Google, and like just putting the same word on the page 50 times. He's very eloquent with how he does it. When I was listening to his interview between the two of you, I was laughing because he's like talking about, you know, how bold, you know, intrinsic, executable and targeted, he was bringing it back into the conversation without you, prompting him.Lesley Logan 13:39Oh I knowBrad Crowell 13:42And that's, but that's because of his skill, his talent of being on stage. He's just so good.Lesley Logan 13:48He's so good at it and we're gonna get we haven't gotten to our favorite parts yet but I just have to give him a little bit of a plug because he 100% deserves it. Many, many, many of my agency members, which is our coaching mastermind for fitness instructors, have hired him for one on one. They have joined his mastermind and they are going on the radio, and they are doing amazing posts on their social media, and he, he makes speaking... Well, he makes speaking magical which is his fucking thing so, somehow he made me say that without even knowing. Okay, so let me get into what I loved about the interview.Brad Crowell 14:27Yes.Lesley Logan 14:27You're not born with confidence, showing up creates confidence. I think I need to say one more time, you're not born with confidence, showing up creates confidence. So, this actually is a really interesting thing because I have so many people who asked me, How are you so confident? I wish I was as confident as you and I am scared to death most of the time, like, doing the interview with Alex, y'all, I had not been a podcaster before the interview. I was so scared, I was like, I literally was so grateful that Alex was the person because I knew okay he, he can carry a conversation if I totally freeze up, he can carry it, the act of doing it is what's made me confident. Right? (Brad: Sure) So what I think people see in other people that is confidence is probably just higher self esteem or a little bit of courage and bravery that you can have, it's the, you know I was, you can you can be confident on skis and not confident on a snowboard. Right? How do you get confidence on a snowboard? You show up and put your feet on a snowboard. I have not done that yet but this is how it works. So I really challenge all of you if you're seeking confidence in an area, it doesn't come from waiting. It doesn't come from thinking about it, it doesn't even come from plotting about it. At some point, you're gonna have to just fucking do it. And then when it's over and you realize you didn't die. You're gonna be so much more confident, the next time you do it. Brad, what is one thing that you love that he said?Brad Crowell 16:01I mean, I think it's, it's really incredible to just conceptualize the showing up part of it. (Lesley: Yeah), you know, because I, you know, I know that there's this idea of like education versus experience. (Lesley: Yeah), you know, and, and you can be, you can study and be completely, you know book smart and all the things, but until you actually go out and you do it, you know you're still going to have this fear. Alternatively, you can never study anything and just go do it, and like, you know, I mean you can still have fear there but like you can learn it on the job. Right? That's the kind of the way I think about it is like, I didn't go to college for it but I learned in my job right. (Lesley: Yeah), from a career perspective, (Lesley: yeah), that, that... going through and doing it actually being in it and doing it is going to create that confidence for you. And so it's so funny when we're contemplating, you know, talking to a stranger. How do you get over the fear of it? You got to just go talk to a stranger. (Lesley: Yeah) Right? And when you do that the first thing you're going to realize is, you don't know what to say, you know, and you, you sound silly and you, you know, you forget things and like nothing makes sense, but at the end of that conversation. They didn't punch you in the face. Like, your, your, you know, they slashed your tires, everything's fine, like, you know,Lesley Logan 17:32Who's dramatic today?Brad Crowell 17:36Basically, the world did not end, you're fine. Like, even though you might have made a fool out of yourself, even, you're still alive, you're still breathing, everything's gonna be alright. Probably if it's a stranger you never have to see that person again anyway. And it's no big deal but you walk away from that thinking, okay, I can do this again. Next time, I'm going to be prepared, but I can do this. (Lesley: Yeah), it wasn't the end of the world. (Lesley: Yeah) So I love that, you know that idea of showing up creates confidence. But one thing he talked about a bunch, which I thought was interesting, he kind of hit on it a few times during the interview. First, right out of the gate, he said he felt like he was living two different stories.Lesley Logan 18:19I know, this was so fascinating.Brad Crowell 18:21And I didn't really understand what he meant until later on in the pod where he started talking about his transition from being a youth pastor to being a speaking coach.Lesley Logan 18:34Such a great story, you'll definitely want to listen to this oneBrad Crowell 18:36And it may, I mean it made sense to me at that point was it. Oh, I totally got it, he, he was clearly confident being a pastor, being on stage, you know, teaching, leading, you know, whatever, all the things, and then when it came to selling himself as a speaking coach, he was not confident, and he, he was like it put me in a position where I felt out of sorts. You know, where I felt like I shouldn't be introducing myself, as you know, a speaking coach, I should be introducing myself as a youth pastor. Right? And so then, later on in it, he actually said, you know, I probably, like, since, since the great story that I'm not going to repeat, you got to go back to the other pod listen to it but he had this experience of telling everyone he was youth pastor, even though that wasn't his plan. And afterwards, he realized he should be marrying the two. I am a speaking coach, because I was a youth pastor. And suddenly, it validates, like it's the authority, you know like, like, you know when it comes to social triggers and proof and all the things like, why would he be a speaking coach? Oh, well, because I've been a youth pastor for 10 years, I've been on stage. More than 500 times. I have spoken to 10, groups of 10,000 like mind blown validation, all day long. (Lesley: Yeah), you know, so this idea of being in two different worlds I thought was really interesting.Lesley Logan 20:19I really, I totally resonated with that because when I was learning to become a Pilates instructor and I was managing a retail shop, and I had a really hard time telling people that I was becoming a Pilates instructor, (Brad: sure), and A) because I didn't, I didn't know if I could make as a Pilates instructor I did I just was like taking the classes and B) like, I just felt like, well, I just started so maybe I shouldn't be, uh, maybe I can't call myself that, and it was like such a weird thing and then one day, a client that I was teaching came to my shop. And she brought her friends up and here's all the girls that work for me. There's a couple customers there and, like, this is my Pilates instructor and like ‘cat was out of the bag', and then it was so funny.. It's like, You teach Pilates? And I'm like, I couldn't believe it because more people were so excited I don't know what I was thinking that people would think and I think that was fascinating but it's like you don't know what people are gonna say, so then you just think, assume the worst which is such a weird thing like,Brad Crowell 21:25Or we have this idea that we need to separate two worlds (Lesley: yeah) somehow. I'm never gonna tell anyone here about, you know that I, whatever, play, play sports or that I do this or that I am podcast host or whatever, you know, they get, you get stuck in this, this idea of lanes (Lesley: yeah), but, no, you're still you.Lesley Logan 21:44You're still you and people love you no matter what it is you do, and also people inherently want to support you. (Brad: yeah) Like this woman who I was teaching...she didn't think, Oh I'm blowing her cover. She thought, I love this girl and how she's taught me Pilates. And so and then everybody else is just like, I just, this is so..we love you and this is so cool that you're doing this. They didn't go, Oh she's gonna leave us and well my boss wasn't there, but the other people weren't like she's gonna leave us, you know, they were just like this is so cool. Good for you, like, I think we underestimate how much people want, you want us to be like in air quotes successful. I think it's happy. They want us to be happy. Alright, so,Lesley Logan 22:26Brad?Brad Crowell 22:26Tell meLesley Logan 22:28In the action items.Brad Crowell 22:29Yeah, let's talk about the BE IT, let's talk about bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted action items that we took away from your conversation with Alex. I was actually, this is not something that I guessed he was going to say.Lesley Logan 22:50No, but I love that you chose this as your thing because. Are you going to tell your story?Brad Crowell 22:57I can.Lesley Logan 22:57Okay.Brad Crowell 22:58I wasn't planning on it but I certainly can.Lesley Logan 23:01Tell the Blink, tell the Blinkist version.Brad Crowell 23:03I'll tell the Blinkist version. They're not sponsoring this but I'll still tell them. Well, first off, Alex said, straight up, get a coach. And he said if you can't get a coach, put yourself in a room where you can connect with people who maybe they could become a coach, right, and he said it was bold, and that he had to spend money to do it. Right? And executable was just simply getting there. I can't remember what he said about intrinsic and targeted, but he literally spelled out why getting a coach, (Lesley Logan: I know) was all four things (Lesley: He was so awesome) was amazing. (Lesley: Yeah), but I was surprised that that was what he chose, until I realized that I think that was for him and his experience, that was the point of change (Lesley: Yeah) for him where his belief, his confidence, everything about it, really shifted. And I agree with him, I mean, when you put yourself in a position to be coached. I mean we all went to college, we all you know high school college, we all, we've all been a student before, you know, and then we get past, we get out of that and we think like, alright, I guess I have to go figure it out on my own, you know or you learn on the job, or whatever. You know, maybe it's been 10-20 years since you've been in school, but when you put yourself in a position to be coached, it's this interesting mindset shift, you know, where you can suddenly change your life. And that coach could be, you know, dedicating yourself to a podcast, that coach could be actually getting a coach, maybe that coach is someone in your family, maybe you're hiring someone, you know, it could be a mentor, whatever,Lesley Logan 25:00It could be your Pilates instructor.Brad Crowell 25:02It could be your Pilates instructor. But whatever it is you're trying to do, having a mentor, having someone, someone who has been, where you're trying to go is so valuable. Because you're allowing them to be an authority. And obviously, hopefully, you trust them.Lesley Logan 25:23Yes, you should definitely pick someone who understands, like you've resonate with, that you vibe with. Don't pick someone that you don't, you know, but I think, like, I think that you have, I love that he said get a coach because I think so many people are like, I'm gonna do it on my own. And it's like, something that I, okay this is really funny. Somebody bought me a birth chart reader for my birthday back when I was like, just coming out of being homeless. And I was like really, that's what you want to do with 170 bucks? Like, I'll take it. But I did this, so I sent this guy a picture of me, my birthday, my birthplace and the time I was born. And then we did an hour long call where he basically told me all the stuff about myself. And he said, you've gone as far as you can on your own. Whatever, what ideas do you have that you can partner up with? And like, this is at a time I had, I had some friends but it's LA acquaintances, and I lost a lot of my air quotes close friends when I left my ex and so like I was building my friendship up and I was like, I don't know I'm blogging on dating with a friend, and there's this other thing, he's like, you need to say yes to anything that's in collaboration, you are, you can't go any further. And so that's when I started looking at some collaborations and I started looking at coaching and I couldn't afford coaching but I would listen to any podcast that had any coaching advice whatsoever. And I would just pretend like I'm in partnership, we're a duo, this person is my friend, is my coach. And I love that you pick this because it's so easy for us to say, oh I don't want to...I can't spend that money and I'm not saying go out and get yourself a $10,000 coach or hire us or like that. A coach can even be like setting yourself up for a membership of some kind that holds you accountable, it can be it can be it can be a mentor that is just someone you, you say can you be my mentor, my friend has a mentor. She doesn't pay him, she has dinner with him once every four to six weeks, and she can text them if there's a problem. Some people like to be mentors and she was a lawyer and he was a lawyer and so you know there's these different things and some people like to do that so I love that because it's basically, you don't have to do this alone. (Brad: Yeah 100%) Yeah.Brad Crowell 27:55So I mean, I think, I think there's so many, so many positives to getting a coach so it was great to hear him say that.Lesley Logan 28:01Yeah, I agree.Brad Crowell 28:03Okay.Lesley Logan 28:03Okay.Brad Crowell 28:04What about you?Lesley Logan 28:05Well, so I love that he said sometimes you have to do it for yourself to get you through it, and I. Okay, so this is Being It. Right? Um, one of my questions I ask myself whenever I'm scared to do something, or whenever I'm not really sure if I should do something is I really just asked myself, what's the worst thing that can happen. And when I realized that I'm not going to die...Brad Crowell 28:29I think we covered that. (Lesley: Yeah), no one's gonna slashed your tires.Lesley Logan 28:33No one's gonna. I know. I knowLesley Logan 28:36This is a competition of who can be more dark. When I realize I'm not going to die, that it makes it like, it almost kind of makes it less scary because...like fear is this funny thing in our brain. Everything sounds like the end of the world but when you put it out there, you're like, well, the worst thing that can happen is I embarrass myself, it doesn't work, blah, blah. But if you can't die, then, really, you're just gonna, like, like maybe you fall, but you don't like nothing actually structurally damaging forever is going to happen to you. It kind of takes the edge off and it makes it easier and, you know, it goes back to if you listen to one of our first episodes where I talked about Amy Cuddy and like Being It Till You See It and why this thing is here, it's like, you got to go do the thing and just get through that first one. (Brad: Yeah), because then you're on the other side you can look back and go, Oh, that wasn't so bad. (Brad: Yeah), it can get better and here's what I learned.Brad Crowell 29:38Yeah. I think it's like, I mean really it's like, it's not that practice makes perfect, but practice will put you in a position where you are gaining confidence. Right?Lesley Logan 29:48No, practice makes habit and habit makes more confidence for sure.Brad Crowell 29:52Yeah, so, so like sometimes, you know, even if you're not ready to, I just go back to selling because that's what I, you know, do, but you know sometimes you're not, you might not be ready and you know you flub it halfway through, but you did it for you. It's a big step in your own growth to go get out there and go do it. (Lesley: Yeah), I mean come on, I think I think for those of you who are fitness instructors, think back to when you were going through your program, you know where they required teaching hours. (Lesley: Yeah) Do you remember the first time that you had to teach a body? And you were like,Lesley Logan 30:34Like a real body? YeahBrad Crowell 30:35Yeah, like, you know, all the things that I think I know that I don't really know now that I'm trying to call on them, you know, and at the end of the session, the person was still okay, you know, they might have actually had a good workout. Who knows, and for you, now you're going away from it going, Alright, here's what I'm gonna do next time, right?Lesley Logan 31:00Oh, totally. And here's the other thing, it's like, if you're not a fitness instructor you're like okay how does this apply to me. Just think about if you're trying to start something that is a new routine. For example, just think back to the last time I tried a new routine that you have to go back to, like, if you've been running every day like, when did you start running. Yeah it was freaking hard to get up that first day and go for a run and you probably are panting more than you wanted, you might have even gotten lost, maybe I'm just speaking for me. Right. And you may have realized like, Okay, that didn't go the way I wanted, but I'm still here. And I kind of enjoyed it, so I'm gonna try get...Brad Crowell 31:36Remember where you got lost in St. Louis in like 30 degree weather with the dog?Lesley Logan 31:40Oh my god like I was running around in circles everyone. It was one of those developments and like every house looked the same, and I literally got lost and I had to go search through a text message. I did text you for the address like, Where are we staying? Whose house are we at? And then I had to google maps that thank God we were in the country and I wasn't in Cambodia with no Wi-Fi like out lost. (Brad: Yea) Anyways, the point is, the point is that you need to just do it for yourself to get you through it so that you can take the next step and whatever it is, rip the frickin band aid off the sting only hurts a little bit.Brad Crowell 32:17All right.Lesley Logan 32:18All right, that's, that's the name of this episode, rip off the band aid. Well, my dear. Thank you for listening. Thank you for joining us today. We are so grateful you're here, and please just a huge favor, screenshot this, share your takeaway, tag the be_it_pod, let us know what you loved about it. Send this to a friend who needs a little pick me up or a band aid rip off moment, and keep us posted on what you're doing and by sending a DM on Instagram, we will catch you on the next episode, until then, be it till you see it. Fight!Brad Crowell 32:49Cheers!Lesley LoganThat's all I've got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It podcast!One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate this show and leave a review.And, follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to podcasts.Also, make sure to introduce yourself over on IG at be_it_pod on Instagram! I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with who ever you think needs to hear it.Help us help others to BE IT TILL YOU SEE IT. Have an awesome day!---Lesley Logan‘Be It Till You See It' is a production of ‘As The Crows Fly Media'.Brad CrowellIt's written, produced, filmed and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan and me, Brad Crowell.Lesley LoganKevin and Bel at Disenyo handle all of our audio editing and some social media content.Brad CrowellOur theme music is by Ali at APEX Production Music. 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Register to join the live online meditation classes with Babaji at https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.33A live online Q and A session, recorded on 09 May 2021, with US participants.In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:0:00 Introduction from Babaji3:10 What is mind and the difference between mind of a Self-Realized person and a non-Self-Realized person?9:40 Focus, awareness and silence13:07 Is focus initially a function of the mind?15:34 Awareness of the Self and samadhi18:10 Awareness with no thought, 'I' and yoga nidra22:18 What is the energy within consciousness and where does it come from?23:15 Is there some way to avoid yoga nidra?24:30 Can you use blissful feelings as an anchor in meditation?25:29 Watching and not reacting in meditation26:16 Is there a consciousness that created our consciousness?31:08 Quality of meditation when in Babaji's presence versus when alone34:10 What is the role of grace in the achievement of awareness?35:45 Can we change our thinking to create a more positive state of being38:14 How can eternal existence be known without the tools of time and space?39:48 What other works of Adi Shankara would Babaji recommend outside Viveka Choodamani?41:11 Connection between art and spirituality42:51The role of discrimination in our journey of quietening the mind45:43 How can meditation help with conflict in the mind46:53 Is living a monastic life in an ashram the ultimate way of living?50:21 Are memories and emotions stored in the chakras?Listen as a podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587010/___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

It’s so hard to stay motivated to exercise in the colder months, and when you throw in lockdowns, working out just seems impossible. We’ve heard from a lot of you that are struggling to stay active right now, and we’re right there with you. So we called in the delightful and motivating fitness expert we all need, Cassie Day. She’s an athlete, coach, nutritionist, fitness personality and CEO of All Day Fit, a fitness community with online and in-person classes and personal training that takes a 360° approach to wellness.  Cassie dishes on so many helpful tips for getting motivated to move at home, shares the single most important moves to gain serious strength and tone, and talks about how we can all have a healthier mindset towards fitness and food. Plus, we share some of our own tricks that have helped keep us motivated, from investing in good gear and signing up for workout challenges, to game-ifying workouts and scheduling exercise with an accountabilibuddy.  We’re also learning what it really means to embrace fitness for our overall health, and not just for appearance, so we’re ready to say goodbye to restriction and diet culture, and to add in more holistic movement into our everyday life, like mobility stretches and walking. PLUS if you slide into Cassie’s DMs on Instagram and share your fave part of this interview, she’ll hook you up with an exclusive offer to her online fitness hub, All Day Fit!   Let’s all  help each other stay motivated to move at home! Listen in for: How we’ve been staying active at home: 2:23Cassie’s journey as an athlete & how she starting All Day Fit: 14:10How the pandemic has affected Cassie’s approach to exercise: 16:19The key benefits of exercising during these lockdowns—especially for our mental health: 18:46How to stay motivated & find routine when we’re stuck at home: 21:36Budget-friendly equipment & props to use at home: 23:58Three at-home workouts for limited equipment & time (AKA the best bang for your buck!) 26:08Stretches & mobility movements to fix bad laptop posture and pain: 28:50The 6 foundational movement patterns for balanced training: 32:51The *best* go-to moves for targeting your core & butt: 36:15How to approach food & fitness with a healthy, body-positive perspective: 39:21 We hope this episode helps you listen to your body, get moving and keep pushing for the life you want to live. Remember, in the words of Jillian Michaels, “Fitness isn’t about building a better body, it’s about building a better life.” For all the equipment and workouts you need, check out our show notes for every recommendation in this episode: teachmehowtoadult.ca/episodes/fit-at-home Teach Me How To Adult is a podcast that serves up expert interviews, candid experiences and actionable advice on everything you never learned growing up. Follow along as we figure it out together! For show notes and more adulting tips, visit:teachmehowtoadult.caFollow us on the ‘gram:instagram.com/teachmehowtoadultpodcast Follow Gillian:instagram.com/yunggillianaire/Follow Cailyn:instagram.com/cailynmichaan/Follow Cassie:instagram.com/cassiedayyyinstagram.com/alldayfit.coalldayfit.com

"Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." Acts 7:51The word "resist" translates "antipipto" and means, "to be adverse, oppose, strive against." So James clearly teaches that the Holy Spirit can be resisted.First, Jesus promised the Holy Spirit as a Comforter (Companion) to the disciples after He was gone. John 14:15-18, "If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." The words, "I will come to you," means when the Holy Spirit comes He will be Jesus coming to them in the person of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is sent in His Name. Jesus tells us this in John 14:26, "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

文稿下载 加 公众号 “高效英语磨耳朵”词汇提示3.budgeted 预算4.Easter 复活节6.Thanksgiving 感恩节8.observe 9.drawing11.congratulated12.priest 牧师16.toast 敬酒24.journey 旅行25.mood26.pleasant27.party 党派29.accept，sincere 真诚30.nodded 点头31.attend33.may 可以40.expressed 表达46.deserve 应得47.venture 企业51.Mass 弥撒，church 教堂56.rejoice 庆祝提示一、每一个句子都播放2遍美式发音和2遍英式发音。二、同时听不同口音的好处是更加贴近真实的英文环境，高效提升你英语听力的敏锐度。三、自己觉得比较陌生的句子，要反复听。四、一定要坚持！加油！1I'll be home for Spring Festival.我会回家过春节。2I'm getting a bike for Christmas.圣诞节我会得到一辆自行车。3She budgeted for a holiday.她为了去度假而节省开支。4They are coming lo visit over Easter.他们复活节期间会来拜访。5Christmas Day was a Wednesday this year.今年的圣诞节在星期三。6What kind of a holiday is Thanksgiving?感恩节是一个什么样的节日？7Christmas is quite near now.圣诞节将近。8How many holidays do we observe a year?我们一年过多少个节假日？9The Mid Autumn Festival is drawing near.中秋节快到了。10Business is quiet during the holidays.节假日期间生意很清淡。11His proud parents congratulated him.他的父母感到光彩向他表示祝贺。12The priest blessed the old woman.牧师为这位老太太祝福。13Have a good trip!祝旅途愉快！14Congratulations on your success！祝贺你获得了成功！15May I offer my congratulations?我可以表示祝贺吗？16We drank a toast to absent friands.我们为没能来的朋友举杯祝福。17With best wishes, Louise Foster.把最诚挚的祝福送给你，路易斯·福斯特。18Cheers! Your good health.干杯！祝你健康。19I wish you a very happy future.我祝你有非常幸福的未来。20Merry Christmas one and all!祝大家圣诞节快乐！21Bless you，my sister!祝福你，我的妹妹！22Best wishes for a speedy recovery.祝你早日康复。23I wish you a merry Christmas.祝你圣诞快乐。24We all wished him a safe journey.我们都祝他一路平安。25I was in a mood to celebrate.我很想庆祝一番。26Wish you a pleasant trip.祝你旅途愉快。27Party officials toasted his health.政党官员为他的健康举杯祝酒。28He telephoned a happy birthday to her.他打电话祝贺她生日快乐。29Please accept my sincere wishes.请接收我的真诚祝愿。30They all nodded a final good-night.他们最后都点头互助晚安。31May good luck attend you！祝你幸福。32Merry Christmas，everyone.祝大家圣诞快乐。33May you be happy.祝你快乐。34He wished me well.他祝我一切顺利。35We wish you every success in the future.我们祝愿你将来事事成功。36A merry Christmas to all our reader.祝我所有的读者圣诞快乐。37For her birthday I bought her a bicycle.为祝贺她的生日，我为她买了一辆自行车。38Give my best wishes to your parents.请转达我对你父母最美好的祝愿。39Have a safe journey.祝一路平安！40They expressed their best wishes to her.他们向她的表达了他们的良好祝愿。41We celebrated New Year's Day.我们庆祝元旦。42I wish you both a good trip.我祝你们俩旅途愉快。43I wish you both a very good journey.我祝你们两人旅途愉快。44I'm praying for mother to get better.我在祷祝母亲身体康复。45Here's to your new job!祝你的新工作一切顺利！46They deserved congratulation.他们应该得到祝贺。47I wished him well with his new venture.我祝他的新企业成功。48May good luck be yours！祝你好运！49They sent a get well card.他们寄了一张祝愿早日康复的慰问卡。50They sent her flowers for her birthday.他们送花为她庆祝生日。51The priest celebrates Mass in church.神父在教堂里庆祝弥撒。52Have a good time!祝你玩得高兴！53So your interview's tomorrow？Good luck！这么说明天你要去面试？祝你好运！54Bless you，my boy!祝福你我的孩子！55May all your wishes come true.祝你所有的心愿都成真。56Let us rejoice together on your success.让我们共同庆祝你的成功。57May you have better luck next time!祝你下次走运！58Here's to Eddie!祝埃迪成功！59We all toasted his health.我们大家为他的健康举杯祝酒。60Let's celebrate！让我们好好庆祝一下吧！

文稿下载 加 公众号 “高效英语磨耳朵”词汇提示3.budgeted 预算4.Easter 复活节6.Thanksgiving 感恩节8.observe 9.drawing11.congratulated12.priest 牧师16.toast 敬酒24.journey 旅行25.mood26.pleasant27.party 党派29.accept，sincere 真诚30.nodded 点头31.attend33.may 可以40.expressed 表达46.deserve 应得47.venture 企业51.Mass 弥撒，church 教堂56.rejoice 庆祝提示一、每一个句子都播放2遍美式发音和2遍英式发音。二、同时听不同口音的好处是更加贴近真实的英文环境，高效提升你英语听力的敏锐度。三、自己觉得比较陌生的句子，要反复听。四、一定要坚持！加油！1I'll be home for Spring Festival.我会回家过春节。2I'm getting a bike for Christmas.圣诞节我会得到一辆自行车。3She budgeted for a holiday.她为了去度假而节省开支。4They are coming lo visit over Easter.他们复活节期间会来拜访。5Christmas Day was a Wednesday this year.今年的圣诞节在星期三。6What kind of a holiday is Thanksgiving?感恩节是一个什么样的节日？7Christmas is quite near now.圣诞节将近。8How many holidays do we observe a year?我们一年过多少个节假日？9The Mid Autumn Festival is drawing near.中秋节快到了。10Business is quiet during the holidays.节假日期间生意很清淡。11His proud parents congratulated him.他的父母感到光彩向他表示祝贺。12The priest blessed the old woman.牧师为这位老太太祝福。13Have a good trip!祝旅途愉快！14Congratulations on your success！祝贺你获得了成功！15May I offer my congratulations?我可以表示祝贺吗？16We drank a toast to absent friands.我们为没能来的朋友举杯祝福。17With best wishes, Louise Foster.把最诚挚的祝福送给你，路易斯·福斯特。18Cheers! Your good health.干杯！祝你健康。19I wish you a very happy future.我祝你有非常幸福的未来。20Merry Christmas one and all!祝大家圣诞节快乐！21Bless you，my sister!祝福你，我的妹妹！22Best wishes for a speedy recovery.祝你早日康复。23I wish you a merry Christmas.祝你圣诞快乐。24We all wished him a safe journey.我们都祝他一路平安。25I was in a mood to celebrate.我很想庆祝一番。26Wish you a pleasant trip.祝你旅途愉快。27Party officials toasted his health.政党官员为他的健康举杯祝酒。28He telephoned a happy birthday to her.他打电话祝贺她生日快乐。29Please accept my sincere wishes.请接收我的真诚祝愿。30They all nodded a final good-night.他们最后都点头互助晚安。31May good luck attend you！祝你幸福。32Merry Christmas，everyone.祝大家圣诞快乐。33May you be happy.祝你快乐。34He wished me well.他祝我一切顺利。35We wish you every success in the future.我们祝愿你将来事事成功。36A merry Christmas to all our reader.祝我所有的读者圣诞快乐。37For her birthday I bought her a bicycle.为祝贺她的生日，我为她买了一辆自行车。38Give my best wishes to your parents.请转达我对你父母最美好的祝愿。39Have a safe journey.祝一路平安！40They expressed their best wishes to her.他们向她的表达了他们的良好祝愿。41We celebrated New Year's Day.我们庆祝元旦。42I wish you both a good trip.我祝你们俩旅途愉快。43I wish you both a very good journey.我祝你们两人旅途愉快。44I'm praying for mother to get better.我在祷祝母亲身体康复。45Here's to your new job!祝你的新工作一切顺利！46They deserved congratulation.他们应该得到祝贺。47I wished him well with his new venture.我祝他的新企业成功。48May good luck be yours！祝你好运！49They sent a get well card.他们寄了一张祝愿早日康复的慰问卡。50They sent her flowers for her birthday.他们送花为她庆祝生日。51The priest celebrates Mass in church.神父在教堂里庆祝弥撒。52Have a good time!祝你玩得高兴！53So your interview's tomorrow？Good luck！这么说明天你要去面试？祝你好运！54Bless you，my boy!祝福你我的孩子！55May all your wishes come true.祝你所有的心愿都成真。56Let us rejoice together on your success.让我们共同庆祝你的成功。57May you have better luck next time!祝你下次走运！58Here's to Eddie!祝埃迪成功！59We all toasted his health.我们大家为他的健康举杯祝酒。60Let's celebrate！让我们好好庆祝一下吧！

文稿下载 加 公众号 “高效英语磨耳朵”词汇提示3.budgeted 预算4.Easter 复活节6.Thanksgiving 感恩节8.observe 9.drawing11.congratulated12.priest 牧师16.toast 敬酒24.journey 旅行25.mood26.pleasant27.party 党派29.accept，sincere 真诚30.nodded 点头31.attend33.may 可以40.expressed 表达46.deserve 应得47.venture 企业51.Mass 弥撒，church 教堂56.rejoice 庆祝提示一、每一个句子都播放2遍美式发音和2遍英式发音。二、同时听不同口音的好处是更加贴近真实的英文环境，高效提升你英语听力的敏锐度。三、自己觉得比较陌生的句子，要反复听。四、一定要坚持！加油！1I'll be home for Spring Festival.我会回家过春节。2I'm getting a bike for Christmas.圣诞节我会得到一辆自行车。3She budgeted for a holiday.她为了去度假而节省开支。4They are coming lo visit over Easter.他们复活节期间会来拜访。5Christmas Day was a Wednesday this year.今年的圣诞节在星期三。6What kind of a holiday is Thanksgiving?感恩节是一个什么样的节日？7Christmas is quite near now.圣诞节将近。8How many holidays do we observe a year?我们一年过多少个节假日？9The Mid Autumn Festival is drawing near.中秋节快到了。10Business is quiet during the holidays.节假日期间生意很清淡。11His proud parents congratulated him.他的父母感到光彩向他表示祝贺。12The priest blessed the old woman.牧师为这位老太太祝福。13Have a good trip!祝旅途愉快！14Congratulations on your success！祝贺你获得了成功！15May I offer my congratulations?我可以表示祝贺吗？16We drank a toast to absent friands.我们为没能来的朋友举杯祝福。17With best wishes, Louise Foster.把最诚挚的祝福送给你，路易斯·福斯特。18Cheers! Your good health.干杯！祝你健康。19I wish you a very happy future.我祝你有非常幸福的未来。20Merry Christmas one and all!祝大家圣诞节快乐！21Bless you，my sister!祝福你，我的妹妹！22Best wishes for a speedy recovery.祝你早日康复。23I wish you a merry Christmas.祝你圣诞快乐。24We all wished him a safe journey.我们都祝他一路平安。25I was in a mood to celebrate.我很想庆祝一番。26Wish you a pleasant trip.祝你旅途愉快。27Party officials toasted his health.政党官员为他的健康举杯祝酒。28He telephoned a happy birthday to her.他打电话祝贺她生日快乐。29Please accept my sincere wishes.请接收我的真诚祝愿。30They all nodded a final good-night.他们最后都点头互助晚安。31May good luck attend you！祝你幸福。32Merry Christmas，everyone.祝大家圣诞快乐。33May you be happy.祝你快乐。34He wished me well.他祝我一切顺利。35We wish you every success in the future.我们祝愿你将来事事成功。36A merry Christmas to all our reader.祝我所有的读者圣诞快乐。37For her birthday I bought her a bicycle.为祝贺她的生日，我为她买了一辆自行车。38Give my best wishes to your parents.请转达我对你父母最美好的祝愿。39Have a safe journey.祝一路平安！40They expressed their best wishes to her.他们向她的表达了他们的良好祝愿。41We celebrated New Year's Day.我们庆祝元旦。42I wish you both a good trip.我祝你们俩旅途愉快。43I wish you both a very good journey.我祝你们两人旅途愉快。44I'm praying for mother to get better.我在祷祝母亲身体康复。45Here's to your new job!祝你的新工作一切顺利！46They deserved congratulation.他们应该得到祝贺。47I wished him well with his new venture.我祝他的新企业成功。48May good luck be yours！祝你好运！49They sent a get well card.他们寄了一张祝愿早日康复的慰问卡。50They sent her flowers for her birthday.他们送花为她庆祝生日。51The priest celebrates Mass in church.神父在教堂里庆祝弥撒。52Have a good time!祝你玩得高兴！53So your interview's tomorrow？Good luck！这么说明天你要去面试？祝你好运！54Bless you，my boy!祝福你我的孩子！55May all your wishes come true.祝你所有的心愿都成真。56Let us rejoice together on your success.让我们共同庆祝你的成功。57May you have better luck next time!祝你下次走运！58Here's to Eddie!祝埃迪成功！59We all toasted his health.我们大家为他的健康举杯祝酒。60Let's celebrate！让我们好好庆祝一下吧！

Be Ready, Matthew 24:36-51The bible teaches that Jesus will come to us again. Will we be ready?

Sermon for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany - January 17, 2021John 1:43-51The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.” And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

John 1:43-51The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found the one of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.” And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”Last week, within the hour following worship, two people who know me pretty well (even better than I realize sometimes) texted me to ask if I was okay – that I seemed “off,” even angry during worship. As much as I hate to give off such a vibe when leading worship, I can’t say I was surprised. I blame part of it on this mask. My eyes don’t smile, dang it, and there’s not much I can do about that!But the larger truth is that – as many of you know or can imagine – I’m feeling as overwhelmed about life in the world these days as the rest of you. And sometimes I forget that and don’t realize how it shows as much as I wish it didn’t. And it was a hard, holy, deeply meaningful thing to realize that two people who care about me could see me – even through the mask and over the internet – in that way. And that they cared enough to let me know what they saw.And then I read about Jesus collecting disciples in John’s Gospel. And that constant command or invitation or double-dog-dare, whatever you want to call it: “Come and see.” And I thought differently about Nathanael this time around, because of it. When Philip tells Nathanael to “come and see” this Jesus, Nathanael is like, “Yeah. Whatever. Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” (I imagine Nathanael rolling his eyes, stubbing out his 1st Century cigarette if there was such a thing, and reluctantly following his friend, even though there were 37 other things he’d rather be doing than going to meet some knucklehead from Nazareth.)But I like Nathanael for that question and for his skepticism, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” And I think Jesus liked him for it, too. Because when Jesus approaches him he seems to applaud Nathanael for it. Jesus says, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.” “Here’s a guy who isn’t afraid to say what he’s thinking.” “Here’s a guy who isn’t afraid to be suspicious – even about ‘the Lamb of God,’ or about the ‘one Moses and the prophets wrote so much about.’”And when Nathanael wonders how in the world Jesus knows so much about him already, Jesus says that he saw him, sitting under a fig tree sometime before Philip introduced them.And, no one knows exactly what Nathanael was doing or what made Jesus notice him sitting under some fig tree on that particular day. But it sure meant something to Nathanael that Jesus saw him there – really saw him, apparently. Maybe he was waiting for work or taking a lunch break. Maybe he was rehearsing a difficult conversation he needed to have with his parents or his wife or his kid. Maybe he was grieving a loss. Maybe he was praying for God to send him a sign of some kind. Maybe Nathanael wasn’t doing anything and just marveled at the notion that Jesus had seen and noticed and remembered him at all.Whatever the case, “seeing” and “being seen” seem to matter to Jesus. And it mattered for Nathanael. And I think it matters to the rest of us, too. I know it mattered for me last Sunday after worship. We all want to know that we matter. That our words and our thoughts matter. That we’re not alone in this world. We all want to know that someone, somewhere cares enough about us to worry when we struggle and to celebrate when we succeed. To be seen and heard – really seen and heard – is to have our value and worth confirmed and to know we matter to someone other than ourselves. So, it mattered terrifically for Nathanael to know – even in spite of his skepticism – that he had been seen by Jesus. It mattered so much that he followed that knucklehead from Nazareth and became his disciple because of it.I heard someone this past week talking about what happened at our nation’s Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on January 6th – the violent, hate-filled, murderous riot or insurrection or attempted coup or terrorist attack, I mean. I’m still not sure what we’re supposed to call it. Maybe it was a little of all of those things.Well, this pundit was talking about the likes of those who stormed the Capitol that day – and about what it is or was that inspired them to go to such crazed and ugly extremes. Without mention of voter fraud or election corruption or any political issue in particular, really, this guy suggested that somehow – over the course of the last four years – the President convinced a whole lot of rural, white, lower and middle-class Americans that he had “seen” them in a way that no one else had “seen” or “heard” or “cared” about them before. He suggested that a particular demographic of our population had been – or was convinced they had been – ignored and dismissed and disregarded by the likes of Hollywood and the “mainstream media” and by politicians and political parties heretofore so that when Donald Trump seemed to “see” them, their allegiance to him became so complete and so total and so blind, so as to become dangerous and destructive and deadly, even – as we all saw it become a week-and-a-half ago, when these people – the rioters – were under the impression that no one was listening to their side of the story anymore.And it made me think about something Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for having said once: that “a riot is the language of the unheard.” “Riot is the language of the unheard.” (It’s important to know that King wasn’t condoning or celebrating or advocating riot or violence in any way. And I’m certainly not, either. In fact, when King said that “a riot is the language of the unheard,” he was simply acknowledging the Truth of that while holding fast to his own commitment to remain non-violent at all costs as a man of God, as a follower of Jesus, and as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in this country.)So, I think there’s a lesson still to be learned from Martin Luther King, Jr. – and from Jesus and Nathanael in this morning’s Gospel – about the unsettled and unsettling times we’re living in. Because we have work to do – all of us – when it comes to seeing and hearing one another in our country these days … because I think we’ve stopped seeing and hearing one another in so many ways that matter and that could make a difference in all of this.Obviously, those waving their Confederate flags and sporting their “Camp Auschwitz” hoodies need to “come and see” for themselves what oppression and injustice really look like. They need to stop and listen to the stories of their Black and Brown, Jewish and Muslim neighbors, just for starters.Obviously, Democrats and Republicans need to “come and see” and hear and listen to the Truth that exists on both sides of the imaginary aisle we pretend separates us so much of the time.Obviously, the mob mentality and violent uprisings that threaten our safety and disrupt our democracy need to be condemned and stopped and held accountable so that they no longer look like a reasonable solution for anyone to engage – no matter what it is they’re protesting.And what seems obvious to me – but not to everyone, I realize – is that we also need to stop pretending it’s okay, or even preferred, to steer clear of hard conversations about politics and religion in order to keep polite company. It’s this kind of taboo, I think, that has allowed a disconnect between how we vote and how we behave and what we profess to believe, as Christians, in so many ways. (It is silence on the part of too many Christians – and this sort of caveat against discussing or mixing ‘politics and religion’ – that allows “Jesus 2020” banners to hang in such close proximity to a gallows and a noose during the same insurrection.)And please know that I’m looking you. And I’m looking in the mirror, too.Because those of us who think, pretend, and have convinced ourselves that we are above and beyond and better than all of this, might just need to crawl out from under our own fig trees, let ourselves be fully seen by Jesus for a change, and “come and see” for ourselves, again, what Jesus has been trying to show us all along:The stuff of courage that speaks Truth to power, I mean.The stuff of mercy and forgiveness, which makes room for the stuff of repentance…Repentance which, when done faithfully and fully, implies confession and contrition and change…and that leads to the stuff of self-sacrifice and humility and the need to offer and to receive grace upon grace.Because if and when we gather the courage to practice that kind of faith – to see one another and to let ourselves be seen – even in all of our cynical, skeptical, broken, and sinful ways (like Jesus saw Nathanael)…If and when we dare to engage honest, faithful, vulnerable conversations about all of it … then something might change; then justice might be served; then hearts might soften; peace might win the day; and we might start following – more faithfully – the Jesus who died so that we might love one another – and love our enemies, too – in a whole new, life-giving, earth-shattering kind of way.And then – then, then, then – we might see something like Jesus promised so long ago to Nathanael and those first disciples. We might see the heavens opening, and the angels of God ascending and descending, in our midst and upon the Son of Man; which is another way of saying, if you ask me, that things will be more “on earth as they are in heaven.”Amen

Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal.John 1:43-51The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.” And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

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The Common Mistake Most Parents Make | Children Absorb Information Like A SpongeIn this episode we discuss a more serious topic, the common mistake most parents make. We talk about the power of influence on the lives of your children and how much of what you say and demonstrate to them will be reflected in their own lives. Sometimes we or other people say things to our children as a joke, but we have to pay attention to if they're understanding it's just a joke. We talk about how it's usually best to acknowledge the behavior of the child rather than acknowledge themselves when giving a compliment. We discuss advertising and the power it has to influence your children, oftentimes causing them to whine and complain about toys they don't have. When your children pick up on doubt and hesitancies, then they will breathe and understand right into that. We talk about having adult conversations and the impact they can have on your children and oftentimes you don't even think about the fact that they're listening to you. Even hypothetical conversations can be misinterpreted from your children. Their subconscious shapes their future, and sheltering them from certain things will help them to have a better future. A study from How to Win Friends and Influence People 1:03When other people mind or care for your children 6:51The hard part about Youtube 11:58Paying the price for adult conversations 17:40“Think about television, like as a parent, say you watch a show and you pick up a phrase. Good or bad. It's so easy to integrate phrases into your life that like you said, the child might hear it and start repeating it, and they don't know the context.” 8:57https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/ https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/https://www.theirishmummy.comhttps://www.theirishmummy.com/ebook

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Transcription:James Linder 0:03Every health system is looking at their labor stack if you will. Who does what work? How is work getting done? How's the care provided? So I do believe we will get to a different care delivery model than we had in December of 2019. And hopefully, that will be better for the patients and be more efficient economically.Gary Bisbee 0:23That was Dr. James Linder, CEO of Nebraska Medicine, discussing how the COVID crisis will lead to a new delivery model to provide more convenient and efficient care for the patient. I'm Gary Bisbee. And this is Fireside Chat. Dr. Linder has a storied career at the University of Nebraska, including being interim president, a long term faculty appointment as Professor of pathology and microbiology, and his current appointment as CEO of Nebraska Medicine. Dr. Linder is a long-standing entrepreneur with a broad range of interests. Let's listen to Dr. Linder respond to a question about the public health infrastructure and its importance to national security.James Linder 1:05The pandemic has illustrated the fact that robust public health infrastructure is essential for not only the health of individuals but the health of the economy. It's not nice to have, you really need a strong public health infrastructure. And I think every city-state and the federal government has underfunded that for many years because it's not a glamorous activity. Hopefully, people have learned from this pandemic that proper investments and public health are essential.Gary Bisbee 1:37Our conversation includes Dr. Linder discussing a leader's most important characteristic in times of crisis, Nebraska medicine, economics, what he likes most about Nebraska, and the role of the Nebraska medicine biocontainment unit that received early COVID patients from the west coast. I'm delighted to welcome Dr. James Linder to the microphone.Well, good afternoon, Jim, and welcome.James Linder 2:03Thank you very much, Gary, I'm delighted to be with you on this podcast.Gary Bisbee 2:06We're pleased to have you at the microphone for sure. It's always interesting to learn about our guests. You're Midwesterner born in Nebraska and have been at the University of Nebraska in one form or another for quite a while. What do you like best about the Midwest?James Linder 2:21As you say, I was born and raised here. And I guess I could say I like the seasons to some extent, and I certainly like working with the people. I've had just great professional interactions since I joined the faculty here in Nebraska in 1983.Gary Bisbee 2:37For those of us that aren't familiar with Nebraska, how would you describe Nebraskans?James Linder 2:43Well, I would say we're the well-deserved brunt of many jokes. You know, it's like a study, in contrast, it's a very agricultural state with expanses of land with very few people. So we've been practicing social distancing since 1869. Then we also some major metropolitan areas with huge businesses with Fortune 500 companies. So it's a nice contrast that appeals to many people.Gary Bisbee 3:12What would be the distinctive feature of Omaha as a city other than there are these four companies and Nebraska medicine and so on, but how would you describe Omaha to somebody that was not familiar with it?James Linder 3:25I'd probably still describe it as a big town as opposed to a city, which is a little unfair since the metropolitan area has close to seven or 800,000 people, but it's a community I think, where people do still know each other, they interact a lot of farmers markets, cultural events, and everything is accessible. And I lived in the Boston area for a while for work. It was very hard to go to a show because of just the logistics of traveling and parking, whereas in Omaha, you can still enjoy those things.Gary Bisbee 3:57Now our listeners wouldn't forgive me if I didn't ask the obvious question. Do you know Warren Buffet? And do you run into him at all?James Linder 4:05I do know, Mr. Buffett. We have run into each other on a few social events. And he's a very private individual. And I think everyone in Omaha respects that. I've been in restaurants where he's been at a table and no other people walk up to him to start conversations. They're very grateful for what he's done for the community and for all the investors in Berkshire Hathaway, but he enjoys his private life. And a favorite story about Mr. Buffett, I actually when I was a younger person, saw him in a hardware store looking for a part on his own, and walked around some aisle and there's Warren Buffett. I didn't have the foresight then to ask him for investment. My wife Karen actually did write a book on the women executives who served Berkshire Hathaway for many years. And in doing that, we learned quite a bit about the company and its success.Gary Bisbee 4:59That sounds like a must-read and maybe the next podcast interview would be with Karen, but on to you. When did you decide on medicine?James Linder 5:07Well, I was an undergraduate biochemistry major Iowa State and was actually pursuing a PhD program in the 1970s. And unfortunately, that time, getting a PhD in biochemistry was a ticket to the unemployment line. And I decided that I could be a very good researcher with a MD degree, as well as a PhD degree. So that really drove my choice of medicine. And some of you may know that I'm a pathologist by training. And pathology is more of basic science. So that was kind of in line with my research interests.Gary Bisbee 5:40You've held a variety of positions at Nebraska, including interim president in the university and certainly been a professor of pathology microbiology for quite a while and currently CEO in Nebraska medicine. What were the circumstances that resulted in your being appointed interim president?James Linder 5:58I was working in the university prior to that time leading to technology development. And that was because I had worked in industry for about 12 years. And so I had a good sense of tech transfer. And when the president of the university took a position at the City University of New York, he recommends that I'd be one of the candidates for that consideration, simply because we had worked together at the system level. The University of Nebraska has four different campuses. So it has quite an expanse throughout the state.Gary Bisbee 6:31How long were you interim President, then?James Linder 6:33So luckily, I had to get out of jail free card. My agreement specified that I could not be a candidate. The search concluded after one year, and so I had a full year of all the things that you would have as a university president, including an occasional athletic department, controversy or two, but then when the year ended, they had a good candidate who followed me who was dedicated to being a university president. He took that job on.Gary Bisbee 6:58If you could focus on one thing that you learned as President of the University of Nebraska during that year, what would it be?James Linder 7:05I would say that it is a learning that I've tried to carry all my life is that if you have people who are working for you or with you, let them do their jobs, don't try and do their jobs. Because the reason that they are a dean or department chair or Chancellor is to lead their faculty and their employees. And I think that's always been a valuable lesson. I've applied in different roles. I was the Dean of medicine for a while and I left the chairs to do their job. And as CEO, I let my chiefs and divisional leaders do their jobs, that's why they're there to do the best job possible.Gary Bisbee 7:43That's a good transition to the current role you're holding, which is CEO of Nebraska Medicine. What were the circumstances, Jim, to your being appointed to Nebraska medicine? You were sitting on the Nebraska medicine board at the time. But what were the circumstances underlying your appointment?James Linder 8:01I was on the Nebraska medicine board and clearly had no aspiration or even concept that I was qualified to be the CEO of the health system. But the board asked me to assume that leadership role and I talked to my wife and she thought I was being a little underutilized at that time since I had finished the university presidency. And I thought it'd be a good experience.Gary Bisbee 8:26So you agreed to do it. And you've been CEO now for about two years. What have you learned as CEO that you didn't realize when you were sitting on the board of Nebraska medicine?James Linder 8:39I think the greatest thing I came to realize both as a board member and as a physician practice at this hospital for decades, was how incredibly complex it is to deliver patient care at a high level. It's really, as all the other CEOs listening know, you're running basically a hotel, restaurant, Critical Care Service and emergency room. It's a very complex business. And each day when we have our daily shout out here 30 different departments report. And if anyone of them has a problem, say pharmacy, it dramatically impacts the rest of the health system.Gary Bisbee 9:17Most people don't realize that you're also a highly successful entrepreneur. When did that interest develop?James Linder 9:25It probably grew mostly out of my experience in the industry. I began working for a company part-time, and in the mid-90s. That was based on some of the academic work I'd done. And at the same time, I retained my faculty employment. But in doing that, we were forced to innovate new products, we had the opportunity to look at partner companies for either acquisition or other relationships. And it really gave me direct exposure to business and business development. So when I came back to Nebraska. I was actually leading the technology transfer office at the Medical Center for a while. And in doing that was active and trying to build commercial activities out of some of our intellectual property.Gary Bisbee 10:14So what are your current entrepreneurial interests, Jim?James Linder 10:17Well, for 10 years my wife and I have operated an angel investment fund called Linseed capital. And I think we invested in about 30 companies. And all of those have been great experiences because we live vicariously through the founders. Clearly, not all of them have been successful. But we've had great learnings from dealing with those people. And then for about the last five years, my wife and I have been operating, she more than me, a company that does ceramic 3d printing. And we were attracted to that because of potential medical applications. And that's been true, but then there are also great uses for ceramics and other industries.Gary Bisbee 10:59A very Interesting life you live, Dr. Linder. Why don't we move to Nebraska Medicine? Can you describe Nebraska medicine?James Linder 11:07Well, at Nebraska medicine we are the primary teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska Medical Center. We are a free-standing entity that has its own governing board. We don't report directly to the state of Nebraska. We operate to hospitals, approximately 800 licensed beds. And during the course of a typical year, we'll have around 34,000 visits, 95,000 emergency room visits, and 74 clinics that accommodate probably a million clinic visits. So we're small compared to many larger academic medical centers and health systems, but really ethically share some of the same opportunities and problems.Gary Bisbee 11:47What about the culture? How would you describe the culture of Nebraska Medicine?James Linder 11:51I would say it is targeted toward getting things done doing the right thing. Innovation, teamwork, the pursuit of excellence. wants courage and healing which are embodied in our values. People work really well together.Gary Bisbee 12:05Nebraska medicine received one of the early COVID patients, as I recall, share with us why Nebraska medicine would have received those early patients?James Linder 12:15It's a very good question. And it underscores a comment that Steve Jobs made and a commencement address at Stanford, that you can only connect the dots backward. And if you look back to 2004, a decision was made to establish and biocontainment unit at the University Nebraska Medical Center. It sat unused for 10 years, but every month, the staff in that unit practiced donning and doffing and taking care of highly infectious patients. Then in 2014, we had of course, the Ebola crisis that led to people receiving care in the US, and Nebraska medicine took care of the majority of those patients. After that, experience it was recognized that the country in the world needed training and dealing with highly infectious diseases. So over the next five years, we participated in training thousands of military and civilian personnel in the country and actually established the global center for infectious disease on our campus. And it was that center that was activated when the patients from the diamond princess cruise ship, were returned to the US who were COVID positive. And we monitored some of those who are not too ill in isolation and then provided care for the others.Gary Bisbee 13:35Definitely an interesting story. Let's move to COVID a little bit more in a moment. There's been obviously social unrest around the country. Sounds like Omaha has had its share. How would you describe that Jim and how has it affected Nebraska Medicine?James Linder 13:53Omaha has had a share of an appropriate share, I would add of concern over the disparities that exist both economically for people of color and in healthcare access. And our physicians and nurses have stood with those individuals. There was an event just on Friday, where hundreds of healthcare professionals knelt in a moment of silence to recognize the problems that our country is now dealing with. When I communicate to our staff, I emphasize that we cannot solve problems on a national level. But locally, we can do a lot to impact in a positive way the lives of people who would like education and healthcare, would like to add this as a career. And certainly dealing with the healthcare disparities, making sure that everybody has access to screening and care in the state.Gary Bisbee 14:47Well said let's turn if we could to the COVID crisis, how has the surge progressed in Nebraska and particularly for Nebraska Medicine?James Linder 14:57if I had to use a term, I would say a Rising Tide as opposed to a tidal wave. We began preparing for a surge, probably in February, maybe March. And that was based on some of the modelings we had seen, that could affect our estate. And either because of social distancing or other factors, we didn't see that spike in impatience. But we've seen a steady climb and the number of COVID-19 patients we're caring for, typically 10% to 15% of our inpatient census, I pointed out to people that during this entire preparation for the surge, more than 90% of patients that we care for either in our ambulatory clinics or the hospital are the routine issues of heart attacks and cancer and neurologic disease that require our attention. So you're ramping up to do something totally different taking care of patients, while at the same time you have to deliver excellent care for everyone else.Gary Bisbee 15:55Shortage of PPE has been all around the country, particularly those in the midst of the surges, how has PPE been for Nebraska medicine?James Linder 16:07In general, we had adequate supplies. And that is partly because of the position we sat in the country of being prepared to take care of large numbers of patients who might be ill with an infectious disease. We did pioneer early on the UV decontamination of N95 masks, which allowed an individual to use his or her mask over say three times. We also thought a lot about innovation. Our teams put together ways for droplets that might arise from having nasal canula in place, using shields that could protect anesthesiologists and a lot of environmental controls to make sure that health care workers are not affected.Gary Bisbee 16:52There's been a lot of discussion about the role that the federal government ought to play for stockpiling PPE. How do you think about that, Jim?James Linder 17:02Well, it's a question of when you're doing it. If you're doing it prior to a pandemic, it's a wonderful thing. That way, health systems can equitably access those resources. Yes, the federal government is competing against health systems to buy PPE during a time where you're trying to secure for your own patient care needs, and there isn't a system to equitably distributed and that can cause problemsGary Bisbee 17:29How about the state of Nebraska? Is the state of Nebraska have any stockpiling of PPE?James Linder 17:35The state of Nebraska has been a very good partner for Nebraska medicine from the onset of the pandemic. Our staff here at UMC have worked with the six different regions in the state to try and make sure that people were educated on protocols and as much PP was available as possible. So we did have some state resources we drew on some of the resources that existed at Nebraska Medicine to make sure that the hospitals and nursing homes could actually deliver the care in a safe way. pp is just an amazing tool for controlling the pandemic. We have had no health care workers that have become infected when properly using PPE that's since January of this year. Now I'm knocking on wood here because we could always have a mistake tomorrow. But we made use of PPE extenders to make sure that our individuals were in the care setting or properly putting on and taking off their PPE so that did not accidentally contaminate cells.Gary Bisbee 18:39Jim, how about telemedicine? It has exploded in virtually every health system in the country. How about Nebraska Medicine?James Linder 18:47It has likewise seen a dramatic increase. In the last month, we had some days where there were more telemedicine visits than there were in-person visits. And so if there is ever a silver lining from this pandemic It is illustrated that patients like telemedicine. Physicians can practice high-quality telehealth remotely. And it is a real plus for healthcare Also consider the fact in a rural state like Nebraska, it can enable care to populations that otherwise may not get it. So I think that organized medicine should work hard with the federal government and insurance carriers to make sure that the reimbursement for telehealth services is appropriate.Gary Bisbee 19:29If the reimbursement is appropriate, do you think that this increased usage will continue or even grow?James Linder 19:35I think it will continue. I think it will require our health systems to rethink how they engage patients. So we may have diagnostic centers where blood draws could happen. And imaging studies could be done here, before or after the telehealth visit. So all that information is there. And then I think you'll see some services that have not been adequately served in the country such as in-cancer screening, that will grow tremendously because the paucity of dermatologists and many communities has led to a deficit in screening for skin cancer. And I think that can be resolved by telehealth. So the CMS and the states issued waivers pretty early on. Was that particularly helpful? I think that the waivers that were issued were helpful, and I think that we should look carefully at how that has impacted care. And when it's improved care, we should look for those waivers to be made permanent so that it is part of the ongoing provision of care. how do you think about social distancing with let's say your amatory care,Gary Bisbee 20:40How do you think about social distancing with let's say your ambulatory care, waiting areas will there need to be new planning to accommodate social distancing?James Linder 20:51The point you bring up is very important. A lot of the ambulatory care areas if you think of how they were historically patients would come in, they would be given a clipboard and they'd fill out several pages of answering questions. And that does not lend itself to good social distancing. So with the digital front door, if you will, that we've developed with our Nebraska medicine app, which is similar to what many other health systems use, those questions can be answered before the patient comes in. So literally, they show up for their 10 o'clock appointment can be seen immediately in the exam room where they're scheduled to be seen. We've taken the position that all of our providers in the ambulatory setting do wear masks. We provide masks to patients when they come in if they don't have their own. We think that the physical barrier the mask is essential for limiting the spread of the virus.Gary Bisbee 21:45How about rebooting surgeries Have you begun to institute surgeries now?James Linder 21:52We began doing "elective surgeries" when it was permitted by the state surgeries that were required for life and limb, even during the onset of the pandemic we did. The things that could be postponed for four to six weeks were postponed. And we began doing those largely limited by the availability of staff as opposed to our time. Then we found, as I'm sure many other CEOs have taken care of patients who have COVID-19 infections as a significant burden on your critical care, faculty, and staff, whether they're anesthesiologists or pulmonologists and that has limited our ability to staff some of those procedural areas. But we're gradually getting back up to the neighborhood of 80%.Gary Bisbee 22:42COVID has accelerated the timeline for discovery in many cases, vaccines, drugs, devices, as you've pointed out innovations that Nebraska medicine will that accelerate to provider delivery cycles in a commencer Why do you think Jim?James Linder 22:59I think every health system is looking at their labor stack if you will. Who does what work? How is work getting done, how's the care provided? So I do believe we will get to a different care delivery model than we had in December of 2019. And hopefully, that will be better for the patients and be more efficient economically.Gary Bisbee 23:20Let's go to the economics of this, which is not a pretty picture for any of our health systems. How will this COVID outbreak affect and Nebraska medicines finances in 2020?James Linder 23:33Well, for fiscal year 20, we will incur probably a modest financial loss. We were in a fairly strong position, coming into say April this year, but April, May, and June will all be actual negative, if you will. We made the decision early on to not furlough any of our employees. And we had the luxury of doing that because we had sufficient days of cash on hand that we felt we could absorb that law. We also thought that those colleagues would be essential for the recovery of our activities in June, July, and August. But still, it's going to be a difficult year. And it will require some innovation and work on part of everyone to make sure that we can deliver care in an efficient way and make sure patients feel comfortable coming back to the clinics in the hospital.Gary Bisbee 24:23There's a lot of fear out there. Probably 40% of individuals are reluctant to come into a healthcare setting. How are you dealing with that? Are you trying to communicate with the community about that, Jim?James Linder 24:35I believe that the most effective way is direct conversations with the individuals who normally would schedule those patients, making sure that they are aware of the safety precautions in place for their well being. And I make the point that Nebraska medicine was one of the most advanced facilities in the country or the world in dealing with the patient who had an infection. Likewise, the safety protocols we put in place, I think are strong, supportive, and safe for the patient. Fear is fear though. And it does take repeating that message many times over.Gary Bisbee 25:11Yeah, I'm sure. Well, let's hope we don't have another wave in the fall as some are predicting. How are you expecting the payer mix to change?James Linder 25:19Well, I think the payer mix will change in a couple of different ways. In Nebraska, we're finally getting to a point of Medicaid expansion. So we will be reimbursed for Medicaid from sources we did not have access to before. And then I think on the national scene, there will probably be the ongoing juggling of different payers. They probably had a very strong third and fourth quarter because of the fact that many elective procedures were postponed, but there'll be rethinking about how they want to support healthcare and there could be federal legislation as well that affects the payment of services.Gary Bisbee 26:00Turning to leadership. I think we all agree leadership is always important, particularly in times of crisis. What characteristics do you think a top leader ought to have during a crisis?Jim Linder 26:12Calm. That answer may be too brief, but I think it's essential. I think you have to analyze the situation you're in, get input from people who are at the front line and be calm as you'd help guide people through the decision making.Gary Bisbee 26:25Yep. As I've asked other CEOs, that's a frequent answer. So you all have that experience. Let's go to the health infrastructure, it seems clear that public health is more part of the national security than we might have thought in the past. How do you think about that, Jim?James Linder 26:45I think that the pandemic has illustrated the fact that a robust public health infrastructure is essential for not only the health of individuals but the health of the economy. It's not nice to have. You really need a strong public health infrastructure. And I think every city, state and federal government has underfunded that for many years because it's not a glamorous activity. Hopefully, people have learned from this pandemic that proper investments and public health are essential.Gary Bisbee 27:17I totally agree with that. And it seems like it's up to us to continue to push that ball forward, or it runs a risk of being forgotten. Again, Jim, this has been a terrific interview. I'd like to ask one last question if I could. We've been talking about the new normal, off and on now for a couple of months. What do you think would characterize a new normal?James Linder 27:40I think we have to acknowledge the fact that the diseases that plague people before the pandemic continue to exist. And we have to figure out a way to deliver care to those individuals in a way that's safe, while at the same time meeting our challenging requirement of providing care for Cova 19 patients for at least the next year. We think that probably 10% of our hospital occupancy will be of that realm. Then, relative to your public health question, I think the more that we are engaged in communities, making sure people are healthy, making sure that there are not health disparities and access and care. I will have a healthier community overall, and just make the country a better place.Gary Bisbee 28:25Jim, excellent interview. Thanks so much for your time today much appreciated.James Linder 28:29My pleasure.Gary Bisbee 28:31This episode of Fireside Chat is produced by Strafire. Please subscribe to Fireside Chat on Apple Podcasts or wherever you're listening right now. Be sure to rate and review fireside chat so we can continue to explore key issues with innovative and dynamic healthcare leaders. In addition to subscribing and rating, we have found that podcasts are known through word of mouth. We appreciate your spreading the word to friends or those who might be interested. Fireside Chat is brought to you from our nation's capital in Washington DC, where we explore the intersection of healthcare politics, financing, and delivery. For additional perspectives on health policy and leadership. Read my weekly blog Bisbee's Brief. For questions and suggestions about Fireside Chat, contact me through our website, firesidechatpodcast.com, or gary@hmacademy.com. Thanks for listening. 

TranscriptionSteve Markovich 0:03Part of the culture of OhioHealth is that it’s a very team-based culture. We tend to solve all of our problems in multidisciplinary teams. And how do you do that and still have the same chemistry and dynamic while you’re making social distancing or working from home?Gary Bisbee 0:16That was Dr. Steve Markovich, President and CEO of OhioHealth as he works through changes brought by the COVID outbreak. I’m Gary Bisbee. And this is Fireside Chat. OhioHealth has the largest health system in its region, with 12 hospitals and 400 ambulatory sites. Dr. Markovich and his executive team are focused on using lessons learned from COVID-19 to accelerate to the next level of convenience for consumers. Recovery is a top priority for the health system, and for patients needing surgery or treatments. The OhioHealth executive team is working to solve a key barrier to patients returning, which is the restrictions to limit or exclude visitors and family members from accompanying patients. One of the learnings from the COVID crisis is that the state and local governments have an expanded view of OhioHealth actual delivery network. Let’s listen.Steve Markovich 1:12I think the government views us, in fact, as a system that is more comprehensive and more integrated than it really is. I was being asked questions by the governor’s office about well, how are we coordinating with all the nursing homes to use nursing home beds as overflows we need them. And they frankly didn’t understand that. OhioHealth doesn’t own a network of nursing homes.Gary Bisbee 1:32As a result of the crisis, OhioHealth will be addressing more completely the integration of disease management and public health. I’m delighted to welcome Dr. Steve Markovich to the microphone.Well, good morning, Steve and welcome.Steve Markovich 1:49Good morning.Gary Bisbee 1:49We’re pleased to have you at the microphone. We’ve been leading off our conversations the last eight or 10 weeks with the discussion of COVID. What’s the state of the surge in OhioHealth’s primary service areas, Steve?Steve Markovich 2:02So we’re in central Ohio central and southern Ohio, very stable right now we compared to some of our colleagues across the country, and our governor acted very quickly and aggressively. And that blunted when I think most people would think of as the surge. So we are averaging about 1100 patients in the hospital across the entire state, of which we have 80 to 100 at any given time at OhioHealth, which is a 12 hospital system. So it is relatively flat. For the last few days, we’ve seen declining volumes at a state level. So this may take you straight to see the backside of the curve, that the big exponential peaks and a lot of people have predicted it really was born in Ohio.Gary Bisbee 2:45Good news there compared to some of the other hotspots. Why don’t we move to OhioHealth? Many of us are generally familiar with OhioHealth but Steve, could you give us an update on OhioHealth as it is today?Steve Markovich 2:58Sure. As I mentioned, we’re headquartered out of Columbus, Ohio at the center of the state. We’re the largest system in the region with 12 hospitals 400 ambulatory sites about 1000 employees, physicians, and about four and a half billion in revenue. 30,000 Associates. So it’s a medium-sized regional player, we are only within the state of Ohio and don’t venture up to Cleveland or down to Cincinnati. So to that center part of the Midwest, Columbus is a unique community in the state capitol. It’s not a manufacturing center. It’s really very much a business center. It’s the Ohio State University. So you’ve got a lot of the economic base here is very, very stable. It’s actually a great place to have a health system.Gary Bisbee 3:39What’s been the policy on remote working due to the COVID outbreak?Steve Markovich 3:43As soon as the Governor declared a state of emergency we effectively sent anyone who wasn’t a frontline caregiver home. And we are still working from home yet the typical administrative challenges up front are making sure everybody had access to the right software and the remote capability, but we’re making it work. It’s great when you can see people are just doing a session. Today, one of the things we got back is the associates that are working remotely while they’re able to do their jobs, that connectivity to their teams, and the connectivity to their manager, something that is challenged. So we’re trying to work out ways to work through that. We’ve had board meetings, we’ve managed to work through it. And so we are right now we’re working on a plan to hopefully bring everyone back. You know, you look across the community. I know folks that aren’t even planning to come back in Columbus, some folks in other industries are coming back in September. So we’re trying to figure out what makes sense, let’s say for our associates, where there might be some increased operating efficiencies. Now let’s prove to people can work from home. While it was a challenge, I think it’s one of those things that in the long run, we’re going to find that it creates opportunities for us.Gary Bisbee 4:49Can you focus a little bit more on the opportunity side? Will this translate into people permanently working from home in certain cases?Steve Markovich 4:58For example, revenue cycles, Our revenue cycle prior to COVID was largely campus-based at one of our administrative centers. We’ve got 1000 people working from home now. And the intention is not to bring them back. So I think especially folks that are working transactionally will benefit from working at home. I think for a lot of individuals, we’re going to end up at a hybrid model, where people will be able to as needed work from home, one of the things we have to do is we have to look at our physical plant and say, okay, at the administrator spaces that were designed in the past, with large group operating spaces, can we still have space, social distancing, we’ve got signs up in the elevators. Now, at work, you can only have two people in an elevator, there are things we’re going to have to rethink how we do part of the culture of OhioHealth is that it’s a very team-based culture we try we tend to solve all of our problems in multidisciplinary teams, and how do you do that and still have the same chemistry and dynamic while you’re maintaining social distancing or working from home?Gary Bisbee 5:54It’s a big project. You mentioned earlier that you have teams working on thinking about how to get back to whatever normal is going to be. How’s that working out? Steve?Steve Markovich 6:05We got two teams. We knew the day this all started, we started what was called back to business. We knew that there was going to be a wave of patients on the backside as well. I think yesterday we had 4000 prepped up imaging studies that needed to be done for patients. So we knew that there was this way that was going to have to happen. And so how do we come back to business? How do we make sure we’ve got the staffing, the supplies, the clinical protocols that allow us to function in the new world, as the governor relaxes some of the restrictions that he has in Ohio. We can do surgery, we can do elective surgery. We just can’t keep people overnight. Emergencies are still a “go”, treating pain, treating cancer, those things are still good, but you can’t do an elective procedure. We have to stay overnight. So we know there’s going to be this wave of people that need care. So we start thinking about that the day that the Cova crisis started. At the same time, we have another team that’s looking at what we call COVID plus one, which is what they learn from COVID. And how do we not go back to the way we were meant, like most of the systems across the country, our er volumes fell 50%. So people come through the front door 50% of baseline. Do we want to take it back to what it used to be? Or can we create new models of care and new delivery models where we can hopefully save some economic impact? Because we all know that there are a lot of folks that end up in different levels of care that really don’t need that, that level of support. How can we further leverage ambulatory surgery centers rather, for elective surgery, rather than bring people to the big hospital? Because prior to COVID, it was really a lot of physician input and physician preference. But really, we have to think about it differently now, as opposed to just saying, we want to bring everybody we can’t do our big institutions. So we’ve got two separate teams working on those things.Gary Bisbee 7:56Makes good sense. What’s your feeling about the way that your community is looking at coming back. Is there any way to judge how much concern there will be with coming back to your surgery facilities or the hospitals?Steve Markovich 8:13It’s anecdotal at this point, we had heard some concerns and started to make some plans, thinking I’d hear from other system leaders across the country that there was a significant number of folks that were hesitant to come back out of fear. We are working both through our physicians, some of our physicians are our best advocates for the safety of the healthcare system. Our government officials have stepped up. The mayor did a public service spot where he was talking about how safe the hospitals are. And then we’re going digital and print media to let people know how safe things are, that we have adequate PPE and that we will take great care of them. One of the big concerns we heard was really not so much around patients being concerned about infection or more COVID as much as the severe restrictions that were put in place around visitors. Family members, people who are willing to come to the hospital. But if they ask if their wife can’t come with them or their, their caregiver or partner, that creates an issue. So one of the things we’re really looking at is what’s the policy on folks coming? If folks are coming in for surgery? How far do we let support folks come with?Gary Bisbee 9:18Just follow up on that you’ve been mentioning, communicating with the community with your caregivers. What has been your communication strategy, Steve?Steve Markovich 9:27We’ve had multiple channels. We communicate internally with associates and physicians every day. My chief medical officer is on point for daily communication. I communicate to the organization with a video once a week. I communicate to my board once a week, and then every two weeks or so I do a communication video to the medical staff. We’ve done some things that I think are a little unique, and I’m very proud it covers from several aspects of the crisis. The four system CEOs we got together, and we said, “Listen, this is bigger than any one of us.” And so when it comes to the safety of the healthcare environment, our policies around visitation support for an alternative site of care, you know, standing up the convention center as 1000, better 1500 bed hospital in Columbus, for mass casualty management, we did that together. And so there’s been a lot of communication to try to reinforce across the community, that it’s not just about a house, it’s about the network. It’s about the system of care that exists, and that people should have confidence in that all four CEOs. We wrote a big letter to the editor. In some communities, hospital systems don’t collaborate but we’re really proud of Columbus. We have a way of doing things that are above us at that level. We all agreed to be one team.Gary Bisbee 10:43Excellent. What’s the morale been of your caregivers? It doesn’t sound like you’ve been swamped, like some of the hotspots but nonetheless, treating patients on a continuous spaces. What’s the morale been?Steve Markovich 10:56It’s really been pretty good. We’ve been very transparent with where we are, what we’re doing, we created some really solid channels for feedback as well, as we got into this. We had some physicians from the front lines that jumped in to help us work on the teams to set policies and procedures and help us as things evolve. We recognize, right upfront, there are eight principles that we set out at the beginning. And one of them was taking care of our associates, economically, physically, and psychologically. And when I say associates, I include the physicians with that. And so we created physician associates resilience teams. So every day there’s an incident command center report out and resilience and burnout is actually an agenda item. So we’ve been working hard to take that into effect. The good news is because we didn’t have the volumes that you might have seen in other parts of the country, we’ve been able to manage the workload, and frankly, when the volumes went down, we sent a lot of people home to keep them safe and keep them ready for a recovery period. So we’ve been able to rotate people through to make sure that people are feeling refreshed as best they can.Gary Bisbee 11:57Just thinking about leadership for a moment. What have been your takeaways from this crisis in terms of your leadership style? What have you had to do differently or think about differently?Steve Markovich 12:10It’s interesting. I’ve gotten a lot of feedback on that because I’m a relatively new CEO. Having only been in the job now about seven months when this thing kicked off. Historically, I would have been the guy that was probably running Incident Command, and I needed to stay about it. And so we put together and I essentially kept the senior team out of incident command, we put together a structure where we had clear channels, we had clear roles and responsibilities. We empowered those people, we gave them as broad of decision making authority as we could. And we basically said, “Listen, job one is to take care of the people, and that could be the patients or the associates.” We got to do this safely. And we’ll figure out the processes and the finances on the back end. But we got to make sure we got the right PPE, we’ve got to make sure we’re managing this appropriately. We got to collaborate with our government officials. The biggest thing is that my leadership change was really elevating. And then letting those people that are really experts at the job, just turn it loose, and they have really done a great job and it has been great to see some of those young leaders mature and grow into the roles.Gary Bisbee 13:10So you mentioned PPE, how’s the supply chain been holding up for PPE for OhioHealth?Steve Markovich 13:17It was really challenging at first, like most places, we have GPO relationships. And we had gone to a lot of relatively limited inventory. And so there were a lot of challenges up front. We ended up working back channels and alternative producers. And so we are in a pretty good place right now. We were super fortunate. And you may have seen it on Today Show and I think it was on Time Magazine. There’s a large think tank in a town called named Patel. There’s a lot of government work and research and we work with them to actually come up with a decontamination system. And so at one point, you can reuse a mask 20 times and so we started decontaminating them long before we had the alternatives PPE or from a supplier perspective, we were recycling PPE to the tune of 10,000 masks today at one point. It was great to see that innovation come up. That was one of our family physicians who in partnership with Mattel, started thinking about how can we fix this thing. And it was great to see that level of cooperation. But we’re in a pretty good place right now. We are tracking it very closely in Ohio. The governor has a perspective that really the healthcare system is in fact a system where you’ve got small hospitals, big hospitals, nursing homes, the independent silos and bureaucracies, and the different legal entities. I think he takes a perspective that, listen, it’s one system, we all got to take care of each other. And so you’ll have a hospital association stepped up and helps us track who’s deep in PPE who’s not who can help somebody else out. So some of that does go on, but we’re in a pretty fortunate place right now.Gary Bisbee 14:52Many of your colleagues are talking about the fact that we should have a more reliable supply chain for PPE And perhaps thinking about how much of the supply chain is outsourced globally? How would you think about that?Steve Markovich 15:07I think that’s spot on, I think we’re going to have to rethink for critical items, whether it’s in 95, or facials, there are certain surgeries. And we’ve seen even before COVID, we saw the problem with one of the major GPOs with the problem of production in China, and sterility. So this idea that we’re dependent on relatively few channels, and those channels are offshore, it creates challenges. So I think we’re going to need to look at that. I think whether it’s local sourcing, or creating deeper bench deeper stockpiles, I think those are all the things we’re gonna have to look at.Gary Bisbee 15:39So you were a command pilot in the Ohio National Guard for a number of years. How does the military handle its secure, reliable supply chain? Are there any lessons learned there for us and healthcare?Steve Markovich 15:51The military focus, you know, has some of the same issues. You’ve got some relatively specific items that may be sourced from a single vendor and they have to do another on a worldwide basis, so you end up with inventory management. And there’s a logistics tail to just getting things moved, that the military is really, really good at. I think inventory management awareness of where you are things that you can learn that I took away from the Air Force, clearly a strong sense of supply chain management, people that understand that business and just making sure you go through your contingency planning to where if you’re dependent on a single supplier or one or two suppliers, that is a risk that we’re not talking about at the board level. In today’s world, it’s not sustainable.Gary Bisbee 16:31Yeah. Well, and the question is who’s really going to pay for this excess capacity that we all think we need now that we’ve drummed out of the system before? So I’m sure you’re talking about that with your board too.Steve Markovich 16:45Yep. We had a tremendous response and I’m sure most communities did. We had a tremendous response from the business community for folks that have in their particular businesses. They may have used masks or protective equipment. We had over a million items donated in a relatively short time, we actually had to get a separate warehouse just to take care of what was being donated. Again, that was another place where all the systems in Columbus came together. And so it doesn’t make any sense for each one of us to be looking for help from different businesses. We ought to look at this together. And then if there are issues we got to supply that we can draw from. Yeah, that’s just terrific.Gary Bisbee 17:20Turning to telemedicine, have you seen a marked increase in telemedicine visits?Steve Markovich 17:25Huge. I think through the last report that I saw, we’ve done 75,000 telemedicine visits, ie visits, video visits, mobile chat with a patient so that was a relatively immature space for us. We knew we were gonna have to get better at it, but there just had been that catalyst to make it all happen. And COVID really pushed it. And so we’ve got 900 providers now that have all been trained, and the office staff and we’re actually encouraging folks, especially for routine follow-ups, things like that telemedicine is going to be huge. He’s been using it for a while. tele-consults for things like urology, counsel to the Are things like that, but pushing it down to primary care? we’re operating at a whole new level now. And I don’t see that going back.Gary Bisbee 18:07Well, it helped the CMS and the insurance companies are paying for the tele-visits to I suppose that was an important part of it.Steve Markovich 18:13Absolutely. I think in this case, just because of patients not wanting to go into their doctor, there’s pressure to solve that problem no matter what. But the fact that they’ve now created a way to make the economic model work is a good thing.Gary Bisbee 18:26Have your providers your caregivers responded to this? Have they been innovative in terms of how they’re thinking about and using telemedicine?Steve Markovich 18:36They’ve been superpartners. Most of them are very engaged, they see and they’re thinking about it from a safety perspective and a patient care perspective. They don’t want to bring people into the office that don’t need to come into an office. It’s really been remarkable to watch the collaboration. It is challenging in a community-based hospital system like Ohio Health. Our providers are all on epic. But you’ve got independent folks that aren’t and so it was interesting, there were a lot of requests for help to help create a telemedicine solution for them something that they could connect with their patients or that was secure and appropriate. So we’ve been trying to help them as much as we can stand up that capability.Gary Bisbee 19:12Well, let’s turn to the all-important economics piece. How will OhioHealth end of the fiscal year? I think you’re a June 30 fiscal? How will you end up your 2020 fiscal year Steve?Steve Markovich 19:25We are going to weather this better than some. So we did take advantage of a number of government programs as well as the Medicare advance payment. So from a cash flow perspective, we’re in a good place. We did curtail capital. And we did discretionary spending. We put a lot of constraints on the organization, new capital projects were stopped and we actually lowered the threshold, the authority matrix for what people could do to really try to make sure that we have things clamped down on things. Our fiscal year ends June 30, essentially the last third of the year. We’re what we’ll probably watch about the first two-thirds of the year. But overall, I think we’re going to end up in a pretty good place moving forward, we did make the strategic decision, we have a pandemic PPE program. So even though I’ve got associates at home, we’ve released June 1, we’re keeping them whole economically, we’re going to need those associates, we are modeling as quickly as we can, what the bounce back is going to look like both the short term pent up demand as long as what as well as what is the new normal look like. And so rather than put associates in a conundrum or an economic hardship, we leveraged our economic stability to keep them whole. And our board was very supportive of that. And we’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback about that. Just the fact we had the ability to do it, we chose to do it. But this next few months will be those are going to be the benchmark that we use to look at how the next quarter looks and we’ll probably end up in a quarter to quarter budgeting or management situation for a little while.Gary Bisbee 20:50Well, that makes good sense. What about cap x? How are you thinking about budgeting next year for cap x?Steve Markovich 20:56We will still have capital available. It’ll be a little more emphasis on routine capital. And then some of the big projects with long term bricks and mortar type things that would have had a much longer-term financial payback. We’re really looking at those. Clearly cash is important right now. And so we’re trying to be very, very selective of what we need to do. There will still be regular routine infrastructure that has to be managed, and some strategic thinking, but some of the major projects right now, I was on a capital meeting yesterday, and everything is being relooked at because we just don’t know the volume assumptions that went along with some of those strategic projects. Those are actually in flux. So we got to figure that out.Gary Bisbee 21:32Sounds like, in addition to your cap x plans, your strategic plans for the next several years may need to be adjusted as well.Steve Markovich 21:39Absolutely. I was talking to our population health team this morning on a call, they’re gonna have to help drive what the new normal looks like and how we deliver the care and what level of care is going to be appropriate in the new home. I’m not gonna say the whole strategy has changed, but I think that demand on the system is going to change just because of the nature of people going to the doctor or going to the house. Go to the surgery center. People are rethinking those things as how bad they need it. Or where else can they get it?Gary Bisbee 22:05Let’s turn to the Board of Directors, which you mentioned meeting with previously, how have you communicated with your board during the crisis?Steve Markovich 22:14I do a letter to the board every Friday that summarizes how the week is gone and what the issues are dealing with. I think I mentioned earlier, I do an all-staff video once a week on Tuesday, I attach that video to the mailing to the board. So the entire board gets that I’ve gotten a lot of very positive feedback on that. I have had a couple of private board calls with my executive committee in my chair, just to inform them of anything major that was covered down or what we were, whether it was the plan for reopening of elective surgeries, things like that. So the communication with the board has been good. We have had one full board meeting. We’ve had several committee meetings, but the full board actually had one fully electronic remote meeting, which was great.Gary Bisbee 22:55Well now I’m asking everybody any tips for smooth virtual board meetings.Steve Markovich 23:00Give ya a couple that worked well for us. One thing is we literally because you know, most of us use PowerPoint or something like PowerPoint, one of my concerns was keeping everybody on the same slide, you got to make sure everything is numbered, even the agenda, each topic of the agenda. It’s had its own separate slides. So if you just went page by page by page, you knew where to go. We also put whoever each slide was assigned a staff member. And that name was put on the slide so that if a board member had a question because some of the board members had visuals, and they were using an AV tool that had visual capability, and some board members were calling in. So sometimes when you’re calling in, you can’t tell over the phone who’s actually talking. And so I wanted to make it crystal clear if you had a question on slide 17. Here’s what you should ask. And so there was no ambiguity as to where to direct your question as you went through the meeting. Because it’s not unusual to have a person meeting you could have three or four people talking and I could appreciate on the phone, you might not be able to I understand we need to direct the question to it went really well.Gary Bisbee 24:03Yeah, that’s a terrific idea. I had not heard that before. So well done. Let’s move back to a higher strategic level, it seems evident that public health is now part of the national security, not sure that we thought about it that way before. How do you think about that? Steve?Steve Markovich 24:20I think this has been a real eye-opener. Frankly, there’s a lack of integration of public health, both at the state level and at the federal level. I think this is going to be the catalyst that makes us rethink that I mentioned a little bit ago, I think, in the health systems. I think the government views us in fact, as a system that is more comprehensive and more integrated than it really is. I was being asked questions by the governor’s office about how are we coordinating with all the nursing homes to use nursing home beds as overflow as we need them. And they frankly, didn’t understand that. Ohio health doesn’t own a network of nursing homes. They’re independent, very high-quality nursing homes in the region. But it’s not like we’re networked on a giant computer database. Well, we know what each other census is and what the demand is for beds or TV or anything. So when we say public health, it’s not just about testing and disease management. It’s how do you in situations like this? How do you create a system that truly is integrated and leverages everyone’s capabilities? Like most hospitals, we’ve been through a lot of mass casualty exercises, and contingent outbreak exercises. We’ve never exercised the system to this level. New York during 9/11 would be the closest thing having come from the military. I’ve got this vision of Sunday, there’s gonna be an exercise, where there’s a Blackhawk helicopter from the National Guard landing on one of our hospital helipads. When we start thinking about it at that level, we will be on the right track.Gary Bisbee 25:45Does this kind of add to our focus on social determinants of health?Steve Markovich 25:50I think the data is showing for patients who are struggling with social determinants of health and this particular disease outbreak is or having worse outcomes. It’s just another case where folks, folks that are either socioeconomically challenged or medically challenged, their prognosis is poor. We have to figure out ways to address that. You’ve got cultural barriers to testing. There’s actually I sat on a committee that was looking at how do we get greater penetration of testing into minority communities where there is a fear of government and fear of gig systems, because they don’t trust they don’t know where the data goes, they don’t know how to be used. So this is a multifactorial problem of how do we address not just social determinants, but deeper penetration of the healthcare system and to all the patients that we serve?Gary Bisbee 26:36Yeah. Well said, this has been a terrific interview. Steve, if I could wrap up with one question. We’ve had a number of people at this microphone talking about a “new normal.” What do you think will be changing going forward as a result of the COVID crisis?Steve Markovich 26:54Could there be so many things I think the just how we approach our interaction with each other you know, whether it’s the need for physical distancing or the desire to do things in a way, that is like, if I can do it from my family room, if I can find my groceries that I can find my paper towel, I can I see my doctor and get what I need. So I think there’s going to be a whole new, and I’m a family physician by training, you know, I was trained with the idea that you know, your patients and you understand your patients, and you have these deep relationships, that whole model is going to be challenged. And I think that’s probably one of the biggest things we’ll see. I think, too. How do we continue to deliver high-quality care in smaller communities, this clearly shows us the economics of health care are going to have to be addressed. If you look at the hospitals that are dealing with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands of COVID patients in the larger urban centers, or the small community hospitals that were living on elective surgeries and we shut that off. I think that’s a wake-up call that we’re going to lose. County hospitals are smaller community-based hospitals if we don’t do something.Gary Bisbee 27:57Well said, Steve, this has been terrific. Thanks. So much for your time and good luck to all of you in Ohio and OhioHealth.Steve Markovich 28:05It’s a pleasure. Thanks for doing for this.Gary Bisbee 28:08This episode of Fireside Chat is produced by Strafire. Please subscribe to Fireside Chat on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re listening right now. 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Amelia is an International Facilitator, writer and purveyor of human connection. Join host and Momentom cofounder, John Early, as they discuss the practice of Authentic Relating, it's similarities with Non-Violent Communication and ways to deal with conflict and triggers in our relations. What is Human Design and how does it relate to understanding ourself and others? Dive into a vulnerable conversation about relational leadership with Amelia Broughton. Podcast Time Stamps:When does a conversation turn into 'Authentic Relating' - 3:47Working with triggering conversations – 10:55Why are ‘I statements' and Ownership Language important? – 18:20Removing emotion and adding objectivity to a conversation – 20:20Permission for feedback and how to navigate aggressive projections from a friend or partner – 27:51The importance of regular drop-ins with who you live with -32:12Amelia's favourite questions for Authentic Relating - 35:35What is Human Design? 41:48Does Human Design place labels on us? - 54:15[Recorded on May 13, 2020]For more information on Amelia Broughton and her coaching visit: https://www.ameliabroughton.com/***Past episodes of the Momentom Podcast can also be streamed or downloaded via Apple Podcasts or viewed on Youtube here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDfv9P0yDraLxTtiJx6-vo_2hohOE1uu_Past episodes include:*Adam Roa - The Importance of Self Love & Vulnerability for our Creative Soul *Jules Schroeder (CEO & Visionary) - Life Hacks and Flow Acceleration*Keith Wilson - Cacao & The Global Consciousness Shift~For more info and to apply for any of our international Artist Residencies check out: https://www.momentomcollective.com as well for more on cofounder and host John Early visit www.johnearly.ca

Talking neurofeedback with one of the top peak performance coaches in the United States, Andrew Hill. Andrew and Boomer talk about Brain Mapping, Neurofeedback, and how to get your brain operating at its best.Who is Dr. Andrew Hill?Dr. Hill is one of the top peak performance coaches in the United States. He holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from UCLA’s Department of Psychology and continues to do research on attention and cognition. Research methodology includes EEG, QEEG, and ERP. He has been practicing neurofeedback since 2003. In addition to founding Peak Brain Institute, Dr. Hill is the host of the Head First Podcast with Dr. Hill and lectures at UCLA, teaching courses in psychology, neuroscience, and gerontology.Highlights[2:29] How did Dr. Hill enter the neuroscience realm[10:01] Transitioning from psychiatry cases to the Peak Brain Institute[21:03] Dr. Hill explains what is brain mapping[32:04] Dr Hill goes over my brain map assessment[39:10] Explaining neurofeedback and the controlling process[43:20] SMR training to eliminate ADHD and control autism[46:21] Dr. Hill describes the operant conditioning[48:53] Downsides to neurofeedback[51:22] Neuroscientist perspective on the neurofeedback consumer devices[55:51The effect of psychedelics and nootropics on the brain[58:37] Lifestyle modifications that people can do to start training their brain better[1:01:13] Dr. Andrew Hill answers the superhuman sixResourcesTemple Grandin TED talkThe Healing Power of Neurofeedback - Dr. Barry SternmanPavlovian conditioningB.F. Skinner's Theory of Operant ConditioningDr James HardttruBrain nootropic stackFree Mindfulness and Meditation classesLiving Dharma: Teachings and Meditation Instructions from Twelve Theravada MastersOur sponsor for this episode is VielightVielight combines science and engineering ingenuity to develop unique devices that deliver photons to the brain and inner systems. Their mission is to create photobiomodulation devices that are safe and effective – to help improve one’s quality of life. The Neuro Alpha is a staple in my stress resilience and sleep improvement routine. I get better sleep, better focus, and less anxiety around public speaking. And… increased ability to drop into flow.Go to vielight.com and use the coupon code BOOMER to get 10% off on your purchase.Continue Your High Performance Journey with Andrew HillWebsiteTwitterLinkedInFacebookDisclaimer This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. This is being provided as a self-help tool to help you understand your genetics, biodata and other information to enhance your performance. It is not medical or psychological advice. Virtuosity LLC, or Decoding Superhuman, is not a doctor. Virtuosity LLC is not treating, preventing, healing, or diagnosing disease. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment. For the full Disclaimer, please go to (Decodingsuperhuman.com/disclaimer). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 039 Hike Italy : The Italian Lakes District   Hike and Kayak the most beautiful lakes in the world*   Located in the Italian alps, the Italian Lakes District has spectacular pristine lakes surrounded by the majestic alps!  No wonder so many celebrities like George Clooney, Madonna and Sir Richard Branson have purchased homes here.   On today’s Active Travel Adventures podcast, we interview Christine Jenkins, who went on Active Adventure’s ‘Dolce Vita’ fully guided ten day adventure travel holiday.  Christine explains that each day, she thought if she had to go home that day, her expectations were exceeded, and still every day got better still!   She hiked stunning trails overlooking the lakes, and kayaked on Lake Como and Lake Orto (the latter being her favorite since it is less crowded).   Of course, in Italy, all the food and ample wine was divine - and plentiful!   Here is the Dolce Vita itinerary: Day 1:  Arrive Milan Malpensa, visit Sacromonte Varallo Day 2: Hike to Rifugio Crespi Day 3 — Hiking the Walser hamlets of Valsesia Day 4 — Hike down to Pella, boat to Orta San Giulio Day 5 — Sea kayak Lake Orta Day 6 — Hike the Mottarone mountain range Day 7 — Hiking Val Grande National Park Day 8 — Journey to Lake Como, hike to Vezio Castle Day 9 — Sea kayaking Lake Como Day 10 — Back to Milan Malpensa   Links mentioned on today’s show: Ep 28   Annapurna Nepal with Stan Ep 35   Mont Blanc hike through Italy, Switzerland and France Active Adventures fully guided 10 day hike and kayak of the Italian Lake district Podcast web page www.ActiveTravelAdventures.com Host of the Active Travel Adventures podcast   Twitter@Kit_Parks Facebook Group:  Active Travel Adventures Instagram:  parks.kit   Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00   Intro 02:13   How Christine got in to adventure travel 02:30   How switched from regular travel to adventure travel 03:30   Making new friends on adventure travel holidays 03:55   Why chose the Italian Lakes vacation 04:58   What makes Active Adventures different 05:32   How difficult was this adventure 06:11   Adventure travel as team building 06:24   Where were fellow travelers from 06:47   How did she train 07:33   Is elevation an issue 07:59   Landscape 08:47   UNESCO Valsesia   09:48   Favorite memories 10:20   Refugios 11:45   Hike into Alagna 12:06   Alagna 13:06  Breakfasts 13:47   Italy does food right 14:49   Dinners 15:48   Typical daily activities 17:36   Describe the lakes 19:21   Describe the landscape 20:35   Visit to the glacier 20:57   When did Christine go 21:42   Using hiking sticks 22:06  Surprise lake swim 23:16  Christine describes her group 24:32   The trip exceeds all expectations 25:53   Mont Blanc and Annapurna (Nepal) 26:58   Celebrities at Lake Como 28:28  Played hooky 29:38   Using a local guide 30:02   Paragliding 31:57   Naked boaters at dinner 33:30  Christine’s guides 35:15   Fresh foccacia 35:49   Accommodations 37:25   What she wished she’d known 38:19   Traveling solo 39:23   Advice to anyone considering the Italian Lakes 40:20   How Christine chooses where to travel 42:15   ATA and affiliate partners 43:13   How to get the FREE Travel Planners 43:29   A shout out to Pat 43:37   Reach out to Kit   Time Stamped Show Transcript   Christine: 00:00I said to my roommate, my neighbor, I said, you know, if I have to go home tomorrow, I'm still ecstatic. I've had the best time ever. So each day was like a bonus day... it just can't get any better, and it kept getting better. That's all I can say.   Kit: 00:21'Dolce vida' the good life, the sweet life. Today we're going to explore the sweet life in Italy. We're going to the Italian Lakes district, an area of Italy you may not be familiar with. Welcome to the Active Travel Adventures podcast. I'm your host Kit Parks, and if you're listening to this podcast, you're not interested in an ordinary life. You want a bigger life, one filled with excitement, adventure, interesting people and challenges. You want to explore the world and different cultures. You want to stretch yourself. You get your jollies off a conquering a difficult feat, and you love how adventure travel can propel your life forward. At the Active Travel Adventures podcast, website, and community, our number one mission is to provide you with the information and tools that you need to take on these adventures. Each show explores an exciting new destination to see if it's something you're interested in and you'll be learning what to expect from someone like you who's actually done it.   Kit: 01:11If the destination piques your interest, then head over to the website where you can see photos, get more detailed itinerary information, and other important information on the website. Also, you can download the free printer friendly travel planner. The planner has all the important links and recommendations you need to actually plan your adventure, or you can wait for the beginning of the month when I send out a monthly and note, I say 'monthly' newsletter that includes all the new travel planners along with other tips and deals. I'll never sell your email or spam you, I promise.   Kit: 01:41 So today we're going to be going to the stunningly beautiful Italian lakes district. Our guest today explains how she enjoyed the good life in the Lakes District of Italy. So let's get started. If you could start by just introducing yourself and perhaps telling us your age.   Christine: 02:01My name is Christine Jenkins and I am 66 years old.   Kit: 02:05 And how did you first get into adventure travel?   Christine: 02:08I probably started a good 15 years ago. I've always wanted to travel. I've always wanted to see the world. I think I got that from my mom who never had that opportunity, so she always was encouraging. And I also love the outdoors and I just connected my two loves.   Kit: 02:28 How did you make the leap say, okay, I want to do that kind of travel versus the tour bus or go to the cities and all that? And so what, what was the thought process or how did you finally say, okay, this is what I'm going to do? And then what did you do?   Christine: 02:40Well, I actually, I have done the bus tours. I did two with my mom and then one day I, and this was before the Internet was really popular, I knew there was a hiking trip in Nova Scotia, Canada and I decided to sign up for that and flew Halifax in Nova Scotia. And my husband was a little worried about me going by myself, so that was my first test and I loved it ever since. I love the outdoors. I love the sounds when you're by yourself. I love getting off the beaten track. Usually you're with a group of likeminded people. I've met some fabulous people on all my hikes.   Kit: 03:22 That's one thing I, that's a recurring theme in this show is that you meet people... That usually each trip I make one or two lifelong friends from that trip.   Christine: 03:32I still keep in touch with two people. In fact, one couple lives in North Carolina. Actually, no, it was my second trip. It was to Newfoundland and there's a couple, both doctors, and they're in Raleigh, North Carolina. And I still keep in touch with them.   Kit: 03:47 And today we're going to be talking about the Italian lakes. So, of all the different trips that you've taken, what made you say that's where I'm going next?   Christine: 03:55It's actually a kind of a funny story. I knew, you know, I was looking around to see where I wanted to go next. I happen to be on Facebook and one of my Facebook friends kept saying, you know, he liked Active Adventures, so I thought, -- and he's kind of an outdoors guy... he teaches physical education... he's a kind of a historian... So I decided, I'm going to checkout this Active Adventures.   Christine: 04:21So I checked it out and I saw the different hikes, but the one that really drew me was Italian Lakes District, I think partly because of the length of time it was 11 days, which was really nice. We could fly in from Toronto to Milan. So it was a direct flight. It was easy to get to, but I think the kicker was we got to kayak for two days, which broke up the hiking. And I love kayaking and it was perfect. I asked my neighbor, "Do you want to come?" She said, "Sign me up," and away we went.   Kit: 04:50Perfect. Yeah, that's, that is one thing I like about Active is it's usually not just hiking. They usually mix in some cycling or paddling or something like that, so multisport, but predominantly hiking.   Christine: 05:01That's right. Predominantly hiking and if you didn't want to hike in a day, that's fine too. We had a lady who had a a meniscus issue and she had a torn meniscus. She had come in from Iceland. She was a photo journalist and so they accommodated her and so she got to do what she wanted to do during the day. So they were very accommodating, very flexible   Kit: 05:24 And how difficult is this, because you know, there's different degrees of difficulty for some of these adventures. On a scale of one to five, where would you place this particular adventure?   Christine: 05:33I would probably put it, I'd say between three and four. I mean I've certainly done more challenging hikes, but there were a few days it was challenging, like our very first full hiking day, you know, because where I live we don't have mountains to climb, so yeah, it was, I thought it was challenging, but it wasn't beyond... none of us had to say, "I can't do this. I give up." We all did it. We all pulled together and we had a great time.   Kit: 06:02 It's almost like a team building experience as well.   Christine: 06:05It was. It was and a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day. And trust me, when you got to hike through some of these beautiful alpine valleys, it was worth it!   Kit: 06:16 And that's one thing that we really didn't tell folks exactly where the Italian lakes are... And this is in northern Italy. So you're in the Alps?   Christine: 06:24You are in the Alps. When you land in Milan, you can actually... It doesn't take long for you to leave Milan and you can see the Alps in the background. And a couple of places where we were, Switzerland was across the lake, so that's how far north we were.   Kit: 06:39 Wow. Wow. So what kind of training did you do to prepare for this?   Christine: 06:44I kayak because I live near a lake, so I did a lot of kayaking. I try to walk, I have two dogs. I walk them everyday, so that's seven kilometers. And I did small day hikes in my area. I've always had good cardiovascular health and so I didn't really find it a problem. I just keep active in the winter. I snow shoe and I cross country ski so I always had my heart rate up and I think that's the key. And pacing yourself, you know. Pacing yourself, if you pace yourself too, you don't have to feel like you have to be at the head of the line all the time. If you do, not to say slow, but a, a steady pace, it works out.   Kit: 07:25 Was elevation an issue for you or for any of the other hikers?   Christine: 07:30No, not here. I've had it in Peru, but no. I did not experience it and I don't believe any of my other fellow hikers experienced it, or, they didn't mention it at all.   Kit: 07:42 Okay. So most of the higher mountains are surrounding you, is that right? I'm trying to get a visual. Tell us a little bit about the landscape so we can kind of get a picture what it looks like.   Christine: 07:50Well, at the beginning, like I said, in our first full hike, you know, we went up through the alpine meadows. There was snow up higher in the mountains. You went through these little lush valleys. It's just like a picture postcard you would think of as a for Switzerland, but you were still in Italy. And you come to a little hamlet in the middle of nowhere and the people were lovely.   Christine: 08:14We'd have our lunch at a refugio somewhere. We'd have local meats and cheeses and you're just looking at the mountains and the waterfalls, and all you can hear when you're hiking is a bit of a breeze. The cow bells, because all the cows have bells around their necks and it was... there was no other manmade sound. So it was, it was beautiful, priceless.   Kit: 08:38 Very cool. Now in that first valley you go to as a UNESCO World Heritage site and I'm going to say this wrong, I say everything wrong, Valsesia, something like that.   Christine: 08:48Valsesia. Yes. I believe that's how it's pronounced.   Kit: 08:51 Can you tell us a little bit about that?   Christine: 08:53It was nice because as far as landscape, it was stunning. I'll probably use that word a lot in my descriptions, but everything was stunning... spectacular. At the main center was Varallo, and it was beside a river. And we hiked up to a UNESCO world heritage site and there's a monastery there. And you can come out over edge and looked down over the town of Valsesia.   Christine: 09:17Yeah, and yeah, it was incredible. Incredible. Some of the oldest religious structures in Italy are located there in. It's on the side of the valley.   Kit: 09:27 I see here in my notes that the Franciscan friars built that in 1491. For those of us here in the States we are like, "Whoa, that's old. Right?"   Christine: 09:36That's the year before Columbus sailed the ocean blue.   Kit: 09:41 Well seeing that sounds like a great way to start your adventure. Any other favorite memories from that day?   Christine: 09:45You know, it's funny, one of the memories I have is looking at the ledge over the town below and we could see this thunderstorm, this huge thunderstorm coming down a valley across the way. So that was really kind of neat to see and you could see it approaching us. And the thunder in the mountains, you know, they bounce: the echoes of the thunder bounces off the mountains. So it's sounds a lot louder than it was probably was.   Kit: 10:08 . You mentioned refugios. For those that may not be familiar with that term, can you explain that please?   Christine: 10:17It's a small hamlet or a refuge, I guess would be the English way. We went to a couple of them for a couple of hikes and one in particular we had to hike up to this place where we were going to have our lunch, and it was uphill and it was a, it was a challenging hike and it was by this really wildly raging river. Anyway, we get to this refugio. It's like a little hamlet there.   Kit: 10:43 Okay. I need some more clarification there. I think of refugio is kind of like a mountain hut.   Christine: 10:48There was, there were several huts, so you could actually, I think stay there, but I don't think they're privately owned and they had this restaurant. And there's no road in and the food was outstanding, like it was just, you know, you couldn't believe like you could have fresh cheeses and meats from the local valley.   Christine: 11:13There was fresh rabbit, there was fresh fish. Nothing was deep fried. Like in North America, we would not hike or walk our way to a restaurant like that. If we did, people would complain, but everything would be deep fried. Everything here is fresh and you could sit out in the patio and look at the mountains and the rivers and it was beautiful. Just beautiful.   Kit: 11:36 And so after your lunch, then what did you do?   Christine: 11:39Well, we had a bonus because we get to go downhill the whole way and we hiked all the way back into Alagna and that's where we stayed for three nights in Alagna. And actually one of our guide's, Andrea, he was from Alagna. So he was able to give us the inside scoop on Alagna.   Kit: 11:58 So tell us a little bit about Alagna.   Christine: 12:00Alagna, it looks like a little Swiss town, but you've got to keep reminding yourself that you're in Italy. There's all little cafes, shops... Where we stayed - at the hotel Monterosa - it was right beside the church and the church rings the bells every hour and a half hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But it was a beautiful little hotel where we stayed. The town was old. Alagnal is sort of off the beaten track for North Americans to go over, especially in the winter. But English wasn't... It wasn't difficult to get by when you were talking to a shopkeeper or in a little cafe, you were understood or you figured it out. But there were all little side streets. There was a beautiful little river going outside of town, which we could hear from our hotel. And yeah, it was a lovely time. We were there for three nights. Fabulous breakfast in the morning. Yeah, it was great.   Kit: 12:57 And so what, what kind of foods do they have for breakfast? And from my notes, it looks like that whole area was populated by German people that moved there in like fifth century AD or something.   Christine: 13:08Yeah, the Valser people. Yes. Well the hotel we stayed at for the three days are actually owned by some, a couple from Sweden and think that's been a couple of generations in their family. But in breakfast we had fresh fruit, Granola, homemade breads, homemade jams, coffee, tea, yogurt. Really good yogurt. You didn't starve. That's all I can tell you. It was probably the best Granola I've ever had in my life.   Kit: 13:37 Probably freshly made and everything. And they do food right!   Christine: 13:40It's all fresh. I can tell you that whole trip I did not have... We did not have one bad meal anywhere. It was hard to come home.   Kit: 13:50 We could sure learn how to do food better from the way they do things we do. We do. And they eat seasonally to. They wouldn't think of having strawberries in the middle of winter. They eat what is locally produced and available then.   Christine: 14:01They do eat seasonal and the other thing they do is they eat as local as possible, so you may get... If we had a prepared lunch, like maybe our guide, we had two guides, Andrea and Jo, and they might prepare, pick up some stuff, at little stores or grocery stores and they put out this fabulous picnic lunch with cheeses that were from that valley. That was the only place you could get it or salamis... That type thing. Breads, fresh fruit and yeah, it was. It was incredible. The wine, of course we had wine at lunch.   Kit: 14:37 Nice. Nice. And what about dinner?   Christine: 14:39Well actually I was going to say that was one of the things that was outstanding for this trip was the food. All our meals were covered and nothing was skimped on. We ate the best you could possibly have. We had wine with lunch. Usually we had wine with dinner, but what was interesting is after we'd finished our hike for the day or our kayak, we go back to our rooms, change, meet for dinner. We'd always have an aperitivo, which is like... it was a tray brought out and the had meats and cheeses and crackers and add wine. Then I'd think, "Oh, that's our dinner." No, it's not dinner, and then we'd still go to a restaurant. And so I'm really glad that we were hiking because I'm sure I'dve come home about 10 pounds more than I normally am.   Kit: 15:27And you're in Italy so you know everything's going to be good.   Christine: 15:31Oh yeah. Everything was beyond my expectations. Everything was fresh, nothing was processed. It was awesome.   Kit: 15:39 Very cool. So now you're using this as your base camp. So what kinds of things did you do each day?   Christine: 15:44If we didn't do hiking, we did the kayaking on the lakes: Lake Orta and Lake Como. We didn't kayak on Maggiore. There was one day we decided as a group -- and we had a small group that was just five hikers-- so that was kind of nice, and we decided one day we didn't want to hike and were in Stresa, which is on Lake Maggiore. So we went and walked into town. Some went to the islands and we did a little bit of shopping. So we just, like I say, the guidess were very flexible, and like I said, we decided we didn't want to hike that day.   Christine: 16:19On the days we went kayaking, we'd be out by the water's edge at nine in the morning and then there was a gentleman by the name of Juliana who came up from Genoa, Italy. He brought the kayaks first time, most all the people had kayaked before, so that was good. But he gave us safety instructions. We got fitted with life jackets and we were usually by 9:30, we were out on the lakes. We stop about maybe 10, 30, 11 at a little village and stop for an espresso and then we get back in our kayak, kayak a bit more and then stop it another village and maybe have lunch or stop at a beach. And our guides would put lunch out. In between that we go swimming in the lakes. And then in the afternoon we might stop about 2:30 or 3:00 in another little village and have gelato. It was very civilized. It was, yeah. It was very civilized.   Christine: 17:19And swimming: The lakes were clear and it was... It was hard to believe you weren't at the ocean. The colors of the lakes were beautiful.   Kit: 17:28 So tell us about the lakes itself. What is it? The fact that the lakes are surrounded by mountains or the lakes are particularly pretty in and of themselves? I'm trying to get a feel for what it looks like.   Christine: 17:39Well, the lakes are, they are like jewels. And there was this one day we did hike to the top of one of the mountains , and we could see Orta and Maggiore on both sides. So we had a really good view. Orta is the smallest, then Maggiore, then Como. The lakes were like a blue color, like a aqua blue color. Very clear. Especially in Como. The sides had these old Italian homes that have probably been in families for generations.   Christine: 18:10You know, there's the Piazza's nearby, and I think George and Amal Clooney live on Como, (but we didn't see them). But very steep sides to a lot of the lakes, but there are some beaches. Two of the lakes are Lake Como and Lake Orta are what they call 'crypto depression' and that's the one word I took away... my takeaway from that trip. Crypto depression means the bottom of the lake is actually below sea level and there are a few other ones in the world. Actually the Finger Lakes up in New York state. And actuallyOrta is not a crypto depression. Maggiore and Como are crypto depression, so they're below sea level and the lakes are usually long and narrow and their shores are very steep.   Christine: 19:06I think it was in Maggiore that they believe Mussolini hid his gold and it might be lying at the bottom of the lake. He had a hideout on Maggiore, on one of the islands on Maggiore. So that's the legend. That's a local legend   Kit: 19:12 OK, so when you're doing the hiking, are you in pastures, forests, or what are you hiking through?   Christine: 19:17We're doing it all. There were pastures, forests... There was one day we went through a whole, for about an hour and a half, all it was was chestnut trees. And it was quite a challenging hike. It was steep and it was very hot, but it was so, it was so pretty and so quiet. And we came out to pasture area, and then we had to go under some fences. So yes we had a real variety of landscapes for. hiking.   Christine: 19:57There was another day when we went up in a gondola and then we went up on a series of three gondolas, too. We actually got up to where the glaciers were, and that was an interesting day. It was cold and there was a lot of ice hikers, they had the crampons on their boots and they were doing some ice hiking. But we had to take three sets of gondolas to go higher and higher and higher. And if you have a fear of heights, you may not want to take it. I found that kind of a challenge, but you know, it was very barren landscape, which is a rock and ice and we'd be going along and you'd think that the gondola was going to hit the side of a rock face and then suddenly it will go up and then you were in your station where you get off and walk to the next one and keep going higher up. That was quite incredible.   Kit: 20:33 Did you get to walk on the glacier or just look at it?   Christine: 20:37Yes. We got to walk on the snow. Yes, we did. That is so cool. It was down below. It was probably in the upper eighties, low nineties up (there). It was a bit of a reprieve.   Kit: 20:49 And so what month did you go?   Christine 20:50 July   Kit: 20:52 July. Okay. So you're in the heat of summer.   Christine: 20:53Oh yes. Yes. But apparently it was very warm there in June. They had a trip in June, so I understand it was warm then, but you know what? It wasn't a really oppressive heat. It wasn't really humid. It wasn't really dry, but it was manageable. If you're dressed appropriately, I would strongly recommend a sun hat, especially to cover the back of your neck and your face, I would. That's the one thing. And the other thing I would suggest to people is to take hiking poles. Some people didn't. I think that they're really is helpful for, steadying yourself and, and pulling yourself up on steep parts or giving you some stability.  And when we're on the way down the mountain.   Kit: 21:33 Well I like poles too, for going downhill because they take a lot of pressure off my knee. Yes. And also I'm clumsy. I cannot tell you how many falls they've stopped by having that extra appendage to me or crossing a river or creek. They give you that little extra stability. I don't think I've ever fallen in a creek. I don't want to jinx myself though.   Christine: 21:50No, I haven't either, but one never knows.   Kit: 21:54 Of course. Now I will. Now that I've put that out in the universe. Any other special memories from that area?   Christine: 22:00Well, one of the days I have that sticks out in my mind was on Lake Orta and we went over to San Giulio Island and it's... There's a monastery there and abbey and you could... It's very easy to walk around this little island and there's several spots where you looked down like the old cobblestone streets.   Christine: 22:20Very narrow. In fact, I don't even think there was vehicles on it. I don't even recall any vehicles anyway that you could go swimming. So our group (Jo left us, she had to do some things), so our group, we went down the small passageway to the lake and four of us didn't have bathing suits on, but they were in our pack sack, so we lost all modesty. Just went into just a little dip in the wall, threw caution to the wind, stripped down, put on our bathing suits, dove in the lake, and we thought, well, if there's cameras out there, there's cameras out there. So be it. But the water felt so beautiful against your hot skin. It was...it was beautiful. It was just the most incredible feeling. You can feel yourself cool down and we were laughing like crazy, yet we felt like kids.   Kit: 23:07 That was fun. In your group, you said there's a small group of five: men, women or a combination?   Christine: 23:12All women. My neighbor came, and then there was a lady from San Diego and a lady from Manhattan, and a lady from Rochester.   Kit: 23:21 And what would you say the age group range was?   Christine: 23:24I would say the age group would have been maybe 52... The lady from San Diego was in her fifties, early fifties and to about in the upper seventies. And these ladies -- all of them are really in great shape -- they did their age group proud. They had nothing to be ashamed of . We had the lady from Rochester who was in her seventies and she was fabulous. She was in fabulous shape.   Kit: 23:55 Wow. Those are my role models. In fact, I interviewed a guy by the name of Stan on the Annapurna episode, which I'll put a link to in the show notes. He's in his seventies and has already planned an adventure for two years out. Unbelievable! Cool. That's how I want to age.   Christine: 24:07Wow. That's good for him. Well, I'm planning to go to Mont Blanc next year. I've already booked my trip.   Kit: 24:16 Alright, so any other, any other thoughts about that area before we go to the Val Grande National Park?   Christine: 24:22All I can say... I'll just reiterate just the whole atmosphere. You know, it's funny, I was thinking about it last night: thinking about what I was going to say each day of that trip, the whole trip and combination each day. I, I remember saying to my roommate, my neighbor, I said, "You know, if I have to go home tomorrow, I'm still ecstatic. I've had the best time ever. So each day was like a bonus day, a bonus day. It just... it can't get any better, and it kept getting better. That's all I can say. This has been no doubt, the best hiking trip I've ever had, and I've been to a lot of places. There was nothing I have to say bad about it. Nothing.   Kit: 25:10Wow. And that sure says a lot.   Christine: 25:12Yes. And I'd actually consider going back again in two years... Do it again.   Kit: 25:17 Yeah. It hadn't really even been on my radar, but then I started doing some research, and I thought, that looks really nice. I think that's now on the radar.   Christine: 25:23Well, it hadn't been on my radar either. I mean I have looked at other places. I've looked at Scotland, I've been to Scotland before. I thought about Iceland and I do know Active Adventures does Iceland now, but I was supposed to go to Mont Blanc with another company two years ago, but I badly broke my arm so that put a caboosh on that. So anyway. But anyways...   Kit: 25:46 In fact, the Mont Blanc episode is probably one of my most popular ones.You'll want to take a look at that? That's episode number 35, and I forgot to mention that Stanley, the guy that I said in the seventies that did Annapurna in Nepal, his was episode number 28. Anytime you want to look at an old episode, just go to ActiveTravelAdventures.comslash the episode number, so it'd be slashed 28 or 35, or if you forget, just go to the Directory Page, and then you can either use the search bar or just scroll down and see what rocks your boat.   Kit: 26:15On the website. You can either directly download and/or listen to the podcasts.Plus, you'll also find more details on the trip itself, including itineraries, tons of photos, often videos, and there's just a lot of information there. If you need either even further details, you can download -for free- the travel planners that have clickable links that can get you directly to the information or places that you need in order to plan your trip. And those come automatically with the monthly -- and note that I say monthly-- newsletter. I do not spam you or sell your name. Or you can download them as you need them from the website. Let's go back to the interview.   Kit: 26:50I know from the pictures that you sent, and from my research that the Italian Lakes area is absolutely gorgeous. But to put that in prospective, residents have included George and Amal Clooney, Richard Branson, Madonna.. These are folks who can buy and live anywhere: where money is no object. Yet, this is where they choose. That demonstrates how beautiful it is there.   Christine: 27:13There are some beautiful mansions and you can tell they've been in families for a long, long time and they're old architecture but so beautifully maintained and what was really neat is the boat pulls into a garage at the side of the cliff. It's like a boat garage, you know, and these beautiful old wooden boats. Oh yeah. Fabulous. Fabulous. Obviously this is a ritzy area, very private, very exclusive, especially at Como and. But you'll also see a lot more North Americans there too. Like eEnglish is extremely common, and British and British accents or North American accent. So on my flight over to Milan, there were people... That's where they were going to Bellagio on Lake Como,   Kit: 28:04 A Huffington Post article once ranked the Italian Lakes district as the most beautiful lakes in the world.   Christine: 28:10Oh, I can understand that! Orto is not as busy a lake. It's the smaller of the lakes. I preferred that lake just because it was less busy.   Kit: 28:21 So let's switch gears and now you're going to the Val Grande National Park. an you tell us a little bit about that?   Christine: 28:24Yeah, that was the one day... We actually that day we did not do that. That was the day we decided not to hike. That was the hookey day. So a couple of us walked into Stresa, which is a small village, beautiful little boardwalk from where we were staying, all the way into Stresa. And some of these beautiful old hotels along the lake side, you know, something you would see from the 1920's-30's. I'm sure they're wildly expensive and then there's three islands on the lake and you could take the boats to them. And we all met on this one island for lunch.   Kit: 29:02 But it sounds like that was a well worth it Hookey Day.   Christine: 29:04It was well worth the hooky day. So no, and everything was fine. We enjoyed our day so I can't comment on Val Grande National Park except to say apparently there's a lot of hiking trails in there. And they suggest you have a guide or a proper map because there are people who have gotten lost and they have never been found there. So that kind of struck the fear of God into us.   Kit: 29:30 So I think to a lot of times when you're hiking in some of these particularly remote areas that it's good to have a guide with you.   Christine: 29:37I think it is too. I mean you learn so much too. Especially somebody local, right?   Kit: 29:41 Yeah. The flora and fauna as well. You might see an animal. You have no idea what it is or a pretty flower and it's just something you take a picture of where they can tell you, oh, that's a little, little whatever it is.   Christine: 29:52Yeah, exactly. Exactly.   Kit: 29:54 When people ask you, "Oh, how was your trip?" What's the story that comes to mind?   Christine: 29:57Well, I did something on the trip that was accommodated for me and for the lady from San Diego. We were able to do it. It's not so much funny, but it was fun. We were able to do it, I think, because we had a small group and we went paragliding.   Kit: 30:17That sounds fun.   Christine: 30:19Yes. So, and that was in Alagna. So two of us went paraglidingone morning. When we went with a pilot -and we went separately- and we had to take a gondola up to the site is about at 8,800 feet. And we were up for about 20 minutes and then you could come in. And we landed over in Alagna and I remember the pilot saying to me, "Do you want to touch the steeple of the churches as we go by?" I said that I'd pass on that one.   Kit: 30:47Oh brother, I don't know if I'd have the nerve to do that!   Christine: 30:52So that's wasn't in the plans. And and I don't think if they had a big group that they could do that, but they accommodated, us. And we were able to do it because we could do it early in the morning and the weather was right, the window was right, that type of thing.   Christine: 31:07So the other things we did that was a lot of fun is we went down, it's called LP Land and it's on Mottarone Mountain and it's up at the top. You start at about 1,490 meters and it's a go cart, and you go down the mountain in a go kart by yourself (or with somebody else) and it zigzags down and you can reach some pretty high speeds. That was, you know, you get a beautiful view of the lake, although you're trying to not scream as you're going down, so not die and hope hang onto your water bottle or if you know. But um, that was fun.   Kit: 31:47 Any funny story come to mind?   Christine: 31:49Oh, okay. I do have a funny one. Actually. We were on Lake Orto. We were out for evening dinner. One night we were at arestaurant right on the lake. Beautiful meal as usual, and w see this boat going by. And there's three naked men in it, and they're raising their glasses of wine to all the patrons of the restaurant. So everybody's kind of stunned and we thought, well, we'll wait for them to come back. We'll have our cameras ready. But they never came back. But we all had a good laugh over that one. That was. Yeah, that was funny. That was funny.   Kit: 32:21 And Europeans have a different mentality about nudity than North Americans.   Christine: 32:25You know what? And that's the other thing too, is I really like. You're absolutely right. I saw a lot of ladies who would be in their fifties, sixties, seventies, and they were wearing bikinis. And I thought, "Good for you!" In fact, I almost thought about buying one for myself, but Jo our one guide, she said that their attitudes over here are so different. And yeah, I thought: it is what it is, and they were out there in their bikinis.   Kit: 32:54I'm surprised they had tops on, but maybe that's just the south of France.   Christine: 32:58I saw all with tops if they were standing up or sitting up. But their men folk were attentive to them. They were draped in gold jewelry and all that.   Kit: 33:08That's so interesting. Yeah. And France, most of the women didn't have tops and it didn't make a difference what shape your body was in skimpy bathing suits.   Christine: 33:17I know, I know. And we have a lot to learn in North America.   Kit: 33:23 Any other things you want to tell us about your Italian lakes adventure?   Christine: 33:27 I want to tell you that we had two guides and I really want to mention our guides, Andrea, who is from Alagna, Italy and Jo.Jo was originally from Wales but lives in Auckland, New Zealand now. Those guys were outstanding. They were knowledgeable. They were patient, they were flexible. Andrea, he was a really good van driver. He navigated all these little narrow roads. Sometimes we go through these little villages where the road was barely wider than the mirrors of vehicle and yeah, he, you know, we always felt safe with him. Jo was funny. We gave her a nickname. We called her '10 minute Jo' and the reason was, if we'd be hiking a particularly challenging day,she'd go, "Well there's a refugio up ahead." "Well, how far is that, Jo?" "Oh, it's about 10 minutes," and then a while later we'd be thinking. Well, it's been 10 minutes. She'd then say, "Oh, it's another 10 minutes." Everything was 10 minutes with her, so we ended up calling her '10 minute Jo'.   Kit: 34:29That reminds me when I was doing a two week section hike of the Appalachian trail with my girlfriends, Gerry and Jane. And I had the elevation map and so I would always know exactly how many more hills we had to climb, but as we're getting tired at the end of the day... Everybody's pooped., ready to find a camp site and all that. I'd be like, "Come on, you can do it. This is the last hill, I promise! This, the last hill!" And we'd get up over that hill, and of course there'd be another hill. I was like, "Oh no,really, THISis the last hill." So I'm not sure what they called me behind my back, but I doubt there were as kind in calling me "10 minute Kit". Sometimes to make it to the end, you've just got to fib.   Christine: 35:03Yeah, I know.   Kit: 35:07 Anything else about your guides or transit?   Christine: 35:09 Well, one of the other little things I have to tell you about is Giuliano, who was the gentleman... He would drive up from Genoa twice with all the kayaks. And the second time he came up he brought us some foccacia from a local bakery. He left at 5:00 AM in the morning from Genoa to get up to the Lakes ,and he had this fresh foccacia. And it was actually still a bit warm when we had it at our break. That was memorable, and it was so good.   Kit: 35:36Oh, how sweet and thoughtful.   Christine: 35:39Yeah. Very thoughtful.   Kit: 35:42 And I forgot to ask you accommodations. Are you in guest houses or are your camping? I know you said you were at one place for three days. Tell us a little bit about where you stayed.   Christine: 35:49We stayed in hotels. The first three nights and we were in Alagna. It was a beautiful old hotel run by a couple from Sweden and I love the wooden shutters because they could open up, you know. And clean, clean rooms. In Stresa, all the rooms were clean and had air conditioning. Yeah, there was nothing too. ..There was absolutely no complaints about the accommodation. It was close to everything. If we wanted to walk somewhere, the one place we stayed at, and I can't think of the name of the town, but they would mostly have balconies or a little doors that open up, although we didn't because it was quite warm. Yeah, it was. The combination was excellent. Excellent.   Kit: 36:30 I'm surprised you had air conditioning. That's great.   Christine: 36:32I know, I know. The one thing, over in Europe, if anybody's ever traveled there, the elevators are very small, so if you know, maybe two people get on with one suitcase each. No more than that. So that's the one adjustment. The other adjustment is a lot of times in Europe they don't use face cloths, so you might, if you, if you are big on using a face cloth, you might want to bring your own face cloth, that type of thing. But other than that it's um, you don't want for anything. I mean, if you need a toothpaste, it's easy to get. If you need wine, it's easy to get. So it's not like you're in a third world country. But little tips like that.   Kit: 37:16 Is there anything you wish you'd known beforehand that you could share with us?   Christine: 37:23No. The only thing I know in the guide -our gear guide- they suggested bringing is a hat and gloves and long underwear. We definitely did not need to pack that. It was too hot. So that took up room and maybe they have a standard gear list they give to everybody, but if I was going in June or July to the Italian Lakes District, definitely don't worry about that. You wouldn't have to worry about that.   Christine: 37:51But I would strongly. I've mentioned earlier, I would strongly suggest poles.   Kit: 37:55Yep. That's a given for me.   Christine: 37:56I know some people don't like them, but I. Yeah, that's a given for me too as well.   Kit: 38:00Yeah. I don't hike without them anymore. I don't care where I'm going and also keeps my rhythm.   Christine: 38:04Oh, it does! Yeah, it does. And it really does. And it gives you a bit of an upper body upper body workout to.   Kit: 38:11 One final thing. You say you travel solo. Usually you will pair up with a group or something like that. I just finished an episode, in fact, I just finished editing it this morning on solo travel. Do you have any thoughts on solo travel?   Christine: 38:23It's how I usually travel. I happened to ask my neighbor. We have traveled once before together and she's a great traveler. We had gone to Point Reyes national seashore in California. We went for a week with a group.   Christine: 38:37I prefer... I like solo traveling because I can, in the evening if I want to go to bed earlier, if I want to read till 1:00 in the morning, I'm not disturbing anybody. You meet some great people traveling solo. I used to be really nervous about traveling solo. Not anymore. There's a lot of women out there that travel solo now. A lot more than one would think. And, and if you find there's other solo travelers, you just kind of end up connecting and looking out for each other. And that's the other thing too, as a group, you spend that much time together. You do become a big family and you do look out for one another.   Kit: 39:16 Two final questions for you. Number one: Somebody says to you, "I'm thinking about going hiking in the Italian lakes." What do you tell them?   Christine: 39:25I say, I'll give you the name of Active Adventures. You will have the best time ever. I promise. I promise you. In fact, I'll go with you.   Kit: 39:34 My last question for you. Where's next?   Christine: 39:38Next year in Switzerland, Italy where you fly into Geneva. So I'm going to do that with Active Adventures. That's my next one. And then in 20,20 I always say I want to go back to the Italian Lakes, but there's so many places to go in this world. I've been to New Zealand but I've never hiked in New Zealand. So I mean there's always that option. There's so many places, so little time, you know, and you want to do those things when you're healthy.   Kit: 40:07And I mean this is not an ad for Active Adventures, but we're both fans. Do you now, when you're picking out which trips are you looking at their website and say where do I go next from there? Or how do you pick your next trip?   Christine: 40:20Well, like I said I had wanted to go to Mont Blanc two years ago and was I had already booked it and I was actually going with my neighbor, the one who went on this one, but I had broken my arm. She went on ahead so it was always in the back of my mind and I was going to go with another company, but I saw through Active Adventures they did Mont Blamc but they also do a kayaking day, which I thought I liked that it kind of changes things up a bit, so that's why I'm going with Active. I've put my deposit down and I'm ready to roll next June.   Kit: 40:51Cool. And so is that how you choose your trips?Is by looking to see where they go now that now that you're a fan or do you follow what I'm saying? How do you choose your next trip? Are you looking at their website to see where they go and choosing from there or do you pull from different areas are or how do you pick your next destination?   Christine: 41:09Oh, so if I was going post 2019, I would see if they have any changes in what places they want or new additions. If there was a particular place I want to go, let's say I wanted to go to Croatia or I wanted to hike in Portugal. I may look online and see about other hiking companies or if it's doable, so I kind of explore. I kind of explore a bit, but to see what others have to say. And like you say, the only reason I found out about Active Adventures was through a friend on Facebook who his Active Adventures kept coming up. So I said, you know, yJo Blow likes Active Adventures. I thought I'm going to have to look into this because I know this guy and he wouldn't just say that. So that's how I got onto it.   Kit: 41:56Well thanks Christine for your time. It's been great and we sure loved learning about the Italian Lakes with you. We'll have to have you back on when you do your next adventure.   Christine: 42:03Alright, for sure.   Kit: 42:05 I love how adventure travel doesn't always mean that you're getting in the mud and all that kind of stuff. Sometimes you can even go to luxurious locations like the Italian Lakes District and live the good life.   Kit: 42:15Regular listeners will know that I don't accept any advertising at all for this program so that I can keep it commercial free. However, I do have affiliate partnershipswith companies that I have selected that I truly believe in, that I recommend to you and with these affiliates at absolutely zero cost to you. Sometimes I'll either get a discount or I might make a commission or sometimes I'll get some bonus travel and such like that. And I want to mention that Active Adventures, even though their name sounds very similar to Active Travel Adventures, we are two totally separate companies, but Active Adventures is one that I highly recommend because my friends and I are true believers that It's just a great company.   Kit: 42:51The people just really spend their time trying to give you a trip of a lifetime, so if like Christine, you want to explore the Italian Lakes District with a guided tour company, I would recommend Active and if you do so, please be sure to let them know that I sent you either by using any of my links or just by letting them know when you book. Using any of my links is a great FREE way for you to show your support of this program.   Kit: 43:13 To get the FREE Travel Planners, be sure to sign up for the newsletter. You can do so by going to the ActiveTreavelAdventures.com website and then clicking on the newsletter tab, or you can just write me a Kit [@t] active travel adventures.com and ask me to put you on. I'll be happy to.   Kit: 43:29 A special shout out to Pat.Pat did just that, and then it wasn't long before we were on the phone chatting. And before you knew it, we're going to be roommates on a great trip to Egypt this fall. I can't wait!   Kit: 43:37 Reach out to me.I'd love to hear from you and I'd like to make this a two way conversation. Until next time, I'll be back in two weeks with another great adventure. This time we're going to go a little bit further north. We're heading up to Norway, which I can't wait to share that with you. Until then. This is Kit Parks, Adventure On.   *According to the Huffington Post      

This week on "State of Wonder," there are birds everywhere. We say goodbye to "Portlandia" as it enters its final season, hear new music from the Portland band Mimicking Birds, meet the Michelangelo of animal art, and raise a toast with MK Guth. Time to Hang up Your Bird Stencil and Say Goodbye to "Portlandia"“Portlandia” began its final season this week. Since its premiere in 2011, the sketch comedy show sometimes feels like it’s come to define Portland — or at least a particular cross-section of the city. It put us on the map as the capital of earnest urbanism at a time when words like “artisanal” and “locavore” were sweeping the nation. It was an image Portlanders embraced, but then came to struggle with. Muralist on 82nd Avenue Faces Backlash for Depicting Diversity - 13:4282nd Avenue is a marker for a diverse community that defies Portland’s reputation as one of the whitest cities in America. Reporter Ericka Cruz Guevarra met with Asian-American artist Alex Chiu whose mural depicting diversity was met with such backlash that supporters signed up to stand watch with him while he worked.Live opbmusic Session with Mimicking Birds - 18:51The music of the portland band Mimicking Birds is so beautifully composed that it’s easy to zone out the lyrics as just another gorgeous instrument. We don’t recommend it. Songwriter Nate Lacy probes our place in this great big universe with the soul of a poet and the eye of a scientist. The band's previous albums have turned them into an NPR favorite. We had them into the studio to play a few tracks from their new record, “Layers of Us,” which comes out Jan. 26, and talk about the new layers of instruments they’ve added to their sound. The Beautiful Creatures of Christopher Marley - 27:47A couple years ago, we profiled a Salem artist who transforms poisonous snakes, tropical fish and exotic insects into works of art. His name is Christopher Marley, and he had just put out a New York Times bestselling book. He said at the time that his next big project was putting together a museum show with the goal of moving from high-end retail to the world of galleries and museums. Well, he’s done it. He’s mounted a major exhibition of some 400 works at the Weiner Museum of Decorative Arts and The Gallery of Amazing Things near Miami, Florida. We head down to his studio for an update.MoviePass's Move Theater Subscription Service is Changing the Game for Moviegoers - 32:35What if you could pay $10 a month and see a move a day in a theater? If you went once a week, you would only pay $2.50 a movie, and nothing would stop you from going all the time and paying pennies a shot. This is the pitch that MoviePass has been making, and it’s working. Since the company slashed its price over the summer, it’s grown from 20,000 customers to 1.5 million. But if – on average – people see even just two movies a month, how is MoviePass going to make money? And what will this mean for theaters? Drinking Whisky with Artist MK Guth - 42:09If you’ve ever thought that a visit to an art gallery could be enhanced by a stiff drink, MK Guth’s most recent installation at the Elizabeth Leach gallery (up through Jan. 27) might be right up your alley. “Instructions for Drinking with Friend” is just that — a bottle of whisky with instruction meant to incite deeper conversation and turn the observer into the performer. Guth is an artist fascinated by social interaction and the rituals of food and drink. Her past projects include private dinners, like "Dinner to Plan a Revolution," an experience that involves eating a hearty meal, drinking vodka, and following instructions to facilitate dialogue about change. A range of her work is now on display at a retrospective in Salem’s Hallie Ford Museum of Art titled “MK Guth: Paying Attention.”

This week, Ness is back! And we are talking about what it's really like to run 100km. We talk about how she felt going into it after her last (very) long run, how she felt going into such an epic run, support crew shenanigans and would she do it again? You can follow Ness on facebook and instagram. And you can check out her interview on Sparta Chicks Radio too! And I had a bit of surprise news this week too! It's been a huge week! And I talk a bit about some of the exciting things that have been happening in Operation Move land. But if you want to skip to the juicy bit you can do that here. It was pretty incredible to be honoured by some of the women that I admire the most and to be put forward for that honour by the most amazing women I know. Head over to iTunes to listen (and subscribe! and review!) You can listen and download episodes in Itunes here.

Ken Livingstone is an English politician who served as Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008.  WATCH FOR FREE: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/ken-livingstone/  The NEW London Real Academy: https://londonrealacademy.com/membership/  Chapters:  00:00 Trailer. 01:58 Brian’s thoughts on the episode. 05:17 Brian’s Introduction. 05:48 Ken’s journey into politics. 11:14 Notoriety after appointment as leader of the GLC in 1980s. 14:57 If Thatcher and Reagan had studied history, we would never have had the banking crisis. 16:38 Cyclical demonization of immigrants. 17:31 For what Ken respected Margaret Thatcher. 19:00 New Labour and Tony Blair. 20:59 A Mayor for London. 23:38 Reason he had to leave the Labour Party to be a mayoral candidate. 26:14 Accomplishments over two terms as Mayor of London. 27:58 The biggest single factor for a country’s success. 30:27 Good public transport and fibre optic system for all. 31:54 Olympics regeneration legacy even better than Ken hoped. 32:32 What haunts him from his time as Mayor. 33:54 What Boris Johnson wanted to know over dinner with Ken. 35:59 Boris Johnson & Michael Gove political agenda opposites. 38:28 “Politics is show business for ugly people”, does Ken agree? 40:05 Boris Johnson’s part in the Brexit campaign. 41:30 The growing power of the military industrial complex. 43:31 The UK will be sucked into the American orbit on a grand scale. 46:11 Brexit, Ken’s thoughts on why Britain voted out, the implications and his proposal. 48:14 Governments have got to start listening. 50:15 Where Britain will be in two years’ time. 53:38 “I’m always going to state what I believe to be true, otherwise why would I be in politics.” 59:36 Will the Labour Party split over Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership? 1:02:30 Most dramatic period in British politics in his lifetime. 1:03:23 David Cameron the most dishonest Prime Minister in his lifetime. 1:04:31 Politics like ‘House of Cards’. 1:06:20 The possibility of the UK becoming the 51st State. 1:07:20 Donald Trump an unknown quantity. 1:10:31 London as an independent city state. 1:12:41 Prospect for new London Mayor Sadiq Khaan. 1:13:40 Ken Livingstone, a polarising figure. 1:15:25 Rupert Murdoch is the most damaging immigrant that has ever come to this country. 1:19:51The influences on today’s economy. 1:22:10 Does Ken enjoy media attention? 1:23:59 Influence of the bankers and will they leave Britain? 1:25:13 Does he feel the media was so biased towards the Remain camp? 1:26:15 Because of Corbyn’s euro-sceptic views will he be the best person to negotiate on behalf of the ordinary people? 1:27:13 In another 5 years what will the Tory and Labour parties look like? 1:27:57 What will Ken Livingstone be like in 5 years. 1:28:28 Success Secrets. 1:29:11 Advice to the 20 year old Ken Livingstone. 1:29:30 His career regret. 1:29:47 Best advice ever received. 1:31:15 Advice to the 20 year old who contemplates going into politics. 1:31:59 Brian’s summing up. 1:33:24 Ken’s come close to being murdered once or twice.  Full Show Notes at https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/ken-livingstone/ 

In this first podcast I talk about what led me to think about production video and how I discovered the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University.There's a little bit about me, my video class experience at Clark University and how I have been using video. Finally, I describe who I think might be interested in listening, or at the very least, who I think I may be talking to.Chapter timesAbout the show  :07About me  :30About the Center for Digital Imaging Arts (CDIA)  1:02Previous classes in video editing  1:51The impact of Final Cut Pro on professional video  2:42CDIA culture and programs  3:37Who should listen to this podcast  5:49Close 9:03The first 5 episodes of this podcast, that I post over the next two weeks, will cover different aspects of being a video student, such as the school, the classes in the program and personal goals.Once my classes begin January 23, 2007, I'll deliver this podcast on a weekly basis. Initially you'll hear me talking about what's being covered in class and my impressions of the school. As time passes and I get my act together, I'd like to include interviews with other students, instructors and visiting artists at the school. I also hope to include comments and interviews with people in similar programs at other schools.Please submit your comments here or send me an email.