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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.Show notes: SideHustleSchool.comEmail: team@sidehustleschool.comBe on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questionsConnect on Instagram: @193countriesVisit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.comRead A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.comIf you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes.

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I resisted every single one of these for way too long. These are the 10 hard doses of reality I had to face to get leaner and stronger, protect my metabolic health, and actually feel my best while looking my most fabulous.Body recomp is real, but it's slower and more nuanced than "calories in vs calories out." It means losing fat while building muscle (or building muscle while losing fat), and that takes a primary focus, smart phases, and a willingness to let go of the diet mentality, the scale obsession, and the idea that recovery is weakness.Watch to the end for a bonus 11th truth that ties it all together.Tell me in the comments: which one hit you the hardest? Every one of these called me out at some point.Grab my FREE Body Recomp Guide in the description below

Watch the show on television by downloading the e360tv channel app to your Roku, LG or AmazonFireTV. You can also see it on YouTube.Devin: What is your superpower?Deepti: The ability to rise after setbacks and turn challenges into opportunities.Billions of toothpaste tubes end up in landfills every year, creating an environmental burden that's hard to ignore. Recognizing this, Deepti Brambl, Founder of Kaylaan, developed an innovative alternative: toothpaste tablets. The eco-friendly product eliminates the need for plastic packaging while providing a healthier, more sustainable oral care solution.“Toothpaste tablets are not a new concept,” Deepti explained in today's episode, “but for me, it was important to come up with a solution that is not just plastic-friendly but also chemical-free. All of our products are natural, which ties back to how I was raised.”Kaylaan has also expanded into mouthwash tablets and patented bamboo electric toothbrushes, solidifying their commitment to green innovation. The toothbrushes, with recycled plastic handles to combat mold growth, are fully compostable striking the balance between sustainability and practicality.This eco-conscious ethos stems from Deepti's Nepalese heritage, where everything was reused. After moving to the U.S., she was struck by the plastic waste culture and wanted to create an alternative that redefined oral care. She started small, testing products on Etsy. Her toothpaste tablets stood out, quickly becoming a bestseller thanks to community feedback.The company's community-centered approach is evident in the evolution of their product line, including fluoride-based formulas, strawberry- and watermelon-flavored tablets for kids, and neem-based tablets. Customers' input continues to shape Kaylaan's innovations: “Whoever came to us with requests, we worked on it,” Deepti noted.In just a few years, Kaylaan has earned B Corp certification twice, reflecting its strong commitment to sustainability. Revenue from crowdfunding has been instrumental in scaling operations. Deepti highlighted how funds from a $45,000 raise helped move the company into a new facility, upgrade machines, and achieve compliance with FDA and GMP protocols.Currently, Kaylaan is raising capital through regulated investment crowdfunding on Honeycomb Credit. This presents an exciting opportunity for sustainability-minded investors to support Deepti's vision of redefining oral care.Deepti's journey exemplifies the power of mission-driven innovation. By tackling environmental challenges head-on, Kaylaan is demonstrating how purpose and profitability can coexist in harmony.tl;dr:Kaylaan develops eco-friendly toothpaste tablets to reduce waste and promote sustainable dental care.Deepti Brambl draws inspiration from her Nepalese heritage to drive innovation at Kaylaan.Crowdfunding on Honeycomb Credit has empowered Kaylaan to scale operations and achieve regulatory compliance.Customer feedback has shaped Kaylaan's diverse products, including fluoride-based and neem-flavored options.Deepti's resilience and passion for sustainability have propelled Kaylaan's mission to new heights.How to Develop Resilience As a SuperpowerDeepti's superpower is resilience—the ability to rise after setbacks and turn challenges into opportunities. She explained, “You fall as many times as possible, because that's where real creativity, real strength, and real learning happen.” Her perseverance fuels Kaylaan, as Deepti embraces obstacles as steppingstones for growth, strength, and creativity.Deepti vividly recounted the 10-hour ordeal of relocating a 5,000-pound tablet-press machine to a new manufacturing facility. After renting a forklift that couldn't manage the task, she worked with a team of local professionals to resolve the situation. Despite setbacks, her persistence resulted in more efficient production and significant quality improvements for Kaylaan's products.Tips to Develop Resilience:View challenges as opportunities for creativity and growth.Accept failure as part of learning and keep moving forward.Build strong community and business relationships for support during tough circumstances.Prioritize preparation upfront to avoid costly mistakes later.Embrace the idea that obstacles are a pathway to innovation and strength.By following Deepti's example and advice, you can make resilience a skill. With practice and effort, you could make it a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.Remember, however, that research into success suggests that building on your own superpowers is more important than creating new ones or overcoming weaknesses. You do you!Guest ProfileDeepti Brambl (she/her):Founder, KaylaanAbout Kaylaan: We make oral care better for people and the planet. Our toothpaste tablets eliminate plastic tube waste, reduce water consumption, and deliver clinically effective results — proof that a daily habit as simple as brushing your teeth can be part of a more sustainable world.Website: kaylaan.comCompany Facebook Page: facebook.com/kaylaantoothpasteCompany Twitter Handle: @KaylaanTabsInstagram Handle: @kaylaantoothpasteOther URL: invest.honeycombcredit.com/campaigns/Kaylaan-2Biographical Information: Deepti Brambl, originally from the Himalayas, is the founder and lead engineer behind Kaylaan, a B Corp‑certified sustainable oral care company based in New York. Deepti has been featured in publications like Happi Magazine, Long Island Press, CanvasRebel, and on the “Founders, Unfiltered” podcast. On the Happi Podcast, she discussed Kaylaan's innovative approach to oral care and eco-packaging, positioning the brand at the intersection of sustainability and consumer convenience.LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/deeptibramblSupport Our SponsorsOur generous sponsors make our work possible, serving impact investors, social entrepreneurs, community builders and diverse founders. Today's advertisers include Fureelz, High Desert Gear, and Climatize. 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Some days just suck and that’s okay. Here’s what you can do about it with simple these mood elevators. There will be times when a bad mood hangs around. Maybe something triggered you. It could be a cloudy day when you counted on sunshine. Or you might feel crummy or no reason at all. You just feel off. [Join me at the Intuition Cafe – the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays every month from 10 -11am ET for just $11/session.] Feeling Dysregulated A lot of people describe this as feeling dysregulated, which includes feeling anxious, irritable, overwhelmed, emotionally reactive, or just plain blah. The truth is there’s likely nothing truly wrong. You’ve had too much stress, too much news, too many demands. You haven’t had enough downtime or sleep. You’re overdue for some self-care. The good news? You don’t need therapy, a silent meditation retreat, or an appointment of any kind to feel more at peace. These five simple mood elevators are free, fast, and surprisingly powerful. I’m sharing them today because honestly, I’ve been in a mood myself for a few days and putting this together for you has already lifted my spirits. 1. Start Moving One of the fastest ways to lift your mood is to move your body, even for just a couple of minutes. Go outside, especially if it’s sunny. Fresh air and natural light work quickly to shift your emotional state. But even a rainy day has its benefits. Rain actually reduces an overabundance of positive ions that are absorbed from electronics and screens. Walking in the rain, taking a shower, or spending time near moving water like a stream or the ocean helps clear that energetic overload. Other easy options: Put on your favorite music and dance around the room for three minutes Take a short walk around the block Do a few minutes of stretching Try just three yoga poses Get physical, even briefly, and watch how quickly things start to shift 2. Stop Arguing with Reality When you’re in a bad mood, your mind can drift to unhappy thoughts. Then you might think you shouldn’t feel this way. Or other people have it worse and even things aren’t really that bad. But pushing your feelings away doesn’t make them go away. It suppresses them, and that’s not good for your emotional health long-term. The faster path to feeling more at peace is actually to own what you’re feeling. Face it. Accept it. Don’t make yourself wrong for it. When you acknowledge your feelings, even the uncomfortable ones, that’s often the quickest way to move through them and come out the other side. 3. Find One Tiny Thing Going Your Way Okay, this might feel difficult, but the truth is EVERYTHING is not bad. Even on your worst days, something is working in your favor. You don’t need to drag out you gratitude journal or make a list of 20 things. Just noticing one positive thing will be a solid mood elevator. Did you eat a good lunch? Find something on sale? Pay your bills and have a little left over? Hit a string of green lights? (One of my personal favorites!) These tiny moments count. I’ll share one that happened to me just yesterday. A client I coached a few years ago texted to say he got engaged. He was a sweet guy who struggled with social anxiety around dating, and we worked together to find some simple solutions. He sent me their happy engagement photo and said it wouldn’t have happened without me. I left him the most choked-up voicemail. That moment brought me completely to tears in the best heart-filled way. Finding even one thing that’s going your way shifts your brain out of fight or flight mode and into a place of greater peace and joy. Try it right now. 4. Call a Funny Friend As I was sitting down to write this episode, my phone rang. It was my friend Tammy. She has this gift for finding the humor in everything. We ended up reminiscing about our 20s, when we’d get together every Thursday night to listen to new music and dance in my living room. Laughing with someone who knows you well is one of the most a powerful mood elevators. If you have a friend with a good sense of humor, call her. Tell her your moody little story. Find the humor in it together. Nostalgia is genuinely uplifting. That’s why people love a good stroll down memory lane. Childhood stories, old shared jokes, funny memories are all good stuff, and can absolutely raise your spirits. Who could you call right now? 5. Create a Moment of Delight This is a fun one. What’s one small, easy thing that’s guaranteed to bring a little joy back into your day? Here’s mine – mascara. I stopped wearing mascara during COVID. Who was I going to see? But this year I started putting it on again every single day, just for me. When I catch myself in the mirror now, I smile. Those long dark lashes make me feel pretty and more youthful. That’s a genuine moment of delight, and it costs almost nothing. Here’s another one. I recently discovered a brand of sugar-free chocolate made with allulose that tastes just like the real thing. No funny aftertaste, no compromise and only one carb! It’s called Goalz  I’m not getting paid to say that, I just love it and had to share. Your moment of delight might be an iced coffee, a hot scented bath, a funny cat video, drawing Zentangles, or cutting flowers from your garden to put on the kitchen table. Whatever it is, do it now. Don’t wait until later. You deserve a moment of delight today. Bonus: Ground Yourself and Breathe Sometimes what you really need is to reconnect with the earth beneath your feet which is one of the most powerful mood elevators. Try this: This is a three-minute practice. Close your eyes and imagine sending roots down from the soles of your feet, deep into the earth. Connect with the soil, stones,  plants, and all the creatures. Acknowledge the four directions and all the elements. Say hello to the nature spirits. Thank Mother Earth for giving you a home for this life. Then take three slow, deep breaths. With each inhale, draw earth energy back up through those roots, up through your feet, and into your body. Draw the energy all the way up through the top of your head. As that energy rises, picture each of your chakras lighting up in sequence from root to crown. Notice how you feel afterward. This simple practice can open your energy field, deepen your breathing, and calm your nervous system. It can help you feel genuinely connected again. Your connection to the earth and nature is one of the most reliable paths to inner peace. Key Takeaways Feeling dysregulated or moody is normal. It doesn’t mean something is truly wrong. Moving your body, even for just a few minutes, is one of the fastest ways to shift your emotional state. Accepting your feelings rather than fighting them helps you move through them more quickly. Gratitude doesn’t have to be a big practice. One good thing is enough to help shift your brain out of fight or flight mode. Laughter and nostalgia are genuinely powerful mood elevators. Do not underestimate them. Small moments of delight are available to you right now, today, at little to no cost. Grounding with breathwork can reset your energy and restore a sense of peace in just a few minutes. Frequently Asked Questions What does it mean to feel dysregulated? Feeling dysregulated means your nervous system is out of balance. You might feel anxious, irritable, emotionally reactive, exhausted, or unable to focus. It’s often caused by too much stress, too little rest, or sensory overload from things like news and social media. It’s not a clinical diagnosis, it simply means your system needs some care and reset. What are the fastest ways to lift your mood naturally? The fastest natural mood boosters include moving your body (even briefly), going outside, calling a funny friend, and finding one small thing to feel grateful for. These methods work because they shift your nervous system out of threat mode without requiring any appointments, products, or significant time. Why does changing your physical state help your mood? Your body and mind are deeply connected. Physical movement releases tension, shifts your energy, and triggers neurochemical changes that help you feel better. Even three minutes of dancing, a short walk, or standing in sunlight can have a noticeable effect on how you feel emotionally. Is it okay to just sit with a bad mood? Yes, and in fact, accepting your feelings rather than fighting them is often the most effective approach. Suppressing emotions keeps them stuck. Acknowledging them without judgment allows them to move through you naturally. What is grounding and how does it help emotional well-being? Grounding is a practice of consciously connecting your energy to the earth. It can involve visualization, breathwork, or walking barefoot outside. Grounding helps regulate your nervous system, deepen your breathing, and restore a sense of calm and inner peace. It’s one of the best mood elevators! How can I feel more at peace on a difficult day? Start small. Move  your body, accept how you’re feeling without judgment, or find one tiny thing going your way. You might reach out to someone who makes you laugh, treat yourself to one small moment of delight, or take a few slow deep breaths. You don’t need to do all six. Even one can begin to shift your mood. Now you know that feeling moody from time to time is part of being human. And, the good news is that you have more tools than you might think to feel more at peace and most of them are easy and already within reach. The post Try These 5 Simple Mood Elevators To Feel Greater Peace appeared first on Intuitive Edge.

The Lebanese president says he will not accept any peace deal that does not include the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon. The two sides met in Washington on Tuesday for a fifth round of talks. Hezbollah has accused Israel of violating the recently-agreed ceasefire claiming IDF soldiers opened fire on a group of civilians in Lebanon killing two people. Also in this podcast: A United Nations-backed commission accuses Israel of deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children in what it calls a "genocide". Kim Jong Un announces that he's equipping North Korea's navy with nuclear weapons. People across western Europe brace for what's forecast to be the hottest day of the year. Researchers in Australia discover why some memories are more vivid than others. And we hear from the men being paid $50,000 to watch the World Cup. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk Photo: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attends a press conference in February 2026 Credit: Reuters/Mohamed Azakir

In this episode of Daily Creative, we explore the nuanced experience of failure and the creative courage required to start over. We open with a story about recognizing when to let go of failed dreams and the importance of closure—giving our abandoned ambitions the dignity of a “decent burial” rather than carrying emotional residue into our next ventures.We're joined by Steve Kamb, founder of Nerd Fitness and author of How to Try Again. The conversation focused on the modern misconception that achievement is only about relentless forward momentum. Instead, we dig into what happens after things don't go as planned, and how to move forward with intention.One concept discussed was identity and how the language of failure has shifted over centuries—from being seen as an event to being seen as a statement about who we are. We unpack the psychological weight behind this shift and how it can paralyze us from trying again.Steve shared research-backed approaches and a pragmatic framework called PACT: Pause, Accept, Change, Try. Rather than reflexively doubling down or giving up, this approach urges us to create space, honestly examine our circumstances, investigate what went wrong with curiosity (not self-loathing), and experiment with new methods.A key theme that emerged was the value of collective vulnerability and perspective—realizing our failures aren't so unique, and that growth comes from standing on the shoulders of our setbacks, not being buried beneath them.Five Key LearningsClosure is Undervalued: If we don't fully mark the end of a failed project or dream, we risk dragging its emotional baggage into our next pursuit. Sometimes “burying the butterfly” is what frees us for genuine renewal. (02:29)Failure and Identity are Not the Same: We too often internalize failure as a flaw in who we are, rather than seeing it as something that happened. Recognizing this distinction is critical for resilience. (09:08)Healthy Pausing Beats Reflexive Action: Jumping immediately back in or attempting more brute-force effort often leads to burnout and stagnation. Pausing creates space for honest self-assessment and recalibration. (13:44)Success Comes from Tactical Experimentation: Treating setbacks with the dispassion of a detective or scientist allows us to refine methods without self-judgment. Success stems from iterative learning, not from following a fixed blueprint. (15:27)Vulnerability is a Shared Human Experience: By sharing failures—both trivial and profound—we open ourselves to community, lessen stigma, and build collective strength. Our failures become data, not shames to be hidden. (11:32)Get full interviews and bonus content for free! Just join the list at DailyCreativePlus.com.

Whitney Elkins Hutten is the director of investor education at Passive Investing, one of the nation's fastest growing private equity real estate firms with over $1.5 billion in assets under management. She is also the author of Money for Tomorrow: How to Build and Protect Generational Wealth, which helps high income earners turn strong earnings into long term, stable wealth through a four part framework built to reduce volatility and improve decision making. A returning guest on the show, Whitney started with single family rentals, scaled into active multifamily ownership, and moved into syndicated raises as both an active and passive investor. Over the last four years she has focused on scaling her portfolio passively and navigating shifting market conditions.     Make sure to download our free guide, 7 Questions Every Passive Investor Should Ask, here.     Key Takeaways ● Build your investment thesis before analyzing any single deal ● Stop chasing yield; let goals and risk capacity drive selection ● Accept that the market sits outside your control ● Use debt funds to add cash flow and stability to a portfolio ● Confirm your lien position before investing in any debt fund ● Match loan duration and valuation windows to the asset type     Topics Active vs. Passive Investing ●  Whitney helps investors convert active income into passive income and long term wealth ●  The right path depends on your goals, timeline, and risk capacity Building Your Investment Thesis First ●  A clear thesis defines the role real estate plays in your portfolio ●  Without it, you borrow someone else's philosophy and misjudge what a good deal is ●  The thesis also reshapes how you view a deal that underperforms What You Can and Cannot Control ●  Operators control execution, but no one controls the market or interest rates ●  You control your thesis and underwriting; the rest must be mitigated or avoided ●  Whitney cut back on multifamily in 2019 after spotting overexposure in her portfolio Equity vs. Debt ●  Equity combines cash flow, appreciation, and tax benefits, but compresses first in a downturn ●  Whitney builds a portfolio that performs across different market phases ●  Debt adds cash flow and patience while you wait for the next equity cycle Evaluating a Debt Fund ●  Confirm your lien position, since fund leverage can push you behind a bank ●  Favor single family fix and flip lending over long ground-up construction ●  Look for near-term valuations and loan durations that match the asset Understanding Lien Position ●  First position lenders can foreclose fast and carry lower risk ●  Second position lenders wait through a longer process to recover capital ●  A levered first position fund is no longer truly first position    

This moment in America is living proof that the path to a just society requires the shedding of false narratives that demonize people and communities for social currency and political gain. These narratives influence how elected officials expend fiscal resources and which policies and regulations they enact. And it takes education, organizing and relationship building by nonprofits and people with lived experience to dispel myths and adopt new-found truths. In this episode of Power Station, Damien Cabezas, President and CEO of Community Connections DC, the largest nonprofit provider of mental health services in the nation's capital, offers a powerful example of how an historically maligned community remains stigmatized and profoundly misunderstood. While the public perceives that 70% of people with mental illness are violent the reality is that people with mental illness are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of crime. And as he explains, treatment, along with access to stable housing and community-based supports, leads to recovery and the capacity to thrive. Damien is an exceptional leader and advocate for people navigating mental illness and substance abuse disorders. He knows the costs to families, our economy and society when we embrace stigma over solutions.

Why does your teen tune you out? It might have to do with the role your message unconsciously casts her in. "Alter-casting" refers to the way every message you send implicitly assigns a role or identity to the person you're speaking with. If the role you cast your child in conflicts with how they want to see themselves, your message will be rejected — no matter how accurate, loving, or urgent it is.I walk through a concrete example: a mother warning her teenage daughter about predators online. The mother's intention is protective love. What the daughter hears is: "You think I'm a naive, helpless child." That identity is intolerable to an adolescent fighting for autonomy — and so the message fails entirely. I explain how this same dynamic plays out when parents share detransitioner videos with their kids, and why that approach almost always backfires for this exact reason.The episode also covers practical tools from ROGD Repair, including the alter-casting Venn diagram (mapping the overlap between what you see in your child, and what they see in their idealized self-image, even if aspirational); the strategic use of self-deprecating humor and strategic naivete; and the accusation audit — a technique for front-loading anticipated criticism in a way that actually invites your child into a more generous, gracious response. I close with a broader reflection on what this work really is: seeing beneath the performance to the real person underneath, and helping them become who they're meant to be.This podcast episode doubles as an ROGD Repair bonus lesson. It can be found in the course here, along with homework questions to help you personalize the material. If you're a parent navigating these issues in your family, ROGD Repair can help you work smarter, not harder, to get through to your teen. Get access to over 120 lessons like this and more. Use code SOMETHERAPIST2026 to take half off your first month at ROGDrepair.com.[00:00:00] Start[00:01:00] What Altercasting Is and Why It Matters[00:02:15] The Teen and the Predator Warning: A Case Study[00:05:00] Why Sharing Detransitioner Content Backfires[00:07:00] How to Cast Your Child in a Role They'll Accept[00:07:45] The Altercasting Venn Diagram Exercise[00:11:00] Why Failed Conversations Make the Next One Harder[00:12:00] Strategic Naivete and Self-Deprecating Humor[00:13:00] The Accusation Audit Tool[00:15:30] Reading Your Child's Self-Presentation Without Reacting[00:18:00] Early Intervention and the Cost of Waiting[00:26:30] Accepting Reality as the Path to Self-ActualizationROGD REPAIR Course + Community gives concerned parents instant access to over 120 lessons providing the psychological insights and communication tools you need to get through to your kid. Now featuring 24/7 personalized AI support implementing the tools with RepairBot! Use code SOMETHERAPIST2026 to take 50% off your first month.PODCOURSES: use code SOMETHERAPIST at LisaMustard.com/PodCoursesPRODUCTION: Looking for your own podcast producer? Visit PodsByNick.com and mention my podcast for 20% off your initial services.MUSIC: Thanks to Joey Pecoraro for our song, “Half Awake,” used with gratitude & permission. ALL OTHER LINKS HERE. To support this show, please leave a rating & review on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe, like, comment & share via my YouTube channel. Or recommend this to a friend!Learn more about Do No Harm.Take $200 off your EightSleep Pod Pro Cover with code SOMETHERAPIST at EightSleep.com.Take 20% off all superfood beverages with code SOMETHERAPIST at Organifi.Check out my shop for book recommendations + wellness products.Show notes & transcript provided with the help of SwellAI.Special thanks to Joey Pecoraro for our theme song, “Half Awake,” used with gratitude and permission.Watch NO WAY BACK: The Reality of Gender-Affirming Care (our medical ethics documentary, formerly known as Affirmation Generation). Stream the film or purchase a DVD. Use code SOMETHERAPIST to take 20% off your order. Follow us on X @2022affirmation or Instagram at @affirmationgeneration.Have a question for me? Looking to go deeper and discuss these ideas with other listeners? Join my Locals community! Members get to ask questions I will respond to in exclusive, members-only livestreams, post questions for upcoming guests to answer, plus other perks TBD. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What if your worship isn't being received the way you think it is? In Matthew 5:23-26, Jesus gives one of the most sobering teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. You travel days to bring your offering. You finally arrive at the altar. And Jesus says stop. If your brother has something against you, leave your gift, go make it right, and then come back to worship. Jesus makes it clear: you cannot be right with God while refusing to deal with broken relationships. Whether you're carrying the offense or someone else is carrying it against you, the responsibility to pursue peace is yours. Unresolved offense doesn't just damage relationships. It hinders worship and gives the enemy room to work. To be presence driven is to refuse to walk in offense.

Every parent wants their kids to thrive, but what if the key to their success isn’t just grades or good behavior, but the life lessons we pass on? It’s not just important—it’s essential. Episode Overview In this deeply personal and practical episode, Catherine unpacks the three biggest life lessons every parent must teach their kids, weaving wisdom from her years as a performer, mother, and follower of Christ. Drawing from her unique background in theater and comedy improv, Catherine reveals how these powerful truths have shaped her own journey and can equip families to navigate an unpredictable world. Through heartfelt stories and moments of humor—including the hilarious tale of how pretending to be a British exchange student launched her acting career—Catherine demonstrates how the unpredictable nature of improv mirrors real life. She brings home the point that life rarely goes according to our script, but our response makes all the difference. The Three Life Lessons You can't choose what happens to you, but you can choose how you respond.Life throws curveballs—sometimes it’s a dashed dream, a difficult diagnosis, or a sudden job loss. Drawing from both personal experiences and touching examples, Catherine encourages parents (and their kids) to focus on their response rather than circumstances. [See: 11:02] Accept what happens and build.The secret of successful improv—and life—is to accept what you’re given and build on it. Catherine shows how this principle, grounded in biblical truth, calls us not to live in denial or despair, but to trust that God can work with whatever comes our way, using disappointment and surprise for something greater. [See: 14:08] Allow God to turn mistakes into masterpieces.Sometimes the biggest mistake sparks our greatest victory. With moving real-life stories—like a stage mishap that became an improv masterpiece and a heartbreaking miscarriage that ultimately led to miraculous new life—Catherine illustrates how, when we surrender our failures to God, He can redeem them beyond what we imagined. [See: 20:33] Why These Lessons Matter Parents don’t have the power to control everything in their children’s lives, but they can equip them with a mindset rooted in faith, resilience, and hope. These lessons go beyond advice—they’re lifelines for navigating a broken world with confidence that God is always at work, even in the mess. Memorable Quote “It’s often the mistake that turns into a masterpiece.” — Catherine [See: 20:38] Episode Resources Catherine’s Website Resources:https://catherinesegars.com/resourcesAccess free resources for Christian parents, including the Prodigal Bundle, “Beyond the Lies” ebook, scripture lists, and more. Call to Action:How has God turned a mistake or unexpected challenge in your life into a masterpiece? Share your story or reflect on what lesson God may want your family to “build on” right now! Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

 The Ekiti State governorship election has been concluded, with incumbent governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji of the APC securing another four-year mandate after defeating candidates of the PDP, ADC, and other political parties.But even as celebrations begin, questions remain over whether the opposition will accept the outcome and whether allegations of vote-buying and electoral irregularities could end up in court. Join us in this episode of Nigeria Daily as we examine the reactions from the major political parties and what the Ekiti election could mean for the 2027 general elections. 

Zig Ziglar said, “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have 24 hours a day” When you know where you are going and what you want, you will often find that time will take care of itself. Yet when we have no direction, no idea of what we want, and allow other people to dictate what we do and when, that's when time, or rather a perceived lack of it, becomes the issue.  Today, we're looking at how to discover our direction and decide what we actually want.    Links: Email Me | Twitter | Facebook | Website | Linkedin   The COD Productivity Method  Learn more about the Quiet Productivity Method here Get Your Copy Of Your Time, Your Way: Time Well Managed, Life Well Lived The Working With… Weekly Newsletter Carl Pullein Learning Centre Carl's YouTube Channel Carl Pullein Coaching Programmes Subscribe to my Substack  The Working With… Podcast Previous episodes page   Script |422 Hello, and welcome to episode 422 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development, and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show.  One of the first exercises I ask people to do in many of my training programmes is to establish their Areas of Focus.  There are eight areas that we all share. These are: Family and relationships. Career or business Health and fitness Finances Lifestyle and life experiences Self-development Spirituality Life's purpose The exercise has you define what each of these means to you, and then identify any recurring tasks that will help keep them in balance so that you are living your life based on what you have identified as important to you.  The thing about your areas of focus is that, while we all share the same eight areas, how we define and prioritise them will differ.  This also changes depending on where you are in life. For someone who has retired, career or business will likely drop in priority and lifestyle and life experiences may move up.  Yet the power of knowing what your areas of focus mean to you is in how they help to give you direction and purpose.  This week's question is about how to maintain that balance when competing demands outside of your control clash with your own priorities. So, let me now hand you over to the Mystery Podcast Voice for this week's question.  This week's question comes from Annie. Annie asks, hi Carl. I use the Time Sector System, and for the most part it works brilliantly. The problem I have is that my boss and sometimes my family keep demanding my help with things that are not my priority. How can I stay on track with the things that are important to me?  Hi Annie, thank you for your question.  This can be very frustrating, particularly if you have spent time establishing what is important to you, yet other people keep trying to pull you away from doing the things you want to do. This is where having some structure built into your week can help.  Let's say that health and fitness is high up on your priority list and that you have chosen to exercise three times per week.  From that, you can pick your exercise days. These could be Monday, Wednesday and Friday, for example.  The first step would be to lock these “dates” on your calendar. Then make sure they are non-negotiable.  For instance, when I was a teenager, I was a competitive 800- and 1,500-metre runner. I was a member of an athletics club and our training days were Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings. Those days and times were non-negotiable. I would never miss a training session. My social life, as well as studying for my exams, were built around these days.  Pretty soon, everyone in my family circle, as well as teachers, knew that on Tuesday and Thursday nights and Sunday mornings, I would not be available for anything. I was training.  Many years later, when I went to university, I did night school. Our lecture times were Tuesday and Thursday night, 6:00 to 9:00 pm.  I was working full-time at the time, and since it took 20 minutes to get from my office to the university, I had to leave the office at 5:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  I made sure my boss and colleagues knew these times, and not once in four years do I remember missing a lecture.  I made sure I never scheduled meetings beyond 4:00 pm on a university day, and my close friends and family also knew when I would be at university. University was easier than the running club. The university worked in semesters; my athletics club didn't. I remember some of my training partners turning up on Christmas and New Year's Day if they were on a training night.  There's an old saying, “If it's important enough, you'll find the time. If it's not, you'll find an excuse” And having worked with over 500 people in the time management and productivity space, I can tell that old saying is true.  You will find what is important to you by looking at what you will not negotiate on.  I have a friend who is a huge Manchester United fan. He has not missed a home game in over twenty years. It's now become a point of pride for him.  As soon as the new season's fixtures list is published, he opens up his calendar and blocks the time out for the whole season.  I remember early on, when Simon began going to Old Trafford, trying to persuade him not to go watch the game and instead to come out with us. The answer was always “no”.  After a while, we stopped asking him. We know he'd go to Old Trafford and maybe, if it was an afternoon game, he would join us later. That was the best compromise we could get out of him.  Looking back now, I have huge respect and admiration for him for sticking to his priorities.  And that's what happens when you stick to your priorities: people respect and admire you.  It doesn't happen immediately, but when they see that you do not compromise on what you have prioritised, they stop trying to pull you away.  This is why time blocking, when done right, works.  Everyone in my circle, from my wife to the people who work with me, knows that between 9:30 and 11:30 am, I am doing focused work. For the most part, that work will be my creative work: writing, recording videos or this podcast, for example.  No one interrupts me anymore. They used to. But by sticking to my plan, people left me alone.  It's only two hours a day, but those two hours add up to 10 hours a week. And you can do a lot in 10 hours.  But it's not just that you stick to your plan; it's also that it gives you confidence when you plan your week.  When you know that no one will bother you when you are doing your focused work, you can confidently work with the hours that you have.  Most of the anxiety that we feel is not caused by the volume of work we have to do; it's caused by not knowing when we will be able to do it.  Yet there's a fix for that.  Let's say you have to review and report the sales figures to the CEO each day. As you do that task every day, you will know how long it takes you to do. In this example, you know it takes you 45 minutes, and you have to send the report in by 5:00 pm.  Now you have the two most important numbers.  When you begin the day, you have access to yesterday's sales figures, so you have everything you need.  That means the question becomes, when will you do it?  If that were me, I would do that as soon as the day begins. Get it done early so that if anything goes wrong in the day, it won't matter. The sales report is done and only needs to be emailed.  And in many ways, that's what you are doing. You're analysing how long it takes you to do the different parts of your job on average and then using that data to decide when, and if necessary, how often you need to do it.  This is like taking your game from being a Sunday League team to being a Premiership team.  The Sunday League team turns up and plays. No thoughts about tactics or strategy other than to score more goals than the opposition does.  A Premier League team strategises, has a plan, and sticks to it. If they go behind, they stick to the plan. They don't panic.  I recently watched a docuseries on Amazon called All or Nothing. In this particular programme, José Mourinho has just taken over as manager of Tottenham Hotspur.  In one of his first games in charge, Tottenham go behind in the first half and panic. They forget the plan, and everything begins falling apart.  At half-time, you can see Mourinho calming the players down. He tells them to stop panicking and to follow the plan. He talks to them gently and says when they get back on plan, they'll soon find a way back into the game.  And sure enough, that's exactly what happens. In the second half, Tottenham are more relaxed, more controlled, and they win the game by three goals.  In our lives, there's always going to be interruptions and demands from others. Some of them you can politely decline, others perhaps not.  When you cannot decline, because it's a demand from a boss or a family member, the good thing is the decision is made. You need to do what's being asked of you.  The key is not to throw out your plan. The key is to get back on plan as quickly as possible.  The worst thing you can do in these situations is to panic. That tenses you up, and you stop thinking objectively. Instead, accept, adjust and execute.  Accept the situation for what it is. It's something you have to do that you did not plan for. So, adjust your plan. Appraise how much time will be required to carry out the new instructions, and then change your plan accordingly.  Then carry out the work.  It's helpful if you have a few non-negotiables. For instance, experience has taught me that if I do not spend some time each day on my emails and messages, these will quickly get out of control.  Ideally, I like an hour to respond to messages and emails, but if I've had to adjust my plan, I'll do 30 minutes. It just helps keep things under control and doesn't mean I have to find more time tomorrow than I planned for.  The most important thing, though, Annie, is that you first decide what is important to you and what is not. This will help you to make the right decisions each day. That's why going through the Areas of Focus exercise will put you in a much better position.  You will know what is important to you, and you can build your calendar around those priorities.  After that, when things are demanded of you that you cannot decline, stay calm and composed and adjust your plan accordingly.  It's never the end of the world, and as long as you get back onto your plan as quickly as possible, you'll soon find that at the end of the week, you're not far from where you wanted to be.  I hope that has helped. Thank you for your question, Annie, and thank you to you, too, for listening.  It just remains for me now to wish you all a very, very productive week.   

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What makes love last a lifetime? In this message, Pastor Ian Buckley looks at six practical “one another” commands from Scripture that help build a stronger, warmer, more Christ-centred marriage. You'll discover six practices that help love last: ACCEPT their differences instead of attacking them GIVE ATTENTION instead of just sharing space ADJUST yourself instead of always correcting them FORGIVE hurts instead of rehearsing them APPRECIATE the good instead of only noticing the bad RENEW AFFECTION instead of letting love go cold A Christian marriage is not two perfect people in love. It is two forgiven people learning to love like Christ. What makes love last a lifetime? Most couples don't begin marriage expecting love to fade. But over time, small things can quietly erode warmth, trust, tenderness, and joy. The Bible gives us practical “one another” commands that help love last. In this message, Pastor Ian Buckley looks at six biblical practices that build a stronger, warmer, more Christ-centred marriage. You'll discover six practices that help love last: ACCEPT their differences instead of attacking them GIVE ATTENTION instead of just sharing space ADJUST yourself instead of always correcting them FORGIVE hurts instead of rehearsing them APPRECIATE the good instead of only noticing the bad RENEW AFFECTION instead of letting love go cold A Christian marriage is not two perfect people in love. It is two forgiven people learning to love like Christ.

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If you are tossing and turning tonight, unable to quiet a racing mind, step away from the frustrations of insomnia and drift off into a classic world of wonder. Tonight, Books at Bedtime brings you Chapter 4 of H.G. Wells' timeless sci-fi masterpiece, The Time Machine. In this episode, your host Martin Hewlett utilizes his signature soothing, hypnotic cadence to help you cross the bridge into a deep, restful sleep. Follow the enigmatic Time Traveller as he finally finishes his machine, climbs into the saddle, and pulls the lever to launch himself headlong into the distant future. As night and day begin to blur like the flapping of a black wing and the sun streaks across a twilight sky, let the rhythmic rise and fall of the narrative lull your nervous system into complete relaxation. Designed specifically for those struggling with restless sleep, night anxiety, or sleep onset issues, this literary sanctuary invites you to put down the weight of today, stop counting the hours, and ease effortlessly into a calm, restorative slumber. Time Chapters00:00 – Introduction to Books at Bedtime: Chapter 4 00:23 – Completing the Time Machine in the Workshop 00:53 – The First Voyage: Pulling the Starting Lever 02:04 – When Night and Day Blur: The Physical Sensations of Travel 04:31 – A Changing Earth: Watching Buildings Rise and Seasons Pass 06:40 – The Looming Risk of Stopping in the Unknown 09:21 – A Sudden Halt: Hurled into the World of the Future 10:46 – The Crouching White Sphinx in the Hailstorm 13:32 – Overcoming Bedtime Panic and Gathering Courage 15:06 – Meeting the Frail and Beautiful Inhabitants of the Future Episode AffirmationsBefore we begin reading, let these gentle thoughts anchor your body and quiet your restless mind:"I am ready to release the thoughts of today and let my mind drift.""Just like seasons passing in a flash, the worries of today are transient.""I am safe in my bed, completely supported, with nothing left to solve tonight.""I choose to step out of the rush of time and rest in this quiet space.""My body knows how to sleep, and I give it permission to relax fully now."3 Daily Caring TipsThe Bedtime Pivot: If your mind is replaying the day's events over and over, gently pivot your attention away from your own life. Immersing your imagination in an old audiobook or story gives your brain a fictional space to wander, stopping the anxious loop.Break the Clock Habit: Looking at the clock when you can't sleep only feeds insomnia anxiety. If you find yourself wakeful, turn your phone or clock away. Accept that resting your body in stillness is highly valuable, even before sleep takes over.Somatic Unwinding: Just as the Time Traveller felt the heavy, jarring sensations of his journey fade into a calm landscape, you can release physical tension. Take a slow, deep breath, drop your shoulders away from your ears, and let the bed completely carry your weight. Social Media Outro & ShareIf a restless mind or sleep issues have been keeping you awake lately, please know you are far from alone in the quiet hours of the night. If this chapter of The Time Machine helped soothe your bedtime anxiety and brought a little tranquility to your evening, please consider sharing this episode with someone else who might be staring at the ceiling tonight. You could be the reason they finally find their escape and drift off into a deep, peaceful sleep.Thank you so much for putting your faith and trust in Calming Anxiety and Books at Bedtime. Sleep deeply, rest well, and remember—be kind.

Challenges are a part of life, especially for parents, teachers, and caregivers who spend so much of their time supporting others. In this reflective episode of Teatime Thoughts, we explore the powerful quote: "Accept the challenge you are facing. It may become your greatest gift." Join me for a thoughtful conversation about embracing reality, working through difficult emotions, taking meaningful next steps, and recognizing how some of life's greatest gifts arrive in unexpected packages. Whether you're facing a challenge today or supporting someone who is, this episode offers encouragement and practical insights to help you move forward with hope. Pour yourself a cup of tea, settle in, and let's reflect on how today's challenge may become tomorrow's blessing. Intro Theme Song: Vocals - Shevaughn James; Music - Malik McFarlane; Lyrics - Maxine McFarlane & Shevaughn James

In this episode of The Everything ECE Podcast, Carla Ward sits down with award-winning speaker and trainer Chris Danilo to explore the skills that technology can't replace.As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the workplace, many educators are asking the same question: What makes humans irreplaceable?Together, Carla and Chris dive into the human skills that will matter most in the years ahead, why emotional intelligence may become one of the most valuable professional assets we have, and what leaders and educators need to be focusing on right now.This conversation might challenge some assumptions, spark a few questions, and leave you thinking differently about the future of our profession.Because in an AI-powered world, being more human may be the advantage we need most.CHRIS DANILOChris is an award-winning speaker and trainer for the early childhood workforce. He trains ECE leaders and educators on Human Skills like compassionate detachment, self-management, and emotional intelligence that make a real difference in how teams work together.He uses high-energy, roll-up-your-sleeves, experiential workshops to make professional development turn into action.He's worked with organizations in Child Care Aware and Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) groups around the US.LINKSWebsite: chrisdanilo.com/newsletter InstagramLinkedInYouTubeSeed TrainingBooksEmotionally Charged: How to Lead in the New World of Work — Dina Denham Smith & Alicia A. Grandey Oxford University Press · Penn State announcement · Author site Co-written by Penn State psychology professor Alicia Grandey (one of the world's leading researchers on emotional labor) and executive coach Dina Denham Smith. Equips leaders with evidence-based tools for emotional skills at work: emotional labor, authenticity, stress and recovery, emotion regulation, self-compassion. Includes the authors' BRAVE technique (Breathe, Recognize, Accept, Verbalize, Engage) and frameworks like compassionate detachment drawn from caring professions. Especially relevant for ECE directors and center owners managing emotional load on their teams.Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ — Daniel Goleman Amazon ·The 1995 book that introduced the concept of emotional intelligence to a mass audience. Goleman argues that EQ matters as much as IQ for success in relationships, work, and well-being, and outlines five core skills — self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills — that can be taught and cultivated.Researchers & AuthorsDr. Alicia Grandey — Penn State Penn State faculty page · Workplace Emotional Labor and Diversity Lab Professor of Psychology at Penn State and one of the original architects of the modern research literature on emotional labor — the work of regulating your emotions on the job. 25+ years of peer-reviewed research, with multiple papers in the top 1% for citation impact. Co-author of Emotionally Charged. Essential reading for anyone trying to understand why caregiving work — including ECE — is so emotionally taxing.Dina Denham Smith — executive coach and leadership consultant DinaDSmith.com · Book site Founder and CEO with 20+ years coaching senior leaders at companies like Adobe, Netflix, and Stanford. Co-author of Emotionally Charged with Alicia Grandey, bridging the academic research on emotional labor into practical leadership tools.SUBSCRIBE & REVIEWIf you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more ECEs who are in the thick of it!. Thanks for tuning in to The Everything ECE.  See you next week! shape their early years.CONNECT WITH CARLAThe ECE Latte LoungeEmail Newsletter: ⁠⁠Click Here⁠ Website: carlatheece.comInstagram: @carlatheece

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Victoria Heuermann told the producers of the Peacock documentary that she now believes her father most likely committed the Gilgo Beach murders. She said on camera that while the family was on vacation, he was home killing and dismembering women in the basement. She arrived at that conclusion and said it out loud.Her mother has not arrived there. Asa Ellerup's attorney has said publicly that even after a guilty plea, he does not know whether Asa will ever believe the man she knew was capable of this. Asa sat across from Heuermann in a jailhouse visit where he confessed to killing eight women — seven in their basement — and she addressed him as Mr. Heuermann. Not Rex. The formal name.Same family. Same evidence. Same confession. Two people processing the same catastrophe in completely opposite directions. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott returns to Hidden Killers to explain how a mother and daughter can hear identical words and end up in different realities — and what it reveals about how the mind protects itself from information it cannot survive.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#RexHeuermann #AsaEllerup #HiddenKillers #VictoriaHeuermann #GilgoBeachKiller #ShavaunScott #TrueCrime #SerialKillerConfession #PeacockDocumentary #GilgoBeach

Why did this founder fire himself from his own company? That's what I wanted to find out when I sat down with Steve Kamb, founder of Nerd Fitness. We've known each other for a long time, and I've watched him build an incredible audience and business. But then, to my surprise, he "fired" himself – twice! Steve shares the surprising truth about chasing growth, the pitfalls of wearing the wrong hat in your own business, and how he rediscovered his passion for writing. His journey is a powerful reminder that sometimes, the true path to fulfillment means stepping away from the very thing you've so diligently built.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction01:10 Firing myself (twice!) from Nerd Fitness05:37 The five years I spent in the wrong seat07:20 The "If you're not growing, you're shrinking" myth10:37 How I realized writing is what lights me up12:55 When to double down on strengths vs. fix weaknesses18:19 The curated "all I do is win" internet vs. real life20:20 Sharing my failures: cancer, Google changing, divorce23:09 The overwhelming positive response to vulnerability24:06 How my book was born and evolved30:17 My visit to the Museum of Failure33:55 My PACT framework: Pause, Accept, Change, Try40:22 Everything old is new again in content49:00 The value of Craft + Commerce and community56:14 Longevity in creative work: falling in love with the craft1:02:43 How to Try Again: Where to find the bookIf you enjoyed this episode, please like and subscribe, share it with your friends, and leave a review. I read every single one.Learn more about the podcast: https://nathanbarry.com/showFollow Nathan:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathanbarryLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanbarryX: https://twitter.com/nathanbarryYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thenathanbarryshowWebsite: https://nathanbarry.comKit: https://www.kit.comFollow Steve:How To Try Again (Book): https://howtotryagain.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevekambLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevekambYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/stevekambX: https://x.com/SteveKambNerd Fitness: https://www.nerdfitness.comFeatured in this episode:Kit: https://www.kit.comHow to Try Again: https://howtotryagain.comNerd Fitness: https://www.nerdfitness.comThe Museum of Failure: https://failuremuseum.com

In this episode, host Alex Sachon is joined by Dr. Anthony James Hall, Professor Emeritus of Globalization Studies at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. They discuss the new Trump-Iran Peace Agreement, with both agreeing that the prospects for peace in the Middle East remain grim so long as the Zionist faction remains in place. Visit Dr. Hall's Substack: https://anthonyjhall.substack.comTable of Contents:0:00 The Iran Peace Agreement1:23 Greater Israel or Bust1:51 Introducing Professor Anthony Hall7:11 The Peace Agreement — A Closer Look11:44 US-Israel Integration & Zionist Influence13:09 Inside Israel Today15:57 Energy Crisis & the Great Reset

Thursday, 18 June 2026   And behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!” Matthew 20:30   “And you behold! Two ‘blind' sitting beside the road, having heard that Jesus, He passes, they croaked, saying, ‘You compassionate us, Lord, ‘Son, David'!'” (CG)   In the previous verse, it was noted that as they went out of Jericho, a great multitude followed Jesus. Along with that, Matthew records, “And you behold! Two ‘blind' sitting beside the road.”   The issue of the seemingly contradictory time of Jesus encountering and healing the blind in this account, as recorded by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, was dealt with yesterday. Though getting ahead in the narrative, it was necessary at some point to rectify that.   However, that is not the only discrepancy between the accounts. The words “two ‘blind' sitting beside the road” are also problematic for some. This is because Mark and Luke say –   “Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging.” Mark 10:46   “Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging.” Luke 18:35   As such, detractors of the Bible immediately claim that there is a contradiction in Scripture. One account says two men, the other accounts refer to a single individual. The fact is that if there are two, there is one. This is not a contradiction at all. It is a way of focusing differently on a matter.   This “two as opposed to one” is seen elsewhere in the gospels, such as the two demoniacs in Matthew 8 as opposed to a single one in Mark and Luke. The same thing occurs in the accounts at the time of the resurrection, where one or two are mentioned. This is an issue of focus and presentation, not a contradiction.   Mark goes beyond both Matthew and Luke and names the blind person he focuses on. The reason for this could be that the blind person who was healed became well known later among the believers, whereas the second man faded out of the spotlight. There is no contradiction in a “two” or “one” record. Understanding this, Matthew continues, saying, “having heard that Jesus, He passes.”   This was explained yesterday. The commotion of Jesus traversing the city, from one end to the other, means that they had a chance to encounter Him as He did so. Those who could see would have rushed to meet Jesus as He entered, passing the blind on their way. As the people passed the blind, “they croaked, saying, ‘You compassionate us, Lord, ‘Son, David'!'”   The present tense verb “He passes” tells us that they were fully aware of Jesus passing through Jericho. This was probably the main route for one who had traveled south on the east side of the Jordan and then passed over the Jordan on a trek to Jerusalem. As such, it makes complete sense that Jesus would pass right through the city. It would also be why the blind sat at the exit gate, hoping for some pilgrim heading to Jerusalem to have mercy on them with a blessing.   The men were strategically positioned to be in the most favorable spot for such things. Calling Jesus “Lord, ‘Son, David'” means they fully accepted that He was the promised fulfillment of the messianic promises. Surely, they had heard of His miracles and believed that He had the ability to perform what no one else but the Messiah could do.   Life application: As with the previous verse, there is no reason to assume there is a contradiction between Matthew's account and that of the other gospels. Matthew was there with Jesus. He would have seen the two men calling out to the Lord for healing.   Mark may or may not have been there, but his focus was on someone who became well known enough to be remembered by name. Luke was not there, but gathered his information from various sources. He focused on a certain blind man, maybe having spoken to Mark, who was excited to mention Bartimaeus.   The fact is that if all three accounts were identical, or even if they were a bit differently worded, but said the same thing, they would be considered forgeries, ripped off from a single writer, something the Jesus Project is famous for claiming.   Don't get discouraged by those whose seeming sole purpose in life is to destroy people's faith in God and in the surety of His word. Press on with the understanding that if this is God's word, it is completely reconcilable with His perfect character.   Just because we do not understand a difficulty does not mean that there is a problem with what is presented. Most of us do not understand how a nuclear bomb is made, but we know that they explode. Nobody would say, “I just don't see how such a little bit of plutonium can make an entire city disappear. Therefore, it can't happen.”   And yet, this is how we treat the Bible when we believe some knucklehead's assertion that the Bible is in error. When his claim proves to be incorrect, who then is the knucklehead? Don't be a knucklehead! Accept that what you don't know simply means there is a limitation in your knowledge, not a problem with what you are trying to understand.   Glorious Lord God, thank You for guiding us as we read and contemplate Your word. As we continue to read it, study it, meditate on it, and accept it as Your word, the more profitable it is to us in our walk with You. Thank You that this is so. May we be diligent in our study of it all our days. Amen.  

The National Driver Licence Service's refusal to accept cash payments at its Ennis office is reportedly stripping Clare residents of their independence. Since the Covid-19 lockdown, NDLS offices only allow payments by credit or debit card, Google Pay, Apple Pay or Payzone vouchers. The Department of Transport has previously said this decision was made "after evaluating security, administration and value for money factors at the tendering process". Kilmurry McMahon-based Aontú representative June Dillon claims denying people the right to pay with cash negatively impacts on their privacy.

There is a thing you want. You know what it is. You have known what it is for a long time. And somewhere, somehow, you have made peace with not having it. Quietly. Without ceremony. Without ever naming the moment you stopped reaching. This episode is about that moment. Not the wanting. Not the failure to reach. The decision that was already made underneath both. The decision your identity made on your behalf, without your knowledge, and possibly without your soul's survival in mind. A samurai kneels in a Kyoto garden at dawn, ready to die for the code. A butler sits in the back of a car, watching the woman he loved disappear in the rearview mirror. Different uniform. Different century. The same prison. Neither man built that prison from weakness. They built it from the best of themselves. The most devastating prisons are not built from your worst. They are built from your best.  This is Season Two, Episode Two of The Polymathic Perspective.  The second installment in a ten-episode investigation into what we want but refuse to accept. We examine the mechanism through neuroscience, identity psychology, identity foreclosure, the Emotional Source Code, and the Emotional Meaning Architecture. We watch it operating in Ishiguro's "Remains of the Day" lead character 'Stevens'. In an engineering company that lost its soul in the boardroom, in a nation that built a vision it cannot play in. The question is not what you are afraid of losing. The question is what your identity has already decided you cannot have. And whether that decision is actually yours.  IN THIS EPISODE  00:00 Honor and Dignity 01:30 Episode Mission 02:53 Four Lenses Framework 03:56 Bushido as Identity 06:17 Identity Prohibition 07:43 Foreclosure and Threat 10:31 Find Your Piano 11:58 Boeing Identity Takeover 14:00 Saudi Vision and Resistance 16:07 Integrity Versus Foreclosure 20:32 Zanshin and the Key Question 21:52 Piano Image Closing 23:36 Outro and Subscribe THE SERIES What We Want but Refuse to Accept is a ten-episode arc.  Episode one introduced the man in the wings of his own ovation.  Episode two examines the architecture of the cage.  Next episode: The Cage We Built Ourselves.  Follow the show to receive each episode as it releases.  ABOUT DOV BARON  Dov Baron has spent thirty years inside the rooms where leaders, founders, and executives make the decisions that shape organizations. His clients hire him for what he can see: the patterns that have stopped being visible to the people inside the system. He is the creator of the Emotional Source Code and Emotional Meaning Architecture frameworks. CONNECT WITH DOV Website: https://dovbaron.com/ Work with Dov: dov@dovbaron.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dovbaron/ Carry one question with you from this episode:  What does your identity require you to never be? Sit with it. If something irritated you in this episode, do not dismiss it. It is data. If this episode resonated, please rate and review on Apple Podcasts and follow on Spotify. Share this with someone who has built something excellent and cannot quite reach what they want. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

There is a thing you want. You know what it is. You have known what it is for a long time. And somewhere, somehow, you have made peace with not having it. Quietly. Without ceremony. Without ever naming the moment you stopped reaching. This episode is about that moment. Not the wanting. Not the failure to reach. The decision that was already made underneath both. The decision your identity made on your behalf, without your knowledge, and possibly without your soul's survival in mind. A samurai kneels in a Kyoto garden at dawn, ready to die for the code. A butler sits in the back of a car, watching the woman he loved disappear in the rearview mirror. Different uniform. Different century. The same prison. Neither man built that prison from weakness. They built it from the best of themselves. The most devastating prisons are not built from your worst. They are built from your best.  This is Season Two, Episode Two of The Polymathic Perspective.  The second installment in a ten-episode investigation into what we want but refuse to accept. We examine the mechanism through neuroscience, identity psychology, identity foreclosure, the Emotional Source Code, and the Emotional Meaning Architecture. We watch it operating in Ishiguro's "Remains of the Day" lead character 'Stevens'. In an engineering company that lost its soul in the boardroom, in a nation that built a vision it cannot play in. The question is not what you are afraid of losing. The question is what your identity has already decided you cannot have. And whether that decision is actually yours.  IN THIS EPISODE  00:00 Honor and Dignity 01:30 Episode Mission 02:53 Four Lenses Framework 03:56 Bushido as Identity 06:17 Identity Prohibition 07:43 Foreclosure and Threat 10:31 Find Your Piano 11:58 Boeing Identity Takeover 14:00 Saudi Vision and Resistance 16:07 Integrity Versus Foreclosure 20:32 Zanshin and the Key Question 21:52 Piano Image Closing 23:36 Outro and Subscribe THE SERIES What We Want but Refuse to Accept is a ten-episode arc.  Episode one introduced the man in the wings of his own ovation.  Episode two examines the architecture of the cage.  Next episode: The Cage We Built Ourselves.  Follow the show to receive each episode as it releases.  ABOUT DOV BARON  Dov Baron has spent thirty years inside the rooms where leaders, founders, and executives make the decisions that shape organizations. His clients hire him for what he can see: the patterns that have stopped being visible to the people inside the system. He is the creator of the Emotional Source Code and Emotional Meaning Architecture frameworks. CONNECT WITH DOV Website: https://DovBaron.comWork with Dov: dov@dovbaron.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dovbaron/ Carry one question with you from this episode:  What does your identity require you to never be? Sit with it. If something irritated you in this episode, do not dismiss it. It is data. If this episode resonated, please rate and review on Apple Podcasts and follow on Spotify. Share this with someone who has built something excellent and cannot quite reach what they want.  

  NEW! Little Big Affirmations Deck for Kids: Check it out.   Click here to Shop Affirmation Decks, Oracle Decks, and more!   Use Promo code: RCPODCAST20 for 20% off your first order!   Today's Power Affirmation: My moments turn out the best because I make the best of the way my moments turn out!   Today's Oracle of Motivation: We all face unexpected adversity in life. Loss of income. Illness in the family. Someone steals your Fruity Pebbles. These moments always sneak up when you least expect them, causing internal mayhem in the form of anxiety, depression, and even anger. Although Fruity Pebbles theft should be punishable by lashings, what's done is done and cannot be changed. Accept your disposition and make the best of what comes next! For the rest of your life, your moments will ALWAYS turn out the best if you make the best of the way your moments turn out!   Designed to Motivate Your Creative Maniac Mind The 60-Second Power Affirmations Podcast is designed to help you focus, affirm your visions, and harness the power within your creative maniac mind! Join us daily for a new 60-second power affirmation followed by a blast of oracle motivation from the Universe (+ a quick breathing meditation). It's time to take off your procrastination diaper and share your musings with the world!   For more musings, visit RageCreate.com     Leave a Review & Share! Apple Podcast reviews are one of THE most important factors for podcasts. If you enjoy the show, please take a second to leave the show a review on Apple Podcasts! Click this link: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Hit “Listen on Apple Podcasts” on the left-hand side under the picture. Scroll down under “Ratings & Reviews” & click “Write A Review” Leave an honest review. You're awesome!  

Mark 4:15 - The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message, only to have Satan come at once and take it away.

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In this episode of the Deloco Podcast, we're joined by the owner of San Antonio's own Elotitos Corn Bar, for a high-energy breakdown of the start of the Elote game, New food Truck & Anger Management Elementary Case!??We dive deep into the recent nail-biting Spurs vs. Knicks series. With the tension of Game 4 fresh on everyone's mind, we analyze the shifting momentum, the intensity of the matchup, and what it's like being a fan watching these high-stakes games unfold. Instagram: @elotitos.sahttps://www.elotitossa.comDo your taxes and Bookkeeping Right! Jd & Associates LLC is here to help you! https://www3.apptoto.com/b/jdassociatesllcVisit CountdownSA Right here in San Antonio Texas! https://www.countdownsa.com▶️ https://delocopodcast.squarespace.comSubscribe on YouTube @DeLocoPodcast it's the one with the Papichulo! Follow on Instagram:@jdassociatesllc@delocopodcast @gilbert_deloco @mothershipproductions@countdownsahttps://linktr.ee/delocopodcastChrist is coming soon. Accept him into your life before it's too late. God Loves you, Dios Te Ama!

Ryan Goldbacher, a Tour Manager, Production Manager, and Front of House Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the live entertainment industry. Ryan has toured the world with artists including, The HU, Accept, Sebastian Bach, Thin Lizzy, and many others, managing everything from international logistics and production to front-of-house audioA Nashville-based professional and owner of Show Logistics LLC, Ryan brings a unique combination of technical expertise, leadership, and real-world touring experience. We're excited to hear stories from the road and learn what it takes to keep major productions running smoothly around the globe..Ryan is currently on tour with Tom Keifer and took time out during his busy schedule to chat to us.This epsiode is brought to you by Inner Circle Distributions and Main Light

On episode 751 of the 40+ Fitness Podcast, Coach Allan sits down to discuss restarting a health and fitness regimen with Steve Kamb, the founder of Nerd Fitness. The conversation focused on how to create lasting change in health and fitness, especially for individuals over 40 facing the unpredictable realities of life. One concept discussed was the "back to normal fallacy"—the tendency to believe that perfect circumstances are just around the corner and that change will be easier then. A key theme that emerged was embracing failure as a normal, even necessary, part of progress, and recognizing that setbacks offer valuable lessons rather than defining personal worth. The discussion explored the PACT framework (Pause, Accept, Change, Try), offering a practical system for navigating obstacles and trying again with self-compassion and flexibility. Several points were raised, including the importance of setting realistic expectations, using strategies like "strategic half-assing" for sustainable progress, and learning to accept imperfections as part of a meaningful, successful journey. Time Stamps: 03:29 Introducing Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness 09:19 Steve's fitness journey and insights 12:53 Learning from past mistakes 15:39 Writing and editing the book 17:54 Importance of Pausing and Reflecting 23:20 Trying a 30-day diet plan 25:02 High expectations and personal growth 29:03 Finding joy in healthy habits 31:43 Jody's Journey and Resilience 36:07 Kintsugi and life philosophy 38:22 Breaking my favorite mug 40:48 Strategically half-assing workouts https://howtotryagain.com  https://40plusfitness.com/stick 

In this episode, I'm sharing what solo motherhood, changing seasons of life, and shifting capacity have taught me about letting go of old expectations, honoring what I truly need, and why disappointing yourself is often far more costly than disappointing others.Ways to work with Corinne: Join the Mind Your Hormones Method, HERE! (Use code PODCAST for 10% off!!)If you are trying to conceive and feel like you are doing everything right but still not getting pregnant — this is for you.Corinne is going live on June 22nd with a free masterclass covering the root cause framework she uses with every single client, regardless of diagnosis or how long you have been trying.Register free here!Already registered? You are all set — reminders will come to you automatically as June 22nd gets closer.Join the Mind Your Hormones Community to connect more with me & other members of this community!Come hang out with me on Instagram: @corinneangealicaOr on TikTok: @corinneangelicaEmail Fam: Click here to get weekly emails from meMind Your Hormones Instagram: @mindyourhormones.podcast Disclaimer: always consult your doctor before taking any supplementation. This podcast is intended for educational purposes only, not to diagnose or treat any conditions. 

What do you do when you did everything right… and life blows up the plan anyway? This week, Wendy sits down with her friend Steve Kamb, founder of Nerd Fitness and author of the brand-new book How to Try Again — for a funny, tender, deeply human conversation about failing, flailing, and finding your way back. While writing a book about navigating failure, Steve got hit with three life-altering blows at once: a skin cancer diagnosis, the collapse of his business's traffic, and a heartbreaking divorce. What he learned became the heart of this episode — that failure is the first step, not the last; that there's no “hierarchy of suck”; and that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is tread water instead of pushing harder. Steve walks us through his four-part PACT — Pause, Accept, Change, Try — and why you should give yourself permission to start ugly. If you're in a hard season, consider this your permission slip to breathe.

Steve Kamb joins me to talk about the ideas from his new book, How to Try Again: An Approachable Guide to Navigating Chaos and Making Change.Steve shares wisdom about:Which is harder: starting, or starting againThe "Back to Normal" fallacyThe importance of a bias toward actionDo people wait for optimal timing?Do people believe it will go smoothly this time?Do people fail to anticipate obvious and predictable obstacles?Do people fail to allow for unforeseen obstacles?When do we need to try again and when do we need to try something different?How much do people try to control the wrong things?How much of success comes down to one's attitude toward struggle and failure?If you're someone who's been trying and faltering, this is for you—whether in fitness and health, career, or life.Instagram: @stevekambCHAPTERS01:15 Starting vs Starting Over03:01 The Back to Normal Fallacy06:18 Why Treading Water Still Counts08:34 Letting Go of the Perfect Future13:05 The Too Many Options Trap17:25 Procrastination and the Five Whys19:53 Identity and Imposter Syndrome22:53 Failure as Feedback24:14 Keep Doing the Thing28:17 New Year's Goals and Self-Efficacy32:37 Pause, Accept, Change, Try Again37:32 Control What You Can Control41:36 The "Yes And" Philosophy of Life47:41 Struggle, Capacity, and Resilience51:04 Updating Your Fitness Identity53:37 Book Launch and Where To Find SteveSUPPORT THE SHOWIf this episode helped you rethink failure, setbacks, or personal growth, you can support the show by:Subscribing and checking out more episodesSharing it on social media (tag me and I'll respond)Sending it to someone who needs encouragement to keep goingFOLLOW ANDREW COATESInstagram: @andrewcoatesfitnesshttps://www.andrewcoatesfitness.comPARTNERS AND RESOURCESRP Strength App (use code COATESRP)https://www.rpstrength.com/coatesJust Bite Me Meals (use code ANDREWCOATESFITNESS for 10% off)https://justbitememeals.comMacrosFirst – FREE Premium TrialDownload MacrosFirst and during setup select ANDREWKNKG Bags (15% off)https://www.knkg.com/Andrew59676Versa Grippshttps://www.versagripps.com/andrewcoatesTRAINHEROIC – FREE 90-Day Trialhttps://www.trainheroic.com/liftfreeReply to the email you receive (or email trials@trainheroic.com) and let them know Andrew sent you

In hour 2, Spadoni and Shasky discuss if the Bay Area could handle a tanking team from its major teams, would the ballpark still fill?

You cannot pour from an empty vessel. But a woman who knows how to receive? She is never empty. She is part of the flow — and the flow never runs out. In this luminous, gently revolutionary episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar turn their attention to one of the most quietly painful patterns in women's lives: the wound of not receiving. Women are extraordinary givers — generous, devoted, tireless. And when the universe tries to give back? We deflect. We minimize. We say oh, it was nothing and don't worry about me and this old thing? — and then wonder, exhausted and depleted, why the flow has stopped. Here is what Mary and Dawn want you to understand: receiving is not selfish. It is not weakness. It is not indulgence. In earth-based shamanic tradition, reciprocity is sacred law — the universe operates in give and receive, death and rebirth, exhale and inhale. When one side of that exchange is broken, the whole system goes out of sync. Every compliment deflected, every offer of help declined, every gift minimized is a message to the universe: I don't trust the return. I'd rather stay in control. They trace the receiving wound to its roots — the centuries of cultural conditioning that made giving a woman's identity and receiving feel dangerous, even shameful — and offer both the why and the how of healing it. Mary shares the particular heartbreak she witnesses in talented healers who still hesitate to charge for their gifts. Dawn shares how New World Women made itself vulnerable by asking for help — and how everything shifted when they did. And they close with the African proverb that says it all: The hand outstretched in giving is also open to receive. This week's SoulFire Spark is a three-part receiving practice. First: the next time someone offers you a compliment, a gift, or help — just say thank you. That's it. Let it land before you deflect. Second: each morning this week, ask yourself what is already moving toward me? and write down every piece of evidence that you are being supported. Third: do one thing this week that lets someone give to you. Ask for help. Accept an invitation. Let someone pay. And notice what it feels like to say yes. You were made for both directions. Giving and receiving. Go big.   Dr. Mary Newstrom's website: ZenithHigh.com Dawn Morningstar's websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com Produced by New World Women New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to remember their power, reclaim their worth and rise up… together. Support New World Women's mission to empower women around the world by shopping at Birdi - an all-women-vendor marketplace.

In this episode, Mary Sullivan, co-founder of Sweet but Fearless, talks with Meghan French Dunbar, founder of Conscious Company Magazine and author of This Isn't Working, for an honest conversation about burnout, identity, and defining success on your own terms. After founding and scaling a nationally recognized media company, and serving as CEO for years, Meghan found herself exhausted, disconnected, and questioning the very definition of success she had worked so hard to achieve. What followed was a period of deep reflection that transformed how she approaches leadership and personal fulfillment. Meghan explores how traditional leadership models have been shaped by masculine ideals and how many women have been conditioned to believe they must adopt these traits to succeed. Meghan shares insights on what she calls the "half-leadership trap", the tendency to value only one side of leadership while overlooking the strengths that qualities often viewed as feminine bring to the table. She discusses why the most effective leaders embrace both masculine and feminine traits, blending decisiveness and ambition with empathy, collaboration, and intuition to create a more balanced and authentic approach to leadership.   ABOUT MEGHAN FRENCH DUNBAR:LinkedIn – Meghan French DunbarWebsite – Meghan French DunbarBook – "This Isn't Working: How Working Women Can Overcome Stress, Guilt, and Overload to Find True Success"Podcast – UnbehavedInstagram  - Meghan French DunbarTedx – Why Success Isn't Making You Have & How to Fix It ABOUT SWEET BUT FEARLESS: Website - Sweet but Fearless LinkedIn - Sweet but Fearless

Rick Chess, attorney, real estate strategist, capital-raising expert, and trusted advisor, is passionate about helping entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners navigate complex decisions that can dramatically impact enterprise value and long-term success. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, Rick has raised over $100 million for multiple organizations, guided companies through acquisitions, governance challenges, and strategic growth, and helped owners prepare for successful exits. We explore The Capital Raising Framework — Focus on Individuals, Not “the Market”; Be Ready to Sell; Start With Who You Know; Connect on Emotion; and Find a Problem to Solve. Rick explains why raising capital is ultimately about understanding people, not pitching ideas, why investors care more about their needs than your opportunity, and how trust-based relationships create opportunities that compound over time. He also shares lessons from raising capital, building influential networks, serving on boards, and helping entrepreneurs avoid costly mistakes when pursuing funding, growth, and exit strategies. — How to be a Trusted Advisor with Rick Chess  Good day, dear listeners. Steve Preda here with the Management Blueprint Podcast. And my guest today is Rick Chess, who is a real estate and exit strategist. He helps business and real estate owners, and the trusted advisors who guide them, turn complex decisions into strategic moves that grow enterprise value and maximize sale outcomes. Rick, welcome to the show.  Thank you. Appreciate it, Steve.  Well, it’s great to have you. And I’m going to ask you my favorite question, which I always ask: What is your personal ‘Why’, and what are you doing to manifest it in your practice?  When you go back in my career, 50-some years, where I’ve been most happy is either growing an organization. That can be a community, that can be a business, it can be an association. And then, at some point, individuals in that association want to move on, whether that’s to retire, to go someplace else, or whatever. And I find that in that world, there are certain things where they might have a Steve Preda who helps them with how to manage day to day. But they get to certain big issues that they’ve never done before, and maybe they’ll never do again. That’s where I like to come in because I know I’m critically important to them. So you’re a trusted advisor. You like to grapple with the big challenges people have in their lives, whether it’s a big real estate transaction, getting ready for an exit, an acquisition, or something like that.  Yeah.  Yeah.  So, I mean, the things that would be—for instance, most folks, if they’re talking about real estate, they have some idea how to fix a toilet. They have some idea how to buy a property. But when they get to a certain point, it’s like, “We need to raise $10,000. We need to raise $100 million,” whatever the amount is, because there’s either a great opportunity or they want to keep moving upward. And they have, again, a Steve Preda who can help them through the process. How they get that capital often is what trips people up. So that’s where I kind of first got into this.  I was an acquisition guy. I knew how to spend other people’s money, but I didn’t know at that time how to raise the money. And I’ve done it several times. I’ve raised $100 million for three different companies. And like everything in life, like with Summit, there is a process that you go through. And I love doing it. I just love doing that kind of stuff.  Okay. So when you are doing capital raising, fundraising, M&A deals, or real estate transactions, is there a framework that has helped you, that you figured out along the way? And think about something that is three to five steps. Maybe it’s a mental model of how you look at things, or maybe it’s a process. How would you describe that framework that you have, or that has helped you, so that the listeners would also benefit from it?  The listeners are best served if they step back from their preconceived notions of, A, how they think capital is attracted, because they usually are wrong. And they step back from how wonderful they are. And those two things are difficult. Because the reality is, no one is waiting to give you money. That’s foolish. You’ve got to sell the concept like you have to sell everything else. And what you sell is not what you think is wonderful. It’s what the market is going to think is wonderful. It’s like with any other product you’re making. “Hey, I made this great widget.” And the population looks at it and says, “I don’t need it. I don’t want it. I don’t know what it does.”  And depending on whether you’re trying to raise $100,000 from friends and family or $100 million on Wall Street, you look at who it is that you know. Because people that you know might at least return your phone call. So if you don’t know Bill Gates, thinking that you’re going to go to Bill Gates and get a billion dollars is, well, stup*d. But if you’re just trying to raise money from friends and family, and you have an aunt who lives three states away that you don’t see very often, and she has some money, okay, then you start with who you know. So, for instance, thinking about one of the many ways that you can raise money, there’s something called intrastate. And it is something that’s allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. If all of your money is raised within your own state, there are certain allowances for that.  But if you do one transaction outside the state, it all collapses. So like everything else on the business side, where there are certain rules that you can’t violate without getting into trouble, it’s the same thing when raising money. And I get so many people saying, “I’m going to list this on Wall Street, and I’m going to make…” It’s like, “No, you don’t. You better be prepared. If you’re going to list something on Wall Street, you’d better have $25 million that you can risk just to get it out there. And nine times out of ten you’re going to fail.” Not because there’s anything wrong with you.  It’s just that if you’re going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with a pair of Keds, a T-shirt, and some shorts, you’re not prepared to climb that mountain. It’s no different when raising capital. And also think about when you were a kid. At a certain age, your parents let you cross the street to see your buddy. Then ten years later, they’ll let you get in the car and drive, but you’ve got to get home by midnight. It’s the same thing with raising money. And there aren’t a lot of folks who have done what I’ve done. So talking to your local lawyer or accountant—who may be wonderful people—but if they’ve never raised money, they’re not the people to talk to.  One of the ways people get taken advantage of on a regular basis is they’ll go to a securities attorney. The securities attorney will charge them $100,000 and write this great offering document, and no one ever gives them a penny. Because lawyers generally have no clue what’s happening in the marketplace. I own my own securities broker-dealer. I’ve also raised money for three different companies. It’s not easy. But like having read your book, Steve, if you follow certain paths, there’s at least a chance for success. Same thing here. Fascinating. So what I’m taking away in terms of a framework: Be aware that people are not out there waiting to give you money. You have to sell them. So that’s the first step. The second one is: start with who you know. Don’t start on Wall Street. Start with the people you know, where you have some trust, the people you understand, and where you have a chance to get there. And then look at some special circumstance that’s going to give you a leg up. For example—  Absolutely. Again, this is coming right out of your book on the business side. You create a widget. So what? But you create a widget that solves a problem. Ah. Then you have something. So it’s the same thing. When you get over onto the money-raising side, it’s: who do you know? Where do they live? How much money do they have? How do I approach them? But then, in the end, it’s not what’s in it for you, it’s what’s in it for them. And for them, if it’s friends and family, your mama may give you some money because she thinks you’re cute.  Your aunt might give you some money because she’s related to your mama. But at some point, you’re going to people who really have a checkbook. They have money in the checkbook. They’re not going to give this up just because you’re cute or you have a great idea. You’re either going to get them because you have something they’ve never heard of, or you have something that really feels like it could solve one of their needs. And their needs are not always what you think. Some people think, “Well, what they need is high cash flow.” What if they don’t need cash flow, but they’re really interested in a cure for cancer?  What if you think, “Well, it’s really going to go up in value”? Well, they have all the money they need. They’re not looking for that. But is this something that is going to allow their nephew to come work for you? Yeah. When you start thinking that you know what other people are thinking, that’s when you’re going to fail. When you can step back and just ask them, “Well, what’s important to you?” If you can’t have a conversation, one, you’re never going to date anybody, and you’re never going to raise any money.  And don’t be slick. You can be slick for three sentences, and at that point they’re going to reject everything you say thereafter. So don’t talk about how much money you’re going to make and all the rest of it. No. Talk about them. Talk about them. Talk about them. Your document should talk about them. Your questions should talk about them. Now, does that mean there are certain people who won’t put money into your deal? Yes, because it doesn’t fit. If you sell high-heeled shoes and a runner comes in, they’re generally not going to buy your high-heeled shoes. They’re not going to invest money in high-heeled shoes.  But if that high-heeled shoe actually is a running shoe, and you can break off the heel and then… I mean, I don’t know. You could come up with something there. And the folks that say no are sometimes your biggest advocates. What? The folks that… Yes. Because you’ve been able to get into their head, and they’ve shaken it around, and they’ve looked at it and said, “No, that’s probably not right for me. I’m not into high-heeled shoes, but I have a friend.” If you’ve done a sincere job, a thoughtful job, you’ve really asked them questions, and you’ve connected on an emotional level, they’ll open the next door. And that’s what it’s about. It’s often a lot of the same things that you teach people about how to sell their company. It’s how they sell—  Rick, this is fascinating. So how do you connect with people on an emotional level? What’s the trick there?  First thing is: why are they going to take a meeting with you? Why they take a meeting with you answers almost everything that we’ve just asked. If they’re taking a meeting with you because you’re related, okay, that’s the emotional connection. If they take a meeting with you because some friend of yours called them and said, “This is a great way to make money,” that’s another reason. If you found them in an article in the paper—yes, there are things called newspapers. They print them. There are words in them. And there’s somebody in there who has shown an interest in something you do.  Then you’re talking to them about that interest. You want to try to avoid cold calls. Really, it’s a waste of your time and a waste of their time. It’s a random thing. It’s like asking every girl who walks by in college, “Do you want to go out on a date?” Sometimes it works. You get slapped a lot, get arrested, and what have you. There’s this thing called the internet, Steve. And what shocks me is how few people—not just my age, but young pups—say, “Well, that’s for watching YouTube videos.” No.  Through the internet, you have so much information. So maybe I can’t find anything about Johnny Jones, but his kids are on there and what sports they play. Huh. Okay, so I used to do judo. I did three years of judo in high school. If somebody’s doing karate or whatever, I have an opening. I have something to talk about. Now, it’s great if what you have to talk about then connects to something else that they want. It’s a linking process of connecting various things together. It’s what I did… I told you I was a member of the General Assembly in Pennsylvania way back in the ’70s.  And I learned there that if I could get people talking about themselves, or their next-door neighbor, or some relative… What’s funny is people are much more likely to tell you about somebody else. So when I go into a company—this is just a side note—when I’m doing due diligence and I really want to know their financial condition, I’m not going to get it from the CFO. I’m going to get it from somebody over in property management. Why? Because the property management person knows not to tell me anything secret about property management, but they’ll talk about finances all the time. And it’s the same thing. If I’m in a family and I want to know about Daddy, I talk to the daughter.  If I want to know about a neighbor, I talk to a neighbor. I can go to the post office. Everything you ever need to position yourself to sell is out there waiting for you. But you’ve got to get out of your head what you think the market is about and start thinking about individuals within the market. And accept that when I’ve raised money, 70% to 80% of the people I call on don’t do a deal with me. But of that 70%, half of them lead me to somebody else. And I keep up with them. They become my support group. They become my unofficial advisors. Because I’m a decent guy, they want me to succeed. And once they know I’m not bugging them anymore, I say, “Hey, you told me I should go talk to such-and-such.  Here’s what I heard.” And then the network just expands. And occasionally, that person who said no has somebody new come into their life and says, “You need to go talk to Rick Chess.” And sometimes the next time I’m raising money, their situation is different. So the person who told me no originally has seen me work the market and close the deal. It’s amazing how attractive an opportunity is once you can’t put any more money into it. And so you let them know, “I know it wasn’t the right time for you to come into my deal, but we did buy this company. We’ve doubled their…” Whatever it is. You continue to work with them. If somebody is willing to give you time on the phone, on Zoom, at a coffee shop, or wherever, they’re your friend for life. They don’t know that yet, but you’re going to make them your friend for life. It’s the old six degrees of separation—the Kevin Bacon game.  Everybody’s related to somebody somewhere. And it’s what makes this fun for me. You were talking before about growing an exit. I love the process of putting together the network and feeding the network. There are people I’ve known for 50 years that I still talk with.  You’re very good at connecting people and making them look good with other people that you connect them to. It’s very gratifying. So this is a long game, right? Absolutely.  It’s a long game because you’re being decent. You listen to people. You find something that helps them. You learn what they need, what is the itch that needs to be scratched, and then you connect people who can help them scratch that itch. And then they will reciprocate, and it becomes a self-perpetuating process.  Well, I mean, an example is the work that I do in North Carolina with a family that owns 44 hotels. A woman who was my CPA left the CPA firm and became the family officer for a large family here in Richmond. A friend of hers who does advisory work with family offices was giving up on a client. So she told my friend, who used to be a CPA. She introduced me to them and said, “Would you be willing to serve on the board of a private company?” I said, “Well, do they pay?” I used to be on the board of a public company, and after a certain age, you’re not attractive anymore.  After a certain age, they want you off the board because the institutions say, “We want a mix on the board. So I got introduced to these people, and I’ve had a great time. Members of the family have hired me for other work, and it just goes on and on. But I’ve learned that you’ve got to pay it forward. So I have students of mine from VCU who I’ve helped place in jobs. I keep up with them. I give them ideas. And they’re often shocked to find that I’m still in touch with them. I’m not asking them for anything. I’m just saying, “Look, I paid it forward to you. Now it’s your turn to pay it forward to somebody else.” And some of them are doing it. Some of them haven’t caught on yet.  But it is the circle of life, and it’s all tied together. And there are skills you have that I don’t have. There are skills I have that you don’t have. We both have folks that work with business brokers because they have a different drive. But it’s also self-selecting. There are a lot of people you’ve met that you don’t do business with. There are a lot of people I’ve met that I don’t do business with. If you’re going to get into raising money, doing governance, or doing exit planning, whatever it may be, one of the most important things is saying no. Or, “No, I don’t want to work with this person.” You can always be friendly with them. Yeah. But I try to fire a client every month. Somebody that just doesn’t fit for me ethically. Yeah. Or I don’t think there’s anything more I can do for them.  I pass off legal work to other attorneys in Virginia. I’m the chair of the Real Property Section of the state bar. There are 1,550 attorneys. I have plenty of attorneys that I can pass things on to, and they’re happy to get the business, and I’m happy. I’ve got somebody that I’ve referred that’s happy that I’ve referred them. My biggest challenge, my wife would say, my son would say, is that I’m a squirrel chaser. Something new and interesting comes along, and I want to get involved with it. And I’ve wasted so much time. So I’m working with this hotel group down in North Carolina. The last time I had worked with a hotel company was 30 years earlier. Two owners couldn’t agree on a direction.  I worked with them for six months. We made a decision. It was great work. I learned a lot about hotels. But I then went 30 years without applying the same skills. And that’s one thing that, with age, I’ve realized. I am better off saying: “I’ll help you with capital, I’ll help you with governance, and when you’re ready, I’ll help you exit.” That’s it.  Yeah.  If it’s not one of those three, I’ll talk about it.  Yeah.  I’ll listen to you. You don’t want to engage me.  Yeah. I mean, people want deep expertise. They don’t want generalists. They want someone who knows what they’re talking about and who can link them to other resources who also know what they’re talking about. And in today’s age, I think this is becoming more important again. Because of the internet, there was a disintermediation going on, but now there is a reintermediation, I believe. Because there’s so much noise out there, you don’t know what is true and what is fake. AI is creating a lot of fake stuff.  The only people you can really trust are the people who are in front of you, or someone recommends them whom you trust. It’s a transparency thing. So I think what you’re doing is very valuable. It’s going to become even more valuable. And knowledge is ubiquitous. You can ask ChatGPT, and it will give you an answer. But how do you get the trust? How do you get the emotion? How do you get the relationships? That’s all human stuff. And if you still have that, then you’ve got what is valuable.  Well, I have a friend of mine who wrote a book, and he wrote it as a fable. What I love about it is that I know the true story behind the fable. And what comes across in every single chapter is that, with that trust, people who were afraid took a step. And often that is the hardest thing. So I go to the gym six days a week, and the gym is hard. Getting in the car to drive there is the hard part. Once I’m there, I’m around friends, I work hard, I sweat, I get better. Getting in that car and driving down the drive…  So in your fable, in your book, and in most of where I’ve had success, I would love to say it was because I was brilliant. Eh, sometimes I will say I was brilliant. But let me give you an example. United Dominion Realty Trust, now based in Denver and originally based here in Richmond, has been around for 35 years. It was one of the original five REITs in the country—real estate investment trusts. I came in as acquisitions director. They hadn’t closed a deal in a year. I closed three in the first three months. I grew the firm tenfold in 10 years, and I had great people. Buddy Scott as an analyst. Catherine Surface as an attorney.  But what I did was look at it and say, “Does anybody know what we’re trying to buy?” Because they had no acquisition criteria. So I wrote a one-page acquisition criteria document and put it out to everybody who had ever submitted a deal. Oh, and we weren’t responding to the submissions. So a submission would come in, they would look at it and say, “Okay, that doesn’t work.” But they never told anybody no. So one of my rules was that anything that came in would get a response within 48 hours.  And it should be specific. “We don’t like this because of the city.” “We don’t like this because of the roof.” Something specific, because I knew they’d pay attention. And by responding within 48 hours, we went from struggling to get submissions to doubling our submissions within a year. Because people were like, “Oh, we know what they want. We know they will respond.” And then—and this probably sounds outrageous—we celebrated. We put out a newsletter every month. This is back when you mailed things, so we’re going way back into the dinosaur era. But anytime a broker brought us something that we bought, we would do a full-page spread on the broker. We were marketing him or her.  People loved us. And they would tell others about us. So owners would know that if they came to us, we’d make a fair offer and we’d move on. So I would love to say that’s because I was a great attorney. I would love to say that’s because I was insightful. It was just like, “Well, damn, this is obvious.” And reading some of your stuff, I’ve seen you point that out to people time and time again.  You give me too much credit. But yeah, I mean, if you’re there, they say that if you work hard for 25 years, you can become an overnight success. So yeah, it does get obvious when you’ve been studying it long and hard. Well, listen, Rick, that’s been wonderful. So what is your final thought for an entrepreneur, a young entrepreneur or founder who’s coming up? Maybe he’s in real estate. Maybe he’s trying to be successful. What’s the most important mindset for an entrepreneur to become successful?  Well, I mean, you’ve got to know something. I mean, you either need to really know construction, or you’ve got to really know how to lease a space. If you’re going into it like they do on HDTV, like, “Oh, we’re going to find this property and it’s going to be…” You’re going to fail. So get good at something. Accept the fact that you’re not going to be good at everything. Find people who fill in the spots where you aren’t good. In the old days, you might have had to hire them. In today’s world, there are fractional CFOs.  And then when you get down to picking your experts—your attorneys, your accountants, the people that cost you real money—ask them a simple question: When was the last time they did whatever it is that you’re trying to do? Not when was the last time they prepared a securities document. When was the last time they prepared a securities document that succeeded? And that’ll knock out two-thirds of them right there.  Love it. That’s fantastic. Well, if you’re listening to this and you want to be successful in business, or you have a business and maybe you’re getting close to retirement and want to figure out how to transition it, how to exit right, and how to structure it… Or maybe you have a family company and you’re trying to put together a board, and you need someone who really understands governance. Or if you’re trying to do a transaction, a merger, or an acquisition, and you need a trusted advisor who will connect you to the right people and help you make it happen, then call Rick Chess. Rick Chess is here in Richmond. He is on LinkedIn. And you have a website as well, Rick, right?  Yep, yep.  What’s your domain?  It’s chesslawfirm.com.  Chesslawfirm.com. So you can go there, and Rick is going to respond because he always does within 24 hours, or 48 hours max, and he’ll help you. So Rick, thank you very much for coming on the show and sharing your wisdom with us. And if you’re listening to this and you like this show, please follow us on YouTube and Apple Podcasts. Give us a review, and make sure you listen to every episode because we have very exciting entrepreneurs and subject matter experts sharing their knowledge. So thank you for coming, and thank you for listening. Important Links: Rick's LinkedIn Rick's website

Text your thoughts and questions!Many women spend their lives carrying invisible responsibilities for their families without ever realizing how much energy, thought, and emotional labor those responsibilities require. Whether it's keeping the peace, anticipating needs, preserving family traditions, or caring for aging parents, daughters are often expected to do it all—and do it well. The challenge is that these expectations can become so ingrained that many women never stop to ask an important question: How much is enough?This week, in episode 318 of the Positively LivingⓇ Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Allison Alford, communication scholar, researcher, and author of Good Daughtering: The Work You've Always Done, the Credit You've Never Gotten, and How to Finally Feel Like Enough. Allison shares insights from more than a decade of research on the often-unspoken role of adult daughters, exploring the invisible labor they perform, the societal expectations they carry, and how women can redefine what it means to be a "good enough" daughter.Dr. Allison M. Alford is a communication scholar, researcher, professor at Baylor University, and leading expert on the experience of adult daughters. Through years of interviews and research, she has examined the emotional, cognitive, logistical, and identity-based labor women perform within families. Her work helps daughters recognize their contributions, challenge unrealistic expectations, and create healthier, more sustainable relationships with their families and themselves.Key Takeaways:Daughtering is more than caregiving. It includes the ongoing emotional, cognitive, logistical, and identity work daughters perform to keep families connected and functioning.Much of a daughter's labor is invisible. While tasks like visits and phone calls are visible, the planning, worrying, emotional management, and family coordination often go unnoticed.Society places unique expectations on daughters. Women are often expected not only to care for family members but to do so willingly, skillfully, and without complaint.The mental load extends beyond remembering tasks. Daughters frequently anticipate problems, navigate family dynamics, and remove obstacles before anyone else notices them.Emotional labor has a real cost. Acting as the peacemaker, confidant, or emotional "thermostat" for a family can lead to exhaustion, overwhelm, and burnout.Birth order and family structure can influence daughtering experiences. Eldest daughters and only daughters often feel heightened responsibility, though every family dynamic is unique.You have agency to redefine your role. Even long-standing family patterns can be reassessed, and it's possible to establish healthier expectations and boundaries.Being a "B+ daughter" is enough. Striving for perfection isn't sustainable. Leaving room for your own needs, relationships, and well-being allows you to show up for your family without losing yourself in the process.The invisible work you do for your family matters. But so do your needs, your capacity, and your well-being. You don't have to earn your worth through endless giving. What would change if you allowed yourself to believe that you are already enough?Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to follow, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about Positively LivingⓇ and Lisa at https://positivelyproductive.com/podcast/Stop trying to fit into someone else's productivity rules! Grab my free Productivity Toolkit, a collection of workbooks designed to help you explore how you work, uncover what truly matters to you, and create your very own energy-friendly systems. Get it here: www.positivelyproductive.com/plpkitCONNECT WITH DR. ALISON ALFORD:WebsiteInstagramFacebookTikTokCONNECT WITH LISA ZAWROTNY:FacebookInstagramResourcesWork with Lisa! LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Good Daughtering: The Work You've Always Done, the Credit You've Never Gotten, and How to Finally Feel Like Enough(Find links to books/gear on the Positively Productive Resources Page.)Episode 156: How to Reduce Mental Load as a Parent or Caregiver with Roxanne FerberBook a Clarity CallLibby AppDance Song Playlist V1, V2, V3Music by Ian and Jeff ZawrotnyStart your own podcast with Buzzsprout!The Self-Care to Wellness Bundle is available for 1 week only - from July 9th - July 16th

Stroke Impact on Family: When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient There is a particular kind of reckoning that happens when the person who has spent their life caring for others suddenly needs care themselves. For Kathy Cunningham, that moment arrived without warning. Kathy worked in healthcare for years, a field built on attending to others in their most vulnerable moments. When stroke entered her life, she was confronted with something her training had never quite prepared her for: accepting help. In Episode 408 of Recovery After Stroke, Kathy sits down with her sons Sean and Paul Monahan to talk openly about the stroke’s impact on the family, not as a concept, but as a lived experience shared across three people who navigated it together. When the Expert Becomes the Patient Healthcare professionals develop a particular relationship with illness. They understand the biology, know the pathways, and can often anticipate the trajectory of a condition before the patient has fully processed what is happening. That knowledge is a professional asset. In a personal medical crisis, it can also become a barrier. Kathy’s background meant she understood exactly what a stroke meant and what recovery would require. What it did not prepare her for was being on the receiving end: needing to ask, needing to wait, needing to trust others to do the things she had always done herself. Her sons Sean and Paul were part of that support system, two adult men who stepped into a caregiving role they had never anticipated, in a household that was already carrying more than most. A Household Navigating Stroke More Than Once What makes Kathy's story particularly complex is the context it unfolded in. Her household had already been touched by stroke before her own diagnosis, meaning Sean and Paul weren't approaching caregiving as something entirely new. They were deepening an already demanding commitment. The stroke impact on family is rarely a single event. It accumulates. Each new development shifts the balance of who does what, who needs what, and who is available to give it. For Sean and Paul, supporting their mother meant learning to hold space for her recovery while managing the weight of their own experience alongside it. That is the part of stroke that rarely makes it into clinical documentation: the sustained psychological and logistical load that falls on the people closest to the survivor, day after day, over months and years. The Challenge of Accepting Help One of the most consistent patterns across stroke recovery is the difficulty survivors have in accepting help, and it is amplified, not softened, when the survivor has a background in caring for others. The implicit logic runs: I know how this works. I should be able to manage this. Kathy speaks to this directly in the episode. The process of allowing her sons to step forward to organise, to accompany, to simply be present and available required a different kind of skill than anything her career had developed. It required recognising that accepting care is not evidence of incapacity. It is its own form of strength. For families supporting a stroke survivor, this distinction matters. When a survivor resists help, it is not always stubbornness. Often, it is someone navigating an identity that has been fundamentally disrupted by what happened to them. What the Family Perspective Adds Sean and Paul's presence in this conversation shifts something in the usual stroke recovery narrative. Most episode conversations centre on the survivor. This one deliberately includes the view from the other side, the sons who watched, worried, helped, and carried their own weight through it. What they share is instructive for any family in a similar position. Stroke impact on family plays out differently depending on who is watching, who is helping, and who is still finding their way back to the person they knew before the stroke. Their account is not about burden. It is about recalibration, finding a new way to be a family when every role has shifted. What Families Can Take From This Conversation If you are supporting a stroke survivor or a survivor who has struggled with accepting help, three things stand out from this episode. The first is that a survivor's professional identity shapes their recovery. Someone who has spent their career as a carer may need more time and explicit permission before they can accept care themselves. Naming this directly with patience, not pressure, opens the door. The second is that adult children carry more than they show. Sean and Paul's willingness to speak plainly about their experience is a reminder that caregiving has an interior weight that often goes unspoken. Creating space for that conversation within a family is not weakness. It is what keeps families intact through long recoveries. The third is that stroke impact on family is not a moment – it is a process. It evolves, shifts, and asks different things of different people at different stages. Families who move through it with honesty tend to find a stronger dynamic on the other side. If this episode resonates with you, Bill's book The Unexpected Way That A Stroke Became The Best Thing That Happened explores the tools that have helped stroke survivors and their families navigate the long road back. You can find it at recoveryafterstroke.com/book. If the show has helped you or someone in your life, you can support it financially at patreon.com/recoveryafterstroke. This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your doctor before making any changes to your health or recovery plan. The Nurse Who Had to Learn to Accept Care | Kathy Cunningham with Sean & Paul Monahan When the family’s caregiver becomes the patient, everything changes. Kathy Cunningham and sons Sean and Paul Monahan share the unfiltered truth. The transcript will be available soon… The post The Nurse Who Had to Learn to Accept Care | Kathy Cunningham with Sean & Paul Monahan appeared first on Recovery After Stroke.

EPHESIANS – WEEK 5 Pastor: Daniel BunnSeries: Ephesians

Audio taken from the live teaching "3 Challenges Every Believer Must Accept" - https://youtu.be/7aIRmrFeT9UAs the 2025-2026 academic year has wrapped up, I wanted to say I am proud of the students of Northpoint Bible College and Seminary. We wanted to share my presidential address to the graduating class of 2026. Even though it was given to the students, the content of this message speaks to any believer who loves the Lord, believes in His soon return and wants to be used by God in greater ways.In this study, we will examine the life and example of a great evangelist and face the following 3 challenges:1. Do not despise the day of small beginnings.2. Settle the authority of Scripture once and for all by faith.3. Never forget that there is no greater cause than winning the lost.If you prayed with Tiff, click here https://lostlamb.org/ and let him know!  Be sure to check out the playlist “New Beginnings” - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsX8E19Azl58_FjxELPxjnsL8CAtmama4Thank you for listening, and subscribe for new content each week. 
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WarRoom Battleground EP 1029: Top EU Court Forces Catholic Poland To Accept “Gay Marriages” Confected In Other EU Countries

We're podcasting per the launch of the World Cup-tracking Probability Cup, but of course, just had to talk about Wednesday night's NBA Finals classic. The BIG question on my mind: Should predictors/gamblers price in the NBA's massive incentive to make this great series continue? Topics!* Knicks–Spurs Finals comeback analysis and whether San Antonio collapsed or New York surged.* How teams should manage volatility differently when protecting large leads versus playing from behind.* Debate over NBA referee incentives, league interests, and the possibility of series-extension bias.* SportsPredict's World Cup Probability Cup and using prediction contests to identify analytical talent.* Whether modern hiring should adopt a “Moneyball” approach by measuring forecasting skill instead of relying on traditional credentials.* Is the big money in studying idiot sports predictors or geniuses?Again, join our Probability Cup contest and perhaps win an iPad Pro ($1,000 value) or $200 Ticketmaster gift card. Accept the challenge and learn more at sportspredict.com/probabilitycup.House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.houseofstrauss.com/subscribe

In this episode of Workday Playdate, Erin tackles AI anxiety and how to address it on your own and with your team at work. If you've ever wondered whether AI is coming for your job, felt overwhelmed by new technology, or weren't sure where to begin, this episode offers a practical, human-centered approach to navigating AI with confidence. Erin shares a simple framework to help leaders and teams embrace AI without losing the creativity, connection, and humanity that make work meaningful.Inside This Episode:Why AI Feels So Scary Right Now: Erin breaks down the most common fears surrounding AI, from job displacement to information overload, and explains why uncertainty (rather than technology itself) is often what makes change feel uncomfortable.Leadership's Role in the AI Era: Every major workplace shift requires leaders who can guide people through ambiguity. Learn why curiosity, transparency, and empathy are essential leadership skills in the age of AI.The Four-Step "AI Scene" Framework: Inspired by improv, this practical approach helps leaders and teams navigate AI adoption with less fear and more confidence:Accept the Scene: Acknowledge that AI is here and part of the workplace conversation.Improvise Your Entry Point: Start small by choosing one task where AI can support your work.Build the Scene with Your Team: Create shared learning experiences and normalize experimentation.Take Your Encore: Integrate AI intentionally in ways that enhance human creativity and impact.How to Create an AI Playground at Work: Discover how low-stakes experimentation can reduce fear and build confidence. Erin shares ideas for creating safe spaces where teams can learn, test, and explore together.Small Experiments Create Big Confidence: Forget mastering AI overnight. Learn how simple 15-minute AI labs can help you build skills, uncover opportunities, and reduce overwhelm one step at a time.What to Do Now:Start With One Task: Identify a single repetitive task you do each week and explore how AI could support or streamline it.Create a 15-Minute AI Lab: Set aside fifteen minutes this week to experiment with an AI tool. Just for curiosity and play!Build an AI Playground: Invite your team to share wins, lessons learned, and questions about AI in a judgment-free environment focused on learning rather than perfection.Your FreebieHow do you lead through failure and uncertainty?Today's workplace demands adaptability, creative problem-solving, and leaders who can navigate uncertainty without freezing in perfectionism.This quick quiz will reveal your unique approach to failure and uncertainty, plus give you simple ways to strengthen your adaptability muscles and help your team thrive when things don't go according to plan.Connect with Erin Diehl x improve it!Leadership Playground online membership communityErin's websiteErin's InstagramErin's TikTokErin's LinkedInimprove it!'s websiteimprove it!'s InstagramFor more information on improve it! visit www.learntoimproveit.com.

President Trump continues to defend his so called "anti-weaponization fund" and storms out of an interview after being challenged on false claims about California's elections. Plus, Trump says Israel will have "no choice" but to accept whatever deal the U.S. makes with Iran. And, tech leaders spent big money on California's primary last week, but it didn't pay off as expected. Susan Glasser, Luke Broadwater, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, Bharat Ramamurti, and Bill Cohan join The 11th Hour tonight.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.