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After a year on hiatus due to the pandemic, the Bathurst 6 Hour is back this Easter weekend with a field of over 60 entries taking part and a variety of support categories from Hyundai Excels, to TCR Australia. Althought just when we thought that COVID wouldn't rear it's ugly head, the current Brisbane outbreak has caused the next Supercars round to be postponed by a week. Plus we spoke to Michael Caruso from Garry Rogers Motorsport and host of Below The Bonnet on Kayo Sports about his return to the Mountain, but the for the first time in a TCR car and we touch on his other Bathurst drive for this year - co-driving with Mark Winterbottom at the 1000 this year!

Today’s podcast features a most unusual and incredibly inspiring guest, Dr. Cai Chen. Cai is a fourth-year general psychiatric resident at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Tyler, Texas. He’s also currently enrolled with Mike Christensen’s “Live Online CBT Training Courses for Therapists.” Cai has told me that Mike Christensen is a “friggin’ amazing teacher” and that everyone who is interested in starting their journey in TEAM owes it to themselves to take his class. My first contact with Cai was an email he sent me after listening to Podcast #187 on the live work I did with Dr. Michael Greenwald and Thai-An Truong at the Atlanta intensive about a year ago. Cai wrote: Hi David, Michael, and Thai-An, This podcast episode helped me truly change my life. I thought I had things figured out before, but man! The work you three did that day crystallized my own social anxiety issues and gave me the courage to finally do some very hefty self-disclosure. I was in tears throughout the podcast and well after even waking up in the middle of the night crying, knowing that I had to do the exact same thing that Michael had done. So I finally told all the people I knew on social media that I struggled with social anxiety and that my deepest fear was my negative feelings inconveniencing people, hurting them, and showing how I was being selfish by taking the spotlight. I also told everyone how all of these fears led to a lifetime of loneliness, rejection, and helplessness. I cried writing it all out because it finally felt like I was letting all of that go for the first time in my life. The response I received from so many on social media, including people I hadn't heard from in years, was astonishing and so supportive! My social anxiety was completely shattered! Now I see the truth: that our feelings are an expression of our humanity and the most honest, loving thing to do is to share them with people! I'd be damned if I'm going to tell myself anymore that my negative feelings "inconvenience" or "hurt" people. Screw whether I'm being "selfish"! I finally understand what you mean, David, that the problem was NEVER that I have been inconveniencing, hurtful, or selfish. It's that I'm telling myself that these things about me are WRONG and that I SHOULDN'T be that way. I share my feelings all the time now! The constant feelings of nervousness/unease, OCD, and panic attacks I had before are gone 99% of my days! I feel more human and myself than I've ever felt for the last 20 years. You should call it "re-learning how to be human" therapy! God bless you David, Thai-An, and of course yourself Michael! I'm truly in your debt, Michael. You're my own personal hero and I wish I was there at the intensive to give you a big hug! I'm grateful, honored, overjoyed, and just so happy for the help you've all brought me it's making me tearful again. I love the work you've done and I love you all! I'll remember this for the rest of my life. Regards, Cai Today, Rhonda and I were thrilled to meet with Cai face to face for the first time to get an update on what’s happened since that time. Cai emphasized that his intense feelings of depression, anxiety, crippling shyness and loneliness have vanished because of the intense effort he put in learning and using TEAM-CBT entirely on his own. He described how he first became acquainted with the podcasts. He felt a lack of clinical training in his residency program on how to do psychotherapy, so did a google search for therapy training, and came up with two podcasts, one of which was ours. So, he flipped a coin and the Feeling Good Podcasts won. He listened to the first podcast on measurement and testing, and said he was immediately excited about testing the idea that you could see exactly how effective or ineffective you were in every session with every patient. He was also excited by the idea that rapid changes in depression and anxiety really are possible, and that long term treatment is often not necessary. He describes his determination to use TEAM-CBT in his clinical work, after a tremendous amount of practice based on what he’s been learning in the Feeling Good Podcasts. He stressed: The importance of T = Testing, and how helpful and challenging it was at first because, as I had predicted, he initially got failing scores on the Empathy and Helpfulness scales from nearly all of his patients. But this led to opportunities to deepen his relationships with them while processing their feedback from the previous session. He said that he was initially embarrassed about handing his patients the Brief Mood Survey and asking them to fill it out before and after each session. This was helpful, but very challenging, both from a technical and emotional perspective, since it was painful to have to view his failures. I mentioned that it has been the same for me, and described a recent extreme failure with a patient who was livid with me after a session I had thought was great. But talking it over with that individual subsequently led to a tremendous breakthrough, confirming the idea that “your worst therapeutic failure is often, or always, your greatest therapeutic success in disguise.” Of course, you have to have the willingness and skill to talk it over with your patient in a respectful, non-defensive, and genuine way. My patient’s Achilles heel was perfectionism and a fear of anger. I believe it was helpful to her to see that it was absolutely okay to be angry with me, and to express feelings that she so often avoided, and to see that my failure did not have to be “awful,” but presented genuine opportunities for growth and a deepening of our relationship. Cai also emphasized the value of the Five Secrets of Effective Communication, since these tools showed him HOW to be empathic with his patients. Prior to that, he thought that empathy was something you just kind of acquired spontaneously, on your own. He also said he now realizes the incredible importance of doing your own personal work if you are a therapist. Cai was so determined to learn and to do his own personal healing that he did tons of Daily Mood Logs, every time he was upset in fact. He also did many Relationship Journals to improve his skills with the Five Secrets of Effective Communication, and even role-played with himself! He unearthed many of his own Self-Defeating Beliefs with the use of the Downward Arrow Technique, including Perfectionism and the Achievement and Love Addictions, as well as the Conflict and Anger Phobias, as well as a kind of underlying “worthlessness” schema, thinking of himself as an inherently “useless person.” Cai described his struggles with shyness, described in his email above, and identified with one of my podcasts about a young man I treated for shyness who “froze” with anxiety when in line at a Safeway store and seeing an attractive young lady checking groceries who seemed to be looking at him and smiling. Similarly, Cai froze when seeing a cute young lady and similarly felt “mortified.” He describes how he overcame his own shyness, and how he did the “What-If Technique,” while working on a Daily Mood Log, and discovered his belief that “If I open up to people about my feelings, I’ll just be wasting their time.” He decided he also had to take action, and begin forcing himself to use Self-Disclosure with strangers, as well as all the people he knew on social media, plus patients, and colleagues, telling them about his shyness instead of hiding it. He says that the positive responses he got blew his mind. He can now share his honest, vulnerable feelings with complete strangers in public and talk with them without shame or anxiety, something he never thought would be possible in the last 20 years. He also described using a two-and-a-half-hour TEAM CBT session with a woman with decades of failed treatment for incredibly severe depression, including several series of electroconvulsive therapy that had minimal effects. Althought the shock therapy worked for several months, she relapsed when she remembered why she was depressed and became miserable again). But when he did Positive Reframing, she was astonished to realize for the first time that her symptoms were actually the expressions of what was most awesome and beautiful about her, and when he used the Externalization of Voices during the M = Methods portion of the session, her symptoms not only disappeared completely for the first time, but she became euphoric. He described this personal rule: anytime he becomes upset: He immediately does a Daily Mood Log or Relationship Journal ASAP, and sometimes spends two to three hours a day doing this. He would also stubbornly skip out on meals to finish a session with himself, something he doesn’t recommend other people do! I am in awe of his commitment, not only to defeating his own demons, but also to learning to become, not just another “shrink” who prescribes drugs, but a true “healer.” Of course, Rhonda and I were pretty happy when he described the free assets on feelinggood.com, especially the podcasts, as “freaking amazing!” He mentioned how convinced he is that with dedication, time, the courage to face a lot of pain, and a lot of homework, anyone can learn how to heal themselves and better heal other people through TEAM just with the podcast and other self-learning material. He feels strongly that this is the case even if you don’t have access to any readily available teachers or trainers in your immediate area. At the end of the podcast, to bring his story to life, he shared three of his negative thoughts after seeing a woman’s new relationship status on Facebook. At the time, he previously believed all three thoughts 100%, but now no longer believed them at all. This proves that I’ll never find anyone special. There must be something inherently wrong with me because I haven’t found a lifelong partner. There’s no point in trying anymore because I keep screwing things up. I’m sure that many of our listeners, including maybe you, have had thoughts like this at some time in your life! We demonstrated Externalization of Voices, using his first thought, and Cai blew it out of the water. This was his response: “This one’s a real tear-jerker for me. I dated someone a couple of months back and it was one of the best moments of my life. It didn’t last long, but I really loved her. She wasn’t special, but that’s the exact reason why I loved her.” And then, when thinking back on the women he loved, he said, “none of them were special, but I loved all of them tremendously,” and broke into tears—showing us the beautiful and awesome human being he is. Cai was so inspired by this short session that he went back to his Daily Mood Log and came up with some more killer, emotional responses. For another of his negative thoughts “Everyone else is succeeding more than I could ever hope to”, he responded: “It’s not in my interest to believe in success and accomplishments anymore. To live is to fail because being human means being defective, flawed, and imperfect. We’re all human and we’re all failing fantastically every day. It’s time for me to join the rest of the human race by letting my success and accomplishments die. Luckily there’s not very much there so I don’t think it will be too painful to let it all go.” He mentioned how this brought on a lot of tears as well because it finally felt like he could let go of what he “needed” and still be ok. Hey ladies, I’m going to post his photo with this podcast! Go for it! This incredible young doctor is—believe it or not—available! Cai (Dr. Chen) plans to start his clinical practice in Dallas next summer following his graduation. He plans to be certified in TEAM-CBT, and will join one of our weekly free training TEAM-CBT training groups. If you would like to contact Dr. Chen, you can do so at: fontatlas42@gmail.com or cai.chen@uthct.edu. David  and  Rhonda

Going up late, who would have thought……. Althought that is not what the title encompasses, it is apropriate for Tony’s posting habits. This episode is chock full of all the comic bookk reviews, news and everything else that makes Drunk … Continue reading → The post Drunk on Comics Podcast 428: Who Would Have Thought appeared first on Drunk On Comics.

This week the Broncos host the Tom-pa-Bay Buccaneers in a must win game. Althought a lot of key players are out of the line up this week, the Broncos are still in position to get a win. Tune in and listen as Matt and David talk about the upcoming match-up in detail. Go Broncos!! Support this podcast

Althought the employment journey may be challenging, it is especially important that you manage your expectations. Know that you will not receive a response to every resume, text and phone call. Accept any help given or offered with gratitude.  The pandemic was unforseen and unpredictable. Your circumstances may not be due to your actions, but what you do now really is up to you.  If you should become overwhelmed on the journey to employment, seek help. Do not struggle alone. 

Althought religion is useful in times of crisis, one can be religious and also be unhealthy. How can one keep a healthy religion in this turbulents times? What are the most common traps into an unhealthy religion, and how can we avoid them?

Label: Atlantic 1144Year: 1957Condition: M-Last Price: $30.00. Not currently available for sale."Mr. Lee" is one of my absolute favorite Girl Group singles, not only because it was one of the first, but because the arrangement is so terrific (love that little guitar twang thang that pops up between vocals!) and the lead singer is so growl-ly passionate about her guy (even though he's a cad). :-) The B side is a keeper, too. This was a non-album single, as the group made no albums. Note: This beautiful copy comes in a vintage Atlantic Records factory sleeve. It has Near Mint labels with a light touch of ringwear. Althought the vinyl grades below Near Mint to reflect some light scuffing, the audio is remarkable and close to Mint with almost no surface noise.

“For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of the light…” (Ephesians 5). How do you see things differently now? As coronavirus fear takes hold, and society shuts down, what is changing in you? I have three chapters on seeing, belonging and becoming.1 1. Seeing. Annie Dillard writes that, “Seeing is… a matter of verbalization. Unless I call attention to what passes before my eyes, I simply won’t see it. It is as [John] Ruskin says, “not merely unnoticed, but in the full and clear sense of the word, unseen.””2 Dillard describes what happened when surgeons first learned how to perform safe cataract operations to give sight to dozens of people of all ages who had been blind from birth. Many doctors tested their patients’ sense perceptions before and after the surgery. They found that the vast majority of patients had no sense of space at all. They fundamentally did not understand the idea of form, distance, size or depth. The world just looked like flat patches of vivid color to them. Before the operation the doctor would give the patient a cube or a sphere to hold. After the surgery they were showed the same object, but it seemed unrecognizable unless they could touch it. When the doctor asked a girl how big her mother was she held her index fingers a few inches apart. One newly sighted person played a game with herself of tossing a boot on the floor and then trying to guess how far away it was. Some patients were terrified by the tremendous size of a world that previously seemed manageable and touchable. They felt overwhelmed by the effort required to comprehend everything new. Others experienced an uncomfortable new self-consciousness. They felt ashamed of what others had been seeing in them all along. A disturbing number of patients wanted to return to being blind or simply refused to use their new sense. One girl, whose father had longed for the operation, never seemed happier than when she would carefully shut her eyes as she walked around her house. A doctor wrote about, “the rapid and complete loss of that striking and wonderful serenity which is characteristic of those who have never seen.” At the same time many who gained their sight so profoundly relished their new visual experience that they help us to not take its wonders for granted. Althought our hnds are mostly invisible to us, one patient marveled at it. She described it as, “something bright and then holes.” A little girl visiting a garden paused, speechless standing in front of a tree. As she touched it she called it, “the tree with the lights in it.”3 A twenty year old girl was so dazzled by the world’s brightness that she kept her eyes shut for two weeks. At the end of that time she opened her eyes with an expression of such joy and astonishment, as she kept repeating, “Oh God! How beautiful!” 2. Belonging. What we see arises out of how we belong. This is true of what we see physically and what we see spiritually. We might forget that this is part of the philosopher Plato’s (423-347 BC) point in his book Republic. He gives us that memorable image of prisoners confusing shadows on the back of their cave for reality. Plato wants us to understand that the ruling elite construct our shared reality and maintain it for their own purposes. They try to determine how we will all see.4 Just prior to our Gospel story, Jesus has come into severe conflict with the authorities over exactly this issue. The argument gets so heated that they try to kill him right there but he escapes into hiding (Jn. 8:59). Then walking along Jesus meets someone who is invisible to nearly everyone, a blind beggar. Like us, from childhood he has been socialized. He has been taught to believe in a particular picture of the world, that our health is determined by our own sinful actions or those of our parents. His society regards him as unclean and he probably sees himself in that way too. We might think that we have grown out of this way of thinking. But as events unfold around the coronavirus I am sure we will continue to hear people who want to blame and scapegoat others for our suffering. I refuse to believe that our Chinese brothers and sisters are responsible for this no matter who it is that accuses them. The religious leaders ask Jesus, “who sinned this man or his parents that he was born blind?” This is not just about politics. It also reminds me of people who cannot believe in God because of the suffering that they see. Jesus replies that it does not help to ask why the man was born blind. Instead we should be looking for a way to do God’s work. Jesus spits in the dirt, makes it into clay, puts it on the blind man’s eyes and asks him to wash in the Pool of Siloam. Through this baptism this man is completely transformed. He is reborn not just physically but spiritually. For him the world is no longer a place in which God punishes people with blindness, or where we have to accept the judgment of leaders who continually assert their own superiority over others. His identity has changed too. He’s not the blind man any more. He’s not the beggar, but a new person who can see the truth and has the confidence to confront authorities. And this makes him unrecognizable to nearly everyone. There is too much to say about this. To maintain their false picture of an all-embracing sacred order the religious leaders threaten the parents with expulsion from the synagogue. Ultimately these authorities give up their argument with the blind man. They want to put him back in the box saying that he was born in sin. They excommunicate him. But by this time everything is clear. Jesus finds him and points out the obvious. Jesus has come, “for judgment so that those who do not see may see and those who see may become blind” (Jn. 9). 3. Becoming. Seeing and belonging ultimately lead us to the truth, the Holy One, the source of all things. As the coronavirus threatens our souls, as fear grips the people around us, as the foundations of the social order appear to be melting, people of faith have an invisible source of consolation. The Christian tradition reminds us what it was like when we went through times like these before. About once in every generation from the 1340’s to the 1600’s Christians faced the plague. Imagine life for St. Catherine of Siena when between early spring and the end of August in 1493 four-fifths of the population died. Someone wrote, “for this illness seemed to strike through the breath and the sight.” There were not enough survivors to bury the bodies.5 Great mystics of these dangerous times have contributed to our spiritual DNA. At the gate of death, in an almost fatal illness, Julian of Norwich (1342-1416) came so close to God that we still remember the words that moment inspired. She wrote about the power of divine love to be everything for us saying, “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”6 The great preacher Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) taught that the, “seed of God is in us,” that we were created for union with God. He believed that the capacity for outer vision is so nurtured by the distractions of life that it is over-developed. While our inward or spiritual vision is correspondingly weak. Eckhart believes that we identify ourselves with the wrong things – with our status or reputation. Our ego needs seem insatiable. And our soul is so busy with frivolous details. But God’s love draws us toward the Divine. And when we strip away the clutter we find ourselves at the self that understands its being is from God. He writes, “Grace is not a stationary thing; it is always found in becoming.” Finally, Eckhart says, “when this birth really happens no creature in all the world will stand in your way, and what is more, they will all point you to God… Indeed, what was formerly a hindrance becomes now a help. Everything stands for God and you see only God in all the world.” A month ago coronavirus seemed like a problem for far distant peoples. Today we are sheltering in place, talking constantly about superspreaders, flattening the curve, social distancing and the supply of ventilators as the global economy melts down. Stay at home. Prepare yourself and those around you for the worst. But also, remember that we do not experience the world as it is but only through the stories that give us meaning.8 Be baptized. Be reborn. Use this sabbath time to see more deeply into reality, into this vast, beautiful and colorful world. Stretch your picture of belonging more widely to recognize what we did not quite notice before, that without exception the whole human family is one. Become more fully alive in God. We did this before. So let God’s works be revealed in you. Live as children of light. All will be well.

I have only been pursing a carrer as an artist for four years, I just recently got serious in the last two years. I had to overcome the fear of not knowing anything about having an art career, the different facets the art world, going against the odds of pulling it off fully and the quickly bending and winding turns and pockets of art culture. I equally understand that what I am and currently experiencing is probably and most surely only one very small snap shot and facet of an international and world wide phenomenom we call, the art world. Interesting enough, I understand and feel that I see a lot of people often artists, express their displeasure of how some things tend to go down locally, socially, and globally. I challenege that disgruntlement with, are we not the culture itself that allows and creates that tempo for the foolery we complain of? Most of us saw that duct-tapped bananna at Art Basel right? Somehow artits got Ok with allowing certain people in the art world to dictate the rules for us and Althought the artist did it as a joke, it was a very real time reminder of how janky this system often is. So if the game here is demanding indvidulality for my level of creative skill and self expression to be rewarded in whatever fulillment we seeking, monetary, happiness or both along with more opportunities to continue to do so, then why must we all pander and accept the idea that we have to do A, to get B when there is evidence that sometimes you can go 25 other ways before you land at B. In a nutshell, why must I do things the way an artist is "expected" or "supossed" to do things? The Stop Doing Things You Don't Like Collection, is available at https://www.lerouxart.com/shop . Join me in practicing and spreading the daily mantra while inspiring others to, "Stop Doing Things You Don't Like."

  Here is an episode of The Live Mana Podcast that I was featured on hosted by Joshua T Berglan. Joshua saw the Christ Consciousness video that I put together and was really moved and wanted to have me on to discuss my views in more detail. One of the reasons that I felt led to cover this topic is because we have so many people giving their opinion and speaking as experts on the subject of Christ Consciousness who dont even know or acknowledge Christ. We have people on the christian side demonizing everything that resembles anything spiritual and have given it over to the new age and then we have New Agers claiming Christ Consciousness who dont acknowledge Christ. This is the reason I felt led to give my take on the subject which in reality is a very biblical look on the subject. Christ consciousness is simply living with the same consciousness that Christ had. The renewed mind is perfect christ consciousness. Althought there are varying levels of this and revelation plus experience leaves it as an ever expanding subject, Christ Consciousness begins with the renewed mind in Christ. I had a great time and it was a very genuine conversation. If you haven't seen the Christ Consciousness video that I put together I will link it below. Be sure to check out Joshua T Berglan's work further on the Live Mana Podcast. He hosts some really powerful and honest discussions.     Christ Consciousness Explained From A Biblical Perspective  

  Here is an episode of The Live Mana Podcast that I was featured on hosted by Joshua T Berglan. Joshua saw the Christ Consciousness video that I put together and was really moved and wanted to have me on to discuss my views in more detail. One of the reasons that I felt led to cover this topic is because we have so many people giving their opinion and speaking as experts on the subject of Christ Consciousness who dont even know or acknowledge Christ. We have people on the christian side demonizing everything that resembles anything spiritual and have given it over to the new age and then we have New Agers claiming Christ Consciousness who dont acknowledge Christ. This is the reason I felt led to give my take on the subject which in reality is a very biblical look on the subject. Christ consciousness is simply living with the same consciousness that Christ had. The renewed mind is perfect christ consciousness. Althought there are varying levels of this and revelation plus experience leaves it as an ever expanding subject, Christ Consciousness begins with the renewed mind in Christ. I had a great time and it was a very genuine conversation. If you haven't seen the Christ Consciousness video that I put together I will link it below. Be sure to check out Joshua T Berglan's work further on the Live Mana Podcast. He hosts some really powerful and honest discussions.     Christ Consciousness Explained From A Biblical Perspective  

Ben Kline, a long time high school buddy of mine and I sit down to talk about Ben's forray into backpacking.  Althought he's only been at it a few years now, Ben has already taken some pretty epic trips to Olympia, Sawtooth, Zion and Glacier. We talk through his gear, how he prepares for trips and some of the lessons he's learned as he's gone.  I really enjoyed this conversation and I think you will too!

It was late. I was hungry and hot.  There was a choice between going to a Jack In The Box for dinner or going back to knock on doors.  I knew there was only one real choice, one decision to make.  Althought there was no capacity in me to keep working for several more hours, the alternative was not acceptable.  Instead I had to break it down into little steps. What actions could I complete in that moment to move me forward to that door, any door to knock upon.Listen to this podcast to hear how I took steps to change my mindset, which changed my body. Before I knew it, I was knocking on that first door. Yes I said first door.  Before I knew it, I had talked to several more individuals. There was momentum building.The outcome was from outlining and articulating a process, I was able to turn things around and make great human connections. There is something amazing about being ON and CONNECTED with another human being.  It is hard to describe. Have you ever had a task that seemed too big to complete? What is the story that you tell yourself that prevents you from taking action? This is me, Parker on my journey of Me Being Me.  I know all the tricks that you could be using to stop yourself.  Reach out to me at mebeingmelive@gmail or direct message me on Instagram.  We can work together to help you define the game you are committed to play.Love P

Me Being Me is really You Being You as well.  It is the version of you which is the most effective and valuable version of yourself.  Althought this may look the most effortless for those looking in, it is an intentionally created you that is either turned ON or turned OFF.ON is where the magic happens. When you are on, you are connected, tuned in, in harmony with the universe and to see outcomes throught. When you are OFF you are in your own way. It is where your life really does not change, you resort back to comfort and that cuts off and blocks your energy.Let's work together to identify those next steps you need to take action on to be fully ON.  I want you to be operating with love and in your gifts. Visit me at mebeingme.live to drop me a line,If you ever want to talk more, you can reach me at mebeingme.live or Instagram.   

Since this is the Zodiac month of Cancer what better subject to discuss than it. We will be inviting those who have cancer, suffered from cancer, family members and friends of cancer victims, and those born around this time. Althought the two have nothing in common, we want to discuss all things related to cancer at this time. I will give you the secret to survivng and living productively after a diagnosis through my Father's experiences over the past 25 years 17 of them with Stage 4, only to succumb when he did something different. We look forward to people calling in or messaging with their voice on this topic. 

Last week we discussed how to develop a social media strategy. I did an overview of how I handle social media on my main blog, Young Wife's Guide.  Today I'm back to discuss how you can use Pinterest specifically for massive growth! Pinterest is an amazing way to build up your community and reach a massive audience. And Pinterest doesn't have to take very much time at all.   How to get traffic from Pinterest We get traffic from Pinterest in two ways: 1) Through my own personal Pinterest account for my blog. This is where I pin my own content and other people's content. I typically follow the 80/20 rule. 80% of what I pin is other people's content, 20% is my own. Althought sometimes this shift on Pinterest is more like 50/50. 2) Through other people pinning my blog posts. This is the beauty of Pinterest! As long as you've got good pictures (see below) and have some strategy when it comes to Pinterest, other people will start pinning YOUR content and you will get traffic from Pinterest without ever being active on Pinterest. Although being active yourself certainly helps. (HINT: Here's the Wordpress plugin I use to install a Pin it Button ON MY BLOG, very important!!) Making Your Posts Pinterest Friendly The best thing you can do to increase traffic from Pinterest is to make your blog posts more Pinterest friendly. When someone lands on your blog and finds your blog post interesting, make it easy for them to "pin" it to Pinterest. The biggest thing you want to do is create long graphics to have in each blog post. Each blog post doesn't have to have a picture with words on it, but I always do. Here's a good example of a blog post with a tall vertical image at the top with words on it. How to put words on your images: Please note: When I recorded this podcast episode, PicMonkey was a FREE option. However they have no moved to a subscription only service so you need to pay to use it. I think it can still be worth it, but it will cost you $3.99-7.99 a month now. Canva is the free option I now recommend.  PicMonkey is a free, really easy to use tool that allows you to put words on your pictures. Canva is another excellent free website that gives you even more options (but can be a little more complicated to use).  I personally use Photoshop and have for years but this definitely has a learning curve to it. If you are not a techy person, the first two options will work beautifully for you. With Adobe Creative cloud, you can get access to the full newest version of Photoshop for just $9.99 a month (which is now almost comparable to PicMonkey)!  Where to Find Images to Use on Pinterest: You need to be very careful about where you find images to use on your blog. It is illegal to just go to google and pull any photo you find (EVEN if you link back to the original source). It has to be a royalty-free photo, which means the original photographer or artist has given permission for it to be used on your blog. There are some places to find free photos, but I caution you to be very careful about these free stock photo places because many of them have fine print that means you can't crop, add text, change, use for commercial use, etc. So just be careful with any stock photos you find (free OR paid for). I personally have used 123rf.com for years. Their photos are usually $1-3 a piece and have been very affordable for me. But ask around because there are some other good sources out there. However I haven't purchased a photo on there for a long time now because... Taking Your Own Photos I do still use some stock photos, but I'm moving more and more to using my own photos. I was hesitant to do this for a long time because I am NOT a photographer and felt like I just didn't have the time. But now I'm realizing that that authenticity IS worth the time.  But now when I plan out a blog post, I set aside 5-10 minutes of time to snap some photos of my own. They may not be professional quality, they may not always be the best lighting but I have found that they show more about my life. My own photos help my readers connect with me on an even deeper level. Moving forward, I plan on spending FAR more time doing my own photo. Even if they are not great. NOTE: If you are a recipe/food blogger, your own photos are a MUST! Here's a good example of my own photos. I wrote this blog post and asked Jason to spend 5 minutes following me around the house taking a few photos for it. (You can notice a difference with one of my earlier blog posts using all stock photos. You can connect a lot more with the one with all MY photos.) Pinning Strategically Now, when pinning to your own Pinterest account, it's important to think strategically about it. Pinterest now runs on an algorithm which means they no longer show your pins in chronological order. Like Facebook, Pinterest now watches its users to see if you are pinning high-quality content. If you consistently pin things that other people find interesting (i.e. get a lot of pins and click-throughs) then Pinterest will show your pins to more people. So it's more important than ever to be strategic about what you pin and to pin fantastic things!! QUALITY over QUANTITY now! This means when you are hunting for things to pin, watch for those that have been pinned hundreds or thousands of times. I pin about 60 times a day on my account (or my social media manager does). And of those 60 pins, 20% of them are my own pins from my website and the other 80% are pins from other people that I know will serve my audience well. Using Tailwind to Strategically Pin and Grow Traffic I know that might sound like a lot, but we use a website called Tailwind that helps us to schedule everything. We've been using it for about a year and LOVE it. I schedule inside it as well as my social media manager!  This is the only social media website that I pay for to schedule things so it makes it really worth it to me. I schedule my Facebook posts directly in Facebook and I don't schedule Twitter or Instagram. Most social media schedulers are $50-70 a MONTH. So $9.99 being my only cost is well worth it to me!  You can sign up and try a FREE month of Tailwind to see if it's right for you, which is what I did. And then it's only $9.99 a month after that. It's highly worth the investment in my opinion as Pinterest is our #1 source of traffic year after year. Download Our FREE Social Media Worksheets I know it's overwhelming to try and keep track of your social media and work on growing it. That's why I created these social media worksheets for you! Keep track of everything from your social media numbers to what you post and schedule and even track your growth from quarter to quarter.  You can download your social media worksheets for FREE HERE! 

¿Alguna vez has pensado en donar tus órganos para que sean transplantados? Hay mucha gente en mi país que lo hace. España es el país con más donantes del mundo, 34 donantes por cada millón de habitantes.No obstante, los médicos dicen que la demanda es mucho mayor que la oferta y hay aún una larga lista de pacientes esperando un trasplante, alrededor de 100.000 personas.El hecho de hacerse donante de órganos antes o después de morir es sin duda, uno de las decisiones más generosas y desinteresadas.Sin embargo no es fácil conseguir que alguien done los órganos de un ser querido cuando muere.Todo el proceso necesita de mucha sensibilidad y cuidado y las personas que lo llevan a cabo son conscientes de que, a pesar de necesitar esos órganos, los intereses de la familia del donante están siempre por encima del interés por conseguir esa donación.En una encuesta hecha en España hace unos meses se dice que de 200 familias que en un primer momento se negaron a donar los órganos de un familiar muerto, el 78% cambiaron de opinión una vez que un equipo de psicólogos y profesionales especializados en donaciones les explicaron el proceso con detalle.Quizá la clave de ser uno de los países pioneros en trasplantes se deba a la Organización Nacional de Trasplantes (ONT) que cuenta con profesionales repartidos en 139 centros en toda España.He leído algunas historias increibles de gente que, después de estar esperando tiempo y tiempo, por fin recibe esa llamada de teléfono que cambiará su vida.Ahora que estamos sanos y llenos de vida quizá sea el momento de empezar a plantearnos si queremos convertirnos en donantes algún día.Organ DonationHave you ever considered donating your organs after death for transplation? Many people in my country do. Spain leads internationally with 34 deceased donors per million population.Althought doctors say that organ demand exceeds supply and there are still long lists of patients waiting for transplants, around 100,000 people.the act of donating organs, either before or after detah, must be considered as one of the most generous and selfless decision.However, it’s not easy to get somebody donates organs of a dear ........ when he dies. The whole process needs to be handled with great care and sensitivity and the people concern know that, despity the necessity of getting those organs, family needs of the potential donor are alwyas over the interests of organ procurement.A survey made in Spanish some months ago it’s said that of 200 families that declined to have their relatives’ organs donated, 78% changed their mind after the process was explained in detail by psicologists and donation professionals.Maybe the clue to be one of the leaders in donation is the well planned organization (ONT) with professionals in 139 units across the countryI’ve read some incredible stories about people who, after being waiting for a long time, finally get this phone call that will change their lives.Now that we are healthy and full of life may be a good momento to start thinking about being donors one day.

La Trobe University academic Roz Ward was suspended with pay recently for allegely bringing the safe schools program she worked on into disrepute because of a personal message on facebook. Althought she has been reinstated questions about freedom of opinion and the University's ability to free itself from right wing lobbists is at question. Workers at Bidzer celebrate after a nine week picket over the introduction of a two tier employment system and changes to rosters without consultation. Australian ship building threatened by Federal Government policy.

Today is June 11, 2016. Saturday. One of my collegues, Mr. Lee Kuhee was dead yesterday morning due to a heart-failure. When I was working at other department fifteen year ago, I came to know about him. As far as I know, he was quiet and nice and always made everybody comfortable. Althought he was three years older than I, he treated me as a collegue. He was a man with manners and respect for collegues. A few years ago, he completed his doctorate degree in civil aeronautics law while working at company. He also published his book last year. I was so sorry to hear that he passed away. He left too early. I pray for the repose of his soul.

Tara will interview Tia, who is a Psychic Medium. Having been blessed with the God given ability to provide others with insight, guidance, and direction, Tia gives spiritual advise and support to her clients. As a medium, she has helped people connect with loved ones who have crossed over.After many appearances in Real Housewives of New Jersey, Tia was choosen by A&E for a season of her own show called "Psychic Tia". Althought the show was well received we concluded in 1 season. Tia looks forward to embracing new developments and constantly spreading the word of wicca and psychic abilities throughout the nation. Stay tuned for future events and more of what this witch has up her sleeve! Call In 844-309-8255 (talk) www.ctrnetwork.com

Kukekova, Anna - Domestication as a special form of evolution offers valuable insights into how genomic variation contributes to complex differences in behavioral and morphologocal phenotypes. The genetics-centered view of the domestication is supported by experimental selection of farm-based foxes (Vulpes vulpes).that begun at the Russian Institute of Cytology and Genetics in the 1950s. Selection of foxes for either tame or aggressive behavior, has yeilded two strains with markedly different, genetically determined behavioral phenotypes. Tame-strain foxes communicate with humans in a possitive manner and are egar to establish human contact. Foxes from the aggressive strain are aggressive to humans and difficult to handle. Althought the foxes were selected solely for behavior, changes in physiology, morphology, and apperance with significant parallels to characteristics of the domestic dog, were observed in tame-strain foxes. These two fox strains provide a rich resource for investigating the genetics of complex social behaviors. Although the focus of our work is on the genetics of domestication in the silver fox, there is a borader context. in Particular, one expectation of the silver fox research is that it will be synergistic with studies in other species, including humans, to yield a more comprehensive understanding of the molecular mechanisms and evolution of a wider range of social interactive behaviors.

American History Month This program will include a discussion on the effect slavery had on the psyche of America, from 1619 to 1865 and Jim Crow; separation until 1965 and the effect it is still having presently in the year 2015 on the children of slaves (Blacks) and the children of the slave masters and overseers (Whites) in this race conscious American society. Racism has distroyed America's dream of Freedom, Justice and Equality for all of it's people, by using old plantation tactics in these modern times, creating a servant, master society. Like the overseer and the slave in the days of old. Law enforcement was designed as a service to the people, to protect life and property of all American's, paid from the people's taxes, today law enforcement has become a servant of those in authority, the rich, the powerful. Their actions appear to be more military than their intended purpose. Althought we know that all Police and others in authority are not the bad guy, but in the people's eye the bad spoils it for the good, therefore the good have a responsibility to correct the bad, the same is true among the people. We can no longer allow police brutality within the police department. The bad image is bad for the department as well as the mistrust of the citizens. What is the solution for the oppressed Black man in America? Protesting, A Black President, Education, Jobs, Housing, etc. or a new sense of independence and true faith in God ... I choose the latter.

American History Month This program will include a discussion on the effect slavery had on the psyche of America, from 1619 to 1865 and Jim Crow; separation until 1965 and the effect it is still having presently in the year 2015 on the children of slaves (Blacks) and the children of the slave masters and overseers (Whites) in this race conscious American society. Racism has distroyed America's dream of Freedom, Justice and Equality for all of it's people, by using old plantation tactics in these modern times, creating a servant, master society. Like the overseer and the slave in the days of old. Law enforcement was designed as a service to the people, to protect life and property of all American's, paid from the people's taxes, today law enforcement has become a servant of those in authority, the rich, the powerful. Their actions appear to be more military than their intended purpose. Althought we know that all Police and others in authority are not the bad guy, but in the people's eye the bad spoils it for the good, therefore the good have a responsibility to correct the bad, the same is true among the people. We can no longer allow police brutality within the police department. The bad image is bad for the department as well as the mistrust of the citizens. What is the solution for the oppressed Black man in America? Protesting, A Black President, Education, Jobs, Housing, etc. or a new sense of independence and true faith in God ... I choose the latter. The so called "Blue Wall of Silence" must come down and let everyone be responsible for their own acts, the good and the bad.

Shalom everyone, Tonight I want to talk about how Black men globally are viewd by the many Caucaus Asian tribes aka sons of Canaan and why they are so easily beguiled into a false sense of saftey when it comes to WM, and how they cleverly operate as double agents (007) to keep BHIM nuetralized as a race and as men. Will our men ever not be deceived is my question? Did the Bible convince many of them that because a women was deceived that man aka ADAM was somehow immune to deception? Althought the Biblical narratives clearly let's us know that both female and male where deceived. There seems to be confusion with a lot of HI men about the nature of how they where confused that resulted in something described as a FALL ie... speration. Many males try to turn the Adam & Eve story into a male vs female saga instead of seeing the CRIME or war in it's full cloak of destructiveness. BM saying Eve made Adam eat a dam apple and thereby assuming she was somehow dumber is silly and shows xtreme ignorance on the part of the reader. Especially if one thinks in their MIND that this spiritual war is a battle over who was smarter or dumber or that real edible (apples) and a real slithering snake is what this bibilical story is all about. BHIM seem to have erroneously literalized to much of the Biblical narratives and assumed that the only one who needed to be versed in the scriptures was we WOMEN. Thinking the stories to be just plagerized fary tales BM saw going to church as a waste of time but look where so many of them are today because of their lack of knowledge about the very ENEMIES listed in the BIBLE that if they had bothered to READ the word or even here it maybe they would not have gotten ensnared and thus destroyed. Some have claimed it is the w/man book. To me that is even more reason why you need to know it.  

In Part 2 of our God or Science: The Myth sermon series, we asked Cory Hanneman, member of Cross Stone Church, to share his testimony. The Lord used science, specifically mathematics, to draw Cory to Himself. Althought the audio is not the best, the story is incredible. Come worship with us some Sunday morning at 10:30AM or, starting March 3rd, some Sunday evening at 6PM at 2400 Commerce St, Marble Falls, TX 78654. Visit us on the web at www.crossstonechurch.org. 

This week we are going to the Moon and Back with Carter & Carter so we can see how Chelsea Basham actually Makes Her Own Sunshine but in the words of McAlister Kemp it will be Hard Work, although we can only work 9 to 5 now – Dolly joined the union! Also tunes from Tim McGraw, Adam Brand, Amber Lawrence and John Williamson all on REAL Country this week! Sponsored by: http://www.ProfitClickNow.com Click here to get $10 FREE REAL Country is interactive! So comment, view, share, rate and SUBSCRIBE!!! Call our REQUEST LINE, ANYTIME 1300 929 516 Get the podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/RealCountryPodcast CONNECT WITH REAL COUNTRY: http://www.facebook.com/RealCountry http://www.twitter.com/RealCountryMix http://www.RealCountryMix.com http://www.youtube.com/bseaustralia Ben Sorensen's OFFICIAL pages: http://www.BenSorensen.com http://www.twitter.com/bensorensen1 http://www.facebook.com/BenSorensenFanPage For live event bookings and advertising opportunities please email Sales@RealCountryMix.com Get your ad in this podcast: http://bit.ly/podcastads

Althought this is not an "official" episode of Constitution Thursday, this was the moment that Dave and John celebrated Flag Day in one of the best moments of Afternoons Live with Dave & John of all time...