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This world has a completely different point of view about gender identity than the Christian worldview. This difference causes hesitancy in many when the subject is broached. To be honest, it is such a difficult topic to talk about with adults, now think about how difficult it is to talk about it with our children. My guest Denise Shick addresses the issue of gender identity speaking about Understanding Gender Confusion. Denise shares her personal story on how her father told her he wanted to live as a woman. She was a young girl. Needless to say, she didn’t understand why and didn’t know how to process it. She only came to deal with it much later in life when she could start wrapping her mind around what her father’s decision meant. As Denise grappled with her father’s decision, she began to understand that she had to speak to her own children early and often about God’s rightful plan for men and women. “Speak to your children in a safe environment. Talk about God creating two genders in God’s plan” Parents should share that we live in a fallen world with lots of confusion, yet God’s plan is perfect. Sharing can be difficult, so using age appropriate language is essential to getting the correct message through to our children. That message, however, has to be well studied and researched because gender confusion is not just a couple of people who don’t know God’s plan for their life, but rather it is a movement to turn God’s plan on its head. “If the parent becomes educated and understands that it comes from a Biblical perspective, they are able to explain it.” What we chat about Talking to children about different genders Helping children and parents understand gender confusion
When nurse Denise Crawley connected with me about sharing her experiences with her own medical errors in the workplace, I thought it was a great opportunity to hear from a health care worker from their side and perspective of medical errors. As Denise states, there is a big problem with how the health care system responds to medical error, especially how systemic contributors to medical error are rarely addressed, and how the response tends to focus on individual blame. This in turn fosters a medical culture of cover up, denial and fear. With medical error being the 3rd leading cause of death for many decades, it is self evident that the current process of dealing with medical mistakes is fatally flawed. Denise refers to it as the Swiss Cheese model of how medical errors manifest in that within the various layers of healthcare, there are holes in each layer, and when these holes line up, medical harm and death can happen. While we often think of medical trauma exclusive to the patient, as Denise shares, health care workers can be traumatized by participating or witnessing or covering up medical errors. Denise has had to deal with the trauma, and as you’ll hear, is experiencing post traumatic growth. Connect with Denise Crawley Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denise.elaine0218 Twitter: https://twitter.com/denisecrawley Be a podcast patron Support Medical Error Interviews on Patreon by becoming a Patron for $2 / month for audio versions. Premium Patrons get access to video versions of podcasts for $5 / month. Be my Guest I am always looking for guests to share their medical error experiences so we help bring awareness and make patients safer. If you are a survivor, a victim’s surviving family member, a health care worker, advocate, researcher or policy maker and you would like to share your experiences, please send me an email with a brief description: RemediesPodcast@gmail.com Need a Counsellor? Like me, many of my clients at Remedies Counseling have experienced the often devastating effects of medical error. If you need a counsellor for your experience with medical error, or living with a chronic illness(es), I offer online video counseling appointments. **For my health and life balance, I limit my number of counseling clients.** Email me to learn more or book an appointment: RemediesOnlineCounseling@gmail.com Scott Simpson: Counsellor + Patient Advocate + (former) Triathlete I am a counsellor, patient advocate, and - before I became sick and disabled - a passionate triathlete. Work hard. Train hard. Rest hard. I have been living with HIV since 1998. I was the first person living with HIV to compete at the triathlon world championships. Thanks to research and access to medications, HIV is not a problem in my life. I have been living with ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) since 2012, and thanks in part to medical error, it is a big problem in my life. Counseling / Research I first became aware of the ubiquitousness of medical error during a decade of community based research working with the HIV Prevention Lab at Ryerson University, where I co-authored two research papers on a counseling intervention for people living with HIV, here and here. Patient participants would often report varying degrees of medical neglect, error and harms as part of their counseling sessions. Patient Advocacy I am co-founder of the ME patient advocacy non-profit Millions Missing Canada, and on the Executive Committee of the Interdisciplinary Canadian Collaborative Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Research Network. I am also a patient advisor for Health Quality Ontario’s Patient and Family Advisory Council, and member of Patients for Patient Safety Canada. Medical Error Interviews podcast and vidcast emerged to give voice to victims, witnesses and participants in this hidden epidemic so we can create change toward a safer health care system. My golden retriever Gladys is a constant source of love and joy. I hope to be well enough again one day to race triathlons again. Or even shovel the snow off the sidewalk.
Selling a business is not just a transaction, but a transition; support in that journey can help. In fact, the involvement of someone who works with the seller to address the emotional impact of a potential sale can help get the deal over the finish line. That person can also help the seller move forward without seller’s remorse.You can learn more about Denise and buy her book, The Seller’s Journey, at http://deniselogan.com/. As Denise phrases it: “I keep people and deals from falling apart.”Do you have comments or suggestions about a topic or guest? An idea or question about conflict management or conflict resolution? Let me know at jb@dovetailresolutions.com! And you can learn more about me and my work as a mediator and a Certified CINERGY® Conflict Coach at www.dovetailresolutions.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/janebeddall/.Enjoy the show on your favorite podcast app or on the podcast website: https://craftingsolutionstoconflict.com/And you can follow us on Twitter @conflictsolving.
Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr discuss the reality that people no longer seem to say “it’s a free country”. Why is that?Our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, discuss how Kathy Griffin keeps bringing major trouble upon herself because she does not seem to know how to control either her actions or her speech. As Denise explained, “When you have that much botox, it is hard to keep your mouth shut.”Ronald Reagan said “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” This has never been more true than it is today, and the reality should hurt our hearts. We have three generations who have taken it for granted, and may be about to lose it forever.Stephen Parr and Louis Avallone talk about how we didn’t hear about the mass shooting in Kansas because a GOOD GUY stopped it….with his truck on a bridge. Thank goodness!
Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, discuss how Kathy Griffin keeps bringing major trouble upon herself because she does not seem to know how to control either her actions or her speech. As Denise explained, “When you have that much botox, it is hard to keep your mouth shut.”
Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr discuss the reality that people no longer seem to say “it’s a free country”. Why is that?Our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, discuss how Kathy Griffin keeps bringing major trouble upon herself because she does not seem to know how to control either her actions or her speech. As Denise explained, “When you have that much botox, it is hard to keep your mouth shut.”Ronald Reagan said “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” This has never been more true than it is today, and the reality should hurt our hearts. We have three generations who have taken it for granted, and may be about to lose it forever.Stephen Parr and Louis Avallone talk about how we didn’t hear about the mass shooting in Kansas because a GOOD GUY stopped it….with his truck on a bridge. Thank goodness!
Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, discuss how Kathy Griffin keeps bringing major trouble upon herself because she does not seem to know how to control either her actions or her speech. As Denise explained, “When you have that much botox, it is hard to keep your mouth shut.”
Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur explain the media is deliberately publishing misinformation about the number of TRUE NEW ILLNESSES. The number used in headlines was simply reporting a backlog of cases that should have been reported a long time ago. As Denise explains, her “rights don’t end at someone else’s fear”.
Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr talk about the money wasted building a temporary hospital that was not needed and about how the more money Governor Edwards could find excuses to spend, the more money the Federal Government would give him to find other ways to waste. Why is this seen as good government in Louisiana?Our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, explain the media is deliberately publishing misinformation about the number of TRUE NEW ILLNESSES. The number used in headlines was simply reporting a backlog of cases that should have been reported a long time ago. As Denise explains, her “rights don’t end at someone else’s fear”.Stephen Parr and Louis Avallone site three situations where Joe Biden may be in trouble. Important to think about them.Stephen and Louis discuss how important church attendance significantly improves one’s quality of life. It also improves the nearby community.
Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur explain the media is deliberately publishing misinformation about the number of TRUE NEW ILLNESSES. The number used in headlines was simply reporting a backlog of cases that should have been reported a long time ago. As Denise explains, her “rights don’t end at someone else’s fear”.
Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr talk about the money wasted building a temporary hospital that was not needed and about how the more money Governor Edwards could find excuses to spend, the more money the Federal Government would give him to find other ways to waste. Why is this seen as good government in Louisiana?Our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, explain the media is deliberately publishing misinformation about the number of TRUE NEW ILLNESSES. The number used in headlines was simply reporting a backlog of cases that should have been reported a long time ago. As Denise explains, her “rights don’t end at someone else’s fear”.Stephen Parr and Louis Avallone site three situations where Joe Biden may be in trouble. Important to think about them.Stephen and Louis discuss how important church attendance significantly improves one’s quality of life. It also improves the nearby community.
We've all been there. You're up in front of the room, your heart starts beating, your palms get sweaty, you hope you don't throw up. The fear of public speaking, also known as glossophobia, is one of the most common fears in America. If you're one of those people who will do anything to avoid it--- you're not alone. In fact, studies show almost 75% of the population is affected.In this episode we meet Alondra Lomeli, Dante Wright, Denise Ocampo and Britton Lee-- four Lumberjacks who are conquering this fear by participating in the Regents Cup, a first of its kind public speaking competition. Led by Dr. Gretchen Gee, NAU President's Distinguished Teaching Fellow, the team has spent the fall semester practicing a variety of debate styles anchored in respect and civil discourse. While it is a competition, Dante describes it as "more of a gathering and celebration of what it is to have free speech." As Denise emphasizes,"There’s no attacking, you’re not even judged on how well you defend your side, you’re judged on how inclusive you are of other people and how respectful you are of other people’s words.Tune in and hear how how our Lumberjacks conquer their fear of public speaking and how many times they go through through their speeches before they feel ready. The Regents Cup explained by Dr. GeeRegents Cup official site Professor Spotlight: Dr. Gee
"I Serve, I Deserve" -- What comes up for you when you read this? There's so many stories around worth and worthiness and they show up in sneaky ways! Denise Duffield-Thomas, the Money Mindset Mentor, unpacks what's holding you back from full abundance. It has NOTHING to do with cash flow and is completely FREE! Denise's expertise (and great sense of humor!) taught me how to make more money than ever AND treat myself like a VIP because I am worthy. It's your turn to be a wealthy woman and join the tribe of Lucky Bees who are changing the world! As Denise says -- "It's your time and you're ready for the next step!"
Denise Alexander Pyle is passionate about the fact that the 10 Commandments are needed today more than ever. And she has a unique style in stating her sense of urgency. She says, “The Ten Commandments are comprised of ten powerful rules for our survival, governed by the underlying principle of unbridled love of God, ourselves, and each other.Sounds intriguing, yes? Join us live on July 10th at 10:00 a.m. PST and be sure to send your texts our way!As Denise asserts, If you haven’t committed adultery recently or you’ve not “kept the Sabbath Holy,” then you might not be thinking that the Ten Commandments are uppermost in your mind.But when you read her book, The Power of 1(0): A Guide to Living the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule in Modern Times you’ll discover that “keeping the Sabbath Holy,” is really about providing mercy in the world — and the decree against adultery is actually about keeping your commitments to yourself and others in all things.This unique reinterpretation of the 10 Commandments and the1 Golden Rule (hence the power of 1(0) ), is designed to make these precepts urgent and relevant to today’s world – especially where truth seems fluid and morality a matter of perception.
How has the world of real estate and lending changed since the election? Today I'm joined by mortgage lender Denise Lindsay of CIB Bank to help me explain. Looking to sell your Central Illinois Home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a Central Illinois Home? Search all homes for saleToday I'm happy to have Denise Lindsay with CIB Bank with me to discuss the effects of the election on our market.According to Denise, the news has been creating some chaos in the mortgage industry when in reality, there hasn't been any change in the mortgage industry. The biggest change has been a 0.25% increase in interest rates. When the economy is strong, rates go up because they don't need to stimulate the economy like before.Interest rates for a mortgage are actually dictated by the program you choose. For example, you can get a 30-year fixed rate mortgage with a 4.125% interest rate or a 30-year mortgage with a 3.375% interest rate. FHA and VA mortgages have rates as low as 3.5% for 30-year fixed rate mortgages, and rural housing loans have a similar rate.How different is that from before? Despite the chaos you hear in the news, the mortgage industry hasn't changed at all. For a $100,000 house, the difference is an extra $0.21 per $1,000 or about an extra $21 a month on your house payment with rates going up 0.25%. As Denise points out, the news media tends to make a big deal out of it, but it's really not a big deal at all. In fact, Denise says, lending is easier because homebuyers can have a credit score as low as 620 and still buy a house with as little as a 3.5% down payment.If you have any questions about improving your credit, saving for a down payment, or anything relating to preparing for a mortgage, you can call Denise at (217) 460-1588 or email her at Denise.Lindsay@cibbank.com. She can also tell you about some upcoming grant programs in Illinois that can help you buy a home. If you have any questions about the central Illinois market or you're thinking of buying or selling a home, give me a call or send me an email. I'd love to help you!
The SuccessLab Podcast: Where Entrepreneurs Collaborate for Success
Welcome to SuccessLab Podcast #32! Hope your year is off to a great start. This week, I'm in the lab with Denise Duffield-Thomas. She's the founder of Lucky Bitch, where she offers coaching and an online bootcamp for entrepreneurs. I felt totally recharged after this interview, and I hope it does the same for you! 1. Can you tell us a bit about your journey and what brought you to where you are now? Like a lot of people, I think I always wanted to be an entrepreneur, but to be honest, I hadn't met any entrepreneurs before. I'd seen on TV that women could have power and money—I kept thinking of Dynasty, and that's what I thought of women who had their own power and money, that you kind of had to be this "rich bitch." I didn't ever really meet a normal woman in my everyday life who had their own business until I was way into my twenties. Throughout my twenties, I lived in London (even though I'm from Australia), and I had some really cool gigs: I did some sustainability consulting, I did events, I ran sale bootcamps. But I knew in my heart of hearts that I wanted to work for myself around helping women make transformations in their lives. At that point, I didn't even think about doing it around money. I just wanted to help women make transformations, and I had a burning desire to work for myself. 2. How did you come to the realization that you had certain mental blocks around achieving wealth? My husband and I were in a competition to go blogging around the world. It was a six-month, all-expenses-paid trip around the world. Afterward, I was sleeping on my mum's couch after living in five-star hotels, with no job, completely unemployed, and not wanting to get a job. I thought, "Holy crap. I just manifested this trip that was worth half a million dollars in value, and I was staying in amazing places and eating the best food, but not having any money." I remember thinking, "Wow, I think it's time for me to learn about making money." Not just being lucky, not just winning things, being given things for free, or having great relationships, but being okay to make real cash and then spend it how I want to spend it. 3. How can one identify if they have those mental blocks? Sometimes it's really obvious: You don't have money in your bank account. Then, there's probably a really good chance you've got a block around receiving money. But sometimes it's really subtle. Some people might think, "Oh, I don't have any blocks around money." Maybe your parents always had money growing up, or you just feel like you're okay with money. But when you start to dig deeper, there might be a few key beliefs that you have around money that really stop you from earning more. I'll tell you a really common one: "I don't want to make money—I just want to help people." Have you heard people say that? It sounds really noble. "Money's not important to me and my business. Helping people is important to my business." The thing is, that's really noble, but it sets up this expectation that you don't deal in currency, you're not open to business, and you're not open to receive more. You have to really look at that and say, "If I help more people, I will make more money. If I make more money, I will help more people." The two do not have to be mutually exclusive. 4. How do you know if you are undervaluing your product or services? The most telltale sign is if you're burnt out and resentful. Every time you're with clients, you feel like you're getting ripped off. It doesn't feel like a fair exchange of value. That's a perfect sign that you need to increase your prices or, to be honest, change your business or change the type of clients you work with. Another sign is if there's a lot of demand for what you do. If you just can't keep up with demand, you're trying to stuff clients in to every available space, you don't have time to pee or eat proper lunch because you're working—all those things are a sign that there's not a fair exchange of value going on. 5. If you are undervaluing your products or services, how do you go about increasing your rate for cost of the product without ruffling too many feathers? I have a free resource for this, actually. The first thing is getting into yourself that it's okay for you to increase your prices. Lots of companies do it every single year as just a matter of course. If you're getting better and better at what you do (therefore getting better and quicker results for your clients), that can totally justify a rate increase. If you invest heavily in your own education (which you can then pass on to clients), again, that totally justifies a price increase. They're borrowing your knowledge without having to invest in it themselves. I think there's sometimes a bit of backlash against increasing your prices or charging premium pricing, and I totally agree because you do have to justify it. But you don't necessarily have to justify it to people in your industry. Some people might say, "Oh, in our industry, we normally charge X, and we're not allowed to charge Y." That's total crap. You don't have to justify it to your competitors, your colleagues, and you don't have to justify it to your parents. 6. I know you have steps to overcoming blocks and attracting wealth. Can you share those with us? Step #1: De-clutter. Not just de-cluttering your house, which absolutely does help. You always start there; you get rid of messes in your life. But it comes down to de-cluttering your beliefs around money. I'd really encourage people to go back and look at your money memories. What did your parents say about money? What ideas did they have around money? That's always the first place to look. Step #2: Decide. Get really clear on what you want to manifest. How much money do you want to make? People can send really conflicting messages around this. I'll ask, "How much money do you want to make?" And they go, "Oh, I want to do 200, but I'd be happy to get 50." Well, what do you think you're going to get? 200 or 50? It's always going to be what message you send into the universe. Get very clear on how much you want to make. Step #3: Surround yourself with positivity. Absolutely get infused, in every part of your day and what you want to achieve. You have to infuse every part of your day with Reminders, Triggers, and Anchors about that goal. It could a Post-It on your computer. You get in your car, and a podcast you've been listening to comes on about people who earn six figures. Step #4: Taking inspired action. We know nothing is going to happen unless you take action. You can't sit on your couch and meditate and light an abundance candle. Yes, someone might knock on your door and hand you a check out of the blue—that does happen, I've heard that happen. But really it's going to come by taking action. Inspired action is just those teeny little things that will make a difference: picking up the phone and talking to the right person, sending that e-mail that promotes the course, opening for business. It's not researching, it's not Googling, it's not procrastinating. Step #5: Learning to receive. It's okay for you to receive that money. Put that PayPal link in there and feel okay about it. Honestly, Step #5 can really trigger people sometimes. When the money actually starts coming, that's when people's blocks also start coming up. Then, you have to go back to Step #1. If at any stage you get blocked, you just go back to #1. 7. Take us back to when you decided to launch the Lucky Bitch brand. Did you know there would be such demand for a product like this? I started out doing life coaching. I'd help people with anything, any problem. It was really fun because people would come to me with interesting problems and say, "Can you help me manifest a soulmate?" and, "I want to sell my house." It was really fun, but the thing people kept coming to me and saying was, "I really want to earn money. What's going on?" And I said, "Universe, I do not want to be the Money Girl. Please, no. Anything else. Don't make me talk about money." Because I was scared about money, too, and I didn't want to talk about it either. I thought, "I should work on my own money stuff. I think it's time for me to earn some cash and explore some of these fears that I have around money." Before the Lucky Bitch brand, I was doing a very generic brand. It was very soft and polite and lovely. I decided to bring more of myself into my brand, to have a bit more fun with it, to have that kind of cheeky side that's total Me. 8. In those early days, how did you grow Lucky Bitch? Consistency, consistency, consistency. Unless you get a lucky break, not a lot of people are watching at the start. It can take courage to have that consistency, but that's where your business is going to grow. I've done a blog post or a video pretty much weekly for the last four years. That takes consistency to do. Some weeks, I had nothing to say, but I had made that commitment to myself, so I had to come up with something. I see that a lot with entrepreneurs at the start, or even further along in their journey, where they just do it when they feel like it or when inspiration strikes. You can't do that. People are waiting to see you. 9. Is there a piece of advice you can share with entrepreneurs? Everybody's scared. Everybody has fear. Unfortunately, it never goes away. It's just the business of being in business. Don't let it stop you from creating a life and a business that truly serves your purpose in life. 10. Are there any tools or books that you are absolutely loving right now? I'm not reading a lot of business books at the moment. Sometimes as entrepreneurs, we don't get enough creative space. So I'm reading the Outlander series! A bit of adventure, a bit of history, a bit of sex. In terms of tools, Masterminding is rocking my world at the moment, just being around women and other entrepreneurs who have similar goals to me. 11. How can people connect with you? LuckyBitch.com. I'm generally more on Facebook than anything else, and I'm always happy to hear about money "ahas" and anything that's come up for you. This Week's Biz Hack Typeform! This tool launched with its full version last February, but it was in beta for a year prior. It was created by two designer/developers out of Spain and has taken off. At its core, Typeform allows you to make really cool forms for things like surveys, questionnaires, and polls, but you can also use it for client intake or customer feedback, fun quizzes, and competitions. Another really cool use for it is to serve up the specific content your users are looking for. For instance, if you have a series of marketing videos, you can ask your users a set of leading questions that routes them to the appropriate video based on their answer. So if they came specifically for tips on content marketing, that video can be dished up to them, rather than having them scroll through all of your content. It's very similar to a CRM tool in which you set up "if this/then that" scenarios. A few other really cool features of Typeform include its responsiveness—it automatically adapts to the user's device. You can also link it with Google Analytics to track user behavior. Typeform also integrates with Zapier, which allows you to link it with an email service like Mailchimp. The Facebook Conversion Tracking Pixel can also be integrated into the form, allowing you to potentially market to those users on Facebook down the road. Here are a few cool uses to get you thinking about how you can use it: Xmas Llama Creator What Would You Say to Your 18-Year-Old Self? Alice in Wonderland Character Quiz Blood Donation Social Awareness Action Item Review your pricing. Be real with yourself. Are you charging enough? If you haven't raised your rates in years, but have gotten better or faster at what you do, or even added more bells and whistles to your product or service, it may be time to up your rate. Pricing is one of the most challenging parts of business, and unfortunately there's no formula or out-of-the-box approach that applies to all. This is especially true for service-based businesses. A few things to take into consideration include cost of goods (Have the goods and services you use gone up over time?), continued education (Have you paid to attend conferences or courses?), and growth (Have you hired on additional support?). Of course, raising rates is never an easy feat when presenting it to existing clients. A few ways to do this is to develop new packages or services to roll customers into, or grandfather existing clients in at their rate, while all new ones will be at the higher price. As Denise mentioned earlier in the podcast, she has a pricing guide that is really helpful. Just remember: You owe it to yourself and your business to be relentless in managing your pricing strategy. Quote of the Week "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ~ Thomas A. Edison