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On today’s episode, I’m joined once again by Meg Ellis, an incredible life coach with Phoenix 8 Consulting and fitness professional who has become a good friend and a regular guest of the podcast. Today, we are talking about how to have unconditional confidence and trust in yourself. As Meg says, there’s no magic light bulb that goes off; trusting yourself requires constant work. We talk about the connection between confidence and peace and how the belief that everything is workable will lead to a sense of peace that will ultimately allow you to be unconditionally confident. Don’t miss this conversation where we discuss the importance of showing up as your authentic self and believing that “what is for you will find you and what is for you will never leave you.”
Hospice Audit SeriesAudits are a fact of life for hospices—it’s not a matter of “if” a hospice will be audited, but “when.” The alphabet soup of audits has expanded, from UPICs to SMRCs, CPIs, TPEs and more. With the hospice carve-in to Medicare Advantage, MAO audits will join the list. The recent pause in audits as a result of the COVID pandemic hints at increased activity as the pandemic wanes. In this series, Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki of Husch Blackwell’s Hospice Audit team deconstruct the most recent developments in hospice audits, providing insight and guidance on the why, when and how of audits and—most importantly—what hospices can do about it.Today's Episode: CMS Program Integrity Audits Are Back!In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki discuss the new wave of CMS Center for Program Integrity (CPI) audits that have been issued during the past couple weeks. These CPI audits remain focused on long length of stay patients and typically involve hundreds of claims valued at over $1 million. As Meg and Bryan explain, these audits may signal a new approach to auditing by CMS, and it is important for hospices to refine their response and appeal strategy accordingly.
This weeks podcast will inspire many people. From people who are on their journey of rediscovery, people who haven't even started yet, to people who don't believe it's possible. We were joined by Megan Francis a member of Rebuild Health and Fitness who over the past 3 years has taken herself from obese and unhappy to never thinking about body fat and what she believes is a much happier, healthier, stronger role model for her children. Megan has worked hard and deserved every bit of credit. Megan has done a total flip of her life, she's created the habits and lifestyle she wants and is now on a journey of performance in the gym and in her personal life. As Meg's will say, it's not always been an easy ride but 'the time is going to pass anyway so you may as well do something with it' We speak about - How she felt at her heaviest - How she started to make progress- Psychology over physiology for weight loss- How being perfect doesn't help - How to develop long term change - How to be consistent - Your permission to eat is always - Battles and hardships - Caring about performance over aesthetics - Self care and empathy Honestly we touch on so much in this chat that we believe will help so many others. We really hope it reaches you when it needs to and you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed talking.
On this week’s episode of Maximum Advisor Podcast, Chip Munn sits down with Meg Bartelt, founder and Lead Planner of Flow Financial Planning. Chip and Meg start the segment by discussing Meg’s background in both the financial and tech worlds. Meg began her career as a technical writer based on the West Coast, eventually obtaining her masters in financial planning. Shortly after, she transitioned to working in fee-only RIA firms located in Norfolk, Virginia. Meg explains that she began to feel uninterested in the firm’s investment focus where the audience was largely retirees. A career shift and cross-country move to Washington State, Meg decided it was time to start her own firm, with her target market being women within the tech industry. In her own words, it was time to let the “Meg flag fly”. Meg describes the first couple of years laying the foundation of her firm, the support she received, and facing her own doubts. She says, “And it was really hard emotionally because, you know, as the metaphor goes, I was planting all these seeds, but I couldn't see anything growing yet.” Four years in, and with a client wait list, Meg attributes her success to two important details: Surround yourself with a support system or as Meg puts it, “the right kind of people”, and the second piece of advice is to identify your niche market. As Meg explains, “I think we've just hit upon the niche market thing over and over. And really that has just been probably the single biggest influence on the success of my business.” Meg and Chip close the segment by encouraging listeners to heed their intuition and align themselves with people who echo similar values. And just like Meg, don’t be afraid to let your flag fly high.
By Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli Dr. Meg Layton and I both worked at Symantec during the early 2000s, where we were both tasked with building security management and incident response products for the enterprise market. At the time, neither of us could have guessed we would end up doing a podcast together nearly 20 years later. But we did. And this is it! With educational roots in political science—which gets Marco to perk up during any conversation—Meg takes us back to her time in high school where she gained an appreciation for technology and essentially became a hacker by getting the lighting board/computer on stage to do what she needed it to do. After beginning her tech career at a non-profit, Meg took her freshly-learned skills of building out a network for an African-operating telecommunications company. During her time with the telco, she quickly realized that the cybersecurity challenges faced were different in different countries—a country in the middle of civil war had to prepare for and deal with things others may not encounter. It’s not every day that you have to think about protecting critical communications beyond rebel lines. And, even though the networks she was working on were based on cellular technologies, the work she was doing around some of the first security data correlation activities involved shipping security log data on CDs via DHL. “ Everybody’s interpretation of reality is just slightly different based on their life experiences. — Dr. Meg Layton As she progressed in her career, Meg speaks to the value of her political science education as the need for human-oriented soft skills continues to rise to the top of the career stack in terms of importance and relevancy. It also comes in handy as questions involving ethics and morals arise. As Meg notes (paraphrased ): “In this field, you have to make ethical and moral choices ... you need to know what personal lines exist and be able to articulate them before you are asked to do something that makes you cross the line—these decisions will define your career.” Another area that defines us as humans is the work we do for others—and Meg is very active on this front, educating and mentoring and grooming the next generation of InfoSec professionals. Not only does she support the Cyber Patriot program and Cyberjutsu Girls, but she also works closely with both the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts of America to help young adults earn their cybersecurity badges. Looking back to see how technology and cybersecurity have changed over the years, Meg’s journey into and throughout the cybersecurity field is one filled with adventure, exploration, and inspiration. It’s great to see her success and also her giving back to the community. Are you ready to hear her story? Good! Press play now. _________________ Learn more about this column's sponsors: Devo: www.itspmagazine.com/company-directory/devo Find more An InfoSec Life stories on ITSPmagazine: www.itspmagazine.com/an-infosec-life
Whether you’re just getting started as a business owner or you’ve been at it for years, it’s essential to have a firm grasp on the machine that fuels your business— money.Today’s special guest, Meg Wheeler, is a business and financial coach who teaches coaches, consultants and creatives how to run financially fit businesses. She’s sharing with us her 3 Money Principles AND seven pro tips for staying on track.This episode is filled with gold. By the time we finish, you’ll have a firm grasp on exactly what you need to be doing to create (or rebuild) a solid financial foundation. As Meg says, “the way that you treat your business and the way that you put your business out in the world is how other people are going to treat your business.” Give your business the attention it deserves and learn what your relationship with money has to do with you becoming more magnetic.Take Action:Consider Meg’s 7 tips. Which one needs your attention immediately? Schedule a time this week to make it happen.Highlights from this Episode:(04:31) whether or not you should be focusing on the money stuff in your business actually has nothing to do with whether or not you're making money.(10:06) If you can bring on an accountant, great, but even if you are able to bring someone at, you've got to understand this stuff yourself because you're still the business owner.Links Mentioned:// Meg’s Website: Megkwheeler.com// Biz Money Blueprint Course: Bizmoneyblueprint.com // Money Meetings Toolkit: Megkwheeler.com/toolkit// Connect with Meg on Instagram: @megkwheeler// I can't wait to hear your favorite nugget from this episode. Take a screenshot and post to IG stories and tag me @theheathersager #FYIFPodcast // Ready for more? Hit that SUBSCRIBE button so you don't miss the next FYIF episode. // Ready to NAIL YOUR NEXT TALK? If you have a live presentation, workshop or talk coming up and you want to show up as an authority and turn that event into future business, get my 10 Must Ask Questions Before Taking the Stage. It's the ultimate planning guide full of tips and strategies that you didn't know you needed to know.
Meg Medina is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling author who writes picture books, as well as middle grade and young adult fiction. Her 2018 book Merci Suárez Changes Gears, is a 2019 John Newbery Medal winner, and a 2019 Charlotte Huck Honor Book. Today, Meg is sharing a summer reading list for kids. Listen as she shares picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and young adult titles. As Meg says, summer is a great time to encourage reading. You'll hear her passion for getting kids reading as she shares her selections. When she’s not writing, Meg works on community projects that support girls, Latino youth, and/or literacy. She serves on the National Board of Advisors for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and is a faculty member of Hamline University’s Masters of Fine Arts in Children’s Literature. She lives with her family in Richmond, Virginia. Connect with Meg: https://twitter.com/Meg_Medina https://megmedina.com/ Summer Reading List https://www.instagram.com/megmedinabooks/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/meg.medina.10/ MegMedinaAssistant@gmail.com Length - 36:41
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Getting the top rank in Google feels like something only someone in 2004 could do. But that’s not the case! Search engine optimization is your friend, and on today’s episode Darla and Natalie talk with Megan Clarke all about how to improve your SEO. Meg is the founder and owner of Clapping Dog Media, a firm that specializes in helping businesses that help people improve their SEO. Her team of SEO all-stars help companies raise their profile and find the right clients for their businesses. And before she became an SEO guru, Meg was a graphic designer, so she knows how to work with creative businesses like interior design firms. What You’ll Hear On This Episode of Wingnut Social [1:45] Our editor Jonathan is a handsome genius [2:15] Strategy Packages are flying off the shelf [7:15] Megan breaks down SEO [10:53] How Google says “This is good crap!” [14:30] How Google reads your site [20:00] How many words, and how often? [27:04] Do Google Ad Words help with SEO [30:44] How long will it take for SEO work to do the trick? [35:04] Whut Up, Wingnut? Connect with Megan Clarke Clapping Dog Media Clapping Dog on Instagram SEO Made Simple Resources & People Mentioned How H1 and H2 work Keywords Everywhere Love Does by Bob Goff Connect With Darla & Wingnut Social www.WingnutSocial.com On Facebook On Twitter: @WingnutSocial On Instagram: @WingnutSocial Darla’s Interior Design Website Tell Google who you are for the best SEO Everyone always talks about the Google search algorithm. But what does that actually mean? There are certain factors that Google looks for on your site. Things like how long someone spends on your page, or how often you have fresh content.And as Meg said on this episode, it’s vital to share your content socially, so you’re getting more eyes on it. And make sure you have your content arranged correctly for Google. As Meg said, Google reads your site like a newspaper. It scans the headlines and the subheadlines, so you need to ensure you have all of that content properly organized. Google EATs SEO for breakfast Google has a simple formula for ranking your site: Expertise, Authority and Trust (or EAT). So when you say your website is about something, it has to truly be about it. Clickbait won’t help your SEO. And neither will Google Adwords, actually, except for the opportunity to bring more eyes to your site. Meg recommends blogging at least a couple of times a month to keep your site fresh, and that the posts have to be at least 300 words, but the sweet spot is between 750-1,250. And as she says, it’s better to have one really strong 1,000-word post than it is to have five 250-word posts. Subscribe to The Wingnut Social Podcast on iTunes, Google Podcasts, or TuneIn
Instagram is a photo-driven platform, and most of the #momlife images we see are of thin women. When I came across Meg Bogg’s feed, a plus size woman sharing authentic messages about motherhood, I was hooked! Meg joins my podcast to share her motherhood journey that led to her Instagram fame. She talks about her plus size pregnancy, 30-hour birth, becoming an Instagram Influencer, and the awe-inspiring This Is Postpartum project. This Is Postpartum launched on September 8th, 2018. Meg invited twenty mom bloggers, including yours truly, to bare our bellies, and talk openly about postpartum. As Meg shares, “Let’s stand up. Let’s embrace our postpartum bodies together. Whether you’re plus size, full of loose skin, stretch marked up or scarred. All of it is postpartum. All of it counts. All of it means something. Because all of it is part of you. And you, mama, are worthy.” Learn more about This Is Postpartum
Meg Benedicte is a Quantum Healer, Alchemist, Ascension Activator and creator of Quantum AccessTM - a powerful healing technique that quickly shifts consciousness, unlocks karma and removes energetic patterns to accelerate personal transformation. In 1994 Meg experienced a spontaneous Kundalini Activation that opened her energy body to accept an Angelic Walk-In. As Meg opened to the guidance and wisdom of her Higher Self and personal connection with ArchAngel Metatron, she discovered the ancient alchemy of sacred geometry and vortex energy. For the past 20 years, Meg has been sharing Quantum AccessTM in her private healing practice and with international audiences in Webinars, Global Meditations, radio shows and her book, Soul Realized: Unlocking the Sacred Keys of Becoming a Divine Human. For more information, visit https://www.newearthcentral.com At the top of the show, it's Anastasia's Starseed News, bringing topics of interest to starseeds not heard in the mainstream! Since we'll be in Arkansas for our Starseed Quest, our next show after this one will be August 28. Thanks for tuning in!
Manga review of Tetragrammaton Labyrinth Volume 3 by Ei Itou. Translated by Kenji Komiya. Adapted by Shannon Fay. Originally published in Japan by Wani Books. Published in US by Seven Seas under their Strawberry yuri imprint, $11.99, Rated Older Teen 16+. As Meg and Ann continue their mission to Germany by train, we flashback many years ago when Meg and Ann first met in Nepal. At that time Meg was just a child and traveled with her father, a missionary preacher set on seeking out unbelievers to convert them to Christianity. His wanderings had taken him to Katmandu in Nepal where Ann is being worshipped as the earthly incarnation of a local goddess. Unknown to him, some of the natives had begun to grow resentful of his presence and felt threatened by his new religion. Some of the angriest decided to take matters into their own hands and deliberately sabotaged a tall wooden pillar so that it fell and critically wounded Meg. When he learned what really happened, he snapped, completely lost his faith in God, and sought out a darker power to save his daughter and take revenge. Coming back to the present, Meg and Ann are attacked on the train by Prelati, the high ranking demon that showed up last volume, and this time he isn't alone. Thankfully, neither are Meg and Ann as some old acquaintances show up to give them aid and new weapons. First up, this manga should definitely be rated Mature 18+ because it has some pretty graphic violence. There are scenes of dismemberment and even bodies torn in half with their guts hanging out. Even though the title is marketed by Seven Seas as yuri, it has practically no girl on girl entanglements or romance. So if you're into that sort of thing exclusively, you should probably skip this book. The relationship between Meg and Ann is one of friendship. Very intense friendship, but not romantic. Both girls need each other not because they lust for each other, but because they need companionship. In the last volume, Meg was complaining that there were no "normal" people in the organization that they work for and Ann had to put her in check by replying that Meg herself was not normal. The true extent of that statement is fully revealed in this third installment. The fact is that the two girls cling to each other because each is a bulwark against solitude and loneliness. Tetragrammaton Labyrinth's style is more like that of Bleach or Chrono Crusade without as much humor and a better feel for horror. In fact, the author acknowledges his debt to Crusade and even recounts a conversation he had with the creator of that series, Daisuke Moriyama, and got his ok that his own work wasn't a ripoff. Moriyama even contributes a drawing of Ann for this volume. While I enjoyed the first half of Volume 3, the second half has me worried. When two characters from previous volumes show up to help Ann and Meg, it almost plays out like an American superhero comic, and the work suffers for it because it loses its hardwon sense of creepiness. Hopefully, volume 4 will get the series back on track. My Grade: B+