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Dani Moreno and EmKay Sullivan return to the show to recap the historic racing from the Pikes Peak Ascent and preview the fields for the Mammoth Trail Fest 28k.    Mountain Outpost YouTube Channel   Subscribe to the Sub Hub   Freetrail Experts   Fantasy for Mammoth Trail Fest   Sponsors: Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear Use code freetrail15 for 15% off Gnarly Nutrition Get 30% off your first subscription of Ketone IQ at HVMN.com/FREETRAIL30 Use code freetrail15 for 15% off Roark Apparel Freetrail Links: Website | Freetrail Pro | Patreon | Instagram | YouTube | Freetrail Experts   Dylan Links: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Strava   ________________________   Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:   Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal   Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game   Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion   Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB  

"Entrepreneurial Ascent, Networking, and Parenthood: A Conversation with Shawn Finnegan"Intro:Welcome back to OBSESSED! In today's episode, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Shawn Finnegan, the founder of Tax Hive, to discuss his remarkable journey as an entrepreneur, his passion for networking, and his experiences as a parent. Shawn is a true embodiment of how dedication and a strong support system can propel you to success. The Entrepreneurial ClimbShawn Finnegan, a visionary entrepreneur, joins us to share his inspiring journey. He talks about the early days of his career and how he took the leap into entrepreneurship. Highlights include:Shawn's initial career and what inspired him to start his own business.The challenges he faced in the early stages and how he overcame them.The pivotal moments that marked his entrepreneurial journey, including founding Tax Hive.The importance of adaptability and innovation in the business world. The Art of NetworkingShawn discusses his love for networking and connecting with people. He provides valuable insights into effective networking strategies, emphasizing the significance of building meaningful relationships. Key takeaways include:The power of networking in today's competitive business landscape.Shawn's personal approach to networking and how it has contributed to his success.Tips for introverts on making genuine connections and expanding their network.How networking can open doors and create opportunities in unexpected ways.Shawn's Path of ParenthoodIn this heartwarming segment, Shawn opens up about his experiences as a parent. He shares the joys and challenges of balancing a thriving business with parenthood. Topics include:Shawn's role as a father and how it has evolved over time.The importance of work-life balance and finding time for family amidst a busy schedule.How parenthood has shaped his perspective on entrepreneurship and leadership.Advice for fellow parents on managing the dual responsibilities of work and family.We want to know who you are obsessed with--DM us directly on Instagram at: crown_compassgirlsJoin us as we interview thought leaders like Gary Vaynerchuk, Evan Carmichael, Dr. Laura Berman and MORE!And learn about how we are changing the world every day: THE WOMEN OF OBSESSEDGet Obsessed with us. Collectively we are a nutritionist, a master certified life coach, an attorney, and a self-esteem expert. We dive into topics that uncover the essence of the human experience. Our stories are one of kicking fear in the face and taking a leap of faith. We are equally obsessed with the works of Brene Brown and are inspired to study and understand the 30 core emotions. Each week we will explore another emotion, talk to experts in their field and inspire you to live the life you are meant to be living. We are Julie Lokun, JD, Tia Morell Walden, Certified Holistic Nutritionist, and Mika Altidor, Certified Life Coach. Join us for the conversation, and more importantly be a part of the conversation. Reach out with a question or comment about an episode or suggest a personal development topic you are obsessed with. After all, the Obsessed Podcast is for you and about you. Learn More About Your Hosts: HereFor More About Julie Lokun Check Her Out: Here

It's that time of year when the cooler temps of fall have begun to show up, especially in the early mornings and evenings. It's prime time for having an active insulation piece in your pack. In this repost of an episode from last year, John Barklow goes deep on one of the most important pieces in your apparel system, the active insulation layer. If there's an aspect to your system that's more innovative, versatile, adaptive, and high performing we have yet to find it. @sitkagear @jbarklow --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Save BIG on the ZOLEO satellite messaging device until Sept. 17th. Applies to both Canada and the US. If you've been thinking about making the switch, now's the time! Need boots? Check out the NEW CRISPI models at www.crispius.com to find a model that suits your hunting style and terrain. Get free shipping on SPARTAN Precision products like the ASCENT tripod with the code BTK23. OnX Maps is now available in Canada! Get your FREE trial today. And if you're already a member, check out the exclusive offers and perks available when you upgrade to an Elite Member. Is your pack letting you down? Check out the full MYSTERY RANCH line-up and get yourself a pack that will stand up to the rigors of backcountry hunting, heavy loads, and keep performing season after season. --------------------------- SUPPORT WILD SHEEP: Go to Wild Sheep Foundation to find a membership option that suits your budget and commitment to wild sheep. --------------------------- SUPPORT MOUNTAIN GOATS: Go to Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance to find a membership option that suits your budget and commitment to conserving mountain goats and their habitat.

This content is for Members only. Come and join us by subscribing here In the meantime, here's some more details about the show: It's a warm welcome then to the man himself: Dr. Brad Stone - the JazzWeek Programmer of the Year 2017, who's here every Thursday to present The Creative Source - a two hour show, highlighting jazz-fusion and progressive jazz flavours from back then, the here and now, plus occasional forays into the future. Please feel free to get in touch with Brad with any comments or suggestions you might have; he'll be more than happy to hear from you: brad@soulandjazz.com or follow him via Facebook or Twitter. Enjoy! The Creative Source 7th September 2023 Artist - Track - Album - Year Joel Haynes    The Return    The Return!    2023 Maddie Vogler    The Need to Be    While We Have Time    2023 The Greg Silva Trio +1    Visions    Her Autumn Sky    2017 Claire Daly with George Garzone    Half Nelson    VuVu for Frances    2023 Techno Cats    Inside Straight    The Music of Gregg Hill    2023 Benjamin Boone    Caught in the Rhythm    Caught in the Rhythm    2023 Dara Starr Tucker    Standing on the Moon    Dara Starr Tucker    2023 Mafalda Minnozzi    Ne Me Quitte Pas (feat. Don Byron)    Natural Impression    2023 Claudia Villela    Agua Santa    Cartas ao Vento    2023 Brandon Sanders    I Can't Help It (feat. Jazzmeia Horn)    Compton's Finest    2023 Arnie Sainz    One's Comeuppance    Darts    2023 Mike Clark    Hat and Beard    Kosen Rufu    2023 Shawn Maxwell    Jerry    J Town Suite    2023 Anthony Branker & Ascent, with drummer Ralph Peterson, Jr.    Spirit Song    Spirit Songs    2023 Pete Zimmer    5 A.M. Blues    Dust Settles    2023 Mike Jones Trio    Blues for Burns    You Three Guys Know What You're Doing?    2023 Luis Giraldo/Ben Paterson Organ Trio    Sometimes I'm Happy    Ready, Willing & Able    2023 Terell Stafford    Wruth's Blues    Between Two Worlds    2023 Eunmi Lee    Wavelength    Introspection    2023 Eunmi Lee    Azure    Introspection    2023 Phil Haynes/Drew Gress/David Liebman    Beloved Refracted    CODA(s): No Fast Food III    2023 Arbenz/Krijger/Osby    Vertical Hold    Conversation #9    2022 François Bourassa Quartet    Costard    Swirl: Live @ Piccolo    2023 Ember    August in March    August in March    2023 The post The Creative Source (#CreativeSource) – 7th September 2023 appeared first on SoulandJazz.com | Stereo, not stereotypical ®.

Mankind has defeated all comers in the struggles we have had with the animal kingdom – no sabre-tooth tiger, crocodile or shark has been able to stall the Ascent of man … except perhaps our microscopic competitors; pathogens in the form of a virus, bacteria or God forbid, fungus.  Throughout our history these miniscule machines of death have destroyed huge numbers of people across the planet.  And we, humans, seem to positively encourage their many successes with our move to urbanisation, our migrations, our wars.  Pestilence and plague seem to follow our every geopolitical convulsion.  These crafty pathogens find any convenient vector to invade our fragile bodies – they are in the water we drink, the food we eat, the air we breath.From the distant past to the present day ‘Plagues' have been sawing at the trunk of human progress:  in this episode we take a tour through their greatest hits.  Pity the poor Pangolin.so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson Reading by David Hartley - The Black Death, 1348, Henry Knighton See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

In this homily, Deacon Mark Danis asked himself what can souls do to prepare themselves in the Active Night to enter into the Passive Night of the Spirit, which St. John of the Cross discusses in his book, “Ascent to Mount Carmel” as well as in book, “The Dark Night of the Soul.” Deacon Danis helps us understand why there is a  need for the purification of the faculties of the memory, intellect and will and what we can do to respond favorably to God's call to union with Him.

Psalm 120 introduces the 'Psalms of Ascent' section of the Psalter. Chapters 120-134 share this title which can be translated 'degrees', 'steps', or an upward direction or trajectory. Many have taken this collection as a hymnal to accompany the pilgrimage of the faithful unto temple worship in Jerusalem. The structural layout of this set of songs appears to favor this view. The first 3 songs are set in proximity to the holy habitation of the Lord with His people and would well accompany a sojourner who was far from Jerusalem but has set his face toward the holy city. Our passage today, the 1st of these songs, finds our author furthest away perhaps in the gentile lands of Meshech or Kedar. However distant he may be from the place of covenant assurance, it is apparent that his hope is in the Lord. Ps 121 lifts a watchful eye to the hills from where help is to be found as Psalm 122 is a call to journey unto worship in Jerusalem, home of the house of the Lord. As the psalms continue to progress, they culminate in chapters 132-134 in the temple itself. The worshippers have arrived and with them they bring their grateful and lavish sacrifices of praise. The 9-10 songs between express various themes and applications relating to the covenant hope of true Israel. From our vantage point in redemptive history, we can appreciate these musical confessions in light of their substantive fulfillment in Christ, even as we sing them on our way to glory and the marriage supper of the Lamb!

Elk season is here and, on this episode, we dig into some early-season hunt updates, past elk stories and lessons learned from one of the nuttier elk nuts in the crew. This guest spends more time in the elk woods in one year than most people do over many seasons of elk hunting and we get some great stories from Karaoke Chris on this show. @hartingrrrc --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Save BIG on the ZOLEO satellite messaging device until Sept. 17th. Applies to both Canada and the US. If you've been thinking about making the switch, now's the time! Need boots? Check out the NEW CRISPI models at www.crispius.com to find a model that suits your hunting style and terrain. Get free shipping on SPARTAN Precision products like the ASCENT tripod with the code BTK23. OnX Maps is now available in Canada! Get your FREE trial today. And if you're already a member, check out the exclusive offers and perks available when you upgrade to an Elite Member. Is your pack letting you down? Check out the full MYSTERY RANCH line-up and get yourself a pack that will stand up to the rigors of backcountry hunting, heavy loads, and keep performing season after season. --------------------------- SUPPORT WILD SHEEP: Go to Wild Sheep Foundation to find a membership option that suits your budget and commitment to wild sheep. --------------------------- SUPPORT MOUNTAIN GOATS: Go to Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance to find a membership option that suits your budget and commitment to conserving mountain goats and their habitat.

Fr. John Whiteford explains the purpose and importance of the Hymns of Ascent. Psalm 119 is featured.

f you're feeling frustrated and overwhelmed because your entrepreneurial efforts are not yielding the desired results, then you are not alone! Perhaps you're tirelessly networking and attending conferences, yet struggling to secure the right partnerships and investments. Despite your hard work, you might be facing constant rejection and setbacks, leaving you questioning your abilities and losing confidence in your vision. But take heart, for there are valuable lessons to be learned from Andrew Abernathey's journey, showing that success often comes from taking bold risks and leveraging your unique strengths. Meet Andrew Abernathey, a North Dakota farm boy turned entrepreneur. His journey from farming to success is inspiring. With a strong agricultural foundation, Andrew's business and finance skills blossomed early. He ventured into real estate and the stock market, owning an apartment complex and becoming a major player in a Nasdaq-listed insurance company. His climb culminated in leading a multimillion-dollar storage business, showcasing his entrepreneurial talent. What You'll Learn: How did Andrew Abernathey transition from agriculture to create a multi-million-dollar storage business? What is the significance of leveraging your individual strengths and assembling a strong team to achieve success? How important is networking and forming strategic partnerships in achieving success in business? Why should you consider entering the self-storage investment industry as your next entrepreneurial endeavor? And so much more!   Timestamp: 00:01:25 - Early Business Ventures 00:04:50 - First Real Estate Deal 00:08:11 - Growing Abernathy Holdings 00:10:31 - Learning from Losses 00:13:07 - Gary's Influence 00:14:34 - Focus on One Thing 00:16:12 - Partnership with Gary 00:19:12 - Building a Team 00:22:06 - Scaling and Timeline 00:26:38 - Passion for Making a Difference 00:27:06 - Investing in Partners 00:28:12 - Calling Guardians 00:30:00 - Building an Effective Team 00:32:45 - Family as the Core Favorite Quote: “The best ROI is in your people. I love giving equity away and letting them do their job and be a cheerleader. And that's what I'm good at.” - Andrew Abernathey How to Connect: Explore his personal website at http://www.andrewabernathey.com/ to dive deeper into his story and insights. Visit the company website, https://abernatheyholdingco.com/, to discover the business ventures that have led to his success. Engage with him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AndrewJAbernathey/ for updates and discussions. Get a glimpse of his journey on Instagram by following him at https://www.instagram.com/andrewjabernathey/. Connect with Andrew through these platforms to gain valuable insights, follow his endeavors, and join in on the entrepreneurial journey.

A Prayer from Sorrow, from our Midweek Bible Study: "Psalms of Ascent, Part 1" - 9.6.23 Presented by McGregor Podcast 2023 Visit Our Website at McGregorPodcast.com

What is cap rate, when should you use it, and most importantly when does cap rate not matter? Also, Douglas County south of Denver just passed a new Airbnb law regulating short-term rentals. Finally, the Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent is the quintessential Colorado Springs endurance race. For more information visit: https://www.erinandjamesrealestate.com

...in which we journey back 200 years to the early days of Lake District tourism in the company of Jeff Cowton MBE, principal curator at Wordsworth Grasmere. Tracing the footsteps of the first well-to-do visitors, we ascend the pastures of Latrigg, midway between the perennial honeypot of Keswick and long-climbed slopes of Skiddaw. As we walk, we consider tourism's roots in the continental Grand Tour, and the events that shifted 'strangers'' eyes to the-once 'frightful' backwaters of Cumbria. Influenced by concepts like 'the sublime' and 'the picturesque', we note key figures in the development of both tourism and the aesthetic appreciation of landscape, from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Father Thomas West. Arriving at one of Lakeland's great viewpoints, we reflect on the characters that embraced the early tourist boom, including polymath eccentric Peter Crosthwaite and co-founder of Derwent Water's remarkable regatta, Joseph Pocklington, before advancing in time to the arrival of Wordsworth, Coleridge... and the railways.   For more about the early days of tourism in the Lake District, the ‘To the Lakes!' exhibition at Wordsworth Grasmere runs for the remainder of 2023 and through much of 2024. Wordsworth Grasmere is also hosting two events that celebrate the journeys of early tourists, specifically: Ann Radcliffe's Ascent of Skiddaw, 1794 – Thursday 28 September 2023 and Historical Meal and Walk – Saturday 9 September 2023 that recreates the experience of a 1792 tourist with a historical meal and guided walk up Helm Crag. For more information see: wordsworth.org.uk/blog/events/to-the-lakes-historical-meal-and-walk/

The Psalms! What are they? Why are they important? How can we better study them? Emma Dotter is joined with Watermark Worship Leader Jon Abel as he explains that the Psalms give us permission to pour out our hearts to God. These passages are not sugar-coated, but raw emotion before the Lord, and reading them allows us to into the journal of people who followed God before us.   Additional Scripture References: Psalm 90- written by Moses Psalms of Ascent: 120-134  Books to help in your study of the Psalms: Treasury of David- link to the book with Spurgeon https://www.amazon.com/Treasury-David-Spurgeons-Classic-Psalms/dp/0825436834/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FWVI3XW54IR9&keywords=Treasury+of+David&qid=1692896337&sprefix=treasury+of+david%2Caps%2C105&sr=8-1 Long Obedience in the same direction- Eugene Peterson https://www.amazon.com/Long-Obedience-Same-Direction-Discipleship/dp/0830848630/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DND1Y5UQQHPC&keywords=long+obedience+in+the+same+direction&qid=1692896356&sprefix=long+obedience+in+the+same+direction%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-1 Valley of Vision: https://www.amazon.com/Valley-Vision-Collection-Puritan-Devotions/dp/0851512283/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1E8G38RNR2CSN&keywords=valley+of+vision&qid=1692896649&sprefix=valley+of+vision%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-1  Grab a NEW Join The Journey Journal: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7TCKPR1/ref=sr_1_14crid=3MDHUUF0FW85G&keywords=join+the+journey+volume+2&qid=1686688452&sprefix=join+the+journ%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-14  Join the Journey Jr. https://www.jointhejourney.com/jr/5781-do-you-remember-god-s-promises-to-abraham

It's time for another game designer interview! Kyle Rowan is the lead game designer at Wyrd Games and the main brain behind last year's smash hit Vagrantsong. In addition to talking about how Vagrantsong came to be and the exciting pair of expansions coming up on Kickstarter, we discuss: The game's esoteric set of inspirations, including the works of Jack Kerouac, the comic book Harrow County, and the computer game Kentucky Route Zero. Why some people (*cough* Mike *cough*) bounce off the Runaway character. RPG discussions, including Eat the Reich and the forthcoming Blades in '68. And a (not sponsored) flashback to local barbecue that is totally Kyle's fault. If you want to hear our original take on Vagrantsong, it's in Episode 44, Part 2. And if you want to follow Kyle on "the socials," he's @rowanoake on Bluesky and The Platform Formerly Known As Twitter. As for us, we appreciate your listening as always, and would love to get an iTunes review if you have a few minutes to leave one. We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofgames on Twitter (for as long as Twitter still exists). Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them.  As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there! Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com Email: ascentofboardgames@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ascentofgames Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/ And, occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved. Thank you for listening!

Psalm 121 is one of the first of a small group (14) of psalms called the "Psalms of Ascent." They were songs for pilgrims on a journey to the holy place, the presence of God. Psalm 121 beings with a question and an answer that should direct and motivate the steps of our journey. The question is "Where does my help come from?" And the answer is, "My help comes from the Lord." Who can I trust for help? My help comes from the Lord. Where do I go when I need help? My help comes from the Lord. In this episode we will hang out for a bit with this question and answer.  Where does my help come from? The Lord. My help comes from the Lord! 

With fall around the corner and the bulk of hunting seasons opening up we wanted to bring this show back to the top of our episode list. The skills of observation and tracking are two of the most important skills within the hunting community and the information shared by the guests in this episode is invaluable. We hear it all the time when it comes to sheep, goats, or any alpine dwelling species: let your eyes do the walking. Is this just a matter of patience or, is it a skill that can be acquired and mastered? And when it comes to tracking, it can be the difference between a hard lesson learned and a successful recovery. Mark Dambrosio and Owen Mulder, two Marines whose combined backgrounds span the Recon, Scout Sniper, and MARSOC communities, provide an in-depth look at the human biology and psychology that we need to understand and leverage to become more effective at tracking game and truly tune into whatever environment we find ourselves in, whether that's glassing open terrain or stalking timber/bush. Mark and Owen also share their thoughts on survival and sustainment skills, as well as some tips for becoming more proficient with your rifle system. To learn more about the courses they offer, check out www.intsurvival.com. @markdambrosio_official --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Need boots? Check out the NEW CRISPI models at www.crispius.com to find a model that suits your hunting style and terrain. Get free shipping on SPARTAN Precision products like the ASCENT tripod with the code BTK23. OnX Maps is now available in Canada! Get your FREE trial today. And if you're already a member, check out the exclusive offers and perks available when you upgrade to an Elite Member. Is your pack letting you down? Check out the full MYSTERY RANCH line-up and get yourself a pack that will stand up to the rigors of backcountry hunting, heavy loads, and keep performing season after season. --------------------------- SUPPORT WILD SHEEP: Go to Wild Sheep Foundation to find a membership option that suits your budget and commitment to wild sheep. --------------------------- SUPPORT MOUNTAIN GOATS: Go to Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance to find a membership option that suits your budget and commitment to conserving mountain goats and their habitat.

Standing in the Shadow of God, 1 Kings 17:17-24, from our Midweek Bible Study: "Psalms of Ascent, Part 1" - 8.30.23 Presented by McGregor Podcast 2023 Visit Our Website at McGregorPodcast.com

Meet local speedster and humble Al Moreno. Al shares his running saga with us, from his early beginnings to his recent success qualifying for the prestigious Boston Marathon. Al's passion for running steals the spotlight. And it doesn't end there; hear about his transition from casual running to serious training, his aspirations for trail races post-Boston, and his respect and camaraderie in the running community. Dan "the Man" Fielder joins us on the epic chop up with Al, so kick back and have a couple beers or miles with us. Instagram: @al_moreno88https://instagram.com/al_moreno88?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Shoutout to:Al Moreno The Moreno FamilyDan FielderKyle PaulsonBrandon LattinLocal Tri Cities Runners!Eastern Washington Nomads Runners of the Sage

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Amánda Efthimiou is a psychedelic wellness advocate, speaker, writer, and facilitator. She speaks around the world on the efficacy of plant medicines, with special attention to the care needed to ensure its use is ethical and with as much professional supervision as necessary to achieve optimal results.Plant medicines have been used for centuries by various cultures around the world to explore the depths of human consciousness. These powerful botanical allies, such as Ayahuasca, Psilocybin mushrooms, and Peyote, have the remarkable ability to elevate us to higher levels of awareness and understanding.When consumed with intention and in the right setting, plant medicines can facilitate profound journeys of self-discovery and spiritual awakening. They often open the doors of perception, allowing individuals to transcend their ordinary state of consciousness and tap into the vast reservoirs of the mind.Through these transformative experiences, people report gaining insights into their own inner workings, a deeper connection with nature and the universe, and a heightened sense of empathy and interconnectedness with all living beings. These plant medicines serve as bridges between the conscious and the subconscious, offering the potential for healing, personal growth, and the expansion of human consciousness to new horizons. While their effects can be profound, they are also to be approached with respect, caution, and under the guidance of experienced practitioners to ensure safe and meaningful exploration.In this interview with Amánda, you'll discover:-Amanda's journey to the world of plant medicine and how it harmonizes with human wellness...02:00-It sometimes only takes one moment to elevate your consciousness for a long period of time...05:00-Elixirs of life, and reaching a state of "death before dying"...08:10-The consciousness with which we interact with anything correlates to our experience with it...14:30-Ayahuasca was "a six hour conversation with God" for Jennifer...17:30-We disassociate from our bodies, and in turn our connection with the Divine...20:45-We are the ones who ultimately choose how these plant medicines will help or harm our experience in life...22:20-And much more...Resources mentioned:Integra GuideHealing Beyond MedicineAmánda EfthimiouAbout the guest:InstagramAmánda founded INTEGRA to support retreat centers and facilitators in designing integration programs that help people find meaning and healing from their experiences with altered states of consciousness. She bridges traditional wisdom with contemporary practices through her experiences in the nonprofit sector, previously at El Puente Foundation which facilitates forest regeneration and bio-culture preservation of indigenous medicines in the Amazon basin. She received her MSc in Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health where she focused on the integrative effects of plant-based medicines such as psilocybin with traditional psychotherapy for mental health outcomes.OM HealsQuantum physics reveals that we are 99.9999% energy and only .00001% physical matter. When we flow, move, and balance blocked energies we hold, then our mind, body and soul return to its natural state of well being.We are committed to matching you with the best possible energy meta-cine practitioners to support your wellness with our customized algorithm. After each energy session, we will ask for your feedback on...

In today's episode, join me for a fascinating discussion with entrepreneur Allie Danziger. As the founder of Ampersand, a platform empowering early career professionals, Allie shares her inspiring journey of building a company that fills real needs in the market. Her innovative spirit and knack for staying on top of trends have led to her success in launching her first social media PR agency in Texas. Allie provides unique insights into sparking creativity through yoga, running while consuming business content and navigating changes like an acquisition. Her openness to opportunities, regardless of source, echoes the importance of constant learning. Listen in for invaluable wisdom on communication, mentors, and balancing self-care when uncertainty strikes. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS Allie Danziger, the Founder of Ampersand, shares her journey of creating a platform that empowers early career professionals with necessary skills to thrive in their careers. She emphasizes the importance of staying current with market trends and fostering creativity and innovation to propel the business. Allie shares her unique approach to sparking creativity, which includes finding inspiration in business books and podcasts while running or doing yoga. We highlight the importance of being open to opportunities, regardless of their source, and the significance of building and maintaining relationships. Allie talks about her unique leadership style and the crucial role of mentors in her entrepreneurial journey. We discuss the importance of having the right team and she shares her thoughts on how she would spend a 30-day sabbatical. Allie shares her story of how she grew her first business, Integrate, noticing the shift towards social media and starting the first social media PR agency in Texas. She emphasizes the importance of knowing who you are bringing on board in your business and how it will impact the future of the company. Allie shares her insights on building relationships with employees, customers, and stakeholders, emphasizing honesty, clarity, and empathy. She talks about her experience of finding her way as a leader as her company was acquired, and she came into a new team, emphasizing the importance of gathering the right people to the table and giving them power and autonomy. LINKSShow Notes Previous Episodes About BoyarMiller GUESTS Allie DanzigerAbout Allie TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Chris Hanslik In this episode, you'll meet Allie Danziger, who has founded and sold two startup businesses in her career. Allie shares many great tips on how to be successful in business, but one of the best is to focus on your own self-care to build good habits that will translate into your professional life. Okay, Allie, I want to thank you for being here today. I really appreciate your time. Allie Danziger Thank you so much. I'm excited to do this video. Chris Hanslik So there's a lot that we could cover and talk about with you, and I hope we get to touch on everything, but I want to start with current business. Tell us what it is and what it's known for. Allie Danziger So Ampersand business is a training platform that helps early career professionals learn the skills they need to succeed in their careers. Chris Hanslik So what was your inspiration for starting Ampersand? Allie Danziger Well, ampersand is I mean in a little bit more detail. It's a training platform. So we have 250 different lessons in there that students or early career professionals never learn and college oftentimes not through college or high school jobs that they may have of really how to succeed. How to set a calendar in mind. How to attend a meeting. When to raise your hand in a meeting. How to ask for a boss for a vacation the right way. How to book the flight and then ask for the vacation. Ask them first. Have a plan. Here's the agenda. What to do when you meet with your team before you go on a vacation. How to come back. What to do if your boss texts you while you're on vacation. So all these like unwritten rules and all of that came from my experience in my previous business where we hired over 250 interns and entry level employees and I was constantly frustrated. But they just didn't know these things, and so we built pretty robust training at that other company called Integrate for our interns and entry level employees. When COVID hit, I was spending a lot of time talking to young professionals who had lost their jobs or internships. I realized I was saying the same things over and over again and looked around for resources for them, for podcasts, to listen to our books to read or whatever, and there was nothing that could teach all of those. Just I call it the unwritten rules of the workplace soft skills power skills, durable skills, like there's a ton of buzzwords for social intelligence. There's a book. Chris Hanslik There's a book right, social intelligence, kind of that. Yeah, it is. Allie Danziger And so that was the impetus to start a quick pilot as a nights and weekends project, to test the concept and then launch this. Chris Hanslik That's amazing and definitely serving. I mean, I think what I find interesting about all my guests is usually the inspiration is experiencing some gap and whatever industry they're in, and then taking advantage of it. That sounds exactly what you've done with Ampersand, yeah exactly. Allie Danziger I mean, there's still and I just cannot believe it that there still is nothing that we have yet to find that is interesting and engaging training that Gen Z or young professionals actually want to go through and participate in, that teaches these really important skills. There's a lot of boot camps out there. There's a lot of schools out there. There's a lot of workforce development programs that are trying different things, but what I believe we've created something that works at scale to keep young adults really engaged. Chris Hanslik That's great. So I know just from knowing you that you've recently kind of taken Ampersand to a new level kind of. Maybe, since you can share that, I mean, what's transpired, and how is that going to help take the company to the next level? Allie Danziger Absolutely so. Just two weeks ago, we were acquired by a student lending company called Ascent Funding. So actually now I am the SVP and GM of a success platform at Ascent Funding. And what they? Why that made sense is they have always offered every single borrower hundreds of thousands of borrowers career coaching, because they believe that their job as a lender is not just to give them money and then ask for money back upon graduation, knowing that colleges don't necessarily adequately prepare you to go get that job, but that they want to really ensure the success of every student they get money to. They're one of the good guys. Yeah, so your values aligned, our values were very aligned, and so we were out raising money and meeting with lots of different VCs and different companies out there, and I met the Ascent folks and we realized that this is just one of those situations where one plus one equals five and we could really use it as an opportunity to grow their business while giving Ampersand the resources that we needed from dev, support, leadership, etc. Additional coaches to really grow our platform in the existing way that we always have to the businesses and to colleges and simultaneously help their business too. Chris Hanslik That's great. Well, congratulations on that. I'm very excited. Well, we don't always start, that's not sure the end, but we'll go back more to the beginning. What you're doing is innovative, to say the least. So what is it that you try to do at Ampersand that fosters creativity, innovation in order to kind of propel the business? Allie Danziger So for me personally and for my team, I mean, we are a learning and development platform, but I think it's super important for us to constantly be learning and developing ourselves as well, and so it's just by taking time to stay up to date with what's happening in the market, knowing that what we've created doesn't exist, and so it is white paper which is sometimes very scary for me and the team right Like we're not making something better, cheaper or faster than someone else. We are truly creating something that has never existed before, which is good and bad. Chris Hanslik It's going to be inspirational and exciting. Allie Danziger It's certainly great for recruiting and it's certainly great for just like seeing something in a totally different market and thinking about how that can apply to Ampersand and applying some of the problems in the industry, in the ed tech space, in the thin tech space, in the workforce development space, and saying, well, guys, this is really broken. I'll be doing the same thing the same way for 25 years. Let's come in and I'm allowed to ask some questions because I'm new to the space and we're creating something different which I think get the brain working. With my previous business, with Integrate, I was really focused on just like serving our clients. We were a marketing agency, worked with over 600 businesses in my 12 year tenure, but we were busy all the time and I never really took the tie or I didn't take enough time to develop my own professional development skills, my own leadership skills, until about halfway through that experience and then realized how much that work is actually the work that's the work that matters, but I used to think that it wasn't, and so I think it's just about structuring your days and again, myself and my team, structuring our days so that we have the time and space to think, to create, to brainstorm. That's unstructured. It's not through meeting or like time block on your calendar to do work so that you can innovate. Chris Hanslik What are some of the things getting a little granular on that point that you do, or that you recommend, a listener that's at business under trying to grow, do the structure so they can find that time. Allie Danziger Yeah, so I well, I work out, and when I work out, I usually when I run I listen to business books, and your brain wanders while you're on a run listening to a business book, but it's like every single book that I read, I change my way of thinking about something or come up with some different idea. Same with podcasts, too, so hopefully this will inspire the listeners. Chris Hanslik That's the goal, yeah. Allie Danziger It's really like learning different opinions and just different ways of doing things is what opens up my mind. If I do that in a really structured setting, I get really bored, right Like if I do it I have to sit at my desk and have to learn something in that moment. But for me personally, it's while I'm on a run or while I'm in my car and I'm like half listening, but I don't really need to learn something, but really just be inspired. That's when it works for me to come up with those ideas. I also do a lot of yoga, and so then that that is when the ideas then like formulate more. But my team always knows that in March-ish, when the weather starts to get better at around 5am, is when they'll start getting these emails from me, because I will have six. Am Sorry because I've just gotten back from a run and like the ideas just are flowing and make it super annoying. Chris Hanslik I love that. Well, I'm an early morning workout person myself and I know exactly what you're talking about. The question, the challenge, is capturing them right, because you can't write it down or whatever. Allie Danziger Well, so in my yoga class I always I try to remember to take a notepad and pen, because they want to let your phones in and then that way, just as the ideas come, I can write them down and hopefully remember what they mean later. I tried doing it in my Apple watch with that. Then it's just gibberish and I have no idea what it means. Chris Hanslik Yeah. Allie Danziger And on the run, yeah, I'll send myself emails. That just no subject line is every idea that pops into my head. Chris Hanslik I love it. Yeah, Good. So you mentioned Integrate, First company you started, you know. Maybe you mentioned a little bit about what it was. Maybe give the listeners a little more background on that company, what it was doing and kind of what your inspiration was there and how that I guess company evolved into being sold. Allie Danziger For sure. So I started that company when I was 23. I was working in New York for a PR agency that was just a traditional PR. There was no social media or anything like that at the time, and the real estate market crashed six months into my first job at college. And so they laid off half the staff. I assumed that I would be laid off because you know, for last one in first one out is what you normally heard. Chris Hanslik Sure. Allie Danziger That boss took a totally different approach to the 2008 recession, and she kept the junior level employees and the like most executive team, so all the like middle level everything is what is who was laid off. I started looking around, though, because I assumed that in some time it was a real estate firm. It was not going to do very well. Chris Hanslik You saw the writing on the wall. Allie Danziger So I started looking around and saw that most of the PR agencies were starting social media departments, and so I went to my boss, against my parents' suggestion, and said in the next round of layoffs, you can lay me off because I'm actually more interested in the social media side of things and I think that's the future of marketing. And she said why don't you start that at our firm? And so I was 22, six months out of college, or probably eight months out of college at the time, and she gave me an opportunity that completely changed my life. And I was within two months of that conversation, running a P&L, going to my own new business, meetings, hiring a team, all under her guidance and leadership. But I was speaking all over the country like about social media and real estate and how social media was going to really change the way that real estate marketing was done. So I was on all these panels and as I was doing that, I was getting business opportunities, but they were too small for the agency to take on, so I started taking freelance opportunities. On that my boss actually like helped me write the contracts for and learn how to do freelance work, because it was a recession and she couldn't pay us at her employees very much more. And so she said as long as this doesn't get in the way of what you're doing for the firm, like all good. Chris Hanslik What a great it was amazing. Yeah, great opportunity, great person to have in your corner. Allie Danziger And all of that gave me the entrepreneurial bug. Chris Hanslik Yeah. Allie Danziger So after about a year of that experience and learning under her guidance and having all of these different freelance opportunities, I did the math that I think a lot of budding entrepreneurs do, where I said, well, if I had full time, I used to have all my second vacation days. There was no remote work or anything like there is today. I gave the economy like none of that existed, and I did the math that if I had my normal 60 hours a week to do all this freelance work, how much money, how much more money I could possibly make. So quit my job. Gave myself a month living in New York to see. Am I really the type of person who will wake up early and get the work done, or do I need a bot? I didn't know myself well enough. Do I need a bot to help guide me through a normal work day and quickly realize that when I was working for myself, I was much more a bossler and would wake up even earlier and work even harder. And so after that month, came to Houston and started in a great I'm from Houston, so I couldn't really afford to the risky the risk in the New York rent and expenses. So he came to Houston August 2009 and started in a great. We were the first social media PR agency, I think in all of Texas. Chris Hanslik Wow. Allie Danziger And so it was something different. Businesses, just like, believed me talking about social media, more so than companies who are adding social media into their portfolio. The agencies, who have been around for 20, 30 years and we're now starting to talk about social media. We could come in just with a different lens, even though I was 23, 24 years old and just talk about it a little bit differently. So, that was the start of Inaugurate. Over the years we grew, evolved, added other services in, but I never could quite get a handle on digital marketing. It's just not my skill set. Try to hire for that skill set, try to acquire for that skill set and just never could break. We were never the best digital marketing agency. Where I really do believe we were the best PR and social media agency. And so, long story long, in 2017, I ended up meeting my business partner who had the same business idea as I did. He came from a digital marketing background and had already raised money to go buy other agencies and he needed PR support. Just like the digital support, and so I ended up buying the company and it was a really quick process. It was not really the way that I had structured the business from day one. It was not my original goal to sell that business. I thought I'd be ready to integrate my entire life. My kids would work there one day. But then we met, opportunity presented itself. It just made sense. All of a sudden it clicked that like, oh, maybe there's other things that the agency could be, Maybe there's other things that I could do. It ended up being a great outcome for me, for my team, for my clients, the agency as a whole. It just was again like a life changing experience. That wasn't exactly the plan, but sometimes you just have to go with it when those opportunities are presented to you. Chris Hanslik One thing about a plan right is once you write it down and implement it. You take a step or two and it's done Right. But at least there's a kind of a foundation. But yeah, you're right, you never know what the world's going to bring you Right. Yeah, and so that's how that ended up going. Allie Danziger I stayed on board for three and a half years, running our sales and growth and continuing to like blend, the services of PR and social media that we were bringing to the table, as well as the digital SEO website, everything that their experience was All still under the same name of Integrate now and still thriving agency. Chris Hanslik Well, that's one thing. That's kind of cool about the story, I think, is you get quote acquired, but they kept your name. Allie Danziger Yeah, I mean, we had really strong brand loyalty, brand legacy and had worked really hard on that in. Houston. So since the agency was going to have a big presence in Houston, it just made more sense to keep the name. Chris Hanslik Well, let's go back, whether it's Integrate or Ampersand, and share some of the learnings of what it's like to just step out on your own. What are some of the pitfalls you encountered, how you grew from them, what you learned? That kind of helped make the company better as a result of going through that rough kind of starting the business kind of time. Allie Danziger Yeah, and both businesses definitely have lessons. You know lessons learned, mistakes made and moments where you look around and like, what did I just do? I should just go get a job at a company while I'm doing this to myself, making life so hard, but it's also it's so rewarding being able to bring something that you believe into the world. Chris Hanslik Sure. Allie Danziger Sorry, your question was what. Chris Hanslik Some of the lessons learned of like whether it was a you know a misstep or mistake or God. I wish I'd have known that, but I only knew that now when I started right. So just kind of thinking through every entrepreneur I know is like you know, getting it off the ground is just. Sometimes you don't even know what you don't know, right. Allie Danziger But so one one thing that I think is a lesson learned, and something that I have done pretty well, I believe, is just sometimes you just have to get started. While there is research and work that has to be done, sometimes you just have to start testing, start learning, see if there's, even if you don't know what the product is, see if there's product market fit, if anybody cares, because if you wait until it's perfect, if you wait till you have the best website to launch or you have, you know, the product completely defined or the pricing model completely defined. You may never do it, and then somebody else will and you'll be kicking yourself later. So that's something that may be too fast, but I have tried to do that and give other entrepreneurs that same guidance, with ampersand. I did not do enough market research. When I got started, I was very passionate about what we were doing still am and I believe that this needed to be in the market, but I didn't look around to see why it isn't in the market. Chris Hanslik Okay, because it doesn't, and it's again. Allie Danziger It still does not exist. There's no training out there that teaches young professionals how to be grown-ups, and there's just in. It's still an issue with who's the stakeholder, who's gonna pay for that, and I think there's other parties that have maybe tried and also couldn't find that same answer, and I didn't do enough of that research in the beginning to really understand. How do colleges actually work with their students? What do they actually care about at the end of the day, even though they say all these things, what's their real motivation? Who's really paying their dollars? Right and and what a distruggles that they're one of the problems they're trying to solve for. And then same thing on the workforce side, like why doesn't this exist? Where are the engagement issues, where the employee issues, where the manager struggles and Not just my own biases, and not that, like I did talk to 200 business owners before launching this, but you know Stepping outside of my bubble, stepping outside of my community to get their input, just to really understand what else exists. That's a mistake that I certainly made, and then also your team. You have to really think diligently. Think about who you're adding. Chris Hanslik Both to your cap table right, for sure, big time, and. Allie Danziger To your founding team to make sure that not just for the problem that you're trying to solve in that moment today, but also where you want the company to go. What do you, what are you going to need at the table? Advisory boards can be. We're really helpful for me in that to add some expertise where I couldn't afford to hire and I Couldn't fundraise from these different verticals or industries, so that that is a way that I kind of solved that a little bit. But being really careful about who you're hitting equity to is a big lesson learned for sure, this experience For sure, right. Like you need the money or you need the support until you take it. But next time around I will be much more diligent and listen to all of the tales that are out there and like why there's a reason people say don't raise Money from friends and family. There's a reason why they don't, you know, work with family or people you know intimately. So all those things have a reason. Chris Hanslik Yeah, they absolutely do. We tell clients all the time just before you bring on Partners. Make sure you know who that is, whether it's friends and family or someone else. Soon as you bring them in, you can't really get rid of them absent writing a check, so it can be an expensive lesson to learn. Allie Danziger Yeah, and for us everything luckily worked out in the end, but it caused extra heartache or work along the way, right. Chris Hanslik So let's talk a little bit about just managing through Uncertainty, whether that be economic times, like we've seen that here, you know, obviously in the recent times, with the kind of ups and downs in the market and what's going on, and other types of just, you know, uncertainty as you're starting and running a business. Yeah, how do you manage through that? What are some of the maybe things you've learned that you could pass on and the things that have helped you keep the both of these businesses Going and thriving? Allie Danziger Yeah. So on a personal level I got this advice once years ago from someone in my PO forum was to Work on your own self-care in times of not stress, so that when you are stressed there, your natural habits. So there are times over the past ten years or so that I've looked around and realized that things are kind of slow and, instead of trust me, I've added chaos in those moments too, because I'm bored but, I, also try to Up my meditation, increase my water, you know like work out more, take the time with my kids or build good habits with them, so that because I know that it's all, it's only a season and it's only gonna last a few months and then something else is gonna get crazy. And so, as long as I like have that foundation, it helps me again with the reading different business books or self-help books or listening to different podcasts, so that it's somewhere in my brain there when I need it most like that is something that has really helped me Again throughout the past decade, probably okay. And then professionally, I think you know when having some of these having many difficult decisions or having tough conversations with employees I go back to a lot of Brene Brown's work of kind of what did she say? Hopefully you can edit this out. Okay empathy vulnerability, but then also honesty is kind like being yes front with your employees, with your family members, with your friends, about the things that you are struggling with or frustrated with them, about being Clearness is clear. As long as we're up front with them about your expectations and you're super clear with them and then confirm One, two, three times that you are clear with them, that, I think, is something that has helped me really Significantly. Again, the vulnerability when you're not having that crisis moment or that moment where you are in stress mode, so that they have that trusting relationship with you and know that you are going to be honest with them and that you have your their best interest in heart. That's when I think you've built that foundation in a relationship, whether that's a client, an investor, a customer, an employee. You're then able to use that foundation to get through the hard times together. Chris Hanslik That's good stuff, I mean. I Couldn't agree more. I think there's lots of good learning that Brene offers to businesses, business owners, employees as well as personal. But to me fundamentally it's recognizing. It's a relationship at work no different than your personal relationship. So that is being honest, being clear. Everyone benefits from that, even when it's bad news because you may be dealing with an employee that, as times evolved, is no longer a good fit for either your company in there. They're gonna be happier somewhere else. But they're only gonna realize that if you have the honest conversations in a respectful way and then everybody wins, everybody can move on. Allie Danziger One of the things we teach in our training to early career professionals because, again, a lot of people don't teach this to someone right out of school is what that dynamic between a manager and employee really is. And like they complain about micromanaging. Why are they micromanaging? Why is this employee, why is your manager or this employer talking to you this way and what kind of questions do you need to ask to clear the air, to ask for follow, ask for more information and really make sure that everyone's clear on expectations. And so, since what we do, we're not always in touch with the managers, we put a lot of that on this on the early career professional, and also teach them hey, your boss's job is to make is to make you look good Like they. They need you to be looking good for them to succeed, like because they've got a boss that they have to answer to. And so explaining that dynamic also helps an entry level employer and intern go into those types of conversations with the manager, which is a clear understanding of why they're having that conversation. And so I think more of that training and just teaching the impact to the young professionals helps to also set up that trusting relationship in a two way. In a two way relationship so that again, when things get tough or you know there's uncertainty or something that has to happen, the young professional understands it a little bit more, because it's a stressful moment. You're not necessarily listening to every single word Someone's saying to you in that stressful conversation, but again, when things are good it's similar to, like what I said, I do personally taking the time to do that, some of that training and foundation laying. Chris Hanslik That's good. So I guess, thinking about, I want to ask what are some of the things that that maybe that you do, that you become part of the teaching that ampersand now offers about how to go about building relationships internally or externally with stakeholders or customers. So what are some of the tips that you've offered, you know in the past or you're now offering through ampersand on that? Allie Danziger So again, to build the. It's hard. In a zoom world we can't have as many in-person relationships. It's so much more effective Three times as many meetings in a day that I could have four years ago. So I get a lot done but I'm not building those same type of super important relationships that I know will stay with us me far after that business relationship is over. So some of the ways I like to do it is by taking time just for relationship building, knowing that not everyone's going to put the same emphasis or like take the same time for that, but like I've sent gift cards Starbucks gift cards and said, hey, I'm buying you a coffee, can we hop on zoom for 15 minutes? I also take really extensive notes of people's, the details that they say at the beginning of the meeting, like your five daughters and you know your five girls and two of them are 21 and going to college and like all that stuff. I make note of that so that I can remember it later and bring it up in the next conversation. I use a tool called Otter that records all of my conversations. Then he emails me a transcript following the zoom call or teams call or whatever, and so that entire transcript is then saved in each customer hub spot file, and so it allows me then to go back to my cheat sheet. Chris Hanslik Yeah, but everyone's got it right. You can't keep it all in your head. Allie Danziger Right, and it lets me go back in, you know, in my notes, two minutes before the meeting to say, oh yeah, ask him about his vacation or if he just got she just got done with an MBA program. Make sure you follow up on that and I'll highlight those notes so that I can easily find them later. And again, it's like my cheat sheet, but it helps to build more meaningful relationships, because that just speaks to the trusting relationship that we have. Even though I'm using technology to do it, it helps. Chris Hanslik I think the beauty of that is breaking down the barrier for people, right, cause people probably that don't know that about you, now they do If they listen to this. It's okay, they know, but but they may think, god, alice, just got this great memory. She remembers everything and it's like no, I'm intentional about it. I use tools to help me be intentional and they're look, you can record it, but if you don't go look at it afterwards, there's no value in that. So you're diligent about the follow-up, and to me, that's the learning. Use tools around you to help you be better and be diligent about the follow-up. All right, I'll give you another tool, all right. Allie Danziger So Microsoft Gmail. They all have it like a, the snooze tool. You know, if you've seen it. Chris Hanslik And so I will have my. Allie Danziger I go to bed every night with a clean inbox, not one email In my inbox, and so then I'll have the email come back to me at the time that I need to respond to it or at a time that I want to follow up on it. So if you tell me I'm not follow up with me, you know, mid-september I'm really busy, I'm traveling here. I will actually snooze that email to come back to me September 15th so that on that day I can reply back to you and say hey hope your trip was great. Hope your summer's been wonderful. Let's set up that call and people always seem to be like wow, thanks so much for staying on top of this. I really appreciate it and it's like no, we use it Like you have the same tool on your computer too. Chris Hanslik Oh, that's right, it's been super. Allie Danziger I've been using that for years, even when you had to pay for the tool. Now it's free and standard and all of these different email. Chris Hanslik Okay, I love it. No, I mean again. I think if you're in it, it's obviously helped you be successful as you had been, but if you're teaching that to these young professionals, oh my gosh, what value, yeah, all these kinds of cheat sheets when to stand in a happy hour. What do you? Allie Danziger say, if someone offers you a third drink and you actually don't want the third drink, but you wanna stay there and you wanna stay engaged in conversation. All kinds of good things, all kinds of stuff. Chris Hanslik I mean, as you're talking, I'm thinking. I cannot believe that no one's thought of this before now, because it is so obviously the frustration inside a company is dealing with young professionals that don't know and they expect them to know, and all it does has been years and years of just pent up frustration, year after year, right, and how Pentefaction you've got manager. Allie Danziger There's so much out there for, like managers, turnover, they leave, and so much of it goes back to this frustration that they have to teach young professionals the same things over and over again. And, frankly, in this environment where so many people are hybrid and not in the office together, young professionals are learning less skills than they were by osmosis before. It used to be that, like I'm sitting at my desk, I see what's happening around me and I'm learning it even when I'm doing my work. Or like my person sitting next to me in the cube makes 5,000 copies instead of 50, comes over and's like, oh my gosh, I can't believe I did this and we problem solved it together. Or like they make the decision of what to do, but still they're commiserating with their colleagues that they can't do them, and then they either handle it the right way or they don't, and I, as the person sitting next to them, see the outcome of that, and so I learned that lesson. If I ever make 5,000 copies again or do something, here's how I handle it. But no one's going to slap and saying, oh my gosh, I just made this huge mistake. Here's how I handled it. What do you guys think? No, there's just not no way that psychology works. Like we're not gonna do that, and so, because of that, every individual has learned every single lesson every time, which makes the managers even more frustrated than they were before. Chris Hanslik I mean, there's just so much loss in the hybrid world of learning social norms and every office has them right, Just in general, but every office has that and you're right before the work from home in hybrid, you were in the office and you hopefully got to train some, but then you just, yeah, by existing, you just figured it out. So let's talk a little bit about you as a leader. How would you describe kind of your leadership style? How has that evolved since starting your own company at 23? Allie Danziger Yeah, so at 23, I had I mean, I had a hard time transitioning into that leadership role. as you can imagine, I'm sure I'm 23 year old does and that's actually how Ampersand's ideas all started is I never felt comfortable at first hiring people older than me, so I was only hiring interns and people right out of college or people within my network in those early days, because I just didn't have the confidence to lead people much older than me. So that became part of our culture of hiring interns and intro level employees. But anyways, I at first I really wanted to be my employees friend. Chris Hanslik But it's natural. Allie Danziger Yeah, and it took a while for me to understand that they didn't want to be my friend either I didn't really want to be their friend and they didn't want to be my friend and there's benefit to that separation of the relationship. But I think at first I was really trying to have this mentality of like we're all in it together. Let's, you know, get in the foxhole and solve these problems as a whole team. I didn't believe in titles and structure and there's a reason that you know this has existed for however many decades or hundreds of years, so that was original and, as I mentioned about the last decade, or so I started doing more of that professional development. It started with Patrick Linciani you know first book, which I think is always like very easy business read, written in a fiction type of style, just to understand the ways to company more companies are run, because I've only seen one for about a year before I started my own company. To then get my own, find my own self as a leader, and I take a very friendly tone still as a leader, but I'm often quiet in meetings and let other people talk and hear the perspective of others, and then like to gather people around me to help solve problems together. I'm a visionary in the whole rocket fuel EOS model, so I move very fast and I like to. I'm a salesperson by nature, so like to sell, get people on board for my ideas and then again like give them the power on autonomy, bring the right people to the table to then go do what needs to be done. And I'm in a situation right now where my company was just acquired and I'm coming into a new company and coming into a new team and kind of finding my way as a leader, as a lot of new people are in my team now that have been in other people's leadership for a while. And so that's what I'm doing is I'm trying to really just hear what is everyone's vision for this and then put it all together and then strongly communicate what my vision is and what the vision of this department will be, our vertical will be, and then get the right people on the bus and the right seats so that we can all do it. Chris Hanslik Very good, very good. So any mentors along the way that kind of helped you as you grown as an entrepreneur and a leader. Allie Danziger Yeah, so I mean my parents, for sure they have just been mentors in the sense of just encouraging me to fly as big and as high as the world will take me. Chris Hanslik I love it. Allie Danziger Which I think is really important. Eo has, as a whole, been just an incredible organization for me to be a part of, to not just have my husband to talk to about some of these business struggles, but to collectively like, use a group around me of mentors and people who have been in similar situations or not, but at least understand what I'm going through as a founder and as a leader. And then I've had an incredible advice in this company. I've had an incredible advisory board of leaders in different industries who have mentored me in different ways, whether that's fintech or hiring employees or fundraising, and so there are a little bit more vertical and specific into specific things that I needed to solve for technology. When it's like, okay, I'm a service provider, as a PR agency owner, I'm building a product through software and have to figure out self pricing, I have no idea where I'm starting and so, yeah, getting the right people there has been really helpful. Chris Hanslik I think that surrounding yourself with the right people, especially in the areas that you aren't strong in, is maybe the single best thing. Anyone out there that's wanting to do what you've done now twice can do. Allie Danziger Absolutely, there's no way. And again, when I was young, I had this mentality that I needed to figure it all out myself and I had everything and I was just focused on getting the to-do list done every day. And now it's much more about okay, really, all I have is ideas and vision and I know how to get people excited about my ideas and vision. And then I need to bring the right people so that I'm making the right decisions at the right times and, yeah, putting the right people in those seats. Chris Hanslik So one or two things with the listeners out here that you would say if you're thinking about stepping out or you just kind of started a new business, here's one or two things that I would implore you to do or consider. Allie Danziger So first is just to do it, Just to start with a messy pilot. Start with an Excel spreadsheet, a Word document. You do not need a business plan. Just like start talking about it, socializing it and testing it as quickly as possible. You'll get opinions from every single person that you tell the idea to, and most of them will be terrible opinions that you should just bucket away into like an Evernote document or something. Keep track of them because you might need it later. But just start talking about it. Don't wait till it's perfect, don't wait till it's fully fleshed out, and each time you talk about it, your pitch or your idea will change a little bit, and that's okay. That's what's supposed to happen, so that you get what it's supposed to be out there. So that's one. And then the second is, as we were just talking, to surround yourself with people, expand your network. Go to take advantage of the events around Houston. There's so many around Houston. Every city, but like every city is trying to bring together innovators, and so those are great places to go to. Again, like start networking the idea, start meeting new people. You never know who you're going to run into, especially if you get out there and talk about it and if you are more of an introvert and not ready, not if you're not comfortable in that environment. Do it through Zoom, do it through one-on-one, so you can have a little bit of a script or notes in front of you to practice on and build up your confidence. Chris Hanslik Gotcha and the snooze feature on email. Allie Danziger That one, I mean if Gmail ever got rid of the snooze feature, it would take away all of my productivity. I have no idea what I would do. Chris Hanslik I love it Alright. So, on the personal side, what was your first job? Allie Danziger I worked at a kid's bookstore when I turned 16 and, yeah, I worked like the checkout. It was a very small mom-and-pop store and then I I guess my first part of entrepreneurship actually started there, where I started running their birthday parties. So I saw kind of an opportunity that people were coming in for presents all the time and I heard about all the different parties that people were doing and so we started doing birthday parties where I would dress up as like a princess or a dinosaur or whatever. So we would read a couple of stories then we would do cake and arts activity, and then the party would be over and the party favorite was a book, and so it was like really a great thing for the story. Chris Hanslik That's awesome. I love it so obviously from Houston, native Houstonian Tex-Mex or barbecue, what do you prefer? Allie Danziger Oh, good Tex-Mex, bad Tex-Mex. Chris Hanslik Okay, okay, and I'm gonna put you on a spot to name any names on the good or bad list. But good, tex-mex, okay. Favorite type of wine. Allie Danziger Like type or brand Saviag Blanc in the summer and Pinot Noir in the winter. My taste buds actually change when the season changes. Chris Hanslik Okay, so what's your favorite? Savi B. Allie Danziger For both. I just like duck horn. Okay, I used to belong, or I belonged to the club out there and, yeah, it shows up at my house. Chris Hanslik so that helps. That helps. Well, I read how you drank through your wine fridge during COVID. So we did. Yes, that is true, but still like the basics. Allie Danziger My husband traveled to San Francisco for seven years back and forth, and so we got to go a lot of different ways. Chris Hanslik Gotcha okay. Last question if you could do a 30-day sabbatical, where would you go and what would you do? Allie Danziger In my current stage of life with my kids, it would be Colorado. Chris Hanslik Okay. Allie Danziger So we've been fortunate to do that a little bit. Not a sabbatical, we're not working, but I love it there. In the summer we go to a small town outside of Breckenridge that has no more than a thousand people that live there and we can bike, we can boat, we can hike, everything, yoga, all the things, and I am just a much happier person there, as is my husband and my kids. Chris Hanslik That's great. Allie Danziger I would say that Maybe like later, when I have older kids, I would say summer much more fabulous, like Spain or South America. Chris Hanslik Right, but for now, that's it. Okay, that's good. That's good. We take you where you are Great. So, allie, this has been amazing. Thank you for taking the time sharing your story. What an impressive career you've had so far. I know it's only going to get better. Allie Danziger Thank you so much. This was fun. I appreciate the time.

Voyager defends a planet that is being bombarded by asteroids. In this episode of the podcast, Wes and Clay discuss "Rise" and how it compares to "The Ascent" from DS9. Plus! The guys chat about Neelix's need to impress Tuvok, the proper amount of words in a resume, and the aesthetics of Tesla EVs. Are you looking for older episodes? Find this and every other episode at The Pensky Podcast! Thanks for listening. Stay connected: • https://thepenskyfile.com/links/ • e-mail: thepenskyfilevideo(at)gmail.com

Where are you fixing your eyes today?Sometimes life is challenging. Sometimes it feels like it's more than just sometimes. Jamie shares how she's been challenged and deeply encouraged to fix her eyes upward. Sharing from her trip and God's Word, she offers help for those who find themself in difficult seasons of life. 

Andy and Brendan are together in Cleveland and took in an absolutely thrilling final round of the 2023 PGA Tour season, where Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele went 63 and 62 to get in the clubhouse tied at 19-under … for low gross. They discuss the relatively flatline weekend in Atlanta and whether it's an indictment of the staggered start leaderboard or just a one-off clunker. Either way, CBS can't be happy but does it matter if the sponsors are sated? They celebrate Viktor's continued ascent, as well as Xander's continued run at East Lake..and rumored disgruntlement with the entire shadow win arrangement that has jammed him multiple times. They also discuss Scottie Scheffler's woeful putting yet again and whether he will need to be hid at the Ryder Cup, and who his six new teammates might be when ZJ announces them on Tuesday. They close with news of a Tosti Tales suspension from the KFT just weeks after a debrief on the myth and legend of the hothead.

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The Psalms of Ascent were sung as people literally journeyed upward to Jerusalem. There are so many lessons for Christians on their journey today too. Join us for part 8 in this series of messages called Ascending.  You can watch this message here → https://youtu.be/O9QL61945Nk  You can download notes for this sermon here → http://bible.com/events/49128557 

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Hi there, Today I am excited to be arts calling the brilliant author, yogi, and writing teacher Jennifer Lang! (israelwriterstudio.com/about) About our guest: Born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jennifer Lang lives in Tel Aviv, where she runs Israel Writers Studio. Her essays have appeared in Baltimore Review, Crab Orchard Review, Under the Sun, Ascent, and elsewhere. A Pushcart Prize, Best of Net, and Best American Essays nominee, she holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and serves as Assistant Editor for Brevity. Often findable on her yoga mat with her legs up her living room wall: practicing since 1995, teaching since 2003. Places We Left Behind _was a finalist in _Chestnut Review's chapbook prose competition. Instagram @jenlangwrites | Facebook: @israelwriterstudio Places We Left Behind, now available from Vine Leaves Press! https://www.vineleavespress.com/places-we-left-behind-by-jennifer-lang.html About Places We Left Behind: When American-born Jennifer falls in love with French-born Philippe during the First Intifada in Israel, she understands their relationship isn't perfect. Both 23, both Jewish, they lead very different lives: she's a secular tourist, he's an observant immigrant. Despite their opposing outlooks on two fundamental issues—country and religion—they are determined to make it work. For the next 20 years, they root and uproot their growing family, each longing for a singular place to call home. In Places We Left Behind, Jennifer puts her marriage under a microscope, examining commitment and compromise, faith and family while moving between prose and poetry, playing with language and form, daring the reader to read ~~between the lines~~. Thanks for this delightful conversation, Jennifer! All the best! -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). If you like the show: leave a review, or share it with someone who's starting their creative journey! Your support truly makes a difference! Go make a dent: much love, j https://artscalling.com

Seeking Help, Psalm 121, from our Midweek Bible Study: "Psalms of Ascent, Part 1" - 8.23.23 Presented by McGregor Podcast 2023 Visit Our Website at McGregorPodcast.com

Allie Danziger is the founder of Ampersand Professionals, a young professionals upskilling platform, that was recently acquired by Ascent Funding. With the acquisition, Allie joins Ascent as senior vice president and general manager of student success. On the show today, she pulls back the curtain on the acquisition process and how the combined business will help grow the platform to better help students find success within the ever-evolving landscape of the workforce.

Introduction: Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse shared an opinion just last week with host Michael Rand that Dallas Keuchel doesn't belong on a Major League mound. The Keuchel, coming off a disaster of a start against the Phillies, took a perfect game into the seventh for the Twins on Sunday. Baseball is a strange and wonderful game, and the Twins have been getting the best of it lately. 15:00: The Vikings might have depth problems across their roster this season, but particularly on the offensive line. That showed up in a big way in their preseason loss to Tennessee over the weekend. 22:00: Anthony Edwards earns high praise from Steve Kerr. 29:00: Can Augsburg be a football contender in the MIAC?

Today I welcomed back Lance Schuttler to my show to talk all about the importance of minerals for the body.   After graduating from the University of Iowa with a degree in Health Science, Lance owned his health coaching business and  worked in various capacities in the nutraceutical and business world for the past 10 years. This passion for health, happiness and wellness created a vision to one day own and operate a company that provides medicine to the people. This is part of why Ascent Nutrition was created and continues today. Check out Ascent Nutrition here - https://goascentnutrition.com/ and Lance's website here:  https://www.lanceschuttler.com/.In this episode, Lance and I cover off...- What are trace minerals & where do we get them- What are macro minerals, how do we get them- What are heavy metals?- The link to low iodine & breast cancer- Critical importance of mineral balancing- Methods to detox- What are the different ways we can test our minerals- Why is humic & fulvic acid so fascinating...and so much more!SHARE this episode with someone who may benefit & subscribe, rate & review. And follow me below!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandyknutrition/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/sandyknutritionTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sandyknutritionYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIh48ov-SgbSUXsVeLL2qAgTwitter: https://twitter.com/sandyknutrition

In the year since the Inflation Reduction Act supercharged clean energy manufacturing, rarely does a week go by without a new solar factory notice. Rich incentives have led to unprecedented investments.But making solar panels is really hard. Not only does it require a lot of energy, but complicated global supply chains leave profit margins razor thin. And existing technology is bumping up against theoretical efficiency limits.Industry heavyweights see perovskite solar cells as the heir apparent to the crystalline chemistries that currently dominate global supply. They're betting that perovskites will offer a domestically produced, higher-efficiency, flexible, and cheaper alternative.The perovskite revolution is not without its detractors, though. Sizeable achievements are needed to take perovskites from labs to commercial viability.Episode 57 of the Factor This! podcast features Joseph Berry, a Senior Research Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Paul Warley, the CEO of Ascent, a company working to commercialize perovskites for agriculture and space applications.Perovskites could be the missing link as terawatt-scale solar and broad decarbonization are pursued. Or, they could end up on the proverbial ash heap of history. Which is it?The Factor This! podcast is growing! We're adding a weekly climate and clean energy news roundup episode to the feed, co-hosted by John Engel and cleantech PR veteran Mike Casey. Beginning July 21, "This Week in Cleantech" will give you all of the top stories in 15 minutes or less, and feature a leading journalist or market analyst to share the juice behind the headlines. Email story ideas and topics to ThisWeekinCleantech@tigercomm.us. You've heard me talk a lot about the GridTECH Connect Forum - Northeast event being held in Newport, Rhode Island Oct. 23-25. Well, registration is now LIVE. We're excited to partner with the DOE to bring together DER developers, utilities, and regulators around the critical issue of interconnection in the Northeast. Click here to register today.

An at-home edition of our Sunday worship gathering during Hurricane Hilary. We pray through our liturgy and look at the Scriptures used by the ancient church for this Sunday.

The Psalms of Ascent were sung as people literally journeyed upward to Jerusalem. There are so many lessons for Christians on their journey today too. Join me for part 7 in this series of messages called Ascending.  You can watch this message here → https://youtu.be/wMImwEfxubQ  You can download notes for this sermon here → http://bible.com/events/49123937

Psalm 120 | This Sunday we look at the first psalm in the series of 15 psalms that are known as the Songs of Ascent. These are the songs that the people of Israel would sing as they were making their way to festivals in Jerusalem. Does this psalm seem like a festive psalm to you? Maybe you resonate with the psalmist? Do you promote and speak peace only to have it returned to your face as angry words of war? You are not alone.

Today – we're catching up with Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins about uproar in the climbing community concerning a recent claim of the fastest ascent of all of Colorado's 14,000-foot mountains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ascent: Week Two - Discover how God designed you and find your place at Church on the Rock. The heartbeat of Church on the Rock is to help people discover how they can LOVE God and LOVE one another, LIVE with passion, purpose and freedom, and LEAD others to this same experience in Jesus. We simply say, “helping others Love, Live, and Lead like Jesus". Let's Connect here: https://churchak.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/84/responses/new Learn more about us at https://churchak.org If you enjoyed our teaching and would like to donate to our ministries go here: https://pushpay.com/g/churchak?src=hpp

The Orlando Magic's ascent into the postseason next year feels inevitable with the young players who seem poised to rise next year. No one seems more important to this rise than Markelle Fultz who showed serious signs of growth last year to end the season. The Magic's rise though is not guaranteed. Their offense and injury history are among the things that could derail this promising team's potential growth next year. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Birddogs Go to birddogs.com/LOCKEDONNBA or enter promo code LOCKEDONNBA for a free white tech hat with any purchase. You won't want to take your birddogs off we promise you. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Right now, when you bet on a Super Bowl Winner, you can GET BONUS BETS EVERY TIME THEY WIN IN THE REGULAR SEASON! FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, we talk with Darcy Holt, admissions director of Three Peaks Ascent, a new outdoor mental health treatment program in Utah.  Darcy also helps at Red Cliff Ascent, a wilderness therapy program that is a partner program of Three Peaks. Darcy discusses the similarities and differences between the two programs and how Three Peaks Ascent is reimbursable by insurance companies to help young people and their families get financial support for treatment. Darcy highlights the unique aspects of the Three Peaks program, such as the ability for program therapists to have phone calls and conduct family sessions with parents and students staying in yurts during their stay. She shares the story of a 15-year-old boy who has experienced significant mental health treatment and is currently covered by insurance for his treatment at Three Peaks.  She also shares how Three Peaks helps young people with anxiety. Darcy reflects on her unexpected journey into the field after leaving an unhealthy job over a half dozen years ago to find purpose in helping families around a campfire at Red Cliff. Darcy also highlights the benefits of outdoor spaces on mental well-being, emphasizing the importance of providing experiences that traditional hospital settings do not offer. Darcy also reviews the upcoming 2023 Wilderness Therapy Symposium, of which she is the chairperson as well as her hopes and concerns for the future of the field. Season 17 of Stories from the Field is focused on Anxiety and is underwritten by Mountain Valley Treatment Center.     

George Noory and author Bob Frissell discuss turning planetary enlightenment into personal transformation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.