Podcasts about Aunt Sally

Episode 323 Welcome back to the To 50 and Beyond Podcast! I've missed being here with you. Coming your way are brand new episodes for the summer, starting with today's episode, which is all about staying alcohol-free on the "patio" this summer.  Your "patio" is any challenge, including a literal patio, that you are concerned may come between you and your alcohol-free lifestyle.  What you'll hear: I'll help you identify what your specific summer triggers are instead of feeling overwhelmed by "not drinking all summer.” The reason why trying to live the same summer as when you were drinking can leave you feeling let down. I share my own experience with patios, summer wines, and how I had to change things up. Practical ways to transform your challenging spaces—whether that means skipping your Aunt Sally's barbecue or making your patio an alcohol-free friendly zone with new plants and glassware. I'll share how I went from avoiding my couch to creating new rituals, and how you can decide what works for you (and change your mind anytime). We get one summer of 2025 - let's make it the one you want, not the one you've lived in the past.  I'm with you!  Thank you for listening!    Join the Team!  Team Alcohol-Free (TAF) is an online community created exclusively for midlife women who have chosen to live alcohol-free. Gain access to weekly meetings, daily inspiration, and lots of connections with midlife women who are living alcohol-free.  Plus, you will receive long-term support for a one-time investment, + additional resources added monthly. TAF was established in 2023, and we are growing stronger together! If you feel like you've been missing out on alcohol-free girlfriends and coaching, join us today!  Go here to enroll   Check out these episodes next: Listen When You Feel Left Out Because You Don't Drink Outgrowing Yourself in Midlife The Bright Side of Going Alcohol-Free in Midlife   Help me spread the word! There is another option besides drinking in midlife. If you liked this episode and want to take a few minutes to support the podcast, I want to encourage you to leave a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts. So many women out there don't know there is an “alcohol-free” option and are struggling with their drinking. Your support will help these women find the podcast this week and learn about an alcohol-free lifestyle later in life. ➡️Click here, scroll to the bottom of the page, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” I read my reviews and will hug you when I see yours. Make sure to “follow” To 50 and Beyond to get all of the wonderful episodes coming your way. If you don't click “follow," you will miss hearing what's coming up. Thank you!    

Welcome to episode 87 of the One for the Money podcast. Retirement is the ultimate dream for many, but there are realities of retirement that everyone needs to be aware of. Better retirement planning will incorporate these realities so it leads to a better life in retirement. In the tips, tricks, and strategies portion, I will share ten tips when you are 10 years from retirement.In this episode...Your Biggest Expense Isn't What You Think [2:08]Your Biggest Fear is Misplaced [3:20]Regret is More Common Than You Think [4:40]The Real Risk Isn't a Market Crash [5:08]Your Most Expensive Years Are… Surprising [5:59]Your Health = Your Wealth [6:26]Identity Crisis Incoming [6:48]Estate Planning is About More Than Money [7:30]We often forget that retirement is only a recent invention. It hasn't been around for that long. For most of human history, people worked until death or until their family could care for them when they were unable to work any longer. Retirement allows one to enjoy a life of leisure even though one is still capable of work. It really is a more amazing concept than we give it credit, and it truly is an absolute luxury of both the modern and first world. It's amazing to think that a person can work and invest for 30-40 years and then live off that work for another 30-40 more years. Your great-grandparents would've thought that was science fiction. And honestly, for billions around the world, it still is.If you are literally and figuratively fortunate enough to enjoy such a dream as retirement, here are the most important retirement realities as I see them.

Welcome to a very special episode of The Lindsey Anderson Show. I'm celebrating 100 episodes—100 opportunities to pull back the curtain and share the real, unfiltered truth about what it actually takes to consistently attract high-quality clients and scale a service-based business.I started this podcast because I was tired of watching smart, capable business owners get crushed by false promises, recycled marketing fluff, and outdated advice. The truth is, generating clients isn't magic. It's not guesswork. It's a system. And when you apply the right strategy with consistency, it works.In this solo episode, I'm walking you through what hasn't changed in marketing since day one, the biggest myths that are keeping online entrepreneurs stuck, and what's actually working in 2025 to grow your business online. I'm also sharing my four-step Social Media Sales Machine—the exact process I use for myself and every single client inside The BAM Agency. Plus, you'll hear how I use AI tools like ChatGPT to scale my business, streamline my day-to-day, and yes… even bleach my 12-year-old's hair pink. Let's dive in.The Truth About Getting Clients in 2025 - Key TakeawaysFoundational strategies still drive results—tools evolve, but principles stay the sameDMs are where trust is built and sales happenIn today's noisy digital world, trust is more valuable than trafficGoing viral isn't the goal—getting specific isStrategic visibility is how online coaches attract dream clients without burning outThe more dialed-in your niche, the faster your business growsAI isn't replacing you—it's your creative and strategic advantageWhat Hasn't Changed Since Episode 1People are still people. Whether you're a service-based business owner, business coach, or consultant, your clients crave real connection—not gimmicks. You don't need to show up at every event or constantly chase trends. Consistent, intentional content and real conversations online are still what build a loyal, buying audience.Highlights from Past Guest EpisodesJohn Lee Dumas reminded us that the “Riches are in the Niches.” If you're still afraid to go narrow with your offer, that fear might be the very thing holding you back.Marques Ogden taught us to walk into the storm like a bison—because real growth, especially in business, comes from embracing discomfort.Steve Cadigan gave us a look into the future of work and AI. We both agree: AI is here to amplify, not replace, your brilliance.Big Marketing Myths Keeping You Stuck“I just need to post more.” No—you need to post better. One of my clients posted daily for three years with no growth. Her message was too broad. We clarified her niche, built a clear system, and now she creates content in one hour a month—and is consistently closing clients.“I need to go viral.” Nope. You need to get your message in front of the right people. Visibility without strategy is noise.“I'll wait until things settle down.” The truth? This is the moment. The business owners who take action now are the ones who rise.Real Conversations = Real ClientsIf your content isn't leading to DMs, something's broken. Conversations are where the magic happens. I coach all my clients to use the 25-50-5 method: 25 new friend requests, 50 thoughtful feed interactions, and 5 intentional DMs every day. Be honest—Aunt Sally isn't your ideal client. Engage where it counts.Strategic Visibility Beats Endless PostingYour dream clients don't care how many posts you've scheduled—they care whether you understand their pain and can help transform it. When I appeared on Netflix, I met influencers with massive followings who weren't making money. Why? Because visibility without direction doesn't convert. You're not here for likes—you're here to...

In this week's episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Mark Twain's 1885 children's (?) novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Topics include the confusing geography of the south/midwest, Huck's moral quandary and gradual shift of worldview, a peek at initial reactions of this book, the iconic energy of Aunt Sally, and a deep dragging of Tom Sawyer. Plus, Kayla gets on her librarian soapbox about book banning. And also, a brief foray into the recent Oscars ceremony.This week's drink: Huckleberry (Finn) Vodka LemonadeINGREDIENTS:1- 1 ½ oz vodka1 - 1 ½ oz huckleberry liqueur (or similar)Lemonade (sparkling if you're feeling fancy)Lemon wedge, for garnishINSTRUCTIONS:In a shaker with ice, add vodka and huckleberry liqueur. Shake until well chilled.Pour into a tall glass with ice. Top with lemonade and garnish with a lemon wedge.Current/recommended reads, links, etc.:Looking for Smoke by K.A. CobellThe Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa ArsenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Boy in His Winter by Norman Lockbrat - Charli XCX (and more amazing girly pop and Latin pop)Running Point (Netflix)Follow us on Instagram @literatureandlibationspod.Visit our website: literatureandlibationspod.com to submit feedback, questions, or your own takes on what we are reading. You can also see what we are reading for future episodes! You can email us at literatureandlibationspod@gmail.com.Please leave us a review and/or rating! It really helps others find our podcast…and it makes us happy!Purchase books via bookshop.org or check them out from your local public library. Join us next time as we read James by Percival Everett.

When the USC Shoah Foundation named three sisters and their brother from Sanok, Poland the oldest surviving siblings of the Holocaust, Canadian Jewish filmmaker Allan Novak, the son of one of those shvesters (sisters in Yiddish), realized it was time to use the footage he'd been collecting for years to tell their story.  The result? Crossing the River: From Poland to Paradise – a heartwarming short documentary about how members of one family miraculously survived the Holocaust by staying together with each other and their parents. Listen to this conversation with Novak on his family's dream of moving to Israel, unwavering resilience, and positive outlook, despite losing 80 family members to the horrors of Nazism.  *The views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views or position of AJC.  Watch: Crossing the River Listen – AJC Podcasts: The Forgotten Exodus: with Hen Mazzig, Einat Admony, and more. People of the Pod:  Israeli Hostages Freed: Inside the Emotional Reunions, High-Stakes Negotiations, and What's Next Bring Them Home: Understanding the Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal and Its Impact Pack One Bag: Stanley Tucci and David Modigliani Uncover His Jewish Family's Escape from Fascism and Antisemitism in 1930s Italy Gov. Josh Shapiro and AJC CEO Ted Deutch on Combating Antisemitism Follow People of the Pod on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod You can reach us at: peopleofthepod@ajc.org If you've appreciated this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. __ Transcript of Conversation with Allan Novak: Trailer: Ruth Zimmer:  That's a camera. Allan Novak:  No, this records sound. Sally Singer: [in Yiddish: It's so small.] Ruth Zimmer:  Ok, Sally. Allan Novak: Meet the shvesters: Auntie Ruthie, Auntie Sally, and my mum, Anne. Anne Novak: I'm the quiet one. Ruth Zimmer:  And I'm the pisk (loudmouth). Allan Novak: Along with my uncle Saul, they've been together since the 1920s. As they began to hit 100 the media started to take notice, and when the USC Shoah Foundation named them the oldest Holocaust survivor siblings in the world, I knew I needed to tell their story now. Ruth Zimmer: What do you want us to . . you want to ask questions? Okay, that's easier.  Allan Novak: I want to talk about the war. ____ Manya Brachear Pashman:   When the Shoah Foundation named three sisters and their brother from Sanok, Poland the oldest surviving siblings of the Holocaust, filmmaker Allan Novak, the son of one of those sisters, realized it was time to use the footage he'd been collecting for years to tell their story. The result? Crossing the River: From Poland to Paradise – a heartwarming short documentary about how members of one family miraculously survived the Holocaust by staying together with each other and their parents. Allan is with us now to talk about his extraordinary aunts, uncle and mom and this equally extraordinary Holocaust story.  Allan, welcome to People of the Pod. Allan Novak:   Thank you, Manya, great to be here. Manya Brachear Pashman:   So you had been recording interviews and kind of a life with your family for decades, right, while kind of working on various other projects. But what finally moved you to make this a project? Allan Novak:   Sure, well, I've been filming them since I got my Bar Mitzvah Super Eight camera a while ago, in the 70s, actually. And, yeah, I've been collecting footage, you know, at different times. Was inspired to interview, to capture their story, but really, more is just kind of a personal archivist kind of project. But then when the Shoah Foundation identified them as the oldest Holocaust survivor siblings in the world, as you mentioned, I kind of posted that in my social media. And then there was a huge reaction.  People just loved this idea that these people survived all this, and we're still together and survived, and we're thriving, in fact. And actually had a producer friend of mine inquire about where the rights available to their story. So I had to laugh, because, you know, I'm a filmmaker, so I immediately realized that somehow, you know, my little family story had kind of broken in a way, and it didn't deserve to be told and shared with the world. Manya Brachear Pashman:   So without giving too much away, can you tell our listeners a little bit about these extraordinary family members and what your relationship with them was like growing up? When did you realize they had such an extraordinary backstory? Allan Novak:   Well, you know, they often talked about, you know, Siberia, which is where they survived the war. And they were, they were kind of small little stories. And I understood they were hungry and it was cold and that kind of a thing, but it was always kind of light hearted, and there was laughter. You know, my auntie Ruthie, who is prominent in the film, she was an actress in the Yiddish theater, and she's really a natural comedian, and so she would always, they would make it funny. And my uncle, Saul, I call him the most positive person in the world. He actually also would look on the bright side of things.  So although they went through, you know, really tremendous trauma, somehow the way they processed it was with a positive outlook. And that kind of rubbed off on me. So I never felt, you know, unlike the people whose parents were unfortunate enough to have been in places like Auschwitz and under the Germans, I didn't have that sort of really, really dark sense of a traumatic story, but rather kind of this sort of triumphant survivalist story. So survival is kind of the key word and positivity together. So that's how I saw them growing up, as sort of somewhat fun old country of uncles and aunts. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Now one of the reasons your mother and most of her siblings survived is because the river that ran through Sanok also divided it into German and Russian territory, and your family fled to your great grandparents home on the Russian side, but about 80 of your family members stayed on the Nazi occupied side of Sanok and were murdered. One of them was your uncle Eli? Allan Novak:   Yeah, yeah. Eli. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Eli, yeah. Who did not stay with the siblings and parents. He had a bad feeling about where the Russians might take them. Did you ever get a sense of why the rest of the family stayed on the west side of the river in Nazi occupied Sanok? Allan Novak:   You know, it's a sad thing, but part of it was economic. You know, my grandfather had a relatively prosperous butcher shop. It was unusual because he supplied meats to the Polish military regiment there, but also to Jews. So he sort of had a half kosher, half not kosher shop, which was, I didn't even realize that could exist, but it did. He was quite Orthodox, and so they were sort of comfortable, but they shared a house, for instance, with my grandfather's brother, and he had like nine kids, and he wasn't so successful.  And so when I asked them, like, Why didn't everybody go over to the other side? It's like they didn't have the money to hire a driver, horseman, get across the river. And so it was just unfortunate. And as well, it was my mother's grandmother that had the property, so on the father's side, they didn't really have that option to sort of show up on the other side of the family. So it was kind of cruel twists of family and economics and also nobody knew, like they didn't know that that would be the right side. Nobody knew what would happen. You know, the week the Germans marched into Poland in September. So, you know, they went with their instinct, stay with the grandmother. But nobody knew what would happen. And of course, Eli, the brother, thought he was making the clever choice. He thought he was going to survive because he didn't want to get on the train. Manya Brachear Pashman:   How old were these people when they made these decisions to stay together or stay in Sanok? Allan Novak:   So there were five siblings. Sally, the oldest, would have been 19. So they were like 1917--15, 13, and 11. So Eli was 11, so they stuck together. They were young, you know, it probably seemed like a bit of an adventure, you know, to a 13 year old Auntie Ruthie, they didn't know, nobody knew what was to come. But Eli was 11, and he was, by all accounts, a stubborn child and a willful kid. A tough cookie, as my uncle Saul says. And so there's a point in the story where everybody was told you have to get on this train by the Russians, and the family huddled together. And this 11 year old boy who thought he was smarter than everyone and was more willful, said, I'm not getting on that train. I'm going to stay with my grandparents, who were not being sent out. The others were deported because they were Polish citizens, and on the other side, they weren't. So that's what happened. So he was 11, strong willed, and he made a choice. And then in the end, obviously, like one of those sort of lessons of the story is families that stay together do better than not. Manya Brachear Pashman:   As you mentioned, your family ends up in Siberia. That's where this Russian train takes them. I'll let listeners kind of watch the film to find out exactly how that unfolds. There is a story that did not make it into the film, but I read about the spilled milk, and I'm hoping that you can share that story as I think it's so sweet, but it also just gives listeners an idea of the conditions that your aunts, uncle and mom survived.  Allan Novak:   I mean, they were living essentially in a small wooden room inside of a long wooden barrack, and every family didn't matter how many people you got this, this wooden room. There were no beds. There were just sort of boards that came down from the wall. And there was like a bucket where they would put wood in and that sort of all they had to kind of keep them warm. But sometimes they could do things like they could trade.  There were Siberian peasants around. And if you had an earring or something, you could get some milk, right, from a farmer nearby. And so, yeah, I think my Aunt Sally, she was able to kind of get this milk for the family. And it was this huge, huge treasure to have this small little pail of milk. And she put it under the bed for safekeeping until she could share it the next morning, and then she knocked it over in the night, and this precious, precious milk spilled on the floor, and she really like, for her whole life, she just had this deep sense of regret and shame for spilling this milk, because it was just so precious to have anything to eat other than the few grams of bread they were given. Manya Brachear Pashman:   She literally cried over spilled milk for decades.  Allan Novak:   Yes. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Did her siblings know about this? And I'm just curious, what was the dynamic? You actually asked this very question in the film. You asked them, what is the dynamic between all of you? And they interpreted that as the difference. But I'm curious, just from your perspective, what was the dynamic of these siblings through the years?  Allan Novak:   Well, you know, they came from a traditional family. The father was Orthodox, you know, Shomer Shabbos, kosher, as probably were most of the Jews in Poland at that time, in the 20s and 30s. So they had a great deal of respect for the mother and father, would be nothing like today. It was just pure respect and love. And so between them, Sally, who's in the film, they called her the smart one. She was the most educated one. So she kind of ruled the roost, in a way. But Ruth, the youngest, she was a troublemaker. She's my auntie Ruthie, the comedian. And so she would make trouble.  She would follow them. If somebody had a date, like if Sally had a date with a boy, you know, Ruthie would be sneaking up behind and, like, harassing them and not going home, or chasing after them. She was kind of wild and incorrigible. My mother was always the middle child, so she was the peacemaker, which you see in the film, always trying to bridge between Sally and the younger Ruth. And Saul was kind of, he was the boy, the only boy, and they really just cherished him. He was good with his hands. He could fix anything.  There's a story in the film of how he had to kind of steal little parts, pieces of wood and things to end up building a cart that he could sell to get milk, that kind of thing. So they really appreciated each other, and they each had their positions, you know, judging by birth order, in a way. Manya Brachear Pashman:   You also talk in the film about how Saul and your aunt Ruthie, they were determined to fulfill their dream of going to Israel and going to a kibbutz in Israel. Spoiler alert, they did not make it, because, again, they put family first. Was this family first theme, a through line of your upbringing? And also, did they ever make it to Israel as just tourists?  Allan Novak:   Yeah, family first, certainly. Yeah. I grew up with a lot of cousins, the uncles and aunts, and they all lived very close to each other for their entire adult lives. You know, every night, one of the uncles and aunts would be walking over down the street and sitting there, so yeah, and we would hang with my cousins during the summer. So yeah, family first, definitely. We were all very close with our cousins, and we still continue to be. With respect to Israel, I mean, it was really something. They really wanted to be in Israel. You know, they were part of Zionist groups called Akiba growing up. My father, this story isn't in the film, was actually the head of, like, a whole group of Kibbutzim in Poland, and he ran the organization getting people over to Israel, you know, in 1947-48 and it was actually a great embarrassment to him that he ended up going with his new wife to Canada versus Israel. And he was very embarrassed because, you know, Oscar, you know, she and Novak, the organizer, ended up going to Canada. So it was a bit awkward. But, you know, they went where they got their immigration, and there was already family there. And just a very quick sidebar, so my father had one sister. My father lost like nine siblings, but he had one sister who emigrated to Palestine at the time in the 20s, and she had one son. And so my only living relative in Israel was the greatest living soccer star of his era. It's the equivalent of like having Pele as your cousin. His name is Nahum Stelmach. They called him Rosh Zahav, the golden head, because he won a famous match against Russia in the 60s. And this small country beat Russia, and he won. Sidebar.  So they did get to Israel. It took until the mid 60s to get there to visit his, you know, Nahum, and then they went subsequently a few more times, but, you know, it was expensive, particularly, you know, in the 50s, and you know, until the 60s. So it took until the 60s, till they got there. But, yeah, it was a lifelong regret, but it was just kind of the twists of fate. Well, it's in the film. They might have ended up in Israel. They were on the Exodus. They were booked on the boat the Exodus, and then my grandfather had a stroke just before. So part of the themes of the film is kind of the random twists of fate and the choices that we make, and what happens is unknowable. Manya Brachear Pashman:   The film includes footage of your mother turning 100, the birthday party, and she would always say that the best revenge against Hitler was to live long lives. What do you think has kept your family members alive for so long, what has kept them alive? Allan Novak:   Coincidentally, Uncle Saul just had his 100th birthday party three days ago. Now, three of them hit 100 and over, and Ruthie just is gonna have her 90th birthday next week. One of the things I say is they live with intense moderation. Everything they did was moderate. They didn't eat too much, they didn't tan too much, they didn't smoke, they didn't travel, just everything was just kind of this moderate lifestyle and exercise, right? So I believe that's part of it. They really were well preserved, physically and mentally like, right to the end.  And then, of course, you know the closeness, I think, the social cohesion that the fact that they, three of them, moved in together to assisted living facilities, you know, in their late 90s together. You know, as they lived in a condo. They all had three apartments next to each other for 20 years as well, with Saul close by. So I think that family cohesion and closeness and they didn't fight. They never fought, never saw a feuding moment. So, you know, we know things like stress and all of that contribute to long lives. So I think they sort of had this mild and loving long life.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   I'm sure their experience gave them some perspective. There's nothing really worth fighting about when you've survived what you did together.  Allan Novak:   Yes, absolutely right.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   What has kept them so young, not so old? What lessons can we take away from the shvesters story today? Allan Novak:   Certainly take care of your siblings. Stay close. Keep them close, keep relations good. Choose togetherness over isolation when the chips are down. Positive spirit, Uncle Saul's positive spirit and their positive outlook. Again, never wallowing in what had happened to them and the things that were lost, even the family members that were lost, moving forward and cherishing what they have. And you know, loving your children, if you have them, and their caring family gave them a lot of meaning.  They did everything for us, everything for the kinder, even to the point of when the film initially premiered, actually at Lincoln Center last January, and my mother was in the hospital at 100 and a half, and she stayed alive and alert until we had this premiere. We flew back, and then it was kind of like three days later, she let herself go with us there and said proper goodbyes. And I firmly believe that she just held on for the kinder, as they would say, for the children. So I think that's part of what kept them vital and youthful and alive.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   Thank you so much. Allan, thank you for making this documentary and sharing it with the world.  Allan Novak:   My complete and utter pleasure, and I hope people take as much joy and uplifting positive and laughter, which is ironic for a film dealing with that time period, but they won. Hitler lost, and they won.  And so it's kind of a triumphant story. And there's a final image which people would see of them on their balcony, you know, all around 100. In the snow in Winnipeg, holding hands, just persistent and alive. And they're together, immortalized now in the film. Manya Brachear Pashman:   Thank you so much, Allan.  Allan Novak:   My pleasure.  Manya Brachear Pashman:   To watch the short film, head to the link in our show notes.  And a special thank you to Debi Wisch, AJC Board of Governors member and the producer of Crossing the River, for her work to further Holocaust education through the arts. If you missed our last two episodes, be sure to tune in for my conversations with AJC Jerusalem Director Avital Leibovich and AJC Managing Director of Policy and Political Affairs Julie Fishman Rayman about the high stakes negotiations to bring the October 7 hostages home.

This month, we're diving into the sacredness of multi-generational family time. After returning from a vacation with 20 relatives—ranging from babies to grandparents—I'm reflecting on why these connections matter so much for our kids and for us as parents.We'll talk about how spending time with multiple generations helps kids develop empathy, responsibility, and self-worth (yes, even when they complain). Plus, I share why parenting wasn't meant to be a solo act and how leaning on a larger community—whether it's relatives or chosen family—can help us stay calm and grounded.Whether you're heading into a big ol' family gathering this holiday season or leaning on a community you've recently built, know this: those multi-generational connections aren't just a “nice-to-have.” They're a lifeline for our sanity and our kids' growth.So before you spend your year-end bonus on enough wine to block out the unsolicited parenting advice from Aunt Sally, take a deep breath and remind yourself to embrace the messiness and magic of extended family. Your village may not be perfect, but they're good enough.To get Carley's free video teaching you 4 play therapy techniques you can use TODAY to calm your emotional child and bring joy and freedom back to family life click here!http://www.paceparent.com/play And follow her @CarleyCounsels on FB & IG!

In this episode of StixnStones, “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally,” Miller and Saint dive into the realization (and acceptance!) of stepping into the role of the cool new aunts and uncles for both their biological and chosen families.

This is a fascinating bonus pod, we're at Flinders Golf Club overlooking the water, the waves, and of course the stunning golf course. And today we're going to learn about the course, it's history, some of the quirks of the course.We start by chatting with Andrew Kirby, who talks us through why he loves Flinders and why the course is so special. He says the views are better than Pebble Beach. There are also deep links between Flinders and Royal Melbourne, which we hear all about.Nick likens the view to the Monterey Peninsula, saying you could almost be there. Nick asks Andrew about the legendary Peter Thomson's history with Flinders, and Andrew explains the origins of that.Mark then brings up the trees. Of course he does. The beautiful Cypress trees. They may be imported, but they're now part of the fabric and they serve a very practical purpose at Flinders, which we hear about.Nick says Flinders has a great collection of Par 3's, and that the 12th hole - called Aunt Sally - is a particularly tough one. The names of the holes are full of character, and Andrew tells us about a plan, years ago, to remove a couple of the holes and the protests that occurred at the time. One of the holes is called the 'Coffin Hole', and we find out how that name came about.After the turn we chat to club captain Phil Hurley about the course renovation and the thoughts behind that, and how important it is to retain the magic of the course. Phil says that it has proven to be extremely hard to break par at Flinders, and that few do. We then chat to Life Member Ray Smith, who appears to have forgiven Nick O'Hern for trying to steal his carpark, Ray has been a member since he was a little tacker and tells about why he loves the course so much.It's a fascinating pod, and a great history lesson of this fantastic course that, as Mark Allen says, helped him, and countless others, fall in love with golf.PING will help you play your best, like they have for Nick O'Hern. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;The new watchMynumbers app, the most powerful data based golf app in the world, download from the App Store or Google Play;Golf Clearance Outlet, join GCO Live for great member benefits and comps. They're in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and the Sunshine Coast, or online here.Southern Golf Club - Home of the Australian Master of the Amateurs in January 2025, entry is free!Flinders Golf Club, a historical treasure!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see our Masterclass videos on YouTube here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Friday! Just slipping into your feed to let you know that the week is nearly over, and there's only one more week to go before we have to get through the next week. Ok so Annabel is teaching Emilie to darn. YES, DARN. Because, MOTHS. But it's not all rock ‘n roll. We also talk about parties (not dreading at all) and Annabel delivers a Midiot's guide to blusher, so we don't go out into the world looking like Victorian consumptives/Aunt Sally. She recommends Merit Flush Balm Cheek Colour in Cheeky; Charlotte Tilbury Matte Beauty Blush Wand in Pillow Talk and Jones Road Lip and Cheek Stick in Bright Coral…Check out our Instagram for the tutorials... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Almost everybody has a favourite relative, whether it's cousin Eddie who borrows your favorite HO scale SD70ACE, or Aunt Sally who's always ready with a plate of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Here at the ole' AML Nation, our favorite relative is none other than “Uncle” Dave who's always ready with a story or helping hand, as we travel through the hills and valleys of our model railroad experience. This month Dave talks about his desire for Rapido Trains to finally make his beloved C30-7a and talk about all the trials and tribulations of his new yard book from Kalmbach. (or somebody) As always, it's a fun chat with our favorite relative, so sit back with a big bowl of shredded Conrail schedules, a tall cool glass of writer's ink and enjoy!!

Early on the morning of April 20th, 2012, Gerard Baden-Clay called to report his wife Allison missing. He said she had gone out for a walk and hadn't returned. When the police showed up to take a report, they were immediately put on high alert because of two distinct scratches running down Gerard's cheek, which he claimed to be the result of a shaving accident. Soon, the entire state of Queensland, Australia would be captivated by Allison's story, with countless volunteers joining the search. As details of Gerard's secret life, affairs, and business struggles emerged, suspicion quickly turned to him. But would there be enough evidence for justice to be served?Give to the Allison Baden-Clay FoundationSupport us on PatreonToday's snacks: Beignets and Aunt Sally's Creole Pralines

Family conflict after a loved one has passed is very common, but that doesn't mean it can't be avoided. In our years of experience in estate planning, we've seen many different scenarios play out and have a thorough understanding of the nuances that tend to cause these conflicts. The number one reason for disputes over a trust lies in the feeling that it is not fairly divided. While Mom and Dad or Aunt Sally can set up their estate however they wish, often, a simple conversation with family can go a long way to clarify why certain decisions were made. In this episode of Absolute Trust talk, we discuss the top three areas where the biggest issues arise: real estate, tangible possessions, and perhaps most importantly, who gets appointed trustee. We'll also share relatable examples, easy-to-follow advice, and more to help ensure your estate plan is carried out peacefully and as you see fit.   Time-stamped Show Notes: 0:00 Introduction  0:49 While every family has their own unique situation, the number one reason people contest a trust or estate plan is because they feel they didn't get their fair share. 2:52 Hiring a professional to act as trustee can have unexpected benefits for managing your trust. Here's what you need to know. 3:50 Appointing a family member as a trustee can come with complications. Here are just two great examples.  5:15 It's a common misconception that if you hire a third-party fiduciary, your children will have no say in anything. But that couldn't be further from the truth. 5:50 Here's an extra piece of advice: If real estate can be a point of conflict, write a provision to have your house sold after you're gone. 6:51 There's no question that family feuding over a loved one's belongings is common. Here are ways you can mitigate it.

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 42, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY:In the morning Uncle Sylas goes into town again but comes back soon looking disappointed at not having found Tom. At breakfast, Sylas remembers a letter that he was supposed to give Aunt Sally but before she could open it, she runs outside and joins a crowd that is carrying Tom, safely, and carrying Jim, bound, and tied. Tom is taken inside, and Huck goes to see that Jim is okay. The farmers want to hang Jim, but as he doesn't belong to them, he can't be. They however do tie him up even harder and say that his rations are to be reduced to only bread and water. The doctor comes in and changes their minds about torturing Jim. He says that Jim was the best nurse that he could have asked for while taking care of Jim. This gets the men to leave Jim alone, but they aren't too happy about having a runaway slave in their midst. Huck then goes inside to see Aunt Sally and Tom. He is sleeping, but Aunt Sally dotes on him like never before. After a while, Tom finally wakes up, and before Huck can tell him that everything went wrong, he starts asking if Jim got away safe, and starts telling Aunt Sally about how he and Huck helped him escape. Aunt Sally interjects though and tells Tom that Jim didn't get free, and that he is back in chains. Tom leaps up and yells that Jim has in fact been free for 2 months, he was freed in the will of Mrs Watson. Just as he is going on about this, Aunt Polly, arrives out of the blue, and Huck jumps under the bed. She reprimands Tom and tells Sally that he and Huckleberry Finn and Tom have been pretending to be different Sawyer kids all this time. Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 41, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY:The doctor is a very nice man and at first he seems to believe Hucks story and agrees to go with him to treat Tom. The doctor doesn't believe that the canoe would be big enough to support both he and Huck, and tries to look around for a bigger one. They don't find anything else, and the doctor goes off on his own. Huck goes to find somewhere to camp out for a while until the doctor comes back. When he awakes however, the sun is high up in the sky. He goes to run for the island, but comes across uncle Silas. He asks Huck where he and tom have been, and Huck claims that they went to find the run away, but went to sleep in town. Silas drags Huck home, and Aunt Sally is so pleased to see him. It seems that all of the farmers from the previous night are there, and they are talking about all of the weird things that they found in Jim's cabin. They believe him to be crazy. While talking they turn to Aunt Sally and she goes on to explain all of the horror that they have been subjected to over the past couple of weeks. Spoons, sheets, knives, food, candles, so many things stolen to help. She then turns to interrogate Huck about what he and Sid got up to last night, and she finishes by saying that if Tom isn't back by evening then she will send men to look for him. She sends huck to bed and tucks him in and talks about how good a boy Tom is. Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

“Whether you believe in ghosts or not—these stories are true.” –Ghosts & Specters by Bruce and Nancy Roberts Being a kid can be scary.  In the premiere episode of Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf, Richard takes us on a nostalgic journey back to his childhood discovery of the book that changed everything.  Travel back to 1974 as he recounts the pivotal moment when Aunt Sally gifted him Ghosts & Specters by Bruce and Nancy Roberts. This slim hardback, filled with haunting tales and eerie photographs, ignited Richard's fear and imagination and sparked a complicated lifelong fascination with the strange and unexplained that would later fuel his screenwriting career. While Ghosts & Specters by Bruce and Nancy Roberts may seem unlikely to inspire an entire life, to Richard, it is anything but. It started him on a journey into the unknown, and he's never looked back. Published by Doubleday, this collection of 10 stories describes ghostly apparitions and happenings paired with ghoulish photographs that seem to creep right out of the pages and into reality. Each tale within these pages transports readers to a world where the inexplicable becomes possible, and fear gives way to fascination (and then moves back to fear again). Maybe YOU have a book just like this on your shelf. It terrified you so completely that you couldn't put it down. Or, even stranger, maybe this is the same book that brought you to this podcast. Join Richard as he reflects on the power of books that act as a beacon into the unknown and the transformative journey that book lovers and librarians can have in our lives. 

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 40, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY:After breakfast Huck and Tom head over to the island to check on the raft, and when they come home the whole family is in a panic. The boys are sent straight to bed, and at 11 they start their plan. Huck however forgot the butter and Tom send him down to the cellar to grab it while he heads off to see Jim. Huck heads downstairs and when he comes up to the landing, he comes across aunt Sally who demands what he has been doing. She is in such a panic that she believes his lies for the moment, and send him into the sitting room where he finds around 20 farmers with guns and all sorts waiting to take action against the people trying to steal Jim. Huck starts to feel sick. The farmers are talking about their plan of action but Huck can tell that they are nervous. As Huck's tension rises, the butter that he has hidden under his hat starts to melt. This causes Aunt Sally to rip his hat off where she finds the butter and cornbread. She forgives him for stealing food and send him back to bed. Huck flies upstairs and down the lightening rod and runs over to the cabin to get Jim. As he arrives he starts to hear then men coming. In just the lick of time, Jim, Huck, and Tom fly for the canoe. As they jump the fence, Tom's trousers catch on a nail and the sound causes the farmers to fire in their direction. It seems that everyone got away unscathed, and they make their way to the island where Jim is finally declared free.Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

In today's chat, we're unpacking something every creative soul with a heartbeat should know about: contracts. Yes, you heard us right. From who's involved to the nitty-gritty of terms, we've got details on why a solid contract isn't just nice to have—it's a must.Picture this: you've landed a dream project, and the excitement is bubbling over. But hold your horses—do you know the first thing that should be inked in your contract? We're breaking it down, including completion dates, cancellation fees, why your Aunt Sally's address won't cut it for the registered address, and that all-important force majeure clause. And, of course, payments (because let's face it, we all like to eat). Join us for this essential ride through the ins and outs of contracts. It's going to be a cracker!In this episode, we're discussing: The foundation of every contract and the non-negotiables for keeping projects on track and under controlCancellation Charges: A necessary evil? We discuss how to implement them fairlyPreparing for the unpredictable and safeguarding your projectsA peek into the future and its impact on creatives, featuring a real-world example with Under ArmourOur very own Matt's Swift experience …and much more!STAY UPDATED! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lateinvoices/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClXUl1Pq1rfg3xjvyIDtUYQ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lateinvoices Website: https://lateinvoicespodcast.buzzsprout.com

“Whether you believe in ghosts or not—these stories are true.” –Ghosts & Specters by Bruce and Nancy Roberts Being a kid can be scary.  In the premiere episode of Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf, Richard takes us on a nostalgic journey back to his childhood discovery of the book that changed everything.  Travel back to 1974 as he recounts the pivotal moment when Aunt Sally gifted him Ghosts & Specters by Bruce and Nancy Roberts. This slim hardback, filled with haunting tales and eerie photographs, ignited Richard's fear and imagination and sparked a complicated lifelong fascination with the strange and unexplained that would later fuel his screenwriting career. While Ghosts & Specters by Bruce and Nancy Roberts may seem unlikely to inspire an entire life, to Richard, it is anything but. It started him on a journey into the unknown, and he's never looked back. Published by Doubleday, this collection of 10 stories describes ghostly apparitions and happenings paired with ghoulish photographs that seem to creep right out of the pages and into reality. Each tale within these pages transports readers to a world where the inexplicable becomes possible, and fear gives way to fascination (and then moves back to fear again). Maybe YOU have a book just like this on your shelf. It terrified you so completely that you couldn't put it down. Or, even stranger, maybe this is the same book that brought you to this podcast. Join Richard as he reflects on the power of books that act as a beacon into the unknown and the transformative journey that book lovers and librarians can have in our lives. 

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 39, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY:In the morning Tom and Huck head to town to get a rat trap to get some “friends” for Jim, but after getting their haul of rats, one of the younger kids sets them free through the house. They go for a second try and get some more but not before they get a whack from Aunt Sally. They then go to get some garter snakes, and these too accidentally escape, and like before, Aunt Sally goes nuts on Huck and Tom. Even after a week, Aunt Sally is still Jumpy. Then take all the animals down to Jim, and he is more uncomfortable now than ever. After about a week, all of the work is ready for Jim's escape and Tom says that there is just 1 thing left. The anonymous letters to warn the guards that someone is going to try and break Jim out. So they start writing some notes to get the family even more Jumpy, and it seems like Aunt Sally is going to die from fright from a small breeze.Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

Episode 168 will pull at your heartstrings and pull you up by your bootstraps with choice cuts from Lightheaded, Aunt Sally, Damon & Naomi, The Hicks Family, John Coltrane, and so many.Giving you what the algorithms won't since 2020.

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain chapter 37, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://www.patreon.com/theessentialreadshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY:Huck and Tom prepare a bunch of tools to sneak to Jim, and fix up an old pot to make the pie in. When they go to sit down for breakfast, Aunt Sally comes in raging! She has no idea what happened to Uncle Sylas' other shirt. She then goes on about several missing candles, and a missing spoon, blaming Sylas for having never patched up the rat holes in the basement. Their slave then comes in and mentions that a sheet has gone missing too. After a little longer, Sylas produces the missing spoon from his pocket. This is too much for Aunt Sally and she tells everyone to get out of the house and leave her alone for the rest of the day. Tom and Huck then decide that they need the spoon, so they will need to confuse Aunt Sally to get a new spoon, so they play a game with her where they constantly add and remove a spoon until she can't figure out how many she actually owns. Following this, Tom and Huck get the tools to Jim, and spend the evening helping him rip up his bedsheet to make a ladder and go to baking a pie to help sneak it to him.Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

We were taught so retardedly (and still) in school. Math... why is "PEMDAS" formula is (the answer) instead of left to right? https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donnathon-dobson/episodes/Whatever-Talk-196-Fiction-Is-Nonfiction-e2ctiiv/a-aan46sa

In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother's Son” podcast, Sandy and I talk about our trek from Pennsylvania to Florida. We decided to avoid I-95 this time, so we made our first stop just south of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware at Delaware Seashore State Park.  After that, we stopped again at First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The rest of the way to Florida, we stopped at a string of awesome Harvest Hosts locations throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. We were able to grab dinner with my cousin Patty in Orlando before heading to my Aunt Sally's house in Melbourne.

It was a legendary series and a character which Jon Pertwee made his own.Worzel Gummidge was loved by a generation of kids (and adults) in the late 70s and early 80s - and here we meet Jeremy Austin who played John - one of Worzel's little friends.John takes us back nearly half a century to the magical world he inhabited as a child for several summers with his co-star Charlotte Coleman (who played Sue) Playing brother and sister, they got to work with some of the biggest stars of TV and film.Jerry tells Ashley about Jon Pertwee's perfectionism, about the chemistry he had with Una Stubbs who played Aunt Sally - and he teaches us some Worzeleze along the way.We hear how the series only ended because Southern Television came to an end - and Jerry and Ashley give us their verdict on the BBC's recent re-incarnation of the classic character.Produced and Presented Ashley Byrne. Researched by Andrew Edwards.DN continuity - Andy Hoyle and Jonathan Kydd.The DN theme by Rebecca Applin and Chris Warner/Made in Manchester.A Made in Manchester Production.Distinct Nostalgia costs time and money to produce and we would welcome your support on Patreon. See the link below.Support the show

Sandra Joseph helps us reevaluate our questions to God and choose to seek the questions He is asking us. Get Sandra's Journaling Guide to help you ask God better questions. Get your copy of What He Asks: My Journey of Finding God Faithful Through Chronic Illness.   Show Notes: Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: Welcome everyone. This is Dr. Sandra and you're listening to I Choose My Best Life. Today I'm chatting with Sandra Joseph and we're going to talk about what does it look like to stay in a place of faith when dealing with a chronic illness. And Sandra is joining us today to discuss her journey with the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and how God has met her in this process. So Sandra. Thank you so much for joining me. Sandra Joseph: I'm so thrilled to be here and there's nothing safer than being with a doctor, right? So I feel well cared for. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: I want to hear more about your story. I know that this has been a journey that you have been on for years and that you have learned a lot about God in the process. Let's start a little bit about just what was it like when you first got to this place where you realized. That type two type one rather diabetes was going to be a ongoing part of your life. Sandra Joseph: It was in a very tender time in my life. I was married one week at 21. I married my college sweetheart. And we had been married a week came home on our honeymoon, I dropped 14 pounds on our honeymoon, was extremely tired on our honeymoon. And my mom took one look at me and said Something's wrong. And back then, this is 1981, and back then they had something called doctor books, where they were encyclopedias Of diet what do I want to say? Symptoms. And those symptoms, she went through those books until she found out what I had. And it's not like we had Google back then. And she called my husband and I, one week married, and said, you need to get her to the emergency room right away. I went into the hospital with a blood sugar of 840. And extremely sick young woman, new marriage, new town, new apartment, new job, everything brand new and a total life change in so many ways at that point. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: Now, where was your faith at the time all of this happened? Were you already someone who believed in God and had a relationship with Jesus or were you still investigating that part of your life at that time? Sandra Joseph: No, I was a good little church girl. I'd grown up going to church. I loved Sunday school. I love church. I went to a Christian college. I married the student Senate president. We were the ideal couple, and so I was very surprised that God was not yeah. Blessing all of our goodness, like I had been a good girl. Where was God living up to my end of the bargain and getting diagnosed one week after you were married was not part of what I thought a good God would do. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: I love where this conversation is going because now we're getting really in the real part of the journey, the part where our questions arise and we start doubting things. And sometimes we even start doubting God. And you actually have a book that is titled What He Asked, My Journey of Finding God Faithful. Through chronic illness, how did you deal with the questions, those very same questions that you just mentioned? Sandra Joseph: I had a lot of questions for God and I was not very happy with God, and I was not very happy with my life, and I was not nothing was right, and because I had really had a lot of expectations for marriage, a lot of expectations for what our life would look like, and so when God didn't meet all those expectations, I was extremely disappointed, and it really disappointed me. But I found over time, and this I'm talking years, I'm not talking a few weeks or a few months, and I just gave in. I am talking years of trying to figure out who God is, why he would allow this to happen, and what he wanted from me, and instead of maybe asking him questions, allowing him to ask me questions. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: I think that's an interesting concept to take all of our questions, all of our doubts, all of our fears, all of those things that pop up when something like this happens in our life. Something that we can't explain is something that for us doesn't seem to make sense to then open ourselves up to what he's asking of us. What are some of the questions that God asked of you? Sandra Joseph: Some of the questions that God asked of me was the first one he asked Adam and Eve. Where are you? He wanted to know where I was. He wanted to know where I was physically, where I was emotionally, where I was spiritually. And until I could start working through those questions, where am I? Where am I? That, could I even begin to understand who he was? Because I had to understand where I was. And I was angry. I was bitter. I was frustrated. I thought I deserved better. I thought I should be God and he should come alongside to give me what I wanted. I Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: think we've all felt that at some point in our journey that God, this is how it works when we serve you. We have a life that does not have any difficulty that doesn't have any struggle but we know that's not biblical. That's not what the word of God says. It actually says the opposite that in this world, we will have those moments, right? Exactly. We will have those moments, but he's still faithful. How did you get back on track from? the questions, the fears to a place where we're now 40 plus years into having type one diabetes. Not only are you helping people with chronic illness embrace the truth of their faith and the goodness of God, but you also are an advocate for diabetes awareness. How did you make that transition? Sandra Joseph: I told, I remember telling my husband, I'm either going to leave this faith. Because I don't really like who this God has shown himself to be or I'm going to dig in and I'm going to get to know him. And obviously that was God gently drawing me in and sometimes hitting me over the head, drawing me in to say, get to know me, not who you want me to be, but get to know me. And as he would beckon me each day, come sit with me and start reading my word. And I would read it. And maybe in a child's Bible to begin with, or I remember having a woman's devotional Bible, and I just loved the stories from the women would write in that devotional. Or, then I'd move to a study Bible. I would begin to doing Bible studies, but I got to know him as opposed to what I. Wanted him to be. And as I got to know him, and reading a lot of books, John A. Erickson taught a great role model The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom, just really grew my faith. And so those are the things that started to shape who I knew God to be and what he was asking of me. And realizing that it was his purposes at work, not my dream life that I had wanted. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith:  Now, under all of this is the relationship that we have with others when we're in a state of some type of chronic disease. What impact did this have on any of your relationships, either your marriage or even other relationships that you have? Sandra Joseph: For years, I would go around asking people to. To show me that they cared and they just couldn't, they just couldn't, they just couldn't enter into that pain with me and I could read, sitting, cornering a pastor and asking him why this might happen or spending time with mentors and just lamenting that God had allowed this in our lives, just there was so much pain I used to say that I used to just like Dump on people and they just look at me and go, Oh, I don't you'll be okay. You'll be okay. And back away because they didn't know what else to do again. It was finding that from like first Peter says cast your cares on. Him because he cares for you. When I realized he understood best what I was going through, where I was at, he knew what was going through my mind. And even better than that, he knew how my body was handling, uh, the insulin that day or the exercise I was doing that day or the food that I was eating. He knew it so much more than my husband or anyone. Yes, I do Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: think people sometimes struggle with really understanding what it's like to live with a chronic disease. If you've never, if you've never taken care of someone with a chronic illness or you've never personally had one, it can be hard to know how to help and how to support them because you don't really know how to enter into even the conversation sometimes. What are some of the struggles and fears that you work through when you are living with a chronic illness? Sandra Joseph: All I need is for a commercial to come on about diabetes and anymore because there are so many diabetes drugs they come on about every four or five minutes and they always list heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, and all of a sudden I can be sitting there and I can suddenly allow that into my mind and it can change me from an enjoyable evening to one where suddenly I'm filled with fear. A doctor's appointment can do that for me. All it takes for me is to wake up and something doesn't feel quite right. What's going on? Where, yeah, what do I, how do I need to manage it? So the fear is a constant companion. One of the things you don't understand about a chronic illness is the dailiness of it. You don't take a break. You don't take a vacation. You don't get an opportunity to eat a meal and not cover it with insulin. You don't get an opportunity to just go exercise without looking at where you're at, how much insulin you have on board, and how much energy are you going to output. It just is a constant daily thing that you never escape. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: Now at this time in your life with the work that you do with women and the different ways you've learned how to minister to people with chronic illness, what advice would you give to those of us who want to be more supportive? Are there questions that we could ask or ways that we could approach the conversations so that we don't want people to feel as if we feel like they can't take care of themselves or that they're helpless in any way? We want to be supportive without being overbearing. Sandra Joseph: That's great. I'm so glad you asked that. So you can ask questions. All you want. As long as you're willing to listen. If you really want to know, then ask questions and listen. But if you don't really want to know, it's okay not to ask. It truly is. I'd say one of the big things. And when diabetics get together, we like to share horror stories. And that is of the stories people have told us. I cannot. Tell you the number of times I've been told about great Aunt Sally, who lost both of her legs, who was blind, she just was very sweet and I will take a, I will walk away from that and I will have to work through that fear of becoming like Aunt Sally. The other thing you can do is to pray right there on the spot. And there's some certain things you can pray for, pray that the medicine works right. Pray for insurance issues. I just dealt with an insurance issue a couple, an hour ago. Supplies, durable medical supplies that need to come. That is an ongoing thing. You can pray for my family. As they have patience to deal with this, that my husband will have kindness towards me and you can pray that God will use this chronic illness for his goodness. The 2 Corinthians 1 talks about how the God of compassion treats us with compassion. So we can treat others with that same compassion. I need to be extending that compassion to others, that hope, that joy, that life is meant to be Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: lived. Yes, and with November being Diabetes Awareness Month, I think this is a great time to, to even share some of the statistics. What is it that you've learned regarding the statistics as it relates to diabetes in America? Sandra Joseph: Right now about 11 percent of all Americans are dealing with some type of diabetes, whether that's whether that's type one or type two or a family member with diabetes, that's a huge number and the epidemic of it is just really growing. And there's also a whole section I'm not going to pull up this statistic right away but of people who have pre-diabetes that don't even know that they have it. And I am telling you especially type two, because you can be a, you can get away with a little more like that. I've just sat with some people in the last couple of weeks who have had type two diabetes that have some horrific complications that because they weren't taking insulin, they didn't have to think about it quite as intensively. Sandra Joseph: The other statistic is that it is a chronic illness and a lot of people will say, Oh, diabetes is no big deal. That is not true. Diabetes affects your internal organs. It affects blindness, kidneys, heart disease. A lot of your heart illness and heart disease is from type one diabetes or type two. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: Yes, I think it's important to if you're not to get regular physicals from your physician once a year is recommended, particularly if you're someone over the age of 40, just to be able to have routine lab work, a routine fasting blood test can give some initial information about whether or not your hemoglobin is elevated. And if it is elevated, then they can do what's called a hemoglobin A1c to give a little bit more detail about whether or not you're in prediabetes, or diabetic range, and then other testing can follow from there. So I think it's really important to get those routine physicals, even if you feel perfectly normal. Oftentimes you can be pre-diabetic and have zero symptoms whatsoever. Or Sandra mentioned she was already fully diabetic by the time she was diagnosed with a glucose of over 800, which for those who don't know, Typically it should be well under 200, even if you've eaten like a full brownie or something. So 800 is quite high. So you want to make sure that you are monitoring those things. And I just love that, you can be diagnosed with a chronic illness, but you can still have hope. You can still enjoy your life. It is not a, it is not a diagnosis unto death. It is one that you have to. Absolutely. Sandra is when you have to lay claim to that you are going to do the things needed. And I want you, Sandra, to share a little bit about what are some of the health tips that you've learned as a type one diabetic that you would like to share with anyone else who either knows someone who's diabetic one or two or just wants to continue to live a healthy life. Sandra Joseph: Get as much information as you can. And a diabetes educator is your, it should be your best friend. She will have all the information on all the newest. Insulins, syringes, pumps, CGMs, all that is just. I want, she's your doctor will guide, but the diabetes educator is, she's just key to all of that. Let people know. And for years, I wouldn't let anybody know. I just kept it really close, you collapse a couple of times and people are going to know, hey, you need some help. And it's okay to say, when you're traveling or whatever. I think I need some help. We all need help every once in a while. And I just want to tell that I met Dr. Sandra at a recent retreat and I sat down beside her to have a meal and she said to me My, that's a wonderful meal for a diabetic. And that was like putting a little feather in my cap. Wow. Okay. Like I wasn't sitting there because I was expecting her to give me a compliment, but those kinds of compliments just go really long ways. Okay. I'm eating protein. I'm eating some complex carbs. I'm eating a healthy fat. Okay, I can go on and do this again for lunch. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: Absolutely. I think as a physician, my eye is very mindful of those kind of things. We've been chatting with Sandra Joseph. She's the author of What He Asked, My Journey of Finding God Faithful Through Chronic Illness. Sandra, I want to make sure people know how to connect with you and how to get a copy of your book. Sandra Joseph: Thank you for allowing me to share this. You can find my book at whatheask. com and on there you can also find the journaling guide of the questions that God asks his people that are listed in the book. And those are the questions of where are you? How'd you get here? Who do you say God is? And do you want to be healed? Those are all great questions. And of course you can find me on social media at Sandra Joseph. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: So we will link to her websites as well as to her book directly so that for those of you who want to have a copy, I think it's important if you're living with chronic illness, or if you have someone who you love who is dealing with a chronic illness and maybe in this situation like Sandra mentioned, where they're battling a little bit with their faith, I think it's important to come alongside them, let them know there's no shame in feeling that, I think anyone would feel that, but they're there. Thank you. There is an opportunity to then transition from that feeling of fear and doubt back to a place of hope and trust. Until next time, everyone live fully, love boldly and rest intentionally.   I Choose My Best Life Podcast is one of the  Top 20 Christian Women Podcasts I Choose My Best Life Books: Colorful Connections, Sacred Rest, Come Empty, Set Free to Live Free Connect with Saundra: Twitter: @DrDaltonSmith Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/drdaltonsmith Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrSaundraDaltonSmith

On our special holiday Brown Friday episode, the boys talk about Brown Friday, which cities across the country have the most need for plumbers during this time and why throw Aunt Sally under the bus?Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other ways to interact with the Mechanical Hub Team! Follow Plumbing Perspective IG @plumbing_perspective Follow Mechanical Hub IG @mechanicalhub Sign up for our newsletter at www.mechanical-hub.com/enewsletter Visit our websites at www.mechanical-hub.com and www.plumbingperspective.com Send John and Tim your feedback or topic ideas: @plumbing_perspective

The day after Thanksgiving, a day for shopping for some, the horrible clean up of family feasts gone to ..... for others. In the trades, the day after Thanksgiving is known as BROWN FRIDAY, where the phones are blowing off the hook (that's an old outdated expression), the customers are panicked, and Uncle Buck is sitting in the corner embarrassed because his gluttony caused the bathroom to blow up. Not to mention Aunt Sally put all the potato peels down the garbage disposal, but you know what? That's our Aunt Sally for you. https://linktr.ee/caffcx #brownfriday #customerexperience #customerservice --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caffeinatedcx/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caffeinatedcx/support

Welcome back to the "Talking Sports Books" podcast for the new series and coming up today award winning writer Harry Pearson joins me to talk about his just released book "No Pie No Priest" which looks at the history of some of the great "Folk Sports" and this includes everything from Cheese Rolling to Aunt Sally. And as we look forward to Carl Frampton appearing on the next show we look back at some of the great Boxing books we have reviewed over the years, we will hear from trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick who was talking about his book "Hats Handwraps and Headaches" and this clip remembers the moment his life took a turn for the good after a chance meeting with hall of fame trainer Freddie Roach. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-caple3/message

S5 Ep 58 Going to Aunt Sally's?

2023 WYOIFF Continuing our coverage of the 2023 Wyoming International Film Festival we talk to filmmakers Tom Procida (director/producer) & Heather Kennedy (writer/producer) about their film My Dear Aunt Sally. Great film, great chat! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- Logline: A grade-schooler with crippling anxiety, 8 year old Luke reluctantly spends time with his free spirited Aunt Sally. In the midst of arcades, ketchup stains and axe throwing, he learns the powerful lessons of taking risks, making mistakes and dealing with adversity. Like Sally says, “It's what you do after the bird shits on you that counts.” Adventure awaits! --- Episode Links: Trailer

After my mom and I found I snake in her backyard recently - a LITERAL snake in the grass - I realized that when you're on a weight loss or health journey, you have to navigate figurative “snakes in the grass” too. The Doritos in your pantry... The casserole Aunt Sally brings to the church potluck and says is "keto" (but how do you REALLY know?)... The "keto snacks" you see advertised on Instagram... They're all snakes in the grass, and to be successful at weight loss long-term (especially with all the "snakes in the grass" you'll encounter at summer barbecues, family reunions, camping trips, and potlucks), you've gotta know how to handle them. So tune into this episode where I'll shed light on how to make sure you don't get bitten by the "snakes in the grass" while you're getting the weight off and TAKING YOUR LIFE BACK.   ---- Become a VIP https://coderedlifestyle.com/vip ---- Have you seen our new app?  Even when your other social platforms are unavailable, we are here for you on the Code Red App www.coderedlifestyle.com/app ---- Lose your first, next, or last 10 pounds with absolutely NO pills, powders, shakes, or exercise required.  Click Below to join the challenge! http://bit.ly/10lbtakedown ---- Connect with Cristy: Instagram http://bit.ly/cristycoderedIG

Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain原文CHAPTER FIVE: The plan to free JimWhen I heard that I nearly failed trough the floor but it was a big piece of luck.It was easy for me to be Tom Sawyer, because Tom was my best friend.He and his brother Sid lived with their Aunt Polly up in St. Petersburg, and I knew all about them.Now I learnt that Aunt Polly had a sister, who was Mrs. Phelps.She and her husband were Tom's Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas.And Tom was coming down south by boat to stay with them for a bit.We all sat there talking and I could answer all their questions about the Sawyer family.I was feeling really happy about this when suddenly I heard a boat on the river.'Tom could be on that boat,' I thought, 'and he's going to walk in here and call out my name before I can stop him. I've got to go and meet him.'So I told the Phelpses that I would go into town to get my bags, which were at the boat station.I hurried up the road and before I was halfway to town, there was Tom Sawyer coming along.When he saw me, his mouth fell open and he looked a bit white in the face.'Aren't you dead?' he said. 'Everybody said that you were murdered!''I'm not dead yet,' I said, 'but listen.…'I told him about my adventures, and Tom loved all that.Then I told him about the Phelpses and that they thought I was Tom Sawyer.'What shall we do?' I asked him.Tom thought for a bit, and then he said, 'I know. You take my bags and say they're yours. I'll come to the house in about half an hour.''All right,' I said, 'but there's another thing. You know old Miss Watson's slave Jim, who ran away? Well, he's a prisoner here, and I'm going to help him escape.''Jim?' Tom said. 'But he's-'Then he stopped and thought.'Right. I'll help, too. I'll make a really good plan.'He looked very excited.So I went back to the house with the bags, and Tom came along half an hour later.He knocked on the door and when his Aunt Sally opened it, he said he was Sid, Tom's brother.He wanted his visit to be a surprise for his dear old Aunt Sally, he said.Well, Aunt Sally was very pleased to see Tom and Sid.She thought it was wonderful.She and Uncle Silas were really nice people.When we were alone later, Tom and I talked about Jim's escape.I said I had a plan, and Tom listened to it.'It's a good plan,' he said when I finished. 'But it's too easy! It's got to be a real escape, like a real adventure in a story-book. So we want something difficult and dangerous. Now, listen to this...'So he told me his plan.I knew it would be a good one because Tom's plans are always crazy and exciting.And we sure had a lot of fun with that plan!We knew that Jim was locked up in a hut outside the house.Every night we got out through our bedroom window and dug a hole right under the wall of the hut.It took us a week, and it was hard work.We talked to Jim secretly and told him about the plan, and he was really pleased.We also wrote secret letters to everybody.Tom said that people always do this in books.We wrote that there was a gang of slave-thieves coming up from the south.They wanted to steal Jim and get the three hundred dollars from his owner.Well, the Phelpses and their friends got very excited, and on the night of the escape I went into the sitting- room, and there was a crowd of men in there - all with guns!I ran and told Tom, and he said that this was really good.'It's a real adventure now, all right,' he said, very excited. 'Perhaps they'll come after us, and shoot, and we'll all get killed!'Well, there wasn't time to think about it because it all happened so quickly.We got Jim out through the hole under the wall, and began to rundown to the river.But the men heard us and came after us.They began to shoot, and so we ran as fast as we could to the canoe.We got in it and went over to Spanish Island.My raft was there, and our plan was to escape on that and go on downriver.'Now, Jim,' I cried, 'you're a free man!'We were all very happy, but Tom was the happiest of all, because he had a bullet in his leg.When Jim and I heard that, we weren't so happy.Tom wanted the adventure to go on, but Jim and I said that a doctor must look at Tom's leg.Tom was getting angry about this.But Jim said: 'You listen to me, Tom Sawyer. You say I'm a free man now, and perhaps I am. But old Jim is not going to run away and leave one of his friends with a bullet in his leg! So I'm staying right here until a doctor comes.'I knew Jim would say that.He was a good, true friend, and you can't say that about many people.Well, that was the end of the adventure, really.I went and found doctor in the town.He was a kind old man, and he said he would go over to the island.But Tom's leg got very bad, and the next day the doctor and some other men carried Tom home to the Phelpses' house.They brought Jim too, and they locked him up in the hut again.But the doctor said, 'Be kind to him, because he didn't run away and he stayed to help me with the boy.'They took Tom up to bed because his leg was really bad, and Aunt Sally sat with him while he slept.I didn't want to answer any questions so I kept out of everybody's way.When Tom woke up the next day, he felt better.I was in the room and he said to me, 'Jim's all right, isn't he?'I didn't know what to say because Aunt Sally was listening, and before I could stop him, Tom went on: 'We did it, Aunt Sally, Me and Tom here. We helped Jim escape.'He told her all about the digging and everything, and Aunt Sally's mouth was opening and closing like a fish.Then she got really angry with Tom.'That slave is locked up again and he's going to stay there. And if I catch you again-'Tom suddenly sat up in bed.'You can't do that!' he cried. 'Jim was old Miss Watson's slave, but she died two months ago. Before she died, she wrote that she wanted Jim to be free, and not a slave any more. Jim's a free man, not a slave!'Well, that was a surprise to me and Aunt Sally!She thought Tom was crazy.'But Sid, why did you help him to escape, if he was free already?' she said.'I wanted the adventure, of course!' said Tom.'We made a really exciting plan and... Oh my!... AUNT POLLY!'We turned round, and there was Tom's Aunt Polly in the doorway!That was the second big surprise.Aunt Sally was really pleased to see her sister, and jumped up to put her arms round her.I got under the bed as fast as I could.There was trouble coming for me and Tom, that was for sure.Then Aunt Polly said to Tom, 'You always were a terrible boy, Tom Sawyer, and I want to know-''But Polly dear,' said Aunt Sally, 'this isn't Tom. It's Sid. Tom was here a minute ago. Where is he?''Where's Huck Finn, you mean,' replied Aunt Polly.'Come out from under that bed, Huck Finn.' So Tom and I had to explain everything and Polly said that Aunt Sally road and told her that Tom and Sid were there.She knew that it wasn't true.So she decided to come and find out what was happening.But she said that it was true about Miss Watson, and that Jim was a free man now.We got Jim out of the hut, and Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas were really nice to him.Later, Tom, Jim and I had a long talk by ourselves.Tom talked and talked, and then he said, 'Let's all three of us run away one night, and go and have adventures in the wild country down south.'It sounded like a good plan to me.'The only thing is,' I said, 'I haven't got any money to buy the right clothes and things. All my money back in St Petersburg will be in Pop's pockets by now.''No,' said Tom. 'Your money's all there. Your Pop never came back.''No, and he won't come back, Huck,' Jim said.I'm really pleased about that because it was very difficult to write a book and I won't do it again.But I think I'm going to have to run away before the others, because Aunt Sally wants me to live with her.I'll have to sleep in a bed and wear clean clothes and learn to be good, and I can't do that again.I've done it once already.The End, Yours Truly Huck Finn

Episode 142, in which your psychic friend and faithful deejay, Frozen Lazuras, spins some tasty treats (of the sonic variety) from God Is My Co-Pilot, Electric Eels, Silver Jews, The Handsome Family, Aunt Sally, and many more.Giving you what the algorithms won't since 2020.

The Founder and President of Restoration PAC discusses the need for the Republican National Committee to move into the 21st century and modernize its approach to voting and what sort of party it is going to be. Doug Truax comments on the last two elections, which saw Democrats out-hustling Republicans on early voting says, that the mainstream of the Republican Party all believes that voters should be voting “as close to Election Day as possible, ballots in the mail are a bad idea. We all think that, and that's where we need to go to, but we can't get there if we don't win. And if we just keep losing elections, because we're not good at this new playing field that we're on, we're never going to make any change.” Truax says that the GOP needs “to have this conversation about this and say, look, we are going to have to chase ballots, we're going to have to make sure all of our people vote.” Using the example that, “if Aunt Sally can vote on a day, that's, a month and a half from the election, that's not ideal for us long term, but we got to make sure she goes and does it on that day. And then we got that box checked, she's voted.” Saying, “because you can see, even what happened in Maricopa County is, lo and behold, the system wasn't working great on election day, and people had to wait three hours and how many people do we lose?” Truax says that GOP only wanting to narrow itself to voting on Election Day and not trying to expand to mail-in-ballots, “is just asking for trouble.” Commenting, “if we narrow ourselves down to just this game that we currently want to play, and play that game. Well, that's not the real game that's being played, the real game is chase the ballots, get the votes in, everything is so quick, it's clearly divided, a lot of our elections are very close. So if we don't get this figured out, we are just going to keep losing.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Gobble gobble BIBLO turkeys!!! The holiday season is here, and for a lot of us, that means cue the anxiety! Whether you're getting grilled by Aunt Sally for still being single, or working on breaking generational curses, fear not baddies, because the gals have a great tip for you! It's a strategy Cassie learned it in yoga, and yes it's another hippie dippy tip, but we PROMISE it works!! For the record, please remember, we're not therapists and we're also not yoga instructors! We just want everyone to enjoy their damn turkey! Happy Thanksgiving & be safe if you're going out the night before! B-LO SHOUT OUT THIS WEEK: Buff-a-Logo @bufflogo Shop BIBLO Merch: www.bareinblo.com/shope-merch

Are you starting to get these holiday blues that just seem to be inevitable this time of year? Cause if you are, you are in the right place. I am going to be doing a deep dive into the holidays, and I'm going to start off this week by talking about the holidays more on the podcast, but I'm also going to be hosting a free call this coming Saturday  November 19th at 11:00 AM Central and the reason I decided to put this call together is because  I know so many of us in the infertility community, we see the Christmas decorations coming out. We think about Thanksgiving and the US here next week about running into family members that we don't often see, and the anticipation of, oh my gosh ...What if Aunt Sally asks me what's going on and reminds me that my biological clock is ticking, or maybe I've put some weight on because I've finished my IVF treatments. I've packed the pounds on during my fertility treatments. And they just haven't come off. And I know I'm gonna show up to this event and I know we all have that one person in our family that loves to point out when we put a couple extra pounds on.   So maybe you're dreading showing up this year being a few extra pounds heavier than you were last time. What I want to show is that all of this is optional, and I know for you it might not feel like it is. What I have discovered has offered me the greatest amount of. Freedom. And the thing that I work most on with my students is learning how to be in control of how you feel.   It's not something many people talk about. A lot of people think that things happen, and our reaction to things is just natural and it is just uncontrollable. And I wanna point out to you that your reaction might feel natural to you right now. Because you've never been aware of this amazing superpower, you have to control your mind.   And to understand what it is that is coming up for you. And that's really the key to all of this. And the reason that the students I work with have gained so much more emotional freedom in their life and have such a better outlook on their future because we work on getting very in tune with what you're feeling and what thoughts are coming up for you when you're feeling a certain.   So I hope that you'll join us on Saturday. The call's free, and it is solely intended to be an open forum for me to offer you some tools that I have found helpful and that my students use, as well as giving you an opportunity to come online and tell me what it is that's coming up for you, and let's just discover how we can go into the holidays feeling.   Okay, about showing up to Thanksgiving this year, or the holiday parties that you're invited to that you probably don't wanna go to. Figuring out how you can create a plan of action for yourself before you even walk through the door. So join me on Saturday. Message me on Instagram @lana.manikowski and I'll get you the login information. So I hope to see you there on Saturday at 11:00 AM Central. All right, well, let's get started this week. Let's talk about the holidays and let's talk about. We make the holidays harder because of a story that we tell ourselves of how the holidays should be.   I don't know about you, but I think that there is a sensationalized expectation that society creates around the holidays when we judge ourselves for not. Festive or not feeling excited or feeling the magic that we think the holidays should create for us, We are basically creating so much anxiety for ourselves because we in our hearts are not feeling a way that we think we should be feeling around the holidays.   And so that's what we're gonna dive deep into this week. We are gonna understand that a date on the calendar is not a reason to feel joy or a date on the calendar is not a reason to feel sadness. We are gonna work on how to get into the crux of the thoughts that are whirling in your mind about a date on the calendar.   When we tell ourselves that we should be feeling a certain way, we're not giving ourselves the opportunity to celebrate the holidays as they are. And you'll notice I'm using a lot of shoulds. Maybe I should have a baby by. I should have a family that can go sit on Santa's lap for Christmas pictures. I should have a child that I could sit down and write a letter to Santa with.   So there are a lot of things. I should be stronger. I shouldn't be affected the way that I am about being childless this holiday, and people shouldn't be asking me questions about whether I'm gonna have a child. Or whether I'm aware that I have a biological clock. We are basically creating ourselves an expectation that we should be happy because it is Thanksgiving or because the holidays are amongst us and they're supposed to be this magical time that goes on because the calendar is telling us so.   But we haven't even asked ourselves, is that how we want to feel? Is that truly how we feel in our hearts? All of a sudden, do we flip a page on a calendar and then all of a sudden our feelings just are supposed to turn into a snow globe? And my answer to you is now, when we keep our definition of how the holidays should be in a way that they don't truly feel to.   We're creating anxiety for ourselves because if we're not feeling a certain way, we're telling ourselves something is wrong with us, and so we're buying into this old created story and that actually negates our ability to enjoy life where we are right now. Do you think that there's anybody who has no anxiety, no stress, joy in their heart all the time.   Happiness 24 7. Around the holidays. I don't know about you, but in my family there's a lot of stress around the holidays. There's the shopping aspect, there's the entertaining aspect. For me, there's the childless aspect. There are so many things people forget around the holidays or not happy around the holidays, and then they go on and judge themselves because they're not having happy holidays.   when you tell yourself a story of how your holidays should be, Basically confines you because your brain is getting overloaded, looking for ways that you haven't experienced the holidays in a way that you think you should. And when you allow yourself to enjoy or experience things the way that they are with who you are today with the definition of what your life contains today, or the reality of how your future is gonna look and.   You don't allow yourself to enjoy the parts of your life that feel good, and you are focusing on the parts of your life that feel lacking or maybe like you're missing out. You're preventing yourself and not giving yourself the space to take in things the way that they are in your life, and you actually limit what your life is about and what the holidays can mean to.   And the good parts and the happy parts and the joyful parts just get glazed over because you are being so focused on the parts that aren't good or aren't as you imagined in your life and for your future, you have the opportunity to walk into your gatherings and celebrations with who you are today.   What you aren't today, you have so much strength and resilience and power and courage you can be proud of. For some reason, we as humans, our brain just does not allow us to recognize that part of us. We don't give ourselves credit for what we've endured and how we still show up each day in our lives because, let's be honest, we have survived 100% of our worst days.   Think about the days that have been so hard for you and the news that has been so hard for you to bear, and the reality about your future. You've survived all that girl. There is not one person who is listening to this today who has not survived 100% of your worst days, yet we fail to give ourselves credit for it.   We have proven true that we can make it through the hardest times. The most amazing thing is we have the ability to feel. And experience any feeling that comes our way. And how do I know that? Because we're all here breathing, listening to this podcast, and we have felt and endured some really heavy feelings when we think about what we've gone through and what we've endured, and look at ourselves as though we are a champion.   And we are the strong one, and we are resilient and powerful and beautiful because we are here today and we have the courage to show up each day and try once again. That is, The type of story that I'm talking about, that you can walk into a situation or walk into a holiday where people maybe feel sorry for you.   They wish that you had a kid and they wish that your dream came true, but instead of you adopting their story of sadness and accepting it as just a gesture of love from them, you don't have to believe that you're weak. Your dream of motherhood didn't happen for you or that the goal that you started out working towards didn't end up the way that you wanted it to.   That doesn't mean that you are less than or lacking or not a valuable member of your family. What if it means that you are the strong one? What if you happen to be the one that everybody admires because what you went through, they just couldn't imagine showing up as somebody who is still strong and powerful and beautiful like you.   When we start to learn how to. Navigate the story in our minds. That is where our power comes from, and that is what I love to teach in my community. When we have a story that we are firm in with our minds, and maybe we have an idea of how we want our holidays to be, maybe we don't want to do the same traditions and the things that we did as kids.   That just seems to be on rinse and repeat every year because that's just your family tradit. What if you decided that you wanna create your own traditions as you this very day, as the person whose life isn't what it was like when you were 10 years old or when you were 20 years old? What if you decide with your partner that you are creating your own tradition?   And it doesn't have to be in accordance with the way that things have been done the last 50 years in your family. How amazing would it be if you decided that you want to create a new meaning of Christmas for you, or a new meaning of Thanksgiving, or a new way to celebrate or a new place to do what? There are so many opportunities.   Know that you can branch. And be the new version of you, and so you can show up being the most amazing person in that room because that's who you believe that you are. The other thing is that we can never make up for what we don't have. And there's no reason to believe that you have to. You don't have to show up, apologizing to people.   Or taking on other people's emotions. If they have sadness about what you've endured and you don't want to show up as somebody who is sad, then decide. You don't have to be somebody who's sad. You can be somebody who's brave and powerful and meaningful in the human body and the human existence that you have today.   So align yourself with what value and what you want to have. How do you want to show up and how do you want to be? Because grief doesn't have to. Define your holiday, and a holiday season is an opportunity for you to maybe take an inventory of what's important to you, what feels good to you this year?   What is your goal for Thanksgiving, and why are you deciding to attend? Do you want to attend? What are the good things that are coming out of attending? Maybe you're gonna see somebody that you only see a couple times a year and you really look forward to that. Maybe. There's this dessert on the menu or a food that you like to make, and you only make it a couple times a year, maybe there's an opportunity for you to bring something new to the party.   The holidays do not have to be ridden with sadness and ridden with things that you don't have and that you dreamed of having, and there doesn't have to be a sense of lack. When it comes to you and when you get on the call on Saturday, we are gonna create this whole new belief system about who we are going into the holiday season.   You do not have to celebrate in a way that you think you should be celebrating. You can celebrate from a way that you want to celebrate. There is so much more growth opportunity and. A sense of lightness when you show up being who you want to be instead of who you think you should be. So have an awesome week.   Can't wait to talk to you on Saturday. And remember, it's never too late to discover your meanng. I'll talk to you next week.   

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.... She works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

481 Part 1 of our interview with Theodor "Ted" Schimer about his memoir, Defiance. In the '70s, even twenty years after Brown v. Board of Education, LSU was still refusing to give up its racist past. While most students attending LSU were primarily focused on obtaining a better life through getting a college degree, some could not turn their backs on injustice. The students who fought at Ted's side were not the wealthy fraternity or sorority members. They were from middle to lower-middle class families and the working poor. It was Ted's goal in writing this book to honor their sacrifices and tell what it was like to fight the system-the LSU administrators, the Board of Supervisors, and the Greek organizations-in the deep south in the turbulent '70s. This week in Louisiana history. August 6, 1727. Ursuline nuns arrive in New Orleans and begin a school for girls. This week in New Orleans history. Fire at Aunt Sally's Praline Shop, August 6, 1974. This New Orleans Pubic Library photograph shows firefighters battling a 4-alarm blaze at 314 Royal Street on August 6, 1974 which destroyed Aunt Sally's Praline Shop. This week in Louisiana. Satchmo SummerFest is a 2-day festival dedicated to celebrating the life, legacy and music of New Orleans' native Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong About this event The 22nd annual Satchmo SummerFest presented by Chevron is a 2-day festival dedicated to celebrating the life, legacy and music of New Orleans' native Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. The festival will feature 2 outdoor stages with 20 performances by New Orleans' most talented musicians, an indoor stage featuring presentations on Armstrong, and 7 of your favorite local restaurants vending all weekend long. Admission to the festival includes access to the many exhibits inside the New Orleans Jazz Museum building. Purchase your tickets now to save time and money! Pre-registered attendees pay $7; Tickets will be available for purchase "at-the-door" for $10. **Satchmo SummerFest is a family friendly festival. Children under 12 enter for free. Postcards from Louisiana. Willie Lockett and the Blue Krewe.Listen on Google Play.Listen on Google Podcasts.Listen on Spotify.Listen on Stitcher.Listen on TuneIn.The Louisiana Anthology Home Page.Like us on Facebook.

Today, we're going to focus on how to gain our energy back by connecting with the people we love the most.  But, let's be honest… when we think of summertime we think of vacations. And, when we think of vacations, a not-so-fond memory of a vacation that went wrong may pop up. You know, the one where Aunt Sally won't stop complaining and the youngest kid broke their shoulder bone? Vacations are supposed to be a time of relaxing, unwinding, and being fully present. So, instead of arriving in September and feeling totally exhausted from your summer, how can you make the most out of it to recharge your batteries?   The problem is the gap between our expectations and reality.   But before we can meet our expectations, we have to define them! If your expectations are not clearly formulated, you will be in the dark... and it is precisely this vagueness that will leave you with a bitter taste of frustration at the end of the summer. Clearly defining your expectations is the No. 1 strategy to put in place to ensure a successful summer (and not "perfect" since summer perfection does not exist :). It's as simple as entering a destination in your GPS: there's nothing like knowing where you're going, to be able to get there;) To paint a clear picture, I'll walk you through a set of questions to ensure you're fully charged up at the end of your summer instead of having the life sucked out of you. Are you ready? Oh, and if you feel stuck and without energy throughout more than just the summer, I invite you to join the Unlock Your Full Potential waitlist. When you join the waiting list you receive a powerful tool to help you cultivate confidence with 20 powerful thoughts you can use to help you create the results you want in your life. In addition, you'll be notified as soon as the program registration opens up, and you get to receive a few exploratory questions to help you clarify what you most want.  And there is more! Don't miss out on unlocking your full potential.

Do you ever get a super cringy feeling when a stranger at the grocery store or Aunt Sally lets out the ol' "Oh you're gonna miss this!" Or "Every every moment! It goes by so fast!" Ugh, it takes physical effort for me not to roll my eyes and puke in my mouth a little. As well meaning as I'm sure they are, these phrases tend to bring up gross feelings of self-judgement and guilt for me. Here are a few ways I'm moving through this to be able to yes, enjoy my children, and also give myself some compassion as I learn and grow into this motherhood thing. Help me spread the word that motherhood can be beautiful in its messiness; that we can take radical responsibility for our lives; AND it is 100% possible to live a life you're freaking pumped about, on your terms. Leave a review wherever you're listening! Let's connect! Instagram: @shannonracheltaylor Get my grocery list! Apply to work with me here

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee    Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1711 Birth of John Mitchell (books about this person), American physician, botanist, and polymath. John was educated in Edinburgh. As a young man, John returned to Virginia and settled in Urbanna - about seventy miles from Richmond. There, he began botanizing throughout Virginia, and he corresponded with most of the colonial botanists of his time. For instance, John sent a list of Virginia plants to Peter Collinson for inclusion in his book on new world plants.  John Mitchell and John Clayton both botanized in Virginia. The American writer Henry Theodore Tuckerman once wrote, Mitchell and Clayton together gave to the botany of Virginia a distinguished lustre. John also corresponded with Linnaeus, who named the sweetly trailing Partridgeberry Mitchella repens ("Mi-CHEL-uh REE-pens") in his honor. The word repens means "creeping" and describes its growing habit. Partridgeberry is in the Madder family. The berries are red and sport two bright red spots. By 1746, John and his wife had returned to England. He arrived utterly penniless after losing all of his botanical work on the voyage over from America. He paused his botanical work to create a map to help Britain identify their colonial territories. The Mitchell Map took five years to complete and became the most detailed and largest 18th-century map of eastern North America. The Mitchell Map also is regarded as one of the most significant maps in American history. Published before the Seven Years' War, the Mitchell Map was used in the Treaty of Paris (1783) and (ironically) helped define the boundaries of the newly independent United States. And Lewis and Clark used the Mitchell Map on their expedition.   1743 Birth of Thomas Jefferson (books about this person), American statesman and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Thomas loved plants and gardening. He once wrote, The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.   He also once wrote, On a hot day in Virginia, I know nothing more comforting than a fine spiced pickle, brought up trout-like from the sparkling depths of the aromatic jar below the stairs of Aunt Sally's cellar.   1851 Birth of Helen Maria Winslow (books by this author) (pen name Aunt Philury), American writer and poet.  Helen's nature poems are charming. Here's the beginning verse to her poem, Spring Song. The bluebird from the apple-tree  Pours forth a flood of melody ;  The sky above as blue as he.  Shimmers and shines, an azure sea.  And the robin sings, 'What cheer, what cheer ?'  Summer is coming, and Spring is here!"   1909 Birth of Eudora Alice Welty (books by this author), American writer and photographer who wrote about the American South. Eudora's novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. She famously wrote, One place comprehended can make us understand other places better. Today, Eudora's house and garden in Jackson, Mississippi, is a National Historic Landmark and is open to the public. The home was built by Eudora's parents, Christian and Chestina. Eudora lived in her family home for seventy-six years and wrote all her major works there. In the 1930s, Eudora hosted the 'Night Blooming Cereus Club' of Jackson, Mississippi, in her moon garden to watch the annual blossoming of the flower known as the 'Queen of the Night.' Eudora learned to love gardening from her mother, Chestina. Chestina designed the garden at Eudora's home in 1925. The two spent the next two decades working in the garden - planting, digging, weeding, and harvesting. Today, the gardens are beautifully restored based on Eudora's photos and letters and Chestina's garden journals. The garden is not a show garden - it's a gardener's garden - and that's the way Eudora wanted it to be maintained for future generations.  Eudora found inspiration in the natural world. Over 150 different plants are mentioned in her various works.  In 1931, Eudora and her mother turned to the garden after the sudden death of her father. During that time, she wrote short stories, including a story inspired by the garden called A Curtain of Green. Looking back at the years following the loss of her dad, Eudora wrote, No experience could have taught me more about grief or flowers, about achieving survival by going, your fingers in the ground, the limit of physical exhaustion. In Delta Wedding (1946), Eudora wrote, The evening was hot; it was the fragrance of the lemon lilies that was cool, like the breath from a mountain well. Gardeners often say that gardening is cheaper than therapy. Eudora knew that garden time had benefits that were on a higher level. She once wrote to a friend,   I like the work in the yard, never get tired, and can think out there... or maybe it's dreaming.   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation The Garden of Lost and Found by Harriet Evans This book is an oldie, but goodie - it debuted in 2009 - and this is a fiction book that should definitely be part of your garden fiction collection. Now, as with most of the fiction books that I recommend, this book has a beautiful cover and bonus points: it has the word garden in the title. In addition to all of that, Harriet Evans is a wonderful writer. Now the publisher of this book pitched it this way. One house for women And the secret that binds them all. Lose yourself in this unputdownable tale of the enduring power of family love told by three generations of extraordinary women. Now I bought this book back in November of 2020, and I know that because Amazon was kind enough to remind me when I went to find what year this book was published. Anyway, I remember reading it over Christmas break, and I would say it's part mystery and part thriller. So if you're looking for something to read over spring break- or maybe for a beach read over the summer- this would be a fantastic option. And by the way, this is a big book. It is 560 pages. I thought I'd give you just a little bit of a teaser here. It starts with the setting at Nightingale House in 1919: Liddy Horner discovers that her husband, the world-famous artist Sir Edward Horner burned his best-known painting called The Garden of Lost And Found. And he did that just days before his sudden death.  And then, of course, we're off to the races. So there you go. You can get a copy of The Garden of Lost and Found by Harriet Evans and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $2.   Botanic Spark Here's an excerpt from HLV Fletcher's book of garden gossip called Purest Pleasure. This is from his chapter for April, and it includes an exchange with a 70-year-old friend and fellow gardener named Micah. He wrote: I had been working in the garden almost as long as the light lasted, and when dusk fell I went down to see Micah. He had a sore throat and was treating it with boiled Nettles, and we got to talking about them. Everywhere now the young Nettles were growing, their strong new growth making a mat of rich green. To most people, accustomed to think of them only as weeds, the sight is hateful, but I don't know. As weeds I do not find them very hard to destroy; as herbs there are less handsome plants.  It certainly makes an excellent green vegetable about this time of year, went the tips are young and tender. The Romans are said to have used it like Spinach.  Micah had a riddle to ask me. "What did Adam first plant in the Garden of Eden?" I tried a number of plants and then gave up. "Well, what was it?" He grinned triumphantly. "His foot, of course."   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

Twisted Tale of the Tri-State Crematory Hello lovelies. This week we cover the utter morbid insanity that took place at the Tri-State Crematory. This twisted and disturbing scenario of 300+ bodies being found on various states of decay all around this crematorium's property. Yes, this actually happened folks. Imagine taking your loved one to be cremated and in return receiving what you think is dear Aunt Sally- only to find out it's actually cement dust in that expensive urn. Buckle up. Join our Patreon and get early release access, videos, upcoming events and other awesome perks! https://www.patreon.com/obscuriositypodcast Link below!If you are interested in starting your own podcast we highly recommend Buzzsprout! It's easy to use and keeps all your podcasts in one place. Click the link below to get started and help us out!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1789618Check us out on social media!Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/obscuriositypodFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/ObscuriosityPodcastTikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@obscuriositypodcastContact us at:ObscuriosityPodcast@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/obscuriositypodcast)

Patrick, Joey, Jim, and Tim assemble to talk about Ready Armed System, Mortiferum, Cloakroom, Illiterates, High Vis, Gauze, My Dad is Dead, Drug Church, Posmic, Schedule 1, Fatamorgana, and Aunt Sally.

With so much new music, there's always something worthwhile that deserves more shine. This week hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share some buried treasures they've heard recently. Plus, we hear desert island jukebox picks from Adia Victoria, John Darnielle and Lucy Dacus, and listener feedback. Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lURecord a Voice Memo: https://bit.ly/2RyD5Ah Featured Songs:Aunt Sally, "Subete Urimono," Aunt Sally, Vanity, 1979Fieh, "Rosalie," Rosalie (Single), Jansen, 2022K.O.G., "Ayinye," Zone 6, Agege, Pura Vida, 2022Yumi Zouma, "In The Eyes Of Our Love," In The Eyes Of Our Love (Single), Polyvinyl, 2022Pachyman, "All Night Long (feat. Winter)," All Night Love (feat. Winter) (Single), ATO, 2022Deaf Lingo, "Friends," Lingonberry, Lövely, 2022Confidence Man, "Feels Like a Different Thing," TILT, Heavenly, 2022Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, "Ceci n'est pas un cliché," Topical Dancer, Deewee, 2022PinkPantheress, "Pain," To Hell with It, Parlophone, 2021Green Velvet & Mihalis Safras, "My Cheri (Original Mix)," My Cheri (Original Mix) (Single), Relief, 2021Mear, "The Order," Soft Chains, Self-Released, 2022Leo Nocentelli, "Riverfront," Another Side, Light In The Attic, 2021Adia Victoria, "Magnolia Blues," A Southern Gothic, Atlantic, 2021Fiona Apple, "Every Single Night," The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do, Epic, 2012Lucy Dacus, "VBS," Home Video, Matador, 2021Molly Drake, "I Remember," The Tide's Magnificence: Songs and Poems of Molly Drake , Bryter, 2018Nick Drake, "Pink Moon," Pink Moon, Island, 1972Nick Drake, "Road," Pink Moon, Island, 1972The Mountain Goats, "No Children," Tallahassee, 4AD, 2002Dionne Warwick, "I'll Never Love This Way Again," Dionne, Arista, 1979Nightwish, "FantasMic," Wishmaster, Spinefarm, 2000John Prine, "Far From Me," John Prine, Atlantic, 1971John Prine, "Please Don't Bury Me," John Prine, Atlantic, 1971John Prine, "Lake Marie," Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, Oh Boy, 1995Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone," Highway 61 Revisited, Columbia, 1965

Here's your four best tips and tricks to make your holidays MAGICAL. Whether you have been in my program x months or this is your very first dip in the podcast, this show has something for you! Take these four tricks to your next holiday gathering, AND they also work great at faculty meetings, grizzly conversations with the ex-, and all sorts of human stresses. Hint: YOU bring the magic; you have and will always be the magic. And this is the best news ever because if you are waiting for Aunt Sally to change so you can feel peace, forgetta about it! In this episode, you will learn how to view your next stressful encounter more like going to the Movies instead of like going to a torture chamber. I will present four options: Now playing in Theatre 1 is Manuals; Theatre 2 features the Zoo; Theatre 3 is You, and Theatre 4 is Your Happy Place. All rooms are perfect. You decide which room you want to be in based on what you feel and who you want to be. In reality, you will probably spend time in all rooms. There are not bad or good rooms. Every room is perfect. Check out the details in this show to blow your own mind!   xoxo, Christina   PS. Don't forget to give the show a 5star review! Find Your Path In Focus on itunes, scroll to the very bottom to click 5 stars, and leave a word comment. Your review helps Itunes promote our show to more doctors. Together, we are the change that will bring healing to the healers. We are the Magic.♥️♥️♥️

I'm excited to learn what you were able to gather from last week's podcast, when we talked about failure, and how we have a fear of it. I worked with two clients this week that actually we're making pretty big decisions regarding career changes. And there's a lot of that indecision that comes in, am I making the right choice? Am I going to be happy? Am I going to be letting people down if I don't show up for them, as I think they're expecting me to. And I think that we made some great inroads, with people just realizing that no matter what decision you make, as long as you believe in yourself, and believe in the reason you have to make it, there's no fear in the failure. Because failure is just simply a thought. And something that we can choose to keep us from moving forward, or something that we can choose to learn from about ourselves, something that we can get excited to see how we do in a different environment.  So send me a DM, or send me a message and let me know what's something that you recognize this week that would have traditionally scared you, because you feared failing. But maybe you took a chance this week to try something different and do something new. So now is a perfect time to transition to a topic that may be foreign to some, but something that I think will definitely pique your interest. It's called “Buffering”. What's buffering, I'll give you a couple different examples of how I describe it. It's avoiding a feeling or avoiding feeling a feeling because of the discomfort it will show you. It's when we use external things, to change how we feel emotionally, to not fully experience or fully show up and face the truth in our life, because we don't want to feel the negative emotions that come along with it. When we take part in an action, or an activity to keep ourselves from fully experiencing our lives, or when we decide not to show up and face the music, our brain is wired to believe that we should have more pleasure in our life. So it seeks things outside of us to decrease our pain. When we don't want to face the truth of our lives because we don't want to experience any type of negative emotion and look to something that is external or not tangible. So an item of thing. We change how we feel internally, and partake in an action. So that way, we're taking ourselves off course of feeling what it is that's giving us discomfort. We think there's something wrong with us if we're not happy all the time. And so we buffer because we feel entitled as humans to feel happy and pleasure all the time. And as you're listening to this, you're probably thinking of course it makes perfect sense that we'd want to increase our pleasure and reduce our pain. Is that what we're trying to do as humans? You might have heard of the term “dopamine”;  it's a term that's thrown around a lot. And according to my research, I looked at Harvard Health Publishing, dopamine can provide an intense feeling of reward. And dopamine is most notably involved in helping us feel pleasure as part of the brain's reward system. So something like alcohol, shopping, smelling cookies, baking in an oven, having a cocktail, all these things can trigger dopamine release, or a dopamine rush. So this feel good. neurotransmitter is also involved in reinforcement and that's why once we try one of those cookies, or have a glass of wine We might come back continually for 1,2,3 more. So in today's day and age, when there's countless ways to seek pleasure, we're constantly bombarded with ways to feel pleasure. So eating, drinking, shopping, scrolling social media, playing a game on your phone, consuming alcohol, the opportunities are countless and more accessible now to us than ever, and the external pleasure providers, ie, corporations and organizations that make money on delivering pleasure to us have found a way to make us believe that we are definitely needing this type of pleasure for survival when these organizations and corporations take advantage of that by playing into our desire to seek pleasure, we start to believe those actions almost seem like they're important to our survival. And they become so important to us because they've tricked our brains into thinking that that pleasure or that dopamine hit is the most important thing that we could possibly seek in our lives. It becomes a reoccurring issue in our lives, because pleasure wants us to generate more pleasure. So the more we purchase, the more we purchase, the more we cocktail, the more we cocktail, the more we snack, the more we snack, the more we scroll, social media, the more we continuously scroll, social media. And then we begin to expect that we're entitled to experience pleasure all the time, we feel that there's always an escape from our negative emotion at a hands reach, you can just boom, pop on your phone, get on Instagram, get on Facebook, tick, tock, whatever it is, and just take yourself out of any type of negative emotion you're feeling. And immerse yourself in the entertainment of that. And we can always feel pleasure at the blink of an eye, because it's so immediately available to us in so many ways. So you may be listening and thinking, of course, life's a hard battle, doesn't it make sense that we will just buffer our way through it to make it to that and eat as much as we want drink as much as we want, scroll as much as we want, buy whatever we want and go into debt. So I hate to be your bearer of bad news. But all that pleasure does not add up to happiness. Because of that equal and opposite consequence that comes with all the false pleasures. And false pleasures referenced as something your brain has an inordinate reaction to false pleasure allows us to escape into this pleasure place. And it allows us to buffer from reality.  I mean, it would definitely be peachy if we could have all those pleasure after pleasure with no consequence, just positive, positive, positive stuff. And all of us would be in Pleasantville, on the same happy train. And nobody would care to strive for anything in their life, because they were never challenged by anything, and only experiencing pleasure. And we feel so much pain on the other end of these false pleasures. Because once the initial pleasure has subsided, and the bag of chips is empty, you step on the scale in the next on the next morning, and you're in despair. And we're like, I wish I did not have this buffer in my life. Eating that bag of chips, when you come home to an empty house after work may offer a temporary release from negative emotion. But what it's really doing is taking you away from feeling that negative emotion. And those emotions always come back harder than they started. So when you go out and buy yourself a handbag that you can't afford, you have that quick rush of pleasure about it. And then you have a credit card to pay. And then you have the lack of money. And then you stress about it because you bought this bag that gave you minutes of pleasure while purchasing it and posing in the mirror with an eye on your shoulder. But now you're going to stress about how you're going to pay for it. There's always an equal and opposite consequence. That makes it so that the false pleasure is never really worth it. Even though in the act of doing it. We tell ourselves that it is you can actually trade all of the false pleasures in your life for well being. And when you choose to go with well being over a false pleasure, you'll start to offer yourself an opportunity to gain confidence and then that confidence starts to create more More confidence. And the more confidence you have, the more centered you feel, the more well being you have, and the more you have to give and offer the world. And I believe that when we reach our ultimate happiness, and when we're able to be the best version of ourselves and show up in the world as such, we live such abundant, full and meaningful lives. But when we're in pleasure seeking mode, it's impossible to give of yourself, because we get into a consume mode, where all we want to do is consume, whether it's food, whether it's drink designer items, I want, I want I want consumption, consumption, consumption. And in that mode, we're basically circling on a spin cycle of false desire that never gets us to satisfied. It's like the whole running with the Joneses, where you're trying to one up and have more and do more and travel more and have a bigger house than have a greater closet, then have a bigger car than you're always trying to outdo the person next to you by consuming, consuming, consuming, but you can't really get enough of something you don't really want. And if you're trying to escape a feeling of something that is not bringing you pleasure, you're always going to have to be escaping in order to cope. Could you begin to imagine what your life could be like, if you didn't buffer? Imagine what you're so afraid of? What is that feeling that you're so afraid to feel that eating a cupcake drinking a bottle of wine could take away for you?  With the holidays coming up, many women who've tried to have children and can't are starting to dread upcoming gatherings, and conversations and questions around the status of their motherhood. So Aunt Sally asks you when you're going to have a baby. And in order to escape the discomfort of the conversation, you go over to the appetizer table on Thanksgiving, and you eat because the act of eating in your mind allows you to detach from the words that were just asked of you. And it appears that digging into a cheese ball, it decreases the discomfort you feel. Because clearly Aunt Sally does not know how devastated you are, because you've spent the last two years in IVF hell and you weren't able to have a baby. But that quick dopamine hit in our brain that we get from eating the shit out of this cheese ball with Ritz crackers is the positive thing because of the relief it offers us. And then here you are less than less aware of the discomfort you're having, because you're focused on the food you're eating instead. And getting pleasure from the bites of the cheese ball and the Ritz cracker just to escape your conversation in your thoughts about your conversation with Aunt Sally. And then fast forward to the end of the night where you're feeling sick. Your pants are tight tightness in your throat because you're so absolutely stuffed. And there you are judging yourself for the amount of food that you inhaled. And then guess what? The negative emotion is still there and present to you, you're still gonna feel anxious and frustrated, not by Aunt Sally asking you if you're having a baby. But because of what you're thinking about your holidays, and what you're thinking about the fact that you feel empty inside because you don't have a child in tow with you. But we think we're going to feel better by taking this action and getting this quick jolt of yummy in your mouth or excitement of buying something extraordinarily expensive or out of the norm or something that just seems like such a luxury. But then the negative emotion is still there looming under the surface. When do we decide that we're done with buffering and done with false pleasures? For many of us, we don't even know where it exists in our life, or how to even start to begin to identify it. Because to be quite honest, it's not always raising its hand and bringing attention to it. But in the coming weeks, I am going to deep dive and teach you how you can become more aware of it. It will be a hard sell, because I'm going to be teaching you about cutting things out that seem very pleasurable in your life. But if you're ready to be a person that doesn't want to rely on other people or doesn't want to rely on other things, or frankly anything external of you for their happiness, join me back here next week. We'll be touching on how we can recognize where buffering is showing up in our lives and how we can recognize it. And what we're going to do with our brain sends us as a wild goose chase to find a desire to take you out of your negative emotions. Maybe just because you're feeling sad or you're feeling empty inside, but I'm going to save all that for next week. Can't wait to talk to you then. In the meantime, visit my Instagram @stitchcoaching S-T-I-T-C-H coaching. And also available this week is my “Guide to Meaningful Holidays”. You can download it free on my website. I'll also have a link to it on my Instagram page. So appreciate all the supportive feedback. Please remember to leave me a comment or give me any feedback you have any questions you have. I'm always open to a DM message me. Let me know if there's something you want to chat more about. Or if you want to go a little bit deeper into some of the topics that we're covering. I'm always happy to help explain things a little bit further. 

Aunt Sally was happy to spend her time birdwatching and hanging out with her family. Then one day, a single typo put her in the crosshairs of a hacker who was intent on stealing all her money, rifling through her personal data and stealing her identity. Also: Don't post pictures of your vaccination card! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Journey of my Mother's Son podcast, I sit down and talk with my aunt, Sally King. When Sandy and I first decided to live in an RV full-time, my Aunt Sally reached out to us and told me that she had full hook-ups for us and we were welcome to stay with her whenever we wanted to.  That eventually turned into us using her address as our official domicile address in the state of Florida. Now for a few weeks or sometimes even months, we park our RV in her and my Uncle Randy's yard, plug in and get caught up on things that we need to get taken care of.  While we're there we spend time with their network of friends, take walks, have dinners together, and play games. We talk a little bit about my mom and her adventures as well as the importance of giving back that seems to be something that has been handed down from generation to generation in our family.  The ability to help out others is certainly a family tradition.  Doing what we can with what we have to help others often times ends up feeding our own souls as well. In addition to her fond memories of her sister, my mother, my aunt and I talk about the importance of life-long friendships, family and her work as an interpreter for the deaf and hearing impaired. 

Witchdoctoralex discusses spiritual social media politics, residue from eclipse season and the great conjunction, Lucky Mojo's The Sporting Life and its controversial views on LGBTQ, Bible scriptures for love and Aunt Sally's Dream Book. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-777-show-podcast/support