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GROW  Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Let Us fix Today..Money changes a lot of things but money ain't everything Money can't even buy happiness To stop and look at this Beautiful creation of God's didn't cost me anything but a little timeFor the Love of money is the root of all evilGreed for what?Greed to Lift one to whom?Something so strong, Love could carry us awayWe want Change, Sow Love, it's up  to us, Let us Be the Change, Life is a GiftWe are Born to Be Alive, to LoveNBLoved and reach out to help others, then it's ourselves we also LiftI am Grateful for youThank you for GROWing with meGod help usGod Bless us all as We GROW

In this episode of Screenshots, we give our full spoiler-free and spoiler review on the new Miyazaki movie The Boy and the Heron 2023. It's been ten years since the last Miyazaki film and nine years since the last studio ghibli film, so we're really excited to share our The Boy and the Heron thoughts. Of course, like always we'll give our thoughts on The Boy and the Heron spoiler free, give our review ratings, and then stick around for our spoiler The Boy and the Heron talk!CHAPTERS:0:00 - Intro0:41 - What is it about/Box Office2:25 - Spoiler-free review13:28 - rating15:04 - spoiler review23:12 - movie recommendation24:36 - word revealGAME RULES

Aixa is the drummer for Go Betty Go, an all-female punk band from Los Angeles. https://www.facebook.com/GoBettyGoOfficial/https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-betty-battle-her-cancer-awayWe're back on the airwaves, ready to burst your earbuds with the latest from the world of music and comedy after a 12-day hiatus. We've got Aixa from Go Betty Go in the studio, sharing her musical odyssey, tales from the music industry trenches, and the scoop on her band's forthcoming shows and album. There's also a sneaky peek at our holiday-themed open mic night and a special surprise gig. Just when you thought we'd run out of juice, we plunge into a wild ride through LA traffic, recounting our touring adventures in an RV, and our morbidly fascinating visit to Jeffrey Dahmer's neighborhood. A drumroll, please, as we venture into a chat about a love for drumming discovered purely by chance and how it shaped our guest's musical career. We reminisce about Stuart Copeland and The Police's massive influence, while our guest delves into why Sting's "wildcat" drumming is worth checking out. We've got a mishmash of comedy, music, and riveting personal stories on the menu. So, buckle up and get ready for a jam-packed episode!FirmeMezcal.comUse promo code MYGRITO to receive a discount with your purchasehttps://www.firmemezcal.com/HouseofChingasos.comUse promo code MINDBUZZ to receive a 10% discount on entire purchasehttps://houseofchingasos.com/?ref=0F5Yfbs6SAN0f2Mindbuzz.orgStart podcasting!https://www.mindbuzz.org/ Subscribe to The Mindbuzz Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIYj7eDCsV3YPzxv7VRKZKg Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @themindbuzz https://www.instagram.com/themindbuzz/ to keep up with our hosts, guests, and upcoming events! See you on the next one!"King without a Throne" is performed by Bad HombresKing without a Throne Official Music Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNhxTYU8kUsKing without a Thronehttps://open.spotify.com/track/7tdoz0W9gr3ubetdW4ThZ8?si=9a95947f58bf416e

Coming up today:Don't feed your cat Whiskas! When your kids want to get awayWe love hearing your secrets - Dating younger guys...Teenagers can do great thingsAs always we would love a secret from you. It makes our podcast so much fun so please feel free to share away.SHARE YOUR SECRET HERE!Please give us a star rating and review on the podcast platform you listen on and thanks for sharing us around. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to "Manifest Your Happiest Life," the podcast that empowers you to unlock the secrets of the universe that exist within you to create a joyful and abundant life.Your hosts, Mary & Gary O'Brien,  show open-hearted spiritual explorers like you how to fulfil your purpose and manifest your life by tapping into clear and consistent guidance from your Higher Self and the Universe.Join us each week as we dive deep into the art of combining inner guidance with heart-based manifestation techniques so you can live as the Light you came here to be.Whether you're seeking love, abundance, a deeper connection to spirit or simply inner peace, this podcast is your playground for success.Together we'll explore what's keeping you stuck in old patterns and energies and we'll show you how to become a vibrational match with the Universal Generator Field to manifest lasting change in your life.Our unique Woo Woo that Works approach combines timeless wisdom, powerful new paradigms plus actionable strategies that you can implement right awayWe'll show you how your happiness and ability to live as a Heart Centered Manifester creates a powerful uplift of energy for those around you to experience more happiness and heart connection in their lives as wellSo if you're ready to free yourself from the restrictions that have been holding you back and to manifest a life that reflects who you truly are, then we look forward to you joining us each week on the "Manifest Your Happiest Life" podcast, the place where magic & manifestation meet, for an fun-filled adventure of self-discovery and personal transformation.Your life wasn't meant to be a struggle and a pale reflection of the richness and beauty you feel inside you!You came here to be fully expressed, to live a life that lights you up and to be part of the ripple of love and positive change flowing out into the world.Join us and let go of old patterns and limitations when you connect with who you truly are so you can fulfil your purpose and live as the Light you came here to be.Click to download our powerful tool that will help you Build your EMOTIONAL & ENERGETIC RESILIENCE Take our FREE Intuition Quiz https://www.saffronheart.world/quizJoin us on Instagram http://instagram.com/saffronheartworldLet's connect in our private community on Facebook

On this episdoe of Around The Outside: The American F1 PodcastIan and Mike give their opinion on how F1 can structure their season, so we don't have a run awayWe also learn Ian doesn't speak dutchYou can watch the full episode, the next day after episode release, on YouTube @ato_usf1For clips from this show & other shows and more F1 content, check out Twitter, Instagram and Tik Tok @ato_usf1Please remember to like, subscribe and shareIf you have the time, a review would be greatly appreciatedThank you for listening and enjoy the show!

Laugh with our daily morning show podcast!Guess 'What's That Noise' here: https://bit.ly/3hsl4hcToday:Life advice from Layzie Bone Duryan updates us on Yessica's accidentYour IVN's include: Tony angry about Tim Apple, KiKi hater #1 and an insane response to 'when you almost died' questionDole and Duryan take on 'Match Two'We talk about how USPS screwed our shipmentsWe introduce you to 'Chobi the destroyer' (Elia's dog)Duryan has to choose whether to open two gifts or give them awayWe check out the best of the next door neighbor appDuryan tells us about that one time he was offered METH at Chuck E CheeseWe make it to guess 71 as we try to figure out 'What's That Noise'PK and Duryan handle our founding family with a Bone Thugs twistAnd so much more!Play our games at www.PKandDK.com

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A real coach can coach anyone if you're using a proven techniqueThere's a comfort level though when you don't have to explain terms or industry backgroundA leader is always leading through changeAgency owners want to get back to the office, employees are saying let's wait another whileA lot thinking, the commute brought no value to my lifeUse the day or two in the office for the collaboration, creativity and connection you've missedIf you treat mature professional folks as grown ups, they can get a tremendous amount of high quality work done remotelyIt's not your job to micromanage, it's your job to hire people who are self-drivenIf you're micromanaging who's looking at the long term strategy?You can do their job, but they can't do your job, yetThe director, let's all the people do their jobs, but gives the direction and the visionMostly they come to me with a consulting issue, and I spot an issue with their leadership that's keyCoaching is a collaboration, if the chemistry isn't good, there's nothing I can do100%, your gut is always rightEmpathy is the key to negotiating, we're often too focused on what we wantUnderstand their 'why'You have to know you're willing to walk awayWe give away power when we're in a rush, not have the protection you needThere's a deep need to be the good guy, a need to be liked in this industryI'm shocked by the lack of courage out there but it's coachable, and I get to make money helping people be braverNow is the time to improve your emotional intelligenceDial up your empathy for your peers, clients and stakeholdersWatch not only the words they say, but notice the toneIf you're interested in more visit ▶ https://almcbride.com/minicoursefor a free email minicourse on how to gain the psychological edge in your negotiations and critical conversations along with a helpful negotiation prep cheat sheet.If you enjoyed this episode of Dealing with Goliath Podcast, hit subscribe to hear about our latest episodes.

https://youtu.be/iAhgI7TYZmgMy friendsIn times like theseIt's hard to see past the insanityIn a realitySo uncertainAnd unknownLife as we knew itForever changedAnd there's no peace of mind to be foundWho can even make sense of tomorrowWhen our dreams keep crashing to the groundAnd yetAs we rise to greet another dayAnd the sun is still bright in the skyAlways a reason to hope for better timesThough it seemsLike the answers worlds awayWe've got enough just enough to keep us goingHolding on to unbroken simple faithBecause a Yid never breaksAnd a Yid never bendsAnd a Yid never gives up in the nightA Yid perseveres through the deepest despairsHis emunah strengthens him for the fightAnd a Yid understands that Hashem has a planAnd that's all it takes to make it throughHis Tatte loves him that's what a Yid holds on toThe world went darkThe crouds dispersedOn the streets that were once filled with lightBut a brilliant lightEmerged from deep inside our heartsShuls were shutteredAnd stillBut our prayers rang through our homesInstead of looking out for inspirationWe dug deep and found strengths we'd never knownAnd one more timeWe will rise to greet another dayWhere every moments more precious than everAnd life's sweetest little joys they are the treasureBecause when it feels like the answers worlds awayWe've got enoughMore then enough to keep us goingWe're holding on to unbroken simple faithBecause a Yid never breaksAnd a Yid never bendsAnd a Yid never gives up in the nightA Yid perseveres through the deepest despairsHis emunah strengthens him for the fightAnd a Yid understands that Hashem has a planAnd that's all it takes to make it throughHis Tatte loves him that's what a Yid holds on to(Music)Because a Yid never breaksAnd a Yid never bendsAnd a Yid never gives up in the nightA Yid perseveres through the deepest despairsHis emunah strengthens him for the fightAnd a Yid understands that Hashem has a planAnd that's all it takes to make it throughHis Tatte loves him that's what a Yid holds on to

Back at it again, but with a twist my homegirls step in while Blazze is awayWe play our weekly gameW.H.H.W. This week was ghetto chileSo while the boys are away the girls will play!! We talking about sex toys, orgasms and more.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:Ignoring Jesus has horrible consequences, including drifting awayWe have such a great salvation. Let us thank God for that salvation and His amazing planIt is easy to drift with the current, but it is difficult to return against the stream. Our salvation is a “great salvation,” purchased at a great price. It brings with it great promises and blessings, and it leads to a great inheritance in glory. How can we neglect it?Too many of us take the Bible for granted and neglect it. When we neglect the Bible and prayer, we can easily drift and get out of step with God. Our dependence on God starts to go away.For more information about this show, includes additional notes and details, please visit the show page here or visit our home page at SeekingourGod.comMusicLife of Riley by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3976-life-of-rileyLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

Connect with us on Instagram: @PKintheMorningToday:Mystery Box Monday: Duryan and the octopus! The story of the broken bed (we are NOT proud of this one).Elia and Duryan try to ‘Match Two’ Denise tells you what you unknowingly throw awayWe taste test Duryan's new OreosDuryan tries to tell a joke We play Powerball with our unlucky numbersRemind you to always check the back seat when stealing a carAnd more!BIG THANK YOU to our friends at Texas to Table!-They work directly with local ranchers to deliver USDA Prime and Choice steaks directly to your door.-Use promo code PKandDK at checkout for an extra $10 off your order!-Find them here: https://www.texastotable.co/If you would like to sponsor the show, reach out to us and Duryan will make sure it’s memorable! You can e-mail us at: pk@pkinthemorning.comLaugh with us here or via the links below!

(Feel free to sing along to Hamilton's "You'll Be Back":)You sayYou want to hangout but don’t want to stand six feet awayBut whyWon’t you wear your mask, no matter how much I ask, so goodbye!Why debate?Let’s just say that we’ll play when this COVID19 goes awayWe’re going mad!Ok, I could go on and on making lyrics on this topic, PLUS it’s so fun to sing the king song from Hamilton (da da da da Da!). Oh, if only we all could communicate through musicals – would we ever really have conflict? Think about it. Today’s question is about COVID, Kids, and Hanging out. Here we go… Dear Aimee Zak, Can you share how to explain to your kids that each family is dealing with this Pandemic differently and not to take it personally when a percentage of their friends can’t play or interact? ~ a concerned parent

TKA: The Making of Slipping Through My Hands CPR's Clubhouse The Freestyle Podcast proudly presents TKA: The Making of Slipping Through My Hands. Featuring commentary from TKA, Willie Valentin, A Lisa B and CPR Jose Ortiz CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TKA - SLIPPING THROUGH MY HANDS The Group: TKA - The Greatest Freestyle Group of All Time lends their voice to this instant Freestyle hit already added to FM Radio nationwide sung by Front-man, K7The Writer : A Lisa B, formerly of the group Max-A-Million and writer of Freestyle songs like Rochelle - Praying For An Angel, Issac - In My Heart and her number one Freestyle song of 2018, Legendary, puts her thoughts to paper with this excellent song that is surely to captivate your mind with the catchy hook.The Producer: Willie Valentin has single handed kept Freestyle music alive in the last 25 years being the only Producer to provide opportunities for hundreds of Freestyle Artists a platform to be heardThe Executive Producer: CPR Jose Ortiz is the host of Club House Dance Music on 90.7 FM WTCC in New England and has the number one Freestyle Show in all of Freestyle, CPR's Clubhouse. 2 shows that pride themselves by playing quality Freestyle. CPR is the person who put this project together. TKASLIPPING THROUGH MY HANDSWMBaker Music © 2018   Lying here beside youBut it feels like you’re a world awayWe used to talk for hoursNow you never have that much to say to meCould it be that there’s another loveThat you’d rather see When I try to hold youYou never seem to have the timeWhen you say you loveIt never seems to reach your eyesI can see you changin’I can read between the linesIf it’s really overWhat will I do with my life I can feel your love just slippin’ through my handsTryin’ to hold your hearts like holding on to sandThe thought of losing you is more than I can standI can feel your love just slippin’ through my hands Never saw it comingNow it feels so different when we touchI know our love is realBut now it feels like you need more than I can giveCan we find a way to start againWhere do we begin (Repeat Change & Chorus) Listen to CPR’s Clubhouse Podcast by clicking the links to the following apps: CLICK HERE or CHOOSE FROM THE LIST Itunes PodcastsTuneIn Radio AppGoogle Play Music (Podcasts) iHeartRADIO SPOTIFY 

Throughout the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, we’ve seen an unprecedented and severe encroachment on our civil liberties, more so than ever before. Slowly, our freedoms and our ability to live our lives unmonitored and unfettered is being chipped away.  This isn’t to say there shouldn’t be legitimate government intervention in times of panic. However, we should be worried that what starts out as a seemingly harmless emergency protocol gets manipulated into outright oppression. This doesn’t just affect our day-to-day lives, it affects our money too. When the government has more control than ever, that can reach right into our wallets and threaten our financial freedom.   This is why the times we’re living in are so dangerous, and why we should be protecting  freedom, liberty and equality. How is the government slowly gaining more control over us, and why should this be a concern? In this episode, I talk about these unprecedented times and what they can tell us about the power structures in America.  3 Things We Learned From This Episode   Why money is a vehicle for freedomMoney is the provider for you to live the life you want in a free society. The minute the government taxes you, they restrict that ability. If the extent of the taxation is too big, it takes away your ability to live the life you want.    What makes tax law so important to meTax law is where government control and your money and freedom collide. If we’re not aware of what’s happening, the government’s power will slowly reach into your wallet and compromise your liberty in the process.    How to defend our freedoms as the government tries to take them awayWe need to make our nation better by taking a stand against oppression, unreasonable control and anything that tries to suppress our lives, livelihoods and liberties.

Audio Subscribe on itunes email me new episodes Workshop Slides Having a healthy gut is the strongest foundation for your health. But how do you know if your gut is healthy? Well the good news is, you get a (hopefully daily) report card to tell you exactly how well the food you eat is creating the healthy body you want. Today’s episode is taken from one of my most popular live workshops called Gut in a Rut. There is A LOT of information in this episode and you’ll want to listen more than once. The workbook and all the slides are available when you go to the episode #3 extras at www.drkristinenewman.com/healthier. I suggest listening at least once with both in front of you.We’re going to go through your entire digestive system from top to bottom, looking at: Digestive System Anatomy 6 Digestive Functions4 Tests you can do at home Your daily report card (AKA the anatomy of a perfect poop) - The Chew Test - Stomach Acid Test - Bowel Transit Time Test - Peek Test5 causes of a bad poopThe 4 R’s of your microbiomeTop strategies and tips to optimize your gut health right awayWe covered so much information in this jam-packed, fast-moving workshop. And it will definitely have you covered when it comes to keeping your gut healthy (and out of a rut). Because this was originally a live, interactive workshop there was audience participation that I mostly removed for this recording. If you want to watch the whole thing including the Q&A or if you would like to read along with the transcript go to the episode # 3 extras here: www.drkristinenewman.com/healthierSubscribe & Review in iTunesAre you subscribed to my podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today so you don’t miss any episodes. If you’re not subscribed there’s a good chance you’ll miss out on any bonus episodes I add. Click here to subscribe on iTunes now!Now if you’re feeling extra loving, I would be really grateful if you left me a review over on iTunes too. Those reviews help other people find my podcast and they’re also fun for me to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let me know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you!Prefer to watch the video? Watch Now >> Prefer to read the transcript? Read Now >> Links Mentioned Gut in a Rut WorkbookLiver workshopPosture PerfectSquatty Potty

How Nikki Harman went on a journey from being homeless to practicing mindfulness. Plus the best food for mental clarity.Hi everybody, I'm Barbara Fernandez, the Rocking Raw Chef, here with my Clean Food, Dirty Stories: one to entertain, the other to inspire.I help people stamp out stress, depression and fatigue over at RockingRawChef.com, and today's title is:From Homelessness To MindfulnessIn addition to this story, at the end of this episode I'll share with you the best food for mental clarity and focus. This food literally raises our brain function to its maximum and it's really easy to find.OK enough hints from me, let's get on with the story.I am super excited to be joined here today for our story by Nikki Harman, who has an amazing story to tell. Not only has she been through quite a lot in her life, but what she does now is super exciting as well. So I really can't wait to dive into it, and so let's do it!Nikki welcome to the Clean Food, Dirty Stories podcast!Nikki: Hello! Thank you for having me.Me: You're very welcome!Nikki's storySo you've got quite an incredible story and I'm actually quite honored that you're happy to share it with us and everything. I know that your story, I believe your story begins when your parents split up, is that right? And you were about eleven, is that right?Nikki: Yes, so when I was eleven my parents split up. And at the time just before they split up I was living in a really lovely six-bedroom Victorian house in a nice seaside town. My parents had good jobs and all was going fairly well, but they split up. And because the house we were living in came with the job that my dad had, we lost the house.Me: Oh!Losing everythingNikki: So we lost everything basically. My dad moved to London to go and find work, and my brother, myself and my mom moved into this temporary accommodation, a bed and breakfast.Me: How old was your brother?Nikki: My brother was eight.Me: Sorry?Nikki: I was eleven and he was seven. So it was from the age of eleven to twelve that we were in this temporary accommodation. For a year before we were rehomed into a council flat, so my brother was seven and eight.Me: Wow yeah. What did your father do during this time? Did he just like go to London and not look back, or...?Nikki: He came down when he could. Although he was working most of that time. And I remember only really seeing him every few weeks. Probably every four to six weeks, an occasional day trip down, a Saturday. Most of the time it was just me and my mom and my brother.Me: And so your mom, she wasn't at the time of the split...She was looking after you? Did she have any other work or a job?Nikki: No, she didn't work. It kind of broke her, this whole situation. She wound up having quite a significant mental breakdown over it. She became quite distant and disengaged with us. It was just really quite difficult because I remember what it was like just before we moved out saying goodbye.Packing your life awayWe had two beautiful cats and a couple of cockatiels and we had to rehome them. Just packing all of our belongings, packing everything away. Everything in my room, all my toys, my books, my stereo, my tapes, cassette tapes. All my music, all that kind of stuff, it all had to be put away. And I felt like I was packing away a part of me, really.That was my room, that was just me. So what it must have been like for my mom to pack everything in the house away and not know when next we might see it all.We were told initially that the law is that temporary accommodation means four to six weeks before you are rehomed. Clearly that doesn't happen now and it didn't happen then. And so we didn't really know how long it would be. It was kind of assumed at the time that it would be a short-term thing. But it became clear very quickly that that wasn't going to be the case. So by the time we moved into this room that had just a bed and two bunk beds in...Me: That was the B&B?Nikki: Yes that was in the B&B where we were living, that was where we lived, that was our home. And we were able to use the dining room for breakfast with the other guests, we'd get an evening meal.Life in a B&BBut the B&B itself was quite run down and the people there I think had sort of a prejudiced attitude towards us, because we were council tenants. We weren't normal paying B&B guests, so they treated us quite differently.When there were other guests staying, we got better quality food. But if it was just us, it was very much sugar puffs in the morning, a piece of toast. And then in the evening it was often like a tinned stew or tinned something. It wasn't proper cooked, home-cooked food. Tinned potatoes...They would be as cheap as much as they could. We didn't really have much in the way of quality food.But I was grateful really for having had anything to eat at all, because it was quite the case that we didn't get lunch during the weekends and school holidays because the B&B didn't provide that for us. And my mom didn't have a job, she didn't have money, she didn't have the inclination really to be wanting to do very much in the way of supporting me and my brother. So we'd go quite hungry throughout the days when we were not at school.Me: So how could...I mean, what I don't understand is how could the owner of a B&B have, you know, children in their home who don't have food. You know? Like when you're on school holidays, you're still in the B&B. They still see you every day, they know you haven't eaten anything. And yet they just don't feed you. I don't understand that.Nikki: No, I mean occasionally we'd get a jam sandwich.Me: Yeah. Oh boy.Being kept out of the wayNikki: Something like that. But they weren't like that, they weren't those kind of people. They had their own children anyway. So they were sort of preoccupied with them. They didn't really pay too much attention to us. And actually they didn't want us there. During the day we were kind of kept out of the way. Sometimes we'd be allowed to go and play in the garden with their children.Me: That's what I was going to ask, yeah, if you ever played with their children.Nikki: Yeah, we did, but not very much.Me: Did you have to like stay in the room or something?Nikki: Yeah, we stayed in the room a lot. Me: Wow.Nikki: So it just wasn't a very pleasant experience. And given that we were living in a seaside town....My mom, because of the way she was, didn't want us to go onto the beach. To get to this bed and breakfast we had to walk past the beach. And we were never allowed to go and play on the beach in the summer holidays.Me: Oh that's awful!So close yet so far from the beachNikki: We saw people playing with their sand castles and eating ice cream, and the smell of fish and chips everywhere you went. All these lovely things, and on a hot day just not being able to go on the beach because my mom didn't want us to do that. We would invariably be...we didn't go into town very much because mom didn't want to. But it would be to go into the lauderette to wash our clothes. So we'd sit there and then head back home.I'll never forget that, just not being able to play on the beach. And then having to go and sit in this room on lovely sunny days, and hear about all the real guests in the B&B going off and doing fun stuff. Where they'd been and what they'd been doing. It was all quite difficult.Me: I'll bet. And your mom, I think you said, was she like smoking? What did she do? You said she was like smoking all day or something?Nikki: Yeah, she was a smoker.Me: So you were in one room with a mom smoking all day. Ewww.Nikki: Yeah, not nice.Me: Oh my goodness. And so that lasted a year, yeah?Nikki: Yeah, so what happened...It was a year long in temporary accommodation.A cottage for the winterThe council put us in a what was called a winter let from about November to February time. February March time. So we were moved out of the bed and breakfast and into this tiny, tiny dilapidated, rundown cottage which... It just had frost on the inside of the windows. The only sort of heating was a tiny little fire in the lounge.My brother shared a bed with my mom and then I was in another room. So I was grateful to have my own space. But the sheets were wet from the cold in the house and the condensation.Me: So did you have to like sleep in your coats or something?Nikki: Yeah, it was along those lines. Clothes to put on. But my brother got whooping cough that winter as well, which just made it awful for him.Me: I'll bet.Nikki: The freezing cold and coughing. We could hear him coughing all night and wheezing, it was terrible.Life at schoolMe: And what about...Did you have...I mean, you were presumably going to school, right? How was it with the other kids at school? Did you make friends with anybody?Nikki: No, I became quite withdrawn at school because I didn't know how to begin to explain what was happening. A lot of what was going on at the time my mom didn't want us to talk about because she was ashamed. She'd lost everything. As I say, a single mom in a room, we were in this horrible winter let, no money, no home, her mental health was declining. She just didn't want to engage with anyone. And she's always been like that anyway but that compounded it, that exacerbated it at the time.One of the things she would always tell us was to not talk to other people about what was going on at home. So it was very difficult for me to express how I was feeling. I became very anxious, I was incredibly anxious. Because I just didn't know what to do for the best, and how to make the situation better. I wanted to make things better.Me: And you said you took on a parental role with your younger brother, is that right?Nikki: Yeah, very much so. It was all kind of, yeah, just wanting to make sure he was OK and that mom was alright. I'd be kind of quite hyper vigilant about my mom because I'd be worried that she was OK. So at school I'd just have this worry, and because of that, because of my behavior, my friends became quite distant. They didn't understand and I'd try and explain what was going on and how difficult things were.Homeless even with a roof over your headAnd there was that song, you know, The Streets of London? The song about homelessness. One of my friends at the time, who I'm sure didn't really understand how terrible things were for me at home. But she made a very snide remark about that song that we sang one day in our music class. She said, “Well you think you've got it hard. You should see what it's really like for the proper homeless people on the streets. You're not on the streets so you're not homeless”. It was that kind of attitude that they had.And it made me then think 'well no-one believes me. Maybe I am just making all this up. Maybe it isn't as bad as I think it is'. But actually I knew that things were terrible.I was declining at school, my grades were dropping, my concentration was terrible. As I said, I was always very anxious and worried that something terrible was going to happen.No dad and no moneyMe: And where was your dad during all this time. Because presumably he was working in London so he must have had some money, right?Nikki: Yeah, he had some money, some of it was going to Mum. But obviously he was paying rent on wherever he was living at the time and doing whatever. And my mom, I think because she smoked and she drank... The thing is that she would deny this vehemently now if she were sat here next to me. And I've confronted her about it in the past but she seems to remember that she didn't drink because we had no money. But I can remember her, I can specifically remember her drinking a lot and smoking a lot. So where that money was going I don't know. I had no contact with him really because, you know, mobile phones hadn't been invented, we didn't have a phone. We had the phone at the B&B when we were staying there. And in the winter let there was a phone box down the road that we went to on a Wednesday evening. He would phone us at seven o'clock, phone this phone box number and we would speak to him. But mostly it was my mom wanting to speak to him. So we got a little bit of time to chat then, but he didn't really know the main things that were going on at the time because I didn't want to worry him. I kind of just held it all in, really.Things start to get better at firstMe: And then how did it start to get better? Because I mean eventually I know that you got out of...you got into the council flat. And then after the winter let was that much better? Or how was that different?Nikki: Well after the winter let we moved back into the bed and breakfast again for about another four months.Me: A different one, yeah?Nikki: Back into the same one. Me: The same one? Oh!Nikki: The same place. Bar one week where they'd been booked so we stayed in the bed and breakfast next door which was lovely. The loveliest people there who cared for us and they were genuinely interested in what we were doing. And it was so sad to then have to go back next door after that. But yeah we were there until June eighty-seven.And then we moved to this beautiful, lovely, I say council flat. But it was like a Victorian building with beautiful views over the sea and large rooms everywhere. A very spacious flat. It was like the best sort of place you can imagine after being stuck in a B&B and a winter let to be able to have our own bedroom and our own space and all that kind of stuff.Me: Did the food situation get better at that point?Nikki: Not initially because Mum still didn't work. She was pleased that we were out of the bed and breakfast, but at that point the divorce started to come through. And so she was still going through her issues and she took quite a decline in her depression and her depressed state. I became increasingly worried about her.A harrowing trip home from schoolMe: Were you afraid that she might, you know, take her own life or something?Nikki: Well she did try once when she picked us up from school in her car.Me: With you in the car?Nikki: With us in the car, yeah. She would often be smelling of alcohol when she picked us up and sometimes she would be taking temazepan. So sometimes she would be quite drowsy at the wheel. I can remember having to kind of steer the car back on the road because she was kind of swerving a bit in and out.Me; That must have been scary.Nikki: It was very scary. But one particular day she was very agitated and upset about something. And when we drove back she took us on a different route to the way back home. We were going up some country roads and there was a coach in front of us. And she started putting her foot down and speeding up trying to get closer to this coach. She then just announced, “How would you like to go to heaven, kids?”Me: Oh wow.Nikki: And we both started screaming. I sat in the front and my brother was in the back.Me: How old were you then?Nikki: I was twelve at that point and my brother was eight. And I was turning to face my mom and holding my brother's hand in the back seat to try and reassure him. Putting my hand on my mom's arm to try and stop her, and shouting at her to stop and slow down. Just asking her to kind of know that we loved her, we didn't want to die, we wanted to help her and other people wanted to help her.Trying to think like an adultI can distinctly remember trying to think, 'What would an adult say if they were in this car now? What would an adult do to fix this problem?' That's what I remember thinking at the time, what would they do. So I was trying to knock the car out of gear to see if I couldn't do that... I was just pulling at her frantically, and something made her slow down.Me: Wow.Nikki: We headed back home, back into town. But she blamed us, that at that point it was all our fault that she was still alive because she wanted to die. Saying she'd never forgive us and all this kind of stuff that was just pointless.Me: Well and it made it doubly hard for you, right?Nikki: It did, but I just felt so worried for my mom. And when we got back, she then said, “Don't tell anybody that this happened. If you tell anybody, then you'll get taken away from me”.Me: Well you would, yeah.Nikki: I didn't, I didn't say anything.Back on solid groundBut I do remember getting out of the car and touching the ground with my hands. I had to have the front and the back of my hands on the ground because I felt like I'd gone to jelly at that point. The adrenalin had worn off and I was in shock. I just needed contact with the ground to know that I was safe. And then we went off into the garden and she went upstairs and it was never mentioned again. And, you know, again, trying to get my head round all of that with her...Me: Wow.Nikki: She denies that it ever happened, she doesn't remember it. Well she does, I'm sure she must have some recollection of that time in her life. But so she was very depressed.And then going into that flat, although it was great because we had our own space, it just increased our isolation. Because what happened was that she just locked herself away. And because it was coming up to the summer holidays again in eighty-seven, she just hid herself away and me and my brother were in the same situation. Looking after ourselves, and no food in the cupboards. Only what was packed from when we were living in our house, so we were basically helping ourselves.Foraging for foodThis might sound really disgusting, but we'd be really, really hungry and be raiding the cupboards and finding chocolate powder. We'd just eat spoonfuls of dried cocoa powder, chocolate powder. And golden syrup, mixing it with golden syrup to make like a yucky paste just to get something into us. We'd have cereal in the mornings and in the evenings a very basic meal that Mum might come out and make. But she often kind of forgot about us because she was in her own world of depression.Things were very difficult for a long, long time and slowly things improved. Slowly things got better for her and subsequently got better for us. She got herself a job...Me: And how do you think things got better? Like was there any specific thing that started to happen? Or was it just like time healing things?Nikki: I think possibly the fact that there were people...she was on someone's radar. I think one of the local church groups had found her and were trying to connect with her and make contact with her and just try to help her through her darkest days. And I do remember them coming round to see her and she wasn't that bothered by them particularly. But there was somebody there for her to talk to and that was the most important thing that she needed at that time, was an adult.Me: An adult, yeah.Nikki: And it was the most important thing for me and my brother because that meant that someone else was there to share our burden.Me: Oh yeah definitely, you didn't have to be the adult anymore, yeah. Wow.A slow recovery with people to talk toNikki: So it was just a very slow, gradual process. And then she met somebody and things got better from that perspective. You know, her self-esteem improved and she came out of her depression and got on an even footing. But it was over a very long period of time, it took a good...I'd say it took a good twelve to eighteen months for her to get herself on an even keel.Me: Well still though compared to some people that...I mean I know it wouldn't...it didn't feel quick to you, but if I hear twelve to eighteen months, like there are a lot of people that stay in the situation she was in for years and years. So it's a blessing that at least, you know, as horrible as it was, at least she did get out of it eventually, right?Nikki: She did. My mom's a very complex character and I'm not in contact with her anymore because of just the way she's behaved and treated me. And it's a very complex relationship that I have with her, but she never really wanted me. That was the basic...I kind of grew up with that knowledge that she wished I'd never been born. She would often say that to me. And she would often say, “I can't wait till you're eighteen so you can leave home” or “I wish you'd never been born”. You know, those kind of things would come up quite a lot.Trying to do the right thingBut I've always tried to do the right thing. I've always tried to be there and to be the model child that she wanted me to be. I was never good enough for her in her eyes, things like that. It was never going to work. My mom has taught me to be a good parent but by knowing the right way to do stuff rather than the wrong way to care for your children.Me: Yeah. For sure.Starting a businessWhat prompted you to start your business? Was it one incident in particular?Nikki: Well I'd started meditating twenty years ago after I qualified as a nurse. And I found that meditation worked really well for stress and for coping with everything that was going on. As a nurse in a busy hospital you see all sorts of things that affected me. I was quite affected by some of the things and I found that meditation was a really good tool. And when I was going through the difficult period with my husband before the divorce, before I made the decision to end the marriage I was trying to save it. Using meditation as a method of trying to keep my sanity and work through things.And I decided one of the outlets of doing that was writing a course to teach adults how to meditate. That's when I began. I started having groups of people round to teach my four-week course as an introduction into mindfulness and meditation and then it developed from there.My motivator for me when the marriage ended in 2014 was to put my energies into the business and into helping others go through difficult periods in their life by using meditation and mindfulness as a tool.Getting out of your comfort zoneSo I wrote a book called The Gem In The Dust which is about just sort of finding your light within you through whatever difficult period you're having to be able to... Imagine you're sitting in a ragged old sofa and you've got comfortable. You've found your groove in the sofa. And you have to make that choice one day. Whether or not to stay in that groove or to stand up and be uncomfortable for a while and push yourself out of your comfort zone to find out what's really going to work for you. Because you can sit and pretend all you like that your life is good, that your life is happy. But you know that somewhere inside you there's something not quite right. Or eating away at you slowly. Or making you depressed, or anxious or worried or fearful of change. Ultimately you can't ignore that.So The Gem In The Dust is about just being able to find that within you. That power within you to make changes in your life for the positive, for the good. And so I wrote the book and wrote a six-week course to go with it and now teach people that as well.Me: So is the book and the course...those are available from your website, right?Nikki: The book hasn't been published yet, I'm still looking for an author. I can teach the course and I've got my manuscript and I've kind of put it on a back burner for a little while. But I do need to get going with pushing it again and either self publishing or go down a publisher route. Because I want it to work, I want to get it published and I want to reach out to these people.Giving herself therapy by helping othersSo that was enabling me and kind of giving myself therapy throughout the whole sorry tale really of going through that period in my life. That's how the business started.Me: And then now you said that you're doing really amazing things with children, can you say a little bit about that?Nikki: Yeah, I love working with children. I became a Connected Kids tutor and trainer. Connected Kids is founded by this amazing woman called Lorraine Murray who started teaching the courses about twelve years ago. There are three levels and I did the first level which was just a one-day introduction into teaching kids meditation and loved it.I realized that my true passion was working with kids to teach them how to connect with themselves, how to regulate their emotions, how to understand their own world within them and make sense of the world around them and make empathic connections with others. And Lorraine Murray calls us the Peace Pioneers, you know, the people trying to generate peace and harmony and balance into our own world with kids as well. I then went off and became a tutor and then did the trainer module so I now teach adults how to teach children meditation through the Connected Kids courses.Nursing and mindfulnessAnd through my work as a nurse I'm incredibly passionate again about making mindfulness part of the clinical toolkit that we as healthcare professionals can use with children in hospitals and hospices and wherever. I did the introduction course, the Connected Kids introductory course specifically for healthcare workers who work with children in the clinical setting. So I'm hoping to get that running, get that off the ground quite soon. I'm just waiting for someone to take me up on it so that I can start teaching it. Because it does work, I've seen amazing results from teaching kids how to meditate and how to use mindfulness in their lives.Me: Yeah, I mean I think...one of the things that...another thing that really struck me with your story was some of the reasons why you wanted to share this story. And I would love if you would share those because I think it's really important.Nikki: My passion is about helping kids to develop resilience. To learn to be more emotionally connected to themselves and those around them. And to teach adults how to make that connection with their kids or the children that they work with.Being open about mental health issuesMe: But I mean you've also got reasons for sharing your personal story, right? I think you said something about breaking down barriers and addressing the sense of shame that comes... Do you want to say anything around that?Nikki: Yeah, I'm quite open about discussing these things. Because the more it's buried, the more mental ill health is hidden away, the more difficult it becomes to deal with it. And the more difficult it becomes to address it. I want to break down those barriers to reduce that stigma of mental illness. And to accept that it's OK to have a mental health problem. It's not something to be ashamed of. And the more you reach out and access help, the better your chances of recovering and getting treatment are for the problems that you've got. So the worst thing that anybody can do is to pull the shutters down and hide away and pretend that there's nothing wrong.Me: For sure.Where to find NikkiAnd so where can people go to find out more about you and what you're doing? I mean I'll put the links below obviously but it would be good if you could mention where they can find you.Nikki: Sure, well my website is inner space project dot com. And I'm also on Facebook, so it's Facebook dot com forward slash inner space project. I'm on Twitter as at the mindful nurse. So they've got those places they can find me and my website will have all the information about the courses I'm doing. I've got my blog as well which I write on which is inner orange dot blogspot dot com. That has a lot of my personal story on there and how it relates to meditation and mindfulness and wellbeing. But there's also a lot of information about meditation and mindfulness as well. And videos that I put up on there from time to time that you can watch too. So yeah, those are places you can find me.Me: Super! OK.Nikki's Food For Thought campaignOh and there's one last thing that we didn't actually mention, which was you're involved with something called food for thought?Nikki: Yes, Food For Thought is a campaign that I've started in the run up to the summer holidays. Based on again my own personal experience of homelessness where we just sort of... Just seeing the rise in the number of families that are accessing food banks and the 3-day emergency food parcels. They're really in food crisis... This goes up over the summer holidays because kids aren't getting their free school meals. And they're often missing meals as a result. Or families are working extra hard because they've got to pay childcare costs. So things like that. They're turning more to food banks than ever before.So the Food For Thought campaign is about raising that awareness and asking people just to donate something to put into their local food bank the next time they go shopping. Or to find their local churches who will be... most around the country do some sort of food collection for food banks.Finding a Food Bank near youMe: And so what's the best link? I'll link to Food Bank in the notes, but what would the url be for that?Nikki: Well there's the Trussell Trust which is a charity that do food banks. They've got four hundred and twenty food banks around the country. So that's one of them.Me: OK so people could just Google 'food banks', right? With their locality and then they would find the nearest food bank.Nikki: Food banks. That's right.Me: OK so that's probably the easiest way. Super! Well thank you so much for being here to share your story Nikki, I really appreciate it.Nikki: Thank you for listening.Me: You're very welcome. I mean I think what you're doing now is very amazing. I think it's so important to help kids be more resilient and self-confident and, you know, it's good for everybody really. But it's particularly nice for children.Thank you thank you! Bye for now!Nikki: You're welcome.The best food for mental claritySo, I mentioned at the beginning of this episode that I'd share with you the best food for mental clarity. And that food is dark, leafy greens!The reason I mention dark, leafy greens is because they contain a lot of a particular element that is really important in many a food for mental clarity. That element is chlorophyll.Chlorophyll is said by some to be the 'blood' of plants. Because it's the green power that plants get by basically absorbing sunlight. So by taking in chlorophyll, you're literally taking in the energy of the sun.You can find chlorophyll not only in dark leafy greens, but also in superfoods like blue-green algae, spirulina, chlorella and wheatgrass, all of which have a very concentrated level of nutrients that really ramp up the oxygen levels in the body. They therefore are excellent foods to keep our minds sharp, focused and clear, so if you're faced with difficult decisions for example, these foods can literally help you focus.Many other benefits of chlorophyllNow I think you won't be surprised when I tell you that chlorophyll is good for so many things, it's ridiculous. I mean, if you've ever Googled 'help with' followed by any kind of health ailment or condition, chances are you've seen dark leafy greens listed as one of the foods to eat, because of their levels of chlorophyll. They're good for just about everything from arthritis, toxicity, cancer, digestive issues, oral health and more. I'll link to an article in the show notes that goes into more detail if you'd like to read more.How you eat leafy greens for more chlorophyllAs to how you eat these lovely green leaves, well salad is the obvious answer...but of course you can also blend a handful of spinach, kale, chard or other mild greens with some fruit to make a green smoothie. It doesn't have to taste green, and this is a great way to get greens into people who otherwise wouldn't eat them.I've got lots of recipes that use greens in my 5-Minute recipe ebooks, which I'll link to in the show notes as well.Have YOU got a story to share?Which brings us to the end of this week's story. I hope you enjoyed it!And of course if you've got a true story to share (and you'd like to know what food could have saved the day or enhanced your particular situation), I'd love to hear from you! Got a question, or a comment?Got a question, or a comment? Pop a note below in the comments, that would be awesome. You can also subscribe to the podcast to listen 'on the go' in iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn.I hope you have an amazing day. Thank you so much for being here with me to share in my Clean Food, Dirty Stories. Bye for now!RESOURCESMore about chlorophyll here: https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/other/health-benefits-of-chlorophyll.html5-Minute Mains and other recipe ebooks: https://rockingrawchef.com/5-minute-recipes/To find your local Food Bank (in the UK): https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-help/find-a-foodbank/About Nikki HarmanNikki Harman is a mindfulness coach, Connected Kids™ children's mindfulness tutor and trainer, and registered general nurse (RGN) working part time in the NHS. Specialising in working with children, Nikki has worked successfully with her clients. She also teaches adults to explore how to move out of their comfort zone to achieve a goal or dream. Her blog is based on professional information, mixed with personal experience. Nikki has written a course for healthcare professionals who work with children in the clinical environment to teach mindfulness techniques as part of their toolkit.www.innerspaceproject.comwww.innerorange.blogspot.comTwitter https://twitter.com/themindfulnurse Facebook https://www.facebook.com/innerspaceproject/

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