Podcasts about Bali

This episode has been one of the most requested since I first mentioned I was in a relationship.I received a psychic message about a man with a sparkle in his eyes. 12 days later I met him at a Joe Dispenza retreat in Cancun. He had been single for 10 years and had nearly given up on love entirely. We both hit rock bottom the same year in different countries. We both moved back in with our moms. We both wrote a list.Then the universe put us in the same room.In this episode Sinclair and I sit down and tell the full story, from our individual rock bottoms all the way to how we ended up together in Bali.If you are in a season of waiting and wondering if love is coming for you, I recorded this one with you in mindhttps://sinclair-fischer-gray.kit.com/products/3-day-water-fastHis profile - https://www.instagram.com/sinclairfischergray/✨ ALIGNMENT ACADEMY PODCAST

Had an AHA or Insight? Share it:Tarkan Salar on Living Inside an Unfinished TransformationTarkan Salar did not lose his business. He dismantled it. Deliberately, painfully, over eighteen months, canceling contracts, unwinding supplier relationships, letting go of nearly 2,000 employees, absorbing millions in losses, all while his marriage fell apart, his father died, and the people closest to him told him he was making a mistake.He had built a $50Mill dollar fashion company supplying H&M and major European retailers. Family members were on payroll. His identity, his relationships, his entire world was wrapped inside that company. He walked away from all of it because he could not do it anymore. He had no plan. He had a one-way ticket to Bali and left it all behind.The hustle part is done. What has not arrived yet is everything else.The people he thought were friends turned away the moment he stopped being useful. The family members he had carried for years are still angry. And Tarkan is in what he calls the void, no identity, no clear purpose, no confirmation that any of it is going to lead somewhere worth going. The next chapter is not here. He is living in the gap.In this conversation, Tarkan shares what it looks like to be inside that gap right now. The Sufism framework that helps him make sense of why everything was taken away. The 5am Club audiobook that cracked something open in Bali. The 12,000 hours of self-development that have compounded into something he is still learning how to bring into the world. And the honest admission that he does not know what comes next.Beate brings her own rawness to this one. Two people in the exact same spot, on different parts of the world, mapping the terrain of an unfinished transformation together.About Tarkan Salar.Tarkan Salar, is a consumer brand strategist, inventor, and operator with 26+ years building and scaling global fashion and consumer goods brands.Connect with Tarkan SalarWebsite| LinkedIn |Instagram_____________________We appreciate you, thank you for listening. Let us know in the comments what resonated in this episode, we want to hear from you. Leave a comment, like, share with one person who needs to hear the message our guest shared. Take our QUIZ and find out what your talent is worth in this market:  What's Your Talent Worth (http://WhatsYourTalentWorth.com)Follow us on Instagram:Check us out on Tik Tok: Work With Us

I've spent a lot of this AI series talking about business, workflows, automation, offers, and all the ways AI can help you work smarter. But over the last few weeks, I've noticed something else happening.AI has quietly started becoming part of how I actually live.Not in some futuristic robot assistant kind of way. More in these surprisingly practical, everyday moments where it's helping me make better decisions, reduce friction, stay more intentional, and honestly just feel more supported in the way I run my life.And the more I've experimented with it, the more I've realized this: most people are still thinking about AI as a work tool. Something you open when you need help writing content or brainstorming ideas.But the real shift happens when you start using it as a life operating system.That's what this episode is about.I'm sharing three very personal ways I've been using AI recently: how we used it to navigate our move to Bali, how it became my HYROX training partner and race strategist, and how I built my own macro tracker to finally understand what my body actually needs in this season of life.And weirdly? None of these examples are really about technology.They're about reducing friction, creating better systems, and becoming more intentional about how you live.Because I genuinely think the people who get the most out of AI won't just use it to work faster.They'll use it to live better.What You'll Learn:How I built my own macro tracker with Claude Code using my actual DEXA scan results and why it's the only tracking method that has ever stuck for meHow I used AI as my training partner, analyst and race strategist for HYROX and shaved 26 minutes off my solo race timeThe Bali life operating system Josh built in a GitHub repo and why it's one of the most genuinely useful things we've ever done as a familyWhy AI compounding is real and what it looks like when you apply it to your life, not just your workWhy none of this required technical skills, just clarity about what I wanted and the willingness to ask Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to install the AI-powered client acquisition machine that books 5-20 high-value clients/month. Watch the full breakdown → https://wearetherainmakers.com/demowatch gem: $2,200/hr consulting → $1. Test drive the full Rainmakers OS (AI agents + 161 playbooks + 24/7 VirtualChris) → https://wearetherainmakers.com/testdrive One coach did $318K in 30 days. Another did $566K with zero ad spend. A new coach signed 101 clients with 600 Instagram followers. Your BS detector went off. Good. In this video I'm pulling up my Mac and we're doing the research together. Real clients. Real numbers. Real proof you can verify yourself. If we're just meeting for the first time… I'm Chris Dufey, founder of The Rainmakers. We build full marketing ecosystems for coaches and consultants. So they can make $1M/yr working just 2-4hrs a day. I've built and sold a multi-7-figure coaching business, been behind the scenes of 7, 8, and 9-figure online businesses, and right now we're deep in the trenches building AI-powered systems that actually move the needle. I started sleeping on a couch with my baby daughter, wondering how I'd make rent. Built my first business to multi-7-figures, sold it, Then spent years getting paid $25K/month retainers to fix some of the biggest info-businesses on the planet. Scaled my consulting offer to $1M/year in 63 days. Launched an agency, took it to $200K/month in under 90 days, Then burned it all down because "bigger" doesn't always mean "better." Now I live between Bali and Australia with my four daughters, wife and dog. This channel is for founders who want simple, scalable businesses that buy back time with proven systems that just work. Subscribe, or drop a comment. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisdufey Substack: https://chrisdufey.substack.com/ Website: https://chrisdufey.com Website: https://wearetherainmakers.com

Less than a year ago, Jess was commuting to her healthcare job in Australia, feeling exhausted, overworked, and secretly wondering if there had to be more to life than the traditional path.Now?She's in Bali ( recording with me in a live studio) building her own location-independent business, signing clients online, working from her laptop, and literally on the cusp of fully replacing her income.The craziest part is that Jess didn't start out knowing anything about marketing, sales, entrepreneurship, or online business. But she did take the leap and invested in herself to jumpstart her digital nomad life she was dreaming about. She decided to stop letting her limiting beliefs run the show… everything started changing FAST.Today we are talking about: what it actually feels like to become a digital nomad  the identity shift that happens when you quit your job and start working for yourself  why “good jobs” can still feel deeply misaligned  overcoming fear of failure AND fear of success  building a business that supports your energy instead of draining it  how to create a life where you can get paid to travel  why healthcare workers are often secretly amazing entrepreneurs  employee mindset vs entrepreneur mindset  creating freedom without needing to completely burn your life down Jess also explains:  How she was feeling emotionally drained from back-to-back client work  why she never felt like she fully fit into the traditional system  the moment she realized remote work could actually be HER reality  what it's like to finally experience true flexibility and freedom  how entrepreneurship completely changed the way she thinks Things We Talk About In This Episode: Becoming a digital nomad in healthcare  Starting a remote business from scratch  Quitting a traditional career  Building a location-independent life  How to get paid to travel  Entrepreneurship and ADHD  Burnout from 9-5 work  Creating freedom through online business  Limiting beliefs around success  Why remote work changes your entire life Connect with Jess: Follow Jess and her journey here:@jess_mercieca

On this episode of The Loverly Wedding Podcast, Claudia and Stephen share their journey from decade-long friendship to engagement, including the turning point that brought them together, Stephen's elaborate surprise proposal in Bali, and their plans for an unconventional Philadelphia wedding filled with live music and unforgettable moments.   Follow Claudia on Instagram- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/clauddworld/   Planning a wedding? It's time to plan smarter with Loverly's free wedding planning platform. From comprehensive ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wedding checklists⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠guest list management⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vendor manager,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ we've got everything you need to make your special day unforgettable. Let's be friends! Follow us on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Loverly⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Loverly⁠⁠

Neill Kramer shares his journey from Silicon Valley to Bali, highlighting his expertise in international real estate development, cost-effective construction, and navigating local regulations. Discover how his unique perspective as an American expat enables profitable projects in Bali's exotic market.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true 'white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a "mini-mastermind" with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming "Retreat", either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas "Big H Ranch"? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

What happens when you don't eat for 40 days? Sinclair Fisher Grey has done it, and it completely changed his life.In this episode, Sinclair shares how a back injury that wouldn't heal for 8 years led him down the rabbit hole of water fasting, dry fasting, and detoxification. He talks about the parasites that came out of his body on day 10, the emotional breakthroughs that cracked him open in a Bali jungle, and why healing is about so much more than just not eating.We get into who should and shouldn't fast, how to properly break a fast, the role your nervous system plays in healing, and why doing the inner work matters just as much as the physical detox.3 day guided water fast -https://sinclair-fischer-gray.kit.com/products/3-day-water-fastHis profile - https://www.instagram.com/sinclairfischergray/✨ ALIGNMENT ACADEMY PODCAST

I'm going to Bali — and this episode is releasing the day we fly out. I wanted you right at the beginning with me! I recorded this just a few days before leaving, and this isn't a travel tips episode. It's a soul-level send-off. I'm sharing my spiritual intentions for the journey, what the astrology is indicating for this specific trip, and something called astrocartography — the astrology of places — and what it's pointing to for both me and my travel companion for this specific location. I'll walk you through the four areas we're moving through on the island, what the energy of each one feels like, and what we might experience in each. Plus I'm sharing the tools so you can look up your own astrocartography for your upcoming travel or even just where you live right now — it's one of those things you won't be able to unsee.And I'll leave you with a little something to sit with while I'm away.The full recap is coming when we get back. But first — come with me to the beginning.Show Notes: Episodes mentioned: Who Are You Living Into Next — https://www.joyfulmedium.com/blog/who-are-you-living-into-next-my-intuition-called-me-outAstrocartography tool: astrochart.co Astrology resource: cafeastrology.comGet Joy's Free "Sign Magnet" 3 Day Mini Course HERE https://www.joyfulmedium.com/sign-magnetJoy's Website: www.joyfulmedium.comInstagram: @JoyfulMediumTikTok: @JoyfulMediumFacebook: @JoyfulMediumFacebook Group: Joy's Soul SpaYouTube: Psychic Medium Joy Giovanni 

¿Están muriendo YouTube, Instagram y las redes sociales… o simplemente nos estamos quedando viejos para el juego?En este podcast reflexiono sobre algo que llevo tiempo viendo: las visualizaciones caen, los creadores de siempre ya no tienen los números de antes y muchos sentimos que estamos haciendo “todo bien”… pero ya no funciona igual.Y entonces aparecen los nuevos creadores: jóvenes, tatuados, con una edición brutal, planos imposibles, mucha dopamina, viajes a Bali, Tailandia, Indonesia y un “bro” delante de cada frase… y lo revientan.No lo digo desde la crítica, sino desde una mezcla de admiración, envidia sana y preocupación. Porque quizá el problema no es el algoritmo. Quizá el problema es que las reglas han cambiado y algunos nos hemos convertido en dinosaurios digitales.En este episodio hablo de creadores de contenido, edad, dopamina, marca personal, desgaste, visualizaciones, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok y de una pregunta incómoda:¿tenemos que adaptarnos a este nuevo estilo o seguir siendo fieles a nuestro público?Me interesa mucho vuestra opinión:¿hay que entrar en el juego de la dopamina extrema?¿los creadores veteranos tienen fecha de caducidad?¿o simplemente cada uno tiene que aceptar su nicho?Déjamelo en comentarios, porque este melón está muy abierto.**COMPRA EN FOTOK desde este enlace y pon el cupón GABELLIFTK en tu carrito de la compra para llevarte un regalo.WEB FOTOK: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fotok.es/?aff=y206⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠___________________WEBS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.rubengabelli.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fotografodecomida.es⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUTUBE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cutt.ly/ft3QEHF ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PATREON: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/RubenGabelli ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM: @rubengabelli

Thomas Massie just got primaried out, and it cost the most money ever spent on a primary. $32.6 million in ad buys. A guy hand-picked by Trump comes out of nowhere and takes the seat. Massie voted with the administration 77% of the time. His sin was the Epstein files. So we get into it. We talk about getting that kind of money out of elections, and why the people who could fix it never will. We talk about AIPAC, foreign influence, and whether the question changes if you swap Israel for Egypt or China. Michael walks through where his generation is landing on all of it. Then it gets lighter. Two F-18s mate mid-air and four guys punch out. A man hops a fence at Denver International and walks onto an active runway. A tourist throws rocks at a seal in Hawaii and finds out. And we close on a criminal monkey gang in Bali running a sunglasses-for-snacks racket. Heavy up front. Stupid in the middle. Monkeys at the end. Join the Cleared Hot Newsletter: https://www.clearedhotpodcast.com Today's Sponsors: Firecracker Farm: https://www.firecracker.farm  

Prices are up. Budgets are tighter. And people are making some surprising choices about what stays and what goes. The woman skipping the new laptop and the graduation dress is still booked for a Disney cruise, a Bruno Mars concert, and a trip to Lake Erie. It turns out inflation doesn't just squeeze your wallet -- it forces a conversation about what you actually value. Joe, OG, Paula Pant, and Doc G dig into where people are drawing the line, why experiences outlast stuff in the happiness research, and what each of them refuses to give up no matter what.What You'll Walk Away WithWhy people cut the easy stuff first -- and why that strategy relieves anxiety without actually solving the budget problemThe research behind experiences vs. stuff: why the memory of a trip gets rosier over time while objects depreciate in more ways than oneDoc G's spending happiness continuum -- from stuff to experiences to becoming a better version of yourself, and why the last one costs the leastWhy OG's DoorDash experiment was a two out of ten in year-to-date success -- and why four people pulling the rudder in the other direction mattersThe "build from zero" budget reframe that feels more empowering than cutting from the top downOne roundtable member's rule that nothing is ever truly off the table when cash gets tight -- including the house and the private schoolWhat each panelist will never go cheap on -- and one answer involving prescription medications that lands differently than you'd expectThe expenses that are dead to each of them -- and where Joe, OG, Paula, and Doc G land on first class flights and DoorDashWhy the client who cut all Christmas spending had the best holiday season of their lifePapa John's quarterly earnings data that tells you exactly how inflation is changing behavior at the menu levelWhy This Matters NowIf you're in your 40s and you've started quietly trimming things -- streaming services, delivery apps, clothing budgets -- but haven't touched the bigger stuff, this episode names what's actually happening. The question isn't whether to cut. It's whether the things you're cutting are the ones that matter least. That's a values conversation, not a math conversation, and this roundtable is one of the better ones the basement has had.From the BasementJoe, OG, Paula Pant, and Doc G dig into a Wall Street Journal piece on how Americans are changing their spending habits -- and the conversation quickly becomes about what money is actually for. OG reports that his attempt to eliminate DoorDash from the family budget has been going poorly. Doc G went to Bali in coach. The year-long trivia competition takes a dramatic turn as OG's precise mathematical reasoning leads everyone to the wrong answer -- and Doc G wins by going lower. Johnny Carson's guest host strategy turns out to be the missing variable nobody accounted for.Resources MentionedWall Street Journal -- "Where Americans Are Drawing the Line on Price Increases" by Rachel Wolff; linked at stackingbenjamins.comAfford Anything podcast -- Paula Pant; Joe joins most Tuesdays for listener Q&AEarn and Invest podcast -- Doc G (Jordan Grumet); recent episode with Carrie Jorn Grimes on The Joy of MoneyStacking Benjamins Vault -- stackingbenjamins.com/vaultStacking Benjamins Community -- stackingbenjamins.com/basementSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this B-side episode, host Jesse Jackson talks with electro-punk pioneer Peter Pepper, calling from Shibuya, Tokyo, about growing up in rural Florida feeling alienated, discovering punk and industrial music, and channeling creativity through early audio editing into a music career. Peter shares how playing the State Theatre in St. Petersburg became a breakthrough moment, how “electro-punk” emerged organically around 1999–2001, and stories from touring, including Asbury Park's Stone Pony in 2001 and a later tour moment with Wes Borland. They discuss the realities of life on the road, modern pressures of permanent online records, and how a friend's recommendation led Peter to build a life between Japan and Bali. Peter previews his May 20 release “We're From Florida” and a forthcoming blues project, then answers Jesse's “Mary question” about Thunder Road. https://www.peterpepper.net/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/3PWK1iZunlFBPGG5CMpMh0?si=b9tXZRimTXqSUIeILG5Crg 00:00 B-Side Welcome 00:49 Meet Peter Pepper 02:00 Florida Roots 04:01 Finding Punk Scene 05:37 Outsider Identity 12:43 Creative Awakening 15:08 Learning By Doing 18:37 Creating In Public 22:40 First Big Break 27:18 Electro Punk Origins 29:50 Building Electro Punk 32:37 Labels And Movements 33:45 Stone Pony Ghost Town 38:44 Wes Borland Moment 41:21 Tour Life Offstage 44:03 Why Japan Became Home 48:28 New Music Plans 50:29 Thunder Road Mary Question 52:44 Goodbyes And Housekeeping Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My team builds you a $167K/month client machine in 8 weeks. You just approve it. Interested? → https://wearetherainmakers.com/demowatch In this video, I'm taking you inside a private consulting session with one of our clients, breaking down his exact funnel, his real numbers, and the three highest-leverage moves that will take him from consistent to completely dialed in. -- Ok, quick intro if we haven't met. I'm Chris Dufey. I run The Rainmakers. We help coaches and consultants do $1M/yr working 2-4 hours a day. Couple years ago I was sleeping on a couch. Wife pregnant. Daughter on the way. She showed up on time. I did not. Fast forward — 4 kids, two houses (Bali + Australia), sold my last company. Now I get to be the guy behind the scenes of some of the best online businesses on the internet. And still do school pickup. Still surf on Tuesdays. Nothing glamorous about it. That's kinda the whole point. The speedrun of how I got here: 18 — Got into personal training. I was the fat kid. Wanted abs. Wanted girls to notice. Whatever, it worked. 21 — Ran a PT agency across Sydney gyms. 25 — Moved to Dubai. First kid. Discovered that new dads can survive on vibes and espresso alone. 27 — Moved to Bali to "start an online business." Translation: I had no idea what I was doing. 28 — Launched a supplement company. Blew it up. (Not proud. Not hiding it.) 29 — Accidentally became a business coach because PTs kept asking how I was living abroad. 31 — Founded Coaches Cartel — coaching + software + virtual teams for fitness pros. 34 — Became a dad of four. 10/10 do not recommend doing this and running a business simultaneously unless you like chaos. 35 — Sold the coaching business. Multi-7-figures. 36 — Started consulting 6/7/8-figure CEOs. $25K/month retainers. Weird flex but ok. 38 — Started The Rainmakers. Today — my team and I build the machines behind some of the best operators online. P.S. — talking to a camera all day gets old. Drop a comment. Ask me something. Disagree with me. Whatever. I actually read them. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisdufey Substack: https://chrisdufey.substack.com/ Website: https://chrisdufey.com Website: https://wearetherainmakers.com

This week on the podcast, you'll hear from an agent who defied all the rules of real estate and came back more profitable than ever.    At just 30 years old, Avi Becker of Santa Barbara, CA, has already scaled to $30 million in annual production. But after reaching the top, he did the unthinkable: he bought a one-way ticket to Bali and spent 11 months traveling.    Now, he's back, going solo, and proving that stepping away can be a shockingly profitable decision.    You're about to learn the mindset and tactical shifts required to build a high-level business that funds your wildest dreams instead of consuming them.   In this episode, you'll learn: The Sabbatical Strategy: Why Avi took 11 months off to travel the world and how he prepared his business to survive it. The "Meeting the Parents" Hack: A genius charisma trick for open houses that turns cold visitors into lifelong clients. The Long Game: How a $10.6 million luxury deal took five years of consistent, low-pressure follow-up to close. The Value-Add Listing Strategy: How taking a seller to see a neighbor's open house secured a $2 million listing over the competition. Mindset Over Fear: The meditation and mental reframing techniques used to turn the "fear of going solo" into pure excitement. The $5,000 Charity Bet: The exact prospecting discipline Avi uses to ensure his "reset year" hits $23 million.   Avi's success wasn't an accident. It was built through the structure of Tom Ferry coaching. Ready to build a business that actually supports the life you want? Schedule a free call with a Tom Ferry consultant to see if coaching is your next step.

What if gratitude became something you could actually see throughout your day?In this episode, I share how living in Bali completely transformed the way I experience gratitude, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, and appreciation in everyday life. What started as a journaling practice slowly became something much deeper, visual, emotional, and unexpectedly grounding.This conversation explores small daily rituals, emotional awareness, entitlement versus gratitude, and how tiny conscious pauses can shift the energy we carry through our lives.What could become your personal reminder to pause and appreciate what's already here?Related Episodes to Explore:• 173: Why Slowing Down Feels So Uncomfortable - ⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/2tFA4XTlYUM⁠⁠⁠• 171: The Daily Pleasure without guilt That Changed My Mornings - https://youtu.be/LO_1ln2eS5c

In this episode of the Tough Girl Podcast, we meet Chloe Stead — 42 years old and currently living in a rustic tiny shack in the bush in Tasmania with her husband — but her journey to this simple life has been anything but ordinary. Since 2008, Chloe has been living a travelling, nomadic lifestyle. After leaving school at 18 to join the Navy and later working in health and safety in Perth, Australia, she reached a quiet breaking point while staying at the Whim Creek Hotel in 2006. A simple but powerful thought surfaced: There has to be more to life than this. Within a week, she sold her house, packed up a shipping container, took her dog, and began driving solo around Australia with just $500 AUD — despite being petrified of sleeping in a tent. That leap of faith set the course for the next chapter of her life. But Chloe's story is not just about adventure — it's about grief, reinvention, and learning to live on her own terms. After the sudden death of her partner Willy in 2013, everything stopped. In the depths of grief, Chloe stepped away from social media, let go of her old life, and slowly began again. Meditation, yoga retreats, and eventually walking the Camino de Santiago in 2014 became turning points. Carrying everything on her back, she discovered a deep love for minimalism, simplicity, and self-reliance. Over the years, Chloe has: Walked multiple Caminos including the Camino del Norte, Camino Primitivo and Via de la Plata Hitchhiked and walked along the beaches of Uruguay Taken a 10,000km road trip with her dog Dexter Lived off less than $100 AUD per week Worked seasonally to fund months of adventure Cycled from Alaska to San Francisco (86 nights in a tent!) Walked the Wales Coast Path and the Portuguese Camino Chosen to stay off social media to be fully present on trail Now married, Chloe continues to design a life built around freedom, movement, and intentional simplicity. With big adventures planned for 2026 — including walking the South West Coast Path and the GR10 — she shares honestly about navigating partnership on trail, managing knee issues, strength training gains, and why getting to the start line is often the hardest part. This conversation is about: Letting go of possessions and expectations Living with uncertainty Processing grief through movement Creating "trail life" off-trail Why you don't need technology to experience adventure Trusting that the universe conspires to keep you going And why you should "give it a crack and get to the start line." Chloe's message is simple but powerful: Life is uncertain. Don't put things off. If there's something you want to do — take the plunge. ***  New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast drop every Tuesday at 7 AM (UK time)! Make sure to subscribe so you never miss the inspiring journeys and incredible stories of tough women pushing boundaries.  Do you want to support the Tough Girl Mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media in the world of adventure and physical challenges? Support via Patreon! Join me in making a difference by signing up here: www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast.  Your support makes a difference.  Thank you x *** Show notes Who is Chloe 42 years old, currently living in Tasmania in a rustic tiny shack in the bush with her husband  Living a travelling lifestyle since 2008 What was the lead up to making changes in her life Leaving school at 18 and joining the Navy 2006 living in Perth, Australia  and having a job in health and safety Starting to feel different when staying at the Whim Creek Hotel Thinking that there has to be more to life 100 things to see and do in Australia before you die  Selling her house within a week, filling up a shipping container Taking her dog and starting to drive solo around Australia  Being encouraged by a friend - to just do it!  Not being in tune with herself  Highlights from spending time on the road, driving around Australia  Starting off with $500 AUD and getting a job  Spending the trip just driving around  Being petrified of staying in a tent Pitching her tent and staying in it for the first time Meeting a boy, Willy (which wasn't part of the plan!)  Deciding to move to New Zealand (2009 - 2010) Backpacking around Europe for 3 months Planning every day and having a very tight schedule  Feeling disheartened with her experience  Needing to do something spontaneous  Backpacking around Cambodia for 3 weeks with no plan  Seeing a flyer about yoga and meditation Struggling with mental health and things in life  Doing a yoga retreat in Australia and doing a deep dive into meditation  Starting to work in farming around Australia  2013 and the year of her 30th birthday Deciding to go to South America to visit Machu Picchu  Willys death and how it stopped everything  Not knowing how to cope The funeral and not wanting to live where she was living or work where she was working  Getting rid of her phone and getting off social media Starting again and wanting to forget  Needing to deal with the grief  Going back to mediation and doing a workshop which helped  Learning about the Caminos in Spain  Walking the camino in April 2014 (The way of st James) Not knowing what she was doing and carrying far too much stuff Learning a lot on the way  Not being very open on the French Camino  Learning a lot from Willys death and making a promise to him  Doing what she wanted to do with her life - no excuses  Falling in love with a minimalistic, simple way of life Waling with everything on her back and how it agreed with her Finding her passion and purpose  Living this simple life Needing to create trail life, while off trail  2016 - waling the Camino del Norte and the Camino Primitivo 2017 - hitchhiked and walked along the beaches in Uruguay Feeling safe and not feeling alone  2018 - ten years since starting her nomadic journey and taking a 10,000km road trip with her dog - Dexter Needing to sort out her stuff in the shipping container  Feeling so much lighter without all of her possessions  Losing Dexter in 2019  Doing a silent retreat in Bali  Wanting to do a 5 year walk around the world Not having any more responsibility and having ultimate freedom  Working in Tasmania in 2020 and dealing with Covid and why it was so difficult  Buying a block of land and a 1976 Volkswagen Kombi Van Self reliance and simplicity  2022 and the world starting to open up again  Starting to work again to make money and giving up on the idea of the 5 yr walk around the world Her 40th birthday and wanting to walk 2,000km to celebrate it  Meeting Will  2023 - Walking the Wales Coast Path and the Portuguese Camino Discovery the Tough Girl Youtube Channel!  Buying the Cicerone - Wales Coast Path Guidebook Trying to plan the first few days Wild camping on her first night  How things just kept working out  Heading to Bali in 2024 Doing some backpacking in 2025, throughout Vietnam, Laos and Thailand Needing to thru hike these caminos by herself  Finishing the Camino Via de la Plata. Getting married!  Being the planner in the relationship  Deciding to do a bike trip in America - cycling from Alaska to San Fransisco (86 nights in the tent) The challenges of adventures with a partner and navigating them together  Needing to focus more on recovery and needing to put more effort into training before adventures  Adventures booked for 2026 - Walking the SWCP and the GR10! Starting 1st June! Thinking this is crazy and how am I going to do this!  Why you just need to start and the rest will unfold  Why getting to the start line is always tricky - mentally  Noticing her improvements in running at park run after strength training Having some knee problems  Starting on the creatine and having more energy during the summer The South West Coast Path  Not being on social media and being in the moment. Final words of advice for other women who want to live life differently and live life on their own terms  Life is pretty uncertain, and definitely our time here is uncertain.  Don't put things off to the future. If there's something that you want to do, take the plunge. The universe conspires to keep you going  Learning to live with less over the years and how money has become more abundant  Working for 6/7 months of the year, and 1 month of earnings goes towards her future  Living off less than $100 AUD a week  Stopping working after earning $20,000 dollars and coming back to a $3,000 dollar tax cheque Give it a crack - get to the start line. Keep that dream at the front of your mind  Don't be afraid NOT to use technology on trails - walking the trails with just a guidebook or map    Social Media None.

A single yoga class made him question everything he thought success was supposed to look like.In this episode, Marc Laws shares the unexpected path that took him from professional soccer and sports therapy into a much deeper exploration of yoga, purpose, and human connection. What began as physical training slowly became something far more personal after witnessing burnout, pressure, and disconnection in the people around him, and in himself.He speaks about the moment yoga stopped being just movement, the teacher who completely shifted his perspective, and why he believes slowing down may be one of the most powerful things a person can do. The conversation moves through fatherhood, play, community, spirituality, and the strange way life keeps pulling us back toward what feels true.If you have ever felt successful on the outside but disconnected underneath, this episode will leave you thinking long after it ends.Episode Chapters:00:00:00 Introduction00:01:20 From the UK to Professional Soccer00:02:11 Sports Therapy and Burnout00:02:50 The Yoga Class That Changed Him00:04:03 Ego, Handstands, and Self Inquiry00:05:01 Leaving the Clinic Life00:05:23 Arriving in Bali00:08:12 Soccer as a Philosophy Teacher00:09:50 Yoga, Community, and Dharma00:11:10 Favorite Yoga Poses00:13:25 Teaching Style and Stillness00:15:58 Fatherhood as Spiritual Practice00:17:30 What Kids Really Want00:18:14 Why Life Should Include Play00:19:46 Three Words for His Teaching00:21:29 “How to Make Love” Class Story00:22:34 Dharma Talks and Storytelling00:24:00 Building Community Through Purpose00:27:34 What He's Nerding Out On00:28:41 Jungle Keeper Book Mention00:31:01 How to Connect Mentions & Resources:Michael Henri's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelyoga.pt/ Marc Law's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marclawsii/The IN Movement Instagram: https://www.instagram/com/the_in_movement/Book: Jungle Keeper by Paul RosolieTeacher mentioned: Stuart GilchristPlatform mentioned: GloTags: yoga, mindfulness, burnout, purpose, community, fatherhood, spirituality, dharma, soccer, sports therapy, Bali, self inquiry, playfulness, awareness, embodiment, stillness, vinyasa, philosophy, conscious living

Let me guess... you've been knee deep in all things mindset. You've done the journalling, vision boards, affirmations and all the things you're "supposed" to do. And although you were getting results at first, you feel like you've hit a wall.Today, I'm talking about the point where mindset work alone stops creating change. You'll learn why you ACTUALLY feel blocked, and by the end of this episode, you'll understand how to move beyond awareness alone and start integrating the one powerful shift that allows you to genuinely hold more love, abundance, confidence and success in your life.WILDLY WORTHY WOMAN HYPNOSIS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠efiasulter.com/selfworth-hypnosis/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Let's stay connected: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠efiasulter.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠|⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Remember to review, subscribe, and share!**Enjoyed this episode? Support the podcast here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/efias⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠On my first day back in Bali, I went to visit an old school healer who came highly recommended. In this episode, I share my experience with Jimmy Doyle and the shifts I encountered that I believe everyone can benefit from embracing in their own lives.WILDLY WORTHY WOMAN HYPNOSIS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠efiasulter.com/selfworth-hypnosis/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Let's stay connected: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠efiasulter.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠|⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Remember to review, subscribe, and share!**Enjoyed this episode? Support the podcast here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ko-fi.com/efias⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Nigel van der Horst, beter bekend als Chef met Lef, viel van een balkon in Bali, brak twee rugwervels en beide hielen, en moest alles opnieuw opbouwen: niet alleen zijn lichaam, maar zijn hele manier van leven. In deze aflevering praten we over opgroeien in de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, de breuk met zijn vader, het influencerleven in Amsterdam dat hem opbrak, en de zoektocht die volgde via Bali, breathwork en mannencirkels. Een gesprek over kwetsbaarheid, herstel en de moed om als man te verzachten.

Après la Polynésie, Charlotte et sa famille atterrissent à Bali en plein mois d'août. Le choc : du monde partout, des bouchons, des Instagrammeurs. Et puis Lombok, la bonne surprise du voyage, avec un moment entre Gaspard et une femelle orang-outan que toute la famille retient. Écoutez cet extrait pour découvrir la dernière étape de leur tour du monde.Pour écouter l'épisode en entierUn mariage surprise à Los Angeles et 3 mois de road trip-----------Si l'épisode vous a plu, laissez-moi une note 5 ⭐️ ou un commentaire sur Apple Podcasts ou Spotify

Jenny is back from Bali, so she and Falen chat all about a hot Australian man she met, Falen's new TV show that's makin her sups horned up and more! Thank you for listening! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(00:00:00) Intro (00:01:53) We Just Got Done Rewatching The Pool (00:15:25) Did We Learn Anything Today? (00:17:37) Parting Thoughts (00:19:39) Howl Outs In this episode we rewatch and then talk about The Pool. Hey squirts! Uncle Stripe said we could use his pool while he's in Bali!Thank you so much for listening. Connect with us and let us know what you think of the show!Get Dinner with the Heelers merch! At Dashery by TeePublic you can get shirts (and all sorts of other cool things) with Dinner with the Heelers artwork. Grab yours today!Get ad-free episodes via Patreon for only $1 a month: patreon.com/theblueypodcastCheck out this video about how our podcast is made:TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theblueypodcast/video/7370492256005950766Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7NKLQhAIUv/A huge thank you to Ryanna Larson (Instagram: @blueyfamilyportraits) for the amazing show cover art. Connect with her on Instagram to commission a portrait for your family!Website: theblueypodcast.comPatreon: patreon.com/theblueypodcastTikTok: @theblueypodcastTwitter: @theblueypodcastInstagram: @theblueypodcastFacebook: Dinner with the HeelersEmail: blueypodcast@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dinner-with-the-heelers-a-bluey-podcast--6729926/support.

In this deeply personal episode of Let's Try This Again, Braelyn Simone Greenfield opens up about faith, fear, healing, and learning to trust God before seeing the full picture. From hosting an intimate women's retreat in Bali to vulnerable conversations about motherhood, anxiety, purpose, addiction, heartbreak, and self-worth, Braelyn and the LTTA women share raw moments that remind listeners they are not alone.Please leave a review , if this episode spoke to you! For exclusive bonus content, behind-the-scenes vlogs, a place connect with the LTTA FAM plus more join the LTTA app community at LTTA.app and unlock your invite today! Audio Fam, since you listen to the audio every Monday , don't forget to go watch the YouTube on Tuesday! Go comment “Audio Fam

Retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Detective Gary Jenkins sits down with returning guest Scott Deitch for a detailed exploration of one of the more understated yet influential figures in organized crime—Jerry Catena. Scott Deitch, known for his deep research and engaging storytelling, brings insight from his books Cigar City Mafia, Garden State Gangland, and his upcoming release Jersey Boss. The conversation moves from Tampa's mob history to the inner workings of the Genovese crime family, with a focus on Catena's calculated rise through the ranks.

Jenny just got back from her vacation in Bali... did she get wild and crazy?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens when you realise the career you've built no longer feels creatively fulfilling? In this week's episode of the Jewellers Academy podcast, Jessica Rose is joined by Michaela to talk about starting a jewellery business later in life, discovering jewellery making after years in office work, and how studying the Diploma in Silver Jewellery completely changed the direction of her life. Michaela shares her journey from evening classes and wax carving workshops to jewellery markets, Etsy and building her own jewellery brand. Together they discuss learning jewellery making as an adult, changing careers creatively, studying jewellery making in Brighton, building confidence at the bench and the realities of starting a jewellery business from scratch. In this episode, we cover: Starting jewellery making later in life Changing careers into a creative business What it's like to study the Diploma in Silver Jewellery in person Learning stone setting and jewellery techniques Why in-person jewellery training can make such a difference Building confidence as a jeweller Jewellery markets, Etsy and Instagram Creating organic and meaningful jewellery pieces Finding fulfilment through creativity and making Michaela also shares honest advice for anyone starting out on their jewellery journey: "Just stick with it." Whether you're dreaming of becoming a jeweller, thinking about taking a jewellery course, or wondering if it's too late to start something creative, this episode is a wonderful reminder that there is no single path into jewellery making. 02:00 : Introduction to Michaela and her jewellery journey 05:25 : How a trip to Bali sparked an interest in jewellery making 07:30 : Evening classes, wax carving and wanting to learn more 09:25 : Why in-person jewellery training mattered 11:30 : Discovering her creative style and organic jewellery design 12:40 : Creativity, fulfilment and making meaningful jewellery for others 17:50 : Working in travel, office jobs and feeling creatively unfulfilled 20:10 : Redundancy, career change and finding the Diploma in Silver Jewellery 22:45 : Why Michaela chose the 7-week intensive diploma in Brighton 25:55 : Learning stone setting and developing technical skills 29:10 : Creating the final diploma project 32:20 : Starting a jewellery business after the diploma 34:10 : Etsy, markets, Instagram and building a jewellery brand 36:40 : Advice for anyone starting jewellery making later in life 38:20 : Why Michaela recommends studying at Jewellers Academy Brighton 39:35 : Where to follow Michaela and final thoughts   If you'd love to learn jewellery making in-person like Michaela, you can join us in Brighton at Jewellers Academy Brighton. We offer two ways to study for your Diploma in Brighton: one day a week over the course of a year, or a 7-week full-time intensive course, like Michaela completed. The intensive option is especially popular with students travelling from further afield, and we've welcomed jewellers from all over the world to study with us in Brighton. And if travelling to Brighton isn't possible, or you need more flexibility around work and family life, our online Diploma courses offer a highly supportive alternative. With mentored support, accountability and flexible learning, our online students achieve consistently high success rates while studying from home. You can explore our online Diploma courses here: Jewellers Academy Online Diplomas   Follow Michaela and her jewellery journey on Instagram: @nymferojewellery  

What really happens behind the scenes of building a million-dollar online business… while navigating motherhood, grief, identity shifts, loss, and becoming the woman your next level requires?In this episode of Rich Bish Era, I sat down with two of my closest friends in business Sinead J Krelle and Talia Di Guilio - women who have walked alongside me for over eight years - for one of the rawest, most honest, and powerful conversations I've had on the podcast.We recorded this in Bali, the day before I led a transformational retreat for the leaders inside Wildly Empowered Collective in Canggu, an experience that deeply moved me and reminded me just how much growth, courage, and self-leadership this journey really asks of us.This conversation goes far beyond business.We unpack the unseen realities of entrepreneurship, the identity shifts that come with success, and the moments that shape you as a woman and a leader - from divorce, miscarriage, debt, burnout, grief, friendship heartbreak, and rebuilding from the ground up… to creating wealth, freedom, sisterhood, and a life that feels deeply aligned.In this episode, we dive into:✨ The truth about network marketing and building online✨ What it actually takes to create freedom, wealth, and impact on your own terms✨ The identity shifts required to hold bigger money, leadership, and success✨ Navigating grief, loss, and life's hardest seasons while still leading✨ Friendship breakdowns and rebuilding your self esteem and learning to trust yourself again✨ Motherhood, ambition, and building a business without losing yourself✨ The power of sisterhood, community, and being deeply seen✨ The confidence, resilience, and self-worth entrepreneurship forces you to buildThis isn't the polished highlight reel.This is the conversation behind the scenes...the one most people aren't willing to have.If you've ever felt yourself outgrowing old versions of you while building something bigger… questioned the traditional path… or felt called to create more freedom, wealth, and impact for your family - this episode will land differently.Part one is raw, emotional, empowering… and honestly, we only scratched the surface.Chapters00:00 Introduction to the Rich Bitch Era02:09 The Journey from Corporate to Network Marketing05:56 Understanding Passive Income and Its Importance14:20 The Reality of Growth and Comparison in Business22:54 Navigating Life's Challenges While Building a Business28:22 The Importance of Communication in Relationships32:25 Emotional Growth and Self-Responsibility36:06 Heartbreak in Female Friendships42:03 The Challenges of Motherhood and Business49:01 Building a Supportive Community as a Mom53:02 Choosing Between Business and Family ResponsibilitiesPart Two will drop Monday 25th March. ENJOY! PS. don't forget to tag me in your stories if this episode resonated @jessicazalums and @richbishera

Neste episódio do Pura Connection, André Bintang recebe Alex Alves: coach, empresário, ex‑competidor e fundador da Tiger Muay Thai em Bali. Uma conversa profunda sobre luta, sobrevivência e propósito, Alex vem de uma trajetória forjada entre perdas e renascimentos: infância difícil, migração, anos treinando e ensinando Jiu‑Jitsu, passagem por Europa, diagnóstico terminal de câncer seguido de recuperação inexplicável, voto monástico e a construção de um templo de Muay Thai em Uluwatu (Bali). Ele é exemplo de resiliência, espiritualidade prática e liderança comunitária, um cara que transformou dor em missão.Se você trabalha com artes marciais, é professor, atleta ou busca inspiração de vida, este episódio mistura técnica, emoção e estratégia: do treinamento de elite ao cuidado espiritual, com lições práticas para treinar melhor, liderar e viver com propósito.

Why is Vietnam suddenly everywhere right now?Not just on your social feeds…but in real conversations between travellers looking for somewhere that still feels exciting, welcoming, affordable… and genuinely different.In this episode of the award-winning What About Vietnam podcast, I unpack why Vietnam is having such a powerful moment in global travel — and why I believe this rise is only just beginning.From the shift in how Vietnam is perceived globally… to the incredible value it offers families, solo travellers, couples and long-stay visitors… this episode explores what's really driving the surge in interest.Because Vietnam today isn't just about ticking off famous landmarks.It's about: • eating incredible regional food on tiny plastic stools • luxury hotels at surprisingly affordable prices • beaches, mountains, cities and culture all in one trip • feeling safe while still feeling adventurous • and connecting with people in a way many travellers say they've lost elsewhereI also share what I'm personally seeing on the ground through trip planning conversations, traveller feedback, and years of returning to Vietnam myself.And perhaps the biggest shift of all?Vietnam is no longer simply being compared to places like Bali or Thailand.It's becoming the destination people are choosing first.If Vietnam has been sitting quietly on your travel wish list… this episode might explain why now could be the time to move it to the top.Episode Highlights: • Why Vietnam's global image has changed dramatically • How affordability is reshaping longer stays and family travel • The huge variety of experiences available across the country • Why travellers increasingly describe Vietnam as welcoming and safe • How social media and word-of-mouth are accelerating interest • What makes Vietnam feel different from many other destinations right nowTimestamps: 00:01:19 – Vietnam's rising travel popularity 00:08:11 – The value of travelling in Vietnam 00:11:39 – The diversity of experiences on offer 00:15:17 – Personalised travel and planning Vietnam wellIf this episode sparks your curiosity about Vietnam, you can also explore personalised trip planning services through What About Vietnam.Follow on your favourite pod channel, email directly to whataboutvietnam@gmail.com Keep abreast of news on our social pages on FB, IG,LinkedIn and TikTokLet me design your #customised #private tour of Vietnam  - See our Travel ServicesDo you need a #Dental Procedure?  Why not find out what's possible through our Dental and #Cosmetic Medical partner Worldwide Beauty Hospital. Mention #whataboutvietnam to receive 5% discount at Worldwide Beauty Hospital 

In Episode 172 of the Award Travel 101 podcast, Angie Sparks and Cameron Laufer opened with a discussion inspired by member Leena's safari planning post, where the community shared advice on destinations, timing, and operators for an unforgettable milestone birthday trip. The conversation reinforced how award travel can make extraordinary journeys — from Bali girls trips to Indian weddings and African safaris — suddenly attainable. The hosts also covered several major news items in the travel space, including changing valuations for Southwest Rapid Rewards points, Rove adding Air Canada Aeroplan as a transfer partner alongside a 25% transfer bonus, and Frontier's promotional offer awarding bonus miles for paid round trips. One of the biggest developments discussed was the shutdown of Spirit Airlines.The episode also included candid updates on the hosts' own award travel strategies and frustrations. Angie detailed multiple recent credit card denials despite having strong justifications for her existing card lineup, leading her to focus more on maximizing current cards rather than chasing new bonuses. Cameron mentioned cancelling a Hawaiian Airlines card for Player 2, while both hosts shared ongoing trip-planning adjustments. Angie successfully rebooked a Morocco flight using American Airlines miles for a better itinerary and leveraged Fine Hotels + Resorts credits for luxury accommodations. Cameron discussed continuously monitoring award space for an Athens trip after dealing with phantom Alaska Airlines availability and frustrating tax refund discrepancies from American Airlines. The main topic featured a “You Asked, We Answer” segment revisiting interesting community questions. Topics ranged from compensation expectations after a large champagne spill in Emirates business class damaged a traveler's electronics, to reactions surrounding Spirit Airlines' collapse and the impact on low-cost flyers in Fort Lauderdale. The hosts also discussed Ethiopian Airlines business class consistency, especially for travelers hoping to avoid outdated aircraft products, and debated whether parents should open rewards cards in their children's names to stockpile points for family travel before stricter “lifetime” bonus rules become widespread. Cameron closed the episode with a practical tip reminding listeners to carefully audit airline refunds after cancellations, noting that while his American Airlines points redeposited correctly, part of the cash refund required manual escalation.Episode Links:Southwest Point ValuationRove Adds AeroplanFrontier PromoSpirit Ends OperationsWhere to Find UsThe Award Travel 101 Facebook Community.To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.You can also email us at 101@award.travelBuy your Award Travel 101 Merch hereReserve tickets to our Spring 2026 Meetup in Phoenix now. award.travel/phx2026Our partner CardPointers helps us get the most from our cards. Signup today at https://cardpointers.com/at101 for a 30% discount on annual and lifetime subscriptions! Lastly, we appreciate your support of the AT101 Podcast/Community when you signup for your next card!Technical note: Some user experience difficulty streaming the podcast while connected to a VPN. If you have difficulty, disconnect from your VPN.  

ON ADVENTURE PODCAST | EPISODE 71 Episode 71: Solo Female Travel, Real Risk, and the Belonging We All Crave with Amanda Black            Episode Description What does it actually take to step on a plane alone, head somewhere most people would call risky, and come home a different woman? Amanda Black is the founder of the Solo Female Traveler Network, a community of more than half a million women that started as a small Facebook group during her expat years in Australia. Ten years and roughly thirty tours a year later, she leads women into places the average traveler tends to avoid: Egypt, Morocco, India, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and beyond. Bali was the first trip. Seventeen women signed up. Nine of them ended up with the company logo tattooed by the end of it. We talk about why she leans into destinations perceived as less safe, what real risk actually looks like versus the version we imagine, and why she pushes back on the idea that travel is simply safe or unsafe. Risk, she argues, is a spectrum and a muscle, and most women have a lot more capacity to build it than they have been told. We also get into the quieter side of all this. The cobblestone cafe in Sighișoara, Romania, where women who had known each other only a few days started telling the truth about how lonely life back home really feels. The Golden Eagle Festival in Mongolia, where she felt like she had walked into a movie set with no electricity. The unexpected pattern she keeps noticing across every trip, every country, every group: people are not really upset about the hotel room. They want to belong. Amanda also shares why she launched Kindred Community, a smaller, slower offering built around connection retreats in Southern California, and what almost a decade of leading women into the wild has taught her about courage, capability, and the kind of friendships that get a logo tattooed on someone's wrist. Episode Highlights 00:00  Welcoming Amanda Black, founder of the Solo Female Traveler Network 01:00  Building a community of 500,000+ women and running tours in 25 countries 03:00  Why she leans into destinations perceived as less safe: Egypt, Morocco, India, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan 05:00  How strangers become a travel family inside the first 48 hours of a trip 08:00  From a Facebook group in Australia to a first Bali trip where 9 of 17 women got the company logo tattooed 12:00  Talking honestly with women about safety, fear, and the gray areas of real risk 15:00  Risk on a spectrum: why "safe or unsafe" is the wrong question, and how to build the muscle over time 17:00  Mongolia and the Golden Eagle Festival: stepping into a place that felt like going back in time 20:00  What solo travel reveals about how strong and capable women really are 22:00  The hidden business lesson behind a decade of tours: everybody just wants to belong 24:00  A cobblestone cafe in Sighișoara, Romania, and the loneliness that surfaces when women finally feel safe to share 27:00  Kindred Community and the next chapter: building belonging closer to home Connect with Amanda Black Bonus for Listeners (Free Travel Quiz): https://thesolofemaletravelernetwork.com/where-should-i-travel-next-quiz/ The Solo Female Traveler Network Website: thesolofemaletravelernetwork.com Instagram: @solofemaletravel TikTok: @sofetravel YouTube: @sofetravel Amanda's TEDx Talk Shared Firsts: Redesigning how we find belonging youtube.com/watch?v=xSaVJH2b5H0 Amanda's Website meetamandablack.com Kindred Community Website: kindredcommunity.co Instagram: @kindred.sd Connect with the On Adventure Podcast Hosted by Josh Self, financial advisor and everyday explorer. Subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major streaming platforms Follow on Instagram for short-form clips and behind-the-scenes content Connect on Facebook: On Adventure Podcast with Josh Self Connect on LinkedIn: Josh Self If this episode resonated with you, leave a review and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

What will Fitzy be like as a grandparent? That was the question posed to him this week. And his response... well it involved a trip to Bali!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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W przypadku salonów masażu Thai Bali Spa „praca za miskę ryżu” to nie metafora. „Proszę powiedzieć masażystkom, że nie dostaną ryżu, dopóki nie posprzątają” – przekazała recepcjonistkom kierowniczka. Thai Bali Spa, czyli lider w swojej branży, to jednocześnie miejsce, w którym masażystki z Azji traktowane są jak niewolnice. Mieszkają w piwnicach, na zapleczach salonów, a zaniżone wypłaty otrzymują z ponad tygodniowym opóźnieniem. Joanna Dzikowska rozmawia z Pawłem Marcinkiewiczem, autorem reportażu o warunkach pracy w salonach Tomasza Plebaniaka. Tekst przeczytasz na: https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,32741756,tajki.html Więcej podcastów na: https://wyborcza.pl/podcast. Piszcie do nas w każdej sprawie na: listy@wyborcza.pl.

Aujourd'hui, je vous emmène pour trois mois de road trip avec Charlotte, Baptiste et leurs trois enfants de 11, 9 et 3 ans et demi.Trois mois, trois destinations. L'Ouest américain, entre Golden Gate à vélo sous le soleil, parcs nationaux à 46 degrés et un mariage surprise à Los Angeles que personne n'avait vu venir — même pas les enfants. Puis la Polynésie, de Moorea à Bora Bora en passant par Maupiti, Huahine, Rangiroa et Tahiti — avec une plongée dans le lagon, des baleines au large et quatre jours coincés sur un motu par une grève d'aéroport. Et enfin l'Indonésie, entre les rizières de Bali, les orangs-outans de Lombok et un dernier stop à Singapour. Entre tout ça, la perte de leur chien en plein voyage et des ascenseurs émotionnels comme rarement dans le podcast.Si vous vous demandez à quoi ressemblent vraiment trois mois de voyage à cinq — les couchers de soleil au Grand Canyon comme les coups de fil à 4 h du matin —, cet épisode va vous plaire.-----------Si l'épisode vous a plu, laissez-moi une note 5 ⭐️ou un commentaire sur Apple Podcasts ou Spotify

She walked into her first yoga class, cried on the floor, and didn't go back for two years. Then everything changed.Erin Hayes is a former actress, corporate professional, and now one of the most uniquely gifted teachers joining the IN Movement studio. Born in London, her path to yoga was anything but direct — it was forged through burnout, a life-altering reckoning, and a deep sensitivity to energy she's carried since childhood. From Bikram yoga in her teens to Reiki Grandmaster, Angelic Reiki Master Teacher, and yoga facilitator, Erin has spent years learning to get out of her own way so something greater can come through. Her teaching is built on three things: love, capacity, and transformation. She doesn't just hold space — she holds a lot of it. This episode is a compelling introduction to a teacher, a healer, and a human who has walked through the fire and come out the other side ready to help others do the same.----------Episode Chapters:00:00:29 Introduction00:01:06 Erin's Background — London, Acting, and Corporate Life00:01:50 First Experience with Yoga: Bikram and the Floor in Tears00:04:08 Going Back Two Years Later — The Rules That Changed Everything00:07:03 Yoga as a Mirror — Becoming Aware of Misalignment00:09:04 When Did It Become More Than Personal Practice?00:09:29 The Stage, the Channel, and the Feeling of Something Coming Through00:10:38 A Life That Looked Fine But Wasn't — The Low Hum of Misalignment00:11:24 The Reckoning — When Everything Falls Apart at Once00:13:23 Energy Work: A Lifelong Sensitivity That Finally Had a Name00:15:07 Reiki Trainings — From Level One to Grandmaster00:16:37 Angelic Reiki and Why It Felt Different00:18:31 The Moment Teaching Became a Calling00:20:32 Channeling, Surrender, and Getting Out of Your Own Way00:26:00 Teaching Style: Love, Capacity, and Transformation00:28:24 Favourite Pose: Camel — The Heart Opener That Shows Everything00:30:08 What Students Feel Walking Out of Class00:33:17 What Erin Is Exploring Right Now — The Word of the Year00:34:47 The Shaman Story — Putting Out the World's Fire From Within00:36:35 Upcoming Workshops, Retreats, and What's Next----------Mentions & Resources:Michael Henri's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelyoga.pt/ Erin Hayes' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misserinhayesThe IN Movement Instagram: https://www.instagram/com/the_in_movement/Practices and modalities referenced:Bikram Yoga (Ghosh lineage — referenced in Ep. 198 with Laila)Reiki (levels 1 through Grandmaster)Angelic Reiki (levels 1–4, Master, Master Teacher)Sound healingTalk therapyIN Movement Empowerment Work (Byron's methodology)Podcast / media referenced:Emma Watson interview with Jay Shetty — referenced quote: "Yoga and meditation aren't there to help you stay in a life that's out of alignment. They are tools to bring you to the truth."Concepts explored:Dark night of the soul / soul reckoningChanneling as facilitationHuman Design (sacral authority — referenced briefly)Shamanic story: the shaman who goes within to put out the fire----------Tags: yoga teacher, energy healing, Reiki, angelic Reiki, Bikram yoga, channeling, surrender, empowerment, transformation, London, Bali, yoga philosophy, inner work, dark night of the soul, healing journey, nervous system, breathwork, spiritual growth, self-inquiry, yoga community, Ubud, stage fright, holding space, personal growth

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In this empowering episode of Got HER Back, Carrie and Meg break down the latest season of Temptation Island and the powerful lessons it reveals about women, self-worth, and accepting the bare minimum in relationships.   From watching exhausted girlfriends rediscover their confidence on the island to the wake-up call their partners face at every bonfire, the conversation tackles why women mentally check out long before men ever notice — and why "when you're done, you're done."   Plus: the truth about nice guys vs. hot guys, how a woman treats you at the beginning vs. the end of a relationship, Carrie's promposal story, a Bali "blind healer" moment, GLP-3 talk, and Meg's reminder that bare minimum can't be your maximum. If you've ever wondered whether the grass is greener — or if you're brave enough to find out — this one's for you.   Chapters: 00:00 Cold Open 00:50 Welcome to Got HER Back Monday 01:05 The Promposal: "Will You Light Up My Prom?" 02:30 Why We Loved This Season of Temptation Island 03:30 How the Show Actually Works 05:00 The Bonfire Reveals That Break the Guys 06:00 Knowing Your Worth (and Why You Forget It) 07:00 "Your Bare Minimum Is My Maximum" 08:30 When the Right Guy Feels Too Good to Be True 10:30 Nice Guys vs. Hot Guys (and the Hot Nice Guy) 11:30 How a Woman Treats You at the Beginning vs. the End 12:30 Women Check Out Before Men Even Notice 13:30 The Cortisol Cord-Cut: The Science of Being Done 14:00 Stress, Weight Gain, and the Peloton Trap 16:00 Crying in Bali & the Blind Healer 17:50 "All I Needed Was a Divorce" 18:20 Golden Temptation Island, GLP-3s, and Hawaii Plans 20:00 Drop 'Em Like It's Hot: When They Won't Change 21:30 Devin Is Making the Other Guys Look Bad 22:30 Be Scared When She Stops Asking 23:00 Outro  

主播｜李叔 嘉宾｜花蚀印度尼西亚，别称“万岛之国”，总人口超过2.7亿，为世界上人口第四多的国家，也是穆斯林人口数量最多的国家，但在这里，有着一个几乎全民信仰印度教的神奇岛屿巴厘岛。本期节目，博物作家、东南亚文化研究者花蚀老师再次做客，带我们踏上这座众神之岛，揭开它神秘又迷人的面纱。巴厘岛的印度教，和印度的印度教到底有啥不一样？传说中，神仙为了不让巴厘岛被隔壁爪哇岛“污染”，亲手劈开海峡，造就了一场持续千年的地域黑。在这里，印度教的三位主神梵天、毗湿奴、湿婆不再各自为政，而是以“叠罗汉”的方式合为一体，令人称奇。《罗摩衍那》传到东南亚更是被疯狂“魔改”：在泰国，猴神哈努曼有了情人；在老挝，十首魔王成了悲剧英雄；在云南傣族版里，罗摩被亲儿子射杀，悉多含恨跳崖——同一个故事，为什么会在不同的国家和地域文化中长出不同版本？巴厘岛的艺术同样活色生香。克差火舞没有乐器，全靠人声节奏，舞者从三米高台跃下、踢散火焰的瞬间，既是表演，也是祭祀。哇扬皮影戏配上甘美兰音乐，如清溪流淌，让人瞬间沉入心流。日谈看世界将在6月发起的旅程不止于宗教与文化，船宿科莫多，追踪史前巨蜥科莫多龙，看万蝠起飞，登帕达尔岛俯瞰粉红沙滩......从神话到自然，这是一次穿越信仰与生命力的赤道漫游。｜songlist｜Indonesian gamelan medley from Java, Sunda and Bali performed by Amadinda Percussion Group, Triginta Percussion, Péter Szalai and László Tömösközi (2008)/timeline/00:40 广而告之：印尼寻龙团已就位，阵容强大！04:15 穆斯林国家印尼，为啥会出现块宗教“飞地”？12:09 印度教精英大逃亡，巴厘岛成艺术避难所17:49 巴厘岛印度教vs印度原版：神仙玩法大不同25:03 克查(Kecak)火舞：人声为乐、猴神纵火，一场献给神的祭祀戏剧38:23 雷贡舞(Tari Legong)：眼睛瞪得像铜铃，凶过毛利战舞40:09 皮影戏(wajang)看不懂却上头？甘美兰(Gamelan)音乐带你进入心流44:48 萨卡博物馆里的鬼怪造像，毗湿摩为何长了一张“鳌拜”脸？51:33 一块布能当传家宝？比丝绸还绝的格林星布56:57 《罗摩衍那》那些被“魔改”的版本01:11:46 除了人文景观，还能体验达尔文式的观察时刻！/相关图片/俱卢大战：束发战胜毗湿摩巴厘岛的三层双面神龛琅勃拉邦香通寺灵车殿柚木浮雕：左为罗摩猜忌悉多，罗什曼那和哈奴曼求情；右为悉多蹈火自证琅勃拉邦香通寺灵车殿柚木浮雕：十首王之死巴厘岛版的哈奴曼火烧魔城印度古典舞剧 Kathakali爪哇和巴厘一带传统宫廷舞剧里的 Legong舞巴厘岛印度教节日 Galungan，每家每户都会在房屋入口的右侧摆放“penjor”。一种精心装饰有编织嫩椰叶、蛋糕、水果和鲜花的竹篙。人们会穿上最漂亮的衣服，戴上最精美的首饰，跳起巴龙舞，与神明一起庆祝节日。/ 日谈看世界旅行团，火热招募中 /01 端午假期 · 印尼探岛寻龙之旅 2026/6/15-6/21，当地时间7天6晚博旅文化创始人郑洋老师带队、特邀讲师花蚀老师讲解、日谈主播小伙子随行从众神之岛「巴厘岛」到世界自然遗产之地「科莫多」，闯入“现实版侏罗纪”，追踪地球上仅存的史前巨兽，感知神、人、自然的共生哲学，读懂岛屿文明的深层肌理。收听行程：广告！望海上银河与晚风同眠，再与科莫多龙静待日落（链接：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/episode/69c3fd18565a991256dcad7e）立即报名：日谈看世界“印尼探岛寻龙之旅”，正式开售！（链接：https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3iSI5aE1XEGNFIAuFZf8bw）02 国庆假期 · 非洲肯尼亚野性之旅 2026/9/30—10/8，当地时间9天8晚日谈人气嘉宾&自然博物讲师二宝杨毅带队讲解三返非洲，极致狂野，如约而至！深入野生动物天堂，追寻原始生命之美，亲身感受肯尼亚的震撼与神奇～立即报名：日谈看世界「非洲肯尼亚野性之旅」国庆重启，再赴生命之约（链接：https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/1cSjbnsKt0y2SugkeicKYw）03 国庆假期 · 勇闯南美史诗之旅 2026/9/25—10/7，当地时间13天12晚博旅文化郑洋老师带队，日谈公园主播李叔、小伙子随行行程贯穿阿根廷、巴西、秘鲁三国——从布宜诺斯艾利斯街头到亚马逊雨林，从伊瓜苏瀑布到上帝之城里约热内卢，从印加古都库斯科到马丘比丘，串联起南美大陆最精华的自然奇观与人文瑰宝。收听行程：广告！巴西秘鲁阿根廷，瀑布古城亚马逊，让我们踏上南美史诗之旅（链接：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/episode/69e6515e1d989496e71887ea）立即报名：日谈看世界「勇闯南美 · 史诗之旅」，正式开启！（链接：https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/BphCI60uUJh9TfZAGx1XKw）/往期印度教节目/vol.664 印度教的众神们，相爱相杀两千年vol.696 楞伽大战到俱卢之战，印度众神鏖斗吴哥窟【收听平台】小宇宙｜喜马拉雅｜苹果播客｜网易云音乐｜荔枝｜蜻蜓FM｜QQ音乐｜酷我音乐｜酷狗音乐｜微博音频｜虎扑｜三联中读｜听听FM｜知乎｜豆瓣｜虎嗅｜猫耳FM｜Spotify｜YouTube｜关注我们｜日谈公园，曾获小宇宙年度热门播客、喜马拉雅品牌青睐播客、Apple播客年度最佳播客、网易云音乐年度语言播客、荔枝APP年度品质播客等多项殊荣，并发起“日光派对”播客MCN，提供播客经济相关服务。这些年，我们曾获得过以下这些荣誉，感谢各个平台一直以来的厚爱与支持。点击日谈公园品牌官网（链接：https://www.ritanbbpark.com/），了解更多微信公众号：日谈公园微博：@日谈公园小红书：日谈公园即刻：日谈李小日B站：日谈公园今日头条：日谈公园（部分节目独家图文仅在头条号更新，欢迎关注）｜商务合作｜欢迎发送邮件至bbpark@ritanbbpark.com

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DISCLAIMER: This episode features discussion of wild travel stories, abuse, drugs and constant crude language. Curls is here to tell his story and we appreciate him telling it at 100% authenticity.Instagrams most wanted scrapper and one of the funniest blokes we've ever met, Nathan "Curly" Marks joins the pod to share his story, which is the wildest one in Alpha Blokes guest history.We take it back to the first key event of Curls' life: having a near death experience due to pub bluing and how that made him secure a one way ticket to Mexico in his early twenties after he healed. We dive into why he chose Mexico, including his primary goal to participate in Ayahuasca and how he made it to Peru on foot with a backpack over 8 months in Mexico, including a hairy run in with the cartel. Curls' tells us how that experience changed his life and how he transitioned from everyday Australian worksites putting heroes down a peg to the beginning of his content journey, the most viral part recently including calling out "The Top 5 G*yest Male Jobs Of All Time" in a back to back boxing match and winning 4/4 matches. We follow up by discussing how his authentic content has blown up recently before ripping into the wildest set of answers to the guest questions of all time. This is the craziest guest yarn of all time: we reached out to Curls because we loved seeing him being himself and it's now ended up with him being on this years Podcast Royale card. Enjoy trendsetters, listen at your own risk (but mainly enjoyment).Follow Curls and where the Curly Show is going on his Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thecurlyshow__/?hl=enAlpha Blokes Survey - take ya 5 mins! https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/AlphaBlokesGot a yarn for Talkback? Email it to carryon@alphablokes.com.auWant Poo to review your Tinder profile? Email the big fella with your intel to possibly get on to Poo's Reviews: poobandit@alphablokes.com.auEver wanted to watch the Podcast? Check out full visual, uncut and ad-free versions on our Patreon. Only $5 a week plus access to all of our exclusive vlogs. Our vlog from the Meatstock has just dropped and it's a ripper: patreon.com/alphablokespodcastBetter Beer: Jog in a can, win in a tin, the athletes choice. Try their new Halfy's at any bottle-o near you: https://www.betterbeer.com.au/Neds: Whatever you bet on, take it to the neds level: https://www.neds.com.au/SP Tools: Schmicker tools for an even schmicker price, use code "ALPHA" at checkout for 10% off and check out their brand new catalogue: sptools.comPortwest: Tough workwear for tough jobs. Check out their vast variety of PPE for the jobsite here: https://www.portwest.com/market/Papa Macros: ready made unreal meals if you're too flat out to meal prep Sunday arvo. Use the code "ALPHA" for $30 off your first order or "ALPHA10" for any reoccuring order for 10% off at papamacros.com.au OR simply use the links below:$30 off your first order: https://www.papamacros.com.au/?coupon-code=ALPHA&sc-page=shop10% off: https://www.papamacros.com.au/?coupon-code=Alpha10&sc-page=shop0:00 - Partying Every Weekend To Near Death Experience10:00 - One Way Ticket To Mexico20:00 - Living with a Spanish Family26:45 - Mission to Peru for Ayahuasca and Nathan's Awakening33:00 - Post Peru Travels (Vietnam & Bali)43:00 - Return to Australia + Skin Care Salesman52:00 - FIFO Desert Stints58:40 - Podcast Royale 3.0 Fight + Boxing Content1:14:00 - Boxing 1 V 4 - Top 5 G*yest Male Jobs Showdown1:24:00 - Surfing & Van Life1:31:00 - Podcast Royale 3.0 Camp1:35:00 - G*y ADHD Pills1:44:00 - Guest Questions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we're joined by Kitty Roberts — founder of Worst Behavior Tour — for a conversation about luxury travel, relationship drama, sexual curiosity, girls trips, and why everybody is NOT built for international travel. We talk about:the reality of hosting trips to places like Jamaica, Bali, Thailand, and the Philippinesrelationship drama that unfolds on vacationwhy some couples should NEVER travel togetherbalancing freedom, trust, and boundaries while datingsex clubs, open-minded relationships, and curiositytravel scams and red flags people miss when booking group tripswhy travel changes the way you see dating, men, and yourselfthe pressure women face when dating publiclyMeg Thee Stallion's breakup discourse and why women are exhausted with cheating cultureKitty also shares stories from hosting trips to Hedonism II, wild travel moments, why communication matters before couples trips, and the difference between traveling for fun versus traveling for healing, freedom, and self-discovery. Whether you're planning your next girls trip, thinking about booking a luxury group experience, or trying to decide if your relationship can survive a vacation together…this episode is for you.Offers From Our Sponsors:Drive Boost - VB HealthVisit vb,health and use code CockTales for 10% offFEELDDownload Feeld in the App Store or Google PlayMORE OFFERS:BROOKLYN BEDDINGGo to brooklynbedding.com and use my promo code COCKTALESPOD at checkout to get 30% off sitewide. This offer is not available anywhere else.Go to BrelloHealth.com to see if you qualify and explore their GLP-1 plans, starting at $133 per month for your first three months, plus access to their app, community, and wellness classes. IndaCloudIf you're 21 or older, get 40% OFF your first order @IndaCloud with code COCKTALES at https://inda.shop/COCKTALES! #indacloudpodSuper.comStart building your credit the easy way. Go to Super.com/credit right now to see how Super+ can help you boost your credit score.Contact us!Advice: advice@cocktalespod.comCockTales: cocktales@cocktalespod.comYou can also leave a voicemail instead of an email for advice and cocktales!! 404-692-0039Join Patreon to help support the show! www.patreon.com/cocktalesGet Your Merch & Order Your Card Game  www.imcurioustoknow.comBali With Kiki! The Travel Tribe Experience: https://travel.kikisaidso.com/BaliGet Klassy Baste! Learn to Cook with Kiki www.klassybaste.comJoin Kiki's Book www.patreon.com/kikisaidsoTravel With Medinah! https://paradiseandvibe.comDONATE TO MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA (MOWA)- https://www.mowatl.org/donationsMOWA TASTE May 29, 2026 LINK : onecau.se/_fv6xa1Dear Lover Girl : https://dearlovergirlbymedinah.substack.com/?r=qjp94&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklistBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cocktales-dirty-discussions--2818687/support.CONNECT WITH USFollow the hosts and join the conversation after the episode:Kiki Said So (Kiara Walker)Instagram: @kikisaidsoTikTok: @kikisaidsoMedinah MonroeInstagram: @coffeebeandeanTikTok: @medinahmonroeCockTales: Dirty Discussions PodcastInstagram:@cocktalespodcastTikTok: @cocktalespodcastWant to be a guest on CockTales: Dirty Discussions?We are always looking for interesting guests, experts, and storytellers to join the show. If you would like to be considered, please fill out our guest submission form here:Guest Interest Form

This week on the podcast, you'll hear from an agent who defied all the rules of real estate and came back more profitable than ever.    At just 30 years old, Avi Becker of Santa Barbara, CA, has already scaled to $30 million in annual production. But after reaching the top, he did the unthinkable: he bought a one-way ticket to Bali and spent 11 months traveling.    Now, he's back, going solo, and proving that stepping away can be a shockingly profitable decision.    You're about to learn the mindset and tactical shifts required to build a high-level business that funds your wildest dreams instead of consuming them.   In this episode, you'll learn: The Sabbatical Strategy: Why Avi took 11 months off to travel the world and how he prepared his business to survive it. The "Meeting the Parents" Hack: A genius charisma trick for open houses that turns cold visitors into lifelong clients. The Long Game: How a $10.6 million luxury deal took five years of consistent, low-pressure follow-up to close. The Value-Add Listing Strategy: How taking a seller to see a neighbor's open house secured a $2 million listing over the competition. Mindset Over Fear: The meditation and mental reframing techniques used to turn the "fear of going solo" into pure excitement. The $5,000 Charity Bet: The exact prospecting discipline Avi uses to ensure his "reset year" hits $23 million.   Avi's success wasn't an accident. It was built through the structure of Tom Ferry coaching. Ready to build a business that actually supports the life you want?   Schedule a free call with a Tom Ferry consultant to see if coaching is your next step.

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Speaker 1: But first, Amelia Lester, the Mecgala. Speaker 3: Did it feel different this year? A lot of people said that it did. Amy Odell, a fashion writer, wrote in her background newsletter that the Metgala was all money, no soul, and she wasn't alone in this criticism. Basically, people are saying that because Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos sponsored the event, it just started to feel a little craven, a little gross, and less fun than it used to be. So there were a lot of protests in New York. In the lead up to the event, they were all centered around Amazon's labor practices, its environmental damage. And then there are those who say, no, that's not true. The mech color's always been about rich people giving their money towards a good cause, which is the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute. And look, they did raise a lot of money on Monday night. The Bezos has bought the event for about ten million dollars, but then the event itself raised about forty one million. This is US dollars, which is a lot for this event. It's apparently kind of record breaking. So are we just complaining about nothing, Holly? Do you feel like celebrities stayed away? Did they agree that this was a sort of off event this year? Speaker 1: So I'm going to give you a list of the celebrities who people say boycotted, because none of the people so far who everyone is saying has boycott had actually verbalized that they were boycott. Speaker 3: Well, we are boycotted, which we just had to take a stand because. Speaker 1: I do feel a little bit like what soul when you said it's all money those salt like, I do feel a bit that I don't think this is the first year. It has been pointed out in the culture, particularly since trump Ism and all those things, that this feels very hunger games. Yes, yes, and I know although there's a more direct link here, you know, with the Bezos is buying it. I do feel like Jeff sort of bought it for Lauren as a gift, which is a nice gift. Nice, but it feels more avert. So anyway, let's look at this because when I was watching it on Tuesday and then I did a subscriber episode with me as straight afterwards, I was like, well, all the celebrities are there, like Beyonce's there. All the famous people I was expecting to be there were there. Speaker 2: Well, actually a lot of famous feom we didn't expect to be there were there. Speaker 1: Yeah. And then it was pointed out to me who was not Billie Eilish. Now that tracks because she doesn't like billionaires, and she remembers she gave a speech a while ago where she said, you lot give more of your money away. So I don't think she would have been either welcome or willing to go, because Jeff might have worried that she was going to shake him down in the bathroom to share more of his money. Zoe Saldana, she is somebody who is usually there. She was not there. She is almost as rich as the billionaires. She is an unbelievably well paid actress because of her Marvel and Avatar connections. So Zoe's at home count of dollars. Olivia Rodrigo that tracks too. She is political, That would not be surprising. She's in the middle of an album promo, so you might have usually expected her to be there. Lady Gaga an interesting one because she could have been expected to be there because she's in The Devil Wears prior of Too and the rest of the Well. Meryl wasn't there, but Meryl never goes, so that's not surprising. But Anne Hath the way Emily Blunt Stanley Tucci were all there. Speaker 2: Stanley Tucci with Emily blount sister, it's always fun. Speaker 1: So maybe Gaga, but also she's kind of said lately that she's going to focus on promoting things she wants to promote rather than just being around. Lewis Hamilton come on, like he's literally dating Kim Kardashian, who's extremely bezos adjacent. I don't think that was a political. Speaker 3: Let's get to the big guns. Some were missing, right, some who we might have realized. Sarah Jessica Parker. Speaker 1: Yeah, so, Sarah Jessica I reckon. That is probably I would say that's almost definitely a boycott. But she went to support Anna at a dinner, but she didn't. Speaker 3: Go to the There was a dinner on the weekend before the gala. It probably would have been more fun. Speaker 1: Anyways, she said anything, No, she hasn't, but she I think she was in support of the New New York mayor. Right, And obviously he didn't go, but then I wouldn't have expected him to go, and he did post about it. They posted a series of let's sell a the real heroes of fashion and you know, celebrated workers behind the scenes and particular designers and things. So yes, so Sarah Jessica Parker I reckon could be a boycott. But then they're saying, you know, j Lo, I don't think Jalo was boycotting. I just think she's tired. Speaker 3: Harry Styles. Speaker 1: Harry Styles is in the middle of record of rehearsing for his tour. He's in a studio in bethnal Green running through it. Not that I've been stalking him. Justin Bieber, he's just done Coachella. Boy needs to lie down. Miley Taylor Swift, she never goes, and I don't think she's so. I think that some of the boycott cots are not boy I. Speaker 3: Think that's right. But it's interesting that some of the tech billionaires it clearly got to them a little bit. So it's interesting that Jeff did not walk the red carpet with Lauren. That's very unusual. They do everything together. We've learned this from various pieces about them and Lauren's dress being very boring. Do we think that was intentional. Speaker 1: A little bit understated for Lauren, Yeah, but I think it was had a very specific art reference. It was the same dress as someone called Madame X and it's like scandalous women. Speaker 3: Yep. It's interesting though, because Jeff did walk the carpet in twenty thirteen when Amazon sponsored the event. There was no outrage back then when Amazon sponsored the event and he walked with Mackenzie then Mackenzie Bezos his wife at the time. Mark Zuckerberg also made his Met Gala debut with his wife, Priscilla Chan, and they also didn't walk the red carpet, which I thought was interesting because it's kind of like, well, you want to be at the glamorous event, but you don't want the attention of being there. Speaker 1: Do you think they might have been encouraged not to. Speaker 3: I don't think anyone encourages Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos to do anything would have worked exactly. But there were some tech willionaires who did walk the carpet. Google founder Sergei Brinn. He showed up on the red carpet with his girlfriend. Her name is Gaylyn Gilbert Soto. The New York Times describes her as a con conservative gut health influencer. Speaker 1: That is one of the six job title Claire. Speaker 3: Do you think that there's something inherently conservative about gut health? Speaker 2: Yeah, because gut health is very don't take antibiotics and don't take antibiotics is very That's what it's. Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, which used to be a sort of crunchy hippie vibe, but these days has come back around it. Speaker 3: I thought it was just you know, drink your com your chart, but no, it means it can. Speaker 2: Be very I feel like there's it's a short road from like gut health gut health to to anti vacs. Don't ever give your children antibiotics with my sour crow. Speaker 3: And of course I'm AROUNDA was there. I just have to add she was there with Snapchat founder Evanstein on the carpet, of course. Speaker 1: Possibly the biggest gun that I haven't mentioned though, is Zendaya. She does always go. Usually she didn't go, and that read like a boycott. And some people are saying, if your boycotting, say you're boycotting. I don't think so necessarily. You don't want to necessarily make everything about your politics. But I just have one question. I think that big charity galas of all types have always been, have always reflected the moment therein and they've always been a path to accessing status in a particular society. Watch the Gilded Age, It's all about that. Speaker 3: And Nixon notably said that she thought it was great that the mayor didn't go. Speaker 1: Yes, but like you know, you're reflecting the time. So you're going a big gala ball is the way you get all the fancy people together. This being a tech bro billionaire ball is very reflective of the moment we're living in, right, So is it surprising in any way in the nineteen eighties New York society. It was all about glitz and flash and Donald Trump, and now we're like again, I don't know. I kind of feel like, what did we expect to happen? Speaker 3: No, that's right, But I think that the group that people are most angry at it's not the people who went in their pretty dresses. It's not the people who didn't go and stay quiet about it. It's the people who went but then tried to have their cake and eat it too. See. Speaker 2: I'm not as frustrated about this because Sarah Paulson is getting a hole at a crap because she wore a dress that then and then had a blindfold that was a dollar bill, and it was people like it's making a statement about about like eating the rich. Speaker 3: Well, she herself said that it was a statement about the one. Speaker 2: Besides yes, and and I thought that was like a far swing. But the dress is actually called like the one percent by the artist, the designer who designed it, and the mask was called blinded by Money, and it was a statement on greed and corruption that comes with extreme power. I think it's a little bit unfair to look at her and say, well, you've got a net worth of twelve million dollars at which how does anyone calculate anyone's net worth on the internet? But you have a net worth of that you're at this event, how dare you then make a protest when it's like, well, isn't that exactly how how you do it? Speaker 3: Don't you go in? And well, people do have a history of using that platform. So Alexandra Ocazio Cortez, who is a Democratic congresswoman from New York, famously wore a dress on the Megala red carpet a couple of years ago which said tax the rich. But people actually have the same criticism for her. To your point, Holly, the met Gala in some corners has always been seen as a kind of repulsive show of excess and decadence, and she got a lot of aoc got a lot of flak for even attending the event back then, reading the canapasey while saying. Speaker 1: You guys are discussing while Charlie free directions. Speaker 2: But if you're not there, you don't have a microphone to say anything about the event, do you know? Well, I guess you do. I guess like Vende could opposed to something on Instagram. Speaker 3: If you want Zendaya not going definitely took the air out of the room when that announcement came out, And I guess it wasn't an announcement so much as a news update. Everyone kind of went, that's big. When Zendeia's not there, it's big. Speaker 2: Because she's always one of the coolest on the carpet. Does something really original, remember that, like bloody light up dress and she. Speaker 3: Oh, but there was a bathroom selfie. Some things always stay the same, right, and you saw this by Yes, it's always an iconic bathroom selfie. It's always the thing you want to look for. And there was an amazing one that had you know, the Margo Robbie all the people in it. But one of the things that was most striking about that And so I saw that in the wild last night and I was like, why is there an exceptionally beautiful woman in the middle of that who is wearing a quarter zip sweatshirt? I was like, was she at that party? Speaker 1: And then it's having a lot of headlines today because she is actually a very famous model. Speaker 3: Yeah, I actually love the story behind this. Her name is Bavitha Mandava and she that what she wore was a quarterzip jumper essentially and what looked like jeans. It turns out they weren't just any jeans. The jeans were made with silk muslin and had a blue denim effect. My jeans today have a blue denim effect. And it's a very important iconic look because she opened Chanell's show in December, which was on the New York City Subway, wearing essentially that outfit, and the fashion world lost their mind. That show was like considered extremely groundbreaking, and she was the first Indian model to open a Chanel show and she is now the first South Asian ambassador for Chanel. And incidentally, did you notice that Margot Robbie, who was also Chanel ambassador, It was right next to her in that photo. So Chanell must have been just so happy about the whole thing. Speaker 1: I know, but it just she just looked so out of place. Speaker 3: But that's what made it so good. Speaker 1: Yeah, but I was like wandered into the shop. But she also read all about it and I was amazing. Yet she didn't have to have a bubble machine boobs. Speaker 3: And then that look that she wore on the Chanel catwalk was actually a nod in turn to how she was discovered. I love this so much. She was a grad student m YU and she was discovered on the New York City subway waiting for a train. One would imagine probably wearing a similar outfit to the one she is now wearing in a much more fabulous incarnation at the metgala. Speaker 1: But you were obsessed with another red carpet walk. Speaker 2: Yes, because I am a basic bitch. If, like I swear, if there was like a thermometer for like, what's what does the basic bitch think about anything that's happening in the world right now? It comes over me and it's like bing bing bing bing bing because I saw the red carpet photos of Hugh Jackman in Suton Foster and I think I was sitting opposite you and Holly and I. Speaker 3: Said, oh oh, was like I don't and I'm like, howm my. Speaker 1: Here has it been? Speaker 3: Now? Not that many at least well he was. Speaker 2: Hugh Jackman was on the Red carpet with Debory Furnace in twenty twenty three. Speaker 3: My group chats are very divided on this. Some love the two of them together and some are talking about deb Prowley. Speaker 1: Do you have to not debut your relationship after a divorce five years, ten years? What do we want? Speaker 2: There are no rules, but I am allowed to go oh poor deb Oh, no, I hate that I am allowed. And then the tabloids, because again I'm a basic bitch. The tabloids were like, hey, basic bitches, We've made up a story for you. So there are sources in Inverata commas who say that Debrale Furnace was a huge fan of the event and the decision to bring Sutton Foster was a final blow to deb And what I didn't realize when I went really deep on this was some Foster's wearing a ring, like they think that you proposed in January and they think they're going to have some trend in your wedding. Speaker 1: And is that all are not allowed? He's not allowed to marry again, not ever, not ever. Speaker 3: I I don't know about that. Speaker 1: How do you know that, Deborah Lee Furness. This is what I don't like about this narrative is it victimizes a woman who maybe is totally done with that, you know what I mean. She obviously she made up some statements that made it clear she was not happy when that relationship broke down, But again three years ago, so now she might be living her absolute best life. Thank god I don't have to go to the met gala with that guy. Speaker 3: She disagrees politically too. We don't know anything about it, like she was kind of famously a conservative political voice because he is the godparent of Rupert Murdock and Wendy Dang's children. Also, he's very close with Avanka Trump. So no one was surprised to see Hugh at the slightly maga codd metgala. Speaker 1: Oh wow, he's unfair, And I know no one's crying for the celebrities, but I think it's unfair to brand everybody who was at that red carpet as maga. Speaker 3: Co Oh no, no, no, I did too, But I just I'm saying that he's not exactly Alexandra Orcasio Cortez. No one would be expecting him to make a big political statement about the taxing the rich. No, he's very like to promote. Speaker 1: In a moment, what the heck was all that Baldoni Lively business about? If we've both basically ended with nobody winning and no money changing hands. So moments before one Blake Lively swept onto the met gala carpet looking a bit like Cinderella, very trademark minus the bluebird. She didn't happen. She always said exactly body, She's pretty good all that stuff. But moments before that, a statement dropped into the inboxes of major press outlets, including People, New York Times and so on, and it read the end product the movie. It ends with Us is a source of pride to all of us who worked to bring it to life. And with no context, Everyone's like, why are we reading this? Raising awareness and making a meaningful impact in the lives of domestic violence survivors and all survivors is a goal that we stand behind. It becomes clear this is a joint statement from Blake Lively's team and Justin Baldoni's team about the court case we've all been obsessed about for years. We acknowledge the process, presented challenges, did it. Speaker 3: Recollections and recognized concerns raised by mes Lively deserved to be heard. Speaker 1: We remain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments. This is one of those statements that so many lawyers were involved in drafting that it. Speaker 3: I hate an unproductive environment and I'm with that. Speaker 1: That's fair. It is our sincere hope that this statement brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online. And in the hope of moving forward constructively and in peace, Blake goes to the met gal Yeah, yep. Now we'll get to whether or not they got their respectful environment online, But just a very quick catch up, because we would be here for a year if we went into all the ins and outs of what's been going on here. But it all started when Blake Lively. Do I need to explain who she is? Significant star actress, possessor of wonderful hair, one half of a very powerful Hollywood power couple, made a movie called It Ends with Us, based on one of the best selling books in the past decade by Colleen Hoover. Speaker 2: And you guys are weird about it because I said this morning that it's objectively one of the worst movies I've ever seen. And you guys, it's fine. You guys were so mad well. I didn't stop you so mad well. Speaker 1: I'm gonna get to that in a minute. The thing is is that making a movie based on one of the best selling books of the decade is smart business and lots of people wanted to do it. But the man who owned the rights was Justin Baldoni, who's a lesser known dude. He's an actor, producer, self proclaimed feminist. Done. Some Ted talks about it. Speaker 3: Everything I know about this man I've learned against my will exactly done. Speaker 1: Some Ted talks about it podcast with Liz Plank something something something. Anyway, the movie itself is about domestic balance. That is not a mystery or a surprise at his front and center in the plot. The movie got made, and the movie was a huge hit, proving Claire Stephens wrong. Speaker 3: All I need to say. Speaker 1: Against the modest production budget of twenty five million, it grossed around three hundred and fifty one million dollars. Huge movie, right, But before the hit part happened, obviously, it was obvious that things were for apart. Behind the scenes, everything had gone very very wrong. We're not going to take you through because again I know Klas Stevens has a PowerPoint on this somewhere. You It went very deep at the time. You were a great source of it. Speaker 3: It was great. A lot of this was going down. Speaker 2: I think maybe just as I submitted my books, and my reward to myself was finish your book and you can read all the legal poculars. Speaker 1: Yes, and there was this press tour that was like separate red carpets and warring factions and all this stuff. And then in December twenty twenty four, Lively sued Baldoni, accusing him of harassment, sexual misconduct, and a smear campaign on the set of their movie. She claimed that Baldoni conspired with publicists to preemptively destroy her reputation, hence the dodgy press tour after she privately accused him of sexually harassing her on the movie set. There were a lot of damning texts released, all hell broke loose. Then Baldoni countersued. He basically alleged that Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds always wanted to take over this movie, the control of the script, to the edit, all the things that they had it in for him, and they used their very famous friends to intimidate and harass him. Speaker 3: I'll never forget the email that when unanswered, that she sent to Matt Damon. Speaker 1: Oh, I know. There were a lot of damning texts revealed. Speaker 2: Again, sorry, the one to Ben Affleck where she like, oh, she just made an awkward joke about how she had sent the email to Matt Damon and how great Matt Damon was, and I was like, honey, that's like Ben Affleck's biggest point of in security is comparing himself to Matt Damon and you don't know the idiots and your correspondence with Ben. Speaker 1: And so here we are suddenly, just weeks before this mess was all going to go to court, all these cases have been it. Speaker 3: Hadn't even gone to court. Speaker 1: No, some things had been dropped dropped. So first of all, Baldoni's case against Lively got dropped, and some elements of Lively's case against him got like so there was all that was stuff, but it was it was meant to go to court I think on May eighteen, so soon. Wow, And days before it's been disappeared. Lawyers have made millions, reputations have been trashed and nobody apparently no money exchanged hands between the two parties, and no one, as you as evidenced by that really confusing press release, nobody is saying that they've won or not. Claire does the fact that Blake Lively stepped onto the met Gala carpet the minute that happened signaled that she sees this as victory or that she'd liked to pretend the whole thing didn't happen, And how the hell does she move forward? Speaker 3: Yeah, Claire, what does that mean that she shot up at the Metgala? Speaker 1: One? Speaker 2: I think it's genius. I always think that the best publicity in response to this stuff is to be around and change the narrative, like changing a different direction. Celebrities are so clever that it is no coincidence that this statement came out when it did and that then she was on a red carpet, because you just you know that there's so much going on in the world. People are going to be all the celebrity reporters are going to be distracted, just like the zones. Speaker 3: Yes, yes, And. Speaker 2: It's the same reason it always happens. When I was editor in chief, the local Australian celebrities would always announce their breakup at like five pm on a Friday, and it's like, you know. Speaker 3: The journals have gone to drinks or boxing day. Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you know, we've gone to drinks, you know that West Skeleton stuff on the weekends. Speaker 3: We're not going to go as hard on this story. Speaker 2: So I think it was smart that it was released when it was, and it was smart that she turned up at the met gala and that she reminded everyone I look really good in address. Speaker 1: You to figure but disagree because what immediately happened the minute she opened her mouth. Speaker 2: Well, this is what's interesting that depending on your algorithm, and depending on what side of the Internet you're on, there are two very different stories. So on certain apps, the story I'm saying is this was a win for Blake Lively that, for example, the line at the end of that statement including a respectful environment online, that that was very much acknowledging what had happened to her, which was all the allegations about manufactur orchestrated campaign. Speaker 1: Because that is the thing that I will take away from this mess the most, is that seeing the messages between Baldoni's press people and him about ways that you can use and manipulate social media to dent somebody's reputation is not just like when you see suddenly start seeing everywhere lots of tiktoks around of like, look at this interview with this person, doesn't she come across a bit like this but there can be a lot more behind it. And this is also things that we pointed out about amber Hood joining the amber Hood Johnny deppcayse that there can be a really orchestrated dark arts going on there, and certainly the examples that were pinging back and forward between Justin Baldoni and his reps suggested that I knew that. Speaker 2: Yeah, And so there's there's a lot of arguments that that line in particular is about what she went through, because she really has been torn apart on the internet. However, I couldn't believe that she turns up at the met Gala. She there's she clearly you could actually tell from her speaking when she was interviewed that she was nervous, that she was trying, like, I can't put my foot in it. Speaker 3: I can't like that. Speaker 2: There have been viral interviews of her for a couple of years now all over the Internet of her just saying slightly the wrong thing in an interview, and it becomes that she's an awful person. Blake Lively did an interview on the met Gala red carpet and it has been analyzed to death, and people think she was rude to the interviewer in this instance, well, you look gorgeous. Speaker 4: I am wearing Jackson weederhot gorgeous, thank you beautiful hair. She yeah, you look studying. And this is archival versace, but they met a fid it by adding a big beautiful train. So it's a piece from two thousand and six. And it was just such an honor to be able to wear this gorgeous, gorgeous gown. It looks like a sunrise and a sunset and watercolor and gorgeous range shworts, jewelry. But this this, but these, this is a Judith leberbag. And we were trying to find a piece of famous iconic art to put on and make it look like it was in a frame. And then I said, would you actually, if you're gonna make it custom, would you do my kid's art? So my kids each painted a painting, a watercolor painting. So each of my four kids did this. Speaker 1: That is so spoo especial. Speaker 4: So I have them with me. Speaker 2: And that has been interpreted as her being a bit, as her being dismissive, as her being self scentered. The other thing that's been I think we want to know what this is. Speaker 1: So here's my challenge to your strategy, be public, give them things to talk about, because she can't get away from this narrative now for some time, it's been years of her lit like every time she opens her mouth. There's a lot of people invested in you're a terrible person, as you say, so they're just going to find ways to say that over and over again. In the way that the Internet is now very invested in hating Blake Lively a certain so, just in the way that the internet's very invested in hating Megan Markele. It doesn't matter what she does, what she says, where she goes. You can't win that game. Speaker 2: One of the great arguments was it costs one hundred k for a plate at the Met gala, and part of her claim was the financial stress caused by Baldoni smear campaign. And it's like she's not paying for that one hundred k plate, neither is anyone people being like I thought you were arguing you were locked out of Hollywood. Speaker 3: Doesn't look like you're locked out of Hollywood. Speaker 2: And she had a bag where her interpretation of the art theme was that she got her four kids to draw a picture on each side of the back no self centered, made it about you. Speaker 3: You wanted to. Speaker 2: Claim authorship over this event, So there are people. Speaker 1: This is why I think her best strategy is to go away for a few years. Speaker 2: Yeah, because I think the weird thing is I think if Justin Baldoni had turned up, I think there's something, there's an anonymity that we give men that we just don't give women like I just don't think he is going to be plagued in the same way. And I think it's Marina Hyde who says he'll probably do some low budget it. Speaker 1: Will definitely have dented his possibilities of becoming a big name. I think that because, as Marina Hyde says in that story in The Guardian, she wrote a column about this, saying that the overarching lesson of this whole thing is never ever go to court, never ever ever. And they didn't actually end up in court, but still is that for the rest of time. Their names are now linked, every interview, every pro file, every project they do. This will always be part of the story in a way that it wouldn't if it hadn't entered the courts. But when I say I think go away free, I don't mean disappear like I don't mean silencing women. I mean work on projects, work on producer projects, hustle behind the scenes, do all your hollywoody stuff until you can come back to address this with more nuanced Look at Lena Dunnan. We've been talking about that a lot lately. Famously one of the most hated women on the internet for a period of time, couldn't put a foot right, couldn't do anything right, opened her mouth, everybody jumped on her. We know how the culture treats women who speak out about all kinds of things. There are local examples of this too. In a way. You've got to like let the air out of it and then come back when there's some nuance and distance. Speaker 3: You know what I mean That her while best friend Taylor Swift would have told her that too, because Taylor, of course also famously disappeared and was getting around in large boxes for a while just to stay out of the public eye. That comment of Marina Hides about never go to court is interesting because a few years ago, someone in a professional context did something to me that made me want to take them to court, and so I went to talk to a lawyer about it, who have been recommended to me, and the lawyer heard me out. I was very grateful for the advice she gave me. She said, look, I think you have a strong case, but if you did this, everyone in your field would say that you were a nightmare, no matter what happened in the court case, no matter how right you are, and I do think you're right, it would affect you professionally and it would follow you professionally for the rest of your life. And I think getting that advice from someone who had kind of a monetary gain to taking the case on was something I really appreciated. And I just wonder if Blake Lively's legal advice turned out to be deeply misguided. Speaker 1: I know. The sad thing about this argument I've never taken to court is, of course, that women putting up with sexual harassment at work are just always this guy from ever doing anywhere with it, because you're going to get your character smeared. And it might be on the scale of a Blake Lively, or it might be just the local gossip at the football club, like whatever it is, and that it's like we've seen this play out in massive letters across the sky that watch out, women will get you one way or another, and whether or not Blake Lively is particularly likable, is always nice to everybody? Blah blah blah, isn't the point? Speaker 2: Yeah, it is quite scary for women knowing that if you pursue, which is what an element of what Blake Lively was pursuing, a sexual harassment claim, that all your texts will be looked over and mocked and made fun of. Like, that's a really scary cost to pay. After the break James Valentine and why everyone's talking about the concept of a living wake. On the twenty second of April of this year, cast out musician and author James Valentine died age sixty four, leaving behind his son, his daughter, and his wife. The ABC veteran had terminal cancer, and he was widely loved by his audience, who had been listening to him for three decades. He had been transparent over the last two and a half years about his health. He was a very talented saxophone player and anyone who grew up in the eighties in Australia probably knows him as part of the band The Models and their iconic songs Barbados and Out of Mind, Out of Sight, and he was a Sydney radio presenter. Emilia and Holly, what was your connection to James Valentine as a radio personality? Speaker 3: He was a really important figure in my childhood. He hosted a thing called the Afternoon Show on ABC when back when there were forty TV channels in this country. I remember those days, and he would host and it was cartoons, it was variety. And I never really listened to him on the radio, but I have such you know, in the way that those childhood figures loom large for you. I've always held such fondness and affection for him. And how about you, Hollie. Speaker 1: He's clearly just an incredibly skilled communicator. I mean, I would be lying if I said I listened to that show. But anyone who knows how radio works, how the ABC works, so many people I know who know him. He was just clearly exceptionally good at what he did and very loved. Speaker 2: It's a reminder I think that parasocial relationships have existed long before the Internet. The fact that when the news of his death came out there was a widespread kind of public grieving and a lot of listeners who called in the next day, and his wife and his kids were kind of saying how much that meant to have people remember their dad through sense of humor and his energy. So two and a half years ago he was diagnosed with esophagal cancer and he was given two different treatment options, and he chose the one that was a bit less invasive and would preserve the things he loved in life, which were presenting radio, playing saxophone and enjoying food. Then in January of this year, he's given a terminal diagnosis and his response to that diagnosis and what he planned to do next was documented in Monday's episode of Australian Story, presented by Lee Sales, and it started a huge conversation about the concept of a living wake, which he very fittingly held on Valentine's Day of this year. Here's what he said on the show stage. Speaker 5: Four, terminal, inoperable, uncurable. I don't want to hear any of those words, let alone in the one sentence. So a friend suggested Tommy, maybe you should do a living wake, and oh, that sounds like fun. I will know the time and the day and so it'll be the last weekend. What do you do on that last weekend's dinner? Before? What do you think is that the last meal, I will probably know exactly when I'm going. Speaker 1: That's so moving. So seeing the footage of his reference at the end there was due to the fact that he ultimately chose the time he was going to die, right. Speaker 2: Yeah, he chose voluntary assisted dying and was very transparent around how he made that decision and what that decision entailed. For context, voluntary assisted dying is legal in all states in Australia and the Act except the Northern Territory, and obviously it's an incredibly complex and incredible, incredibly personal decision that has sparked. It's sparking more and more conversation the more we have and aging population and the more people are getting certain diagnoses that may keep them alive for a very long time, but the quality of that life may be poor, and him kind of taking people through that decision was a huge part of the Australian story. But it meant that he got to plan this living wake and there's footage of it, and he's got his family and friends there and there are so many familiar ABC faces and he's really good friends with Norman Swan, who he had on radio to discuss his diagnosis, like what all the different parts of the body were and what they did. And there was something so moving about seeing him on stage with a microphone at his own wake, basically saying, please come up to me and tell me stories and memories about us, because they are what's going to carry me through the next few weeks. And I guess I thought it must be such a relief for his family that then when you do a funeral, he's heard all the beautiful things that you're then going to say about him. I think this is really something we should we should all be looking at. Speaker 1: If it's possible, this episode of Australian Story is really recommended viewing. I think, whether you know who James Valentine is or not, in a world where we hate to talk about death, and yet it touches everybody obviously, I mean that's a ridiculous thing to say, but it does touch everybody. I'd lost a friend to this same cancer when he was only forty six. It's like all cancers. It's a it's it's cruel and the idea that we're also we don't like talking about illness, we don't like talking about death, and seeing somebody such a skilled communicator like James Valentine in this episode talking about why he wanted to do the things he did, and they document the year so very like him talking about how very much clarified for him that he loved his work, so he didn't want to stop working. He loved playing his saxophone, so he wanted to try and avoid procedures that were going to stop him from doing that. That he really wanted to work, play and be with his family, and those are the things he wanted to spend his last year doing. It's just it's very powerful, it's very clarifying. And then to see him at his living way and he says, you know, it wakes People always say, oh, he would have loved me there, and he says, so I wanted to be there, And I just think it's very refreshing. I think, you know, I, as I said, I didn't have a direct listenership with Joe's Valentine, but people who do, and people I know who've worked with him said he brought joy all the time. And it feels like a gift to give be so honest and so open and so clear eyed in talking about this thing that nobody wants to talk about. Is like the last incredible gift that a great communicator could give, and his family is so amazing in it. I really recommend watching the show. Speaker 2: There's a great quote in one of the ABC articles about his kind of decision making towards towards the end, where I think, as a psychologist says, dying people are not the actual act of dying is not the thing they're most scared of. They're scared of the invisibility and the absence of conversation around it. They're scared of people turning away and not wanting to be around them because of how confronting it is. And this was just such a reminder to look it straight in the eye and have the existential conversations with the people around you. The way that he spoke to his kids, and his kids were able to say, what do you think is going to happen afterwards? Speaker 3: And I bet that that's so much harder to do than even it looks. It doesn't look easy, but I bet it's even harder to actually enact these principles that we can all agree are worthwhile. Speaker 1: I love that his kids say that this was perfect for him in particular, this living weight, because he loved being center of attention. He loved a party, He loved being told I'm brad he was. I love the way they you know that families are really kind of I mean, I'm sure no families are perfect, but they're really healthy and loving when they can just call out that stuff about you and be like, he would love this because he just loves everybody tell him how great he is. Speaker 3: So good. Speaker 2: Yeah, And I loved that it wasn't a sanitized version because I think something I always bristle at is when you hear of somebody getting a terminal diagnosis or of you know, knowing that they're going to die. I bristle at the narrative of I guess almost toxic positivity that they're just like, well, I'm completely grateful and joyful. And then I feel for the people who don't have that response, which is completely bloody normal. But I loved there was a lot of light and shade in this. They talked about they went on a holiday, a family holiday to Bali, just before he was meant to get the surgery for his esophagus, and that the whole family's like, oh so bloody terrible holiday. Everyone was sick, everyone had covid Dad. Speaker 3: Had BALI belly like. It's sort of I like that. Speaker 2: In documenting this time, they've been able to show the highs and lows of what happened. But the nort Yeah, how normal it is. But the fact that he was able to do it his way, and that those conversations around what you want, what you don't want, they give so much empowerment in those in those final months and final days. Speaker 1: Something completely different. There was celebrity baby news this week that I must mark because it was interesting. Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden just welcomed their third child. And it's interesting because Cameron is fifty three. Now. When I say that, I don't mean it's interesting in that way of like, oh, miracle baby, how did she do that? Why did you do that? Cameron Diaz. They announced that their little boy had come. They announced what his name was. His name is Nortous and he joins Raddix and Cardinal, which are all just the most rock star names of all time. They announced it. They didn't give any more details than that. It is safe to assume just because Cam's been on a press tour lately, she's been quite visible on a tour for a movie called Outcome, So she's been very visible, and it's safe to assume possibly that she wasn't heavily pregnant during that time, so likely that a surrogate was involved, but none of our business. But the thing that I found really interesting and refreshing that I wanted to unpack a little bit here is I wrote an essay a while ago when Sienna Miller was on the Red Carpet with her beautiful baby bump at I think forty three, and saying how we're entering a bit of an era of agelessness because perhaps of fertility technology, because of the different options that are open to us now, because of Hollywood and the wellness world's obsession with longevity, that we're in a different era now when it comes to age and women and kids. And I think nothing illustrates that more clearly than the fact that there haven't been a whole waterfall of stories about like, oh my god, a mom at fifty three and how could she and why would she? And da da da da. Is that now we're much more kind of like in the way that we might be about a man becoming a father at fifty three, because if you remove the biological complication from the advance for chility technology and all those things. It isn't really any different than the guy who's been doing that forever. Yeah, am I right? Yeah? Speaker 2: No, I think so too. The interesting thing is, as well, when I've looked at this story, how old Benji Madam? Well, nobody ever, as I don't know, I don't know, why didn't I. Speaker 1: Google similar age? I think, well, let's find it happen. Speaker 2: Yeah, because you're seven, so being a little bit younger Benji's forty seven, bloody spring chicken. But I it's interesting because whenever I see pregnancy baby news, it's obviously the life stage. Speaker 3: I'man, I always google. Speaker 1: How old is how? Speaker 3: How old is that? Speaker 1: Money is she? Speaker 2: And you're right that we don't when we wouldn't blink an eye at a man having a child at fifty three. And obviously, if you want to think about any of the things that make rearing children. Speaker 3: Difficult, the older you get. Speaker 2: I mean, Amaran Diaz looks like a bloody pillar of health. She's gonna live forever, She's gonna live till she's undred. Speaker 3: Well, I think what's interesting is that you said no one will blink, and I about a man. I wonder if, now, because women are also having babies older, all of a sudden, we're starting to blink her eyes at men having babies older. Men were allowed to do it for all of human history, but now that women are starting to do it, we're starting to revisit the whole idea of older parents because. Speaker 2: We are interested, and there is actually more and more scientific research going into the health impacts of older because you know how, I'm called geriatric. Just for the record, I'm a geriatric mother. What age, I'm thirty five years old. No, they don't. They call it advanced material. Speaker 3: They definitely call it just it's kind of coolrophistic. Speaker 1: They definitely did call it geriatric though, when I had my second child at forty, I that's interesting. Speaker 2: But if they call Brent geriatric, no, but they should have done it because he's elderly, I think. Speaker 1: I think that's interesting. But then that also assumes. Speaker 3: Like the judgments creeping in for both sexes now, is what I'm saying. Speaker 1: Yes, and that assumes the idea about like we're becoming aware of the risks of older parents assumes assumes a lot about what might be going on here biologically. Yes, exactly, whereas if Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden and whoever else may be in their cohort are having are assessing all the risks, I'm sure they are. We know how health obsessed Hollywood is and making those choices, and there I think. I don't know that's interesting though, Amelia, where you say that that maybe the judgment, instead of fading away, just attaches itself to both genders. Speaker 3: Well, because I don't think it is just about biology. I think it would be we need to put on the table to not be disingenuous. That a lot of people listening to this may have a reaction of if you have a baby at a more advanced age, shall we say, in your fifties, you automatically do a bit of maths, and you think, well, when that child in school, Cameron Diaz will be sixty three. I don't know how old Benji Madden will because I'm not that good at maths, but he'll be also kind of old. And so I think that's one of the concerns that people are now voicing a little bit more when no one ever used to say, well, Mick Jagger is going to be so old when his kids graduate but now we are starting to say that or feeling perhaps feeling more comfortable to say that. Speaker 1: I think that's really interesting. But then I think in this privileged bubble that we're talking about, longevity is an obsession. So I think that that is also changing. This right is that people are thinking rightly, wrongly whatever that with all the right advances and all the right supplements and all the right that they're imagining themselves at seventy three, at this kid's twenty first, like leaping around, I'm doing yoga and pilate, particularly if they. Speaker 2: And Brian Johnson says he's got what is it the sperm of a twenty old? Think about that, man, Yeah, So I'm sure Cameron and Benji are having the same conversation. Speaker 3: So Cameron has remember she literally wrote a book about sort of how to be healthy as you get older, so she's this is clearly on her radar that she's sort of anticipating she will be living a long time. Speaker 1: That's always got time for on this Wednesday. Speaker 3: At births, deaths, any marriages, No. Speaker 1: There weren't any couples at the met gala, were they? They all went. Speaker 2: Solo boycotting, boycotting marriage on the metal, or. 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