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For this episode, guest Louis Lee joins us. Louis is the chief creative officer and co-founder of Bellweather, a strategy-led creative agency that specializes in transforming legacy brands in the non-profit healthcare and travel sector. Louis is passionate about helping brands thrive in an ever-changing landscape, particularly by expanding and diversifying audiences, including women, people of color, and Gen Z. In this episode, we chat about: Overcoming childhood challenges while living in an Asian household Navigating family dynamics as a queer couple Breaking away from limiting Asian stereotypes Analyzing the root of Asian stereotypes in America Being a minority in corporate spaces Leaning into supportive family and friends You can find our guest at: Instagram: @bellweatheragency Website: bellweather.agency X: @louisklee You can follow me at: Instagram: @stevenwakabayashi YouTube: @stevenwakabayashi Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: yellowglitterpodcast.substack.com  Visit our website yellowglitterpodcast.com

What makes a particular city in Arizona a good indicator of the future of both American democracy, as well as the climate crisis?On Today's Show:George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021), reports on Phoenix as a test of the U.S.'s ability to respond to climate change, and other issues facing the nation?

Today we are joined by Michelle Vilchez. Michelle is the CEO of Innovate Public Schools. In this episode, Michelle and Remi discuss the value of empowering parents to play a role in public education, the long-term impacts of the pandemic on teens, and how adults can become mentors to the teens they know. Show Notes:Innovate Public Schools | https://innovateschools.org/Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam | https://www.amazon.com/Bowling-Alone-Collapse-American-Community/dp/0743203046Go Public Schools | https://gopublicschools.org/The Education Trust-West | https://west.edtrust.org/Bellweather | https://bellwether.org/New Profic | https://www.newprofit.org/Black in School Coalition | https://www.blackinschool.org/Partnership for Children and Youth | https://www.partnerforchildren.org/Connect with Ambition:https://www.ambitionangels.org/https://www.ambitionangels.org/donatehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/remi-sobomehin/

Mike Z will be kickin it with Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares this Saturday Night 10pm to Midnight for "Wired In The Empire" on 96.7 KCAL Rocks Fear Factory and Machine head will be at the Bellweather in LA on February 24th which we'll get into with Dino as well as rockin you new tunes from: Kill The Lights, Nothing More and Verona on Venus -gotta get plugged in every Saturday night at 10pm

Kasimir and Lilith infiltrate the Spirit Wardens' Crematorium -- where ghosts go to die. Supporters Club and our first official Discord server: patreon.com/oxclub Check out the official Outside Xbox and Outside Xtra store for sweet merch: store.outsidexbox.com To watch all the original Oxventure videos, visit us on YouTube at youtube.com/oxventure.  And thank goodness for Johnny Chiodini. Find them at: www.youtube.com/johnnychiodini or www.patreon.com/johnnychiodini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Dan and Renee go back to June of 2016 to share more of the vanilla happenings in their incredibly crazy year. This includes Dan's divorce and the consequences of that action on his parents and on the house he now lives in.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comFetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

4 girls in the house this week. Keathe is still out, but is reading and ready to return next week!

Ohhhhh the AI thing. It's bananas. It's crazy. It's going to destroy humanity. And it's so much fun.  Today's podcast – how AI will affect the future of work. But not in a bloviating, imaginary way, which is how much of the AI discussion is happening (paired with doom and gloom of the end of the world). But more of a measured, tangible and smart way to approach it, from corporate leadership to the individual being affected.  It's not hyperbolic to say that AI is similar to the rise of human life on earth. That sounds wild, but it's also accurate. This is a pivotal point not just in the workplace, but in how society operates. It's not going away. On board yet? Good. Let's get to the bigger things.  Those bigger things include YOU. AI has been around for a while, behind a nice user experience model (thanks, Google!) that has allowed for some adoption. With the explosion of ChatGPT, many people are rushing to dictate and use some AI models to influence what they are looking for.  Initially, this will create a lot of noise in the marketplace (“Robot – write me a blog!”), but as we get past the newness of this, it will then influence workplaces in larger, more dynamic ways.  What's important to note here, and this is the crux of the podcast, is that while AI will change everything about work, it's up to us, as individuals, to control our positioning in this new world.  Yes, corporate leadership is looking at how to leverage AI (and they should). But you, as an individual, should be spending your time learning about it and using it, because without doing so, you will be left behind.  We all have a lot to learn … AI is no exception. Your future is dictated by choices today. More to come on AI, but here is a good start. Your Title Goes Here Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings. Click Here for an Unedited Transcript of the Podcast I'm Jim Frawley, and this is Bellwether. Welcome to Bellwether. Thank you for being here. Episode 116, 17, something like that. We're talking about ai. If I had my robot working, I'd know what episode it was. Um, . Let's talk about AI in the future of work. It's not something that we can ignore. It's something that I've wanted to talk about for a long time on the podcast. I've talked about it a little bit, but I haven't really done a dedicated episode on it. 0:53 Uh, I speak a lot to clients about it. I speak a lot to non-clients and audiences about it, and it's, um, it's a very exciting time. This is great. Um, what I wanna cover today, I'm gonna give you just a brief overview to level set because there's a lot of noise flying around in terms of what AI is and how it's transforming and all of that good stuff. Let's talk about how AI is affecting work today. 1:15 Let's talk about how it's work affecting you and work tomorrow. And then we're gonna wrap it up in a nice little bow and, and we're gonna set you off on your way and it's gonna be great cuz you're gonna be ready to deal with it. Um, here's, here's just a level set on ai and what I think about ai. This is, I've heard it said this way before and I completely agree with it. 1:36 It's similar to the rise of human life on earth. And that's not hyperbolic. Like this shit is legit and crazy and important and huge and it will not go away. And so we can't really put our head in the sand. Can't put your head in the sand. Silly ostrich. You have to embrace it. You have to adjust to it, and you have to get prepared for it. And right now it's kind of irrelevant, right? 2:07 It's all just doing small tasks that it can do for you. Is, is the way most people have imagined it. Social media content and writing kids books and creating pictures and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And basically it's just being used to create noise. That's all it is. It's just a lot of noise. We're seeing all the social media content, apparently. It's also writing Valentine's Day cards. That's great. We're using it in these little things. 2:27 Creating your meal plan and your workout plan and all this stuff. And there's all kinds of things that you can do, uh, where it's basically gonna compile information and it, and it's great. Okay? That's wonderful. Uh, but this will evolve and grow. And it's starting to do that into ways that have much more meaning. And that's what I wanna talk about today. I want to talk about that much more. Meaning let's chat about you and let's go. 2:53 All right? Because this affects everybody and full stop. This affects everybody. Um, and so, so that's it. So let's talk about the current state, right? It's creating noise. A lot of industries have already embraced ai. They're doing work with it. It's not, it's been around for a lot of auto automation. Google's been doing it. Think about your maps and all these types of things. The apps, it's been around, it's made life easier. 3:16 The challenge AI has always had is we, I mean, this has been talked about for decades. The challenge has been human adoption and user experience was the big play for ai. And Google was very good about that. And they've done it. Apple's very good about it. Um, but now it's kind of evolved. Humans have caught up a little bit. And so now it's, you know, the timing is ripe for this kind of thing. 3:42 And, and ai, uh, OpenAI and chat, G p t and all that stuff is, you know, we feel like we're ready to jump in. And this is kind of the new one, and it's just the starting point, but it's been around for, for a long time. So, um, and OpenAI has been around for a long time. They've done a lot of work too that, that you're probably familiar with. So, um, a lot of misconceptions about ai. 4:03 Um, but I think the reason we have so many misconceptions is because we don't fully appreciate the scale of what's possible with ai. Most of us are just kind of getting, catching up and getting up to it. The people who have been really knee deep and and arms deep in AI for the past, you know, bunch of years can talk about this scale. Will it destroy humanity? Some will say yes, I think probably not. 4:28 We're adaptable people or we're at least 50 years out from that as it goes. Um, . But, uh, but AI will make life fundamentally different within the next 10 years, if not five years, if not three years. And so what is important to remember is that humans are adaptable and it's very unsettling. AI is very, very unsettling in the workplace and what it's going to happen. And will we remain relevant for our individual, right? 4:57 There's the macro and the micro and we're gonna talk about individuals and everything else. A lot of people are going to be left behind in this. And so I don't want that to happen to you. I want you to be, uh, I want you to be there, but we are adaptable. Um, some people are not. And that's a fact and that's gonna be harsh. And there's going to be a, um,uh, a feeling of, you know, we're being left behind and we're gonna fight it and we're gonna stick to the old way. 5:20 So if you're thinking about the old way and how you want to clinging to it and do that, you're probably gonna be one of those people who are gonna be left behind. And that's a fact. And that adds more fear. And so that's why we fight. And we say we don't, don't take this away from me and all of this. This is societal change problems that we're gonna have to discuss and deal with, but we're gonna keep it just to, you know, we're gonna keep it to the workplace and, and talk about that. 5:41 So what I would encourage you to do is embrace it, don't fight it, um, and learn it and get really, really good with it. Because this is, this is the future of ai and it's the future of work and it's, it's going to change everything. So let's talk about benefits cuz we're just ripping through this. This is, I'm gonna try and do this episode in less than 15 minutes, um, and tell you everything you need to know in 15 minutes. 6:07 Um, potential benefits. Let's talk about the benefits of ai. One, increased productivity and efficiency. That's the easy play. That's it. Um, this is a goldmine for businesses, goldmine for businesses. Um, however, at that same time, generally what's a goldmine for a business is very uncomfortable for individuals. And that's something we need to remember. So it will make you productive, it will make you more efficient and will do all of these types of things. 6:34 But what does that mean for you, the individual? And we have to kind of figure that out. So businesses are going to invest heavily in AI because AI will supplement the 25% of workers they're going to keep while they shed 75%. And the money is going to, you know, filter up the top. That's what businesses do. We can resent it, we can hate it, we cannot like it, but that's just a fact. 6:55 And it's the way the world goes and that's the way life exists and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So, um, companies are looking at how to utilize AI in different types of ways, and they are going to lay off people. People are expensive, they're slow, they make mistakes. AI does not so well yet, you know,you know,you know where I'm going to. So, so that's that. You'll hear a line about how you're gonna have increased job satisfaction with ai, um, , and it's a nice little PR pitch. 7:24 You know what some people will, some people will, a lot of people won't. And here's why. Um, AI is going to eliminate all the mundane tasks that we have to do. Great. So let's talk about job satisfaction and mundane. There is comfort in the mundane. There is comfort on the days that we wanna mail it in at work and we just kind of push papers and we just do whatever and we're like, okay, and I did some work and whatever, I'm kind of mailing it in today and that's it. 7:55 Um, and so we like that. However, the question is, will that keep us up to pace with everybody else, right? So the, this is going to force us to kind of go, go, go, go, go. We'll use AI to do this and we're gonna create more. We're gonna use AI to do this. We're gonna create more, we're gonna do more. We're gonna do more. We're gonna do more. And that's exhausting. That's exhausting. 8:17 Um, if I go through one more, there's a flower shop. I mean, I keep meaning to take a picture of, you know, work hard today. So tomorrow's great and it's kind of this go, go-go mentality, really driven by the coaching industry about this growth mindset. And we have to do more and we could do more today to fix tomorrow. And it is exhausting. Okay? So, um, we have comfort in the mundane that's going to be eliminated because AI could do a force and it should, okay? 8:39 But it's not gonna mean that we could just sit around and do nothing. We're going to replace it by creating more work based on this AI and do that. So, um, job satisfaction does not come from the mundane. We have to talk about that as well. So yes, AI will eliminate the mundane and increase job satisfaction. That actually means the same thing. Here's what I mean by that. Job satisfaction comes from creating work. 9:05 Job satisfaction comes from ownership of something that you wish to accomplish and seeing it come to fruition, that's job satisfaction. If we eliminate the mundane tasks and just get assigned more of stuff we don't really want to own, we don't really want to do, that's not really, AI's not really going to help job satisfaction. So what we have to do is change our thinking and change our mindset, which we've talked about on this podcast before about creating work and creating ideas. 9:31 And that is, you know, when we clear out the mundane, it's actually a good thing, but we need to refill it with something that's not bs. And that's what we have to, that's the human thing that we have to figure out for us. Each individual is what are we going to create and not just be a passive, all right, well this is done. What are you gonna give me to do now? 9:52 And yes, boss, please give me more work. The, the days of being just a passive observer, endurer, I can't say they're over, but it's not gonna be solved by ai because if you're just gonna let it be replaced with more of this mundane and you know, just get assigned stuff and do stuff that you don't actually want to do, then you're just gonna be just as miserable as you are today. So that's life. 10:16 Welcome, welcome to it. Something I learned way too late and we'll see more people take the risk of being entrepreneurs and all of this type of stuff. It's very, very difficult to do, but we have to make this effort and see fruition. That's purpose. That's meaning, that's exactly what, you know, everybody claims to want, but it takes work to get there and that's not really what everybody wants to do. Um, so that's that. 10:39 So when we think about benefits of ai, increased productivity for the business, yes, painful for the individual, but what's good for the individual is the elimination of mundane tasks. You're gonna lose that comfort. But if you're open to it, we have to create more work and do those like really human things to challenge it and make AI reach its full potential so that we could do those things together. Um, there will be new opportunities for work in AI for those in your fifties, you're probably a little too late, let's be honest. 11:08 You're not really going to adapt to it, but there is a major transition time. Okay? So when I say that is what, what, what do new job opportunities look like? We generally think about kids coming out of college and how can they code and program and do these different types of things? Fine, but you can't have new jobs and programs until you understand how to use it first. And so that's step one. 11:27 Rather than worrying about what's 10 years down the road about will I be relevant, start today, play with ai. It's free open. AI is free to play with, play with it. Learn the new ways of thinking and how to adopt it and come up with new ideas. That is new opportunity right there. So when you're looking to build something and, and how does AI come in and how do people come into it? 11:46 It's emerging of two capabilities. What can you think up and how can you think about these things in new ways? And how can AI execute on this and challenge and elevate it and do it in more, do it in more unique creative, different types of ways. That's what's going to be relevant in the workplace, at least in the short term. And when I say short term in the next decade. So yes, new opportunities are going to be here. 12:07 It's up to you to learn it. Okay? You're watching TikTok videos of all these people doing these new things and you know, that's great and you say, oh, that's cool, and then you don't do anything. Uh, you're gonna be left behind, right? You actually have to practice this and do it. It could be anything. Write me a marathon training plan, write me, you know, all those things I said at the beginning, those silly little, you know, whatever. 12:27 See what output you get. If it's not good enough, then you have to change it the way you ask it and give it different types of parameters. We're thinking in terms of parameters, we're thinking in terms of theory, and then how do you give really specific direction and expectations so the robot can understand it. This has implications on interpersonal skills as well. So these are the types of things that we have to learn today. 12:49 And it's a fun exercise. It's actually a lot, a lot of fun to do that. So when we think about opportunity, that's one of the things that we have to do there too. Um, let's talk about skills, right? Cause I'm getting to the 15 minutes. I might go to to 20. I've got an outline and I'm, I'm blasting through and you know, sometimes I could go deeper. If you want me to go deeper, I'm happy to do that and reach out and I will go really, really deep. 13:10 Most people don't pay attention for 45 minutes, so that's why I don't do it. Um, let's talk about the skills that are gonna be in high demand, okay? As we just talked about that transition to learning AI and all of that, um, there are a couple things we have to learn about skill sets. AI is ultimately the result of human work. Okay? That's it. It compiles it thinks it, spits it back out, and that's it, it's a lot of those, those types of things for now, okay? 13:36 Um, skills that will be in high demand in how you could do it. The first, you know, as I think about it, and I wrote this down and I hate this term, but growth mindset, um, learning new skills. We hear this a lot. We need a growth mindset and we need to be thinkers and blah, blah, blah. How that manifests is difficult. Creating a growth mindset. Most people don't know how to digest this. 13:56 Creating a growth mindset's kind of like work on your listening skills. It sounds nice, doesn't mean shit, okay? It doesn't mean anything unless you give it meaning. So we need, basically what growth mindset means, is we need to ask a lot of questions and assume we don't know the answer. That's growth mindset in a nutshell. Okay?Um, it means not having any answers, it means losing your assumptions. That's where we have to, we have to strip ourselves down here. 14:22 That's growth mindset is not building on what we have from the past, but stripping it away and learning what to ignore so that we could be open to new ideas in the future. Um, I have more and more conversations, personal conversations, not necessarily work conversations with more and more people who are getting much more aggressive in, in having the right answer and being right. And I recognize that this is just a fear of what's happening, right? 14:47 They just spit out what they heard either on a news channel or, or something else. They have no context. They have this belief that they're trying to pass off as truth because they're trying to hold onto an old idea because they're unsure of what's coming next. Growth mindset. We have to shift and shed those assumptions and lose it and be open to the fact that maybe somebody's got something better than what we think. 15:08 That is incredibly important today. So that's that. Um, it's basically insecurity, okay? I mean, that's when we hold onto these old ideas, it's, it's an important thing holding onto these old ideas. It's insecurity in its purest form, okay? So shed those, those assumptions and do that human-based skills, what makes you uniquely human are going to be incredibly important. Yes, we could talk about empathy and we could talk about, um, all those things, but real creativity is a human skill. 15:39 Interpersonal skills, problem solving, right? It's ultimately, um, we still need humans. AI is still ultimately the result of human thought. Okay? So how can we be creative with using AI and elevating these types of things? AI is supportive. How we interact with other humans is incredibly important. So sales, jobs, psychological work, um,you know, all of these types of skills are gonna be very, very important in the workplace. We should be working on those. 16:05 Get out and meet more people, be more social, right? We don't have to, this isn't like you have to go back to school and, and take these classes. It's literally interpersonal. Learn how to have a conversation. Again, get out and network. How do you strike up? Strike up small talk. I hate small talk, but we still have to do it. It makes us part of a bigger world. These types of skill sets that we have to kind of say what makes us human, other people and our relationships make us human. 16:28 And that's what do we create and how do we think about new ideas and all of these types of things that's humanity and that's really, really good. Um, and facilitators, facilitators are going to be important, right? When we think about project management, getting things done, how do we finish things? AI will be doing work, but project management's much more than just Excel sheets and, uh, Trello boards and all that stuff. It's about working with people to get things finished. 16:56 And that's project management and that's gonna be, you know, very important. Um, and the ability to think, we have to think that skillset has gone away. It's a very kind of flighty kind of statement, but the, the ability to think has gone away because we haven't had to think over the past few years. A lot of people will jump in and tell you what to think, but we haven't had to think over the past few years. 17:18 Technology has kind of muffled that quite a bit. And so how do we think and, and encourage this philosophical, you know, how do you become philosophical? How do you think this is, you know, every day just pick a different random question and just think it through to till it's just beaten into the ground. We should be able to think not about what's right, but what's possible. Um, and those are the skill sets. 17:43 So as we go in, what are we at here? 17 minutes. Sorry, I'll wrap it up in like two and a half minutes here. I'll do it under 20. Overcoming the challenges. There will be challenges to ai. Change is uncomfortable. Um, and the ultimate goal, I guess for, for government, for business is to make this transition as smooth as possible for the people. That's your role right now. So that I'm speaking now to the businesses, to the government. 18:06 That's, that's that employee prep begins. Now, even if you're planning to cut your workforce by 50, 60, 70%, which is going to happen by the way, people, that's going to happen in the next bunch of years. Um, people staying still need the skillset, okay? And as you train these employees and teach these employees these new ways of thinking, more roles and divisions will come up. So you may not have to actually lay off all of those people that you can manifest and build your businesses in different types of ways. 18:33 So some of these skills, the educating of your employees and the training of your employees, these are skillsets we don't typically think of in the workplace of skillsets. We have to teach belief systems. How do you articulate what you believe? This isn't the typical kind of corporate top down. This is the messaging I want you to have. How do you get people comfortable with expressing their ideas? That is a skillset that we have to teach. 18:56 Um, how do you articulate question thinking? How do you think and reframe ideas? This is the new type of, of educating that we have to do. And that's something to invest in today so that AI can, people know how to use the ai. This is part of your business transition. This is part of your people strategy. PS this is exactly what we do. So you can call us and we'll just, we can make it easy for you. 19:18 We know exactly what to do. We've got the program, we've got the set, we could do this. Um, and so that's it. So AI in a nutshell, as we're wrapping up here, coming up on my 20 minutes, this is a lot to take in, A lot to take in. AI is going to basically what I've just told you in the past 20 minutes, AI is gonna fundamentally change everything on this planet. 19:40 Um, if you don't embrace it, you're gonna be left behind. This all sounds very, very dark, but there is possibility. We are adaptable, we are unique, we are special snowflakes, we have capability, but it's going to take work, okay? On the business side, business owners, business leadership, this is an investment you have to make for your employees. It's going to help your business. It's going to change your business. It's necessary for your business. 20:02 It's an investment. It's a new line on the balance sheet. You're gonna have to do it from people. You're gonna have to do the work. You're gonna have to create, you have to understand ai. That's your responsibility. It's to get yourself ready so that you're relevant to the workplace so that people are going to want to hire you and people, people are going to want to retain you. This is a point where we're going to see a bifurcation in society, in the workplace, everything where there's the people who understand it, the educated and the people who don't. 20:28 Okay? So this is very, it's a very, very important time. The bifurcation is going to happen soon. You could do it. I believe in you. I'm here to help. Reach out anytime. Good luck with ai. Good luck with the world , and here's your, your big nugget for everything. Um, I'll touch on this more, right? I'll, I'll do more podcasts on AI in the future of work. It's going to be so big. 20:49 We, we can't ignore it. We have to embrace it. So good luck with it. I'm here to help. Reach out anytime and I'll talk to everybody very soon. Thanks for listening. Thank you so much for listening. Now, do something for yourself. Bellweather is much more than just a podcast. Join us@bellweatherhub.com where you can read riveting articles, view upcoming events, and connect with other interesting people. I look forward to seeing you out there soon.

After winning a special election in a purple-ish district, we speak with a Congress-bound freshman about what his win means for Democrats' prospects in the midterms. On Today's Show:After defeating his Republican opponent in a special election in New York, Ulster County executive and Congressman-elect Pat Ryan (D NY-19th), joins to discuss.

Get to know Emily DeMarco of Bellweather Design Build! Emily initially joined Bellweather as the Marketing Coordinator and has slowly shifted more and more responsibility to supporting the Sales Department. She has experience in SEO, social media, and content creation. As Bellweather's Sales & Marketing Coordinator, she participates in all phases of customer experience with a focus on lead generation, customer success, and happiness. Start listening to Emily's story now!

This week Spencer sits down with Will Giesey of Bellweather Design-Build. Will founded Bellweather Construction in 2002 and has been serving the Philadelphia area and its PA & NJ suburbs. Will is interested in engineering, energy efficiency, historic preservation, and modern, timeless design. He is the president of the Philadelphia area chapter for the National Association for the Remodeling Industry and holds multiple certifications. Start listening to Will's story now!

We're back with a recap of Motherland: Fort Salem season 3, episode 5. There are big changes happening at Fort Salem, the Bellweather unit faces judgment by the council, Anacostia uses some nifty new skills to her advantage, and Alder surprises everyone. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsrecapmadness/support

Happy Yule! We're back with a recap of Motherland: Fort Salem season 3, episode 4. It's Yule time for the witches but no one is really in the mood to celebrate. The Bellweather unit is still trapped by the marshall...but Yule brings some unexpected visitors and a sign from the other side from Raelle. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsrecapmadness/support

We're continuing our recap of Motherland: Fort Salem Season 3 with episode 3...Oh Elayne. The Bellweather unit is in trouble as always, but they get a very unexpected surprise. Also, the Bellweather unit aren't the only ones facing some major trouble. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsrecapmadness/support

Ever wonder what General Bellweather does in her free time? Well, Catherine was kind enough to tell us everything we wanted to know and more about Momma Bellweather! This episode along with all our other episodes are now available on YouTube: Check out the BWE Channel As always, please feel free to reach out to us on all the things. We love hearing from you! Twitter @BigWitchEPod Tumblr @BigWitchEnergyPod Instagram @BigWitchEnergyPod Gmail = BigWitchEnergyPod@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bwe-pod/message

With inflation figures showing prices have gone up more than five per cent in the past year, cost of living remains at the front of voters' minds. Voters in the bellwether seat of Lindsay, west of Sydney raised concerns about their increasing expenses coupled with their stagnant wages.

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This week I'm thrilled to have Dr. Veronica Ruelas and Denise Gaffney as my guests to chat Forgiveness. Veronica and Denise are the co-founders of Forgivity, an app designed to foster a habit of forgiveness. To be fair, when I first heard about turning forgiveness into a habit, I was a bit hesitant. Forgiveness as a habit was nowhere near anything I would have considered. Throw on top of it a neuroscientific and psychological angle, and all of a sudden I'm becoming a big fan. I love the concept, especially in the context of the workplace. We touch on it in the podcast, but ultimately it should lead to a broader conversation of those “soft” words and terms (think vulnerability, psychological safety) that are vital to a functioning and more productive workplace culture. Ironically, these words we attribute as “soft” are embraced by the strongest and bravest leaders we know. They work. Beyond the workplace, there is an accountability aspect to forgiveness that I never gave much thought. It's a personal power to be able to forgive, and is one more notch on the belt of what we ultimately have control over. In fact, it's the lack of forgiveness that often prevents us from getting to where we need to go. Lots more to come on forgiveness – and one topic I encourage you to explore for yourself and your teams. Listen to the interview – they are fantastic – and learn how forgiveness just may be the buzzword that makes a significant difference for you this year. The Forgivity app is now available for download on iOS. For more information on the app, please visit www.forgivity.com. For more on Veronica and Denise, please hit up their channels: https://www.instagram.com/forgivity/ https://www.facebook.com/Forgivity https://www.tiktok.com/@forgivity Your Title Goes Here Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings. Click Here for an Unedited Transcript of the Podcast I'm Jim Frawley and this is bellwether. Welcome to bellwether. Thank you for being here this week. We have guests, multiple guests for the first time we're doing, you know, we've got a trio going here and it's gonna be very, very good. The topic is forgiveness, and I know it's, you know, it's forgiveness. We, we can all talk about forgive for some reason. It's one of the hottest words in corporate right now. I've gotten multiple phone calls about it right now. Everybody wants to know about how do you bring forgiveness into the workplace and what does that actually mean? Uh, which took me a little by surprise and, and very fortunately, almost, you know, as the world and universe can kind of work at the same time, I was introduced to these two wonderful individuals who have a solution for forgiveness in the workplace, and they have the app. Everything is an app, and this is, uh, this is going to be a very, very cool app. So I wanna talk to you about forgiveness. I'm gonna talk about the forgive app and let me introduce our wonderful guest this week. I'm gonna start with, we have Denise and Vero Vero. Please introduce yourself.Hi, I'm I'm Dr. Veronica OS and I'm the co-founder and co CEO of forg.And I'm Denise Kaney, I'm the other co-founder and co CEO of forg. Um, I have 20 years on wall street. I'm a certified, uh, energy leadership coach, and now I'm an entrepreneur,Which is a wonderful journey to be on. And when I think about wall street, I don't typically think of forgiveness unless you think about it in, you know, kind of government handouts, but we'll, we'll talk about, um, at, in a difficult corporate environment. Talk to me, we'll get it right out of the way. Yeah. Talk to me about the forgiving app, what it does and why you created it.So, um, it's, it's an, we use, uh, clinical neuroscience methods to, um, make forgiveness a more intuitive behavior because it's, it's not something we're, we're all taught that forgiveness is important and it's universal, but, uh, the, how is really missing from the equation. And so, um, yeah, so we, we infuse, uh, humor. It's a multisensory program. There's audio learning, there's engaging digestible, uh, nuggets throughout and, and, uh, yeah, and it's a, it's a beautiful, uh, fresh clean platform.Yeah. And you got a lot of us on there. We, uh, Vero mentioned the audio. We had a great time bringing a different type of learning to the app. So you'll hear our voices. We, we recorded these little snippets called pod drops, and we'll introduce each of the steps of the program with, uh, a little warm invite from the two of us. And then you'll hear us throughout the program, uh, either with a bit of information or a quote or, um, some personal experience because like, who wouldn't wanna hear us, Jim? Right.Everybody wants to hear you cause why you're here. It's why I have everyone on the, the show. My goodness,Hear this. They're gonna be like, let me at the app. and you've, you'll be in that too. You're everywhere. Um, so forgiveness and science would never have paired the two together. Mm-hmm um, you hear that you're supposed to forgive people. It's very much, um, you know, when we teach people how to forgive, uh, how does that even work? Right. When I think of forgiveness, I think of it externally, right? You had some wrong come to you and how do you let them, that person know that it's okay. And, and talking to you, it's not necessarily letting them know that what they did was okay. It's about letting them know that you won't let it bother you. Is that how do you define forgiveness and, and how do we really start that?So we, uh, um, we were a lot, all of us were taught the importance of forgiveness and, um, and it was either through culture, through our family, through our religious practice that we were born into. And so, uh, we are actually empowering the user to have forgiveness come from within them. Um, people can still use the ways that they learned, uh, how to forgive, but we F that a lot of, a lot of times we say we forgive, and then yet a little time further down the road, we think of the person that has quote, wronged us. Um, and we still have a physical reaction to it. So when you say the science, there's, there's a deep biological, chemical reaction that is happening when we live in this kind of quote unforgiveness. And so, uh, our heart rate can increase. We, um, uh, lose sleep. Uh, there's a lot of different ways that it is affecting us. And so when we teach forgiveness, it's really about how do we get to that fully, that full process of letting go and releasing it and knowing that it is that have the power within us to do that.So it's, it's not just, when you think about forgiveness, it's not just a mental health thing, there's physical attributes to it as well. And, and we talk about how the physical and the mental always, they go hand in hand, right? You know, what you eat can affect the way you think in all of those types of things, forgiveness is actually has a, a physical response. Is that what you're saying?A hundred percent? What if, what if we broke it down to, um, what if we took the word forgiveness out and spoke about stress, everybody's familiar with the effects that stress has on the body? Right. Well, the link between forgiveness and stress is unforgiveness and resentment and anger and irritation and grudge holding. So all of those things, right, that all of us do, um, contribute to the increased stress in our bodies. So does that feel like more of a linear type of, of thing to understand? Sure.And, and the resentment of, as we sit there, you know, we, when you think about coaching and what, and what everybody teaches people to do is focus on what you can't control, right? You can't control when somebody treats you like garbage, you can't control when something wrong happens to you, you can't, but you can't control how you react much easier said than done. Mm-hmm . So when we think about, it's almost meditative, the way you're doing it, it's, it's a stress relief of, you know, parasympathetic, nervous system, all of those types of things. And how do you turn off? But this is something that's got to become habitual, I would imagine, right? Because this will constantly come back. Resentment will constantly come back. When other stressors come in, you can always fall back on the resentment that you had and, and you're ultimately blaming other people. How does, you know, how do habits cut into this? How does accountability, uh, set into this? Because ultimately this is your responsibility for forgiveness, not necessarily, regardless of what somebody else does to you. Talk to me a little bit about that,Jim. I mean, um, you're hired, do you want a board position? I mean, you nailed, let's do it. Yes. Seriously.You, I mean, you're good. It's Jim's sandwich.It's it's um, that's exactly right. When we see it's a neuroscience program, we're talking about, uh, the neuroplasticity, uh, we re we talk about retraining brain. So that's how we start to create habitual, uh, patterns. So that behaviors start to, um, uh, express themselves in sustainable ways. Right. So, um, we've used the analogy, right? It can't like, uh, wake up one day and just run the marathon. Right? So we, it takes, it takes practice. It takes muscle memory. And so as we start to educate ourselves, I mean, these are things that we also needed to learn too. We've gone through 50 years of research. I mean, there has been so much in terms of cultural, culturally, how we forgive changes, um, our religious organizations. Uh, so it's all there, but it's so interesting. There's all these little or caveats that like, you can forgive if it's this, or you forgive on this day, or you forgive if you go to this person.And so, um, we respect and honor all of that. Uh, but there, but there's still that kind of like, like you said, every day we can wake up and there's new resentments. If any of us are in, um, partnership, we know that mm-hmm . And so every day a were given ample opportunity to be able to use this. And so we really believe that it's just, as we just don't know, we don't know how damaging living in unforgiveness is. We don't know the magic and miracles of forgiveness can bring in our lives. Once we excavate, uh, that resentment from us and, uh, start to really cut those chains that bind us what the possibilities are. And once we start to learn that through the program, because it is gently and lovingly reminding throughout, um, we start to lay down those new neural tracks so that when something happens, instead of safety of resentment, we have the confidence and the faith to now turn and go into a different direction of forgiveness.And if, if I could, um, piggyback on that, Jim, you mentioned coaching and, um, we can't control the outside forces. We can only control how we react, right. Um, it's the other person. We, if this, we teach forgiveness is innate. It's the power we have within ourselves. The minute we start putting condition on what forgiveness looks like, we give the power away. We wanna keep that here. So no matter what happens from the smallest transgression to something horribly traumatic, that we know that, that we have a choice and it's only about us. Otherwise we keep ourselves tied energetically to the very thing that's causing the resentment, the pain, the trauma, who would wanna do that. If you, if you break it down into a real simplistic terms, it's like, do you choose to be hurt? Or do you choose to be empoweredNow? Well, so some people are gluts for punishment.Yep.So let's talk about those people who are looking to be wrong, right. Who are looking for those types of things who are looking for, you know, uh, is that just some kind of mental health issue? Is that something where, you know, they have to, when we think about forgiveness, how does it, because I'm, I'm eventually gonna tie this back to corporate, right. And that's where I really wanna go with this because yes. You've said three things between the two of you. One is it's never about the other person. So it's individual accountability. What's personal capability in bringing that in mm-hmm . And where does that tie into things? Like you said, Vero, you said the word safety, so psychological safety and the lack of forgiveness. I think a lot of what you're talking about is not just forgiveness, but it's more important is the lack of forgiveness that exists in the workplace. How do you, how do you measure other people on that? How do you teach that in a corporate environment? Talk to me a little bit about, you know, individual personal capability, teaching that within the context of psychological safety and, and the corporate environment.So, um, so in terms of, in terms of the individual, um, I'm, I'm sorry, I'm just trying, I'm trying, cuz I'm I'm on the, it wasA loaded question with like 17 built into it.IOgrapher can I, can you read that back to me please? CanWe get a read back? yeah, let me break, let me ask it this way. Cuz I, I did ask seven questions in one we'll start with psychological safety.Okay. Yeah. So psychological,How do you create an environment where forgiveness is accepted or that, that doesn't reward? Lack of forgiveness.Okay. There was a, there was something about victim that was coming up when you were speaking in the, in the first time. Um, so how do we create a safe environment? And um, but I, I also want to, uh, validate and affirm that, uh, there's some really heavy things that need to be forgiven. And uh, and so when we're talking about forgiveness, it's not like we're putting ourselves up on a hierarchy. Oh, I have the power to forgive I'm bestowing forgiveness onto this. It's not about that. Um, and we want to, and along the way, we really, when we wrote the program, kept in mind the people that, uh, really have some big trauma that need to be forgiven. So, um, holding onto a resentment feels like a boundary, a safe boundary that I'm, I'm keeping up between me and my transgressor and that, um, that feels very real.Um, and so what we're, what we're saying is by forgiving them, we're not, um, putting our selves in harm's way. We're not putting ourselves in, in an, in an unsafe environment. It's just that we're releasing these binds that they have to us. Right. So we can forgive and never be in relationship with the other person. Again, we can forgive and never have to, um, let them into our lives. And so that's a really important distinction to make because we, a lot of us have been taught, forgive and forget. Yeah. Or, um, forgiveness doesn't mean that I condone what you did to me or that, um, you and I are ever gonna be friends again. Right. So that's really important in terms of safety. Um, so I wanted to just, uh, put that in there. And then in terms of, uh, co company and culture, we Denise and I talk a lot about this because we offer forg, um, to, uh, businesses now for bulk subscription because, uh, there is, um, widespread, toxic company culture going on.And so how can we start to again, create that, um, retraining the brain to under standing that like one, something people are gonna fail us every single day that is we're human, right. So, I mean, it's just gonna happen. Um, I'm gonna fail my husband. He's gonna fail me. Even those that we love our children, our children are gonna fail us. So in inside the, um, work environment, um, when that happens already having those tools and be being able to look at the person who has done something as an entire human being, right. Humanizing that person so that we're not just, um, hyper focusing on what they did. Um, but we're able to see, yes, they did that. And there are all these other things, right. They're a good parent, they're they have goodness in them. So it's, it's allowing, it's allowing ourselves to, um, have the capacity to be able to, uh, not be, um, not see, uh, not see someone as their act alone. So that already starts to invite in, um, a more way of how we, uh, are in our, in our careers.Um, Denise,Do you wanna add to that?I, I would love to. Yeah. Um, we are working with a lot of corporations at the moment. And so this pitch is right on the tip of our tongues and I want to, um, bring it back to the safety of the corporate environment. Boundaries are hugely important. We teach, um, having good boundaries in the app because otherwise you leave the door open for, uh, transgressions to just keep coming in. Right. Um, and when we forgiveness fluency and we, and we get that muscle, that forgiveness muscle tight leadership is more effect teams work more coherently employees have better time management skills because they're not sitting at their desk ruminating about the guy that stole their idea or, you know, screwed them out of a deal or whatever. Um, attendance is better. Productivity is better all because of forgiveness, because if I am a able to be, um, an empowered person with great boundaries and the ability to not let resentment live inside of me, I have all of this bandwidth for so many other things, creativity, um, you know, productivity, uh, just the things that a leader or a corporation will on an employee. They don't,It's amazing how much resentment just takes away from productivity and how much timeEvery, I mean, well, it starts with, you're laying in bed at night. And you're thinking about Joe Schmo, who, who got, who got your deal, who got your client or who, whatever who's, you know, and then, so it starts with lack of sleep, everybody, what lack of sleep does right then it's inflammation then it's you, can't, you're tired. So you can't concentrate. So now your time management's screwed up and your resiliency layer is thin. So you're irritable, you're nasty. You're not a good team player. You suck as a leader. If we could just draw the lines from, from all those things, it seems very like simple right now.And that be,Go ahead, Viro.I was gonna say, and that behavior's contagious, right? Yes. So then all of a sudden now, um, now my, uh, colleague and my team members are gonna pick up on this anger bug that I have. And then now it's just like, you know, and then that's starts to have that you, um, effect. And so now if we came in to work in from the forgiving lens, from the compassionate lens, um, from having a tremendous amount of self-awareness and presence, let's let that be the contagion contagious effect. Right?So in terms of that, and I, I have to ask this question because when I talk about psychological safety and I pitch it to clients, mm-hmm , they roll their eyes. Cause they don't know what it is. And they think it sounds like a very weak word mm-hmm . And when I think back to becoming a coach and leaving corporate, also wall street words, like love never came out, right. It just don't do it. Psychological safety sounds like something, you know, soft for millennials, forgiveness, compassion. This is a place of work. We don't all need to be friends depending on which generation you're from and everything else. We know that the science is there, that there's validity to it. And once I explain to people what psychological safety is, they say, oh yeah, of course. It's just, you know, that's just a weak title. Um, of course we want that. We want everybody to talk and, and feel comfortable and everything. That's what we want. How do we get people past the fact that it's a weak word? When in actuality, we know that the bravest leaders are the ones who are able to do it. And, and it's a very strong word. How do we convince people to sign on at the beginning to at least first filter is there's validity to this and it's not just kind of weakness. How would you answer that?Um, well I would say just asking the people, do you wanna live be life or do you wanna be angry all the time? Do you wanna feel sick and have lack of connection and control or do you want to have power and freedom? Um, because forgiveness may sound like a weak word, but it's actually the bravest step we can take in our own freedom, our own power, um, independence. Right. Um, I hear what you're saying, but 10 years ago people thought meditation was weak.Exactly. Right, right. And now you've got like whim off the Iceman breathing for, you know, whatever. Yeah. So,You know what you wanna be brave. You wanna be cutting edge, jump on the forgiveness wagon because that's the brave way to go. Not sitting in the old story, in the feeling of, of unhealth and unforgiveness. That's actually not brave. That's the weak. That is the weaker choice.And I'm sure we could tie it down like psychological, safety's tied to bottom line revenue forgiveness. I imagine very similarly. How much of this going back to what you said before, not leaving the door open for other additional transgressions. Right. And I think to Adam grants, uh, hello, kittycat Adam grants give her taker, um, you know, there are givers at work and there are takers at work and you'll burn out. Yeah. How can you head it off at the pass? Can you stop transgressions before they come? And how much of forgiveness is done in advance where you're communicating expectations of what's acceptable and not?Um, I don't know if, I don't know if you can, you can stop transgressions at the door cause people are gonna be people, right. It's almost like saying like I wanna lift li life without being triggered. Triggers are gonna happen. Right. Um, these, these, um, so I see a transgression, almost like a trigger. It's an, it's almost an opportunity for us to kind of, um, to go ahead and, uh, transcend what's happening. And so, um, but, uh, when we have really clean and clear boundaries, that definitely makes it more difficult for other, other people. Like we're already setting a precedence, this is my space. This is how I communicate. Um, and, uh, I'm loving with boundaries. Mm-hmm . And so, uh, boundaries don't mean that I, I have to be a jerk to anybody. Um, but it just means that I'm clean and clear. And so, uh, that start, that sends, definitely sends out a clear signal. And if we look at, from a place of energetics, um, you know, there's that saying, like, if you choose the right environment, it'll do the rest of the work for you. And so, um, so it's really, really important. Um, the energy that, that we have within us, that we're exuding out. That doesn't mean that bad things aren't still gonna happen. You know, mean bad things happen to good people all the time.And, and I think it goes back to building the muscle too. Like, um, the, if, if we are in a practice of something, it becomes intuitive. Um, and so with the, with forg, that's actually what we're teaching people. We're, we're reinforcing the practice. We're retraining rain, we're creating new neuro pathways. It then becomes an intuitive reflex so that the transgresion as zero said is always going to happen. But our response and our response time will change with time as that muscle gets really strong.Now, one of the words that keeps popping into my head is we talk is cons sequence, right? I know people who are not getting crossed at the workplace because people fear consequence. Right. I would never cross this individual because you know, it's gonna burn me in the end. And there are other people where you feel like fine. You can forgive me all you want, I'm still gonna, you know, do that transgression and you have that power and whatever. Where does concert sequence fit in or is that too externally focused? You know, what, where does consequence fall into boundaries and, and what does that look like?Well, there, there, there should always still be, uh, justice, right? We're not saying forgiveness doesn't mean like, you know, you have car blanche to do here's the other cheek. Okay. Here's the, you know, okay, let me do it myself. I mean, it is, it's about, um, yeah, I mean, if, if someone, if someone wrongs us, we should speak up, we should, uh, defend ourselves. Uh, that has, that is completely separate from forgiveness. And, and again, that's, that's so interesting. And I'm so happy you brought up this point, Jim, because that's what people think mm-hmm, , I've, I, that's what I thought. That's why it's seen as such a soft, uh, topic when it's like, when, because it's like, yeah, no, I'm not gonna leave myself open to, um, to people wronging me no way. And, um, and so that, that's why having the resentment gives that illusion sense of safety. Um, but no, stand your ground, speak your voice. Um, we're just saying don't hold onto it.Right? Let itGo internally. Let it go. That'sThere's something too. That's coming up for me. And like I say, this, uh, a lot, this ain't your mom's forgiveness, Jim, this is the modern approach to what forgiveness means. This is non dogmatic. This is, um, nontraditional. This is, I choose to recognize that X, Y, and Z happened. This is how I feel about it. This is what I lost. This is what I learned. This is how a human, the other person. And then this is how I move on from the event. And that's where all the power happens.So we're separating it and it is a unique, right. We're separating it from standing up for yourself. We're self-respect and all of those types of things. And this is really, you know, a mental exercise are there. I I've been thinking about this since we first talked and I don't know how to frame it. So gonna ask it who's better at forgiving men or women.Right. That's a great question. So we, um, there, there's been a lot of studies on this and, um, and they've even split up cultures to which cultures have more masculine traits and which cultures have more feminine traits. So women are better at forgiving. Men are better at forgetting. And so when we say, um, so when we say in terms of forgiveness, women are better at forgiving because we, uh, tend to, or, um, forgive more from the heart. It's, it's more of an emotional decision. Um, and when we do it, we're doing it because it it's for kind of, for the betterment of the tribe. So there's a collective that's part, that's called a collectivistic culture. And so that tends to have more feminine traits. Um, I'm doing it for us and men will forgive, um, um, and forget more easily, which is, again, we don't teach forgive and forget.Right. But, um, but is good, right? I mean, it's like the definition of hap yeah. The Def definition of happiness is good health and a bad memory. Right. So we're all about that too. Um, we're not negating that. Um, but men will forgive more decisionally from their head, which is, um, more for self, which is, uh, part of what's called the indivi individualistic it culture. So the United States is an individualistic culture. Um, and then we look at, you know, some, uh, uh, like, uh, some countries in south America are more, um, are more collectivistic. So it's, it's not so much in terms of like, who's better at it. It's just different ways of going at it. And, um, yeah, I mean, I, I, I bet women wish that they could forget more easily too. Um, but they, they, they seem to have they process it differently. That's all.Um, if I might drop in a personal little story, um, Vero and I were talking about this and I, I was saying, how 20 years on a trading floor, I witnessed some really gross behavior, not just, you know, the, the stuff that you read about, you know, in, uh, the articles, but physical anger come out on the floor. I mean, pun hitting with a hard, you know, those big, old, black hard phones. I saw people beating each other and it's primarily men. So I could say like, you know, everybody around me was, was basically male except for a few. And then they were just stop. And then it would be over because they needed the next deal. They were like, I'm beating somebody one minute and shaking hands the next minute, or having a, or having a beer after work because they need that guy for, for money in their pocket. So that was like a real, that, that was so obvious to me about how, I don't know if it's forgiveness, but it, it was definitely moving on from the, from the, from the event.Right. I, I feel like, you know, boys, growing up, you get into a fist fight and then it's over. Mm. Whereas I think of, you know, the story of just girls growing up, never speak to each other again, because they wore the same outfit or something ridiculous. Um, but, but you're right. You know, when I think of me, there are people wrong, me and they're effectively dead to of me. Like, I just don't think about them anymore and they're not, you know, I would never, but I'm sure if I saw them, it would bring everything back where I'm like, I don't like you. Um, but my wife on the other hand is fantastic about just addressing something and just clearing, clearing the air and, and getting rid of it. Um, is there a place for the forgive and forget, or is that just kind of irrelevant for this part of the, you know, do we need to teach more people how to address the, you know, yes. Logically I know I'm never gonna do anything with these people, and that's how I forget, like logically you're dead to me and that's fine. Emotionally. I haven't, is there a logic versus emotion component to this that that needs to be talked about?Yeah, well, we have to really be careful because I think that, uh, so there's something called bypassing, right. So if I just is like, okay, you're dead to me. I haven't processed what's happened. I haven't really like honored. There was, there was something that was done and it hurt that I felt. And, um, I need to honor that. And what, and what is my lesson in that? Right. So, um, so we can just forget through a, by just bypassing, I'm just gonna skip over that part. And so, um, so there's that, um, and, um, yeah, I mean, I just, so I, I just wanted to drop that in there because it's really important. I don't know if either is like more healthy than the other, the way the women do it, or the way that men are do it. Um, forgive and forget is amazing. If we can truly do it, mm-hmm right. That's really like, I'm gonna forgive really forgive because I went through the entire process. I did digested everything. I alchemized it. And I transmuted it out into space. It's done. And I'm able to forget every time I see you, my heart's not gonna start racing. Right. That kind of having that kind of charge, um, really shows us that we haven't really, we haven't completed the process yet.Right. We haven't addressedThat. You, you mentioned that with your own experience, Jim, right? Like if you see the person, all of a sudden you get jacked up again, it's because you parked all that somewhere down deep so that you could be a productive member of society, but the truth is it's still there. It's like, you know, hanging out, down there, taking up space festering. I like to use the example. I may have said this to you in the past of, you know, when you're, um, RS probably says like hearing this, but when you're recycling the peanut butter jar, it's the most annoying, difficult thing to get into the recycle bin because there's that stuff at the bottom of the peanut butter jar that you gotta clean out somehow, that's what real forgiveness is. It's getting to the bottom of the thing. That's bugging the crap out of you and, and real leasing it. And like Vero said, alchemizing it. And transmuting it. And then you're, then you're good. Then you can toss that thing in the, in the thing, in the,I mean, you could just throw it away anyway. But it's not the right thing. I hear what you're saying.You're right. But you're firedFinal question off the board very quickly. That was a very quick, is there a limit, is there a limit to forgiveness? Is it possible to, to do things or, or, or, you know, where does, where does forgiveness actually end or the, the ability to forgive end?We, we really believe that everything is forgivable. And again, we wanna honor that there are huge things that people, uh, will feel called to forgive huge traumas that have happened, but we've got endless stories of, um, people who've ordinary people who are forgiven extraordinary things and the magic that has come into their lives, uh, the miracles that have come into their lives, the, the places they've gone to that they've elevated to, uh, is, is, I mean, it's remarkable. Mm-hmm . And so, yeah, everything, everything is forgivable. And I, and, you know, we, we ask that question in our podcast, like, what's that thing that's unforgivable, mm-hmm, , you know, everyone, and everyone's got an answer and it's, it's usually similar and of course has to do around children. And, and so, um, so, you know, again, honoring, honoring how painful and devastating that is, um, and just knowing that there are people out there that are able to forgive that. And, um, and, and yeah, I mean, that's, that is, uh, and it's just anyway, so I, yeah, so that, that's our belief, but I'll let Denise drop in on that too.Yeah. I would say that, um, prior to doing this deep, deep work unforgiveness, I would've said that certain things were unforgivable. Um, what I've learned in these beautiful that we are going to include, um, in forgi 2.0, they're called, uh, catching miracles. Um, there are so many stories of people that went through horrific trauma and they made a choice to work through it. Of course, a lot of work through it. We're huge proponents in therapy. And we understand mental health is, uh, it has to be addressed tremendous traumatic situations. Um, they did the work and they decided to do other things. Um, they have, that's why I say, it's not your mom's for forgiveness. They forgave, they forgave even a way that, um, honored their loss and allowed them to move forward in a different capacity without being tied to that awful, awful thing that happened. And I, we look at them and say, if they can do it, anybody can do it. The human, the human heart and mind has the CAPA, this type of healing. And if one of us can do it, all of us can do it.Excellent. That's a perfect way to, to wrap it. I love the idea. I love the topic of forgiveness. Um, the final things we always end on the book recommendation and how people can find you. So why don't you tell me about how people can find you first, uh, more information be on bellweather hub.com, but how can people find you help support you? What's next?I'm just gonna give VES, uh, cell phone number out so they can just start calling her.Um, no, it's, we're really easy to find. So, um, if you wanna email us, um, I'm Denise D N is egi.com and VES at the same handle, Vero forgi com. You could also hop on our website, which, um, I will just drop in a little note. We are a little bit under construction, but live, so get your info on there. Um, we'd also, we're also on IG, um, forgi we're on Facebook for all you Facebook fans. Um, we're on TikTok, check on, check out our talks. You'reEverywhere. My goodness,My God. We're everywhere. And, uh, Vero you wanna share what our gift is?Uh, yeah, so our gift is, uh, anyone that is listening. Oh, we'd like to give the app away for free to them to download. So all they have to do is go on the website, um, put in their email address, uh, or actually, you know, they can just email us, right, Denise, and then we'll send a free link out. Yeah. Either wayYou'll quicker. If you email one of us, ifYou email us directly. Yeah. That's true. And, um, yeah, we'll send you the free link. Uh it's uh, O only for I iOS iPhone users. Now we're working on getting it available for Android. Um, yeah. And so favorite book recommendations. I love anything by David Seras, just because laughter is the best hum best medicine, and that's why we use it. Uh, we use humor in the program. Um, and, um, and from, from a more personal, uh, uh, I used to read the Alchemist, every new year's, uh, I reread that book and, um, I just, I just love the, uh, story of the journey and, um, really listening to how the universe is speaking to us and how we can really stay connected to flow. And so, um, yeah, that's one of my all time favorites.That's actually one of my all time favorites too. Um, I am, I brought a current read with me because I also thought this was tied into your audience gym. It's called emotional currency. Um, and the, uh, the tag is a woman's guide to building a ha a healthy relationship with money and it's, um, money as energy. And that the re better the relationship is with one type of energy. The better the relationship is with every type of energy. So I'm in the process of reading that I'll send my book review in to bellwether when I'm done.Yes. I want to know. Um,Also I just started re-reading untethered soul.Yep.Um, which, and I bought the journal to go along with it because though we're teaching forgiveness, there's always work to be done and there's always, you know, good stuff when you go deeper. So that'sMy all part of the journey. That's good.What's your favorite book? Jim?My favorite book is the Kani crystal, but I love your out chemist. Um, but I prefer sidhartha if you've read SidharthOh, I love Herman. He, yeah, amazing. SoThat's, that's myAmazing, that's a,Goodhart's my journey. Sidhartha Walden Kani, Christo. Probably my top three. SoThose are, oh, I love thatAlso.Yeah. Well, thank you. Well, thank you both for doing in this forgi forgi app. Look at them everywhere. I'll have their info contact info email address. You can get the app for free. If you have iOS better get on Android soon. Cause I'm an Android user. Um, but that's gonna be out soon. Use it. Come on, apple. My goodness. 20, 22, we need,We can open it up on an iPad. If you have an iPad appFor why would I have it had ?I mean,My wife has one, so we'll do it on that. Um, but forg is, is it, it is. I do honestly sincerely believe, you know, psychological safety is, is the buzzword of the day it's taking over organizations. Forgiveness is gonna be a significant part of that and right behind it. So this is, this is huge from personal accountability to changing a corporate culture. Forgiveness is a, a fundamental aspect to that. So Denise Vero, thank you so much for beingOn theShow. Thanks Jim.I appreciate it. And I look forward to seeing everybody out there soon.Thanks.Thank you so much for listening. Now, do something for yourself. Bellweather is much more than just a podcast. Join us@bellweatherhub.com, where you can read riveting articles, view upcoming events and connect with other interesting people. I look forward to seeing you out there soon.

Ever wonder what a Witch Wedding was like? Tune in as we venture into a Bellweather wedding you will never forget! As always, please feel free to reach out to us on all the things. We love hearing from you! Twitter @BigWitchEPod Tumblr @BigWitchEnergyPod Instagram @BigWitchEnergyPod Gmail = BigWitchEnergyPod@gmail.com References: After the Storm Discussion Show notes and time stamps: Scylla and Gerit can't sit with us at the wedding - 1:57 Scylla and Raelle's fantasy runaway scenario - 9:40 Scylla receives her ultimatum - 26:10 Welcome to the Bellweather wedding - 30:47 Queen Petra introduces the Unit to the fam - 35:15 The Witch Wedding Ceremony - 47:50 Fruit and lobster at the reception - 1.00:47 What were the tertiary characters doing off screen? - 1.08:53 Mamacostia vs Scylla round 2 - 1.22:35 Gerit the disaster, the girlfriend part, Bellweather cousin dance - 1.24:07 Tally's Gerit fantasy bursts and the Unit meets the Dean - 1.36:38 Raelle finally confronts Petra - 1.44:07 Abigail helps Charvel get ready - 1.54:24 Tally discovers Scylla is Spree - 1.59:48 Scylla makes her big choice - 2.05:00 Abigail confronts Petra and Gerit - 2.11:37 Tally outs Scylla to Mamacostia - 2.13:08 Scylla and Raelle's last dance - 2.14:44 Abigail finds Charvel and Bre's surgery corner - 2.21:45 The "Spree" attack and chaos ensues Momma-daughter Bellweather battle - 2.29:45 Edith and Ciro find Charvel and the Unit mourns together - 2.40:18 Revisitng why Scylla and Raelle love each other - 2.46:31 Episode main takeaways - 2.56:39 The Biggest Witch Energy Award - 2.59:55 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join us friends as we dive into the epic pilot episode of Motherland: Fort Salem where we start with murder at the mall and then meet all the wonderful characters including literal Lesbian Jesus and our 300 year old General extraordinaire, Sarah Alder. As always, please feel free to reach out to us on all the things. We love hearing from you! Twitter @BigWitchEPod Tumblr @BigWitchEnergyPod Instagram @BigWitchEnergyPod Gmail = BigWitchEnergyPod@gmail.com References: After the Storm Discussion Show Notes and Time Stamps: Murder at the mall – 1:52 Intro to Raelle Collar (aka literal Lesbian Jesus) – 10:12 Intro to Abigail Bellweather and the gender role reversal – 20:00 Intro to Tally Craven and her momma drama – 23:26 Momma and daughter Bellweather bonding – 26:21 Poppa Collar gifts Raelle the Collar battle charm – 29:00 Tally chooses to say the words – 30:45 Conscription – 32:40 Finally at Fort Salem – 36:13 Anacostia Quartermaine in the house – 40:11 The Unit's first meeting – 41:52 Remembrance of the fallen ceremony – 45:33 Vocal lesion – 50:08 Intro to Scylla (our beloved) – 51:00 Demerit repercussions and the mysterious package - 54:30 Daily rankings drama – 57:28 Raelle projects her feels onto Tally – 59:24 Basic training montage and the Spree – 1.01:53 The salva scene – 1.04:43 Flirting in the infirmary – 1.15:07 General Alder's office and Abigail's request – 1.20:00 Back to Basics – 1.25:13 Momma Collar's final letter – 1.26:30 Raelle and Abigail duke it out – 1.30:04 Tally confronts Abigail for trying to bail – 1.33:26 Scylla and Raelle… you know – 1.34:20 The Unit nails sound seed 32 – 1.38:32 Unit bonding over dinner – 1.39:53 Tally comforts Raelle during Abigail's 7 minute shower – 1.41:20 Oh Scylla… - 1.43:57 Episode main take away points – 1.48:32 The Biggest Witch Energy Awards – 1.51:43

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"The unit travels off base for the high society wedding of Abigail's cousin. Raelle throws herself into her relationship with Scylla, who, unbeknownst to Raelle, faces an impossible choice. Abigail becomes disillusioned with her privilege while amongst the notable Bellweather line. And Tally gets hit with two life-altering revelations that change the very fabric of the unit."   Episode 5 - an important gift, a balloon attack, and stories at weddings. Music provided by astrofreq on pixabay.com Motherland: Fort Salem is available on Hulu  

The recappers are back and continuing with season 2 of Motherland: Fort Salem with episodes 3 and 4...A Tiffany & Not Our Daughters. We discuss the Imperatrix, Alder catching it from everyone, Abigail's need to dial it back a bit, and how the Bellweather unit is evolving. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsrecapmadness/support

The recappers start their dive into season 2 of Motherland: Fort Salem with episodes 1 and 2...Of the Blood and Abomination. We discuss the discovery of a new witch, the Bellweather unit starting War College, new developments with the witchbomb, and Abigail's blossoming romance. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsrecapmadness/support

In this special episode we welcome Catherine Lough Haggquist, a.k.a. Petra Bellweather, to the podcast to chat with us about all things Motherland Fort Salem and her extensive acting career. Among the highlights of this interview are: hearing about the first time she met her on-screen daughter, her work in the Vancouver theater community, what life advice she'd give to Petra, and why the show's story resonates with her. She also answer our fans' questions (and yes, she does share who she'd ship Petra with). Finally, this woman has done her homework, as she comes prepared with materials for our Turn The Tables segment.Honestly, she's such a brilliant and thoughtful actress, we know you're going to love hearing from her as much as we did. Check it out, and hit us up on the social media to let us know what you think! Also, be sure to give Catherine tons of love from the fanbase as well.Hit us up on Twitter (or Instagram and Tumblr) and let us know what you thought about this episode! You can find us at @FSWitchingHour or @mad_typist and @DJaedyxe.  If you want to support our show you can also donate to our brand new Patreon. Catherine can be found  on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter here: @TheCatLH Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/FSWitchingHour)

This is the end, my friends. The recappers wrap up their recap of season 1 of Motherland: Fort Salem with episodes 9 and 10...Coup & Witchbomb. We discuss how far the Bellweather unit has come, Alder's denial, and would we join the Spree? Some of us would. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsrecapmadness/support

GTST Episode 294: Giants and Coronavirus We break down Mike Lindell’s Cyber Symposium. The world knows. Bellweather counties tell all. We talk about current events for 5 minutes straight, then Matt lights a joint with a candle the way God intended. It’s all down hill from there. Stop listening. Please. Matt talks about work. (duh) Addison is uncomfortable ashing into a candle. We talk about the Taliban and the radicalized jab. Matt gives a speech as Robert Duvall. We discuss OTG living, taunt the harriers, and Addison tells a story. We talk about how official narratives are all made up by people in power, and how people worship the jab. Addison rants about the technocracy (obviously) and we talk about THE END GAME. This program and others on Tripod Broadcasting are brought to you in part by the superior CBD products from Eables CBD, the premium hemp-derived delta-8 THC at MyDeltaEight.com, and by listeners like you. Follow the show on Telegram and reach out directly to Addison on Telegram for an invite to the GTST inner circle. …

The recappers continue diving into season 1 of Motherland: Fort Salem with a recap of episodes 5and 6, Bellweather Season & Up is Down. We discuss the love we have for Petra Bellweather and there's some thirsting after Bridey. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsrecapmadness/support

Adil gets a chance to party Bellweather style over the fall break from school. Ain't no party like a Bellweather party because a Bellweather party is polyamorous and dominated by badass women. There's also some light exhuming of corpses. Meanwhile, Team Army and Team Spree face off over the future of little Tiffany and also Alder's life. While Nicte is dicking around trying to off Alder, Willa and Scylla are busy focusing on the real enemy. They take down the location where Tiffany and the other kids were being held, but it's too late: not only have the kids been moved, but the Camarilla have already moved onto their next target: Raelle. *Dun dun dun!*We finally get to see a bit more of life in the Cession, which is comprised mostly of good natured salt of the earth people, cute lesbian chic fashion, and other small town touches. Taylor blows the fan base away with her lovely singing, but we get too little of that, and too much of the Camarilla hurting our poor little baby. Tally is surprisingly not helpful.All this, plus we answer all your burning questions. This one is extra long, in celebration of the launch of our new Patreon page!  As always, we appreciate you leaving ratings or reviews on iTunes and other platforms. Hit us up on Twitter and talk with us about the show! You can find us at @FSWitchingHour or @mad_typist and @DJaedyxe.  If you want to support our show you can also donate to our brand new Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/FSWitchingHour

Actor who is Abigail Bellweather in Motherland Fort Salem about her role and the pressures of her character being a Bellweather

This episode covers S2E4 of Motherland: Fort Salem. We talk about the Bellweather line, witch testing, the Anacostia-Petra-Alder confrontation, the Camarilla, and Raylla! Hosted by Sara (@gay_bookworm). Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SwitchesPodcast

Nina shares her first impression on the Bellweather unit and this world of warrior witches.

Sue Bell is one of the finalists in the Gourmet Traveller Wine Winemaker of the Year 2021, she chats with Simon about how it feels to be nominated for this award, Coonawarra and the wines she is crafting at Bellweather Wines. @bellweatherwines #gtwine

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