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Lamoi joins us for Season 3, Episode 2! What's on the Plate?:USVI Pride. Homegrown Fruit. Sundays on St. Thomas. Cream of Wheat. Banana Bread. Peas & Rice (not Rice & Peas). Pineapple Tart. Chicken Soup. The Scoop On Scrambled Eggs. Pancakes! Atlanta Origins. Collard Greens & Cornbread. Humble Upbringings. A Little Wave To Ohio. A Virgin Islands Thanksgiving. Coleslaw With RAISINS. Ducanah. Fungee, Sans Pig Head. Stewed Tamarind. Sharing Food. Finding Community. Hercules, Hercules! Cruise Ship Cuisine. What's In Your Fridge? A Question Of Refrigeration. Strawberry's Fur Coat. Broccoli On The Daily. Chicken Soup For The Soul.Media:Lamoi's Instagram: @lamoi_leon Lick the Plate's Instagram and TikTok: @licktheplatepodcastCameron's Instagram and TikTok: @cbjartslicktheplatepodcast@gmail.comInstrumentals, mixing and mastering of the theme song "Lick the Plate" courtesy of Adam FarrellAdam's Instagram: @farrell33aSources:Cream of Wheat: https://creamofwheat.com/blog/grits-vs-cream-of-wheat/Food Refrigeration: https://www.delish.com/kitchen-tools/kitchen-secrets/g22778460/foods-not-to-store-in-fridge/Additional Background Music provided by https://slipstreammusic.comTrack: "Lester Diamond"Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/VtrYBGTrack: "Frying Pan Sizzle 01"Download / Stream: https://slipstreammusic.com/tracks/7b806ee1-2e70-4d0b-8cd0-7ace47a45764?utm_source=attributionTrack: "Process for Us", Johnny MooreDownload / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/G4mqBQListen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-johnny-moore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textTerry Whalin is an editor and author of more than 60 books and has written for more than 50 magazines. Several of Terry's books have sold over 100,000 copies. In this episode Terry shares valuable insight from his book “10 Publishing Myths, Insight Every Author Needs to Succeed.” You may contact Terry and get more information at https://terrywhalin.blogspot.com.Be sure to read this week's blog:https://www.earringsoff.com/post/public-servants-deserve-betterLou and Teresa are thrilled to bring you their weekly podcast, where they dive deep into fascinating topics, interview experts, and share inspiring stories. But guess what? We need your support to keep this show going strong! Here's how you can help:Follow us and subscribe to our Youtube Channel at Earrings Off Podcast.Consider becoming a patron by making a one-time donation. Your contributions allow us to improve our content, invest in better equipment, and bring you even more engaging episodes. Donations can be made by clicking the "Support the show" link below.Like and Share: If you enjoy our podcast, hit that like button! It helps us reach more listeners. And don't forget to share your favorite episodes with friends and family. Word of mouth is powerful!Support the showSupport the show

#newepisode #readaloud 5 February is celebrated as World Read Aloud Day and the month of February celebrates the theme of Love. This is a read aloud of a beautiful short story written by Barry and Joyce Vissel published in Chicken Soup For The Soul. What is your idea of true love? Do share in comments or send a voice note or write to me at bachpankepitaresebkps@gmail.com You can also conne t with me at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bachpankepitarese?utm_source=qr&igsh=djVpbWhtYjloZzA0 #bachpankepitarese✨️ #बचपनकेपिटारेसे

On today's episode of The Wholesome Fertility Podcast, I speak to author of “Carry On” @carryonthebook Shea Bart Andreone @shea_andreone . Shea shares her deeply personal journey through fertility challenges, pregnancy struggles, and the emotional rollercoaster of loss and hope. She discusses her desire to become a parent, the difficulties she faced with hyperemesis gravidarum, and the heartbreak of losing a pregnancy. Ultimately, Shea emphasizes the importance of resilience and the joy of welcoming her children into the world. In this heartfelt conversation, Shea Bart Andreone shares her journey through the challenges of parenthood, including loss, the search for control, and the importance of community support. She discusses her book 'Carry On', which compiles true stories of individuals navigating the complexities of starting a family. The conversation emphasizes the significance of hope and resilience in the face of adversity, and the need for emotional support in healing. Be sure to tune in as you won't want to miss our deeply touching and hope filled conversation!   Takeaways   Shea always wanted to be a parent and started her journey with high hopes. Fertility struggles are common and can be emotionally taxing. Hyperemesis gravidarum is a severe form of morning sickness that can lead to significant health challenges. Shea experienced extreme nausea and weight loss during her pregnancy. The emotional toll of pregnancy loss is profound and can lead to feelings of guilt and despair. Shea's journey highlights the unpredictability of pregnancy and the importance of being adaptable. The desire to have children can drive individuals to persevere through immense challenges. Finding peace is possible, even amidst uncertainty. Loss can lead to discovering new activities that provide control. Writing can be a powerful outlet for processing experiences. Community support is crucial for those facing fertility challenges. The journey of parenthood can be isolating without connection. Stories of others can provide comfort and understanding. It's important to seek out community and support during difficult times.   Guest Bio:   Shea Bart Andreone was raised in Queens, New York, but moved west and loves California. She is a writer of numerous plays, essays, and maintains a blog called Twig Hugger. Shea has written multiple articles for mom and parent-oriented platforms (The Next Family, Motherfigure, LA Parent, Your Teen Magazine, and Chicken Soup For The Soul). Carry On is her first book and she hopes that it can provide hope and comfort to those who are on the fertility journey.    Websites: https://sheabartandreone.com/  Instagram: @carryonthebook @shea_andreone  X: X.comCarryOnTheBook   For more information about Michelle, visit: www.michelleoravitz.com The Wholesome FertilityFacebook group is where you can find free resources and support: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2149554308396504/ Instagram: @thewholesomelotusfertility Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewholesomelotus/     Transcript:   Michelle (00:00) Welcome to the podcast,   Shea Bart Andreone (00:01) Thank you. Thanks for having me.   Michelle (00:04) Yeah, it's a pleasure having you and I would love for you to share your story and what got you inspired to write your book Carry On. would love for you to share that with the listeners.   Shea Bart Andreone (00:17) I would love to. So I always loved kids. I always wanted a younger sibling. I wanted to babysit when my parents decided they were never gonna have another child. I'm the youngest with a big age gap. So I took on all things that could keep me around.   Michelle (00:36) Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (00:45) kids so that I felt like I could be a big sister or a babysat. And I taught kids and ran day camps and stuff like that. I always knew that I wanted to be a parent and start a family. So when I did finally find the person to do that with, I thought, okay, well, when we get to that moment, it's just gonna be easy peasy and   you know, that's so exciting. We make the decision and we go. And of course, like every listener of your podcast and many, many more people around the world, it doesn't always work that way. So it took me quite a bit of time to figure out what to do. You you're instructed pretty quickly to try for longer and   I just, think I knew something was going to stop me unless I got help, but I, I did see my regular OB at the time and she suggested that we do an HSG, where they flush the iodine up your fallopian tubes. And she discovered that, I, I, you can really feel that.   Michelle (02:04) Not a fun test.   Yeah, it's crazy, but I hear so many things, so many stories, and I just wish doctors would just let people know like what's coming.   Shea Bart Andreone (02:19) Yeah, like exactly what you're gonna feel. Yeah, no, we have to experience it for ourselves. So that resulted in finding out that I had a fibroid right at the opening of my uterus. So I had scheduled the surgery to get it removed and somehow in...   Michelle (02:21) Yeah.   Yeah.   Shea Bart Andreone (02:48) that, well, not somehow. We know how making babies can work. I guess my husband and I were continuing to try and because of the HSG, it pushed the fibroid a little bit out of the way and I was able to actually conceive. But the fibroid and the pregnancy, they were fighting for the blood supply.   Michelle (03:16) So just backing up, were you about to do surgery for it, but then you stopped because you got pregnant?   Shea Bart Andreone (03:22) Yeah, so I scheduled a surgery and then ended up in crazy, crazy pain. like pain I'd never experienced before, like just shocking, like sharp, sharp pain. And I ended up calling the doctor and she said, go to the emergency room. And it was in the emergency room that I found out I was actually pregnant.   Michelle (03:30) Mm.   wow.   Shea Bart Andreone (03:52) And I was told basically, you gotta just kind of deal with this because they didn't know which one would win out. So I waited and I took whatever I could for pain, but not a lot, because I was like, well, I think I had a feeling like, no, no, no, I'm pregnant. Like, this is amazing.   Michelle (04:06) Got it.   wow, you felt it before they confirmed it?   Shea Bart Andreone (04:22) No, no, no. I definitely didn't know when I went in, but once I was, I was very protective. I was like, no, I don't, you can tell me all you want that like, there's a chance this won't stick, but I'm going to protect this. So I was very, very careful. And then in the end, that doctor was really not helpful. And I had like,   Michelle (04:25) Okay.   Yeah.   Mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah. For sure.   Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (04:51) crazy pain on the following Monday and ended up like my sister-in-law said, just go to my doctor, just go to my doctor. So I went to her doctor and I had a very like strong clear line in the sand that I would not go to a male doctor. And I felt like at that point I was like, okay, like we all have things on this journey that we think we're not gonna do. And we think we're gonna like,   Michelle (05:09) Mm-hmm.   Yes.   Shea Bart Andreone (05:19) okay, I'm never gonna do IVF or I'm never gonna do IUI and I'm not gonna, and then like, you're like, well, I'm gonna change that. So I started with him and I really do think that because of that situation, I ended up in the right hands. So luckily for me, like that pregnancy ended up sticking.   Michelle (05:22) It's true.   that's great.   Shea Bart Andreone (05:49) and that fibroid eventually just sort of died off. However, within, I think I felt good for like two weeks and then I started feeling symptoms of hyperemesis gravidarum, which is, yeah, a few weeks in, I started feeling severely nauseous and,   Michelle (06:06) Mm-hmm. You mean early in the pregnancy.   Mm-hmm.   Right.   Shea Bart Andreone (06:18) I thought, okay, well, this will pass. This is what they tell people, like, know, morning sickness, but it's not morning sickness. Hyperamesis Gravidarum is like, if I threw up eight times in a day, that was a really good day. And I broke all the blood vessels in my face daily from the pressure of vomiting. And the blood vessels in my eyes were...   Michelle (06:35) Wow, yeah.   Shea Bart Andreone (06:48) Like my, I had bloodshot eyes and just could not remember a time that I liked food. Like it was so awful to me. Like the idea of it, sipping water, anything. And originally, like...   Michelle (07:04) Yeah, that's that's a big thing, too, because people get dehydrated.   Shea Bart Andreone (07:08) Yeah, yeah, and I tried everything. tried like, you know, motion sickness bands and you know, there were lollipops that were supposed to help and ice pops and nothing, nothing, nothing. And I just didn't want anything. And that, you know, began the insane journey of my pregnancy because that led me to lose about 15 pounds.   Michelle (07:18) Mm-hmm.   Wow.   Shea Bart Andreone (07:37) And my doctor didn't quite realize how bad it was. And when he did, he was like, I am giving you medication that is going to stop the, you know, the vomiting for a few days and you have to eat. If you do not gain weight by Monday or stay the same, I have to admit you for a feeding tube. So we took the weekend.   Michelle (07:54) Yeah.   Wow.   Shea Bart Andreone (08:06) And my husband was like, can you think of anything, any food you ever liked? And I was like, pizza.   Michelle (08:18) Ha ha ha ha!   Shea Bart Andreone (08:21) For like kid food, I went to growing up, had, I think was, had Elio's frozen pizza and tater tots. And I was like, I don't even know where that came from, but okay, let's try that. And the medication was so intense that you basically like, you could eat and then you'd fall asleep. And so that started on a Friday and Saturday midday, I woke up and I felt like,   Michelle (08:23) Yeah.   The simple things.   Shea Bart Andreone (08:51) I couldn't stop moving. Like I was very restless. And I felt like this must be what restless leg syndrome is like, but it feels like this for my whole body. And that was crazy because I'd never experienced a situation like that before where you feel like it's out of control. Like you can't say kind of wreaks havoc on your mind because you don't want to keep moving, but you are.   Michelle (08:53) Mm-hmm.   Mm-hmm.   wow.   Shea Bart Andreone (09:21) Yeah.   Michelle (09:21) Yeah, yeah. Is that from, was that from the medication side effect? my God, you poor thing. You got tortured.   Shea Bart Andreone (09:25) Yeah.   It's the yeah, it got worse too. Then I got jaw lock.   Michelle (09:31) no.   no.   Shea Bart Andreone (09:37) So like my entire jaw just locked to one side. And once that started, it didn't let go for 16 hours.   Michelle (09:42) no.   my God.   Shea Bart Andreone (09:51) And the only thing that would help is sometimes I could put all my upper body weight over my husband's shoulder and it would like kind of fall. And at one point in that time it moved to the other side, but it was so uncomfortable and so painful. And I remember walking to use the bathroom at some point and looking at the toilet and thinking, I'd actually rather throw up than this. Like, I'm like.   Michelle (10:01) Mm-hmm.   Mm.   poor thing. my gosh. And was that also from the medication? Wow.   Shea Bart Andreone (10:24) Yeah. And it's interesting how your brain can only focus on one thing at a time, because in the back of my mind, I was like, how could I remain pregnant through all of this? my body is going through so much trauma right now. I don't know how. And   Michelle (10:34) Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (10:49) I knew that my husband was thinking the same thing, but we weren't discussing it because I was so distracted by the pain and the discomfort. But I knew that he was calling the doctor and trying to find out like, would this baby be okay? And fortunately he got the answer that like, this, guess what you eat doesn't.   Michelle (11:08) Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (11:18) always and what you what medicine doesn't always go fully like you do filter those things out to a degree. And I remember the next, you know, that was over the weekend and I went back and I, I was able to maintain my weight. So he did not have to send me to the hospital. But I remember, like waiting with bated breath to see that ultrasound on Monday morning. And   Michelle (11:46) Yeah.   Shea Bart Andreone (11:46) there was the baby inside with its legs crossed and an arm back and like yeah I've been fine in here.   Michelle (11:55) lounging. That's amazing.   Shea Bart Andreone (12:00) Like, I know you've been in hell, but I'm having a vacation.   Michelle (12:03) I'm sure you tell the story. It's interesting because my mom actually reminded me again. You have stories that you just keep hearing over and over and over again. But truthfully, mean, suffered secondary infertility to conceive me. So I'm kind of a product of secondary infertility. And she's tried and tried and tried. She said every time I get my period, I cry.   Shea Bart Andreone (12:06) Yeah.   Michelle (12:28) And it was really the stories of the people that I treat. It's so crazy how that comes full circle. And I'm kind of like the proof that a woman can go through all of this and still have a baby. And she also had the same thing. I don't know how severe it was, but to the point where she lost so much weight, she was under a hundred pounds and her doctor said, listen, we got to abort this child. You're not going to survive. And she's like, no way.   You know, and it was, it's pretty crazy. You know, you go through this journey and then you advice that you're like, no, no, no, no, no, this is not happening.   Shea Bart Andreone (13:04) Yeah, you get advice and then also like you try again and willingly enter something this crazy because the power and the, you know, the need and the, yeah. Yeah. That desire to have children is, is pretty huge. pretty, it's, it's, it's quite magical and   Michelle (13:10) Mm-hmm.   The belief really, right? The belief in that desire.   Shea Bart Andreone (13:34) wondrous, I think. Yeah. Yeah.   Michelle (13:37) I agree. I think it's meant to be there. Like, I don't think that it's a random thing. People feel that really strong calling and I don't think it's random. It's not just something that was kind of planted there for no reason. I think it's because you're meant to find the baby in one way the other. Like you were saying before about how maybe you don't expect it to be IVF, but maybe it is, and then you can kind of go back and forth. But even with...   egg donor or embryo donor or even adoption. I've had people talk about that and they said I was meant to have that baby. Like it was that calling. just that I was trying to control how it was going to show up.   Shea Bart Andreone (14:17) Yeah, yeah, it's really wild. mean, the things when you listen to other people's stories, sometimes you're like, why didn't you stop? And like, mean, or how did you keep going? How did you persevere? like, I follow someone online who is pregnant right now. And this is the first positive pregnancy test that she's gotten in over eight, like in eight years of trying. While you wait.   Michelle (14:28) Mm-hmm.   I think I saw that one. Yes. It was amazing. It was really, my God, I got the chills with the video that she showed. was like, that was amazing.   Shea Bart Andreone (14:47) Yes, it was amazing!   Yeah, like to see that double line. yeah, that's a long time. And people go through a lot. And it is not something for anyone on the outside to judge or decide or advise on because that desire, like you said, it's pretty wild. Yeah, yeah.   Michelle (14:57) Yeah, after eight years.   Yeah.   It's real.   Shea Bart Andreone (15:22) So in the end, I did get a very healthy baby and a baby girl. did not find out the gender and in the middle of a contraction, my husband, we had names for both a boy and a girl and in the middle of a contraction, my husband goes, I gotta tell you something. I don't like the boy's name. And I was like, I can't talk to you right now.   Michelle (15:45) That's funny. That is so funny.   Shea Bart Andreone (15:52) So for that sake, we were very happy to have a girl. Like we were happy to have a girl anyway. think we admitted to each other we really wanted a girl, but like, obviously we would have been over the moon for anything except that I don't know what we would have named that boy. So, you know, when she was about...   Michelle (15:59) Yeah.   Yeah, that's so funny.   Shea Bart Andreone (16:17) close to three. I wanted some time. I was really, really enjoying just like feeling healthy and raising a baby and not rushed to have another one. And so I thought, okay, well, when she like goes into preschool, then I can try to do this again. And this time I did get pregnant right away. And   was pretty sick right away as well. And my doctor found this team that like sends an IV, like teaches you guys, like a couple to do their own IVs. And I was set up to give myself, to put a port into my belly every morning with an IV that I wore as a pack.   Michelle (17:01) Mm.   Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (17:16) that was to help me to stop throwing up. And unfortunately,   I feel like, you know, anything I deal with, like there's research that comes out like a year or two later that like, that could have helped me in that situation, but unfortunately it didn't. But the medicine that was given to me at the time is no longer on the market for pregnancies because it can stop the heart from beating. So in...   Michelle (17:33) wow.   Uh-huh.   my gosh, wow.   Shea Bart Andreone (17:55) you know, at our 12 week ultrasound, which I was hoping to celebrate, was, and talk about like power and instinct. That morning, I felt like something was wrong. And I don't know where that feeling came from, because it's too soon at that point to really feel anything, you know.   Michelle (18:15) my gosh.   Shea Bart Andreone (18:24) moving around, but I just felt like something was wrong. And I remember looking at the sky and it was like this perfect blue and telling myself that no matter what happens today, that sky is still going to be blue. And just to hold on to like, not everything is lost. And I don't, I really don't even know why I felt this like foreboding, foreshadowing feeling. but   Michelle (18:43) Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (18:54) know, the doctor was, we were waiting in the room for the doctor and my husband was joking around and I said, I don't know, I don't feel like joking around. you know, when the doctor came in all friendly right away, I said, don't feel, I feel like some, I was very straightforward in a way that I don't think I usually am. And I was right, there was no heartbeat.   Michelle (19:03) Mm-hmm.   Wow.   Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (19:21) and I was too far along to like have anything done in the office. So I had to get checked into the hospital and yeah, it was really, really rough and awful because I felt like...   I tried so hard to do the right thing and to like keep everybody healthy. And it was awful doing like, you know, the port and injecting myself every day and all of that. And it still didn't work. So we ended up naming that baby, the name that I...   Michelle (19:43) Mm-hmm.   Mm-hmm.   Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (20:08) show is with my, what I thought with my husband, but he didn't really like it. And I said, I know you didn't really like this name, but can I use it for this baby? And in that moment, he said, yep, but why don't you give all the other names that we're not gonna use next time. And that was the first time I heard him agree, like, we'll try again.   Michelle (20:13) you   wow.   Shea Bart Andreone (20:34) I hadn't thought that, like, guess it was, like, it was a lot for me, but I knew I wanted to try, but I kind of felt like, like I said about advice that came from others, like, it felt like everything in the universe was saying, you have gone through enough, take your one child, be grateful and move on. And for him to say, we will try again, it just gave me such a sense of relief that we were on the same page.   But we did agree that no matter what happened, this would be the last time because our daughter couldn't live through that again. And we couldn't, you know, do that. So we were gonna, so we tried again this time with no medication and only an IV for fluid. So I...   Michelle (20:59) Yeah.   Mm-hmm. Yeah.   Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (21:24) It's strange, hyperemesis is a weird thing. Like I definitely got it all three times that I was pregnant, but with the first one and the third one, the time of day that I could eat was totally different. I, with this, the last pregnancy, I could eat something in the morning, but once like one o'clock came, that's it. Like the gate was closed. Like there's no more putting any food or liquid into your body.   Michelle (21:30) Mm-hmm.   huh.   Shea Bart Andreone (21:54) so I did what I can, like I did what I could to eat before that time. and you know, we navigated it and, and I had a healthy baby boy. so I, I am very, very grateful and definitely, I'm aware, especially when I talk to others that are in the middle of their story.   Michelle (22:07) amazing.   Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (22:24) that   You don't know how your journey is going to end. really don't know how you're going to get to where you get to. But,   I know it's so cliche, like, whatever is supposed to happen, like the end of the story, it works out in the end. Like whether or not you get the biological child or adoption or foster or five dogs.   Michelle (22:56) Yeah. Yeah.   Shea Bart Andreone (22:58) you find peace at some point. I, my heart, yeah, my heart goes out to the people that are still in that journey and they don't have the ending yet.   Michelle (23:02) Yeah, I mean that makes sense.   Yeah, it's the ending. It's, things start to make sense at the end. And then you realize, had it not been for that exact moment, the genetics, all the alignment wouldn't be that exact child that you have. And, you know, obviously when you're holding that child in your hands, you're like, I wouldn't change this for anything. but sometimes it can be really scary because when you're going through it, you're walking into like a dark room, cause you have no idea how things are going to play out.   Shea Bart Andreone (23:37) Yeah. Yeah.   Michelle (23:38) And that the unknown, as we know, is like the scariest things for humans. all, nobody likes that. It's just the unknown. And especially when it comes to such a strong desire that is so primal. Yeah.   Shea Bart Andreone (23:43) Yeah.   Yeah, yeah. And so universal. mean, it's just procreating. That's what we think we're wired. I mean, we are wired and we think that we're meant to do it and it doesn't work out that way for everybody. So in all of that, for me though, especially in the miscarriage part, I felt like   Michelle (23:59) Yep.   Yeah.   Shea Bart Andreone (24:21) I didn't know who to go to and I didn't know where to, like, didn't feel, obviously I had at the time, like a three year old. And so either everyone around me in my circle at the time had a second child already or was trying to. And I didn't, I don't want to go to those people in that time.   So I ended up calling a friend of mine who had also lost several babies at the same week because I needed very specific support at that time. Like someone who really   Michelle (25:00) wow.   Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, that's somebody who can understand.   Shea Bart Andreone (25:09) Yeah, like understand exactly. And I talked to her and then she maybe led me to someone else. And I discovered that each woman that I spoke to had felt such a loss of control with their trajectory of what they had planned.   that they found activities that they could control to keep them a little bit grounded. It's such an ungrounding time. And one of them was like painting pottery, you know, plant pots. One ran a marathon. One was cooking and started to become a chef.   Michelle (25:45) Mm-hmm.   Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (26:06) And I realized that there were these like stories of activities that have, and, you know, hobbies or whatnot that came out of this. And I, I was like, okay, I got to find my, activity. So, and, and like I said, like something I can control, something I can, you know, seek from start to finish and have an outcome.   Michelle (26:07) wow.   Shea Bart Andreone (26:36) because I can't do that with a baby.   Michelle (26:36) Mm-hmm.   That's so interesting. This is the first time I've ever heard anybody put it in that way. I find it so interesting and I think that is really powerful.   Shea Bart Andreone (26:48) Yeah, it made sense to me once I realized this common thread. I was like, I get it. So I took up sewing and realized really quickly that is not going to be my thing. was one of those things I was always curious about and I like maybe took an eighth grade and didn't totally understand it. And so I was like, I'm going to try it now. And I was like,   Michelle (26:57) Mm-hmm.   Which that happens too.   Shea Bart Andreone (27:18) Nope, don't have any control over this either. But I was writing and I decided, that is something that I can do and I really love it and it can be an outlet for me. And so I decided to, because I couldn't think about anything else, to compile these stories from people.   Michelle (27:19) Yeah.   Shea Bart Andreone (27:47) and their hurdles and their stories of trying to become a parent. And that is how the book, Carry On, came to be. And it is stories of infertility and adoption and fostering. And most stories in the book have a happy ending, but not all the stories in the book.   Michelle (27:57) Mm-hmm.   Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (28:18) And yeah, mean, a lot of them, like when you're in the, if you, before you get to the end of that chapter for that person, you're like, whew. But there, you know, every story has a beginning, a middle and an end. so it's been, it, it, it's been wild to, interview people and learn about people. And you know, it is, because it's.   Michelle (28:29) Mm-hmm.   Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (28:47) It's my book and I put it together with all these different people. I thought I was done with it a couple of years ago. And again, talk about control and you think you're going to put a deadline on yourself and it has a life of its own. But I made a fairly new friend in the last few years.   Michelle (28:56) Mm-hmm.   Mm-hmm. Things change.   Shea Bart Andreone (29:17) And we got to know each other over something completely unrelated to fertility. And it was actually like activism against violence for something. we just connected and realized like, we should be friends, but we were so busy focusing on the cause that it took like a couple of months for us to get together and go for a walk before I like.   looked at her and said, so what do you do? Who are you? And she asked the same of me and I said, you I'm working on this book. And she said, if I had known you before, I probably would have been a chapter in your book.   Michelle (29:49) Yeah.   my gosh, wow.   Shea Bart Andreone (30:05) And it took me another couple of months of getting to know her and realizing that like, actually her story really does belong in this book and it is my book. So even though it's been done for a while, I'm adding it. So her story is one of the chapters in the book and she's the one that drew the line in the sand and said, I am never doing IVF. Like that's as far as I'll go.   Michelle (30:16) Mmm. Wow.   Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (30:34) And if she didn't do IVF, she wouldn't have her child.   Michelle (30:41) Wow, it's amazing how that happens.   Shea Bart Andreone (30:44) Yeah, and she and her story is really fascinating too because   Like mine, her health was at risk, you know, in order to have her child, but she, you know, went through 20 weeks of pregnancy with twins via IVF and unfortunately she lost those babies. And then, you know, knew what to expect the next time around. But when she wanted a second child,   it was just too much for her to like endure again, but it wasn't an option for her to not have a second child. So her second child is actually adopted from Ethiopia.   Michelle (31:33) my is beautiful.   Shea Bart Andreone (31:36) So it's a pretty amazing story.   Michelle (31:40) That's amazing. That's so beautiful. I had a guest, a previous guest, Dr. Lisa Miller. She wrote The Awakened Brain. She has an incredible story and it was, she was struggling to conceive for years with her husband. She had a voice in her head that kept saying, would you adopt if you had a child? If you were able to conceive, would you adopt? And she kept saying no. And then,   Shea Bart Andreone (31:48) yeah.   Michelle (32:04) one day randomly they saw something on TV. think they were either, I don't know if she was in hospital or a hotel. I don't remember exactly what it was, but like the TV wouldn't change. And it was stuck on this channel of a child that didn't have parents and her heart just blew wide open.   and her husband as well. And they're like, that's it. We're adopting. The second they decided to adopt and they got everything in order, she conceived. And she was meant to have her adoptive child. It was like something was calling her in that direction. She kept putting it off. And then all of sudden, boom, like in the right time, it was like, that was it. And then what happened was she heard that voice again in her mind.   if you were able to conceive naturally, would you still adopt? And she said, absolutely yes. Like after she decided and saw the child and it was just so powerful and she was getting all kinds of crazy signs. There was a duck that left an embryo in her door. It was right after she had a challenge conceiving. was just, it was so crazy. Like all these weird signs and it just tells you that they were part of a very cosmic intelligence.   there's got to be some kind of order that we're part of because it can't you can't explain that otherwise. There's something else. There's some other kind of divine intelligence. Yeah, yep.   Shea Bart Andreone (33:31) Yeah, whatever you want to call it, it's out there. So did she end up adopting a child and having a biological child?   Michelle (33:40) Yep. Yep. And she feels that her adoptive child is her child. Like that was the child she was meant to have. And then also her child and they were also meant to be together. It's amazing. It's just so wild on so many levels,   Shea Bart Andreone (33:56) Yeah, yeah, I just met someone I did a panel for a fertility expo and the woman sitting next to me had dealt with secondary infertility and had no issue getting pregnant with her first child and then her second child just she could not get pregnant, could not get pregnant and they had been on a list for fostering.   kids and I didn't go like she wasn't ever planning to adopt but just to help other people and to take in another child and she was thinking she was going to get like a teenager and somehow they were called randomly like two years ago with a newborn that was available and so she has raised that you know baby since birth and   Michelle (34:29) Mm-hmm.   Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (34:52) now is trying to adopt the baby. of course, two years, you know, year and a half into having that baby, she did get pregnant and now has three children.   Michelle (34:55) wow.   Wow. wow. you just don't know how and that's the part of relinquishing control. Like we know we have the desire and the desire is there for a reason. We just, we almost have to rely on that divine intelligence for the how. I think that that's what it is. And when we fight that, that's where I feel like it doesn't stop like you from having it eventually, but it stops the process. It delays it. think when we fight   Shea Bart Andreone (35:17) Yeah. Yep.   Michelle (35:30) that divine intelligence, that flow that's trying to move you in a certain direction.   Shea Bart Andreone (35:34) Yeah, it's really true. And also, I don't know why I keep coming back to this today, but that middle part of the story, you have to find a way to be uncomfortable in that disequilibrium and manage it, because it's not going to stay like that. It won't. Yeah.   Michelle (35:50) Mm-hmm.   Right. This too shall pass.   Shea Bart Andreone (36:01) Even like in every situation, every, like this week, my daughter was expecting to get, she had worked really, really hard for a slot and an opportunity to do something. And they were looking at 10 people and knocking it down to six. And she ended up in the bottom four and did not get that opportunity. And I'm shocked. She's shocked, she's devastated.   Michelle (36:28) Mm.   Shea Bart Andreone (36:30) And as a parent, have that like, don't really want to be more upset for them. Like there's a fine line. You got to balance like your own emotions before you like, you know, and I just like the last couple of days, I've been like, okay, what's going to happen next? Because somehow something is going to make this better. Like, and I know something will happen. Like, but I feel like I'm on the edge of my seat sort of waiting for news.   Michelle (36:37) Mm-hmm.   Yep.   Mm-hmm. Yep.   Shea Bart Andreone (37:00) and that is familiar to me for like, you know, all the waiting and the waiting and the waiting of like, well, what's going to happen? Something is going to happen. Something exciting at some point. And you might have some pretty upsetting moments along the way, but something is going to happen.   Michelle (37:21) Yes, I actually remember hearing, I don't remember where it was, but it was a rabbi who said that there was like a saying that everything in the end works out. And if it's not working out or everything in the end is good. And if it's not good, it's not the end. And I'm like, I love that. Yeah.   Shea Bart Andreone (37:36) at the end. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Yeah, I definitely feel that way.   but we get like, it's so global. It's so like, you know, whatever your politics are, you can feel like, shoot, you know, that happened. You know, like, we feel this universally, like many, many times, and it shifts, things shift. And then, yeah, and the story ends.   Michelle (38:03) They do.   Yes. Yeah. Things definitely shift. I'm also kind of into Kabbalah right now, like, cause it's very similar to quantum physics. And I love that, how Joe Dispenza talks about that. But I find that a lot of like ancient traditions teach about, and these are things that aren't necessarily, you don't need to see them as like a religion per se. It's actually a way of life. It's almost like a science of life. And they talk about how, things do come up.   It is really for your soul to evolve. And sometimes those difficult things, like the second we react to them, then we sort of block ourselves off from the light and that like wisdom. But when we allow them, and this is, you know, they talked about it in Zen Buddhism, that's truly going with the flows. Like even when things are not comfortable, if you just allow for it to move and don't fight it.   with the non-resistance, then it actually helps to grow your soul, your spirit, your personality, your mind, your ability to handle things. It's pretty wild, but in some senses that   challenge   is what helps us. And the same thing if you look at a butterfly or even like a plant coming out of a seed and that hard shell and that fighting and that   challenge   of trying to get through. so it's painful, but they do it in that   That aspect of it, the difficulty, the challenge is really what helps us to become more of ourselves.   Shea Bart Andreone (39:44) Yeah, to get to the other side.   Michelle (39:46) Yeah, it's pretty wild. But like you said, it's universal. It could be applied to anything in your life. It could be applied to anything, to getting a job, to marrying the right partner. And it's very similar and also just any kind of challenges that happen in your life. And I've seen it so many times, just like you, like so many stories of people that had they looked at their history and said, okay, well, since I've never gotten pregnant,   Shea Bart Andreone (40:01) Yeah.   Michelle (40:12) before, like the one we just spoke about eight years of never getting pregnant, you could look at the history and say, based on the history and since it's been so long, that's going to probably be my future. And logically, it makes sense to think like that, but it's not necessarily the case for many people.   Shea Bart Andreone (40:15) Yeah.   Yeah. Yeah, and that belief of holding and hope, hope is like.   Michelle (40:35) Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (40:38) That's such a challenging topic because it is the first thing to go, I think, when you're challenged and faced with a big hurdle to overcome. It's hard to think you can hold on to any sort of hope, but that's pretty much the key.   Michelle (41:00) Yeah, it is. it's so interesting that it's so hard because the journey by itself, you're also faced with a lot of professionals that are giving you stats and numbers. And sometimes when you go into that, that's like a hope killer. It'll immediately say, well, I guess you can't really do it because look at your numbers are terrible. And based on this, it's just not possible for you. And so many people still conceive despite that and have healthy   children, know, births. So it's interesting how also the journey, the fertility journey just happens to be one that you're faced with a lot of hope killers in general. And so having to really stay grounded and really stay close to that desire and keep that like in your heart.   is very challenging. and you mentioned something that was actually really powerful. And I think that that is something that everybody should be given as a resource is just community connecting with people that know exactly what you're going through. And having that support is tremendous. And it's just nowadays, it's getting better than it used to. I feel like it used to be worse. Now we have social media.   We have lots of groups, we're connecting. And I think that that's huge. And I think that people who go through miscarriages doctors should be required to give them resources because you're dealing with a traumatic event and then you're sent home. And I think that that is not right. It's, it's like unethical to not provide support for people going through that.   Shea Bart Andreone (42:44) I agree, and I think that is a big flaw in our medical community, like our medical world. takes, I mean, I don't want to be, put anybody in boxes, but the majority of the people who become doctors are very cerebral and understand the logistics of the physical body and don't always necessarily take into account the emotional side.   Michelle (43:13) Mm-hmm.   Shea Bart Andreone (43:14) I would say most for me of the doctors that I have seen don't handle the emotional stuff very well. And I think we're learning that mental health is such a massive, massive element that cannot be ignored and needs the attention. And I do think when you said it's getting better community wise, it is, from what it start like...   There, know, hundreds of years ago and in other countries still today, community is everything surrounding people. And I would say Western medicine has, you know, unfortunately kind of cut that out. And like even in other countries, I think it's France where you're, once you have a baby, you're, you're provided with physical therapy for the woman who gave, you for you as a woman.   Michelle (43:49) Yeah, it's just true. Yeah.   Shea Bart Andreone (44:12) You're given attention to heal yourself. And here we're sent home. You just had a baby. Bye. You're good. Not even 24 hours of any instruction. If you adopt a baby, you have to go through many, many, many hours of training. But on the other side, if you just birthed your own baby, you're sent home. Good luck.   Michelle (44:20) Yeah.   Mm-hmm. Yeah.   Shea Bart Andreone (44:39) So yeah, would say lack of community is still huge. And yes, you can find that online, but...   Michelle (44:49) Right. It's not the same as actually having a physical community.   Shea Bart Andreone (44:52) Yeah, and we still don't provide that for each other. And there's no wonder to me why doulas and midwives and lactation consultants and postpartum doulas are in such high demand. And unfortunately, that's a luxury.   Michelle (45:13) Mm-hmm. Right, right. It's a luxury and it's expensive. Not everybody can afford it.   Shea Bart Andreone (45:17) Yeah, but I understand the need for it. It makes perfect sense to me because it's like we're thrown into this dark tunnel without any light provided. It would be nice for someone to sit by your side and tell you how it's going to go. And yes, mothers and sisters and friends can do that to an extent, but yeah, it feels like there's a need.   Michelle (45:21) Yep.   Shea Bart Andreone (45:47) And yes, you can Google anything and you will find out.   Michelle (45:51) It's not quite the same. Actually, if anything, it gives you more anxiety. It's so important. And I think that it's true. I, as you're talking, I'm like, this is basically the building blocks of society. Like if you have a good foundation that's done with love and wisdom and carries on like traditions and history that people have learned from and can teach it. I mean, it feels like almost there's a gap because   Shea Bart Andreone (45:54) Yeah.   Michelle (46:21) It used to be that way really back in the day. And then there was this gap with industrial age and we've sort of gotten more separated and now we're thirsting for it. And there is a very big demand for that.   Shea Bart Andreone (46:35) Yeah, yeah. So that I, you know, not that a book can can cover that, but I feel like the aspect of why I chose to write this is just if it could help one person not feel as alone as I felt before I started finding these people. That's the goal because   I just, think even people who can find access to other people sometimes are afraid to like make that like leap to go find a support group or talk to other people. Like, you know, I have a friend right now, a very close friend dealing with cancer and she has three kids and there are so many groups available to them to...   Michelle (47:25) I'm sorry to hear that.   Shea Bart Andreone (47:33) speak to others who are dealing exactly with what they're dealing with, but they don't want to go. Yeah. I, you know, whatever way someone can find that community, whether it's through a podcast or, you know, or a group in the park or a Facebook group or, you know,   Michelle (47:37) Mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah. It's so personal.   Shea Bart Andreone (48:01) or in a book, just hope for people that they find people to connect to so they don't feel alone.   Michelle (48:09) Yeah. I love that you wrote this book. think having stories is so powerful and just knowing these true stories and that people went through them and then you can relate to the challenges and then you can see how it ends for some people. I think that it's so powerful not to feel alone. I think that that's the big key is just not feeling alone. And like you said, the key is hope.   So for people who are listening to this, and I'm sure a lot of people are going to be wanting to look at this book right now, how can they find the book? How can they find out more about you?   Shea Bart Andreone (48:44) My website is sheabartandrioni.com and the book is available on Amazon. It's also available in certain bookstores. You can walk into your local bookstore and order it through them if they don't have it. And the book is called Carry On and the subtitle is True Stories of the Heartbreak and Wonder of Trying to Start a Family.   Michelle (49:15) Well, first of all, I really enjoyed this conversation with you today, Shay. This is really so heartfelt and it just, it was so symbolic of like the power of the human spirit and going through that and just everything that you shared today and opening up and I really appreciate you coming on. I really, really enjoyed   this conversation with you   Shea Bart Andreone (49:36) Thank you. Thank you. was nice to meet you.   Michelle (49:40) same. And also just for the listeners, if you guys want all of the links that Shay just mentioned are going to be in the episode notes, so you don't have to memorize everything that you just heard. You could just go back to the episode notes. So thank you so much for coming on today, Shay.   Shea Bart Andreone (49:55) You're most welcome.  

Are you looking for some EXTRA BOOST to help kick off the “New You” in 2025? If your answer is YES! Then join Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher, and me on Wednesday, January 8, from 10 - 11 AM CT U.S. We will be discussing some of the “101 Ways to Think Positive” from their latest release to help you power up your New Year's Resolution for Success!  Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Ways to Think Positive is a collection of inspiring and empowering stories about using positive thinking to supercharge our attitude toward accomplishing what our heart desires in the new year!  This special collection presents readers with real-life examples of deliberate positive thinkers, showing people can call on resilience and inner strength when needed to change their lives through quick, easy-to-implement techniques that everyone can use to change their attitudes, create more happiness in their lives, and achieve their goals.   Amy Newmark has included four of her own stories—containing her own “wins” through positive thinking, and she has already picked up lots more great advice from the other contributors to the book.

In this final episode in the Rock is Lit Season 4 Reading Series, Suzanne Mattaboni discusses her debut novel, ‘Once in a Lifetime', and shares excerpts from the story. Set in 1984, where punk reigns and Andy Warhol rules, 20-year-old art student Jessica longs for a life beyond her reach. Dreaming of an avant-garde study program in London, she's stuck waitressing and navigating drama with her boyfriend Drew, who wants to date others. Life takes a turn when she meets Whit, a magnetic guitarist, and dives into a post-punk scene full of quirky characters—cheating waiters, mystics, a military drag queen, and a Svengali bouncer—all while grappling with the specter of AIDS. Jessica must decide if chasing her dreams is worth risking heartbreak and self-discovery. With a smart, edgy '80s vibe, ‘Once in a Lifetime' is a coming-of-age story exploring friendship, love, and ambition. Suzanne Mattaboni is a former Newsday reporter and a Pushcart Prize-nominated author of women's fiction, horror, and pop culture essays. She's also a retro podcaster and a past winner of Seventeen magazine's Art and Fiction Contest. Her work has also appeared in The Huffington Post, Chicken Soup For The Soul, Mysterious Ways, Guideposts.com, Seventeen, Child, Parents, Motherwell, Dark Dossier, Turtle, Humpty Dumpty's, Long Island Weddings, and LA Parent. She's had pieces featured in anthologies including Pizza Parties and Poltergeist (horror stories set in the 1980s), Writes of Passage, The Little Demon Digest, and The Running Wild Anthology of Stories.   MUSIC IN THE EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: Rock is Lit theme music [Guitar Instrumental Beat] Sad Rock [Free Use Music] Punch Deck—“I Can't Stop” “Once in a Lifetime” by the Talking Heads “Catch Me I'm Falling” by Real Life “Purple Rain” by Prince “Sweet Dreams” by The Eurythmics “Once in a Lifetime” by the Talking Heads Rock is Lit theme music   LINKS: Leave a rating and comment for Rock is Lit on Goodpods: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/rock-is-lit-212451 Leave a rating and comment for Rock is Lit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rock-is-lit/id1642987350 Suzanne's websites: https://www.suzannemattaboni.com/ and onceinalifetimenovel.com Suzanne on Facebook: facebook.com/suzanne.mattaboni Suzanne on X: @suzmattaboni Suzanne on Instagram: @suzannemattaboni80s Suzanne on TikTok: suzannemattabonibook ‘Once in a Lifetime' Spotify playlist Christy Alexander Hallberg's website: https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/rockislit Christy Alexander Hallberg on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube: @ChristyHallberg Rock is Lit on Instagram: @rockislitpodcast Rock is Lit on Bluesky: @rockislitpodcast.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pickleballers by Ilana Long Amazon.com A pickleball newbie looking to recover from life's swings and misses crosses paddles with love in this debut romantic comedy. Meg Bloomberg is in a pickle. When Meg's ex turns out to be a total player, she and her bestie take off for a mood-lifting pickleball excursion to Bainbridge Island. It's supposed to be an easy lob, a way to heal, not the opening serve to a new courtside romance that's doomed to spin out. No matter how Meg tries, she can't shake her feelings for Ethan Fine. A charismatic environmental consultant and Bainbridge local, Ethan seems like the real dill. But when Meg discovers that Ethan is sabotaging her home court, she decides the match is over. It's time for Meg to take control of her own game. And maybe, just maybe…love will bounce back.About the author Ilana Long is the author of PICKLEBALLERS, a romantic comedy. Preorder for Novemeber 12, 2024! A pickleball newbie looking to recover from life's swings and misses crosses paddles with love in this debut romantic comedy. Other books: ZIGGY'S BIG IDEA (Kar-Ben, Lerner Publishing, 2014) noted for its “dialogue-driven approach” (Kirkus review.) Several of her non-fiction essays are published in CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL (2016-2021) Simon & Schuster. Ilana is the author of a regular column for "The Tico Times", Costa Rica's national English language newspaper, readership 12,000. Besides writing, Ilana travels and lives abroad, hikes, paints, acts, sings, teaches, and parents her twin teens.

Send us a textThank you for tuning in!  On this episode we are taking a look back at some of the most popular novelty items and gifts from the 90s and early 2000s.  From Big Mouth Billy Bass to Anne Geddes, there is so much to cover on episode #100.  Enjoy!Links mentioned on this episode:80s and 90s Uncensored Podcast:  https://the80sand90s.com/podcastPodchums:  https://www.podchums.com/(Very detailed) Article on Magic Eye:  https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-hidden-history-of-magic-eye-the-optical-illusion-that-briefly-took-over-the-world/Support the showVisit: https://www.popcultureretrospective.com/ for all things Pop Culture Retrospective! Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/popcultureretrospective/ Follow me on Twitter!: https://twitter.com/PopCultureRetroReview the show! https://www.popcultureretrospective.com/reviews/new/Pop Culture Retrospective Merch!: https://pop-culture-retrospective-pod.myspreadshop.com/allEmail me anytime: amy@popcultureretrospective.com

Are you looking for some really entertaining holiday stories about Thanksgiving to Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's? If your answer is YES! Then join Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher, and me on Wednesday, November 20, from 10 - 11 AM CT U.S. We will be discussing some of the “101 Stories of Holiday Joy, Love, and Gratitude” from their latest release to help you prep up for the upcoming holiday season!.  Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas is a collection of heartwarming stories about the true meaning of Christmas, the joy of giving, family reunions, holiday miracles, and handling the holidays after losing a loved one. There are also some great ideas for holiday meals, creative gifts, and starting the New Year with the right spirit! By the way, royalties from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas go to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program, which creates miracles for millions of families by providing holiday gifts to children in need in the U.S. Amy says, “We often use royalties from our books to support nonprofit organizations. The need is greater than ever now, and we're honored to share royalties from our books to make the holidays and the rest of the year a little more magical for families and pets.”

Are you looking for some real “Angelic, Miracles, and Heavenly” stories to inspire you? If your answer is YES! Then join Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher, and me on Wednesday, October 16, from 10 - 11 AM CT U.S. We will be discussing “Miracles, Angels & Messages from Heaven” stories from their latest release to help you realize and navigate the unexplainable. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles, Angels & Messages from Heaven is a collection of stories about regular people who find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations, their prayers answered, and their lives forever changed. It's about the anonymous angels who touched their hearts and saved their lives. From miraculous connections and answered prayers to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, these stories prove that miracles can happen every day to people from all walks of life. According to Amy, “These stories open our hearts to possibilities—that something, somehow, somewhere can work in our lives to make good things happen when we need them most. We hear from our readers all the time that the most important thing we can do for them is give them hope, and these pages are filled with just that.”

Jack Canfield is well-known for The Chicken Soup For The Soul books and also for The Success Principles. Throughout his life, Jack became familiar with certain principles of success that he used in the late 1980s to create the Chicken Soup For the Soul series, even after being turned down by 144 publishers. Jack shares the same principles of success that he used to succeed back in the ‘80s, in his book, The Success Principles: How To Get From Where You Are to Where You Want To Be. Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify Contact Info Website: www.TheSuccessPrinciplesWorkbook.com Book: The Success Principles Workbook Most Influential Person Dawa Tarchin Phillips, Tibetan Buddhist lama and mindfulness teacher: www.DawaTarchinPhillips.com Effect on Emotions Mindfulness has kept me more calm and more neutral. Sometimes people think I don't have any feelings. I've learned that most of my feelings come from thoughts and if I'm aware of the thoughts and can deal with them at that level, then I don't have to have the emotional outbursts. I still cry when I see cats and skunks playing together on YouTube. I cry at movies. I don't cry so much about loss. I cry more at the joy of beauty and love. Thoughts on Breathing I do breathing exercises as part of my yoga and my meditation practices in the morning. I studied Kundalini Yoga with a yoga teacher back in my '30s [and learned] to do that breath of fire real fast. Suggested Resources Book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Books: Anything by Thich Nhat Hanh (Here's an example: The Art of Living) App: n/a Bullying Story My dad was an alcoholic, and he got violent when he got drunk. If I wasn't careful, I would get beaten, so I would literally hide inside the radio. I would wait till he went to bed so he couldn't find me because he was violent. So I got bullied by him. He was a verbal bully as well as a physical bully. I got bullied as a kid in school too.

Listener Harrison gave us a great shortlist of films to choose from this year – a prize Harrison became eligible for by supporting the show at MaximumFun.org/join. We went with Nahnatchka Khan's slasher comedy from last year, TOTALLY KILLER (starring Kiernan Shipka as a teen who ends up back in time and tries to catch a murderer…before the murderer catches her! That inspires our latest slate of Hall of Excellence nominees: Best Time Travel Movie. (Vote for your winner at facebook.com/groups/maximumfilm before July 29, 2024).What's GoodAlonso - Not watching the newsDrea - cat ordeal over at lastIfy - WHOOP bandHall of Excellence NomineesAlonso - Time After TimeDrea - Peggy Sue Got MarriedIfy - InterstellarStaff PicksDrea - The Final GirlsAlonso - Let It SnowIfy - The Blackening Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or InstagramWithDrea ClarkAlonso DuraldeIfy NwadiweProduced by Marissa FlaxbartSr. Producer Laura Swisher

Are you looking for the “empowering words” to motivate you to expand your Bubble of Quiet Confidence? If your answer is YES! Then join Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher, and me on Tuesday, July 16, from 4 PM - 5 PM CT U.S. We will be discussing stories from their latest release - “Just Say Yes,” to help you realize your full potential. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just Say Yes—101 Stories about Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone is a collection of stories about people who have mustered up their courage and stepped outside their comfort zones to improve their lives. Whether you are looking for love or a new job, overcoming shyness or a phobia, spicing up your life with new experiences or reaching out to make new friends, traveling alone or going on that scary roller coaster, you will find kindred souls in the stories shared in this empowering Chicken Soup book. Even the ten chapter titles carry positive messages and excellent advice: Be Bold; Let Yourself Trust; Give of Yourself; Trust Your Instincts; Take a Chance; Embrace Change; Connect with Someone; Do It Afraid; Rise to the Challenge; and Don't “Act Your Age.” According to Amy, “What I love about this book is that saying ‘yes' is something that 100% of us can do. How many self-help projects are that easy? It takes only one second to make a decision to start experiencing life to the fullest by using the power of yes.”

ICYMI: Hour One of ‘Later, with Mo'Kelly' Presents – A look at the importance of the 97th Annual 7-Eleven ‘Slurpee Day'…PLUS – Thoughts on California fast food franchisees cutting hours in response to the $20 per hour wage increase AND the impact of ‘Chicken Soup For The Soul' liquidating the company and all assets in their chapter 7 bankruptcy shift - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app

Kathleen Palmer speaks with Jen McDonald. Jen is an award winning author with two published books, has features in anthologies, Chicken Soup For The Soul, Stars and Stripes, Military.com, Red Book, and Good Housekeeping. She also hosted the Milspouse Matters Podcast for more than 5 years. With more than 3 decades as a military spouse she leans on those experiences to provide support and empathy to military spouses. The post MMP #1042: You Are Not Alone first appeared on Mission: Milspouse.

Mark, Filmmaker Lee Kolinsky and Hassan Godwin cover the news, a new Chris Pics' for Chicken Soup For The Soul, a new Jaybird and Lee segment, and from the film Wild Eyed and Wicked, Jen interviews G.S. Foxwood & Actor Michael X. Sommers

Kathleen Palmer speaks with Jen McDonald. Jen is an award winning author with two published books, has features in anthologies, Chicken Soup For The Soul, Stars and Stripes, Military.com, Red Book, and Good Housekeeping. She also hosted the Milspouse Matters Podcast for more than 5 years. With more than 3 decades as a military spouse she leans on those experiences to provide support and empathy to military spouses. The post MMP #1042: You Are Not Alone first appeared on Mission: Milspouse.

Do you realize that you can remain Young at Heart no matter how old you are? Yes, dynamic aging is in the air! Join Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher, and me on Wednesday, May 29th, from 10 AM to 11 AM CT U.S. We will be discussing stories from their latest collection, Young at Heart - 101 Tales of Dynamic Aging. We all have heard at some point, “Age is just a Number.” It is how we feel and act that determines who we are. Well, now we have a bunch of stories from people who live their lives validating that assertion. Stories filled with humor, wisdom, and inspiration prove that it is never too late to kick it up a notch! Chicken Soup for the Soul - Young at Heart - 101 Tales of Dynamic Aging is a compilation of stories by people in their fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties, and even nineties. Put aside those famous “senior moments,” this new anthology is enough to make anyone look forward to their “golden years.”

Would you like to learn more about the remarkable bonds between mothers and daughters that empower both individuals? Join Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher, and me on Wednesday, April 24th, from 10 AM to 11 AM CT U.S. We will be discussing stories of The Magic of Mothers and Daughters from their latest release, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Mothers and Daughters, to kick off our early celebration of Mother's Day 2024. According to Amy, the heart-centered book showcases 101 stories of appreciation for mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers, mothers-in-law, and honorary mothers. The stories will make everyone laugh, tear up, nod their heads in recognition, and, most importantly—know they're appreciated. Chicken Soup for the Soul - Mothers and Daughters is a celebration of the unique relationships between mothers and daughters that can only be told through chapters like - Mom to the Rescue, Mom Knows Best, Across the Generations, Mother-Daughter Adventure, and Like Mother Like Daughter, to name a few! No matter what kind of mother-daughter relationship you have, this book has a story for you.

How do cats do it? They brighten our days, act as our therapists, and become our best friends—without saying one word. Let's explore the remarkable ways cats transform our lives! Join Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher, and me on Wednesday, April 17th, at 10 AM CT U.S. We will be discussing that fun Special Human–Animal Bond from their latest release, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Cat - 101 Tales of Feline Friendship. The stories that cat owners share about their feline friends are remarkable. They're frequently hilarious, often heroic, and surprisingly human instincts will have cat lovers laughing, tearing up, and nodding their heads in recognition as we dive into these touching, inspiring, and sometimes mindboggling stories about all the ways in which cats enrich our lives, become part of our families, and make us better people. “It's remarkable how much cats add to our lives,” says Amy Newmark. “Our writers report on how their cats helped them improve their relationships, acted as natural therapists, and showed them how to overcome their own challenges. They learned how to be better humans through the examples of their cats' loyalty, faith, forgiveness, and resilience.” In keeping with Chicken Soup for the Soul's support for pet adoption and shelters, the 101 stories chosen for the book from thousands of submissions are inspirational and fun and feature rescued cats, including black cats and senior cats, which are often left behind at shelters. Chicken Soup for the Soul's mission is to make people think “shelter first” when they're considering adding a new pet to their families.

In today's episode, Michael welcomes Jack Canfield. Known as America's #1 Success Coach, Jack is a bestselling author, professional speaker, trainer, entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of the Canfield Training Group.  He is the co-author of more than 200 books, including The Success Principles and the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and 40 New York Times bestsellers, and has sold more than 500 million copies in 47 languages around the world. *Please note that this episode contains explicit language.*  During this thoughtful conversation filled with amazing personal stories, Michael and Jack talk about: -Jack's life growing up with an alcoholic and abusive father and how discovering personal development as a college student started him on the life path that ultimately led him to become a “success coach” -The definition of success and the principles for discovering your life purpose  -The inspiration behind creating the Chicken Soup For The Soul series, why so many publishers rejected it, and the miracle story of how it finally got published and became a global success -How plant medicine transformed Jack's life and helped him to heal on much deeper levels, what's next for Jack, and so much more! Next, Michael concludes with a brief meditation that focuses on the question: “Who am I, and what wants to emerge through me?”  For more insight on Jack's life success methods, coaching programs, trainings, events, books, etc., go to https://jackcanfield.com/. Subscribe or follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Wednesday when new episodes are available! Connect with Michael at https://michaelbeckwith.com/ and www.Agapelive.com. Facebook: @Michael.B.Beckwith https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith IG: @michaelbbeckwith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/ X (Twitter):  @drmichaelbb https://twitter.com/drmichaelbb YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w Finally, a special thank you to the sponsors of the Take Back Your Mind with Michael B. Beckwith podcast: The Agape International Spiritual Center (www.Agapelive.com) and NutriRise, makers of Michael's AdaptoZen Superfood Greens Powder and Vitamin D3+K2 drops (https://nutririse.com/products/adaptozen-bundle)!

Mark, Senior Correspondent Charlie Saladino, Jenny Feldy, and Hassan Godwin cover the news, a new Chris Pics' for Chicken Soup For The Soul, a new Jaybird and Lee Segment, Jen talks with Writer Lale Davidson, Plus Mark's thoughts on "No One Will Save you"

Today it's time for another edition of the Food Heals book Club. It's been awhile since have done one of these so to remind you this is where I read chapters from my book, Food Heals: Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Stories to Nourish Your Soul and Transform Your Health.  And if you haven't read the book, it's like an anthology of Food Heals stories similar to Chicken Soup For The Soul. I put together a collection of healing stories with the intention to inspire readers that the body is designed to heal itself if given the tools that it needs to do so! On today's episode we've got chapters 18-21: Chapter 18: Why Ulcerative Colitis is The Best Thing That Happened to Me By Vince Lia Chapter 19: Dying to Be Pretty: Healing from Breast Implant Illness and Putting Health Before Vanity By Christina Roulund  Chapter 20: Food Heals The Soul Marina Yanay-Triner Chapter 21: Healing Our Body By Healing Our Soul Kristie Reeves About Food Heals: Witnessing her mother and father — in short succession — lose their lives to cancer, Allison Melody endured significant trauma in her 20s. Why did their bodies fail them? Why did the doctors have no answers? This tragic loss instilled in Allison an unwavering passion for nutrition and propelled her into the world of holistic health and healing. She vowed to honor her parents' memory by dedicating her life to finding a way to heal the body naturally. After interviewing hundreds who have healed themselves of chronic and degenerative diseases for her film Powered By Plants and podcast Food Heals, Allison now firmly believes that the body has the ability to heal itself when given the tools it needs to do so. The intimate and uplifting true stories in this book are a must-read for anyone who is dealing with disease, stress, or any health imbalance and is looking for motivation, education, and inspiration to take their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being into their own hands. If you are enjoying listening to these stories and you'd like to get a physical copy of the book into your hands, or as a gift for a loved one who may be struggling with their health right now, you can get the book on Amazon or at www.foodhealsnation.com/book. And when I am done recording these stories for you, Food Heals Nation, then the book will be available on Audible as well! Thank you for being a part of this beautiful journey with me! Thank You to Our Sponsors! Kion Aminos Kion offers premium, clean, research-backed supplements and foods—with a focus on AMINOS as the building blocks of health—that support a long and active life. Drink Kion Aminos every day for energy, muscle, and recovery to help you look good, feel young, and be strong. Save 20% off your Kion aminos at getkion.com/foodheals. Organifi Organifi, is a line of organic superfood blends that offers plant based nutrition made with high quality ingredients. Organifi takes pride in offering the best tasting superfood products on the market at a price that works out to less than $3 a day. Go to www.organifi.com/foodheals and use code foodheals for 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Canova, philosopher, linguist, historian, and author of the award-winning First Souls Trilogy spiritual fiction series, approaches the Multiverse theory through the twin lenses of quantum physics and ancient spiritual wisdom in his latest non-fiction book, Quantum Spirituality (Inner Traditions, May 2023).   Are you a writer who can't afford a book publicist? SELL YOUR BOOKS TODAY! by Jennifer Perry teaches you how to be your own publicist! 

Are you curious about that Magical Connection between humans and animals, especially dogs? Well, join Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher, and me on Wednesday, February 28th, from 10 AM -11 AM CT U.S. We will be discussing that fun Special Human–Animal Bond from their latest release, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog - 101 Tales of Canine Companionship. These stories will have dog lovers laughing, tearing up, and nodding their heads in recognition. The experiences are touching, inspiring, and sometimes mindboggling stories as to how dogs enrich our lives, become part of our families, and make us better people. “It's remarkable how much dogs add to our lives,” says Amy Newmark. “Our writers report on how their dogs helped them improve their relationships, acted as natural therapists, and showed them how to overcome their own challenges. They learned how to be better humans through the examples of their dogs' loyalty, faith, forgiveness, and resilience.” In keeping with Chicken Soup for the Soul's support for pet adoption and shelters, the 101 stories chosen for the book from thousands of submissions are inspirational and fun and feature rescued dogs, including black dogs and senior dogs, which are often left behind at shelters. Chicken Soup for the Soul's mission is to make people think “shelter first” when they're considering adding a new pet to their families.

Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Nick Haase, “You only have so many hours in a day; let others make the money for you!"  I always felt like no one could deliver or duplicate my deliverables in my career and business.  Well, our working life teaches us differently.  This quote nails today's topic.  We can't do it alone, and if we do it right by building a high-performing team, man, the results speak for themselves, and we get to work less and make more.  Sign me up…right?   YouTube: https://youtu.be/9iRN1V6B3AU   About Kris Ward: Kris founded the Win The Hour, Win the Day philosophy.    After losing her husband, Kris returned to her work as a marketing strategist full-time.  She was relieved that her business had not only survived her absence but was growing. Now, Kris has completely changed the landscape for entrepreneurs by sharing the successful practices that allowed her absence.    Kris has shared the stage with Jack Canfield – in Chicken Soup For The Soul, Kevin Harrington from Shark Tank, Sharon Lechter - Rich Dad Poor Dad Co-Author, and Joe Theismann - NFL All-Star and commentator, to name a few.   Kris is an acclaimed podcaster, and you can hear her podcast, Win The Hour Win The Day, which covers various business topics, so you can get to your next win now!    How to Get in Touch With Kris Ward:  Email: krisward@winthehourwintheday.com Website:  https://www.winthehourwintheday.com/ BIG Bonus gift for you!  www.freegiftfromkris.com   Stalk me online! LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/conniewhitman Download Free Communication Style Assessment: https://whitmanassoc.com/csa/    Subscribe to the Changing the Sales Game Podcast on webtalkradio.com, your favorite podcast streaming service or YouTube.  New episodes post every week - listen to Connie dive into new sales and business topics or problems you may have in your business.

Well, the season is upon us! Whatever kind of holiday you're having—a big family get-together, a quiet dinner for two, or something in between, it's a magical time of year. I invite you to join Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher, and me on Wednesday, November 15th, from 10 AM -11 AM CT U.S. We will be discussing fun stories from Thanksgiving to Hanukkah to Christmas to New Year's. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas - 101 Tales of Holiday Joy, Love & Gratitude shares stories about communities coming together to make Christmas and the various holidays special for families going through hard times, the ripple effect of the joy of giving, and the many creative ways to make our holidays even more fun. Amy says, “As always, the stories in this collection are what Chicken Soup for the Soul calls “Santa Safe,” meaning they keep the magic alive even for precocious readers.” In keeping with Chicken Soup for the Soul holiday tradition, All royalties from this book go to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program, which creates miracles for millions of families by providing holiday gifts to children in need in the U.S.

On this week's show:Happy Poetry DayThe Cookie Thief by Valerie Cox Series of bomb threats appear to be a hoaxLeaf peepers outta control - trespassing tourist leads to closure1 year in, has Vermont's legal cannabis marketplace met expectations?BETA unveils its electric aircraft production facility in South Burlington Vacation rentals a huge portion of Stowe housing stockVermont State University president recommends cutting 10 programsJudge refuses to dismiss Franklin County sheriff assault caseVermont's first conservation cemetery Improperly imprisoned man's case thrown outSchool employee exonerated of abusing autistic kidVermont kids don't read goodVt State Police want to know “How was your traffic stop?”(1:05:00) Break music: Cady Ternity - That's What You Thinkhttps://cadyternity.bandcamp.com/track/thats-what-you-think The Big Buzz Chainsaw FestivalBennington Police Department arrests Kerry Raheb on multiple chargesEthan Allen Institute suspiciously fires Myers Mermel SoBu Pizza Hut rehab hits a snagBusinessman & Notorious Drug Dealer Catches Another Break Milton residents raise objections as town pulls funding for local arts guildLambert censured by Bellows Falls Union High School BoardPlattsburgh Man Banned From Ferry for 'Disrespectful' EmailSheriff investigates swastika drawn with carrot in Putney Strafford residents step up to fill gaps in social safety net (1:53:52) Break music:  Aresty - Emmahttps://aresty.bandcamp.com/track/emma Scumbag Map Ex-Brattleboro office banned from law enforcement Kids bring stolen gun to school Attempted robbery in Marshfield Men arrested with drugs in an empty apartment7th person sentenced in 2019 Burlington Murder Suspect in Burlington gunfire incident pleads not guilty to charges  Montpelier man accused of throwing knife toward family member  Scumbag in the air - stalking via plane Bats in Converse Hall frustrate UVM students Every state's favor ite curse wordThanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/VermontCatchup Follow Matt on twitter: @MatthewBorden4 Contact the show: 24theroadshow@gmail.comIntro/Outro Music by B-Complex

Are you interested in hearing about some amazing inspirational stories of Faith, Miracles, and Answered Prayers? If your answer is YES! Then join Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher, and me on Wednesday, October 4th, from 10 AM -11 AM CT U.S. We will be discussing stories of Angels and Miracles in Our Lives! Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and the Miraculous - 101 Inspirational Stories of Faith, Miracles, and Answered Prayers is a collection of true stories from people who have experienced life-changing occurrences that can only be described as divine intervention or amazing coincidences that cannot be explained! The book offers glimpses into the lives of regular people who find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations, their prayers answered, and their lives forever changed. It's about the anonymous angels who touched their hearts and saved their lives. From miraculous connections and answered prayers to divine intervention and inexplicable healing to angels and messages from heaven, these stories prove that miracles can happen every day to people from all walks of life. According to Amy, “These stories open our hearts to possibilities—that something, somehow, somewhere can work in our lives to make good things happen when we need them most.”

You can learn more about Marci Shimoff at https://soulblazing.com/ You can learn more about The Enlightened Passenger at www.peopleonplanes.com With book sales of more than 14 million copies worldwide in 31 languages, Marci Shimoff is one of the bestselling female nonfiction authors of all time. Get your FREE Happy for No Reason Self-Assessment & Workbook from the New York Times best-selling author, world-renowned transformational expert, author of Happy for No Reason, Love for No Reason, co-author of six Chicken Soup For The Soul books, and featured teacher in hit film The Secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thrilled to have Amy Newmark with us here today. Amy is the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul. 101 stories that are selected from thousands of submissions for a particular topic. Compelling, inspirational and aspirational true stories curated from ordinary people who have had extraordinary experiences. Amy is credited with revitalizing the Chicken Soup for the Soul brand over the past 15 years which has been a publishing industry phenomenon since the first book came out in 1993. With well over 100 million books sold to date in the U.S. and Canada, more than 300 titles, and translations into more than 40 languages, the phrase “chicken soup for the soul” is known worldwide and is regularly referenced in pop culture. Today, 30 years after it first began sharing happiness, inspiration and hope through its books, this socially conscious company continues to publish a new title a month. I am excited to share my interview with Amy about the mission of the company and the impact that the company is having 30 years later. This episode is awesome and filled with a ton of great ideas that will leave you excited and wanting to execute!. On this episode of #TheKaraGoldinShow. Enjoying this episode of #TheKaraGoldinShow? Let me know by clicking on the links below and sending me a quick shout-out on social. Or reach out to me at karagoldin@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/karagoldin/ https://www.instagram.com/karagoldin/ https://twitter.com/karagoldin https://www.facebook.com/KaraGoldin/ https://www.tiktok.com/@KaraGoldin https://www.youtube.com/c/KaraGoldin https://www.threads.net/@karagoldin Check out our website to view this episode's show notes: https://karagoldin.com/podcast/433 To learn more about Amy Newmark and Chicken Soup For The Soul: https://www.instagram.com/amynewmark/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-newmark-80624658 https://www.twitter.com/amynewmark https://www.facebook.com/ChickenSoupfortheSoul/ https://www.instagram.com/chickensoupsoul/?hl=en https://www.chickensoup.com/

ICFX For Indie Filmmakers: Using LED Walls & Green Screen for In-Camera FX What do you need to know when prepping and shooting on LED walls? How about using in-camera fx with green screen? Where is the technology heading and how can you get in on using this now to level up your filmmaking? Let's get in to it! (Episode 45) Hosted by Director/Producer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jenn Page.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to be notified when we open our doors to our ICFX studio dedicated to indie filmmakers (and indie film budgets) fill out the form on our website at TheWorkingDirector.Pro. You can also go there to join our private FB group for directors so you can attend these live conversations and get your questions answered; as well as, to learn about The Working Director course that helps emerging filmmakers become working directors faster. More on our panelists: Kyle Frazer has been active in the film and TV industry since 2004. He has worked on numerous projects from feature films to TV shows, and commercials to projects for the Department of Defense.  Some shows include Stalked Someone is watching and Americas Funniest videos.  He has demoed cameras for Panasonic, collaborated on their prosumer cameras, and early 3D models. Kyle has experience in setting up robotic cameras as well as live streaming events. As a Camera Operator and Director of Photography, Kyle has shot reality TV all over the world, and shoots digital content for Walt Disney World. After coming to Full Sail University, Kyle's skills were put to use establishing the streaming and technical aspects required to launch DCBS TV as well as extensive work with ESPN. During his time as an educator he was the course director for a few different classes including Digital cinematography 1, Portfolio III, Composition and Visual design and Electronic Field Production. Using all these skills he is currently running Studio V1 which is Full Sail University's virtual production stage. While working in Studio V1 he has worked on many projects using the technology. Including features, TV shows, commercials and student projects. **** Kristofer Cross, a multi-talented performer and entertainment industry professional, originally from Chicago, Illinois. His journey in the world of entertainment began at a young age when he stepped onto the theater stage. Later, Kristofer and his family moved to Los Angeles, California, where he would embark on his career as an actor, dancer, and model. From "The Hunger Games" to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "Joker," and sequels to "Avatar," Kristofer has left his mark on some of the most iconic films of our time. Beyond his contributions as a visual effects professional, he also delves into creative roles, writing, directing, producing, and developing his independent projects.  *** Jess Loren is a highly accomplished entertainment professional with a broad range of expertise. As a tech entrepreneur, executive producer, and showrunner, she has founded and led two successful companies to profitable exits before the age of 30. Today, she serves as the Chief Executive Officer and founding partner of To Whom It May Concern, a production services company operating virtual production facilities in Burbank and North Hollywood. In addition to this, Jess is also the Founder and CEO of Global Objects, a pioneering tech startup focused on democratizing access to digital replicas of the real world.   A voting member of the Television Academy and a member of the Visual Effects Society, Jess has over 15 years of experience at the forefront of the digital and visual transformation of businesses. She has successfully managed complex projects as an executive producer and showrunner for leading global brands such as Netflix, Hulu, Apple+, Lifetime, A&E, Crackle, and Chicken Soup For The Soul in the realm of production.   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theworkingdirector/message

What if I told you that healing miracle is always possible? In today's episode you'll hear from four people with incredible healing miracles to share! Get ready for part 4 of our Food Heals Book Club series, where we'll be delving into the chapters of my book, Food Heals: Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Stories to Nourish Your Soul and Transform Your Health. Imagine an anthology akin to the heartwarming "Chicken Soup For The Soul," but with a fascinating twist - each story in this book is a testament to the miraculous healing potential that lies within us. Curated with love, these chapters are filled with awe-inspiring accounts that will leave you marveling at the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative force of nutrition. On today's episode we've got chapters 14-17: Chapter 14: Create Your Own Miracle By Hal Elrod Chapter 15: Mamma Goes Vegan By Jennifer Jansen Chapter 16: Healing Cancer By Jeff Witzeman Chapter 17: A Pharmacists' Awakening By Noor Daghistani About Food Heals: Witnessing her mother and father — in short succession — lose their lives to cancer, Allison Melody endured significant trauma in her 20s.Why did their bodies fail them? Why did the doctors have no answers?T his tragic loss instilled in Allison an unwavering passion for nutrition and propelled her into the world of holistic health and healing. She vowed to honor her parents' memory by dedicating her life to finding a way to heal the body naturally. After interviewing hundreds who have healed themselves of chronic and degenerative diseases for her film Powered By Plants and podcast Food Heals, Allison now firmly believes that the body has the ability to heal itself when given the tools it needs to do so. The intimate and uplifting true stories in this book are a must-read for anyone who is dealing with disease, stress, or any health imbalance and is looking for motivation, education, and inspiration to take their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being into their own hands. If you are enjoying listening to these stories and you'd like to get a physical copy of the book into your hands, or as a gift for a loved one who may be struggling with their health right now, you can get the book on Amazon or at www.foodhealsnation.com/book. And when I am done recording these stories for you, Food Heals Nation, then the book will be available on Audible as well! Thank you for being a part of this beautiful journey with me! Thank You to Our Sponsors! Organifi Organifi, is a line of organic superfood blends that offers plant based nutrition made with high quality ingredients. Organifi takes pride in offering the best tasting superfood products on the market at a price that works out to less than $3 a day. Go to www.organifi.com/foodheals and use code foodheals for 20% off. Just Thrive Health Probiotics  A Proven, Potent and Effective Spore Probiotic to Help You Be Your Healthier You. Just Thrive's breakthrough, award-winning probiotic contains the proprietary strain, Bacillus Indicus HU36®, which produces antioxidants directly in the digestive system where they can be best absorbed by your body. Go to www.justthrivehealth.com, and save 15% off using code foodheals15. CURED Nutrition You deserve to take control of your mental and physical health. CURED Nutrition is trying to make it easier for you to do exactly that. Formulated with their trinity of ingredients – a blend of full-spectrum cannabinoids, functional mushrooms, and adaptogens – Cure is your answer to finding the calm in every storm. Go to Curednutrition.com/foodheals and use code foodheals for 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The body is designed to heal itself when given the tools it needs to do so!" Yes, you have heard me say this countless times over the last 8 years of recording the Food Heals Podcast. In today's episode you'll hear from five people with incredible healing stories to share! Get ready for part 3 of our Food Heals Book Club series, where we'll be delving into the captivating chapters of my book, Food Heals: Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Stories to Nourish Your Soul and Transform Your Health. Imagine an anthology akin to the heartwarming "Chicken Soup For The Soul," but with a fascinating twist - each story in this book is a testament to the miraculous healing potential that lies within us. Curated with love, these chapters are filled with awe-inspiring accounts that will leave you marveling at the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative force of nutrition. On today's episode we've got chapters 9-13: Chapter 9: How to Thrive As An Athlete and Be A Super Sexy Vegan By John Salley Chapter 10: My Dearest One By Jacqui Letran Chapter 11: Living Gorgeously Green By Sophie Uliano Chapter 12: Out of the Darkness: My Journey to Healing Clinical Depression By Jason Wrobel Chapter 13: Thank you body, I Love You By Nicole Dersweh About Food Heals: Witnessing her mother and father — in short succession — lose their lives to cancer, Allison Melody endured significant trauma in her 20s.Why did their bodies fail them? Why did the doctors have no answers?This tragic loss instilled in Allison an unwavering passion for nutrition and propelled her into the world of holistic health and healing.She vowed to honor her parents' memory by dedicating her life to finding a way to heal the body naturally. After interviewing hundreds who have healed themselves of chronic and degenerative diseases for her film Powered By Plants and podcast Food Heals, Allison now firmly believes that the body has the ability to heal itself when given the tools it needs to do so. The intimate and uplifting true stories in this book are a must-read for anyone who is dealing with disease, stress, or any health imbalance and is looking for motivation, education, and inspiration to take their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being into their own hands. If you are enjoying listening to these stories and you'd like to get a physical copy of the book into your hands, or as a gift for a loved one who may be struggling with their health right now, you can get the book on Amazon or at www.foodhealsnation.com/book. And when I am done recording these stories for you, Food Heals Nation, then the book will be available on Audible as well! Thank you for being a part of this beautiful journey with me! Thank You to Our Sponsors! Just Thrive Health Probiotics  A Proven, Potent and Effective Spore Probiotic to Help You Be Your Healthier You. Just Thrive's breakthrough, award-winning probiotic contains the proprietary strain, Bacillus Indicus HU36®, which produces antioxidants directly in the digestive system where they can be best absorbed by your body. Go to www.justthrivehealth.com, use the coupon code foodheals, get 20% off your dummies for a limited time. As always, save 15% off using code foodheals15. Organifi Organifi, is a line of organic superfood blends that offers plant based nutrition made with high quality ingredients. Organifi takes pride in offering the best tasting superfood products on the market at a price that works out to less than $3 a day. Go to www.organifi.com/foodheals and use code foodheals for 20% off. CURED Nutrition You deserve to take control of your mental and physical health. CURED Nutrition is trying to make it easier for you to do exactly that. Formulated with their trinity of ingredients – a blend of full-spectrum cannabinoids, functional mushrooms, and adaptogens – Cure is your answer to finding the calm in every storm. Go to Curednutrition.com/foodheals and use code foodheals for 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liv Harrison makes her triumphant return after taking a break from the show for a year! She & Taylor share about the best things that have happened in her life over the past year in our Chicken Soup for the Schroll segment. Next, Taylor shares his newest obsession in an app that allows you to text with Jesus, Mary & other biblical characters through the magic of Chat GPT. He & Liv ask their favorite biblical characters questions live on the show. It's incredible how well it works! It may have forever changed how Taylor prays & does show prep, for better or worse. To close out the show, they discuss one half of the summer blockbuster sensation weekend in Oppenheimer. They have differing opinions on how good the movie is & discuss the themes of the movie through a Catholic lens. It's mostly spoiler-free until the last couple minutes where we give a warning if you haven't seen the movie yet. Enjoy! Subscribe/Rate Never miss out on the craziness of each episode by hitting the subscribe button RIGHT NOW! Help other people find the show by taking a few moments to leave a review in your podcasting app. Thanks! YouTube Check out the show and other exclusive videos on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/fortecatholic Connect

What if I told you that the human body possesses an incredible power to heal itself? In today's stories you'll hear from four people who did just that! Get ready for part 2 of our Food Heals Book Club series, where we'll be delving into the captivating chapters of my book, Food Heals: Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Stories to Nourish Your Soul and Transform Your Health. Imagine an anthology akin to the heartwarming "Chicken Soup For The Soul," but with a fascinating twist - each story in this book is a testament to the miraculous healing potential that lies within us. Curated with love, these chapters are filled with awe-inspiring accounts that will leave you marveling at the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative force of nutrition. On today's episode we've got chapters 5-8: Chapter 5: From Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead to Thriving  By Joe Cross Chapter 6: Food Helped Heal My Cancer By Chris Wark Chapter 7: Healing Not Good Enough By Whitney Lauritsen Chapter 8: The Power of Putting Action Behind The Law of Attraction By Adam Schaeuble About Food Heals: Witnessing her mother and father — in short succession — lose their lives to cancer, Allison Melody endured significant trauma in her 20s.Why did their bodies fail them? Why did the doctors have no answers?This tragic loss instilled in Allison an unwavering passion for nutrition and propelled her into the world of holistic health and healing.She vowed to honor her parents' memory by dedicating her life to finding a way to heal the body naturally. After interviewing hundreds who have healed themselves of chronic and degenerative diseases for her film Powered By Plants and podcast Food Heals, Allison now firmly believes that the body has the ability to heal itself when given the tools it needs to do so. The intimate and uplifting true stories in this book are a must-read for anyone who is dealing with disease, stress, or any health imbalance and is looking for motivation, education, and inspiration to take their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being into their own hands. If you are enjoying listening to these stories and you'd like to get a physical copy of the book into your hands, or as a gift for a loved one who may be struggling with their health right now, you can get the book on Amazon or at www.foodhealsnation.com/book. And when I am done recording these stories for you, Food Heals Nation, then the book will be available on Audible as well! Thank you for being a part of this beautiful journey with me! Thank You to Our Sponsors! Organifi Organifi, is a line of organic superfood blends that offers plant based nutrition made with high quality ingredients. Organifi takes pride in offering the best tasting superfood products on the market at a price that works out to less than $3 a day. Go to www.organifi.com/foodheals and use code foodheals for 20% off. CURED Nutrition You deserve to take control of your mental and physical health. CURED Nutrition is trying to make it easier for you to do exactly that. Formulated with their trinity of ingredients – a blend of full-spectrum cannabinoids, functional mushrooms, and adaptogens – Cure is your answer to finding the calm in every storm. Go to Curednutrition.com/foodheals and use code foodheals for 20% off. Just Thrive Health Probiotics  A Proven, Potent and Effective Spore Probiotic to Help You Be Your Healthier You. Just Thrive's breakthrough, award-winning probiotic contains the proprietary strain, Bacillus Indicus HU36®, which produces antioxidants directly in the digestive system where they can be best absorbed by your body. Go to www.justthrivehealth.com, use the coupon code foodheals, get 20% off your dummies for a limited time. As always, save 15% off using code foodheals15. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The CLS Experience we have a very exclusive treat. He's written hundreds of books, and sold over 500 MILLION copies, with 59 NYT Best-Sellers under his belt, NO big deal. He's best known as the creator and co-author of the iconic Chicken Soup For The Soul series, AND he's a dynamic speaker, who's captivated millions, contributing his wealth of wisdom, and transforming countless humans. He's here to guide YOU over the bridge from your dreams to your destiny. How? With the power of the ASK! TIME magazine called him "the publishing phenomenon of the decade”, and he's here to empower you to change your life and play BIGGER. He's just a juggernaut in all facets of life, and a terrific husband, father, and human. Please welcome the multifaceted, brilliant, legendary, and handsome, abundant Mark Victor Hansen. To join our community click here.➤ To connect with Mark follow Mark Victor Hansen on Instagram➤ Order a copy of my new book The Reinvention Formula today! ➤ Join our CLS texting community for free daily inspiration and business strategies to elevate your day, text (917) 634-3796To follow The CLS Experience and connect with Craig on Social Media:➤ INSTAGRAM➤ FACEBOOK➤ TIKTOK➤ YOUTUBE➤ WEBSITE➤ LINKEDIN➤ TWITTER➤ CLS TOOLKIT➤ CLS MEMBERSHIP

This week, Steven is joined by special guest, author Mark Victor Hansen. Mark is best known for co-authoring the 'Chicken Soup For The Soul' book series - a phenomenon that has touched and empowered the hearts and minds of readers throughout the world, and which has collectively sold more than 500m copies to date. As the author of over 500 million books, Mark is one of the most successful people alive, and reaches a worldwide audience of countless souls in search of empowerment. Mark talks to Steven about his incredible success, the humble beginnings from which he came, and how the words and news we consume can shape the days we live and the fortunes we create. KEY TAKEAWAYS Everyone gets rejected from time to time, and we all have to keep going to the next until we find the person with whom our dreams and purpose align. Those with an entrepreneurial spirit are never content with reaching a small crowd. They want to push out into the world and help as many people as possible. If we surround ourselves with negativity, then it will inevitably steer us toward that kind of outcome. If we absorb positivity, then we remain turned on and tuned into success. The first thing we do in the morning should be empowering, and when we finish each day we should close it with positivity. This is the way to ensure that we remain spiritually nourished. BEST MOMENTS 'If I had a regret then it would that I should have done more books, faster' 'You're here to create, grow and contribute' '100% of humanity can be physically, economically successful, abundant and well off and healthier than we've ever been' 'Mindset creates health-set, life-set, love-set, joy-set, money-set, every set' VALUABLE RESOURCES The Steven Sulley Study          Mark Victor Hansen Twitter - https://twitter.com/MarkVHansen Mark Victor Hansen - https://www.markvictorhansen.com ABOUT THE HOST The Steven Sulley Study is my take on success. My view is you should have multiple focuses to be a well-rounded individual. Success shouldn't be just one thing like money, for example, it should also consist of a healthy fit lifestyle and thriving relationships. As a person who has made a success in life and also made huge cock-ups I feel I can offer suggestions and tips on how to become successful or at least start your pursuit. My 'Study' has taken resources from reading and education plus being around, my perception, of successful people and I, know a lot of successful people from all walks of life. My 'Study' coming from my experiences in business, investing, sales (my core background), training, boxing and education has enabled me to become well rounded and successful and I will help you in these key areas too. CONTACT METHOD InstagramThis show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Your life is a story- with characters, conflicts, plot twists, and an overarching theme.  So why not share it?! Mark Victor Hansen knows a thing or two about storytelling.  He's the co-creator of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book series, which has sold over 500 million copies!  In fact, according to the Guinness World Records, he holds the record for the most books on the New York Times bestseller list at one time. Nine-time Emmy Winner David Sams sits down with Mark to learn how his iconic success happened and what it takes to not just write a book but make it extraordinary! If you think you have a book in you, it's time to discover your OWN story. #MarkVictorHansen #ChickenSoupForTheSoul #ASK #DavidSams #KeepTheFaith #ContagiousInfluencer

What's wrong with putting a little happiness into the world? Nothing really, but when its folksy positivity is hiding a veneer of corporate soullessness, it's hard to really get behind those good, life affirming vibes. Paul and Eli discover this the hard way when they attempt to play the “Chicken Soup For The Soul” board game. Will the game bring out the joy of sharing, friendship and laughter, or will it lead to miserable, bitter arguments? If you've heard the podcast before, you'll probably have a fair idea on where this will go… Although you do get a damned fine story from Eli about his brush with cinema glamour, so it's not a complete loss. As for Paul, he's lined up a new bunch of tasty contestants for entry into the hallowed Snack Palace. Will any of the crisps chosen make it into the luxury of this abode, festooned with towels? Does it really matter? CheapShow will decide arbitrarily anyway, you just know it. See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-339-chicken-soup-for-the-hole And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at thecheapshow@gmail.com And if you want to, follow us on Twitter @thecheapshowpod or @paulgannonshow & @elisnoid Like, Review, Share, Comment... LOVE US! MERCH Official CheapShow Merch Shop: www.redbubble.com/people/cheapshow/shop www.cheapmag.shop Thanks also to @vorratony for the wonderful, exclusive art: www.tinyurl.com/rbcheapshow NEW ART: Get hold of Spunk.Rock's exclusive new CheapShow Artwork: https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/CHEAPSHOW-EST-2016-by-spunkrock/115961855.WFLAH.XYZ www.instagram.com/spunk__rock Send Us Stuff: CheapShow PO BOX 1309 Harrow HA1 9QJ

You can learn more about Marci Shimoff at https://soulblazing.com/ You can learn more about The Enlightened Passenger at www.peopleonplanes.com With book sales of more than 14 million copies worldwide in 31 languages, Marci Shimoff is one of the bestselling female nonfiction authors of all time. Get your FREE Happy for No Reason Self-Assessment & Workbook from the New York Times best-selling author, world-renowned transformational expert, author of Happy for No Reason, Love for No Reason, co-author of six Chicken Soup For The Soul books, and featured teacher in hit film The Secret.

Steve Harrison helped launch Chicken Soup For The Soul and Rich Dad Poor Dad. He's also the creator of the National Publicity Summit. In this interview, we talk about: -Why authors should use media and publicity to promote their book-The lead times for different publications and when you should start thinking about publicity for your book-What's a “hook” and why you need one to get a yes from the media -Making your book “mediagenic”. What does it mean and why should you do it?-How to build your “Fabulous Fifty” of people in the media to reach out to-The difference between not hearing back and “no” (silence is not no!)-How to maximize your media appearances to sell as many books as possibleIf you're interested in (or scared of) doing media appearances to help sell more books, you don't want to miss this episode!Watch the free training: https://selfpublishing.com/freetrainingSchedule a no-cost call with our team: https://selfpublishing.com/schedule

****************************** If you'd like to get a $300 dollar package from today's guest for FREE, make sure to listen! ********************************** It's not every day that Patty has a rock star on her show, but today is that day. Michele Blood was a popular Australian rock singer for years doing long, sold out tours for the fans of her band. But while riding on the tour bus she got into a terrible accident and was hospitalized for months. During this time she discovered the power of listening to positive affirmations and how it effected our mind, and the outcome of our lives. Because she was a musician, she created musical positive affirmations that prove to be more effective. It worked for her as she underwent a “miraculous” recovery and healing in the hospital. Now she has had millions of people around the world hear her songs and the glowing reviews affirm the effectiveness of her message. She even has worked with and has the support of Bob Proctor, multiple NY Times Best Selling author and contributor to The Secret, Speaker and Author Brian Tracy, and Jack Canfield co-author of Chicken Soup For The Soul. Hear how you can change the direction of your personal and professional life with something as simple as listening to positive affirmations. Check out the free package offered by Michele- https://micheleblood.com/Chocolate/ Check out Michele's website - www.micheleblood.com Check out Michele's socials below: https://www.Youtube.com/MicheleBlood https://www.facebook.com/TheMysticalExperience https://www.instagram.com/themysticalexperience/ Your Daily Chocolate is in the top 25% of most shared, and most followed podcasts worldwide, so let's boost it up even higher. Take 10 seconds today and share the show with some friends that you know will love it, and make 2023 an even brighter year for those you care about. Please consider supporting this podcast with a modest contribution here - just hit the "support" button to continue to hear good news from big name inspiring guests - Ad free! Be sure to subscribe to the newsletter at yourdailychocolate.com for extra content and all sorts of good stuff. If you like the show, please rate and review, or share it with anyone you think would like a little good news in their life. You can also subscribe to Your Daily Chocolate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or your preferred platform. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/patty-deutsche/support

When Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup For The Soul® series, asked Randall Kenneth Jones to write a fiction book, he thought to himself..."I think I can do this." Randy and I sit down and chat about his latest book, Ruby: Magic Comes From The Heart...how much fun it was to read, and for him to write it, as well as the story being adapted into a Hallmark Christmas Story. This is a fun episode with 2 friends. Watch on YouTube and Rumble. About Randall Kenneth Jones: Randall Kenneth Jones is an author, keynote speaker, comic actor, communications pro and host of the popular Jones.Show podcast, (Pronounced Jones Dot Show). His literary journey began with his 2016 book, a celebrity interview-infused, feel-good opus entitled Show Me: Celebrities, Business Tycoons, Rock Stars, Journalists, Humanitarians, Attack Bunnies & More! His first fiction book, RUBY, will be published on September 23 by Mark Victor Hansen of CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL fame. In the words of pop culture icon Erin Brockovich, “Ruby has much to teach about the ageless art of being human.” With his ever-expanding platform focused on looking for the BEST in people, Jones spends his days making a list and checking it twice, determined to find out who's naughty and who's nice. Jones spent several years running his boutique marketing agency in a haunted, pre-Civil War building in Leesburg, Virginia, before heading south to sunny Naples, Florida. He is also the co-host of The Amilya and Randy Show with Amilya Antonetti on Clubhouse. Today, he is in high spirits in the company of his perennially nice family, Derek, Kevin and Maribeth, and his perpetually naughty Airedale, Alexander. RandallKennethJones.com About your Awakened Nation Host, Brad Szollose: Fueled by the passion to ignite game-changing conversations, award-winning author Brad Szollose created Awakened Nation®—a podcast dedicated to deeper conversations with today's cutting edge entrepreneurs, idea makers and disruptors, bestselling authors, activists, healers, spiritual leaders, professional athletes, celebrities, politicians and rock stars...conversations that take a deep dive into the extraordinary. This podcast will challenge your beliefs and make you think. Think Art Bell meets Joe Rogan. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/awakenednation/support

Pioneer and legend in personal development, multiple NYT bestselling author and founder of Chicken Soup For The Soul publishing company Jack Canfield debuts to share his insights about rejection, self-talk and the how we give our power away.    Source: The Ultimate Jack Canfield Library Create the Life You Desire   Connect with Jack Canfield:    Website: https://jackcanfield.com   Instagram: jackcanfield_official   YouTube: Jack Canfield   Book: The Success Principles(TM) - 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be   Hosted by Malikee Josephs (Pronounced Muh leek Jo seffs)   Follow The Show On Instagram @DepressionDetoxShow.   Contact me: mj@depressiondetoxshow.com

JT & Looney talk about the juice box generation, getting a little too excited in the locker room with champaign and celebrations after winning games they're supposed to win!  They also talk about talk train wreck Tom, Roadkill Rodgers and the Languishing Lakers. They wax loquaciously about the Chicken-Soup-For-The-Soul story of Geno Smith.  OH, and they review the Manti Te'o documentary:  THE GIRLFRIEND WHO DIDN'T EXIST.

On this episode I am joined by award winning author Mitzi Perdue to discuss her new book 'Relentless.' During our discussion Mitzi opens up about what it takes to be relentless and how Mark Victor Hansen overcame many obstacles to become a huge success with his Chicken Soup for the Soul series. This episode is both motivating and inspiring. Tune in to hear more.

Randall Kenneth Jones is an author, keynote speaker, comic actor, communications pro and host of the popular Jones.Show podcast. His literary journey began with his 2016 book, a celebrity interview-infused, feel-good opus entitled “Show Me: Celebrities, Business Tycoons, Rock Stars, Journalists, Humanitarians, Attack Bunnies & More!” His first fiction book, RUBY, was released on 9/23/22 and published by Mark Victor Hansen of CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL fame. A playful mystery, defined by the author as “more of a ‘who is she' than a whodunnit,” RUBY follows an appealing cast of mature characters who not only rediscover and reinvent themselves but reshape our view of the words “holiday spirit” in the process. In the words of pop culture icon Erin Brockovich, “[RUBY] evokes memories of “The Golden Girls,” “Harry Potter,” and even “Peyton Place” — everybody seems to be up to something—yet [Jones] stays true to his ongoing quest to look for the best in people. He shines in his ability to simultaneously embrace the laughter and tears while deftly peeling back the layers to expose the inner truth. And though Randy never preaches to the reader from a literary pulpit, RUBY has much to teach about the ageless art of being human.” For more information, visit www.RubyBook.info JONES.SHOW is a weekly podcast featuring host Randall Kenneth Jones (author, speaker & creative communications consultant) and Susan C. Bennett (the original voice of Siri). This week's guest hosts, Kevin and Steph Mason, have ventured into a new phase of their lives as authors, speakers, and podcasters. The podcast “Tell Us a Good Story” gives them an opportunity to share their crazy experiences from their 17+ years of marriage, plus swap some behind-the-scenes stories with guests who have a good story to tell. Visit www.kevinandsteph.com JONES.SHOW is produced and edited by Kevin Randall Jones. JONES.SHOW Online: Join us in the Jones.Show Lounge on Facebook. Twitter (Randy): https://twitter.com/randallkjones Instagram (Randy): https://www.instagram.com/randallkennethjones/ Facebook (Randy): https://www.facebook.com/mindzoo/ Web: RandallKennethJones.com Follow Randy on Clubhouse Twitter (Susan): https://twitter.com/SiriouslySusan Instagram (Susan): https://www.instagram.com/siriouslysusan/ Facebook (Susan): https://www.facebook.com/siriouslysusan/ Web: SusanCBennett.com Follow Susan on Clubhouse LinkedIn (Kevin): https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-randall-jones/ Web: KevinRandallJones.com www.Jones.Show

Carol Allen is a happily married Vedic astrologer and relationship coach whose mission is to empower women to enjoy truly “out of this world” love lives, combining her training in the astrology of India with cutting-edge, real-world relationship research. Carol's been on E!, Bridezillas, EXTRA, Dr. Drew's Lifechangers, and in Chicken Soup For The Soul, and is the author of Love Is In The Stars – The Wise Woman's Astrological Guide To Men. She is regularly heard by hundreds of thousands of people on relationship summits, podcasts, radio shows, and her popular Love Is In The Stars newsletter. In this episode: The difference between Vedic astrology and Western astrology How Vedic astrology is extra powerful when it comes to relationships The 5 Critical Keys to Love Get Carol's free ebook “Becoming the Woman Your Dream Man Wants” https://Rightmanreport.com Follow her on IG @carolallenastrologer http://www.loveisinthestars.com ►Please subscribe/rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/lastfirstdateradio ►If you're feeling stuck in dating and relationships and would like to find your last first date, sign up for a complimentary 1/2 hour breakthrough session with Sandy https://lastfirstdate.com/application ►Join Your Last First Date on Facebook https://facebook.com/groups/yourlastfirstdate ►Get a copy of Sandy's book, Becoming a Woman of Value; How to Thrive in Life and Love https://bit.ly/womanofvaluebook ►This episode is brought to you by Amazon Music Unlimited. For a limited time, get it for FREE for 30 days. Go to getamazonmusic.com/lastfirstdate to learn more and claim this offer. ►Want to be coached on the show? Fill out an application here: https://bit.ly/LFDradiocoaching ► FREE download: “Top 10 Reasons Why Men Suddenly Pull Away” → http://bit.ly/whymendisappear ►Join the Woman of Value Club https://lastfirstdate.com/the-woman-of-value-club/ ►Website → https://lastfirstdate.com/ ►Twitter → https://twitter.com/lastfirstdate1 ► Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/lastfirstdate1/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandy-weiner9/message

Stephen Strange is back on the big screens, and he's f-ing around and finding out the hard way that messing with multiverses is complex business. Good news, true believers: our sherpa to the top of Mount Wundagore is MaxFun's own Riley Silverman!What's Good:Drea: The new DoctorRiley: The new Simple FavorAlonso: The new season of The Circle ITIDIC:Dirty Dancing Sequel in the works at LionsgateRedbox acquired by Chicken Soup for the Soul EntertainmentJames Cromwell glues himself to a Starbucks counter to protest vegan milk costs Staff Picks:Drea: Chungking ExpressRiley: The Quick and the DeadAlonso: On the Count of Three We're sponsored this week by...SoylentGo to Soylent.com/maxfilm and use promo code MAXFILM to get 20% OFF your first order.  Trade CoffeeTake their coffee-matching quiz at drinktrade.com/maxfilm  and get $30 off your first order plus free shipping! Preorder Riley's book, Exploring Tatooine: An Illustrated Guide, at your local shop or onlineWant to see that MCU ranking Alonso referenced?Buy Alonso's book, I'll Be Home For Christmas Movies***With:Drea ClarkAlonso DuraldeRiley SilvermanProduced by Marissa FlaxbartSr. Producer  Laura Swisher