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Break Out of the Systems, Choose Freedom and Build a Better World Together Once a month on our Tuesday Coffee With Nicole show, we go unplugged and today is that day. Join me for a conversation about the US Healthcare system and its impact on freedom Featured Event: Save the Date for The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com https://selfreliancefestival.com/ Sponsors: HollerRoast.com AbovePhone.com: https://abovephone.com/?above=104 Use coupon code for $50 off: LiveFreeTN Show Resources AbovePhone.com Living Free in Tennessee NicoleSauce.com HollerRoast.com  Main content of the show What are my options for health insurance? This is the question I got most often when people are looking to transition out of a live on the job conveyer belt to working for themselves. Indeed, one of the biggest reasons give to me by a more left leaning friend of mine for WHY we needed Obamacare was health insurance. Note that I do not refer to this as healthcare and that is with reason. He pointed out that, as an aspiring entrepreneur you already are facing a hard road ahead, but if you get sick you could lose everything and health insurance is so expensive. I remember ending that conversation pointing out that he and I wanted the same thing, affordable health care so that sick people can get what they need to get better. We just wanted it in a different way. Then another friend told me about her experience being in a car crash in great Britain which has a more socialized healthcare system than in the US. At the hostpital, they had no idea how to get paid for helping her so there was a fight for every step in her care until she finally figured out how to charter a flight out of that country and back home for care. She wanted to just pay since she did not qualify for care there (and must not have had travel insurance) but they had no way to do that. In the early aughts, I was workign for myself and carried one of those plans where you hold a high deductible and put up to something like 75% of you annual deductible into an HSA for when you need it. This meant I needed to pay case for care up to about $1000 a year (That was a high deductible 20 years ago yo) and I would talk with the office manager before getting seen to negotiate my fees for 25-40% less if I paid cash up front. Because they spent WAY less in resources getting paid when they did not need to bill insurance. Then I needed a specialist - and that specialist did a bunch of tests without my permission, did not tell me what they were looking for and biopsied me in a way that has left a long-term disfiguration that was unnecessary. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune skin condition called lichen sclerosis in my 20s and they had no idea how to treat it. When I went to negotiate the bill, the office manager had no idea what to charge me at time of service because their billing system was so complicated. She kept asking me to apply for government assistance so that they could bill me at those rates and when I tried to pay with cash, she had no idea what to do. Months later, there was a bill, I made a call and offered 60% of it cash, and they accepted that offer. The struggle is real yall. Problems with the US Healthcare System Being sick and dying sucks and sometimes they have no idea what to do Chronic illness is on the rise alongside obesity and there are more people needing more help We already had a doctor to patient problem coming with the boomer retirement wave and we made it worse with all the drama of the pandemic We have been programmed to equate health insurance with healthcare Incentives in the system are toward increased beauracracy Codes and billing have made it worse over time and this starts in medicaid Health insurance as a tax deduction was incentivised in the 40s and messed with in the 50s leading to the transition from cash for care to the broken system we have now - and back then, being sick and dying still sucked Culture shift: Health  care and medical support became an elite system that cut out alternative healing, health coaching, and prevention and focused on first cures, then management One thing that has made US progress happen faster than other places: Rich Sick People What does this mean for freedom? Like everything else your health and health care is your responsibilty. Are the insurance companies to blame? Yes but so are the nonprofit hospitals, the doctors who allowed biling to be taken from them, managed health care systems, the IRS, etc. It is not a single villian and that makes it hard to beat. Erosion of dental Erosion of veterinary Hope: Cash Clinics Concierge Care Growing body of knowledge on nutrition, lifestyle choices and in the impact of big food on our bodies Functional medicine Integrated Manual Therapy PMAs  Drs and Nurses doing their best from inside the system to help people get care But this impacts your freedom in a big way doesnt it? The only way to fix this one is to invest your time, money and energy in an alternative and become the solution – and yet if there is a fencepost through your leg, you are going to end up in THE SYSTEM right now so you want to be ready for that. Health Shares Relationships and Kindness Obamacare plans and employer insurance Private Insurance But we need to keep our eye on the long term and, help build it, and be ready to jump when the jumpin is good. Make it a great week! GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/ Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Twitter: @nicolesauce IG: @nicolesauce Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN  Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link  

In Nakd Classics we bring back your favorite episodes from our early days that focus on mindset, confidence and holistic health.  Original Episode 81:  Coach Christina Davis shares how to break out of the mindset barriers that hold us back from going after their dreams and living a life of more freedom. Connect with Christina: Instagram: @christinaadavis   Listen to this next: Episode 293: Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind JOIN THE FGN Community: www.feelgoodnakd.com Podcast Mentorship : chardetryel.com Feel Good Nakd Book: feelgoodnakd.com/7 steps Host Instagram: @itschardet

Join us in this live stream as we dive deep into the concepts of masculine presence, true vs. false love, and the critical choices men face between living their dreams or following the path of security. We'll discuss why many men struggle with the “Nice Guy” syndrome, the difference between Don Juan and AFC behaviors, and how to cultivate a life of freedom and authentic masculinity. Discover practical strategies for attracting quality women, avoiding beta behavior, and embracing your true potential. Perfect for those seeking male self-improvement, confidence, and success in relationships. This is part seventeen in my series based on "The Book of Pook" which is available for free at https://bookofpook.com and is also available on audiobook narrated by Jack Napier here: https://jacknapier368.gumroad.com/l/nuipz. This episode will be based on chapters 47, 48 and 49, "If life seems hard and unhappy, read this!," "Why “Let's Just Be Friends”," and "On Mystery." // BECOME A MEMBER // Become a subscriber on Spotify or become a member on YouTube to help support the podcast and get access to all old episode archives: Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comeonman/subscribe YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/comeonmanpodcast/join // BOOK // Get my Amazon #1 Best Selling Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNH88C47 Autographed copies: https://comeonmanpod.gumroad.com/l/books // COURSES // No Cold Approach in The Cow Pasture (Online Dating Course): http://dates.comeonmanpod.com Practical Law of Attraction course: http://loa.comeonmanpod.com Basic Diet & Fitness (Mini-Course): http://fit.comeonmanpod.com // COACHING AND OTHER RESOURCES // Beer Club: http://beer.comeonmanpod.com Coaching: http://coaching.comeonmanpod.com FREE PDF with 20 Dating App Openers! Join my email list: http://list.comeonmanpod.com MERCH: http://merch.comeonmanpod.com Recommended Reading: https://is.gd/COMPBooks // SOCIAL MEDIA // Follow on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@bestmenspod Follow on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/comeonmanpodcast/ Follow on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ComeOnManPOD Follow on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/comeonmanpodcast // OTHER MEDIA // Blog - https://www.fixdeadbedrooms.com Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/lCY8VEvNiaE // SEARCH TERMS // “How to be a high-value man” “Red Pill dating strategies” “Masculine presence and attraction” “Overcoming nice guy syndrome” “True vs. false love” “Dating advice for men” “Avoiding beta behavior in relationships” “Living your dreams as a man” “How to attract quality women” “Male self-improvement and confidence”

Welcome back to the Just Breathing Podcast for Part 2 of our series on conquering anxiety! In this episode, we continue our journey through John Delony's powerful framework from his book Building a Non-Anxious Life, focusing on three more daily choices that can transform your mental health: Choose Mindfulness, Choose Belief, and Choose Freedom.Learn how practicing mindfulness can keep you grounded, how embracing belief can bring stability, and how choosing freedom can break the chains of anxiety. We'll provide practical strategies and personal insights to help you make these empowering choices every day.At the Just Breathing Podcast, we're committed to helping you develop better communication, build stronger relationships, and become the best version of yourself. Be sure to check out Part 1 if you missed it, and subscribe for more content focused on mental wellness and self-improvement!Learn more about John Delony and 'Building a Non-Anxious Life': https://www.ramseysolutions.com/john-delonySupport the showThanks for tuning in to Just Breathing! We hope you enjoyed this episode as much as we did. If you have thoughts to share, stories to tell, or topics you'd like us to explore in future episodes, we'd love to hear from you. Connect with us on social media @jcandbritt or drop us an email at laudandlungs@gmail.com. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review if you liked what you heard. Until next time, keep breathing!

Thank you for listening! The podcast is on summer break and will return on September 15, 2024. We are revisiting some of our favorite interviews over the summer, we hope you enjoy these conversations!   Author and Psychologist Mary Firestone wrote "Trusting the Dawn: How to Choose Freedom and Joy After Trauma." This book is her personal account of post-traumatic growth, healing, self-love and self-discovery. Mary shares how  although our inclination is to turn away from our trauma and pain, it still finds a way out; she gives the reader and listening audience the courage to face the hardness of our wounds, head on. She talks about staying integrated throughout the healing process and changing the internal narratives we tell ourselves about who we are when something bad happens to us. She leaves the audience with the healing tools of curiosity, compassion, self-trust, and deep self-love. To find out more about Mary head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @firestonesisters @trustingthedawn2022     You can watch this full interview over on our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@LightCastingNetwork   To learn more about your host, Krista Xiomara head over to https://iamkristaxiomara.com   Want to support the show? Consider shopping at our podcast inspired merch store: https://ianwpodcast.com/collections   Podcast Production: Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara Produced by LightCasting Original Music by Mr. Pixie Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast   

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TODAY'S AFFIRMATION: I Choose Freedom and Ease TODAY'S GRATITUDE PROMPT: Reflect on a time in your life when you felt free. Dwell in gratitude for the feeling of freedom. THE DAILY TONIC: 1 Positive Affirmation + 1 Reflective Prompt = 3 min of Good Vibes Download our Top 10 Most Powerful Affirmations and get a FREE Gratitude Meditation! subscribepage.io/1vuwPi Strengthen your Mind + Raise Your Vibe - Download NOW  subscribepage.io/1vuwPi Follow on Instagram @daily.tonic  

This week on the SPARKED podcast, we invite a listener to share what's going on in their work & life, then pose a specific question to Jonathan Fields and a rotating lineup of wise and kind mentors - the SPARKED Braintrust.  In today's episode we're in conversation with: SPARKED BRAINTRUST ADVISOR: Jenny Blake | Website Jenny is a podcaster, career and business strategist, and an award-winning author of three books: Life After College, the groundbreaking Pivot for navigating what's next, and her recently published Free Time for optimizing what's now.  LISTENER: Paula - Sparketype: Essentialist/Maven, Anti: Performer QUESTION: Listener Paula shares a powerful story about a season of devotion to her family and her family business, and her emerging passion to shift focus to something new, and how that brings up all sorts of questions about everything from familial responsibility to purpose, passion and the freedom to choose your next move. Paula wrote in to share her story with us, so we've asked Shelley from our team to “read it into the conversation,” for us. YOUR HOST: Jonathan Fields Jonathan is a dad, husband, award-winning author, multi-time founder, executive producer and host of the Good Life Project podcast, and co-host of SPARKED, too! He's also the creator of an unusual tool that's helped more than 650,000 people discover what kind of work makes them come alive - the Sparketype® Assessment, and author of the bestselling book, SPARKED. How to submit your question for the SPARKED Braintrust: Wisdom-seeker submissions More on Sparketypes at: Discover Your Sparketype | The Book | The Website Find a Certified Sparketype Advisor: CSA Directory Presented by LinkedIn. PS. We're about to launch a program - Career Clarity Lab™ - that's been five-years in the making. It'll be entirely online and priced for accessibility. It will answer so many of the questions you've had about finding and doing work that truly makes you come alive. And, it will guide you through a step-by-step process to make it happen. We're looking to launch this program in late-April, but if you'd like to learn more now and be on our early-notice list (and qualify for a pretty big discount during our pre-launch window)...  Learn more here.

e kaabọ gorgeous listeners! Tune in to my conversation with Vicki (like nicki) where we talk about the real life shit you only discuss over a drink… from Ohio to California to Michigan, one thing Vicki has always chosen is freedom. Freedom to love, freedom to express herself, and freedom to thrive ✨

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My favorite and most trusted Tarot reader, Christina Leynes, joins me for a conversation full of vulnerable personal journey shares of walking the path of the Heart.  She gives us a collective reading for the eclipse portal that we are about to walk through, and it is WILD! This reading, as with all of Christina's readings, is timeless. Whenever it finds you, it is just right!  Her story of being tested to release all fear is not for the faint-hearted. She is a glorious example of a fearless warrior of Light, a roaring Queen of the Heart.  "To those who do what is in them to do, like what is in their heart to do, let's say, what has been placed on their heart to do, God will not deny grace. And that is not just a Catholic tenet. That is just, that is universal. The universe will not deny you grace. When you are true to what your heart is telling you to do, when you're true to your authentic self, God will not deny you grace, and I had to cling on to that, even in the darkest times, where all faith could have been lost." About Christina: If you had told Christina Leynes 7 years ago that she would be reading tarot cards for people and on such a public forum, she would have told you you're crazy. Although she had a mild fascination and quiet admiration for those who worked in the divinatory arts, she believed such occupations to be untenable and possibly even unmeritorious.  However, it was amid a series of life shifts which included divorce, a cross-country move, and job loss that Christina turned to the sacred tarot to seek guidance from whomever it was out there who brought upon her those monumental disruptions. The genesis of her tarot practice, Shine Your Light Oracle, was a stroke of playful spontaneity, inquisitiveness, and the profound faith in its potential to help someone out there as much as the tarot has helped her.  What is Discussed: Christina takes us through her ultimate personal surrender experiment - an experience that ultimately led her to release conditioned fears and roar with newly found freedom. Releasing fear through experiencing what we fear the most - being homeless and without food. And what she learned from going through this difficult stage. Christina uses the analogy of being asked to be a canary in a coal mine where she is being asked to walk the path of surrender and trust and share her findings with us - and you will hear just that! How Freedom is on the other side of whatever hardship we are going through. The role service plays in our personal journeys as humans on the evolutionary path. Her way of reading tarot and the special relationship she has with the cards and Spirit. Eclipse portal implications on a personal and collective level. Please join her for a free collective reading on her Instagram page @shineyourlightoracle  Learn more about Christina and the services she offers on her website www.shineyourlightoracle.com You are also welcome to reach Christina at shineyourlightoracle@gmail.com   Like this show? Please leave us a review here - Like the show? Please leave a review - even a couple of words helps! Share, tag us, use word of mouth to spread the message of Heart-Powered Living.   Ready to begin your Heart-Powered Living journey? Join the FREE 21 DAY JOURNEY - "21 Days of Becoming Heart-Powered." This easy and highly effective program comes to your inbox daily for 21 days to rewire you, shift your frequency, and guide you to live from the Heart. For more information on all things Heart-Powered Living, please visit our website.

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lordʼs favor. Luke 4:18-21 ESVFor the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10 ESVFreedom is an unattainable myth without the MessiahIf the Son sets you free, you are truly free. John 8:36 NLT1) Choose Freedom  - For you were called to freedom, brothers… Galatians 5:13 ESV Removed verseIf you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 ESV New Slide - Choosing God's word and will is the only path to a life of freedom and restoration. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 ESV2) Walk with the LiberatorWe are not cable of overcoming the enemy on our own! Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17 ESVDavid replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Today the LORD will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. I Samuel 17:45-46 NLTMoved - You are more likely to move a locomotive with a moped motor than to live in freedom without Jesus!I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 ESV3) Guard your HeartFor the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. Galatians 5:17 NLTA man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. Proverbs 25:28 ESVMoved next two slides from first point - It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you donʼt use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Galatians 5:13 MSGHe who avoids the slippery slope is less likely to fall into a pit.Sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it. Genesis 4:7 NIVDonʼt let what you access give the enemy access to your soul.Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 NLTGuard your heart and God will guide your heart to freedom. 4) Follow the peace of God And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. Colossians 3:15 ESVRemove Slide - Holy Spirit uses peace as an umpire for the soul.Discernment isn't just knowing the difference between right and wrong, it is knowing the difference between right and almost right. - Charles SpurgeonLet the peace of God guide your choosing and you will find yourself living in freedom.  5) Live for God and OthersLove the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:37-38 NLTSelf-consumed people will always be bound. Jesus will rewrite your story if you will follow Him to freedom!Look, said Naomi, “your sister in law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.” But Ruth replied, “Donʼt urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Ruth 1:15-16 ESVRemove - You're future and freedom are not defined or determined by your hurt or history…Remove - By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. 2 Peter 1:3 NLTFreedom is the miraculous breakthrough in believing and living we experience in a surrendered relationship with Jesus.  

Bruce Eberle is founder of Eberle Communications; a board of governors member for the  Ronald Reagan Ranch; and author of the new book: Choose Freedom! Embrace It. Understand It. Defend It.   In this exclusive Schilling Show Unleashed Podcast interview Eberle discusses the difference between liberty and freedom, Buckley's and Reagan's important contributions to the conservative movement, and the inherent dangers of Socialism.

Emotions is the theme for this month. And I am always fascinated to find out who is going to fit into this theme and what I am going to learn. And for this episode of Empowering Chats, I am honored to introduce Mary Firestone. Mary is an inspirational speaker and an author. Mary is the author of, Trusting the Dawn, How to Choose Freedom and Joy after Trauma. I met Mary at a winery in California when I was personally dealing with my own trauma. And her book spoke to me. It took us a bit to get here – but after I met her, I knew I just had to have her on my podcast. Here's her personal story. This is an excerpt from the introduction to her book: It was more than 5 hours before I was rescued from my bathroom countertop where I huddled wet and pregnant . . . I was shaking from the cold and fear from being trapped by millions of gallons of mud . . . for much of that time I thought my husband and 4-year-old son had been swept away in the mudslide . . . I thought my life was over . . . I watched this river of mud crumple a neighbor's house and hurtle it down the hill away from me . . . On my right the majority of my house had twisted backwards and washed away . . . not only was my living room gone, but my panic surpassed anything I had ever known when I realized the window looking back at me was my 4-year-old son's bedroom and I thought he was in it. Mary's personal story of surviving this trauma is what led her to write this book. This mudslide occurred in early 2018, right after the Thomas Fire raged through much of Southern California in late 2017. The land was barren from the fire and ripe for mudslides which occurred when torrential non-stop rain hit many of the coastal cities including Santa Barbara and Montecito. And so, I led the interview by asking Mary the question, How can trauma be a gift? Mary explains that for her the gift came in the form of her intellectual thinking brain going on hiatus so her body could get in touch with what she identifies as the Divine, recognizing that some people call this their higher self or The Universe. She saw this as a gift because it allowed her to tap into recognizing her fragileness and the beauty of being human. Being human, according to Mary, means we get to experience not just the joy and love that comes with our human life but also have an appreciation and a connection to that higher frequency because of the trauma some of us experience. And this experience is what led Mary to research how others who had lived through trauma learned to overcome and compost the trauma so that they too came out the other end with more light, more joy and more understanding of what it means to be human. Mary's book is not just full of research but tools we can all use to overcome trauma and recognize when we are taking the label of “victimhood” and using it as a crutch to stay stuck. Mary shares stories of other victims who survived extreme trauma and did not become lifelong victims. Mary talks about healing from the inside out so we can tap into our inner landscape for healing. Mary offers many well researched facts, and experienced information about how to heal from trauma. Whether you are dealing with your own trauma or dealing with the traumatizing events going on in the world, there is something here we can all learn from. So even if you think you don't need to know about trauma or heal from it – on some level we are all touched by it. In closing Mary shared the following: You are not alone. This book can be your companion. There is so much hope and avenue for you to find joy and re-ignite your light. Don't give-up. Seek your solution and take care of yourself, love yourself and you will heal. To learn more about Mary Firestone and to purchase her book please visit: MaryFirestone.co To learn more about how I show up in the world please visit my website at: SusanBurrell.com  

Welcome to the wrap up of our Toxic Temple series. Where is the darkness hiding within you when it comes to your temple? Where is God calling you to CHOOSE FREEDOM. What resources might assist you in your journey - lean in as Gail calls us all to the LIGHT, the TRUTH that He died to give us and offers you suggestions on where to go from here! Want to learn more about what Gail has for you right now? What is holding you back?!! Are you in fellowship with Kingdom-minded business women? Join Kingdom Dreamchasers FB group today! Visit her website to learn more about Gail's 24/7 Training App Created Exclusively for Women of Faith in Direct Sales and Network Marketing, Her monthly Live Events where for pennies on the dollar you can be trained and coached by one of the Industry's veterans and Kingdom based Business Coach, Check out her Kingdom Business Course - Six Pillars to Building Your Business on Kingdom Values, Grab her Master Your Morning Book on Amazon and see if you are lucky enough to join her in a year long life changing Kingdom transformation in her Signature Program, Kingdom Leadership Mastery™! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.gailroot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kdcwithgailroot/message

Good news: American patriots in Michigan just induced a Chinese Communist Party company not to buy 250 acres of prime farmland in the heart of Michigan.  A group called “Choose Freedom” has been raising an alarm about the CCP's plan to build a lithium-ion battery plant for electric vehicles with $750 million in state subsidies and concessions. While other elements of this initiative that threatens the environment and national security are still afoot, this partial victory should prompt Michigan and federal authorities to pull the plug on the rest.  That should also be done regarding the CCP's purchases of other agricultural land here which, according to a Daily Mail investigation, involve 400,000 acres worth $2 billion, up from $160 million ten years ago. The Chinese would never allow such an arrangement there, and we shouldn't tolerate it here, either.  This is Frank Gaffney. 

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Teaching from Galatians 4, Pastor Ben encourages us to choose freedom and stand firm on the pure gospel. Are you living in freedom or slavery? 

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I had a great time at CPAC and made lots of new acquaintances while catching up with many old friends too, including our guest this episode. Karen Siegemund is the President of American Freedom Alliance and I had the privilege of meeting her at the 'AFA Propaganda conference' in LA last year. Karen has been a regular face at CPAC where this was my first time, so she joins us live to compare notes and to give her thoughts on this years 'Conservative Political Action Conference' which was held in Washington DC. It was a packed 4 days attended by all the nations top conservative faces, featuring special guests such as Senator Marsha Blackburn, Congressman Matt Gaetz, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lt. Governor Mark Robinson with the memorable event concluding with a 90 minute key note speech by the man himself, President Donald J Trump. As the daughter of a man who grew up in Hitler's Berlin, Dr Karen Siegemund has always been keenly aware of how precarious freedom is, and how tyranny typically begins not with a revolution, but with a slow erosion of rights and freedoms. For this reason, Karen has dedicated her life to fighting against this erosion on every level. During the Cold War, Dr. Siegemund worked in the field of underwater acoustics, developing new sonar systems and testing them during sea trials around the world. After the defeat of the Soviet Union she turned her sights first to earning a Master's Degree in International Relations, then a doctorate degree in “Education and American Culture.” Recognizing that only with an educated citizenry could we hope to maintain our freedoms, she became an educator; for over ten years she has taught in a number of areas, from Latin and French to Science and Mathematics, at the middle school, high school and University levels. Along with these specific academic disciplines, of course, she strives to educate her students about the values that make Western Civilization generally, and America specifically, as exceptional as we are. As another result of the recognition that totalitarianism creeps in with baby steps, and that our media has been complicit in its advance rather than the bulwark against it that it us supposed to be, Karen had founded and was president of “Rage Against the Media,” an activist group in Los Angeles which fought against the propagandistic nature of our news media. Since becoming the President of the American Freedom Alliance, she's been part of the fight against a longer list of encroachments on our freedom, and has been hosting exceptional events ranging from World-Class Conferences to Literary Cafes, Lectures to Movie Premieres, all on topics relating to Freedom, how it's being attacked and how we can preserve it. She has also paid a price for the position she takes in defense of Western Civilization and for her political activity outside the classroom. Karen became a victim of the very “cancel culture” she warned about when her teaching position at a local private school was not renewed. Among countless articles, the Epoch Times ran a feature article about her, and she was a guest on The Huckabee Show, a frequent speaker at clubs, organizations and events, and is published in a wide range of publications. The American Freedom Alliance is a non-partisan, non-profit organization which promotes, defends and upholds Western values and ideals. AFA sponsors conferences, publishes opinions, distributes information and creates networking groups to identify threats to Western civilization and to motivate, educate and unite citizens in support of that cause. American Freedom Alliance links Website https://americanfreedomalliance.org/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_mKQpt648ouOD7SuotFhSA GETTR https://gettr.com/user/americanfreedomalliance Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AmericanFreedomAlliance/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AFAlliance Vimeo https://vimeo.com/afa Broadcast live 13.3.23 For our listeners in the US, do check out our friends at https://guncat5.com/ 'Firearms training for women, by women' *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more... https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please subscribe, like and share! [0:22] Karen Siegemund, thank you so much for coming on slightly earlier today. Thank you. My pleasure. Delighted to be with you, Peter.   Karen and I had a good catch up, having only met in June for the first time at the American Freedom Alliance Conference Propaganda over in LA, where she had great speakers like Naomi Wolf, James O'Keefe, and many others, Alex Newman, James Wood, Elizabeth Sabaditsch-Wolf, and it goes on and on. She has so many conferences with some of the greatest guests, So I was absolutely overjoyed to catch up with her over the East Coast this time. East Coast is much closer for me, Karen. Yes. Yeah, it's funny, either coast. It's always great to see you. And there's always great stuff going on one way or the other. [1:10] Absolutely. Now, we're just want to unpack CPAC. Obviously, we've both been there just a week or so ago. It has been a whole week since we saw each other, Karen. Time flies. Yeah, I don't know how the time flies, yes. So the AmericanFreedomAlliance.org is there on the screen. I encourage you to go have a look at it, have a look at the conferences they've had. Everything is available there on the website. Now, CPAC, it was my first time at CPAC. I don't think I dreamt about going, but I dreamed about going many times. Got that bad, which we have a feedback. But Karen has been, what, four times you told me before we went live, Karen. Yes, this was my fourth. [2:01] So where, this was in DC. Where was it other years you've been or has always been in DC for you? For me, I've only ever gone to the ones in DC. It's the nation's capital, seems to me that's where it's supposed to be. And of course, during COVID, they moved around as one does and did. You try to find pockets of freedom here and there, Texas, Florida, obviously. I think they had others internationally also, but to me, CPAC isn't CPAC unless you're in the, capital of the United States. Much as it's a swamp and we talk about all of that, but there's still people working very hard in the right direction, in the correct direction towards freedom, towards re-establishing a constitutional republic. So it's nice to be in the nation's capital and give them support and meet with them, there who are living right in the heart of it all and still doing the really awful, disgusting work that needs to be done. So I love it that it's in D.C. and I love the Gaylord. I think it's a tremendous venue. [3:05] It was, it was a wonderful venue and your drinks reception was also a wonderful event in the middle of that. But tell us for, I guess for those watching in the UK, we probably have 60% UK, 30% US, maybe around that split. I mean, tell us what kind of CPAC is about, because people in the UK, they think of political conferences and they're not really the most exciting or intriguing. And they're fairly dull and plodding along. CPAC is a little bit different. So let's start with CPAC, maybe the first time you went, what it was like?   Yeah, you know, it's funny when you think about conferences, generally conventions, you think that it's going to be a little bit stodgy and wonky and you know, all the political in the know people. But while there are political in the know people, It really is more like one little rally after another, culminating of course this time and the last time I had gone too with President Trump. But there's just tremendous energy. It's really, it's the who's who of political activism [4:15] and excitement and energy. The first time, maybe it's not the first time I mixed them all up, but I've seen Newt Gingrich, I've seen Sarah Palin. I had seen Donald Trump before. I'd seen Mitt Romney back when we really mourned, we still mourn that he lost, obviously, while we know a little bit more about him than we did at that time. That was a very painful thing. But it's really, if you are involved in the political scene in the U.S. at all, and that includes activism as well as politics, it really is the place to go. Because there's there's I would say three main aspects to the whole thing. One is the main stage in the main ballroom where the speakers are. And sometimes those are panels and sometimes it's more serious than others. But it's always got this high energy rally sense. Then downstairs is [5:09] where if you work in this arena, you can sponsor a booth, a table, you can make people aware of what you do, you can sell books, you can show videos, you can hand out t-shirts and stuff. So you increase your visibility, build up your mailing list, and that was always very exciting too. Then I would add there's media row, which is really where much of the activity actually happens. There's radio stations, there's TV stations, there's networks. And in the past, we had had Fox News, we had had Breitbart, we had had Town Hall as major sponsors of all of this. [5:51] There were more big names and also small names. If you're local and you just have a show you want to promote, you'd be there. This time, I still would contend that Radio Row was the place to be. It's where most of the action was, most of the energy was. There were smaller podcasters and so on as before, but not Breitbart, not Town Hall, not Fox. One of the more interesting ones was the new state of China Republic. I will get the letters all messed up, but the organization that's really trying to restore China to have legitimate rule that's not by the Chinese Communist Party. But then the biggest, the loudest voice at CPAC, the most energizing, engaging, really the hub of all the energy and action was Bannon's War Room that was set up. Luckily at the far end, if he hadn't been at the far end, nobody would have been able to get through. And that's, that honestly, I don't know if you felt the same way, but that to me was the hub of all the energy. [7:02] I agree. Let me just before I get on there, it was the NFSC, New Federal State of China, and they had a fantastic stage set up there in Media Row, interviewing a lot of people, and it's interesting that pushback against the CCP, which obviously Bannon will be doing that regularly as well. But you're right, it was sometimes you couldn't get up and down that that corridor because everyone wanted to see Mr. Stephen K. Bannon. And certainly so much energy, what he brings. And the thing that struck me most about Bannon was that he would do a two hour show, and then he would give maybe an hour and a half of actually talking to people, greeting them. And I think it was that connection which probably made it for a lot of people. They come as just a delegate to sit and listen, and they get to shake hands with Steve Bannon and chat to him, get their picture. [8:03] It was really gigantic. And there were people, because I walked by there, we all walked by there, and you would see the same people day after day after day, and his energy level was consistently high. Their adoration level was also consistently high, and that he gave his all to such an extent. And then as you say, that another hour and a half or two hours, he would shake hands, take photographs and actually have conversations as long as there were people who wanted to. And I heard over and over again, I don't know how I would have gotten through any of this without you. You are my source of optimism, of hope, of truth, of just everything. He's their touchstone. And it's quite remarkable that not only does he do this and of course, not all the information comes from him, but that he gives so many people a platform for their work, truth seeking, freedom seeking, and then that he gives of himself. It was really a startling thing because you expect kind of the energy to be in the ballroom area, the main speakers and so on, and that media row is gonna be media row, but that there was this, [9:23] the real epicenter was at War Room and quite remarkable. I also saw him on the main stage in the ballroom, same thing, tremendous energy there. Nigel Farage, of course, I also saw, just absolutely outstanding, very different. I also saw Kari Lake, a dynamic speaker, tremendous energy and various other speakers. But I think we go to CPAC to hear these great names, to see for our own eyes, instead of having the media sort of in the way, to capture the energy, to get a sense of what the conservative movement is like in the United States. Are we on our last gasp? Are we desperate? Are we despairing? [10:15] And I would have to say the answer to all that is absolutely not. The energy at CPAC was tremendous. Are we united in our thinking? No, so what? Nor should we be, we ought not be monolithic. We are independent thinkers and with independent thinkers, you get diversity of thought and of opinion as it should be. But I think overall, the optimism was high, even while recognizing what our major hurdles are. Oh, completely. Karen, you're looking like you're enjoying the beautiful sunlight there. It looks like a gorgeous day where you are. Yeah, it's kind of astounding where I am. I am a little bit outside of Las Vegas. AFA, we just had an event in Las Vegas last night, in large part for our Angelenos who fled to Las Vegas. So they had wanted me to do an event there and I did, and it's always interesting seeing how refugees live and they have it pretty good, I must say. [11:27] But before getting the conservative mood, I mean, obviously you are extremely well-connected and it must be interesting to go to these events and of course, connect with many speakers. I mean, I know Bannon spoke in a previous event. I know he'll speak at future events and to see many of those people and you realize you're not to belittle or use a incorrect term, [11:53] but it is kind of family. You're there with people, like-minded people, you're connected with. And what's that like for you, knowing so many of those people, going to so many conferences, coming to an event like CPAC? Well, it really is. It is like old home week. And I hadn't been in a while. And while I am deep in the conservative community, In Los Angeles, and conservative community and Republican community, I'm also an officer on the executive board of the Los Angeles County Republican Party, going to CPAC, every time I turn around, I'm with someone I know and or and or who knows me. And the warm embrace, I would say, of the of conservatives. That's another, that's certainly another reason to go. I hadn't really considered that when I decided to go. But being there, yes, we are the choir, but the, choir needs to be supported as well, because some of us do return to pretty hostile territory. And to know that we're not alone is such an important thing. And CPAC provides that, but I think also AFA and our conferences, which we'll talk about, that is in large part why we do those as well. We are not alone. And while we feel it's an uphill battle and we feel isolated, and of course, they do their best to isolate us. [13:21] Being among our family, really, and that you coming from the UK and Elizabeth coming from Austria and Nigel also from the UK, and we had others from Austria, others from Germany, from Sweden, from throughout Europe. [13:43] Is it politically expedient for them? I don't know, but I think it must be very warming and heartening for them, for you to see that we haven't rolled over here in the US and we are fighting and we're fighting as best we can. And we wanna reach out to you also and you're reaching out to us. The left is fighting globally. We have to fight globally as well. And I think it's just, you know, we talk about family. I have more love from the family that I met at CPAC than, you know, my literal family. And it's... Well, I think that's probably true for lots of people.   And I'm not alone in that. Yeah. Could I, obviously, the conservative movement, well, first, can I say, and blame Karen for me going there, it was Elizabeth Sabbaditsch-Wolf who first put the thought in my head, and then it was a 45 minute call with Karen that sealed the deal and persuaded me to come. So can I publicly thank you, Karen, for actually getting me there, because if it wasn't for that phone call, I would have missed it, so thank you. You're very welcome, and I'm glad to have been part of your coming out, and I hope it's the first of many, because, I mean, you see who we are and what we are and what we do and the passion. There's such passion and such concern, [15:06] such global concern for the state of the world. And I would contend that any leftist such organization would not have, or event, would not have that deep love and caring that we have. I would contend that there would be more, and maybe we should do more of it too, conniving. And I don't know, I don't think they're driven by the same things we're driven by. Oh, absolutely. Can I, the kind of stepping back while the conference ended with Trump, speaking President Trump and never having had that privilege and it was great to see such a giant in the conservative movement, in the Republican movement, worldwide, really, not just in the US and always good to be with someone who's hated so much by the left, which means he must be doing something right. But that was an hour and a half speech. [16:14] It was, I thought it was kind of two-sided, so it was maybe slightly subdued. And again, I haven't sat in the same room and had a Trump speech, but hit all the notes. And I ended up laughing through lots of it, thinking, oh, only Donald Trump could say that. What were your thoughts on that as an end point to the conference? [16:40] Oh, it was just absolutely spectacular. I have my concerns. I have my issues. I have my scepticisms. I hate to say this, but they all really went out the window. And really, they went out the window because the terrain we're fighting on right now is not normal terrain. It's really vicious. We have Biden, who in how long has just really destroyed the country? Our banking system is imploding, which we knew would happen. We've got we had energy independence. We no longer have it. We have food insecurity. People are just by every metric or this nation is going down the toilet from a very from, unprecedented high that we had under President Trump. And in that I would include strength of minorities, their jobs held and income and so on was tremendous. We had reverted back in large part to law and order. [17:45] Everything was humming along absolutely beautifully. And then it was broken with such deliberate malice and just in every way, the world is less safe. The country is less safe. Ukraine, China, you name it, the world is less safe at the hands of whoever's got the puppet strings of Joe Biden, because it's not really him. So the world is a less safe place, but they're playing by extremely ugly rules. And so when I have concerns about Donald Trump, this or that or the other thing, and maybe somebody might be better at reverting to politics as usual, the left is not playing politics as usual. And we can also not play as politics as usual. And there is no one who walks this earth who can say the things that Donald Trump says, who can get the energy that Donald Trump does, who can just stand his ground in the way that Donald Trump does. I had called him this before, not disparagingly at all. He is the alpha of all alphas. And we need an alpha, I believe very strongly in peace through strength, which is why we have war through weakness. We need strength back and nobody, nobody exudes strength like Donald Trump. [19:07] Absolutely. It doesn't matter from where I stand. Although it really didn't matter. None of the rest matters. We need a man like him and he is that man. When I saw him as a teen, he brought down the house. Yes, he was more subdued than at rallies, as he was the other day, more subdued than at rallies. And yet what he radiates is love of country, passion for the people. [19:41] A real horror at what has been done. I think in his first four years, he really didn't get a full handle on the viciousness, even though he was impeached once, he still didn't learn how evil they were. It took the second time for him really to open his eyes. I think coming in his second term, he will hit the ground running doing those things that a lot of us wished he would have done in the first go-around, more draining the swamp, more of being sceptical, of establishment hires and appointments, really bringing in from day one, hour one, minute one, those people who will seek to achieve the agenda that he has voiced, which is, you know, in shorthand, MAGA. It's the MAGA agenda, make America great again, that's it. As you may know, I've been saying over the last few years, we need to make America, America again. We have come so far from our founding principles. [20:45] And I think he will do that as well. Are there other people who can do the politics better and more sane and maybe in a way that will attract more? I don't care. I just don't care. I don't. We need an alpha. We need a man who doesn't care. It's sort of like Ricky Gervais, you know. He came back for his last go around at the Golden Globes or whatever it was. I don't, care. And I think Donald Trump will be exactly that also. I'm going to do what the people voted for me to do, hired me to do, selected me to do, and the rest, I don't care. And that's exactly what we need right now. Because truly, is Joe Biden acting as if the people as if he cares about the people? And I, [21:32] let me rephrase that Trump not caring about what people, what the other side thinks. He cares deeply about the people. I should have been clear about that. I think Trump cares about the people, our well-being, the state of the nation infinitely more than Joe Biden in the remnants of his brain can do. I wont even go in to that last point. [22:00] So I mean, yeah, I think Trump goes into this campaign with his eyes wide open and you're You're right. He has learned so much. And one of the things actually, which will stick out with me from his speech was the first five minutes where he didn't say anything. And to actually, it is a level of arrogance, but no showmanship, absolute confidence, knowing you have the room. And just to stand there for five minutes and just observe the crowd as everyone's on their feet cheering. [22:31] You obviously know whenever you go to a podium, you want to go and speak and that's your natural response. But just to take that applause, just, I love that showmanship, that just blew me away. I do too, I do too. I mean, obviously it's CPAC, obviously it's friendly. He's used to it from rallies, but that really does radiate a kind of confidence. Again, the alpha, I'm here, I know you love me. And I would even go further and say, you love me for the right reasons. And I think that's really important. We do, we believe in make America great again. We believe that the world needs America to be what America has been. We see how people were thriving under his leadership during his four years and how people are suffering. So we knew coming out of Obama that we needed him. And I would contend that [23:31] we know even more so what happens when we walk away from those principles and how, [23:39] really perniciously evil, uncaring the left in this administration has been. East Palestine had just happened. The balloon had just sailed unmolested across our country and others as well. We know the world is a more dangerous place without him. We've learned these lessons. [23:59] And while we imagined that things would get worse, and we knew things would get worse, we have absolute evidence globally of how things have gotten worse. Who can repair it? He's the only guy. And again, it's not politics as usual. And during the course of the hour and a half, he hit on point after point after point after point. We won't allow children to have irreversible surgeries and other kinds of mutilations, I guess, one way or another, chemical or actual mutilations done to them. How can you not think that this is a wonderful thing, the thing that they're doing to children, that he will stop this? Marvellous. We'll get back to actual teaching in schools. [24:47] Energy independence, all of these things that he talked about, peace through strength, keeping our eye on China, not coddling, he was the only president who stood up to China and I think he will make us safer and by making the US safer, one does make the world safer. You need somewhere to turn.   I'm curious about people running against him. I heard Ron DeSantis speak at CNP in Miami just a few weeks earlier, absolutely fantastic speech, absolutely brilliant, watch what he's done governor in Florida and very exciting and he does what he says he will do. But he's still [25:33] fairly young and he's still got a lot of time ahead and I'm surprised that he has gone up against Trump and decided to make that a battle. I'm surprised Mike Pompeo is running against Trump and maybe Nikki Haley's different because probably no love lost there. But I'm obviously when was it was it 2016? There were like 17 Republican candidates, I think, initially, and then it got whittled down. And I'm curious to think why anyone would want to put themselves up against Trump, especially if you've got time on your side, and what's the rush? Yeah, it's a great, it's a great question. It's one of the dividing issues among Republicans and the Republican Party. Does one revert back to politics as usual? Do we get, can we draw in more independence if we're just you know a benign political party as if the left is benign political party. I'm sorry, but that's, you've, [26:31] You're missing something very real if you think the Democrats are some benign political party. Look who they chose to be their minority leader, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. [26:43] I know why some people get in. It's one reason Larry Elder said he was going to run. I don't know if he is or isn't anymore, but because he felt that with that platform of running for that office for President of the United States, he can bring a highlight to issues of black families and so on, so that's great. Mike Pompeo, I don't know, I think he's a great man, not great presidential material. Nikki Haley, anything Nikki Haley did that was good was when she was ambassador to the United Nations, speaking to Donald Trump's policies. So as governor, I didn't particularly like her. Does she have a good story? Yes. Is she an appealing woman candidate? Okay, can we please just move past that? So not a big fan of her. I think she's a big self promoter and has bitten the hand that fed her. Ron DeSantis is really the one candidate and I don't think he's in quite yet. He just spoke here in Las Vegas two nights ago and did two events in Los Angeles. People love him and that's fine and great, I do too. And if you really think that business as usual is the way to go, then he would be your guy. [28:02] But I think if one has been paying, and you and I had this conversation pre CPAC, is he head and shoulders? He's a great speaker, he's very wise, he's very engaged in historical issues and aspects, He's been a fighter for Florida, great governor, great record. [28:24] And I think he's marvellous, marvellous, but I just keep coming back to politics as usual isn't going to cut it. I just don't think it is. As soon as the Democrats back off and do politics as usual, then we can too. But until that point. I don't think so. He is young. One of the issues of Trump, though, is he's in for only four years, right? [28:50] He can't do the full eight. This is his second term. He needs to be very judicious in who he picks as vice president because that person, can then do the eight. Or Ron DeSantis waits the four. I can't think that far ahead. I know I probably should right now. I think 2024 has got to be Trump again. That's all. And Ron DeSantis should stay governor in Florida, be the leader of all governors. He's exactly the example to follow as a Californian. Goodness, what I would trade to have him as our governor. But given 2024, who's the Democrat going to be? And as a Californian, I would contend too that it may well be Gavin Newsom, who's my current governor. So I don't know that pitting two guys, I just don't know. But the guy you need to go against the really evil, vindictive, hateful Democrats is the [29:57] guy who can withstand, I am the storm, I am your retribution, I am your man and I will take the arrows for you. I don't think anybody else can do that.   I am your retribution, that was an absolutely beautiful line. I'm going, I'm in the chairs, come on.   Yeah, but I was out of my chair so often during that and I'm not a jump to your feet kind of person but I was leaping and, because he does speak for us and he speaks for for everyone whether you're following along or not he's speaking for the guy who can't pay for gas. He's speaking for the, [30:38] he's speaking for all of us whether we are aware of it or not He's speaking for Democrats who are suffering because the political mayhem doesn't just, It's we're all suffering. It's not just Republicans, it's we're all suffering,   Let me kind of finish off looking at AFA. And I should have actually, my apologies for downgrading Karen from a doctor to just Karen. He has her PhD and that's a whole other side to that. But AFA, tell us what the, how long have you been president, about five years of AFA? [31:17] 2016, January, 2016, I came in as president. So more than six. We're just past past. I don't want to do that math. It makes me feel very old. But tell us how AFA kind of fits into that conservative fight across the state because CPAC brought in all different media organisations, different speakers, often on the political side, but others as well. And I mean, let us know how AFA fits into that conservative pushback, fight, education. Yeah, great question. Yes, we are a non-profit. We are not political. We can't endorse whatever I say about any candidate is Karen's, you know, personal opinion. We are much more ideas and policies and thoughts and trends and threats rather than advancing any particular, political agenda. So as you mentioned, we had a conference on propaganda, which is what you came to, which was marvellous. Because propaganda is the only reason that, [32:24] you know, left versus right. It's all great as long as you have a level playing field, but propaganda is how the left gains primacy in absolutely everything. So we had a conference on propaganda, as you said, we had Naomi Wolf, we had Patrick Wood, we had Alex Newman, James Lindsay, and many, many other amazing speakers, Trevor Loudon, and we culminated with James O'Keefe, the master at uncovering the propaganda, right? Project Veritas. He spoke he was our our keynote. Our last one was globalist puppet masters. So we talked about the globalist organizations that are out there in world economic forum, obviously, at the top of the list, but how these are implemented in our daily, how it affects us on a daily basis. We had Steve Bannon keynote. We also had Ed Dowd, just tremendous. James Lindsay again. [33:22] Just absolutely astounding. Mike Rechtenwald, who just finished a book on the Great Reset. So what we seek to do, the left sees absolutely everything as a political opportunity. Everything. What bathrooms you use. Everything. Plastic straws. [33:44] It's all politics. And we tend to leave politics in the political realm. But as many of us know, it's cultural. It's what happens in the culture. Culture, education, knowledge, knowledge is power, forewarned is forearmed, all of those things sort of inform what we do at AFA. And our next conference coming up in April is World War III, the early years, the contention being, obviously, we are in World War III. It's not a Cold War. It's gone hot. [34:13] The spark has been lit in Ukraine. Who's fighting, they've been fighting against us. Who is they? China, the globalists, the left, and various other entities. So we're aiming to inform on all of those. So again, it's not overtly political. The battles that we are engaged in are cultural. They are political, but we need to understand who our foes are, where the threats are, how to focus on them better. And a lot of that fighting is outside of the political arena. Some of course is in the political arena, but not all of it. And if more people are made aware of the threats that we face, they will be able to make better, much better decisions. I sort of liken it to nutrition facts on food, candy bars or whatever. If we give you the information, you can make better decisions or you can make decisions according to your preference. I don't care what it is, but you need the knowledge. and what we aim to do is give that knowledge. [35:19] I'm looking and people can of course still buy tickets for that. That's what you'll get if you go to Americanfreedomalliance.org. I see Ed Dowd just been confirmed and we had Ed as a guest and phenomenal speaker, great mind, love his book looking at, oh we're on YouTube, so I'll just say I love his book. I'll let you find out what it is. Can't even probably say what his book's called if we're on YouTube, but the whole finance side is really an area which I've enjoyed listening and learning from Ed Dowd. [35:54] Yeah, I mean, his contention about COVID before the book, before his book was when he watched what was happening economically with global finance, he was then looking for what the powers that be were going to use as a deflection from the economic mayhem that they had caused. And then low COVID comes along. So he won't be talking to us about COVID, but about really what we're seeing literally right now with the banking collapse. So we have him, big part of this is China. We have Gordon Chang, Frank Gaffney, Steve Coughlin, Joe, we have Joe Allen who's going to talk to us about AI in warfare. We have Mike Rechtenwald again, his new book. We have Patrick Wood. [36:47] I'm sure I'm missing somebody incredible. Oh, we have General Spalding who's written a lot about Chinese warfare. Colonel John Mills. Bradley Thayer, who's just, I'm sitting here reading his book right now, Understanding the China Threat. So it's going to be in large part about China, in large part about globalists, but also how they have infiltrated the American governance and civic institutions generally. Because without that, none of this would take root. And then it does look like we will have Steve Bannon come speak again, but sssh we don't want the bad guys to be causing us too much trouble too early. But it will be astounding, two days, April 22nd, 23rd in Torrance, just South of LAX. [37:38] A hotel that's been terrific to us. So it really is World War III and it sounds hysterical as so much that we've been saying sounds hysterical that there's a war on Western Civ, war on religion. But I think, any of us who's been paying attention knows that that's real. I'm so jealous .   Well, you know, another 45 minute phone call, Peter, and maybe...   Too far this time though, East Coast I can cope with, and my wife can as well. Just to finish off and how does FAA have you? Have you been changing your your focus? Have you started one where and had to change to respond to the threats? How has the seven years changed at all?   Yeah, that's a great question. Absolutely, we've pivoted. The threats that Avi Davis, my predecessor and the founder of AFA, the threats that he had identified were still in large part radical environmentalism. [38:45] Islamization, not Islam itself, but Islamization of the West, global governance, education that's indoctrination and media that's propagandizing. So in large part, absolutely, they're the same. And we haven't really left them, but we've, During COVID, we had an initiative, Choose Freedom. We were fighting against mandates. So we were working on that a lot because that was really the number one threat to freedom. As soon as they require you to get a vaccine, for example, they can also then ask you for proof of it. And then you're just back, you're starting down a truly nightmarish path. Once they can legally ask you for proof of something in order to engage in civic life, this is just horrific. Obviously they backed up temporarily, but as we know, they never go away. So we had that, we've done a lot more in education. And I think we're focusing much more now on the globalist threat, which again, Avi had, but we're really focusing on that predominantly. [39:53] Because it really is the number one threat. And it's not just the threat to us, it's the threat to all Western civilization and they're very good at it and they've gotten better at it. And during COVID, we've seen how unbelievably effective they are, not just at the, not just sowing the virus globally, but sowing the narrative about the virus, the narrative about the threats, that the United States looked to China for guidance in how to deal with this, that China is in charge of the World Health Organization, essentially. Their reach is terrifying. So when I think about globalists, I think about China, the Chinese Communist Party together with the globalist organizations and how [40:42] deeply pernicious they are, how cunning they are. I had read Unrestricted Warfare some time ago, and this is what General Spalding talks about. It literally has been unrestricted warfare to such an extent we're not even aware of it. So I think war looks different now from how it had. Ghettoizing people looks different from how it had. Silencing people, shunning people looks different from how it once had, but it's no less dangerous and horrifying. And we are losing freedoms to their methods in a way that it's not just that we're losing them in a way, we're giving, we're giving, take, take my freedom, please. You know, it's surreal. They're very good at it and we need to alert people more. So that's been our predominant focus against the globalists and now also working with other anti-globalist organizations. [41:43] Politicians, political parties, alternative media, and we are working to do more things in Europe, as you know, I was just in Austria and Germany and Switzerland and I plan to do an event, hopefully in Germany in the summertime, bringing together freedom fighters throughout Europe, I think as American Freedom Alliance and the daughter of a German man who grew up during the 30s and 40s in Germany, I think it's something that AFA can do, that maybe Europeans can't. We don't, it's not a difficult thing for us to do and we're not a political party, we're just ideas. And that gives us, I think, the ability to do that. And I'm very sensitive to, I don't wanna be a bully of an American. I just want us all to be able to be the best we can be. I'm all for national sovereignty, national self-determination. But I think we do need to work together because they work together. So that's what I'm seeking to do.   Karen, thank you for joining us on your lovely road trip from Las Vegas to LA. I know where I would like to be with you, but anyway. There's the pool right there. [43:06] We don't have a pool here stuck in London, so I'm sorry. But yeah, thank you for coming on and sharing your thoughts on CPAC. My pleasure, Peter. Thank you. And if I could just, not at all, If I could just leave our viewers once again. Go to gun cat. I'll keep telling you this on every live we have because it was great to meet them. And I even got a great look at that great great t-shirt great top great hoodie. There you go. Can you see it there? Wow. Lovely shenanigans enthusiast and they've given us 10% off hearts 10 h-e-a-r-t-s 10. You can get get any of them there obviously in the states you can order them easily. They also ship abroad. But sign up to the mailing list and then if you're there in the States then you can get training on firearms. Sadly they don't offer training here, maybe one day. [44:02] But if you sign up the mailing list you can be kept informed of what they're doing and also, you can get some of the merch. And as I said what we do at Hearts of Oak is all about partnership, connection. It's not about simply having interviews on, but as Karen has been on the privilege I've had of getting to know Karen and discussing all different things with her and only by a connection and network I think will we actually be able to achieve any pushback. So Karen, thank you for coming on.   My pleasure.   Thank you to our viewers for watching or if you're listening as a podcast after, thank you so much for downloading that. We will look forward to seeing you on Thursday with Calvin Robinson looking at this recent split in the Church of England and what that means. Calvin obviously has his GB News slot every Sunday afternoon and he'll join us to discuss the tensions within the Anglican community worldwide. So tune in on Thursday 8pm UK. [45:01] When is it? 3pm Eastern and 12pm on the Pacific. I think that's it. And on that I wish you a wonderful rest of your evening and I'm off to jump on with Alex Newman. So thank you and good night to you all.

My guest today is Mary Firestone is the co-founder of Firestone Sisters, Inc and has a Masters in Clinical Psychology from Princeton University. She is the author of the book "Trusting the Dawn: How to Choose Freedom and Joy After Trauma”. Mary joined this week's episode of The Growth Guide podcast to talk about understanding trauma, how to talk to yourself, integration and initiation, aromatherapy, ketamine therapy, daily practices to reduce trauma, and more.Sometimes we talk to ourselves in a harsh way that we never tell anyone else. But being empathetic and kind to ourselves is essential in the process of healing from trauma. The first step in addressing ourselves kindly is identifying our internal thoughts. The second step is to redecorate those internal thoughts with more powerful and empowering ones, says Mary.The goal of trauma therapy is to integrate. That means we shouldn't try to fully remove trauma from our lives. Instead, we can make the trauma a part of our story. A part of our lives that led us to the moment we are in or be the person we are today.  You are not alone, and there are a lot of ways to help you reduce your suffering with the right guidance. Healing is absolutely possible; you just have to keep searching.[05.29] Understanding trauma - How to recognize that you are dealing with trauma and what symptoms to look for.[11.52] Talk to ourselves – It's important how we talk to ourselves. Mary walks us through the steps to talking to ourselves when we are in a traumatic condition.[18.56] Integration and initiation – Instead of attempting to eliminate trauma, we should try to integrate it into our lives.[25.53] Shaking therapy – Mary shares some trauma-releasing exercises that you can do to physically release trauma.[30.34] Aromatherapy – Mary defines aromatherapy and flower essences and how they can help with trauma.[36.07] Acupuncture – Mary explains how acupuncture takes one from the sympathetic stage to the parasympathetic stage.[41.55] EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy. [54.30] Daily practices – Qi Gong, reading, writing letters to God, and yoga are some of Mary's daily practices for people who deal with trauma. ResourcesConnect with Mary:firestonesisters.comhttps://www.maryfirestone.co/linkedin.com/in/mary-firestone-22203058/ instagram.com/trustingthedawn2022/ instagram.com/firestonesisters/Book by MaryTrusting the Dawn: How to Choose Freedom and Joy After Trauma Book by Florence Scovel ShinnThe Game of Life and How to Play It Paul Fraser Qigong - paulfraserqigong.net/ 

Mary Firestone is on a mission to let others know there is light on the other side of the darkness of PTSD. Her book, Trusting the Dawn, is the story of triumphant transformation through healing, inspired by her experience of surviving the tragic Montecito mudslide, which washed away her home and more than a hundred others.  After graduating from Princeton and working in Julia Robert's production office, Mary earned a Master's in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, igniting her passion for alternative medicine, energy healing, Reiki, yoga, acupuncture, and flower remedies.  In this episode, we discuss: Mary's experience of surviving a mudslide caused by 200 million gallons of rainfall in 15 minutes The mind, heart, and body relationship as related to trauma How trauma changes us How to identify where trauma is stored in your body Modalities for releasing trauma Vedic meditation Ketamine therapy with Dr. Jeff Becker What the majority of people get wrong about trauma and healing  How journaling and breathwork can help jump-start healing How retreat travel facilitates a new approach to self-care Why traveling this way has been so profound in both my and Mary's life Get Mary's book Trusting the Dawn: How to Choose Freedom and Joy After Trauma wherever books are sold Learn more about Mary and get additional resources on our podcast blog. Want to chat about this episode? Text

Today on Spark Change, Connie Maday sits down with Mary Firestone for a special conversation with Parents in mind. Mary shares insights around how we as parents can show up as our best selves, what we can do to release the traumas in our life,  and how can harness our own power.  Mary Firestone is the author of Trusting the Dawn:  How to Choose Freedom and Joy After Trauma.  Mary's story of survival and rebirth along with her background in clinical psychology offers an integrated handbook for anyone healing from trauma.  Mary has been featured in Goop, Well+Good, and Forbes, been interviewed on various podcasts and news stations, and featured in articles all across the country.  You can read more about her at maryfirestone.co or Learn more at firestonesisters.com. Find out more at sparktoempower.com or @sparktoempower

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This week, Sah welcomes author Mary Firestone, who has an MA in clinical psychology and is on a mission to let others know they are not alone + there is light on the other side of the darkness of PTSD. Her new book, Trusting the Dawn, is the story of Mary's survival and transformation through healing. Mary's transformative epiphanies led her and her sister Lucy to launch their company, Firestone Sisters, Inc, to provide others with healing and growth opportunities through experiences and products.In this episode, Sah and Mary discuss...The PTSD that Mary experienced, and how she found her way through healing.EDMR, Craniosacral therapy, ketamine, flower essences, and other body-based healing modalities as complements to more traditional mind-based therapies.The body's wisdom and how we can connect to it for healing.How to fit spiritual moments of practice into a busy, hectic daily lifestyle.Mary's book, Trusting the Dawn, and the treasures it holds for people healing from trauma.The role of forgiveness in healing from traumaand more...✨✨✨This podcast was brought to you by the Somatic Activated Healing Method—a revolutionary wellness practice combining the healing modalities of somatic movement, rhythmic breath, positive affirmations + dynamic meditation, developed by Sah D'Simone.Enrollment is open for our next teacher training session! Join now + start 2023 on the path to becoming a certified SAH Method movement healer. Get 10% off your tuition with our exclusive discount code: PODCAST at http://sahmethod.com✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:

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In this talk, Rev Lee discusses that Bondage is an experience. It is not a person, place or thing. It is a state of belief and it is a state of mind that we create and until we realize that we have created our own bondage, we cannot begin to understand how to become free. Agape was voted one of the top 100 Spiritual Podcasts in the world for a link to that go to: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ Join us for Daily Meditation at 7 am CST on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86486646287 Connect with us in community at our Wednesday weekly gatherings on Zoom. 1:30 pm CST on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89165806000 7 pm CST on zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81356329531 Private Values Determination Session with Rev Lee: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/values-determination-session For more life-changing content like this, you can: Attend classes at https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/church-events/ Follow us: Facebook- Agape Spiritual Center Instagram: AgapeCSL Twitter: Lee_Agape Email: Info@AgapeSpiritualCenter.com Website: AgapeSpiritualCenter.com Tiktok: RevLeeWolak Podcast: Agape Spiritual Center (Weekly) Podcast: Thoughts can change your life (Daily) Youtube: Rev Lee Wolak If you found this content valuable, please support our mission by making a donation: https://app.easytithe.com/app/giving/agapespiritualcenter You can order My New Book "The Power in You" on Kindle or a printed copy on Amazon today. https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Wolak/e/B09PF5BQNR... Would like a one-on -one personal coaching session with me? For more information go to: https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/coaching/  

In 2017, Mary and her family were just getting settled into a new home in Montecito when the Thomas Fire erupted at the end of that year. Mary, who was four months pregnant at the time, and her family evacuated for a month and returned to their home in January 2018 when the area was deemed safe. They were not under mandatory evacuation orders on the night of January 9 of that year when massive amounts of heavy rain caused a debris flow that would claim the lives of 23 people (many of them her immediate neighbors) and over 450 structures. Their new home was in one of the two direct paths of the tsunami-like debris flow of mud, water, and boulders that tore down the mountain. Mary was separated from her son and husband and trapped alone for five hours on a sliver of her bathroom counter, wet and cold from winter rain and covered in toxic mud. For much of that time she thought her son and husband had not survived as she watched the two story part of her home that contained her son's bedroom get washed away in a river of mud. While trapped, she experienced a connection to a powerful and calming force. Now, Mary is on a personal mission to let others know they are not alone and there is light on the other side of the darkness of PTSD. Mary just released her first book Trusting the Dawn: How to Choose Freedom and Joy After Trauma, and Dr. Joe Dispeza himself said “This book is medicine for anyone who wants to free their mind, body, and soul from the past.” Highlights of this episode: Finding your way out of PTSD Taking back your power after a traumatic experience How to heal trauma with alternative therapies How to turn trauma indicators into opportunities for growth Get in touch with Mary: Get Mary's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Trusting-Dawn-Choose-Freedom-Trauma/dp/1683649125 Website: https://www.maryfirestone.co/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/firestonesisters/ Get in touch with Juliet: IG: https://www.instagram.com/juliet_root/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thejulietrootshow/message

Mary Firestone joins Health Gig to discuss her book Trusting the Dawn: How to Choose Freedom and Joy After Trauma. We speak about the traumatic events leading to Mary's own path of healing. Through her background in clinical psychology, she shares wisdom with others to help them find joy. Listen in as we discuss the fascinating journey of Trusting the Dawn.

In this episode, I chat with Mary Firestone on the day of her book release: Trusting the Dawn: How to Choose Freedom and Joy After Trauma. Mary's book offers tools that help us approach trauma from a holistic lens.  Purchase Mary's Book - HERE Visit her website - HERE To work with me or hire me please reach out to assistant@ayceebrown.com My website - https://www.ayceebrown.com/ My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ayceebrown/ My Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@ayceebrown

As followers of Christ we are called to be set apart, presenting our lives to Christ as a living sacrifice. This sacrifice is talked about in Romans 12:1-2, it is to be humble, holy, and honorable. Rather than being conformed to this world, we should be changed by the word of God and compelled by His will. In this message, Scott Pace urges us to choose freedom in Jesus.

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DIG IN QUESTIONSIn light of this week's message, we encourage you to consider these questions and dig in a little deeper with your personal study, with your family, or with your small group.1) Have you ever realized, “I can't quit doing this? What is one habit you have had the most difficult time breaking?2) If you have ever beaten a habit or if you could beat your habit, what would it do for you? How would it change things for you?3) Read John 8:34. What was Jesus meaning when he talked about being a slave to sin? Have you ever felt that way?4) How can you relate to Bryan's story of his Buddy Brad? 5) Rick Warren said, “If you're losing the battle against a persistent bad habit, an addiction, or a temptation, and you're stuck in a repeating cycle of good intention-failure- guilt, you will not get better on your own! You need the help of other people. Some temptations are only overcome with the help of a partner who prays for you, encourages you, and holds you accountable.” Are you someone who needs help overcoming a struggle? Are you able and willing to help others?*If you or someone you know is needing additional counseling, Pastor Bryan is open to meeting with you. In addition, for professional help, Fork has partnered with True Life Discipleship Counseling, you can reach out to them for help at: https://onetruelife.org/ **if you or someone in the group is considering suicide please immediately call 1-800-273-8255

#1104 - We discuss three areas of life where you can choose to be free. Experience freedom from financial worry, boredom, and regret. See our show summary, The Professor's whiteboard, and resources mentioned in this episode here: https://biggsuccess.com/?page_id=14542 Thanks so much for listening, - George aka "The Professor" & Mary-Lynn P.S. Want to feel the freedom that comes from knowing you're living your life's purpose? Take our free Life Purpose Quiz at BIGGsuccess.com!

In this episode, Tarak stands face-to-face with the leaders of an Orcish tribe. Edward's chess board breaks, Riniya heals the blind, Kathyr mourns, and Tarak shows mercy. Will Tarak be able to convince the people of his homeland to aid them in war? All this and more in this episode of... The Paper Dungeon!  Campaign 1, Episode 60  Watch the show live on Twitch! Main Campaign streams Mondays at 7PM CST. https://www.twitch.tv/thepaperdungeon/​ Community Links: Discord: https://discord.gg/GPQPyqjJ5R Website: https://www.thepaperdungeon.com​ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/thepaperdungeon​ Socials: TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRx19QhT/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepaperdun... Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepaperdungeon​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepaperdung... Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepaperdungeon​ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thepaperdungeon Good luck, and godspeed. See you next time, Dungeoneers!

Every week on the SPARKED podcast, we invite a listener to share what's going on in their work & life, then pose a specific question to Jonathan Fields and a rotating lineup of wise and kind mentors - the SPARKED Braintrust.  In today's episode we're in conversation with: SPARKED BRAINTRUST ADVISOR: Jenny Blake | Website Jenny is a podcaster, career and business strategist, and an award-winning author of three books: Life After College, the groundbreaking Pivot for navigating what's next, and her recently published Free Time for optimizing what's now.  LISTENER: Paula - Sparketype: Essentialist/Maven, Anti: Performer QUESTION: Listener Paula shares a powerful story about a season of devotion to her family and her family business, and her emerging passion to shift focus to something new, and how that brings up all sorts of questions about everything from familial responsibility to purpose, passion and the freedom to choose your next move. Paula wrote in to share her story with us, so we've asked Shelley from our team to “read it into the conversation,” for us. YOUR HOST: Jonathan Fields Jonathan is a dad, husband, award-winning author, multi-time founder, executive producer and host of the Good Life Project podcast, and co-host of SPARKED, too! He's also the creator of an unusual tool that's helped more than 650,000 people discover what kind of work makes them come alive - the Sparketype® Assessment, and author of the bestselling book, SPARKED. So what is your Sparketype? Turns out, we all have a unique imprint for work that makes us come alive, this is your Sparketype. When you discover yours, everything, your entire work-life- and even parts of your personal life and relationships - begins to make sense. Until you know yours, you're kind of fumbling in the dark.  How to submit your question for the SPARKED Braintrust: Wisdom-seeker submissions More on Sparketypes at: Discover You Sparketype | The Book | The Workshop | The Website Presented by LinkedIn.

In part two, Krista explains her healing process. She dives into the idea that it all starts with a choice, a willingness to change. Krista talks about the ups and downs of healing and how it is not an easy process, but so worth it in the end.

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The Constitution opens, “we the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union”. It doesn't say that we will always be perfect, but rather we'll will strive to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing of liberty for generations to come.Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, Bush Institute Kelly and David Pfeil Fellow, discusses the principles of our democracy and how we can all work to ensure its health.Read the Choose Freedom report from the Bush Institute