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In this episode, I talk with Christine Li, the inspiring founder of Mentaya. Christine shares her journey from Google to founding Mentaya, as well as insights about starting private pay practices, leveraging technology in mental health, and the future of AI in our field. Here are 3 key takeaways: Navigating Insurance and Benefits: As we approach the end of the year, insurance benefits reset, and verifications need to be updated. Whether you're a private pay practice or considering it, staying on top of these changes ensures seamless client support and consistent revenue flow. AI and Mental Health: Artificial Intelligence is advancing rapidly, but the essence of therapy—true human connection—remains irreplaceable. While AI may offer support or access in some areas, the therapeutic relationship and the genuine human connection it offers cannot be fully replicated by machines. Embracing Change and Entrepreneurship: The journey of transitioning from a secure job to founding a startup is both thrilling and challenging. Christine's experience of leaving Google to create Mentaya highlights the importance of taking risks to pursue what you truly care about. It's about making an impact and bringing valuable change to the community. More about Christine: Christine is the founder and CEO of Mentaya – a company that helps private practice therapists collect their full cash rate by taking advantage of out-of-network (OON) benefits. Mentaya instantly calculates clients' benefits and automatically files OON claims to help your clients get reimbursed (70% on average!). Christine is a strong advocate for mental health and left her job as a Google Product Manager to start Mentaya. Try out Mentaya FOR FREE at mentaya.com – therapists get 30 days free of our benefits checker! Promo code: PATRICK –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

On the morning of March 11, 2019, the city of Lapu-Lapu in the Philippines was shocked by a disturbing discovery: the mutilated body of 16-year-old Christine Lee Silawan. As investigators delve into Christine's circle, her ex-boyfriend John and the mysterious Renato Llenes become central to a case tangled in deceit and jealousy, raising the question: what dark secrets led to such a brutal act?   FYI we have just started a YouTube channel where you can watch these Heinous stories:https://www.youtube.com/@GrimAsia_1UpMedia Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out:

Episode 5: Christine Finnegan Christine Finnegan has had a love of sport since she was a child. Tennis was her game of choice, where on the court she describes as her happy place. She travelled around the country and played the game she loved, but it was the realisation when she was 15 years old that she wanted to run the tournament rather than play in it. And so, she did. Christine has spent the past 25 years in senior roles across Australian sport at the highest level. Now as CEO of the Tasmanian JackJumpers, she's helped guide the team to its maiden National Basketball League championship after just three years in the competition. While sport plays a huge part of Christine's life, the pride in and love for her son sits at the top of her list of her greatest achievements.  TWO AM I Listen Curiously   CREDITS   Hosts: Jack Riewoldt and Shane McCurry   Thanks to our guest Christine Finnegan   To learn more about Christine: Christine on LinkedIn Tasmanian Jack Jumpers on Facebook Tasmanian Jack Jumpers on Instagram Tasmanian Jack Jumpers on YouTube     Links from this episode: Tasmanian Jack Jumpers website Christine Finnegan new Jack Jumpers CEO Jack Jumpers win NBL premiership 2024 Dr Suess ‘Oh the places you'll go'     Find TWO AM I on social media here: TWO AM I YouTube TWO AM I Instagram  TWO AM I Tik Tok TWO AM I LinkedIn TWO AM I LinktreeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Remarkable Coach podcast, where we dive deep into the strategies and insights that drive success in business. In this episode, I sit down with Christine Campbell Rapin, a business success coach, as we explore the shifting landscape of business and the vital role of relationships in achieving success. Christine shares her approach to guiding entrepreneurs in making better decisions and constantly iterating their businesses, focusing on creating experiences to qualify and disqualify potential clients, and hosting impactful live events and webinars to provide knowledge and growth maps for successful businesses. In this episode, we discuss the importance of self-awareness, creating demand, and the significance of marketing in a success plan. We emphasize the value of qualified leads, strategic thinking, and sparking curiosity in the audience. We also delve into the impact of events, the necessity of simplifying business strategies, and the opportunities presented during challenging times. Don't miss out on the profound insights shared in this episode! Tune in now and visit our website for more remarkable content. Connect with Christine on her socials to continue the conversation today. A bit about Christine:Christine is a business success coach helping her clients and their businesses shift from buying a job to running a thriving business without driving themselves into the ground for little to no profit. Christine is a coach, mentor, consultant, speaker and author who helps entrepreneurs turn their ideas into action plans and step out of their comfort zone and apart from the sea of sameness. Where to find Christine: Website: https://www.christinecampbellrapin.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinecampbell1 Other Links:https://www.facebook.com/groups/chasingdreamsandmakingapositiveimpact https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMZGLFtL621nUWS7WEFbJDQ Books Mentioned:"The E Myth Revisited" by Michael E. Gerber "The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson "It's Not About You" by Tom Rath and Maureen K. Ohlhausen

CONTENT WARNING: Please note that this episode contains depictions and stories of siblings lost by suicide, homicide and/or domestic violence. We understand that some people may find these triggering, activating and/or disturbing. For years Christine answered multiple ‘goodbye calls' from her brother Pete. Finding him in the midst of attempted suicides. Their family supported him through life changes, diagnosis and therapies but in the end, he was unable to fight the illness.  In this episode, we discuss the emotions that come with being the support person to a loved one with mental health issues during their ups and downs. How Christine faced the “what if” questions that come along with grief after suicide loss. We also have an important discussion on mental health and stigma that surrounds it.  In this episode we are covering: (00:03:50) - Depression throughout Peter's life (00:33:00) - Peter's last days (00:43:42) - Understanding his last moments (00:48:00) - Society's view Mental Health   This Episode is sponsored by The Surviving Siblings Guide. ✨Get The Surviving Siblings Guide HERE  For full episode show notes and transcript, click here   Connect with Christine: Christine's Instagram: @christinebee33 Christine's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christine.bartlett3   Connect with Maya: Podcast Instagram: @survivingsiblingpodcast Maya's Instagram: @mayaroffler TikTok: @survivingsiblingspodcast Twitter: @survivingsibpod Website: Thesurvivingsiblings.com Facebook Group: The Surviving Siblings Podcast YouTube: The Surviving Siblings Podcast Patreon: The Surviving Siblings Podcast      

Join co-hosts Richard Coyne & Bill Zahller as they interview guests who left successful careers to pursue a different path on the Road Less Traveled Show! In this episode, we spend time with Christine Hsu!  Christine is an R&D Food Scientist who worked for several Fortune 100 companies.  Christine realized that the corporate world was not for her and that she needed to make a change.  Christine shifted her focus to real estate and that has made all the difference to her and her family!   A bit more about Christine: Christine started her career as an R&D Food Scientist in Fortune 100 companies. Thirteen years later, Christine realized the freedom real estate brought to her and her family and pursued that direction full-time in 2020. Christine currently owns 5 rental properties in Philadelphia, PA, and Westchester, NY. Christine is a JV partner on 3 deals across 50 units in NC and SC.  Christine is also a GP on over 1,400 units. Christine is a passionate LP investor in various multifamily, mobile home parks, short-term rentals, hotels, ATMs, oil & gas, startup business syndications, and Funds. Christine lives in White Plains, NY with her husband and 2 boys.   Contact Christine: Website: noblivest.com/ Email: christine@noblivest.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christinewhsu   Contact Bill Zahller Phone: 828-275-5035 Email: Bill@ParkCapitalPartnersLLC.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/billzahller   Contact Richard Coyne Phone: 404-245-9732 Email: Richard@ParkCapitalPartnersLLC.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/richardjcoyne   If you would like to learn more about: How Park Capital Partners connects investors with passive income-generating opportunities through real estate, Our Park Capital Value-Add Fund (a 506c fund), Our latest multifamily acquisitions, or The Park Capital Partners Foundation, Inc. (a 501(c)3 non-profit).   Please contact Park Capital Partners LLC in the following ways:  Website: ParkCapitalPartnersLLC.com Email us: info@ParkCapitalPartnersLLC.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ParkCapitalPartners/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/park-capital-partners-llc/   Music by Aliaksei Yukhnevich/Jamendo. Audio and Video Production by Kerry Webb of KLAW Machine Media.   If you would like to be a guest on our show and have a “path change” story, please reach out to Richard at Richard@ParkCapitalPartnersLLC.com.  We would love to chat with you!

Change is one of the few constants in life, whether it's the seasons or society, technology or home environment. Learning how to deal with change is important yet can be complicated. This week's guest on “Happiness through Hardship” - The Podcast, Christine Job, is a business strategist, an entrepreneur and a media personality who knows a thing or two about change. After taking a turn in her career, the once law student broke out of her comfort zone and moved overseas. In this episode, Christine shares her thoughts on change and how finding joy in the process is equally as important as the destination. SHOW NOTES 2:00 - Christine's story 25:10 - Practices she dove into to enjoy the journey 29:51 - Christine's throughs on wellness and healthy living 36:36 - Realizing everyone is in different phases of their lives 39:50 - Benefits of being present and leaning towards the space of discomfort 42:55 - The Grateful Game CONNECT with Christine: Christine's Podcasts - “Flourish in the Foreign”: https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/about and “Build a Business Abroad”: https://christinejob.com/podcast Her Website: https://christinejob.com/ Her Courses: Move Abroad with Intention: https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/mai-course Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flourishforeign/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/flourishintheforeign CONNECT with us Website: www.CarynSullivan.com/podcast Instagram: www.Instagram.com/prettywellness Facebook: www.Facebook.com/PrettyWellness To Buy the Book: “Happiness through Hardship” - The Book: amzn.to/39PAjuT To Donate a Book to a Cancer Center: www.CarynSullivan.com/book To Donate to Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Research: The Cancer Couch Foundation is a privately funded, non-profit (501c3) organization that has funded $5 million dollars in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) research since our founding in 2016! 100% of donations and event proceeds are ​​​matched and go to fund MBC research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center! www.thecancercouch.com/donations.html

It sometimes seems like insurance companies are out to stick it to therapists with low payments or to their clients with high fees and confusing issues with superbills. Superbills were supposed to be the way for clients to see their therapists of choice and get out-of-network care, but the reality is that it can sometimes be messy and complicated.Thankfully, there are companies out there who are putting in the work to ensure that therapists get paid their FULL rates and clients get reimbursed.In this episode, I talk with Christine Li, founder and CEO of Mentaya, about making out-of-network care actually affordable and doable.If you are a therapist or a client who wants to do out-of-network care without worrying about the issues around insurance coverage and payments, then this episode is for you.Top 3 reasons to listen to the entire episode:Understand what out-of-network benefits are actually available and how they can be used for therapy.Identify ways to improve accessibility for care and connect with clients.Learn how superbills can be used to ensure that therapists are paid and clients can afford therapy.Therapists can utilize out-of-network insurance benefits to help both themselves and their clients. By understanding the reimbursement process and creating user-friendly websites, therapists can attract more clients, get paid their full fees, and make mental health care more accessible.More about Christine:Christine is the founder and CEO of Mentaya – a company that helps private practice therapists collect their full cash rate by taking advantage of out-of-network (OON) benefits. Mentaya instantly calculates clients' benefits and automatically files OON claims to help your clients get reimbursed (70% on average!).Christine is a strong advocate for mental health and left her job as a Google Product Manager to start Mentaya.Try out Mentaya FOR FREE – therapists get 30 days free of our benefits checker! Use Promo code: PATRICKGo to https://www.mentaya.com to check out this offer.-------------------------------------------------------

This week on the podcast, I  have the pleasure of chatting with Christine Yu, a lifelong athlete, yoga instructor and award-winning journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of sports science and women athletes. Christine's new book, Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes, looks at the ways in which women have been neglected or misrepresented in sports science research and why we know so little about female physiology.   In this episode, Christine and I discuss: The many benefits derived from participation in sports, especially as they relate to brain function and the mind-body connection. The repercussions of underfueling one's body, specifically how a lack in nutrients sets off a cascade of adverse physiological reactions in the human body. How the latest science can help women achieve their athletic potential and how proper nutrition is key to overall health and well-being. The impact diet culture has had on women's bodies What active women need to know about intermittent fasting and ketogenic diets. The reality that – athlete or not – the better fueled your body is, the better your body can perform. How meeting your body and mind where they are in the moment, is key to living well.   I appreciate the ways in which Christine connects sports science research with tangible and easily understood ways in which we can best nourish our bodies so that they can best support us in our day-to-day healthy living.   Here's how you can connect with Christine: Christine's website (https://www.christinemyu.com/) Christine's Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cyu888/) Christine's Twitter (https://twitter.com/cyu888)   To support The Drama-Free Healthy Living podcast, please share with family, friends, and colleagues.  If you like what you hear, leave a 5-star review on apple podcasts HERE.  Connect with me on IG @jesscording Sign up for my newsletter for more health and wellness content, special deals, and more. Enjoy a free guide to flexible meal planning as a thank-you for signing up.

Born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, Christine Errico has had more than 20 surgeries, was bullied in school and was told that she would never amount to anything because of her facial difference. She faced workplace discrimination and struggled with self worth, self-confidence, and self acceptance. To get to where she is today, Christine developed resilience, self-confidence, and learned to accept her appearance. After earning her PhD in accounting, Christine worked as a college professor for more than 12 years before becoming a certified confidence coach . She works with clients who have a cleft lip and palate or parents of children with a cleft lip and palate to help them improve their self-acceptance and self-esteem. As an advocate for the cleft lip and palate community, Christine volunteers with Smile Train and shares her experiences growing up with a cleft lip and palate in her TEDx Talk and through motivational speaking. Connect with Christine: Christine's TEDx Talk - https://youtu.be/sasDGtJTT3M Website - www.christineerrico.com FB - https://www.facebook.com/groups/cleftlipcommunity (FB Group)

Christine McDannell is the proud Founder of The Magnolia Firm, an international M&A and business brokerage firm. Before starting Magnolia and helping companies buy and sell their businesses, she spent over 20 years building and selling her own companies.In this episode, Christine provides incredible advice for any founders or future founders out there. She explains how to prepare for a strong exit, managing internal communications during the process, and how to transition responsibilities to the new ownership team once the deal is done.Toward the end of the interview I ask her to share with us how she started her firm and how they go about securing new clients which includes an outbound Sales Development motion that they've recently activated.#salesconsultantpodcast #mna #businessbroker #valuations #founders #entrepreneurs #buyingbusinesses #sellingbusinessesTime Stamps:[1:30] Christine shares her background with growing and selling companies before starting her practice.[3:25] Why founders decide to sell their business.5:25] The type of companies her firm normally works with.[6:00] I ask how the economy is impacting her business and she explains how choppy waters in the economy actually leads to more buying and selling activity. [7:20] How she got into buying and selling businesses. [9:33] Her advice to founders on how to best position themselves for a strong exit. She also explains the concept of a “earn out”.13:45] Strategic advice for transitioning effectively from founder-led to the new ownership team and redistributing responsibilities.[17:30] Managing internal communications during the process of selling the company and why you shouldn't tell anyone until it's done.[22:10] Christine started The Magnolia Form 2 years ago and she tells us about the deals she helped with that led to the idea. She also gets into how she's starting to scale up a bit tripling capacity. [25:08] How they acquire new clients for their firm.[29:43] Christine shares the technology her team is using to underpin their outreach strategy.[31:00] I ask if she would ever exit Magnolia.[34:10] She was able to have breakfast with Richard Branson in Paris once and so I ask her what's one thing she learned from him that she has implemented into her life/business.Connect with Christine:Christine's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinemcdannell/The Magnolia Firm - https://themagnoliafirm.coConnect with Derrick:These interviews are also available on Derrick's YouTube page - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFfMnGtGWVrzO3BorCimojwDerrick's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrickis3linksales/Derrick's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/derrickis3linksales/Derrick's Twitter - https://twitter.com/derrickis3linkConnect with The Show:The Sales Consultant Podcast Home Page - https://3linksales.com/the-sales-consultant-podcast/The Sales Consultant LinkedIn Page -

Welcome to the last episode of Series 8... but hold on tight! I'm so excited to bring you Christine's story…. I've admired Christine from afar for such a long time.   Christine Talbot always loved books as a child but she had no idea then that this love for storytelling would take her to be one of Yorkshire's most-loved journalists and presenters. Christine has worked in newspapers, the BBC and ITV. She's presented lifestyle shows, was a pioneer presenter on one of the first health and lifestyle digital channels and for twenty years she sat next to Duncan Wood most nights at 6pm for ITV's Calendar programme.  She's covered some of Yorkshire's biggest stories like the Hillsborough Inquiry. She's interviewed Prime Ministers and was the first person to interview  a young Gareth Gates. (I know!)   It would have been so easy for Christine to stay doing the job she'd loved, but deep-down she knew she had another Next Chapter in her. So she took a deep breath, left the job she loved and made the leap to see where it would take her.   Christine is now writing, presenting, supporting mid-life women (yay) and learning more about herself by the day. We speak about all different next chapters – her TV debut (which is the best TV debut story I've ever heard), what it was like when she had to tell her own story following a diagnosis, and how her first job in news was in her airing cupboard.   At a time when I think it's fair to say the media isn't always regarded in the most positive of lights – Christine, I believe, is one of the best journalists we have.   You can find out all about Christine and her next adventures at: https://www.christinetalbot.com/     And just in case you were wondering – you can find me and my books at www.elliebarkerwrites.com (I'd love it if you kept in touch) x  

「我四月底要去馬祖玩～」 英文怎麼說？ 馬祖藍眼淚的季節快到囉～你會想看看什麼是藍眼淚嗎？ 這一集我們邀請到旅遊達人 Christine，來跟我們分享去馬祖可以怎麼玩～ 當然，我們也會搭配英文一起學！ “擺暝”、“藍眼淚”、“北竿、南竿、東引” 的英文怎麼說？ 這一集文化分享，親身體驗過 “擺暝” 慶典的 Christine， 會跟我們介紹，什麼是“擺暝”？為什麼這是馬祖最有特色也最重視的節慶之一？ 快來聽這一集內容，聽聽看馬祖好玩的地方和慶典英文怎麼說。 英文口說救星：賴世雄幫你自信開口說英文 賴世雄老師自學口說三心法 - 教你開口說正確、自然的英文。 課程優惠中，馬上點進試看，結帳前輸入 speak200 再折 200 元喔！ https://lihi1.com/qTXgp 快速幫你複習一下這集的主題句 ＆ 單字： 我四月底要去馬祖玩～ In late April, I'm going on a trip to Matsu. 補充學習 藍眼淚 （The) Blue Tears 擺暝 Baiming Carnival / Festival 北竿、南竿、東引 Beigan, Nangan, Dongyin Island / Township 離島 offshore islands 情境對話 Duncan：我四月底要去馬祖玩。 In late April, I'm going on a trip to Matsu. Mike：很棒耶～你要去看擺暝嗎？ That's great. Are you going to the Baiming cultural festival? Duncan：我很想去，但他在上個月結束了。這一次我希望可以看到藍眼淚！ I really want to, but it finished last month. On this trip, I hope I can see the Blue Tears. Mike：喔喔喔～聽說很漂亮，希望你會看到！ Oh, I've heard its really beautiful. I hope you can see them. 學英文吧網站 https://ivybar.com.tw/?c=3 或追蹤 iVY BAR 學英文吧的 IG，上面圖文版 podcast 複習也很棒喔！ https://pse.is/39vede 現在我們也有影音版的 Podcast 實境秀喔 https://pse.is/3ahupl Powered by Firstory Hosting

It's episode 30 of Blended: I'm joined by a brand new panel of inspirational professionals and, today, we're talking about classism. Now, some people believe that we've left classism behind. But, sadly, studies show that it's alive and well – and its impacts are huge. The bottom 80% of the United States holds only 12% of its wealth; the bottom 60%, is just 3% of its wealth. And despite this huge disparity, little is being done to drive change. In a world where we're working hard to tackle issues around gender, race, sexuality, religion and more – why are conversations around socioeconomic groupings still so often missing from the conversation? Surely it's high time we address class barriers, build bridges and work harder to become a more equitable society. So today, our guests will be diving into classism and what it means to them; sharing their personal experiences; reflecting on education, privilege and pedigree; and discussing what organizations can do to tackle classism in the workplace and create more truly diverse communities.   IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:   [01.01] Introductions to our Blended panelists. Elise – VP of Customer Experience at Parade Courtney – Co-founder and CEO of Renewal Logistics and ReNew Amanda – Associate Director at Savills Christine – VP of Product Marketing and Go-to-Market at Nulogy “When I think about classism, it's really class discrimination. We live in a system where people are valued and treated differently based on their perceived class…. It's so systemic and it reaches every single part of our system.”  Elise [05.27] The group discusses classism, the complex issues that feed into it, and what classism means to them. “It goes beyond how others perceive you – classism is also about how you perceive yourself. You grow up in a particular socio-economic group, and often you can self-limit.” How others see us How we see ourselves Self-sabotage Imposter syndrome and mindset Privilege Access to/relationship with education Etiquette and formality Generational money/mindset/networks Communication between classes Building communities and relationships Meritocracy Criminalization of poverty Entrepreneurship, financial security as a safety net and how money allows you to take more risks Perceptions, and Illusions of social media Power of networks “We would be so much further along as a society if everyone was comfortable talking to other people with an open mind, more like ‘what can I learn from this conversation' rather than ‘what am I going to disagree with.'” Courtney [47.17] The panel shares their experiences of classism in the workplace, and the impact of pedigree and education. “I didn't think I was enough, I'm not good enough, I don't have the pedigree – I never saw myself being someone that could be at an elite level. And it wasn't because intellectually I wasn't enough, it was because of that class that I was born in and what I saw all around me.” Christine Christine's experience of educational hierarchy and her reflections on classism in the Ivy League Elise's experience of start-ups, the ‘typical' type of founder, leader and C Suite member, the ‘boys club' and how she developed her own biases How we can work on ourselves and tackle bias [58.02] The group share their ideas for how organizations can help to tackle classism in the workplace. Amanda shares how Savills are helping to support young people entering real estate The importance of mentors Stepping out of your comfort zone Celebrating small wins and sharing expectations Creating opportunities for success Creating development plans for staff Respect Thinking about people holistically and making changes Innovative thinking Potential classism in remote work Ensuring class is part of DEI policy Team-building Education and training Translating values into behaviors Tackling classism through supplier diversity “It's the subtle shift from looking for culture fit, to looking at culture add… we want someone to both support and challenge.” [1.22.37] The panel sums up their thoughts from today's discussion.   RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED:   You can connect with Elise, Courtney, Amanda and Christine over on LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear more, why not check out 215: Blended – Shining a light on social inequality, or 323: Blended – How to Foster an Inclusive Workplace. Check out our other podcasts HERE.

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At 17 years old, Christine Job said she would live abroad in Spain. And she made it happen. After traveling to numerous countries, Christina made a home in Spain five years ago. She teaches women of color to build businesses abroad to sustain their travels and hosts the Flourish in the Foreign podcast.Christine Job's BackgroundChristine Job studied business as an undergrad but needed help figuring out where to use her experience. The economy was terrible in 2009, and Christine needed a job that utilized her new college degree. So Christine took a gap year before she attended law school in Miami. But life outside of law school significantly impacted Christine: Christine she fought for job opportunities, negotiated and split the summer interning in two roles, worked with an entrepreneurial incubator and spent a few months with a startup. Not too bad for someone who didn't want to attend her law school graduation.What Can You Do With a Law Degree? As a 1L student, Christine began working as a business consultant and strategist. With her book knowledge from undergrad and advocacy skills from life, Christine met with young entrepreneurs. She helped them identify business models and deal with the stresses of entrepreneurship.Lawyer Side HustlesChristine Job believed in being professionally fulfilled and financially well. When she created a home in Valencia, Spain, Christine revived her business strategy and consultancy to encourage her professional fulfillment. Every day, Christine used her experience and passion for building a business abroad and assisting women of color in becoming entrepreneurs.Additionally, Christine exercises her creativity as the host of the Flourish in the Foreign podcast. On this podcast, Christine speaks with women of color who live abroad and discusses their challenges, successes, and regularness (i.e., taking out the trash and buying groceries) internationally. Christine Job is not licensed to practice law in the United States or Spain. Learn more about Christine Job:  Website: https://christinejob.com/contactBooks and Resources: https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/resourcesFlourish in the Foreign Podcast: https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodesBuild a Business Abroad Guide: https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/resourcesJoin the FREE mailing list!Get behind-the-scenes content from Kyla. 1) Visit www.youarealawyer.com2) Add your email address to the Subscribe pop-up box OR3) Enter your email address on the right side of the screen4) Get emails from me (I won't fill your inbox with junk)!You Are A Lawyer is hosted by Kyla Denanyoh. Follow the podcast:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_eB5OebHvATnld4TFekX1gInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/youarealawyer/Twitter:  https://twitter.com/YouAreA_LawyerWebsite: https://www.youarealawyer.comAs an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Review Kyla's favorite books here: https://amzn.to/3OTfrrZFind resources to help you move and work abroad: https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/resources

Join Host Bree Carlile as she reads the fifteenth chapter of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.Come with us as we release one bite a day of one of your favorite classic novels, plays & short stories. Bree reads these classics like she reads to her daughter, one chapter a day. If you love books or audiobooks and want something to listen to as you're getting ready, driving to work, or as you're getting ready for bed, check out Bite at a Time Books!Follow, rate, and review Bite at a Time Books where we read you your favorite classics, one bite at a time. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.Check out our website, or join our Facebook Group!Get exclusive Behind the Scenes content on our YouTube!We are now part of the Bite at a Time Books Productions network! If you ever wondered what inspired your favorite classic novelist to write their stories, what was happening in their lives or the world at the time, check out Bite at a Time Books Behind the Story wherever you listen to podcasts.Follow us on all the socials: Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - TikTokFollow Bree at: Instagram - Twitter - Facebook

Returning to balance and creating harmony is the key to regaining your health.  You're going to love Episode 19 of the 'Transformation Starts Today' podcast with the Ignited Goddess herself, Christine Dorocki! Here's some background about Christine: Christine is a highly sought after Certified Yogi with over 500 hours of teaching training, Cosmetologist, and Certified Ayurvedic Consultant who helps people, especially women,to be beautiful inside and out.  Christine approaches her Ayurvedic Consultation with you & together you will explore your health history, lifestyle, and detect any imbalances that may be affecting your overall wellness, with compassion. Finding the root cause of imbalances through empowering questions and answers and creating a Fearless Goddess Personalized Plan.  Christine works largely with women 40+& menopausal women, but also women of all ages. She currently lives in NJ with her 3 lovely children Here are some ways to connect with Christine:  Website: Ignitedgoddess.com Instagram: @Ignitedgoddess Email: ignitedgoddess@gmail.com Dr. Jamil Sayegh – Life, Business, and Relationship Coach, Licensed Naturopathic Doctor  How I Can Support You: https://jamilsayegh.com/coaching1/ Past Client Stories: https://jamilsayegh.com/client-testimonials/ Email: jamilsayegh189@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjamilsayegh/ or @drjamilsayegh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamil.sayegh Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jamil-sayegh-402aa416b/ Free Ebook: 20 Steps To Your Next Breakthrough: https://jamilsayegh.com/20-steps-to-your-next-breakthrough/ Audiobook Version of 20 Steps To Your Next Breakthrough: https://jamilsayegh.com/audiobook/

When you receive an unexpected diagnosis, your first thought should be, “What are my options, and what could happen?” In this episode, Functional Health Coach Christine Garvin tells us about her experiences with fibroids, surgery, and unexpected complications that were so much worse that she could have imagined. We talk more about the dangers inherent in laparoscopic procedures and what other options women have available to take care of their health.You will also hear:Why “informed consent” is key in any health decisionsWhat you should do if you just don't feel right after a procedureHow setting personal and emotional boundaries in your life can affect your hormones and overall healthHow “fixing” your health goes beyond what medications or supplements you take and how to work on fixing the trauma impacting your whole bodyAnd so much more!More about Christine:Christine Garvin, MA, NE, RWP is a Functional Health Coach based in Asheville, NC. Her training includes a Masters in Holistic Health Education from John F. Kennedy University, Nutrition Educator certification from Bauman College, functional hormone training through Nicole Jardim's Fix Your Period Apprenticeship, and Level I – Mastering the Art and Science of Gastrointestinal Healing, Level II – Mastering the Art and Science of Optimizing Hormones, and Level III – Mastering the Art and Science of Nutritional Blood Chemistry from Restorative Wellness Solutions.Having gone through two of her own major health crises, the first in her early 20s after being diagnosed with IBS, the second in her late 30s when a surgery to remove a fibroid nearly killed her, Christine is passionate about helping both women and men heal their gut and experience better health than they dreamed possible. Christine weaves together her personal experience – which includes healing her own gut after antibiotics decimated it in her 20s, and once again after emergency surgeries to save her life included the removal of half her colon and 8 in. of small intestine – with her comprehensive training in functional nutrition, which utilizes functional lab testing in order to determine exactly what is going on in her client's bodies.Connect with Christine:Christine's Website - https://christinegarvin.com/Christine's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/christinegarvin/Hormonally Speaking Podcast - https://christinegarvin.com/writing/podcast-hormonally-speaking/Connect with Dr. Tabatha: Dr. Tabatha's Website: https://www.drtabatha.com/Dr. Tabatha's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTabathaDr. Tabatha's IG: https://www.instagram.com/thegutsygynecologist/Dr. Tabatha's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWea1x1abLERehb5yn_nfowThe Functional Gynecologist's Guide to Balancing your Hormones: https://lcvjtpc8.pages.infusionsoft.net/LOOK AND FEEL AMAZING! Buy EnergyLift here!

WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN?What does Agritourism mean for farmers, entrepreneurs, and residents in the mountains? Tune in to find out the answer to this question from our guest today, Laura Lauffer as we go on with our conversation with her.EPISODE SUMMARY:Joseph will interview our special guest, Laura Lauffer, Project Director of EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems and Appalachian Regional Commission Power Project Center for Environmental Farming Systems sponsored by North Carolina State University – an organization whose objective is to offer financial, technical, and business support to regional farms and food-related businesses, while also being an advocate for agritourism. This conversation will cover the process of creating and implementing a business model that emphasizes community development, as well as the relationship between public policy and economic development in Appalachian communities.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empowermtnfood/Website: https://cefs.ncsu.edu/food-system-initiatives/emfs-empowering-mountain-food-systems/EPISODE QUOTE: “ Everybody's got a yellow squash in July, so maybe planta different kind of beet instead. You have to be smart.”  Tune in for this fun conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by Clicking Here.SHOW NOTESSegment 1Lauffer is a native of North Carolina, her father retired when she was in elementary school. She gotta enjoy the tightly knit community of soldiers and their families. Whilst taking part in the Peace Corps she got to visit Zaire, a country in Africa.SEGMENT 2 In Zaire she was an extension agent. She would get seeds and extend them to farmers in the area to increase protein consumption as it was lacking in the people's diet. The Peace Corps also gave her the opportunity to learn the local dialect and also used French. She goes on to share that she earned a minor in Spanish in Montreal. Before starting a farm in Garner in Hohnston County she toured around Europe. She then became a Peace Corps recruiter in Grad school. Her area of expertise is food systems and economic development. She started a program at North Carolina Community College where she taught sustainability. She left the classroom and applied her skills in the field as a program director at NCA&T for regional food systems. Agritourism is tourism that is added to an existing farming operation.SEGMENT 3‍Using her website people can create appointments to get hooked up with different resources being offered by the program. One of the resources includes Advanced Business Services which helps local businesses that are advanced. The small business centers are partners that community colleges host to offer free business counseling. In agriculture, she is noticing carbon sequestration, which is recognizing farmers as a solution to climate change instead of as a factor of climate change.SEGMENT 4She uses storytelling to give people background and context to farms and agriculture including their purpose. The ideal farm-to-table program is where the farmer and chef are expressing creativity and have a relationship of understanding. An example is Silva Ilda, they change their many every week according to what's coming in fresh.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------TRANSCRIPT00:00:40.740 –> 00:00:57.240 Joseph McElroy: howdy this is Joseph Franklyn McElroy, welcome you to the gateway to the smokies podcast this podcast is about America's most visited National Park, the great smoky mountains National Park in the surrounding towns, this area is filled with H in that.00:00:59.460 –> 00:01:03.690 Joseph McElroy: Deep-storied history filters that we explore with the weekly episode.00:01:04.500 –> 00:01:11.850 Joseph McElroy: As I said, I'm Joseph Franklin McElroy man in the world, but also deep roots in these mountains by families living the great smokies for over 200 years.00:01:12.270 –> 00:01:20.160 Joseph McElroy: My businesses and travel, but my heart is a culture today we're going to talk about agritourism and farm to table with Laura lot left.00:01:20.910 –> 00:01:29.220 Joseph McElroy: The first, you know a few sponsors and things like that you know when you start planning a trip.00:01:29.790 –> 00:01:38.310 Joseph McElroy: After you decide where you're going to go usually the first things you do is, you choose a book your flight you book your place you're going to stay.00:01:38.820 –> 00:01:47.010 Joseph McElroy: As because you need to have a place to start your vacation adventure and then you can get done you get to work on it in Tenerife now I place.00:01:47.880 –> 00:01:52.740 Joseph McElroy: and finding a place to stay, I want you to imagine a place evocative of motor courts of the past.00:01:53.550 –> 00:01:58.920 Joseph McElroy: Modern and vibrant with a Chic Appalachian feel a place for adventure and for relaxation.00:01:59.520 –> 00:02:07.410 Joseph McElroy: Imagine a place where you efficient a mountain heritage trout stream grill to catch on fire and eat accompanied by fine wines or craft beers.00:02:07.800 –> 00:02:20.100 Joseph McElroy: So imagine a place with old-time music and world cultural sounds, there is no other place like Meadowlark Motel in Maggie Valley North Carolina your smoky mountain adventures start with where you stay.00:02:20.940 –> 00:02:27.720 Joseph McElroy: Now, one of the things that we can help you with is to help you build your itinerary once you decide that you're going to stay.00:02:28.080 –> 00:02:39.780 Joseph McElroy: and come to the smoky mountains for vacation state the middle art we actually have a site called smokies adventure calm, that you can actually do your research on to find out about.00:02:40.950 –> 00:02:46.920 Joseph McElroy: The best hiking trails waterfalls outdoor adventures and family entertainment that you can find here.00:02:47.910 –> 00:02:59.940 Joseph McElroy: And you can find a lot about the great smoky mountains National Park, you have the best trails the best waterfalls and what you can do in caves code, you find out about the history of the smokies and how to explore that.00:03:00.960 –> 00:03:04.290 Joseph McElroy: That smokies adventure smokies plural adventure com.ew-]0:03:05.490 –> 00:03:16.620 Joseph McElroy: For your research pleasure and then when you get here will be more than happy to sell to set you up with tours or other things to do, and of course, we have a lot of things going on here we have the metal dark smoky mountain.00:03:17.730 –> 00:03:20.070 Joseph McElroy: Historical Center here with lots of.00:03:21.150 –> 00:03:27.390 Joseph McElroy: Events coming about mountain heritage and music and culture, here in the mountains and I'll tell you about a couple of00:03:28.170 –> 00:03:39.810 Joseph McElroy: Recently there was a viral event on TikTok and Instagram with some cloggers and specifically one color flogger I live, right here and Maggie Valley, the valley Jonathan.00:03:41.490 –> 00:03:52.500 Joseph McElroy: And we're going to actually bring those cloggers here this weekend to the Meadowlark Motel to do performance the J creek cloggers and.00:03:53.100 –> 00:04:03.210 Joseph McElroy: And they are going to be here on Friday night on Saturday night and your father, going to be performing at 730 but previous to that you can have a free Barbecue.00:04:04.050 –> 00:04:20.730 Joseph McElroy: There is sort of an iconic dance group that has been forming for a number of years, but zip the legend Ross was just picked up on tick tock and Instagram doing some solo buck dancing that was reminiscent of a lot of.00:04:21.750 –> 00:04:31.440 Joseph McElroy: Urban dancing going on, and he became sort of a hero and he's actually got a nickname now in the army online things he says he's called the legend.00:04:32.550 –> 00:04:34.710 Joseph McElroy: Is he doing something called any call it, Chris walked.00:04:35.910 –> 00:04:42.750 Joseph McElroy: that's an urban culture but it's part of the clogging that he does here so so it's kind of cool.00:04:43.500 –> 00:04:56.850 Joseph McElroy: That that happened I don't think they've had I think they've had 100 million views it's crazy, so you know we invite you to come out and see it live on Saturday night July 30 here at the Meadowlark00:04:58.110 –> 00:05:11.160 Joseph McElroy: admission is free for the motel guests and for heritage club members and it's $20 for people that are just visiting it's called 8289261717 to find out information reverse to reserve your room.00:05:12.390 –> 00:05:22.320 Joseph McElroy: Now, another thing that on August six that we're doing a smoky mountain heritage Center is putting on starting a Cherokee heritage series and they're bringing in.00:05:23.910 –> 00:05:34.530 Joseph McElroy: What true Appalachian Appalachian treasure baby arch and Davey is a world-famous Cherokee tribal historic and storing and Ward winning craftsman.00:05:35.070 –> 00:05:43.410 Joseph McElroy: Traditional Cherokee crafts, especially mass and baskets and he's a beloved spokesman for the Eastern Cherokee tribe.00:05:43.980 –> 00:05:56.520 Joseph McElroy: And this will be on August six starting at six the Barbecue dinner and music and then there will be a whole presentation that you will find very interesting.00:05:57.240 –> 00:06:08.160 Joseph McElroy: Michigan is $20 for guest three for hotel guests in here to close my hair does club Members call eight to 89261717 to reserve your seat.00:06:08.820 –> 00:06:22.080 Joseph McElroy: One of the events coming up that I've been promoting for a while now is a songwriters camp I don't know if you've heard of Jim Lauderdale but he's a grammy award-winning artist I think 30 hit songs under his belt.00:06:23.340 –> 00:06:39.630 Joseph McElroy: That he's written for various artists or more he wrote a lot of George strait's songs he wrote king of the broken hearts might be one of the big ones that you know so and he's leading a crew of grammy award-winning artist here there's gonna be Charles Humphrey the third.00:06:41.370 –> 00:06:57.330 Joseph McElroy: And then there's gonna Be daring Nicholson of Balsam Range les mills and Charles Chamberlain it's like a dream team of songwriters and top musicians here at the metal art and it's a two-day event, where you have a meet and greet and have a.00:06:58.590 –> 00:07:08.910 Joseph McElroy: concert by the songs from the road band and Barbecue dinner and all star concept on a Saturday night and then you're going to have.00:07:09.660 –> 00:07:29.640 Joseph McElroy: An all day intensive workshop where you actually walk away with a DEMO tape of one of your songs and it's gonna be it's gonna be incredible it's a great way to meet and learn from some of the top in the business so call eight to 89261717 to reserve your space and to get a ticket.00:07:31.440 –> 00:07:42.810 Joseph McElroy: get a space for the workshop and the two concerts are also available to the public, just to come and enjoy the music so again eight to 89261717 to get your spot.00:07:44.940 –> 00:07:51.420 Joseph McElroy: So today we're going to be talking about tourism with lunch.00:07:54.810 –> 00:07:55.560 Joseph McElroy: it's with.00:07:56.670 –> 00:08:10.050 Joseph McElroy: Our guest his name is Laura laufer is and she is the project director of empowering mountain food systems at appalachian regional convinced Commission power project Center for environmental party farming systems.00:08:11.250 –> 00:08:13.260 Joseph McElroy: You can't say that a lot of times fast.00:08:15.000 –> 00:08:15.750 Laura Lauffer she/her: Natural.00:08:15.990 –> 00:08:26.670 Joseph McElroy: sponsored by North Carolina State University an organization, whose objective is to offer financial, technical and business support to regional farms and food related businesses.00:08:27.090 –> 00:08:35.820 Joseph McElroy: while also being an advocate for agritourism, she holds degrees from Western Carolina university nc State University speaks for language.00:08:36.180 –> 00:08:47.340 Joseph McElroy: And there's a webinar producer blogger and Community activists she resides in western North Carolina enjoys hiking and spending time with family or friends Hello Laura how are you doing.00:08:47.370 –> 00:08:49.710 Laura Lauffer she/her: hey hey guys.00:08:49.920 –> 00:08:51.270 Joseph McElroy: I pronounce your last name right.00:08:51.570 –> 00:08:52.140 Laura Lauffer she/her: Now offer.00:08:52.410 –> 00:08:56.730 Joseph McElroy: offer okay so we're very thrilled to have you here today.00:08:57.990 –> 00:09:02.400 Joseph McElroy: You know, we are, we are getting in into farm to table here it's of lr.00:09:03.480 –> 00:09:11.100 Joseph McElroy: we've actually put in a raised garden back in the back here and then yeah I went out to my old family farm wish I owned.00:09:12.120 –> 00:09:22.950 Joseph McElroy: A third of it and on my on my land grant visible where my grandfather farm I put in my first field and now i'm a farmer feeling so proud of myself.00:09:24.480 –> 00:09:31.140 Joseph McElroy: As I got a lot to learn, but I did, I do have some candy roasters and things like that.00:09:31.980 –> 00:09:43.200 Joseph McElroy: Growing there so i'm looking forward to this conversation because i'm sure you can teach me how I could do this much better so, but first I want to get a little bit of your background you're a native of fayetteville North Carolina right.00:09:43.890 –> 00:09:44.850 Laura Lauffer she/her: Yes, I am.00:09:45.030 –> 00:09:46.140 Joseph McElroy: yeah and then.00:09:47.160 –> 00:09:54.090 Joseph McElroy: You know I whenever I think of that area I automatically think it for broad were you were you an army brat by chance.00:09:54.660 –> 00:09:58.170 Laura Lauffer she/her: My dad was in the army, yes that's how I like to answer that.00:09:59.160 –> 00:10:01.530 Laura Lauffer she/her: I did I did grow up more closer to.00:10:01.530 –> 00:10:12.390 Laura Lauffer she/her: Fort bragg and my dad was career special forces, and it was a really wonderful wonderful way to grow up, it was a really nice Community there on base.00:10:12.660 –> 00:10:15.000 Joseph McElroy: So you got to stay in one place for your whole childhood.00:10:15.360 –> 00:10:16.200 Laura Lauffer she/her: I did.00:10:16.410 –> 00:10:17.400 Laura Lauffer she/her: My dad died.00:10:17.430 –> 00:10:24.330 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah my dad I was a kind of a late comer as far as the in the order of children, so my dad retired.00:10:25.620 –> 00:10:35.070 Laura Lauffer she/her: When I was still in elementary school, but we stayed there because of the tight Community bond with all the soldiers families so well.00:10:35.340 –> 00:10:46.650 Joseph McElroy: yeah I was just recently out there, my son my 13 year old son is happens to be a power lifter and there was a there was actually a major power lifting event out there, so.00:10:47.880 –> 00:10:54.000 Joseph McElroy: You know I I it's interesting mixed bag place or some really beautiful places in some places that.00:10:55.590 –> 00:10:55.950 Joseph McElroy: But.00:10:57.030 –> 00:11:00.960 Joseph McElroy: All of North Carolina is it beautiful so.00:11:01.440 –> 00:11:04.080 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah I used to consider myself a beach girl.00:11:04.500 –> 00:11:04.800 Laura Lauffer she/her: And then.00:11:05.280 –> 00:11:16.350 Laura Lauffer she/her: To the mountains and I was coming back from the beach a couple years ago and I, and I was so happy to come to the mountains, so I just decided, I was in North Carolina girl.00:11:16.740 –> 00:11:18.330 Joseph McElroy: There you go you got everything here.00:11:18.360 –> 00:11:18.630 yeah.00:11:19.890 –> 00:11:25.980 Joseph McElroy: We have a rain forest, we have snow ski mountains and we have a white this white sand beaches.00:11:26.790 –> 00:11:36.270 Joseph McElroy: You can't really beat that yeah so how did you end up going to Western Carolina university from high school and fayetteville.00:11:37.590 –> 00:11:40.860 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well, it was a circuitous route as you.00:11:41.910 –> 00:11:44.490 Laura Lauffer she/her: can imagine, and there was a boy involved in.00:11:44.490 –> 00:11:44.760 So.00:11:47.070 –> 00:11:47.760 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah.00:11:47.850 –> 00:12:04.560 Laura Lauffer she/her: But I was very glad I ended up here, and so this was a sweet homecoming for me since I graduated there in 1988 and another boy I met and I took off to the Peace Corps from from cali so.00:12:05.970 –> 00:12:15.540 Laura Lauffer she/her: So 30 years later i'm back and really, really appreciating it more you know in my advanced age, the beauty.00:12:15.960 –> 00:12:28.770 Laura Lauffer she/her: Of the region, you know, back then, I you know we were hiking and kind of go into paradise falls and stuff like that, but this time i'm really, really enjoying the beauty of the of the region.00:12:29.340 –> 00:12:31.530 Joseph McElroy: Peace Corps where'd you go in the Peace Corps.00:12:32.010 –> 00:12:33.210 Laura Lauffer she/her: went desire.00:12:33.420 –> 00:12:33.990 Joseph McElroy: wow.00:12:34.140 –> 00:12:43.200 Laura Lauffer she/her: it's this country in the middle of Africa it's a probably the one of the most difficult posts, you can have honestly and.00:12:44.460 –> 00:12:50.970 Laura Lauffer she/her: It was an amazing experience and many volunteers don't have that experience anymore being.00:12:50.970 –> 00:12:52.140 Laura Lauffer she/her: So rural.00:12:52.920 –> 00:12:58.050 Joseph McElroy: Well, I gotta I want to hear a little bit more about the experience but we got to take a break right now and then.00:12:59.640 –> 00:13:01.950 Joseph McElroy: And then and talk a little bit more about that.00:13:02.040 –> 00:13:04.380 Joseph McElroy: and other than, of course, Western North Carolina.00:13:04.920 –> 00:13:05.520 Great.00:15:21.300 –> 00:15:36.300 Joseph McElroy: Howdy! this is Joseph Franklyn McElroy back with the Gateway to the Smokies podcast my guest is Laura Lauffer so Laura you are the peace corps and you were in Africa and what you were doing, and they have anything related to agriculture, what.00:15:37.080 –> 00:15:38.430 Laura Lauffer she/her: It did and.00:15:38.940 –> 00:15:53.520, Laura Lauffer, she/her: We were extension agents what most people know what extension agents do here is extend the research from the land grant university to farmers and enzyme air, which is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.00:15:54.630 –> 00:15:59.760 Laura Lauffer she/her: There was a Research Station but there were no agents, and so my husband and I.00:16:01.290 –> 00:16:08.040 Laura Lauffer s: would get seeds and extend them to farmers in the region, mostly corn and soybeans.00:16:08.550 –> 00:16:22.110 Laura Lauffer she/her: To try to increase the protein content of diets because malnutrition, was an issue there, so it was a lovely amazing experience, who lived in a mud hut with no plumbing and no electricity and only got around on bikes.00:16:22.560 –> 00:16:27.690 Laura Lauffer she/her: Oh, it was It made me appreciate all that we have.00:16:28.470 –> 00:16:38.670 Joseph McElroy: Well, that sounds like a fantastic experience I see that you spoke four languages, you know romantic languages and then this one called Chiluba00:16:39.210 –> 00:16:56.250, Laura Lauffer, she/her: Chiluba, yeah I was in a gas station in Raleigh once and the guy behind the counter was speaking to Buddha and I started speaking to him is like a so yeah it's a that's The great thing about peace corps is they, they teach you the local dialect.00:16:56.700 –> 00:16:57.390 Joseph McElroy: Oh wow.00:16:58.110 –> 00:17:04.440, Laura Lauffer, she/her: yeah so it was really great I think it'd be hard for me to carry on a conversation, and most of those languages.00:17:05.820 –> 00:17:16.530 Laura Lauffer she/her: I grew up spending a lot of time in Montreal and got a minor in Spanish, and then spoke French and spoke Chiluba are so it's a mix match in there.00:17:16.770 –> 00:17:19.290 Joseph McElroy: wow how long did you stay inside here?00:17:19.920 –> 00:17:20.640 Laura Lauffer she/her: Three years.00:17:22.410 –> 00:17:23.520 Joseph McElroy: becomes almost all right.00:17:24.150 –> 00:17:44.370, Laura Lauffer, she/her: yeah it was we stayed on we extended a little at the end and worked in the itinerary rain forest with john interests heart and they were doing research with the band booty tribe, which is also known as the pygmies way deep in the rain forest and.00:17:45.660 –> 00:17:53.490 Laura Lauffer she/her: It was an amazing experience, but we were ready to go and we hitchhiked across the continent it's something you can't do really anymore.00:17:54.780 –> 00:17:58.650 Laura Lauffer she/her: It was a true vagabond experience for some young people.00:17:59.460 –> 00:18:01.770 Joseph McElroy: And then you came back to the United States after that.00:18:02.370 –> 00:18:14.280, Laura Lauffer, she/her: We did we thought we would travel a lot more, but the Gulf War was going on in our family, you know, is ready for us to come back, but we toured around Europe for a little bit and then came back.00:18:14.640 –> 00:18:15.810 Joseph McElroy: And we're to settle settle.00:18:17.400 –> 00:18:29.850, Laura Lauffer, she/her: Actually, we stayed in wake county for a while, and then we moved out into the country and the head started our first little farm in garner and Johnston county.00:18:30.090 –> 00:18:30.510 Joseph McElroy: Oh wow.00:18:30.810 –> 00:18:45.000, Laura Lauffer, she/her: And, and I worked in Durham I've worked for Africa, new service until I went to Grad school and became a peace corps recruiter in Grad school at NC state, and that was really wonderful experience.00:18:45.300 –> 00:18:53.280 Joseph McElroy: And that's where you got even further into understanding at the Grad school you got into the agriculture-related studies.00:18:53.940 –> 00:19:04.410 Laura Lauffer she/her: no, mostly sustainability so I'm not an ag-technician food systems person and Community development and economic development.00:19:05.340 –> 00:19:18.540 Laura Lauffer she/her: So I'm not the I do have you know a little bit of knowledge, you know enough to get by on animal husbandry and crop production, but my area of emphasis is food systems and economic development.00:19:18.690 –> 00:19:27.870 Joseph McElroy: wow you know what are the, what are the only three pine-rated logic facility, the Western Asheville by the state of North Carolina in terms of sustainable yeah.00:19:28.110 –> 00:19:42.690 Laura Lauffer she/her: Fantastic yeah I taught sustainability for a while I started a program at Central Carolina Community College, where the few sustainability degrees in the state, and that was a wonderful experience.00:19:43.020 –> 00:19:48.180 Joseph McElroy: And then you worked as a program coordinator of local farms of food within see at antique00:19:48.960 –> 00:19:57.690 Laura Lauffer she/her: I did that's when I got I left teaching because I really was kind of tired of talking about sustainability so much in the classroom every day and I was.00:19:58.560 –> 00:20:14.310 Laura Lauffer she/her: missing the application in the field, and so I took a leap of faith and left teaching and was brought on for this regional food systems work at NCAA empty and their extension Program.00:20:14.760 –> 00:20:21.840 Joseph McElroy: cool and what is the regional food system work, what is it you do there?00:20:21.930 –> 00:20:28.980 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well, so one of the things that we like to focus on is helping farmers with their supply chain.00:20:29.910 –> 00:20:38.550, Laura Lauffer, she/her: If they want to diversify their source of funding, do they want to diversify markets this happened a lot during covid where.00:20:38.940 –> 00:20:56.730 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know the one-on-one marketing say at farmer's markets when a way, so we help folks establish their web presence, maybe, establish a pickup and so, for that they needed coolers, and so we had a program our funder came to us during cove it and said.00:20:58.050 –> 00:21:13.680 Laura Lauffer she/her: What, what do you need to do you know, because everything this of course it was not our plan to have a pandemic in this project, and so I went to the farmers, and I was like what what do y'all need most and it was cold storage so because they were like.00:21:14.190 –> 00:21:15.810 Laura Lauffer she/her: had to hold on to things a little bit.00:21:15.810 –> 00:21:30.960 Laura Lauffer she/her: Longer and have a different distribution method so um so supply chain is very important, you know, maintaining that quality and diversifying income so that's kind of a snapshot that's one of the things we do.00:21:31.710 –> 00:21:42.030 Joseph McElroy: So the new so you ended up then coming to Western North Carolina and leading leading be coming the project director of this up God awful lot.00:21:45.360 –> 00:21:48.600 Laura Lauffer she/her: it's empowering that with IT systems that says it all.00:21:50.040 –> 00:21:55.860 Joseph McElroy: Of that is an applicant Appalachian Regional Commission our project Center for environmental party system.00:21:56.430 –> 00:22:01.230 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah you always have to mention your funders you know they like that and it's important.00:22:01.530 –> 00:22:01.920 Laura Lauffer she/her: So yeah.00:22:02.520 –> 00:22:09.210 Laura Lauffer she/her: We are funded by the appalachian regional Commission it's a over a million dollar grant over four years.00:22:09.810 –> 00:22:28.440 Laura Lauffer she/her: To do this work, and we also very importantly, got funding from the cherokee preservation foundation to work with cherokee farmers and cherokee food systems and my office is actually in the Qualla boundary of the eastern band of Cherokee so we've had the great pleasure to work with.00:22:29.760 –> 00:22:38.310 Laura Lauffer she/her: tribal government and and are our allies there to help Cherokee farmers and cherokee businesses grow.00:22:38.790 –> 00:22:43.980 Joseph McElroy: So you work do you do you work with pharmacy work with other businesses like restaurants groceries.00:22:45.120 –> 00:22:45.450 Joseph McElroy: yeah.00:22:46.650 –> 00:22:48.540 Laura Lauffer she/her: um so like during covid00:22:49.830 –> 00:22:58.650 Laura Lauffer she/her: Some restaurants transition to be the grocery stores, so I hope folks know about Guadalupe CAFE and downtown Silva00:22:58.770 –> 00:22:59.820 Joseph McElroy: Oh that's a great CAFE.00:22:59.820 –> 00:23:00.300 yeah.00:23:01.440 –> 00:23:04.590 Joseph McElroy: I look at like the multiple salsa salsa.00:23:04.830 –> 00:23:08.460 Joseph McElroy: yeah good you can bring a great day yeah.00:23:08.730 –> 00:23:16.110 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah yeah yeah Jen is wonderful and she's always been super committed to local food systems and so.00:23:17.100 –> 00:23:21.570 Laura Lauffer she/her: And she was only doing take out but folks will come get their takeout they can get coffee.00:23:22.080 –> 00:23:41.520 Laura Lauffer she/her: butter cheese bacon and so, for that she needs more cold storage, and so we help with that, and then we also help with Yonder, which is a fabulous market up in Franklin, and so they during covid they transition from a from a restaurant to a.00:23:43.020 –> 00:23:48.870 Laura Lauffer she/her: Community supported agriculture, where they were selling bags of food and and a little grocery store.00:23:49.320 –> 00:24:06.030 Laura Lauffer she/her: So yeah absolutely so it's you know it's all along we'd like to work all along the supply chain were even work with Western Carolina university, we had an event there a few weeks ago, talking to their catering directors about buying local for events there.00:24:06.390 –> 00:24:10.500 Joseph McElroy: Well, so a little, so our little planet, the building a.00:24:12.090 –> 00:24:22.680 Joseph McElroy: Small essentially a small farm to help support our plans to make this restaurant would be something we could actually work a little bit with you on.00:24:23.190 –> 00:24:31.170, Laura Lauffer, she/her: Absolutely, I mean you're in Haywood county this project is only goes from Haywood to Cherokee county.00:24:32.310 –> 00:24:39.600 Laura Lauffer she/her: there's often not a lot of attention out here in this little piece of heaven, you know there, there is a lot of mountains west of Asheville.00:24:39.870 –> 00:24:40.200 Right.00:24:41.280 –> 00:24:45.510 Laura Lauffer she/her: And yeah yeah we love, we have some great partners in Haywood county.00:24:45.960 –> 00:24:46.710 Joseph McElroy: cool yeah.00:24:47.880 –> 00:24:49.890 Joseph McElroy: Totally yeah totally.00:24:51.660 –> 00:24:56.430 Joseph McElroy: Totally enamored by you know the concept of agritourism.00:24:57.750 –> 00:25:00.930 Joseph McElroy: And you how do you guys promote agritourism00:25:02.040 –> 00:25:17.490 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well agritourism what's really essential is that agritourism is tourism that is added on to an existing farming operation so it's not this case where.00:25:18.480 –> 00:25:35.520 Laura Lauffer she/her: Laura goes and buys a piece of land and puts up a beautiful barn and it's a wedding venue that is not agritourism so agritourism, is a working farm or you know farm production business where they're adding agritourism.00:25:36.330 –> 00:25:46.740, Laura Lauffer, she/her: To increase knowledge and, hopefully, of course, in increase revenue, and you know people are very interested to learn, you know where their food comes from.00:25:47.400 –> 00:26:08.670 Laura Lauffer she/her: And, and you know children love to go walk along or shear a sheep Jehovah raw farm and Haywood county has a fantastic agritourism operation, where you can stay in their cabin and she and use the wool from a shared sheep and make your own rug oh.00:26:09.480 –> 00:26:10.410 Laura Lauffer she/her: that's cool yeah.00:26:10.470 –> 00:26:12.750 Laura Lauffer she/her: So look up Jehovah raw form they are.00:26:13.440 –> 00:26:15.060 Joseph McElroy: All yeah you know.00:26:16.410 –> 00:26:17.670 Joseph McElroy: I was i'm a beekeeper.00:26:17.790 –> 00:26:27.300 Joseph McElroy: Without fantastic I actually learned it I did beekeeping a little bit when I was a kid here in the mountains back she learned to do be pretty good at it in the south bronx in New York City.00:26:27.570 –> 00:26:37.800 Joseph McElroy: Oh, my goodness, I would put bee hives and in Community arts and we were near the at the botanical gardens.00:26:38.190 –> 00:26:38.790 Joseph McElroy: I know.00:26:38.880 –> 00:26:43.530 Joseph McElroy: I got I got all sorts of interesting flavors, but do you work with beekeepers is that.00:26:43.980 –> 00:26:58.200, Laura Lauffer, she/her: yeah absolutely one of our first grants, we made was to Ferguson farms in haywood county and they are 100 year farm, there is a historical farm and Haywood county and.00:26:59.100 –> 00:27:11.880 Laura Lauffer she/her: They started beekeeping, excuse me in 2019, I believe, when we first started and their operation, they are now getting ready to add blanton to their farm.00:27:11.910 –> 00:27:25.440 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah so you can go in and have a beautiful tent on the river and you know hang out in your tub and then go and get on a four-wheeler and go visit the horses and learn about beekeeping.00:27:26.640 –> 00:27:28.680 Laura Lauffer she/her: learn about you know beef production.00:27:29.100 –> 00:27:40.020 Joseph McElroy: I did a lot of education about beekeeping to kids in the bronx in the Community garden so i'm looking to start doing that, here too, because I enjoyed it.00:27:40.410 –> 00:27:48.060 Joseph McElroy: And I have you know I have, I have four year old twins now how am I have a 30-year-old son that four-year-old twins and.00:27:48.600 –> 00:27:54.390 Joseph McElroy: I think I look forward to being able to show them about these things so but I think, making it a part of a program I might even.00:27:54.960 –> 00:28:07.260 Joseph McElroy: You know, I think that I can do, because I figured out how to do it, the Community garden how to have a number of beehives here at the Meadowlark, because you can create beef like you know you create barriers that regulate wearing the bees fly.00:28:07.620 –> 00:28:09.840 Joseph McElroy: Right at the height and everything else, so you can get.00:28:09.840 –> 00:28:12.210 Joseph McElroy: them to fly above people for the most part.00:28:13.440 –> 00:28:20.340 Joseph McElroy: And so that you can have been very densely populated areas, and a lot of you know, and so people didn't know that but I got we got to take another break.00:28:20.400 –> 00:28:23.940 Joseph McElroy: Okay, and then we'll come back and talk more about what you're doing okay.00:28:24.330 –> 00:28:25.230 Laura Lauffer she/her: Okay, thanks.00:30:30.750 –> 00:30:39.090 Joseph McElroy: howdy this is Joseph Franklin McElroy back with the gateway to the smokies podcasts that my guest Laura Lauffer so Laura you know I.00:30:40.140 –> 00:30:56.880 Joseph McElroy: assume I'm a neophyte business person, and you know and it's trying to get into agritourism, and some of the agriculture, how does, how does, how does somebody approached your organization and find out about assistance and special programs and things like that.00:30:58.110 –> 00:31:01.980 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well, just Google empowering mountain food systems and.00:31:03.150 –> 00:31:12.030 Laura Lauffer she/her: You will come up in our homepage will come up and on the right, there's a little purple button that says apply here, and that will take you.00:31:12.510 –> 00:31:30.510 Laura Lauffer she/her: straight into our portal and then you have an appointment with me and I talked to folks about what they're up to and I hook them up with the different resources that they have we have a really cool program right now it's called Advanced business services that are helping.00:31:31.800 –> 00:31:36.660, Laura Lauffer, she/her: Local businesses who are kind of advanced, so we just helped.00:31:37.830 –> 00:31:44.940 Laura Lauffer she/her: Oh valley view farms she's a verbal culture operation, do you know what permaculture is.00:31:44.970 –> 00:31:46.140 Joseph McElroy: No, I have no idea.00:31:46.350 –> 00:31:48.210 Laura Lauffer she/her: permaculture is worm farming.00:31:48.600 –> 00:31:51.270 Joseph McElroy: Oh wow for me, but yeah.00:31:51.480 –> 00:32:04.980 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah and she has an amazing worm farming operation, and so we assisted her with her new logo and her sign she has classes at her farm she's actually teaching a class Mary Ann Smith.00:32:06.240 –> 00:32:09.480 Laura Lauffer she/her: August 2 and clay county.00:32:10.200 –> 00:32:11.640 Laura Lauffer she/her: So she's at the haywood.00:32:12.000 –> 00:32:21.300 Laura Lauffer she/her: county historic farmers market every Saturday selling worm castings which is worm poop and it's just some of the most rich.00:32:23.010 –> 00:32:38.100 Laura Lauffer she/her: fertilizer you can use you really need to only use a very little so anyhow so that's a an example of a client we just helped and we're helping bear waters brewing there and Maggie.00:32:39.060 –> 00:32:48.750 Laura Lauffer she/her: They want to expand purchasing local products and so will be helping them with some refrigeration so that they can refrigerate more local products.00:32:48.840 –> 00:32:54.630 Joseph McElroy: Oh fabulous now do you offer do you offer education classes things training things like that.00:32:55.290 –> 00:33:03.390 Laura Lauffer she/her: that's mostly left to extension and one of our key partners in this project is the small business centers.00:33:04.230 –> 00:33:18.450 Laura Lauffer she/her: Every Community college in the state hosts a small business Center offering free business counseling and so, because this is an economic development project we really focus on that business side of of agriculture.00:33:19.290 –> 00:33:30.360 Laura Lauffer she/her: And we partner with with each small business Center so there and haywood county we partner with haywood Community college and Ashley swagger to have classes there.00:33:31.380 –> 00:33:37.470 Laura Lauffer she/her: But extension, and you know you're so fortunate here we've got mills river Research Station.00:33:38.220 –> 00:33:54.990 Laura Lauffer she/her: nearby and the mountain horticulture Research Station is on raccoon road there and haywood county and just they you know, keep keep in touch with them and their calendar and your local extension office so that's that they do that technical training piece.00:33:55.470 –> 00:34:00.720 Joseph McElroy: yeah that's that's cutting this nice i've been i've been noticing that there are some things out here we go cuz.00:34:01.980 –> 00:34:11.910 Joseph McElroy: I know pretty much what to do with beekeeping, but in terms of actually you know what the neck how to evolve a farm is now is not something i've ever done before.00:34:13.260 –> 00:34:13.650 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah.00:34:13.710 –> 00:34:24.420 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well, you gotta you gotta come up with a marketing plan, like any good business, you know, come up with your dear cost benefit analysis and figure out if you're making money or losing money and.00:34:26.250 –> 00:34:28.260 Laura Lauffer she/her: And kind of go from there.00:34:28.530 –> 00:34:35.970 Joseph McElroy: Well, I think my my challenge is, I mean i've been doing a lot of marketing, so my challenge, though, is actually, how do you grow the best stuff.00:34:37.290 –> 00:34:38.190 Joseph McElroy: Right yeah.00:34:38.280 –> 00:34:39.840 Laura Lauffer she/her: Well, you start with good soil.00:34:39.930 –> 00:34:42.600 Joseph McElroy: Good soil and the worm sounds like a good addition.00:34:42.630 –> 00:34:44.070 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah yeah.00:34:44.280 –> 00:34:50.130 Joseph McElroy: yeah i've been using I think mushroom based stuff or or beef of based stuff right.00:34:50.520 –> 00:34:57.510 Laura Lauffer she/her: Nice nice yeah we're we're blessed with fantastic wild mushroom foraging in this region.00:34:58.320 –> 00:35:04.650 Joseph McElroy: So you've mentioned a few agriculture agritourism business examples around the area.00:35:05.760 –> 00:35:10.710 Joseph McElroy: I think there's also another one, you probably know about darnell farms over swaying county.00:35:10.800 –> 00:35:21.090 Laura Lauffer she/her: Right yeah yeah the Dardanelles are fantastic partners in our in our work and I always highlight them when I do teach a marketing class because.00:35:21.480 –> 00:35:33.330 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know I encourage anybody to go to the darnell farm is Facebook page because they do live video all the time and and one of the best ones I saw was on.00:35:34.440 –> 00:35:42.330 Laura Lauffer she/her: They went out in the field picked a tomato sliced it put it between two pieces of wonder bread with semantics and.00:35:42.330 –> 00:35:44.640 Joseph McElroy: Probably good old southern Mayo and.00:35:45.150 –> 00:35:47.700 Laura Lauffer she/her: It was just running down his.00:35:47.700 –> 00:35:48.330 Laura Lauffer she/her: hand and he.00:35:49.350 –> 00:35:50.700 Laura Lauffer she/her: And he was loving it.00:35:51.060 –> 00:35:54.960 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know just folks just lined up for miles to count on your sandwich.00:35:55.230 –> 00:35:59.280 Joseph McElroy: I eat a tomato sandwich about every every other week I love it to me.00:36:01.080 –> 00:36:09.210 Joseph McElroy: So I put mine on yeah wheat bread, I put spinach on the right, you know i'm a little bit more elaborate still but the basis of it is still tomato mail on.00:36:10.350 –> 00:36:10.620 Joseph McElroy: yeah.00:36:11.700 –> 00:36:24.840 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah they're fantastic Community members, they support a lot of food pantries they're great place to work, and it really is a fun event venue with live music or river.00:36:25.950 –> 00:36:31.500 Laura Lauffer she/her: Picking pumpkins and strawberries and hayride so that that is a lot of fun and.00:36:33.420 –> 00:36:36.810 Joseph McElroy: So uh so any other places that you think.00:36:37.140 –> 00:36:38.790 Laura Lauffer she/her: highlight that are really great yes.00:36:38.910 –> 00:36:40.650 Laura Lauffer she/her: Yes, there's a new one.00:36:41.040 –> 00:37:00.420 Laura Lauffer she/her: And I just found out today i'm a with from appalachian sustainable LIFE project, which is a sister organization they're having a farm tour this year that will have a few stops and haywood county and they're going to go to smoky mountain manga least talk about a mouthful.00:37:01.740 –> 00:37:09.150 Laura Lauffer she/her: So the manga least a pig is the cutest pig it's a pig with with tight tight curly hair.00:37:09.540 –> 00:37:09.780 Joseph McElroy: But it.00:37:09.840 –> 00:37:15.030 Laura Lauffer she/her: Has like the highest fat content, the large chefs love it.00:37:15.120 –> 00:37:27.930 Laura Lauffer she/her: love it love it so but during cove it, you know things changed for them and they lived on a beautiful piece of land with the river and people wanted to Camp so like well let's try camping.00:37:28.410 –> 00:37:29.310 Laura Lauffer she/her: And so they.00:37:29.850 –> 00:37:38.820 Laura Lauffer she/her: I believe their platform is hip camp hai PC emp is kind of like an airbnb for farmers who have land.00:37:39.090 –> 00:37:39.450 Laura Lauffer she/her: So you.00:37:39.510 –> 00:37:51.900 Laura Lauffer she/her: roll up in your camper you roll up with your tent and you have this beautiful experience on a farm So yes, smoky mountain manga Lisa and you can buy some amazing pork chops while you're there.00:37:52.320 –> 00:38:10.380 Joseph McElroy: Oh that's that's pretty cool yeah i'm looking at putting some yeah some cabins are clapping out and I earned us now, because now, I have the whole facility to do all the management and all that so yeah It makes sense, where do you see the future of tourism in the next few years.00:38:11.670 –> 00:38:22.200 Laura Lauffer she/her: I think i'm ECO tourism for sure i'm talking about sustainability and one of the really exciting things that's happening.00:38:22.680 –> 00:38:28.230 Laura Lauffer she/her: In agriculture is carbon sequestration is you know, recognizing farmers.00:38:28.860 –> 00:38:40.800 Laura Lauffer she/her: As a solution to climate change, and not a problem for climate change, and so you know going and seeing you know what are these sustainability measures, you can take with your cattle.00:38:41.490 –> 00:38:47.700 Laura Lauffer she/her: and your pastures, how can we, you know, can you know use practices that.00:38:48.390 –> 00:39:00.210 Laura Lauffer she/her: create a better habitat for birds and pollinators things like that so i'm hopeful that consumers will will want to do that and take your children to see you know you and.00:39:00.780 –> 00:39:10.080 Laura Lauffer she/her: I took some nutrition students to interview some farmers and they had no idea that I think that potatoes grew into ground.00:39:10.350 –> 00:39:19.500 Laura Lauffer she/her: Or that you know I know the first time I saw how Brussels sprouts sprouts grew I was like oh wow that's kind of cool that they grow on a stock.00:39:19.770 –> 00:39:32.640 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah um yeah it's fun and you know we have these beautiful rivers and all of this, recreation, so what I would like to see is folks combine you know come out.00:39:33.360 –> 00:39:44.700 Laura Lauffer she/her: enjoy the River enjoy the mountains and leave maybe leave some of your resources behind leave some of your money behind with a local farm that conserves that beauty that you love to see.00:39:45.210 –> 00:40:01.110 Joseph McElroy: Right, I think it's a great idea for children, you know that used to be the children were a big mainstay of tourism here and haywood county but because he had the ghost town in the sky, but you know now research shows that hey the predominance demographic now comes out as over 45 right.00:40:01.410 –> 00:40:02.820 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah the motorcycle people.00:40:03.000 –> 00:40:12.510 Joseph McElroy: The motorcycle people and you got the pet friendly crowd you've got the hikers and you got but, in general, there there there it's an older demographic now so but.00:40:13.230 –> 00:40:23.430 Joseph McElroy: Since coven we're starting to see families come out and I think having things like agritourism, where they learn a lot of stuff go going from penny.00:40:23.850 –> 00:40:37.890 Joseph McElroy: petting sheep to you know, seeing how things grow to you know camping I think those are all great visions for do for really vital revitalizing tourism across the board.00:40:38.490 –> 00:40:40.110 Joseph McElroy: I also I also saw that you.00:40:40.320 –> 00:40:48.450 Joseph McElroy: You encourage diversity i've been doing a lot of work involving women in pursuing the field So how do you do that, and what do you do for them.00:40:49.410 –> 00:40:59.250 Laura Lauffer she/her: I really don't have to do anything for them, they are leaders in the field, and they are dynamic savvy business people.00:41:00.990 –> 00:41:16.200 Laura Lauffer she/her: So they don't really require any extra attention any extra programming I just you know I work to serve them the way I serve anybody else I did write an article for smoky mountain news a couple years ago about.00:41:17.310 –> 00:41:29.160 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know the dynamism of women in agriculture in the region and katie from katie's orchard Patricia Taylor told a story about being with a few women that went to the apple meetings.00:41:30.030 –> 00:41:38.490 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know, years ago, and that the male apple farmers are kind of like looking at her about speaking up and she's like i'm here to learn.00:41:39.270 –> 00:41:50.640 Laura Lauffer she/her: And and she's an amazing amazing farmer, I absolutely recommend you go by katie's orchard in canton and you can pick apples and pears and blackberries and blueberries and.00:41:51.180 –> 00:42:08.730 Laura Lauffer she/her: Get jam and honey and so that's another another great asset at katie and so she she's a leader, she counsels other farmers and yeah women, women are natural leaders, and so they don't need me for much.00:42:09.120 –> 00:42:19.350 Joseph McElroy: But sometimes they have unique challenges I mean maybe not as much as they used to, but like my grandmother when she moved here back in the 40s 50s he became like the first one is broker.00:42:20.130 –> 00:42:29.880 Joseph McElroy: State of North Carolina but they would let her open her own bank account to her husband came in and open it yeah is there any unique challenges that women face down the an agritourism.00:42:30.570 –> 00:42:40.650 Joseph McElroy: No oh good all right cool all right, well, we have to take another break and then we'll come back we'll finish up with you know some some things you want to make people aware of.00:42:41.070 –> 00:42:42.420 Laura Lauffer she/her: Okay excellent Thank you.00:44:43.980 –> 00:44:54.780 Joseph McElroy: howdy this is Joseph Franklin McElroy back with a gateway to the smokies podcast my guest is Laura Laufer so Laura, you know my business that's funded my.00:44:55.560 –> 00:45:07.050 Joseph McElroy: This move them into the back end of my childhood home and this motel and things originated in marketing and you know, a big part of what we do is content storytelling.00:45:07.590 –> 00:45:14.010 Joseph McElroy: And and and we've built the Meadowlark you know we tripled revenue tripled things through storytelling essentially through.00:45:14.430 –> 00:45:27.420 Joseph McElroy: The mountain heritage is the common theme throughout what we do so, I noticed that you emphasize storytelling in your agritourism businesses as a way to build it what, what do you, what do you tell them.00:45:28.470 –> 00:45:40.440 Laura Lauffer she/her: Absolutely, I mean that's what you know you clinch folks with you know this goat is named Beatrice after my grandma because my grandma was hard-headed and this goat.00:45:40.740 –> 00:45:52.950 Laura Lauffer she/her: is hard-headed and that's why we call her Beatrice well how is she hard-headed well she's hard headed to because she figured out how to get out of the fence, and you know, and you just go on and tell that story about.00:45:53.850 –> 00:46:04.350 Laura Lauffer she/her: About unique things about your farm and, like you, you know you're talking about your grandmother, you know, especially if it's a heritage farm let folks know you know how long.00:46:04.710 –> 00:46:14.460 Laura Lauffer she/her: Has this been here, this is why we're here, this is why we do that, and you know it can be as simple as the story of where your food comes from you know, like.00:46:14.880 –> 00:46:32.970 Laura Lauffer she/her: Oh, you enjoy bread, do you know that bread comes from wheat, and this is where we grow wheat in western North Carolina and wheat can also be used for this, and so so contextualizing agriculture so folks understand what it means to their everyday life.00:46:33.990 –> 00:46:39.120 Joseph McElroy: that's cool that's cool they know I that's yeah that's what we tell people.00:46:40.320 –> 00:46:47.970 Joseph McElroy: When they're wanting to do things in social media like tick tock and stuff like that and Instagram it's all about telling a narrative right.00:46:48.750 –> 00:46:58.680 Joseph McElroy: about telling the story yeah and so that's you know that's the way to help people a lot I think in terms of get their story out there.00:46:59.790 –> 00:47:09.600 Laura Lauffer she/her: We say on when folks do social media on Facebook, that it should be the content should be 80% storytelling and 20% selling.00:47:09.900 –> 00:47:13.710 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know, you know it's like oh here's pictures of.00:47:14.340 –> 00:47:30.150 Laura Lauffer she/her: You know, we want the best picture of your child eating a strawberry from our strawberry patch you get thousands of pictures of kids with strawberry all over their face and people love it and then you say Oh, by the way, you know still pick in until dark until August it.00:47:30.480 –> 00:47:38.130 Joseph McElroy: You know cool so um, how do you define the ideal farm to table Program.00:47:38.700 –> 00:47:41.160 Laura Lauffer she/her: Oh that's a good one um.00:47:42.450 –> 00:47:52.650 Laura Lauffer she/her: When the chef works with the farmer, before anything goes into the ground, and so you know say chef is reading.00:47:53.790 –> 00:48:04.470 Laura Lauffer she/her: So fancy culinary you know fine dining magazine, and he sees this beautiful ready CIO and he's like I want that you know, on my plate, it looks beautiful.00:48:04.800 –> 00:48:16.710 Laura Lauffer she/her: So he and his the farmer that he works with they sit down with maybe the Johnny seed catalog and and they're talking about it and they're like okay well i'll try it i'll plant simply, you will see how that goes.00:48:17.190 –> 00:48:27.060 Laura Lauffer she/her: And it is a relationship like that it's it's truly creativity on both ends and you know the chef has to have some.00:48:28.050 –> 00:48:41.850 Laura Lauffer she/her: expectations and understanding of the challenges of disease water, you know things that happen that some things can go wrong, but it's truly truly a relationship, you know the chef is visiting the farm.00:48:43.080 –> 00:49:02.670 Laura Lauffer she/her: The farmers going in to have a great meal at the restaurant, so that is absolutely the ideal where the the chef's menu like here in Silva El de is a fantastic example they changed their menu every couple of weeks to what's what's what's fresh and what's coming in the door.00:49:03.570 –> 00:49:11.160 Joseph McElroy: that's I mean yeah the when you're doing the farming you'd have to you have to you have to deal with the dynamics of what's available.00:49:11.700 –> 00:49:15.390 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah well everybody's got yellow squash in my.00:49:16.740 –> 00:49:24.270 Laura Lauffer she/her: Maybe plant, you know, a different kind of beat instead so you have to be smart like that.00:49:24.690 –> 00:49:28.230 Joseph McElroy: Right or come up with unique recipes for yellow squash.00:49:29.070 –> 00:49:30.510 Joseph McElroy: yeah yeah.00:49:30.720 –> 00:49:32.160 Laura Lauffer she/her: I think they're out there somewhere.00:49:32.640 –> 00:49:37.110 Joseph McElroy: Well i'm i'm loving yellow squash soup cream soup.00:49:38.880 –> 00:49:39.390 Joseph McElroy: it's good.00:49:41.010 –> 00:49:42.000 Joseph McElroy: So, but.00:49:47.160 –> 00:49:47.460 Joseph McElroy: You.00:49:48.720 –> 00:49:49.050 Joseph McElroy: You.00:49:50.970 –> 00:49:55.710 Joseph McElroy: You sorry I lost my place in my my questions here so.00:49:57.240 –> 00:50:02.760 Joseph McElroy: So you have a website right what's the website again you just say Google is easiest way.00:50:03.120 –> 00:50:06.570 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah empowering mountain foods.org I believe.00:50:06.840 –> 00:50:16.620 Laura Lauffer she/her: Okay i'm done and there's two other websites I wanted folks to be aware of that, I hope we can put on the Facebook page one is the visit nc farms APP.00:50:17.190 –> 00:50:26.400 Laura Lauffer she/her: So this is an APP sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and in haywood county it's sponsored by cooperative extension.00:50:27.090 –> 00:50:37.230 Laura Lauffer she/her: And bunkum county it's sponsored by soil and water and in Jackson county it's funded by the tourism development authority and so.00:50:37.620 –> 00:50:47.730 Laura Lauffer she/her: You download this APP and wherever you're driving in North Carolina you can you know type in you know alpaca farm or strawberries, and it will come up.00:50:48.090 –> 00:51:02.730 Laura Lauffer she/her: With the map hours what's available, so the visit nc farms APP and then the other one i'm super excited about, especially for your out of town folks is vacation or supported agriculture and.00:51:04.260 –> 00:51:08.880 Laura Lauffer she/her: I put that link in the chat so I don't quite remember that I hope i'm not messing this up.00:51:09.390 –> 00:51:20.400 Laura Lauffer she/her: So P one provisions visit and see smokies and so hopefully we can put that in the in the stream and what's so exciting about this is before you get to town.00:51:20.910 –> 00:51:32.670 Laura Lauffer she/her: and say you're staying in a cabin and you would like a bag of fresh freshly picked produce from a farm right down the road and.00:51:33.450 –> 00:51:45.780 Laura Lauffer she/her: And haywood county it's mark mcdonough at mighty know mark and Danielle at mighty known and Christine Christine braswell of outlaw acres so these two farmers are supplying.00:51:46.890 –> 00:51:58.200 Laura Lauffer she/her: Visitors with a beautiful bag of produce eggs and flowers and it's there for them to pick up at bear waters brewery in bosu wine shop in waynesville when they get to town.00:51:58.740 –> 00:52:01.980 Joseph McElroy: So those are the waters with the cannon or the one advantage.00:52:02.280 –> 00:52:03.150 Laura Lauffer she/her: The one in Maggie.00:52:03.480 –> 00:52:04.530 Joseph McElroy: Really yeah.00:52:04.860 –> 00:52:13.500 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah so yeah we met with Kevin he's really excited to support us he's a big supporter of of local farmers.00:52:14.010 –> 00:52:17.520 Joseph McElroy: piggy backs have to have that list so they'd have this produce while they're here.00:52:17.760 –> 00:52:19.080 Joseph McElroy: yeah what to say.00:52:20.160 –> 00:52:20.430 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah.00:52:21.000 –> 00:52:24.630 Joseph McElroy: Well, you know we have Kevin tier two middle of we should talk to bear waters and.00:52:24.840 –> 00:52:37.770 Laura Lauffer she/her: Absolutely yeah you will send you the link and when some for all your folks who are coming in August, you can go ahead and send them the link and say hey do you want to pick up a bag of produce here you go.00:52:38.340 –> 00:52:39.420 Joseph McElroy: Oh that's a great yeah.00:52:39.510 –> 00:52:46.800 Laura Lauffer she/her: It is it's a it's happening it's been happening at nc state sponsored program it's been happening on the coast, for five years.00:52:47.250 –> 00:52:48.300 Joseph McElroy: and pay for it right.00:52:48.720 –> 00:52:49.230 Joseph McElroy: Oh yeah.00:52:49.500 –> 00:52:52.170 Laura Lauffer she/her: Oh yeah I believe it's $45 a bag.00:52:53.310 –> 00:53:10.170 Laura Lauffer she/her: And you get your own you know kick insulated pooler carrier and haywood county and Jackson county are pioneers in western North Carolina it's been happening on the coast, for five years, so we were really appreciative.00:53:10.560 –> 00:53:16.740 Joseph McElroy: Well it's great I mean anybody out there, doing airbnb should seriously seriously think about this, you can wait.00:53:17.490 –> 00:53:18.810 Joseph McElroy: For your clients right.00:53:18.840 –> 00:53:21.000 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah I can I can hook them up.00:53:21.300 –> 00:53:21.690 Joseph McElroy: yeah.00:53:22.020 –> 00:53:29.040 Laura Lauffer she/her: We just met with some airbnb owners last week and they're very, very excited about this.00:53:29.310 –> 00:53:34.380 Joseph McElroy: Well, oh yeah I mean I like the idea I like the idea is, we could put in our cabin.00:53:34.710 –> 00:53:38.340 Joseph McElroy: yeah we actually go pick it up for them and have it there when they arrived.00:53:38.400 –> 00:53:40.290 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah that'd be great right down the road.00:53:40.500 –> 00:53:46.530 Joseph McElroy: You know, right down the road from us so cool so everybody out there Miller moto soon gonna have produce available in the rooms, where you go.00:53:49.290 –> 00:53:52.980 Joseph McElroy: cool any other any other thing you want to shout out before I close up.00:53:53.910 –> 00:54:06.270 Laura Lauffer she/her: Just you know go to your local farmers market check them out um when you go and eat out at a restaurant ask them do you have any local products on your menu.00:54:07.170 –> 00:54:25.920 Laura Lauffer she/her: This really is up to, we as consumers to drive the markets to these farms, I mean we we drive around the smokies we see these beautiful venues, and some of them are venues that are beautiful because farmers are being conservation minded and keeping land and production.00:54:26.250 –> 00:54:28.560 Laura Lauffer she/her: So, so I say eat your view.00:54:29.160 –> 00:54:32.190 Joseph McElroy: yeah cool well Thank you so much for being on my show.00:54:32.250 –> 00:54:37.560 Joseph McElroy: it's planning, I want to talk further I will go to your website do the application to come talk to you.00:54:37.830 –> 00:54:42.330 Laura Lauffer she/her: yeah we have a little bit of funding left we're really excited about it.00:54:42.330 –> 00:54:43.080 Joseph McElroy: So oh.00:54:43.950 –> 00:54:55.140 Joseph McElroy: yeah Thank you so this is the gateway the smoke these podcasts were streamed live on facebook@facebook.com slash gateway to the smoke these podcasts every Friday every.00:54:55.920 –> 00:55:04.350 Joseph McElroy: Every Tuesday at six to seven it's also in the talk radio dot nyc network, which is a network of live podcasts every day.00:55:04.920 –> 00:55:17.670 Joseph McElroy: ranging from help for small business to sell help to pet help to any number of subjects and it's very dynamic, because every podcast is live, so I recommend you take a look at what are the offerings they have and it's.00:55:18.300 –> 00:55:22.020 Joseph McElroy: it's it's a good network, you can also find all the old.00:55:22.740 –> 00:55:32.370 Joseph McElroy: episodes for this organized long transcripts on the smokies adventure COM site you go there and there's a link at the top, for the gateway to the smoke these podcasts and.00:55:32.910 –> 00:55:44.820 Joseph McElroy: I look forward to you coming and listening to us again next week I think we're about to take a month off so it'd be rerun for a month and a half until September but I'll be back in September with new shows and new.00:55:45.300 –> 00:55:50.850 Joseph McElroy: New people to talk to as well, some old friends and old subjects to go over again.00:55:51.870 –> 00:55:54.630 Joseph McElroy: So until next time, thank you for listening.

Aujourd'hui, 14 juillet, voici un mix de certaines des plus belles chansons françaises. Le premier d'une série. 21 chansons qui n'ont pas pris beaucoup de rides, malgré le temps qui passe. Bonne écoute à tous. 1. Je suis un homme - Zazie, 2. J'en rêve encore - De Palmas, 3. Le Sud - Nino Ferrer, 4. Ce n'est rien - Julien Clerc, 5. Christine - Christine and The Queens, 6. Comment est ta peine - Benjamin Biolay, 7. Sur un prélude de Bach - Maurane, 8. On the road again - Bernard Lavilliers, 9. Le chanteur - Daniel Balavoine, 10. Déjeuner en paix - Stéphane Eicher, 11. Marcia Baïla - Les Rita Mitsouko, 12. Le dîner - Bénabar, 13. La grenade - Clara Luciani, 14. Tu verras - Claude Nougaro, 15. Divine Idylle - Vanessa Paradis, 16. Les mots bleus - Christophe, 17. Je reviendrai à Montréal - Robert Charlebois, 18. Né quelque part - Maxime Le Forestier, 19. J'y vais - Patrick Fiori/Florent Pagny, 20. Mademoiselle chante le blues - Patricia Kaas, 21. L'autre Finistère - Les Innocents.

I'm joined by my functional nutrition colleague Christine Morgenstern Shin to discuss her insights on harmonizing the nervous system through the lens of the Polyvagal Theory. We typically use the terms “fight or flight” and “rest and digest” when discussing the autonomic nervous system, but psychiatrist and neuroscientist Stephen Porges has developed a theory that suggests that there is a third response. The Polyvagal Theory describes the hybrid state of activation and calming that plays a role in our social engagement abilities. In other words, the mind and body work together in response to social cues.Christine breaks down what the Polyvagal Theory looks like in action and how the autonomic nervous system works almost like a ladder. She shares exercises to get started with exploring the Polyvagal Theory and ways to build awareness around your safety and danger cues. Christine also emphasizes the hope this theory has brought her in terms of her own trauma recovery and stress resiliency. Listen in to learn more about the Polyvagal Theory and how to incorporate it into your healing journey. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, or on your favorite podcast platform. Topics Covered:Christine's battle with chronic illness and her naturopathic healing journey An overview of Stephen Porges' research and development of the Polyvagal TheoryThe parallels between HeartMath and the Polyvagal Theory Signs and signals that this would be an important theory to engage withReframing the negative perception of crying and other natural tendencies How Polyvagal Theory can help with collective healing Books on Polyvagal Theory by Stephen W. Porges:The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed TherapiesPolyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation Resources Mentioned:Join Christine's Private CommunitySign up for Christine's Savvy Self Care: Mini Masterclass - June 20th, 5pm PST | 8 pm EST Learn about Christine's Signature Program: Radiant Lifestyle Reset Download Christine's Complimentary Stress Relief Guide – includes Bonus 3 Brains GuideConnect with Christine: Christine's WebsiteChristine's InstagramChristine's Facebook Christine's YouTubeGet in Touch: My WebsiteInstagramSpecial offers: Download the Daily Vitality eBook at danafrost.com/daily-vitality/One lucky listener will be selected to win a sleeve of LifeWave Aeon anti-inflammatory patches. To be entered to win, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, screenshot your review, and send it to dana@danafrost.com, or pop it into a direct message on Instagram @danafrost.Credit:Podcast Production by the team at Swell PodcastingMusic by Phoebe GreenlandPhotography by Amy Boyle PhotographyPodcast art by SimplyBe. Agency

Two reality TV obsessives discuss Selling Sunset on Netflix, Season 5 2022.  Just like hanging with your best friends, talking TV.

Get Paid To Travel The World, Interview With Christine & Sarah MacLean—Travel the world and get paid while doing so? Sounds like a dream, but the sisters have made it a reality! Enjoy a light and social media informative conversation with sustainable travel leaders, Sisters Sarah and Christine MacLean. If you're looking for some business tips for marketing on social media and making money as an influencer, you'll enjoy today's episode too.Sarah & Christine's Mission: We are challenging travellers to be more conscious when they travel. Responsible tourism is so important to protect the planet, and ensure the industry - and the many jobs that come with it - can remain viable long term.About our guests, Sarah & Christine:Christine and Sarah, are sisters, best friends, business partners, and the ultimate travel buddies. They are on a mission not just to be well travelled, but to travel WELL. This means being conscious and respectful of the communities we visit, and being mindful of the environment. And of course, focusing on our own wellness so that we can return to our friends, family, and jobs, with a sense well-being. We hope to inspire others to do the same!WellnessTravelled.com@wellnesstravelledUpcoming Events: WellnessTravelledShop.com—About the Host: Sara Quiriconi is an actress, artist, entrepreneur and creative storyteller, inspired and driven to empower others to be resilient, never settle, live well and live free. Podcast: Subscribe NEVER SETTLEWeb: LiveFreeWarrior.comInstagram: @livefreewarriorYouTube : Live Free WarriorSupport the show

Dr Christine Li is the Procrastination Coach. She's a clinical psychologist who helps people find their creativity, confidence and calm. She has a wonderful podcast called Make Time For Success. Why do we so easily get in our own way? Why is it easier to procrastinate and what can we do about that? Listen in to find out how we can realize our personal power. This is a very fun and empowering episode. We talk about: Why Christine has focused in on procrastination Why we procrastinate, especially women Ways in which we procrastinate How we can stop procrastinating The role of anxiety in procrastination What Christine has learnt from doing a podcast The intimacy and authenticity of podcasting What she has learnt from her podcast guests What I have learnt from my podcast guests – Christine turns the tables on Rachel And more! Find more about Christine: Christine's website: www.procrastinationcoach.com Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Listen to her podcast: www.maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com

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Featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post, Christine Michel Carter is the #1 global voice for working moms⁣. She is also the bestselling author of children's book Can Mommy Go To Work? and adult novel MOM AF. In 2015, Christine created the first national mommy and me professional development networking event called Mompreneur and Me, which was featured in Adweek and Entrepreneur⁣. She's worked with the Congressional Caucus on Black Women & Girls, the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on maternal and child care related issues. She's also worked on the maternal initiatives of Vice President Kamala Harris and received a Congressional Citation from the U.S. Senate for going “above and beyond in ensuring that Black Moms and Moms of Color have access to important health information for their children and families.”   When an inquiry about connecting with Christine landed in my inbox it was an immediate and easy and loud YES from me.  I knew she was someone I wanted to learn more from.  I'm so grateful for her voice and tenacity.    Listen in to hear Christine share: How she is showing up in all the facets of her identity right now - as a single mom of 2, a mom raising black son, a woman with multiple professional tracks in her career, and a daughter caretaking a parent Her book, MOM AF, what makes it relatable to in ways that RH and Sheryl Sandberg, “I'm not going to tell you to wash your face or lean in” The truth about healthcare for Black women vs white women and her own personal experience of discrimination after giving birth to her son How systemic racism contributes to higher COVID rates among Black people and Black families What we can do on societal, employment, government levels to support Black maternal health and mental health Why she's calling BS on traditional self care and the real truth about the notion of self care Why “work life balance” isn't real - and what is real about how moms manage time How to relate to people in underrepresented groups - and find things in common in order to build relationships and bridges   Links mentioned: Join my free business training on November 18th Connect with Christine Christine on Twitter and IG: @cmichelcarter Christine on Facebook and LinkedIn: @Christine Michel Carter Book: Can Mommy Go To Work Book: MOM AF Thank you to our sponsor: MamaZen: Go to your app store or Google Play and download MamaZen today. Use PROMO CODE: shameless for a FREE TRIAL so you can try MamaZen for yourself.

In this week's episode I sat down with the inspiring Amy White, founder of the Healthy You™ program. Amy is a board certified holistic nutritionist and wellness coach who encourages clients to reconnect with their body to feel confident like they once have. However, it wasn't an easy path. In this episode, Amy goes into detail about the time where she felt hopeless, and how this set off a catalyst for her going back to get her Master's in nutrition. Amy pushes people to understand that their best years are not behind them and to recognize their power.    In this episode, Amy and I discuss: A period of her life feeling down and hopeless in her late 30s when she realized she'd lost herself somewhere between marriage and being the mom of pre-teens.  We get into what this was like for her, how she found her way back to exercise and fell in love with strength & conditioning at 50. How to reach your goals through commitment instead of attachment What it means to connect to your own body How to believe your best years are NOT behind you   Connect with Amy Here: Amy White - Masters of Science Holistic Nutrition (MSHN), Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist (BCHN), Certified FunctionMasters Degree Nutrition (MSN), Board Cert Nutrition & Lifestyle Practitioner (FNLP) Email: amy@thesimplicityofwellness.com Website: https://www.thesimplicityofwellness.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesimplicityofwellness/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthandyourhappyweight   Refresh Your Morning Routine with us in August! Join anytime during the month of August to create new morning rituals to align your morning to feel the best throughout the day!   Learn More Here: https://thewarriorevolution.com/morningroutine   Connect with Christine: Christine's IG:  https://www.instagram.com/christine.coen/ Wake Up Your Warrior IG: https://www.instagram.com/wakeupyourwarrior Can you think of 1 person who would find this episode helpful?  Please share it with them, you never know how the smallest action can impact someone. Thanks so much for listening to this episode! Have an idea or want to be a guest on this podcast?  Email me: wakeupyourwarriorpodcast@gmail.com  

Have you ever thought about starting your own podcast? Having a successful podcast can be amazing for your business, but producing it means hundreds of hours of work, unyielding consistency, and having a loyal listenership. Trust me, I know.   Christine McAlister, my guest this week on The Sigrun Show, has a different approach. She helps high-achieving coaches create more impact and income and attract their next clients — not by starting their own podcast, but by being amazing podcast guests.  She generated over 6 figures as a podcast guest, and has been recognized as the best in the world at podcast guesting by 7-figure founders like John Lee Dumas and Dana Wilde. She has been featured on over 100 podcasts, including twice on Entrepreneurs on Fire.  In this episode of The Sigrun Show, we talk about why you should NOT start your own podcast, and Christine shares her best tips on how you can be an unforgettable podcast guest.  In this Episode of The Sigrun Show: The tragedy that turned Christine's life upside down and how it affected her (3:37) How it really feels to step into your zone of genius and niche down (10:10)  Why you should NOT start your own podcast (12:20)  How to be an amazing, unforgettable podcast guest (20:40) How Christine set up her business and teaches her clients (32:12) Christine's free podcast guest check-list (34:27) How to Be an Amazing Podcast Guest Having your own podcast can be amazing for your business, but a lot of work and time goes into producing a successful show.  In my recent chat with Christine McAlister, she pointed out that when you focus on being a guest on someone else's podcast, you have the privilege of speaking to an existing, warm audience instead of having to create that audience first yourself. Christine has been featured on over 100 podcasts, and has been recognized as the best in the world at podcast guesting by 7-figure founders like John Lee Dumas and Dana Wildeand. She regards a podcast interview as creating a relationship rather than a transaction, and I couldn't agree more.  Christine ended up turning her passion for interviewing and being interviewed into a business, helping high-achieving coaches create more impact and income and attract their next clients by being amazing podcast guests. She shared her best tips with me, and here, I'm sharing them with you:  Don't choose a podcast just because you want to get in front of the host's audience. Choose it because you actually want to be friends with the host and get to know him or her. The host should ideally be someone you would want to spend time with, who talks to the kind of people you would like to hang out with, and who has a similar energy and approach. Make sure you like them as a person.  Check out the podcast and the host and do some research. Are they accepting guests? Are they still producing shows?  Listen to at least one episode and get a feel for the vibe of the podcast and the host. Find things that you have in common.  When you decide to pitch a show, don't just copy and paste your pitch, but personalise it. Be human and authentic, and most of all, let the host know how you can serve their audience.  If you really put an effort into your pitch, the host will feel it and will be excited to talk to you. You get to have a real, engaging conversation, which will draw in the audience and make you more attractive to them. Keep in mind that the relationship you're creating could also open doors in the future.  What is your experience as a podcast guest? I'd love to hear your thoughts! You can connect with me on Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn. Connect with Christine Christine's free podcast guesting checklist Christine on Instagram Christine on Facebook www.lifewithpassion.com Speaking about podcasting… ...reviews are what keep The Sigrun Show going and growing. They allow us to keep creating free quality content on a regular basis and invite high-profile guests.  A minute's work on your end is enough to show me and my team that you support the hard work that goes into producing each episode. So if you have a minute, go here to find out how you can leave a review for The Sigrun Show on Apple Podcasts and receive a thank you gift from us.

It's all Greek to Christine - Christine gets classical and outlines the life and tragic/funny death of Greek playwright Aeschylus. Plus we have new books to review. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

In this special episode of The Creative and Ambitious Entrepreneur Podcast, we are excited to have one of our top student success stories, Christine Factora, joining us! When she first started on Zazzle, she only made $130 in two years. After she invested in our training, Christine’s sales increased dramatically. In 2020 (during the pandemic!), she sold over 1 million dollars-worth of Zazzle products! We are incredibly proud of Christine and excited that she is joining us to tell her story today.    Here are the key points of our interview that you will want to hear: How she tried to make Zazzle work on her own What difference it made when she got our help to grow her Zazzle business Christine’s feelings about owning her own business How Christine balanced her full-time job and Zazzle business What freedoms her Zazzle business has given Christine Christine’s success was possible because she wasn’t afraid to ask for help and invest in herself and growing her business. Asking for assistance can feel scary, but Christine has a great attitude about it. She says, “Just ask the question!”  There’s nothing wrong with needing some guidance. It truly can make all the difference!  Like a 1 million dollar in sales difference! To hear all of Christine’s story and learn how to sell 1 million dollars-worth of Zazzle products in one year, listen to episode 38 of The Creative and Ambitious Entrepreneur Podcast.  If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag us! @msjenclarke and @elkeclarke Love it? Subscribe, rate, and review the podcast. We would love to hear your key takeaways. Share them with us! CONNECT WITH JEN & ELKE: Official Website Jen’s Instagram Elke’s Instagram Creative and Ambitious Entrepreneur Facebook Community The Profit by Design Academy™   Join our upcoming 5 Day Scale Your Zazzle Business Challenge from April 12-18th!    EPISODE RESOURCES: The Profit by Design Academy™ Bootcamp

Before we get into the episode, we wanted to update you all on our February community fundraiser for The Loveland Foundation. Our original goal was $750 as a community and we raised $1,350! We will be announcing the UST gear giveaway later this week on our Instagram. Stay tuned! Trigger Warning: We discuss sexual assault and blacking out in this episode. In this episode, we discuss: Why she's called ‘Lady Unicorn' Her definition of sobriety and perspective on addiction versus abuse Moving around a lot as a kid and the effect is had How she came to be fiercely independent The experience of being bullied in high school and the impact that had on her life How her drinking escalated over a few years Coming to terms with her experiences with sexual assault and how that's shown up in her life How drinking since she quit drinking at large is now triggering for her How she stumbled upon the Appalachian Trail through a blog and how she subsequently stepped on it not long after How her mom's death pushed her to try to figure out a better way to live for herself Why she decided to write a book and what was the catalyst for the title and content Reconciling being alone and relationships with other people Resources mentioned: Christine's Book: Alone In Wonderland Catch up with Christine: Christine's Instagram Thank you, as always, for listening to this episode. Please free free to follow along on the show's Instagram, our private Facebook group, or wherever you'd like.

This week we are joined by one of my favourite people- Christine, a Personal trainer, Doctorate student, and Instagram influencer who brings such a artistic approach to fitness and wellness. we discuss our evolution of fitness and relationship between mind and body. Christine: @Christine.prz Bas: @beeforeal Call Me Crazy: @callmecrazypod

In which our hero runs through the town, upstairs, downstairs in his night gown, looking through the windows, crying through the locks.

Today I share a conversation about the soul journey of menopause with the remarkable Dr. Christine Downing. Christine is a powerhouse in the academic fields of mythology and religion, but also she’s a powerhouse in life! She was a beloved professor of mine during grad school and served as the chair of my dissertation committee. Dr. Downing is 88-years-old and full of vitality, wisdom, and perspective about all phases women traverse in a lifetime. In this episode, Christine and I discuss: Mythology & the menopausal transition Why it’s important for men to understand menopause The value of taking trips at the brink of life changes When to acknowledge the finality of things Recognizing your limits The importance of mourning Female friendships as medicine How there’s always a way in which we’re not quite ready for change “It’s scary to let go of who you’ve been. To feel like you didn’t choose to be where you are. ” - Christine Downing More about Christine: Christine is a core faculty member in the Mythological Studies Department at Pacifica University. She has made extensive scholarly contributions to the fields of Religious Studies, Mythology, and Gender Studies. She is Professor Emeritus in Religious Studies from San Diego State University where she taught for almost twenty years. In 1974, Dr. Downing became the president of the American Academy of Religion, making her the first woman to do so. She has also taught concurrently at the San Diego campus of the California School of Professional Psychology, and at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. She lectures frequently to Jungian groups both here and abroad. Christine Downing has forged a career in the academy and in the evolution of feminist thought through the unique blending of rigorous scholarly work with the personal voice of biographical writing and self reflection. Dr. Downing is the author of numerous scholarly essays and important books in the field such as: The Goddess: Mythological Images of the Feminine Gods in Our Midst: Mythological Images of the Masculine – A Woman’s View Long Journey Home: Re-visioning the Myth of Demeter and Persephone for Our Time Myths & Mysteries of Same-Sex Love Psyche’s Sisters Women’s Mysteries

On today’s episode, I am talking with Christine Blubaugh. Christine is a magical message maker, copywriter, and funnels and website expert. We are talking about empowering coaches. We discuss how you get seen, known as an expert, and hired. We also discuss how to nail down your key message and get comfortable with sharing your message. When you nail down your message and know your ideal client, the words will come.   In Today’s Episode: [02:45] Christine is a copywriter. She started an online business as a health coach and then in 2016 she switched her business to copywriting to better utilize her skills.   [03:19] Christine’s approach is to really help her clients build connections with their audience through their messaging, so when it comes to selling it kind of takes care of itself.   [05:57] The reason why you are trying all the things and it isn’t working is because they are teaching you tactics. They can be effective, but in order to be helpful and effective, they have to be based on your message.   [06:26] If you don’t have the foundational pieces put together and completely solidified all those strategies and tactics will fall flat.   [06:58] Your niche is the problem that you solve and the person that you solve that problem for.  [08:05] What is my ideal client intentionally searching for on Google, YouTube, and Pinterest? [08:32] Once you have an understanding of their main problem and who you solve that problem for, the next step is to really think about that person you are solving that problem for.  [10:14] Understanding your ideal client avatar is the first step to creating a super solid and clear message.  [11:55] If we had a hidden camera following your ideal client around for a day, what would we see?  [13:34] Get really specific and know all the details of your ideal client.  [14:32] The second thing is that you need to be really clear on what it is you are actually selling.  What is your offer, program, or service and how does it solve the problem for them?    [15:15] If they are stuck on struggle island and you want to get them to the tropical paradise, your offer is the bridge that is going to get them across there.   [18:31] Webinars, Facebook ads, and social media are like the walls, shingles, and decorations of your house, but you are not going to put any of that up until you have laid the foundation.      [20:23] The real clarity comes once you start sharing your message and getting feedback and then making adjustments.   [21:40] Perfection isn’t a thing and improvement comes from the sharing.   [23:19] At every level, people need help clarifying their message. You are always refining your message.  [24:47] The third part is your story. How did you come to do the work you do? Why does it matter to you and why are you passionate about helping people?  [25:31] It is not your entire story. It is your process including your before and after stories.   [26:01] Be clear on your why, the steps you took to get where you are, and be willing to share that openly.  [30:39] Test your message. Share your message and see what people respond to.   [33:59] Just because people are asking you about a certain thing doesn’t mean you should make your whole business about it.   [34:34] Figure out what the hot button topics are for your people and then talk about your opinions and ideas related to those topics.   [35:23] It is not as difficult as we make it.  Connect with Christine: Christine’s Website Christine on Instagram Christine on Pinterest Resources: Go to https://rachelafeldman.com/events for the new challenge. Go to https://rachelafeldman.com and read through my mini-courses. Make sure to go to my  Facebook to get notified when I’m going live. Don’t forget to tag me on Instagram at @RachelAFeldman and let me know what your favorite part of the episode was. 

On today’s episode, I am talking with Christine Blubaugh. Christine is a magical message maker, copywriter, and funnels and website expert. We are talking about empowering coaches. We discuss how you get seen, known as an expert, and hired. We also discuss how to nail down your key message and get comfortable with sharing your message. When you nail down your message and know your ideal client, the words will come.   In Today’s Episode: [02:45] Christine is a copywriter. She started an online business as a health coach and then in 2016 she switched her business to copywriting to better utilize her skills.   [03:19] Christine’s approach is to really help her clients build connections with their audience through their messaging, so when it comes to selling it kind of takes care of itself.   [05:57] The reason why you are trying all the things and it isn’t working is because they are teaching you tactics. They can be effective, but in order to be helpful and effective, they have to be based on your message.   [06:26] If you don’t have the foundational pieces put together and completely solidified all those strategies and tactics will fall flat.   [06:58] Your niche is the problem that you solve and the person that you solve that problem for.  [08:05] What is my ideal client intentionally searching for on Google, YouTube, and Pinterest? [08:32] Once you have an understanding of their main problem and who you solve that problem for, the next step is to really think about that person you are solving that problem for.  [10:14] Understanding your ideal client avatar is the first step to creating a super solid and clear message.  [11:55] If we had a hidden camera following your ideal client around for a day, what would we see?  [13:34] Get really specific and know all the details of your ideal client.  [14:32] The second thing is that you need to be really clear on what it is you are actually selling.  What is your offer, program, or service and how does it solve the problem for them?    [15:15] If they are stuck on struggle island and you want to get them to the tropical paradise, your offer is the bridge that is going to get them across there.   [18:31] Webinars, Facebook ads, and social media are like the walls, shingles, and decorations of your house, but you are not going to put any of that up until you have laid the foundation.      [20:23] The real clarity comes once you start sharing your message and getting feedback and then making adjustments.   [21:40] Perfection isn’t a thing and improvement comes from the sharing.   [23:19] At every level, people need help clarifying their message. You are always refining your message.  [24:47] The third part is your story. How did you come to do the work you do? Why does it matter to you and why are you passionate about helping people?  [25:31] It is not your entire story. It is your process including your before and after stories.   [26:01] Be clear on your why, the steps you took to get where you are, and be willing to share that openly.  [30:39] Test your message. Share your message and see what people respond to.   [33:59] Just because people are asking you about a certain thing doesn’t mean you should make your whole business about it.   [34:34] Figure out what the hot button topics are for your people and then talk about your opinions and ideas related to those topics.   [35:23] It is not as difficult as we make it.  Connect with Christine: Christine’s Website Christine on Instagram Christine on Pinterest Resources: Go to https://rachelafeldman.com/events for the new challenge. Go to https://rachelafeldman.com and read through my mini-courses. Make sure to go to my  Facebook to get notified when I’m going live. Don’t forget to tag me on Instagram at @RachelAFeldman and let me know what your favorite part of the episode was. 

“When you are drinking the cacao & you're sitting with it, what it feels like this budding open. This blossoming open. Your heart feels like its flowering open. And you can literally feel your body opening up to the cacao, sometimes feel tingles & sensations in your hands & in your feet.” - Christine Olivia Hernandez Christine Olivia Hernandez is an author, cacao ceremonialist, first time screen writer, and director. Her screen play is an adapted version of her published book, "A Child of Magic," a fiction based on her own journey of remembering and a reminder to tap into the inner child, truth, and magic. She enjoys creating, expressing, and helping others through storytelling and cacao ceremonies. Christine's Guatemalan ancestors have deeply connected her to the gentle plant medicine cacao. In ceremonial settings she serves the sacred “Gift of gods” and guides her clients back to their hearts with love. In this episode, you'll hear: Christine's ancestral connection to plant medicine cacao Purpose, benefits, healing, & transformation of ceremonial cacao How to host a sacred & intentional cacao ceremony Tending to our inner child with self care & love Feeling into the childlike magic & mystical beings all around us Beautiful ways to connect with & feel our ancestors Christine's Offerings: The HeArt Of Cacao Online Program FREE Inner Child Meditation Christine's Awaken My Soul Book & Resource Soulection: A Child Of Magic by Christine Olivia Gargas Cacao Source Keith's Cacao SuperSoul Conversations with Oprah The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer Books by Marianne Williamson Connect With Our Guest, Christine: Christine's Instagram: instagram.com/christineolivia_ Christine's Website: iamchristineolivia.com Connected With Me: Melissa's IG: instagram.com/melissa_mcewen Melissa's Website: awakenmysoulcoaching.com Loved this episode? Leave us a review on iTunes!

A masterly mix of romance, drama, mystery, suspense, love and jealousy, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux will haunt you long after you've turned the last page. Today the world knows it by Andrew Lloyd-Webber's long running musical on stage and its 2004 film adaptation, and earlier from Lon Chaney's screen portrayal of the dark intruder who roams the Paris Opera House. However, Gaston Leroux's novel was first released as a serial in the French magazine, La Gaulois over four months in 1909-10. Gaston Leroux, himself led an extremely colorful life. Born into an immensely wealthy family, he had to abandon his early dreams of becoming a writer and began studying law. As a student, he inherited millions of francs on the death of his father and embarked on a debauched life which culminated in bankruptcy. Leroux then went to work as a journalist. He covered crime and theater and traveled extensively. He was almost forty when he took up writing as a full time profession. Detective fiction, plays, novels and tales of mystery were his forte. The Phantom of the Opera was translated from the original French by Alexander de Mattos. A tale of fatal obsession, it owes its inspiration to classic fairytales like The Beauty and The Beast, where physical ugliness leads a person to seek anonymity. Erik is a young man, tormented by his physical deformity. He runs away from home as a child and hides his hideous visage in the vast cellars of the Paris Opera House. As he grows, so does his knowledge of music. He falls in love with a young singer, Christine Daae, whom he lures into his lair with his angelic singing. This fatal attraction takes a tragic turn as Christine and her fiancé Raoul are caught in a web of horror and deceit. As a classic Gothic novel, The Phantom of the Opera is matchless in the atmosphere of mystery and evil that it evokes. However, it is also a story of human tragedy and the cruelty we practice on those who look different. The novel is structured in a very interesting way—it's in the form of bits of information available from journal entries, police reports, interviews alternating with first person accounts. A great read for music lovers, mystery fans and Gothic romance enthusiasts!

In this episode, Devi chats with Christine Hassler about Overcoming Expectation Hangovers and Millennial Marketing. Christine Hassler is the best-selling author of three books, most recently Expectation Hangover: Free Yourself From Your Past, Change your Present and Get What You Really Want.  Devi and Christine discuss: What is an Expectation Hangover The benefits of having an expectation hangover Avoiding the “Spiritual Bypass”  The importance of "releasing" vs. "recycling" our feelings Asking questions to make you curious and pull you out of your hangover Accepting "what is", learning from it, and living in a way that is self-honoring Being a student and a seeker The power and benefit of having a coach and getting support Spending less time in expectation hangovers and having them a lot less frequently The “wake up” call  Responding to the hardest moments in a way to move us forward instead of moving us back How Christine created her podcast Millennials (Ages early 20s to early 30s) and the new I Generation What makes Millineals show up as they do Generation X expectations of millennials How to work with Millennials Marketing to Millennials The Social Media platforms for Millennials The importance of video for reaching Millennials I Generation vs Millennials Generations repeating The Market sizing for each generation The evolution of consciousness Millennials The biggest mistakes that Christine sees people making in marketing to Millennials The importance of knowing which Millennials you are marketing to vs. marketing to a stereotype The importance of doing corporate research in marketing to Millennials The Spiritual Business Practices that Christine uses to create success The importance of having a great team and surveying your clients Hiring people who are different than you Leaving space in your vision and calendar for things to "come in" If it is not a “Hell Yes” it is a “Hell No” Feeling into where people are struggling and helping them to overcome it Staying in your zone of genius and delegating the rest Making yourself, your evolution and your healing a priority Being kind and gentle with yourself and more… More about Christine: Christine left her successful job as a Hollywood agent to pursue a life she could be passionate about. For over a decade, as a keynote speaker, retreat facilitator, spiritual psychologist and life coach, and host of the top-rated podcast “Over it and On With It”, she has been teaching and inspiring people around the world. Christine believes once we get out of our own way, we can show up to make the meaningful impact we are here to make. Connect with Christine on her website @ www.christinehassler.comInstagram: @ChristineHassler Facebook: @ChristineHassler Email assist@christinehassler.com to get on her waitlist for being coached on her podcast. or on her podcast Over and On with It

This week on the show: Gloves that are powerful, realms that are forgotten, and a Superior comic book. Plus, Matthew, Stephen, and Rodrigo discuss the age old tale of who would win in a fight, Christine or Herbie. NEWS Forgotten Realms gets ongoing series. LINK REVIEWS Stephen Danger Girl: Revolver #1 Writer: Andy Hartnell Artist: Chris Madden Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 For the first time ever, creators J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell introduce a new Danger Girl to the team! Who is she? What are her skills? Where is she from? What are her measurements? You’ll find those answers and more as she joins the world’s sexiest spy agency in their most explosive adventure yet! And not only that, but we also up the action and thrills by welcoming soon-to-be-superstar, artist Chris Madden to his first-ever Danger Girl epic! Consider yourself debriefed! [rating:3/5] Rodrigo Red Tails A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard. [rating:3.5/5] Matthew Superior #7 Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Leinil Yu Publisher: Marvel Cover Price $4.99 DOUBLE-SIZED FINALE to the best new comic in years as the first volume of Superior draws to a close and the creators promise is the best fight-scene they have ever achieved on the printed page. It's Superior versus Abraxas in the middle of New York and thousands of innocent people dying every time someone throws a punch. Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) has already snapped up the rights for this book meaning Millar has yet another movie franchise he can boast about. Buy this now while it's still cheap. Plus: An exclusive 6-page lettered preview of the new Supercrooks series by Mark Millar and Leinil Yu, launching in January. [rating:3.5/5] Rob calls in to review the latest issue of DC Comics' Supergirl. Major Spoilers Poll of the Week Everyone likes to argue about their favorite car, and car company. But what if the car had a mind of its own? What if Herbie, the Love Bug, and Christine found themselves in a parking lot after dark? Herbie the Love Bug Herbie is an anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, a character that is featured in several Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film The Love Bug. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is a serious contender in auto racing competitions. Christine
 Christine is a horror novel by Stephen King, published in 1983. It tells the story of a vintage automobile apparently possessed by supernatural forces. Later that same year, a film adaptation, directed by John Carpenter and starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, and Harry Dean Stanton, was released. [poll id="217”] LINK Discussion: Infinity Gauntlet It’s the Avengers, the New Warriors, the X-Men and more against the omnipotent Eternal, Thanos! The Mad Titan has become the most powerful being in the universe, and enslavement or destruction may be the only choices he gives it! The successive Starlin sagas that shook space and time start here! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

This week on the show: Gloves that are powerful, realms that are forgotten, and a Superior comic book. Plus, Matthew, Stephen, and Rodrigo discuss the age old tale of who would win in a fight, Christine or Herbie. NEWS Forgotten Realms gets ongoing series. LINK REVIEWS Stephen Danger Girl: Revolver #1 Writer: Andy Hartnell Artist: Chris Madden Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 For the first time ever, creators J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell introduce a new Danger Girl to the team! Who is she? What are her skills? Where is she from? What are her measurements? You’ll find those answers and more as she joins the world’s sexiest spy agency in their most explosive adventure yet! And not only that, but we also up the action and thrills by welcoming soon-to-be-superstar, artist Chris Madden to his first-ever Danger Girl epic! Consider yourself debriefed! [rating:3/5] Rodrigo Red Tails A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard. [rating:3.5/5] Matthew Superior #7 Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Leinil Yu Publisher: Marvel Cover Price $4.99 DOUBLE-SIZED FINALE to the best new comic in years as the first volume of Superior draws to a close and the creators promise is the best fight-scene they have ever achieved on the printed page. It's Superior versus Abraxas in the middle of New York and thousands of innocent people dying every time someone throws a punch. Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) has already snapped up the rights for this book meaning Millar has yet another movie franchise he can boast about. Buy this now while it's still cheap. Plus: An exclusive 6-page lettered preview of the new Supercrooks series by Mark Millar and Leinil Yu, launching in January. [rating:3.5/5] Rob calls in to review the latest issue of DC Comics' Supergirl. Major Spoilers Poll of the Week Everyone likes to argue about their favorite car, and car company. But what if the car had a mind of its own? What if Herbie, the Love Bug, and Christine found themselves in a parking lot after dark? Herbie the Love Bug Herbie is an anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, a character that is featured in several Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film The Love Bug. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is a serious contender in auto racing competitions. Christine
 Christine is a horror novel by Stephen King, published in 1983. It tells the story of a vintage automobile apparently possessed by supernatural forces. Later that same year, a film adaptation, directed by John Carpenter and starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, and Harry Dean Stanton, was released. [poll id="217”] LINK Discussion: Infinity Gauntlet It’s the Avengers, the New Warriors, the X-Men and more against the omnipotent Eternal, Thanos! The Mad Titan has become the most powerful being in the universe, and enslavement or destruction may be the only choices he gives it! The successive Starlin sagas that shook space and time start here! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

The song is not autobiographical. It is sung from the perspective of someone who -- unlike myself -- is perfectly pleased to have a governor who will not only care for his every need, but also make all of his everyday decisions for him. He doesn't have to think for himself, because Christine is his Everything. The song is exactly four minutes long, one minute for each year she will have been in office when she leaves.

"Christine, Christine, Christine" is a love song about Washington's Governor, Christine Gregoire. You can download the MP3 audio of the song here: http://tinyurl.com/3l3xqf The song is not autobiographical. It is sung from the perspective of someone who -- unlike myself -- is perfectly pleased to have a governor who will not only care for his every need, but also make all of his everyday decisions for him. He doesn't have to think for himself, because Christine is his Everything. The song is exactly four minutes long, one minute for each year she will have been in office when she leaves. Feel free to link to this song or video as you wish. If you wish to use the music for anything else, just ask me. Lyrics below, including footnotes for non-Washingtonians who may not understand the issues mentioned in the song. And if you want to help defeat Governor Gregoire, support Dino Rossi. http://www.dinorossi.com/ Chorus: Alone I can't do anything I don't know what I'll do Christine, you are my everything It's all up to you Christine, Christine, Christine Christine, I don't have much But what I have is yours You'll use it better than I would I'm totally assured You know me better than I do You know just what I need If it were left up to me I'd be Driven by pure greed Chorus I quit my job last week, Christine I know I'll be OK You'll keep me fed and clothed, my dear Drive all my fears away You buy me much more every year You've got the cash to spend Next year you'll run out But you can worry 'bout it then[1] Chorus I have no reason to doubt you I have no questions to ask What you tell me adds up nicely Because you taught me with New Math[2] Protect me from myself, Christine Don't let me drive a car Clog up the roads and force me To take trains to get too far[3] Don't let me gamble all I have Unless it's where you choose[4] Don't let me smoke[5] Don't let me not give your campaign my dues[6] Chorus Footnotes: [1] Governor Gregoire and the Democratic legislature have increased the state budget billions of dollars (33 percent) in only four years, asserting that all of this spending is for the citizens, and have left us -- the citizens -- with billions in deficits over the next couple of years that they have no plans to deal with, except to raise taxes (despite Gregoire's assurances earlier in her term that this is precisely what she wanted to avoid). [2] "New Math" emphasizes understanding concepts instead of the ability to actually solve math problems, and many schoolchildren never even learn basics like long division. [3] With Governor Gregoire in office, congestion has worsened in Washington, with no signs of significant improvement overall, while the Democrats have been steadily pushing mass transit that few people want and even fewer are willing to use. [4] Governor Gregoire has opposed expanding gambling to non-tribal businesses, and has supported restrictions on Internet gambling, but has supported expansion of gambling in tribal businesses. [5] Governor Gregoire and the Democrats have supported making smoking illegal in all public establishments. [6] Governor Gregoire and the Democrats removed the law -- just before the Supreme Court of the United States could uphold that law -- that forbade the teacher's union, the Washington Education Association, from taking nonmember dues and using them for partisan political purposes (almost exclusively in support of Democratic candidates and causes). In other words, Gregoire signed a law to the literal effect that all public schoolteachers in Washington are forced to contribute money to get her, and other Democrats, elected. (Out of over $56K spent by the WEA through April 2008, over $48K of that was for helping get Democrats elected (either to candidates, parties, or another PAC), while an additional $1680 went to Republicans and $1600 to a nonpartisan state superintendent candidate.)