Podcasts about coming surge

Corinna Cohn is a software developer living in Indiana who was among the very first teenagers to go on cross-sex hormones in adolescence, at the age of 15 in 1993. He was inducted into a cross-sex identity on the very first transsexual-interest Internet Relay Chat groups in the early 1990's and underwent vaginoplasty at the age of 19. After decades of attempting to live as a woman, he reached an acknowledgment that he insists every other person who undertakes the same quixotic endeavor will eventually acknowledge to be true: “Their sex is what they were born as. Everybody knows if you're born male, you're always male. If you're born female, you're always female. There's no disputing that.” Having made irrevocable choices with his body while too young to understand the lifelong consequences that would flow from it, Cohn continues to take estrogen to this day (tied as he is to the medical leash that all those who undergo transgender medical procedures invariably bind themselves), and prefers to be properly sexed, but will humor those who insist on using the cross-sex pronouns that correspond to the gender presentation that attends a lifetime of estrogen intake. He is an eloquent writer and speaker who has extracted all the wisdom there is to derive from the misadventure on the far end of human extremity on which he launched himself while still a callow, impetuous young man. He has watched with dismay as this misadventure has been normalized and marketed to children by the very authorities that should be protecting them from practices that will do them harm. He has devoted himself to ensuring that no child repeats the mistake he made — one that no child, in his considered judgment, can possibly be competent to make, particularly in the context of a pediatric clinical system that has abandoned all gatekeeping on principle. He has devoted himself to holding at bay the totalitarian overwriting of reality that would have to be executed to make the world safe for such damaged children — a project to which the ruling powers of the Western world have explicitly pledged themselves. We spoke for two and a half hours in July. —Wesley Yang Year Zero is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Excerpts: On the state of pediatric gender medicine under the affirmative care model “If you'd asked me four years ago, should children be allowed to transition? I would have said, “well, I think that there are some young people, not children, obviously, but young people — maybe 16, maybe even 14, who are so clear that they are so unhappy in their sexed body and have so much dysphoria and have so much dissonance with their bodies, that this might be the best thing for them. I would have said that a few years ago. I still believe that we might find that there are some diagnostic criteria that give us some confidence that somebody who's a 16 year old might have a better life experience starting this. But I don't believe that there's a single practicing gender clinician, or gender therapist or gender affirming social worker — I don't believe that there's a single person who's practicing right now…Let me let me put it that way. There might be people here and there. There is nobody who's part of a functioning system anywhere in the United States, where a young person can be exposed to this in a way that centers the needs of that young person. There's not a functioning system anywhere.” The Moral Obligation that the Affirmative Care Model ShirksWesley: Can we muster the authority to say, “No, this isn't good for you. And we're allowed to say that, and that's actually our duty.”Corinna: It is our duty. That is our duty! We owe others. We have social responsibilities. We owe others. And for these young people, we owe them protection and we owe them the truth. They deserve it.”What's Really at Stake It's so frustrating. It is so frustrating, because anybody who's an adult, ought to be able to understand how much agency a child's house. And they ought to be able to understand how much pressure — we used to understand this thing called “peer pressure.” We used to understand social pressure. We're just completely discounting that and going, “oh, they're autonomous, they have autonomy, they've got embodiment goals, they're tiny, little adults making these decisions, who are we to tell them what their identity should be?'“Like, you sons of bitches let these kids get medicine, get have hormones, have surgery that fucks up their bodies in ways that is going to make it…Here's the bottom line. For a lot of these young people, it is going to be very difficult for them to find loving, long term partners, because you have fucked up their bodies in ways that are going to complicate relationships. A lot of them are going to be able to do it. A lot of them are not. Chances are, they're going to be a lot worse than they would have been if you hadn't fucked with their bodies.And there's no way that you can take all of the success stories — because there will be out of the out of 10,000 or 100,000 kids that you're doing this to, of course, there's going to be some success stories. But you're gonna grab them and say, nevermind that behind the curtain these kids who've killed themselves, whose lives are devastated, who are lonely, who are by themselves, who feel like they're outcasts. Nevermind all of them. Look at look at these brilliant people.” On Giving Up on an Impossible Dream Corinna: “There used to be a festival called the women, Michigan Women's Music Festival. And I'd been invited to go to that. And I did some research and saw that it was women only. And I was okay with that. I was like, “All right, I don't want to create a stir. This is their rules. I want to abide by their rules.” But you know, now I need a pretext not to go. But when I was researching that, I learned that there were some feminists who really, really hated trans people. I think there are some who do.I wanted to learn a little bit more about that point of view, because I was like, “there are so many things that we have in common as people who are marginalized by men. Like, why are we enemies?” So I started researching that, and I had more conversations with feminists. And one of them challenged me and said, basically, she said, “Why do you believe that you are an exceptional member of class woman instead of an exceptional member of class, man?” And I was like, “I don't have an answer. Like, how dare you? Let me think about that, though. And I did. I thought about that a lot. And I was like, I am a male.”Wesley: “So a TERF made a rational argument and persuaded you…”Corinna: “That's your language. I will never call her a turf. I have a ton of admiration for her.”Wesley: Okay. A feminist who does not recognize the claims of transgenderism made a rational argument, stumped you, and persuaded you that “yeah, I'm a man.” Rational argument is not usually the way these things are settled. Corinna: She invited me to make my irrational argument. And I was like, “I can't. This is fundamentally irrational. And I found myself in this cul-de-sac. And I was like, I have to turn around and leave here.”On the Coming Surge of DetransitionHere's what the trans people don't realize, and they ought to. The signs of this are so clear that it's shocking to me that they don't understand. I've understood this for a long time. I had no idea who Chloe Cole was. But I knew that a Chloe Cole was coming. The young woman who filed this newest lawsuit, I don't remember her name, but I didn't know who she was. But I knew that she was coming. In every single state where there's a gender clinic, there's going to be another Chloe Cole. Every single state that there's a gender clinic, there's going to be another Chloe Cole. It's going to be a riot. And when you've got 50, or 150, or 350, or 500 litigants…trying all of these different theories to try to make these poor kids whole again…one of them is going to crack. And then it's going to be over. It is going to be completely over. That's inevitable. But just because it's inevitable doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to run ahead of that, and still prevent more victims in the future.On the Inherently Totalitarian Character of the Demands Issuing from the Transgender MovementWhen I participate in this, when I fight against it, do you see why say it's not a choice for me? I cannot imagine a world where I do not try to prevent what you're talking about from happening to all of us. It's not only about protecting the kids. Sure, that's a very important part of it. This sort of totalitarian, absolute disparagement of our rights and our liberties, that must happen — these infringements must happen for the genderists to win. They're never going to succeed, it's never going to happen, we can see this with all the boycotts that are starting to appear. But for them to get to the future that they want, this is on their critical path. These infringements must happen for them to get them to their success state. And we cannot allow that to happen.Thank you for reading Year Zero. This post is public so feel free to share it.On Affirming ParentsCorinna: “For every parent who is transitioning their child, here's the future: your kid is going to get into their 20s and 30s. somewhere in this range. Even the ones who are failing to launch are going to figure out how to actually get their shit together at some point. Every one of these kids is going to start to ruminate. “How did this happen to me?” None of them are going to say, “Why did I do this to myself?” Because they didn't have agency. They didn't know. It doesn't matter if they said, “Oh, I really, really, really want to be a girl, mommy.” They don't know. They've got no idea. They're not even going to remember that. Right? They're not going to know that.” “They're going to start thinking — “How did this happen to me?” And they're going to get to know kids. They're going to get to know children. Newborn babies. They're going to be involved with the lives of these children. They're going to watch them grow up and become thinking human beings. They're going to even watch them become adults. And they're going to know what innocence looks like. And they're going to start to remember that their innocence was absolutely destroyed. And they're going to want to know why. And they will know at the time — I'm telling, I'm telling you now that the reason that this happens is largely because of the sexual interests of men like Rachel Levine, Admiral Levine, and other men who have continual fantasies that they wanted to be little girls”So you have you have sent these children to satisfy the fantasies of these men. These children when they become adults are going to realize that this is why their innocence was destroyed: to make these fantasies come true. And the first people who will get the blame for this will be their parents. That is the future. That is the future.Wesley: So I don't remember his name, bu he's like, “I'm 28 Look at me. I'm puberty blocked…”Corinna. That was Seth. Wesley: That was so powerful. And you're saying like, that's gonna happen to all these fucking parents?"Corinna: Yes. It will not matter to these adult children… Wesley: …that they begged and demanded and connived in order to get this is…Corinna: I'm not even talking about that part. It won't matter to these kids that their parents' calculus was they want zero of one child to commit suicide. They don't care about one in 20,000. They want zero of one to commit suicide. They won't care about their parents' concerns. A lot of them aren't going to be able to have their own kids and so they're never going to even learn how to think like a parent. They're always going to think like a child. They're not going to appreciate what their parents were up against — being lied to by the government. Being lied to by their president being lied to by their doctors. They're going to think “my parents ruined me.” For what? Why did my parents did my parents do this to meSo parents: that's what you have to look forward to.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wesleyyang.substack.com/subscribe

Ep 306: Empowering and Prioritizing Women Back to the Body™ for Pleasure, Arousal, Wellness, & Orgasms with Pamela Madsen.  Pamela Madsen, a Somatic Wellness Educator, with a Master's degree in Education, has worked with hundreds of women and couples on their own personal journey back into their bodies. Pamela founded Back to the Body, Inc and The Back To The Body Method™, now in its twelfth year. A pioneer in fertility and sex advocacy, she also was the Founder and first Executive Director of The American Fertility Association. Pamela is a veteran speaker, educator, and has been a blogger. She is the author of Shameless: How I Ditched The Diet, Got Naked, Found True Pleasure and Still Got Home In Time To Cook Dinner (Rodale, January 2011), and was featured in Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Sexual Health and Wellness by Rachel Braun Scherl. Pamela has been called a “vagipreneur”. She is a fearless advocate for women's health and integrated sexuality who leverages her raw honesty and well-informed wit to help strip the stigma from women's wellness, female desire and pleasure, body image, and infertility.Website: https://backtothebody.org/Study results about Back to the Body:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14681994.2023.2209516Shameless book (affiliate link where podcast may receive a small advertising monetary earning with sales at no added cost to buyers) https://amzn.to/3YjH5D7We chatted about sexological bodywork, and the need for women to learn about arousal, desire, and their bodies.  She introduced the idea coined by her author friend where there are "Dragons" at the door for women to deal with in trying to discover their sexuality and explore/succeed in life. She finds women who are in their 40s, 50s, & 60s... professional women both hetero and bisexual women... are exploring and expanding their sexuality, taking their sexuality by the reigns and finally paying attention to themselves... they want it all! And newsflash... "Eroticism doesn't age."She explained how nice it is for women to experiment with a female practitioner in a safe space, how women should stop asking for permission to be who they are and tend to their own needs and wants, and ask for support from their partner instead. Take charge!She strives to help women connect with all parts of themselves, thrive in community with other women, and encourages them to play and explore.  Ruan:Ruan on Sapphire's Earplay podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sapphires-earplay/id425291233?i=1000622805333Neighborhood Sex Secrets: affiliate linksBuy links:https://books2read.com/u/3R5MZjhttps://amzn.to/3CVxzw8Ruan's books and audiobooks; https://books.ruanwillowauthor.com/ Support the showSign up for Ruan's newsletters: https://subscribepage.io/ruanwillowhttps://linktr.ee/RuanWillowRuan is a Manscaped Ambassador get 20% OFF+Free Shipping with promo code RUANWILLOW20 at https://www.manscaped.com/ Ruan is a Kiirro Toys Ambassador get 10% OFF with code RUANWILLOW10 at https://www.kiiroo.com/Copyright 2021-2023 Pink Infinity Publishing LLC

Home prices in the US peaked a year ago in June. Since then, transactions have noticeably cooled as mortgage rates have skyrocketed. And while prices have declined in a number of markets nationwide, the correction so far has been quite mild. Are the housing bears wrong? Or are things going to get notably worse from here? For an update on the state of the US housing market, housing analyst Nick Gerli, founder of Reventure Consulting, returns to share his latest outlook with us -- complemented by a number of his excellent charts. ************************************************* At Wealthion, we show you how to protect and build your wealth by learning from the world's top experts on finance and money. Each week we add new videos that provide you with access to the foremost specialists in investing, economics, the stock market, real estate and personal finance. We offer exceptional interviews and explainer videos that dive deep into the trends driving today's markets, the economy, and your own net worth. We give you strategies for financial security, practical answers to questions like “how to grow my investments?”, and effective solutions for wealth building tailored to 'regular' investors just like you. There's no doubt that it's a very challenging time right now for the average investor. Above and beyond the recent economic impacts of COVID, the new era of record low interest rates, runaway US debt and US deficits, and trillions of dollars in monetary and fiscal stimulus stimulus has changed the rules of investing by dangerously distorting the Dow index, the S&P 500, and nearly all other asset prices. Can prices keep rising, or is there a painful reckoning ahead? Let us help you prepare your portfolio just in case the future brings one or more of the following: inflation, deflation, a bull market, a bear market, a market correction, a stock market crash, a real estate bubble, a real estate crash, an economic boom, a recession, a depression, or another global financial crisis. Put the wisdom from the money & markets experts we feature on Wealthion into action by scheduling a free consultation with Wealthion's endorsed financial advisors, who will work with you to determine the right next steps for you to take in building your wealth. SCHEDULE YOUR FREE WEALTH CONSULTATION with Wealthion's endorsed financial advisors here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.wealthion.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKMeK-HGHfUFFArZ91rzv5A?sub_confirmation=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Adam on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/menlobear⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Wealthion-109680281218040⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ #homeprices #housingmarket #housingmarketcrash ************************************************* IMPORTANT NOTE: The information and opinions offered in this video by Wealthion or its interview guests are for educational purposes ONLY and should NOT be construed as personal financial advice. We strongly recommend that any potential decisions and actions you may take in your investment portfolio be conducted under the guidance and supervision of a quality professional financial advisor in good standing with the securities industry. When it comes to investing, past performance is no guarantee of future results. Any historical returns, expected returns, or probability projections may not reflect actual future performance. All investments involve risk and may result in partial or total loss.

In today's episode, Pamela Madsen shares her courageous journey of continually facing her dragons, from leaving her career in the infertility field (and dealing with the dragon of infertility in her own life) to becoming a sexologist and walking women through deep transformation around their bodies, arousal & intimacy. Get ready for this full permission slip as Pamela brings the heat on all things midlife pleasure and the discovery of the full erotic self. We dive into: “The dragons at the gate” - continually moving into deeper transformation in our lives Pamela's experience with infertility and as a pioneer in the field Finding Disney princess love with her husband & her curiosity around consensual non-monogamy before it was a “thing” Pamela's secret email account & her erotic masseuse How to expand our pleasure experience with a deeper understanding of arousal, orgasmic energy & climax And more   Pamela Madsen, a Somatic Wellness Educator, with a Master's degree in Education, has worked with hundreds of women and couples on their own personal journey back into their bodies. Pamela founded Back to the Body, Inc and The Back To The Body Method™, now in its twelfth year. A pioneer in fertility and sex advocacy, she also was the Founder and first Executive Director of The American Fertility Association. Pamela is the author of Shameless: How I Ditched The Diet, Got Naked, Found True Pleasure and Still Got Home In Time To Cook Dinner (Rodale, January 2011), and was featured in Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Sexual Health and Wellness by Rachel Braun Scherl. She's been called a “vagipreneur”, and has appeared on Sex with Emily, Oprah, O Magazine (twice!), Cosmopolitan, Women's Health, Buzzfeed, 60 Minutes, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, and more. She is a fearless advocate for women's health and integrated sexuality who leverages her raw honesty and well-informed wit to help strip the stigma from women's wellness, female desire and pleasure, body image, and infertility.   Connect with Pamela here: Website: https://backtothebody.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BacktotheBody/ & https://www.facebook.com/pamelalmadsen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backtothebodyorg/ & https://www.instagram.com/ThePamelaMadsen/ Connect with me and let's go deeper: Website: https://www.pohongyu.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/pohong.yu/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/pohong.yu/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pohongyu/

Self-made "Vagipreneur" Rachel Braun Scherl has devoted her life to advocating for female health. Throughout her career she's won several business awards: SmartCEO's BRAVA Awards honoring top female CEOs, Ttop 25 Entrepreneur in New Jersey, Best Fifty Women in Business by NJBiz as week as  JWI's “10 Women to Watch” in 2016. Rachel also serves as a mentor to students in an effort to build greater female health companies. Her book "Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Sexual Health and Wellness," discusses her experience with pharmaceutical organizations when fighting for sexual wellness. You can learn more about Rachel by visiting her website.  Follow Rachel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RBScherl The Big Time Talker is sponsored by Speakermatch.com.  

In this hour: - Paul Valone, President of Grass Roots North Carolina, addresses the issues with phony state gun rights groups - "Rules for Anti-Radicals" book for gun rights activists is a manual for how to win. - Tom predicts an increase in ammo prices. Tom Gresham's Gun Talk 04.24.22 Hour 1

This week we are joined by Rachel Braun Scherl to discuss "How to become an Orgasmic Leader". Rachel focuses on driving growth for companies in the space from menopause through menstruation. She has completed hundreds of strategic growth projects for leading consumer and pharmaceutical companies and venture-backed start-ups. Rachel sits on Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards for companies in sexual and reproductive health. She also serves as Chief Development Officer for Pulse, a company that is transforming personal care. Rachel has authored many articles and a best-selling book, Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Sexual Health and Wellness. In 2021, she co-launched a podcast, Business of the V, focusing on the intersection of unmet needs in women's health AND the businesses being created to respond to them. She is a frequent speaker at universities, colleges and industry conferences. Please visit our website to learn more https://indiebooksintl.com Marketing With A Book Podcast Episode 57 Recorded 2/22/2022

We discussed a number of things including: 1. New product development in the female healthcare space 2. Innovation at large and small healthcare companies 3. Current state of funding and support for healthtech startups and female founders 4. The road to inventing and launching a new product for women Rachel is a champion for women's health and a pioneer in the space, where she has passionately focused on driving the conversation on the business of women's sexual and reproductive health. Rachel works on women's businesses “from the tops of their heads to the tips of their toes.” As head of SPARK Solutions for Growth, a strategic and marketing consultancy, she has built an international client list that includes J&J, Allergan, Pfizer, Merck, Bayer and Church & Dwight, as well as venture-backed start-ups. While leading Semprae Laboratories, Rachel and her team built a company that developed and marketed sexual health and wellness products for women - creating a new category and transforming women's health. Semprae attracted significant media attention and industry interest and was sold to Innovus Pharmaceuticals in 2013. As a business builder and Vagipreneur®, she brings deep knowledge of menstruation, fertility, sexual disease prevention, birth control, pregnancy, menopause and incontinence to help brands and businesses grow. She has a best-selling book: Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Health and Wellness. ______ Dan is the CEO of Deliberate Innovation, a corporate innovation advisory and facilitation firm that works with highly regulated companies across the Fortune 500. Dan is also Co-Founder of Afterclean Inc., a women's health, medical device start-up business that was founded in 2019 along with Dr. Michael Ingber. Dan is also the former Head of Pfizer's World Wide Innovation group where he architected and led the Dare to Try program, one of the Fortune 100's leading corporate innovation programs. Dan is a keynote speaker and author in the field of corporate innovation and a contributing writer for several journals. He is a trained moderator, creative problem solving (CPS) facilitator, Design Thinking (DT) coach and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). And when he is not working, Dan is a wrestling and soccer coach.

An API bug may have exposed credit ratings. A study offers advice for the new anti-ransomware task forces emerging in the US and elsewhere. Israelis warned to keep their cyber-guard up on Quds Day next week. Russia says it would spot any US cyberattack before it hit. The US Congress considers establishing surge cyber response capacity. Dinah Davis from Arctic Wolf has tips on preventing RDP attacks. Rick Howard speaks with Rehan Jalil from Securiti on GDPR. NSA offers advice for security OT networks.  For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/10/82

In this episode we talk about: How the term Vagipreneur came about and how it became Rachel's titleWhy is talking about sex so taboo, especially for women and are we on the right track in overcoming the stigmaDifferent holistic approaches taken on women's healthThe difference between femtech and sextech and their importanceAdvice for women over 40 with low libido or reproductive health in later yearsRachel's new book "Orgasmic Leadership: Profiling from the Coming Surge in Women's Sexual Health and Wellness" and what women can expect to get out of the bookRachel's new podcast: Business of the VBio: Rachel Braun Scherl is a champion for women's sexual reproductive health and a pioneer in the space. As Managing Partner and Co-Founder of SPARK Solutions for Growth, a strategic and marketing consultancy, Rachel has built an international client list that includes Johnson & Johnson, Allergan, Pfizer, Bayer, and Church & Dwight, as well as venture-backed start-ups. As a Vagipreneur®, Rachel drives growth with businesses from menstruation through menopause. While President and co-founder of Semprae Laboratories, Rachel and her team built a company that developed and marketed sexual health and wellness products for women - creating a new category. Semprae attracted significant media attention and industry interest and was sold to Innovus Pharmaceuticals in 2013. Rachel's career-long findings and learnings are at the heart of her best-selling book: Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Health and Wellness. In addition, Rachel is a sought-after public speaker, co-host of the podcast The Business of the V, creator of the series Quotes from Quarantine, board member, and strategic advisor.Events and Promotions:Rachel's Podcast: The Business of the VWe are so pleased to announce that Dr. Alyssa Dweck and Rachel Braun Scherl are launching a new and scintillating podcast, “The Business of the V.” Yes, V is for vagina! Dr Alyssa Dweck is a Top New York gynecologist and author who thinks the v is super cool to know about but not always so hip to talk about. Rachel Braun Scherl is a marketing strategist, business builder and vagipreneur, a person in the business of women's sexual and reproductive health.The show is the first of its kind that focuses on the intersection of everyday patient concerns and the unmet needs in the clinical realm, and the many businesses, big and small, being created to meet these needs.The format will be informational, fun and energetic, motivating, and optimistic.We cordially invite you to be our guest due to your immense contribution in the field. We want to hear your story. We request 30 minutes of your time on a Zoom call. Feel free to share the show with your networks once aired!WE ARE SO EXCITED!!Free chapter of Rachel's book - https://rachelbraunscherl.com/bookLinks and Resources: Rachel's Website https://rachelbraunscherl.com/Rachel's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelbraunscherl/For my free introductory coaching session please email me info@elizabethdicristofano.comConnect with me on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-d-6a4a8379Follow me on IG http://www.instagram.com/throotofourhealthFor more abouSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/therootofourhealth)

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says hospitals won't be able to handle the coming surge, urges people to stay home Senator Mitch McConnell refuses to allow $2,000 stimulus to come for a vote Senator Bernie Sanders calls Senator McConnell's bluff and urges votes on both McConnell's measure and the $2,000 stimulus A group of House Republicans and Senator Josh Hawley say they plan to challenge the Electoral College votes from key battleground states Kentucky considers passage of Breonna's Law which would end no-knock search warrants Massachusetts is set to pass a law that would create civilian-led commissions in charge of decertifying police officers who violate conduct standards Student groups set to rally outside President-elect Joe Biden's Philadelphia headquarters Monday to demand he cancel all federal student debt The post Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says hospitals won't be able to handle the coming surge, urges people to stay home; Senator Mitch McConnell refuses to allow $2,000 stimulus to come for a vote; Senator Bernie Sanders calls Senator McConnell's bluff and urges votes on both McConnell's measure and the $2,000 stimulus appeared first on KPFA.

Meet Rachel Braun Scherl, business builder, Vagipreneur® and author of Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Health and Wellness. In this podcast episode, I chat with her on the landscape of building a business within the sexual health and wellness field. Rachel sheds light on the types of leaders that are working within this field; and highlights the barriers that those leaders must overcome.

If you're someone with a big message to share, you may find yourself wondering if your message is too much -- too controversial, too "out there" or too bold for your audience. What if you upset someone? What if you're misunderstood? If you're going against the norm or presenting a topic that will get a big response, you may have concerns and want to tone it down. Today's guest recommends you don't and she'll tell you why. Rachel Braun Scherl, a self-proclaimed "Vagipreneur" is a champion for the business of women’s health and a pioneer in the space, where she has passionately focused on driving the conversation about solutions and options for women’s sexual and reproductive health. She's the author of the best-seller, Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Sexual Health and Wellness. On today's episode we cover: How Rachel got into this type of work How she picked the title for her book and the backlash of that decision What a "Vagipreneur" is and why she calls herself that Tips to be bold and find your bold message  How to be an orgasmic leader  Find out more about Rachel:  Rachel's website Rachel's book  Facebook Twitter Want to get your copy of Secrets of the Sisterhood? This book is a compilation-style publication that features speeches written by Speaker Sisterhood members. The women between the pages of this book are courageous, powerful truth tellers. These 45 speeches were originally delivered in Speaker Sisterhood clubs across the U.S. between 2016 and 2019. You’ll read stories of believing, seeking, becoming, and so much more. This book also serves as a fundraiser for our scholarship program, The Gratitude Fund. 50% of profits will go towards this fund to help more women access the power of the Speaker Sisterhood. Get your copy of the book by clicking here.

Rachel spends a great deal of time speaking publicly, loudly and passionately in an effort to drive the conversation around the business of female health in all of its complexity. Since the launch of Viagra® over 20 years ago, society has been inundated with the words around male sexual health for decades—bigger, longer, stronger. In contrast, women do not think of sex or intimacy as a performance sport. For these businesses to grow, companies, brands, and leaders need to be able to talk about their bodies in a language that is meaningful to women. Rachel’s career-long findings, learnings, and recommendations are at the heart of her book: Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Health and Wellness, #1 International Best-Seller on Amazon. Orgasmic Leadership provides unique perspectives on leadership and business building and the money that can be made by capitalizing on market opportunities. It highlights the factors that drive, inspire, and sustain entrepreneurs in the rapidly growing global women’s sexual health and wellness space. And importantly, the book reflects a wellspring of deep personal experience in pharmaceuticals, consumer products, and women’s health, as well as in-depth interviews with leaders in the sexual wellness field. Rachel tackles women’s long-neglected needs and satisfaction with a strategic business focus, humor, insight, passion. Rachel was honored as one of JWI’s “10 Women to Watch” in 2016. She serves on the Duke New York Women’s Executive Board, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and the board of Formula XO, a specialty beauty company. Rachel earned an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1992 after graduating Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University with a B.A. in Psychology and Human Development. The WWIB podcast series is the creation of the host, Jasmine Sandler. Jasmine is the founder and CEO of JS Media, a media and Digital Marketing agency since 2006 that provides Branding, PR and Social Media services and education to female executives, teams, and entrepreneurs. Jasmine runs the #BRANDYOU conference series on thought-leadership education for entrepreneurs, Agent-cy Online Marketing, which resides under the JS Media umbrella as an Online Branding and Social Media Strategy firm and provides Keynote Speaking and Training to Female Business member-associations, corporate teams and universities. Jasmine is also the President of the NYC and NJ Chapter of The Hockey Players in Business supporting networking between business leaders who play hockey in the area and enabling events to give back to the community. She is an active singer and songwriter who has a special passion for providing business advice and social media support to fellow female artists. JS Media provides a library of digital marketing online courses, from social media selling to personal brand development online with live coaching provided. Join #Wonderwomeninbusiness conversations : http://facebook.com/WonderWomenIBpodcast http://twitter.com/WonderWomenInB http://instagram.com/wonderwomenibpod Properties of JS Media include: https://jasminesandler.com https://courses.jasminesandler.com http://agent-cy.com http://brandyouconference.com jsmediabusiness.com (in development for launch late 2019) To be considered as a guest for the #Wonderwomeninbusiness podcast, visit http://courses.jasminesandler.com/wonder-women-in-business-podcast/ where you can apply. The #Wonderwomeninpodcast series is owned by JS Media @2019.

Guest: Rachel Braun Scherl We all know those little blue pills that are marketed everywhere. But did you know when it comes to marketing women’s sexual health products there are a lot of taboos and advertisers, including Facebook, will often reject women’s sexual health products? Apparently, they didn’t get the “it’s 2019” memo. Listen in to today’s enlightening conversation with host Cheryl Benton and Rachel Braun Scherl, a pioneer in the women’s sexual health business who shares her expertise with other companies through her company SPARK Solutions for Growth. She is also the author of a groundbreaking book called: “Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Sexual Health and Wellness.” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Rachel Braun Scherl    Rachel Braun Scherl is a champion for women’s health and a pioneer in the space, where she has passionately focused on driving the conversation on the business of women’s sexual and reproductive health. As Managing Partner and Co-Founder (1998) of SPARK Solutions for Growth, a strategic and marketing consultancy, Rachel has built an international client base that includes Johnson & Johnson, Allergan, Pfizer, Merck, Bayer and Church & Dwight, among others. As a business builder and Vagipreneur®, she focuses on growing businesses and brands in women's health for companies of all sizes. With deep experience in menstruation, fertility, sexual disease prevention, birth control, pregnancy, menopause and incontinence, among others, Rachel works on women’s businesses “from the tops of their heads to the tips of their toes.” As President and co-founder of Semprae Laboratories, Rachel and her team built a company that developed and marketed sexual health and wellness products for women - creating a new category in the process. Semprae attracted significant media attention and industry interest, and was sold to Innovus Pharmaceuticals in 2013. Rachel’s experience, learnings and recommendations are at the heart of her book: Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Health and Wellness, a #1 International Best-Seller on Amazon. With insight, experience and humor, Rachel highlights the trials, tribulations and triumphs involved in building businesses in the global women’s health space. As a keynote speaker, Rachel focuses on leadership, entrepreneurship, women in business and the business of female health at conferences, companies, and universities. In addition, she serves on Board of Directors and Advisory Board for a number of female health companies. schepner@sparksolutionsforgrowth.com   Listen to another #12minconvo

If you have a vagina or know someone who does, then this episode is for you. Meet Rachel Braun Scherl, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of SPARK Solutions for Growth and author of Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Sexual Health and Wellness. Or as she likes to call herself, a “vagipreneur®” (Yes, she registered the term). As a business consultant focused on women's health, she's been influential disrupting the feminine care industry, calling out double standards that exist in marketing women's reproductive products vs men's and creating better solutions for periods, pregnancies and personal pleasure. Hear how she found herself at the intersection of commerce, health and female agency and why she wrote a book on it.#wherebrainsmeetbeauty@wherebrainsmeetbeautypodcastwherebrainsmeetbeauty.com

If you have a vagina or know someone who does, then this episode is for you. Meet Rachel Braun Scherl, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of SPARK Solutions for Growth and author of Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Sexual Health and Wellness. Or as she likes to call herself, a “vagipreneur®” (Yes, she registered the term). As a business consultant focused on women’s health, she’s been influential disrupting the feminine care industry, calling out double standards that exist in marketing women’s reproductive products vs men’s and creating better solutions for periods, pregnancies and personal pleasure. Hear how she found herself at the intersection of commerce, health and female agency and why she wrote a book on it. #wherebrainsmeetbeauty @wherebrainsmeetbeautypodcast wherebrainsmeetbeauty.com

In this week’s podcast, I’m talking with Rachel Braun Scherl about Orgasmic Leadership and her journey as a Vagipreneur®, a person in the business of female sexual health and wellness. As a nationally-known Vagipreneur®, Rachel’s work includes growth strategy, operational support and business development for companies in all aspects of women’s health, including birth control, menstruation, disease prevention, fertility, pregnancy, and arousal.     Rachel has faced first-hand the discomfort in the women’s health category, the language used to discuss it, and lack of access to key marketing channels. Along the way, she has done a great deal of research on how companies can profit from women’s sexual health and wellness. Those findings and recommendations are the heart of her book, Orgasmic Leadership, Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Sexual Health and Wellness.   We talk about how things have changed in this space in the past decade, how the business of female health is really solving some big concerns that need better solutions.  So to put it in perspective, 43 percent of women at some point in their lives have sexual concerns and difficulties. So almost half. Compare that to the 30 percent of men who have ED, and you’re talking about a 40 percent greater population of women who will experience sexual dysfunction yet there are many fewer options, a lot less conversation, and a lot less understanding about what it does.   We talk about some revolutionary products and services featured in her book and how they can improve sex life, and what is next in this space of female sexual health and wellness.   As an accomplished speaker, Rachel is featured at leadership and entrepreneurship events at colleges, universities, corporations and conferences, including Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Duke University, The Fuqua School at Duke University, Yale School of Management, Barnard College, Johnson & Johnson, and Entrepreneurship Week among others. Rachel has appeared on ABC’s Nightline, CBS News and MSNBC, and been interviewed for major platforms including The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, and CNN. Rachel has contributed over 4 dozen articles to The Huffington Post, and contributes to Inc.Her first book, Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Sexual Health and Wellness was published in May 2018, which highlights the successes and challenges that Vagipreneurs face and conquer as they build businesses that provide new solutions for women’s health and wellness.   Thank you for listening!  If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, leave a rave review and share with your friends!   Please join in the discussion on this episode and more in my free Facebook Group, Find Your Feminine Fire HERE.

Rachel Braun Sherl is a Vagipreneur. She is also a respected entrepreneur and thought leader, who has successfully launched, built and revitalized companies around the globe.As Managing Partner and Co-Founder of SPARK, she has led global consulting engagements with multinationals such as Johnson & Johnson, Allergan, Bayer, Church & Dwight, and Pfizer, among others, while counseling numerous startups, she is a market-maker in the multibillion-dollar global women’s sexual health subsector. Her first book is titled . Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Female Health and WellnessIn 2015, Rachel was recognized as one of the Best Fifty Women in Business by NJBiz. She is a 2015 recipient of SmartCEO’s BRAVA Awards honoring top female CEOs, and has also been honored as one of JWI’s 10 Women to Watch. She has served and continues to serve on numerous boards, including various for-profit companies in the women’s health subsector, and serves on the board of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Duke University.

Two women who worked in the pharma industry share their stories of empowerment and leadership. Rachel Braun Scherl, Founder of SPARK Solutions for Growth, discusses her book, "Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Sexual Health and Wellness." Liimu McGill overcame addiction, left a corporate job and re-envisioned her life. Owner of a business consulting business, she created MomStar which helps women pursue their dreams and inspire their kids to follow theirs.This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 12PM ET on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

Interview with "Orgasmic Leadership” Author Rachel Scherl We’ve heard the term Entrepenreur, Mompreneur, and World-Preneur. Now, how about Vagipreneur? Yes, dubbed the first “Vagipreneur,” Rachel Braun Scherl is on a journey to find out how businesses can profit from the surge in awareness of women’s sexual health and wellness. Sherilyn Colleen, Managing Editor, and Richard “Capt’n” Henderson interview Rachel Scherl on her fascinating business start-up story, and as a leader and speaker on women’s entrepreneurship. She also has her debut book, “Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Sexual Health and Wellness.” Rachel learned early on in her Vagipreneurial journey that once she made this proclamation and declared her role in this societal battle, it could get downright crazy—every man (and in her case, woman) for herself. Subjects discussed in podcast include: The fascinating business start-up opportunity as a “Vagipreneur” in women’s sexual health and wellness.How an entrepreneur can profit from the surge in female sexual health issue awareness.What types of companies are leading the way in “Orgasmic Leadership?”The problems companies solve to prosper in women’s health?As a female entrepreneur, how to create a good strategy for your business“Having it All” as a female business owner! So, tune in and learn how about the facinating opportunity in the industry of women's sexual health and wellness with author Rachel Scherl. www.sparksolutionsforgrowth.com Episode Sponsor: Global Venture Services * www.workparttimelivefulltime.com

Interview with "Orgasmic Leadership” Author Rachel Scherl We’ve heard the term Entrepenreur, Mompreneur, and World-Preneur. Now, how about Vagipreneur? Yes, dubbed the first “Vagipreneur,” Rachel Braun Scherl is on a journey to find out how businesses can profit from the surge in awareness of women’s sexual health and wellness. Sherilyn Colleen, Managing Editor, and Richard “Capt’n” Henderson interview Rachel Scherl on her fascinating business start-up story, and as a leader and speaker on women’s entrepreneurship. She also has her debut book, “Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Sexual Health and Wellness.” Rachel learned early on in her Vagipreneurial journey that once she made this proclamation and declared her role in this societal battle, it could get downright crazy—every man (and in her case, woman) for herself. Subjects discussed in podcast include: The fascinating business start-up opportunity as a “Vagipreneur” in women’s sexual health and wellness.How an entrepreneur can profit from the surge in female sexual health issue awareness.What types of companies are leading the way in “Orgasmic Leadership?”The problems companies solve to prosper in women’s health?As a female entrepreneur, how to create a good strategy for your business“Having it All” as a female business owner! So, tune in and learn how about the facinating opportunity in the industry of women's sexual health and wellness with author Rachel Scherl. www.sparksolutionsforgrowth.com Episode Sponsor: Global Venture Services * www.workparttimelivefulltime.com

We talk with marketing expert and entrepreneur Rachel Braun Scherl about her new book: Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women’s Sexual Health and Wellness. The book draws on Scherl’s numerous experiences taking women’s sexual health and wellness products to market and further draws on interviews with other female entrepreneurs in this space as well. Always lively, Scherl’s combination of wit, directness and skill make for a fun and interesting episode.

Rachel Braun Scherl is a proven expert in business-building for female health companies. Through SPARK Solutions for Growth, Rachel has driven innovation and created revenue growth for leading pharma, beauty and consumer health companies, including Allergan, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Bayer, Merck, and Church & Dwight. Her brand experience includes Advil, Aveeno, Botox, Carefree, Centrum, Chapstick, Coppertone, Johnson’s Baby, Listerine, Neutrogena, ob, Splenda, Stayfree, Trojan, Tylenol and Zestra. As part of "Rachel Talks" keynote speaker series, Rachel has presented to global audiences on Business-Building, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Women in Business. Rachel has spoken at prestigious venues, including Johnson & Johnson, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, Pennsylvania Conference for Women, The Fuqua School at Duke University, Barnard College Athena Center for Leadership Studies, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Yale School of Management, Fairleigh Dickinson Silberman College of Business and Montclair State University Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship. Career Highlights: *Rachel has built a client base including some of the world’s leading organizations as Principal at SPARK; *As Co-Founder of Semprae Laboratories, Rachel led the growth of the company leading to its sale to Innovus Pharmaceuticals Inc. *Recipient of Best 50 Women in Business by NJBiz , SmartCEO’s BRAVA Award and JWI’s 10 Women to Watch. Rachel has been featured for her work in Women’s Health and Leadership on ABC News, CBS, msnbc, AdAge, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Lifetime, Oprah Radio, FOX News, WPIX, Inc., & Forbes. She has a regular column at Huffington Post and writes for Inc. Rachel is a Board member of illumai & Advisory Board Member at Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, The Fuqua School of Business. http://www.sparksolutionsforgrowth.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelbraunscherl/ Her book - Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Sexual Health and Wellness - https://amzn.to/2sgfO6J

Rachel Braun Scherl calls herself the Vagipreneur™, with a new book out called Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Health and Wellness.  She shares stories about innovating on the frontier of female sexual health, from startup to exit. Raising VC money is hard enough without talking arousal, menstruation or fertility: Listen to how Rachel got investor buy-in for her company Semprae, makers of Zestra® Essential Arousal Oils, and now helps other women in FemTech.

In today's podcast, we hear that analysts are predicting a surge in North Korean hacking after China embargoes coal. ViperRAT catphishes the IDF. Magic Hound and Shamoon both use malicious macros to infect victim systems. TASS says no one really knows who hacked OSCE. Sputnik teases with a WikiLeaks tease. RSA Security's Zulfikar Ramzan offers insights from the conference. UMD Center for Health and Homeland Security's Markus Rauschecker explains how Airbnb might be affecting some foundational elements of the internet. Google shames Microsoft over patching. NIST has cyber advice for power utilities. Some RSA notes, and My Friend Cayla gets the boot from Berlin.

Brian Meara & Dan Breslin Discuss: How to Hand Pick the Best Short Sales A Coming Surge in Short Sales?!? How to Keep 30-40 Deals in the Pipeline with NO MARKETING BUDGET! How to Receive Your Fee on the HUD without “Assigning” More Info About Brian Meara: www.InvestorEntourage.com Are You Enjoying the REI Diamonds Podcast? Maybe you know someone else that would also enjoy this episode.  Send them this link and tell them to:   Sign Up for the REI Diamonds Weekly Podcast Your Copy of “7 Sources of Off Market Deals” Just Go to www.REIDiamonds.com to Download a Copy & Check out Recent Popular Episodes. Recent Popular Episodes Episode #22 Frank Montro on 300 Deals Per Year Episode #31 Joe Fairless on Doing Multi-Family Apartment Complex Deals Episode #29 Russell Walker on Buying, Fixing, & Selling Houses Episode #26 Ori Feibush on New Construction & Active Revitalization