Podcasts about Contagious

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What if the reason you're struggling with your plant-based choices has less to do with willpower — and more to do with the food culture surrounding you?In this episode, I got completely hooked by a New York Times piece about financial habits — and couldn't stop thinking about how perfectly it applies to the way we eat. The article, by Paulette Perhach, makes the case that every friend group has a financial culture, whether anyone named it or not. Turns out, every friend group has a food culture too. And most of us didn't choose ours on purpose. We absorbed it.We talk about what social contagion actually is, why it's not as scary as it sounds, and how it might explain why plant-based eating can feel so much harder than it should. We also talk about how to use it in your favor — without lecturing anyone, debating at dinner, or turning into the vegan police.In this episode:What social contagion is and how it shapes the way we eatThe research of Nicholas Christakis on how behaviors spread through social networks — and what a 2024 study says about who drives change most effectivelyWhy changing your food is never just about the foodThe concept of the "plant-based friend" — and why that role matters more than you might thinkThree questions to help you see the food culture you're swimming inWhere to start if you're brand new, starting over, or just trying to get your footing backThree questions from this episode:What food culture are you catching?What are you signaling with food that you may not even believe anymore?What do you want to spread?Resources mentioned:"Your Friend Group Has a Financial Culture. You May Not Have Chosen It." — Paulette Perhach, The New York TimesResearch by Nicholas Christakis on social networks and behaviorThis week's challenge:Choose one place to be less passive. Suggest the restaurant. Bring the dish. Tell the host ahead of time. If you're just starting out, find one recipe that excites you, one account that makes this feel doable, or one person who gets it. That's enough.Enjoyed this episode? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts — it helps more people find the show. And if this one resonated, share it with someone who might be ready to hear it.You don't have to do it perfectly. You just have to Vedge Your Best.Subscribe & Review:If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback helps us grow and share the message of plant-based living with more listeners.For more information, to submit a question or topic, or to book a free 30 minute Coaching session visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠veganatanyage.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠or email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠info@micheleolendercoaching.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music, Production, and Editing by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Charlie Weinshank⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. For inquiries email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠charliewe97@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Virtual Support Services: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://proadminme.com/⁠

'Confidence can fuel good performance, doubt can sap performance.' Julie Smith's first book, Coach Yourself Confident, focused on the individual experience of confidence: closing the gap between how capable we are and how capable we believe ourselves to be. It won quite a few awards. Her new book, Contagious Confidence, explores confidence as a performance variable: a powerful way for leaders to help teams do their best work. But the funny thing about writing about confidence - even second time around, and even with awards in the bag - is that much of the time you don't feel very, well, confident. Julie talks about perfectionism, inner critics (hers is called Nigel) and the 'difficult second album', but also the surprising joy of giving yourself permission to write a shitty first draft and that sensation of freewheeling when it's all working perfectly. It's a conversation about confidence, leadership, writing, community - and sprouts.

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This week InObscuria exhumes those unmarked graves of unsigned artists! These bands may not have been signed to a major or gained internationally distributed success, but they were all rock stars to those lucky enough to hear and see them! Anyone who's ever been in a band and played local/regional shows knows that some of the best live acts and musicians (and friends) are met through sharing bills with other acts. We hope we turn you on to some great music that you may have otherwise never had a chance to hear! New to InObscuria? Every week your two hosts crawl down to the crypts to exhume obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. These are artists that are all amazing, but lost to most of the world. If you were there, you know! If you dig it… go dig it up and buy it! Support these artists and keep your devil horns high in the air! Songs this week include: Ghost Of You – “Heartbreak Creepin (feat. Tuk Smith)” from Heartbreak Creepin – Single (2022) Ghost of You I Love Rich – “Wake Up, Let Me Rock You” from Respect The Rich (2014) I Love Rich ELEMENT 117 – “You Gotta Get Away” from You Gotta Get Away - Single (2024) 117 Bliss – “Dreams And Fantasies” from Beatitude (1996) Planeside – “Dead & Gone” from Under The Circumstances, It's Not Such A Bad Idea… (2008) Planeside Dayroom – “Contagious” from Contagious (1996) Dayroom Leilani Kilgore – “Snake In The Grass” from Snake In The Grass - Single (2025) Leilani Kilgore Sunbrain – “Not So Stranger” from Good Side (1994) Sunbrain Toecutter – “Beer Song” from Toecutter (1993)   Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts! Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/ https://bonelesspodcasting.com/shows/in-obscuria https://www.facebook.com/InObscuria https://x.com/inobscuria https://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/ Buy cool stuff with our logo on it: InObscuria Store Check out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/ If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/ If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

Your Unity #589 with Contagious feat. LEZEN Recorded live in Adelaide, Australia 19/06/2026 01. Wassu, MØØNE - From Here (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 02. Trilucid - Too Good (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep Explorations] 03. Tinlicker - I Want My Freedom (Rework - Extended Version) [[PIAS] ÉLECTRONIQUE] 04. MYRNE - Eventide Original Mix) [This Never Happened] 05. Estiva - Via Balearia (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 06. John Grand - Hyperstate (DJ Version) [Euphonic] Guest Mix: LEZEN 07. Weska x D.O.D x Avicii - So Much In Solstice Without You (LEZEN Intro Edit) 08. Hot Natured, Anabel Englund - Reverse Skydiving (Luis Torres Freemix) 09. Cirez D, Kapuchon x MoBlack, Salif Keita x Michael Calfan, Axwell - On Off x Yamore x Resurrection (Polygoneer Mashup) 10. Mosimann - Zauberer [Traumwerk] 11. Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen (Shower Scene) (Alexander Delanois Private Mix Extended) [Founders of Filth] 12. Corey James, MORGANJ, Tyoz - Jungle (Extended Mix) [SIZE Records] 13. SØNIN - Next To You (Extended Mix) [Enhanced Progressive] 14. Above & Beyond - Feel The Vibe (Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 15. Kasablanca - Better Today Better Tomorrow (Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 16. LEZEN - The One I Need (Extended Mix) [Unreleased] 17. LEZEN - Fire In Me (Extended Mix) [Independent] Premium Pick 18. ALLKNIGHT - No Way Out (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 19. Gabriel & Dresden, Blake.08 - Velour (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 20. Cubicolor - Kindred (Original Mix) [Anjunadeep] 21. Kasablanca - Time Is A Circle (Extended Club Mix) [Cercle Records] 22. Rolaway - Illusions Of Time (Original Mix) [Nova Mova] 23. Kroman - Fading Into You (Mike McCarthy Extended Remix) [Elliptical Sun Recordings] Prestigious Pick 24. Jerome Isma-Ae, ilan Bluestone vs. Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford - Thing Called Tension (Above & Beyond Mashup) (Reconstruction) [Anjunabeats] 25. deadmau5 - Not Exactly (Rinzen Remix Extended) [mau5trap] 26. Avenue One - Coming Back For More (Matt Fax Remix) [Songspire Records] 27. CVMRN - Folding Light (Club Mix) [Anjunabeats] 28. Darren Tate - A Child Of The Times (Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 29. Nitrous Oxide, Simon Gregory & Digital Drift - Flat Out (Extended Mix) [Enhanced Progressive] Spector Selector 30. D-Nox & Andre Moret - I Love Robot (Original Mix) [Balance Music]

On today's Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/18/26), Hank talks about the joy of contagious giving—the giving of time, talent, and treasure for the sake of the Kingdom. Every breath we have is held in the hollow of God's hand. May God grant that we use His resources wisely.Hank also answers the following questions:Given that even the Bible mentions other writings, how is it that the 27 books of the New Testament were canonized? James - Dallas, TX (9:15)How are we as Christians to treat movies that take events out of the Bible, and yet present them in a secular way? John - Auburn Hills, MI (15:12)I was diagnosed with an incurable cancer. Years later my oncologist told me that I was cancer free! Is this a miracle? Margaret - CA (20:49)

Our amazing guest this week, Jeanette Yoffe, wrote a fantastic piece in Psychology Today titled "How Stress is Contagious in Trauma-Impacted Families." Overall, this article details the effects of a parent's stress inevitably becoming a child's stress. How can we use the "power of the pause" to handle the stress we feel? How does paying attention to what our body tells us an important aspect of honing in on stressful situations? All of this and much more during this great conversation. Learn more about Jeanette Yoffe and check out her YouTube channel here for a ton of great resources.

We all yawn regularly, without giving it much thought most of the time. Harvard Health Publishing says that people yawn between 5 and 20 times per day on average. Indeed, it's a completely involuntary reflex which sets in very early on in our existence, as fetuses in our mother's womb. Yawning mobilizes the respiratory, face and neck muscles, and is often associated with a feeling of relaxation and well-being. Nevertheless, it's often perceived as something we do when we're bored or tired. As a result, it can be considered impolite to yawn when someone else is talking or without placing your hand over your mouth. Does yawning serve a purpose? So why do I yawn when my partner does, even if I'm not tired? ⁠⁠In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions !⁠⁠ To listen to the latest episodes, click here: ⁠⁠Can I get health benefits from masturbation?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠How have dating apps broken into the friendship market?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Does voluntourism do more harm than good?⁠⁠ A podcast written and realised by Amber Minogue. First Broadcast: 29/8/2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on The Gist, a look at the Alaska's U.S. Senate race, where a retired teacher named Dan Sullivan was disqualified from running in a primary against the incumbent senator, who is also named Dan Sullivan. Then, physician and epidemiologist Dr. Gary Slutkin joins the show to discuss his book, The End of Violence: Eliminating the World's Most Dangerous Epidemic. The Cure Violence founder explains how analyzing violent crime data maps perfectly onto traditional epidemic waves, breaking down the neurological copying mechanisms that cause violence to structurally replicate and behave exactly like infectious diseases such as cholera or COVID-19. Finally, Milo Pesca files a guest spiel on the rise of crypto and prediction markets, tracking the insider trading scandals plaguing unreleased reality TV finales and the ethical hazards of gamifying political and entertainment outcomes. Produced by Corey Wara Video and Social Media by Geoff Craig Do you have questions or comments, or just want to say hello? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠thegist@mikepesca.com For full Pesca content and updates, check out our website at https://www.mikepesca.com/⁠ For ad-free content or to become a Pesca Plus subscriber, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ For Mike's daily takes on Substack, subscribe to The Gist List https://mikepesca.substack.com/ Follow us on Social Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pescagist/ X https://x.com/pescami TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@pescagist To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠sales@amplitudemediapartners.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Anchor Chat #31: Calm is Contagious In this episode of Anchor Chats, Dr. Woods reflects on Calm Is Contagious, exploring how a leader's demeanor can influence the culture, climate, and effectiveness of a school. He discusses the importance of remaining composed during challenging situations, modeling emotional regulation, and creating a sense of stability for staff and students. Dr. Woods encourages leaders to recognize that in moments of uncertainty, their calm presence can build confidence, strengthen trust, and help others navigate adversity with clarity and purpose.

Your Unity #588 with Contagious Recorded live in Adelaide, Australia 12/06/2026 01. Dusky - Elm (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 02. Eli & Fur - Tears (Original Mix) [[PIAS] ÉLECTRONIQUE] 03. Eddie Thoneick, Vintage Culture, Kyozo - Together We Are Free (Extended Version) [Cercle Records] 04. Röyksopp - Here She Comes Again (St.Ego Unofficial Remix) [White Label] 05. Dirty South - Lost To Be Found (Extended Mix) [This Never Happened] 06. Alexander Orue - Memories (Extended Mix) [Enormous Chills] Premium Pick 07. Valer den Bit - Vstrecha (Thomas Hernan Remix) [Mirrors Label] 08. M.O.S., Into the Ether - Limitless Blue (Extended Mix) [Melody Of the Soul] 09. Nihil Young - You And I (Extended Mix) [Zerothree] 10. Ursoleo - Sometimes I Fall (Extended Mix) [Glasgow Underground] 11. Milkwish - Supernatural (Extended Mix) [Perfect Havoc] 12. Sonatine - Way Home (Original Mix) [Anjunadeep] 13. Jan Blomqvist, Elena Pitoulis - More (Zerb Extended Remix) [Disconnected] Spector Selector 14. Yotto, Tallac - Chemtrail Surfers (Extended Mix) [Odd One Out] 15. Eli & Fur - Further (Extended Mix) [[PIAS] ÉLECTRONIQUE] 16. Daniel Wanrooy & Emma Lock - Fall Asleep (Gabriel & Dresden Dub Mix) [Dancepush] 17. Super8 & Tab, SØNIN - Black Is The New Yellow (Simon Gregory Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 18. Atlantis - Fiji (Oliver Smith Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 19. Kryder - Ascension (Extended Mix) [Black Hole Recordings] Prestigious Pick 20. Rachael Starr - Till There Was You (Gabriel And Dresden Mix) [Positiva] 21. Above & Beyond - Feel The Vibe (Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 22. talkofthetown - Beatdown Boulevard (Extended Mix) [Elliptical Sun Recordings] 23. Lycii - Head Spin (Extended Mix) [Enhanced Progressive] 24. ARTY - Zara (ALPHA 9 Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 25. Glenn Morrison, Night Waves - Luna (DJ CØSMIC DREAM Extended Remix) [INSIGNIA]

The Dash with Matrilla podcast relies upon the word of God to uplift, inspire, motivate, and encourage listeners to Never give up on their LIFE or their Dreams! The core of the podcast is rooted in teaching listeners to Never give up on GOD! The Podcaster (Matrilla) is an Educator, Pastor, Radio Personality & Author who use skills, knowledge & real-life experiences, love, biblical scriptures & principles to assist those who are serious about transforming, rebuilding, or redirecting their life to a level beyond stagnation, negativity, fear, doubt, shame, guilt and or insecurity. The drive behind the passion to help others develop spiritually, mentally & physically stems from personal experience of having to restructure and rebuild her life after a divorce - losing a business; bankruptcy & taking care of a terminally ill parent while battling with depression from this thing called "life". The day God showed her what it took to Live a Healed, Happy & Whole life from the inside out, was the day she got serious about restructuring and rebuilding her life through the word of God beyond what society calls normal. It was also the day she made a commitment to wake up every day expecting to encourage, motivate, inspire & teach others how to keep their faith in God & be Joyful in this space called LIFE. Learn to live your life to the fullest spiritually, mentally & physically.... after all YOUR DASH IS YOUR LIFE STORY! What is your Dash currently saying about you? *** your dash is the space between the date you were born and the date you died*** Matrilla's motto is Never Give up on your Life. Never Give up on your Dreams & NEVER Give up on God. Her signature or tagline is "Smile It's Contagious!"

Nostalgia. Cultural déjà vu. Kidulting. Why are so many people desperate to escape the present? Welcome to our new sister podcast, This Is Contagious. In this episode, Contagious investigates everything from why adults are rebuilding their teenage bedrooms, to landlines for kids and the return of the iPod, and revealing why the past has become one of culture's most powerful refuges. If you work in marketing, you should almost definitely subscribe to Contagious IQ - an intelligence platform that helps brands and agencies supercharge their creativity by learning from the world's most impactful brands, campaigns and trends. Hosted by Contagious's Alex Jenkins, Chloe Markowicz and Katrina Stirton Dodd.

Your Unity #587 with Contagious Recorded live in Adelaide, Australia 05/06/2026 01. Eynka, Låpsley - Promises (Extended Mix) [Armada Music] 02. MXV - New Moon (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 03. M.O.S., Into the Ether - One Day Soon (Extended Mix) [Melody Of the Soul] 04. Because of Art - Thinkin Bout You (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 05. Limetra, Miroshin - Euphoria (Extended Mix) [THOUGHTS.FORMS] 06. Marsh - Beside (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] Spector Selector 07. NOCYTRA - You Never Stayed [11232216 Records DK] 08. Slow Ted, Painting Paradise & Swedish Red Elephant - Far Away (Extended Mix) [Sekora] 09. TEED - The Echo (Durante Remix) [Nice Age Music] 10. Milkwish - Supernatural (Extended Mix) [Perfect Havoc] 11. Ophanim - Sapphire (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 12. Jody Wisternoff, Sian Evans - Rain (Blake.08 Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] Premium Pick 13. Factor B, Craig Costello - Burn For You (Vintage & Morelli Extended Remix) [Theatre of the Mind] 14. Luke Hunter, Frankie M - Dive On (Jerome Isma-Ae Extended Remix) [JEE Productions] 15. CRi, Jesse Mac Cormack - Back of My Mind (Original Mix) [Anjunadeep] 16. Artemis Orion, mayari. - loveu2death (Original Mix) [Anjunadeep Explorations] 17. Lane 8 - Childish (MYRNE Remix) [This Never Happened] 18. Marsh, ALLKNIGHT - Rabbit Hole (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] Prestigious Pick 19. Arty - Open Space (Original Mix) [Anjunabeats] 20. Ezequiel Arias - Psychodelia (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 21. Jonas Saalbach - Data Romance (Extended Mix) [Purified Records] 22. Peter Illias - Out Of Our Lives (DJ Version) [Euphonic] 23. Above & Beyond - Feel The Vibe (Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 24. Atlantis - Fiji (Oliver Smith Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats]

Things that will make you smile.

05.31.26 | IT IS CONTAGIOUS | PASTOR TODD SMITH

Remember how yesterday we talked about Jesus and Peter needing to pay their taxes, and Jesus tells Peter to do what he's always done – go fishing. But this would be a completely different fishing experience because this time, Peter was fishing with Jesus – and Jesus is the difference maker. God had perfectly aligned just the right fish with a valuable coin in its mouth to bite Peter's hook. That coin was the extraordinary way Jesus would provide that day. Right place at the right time. Not an accident – absolutely miraculously divine. Well let me tell you what happened yesterday at retreat. We had taken a train from Venice to Lake Garda. Not the original train we had planned – a different train, so our arrival had been a little delayed. Once at the lake, we hopped on our private chartered boat for the most gorgeous adventure. About 1 hour into our adventure on the water, our captain drove the boat under the drawbridge of a castle where we docked for lunch. At the precise moment all 11 of us are stepping off our boat, a frantic mother comes running up screaming, “Have you seen my son?” She can barely put together a cohesive sentence. “My son, my son, he's missing. 5 years old. My son.” All the BIG Life girls spring into action. We scatter in all directions, yelling, “5 year old boy. White shirt. Missing.” Most everyone we encounter responds with, “Haven't seen him” then continues on with their day. But not my girls – we're searching for this missing boy. It's one thing to be missing your child in a crowd. It's another thing to be missing your child in a crowd on the edge of deep water. We all felt the desperation. Eventually, far from where we had started, someone heard us and shouted back, “He's here!” We found him. And he was in the complete opposite direction of where the mother had run. There was no way the boy would have heard his mom. There was no way she was going to find him with such a distance between them. BUT GOD. God perfectly placed a boat full of 11 BIG Life Girls from all the way around the world at precisely the right moment to step onto that dock, hear her desperate cry and spread out on a mission to find her boy. Watching that reunion left every one of us in tears. Right place, right time. We got to be part of Jesus' extraordinary plans. We were the fish with the coin. Ordinary girls with a changed travel plan, stepping on shore later than scheduled, equipped with precisely what was needed. That, my friends, is how God works! Now, let's go even further. Here in Venice we seem to be having encounters with hurting souls in need of the Jesus we carry. I bet it's not just Venice – I bet it's in your town too. Hurting souls – they're absolutely everywhere. In need of what we have. But have you ever just gotten in your own way? Have you ever talked yourself right out of doing precisely what the Holy Spirit has prompted you to do? Have you ever felt way too ordinary to be used for God's extraordinary purposes? How can you possibly be their answer? Well, you're not their answer. You simply CARRY THEIR ANSWER! Remember that. You're a contagious carrier of Jesus. Allow contact so it spreads! That's it. Why make it more complicated than that? Here's the barrier with the hurting souls we've been coming into contact with here in Venice … we don't speak their language and they don't speak ours. Well that's simply NOT a problem for our EXTRAORDINARY GOD! Let me tell you a little story from your Bible. Imagine you're in the middle of this story. Okay, picture this … you’re one of Jesus’ closest friends. You’ve given up your job and your home, you’ve left everything and everyone you’ve ever known, to go with Jesus on his mission. You've been personally walking with Jesus. You've been part of some absolutely crazy miracles. You've seen his power. You know it's real. And you thought you would be doing this with Jesus for the rest of your life. But just 3 years into you and your tribe of 12 doing all these miraculous things, Jesus gets killed. Your leader is crucified. And now what? It’s easy for us to rush to the rest of the story, but remember this – Jesus’ friends didn’t know the rest of the story as they were sitting in it. They never saw this hardship coming. They never, in a million years, thought Jesus could be killed. Now what were they going to do? They had given up everything to go with him. They are afraid. Afraid they too would be killed. Afraid everything they had believed in and worked for was ruined. They were confused. Then, Jesus shows up in the room where they are hiding. Now remember, Jesus has died. They saw him hanging on the cross. They knew his body was put in the tomb. They also knew the doors to the room where they were hiding were locked. And boom, here’s Jesus, standing right there among them. And this is what Jesus says to them, Mark 16:15, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.” Then Jesus is taken into heaven. Jesus tells them to go. But HOW? Jesus, how are we supposed to go into ALL the world and preach to EVERYONE? We don’t have an airplane. The internet sucks here. We are poor fishermen, how are we supposed to go do all of this? We have no education. We have no resources. We have no connections. Jesus, I heard what you said, but we're just so ordinary. For 10 days they waited. For 10 days they must have wondered how Jesus expected them to tell everyone about God. For 10 days they must have felt so unequipped and unqualified for the calling. But on the 10th day, they were all together for the day of Pentecost. This was the day all of Israel gathered in Jerusalem to offer to God their first harvest of wheat for the season. There were people from Judea, people from Asia, people from Egypt and Rome, people from every nation all gathered to make their offering. Also there were Jesus’ 12 friends, his disciples. Suddenly God’s power came and rested on each of them and Acts 2:4 says, “Everyone present was filled with the Hoy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.” These ordinary men spoke Aramaic, but now filled with the Holy Spirit, they were speaking every language of the entire crowd. All of these people from every nation, all with their own languages, miraculously heard the magnificent acts of God being declared in THEIR OWN language. This is how God would use these 12 common friends of Jesus to fulfill his purposes. This is how they would go into ALL the world and preach the Good News to EVERYONE as Jesus had told them. God would do it through them in ways they could have never imagined. He would speak through them. His power would flow from them. He would give them the words which they couldn’t even possibly know. Literally a different language – hundreds of languages, spoken perfectly through common men who were unsure how God could use them. Now, back to you, Miss Ordinary. Why not you? Whatever it is that has been blocking you from being the hands and feet of Jesus wherever you are – you just need to know the Holy Spirit can perfectly equip you with absolutely anything and everything needed to spread what you're carrying. You're a contagious carrier of Jesus. Make contact! How exactly? Well I don’t know. When exactly? Well I don’t know that either. But here’s what I do know … you will have to show up unsure, uncertain, feeling totally unequipped, and be available for God’s Spirit to equip you. The disciples spent 10 days wondering how they were ever going to do what Jesus had asked them to do. It seemed an impossible task for them to tell the world about the good news of Jesus. And in that 10 days, they must have been drawing maps and making plans. They must have been overwhelmed with such a huge task and unanswered questions. Just like you … you’re in your 10 day waiting period that may have stretched out to cover a few years. You’re waiting and wondering. Questioning. Planning and preparing, but all of it seems inadequate. But my sister, the answers you’re seeking can’t be found in your elaborate 10 year plans. These answers are only found in the power of the Holy Spirit. God will equip you! He will enable you to do what you’ve never done before. He will bring everything together just as it needs to be, and you just need to show up and be available for it. At the end of Acts chapter 2, we see what God was doing by enabling Jesus' 12 friends to speak all these different languages – THREE THOUSNAD WERE BAPTIZED THAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!! What the Bible doesn’t tell us is the conversation Jesus’ friends must have had AFTER Pentecost. Imagine their after work dinner that night. Matthew says, “Dude, I was speaking to an Egyptian in his language, saying things I don’t even know how to say.” Then John says, “Dude, me too! Did you hear me talking in Latin?” And of course, here comes my favorite, wild and impulsive Peter and he says, “Guys, I don’t even know what language I was speaking, but that was awesome!!!” Then there’s a pause and they all realize … ohhhhh, so THIS is how we’re going to go into all the world and preach the Good News to all people.” God has given us the power to do it and it’s already started. Now, let's just keep going! You are the contagious carrier of what every person in this world needs. You're surrounded by hurting souls who are desperate for the Jesus you carry within you. MAKE CONTACT! Follow Pamela on Instagram – https://instagram.com/headmamapamela Or Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim Find out more about BIG Life – http://biglifehq.com

Your Unity #586 with Contagious Recorded live in Adelaide, Australia 29/05/2026 01. Limetra, Miroshin - Euphoria (Extended Mix) [THOUGHTS.FORMS] 02. Durante, ALLKNIGHT - How Does It Feel (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 03. Moderat - Eating Hooks (Deep Dish Extended Remix) [Global Underground] 04. M.O.S. - Beyond Your Mind (Durante Extended Remix) [UV] 05. M.O.S. - Changes (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 06. Tim Green, PROFF - Sopia (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] Spector Selector 07. Matt Fax - Tomorrow (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 08. Jack Willard, Little Foot & Ava Sofia - Light Shines (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 09. Lane 8, Kasbo & BJOERN - World Is Mine (Original Mix) [This Never Happened] 10. Tinlicker, Helsloot - Because You Move Me (VIP Extended Mix) [Electronic Elements (Armada)] 11. TVLI, Kyro - Crossing Every Border (Extended Mix) [Where The Heart Is] 12. Because of Art, Steven Weston & Maria Metaxa - To The Heart (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 13. MXV - New Moon (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] Prestigious Pick 14. Jaytech - Pepe's Garden (Original Mix) [Anjunadeep] 15. J Ribbon - Man On Fire (Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 16. Rokazer - Atom (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 17. Marsh - Floodlights (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 18. Jaytech - Ageha (Extended Mix) [Positronic Digital] 19. Franky Wah, Jyll - Down For You (Extended Mix) [SHÈN Recordings] Premium Pick 20. Atlantis - Fiji (Oliver Smith Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 21. Nitrous Oxide, Farius - Eterna (Extended Mix) [Enhanced Progressive] 22. Kryder - Ascension (Extended Mix) [Black Hole Recordings] 23. Grum, Amba Shepherd - Slow Motion (Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 24. Above & Beyond, Justine Suissa - When I Look In Your Eyes (Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 25. Armin van Buuren, Andrew Bayer - Need You By My Side (Extended Mix) [Armind (Armada)]

Pastor Andy preaches over Acts 2:1-13 on May 24, 2026.

Dr. Tamsin Astor is a neuroscientist who studies habits in teams. She is a habit and leadership strategist and helps leaders and organizations transform the way they work, connect, and live — by linking the tiny, daily habits we overlook to the big, legacy-level visions we care about most. With a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and 20+ years of research-driven practice, she blends habit science, mindfulness, and conscious leadership to help high-impact humans regulate their nervous systems, deepen trust with their teams, and lead from presence rather than pressure. Her work sits where evidence-based psychology meets humanity. Through workshops, retreats, executive coaching, and long-term organizational partnerships, she brings leaders back to their Big Juicy Why: so decisions feel aligned, relationships strengthen, and teams thrive without burnout or emotional leakage. She is known for her bold honesty, contagious joy, and ability to turn complex inner work into accessible frameworks like Pause – Notice – Choose, making emotional intelligence practical instead of theoretical. Her programs weave neuroscience with story, embodiment, and humor, helping people feel both seen and stretched — supported and challenged — grounded and awake. Tamsin has built her career on one truth: when leaders are regulated, resourced, and rooted in purpose, everything changes. Work cultures soften. Innovation returns. People feel safe enough to contribute, speak up, and stay. And success becomes rich, relational, and sustainable: not just profitable. She's a mother of three, a lover of live music, travel, dark roast coffee, smoky street tacos and museums, and a regular at Zen meditation sessions and life drawing classes. She believes in truth over polish, connection over performance, and building lives: not just résumés. Her children have been the greatest source of inspiration and learning as she has navigated hospital wards in oncology, nephrology, otolaryngology, immunology, psychiatry, cardiology in her 22 years of parenting! Tamsin has recently launched a new podcast titled HOT HABITS with DR TAMSIN PODCAST. Check it out through the links below:PODCAST: https://hothabitspodcast.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6slgbFwOLOetsVkJxm9N1T?si=836e96e50b0a49baiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-habits-with-dr-tamsin/id1894052368 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main point: God rewards strong gospel partnerships. 1. Contagious concern and contentment (10-14) 2. Supernatural supply for sacrificial generosity (15-20) 3. Incredible influence (21-23)

Your Unity #585 with Contagious Recorded live in Adelaide, Australia 22/05/2026 01. HAFT - Distant Blue (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep Explorations] 02. Robby East - Incomplete Me (Extended Mix) [This Never Happened] 03. Machinarium - The Glasshouse With Butterfly (Mass Digital Remix) [Independent Release] 04. Aftruu - Girl In The Meadow (Extended Mix) [Monstercat] 05. Mees Salomé, Thysma - Nova (Extended Mix) [This Never Happened] 06. Lane 8, Kasbo & BJOERN - World Is Mine (Original Mix) [This Never Happened] Spector Selector 07. Adriatique, Emmit Fenn - Closer (Extended Mix) [X Recordings] 08. Julia Linkogel - All You Need (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 09. Luke Hunter, Frankie M - Dive On (Jerome Isma-Ae Extended Remix) [JEE Productions] 10. M.O.S. - Changes (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 11. Above & Beyond, Zoë Johnston - Carry Me Home (Kloset Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 12. Sultan + Shepard & Shallou - Twilight (Extended Mix) [This Never Happened] Premium Pick 13. Durante, ALLKNIGHT - How Does It Feel (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 14. Estiva - Mistika (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 15. CRi, Dj Cinéma Quartier Latin - Unsaid (Original Mix) [Anjunadeep] 16. Daniel Portman, Drilla - Café del Mar (Extended Mix) [Enormous Tunes] 17. Rospy - Unbroken (Extended Mix) [FSOE Argento] 18. Leo Lauretti, Blue Harvest - Say Something (Extended Mix) [Sekora] Prestigious Pick 19. Jason Van Wyk - Dream On (Protoculture Remix) [In Trance We Trust]  20. Nitrous Oxide, Farius - Eterna (Extended Mix) [Enhanced Progressive] 21. Gaia - Tuvan (BLR Extended Remix) [Armind (Armada)] 22. Super8 & Tab - Needs To Feel (Farius Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 23. Darren Tate & Genix - Taking Us Higher (Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats] 24. Tibasko & Orem - Crystallise (Original Mix) [[PIAS] ÉLECTRONIQUE] 25. Grum - Searching (Extended) [Deep State]

If you want to hear what a laughing rat sounds like this podcast is for you. From why the sound of laughter triggers us to join in, to how a laughing yoga class starts, to the difference between AHA and HAHA in science, IDEAS contributor Peter Brown takes us on a joyride to reveal the mystery of laugher. Will this podcast make you laugh? Most likely. But it's better than catching a cold. *This episode originally aired on Nov. 4, 2020.

In this powerful message, Bishop Omar Thibeaux teaches that envy is not only destructive — it is contagious. Through the story of Jacob and Laban, this episode explores how favor attracts envy, how envy spreads through families and social circles, how it reveals itself in a person's countenance, and how believers can protect their hearts through salvation, Scripture, prayer, and renewed thinking.

Your Unity #584 with Contagious Recorded live in Adelaide, Australia 15/05/2026 01. Leo Lauretti, Blue Harvest - Say Something (Extended Mix) [Sekora] 02. Johan Li - All I Want (Original Mix) [Independent Release] 03. Ruma, Adrian Forsén - Sun Comes Down (Original Mix) [Sanctuary Music] 04. Marsh - Beside (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 05. Cendryma - Possible Interlude (Leo Guerrero Extended Mix) [Clubsonica Records] 06. Mass Digital, Solace Bloom - Lost In The Night [Independent Release] 07. Maty Owl - A Pure Flow (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep Explorations] Spector Selector 08. Savvas - Glimpse Of The Past (Original Mix) [UV] 09. MYRNE, ALLKNIGHT - Let Me In (Extended Mix) [This Never Happened] 10. PROFF - Memory #3 (Extended Club Mix) [Anjunachill] 11. Michael Cassette - Mountain Dew (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 12. Durante - Never B Alone (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 13. Estiva - Breathe Out (Extended Mix) [Potentially Dreaming] Premium Pick 14. Jody Wisternoff, Jamie McDermott - Citadel (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 15. Ezequiel Arias, Durante - Logical (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 16. Boss Axis - Warriors (DJ Version) [Euphonic Visions] 17. Sultan + Shepard, Shallou - Twilight (Extended Mix) [This Never Happened] 18. M.O.S. - Changes (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 19. Mees Salomé, Thysma - Nova (Extended Mix) [This Never Happened] Prestigious Pick 20. Lane 8, Fractures - Hold On (Ben Böhmer Remix) [This Never Happened] 21. Rokazer - Atom (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 22. Estiva - Mistika (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 23. Julia Linkogel - All You Need (Extended Mix) [Colorize (Enhanced)] 24. Rezident, Elmar - Our World (Extended Mix) [Anjunadeep] 25. Super8 & Tab - Needs To Feel (Farius Extended Mix) [Anjunabeats]

Do you often feel like your homebase emotionally is a little … chaotic? Kiera reminds listeners that having a "calm" practice doesn't necessarily mean having a slow practice; rather, it's an intentional place, and it's worth existing in. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Schedule a Practice Assessment Leave us a review Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. This is Kiera and today is such a great day. It's podcast day and I'm so excited to be here with all of you. I hope that you're excited for today. And again, I hope that you just remember that we are truly so blessed and so lucky to be living in the world of dentistry. I love being in dentistry. I love helping people have smiles. I love that like smiles are contagious, that good dentistry is contagious, that great teams are contagious. And today, today's podcast is   ⁓ calm is contagious and so is chaos. And, I think a calm practice model is really something that's going to help high performing offices feel easier. And I was actually talking to one of my business coaches the other day and he said, Kiera, I just want you to know that chaos is contagious. And so is calm. ⁓ our company is going through some really evolutionary changes. I'm very excited about them, but at the same time, I've made the joke that sometimes I feel like an orange juice being squoze. And the other day told my husband, was like, no, no.   that's too much juice that comes out of one squeeze, I actually feel like an olive. Like you are pressing everything out of me to get one teeny tiny drop of olive juice ⁓ or olive oil. And I just feel like sometimes practice owners, might feel this way. Office managers, you might feel this way where ⁓ sometimes that chaos is very, very contagious. And sometimes I think we accidentally live there. That might be our emotional home that we live in. It might be the place that we naturally go back to. And so just thinking that maybe there is another path.   maybe you coming in with a space in the center of calm and seeing how your team and your patients respond to that rather than coming in with this chaos. I did the trend, the AI trend where you ask chat GPT to make you a character based on what it knows about you. And it was fascinating for me because the character I got was me in a business suit. was holding papers. had traction in the background. had, it was kind of this like a tornado flurry behind me and I was holding a barbell weight because I do like to work out.   and I was in a black and white, so black skirt, white shirt, like holding this barbell weight in my hand and there's a tornado coming down behind me with like papers kind of flying and it was like, you're in this building phase of a little bit of chaos and this tornado. And then I decided to ask it like, well, based on where you know our company is going and where you know I'm going, build me a picture that looks like that. And it was fascinating because there was me in a cream suit, no black and white.   I was sitting there actually barefoot. So I'm in like a very professional suit. My arms were folded. I was very much at like peace and calm and ease. was at, there was like a sun. So it was like Hawaii slash Greece. Like I love to travel, but it was behind me. So was like no longer chasing or striving. was there. Family was incorporated rather than like being there. Working was part of my like Zen. And that's the image that I hold. And I think that that analogy and that story hopefully just shows that both are real.   I'm the same person and I'm living in a world of chaos or I'm living in a world of calm. And even my body feels better when I think about me being calm. And I think that there's times of chaos and there's times of calm. And I was actually chatting with my therapist the other day and we were talking about this like chaos versus calm, this force versus flow, this like drive and hit results versus like, you know, have flow. And she said, Kiera, it's kind of like being in a kayak. And she said, you know, a lot of people are trying to like force.   So you get in the kayak and you're rowing upstream and you're like working really, really, really, really hard to get somewhere, but you're going against everything. And it really is chaotic and you get exhausted and you get burnout. And I think so many practices feel this way. And she's like, versus Kiera, think what you think of calm or flow is like, you just get in the kayak, put your hands in the air and let go of the paddle and you just float wherever you're going to go. And she said, that's actually not flow, that's apathy. She said, flow or this calm is when you're actually in the kayak and you're looking ahead.   and you see rapids or you see a rock and you like put the paddle in to steer around it. And then when it's calm, you actually enjoy that calm rather than having your focus so far down that you're afraid of the rapids that you forget to enjoy the moment you're in today. And hopefully with some of those analogies I've given and some of those examples, you can see yourself in a practice of both of these are contagious. You can be the Kiera and the tornado where it's like, I got the barbell and I'm doing it all, but I'm exhausted and there's a smile, but it's a fleeting smile.   or there can be this calm and centered. And so today, just helping you realize that like a calm practice is not a slower one. It's a very intentional, right? Like me having two businesses, a lot of business owners, when you look at them, a lot of our multimillion, I'm talking my five, 10, 15, 20, $30 million practices, it's very different who that owner is compared to my like startup one, two, $3 million. And what I've noticed, and even some of the five, 10, 15, I'm not saying just when you hit a certain dollar amount, you become this.   But what I do see is these owners are very intentional with their time. One that runs a $30 million organization, works out, doesn't have any apps on their phone, ⁓ has another side business. They're running all these practices. But when you meet this person, you don't feel that anxiousness. You feel this like very much like they're willing to just sit down and have coffee with you and chat with you about your life.   It's very fascinating. And so I also hope that you realize like calm is not a indicator that you're a slower practice. It's an indicator that you're intentional and chaos is not an indicator of growth. think sometimes even for myself, it's like, but if we're having chaos, it's like what I'm darting through traffic, am I really making progress or does it just feel good to have an adrenaline rush? And so chaos is not a sign of growth. Most of the time chaos means that there's missing structure. Now there's going to be times, right? There will be times of rapids. There will be times of   boulders coming down the river, but we don't have to stay there and we don't have to live there. And so I just wanted to kind of go through today a couple of quick tips that I see of these calm, like flourishing, thriving, imagine me sitting there, cream colored suit, very calm. Like literally that's the image that I have in my mind of who I want to be and the practice I want to have and the business I want to create. Because to me, that's more sustainable. That's more fun for my team. It's more fun for me.   And so just going through that. if you guys don't know who we are, I'm Kiera Dent Dental A Team. I'm obsessed with all things dentistry. Our philosophy of Dental A Team is to positively impact the world of dentistry in the greatest way possible and to literally break through the myth that to have a successful practice, you have to be stressed. You have to have chaos. I do believe running a successful practice should be easy and it can be easy with the right team that's empowered. I believe you can have it all. And so ⁓ really truly, I wanna just help you see that like,   You are not always just going to be calm and you're not always going to be chaotic. There's going to be that. But what is your baseline center that you go back to? I think is more of what it is. And for someone like Kiera, who chat GPT says there's a tornado around. I actually just got back from a trip and my team said, Kiera, you feel so calm. And I do think that there's intentionality behind it. I want to show up differently. And I think there's a few best practices that I'm happy to share. So I think calm comes from predictability, not personality. ⁓ I'm a very vibrant human and yet there's calm that comes from predictability. So   Like when we look at this, it's consistent scheduling patterns. It's hitting our daily targets. It's making sure we know our profit margins. It's making sure that our whole team is following structure and processes. And so when we go through a practice assessment with new offices, we talk about, you have a vision and a 10 year target together? And does your team actually know where we're headed? Then do we use KPIs and data to make decisions? Are we profitable? And do we have our systems documented and in place? And do we have right people, right seats?   And then based on those answers, it usually determines if we're stressed out or not. And usually that stress level influences the rest of those other items within a circle. And the more stressed the doctor is, usually the lower those numbers are. And so when we look at it of how do we have like what a good day looks like in our practice, how do we have our systems being documented and followed by all? How do we ensure that we have the correct processes and flow and scheduling and all of that? It does not happen overnight, but it is being very intentional. And I will say a crazy schedule.   creates KZ dental practices, not scheduling and driving patients to where we want them to schedule rather than saying, where do you want to schedule? All these little, little minute decisions that we make throughout our day, how we communicate, they actually create more or less chaos. Having said structured meetings, I will tell you the practice that is multi-millions, 10, 15, 20, 30. I'm not joking. Every single department, every single practice meets every single week for meetings. It's structured. There's agendas. There's accountability. And my company,   Mondays are meeting days. have our leadership meeting. We have our marketing and client success meeting. We have our consultant meeting. Like we are very, very, very intentional. I meet with my executive assistants and we go through everything. Everything is mapped out. There are agendas. There's follow through. There's follow up. We have tracking systems for it. We review our numbers. We have a scorecard. And this is what we teach practices to do. And I think when you have that predictability as an owner, usually your stress comes from people not doing the jobs that you think that they should be doing.   or cashflow. Typically, those are like one of the two areas that you're stressed out. Sometimes there's other things, but usually it's one of those two levers of a practice. ⁓ And then like you just feel the weight of it all on yourself. So then you run around crazy creating this tornado and then you are stressed out. And so for this of how do we actually build this structure for our team? And so I feel like if you are driving, sometimes you can actually be driving and hitting huge numbers and huge success, but you feel like you're exhausted at the end of the day. And I feel like where's the and can we have   great success in production and happiness where we're leaving the end of the day. The answer is yes, but it's intentional, it's designed and it's slowly chipping away. Just like with like a lot of compliance things, we're not going to be compliant overnight. You're not going to be this calm practice overnight, but I would look at your practice and I would do a little autopsy of it, of where is the bulk of your stress coming from? I can't tell you how often I do this. It's usually when I'm very stressed. I try to do it at least once every three to six months of what's causing me the most amount of stress and where can we fix systems? Where can I delegate and elevate?   And then how can I actually be more intentional and show up better? I've learned that having meetings right at 8 a.m. stresses me out to no end, especially on Monday mornings. So we've moved those to where I have them at 10, 30 or 11 so I can come in prepared and I'm not showing up frantic. So whatever your rhythm is, whatever your model is, I really do believe take an audit of your practice and let's see where we could be 1 % more intentional. And don't worry, you can have a whole running list, but we've got to prioritize the top one or two things. That's what we as consultants are really good at doing is practices usually have like.   I wanna do everything and that's the chaos like throw up. And we're like, perfect, let's like dig through and sort through and like, let's work with this and this. These two items are gonna reduce your stress dramatically right away. So I would recommend like, look to see where you feel the most unpredictable, the most stressed and let's identify that and let's either elevate and delegate or create systems and processes or fix it to figure out what it is. Maybe you're not looking at the numbers consistently. Maybe you're scheduling a psychotic. Maybe we're not closing enough cases.   there is usually one or two massive pain points. And if we just fix those one or two, you're actually gonna move from that chaos to calm very quickly. And what you'll see is a result of actually exponential growth. So the next ⁓ piece that I've noticed with these calm versus chaotic practices is calm practices remove the decision fatigue. So you're not sitting there making decision after decision after decision, right? We have a set process of how we schedule. We have a set process of how we hire. We have a set process of how we...   set up a room for filling our crown. We have a set process for how we run our leadership meetings. We have a set process for how we terminate people. That is like, I feel as a business owner, and Jason and I talk about it a lot, it's like death by a thousand cuts. And I'm like, I don't want to answer another freaking question. If I see another Slack message, like I'm out and it's just because you're just pecked to death with decision after decision after decision. But to me, that's an indicator of we lack systems and we lack accountability to those systems. So what we can do is like,   doctors where you may be the bottleneck, like what's one or two things where you're like, I am pecked to death on these questions. Great. Who really should own that? And how can we delegate and elevate to that person where we're not being apathy, we're not in the kayak or we're just throwing the paddle in the water and saying, take me where you want me. It's, very intentional with this. So there's less decisions that need to be made. I will tell you, this is a, this is a snowball approach and it feels like you will never get there. And you slowly start adding pieces one by one, by one, by one, by one.   and that snowball starts to compact and it feels like it's so fluffy and it's not getting together. And then we start to roll it and it gets a little bit bigger and a little bit bigger and a little bit bigger, meaning less and less and less is sitting on your shoulders. A lot of times through this, you can actually go through those matrix where it says like, what are you good at? you, and you love doing what are you good at, but you hate doing, what do you want to be good at? But you're actually not good at it. And what do you like not good at and hate doing? You can actually start to categorize your, ⁓ your tasks within those that oftentimes helps you figure out where to delegate.   where to elevate. I think doctors and OMS who do this together, you might be able to find these gaps. So we remove that decision fatigue because owner doctors, you're not the only one who has this office managers. You're also having it to where you're just like, we have a team member, Kaylee, and she like taught elementary school for quite some time. And she'd be like, my lid is flipped. And it's like, there's just too much on us that creates that chaos. And either what we do is then we stay in that chaos or we become apathetic and we just stop caring. And that's where it leads to burnout. And so how can we have like,   Systemization, and like I said, it's not an overnight sensation. Dental A Team has so many systems, we've got so many processes, we've got onboarding, we've got terminating, we've got documents, we've got resources, we have people to help out, we've got tons of set processes and systems for you. And I think once you have that, you can then start to have ownership. We can have defined decisions. And then we also have documented standards. You start to build what's called a knowledge base. There's a great book called Come Up for Air that really talks about how to systematize this.   And it's not rigidity, it's just relief. Like the team now knows like, okay, when one plus one, like it's two and we do this. If it's red and green, we do this. They're not having to sit there and be like, hey doctor, what do you want me do for this? Hey, what do you want me to do for this? Like even for myself, like people are like, well, what do you want for birthday gifts? And I finally called Britt last night and I said, Britt, we just need a process for this. Like it's getting too large and too big. And I'm realizing these are decisions I don't need to be making constantly, but they just run in the back of the white noise. And I think,   once you commit to, I'm gonna be calm and profitable, you start to realize these things that are just pecking you to death and we start to make changes for it. And so I just want you to know that like very sophisticated practice owners actually make less and less decisions. I will also say that it's an identity loss and an identity shift that a lot of these owners feel because you're so used to being the go-to girl or guy that everything's coming through and you're like, I don't want that anymore. So then when people stop needing you, it becomes weird. And you actually sometimes,   Myself, I'm only speaking for Kiera. You might not be this way and I hope you're not You might actually go create chaos to feel important. So also look at yourself and sometimes we've been in this chaos I don't know like Psychoticness I've been there I've lived there to where that feels comfortable for me and when I'm calm and things are not broken Sometimes I wonder like what's going on and I go and create chaos So I think also know thyself and watch yourself to see like what is a decision that I'm making constantly that I could have someone else make   I think having a really good org chart or accountability chart has really streamlined it for us. had a great fractional COO come into our company. She organized it really well for us. And it was like, so I literally pulled out the legend. I'm like, okay, this decision should go to this person. And it's a reworking and I'm not going to lie to you. I felt like we were a snow globe that was shaken up and it lasted for about three months of just pure hell and chaos. But then it started to shift down and it was like, perfect. Britt makes these decisions. Shelbi makes these decisions. Tiff makes these decisions. Paul, Jenna.   down the line, Doug, Tyler, all of our team, these are the decisions are capable of making. And then when something comes up, people are like, Hey, who is this? And we all talk about like, based on the job duties, based on the job descriptions, this should go under this person. And then how can we give them the autonomy and the guidance to where I'm not answering every single decision, but we've got enough guidance around it to where I'm not having to answer every single one of these questions. So I'd say right now is a quick call to action on that is   figure out what decisions are coming past your desk every single day that you're like, this is not sustainable. And then let's create a delegation elevation and a system in a process to make it to where these decisions are not coming by you. And then point three that I want to make is calm is a leadership signal, not just a feeling. And so when I look at it, you can actually see how doctors operate. So a very chaotic practice is doctors rush, team fails, that patients fail it, mistakes increase. Calm leaders,   pause instead of react, they address issues early and they protect recovery times. Like there's literally CEO time built into their schedule. And what it looks like is when we have this of ⁓ running frantic and everybody's feeling it and we're making very like in the minute decisions. I started like figuring it out where we have an agenda and we actually, it's our parking lot. And that has saved me so much of those like on the fly decision-making. It's like, nope, put it there. If it's not something that has to be answered life or death today.   We actually have it to where I respond to my questions usually once a week with our team. like, you can even just feel like, as I say that, I went from this like, my gosh, it's like bombarding me constantly to I have a set day, I have a set time, my team knows when I'm gonna respond to them. They can get back. Now you might be like, well, Kiera, patients are calling. 95 % of the patient issues, like there's some that need to have emergent issues. And I still have a folder that is must do today. Usually there are two items in that folder every single day that are absolute must do today.   And half of those actually aren't even like must do's today. So for you to have a like, this is when I have, like, this is when we answer questions. These are my meetings. People just park their issues that they need from me. I've had doctors where they're just being bombarded by team members. Team members, you're not doing it wrong. Doctors just are like trying to do a filling, trying to go and do this exam, try to stay on time, try to sell treatment, try to make sure everything's running. And then you guys are coming in like, Hey, did you get this Invisalign case? Hey, did you get this crown? Hey, hey, hey.   And if you guys have read the book, the one minute manager, it's like a monkey being put on your back or my friend described it as a magnet. We're like, you're just like dumping them or as like an office manager, she's like sticky notes compiling over you to where we've actually done it for offices, whatever your path is. If it's like we have a Google doc, everybody just dumps it there. We review it once a week. Fantastic. Or I've had some doctors where they have like a list outside their office where people just go and write it they put the due date on it. So that way it can be again, a consolidated time. You review this during your CEO time, but like you can even just feel that it's like,   It's a calming, it's a how do we operate? I'm not gonna run in this like frantic frazzled and you just let people know it's not fair for the team. It's not fair for patients and it's not fair for you to be making all these decisions haphazardly. And so I think just like when we actually look at this, doctors take their CEO times. I call it deep work time for myself. It's blocked in my schedule. It's taken me about a month to get my schedule there. I like it in the mornings. I don't like meetings in the mornings like.   I have a very, very, very structured of when I like to do it. They also figured out me when I used to do podcast recording, like it just was not working and serving. So I think even if you are a seasoned practice owner and you've done this before, look to see where can this be refined? Where can we make it towards it? More of your operating style, but literally stop skipping our CEO time every single week. I've seen practices that don't like that's all like doctors just own their power time, their CEO time, office managers and front office team members own that. We do it for about a month. Nothing else changes.   team starts to notice, things start to get done more effectively, tone starts softening, communication improves and culture actually elevates. And so if you do nothing else other than just like hold your CEO time to where you make decisions rather than being frantic and on the fly, you're going to actually have a lot more calm. So as we look through this, like I said, calm is contagious and so is chaos. And I think which...   It's almost like, you know how they say, you've got like an angel and a devil sitting on either side of you, or there's like a Indian, Native American story where it's like, which wolf am I feeding in the inside? Which one am I feeding? Am I feeding the calm side of me or the chaos side of me more every day? And our decisions are actually serving the calm side or the chaos side. And like I said, it does not mean less growth. It does not mean less anything other than more stability, more ease, more true flow.   And so for you, just look at it like, how can we increase our predictability? How can we reduce unnecessary decisions? And how can we lead with regulated energy and structure? So that way everyone's on the same page. I think like calm is not the absence of pressure. It is the presence of structure. And when I heard that, I thought like, gosh, that's so solid because pressure is still going to come. And I my husband and I, were walking the other day and   Some things happened in the company and I just said like, Jace, this is just like another stroke or color or flavor of business. Like that's all it is. This is part of it. Like it's not gonna go away. These things, it's not like we'll have a marathon and we'll get to the end line and like all of our problems will suddenly be dissolved. It's just, how are we able to contain that? How do we navigate through that? How do we respond to that? And are we more on the calm side or the chaos side? And I will say this is a habit. It is not something that most people are born innately with.   I will say it's discipline and it's dedication and it's following through. But really I think it's who do you want to be as a leader? What do you want to show up for me? I just realized like I'm not showing up as the best wife. I'm not showing up as the best sibling. My siblings would call me and I just like they would wait weeks on ends before I'd respond to them. And I'm like, that's just not who Kiera wants to be anymore. ⁓ Kiera wants to be the sister, the mother, the wife that can come in and show up in a way where my family gets the best of me, not just work. I wanted to come in where work was getting the best of me and I wasn't being   like barky on all of my decision making and being annoyed. Team members would say like, here we used to brace asking you for things like you're always polished, you're always professional. But like we know there's this air of annoyance. And for me, my team deserves better. I deserve better. My family deserves better. And I think there is a different and a better way to live if you choose it. So I think like if your practice is feeling just maybe heavy, ⁓ it's not a failure. It's just a signal. And oftentimes I think when you decide to commit to this,   It unlocks a lot of like refinement in the practice and unlocks a lot of systems that we could do. It unlocks leadership opportunities that doesn't have to just sit on your shoulders anymore. And so I think this is some of our favorite work in Dental A Team because it helps us like practices are able to feel this release immediately. We're able to quickly like navigate and streamline. So if that's feeling like you or you're like, gosh, Kiera, you're speaking directly to me, which I know a lot of you feel, reach out, Hello@TheDentalATeam.com or go to our website and click the book of call. It can just be like, let's talk through this and let's give you some tangible tactical ideas.   to help take you from where you are to where you wanna go. Whether you work with us or don't, you will leave that call with tactical resources. You see a map of like, where am I today versus where I wanna go, like I was explaining. And it's actually one of the most fulfilling things for me is to be able to do that for practices to where you can actually see that. So reach out, I'd love to do it. It's no pressure, totally complimentary and just giving you kind of a baseline of where you are. Or if you're like, my gosh, like I need the help, reach out. This is literally what we specialize in. This is what we're experts in and it's what we're obsessed with doing.   So reach out because this is the time for you to choose to have growth and calm, not one or the other. And I believe that the best practices have that. So you guys, is your chance. This is the time. Reach out if there's any way we can support you. And as always, thanks for listening. I'll catch you next time on the Dental A Team Podcast.  

Bruce & Gaydos share the latest information we have on the Hantavirus outbreak.

Tyler Kelbert and Dayna Gamba: Depot North America and What a Real Brand Relationship Looks LikeSome brands want your following. This one wants you.Recorded live at ABS Chicago with co-host Geno Chapman, Corey sits down with barbers Tyler Kelbert and Dayna Gamba, two of the newest additions to the Depot North America team. The conversation covers what drew them to the brand, what the product has been like behind the chair, and why Depot's culture feels different from anything else in the barber space. Tyler tells the story of doing 365 consecutive days of content twice. Dayna talks about using her chair to quietly change lives. Two barbers. Two ways of showing up. Both doing it right.What Is DepotDepot is an established European men's grooming brand covering scalp health, hair, skin, body, and scent. The US launch is building deliberately. Products are organized by numbers: pre-wash in the 100s, washing in the 200s, styling in the 300s. Tyler's go-to is the 304, a strong-hold product that holds all day. Dayna's clients are already asking to cocktail products and wanting more. Distribution is still being worked out but the demand is there.The Culture Is the ProductDepot does not require influencer status. No follower count minimum. They want authentic artists who are good at what they do. Corey and Geno, who spent time with the Depot and Milkshake teams in Ibiza, came away with the same read: family, not a hair brand. Tyler put it plainly... if you're a good barber and you're not a dickhead, there's probably a home for you here.What Dayna Brought to the RoomTyler called out Dayna's positivity as one of his biggest takeaways. She'd flip a negative into something constructive without missing a beat. Contagious. Twenty-three years in the industry, time with Orbe and Davines, and a genuine belief that Depot fills gaps the barber space has been missing. She also runs a charity raffle out of her salon. The prize is free haircuts for a full year. Tickets run $20 to $50 and every dollar goes to a family in need. Quiet generosity. No big following required.Tyler's 365 Days of Content... TwiceFirst run was great for his career and rough on everything else. The second time he came in with a plan, used AI for content ideas, built variety across tutorials, education, humor, and unboxings, and thought about it from the consumer side first. He also brought a carry-on full of outfit changes to the salon every day. His coworkers thought he was out of his mind. Eventually he figured out nobody's watching that closely. It was always about the content.Depot is actively building its US team. Real artists. No ego. Throw your hat in.

In this episode, I talk about the destructive and constructive power of emotional contagion.

In this episode of Storage Wins, Alex Pardo works with Dan Wentzel through one of the most critical inflection points in the entire journey so far. After consistently taking action, making offers, and having conversations, Dan finds himself stuck in a frustrating cycle—doing the work, but expecting the same disappointing outcome every time.   What unfolds is a powerful shift away from tactics and into the internal game. Alex identifies the real issue immediately: it's not a lack of knowledge, resources, or opportunity—it's a mindset problem. More specifically, it's the expectation that deals won't work out, which is quietly influencing everything from tone and confidence to how Dan shows up in conversations with sellers.   This episode pulls back the curtain on how belief, energy, and communication directly impact results. From self-sabotage and low confidence to timid conversations and lack of frame control, Alex breaks down how these subtle factors are costing opportunities—and how to fix them.   But more importantly, the conversation introduces a new way forward. Instead of trying to control every outcome or force deals to work, the focus shifts to letting go, showing up consistently, and trusting the process. By reframing expectations, protecting confidence, and communicating with conviction, Dan is challenged to break the cycle and step into a new level of performance.   This episode is a turning point—where the realization hits that success isn't just about what you do, but how you think, how you show up, and what you believe is possible.   ⸻   You'll Learn How To:   Break the cycle of expecting negative outcomes from your efforts Identify and eliminate self-sabotaging thought patterns Communicate with more confidence and authority in seller conversations Shift from outcome-based thinking to process-based execution Protect your confidence as your most valuable asset Show up with energy and conviction that builds trust and credibility   ⸻   What You'll Learn in This Episode:   [1:33] Why feeling stuck and discouraged is more common than you think [3:11] Dan's frustration: doing the work but seeing the same results [5:01] The hidden problem: expecting deals to fail before they start [6:20] Why mindset—not tactics—is the real bottleneck [7:49] Protecting confidence as the #1 job of an entrepreneur [9:25] How low confidence shows up in conversations with sellers [11:03] The impact of timid tone and lack of frame control [13:05] Why belief must match communication [14:24] Self-sabotage: how your expectations shape your outcomes [16:05] The shift from chasing deals to evaluating opportunities [18:05] Why sellers need to feel your certainty and conviction [20:06] Contagious enthusiasm and how it influences results [22:28] The importance of asking better questions—not more questions [24:57] Choosing the story you tell yourself about your progress [27:32] Why consistency guarantees results over time [29:50] Letting go of control and trusting the process [31:45] The role of faith and releasing pressure [34:20] Practical ways to shift your energy before key conversations [36:30] Focusing on helping—not closing—the deal [38:45] Why one mindset shift can unlock everything   ⸻   Who This Episode Is For:   Investors who feel stuck despite taking consistent action Listeners struggling with confidence in conversations Anyone dealing with discouragement after repeated "no's" Entrepreneurs who know what to do but aren't seeing results People ready to break through mental barriers and level up   ⸻   Why You Should Listen:   Most people think they need better strategies or more opportunities.   In reality, they need a better mindset.   This episode shows how your expectations, energy, and belief system directly impact your results—and why even the best strategy won't work if your mindset is working against you.   If you've been doing the work but not seeing the results, this conversation will help you identify what's really holding you back—and give you the tools to finally break through.   ⸻   Follow Alex Pardo here:   Alex Pardo Website: https://alexpardo.com/ Alex Pardo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexpardo15 Alex Pardo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexpardo25 Alex Pardo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlexPardo Storage Wins Website: https://storagewins.com/   ⸻   Have conversations with at least three storage owners, brokers, private lenders, or equity partners inside the Storage Wins Facebook Group. Join for free here:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/322064908446514/  

Hey BillOReilly.com Premium and Concierge Members, welcome to the No Spin News for Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Stand Up for Your Country.  Talking Points Memo: Bill breaks down why the FCC is now looking into Disney programs, including The View and Jimmy Kimmel. Dr. Anna Lembke, Professor of Psychiatry and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, enters the No Spin Zone to discuss whether violence on social media and pop culture is contagious, and whether people act on hate speech. What polls say about where Americans stand if the congressional election were held today and whether the country is on the right or wrong track. BP's first-quarter earnings show profits doubled as oil prices rose due to the Iran war. Why former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted again and whether Bill thinks he will be convicted. Final Thought: A preview of this week's We'll Do It LIVE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Violence has been misdiagnosed. And there's a misdiagnosis that has caused us to not be able to control it as we could.” — Dr. Gary Slutkin Human violence appears ubiquitous. In Iran. In Gaza. In Ukraine. In Sudan. In American cities and homes. So widespread, indeed, that it seems naturally hardwired into us. Our species-being, so to speak. But, for Dr. Gary Slutkin, there is nothing inevitable about human violence. Slutkin — an epidemiologist who spent years fighting cholera, tuberculosis, and AIDS in Africa before focusing his medical mind on violence — argues that violence is neither a character flaw nor a moral failing. Rather than being baked into our natures, Slutkin sees violence as a contagious disease. It meets the clinical definition of a plague, he says. The more violent our homes, communities, media, politics, the more virally it spreads. Slutkin's new book, The End of Violence: Eliminating the World's Most Dangerous Epidemic, makes the case that violence has been misdiagnosed for centuries. We analyse it as a crime problem, a character problem, an inter-state problem. So we punish, incarcerate and bomb. But none of these approaches confront the contagion. This can only be done, Slutkin argues, with what he calls “violence interrupters” — people from within the infected community who find the most at-risk individuals and cool things down before they escalate. Communities that have applied this approach have seen reductions in violence of 40 to 70 percent, Slutkin boasts, with Cherry Hill, one of Chicago's most dangerous neighbourhoods, experiencing 450 days without a shooting. There will be a time, he promises, when the plague of human violence will be mostly overcome. I hope Dr. Slutkin is correct. But suspect that his brave new violence-free world, like Huxley's, might be simultaneously utopian and dystopian. Five Takeaways •       Violence Meets the Clinical Definition of a Contagious Disease: Slutkin is not speaking metaphorically. Violence meets the definition of a disease: characteristic signs and symptoms causing morbidity and mortality. It meets the definition of contagious: it causes more of itself. One violent event leads to another — in a home, in a community, in a region, in a war. The more you are exposed to it, the more likely you are to do it. This is the same mechanism as measles, as cholera, as COVID. Susceptibility varies — for violence, it has to do with how much you feel humiliated, how much social pain you carry, how much grievance a leader has taught you to feel. But the operating system is the same. •       Violence Has Been Misdiagnosed: For centuries, we have treated violence as a moral failing: a matter of bad people making bad choices. The response has been punishment, incarceration, war. None of these interrupt the contagion. In fact, incarceration concentrates the infection. The misdiagnosis has cost millions of lives. The correct diagnosis — epidemic disease spreading through exposure — changes everything. You don't blame a cholera patient for drinking contaminated water. You don't punish a COVID patient for breathing. You interrupt the spread. You treat the susceptibility. You cool it down. •       Violence Interrupters: The Epidemic Control Playbook: Cure Violence Global trains and deploys violence interrupters: people from the same community, who speak the same language, who have often been involved in violence themselves. Their job is to find the most at-risk individuals — the ones most likely to shoot or be shot next — and intervene before the next event. The approach works. Communities that have applied it have seen reductions of 40 to 70 percent. Over a dozen American cities are at fifty- or sixty-year historic lows. Cherry Hill in Chicago went 450 days without a shooting. Baltimore, New York, and other cities have had similar results. •       Authoritarian Violence Disorder: Chapter eight of The End of Violence is called “Infections of the State.” Slutkin's argument: authoritarian leadership is itself a form of epidemic violence. It spreads violence outward into its own population — through ICE raids, through threats, through the approval and scripting of violence by others. It also spreads it abroad, through war. Violence doesn't know borders. The mechanism is the same: exposure increases transmission; grievance and humiliation increase susceptibility. Trump's Iran war is not just a war. It is authoritarianism causing war. And the spread doesn't stop at the border. •       Uganda Dropped HIV 85 Percent with Behavior Change Alone: In 1987, Slutkin arrived in Uganda, then the most infected country in the world, where a third of the population had what was then a 100 percent lethal disease. Using the epidemic control playbook — no medicines, just behaviour change interventions — they dropped the rate 85 percent. The same approach drove down Ebola, drove down TB long before medication existed. Slutkin's point: we do not need pharmacological intervention to eliminate violence. We need the right people doing the right interventions with the right understanding of how contagion works. We have done it. We can do it again. About the Guest Dr. Gary Slutkin is an epidemiologist and the founder and CEO of Cure Violence Global. He is the author of The End of Violence: Eliminating the World's Most Dangerous Epidemic (Health Communications, Inc., 2026). He is a Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health at the University of Illinois Chicago and a former WHO epidemiologist. References: •       The End of Violence: Eliminating the World's Most Dangerous Epidemic by Gary Slutkin (2026). •       Cure Violence Global — Slutkin's organisation. cvg.org. •       Episode 2887: Steven J. Ross on The Secret War Against Hate — the historical companion on American violence and authoritarian disorder. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,900 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting. WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotify 

What if flourishing isn't something you have to achieve, but something you were born to do? Tami Simon speaks with neuroscientist Richard Davidson and contemplative scientist Cortland Dahl, authors of Born to Flourish: How New Science and Ancient Wisdom Reveal a Simple Path to Thriving, about four trainable skills—awareness, connection, insight, and purpose—that can transform your wellbeing in as little as five minutes a day.This conversation offers genuine transmission—not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. Originally aired on Sounds True One.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Abby and Alan dive into the folklore behind horror's most contagious curses, from The Ring to Smile to It Follows.Get Lunatics Merch here. Join the discussion on Discord. Check out Abby's book Horror Stories. Available in eBook and paperback. Music by Michaela Papa, Alan Kudan & Jordan Moser. Poster Art by Pilar Keprta @pilar.kep.SourcesBBC article by Quinn Hargitai: The Strange Power of The Evil EyeA psmag.com article on The Aye-Aye and The Finger of Death by Jason BittelCollider article by Gabrielle Grady: The Ring is Based on A Haunting Ghost StoryThe Evil Eye: The Classic Account of an Ancient Superstition by Frederick Thomas Elworthy.Yale Tropical Resource Institute Article by Eleanor Sterling, PhD Candidate: The Aye-Aye Lemur of Madagascar: Feeding Ecology, Social Behavior, and MicrohabitatJames George Frazer in The Golden BoughAn Anthropology Review article by Claudine Casser: Contagious Magic - Items that have been in contact, remain connected https://www.bellwitchcave.com/bell-witch-legend/Support the show

What ENT Specialists Want You to Know About Sinus Infection Contagiousness Not all sinus infections are created equal. In this episode, Dr. Smith and Dr. Reddy explain the difference between viral and bacterial sinus infections, what makes one contagious and the other not, and how to protect yourself and the people around you. What you'll learn: Why sinus infections develop and what three triggers are most commonly responsible Why viral sinus infections are generally very contagious and how they spread Why bacterial sinus infections are unlikely to be passed on to others How to tell the difference between the two types based on your symptoms Dealing with recurring sinus infections? Our board-certified ENT specialists can help you get to the root cause. Schedule a consultation at NJ ENT today.   https://www.njent.com/common-question-are-sinus-infections-contagious/

Link to episode This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Brett Conlon, CISO, American Century Investments, and Michael Bickford, former CISO, New York State Gaming Commission.  Missed the live show? Check it out on YouTube. The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at CISOSeries.com. Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker ThreatLocker is extending Zero Trust beyond endpoint control. With their recent release of Zero Trust Network Access and Zero Trust Cloud Access, access isn't based on credentials alone, it requires the right user, the right device, and the right conditions. Because as we've seen in recent large-scale CRM breaches, stolen credentials and misconfigurations can expose massive amounts of data. With ThreatLocker, nothing is exposed, and access is limited to exactly what's needed. Learn more and start your free trial today at ThreatLocker.com/CISO.

This episode is one of Pastor Jack Abeelen's recent radio broadcasts. Pastor Jack's teachings are broadcast every weekday on over 400 radio stations across the country.The Growing Thru Grace radio broadcast is an outreach of Morningstar Christian Chapel in Whittier, California.To see more of Pastor Jack's Bible studies, visit our Morningstar Christian Chapel channel at https://www.youtube.com/@morningstarcc.To subscribe to our Podcast newsletter go to http://eepurl.com/iGzsP6.If you would like to support our electronic ministry, you may do so by going to our donations page at https://morningstarcc.churchcenter.com/giving/to/podcast.Visit our church website at https://morningstarcc.org.

This episode is one of Pastor Jack Abeelen's recent radio broadcasts. Pastor Jack's teachings are broadcast every weekday on over 400 radio stations across the country.The Growing Thru Grace radio broadcast is an outreach of Morningstar Christian Chapel in Whittier, California.To see more of Pastor Jack's Bible studies, visit our Morningstar Christian Chapel channel at https://www.youtube.com/@morningstarcc.To subscribe to our Podcast newsletter go to http://eepurl.com/iGzsP6.If you would like to support our electronic ministry, you may do so by going to our donations page at https://morningstarcc.churchcenter.com/giving/to/podcast.Visit our church website at https://morningstarcc.org.

In this episode, we're talking about contagious leadership. The kind that shapes culture, calls out misalignment, and refuses to protect comfort over truth. This is not about being liked. This is about being responsible for the environment you help create every single day.If you've ever felt the tension between keeping the peace and doing what is right… this conversation is for you. 

Minnesota shocks the field, Utah misses nationals, and Oklahoma reveals its final boss mode. We break down every NCAA Regional—upsets, judging drama, coaching shakeups, and the real reason sticks aren't contagious.  LIVE SHOW: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (APRIL 17) — tickets are limited → Get tickets here CHAPTERS 00:00 – Cold Open: Are Sticks Contagious? The Data Says No 00:19 – NCAA Championship Teams Set + Fort Worth Preview 00:50 – Show Intro + Spencer Survives Regionals Weekend 01:10 – GymCastic Live Show Details + Past Guests 02:35 – BREAKING: Auburn Head Coach Out After 16 Seasons 03:38 – Who's Next? Coaching Carousel Speculation (Utah, Kentucky) 05:05 – Equipment Fail: Floor Out-of-Bounds Set Wrong 06:24 – Regionals Results: Who Advanced & Biggest Upsets 07:17 – Minnesota Stuns: Eliminates Alabama & Utah 08:21 – Stanford Survives + Arkansas Over Missouri 09:09 – Judging Controversy Returns + Oversight Debate 11:18 – Iowa State Fallout: Athletes Transfer En Masse 12:16 – Romania Abuse Investigation Stalls 12:41 – Club Gym Nerd + NCAA Bonus Content Preview 13:12 – Deep Dive Begins: Minnesota's Breakthrough Strategy 15:53 – Alabama's Vault Lineup Cost Them Nationals 18:29 – Rotation Strategy + Why Vault Hurt Utah 20:51 – Sticks vs Steps: How Landings Decided Regionals 22:53 – Celebration Chaos + Teams Party Together 24:13 – Sticker Strategy Theory (Yes, Really) 24:49 – Biggest Lesson: Stick Celebrations Causing Deductions 27:06 – Rules Myth Busted: It's NOT a 3-Second Hold 29:36 – Biggest "Almost" Upset: Clemson Nearly Advances 31:48 – Clemson's Rise + Coaching Impact 32:22 – Arkansas vs Missouri: Margins & Landings 34:10 – Most Exciting Semifinal: Ohio State Upsets Kentucky 35:07 – Beam Pressure & Clutch Performances 37:25 – Rutgers Turnaround Story 40:11 – Iowa's "Valiant Loss" + Orally Tran's 10 42:00 – What We Learned: Oklahoma Still Holding Back 44:25 – Routine Construction: Why Leaps Matter More Than Ever 46:08 – Listener Research: Sticks Are NOT Contagious 50:01 – Broadcast Review: What Worked & What Didn't 53:20 – Judging Confusion Exposed On-Air 55:08 – Production Issues: Camera Angles & Coverage Problems 56:42 – Why Regionals NEED to Be on TV 58:01 – Missing Individual Standings Coverage 01:00:21 – Regional 10.0s Breakdown + Controversies 01:02:19 – Standout Skills & Moments (Van Frayen, Beam Work) 01:03:45 – Injury Moment: Chesney Bennett Finishes Routine 01:06:21 – NCAA Rule Advantage: Injury Evaluation Period 01:10:58 – Oregon Regional: Individual Qualifiers Breakdown 01:12:39 – Arizona State Regional: Michigan State Dominates Individuals 01:15:47 – LSU Regional: Clemson, Stanford & Key Storylines 01:19:57 – Kentucky Regional: Ohio State Upset + Qualifiers 01:22:20 – NCAA Championship Predictions 01:24:45 – Final Four Debate: Florida vs Oklahoma vs Field 01:28:13 – Gymternet News: Romania, Canada, Cornell Donation UP NEXT Listen to post-Regionals College & Cocktails with Reema Behind the Scenes: Friday, April 10 at 12 pm PT SUPPORT OUR WORK Club Gym Nerd: Join Here Merch: Shop Now Fantasy: 2026 College Fantasy Game now open with weekly winners Games  Podcast Tour Tickets Newsletters The Balance Beam Situation: Spencer's GIF Code of Points Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Resistance Resources

Derek Clark delivers a powerful message on self-worth, resilience, and purpose. He reminds us that success isn't about money but about discovering value within yourself and helping others. By overcoming adversity, silencing self-doubt, and choosing to define your own path, you unlock your greatness and create lasting impact.Want Ad-Free Episodes? Join QOD Club and hear zero ads inside our Circle community. Plus, book clubs, mentorship calls, weekly business trainings, and new likeminded friends. Get started for only $9.Source: Motivational Speaker: Never Give Up - Greatness is Contagious! Derek ClarkHosted by Sean CroxtonFollow me on InstagramSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1 Thessalonians 5:16–22 Do you have the courage to be contagious? No, we're not talking about spreading an infectious disease! But rather joyful courage, no matter the circumstances you face. Join Pastor Chuck Swindoll as he presents what is continually appropriate and occasionally uncertain for believers (1 Thessalonians 5:16–22). Joy, prayer, and gratitude mark the life of a “contagious” Christian. Put them into practice today!

1 Thessalonians 5:16–22 Do you have the courage to be contagious? No, we're not talking about spreading an infectious disease! But rather joyful courage, no matter the circumstances you face. Join Pastor Chuck Swindoll as he presents what is continually appropriate and occasionally uncertain for believers (1 Thessalonians 5:16–22). Joy, prayer, and gratitude mark the life of a “contagious” Christian. Put them into practice today!

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