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In this episode: financial independence as runway, career reinvention, self-imposed pressure, writing a first book, coaching-driven leadership with Jeff JaworskiEpisode SummaryThree years after leaving Google, Jeff Jaworski returns to share how FIRE gave him room to build The Shift, write The Leader Shift, and shape work around family and purpose. Jeff and Adam explore why the habits that create success can hold us back in a new chapter—and how to build without recreating the pressure of the rat race.Guest BioJeff Jaworski is the founder of The Shift Coaching & Consulting, a former Google executive, and the author of The Leader Shift. He coaches leaders and organizations to replace heroic leadership with teams that think and scale.Resources & Books MentionedAdam's free FI Life Jumpstart exerciseThe Leader Shift by Jeff JaworskiMindful FIRE episode 151Guest Contact InformationThe ShiftJeff on LinkedInKey TakeawaysFIRE can create options and runway for meaningful reinvention - not just retirement.Distinguish pressure that is real from pressure you manufacture yourself.A new chapter requires new behaviors; what got you here may hold you back there.Scalable leaders ask before telling, explore possibility, and lead performance - not metrics.Join the Mindful FIRE Legends community at MindfulFIRE.org/join.

Your pain will keep pushing you until a bigger vision starts pulling you instead. Not the vague, hopeful kind either, but the gut-level knowing that there's more waiting for you than the life you've been tolerating. Most people never feel that pull until the pain gets loud enough to force it. Michael Beckwith knows that shift intimately. Long before he became the founder of Agape International Spiritual Center, the global spiritual community he's led since its first Sunday service in 1986, he was an agnostic revolutionary who spent his early twenties trying to talk Christians out of their faith. Then came a dream where three men held him down and drove a knife into his heart, and he woke up inside a wave of presence and love so overwhelming he spent the next four decades trying to help other people find their way back to it. These days he's walking through his own separation, from a marriage that began in 2000, and he refuses to call either of his marriages a failure. He calls them both successful, because love that changes shape isn't love that disappeared. That kind of honesty runs through the whole conversation, including his mother's sudden death and how quickly he chooses to forgive. You'll hear him explain where racism actually comes from and why mediocrity always attacks excellence the moment you start to grow. He also leaves you with the three truths he'd want you to carry if everything else he ever said disappeared, starting with this: give away more than you take before you go. Prosperity, Plenitude & Infinite Possibilities Life Visioning: A Transformative Process for Activating Your Unique Gifts and Highest Potential 40 Day Mind Fast Soul Feast: A Guide to Soul Awakening and Inner Fulfillment The Answer Is You Spiritual Liberation: Fulfilling Your Soul's Potential Michael's Instagram Michael's Facebook In this episode you will: Discover how a near-death dream reoriented an atheist revolutionary into a spiritual founder Reframe two “failed” marriages as two successful ones by redefining what a relationship is for Recognize why mediocrity attacks excellence, and stop shrinking to keep others comfortable Overcome the shame of teaching principles you're still struggling to live yourself Distinguish crisis from insight as the two paths people use to grow into their purpose For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1979 More SOG episodes we think you'll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Salena Knight explains why the products you regret buying can be some of the most valuable data in your retail or ecommerce business. It is easy to focus on best sellers, products that sold out, and suppliers that performed well. But your clearance section, old stock, and products that have been sitting in the warehouse can tell you just as much - and sometimes more - about your buying decisions. Salena walks through how to look beyond "it didn't sell" and identify what actually went wrong. Was the product itself the problem? Did you buy too much? Was the colour selection wrong? Was the price too high? Did demand only appear after a significant discount? She also explains why clearing old stock isn't enough. If you don't understand the buying decision that created the excess inventory, you risk making the same decision again with a different product. You'll learn how to: Use old stock as buying data Distinguish between a product problem and an overbuying problem Look at sales performance alongside discounts and timing Identify patterns across seasons and product ranges Recognise assumptions that influence your buying decisions Turn disappointing inventory into a lesson for future buying Ask better questions before repeating a buying decision The key takeaway: You've already paid for the stock. Make sure you get the lesson from it, too.

✅ Join our Thrive Tribe! https://thrivetoday.com/ Learn more about our Thrive Today Membership: https://thrivetoday.com/pages/membership In this episode of the Thrive Today Podcast, Natalie Born sits down with health coach, author, and speaker Lori Nolan to explore her faith-based approach to lasting wellness. Drawing from The Balanced Life Method, Lori shares why she begins with spiritual and emotional well-being before addressing daily health habits. Together, they discuss sleep, stress, movement, the appeal of quick fixes, and practical ways busy women can prioritize their health. This conversation encourages leaders to pursue consistency over perfection and care for themselves as they care for others. [00:16 - 06:45] Building a Strong Foundation for Health Explore the house-building analogy behind Lori's seven-pillar framework. Hear why Lori begins her coaching with the spirit and soul. Consider how beliefs, past experiences, and emotions influence daily habits. [06:46 - 08:18] Prioritizing Sleep and Consistency Hear why Lori identifies sleep as a frequently neglected pillar. Explore her 90-10 approach to consistent habits with room for everyday life. Focus on caring for your body rather than pursuing perfection. [08:19 - 10:11] Taking Inventory of Your Stress Identify the pressures competing for your attention. Distinguish motivating stress from distress that needs attention. Consider how boundaries and relationships connect to stress management. [10:12 - 11:48] Making Movement Part of Your Life Reframe fitness as regular movement, not just a gym membership. Explore walking, cycling, and swimming as ways to stay active. Hear Lori's encouragement to include strength-building activities. [11:49 - 18:37] Looking Beyond Quick Fixes Explore the appeal of quick results versus sustainable lifestyle changes. Hear Lori's perspective on weight-loss medications, peptides, and health habits. Recognize the importance of addressing emotional and behavioral patterns. [18:38 - 22:08] Where to Start When You Feel Overwhelmed Find a trusted doctor and discuss appropriate evaluation and support. Write down your concerns and prioritize one manageable area at a time. View self-care as stewardship that supports your ability to lead and serve. [22:09 - 25:03] Changing the Way You Speak to Yourself Notice the story you tell yourself about your body and your future. Replace harsh self-criticism with kindness, gratitude, and hope. Choose thoughts and words that support your next constructive step. [25:04 - End] Connecting with Lori and Taking the Next Step Learn where to find Lori's coaching, book, and The Balanced Life Podcast. Take one step toward the health journey you have been putting off. Connect with Thrive Today for leadership, community, and encouragement. Quotes “It's not about living forever. It's about living better.” - Lori Nolan “Not everything needs your attention all at one time.” - Lori Nolan “You can't pour from an empty place.” - Lori Nolan “Just start transforming your mind and your words.” - Lori Nolan About Lori Nolan Lori Nolan is a health coach, author, and speaker with three decades of experience helping people pursue faith-centered wellness. Through The Balanced Life Method, she supports lasting change across physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. She is the author of The Balanced Life Method and Kingdom LeadHership, hosts The Balanced Life Podcast, and serves on the advisory board of the Association of Christian Business Women. Guest Links Website: https://lorinolanhealth.com Instagram: @CoachLoriNolan Facebook: Coach Lori Nolan Podcast: The Balanced Life Podcast (Solwin TV and YouTube) Book discussed: The Balanced Life Method - available on Lori's website and Amazon.

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Doug Bytes synthesizes insights from 200 interviews with scientists, soldiers, and athletes. Modern men lose touch with inner signals due to modern lifestyle shifts. This episode breaks down practical steps to rebuild self-trust and spot daily signs.  Core Concepts 1. Practice inner awareness. Society rewards analytical problem-solving over quiet self-reflection.  2. Distinguish fear from instinct. Fear screams loudly. Intuition communicates quietly and persistently.  3. Change physical inputs. Cleaner food choices help tune internal perception.  4. Test small decisions. Ask your body how choices feel before taking action.  5. Track daily synchronicities. Notice unusual events like repeating natural patterns.  Connect with Doug Beitz: Email: info@dougbeitz.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougbeitz/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougbeitz/ Website: https://buymeacoffee.com/dougbeitz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6mQ258nugC3lyw3SpvYuoK?si=7cec409527d34438 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/intuitive-conversations-with-doug/id1593172364 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-beitz-472a4b338/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dougbeitz178

What does it take to build a national surgical education apparatus from scratch? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Ajit Sachdeva, the former Senior Vice President for Education at the American College of Surgeons—a role he held for 24 years before passing the torch in fall 2025. When Dr. Sachdeva arrived at the ACS in 2001, there was no division, no script, and almost no structure. Over the course of his tenure, he created an ecosystem that now touches surgeons at every stage of their careers, from the first year of medical school to the last year of practice.Dr. Sachdeva reflects on competence, excellence, and the value of surgical educators. He discusses the structural shifts that have shaped modern surgical training, including simulation standards, competency-based curricula, the ACS Accredited Education Institutes, and the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. He also shares his thoughts on the challenges that remain: resource constraints, the tension between clinical productivity and educational investment, and the gap between national standard-setting and local implementation.Join hosts Pooja Varman, MD, Judith French, PhD, and Jeremy Lipman, MD, MHPE to reflect on Dr. Sachdeva's impact on surgical education.Learning ObjectivesBy the end of this episode, listeners will be able to 1.     Distinguish between competence, proficiency, expertise, and mastery in the context of surgical training and career development.2.     Identify key structural initiatives from the ACS Division of Education and describe their impact on surgical education at the national level.3.     Discuss the challenges of sustaining and funding surgical education infrastructure and articulate strategies for aligning educational goals with institutional priorities.  References1.     ACS Accredited Education Institutes: https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/education/programs/accredited-education-institutes/ 2.     Dr. Ajit Sachdeva Describes a Career of Distinction in Practice and Surgical Education | ACS. Accessed March 27, 2026. https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/news-publications/news-and-articles/acs-brief/october-21-2025-issue/dr-ajit-sachdeva-describes-a-career-of-distinction-in-practice-and-surgical-education/ Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.  If you liked this episode, check out our recent episodes here: https://behindtheknife.org/listenBehind the Knife Premium: https://behindtheknife.org/premiumOral Board Review: https://behindtheknife.org/oral-boardOral Board Simulator: https://behindtheknife.org/oral-board/simulatorGeneral Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/general-surgery-oral-board-reviewTrauma Surgery Video Atlas: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/trauma-surgery-video-atlasDominate Surgery: A High-Yield Guide to Your Surgery Clerkship: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/dominate-surgery-a-high-yield-guide-to-your-surgery-clerkshipDominate Surgery for APPs: A High-Yield Guide to Your Surgery Rotation: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/dominate-surgery-for-apps-a-high-yield-guide-to-your-surgery-rotationVascular Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/vascular-surgery-oral-board-reviewColorectal Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/colorectal-surgery-oral-board-reviewSurgical Oncology Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/surgical-oncology-oral-board-reviewCardiothoracic Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/cardiothoracic-surgery-oral-board-reviewOBGYN Oral Board Review Coures: https://behindtheknife.org/course/obgyn-oral-board-reviewEPA Playbook: https://behindtheknife.org/course/epa-playbookSurgical Instrument Flashcards: https://behindtheknife.org/course/surgical-instrument-flashcardsABSITE Review: https://behindtheknife.org/course/absite-2026-exam-reviewDownload our App:Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/behind-the-knife/id1672420049Android/Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btk.app&hl=en_US

We'd love to hear from you. What are your thoughts and questions?David Beahm, President and CEO of Blanchard & Company, draws from his extensive career in corporate banking to explain the “warm blanket” effect of gold. The discussion highlights the legal history of gold in the U.S., specifically the 1974 legalization, and provides clarity on why sophisticated investors treat physical bullion as a permanent hedge against uncertainty rather than a get-rich-quick scheme.Financial security often feels like a fragile concept when markets fluctuate, yet history shows that physical assets have served as a reliable anchor for generations. In this episode, we peek behind the curtain of the gold industry to understand why tangible ownership offers a unique kind of peace of mind.Main Points:Define the role of gold as an insurance policy within a diversified portfolio.Identify the difference between paper gold ETFs and physical ownership.Learn why central banks prioritize physical bullion during periods of economic stress.Distinguish between wealth preservation strategies and speculative trading.Understand the importance of selecting reputable firms for gold and silver acquisition.Connect with David Beahm:https://www.linkedin.com/company/137420https://www.facebook.com/BlanchardandCompany/#https://www.youtube.com/user/BlanchardGoldhttps://www.blanchardgold.com/

That feeling when a small comment ruins your entire day? There's actually a name for it, and it's not a character flaw. Dr. Sasha Hamdani is a board certified psychiatrist and ADHD specialist who spent years thinking something was fundamentally wrong with her before she connected the dots between her emotions and her ability to function. She was diagnosed with ADHD in fourth grade but her parents never told her, calling her medication a “vitamin” until she found out by accident in medical school, mid breakdown, after a grade crash she couldn't explain. In this conversation she breaks down why ADHD is genetic rather than trauma driven, why women are diagnosed on average at 35 instead of childhood, and why so many get handed antidepressant after antidepressant for the wrong diagnosis. She also opens up about rejection sensitive dysphoria, the moment her father's sudden death taught her that unregulated emotion can shut down your whole life, and the years she spent secretly dating her now husband while terrified of rejecting her family's expectations. If you've ever felt like your emotions hijack your entire day, or you've been told to just calm down when your whole nervous system feels like it's on fire, this one will change how you see yourself. Pre-Order Too Sensitive: Rejection, Resilience, and the Science of Feeling Deeply Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You! Dr. Hamdani Instagram In this episode you will: Distinguish real ADHD from anxiety, trauma, and depression so you stop cycling through the wrong diagnosis and medications Uncover why women are diagnosed with ADHD nearly three decades later than men, and what that misdiagnosis actually costs Recognize Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) as a neurological response, not a character flaw, so you can finally make sense of overwhelming emotional pain Replace well-meaning but harmful advice like “just calm down” with language that actually helps someone spiraling from rejection Transform deep sensitivity into a genuine strength instead of a source of shame Build emotional regulation habits early so grief, rejection, and stress stop hijacking your ability to function For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1972 More SOG episodes we think you'll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What do you do when you finally have language for your in-law's emotional immaturity (or dare I say narcissistic behaviors) — and your spouse, the one who grew up with it, doesn't see it yet. Do you tell them? Do you go directly to your in-law? In his first live Q&A in a year, Tony takes on one of the most painful positions a partner can be in: watching your spouse work so hard to please a parent who rarely lets them feel enough, while any observation you offer lands like an attack. Tony explains why that reaction makes sense — recognizing a parent's narcissistic traits means asking someone to re-examine decades of memories they had filed under love — and why the instinct to hand them the word "narcissist" tends to close the door rather than open it. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: Recognize why your spouse may defend a parent's behavior they privately struggle with — the need to belong to our family of origin runs deep, and it's less denial than protection. Distinguish narcissistic traits from NPD, and why emotional immaturity is often the more accurate and more workable place to start. Name the gaslighting pattern of "that isn't what happened" and understand what it does to your sense of reality over time. Learn why the most caring move is often patience with your spouse's timeline rather than presenting the evidence. Hear a listener share how the Death by a Thousand Cuts series gave her the courage to finally leave — with the 12th installment on its way. Tony Overbay is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 20 years of experience and a certification in treating betrayal trauma. If you didn't get your question answered live, email it to contact@tonyoverbay.com — Tony is answering listener questions first in upcoming sessions. Please follow Tony on Instagram @virtual.couch on Tiktok @virtualcouch on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tonyoverbaylmft and on Substack https://thevirtualcouch.substack.com/ You can reach out to Tony through his website tonyoverbay.com or by emailing contact @ tonyoverbay.com

Send us Fan MailNonprofits are adopting AI fast, but governance, data controls and human judgment determine whether experimentation becomes real organizational value.  AI governance is becoming a business necessity as organizations move rapidly from experimenting with AI to using it throughout finance, fundraising, communications, and operations. But adoption is racing ahead of strategy and that creates a very different challenge for nonprofit leaders!Patricia Bueso, Client Services Technology Adoption Manager at Your Part-Time Controller (YPTC), joined us during Nonprofit Power Week to explain how nonprofits can turn AI experimentation into trusted organizational capability.One statistic frames the issue: Patricia cites research indicating that 92% of nonprofits are already using or experimenting with AI, yet only 7% are using it in meaningful, impactful ways. That suggests the next competitive advantage isn't simply adopting another AI tool. It's knowing where AI adds value, where it creates risk, and where human judgment must remain firmly in control.Patricia recommends beginning with actual workflows. Identify potential AI use cases across departments, then evaluate each according to effort, value and risk. Ask one deceptively simple question: “What happens if the AI is wrong?”Low-risk applications may include brainstorming, outlines, email rewrites and meeting summaries. Risk rises when AI begins influencing financial analysis, donor segmentation or organizational decisions.The conversation also moves squarely into data governance. Where is organizational data stored? How long does a vendor retain it? What happens after a subscription ends? Who has reviewed the security configuration? Patricia recommends examining standards such as SOC 2 and involving IT or technologically knowledgeable board members when appropriate.Perhaps the clearest operating principle comes from YPTC: “Guidelines help protect the adventurous and reassure the cautious.”Governance doesn't have to mean stopping innovation. It means establishing guardrails so people can use AI confidently!Key Takeaways:Evaluate AI at the workflow level—not as one enormous organization-wide problem.Rate AI use cases by effort, business value and potential risk.Distinguish low-, medium- and high-risk AI based on consequences for decisions, people, money and reputation.Know where vendor-held data goes, how it is secured and what happens to it after termination.Create AI guidelines defining what is encouraged, what requires approval and what is off limits.Treat staff training and human judgment as essential parts of AI governance.00:00:00 Adopting AI You Can Actually Trust 00:03:47 The 92% vs. 7% Nonprofit AI Gap 00:05:20 Start With Workflows, Not AI Tools 00:07:27 What Happens When AI Is Wrong? 00:08:02 Low, Medium and High AI Risk 00:10:46 Human Judgment Is the Essential Control 00:12:50 Where Does Your Nonprofit's Data Go? 00:15:00 AI Configuration, SOC 2 and Data Security 00:17:10 Questions to Ask Before Trusting an AI Vendor 00:20:40 What Nonprofits Can Actually Control 00:21:49 Governance Before Technology 00:24:51 Training Staff to Use AI Confidently 00:26:44 AI Should Support Judgment—Not Replace It #NonprofitAI  #TheNonprofitShowFind us Live daily on YouTube!Find us  Live daily on LinkedIn!Find us Live daily on X: @Nonprofit_ShowOur national co-hosts and amazing guests discuss management, money and missions of nonprofits!  12:30pm ET   11:30am CT  10:30am MT  9:30am PTSend us your ideas for Show Guests or Topics: HelpDesk@AmericanNonprofitAcademy.comVisit us on the web:The Nonprofit Show

Retirement spending can feel risky, even when your savings, income, and investments suggest that you are financially secure. After decades of careful saving, many retirees struggle to use money from their U.S. brokerage accounts, IRAs, and Israeli savings because they remain focused on uncertainty and the possibility of running out. A clear retirement plan can help separate responsible caution from unnecessary fear. Reviewing your assets, income, expenses, and accessible reserves can show whether your money can support meaningful spending without threatening your long-term financial security. Review your complete financial picture, including U.S. and Israeli accounts. Distinguish genuine financial risk from a long-standing fear of spending. Consider the cost of postponing important decisions and experiences. Set aside money specifically for planned, meaningful retirement spending. Sschedule your free introductory call to see if we're a good fit: https://profile-financial.com/call

PodChatLive 242: Injury risk when running with a stroller/buggy, Tibialis Anterior anatomical variation, the lunge test link with falls risk in Parkinson's Disease, and thinking about calcaneal insufficiency fracturesContact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.comLinks from this episode:Injury risk and running habits in parents: Does stroller use make a difference?Anatomical characteristics of the tibialis anterior tendon and clinical significanceCalcaneal Insufficiency Fracture: An Underrecognized Cause of Atraumatic Heel Pain in Older AdultsThe Weight-Bearing Lunge Test as an Instrument to Distinguish between Non-Recurrent and Recurrent Fallers in People with Parkinson's Disease.

We're going to talk about issues related to our moods, our ideas, emotions, etc. The Esoteric Path is narrow, constricted, and difficult. We normally live in a world of sensory experiences, which is the Physical World. Through external sensory perceptions, we form our concepts of content, with which we reason. Reasoning and the Sensory Perceptions Thus, the reasoning we normally use is based solely on sensory assemblies. Given that these assemblies are its foundation, it is obvious that this type of reasoning is conditioned precisely by them. Reason, therefore, is subjective and hypothetical from every point of view, since it is based on the information our senses provide. And so, if we form concepts of content from these sensory perceptions, and then distribute these concepts in one way or another, they give us ordinary, formal logical reasoning. Do you really believe that this type of reasoning (based solely on external sensory perceptions) could allow us to verify reality? If the concepts of content have been developed precisely from the data provided by our physical senses, it is obvious that such concepts of content cannot transcend the mystical-sensory realm. We will now explain why ordinary reasoning is called “subjective reasoning.” What could Subjective Reasoning possibly know about Reality, about Truth, about God, about life beyond the grave, about what exists beyond the world of the senses, about what lies beyond death? Obviously, this reasoning, based solely on content concepts developed from the data provided by our physical senses, can only operate within its own limitations. It can only be processed within the realm of the mystical-sensory; it could never transcend the concepts of content through which it was formed. So, how can we reach the EXPERIENCE OF REALITY and TRUTH? There are various techniques in MEDITATION, etc., but above all, it requires possessing what is called “Faith.” Faith and Meditation lead us to Enlightenment Orthodox dogma teaches that “faith is belief in what we do not see.” This kind of Orthodox faith is not authentic faith. Faith, in itself, is a solar power. But how do we attain such power? Therein lies the problem… Is it possible to attain Faith? The Physical Senses cannot provide it; they will provide us with data with which (I repeat) we will develop our concepts of content, which are so fundamental to reasoning, up to a point! But that Solar-type Faith, the one that goes beyond simple Subjective Reasoning, the one that has such extraordinary power as to move mountains, the one that combined with Meditation leads us to Enlightenment, is not possible to obtain with the simple reports that the Physical Senses give us. Some ask for faith, they cry out for faith. It's good to pray, but as the saying goes, “Pray to God, but keep hammering away”… So, what to do? Truly, to attain faith, above all, you have to create it; faith is not something that can be achieved empirically. I repeat: YOU HAVE TO CREATE IT. And how is it created? Through STUDY and EXPERIENCE. It is obvious that through study and Direct Experience, by means of the technique of Meditation, we will come to COMPREHEND, and from that Comprehension comes, spontaneously, that which is called “Faith.” Comprehension, in itself, does not belong to the Mind; it is an exclusive property of the THIRD LOGOS, of LORD SHIVA, of BINAH (the Great Sephiroth, one of the Three Supreme Sephiroth), of the Holy Spirit… If we are experiencing through meditation, if we are studying something—some transcendental subject—if we strive to comprehend it, it is obvious that the first thing we will have is the mystical experience (as a result of study and meditation); then comes comprehension, that spark of light given to us by the Third Logos. He comes to our aid to give us comprehension, and from such comprehension comes faith. Comprehension (I repeat, so that I am clearly understood) is based on the Third Logos, and from this comprehension comes Faith. Therefore, if Comprehension is based on the Third Logos and from this comprehension comes Faith, then obviously the very root of Faith is in the Third Logos, that is, in the Holy Spirit. The many Degrees on the Path of Initiation But in acquiring faith, there are degrees and degrees, scales and scales, systems and systems. Obviously, my dear brothers, when I refer to “systems and systems,” I am referring to hierarchical matters: Solar Systems, Worlds, Universes, Atomic Systems, etc. As for the practical means or system for achieving faith, it is none other than the one I have already mentioned… I emphasize the idea that there are degrees and degrees, because knowledge is multiple, multifaceted. For example: Suppose we are ignorant of the Law of Eternal Return; we are informed, but we know nothing. What should we do? How can we come to have faith in this Law? We must first study the Doctrine of the Eternal Return of all things. Through intellectual understanding, we will come to know that the stars return to their starting point after many years; that the atoms within the molecule always return to their original starting point; that the Sun has an elliptical orbit, returning south and then north each year… Through this understanding, we will be able to know that days and nights, seasons, and ages return… We will also learn, through this information, that the Law of Eternal Return allows us to come back, to be reborn, to have a new body after we have lost the one we have. That much is obvious, but that's where it ends! We need something more: We need to REMEMBER OUR PAST LIVES, that's obvious. As long as we don't have the memory of our previous lives, we can't say we know, no! We'll have the theory accumulated in the mind, but that's not true KNOWLEDGE. So, what should we do? First of all, we need to investigate; there are systems for remembering past lives. Gautama, the Buddha, taught the method of RETROSPECTION, and it is wonderful. But how could we come to have faith, for example, in the method taught by Gautama the Buddha? There is only one way. How? First, study; second, practice. From study and practice comes understanding; then, as a result, faith arises; and with faith, we will successfully practice the retrospective exercise. The Practice The exercise is easy and simple: Begin lying in bed, with your body relaxed. You must remember, concentrate on the last events of the day, the ones before that, the ones before that; and thus, in retrospect, recall, relive all the incidents of the day. We will then proceed with the incidents of the previous day, also in retrospect. Then we will continue trying to remember what we did on the day before last; and so, with that process, we will try to remember the last 15 days of our life, the penultimate 15 days, everything we did in the past month and the month before last, and what we did in a year and in 10 and in 20 years. We will strive to remember all the events of life, always in retrospect. When we reach the first five years of childhood, the problem arises: How can we remember the events of our lives when we were four, three, two, one years old? How? We have no choice but to COMBINE MEDITATION WITH SLEEP: In moments when we feel predisposed to sleep, we will practice the exercise, trying to meticulously recall all the incidents of our lives when we were four, three, two, one… The memories will emerge in flashes, like lightning, like bursts of light, etc… Those first flashes (memories of early childhood) resulting, first, from having known the practice, the study; second, from having practiced the retrospective exercise, those memories or those flashes, those visions, let's say, of a lightning-like type, will give us Faith in the exercise (a Solar-type Faith), and the more we remember the occurrences of early childhood, the more Faith will increase. And when we have remembered our entire life, up to the very moment of birth, then we can make the leap to the last moment (to the last moment of the previous life). If we can remember it, if we can picture ourselves surrounded by our family in our final moments, then our faith will be rekindled, it will be even stronger. We will say: “What an extraordinary exercise, I am happy with this practice!” And as we continue our retrospective exercise, we will recall the final years of our past existence, the penultimate years, the years before the penultimate, our youth, our adolescence, our childhood, the moment we were born in our past existence. When we achieve this, we will possess an unwavering, solar-type Faith, unshakeable. Someone might come and tell us that “this exercise is useless,” and we would laugh at them. The greatest reasoner might come and try to destroy us, and we would laugh at them (we would be sustained by Faith, the product of STUDY and EXPERIENCE). Then we would say, “I know the Law of the Eternal Return of all things,” but we would no longer say it in a merely empirical, intellectual, or reasoned way; rather, we would speak it with firsthand knowledge. We could say, “I have returned, and here I am!”; and we would speak it with such certainty that we would move many. Thus, we would have acquired Faith through the retrospective exercise. This procedure, taught by Gautama Buddha Shakyamuni, allows us to remember all our previous existences; it is a marvelous exercise. But it is one thing for you to hear a statement, an explanation, and another thing entirely to put it into practice. When you hear the discourse on such an exercise, you receive INFORMATION; you are, in fact, STUDYING. But when you practice, you are PRACTICING; and from study and practice comes comprehension; and as a result of comprehension, Faith. This comprehension is given to us by the Third Logos; and it is Faith, the definitive result of experience, verification, and comprehension. So, brothers, there is no other way to have Faith. But if you manage to develop, for example, Faith in retrospect, Faith in the Law of the Eternal Return of all things (based on study, experience, and comprehension), it does not mean, for that reason, that you have, for example, COMPLETE FAITH in other matters, such as the existence of Atlantis. You may have heard that Atlantis existed, but you have no proof of it; you receive it as news, you may accept it, but you have no real proof of it. IMAGINATION and WILL So, to find out if Atlantis existed, you would first need to verify that information by studying where Atlantis was located. That it was in the Atlantic Ocean, fine! What physical evidence, what data is there, what are its legends, traditions, etc.? Once we have all that data, then we need to verify it. How will we verify it? Through the technique of meditation. We will have to lie down in our bed (preferably with our head facing North), our body completely relaxed, our eyes closed, at a moment when we feel predisposed to sleep, and we must concentrate intently on Atlantis, combining IMAGINATION and WILL in vibrant harmony. Let us remember that Imagination is feminine; it is worth mentioning that Will is masculine, and that in the combination of these two polarities lies the key to all Power. Therefore, we must not underestimate the Imagination; there is a very marked tendency to underestimate the Imagination. Some say: “Those are things of the Imagination, I accept them because…, or it's a thing of my Imagination,” that is, they do not know how to appreciate the value of the Imagination. Distinguish between INTENTIONAL IMAGINATION and MECHANICAL IMAGINATION. Intentional Imagination is the “TRANSLUCENT” that allows us to see the great realities of the Inner Worlds. Mechanical Imagination is FANTASY; it is formed from the detritus of memory. Let us, therefore, distinguish between IMAGINATION and FANTASY. To underestimate Imagination is absurd. Therefore, we must develop our imagination, cultivate it… If we concentrate properly (I repeat) on Atlantis, with relaxed bodies, vividly imagining the Atlantean continent; if we unite Will and Imagination in vibrant harmony (wanting to see Atlantis); if we practice daily, imagining it there in the Atlantic Ocean, seeing a group of marvelous islands, among them Poseidon's island with its seven solid gold gates, etc.; if we truly practice, what will happen? That one day, we will see Atlantis… Obviously, there are three phases in Initiatic Knowledge: 1. IMAGINATION 2. INSPIRATION 3. INTUITION Imagination, Inspiration, and Intuition are the three obligatory paths of Initiation. We will vividly imagine the Atlantean Continent, just as it was there, situated in the ocean that bears its name (the walled cities, etc.) And our Will will be “TO WANT TO SEE”, and our Imagination will be TO WAIT, TO BE IN A RECEPTIVE STATE, to see what comes to the Imagination. One day, among many others, glimpses of Atlantis will begin to reach our imagination, and the images of that ancient continent will grow ever more vivid. We will see its inhabitants, its cities, and if we are persistent in this practice, the day will come when we will be able to see the Atlantean continent perfectly, in its entirety. These glimpses will give us faith, but that faith will increase when we move on to the second aspect, which is called “inspiration.” Being inspired, we will feel within ourselves what Atlantis was like; we will know of its life and its tragedies. A third level will lead us to INTUITION. And then, through Intuition, we will not only be able to see clairvoyantly and come to feel the vivid emotions of the people, etc., of the Atlantean Continent, but we will also be able to study, in its entirety, the life of that continent, of that humanity, in the very Sealed Archives of Nature, in the AKASHIC RECORDS. When that happens, we will have much more Faith. Then we see how Faith is susceptible to development. Someone can have faith in one thing and not in another. Whoever wants to have faith in everything will have to study deeply and experience, and then, as a result of study and direct experience, comes comprehension, and as a consequence or corollary of such comprehension, comes faith which (as I already told you) obviously has its roots in the same Third Logos. This is how faith develops: through study and experience… That's all I have to say. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.

Gallstones are hardened deposits that form when substances such as cholesterol or unconjugated bilirubin become overly concentrated in bile. They vary greatly in size and often cause no symptoms, but stones that leave the gallbladder can obstruct the biliary tract and cause inflammation or infection. After listening to this AudioBrick, you should be able to: Compare cholelithiasis, choledocholithiasis, cholecystitis, and cholangitis. Describe how cholesterol and pigment gallstones form. Identify the major risk factors, clinical course, and complications of gallstones. Distinguish acute from chronic cholecystitis. Describe the treatment of gallstones and acute cholecystitis. Explore the original Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis brick from our Gastrointestinal collection. Access more than 230 Rx Bricks for free: https://usmle-rx.com/free-bricks/ Learn more about Rx Bricks: https://usmle-rx.com/products/rx-bricks/ — Enjoyed the episode? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts to help more medical students discover the show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rx-bricks-podcast/id1530646481 Follow USMLE-Rx: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usmlerx Blog: https://usmle-rx.com/blog-posts/ X: https://x.com/usmle_rx Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usmle_rx_/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/USMLERX

  Maurice discusses how to consistently turn insights into improvement by building responsive systems. This episode explores the critical difference between awareness and action, emphasizing how closing feedback loops drives personal and professional growth. Learn to transform data into deliberate adjustments for lasting change.  In This Episode:00:00 Insight Without Action04:17 Closing the Loop08:10 Consistency and Transformation Key Takeaways:Analyze personal and business data to identify areas needing adjustment and action.Distinguish between merely noticing insights and actively responding to them for true growth.Implement a “closing the loop” system by deciding what to keep, improve, or stop.Recognize that consistent follow-through builds self-trust and prevents repeated mistakes.Prioritize consistent action over acquiring more information to make progress automatic.

Richard A. MansfieldHearing God's Voice Series, Part 3

Richard A. MansfieldHearing God's Voice Series, Part 3

What is the church? What does it really mean to be the church? Look beyond familiar words and discover God's unique purpose for the body of Christ. Distinguish the church from Israel and understand its place in God's unfolding plan. Recognize Christ as the Head who equips every believer for faithful service through His Word. Embrace your identity as a vital member of His body and live with the purpose, unity, and maturity He intends.

You hear it regularly. I know I do. “I don't feel safe.” And that can be important. Manipulation exists, Abuse, and real danger is out there. But what if we've started using the language of safety to describe something else entirely? What if we actually confuse discomfort at being disagreed with or being held responsible for our actions with feeling unsafe? In this episode, Joe explores the growing tendency to confuse emotional discomfort with actual danger, and why that distinction matters. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and years of counseling experience, he explains how avoiding discomfort can actually increase anxiety, shrink our lives, and keep us from becoming the people we're meant to be. From parenting and marriage to leadership, faith, and everyday relationships, this conversation challenges us to ask a better question: Am I truly unsafe, or am I simply being asked to do something difficult? If you've ever avoided a hard conversation, struggled with criticism, or wondered why anxiety seems more common than ever, this episode is for you. Courage comes when we learn to experience our fear and examine it for the proper response.

Favour Obasi-ike, MBA, MS shares insights from 13+ years helping businesses improve their websites and online presence. He highlights that first impressions on a website are like setting the feel of a room; you have to make visitors want to take action. The episode stresses the importance of providing clear instructions and having compelling calls to action right from the start.Website success isn't just about aesthetics—it's about strategy, clarity, and engagement. Favour illustrates how timely follow-ups, even post-room, can convert onlookers into leads and customers. He delves into marketing psychology—especially how colors like yellow and blue (used by Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy) foster trust and encourage clicks.Practical stories, such as how a wedding dress site started getting national customers after targeted changes, anchor the advice in reality. Favour also recommends constant testing and evaluating everything from wording (“Book a Call” vs. “Schedule a Call”) to color choices on buttons to increase conversions.Throughout, Favour encourages thinking beyond just “having” a website: ensure it is working for you by guiding visitors from interest to engagement and decision.

What does it mean to be part of the Church of God? Understand that the Church is not merely an organization or social gathering but the very body of Christ, established and sustained by Him. Recognize that Christ alone is the head of His Church and defines its nature, purpose, structure, and worship through His Word. These facets of the Church are not determined by psychology, sociology, or demographics, which is the modern and non-biblical approach popular today. Distinguish carefully between the Church and Israel as you study Scripture with precision. Embrace your identity as a saint, set apart for God's purposes. Think deeply about the privilege and responsibility of belonging to Christ's Church.

"A narrative lives or dies on the conviction of the most senior authorized leaders of the organizational system. The story is the strategy. A company without a story is usually a company without a strategy." — Michael Margolis | Storied, Inc.What if your organization's stories were the new code base? In this episode, Rain sits down with Michael Margolis, founder of Storied, Inc., and one of the most respected voices in organizational storytelling and narrative strategy, for a conversation that functions as a masterclass in how language, storytelling, and brand messaging actually drive business outcomes in the age of generative AI. Michael has spent over two decades pioneering narrative as a management discipline, working inside Facebook and Meta across 14 product divisions, advising companies like Google, Shopify, Uber, and NASA, and now serving as an operating partner for narrative at Veridical Ventures.This conversation goes deep into the distinction between story and narrative, two words most marketing strategy and brand storytelling content treats as interchangeable but which Michael argues are fundamentally different disciplines. A story is a closed loop with a beginning, middle, and end. A narrative is an open loop, an abstraction, an architecture that every individual story hangs from like an ornament on a Christmas tree. Michael breaks down the four waves of organizational storytelling, from early knowledge management to the social media era's democratization of brand narrative, to his seven years embedded inside Meta building the strategic narrative behind Facebook Groups, to today's narrative economy where large language models are, by definition, narrative machines.Whether you're a founder building brand purpose from scratch, a CMO trying to align your messaging house, or simply someone trying to understand why storytelling has quietly become the literal infrastructure of how modern organizations operate, this episode will change how you think about every word your company puts into the world.In this episode, you will learn to:Distinguish between story and narrative and understand why that distinction is the foundation of effective brand strategyRecognize language debt inside your own organization before it compounds into misalignment and confusionBuild narrative architecture using the thesis, first principles, identity layer, and evidence stack frameworkChoose coherence narratives over controlled narratives to navigate disruption and uncertainty with integrityUnderstand why large language models function as narrative machines and what that means for how you communicate going forwardLinks & ResourcesFollow Michael Margolis:Website → https://www.storiedinc.comLinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmargolisBook → Story 10x: Turn the Impossible Into the Inevitable by Michael Margolis https://amzn.to/4eUdxVxFirm → Veridical Ventures → https://www.veridical.vcLearning Platform → Narrative Intelligence courses on Maven → https://maven.com/storiedPerson Referenced → Steve Denning, founder of Golden Fleece community of practicePerson Referenced → Paul CostelloPerson Referenced → Shane Curry, Deloitte AustraliaPerson Referenced → John Hagel, Deloitte Center for the EdgePerson Referenced → Ben Horowitz, Andreessen HorowitzPerson Referenced → Jose Velez, Curation LabsFor more storytelling tips and strategies, visit:Website → https://rainbennett.comPodcast → https://thestorytellinglabpodcast.comOr follow along at:TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@chiefstorytellingofficerTwitter/X → https://twitter.com/rainbennettInstagram → https://www.instagram.com/rainbennettFacebook → https://www.facebook.com/thestorytellinglabYouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@RainBennett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AUA2026: Focus on: Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma CME Available: https://cme.auanet.org/URL/FOCUS264ONL LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After participating in this CME activity, participants will be able to: 1. Select appropriate first-line therapies for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma during initial treatment planning, in accordance with updated NCCN guidelines. 2. Evaluate holistic management approaches, including treatment sequencing, therapy transitions, and long-term follow-up for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma throughout the course of disease. 3. Implement strategies to recognize, monitor, and mitigate treatment-related adverse events in patients receiving systemic therapy for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma. 4. Integrate shared decision-making tools and communication strategies into clinical practice to ensure alignment of treatment choices with patient values and caregiver input. 5. Distinguish between treatment pathways for different stages of advanced bladder cancer, including variant histologies to ensure accurate staging and appropriate therapy selection based on the latest NCCN guidelines. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Support provided by independent educational grants from: Merck & Co., Inc. Pfizer, Inc.

Ever worked with a stakeholder who changes direction faster than your project plan can keep up? Then this episode may feel a little too familiar. Kim and Kate dive into the rise of Mr. Beast and the making of Beast Games through a project management lens—not to critique content creation, but to examine what happens when vision outpaces execution. From sponsor behavior and scaling challenges to agile gone sideways, they unpack the risks of massive ambition without the systems to support it. If you've ever managed shifting priorities, difficult stakeholders, or a project that seemed to grow by the hour, this conversation will hit home. Grab a drink and join us for a fascinating look at project sponsors, leadership, and what real-world project management can learn from internet-scale production.

In this episode of Stop Sabotaging Your Success, Cindy Esliger explores why so many professionals achieve a goal only to immediately move the goalposts and focus on what is still not enough. She explains how productivity can become a form of self-soothing, especially in environments where recognition is scarce and we feel we need to constantly prove our value. Cindy examines the connection between achievement and self-worth, and why relying on external validation creates a cycle where success never feels satisfying. We need to learn to distinguish between productive discomfort and true misalignment. Productive discomfort signals growth and expansion into new territory, while misalignment feels like climbing a ladder that's leaning against the wrong wall. Cindy challenges us to evaluate whether we're pursuing goals that genuinely reflect our values or are simply chasing recognition that may never arrive. She also outlines five beliefs that keep us trapped in moving our own goalposts: 1. If we keep proving ourselves, we'll finally be recognized, 2. Slowing down or setting boundaries will make us seem uncommitted, 3. We can't afford to make mistakes or show vulnerability, 4. We need to do it all to prove we can handle it, and 5. Changing direction means we failed. Cindy outlines six workplace red flags that can normalize this pattern and seven practical strategies to regain control: 1. Design our own scorecard, 2. Distinguish between productive and performative work, 3. Set boundaries as strategic  career moves, 4. Channel anxiety into action, not affirmation, 5. Build selective vulnerability, 6. Create decision criteria for our career ladder before we pursue a new goal, and 7. Practice less control. Cindy's message is that success should be measured by alignment with personal values, not by endlessly chasing validation. Sometimes the bravest career move is recognizing that a path no longer fits and giving ourselves permission to choose a different one.   Resources discussed in this episode: Guide to Recognizing When You're Moving Your Own Goalposts Astronomic Audio Confidence Collective — Contact Cindy Esliger  Career Confidence Coaching: website | instagram | facebook | linkedin | email Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode Overview Michael Levitt sits down with executive advisor Chris March to discuss one of the most common yet underaddressed challenges facing founder-led businesses: the founder themselves becoming the primary obstacle to growth. Chris works with organizations generating between $5 million and $20 million in revenue, helping founders identify structural dysfunction, reclaim their time, and build organizations that can operate independently. Key Topics Covered Founder Gravity Chris introduces the concept of "founder gravity," the organizational pull that keeps all decisions, approvals, and responsibilities flowing back to the founder regardless of company size. He explains that structural problems cannot be coached away, and that solving them requires an intentional redesign of how the organization is built. The Delegation Trap A critical distinction emerges between transferring tasks and transferring decision-making authority. Many founders delegate responsibilities without ever relinquishing the sign-off, which trains their teams to wait for approval rather than exercise independent judgment. True delegation requires trusting people with the authority to make decisions, not just the work itself. AI as an Accelerant, Not a Silver Bullet Both Michael and Chris address the widespread rush to adopt AI without first establishing the operational fundamentals it requires. Without documented SOPs and clearly defined workflows, AI cannot fill the gaps. Chris references a Gartner projection that up to 40 to 90 percent of AI projects may be canceled by 2027 due to this misalignment, noting that organizations are often simply accelerating broken systems rather than fixing them. The Business Continuity Test Chris offers a practical diagnostic: if a founder cannot step away from the business for two to three weeks without it breaking down, they do not have a business. They have an expensive job. He uses this exercise with clients as a structural audit to identify exactly where the organization is fragile. Time as a Strategic Asset Chris closes with his single most impactful recommendation: audit how you spend your time. Founders who operate with unstructured, reactive calendars are commonly leaking 10 to 20 hours per week. Time is the one asset that cannot be recovered, and managing it with intention is foundational to everything else. Actionable Takeaways Conduct an honest organizational design review to determine whether your structure still fits the size of your business. Distinguish between delegating tasks and delegating decision-making authority, and make the latter a priority. Document your SOPs and institutional knowledge before introducing any AI or automation tools. Schedule a planned absence and observe what breaks. Use the results as a structural roadmap. Audit your calendar. Reactive scheduling is one of the most common and costly forms of operational drag. About Chris March Chris March is an executive advisor specializing in founder-led organizations. He helps business owners scale past the point where they themselves are the constraint, focusing on organizational structure, operational design, and leadership development. LinkedIn: Active 2 to 3 times per week with insights on founder leadership and organizational dynamics Website: chrismarchadvisory.com LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherrmarch/ Connect with Michael Levitt Website: breakfastleadership.com "If you can't step away from your business for two to three weeks, you don't have a business. You have a very expensive job." -- Chris March

History doesn't only live in books. It lives in who gets remembered, who gets silenced, and who chooses to speak anyway! Meet Kristi Williams, a descendant of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and member of Historic Vernon AME Church, who brings a deeply personal lens to historical preservation, and Emma Willis, who complements this perspective by focusing on advocacy, ethical philanthropy, and the importance of treating lived experience with care and dignity. Together, they emphasize how community memory and historical truth are shaped by those closest to it. The discussion expands into the erasure of Black history in education, including policies such as Oklahoma's House Bill 1775, and the broader challenge of restricted narratives in schools. Kristi and Emma highlight practical ways everyday people can contribute, such as reading widely, including banned books, journaling present-day experiences, and preserving family and ancestral documents. They also explore philanthropy as a relational practice rather than transactional giving, stressing collaboration with communities. Ultimately, the conversation connects personal storytelling, institutional responsibility, and collective action as essential tools for preserving history and strengthening democracy. In this episode, you will be able to:  Understand how everyday people contribute to preserving history. Recognize the importance of descendant-led storytelling in historical preservation. Identify how oral histories and personal archives protect erased narratives. Analyze the impact of banning or restricting historical books. Appreciate the role of Black history in strengthening democratic understanding. Describe how philanthropy can support community-led cultural preservation. Distinguish between transactional giving and relational philanthropy. Apply journaling as a tool for documenting lived experience for future history. Get all the resources from today's episode here.  Support for this show is brought to you by Donor Perfect. Our friends at Donor Perfect really understand fundraising on so many levels. Stay aligned while working online with a seamless and secure payments experience for your donors and your team. Empower donors to give where they are, whenever they like, automate data entry, and process online, monthly, and mobile payments, and accept payments over the phone. Connect with me:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_malloryerickson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthefundraising YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@malloryerickson7946 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/mallory-erickson-bressler/ Website: malloryerickson.com/podcast Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-the-fundraising/id1575421652 If you haven't already, please visit our new What the Fundraising community forum. Check it out and join the conversation at this link. If you're looking to raise more from the right funders, then you'll want to check out my Power Partners Formula, a step-by-step approach to identifying the optimal partners for your organization. This free masterclass offers a great starting point.

In California's crowded race for governor, almost every candidate has made housing affordability a central part of their campaign. While the candidates have varied approaches on this issue, and there's a lot they agree on, there are also some key differences. Guest: Adhiti Bandlamudi, KQED Data centers are expanding into water-stressed communities across California, like the Imperial Valley. At the same time, data center operators are using loopholes to hide how much water these facilities are using. These findings are from a new report backed by Santa Clara University and the think tank Next10. Reporter: Molly Peterson, CalMatters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Triple C Writing.The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.This dynamic edWeb podcast builds on part one of the Enhancing Writing and Communication Through Sentence Building series. Educators are empowered to transform grammar instruction from abstract rules into meaningful, practical writing skills. After a brief review of core concepts from part one, the panelists show how students can enhance their writing with more complex sentence structures and dialogue.Designed for immediate classroom use, this session provides clear models and practical strategies that build directly on part one, supporting students as they move from basic sentence construction to more structured, expressive, and precise writing.By the end of this edWeb podcast, educators are able to:Distinguish between traditional grammar instruction and applied grammar strategies that are presented in authentic context and scaffolded using a logical language-based approachImplement effective techniques that support students as they learn to vary sentencesEvaluate and apply instructional tools that support varied sentence construction across multiple age groups and grade levelsDesign inclusive writing lessons tailored to general education, special education, and ESL/ELL/ENL/ML learnersUtilize practical resources that encourage spiralized writing practice, reinforcement, and skill transferThis edWeb podcast is of interest to elementary through middle school teachers, ESL and special education teachers, school leaders, and district leaders.View part one: Enhancing Writing and Communication Through Sentence Building: A Pedagogical ApproachTriple C WritingA More Practical Approach to Teaching Grammar & Writing SkillsDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

You ever win… and still feel restless? You hit the goal. Close the deal. Land the contract. And instead of peace, you feel pressure. In this 5-Minute Drill episode of Coming Up Clutch with J.R.™, J.R. tackles a dangerous misconception high-performing, faith-driven men quietly live with: that fear of failure is always bad…or that winning will eventually silence it. It won't. This episode is about one simple truth: Fear isn't the enemy. Fear-driven obsession is. And if you don't know the difference, you'll build a life that looks elite on the outside, but feels unstable on the inside. In this episode, you'll hear: Why fear of failure isn't the enemy, but obsession with results is. The difference between stewarding your gifts and proving your worth. How chasing outcomes can crowd out faith and hijack your identity. Why success doesn't automatically equal God's blessing or alignment. What King Saul and David reveal about approval, obedience, and intimacy with God. A simple 5-minute drill to recalibrate your performance with your faith. What you'll walk away with… You'll learn how to: Distinguish between healthy fear and identity-driven obsession Compete from stewardship instead of validation Separate results from true blessing Stabilize your identity, even when outcomes fluctuate Lead, perform, and pursue goals with alignment instead of anxiety KEY QUOTES "When you become so obsessed with the result…so obsessed with proving yourself to the world…faith doesn't even have room to operate." - J.R. "Success can mask disobedience." - J.R. "Stewardship produces peace. Proving produces pressure." - J.R. "Are you after your desired result…or after God's true blessing?" - J.R. NEXT STEPS Listen to the full episode: https://jamesreid.com/episode358 Want to bring your best home more consistently? Take the Invisible Four™ Assessment and uncover what's quietly blocking you: https://jamesreid.com/assessment Follow J.R. on Social (@jamesJRreid): Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin | X Visit J.R.'s website: https://jamesreid.com RATE & REVIEW this episode on Apple: https://jamesreid.com/review. We'd love it if you could drop a review or 5-star rating! Simply select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast. SHARE this episode with someone who wants to be challenged, pushed, and positioned to come up clutch more often. SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on any new episodes and Special Guests! Click that purple '+' in the top right corner of your Apple Podcasts app. LISTEN to previous episodes on Apple, Spotify, or whatever podcast platform you prefer!

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Key Outcomes Scott Sullivan and John Spencer (Discipleship Team Leader at Sherwood Baptist  Church in Albany, GA) introduced FORMED, A Discipleship Culture Blueprint, a new resource developed over 2.5 years to help Georgia Baptist churches create disciple-making cultures rather than programs. This resource addresses the core question: How do we reach new people, connect them to the church, move them to spiritual maturity,  and launch them to multiply. Resource Overview FORMED Structure: • Four core elements: Real Relationships, Transformational Teaching, Disciple Making Environments, and Intentional Multiplication • Built from dozens of pastor roundtables identifying common church struggles. • Developed by Scott Sullivan, Ray Sullivan (now Pastor at First Waycross), and PJ  Dunn (overseeing Revitalization at the Georgia Baptist Mission Board) • Will be taught through six regional cohorts led by trained leaders, including John. Key Definitions: • Culture: The shared expression of beliefs, values, and rhythms that define an  organization's identity; "how it feels" rather than just mission or vision• Disciple (Georgia Baptist definition): A committed, passionate follower of Jesus  Christ, based on 2 Timothy 2:1-7's four generations of disciples and three-word pictures (soldier, athlete, farmer) Critical Leadership Questions Three essential questions every pastor should answer: • Do we have a culture of discipleship, and is it working? • Do you have a definition of a biblical disciple for your people? • Does the culture and success of the ministry depend solely on you as the leader? Core Principle: "I hope so is not a strategy" - churches cannot keep running the same play if it's not helping them win. Real Relationships Framework Foundation: Jesus invited disciples into a relationship ("follow me"), not a program - discipleship happens best within relational contexts. The Rebar Principle:• Like rebar tied together before concrete is poured creates tensile strength,  intentionally tied relationships provide reinforcement when storms come • Without tied relationships, ministry cracks under pressure • You cannot pour ministry on top of relationships you never tied together 2:00 AM Friendships: • Deep, loyal, hesed-type Old Testament connections that never walk away • Many mature believers lack these foundational relationships Sherwood Church Model Disciple Definition at Sherwood: Know Christ, Love God, Unite with Believers, Serve the World, and Entrust the Gospel - visible everywhere (classrooms, atrium, new member materials) to maintain cultural focus. Sherwood on Mission Class: • Equips members to live gospel-centered lives daily, not just share gospel facts • Most valuable component: hearing stories of others interacting with people in their  zones (work, home, neighborhood) • Available to share with other churches upon request Practical Implementation: • Michael Catt established Wednesday morning Cracker Barrel group with 5-6 men  who could speak candidly into his leadership • Prayer walking neighborhoods with an online sign-up chart tracking coverage across  Albany • Daily Bible reading groups (using MacArthur Daily Bible) meeting at 6:00 AM Overcoming Barriers to Connection Common Church Barriers: • Poor or insufficient signage around campus • Greeters who overwhelm rather than read people appropriately • "Holy huddles" that look inward rather than outward • Inadequate nursery facilities that parents don't trust • Inefficient processes (coffee stations, check-in) that create frustration. Key Insight: Confused people don't move; they wander - clear signage and processes are essential. Cultural Shift Required: • People want to be noticed, not just noted (Luke 19 - Jesus didn't just see  Zacchaeus, he went to his house) • New member classes must set expectations: "Your job as a disciple-maker is to  welcome people to your life, not just your seat." • Tell stories constantly - in baptisms, classrooms, social media, pulpit - to inspire and  give ideas Intentionality Over RandomnessMinistry Trap Warning: The managerial trap of settling to manage people rather than shepherd and disciple them - easier to manage groups than invest intimately in messy lives. Personal Disciplines for Leaders: • Start with personal abiding - "I can't lead what I don't do." • Distinguish between being in the Bible for your people (sermon prep) versus being in  the Bible for yourself • Pray specifically: "Lord, who do I invite in?" • Most successful ministry comes from one-on-one, one-on-two investments over time. Example: John invested ten years in a man who came hungover most mornings; now that man is leading a college ministry. Multiplication Mindset: • Invite younger leaders into discipleship groups to pass the torch • Equip them to replicate: "Now you go find some guys." • Story: A man moving to North Carolina took extra MacArthur Daily Bibles to start  groups there Practical Opportunities Beyond Sunday Services: • Partner with existing community services (food banks, deliveries) • Prayer walks in neighborhoods • Student car washes • Leverage natural contexts (pickleball example: introvert wife built new friendships,  led couple to church, provided support during medical crisis) Church Facility Design: North Metro Church built a massive foyer/mall effect holding 500 people, transforming culture by giving space for pre-service connection rather than herding people like cattle. Action Items • Georgia Baptist Mission Board Discipleship Team: Launch FORMED resource by the end of April, release four podcast episodes every two weeks for cohesive learning • Regional leaders (including John): Prepare to lead cohorts using  an overview/introduction approach (Matthew Gibb's piece to be distributed) • Churches interested in Sherwood's On Mission materials: Contact John Spencer at johns@sherwoodbaptist.net for manual/digital copies Closing Principle "A church that is easy to attend but hard to connect in will always struggle to multiply.  Bet the farm on relationships - Jesus did."

Have zero dollars in your therapy closet for bilingual Spanish assessments? You are not alone — and you are not stuck. In this episode, I walk you through the 8-step gold-standard process for assessing bilingual Spanish-English preschoolers for speech sound disorders, every single step backed by free, vetted, research-supported tools. This is the same framework recommended by Sharynne McLeod, Sarah Verdon, and the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech (McLeod, Verdon, & IEPMCS, 2017, AJSLP) — taught to you in plain English with direct links you can click today. You'll learn how to: Capture a true language profile Sample BOTH languages without overdiagnosing dialect features Use narrow IPA transcription so you don't mislabel allophones as errors Distinguish a transfer error from a true speech sound disorder Free Resources Mentioned Step 1 — Language Profile Alberta Language Environment Questionnaire (ALEQ/ALDeQ) + Intelligibility in Context Scale: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/linguistics/cheslcentre/questionnaires.html Intelligibility in Context Scale: https://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-assessments/ics Step 2 — Sampling Both Languages UBC Cross-Linguistic Phonological Development Project (single-word probes in many languages): https://phonodevelopment.sites.olt.ubc.ca/ Frog, Where Are You: https://www.iifilologicas.unam.mx/uploads/IL-2-Lecturas/050-Frog_Story_all_as_pdf_image_300.pdf Step 3 — Narrow IPA Transcription ASHA Spanish Phonemic Inventory: https://www.asha.org/siteassets/uploadedfiles/spanish-phonemic-inventory.pdf Step 4 — Parent Baseline Recording Speech Accent Archive (cross-dialect reference recordings): https://accent.gmu.edu/ Step 5 — Independent Then Relational Analysis Phon software (open-source phonological analysis): https://www.phon.ca/ Step 6 — Rule Out Transfer & Dialect Bilinguistics Spanish-English Articulation Norms Chart: https://bilinguistics.com/articulation-norms-for-spanish-and-english/ Step 7 — Diagnose Only If Errors Appear in BOTH Languages Goldstein & Fabiano (2007) ASHA Leader: https://leader.pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/leader.FTR2.12022007.6 Step 8 — Treat with Complex Targets UBC Fun-ology Activities: https://phonodevelopment.sites.olt.ubc.ca/activities-2/activities/ Reference: McLeod, S., Verdon, S., & International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech (2017). Tutorial: Speech assessment for multilingual children who do not speak the same language(s) as the speech-language pathologist. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 26(3), 691–708. Ready to Optimize Change with Complex Targets? Join the SIS (Speech It Smarter) Membership to learn how to select, sequence, and track complex treatment targets — including three-element /s/ clusters, /fr/ and /fl/ clusters. Join the SIS Membership: https://www.kellyvess.com/sis

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How do leaders stay steady in the storm of tough choices? This week, I sit down with Jack Briggs, a retired major general with a 30-year career in the military who is also a highly seasoned, for a masterclass in pressure-tested decision making.The episode debunks the myth that high-stakes choices are unique to the military or boardroom. Instead, Jack argues, “pressure is pressure,” whether the risk is reputational, operational, or personal. The discussion highlights the three traits of the best decision makers: anchoring decisions in firm principles, seeking help with humility, and making the call… decisively, not reactively.Listeners will come away with four essential questions to use in any crisis and learn why reframing “crises” into a set of solvable problems is vital for calm, effective leadership. This conversation is a must for anyone seeking practical, repeatable strategies to lead well, even when the stakes—and the anxieties—are high.What You'll Learn- Anchor your decisions in principles.- Lead with humility and build your team.- Distinguish between problems and crises.- The power of a structured decision framework.- Be decisive and own the outcome.- Focus on your sphere of influence.Podcast Timestamps03:18 Jack's origin story: from the Thunderbirds to the Air Force Academy05:37 When leadership first appeared: Boy Scouts, the leadership laboratory, and the Eagle Scout07:37 The Air Force Academy as a leadership lab: authority vs. responsibility10:42 Being the snowplow: how to delegate without abandoning accountability14:11 Leadership is a science and an art: training the recipe, then adapting it16:41 Combat to boardroom: why pressure is pressure regardless of context19:19 Defending North America: leading at continental scale21:28 The three characteristics of the best decision makers23:24 The archer analogy: principles, input, decisiveness26:45 What leaders get wrong: fighting the fight they wish they had28:06 Mob rule, Moses, and principled decision-making32:11 Crisis vs. problem: why language matters under pressure33:10 Snowstorms and problem buckets: a real-world example35:26 The four questions for high-stress decisions40:01 Checklists that work: laminate it and they will keep it43:18 Humility plus decisiveness: being disagree-able45:36 Choosing the least worst option and owning it48:35 Final thoughts: stop chasing outcomes, start leading in your three feetKEYWORDSPositive Leadership, Decision Making, Decision Making Under Pressure, Humility, Air Force Career, Military Leadership, Air Force Academy, Leadership Lab, Principles-Based Decisions, Delegating Authority, Crisis Management, Operational Risk, Financial Risk, Reputational Risk, Pressure in Leadership, Crisis vs Problem, Crisis Communication, CEO Success

Why is it that even when we've been set free, we find ourselves drifting back toward the chains of rules and performance?  This week on Off Script, Neil, Matt, and Conor discuss the raw power of identity and why living in the light of the Gospel means moving from condemnation to conviction. The conversation dives deep into the concept of identity, distinguishing between the external "mask" of religious performance and the internal reality of being a child of God. Matt shares personal stories of "home improvement projects" gone wrong as a metaphor for our own lives, reminding us that while the Holy Spirit convicts us to move toward something better, He never condemns who we are in Christ. The Challenge This week, pay attention to your "internal script" when you mess up. Distinguish between condemnation, which tells you that you are bad and drives you to hide, and conviction, which identifies the behavior as wrong but invites you into the light. Choose one area of "darkness" you've been hiding and share it with a trusted friend to walk toward freedom instead of shame. Hosts: Neil Gregory, Matt Williams, and Connor Hall What We Discuss The three things Matt originally left off his manuscript, from the beginning to the end of the sermon Understanding the "identity" crisis: Are you defined by your activity or your relationship with God? The difference between the Holy Spirit's conviction and the enemy's condemnation Why we are so tempted to stay in the "darkness" of our mistakes rather than bringing them to the light A look into Matt's "home improvement" struggles and how they mirror our spiritual growth The danger of "sideways energy" when we refuse to deal with our internal brokenness How to separate your worth from your performance at work or in the home The importance of having a community that points you back to your true identity in Jesus Why the "freedom" promised in Galatians is both a gift and a responsibility to walk in daily About Southland Christian Church Southland is one church meeting in multiple locations across central Kentucky. We believe Jesus came for the lost and the broken, which means there's a place for everyone here. Around here, that means we worship defiantly, speak truth unashamedly, and extend grace generously. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach across Central Kentucky and all around the world, visit: https://southland.church/give

In this week’s episode of The Art of Living Big, Betsy reminds us that we can become the version of ourselves that we need at that moment. How we do one thing is how we can do everything. We have the power within us to navigate bad news and hard times as well as the power to make decisions that will move our lives in the direction we want to go little by little. Take a listen and remember that the next step you take, you are ready for because it’s all yours. Transcript:  Welcome to The Art of Living Big, where we explore how to live intentionally and with more joy. I’m Betsy Pake, your host, master, coach, and creator of the Navigate Method. Here to help you listen in to your true desires, elevate your standards, and live life to the fullest. Now, let’s go live big. Hi everybody. Welcome to the show today. I’m excited. I’ve got all these little like updates that I wanna give you. Um, and I swear when I do this show the, the leaf blower lawn men do not come until I start this recording. So we’ll see. I can see them out there, but we’re gonna, we’re gonna hope for the best. Okay? Okay. Quickly before we get started, if you have seen, we have launched. A retreat in Belize in July. It is going to be. Really amazing. It’s called The Reimagined Life. And we are gonna move through creating a whole blueprint for you and how you really want to live your life. And so we’ve got workshops like twice a day, but the then the like in the morning and the evening, and then the whole day is full of snorkeling and laying in the sun and chatting and processing and journaling. And then in the end you move forward with. A blueprint for how you wanna move through the rest of the year, the rest of your life. So. Join me. We filled up really quickly. There’s only like, like half the spots are full already, so if you would like to come, please don’t delay. If you have questions, email us at support@betsypake.com. I will jump on the phone with you and answer any questions and see if it’s a good fit. I think it’s gonna be so fun and some of the ladies that are in already are. Women that I know from my program, some of them are people that I don’t know, and I’m so excited about that and I’m excited for them because I know they’re gonna make all kinds of besties in there. So, um, you can find the link to it in my Instagram profile, or you can go to my website under live events. You’ll see it there, but it’s gonna be at this really beautiful resort. And I heard that the snorkeling there is like snorkeling in a fish tank. Like it’s amazing. So. Please join me if you would like. All right. This week I went with a friend to a fashion show that was a fundraiser for Cancer Research and this center here in Atlanta. And, you know, I thought it was, it, it was so moving. Honestly, it, it, it, I was so honored to be invited and to be with her and her friends and to, you know, get, to get to experience the whole day. And the thing that I kept thinking when I was watching the fashion show, because it was caregivers, doctors and nurses, and it was women who had been through their cancer journey and it was family members and they were all modeling these really beautiful clothes from local boutiques, and it was really fun for that. Also my little, my little aggression, my microaggression towards the patriarchy was to call all of the men with the, they, they would carry a white rose if they were a, a caregiver. And if they were a man, I, I assumed they were nurses. And if they were a woman, I assumed they were the oncologists. And that was kind of fun to be like, oh, I wonder what kind of nurse he is. So. I’m watching this thing and I’m watching these women and I, it’s, it’s really so moving. ’cause you’re like, how do you move through something so big? Right? Like, how do you get presented with that? And so many of them were like, I had no idea this came out of the blue. Like, I wasn’t expecting this. And you know, I think with a lot of big things in our lives we’re, we’re just not expecting it. And so we can’t be prepared. For things. We can’t be prepared for everything. And what I started thinking about when I was watching them is, you know, of course like we go to like, oh my God, what would I do? What would I think, you know, who would I call? What would happen? And I realized that the women that were walking down the runway were likely different women that were told. That they had the diagnosis and that they didn’t have to be that final version of them in the beginning, it was going through the process that made them that way. Now, nobody wants to go through that journey in order to grow or to become a a, a, A D, I wanna say a different or improved version. I don’t know. Uh, that’s a subjective thing. But I think with all of our journeys, and you know, so many of you listen and follow me because you’re struggling in your marriage, but the version of you who has a clear decision, who knows the path she’s gonna take, who’s walking that path, isn’t the version of you that listens here today. And that’s by design. You’re not supposed to be. So it’s okay if it feels really scary. It’s okay if it feels like you can’t do it. It’s okay if it feels like overwhelming. How would I figure this out? Because you only have to figure out the thing that’s right in front of you and then you begin to become the kind of person who is able to walk through the journey. And I wanted to share that ’cause I just was thinking about it. I mean, the lens that I see the world right, is through this work in so many ways. And I thought it was just like such a beautiful example of, of victory, you know, on the other side of that. And it was really cool. Anyway, I was honored to be there. It was, it was great. You know, my birthday’s coming up. I, I’m about to be 55, I gotta say. I remember on my 50th birthday, I remember I brought myself to the beach. Yeah, my former husband went with me, but I planned it. I paid for it, luckily, and went to the beach. And I remember sitting by the beach going like, I am not gonna do my fifties like this. I, I’ve never been as miserable on a birthday as that birthday. And I was at the beach, which is like my favorite place ever. And I have a picture of me like just pulling the. My hoodie down over my face because I was crying. I don’t know that anybody noticed, but I noticed it was so miserable. And this year I’m going to the beach on my birthday to look for my beach house, and that is really fricking cool. And so we get to make a choice. We get to notice it’s okay to be in the crap because then we get to make a totally different decision. And we get to become the person who can make that decision. So I’m gonna be going down to Florida, actually. And if you listen to my episode, several, maybe like a month ago about how to make big decisions and I was talking about making this big decision and I felt so strongly, it’s California. California is the thing, and I feel a little differently now. I have done a hella research over the last month. I got really into the research so much that it began to get paralyzing because here’s what I teach, is that you can’t make pros and cons lists. And then what did I do? So I was like, let’s make a pros and cons list. Let’s figure it out. And you know, I recognize that in every decision, and even with the women that I work with inside the Navigate Method, there are. Practical decisions that also need to be made. So the decision from your gut and the practical choices that surround that. And I’ll be honest, I did my Q1 taxes for my business and we had a huge tax bill, which was great. I, you know, very proud. I saved the money every month, so it wasn’t that big of a deal, although it’s always painful and. I put, I figured out like what the, you know, looked at the p and l and if I was in California, what that tax bill would be. And that was for one quarter. And then if I multiplied that by four quarters for a year, and that’s just on my business. And then to be practical, I’m 55 years old. I’m not 30 where I have room for a lot of, you know. Mistakes, I guess, or, uh, I, I have room for mistakes, but, but the, the trajectory is shorter for me to retirement, right? So I wanted to pay attention to those that felt in alignment to pay attention to that. And so then I started down this rabbit hole of Florida and where in Florida. And when I tell you you can go on YouTube and you can find a walking tour of every city you can find apartment. Um, walkthroughs, home walkthroughs. I mean, you could real estate shop, like you could do all the things from YouTube. It’s, it’s pretty amazing. And so I went up and down the coasts and, um, you know, my aunt lives in Sarasota. It. She’s only there part of the year and then it gets too cold. So she goes to Puerto Rico to her place in Puerto Rico. But I, you know, there is somebody there, right? So like. My dad would likely come down. He would see his sister. I would be able to see him. Like there was things about it. I have several friends that live in the Tampa area area, Sarasota area. There’s a huge airport there, which I, it was important to me. I want to be close enough to the water and be able to afford to be on the water. Like that feels in alignment to me. So I started doing all this recon, like paralyzing amount of recon. I cleaned out my little, I had like a little storage closet. With some things I had put in there and totally cleaned that out, narrowed everything down. I got my whole life into one bucket, you guys? One bin. One bin. And then I just kind of got where I was like, you know what? There’s things I really love about Atlanta, where I live, there’s things I’m gonna really miss. And I started noticing when I would make plans or I’d hear from a friend, I’d be like, oh, I’d really miss that. And so then I thought. You know what? I think what I’ll do is I’m gonna just buy a little condo in Midtown in Atlanta, and then I’ll just snowbird. I’ll spend my winters in different beaches. I’ll go to California one year. I’ll go to Florida one year, and I’ll just start checking it out. And I told my sister. And my sister said, but would you? But would you, or would you just sit in your condo in Midtown and wish you had taken the leap? And I was like, oh, you shut your mouth. You shut your mouth. It was so true. It was so true. So I decided to give my notice at my apartment, move late this summer after the trip to Belize, and I’m going down to find a place to live on my birthday on year 55. So we always have an opportunity to. Feel what we’re feeling and to be unhappy with where we are and to make a new choice. And to make a new choice. And I started thinking over the last couple days, like how with this new version of me, right, the version of me that walks the runway and is like through the storm and is now choosing my life, is this in big decisions? And small decisions, or am I just doing this with like big decisions because my life is in the tiny things that I do all the time. Now I’m gonna tell you a very silly, silly, silly story, but I wanna just illustrate what I mean. So when I moved into my apartment, I bought. A very well fancy for me, a very fancy espresso machine. I wanted to create a new ritual for my mornings. Okay? So I wanted to have like something different that I did. I wanted to have, and bear with me here when I say this word, but I wanted to have a hobby. Like I wanted to really understand coffee and I wanted to order. From private roasters, small roasters all over the country. So every month I get different beans from a different small roaster somewhere in the country, and I wanted to like really get into coffee. It felt really fun and it gave me something different to start my day so that I wasn’t thinking about what I would have done or how I missed my dog or, you know, any of those things that I, that I lost in, in the separation. And so. I, I got this coffee maker and, and, and had to get a grinder for my beans. Okay. So I bought a grinder. It wasn’t cheap. I don’t know if I’m just really cheap, but I was like, it was a couple hundred bucks for this grinder, you know? And it was great. It made great coffee. I was, I was pumped. And then last week it died. It like completely died and I’m like, I’ve only had it like, not even 18 months, you know, 18 months, 20 months. I don’t know. I just was like, why is this dead already? I did a little Google search and found out that that isn’t really a, a grinder that you can use every single day, and I used it multiple times a day and lots of times my kid would come over and I’d make coffee for them and so it was getting used a lot and you know, a good grinder. Slices the beans instead of crushes the beans. And that’s what makes it better. ’cause it makes the water flow food better. Anyway, the whole thing just jammed up. Like it just was going tick, tick. And it wasn’t, and it wasn’t gr nothing was coming out. I tried to fix it. I ordered parts. I mean, I did the things. And then I thought, you know what? For my 55th birthday, I likely am not gonna get anything. My dad might send me flowers or something. He’s very sweet. But I was like, I’m likely not gonna get anything, so I’m gonna buy myself something. I’m gonna buy myself a fancy grinder, but I’m gonna get a grinder. That’s. Gonna last more than a year, I’m gonna get a grinder. That’s like a substantial piece of equipment that I’m gonna have for 10 years. I know this sounds, I don’t have a lot of, I don’t have a lot of things that I do, but I was like, I want a really nice grinder. And so I found the kind of grinder that I wanted, and Eureka, I think was the brand anyway, they had it in Chrome. They had it in this like enamel white, that was really pretty. And they had it in Ferrari Red, it’s Italian. It was Ferrari red is what it was called. And I was like, oh, I want the, I want the Ferrari red. Like I, as soon as I saw it, I was like, oh my God. And then I thought, that doesn’t go in my kitchen. Which I live in an apartment. My kitchen can be anything I want. But I was like, that doesn’t really go. And I was like, I don’t know. And then I think I put it unconsciously through a filter of what other people would think if they came over. Now hardly nobody comes over. Gosh, why is that my filter? Because that was the filter I was handed as a young person, right? So I put it through the filter of like, well, what will people think? It doesn’t match. It doesn’t go, I got this like weird red appliance in my. Coffee bar, you know. No, I wanna pause ’cause I wanna say I get that this is insignificant. Like I get that this isn’t, you know, uh, some big catastrophe. I just am saying in the small things. In the small things. And so I put my hand on my heart and do what I tell people to do and I, and I just really breathed into it. And if it was just me. What do I want? And right off I was like, I want the red one. I want the red one. And so that’s what I ordered. It wasn’t the safe option, it wasn’t the option that goes with anything. It wasn’t the option that maybe made the most sense. Like if I buy a place at the beach, do I really don’t? I want neutral appliances, or chrome or white is so cool. No, I want the red, I want the Ferrari red. That’s what I want. I want Ferrari red. And so that’s what I ordered and I found a small distributor in upstate New York to buy it from and then didn’t buy it on Amazon. And so that felt really good to, to give my, my money to a small business. So when I talk about like these big things like moving to the beach and like where do I go and how do I. Distinguish between what I want and what’s the right thing. You know, I’m using air quotes, or if I wanna make a change in my relationship or my marriage, or whatever those things are for you. How you do one thing is how you do everything. And I was like, I have to really pay attention if I want to build a life that is fully mine, that fully embraces the me in all of this. Then I have to pay attention to the little things too until it becomes second nature to just choose what I want and move forward. So that’s the story of my Ferrari coffee bean grinder. I’ll post it on Instagram if you follow along over there. I will. I will make sure to let you know if you wanna know how to do this like this, like deep work of like, how do I know what I really want? I have a, a, a path for that. Like if you go to my website, it’s called the Bridge. You can comment on anything, like on my Instagram or whatever. Just put Bridge and it’ll send you a link to it. But if you go to my website under, I think it’s like work with me, it’ll say the bridge and the bridge is like six chapters to move you towards this deep inner knowing about six different chapters of your life. And so I ask like there’s a little audio to listen to, kinda like a little mini podcast. I have a little. Process for you to do. And then you’re gonna take what you learned one sentence and you’re gonna move it to something I call the honesty map. And then you’re gonna fill out your whole honesty map, and at the end, you’re gonna be able to create a little declaration for yourself and about where you are. So check out the bridge if that. If that appeals to you, but definitely check out my Ferrari red coffee grinder. I think it comes next week, so I will post about it. Um, and yeah, thank you so much for being here today. I know this was like a short little catch up with all the things I wanted to tell you, but those are the things that I wanted to tell you. All right, have an amazing week. I will hopefully see you in Belize and if not, I’ll see you next week. Alright, bye-bye. Thanks for joining me on The Art of Living Big. I hope today’s episode sparked something within you, maybe pushed you to dream a little bit bigger and live a little larger. Don’t forget to subscribe. Leave us a review and share this podcast with someone you know who might need a little inspiration today. You can find me over on Instagram at Betsy Pake and on my YouTube channel. Remember, the world is vast. Your potential is endless, and your life, it’s yours to shape. Until next time, keep reaching, keep exploring, and keep living big.

We're less than a week away from the start of voting in California's June primary and the race for governor remains up for grabs. On Tuesday night, the leading candidates made their pitch to voters in a CBS debate at Pomona College - east of Los Angeles, and things got messy. Guest: Guy Marzorati, KQED In a move immigration and privacy advocates call a “betrayal,” California is preparing to share detailed information about its driver's license holders with a national database that connects DMVs. Opponents say the move could put more than a million undocumented people who have California driver's licenses at risk. Reporter: Khari Johnson, CalMatters The city of Marina in Monterey County is reactivating a 30-year-old desalination plant to help boost water supply. Reporter: Ngozi Cole, KAZU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four Republican candidates for governor sought to separate themselves from each other in order to woo primary voters. SDPB's Dakota Political Junkies ask: Were any of them successful?

Every day we make thousands of choices. And every choice has consequences. The people we choose to hang out with. The words we choose to use. The timing we pick to speak. The food we choose to eat. The places we choose to go. The media we choose to follow. The books we choose to read. The experts we choose to learn from. The actions we choose to take. And most of all, the thoughts we choose to think. In this episode of The Change Mastery Show, John J Murphy will challenge you to uncover and rewrite your subconscious story by examining the consequences you are experiencing in life and the choices you are making leading to those results. You'll discover: How Choice and Consequence are a “vibrational” match: We reap what we sow. The Transfer Function :Y = f(x). How Positive “I am” Affirmations can be used to reprogram your mind: In any given moment, what is your “I am” story? What is your EGS (Emotional Guidance System) telling you, and how can you use it to redirect your life? How to establish a clear vision for life mastery and discern activity from productivity. Distinguish what you can and cannot control. Clarify what moves you forward and what holds you back. Build momentum with creative intention and mindful attention.

Insomnia is often framed as a nighttime disorder—but what if, for many patients, it's also a daytime problem of disconnection? As loneliness emerges as a major public health issue, a growing body of research suggests that social isolation and poor sleep may be deeply intertwined, each reinforcing the other in a self-sustaining cycle. Drawing on the work of Vivek Murthy and current sleep science, this episode explores how loneliness affects insomnia, how insomnia may worsen social disconnection, and what interventions actually help. In this episode we will:Review how loneliness and social isolation are defined and why they matter for long-term health  Explain the biological and psychological mechanisms linking loneliness to insomnia, including hyperarousal and rumination  Examine experimental and longitudinal research showing that poor sleep can increase next-day loneliness and social withdrawal  Distinguish between objective isolation, subjective loneliness, and relationship quality—and why that matters clinically  Discuss evidence-based interventions including CBT-I, behavioral activation, mindfulness, and structured social engagement  Offer a practical framework for identifying and treating insomnia when disconnection is part of the clinical pictureOriginal intro music Vigilanteology by Abhinav Singh (copyright 2026) Original outro music Vigilanteology (reprise) by Abhinav Singh (copyright 2026)Produced by: Maeve WinterMusic by: Dr. Abhinav Singh (@sleep_vigilante), all rights reservedMoreTwitter: @drchriswinterIG: @drchriwinterThreads: @drchriswinterBluesky: @drchriswinterThe Sleep Solution and The Rested ChildThanks for listening and sleep well!

What is the difference between a "gut feeling" and a fear-based reaction? In this episode, former crisis negotiator Lance Burdett joins the podcast to bridge the gap between high-stakes tactical experience and modern neuroscience. Lance spent over two decades with the New Zealand Police, including 13 years as a lead crisis negotiator. From responding to violent crime scenes to training with elite units like the FBI, Lance has mastered the art of reading people when lives are on the line. Today, he shares how he transitioned from a "hardwired" tactical mindset to becoming a specialist in emotional resilience and positive psychology. Key Highlights ·         The "Woo-Woo" of Intuition: Lance breaks down why intuition isn't mystical—it's actually the limbic system and micro-expressions working faster than our conscious thought. ·         Survival vs. Anxiety: How to distinguish between genuine instinct (designed to keep you safe) and modern anxiety (the "worry thoughts" that keep you stuck). ·         The "Physiological Sigh": A simple, science-backed breathing technique to instantly reconnect with your prefrontal cortex during stressful moments. ·         The Power of Empathy: Why the world needs more empathy now than ever, and how suppressing emotions leads to cognitive fatigue. ·         Back to Basics: Lance's "Talk, Read, Write, Food, Shelter, Sleep" framework for rebuilding yourself after hitting rock bottom. About the Guest Lance Burdett is a best-selling author of Behind the Tape, Dark Side of the Brain, and Anxiety is a Worry. He holds a master's degree in Terrorism, Safety, and Security, and diplomas in Positive Psychology and Wellbeing. Through his workshops, he teaches practical techniques to manage stress and understand the "gut-brain-heart" connection. Keywords: Podcast Crisis Negotiation, Neuroscience of Intuition, Managing Anxiety, Lance Burdett, Mental Resilience for Men, Emotional Intelligence, Tactical Empathy.   Connect with Lance Burdett: https://www.warninternational.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/warninternational https://www.facebook.com/lance.burdett.5   Connect with Doug Beitz: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougbeitz/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougbeitz/ Website: https://buymeacoffee.com/dougbeitz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6mQ258nugC3lyw3SpvYuoK?si=7cec409527d34438 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/intuitive-conversations-with-doug/id1593172364 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-beitz-472a4b338/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dougbeitz178  

"Marketing might be how you get the first date. But to get the second and third date and hopefully form into a relationship, you have to have a brand." — Rain BennettBrand isn't your logo, your color palette, your fonts, or your tagline.Brand is the story others tell about you. And in this solo episode, Rain breaks down exactly how to influence that story before it gets told without you. As part of the ongoing Narrative Operating System framework from his upcoming book The Chief Storytelling Officer, this episode is your practical guide to building a brand that goes deeper than decoration.Rain walks you through two foundational tools: the Brand Pyramid and the Brand Bible. Using real-world examples from Patagonia, Liquid Death, Apple, Yeti, and even his own mother's real estate business in Eastern North Carolina, he unpacks how the most powerful brands in the world built identity, loyalty, and community.Whether you're building something from scratch or realizing your current brand has drifted off course, this episode gives you the framework to get it back on track. From finding your one-word North Star to running a voice test on your content, Rain arms you with tools you can use this week, and a mindset that will serve your brand for the long run.In this episode, you will learn to:Distinguish between the three types of story every brand carries — the story you tell yourself, the story you tell others, and the story others tell about youBuild your Brand Pyramid from the ground up, starting with a single guiding word that informs every decision you makeCreate a Brand Bible that keeps your voice, visual identity, and messaging consistent across your entire team and every platformUse real brand case studies (Patagonia, Liquid Death, Yeti, Apple) to reverse-engineer what makes brand identity actually stickEvolve your brand intentionally over time through a cycle of inspiration and reflection — without losing who you areEpisodes Referenced:EP 216 — Vision: The Big Future StoryEP 220 — Mission: How You're Going to Get ThereEP 150 — Brand Essence & the Brand Pyramid (Deep Dive)EP 219 — Shane Lucas on Design as StorytellingBook Mentioned: The Chief Storytelling Officer by Rain Bennett → Pre-order now! Release date: August 25thBook Recommendation: If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? by Alan AldaFor more storytelling tips and strategies, visit: Website → https://rainbennett.com Podcast → https://thestorytellinglabpodcast.comOr follow along at: TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@chiefstorytellingofficer Twitter/X → https://twitter.com/rainbennett Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/rainbennett Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/thestorytellinglab YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@RainBennett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Antisemitism isn't just politics—it's a psychological pattern fueled by fear, identity insecurity, conspiracy thinking, and group pressure. Dr. Phil sits down with Israeli writer and bestselling author Hen Mazzig to explain why antisemitism “mutates” to fit the moral language of each era, how scapegoating becomes an emotional shortcut, and why viral misinformation moves faster than the truth. From campus chants to algorithm-driven propaganda, they unpack how people get pulled into moral certainty while repeating ancient tropes—and what actually works to interrupt it: humanizing contact, speaking openly, and building a movement that refuses to normalize hate. More About Hen Mazzig: https://www.henmazzig.com/ Thank you to our sponsors:*Preserve Gold - text "ASK PHIL" to 50505 and go to https://DrPhilGold.com*ArKay Zero Proof is made so you can celebrate fully, feel your best, and never compromise. Try the zero-proof revolution at https://arkaybeverages.com/ Use code PHIL for 15% off your first beverage. ArKay gives you great flavor without the alcohol.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guided Question How does our approach to sin and church discipline reflect the biblical balance between restoration and purity—what does that mean for our local church's health? Summary This sermon unpacks 1 Corinthians 5, where the apostle Paul shifts from theology to urgent, practical church governance. Responding to a case of church immorality—incest so shocking it stunned even those outside the faith—Paul calls the Corinthian believers to act decisively. Rather than offer excuses or remain indifferent, they are to remove the unrepentant offender from fellowship. This isn't punitive isolation, but disciplined redemptive action: "deliver such a one to Satan… that his spirit may be saved." Furthermore, Paul emphasizes collective purity, using the imagery of removing leaven to keep the church spiritually authentic. Finally, he clarifies earlier counsel: not associating with believers who persist in unrepentant sin is an internal call to uphold holiness, not isolation from the world. Discipline, inherently difficult, remains necessary for spiritual health—both for the individual and the body. Outline Introduction: Immorality Report (1 Cor 5:1–2) A case of incest within the church, unbelievers scandalized. Paul rebukes the church's arrogance and failure to mourn or act. Biblical Protocol: The Four-Steps of Discipline (Matt 18:15–17) Private confrontation. Witness-supported confrontation. Church involvement. If unrepentant, treat as an outsider. Executing Discipline: Delivering to Satan (1 Cor 5:3–5) The church assembles under Christ's authority. Removing fellowship allows the flesh to collapse and hope for a repentant return. Purifying the Church: The Leaven Metaphor (1 Cor 5:6–8) A little sin influences many; the church must cleanse itself to live in sincerity and truth. Clarifying Association: Not a Call to Isolation (1 Cor 5:9–13) Previous instruction misunderstood: avoid unrepentant members, not unbelievers. "Not even to eat with" expresses social separation to maintain gospel integrity. Christians must judge within, leaving final judgment of the world to God. Key Takeaways Church discipline is redemptive, not merely punitive. It's about waking the conscience, not casting aside. Spiritual integrity matters corporately. Tolerating unrepentant sin invites decay—“a little leaven leavens the whole lump.” Love and truth are not opposed. Protecting the purity of the church body is an act of mercy. Distinguish between the world and the unrepentant believer. We engage the world with grace but must guard the church with discipline. Scripture References 1 Corinthians 5:1–13 – The case at Corinth, discipline, leaven metaphor, clarity on association. Matthew 18:15–17 – The four-step process for confronting sin in the church. 1 Corinthians 4:6 – Warning against exceeding what is written (human reasoning over Scripture). 1 Corinthians 3:12–15 – Works tested by fire; foundation choices have eternal consequences. Luke 15 (Prodigal Son) – Cultural illustration of spiritual realization following separation. Recorded 8/23/81

Today we are diving in to the difference between fixing your problems and transforming your marriage.Most couples believe the problem they're facing… is the problem.The argument.The disagreement.The thing that keeps coming up again and again.But what if that's not actually what's keeping you stuck?In this episode, we move beneath the surface of conflict and into the dynamic that shapes how you show up with each other.Because when you can see that clearly…you're no longer just trying to fix what's happening.You're able to change it.Inside this episode, we:Distinguish between surface-level issues and the deeper relational dynamicExplore how emotional meaning drives conflict more than the topic itselfBreak down the protective responses that keep couples in the same cycleIntroduce a simple, powerful framework to help you shift the pattern in real timeThis is the difference between working on your problems…and transforming your marriage.If you're realizing that the issue in your marriage may not actually be the issue… and you're ready to understand the deeper dynamic shaping your relationship, this is the kind of work I help my clients do every day.Through coaching, we slow the patterns down, bring awareness to what's really happening, and create the shifts that lead to a more connected and supportive marriage.If you'd like to explore what working together might look like, I invite you to schedule a consultation call HERE

In today's 2026 real estate market, transactions aren't “falling apart.” They're being negotiated apart. With nearly 7 out of 10 deals involving at least one counter-offer, your ability to structure and control the counter determines whether you protect your commission — or quietly lose it. A weak counter drains momentum. A strategic counter creates leverage, confidence, and bigger paydays. In this episode, Tim and Julie break down the seven counter-offer strategies top-producing agents use every day to: • Protect deals • Strengthen seller confidence • Neutralize emotional reactions • Identify real buyer priorities • Distinguish between lowball offers and shifting market reality • Keep negotiation energy alive instead of killing it You'll learn why anchoring every counter in data changes the tone of the conversation, how one specific question forces seller clarity, and why rejecting an offer outright is often the fastest way to lose control of the deal. The truth is this: Most agents don't lose transactions because of bad buyers. They lose them because they mishandle the counter. Top agents don't wait for perfect offers. They create them. If your 2026 business plan is “hope,” you're already behind. Fix that here: https://HarrisRealEstateDaily.com/ Brokers won't save you. Skill will. https://HarrisMastermind.com This channel is free. Staying average is not. https://WhyLibertas.com/Harris Free coaching. Instant access to a real coach. No catch. https://PremierCoaching.com Counter everything. Keep deals alive. Make this your million-dollar year.