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Your period has disappeared, but pregnancy and menopause are not the reason. Could stress, underfueling, or exercise be disrupting your brain-ovary connection, and what does your body need before your cycle can recover? In this episode of the As a Woman podcast, Dr. Natalie Crawford explains hypothalamic amenorrhea and the subtler hypothalamic dysfunction that can begin while your period is still arriving. Learn how chronic stress and low energy availability affect ovulation, which symptoms may signal low estrogen, what testing can help rule out other causes, and why recovery requires more than simply eating more. IN THIS EPISODE: 00:00 Why Did My Period Stop? 01:47 What Is Hypothalamic Amenorrhea? 03:30 What Causes Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea? 04:00 How Does the Brain Control Ovulation? 06:04 Can Stress Stop You From Ovulating? 07:33 Can Low Body Fat Stop Your Period? 08:42 Hypothalamic Amenorrhea vs. Hypothalamic Dysfunction 10:28 Can You Lose Your Period Without an Eating Disorder? 11:53 What Are the Health Risks of Hypothalamic Amenorrhea? 13:26 What Are the Symptoms of Low Estrogen? 15:35 How Can You Track Ovulation and Cycle Changes? 16:48 How Is Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Diagnosed? 18:52 What Hormone Tests Are Needed for a Missing Period? 21:44 Do You Need a Bone Density Scan for Hypothalamic Amenorrhea? 22:34 How Do You Recover From Hypothalamic Amenorrhea? 23:38 What Should You Eat to Get Your Period Back? 24:41 Does Hormone Replacement Therapy Help Hypothalamic Amenorrhea? 25:58 Can Reducing Stress Help You Get Your Period Back? 26:26 How Long Does It Take to Get Your Period Back? AS A WOMAN WITH DR. NATALIE CRAWFORD: YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLveZDgg3_HZ9m7Wy3C6Vvyrj_NtEOwj_l  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/as-a-woman/id1449553339  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/12IYOLH9liu60gk5D0bRPk  HOST RESOURCES: Order The Fertility Formula: https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/book  Newsletter: https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/newsletter  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliecrawfordmd  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NatalieCrawfordMD  Become a patient: https://www.forafertility.com  Earn FREE CE/CME: https://learnatpinnacle.com/education  This episode is brought to you by The Pinnacle Podcast Network. ABOUT DR. NATALIE CRAWFORD: Natalie Crawford, MD, is a double board-certified OB/GYN and reproductive endocrinologist, co-founder of Fora Fertility, and author of The Fertility Formula. She helps women understand their hormones, fertility, and reproductive health so they can make informed decisions about their bodies. Disclaimer: Natalie Crawford, MD, is a doctor, but she is not your doctor. This content is for general education and is not a substitute for individualized medical care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EVEN MORE about this episode!What really happens in the final days and hours before we die? And why do so many dying people report seeing deceased loved ones and pets as death approaches?Julie Ryan sits down with certified End of Life Doula and death literacy educator Claire O'Berry for a revealing conversation about what families can expect as someone approaches the end of life—and why understanding the dying process may replace some of our deepest fears with greater peace.Claire walks Julie through her practical two-weeks-out, two-days-out, and two-hours-out framework, explaining the physical and emotional changes that can occur as the body begins its natural dying process. They explore what happens during the final hours, why dying may look very different from what families expect, and how knowing the signs can help loved ones feel less frightened and more prepared.They also dive into some of the most mysterious experiences surrounding death: terminal lucidity, the “death rally,” end-of-life visions, near-death experiences, and reports of dying people seeing deceased family members and beloved pets. Julie and Claire discuss research into these experiences and what they may suggest about consciousness, fear of death, and the possibility that we're not alone as we make the transition.Claire also explains what families often misunderstand about hospice and palliative care, when to begin preparing for the end of life, and why talking about death doesn't have to be frightening or morbid—it can help us live more intentionally while we're still here.Whether someone you love is approaching the end of life, you've witnessed something unexplained at a deathbed, or you've simply wondered what you might experience during your own final moments, this conversation offers a fascinating and reassuring look at one of life's greatest mysteries.Guest Biography:Claire O'Berry is a certified End of Life Doula, death literacy educator, international speaker, and host of the Dying Your Way podcast. Her journey into end-of-life care began in 2005, when she became the primary caregiver for both of her parents during the final six years of their lives, ultimately helping each of them experience a peaceful death at home surrounded by family and friends. Inspired to help others navigate this profound stage of life with greater knowledge and confidence, Claire pursued formal end-of-life training with pioneers Deanna Cochran, Suzanne O'Brien, and Patty Burgess. Today, she teaches individuals and families how to prepare for the end-of-life journey and hosts conversations with experts and individuals sharing personal experiences with death and dying. Claire holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a B.S.Ed. from the University of North Texas, and is an Advance Care Planning Educator (ACPE), Certified End of Life Doula (CEOLD), and member of the National End of Life Doula Alliance (NEDA).Episode Chapters:(0:00:00) Meet End-of-Life Doula Claire O'Berry(0:02:19) What Really Happens in the Final Moments of Life?(0:04:51) Why Understanding Death Can Remove the Fear(0:14:47) Claire's Near-Death Experiences(0:21:46) Why Are We So Afraid to Die?(0:25:15) Do You Need to Believe in Spirit to See the Other Side?(0:31:52) Why Families Wait Too Long for Hospice(0:38:34) The Physical Signs That Death Is Near(0:56:42) What to Say to Someone Who Is Dying(1:03:00) The Death Rally: Why People Suddenly Get Better(1:05:15) What the Dying See Before Death(1:07:41) How Claire Became an End-of-Life Doula(1:13:13) If Death Is a Transition, Why Are We Here?➡️ Subscribe to Ask Julie Ryan YouTube➡️ Julie's Intuitive Trainings✏️ Ask Julie a Question!

Post-race recovery is not the avoidance of training. Rather, it is a crucial component of a well-periodized training plan, especially for a marathon or half marathon. In this episode, we first examine the physiological impact of racing a marathon or half marathon on the body. Then, we detail how to approach a recovery phase, including what can enhance or impair recovery after a race.In this episode, you'll learn:✅ What happens to your body after you run a marathon✅ Should you do a recovery run after the race?✅ How to structure a recovery phase after a half marathon✅ How to recover after a marathon✅ How to improve your post-race recovery✅ Health risks during the recovery phaseTread Lightly Running is hosted and researched by Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris, MSc. Production, show notes, and graphics by Laura Norris.References

In this episode, Dr. Mary Alice Mina answers the internet's most asked questions about testosterone, topical estrogen, and perimenopause. Pulled straight from the comments section, she covers who can actually prescribe testosterone, whether estradiol and estriol can be used together on the face, what swollen eyelids might really mean, what lab work matters before starting testosterone therapy, how topical estrogen interacts with birth control pills, the correct way to apply topical estrogen, whether birth control suppresses testosterone, and whether estrogen levels need to be monitored while using topical treatments. She closes with a detailed answer on facial estradiol, hair thinning, and dry skin, and the collagen and elastin benefits the research does show. Want more support navigating your hormones? Join my 5-Day Perimenopause Challenge: https://hi.theskinreal.com/5-day-perimenopause-challenge In this episode:  0:00 Intro and Disclaimer 3:17 Perimenopause and Hormone Confusion Explained 4:21 Can Any Endocrinologist Prescribe Testosterone? 5:59 Using Estradiol and Estriol on Your Face 7:33 Swollen Eyelids: Eczema or Low Testosterone? 8:51 Lab Work You Need Before Starting Testosterone 10:16 5-Day Perimenopause Challenge 11:03 Topical Estrogen and Birth Control Pills 12:37 How to Properly Apply Topical Estrogen 14:59 Do Birth Control Pills Block Testosterone? 16:37 Do You Need to Monitor Estrogen Levels on Topical Treatment? 18:28 Facial Estradiol for Hair Loss and Dry Skin 19:54 Final Thoughts  Want a deeper look? Watch the full episode on YouTube for a more visual experience of today's discussion. This episode is best enjoyed on video—don't miss out!

How do you know when to continue the same fertility treatment and when it is time to change course? In this episode of the As a Woman podcast, fertility doctor Natalie Crawford, MD, answers your questions about failed IVF transfers, IUI, embryo banking, low AMH, thin uterine lining, progesterone levels, sperm morphology, pregnancy after methotrexate, and recurrent implantation failure. She explains what your results can tell you, what they may miss, and when a different protocol or second opinion deserves a conversation. IN THIS EPISODE: 00:00 Fertility Q&A 00:14 What Causes a Thin Uterine Lining After Surgery? 03:21 What Progesterone Level Is Needed for Embryo Transfer? 05:42 How Many Embryos Do You Need for 2 or 3 Children? 08:09 Can IUI Help With Low Sperm Morphology? 09:52 How Many IUI Cycles Should You Try? 11:06 Can AMH Change From Month to Month? 11:42 Do You Need Estrogen or Progesterone After IUI? 12:37 Can High Cholesterol Affect Fertility and Pregnancy? 13:54 When Should You Repeat a Semen Analysis? 14:46 What Is a Pregnancy of Unknown Location? 15:30 Why Should You Wait After Methotrexate to Conceive? 15:49 Do You Need an HSG After an Ectopic Pregnancy? 16:08 Can IUI Help With a Varicocele? 16:48 What Should You Do After Pregnancy Loss With a Euploid Embryo?18:15 What Are the Different Embryo Transfer Protocols? 19:19 What Testing Can Help After Failed Implantation? 20:20 When Should You Get a Second Opinion? AS A WOMAN WITH DR. NATALIE CRAWFORD: YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLveZDgg3_HZ9m7Wy3C6Vvyrj_NtEOwj_l  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/as-a-woman/id1449553339  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/12IYOLH9liu60gk5D0bRPk  HOST RESOURCES: Order The Fertility Formula: https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/book  Newsletter: https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/newsletter  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliecrawfordmd  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NatalieCrawfordMD  Become a patient: https://www.forafertility.com  Earn FREE CE/CME: https://learnatpinnacle.com/education  This episode is brought to you by The Pinnacle Podcast Network. ABOUT DR. NATALIE CRAWFORD: Natalie Crawford, MD, is a double board-certified OB/GYN and reproductive endocrinologist, co-founder of Fora Fertility, and author of The Fertility Formula. She helps women understand their hormones, fertility, and reproductive health so they can make informed decisions about their bodies. Disclaimer: Natalie Crawford, MD, is a doctor, but she is not your doctor. This content is for general education and is not a substitute for individualized medical care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show interview Sonia Satra from Moticise, Noah Fleischman from iHeartRadio and Lisa Lane, Co-Founder and Lauren Lane, Operations Manager at Rinseroo. What if the biggest thing holding you back from entrepreneurial success is your own brain? In this inspiring conversation, Sonia Satra, founder of Moticse, keynote speaker, actress, author and mindset coach, explains how entrepreneurs can overcome limiting beliefs, fear and mental blocks to become more creative, focused and confident. Sonia shares why movement can unlock better ideas, how writing a book can establish credibility and create business opportunities, when to take small steps versus a bold leap, and why aligning your mind, body and spirit can help you find greater clarity, energy and purpose. She also reveals practical strategies for getting unstuck, building momentum and turning mindset into a competitive advantage. Read more at: https://www.soniasatra.com What does it take to create great radio and compelling content when audiences are overwhelmed by endless choices? In this special Passage to Profit conversation, longtime radio professional and Passage to Profit producer Noah Fleishman reveals what happens behind the scenes of producing a successful show, from guest preparation and authentic conversations to deciding what makes the final cut. Noah and Richard and Elizabeth Gearhart explore the evolution of radio, podcasts, television and streaming, the growing “war for attention,” information overload, narrowcasting and why great storytelling still depends on something surprisingly simple: making people want to listen. Read more at: https://passagetoprofitshow.com/noah-fleischman/ How do you turn a simple idea into a successful product business? Lisa Lane and Lauren Lane of Rinseroo share the inspiring entrepreneurial journey behind their patented slip-on hose, from a shower-time idea and DIY prototype to Shark Tank's coveted Golden Ticket from Lori Greiner. They reveal how they learned patents, manufacturing and marketing from scratch, leveraged Shark Tank, TikTok and media exposure to grow sales, battled copycats and intellectual property challenges, and built a family business designed to create a lasting legacy. Read more at: https://rinseroo.com/ Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. Hosted by Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, the show features industry leaders, investors, and founders who share real-world lessons on scaling companies, protecting ideas, building generational wealth, and navigating today's evolving business landscape. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest episodes, expert interviews, and resources designed to help you grow, protect, and profit from your ideas. Chapters (00:00:00) - Passage to Profit: The 300th Episode(00:00:54) - Noah Fleischman on Starting The Radio Show(00:04:51) - 300th Episode(00:07:26) - What Was the One Decision That Changed Your Life?(00:10:57) - Deciding to Jump Ship From Manufacturer(00:13:20) - Punishment for Talking About AI on the Podcast(00:15:59) - What If It Were Easy Book?(00:17:01) - The Making of Moticize(00:17:51) - Moticise: The Mindset Program(00:21:29) - Including the Fear in Business(00:23:43) - Take a Leap of Faith in Acting(00:25:37) - Car Shield(00:26:36) - Better Health Insurance for You and Your Family(00:27:37) - Passage to Profit: The Soul of an Entrepreneur(00:31:26) - How to Become More CALM in Your Life(00:37:30) - Business Owners Roundtable: Real AI Use Cases(00:41:48) - AIPC: AI and Marketing(00:43:09) - Debtor Assistance Hotline(00:45:32) - The 300 Million-Dollar Patent Case(00:49:02) - Passage to Profit(00:50:33) - What is involved in producing great radio?(00:54:10) - Richard Pryor on How Much He Loves Radio(00:56:57) - The War for Attention Space(00:57:59) - In a World of Limited Choices, Radio Wins(01:00:50) - Noah on Passage to Profit(01:02:38) - Rinseroo: The Easy Wash Your Bathroom Hose(01:06:08) - Did Being On Shark Tank Help Your Sales?(01:07:19) - How To Start a Business on Shark Tank(01:09:17) - What is one of the biggest things you've done to market the(01:10:13) - What's It Like To Work With Your Mother?(01:11:05) - What's The Best Pet Tub Hose?(01:12:24) - In the Elevator With Entrepreneurs(01:13:19) - What was the biggest obstacle that you faced?(01:14:18) - Do You Need to Do an Apex Takedown?(01:16:25) - Rinsing a Roo: Should I License the Product?(01:17:45) - Inventing a Stretchy Hydrolyte(01:18:44) - Rinseroo on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn(01:19:23) - Car Shield(01:20:46) - Secrets of the Entrepreneurial Mind

Who is Allen?Allen Kopelman is the seasoned founder of a forward-thinking payments company, with an impressive professional career spanning over 25 years in the payments industry. Previously involved in the hospitality sector as a restaurant owner and chef, Allen transitioned to the payments industry with a resolve to help business owners optimize their transaction processes. His deep understanding of both sides of the payment equation empowers him to create client-centric solutions that enhance business growth and efficiency. Allen is a problem solver at heart and a respected voice in the industry, also contributing as a writer for the Green Sheet magazine.Episode Summary:Welcome to It's Not Rocket Science: Five Questions Over Coffee, where Stuart Webb engages with Allen Kopelman, the innovative founder of a successful payments company. In this enlightening episode, Allen delves into the intricacies of payment solutions, outlining how tailored payment software can significantly reduce costs for business owners. Through sharing his rich experience, Allen illustrates the transformation from traditional payment setups to today's software-centric approaches. The conversation touches upon key elements that businesses need to consider when scaling their payment operations, with insights into common challenges faced by startups and how his company provides resolute solutions.The discussion highlights practical advice on leveraging payment technologies to maintain cash flow, avoiding the pitfall of becoming a financial buffer for clients. Allen underscores the importance of invoice automation and understanding interchange in order to enhance business operations. His valuable insights and real-world anecdotes underscore the critical role of payment strategies in ensuring business viability. Business owners and payment professionals alike will find this conversation both informative and inspirational, offering actionable strategies for optimizing payment processes and fortifying cash flow.Key Takeaways:* Understanding your payment system is crucial to effective business operations, especially when considering scalability and customer service.* Automated billing systems can significantly improve cash flow and free up resources for core business functions.* Business owners should avoid negotiating long-term payment terms, thereby mitigating cash flow issues by effectively utilizing credit options for customers.* The importance of understanding interchange rates in optimizing payment transactions, particularly as businesses expand.* Transitioning from traditional business approaches to embracing software solutions can improve operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.Notable Quotes:* “Payments is all about software...using the proper technology based on whatever business it is that you have.”* “Your customer already has a bank. You shouldn't really be doing that as a business owner.”* “Cash flow is king...you shouldn't really be doing that as a business owner.”* “You have to make decisions, you can't just wallow around.”* “Don't be the bank. Your customer already has a bank.”Resources:* Allen Kopelman: LinkedIn Profile [Not explicitly mentioned but relevant]* The Green Sheet: Industry magazine where Allen contributes.* Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, a recommended book.* The Five Second Rule by Mel Robbins, another highly recommended book.* Visit It's Not Rocket Science: Five Questions Over Coffee for free resources and more insights from the episode.Dive into the full episode to grasp the depth of Allen's expertise and stay tuned for more discussions that demystify complex topics with simplicity and p

Your patient is nine years old. One first permanent molar is crumbling — the others look fine. Does it stay, or does it go?Is that broken-down first permanent molar really down to poor brushing — or is it Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation?When is the right time to take a first permanent molar out — and how do you read it off the X-ray?And how do you tell a parent their child needs an adult tooth removed — without losing them?First permanent molars of poor prognosis are one of the genuine head-scratchers of general practice — full of ifs, buts and timing. In this episode Jaz sits down with Dr Nicole Sturzenbaum, a paediatric dentist and the owner and clinical director of Toothbeary in Richmond, London, to work through the whole decision: getting the diagnosis right (molar-incisor hypomineralisation versus caries), reading the extraction window off an OPG, the restorative ladder from sealant to stainless steel crown, when to bring in the orthodontist, and how to handle the conversation with anxious parents. There's no one-size-fits-all answer — but there is a clear way to think about it.Protrusive Dental Pearl: Painless Polishing for Anxious KidsThe mechanical clean is what frightens children (and plenty of adults) — the scaler, the bristle brush, the gritty prophy paste. For the polishing part, a colourless plaque-dissolving foam gel does the job without any of it. It fizzes wherever there is plaque, so you can hand the child a mirror and show them exactly where to brush; it leaves the teeth satin-smooth, reduces gingival inflammation, and is painless and non-invasive.Two caveats: it does not remove calculus — you still need a hand or ultrasonic scaler for that — and you should agitate the gel gently at the gingival margin for the full effect. It is especially useful for orthodontic and adolescent patients because it reaches the nooks around brackets, which is where post-orthodontic white-spot lesions start.Product: Magic3 (3% hydrogen peroxide, colourless plaque indicator), by Dr Wyman Chan — protrusive.co.uk/magic3.What You'll Take From This EpisodeDiagnosis first — MIH or caries? The distinction changes the plan, the prognosis and the whole conversation with the family.Reading the extraction window off an OPG — why chronological age tells you nothing, and what the second molar's bifurcation tells you instead.The restorative ladder — seal, composite, preformed metal crown, or plan the extraction: matching the least invasive option that will actually hold.When to involve the orthodontist — essential or desirable, which teeth come out, and managing the space afterwards.Getting sensitive molars numb — why MIH teeth are so hard to anaesthetise, and the comfort stack that helps.Highlights of This Episode00:00     TEASER00:59     First Permanent Molars of Poor Prognosis in Children02:51     Painless Chemical Polishing for Kids (Protrusive Dental Pearl)04:53     Meet Dr Nicole Sturzenbaum, Paediatric Dentist11:49     MIH or Caries? Getting the Diagnosis Right15:14     What Is MIH? Causes, Grades and 'Cheese Molars'17:23     When to Extract a First Molar: Reading the OPG20:08     Sealant, Composite or Crown for MIH Molars22:32     Stainless Steel Crowns for Hypomineralised Molars25:52     Do You Need an Orthodontic Opinion Before Extraction?29:15     Talking to Parents About Removing an Adult Tooth31:56     Anaesthesia Tips for Sensitive MIH Molars36:14     Managing the Space After First Molar Extraction41:15     Balancing and Compensating Extractions Explained47:53     Early Orthodontics and Prevention at Toothbeary51:15     OUTROFrom the GuestDr Nicole Sturzenbaum is a paediatric dentist and the owner and clinical director of Toothbeary, a paediatric dental practice in Richmond, London. 

When vulnerability disclosures shrink the wild exploit window down to less than 24 hours (or even minutes), traditional manual patching and WAF rule creation simply cannot keep up.In this episode, Ashish sits down with Ammar Alim (Product Security Engineering Lead at Adobe) to break down how to build an automated, agentic WAF pipeline. Ammar shares how his team manages the scale and complexity of seven commercial and open-source WAFs (including AWS WAF, Cloudflare, Akamai, Azure WAF, Wallarm, and ModSecurity) by leveraging AI agents.Discover how to construct an agentic harness, orchestrate deep research agents to gather exploit POCs, and utilize multi-model architectures (e.g., Anthropic for rule generation and OpenAI as an LLM judge) to eliminate false positives and safely deploy virtual patchesGuest Socials -⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ammar's LinkedinPodcast Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CloudSecPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels:-⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Podcast- Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you are interested in AI Security, you can check out our sister podcast -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ AI Security Podcast⁠Questions asked:(00:00) Introduction & The Currency of Speed in Security(02:00) Ammar Alim's Background: From Data Centers to Product Security at Adobe(05:00) The Multi-Vendor WAF Nightmare: Managing Scale Across 7 Products(08:30) Understanding False Positives vs. False Negatives in WAF Management(12:30) Why

A cardiac surgeon who's performed thousands of open-heart operations says most of his patients didn't have to be there — and the culprit isn't cholesterol, it's metabolic health.In this episode of Health Longevity Secrets, Robert Lufkin MD sits down with Dr. Philip Ovadia, board-certified cardiac surgeon and author of the new book "Stay Off My Kitchen Table." Once morbidly obese and prediabetic himself, Ovadia lost nearly 100 pounds and rethought everything he was taught about heart disease. He explains why "meat is medicine," how red meat got vilified by bad science, what really drives heart disease, and how his nationwide telehealth practice is rebuilding primary care around metabolic health.Chapters:00:00 — Introduction01:34 — Why a Heart Surgeon Wrote "Stay Off My Kitchen Table"04:54 — Do You Need to Eat Meat? Nutrient Density and Bioavailability07:30 — Meat Is Medicine: Why Red Meat Was Vilified09:38 — How Bad Epidemiology Made Meat the Villain12:43 — Red Meat Down 40%, Heart Disease Worse: What That Tells Us14:23 — Ovadia's Own Journey: Obese, Prediabetic, and Gary Taubes15:54 — Why Medical Schools Resist This (and What's Changing)19:01 — RFK Jr, Trump, the New Food Pyramid and realfood.gov21:38 — Leaving Employed Surgery for a Telehealth Practice25:24 — Metabolic Care Beyond the Heart: Building Primary Care31:38 — What Telemedicine Patients Actually Experience37:01 — It's Not Just What You Eat — It's What You Absorb38:50 — Gut Health, Anti-Nutrients, and the NAD Supplement Problem42:37 — Best Wearables: Why the CGM Tops the List44:11 — Empowering Patients to Take Back ControlKey takeaways:Metabolic health — not cholesterol — is the primary driver of heart disease, and most heart surgery is preventable through diet and lifestyle."Meat is medicine": red meat was vilified largely by poorly done epidemiologic science layered with political and economic interests.U.S. red meat consumption has fallen ~40% since the 1950s–60s, yet heart disease has gotten worse — strong evidence meat isn't the cause.It's not just what you eat, it's what you absorb: gut health, bioavailability, and plant anti-nutrients all shape your results.The continuous glucose monitor (CGM) is the single most powerful wearable for understanding how food and lifestyle affect your metabolic health.Studies & sources:"Stay Off My Kitchen Table" by Dr. Philip Ovadia (with Joshua Lisik) — ovadiahearthealth.com"Stay Off My Operating Table" by Dr. Philip Ovadia — GoodreadsOvadia Heart Health (nationwide telehealth practice) — ovadiahearthealth.comNew U.S. dietary guidelines & food pyramid — realfood.govGary Taubes (author and science journalist) — garytaubes.comDr. Lufkin's book "Lies I Taught in Medical School": robertlufkinmd.com/lies⭐ Enjoying the show? Please leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts — it takes 30 seconds and helps more people discover the science of health and longevity. Thank you!New episodes every other Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.Continue this conversation on Substack: https://robertlufkinmd.substack.comLies I Taught In Medical School — Free sample chapter: https://www.robertlufkinmd.com/lies/Web: https://www.robertlufkinmd.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/robertlufkinmdX: https://x.com/robertlufkinmdInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertlufkinmd/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@robertlufkinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertlufkinmd/

In this episode, I'm joined by Charlotte Cho, licensed esthetician, co-founder of Soko Glam, and founder of Then I Met You, to break down Korean skincare and what it really takes to achieve healthy, glowing "glass skin." We cover the 10-step routine, double cleansing, how K-beauty differs from U.S. skincare, and the latest trends like PDRN, Volufiline, and Korean sunscreens, plus practical tips you can start using right away.

Who is Arba?Arba Cooper is a distinguished marketeer with a longstanding expertise in technology, dating back to the 80s. Specializing as a digital marketing trainer, Arba dedicates her efforts toward solopreneurs, particularly baby boomers, who are facing challenges with technological advancements. Her passion is fueled by personal experience and a strong desire to help others navigate the complexities of digital marketing, particularly video marketing. Arba is celebrated for her patience and ability to distill complex technological concepts into approachable, relatable lessons.Key TakeawaysIn this episode of “Five Questions Over Coffee,” hosted by Stuart Webb, we dive into a lively and informative discussion with Arba Cooper, an expert in digital marketing and technology. Arbor shares her longstanding experience in technology, having witnessed its evolution since the 80s, and her passion for helping solopreneurs, particularly those within the baby boomer demographic, accustom themselves to the digital age. This episode unveils Arba's insights on the potency of video as an essential marketing tool, especially in the age of AI.Arba discusses her role in assisting solopreneurs who struggle with integrating new technologies into their business strategies. She describes how she supports clients by reducing their apprehension towards technology and introducing them to video marketing, a crucial aspect in today's digital commerce landscape. With attention spans diminishing, she notes that video content can significantly elevate engagement and lead generation. This episode is packed with Arba's personal anecdotes, expert advice, and effective methodologies in leveraging modern marketing tools.Key Takeaways:* Solopreneurs, especially baby boomers, often face challenges with technology that Arba Cooper helps them overcome with patience and expertise.* In the realm of digital marketing, video content particularly holds increasing value in engaging audiences and generating leads.* Arbor emphasizes that effectively using AI tools can aid those uncomfortable with appearing on camera to still create compelling video content.* Arba's commitment is deeply personal, rooted in her own experiences of entrepreneurial struggles when she faced marketing challenges without adequate guidance.* Engaging with a community of learners can enhance one's skills in video marketing, benefiting from both novice insights and professional expertise.Notable Quotes:* “The person I am exactly trying to talk to is the solopreneur who is struggling particularly with their marketing.”* “Attention span has become shorter... but you can use technology, what's called faceless videos, or insert yourself in different parts of your video.”* “If a person's afraid to be on camera, my job is not to make them comfortable, it's to show them there are other ways.”* “We would miss out on a lot of the services and products of the solopreneurs.”* “If they have time, I'll give my talent.”Resources:* Five Questions Over Coffee - Free Stuff Vault: fivequestionsovercoffee.com/freestuffTune into this past episode to hear insightful discussions and practical advice on how

Some days you just feel off. Not sad about anything specific, not anxious about anything specific, just heavy, distracted, or grumpy for no reason you can name. If you have ever wondered whether tapping when you feel off actually works when you cannot pinpoint a cause, the answer is yes, and there is a specific order that makes it work well. TL;DR / Key Takeaways Tapping when you feel off does not require knowing the root cause of the feeling before you start. A four step sequence, wordless tapping, witness tapping, tapping on not knowing why, and tapping on not needing to know why to heal, addresses the emotion directly. Wordless tapping, also called content free tapping, changes your body's biochemistry through the tapping points without naming an issue. Witness tapping works because fully articulated emotions are short lived, meaning simply describing what you feel out loud often reduces its intensity. Three rounds of tapping (three to five taps per point) takes about 45 seconds, making this practical to use anywhere. Why Do I Feel Off Without Knowing Why? Feeling emotionally off without a clear trigger happens because emotions are stored in the body as biochemistry, not just as conscious thoughts you can trace back to a cause. In my 17 years of working with clients and my own daily tapping practice, this is one of the most common situations people bring to me. It shows up as heaviness, distraction, low mood, or a general sense that everything feels harder than it should. This is closely related to tapping for vague emotions you cannot clearly identify, where the challenge is not the tapping itself but naming what you are actually feeling. The instinct in these moments is to stop and figure out why before doing anything about it. That instinct is understandable, but it is also the thing that keeps people stuck longest. You do not need to diagnose the cause before you can start changing how you feel. This is exactly the situation the four step process below is built for. It works whether you eventually understand the reason behind the emotion or you never do. What Is Wordless Tapping (Content Free Tapping)? Wordless tapping is a technique where you tap through the acupressure points without speaking, without naming an issue, and without trying to identify a root cause. The technical term for this is content free intervention. Key insight: "By stimulating these tapping points on our body, we're actually able to start changing our biochemistry. That emotion you're feeling, that heaviness, that overwhelm, is the biochemistry of that emotion." Because the emotion itself is biochemical, you do not need words or insight to begin shifting it. You are working directly with the physical layer of the feeling, moving from tapping point to tapping point while whatever is going on continues to run in the background. This matters for anyone new to tapping for anxiety, low mood, or unexplained heaviness, because it removes the barrier of needing the right words or the right insight before you are allowed to start. If you want more ways to use content free tapping beyond this single situation, there are several other applications worth exploring. Step 1: Start With Wordless Tapping to Shift Your Biochemistry The first step in this process is to tap through the points silently for three to five rounds without naming what you are feeling. This changes your biochemical state before you attempt anything else. A simple way to do this is to set a timer, or to commit to three rounds of tapping, using three to five taps on each point as you move from point to point. Three rounds takes about 45 seconds. Four rounds takes about a minute. There is no issue to identify and no phrase to repeat, which makes this the easiest entry point into a tapping session when you feel off. This same principle shows up in releasing a hidden tapping agenda, where letting go of the need to control the outcome of a session tends to produce better results. Starting here also lowers the pressure of the moment. You are not required to understand anything yet. You are simply giving your nervous system a chance to settle before you move into naming what is happening, which is the focus of step two. Step 2: Use Witness Tapping to Name What You're Feeling Witness tapping means describing exactly what you are experiencing in the moment, without analysis or judgment, the same way an eyewitness describes only what they directly observed. Key insight: "Fully articulated emotions are short lived. Our emotions are just trying to get our attention, and oftentimes simply giving them voice is enough to start tuning them down." In practice, this sounds like tapping while saying something as simple as, I feel really grumpy, and it is heavy in my body, and I do not know why I feel grumpy. You are not explaining the emotion or justifying it. You are only witnessing it, the way a witness in court reports what they saw without interpreting it. It is worth knowing that most of us are a fairly unreliable witness to our own experience, which is exactly why simply reporting the feeling, rather than analyzing it, works better than trying to get the story perfectly right. This step often does two things at once. First, naming the feeling out loud tends to reduce its intensity almost immediately. Second, new information sometimes surfaces on its own, such as realizing a canceled plan was actually weighing on you more than you had noticed. That insight is a welcome bonus, not a requirement for the process to work. Step 3: Tap on the Fact That It's Okay Not to Know Why The third step is to tap directly on the discomfort of not having an explanation, acknowledging that it is okay not to know why you feel this way. This step targets a specific emotion that hides underneath the original feeling, which is the frustration or disappointment of not having a root cause. Something like, even though I do not know why I feel this way, I give myself permission to simply acknowledge it, addresses that layer directly. Tapping on this usually produces relief almost immediately, because you are no longer fighting the fact that you cannot explain your own emotional state. And as with step two, sometimes tapping on the frustration of not knowing clears space for new insight to surface, though it is not guaranteed and is not the point. Step 4: Tap on Not Needing to Know Why in Order to Heal The fourth step is to tap on the idea that you do not need to know why you feel this way in order to heal from it or move through it. Key insight: "It is possible for me to heal, to transform, to release all of this without having to know why I am this way." This step is subtly different from step three. Step three addresses the desire for knowledge and understanding. Step four addresses the fear that not having that knowledge will block your healing. Separating these two ideas rather than tapping on them as one statement creates more clarity, because you are releasing two distinct beliefs rather than one blended one. In my own practice, I find this is the step that gives people the most permission to stop searching for an explanation and simply let the tapping work. You can always revisit the reason later if it becomes relevant. It does not need to arrive on any particular schedule. Do You Need to Find the Root Cause for Tapping When You Feel Off? No, you do not need to identify a root cause before tapping when you feel off can help you feel better. The four step process above is designed to work with or without that information. Sometimes tapping through these four steps will surface the underlying reason for a mood, like realizing a disappointment you had not consciously registered. Other times you will simply feel better without ever knowing exactly why you felt off in the first place. Both outcomes are considered a success with this approach. This distinction matters because many people delay tapping until they feel they have figured themselves out first. Waiting for full understanding before taking action is one of the most common reasons people stay stuck in a low mood longer than necessary, a point explored further in why you don't need to know why you are the way you are. How to Put the Four Steps Together in Your Own Practice The complete sequence is wordless tapping, witness tapping, tapping on it being okay not to know why, and tapping on not needing to know why in order to heal. You can move through all four steps in a single sitting, typically in just a few minutes total. Start with three rounds of silent tapping, move into witnessing what you feel out loud, then tap on the two reframes in steps three and four. There is no requirement to rush toward insight at any point in the sequence. If you are new to tapping altogether, a free guide with video and written instructions is available at LearnToTap.com. If you already have some tapping experience and want to go deeper with a related struggle, a ten part guide on using tapping to work through self sabotage is available at TappingQnA.com. Frequently Asked Questions What is wordless tapping in EFT? Wordless tapping, also called content free tapping, is tapping through the acupressure points without speaking or naming an issue. It works by shifting your body's biochemistry directly, which is useful when you feel off but cannot identify a specific cause. Why does naming an emotion out loud make it feel less intense? Fully articulated emotions tend to be short lived because emotions are signals meant to get your attention. Once you give a feeling clear voice through witness tapping, the signal has been received and often begins to settle on its own. Do I have to know why I feel bad before tapping will work? No. This four step process is built specifically for situations where you do not know the cause of your mood. You can tap on the feeling itself, and understanding may or may not arrive along the way. How long does a round of tapping take? Three rounds of tapping, using three to five taps per point, takes about 45 seconds. Four rounds takes about a minute, which makes this practical to fit into a busy day. What is witness tapping? Witness tapping is describing exactly what you are feeling in the moment, without analysis or judgment, similar to how an eyewitness reports only what they directly observed. When should I use this four step process instead of tapping on a specific issue? Use this process when you feel an emotion, such as heaviness, distraction, or a low mood, but cannot trace it to a specific event or thought. If you already know exactly what you are upset about, you can tap directly on that issue instead.

Break through your keto plateau and build a plan that supports your body and mind. Book a free consultation with Robert Sikes: https://www.ketobodybuilding.com/callIn episode 902 of the Savage Perspective Podcast, host Robert Sikes sits down with Robyn Dobbins to share the powerful story behind her keto mental health journey and the Cholesterol Code film. Robyn started a low carb diet after high cholesterol led to a statin recommendation. She cut out sugar and grains, lost 50 pounds, and noticed major changes in her mood, energy, and daily life. Robert and Robyn discuss postpartum depression, medication side effects, family struggles, processed food, social media, ketosis, carnivore eating, strength training, and the sweet potato experiment that brought her symptoms back. Her story offers hope to anyone searching for a simple path toward better physical and mental health.Follow Robyn on IG: https://www.instagram.com/robynrdobbins/Get Keto Brick: https://www.ketobrick.com/Subscribe to the podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/42cjJssghqD01bdWBxRYEg?si=1XYKmPXmR4eKw2O9gGCEuQChapters0:00 - Who Is Robyn Dobbins—and Why Is She in Cholesterol Code?0:51 - How High Cholesterol Led Robyn Dobbins to Keto3:44 - Can a Ketogenic Diet Improve Mental Health?6:53 - What Did Decades of Depression Look Like?10:58 - Why Are Depression Rates Rising in Young People?12:15 - How Processed Foods May Affect Brain Health15:22 - Are Smartphones and Social Media Harming Kids?21:45 - What Does Postpartum Depression Really Look Like?28:23 - How Did Her Bipolar and OCD Diagnoses Begin?31:05 - How Are Mental Health Disorders Diagnosed?32:07 - The Hidden Trial and Error of Psychiatric Medication35:15 - How Mental Illness and Medication Affected Her Family38:38 - Did Psychiatric Medication Actually Help?39:44 - How She Realized Diet Had Changed Her Mental Health42:20 - What Does Life After Depression Feel Like?45:23 - How Did Her Children Respond to Her Transformation?48:23 - How Does Keto Affect the Brain?52:31 - Do You Need to Track Ketones and Macros?54:37 - Did One Sweet Potato Bring Her Depression Back?57:17 - Can Too Much Protein Affect Mental Health?58:33 - What Does Robyn Dobbins Eat in a Typical Day?1:00:22 - Why Eating the Same Foods Every Day Works1:02:00 - What's Next for Robyn Dobbins?1:04:59 - Where to Follow Robyn and Ketobiography

Vlad has been online since 1997 — long enough to have seen every "this changes everything" cycle. Now, as founder of RedTrack, he's built a clear-eyed framework for what AI actually changes in SaaS, and what it doesn't.In this episode: → Why AI is the new internet — and the parts of the hype he's not buying → How iOS 14.5 quietly turned media buying from programmatic into algorithmic → The first-party data foundation every SaaS company should be building right now → What happened when RedTrack connected AI agents to three years of historical data → The four levels of AI adoption — and why most companies are stuck on level one → Why he's not raising another round, even as AI costs rise across the industryFor SaaS founders trying to separate signal from noise on AI, attribution, and the "agent manager" hype.----------- Episode's Chapters -----------0:06 — Internet Origins: How Vlad Found Digital Marketing0:49 — AI vs. the Dot-Com Era: What's Actually Different This Time3:16 — What Gen Alpha Really Thinks About AI4:39 — The Birth of RedTrack and First-Party Data7:33 — Is Attribution Still Relevant in a Cookieless World?10:01 — How AI Is About to Break (and Rebuild) Media Buying14:11 — Processing Work vs. Cognitive Work: Where AI Belongs21:25 — Building an AI-Powered Company: Champions, Workflows, and Mandates28:00 — Do You Need to Manage AI Agents? (Spoiler: No)31:41 — LinkedIn Hype vs. Reality: What's Actually Happening With AI in Business32:44 — To Raise or Not to Raise: Funding Strategy in the Age of AI

Do you have trouble sleeping? An occasional late night or early morning is probably not dangerous, but too many people get too little sleep on a regular basis. How does that affect their health? Even more importantly, what can they do to change the situation? You'll want to listen to find out if you need a sleep reset. At The People's Pharmacy, we strive to bring you up to date, rigorously researched insights and conversations about health, medicine, wellness and health policies and health systems. While these conversations intend to offer insight and perspective, the content is provided solely for informational and educational purposes. Please consult your healthcare provider before making any changes to your medical care or treatment. How You Can Listen You could listen through your local public radio station or get the live stream at 7 am EST on Saturday, July 18, 2026, through your computer or smart phone (wunc.org). Here is a link so you can find which stations carry our broadcast. If you can't listen to the broadcast, you may wish to hear the podcast later. You can subscribe through your favorite podcast provider, download the mp3 using the link at the bottom of the page, or listen to the stream on this post starting on July 20, 2026. The podcast will be available on Monday (July 20, 2026) Do You Need a Sleep Reset? Why is sleep so important for good health? Our guest is a sleep medicine specialist who uses a metaphor of Disneyland. Crucial maintenance on the theme park happens at night, when there are no visitors. Streets are cleaned, flower beds are weeded, and rides are inspected and, if needed, repaired. None of that can happen while the park is open for business. Our bodies and brains also need time for maintenance and repair, and some of that happens while we are sleeping. When we don't get the rest we need, we may find ourselves at increased risk for diabetes, cardiovascular problems, cancer, cognitive challenges and even premature death. Unfortunately, anxiety about not sleeping can keep people awake all on its own. How can people break that cycle? We'll also discuss ways that people can get help avoiding screens at night. That is an important part of a sleep reset. Blue light from the screen signals the brain to be alert instead of relax. Scrolling social media can often be emotionally upsetting, which also makes it more difficult to fall asleep. Is Your Diet Keeping You Awake? Most of us recognize that a big midnight snack, á la Dagwood Bumstead of the Blondie comic, is probably not conducive to sleeping well. How does nighttime eating affect our circadian rhythm? Are there diets that we should avoid because of their impact on sleep? Dr. Seheult describes a study in which volunteers had their sleep stages monitored closely during the time they were consuming different diets (Obesity, July 2023). When they followed a high-fat, high-sugar diet, it disturbed the pattern of their brain waves during what should have been restorative sleep. How Do Sleep Problems Affect Eating Habits? A lot of us are aware that when we are sleep deprived, we are more inclined to become hangry and we may be less discerning about what we eat. A recent study shows that the sleep deprivation can have an effect even if it is fairly mild and short-term. Scientists recruited people who normally sleep seven to eight hours a night and asked them to stay up an extra hour and a half (Annals of Internal Medicine, July 7, 2026).  During the six weeks of that part of the experiment, people were less active during the day. They also ate more, so they gained about a pound, on average, during those six weeks. Presumably, disrupting sleep for a longer period of time would result in greater weight gain and metabolic disruption. Would a Ketogenic Diet Help with a Sleep Reset? A ketogenic diet, in which the body relies on ketones rather than glucose for energy production, may be helpful. In particular, fasting overnight for at least 14 hours helps the body do what it must during sleep time. To figure out when you should stop eating, identify when you usually start to feel sleepy. That should be your bedtime. Having your last meal of the day about three hours before that will generally offer enough time for digestion so that you don't experience reflux in the middle of the night. Morning Light and Afternoon Naps Your sleep reset may depend on getting your own circadian rhythm to synchronize with the rest of the world. That is where early exposure to morning light comes in. It's beginning to feel a bit like The People's Pharmacy is on repeat: get morning light exposure! It sets your system up for feeling awake and alert during the day and starting to feel sleepy as the light fades in the evening. Obviously, this is most helpful for people who work during daylight hours. Those working overnight shifts would have to organize their days differently. People who have trouble falling asleep may be tempted to take a nap in the afternoon to make up for the lost sleep. That could be a mistake, as it relieves the sleep pressure that helps people fall asleep without trying. Learning to Fall Asleep If you interact with parents of very young children, you may have heard of sleep training. People have strong feelings about this, both pro and con. Adults rarely need sleep training, though. What we are more likely to need is “not-sleeping un-training.” Too many people approach the bedroom as though it were a stage, and sleep is the performance. No wonder they may develop some performance anxiety about sleeping! Other individuals have learned to associate the bedroom with tossing, turning and watching the clock. Consequently, their bodies tense up instead of relaxing when they get between the sheets. There is no easy quick fix for this problem, but cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia has been proven effective for most people. How About PM Pain Relievers? Even though there isn't an easy fix for sleep troubles, many people want one. They reach for the PM pain reliever and hope it will offer them a good night's sleep without a prescription. The “PM” part of that pain reliever is an old-fashioned antihistamine called diphenhydramine. You might be more familiar with its brand name: Benadryl. You'll also find it in Tylenol PM, Advil PM and all the other PM meds because it tends to make people feel drowsy. What's wrong with that? To start with, it isn't clear that it remains effective after a week or two. In addition, people with restless leg syndrome often find that it makes their condition worse. Other folks report that diphenhydramine can result in an unpleasant “hangover” the next day, in which they feel drowsy though not asleep for a good part of their waking hours. What Wakes You Up at Night? If your sleep problem is waking in the wee hours and having trouble getting back to sleep, you should consider the possibility that you have sleep apnea. The REM sleep of those early morning hours is not as deep as some other sleep stages. Consequently, an alarm signal from your brain saying you haven't taken a breath for 20 or 30 seconds may be more likely to wake you. Sleep apnea may be treated by providing air so that the pressure props the collapsing airway open. We discuss this in greater detail along with a new alternative to a CPAP machine in the podcast for this week. This Week’s Guest Dr. Roger Seheult is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine and Allied Health at Loma Linda University. He is quadruple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine. His current practice is in Beaumont, California. He is a critical care physician, pulmonologist, and sleep physician at Optum California. Dr. Seheult lectures routinely across the country at conferences and for medical, PA, and RT societies. He is the director of a sleep lab and the Medical Director for the Crafton Hills College Respiratory Care Program. He is co-founder and presenter for MedCram.com, a site that offers concise and easy-to-follow medical videos on a range of topics. Roger Seheult, MD, MedCram, Loma Linda, UC-Riverside Listen to the Podcast The podcast of this program will be available Monday, July 20, 2026, after broadcast on July 18. You can stream the show from this site and download the podcast for free. Download the mp3, or listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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Who is Gwen?Gwen Acton, PhD, has built her career helping “rocket scientists”—the brilliant scientists, engineers, and technical experts behind today's most innovative companies—become extraordinary leaders. With a background spanning everything from biology to technology, Gwen was inspired by the crucial roles these experts play in industries like biotech, aerospace, AI, big pharma, and government research labs. She saw that while technical leaders are essential for organizational success, many find themselves suddenly tasked with leading teams, often without the tools or training to do so. Gwen made it her mission to bridge this gap, coaching and advising growth-stage companies and R&D groups so their top technical minds can excel both as experts and as leaders.Key TakeawaysSummaryStuart Webb and Gwen Acton PhD discuss* Why technical expertise doesn't equate to leadership proficiency* Common pitfalls technical leaders face (like micromanagement and letting go of control)* The mindset shift required to move from individual contributor to successful team leader* The most essential skills and behaviors for leadership in science and technology-driven organizations* Practical advice for influencing up, engaging teams, and leading transformation* Insights from Gwen's career and highlights from her book, “Leadership for Scientists and Engineers”* Audience questions on changing leaders' minds and the hallmarks of great leadershipWhether you're a new leader, a technical expert on the rise, or simply curious about the bridge between science and leadership, this episode delivers actionable tips and inspirational stories.Timestamps & Overview* 00:00 - Tech glitches and introductions:Stuart Webb kicks off, introducing Gwen Acton PhD, her background, and the episode setup.* 01:24 - Defining the technical leader's challenge:Gwen explains who she helps and the need for leadership skills in technical organizations.* 04:10 - Why technical backgrounds don't prepare you for leadership:Gwen highlights the crucial differences between technical problem-solving and managing people, and why logic alone isn't enough for people problems.* 07:04 - The confusion and blind spots of technical leaders:Discussion about why what worked as a technical expert often fails in leadership, and the importance of learning new interpersonal skills.* 09:16 - Letting go and the pains of delegation:Gwen addresses micromanagement, the struggle to trust others, and methods for successful delegation in high-precision environments.* 11:29 - One piece of leadership advice:Why great leaders ask more (and better) questions instead of always trying to provide answers.* 13:24 - Audience Q&A – Changing minds and influencing up:Gwen shares tips for helping leaders change direction, including the power of genuine questions and one-on-one influence.* 17:05 - Gwen's journey from scientist to leadership expert:Personal story about her path, why group dynamics and leadership in science are so important, and practical solutions for the technical world.* 20:20 - About the book “Leadership for Scientists and Engineers”:What readers will find inside and why it's designed as a practical guide for technical leaders.* 21:34 - What makes a good leader or role model?:Key traits and behaviors ranging from strategic alignment to offering feedback and motivating teams.* 26:48 - The killer question: What separates great leaders from those who plateau?:Gwen's reflections on lifelong learning, intentional skill development, and the humility to accept feedback.* 29:28 - Closing remarks and staying in touch:How to subscribe for future episodes, more about Gwen, and reaching out with questions.Resources and Links*

Molly and Kate go behind the scenes of a partnership publishing house as they speak about the Cookbook Collective with its founder, Angela Engel, and its editorial director, Amy Treadwell. Angela shares a bit of her background and her impetus for creating a more collaborative publishing model before walking us through some industry terms as she banishes stigma and describes the differences in her approach. Amy tells us how she got involved with the collective, what she tackles on the editorial side and how this changes her working relationship with authors. They both speak about the partnership and custom avenues, how they differ from traditional publishing and give us a broad overview of the process of expenses, distribution, submissions, acquisitions, design and drive before leaving us with a thought on the special, unique story that a physical cookbook can communicate. Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea Nguyen Editor: Abby Cerquitella   Mentions The Collective Book Studio   Episode 02: Do You Need a Cookbook Agent? Episode 148: Heartland Masala with Jyoti Mukharji & Auyon Mukharji Episode 56: Hybrid Publishing with Vasudha Viswanath   Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show Heartland Masala, by Joyti and Auyon Muhkarji Vegetarian Reset, by Vasudha Viswanath 52 Shabbats, by Faith Kramer 20 Amici, 40 Ricette, by John Bersani Modern Hippie, by Lauren Thomas Nosh, by Micah Siva Aebleskiver, by Pim Pauline Overgaard

Send us Fan MailMany lawyers, mediators, and divorce professionals spend countless hours searching for better marketing strategies and are asking questions that they'd never say out loud.In this episode of the Serve First, Sell Later Marketing Podcast, Sylvia Garibaldi answers the 10 most common marketing questions professionals are searching for online, from how to get clients without selling to why referrals slow down, whether a niche really matters, and how AI is changing the way prospective clients find trusted professionals.Sylvia answers the ten questions professionals are actually Googling at midnight, and connecting them to one shift happening right now that most of this profession hasn't noticed yet. Bring a pen. This one earns it!What you'll learn:01:43 Why These Questions Matter04:05 Findable And Useful08:52 Marketing With Integrity12:53 Referrals Not Converting15:50 Earn Lawyer Referrals18:59 Stop Asking For Referrals21:20 One Problem Ten Symptoms23:18 Three Part Value Line24:26 Do You Need a Niche27:34 Website Checkpoint Test31:24 LinkedIn for Referrals36:37 Three Rules for AI VisibilityResources:Sign up for our next FREE Workshop on August 12th, 2026. Feeling stuck about how to grow your practice, book a free strategy call here.#115 Why Your Marketing Isn't Turning Into Clients – And What to Focus on Instead #62 Attract Clients: The "Serve First" Secret #72 How to Stand Out in a Crowded Legal or Mediation Market Click here and don't forget to hit the "Follow" button so you never miss a new episode!Download Free Guide: How Lawyers and Mediators Can Attract More Ideal ClientsWant more insights like this?  Sign up for our newsletter.Sign up for our free LinkedIn newsletter on marketing your professional practice Connect with me on LinkedInJoin our online communitySubscribe to my YouTube channel  

Get a $200 gift card after your first payment of $500 with Melio (affiliate) - https://milestomemories.com/go/melio/ Get 3 free months of Audible - https://milestomemories.com/audible-subscription-offer-2/ Mark is taking his son to Japan on points, so we walk through exactly how he booked it, snagging American Airlines business class from Detroit through Dallas to Tokyo for 100,000 miles a person, why he locked it in even though it is not the rock bottom price, and his plan to fly Delta One home from Seoul nonstop for 140,000 SkyMiles. It turns into a bigger conversation about how the burn side of miles and points has gotten harder and less fun, and why getting the trip you want now can beat holding out for the perfect saver award. On the news side, there is an excellent Audible deal with three free months plus a $20 credit for Prime members, another two Hyatt hotels dropping suite upgrade awards, and Hyatt dressing up an old 13 month booking window as a shiny new elite benefit. Then we react to a great Benji article full of points assumptions worth rethinking, from not needing to be a credit card travel protection expert, to skipping mediocre free breakfast, to whether tracking every tiny bonus is actually worth your time, and the classic debate of booking flights first versus hotels first. Let us know in the comments whether you are team flights or team hotels, and drop any Japan tips for Mark. Episode Guide: 0:00 What's Coming Up 1:35 Why Japan? A 16th Birthday Bucket List Trip 2:59 How We Booked 100K Business Class to Tokyo 6:02 Flying Delta One Home From Seoul 8:58 A Great Audible Deal (3 Free Months + $20) 9:59 Hyatt Drops More Suite Upgrade Hotels 11:41 Hyatt's "New" 13-Month Booking Benefit 14:07 Do You Need to Master Card Travel Protections? 16:53 Skip the Free Breakfast? 19:27 Are You Wasting Time Tracking Points? 23:41 Book Flights First or Hotels First? 29:30 Final Thoughts Links Sign-up for Rakuten! (referral) - http://milestomemories.com/go/rakuten Hyatt upgrade certs - https://milestomemories.com/hyatt-expands-list-of-hotels-that-dont-accept-suite-upgrade-awards/ Hyatt 13 month benefit - https://milestomemories.com/hyatt-early-award-access-for-elites-and-cardholders/ Points assumptions - https://milestomemories.com/travel-and-points-assumptions/ ✈️ Track your travel credit cards for free

Who is Sharon?Sharon Kennedy is a business leader and consultant who specializes in helping high-achieving leadership teams reach their goals. With a systemic approach, Sharon works with successful and ambitious individuals who find themselves at a crossroads—where progress seems more difficult than it should be despite their capability and intelligence. By focusing on aligning organizational goals with effective strategies, Sharon guides her clients to greater clarity and collective achievement, emphasizing business-level solutions over individual fixes. Her work is driven by a commitment to turning challenges into opportunities for alignment and business growth.Key TakeawaysIn this insightful episode, Sharon Kennedy shares her expertise on how leaders and businesses can gain better alignment in their work, especially when navigating complexity and uncertainty. She explains why many high-achieving individuals and leadership teams feel like something is “missing,” even when they're doing so much right—and how stepping back, gaining clarity, and focusing on systemic coherence transforms both people and organizations.Key topics include:* Identifying the Type of Client Helped: Sharon discusses the kinds of ambitious leaders and teams she works with, who often find their progress harder than it should be and benefit from a systemic, not just individual, approach.* What Clients Have Tried Before: Many have read books, taken courses, or followed common advice, but struggle to see the results because true change requires personal insight and a shift in perspective.* The Power of Lightbulb Moments: Sharon explains that breakthroughs aren't about doing things “wrong,” but about discovering new ways of seeing challenges and embracing novel solutions.* Sharon's Process at Engage and Prosper: From open, candid diagnostics to supporting genuine business-wide alignment, Sharon covers her approach to lasting organizational change.* Valuable Takeaways: The importance of identifying areas of repeated friction, why strategy often fails to translate into reality, and why real coherence beats great intentions every time.* Inspiration & Influence: Sharon shares her influences, including Rory Sutherland and Simon Sinek, and reflects on what human behavior teaches us about creativity, bravery, and leadership.* The Killer Question: How do you know when your organization lacks coherence—and what can you do about it?Timestamps Overview* [00:00:31–00:01:15] Introduction of Sharon Kennedy and her background in talent and neuro-inclusion* [00:01:27–00:03:22] The characteristics of Sharon's ideal clients and her focus on business systems, not just individuals* [00:03:23–00:05:07] What clients have tried previously and why change requires personal insight and self-determination* [00:07:10–00:09:18] Sharon's process at Engage and Prosper: diagnostics, clarity benchmarking, and identifying points of friction in the business* [00:11:10–00:11:46] Why company values and real behaviors don't always align—and what to do about it* [00:12:45–00:16:27] Sharon's personal journey, influences, and what really prompted her approach to leadership coaching and coherence* [00:17:12–00:19:22] The “killer question”: Signs your organization or team lacks coherence, and what key indicators (like repeated unresolved issues) to look forDon't forget: If you want to connect, ask questions, or get notified about upcoming guests like Maria subscribe to the newsletter here. You only need your first name and email—easy as (coffee) pie!And don't forget: keep an eye out for next guest. To submit your own questions, subscribe to our newsletter and join the conversation!P.S. Loved this episode? Hit reply and let us know what resonated most_________________________________________________________________________________________________Subscribe to our newsletter and get details of when we are doing these interviews live at www.systemise.me/subscribeFind out more about being a guest at : link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/beaguestSubscribe to the podcast at https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/podcastHelp us get this podcast in front of as many people as possible. Leave a nice five-star review at apple podcasts : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/apple-podcasts and on YouTube : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/Itsnotrocketscienceatyt!Do You Need a P.A.T.H. to Scale?We help established business owners with small but growing teams:go from feeling stuck, sceptical, and tired of wasting time and money on false promises,to running a confident, purpose-driven business where their team delivers results, customers are happy, and they can finally enjoy more time with their family -with a results-based refund guarantee: if you follow the process and it doesn't work, we refund what you paid.This is THE P.A.T.H. to scale your business.————————————————————————————————————————————-TranscriptNote, this was transcribed using transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast.SUMMARY KEYWORDSneuroinclusion, talent development, innovation, education, high-growth sectors, leadership alignment, coaching, confidence building, skill development, business coherence, systemic approach, candidate-to-company pathway, fragmentation, fresh perspectives, clarity, diagnostic tools, Clarity benchmark, employee engagement, operational systems, team behavior, AI integration, onboarding challenges, early career hires, job fit, organizational congruence, company culture, values alignment, productivity, absenteeism, staff turnover, workplace coherenceSPEAKERSharon Kennedy, Stuart WebbStuart Webb [00:00:00]:Don't mess me about now. Now is not the time to mess me about. Hi and welcome back to It's Not Rocket Science, 5 questions over coffee. I'm here with— this is my coffee, by the way. I'm here with, uh, Sharon, and she has got coffee as well in front of her. Sharon Kennedy is a, um, a coach, uh, helping to develop future talent. Uh, she's, uh, works with people who are looking to develop high potential individuals in innovation, talent development, education. She's helping people build skills, confidence, and insight necessary to move in the fast-moving, high-growth sectors, particularly interested in people with neuro-inclusion in their development.Stuart Webb [00:01:16]:So Sharon, welcome to It's Not Rocket Science, 5 Questions Over Coffee, and thanks for being a guest.Sharon Kennedy [00:01:21]:Thanks for having me.Stuart Webb [00:01:24]:So tell me a little—Sharon Kennedy [00:01:25]:Perfect.Stuart Webb [00:01:27]:Let's, let's just explore a little bit. So if we're looking at the sort of the, the person you're trying to help, what is the, uh, what are the characteristics? What are the— what is it you, you are— you would say are the sort of, um, ideal client, ideal person you're trying to help with this neuroinclusivity, building their confidence, uh, in this fast-paced environment of education and employment today?Sharon Kennedy [00:01:50]:Well, I suppose it's— I suppose the first thing to say, and I understand why you've positioned it the way you have. But I— as much as I work on an individual level, I really come at it from a business level. That's what we're trying to achieve. And so, so the individual leader or individuals in this leadership team are, generally speaking, going to be quite successful and achieving lots of great things, lots of ambition, lots of intelligence, capability, and things like that. It's more that they're at a point where it seems harder than it should be. And they're still pushing forward. And I think really, for me, what I try to do, and, and we as a business, is about helping them find alignment in what they're trying to achieve and how they're trying to achieve it. So it's more of a systemic approach that we take to it.Sharon Kennedy [00:02:38]:So whilst all the things you described are exactly what we also do, you know, clarity, confidence, talent, uh, you know, development, and the sort of candidate-to-company pathway and making that the optimum that it can be. Ultimately, we're about trying to make sure that we're helping leaderships and companies be more coherent in their approach so that the consistency is there and the inner alignment is there as well. So if you ask me about the type of people, they're going to be very intelligent, capable people, but they're just kind of— they know something's missing, but they can't really work out what that is. Um, and so for us, it's normally sort of fragmentation in their thinking, really, and trying to help them sort of stand back sometimes and then look at things with fresh eyes.Stuart Webb [00:03:23]:So, so that's interesting. So, so tell me, um, what they've tried before. What is it they've been attempting to do before they come across somebody like you can help them with that alignment? Have they, have they done books, courses, all of the above?Sharon Kennedy [00:03:36]:All of that. I, I've— well, and just lived on the planet, you know, and, and gained experience and done lots of things brilliantly right. And done lots of other things that they, they don't quite know why it's not worked. And I think, I suppose it's sometimes it's like, you know, we grow up hearing the adages of, like, can't see the wood for the trees, or, you know, you're in the trenches rather than— and working in the business than on the business, all those great phrases. But I suppose actually sometimes it's, it's about helping people sometimes to think differently when they don't know how to think differently. Because it, you know, they'll— yeah, we've— again, I know I'm using the clichés, but the Definition of insanity: keep doing the same thing, expect a different result. And I suppose all these phrases and words don't always mean very much until you actually get to the point of where the penny drops. Somebody says something in a certain way, or enough things happen, and you just kind of go, I, I get it now.Sharon Kennedy [00:04:27]:It— that now makes sense to me in my way. And the problem is we all think differently. None of us think the same. None of us have got the same life experiences or talents or skills. We're all individual mashes of lots of, you know, life and experience and personality and DNA. And, you know, we're just unique individuals. And so what might be the penny dropping for one person is, you know, is it happens in a different way for somebody else at a different time. So it really— I know that might sound a bit ambiguous, but I think it's a bit like— that's what I've learned through doing coaching a lot of the time, is the individual has to self-determine their own insight All anybody else ever does is facilitate that being able to happen.Stuart Webb [00:05:09]:It's interesting. So, so it is— it, it— there's a moment, there's a, there's a point at which something happens, whether that be a difficult situation or a sudden realization that, that you've been doing it wrong all this time, which produces that clarity of thought suddenly that I need help.Sharon Kennedy [00:05:29]:Yeah, I don't even think wrong is not— and I'm not picking— you're not being critical, but wrong isn't the right word because I suppose it's just we all— everything is isn't it? All through our life we're trying and we're experimenting, we're exploring, and we're doing things differently. I think it's just sometimes somebody can have those, you know, whether you call them like light bulb moments or insights, whatever, you know, fat bombs, whatever you want to call them. A number of things happen, you know, whether it's a— you read a piece of content, you have a conversation with someone, you watch something. Sometimes it's just enough things that happen relatively that, that your brain— I mean, our brains are amazing. I've done a lot of stuff around neuroscience, and, you know, when we always think we have those light bulb moments, those light bulb moments are not just suddenly epiphanies. They're, they're our subconscious kind of going, maybe got the answer here if you want to maybe sit down for a bit, do things a bit differently, and listen to me, actually. And that's really what I help to sort of do as well, you know. That's what coaching is, and that's what sort of like systems designers and systems thinking and trying to get people to sort of sometimes stand back and, and just re-look at things with new perspectives, different perspectives, because it's really hard to do that, you know, because we take comfort and confidence in familiarity and, and knowing what we've always done.Sharon Kennedy [00:06:45]:And it might have always worked before, but we're in different times, and every so often you have to stand back and reappraise and reflect on what you have now, because it's, it's a new world all the time, regularly, you know. We're in another industrial revolution or whatever you want to call it. So So I think it is just having the confidence and being brave enough, really, sometimes to kind of go, is there maybe a different way to look at this?Stuart Webb [00:07:10]:So tell me, we've reached the sort of, uh, my third question then, and it's, it's about the valuable, uh, advice that you'd give. So talk to me a little bit about two things, one of which is, so what do you do? How do you bring the outcome that those people are looking for? And secondly, is there a piece of valuable advice that you'd give to our, our listeners at the moment? And yeah, I'd welcome any comments from anybody either listening in the future in the recording or as we're listening to us live now. If you've got questions, let Sharon know what those questions are so that we can, we can pose them to her. But Sharon, start with that first thing. What is it you would actually do within, within your business, Engage and Prosper, to help them overcome that challenge?Sharon Kennedy [00:07:56]:So I suppose the first thing we do is have a proper conversation, uh, and explore really what is happening in their business, what, what frictions and areas they're finding either repeatedly failing or frustrating or just costly, or, you know, they'll, they'll know. Every business will have its own version of that, and it might be a number of them, it might just be one area. So we have really open, candid chats around— structural, structured chat, but it still is a chat, it is a conversation to understand and explore that. And it does require a bit of trust and openness and it's obviously confidential. So that's the first thing we would do. If the next step is the right next step, we would run a Clarity benchmark, which is a diagnostic tool we use, which we've created around understanding the whole element of clarity in systems, people, and behavior, because it is structural, as we say. But, but the, the sort of free advice, if you like, that I would say to anybody on that call or otherwise is to to start thinking about where you're seeing repeated friction in the business, where things are— you're having to revisit them on a regular basis because you thought you dealt with them at that meeting, but something isn't— it's just not changed, or it's not landing, or it— people don't really know what they should be doing about what's been agreed, um, because that's really, again, where the coherence is not really there. It's not— it's not landed, or it's not clear, or it's not being driven in a clear way.Sharon Kennedy [00:09:19]:Um, and again, it's, it's quite difficult to give examples because that might be very diff— different in every business, but it might be, you know, a high turnover of staff for a particular type of role or a particular type of hire. Um, so early years, early career hires are regularly quite hard at the moment to sort of, um, engage and onboard and successfully, you know. Some of that might be because it's the wrong person and job fit. Some of it might be the job needs to evolve and move. Um, and I think you've gone now, so I feel a bit worried that you may have, um, just disappeared. And if this is still live— no, you're there.Stuart Webb [00:09:59]:I was merely focusing on you, Sharon, as you were talking about such an intense subject. I wanted people to, to focus on you rather than seeing me making gudie.Sharon Kennedy [00:10:08]:Tell me you were going to do it anyway. So, so that, so that's really— so it could be different stages of either people coming in, or it could be different systems that you're using. And again, with AI, oh my goodness, you know, people are overwhelmed with it. I think they don't quite know in some organizations and businesses how much they should be using, what they should be using it for, how they should be using it and integrating it. So there, there is— there are a whole, uh, plethora of areas and issues that could be the problem or the challenge for why the organization just isn't achieving what it knows it could and should. Um, so I think that's really the sort of free advice that I would suggest, really. Um, And it could be operational systems, team behavior, attitudes. I mean, you know, coming from an employee engagement, um, business and, you know, background, which I did for a long, long time, a lot of— a tiny example would be about, you know, having behaviors on the wall and these great values as a company culture and saying what it's like to work for us and we're brilliant and we're this and we're that and all the great honest sincere things, but not necessarily living by those values.Sharon Kennedy [00:11:10]:And it becomes a bit rhetoric rather than reality. So I think it— that's just one example of what I'm trying to convey, is that great intent and a great strategy written down isn't necessarily what the reality is or what the lived experience is. And, and I think ultimately that's, that's really what we're trying to do— some, you know, audits, housekeeping, whatever you want to call it— and then really move forward with a really coherent plan and also that individual congruence. So that internal alignment between the— what you want to be as a leader and as a business owner, and also what you are actually then delivering as a, as a leadership team.Stuart Webb [00:11:47]:Brilliant. I will now come back into screen so that you can see me, but I wanted people to focus on you when you were talking about that because I think it's important. Um, Sharon, thank you. And, and just to remind people, um, you'll see at the bottom of the screen I've put where we put our guests' contact details, their offers, uh, things like landing pages where you can go and get free things from them, uh, in systemize.me/free-stuff. And we'll have links to Sharon's website, Engage and Prosper. Yeah, got some downloads, got some downloads that we will be putting into our vault so that you can get hold of those and get— and hear some of the great wisdom that Sharon has on this. So, Sharon, that kind of, uh, you mentioned it once, and I presume, uh, it is from this background of, of, uh, of employing engagement, um, that you, you came to this realization. But it can't just have been employee engagement.Stuart Webb [00:12:45]:There must have been a light bulb moment, a book, a course, a personal experience. What was it that sort of suddenly made you realize that some of this stuff is related to Well, uh, these, these moments that sort of, you know, you now can help to step in and, and to help people to understand better.Sharon Kennedy [00:13:04]:Yeah, I mean, I, I did do a research around this question of like, you know, should I come up with a really clever author and things like that?Stuart Webb [00:13:13]:Please don't do clever, we don't do clever.Sharon Kennedy [00:13:16]:Well, what I suppose I came down to really was the fact that, you know, I'm the, the right side of 50, if that's the right phrase, but you know, I'm 52 now and I think, you know, I've had lots of chapters in my career, lots of working with lots of different, you know, great bosses, great leaders, um, and either, you know, been to events and been inspired to get inspired by people every day. And, um, I suppose what I've recognized through my own observations, pattern recognition, whatever you want to call it, is that when leaders are sort of inconsistent, um, and it's hard to actually see consistency in someone if you're not seeing enough communication, interacting enough, it takes a long time to layer knowledge and understand who somebody is or what business is and all those sort of things. So for me, it's about when things are fragmented, you know, if leadership is fragmented, if how the business works is fragmented, how it communicates, how it does things. And it, you know, and some people might use the word chaos, and I don't really mean chaos because I'm not suggesting any business is chaotic, but I do think we think often it's more organized than it actually is because a lot of things are tacit knowledge, um, things just get done. We don't always know who does what until person leaves that did it. Um, so it's things like that really. It's sometimes just having some order with some scope for creativity, innovation, all those sort of things. But for me, it's not one person, it's not one thing.Sharon Kennedy [00:14:42]:You know, there's some brilliant names I could drop. I mean, Rory Sutherland, I think, is just fabulous. Whenever you— you know, the opposite of a great idea is another great idea. You know, I think that, like, you just go around an eternal loop on that phrase alone. You know, it just proves that there's never one right or wrong way of doing anything. There's many, many ways of doing it. Um, you know, Simon Sinek, you know, he had big influence on me many years ago. Um, Dan Pink, you know, um, I think— trying to think of one of the other big readers, and I can't think of his name now, one of the authors on marketing.Sharon Kennedy [00:15:11]:Um, his name's gone for me, but, um, it might come back in a minute. But loads of people have really inspired me with what they've known, what they've seen, what they've realized. And, and I think really what really inspires me is human behavior. So everybody inspires me because I get to see how they think, how they work, how they manage things, how they overcome things, and how they do things differently. Because it's doing the different things that allow you then to do things differently, which I know might sound really obvious, but, you know, other people being brave enough to do things differently allows you to recognize that there isn't a right or wrong. And so therefore, people can't really judge you for your approach because it's just how you think and what you're prepared to try. Um, and sometimes happy accidents come out of that, and other times— I think Rory Southern gives an example of a, of a, of a about a bench, you know, that when people sadly pass and people put a memorial bench there. And I'm not going to do his talk justice, but I recommend everyone watches it.Sharon Kennedy [00:16:05]:And he talks about, you know, where you do need a bench, there's never any— a bench, you know, nobody ever sat there for a bench to then be put there, you know, or, or things like that. But anyway, you know, I'm not— so I'm not doing him justice, but, you know, he does, uh, he thinks of some things in a very, um, creative way. And I think it's that creativity that allows us to, to do things in a better way. Sometimes like brilliance, and sometimes it's a learning that we grow from, like in an invention, you know.Stuart Webb [00:16:34]:That's brilliant. Um, Sharon, I, I guess, I guess I'm left with only one question, uh, and it's the question that, that, that I often, I often ask in this, which is what is the question that I should have asked that I haven't yet, that, that sort of killer question that brings it all together, which gives us a neat way of sort of, you know, trying to encapsulate all this. And, and I can't think of what that question is, so I guess I have to rely upon you to think about that question. So what's that, what's that killer question? What's that question I should have asked you which I haven't yet? Um, and obviously once you've asked, uh, once you've asked the question, you better answer it for us because I don't know the answer.Sharon Kennedy [00:17:12]:Well, I think we've, we've covered a lot of it already, really, but I suppose the question was, was You know, how do you know when an organization lacks coherence? And I suppose as a, a leader or a manager in it yourself, it's going to be when, you know, some of what I've said before, you know, when that issue just keeps coming back up, it's still not resolved, or the accountability for making it resolved and solved, it just— it doesn't, doesn't land. That person doesn't own it, or that team or department or whoever it is, supplier, whatever it might be, because obviously there's multi-parts of a business running well and growing. Um, it just could be a repetitive issue that you think has got fixed and then it's back again. Um, and, and if people are compensating, I think that's the real deep pit, isn't it? Some things actually work, but not through or without a lot of effort or a lot of being pulled out of shape and, and stress. Um, a burnout, you know, or— I mean, yeah, one of the big dashboard KPIs that most businesses always look at is absenteeism. You know, sickness, uh, you know, turnover. All those— the stats are always normal ones to look at. But I suppose really it's about tenure and productivity for me, you know.Sharon Kennedy [00:18:22]:Are people staying because you're a good employer and it's all working relatively well, i.e., that it's in congruence for them as an individual working for your business? And as a, as a company, are you in coherence with how you should be and could be operating?, so that those KPIs, you know, are actually in a good balance. It's never going to be a perfect world, but, but if you keep having to revisit the same stuff, something's not working. And I suppose it, you know, and I'm making that sound really simple because of course all those individuals are trying to resolve it, but there's, there's obviously got to be a different way to attack it because maybe like with a lot of business development, when a client comes to you and says, this is our problem, it's normally something else that's actually the problem, not what they think it is. And that's because often they just don't get the time or the luxury to be able to sit back and actually look at things with fresh perspectives and, and ask different questions.Stuart Webb [00:19:22]:Yeah, uh, Sharon, uh, yeah, great perspective. Uh, thank you so much for causing us to just stop for a moment and think about some of those things. And, uh, I encourage you, uh, listening, uh, listening to the recording, uh, drop into the comments below this your questions to Sharon. She will, she will be able to get back to you and answer them because I think that's important that you get questions like this answered. Um, and for me, I just have one tiny little ask, and that is, um, if you've enjoyed this, even if you haven't, um, excuse me, uh, please go to www.systemize.me.Sharon Kennedy [00:20:04]:That's s-y-s-t-e-m-i-s-e.me/subscribe.Stuart Webb [00:20:09]:There's a simple form there that just gives you, uh, asks you for your name, uh, your email address, and that means you can get onto the mailing list where I send out information about who's coming up in this week's podcast recording. And you can get it then, and, uh, you also get the copy of the recording when it comes out. So Sharon, excuse me again. Thank you so much. Thank you for just spending a few minutes with us. Now, uh, we've had— we would appear the people are now leaving the live, uh, live recording, so they have had their questions answered, which is important. Thank you so much for spending a few minutes with us. I look forward to, uh, to, to seeing you answer those questions that come in on the chat below the, the podcast.Stuart Webb [00:20:53]:So thank you for spending some time with us.Sharon Kennedy [00:20:55]:Thanks for having me, Stuart. I really enjoyed it. Get full access to It's Not Rocket Science! at thecompleteapproach.substack.com/subscribe

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Who is Maria?Maria Dolores: A Life Guided by Seven PrinciplesMaria Dolores's journey is deeply anchored in her belief in seven guiding principles. From an early age, she embraced the right to her body, her emotions, and her thoughts, cherishing both the freedom and the responsibility that come with caring for her physical and mental well-being. As she matured, Maria expanded her focus to the importance of personal power, communication, and the essence of life itself. She believes every person deserves the right to express themselves—whether through speech or creativity—while maintaining accountability for their actions and words.Maria's story is one of balancing self-awareness with compassion for others, always striving to act with dignity and listen with an open heart, embodying the fundamental human needs of both the individual and the collective.Key Takeaways* Maria Dolores shares the Human Constitution—7 principles for rights and responsibilities—drawing from global values and encouraging maturity, dignity, and collaboration in every aspect of life and work.* Leaders, business owners, and individuals: caring for physical and mental health isn't just personal, it's foundational for thriving teams. Maria reminds us, maturity starts with self-awareness and responsibility.* Our experiences, from grief to joy, shape how we connect and broaden perspectives. Maria believes embracing discomfort and lessons is key to growing as individuals and humanity as a whole.* The Human Constitution isn't top-down or political—it's an invitation to reflect on our rights and responsibilities. Change begins within, and our ideas can change the world.* Dignity means wearing your crown and honoring others' crowns, too. Maria's life and work remind us: we all have birthrights, but true maturity comes when we care for ourselves and each other with integrity.00:00 “Maria Dolores: Five Questions Chat”04:18 Human Constitution: Rights and Responsibilities09:28 “Striving for Human Maturity”11:25 “Human Evolution and Technology's Role”15:07 Lessons in Discomfort and Growth20:31 “Rights, Responsibilities, and Life's Journey”24:38 “Living and Serving with Dignity”27:52 “Maria's Insights & Subscription Info”29:27 Grateful AcknowledgmentDon't forget: If you want to connect, ask questions, or get notified about upcoming guests like Maria subscribe to the newsletter here. You only need your first name and email—easy as (coffee) pie!And don't forget: keep an eye out for next guest. To submit your own questions, subscribe to our newsletter and join the conversation!P.S. Loved this episode? 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Leave a nice five-star review at apple podcasts : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/apple-podcasts and on YouTube : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/Itsnotrocketscienceatyt!Do You Need a P.A.T.H. to Scale?We help established business owners with small but growing teams:go from feeling stuck, sceptical, and tired of wasting time and money on false promises,to running a confident, purpose-driven business where their team delivers results, customers are happy, and they can finally enjoy more time with their family -with a results-based refund guarantee: if you follow the process and it doesn't work, we refund what you paid.This is THE P.A.T.H. to scale your business.————————————————————————————————————————————-TranscriptNote, this was transcribed using transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast.SUMMARY KEYWORDSHuman Contract Foundation, Human Constitution, Universal Human Rights, birthrights, rights and responsibilities, dignity, maturity, global goals, civil courage, moral courage, collective rights, collective responsibilities, physical health, mental health, leadership, human resources, burnout, emotional health, personal power, communication, freedom of speech, freedom of creativity, empathy, self-worth, integrity, cultural diversity, global village, technology, collaboration, community change, slavery statisticsSPEAKERMaria Dolores, Stuart WebbStuart Webb [00:00:33]:Hi and welcome back to 5 Questions Over Coffee. I have in front of me my coffee mug. I know Maria, our guest today, has her coffee in front of her as well. So welcome to Maria Dolores. Maria is a global speaker, uh, she is a— the founder of the Human Contract Foundation, and we're going to get into what the Human Contract Foundation is She's the author of The Human Constitution, which I think is a really interesting and great document, and there will be links to that in the show notes so that you can access that and read it. And she was Ambassador for World Peace— that was, she was honored with that in 2023. And also only last year was given an honorary doctorate in humane letters, which I think is a brilliant achievement. So Maria, thank you for spending a few minutes with us and making some time in what I think must be a very, very busy life for you to come and spend a few minutes talking to us here at Five Questions Over Coffee.Maria Dolores [00:01:33]:Thank you, thank you, Stuart. I'm so happy to be here with you in the audience and to share about the Human Contract, the Human Constitution, and our rights and responsibilities. Thank you, thank you.Stuart Webb [00:01:47]:And we're really looking forward to hearing it. So, so tell me a little bit about— and we'll get into a little bit about the, the history behind it, but Who is it that you think— I mean, we're all human beings, we all have rights, but who is it you're trying to reach most at the moment with this contract, with the foundation that you're working with?Maria Dolores [00:02:08]:Yeah, so I help leaders to remember people's rights and responsibilities and to lessen hate, disrespect, and to increase Dignity and maturity. And I do this with the Human Constitution. The Human Constitution is 7 principles regarding our— to take a stand for our right, our birthrights, and that we all need to mature with these birthrights.Stuart Webb [00:02:41]:And, and tell us a little bit about those 7, if you like, to really get us into understanding how they fit.Maria Dolores [00:02:48]:Yes. Okay. So the 7 principles is based and derived from United Nations Declaration of the Universal Human Rights, but with rights, we should have responsibilities. Don't you think, Stuart?Stuart Webb [00:03:04]:Yeah, absolutely.Maria Dolores [00:03:06]:So these 7 principles, the first 3 is personal: body, emotion, and thought, that you are born with a right to your body. You're born with a right to the range of all your emotions and your thoughts. But we also have a responsibility to care for our body, our physical and mental health. So the first 3 principles is addressing our fundamental human needs as a, as a species and individually. And then the coming 3 is about power, communication, and life. That you have the right to your power, your personal power, and we also have a responsibility in how we act and interact with each other. And the fifth principle is about our communication, our freedom of speech and freedom of creativity, but also responsibility in what we say and what we create and to express and trying to express with dignity and trying to listen to each other. And so that's the fifth principle.Maria Dolores [00:04:18]:And the sixth out of the seven is our life, that you have the right to your life and you have a responsibility to respect others' way of life and other life forms, but never at the cost of any other. So, and I think we have a lot to do and a lot to mature here. Respecting— and so it also ties not only to United Nations Declaration of the Universal Human Rights, but it's also the 17 Global Goals. And then the last principle, the, the 7th principle, is about our collective rights and responsibilities. In Swedish, we call this civil courage, which is moral courage, and to to increase civil participation and to increase how we need— and we, yeah, we really need to collaborate more as a species. So that's the human constitution.Stuart Webb [00:05:22]:So can I just— I know the first 3, I can see how we get to sort of 6 and 7, how business owners, business leaders will see exactly they apply to their business. But the first 3, how do you help business owners, business leaders, people who are in charge of large organizations to understand the first 3? Because within a workspace, often we forget we have a responsibility. We forget ourselves. We work for a corporation. How do we manage that situation? How do you think we should?Maria Dolores [00:05:59]:Yeah. So Stuart, my, my background is with human resources and leadership. So I worked with 25 years and more with human resources and leadership. So I worked with everything from, you know, attracting strategies and recruiting and developing individual group organization and offboarding roles, offboarding groups and organization. And it's really addressing our physical mental health. It's when we get recruited and onboarded and to care for the individual and, and both the individual and the team and to develop our physical health understanding. So I was working in the Swedish steel industry and forest industry where we have people working in different schedules., you know, different times. I— for what, what do you call that? We call it shift.Maria Dolores [00:07:01]:They're working.Stuart Webb [00:07:02]:Shift is a good— yeah.Maria Dolores [00:07:06]:Okay. So, and that's also with the understanding of to have to really care about ourselves. And as leaders, you know, it's really the fundamentals of how to have a well-functioning leadership, but also a good functioning team is to truly care about the physical mental health. Burnout is because we don't acknowledge the early symptoms of burnout and not listen to ourselves. So it's really, really fundamental. Both for the leader and for, for the co-worker. And we also— to have— now, the human constitution is not about— I'm not telling anyone anything. I'm just simply taking a stand for our rights and our responsibilities.Maria Dolores [00:08:13]:And this is not religious, it's not party political, it's not even an ideology, but simply to take a stand for our rights and responsibilities. How you want to do that is up to you. Some, like for instance, so some people are smoking, right? And we know that's not really good for our health, but it's to leave the choice for the individual and that we all have both rights and responsibility for ourselves. And one another. So it's the choices that we make and to be more curious about our own emotions and our thoughts and to broaden perspectives and to be more curious and to mature with that.Stuart Webb [00:09:08]:And the maturity is such an important thing. And I know that we've just before we came on air, we discovered that today is your birthday. So very happy birthday, Maria, for, for today. Thank you. You talked a little bit about the fact that maturing is an important part of living.Maria Dolores [00:09:28]:Yeah, yeah. And you know, I'm sure you know also, Stewart, we have met the humans that are like 5 years old and who are very mature and very wise. And then we meet people who have lived most of their lives and who are very, you know, judgmental and, and locked in, in a narrow mindset and, yes, you know, immature, immature, really. So the human constitution is to encourage all humans, all 8 billion of us, to strive for maturity with more physical mental health, to lessen the drama, to increase and to broaden perspectives, to be more curious about ourselves and one another, and, and to mature in our relationships as well as we all need to mature as a species.Stuart Webb [00:10:34]:And that's a really interesting point.Maria Dolores [00:10:38]:Because.Stuart Webb [00:10:38]:Um, we often, we often, we often almost, uh, I wouldn't say throw away, but, but, but experience, uh, is not valued as much as it was, particularly in the Western world. Experience is often, uh, is often scorned in some respects, and yet it is an extremely valuable contribution. I mean, we, you, you look in the world of with nature. There are very few animals that keep grandparents around in order to help raise young people. Elephants is a great example, human beings and others. That's because of the huge experience those, those elders have and can bring and contribute. And we often don't see that as a, as a benefit.Maria Dolores [00:11:25]:Yeah. And what I also find, Stuart, is that we're, we're in a very privileged time in our human history right now. If we look back through our human history, the, the, um, here, there, the 300,000-year human history, and we have always had technology supporting and driving us to the next level and the next level. And, you know, 300,000 years ago, we lived in groups of 150 people, and then we grew in groups, became, becoming agricultural and having groups of 1,000, and then empires, and then various forms of democracies. And right now, we still have representation of people living, indigenous communities and nomads, in groups of 150. And we have small communities with agriculture living close to nature, various forms of empires, and various forms of democracies. So I think it's really essential, and the change that we are in right now, obviously, like you, the audience, and you, Stuart, that we are scattered all across the planet and we have this beautiful technology supporting us and connecting us. So we're standing very much in a nation-centric thinking and going to a global-local world.Maria Dolores [00:13:14]:And the shift going from this nation-centric thinking to the global-local world, and that shift is about embracing our history, embracing the potential of and the beauty of each cultural, the beauty of each region, the beauty of the Americanness, the beauty of the Britishness, the beauty of the Swedishness, and to embrace and to see that gemstone and that potential. For all of us to be proud, more proud and more mature of who we are, but also more curious about each other.Stuart Webb [00:14:04]:Yeah, I think that's a beautiful thought, Maria, because when the internet was first dreamt up, the concept of a global village was very prominent in those first internet pioneers. And we have lost a lot of that thinking because Social media now tends to drive us into tribes, and you meet with only the people that you want to hear the same voices from. And hearing different voices from around the world and recognizing and understanding different voices, I think, is a key element of being a human being. And I would encourage any any teacher, any, uh, any parent to teach your children not to just, uh, follow the crowd, but to, to think about what they're hearing and take from it the good and discard the bad. Because I think so often we fail to do that ourselves, don't.Maria Dolores [00:15:05]:We?Stuart Webb [00:15:07]:Yeah.Maria Dolores [00:15:07]:And, and also with discarding the— discarding the what you say bad, for me, that's also the lessons that we need to learn. Because usually whenever there is friction, whenever there is, you know, discomfort, there is also learning and a lesson in that. So the discomfort may be driven from an old belief, something we need to question. Or, you know, all the fear, anger, frustration, all the emotions that we carry, and more the dense emotion, there are lessons learned. And sometimes the lesson is to step away from, from a toxic situation, a toxic relationship, or a toxic workplace even, and, and to have and to increase our healthy boundaries, to have a healthy ego, to care for ourselves and our life in our relationships. So I see, I see this as very important lessons to learn.Stuart Webb [00:16:28]:I think that's lovely, and I think it also reminds us of those later principles that we also have responsibilities for the planet, don't we? We have responsibilities for those around us. It's not just ourselves, but we have to look after, the people around us. Because otherwise, how can we continue to look after ourselves if the planet is— if we don't look after the planet, if we don't look around, look around our neighbors and look after them, we have no way of being able to actually ensure that we are looking after ourselves, do we?Maria Dolores [00:16:57]:Yeah, yeah. And that's why I think the human constitution is, as you understand, it's not anything like top-down. It's not a decree. It's not a policy. It's simply an offering, and it's to be curious about ourselves, who we are. What is my right and what is my responsibility? Yes. How can I mature in this situation? How can I care better for myself? How can I show better care in my relationships and in, in this preconditions that I have? And how can we better collaborate? You know, to, to bring up a, a heavy topic, um, we have 45 million slaves in the world today. 45 million slaves.Maria Dolores [00:17:55]:We have never had as many slaves in the world through our human history. Yet we have never had as few in percentage. So I think the change needs to be both from within and in the community, because if we have 45 million slaves, then we have about half a billion people working and trading around this. So the change needs to come from within and within the community and the pressure and the support from all of us saying, we're not accepting this anymore. This is not okay. And that's the 6th and the 7th principle reminding us about who we are and who we.Stuart Webb [00:18:49]:Can be. I was going to ask you as my 3rd question, I know we've been talking for a while over 1 or 2, but my 3rd question is, is there one, and I I would just at this point invite any of the people who are either watching or listening on the recording, if you have questions that you want to pose to Maria, we will have available show notes that will enable you to sort of follow and understand where Maria posts a lot of her talks and where she works. So please reach out, ask Maria questions. Is there one thing, one tip that you would like to sort of get? If somebody wants to remember nothing else from what you've said, what is the one thing you want want them to take.Maria Dolores [00:19:34]:Away today? I, I want to say that your ideas matter, and your ideas can change the world. Your change within can change the world. And to, to listen to what would be my rights here and what would be.Stuart Webb [00:20:00]:My responsibilities. Maria, my fourth question is around how you got to this place where you are at the moment. This is not something that you just sort of sit one evening and sort of realize that you need to document these 7 principles. This is the work of somebody who's thought deeply and come to realize it. So how did you come to understand these 7 principles? What was the journey? And please don't feel you need to go into every detail, but give us a flavor of exactly how you came.Maria Dolores [00:20:31]:To where you are today. Yeah, so, um, uh, it's true, I have been working on this for decades. Um, 10 years ago I published my book, uh, State of Grace: Human Rights and Human Obligations. So that was when I first published and started to talk about our rights and responsibilities Obviously, you know, no thoughts come just out of nothing. Everything is building on everything, I would say. And so in conversations with my friends, but also being a woman born and raised in Sweden, studying psychology, my major in sociology, philosophy, working with human resources and leadership and to see the need and also the human history, which I described earlier, and to see the breaking point of where we are today and the potential of the beautiful technology we have, but also the lack of the fundamentals that could support humans and humanity forward, which is really the, the core of our rights and responsibilities. It's about life here and now. And I, you know, personally experienced grief, and my mother died in 2015, experienced extreme fear, and my ex-husband was stalking me in, in our divorce, and but also the freedom and insights of life and how life is evolving, and to see other aspects of life.Maria Dolores [00:22:31]:And I've done over the years, I've done over 160 days of meditation. So it's both reading and growing up in a society where we have had 200 years of peace, but also seeing myself and my own lessons and humanity as a whole and my love really for people. Seeing people and in all different situations.Stuart Webb [00:23:15]:Wow. Gosh, wow. That's a, that's a story, and I'm sure there's another book in there as well somehow. Maria, I realize I've taken up a lot of your time. As I said, I welcome comments, questions from people watching and listening at the moment because I think you have a wealth of experience to offer to us. If you've got questions about, you know, how do you apply some of this in your business, if you've got questions about how you apply some of this in your own personal life, there are some resources that we'll point you to. And Maria's just an open person. I know that she will love to engage and talk with you.Stuart Webb [00:23:57]:But there must be one question at the moment, Maria, you're thinking, he hasn't asked me the one truly killer question, and he's gonna do it any minute now. Well, I admit I never ever know what the killer question is, so therefore I ask you, what is the question that I should have asked you? And please, once you've explained the question, you need to answer it for us because you're the expert. So what is that killer question, the final question that I really should have.Maria Dolores [00:24:24]:Asked and I haven't yet? Thank you. My core value is dignity, and so the question would be, so what.Stuart Webb [00:24:35]:Is dignity? What a great question.Maria Dolores [00:24:38]:And dignity for me is when you have the crown on your head. You are the king, you are the queen in your life, and you have the crown on and you treat yourself with dignity and grace, but also to see others as their king and their queen in their life. And I, I worked with dignity in— while helping my friend in her funeral business and casketing 3,000 people, seeing all religions— Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, and secular sermons. So all the major religions. And also attending 1,500 funerals and with dignity to see and to acknowledge that we have both rights and responsibility for all our emotions and to be who we are in that moment in grief, but also the potential of broadening perspectives. For ourselves and one another.Stuart Webb [00:25:58]:So dignity. So how do you see, because I often spend a lot of my time thinking about people who have very little self-worth. They don't have enough of an understanding of how they fit into the world. How do I describe this? Self-worth for me is being able to walk down the street and not necessarily feeling as though you own the street, because I don't think that's the right thing, but you don't care who owns the street. You walk down the street not worrying about anything else around you. Do you see that as a form of dignity? Do you see dignity as related to.Maria Dolores [00:26:36]:That in some way? Yeah, and that's for me dignity and integrity is like a brother and sister. But yeah, dignity, you know, if you feel like You own the street. You know, it's— I think that's a good way to express it. But you don't own the street at the expense of others. No. It's to hold that, to imagine like you're in a protective bubble or, you know, an integrity bubble and with mutual respect. And you have steward, you have that crown on your head, and you are the pride, but not the oppression.Stuart Webb [00:27:29]:So if I can summarize it, you walk down the street, but you don't care who owns the street. As far as you're concerned, you have the right, you have the responsibility to act in a way which is with with compassion, but you walk down the street because that's where you need to be, and you just know that's where.Maria Dolores [00:27:49]:You need to be.Stuart Webb [00:27:52]:Yeah. And I think with that, Maria, I have to thank you for such a fascinating, uh, discussion. Um, uh, for those of you watching and listening, uh, Maria is a, is a, is a fantastic person to follow on LinkedIn and on her various social medias. There will be links to where you can find out more about Maria in show notes. And I would ask you at this stage, if you want to to be able to get a simple email from me, uh, which just allows you to know who's going to come up on these, uh, and, and spend some time watching, listening, catching up with some of these brilliant interviews. And I love some of the people that come on this and talk to us about these fascinating subjects. If you go to www.systemize— that's S-Y-S-T-E-M-I-S-E—.me/subscribe there's a simple form. It asks for just two things: your first name, your email address.Stuart Webb [00:28:45]:That's all it needs, and you will get an email from me which says who's coming up on these podcasts, how you can get involved, how you can ask questions, or where you can get and speak to some of these fabulous, fabulous people that are on. Maria, thank you so much, uh, for, for coming on. I'd love it if, uh, if you— if you're listening, uh, follow, follow this podcast, but follow Maria. She is fascinating and brilliant speaker with a wonderful idea. And you'll get notes on where you can get the, uh, more information about what Maria says, does, in the show notes. Maria, thank you so much for spending a few minutes with us. We really do appreciate you spending a few minutes out of your, I know, very busy day.Maria Dolores [00:29:27]:Thank you. Thank you, Stuart. Thank you very much. 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Yeah. Hi, and welcome back to It's Not Rocket Science. Five questions over coffee. I am here today with Ali Machati, the writer's ally. I've got those two right, haven't I, Ali, Please tell me. Okay, thank you. So I was going to get something wrong.Stuart Webb [00:00:47]:I've managed to get through without actually making a huge mistake yet. So welcome, Ali. Thank you so much for making a few minutes today. Ali is, well, she's somebody who helps people write books. So I can tell you somebody who has tried to do that and successfully succeeded, but by golly, it was hard. You need an ally in your corner. So I'm really pleased Ali has made some time today to come talk to us a little bit about this. You know, writing a book is probably the greatest lead generator you can do because it really sets you apart from the competition.Stuart Webb [00:01:18]:Ali is going to tell us all about that. So, Ali, thank you so much for being the writer's ally. And welcome to It's Not Rocket Science. Five questions over coffee.Ally Machete [00:01:26]:Thank you so much for having me, Stuart. I'm really excited to be here.Stuart Webb [00:01:30]:Well, I hope. I hope we're going to have a really interesting conversation. So let's start by talking a little bit about, well, the sort of people you try to help as the. As the writer's ally.Ally Machete [00:01:43]:Yeah. So we work with lots of kinds of authors, but our real sweet spot, our ideal client, are generally business owners, people who have been in business for a little while and are really confident in their expertise. But now they're thinking about writing a book and they're not confident about that. You know, they don't have time, money, energy to waste. All of that has to go very deliberately into their plans and their strategies in business. But they want to have that book. They know enough to know that there's things they don't know, and they know that they really need to get it right. That book has really important goals attached to it.Ally Machete [00:02:24]:It's a tool that's going to be really valuable to them and is a part of their growth strategy. And so they need it to be done at the highest level. And that's where we come in.Stuart Webb [00:02:33]:That's brilliant. So tell me. I mean, you've obviously, you've obviously helped a lot of people do this.Ally Machete [00:02:38]:What.Stuart Webb [00:02:38]:What are the sort of things they tried to do? I mean, you know, everybody has sat with that sort of completely blank piece of paper or blank screen or whatever nowadays and thought, where do I start? What are the things that you've seen them try which have failed to get them anywhere.Ally Machete [00:02:54]:Well, one of the things that I think a lot of people who are new to writing a book get stuck on is there's this sort of kind of like romantic, kind of magical, I think thinking around what a, what a writing process looks like. You know, you're going to get struck by the muse and you're going to sit down and it's all going to flow out of you in a number of hours and you're going to end up with this masterpiece that, you know, just needs a spell check and then you're done. Right. And they don't understand how much harder it actually is. You know, even if you are fortunate enough to be able to create a rough draft very easily, and some people certainly can, some people do have that experience, but that is rarely the finished product. Right. There is so much that goes into crafting a book strategically. Not just writing a good book, but writing a marketable book.Ally Machete [00:03:44]:Writing a book that's going to get you certain results in your business is a lot more than just writing something that's, you know, basically well written and, or even interesting to read. So I think that's, that's the biggest piece where people tend to get tripped up is they think, well, I wrote it, it's good, right. It's objectively good. And they miss that strategic tie in piece and they end up with a book that on the surface is really nice and looks professional and is well done, but doesn't move the dial in their business.Stuart Webb [00:04:14]:So we may be straying into the sort of the third question here, which is about what, what free advice, what valuable advice you can give, but sort of talk a little bit about that. Sort of, what do you mean by a marketable book? Sort of explain the whole, you know, what that does to a little bit about what that does to somebody's business, somebody's career, but also a little bit about what needs to go into a marketable book for it to be something that people actually want to pick up and look at.Ally Machete [00:04:41]:Yeah. So one element of that is when you write a book that is the wrong book. Right. So first let's just assume you've written a book, it's a good book, it's objectively well written. Right. It's been, you've put energy into it, you've made an effort, it looks nice, you paid for a nice cover, maybe even, and it all looks good. What might make that book not marketable are a few different things. First of all, if you were never clear on exactly who your Target audience for that book is a lot of people write a book thinking that anybody can benefit from this, this book will help everyone.Ally Machete [00:05:15]:And even though that may be true, you can never market to everyone. Right. Like, I like to say that if you're trying to talk to everybody, then you're going to be connecting with nobody. So this idea that it's just, I'm putting this out there, it's going to help all of these people without really getting clear about who exactly the book is for, that can make a book not marketable. If you don't know who to put the book in front of to sell copies, it's almost impossible to create a marketing strategy. Right. A lot of marketing strategy is about who are the right readers for this and how do we get in front of those people. So if your audience isn't clear, if your promise isn't clear, if it isn't crystal clear why your target reader needs your book.Ally Machete [00:05:56]:Right. Again, a lot of people start a book from a kind of internal place. If they have something they want to say or they have something that they feel like they can share, that's a value. But ultimately, people don't buy books because you think they need the book. Right. They buy the book because there's something they want or there's something they're looking for that they feel like your book is the answer to. So that comes back to your unique promise. If your promise isn't crystal clear, it might be a good book, but it's going to be very difficult to position and it's going to be very difficult to have that conversion situation.Ally Machete [00:06:28]:Just like any other product or any other sale, when you're just trying to sell books, there's conversions. People will come and check it out. If there's nothing there to actually hook them in and make them see, yeah, this is the book that's going to solve my problem or teach me the thing I need to learn. They don't convert.Stuart Webb [00:06:43]:Do you know, Ali, you make it sound as if you're trying to sort of put together a marketing strategy for some sort of product, which you would hope a business owner has learned how to do. But anyway, let's, let's move on a little bit. Tell me a little bit more about the. The sort of effects that you think a book can have to somebody's business, somebody's career, if you like. I mean, we can all think of people like Tony Robbins who have written interesting books and then they end up on the world stage. I'm not necessarily suggesting that we're all going to do that tomorrow?Ally Machete [00:07:11]:No. And you don't have to. That's the really beautiful thing about books. And especially these days. You know, not only do we have the Internet, which gives us tons of opportunities to directly connect with our target audience and to market a book with, you know, very little cost compared to, let's say, print media, for example, but also we have digital and print tech, digital printing technology, and ebooks. So the very act of creating a book, making it available for sale, getting it out there, is also more accessible to people now than it pretty much ever has been in history, really. So those are all really wonderful things. But excuse me, when you put that book out there.Ally Machete [00:07:52]:So let's say, for example, that somebody is writing a book to bring in more clients. That's like a pretty classic example. They're writing a book to bring in more clients if they write a memoir. And I've seen this a lot with coaches, in particular coaches and consultants, they think, well, people who want to work with me want to know more about me. So instead of writing a book that shows how they think about that particular problem, how they've worked with people in that particular niche, how their process or their way of, you know, approaching a situation is a good method or a different way of thinking about certain things, and instead they write a memoir, they write a book that's just all about them and their life's journey. Right? Sure, there will be a subset of people who are interested in that book, but most people don't come to the book because they want to learn all about you. Again, people buy a book because what's in it for me? Right? What are they going to get from it? So when you have a book that's dialed in to the right people and is strategically aligned to achieve goals in your business, and it can accomplish large numbers of things. Everything from the very simple giving books away to build your mailing list.Ally Machete [00:09:05]:We've had clients too, in particular that were enormously successful simply finding partners who are willing to promote the free ebook to their lists because they thought that it was something of value. It's a win, win situation, right? I want you to promote my book. You get to give something free to your audience. Everybody looks good. Now all of a sudden you have thousands of people opting in to join your list to get a copy of that free book. That's a real basic, simple way of leveraging a book to grow your business. But also things like we've had clients tell us that sitting down in a meeting with people and Taking a few copies of the book out of their bag and handing it to the high level people that they're meeting with changes the conversation instantly. Right.Ally Machete [00:09:50]:Giving a book to somebody or even just knowing that someone is the author of a book is an instant credibility signal. They don't even have to read the book. The very fact that you've written one, again, assuming it's the right one and it's done well, you hand it to them, they look at it, they can see this person literally wrote the book on this subject. And there's a psychological effect. Again, there's a reason why the word author is the root word of authority. Right. And that's how we think about people with books. So having that book can get you to open more doors, it can get you on more stages, it can get you more clients, it can get you higher level clients, it can help you to close deals.Ally Machete [00:10:32]:It shortens the like, no trust factor and gets those that cycle, that sales cycle to shorten and speed up. It can do a number of really important things for your business. And I agree, I think it is one of the most powerful lead generating tools even still.Stuart Webb [00:10:47]:Yeah. And amazingly, I learned a little bit about this. But the words sort of, you know, the best business card you will ever have are really applicable here, aren't they? Because somebody who has a book, you don't need to leave them a business card. You leave them the book, they'll find you. Even if you've got very little else in that book in terms of contact details, they will find you because a book says something about you. Ali, I'm going to sort of pose the, you know, is there one piece of. And I think you've already given some advice, but I'm sure there are other things and I know we've got some things that we're going to be sort of pointing people towards, which is in our vault, which is in www.systemize.me. free stuff.Stuart Webb [00:11:32]:Tell us a little bit about some of the free, valuable services you provide to people.Ally Machete [00:11:38]:Well, we have a blog, of course. We publish new articles every month. So our blog is available for free at our website. Atthewriters ally.com you can find our newly launched library. And in the library we have links to the blog with all of those articles. We have a playlist of podcasts that I've been on. I've been on more than 50 podcasts. And so they can listen to those recordings or watch those videos and download a number of free resources that we have available.Ally Machete [00:12:08]:Checklists, a few mini Guides. I have a ton of stuff available for people. I've been in this business more than 20 years and I've accumulated some stuff. So I've really put it all together. We just launched this website. I'm very excited about having this, you know, the ability to put all of this stuff in one place to give to people.Stuart Webb [00:12:26]:And, and I, and I've had a look at some of the checklists and I must admit I, I was, I was really, really impressed. So look, if you haven't captured all of the, the details of that, we will have links to, well, where you can find all this stuff and more stuff from alysystemize me forward slash free hyphen stuff. Yeah.Ally Machete [00:12:45]:Before you jump to the last question, I just wanted to add one thing.Stuart Webb [00:12:48]:We're not even close to that yet. Don't get excited.Ally Machete [00:12:52]:I also have a free gift that I prepared especially for your audience. And they can.Stuart Webb [00:12:56]:Oh, thank you.Ally Machete [00:12:57]:Yes, they can get that. If you go to offers.the writers ally.com rocketscience it is an evergreen video of my webinar called Don't Write the Wrong Book. And it is about just that. What does it mean to write the right book? How do you avoid writing the wrong book? And a simplified step process for thinking through your book idea. Whether you have one idea you're trying to choose, or if you've already started writing and you want to temperature check what you're working on, it'll help make sure that everything is strategically aligned in the way that we're talking about today.Stuart Webb [00:13:27]:I will make sure that link is in the, in the vault, our vault, which is another valuable resource. But I will make sure that's pointing straight to you. We, we will, we will get that to people. We are not yet at the end though, Ali, because we have more to go. Awesome. What, what you've just said. You've been in this business for 20 years, so that's, that's a huge amount of experience. But let's, let's talk about how you got here.Stuart Webb [00:13:52]:What is it? Was it, was it a realization that you just had to write? Was it the realization you didn't write very well? What was it that brought you to understanding how to give such valuable advice? Was it a book? Was it a program? Was it a life experience that brought you this level of understanding of how to write a book?Ally Machete [00:14:11]:Well, Stuart, I am a lifelong dedicated book nerd. Really. I've always loved books. I've always loved writing and reading. It's family legend that I learned to read at the age of three because I was frustrated that my parents just wouldn't sit and read to me all day long, you know, God, they had had to go to work and like do things. But I started reading very early and making books out of construction paper and crayons and I would give them to like my neighbors and my friends. And I would tell people I was, I was a book publisher. And even as early as first grade, you know, you get into school and everyone's always asking, what do you want to be when you grow up? What do you want to be? And I would tell people I wanted to be a writer, a lawyer and an editor at Simon and Schuster.Stuart Webb [00:14:56]:Oh, wow.Ally Machete [00:14:58]:Yes. And you know, I have no idea where that came from. I'll be totally honest, you know, like, why Simon and Schuster? Where did I pick that up? Goodness only knows. But it was something that I said and I stuck with it. I stuck with that love all the way through my academic career. I did, you know, yearbook and school paper and lit mag and all that kind of stuff. But was really in college where I started getting more serious about it. I started freelancing for pay as a writer as the Internet started becoming a thing and really opening up opportunities.Ally Machete [00:15:26]:And then of course, I did an internship at a small regional publisher while I was still in school in upstate New York. And after that, the big, big turning point was that I got that dream job and I got hired at Simon and Schuster.Stuart Webb [00:15:39]:Oh, wow. Wow, wow, wow. But the greater challenge was then to go on and do it and show other people how to do that.Ally Machete [00:15:46]:That's absolutely true. Yeah. So I spent some time there. I learned a ton, as you can imagine. Big five publishing. You know, that's, that's the Olympics of publishing. Like you really learn everything at the highest level. And I was also fortunate to be in particular in a department that was very nurturing and very supportive of its young people.Ally Machete [00:16:05]:So I got to really learn. Hands on. I acquired my first book for the company before I had been there a year, which is pretty much unheard of. And so I was able to just dive in and learn a lot about how it all worked. And then, you know, fast forward a few years, dot com bust happened, 9, 11 happened. A lot of things were changing in New York. I decided to step away for a little while. I thought I would wrap up.Ally Machete [00:16:29]:I was doing a part time master's degree that had taken me a few years. I was real close. I thought, you know what, I'll knock it out. I'll take a Year, I'll go full time, I'll finish all my classes, I'll do some freelancing, I and I'll come back and maybe, you know, the economy will have calmed down and the market, the job market will have opened up again. And I loved working directly with the authors and running my own business so much that I never looked back.Stuart Webb [00:16:50]:Yeah, well done. Well done. Look, Alec, I'm going to have to say you've been asking some and or answering some brilliant questions. But there must be one question that you cannot get away from thinking. When is he going to ask me that killer question, the really important one? Well, I don't know what that question is, so I'm just gonna have to ask you what is the killer question that I should have asked you by now? And obviously, well, you have the question, so you might as well answer it as well.Ally Machete [00:17:19]:Well, I think the killer question is one that most people maybe don't ask because they assume, which is, should everybody have a book?Stuart Webb [00:17:26]:You know the question.Ally Machete [00:17:29]:Yeah, and the answer might surprise you because there are a lot of people out there who suggest that if you have a business, if you are an expert, you have to have a book, it is just a must have. And I do not agree with that at all. I think there are situations in which a book may not be right for your business. It really depends on what your strategy is and where you're trying to go. Because as we've been talking about, the real power in a book is as a tool to be leveraged, right? It's not just decoration for your zoom background, it's something you're going to use in your business.Stuart Webb [00:18:04]:Business.Ally Machete [00:18:05]:Not every business benefits from a book and not every business benefits from a book at any time. So there's also a timing issue involved writing a book. As you know, Stuart, you've been involved. It's a huge commitment of time, energy and money. And anything that you are saying yes to means you're also saying no to other things, right? So, you know, one of the biggest misconceptions I think people have is this idea that, well, if every business owner has to have a book, I'm new to business, I'm still growing my business. If I write this book, that will help me establish myself. But you have to have a business to grow before a book can help you grow a business, right? It's not the thing that gives you a business, it's the thing that helps you level up what you already have. So if you're not already at least a little, well, established, it might be too early for a book to really give you the kind of benefits that it would if you waited a little bit longer or if you're in a situation where you have a choice to do I launch a new course? Do I do this big marketing push? Do I change this part of my business, or do I write a book? You want to think strategically.Ally Machete [00:19:09]:What is the thing that's going to give you the most ROI where you need it first? And a book is not always the answer.Stuart Webb [00:19:17]:Do you know, it's almost as if you are trying to say to people, you have to have a strategy why you are writing a book, know who your audience is and write the book for that audience. And if you're still in the process of working out who what your business is about and who your audience is, maybe a book is not going to help you achieve that goal.Ally Machete [00:19:35]:Exactly right. Exactly right.Stuart Webb [00:19:38]:Hey, I think that is a fantastic and truly brilliant way to wrap this up. Because if there's one thing that I think you've proven to us, Ali, is that you are an ally. You are somebody who is trying to think of the best for the authority, trying to think of the best way of helping that author achieve their goals, rather than just trying to pitch everybody on doing the same thing just for the sake of it. That's a truly allied way of thinking. So thank you so much for bringing that perspective. And if you don't mind me just taking two minutes from me, if you, you get such value from some of these, from some of these interviews from brilliant people like Ali, who's bringing this wealth of knowledge. I would like to be able to send you an email once a week just to say who's coming up on the podcast. And the only way you can get that email is if you join the blog, the email list, and that is to go to www.systemize.me.Stuart Webb [00:20:38]:subscribe. That's a simple form. It takes you to. It needs two things. Your first name, your email address. I don't want anything else. I just want to be able to send you an email. I just want to be able to address you as you and, and tell you about the brilliant stuff that's coming up.Stuart Webb [00:20:50]:Ali, thank you so much for spending a few minutes with us and being so, so, so honest with your advice and so, so helping us to think through just how we need to use books to be so intentional. Thank you for that time.Ally Machete [00:21:06]:It's my pleasure, really. Thank you for having me. And you know, I like to say I'm a reader too. I want there to be better books out there for me too, you know. So I really do care is it.Stuart Webb [00:21:17]:Is a heart led business for somebody who's been doing that since three years old. I guess you do need another one of those books to just have a look at least. At least one more time, don't you? Thank you so much Ali. I really appreciate it.Ally Machete [00:21:32]:Thanks again. Get full access to It's Not Rocket Science! at thecompleteapproach.substack.com/subscribe

It's Q&A Wednesday, where we tackle your investing, retirement, market, and economic questions live. Today's topics include whether defense and drone companies remain attractive investments, if weak cryptocurrency performance is a warning sign for broader markets, how Kevin Warsh could impact interest rates and financial markets, and what size correction would warrant deploying additional cash. We also discuss investor psychology, risk versus reward for re-entering markets, whether investors need to put money to work immediately, building income-generating portfolios with municipal bonds, reserve currency concerns, opportunities in micro-modular nuclear reactors, SimpleVisor portfolio positioning, the semiconductor gamma squeeze, saving and investing excess income, the true cost of homeownership, and using options strategies to manage portfolio risk. Here's a topical rundown of today's show: 0:00 - INTRO 6:27 - Market Acceleration is Slowing 11:57 - Looking at Defense/Drone Companies 13:07 - Is the Poor Performance of Cyber Currencies a Harbinger of Things to Come? 18:24 - Will Kevin Warsh Raise Rates (and how will markets react)? 21:22 - How Large a Correction Would Trigger Cash Deploy,ent? 23:38 - The Problem for Most Investors: Psychology 25:59 - The Risk/Reward Proposition for Re-Entry to Markets 28:53 - Do You NEED to Deploy Capital now? 29:40 - The Start Here Page 33:37 - Building Income Generation Portfolio w Muni's 38:44 - Abuse of Role as Primary Holder of World's Reserve Currency 39:34 - Micro-modular Nuclear Reactor Investments 41:14 - SimpleVisor Portfolios 43:40 - How Can Semi's Be a Gamma Squeeze? 46:59 - Saving 50% of Income - Where to send the rest? 49:51 - The Cost of Home Ownership 52:15 - Selling Calls to Buy Puts? Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, CIO, w Senior Investment Advisor, Danny Ratliff, CFP Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer ------- Do you enjoy our content? Rate us on Google: https://bit.ly/4b9JtEo ------- Watch Today's Full Video on our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/live/ppkqABinsxs ------- Articles Mentioned in Today's Show: "15 Investing Rules To Win The Long-Game" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/15-investing-rules-to-win-the-long-game/ "Risk Management For Retirees: When To Reduce Exposure:" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/risk-management-for-retirees-when-to-reduce-exposure/ ------- Watch today's "Before the Bell" feature, "Markets Need a Breather," here: https://youtu.be/0_dOuwmQFeY ------- Watch our previous show, "Risk Management for Retirees: When to Reduce Exposure," https://youtu.be/MSj51cpXXg8 ------- Get more info & commentary: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/insights/real-investment-daily/ ------- * REGISTER for our next Dynamic Learning Series presentation, "A SimpleVisor Tutorial," Thursday, June 4, 2025 at Noon: https://streamyard.com/watch/MwairsimgmnS --- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN --- Subscribe to SimpleVisor : https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new --- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #StockMarket #MarketCorrection #TechnicalAnalysis #Investing #BeforeTheBell

It's Q&A Wednesday, where we tackle your investing, retirement, market, and economic questions live. Today's topics include whether defense and drone companies remain attractive investments, if weak cryptocurrency performance is a warning sign for broader markets, how Kevin Warsh could impact interest rates and financial markets, and what size correction would warrant deploying additional cash. We also discuss investor psychology, risk versus reward for re-entering markets, whether investors need to put money to work immediately, building income-generating portfolios with municipal bonds, reserve currency concerns, opportunities in micro-modular nuclear reactors, SimpleVisor portfolio positioning, the semiconductor gamma squeeze, saving and investing excess income, the true cost of homeownership, and using options strategies to manage portfolio risk. Here's a topical rundown of today's show: 0:00 - INTRO 6:27 - Market Acceleration is Slowing 11:57 - Looking at Defense/Drone Companies 13:07 - Is the Poor Performance of Cyber Currencies a Harbinger of Things to Come? 18:24 - Will Kevin Warsh Raise Rates (and how will markets react)? 21:22 - How Large a Correction Would Trigger Cash Deploy,ent? 23:38 - The Problem for Most Investors: Psychology 25:59 - The Risk/Reward Proposition for Re-Entry to Markets 28:53 - Do You NEED to Deploy Capital now? 29:40 - The Start Here Page 33:37 - Building Income Generation Portfolio w Muni's 38:44 - Abuse of Role as Primary Holder of World's Reserve Currency 39:34 - Micro-modular Nuclear Reactor Investments 41:14 - SimpleVisor Portfolios 43:40 - How Can Semi's Be a Gamma Squeeze? 46:59 - Saving 50% of Income - Where to send the rest? 49:51 - The Cost of Home Ownership 52:15 - Selling Calls to Buy Puts? Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, CIO, w Senior Investment Advisor, Danny Ratliff, CFP Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer ------- Do you enjoy our content? Rate us on Google: https://bit.ly/4b9JtEo ------- Watch Today's Full Video on our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/live/ppkqABinsxs ------- Articles Mentioned in Today's Show: "15 Investing Rules To Win The Long-Game" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/15-investing-rules-to-win-the-long-game/ "Risk Management For Retirees: When To Reduce Exposure:" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/risk-management-for-retirees-when-to-reduce-exposure/ ------- Watch today's "Before the Bell" feature, "Markets Need a Breather," here: https://youtu.be/0_dOuwmQFeY ------- Watch our previous show, "Risk Management for Retirees: When to Reduce Exposure," https://youtu.be/MSj51cpXXg8 ------- Get more info & commentary: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/insights/real-investment-daily/ ------- * REGISTER for our next Dynamic Learning Series presentation, "A SimpleVisor Tutorial," Thursday, June 4, 2025 at Noon: https://streamyard.com/watch/MwairsimgmnS --- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN --- Subscribe to SimpleVisor : https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new --- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #StockMarket #MarketCorrection #TechnicalAnalysis #Investing #BeforeTheBell

Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show interview AI and 3D tech leader James Thornton from Tafi and Daz 3D, franchise expert Cliff Nonnenmacher from Franocity and cybersecurity expert Eric Kanagy from Simplesense. James Thornton, Co-Founder and CEO of Tafi and Chairman & CEO of DAZ 3D, reveals what it really takes to build billion-dollar companies, why most entrepreneurs misunderstand scaling, and why data—not AI models—is becoming the true power behind the future of artificial intelligence. In this inspiring and deeply personal episode, James shares lessons from rebuilding struggling companies, surviving a life-changing stroke in his twenties, creating industry-leading 3D AI technology, and helping shape the next generation of AI-driven business tools. From prompt engineering and AI workflows to resilience, leadership, innovation, and the future of digital humans, this episode delivers powerful insights every entrepreneur, creator, and business leader needs to hear. Read more at: https://www.daz3d.com/ Franchise expert Cliff Nonnenmacher, founder of Franocity reveals what most people completely misunderstand about franchising, wealth creation, and escaping corporate America. In this eye-opening episode, Cliff explains how the right franchise can dramatically reduce business failure risk, why “freedom within the framework” creates successful entrepreneurs, and the critical financial and personality traits needed before investing. He also breaks down the industries he believes are most resistant to AI disruption — including home services, trades, senior care, biohacking, and youth enrichment — while sharing the biggest mistakes aspiring franchise owners make when chasing passive income and financial freedom. Read more at: https://franocity.com/ Cybersecurity expert and SimpleSense founder Eric Kanagy reveals how AI is rapidly changing the future of cyber warfare, infrastructure security, and online safety. From hacked water utilities and nation-state attacks to AI-generated scams and fake voices, this eye-opening conversation explores the growing threats businesses and everyday people face as artificial intelligence becomes more powerful. Eric explains why critical infrastructure is vulnerable, how AI is helping both attackers and defenders, and what entrepreneurs can do now to stay protected in an increasingly dangerous digital world. Read more at: https://simplesense.io/ Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. 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British pianist, composer and educator Joe Webb joins me for an honest conversation about what it actually takes to become the musician you want to be.Joe Webb is a highly regarded pianist, jazz musician, and London-based composer, originally from Wales. He has emerged as a leading force on the U.K jazz scene today, captivating audiences with his exceptional talent and rockstar-like persona.We talk about Joe's early connection with jazz and piano, the key moments that shaped his path, and how he's grown into one of the most distinctive voices on today's scene.But more importantly, explore the less visible side of the journey - the importance of building the right support system, surrounding yourself with people who believe in you, and developing the skills that aren't taught at the piano. We also dive into Joe's latest album Neath Beat, and the sonic world behind it - what it represents creatively and personally at this stage in his career.At the heart of this conversation is a simple but powerful idea: who you become along the way matters more than the outcome.If you're a musician trying to build something meaningful, there's a lot in here for you!Table of contents:0:00 Intro 02:07 Early Connection to Jazz & Piano 06:42 Jazz Today: More Than Music 08:30 Finding Freedom in Jazz 13:00 The Power of the Right People 17:07 Why Your Local Scene Matters 19:37 Building Meaningful Relationships 24:50 Embracing Who You Are 30:10 Do You Need to Move to a Bigger City? 36:07 ‘Neath the Beat': The Sonic World 43:48 Advice for Musicians: Stay HonestAs you listened, what reflection stayed with you the most?Let's talk about today's episode: 

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Who is Julia?Julia Felton is a business consultant who has built a reputation for identifying the real issues behind her clients' challenges. While companies often approach her with concerns about team dysfunction, lack of trust, and poor collaboration, Julia quickly uncovers that these surface symptoms stem from deeper underlying causes. With her insightful approach, she helps organizations move beyond treating just the symptoms—enabling teams to break free from silos, improve communication, and achieve the results they desire. Julia's clients rely on her expertise to foster genuine trust and collaboration within their teams.Key Takeaways* Is your team chasing results but feeling disconnected? Julia Felton says it's all about energy alignment, not just process. Slow down, reset, and watch collaboration grow.* Most trust issues in teams don't come from lack of tools, but from not investing enough in relationships. Build social capital, even if it feels “frivolous”—it's critical for flow.* True leadership isn't about controlling everything. Julia Felton reminds us: empower your team, step back, and let the natural talents shine for real productivity.* Vision isn't a one-time message. Keep communicating your purpose so everyone knows where you're heading. As Julia Felton notes, clarity builds trust and connection.* Take inspiration from nature: humans, like herds, thrive when leadership is shared. Health, harmony, unity—let these guide your team to higher trust and adaptability.Don't forget: If you want to connect, ask questions, or get notified about upcoming guests like Julia, subscribe to the newsletter here. You only need your first name and email—easy as (coffee) pie!And don't forget: keep an eye out for next guest. To submit your own questions, subscribe to our newsletter and join the conversation!P.S. Loved this episode? 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Leave a nice five-star review at apple podcasts : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/apple-podcasts and on YouTube : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/Itsnotrocketscienceatyt!Do You Need a P.A.T.H. to Scale?We help established business owners with small but growing teams:go from feeling stuck, sceptical, and tired of wasting time and money on false promises,to running a confident, purpose-driven business where their team delivers results, customers are happy, and they can finally enjoy more time with their family -with a results-based refund guarantee: if you follow the process and it doesn't work, we refund what you paid.This is THE P.A.T.H. to scale your business.————————————————————————————————————————————-TranscriptNote, this was transcribed using transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast.SUMMARY KEYWORDStrust issues, team building, rewilding leadership, misaligned energy, team dynamics, collaboration, silos in business, business productivity, meeting fatigue, leadership styles, performance paradox, shared leadership, empowerment, micromanagement, business culture, teamship, employee engagement, organizational trust, social capital, remote work challenges, communication in teams, business vision, talent management, role alignment, leveraging strengths, sustainable leadership, natural leadership, flow in teams, founder-led business, relationship buildingSPEAKERJulia Felton, Stuart WebbStuart Webb [00:00:01]:Hopefully. Hi, and welcome back to It's Not Rocket Science. Five questions over coffee. I'm delighted. Today I've been joined by Julia Felton. Julia is an expert in, well, helping to fix trust issues within teams using rewilding leadership. She's really going to help us to understand exactly how we can rebuild those trust issues which so often dog startups, even rapidly scaling a growing company. So, Julia, welcome to It's Not Rocket Science.Stuart Webb [00:01:01]:Five questions over coffee. I hope you've got your coffee in front of you. I've actually got a fruit tea at the moment, but that's because it's after Christmas. I try to be careful with my body.Julia Felton [00:01:12]:Well, me too, Stuart. I'm, I've got ginger and lemon here.Stuart Webb [00:01:15]:So I've been off your only way to live. Let's start by understanding, you know, the sort of person you're trying to help. You obviously, you're obviously trying to help somebody that's got a problem. But how do, how would you recognize them? What would they, what would they be saying? What would they be doing in order to sort of, you know, for you to be able to say, well, that's exactly the sort of person I'm trying to help.Julia Felton [00:01:42]:Yeah, that's such a great question. Because I think what typically happens is what people come to me with and what actually the problem is, are very different. And I think often what we find in business, isn't it, we, we, we, we of treating the symptom rather than the cause. So sort of people come to me and they go, oh, my team's not functioning properly, Julia. You know, and people don't trust each other. There's a lot of bickering going on, we're not getting the results we want. You know, there's people are working in silos, nobody collaborates together. Those are the sorts of things that my clients are saying.Julia Felton [00:02:19]:And my clients range from, you know, smaller SMEs up to larger corporates, you know, and this, these kinds of problems exist throughout many types of organizations. So anywhere where you've got people involved, really. Because at the end of the day, trust drives everything in business. Right.Stuart Webb [00:02:41]:So what would some of those, I mean, you just talked about sort of smaller SMEs, large corporates. I mean, they've tried everything before, haven't they? They've done the courses, they've sent people off on the training courses, they've, they've done that, they've done the online stuff, they've done everything they can and it's still not fixing it. So what are the sort of things that they are trying that you break through and you find that even having done this stuff, they've still got these issues.Julia Felton [00:03:08]:Sure. So I think if we distill it back down and we go to, well, what's really the cause of what's going on in the business? Rather the biggest challenge, if I was to sum it up like that, is it's, it's not this lack of skill or ambition or desire, but it's actually all to do with misaligned energy. So we've got brilliant purpose driven leaders out there. They built often fast growing businesses, but somewhere along the way this momentum turns into mayhem, right? And the team's busy, but it's not productive. People, you know, having loads and loads of meetings. We know this meeting fatigue, right? The progress stalls, everyone's working harder, but people aren't working collectively together, they're not pulling in the same direction. So I call that the performance paradox. Because what we're seeing is companies chasing these results so hard, but they've become really disconnected from the very people and the energy that creates them.Julia Felton [00:04:08]:So what happens is these businesses start running on logic and process rather when what we really need is this connection and trust and flow, Flow. And so I think what I really see leaders craving is a much more natural, sustainable way of leading where we get everyone pulling in the same direction and we stop forcing the results and we start getting the results flowing naturally because everyone's working in their right energy. And as you know, Stuart, you know, I'm very passionate about nature. I reference everything back to the natural world. And, and you know, when we look at the natural world, the natural world understands the ebb and flow of energy and how it goes inside cycles. And that's what we're not really seeing in business right now is leaders really understanding that. And it's interesting, we're recording this right after Christmas, right, where people have actually had an opportunity to kind of rest and re reset themselves for this year. But we tend to wait till Christmas, right.Julia Felton [00:05:10]:And we take a week or two weeks off, try and rest and reset and then we don't. Then we try and go for another whole year and, and that's not feasible for people.Stuart Webb [00:05:21]:So what are some of the things that you then introduce into the business in order for them to, to understand that it's that, you know, to develop that ebb and flow. What is it you do to help them essentially reset on a more regular basis?Julia Felton [00:05:36]:Yeah, well, obviously as we, as we just talked about there, you know, reset the rhythm and flow and recovery. So for me, that's actually about leaders taking time out to rest and relax and, and it's that psychology of slowing down to speed up that, you know, instinctively we know that, but everything's saying to us, oh, you know, if I, if I take the afternoon off, I'm not going to get everything done. But I don't know about you, Stuart, but I know when I step away from my desk, if I'm really struggling with something, all of a sudden when I'm away from, from my work and what I'm doing, I get all these insights. So it's about understanding that in order to get into flow, we actually have to go through a period of resetting ourselves and resting and stepping away from the problem in order to get back. You know, it's a good old adage, isn't it? You know, we get our best ideas in the shower, wherever it is, out on walks and stuff like that. So I think it's about really purposefully crafting time into our weekly schedules to do that. Because I think most people, they go into the office, you know, foot to the metal, go, go, go all day and we get to the end of the day and then they're like, I'm not even sure what I've accomplished because we've just been being that busy fool that, you know, you and I know, I've talked about, you know, we're spending all this time doing things, but we're not doing the right things that we need to do.Stuart Webb [00:07:05]:Yeah.Julia Felton [00:07:05]:So, you know, if we look at some of the mistakes that people are making around, this is the first thing we often see companies doing, is we put all these tools right. We've got problems. Like you said, you know, teams are working in silos, there's no collaboration. So we throw tools at the problem. You know, we maybe buy, you know, a collaboration platform like Trello or Asana or something like that to try and make everyone work more effectively together. And that rarely solves the problem. Right. Or we send people on team building away days or training courses, and all of these can have some marginal gain for the business, but they don't really get to the shifting the underlying energy or trust dynamics that are actually blocking performance.Julia Felton [00:07:52]:And for me, the way that we change those trust dynamics is actually by really slowing down and investing time in building relationships. It's this importance of social capital within business. Right. And sometimes it seems a bit frivolous. Right. You know, oh, we, we're stopping and we're talking to somebody in the corridor. But I don't know about you, but you know, in the days when we were all in the office and I was in the corporate world, I got all my information from those informal chats. That's where you knew what was going on.Julia Felton [00:08:23]:Of course the trouble that we've got right now is with so many people working remotely, all of that informal communication you might want to say isn't getting shared and you don't know what's going on in another team, which you would have found out because you walk with somebody and you went and grabbed lunch with them when we used to go out to the sandwich bars for lunch or whatever or you were making your coffee. So I think there's a big problem there that we're not spending enough time investing in building that social capital.Stuart Webb [00:08:54]:Yeah.Julia Felton [00:08:55]:And go. I'm sorry.Stuart Webb [00:08:57]:No indeed. I'm just agreeing with you. Absolutely agreeing with you.Julia Felton [00:09:00]:Yeah. And I think one of the other mistakes I'm seeing companies make is that they, when things aren't going well, there's a tendency, particularly if it's a smaller founder led business for the founders want to take everything back, to control everything. Right. You know, if I control everything, it's going to work better, better. More meetings, more KPIs, more oversight. But actually all that's doing is draining the founders energy. But more importantly it's signaling to your team members that you don't trust them. We're not allowing them to get on.Julia Felton [00:09:32]:They don't feel empowered because there's so much micromanagement. And actually really what our team members are looking for is for us to trust them and to empower them to get the job done and then get out their way and leave them to do it. And when we've got that, then people will get on and do the job. And then the other lens that I often see going on here is when again when we've got problems we want to fix the people, we always think it's a people problem. And rather than think about, well, what is the potential our team members have got to unlock, how can we leverage them more effectively in the business? What new responsibilities can we give them? What new opportunities can we give them to help them thrive? You know, can we redefine their roles to give them a role which is more naturally aligned to what they love to do? Because we all know we've got more energy for the things we love to do. Right. And so if your role, you're spending 50% of your time doing things you don't love to do, in it, you're never going to be as productive as if you've got a role maybe where you've got 80 or 90% of things time doing the things you love. Now, the caveat I would just say against this is we're all going to have to do things in our role that we don't love.Julia Felton [00:10:50]:That's just life. But, you know, we want to spend the vast proportion of our time and when we can start redefining roles so that people do that, it makes a massive difference to their performance, their, you know, their productivity and then ultimately the productivity of the business. So, you know, I reflect back often to my corporate role where I didn't understand about energy and the best roles that people could go in. And I had this data manager, her name's Jane. And every single appraisal I was like, jane, you need to get better at spreadsheets, you know, because, you know, you're running the data center and that's what you need to do. Failing to realize that her complete zone of genius and what she bought to my business was actually her ability to rally the troops around. She was a great collaborator, a great people person, and I didn't leverage her skills effectively. So she wasn't as happy as she could be and I wasn't getting the best results out of her.Stuart Webb [00:11:46]:Yeah, I know. I remember very early on, in one of the first businesses that I, that I founded, somebody took me home on time. It was one of the non executives that sort of came in to help the business, said, are you asking the people that you're working with anything about, you know, what they do when they go home? And I, I sort of looked at, I'll be honest, I looked at him. What's that got to do with this? As in somehow, you know, he was talking complete nonsense. He said, you'll find those people go home and they run scout groups, they run, they run charity bazaars, they run charities and they run them brilliantly. All of those skills are open to you. If you only knew about them. And I looked at him and thought, that's a huge insight that I've got to think about.Stuart Webb [00:12:30]:And it was back to what you were saying there. It's about communication, isn't it? I haven't bothered to say to these people, what else are you up to? And, you know, they turn us, oh, I run a scout group. Are you good at admin? And that's a really useful thing to know because oftentimes people come into work and they sort of drop all these skills over their shoulder at the front door and then walk in and sort of just come in and do their job, don't they? Because they don't think they have to bring any of those skills with them because I'm at work now. And then they go home, they pick up all those skills again and they take them home and they use them very, very effectively. So sometimes it does mean that we've just got to speak to each other, ask what's going on and then go, wow, that's a really useful skill that we could use and then learn to let them get on with it.Julia Felton [00:13:17]:Yeah. And then, and then they feel more empowered, they feel trusted, you know, they know that they've been heard and you know, it's a win, win all round at the end of. But yet so important for us to, to really know our team members, like you say, what motivates them, what's inspires them and what the skills are that they've got that they're not bringing to the workplace that we could really leverage more effectively.Stuart Webb [00:13:39]:Yeah, brilliant. Julia, I'm sure that there's a. And I'm. I know you've given us some very valuable information to stick into our vault, which is at www.systemize.me/free stuff. Gosh, there's an awful lot of words in there. Immediately after the longish break, talk to us about what you've got available for people to be able to sort of advice, guidance that you could give people which they can tap into. And all of this will be available in the vault.Julia Felton [00:14:14]:Yeah, sure. So where I always suggest that people start is I've got a turbocharge your team quiz, which you can get at businesshorsepower.com forward/quiz. And it's. What is it? It's about 15 questions that just really helps you identify where your team's energy is getting drained. And what I often talk about is something called Team Ship, which we'll get onto in a minute when we talk about books and stuff. But Team Ship is about how do you. How do you run your business? Rather than leadership, it's all about teamship, people getting together. And then when you take the quiz, you actually get a free copy of my ebook on how to create a business that runs on teamship and the three pillars that actually underpin that.Julia Felton [00:15:01]:And then anyone who's taken the quiz is also welcome to join me for a Turbocharger quiz audit where I help you unpack the results of the quiz in more detail so that you can start to put together a kind of a short plan on how to how you want to change things in your business going forward.Stuart Webb [00:15:18]:And I can, I can assure you because I've been on, had a look, good look at that stuff. If you go to systemize me free stuff, you'll see all of the details of that. And Julia is really good at this stuff. So you will be pleasantly surprised when you see the level of detail that this goes into. Julia, yes, you're right. We're about to get on to other things. What was it that brought you to your understanding? You talked about your corporate career, you've talked a little bit about your passion for nature. How did you get to now books, courses, programs that enabled you to understand that teamship was actually the thing which needed to drive your day to day existence in your life now.Julia Felton [00:16:10]:Yeah, such a great question because I think, you know, once I left the corporate world, you know, like so many of us do, you know, you see things in the rear view mirror, right, that you didn't see when you were in it. And you know, I look back and I just got really frustrated with the way that we were running and leading businesses. And as everything I looked to nature and horses were a big part of my life. And what I looked to was the way that horses actually operate as a unity in unity, you know, that a team is a horse herd is always concerned with the health, harmony and unity of the herd, how to keep it all together. And they employ something called, I call shared leadership at the time. And shared leadership is this concept of as a leader you don't need to know everything. And let's face it, you know, in the good old days before Mr. Google, you know, and we were in the industrial era, it was probably true that the factory manager, they did know everything, right? But that doesn't exist today.Julia Felton [00:17:13]:So I think for any leader today, they want to know that it's okay to share the leadership with each other. And horse herds do this so well. And we see this in a lot of other dynamics of animals in nature, but they share the leadership. They realize that not one animal can keep the whole herd safe. So in the horse herd, they share the leadership between everybody. But there is a lead marine and a lead stallion within the herd that, you know, have pacific roles and then everyone else in the herd looks for the danger. And I was like, well that would be so much better if that was a model that happened in business where everybody in the organization is responsible for the health and safety of the organization. So even though you are, you know, on the production line or, you know, you're in the admin team or whatever it might be, you still have a duty of care to ensure that the business is going to stay successful.Julia Felton [00:18:08]:So if you see a competitor doing something, you should be able to speak up and say, did anyone else notice that going on over there? That could be a threat for us, you know, so it's all these eyes and ears looking out. So it was when I read Keith Freshley's book, Never Lead Alone. He t. He introduces this concept of teamship, which is effectively shared leadership. And I was like, it gave me kind of a framework and some language to use. So I've now created my own framework. It's called the unbridled Teamship roadmap, which helps leaders create this high level of trust, adaptability and shared energy within their teams that we see within, particularly within horse herds, for example. So Keith Farazi, I have to acknowledge him, he kind of gave me the language for this, but it was my life experience of partnering with the horses and seeing things in the natural world, particularly when I lived in Africa, that that kind of bought these two worlds together.Julia Felton [00:19:03]:And I was like, yeah, this is a new framework for how we need to lead in the 21st century that is just going to be much more compelling and engaging for people.Stuart Webb [00:19:13]:And I think you're right. The, the, the, the, the days of the command and control have largely gone, haven't they? Because there are so too many, too many moving parts, too quickly moving for you to be able to make, to be able to control everything. And so unless you're prepared to allow the leadership to spread, it will be impossible.Julia Felton [00:19:38]:And you just become a bottleneck as well as the leader. If you try and keep it all together, right, because everything's moving so fast, you've just not got the capacity to make that many decisions all day, every day. So we've got to share it out. Otherwise your business is likely to, to stumble and falter just because you've just not got the brain power to do it. All right? So, you know, you can actually end up being the biggest risk factor in your business if you don't share the leadership.Stuart Webb [00:20:06]:Yeah, that's the challenge. So, Julie, there must be one question that I haven't yet asked you that you really want me to ask, which will sort of open up, open up the eyes of people who are currently thinking, this is kind of me, but I'm not sure what is the question that you think I should have asked. And, and as you obviously know the question, you probably also know the answer. So what would the answer to that question be?Julia Felton [00:20:35]:Well, I hope I know the answer. I think it. I think it's this reframe about how do we reframe leadership? Because we're still seeing leadership through this lens of performance and results. And I get that. We've got to get that. But actually, how can we reframe leadership to be the role of a leader is more about how do you direct and orchestrate the energy of the people around you? Because performance is the byproduct of where our energy goes. So if we're really clear on where our energy goes, where our attention is going, then we can get better results. And we see this all the time, don't we, where you get leaders that something happens and they go, you know, they go in.Julia Felton [00:21:17]:This is frenetic, scattered energy all over the place. And that ripples through the team. It causes confusion and nobody knows what they're doing, and everyone starts running around like headless chickens. And we've seen this so often in businesses, you know, when this firefighting throws in, but actually it just causes disarray. And how would it be if the leader recognized in. Actually, in that moment is the moment that you need to become more grounded, more coherent and really pause to go back to the rest and set and pause and. And just be discerning about what's going on? Is this something that I really need to get frantic about right now, or is this something that I can just slow down, pay attention to and realize there's different ways I can approach it? And that kind of coherence is very, very contagious within the team, and it slows all the team down. And then we've got.Julia Felton [00:22:14]:We can be just a lot more discerning then about the decisions that we really need to take. So I think for from when we start looking at leadership, my question would be that you didn't ask is, you know, what if leadership isn't about performance anymore, it's about how do we orchestrate the ebb and flow of the energy of the team so that everyone can work from their natural stance. And therefore we're shifting from this control stance to getting connection. We're moving from burnout to flow, and we're moving into really true leadership that is sustainable for everybody.Stuart Webb [00:22:50]:And do you therefore think, and I'm sorry, that I'm going to ask you a question when you've just answered a question, do you think in order to sort of support that the leader has to have been able to transmit their vision for the business to everybody. So that when they get into that state of flow, they're able to operate without constantly referring back and saying, why are we doing this again? I've forgotten.Julia Felton [00:23:14]:Yeah, absolutely. That's 100% at the top of everything. If nobody knows where they're going, nobody knows where we're going to end up. You know, I often when my clients, you know, I say, well, you know, there's so many different ways that we could maybe get to. I'm in the uk, so I could get to London at the end of. End of this call, right? But I got to know I'm going to London, otherwise the team will end up in Edinburgh or somebody will end up in Dublin or somebody will fly to New York. Right? And I think having that really clear purpose and vision absolutely underpins everything because it's. That, for me, is the glue that pulls everyone in the right direction.Julia Felton [00:23:48]:And we need to remember that. We need to continually articulate that to come back to communication. It's very easy for people to go, I've told everyone the vision and we expect people to remember it, right? But we have to be embedded into absolutely everything. Everything we do day in, day out needs to be aligned with the vision because people don't remember, you know, and I know from, you know, having run workshops with clients, I. I remember I run the same workshop, I hosted the same venue, like, four, no, five or six times in a row, and my client attended as a guest each time because it was her venue and it was a particular workshop. Actually, I was running with the horses. And she said to me on the sixth workshop, she goes, that bit you said about xyz, that was a genius, Julia. And I was like, God, that has been in every single workshop.Stuart Webb [00:24:36]:It's such cool content.Julia Felton [00:24:38]:And she hadn't heard it. And of course, this is what we forget about communication. People only hear what they want to hear when they want to hear it. So we've got to keep repeating the vision where we want to go to the strategy. And sometimes I think as leaders, we. You can feel a bit like a broken record. We're like, I've told everyone that. But people only hear it and get it when they want to hear it.Julia Felton [00:25:00]:Yes, absolutely. Underpins everything, Stuart. Yeah, And. And I think, you know, when we put that clear purpose, that really builds trust because people know, right? People have got that clarity about where we're going. We know what the outcomes are, we know where we're heading. So people have got trust that what's going to happen. We. We've got a.Julia Felton [00:25:18]:We've got a vision, we've got a plan. And so that really helps.Stuart Webb [00:25:20]:Wonderful, wonderful. Julia, this has been really, really, really wonderful. It's a really great way to sort of. For me to kick off what we do this year. Just one small thing from me, if you don't mind.Julia Felton [00:25:36]:Yeah.Stuart Webb [00:25:37]:I send out about one email a week on the weeks where we're doing a podcast, and it just. It just tells you who's coming up and why you need to get in front of the. And be live. We've had a number of people, tens of people watching this today. So they got that from, you know, they've sat at the desk. They hopefully some of them have gone away and thought, I've got some problems I need to resolve. So if you would like to be one of those people who gets the email that sort of says, somebody's coming up, go to www.systemize. that's S Y S T E M I S E.com forward slash, subscribe.Stuart Webb [00:26:13]:Simple form. It asks you for just your first name and an email address. I don't want any more than that because I just want to send you an email which basically says it's coming up, so please go do that. Julia, this has been really enlightening to start with. Wonderful reset of what we should be doing as leaders. Thinking about trying to sort of allow the energy and allow the natural talents to sort of dominate rather than somehow trying to force everybody down into a narrow path in order to sort of make things happen. So thank you so much for bringing that to us, and I really appreciate you spending some time with it. No problem at all.Julia Felton [00:26:48]:Thank you so much.Stuart Webb [00:26:49]:Thank you very much.Julia Felton [00:26:50]:Thank you so much indeed, Stuart. Really appreciate it. It's been a pleasure.Stuart Webb [00:27:19]:So I can talk to you. Get full access to It's Not Rocket Science! at thecompleteapproach.substack.com/subscribe

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Who is Patrick?Patrick Van der Burght's journey began over 25 years ago, when he first discovered the transformative power of understanding human behaviour and research. Awed by how empowering and effective these insights were—without the need to lie or cheat—he quickly became passionate about sharing them. Today, as a sought-after keynote speaker, Patrick relishes witnessing audiences experience their own “aha” moments, just as he did decades ago. His mission is to help others unlock their potential by waking up to the profound impact of his teaching, sparking realization, growth, and change wherever he speaks.Key TakeawaysThe Secret Science Behind Getting a YES—Without Being Manipulative1/ Ever felt “icky” trying to get someone to say yes? Turns out, ethical persuasion isn't about tricking—it's about understanding human behavior. Patrick Van der Burght dropped some serious knowledge on this in his chat with Stuart Webb on “It's Not Rocket Science.”

Whole life insurance is being rebranded right now as “Bank on Yourself” or “Infinite Banking”—and the pitch sounds incredibly attractive. It promises safety, guaranteed growth, and the ability to borrow from your own policy like you're your own bank. But what most families don't realize is that for the average Christian dad, this strategy often creates more financial drag than freedom. In this episode, we break down the real differences between term vs whole life, why whole life gets sold so aggressively, and the few situations where it can actually be useful. But mostly, this is a warning: what looks like wisdom on paper can quietly keep your family from building real wealth, margin, and generosity. If you've ever been pitched infinite banking—or you're considering buying whole life—watch this first. About Abraham's Wallet: Abraham's Wallet exists to inspire and equip Biblical family leaders. Please partner with us in inspiring and equipping multi-gen families at https://abrahamswallet.com/support AW website Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Facebook LinkedIn Instagram Chapters (00:00:00) - Abraham's Wallet: The Infinite Banking Pitch(00:02:27) - Be Involved in School Matters!(00:05:57) - Incendiary Banking on Yourself(00:08:33) - What is Whole Life Insurance? vs Term Life Insurance(00:12:17) - Will You Bank On Yourself With Whole Life? (Infinite Banking(00:16:22) - Do You Need a Loan Against Your Whole Life Policy?(00:20:25) - Wonders of Life Insurance, Part 4(00:26:17) - Inert Banking Advice for Insurance Salesmen(00:33:40) - Is Whole Life Insurance Dumb?(00:36:30) - Whole Life Insurance, Sold, Not Bought(00:39:44) - A Promise For The Generations

For decades, the street artist Banksy was one of the most famous anonymous people in the world. Like most street artists, Banksy used anonymity for cover, but also as a means of generating mystique. A recent expose in Reuters, however, seems to have gotten to the bottom of this icon's identity. But did they truly blow up Banksy's spot? Joining Tess to talk all things Banksy is comic and podcaster Chris Fairbanks @chris_fairbanks (Do You Need a Ride?)  Read Reuters' “In Search of Banksy”  Watch “Exit Through the Gift Shop”  Follow Pop Mystery Pod on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @popmysterypod  Pop Mystery Pod is written and produced by Tess Barker @tesstifybarker. Produced by Tyler Hill.  Theme song by Rick Wood @Rickw00d. Support independent pop journalism and join us on Patreon at Pop Mystery Pod. Get access to ad free episodes, bonus content, and polls about upcoming topics. patreon.com/PopMysteryPod Follow Tess's other podcasts Lady to Lady and Toxic: The Britney Spears Story wherever you get your pods.  Make sure to leave us a review! And tell a friend about the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Blood Sweat & Gear 343 is a no-BS bodybuilding coaching Q&A with Skip Hill, Andrew Berry, and Scott McNally, breaking down real-world training, PED use, and contest prep. This episode dives into the controversial strategy of starting a cutting cycle with tren, plus insulin use, fat loss, and staying healthy while enhanced. 0:00 Tren to Start a Cutting Cycle? (Controversial Strategy Explained) 0:30 Blood Sweat & Gear Coaching Q&A – Sponsors & Intro 1:10 Why Use Tren Early in a Cycle for Strength & Momentum 4:25 Fitness “Telephone Game” – How Misinformation Spreads 5:55 Bodybuilding on Paper vs Real-World Results 9:25 Starting a Cycle Earlier to Build Motivation 17:15 Monitoring Heart Rate During Cardio for Fat Loss 23:45 Insulin Use in Bodybuilding: IM vs SubQ Differences 26:15 Is Roid Test Legit? Steroid Testing Explained 31:40 Female Bodybuilder to Follow for Mass & Progress 32:45 Do You Need a Diet Break During Aggressive Fat Loss? 42:30 Managing Blood Pressure While Using PEDs 46:45 Does Equipoise Affect Estrogen? Estradiol vs Estrone 49:00 Sleep Medications During Contest Prep 56:45 Mixing Water-Based and Oil-Based Steroids Safely 1:00:25 Natty vs Enhanced Dieting Differences Explained 1:03:30 Top Natural Bodybuilder to Watch 1:11:00 Behind the Scenes + Final Thoughts

Jarek Berga - April 19th 2026 When God says no, don't shut Him out—let it reveal your heart and draw you closer to Him. In this message from April 19, we step out of our Matthew series to explore the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4—a deeply human story about disappointment, trust, and how we respond when things don't go our way. We all experience moments where life doesn't turn out how we hoped. Prayers seem unanswered, opportunities don't come, and outcomes feel unfair. In those moments, something deeper is exposed—not just frustration, but questions about ourselves and about God. Can He be trusted? Has He forgotten me? Through Cain's story, we see that when God says “no,” it doesn't create what's inside us—it reveals it. Like blood work that exposes what's already in the system, God uses these moments to surface what's happening beneath the surface of our hearts. The danger is not just disappointment—it's what we do with it. Cain withdraws. He refuses to bring what's really going on inside him to God. And what he doesn't bring to God eventually spills out in destructive ways. This message challenges us to consider: where are we staying on the surface instead of being honest with God? Where are we carrying things alone instead of bringing them into the light? At the center of this message is a powerful invitation: when God says no, don't pull back—lean in. Because our response reveals what we trust. While Cain closes himself off, Jesus shows us a different way. In the garden, facing suffering and a path He didn't naturally desire, Jesus remains open to the Father: “Not my will, but Yours be done.” Where we tend to raise the drawbridge and protect ourselves, Jesus keeps His heart open—so that we can be welcomed in. This message invites you to lower the drawbridge. To bring your disappointment, confusion, doubt, and questions honestly before God. Not to pretend, not to force a response—but to trust that He is still good, still near, and still at work. Because when God says no, it is not rejection—it may be an invitation to deeper trust, healing, and transformation. Learn more about our church: https://restoredtemecula.church Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/restoredtemecula and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/restoredtemecula #Genesis4 #CainAndAbel #TrustGod #FaithInTrials #ChristianLiving #RestoredTemecula #Sermon #FollowingJesus Share this message with someone who needs to hear it. Chapters (00:00:00) - Welcome Home: Restored Church(00:00:36) - God's work in Matthew(00:02:27) - When Things Don't Go Your Way, How to Respond?(00:06:27) - Cain and Abel(00:11:11) - Cain Turns Heel in The Book of Genesis(00:14:30) - God's Love for Cain ((00:21:03) - When God Says No, Do You Need to Listen?(00:23:33) - Why God's No to Cain Is Revealing(00:28:15) - The Sin of Cain(00:34:09) - God's Warning to Cain(00:37:03) - Drawbridge of the Relationship(00:43:52) - Jesus Stays Open to You(00:49:55) - Bringing Your Complaint to God(00:57:25) - God's Love for the Sick

Every business owner hits a point where the tax questions start stacking up. Can I deduct this? Should I switch to an S Corp? Is this still a business if I have not made money yet? And what happens if I did something before I had my systems set up the right way?In this episode, Mike opens the floor to questions from business owners and breaks down the tax answers behind them. From zero-activity LLC filings and Schedule C concerns to family payroll planning, vehicle deductions, and rental strategies like the Augusta Rule, this episode covers the practical decisions that shape how much tax you pay and how well your strategy holds up. 

What happens when GPS goes down: jammed, spoofed, or completely denied?In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Michael Biercuk, founder and CEO of Q-CTRL, to explore one of the most surprising breakthroughs in quantum technology: quantum navigation.While most of the quantum world is focused on computing, Q-CTRL is building something entirely different: AI-powered quantum sensing systems that can navigate aircraft, drones, and vehicles without GPS.Even more surprising? This technology didn't exist just over a year ago. Now it's already shipping.You'll learn:• How quantum sensors can “see” invisible features of the Earth• Why magnetic and gravitational fields enable GPS-free navigation• How this system achieves 100x better accuracy than current GPS alternatives• Why it works in environments where other systems fail (clouds, water, darkness, interference)• The role of AI software in stabilizing fragile quantum systems in real-world conditions• What this means for aviation, defense, and the future of autonomous systemsThis is a deep dive into a fast-moving frontier where quantum meets real-world deployment, and it's happening faster than almost anyone expected.⸻Guest:• Michael Biercuk, Founder & CEO, Q-CTRL• Company: Q-CTRL • Website: https://q-ctrl.com⸻

In this episode, Matt & Lauren share strategies for how to find, research, and hire the best possible freelancers to help you bring your book to life. Whether you need help with editing, formatting, designing, or marketing, these guidelines can help you assemble your dream team for long-term publishing success! We talk through steps like: Understanding different types of freelancers The three best places to start your search (and research)Narrowing your pool of applicants to a shortlist of top candidatesListen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch the video episode on YouTube!Dive Deeper

If you're not currently following a diet but want to start losing body fat, this livestream breaks down exactly how I would set up a fat loss diet from scratch. I design diets for clients every day, and in this stream I walk through the step-by-step process I use to get someone started the right way. After the main discussion we open things up to a live Q&A covering dieting, training, PEDs, and real-world bodybuilding questions. In this livestream we cover: • How I determine starting food • The first nutrition changes I make with clients • Protein, carbs, and fats for fat loss • Structuring meals for adherence • When to add cardio • When to add PEDs • The biggest mistakes people make starting a diet • How I adjust a diet when progress stalls This stream is especially helpful if you're not following a plan yet and want to get lean for summer or start a proper fat loss phase. I work with bodybuilders and physique athletes helping them improve their training, nutrition, and PED protocols. This is the same approach I use when setting up diets for clients. If you're watching the replay, drop your questions in the comments — what's the biggest challenge you have when trying to lose body fat? 0:00 Fat Loss Diet Setup from Scratch (AMA Start) 4:45 How to Start a Fat Loss Diet for Beginners 13:00 Insulin + Retatrutide for Cutting (Safe or Not?) 16:15 Signs You're Doing Too Much in the Gym 24:50 Do You Need a Dedicated Arm Day? 27:30 High Carb Diet with Insulin Around Training 35:24 Can You Build a Diet with Only 3 Meals? 40:05 Bodybuilding in Your 30s vs 20s (Key Differences) 49:00 Using Winstrol During a Cutting Phase 54:55 $100 Super Chat Reaction 1:10:55 SLU-PP-332 & BAM15 for Fat Loss Explained 1:18:20 Best Protein Deals Right Now (True Nutrition) 1:20:16 Low Dose Tren for Offseason Muscle Growth 1:22:30 Fixing Low Blood Sugar During Workouts 1:26:30 Why Poor Sleep Is Killing Your Progress 1:29:00 How to Bring Up Your Chest on Push Pull Legs 1:38:00 How Long Can You Run 300mg Testosterone? 1:41:30 How to Structure a Deload Week Properly 1:47:00 Clenbuterol Fat Loss Protocol Explained 1:53:20 Crashing Estrogen on Equipoise (What Happens) 1:55:20 How to Improve HDL Cholesterol on Cycle 2:00:00 Can You Build Muscle in a Calorie Deficit? 2:10:00 Fast Acting Insulin Pre-Workout Use 2:19:00 Growth Hormone + MK-677 Stack Explained 2:22:20 PSA Levels Increasing on Cycle (What to Know) 2:24:00 What We're Watching Right Now 2:32:30 Best Test, EQ, Deca Ratios for Cycles 2:35:00 What Happened to the Podcast on Spotify Follow me at Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1/ Reach out for coaching here : mcnallydiets@gmail.com

Who pays on the first date? When should you talk about money in a relationship? How do you split finances with your partner — and what happens when you don't? Sabrina sits down with Jean and Cherie, the Tiger Sisters, to tackle every uncomfortable money question in dating and relationships — from first-date expectations and financial red flags to prenups, combining finances, and protecting yourself before marriage. If you've ever avoided "the money talk" with someone you're dating, this episode is your wake-up call. The Tiger Sisters bring their Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and business school backgrounds to break down the business side of love — why financial independence matters (especially for women), how to set boundaries around money without killing the romance, and why who you choose to marry is the single most important decision you'll ever make. Whether you're single, dating, or already in a relationship, this conversation will change how you think about love, money, and building a life with the right partner. Close the Loop: Mastering 2026 Dating Live Practice + Q&A with Sabrina Zohar I'm hosting a free live session on March 4, and this is the last one I'm planning for a long time. If dating keeps ending the same way and you can't figure out why, this is for you.

Send a textIn this episode of the Wealthy Way podcast, Ryan Pineda and Robuilt debate whether Airbnb is truly “dead,” with Robuilt arguing that while the easy-money era is over, hosts who invest heavily in design, unique experiences, and smart market selection can still build highly profitable short-term rental businesses.⁣⁣Connect with Robuilt - ⁣https://www.funkitinteriors.com⁣https://www.youtube.com/c/Robuilt⁣https://www.instagram.com/robuilt/⁣__________⁣If you want to start your real estate investing business, we'll give you 1:1 coaching, seller leads, software, & everything you need. https://www.wealthyinvestor.com⁣⁣Join our private mastermind for elite business leaders who golf. https://www.mastermind19.com⁣⁣Join free Bible studies and workshops for Christian business leaders. https://www.tentmakers.us⁣__________⁣CHAPTERS: ⁣0:00 - Airbnb Is Dead? Robuilt Responds.⁣9:01 - The $400K Austin Bachelorette House Case Study.⁣14:20 - Do You Need a Theme to Win on Airbnb?⁣23:53 - Are Vacation Markets Like the Smoky Mountains Oversaturated?⁣33:36 - Picky Guests, Bad Reviews & Airbnb Delisting Drama.⁣35:55 - How to Build Direct Bookings & Email Lists.⁣45:15 - Airbnb Delisted His Mansion⁣54:23 - Should You Go Passive? Syndications vs Owning Yourself.⁣1:05:58 - BiggerPockets Exit & Private Equity Changes.⁣1:14:46 - Is Copywriting Dead in the Age of AI?Learn how to invest in real estate with the Cashflow 2.0 System! Your business in a box with 1:1 coaching, motivated seller leads, & softwares. https://www.wealthyinvestor.com/Want to work 1:1 with Ryan Pineda? Apply at ryanpineda.comJoin our FREE community, weekly calls, and bible studies for Christian entrepreneurs and business people. https://tentmakers.us/Want to grow your business and network with elite entrepreneurs on world-class golf courses? Apply now to join Mastermind19 – Ryan Pineda's private golf mastermind for high-level founders and dealmakers. www.mastermind19.com--- About Ryan Pineda: Ryan Pineda has been in the real estate industry since 2010 and has invested in over $100,000,000 of real estate. He has completed over 700 flips and wholesales, and he owns over 650 rental units. As an entrepreneur, he has founded seven different businesses that have generated 7-8 figures of revenue. Ryan has amassed over 2 million followers on social media and has generated over 1 billion views online. Starting as a minor league baseball player making less than $2,000 a month, Ryan is now worth over $100 million. He shares his experiences in building wealth and believes that anyone can change their life with real estate investing. ...