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Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast we are returning to our roots as a podcast and talking about intuitive eating and movement. We explore the harmful mindset of using exercise as punishment for eating. We look at how diet culture connects food and movement in toxic ways. Lastly, how to shift toward a loving, intuitive relationship with your body and movement.In this Feed Your Soul with Kim episode we look at: 1) How exercise as punishment destroys motivation to move2) Reframing exercise as "movement" helps disconnect it from the calorie-burning, punishment mindset3) 4 questions to ask yourself about your relationship with food and exercise Time stamp:[0:00] Intro and episode overview: moving your body because you care for it vs. exercising to punish yourself[0:40] What it means to "burn off what you ate": the guilt-driven cycle of eating, feeling bad, and exercising to compensate[1:40] Why "exercise as punishment" makes us not want to move at all, the last thing to recover in eating disorder work is healthy movement[2:20] Reframing the question: "What would feel good for my body today?" instead of "How many calories do I need to burn?"[2:50] What today's episode covers: why we feel we need to burn off food, how exercise becomes punishment, the connection between movement/body image/diet culture, and how to move your body from a place of love[4:30] "What does it mean when exercise becomes punishment?" =common self-talk: "I was bad yesterday," "I can't skip my workout," "I don't deserve to eat unless I've exercised"[7:00] Why we feel we have to burn off what we eat: labeling foods as "bad," eating as something to compensate for, and the exhausting restrict → overeat → guilt → exercise → restrict cycle[10:50] Exercise and body image: how workout culture reinforces "paying the price" for how your body looks, and how this kills motivation to move[13:15] Shifting from "I need to fix my body" to "I love my body and want to feel good in it"[13:45] Reimagining healthy movement: asking what your body needs, what kind of movement you enjoy, and following what makes you feel strong (Kim's shift from HIIT to yoga and stand-up paddleboard)[15:50] The importance of rest as part of healthy movement, getting off the constant activity hamster wheel[16:45] Kim's personal story: not eating and then running in college, diet centers that tied food allowance to exercise, and how she healed her relationship with movement[19:20] The connection to intuitive eating: learning to trust your body again[20:00] Doables = questions to ask yourself:1. Why am I exercising right now? Am I doing it because I feel guilty about what I've eaten?2. What does my body really need or want; movement, rest, food, water, sleep, connection? And if movement, what kind?3. Can I remove food from this equation and disconnect physical movement from "paying the price" for eating?[22:00] Closing message: You don't have to earn your food, you don't have to punish yourself for eating, and you don't have to hate your body to take care of it. Movement is fun, it provides strength, energy, and stress relief. Please note this podcast is not a substitute for mental health therapy or seeing your physician. Please see a qualified professional if you think you have mental health struggles. Get your Downloadable copy of How to Choose Your Right Therapisthttps://go.feedyoursoulunlimited.com/choosetherapist-completeguide Here are some links we discussed:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-1-lets-get-started-learn-the-six-core/id1473042304?i=1000444533080https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4-intuitive-eating-the-answer-to-ending-overeating-dieting/id1473042304?i=1000444533079Connect with KimTherapy: https://feedyoursoultherapy.com/Coaching: https://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTuSnNrSDhLvbhxoTMXZgog Kim McLaughlin, MAKim McLaughlin is a psychotherapist. coach, speaker, and author. She helps people who feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and overloaded, and it shows up in feeling unsatisfied in your life. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology. Kim is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, helping people to gain peace with food. We would love to get your feedback on this show and let us know what you would like to hear about in upcoming shows. Email us at info@FeedYourSoulUnlimited.com Thank you for listening.Please be sure to leave a review for others to find us and share this podcast with a friend.Join us for more conversation at:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/feedyoursoulunlimited/@feedyoursoulunlimitedWebsite:http://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/We would love it if you would leave us a 5 star review on your favorite platform.Thanks for listening to the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast.
To mark the 26th anniversary of DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio, this week's broadcast features a favorite track from each year of the show, starting with 1999—it's a mix of club bangers and deep scene cuts. I hope you'll give it a listen and thank you for your continued support as I begin year 27! DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 27 September 2026 26th Anniversary Broadcast Wolfsheim, “Once in a Lifetime” St. Eve, “No Human Words” Project Pitchfork, “Timekiller” Covenant, “Call the Ships to Port” The Empire Hideous, “Bound to Happen” The Deep Eynde, “Suicide Drive” Accessory, “Bad Conditions” Angelspit, “Wreack Havoc” Xandria, “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie” Ayria, “The Gun Song” Noisuf-x, “Hit Me Hard” Rotersand, “Wasted Wings” Dismantled, “The Whole Wide World” Stromkern, “Ruin(ed)” Skinny Puppy, “illisit” Seeming, “The Burial” GoFight!, “The Funk” Youth Code, “Lost at Sea” [x]-Rx, “Lightning Strike” Musta Paraati, “Digital Twin” Panic Priest, “Sideways” Deadlights, “The Host” Faderhead, “All Black Everything” ESA, “One Missed Call” Black Rose Burning, “Ad Astra” Peter Murphy & Boy George, “Let the Flowers Grow” Aesthetic Perfection, “We Bring the Beat” Mesh, “Kill Us With Silence” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio
Excellent Dark Nation Radio show for you this week featuring new material from Boy Harsher, Priest, Dismantled, Golden Apes, Mind.In.A.Box, Ductape, DommeNation, Bagger 258, Gamma Vortex, Torul, SRK, Golden Apes, and Grendel! Also, two important upcoming shows: This Sunday, September 27th, Dark Nation will be celebrating its 26th anniversary with a special show featuring one favorite track from each year, starting with 2001. Then, please plan to join me on Sunday October 27th for the annual three-hour Halloween show. Thank you for your support! DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 20 September 2026 Dismantled, “Zero” Empathy Test, “Incubation” Wingtips, “Crystal Clear” Omen Code, “Atrophy” Crush of Souls, “Souls Apart” Boy Harsher, “Falling” Pixel Grip, “Reason to Stay (Curses remix)” Gamma Vortex, “Destroy” Ruined Conflict, “The War is Coming” Priest, “Minions” Mind.In.A.Box, “Rebuild” Torul, “And Breathe” Azam Ali, “This House is on Fire” Solitary Experiments, “The Great Unknown” Depeche Mode, “Never Let Me Go” Grendel, “Dominion” SRK, “Spitfire” A Place Both Wonderful and Strange, “Shedding Velvet” Golden Apes, “Resistance” Ductape, “Delilik” Low Sunday, “You Lost Yourself” Neo Dimes, “How to Love” DommeNation, “Locktober” Bagger 258, Der Technokrat (The Saint Paul remix)” IAMX, “Body Politics” Kat Robichaud, “M” Her Despair, “Like a Crucifixion” Second Still, “Automata” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast we discuss why setting boundaries feels uncomfortable, how people-pleasing contributes to saying yes when you mean no, and why guilt doesn't necessarily mean a boundary is wrong. We look at boundaries as a form of mental health care and that lacking them can lead to overwhelm, anxiety, depression, exhaustion, and disconnection from personal needs. In this Feed Your Soul with Kim episode we look at · Common people-pleasing patterns· Number 1 feeling that stops boundaries· What you want to look for in your boundariesBefore you automatically say yes…Center yourself in your needs and desires.Ask yourself if you really want to do this?Ask yourself if you have the capacity to do this?Consider if you are saying yes because you want to or because you're afraid of someone's reaction?I'm not sure, let me get back to you. 00:00 Welcome and Topic Setup00:54 Why Boundaries Feel Hard05:42 People Pleasing Patterns08:37 Real Life Boundary Example10:42 Healthy Boundaries Mindset11:35 Guilt Does Not Mean Wrong13:46 Simple Boundary Scripts16:38 Hell Yes or No Rule18:40 Boundary Pause Questions22:25 Practice Small Steps23:41 Wrap Up and Share24:59 Subscribe and Disclaimer Please note this podcast is not a substitute for mental health therapy or seeing your physician. Please see a qualified professional if you think you have mental health struggles. Get your Downloadable copy of How to Choose Your Right Therapisthttps://go.feedyoursoulunlimited.com/choosetherapist-completeguide Here are some links we discussed:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/136-the-missing-pieces-of-mental-health-6-pillars/id1473042304?i=1000772847927Connect with KimTherapy: https://feedyoursoultherapy.com/Coaching: https://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTuSnNrSDhLvbhxoTMXZgog Kim McLaughlin, MAKim McLaughlin is a psychotherapist. coach, speaker, and author. She helps people who feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and overloaded, and it shows up in feeling unsatisfied in your life. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology. Kim is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, helping people to gain peace with food. We would love to get your feedback on this show and let us know what you would like to hear about in upcoming shows. Email us at info@FeedYourSoulUnlimited.com Thank you for listening.Please be sure to leave a review for others to find us and share this podcast with a friend.Join us for more conversation at:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/feedyoursoulunlimited/@feedyoursoulunlimitedWebsite:http://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/We would love it if you would leave us a 5 star review on your favorite platform.Thanks for listening to the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast.
DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio is my weekly dark music broadcast, approaching its 26th year. I lean very heavily into new and recent releases, so it is a good way to discover new bands. However, it should appeal to fans Siouxsie & the Banshees, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, Front 242, Nine Inch Nails, Love & Rockets, The Cure, and so on. This week's Dark Nation Radio features new tracks from bands including Lords of Acid, Blood.Twin, PIG, Fernando's Eyes, iamnoone, Unter Strøm, A Shoreline Dream, The Cassandra Complex, Analog Dream, Horror Vacui, and Then Comes Silence. I hope you'll give it a spin! DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 13 September 2026 Lords of Acid, “Ich Will Nur Dass” Yuzna, “Saving Coraline” Ritual Howls, “Love Cuts” Horror Vacui, “Distressed” The City Gates, “Sing Coven Sing” Still Patient?, “Dance on My Grave” Hangwire, “Wither” Nox Novacula, “Disappear” Blood.Twin, “I Feel Happy” Nyx Division, “Desert Rose” Dark Side Cowboys, “Landmark” Then Comes Silence, “Remaker Redeemer” iamnoone, “F.O.M.T.” Requiem in White, “Suffer and Sleep” David Galas, “Pillar of Sorrow” The Awakening, “Midnight Mirror” Plezzure, “Death 2 La Migra” Caustic, “Rhythm is a Cancer” [x] – Rx, “Riot” Suicide Commando, “Hellraiser” Unter Strøm, “Fragment” Fernando's Eyes, “Room on Fire” Purwein & Kowa, “Eyes of Aragon (CRED mix)” Sisters of Black Mountain, “Spirits of the Dead” The Gathering, “Teardrop Parade” The Black Veils, “This is Going to Hurt” PIG, “Your Reptilian Overlord Presents (Cyanotic remix)” Analog Dream, “Dystopian” A Shoreline Dream, “20” Janosch Moldau, “The Things That Couldn't Be” The Cassandra Complex, “Penny Century” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast we talk about the real barriers to why we know what we need to do and we just can't make ourselves do it. Repeatedly there is a knowledge of what to do and the “should's”, but we just can get into action. Kim's shares her personal story: how grief and responsibilities led to an 8-month podcast hiatus, and how self-compassion (not self-criticism) helped her move forward.In this episode of the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast we will discuss:The real barriers behind procrastination. Four reasons you might know what to do but still not do itWhy productivity "hacks" only work long-term once the deeper emotional blocks are addressed - 0:00 — Intro & episode overview- 0:39 — Episode topic introduced- 4:55 — Reason 1: Anxiety can make it hard to act- 11:08 — Reason 2: Self-sabotage "what am I protecting myself from?"- 12:22 — Reason 3: Rebelling against the "shoulds"- 15:44 — Reason 4: Self-love as the missing piece- 19:15 — Why hacks only work after inner work is done- 21:29 — Kim's personal story: her father's death and stepping back from the podcast- 26:21 — Practical steps you can take today- 28:27 — Outro, follow & review request Please note this podcast is not a substitute for mental health therapy or seeing your physician. Please see a qualified professional if you think you have mental health struggles. Get your Downloadable copy of How to Choose Your Right Therapisthttps://go.feedyoursoulunlimited.com/choosetherapist-completeguide Here are some links we discussed:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/136-the-missing-pieces-of-mental-health-6-pillars/id1473042304?i=1000772847927 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/141-self-love-isnt-selfish-why-being-kinder-to-yourself/id1473042304?i=1000787038956 Connect with KimTherapy: https://feedyoursoultherapy.com/Coaching: https://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTuSnNrSDhLvbhxoTMXZgog Kim McLaughlin, MAKim McLaughlin is a psychotherapist. coach, speaker, and author. She helps people who feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and overloaded, and it shows up in feeling unsatisfied in your life. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology. Kim is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, helping people to gain peace with food. We would love to get your feedback on this show and let us know what you would like to hear about in upcoming shows. Email us at info@FeedYourSoulUnlimited.com Thank you for listening.Please be sure to leave a review for others to find us and share this podcast with a friend.Join us for more conversation at:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/feedyoursoulunlimited/@feedyoursoulunlimitedWebsite:http://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/We would love it if you would leave us a 5 star review on your favorite platform.Thanks for listening to the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast.
This week's edition of DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio is ready for streaming and features new releases from bands including PIG, The Cassandra Complex, Hexxes, Gamma Vortex, Extize, NNHMN, Distopiarch, Kabuki Love, and Circuit Preacher. I hope you'll give it a listen! DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 6 September 2026 The Cassandra Complex, “The War Against Sleep” PIG, “Infidel (Rabbit Junk remix)” Distopiarch, “This is Not a Test” Agency-V, “Pray for the Sun” Peter Murphy, “Sailmaker's Charm” Encephalon, “Automaton All Along” Kodeseven, “In Black” Ashes Fallen, “At the End of All Things” Primitive Radio Gods, “Standing Outside a Broken Telephone Booth With Money in My Hand” Circuit Preacher, “Bloodthirsty” Life in Sodom, “Night Day” Replicant, “Unable to Feed” Absurd Minds, “Promised Land” A Spell Inside, “Brighter Than The Sun” Aeronaut V, “The One Who Got Away” Scheuber, “Déjà-Vu” NNHMN, “Touch Me” Extize, “Buenos Dias Mi Amore” Melllo, “A Sign” Hexxes, “Possession” Kabuki Love, “The Wolf Dance” Gamma Vortex, “Staring at the Wall” Dead Lights, “Gravity” Antigen Shift ft. Encephalon, “The Fog” The Cure, “A Fragile Thing (Sally C remix)” MORE, “The Trial (Club mix)” Hot Hail!, “Something Good” Ships in the Night, “Some of Those Dreams” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio
Send us Fan MailPeople are often kinder to others than to themselves, using harsh self-criticism to stay motivated actually increases anxiety, overwhelm, shame, and low self-worth. We discuss how the inner critic fuels stress and inadequacy, urges listeners to speak to themselves as they would to a loved one or child, and shares an example of a high-achieving woman who made amends yet stayed stuck in self-blame. Join us on the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast as we discuss:Why self-love con be interpreted as selfish.How you can reframe criticism with compassion AND accountability.Learn about a Self-Love Reset. 00:00 Welcome and Topic01:22 Your Inner Voice03:40 Self Love Isn't Selfish08:09 Self Love vs Self Care10:15 Compassionate Self Talk12:12 Inner Critic and Shame15:17 Accountability Without Attack18:42 Self Love Reset Steps20:27 Closing and Disclaimer Please note this podcast is not a substitute for mental health therapy or seeing your physician. Please see a qualified professional if you think you have mental health struggles. Get your Downloadable copy of How to Choose Your Right Therapisthttps://go.feedyoursoulunlimited.com/choosetherapist-completeguide Here are some links we discussed:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/136-the-missing-pieces-of-mental-health-6-pillars/id1473042304?i=1000772847927 Connect with KimTherapy: https://feedyoursoultherapy.com/Coaching: https://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTuSnNrSDhLvbhxoTMXZgog Kim McLaughlin, MAKim McLaughlin is a psychotherapist. coach, speaker, and author. She helps people who feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and overloaded, and it shows up in feeling unsatisfied in your life. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology. Kim is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, helping people to gain peace with food. We would love to get your feedback on this show and let us know what you would like to hear about in upcoming shows. Email us at info@FeedYourSoulUnlimited.com Thank you for listening.Please be sure to leave a review for others to find us and share this podcast with a friend. Join us for more conversation at:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/feedyoursoulunlimited/@feedyoursoulunlimitedWebsite:http://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/We would love it if you would leave us a 5 star review on your favorite platform.Thanks for listening to the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast.
New Ministry, Echo & the Bunnymen, Chelsea Wolfe, Tears for the Dying, Eye New Dark, SIIE, Motivic, Lone Assembly, The Hellflowers, and Rosetta Stone are in the mix as part of this week's Dark Nation Radio. Enjoy and thanks for your support! DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 30 August 2026 The Sisters of Mercy, “Jolene” Lone Assembly , “The Pain Keeper” mesh, “Kill Us With Silence” Dommenation, “Say Yes to Me” BLACKBOOK, “Unlovable (Thank You for Hating)” Frenchy and the Punk, “War on War” Rosetta Stone, “Shadowban” Ministry, “We Hate” Motivic, “In the Mix” SIIE, “Sabotage (Madd Rod mix)” Eye New Dark, “Eyes in the Dark” SINE, “Blood + Wine” Hunter As a Horse, “Here's to All the Ones” The Penthouse Plants, “The End of Anna” Palindrones, “Kryne Lamiya” Plastic Estate, “Meet You There” marsheaux, “Never Stop” Tears for the Dying, “World's End” Chelsea Wolfe, “Seethe” ES23, “Mutatio” NØIR, “When the Rains Came” The Fair Attempts, “Anniversary of Our Destruction” Informatik, “My True Love” Dogtablet, “Twenty Six Streets Down” Echo & the Bunnymen, “Brussels is Haunted” The Hellflowers, “Wild Ones” ESSES, “Pierce This Feeling” A Projection, “Something Whole” Buzzkill, “Après La Pluie” The Spoiled, “Not My Cure” Rocky Horror Picture Show, “Don't Dream It, Be It” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio
Mickie Kennedy - eReleases On Good PR: "Every time you're getting ready to issue a press release that you feel is meaningful to you, think about how can I make it meaningful for that audience person, making them want to read it, make it easier for a journalist to say, yeah, I think my audience would love to hear that." When a woman starts a business and/ or becomes successful, often she does this with pain that has been quelling in her for years. As an entrepreneur, we push through pain, but eventually it may be time to address Advertising is expensive and doesn't always move the needle. Marketing as a whole has many options, and PR is one of them. You see, sharing a press release is taking the steps to get your business out of the paid world of eyeballs and into the world of eyeballs that pay to see you. That is a much better place to be. But how do you get in the news? What are the rules of the game for writing and sending these press releases, and who do you send them to? Mickie Kennedy has eReleases, a press release company that caters to the small business that wants to grow, knows the value of press releases, yet has no idea where to start and certainly doesn't have the connections in the journalism world to Enjoy! Visit Mickie at: https://www.ereleases.com/ Sponsors: Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service, phone answering for small businesses: https://callsoncall.com Some videos have been recorded with Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_5&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=james-kademan Podcast Overview: 00:00 Improving media strategy overnight 06:10 Basics of a Press Release 07:18 How journalists find stories 13:22 Exploiting AI with press releases 16:00 Challenges with AI in literary writing 18:50 Crafting impactful press quotes 23:43 Media consumption through newswires 27:26 Journalists adapting to digital changes 29:29 AI in Journalism: Current Challenges 32:26 Importance of trade publications 35:59 Choosing the right PR firm 39:40 Turning losses into profits 45:00 Media headlines and interpretations 47:02 Discussing marketing and clickbait headlines 51:12 Getting meaningful survey responses 54:15 Being the contrarian in your industry Podcast Transcription: Mickie Kennedy [00:00:00]: We work with all different types of verticals. We work with authors, used to be mostly self-published authors, but over the past, I would say, 12 to 14 years, we work with a lot of traditionally published authors as well. You know, everything under the sun. We work with a lot of people who appear on Shark Tank, people doing side businesses, hoping that it'll turn into something. Everybody's out there trying to get a little attention and find a way in which they can make press releases work for them. James Kademan [00:00:25]: What is a press release? A press release? Mickie Kennedy [00:00:27]: Basically, it's an announcement to the media. I always tell people, if you are looking to work for— with a PR firm, you want to make sure that you choose one that is in your industry. The biggest mistake that I see and the most amount of money that I've seen people waste is working with a local PR firm thinking that that was the way to go when they should have chosen a PR firm that focused on their industry. James Kademan [00:00:55]: You have found Authentic Business Adventures, the business program that brings you the struggle stories and triumphant successes of business owners across the land. Downloadable audio episodes can be found on the podcast link found at drawincustomers.com. We are locally underwritten by the Bank of Sun Prairie, Calls on Call Extraordinary Answering Service, as well as the Bold Business Book. And today we're welcoming slash preparing to learn from Mickey Kennedy of eReleases. Mickey, how is it going today? Mickie Kennedy [00:01:23]: Good, good. James Kademan [00:01:25]: Excellent. And tell me, we're talking about press releases for businesses, is that right? Mickie Kennedy [00:01:31]: That's correct, yes. James Kademan [00:01:32]: All right, tell me a story. What is eReleases? Mickie Kennedy [00:01:36]: So, uh, we are a press release distribution company. We send releases out over PR Newswire, which is the oldest and national press release newswire here in the United States. It's basically a duopoly, PR Newswire, then Business Wire. And we have been in business since 1998. We send out about a little over 10,000 press releases a year, giving mostly small businesses, entrepreneurs, startups access to the Wire at a huge discount because the Wire charges about $2,000 for a national press release going out of 600 words or so. And with us, it's about a third of that price. Wow. James Kademan [00:02:17]: All right. And how— tell me about the discount. How were you able to pull that off? Mickie Kennedy [00:02:23]: Because when they reached out to us years ago, they were really trying to promote like a city distribution. And I'm like, well, my clients are really looking for national media attention. And we kept communicating and I went and met their editorial team. And the one thing I noticed is They have an editorial team overnight, but they don't do much, they said. They said, we have to be there in case there's breaking news or, you know, something happens. And I was just like, well, what if I set up all my press releases for next business day so you could set them up overnight? Wouldn't cost you any additional labor. And they also looked at my customer profile, which is really small businesses, mostly people whose budgets are $2,000 or $3,000 a year. their salespeople would not reach out or want to recruit any customers like that. Mickie Kennedy [00:03:13]: They're going for Fortune 500 companies. They're looking for people who are spending $20,000 to $40,000 a year. So in that way, it was just found money for them. And doing 10,000+ releases a year, it's still a significant amount of money that we're sending them, but it is a huge discount. And, you know, some of our customers do graduate and become much larger, and then we just introduce them directly to PR Newswire and they can work directly with them. James Kademan [00:03:40]: Sure. I suppose if the PR actually works the way a business owner wants it to work, then we hope they graduate up. Mickie Kennedy [00:03:46]: Yeah, absolutely. James Kademan [00:03:48]: Right on. Is there a certain vertical of industry that you typically work with? Mickie Kennedy [00:03:52]: We work with all different types of verticals. We work with authors, used to be mostly self-published authors, but over the past, I would say, 12 to 14 years, we work with a lot of traditionally published authors as well. Seems like the publishers aren't doing marketing anymore, even for established presses and publishers that you've heard of. And so, you know, everything under the sun. We work with a lot of people who appear on Shark Tank. The producers recommend that they do a press release before their episode airs, and we get mentioned quite a bit as a good place for them to send their releases. And so, you know, I think that everything under the sun is who we work with. You know, people doing side businesses, hoping that it'll turn into something. Mickie Kennedy [00:04:39]: You know, people who have small businesses that might have 20 or 30 employees. Employees or even more mid-sized companies moving from there. But I would say it's a pretty mix across all different types of industries. We see everything from technology to, like, you know, waste management to, you know, really, you know, a local carpet company in New Jersey. So everybody's out there trying to, you know, get a little attention and find a way in which they can make press releases work for them. James Kademan [00:05:09]: Sure. How do people end up— or business owners, I should say— how do they end up finding you? Mickie Kennedy [00:05:15]: So a lot of it is either word of mouth or they're doing searches. And, you know, they'll come across us as maybe a blog post that we've written. We've been in business for a long time, so we have over 1,000 articles out there. We also advertise on Google and some other places. But I think You know, I would say probably half of all new customers are just direct referrals. And so someone has suggested they give us a try and, you know, they reach out to us. It's more consultative because a lot of people don't know how it works. So they'll either call and speak to one of our editors or chat or email with us. Mickie Kennedy [00:05:56]: And we walk people through their first press release and their first PR campaign on a a weekly basis. James Kademan [00:06:03]: Sure. Let's lay down the foundation of press releases just so that people understand. What is a press release? Mickie Kennedy [00:06:10]: Basically, it's an announcement to the media. It's usually written in the third person. If you're writing in the first person, it's usually a quote, a company quote, or someone being quoted in, in the press release. They're generally— you've probably seen they say for immediate release at the top. They might have a dateline with the city, state, and the date of distribution. And there's usually a media contact towards the bottom, someone that the media could contact if they have more questions or if they need something a little more specific, like, hey, I really like this, but I'd like to get a quote around this topic, you know, and do you feel like that would be a good fit? So, you know, that's what it is. It's a lot of these just go out on a regular basis. Publicly traded companies have to issue these types of things just to keep their public informed about it so that investors don't feel like they're, you know, something happens that's significant and they weren't notified or given some kind of,...
Send us Fan Mail How do you know if it is time to go to therapy? Do you know if you need therapy? These are good questions and the answer is, it depends. We tend to think that therapy is for people who are in severe and urgent crisis when you most certainly need to seek out counseling or immediate crisis services. There are more subtle signs you shouldn't ignore where therapy can be of great help. Kim offers self-check in questions, encourages you to find a good fit therapist and get mental health support. Join us on the podcast as we discuss:When you must seek therapy and crisis help immediately10 subtle signs that you could benefit from therapyLearn some questions to ask yourself to see if therapy could help you 00:00 Welcome and Episode Topic00:00 Crisis Warning Signs00:00 Sign 1 Big Emotions00:00 Sign 2 Same Problems00:00 Sign 3 Life Feels Flat00:00 Sign 4 Anxiety Loop10:09 Sign 5 Draining Relationships11:47 Sign 6 Major Transitions12:57 Sign 7 Coping Behaviors15:35 Sign 8 Feeling Stuck16:51 Sign 9 Others Notice18:36 Sign 10 Thinking About Therapy19:47 Self Check Questions21:00 Finding the Right Therapist22:03 How to Get Help and Wrap Up Please note this podcast is not a substitute for mental health therapy or seeing your physician. Please see a qualified professional if you think you have mental health struggles. Get your Downloadable copy of How to Choose Your Right Therapisthttps://go.feedyoursoulunlimited.com/choosetherapist-completeguideHere are some links we discussed:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/136-the-missing-pieces-of-mental-health-6-pillars/id1473042304?i=1000772847927 Connect with KimTherapy: https://feedyoursoultherapy.com/Coaching: https://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTuSnNrSDhLvbhxoTMXZgog Kim McLaughlin, MAKim McLaughlin is a psychotherapist. coach, speaker, and author. She helps people who feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and overloaded, and it shows up in feeling unsatisfied in your life. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology. Kim is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, helping people to gain peace with food. We would love to get your feedback on this show and let us know what you would like to hear about in upcoming shows. Email us at info@FeedYourSoulUnlimited.com Thank you for listening.Please be sure to leave a review for others to find us and share this podcast with a friend.Join us for more conversation at:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/feedyoursoulunlimited/@feedyoursoulunlimitedWebsite:http://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/We would love it if you would leave us a 5 star review on your favorite platform.Thanks for listening to the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast.
The annual Dark Nation Radio UNDER COVER show can now be streamed and downloaded—two hours of dark scene (and adjacent) bands covering their favorites. I hope you'll give this one a spin because it's a fun show! Among those in the mix are Faith & the Muse, Suspiria, Leaetherstrip, The Cult, Rasputina, Black Rose Burning, PIG, Urban Heat, Bauhaus, Front Line Assembly, The Sisters of Mercy, Rosegarden Funeral Party, and KMFDM. Stream, share, enjoy! Thank you for your support for DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio. DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 23 August 2026 Faith & the Muse, “Running Up that Hill” Kill Shelter, “She's in Parties” Samsas Traum, “Terra Titanic” Leaetherstrip, “White Horse” Front Line Assembly, “Amadeus” Beauty for Ashes, “Stand Back” Frenchy and the Punk, “Cities in Dust” The Cult, “Born to Be Wild” Malia J, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Anna Calvi, “Red Right Hand” Suspiria, “Goodbye 70s” Dead on a Sunday, “Bloody Mary” The Newton Brothers ft. Macy Gray, “Wicked Game” Bauhaus, “Ziggy Stardust” The Sisters of Mercy, “Gimme Shelter” Rasputina, “Wish You Were Here” Black Rose Burning, “Ever Fallen in Love” Urban Heat, “Goodbye Horses” [Rein]forced ft. Interface, “Butterfly Wings” The Blue Hour, “Christian Says” Rosegarden Funeral Party, “Mercy Street” Zeromancer, “Send Me an Angel” PIG, “Head Like a Hole” Xenturion Prime, “Dust in the Wind” Marsheaux, “Leave in Silence” Unwoman, “I Know Its Over” Vempire, “Pet Sematary” KMFDM, “These Boots Were Made for Walking” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio onradio T
Send us Fan MailWe are talking about 10 simple, realistic “micro-wellness” habits to support mental health without feeling overwhelmed. Often wellness habits are suggested as large, complicated tasks to be completed at a set time and schedule. Today we are emphasizing starting small and acting right away. Wellness habits are not a replacement for therapy, but they are a fantastic way to increase your daily wellness. Join us on the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast as we discuss:What are the 6 pillars of mental healthWhat are the 10 micro tools to increase your mental wellnessDiscover the 1% Mental Wellness Challenge 00:00 Welcome and Episode Goal00:45 Start Small Mindset02:15 Six Pillars Overview05:04 Therapy Disclaimer05:46 Micro Wellness Concept09:51 Body Micro Habits14:51 Thoughts and Emotions Tools18:56 Gratitude Practice21:14 Boundaries and Energy23:03 Connection and Relationships24:26 Music for Regulation28:00 One Percent Challenge Wrap31:58 Closing and Share Please note this podcast is not a substitute for mental health therapy or seeing your physician. Please see a qualified professional if you think you have mental health struggles. Get your Downloadable copy of How to Choose Your Right Therapisthttps://go.feedyoursoulunlimited.com/choosetherapist-completeguide Here are some links we discussed:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/136-the-missing-pieces-of-mental-health-6-pillars/id1473042304?i=1000772847927 Connect with KimTherapy: https://feedyoursoultherapy.com/Coaching: https://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTuSnNrSDhLvbhxoTMXZgog Kim McLaughlin, MAKim McLaughlin is a psychotherapist. coach, speaker, and author. She helps people who feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and overloaded, and it shows up in feeling unsatisfied in your life. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology. Kim is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, helping people to gain peace with food. We would love to get your feedback on this show and let us know what you would like to hear about in upcoming shows. Email us at info@FeedYourSoulUnlimited.com Thank you for listening.Please be sure to leave a review for others to find us and share this podcast with a friend.Join us for more conversation at:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/feedyoursoulunlimited/@feedyoursoulunlimitedWebsite:http://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/We would love it if you would leave us a 5 star review on your favorite platform.Thanks for listening to the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast.
This week's Dark Nation Radio is ready for streaming and features new tracks from bands including Pixel Grip, Soft Vein, Mortes, Heldautomat, DommeNation, St. Brendan L.A., Unter Strøm, Mad Mission, Dead Lights, Simon Carter ft. Ruined Conflict, Vampire Valentine, The Discussion, Julia Gaeta, Bustié, Crying Vessel, Caustic, and Ayria. Thank you for your support! DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 16 August 2026 Soft Vein, “Another Summer” Unter Strøm, “Fragment” Assemblage 23, “Believe” Xenturion Prime, “As One Forever” Bustié, “Throb” Book of Love, “Boy (Dave Audé Extended 40th anniversary mix)” Julia Gaeta, “Bleed” Editors, “Papillon” Heldautomat, “Anders Sein” Mortes, “Revenant” The Discussion, “She Said (Lost Tapes mix)” Kat Robichaud, “Alien Sex” Amáutica, “Más Allá de Los Hielos” DommeNation, “I Accept Apologies in Cash” She 1 Him 2, “I'm Up Now” Diamond Dog, “Spiegel Im Spiegel” Pixel Grip, “Reason to Stay (Curses mix)” Crying Vessel, “Bound in Misery” Institute for the Criminally Insane vs. ee:man, “The Fabric of You” Caustic, “It's Not Gatekeeping If You're a Douchebag” Ayria, “Feeding Your Monster” Empyrean Asunder, “Everyone Wants to Be You” St. Brendan L.A., “Sorceress” Mad Mission, “Gasoline” Simon Carter ft. Ruined Conflict, “They Want Control” Dead Lights, “Unmaker” Vampire Valentine, “Poison” Heartworms, “Jacked” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio
Melodie van der Baan - Max Retail On the Success Secret: "You have to be so obsessed with the problem you're solving because it is going to be so freaking hard that you must have the wherewithal to continue going when it gets tough, when you hit dead ends." Melodie van der Baan has seen some things. As an experienced entrepreneur in the clothing and retail space, she has learned what to do, what not to do and what new thing should be done. That new thing is Max Retail. You see, clothing stores and retailers have products on their shelves. those products need to move, from shelf, to customers arms, through the checkout and out the door. If that doesn't happen, something has to give. So if a product isn't moving, it has to go. But where should that non-moving inventory go? Melodie has united the masses of retailers to allow them to buy and sell excess inventory so they aren't losing money and they are gaining value. This genius business came from the mind of someone that learned through first hand retail experience. Listen as Melodie details how she brought Max Retail to life and how it has helped countless retailers. Enjoy! Visit Melodie at: https://maxretail.com/ Sponsors: Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service, phone answering for small businesses: https://callsoncall.com Some videos have been recorded with Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_5&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=james-kademan Podcast Overview: 00:00 Retail markdown strategies 04:38 Challenges of retail inventory turnover 07:27 Starting out with no funds 12:30 Adapting to Modern Retail Challenges 16:48 Discovering the art of inventory planning 18:44 How planners manage excess stock 24:03 How MAX Retail data matching works 27:01 Starting Swap Retail in 2016 30:32 Trying e-commerce partnerships 32:58 Rebranding to Max Retail 35:15 Navigating economic ups and downs 38:48 Challenges of starting a retail store 44:44 Sales as a team sport 46:27 Selling seasonal inventory efficiently 51:21 Managing sales team performance 55:16 Pizza Friday gatherings explained Podcast Transcription: Speaker B: What I have learned is that there is nothing more powerful than being human. And when you are human and you treat people like they are people and not a transaction, you will always win. If you chase the American dream in air quotation marks, which says you have to live in a fancy house and you have to drive a fancy car, you will never live the life you want to live. You will be a prisoner to the comparison of others. And if you don't love your dream more than you desire the accolades of others, just don't even bother. There's always going to be someone with more than you. That would probably be my second piece of advice, is instead of keeping up with the Joneses, why don't you make everybody else desire to have the joy and the peace that you have? Speaker B: So instead of going for an object, You're going for a feeling. Speaker A: That's right. Speaker B: And a feeling of wholeness, completeness, happiness. Speaker A: Times are hard. Things will be challenging, but you will always be able to know who you are and, uh, and separate it. Speaker B: You have found Authentic Business Adventures, the business program that brings you the struggle stories and triumph and successes of business owners across the land. Downloadable audio episodes can be found in the podcast link found at drawincustomers.com. We are locally underwritten by the Bank of Sun Prairie, Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service, as well as The Bold Business Book. And today we're welcoming slash preparing to learn from Melody of Max Retail. And Melody, uh, let's just start with what is Max Retail? Speaker A: Max Retail is a retail tech platform that helps independent retailers get their cost back on that past season unsold inventory by easily selling it online. Love this. Speaker B: Now, I was so excited when you reached out because I was thinking, uh, so I'm in Wisconsin and Wisconsin stores are very seasonal, and it seems to be the season before the actual season. So if it's January and you want a winter coat, you're a month late. Or if it's, let's say, August and you want a swimsuit, you're a month late. So I always wonder, like, what did they do with all the winter coats? It's August, but they didn't just burn them. So what do retailers typically do with them versus what you offer them to do? Speaker A: Sure. Well, you know, most people assume that an independent retailer is going to just drop it off at TJ Maxx or Marshalls and liquidate it. But that's actually not true at all. Because For the independent retailer, first off, they don't know those guys. And secondly, the money that TJ Maxx or Marshalls would pay the retailer is pennies on the dollar. So for this particular dress that I'm wearing today, let's say it was, you know, $220 retail. Someone like TJ Maxx or Marshalls would probably give me about $7 to $10 for it at most, at most. Speaker B: Wow. All right. Speaker A: So for an independent retailer, we have to pay our vendors, we have to bring in new shipment, we have rent and payroll. So to get rid of a sale rack for pennies on the dollar doesn't make you whole in any way, shape, or form to where you can actually bring in new shipment or run your business. So instead, what retailers do is they mark down that inventory. So this is going to go from $220 to, you know, maybe $180, Then down to $150 and $120 and, you know, $100. And, you know, if it still doesn't go by then, maybe they're going to take it to the sidewalk sale and maybe sell it for like $50 or $80. Still better than, you know, $7 or $10, but still not great. And if it doesn't sell at that warehouse sale, they're going to put it in a box and they're going to put it in the basement. And then next season, When it's warm again, they're going to pull this dress out again and they're going to try to sell it again. Speaker A: But the problem with markdowns that take a long time, or even boxing and bringing out next season, is that you lose time. So in retail, we make money by how many times we can buy and sell inventory in a given time period. So let's say I buy this dress today and I'm a retailer. I buy it today for $100. I sell it tomorrow for $200. Okay, great. What am I gonna do? I'm gonna pocket $100 profit and I'm gonna reinvest the next $100. Now let's say the next day goes by and I'm gonna do it again. Speaker A: I'm gonna buy another one, sell another one, buy it, sell it, buy it, sell it. 10 days goes by. I've made $900 profit off of my $100 investment. But if I buy this dress today for $100 and I don't sell it tomorrow or the next day or the next day or the next day or the next day, and I get to day 10, and on day 10 I sell it for $100, well, did I really win? I got my cost back, but I made no money and I lost time, which is why it is so important. that if something isn't performing well in a store, that retailers have a way to have more distribution, more eyeballs on those amazing products. Because James, the truth is there's nothing wrong with this merchandise. It just needs more people to see it. Speaker B: So how did you get into this? I guess we'd call it, would it be a reseller market or what would you call a market like this? Speaker A: You know, it's interesting. I mean, I call us an excess inventory solution. It's probably like the easiest way to, to describe it. And I, and I speak about this problem because I was a retailer for 9 years. Speaker B: All right. Speaker A: So I had my independent retail store in South Florida. I carried apparel and footwear. And before that, I was a distributor. And a distributor is just a nice word for a young girl in her 20s who had a Sprinter van full of clothes. And I drove from South Florida up to Boston, over to Chicago, down to San Antonio, and everywhere in between, selling to the independent retailers like the one I would become. Speaker B: How did you get into that? Speaker A: Just, I was just really passionate about, about fashion. And funny enough, it all started, if I had to go back to the very beginning, is, uh, I spent 6 months in Israel. Speaker B: Okay. Speaker A: And while I was walking down a street called Bugra Shov, they had boutiques. And I walked into these boutiques and the fashion was amazing. I must— James, I must have been 19 years old at the time, 20 at most. And I looked around and I was so blown away and I said, where can I buy this in the US? And they said, well, we're not sold in the US. How would we get there? And I was so naive. Obviously, I didn't have any fashion background. James, I didn't even go to college. But I had this naive thought and I said, gosh, if only I could help designers get to the United States so that they could be discovered. Speaker A: So I said to myself, I'm going to make an e-commerce site and I'm going to make a place where people can discover this inventory and buy it. And this is at the time of Net-a-Porter and ASOS. And I came up with this whole business plan and I spent about 6 months on it. And then I said, oh geez, you know what? I don't have any money. How would I ever pull this off? So then I said, well, maybe I can place them in stores for a commission. So I went to the local art institute and I found some graduate designers who had nothing to lose. And I said, hey, listen, why don't you let me try to get your collections in store? And they said, oh, sure, why not? I'll pay you based on what you can sell. And so, I just started by sitting at my kitchen table and I picked up the phone and I said, hi, it's Melody calling from JuJu Costa. Speaker A: Can I show you the collection? And the person on the other side of the phone would say, what are the price points? And I'd say, I'll call you right back....
This week's Dark Nation Radio is ready for streaming and features new tracks from bands including Then Comes Silence, Caustic, Sorrow Stories, Culture Kultür, 404Error, Spike Hellis, Slighter x Ian Pickering, Static Logic, Eye New Dark, Death by Love, and Radarfield. Thank you for your support! DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 9 August 2026 Dusty Gannon and the Agonal Gasps, “Blood God” Sorrow Stories, “So Sick (Adoration Destroyed remix)” Slighter x Ian Pickering, “Vulture (Asphodel Ivory remix)” Spike Hellis, “By God” Gamma Vortex, “Staring at the Wall (Concrete mix)” Death by Love, “In Unity (Wieloryb vs. Psychotribe Tribute mix)” Radarfield, “Cocoon” Culture Kultür, “Never Dead” Neikka RPM, “You're My Poison” Part2, “Only Silence” 404Error, “Through His Lens (Shutter Speed mix)” Nine Inch Nails + Boys Noize, “Came Back Haunted” A Place Both Wonderful and Strange, “A Place Both Wonderful and Strange” Vioflesh, “Within the Veil” Stahlgeist, “Alter Ego (club mix)” Cathedral Bells, “Unreal” Fermion, “Four Dimensions” Then Comes Silence, “Judgement Day” ChemSEXX ft. Jessica Gelines, “Impulsive” My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, “Apollo 69” Inca Babies, “Insect Symphony” Pilgrims of Yearning, “The Visitor” Bella Eterna, “Mysterious Beauty” Static Logic, “Swipe” Wavepeak, “Control Destiny” Caustic, “Not Going Anywhere (Klack mix)” The Black Queen & Haex, “Secret Scream (Haex remix)” Eye New Dark, “More Than Perfect” Huir, “Storm” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio
Kurt Belding - Western Obsessions TV On the Ar: "How fast can I calm down, slow my breathing, slow my heart rate to make a good shot?" Building a business around your passion is a dream of most entrepreneurs. Kurt Belding has done it with Western Obsessions TV. By combining his love of hunting and travel, Kurt can bring real life dramatic hunts to hunting enthusiasts and armchair travelers across the world. Kurt Belding, founded Western Obsessions TV to explore the thrilling world of hunting adventures, content creation, and entrepreneurship. Kurt shares how his love for fitness and the outdoors led him from running multiple businesses in the sports nutrition industry to launching a media and booking company dedicated to epic hunting experiences around the globe. Listen as Kurt details how he navigates the evolving landscape of video production—leveraging YouTube, social media, and AI-powered tools to scale his brand—and hear candid stories about the challenges and successes of turning passion into a profitable business. Enjoy! Visit Kurt at: https://westernobsessionstv.com/ Sponsors: Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service, phone answering for small businesses: https://callsoncall.com Some videos have been recorded with Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_5&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=james-kademan Podcast Overview: 00:00 Running a Hunting TV Show 05:17 Practicing archery under pressure 09:24 Understanding Caliber Sizes for Hunting 12:49 Understanding Scope Dial Systems 14:27 Adjusting to Western hunting distances 18:26 Learning to Focus and Hunting Ventures 22:55 YouTube content strategy 24:08 Increasing YouTube video engagement 27:06 Starting a Hunting YouTube Channel 32:55 Challenges of wildlife filmmaking 36:52 Dealing with online negativity 40:13 Researching reliable outfitters 41:58 Older clients fulfilling lifelong dreams 47:13 Customizing Elk Hunts for Clients 48:53 Importance of quality content Podcast Transcription: Kurt Belding [00:00:05]: Look, you're traveling, your heart rate's up, you're out of breath. Now you got to calm yourself to make a good accurate shot. That adrenaline hits and you get very nervous and anxious, and your heart rate goes up and your breathing increases. You got to calm yourself down to make a good ethical shot. Called DOPE, it's Data on Previous Engagement. And after so many rounds of so much practice, it's almost like breathing. You just naturally automatically do it. Let's film it and we'll produce it and we'll put it out there for people to watch. Kurt Belding [00:00:31]: And we did That, and I just fell in love with it. It was so much fun. So huge adjustment, like got rid of everything I was doing just to go on these cool hunting adventures and film them. And when you hit 40, you realize like life is well over half done. What did I do the last half of my life? I wanna, I wanna live it the way I really wanna live it. So I changed everything and started doing that. Entrepreneurship, just getting punched in the face every day. I just went down that path, but I just loved what I was doing. Kurt Belding [00:00:59]: So eventually I figured out a way to monetize. James Kademan [00:01:01]: Mm-hmm. Kurt Belding [00:01:03]: to live— man, I am living the exact life that I have dreamt of living. James Kademan [00:01:14]: You have found Authentic Business Adventures, the business program that brings you the struggle stories and triumph and successes of business owners across the land. Downloadable audio episodes can be found on the podcast link found at drawincustomers.com. We are locally underwritten by the Bank of Sun Prairie. Calls on Call Extraordinary Answering Service, as well as the Bold Business Book. And today we're welcoming slash preparing to learn from Kurt Building of Western Obsession TV. So Kurt, how is it going today? Kurt Belding [00:01:43]: Hey, I'm doing great. Thanks for having me on. I appreciate it. James Kademan [00:01:47]: Yeah. Yeah. Let's start with the foundation here. What is Western Obsession TV? Kurt Belding [00:01:54]: So Western Obsessions TV is a hunting company. I do two— there's two major parts of the, of the company. The TV side is I go on these really cool adventures, which is a hunting adventure. I get to film them and produce an episode or a film to try to entertain others, which also helps me a lot with the marketing and content creation side. And then on the other side of the business, I am a booking agency. I consult for hunters that want to go on these cool adventures, and I connect them with outfitters that will fulfill their bucket list hunts or what they really want to do. And, um, so it really plays well into each other for sure. James Kademan [00:02:36]: That's awesome. So are you, where are you located at, Kurt? Kurt Belding [00:02:42]: I live in Colorado, uh, just outside of Denver, just out on a little acreage out east. James Kademan [00:02:50]: Okay. So I was looking at the content that you have and you're traveling all over the world. Is that safe to say? Kurt Belding [00:02:58]: Yeah, I mean, I've been to Africa and I've been to New Zealand and Canada and Mexico. Um, pretty much, you know, the only places I haven't reached yet would be like Europe and hunting in Europe or like Greenland. Um, you know, stuff like that. But Alaska, you know, I've been all over the place. James Kademan [00:03:19]: That's awesome. So it's funny you mentioned Europe and Buddy and I were talking about different Olympic sports and I didn't realize that there's an Olympic sport where you cross-country ski and then shoot. Kurt Belding [00:03:32]: Oh yeah. James Kademan [00:03:33]: And you have to, you keep your skis on and lay down, shoot, and then have to get up and keep doing it. Kurt Belding [00:03:40]: For sure. No, it's a pretty big sport. James Kademan [00:03:42]: Okay. And I wonder, is that what happens in reality when people are hunting in these places? Kurt Belding [00:03:49]: Well, they, they probably don't have skis on, but, uh, but there is a lot of times that I don't know. Yeah, no, there's a lot of times that, you know, the premise of that is like, look, you're traveling, your heart rate's up, you're out of breath. Now you gotta calm yourself to make a good, accurate shot. That's very common in hunting. Even if, obviously, if you're moving and you got, and you stop and you gotta calm your heart rate and calm your breathing. But a lot of times when you're sitting still and you're, that adrenaline hits and you get very nervous and anxious and the, your heart rate goes up and your breathing increases, you gotta calm yourself down to make a good ethical shot. James Kademan [00:04:25]: Yeah. So tell me about that, because that sounds like you have some skills or had to learn how to calm yourself down when you're in those situations. So how do you do that? Kurt Belding [00:04:38]: Yeah, fitness. I've always had a big affinity for fitness. I love fitness. I've been doing that pretty much my entire life. And so, you know, every day I practice that, right? So every day I do a workout, and every day that I increase my heart rate, my breathing, and I try to keep myself calm while I'm working out. And there's a lot of times I'll actually train while I'm shooting. I'll increase my heart rate and then try to calm my heart rate and calm my breathing well enough, fast enough to be able to make a good shot under stress. Super important. James Kademan [00:05:12]: And is this raising your heart rate, like going for a jog or something else? Kurt Belding [00:05:17]: Yeah. As I'm practicing and training, I'm, you know, I might be a, I have a little archery range out here in my house with my bow and I may just do like 10 burpees real quick or some air squats and lunges or jumping jacks or something right there. where I'm next to my bow where I feel like, okay, my breathing's hard, my heart rate's up pretty high. Cool. Grab the bow. How fast can I calm down, slow my breathing, slow my heart rate to make a good shot? But how that transitions into the real world, I do a lot of mountainous backcountry hunting where it's very physical, it's very hard. So I may have to make a move, a stalk on an animal where I have to cut them off or I got to get into a position fast and I'm climbing a mountain. to do it. Kurt Belding [00:05:57]: So by the time I get to that position, I am pretty wiped out. You know, I'm breathing very heavily, my heart's pounding very fast, plus my adrenaline's going. I'm very excited because I'm in that position. So that translates very well. You have to calm down, you got to lower your heart rate, lower your breathing to make a good ethical shot on the animal. James Kademan [00:06:17]: All right. You know, it's interesting, I just got into shooting, I should say, the past couple years, not I haven't gone on any hunts, or at least nothing of that scale. Kurt Belding [00:06:26]: Mm-hmm. James Kademan [00:06:28]: Uh, tell me, so I didn't realize, I just figured you look through the scope, you pull the trigger, you move on with your life. But I didn't realize when you move your head or move the, the rifle, whatever, a billionth of a degree, when you're looking at something way in the distance, that's really 5 yards or something like that. So how do you steady yourself? To that point where you can actually make an accurate shot like that, especially with an animal that may be moving? Kurt Belding [00:06:54]: Well, it's just practice. You got to practice a lot, right? So for your example of on a rifle shooting, you know, that's why you go to the range and you practice out to whatever range you want to be competent at and feel comfortable at. It's called DOPE. It's data on previous engagement. So now that, like,...
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Send us Fan Mail Join Kim McLaughlin as she talks about the common reasons people think they do not need counseling. She challenges misconceptions that therapy is only for crisis, for “crazy” people, a sign of weakness. She addresses stigma, cost concerns, and media portrayals of mental illness. She frames therapy as preventive emotional care that supports the six pillars of mental health and helps people create a healthier, calmer, more meaningful life. Kim describes some common reasons clients seek therapy and highlights outcomes that she has witnessed in her office. She urges early intervention and explains therapy is collaborative, confidential, compassionate, goal-oriented, and individualized.You'll learn:Common reasons people do not seek therapy (even when they should)Real reasons people go to therapy (they are not what you think)What therapy is REALLY like. 00:00 Welcome and Topic01:07 Therapy Beyond Crisis02:34 Myths and Misconceptions03:57 Stigma Cost and Weakness07:07 Real Reasons People Go10:41 Therapy Builds Self Awareness14:12 Values and Relationships16:35 Unexpected Benefits23:42 Start Therapy Early26:32 What Therapy Is Really Like29:34 Reflection Questions and Wrap Up Please note this podcast is not a substitute for mental health therapy or seeing your physician. Please see a qualified professional if you think you have mental health struggles. Get your Downloadable copy of How to Choose Your Right Therapisthttps://go.feedyoursoulunlimited.com/choosetherapist-completeguide Here are some links we discussed:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/136-the-missing-pieces-of-mental-health-6-pillars/id1473042304?i=1000772847927 Connect with KimTherapy: https://feedyoursoultherapy.com/Coaching: https://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTuSnNrSDhLvbhxoTMXZgog Kim McLaughlin, MAKim McLaughlin is a psychotherapist. coach, speaker, and author. She helps people who feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and overloaded, and it shows up in feeling unsatisfied in your life. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology. Kim is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, helping people to gain peace with food. We would love to get your feedback on this show and let us know what you would like to hear about in upcoming shows. Email us at info@FeedYourSoulUnlimited.com Thank you for listening.Please be sure to leave a review for others to find us and share this podcast with a friend.Join us for more conversation at:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/feedyoursoulunlimited/@feedyoursoulunlimitedWebsite:http://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/We would love it if you would leave us a 5 star review on your favorite platform.Thanks for listening to the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast.
This week's Dark Nation Radio starts off by taking a break with some relaxed electronica featuring Melllo, Sword Tongue, Hunter as a Horse, and Peter Murphy, before kicking into high gear with new material from bands including Anders Manga, Dommenation, Mouth Ulcers, Culture Kultür, Makes My Blood Dance, Damage Control ft. Leaetherstrip, Ex-Hyena, Blood Magick, Moons in Retrograde, and Eye New Dark. I hope you'll give it a spin! DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 2 August 2026 Melllo, “The Gift” Sonum Unam, “Existence” Lights AM, “Wide Awake” Peter Murphy & Boy George, “Let the Flowers Grow” Santigold, “This Isn't Our Parade” Hunter as a Horse, “Dead Things” DEATH BY LØVE, “Ziro” Sword Tongue, “Diamonds to Rust (Anthony H remix)” Brittany Bindrim, “The Well” Dommenation, “Say Yes to Me” Anders Manga, “Don't Deliver Us From Evil” Mouth Ulcers, “Silent Pictures” Nyx Division, “Soldier of Love” Cliff & Ivy, “Hand of Freedom” French Police, “I'm Upset” Dead Souls Rising, “Chimère” Blind Seagull, “Body” Victor Sierra, “Black Steam” Thin Eater, “Silently Quitting at the Speed of Light” Dead Delicious, “Stvpid Bitch” Culture Kultür, “Leaving Your Memory” Moons in Retrograde, “Eternaljia” Eye New Dark, “Real Life” F13, “Kraft” Ex-Hyena, “Details Fade (Time Traveler mix)” Blood Magick, “Exsurge E Tumulo” Hot Hail!, “Flesh” Damage Control Ft. Leaetherstrip, “Obstacles” Makes My Blood Dance, “Impossible Odds” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio
DJ Neuville - Haul It All On the Best Skill an Employee Can Have: "The biggest asset in this job is, can you show up? Can you show up? Can you show up on time?." Discover Hidden Savings in Commercial Real Estate Everyone has junk. Whether the stuff that collects as we live our lives and store stuff in a someday pile, or a house move that brings the option of either moving it and storing it again or just trashing it, we all have junk. DJ Neuville started out in real estate and graduated to building his junk hauling empire. DJ details how he came across this industry and what has helped his business grow. Listen as DJ explains what it took to start and what he has done to grow his junk hauling business. Enjoy! Visit DJ at: https://callhaulitall.com Sponsors: Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service, phone answering for small businesses: https://callsoncall.com Some videos have been recorded with Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_5&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=james-kademan Podcast Overview: 00:00 Partnering with a longtime friend 10:16 Early morning routine and challenges 16:07 Challenges with billing and payments 20:43 Expanding into commercial real estate 23:50 Choosing the right job opportunities 31:28 Doing hoarder cleanouts 35:45 Hiring and adapting work culture 38:40 Adapting to flexible work hours 47:06 Owning and communicating mistakes 50:45 Working with donation centers 55:55 Addressing employee hygiene concerns Podcast Transcription: DJ Neuville [00:00:00]: someone sells a house, you pretty much guarantee there is a junk removal opportunity on every, almost every single house. Almost everybody's got old paint in their house, in the basement that they don't want, that the next buyer doesn't want. They might think the next buyer wants it. They don't want it. They might have a few things left. They might have a full house. It might be a full estate. I mean, that's just the key. James Kademan [00:00:22]: You have found Authentic Business Adventures, the business program that brings you the struggle stories, And triumphant successes of business owners across the land. Downloadable audio episodes can be found in the podcast link found at drawincustomers.com. We're locally underwritten by the Bank of Sun Prairie, Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service, as well as the Bold Business Book. And today we're welcoming slash preparing to learn from DJ Newville of Haul It All. And DJ, I believe we're talking junk today. So how is the junk hauling business? DJ Neuville [00:00:55]: It is great. Everybody's got junk. James Kademan [00:00:58]: Turns out, it turns out. So tell me, let's just start from the very foundation here. When did you get into the junk hauling business? DJ Neuville [00:01:05]: When I was selling real estate, he had a house for sale by owner. He had a hard time selling his house. He ended up listing the house with me. I sold it to him for him. And he said, hey, I do junk removal if you ever are looking for side cash. And I go, what? What the heck is junk removal? He's like, well, people pay me to get rid of stuff. I'm like, people pay you to get rid of stuff? I didn't know it ever existed. James Kademan [00:01:29]: Yeah. DJ Neuville [00:01:30]: I said, sure. I like making cash. So whenever you want to call me. And I ended up working with him. Shoot, ended up going pretty much full-time working with him. And then he said, hey, in a few years I'm going to retire. So just start your own business. We'll work together. DJ Neuville [00:01:45]: We'll partner together. And if that doesn't work out, you just split off on your own and do your own thing. So 2019 in December, how it all was started. And we partnered for directly for about a year and we butt heads a lot because we're, we're both about similar stuff. So we decided partner is not a good way to go. And it was really kind of like a, like de facto, not even like a formal partnership. Just say, I have a job, come work with me. We'll split it kind of thing. DJ Neuville [00:02:16]: And then Then we just kind of went back to being friends. Still at breakfast with him yesterday. He's been a great mentor to me and he's pretty much retired. And I mean, business just took off from there. We started with a flatbed trailer and a truck, and then in 2021 I upgraded to a dump trailer. And in 2023 we got rid of the truck and trailer model and we went to box trucks and we started renting U-Hauls. James Kademan [00:02:45]: box trucks. DJ Neuville [00:02:46]: And then 2026, January this year, we bought 2 of our own box trucks. So now we use, we have 2 22-foot box trucks and then we use U-Hauls as an overflow if we need more than that. James Kademan [00:02:59]: All right. I love this, DJ, cuz we interviewed you, or I interviewed you, whatever, in late '22. So you've been, would've been using the trailer and at, at that point in late 2022, I mean, we're talking the tail end of the pandemic-ish. Um, what, how many employees did you have back then? DJ Neuville [00:03:20]: Uh, I was pretty much sole operator. I had one guy that was pretty much full-time, but like full-time, part-time, one guy. James Kademan [00:03:29]: Okay. DJ Neuville [00:03:30]: Now we have, now there's, I have 8 guys. There's 10 of us total. James Kademan [00:03:36]: Wow. That's incredible. DJ Neuville [00:03:37]: In just a few years. I hired a CFO. In January. I'm the CEO now. I'm not just an operator. And then I have, uh, 3 truck leads and then labor guy, labor guys. James Kademan [00:03:50]: All right. So let's talk employees from essentially the hierarchy here. How did you find your CFO? DJ Neuville [00:03:57]: He found me. I went to college with him. I've known him for many years. He invested in real estate and he actually used to be part owner of Harker Heaton and Kuhling. And he sold his shares, I think it was 8 years ago or so, and just got into real estate and different avenues. And then, and I've always just stayed good friends with him. And he came to me in January and, well, late December, early January and said, hey, I'm looking for a new avenue and I thought of you and are you ready to just take this to a whole nother level? And we put together a plan. He bought into the company and Here we are. James Kademan [00:04:36]: All right. You're talking January this year? DJ Neuville [00:04:38]: This year. James Kademan [00:04:39]: Yes. Okay. DJ Neuville [00:04:40]: Yes. James Kademan [00:04:41]: So tell me about that conversation when he first comes to you and he's like, hey, I want to take this to the next level. Were you like, what does this mean? Or what is next level? Or I got this, or this guy's pretty sharp. Let me see what's going on. What was your first reaction? DJ Neuville [00:04:55]: No, I've known that he's always been, everything he's touched for investments have done really well. So. That's why we've always stayed in touch and contact. I did have lots of questions, a lot of skepticalism. I was skeptical about a lot of things because I've always been owner-operator, full control of everything. And he said, hey, if you're interested in not being an owner-operator, then I'm interested. If you want to stay as operating on the truck all the time, And stay small potatoes, no problem. You'll— I know you'll make good money doing that, but that's not what I'm interested in. DJ Neuville [00:05:31]: I'm interested in if we want to build this into something big, like the big franchise competitors and go for that competition. If you're interested, I'm interested. And I did a lot of soul searching. I'm 44 years old. I, I know that my shelf life is limited on when I can be on the truck all the time. I love being on the truck all the time. So it's a difficult transition. But I know that when I'm 50, I'm not gonna love being on the truck all the time. DJ Neuville [00:06:00]: And I get hurt all— my guys all have a running joke. I'm the one that gets hurt the most cuz I always move faster than my brain catches me. So it's really easy to truly tell a new employee, there's nothing you can do that I haven't done cuz I probably have hurt myself. So just be careful. Safety. And when I say safety is my Number one key. It is here, but everybody laughs because I'm the one that would wreck the days since the last injury board. James Kademan [00:06:28]: Funny. DJ Neuville [00:06:30]: Um, so yeah, that's, that was our focus has been now of obviously it's a transition. You can't just go from the truck into the office. So we've been transitioning me completely off the truck. I think it's been almost a month since I've been on an actual job site. Maybe not 3 weeks ago, but it's more now of just training. If I go out and do like a small demo or like when we cut up hot tubs, it's training the new guys of, hey, here's how you do it. So I'm not allowed to go out on a job site by myself. Has to be with someone that's learning. DJ Neuville [00:07:03]: So I'm handing it off. All right. James Kademan [00:07:05]: No, is that a rule that you made or is it my— DJ Neuville [00:07:09]: Well, both, both my So my CFO is Luke Hyer. It's both of ours. It's both of our commitment of, hey, you're not gonna get off of the— we can't scale the business with me being on the truck. It's just, it's hard to do. James Kademan [00:07:23]: Oh. DJ Neuville [00:07:24]: I'm making that commitment. It's difficult mentally. I don't like sitting in front of a— thankfully I have a laptop 'cause I can't just sit in one spot. Um, I love, I love just grabbing my laptop and going anywhere. And doing what I need to do. But yeah, I like the physical labor. That's one of the reasons I got into the job. So there's still always, there'll be some avenues where I'm like, hey, okay, for half a day,...
July 4, 2026Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Kristi Mast to discuss the power of a focused life.Most of us understand that our phones are stealing our attention and sometimes even our fruitfulness. But how do we practically master our devices instead of letting them master us, especially when we are drained or looking for escape? Embracing our human limits frees us to employ technology as a tool, rather than something that dehumanizes and distracts. Come talk about practical ways to master the screens in your life.An interactive question-and-answer period follows.Downloadable resource on our website:https://strengthtostrength.org/the-power-of-limits-in-an-age-of-distraction/
DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio is my weekly “dark music” broadcast. I play a mix of goth, industrial, post punk, and intelligent electronica, with a focus on new and recent releases. This week's show--#450 on Mixcloud a #299 on HearThis—can now be streamed and features new material from This Morn' Omina, Endanger, Parissior, Dead Astronauts, iamnoone, Gamma Vortex, Vampire Valentine, Death By Love, Seasurfer, and Balduvian Bears. I hope you'll give it a listen and thank you for your support! DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 12 July 2026 This Morn' Omina, “Epoch” ESA, “I Am Filth” Lunar Paths ft. Kill Toys, “Skeleton Key” Mesh, “Just Leave Us Alone (symphonic version)” Iamnoone, “Into the Void” Vampire Valentine, “Poison” The March Violets, “Hammer the Last Nail” Sieben, “Feel the Fever” Assemblage 23, “Bravery” Gamma Vortex, “Dissolve” Dead Astronauts, “Get Lost” Cold Connection, “Ashes” Reviser, “Burn It Out” Slighter, “High Tech High Life” Tenderlash, “Inferno” Elz & the Cult, “Paranoya” VNV Nation, “Immersed” Parissior, “Eco Machines” Lord of the Lost, “I Hate People” Endanger ft. Kiera M E, “Damn Dumb Alien” Je T'aime, “Blood on Fire” Stella Sleeps, “Only (Closer in Dreams)” Death by Love, “I Don't” Sky Lions, “No One Knew” Seasurfer, “Angels (Crazy)” Balduvian Bears, “Halo” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio
This week's Dark Nation Radio broadcast is available for streaming and features new music from Normonia, Nine Inch Noize, Gamma Vortex, Vorn, A Place Both Wonderful and Strange, I Ya Toyah, Dreamspy, Noir Addiction, Clubdrugs, Doublespeak (ft. Vince Clark and Neil Arthur), Memory Index, Neo Dimes, and Dead Lights. (This is show #449 on Mixcloud and #298 on HearThis.) I hope you enjoy it and thanks for your support! DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 5 July 2026 Gamma Vortex, “Heel to the Master” KY, “Off My Meds” Die Sexual, “House of God” Architect, “I Lost My 808 on a Rainy Day” Ohmelectronic “Uppercut” Rhys Fulber, “Exclavier” SOFT VEIN, “Falling Apart” I Ya Toyah, “Apology” DreamSpy, “Would I've Been Changed” Ash Code, “Empty Room” HER DESPAIR, “In This Moment” The Cure, “Doubt” Noir Addiction, “Serve Me Some Crimes” Doublespeak - The Band, “The Visitors” Memory Index, “Hyper-Violence (Kay-Chi remix)” DEAD LIGHTS, “(The Edge of) Dusk” Extize, “Renaissance Rave (Ruined Conflict remix)” Neo-Dimes, “Angels” Urban Heat, “Goodbye Horses” The Last Dance, “World Down” The Birthday Massacre, “Dead” ClubDrugs, “Heart 2 Break (Tobacco remix)” Boytronic, “Big Hands for the Dreamers” NORMORIA, “They Wanted Love” Vorn, “Faithless (extended)” Nine Inch Noize, “Memorabilia” a place both wonderful and strange, “A Place Both Wonderful and Strange” Aesthetic Perfection, “Dead Ringer” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio
Send us Fan MailSummer doesn't have to disappear in a blur of work, errands, and obligations.In this episode, I'm sharing why creating a Summer Bucket List isn't just fun it's actually good for your mental health. Research shows that intentionally planning enjoyable experiences can reduce stress, increase happiness, strengthen relationships, and help prevent burnout.Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or simply want to enjoy this season more, this episode will help you create a realistic summer filled with joy instead of pressure.You'll learn:· Why anticipation improves mental health· How enjoyable experiences reduce stress· The science behind planning fun activities· How to create a Summer Bucket List you'll complete· Ideas for self-care, connection, adventure, and restIf you're ready to make this your happiest and healthiest summer yet, this episode is for you.Please note this podcast is not a substitute for mental health therapy or seeing your physician. Please see a qualified professional if you think you have mental health struggles. Get your Downloadable copy of Summer Bucket Listhttps://go.feedyoursoulunlimited.com/summerbucketlist-8179 Get your Downloadable copy of How to Choose Your Right Therapisthttps://go.feedyoursoulunlimited.com/choosetherapist-completeguide Here are some links we discussed:https://feedyoursoultherapy.com/self-care-is-not-selfish/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/108-self-care-is-not-selfish/id1473042304?i=1000670998359 https://youtu.be/Zou35_IYl2c Connect with KimTherapy: https://feedyoursoultherapy.com/Coaching: https://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTuSnNrSDhLvbhxoTMXZgog Kim McLaughlin, MAKim McLaughlin is a psychotherapist. coach, speaker, and author. She helps people who feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and overloaded, and it shows up in feeling unsatisfied in your life. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology. Kim is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, helping people to gain peace with food. We would love to get your feedback on this show and let us know what you would like to hear about in upcoming shows. Email us at info@FeedYourSoulUnlimited.com Thank you for listening.Please be sure to leave a review for others to find us and share this podcast with a friend.Join us for more conversation at:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/feedyoursoulunlimited/@feedyoursoulunlimitedWebsite:http://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/We would love it if you would leave us a 5 star review on your favorite platform.Thanks for listening to the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast.
This week's Dark Nation Radio broadcast is ready for streaming and includes new tracks from Hunter as a Horse, Eye New Dark, Tangled Sheets, Shadows Hold, iamnoone, Palindrones, The Secret French Postcards, Lowsunday, Lucid Dementia, Gulvøss, and iamimperfect, among others. (This is show #448 on Mixcloud and #297 on HearThis.) I hope you enjoy it and thanks for your support! DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio Playlist 28 June 2026 Shadows Hold, “Petrichor” iamnoone, “A Season in Hell” iamimperfect, “The Fallen” Hunter as a Horse, “Leviathan” Actors, “Dead Inside (Crackmix)” Kant Kino, “Rodney” Beyond Obsession, “You're Not My Lover” David Galas, “Halo” Clan of Xymox, “Brave New World” Covenant, “Call the Ships to Port” Holygram, “Distant Light” The Secret French Postcards, “Last Dance” Lowsunday, “Someone to Talk to” Sword Tongue, “We are the Resistance” Shad Shadows, “Fight the Dragon” Palindrones, “The Blood Moon” Rotersand, “Father Ocean” Leaetherstrip, “Down by the Water” Ayria, “Vicious World (Komor Kommando remix)” Scheuber, “Déjà-vu” Tangled Sheets, “Late Night Drive” Schattenfrequenz, “Feuer” Eye New Dark, “Backwards Through That Door (Klack remix)” Dogtablet ft. Sapphira Vee, “This is What We Wanted Then” Lucid Dementia, “Witches Hat” Gulvøss, “Matter of Time” Sleep of Mirrors, “Gemini” DJ CYPHER'S DARK NATION RADIO—25 years strong! **Live Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org **Recorded @ http://www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive **Downloadable @ http://www.hearthis.at/cypheractive **Inquiries to darknationradio[at] gmail[dot]com **Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio
Tom Brodie - CSSI Cost Segregation On Using Bonus Depreciation on Buildings of All Sizes: "So people that own smaller buildings like that, they can actually get a reasonable return on this as well." Discover Hidden Savings in Commercial Real Estate In this week's episode, we dive into the world of cost segregation and tax strategy with Tom Brodie—better known as “The Found Money Guy.” If you own commercial property or are considering buying, this interview is packed with actionable insights you can't afford to miss. What is Cost Segregation? Learn how breaking down your building's components (like carpeting, parking lots, internal walls, and more) can allow you to depreciate assets faster—and potentially save tens or even hundreds of thousands on taxes. (01:11) Why Now? 100% Bonus Depreciation Is Back Understand how the latest tax law changes made 100% bonus depreciation permanent—unlocking huge deductions in the first year for non-structural assets. (08:08) Do You Qualify? Any commercial building, whether a $200,000 office condo or a $10 million high-rise, can benefit from a cost seg study. Find out what kinds of properties see the best returns. (12:22) Tax Credits vs. Deductions—What's the Difference? Wondering if an R&D tax credit or a deduction is better? Get a clear explanation and why tax credits may have more impact on your tax bill. (00:00, 24:19) Bonus—Green Zip Drywall Tape Discover innovative building materials that accelerate depreciation and offer green construction incentives. (25:19) Enjoy! Visit Tom at: https://thefoundmoneyguy.com and https://cssistudy.com Sponsors: Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service, phone answering for small businesses: https://callsoncall.com Some videos have been recorded with Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_5&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=james-kademan Podcast Overview: 00:00 Helping building owners save on taxes 05:52 Accelerated depreciation for buildings 08:08 Understanding Bonus Depreciation Rules 12:22 Offering free estimates for buildings 13:27 Engineering-based cost segregation process 18:28 Understanding the R&D Tax Credit 21:45 Understanding R&D tax credits 25:20 Reconfiguring and reusing drywall 28:37 Discovering cost segregation 31:16 Discovering cost segregation loopholes 34:27 Handling IRS audit inquiries 39:05 Remote and Office Work Changes 40:03 Understanding property depreciation rules 45:38 Evaluating building estimates and assets 47:34 Understanding condo tax allocations 51:18 Navigating 1031 exchange complexities Podcast Transcription: Tom Brodie [00:00:00]: So that's a dollar for dollar reduction in the taxes you owe. Cost segregation is a deduction. So that's going to lower your amount of income, which means you pay less taxes. So if you got an R and D tax credit of $20,000 and you had a liability of $20,000, now you owe zero because that's going to wipe out the liability. So tax credits are a little bit more valuable than a deduction as far as the impact. James [00:00:27]: You have found Authentic Business Adventures, the business program that brings you the str and triumph and successes of business owners across the land. Downloadable audio episodes can be found in the podcast link found drawincustomers.com we are locally underwritten by the bank of Sun Prairie Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service as well as the Bold Business Book. And today we're welcoming, preparing to learn from Tom Brodie of Cost Segregation Services. So Tom, how is it going today? Tom Brodie [00:00:56]: It's going very well. Thank you for having me on the program. James [00:00:59]: Yeah, I'm glad that you're on here. I love the name of your business because it says exactly what you do. So for those that may not know, can you tell us what is cost segregation? Tom Brodie [00:01:11]: Yeah, it's, I know that people stumble over that all the time. What we do is we help commercial building owners depreciate their building faster and say faster just because it's faster than what they're used to. Right. What the CPA or tax preparer will do will take the value of the building and divide it by 39 years or 27 and a half years if it's a apartment complex. What we do is say there's things in your building are not going to last that long. So we do the study to say, okay, you've got this much assets in a five year category, this many assets, you know, in a 15 year category, and break it down that way and then help them depreciate it faster, which means more depreciation expense is less income, which means less income taxes. And so you're really saving a tremendous amount of money in income taxes. James [00:01:59]: So when you're talking about assets, can you elaborate on what those are? Tom Brodie [00:02:04]: It's a commercial building. I mean, so if you got, you know, you're building, you've got the external walls and everything else, but then you've got so much on the inside, internal walls, you know, H vac controls on the inside, things that are not really key to keeping the structure upright. Those are the things that are going to have a slower, sorry, a faster life. And so you're going to depreciate them faster and then record it's the same dollars, you're just recording it sooner. Right. And so you'll be able to write that off when those things are worth more, the whole time value of money thing. So rather than waiting 39 years to get you, your asset depreciated, you can take about 30% of that on average and record it sooner. James [00:02:42]: All right, so you're talking carpet shelving, Tom Brodie [00:02:47]: floor coverings, window coverings. Actually outside a building too. Parking lots are a huge expense that people don't think about. That's a 15 year asset. So if you've got a big parking lot, that's going to be something we can write off right away. And then security systems, fencing, you know, irrigation systems, everything outside the building that's not really part of the structure. Those are going to be usually in the 15 year asset category. James [00:03:11]: All right, now I understand you're not an accountant, but I'm still going to ask the question because it eludes the question. Hey, instead of this cost segregation or the depreciation being spread out over 39 years or 27 years, you do a chunk of it, 30% ish, right away. What happens if you sell it? Sell the building? Tom Brodie [00:03:31]: Well, that's the one thing that we tell people. If you're getting ready to sell it right away, you don't want to do this. Right. Because whenever you sell any building, you're going to have to pay recapture. And so if you accelerate the depreciation and then try to sell it the next year, all that savings is going to be eaten up when you have to pay back the recapture. So we typically tell people three to five years is a, is a good timeframe after cost seg study, you know, to hold it. If you're going to hold it that long, then that reinvested of the savings is going to be able to create a return for you that will offset the recapture. I've had some clients turn around and sell it right away. Tom Brodie [00:04:07]: I said, we talked about this, right? You said you weren't going to sell it right away. They said I made so much money I didn't care about it. Okay, as long as you did that, full knowledge that I told you not to sell it right away. But it's one of those things where, you know, things happen and you have to make a move. But we typically think that you've held on to something within three to five years, you're going to be fine. James [00:04:30]: Right on. Do the math is what it comes down To, Right, exactly. Tom Brodie [00:04:34]: I mean we, we always, we give free estimates because that's the one thing that people don't understand. How much. These are big numbers, right. A lot of times. And so when you actually see the number there and then you put it into your calculation to see if this makes financial sense, a lot of people are surprised by the number to go. I didn't know this was available. Yeah, it is. James [00:04:54]: Can you. Let's just talk the numbers and let's keep it relatively easy. Just for Neanderthals like me that aren't that good at math, let's just say for fun, we got a million dollar building, right? I just bought this million dollar commercial building, office space, warehouse space. I don't know if it matters. Can you just walk me through the numbers I can expect and then what that turns into, as far as money in my pocket goes? Tom Brodie [00:05:17]: Absolutely. Now every building's gonna be a little bit different. Like so if an office building is gonna have more things that you can actually accelerate than if you had just a metal warehouse. Right. Metal warehouse is pretty much a box. But if an office building got a lot of things on the inside of that building that you can depreciate million dollars on average, I'm usually finding a deduction, a tax deduction equal to about 20 to 25% of the building's value. Now I say building's value because you have to subtract land, right? So if it costs you a million dollars, you take the land out. Maybe you're like $800,000 or something like that. Tom Brodie [00:05:52]: So it's 20% of that building. Only value that could be in a depreciation deduction, right? So that's, and with, with 100% bonus depreciation coming back, all those things that are accelerate acceleratable are things that you could write off in year one after doing a study. So it, it's significant. So you know, not every building is the same. So the more internal walls and maybe the high end decor elements you have, you have a nice lobby with a lot of high end granite or marble or whatever. Those things cost money. And typically you're not going to ROI on those, right? So if you can write all that stuff off in the first year,...
Have you ever wondered what it's really like to be a member of the Breeders Academy? In this special episode of Bred to Perfection, hosts Kenny Troiano and Nancy Troiano, take you behind the scenes for an exclusive tour of the Breeders Academy website and show you why it has become one of the most comprehensive educational resources available for gamefowl, poultry, and animal breeders. Whether you're just getting started or you're an experienced breeder looking to improve your breeding program, this episode will help you understand how the Academy can help you create, improve, and maintain superior strains through proven breeding methods, proper selection practices, and a solid understanding of genetics. During this in-depth tour, you'll discover: The different membership levels and what each includes Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced learning tracks The Founders Program and its step-by-step strain-building system The Masters Class Video Series Poultry genetics and inheritance courses Advanced breeding programs and mating systems Record-keeping and selection programs Health care, nutrition, and disease prevention resources Members-only coaching calls and live Q&A sessions Daily articles, video archives, audio programs, and podcast libraries Downloadable charts, study guides, glossaries, and breeder resources Private community groups and member forums Expert contributions from leading authorities in genetics, health care, and breeding Kenny also explains how the Academy helps breeders avoid costly mistakes, shorten the learning curve, and develop more consistent and predictable results in their breeding programs. You'll learn how members use the Academy to strengthen their understanding of genetics, improve brood fowl selection, preserve valuable bloodlines, and develop families of fowl that breed true generation after generation. If you've ever wanted to build your own strain, improve an existing bloodline, or simply become a more knowledgeable breeder, this episode offers a firsthand look at the tools, training, and support available inside the Breeders Academy. Breeding excellence doesn't happen by accident, it begins with education, proper selection, and a clear breeding plan. Join us as we explore the Breeders Academy and discover how serious breeders are using proven breeding principles to build better bloodlines and create strains that stand the test of time. #BreedersAcademy #PoultryBreeding #StrainDevelopment #BreedingGenetics #SelectiveBreeding #BreedersLife #PoultryGenetics #BackyardBreeder #LivestockBreeding #BreedingProgram #FatherDaySpecial #BuildBetterStrains See ya there! Kenny Troiano Founder of "The Breeders Academy" We specialize in breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes proper selection practices and the use of proven breeding programs. It is our mission to provide our followers and members a greater understanding of poultry breeding, poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of your fowl. If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are in the right place. We also want to encourage you to join us at the Breeders Academy, where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding and advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl. If you would like to learn more, go to: https://www.breedersacademy.com
Neal Bawa - Grocapitus and MultifamilyU On Using the Right Tools to Make Good Decisions: "I said, I'm going to mine as much data as possible and try to get insights from that data." Many investors use real estate investing as an investment vehicle in their portfolio. Most of those investors are looking at their local real estate market and trying to find deals that can pump out the returns they want. But the world is smaller now, and real estate investing in your backyard is no longer necessary. You can invest hundreds of miles away and possibly turn over a stronger margin. The way to find the best place to invest, starts with gathering data and comparing places. Neal Bawa, known widely as the "mad scientist of multifamily," is the engineer turned real estate investor that combines his knowledge of real estate, data science, and artificial intelligence. Neal shares his unconventional journey from running a successful tech company to revolutionizing real estate investing through data-driven decisions and AI-powered tools. Neal weathered the housing crash of 2008, built a thriving syndication business and a free educational community at MultifamilyU. Listen as Neal teaches us how to be fascinated by real estate, curious about the AI revolution, and to seek new ways to scale and automate your business. Enjoy! Visit Neal at: https://multifamilyu.com/ Sponsors: Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service, phone answering for small businesses: https://callsoncall.com Some videos have been recorded with Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_5&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=james-kademan Podcast Overview: 00:00 Bringing IV therapy to Madison 05:39 Navigating Franchise Regulations 07:47 IV therapy goes mainstream in Tokyo 12:50 Curated med spa offerings 14:44 Choosing Hydrate IV Bar for Madison 19:02 Starting with franchise questions 20:37 Building a Health-Focused Community 24:53 Benefits of Vitamin D Supplementation 27:55 Challenges with supplement patents 32:20 Functional medicine consultations at Hydrate 34:08 Patient advocacy and safe care 39:05 Frequency of sessions per week 41:33 Supplements and their credibility 47:04 Choosing the right location 48:42 Optimizing franchise location space 52:48 Hiring nurses for IV procedures 56:16 Spa services and mobile options Podcast Transcription: Neal Bawa [00:00:00]: We are currently at 1% of the data center needs that we have where humanity is going through the greatest change in its existence. Greater than the invention of the wheel, greater than the invention of fire, greater than the invention of the personal computer and the Internet put together. We have never seen anything of this Type. The smartphone wasn't even 1% of the AI revolution. And we think of the smartphone as the greatest invention of our times. It's nothing compared to AI. James [00:00:37]: You have found Authentic Business Adventures, the business program that brings you the struggle stories and triumphant successes of business owners across the land. Downloadable audio episodes can be found in the podcast link found@drawincustomers.com we are locally unwritten by the bank of Sun Prairie Calls On Call, Extraordinary answering service, the Bold Business Book as well as Live Switch. And today we're welcoming, preparing to learn from Neil Bawa of Growcapitus. I'm told, Neil, you are the mad scientist of multifamily. Is that true? Neal Bawa [00:01:10]: It's a moniker I present at many conferences. So I presented at over 101 of the times when I was walking up to the stage, they were announcing and talking about me. The announcer said, the mad scientists of multifamily. And that got a nice gasp out of the audience and I was like, I like this. And so the next year I went to the conference, he introduced me as a mad scientist. And then eventually I was like, people like this concept because it helps them understand that I'm data driven. I'm very AI focused. And so it's an interesting moniker. Neal Bawa [00:01:41]: I don't have the dark brown hair, but I mean that's how I roll. So I let it be and eventually it became part of our story. James [00:01:51]: That is incredible. So tell me the story. How did you end up with the moniker of the mad scientist of multifamily? That's not something people throw randomly around. Neal Bawa [00:02:00]: Yeah, so look, I'm not a real estate guy, not a real estate royalty. No one in my family is in real estate. I'm a technologist. I'm from India, came here as a computer scientist. Data science is my area of interest. I'm an amateur data scientist, but my degree is in computer science and I ran a tech company from 1999 to 2013. Very successful, not a start up, you know, hundreds of employees. And we sold it in 2013. Neal Bawa [00:02:28]: And my interest in real estate started when the senior partner in the firm, I was a junior partner, basically said in 2003, we are not going to rent, we are going to build our own campus. And this wasn't a multifamily campus at that time. It was an office campus for a business. And, you know, we had 150 employees, and we were renting from somebody. And he didn't like that. So he, under his guidance and his expert advice, I built the first campus in 2003. We took 12 months to build it. We had no investors. Neal Bawa [00:03:00]: We had no bank. It was just all cash. We built it ourselves because the business was quite profitable. At the end of that process, I realized just the extraordinary, shockingly high benefits that you get when you use depreciation, Right? Cause this big campus, 27,000 square feet, and I just all of a sudden was making. Taking a lot more money home. I wasn't making more money. I was just taking a lot more money home because the depreciation of that building was phenomenal. And that got me hooked into real estate. Neal Bawa [00:03:30]: Because at one time, I remember after that building was done, James, I remember saying to my wife, I think real estate is the best authorized tax scam in America. Now, obviously, I didn't know depreciation back then. I didn't understand accounting. Now I understand that there's nothing scammy about it. You know, depreciation is a legitimate right. And you take it for real estate. You can also take it for other things. But for real estate, it's. Neal Bawa [00:03:56]: It's extremely beneficial compared to any other form of depreciation, any other business. And so I realized that I, you know, I had the big fat tax salary, and I was living in Taxifornia, so I was basically working for the man. 50% of my salary was going to state and federal. And so I said, I need to find a way around this, because I read a book by Robert Kiyosaki, and I remember the statement, it's not what you make, it's what you keep. Right? And I was like, I ain't keeping much of my salary. So I was like, okay, I need to get into real estate. So I went back to my boss and said, you know, what we did with this campus was really great. Let's do it again. Neal Bawa [00:04:31]: And so we built a bunch more campuses. I think four or five campuses were built and improved coming up to 2008. And so each year, what would happen is I was keeping more and more of my income because of all the depreciation that I was getting. And so I was saving and saving and saving. And so I'd ended up with, you know, pretty large amount of money by the time 2008 hit. And then when that happened, all of a sudden, property values plummeted. They went down. And so I would go to, you know, my family events and everyone would just bash real estate. Neal Bawa [00:04:58]: Everyone's like, this is horrible. Don't buy real estate. It's horrible, horrible. It's going to crash. You know, it's worth nothing, blah, blah, blah. And you can imagine everyone was saying that because, you know, all the television, on the tv you're just hearing bad news, bad news. Every day it's bad news. It can only go down further. Neal Bawa [00:05:11]: You know, millions and millions of homes are in foreclos. And I'm like, I don't understand this. I don't understand. I mean, I'm from the Warren Buffett school of investing, which is, you know, when things are cheap, you buy them. So I'm like, but I don't want to make a mistake. You know, I have this money, this, that I've saved up over the last five or six years. I want to go out and buy as many single family homes as I can. But I don't want to make a mistake. Neal Bawa [00:05:34]: What if I'm just an idiot that knows nothing? So I decided that I would basically educate myself. And I did that in the typical way that, you know, technologists and engineers do. I said, I'm going to mine as much data as possible and try to get insights from that data. So I started mining websites like Bureau of Labor Statistics and Zillow and Trulia and Redfin and you know, all these other sites that realtor.com that you've heard about in the real estate area. And I'm mining gigabytes of data and putting them into a statistical analysis software called R. The software is R and statisticians know it. And you know what R does? It makes it easy for you to take huge amounts of data that you know nothing about and give you insights, right? These days, AI does it and it even does it better than the software. But back then there was no AI. Neal Bawa [00:06:23]: So the software would give you insights, it would give you correlation. So you could say something like, show me real estate profits that are made in this city and this city and this city and correlate that real estate profit with these various things that I'm looking at. What is the highest correlation? Is the correlation of profits highest to population growth or job growth or income growth or home price growth or crime reduction or schools. Where's the correlation? The connection? The biggest, right? And then based on that correlation,...
Send us Fan MailMental Health Awareness Month is an opportunity to do more than simply talk about mental health—it's a chance to explore what truly supports our well-being.While awareness has helped reduce stigma and encourage important conversations, many people still struggle to understand what mental health actually looks like in daily life. As a therapist, I've found that mental wellness isn't built on one habit, one mindset shift, or one self-care practice. It comes from caring for yourself as a whole person.In this episode, I share the six pillars of mental health that I use with clients to create meaningful, sustainable change:✨ Physical Health✨ Emotional Health✨ Mental Health✨ Lifestyle✨ Mindfulness✨ Self-LoveWe'll discuss why mental health is about much more than positive thinking and how small, intentional actions can create lasting shifts in your well-being.In This Episode You'll Learn:Why Mental Health Awareness Month mattersHow stigma impacts mental health treatment and supportWhy a holistic approach to mental wellness is essentialThe connection between your body, thoughts, emotions, and daily habitsHow to identify which pillar of mental health may need more attentionSimple practices you can begin using todayPlease note this podcast is not a substitute for mental health therapy or seeing your physician. Please see a qualified professional if you think you have mental health struggles. Get your Downloadable copy of How to Choose Your Right Therapisthttps://go.feedyoursoulunlimited.com/choosetherapist-completeguideConnect with KimTherapy: https://feedyoursoultherapy.com/Coaching: https://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTuSnNrSDhLvbhxoTMXZgog Kim McLaughlin, MAKim McLaughlin is a psychotherapist. coach, speaker, and author. She helps people who feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and overloaded, and it shows up in feeling unsatisfied in your life. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology. Kim is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, helping people to gain peace with food. We would love to get your feedback on this show and let us know what you would like to hear about in upcoming shows. Email us at info@FeedYourSoulUnlimited.com Thank you for listening.Please be sure to leave a review for others to find us and share this podcast with a friend.Join us for more conversation at:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/feedyoursoulunlimited/@feedyoursoulunlimitedWebsite:http://feedyoursoulunlimited.com/We would love it if you would leave us a 5 star review on your favorite platform.Thanks for listening to the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast.
Shahayra Majumder and Jonathan Chizever - Hydrate IV Bar Madison, WI On Focusing on What Really Matters: "They're passionate about their health, which is your only wealth at the end of the day." What good is money if you're spending your time hurting and not able to enjoy this great gift of life that we have all been given? Health is arguably the most important thing to focus on, to make sure you can do the things you want to do. Whether that is growing a business or enjoying time with friends. Shahayra and Jonathan set out to help boost the health of the midwest by starting a Hydrate IV Bar franchise in Madison, Wisconsin. Through our candid conversation you will learn what is a IV bar, why do people get IV drips and how they started this business in the IV drip world. Learn how they identified a gap in the Midwest's wellness market, navigated the highly regulated and rapidly evolving IV bar industry, and brought a community-focused approach to health and hydration. Are you curious about how IV therapy went from hospital wards to vibrant wellness lounges? Or what it takes to build a franchise rooted in both science and local values? This conversation will open your eyes to the business challenges, customer stories, and passion that drive this growing trend. Shahayra and Jonathan share some great insights into franchise selection, the science behind vitamin infusions, building a winning team, and the power of connection within a unique new “third space” for health-minded people. Listen as they explain the power of IV drips and how they can help you in your health and life journey. Enjoy! Visit Shahayra and Jonathan at: https://hydrateivbar.com/locations/madison/ Sponsors: Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service, phone answering for small businesses: https://callsoncall.com Some videos have been recorded with Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_5&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=james-kademan Podcast Overview: 00:00 Bringing IV therapy to Madison 05:39 Navigating Franchise Regulations 07:47 IV therapy goes mainstream in Tokyo 12:50 Curated med spa offerings 14:44 Choosing Hydrate IV Bar for Madison 19:02 Starting with franchise questions 20:37 Building a Health-Focused Community 24:53 Benefits of Vitamin D Supplementation 27:55 Challenges with supplement patents 32:20 Functional medicine consultations at Hydrate 34:08 Patient advocacy and safe care 39:05 Frequency of sessions per week 41:33 Supplements and their credibility 47:04 Choosing the right location 48:42 Optimizing franchise location space 52:48 Hiring nurses for IV procedures 56:16 Spa services and mobile options Podcast Transcription: Jonathan Chizever [00:00:00]: This gentleman with Parkinson's started supplementing the NAD with us, and the results we're seeing are just, like, amazing. He's not perfect in running marathons, but he's walking around without his hunch in his cane. I check in with his wife the next day, like, hey, how's he doing? And she's like, I couldn't believe it. I woke up and I walk out and he was up before me, which is rare. And he's sitting in his chair in the living room, giant smile plastered across his face. And. And it's like, what's going on? And then I see him get out of the chair, stand up with no cane, no hunch, and he's like, I feel better than I felt in a long time because of something that we all. James Kademan [00:00:41]: You have found authentic business adventures business program that brings you the struggle stories and triumphant successes of business owners across the land. Downloadable audio episodes can be found in the podcast link found@drawincustomers.com we are locally unwritten by the bank of Sun Prairie, and today we're welcoming, preparing to learn from Sahara and Jonathan of the Hydrate IV bar. So, Sahara, Jonathan, how are you guys doing today? Jonathan Chizever [00:01:06]: Wonderful. Excited to be here. James Kademan [00:01:08]: Yeah. Shahayra Majumder [00:01:08]: Woot, woot. James Kademan [00:01:09]: Let's talk about Hydrate IV bar. I don't know what in the world an IV bar is, and I bet a lot of people don't either. So let's just start with what is an IV bar? Jonathan Chizever [00:01:18]: Happy to tell them you want to go or want me to go? Shahayra Majumder [00:01:20]: Um, yeah, I'll kick it off if you want to add in, if there's anything that I miss. But have you ever had an IV before? James Kademan [00:01:28]: I had. Yes. I had a saline IV thing when I had a. A gut thing, a stress gut thing Shahayra Majumder [00:01:35]: way back when, probably in the hospital. James Kademan [00:01:37]: Yeah. Yeah. Not a fan. Shahayra Majumder [00:01:39]: Yeah. James Kademan [00:01:41]: Not a fan of being in the hospital. Shahayra Majumder [00:01:42]: Yeah, right. Yeah, I. A lot of people are used to thinking about IVs being something that you get in the hospital or at urgent care in an emerg situation. But an IV bar actually takes those services outside of an emergency situation and lets you be a little more proactive about rapidly rehydrating your body. James Kademan [00:02:04]: All right. Shahayra Majumder [00:02:05]: For your different health and wellness goals. There's lots that we can do with supplementing things that you might be deficient in or if you're just feeling certain ailments that could be improved with additional vitamin supplements, meditation, or hydration. That's usually why people come to an IV bar. For me, it's been more of a proactive thing. I realized as I started doing IVs on a regular basis, I felt more energy. I was getting sick less. I didn't really let anything get me down as much. Like during cold and flu season. Shahayra Majumder [00:02:49]: Yeah. Anything that you would add to that, Jonathan Chizever [00:02:52]: I think that sums it up. Great. Yeah. James Kademan [00:02:54]: All right. How do you get in the IV bar business? Shahayra Majumder [00:02:58]: You take that one. Jonathan Chizever [00:03:01]: So we both, in our travels, neither of us are from Madison. I've been here 10 years. Sahara's been here seven. And we've both, in our travels and living other places, seen this as a more established concept in other places. And, you know, in the Midwest, whether it's fashion trends or wellness modalities, we're generally the last to get just about everything. And so here we are. And so, you know, IVs have saved us in numerous occasions from feeling bad, and really, until we got in the business, didn't yet understand how much it can make you feel good in a consistent and proactive sense. But we just saw this as a market that makes so much sense for it, because, you know, what people traditionally associate it with is hangovers, at least in the selective sense, which it is phenomenal for, I've heard, at least. Jonathan Chizever [00:03:54]: But. But beyond that, you know, like, the founder of our brand, she got into this. She was a Broncos cheerleader, and she noticed all the guys in the team are doing these IVs routinely, all the time. And that was part of her origin story of getting into this. And so athletes love it, and athletes have been ahead of the curve and, you know, taking advantage of this. So for athletics and drinking Madison, we have a lot of bubbles, and turns out. James Kademan [00:04:24]: Yeah, yeah. Jonathan Chizever [00:04:25]: So. And then beyond that, we also have a very vibrant wellness scene. You know, we have a population that likes to take care of themselves. And, I mean, in so many ways, it made sense, but it was something that we saw being severely underserved. So it wasn't like we wanted to start a business. And we're like, what business do we do? It was like we noticed that there was a gap in the availability of these types of services in a place that it makes so much sense to have them. And the rest kind of naturally came from there. James Kademan [00:04:55]: Right on. So did you hunt down a franchise, or did you get introduced to the franchise? And you're like, yes, that's what we want. Shahayra Majumder [00:05:03]: Little column A, little column B. I did interview, like, every franchise under the sun doing IV stuff. James Kademan [00:05:09]: All in the IV stuff. Shahayra Majumder [00:05:10]: Yes. James Kademan [00:05:11]: Okay, how many are we talking here? Shahayra Majumder [00:05:12]: Oh, my God. I think I Started talking to folks in September of 2024, and then we signed our franchise agreement February of 25. So, yeah, I mean, that gives you a little gauge. It took me months and months of. James Kademan [00:05:27]: So just talking like, I don't know how many franchise I've seen. Are we talking five? We talking 50? Jonathan Chizever [00:05:32]: Oh, no, I'd say a dozen and a half maybe. Shahayra Majumder [00:05:35]: Yeah, maybe closer to like the 20 or 30. Jonathan Chizever [00:05:37]: Wow. Shahayra Majumder [00:05:39]: Yeah, franchise franchises. And there are a few that dominate the market. There are a few that are bigger. But what's interesting is this industry, it's very highly regulated, but the regulations are different state to state. So if you know a little bit about franchising, you know that franchises have to be registered in every single state. And some states are harder to get registered in. And so I talked to a lot of the folks that I was able to get their franchisees on the phone and get honest opinions about the kind of support they're receiving, how the market has received them. I particularly talk to folks in the Midwest or familiar with the Midwest because, you know, the market in the Midwest is not going to be what it is in, you know, Nashville, Tennessee, for example, where you're getting a lot more tourism and. James Kademan [00:06:38]: Yeah, sober me up. Sober me up. ...
Ronica Cleary - Cleary Strategies On Trying DIY PR: "You don't know what makes you newsworthy. You don't know what lands. You don't know what's a really good pitch and what's not." Every business wants, well actually, needs customers. How do you get customers? You get noticed and you get your business in front of potential customers. How do you grow this awareness? You can shout from the street corner, cold-call, pay for advertising, or use the tried and true way to build trust and that is to get some news stories written and published about you. The interesting thing about public relations is that, with the right public relation expert, you can control the narrative about your business and grow the awareness of your brand in a trusted space. People generally trust the news much more than they trust an advertisement. So if you are in the news, you are much more likely to be a trusted brand. Ronica Cleary has been on the news side of the desk and now helps businesses get noticed with her PR firm, Cleary Strategies. She and her crew craft the stories and push them to the editors and people that can get them on the pages, print and web, that people read. Listen as Ronica explains the power of PR and how she has built her PR firm from her incredible experience as a television journalist. Enjoy! Visit Ronica at: https://www.clearystrategies.com/ Sponsors: Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service, phone answering for small businesses: https://callsoncall.com Some videos have been recorded with Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_5&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=james-kademan Podcast Overview: 00:00 Starting Cleary Strategies Unexpectedly 06:09 Covering Trump's first election campaign 09:09 Media relations and crisis management 11:33 Evolution of media placements 13:59 Pitching to a busy newsroom 18:23 Managing media queries efficiently 22:16 Managing Public Relations Challenges 25:45 Concerns about paid media placements 27:11 Shady PR practices discussion 30:51 Using PR to Boost Visibility 33:50 Developing client content themes 37:20 Building a thought leadership presence 40:08 Importance of a founder's story 42:59 The value of PR in business 46:37 Podcast audience quality over size 50:26 Reflections on Starting a Business 53:56 Assessing contractor fit and retention Podcast Transcription: Ronica Cleary [00:00:00]: We, we think like producers when we pitch our clients. We don't. We have to think as a producer would so that when we present the pitch to the newsroom, it's like we've produced the segment for them and not because they aren't capable, not because they can't, but because maybe they don't have the bandwidth to do so. And so if our pitch comes perfectly packaged with the pieces in place, the B roll ready to go, the expert teed up the potential questions all written for you. You know, they're not going to take it word for word, but it's like all of the pieces are there. James Kademan [00:00:36]: You have found authentic Business Adventures, the business program that brings you the struggle stories and triumphant successes of business owners across the land. Downloadable audio episodes can be found in the podcast link found@drawincustomers.com we are locally underwritten by the Bank of Sun prairie, Calls On Call Extraordinary Answering Service, as well as Live Switch. And today we're welcoming, slash, preparing to learn from Ronica with Cleary Strategies. And today we are talking pr. So Ronica, how is it going today? Ronica Cleary [00:01:07]: It's going so well. Just poured myself a fresh cup of coffee, finished the pot. James Kademan [00:01:12]: So lucky. Ronica Cleary [00:01:13]: We've had a caffeinated day, but it's a good day. James Kademan [00:01:17]: Yeah, nice. Tell me, how long have you been in the PR business? Ronica Cleary [00:01:24]: So I'm approaching eight years this summer. So we started our agency, I always say we opened our virtual doors before it was cool. Yeah, nearly eight. And so it's, we're kind of, I can see in the horizon that 10 year mark, which is exciting. James Kademan [00:01:42]: I don't know what the, what the metrics are, what the data is for. How many businesses make it 10 years? It's not many. So I feel like you're doing very well. Ronica Cleary [00:01:50]: They talk about that five year mark as a really big turning point and I felt it and I think that's a very valid marker for, you know, a shift in your business. But I think you maybe hear less about the 10 year mark because people probably throw in the towel by then. James Kademan [00:02:06]: They're like, forget this, I'm done. No more, no more. Oh, it's funny. How did you end up in the PR business Ronica Cleary [00:02:14]: accidentally? You know, it was not on purpose, but that's been the beautiful part of the journey. So if I'm being more specific than accidentally, I think it was really client request for that type of service. So I'm a former television journalist and when I left TV I did obviously intentionally start a business and open Cleary strategies. But my vision was to do a lot of communicate traditional communications and support with internal communications and writing and, you know, coaching and. But what people were asking for in my network, because when you started business, you know, your first customers are usually in your network, was, you know, you used to be on tv. Can you help me get on tv? And it was, you know, I didn't call it PR in that moment, but I did have an aha moment a few years into running my business where I said, I think I'm a publicist. Like, how did that happen? And, you know, then we, I mean, we realized that was becoming our identity. I've really leaned into it and I love it. Ronica Cleary [00:03:12]: And we are now a full service PR agency. And that is very, very much our identity today. And we don't do any internal comms or anything like that. So a big shift from customer demand and direction, which is a really cool way to grow. And it's been great. James Kademan [00:03:27]: Nice. So what made you get out of tv? I guess that's an assumption. Maybe you haven't. What made you get out of being a video journalist? Ronica Cleary [00:03:35]: So that is, you know, a lot of reasons. But I'll make it brief because we only have 52 minutes. So let's see. I had a really beautiful career in television. I like to say I had a storybook career in tv. And my most recent work in television was as a White House correspondent. I worked in Washington D.C. and I covered the White House as a journalist. Ronica Cleary [00:03:56]: And my contract was coming up for renewal and I was pregnant with our second child. And at the time, my husband and I actually lived in different states. I lived in the District, the, the District area. I lived in Maryland, but right outside of D.C. with our daughter on my own. And most of the time and he was up here in Pennsylvania. And, you know, it just seemed like the right time to live under one roof with a. With the birth of our second coming and now we have three, which is really beautiful. Ronica Cleary [00:04:26]: And family's very important. And I always really was entrepreneurial. I always had a passion and an interest. I had a really bad attempt at entrepreneurship in my 20s, and I didn't have the drive or the focus to really turn it into something. And in my, let's see, how old was I? I guess my mid-30s. When I started this business, I was a different person and I was ready to really give it an honest try in, in the real sense of the, of making a service business work. And it felt like the right time. And I had done so many wonderful things in tv, it wasn't that, you know, I certainly hadn't done everything, but I felt like I had checked that box in my. Ronica Cleary [00:05:09]: And that I could really look back on that and feel accomplished and like the ride was extremely meaningful. And it felt like a time when I could close that chapter in a thoughtful way. So that's. That's kind of the. The Cliff Notes. James Kademan [00:05:24]: All right, this is. I want to go down the White House correspondent journalist a little bit. Ronica Cleary [00:05:29]: Sure. James Kademan [00:05:30]: Tell me about the contract. Was that with a specific channel or. Ronica Cleary [00:05:35]: Oh, yeah, sure. So I worked for the local Fox affiliate in Washington. So my TV contract was with WTTG, and that's Fox 5. That's the local station in Washington. And then if you cover the White House, you can become a member of the White House Correspondents association, which I was. But my contract in television was with the local Fox station in Washington. And, you know, I moved down there to become the political reporter for the station. It's actually, you know, I don't know if your listeners are super into this, but, you know, it's really rare for local stations to have White House correspondence. Ronica Cleary [00:06:09]: Usually that's a network thing or a print and print reporter thing or some radio stations. But I was down there. I covered the presidential election leading up to the election of Donald Trump for the first time, his first campaign. And, you know, I know he is president today, but that first time that he won, I mean, that the, the media momentum was a frenzy. It was all consuming. And so independent of the politics, I was down there at a really unique time that as a local news reporter, they actually said, we need someone in the briefing room. So that's kind of where, like, I call it like a bit of a storybook career, because usually to get in that briefing room, you've got to follow the journey into working at a national network or, you know, working for, I would argue, maybe a. A bigger news outlet. Ronica Cleary [00:06:58]: And while WTTG,...
Step into a blow-me-away, thought-provoking, and deeply illuminating conversation with Dr. Richard Blake, psychologist, researcher, breathwork practitioner, and author of the upcoming book The Anxiety Industry, on this episode of Intimate Conversations: Dark Night to Divine Light. Dr. Blake is known for challenging modern therapy culture, questioning the narratives surrounding trauma and mental health, and bringing the conversation back to evidence, physiology, nervous system regulation, and true healing. Richard shares his own journey through severe anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, binge eating disorder, and compulsive behaviors as a young man. While therapy helped him survive rock bottom, he eventually realized that talk-based approaches alone were not creating the deep transformation he longed for. That turning point led him into conscious connected breathwork, nervous system regulation, and eventually groundbreaking research, including the largest randomized controlled trial on breathwork to date. We explore the uncomfortable but important question at the center of his work: Why are mental illness rates increasing despite more therapy, awareness, and mental health conversations than ever before? Richard discusses what researchers call the "treatment prevalence paradox," where more people entering therapy has not led to lower rates of anxiety, depression, or mental illness, and how therapy culture may unintentionally reinforce victimhood, blame, helplessness, and identity around suffering! I agree! Richard also shares the fascinating science behind breathwork, psychedelics, and neuroplasticity, explaining how practices like conscious connected breathing can create profound shifts in the brain, increase resilience to stress, and help people break out of deeply conditioned emotional and behavioral patterns. Rather than endlessly analyzing the past, he emphasizes building tolerance for discomfort, strengthening the nervous system, and learning how to engage with life more directly and courageously. (YES!) 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It reminds us that growth is not about eliminating all discomfort, but learning how to stay present through it with greater capacity, awareness, and self-responsibility. I could have talked with this great man for hours! Dr. Blake's work calls us back into the body, back into reality, and back into the profound human ability to adapt, heal, and evolve. Go deeper with me inside The Intimate World. patreon.com/AllanaPratt #TheIntimateWorld ➡️ Go check out patreon.com/allanapratt for Exclusive content! About Richard Dr. Richard Blake has a PhD in psychology and is known for challenging the way mental health is discussed and treated today. His research focuses on anxiety, breathwork, and nervous system regulation, including the largest randomized controlled trial on conscious connected breathwork to date. He has built a following of over 113,000 on Instagram, where his evidence-based reels critiquing therapy culture, trauma inflation, and mental-health misinformation have gone viral. 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