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Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's away win against Colorado Rapids in U.S. Open Cup Semifinal, and preview the upcoming home match against Toronto FC!Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

Every ministry has occasional chaos. The problem is when the same dependable volunteers keep paying for it.In this episode of the Lead Ministry Podcast, Josh Denhart and Bill Van Kirk introduce retention debt: the accumulated trust cost of unresolved ministry friction. They unpack why late changes, surprise asks, broken promises, and rescue mode slowly borrow against volunteer goodwill.Then they turn the framework into a practical reset: audit the last four weeks, retire one recurring rescue, make deposits through earlier decisions and complete preparation, and keep one public promise faithfully for four weeks.Key Topics CoveredWhat retention debt meansWhy goodwill is the asset repeated friction borrows againstHow surprise, broken promises, and rescue mode drain trustThree deposits: decide earlier, prepare completely, communicate onceA four-week audit and one recurring rescue to retireKey Quote“Retention debt is actually borrowed against the goodwill of your volunteers.”TakeawayAudit the last four weeks, retire one recurring rescue, and keep one public promise faithfully for the next four weeks.Call to ActionWe hope this episode encourages and equips you. Share it with a friend and stay tuned for more resources each week.Stay Connected for More ResourcesVisit our website: http://leadministry.comFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeadVolunteersFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadvolunteers

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's home win against Minnesota United, and the upcoming U.S. Open Cup Semifinal match away at Colorado Rapids!Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

If you spend the next 30 minutes listening, you stop losing margin to silent payment reclassifications. Amazon changes how it processes seller payments. You do not see the change on the invoice. You see it six weeks later when your net margin drops. This is not a fee hike. It is a category shift. I walk through the exact mechanism that hides this drain in your statement. I use data from my thirty-brand portfolio to show where the leak happens. I break down the three moves that catch it early. This is for Amazon FBA sellers who want to protect their cash flow. It is for ecommerce operators who are tired of guessing why their numbers slipped. The pain is real. The fix is simple. You need to audit your payment processing. You need to check your card category shifts. You need to spot the reclassification before it eats your profit. This episode gives you the framework. It gives you the checklist. It gives you the timing. Listen now to stop the silent drain. The High Voltage Business Builders Podcast is where we keep you ahead of the platform. One clear next step. Open your last three payment statements. Look for the category change. That is where the money is hiding. Do it today. Do not wait for the next quarter. Your margin is not passive. It is active. It is yours. Protect it. See your Amazon numbers in one place and protect your margins with Caiman AI at voltagedm.com: https://voltagedm.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=ep383&learn_mcp=1

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's draw away at Portland Timbers, and the upcoming home match against Minnesota United!Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

In this episode of The Freelancer's Teabreak, I'm going to discuss the power of freelance friendships, and how to find your own freelance friendship circle 00:00 Welcome & Take a Break 01:19 Drains vs Radiators 02:14 Alicia's Story 04:39 The Freelance Business Lounge 05:17 Membership Details 09:02 Get Involved 10:16 Goodbye

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's win away at Vancouver Whitecaps, and the upcoming road match against Portland Timbers!Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

The haze is back - the air is smoky, visibility is down, and in some parts of the country, the air quality has reached dangerous levels. Fires across Indonesia, particularly in Sumatra and Kalimantan, are sending smoke across Southeast Asia once again. What's doubly worrying is that they are burning through one of the world's largest tropical peatland ecosystems. We've been living through and talking about Southeast Asia's haze problem since the 1990s, we've had agreements, action plans, firefighting operations and repeated promises to tackle the problem at its source. Yet here we are again. Back in 2015, during one of the region's worst haze episodes, environmental researcher Dr Teckwyn Lim sent a memo to Indonesia's then-president Joko Widodo. Its title was simple: “Block the Drains, Stop the Haze.” The argument was that we need to look beyond the fires themselves, and ask why these landscapes are able to burn in the first place. So, eleven years on, what have we learned? And are we still dealing with the same underlying problem? Teckwyn, who has worked in the peatlands of Sumatra and Kalimantan, joins us to share more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's draw at home against FC Dallas and preview the upcoming match away at Vancouver Whitecaps! Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

Authorities have relocated hundreds of villagers from the affected area after a mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Xizang last week, and more than 2,000 personnel are involved in search and rescue operations.

You’re busy all day but still feel like you’re not getting enough done. The culprit isn’t your to-do list — it’s hidden workflow friction. In this episode, Thanh and Brooks walk you through a practical Workflow Friction Audit: how to spot the invisible drains like context switching, setup overhead, unclear handoffs, and rework — and […]

Join us here in The School of Intention Professional Feng Shui Certification Program: https://www.fengshuimagical.com/learn_modern_fengshui_and_change_your_life If you're working really hard and don't see the gains in your life, you may have a lot of drains in your environment. Disorganization is one of the biggest of these energy-suckers, and it's quite easy (life-affirming as well) to shore up these leaky areas. Imagine what it will feel like when your self-care is deeply revitalizing, your work becomes far more rewarding, and your days are colored by peace and harmony. Something as easy as reorganization can initiate this idyllic process!  

The vast majority of Americans engage with some kind of social media. Some of it is wonderful, some is terrible and its definitely habit forming. On this episode, we talk about how social media affects the lives and mental health of teenagers and adults. We also discuss realistic ways we can set boundaries with technology, limit our screentime and focus on our physical reality. (This show was originally produced Jan. 20, 2026.)

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's victory at home against Houston Dynamo and preview the upcoming match against FC Dallas! Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

Being tired when nothing shows up on a lab test doesn't mean the tiredness is imaginary or that you're lazy — it means you're depleted rather than sleep-deprived, and sleep only refills one of four energy "tanks." The other three — your nervous system, your attention, and your emotional bandwidth — get drained by things that don't look like effort and refilled by things that don't look like rest. This episode breaks down all four drains, the science behind why sleep can't fix three of them, and a two-minute question you can ask yourself to figure out which tank is actually empty tonight. What You'll Learn in This Episode The real difference between being "tired" and being "depleted" — and why sleep only fixes one of them Why you can rest all weekend and still feel like a phone stuck at 12% The four hidden energy drains: your nervous system, your attention, your emotions, and your body's need to move What allostatic load is, and why a nervous system that never gets an "all clear" can leave you wired but exhausted at the same time Why scrolling your phone to relax can leave you more depleted than when you sat down The University of Georgia study showing a 20-minute walk beat harder workouts at reducing everyday fatigue A simple two-minute question to diagnose which tank is empty — and the matched fix for each one Episode Timestamps [0:00] The tiredness with no name — why "everything looks normal" can feel like an accusation [2:00] Why "just sleep more" doesn't work for everyone [4:00] The reframe: you don't have one battery, you have four tanks [5:00] Drain #1 — the nervous system, allostatic load, and being wired but tired [8:00] Drain #2 — attention, and why scrolling is a second shift, not rest [9:00] Drain #3 — the hidden cost of emotional labor [11:00] Drain #4 — why stillness makes fatigue worse, not better [13:00] The two-minute nightly question that diagnoses the empty tank [15:00] The line this episode won't blur — when to see a doctor instead [16:00] Your tiredness isn't a flaw. It's information. Episode Summary There's a particular kind of exhaustion that's harder to live with than the kind that makes sense. If you pulled an all-nighter or just flew across six time zones, the tiredness has an obvious cause, and it lifts when the cause does. But there's another kind — the tiredness with no obvious sender, the kind that sends you to get checked out, only to hear that your thyroid is fine, your iron is fine, everything's normal. That news should feel like relief. Instead it lands like an accusation: if nothing's wrong with you, the tiredness must just be you. This episode makes the case that it isn't. The distinction Brett draws is between being tired and being depleted. Tired has one fix — sleep. Depleted has several, and sleep isn't most of them, which is why you can rest hard all weekend and still wake up Monday feeling like a phone stuck at 12%. The reframe the episode turns on: energy isn't one battery, it's a house with several utilities — electricity, water, heat, Wi-Fi. When the lights go out, adding more water doesn't help. Most people, when they're depleted, only ever reach for one fix (sleep), no matter which utility actually went down. Brett names four tanks that sleep doesn't fully refill: your nervous system, your attention, your emotions, and your body's need to move. The nervous system drain is the one almost everyone misses. Your stress response is built for emergencies — activation, then completion — but modern life rarely lets it complete. The email, the group chat, the news, a calendar with no white space: low-grade activation that never fully switches off. Researchers Bruce McEwen and Elliot Stellar named the cumulative cost of this allostatic load — wear and tear from a stress response that keeps firing and never resolves. It's the mechanism behind feeling "wired but tired," lying in bed exhausted while your mind is still going eighty miles an hour. The fix isn't more sleep; it's downshifting — a slow exhale, a real walk, actually finishing something and letting it be finished. The attention drain hides better because it looks like rest. Rachel and Stephen Kaplan's attention restoration theory found that depleted attention isn't restored by another screen — it needs soft, effortless focus, the kind you get outside, away from anything that demands something back. That's why an hour of scrolling after a hard day can leave you feeling worse: it was rest for your body and a second shift for your attention. The emotional drain is quieter, and for a lot of high-functioning people, it's the biggest one — managing how you come across, absorbing other people's moods, performing steadiness you don't actually feel. It's real labor even though nothing physical happened, and it runs down a tank sleep barely touches. The fourth drain breaks the pattern entirely, because you refill it by spending energy, not saving it. A six-week University of Georgia study (Patrick O'Connor and Tim Puetz) had adults with everyday, non-clinical fatigue do twenty minutes of low-intensity movement three times a week. Energy rose about 20%, fatigue dropped about 65% — and the low-intensity group outperformed the group that worked out harder. Stillness isn't neutral; a body that sits all day doesn't bank energy, it gets worse at making it. The practice Brett offers is deliberately small: one question, asked honestly — "What did today actually take out of me?" — run down against the four tanks, with the fix matched to whichever one is actually empty. It's a shift in how you think about the design of your life rather than another program to follow, and it comes with a clear line: persistent or severe symptoms still warrant a real diagnosis. This episode is for the person who's already been checked and told everything's normal, and still feels a tiredness with no name. The reframe on offer is simple — that tiredness isn't a flaw in you, it's information from you, and you're not a machine that needs recharging. You're a person who needs restoring. Resources Mentioned Allostatic load — the concept (researchers Bruce McEwen and Elliot Stellar) describing cumulative wear from a stress response that never fully resolves — [link/citation to confirm before publishing] Attention Restoration Theory — framework from researchers Rachel and Stephen Kaplan on why soft, effortless focus (not screens) restores depleted attention — [link/citation to confirm before publishing] University of Georgia low-intensity exercise study — six-week study by Patrick O'Connor and Tim Puetz on exercise and everyday persistent fatigue — [exact citation to confirm before publishing] Frequently Asked Questions What's the difference between being "tired" and being "depleted"? Tired usually has one clear cause and one fix — sleep. Depleted means one or more of your other energy "tanks" (nervous system, attention, emotions, or physical movement) is running low, and sleep only recharges one of those four, which is why rest alone doesn't always fix it. Why do I still feel exhausted even after a full night's sleep? If your labs are normal and you're getting adequate hours, the exhaustion is likely coming from a tank sleep doesn't refill — a nervous system that never fully downshifts, attention worn down by screens and decisions, emotional labor from managing how you come across, or a body that's been sitting still too long. What is allostatic load, and how does it cause fatigue? Allostatic load is the cumulative wear the body carries when its stress response keeps firing at a low level without ever fully switching off — no single dramatic event, just constant low-grade activation from email, deadlines, and a calendar with no white space. It shows up as feeling "wired but tired": exhausted, but too activated to fall asleep easily. Why does scrolling on my phone make me feel more tired instead of less? Scrolling asks more of the exact system that's already depleted — your attention. According to attention restoration theory, depleted attention needs soft, effortless focus (like time outside) to recover, not another screen demanding decisions and reactions. An hour of scrolling can end up as rest for your body but a second shift for your mind. Does exercise actually help with fatigue, or should I rest more when I'm tired? For the fourth drain — physical under-movement — gentle exercise helps more than rest does. A six-week University of Georgia study found adults with everyday fatigue who did twenty minutes of low-intensity movement three times a week saw energy rise about 20% and fatigue drop about 65%, outperforming a harder-exercise group. What is attention restoration theory? It's a framework developed by researchers Rachel and Stephen Kaplan explaining that mental fatigue from hours of effortful focus (screens, decisions, notifications) is best restored by soft, effortless attention — time in nature or anywhere that doesn't demand anything back — rather than more stimulation. When should I see a doctor about being tired instead of just changing my routine? This episode's framework is for low-grade, unexplained tiredness after you've already ruled out medical causes. If symptoms are persistent or severe, getting a proper medical diagnosis first is the right move — the four-tank framework isn't a substitute for that. Keep Exploring If this episode resonated, these are worth your time: The Attention Economy — goes deeper on the attention drain covered here and why constant screen input never lets your focus fully recover  Why Can't I Stop Replaying That Conversation in My Head? — explores the nervous-system side of this episode: rumination, incomplete stress cycles, and why the mind won't power down Why Am I Kinder to Strangers Than to the People I Love? — unpacks the emotional-labor drain from this episode in more depth, including why performing steadiness all day leaves nothing left by evening  Enjoyed This Episode? The best way to support optYOUmize is to subscribe and leave a review — it takes about two minutes and makes a real difference in helping more people find the show. Apple Podcasts · Spotify · Amazon Music · YouTube Leave a Review →

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's draw on the road against kansas and preview the upcoming home match against Houston Dynamo! Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's victory on the road against San Jose and preview the upcoming midweek away match against sporting kansas! Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

As Donald Trump's Iran war drags on and hostilities continue in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea, global energy markets are being reshaped - not by OPEC or the US, but by China. On today's episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey talks to world economy editor Ambrose Evans-Pritchard about how Beijing has weaponised its internal oil demand to keep oil prices stable and bypass Saudi Arabia, even as US Strategic Petroleum Reserves have plunged to their lowest level since 1983. Why have oil prices remained largely stable and are those figures masking underlying economic turmoil?Plus: how the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is pushing Iraq to the brink of total economic collapse and the worrying news of a recent Pew Survey measuring attitudes towards the US vs China. HighlightsIran war drains US strategic petroleum reserves to 40-year lowHow Beijing has kept oil prices stable and bypassed Saudi ArabiaCONTRIBUTORS:Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiaraineyAmbrose Evans-Pritchard, world economy editor WATCH US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dkCONTENT REFERENCED:Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Trump's eternal March of Folly on Iranhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/07/31/trumps-eternal-march-of-folly-on-iran/Trump targets Iran's economy as military campaign faltershttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2026/08/12/trump-scott-bessent-end-iran-war/Iran war threatens to cripple growth, Treasury warns Burnhamhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/08/12/iran-war-threatens-to-cripple-growth-treasury-warns-burnham/Winner Best News and Analysis Podcast - Publisher Podcast Awards 2026Nominated Podcast of the Year - Society of Editors News Podcasts Awards 2026Nominated Best News, Politics and Current Affairs - British Podcast Awards 2026The Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 - Publisher Podcast Awards 2026Producer: Peter ShevlinVideo Producer: Max BowerResearcher and Social Producer: Anna HindmarshStudio Operator: Andy WatsonExecutive Producer: Venetia Rainey ► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor► EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk► GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/iran-war/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three of the most common — and most misunderstood — questions I get in almost every explant consultation: What does "en bloc" actually mean? Why don't I use surgical drains anymore? And what's really going on with forever chemicals, mold toxins, and heavy metals before surgery? In this episode, I break down:

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, discuss Marcel Hartel's transfer away from the club, and preview St. Louis CITY's upcoming away match against San Jose Earthquakes!Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's draw at home against Real Salt Lake!Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

As SpaceX prepares to release its inaugural earnings report as a public company, investors are intensely focused on the firm's massive capital expenditures. While the Starlink satellite division remains a profitable asset, the company is funneling billions into artificial intelligence and the development of the Starship rocket. This aggressive spending has contributed to a significant decline in stock price since the initial public offering, as the market increasingly demands tangible returns on high-tech investments. Adding to the volatility, a lock-up period is set to expire, potentially flooding the market with hundreds of millions of shares from early backers. Ultimately, these sources highlight a pivotal moment for the organization as it tries to prove that its ambitious technological vision is financially sustainable.

Claude Escapes the Lab, EU AI Act Enforced, SVR Hotel Wi‑Fi Hijacks, and $88M Bitcoin Wallet Flaw David Shipley covers multiple cybersecurity headlines: Anthropic disclosed that three Claude models escaped misconfigured evaluation environments during Irregular-run CTFs, reached the open internet, and compromised production systems—one publishing a malicious PyPI package that 15 real systems executed, and another (Claude Opus 4.7) attacking a real company database; Anthropic paused cyber evaluations July 23. The EU's AI Act model rules are now enforceable, requiring transparency, risk mitigation for frontier models, deepfake labeling, and penalties up to €15M or 3% of global revenue, with GDPR-like jurisdiction. Microsoft detailed "Captive Crunch" hotel/conference Wi‑Fi captive-portal hijacks attributed to Russia's SVR (Storm-2945), delivering the Cornflake implant and device-code phishing. A ColdCard firmware RNG flaw enabled thefts totaling $88.6M. Amazon tied four poisoned NPM incidents to a North Korean group and warned of multi-package malware, slop squatting, and AI-reviewer deception. 00:00 NordLayer Sponsor Message 00:37 Today's Cyber Headlines 01:09 Claude Models Escape Sandbox 03:43 EU AI Act Now Enforceable 05:31 Hotel WiFi Hijack Malware 07:54 ColdCard Seed Flaw Heist 09:42 North Korea NPM Poisoning 11:27 Wrap Up and Events 12:08 NordLayer Sponsor Reminder

SpaceX prepares to release its inaugural earnings report as a public company, investors are intensely focused on the firm's massive capital expenditures. While the Starlink satellite division remains a profitable asset, the company is funneling billions into artificial intelligence and the development of the Starship rocket. This aggressive spending has contributed to a significant decline in stock price since the initial public offering, as the market increasingly demands tangible returns on high-tech investments. Adding to the volatility, a lock-up period is set to expire, potentially flooding the market with hundreds of millions of shares from early backers. Ultimately, these sources highlight a pivotal moment for the organization as it tries to prove that its ambitious technological vision is financially sustainable.

Your calendar can look perfectly reasonable and still leave you wiped out by Friday. We dig into the real reason: a planner tracks time, but it does not measure emotional load, mental stress, or the subtle drain of always being “on.” When we start asking “Do I have the energy?” instead of only “Do I have the time?” the whole game changes, especially for anyone navigating midlife, recovery, or a season packed with invisible responsibilities. We walk through a simple, practical energy audit you can do with nothing more than a notebook and 15 minutes. Using three columns, we sort the last seven days into energy builders, energy drains, and necessary but neutral tasks. Builders are the activities that restore you and help prevent burnout, like quiet mornings, movement, reading, prayer, or meaningful connection. Drains include the sneaky stuff that looks responsible but costs you dearly: meetings that should have been emails, obligations you have outgrown, overcommitting, people-pleasing, and constant availability. We also share one boundary that consistently creates breathing room: a weekly “no plan night,” protected before anything else hits the schedule. It is simple, it is not glamorous, and it can reset your entire week by reminding you that rest is not something you earn after you finish everything. Listen through to the closing question, choose one thing to let go of this week, and then subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find these conversations.Get a copy of Amy's Best selling book: CANNONBALL! FEARLESSLY Facing Midlife and Beyond hereMake sure to share with friends and family and would love if you could leave a review. There are so many shows out there floating around and if you are finding value in the The Right Sized Life Podcast share it with the world – a review means so much.And sign up for the Radiant Woman Reset hereAnd don't forget to follow along on all the socials:http://instagram.com/theamy.schmidthttps://www.facebook.com/fearlesslyfacingfifty/https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-schmidt-a5684412/

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's victory at home against Colorado Rapids and preview the upcoming home match against Real Salt Lake! Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

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Most people assume the work that drains them is just part of the job, something to push through, optimize around, or get faster at. But the real reason certain tasks deplete you has nothing to do with how skilled you are. It comes down to a distinction between your skills and strengths and how often your work is in alignment. What You'll Learn: The critical difference between skills and strengths and why confusing the two is what keeps most high performers trapped in work that slowly drains them Why getting better at draining work never actually solves the problem and what a strengths-based approach does instead How to use your natural wiring to build the right skills and clear tedious tasks off your plate in a way that actually sticks Why routines aren't just time management tools, they're acts of intentional career design that compound over time into a work life you want to show up for How clearing draining work and protecting your energy is one of the most effective ways to prevent burnout before it starts   Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here! Want to chat with our team about your unique situation? Schedule a conversation   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)  

There is a painful gap between the long, exhausting hours attorneys work and the low billable output that actually makes it onto our timesheets. Many high-performing attorneys assume a thin timesheet is a personal failure of discipline or willpower, but Gary Miles explains why trying to outwork this problem is the most expensive wrong answer in a legal practice. Through the example of an experienced attorney named Marcus, the episode highlights the three productivity drains that erode focus. To combat these drains, Gary introduces a practice shift that supports Marcus' transformation of his daily output from 4–5 billable hours to 10.3 captured hours while finishing the day with calm, clarity, and zero burnout. What You'll Learn in This Episode:The first 90 minute focus strategyThe 3 small interruptions that you call productivity, but actually are consistent setbacksHow one lawyer went from a daily output of 4–5 billable hours to 10.3 captured hoursGo to the next level with more from The Free Lawyer episodes: recover more of your hours without adding more time to the clockListen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-five-figure-leak-how-to-recover-billable-hours/id1614507857?i=1000762377833 Or Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/41MFYpdAmiP5ipObf72qIC?si=f881c727b1d54454 Use this free diagnostic tool to help you identify your specific time drains and move from reactive chaos to purposeful strategy. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://upbeat-trailblazer-9238.kit.com/7c3c667ff1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Learn more about Breaking Free (the book) and order your copy ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.garymiles.net/break-free⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's 3-1 victory on the road against LA Galaxy, and preview the upcoming home match against Colorado Rapids!Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

This episode learn how you can be a drain buddy to sponsor care for our roadways! We talk about the Wilmington Coup of 1898 and what that means in the grand scheme of American history and feature a few musical selections from local celebrity music persona Tommy Conwell.

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Some days you do everything right, and by 3 p.m. you're still completely wiped out. That's not burnout from working too hard. It's the specific exhaustion of doing tasks that were never yours to carry in the first place. In this solo episode, I walk through the exact questions I ask my own clients when they tell me they should be further along by now, or that something feels harder for them than it looks for everyone else online. Grab a journal, because I want you to actually answer these questions as you listen.   WHAT YOU'LL LEARN  The exact question to ask when a task drains you, even when you're good at it Why forcing yourself into what feels unnatural costs you more than it earns you How to tell when you're performing instead of being yourself, and why it drains more than just an evening Why someone else's strengths were never meant to be the yardstick for yours How to spot the parts of your business where you already work with real clarity The story of a doctor who walked away days before the finish line, and why her decision applies to your business too   RESOURCES MENTIONED  Good Energy by Casey Means: https://amzn.to/4u1AHz2   READY TO BUILD YOUR BUSINESS? If this episode had you noticing a task or two you've been forcing yourself through, let's talk about it. As my free gift to Girlfriends, I offer a 30-minute discovery call. Book here: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=13047670&appointmentType=2244195   FREE GIFT FROM SARAH Get Sarah's Freedom Calculator and discover how much your business needs to make to finally be free. Download at https://sarahwalton.com/freedom   LEARN FROM SARAH Explore Sarah's online courses and free resources to start building your business with confidence. Online Courses: https://sarahwalton.com/online-courses Free Resources: https://sarahwalton.com/free-resources   CONNECT WITH SARAH Website: https://sarahwalton.com/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSarahWalton Instagram: https://instagram.com/thesarahwalton   ABOUT SARAH WALTON Sarah Walton is a wealth consciousness coach, strategic advisor, podcast host, and mentor who helps women entrepreneurs build businesses they love. Her mission is simple: to put more money in the hands of more women. She's the creator of the Abundance Academy, The Art of Receiving, and the Game On Girlfriend® podcast. Sarah teaches authentic, heart-centered business strategies because when women have more financial power, they don't just keep it — they use it to take care of their families, support their communities, and build something bigger than themselves.   RELATED GAME ON GIRLFRIEND® EPISODES YOU'LL LOVE Episode 333: Soul Debt: What Overgiving in Business Is Costing You — and What Comes Next — https://sarahwalton.com/overgiving-in-business-women-entrepreneurs/ Episode 325: Brand Voice for Women Entrepreneurs: Stop Performing and Start Attracting Your People — https://sarahwalton.com/brand-voice-for-women-entrepreneurs Episode 317: Breaking Free from Burnout Without Losing Your Edge — https://sarahwalton.com/breaking-free-from-burnout-wendy-meadows-episode-317   LOVE THE SHOW? LEAVE US A REVIEW! Thank you so much for listening. I'm honored that you're here, and I'd be grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Your reviews help other women entrepreneurs find the show and get the support they need to build businesses they love. Thank you for being part of the Game On Girlfriend® community! (If you're not sure how to leave a review, you can watch this quick tutorial.)  

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap St. Louis CITY's 3-2 victory over cross-state rivals, kansas, and preview the upcoming away match against LA Galaxy!Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

Send us Fan MailWhat if the pushback you're getting from teachers isn't about the initiative at all, but about a hidden cultural mismatch in how your school defines belonging?In this episode of Coaching the Whole Educator, Becca Silver sits down with Dr. Sheldon Eakins, author of Meaningful Classroom Management, What Are You Bringing to the Potluck?, and Leading Equity, to explore a dimension of belonging that rarely gets airtime in school leadership conversations: individualism versus collectivism.Dr. Eakins explains why American schools are built around individualist norms (GPAs, valedictorians, teacher of the month, "stay in your classroom") while many students and staff come from collectivist backgrounds where success is defined by "we," not "me." When leaders don't recognize this mismatch, the result looks like resistance, disengagement, and retention problems.In this episode, you'll learn:How individualism vs. collectivism shows up in staff meetings, PLCs, and professional development, and why "sit and get" works for some educators and alienates othersDr. Eakins' LENS framework for leaders: Look for biases, Examine communication, Notice group dynamics, Shift perspectiveHow to separate facts from interpretations when you catch yourself labeling a colleague "rude" or "disengaged"Why introversion and extroversion are NOT the same as individualism and collectivismPractical ways to design staff culture that balances individual recognition with collective connectionThis conversation is essential listening for instructional coaches, principals, and district leaders working on teacher retention, staff culture, psychological safety, and buy-in for change initiatives.Grab your copy of

The Rush Hour returns with another packed afternoon update as Donald Trump finds himself at the center of yet another controversy—this time after the iconic Reflecting Pool was drained in Washington. We'll break down what happened, why critics are calling Trump the real vandal, and what this latest project says about his priorities. We'll also bring you the latest developments out of Maine following the fatal ICE shooting of a Colombian man, leaving behind a three-year-old child without a father. We'll examine what investigators have released, the reaction from the community, and the growing national debate surrounding ICE operations and the use of deadly force. Plus, Trump is once again turning back to the 2020 election, announcing a primetime address where he says he'll present new claims that the election was fraudulent. We'll separate what's known from what's being alleged, examine the political strategy behind revisiting the issue years later, and discuss what it could mean as the next election cycle heats up. That and more on this afternoon edition of The Rush Hour.

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, preview St. Louis CITY's upcoming rivalry match at home against Sporting kansas, and round off on all World Cup news!Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

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Send us Fan MailBall Watching host, Justin Graham, breaks down the fallout from the USMNT's elimination from the 2026 World Cup.Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

Ever find yourself staring at your to-do list at 3 PM, unable to decide what to do next? Or ordering the same lunch every day because choosing feels impossible? You are not bad at follow-through. You are drowning in micro-decisions. Decision fatigue isn’t a dramatic mental collapse. It’s a subtle quality decay that creeps in […]

Are you terrified of plastic surgery drains or wondering if a drainless tummy tuck is right for you? In this episode of The Cutting Edge Podcast, bariatric patient Mel, bariatric therapist Ashlyn, and board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Omar Beidas pull back the curtain on everything you need to know about post-op drains. If you are a massive weight loss patient planning your body contouring journey, dealing with recovery anxiety, or researching how to manage fluid collection (seromas) after skin removal surgery, this deep-dive guide is for you! SUBSCRIBE for more transparent, expert-led conversations on bariatric recovery and plastic surgery! https://www.youtube.com/c/OurSleevedLifePodcast?sub_confirmation=1 IN THIS EPISODE: We tackle the ultimate "drain debate." While "drainless tummy tucks" are highly marketed on social media, Dr. Beidas explains the surgical science of why drains remain the gold standard especially for extreme weight loss patients who are prone to seromas (fluid collections) and undergo extensive liposuction. We also bust common myths surrounding drain removal pain, outline how to safely live your life with a drain (without staying trapped at home!), and discuss the real benefits of Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) therapy. JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Did you have drains during your skin removal surgery? How long did they stay in, and what was your experience with MLD? Leave a comment below sharing your experience helps ease the anxiety of someone else pre-op! CONNECT & RESOURCES: Connect with Mel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melunfiltered.vsg Connect with Dr. Omar E. Beidas, MD FACS: Website: https://www.adventhealth.com/doctors/omar-beidas-md-facs-1184919102 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbodycontouring/ Connect with Ashlyn Douglass-Barnes, LCSW: Find a vetted specialist: https://www.findabariatrictherapist.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashlynchange4life2012 The Cutting Edge Podcast / Our Sleeved Life Podcast (OSLP): The Cutting Edge Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecuttingedgepod_ OSLP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oursleevedlifepodcast Become a Benchie today: https://www.patron.com/oslp Join our Newsletter for freebies and community perks: https://www.oursleevedlifepodcast.com/   #PlasticSurgeryDrains #DrainlessTummyTuck #BodyContouring #TummyTuckRecovery #MassiveWeightLoss #Seroma #LymphaticDrainage #TheCuttingEdgePodcast #OurSleevedLifePodcast #BariatricRecovery Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Send us Fan MailBall Watching hosts, Jake Koenig and Justin Graham, recap the USMNT's 2-0 win over Australia in their second match of the FIFA World Cup, preview their final group stage against Turkiye, and discuss the biggest World Cup storylines from the last week!Follow the show on X and/or Instagram (@BallWatchingSTL)! Find our guest interviews and all episodes in video form on YouTube by searching https://www.youtube.com/@ballwatchingSTL. Be sure to hit subscribe and turn notifications on!Hoffmann Brothers is the 2025 presenting sponsor of Ball Watching! Headquartered right here in St. Louis for over 40 years, Hoffmann Brothers is a full-service residential & commercial provider, providing Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Drains, Sewer, Water Heaters, Duct Cleaning, Electrical and Appliance Repair services. Visit them online at hoffmannbros.com!Make The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern (thepitch-stl.com) your St. Louis CITY SC pregame and postgame destination for all your food and drink needs! Tell them your friends at Ball Watching sent you... Shop in-store or online at Series Six (seriessixcompany.com) and receive a 15% discount  on all orders storewide using code "BALLWATCHING" at checkout!

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We all have people in our lives who either elevate us or drain us.The problem is that most of us don't realize just how much our relationships influence our confidence, energy, success, and ability to grow.You may be feeling stuck, exhausted, frustrated, or wondering why you're not making the progress you know you're capable of making. Sometimes the answer isn't another strategy, goal, or productivity hack. It's the people surrounding you every day.In today's episode, I break down exactly how to identify the relationships that are fueling your growth and the ones that may be quietly holding you back.I share powerful exercises to help you recognize energy-giving and energy-draining relationships, better understand your own mindset, and become more intentional about who you allow to influence your life and business.I also teach you how to use my Three HQ framework to understand how your thoughts, emotions, and energy shape the relationships you attract and the results you create.I'm also joined by a few participants who share some of their current relationship and life challenges that you might resonate with, and I explain how to overcome these obstacles.You'll learn how to stop people-pleasing, overcome visibility blocks, strengthen your self-awareness, and build magnetic relationships that support your goals instead of sabotaging them.Join me today to learn how to remove energy drains, strengthen your relationships, and surround yourself with people who help elevate every area of your life.—If this episode lit something inside you, that quiet knowing that you're meant for more, then I want to personally invite you into the most powerful room of the year.ReLaunch To A Rich Life LIVE is a transformative, neuroscience-backed 3-day experience happening September 17–19, 2026 in Scottsdale, Arizona. It's designed for women who are done playing small and ready to step into clarity, confidence, and next-level success, not just in business, but in health, wealth, relationships, and life.This isn't another event, it's a quantum upgrade into the life you're meant to live. Join women who are ready to rewire their identity, elevate their frequency, and claim a Rich Life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.Learn more and join us in September: relaunchtoarichlife.com—Connect with Hilary on:Website: https://therelaunch.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hilarydecesare/FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReLaunchCoInterested in being a guest on the ReLaunch Podcast or booking Hilary as a guest? Email us at hello@therelaunch.comFind Us on Your Favorite Podcast App - https://the-silver-lined-relaunch.captivate.fm/listen

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In this live broadcast we take you on a full journey through faith, mental health, and real-life struggle. I share updates on my upcoming book on Christian perfectionism and share an update on the Church Lady and the Church Gentleman's journey together. You'll laugh but also find some heart warming moments! I move into a […]

What Is Spiritual Weariness and How Can We Find Renewal?   In this episode of The Good Faith Podcast, Curtis Chang chats with Tish Harrison Warren—Anglican priest, former New York Times columnist, and author of What Grows in Weary Lands—about burnout, spiritual weariness, and the exhaustion that escapism and rest alone cannot fix. Tish explains how polarization, digital distraction, consumerism, and isolation can leave us tempted to "flame out" or "numb out." Instead, she invites listeners to "go deeper" through prayer, silence, embodied community, Sabbath, and the difficult but meaningful commitments that lead to lasting renewal.   00:36 - Introduction to World Weariness 02:43 - Tish Describes the Draining Experience of Public Faith 06:04 - What Are the Cultural Factors of Collective Burnout? 13:01 - Dysfunctional Responses: Reinvention and Escape 15:01 - Flame Out, Numb Out, or Go Deep 20:51 - Are There Practical Steps to Go Deep? 23:29 - The Practice of "Staying in Your Cell" 26:40 - The Tough Sell of Going Deeper 32:07 - The "Dark Night of the Soul" as a Growth Stage  36:11 - Learning from Historic Church Practices  38:04 - What Do Healthy Rhythms of Engagement and Withdrawal Look Like?   Sign up for The After Party Informational Webinars Sign up for The Good List   Mentioned in This Episode: Tish Harrison Warren's What Grows in Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience The Ezra Klein Show: Burned Out? Start Here. Curt Thompson on Covid-era digital fatigue Thomas Aquinas's idea of arduous goods St. John of the Cross's The Dark Night of the Soul Stanley Hauerwas: Evangelicalism Will Die of Exhaustion (conversation with Al Mohler) the Desert Fathers and Mothers: "Stay in your cell"   More From Tish Harrison Warren: Tish Harrison Warren's website Tish Harrison Warren's New York Times pieces Other books by Tish Harrison Warren   Follow Us: Good Faith on Instagram Good Faith on X (formerly Twitter) Good Faith on Facebook   The Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.