Podcasts about experiences

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Today's self-care practice will have you spending your day with your heart a little more open, slowing yourself down, being present, and receiving all the beautiful moments that come your way. Can you find beauty in other people? In their faces? In the way they adorn themselves? In nature? Anywhere you go? The best thing about beauty is that it really is everywhere. And when you look for it, you often find it. Tune in to begin.

Hellooo lovely people of MOS. We're recording from home again this week, but we promise we'll be back to regular programming next time!This one's a bit of a heavy conversation: we talk about the recent cases of assault against women and the fear, anger and exhaustion they've left us feeling. Once again, we're asking: when will women be able to step out of their homes and feel safe? Will we see that happen in our lifetime? And how do we live with the constant worry that something could happen every time we step out?We also ask whether Mumbai is actually as safe as we keep telling ourselves it is, and talk about the things we do to protect ourselves (even though that responsibility should NOT actually be on us). We'd like to hear how you've been feeling too. Leave your thoughts in the comments, and share this episode with someone you'd want to have this conversation with.See you next week. Take care of yourselves and each other.Chaptering: 00:00 - Introduction 00:32 - Recent vacation deets & how foreigners experience India 02:30 - Why Thailand gets praise for hygiene03:42 - Talking about women's safety 05:33 - Living in Mumbai & mental health 08:03 - Sharing a scary stalking experience 11:51 - The first things we carry for safety 15:29 - How girls are taught to limit themselves for safety 17:00 - Experiences with harassment & knowing when to SOS 21:49 - A hot take & the overthinking that follows 24:25 - Men who show up in support of women 25:50 - A message for parents raising boys 28:11 - Indian reality TV & men interacting with women 31:07 - Thoughts on having male guests on the pod 31:56 - Who writes your content? Men? 36:44 - Navigating friendships with men in your 30s 38:39 - Shoutout to our boxing coach 39:24 - Bollywood & the portrayal of toxic male characters 41:33 - What can we do to create social change? 44:13 - LPU case, traumatic incidents & moral policing 51:43 - Double standards in jokes by male & female comedians 53:24 - A shocking incident in Phuket 56:32 - The struggle of navigating festive season 59:09 - Visiting a dog shelter 01:00:06 - Why we document everything & dealing with catcalling 01:07:00 - Calling out a troll 01:09:35 - Bye, stay safeFollow MoS on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/momentofsilencepod/reels/?hl=enCredits:Naina Bhan - Co-host and certified overthinkerhttps://www.instagram.com/nainabee?ig...Sakshi Shivdasani - Co-host, balancing out Naina's overthinking with a healthy dose of not thinkinghttps://www.instagram.com/sakshishivdasani/?hl=enDirected & Researched by Aashna Sharma https://www.linkedin.com/in/aashna-sharma-913146179Senior Producer- Amruta P. https://www.linkedin.com/in/amruta-bandivdekar-01879925Produced by Angaar Studios- https://www.instagram.com/angaarstudios/?hl=enCreative direction by Tinkre, Keeper of MoS' signature “Pookie” energy Natascha Mehrahttps://www.instagram.com/tinkre.in/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/natascha.zip/?hl=en Editor - Yug Vermahttps://www.instagram.com/bass_abhiyug?igsh=MnlibHdsbG56MjNl&utm_source=qr

That's Stoicism. A philosophy to help us in our search. But where do we start with it?The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic will be released October 6, 2026—but signed and numbered first-edition copies are available NOW

Imagine a child sitting completely alone in a courtroom, forced to make life-altering legal decisions without a parent or a lawyer by their side.Michael Steele confronts a disturbing reality unfolding across U.S. immigration courts: young minors standing trial and defending themselves against deportation. While authorities claim there isn't enough funding to provide legal counsel for children, judges continue asking vulnerable kids to sign complex legal waivers they cannot possibly comprehend.Michael Steele pulls back the curtain on these proceedings, confronting the severe ethical breakdown of a judicial system that sacrifices basic human dignity for administrative convenience.Catch Michael Steele on The Weeknight Mondays - Fridays at 7pm EST on MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/weeknightFollow Michael on X: https://x.com/MichaelSteeleFollow Michael on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelsteele.bsky.socialFollow Michael on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chairman_steele/Follow Michael on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@chairman_steeleListen to The Michael Steele Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-michael-steele-podcast/id1412905534Watch The Michael Steele Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJNKzTkCZE9uNqPiKYw5eU5YkS_mMsr6oIf you enjoyed this, be sure to share it with a friend!

TooLa is a 16-year-old Aboriginal rapper and producer from Biripi Country in NSW (Taree). TooLa joins us to talk about winning the triple j Unearthed High Indigenous Initiative and how it changed his life in a matter of months.TooLa also speaks of the challenges of making rap music in a country music town, and how he feels isolated. He speaks of a desire to challenge himself and grow, with a move to L.A the dream.TooLa is playing his first ever show this weekend, before appearing in Gosford as part of the Gossy Weekender festival.Thanks for listening! Be sure to subscribe for more content.Check out TooLa hereSupport us on Patreon ⁠⁠here⁠⁠Follow Homebrewed on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Like Homebrewed on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠Watch our content on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠Check out our Spotify Playlists ⁠⁠here⁠⁠Catch up on everything ⁠⁠Homebrewed⁠⁠This podcast was recorded on Darkinjung land.Featuring Cameron Smith, Eamonn Snow and TooLa. Produced by Cameron Smith.Homebrewed is a podcast dedicated to supporting the Australian Music Industry. Cameron Smith and Eamonn Snow have been presenting Homebrewed since November 2017 and have received excellence awards and the admiration of local bands for their presentation of Homebrewed and their continued support of the Australian music scene. This podcast is designed so you can enjoy conversations with musicians, industry representatives and music media personalities.Mentioned in this episode:Thanks to Sonora Studios in Tuggerah for sponsoring this episode. Check out Jack Nigro's awesome space, and let him know Homebrewed sent you!Sign up to our Patreon!Get early, exclusive and ad-free content over on our Patreon! www.patreon.com/homebrewedmedia

Time has passed. The ideas haven't changed, as the Stoics say, but you have. The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic will be released October 6, 2026—but signed and numbered first-edition copies are available NOW

The Stoics wrote about almost every part of life, but which of their ideas are worth carrying with you every day? In this episode, Ryan shares 50 short rules from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, and other Stoics that you can actually put into practice.

 Access decides more elk hunts than gear, calling, or strategy combined. Private land, resident tags, draw odds, generations of local knowledge. That one variable is why comparing yourself to other hunters is mostly useless, and why the only real measure is for you to calculateCoffee with Cliff, mostly unedited. Assessing your own progress is a harder, but more useful way to judge whether you're actually getting better, plus why the hunting content world keeps getting people in legal trouble chasing the same scoreboard. ---FOLLOW CLIFFYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/CliffGrayInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/Cliffgry/Facebook - https://facebook.com/PursuitWithCliffPursuit With Cliff Podcasthttps://pursuitwithcliff.com/interviews-and-podcasts/Cliff's Hunt Planning and Strategy Membership https://pursuitwithcliff.com/membership/Hunt. Fish. Spear.  (Experiences, Courses and Seminars) https://pursuitwithcliff.com/ExperiencesMerchhttps://pursuitwithcliff.com/shop/SUBSCRIBE TO CLIFF'S NEWSLETTER:https://PursuitWithCliff.com/#Newsletter

In this episode, David and Drew celebrate five years of their podcast while discussing the evolving role of DJs at weddings, particularly in the absence of a wedding planner. They share personal experiences, insights on pricing, and the importance of maintaining professionalism in the DJ industry.TakeawaysEvolving DJ roles at weddingsImportance of hiring coordinatorsChapters00:00 Celebrating Five Years of Podcasting03:46 The Role of DJs in Weddings07:01 Navigating Wedding Coordination16:22 The Importance of Professionalism27:01 Gear Talk: New Hercules Controller31:58 Weekend Recap and Experiences

How can we explain vivid, life changing experiences and true perceptions occurring in patients between brain death and resuscitation? What are the implications of true information being anomalously communicated during these experiences? What are the implications of some children being able to access the memories of deceased people? Why do such a high portion of these kids remember a traumatic death?In this episode we have the two fascinating phenomena of near death experiences, and access to deceased peoples memories to look into. So, we discuss the history of NDE research, the main repeating components of the experiences and some of the anomalous information received; we talk about the radical changes in meaning, purpose and world views after such experiences; and the difficulties integrating this with their previous daily lives and relationships. Then we switch and look at the research into children who appear to have memories of people who are no longer alive, and the attempts to identify the dead person and verify if these things actually happened to them. And of course we're going to look at the implications of these anomalous phenomena for life, death, consciousness and the nature of reality.Our guest today is a psychiatrist and neuro-behavioural scientist in the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia, Marieta Pehlivanova. She's the author of 12 scientific papers, many co-authored with Dr. Bruce Greyson, the founder of the International Association for the Study of Near Death experience, who recommended Marieta in his stead now he is unable to give interviews any more. Please feel free to donate to the Division of Perceptual StudiesDonation · University of Virginia · GiveCampusGetting funding to study anomalous phenomena is harder than ever, and we don't want this research to drop off the map.What we discuss: 00:00 Intro.06:45 Near Death Experiences.06:25 The Dept Of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), UOVirginia.14:15 Near Death Experience Scale: Features of NDE in psychiatry.18:15 Not everyone has the life review.19:30 Anomalous features. 26:20 The new Near Death Experience Contents Scale.28:20 NDE is hard to put into words.31:20 Mental health and integration support for NDErs.39:20 Metaphysical implications of NDEs.43:00 The afterlife hypothesis.44:00 The prejudice caused by our experience of the arrow of time.46:00 NDErs say, “everything is happening at the same time”.49:25 Children who have dead peoples memories, reincarnation-like cases - Ian Stevenson & Jim Tucker.52:30 How the accuracy of the memory is investigated.55:31 Habitual or biological similarities between child and remembered person.56:00 Resistance in jumping to the reincarnation hypothesis.58:30 %60 of the kids recall a traumatic death, some have trauma symptoms01:02:00 Comparing brain scans of these apparently traumatised children.01:04:45 New research coming on autobiographic memory pathways.01:07:30 Epigenetic and genetic approaches.01:07:50 Potential to explain intergenerational trauma mechanism.01:10:45 Metaphysical implications of children's memories of dead adults.01:15:30 Assessing claims that those who accept psi lack critical cognitive ability.References:International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS)Greyson's Near-Death experience scaleCharlotte Martial et al. 2020. 'The Near-Death Experience Content (NDE-C) scale'.Bruce Greyson, ‘Seeing Dead People Not Known to Have Died: “Peak in Darien' Experiences'.Pehilvanova, M. ‘Support needs after a near-death experience: A quantitative study with experiencers'.Sadeghi, S. Et al. ‘A large-scale analysis of temporal patterns in children's purported past-life memories: Shorter intervals following unexpected deaths'Helené Wahbeh et al. ‘Genetics of Psychic ability - A pilot case-control exam sequencing study'Marieta Pehilvanova, ‘Cognitive styles and psi: psi researchers are more similar to skeptics than to lay believers' 

Sam Daley-Harris joins Walk Talk Listen to reflect on an unlikely journey that began in Miami, Florida, where he grew up in an observant Jewish household and discovered a love of music that eventually led him to play percussion in the Miami Philharmonic Orchestra and teach high school music. Experiences around the deaths of a friend and Robert F. Kennedy prompted Sam to begin asking questions that would stay with him: “Why am I here? What am I here to do? What's my purpose?” A 1977 presentation on ending world hunger then challenged his assumption that hunger was inevitable. Sam realized that while he might feel hopeless about human nature, there was one human nature he could do something about: his own. That realization eventually contributed to Sam founding RESULTS in 1980, followed by his work with the Microcredit Summit Campaign and Civic Courage. In the conversation, Sam explores what he calls “transformational advocacy”: not only working to change policies and systems, but creating the support that enables people to do things they never thought they could do and, in the process, see themselves differently. Maurice and Sam also talk about younger generations, faith and spirituality, fear, cynicism and hope, the Sustainable Development Goals and Inner Development Goals, and why organizations sometimes underestimate what volunteers are capable of. Near the end, Sam asks whether something in the conversation might have “sparked some excitement, sparked some hope, sparked some new sense of possibility.” Music, fittingly, remains part of his story, with Sam choosing Dan Hill's Hold On and Peter Mayer's Holy Now as pieces that speak to who he is. Listener Engagement Learn more about Sam and Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen's Guide to Transformational Advocacy at reclaimingourdemocracy.com. You can also learn about his work through Civic Courage and RESULTS, and follow Sam on LinkedIn and Instagram (@samdaleyharris). Sam specifically invited listeners who would like to learn more or explore ways of getting involved to complete his Sign-up Sheet. Don't only listen to Hold On by Dan Hill and Holy Now by Peter Mayer, Sam's music choices, but also the songs picked by other guests on the Walk Talk Listen Spotify playlist. Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter! Follow Us Support Walk Talk Listen by following the 100 Mile Hunger Walk on Facebook and Instagram. Visit 100mile.org or mauricebloem.com for more episodes and information. Check out the special Walk Talk Listen series Enough for All and learn more about the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI).

Discover the transformative power of self-compassion with this guided meditation designed to elevate your emotional well-being. As humans, we're a tapestry of complex emotions—ranging from uplifting highs to challenging lows. Stop labeling emotions like anger, jealousy, or sadness as 'bad.' Instead, join us today to embrace these feelings with mindful awareness and gentle care. Elevate your emotional intelligence, soften self-judgment, and find a balanced emotional state. #GuidedMeditation #SelfCompassion #EmotionalWellBeing #Mindfulness #EmbraceYourEmotionsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/find-your-daily-calm/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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After their Grand Final defeat, Hayden Young graciously joined Lisa, Russell & Barra in the studio this morning where they discussed the Grand Final and asked Hayden how the team reacted to the loss. Wharfie Time was brought up and Hayden had some very positive things to say about it and also the dedicated Fremantle Dockers fans. Barra also asked about Patrick Voss after the game wanting to hug everyone and what Hayden was thinking of that at the time Plus, the surprise thing he's doing in the off-season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Robbie sits down with Mark Haldane, owner of Zambeze Delta Safaris in Coutada 11, Mozambique, one of the most pristine wilderness areas in the world. Mark has been part of one of the greatest wildlife success stories on the planet. From the 24 Lions project to the reintroduction of Cheetah, this is one of many examples of what hunters do for conservation in Africa and this conversation gives you a little bit more insight to what happens on the ground in Africa. This podcast is a very unique podcast - you will essentially virtually travel with Robbie and Mark as they drive through the Sand Forest ecosystem in Coutada 11 in search of a Suni (a small antelope endemic to this part of Mozambique). This field experience embeds you in the place with Robbie and team experiencing it with them through an audio medium. Check out Zambeze Delta Safaris: https://www.zambezedeltasafaris.com/ Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@theoriginsfoundation.org  Text us at 601-790-0607 with thoughts, comments and ideas for guests and episodes Support our Conservation Club Members! Classic African Hunting: https://classicafricanhunting.com/  Monarch Marketing The Kelly Family Story: https://youtu.be/r5T7dlZEMWE See more from The Origins Foundation: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Don't forget to go subscribe to our new The Origins Foundation Podcast Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/@TheOriginsFoundationPodcast - who knows, you may be a lucky subscriber who wins some cool stuff from our partner companies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Do I Rush Past My Feelings? Anxiety, Trauma Responses, and What Your Nervous System Is Trying to Tell You Do you find yourself rushing through uncomfortable feelings, talking faster when you're anxious, frantically trying to fix things, avoiding difficult emotions, or feeling like you just need to get past something as quickly as possible? There may be a reason. Sometimes what looks like rushing, perfectionism, avoidance, overreacting, shutting down, or trying to control everything around you can be an automatic survival response. Your nervous system may be responding to something happening today based on what it learned during an earlier experience. In this episode of Trauma Healing for Christian Women, Michelle Croyle, LPC, EMDR-Certified therapist, explains how slowing down and paying attention to your reactions can help you recognize what your nervous system may be trying to tell you. Why Do I Rush When I'm Anxious? When anxiety or a trigger hits, your nervous system may respond before your logical mind understands what's happening. You might notice yourself: Talking faster Moving faster Trying to fix everything Becoming unusually angry Feeling an urgent need to leave Avoiding uncomfortable feelings Becoming perfectionistic Shutting down or withdrawing Worrying about being judged Feeling like you're not good enough Instead of immediately asking, "How do I make this feeling stop?", it may help to become curious about why your system reacted in the first place. Could This Be a Trauma Response? Sometimes your reaction isn't only about what's happening now. Your nervous system may have learned a strategy during an earlier experience that helped you avoid rejection, criticism, embarrassment, abandonment, helplessness, or another painful experience. Maybe you learned to move faster. Maybe you tried to make everything perfect. Maybe you withdrew before someone could reject you. Maybe you learned to anticipate other people's reactions. Maybe you pushed uncomfortable emotions away so you wouldn't have to feel them. Those strategies may have served a purpose at one time. The problem comes when your nervous system continues using an old survival strategy in situations where the original threat no longer exists. Perfectionism Can Be About Safety Imagine someone is coming to your house and you suddenly feel frantic. You don't simply want to straighten up. You feel like you have to make everything perfect. What's underneath that urgency? What if someone sees how you really live? What if they judge you? What if they think you're a bad wife or mother? What if someone sees that you're not perfect? The intensity may be telling you something. Perfectionism isn't always about wanting things done well. Sometimes it can be connected to fear, criticism, rejection, vulnerability, or an old belief about what you need to do to be accepted. Why Do I Overreact to Small Things? If your emotional or physical reaction seems much bigger than the situation in front of you, consider whether something older may have been activated. You may notice: "This situation isn't actually dangerous, but my body feels like it is." That can be an important clue. A current experience can sometimes activate emotions, body sensations, beliefs, or survival responses connected to something that happened much earlier. Instead of criticizing yourself for your reaction, you can become curious about it. Slow Down and Notice When you notice yourself becoming frantic, tense, angry, avoidant, shut down, or unusually activated, slowing down may help you understand what's happening. If you feel safe enough to explore it on your own, you might ask: What am I feeling right now? What am I afraid will happen? What does this remind me of? When have I felt this way before? What am I telling myself right now? What do I believe I need to do to stay safe? Is that still true today? Sometimes slowing down allows you to see the connection between what you're doing now and what your nervous system learned to do years ago. Your Nervous System May Need New Information An old response doesn't have to remain your automatic response forever. Once you recognize the pattern, you may be able to give your nervous system a small experience that challenges the old expectation. Maybe you don't make the house perfect before your friend comes over. Maybe you stop studying once you know the material. Maybe you allow someone to see a little imperfection. Maybe you slow down instead of talking faster. Then you notice: I'm still okay. I wasn't rejected. Nobody attacked me. I didn't have to be perfect to be safe. Experiences like these can begin giving your brain and nervous system new information about what's safe now. When You Need Help Going Deeper Not every trauma response should be explored alone. If slowing down brings up overwhelming emotions, memories, body sensations, or experiences that are difficult to regulate, working with a qualified trauma therapist may help you explore what's underneath your reactions more safely. Trauma therapy can help you understand the connection between your current triggers and earlier experiences while developing healthier ways of responding in the present. You don't have to force yourself through something overwhelming in order to heal. Christian Trauma Therapy and EMDR Intensives in Pennsylvania If you keep wondering, "Why do I react this way when I know I'm safe?", there may be something underneath the reaction that needs attention. THERAPY WITH MICHELLE Have you been looking for a Trauma-Informed Therapist who is also a Christian?  Do you want to honor your faith even in your therapy?  Would you love to incorporate deep healing in a way that aligns with God's Word and evidence-based treatments for trauma healing?   I offer THERAPY INTENSIVES which help you to go deeper and with faster results than weekly therapy can provide.  Learn more at: www.emdrpittsburgh.com. For a Free Consultation Call:   If you would like to see about working with me in an EMDR Intensive, you can schedule a free 15 minute consultation call so that we can get to know each other and see if I am a good match for your therapy needs.  Go to www.calendly.com/michellecroyle to connect with me.   FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: Join our free Facebook Community For Encouragement and Support: CLICK HERE   FREE RESOURCE: If this episode resonated, you might be interested in my free resource.   I created a free, faith-honoring guide that gently explains how healing happens in the body and why you're not failing.  Free Trauma Healing Resource Guide *All content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not to be considered professional counseling.  If you need professional therapy, please seek it out, and if you are in immediate danger, please contact emergency services near you.

Looking for daily inspiration?  Get a quote from the top leaders in the industry in your inbox every morning.   What's the one premier event that brings the global attractions industry together? IAAPA Expo 2026, happening in Orlando, Florida, November 16th - 20th. It's where more than forty-thousand professionals come to share the wonder, explore over a thousand innovative exhibitors, and discover future-focused solutions. From education to networking to ideas that drive real business impact, IAAPA Expo is where what's next takes shape.   Register now and save up to 30% at IAAPA.org/IAAPAExpo.   Jon Tozer is the Vice President of Strategy at Holovis. With a background in sound engineering, Jon joined Holovis approximately 10 years ago as a design engineer before expanding his expertise into the commercial and strategic sides of the business. His combination of engineering knowledge, business acumen, and lifelong passion for themed entertainment ultimately led him to his current role. Holovis is a show systems integration firm that brings creative concepts to life through technology, including screens, audio, interactive elements, real-time systems, and other technical story elements within attractions and entertainment experiences. In this interview, Jon talks about the deeper meaning of “immersive,” transforming sensory experiences, and authenticity at the human level. The deeper meaning of “immersive” “I think it has definitely a deeper meaning.” While “immersive” has become a common industry term often associated with projection, audio, and interactive technology, Jon believes true immersion goes much further. He describes it as a combination of engaging all five senses and carefully layering an experience through anticipation and reveal. Rather than expecting guests to become immersed instantly, an experience can gradually allow their senses and subconscious to move into another world. Jon points to Diagon Alley at Universal Studios Florida as a prime example. Taste comes through Butterbeer, guests feel the heat of the dragon's fire, music and environmental sounds build the atmosphere, scents reinforce the setting, and controlled sightlines create powerful visual reveals. The experience also has physical and narrative depth, progressively carrying guests from the streets of London into Gringotts. Transforming sensory experiences “If something is transformational, it's to change something completely in a way that improves.” “Transforming sensory experiences” has remained central to Holovis for more than a decade because each word reflects the company's approach. Jon distinguishes transformational experiences from transactional ones. A transaction involves exchanging something to achieve an outcome, while transformation creates meaningful change and improvement. The sensory component encompasses all five senses. While Holovis is commonly associated with sight, sound, and touch through audiovisual and interactive technology, Jon also recognizes the roles of taste and smell. The final component, experiences, covers everything from dark rides and roller coaster queues to interactive walkthroughs and exhibits. Together, the three words provide both a description of Holovis' work and a guiding principle for its team. Authenticity at the human level “I think the future of immersive experiences is that they'll all be authentic. And I think that they need to be authentic at a human level.” With technology evolving rapidly, Jon believes predicting the specific tools or intellectual properties that will define the future is increasingly difficult. Guests may actively interact and play within an experience or passively watch a world unfold around them, but the underlying requirement will remain authenticity. That authenticity applies to the IP or story, the way guests engage with it, and the people and methods used to create it. Jon believes decisions should ultimately be made for guests before shareholders. Regardless of what new technology emerges, experiences that connect authentically with people will have the strongest foundation for success.   Jon can be reached on LinkedIn and welcomes people to connect with him directly there. To learn more about Holovis and its work creating immersive entertainment experiences, visit www.holovis.com. To connect with AttractionPros: AttractionPros.com AttractionPros@gmail.com AttractionPros on Facebook AttractionPros on LinkedIn AttractionPros on Instagram AttractionPros on Twitter (X)

Have you ever wanted to hear from the people who are part of a program? I invited members of my first group for "The Fat Loss Collective" to share their real life experience. This is my small group coaching program that combines the science of nutrition and metabolism with personal psychology to create real life change. Each person shared what they thought the program would give them and what ended up happening.  I know some of their answers will surprise you.  The next round of "The Fat Loss Collective" starts Monday October 12th. Find more information below. https://lindseyheiserman.com/fat-loss-collective/   Let's Connect: Life Coach Letter Newsletter -  https://lindsey-heiserman.ck.page/20f36acc3b Email - lindsey@lindseyheiserman.com Website - www.lindseyheiserman.com

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC September 20, 2026, the seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. “Be Astonished” series. Texts:  Psalm 19:1-4, Matthew 6:25-33                                  “The heavens are telling the glory of God.” I love that phrase. It's so poetic and so deeply true. The heavens are telling. Day pours forth speech to day. Night declares knowledge to night. The whole creation, the Psalmist imagines, is engaged in this unceasikng testimony to the glory of God. And then comes this: “There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard.” Creation is telling us something without saying a word. The sky is telling. The trees are telling. The oceans and rivers, birds and flowers, creatures we can see and creatures buried in the soil beneath our feet are telling. The question is whether we notice. Perhaps that is why, centuries later, Jesus says: Look at the birds. Consider the lilies. Pay attention. In fact, the words Jesus uses are stronger than our English translations sometimes make them sound. When Jesus says “look at the birds,” it's an invitation to really look, to direct your attention toward them. And the word translated “consider” the lilies means something like observe carefully or learn thoroughly. This makes me feel better about becoming one of “those people” who have a collection of bird books and are constantly recording birdsong in the Merlin app to identify what birds are around. Jesus says not just “look” or notice, but study the birds. There is something here for you to learn. And notice who he says this to. Anxious people. People worried about what they will eat and what they will drink and what they will wear. People preoccupied with all the things that might go wrong. Jesus doesn't respond to anxiety with an argument or a philosophy. He instead gently redirects attention. Look at the birds. Consider the lilies. For Jesus, the birds and lilies aren't simply beautiful distractions from anxiety. They are witnesses to a creation—including anxious humans!—held in the care of God. Pay attention, Jesus seems to say, and you may begin to notice not only the wonder of the world, but the faithfulness of the God who's got the whole world in God's hands. Jesus teaches this way throughout the gospels. Pay attention to seeds and soil. Watch how yeast works its way through dough. Notice vineyards and fig trees and sheep and weather. Jesus moves through the world as though everything is shimmering with the possibility of revelation. Which suggests that paying attention to creation isn't a side hustle to the spiritual life. Paying attention to creation is part of how we learn to see. It's a way we come to learn the wisdom, the love, and the care of God. Annie Dillard, who died this past week, once described coming to a place where you say to the woods, the sea, the mountains: “Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive.” What if awe begins there? Not with some extraordinary experience, but with stopping. With noticing. With allowing something other than our own thoughts, fears, schedules, screens, and preoccupations to claim our attention. The psychologist Dacher Keltner identifies nature as one of the great sources of human awe. He calls it “wild awe.” And wild awe can certainly happen in spectacular places. Standing on the rim of a canyon. Looking across an ocean. Walking among trees that were ancient before any of us were born. Looking up on a clear night and suddenly comprehending—or failing to comprehend—how enormous the universe actually is. But one of the things I appreciate about Keltner's work is his insistence that awe doesn't require a plane ticket. We can learn to notice astonishing things happening all around us. We live on a planet where bees use dance to give other bees directions to the next flower. Where crows remember human faces and teach their young which humans to avoid. Where ants beneath our feet build whole communities, carrying many times their own weight. Where birds somehow know when it is time to leave and where to go. Where tiny seeds split themselves open underground and reach toward light they have never seen. Where after a devastating fire, the earth grows flowers again. “The heavens are telling the glory of God.” They have been telling us all along. The question is whether we have stopped noticing. And we have some good reasons for that. There is so much competing for our attention. So much designed to steal our attention. News alerts. Emails. Texts. Advertisements. The infinite scroll. Much of what draws our focus is what frightens or angers us. And I want us to be gentle with ourselves on this point—you know, it isn't a moral failure to get hooked by upsetting things. Human beings are wired to notice threat. It has helped keep us alive. But if threat is all we notice, it begins to look like threat is all there is. If all I take in are the things that are falling apart, then eventually I begin to believe that falling apart is the truest thing about the world. If all I see is what frightens me, fear begins to determine the size and shape of my world. And this, I think, is why the late Wendell Berry's beloved poem “The Peace of Wild Things” resonates with so many people. He begins, “When despair for the world grows in me...” You know anything about that? When despair for the world grows in me, Berry wrote, he goes out into the presence of the wild things. He lies down near still water. He looks up into the stars. And by the end he can say, “I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.” The problems haven't gone away. The world hasn't suddenly gotten sorted. Something has changed in him. His field of vision has widened. He has remembered that the thing causing him despair is real—but it is not everything that is real. This is such an important thread that we will pull through this entire series: paying attention to wonder, learning to notice—these aren't ways of escaping the world's pain. They are ways of refusing to let pain become the whole story. Robin Wall Kimmerer says it beautifully in her book Braiding Sweetgrass: “Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.” Awe helps us hold more than one thing at a time. And Keltner's research suggests that this does something important to us. Experiences of awe can evoke what researchers sometimes call the “small self.” Honestly, I wasn't a fan of this phrase when I first saw it. Because our faith certainly doesn't teach that human beings are insignificant. You bear the image of God. You are beloved. Your life matters. But I came to understand that the “small self” is connected to the spiritual practice of humility. There is a difference between knowing that my life matters and believing that I am the center of everything. Wild awe can remind us of the difference. Stand under a sky filled with stars and you remember: I am small. And I belong here. Stand beside the ocean and remember: I do not control all of this. And I am part of it. Watch some tiny creature making its way through the world and remember: There are lives being lived all around me that have nothing to do with my agenda. And researchers are discovering that this change in perspective has consequences. Awe is associated with greater feelings of connection. It can widen the boundaries of our moral concern—not only toward other people, but toward animals, plants, and the environment. It can make us more generous, more cooperative, more aware that we belong to something larger than ourselves. We are earth creatures, given breath we did not create, dependent upon soil and water and sunlight and the labor and lives of innumerable creatures we rarely even notice. We are part of God's vast, glorious, good creation. And what a strange thing we human beings have done—to begin imagining that creation is simply the scenery behind the main stage, with us at the center and always in the spotlight. Scripture tells the story differently. “The heavens are telling the glory of God.” Creation isn't scenery. Creation is revelation. Creation is our teacher, our neighbor. Creation is an astonishing gift. And when we begin to receive it that way, perhaps we also begin to live differently within it. Because reverence changes relationship. It is harder to treat as disposable something you've come to know as wonder-full. It is harder to think of the earth merely as a collection of resources when you have begun to perceive yourself as part of its beautiful, intricate community of life. And perhaps it becomes harder to treat other human beings as disposable too. If awe teaches me that I am not the center, then that sets me in a different relationship with my neighbor. Perhaps I can hold my certainty a little more lightly. Perhaps I can become curious again. Perhaps I can recognize that my perspective is one perspective within a world vastly bigger than I can see. Perhaps wonder can loosen some of the fear and defensiveness that separate us from one another. Allowing the experience of wild awe to soften the hard boundaries that grow up among and between people doesn't mean we stop caring about truth or justice. It does mean we remember our place in the vastness of creation and the human family. We are not insignificant nor are we all-important. We are not powerless nor are we all-powerful. We are beloved, responsible, and deeply interconnected with all beings and the whole creation. Jesus says: Look at the birds. Consider the lilies. Maybe those aren't just lovely illustrations for a sermon about worry. Maybe Jesus is giving us a spiritual practice: Learn to notice. Go outside and look at something long enough that it becomes more than background. Take a walk without filling your ears with something. Look up. Learn the name of a bird or the sound of its song. Watch clouds move. Notice the astonishing architecture of a leaf. Find water and sit beside it. Look at the moon long enough to remember that generations upon generations of human beings have looked at that same moon. Attend to something that does not need anything from you. And perhaps, once in a while, allow yourself to be astonished. Not as an escape from this wounded world, but for the sake of your own well-being and for the sake of this beautiful, broken world. Because we need people able to see beyond the crisis immediately in front of them and remember that God's world is wider, older, stranger, more beautiful, and more resilient than any one terrible moment. The heavens are still telling. Day to day still pours forth speech. Night to night still declares knowledge. The testimony has not stopped. Maybe our practice this week is simply to learn to notice. Look at the birds. Consider the lilies. Slow down. Pay attention. Be astonished. And discover what this beautiful and broken world has been trying to tell us all along.

Alan Morrissey was joined on Tuesday's Morning Focus by Dr Susan Leahy from the School of Law at the University of Limerick, who is leading a research project looking at the experiences of victim-survivors during sexual offence trials in Ireland.  The project, titled Lived Realities, aims to better understand what people experience as they go through the criminal justice process, and how that experience might be improved through changes to law and policy.  Dr Leahy is also currently seeking people who have been through the trial process to take part in the research. Photo (c) Ivan S from Pexels via Canva

What does it take to build a career in sports sales—and turn premium tickets into unforgettable experiences? In this episode of Against the Sales Odds, Lance Tyson sits down with Dan Rosenthal, Executive Vice President, Property Sales & Experiences at Elevate, to discuss his journey through the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Yankees, Madison Square Garden, NFL On Location, and beyond. Dan shares how his sales philosophy evolved from activity and persistence to building relationships, understanding the customer's business, and adapting his approach. They also explore leadership across different organizational cultures, building sales teams from the ground up, and the growing value of experiential hospitality. In this episode: • Building a career across NBA, MLB, NFL and entertainment• Evolving from scripts to authentic sales conversations• Selling to B2B decision-makers• Building and restructuring sales teams• Leadership and culture across different organizations• The rise of premium experiential hospitality• Lessons from NFL On Location and major global events• Dan's “inbox-first” approach to staying accountable and responsive Tune in for a candid conversation about leadership, sales, adaptability, and what it really takes to build teams that perform. Check out Tyson Group's Open Enrollment Programs: https://www.tysongroup.com/sales-training/open-enrollment-programs/ Check out Lance's Bestseller Books: The Human Sales Factor - https://www.tysongroup.com/sales-resources/books/ Selling is an Away Game - https://www.tysongroup.com/sales-resources/books/ Download our playbooks: https://www.tysongroup.com/sales-resources/sales-playbooks/ Get in touch : https://www.tysongroup.com/contact-us/ Follow Lance across Social Media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lancetyson/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lance_tyson_1/ X - https://x.com/lancetyson Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-the-sales-odds/id1602260518

On the one hand, history is a catalog of human misdeeds. On the other hand, is history not also a catalog of human greatness?

Erik Thedéen is governor of Sweden's Riksbank, the world's oldest central bank, Chairman of the Executive Board, and the first sitting central bank governor to appear on Macro Musings. In his first appearance on the show, Erik joins to discuss the history and operation of the Riksbank, the lessons learned from QE, the future of digital payments, and much more. Watch the full length video on our new YouTube Channel! Check out the transcript for this week's episode, now with links. Recorded on September 4th, 2026 Subscribe to David's Substack: Macroeconomic Policy Nexus Follow David Beckworth on X: @DavidBeckworth Follow the show on X: @Macro_Musings Check out our Macro Musings merch! Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:41 - Erik's Career 00:03:03 - History of the Riksbank 00:13:04 - Riksbank's Inflation Target 00:15:28 - Riksbank's Operating Framework 00:25:09 - Riksbank's Experiences with QE 00:30:26 - Deposit Facility at Riksbank 00:39:31 - Digital Payments 00:47:27 - Dollar-Based Stablecoins and Sweden 00:50:09 - Tokenization 00:52:37 - Outro

Today, we're joined by Kai Luttrell of Kreator.ai, an entrepreneur and innovator who has built experience at the intersection of e-commerce, subscription businesses, AI-powered marketing, and creator-driven growth.Kai has a unique perspective on what it takes to identify the right market, build a compelling brand, leverage influencers and creators, and use AI to move faster and create more effective marketing content.Highlight Bullets> Here's a glimpse of what you would learn…. Entrepreneurial journey of starting a loose leaf tea subscription box brandGrowth strategies using Facebook ads and influencer marketingImpact of BuzzFeed coverage on brand visibility and salesChallenges and economics of running a subscription box businessCustomer acquisition costs, churn rates, and lifetime value considerationsImportance of product selection and market fit for subscription modelsRole of PR and networking in business growthFulfillment and packaging management in e-commerceInsights on personalization and customer retention strategiesDevelopment of an AI tool for content creation in e-commerce marketingIn this episode of the Ecomm Breakthrough podcast, recorded live at Kevin King's Market Masters event, host Josh interviews Kai, founder of a loose leaf tea subscription box brand launched in 2017. Kai shares how her passion project scaled rapidly through Facebook ads, BuzzFeed features, and organic buzz. They discuss subscription business economics, including customer acquisition costs, churn rates, lifetime value, and the importance of choosing the right product and market. Kai also reveals how personalization unexpectedly increased churn and shares networking insights. She concludes by introducing her new AI content creation platform, Creator, designed to streamline marketing for e-commerce brands.Here are 3 action items that Josh identified from this episode:Explore AI tools for content, analytics, and customer service to streamline operations.Integrate AI with your ad platforms and e-commerce tools for maximum efficiency.Stay ahead of the curve by adopting new technologies early.Timestamps:00:00:37 Podcast IntroductionThe host introduces the podcast, recorded on-the-fly at an event, and welcomes his guest, Kai, an entrepreneur.00:01:23 Kai's Entrepreneurial JourneyKai shares how she started her loose leaf tea subscription box as a passion project that scaled rapidly after BuzzFeed coverage.00:02:42 The Subscription Box Money ModelDiscussion on the importance of lifetime value in subscription businesses versus front-end acquisition models common on Amazon.00:03:17 Challenges of Subscription BoxesKai explains the initial financial challenges, like not being profitable on the first few boxes, and the importance of shipping costs.00:04:45 Understanding Customer ChurnKai discusses typical churn rates for subscription boxes and how adjusting the amount of product sent can increase customer retention.00:05:49 The Personalization ParadoxKai shares surprising results from an A/B test, revealing that non-personalized boxes led to longer subscriber retention than personalized ones.00:06:53 Customer Acquisition StrategiesKai details her initial customer acquisition methods, including Facebook ads, blogs, influencer marketing, and promoting within Facebook groups.00:09:32 Packaging and Fulfillment EvolutionKai explains how unique packaging helped her brand stand out and how she scaled fulfillment from her garage to a warehouse.00:11:39 The Economics of the Tea BoxA breakdown of the subscription box pricing, cost of goods, shipping costs, and overall profit margins for Kai's business.00:14:59 The BuzzFeed EffectKai explains how a Cratejoy marketplace feature led to BuzzFeed coverage and how she nurtured that relationship for continued exposure.00:16:46 Experiences with PR FirmsKai reflects on her mixed results with hiring PR firms and what she would do differently if starting over.00:19:20 The Power of NetworkingKai discusses the importance of finding a network of fellow entrepreneurs for support, connection, and learning.00:20:50 Advice for E-commerce EntrepreneursKai offers advice on choosing the right product for a subscription model and selecting a market with a large audience.00:24:54 Staying in the GameThe host and Kai discuss the importance of persistence in entrepreneurship, as big breaks can happen unexpectedly.00:28:17 What Kai is Working on NowKai introduces her new venture, Creator.ai, an AI platform that generates content for Amazon, Shopify, and Meta ads.00:32:39 Three Actionable TakeawaysThe host summarizes the key lessons from the conversation, focusing on business models, market selection, and life-goal alignment.00:36:32 Final QuestionsKai shares her most influential book, favorite AI tools, and the e-commerce entrepreneur she admires most.Resources mentioned in this episode:Josh Hadley on LinkedIneComm Breakthrough ConsultingeComm Breakthrough PodcastEmail Josh Hadley: Josh@eCommBreakthrough.comTools and Websites"BuzzFeed": "00:00:02""Shopify": "00:02:13""Facebook Ads": "00:07:49""Cratejoy": "00:15:06""kreator.ai": "00:28:17""Helium 10": "00:29:35"Books"They Ask, You Answer by Marcus Sheridan": "00:36:42"Influencers and Personalities"Alex Hormozi": "00:38:50"Key Concepts"Lifetime Value": "00:03:15""Customer Acquisition Cost": "00:11:12""Total Addressable Market (TAM)": "00:22:04"Episode Sponsor:This episode is brought to you by eComm Breakthrough Consulting where I help seven-figure e-commerce owners grow to eight figures. I started my business in 2015 and grew it to an eight-figure brand in seven years.I made mistakes along the way that made the path to eight figures longer. At times I doubted whether our business could even survive and become a real brand. I wish I would have had a guide to help me grow faster and avoid the stumbling blocks.If you've hit a plateau and want to know the next steps to take your business to the next level, then email me at josh@ecommbreakthrough.com and in your subject line say “strategy audit” for the chance to win a $10,000 comprehensive business strategy audit at no cost!Transcript:Josh Hadley 00:00:00  How did you know you were onto something?Kai Luttrell 00:00:02  Oh, that's a good question. I feel like I knew I was on to something when people were posting about it, without me soliciting them. Does that make sense? So people would. And then Buz...

The guys discuss how having “relations” while vacuuming will almost always result in divorce, when the scent of Wasabi can save your life, and why “porcupining” has an extremely low success rate. 

Double rifles are the least understood firearms in hunting. They cost more than most trucks, the two barrels are regulated by hand one pair at a time, and most guys buy one for a charge that is never going to happen. I brought in Chris from Heym USA to explain the whole thing from the ground up. Why they cost what they cost. What barrel regulation actually is and why lasers cannot shortcut it. Why 50% of the weight has to sit between your hands. Why a 26 inch barreled double carries shorter than the 22 inch bolt gun in your truck.Then we get into the part that applies to anybody shooting a big bore. Why the 450/400 Nitro Express is the first double rifle cartridge he tells guys to buy. Why the professional hunter's rifle and the client's rifle are two completely different tools. Why the honest answer on recoil is the one nobody wants to hear. We finish on red dots, grizzly handguns, one hole versus two on a Cape buffalo, and my great great grandfather's Damascus barreled Francotte 12 gauge.In this episode:- Why barrel regulation makes a double rifle expensive, explained without the mystique- The 450/400 Nitro Express, 400 grains at 2100 fps, at roughly 375 H&H recoil- Weight between the hands, five frame sizes, and why barrel length is about balance, not velocity- Kinetic energy versus shot placement, and what a 700 Nitro Express actually did to an elephant skull- PH rifle versus client rifle, and the aspirational marketing that sells you recoil you will never practice with- Soft point in the right barrel, solid in the left, and why two holes beat one---FOLLOW CLIFFYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/CliffGrayInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/Cliffgry/Facebook - https://facebook.com/PursuitWithCliffPursuit With Cliff Podcasthttps://pursuitwithcliff.com/interviews-and-podcasts/Cliff's Hunt Planning and Strategy Membership https://pursuitwithcliff.com/membership/Hunt. Fish. Spear.  (Experiences, Courses and Seminars) https://pursuitwithcliff.com/ExperiencesMerchhttps://pursuitwithcliff.com/shop/SUBSCRIBE TO CLIFF'S NEWSLETTER:https://PursuitWithCliff.com/#Newsletter

Send us Fan MailPain as a Portal: How Our Hardest Experiences Can Awaken Healing, Growth & ExpansionWhat if the pain you've been trying so hard to escape could become a doorway to a deeper relationship with yourself?In this episode of Divine Health, we explore the powerful perspective of pain as a portal for healing, self-awareness, personal transformation, and soul expansion. While we don't always get to choose what happens to us, we can begin to choose how we care for ourselves, what we learn, and who we become through life's most difficult experiences.Heartbreak, loss, betrayal, disappointment, and unexpected life changes can interrupt the identities, patterns, and beliefs we've been living from. Sometimes, these experiences reveal where we've abandoned ourselves, where our boundaries need strengthening, what we've been tolerating, and what our soul is truly craving.Together, we explore how pain can become a catalyst for:Self-awareness: Recognizing unconscious patterns, limiting beliefs, emotional wounds, and the deeper stories influencing how we show up in life.Emotional healing: Learning to meet ourselves with compassion rather than judgment, allowing ourselves to feel, process, and move through difficult emotions. Learning how to process and support ourselves through hard seasons.Identity shifts: Releasing outdated versions of ourselves and making space for a more authentic, empowered, and aligned way of living.Boundaries and self-worth: Recognizing where we've been abandoning ourselves and learning to choose relationships, environments, and experiences that honor who we are.Soul growth and expansion: Discovering how difficult chapters can invite deeper wisdom, compassion, resilience, and a renewed connection to what truly matters.Manifestation and conscious creation: Moving from surviving life on autopilot toward intentionally creating a future that reflects our healed beliefs, values, desires, and authentic self.This episode is a reminder that healing isn't about pretending the pain was good, rushing to find the lesson, or forcing ourselves to be positive. It's about allowing ourselves to be human while recognizing that our most difficult chapters do not have to define the rest of our story.Your pain is not your identity. Your past is not your destiny. And your hardest chapter does not have to be your final chapter.Sometimes the portal isn't the pain itself, but the awareness, compassion, courage, and conscious choices that become possible on the other side of it.Tune in for an inspiring conversation about turning life's challenges into opportunities for deeper healing, personal empowerment, and soul-level transformation.In this episode, you'll discover:Why pain can reveal what we need to heal.How difficult experiences expose unconscious patterns and beliefs.The connection between emotional healing, self-worth, and boundaries.Why releasing an old identity can feel uncomfortable but create space for growth.How to move from surviving to consciously creating.Practical reflection questions to help you navigate a difficult season with compassion.How to find meaning in your experiences without glorifying suffering.Reflection question:What if this chapter isn't asking you to become who you were before, but inviting you to discover who you are becoming?Work with me:Book a Free 15-minute Clarity Call:https://calendly.com/divinehealth/15minBook an Initial Consultation: https://calendly.com/divinehealth/90minIntuitive Oracle Reading: https://calendly.com/divinehealth/60-minute-intuitive-oracle-card-readingIntuitive Reiki Session or Distance Reiki Session:https://calendly.com/divinehealth/in-person-intuitive-reiki-healing-session-60-minsEnergy Work Sessions - Energy Healing: https://calendly.com/divinehealth/energy-healing-sessionSoul and Transformation Coaching: https://calendly.com/divinehealth/3-month-coaching-packageIf you enjoyed this episode, please let me know so I can create more of the content you love. Also, please share the podcast with anyone you know who would love this community, these tools, information, and free resources. Have the most love-filled week and shine on, my friends.Support the show

The England 2-3 Spain thriller, reviewed by Ben Sully (@SullyBen) and Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee)!In this episode, we break down the key moments, the positives, the team's overall performance, and what the match tells us about Spain as they head into their next challenge.We then turn our attention to Croatia and look ahead to what should be another fascinating test for Spain against the evergreen Luka Modrić, who scored in his country's latest game against the Czech Republic. Can Spain build on what they showed against England and come away with another strong result? Tune in as we break it all down. Thanks for listening, and remember that you can subscribe to access our bonus podcast and multiple weekly articles over at lllonline.substack.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A signpost for the lost. A resting place for the weary. Experiences that point to God. Welcome to the official podcast of The LifePointe Church. We're passionate about helping people encounter Jesus, grow in His Word, build authentic community, and live out God's purpose every day.

What if peace, wholeness, and connection aren't something we need to create—but something already within us?In this episode, Dr. Lorne Brown speaks with psychotherapist, author, and Realization Process founder Judith Blackstone about embodiment, trauma healing, and what she calls fundamental consciousness. Judith shares how a life-changing injury led her from professional dance into decades of exploring the connection between the body, consciousness, and healing.Together, they explore how early experiences can create physical and emotional constrictions, the difference between simply being aware of the body and actually inhabiting it, and how reconnecting with ourselves may allow greater emotional freedom, inner peace, and connection with others. Judith also guides Lorne through a brief embodiment practice and explains how the Realization Process can be applied to personal healing, spirituality, and relationships.Key Takeaways:Embodiment goes beyond body awareness: Judith describes it as experiencing yourself from within the body rather than observing it from the outside.Old emotional patterns can create constrictions: Experiences we couldn't fully process may shape how we inhabit our bodies and connect with ourselves and others.Fundamental consciousness is uncovered, not created: The Realization Process uses embodiment and inward attunement to access a deeper sense of stillness, wholeness, and connection.Being fully in the body can support emotional healing: Rather than eliminating difficult emotions, embodiment can create greater capacity to experience them without becoming overwhelmed.Inner work can transform relationships: Judith describes practices that help partners experience connection and individuality simultaneously, creating greater mutuality and deeper contact. Where to find Judith Blackstone:Website:https://realizationprocess.org/Books:https://realizationprocess.org/books-and-cds/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Judith.Blackstone.theRealizationProcess/Judith Blackstone's Bio:Judith Blackstone, PhD, is the founder of the Realization Process, a method of embodied psychological and relational healing and nondual spiritual awakening. Judith teaches workshops and teacher certification trainings world-wide and online. She was a psychotherapist in private practice for thirty-five years, now retired, and before that, a professional dancer. The Realization Process includes practices for stabilizing in nondual realization, as well as a method of recovering from trauma called Healing Ground, and a method of embodied movement called Stillness Moving. She is the author of several books, including Trauma and the Unbound Body: the Healing Power of Fundamental Consciousness, The Fullness of the Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spiritual Awakening; The Enlightenment Process, and Belonging Here: a Guide for the Spiritually Sensitive Person. Her latest book is The Embodiment Workbook for Women: Feel Centered, Grounded and More Fully Alive.

The England 2-3 Spain thriller, reviewed by Ben Sully (@SullyBen) and Román de Arquer (@Aeroslavee)!In this episode, we break down the key moments, the positives, the team's overall performance, and what the match tells us about Spain as they head into their next challenge.We then turn our attention to Croatia and look ahead to what should be another fascinating test for Spain against the evergreen Luka Modrić, who scored in his country's latest game against the Czech Republic. Can Spain build on what they showed against England and come away with another strong result? Tune in as we break it all down. Thanks for listening, and remember that you can subscribe to access our bonus podcast and multiple weekly articles over at lllonline.substack.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The streets of Rome still carry the lessons the Stoics left behind nearly 2,000 years ago. In today's episode, Ryan walks through the places where Stoicism was lived and tested and shares 11 lessons the ancient Stoic sites still have to teach us.Watch on YouTube

Lorien Fenton returns to the Vancouver UFO Meetup to share the remarkable experiences that shaped her life and led her into UFO research. In Part 1, she recounts childhood psychic experiences, encounters she describes as angelic beings, near-death experiences, and the profound spiritual events that convinced her there is a deeper reality beyond everyday life.She also discusses why she believes governments have known about non-human intelligences for decades, shares her thoughts on experiencers such as Stan Romanek and Chris Bledsoe, and explains why she believes disclosure is unfolding much more slowly than many expected. Rather than focusing only on UFO technology, Lorien explores consciousness, spirituality, and humanity's relationship with the phenomenon.Topics include:• Psychic experiences from childhood• Near-death and mystical experiences• Angels, white-light beings and consciousness• Contactee experiences• Government UFO secrecy• Chris Bledsoe and Stan Romanek• Disclosure and non-human intelligenceThis is Part 1 of a three-part presentation recorded during a live Vancouver UFO Meetup Zoom event on June 26, 2026.Find Lorien Fenton athttps://lorienfenton.com/https://mufonmarinsonoma.com/People around the world are exploring UFOs, alien contact, and spiritual evolution. Be part of the discussion!

By the final years of his life, Marcus Aurelius had lost nearly everyone he loved, endured years of war, and watched the Antonine Plague devastate the empire. In today's episode, Professor William O. Stephens joins Ryan to examine how Marcus faced the end of his life, why Meditations may have been his swan song, the loneliness of being emperor, and what kept him getting out of bed when he had every reason to give up.

Greetings fellow witches, wizards, warlocks, and everything in between! Join me for the podcast interview debut of Sorcery artist Sam McKinnon as we discuss his journey as an artist, what inspires his creativity, his experiences playing Sorcery competitively, and much more! You may think you know the Yellow Knight, but this episode will shed more light on the life of the artist within that suit of armor.Want to win some awesome enamel pins or possibly even some signed cards or prints? Make sure to listen to the end to find out more about the Discord giveaway tied to this episode, and how you can enter to win some super cool prizes featuring Sam's artwork!Check out more of Sam's work on his website:https://www.sammckinnon.com/Follow Sam on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/sammckinnonart/Check out the artwork of Sam's brother Seb McKinnon:https://www.sebmckinnon.com/You can watch the teaser trailer to Seb's upcoming film The Stolen Child here:https://youtu.be/cqM5t6zkQTc?si=nyYVDJIt1wC62XbLWant to learn more about The Painted Realm? Check out all the details here:https://www.thepaintedrealm.com/Interested in food photography by Sam's wife? Check out Muriel's website here:link pendingJoin the Four Cores App Community + Support Server:https://discord.gg/nzyNTt6w3TDon't have the App? Check out the Four Cores Website + Download Info Here:https://fourcores.gg/Want to check out the decklists for the upcoming Frost Mage vs Lavamancer duel decks? You can view the "full" decklists here:https://sorcerytcg.com/news/every-card-in-frost-mage-vs-lavamancerCheck out the latest codex updates here:https://sorcerytcg.com/codex/changelogOfficial Podcast Patreon Page:https://patreon.com/AllThingsContestedRealmOfficial Podcast Discord server:https://discord.gg/J34k273GZ3Follow the Podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/allthingscontestedrealm/Official Sorcery TCG Discord server:https://discord.gg/6CTv5ReqxzAnd as always, stay contested.Chapter Markers:1:53 News & Highlights - Podcast Updates9:20 News & Highlights - Sorcery Updates38:25 Introducing Sam McKinnon53:00 Artistic Influences & Inspirations58:35 Discussing Sam's Sorcery Artwork1:22:45 Discussing Other Artistic Inspirations1:30:01 Discussing Sam's Experiences at Conventions1:39:18 Talking Competitive Play1:49:49 Catch Sam at Some Upcoming Events1:52:00 Discussing the Beasts of the Bay's Quest for the Crown 2025 Retreat  + Other Retreat Events2:22:10 Discussing Our Other Favorite Sorcery Artworks & Artists2:28:54 Discussing Upcoming Sorcery Work + Other Upcoming Projects2:37:43 Closing Thoughts, Shout Outs, Plugs, and Sam's Socials2:42:05 Podcast Giveaway Details - How to Win Some Sam McKinnon Swag2:43:35 Card HighlightsSupport the show

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God Loves You—But Do You Believe It? Is Your "Truster" Broken? What if one of the biggest problems in your relationship with God isn't that God doesn't love you—but that you have trouble believing that he does? Years ago, two young children in Rob Skinner's extended family were adopted from Korea. Their new parents gave them a loving home, security, opportunities and a family that poured love into them. But the children struggled. There was anger. Mistrust. Rejection. As a young man watching from the outside, Rob couldn't understand it. Why couldn't they see how much they were loved? Then he learned what had happened before their adoption. Their father had left. Their mother remarried, but her new husband wouldn't accept the children from her previous marriage. One day, their mother brought the six- and eight-year-old children to an orphanage. She told them to wait while she went to the restroom. She never came back. Suddenly, their difficulty receiving love made sense. The problem wasn't that their new family didn't love them. They had been hurt so deeply that love had become difficult to trust. And that raises an important question: Is Your "Truster" Broken? Rob first heard the phrase "broken truster" from Gary Meyer, author of Imitating Paul. And he realized: "I think I've got one." Maybe you do too. Paul prayed in Ephesians 3:17–19 that Christians would have the power to grasp how wide, long, high and deep the love of Christ is. Why would believing God's love require power? Maybe because we bring our entire history into our relationship with God. Rejection. Disappointment. People who left. Unanswered prayers. Failure. Sin. Shame. Experiences with parents, authority figures, churches, friendships and relationships. And without realizing it, we can project those experiences onto God. We know the Bible says God loves us. We sing about God's love. We tell other people that God loves them. But somewhere deep inside, a question remains: "Yes...but does he really love me?" Put Your Full Weight on God Rob admits that even after decades of seeing God's goodness in his life, he can still struggle to trust. He feels the need to perform. Produce. Accomplish. Fix. Control. Prove himself. He compares it to sitting on an airplane during takeoff or turbulence and gripping the armrests as if somehow keeping his body tense will help keep the plane in the air. Of course, the airplane doesn't need his help. He can sit back. Relax. Put his full weight in the seat. And maybe God is trying to teach us the same lesson: "Put your full weight on me. I can take it." Stop trying to hold everything together. Stop trying to earn what God has already given you. Stop trying to prove that you deserve to be loved. Jesus said: "Whoever comes to me I will never drive away." — John 6:37 God isn't looking for an excuse to get rid of you. What Happens When We Don't Trust God's Love? When we don't believe we're already loved, we start searching elsewhere for what we think is missing. Maybe another relationship will make me feel loved. Maybe more money. Another promotion. A better body. More attention. A growing ministry. A bigger audience. Another achievement. Another person's approval. But there's always another goal. Another number. Another accomplishment. Another person whose approval we want. We keep reaching because we don't understand what we already have. You are already loved. Rooted and Established in Love Rob returns to Paul's words in Ephesians: "Rooted and established in love." Roots aren't flashy. Nobody walks through a forest admiring the roots. We notice the tree. The leaves. The fruit. But when the storm comes, those invisible roots suddenly matter. Rob doesn't want his roots to be in his performance, ministry success, money, approval or whether life follows his plans. He wants to be rooted in one simple conviction: God loves me. When you truly believe that, you don't have to prove yourself constantly. You can admit when you're wrong. You can apologize. You can take risks. You can fail and get back up. You can stop comparing yourself to everybody else. You can love people without demanding that they love you perfectly in return. You can rest. You can breathe. You can put your full weight on God. Three Questions to Ask Yourself 1. Where is your "truster" broken? Where were you disappointed? Who rejected you? Who walked away? What prayer wasn't answered the way you hoped? What experience made you question whether God really cares? 2. Where are you looking for something God has already given you? Approval? Security? Significance? Love? Peace? What are you chasing because you secretly believe that once you get it, you'll finally be okay? 3. What would change if you really believed God loved you? What would you stop worrying about? How would you pray? How would you handle failure? How would you respond to criticism? How would you respond when somebody else succeeds? What risks would you finally take? People may disappoint you. People may reject you. People may leave. People may fail you. But don't confuse people with God. God's love is wider than your failures. Longer than your past. Higher than your hopes. Deeper than your wounds. Maybe your "truster" is a little broken. Rob's is too. But God's love isn't broken. Loosen your grip on the armrest. Sit back. Put your full weight on God. And get rooted in his love.

Chelsea and James reminisce about making it into Berghain… and then nearly getting kicked straight back out!Plus, the pair are off to Greece, prompting Chelsea to reveal that she's not just a holiday expert - she's a packing expert too!Have you got a question for Chelsea or James? Email it to podcast@holidayexpert.comDownload SAILY in your app store and use our code HOLIDAYEXPERT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/holidayexpert Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a text or leave a voice message!email us! twroadpodcast@gmail.comhttps://buymeacoffee.com/twrpodWhat happens when the place where you care for the living seems to have residents who never truly left?Angela returns to The Wandering Road for Part II of Haunted Experiences from the Nursing Field, bringing even more unsettling stories from her time working as a nurse at a reportedly haunted nursing home.This time, the activity takes an even darker turn.Angela describes the unnerving sensation of something following her through the third floor and recalls entering one particular room where the atmosphere immediately felt different. She didn't simply feel watched. She felt like prey.But Angela wasn't the only person experiencing strange activity inside the facility.We hear about a man who reportedly encountered an apparition in a storage room, doors mysteriously closing without anyone touching them, and repeated sightings of an unexplained nun-like figure wandering the nursing home. Angela also shares a security guard's terrifying experience and another encounter involving the unmistakable feeling of an unseen presence inside the kitchen.When nurses, employees, security personnel, and others begin reporting strange experiences throughout the same building, how much can be dismissed as coincidence?Who is the mysterious nun people claim to have seen?What was following Angela on the third floor?And perhaps most disturbing of all, what was inside that room that made her feel like prey?Join us as Angela returns for another journey into the darker side of the nursing field and the unexplained experiences that continue to haunt those who worked there.

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We often wait for the perfect conditions to feel joyful, but joy rarely arrives as expected. In today's episode, Kate Bowler and Ryan discuss three surprising signs that something might bring you real joy and how to become more open to recognizing it. They also talk about the difference between joy and happiness, what the Stoics thought about contentment, and our obsession with optimizing everything. Kate Bowler is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, award-winning podcast host, and professor of religious history at Duke University. She is the host of the podcast Everything Happens, where she has honest conversations about grief, joy, faith, love, and the realities of being human.Grab signed copies of Kate's books Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved, No Cure For Being Human (And Other Truths I Needed To Hear), and her latest book Joyful, Anyway at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/Follow Kate Bowler: Instagram, YouTube

What if part of you wants success—but another part believes achieving it will cost you your health, relationships, or well-being? In this insightful coaching session, Christine works with Maya, an ambitious entrepreneur who knows she's capable of achieving big things in her career. But after years of professional success coincided with increasing health challenges, Maya has begun to associate achievement with stress, exhaustion, and physical suffering. Now, as she intentionally slows down and prioritizes her health, she notices something surprising: the better she begins to feel, the more she slips back into old habits. It's almost as if part of her doesn't want to fully recover—because getting better might mean returning to the same version of success that depleted her in the first place. Christine helps Maya reframe what looks like self-sabotage as protection. As they explore Maya's childhood, another layer emerges. Health challenges were present from a young age, while success was modeled as something that required hard work and sacrifice. Maya also remembers desperately wanting friendship, belonging, and romantic attention as a young girl—only to experience rejection and disappointment. Could a younger part of her have learned that putting herself out there isn't safe? Together, Christine and Maya explore the connection between physical health and emotional patterns, subconscious protection, childhood experiences, belonging, success, relationships, and the possibility that we don't have to choose between thriving professionally and thriving personally. If you've ever said, "I know what I want, so why do I keep getting in my own way?" this conversation offers a compassionate alternative: perhaps you aren't sabotaging yourself at all. Perhaps a younger part of you is simply trying to keep you safe using an outdated strategy. Press play to explore how curiosity, compassion, and working with—not against—your protective parts can begin creating a new definition of success. Consider / Ask Yourself Do you unconsciously associate success with stress, overworking, or self-sacrifice? Do you believe you have to choose between your health and your ambitions? Is there something you consciously want but continually find yourself resisting? When something fulfilling is followed by discomfort, do you automatically conclude that you shouldn't have done it? Could what you've labeled "self-sabotage" actually be a protective pattern trying to keep you safe? Key Insights and A-Ha's What looks like self-sabotage may actually be a subconscious attempt at protection. We can consciously want something while a younger part of us associates getting it with pain, rejection, exhaustion, or danger. Early health challenges can influence how safe or reliable we believe our bodies are. The way success was modeled in childhood can shape whether we associate achievement with ease or with sacrifice and overwork. Experiences of rejection and not belonging can create protective patterns around relationships, visibility, and putting ourselves out into the world. Physical and emotional experiences don't always have to be viewed separately; Christine encourages a holistic approach that considers both. When discomfort follows an enjoyable experience, immediately deciding "I shouldn't have done that" can reinforce an existing protective pattern. Both the part that wants expansion and the part that wants to retreat may ultimately be trying to create safety, health, and happiness. Our conscious adult self may feel ready for something while a younger part of us still needs reassurance. How to Deepen the Work When resistance appears, get curious instead of immediately trying to override it. Ask the protective part: "What are you afraid will happen if I do this?" Explore: "What does this remind you of?" When you're experiencing physical discomfort, focus on what your body needs rather than immediately connecting the symptoms to something enjoyable you recently did. Notice when you're telling yourself, "I shouldn't have done that," and consider whether that story is reinforcing an old pattern. Explore both physical and emotional avenues of support rather than assuming everything has a single cause. Begin creating a new definition of success that includes health, relationships, connection, and well-being rather than requiring sacrifice. Resources Mentioned in This Episode Love Block Quiz Christine and her husband created a free Love Block Quiz to help identify subconscious blocks that may be getting in the way of calling in the relationship you desire. Take Christine's free Love Block Quiz Be the Queen Christine and her husband teach Be the Queen for women who are ready to call in healthy, aligned partnership and explore the conscious, subconscious, energetic, and relational patterns that may be affecting their love lives. Christine is currently taking names for the early-bird interest list, which includes access to a special early-bird discount before the program launches. Join the Be the Queen interest list One-on-One Coaching with Christine Christine shares that she currently has space for a couple more private coaching clients for those interested in deeper individualized work. Learn more about one-on-one coaching with Christine Social Media + Resources Christine Hassler — Take a Coaching Assessment Christine Hassler Podcasts including Coaches Corner Expectation Hangover by Christine Hassler Facebook — Christine Hassler Instagram — @ChristineHassler Instagram — @SacredUnionCouples Apply to be coached on the show Courses, retreats, and more resources

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