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Branding in your business is not just about beautiful backdrops, fonts, and colors, it's about how to design your business to fit the brand of YOU. Kimberly chats with brand strategist, Emma Viega-Malta on how to build your business to fit the brand of who you be. @crownyourselfnow In this episode, you will learn… What is branding? (5:00) How do you learn what your real identity is? (8:00) Why do you need to know what makes you distinct? (9:30) How can knowing who you are help you with your brand identity? (11:00) Why do you need to know how to get the feeling you want to get across? (14:00) What struggles can you encounter when developing a brand? (15:15) How can knowing your skills build your confidence? (20:30) What is a process where you can hone your genius zone? (25:00) How is a lifestyle business different from having a business? (26:30) What beliefs do you need to change to support your life? (29:00) Why are you afraid of raising your prices? (33:00) What can having the courage to let go do for your business? (38:00) How does allowing transformation be good for your business? (42:30) How do you shift to fully owning being a business owner? (45:00) Why do you need to know your numbers when you do business? (48:00) How do you pull your clients courage out to work on their brand? (50:00) Emma Veiga Malta is the the founder & head designer at Bespoke Backdrops & Branding, creating strong and unique brand identities and custom video backdrops for amazing clients worldwide. Her 20 year career as an artist and designer spans both Europe and Australia. Emma grew up in England, graduated in London with a BA with honors in Fashion & Textiles, before working in fashion PR and publishing.  In 1997, Emma moved to Switzerland, where she ran a small art studio, and exhibited both in Geneva and London. Today Emma lives in Sydney with her  husband and a grumpy cat. And her two adult children have moved out & currently attend university.  For Emma, art, design & business go hand in hand. She blends them together not just for her own business, but for her clients too. Great design helps you sell your products and services. Emma's entrepreneurial journey has opened doors and afforded her some incredible opportunities, including a stint in Silicon Valley and serving as a mentor for The Branson Centre for Entrepreneurship. She's been nominated and won awards, have spoken at conferences & events internationally and have been interviewed on various podcasts.   Emma is also is a mentor and guest expert for various business schools and programs globally, helping early-stage businesses grow and thrive. And she recently launched her own mentorship program for creative entrepreneurs called The Bespoke Business Hub. As a life-long learner, she is always upskilling and am part of The Brand Design Masters Guild run by Philip Vandusen. Emma brings all of my 20 years business experience into her design work. She understands the power of good design and visual resonance; connecting on an emotional level is as important as connecting on an intellectual level. After all, 93% of communication in non-verbal. **WEBSITE** For Branding + Backdrops: https://bespokebackdropsbranding.com/ For Mentorship for Creative Entrepreneurs: https://bespokebusinesshub.com/ **SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS** FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/bespokebackdrop INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bespokebackdrops/ **FREEBIE / OFFER** Get your 5 Elements to Create a Killer Brand here (and BOOK your FREE 30 Minute Brand Strategy Session with Emma!!!): https://bespokebackdrops.activehosted.com/f/23   Thank you so much for tuning in! Please leave a review on iTunes here so we can keep the magic coming your way. Join the Communication Queens Waitlist here: https://crownyourselfcoaching.com/communication-queens-waitlist Looking to improve your health + train your breath with Pilates? Become a Mindful Monarch and get monthly Pilates lessons and a coach + community to support your mind-body and body-mind connection: https://crownyourself.com/mindful-monarchs-membership And, one of the best ways to reprogram your subconscious mind is through hypnosis. Download my FREE 5-minute “You Are Worthy” hypnosis. GET YOUR FREE GIFT! For a 90-Minute 1:1 Consult  https://crownyourself.com/private-coaching Rule Your Body Book https://crownyourself.securechkout.com/rule-your-body-book For more biz inspo + mindset tools, follow us on Instagram: @crownyourselfnow Follow my own mompreneur journey to #CrownYourself on Instagram: @kimberly.spencer Join the Facebook Group: "Crown Yourself Coaching" For more mindset, motivation, actionable strategies, and business-building tips, check out: crownyourself.com

In the winter of 2007, a songwriter by the name of Justin Vernon returned to the Wisconsin woods, not far from where he grew up. Just a few months later, he emerged with “For Emma, Forever Ago”—his first album produced under the name Bon Iver. Since then, Vernon and various bandmates have released three more records, won two Grammys, and collaborated with Kanye West, becoming one of the most celebrated bands in indie music. The music critic Amanda Petrusich spoke with Vernon at The New Yorker Festival, alongside his bandmates Brad Cook and Chris Messina. They discuss using made-up words as lyrics; Vernon's deep, deep love of “Northern Exposure”; and how a group like Bon Iver engages with current events in today's toxic political climate.    Bon Iver performed “U (Man Like),” “Marion,” and “RABi”; Vernon was accompanied by Sean Carey, Jenn Wasner, and Mike Lewis.     This story originally aired November 29, 2019

On this bonus episode of Knockin’ Doorz Down, we’re joined by Elaina Vieira, President of the Carlos Vieira Foundation, to discuss the Race to End the Stigma Scholarship with Annie Roe, Emma Carney, and Yaneli Guerra-Hernandez.  Annie shares her struggle living with an eating disorder and how self- care practices like meditation, yoga, and stretching helped her overcome it. She discusses the positive steps she's taking to end the stigma surrounding mental health. For more on her story, we’ve made her essay partially available in the description below. This is Annie Roe in her own words on Knockin’ Doorz Down. For Annie's complete essay- https://www.carlosvieirafoundation.org/programs/race-to-end-the-stigma/scholarship-recipients.html#qxt-qx-tabs-4934084 Emma is passionate about talking openly about mental illnesses that are physically visible. She is active in multiple organizations that help to start the conversation about mental illness. She discusses her future goals for college and her future career. For more on her story, we’ve made her essay partially available in the description below. This is Emma Carney in her own words on Knockin’ Doorz Down. For Emma's essay - https://www.carlosvieirafoundation.org/programs/race-to-end-the-stigma/scholarship-recipients.html#qxt-qx-tabs-4934087 Yaneli shares her struggle with anxiety following a serious car accident. She shares the positive steps she's taking to end the stigma surrounding mental health. For more on her story, we’ve made her essay partially available in the description below. This is Yaneli Guerra Hernandez in her own words on Knockin’ Doorz Down. For Yaneli's complete essay-https://www.carlosvieirafoundation.org/programs/race-to-end-the-stigma/scholarship-recipients.html#qxt-qx-tabs-4934085 This is Annie Roe, Emma Carney, and Yaneli Guerra-Hernandez in their own words on Knockin’ Doorz Down. For more on the Carlos Vieira Foundation and the Race to End the Stigma campaign visit https://www.carlosvieirafoundation.org/ The Race to End the Stigma Scholarship was created by the Carlos Vieira Foundation to start the conversation about mental health. The $2,000 Race to End the Stigma Scholarship is granted annually to graduating high school seniors who are interested in mental health awareness or who are willing to share their stories about mental health in an effort to end the stigma. https://www.carlosvieirafoundation.org/ https://www.facebook.com/CVFoundation/ https://www.instagram.com/carlosvieirafoundation/ For Carlos Vieira's autobiography Knockin' Doorz Down https://www.kddmediacompany.com/ For 51FIFTY use the discount code KDD20 for 20% off! https://51fiftyltm.com/ https://www.facebook.com/51FIFTYLTM https://www.instagram.com/51fiftyltm/ https://twitter.com/51fiftyltm For more on the Knockin' Doorz Down podcast and to follow us on social media https://www.kddmediacompany.com/podcast https://www.instagram.com/knockindoorzdown/ https://www.facebook.com/knockingdoorsdown/ https://twitter.com/kddmediacompany https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUSJ5ooBFqso8lfFiiIM-5g/   

This week we’re off to Hungary! On many of the episodes we make you hungry with our discussions of lovely food - but we are in fact discussing the country this time. Beautiful architecture, a fascinating history and of course, incredible food. Emma and Darius share their brief but memorable trips to Budapest and their hopes to explore more of this wonderful European country. For Emma this was country 42 of the 195 UN recognised countries she plans to visit. Follow along @lovellytravels to hear more about this mission!

Join us for our music March Madness champion, Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago! We sit down with friend Shanley Smith to discuss this iconic album.

Alasdair Hooper hosts the fourth Mental Health Awareness Week episode all themed around mental health and sport in the LGBTQ community. Joining the podcast for the discussion are Karina Murray, of Sporting Pride Ireland, Assistant Editor at Goal, Emma Smith, and also Martin Stark, the CEO and founder of the World Gay Boxing Championships. Of course, being from the LGBTIQ+ community doesn't mean you will automatically have issues with your mental health. However, a recent Stonewall study found that over the previous year half of LGBTIQ+ people had experienced depression and three in five had experienced anxiety. One in eight LGBTIQ+ people aged 18-24 had attempted to end their life and almost half of trans people half thought about taking their life.Each one of our guests also has their own story to tell. For Mark, he didn't come out until the age of 27 and he came close to dying in 2017 from Addison's Disease, an experience that prompted him to take a self-defence class and then boxing that has made him the man he is today. Karina also struggled to find out who she was growing up, but it was the LGBT clubs in Ireland where she really came to understand and accept who she was. For Emma, she came out in 2019 as transgender and explains in this episode how she came to discover her own identity. This is an incredibly in-depth episode but by sharing their stories, and their advice, it will hopefully help someone who may find themselves in a difficult situation.If you are struggling with your mental health here are some organisations who can help Samaritans: Phone 116 123, 24 hours a day, or email jo@samaritans.org, in confidence Childline: Phone 0800 1111. Calls are free and won't show up on your bill PAPYRUS: A voluntary organisation supporting suicidal teens and young adults. Phone 0800 068 4141 Depression Alliance: A charity for people with depression. Students Against Depression: A website for students who are depressed, have low mood, or are suicidal. Bullying UK: A website for both children and adults affected by bullying. Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM): For young men who are feeling unhappy. Helpline 0800 58 58 58 Mental Health Awareness Week is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation. You can find more information and support it here - https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-weekVisit MindOut, the LGBTQ mental health service here - https://mindout.org.uk/Visit Sporting Pride Ireland here - https://www.sportingpride.ie/ Find out more about the World Gay Boxing Championships here - https://www.worldgayboxingchampionships.org/ Follow Martin Stark here - https://www.instagram.com/gayboxingchamp/?hl=en Follow Emma Smith here - https://twitter.com/emmasmithjourno MessagesFollow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportSpielPod?lang=en Like us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SportSpielPod/ Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportspielpod/ Get in touch: sportspielpod@gmail.com Visit our website - sportspielonline.comFind out more about The Bear - https://www.thebear.live/Find out about our partners The Mintridge Foundation - https://www.mintridgefoundation.org.uk/ Credits Image credits: With thanks to Martin Stark, Karina Murray and Emma SmithMusic: Otis McDonald

Emma Dabiri is a writer, presenter and social historian. Throughout her prolific career across books, television series and radio programmes, Emma has worked to ask some of the most important questions facing the Black British public, most notably in her best selling novels Don't Touch My Hair and What White People Can Do Next. For Talking Tough, she sat down with host Georgia Moot to discuss anti-racism, allyship and deconstructing race. For Emma's recommendations on where this conversation is continued, check out the list below: Books: Futures of Black Radicalism; Edited by Gaye Theresa Johnson and Alex Lubin The Undercommons Fugitive Study and Black Planning; Fred Moten and Stefano Harney Capitalist Realism; Mark Fisher Podcast: The Tightrope Cornell West and Tricia Rose YouTube: Contrapoints

We’re so excited to be back in your ears. We had a break, took some space and time to reflect, to get the creative juices flooowwwing. The funny thing is that in the episode we chat space, which is also this month’s theme inside the MerryBody Studio (which we planned a few months ago! MAGIC).Stuff we talked about…You can look at ‘space’ in so many different ways. For Carla, space means stillness, silence, creating space inward. For Emma, it means being louder, more opinionated and speaking and living your truth.When your mind is full of BS (eg. self hating thoughts), there is no space for the great ideas, creation and magic.FOMO (fear of missing out) and fear of inaction prevent us from taking space.Space will also help you realise that it’s not all about “me…me…me” but “we…we…we”.Take a moment to reflect on what kind of space you might need. Whether it’s slowing down, silence and taking a break OR taking up more space to show the true YOU.If you have questions, comments or feedback about this episode, send us an email at carla@themerrymakersisters.com or emma@themerrymakersisters.com or message us on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @themerrymakersisters.Join our 5-day MerryBody Challenge and get direct access to 10 minute classes. Sign up at themerrymakersisters.com/5daysCheck out all the Get Merry Podcast episodes on iTunes and Overcast and Stitcher for Androids. Plus we are on Spotify over HERE!Always merrymaking,Emma + CarlaP.s if you ever need further help or guidance please contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue. Asking for help is pure courage. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

All uploads on this channel are for promotional purposes only! The music has been converted before uploading to prevent ripping and to protect the artist(s) and label(s). If you don't want your content here (that goes for audio or images) please contact me immediately via email: unpluggedtube@outlook.it and I WILL REMOVE THE EPISODE OR ARTWORK IMMEDIATELY! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bon Iver - Live From Glastombury - 2009  SET LIST: 0:00​ Creature Fear 6:28​ Lump Sum 11:40​ Skinny Love 16:44​ Brackett, WI 21:43​ Beach Baby 24:42​ Blood Bank 31:00​ Flume 36:14​ For Emma 40:40​ The Wolves          

This Weeks Album was For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver as chosen by the viewers as part of our Second Chance theme. Our Second Chance theme is were we choose an album from a list of albums that we put to a public vote last year but didn't win the vote. Join us as we discuss our opinions on the album and our listening habits. As usual, we finish off by announcing next weeks album, this time the Blob chooses an album he loves as part of our February theme 'albums we love'. We live stream our podcast recording every week, if you fancy watching the videos live or afterwards, check us out via Twitch or YouTube. See our full list of our social media links below; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvnCrwBa_zqPfHhzbEXMP3A https://www.twitch.tv/thisweeksalbum https://www.facebook.com/ThisWeeksAlbum/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/298376244735284 https://www.instagram.com/thisweeksalbumpod/ https://twitter.com/thisweeksalbum --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/this-weeks-album/message

For Emma and Fin, life is all about seeking out adventure, embracing the chaos, and meeting amazing people along the way. They are in their early thirties, met in seventh grade, and have been together since their freshman year of college. A year or so into their relationship it was obvious that exploring everything life had to offer was part of who they were as individuals, and as a team. They were very young at the time and neither had really experienced the world of dating, so they devised a way to explore aspects of the dating world without ending their relationship through non-monogamy. Fast forward to two and a half years ago when they decided to start a weekly podcast called Normalizing Non-Monogamy since they absolutely love meeting new people and hearing their stories. Through this podcast they interview people from all over the world who are exploring non-monogamy on their own terms. The hope is that if they can get enough of those stories out into the world that it will provide a resource for anyone who is considering non-monogamy. They also want to show that non-monogamy is more common than most people think and that it can be done in a safe and consensual way. Website: https://www.normalizingnonmonogamy.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nnmpodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nnmpodcast*****Now that we’ve begun to process our history with toxic religion, we seek to regain autonomy over our minds and bodies from residual narratives, whether cultural or religious; while working towards respecting and empowering the autonomy of others. Together, we seek to rejoin the human race and participate in this chaotic experience of existence Thanks for listening and remember: You are autonomous and so is everyone else. Please subscribe to my podcast and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Your financial support, if you are willing and able, can make a huge impact on my ability to continue in secular activism. You can become a Patreon supporter or make a one-time donation via PayPal. Links are on EA's website. *** Podcast Links*** www.everyonesautonomous.com facebook.com/everyonesautonomous twitter.com/s_autonomous instagram.com/everyonesautonomous/ *** Marie's Links *** mariedelephant.com fb.me/mariedelephant twitter.com/MarieDElephant Instagram.com/mariedelephant *** MarKei Photo & Video Links *** markeiphoto.com www.facebook.com/markeiphotography/ www.instagram.com/markeiphoto/ twitter.com/markeiphoto *** Credits *** Produced by Marie D'Elephant Edited by Post Christian Podcasting (Caleb Rowe) *** Time Stamps*** 1:03 Monologue 18:35 Announcements22:15 Intro24:26 Interview

Do we age out of modern music over the years or is it simply a case of not being able to connect with an artist at a particular moment? Your moment with an album might not coincide with it’s release, but that doesn’t mean you can’t connect with it eventually. And why are people so quick to label albums as “masterpieces” these days? These are just a couple of questions we address in today’s discussion. Song Samples:M.I.A. – “20 Dollar” from Kala (2007)Frank Ocean – “Nights” from Blond (2016)Carly Rae Jepson – “Let’s Get Lost” from Emotion (2015)W.A.S.P. – “School Daze” from W.A.S.P. (1984)Bon Iver – “Skinny Love” from For Emma, For Ever Ago (2007)Radiohead – “Everything In Its Right Place” from Kid A (2000)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/SchizoMusic)

Kristian Montano is a mastering engineer and the owner of Montano Mastering, based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada! You can find out more about Kristian at https://www.montanomastering.com/You can find Kristian on Social MediaIG: https://www.instagram.com/MontanoMastering/Personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/kristianmontano/You can email Kristian at kristian@montanomastering.comYou can listen to the two songs that we discussed in the "Sauce" segment in their entirety via the following links: "Stereotypes" by Your Hunni: https://lefuturewave.com/2020/10/20/introducing-your-hunni-stereotypes/"Flowers" by Burs: https://bursmusic.bandcamp.com/track/flowersAs I mentioned in a previous episode, I've started a Whatsapp group community. If you're interested in joining, please email me at Secretsonics@gmail.com Please include your phone # and tell me a bit about what you do production-wise.ReferencesMatt Snell: https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2020/8/23/secret-sonics-060-matt-snellMichael Starita: https://www.instagram.com/staritamusic/Noah Mintz: http://www.lacquerchannel.com/noah-mintz/Joao Carvalho: https://www.joaocarvalhomastering.com/Audeze LCD X: https://amzn.to/31ADAvSNeumann KH 310s: https://amzn.to/3dY4h2KAirpods: https://amzn.to/37BRNwjDylan Seals' episode of the Attack and Release show: https://attackandreleaseshow.fireside.fm/68Aurotanes: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/5CAmpA230BK--auratone-5c-super-sound-cubes-4.5-inch-passive-reference-monitors-with-a2-30-power-amp-blackTidal: https://tidal.com/Ted Jenson of Sterling Sound: https://sterling-sound.com/engineer/ted-jensen/Carl Bahner: https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2020/8/9/secret-sonics-058-carl-bahnerManley Vari-Mu: https://www.manley.com/pro/mslchpManley Massive Passive: https://www.manley.com/pro/msmpHCL EQ: https://www.handcraftedlabs.pl/products/thermos-dual-mono-program-eqDMG Plugins: https://dmgaudio.com/Bob Katz: https://amzn.to/34s2T58Division 88: https://www.instagram.com/division.88/Leapwing root one: https://www.leapwingaudio.com/rootone/Big Thief band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_ThiefJoe LaPorta: https://sterling-sound.com/engineer/joe-laporta/Nebraska Cover Album Collab: https://torontocoversproject.bandcamp.com/album/at-the-end-of-every-hard-earned-day-people-find-some-reason-to-believeBobby Owsinski’s book: https://amzn.to/3meGtdyBon Iver's first record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Iver#2006%E2%80%932010:_For_Emma,_Forever_AgoThanks for listening to this episode of Secret Sonics! I hope you enjoyed this episode :) Look out for new episodes weekly. Consider rating and reviewing our show on Apple Podcasts and sharing this or any of your favorite episodes with a friend or two.Thank you to Zvi Rodan, Mendy Portnoy, and Yakir Hyman for contributing to the new podcast theme music!You can find out more about Secret Sonics and subscribe on your favorite podcast app by visiting www.secretsonics.co***If you want the show to continue to improve, feel free to fill out a listener survey here: https://forms.gle/BWKmS4YmESYid5rh8 ***Follow along via social media here:Facebook: www.facebook.com/SecretSonicsPodInstagram: www.instagram.com/secretsonics/Feel free to email me at secretsonics@gmail.com with any questions and feedback you might have. I'm open to learning about what topics you'd like to hear about and which people you'd like to hear from. In pursuit of making this podcast truly helpful to anybody looking to improve at music production, all suggestions are truly welcome! Have a great week, stay safe, and dig in!-Ben

In this hugely inspiring episode of RunPod, you’ll hear the story of the fabulous Emma Campbell who quite simply loves running. She claims she could talk endlessly about the positive ways that running has enhanced her life after turning to it following a time of adversity. For Emma is a three times cancer survivor…. This episode has an important message of courage and sheer determination whilst also showing how running can be hugely beneficial to individuals by ultimately offering a boost to our mental health. You won’t be able to stop listening.

Tras romper con su novia y quedarse sin banda, Justin Vernon tiró para el monte. Se aisló varios meses en una cabaña en medio del bosque. Allí ahogó su depresión entre la soledad y la melancolía. Poco a poco, Vernon fue levantando cabeza y empezó a plasmar todo su dolor y sus miedos en canciones.Unos meses después, Vernon salió del monte con un nuevo proyecto musical, Bon Iver, y un disco debajo del brazo, For Emma, Forever Ago. Aquel periodo de tristeza se reflejó en ese peculiar disco que relanzó su carrera. Las dudas sobre su futuro se disiparon y la crítica y el público aplaudieron ese disco salido del frío y el dolor.Esta semana dedicamos el Sofá Sonoro a recordar el debur de Bon Iver, sus canciones, su sonido y la peculiar historia que fue la génesis de este álbum, un viaje que hacemos en la compañía de Jimena Marcos y Lucía Taboada.

Tras romper con su novia y quedarse sin banda, Justin Vernon tiró para el monte. Se aisló varios meses en una cabaña en medio del bosque. Allí ahogó su depresión entre la soledad y la melancolía. Poco a poco, Vernon fue levantando cabeza y empezó a plasmar todo su dolor y sus miedos en canciones.Unos meses después, Vernon salió del monte con un nuevo proyecto musical, Bon Iver, y un disco debajo del brazo, For Emma, Forever Ago. Aquel periodo de tristeza se reflejó en ese peculiar disco que relanzó su carrera. Las dudas sobre su futuro se disiparon y la crítica y el público aplaudieron ese disco salido del frío y el dolor.Esta semana dedicamos el Sofá Sonoro a recordar el debur de Bon Iver, sus canciones, su sonido y la peculiar historia que fue la génesis de este álbum, un viaje que hacemos en la compañía de Jimena Marcos y Lucía Taboada.

We're all scared of something, right?!? The real question is when does a basic fear turn into an anxiety inducing phobia? For Emma, it's when you go into the ocean apparently. On today's pod we talk about some of our own phobias and the wacky ones we've recently become aware of. Some of them are so outrageous you won't believe they even exist. Not to mention, we drop some serious names and the phobias they live with! Sharks, clowns, fear of long words; this pod has something for everybody! Don't be afraid, give it a listen...

For generations, the gender roles of fathers as breadwinners and mothers as caregivers shaped how society viewed family dynamics when a couple divorces. Outcomes of divorce from a sexist court system have forced women in particular into these patriarchal ‘ideals' – the martyr mother or the stay-at-home mom. Not only has this caused women to press pause on their lives and careers, but it has forced them into financial dependency on the ex-spouse for child support and alimony. And, just like any discussion related to money, it can get messy, stressful, and chaotic. However, as times have changed, the research and science have evolved to counter these outdated beliefs. In this episode of Divorce, Healthy! attorney and author Ashley-Nicole Russell, of https://anrlaw.com/ (ANR Law), talks to Emma Johnson, writer of http://Users/robertingalls/Lawpods%20Dropbox/Lawpods%20Team/!%20Clients/Production/Divorce,%20Healthy!/Episodes/7%20Emma%20Johnson/wealthysinglemommy.com (Wealthy Single Mommy). During this in-depth discussion, Emma and Ashley-Nicole explore how to adopt and internalize a new narrative as you go navigate separation and divorce. Emma addresses equally shared parenting and gender equality, leading a revolution that empowers women to move forward in their lives in a better, more positive way. She wants women to understand that they have power to influence how the outcome of their divorce looks, including what time spent with the other parent looks like and the power to choose whether or not to receive child support and alimony. Emma also encourages single mothers to reframe the role of money in their lives, moving away from the idea of institutionalized dependency. You can be financially independent and not have your financial worth attached to your ex-spouse. This also becomes a great opportunity to teach your children resilience and grit. Instead of spending precious time bickering over child support, put that energy into something that can improve your life. You can be a mother and co-parent to your children and still live your best life, achieving any goals that you may have otherwise considered putting on hold. For Emma, the idea of moving past conflict and being better afterward isn't just a possibility – it's a reality that many women are choosing. For more information, you can reach out to Emma Johnson on her website, Wealthy Single Mommy. And, for those Mommies that could use a boost, check out Emma's https://www.wealthysinglemommy.com/single-mom-grant/ (Single Mom Stimulus Grant), where she gives away $500 a week to help struggling single moms. Links mentioned in the episodeWealthy Single Mommy by Emma Johnson https://www.amazon.com/Kickass-Single-Mom-Financially-Independent/dp/014313115X (The Kickass Single Mom) https://www.wealthysinglemommy.com/single-mom-grant/ (Single Mom Stimulus Grant) https://www.amazon.com/Cure-Divorce-Culture-Ashley-Nicole-Russell/dp/1732553807 (The Cure for Divorce Culture) To inquire about speaking engagements, purchase your copy of Ashley-Nicole's book “The Cure for Divorce Culture,” or to schedule your private orientation meeting, head to http://www.anrlaw.com (www.anrlaw.com). You can also find us on social media @ANRLaw. Find a better way forward, right here, on Divorce, Healthy!

Isolation causes people to do funny things. Sometimes brilliant, sometimes mad, often both. We're both under the recommended self-quarantine and as we're waiting for this pandemic to hopefully quickly subside. We started thinking about albums that were made while in confinement. Many came to mind quickly. The Rolling Stones recorded Exile on Main Street while holed in France avoiding tax penalties. Of course, that is less like quarantine and more like a weekend at Caligula’s. Bon Iver’s post-break-up self induced retreat in a hunting cabin turned into For Emma, Forever Ago. Songs of Pain by Daniel Johnston was recorded in his parents basement as his bipolar swings made social engagements tremendously difficult. The majority of Cat Power’s Moon Pix was written during a terrifying hallucinatory nightmare while left alone in a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. And of course, David Allen Coe, Charles Manson, that psycho guy from Burzum, and countless hip hop artists made records while incarcerated.  That's when we remembered Camper Van Beethoven’s Tusk. As we recalled, the band got snowed in at a cabin somewhere in the depths of the California mountains in the late 80s. To stave off boredom, the band did a track by track remake of the Fleetwood Mac maligned bizarro AOR classic, Tusk. CVB got through most of the tracks before the thaw, stashed the tapes, and went about their merry way. Many years later, about to embark on a reunion tour, the band found the tapes, cleaned them up, added and rerecorded bits, and released the record. We both love Camper Van Beethoven and Tusk, so we decided it would be a good exercise in exploring what happens to bands when cabin fever sets in. So, today, break into your emergency vodka, settle into your confinement, and check your supply of toilet paper as we cover the bizarre tale of Camper Van Beethoven’s Tusk. Highway Hi-Fi is a proud member of the Pantheon Music Podcast Network - Home of the Finest Music Podcasts

Isolation causes people to do funny things. Sometimes brilliant, sometimes mad, often both. We're both under the recommended self-quarantine and as we're waiting for this pandemic to hopefully quickly subside. We started thinking about albums that were made while in confinement. Many came to mind quickly. The Rolling Stones recorded Exile on Main Street while holed in France avoiding tax penalties. Of course, that is less like quarantine and more like a weekend at Caligula’s. Bon Iver’s post-break-up self induced retreat in a hunting cabin turned into For Emma, Forever Ago. Songs of Pain by Daniel Johnston was recorded in his parents basement as his bipolar swings made social engagements tremendously difficult. The majority of Cat Power’s Moon Pix was written during a terrifying hallucinatory nightmare while left alone in a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. And of course, David Allen Coe, Charles Manson, that psycho guy from Burzum, and countless hip hop artists made records while incarcerated.  That's when we remembered Camper Van Beethoven’s Tusk. As we recalled, the band got snowed in at a cabin somewhere in the depths of the California mountains in the late 80s. To stave off boredom, the band did a track by track remake of the Fleetwood Mac maligned bizarro AOR classic, Tusk. CVB got through most of the tracks before the thaw, stashed the tapes, and went about their merry way. Many years later, about to embark on a reunion tour, the band found the tapes, cleaned them up, added and rerecorded bits, and released the record. We both love Camper Van Beethoven and Tusk, so we decided it would be a good exercise in exploring what happens to bands when cabin fever sets in. So, today, break into your emergency vodka, settle into your confinement, and check your supply of toilet paper as we cover the bizarre tale of Camper Van Beethoven’s Tusk. Highway Hi-Fi is a proud member of the Pantheon Music Podcast Network - Home of the Finest Music Podcasts

Pour ce 24ème épisode du podcast (et premier monologue de la saison 2 !), voici un épisode un peu philosophique! J'aimerais aborder avec vous la question de la douleur... et de comment la transcender grâce à la créativité. Dans cet épisode je vous propose : - d'aborder votre vision du monde avec une nouvelle paire de lunettes - d'aborder la créativité comme une manière de transcender le statu quo - et pourquoi choisir sa propre souffrance et la transformer créativement est salutaire ---- NOTES ET RESSOURCES L'art subtil de s'en foutre, de Mark Manson : https://amzn.to/3cuY3Gt L'histoire de Hirō Onoda et Norio Suzuki : http://bit.ly/2wvcYjd L'histoire de l'album For Emma, Forever Ago de Bon Iver : http://bit.ly/38wOW4U Acheter mon nouveau print "STOP HOPING. START MAKING' sur mon e-shop : https://gumroad.com/jeremieclaeys ---- CREDIT Merci à Adrien Guy pour la musique du générique https://soundcloud.com/adrienguymusic https://www.instagram.com/adrienguymusic/ ---- Pour SOUTENIR le podcast financièrement et devenir membre du CLUB SENS CRÉATIF afin d’accéder à des épisodes exclusifs du podcast, visitez PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/senscreatifpodcast ---- Grâce à SENS CRÉATIF - le podcast qui explore les motivations et les stratégies des artistes de l’image - JÉRÉMIE CLAEYS (illustrateur à Paris) désire créer du lien entre les artistes francophones. Pour suivre les actualités de ce podcast, suivez-moi sur Instagram (www.instagram.com/jeremieclaeys/), et Twitter (twitter.com/jeremieclaeys). Vous pouvez également visiter mon site internet (https://www.jeremieclaeys.com/), vous abonnez à la NEWSLETTER (https://www.jeremieclaeys.com/sens-creatif) ou m’écrire sur jeremie@jeremie-claeys.com

This Podcast is a relaxed space to chat about anything spiritual, funny, inspiring or interesting from media, tech, games or anything we find exciting. A chill space where a Dad and two sons share their thoughts. In this episode Devon, Ford and Paps chat over: What's Batman Up to Now? (06:04) Value of Media Formats (21:07) Top 3 Favourite Sci-Fi Films (37:20) For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver (54:49) Homework is to play Minecraft on Single Player Hardcore Mode Links: The New Batman Movie Info so far: https://www.nme.com/blogs/the-movies-blog/the-batman-movie-release-date-plot-cast-robert-pattinson-2559244?fbclid=IwAR3C3K0OtNkR4LLi-XjMpGaTNktkRcG14M5eVE5HBDu9dIqpVWdaZTE9LrI Email Address: theoryofanything@hotmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/theoryofanyting

This Podcast is a relaxed space to chat about anything spiritual, funny, inspiring or interesting from media, tech, games or anything we find exciting. A chill space where a Dad and two sons share their thoughts. In this episode Devon, Ford and Paps chat over: Phone Advances (06:47) Sorted Magazine (21:09) Passengers Companions (32:46) Casablanca (45:10) Homework is to listen to the album For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver. Links: Sorted Magazine Website: https://www.sortedmagazine.men/ The Passion of Jesus at Trafalgar Square: https://www.wintershall.org.uk/passion-jesus-london Guy spends a week in VR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGRY14znFxY Email Address: theoryofanything@hotmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/theoryofanyting

Una fuente de inspiración. Música experimental de verdad. Sensaciones nuevas. Eso es lo que propone Justin Vernon y @boniver a lo largo de toda su discografía. En este programa hacemos un repaso a su trayectoria. Discografía: For Emma, Forever Ago (2008) Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011) 22, A Million (2016) I, I (2019) Músicos que han pasado por la banda (o siguen estando): For Emma, Forever Ago Justin Vernon – vocals, guitar Mike Noyce – guitar, vocals Sean Carey – drums, keyboards, vocals Matthew McCaughan – drums, bass, vocals Bon Iver Justin Vernon – vocals, keyboards, guitar Mike Noyce – guitar, violin, vocals Sean Carey – drums, keyboards, vocals Matthew McCaughan – drums, vocals Michael Lewis – bass, saxophone, keyboards, vocals CJ Camerieri – brass, keyboards, vocals Rob Moose – violin, guitar, vocals Colin Stetson – saxophone, vocals Reggie Pace – brass, percussion, vocals 22, A Million Justin Vernon – vocals, keyboards, guitar Sean Carey – drums, keyboards, vocals Matthew McCaughan – drums, vocals Michael Lewis – bass, saxophone, keyboards, vocals Andrew Fitzpatrick – guitar, keyboards, vocals i,i Justin Vernon – vocals, keyboards, guitar Sean Carey – drums, keyboards, vocals Matthew McCaughan – drums, vocals Michael Lewis – bass, saxophone, keyboards, vocals Andrew Fitzpatrick – guitar, keyboards, vocals Jenn Wasner - guitar, vocals Links: Discografía en Spotify: https://spoti.fi/310uSFA Video acústico: http://bit.ly/38FNZaP Documental Bon Iver: Autumn http://bit.ly/2RBx57H The Evolution of Bon Iver: Time and Space: http://bit.ly/2tXR8nt Contacto y patrocinio @Cablesyteclas cablesyteclas@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cablesyteclas/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cablesyteclas/support

From the icy solitude of For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver brought his catalogue full circle in 2019 with his fourth studio record, i,i, his warmest and most outward-looking, generous music yet. Made in collaboration with a total of 52 of his contemporaries, including James Blake, Moses Sumney and many more, i,i is the natural end of the empathetic, innovative, community-minded approach to songwriting Justin Vernon has been honing since the start of his endlessly shapeshifting Bon Iver project. One of our favourite records of the year, i,i shows why no one writes a song quite like him. TRACKLIST: 'Yi' 'iMi' 'We' 'Holyfields,' 'Hey, Ma' 'U (Man Like)' 'Naeem' 'Jelmore' 'Faith' 'Marion' 'Salem' 'Sh'Diah' 'RABi' Like a book club for music nerds, For The Record takes a deep dive into a different album each week that we think is worthy of your love and attention. Hosted by Dan Gordon & Maia Bilyk. Produced by Kyle Fensom. Email: fortherecord@fbiradio.com Instagram: @fortherecordfm This show was produced, recorded and broadcasted on the stolen land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge their ongoing struggle. Sovereignty was never ceded.

In the winter of 2007, a songwriter by the name of Justin Vernon returned to the Wisconsin woods, not far from where he grew up. Just a few months later, he emerged with “For Emma, Forever Ago”—his first album produced under the name Bon Iver. Since then, Vernon and various bandmates have released three more records, won two Grammys, and collaborated with Kanye West, becoming one of the most celebrated bands in indie music. The music critic Amanda Petrusich spoke with Vernon at The New Yorker Festival, alongside his bandmates Brad Cook and Chris Messina. They discuss using made-up words as lyrics; Vernon’s deep, deep love of “Northern Exposure,”; and how a group like Bon Iver engages with current events in today’s toxic political climate.    Bon Iver performed “U (Man Like),” “Marion,” and “RABi”; Vernon was accompanied by Sean Carey, Jenn Wasner, and Mike Lewis. 

For his last podcast of the season, Kyle Bullock of Over the Counter tells the story of Emma, a woman whose life was turned upside down when the man she loved and planned to marry died in a car accident. For Emma, the tragedy caused her to completely change the direction of her life. She left community college, where she was studying to become an art teacher, and moved to a different school to try out the art of metalsmithing. Quickly showing promise in her new field, as well as finding comfort in the act of creating jewelry, she decided to build her skills further with a months-long jewelry apprenticeship in Florence, Italy.   Emma’s instinctual method of working through her grief was to create beautiful jewelry that was redolent with symbolism. And while her loss remained one of the defining events of her life, she was able to move forward and build a satisfying, deeply meaningful career by fashioning beauty out of the most terrible of losses. There’s a lesson in that for all jewelers, says Kyle.  “Don’t ever forget that every and every piece we create or sell means something deeper to the customer that we might ever imagine,” says Kyle. “In the same way, don’t ever forget your own experiences. Owning and managing a jewelry company can bring difficult, sometimes even painful, experiences for you to deal with. It has in my life, for certain. But in the nature of our work, we are given a unique opportunity to shape our circumstances into something beautiful. So, go out and do beautiful work, listeners. The world needs it.”

Neste episódio falamos sobre o intenso álbum For Emma, Forever Ago do Bon Iver. Destacamos os bastidores da composição do álbum, curiosidades sobre Justin Vernon, produção, sonoridade e aspectos criativos. Também fizemos um track-br-track com a nossa opinião sobre cada música.

Neste episódio, conversamos sobre uma das bandas mais disruptivas dos últimos tempos: Bon Iver. A banda acaba de lançar seu quarto álbum em estúdio e mais uma vez nos surpreende com sua sonoridade. Do indie folk de “For Emma, Forever Ago” lançado lá em 2008, até o “i,i”, novo disco lançado poucos dias atrás, o que podemos aprender com a banda fundada por Justin Vernon? Vamos descobrir juntos nesse papo bacana com Ícaro Araújo e Geovane Rocha. ----- Vídeo Bon Iver e The Staves: neste link Página Bon Iver Brasil no Facebook: neste link Grupo Bon Iver Brasil no Facebook: neste link Grupo Bon Iver no WhatsApp: neste link ----- CONECTE-SE CONOSCO E-mail: contato.folkdaworld@gmail.com Facebook: AQUI Instagram: AQUI Twitter: AQUI ----- CONTRIBUA COM O FOLKALIZANDO Contribua com o Folkalizando e ajude o FolkdaWorld a continuar criando e espalhando conteúdo sobre a música folk. Para isso, basta enviar qualquer quantia para a nossa conta no PayPal, para o email contato.folkdaworld@gmail.com. ----- EQUIPE Apresentação: Maísa Cachos Edição: Gui Graziottin Identidade visual: Davi Gabriel

Today, Morgan returns from his jaunt in the scraggly woods to inform everyone how to fend off mountain lions and bears, and introduces a character he has been developing for decades, the one and only Obvi Maria. Phantom airhorns beckon us from distant lands. We discuss the Strokes resurgence, Mixhalo's new HiFi live music experience, people listening to the resonances of ancient Israeli pots, Claypool Lennon Delirium, Bruce Springsteen's new album length visual, 2019's Mercury Prize nominees, the soundtrack to Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," Tom Hanks is playing Mr. Rogers and both Skrillex and Metronomy have new singles out now, and new albums out soon. OOOOOOOOooooooooohhhhhhh YEAH!@!@!@! This week's album review:"For Emma, Forever Ago" by Bon Iver Next week's album review: "Black Sheets of Rain" by Bob Mould

Lauren Leigh Martin, Lauren Leigh Martin, Lauren Leigh Martin joins us this episode. You can hear her sing in The Pink Floyd Experience, Lauren Leigh and the Low Keys, Wild Heart, and the Under Cover Series. Chances are, if you've gone to see live music around San Diego, you have heard the beautiful voice of Lauren Leigh Martin. Lauren Leigh Martin, Ariel and Morgan talk about touring internationally, going to the woods for a reset, writing on bathroom walls, the new Lion King 2 soundtrack, Rammstein's pyrotechnics, The Beatles' first management contract being sold at auction, David Bowie's new Barbie doll, Metallica's childrens book, Marilyn Manson as an actor, M83's new album, and Bon Iver's new album. This is a great one. Check it out!!!! This week's album review: "Middle Brother" by Middle Brother Next week's album review: "For Emma, Forever Ago" by Bon Iver

Happy Pride Month! Jeff discusses the awesome Pride Month video from the NHL. He also talks about all the things that happened during release week for Netminder. Members of the Queer Sacramento Authors Collective had a reading this past week at the Lavender Library and will be reading again this coming week at Time Tested Books. The live streams are available on the podcast’s Facebook page. We talk about the Coastal Magic Convention 2020 lineup of m/m romance featured authors. We review the Elton John biopic Rocketman. Jeff reviews Max Walker’s A Lover’s Game. Will recommends books for Pride month: Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders, Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution by Rob Sanders, The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pitman, Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising That Changed America by Martin Duberman and The Stonewall Reader curated by The New York Public Library. Jeff interviews C.B. Lee about the latest book in her Sidekick Squad series, Not Your Backup. We also discuss the origin of the Sidekick Squad, what C.B. hears from readers and what’s coming up next. Complete shownotes for episode 191 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com. Interview Transcript – C.B. Lee This transcript was made possible by our community on Patreon. You can get information on how to join them at patreon.com/biggayfictionpodcast. Jeff: Welcome C.B. to the podcast. It’s great to have you here. C.B.: Hello, thanks for having me. I’m so excited to be here. Jeff: Yeah, it’s very exciting. We got to see you last year at the LA Times Festival of Books for a little, teeny, tiny interview. But we’re thrilled to have you back as we start to talk about “Not Your Backup” which will come out on June 4th, just the day after this airs actually. C.B.: Oh my gosh, that will be really exciting. I actually got to touch the advanced copies for the first time last week at YALLWEST, which due to this fun time jumps of podcasting… Jeff: Well, actually a bit about a month ago. C.B.: Right, right. But, yeah, it was really interesting just to, like, hold it for the first time and see it in print. Granted, the advance copies have typos since, you know, I went through and did all the pass through the typos. But it’s fun, it’s fun. It’s great that, you know, it exists, it’s in physical form, hasn’t quite felt real till now, but now it’s a real book or will be very soon, or tomorrow for your listeners and readers. Jeff: There is something about holding that physical copy, even if you see it, you know, even if it’s on your tablet as an ebook. It’s like there’s nothing like that paperback when it gets there. C.B.: Yeah. Jeff: Now, “Not Your Backup” is book 3 in the “Sidekick Squad Series.” And, for those who haven’t experienced this series or heard of it, tell us what this series is all about. C.B.: Sure, it is about a group of queer teens that take on a corrupt government superhero agency. And they live in this sort of post-dystopian world where superheroes are kind of treated like celebrities. And there’s, you know, shadowy government organizations and mysterious heroes, league of heroes, that kind of dictates who gets to be a hero and who gets to be a villain. And our protagonists all kind of uncover this huge conspiracy, and then they work together to build a resistance and take it down. Jeff: It’s quite the world that you’ve built here. I mean, you hit so many things that are dystopian, U.S. future, superheroes, villains. What was your inspiration for all of this? C.B.: So I’ve always been fascinated by kind of the, like, post-apocalyptic or dystopian worlds. But a lot of the media that I’ve read mostly focuses on kind of the…when you’re in the middle of the disaster, when you’re in the middle of the catastrophe, when everything is going wrong, how are people struggling to survive. So I really wanted to see a world that was…you know, so this is more of like a solarpunk take where the world has started to move forward, where it’s 100 years after all of these disasters have happened – kind of the impetus for the superpowers. And my book is a really extremely intense solar flare that catalyzes latent gene in people. And then after the flare, which knocks out a bunch of nuclear power plants, also, it starts kind of a chain reaction of a bunch of environmental disasters. So 100 years later the governments of the world have kind of shifted and changed, there’s been wars, there’s been fights over resources, so the United States is now part of the North American collective, which is the entire continent of North America, which is now the habitable places. There’s, you know, 24 regions, which is, you know, kind of what’s left of the states. So there’s different areas all across North America, which are now the regions in which people live and, you know, continue to move forward with, like, their amazing technology, and hover tech, and all this amazing, clean technology. But, at the same time, you have all of these like high-tech cities, but outside of those regions, everything else is like the unmaintained lands. So, you know, the government is claiming there’s radiation danger and don’t venture out, but, of course, our heroes are like, you know, what the government tells us isn’t necessarily true. So a lot of…actually, the fun of writing “Not Your Backup” is one of my working titles was “Not Your Road Trip,” because there’s a lot of road tripping in this book. Jeff: Yeah, I noticed. There’s a bit of a road trip in the sneak peek that I got to read too, that they’re out on this road trip, essentially on a mission. C.B.: Right, right. Yeah, there’s the heist in the beginning of the very first chapter. But, yeah, there’s a lot of fun. We get to see a little bit more of the country outside of the cities in this book, so that’s exciting. Jeff: Now, each of the books deals with one of the main heroes, if you will, or the sidekicks, if you will, given the titles of the book, but they’re really the heroes. In “Not Your Backup”, we focus on Emma, who is really the only one of them without the powers. What’s happening to our heroes this time out? C.B.: So at the end of “Not Your Villain,” we have destroyed the registry, which…the big name of everyone who’s ever registered with powers that Captain Orion was planning to use to kidnap people and use for experiments. At that point, our heroes have been looking for the resistance the whole time. And they find a mysterious group that’s been leaving messages on encrypted channels. But then, at the end of the book, they realize that this is actually like a group of nerds that have been joining together to watch movies like “Star Wars,” and “Harry Potter,” and stuff. So they realize that they need to start the resistance. So that’s where we are at the beginning of “Not Your Backup,” where Emma and Bells are back in Nevada, and they are kind of in the midst of this fledgling resistance group – meanwhile, Jess and Abby are at the villain’s guild hideout in the Rockies and they’re trying to corral all the other meta-humans into taking action. So, the beginning of the book, you know, where kind of everyone has different goals, but then they all come together. It’s more about like building the resistance and finding… For Emma, it’s her journey in finding who she is. And, really, she’s a very natural leader, she loves coming up with plans, and she’s definitely a Gryffindor. She’s the first to jump in and try to take action. Her default is, like, fight me. But she also is, as you mentioned, she doesn’t have powers, and so when she’s trying to take a more active role in the resistance, she kind of butts heads with a few of the other members as they have different ideas about who is and who isn’t part of the resistance. Jeff: She just needs to remind them that Batman didn’t have powers either. He just had a really good utility belt and brains. So she could definitely fill that role. What’s been the driving force behind deciding the type of character that you have at the forefront of each book? Because the three books have very different, distinct character types and personalities, and just everything about them is just…they’re just very different from each other. C.B.: So, from the beginning, I wanted to tell this story about, you know, this fun adventure story with queer protagonists. So each book would center on another one of them in the main four. So there’s…and then after “Not Your Backup”, there’s one more book which will be Abby’s story, and so she will round out the quartet. But each of their…you know, they have very different personalities, but it’s been interesting writing their stories because each of them are on their own journey in what makes them a hero and finding how do they define success, and how do other people see them, and how do they see themselves. So, for each story, because we’re moving forward in time, as we get to see who is really, you know… It’s been interesting, because all four books will fit together as a series, but in each book, everyone gets to have their own journey. Jeff: Which I really like because we’ve been introduced to all of them all the way back, you know, back in the first book, but then they get to their own story, which could essentially be read as a stand-alone, if you wanted to, I guess, although reading all of them together is much better. What was the bigger challenge to come up with the trajectory of these four diverse characters or to build this alternate universe of the U.S., or were they kind of equal challenges? C.B.: I feel like the challenge for me is I’m not like a great outliner or I haven’t ever really been a planner. So I’ve always been more of the pantser in the writing style. So when writing a series, when I wrote “Not Your Sidekick,” I didn’t know, up until I think I was about 50,000 words in when I realized that I could not basically solve the problem in that one book, you know, because when I pitched it, it was one book. And then I was like, “Well, I really love all of these characters.” There’s a huge…there’s a bigger story here that I’ve introduced, and I will need more than one book to solve it. And so, from the get-go, I knew the next story after Jess would be Bells because you get into, like, the backstory of the meta-human training and the heroes, league of heroes. And so, I think, overall, just planning a series is really challenging. Some people are great at it, where, you know, they have very detailed outlines, they know, from the very beginning to the very end, what the key points are going to be. And so, as I was writing book 1, I kind of had a panic attack and I was like, “Oh, no, I have to figure out what’s going to happen in each of the books.” And then as I restructured things and then writing book 2 and then 3, it’s kind of come to a point where I’m working on book 4 and now, like, everything that I… One of the reasons why it took me a longer time between book… So “Not Your Villain” came in 2017 and “Not Your Backup” is coming out in 2019. So I didn’t have a book come out last year because I was still working on crafting the storyline because whatever I did or didn’t do in book 3 would determine what would happen in book 4. So everything had to fall into place, and I had to like figure out a lot of stuff. So it was challenging, but I think, you know, it’s still challenging, but that’s part of the joy of writing is to figure out how to tell the story you want to tell. Jeff: If you do a series again, do you think you’ll try to do outlines more in the upfront or now that you’ve had this experience, do you kind of know how to do it and keep your pantser ways going on? C.B.: I don’t know if I’ll ever… Like, I feel like with each book, I’m like, “Oh, do I know how to write a novel now?” But like every book is its own challenge. I do have a better sense of like, okay, you know, how do I plot as a pantser? And then plotting for pantsers, and like learning how to like… For me, I just tend to think of an outline like a road map where I have these destinations I wanna hit, but I’m not committed to – I don’t have to see everything and if I go off track or take a different route, that’s okay as well. So as long as I kind of get the same…like, it’s all in the journey of how I get there, and then the destinations that I pick along the way, if I get to them or not, that’s cool. I kind of have these benchmarks that I want to reach. But I really like thinking of the framework in which I think about my books as a roadmap. So I’ll try to plan out, you know, all the cities I want to visit, but I’m open to discovering places along the way and kind of building up on that. Jeff: How does the pantser sort of method work while you’re world building? Or do you try to, at least, before you start writing, “No. This is my world. This is what’s happened. This is what the U.S. looks like now, and how all that works?” Or does that come organically as you go as well? C.B.: I actually thought like, really early on established the world and what it looked like. I drew a map of which countries were left and which, how, who, what alliances were made in probably much more detail than you’ll ever see in the books because basically I plotted out what happened in that World War III, and what areas were no longer habitable, and all of these things, and all the different lines of, like… I probably spent way too much time figuring out the socio-economic holes, ramifications of which country is now aligned with what country and which countries refuse to join a union or…and they’re all new countries. So there is this whole political backstory of, like, which country fought….you know, which alliance was at war, which alliance and what’s still happening overseas. Some of which you’ll see, but it is the world itself. I’ve always enjoyed world building, and I think it’s really fun to come up with the…I think once I wrote book one where I established, like, how do the powers work. Every power level is different. For example, like the A class, B class, or C class, depending on how…basically, I wanted all the meta-humans in my world to…their powers basically are dependent on…like, they have a limited number of time per day that they can use their powers. So once they’ve used it, then they can’t use it for the next 24-hour period. So it’s a different sort of look at superpowers and abilities because you have to be more mindful about how you use your powers. And so that was an element that I established early on, but overall, I think for me, world building, there are some details I discovered along the way, but I pretty much plotted the world building which is a funny like…and it’s interesting to think about, even though I do consider myself a pantser, how much of this series I did very much envision out from an early stage. So like some of the confrontations and the fight scenes, and the stuff that… I’ve been planning one particular scene in book 3 since book 1, and I didn’t get to do it until… And, so that was like a fun way to be like, “Oh, yes, I’m finally going to like write the scene that I’ve been waiting for.” But I’d had a lot of these moments in my head, and just planning it out and getting the opportunity to like, “Okay, yes. Now, I’m getting to that chapter. I’m getting to the point in the whole series where we’re getting…you know, it’s coming full circle.” So that’s very satisfying. Jeff: It sounds like you’d have a lot of bonus material too if you ever wanted to release it, if all the stuff that you’ve got of the world itself, and the disaster, and how it’s split up. C.B.: Yeah, I mean, potentially, I have a whole timeline that I could release. And then I did these fun… For “Not Your Villain,” I did all the deleted scenes, well, deleted as far as they were cut for length. But I still consider it part of the story, the cannon. So those are an extra that are available on my website. I’ll probably do something similar for Backup, but I’m not at that stage yet. Jeff: Right. It’s good to know about the Villain extras. I’ll be going to check those out. C.B.: Yeah, yeah, they’re fun. They’re all in one PDF. And my book designer, C.B. Macera, was amazing. And she formatted them the same way as the book because we have a lot of extra art as well because she does these amazing, like, chapter headers for each chapter. She’s so talented and amazing designing the covers and the interior of the book, really, you know, capture that feel. And so, “Not Your Villain” actually, in the edits, went from…yeah, it was cut a lot. So, you know, it’s really sad as a writer to kind of see these scenes go, but, you know, as far as, yes, and my editors are great about, like, “This scene is great. But, you know, it kind of slows down the pacing,” or like, “This scene takes us in a different tone or direction, and, like, while they’re great, they don’t fit in the story at that moment and kind of take us away from the main action.” So I understand why they had to go. And, yes, the story is stronger overall, but I like them as an extra. Jeff: Yeah, we’ve all gotten used to those on DVDs over time, so there’s really no reason books can’t have them too. C.B.: Yeah, yeah, it’s a fun extra to have the deleted scenes. Jeff: So you mentioned one more book in the series, the fourth one, is that gonna be it for these heroes? C.B.: Yeah, I can’t say for sure that the door is completely closed. But for this arc, this storyline, that will be the series. It will be completed with Abby’s book. Jeff: We could treat it like the Marvel Universe. Now, if phase 1 is over, and there could be a phase 2 eventually, once you figure out what that is. What got you started in writing? C.B.: I love telling stories. And think I was very young when I tried, like, writing a story for myself. I had an old notebook that I would scribble this adventure story in when I was in sixth grade. And then I’d kind of start and then every recess, I’d pick it up or I’d work on it when I was supposed to be doing homework or stuff in class. And so I’ve always wanted to tell stories. I didn’t really think of it seriously as a career. And then, after college, I went to school for science. And so I was going to get a PhD and do all this stuff, and I, you know, ended up going a different route. And really writing has been a journey where it kind of comes…it ties back to, and I guess like the “Sidekick Squad Series” and the titles were all, you know, the titles are all about, like, hey, I’m not who you think I am, I’m not the person that you’re claiming that I should be or expect me to be. It comes back to where, as a queer woman of color, I didn’t really see a lot of myself in books growing up. And so what I really hoped to write was, like especially when I was writing Sidekick for the first time, I wanted to write a book for my 16-year-old self. So this is the book that I wanted to read. And I wanted it to exist. And so writing…and then I also just like telling stories. So I wanted the story to be fun, I wanted them to be happy and have, you know, there’s drama in them. But overall, I wanted to see kids like myself, and kids who looked like me, and other kids, that reflect the world that we live in because trans kids exist, asexual kids exist, mentally ill kids exist. And there aren’t enough stories where they get to be part of something that’s a superhero adventure, or something fun and fantastic like this. And so I wish that I hope…and I think there are definitely now, in the past, you know, 5, 10 years, there’ve been a lot more stories, and I think that’s great. So I’m just really excited that now people are writing more and more and reading more and more, and there’s a lot of great books to come. Jeff: And one of the things to not…I don’t want to knock the coming out story because those are very important and very needed. But in these books, that’s not really part of it. I mean, this is a much bigger adventure these teenagers are on that just doesn’t revolve around their sexuality so much, that just, there’s so much more going on, which I think is awesome and gives everybody something different to read. C.B.: Yeah, I love that…like, I want us to have the breadth of different types of genres and stories that there are for, like, able-bodied heterosexual people. Like, I want there to be so many stories to choose from. And so, you know…and I really love…I think there’s a lot of power in having joyful stories as well and stories where, yes, sexuality is a part of it, but, you know, who I am is not just my sexuality. Like, every person is multitudes where who you are is made up of so many things like your passions, your dreams, your hopes, your hobbies, your friends. Who you are as a person isn’t just one thing, and we’re all…I love being able to explore that and getting to see… I want people to see that people in the LGBTQ community are like fully nuanced people that get to be complicated and have flaws and go on adventures, or fall in love, or discover more about themselves in the way that all straight people can. Jeff: Well said. I like that for sure. Who were some of your author influences as you got started on your writing journey? C.B.: So I really love the “Harry Potter” series growing up. That’s a huge influence for me. That was one of the first ways I started writing was “Harry Potter” fan fiction because I loved that world so much. And just a lot of…I read so much fantasy like Ursula Le Guin, Diane Duane, Eoin Colfer, like tons of fantasy, Jane Yolen. I started to read a lot more widely. I think when I was a kid, there was a point when I would like go to the YA section and just read like everything in the library. So I would pretty much read everything, but I tended to love fantasy and sci-fi the most. Jeff: Nice, and now you get to write your own. C.B.: Yes. I’m really lucky. Jeff: Is there a genre you want to branch into as you close up the “Sidekick Series?” C.B.: I’m excited to write more fantasy. So the “Sidekick Squad” is more sci-fi, speculative. So I’m working on some fantasy stuff. I’m excited to share it. I have some contemporary stuff. I have a short story coming out next year in the next “All Out” anthology. So that’ll be fun. It’s like a very fluffy high school romance that’s just set in like… The only magic is the friendship and the romance so… Jeff: Aww, sometimes that’s all you need though. C.B.: Yeah, yeah, it’s fun because when I was writing it, I hadn’t written just contemporary in a long time. So that was really fun to try and explore that. Plus, I got to put a lot of puns in there, so it’s all good. Jeff: You seem to travel a lot. I feel like every time I see you on social media, it’s like, “I’m going to this event” or, “Here I am at this event, come see me over here.” What drives you to be out on the road so much? C.B.: So I like the opportunity to see, meet readers. I live in Los Angeles, and I’m really lucky to have the opportunity to go to a lot of events that are fairly local. I also think it’s really important to travel when I have the opportunity to, and I’m lucky that I’ve been able to, and sometimes I will just commit to doing it out of my own pocket because I want to meet readers in those areas. So I love…yeah, I already said it, I love meeting readers. But, especially in places where you don’t get a lot of, you know, LGBTQ resources, or teens don’t necessarily get to see a lot of authors or books with this content come their way and getting to meet teens in, you know, small towns or getting to meet people even though I do a lot of web chats. And so that’s fun chatting with libraries or classrooms through the power of the internet, which is amazing. But, part of being on panels and having these conversations is important to me just because, you know, I get to share with people that might not have heard of my books before or are just learning about it for the first time. And so that’s always a very special moment to me when someone’s like, “Oh my gosh,” like, “This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I didn’t know it exists, but now I do.” And so that’s very meaningful. And sometimes I get to meet people who have already read the books, and that’s very important to me. And that’s a part of the most rewarding things to me as a writer is knowing that your work has made an impact on someone, whether it’s just making them smile, or, you know, to the depth of having someone like… I’ve cried over several really long emails just because sometimes people are really sweet and talk about like, “Oh, this is my coming out experience”. I want people to see that they’re valid. And so knowing that someone else has read my work and recognize themselves, that’s one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done. I was in Seattle recently, earlier this year, and one of the events I did was with the Seattle Public Library where we went to the LGBTQ Youth Center. And that was really powerful just to, like, hang out with kids and chat with them and what are they looking forward to as far as like, “Hey, what’s powerful to me, what’s fun to me?” A lot of this is stuff that I totally resonate with when they connect with a character on TV or are upset that, you know, that character got killed off in one season or whatever, because of TV. But, you know, it’s always great to chat with people. Everyone’s always going through something. Jeff: Yeah, for sure. So we’ve hinted a little bit about some stuff that’s coming up for you. You’re working on Sidekick 4, you’ve got a short story coming out next year, anything else we should know about? C.B.: I’m also writing the new “BEN 10” original graphic novels with BOOM! Studios and Cartoon Network. So one is already out. It’s called “The Truth Is Out There.” It’s where “Ben 10” is part of the Cartoon Network show where Ben can turn into 10 different aliens. So it’s fun. It’s a fun, middle-grade romp. So I’m doing a number of those graphic novels with BOOM! So those will be available throughout…I can’t recall the dates off the top of my head, but another one is coming out in July, and then one more in October of this year and then the next year, there will be some more coming as well. Jeff: What’s it like writing for graphic novel because, I mean, that’s a different sort of animal, a novel that, you know, is 60,000 or 70,000 words long? C.B.: It was definitely a new experience. It was a lot of fun trying a different medium. Like, definitely writing a script goes differently as far as…and I catch myself like “Oh, I’m being too descriptive. This is literally…the only person who will see this is the artist.” And it’s also a great collaborative process. So it’s really fun to work with the artists and editors and bring together this story that exists in its own medium. It’s not just me, the writer, but what the artist is bringing, and collaborating with them, and getting to like…you know, I’ll write the dialogue and the action. And then they’ll imagine it in a certain way of like, “Oh, I didn’t think of that,” and that’s really fun. I really like the graphic novel format. I’m hoping to do more. I’m really excited to be working on these projects. And, yeah, hopefully, I’ll be able to share more upcoming projects. Jeff: Pretty cool. And speaking of, what is the best way for people to keep up with you online? C.B.: You can always find me on Twitter and Instagram at, C-B-L-E-E_C-B-L-E-E, because it’s double the trouble. My website is cb-lee.com, and then you can find more links to other ways you can connect with me. Usually Twitter and Instagram, where you can find me the most – that’s where you can connect with me. So in my website, it has like fun stuff. I try to update it with writing resources and my upcoming events. And I also have a newsletter, which will have some special tidbits probably like the deleted scenes, which is the very first place I offered the “Not Your Villain” extra scenes. Jeff: Pretty cool. Well, C.B., thank you so much for hanging out with us. We wish you all the success with “Not Your Backup” when it comes out on June 4th. C.B.: Thank you so much for having me. And I really appreciate it. I’m so excited. And I hope everyone enjoys the book. Book Reviews Here’s the text of this week’s book reviews: A Lover’s Game by Max Walker, narrated by Greg Boudreaux. Reviewed by Jeff I was so happy that this fourth book in Max’s Stonewall Investigations series released in audio just a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been eagerly awaiting the final installment of the series and I was not disappointed. The series has been working up to the final showdown between private investigator Zane Holden and the Unicorn Killer. The Unicorn has loomed large over the series–a serial killer that terrorizes the gay community in NYC. The killer’s gone after partnered gay men and Zane’s husband was aomng the victims. In the first book we find out the Unicorn’s returned and now in the fourth one Zane’s obsessed with bringing the reign of terror to an end. At the same time, Zane is preparing for his wedding to Enzo, the defense attorney who captured his heart in that first book. Unfortunately, Zane is so occupied with the case, he’s missing things, like cake testing and venue selection, and he hasn’t told Enzo that he’s even back on it. Zane thinks he’s protecting Enzo by keeping his activities a secret, but Enzo feels it puts him more in danger not knowing. And boy does everything hurtle towards a massive, satisfying conclusion. Max had me super stressed in this installment. He always does a great job of creating suspense. Here though I suspected everything. Is the Uber driver a killer? Is that bottle of wine spiked with something? What does it mean that someone looked at them on the street? Is the person providing information or misinformation? I suspected everything and also never figured out who the Unicorn was ahead of the reveal. I love that! While Zane and Enzo have been featured in the middle two books of the series, it was great to see them returning to the spotlight. Their dynamic as the move towards their wedding date was wonderful to watch. The quiet, sexy moments they share along with their wedding planning and time they spend with Enzo’s family shows their strong relationship and amazing friends. And, man, are there some super sexy times in this book. There’s always steamy scenes in this series, but these were the best yet. Max contrasts these happy times with how they handle the increasing threats–they want to be strong for each other and also do what’s necessary to keep the other safe. They find it’s hard to maintain the balance and that only increases the tension. I both hated and loved what Max put them through because it was so realistic. Is it weird to say that I liked the terrible choices were made? Despite being great at their jobs, Zane and Enzo sometimes do things that are terrible choices and what makes those so good in the story is that I could see myself doing the same thing. These two are flawed and make bad decisions like anyone can. It makes them human. It makes you scream at them to not do something. It makes you cheer when it all works out too. Kudos to Greg Boudreaux. He’s done a great job with this series overall but I have to shoutout his work voicing the Unicorn. It’s a creep, calm yet evil voice that made me shudder. The spin off for Stonewall Investigations Miami is set up here too. That first book, Bad Idea, just released last week and I can’t wait to pick it up as soon as there’s an audio version.

If You Don't Have a Plan, It Doesn't Get Done" We begin with Emma sharing her journey of how she got into fitness. Her original dream was to be New Zealand’s leading defense Lawyer, but she couldn't sit exams very well so she fell into physical education. Her first job was with Les Mills and she ended up staying with them for 25 years, and a few years into that journey she realized the importance of seeking business opportunities as well as physical ones. Emma began her career doing group fitness classes but moved into management early on. For Emma, this was a way to stay in the industry and take on a real job that didn’t involve being physical and trading her time in an hour to hour situation. Emma talks about the skills she could bring into fitness from her career in law: One was curiosity and the other was the ability to see both sides of a viewpoint and utilize critical thinking. Emma’s whole life has been working inside and outside of fitness, looking for the next thing and then trying to take something and make it better. Emma believes that everything's becoming blended right now and so she spends a lot of her time outside the industry. She focuses on human needs and how we can articulate a way to meet those needs more efficiently. “We know that we've got whatever we're feeling on the inside, we know that we've got these tangible ways of meeting those needs, but I think it needs to be looked at as a whole ecosystem.” Emma challenges us not to follow but to lead and asks us to consider the question, "when was the last time you had an original thought, or you actually made a choice for yourself that wasn't delivered up in your Instagram feed, told to you by your parents?" An interesting question for sure. She invites us to look at how we do things and where we could create a more wow experience, in the day to day life of others, whether it's inside or outside fitness. Emma pushes us to ACT. Stop thinking and start doing. If you have an idea, do something with that idea, don't leave it behind you, because if you do, there's a couple of things that'll happen. You'll either regret it, or someone else will come along, do something similar and they will be the next big thing. Emma talks about the importance of knowing and working within our strengths and then working with others to help bring energy to whatever it is you are working on. Do one tiny step each day and if you don't have the energy, find someone who does. Make the call to that one person who might have an answer to the pieces that you haven't quite worked out yet. Emma loves to mix things up and instead of just hearing about things she loves to get in the room with brilliance. She works closely with influencers to notice and spot the trends before they become the trends that we know. Emma also talks about the importance of having our own IP. The importance of creating our own assets that we can then use to expand our reach. She gives some examples such as writing white papers, writing a book or an E-book or creating a course. What is something that you build into a methodology, workshop or course and then sell? Emma sees a big opportunity with the baby boomers, as over half our working environment by 2020 will be this generation. These are the people who are underserved and she reminds us that you do not need a large following to be successful. Find the gap in the industry and then be the solution. She invites us all to stay in for the long game as she sees a lot of people who are 20 or 30 years into an industry, then they want to jump ship which is not always the greatest idea. To stay in the game it sometimes may come down to taking what you've always been good at but approach it from a different angle. Emma believes we should be living at least 80 percent in our strengths, then the other 20 percent doing the stuff that we don't like. But the majority of your life should be standing in the stuff you love. Emma talks further about how to tap into our strengths and one way is to just ask your friends. Ask four or five of them “What am I really good at?” and then also go out and ask “What am I not good at?” She also reminds us that we can transfer our skills that come with being an instructor. “If you think about it, we have the ability to make people feel a certain way and I think that is in the end, that is gold. We can lead them off the ledge or we can excite them, we can turn their negative mood around, we can give them another perspective.” We talk about the importance of creating space for learning and sometimes we need to say no, but Emma also thinks there's a period where you do need to say yes, especially in the beginning. Then once you get busy you can pull back and make more room for your evolution. Emma talks her ruthless rituals, which for her is up at 4:45 am – allowing her two hours in the morning for learning, not sitting on social media, not running around after the family, but actually sitting down and learning for herself. She also reminds us to listen to our bodies. There's a time to train our body. There's a time of clear thinking. There's a time for meetings and calls, there's a time to do the bills and all the other stuff. But stay on your plan, otherwise, you just end up doing everyone else's agenda. Everyone else gets ahead and you don't. We close up the show by Emma, once again reminding us of the importance of knowing your strengths and your values. Also, look at what's on your calendar and what's on your credit card? What do you value? These two items will tell you so much about yourself. Keep what you like and change the rest.

The next chapter of our adventure is here! We continue chasing clues written in old letters from around New York. What did D.E.G. have in store for us this time? Join me as we continue our quest "For Emma." Check out episodes 104 and 109 for the first two parts of this original writing adventure! Music: http://www.purple-planet.com Theme: Transmission

Bon Iver is no doubt one of the most polarizing artists of this generation, with some believing frontman Justin Vernon is the savior of indie music, and others not liking his music at all. In this episode of the Radio Ga Ga Podcast, I talk all about which side I'm personally on, what makes his music so polarizing, and the story of the legendary 'cabin in the woods' where his debut album, "For Emma, Forever Ago" was born. 

The next chapter of our adventure is finally here! We continue chasing clues written in old letters from around New York. What did D.E.G. have in store for us this time? Join me as we continue our quest "For Emma." Check out episode 104 for the first part of this story. Music://www.purple-planet.com Theme: Transmission

How do we truly live a happy and healthy life? Are happiness and health what we truly strive for or is it a fulfilled life and abundance? What does it really mean to be alive and fulfilled?There comes a point in our lives where we might find ourselves less than happy or even less than healthy —  a place of disempowerment, where we are not so inspired to move. Emma Juniper, Life Coach and Business Strategist, shares her insights on how she went from workforce burnout into an abusive relationship and onto creating a global women’s empowerment movement called the Global Sisterhood and an extraordinary life for herself.After burning out from trying to save the earth in her work in developing countries, Emma decided to take a one-two year break. She ended up in an abusive relationship for nine months, where she lost her sense of self and self-respect. From this place of disempowerment and the lowest point in her life, she wanted to show others what belief is and what is mindset and true confidence. What does it really mean to be alive? What is trauma? There is a lot the body goes through on a biochemical level, emotional level, and even spiritual level. In a fateful moment, while having lunch with a friend, Emma felt drawn to helping create a women’s circle for International Women’s Day.  It was at a time where a lot of things had come to completion - a relationship, her home, etc. This was her life unfolding, and it didn’t need to be anything different or more than she already was. Life was unfolding. There are triggers that stimulate the body, which in turn gives messages, or signs. For Emma, hearing her friend at lunch talk about creating something for International Women’s Day, her heart lit up. It was like a tingling, a presence of potential — natural and immediate. She followed that feeling to play with the creative ideas and inspirations that were bubbling up for her. In that moment, everything was brighter. It came from a deep knowing, a sense of natural passion. She had energy to contribute and support this project, which eventually turned into a mission and a women’s empowerment movement to celebrate sisterhood on a global scale.Tips for women (or men) to tap into their own empowerment:Yoga - Physical movement can help move around and release the blocked emotions, energy, and limiting beliefs.Emotional Awareness - Feel into your emotions and look at the possible directions your life could take if you hold onto that negative (or conversely, positive) feeling.Openness to Change - Be willing, vulnerable, and open to failing on this journey.Practice Conscious Choices - Instead of practicing blame and overwhelm, choose to add droplets of hope to your situation a little each day. Small, daily changes make a huge impact.Re-building self-trust and self-confidence is a practice, and over time, will affect your ability to show up and breath and create healthier habits, to move consciously through this world, to live a fulfilled life.There’s also a tipping point to becoming healthy. Emma describes her journey of going deep into health craze to the point where it was unhealthy, also known as orthorexia. Instead, she found it better to tap into her body’s natural wisdom and become more in-tune with the body’s messages and signs that it gives. And if that’s not for you, know that negative self-talk and self-criticism is the most unhealthy thing you can do.Everything unfolds as it is meant to, and the lesson is there to teach. We must remain open and willing to let it guide us. True movement starts deep with in.What fuels you? What nourishes you physically, emotionally, and spiritually? How can you show up as yourself truly and fully you.Don’t forget to move. Get up and shake your body, jump up and down, and wiggle… that is, of course, assuming you’re not driving a car.More about Emma JuniperEmma Clare Juniper is an Emotional Mastery Expert, Authentic Confidence Coach and Transformational Retreat Facilitator. She assists visionary leaders in accelerating their inner liberation and fulfilling soul-guided success through workshops, online courses, retreats, and VIP Private Coaching Intensives.

Join me for a week-long luxury retreat in Bali this October and learn to meditate amidst the beauty and spirit of Bali – go to lilab.life/baliretreat to learn more! In 2010, Emma Ferris had what she describes as her ‘handbrake moment’. It was a moment that would make her question everything she believed she knew as a clinical physiotherapist and wellbeing practitioner. And on a personal level, it nearly brought her to her knees. The discovery and learning that Emma undertook to get through some very tough times would lead her to discover what true wellness looks like and the critical link between effective breathing and health and happiness. Today, Emma Ferris is the trailblazer behind The Butterfly Effect. She is a wellness architect, a breath geek and someone who is truly, madly, deeply committed to teaching the world to breathe effectively. Emma is the creator of The Big Exhale breathing course, a public speaker, an acupuncturist, a Pilates instructor and a registered physiotherapist with over 12 years’ clinical experience. Emma’s straightforward, yet empathetic approach has seen her help people around the globe realise the power of effective breathing. Emma has helped patients recover from dysfunctional breathing patterns, injury, stress, chronic fatigue, hyperventilation, depression and chronic neck and back pain. I joined Emma in her hometown ofbreath-basedNew Zealand a small isolated town at the end of a road and at the top of a lake. We talk about the stages of life we work towards and expect to occur and the stress and drive we can put ourselves through in order to achieve success. Often it is only when something extreme happens that we consider and look for another way to live. For Emma, this was suffering Hyperemesis gravidarum during the pregnancies of her two children. A severe and debilitating form of morning sickness. Emma is my first guest to not be a meditation teacher or student of Ascension meditation and we discuss the differences between various styles of meditation and I share with Emma a bit about how Ascension works. Emma shares how for her it was through focusing on a breath based practice that she was able to find calm, by focusing on calming her body first it then allowed her to calm her mind and we discuss in more depth the mind-body connection. We discuss the myth that meditation needs to require a form of suffering which must be broken through in order to experience peace found on the other side. Emma shares how the breath and poor breathing patterns take a toll on the body’s blood chemistry. And how it is possible to breathe your way into joy! “If you can harness the power of your breath, you can harness a life of vibrant health and happiness.” Emma Ferris The Butterfly Effect provides breathing training (and retraining) to transform physical and mental wellbeing. We talk about ecstatic dance and the energy and meditative effect that dance can have and our own experiences with it - including my tendency to get angry when dancing! And then also another time when I was so Zenned out from dancing that I drove my scooter into a fence in Bali! Finally Emma shares a simple secret for happiness - SMILING! If you would like to try Emma’s program to discover more calm, focus and joy through better breathing, you can sign up to her 30-day program The Big Exhale - www.thebigexhale.com The first 5 days are free and then you can use the promo code: LilaB to get $30 off the rest of the course - Thank you, Emma, for that beautiful gift! Follow Emma: www.thebigexhale.com

Join me for a week-long luxury retreat in Bali this October and learn to meditate amidst the beauty and spirit of Bali – go to lilab.life/baliretreat to learn more! In 2010, Emma Ferris had what she describes as her ‘handbrake moment’. It was a moment that would make her question everything she believed she knew as a clinical physiotherapist and wellbeing practitioner. And on a personal level, it nearly brought her to her knees. The discovery and learning that Emma undertook to get through some very tough times would lead her to discover what true wellness looks like and the critical link between effective breathing and health and happiness. Today, Emma Ferris is the trailblazer behind The Butterfly Effect. She is a wellness architect, a breath geek and someone who is truly, madly, deeply committed to teaching the world to breathe effectively. Emma is the creator of The Big Exhale breathing course, a public speaker, an acupuncturist, a Pilates instructor and a registered physiotherapist with over 12 years’ clinical experience. Emma’s straightforward, yet empathetic approach has seen her help people around the globe realise the power of effective breathing. Emma has helped patients recover from dysfunctional breathing patterns, injury, stress, chronic fatigue, hyperventilation, depression and chronic neck and back pain. I joined Emma in her hometown ofbreath-basedNew Zealand a small isolated town at the end of a road and at the top of a lake. We talk about the stages of life we work towards and expect to occur and the stress and drive we can put ourselves through in order to achieve success. Often it is only when something extreme happens that we consider and look for another way to live. For Emma, this was suffering Hyperemesis gravidarum during the pregnancies of her two children. A severe and debilitating form of morning sickness. Emma is my first guest to not be a meditation teacher or student of Ascension meditation and we discuss the differences between various styles of meditation and I share with Emma a bit about how Ascension works. Emma shares how for her it was through focusing on a breath based practice that she was able to find calm, by focusing on calming her body first it then allowed her to calm her mind and we discuss in more depth the mind-body connection. We discuss the myth that meditation needs to require a form of suffering which must be broken through in order to experience peace found on the other side. Emma shares how the breath and poor breathing patterns take a toll on the body’s blood chemistry. And how it is possible to breathe your way into joy! “If you can harness the power of your breath, you can harness a life of vibrant health and happiness.” Emma Ferris The Butterfly Effect provides breathing training (and retraining) to transform physical and mental wellbeing. We talk about ecstatic dance and the energy and meditative effect that dance can have and our own experiences with it - including my tendency to get angry when dancing! And then also another time when I was so Zenned out from dancing that I drove my scooter into a fence in Bali! Finally Emma shares a simple secret for happiness - SMILING! If you would like to try Emma’s program to discover more calm, focus and joy through better breathing, you can sign up to her 30-day program The Big Exhale - www.thebigexhale.com The first 5 days are free and then you can use the promo code: LilaB to get $30 off the rest of the course - Thank you, Emma, for that beautiful gift! Follow Emma: www.thebigexhale.com

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We’re down to the final 16 albums in the competition for the title of Greatest Album of the 21st Century (so far). Let the madness continue as we barrel into the Sweet 16. This week’s matchups include: The Strokes, Is This It? vs. Run the Jewels, RTJ2Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix vs. Arcade Fire, FuneralDaft Punk, Discovery vs. Wilco, Yankee Hotel FoxtrotRadiohead, In Rainbows vs. Sufjan Stevens, Come On Feel the Illinoise!LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver vs. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever AgoThe Hold Steady, Separation Sunday vs. The Wrens, MeadowlandsInterpol, Turn On the Bright Lights vs. Amy Winehouse, Back to BlackThe Libertines, Up the Bracket vs. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted FantasyFollow along with the tournament at brotherpod.com and if you need to catch up with some of the albums on the bracket, check out our custom BBB Madness Spotify playlist.

On the premier episode of More Than Music, of course Jaye had to kick things off by telling the story of Bon Iver and Justin Vernon. Jaye discusses the trials and tribulations that led to the infamous cabin in the woods story behind Vernon's breakout debut album for Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago. Jaye also gives his take on what Bon Iver means to him, while also exploring the interesting achievments of Justin Vernon's career with Bon Iver.This is More Than Music. These are the stories behind what makes music so special. The first season is four episodes, released one episode per month for the next four months. On the next episode, Jaye discusses how the abrasive metal band, Converge has been able to make a career out of music that isn't for the masses.Feel free to join the Sight & Sound Facebook group. Come chat music, movies, and TV with us:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1972409419661246/SUPPORT SIGHT & SOUND BY PICKING UP ONE OF OUR SHIRTS AT:http://sightsoundpod.comSubscribe to the Sight & Sound YouTube channel for more podcasts and videos:http://www.youtube.com/c/sightsoundpodiTunes feed:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sight-sound/id1163615076?mt=2Find us on social media, @sightsoundpod on Twitter and InstagramLike us on Facebook, just search Sight & SoundShoot us an email - sightandsoundpod@gmail.comJaye WilliamsTwitter - @jayewilliamsInstagram - @jayewilliamsRyan SnellingTwitter - @whatupsnellInstagram - @whatupsnell

On this episode, I’m talking with Emma Sharley, an experienced and very successful brand and marketing consultant in Australia. She works with retail, technology, and lifestyle client companies on setting up market and brand strategies, brand positioning, transitioning markets, and marketing new products lines. She also has a complementary start-up in the retail technology sector called ShopYou, which she co-founded in 2016. Emma has worked with both large corporations and smaller operations, and she’s joined me today to talk about the keys to success that have taken her consulting business to the next level. She shares three major tips for building out your portfolio, finding the all-important work-life balance and — you’ll have to hear it to believe it — why 4 a.m. is the magic hour for her most effective work. It just may inspire you to start waking up early as well, and it’s all in this episode of the The Consulting Success Podcast with Emma Sharley.   Transitioning from Employee to Consultant Prior to beginning her successful consultancy, Emma worked in sports marketing, fashion retail marketing, and telecommunications with companies in England including Westfield, Diane Von Furstenberg, Westpac, and T-Mobile. After returning to Australia, she worked mainly with marketing with fashion retailers, where she identified a need from retailers for accessible consulting and marketing advice. Following her entrepreneurial drive, Emma started her own consulting business and now works independently with retail, technology and lifestyle companies. The transition from employee to consultant for Westfield was made easier in part by the relationships that Emma had made in her first seven years with the company. I always recommend to consultants that are just starting out to try and secure work with previous employers whenever possible, and Emma is proof of the validity of this advice. You have already proven yourself to them and you are probably already aware of the needs within the company. By positioning yourself in such a way that you can continue to serve the needs of the company without working as an employee, you have easily created your first consulting project. Emma’s first project as a consultant with her employer entailed launching a new product into market, which she worked on for five months. During that time she focused only on that one project. By scaling back on her overall involvement with the company, she was able to increase her value to the organization as a consultant. Emma describes a valuable consultant as someone who brings a single focus to the outcomes that you are delivering. By allowing yourself to focus on one project, there is less noise and fewer distractions to keep you from completing high-quality work. The success she achieved on this first project then gave her the confidence she needed to approach other companies, and ES Consulting was born.   Three Steps to Building Your Portfolio Emma shares the steps she took to successfully build her portfolio after securing her first client.  First, she set up her own channel on LinkedIn and Twitter and began confidently sharing content with the world. Anytime that you can begin to build a relationship of trust with potential clients, even before your first meeting, you are building your portfolio. If people know what they can expect from you based on the content you have shared through social media, they will be more likely to approach you to fulfill their business needs. Emma also started attending more events — a feat that was made easier by no longer being tied to her employer’s meeting schedule. Whenever possible, she took advantage of opportunities to build her network in the tech and fashion industries, and partnerships have emerged from her efforts. As Emma points out, your network looks completely different as a consultant than it does when you are someone else’s employee. There is great value that comes with building up a network of consultants and independents to help support each other and bounce ideas off of each other.  Attending events that connect you with other such consultants will be of great value to your network. The third step, like the others, is one that you have heard me recommend many times. Building a better portfolio means that you have to position yourself as an expert in as many ways as possible. For Emma, this meant teaching with General Assembly and hosting workshops around digital marketing and brand and marketing technology. In this setting, she is able to share her knowledge with a more intimate group, with just 15 to 20 businesses present, and it was here that she was able to develop and refine her positioning and the value that she has to offer. By meeting so many businesses in the first few months as a consultant, Emma was able to really understand where she wanted to position herself. The key expanding a successful portfolio is that she did the work and put in the time. She put herself out there and favorably position herself within her field of expertise. She clearly stated the kinds of industries she wanted to work with and how she would work with them, which set both parties up for success long term. By following these steps and making the same commitment to growing your business, you will create for yourself the opportunity to experience the same kind of success as Emma. Be sure to listen to her story for ways that she found these opportunities and used them to build a stand-out portfolio.   Overcoming Early Challenges Once her consultancy started taking off, one of the greatest challenges Emma faced in the early stages was accurate pricing. Her answer didn’t surprise me one bit — many new consultants deal with this same issue. Placing a monetary value on your time can be a difficult problem to solve, especially if there is no known pricing structure that you can model your pricing after. It is essential that you know what your weekly time and efforts really look like so that you can more effectively price your time for your clients. Emma encourages new consultants to not overlook this major aspect of successful consulting.  Yes, it can be difficult to know where exactly to place your pricing at first, but it is essential that you take the time to get it right. Another hurdle Emma faced early on was finding the right people to work with. There is a vast variety of work that consultants can offer businesses — but you can’t offer everything to everyone. It is critical that you set yourself up for success by connecting with the people that best fit with your skill set. This does take time, but like all of the legwork that you put into your consultancy, the rewards will come quickly if you do it right. Emma shares some of the ways that she has positioned herself for finding like-minded people and has secured new clients as a result. One of the most effective ways of doing this is by organizing events. By bringing people together to talk about the latest developments in the industry, connections are easily made and new clients often appear soon afterward. Tools like meetup.com can help you organize these kinds of events locally, and these collaborations can have a great impact on your network. You’ll want to listen to our conversation to hear how exactly she made this tool work for her.   Finding Balance and Maintaining Momentum When I asked Emma about the one thing that she had to figure out before she really started enjoying her consulting success, her answer came quickly. You have to set yourself apart. In any industry, your reputation is everything. People want to do business with you based on who you are. Cultivating your personal brand is essential to set yourself apart in your industry and your marketing and content will sell your expertise for you — if you do do it right. When potential clients can get a good feel for who you are and what you have to offer them, you are establishing a relationship of trust before the first contact is ever made. Additionally, as we discussed before, placing a high value on your time is vital to your success.  For Emma, that means starting the critical focus work at 4 a.m. every day. Blocking out half days or whole days on her calendar — rather than scheduling her work down to the hour — actually enables her to accomplish more work over the course of each project. For anyone who is selling their time, it is critical to determine how to make the most of it throughout the week. You’ll want to hear the details on how this works best for Emma. Just as important to this is finding ways to step away from the work so that you can exhale. If you are constantly in high-stress work mode, you won’t be able to perform to the best of your ability. Finding ways to balance your work with the other facets of your life is far more effective than constantly operating in deadline mode. I often observe consultants that think they are too busy to effectively balance their work with personal life, family, or their health. Guaranteed, the first thing that takes a hit when consultants aren’t maintaining a good balance between work and personal life is their marketing. Your marketing is the key to the forward momentum of your business. If you don’t take the time to step away from your business recharge yourself, your work will start to coast. It’s like a car — your business can coast for a period of time, but if you don’t step on the gas, the car will eventually stop moving forward. It’s critical that you find a way that works for you to keep the momentum going.   Prioritizing Your Day Emma shares the reasons why waking up at 4 AM has been a game changer for her success.  From fitting in exercise and feeling more energetic to maximizing her most creative hours so that she can consistently deliver her best effort work to her clients, Emma has found what works for her and is using it to her advantage. By ensuring that the high priority items are finished at the start of the day, she’s more readily available to handle whatever else the day may throw at her. My newest book The Elite Consulting Mind is a perfect example of the kind of work that can emerge as a result of harnessing your most creative hours. I rented a hotel room for a few days, removed myself from my family and from other external distractions and was able to make great headway in my book. For some, creative hours can be found in a new environment, whether it be in a coffee shop or in a new town, and for others, creativity comes in a different time of the day. If your days seem too long with not enough creative work getting done, you just may want to try Emma’s advice of utilizing the early hours of the morning. Whatever it may be, try something new, pinpoint what works and then make it work for you. I can promise you that the success that follows will make your efforts worth it. Building out your portfolio means expanding your network, positioning yourself as the authority, and then protecting yourself so that you can be the most successful consultant you can be. It’s worked for me, and you can hear how it’s worked for Emma, as well as how to connect with her in this episode of the Consulting Success Podcast with Emma Sharley.   Key Takeaways: [:14] Introducing Emma Sharley, Australian brand and marketing consultant. [5:27] Making the transition from employee to consultant. [7:21] Building your portfolio starts with tapping into your network. [11:35] Overcoming the early challenges of setting up a consultancy. [14:08] Ideas for securing additional clients through networking. [17:00] Finding the critical work-life balance. [22:04] Why waking up early means success for Emma. [28:34] Connecting with Emma Sharley.   Mentioned in This Episode: ES Consulting Shop You Emma Sharley on General Assembly Meetup.com The Elite Consulting Mind @emmasharley on Instagram @emsharley on Twitter Emma Sharley on LinkedIn Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Consulting Success Community today: consultingsuccess.com

On this episode, I’m talking with Emma Sharley, an experienced and very successful brand and marketing consultant in Australia. She works with retail, technology, and lifestyle client companies on setting up market and brand strategies, brand positioning, transitioning markets, and marketing new products lines. She also has a complementary start-up in the retail technology sector called ShopYou, which she co-founded in 2016. Emma has worked with both large corporations and smaller operations, and she’s joined me today to talk about the keys to success that have taken her consulting business to the next level. She shares three major tips for building out your portfolio, finding the all-important work-life balance and — you’ll have to hear it to believe it — why 4 a.m. is the magic hour for her most effective work. It just may inspire you to start waking up early as well, and it’s all in this episode of the The Consulting Success Podcast with Emma Sharley.   Transitioning from Employee to Consultant Prior to beginning her successful consultancy, Emma worked in sports marketing, fashion retail marketing, and telecommunications with companies in England including Westfield, Diane Von Furstenberg, Westpac, and T-Mobile. After returning to Australia, she worked mainly with marketing with fashion retailers, where she identified a need from retailers for accessible consulting and marketing advice. Following her entrepreneurial drive, Emma started her own consulting business and now works independently with retail, technology and lifestyle companies. The transition from employee to consultant for Westfield was made easier in part by the relationships that Emma had made in her first seven years with the company. I always recommend to consultants that are just starting out to try and secure work with previous employers whenever possible, and Emma is proof of the validity of this advice. You have already proven yourself to them and you are probably already aware of the needs within the company. By positioning yourself in such a way that you can continue to serve the needs of the company without working as an employee, you have easily created your first consulting project. Emma’s first project as a consultant with her employer entailed launching a new product into market, which she worked on for five months. During that time she focused only on that one project. By scaling back on her overall involvement with the company, she was able to increase her value to the organization as a consultant. Emma describes a valuable consultant as someone who brings a single focus to the outcomes that you are delivering. By allowing yourself to focus on one project, there is less noise and fewer distractions to keep you from completing high-quality work. The success she achieved on this first project then gave her the confidence she needed to approach other companies, and ES Consulting was born.   Three Steps to Building Your Portfolio Emma shares the steps she took to successfully build her portfolio after securing her first client.  First, she set up her own channel on LinkedIn and Twitter and began confidently sharing content with the world. Anytime that you can begin to build a relationship of trust with potential clients, even before your first meeting, you are building your portfolio. If people know what they can expect from you based on the content you have shared through social media, they will be more likely to approach you to fulfill their business needs. Emma also started attending more events — a feat that was made easier by no longer being tied to her employer’s meeting schedule. Whenever possible, she took advantage of opportunities to build her network in the tech and fashion industries, and partnerships have emerged from her efforts. As Emma points out, your network looks completely different as a consultant than it does when you are someone else’s employee. There is great value that comes with building up a network of consultants and independents to help support each other and bounce ideas off of each other.  Attending events that connect you with other such consultants will be of great value to your network. The third step, like the others, is one that you have heard me recommend many times. Building a better portfolio means that you have to position yourself as an expert in as many ways as possible. For Emma, this meant teaching with General Assembly and hosting workshops around digital marketing and brand and marketing technology. In this setting, she is able to share her knowledge with a more intimate group, with just 15 to 20 businesses present, and it was here that she was able to develop and refine her positioning and the value that she has to offer. By meeting so many businesses in the first few months as a consultant, Emma was able to really understand where she wanted to position herself. The key expanding a successful portfolio is that she did the work and put in the time. She put herself out there and favorably position herself within her field of expertise. She clearly stated the kinds of industries she wanted to work with and how she would work with them, which set both parties up for success long term. By following these steps and making the same commitment to growing your business, you will create for yourself the opportunity to experience the same kind of success as Emma. Be sure to listen to her story for ways that she found these opportunities and used them to build a stand-out portfolio.   Overcoming Early Challenges Once her consultancy started taking off, one of the greatest challenges Emma faced in the early stages was accurate pricing. Her answer didn’t surprise me one bit — many new consultants deal with this same issue. Placing a monetary value on your time can be a difficult problem to solve, especially if there is no known pricing structure that you can model your pricing after. It is essential that you know what your weekly time and efforts really look like so that you can more effectively price your time for your clients. Emma encourages new consultants to not overlook this major aspect of successful consulting.  Yes, it can be difficult to know where exactly to place your pricing at first, but it is essential that you take the time to get it right. Another hurdle Emma faced early on was finding the right people to work with. There is a vast variety of work that consultants can offer businesses — but you can’t offer everything to everyone. It is critical that you set yourself up for success by connecting with the people that best fit with your skill set. This does take time, but like all of the legwork that you put into your consultancy, the rewards will come quickly if you do it right. Emma shares some of the ways that she has positioned herself for finding like-minded people and has secured new clients as a result. One of the most effective ways of doing this is by organizing events. By bringing people together to talk about the latest developments in the industry, connections are easily made and new clients often appear soon afterward. Tools like meetup.com can help you organize these kinds of events locally, and these collaborations can have a great impact on your network. You’ll want to listen to our conversation to hear how exactly she made this tool work for her.   Finding Balance and Maintaining Momentum When I asked Emma about the one thing that she had to figure out before she really started enjoying her consulting success, her answer came quickly. You have to set yourself apart. In any industry, your reputation is everything. People want to do business with you based on who you are. Cultivating your personal brand is essential to set yourself apart in your industry and your marketing and content will sell your expertise for you — if you do do it right. When potential clients can get a good feel for who you are and what you have to offer them, you are establishing a relationship of trust before the first contact is ever made. Additionally, as we discussed before, placing a high value on your time is vital to your success.  For Emma, that means starting the critical focus work at 4 a.m. every day. Blocking out half days or whole days on her calendar — rather than scheduling her work down to the hour — actually enables her to accomplish more work over the course of each project. For anyone who is selling their time, it is critical to determine how to make the most of it throughout the week. You’ll want to hear the details on how this works best for Emma. Just as important to this is finding ways to step away from the work so that you can exhale. If you are constantly in high-stress work mode, you won’t be able to perform to the best of your ability. Finding ways to balance your work with the other facets of your life is far more effective than constantly operating in deadline mode. I often observe consultants that think they are too busy to effectively balance their work with personal life, family, or their health. Guaranteed, the first thing that takes a hit when consultants aren’t maintaining a good balance between work and personal life is their marketing. Your marketing is the key to the forward momentum of your business. If you don’t take the time to step away from your business recharge yourself, your work will start to coast. It’s like a car — your business can coast for a period of time, but if you don’t step on the gas, the car will eventually stop moving forward. It’s critical that you find a way that works for you to keep the momentum going.   Prioritizing Your Day Emma shares the reasons why waking up at 4 AM has been a game changer for her success.  From fitting in exercise and feeling more energetic to maximizing her most creative hours so that she can consistently deliver her best effort work to her clients, Emma has found what works for her and is using it to her advantage. By ensuring that the high priority items are finished at the start of the day, she’s more readily available to handle whatever else the day may throw at her. My newest book The Elite Consulting Mind is a perfect example of the kind of work that can emerge as a result of harnessing your most creative hours. I rented a hotel room for a few days, removed myself from my family and from other external distractions and was able to make great headway in my book. For some, creative hours can be found in a new environment, whether it be in a coffee shop or in a new town, and for others, creativity comes in a different time of the day. If your days seem too long with not enough creative work getting done, you just may want to try Emma’s advice of utilizing the early hours of the morning. Whatever it may be, try something new, pinpoint what works and then make it work for you. I can promise you that the success that follows will make your efforts worth it. Building out your portfolio means expanding your network, positioning yourself as the authority, and then protecting yourself so that you can be the most successful consultant you can be. It’s worked for me, and you can hear how it’s worked for Emma, as well as how to connect with her in this episode of the Consulting Success Podcast with Emma Sharley.   Key Takeaways: [:14] Introducing Emma Sharley, Australian brand and marketing consultant. [5:27] Making the transition from employee to consultant. [7:21] Building your portfolio starts with tapping into your network. [11:35] Overcoming the early challenges of setting up a consultancy. [14:08] Ideas for securing additional clients through networking. [17:00] Finding the critical work-life balance. [22:04] Why waking up early means success for Emma. [28:34] Connecting with Emma Sharley.   Mentioned in This Episode: ES Consulting Shop You Emma Sharley on General Assembly Meetup.com The Elite Consulting Mind @emmasharley on Instagram @emsharley on Twitter Emma Sharley on LinkedIn Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Consulting Success Community today: consultingsuccess.com

On this episode, I’m talking with Emma Sharley, an experienced and very successful brand and marketing consultant in Australia. She works with retail, technology, and lifestyle client companies on setting up market and brand strategies, brand positioning, transitioning markets, and marketing new products lines. She also has a complementary start-up in the retail technology sector called ShopYou, which she co-founded in 2016. Emma has worked with both large corporations and smaller operations, and she’s joined me today to talk about the keys to success that have taken her consulting business to the next level. She shares three major tips for building out your portfolio, finding the all-important work-life balance and — you’ll have to hear it to believe it — why 4 a.m. is the magic hour for her most effective work. It just may inspire you to start waking up early as well, and it’s all in this episode of the The Consulting Success Podcast with Emma Sharley.   Transitioning from Employee to Consultant Prior to beginning her successful consultancy, Emma worked in sports marketing, fashion retail marketing, and telecommunications with companies in England including Westfield, Diane Von Furstenberg, Westpac, and T-Mobile. After returning to Australia, she worked mainly with marketing with fashion retailers, where she identified a need from retailers for accessible consulting and marketing advice. Following her entrepreneurial drive, Emma started her own consulting business and now works independently with retail, technology and lifestyle companies. The transition from employee to consultant for Westfield was made easier in part by the relationships that Emma had made in her first seven years with the company. I always recommend to consultants that are just starting out to try and secure work with previous employers whenever possible, and Emma is proof of the validity of this advice. You have already proven yourself to them and you are probably already aware of the needs within the company. By positioning yourself in such a way that you can continue to serve the needs of the company without working as an employee, you have easily created your first consulting project. Emma’s first project as a consultant with her employer entailed launching a new product into market, which she worked on for five months. During that time she focused only on that one project. By scaling back on her overall involvement with the company, she was able to increase her value to the organization as a consultant. Emma describes a valuable consultant as someone who brings a single focus to the outcomes that you are delivering. By allowing yourself to focus on one project, there is less noise and fewer distractions to keep you from completing high-quality work. The success she achieved on this first project then gave her the confidence she needed to approach other companies, and ES Consulting was born.   Three Steps to Building Your Portfolio Emma shares the steps she took to successfully build her portfolio after securing her first client.  First, she set up her own channel on LinkedIn and Twitter and began confidently sharing content with the world. Anytime that you can begin to build a relationship of trust with potential clients, even before your first meeting, you are building your portfolio. If people know what they can expect from you based on the content you have shared through social media, they will be more likely to approach you to fulfill their business needs. Emma also started attending more events — a feat that was made easier by no longer being tied to her employer’s meeting schedule. Whenever possible, she took advantage of opportunities to build her network in the tech and fashion industries, and partnerships have emerged from her efforts. As Emma points out, your network looks completely different as a consultant than it does when you are someone else’s employee. There is great value that comes with building up a network of consultants and independents to help support each other and bounce ideas off of each other.  Attending events that connect you with other such consultants will be of great value to your network. The third step, like the others, is one that you have heard me recommend many times. Building a better portfolio means that you have to position yourself as an expert in as many ways as possible. For Emma, this meant teaching with General Assembly and hosting workshops around digital marketing and brand and marketing technology. In this setting, she is able to share her knowledge with a more intimate group, with just 15 to 20 businesses present, and it was here that she was able to develop and refine her positioning and the value that she has to offer. By meeting so many businesses in the first few months as a consultant, Emma was able to really understand where she wanted to position herself. The key expanding a successful portfolio is that she did the work and put in the time. She put herself out there and favorably position herself within her field of expertise. She clearly stated the kinds of industries she wanted to work with and how she would work with them, which set both parties up for success long term. By following these steps and making the same commitment to growing your business, you will create for yourself the opportunity to experience the same kind of success as Emma. Be sure to listen to her story for ways that she found these opportunities and used them to build a stand-out portfolio.   Overcoming Early Challenges Once her consultancy started taking off, one of the greatest challenges Emma faced in the early stages was accurate pricing. Her answer didn’t surprise me one bit — many new consultants deal with this same issue. Placing a monetary value on your time can be a difficult problem to solve, especially if there is no known pricing structure that you can model your pricing after. It is essential that you know what your weekly time and efforts really look like so that you can more effectively price your time for your clients. Emma encourages new consultants to not overlook this major aspect of successful consulting.  Yes, it can be difficult to know where exactly to place your pricing at first, but it is essential that you take the time to get it right. Another hurdle Emma faced early on was finding the right people to work with. There is a vast variety of work that consultants can offer businesses — but you can’t offer everything to everyone. It is critical that you set yourself up for success by connecting with the people that best fit with your skill set. This does take time, but like all of the legwork that you put into your consultancy, the rewards will come quickly if you do it right. Emma shares some of the ways that she has positioned herself for finding like-minded people and has secured new clients as a result. One of the most effective ways of doing this is by organizing events. By bringing people together to talk about the latest developments in the industry, connections are easily made and new clients often appear soon afterward. Tools like meetup.com can help you organize these kinds of events locally, and these collaborations can have a great impact on your network. You’ll want to listen to our conversation to hear how exactly she made this tool work for her.   Finding Balance and Maintaining Momentum When I asked Emma about the one thing that she had to figure out before she really started enjoying her consulting success, her answer came quickly. You have to set yourself apart. In any industry, your reputation is everything. People want to do business with you based on who you are. Cultivating your personal brand is essential to set yourself apart in your industry and your marketing and content will sell your expertise for you — if you do do it right. When potential clients can get a good feel for who you are and what you have to offer them, you are establishing a relationship of trust before the first contact is ever made. Additionally, as we discussed before, placing a high value on your time is vital to your success.  For Emma, that means starting the critical focus work at 4 a.m. every day. Blocking out half days or whole days on her calendar — rather than scheduling her work down to the hour — actually enables her to accomplish more work over the course of each project. For anyone who is selling their time, it is critical to determine how to make the most of it throughout the week. You’ll want to hear the details on how this works best for Emma. Just as important to this is finding ways to step away from the work so that you can exhale. If you are constantly in high-stress work mode, you won’t be able to perform to the best of your ability. Finding ways to balance your work with the other facets of your life is far more effective than constantly operating in deadline mode. I often observe consultants that think they are too busy to effectively balance their work with personal life, family, or their health. Guaranteed, the first thing that takes a hit when consultants aren’t maintaining a good balance between work and personal life is their marketing. Your marketing is the key to the forward momentum of your business. If you don’t take the time to step away from your business recharge yourself, your work will start to coast. It’s like a car — your business can coast for a period of time, but if you don’t step on the gas, the car will eventually stop moving forward. It’s critical that you find a way that works for you to keep the momentum going.   Prioritizing Your Day Emma shares the reasons why waking up at 4 AM has been a game changer for her success.  From fitting in exercise and feeling more energetic to maximizing her most creative hours so that she can consistently deliver her best effort work to her clients, Emma has found what works for her and is using it to her advantage. By ensuring that the high priority items are finished at the start of the day, she’s more readily available to handle whatever else the day may throw at her. My newest book The Elite Consulting Mind is a perfect example of the kind of work that can emerge as a result of harnessing your most creative hours. I rented a hotel room for a few days, removed myself from my family and from other external distractions and was able to make great headway in my book. For some, creative hours can be found in a new environment, whether it be in a coffee shop or in a new town, and for others, creativity comes in a different time of the day. If your days seem too long with not enough creative work getting done, you just may want to try Emma’s advice of utilizing the early hours of the morning. Whatever it may be, try something new, pinpoint what works and then make it work for you. I can promise you that the success that follows will make your efforts worth it. Building out your portfolio means expanding your network, positioning yourself as the authority, and then protecting yourself so that you can be the most successful consultant you can be. It’s worked for me, and you can hear how it’s worked for Emma, as well as how to connect with her in this episode of the Consulting Success Podcast with Emma Sharley.   Key Takeaways: [:14] Introducing Emma Sharley, Australian brand and marketing consultant. [5:27] Making the transition from employee to consultant. [7:21] Building your portfolio starts with tapping into your network. [11:35] Overcoming the early challenges of setting up a consultancy. [14:08] Ideas for securing additional clients through networking. [17:00] Finding the critical work-life balance. [22:04] Why waking up early means success for Emma. [28:34] Connecting with Emma Sharley.   Mentioned in This Episode: ES Consulting Shop You Emma Sharley on General Assembly Meetup.com The Elite Consulting Mind @emmasharley on Instagram @emsharley on Twitter Emma Sharley on LinkedIn Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Consulting Success Community today: consultingsuccess.com

Justin Vernon is re-releasing "For Emma, Forever Ago" on vinyl and CD to commemorate its ten-year anniversary. Vernon likely never imagined that these songs would make him as astronomically famous as they have. Ten years, two more albums and a few collaborations with Kanye West later, Vernon has distinguished himself as one of the most distinctive, original and essential voices of his musical generation. An album review by Katherine FlynnLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In GBA 324 we get better acquainted with Edd Hedges. He talks about stand up comedy and storytelling, accepting that you are going to make mistakes and get things wrong, different types of silence and the appeal of going off into the woods to write sad songs. We talk about and around his true story show Wonderland, compare notes on doing storytelling shows about toxic masculinity (and the life experiences that inspired them) and mention Sofie Hagen a lot. Content note: bullying, domestic violence, violence in general, body issues Edd plugs: Wonderland: 31st April 1st, 2nd May at Soho Theatre https://sohotheatre.com/shows/edd-hedges-wonderland/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/edd_hedges Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eddhedges Tour Dates: http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/e/34074/edd_hedges Look out for Wonderland touring, for Edd doing stand-up and previews of For Eva, Forever Ago I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ We mention: The Bill Murry: http://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/bill-murray/ Angel Comedy Club: http://www.angelcomedy.co.uk NextUp: http://www.nextupcomedy.com/ The Camden Head: http://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/camden-head/ Larry Dean: http://www.larrydeancomedy.com/ ASMR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response Sofie Hagen: http://www.sofiehagen.com/ Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Pheonix Artists Club: http://phoenixartistclub.com/ Sofie's podcast: https://www.madeofhumanpodcast.com Mike Birbiglia: http://birbigs.com/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Sarah Kendall: https://twitter.com/sarah_kendall Toxic Masculinity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_masculinity #MeToo: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/15/me-too-founder-tarana-burke-women-sexual-assault Bon Iver: https://boniver.org/ For Emma, Forever Ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Emma,_Forever_Ago Tim Minchin: http://www.timminchin.com/ Rock and Roll Nerd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29F6nneoH0M Intersectionality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality Caitlyn Jenner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlyn_Jenner Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

On another special holiday edition of Punch Up The Jam, Miel and Demi discuss yuletide arson, tickling, Santa's sexual history, and eventually, the strangely-sexual Christmas standard that is "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus!" (You can download their punched-up version at PunchUpTheJam.com)UNPUNCHABLE JAMS: "Christmas Card from A Hooker In Minneapolis" by Tom Waits, "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" by Julian Casablancas, "Chariot" by Beach House, "For Emma, Forever Ago" by Bon Iver

Tracklist: 1 Quinn Lamont Luke - Primavera (original mix) 2 UNKNOWN 3 Zee Erf - Southern Freeez (feat Francesca Mondi - Mudd's mix For Emma) 4 Jeb Loy Nichols - Never Too Much 5 UNKNOWN 6 Ganga - The Wind (feat Helle Chirholm) 7 UNKNOWN 8 Blank & Jones - Snappiness 9 Cantoma - Gambarra (unreleased mix) 10 The Aloof - Never Get Out The Boat (The Gosh mix) 11 Ambala - Walk With The Dreamers (feat Laid Back - Leo Mas, Fabrice & Giorgio Li Calzi remix) 12 Nick & Samantha - On The Beach 13 The Kenneth Bager Experience - Premiere Classe 14 Maajo - Maajo 15 UNKNOWN 16 Shy Layers - Black & White (original mix)

Joe and Denisse listen to, and discuss For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver. Play the album at home, and let us provide commentary!

Welcome to the inaugural Rock and Reel podcast; the movies and music show!Due to this being our first show, we wanted to make this a bit of a special episode, and we feature our top ten lists for movies of the year. The Oscars are coming!However, we do manage to include a review of John Rambo, the film in which Sly Stallone attempts a one-two punch following Rocky Balboa for name-titled films resurrecting 80s pop idols. Does he hit another knock out, or does it die a bloody death?After the top ten list, we follow it with a review of indie music sensation Bon Iver's explosive debut, For Emma, Forever Ago. Featuring the track "Skinny Love," be sure to see where we fall on this new critical darling.0:00:00-0:03:35 Intro0:03:35-0:10:55 Movie Review of the Week - John Rambo0:10:55-0:55:40 Top Ten Movies of the Year Extravaganza0:55:40-1:01:35 Music Review of the Weel - Bon Iver, "For Emma, Forever Ago" (feat. track "Skinny Love")1:01:35-1:02:50 Closing.(click on the podcast icon above for the show, or subscribe with podcatcher software)With weekly posts to follow up this, subscribe and let us know what you think! Email rocknreel@gmail.com your comments, questions, and death threats.