Podcasts about glass walls

Unlocking Leadership Potential with Rutherford Pascalhttps://glasswallsleadership.com/Hosted by Tamara MacDuff (pickle#1) and Sid Ragona (pickle#2) of Re-Thinking Business: Success Sauce & Two Pickles. Greater Rochester SCORE's weekly podcast.In this episode of 'Rethinking Business', our Two Pickles engage in a compelling conversation with leadership coach Rutherford Pascal, the founder of Glass Walls Leadership and certified John Maxwell Leadership trainer. They explore the concept of the 'leadership lid', the importance of continual self-improvement, and how to overcome personal limitations—referred to as 'glass walls'. Rutherford shares his journey from a corporate career in pharmaceuticals to becoming a leadership coach, including his insights from being mentored by John Maxwell. The discussion includes practical advice for growing one's leadership capacity and emphasizes the need for irrational belief in one's potential. Tune in for inspiration and actionable tips to elevate your leadership skills.00:33 Introduction and Opening Remarks00:59 Introducing the Leadership Coach01:46 Rutherford Pascal's Background and Philosophy09:21 The Concept of Glass Walls13:27 Breaking Through Personal Limitations20:57 The Importance of Continuous Growth27:01 Mentorship and Learning from Others29:54 Mentorship Lessons and Influences31:04 The Power of Podcasts32:37 Favorite Podcasts for Leadership37:29 Advice to My Younger Self40:26 Parental Influence and Background46:05 Future Aspirations and Goals53:00 Closing Thoughts and Contact Information

What drives someone to commit their life to animal rights activism from such a young age? This episode features Chas, a dedicated advocate who began his journey at just 10 or 11 years old after being deeply affected by a leaflet on animal experimentation. Join us as Chas recounts his early campaigns against fur and vivisection, navigating the pre-internet era, and his unique school experience that supported his vegetarian lifestyle. We also touch on the humorous ways his family adapted to his vegan choices, illustrating the importance of understanding and support in personal activism. Balancing the emotional weight of activism is no easy task. Together, Chas and I explore the stereotype of the "angry activist" and the real emotional toll of confronting animal cruelty. From historical social justice movements to impactful articles like "Dairy is Scary", we discuss the importance of self-awareness and unity in fostering meaningful change. By presenting uncomfortable truths, activists can inspire lasting transformation, all while striving to create an inclusive and compassionate community. Internal conflicts within the vegan and animal rights communities are inevitable, but they need not be destructive. Chas shares his perspective on "friendly fire" and the debates over various advocacy strategies, including the controversial support for vegan options at mainstream fast-food chains. Through personal stories and reflections, we underscore the necessity of humility and perseverance in activism. Emphasising the ongoing effort required to pass the baton to future generations, this episode is a heartfelt exploration of the relentless pursuit of justice for animals. Listen in for a thought-provoking and inspiring conversation. (0:00:01) - Passion for Animal Rights Activism (0:04:12) - Balancing Passion and Activism (0:12:59) - Animal Rights Activism Internal Conflict (0:25:49) - Passing the Activism Baton (0:33:29) - Challenging Views on Animal Rights Want to connect further? Instagram: www.instagram.com/radhika_dasa/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/radhikadasmusic YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RadhikaDas Website: www.radhikadas.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/radhikadas Linktree: linktr.ee/radhika_dasa

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Sacred spaces are not secret spaces. The church enacts a gospel reality that is inherently universal and transparent in the world. And what better metaphor than building a church sanctuary made of glass to communicate the invitation of the gospel to the world? In this Conversing Short, Mark Labberton reflects on the implications of this architectural decision. He also considers the opportunities for community conversation; the invitation to communion, dialogue, and unity; and a fearless, gospel-centered transparency between the church and the world.   About Conversing Shorts “In between my longer conversations with people who fascinate and inspire and challenge me, I share a short personal reflection, a focused episode that brings you the ideas, stories, questions, ponderings, and perspectives that animate Conversing and give voice to the purpose and heart of the show. Thanks for listening with me.”   About Mark Labberton Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Fuller Seminary. He served as Fuller's fifth president from 2013 to 2022. He's the host of Conversing.   Show Notes   Preaching in a glass-walled sanctuary at First Presbyterian Berkeley, CA   “It's one cross, in the world and for the church… but it's for everyone.”   The “live theater” of preaching in a glass-walled sanctuary   We live in a church and world of both stillness and movement—which is embodied in Jesus's ministry   “I wanted to feel like what I was doing in the sanctuary would land as much with realistic speech and tone and assumption in the streets of Berkeley as it would land inside the sanctuary.”   “It was a good way to hold my feet to the fire. Would I say this if I was standing exposed as it were on the street outside? Or would I only say this inside the closed walls of, yes, a clear glass wall church? So it became a metaphor—a reality—a vivid visual play that was part of every Sunday.”   Utter transparency of glass over stone walls   In a sacred space there is a transparency.   “The same kind of tyranny against faith exists inside us, but also around us. And now we're together going to share in the celebration of the Lord's table. ‘Come all you who are hungry. Eat and drink of this body and this bread.' We're doing that in public view.   How do we live the claims of the gospel in a way that's humble—not arrogant, not presumptuous, not full of pride, not insider-outsider, not us-versus-them… we are the us.”   “The gospel is for all of us.” Production Credits Conversing is produced and distributed in partnership with Comment Magazine and Fuller Seminary.

In today's episode I speak with Amy Diehl PhD. We talk about how to create more equitable workplaces. She is an award-winning information technology leader and gender bias expert. We focus on the book with co-author Leanne M. Dzubinski, PhD   GLASS WALLS: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work. Amy's passion is helping organizations become gender-equitable and giving women tools to understand workplace gender bias and to succeed at work. While a biased workplace may tell a woman that she's not good enough, that the problems she encounters are her fault, and that she should limit her aspirations, it's not true. Women are enough and should not take the problems they encounter personally. It's the workplace culture that must change, not the women

Amy and Leanne are co-authors of Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work. Amy Diehl, PhD, is an award-winning information technology leader and gender equity researcher who has authored numerous scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Her writing has also appeared in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Ms. Magazine. Glass Walls is her first book. She is also a sought-after speaker, consultant, and lawsuit expert witness. She resides in a small town in Pennsylvania. You can visit her online at amy-diehl.com. Leanne M. Dzubinski, PhD, is acting dean and associate professor of intercultural education in the Cook School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University in California. She is the author of Women in the Mission of the Church: Their Opportunities and Obstacles throughout Christian History and Playing by the Rules: How Women Lead in Evangelical Mission Organizations. She has written many scholarly articles related to gender bias and her work has been published in Harvard Business Review and Fast Company. Prior to moving to California, she worked in Western Europe for many years.

Amy and Leanne are co-authors of Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work. Amy Diehl, PhD, is an award-winning information technology leader and gender equity researcher who has authored numerous scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Her writing has also appeared in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Ms. Magazine. Glass Walls is her first book. She is also a sought-after speaker, consultant, and lawsuit expert witness. She resides in a small town in Pennsylvania. You can visit her online at amy-diehl.com. Leanne M. Dzubinski, PhD, is acting dean and associate professor of intercultural education in the Cook School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University in California. She is the author of Women in the Mission of the Church: Their Opportunities and Obstacles throughout Christian History and Playing by the Rules: How Women Lead in Evangelical Mission Organizations. She has written many scholarly articles related to gender bias and her work has been published in Harvard Business Review and Fast Company. Prior to moving to California, she worked in Western Europe for many years.

You may have heard of the glass ceiling, but have you heard of the glass walls? In this episode, Amy Diehl and Leanne Dzubinski discuss the pervasive issue of gender bias in the workplace, highlighting the six walls that hinder women's progress. Based on their book, Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work, Amy and Leanne delve into the nuances of each barrier, providing insights, real-life examples, and the impact of gender bias on women's professional journeys, and society as a whole. The episode also explores the concept of insufficient support, discussing how the lack of communal resources, government support, and societal structures can hinder women's progress in the workplace. Amy and Leanne stress the need for leaders to educate themselves, allies to speak up against bias, and women to build a strong support network. They provide actionable strategies for leaders, allies, and women to contribute to creating more equitable and inclusive organizations. Some topics we cover include: How gender bias manifests in subtle and unseen ways in the workplace Terms Amy and Leanne coined, such as "hepeating" and "mantermediary," aiming to make gender bias visible by providing language to discuss these behaviors How gender bias extends to societal structures and lack of support Ways in which women of color are particularly impacted by gender bias due to multiple marginalized identities The term "equalist" as an alternative to "feminist," emphasizing the goal of promoting equal treatment for all individuals Actionable strategies for dismantling these barriers for leaders, allies, and women Transcription is available here Buy Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work -- Become a Patron for access to bonus content and to support the podcast, or buy me a (metaphorical) coffee Follow us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Tik Tok | Youtube | LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly dose of all things WOMAN We need more women's stories in the world!. If you've enjoyed this episode,  please share, subscribe, rate and review on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts Explore The Story of Woman book recommendations in the US and the UK - purchases support the podcast AND local bookstores

“Organizations have come a long way when it comes to recognizing and attempting to stamp out gender bias. But gender bias stubbornly persists and women still face substantial hurdles when trying to succeed professionally,” note Amy Diehl, PhD, and Leanne M Dzubinski, PhD, the authors of the brilliant book ‘Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work' which released in June this year. This is a subject close to our hearts here, and we are thrilled to have both Amy and Leanne on our podcast this episode!  ‘Glass Walls' is a culmination of extensive original research by the authors who reveal the six barriers still holding women back through stories of prominent and everyday women. They explain how you can shatter these barriers to eliminate bias in your workplace, whether you are a leader, an ally or an individual woman. Above all, they argue gender bias is not the problem of the person suffering it, but rather an organizational problem.Amy is an award-winning information technology leader and gender equity researcher based in Pennsylvania. Leanne is Professor of Leadership at Asbury Seminary in Kentucky.In this incisive conversation with the authors, Vinay finds more about the book, its genesis, and insights on the cause and effect of gender biases and what organizations and leaders can do to help eliminate gender bias.  [02:22s] Genesis of their work in gender biases [10:56s] Stories behind ‘Glass Walls'   [13:00s] Awareness on gender biases over the past decade [16: 49s] ‘Naming the invisible': Tips to address unconscious biases [21:55s] Presenteeism biases [21:55s] Impact of the pandemic [34:44s] Key takeaways from ‘Glass Walls' Get your copy of ‘Glass Walls' Connect with Amy at https://amy-diehl.com/  Connect with Leanne on LinkedInConnect with Vinay on Twitter or LinkedIn What did you think about this episode? What would you like to hear more about? Or simply, write in and say hello! podcast@c2cod.comSubscribe to us on your favorite platforms including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, SpotifyThis podcast is sponsored by C2C-OD, your Organizational Development consulting partner ‘Bringing People and Strategy Together'. Follow @c2cod on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook 

Today's episode features a good friend and tech veteran, John Parisi, who is 63 and currently applying for tech jobs. Although he started working at practically the same age as everyone else, he woke up one day wondering, "When did I become the old man at these companies?" A decade ago, I was THAT person who made fun of him for being the oldest guy in the workplace. Now, I join his ranks as an "old person" in tech. And that is what we call karma. So, now we wonder, “Is there hope for ‘olds' seeking a tech career?"Join us as we discuss what it's like to be interviewing for tech jobs as an “old person” and how it feels to get laid off, possibly in part due to your age (which HR and your boss would definitely not admit to). John candidly talks about the time a couple of months back when he got the dreaded calendar invite from his boss…something too many of us in tech can relate to at this time. He will share his recent experience competing in the job market (where the rest of the workers are not over 40) and how it has felt receiving those "Dear John" letters from companies.He delivers all of this information with a healthy dose of humor and hope and shares his excitement about how older job seekers can leverage the AI landscape to stay relevant in today's job market. He also delivers a message that tech companies should hear: older people want to give back to their younger colleagues as mentors. John has done just that for decades and has more value to give for a good long time from here on out!"The skills I have today, they didn't come over a 12-month period. It took 20 - 30 years to learn all these skills."- John ParisiIn This Episode:-How life was before there was the Internet or Google -John talks about what's it like being an "old guy" in the workplace -Why interviews for older workers in tech are painful-Getting laid off because of age or monetary considerations-Competing in the job market when you're over 50-Signs that a company is age-inclusive-What millennials (the once sought-after workers) who are now approaching middle age think about what's happening in tech-The value of mentorship and experience in the workplace-Confidence and mindset among older employees-Is there hope for older people seeking tech jobs right now?-How older people can leverage AI tools to stay relevant in the workplace and the job market-The steep decline of inbound outreach from recruiters when you hit 40 and aboveAnd much more.Resources:-HBR Article - Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces: https://hbr.org/2022/03/research-how-bias-against-women-persists-in-female-dominated-workplaces-Glass Walls by Amy Diehl and Leanne M. Dzubinski: https://www.amazon.com/Glass-Walls-Shattering-Barriers-Holding/dp/1538170965Connect with John Parisi:-LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parisijohn/Connect with Maureen Clough:-Instagram: @itgetslateearly -

No matter who you are or where you work, gender bias impacts every woman in the workplace. Amy Diehl has dedicated her career to understanding those biases, and in this episode, she's sharing some of the most important findings from her new book, “Glass Walls.” Amy breaks down the six types of bias that hold women back the most, unpacks the common barriers that keep women from leadership positions, and shares some practical tips for dealing with gender bias. Whether you need some extra motivation to keep going in your career or you just want to learn more, this episode is packed with valuable insight! Episode Recap: Today we're talking with gender equity researcher and author Amy Diehl (0:00:58) How did you discover your passion for gender equity? (0:02:51) No woman is immune to gender bias in the workplace (0:10:30) We're missing out on major progress when we don't give women opportunities (0:15:40) What are the six types of gender bias in your book? (0:22:02) Male privilege (0:22:21) Disproportionate constraints (0:27:25) Insufficient support (0:31:48) Devaluation (0:36:02) Hostility (0:37:55) Acquiescence (0:43:30) What are some of the critiques that keep women from leadership? (0:47:16) How can we respond to this inequity? (0:53:43) Where to connect with Amy (0:58:27) Resources: Find every episode of the Fiscal Feminist podcast “The Fiscal Feminist” book “Glass Walls” by Amy Diehl and Leanne M. Dzubinski Why Women are Held Back from Leadership article Ageism article Amy Diehl's website Follow Amy on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter Quotes:“How many women don't persist? Because they can't. They make very rational choices to quit, or to stay where they're at, or whatever. I think about the societal progress that we're missing because we're really holding back half of society. Half of the brain power, right?  — Amy“I'm not saying we have to be confrontational or rude or any of those things, but we have to be persistent and we have to be resilient. Don't make yourself smaller, because we've already been going through that for a billion years. And to your point, Amy, if all women were able to do their job on an even playing field, not only would society be more productive, there'd be a million new inventions and things going on in the world, and our global economic   — Kimberlee

Amy and Leanne are co-authors of Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work. Amy Diehl, PhD, is an award-winning information technology leader and gender equity researcher who has authored numerous scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Her writing has also appeared in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Ms. Magazine. Glass Walls is her first book. She is also a sought-after speaker, consultant, and lawsuit expert witness. She resides in a small town in Pennsylvania. You can visit her online at amy-diehl.com. Leanne M. Dzubinski, PhD, is acting dean and associate professor of intercultural education in the Cook School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University in California. She is the author of Women in the Mission of the Church: Their Opportunities and Obstacles throughout Christian History and Playing by the Rules: How Women Lead in Evangelical Mission Organizations. She has written many scholarly articles related to gender bias and her work has been published in Harvard Business Review and Fast Company. Prior to moving to California, she worked in Western Europe for many years.

Amy and Leanne are co-authors of Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work. Amy Diehl, PhD, is an award-winning information technology leader and gender equity researcher who has authored numerous scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Her writing has also appeared in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Ms. Magazine. Glass Walls is her first book. She is also a sought-after speaker, consultant, and lawsuit expert witness. She resides in a small town in Pennsylvania. You can visit her online at amy-diehl.com. Leanne M. Dzubinski, PhD, is acting dean and associate professor of intercultural education in the Cook School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University in California. She is the author of Women in the Mission of the Church: Their Opportunities and Obstacles throughout Christian History and Playing by the Rules: How Women Lead in Evangelical Mission Organizations. She has written many scholarly articles related to gender bias and her work has been published in Harvard Business Review and Fast Company. Prior to moving to California, she worked in Western Europe for many years.

Amy and Leanne are co-authors of Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work. Amy Diehl, PhD, is an award-winning information technology leader and gender equity researcher who has authored numerous scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Her writing has also appeared in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Ms. Magazine. Glass Walls is her first book. She is also a sought-after speaker, consultant, and lawsuit expert witness. She resides in a small town in Pennsylvania. You can visit her online at amy-diehl.com. Leanne M. Dzubinski, PhD, is acting dean and associate professor of intercultural education in the Cook School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University in California. She is the author of Women in the Mission of the Church: Their Opportunities and Obstacles throughout Christian History and Playing by the Rules: How Women Lead in Evangelical Mission Organizations. She has written many scholarly articles related to gender bias and her work has been published in Harvard Business Review and Fast Company. Prior to moving to California, she worked in Western Europe for many years.

Gender bias is a powerful but hidden force that is still holding women back, keeping them from achieving their full potential and limiting organizations from achieving the creativity, problem-solving, and growth possible with a diverse workforce. In this Boss Lady Podcast episode, Drs. Amy, Leanne, and your host, Teresa, discuss gender bias in the 21st century. Yes, it is still happening! But, through more than seven years of research, these authors and researchers have uncovered and named the gender biases still occurring in today's workplace and society. Their new book, Glass Walls (coming out June 15th) is a unique, essential, and richly detailed guide to understanding gender bias with practical solutions for leaders, workplace allies, and individual women. P.S. If you like this episode, you will enjoy Episode # 29! Please Rate/Follow/Subscribe to The Boss Lady Podcast! Learn More about the Glass Walls book! About Our Guests... Amy Diehl, PhD: Wilson College CIO, Gender Bias Expert, Researcher, Author, Consultant, Speaker. Amy on LinkedIn Leanne Dzubinski, PhD: Acting Dean, Associate Professor at Biola University, Author, Gender Bias Expert Leanne on LinkedIn #empower #embrace #educate #embraceempowereducateallwomen CONNECT WITH THE BOSS LADY COMMUNITY: The Teresa Rand Consulting Website The Boss Lady Facebook Page Follow Teresa on Instagram

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If you're reading this, you're here for the final episode of the Wellness Glow Up Podcast (yep, you read that right) as I spill some tea about what's going on behind the scenes. I'm sharing more about my decision to end the show, how I got here, what's next, and the lessons I've learned from 4 years of creating this beautiful, heart-opening show.  Since the spring of this year, I've worked hard to pivot and shift the podcast strategy, trying different revenue and business models, hoping to find something that better fits my current goals and topics I want to talk about. Over the past few months, I finally realized that moving on from this show and shifting my focus to more storytelling feels true. So as I say goodbye to this show, I leave proud of the space we've created and encourage you to have more uncomfortable conversations as we did on this show.  Discussion Around: Life updates Creating energetic space Why you should always do the thing Always being curious and asking questions Not being afraid to pivot The importance of uniqueness A project I'll be launching next year Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @kaylamnedza Order my book Things I Could Never Thank You For https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578923017? (here) Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

As a Latina Money Expert, an AFC® (Accredited Financial Counselor), author, speaker and hosts the Her Dinero Matters podcast, Jen Hemphill is focused on the advancement of Latinas to minimize the gender wage gap while creating a healthy, confident conversation around money. Her work is rooted in showing you how to have more money confidence and simplify your money so you can get out of debt more quickly, save more, AND get excited each time you sit down to manage your money. A returning guest of the pod, Jen has always been good at breaking down complex topics like money and giving us the real on building wealth. You deserve the life you want, but that can only happen if and when you take action to put your money to work. This is an important episode to not only conquer the money basics but take control of your future.  We also talk about: Her relationship with money Why we need to focus on money mindset first and foremost Being mindful of what you're taking in related to money advice Where to start investing How to set up systems to make your money work for you Thoughts on investing in crypto and bitcoin Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @kaylamnedza Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Order Things I Could Never Thank You For hhttps://www.amazon.com/Things-Could-Never-Thank-You/dp/0578923017 (ere) Check Jen out on their website: https://jenhemphill.com/ (https://jenhemphill.com/) Follow Jen on IG: @Jenhemphill This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly due to the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

As a spiritual wellness practitioner specializing in an array of healing arts, such as mindfulness meditation, energy healing, and breath work, Liana Naima's practice is rooted in intuitive knowledge that trusts in the innate wisdom of the body. She creates brave containers for people to confront energetic blockages with curiosity and care. Her playful spirit makes the healing process enjoyable, operating from the heart, she invites people to meet her there for heart-centered transformations of the mind, body, and spirit. This episode is so deeply rooted in mindfulness and the honoring of being here on this planet at this exact moment, while still being able to laugh about how trippy our human existence can be. Liana reminds us that it's a gift to be here, a blessing to experience what we're experiencing, and liberates us from the notion that healing has to be so serious all of the time.  We also talk about: What her relationship is with living an aligned life How she's focused on freeing herself with every decision she makes Using the mind as a tool for liberation How to know you're on the right path Her definition of contentment Commentary on the shift in celebrity culture to see multidimensional beings What detours can teach us Being comfortable with things that don't make sense Knowing who we are and knowing who we're becoming Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @kaylamnedza Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Check Liana out on their website: https://www.liananaima.com/ (https://www.liananaima.com/) Follow Liana on IG and Twitter: @LianaNaima This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly due to the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

As the co-founder and CEO of Pure Culture Beauty, Joy Chen envisioned skincare to be personal. That's why when she created her company, she focused her products on her passion for making skincare personal. They embrace your individuality and uncover your unique skin needs and goals through their comprehensive skin analysis and variety of skin tests to create custom skincare formulas and regimens that consider everything from your diet and lifestyle to your genes and skin priorities. If you're looking for a comprehensive skincare guide, this episode is for you. Joy is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to all things skincare, from what level of SPF to wear to why we need a strong skin barrier, she's on top of her stuff. With so much misinformation about skincare within this wellness space, this episode is to help guide you through the hottest topics within the space.  We also talk about: Her relationship with her skin Giving yourself permission to have imperfect skin What healthy skin actually is The difference between a skin barrier and skin condition Probiotics in skincare The environmental aspects that impact your skin Mineral vs chemical sunscreen What level of SPF to get A deep dive into skin types Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @kaylamnedza Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Check Pure Culture Beauty out on their website: https://pureculturebeauty.com/ (https://pureculturebeauty.com/) Follow Pure Culture Beauty on IG: @pureculturebeauty Use the code GLOWUP-15 for 15% off any Custom Serum Kit, Custom Cleanser & Serum Kit, Custom Serum & Moisturizer Kit, or Custom Skincare Set This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly due to the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

As a lifestyle photographer and content creator, Taylor Baldwin uses the medium of photography she captures amazing style with a minimal aesthetic, combining color relationships and fabulous composition. Through her work, her mission is to help black women build sustainable, revolutionary social media and website content, while also ensuring that black women feel beautiful and seen!  This conversation was a powerful elixir of mindful inspiration and grounded chit chat about all things content creation. I've loved Taylor's work as she centers her work around mindfulness, luxury, and infuses the intention of romancing our lives. We often forget about how beautiful small moments of our life can be, which is something she wants to bring to the forefront.  We also talk about: Her relationship with creativity The importance of showing different types of women in her content Redefining luxury  Creating content for our inner child Her connection to God How you can start to tell your story Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @kaylamnedza Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Check Taylor out on her website: https://mamaphotog.com (https://mamaphotog.com) Follow Taylor on IG: @mama.photog This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly due to the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

Seng éischt Singles waren Hip-Hop-Tracks wéi "Glass Walls". Dës EP ass eppes ganz aneschtes. Mat Gittar a Perkussioune geet et zeréck un d'Originnen, an dat net nëmmen an der Musek; och an den Texter geet et an een handgemaacht Haus an den Hiwwelen. Wéi erkläert sech d'Ëmsidele vun der Stad op d'Land? De Matteo Grizz-Wolf, alias Culture the Kid, ass op Besuch beim Marc Clement fir iwwer seng EP Searching Rhymes ze schwätzen.

June Marisa Kaewsith, also known as "Jumakae," is a professional artist, wellness consultant, and storytelling coach. After spending her twenties as an artist and community organizer inside nonprofit organizations, she began craving an alternative narrative to healing and justice beyond the struggle. Curiosity led her back to Thailand, where she studied with a traditional midwife to learn the ways of her ancestors. That's when she realized that all of our ancestors were entrepreneurial, filling a need in the community through their sacred offerings. This sparked her calling to assist others in remembering their magic. This conversation was truly a combination of a breath of fresh air and a grounded conversation rooted in truth. What I love about Jumakae is the commitment she has to help you understand your story and how it relates to the stories of your ancestors, while maintaining a balanced, beautiful view of our ability to live a fulfilling life.  We also talk about: Her relationship with her ancestors How we're all ancestors in the making How mindfulness is a practice to connect to our ancestry Using anger as a tool of expression Looking to nature as our healer and teacher How our stories can stay stagnant in the body Taking care of our elders Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @kaylamnedza Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Check Jumakae out on her website: https://www.jumakae.com/ (https://www.jumakae.com/) Follow Jumakae on IG: @jumakae This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly due to the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

Themes: Healing, Health, Holistic Health, Emotions, Self Love Summary: Something we don't talk enough about is how hard the healing journey can be. We're fed fluffy images on social media about the awakening that takes place or a cool infographic about what to expect when we're going through the process, but those things don't cover the breadth of what can happen when we start the process of healing.  In this solo episode, I'm sharing some reminders for you if you're on the path in this chapter of your life. My goal for this episode is to give you both a pep talk and a loving reminder that you're not alone on this journey.  Discussion Around: There's a reason why you're choosing to heal at this stage of your life You're not meant to do it by yourself Taking your time and realizing that you're on your own path Assessing what support you need and taking action to create that Why your healing is important  Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @holaimkayla Order my book Things I Could Never Thank You For https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578923017? (here) Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

As the founder of a full-service holistic wellness education platform dedicated to Menstrual Health and a decolonized approach to well-being, Saran James-Vaughan is all about supporting your journey of identifying the root cause of chronic illness, helping the body, mind, and soul return to balance by combining the latest evidence-based research on diet & nutrition, ancient alchemy tools, and herbal medicine.   My favorite thing about Saran is how deeply rooted her work is in taking a holistic approach to period health as this becomes an increasingly important conversation not only if we're thinking about having kids, but for the basic health of our bodies. Additionally, she's incredibly perceptive in understanding the link between our lineages and the modern-day world, always evolving and asking you to do the same.  We also talk about: Her relationship with resisting taking care of herself Syncing up your mind and body to feel good Being present of how your tension is showing up in our bodies before our period The power we hold with menstruation How to know if you're out of balance with your period Why your periods shouldn't be painful The connection between our ancestral foods and menstrual health Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @holaimkayla Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Check Saran out on her website: https://www.wellnessbysaran.com/ (https://www.wellnessbysaran.com/) Follow Saran on IG: @wellness_by_saran This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly due to the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

Self-awareness is one of the most talked about words and concepts in the healing space right now. From how to be more self-aware to what hinders us from being self-aware, it can cause a lot of us to ask ourselves the question, “how much do I know myself?” And if we don't know the answer to that question, it can bring up a lot of shame as we look around to see the perception of other people knowing about themselves when we don't.  In this solo episode, I'm sharing five tools that have helped me garner a better understanding of myself and that have given me permission to dive deeper into who I am. This is one of those episodes where you're going to want a notepad and a pen to take some notes as you prepare to explore the core essence of who you are! We also talk about: What it means to me to be self-aware A deep dive into what I've learned about myself through astrology and human design Different forms of therapy and how to choose the type that's right for you How relationships can act as mirrors to an understanding of yourself Getting out and living your life Self-awareness and being a kid again Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @holaimkayla Order my book Things I Could Never Thank You For for paperback & Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578923017? (here) Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

As a mental health advocate in the wellness industry for over ten years who not only survived severe postpartum depression and thrives with a mental health condition, Sasha Nicole's mission is to assist others in living a healed and whole life while honing in on what truly makes you happy. For women who feel stuck and stagnant in life, Sasha Nicole teaches how to feel more confident and courageous.  If you know me, you know that I love talking about mental health. My intention for this episode was to talk about mental health through the lens of motherhood, but also get to the reality of what we're not talking about related to mental health. While Sasha shares some vulnerable truths about her experience, which was incredibly refreshing and needed in the larger conversation about this topic, I hope you feel empowered to know that you're not alone! We also talk about: Her relationship with motherhood Living in your truth versus happiness Taking accountability for your joy When she knew she had to get help for her mental health Her experience with post partem  Shifting away from being the strong friend How to ask for help Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @holaimkayla Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Check Sasha out on her website: http://www.fearlessnfluence.com (www.fearlessnfluence.com) (use code Fearless for 25% off her courses) Follow Sasha on IG: @therealsashanicole This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

If you're reading this right now, you might be contemplating a life-altering decision of some sort. Whether it's big or small you have this pull to follow your heart to make said decision, but you might be a little scared to do so and I get it. Following your heart can bring up an elixir of feelings, but deep down you know something needs to change.  In this solo episode, I'm sharing a personal life update about moving out of the tri-state area and the process I took to make that big decision. In a culture where logic dominates the conversation, this episode is an invitation for you to do the scary thing. My hope is that you'll reflect on that thing pulling at your heart and make the decision that's best for you.  We also talk about: Why I left the tri-state area and moved to a place I've never been before How to use our body as a decision-making tool Cultivating our intuitive practice of self-trust Why being right isn't the goal in following your heart Accepting that life changes Living in a generation of change Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @holaimkayla Order my book Things I Could Never Thank You For for paperback & Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578923017? (here) Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Sponsors Dropps | Visit dropps.com and use the promo code KAYLA for 15% off your order.   This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

As a writer and memoir writing coach, Maryann Samreth is big on guiding people to write a best-selling book and create the impact they were born to make. She is the creator of the somatic trauma writing method helping people bring their stories to life in a safe, embodied, and healing way. She has published over 100 poems and personal essays online and has reached over 1 million people as a viral content creator on Instagram, TikTok, and her podcast, Mental Breakthrough. As a fellow writer, let me tell you we vibed out this entire conversation about the power of writing. What I want you to take away from this episode is the idea that writing has the ability to be a multi-faceted tool for healing, self-expression, truth-telling, and so much more. This episode is your permission slip to start writing and telling your story in a way that feels good to you.  We also talk about: Her relationship with writing How we can use writing as channeling for our own truth What somatic trauma writing is and how it helps to heal Writing as a collective healing tool Using writing as a way to re-shape your past Why mindfulness should be at the core of your creative practice Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @holaimkayla Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Check Mary out on her website: https://www.sincerelymissmary.com/ (https://www.sincerelymissmary.com/) Follow Mary on IG and TikTok: @sincerelymissmary This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

Raise your hand if you have a, potentially, complicated relationship with stuff and things. *Raises hand* In a world where we're managing our constant stressors and trying to adult in the best way possible, we can get to a place where we're noticing more stuff cluttering our mind, body, and spirit.  In this solo episode, I'm sharing my relationship with stuff, how it's evolved over the course of the past few years, and why it's become more of a relationship I needed to tend to in my life. My goal is to break down super easy and tangible things you can do to start the decluttering process so you can feel empowered to make small, simple changes in your day-to-day.  We also talk about: A life update about where I moved to The energetics of decluttering our spaces How I'm turning into a minimalist Simple ways to declutter and how we can create systems to do so moving forward The many ways we accumulate clutter: physical, emotional, digital, etc.  Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me on IG and TikTok: @holaimkayla Order my book Things I Could Never Thank You For for paperback & Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578923017? (here) Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Sponsors BLK+GRN | Visit BLKGRN.com and use the promo code wellnessglowup for 10% off your order.  This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

As former dancers and now the founders of The Ness, Alison Giampolo and Colette Dong are all about challenging and redefining movement as they don't subscribe to outdated ideologies about fitness and weight loss. Their focus is wanting you to feel good. Experiencing what a positive impact the trampoline had on their personal bodies and minds, they were inspired to concentrate on a method and share the lasting benefits of rebounding with their community. I sit down to chat with Aly and Colette about a new way of thinking about fitness, whether you want to try the trampoline or not. More importantly, this conversation is an invitation for you to look at your movement routine as a way to not only engage your mind and body, but a way for you to return to the fun of what movement could look like in your life.  We also talk about: How to rebalance your relationship with exercise The importance of finding movement you love Discovering the difference between a routine and intuitive movement How they found the trampoline and the benefits of it Thinking about mindfulness in your workout sessions Focusing on recovery as we get older Feeling at home in your body Cultivating community in vulnerable spaces Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me for daily inspiration and laughs on IG: @holaimkayla Order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Submit your small biz ads application https://rainemediaco.com/small-biz-ads-program (here) Check out the ness on their website:  Follow the ness on IG: @thenessnyc Follow Colette on IG: @colettedong Follow Aly on IG: @alygiampolo Sponsors Have a small business? Is it a POC-owned business organization or service? Advertise with us! Submit your ad requesthttps://wellnessglowup.com/small-biz-ads-program ( through this form.)  This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

Hello! After a busy couple of weeks, your favorite radio podcast is finally back to entertain you with the best music! In this episode we will inform you about a very special announcement that we're sure will get your spirits up. Starting off with "California Sunset" from the beloved OKE along with Josh Island's single "Beautiful World". Lastly you will listen to "Glass Walls" from CultureTheKid. We truly hope that you enjoy this episode & we'll be back soon with some amazing music. Don't forget to STAY TUNED! Your LEMONAIR-Team

Look, life can be tough. With big, world events on display that shake us to the core happening on the regular, it can be incredibly difficult to maintain our balance. From social media to turning on the news, you're unable to escape everything unless you truly live under a rock. On the flip side, there's a certain responsibility we hold to be good global citizens and know what's happening. So what do we do? In this solo episode, my intention was to have a space for you to come to when you need to ground down when the world starts to shake you up. Moreover, I share how all of us can intentionally work on these grounding principles on a regular basis so we can use them as pre-emptive tools.  We also talk about: Why we need to include discussions about world events into our wellness practices The issue with focusing on taking action immediately after a traumatic event A detailed look at how we can activate our five senses  Tips to make these practices easier for you to incorporate on a daily basis How to take action to be an active global citizen when you're ready Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me for daily inspiration and laughs on IG: @holaimkayla Order my book Things I Could Never Thank You For for paperback & Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578923017? (here) Pre-order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Submit your small biz ads application https://rainemediaco.com/small-biz-ads-program (here) Sponsors Have a small business? Is it a POC-owned business organization or service? Advertise with us! Submit your ad requesthttps://wellnessglowup.com/small-biz-ads-program ( through this form.) This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

As a former senior executive and a corporate inclusion visionary, Deepa Purushothaman is all about challenging and redefining the status quo of leadership, success, and power by centering the needs and experiences of Women of Color. After leaving Deloitte in 2020, Deepa co-foundedhttps://www.n2formation.com/ ( nFormation), a membership-based community for professional Women of Color, offering brave, safe, new space and placing them in C-suite positions and on Boards. She is also a Women and Public Policy Program Leader in Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a founding board member of Avasara, India's first leadership academy exclusively for young women. Our workplace wellness is such an important part of our emotional, mental, and physical health. Our jobs have the power to shift and change our emotional state – sometimes more than we like to admit. And it makes sense considering we spend the majority of our lives at our workplace, but things need to change. In this episode, Deepa dives into why all of us are rethinking how we work and points to a progressive future where we can make workplaces work for us.  We also talk about: Her relationship with her career Overworking vs being a good worker Why our current workplaces aren't a true meritocracy Self-worth and our career Detaching your identity within your job title Why a lot of us lean into the role of the fixer When to speak up vs not speak up Holding your boundaries How family dynamics can mimic our relationships at work Her take on the future of work Connect with us after the show at https://rainemediaco.com (https://rainemediaco.com) Resources Connect with me for daily inspiration and laughs on IG: @holaimkayla Order my book Things I Could Never Thank You For for paperback & Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578923017? (here) Pre-order my new book Glass Walls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2M23HKP?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 (here) Submit your small biz ads application https://rainemediaco.com/small-biz-ads-program (here) Check out Deepa on her website: https://www.deepapuru.com/ (https://www.deepapuru.com/) Follow Deepa on IG: @deepa.puru Sponsors BLK+GRN | Visit BLKGRN.com and use the promo code wellnessglowup for 10% off your order.   This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

KC and Jamil are proud to to host the first stop on Dr. France Winddance Twine's book tour, talking about her new work Geek Girls: Inequality and Opportunity in Silicon Valley. They discuss the beginnings of her tech-focused research, mythologies surrounding Silicon Valley, marginalized representation in tech, coding boot camps, primary concepts in the book like “geek capital” and “glass walls” and more. Dr. Twine (Muscogee - Creek Nation) is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is an ethnographer, documentary filmmaker, a feminist race theorist and a visual artist whose research on race, class, and gender inequalities is intersectional, international and innovative. Twine is the author and editor of eleven books. For more info, see her website at https://www.francewinddancetwine.net/ (https://www.francewinddancetwine.net/).

Pastor Bill: [0:00] Hello and welcome to season 3 episode 78 of the Berean Manifesto. Intro And Outro Music Pastor Bill: [0:08] And love for the modern Christian I'm Pastor Bill and I'm joined as always, by baldy over here Pastor newms all the way from the state of Tennessee and the last week I said joined by always instead of as always and we had some fun with that and I made it. Pastor Newms: [0:24] There was no by you just said joined always. Pastor Bill: [0:29] Joined I always whatever it was. Pastor Newms: [0:31] You just said joined always lies if we were conjoined and it was very we did. Pastor Bill: [0:35] We had a lot of fun with it and I clipped it and I put it on my twitch my Tick-Tock so that was a lot of fun so. Pastor Newms: [0:44] Yes I'm talking about the new shirt. Pastor Bill: [0:47] Bigs pointed out this is the the next shirt design that we're highlighting that we're going to be selling at Dallas Pride on June 4th we've got a nice. Heart ish looking symbol and the middle it's not. It's open to interpretation what it is but if it makes me I when I see it I see like it's kind of like a heart you know and then it's just fully loved along this one side and it's got the two scriptures in the and the website down there, and so that's one of the shirts and then it's got all the colors of the rainbow and once again it is featuring a saint, there's just turned and positioned in a in an interesting way to yeah to. The heart looking shape so this is one of the shirts that will be selling it pride cool all right passengers how was your. Pastor Newms: [1:52] Looks pretty good I worked a bunch and play games bunch and did not, we did not stream this week for the church we did know gaming with the pastors are our gameplay was quite Limited. Pastor Bill: [2:11] We didn't do a lot of gaming even. Pastor Newms: [2:13] Will you didn't you were busy. Pastor Bill: [2:15] I was making that I said we I was making that Mother's Day present for my chillins mama. Pastor Newms: [2:26] Yeah and so not a ton of stuff real busy at work work is work is crazy busy right now is I don't see it slowing down anytime soon. Pastor Bill: [2:37] Can I just say this shirt is super soft. Pastor Newms: [2:40] Didn't you get the kinds that we really like. Pastor Bill: [2:44] Um for the new Free Hug shirts I did, this is not quite the same blend but it is so soft that I'm tempted to just not wear an undershirt in the future when I wear these shirts. Pastor Newms: [3:00] That's interesting I. Pastor Bill: [3:02] Which is weird for me. Pastor Newms: [3:03] I realized like 30 seconds before going live then I'm not even wearing a graphic tee and I'm just literally wearing a George shirt from Walmart and, which I usually don't do on Sunday nights. Pastor Bill: [3:14] But you love those George shirt. Pastor Newms: [3:15] Love these George sure I don't know what it is about them recently that they are just phenomenal they've upped their game which. Pastor Bill: [3:24] Nominally. Pastor Newms: [3:25] Which is crazy because. Pastor Bill: [3:28] Prince Ali yes it is he. Pastor Newms: [3:32] I don't like Target I was I'm always been a Walmart person it might have something to do with work. Pastor Bill: [3:38] Now you're going to you're going to upset the cult of. Pastor Newms: [3:41] I understand it's fine. Pastor Bill: [3:42] We're going to get angry. Pastor Newms: [3:43] I'm sure that's not the only one we're going to get angry emails about by the end of this night but that's beside the. Pastor Bill: [3:47] Man. Pastor Newms: [3:48] So I wouldn't do a Target and like zaidi and said targets close have gone downhill and I went in there and it looks, Walmart like all the all the things were just piles of clothes and there was trash in the aisles and it was it was all kinds of like. Pastor Bill: [4:23] I love that it looked like Walmart and then proceeds to list off all of these horrible things that we're going on. Pastor Newms: [4:32] But the quality of clothes supposedly has gone down I don't know I don't buy their clothes I barely by Walmart clothes I barely buy clothes I still have clothes from high school. Pastor Bill: [4:44] Minion gun on Twitch says that they love targets button up shirt. Pastor Newms: [4:48] Never tried one they might they might be. Pastor Bill: [4:51] I wouldn't know. Pastor Newms: [4:52] They might be great. Pastor Bill: [4:53] I used to buy you know I used to buy a lot of clothes from Walmart until I got too big they don't so close in my size, and target has never sold clothes in my size, once I you know turn 16 I couldn't buy clothes it targeted me more because they were all too small for me so yeah and now I exclusively by a big and tall stores for everything not because I'm tall but because, um so I don't really have a favorite for clothes Walmart or Target because none of their clothes fit me you'd think in the country with an obesity epidemic, um we would be easier to get clothes for a fat person but it's not it's not easy getting close as a fat person, so Pastor Newms: [5:45] No it's not um how was your week. Pastor Bill: [5:52] My week was good I feel good this week, I got up at a good time most days I wasn't like drugging myself on the bed and and so I've just I don't know I've had a good feeling this week I've gotten, back to being able to eat salads every day this week I did that so that that always helps make me feel a little better too but I don't know I just had to really good good week and I look good. So all right well it's time for getting to know the pastures and we've already gone through my whole deck. Pastor Newms: [6:31] So Pastor Bill: [6:32] And I thought I had another interview deck but I don't see it I'll have to look for it again this week so we'll go ahead and pull a card from your deck and see where we go. Pastor Newms: [6:41] All right so what would your dream house look like be as descriptive as possible. Pastor Bill: [6:50] My dream house be as descriptive as possible. Pastor Newms: [6:53] Not where you live is that pretty much the only way. Pastor Bill: [6:58] So I want a house that's got like one floor for each person and then one floor, as the communal living area at the bottom and then it's got to have the elevators and then all Glass Walls once you get above a couple of floors so you can see the scenery out, and other than that I don't really have any of them just give me some elevators get me up there. Pastor Newms: [7:25] See you in mines exactly the opposite it would be completely underground cave system Style with you know everything that that. Pastor Bill: [7:34] But see that's the beauty of our relationship is it could be the same building. Pastor Newms: [7:40] With lots and lots of rooms. Pastor Bill: [7:42] Yours floors could be sub and my floors could be out and and Minion got on Twitch made a nice callback to an Audio Adrenaline classic. Pastor Newms: [7:51] He just wants a big house a big big house. Pastor Bill: [7:55] Big house a big big house with lots and lots of rooms big big yard where we can play football that sounds like my father's house. Pastor Newms: [8:08] Yeah it's it's definitely. Yeah I am not one that cares a lot about what the house looks like I'm more about the function, I don't like a lot of windows I don't like a lot of that kind of stuff I prefer, closed spaces underground is nice also because the heating and air bills are lower because it holds temperature better and these new 3D printed houses are pretty nice if you 3D printed the bunker and then. Pastor Bill: [8:47] Something that happened this week as well you brought up 3D printed houses and zaidi was like a what now. Pastor Newms: [8:54] What what's a 3D printed house. Pastor Bill: [8:56] What are you talking about 3D print and I bet in her brain she was literally thinking of the little 3D printers and like 3D printing one little piece at a time. Pastor Newms: [9:05] And putting it together because she's like she's like like a prefab house and I'm like. Pastor Bill: [9:19] Yeah they come in with a big machine and it spits out concrete in the design around and around and back and forth around around just like 3D printing its snake. Pastor Newms: [9:31] Yeah it's a lot of fun. Pastor Bill: [9:36] So you'd live underground and I would live up as high as possible, and it could all be the same house and I could just feel like I need to go to the studio and I get in my elevator and I hit sub-sub bait subfloor one and that's like this the studio like we worked there and, record podcast and stuff that'd be fun. 11 or but one end or both of us needs to win the lottery a couple times and make that a reality. Pastor Newms: [10:02] Good luck. Pastor Bill: [10:04] That's that's why they'll never happen for me right there good luck. Pastor Newms: [10:12] And yes Biggs we actually cuz me and Biggs were doing a puzzle today we had the windows open to you know so we didn't have unnatural light and we did we complained the whole time and, yes the only thing above ground I believe needs to be a castle turret just. Pastor Bill: [10:32] A moat and some turrets. Pastor Newms: [10:33] Just a moat and some turrets in everyone's like where's the rest of the house uh-huh. Pastor Bill: [10:37] It's underneath is underneath that I need the. Pastor Newms: [10:39] Don't worry about it. Pastor Bill: [10:41] You do if you don't know you don't need. [10:48] All right so, let's Unite we are. Going to be breaching something that's touchy and I think everybody saw this coming because of everything that's been going on this week but first thing I want to I want to poll is. Are we. Team depth or team heard because it seems like it would be hard to be team heard it had to be like Team Russia to be team heard at this point. Pastor Newms: [11:22] It's real hard to, I have not consumed all of it on purpose but I know I have been boycotting d.c. for a while just, from the beginning so I'll let that you can take that to mean whatever you would like. Pastor Bill: [11:48] Because you are already team death. Pastor Newms: [11:49] Yeah so but the. Is either person perfect know both people had issues made mistakes blah blah blah. I believe one didn't lie as much and I believe one didn't. Cause issues as much but it's always hard in those types of situations too. Do you know we have a we have a thoughts process of, we have to believe you know, certain aspects we have to love we have to respect we have to you know and so I've left it very much I don't know as Phoenix said, as the evidence is come out we're pretty much able to make some determinations but it is still always hard with situations like that. Pastor Bill: [13:12] All right everything came out this week was a leak from the Supreme Court. Pastor Newms: [13:20] There was. Pastor Bill: [13:20] Right there was a leak from the Supreme Court and the leak said and it was a draft of a. A majority opinion the majority opinion means it's the the winner of a, of a court case to have a majority opinion someone's chosen to write the majority opinion and someone's chosen to RIT right the dissenting opinion the majority opinion is of well this is why the court agreed and gave favor too the dissenting opinion is always well this is why certain judges voted against in a court case. Pastor Newms: [14:01] Hm Pastor Bill: [14:02] And this majority opinion LED everyone who read it to believe because it almost point-blank said it that the cases of Roe and Casey were both going to have to be overturned. Moving forward and so this put a lot of people up in arms and there's a lot of turmoil going on and there's a lot of, rhetoric being used now back and forth but what. [14:41] Hertz is the right word me the most is the Christian rhetoric so I want to start off and and just, relate something from my past right quick and then we'll look at a couple of scriptures and then we'll break down kind of, how we should look at situations like this I'm not going to tell you what to believe on the topic your, a human being that's capable of hearing from the Holy Spirit and making your own mind up but I want to I want to, just illuminate the areas and and it's going to be tough it's it's it's a tough issue but we don't shy away from tough issues just because they're tough, um we want to talk about things like this and not Echo chamber talk but actually have a critical conversation about, you know how we see things and how we portray ourselves and how Christianity is being portrayed and so. Take a trip back with me several several years ago before. Not before I get shortly after 9/11. Pastor Newms: [15:54] Okay. Pastor Bill: [15:55] So 9/11 happens and. Everybody's searching for a sama Bin Laden right Asama Bin Laden hadn't been captured yet Saddam Hussein hadn't been captured yet and so, everyone is looking for these guys and I'm working at a Christian Ministry and we're having this prayer time, every morning every morning as a department we would get together first thing in the morning and we would have prayer we would have worship we would have you know just a little time just to reset our hearts and our minds from being out in the world so that we could do work in the ministry space. [16:37] And we're having this prayer time and the person that's leading that day starts praying that God would be with the soldiers that are hunting for Saddam Hussein. And kill him and it broke my heart. Because may I understand from an American standpoint, we're in a war with those people be I understand from your political standpoint he is your enemy see I understand from a worldview you know he's hurting his people. But I also understand that historically throughout scripture God has moved on dictators. And turn their hearts and led whole Nations to repentance and Revival. [17:41] And instead of praying for God to move and for God to do what God does and for God to intervene and for God to change the heart and for God to revolutionize the country and for God to, we're praying for this leader to be killed. And I just can't. [18:07] Can't reconcile that kind of thing with my heart with my beliefs with my thought process I am, I'm pro-life and when I say that I mean I am anti-death penalty I am anti-war I am. Pastor Newms: [18:25] Annoyingly so huh aye aye vote huh I said annoyingly so. Pastor Bill: [18:35] Annoyingly so and so War I am yes I'm anti abortion but no I'm not anti. [18:45] Woman who finds herself in a situation I believe that people should be loved no matter what, um it's like there's the one song, walk a mile in another person's shoes and it's got the whole verse about the girl who the young man told her you know all baby we're going to be together forever and I love you and and then, they get intimate and she becomes pregnant through months later he's you know he's onto something new, and she's a teenage girl left with this decision of you know this is this is going to wreck my whole life she makes tickets decision to go get an abortion and she's met at the abortion clinic with people calling her a sinner and a whore instead of oh baby girl, let me hold you let me love you let me take care of you I'm sorry you're in this situation instead of actually doing Ministry to the person we've over and over and over and I say we because I'm a believer that, I take responsibility for what we as Christians do, the church it's not enough to say well I don't personally do that but that church over there is doing it until we're all on the same page we're all guilty for what that church is doing. [20:13] And so that's where we are right now in this situation so let's I just I want to talk about I just want to bring up a couple of scriptures and then will you know will dig more into. How we should look at all of this but the first thing is there's there's the bump the scripture bump scripture which was John 15 and 19 and. We're going to have to remove this statement why are my caught my comments not going to Twitch. Pastor Newms: [20:50] I don't know it didn't when I did it earlier to I fixed it. Pastor Bill: [20:53] We're going to have to remove a statement from its context but not take it out of context okay, so this is Jesus talking he says if the world hates you understand that it hated me before it hated you, if you were of the world the world would love you as its own however because you are not of the world I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you now we're not going to talk about whether or not the world hates us or is persecuting us or whatever. As an American in in in this day and age is a Christian I don't feel persecuted I feel what's the word I'm looking for. Pastor Newms: [21:37] What's the word you looking for sometimes. Pastor Bill: [21:40] Discriminated against very slightly. Pastor Newms: [21:45] Very. Pastor Bill: [21:46] But nowhere near to what I see people of other color receiving, I don't feel that kind of discriminated and I certainly don't feel persecuted like say the Muslims trying to live in China right now that are in are in actual concentration camps, I don't I'm not living that life I don't feel any of that I'm free to go to church and to share the name of Jesus and to you know read my Bible and to pray in public eye I don't feel hated, but what the idea that I want to pull from here is, you are not of the world so when we look at these situations we see these things going around on around us we have to remember, that we don't have to get caught up in all that we don't have to let it sway us, to and fro and affect us to the point where we're distraught or overburdened or were you know at a loss for how to respond because we're not of this world. [22:56] We're here but we're not of the world, we're of different stock okay and then the other thing I wanted to talk about, marked it with my my thing and I don't know where it was okay here we go it's Kitty type this in for me newms it's Matthew chapter 22, and we're going to start at verse 15 and go through 21. [23:31] Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap him Jesus by what he said so they sent their disciples to him along with the herodians, teacher they said we know that you are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God you don't care what anyone thinks nor do you show partiality, tell us then what you think is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not, perceiving their malicious intent Jesus said why are you testing me Hypocrites show me the coin used for the tax they brought him a Denarius whose image and inscription is this he asked, Caesars they said to him then he said to them give then to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are gods, when they heard this they were amazed so they left him and went away now. [24:26] A lot of people strictly use this to go you see there you should pay your taxes, give unto Caesar what is Caesar's given to pay your tithe you should pay your taxes right there says, that's not exactly the idea that they do is cut that is covered but that's not exactly what's going on there what's going on there is almost literally the separation of church and state. The state is one thing and you given to the state what is do the state the church is another thing and you given to the church what is the church. The state should not be telling the church how to do ministry as in you can't tell me that I can't feed the poor, like some of the laws that have been passed in California where it's illegal to how have food lines out on the street now you can't feed the poor you shouldn't be able to tell me that I can't have a Bible study, which I'm not talking about covid I'm not I get it I understand putting a restriction on people but with today's technology that is not an actual restriction that is just a change of mode I mean look at us. Pastor Newms: [25:42] Yeah we changed. Pastor Bill: [25:43] Right here we changed modes, um the church State shouldn't be putting limits on the church within reason of ministry now the state can go no no no no you're not going to come in and bite a bunch of people with snakes, that's an actual health hazard we're going to have to cool a Bosch that the state can do that okay I get that, but at the same time Christians shouldn't be trying to legislate morality. [26:19] Or not even morality but try to take, um historical precedence from our religious beliefs and say will it's always been like this so it's the law should be like this. That's not how that works the state should serve the people as a secular institution and the church Serve the People, as a church, can they coexist and even work together one help the other get his job done and one help the other get their job done absolutely that that would be brilliant that would be beautiful, but for people to go in and say we need to overturn Roe versus Wade. [27:15] You're killing babies and my faith tells me we shouldn't be killing babies okay, you're allowed to feel, that your faith instructs you that all life is precious and that life begins at a certain point you're allowed to feel that. Okay you're not allowed to pass a law. That then tells other people they have to feel the way your faith tells you to feel, they don't have that faith not all of them and the ones that do have that Faith perhaps they've grasp a hold of First Corinthians chapter 13 and realize that there is faith, there is hope but greater than those more important than those is love. And if we're not loving others first and foremost. Then we're doing a dish Justice to our faith and were stealing. [28:29] Okay so for you to stand outside of an abortion clinic and yell you're killing babies. And you're going to go to hell that is not love, for you to stand outside of an abortion clinic and say do you need a ride home after do you need someone who can talk to you before and after if you choose to go in. [28:57] I'm here for you I'll take you to a meal let's let's work through this that's love right. But if you want to get rid of something like abortion that you see as a violation of your faith. Then you have to figure out how to do that long before. They're at an abortion clinic long before they become pregnant and long before they're even in a relationship. Right, we have to destigmatize sex for one because right now the way we the church handle sex is with a veil, we stigmatize it we mystify it we hide it and so young people come up under this this Veil and they go oh well I have to hide that I can't let you know, that I'm feeling that way I can't let you know that I'm doing that thing, and then they're having unprotected sex they're having dangerous sex they're having sex that leads them to pregnancy long before they're ready, and then chain kicks in and what are their options. [30:24] What are they supposed to do, are they supposed to come to you in that shame and fear and talk about this thing that that's this consequence of this thing that's happened they couldn't even talk about the act of, before because we created a lifestyle of Shame surrounding sex okay, we have to demystify that to we have to teach about and make available contraceptives all your give them permission to send your given permission sin I am not I'm not, I'm giving them a safety net because sex happens, I taught my son I've taught my kids I can tell you the right way to do something over and over and over and over and over and over but until you're in the situation you can't know how you're going to respond. Period. Pastor Newms: [31:22] And it always fails talk to you. Pastor Bill: [31:24] And if all else fails go talk to him. Pastor Newms: [31:26] Shit. Pastor Bill: [31:30] We have to get rid of shame we have to demystify we have to make available contraceptions and teach about safe sex. Okay we have to teach you about this where to teach you about how it happens, why it happens what you can do to prevent it because it's not enough to say you can't get an abortion you have to bla bla bla we have to teach people how to prevent that from happening on both sides, young ladies need to know, what is going to happen to their body in this process and young men need to know if you do the deed you're responsible. [32:16] The mama as far as I'm concerned for my son if he gets a girl pregnant and she chooses to get an abortion I don't hold her accountable for that I hold him accountable for that life. He is accountable for the baby that just got taken to an abortion clinic. It's not on her it's on him now her parents can go deal with what's on her that's fine. But as far as I'm concerned he has a responsibility that he just threw away, and got a girl pregnant instead of doing the right thing taking the right steps choosing protection choosing situations that were better before he got into the heated. Right there's too much in our culture of well that's not the man's responsibility that's the ladies responsibility, and I grew up no lie I grew up seeing on TV and I can't believe I'm about to say this, one good thing that ever came out of my step dad's mouth, if you get a girl pregnant it's your responsibility to drive her up to that clinic and you have to pay for any procedure so you think about that before you get involved in a sexual relationship. [33:46] And so that stuck with me. I was responsible if I got a girl pregnant that was my fault I did that it didn't happen to her I did that to her. And I see a lot of that not being taught we don't teach young men by and large that they are responsible for their actions and they have to take responsibility for those actions. Pastor Newms: [34:12] Sadly we do the opposite sadly we demonize women for oh well you know how were you dressed how were you it's not a woman no no no it's a man's fault, when. Pastor Bill: [34:27] And now we're now we're we're preaching on the rape issue. So often a woman will report rape and the questions that come out of the police that's been documented over and over and over again is what were you wearing where were you walking where you junk how were you / trying yourself, that is not relevant in any way shape or form to catching the dirtbag, who forced himself on to this young lady and getting Justice for that young lady and if that young lady who's been raped, wants to get an abortion because that trauma is too deep and too rough and too vile for her to deal with I can't blame her for that, period she need any girl that's been raped whether it was pregnancy or not needs counseling, possibly a psychiatrist a psychologist a counselor and I'm not talking about okay first off that's not me I'm not a licensed counselor I have the title pastor, Pastor newms has the title pounced Pastor neither one of us are licensed counselors that's not what I'm talking about, I can I can give you a hug and I can love on you and I can treat you like one of my daughters. [35:55] But I am not licensed to help you deal with that trauma and there are a lot of pastors out here that have the right heart and the right intent and they want to love you and they want to help you but they're not qualified, paid to be dealing with those situations there are pastors out here that want to help with marriage counseling but aren't qualified to be a marriage counselor they're not license they're not they haven't trained they haven't gone through what needs to happen, um and then you've got the problem of incest, I don't even want to touch that one because that's so deep and dark and twisted and and confusing that I don't even begin to understand that situation. And so I'm going to leave that to someone else my main point here is. [37:02] We are different people all inside the one person right we've got our secular selves, and then we've got our faith-based selves we've got our hope base elves and we've got our love bass selves, our secular cells myself I'm States right person writes person I don't believe the government should be making laws, that limit a state's ability to govern, I don't believe the Supreme Court should be making decisions that limit a state's ability to make those decisions I believe the decision should be left up to the state, and mainly I believe that because states are run on a more democratic level closer to the people, and are easily more easily able to represent the actual people than the federal government that's why I hold that view. I also believe that the amendments to the Constitution, and the Supreme Court should and do exercise their rights to withhold power from governments to protect people, in this case Roe versus Wade and Casey versus, forgive me I can't remember who the other party in that case was but Rowan Casey passed in the Supreme Court because of privacy right. [38:31] That's why they were passed because the federal government the state government the city government the County Government, has no business sticking their head into your doctor's office and saying you can't get that kind of Medical Care. [38:53] That was the understanding was that everyone had access to a doctor everyone was seeking a doctor's opinion. We don't live in that world quite in that world anymore and most people didn't then not everyone has a doctor overseeing our medical care and we're left, to make medical decisions for ourselves that we're not trained to make which is another point, we should be training our children in sex ed, and by children I mean sixth grade seventh grade eighth grade I don't mean fifth grade and Below although in some states, in some counties there are fifth grade and below that are already having sex and getting pregnant so in some instances in those counties yes they should have sex ed earlier, but we should be training sex ed because they need to know if I stick this there this will happen. [39:57] They need to be trained about that they need to be trained in all these medical issues will what happens if I go get an abortion what's going to happen to me what's the other going to be in Revit ramifications of that had there been long-term effects of that because, yes there have been lots and lots and lots and lots of women that have been negatively impacted, by their abortion procedure not all but lots, and they needed counseling they needed to talk to someone and that kind of care just isn't provided because we're not taught to need it and, we put shame on people that find themselves in situations where they need help. [40:44] And that's the opposite of what we should be doing especially the church especially Christians shame shouldn't be part of the conversation for us, that should never be part you should never feel shame going to your pastor going to your church, and that's not the culture that by and large we you know created as, a church as you know a whole all of us together all right so there's that there's the circular you then there's the faith you that says, life is precious God knew us before he formed us in our mother's womb he has thoughts and plans for his thoughts of to prosperous thoughts of a future and a hope, Jesus loved us so much that he came and died for us yes your faith should inform you of all of those things. Your faith should also inform you that the mother are the young lady who's being faced with this crisis in her life, got also new and knows and loves and cares for, and how would God as a father respond to that young lady. [41:56] When she finds out how would the most perfect being in the universe respond if their child I messed up I got pregnant. [42:07] Okay there's the hope you hope says everything's going to work out. [42:14] How is everything going to work out if we're leaving people Stranded by the wayside. In their hour of need or we're not preparing for it we're not supporting them through it we're not walking with them through it how is Hope served in that. [42:31] And then there's the love which we've harped on a lot in this you know context there's the love. Love does not envy love does not boast love does not build itself up, it believes all things you know this is love love I had this example of this young lady, but wasn't it hung lady but I was driving Uber Kimber fear was an Uber or Lyft ride but I was driving and this woman was in the car and she was telling me that at one point in her life she was homeless. And she was homeless because she chose to be homeless she was out with her boyfriend her boyfriend was homeless she was on drugs and she was living on the side of the road over by Lancaster in Fort Worth. And there were living there because they could get free drugs there and, every day from the day she left home to go live with her boyfriend and saw the road every day her mother brought her a warm dinner and fresh blankets. [43:45] I told her she loved her spent time with her and her boyfriend there on the side of the road where they lived, and at the end of that she would go back home and say you're welcome home anytime she did that for three months straight every day before this girl realized, my mama actually loves me and I'm throwing my life away. Told her boyfriend they need to get clean he broke up with her she moved back into her home she found salvation and she started going to church she got involved in Ministry but it was that love, that her mother was bringing her everyday, our culture says if your kid messes up and chooses drugs and moves out and go lives on the side road with their boyfriend then you need to exercise tough love and let them learn their lesson, that's not love love brings a hot meal and a blanket fresh blanket every night. [44:49] And while you're working through your stuff love says I'm right here when you're ready I'm right here I'm not going anywhere I love you. And that's the kind of love that God has for us sent his son to die. Cuz we were born into a nature of enmity with God, Adam and Eve. Chose enmity with God they chose a sin nature we were born into something as slaves as victims and God is sitting there going, whenever you're ready to stop being a Slave to turn away from the things that are hurting you I'm here. I'm ready. And God has also said now I want you to know that if you don't turn away from those things that are hurting you the path you're on is going to lead you there. [46:06] Is a place called hell in your word Hell Fire Brimstone gnashing of teeth I don't want that for you. I don't want you to go there and I'm patiently waiting for you to decide that you don't want to go there either. And you don't want to continue to be hurt in your life and you don't want to continue to you know and life doesn't get perfect because life is still life. But you spiritually have a hope and life is different when you have hope you sis. [46:46] And so that's my thoughts on this episode that isn't about row. Because it's not about Roe it's not about Casey it's not about Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard it's not about any of those things it's about are we as Christians. Loving. Those around us and living our life and portraying love and how we see and respond to those things. Because you may feel like it's a victory for Roe versus Wade to be overturned you may feel like that's a victory but your victory. Maybe someone else's crisis gone into chaos. [47:50] And you may Jigger Victory may just be the straw that pushes them over the edge to do something drastic. Something awful something they may not survive. That's unacceptable everything to add that Pastor newms. Pastor Newms: [48:35] We as Christians have to respond in love to all things and often we don't. 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All right so that's what we got going and then we have Dallas Pride coming up in a month let's just under a month. Pastor Newms: [50:57] Just under. Pastor Bill: [50:59] Huh and so that'll be fun we're going to do ministry there and hopefully we'll see some people there that we know from past years and some maybe some people come up and hey I found your podcast or hey I found you on Twitch or, it'll be good and then we're giving away a gaming monitor right for. Gaming with the pastors are giving away a game in monetary. Pastor Newms: [51:24] Yes. Pastor Bill: [51:25] Look at me with that blank face like you didn't remember we. Pastor Newms: [51:29] I forgot I did I did forget, I was like oh yeah we are yeah. Pastor Bill: [51:35] Yeah I was looking at them today trip try to pick out the right one, to make the art because I got to make a QR code first scanning and bekele the yard yeah so all right so that's what we got coming up I love you guys have a great. 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Our 45th episode is out now!! In this episode we're discussing the theme of Formula1. We are treating questions such as: Is F1 really a sport? & Who was the worst F1 pilot ever? We hope you like our more “themed” episode. In addition, to a vivid discussion, we are presenting songs of Luxembourgish artists. The first song is called “Glass Walls” and is by CultureTheKid. The second song is from the artist CHAILD and its title is “For Your Lovin”. Next, there is “Bubblegum” by C'est Karma. Lastly, we are presenting “Work” by ChaseyNegro. We hope that you like our slightly different episode. We would appreciate you telling us your opinion about this topic! You'll hear from us again soon. STAY TUNED! Your LEMONAIR-Team

Listeners, we're back this week with Kayla Nedza.Kayla Nedza is the author of Things I Could Never Thank You For and soon-to-be Glass Walls. A speaker, thought leader, and podcast host of the Wellness Glow Up Podcast, she is also the founder of Wellness Glow Up Media, an all-women-led media company whose mission is to create content centered around celebrating our wholeness as women of color. She lives in New Jersey with her soon-to-be dog.During our conversation, we talked about:We catch up from Kayla's first time at Cafe con Pam on episode 136Her new bookHer Latina experienceSelf-loveSelf-acceptanceLiberationThis  episode is brought to you by the Small Biz Sponsorship ProgramThis awesome opportunity has opened up for small businesses who would like their product or service highlighted during Cafe con Pam episodes. Share your business with Cafe con Pam listeners today!  Follow Kayla on all things social:TwitterFacebookInstagramWebsiteWellness Glow Up PodcastWellness Glow Up InstagramWellness Glow Up YouTube Follow Cafe con Pam on all things socialInstagramFacebookhttp://cafeconpam.com/Join the FREE Cafe con Pam Challenge If you are a business owner, join us for Aligned MastermindJoin PowerSisters!  PowerSisters.ClubSubscribe, rate, review, and share this episode with someone you love!And don't ever forget to Stay Shining!

Every once in awhile, I get lucky enough to interview a force of nature where I'm doing all I can to hang on for the ride. That was my experience today as I spoke to Jon Sinfield of the UK upstarts Memorist.Jon has a lot to say, and give me wonderfully eloquent and thoughtful answers to my oddly phrased questions. It was a joy to hear his take on everything from family loss to the surprising catharsis of swimming in pools of fecal matter.We'll let you percolate on the image of that for a moment and give nothing away... but rest assured, this interview is a ton of fun and full of wonderful surprises. Jon is going to be a legendary frontman, this much is evident.This is my conversation with the singer and lyricist of Memorist, Jon Sinfield, on the Rockstar Superhero Podcast.Time Codes:1:40 Living in the middle of United Kingdom3:50 Wales is a country7:00 Losing parents to cancer9:45 Pursuing the artist's nature13:00 Writing music as a band17:00 Describing the sound of Memorist20:00 Designing the Japanese styles23:00 The theme of the demon gods26:00 Coronavirus is your friend29:40 The band didn't like The Empiric33:00 Painful themes in the lyrics38:40 Mental health issues and addiction42:30 The Superhero Story45:50 Subliminal approaches for the listener49:30 James and Year of the Rat Records52:00 Swimming pools and fecal matter57:00 Touring cycles and the dream of the US1:01:00 Choosing the manner of deathThe opening track is called The Empiric, and provided courtesy of Memorist and Year of the Rat Records, copyright 2021, All Rights Reserved.Subscribe to both shows here: https://bit.ly/3airCvhWanna be on the show? Go here: https://calendly.com/rockstarsuperheroinstituteThe Rockstar Superhero Podcast examines the personal lives and creative careers of your favorite classic rock artists. We are obsessed with understanding the inner workings of the music business and all that it takes to remain in the public eye for as long as possible. Join us as we pursue conversations with legends and legends in the making.The Rockstar Superhero Radicals podcast was created to connect you directly to people, professional and private, who have lived lives worth discussing and offer solutions to our listeners, one heart at a time. If you are seeking truth and purpose beyond yourself, the Radicals podcast is for you.Copyright 2021 Rockstar Superhero Podcast - All Rights ReservedBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/rockstar-superhero--4792050/support.

Each week retired polytechnic lecturer Sandra Kyle visits two local meatworks to conduct (usually solitary) vigils for animals on their way to slaughter. A committed vegan and local representative of the international Animal Save Movement, she 'bears witness' as animal trucks arrive and tries to provide some comfort to the animals by making eye contact with them and by singing, playing music, and reciting mantras. Her objective is to close down all animal slaughterhouses in New Zealand by the year 2025; these aims are outlined in her self-published book Glass Walls.

The Mechitza in Shul - Part 2 - Proper Height; Balconies; Glass Walls by Rabbi Avi Zakutinsky

Гена живёт в одном из самых веганских городов планеты - Тель-Авиве. Какая участь ждёт вегана в Израиле, как к этому относится общество, армия, религия - вы узнаете из нашей беседы. Тайм-коды: [00:00:17] - Вступление [00:05:55] - Гена рассказывает о себе [00:08:08] - Израиль и веганство. Рестораны, магазины, доступность продуктов. [00:12:49] - О веганстве в армии [00:15:07] - Цены на еду в Израиле [00:19:52] - О переходе на веганство [00:19:52] - Хочу попробовать веганство. Но что я буду есть? [00:25:59] - Религия. Кашрут. Почему много продуктов - веганские. [00:32:32] - Б12 и дефициты других витаминов [00:41:58] - Традиционная израильская еда [00:43:53] - Веганство – это вид лечения? [00:49:43] - Рассуждаем, почему в Израиле прижилось веганство [00:56:02] - Тяжело ли находить друзей вегану-иммигранту? [00:58:24] - Стартап Supermeat и индустрия выращивания мяса в Израиле [01:05:22] - Прощание Ссылки: Прозрачные стены: https://www.facebook.com/Glass-Walls-1656635714569806/ Знаменитая речь Гэри Юрофски (доступны русские субтитры): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es6U00LMmC4 Фильм "ДОМ" (русская версия) – must see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bnhmrLKU8 Инстаграм Гены - https://www.instagram.com/gdryomin/ Facebook Гены - https://www.facebook.com/dryomin Для связи с авторами: Телеграм: Андрей @Sursursur / Катя @ktelesh vegancastpodcast@gmail.com Ставьте нам оценку в Apple Podcasts и пишите отзывы. С вашей помощью больше людей услышат нас! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vegancast/message

Joshua Brisco is joined by Ryan Tracy of Locked on Chiefs and RGR Football to talk about the game against the Raiders and preview the upcoming game against the Patriots. We then deal with a fellow employee who walked into a glass door.

In the final hour of Almost Entirely Sports, Joshua Brisco is joined by Ryan Tracy of Locked on Chiefs and RGR Football to talk about the game against the Raiders and preview the upcoming game against the Patriots. We then deal with a fellow employee who walked into a glass door.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the EU declares a global ‘climate and environmental emergency’ will you be changing your food habits this Christmas ? Will you ditch the turkey for a more sustainable alternative, buy less and consider food miles when you shop? How will you reduce the amount of food waste over the holiday period? Jane is joined by Jack Monroe the food writer and campaigner, Journalist Nina Pullman and Jenny Costa from the company Rubies in the Rubble. Glass Walls is a stained-glass art installation which raises awareness of domestic abuse through art. The installation is now being exhibited around Scotland. Dr Emma Forbes is a lawyer who created Glass Walls and has spent the last three years speaking to women about their experience of the justice process and researching Scotland’s response to domestic abuse. She joins Jane to discuss along with Sarah, a domestic abuse survivor who got involved with the project. Male supremacy, for all its ubiquity, is surprisingly recent, according to the science writer Gaia Vince. In her new book ‘Transcendence’ she tells how there is compelling evidence that patriarchal societies date back less than 10,000 years. She joins Jane to talk about her research and her belief that humans probably evolved as an egalitarian species, remaining that way for hundreds of thousands of years. Presenter: Jane Garvey Interviewed guest: Jack Monroe Interviewed guest: Nina Pullman Interviewed guest: Jenny Costa Interviewed guest: Emma Forbes Interviewed guest: Gaia Vince Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

G sits down with Craig and Corne from the Johannesburg based Progressive Electronic Rock band Go the Rodeo. They talk about the bands latest album "Lekker Chilled" and their upcoming shows in Cape Town. They also chat about their history as a band and how they write, record and release their music as well how they conceptualise their content. They feature two music videos namely, "Glass Walls" and "Never See Your Face Again" featuring some special guests. Watch Papa G's House on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pRxn0v5YLq0 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papa_g_tv/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/papagshouse/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PapaGhouse

Join The Mark Struczewski Podcast Facebook Group! or go to MarkStruczewski.com/group.   On this episode, I'm sharing part of a recent presentation I did at the 2019 Texas Bay Area SHRM Conference (the Society of Human Resource Management).   In this part of the presentation, I talk about:   How to deal with people Setting boundaries Dealing with the dreaded, “got a minute?” The problem with chairs in your office Setting boundaries when you work in a cubicle Retraining co-workers Offices that have glass walls and doors Stress and your productivity The importance of sleep   What did you think of this episode? I want to know. Go to MarkStruczewski.com/shrm and leave a comment.   If you're looking to take your productivity to the next level or if you are interested in bringing me in to speak at your event, visit MarkStruczewski.com. Join The Mark Struczewski Podcast Facebook Group. Follow me on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. If you love the show, share it with a friend on Apple Podcasts.

Kay is remodeling her home, moving the kitchen and making two new rooms due to her growing family. One of these new rooms will be Kays new creative space and therefore we are talking about the need for creative spaces. Different upbringings and backgrounds, do Kay and Tess feel the same way about the need for a space of their own? Tune in to find out!

Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from the latest trade war salvo, to Paul Manafort's jailing, to the Eiffel Tower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we review S5, Ep5: "Facial Recognition" and discuss how much funds typically invest in each company, what constitutes a competitor, and how the show chose to address the #MeToo movement.

In August of 1991, hard-liners opposed to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev initiated a coup attempt to overthrow him. The rebellion occurred in part because of financial strife as the Soviet Union transformed quickly from a statist to a market-based economy. Long lines formed for essential goods including medicine and fuel, and grocery shelves were empty. Inflation rates rocketed upward as the winter approached, leading to factories lacking the funds to pay their employees. The economic crisis reflected badly on Gorbachev's leadership and encouraged resistance to the regime. The coup was led by members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). They held Gorbachev at his country home, demanding that he either resign or declare a state of emergency. However, following heavy civil resistance, the coup attempt ended unsuccessfully a few days after it began. Although the takeover ultimately failed, the attempt signaled an end to the Soviet era and contributed to the dissolution of the USSR at the end of 1991. It also led to the rise of Boris Yeltsin, the Russian president, who played a pivotal role in opposing the coup from Moscow. While the rebellion ended with little bloodshed, it raised anxiety among those who experienced it first-hand, many of whom feared a rise in violence and a return to hard-line Communism.  Naomi F. Collins, wife of Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow James F. Collins, lived in the U.S. but was visiting her husband in the Soviet Union during the coup attempt in 1991. She recounted her experience in an interview with Charles Stuart Kennedy in February 2012.

We are chatting about the future of the motorcycle industry, Amazon’s push into the security business, and people running into glass walls at Apple Park. Harley Davidson invested heavily in Alta Motors and are actively designing an electric model motorcycle to add to their inventory. This signals a small but significant change in the motorcycle industry. Amazon has purchased Ring, the internet-connected leader in security systems. The retail giant is hoping to utilize Ring and its home gadgetry to provide safe and secure delivery of their products. In some strange news, employees at Apple Park are continually running into glass walls and doors around the campus, causing 9-1-1 calls and visits from paramedic to control for head bleeding.

This week on the Friday News Update: - Spotify could be working on their own smart speaker, according to job listings - Google has rebranded Android Pay as Google Pay - Cortana is now on IFTTT - Apple Park workers keep walking into its glass walls - WWDC 2018 could take place between 4-8 June - Twitter's macOS app has been discontinued - LG's next flagship phone could have a bright and power efficient MLCD+ bezelless screen and will be announced in June - Land Rover announce a phone called the Explore - Galaxy Tab S4 benchmark on GFXBench reveals most of its specs - it could be announced at MWC 2018 - WinFuture reveals all Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus specs - WinFuture releases renders of the Huawei Mediapad M5 10 Pro - Renders of the Sony Xperia XZ2 posted online - Nokia 1 with Android Oreo Go Edition and Nokia 7 Plus with a bezelless screen and Android One could be announced at MWC 2018 Get every episode of the Friday News Update with the Friday News Update Alexa Flash Briefing

Across the hall, in the mall, there was a store with a door, big and tall.

My guest today Ginny Townsend, from UnSabotage has spent over a decade helping organizations of all shapes, sizes understand the areas in which they've been holding themselves back in the market. She is going to be talking with us not only about breaking the glass ceiling, but breaking the glass walls we put up for ourselves! UnSabotage.com CheriHillShow.com

It's true. Some thoughts are more powerful than others and some are more targeted than others. And the thought I'm going to share on today's episode is actually both powerful AND targeted. But... just like pretty much everything I share, the awareness of this thought instantly gives you the upper hand. Here's what I mean... A number of episodes ago, I did a series on "The Usual Suspects"… these are the limiting thoughts and old habits that we usually find nearby when we discover we’ve been holding ourselves back. In other words, they are the personified building blocks of Glass Walls. In my work, I’ve found that there are really only about 12 or 15 Glass Walls if you were to boil them down to their core. But lately I've seen another one surface in my own work as well as in discussions with other women entrepreneurs. And I'm now officially adding it to the list... It's this whole idea that "X is for someone else, not me."  That "X" can mean several things to several people. But let's just insert the word "success." So, "that level of success is for someone else, not me." Or, "Writing a book is for someone else, not me." Or, "That speaking engagement" or "Starting a business" or you name it! Like other Glass Walls, this one has no basis in reality, though it can feel so real! It actually makes me think of a book I read a couple years ago. It's called The Acorn Story. The premise of this hard-to-find book is we’ve all been given these amazing acorns (or gifts), a smaller seed that has the ability to grow into the most beautiful tree. In other words, it's our unique greatness. Whether or not that statement sounds profound to you, it's the author's follow-on thought that stopped me in my tracks... she states that all the bad in the world specifically targets your acorn while it's still developing into a gorgeous oak tree. Depending on your world view, you may call that evil, darkness, or even the resistance. So whatever you call it, this opposing force is strategic. Then from there, the question this book made me ask was “what is one area you’ve felt consistently attacked, or put down, or belittled?"  It is actually this area, the author says, where you have the biggest potential. Or to use her words, this could be your acorn.  Let me give you an example in my own life. When I read this book a few years back, I remember having this "ah-ha" moment... If I had to look back at memories where I felt like I was being dismissed or belittled, all the instances I could think of revolved around my voice. What I said was dismissed, attacked or belittled.  And as I had that realization, memories flooded in from across the years that helped bring into focus what had previously felt fuzzy and like unrelated experiences. So, as a result of that "ah-ha" (and some other similar, incredible moments of clarity), I started to ask myself "What do I have to say?" "Who would listen?" And "How do I actually get out there to be heard?" You could actually say that this weekly show is a direct result of that moment of clarity. Where I previously (and definitely sub-consciously) thought "being heard is for someone else, not me" (OUCH! That hurt my heart to type), I was then able to say "Well, if my voice is somehow tied to my acorn, than speaking IS for me." Do I fully know what that means? No. (But to be honest, I'm not sure fully understanding something before we engage with it is even realistic.) But can I move toward it? Yes! And if, even for a moment, you think this is a selfish or a self-indulgent exercise, take a look at one of my favorite quotes... “All that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good men [and women] to do nothing.” Edmund Burke The best way to get good people to do nothing is to make them feel like there’s nothing for them to do. Period.  So, if you think that "X is for someone else, not me" or even get a hint that you're thinking something similar, I lovingly ask you to question that thought. When you step into your greatness and do what you are uniquely capable of doing, you give life to those around you. You, as that beautiful oak tree you are, will change the landscape. And that is for you. The work, the success, the rewards, the experience, the journey. That is all for you. I hope you step toward your greatness this week. XOXO, Ginny P.S. Here are those Usual Suspect Episodes I referenced in today's show. Episode 12: The Best Advice a Good Glass of Wine Ever Gave Me Episode 13: Did You Know the Thought "Not Enough" Has a Sinister Sibling? Episode 14: Changing This ONE OLD HABIT Forever Altered My Business Episode 15: Have You Met the Super Scary "Always Monster" and "Never Monster?" #BOO Episode 16: The Biggest Universal Law That Affects Your Success (PLUS I Have a Catapult!) 

I am so excited to talk to Ginny Townsend of UnSabotage. We've all heard about glass ceilings, but did you know we also contend with Glass Walls? These are the barriers we've unintentionally set up in our own way.We will discuss: What Glass Walls actually are and how they show up in our livesThe two main building blocks that create Glass WallsHow it's possible to SHATTER these Walls! (and see them coming if they show up in a different form down the road).Ginny Townsend, with a background in strategic marketing, has spent over a decade helping organizations draw out their unique gold, as well as, understand the areas in which they've been holding themselves back. She helps others see their potential is a common thread found in her more recent career. Ginny is a military wife, grew up in Arizona and has lived all over the country with her handsome hubby.   Support the Show.

I am so excited to talk to Ginny Townsend of UnSabotage. We've all heard about glass ceilings, but did you know we also contend with Glass Walls? These are the barriers we've unintentionally set up in our own way. We will discuss: What Glass Walls actually are and how they show up in our lives The two main building blocks that create Glass Walls How it's possible to SHATTER these Walls! (and see them coming if they show up in a different form down the road). Ginny Townsend, with a background in strategic marketing, has spent over a decade helping organizations draw out their unique gold, as well as, understand the areas in which they've been holding themselves back. She helps others see their potential is a common thread found in her more recent career. Ginny is a military wife, grew up in Arizona and has lived all over the country with her handsome hubby.      

I am so excited to talk to Ginny Townsend of UnSabotage. We’ve all heard about glass ceilings, but did you know we also contend with Glass Walls? These are the barriers we’ve unintentionally set up in our own way. We will discuss: What Glass Walls actually are and how they show up in our lives The two main building blocks that create Glass Walls How it’s possible to SHATTER these Walls! (and see them coming if they show up in a different form down the road). Ginny Townsend, with a background in strategic marketing, has spent over a decade helping organizations draw out their unique gold, as well as, understand the areas in which they've been holding themselves back. She helps others see their potential is a common thread found in her more recent career. Ginny is a military wife, grew up in Arizona and has lived all over the country with her handsome hubby.      

I am so excited to talk to Ginny Townsend of UnSabotage. We’ve all heard about glass ceilings, but did you know we also contend with Glass Walls? These are the barriers we’ve unintentionally set up in our own way. We will discuss: What Glass Walls actually are and how they show up in our lives The two main building blocks that create Glass Walls How it’s possible to SHATTER these Walls! (and see them coming if they show up in a different form down the road). Ginny Townsend, with a background in strategic marketing, has spent over a decade helping organizations draw out their unique gold, as well as, understand the areas in which they've been holding themselves back. She helps others see their potential is a common thread found in her more recent career. Ginny is a military wife, grew up in Arizona and has lived all over the country with her handsome hubby.      

It's nothing new for me. But this time really took me off guard. When I start to work on something new or big, I've learned to expect some of the "usual suspects" (those negative thoughts that are always nearby when we discover we've been holding ourselves back) will always crash the party. Here's what happened... I hope you are off to a good start with your goals for the new year. I also hope your goal is to take on something slightly larger than you did in 2017. Because, frankly, if your goals are a repeat of what you've already done last year, how is that making your business any better? Or your life any better? Or your world any better? We are programmed as people to want to move forward. I want to take a moment and be especially transparent. Let me know if something like this has ever happened to you.  Yesterday, New Years Day, I sat down to work with my goals and plans in place. Nothing left to chance, I was ready to work. This year, I approached my goals in a very strategic way. Based on everything I've learned from high-achievers and from working with amazing women, I clearly defined my goals and even had a clear roadmap on how I was going to achieve these goals. So, maybe, because I had all this in place, the really negative self-talk took me by surprise.  Then, as I was siting there, I was overcome by these thoughts: Am I pursuing something too big? Am I good enough to take this on? Am I worthy of such a big goal? I’ve come to “expect” these thoughts. It’s a pattern I’ve observed in my own life, when I’m about to start doing/building/pursuing something big and new, these thoughts come knocking. They’re my own personal Glass Walls. Now, one side of my brain KNEW that those thoughts are what I call “usual suspects” and they are what create the building blocks of Glass Walls. I knew these terrifying thoughts were just that. Thoughts. They were internal. And didn’t necessary have anything to do with reality. Sometimes we can think “where did these thoughts come from?”  I have a pretty good idea: OK, we think 60,000 thoughts a day. 95% we think every day. And 40% relate to habits. So, these thoughts are coming up from that other 55% of our thoughts - that if we come up against something like this, a full on assault of our thoughts, and we’re looking for a simple majority, those 55% would win. And it was like those thoughts banded together for a full-on assault. But yesterday, I needed more than just the head knowledge of what was going on. That didn’t tame the ferocity.  Then, a thought crossed my mind that I’ve held close in previous years but hadn’t thought about for quite some time. Take courage. It almost has an old-timey ring to it, right?  It makes me think of Braveheart or some other epic story of taking something on that means so much to them. What captures my imagination about this phrase is the verb. Take. Not “have.” Or “be given” Or “begrudgingly accept” Or “inherit”  TAKE. Take: “reach for and hold” (these are Google's definitions) Courage: “the ability to do something that frightens one” Latin origin: heart I feel like there’s a lot of baggage around the word “take.” That baggage doesn’t belong here with this context... What this phrase is saying is we all have courage. It’s ours. We all have courage. So, when we take it, we’re taking hold of what’s ours. We’re not taking from others. We are not making others weak by taking courage. In fact, we're providing an example and even the space for others to take their courage as well. So, no baggage. I have this little exercise I used to do and when I remembered it yesterday, I did it again (SO powerful!)... This may sound a bit woo-woo, but I'll share in a moment why it's not. Here's what I did... I closed my eyes and imagined seeing a bright ball of courage right in front of me. Then I imagined reaching out and taking hold of it. Taking hold of my own personal courage. Something about that picture, and feeling like I was holding courage that was always there but felt out of reach, clarified a few things for me. Courage is simple. Perhaps it's not easy. But it's simple. It's right there. We only need to take it. Now, back to that woo-woo comment. Here's why I don't think this is an airy-fairy, woo-woo and frivolous exercise. If an exercise that can help elevate your thoughts and take hold of courage is woo-woo, then the thoughts that made you sink down in fear are also woo-woo. If it's woo-woo going up, then it was woo-woo to bring you down. ;) So, if you’re working on your new years goals and you face similar thoughts, I want you to know a couple things: 1. You’re not alone! Though our specific negative thoughts may be different, we all face them. 2. Don’t accept a simple majority of your thoughts. Remember those 55% of our daily thoughts note above? That's what I mean. Don't feel like you need to accept all your thoughts as truth.  3. It is completely possible to UnSabotage your thoughts to get past barriers that might have seemed insurmountable before! 100% possible. 4. You have greatness written all over you. Don’t settle in 2018. Reach out and grab that courage that’s sitting right there and get moving. If you want to talk about how you can UnSabotage your daily thoughts so you can not only get out of your way but also step into your greatness, I’d love to hear from you. Hop on over to UnSabotage.com/letstalk. Let's schedule a call! And my promise to you with this call is you will hang up knowing your best next move in shattering your own Glass Walls! XOXO, Ginny

And this one small shift (that totally took me off guard!) can help you FOCUS on what's most important as you build your business in the new year! Here's the thing about FOCUS. I don't think any of us would argue it's not valuable. Or worth honing as a discipline.  Just doing a cursory search for "quotes about focus," I found these among many others:  Starve your distractions, feed your focus. Where focus goes, energy flows. - Tony Robbins Always remember, your focus determines your reality. - George Lucas Focus on your goal. Don’t look in any direction but ahead. Life is like a camera, focus on what’s important and you will capture it perfectly. Focus on the outcome not the obstacle. FOCUS: Follow One Course Until Successful Focus like a laser, not a flashlight. - Michael Jordan And we certainly attribute focus as being one of the secret weapons famous athletes have had to master. But when it comes to bringing it into our own lives, it can sometimes be tricky to implement. So, I wanted to bring this episode to you as a result of a lot of research, learning from the best and experimenting in my own life. Now, let's get started... As you may have noticed, I like looking into the definitions and origins of words (and concepts) I'm studying.  Google defines it as: (N). The center of interest or activity. SUPER Interesting Fact: The origins of "focus" are Latin and it comes from the root word that means “Domestic hearth.” So, in other words, the center of the home. The center of things. And just like a hearth with a fire, the heat spreads throughout the home. So, whatever is at your center, your focus, your hearth, it will spread to fill your life. HERE’S WHERE I SEE FOCUS COMING UP IN OUR LIVES...   Internal actions What we keep thinking about, what we focus on, grows. Just like Tony Robbins said. I did a series of episodes on “The Usual Suspects” so if these don’t sound familiar, check out my list of links at the bottom of this post to check out these specific episodes. But as a brief overview, Usual Suspects are those thoughts that always seem to be nearby when we discover we’ve been holding ourselves back. And it’s these suspects that build the Glass Walls we can run into if we don’t see them coming. OK… one of the "Usual Suspects" is… “Not enough.” Let's play this out. If you keep focusing on that thought... Not good enough... Not smart or talented enough… what do you think the inevitable result will be?  Something I LOVE about our amazing minds is they pay attention to what we think about ourselves. For better or for worse. So if we FOCUS on those "not enough" thoughts, our minds will actually start believing those words. And I think our worlds actually get smaller as a result. Think about it. If your mind starts believing that you're not good enough, for instance, why would it ever pay attention to new and potentially amazing opportunities? It will definitely NOTICE them, but it won't draw your attention to them. That's a crazy thought, isn't it? NOW… this is no doom and gloom episode. I don’t waste my time on that.  ;) That’s another amazing thing I love about our minds. When we change our focus, our mind follows suit. Like a driver in a car, we can decide where our mind goes. Nothing is fixed or set in stone with this. When we choose to think differently, everything changes. We can decide the domestic hearth, the center of things and OUR MINDS RESPOND!   External actions This is where what we focus on actually takes some kind of physical form. We act, we build, we move, we engage.  With FOCUS. But think of these external actions as the EMISSIONS on your focus. It’s the by-product. Not the fuel. So, as we're grasping to master the emissions of others, because it's the only thing we actually see, we're setting ourselves up to be disappointed. External actions are the proof of the internal actions.   So... if you're asking yourself  What is my hearth focus for 2018? or How do I even begin to answer that question? I've got a very special gift for you. If you hop on over to UnSabotage.com/NewYear, you'll discover I have an amazing two-part gift for you. 1. You'll receive The New January Action Guide which is jam-packed with exercises and templates to help you narrow down your focus AND get excited about it!  2. Then, to take this to the next level, you'll also receive your invitation to the Master Class 3 Steps to a Powerful New Year which will be held on December 28th at 6:30pm. I hope you happily accept these gifts. They're full of heart AND power. Here's to you and to an amazing 2018! I know you have such greatness in you and I can't wait to see you UNLEASH it into the world!  XOXO, Ginny P.S. Here are the Usual Suspects episode links I referenced earlier in this post. They're brief by design and pack a punch so enjoy each one! Episode 12: The Best Advice a Good Glass of Wine Ever Gave Me Episode 13: Did You Know the Thought "Not Enough" Has a Sinister Sibling? Episode 14: Changing This ONE OLD HABIT Forever Altered My Business Episode 15: Have You Met the Super Scary "Always Monster" and "Never Monster?" #BOO Episode 16: The Biggest Universal Law That Affects Your Success (PLUS I Have a Catapult!) 

It all started when a wonderful lady I was speaking with said these words in passing, "Well, December is the new January..." And even though it was the first time I'd heard those words, it felt like something I'd known all along. So, in this week's episode, I unpack WHY I think this is such a powerful perspective and share my exact process for preparing to make the most of upcoming opportunities! I love the idea that we don’t need to wait for January to move forward. And don’t feel like you need to do what everyone else is doing. Statistics show that 80% of people drop their new year’s resolution by February. And according to Forbes, just 8% of people actually achieve their resolutions. Why on earth would you want to model that failure rate? So, I’m proposing we look at things differently and not accept that tradition as the only way to go about bringing goals/change to our life in the winter. I believe opportunity it open to those who are looking ahead, who are looking for it! I know I normally talk about finding and shattering our Glass Walls that we put up in our own way or something close to that. But every now and then, I think we need to remember WHY we put in good work like that. WHY go through the efforts to shatter your Glass Walls if you don’t have a clear vision of what life could look like after you step past them. That’s why I propose to you that December is the new January. I’m going to share with you what has worked for me (a peek into my process) and I’ve created a worksheet for you to do the same. So, take notes if you’d like but I’m going to give you the whole thing after I explain it. K? 1. Pursue Something Big If we set a goal that we KNOW is totally realistic and COMPLETELY doable, it’s not really a goal… it’s a to-do list item. PLUS... It’s the best way to learn more about yourself and your world And what I'm starting to observe (and have heard from others) is that it also attracts the best people! High-capacity individuals are not drawn to smaller ideas. We're drawn to BIG things that really make a difference. SO... why not give your work, your dream, your goal the best chance of succeeding by not keeping it small so it will attract the best people?? 2. Keep Asking WHY Once you've decided on a goal or a dream for the next year, walk through this exercise to really anchor yourself emotionally, mentally and even relationally to the goal. Here's what the exercise looks like...  It’s best if you have a partner or friend to work through this, but if you don’t, don’t let that stop you. Once you have that goal, ask yourself the question WHY. - Then, ask yourself WHY - Again - And again - Ask yourself WHY five times in total. This will allow you to get past the superficial reasons for moving toward your goal and really get to the heart of things. It may sound overly simple or even annoying, but trust me, the process is really revealing (in the best way!). I had the chance to speak to a really intelligent business coach last week, Matthew Pollard, and he shared that many high-capacity individuals have goals and dreams that belong to someone else... They could be what you perceived your parent’s goals to be, or your best friends goals, or someone you admire, but if they aren't your own, it probably won’t stand the test of time. Or... stand the test of “How much do you really want this?” headwinds. Is this term a new one to you? If so, I encourage you to check out Episode 7 on the concept of Lift. To boil it down, everything that climbs uses resistance to get there--even airplanes. They actually take OFF going into the headwinds and use those winds to climb.  That's why this exercise is really good at drawing out WHY a goal matters to you! It’ll reveal if this goal is anchored enough in what matters to you to push through obstacles. 3. Write It Down Did you now that we're 42% more likely to make it happen if we write it down?? Once you’ve distilled your goal down to this beautiful reduction, and you’re really clear on your why, write it down! And place it where you can see it. Can you imagine a crucial step would be so easy?? Refreshingly, it is. So, please don't skip this super important step! 4. Surround Yourself With People Who Want to Move Forward Too! Unfortunately, it’s not hard to find people who will nay-say your dreams and goals. Some of us know all too well the feeling of Tall Poppy Syndrome.  And I also know that the simple idea of making sure you surround yourself with others who don't want to accept an 80% failure rate for their goals in 2018 will position you for MUCH more success!  We go further together.  That's a large part of why UnSabotage exists. And I hope you found today's episode challenging and actionable. In fact, I created a handout based on this episode just for you! It's a step-by-step process of walking through these exercises with other tips and amazing secrets to reaching your goals one after the other!  Get access to yours now! Simply hop on over to: unsabotage.com/thenewjanuary Until next week, don't settle for a success method that has an 80% failure rate. You're better than that and claiming that this December is your new January is a HUGE step forward in making that a reality. XOXO, Ginny

Hey, Gorgeous! I'm back in the The States this week and I'm really excited about today's episode. It's all about asking that question (watch the episode or read below to learn what it is!) that probably got you or your friends in trouble when you were in grade school - either by teachers or by your parents. I hope this is episode is both challenging and inspiring as you step into your greatness this week! Enjoy! The question that probably got you in trouble in grade school and why you SHOULD ask it now! (PLUS, a carrier pigeon!) Welcome to Episode 20 of UnSabotage with Ginny Townsend! I’m so excited and I want to celebrate - so I’ll tell you how at the end. What is that one question that probably got you in trouble in grade school - maybe with a parent, or a teacher, or even with a friend. But now… harnessed properly, could really help you make some serious steps forward! Here’s the question: “Says who?” Do you have memories popping up of when you or someone you knew asked that question as a kid? Oh dang! They’re going to get in so much trouble!! But it’s interesting how things change but we don’t get a notification that they DID change. So, as you’re building something amazing in your life, whatever your business looks like right now, I’m sure you didn’t receive a notification on your phone, or a letter in the mail, or a courier delivered letter, or a courier pigeon telling you that the rules changed about this question. So, I’m going to be your courier today! Your carrier pigeon! Here’s your official decree and proclamation! Dear Lady Townsend,  Please accept our sincere apologies for not sharing this important proclamation until this moment.  We applaud your efforts in being a respectful youth and not asking the question “says who?” However, it has come to our attention that this limit is no longer required of you. Please consider this proclamation as your official permission to ask “says who?” as you step into your greatness. Actually, your world needs you to ask this question of others but especially of yourself! Sincerest regards, The Authorities And while this may sound silly - actually I hope it sounds really silly!  Because sometimes we view permission to do something from an external source as having more credibility than internal permission-giving.  This is actually a glass wall I’ve experienced running into in different iterations. Waiting for permission. External permission. And I’ve spoken with enough driven, entrepreneurial women to know I’m not the only one who has experienced this wall. So back to the question… What does asking “Says who” actually look like in our lives? If you find yourself thinking: Oh, I could never do that? - Says who Or “Oh, I’m not good enough for that?” says who Or “Oh, I’m not ready for that” - says who Or “Oh, this isn’t a typical career” - says who Or “What if it doesn’t work?” - says who Or “What if I look like I don’t know what I’m doing?” - says who Or “What if I’m not the best at it?” - says who Or any other Glass Walls style thought that may cross your mind. Challenge it. Ask “says who?” And if you don’t come up with a great answer, don’t trust the thought.  It’s a limiting thought that probably THINKS it has your best in mind. But you’re not in grade school anymore.  At first the thought may seem like it has authority - but look, you have a proclamation. From the authorities.  And if you want one for yourself, email me at heyginny@unsabotage.com with the subject line Says who? and the name you want on your proclamation. There’s no cost. No commitment. Simply an early holiday gift from me to you. P.S. If you're interested in learning about the upcoming Shatter Your Glass Walls MasterClass, you can get all the juicy details over at: unsabotage.com/masterclass Until next week. XOXO, Ginny

Happy Thanksgiving, Gorgeous! I absolutely love this time of year... here in the United States, we're celebrating Thanksgiving which tends to create moments for people to pause and consider what they're grateful for. PLUS... I recently heard an incredible entrepreneur speak about innovations and new technologies that are almost a reality.  And these innovations he discussed, they're big ones. Think: illness will be optional and clean water will be as available as air. Did that get your attention? If so, I think you'll really enjoy today's Thanksgiving episode as I unpack what this could look like, what it means for us as women entrepreneurs in a very disruptive business environment PLUS a challenge to not only be grateful for what we have but to be grateful for what's possible. Because, frankly, most things are truly possible. Enjoy! Since this week is Thanksgiving here in the United States, I wanted to share something that has captured my attention this past week: it’s about an entirely different type of abundance than I think we’re used to considering that could allow us to see diamonds as a commodity and find clean water as prevalent as air… and for that, I’m so thankful. I love living in Silicon Valley and being near all the amazing companies that shatter the limits of what we may think is normal or possible. Let me give you an example. I recently heard a brilliant entrepreneur and influencer speak named Naveen Jain. To be honest I think of myself as someone who doesn’t think small. I try to always have something or someone challenging what’s included in my gift box of possibilities: what I view as being possible to give and receive. And viewing them as gifts, always reminds me to be thankful for them.   We all have these gift boxes, right? And interestingly enough, what we hold as possible in this box defines our lives. But these gift boxes are subjective in size. And he really challenged me to include things in my personal realm of possibility I’d never considered before, to expand this gift box. In his words, “There is never a shortage of opportunity, just a shortage of thinking.” And I agree with this. It’s easy to hear the news and think, “wow, there is so much scarcity, there is so much lack, there is so much hopelessness.” But I lovingly challenge you to not accept those thoughts as the whole picture. I lovingly challenge you to see that there is always more. I’m not saying that ignoring the problem is the way to go. Quite the opposite. I wholeheartedly believe that knowing there is more is the first step to changing those situations of scarcity, lack and hopelessness.  Back to Naveen. He is preparing to send rockets to the moon for mining and development. No big deal. Here are some of his predictions to paint a clearer picture of what the possibilities on the moon look like... Tickets to the moon being under 10K in the next decade (less that an international first class ticket) The first baby will be born on the moon in the next 20 years He even said that the moon could be our 8th continent (While this may sound crazy, think about how far Australia seemed a few hundred years ago to explorers and merchants. It probably felt as far as the moon feels now!) Mining the moon, he estimates there are $16 quadrillion in mining resources near the surface (Here’s a reference point. I’m not trying to be political but I think this is the largest number we may have in our consciousness to pain a comparison, and that’s the US National Debt (at this writing it's around $20 Trillion). It’s something that the news frequently calls “crippling.” How does the national debt stack up again these resources. 1/8 of 1%. 0.125%. It’s crazy to think that the national debt isn’t even a rounding error of the moon’s resources. That’s a lot of resources quickly becoming available to mankind!) He predicts that moon rocks will make diamonds a commodity - things that used to be viewed as scarce. (This made me think of salt. A few hundred years ago people would guard their salt as their most valuable possession, but now we're being told to consume less of it!! Limit. Shattered.) Here’s another project he’s working on: Illness will be optional  That health care will be wildly disrupted by this technology such that consumers will be able to go straight to the science vs always needing a doctor This is surprisingly near: the next decade or so Let me ask a question of you, right now. What’s coming up for you as I share these shockingly current projects? Is it wide-eyed amazement? Excitement? Grateful to be alive right now? Fear? Overwhelm? Worried about being obsolete? Can you imagine growing your business (or starting a new business) in either exponential fields I just referenced? Space and health. It’s compelling to note that a few skills become obsolete every year. But I hope that you don’t feel a sense of scarcity rise up as you hear this.  What I want for you is the exact opposite. Limits are currently, very actively being pushed out farther than us. I hope you are looking at these new spaces that are opening up, new areas that previously had limits on them but are currently evaporating. As markets continue to be disrupted, new opportunities will always arise. Businesses that don’t make sense right now will likely be some of the strongest in the future.  What will people complain about then? What problems worthy of solving will then exist if resources like diamonds are commodities and clean water is like air?  Like Alan Kay said, “The only way to predict the future is to invent it.” Every time I hear someone talking about disruptive technologies affecting industries and practices we’ve never seriously been able to question in our lifetime, I keep thinking the biggest differentiator will continue to be our own mental game. How we think as we approach these shifts, in other words, how we interact with our own minds as we build businesses in a more limitless economy. In an especially exciting time in technology, it’s more important than ever to be aware of our own Glass Walls - those barriers we’ve unintentionally set up in our own way. And if this term is new to you, it’s the phrase we use around here that envelopes the limiting thoughts and old habits that largely influence our day. If you want to learn more about these Glass Walls, see the end of this post. I've gathered the links for some of my favorite episodes that paint a clearer picture of these Walls and how they can influence our lives. It’s all about that gift box of possibilities we have subjectively framed for our lives. But I contend that we are made in the image of love, in the image of infinite, in the image of limitless so I hope you remain committed to fostering your biggest differentiator, or your mind. I came across this thought about our minds by biologist Lyall Watson that I’ll paraphrase: “If the brain were simple enough to understand, we’d be so simple we couldn’t.”  And as you’re planning on how you’re developing yourself, to build your dreams in a limitless world, how will you invest in yourself?  If you’re looking for a roadmap to discover this Glass Walls in your life and shatter them so you can pursue these limitless dreams, I encourage you to join me as I launch my Masterclass series starting on Tuesday, December 5th.  To claim your invitation, visit unsabotage.com/masterclass and I can’t wait for you to join me for this session. Remember, there is always more. We need only look for it and be open to it. And for that, we can be so grateful! So whether or not you’re currently in the States, I hope you take some time this week to be grateful not only for what you have, but for all that is possible. Sometimes life feels turbulent and scarce, but again my challenge to you is to commit yourselves to this notion: there is always more.  Just because we don’t see everything right now, it doesn’t mean someone else isn’t working on something that will help you propel your business and life forward in the next couple of months. Happy Thanksgiving, friends! And I’ll see you next week for Episode 19! Bye, Gorgeous. XOXO, Ginny P.S. Here are the other episodes I referenced in today's show about Glass Walls: Episode 1: What are Glass Walls? Episode 12: The Best Lesson a Glass of Wine Ever Taught Me Episode 13: Did You Know The Thought "Not Enough" Has A Sinister Sibling? Episode 14: Changing This ONE HOLD HABIT Forever Altered My Business Episode 15: Have You Met The Super Scary "Always Monster" and "Never Monster?"  

Like the title implies, this 3-letter word is a complete GAME-CHANGER! And, like I share in today' episode, it's a word that keeps coming up throughout my day in all kinds of ways. So, I figured I'd look you in on my journey and hope it encourages and challenges you to step into your greatness specifically in this area. So, what on earth is this magical 3-letter word that will change your world? ASK. It's a word that can feel uncomfortable and "squishy," I realize that. It can have a lot of emotional baggage or weight, it can give you some anxiety, or if can make you feel pretty vulnerable (these last two are more specifically how this word affects me). So in the efforts of trying to remove the emotional effect of the word, (and because I love to know the actual definition of words when I dig into them), I decided to "ask" Google what "ask" means: “to say something in order to obtain an answer” Well, that definition takes the emotion out of the word, doesn't it? "To say something in order to obtain an answer." Has there ever been a more straightforward take on this word?? OK, now that we know what we're working on, let's dig a little deeper. I had a conversation with a gentleman who was raising funds to launch his own VC fund. Specifically, we were talking about women in business. He shared that he’s spoken with several women who have brilliant business ideas or software or other tech prototypes even, but have self-eliminated. They’ve talked themselves out of the idea before they ever had a chance to ASK for the funding. And, on the other hand, he’s seen the most confident men in the world asking for money to fund ideas that weren't at all viable! Side note: In no way am I saying all men have crappy ideas and all women stay silent. But this was a pattern we were discussing. And I wish I could tell you its the first time I've heard it. But this is a rather common thread I keep hearing AND seeing in my community, and to be totally honest, in my own life (Which is why I think I keep seeing that word ASK!). It is so much easier for me to ask on behalf of someone else. Is that the case for you, too? So, with this pattern in mind, I thought I would dig into that gap between having a great idea and making the ASK. What are the steps in between? Where do we as amazing entrepreneurial women potentially put up Glass Walls in our way? Especially when we're so close to being funded! And the result of my studying is three specific steps. When I pulled everything together, I noticed that all three words started with the letter C. At first I thought, "Oh, no! Did this just get cheesy??" But I really think that the three C's will help this roadmap be memorable, so the best words won! Here they are: Clarity, Courage, Collaboration. Clarity: Clarity about what we want, about what we need, about where we want to be. Have you ever been in this situation where you’re hanging out with friends or your significant other and one of you suggests going out to eat. Then the inevitable question, “Where do you want to go?” Why is it so common in that moment for no one to know what to say?? Unless someone is clear about where they want to eat, that dinner discussion will hang around for longer than we’d all expect. I think we've all been in this exact situation! And that moment when someone becomes clear about what they want to eat for dinner is a really REFRESHING moment! That's right--clarity is refreshing. It's its own kind of authority and people really respect it. It’s ok to be clear about what you want. And it’s ok to ask for what you’re clear about. One more surprising thing I realized about clarity is that it is a small hinge that opens larger doors. Courage: One of the biggest ah-ha's I experienced this week as I studied this material, was that COURAGE is the EMISSIONS of CLARITY. I know we all have moments where we feel like, "Ah! I just wish I had the courage to ask for X." But realizing that this courage comes AS A RESULT of the clarity made me appreciate clarity even more. But courage still has it's place in the pre-ask roadmap. Once we have clarity, we still need the courage to open something: dial the number for that important phone call, walk into the room of a big event, walk up to your ideal audience and say "hello." These all take courage. But when you have the clarity, the courage seems to make more sense. Collaboration: It's within this collaboration space where the ASKs start to exist. Once you've started talking with another entrepreneur you want to collaborate with (my story is in today's episode), the ASKs become specific and intentional. I really do love this phase. It's where things that will make a difference get birthed. It's where you can work on something that will have a further reach than you as an individual ever may. So, the pre-ask roadmap, in my opinion, is a worthwhile journey to follow. And it all starts with a little bit of clarity. Which brings me to my weekly challenge: What is 1 thing you need to gain clarity around this week to position you to open those bigger doors? Hint: just chose 1, and get super clear about it. AND... how could I ever create an episode encouraging you to make the ASK if I don't do it myself? That would make me so incongruent! With that in mind, I'm so excited to announce that I'll be starting a Masterclass Series in December! My first one will be sharing all the good stuff around Shattering Your Glass Walls. And since I want to thank you for being a part of this launch, I'll be giving away some goodies between now and then. So, don't miss out! Claim your invitation today! Alright, Gorgeous. Have an amazing week and remember to ASK! XOXO, Ginny P.S. Interested in learning more about my relationship to this word ASK? I did an episode a few weeks back about one a type of ask we shouldn’t do as we grow our business: and that’s asking for permission. It’s Episode 8. Check it out now!

As I wrap up the Usual Suspects series, I wanted to tie everything up in a nice little bow. How did I do that? Great question! I went back to one of my favorite questions: WHY? Why is knowing what our Glass Walls are made of even important? Why did Ginny personify the building blocks that make up these Glass Walls? Why does all of this even matter? I answer all these questions in today's episode by connecting them to one of the universe's most consistent laws... Check it out! Episode 16: The Biggest Universal Law That Affects Your Success (Plus I Have a Catapult!!) Who ever gets to make that last statement?? I'm excited about today's episode for this and several other reasons. If you're a reader like me, here are more of my notes. Enjoy! Why is shattering your glass walls so important? Why is knowing the Usual Suspects so important? And again, Usual Suspects are my way of personifying the thoughts and habits that create our Glass Walls. Personifying ideas, thoughts or topics is a very powerful practice! One of the exercises I do with my students is I ask them to personify success. What does it wear? How does it talk? How does it interact with others? How does it carry itself? Is it masculine or feminine? Side Note: We could ask SO many questions, but I've discovered that just a few questions in, a persona starts to emerge. You'll be surprised. It's very eye-opening. Because if we think success (regardless of how we define that word) is a tool we’ll stop ourselves from becoming that tool! I promise. So, it is wildly powerful to know what we think of things like success, failure, commitment and so on. And even more than those topics, I'm a huge believer in personifying the building blocks that make our Glass Walls! Something I consider to be part of my role here at UnSabotage is to bring you new ways of looking at things like this to hopefully shed new light, create space for a well-timed ah-ha moment that opens you to a new success. It's something I really love to do, too! I like trying to find other ways of looking at something that allow the ability to see things more clearly! For instance, it’s like holding this in your hand: a catapult! (If you haven't already, watch today's episode. I share the backstory of this little gem and why I thought it was so important to feature it as my FIRST EVER prop here on UnSabotage with Ginny Townsend!) Bottom line: You can see it from one perspective, but if you look at it differently, you see so much more. Simply because we see it from a different perspective! Nothing about the object itself has changed! It's just the vantage point from where we're watching. So, today I thought I’d talk about one set of results we see if we’re being boxed in by those walls or shattering them. Because as business women and entrepreneurs, we care about results, don’t we? I'm preaching to the choir here, right? So, what are the results when we remain boxed in or shatter the walls and step through? The different perspective I'd like to share with you today is this idea of Expanding and Contracting. What do I mean by this? (first of all, if you're thinking, "Ginny, that's so woo woo!" give me a couple minutes and I'll show you that it's not!) Our lungs are always expanding or contracting Our bank accounts are always expanding or contracting Our waistlines are always expanding or contracting Our relationships are always expanding or contracting Our free time is always expanding or contracting Social movements are always expanding or contracting Lakes and creeks are always expanding or contracting Even plants are always expanding or contracting It's pretty safe to say, everything in our world is always expanding or contracting In other words, everything is always changing. Not woo woo is it? So, doesn’t it make sense that our thoughts and therefore our lives are doing the same? Why would our thoughts and their relation to our lives be the ONLY exception to this universal law? Here’s how it relates to what we’ve been talking about these past few weeks on the usual suspects: Thoughts that limit us, by their own nature are contracting, right? Thoughts that make you think less of yourself, of the world, of others: Contracting. Habits that were defined and created when we were in a previous role but no longer fit your life are contracting, right? Habits that set us up to play small or put other’s priorities first: Contracting. Why contract when you have the ability to expand? So, with all this in mind, my challenge this week is a simple one: As you work, as you interact, as you do you, take a moment and simply ask, "Is this expanding or contracting my world? Is this expanding or contracting my work? Is this expanding or contracting the impact I want to make?" So, I hope the answer to each of these questions is EXPANDING but if it's not, you are beautifully empowered to change things around. I hope you have an amazing and expansive week. Until next time! XOXO, Ginny P.S. If you're looking for the other episodes I referenced that introduce some of the most common Usual Suspects, here's a quick list with their links. Enjoy! Episode 12: Not Enough Episode 13: Too Much Episode 14: Other People's Priorities Episode 15: The Always and Never Monsters

It's a question that came up when I was having coffee with a friend after last week's episode (the one about NOT asking for permission). If we are waiting for someone to give us permission to pursue our dreams, what else could be be leaving on the table?... That's what today's episode is all about. I share a couple different ways we can look at this topic and WHY we sometimes do this to ourselves PLUS I offer a couple specific next-steps we can all take to STOP leaving things, leaving money, leaving LIFE on the table. What are we leaving on the table? After last week’s episode, I had the chance to talk about the question I said to NEVER ask when pursuing your dreams: asking for permission… And as we unpacked how we had seen this in our own lives and in several other situations, one of us asked the question, “How much do you think we leave on the table?…" And we sat there in silence for a moment. How much are we leaving on the table? What does that phrase even mean? The expression actually comes from the poker table. If you don’t play strategically, you’re leaving money/chips on the table. Additionally, it references a place, the table, that is close enough for us to touch - it’s not out of reach. This is where I think this analogy meets its end of it's usefulness in this discussion. Because on the the poker table, the money (in this case) is finite. It is, in fact, a zero sum game. In order to obtain money, you need to win it from others. - Life is not a zero sum game though. - Some things are fixed and binary like that (you put out a bid competing with other companies, and only 1 will win), but for us to think this zero sum-ness informs all of life is selling it short. - You do not have to take to gain - You can add tremendous value to others and gain (think of it as addition by addition, not addition by subtraction) When we view life as a zero-sum game, I think we’re more prone to leave things on the table because we may feel like we have to take from others to gain. If you’ve seen a couple episodes of UnSabotage, you may have heard this idea of us setting up Glass Walls in our own way. They’re made of limiting thoughts and old habits - and I think this view of the table, zero-sum-ness is a limiting thought that so many of us unknowingly subscribe too. So, back to the question: How much are we leaving on the table? Let's look at it another way... I had the chance to hike in the redwoods this weekend with my hubby’s momma. We got to see the rings of a tree that existed B.C.! I saw that every circle, every ring, had it’s own characteristics. Some were wider, those were generous years. Some were leaner, those were drier years. Just like the rings of a tree reach out further and further, a reflection of all the years that have gone before, I think we approach life, and what we expect of it in a similar fashion. Here are the Four Rings that I came up with as it relates to our movement from our internal conflict with leaving things on the table, to our external attempts, requests and eventual success of reaching those things: 1. Waiting for permission: Going back to what we discussed in last week's episode, when we wait for someone's permission, we could be waiting for a long time... 2. We can be afraid to ask for it: Yes, we see what we need on the table, but moving it beyond the thought of it to actually asking for it can be scary. 3. We reach for it but stop just short of grabbing hold, or as I like to call it, the "3 Feet From Gold," or the Think And Grow Rich story. A gold minor during the Gold Rush found a vein of gold and went to town! The vein dried up and he kept digging for a while but eventually gave up and sold the land and his equipment to someone who, get this, dug just 3 feet further and found the gold vein again. Or, you could put another way, “If you don’t quit, you win.” 4. Our expectations: of life, others and ourselves "If we don’t ask much of others, we may not ask enough of ourselves. If we don’t ask much of ourselves, we may not ask enough of others." We all have greatness is us. Sometimes we simply need to pause and pay attention to it. There are 3 thoughts I want you to remember as you approach your next table: 1. Remember there is a table - and it’s right in front of us 2. You have permission to engage with that table 3. Your world and your life’s work are asking that you engage with the table What can we do about this? How can we stop, or lessen, leaving life on the table? I’ve created a gift for you that you can use to walk you through a these few questions. Simply go to UnSabotage.com/tryit Once you download your amazing little gift, I encourage you to answer these 3 questions around this week's episode: 1. If I were to look at my table, the one that’s right there in front of me, what would I find? What’s on it? 2. Am I afraid of engaging with the table? 3. What’s my strongest reason for engaging with the table? Then there’s an eye-opening exercise at the back of this gift to help you dig even deeper into what you found. I encourage you to go check it out. So, until next week’s episode, here’s my challenge for you: remember there’s a table in front of you and don’t be afraid to engage with it. Don’t leave any part of your life on the table. Did you like today’s episode? If so, I’d be so honored if you’d share it. Until next week's episode!

It's been a bit of a week. So, this week's video is a little different. I talk about the two promises anger makes and keeps with us, a tricky source of weariness and the feeling of helplessness... PLUS... I share how pendulum clocks and fight songs and college football games remind us how powerful we really are. If you're looking for a space to dig deeper into your own reaction to Charlottesville, or another seemingly unbearable experience, I've created a gift for you. It's full of space for you to write and then you'll gain access to a powerful exercise that will allow you to SEE your thoughts in a completely new way. Get yours now at: unsabotage.com/tryit And for your convenience, here's today's transcript: Hey, Gorgeous. Ginny Townsend here, and I want to welcome you to another week of this Facebook Live show with UnSabotage. Now, if you aren't yet familiar with what I talk about, I generally talk about themes and topics that come from my work with UnSabotage. So I thought it might be really good for me to touch on those things to make more sense out of what we'll be talking about today, and that's actually what happened in Charlottesville this weekend and kind of what do we do. What do we think when something bad happens and we feel helpless? The work that I do with UnSabotage is, it's this beautiful community of primarily women, and we do work to figure out what are the “Glass Walls” that we have set up in our own path, in our own way that keep us from where we want to go to step into that life we adore. So these Glass Walls, they're a lot of thoughts. It's a lot of thought work. But when I saw what happened this weekend out in Charlottesville, first of all, my heart was broken. Second of all, I couldn't shake the thought of, can what we're doing to help move individuals forward, can that be overlayed to a bigger event or at a societal level? Can what we're doing here help people when something bad happens that we makes us feel helpless? So, that's a task that I took on. I spent the weekend really looking into the reactions and the conversation and just absorbing as much as I could to add as much value as I could today. There were two things that I really discovered when I started observing the behaviors and everything going on around what happened in Charlottesville. The first thing was when the people spoke about it, there's a lot of anger. I'll unpack these, but right now I just want to clarify that there's nothing wrong with that. It was an observation. And as I continued to dig into it, I saw that there was actually anger on both sides (or all sides) of the argument. Secondly, what I observed is, especially the first couple days, there wasn't a lot of coverage about it, and when there was, I just got this sense that there was a weariness about it. That there was like a, "It's happening again? We're really going through this again?" I feel like both of those need to be acknowledged, and they were a great place to start the conversation. So let me unpack that angry piece. Now, like I said, and I will reiterate, there is nothing wrong with being angry, especially when something terrible like this happens. In fact, I was angry. But what I really want to say is anger, it can be a friend. Any good friend will make and keep promises, and anger makes and keeps two really key promises to us or for us. Those promises are, one, "I will help you find your voice." When something bad happens like this at a larger scale, a personal scale, whatever, but when we feel angry, we all of a sudden feel the need to speak up to say something to acknowledge it, to bring awareness to it. So this anger, where we might not have previously felt compelled to speak up, helps us find our voice. That is a promise that anger keeps. Actually, I'm doing that now. I'm speaking up because I feel that ... I'm still angry about what happened. Then the second promise that anger makes and keeps to us is it keeps us focused on action. What I mean by this is, say you've been considering going to law school, and then after this weekend in Charlottesville you thought to yourself, "You know what, this is the time. I need to go to law school. I think I'd be really good at it. I think I could make a difference. My sphere of influence would be better." The target audience, the demographic, or the people that you serve will be better off for you being in a place of a different type of authority. So that can spur you to action. This is actually the piece, the promise that anger keeps that gives it its negative reputation, and that is that sometimes we act negatively based on anger. You could actually really easily make the argument that that is what happened with the perpetrator driving the car this weekend in Charlottesville acted out of anger. So anger in and of itself is not bad. It is a friend keeping a promise. It's how we relate to that friendship. What I have observed and what I hope you find interesting and hopefully enlightening and even load-lifting is I think sometimes we hold anger to a third promise that it has never made and it is incapable of keeping. That is the promise of a resolution. Anger has never promised that it would bring us to the finish line in anything that we're dealing with or talking about or discussing. It has never promised to be the full circle. It has never promised to be the peace, the resolution. I think that might actually be what leads into the second observation I made this weekend was that feeling of weariness or overwhelm, is I think we're weary when we don't see the resolution, but we didn't really realize that we're holding anger to a promise it never actually committed to. So when we don't see the resolution coming through to the results, it is so easy to feel weary, that like, "This is happening again? Aren't we making strides? Aren't we using our voice?" And it can lead to these broad strokes comments, these kind of all-inclusive comments that are saying like, "The world is terrible. Everyone is horrible. People are idiots." They're very broad strokes, and so when they're very generic and all-inclusive in that way, it is a sign of feeling helpless or weary or overwhelmed. I want to acknowledge that because you're coming at it from a great place because you want something to change, and I'm not looking down on anyone. This is something that I've just uncovered in myself and have started to observe in others. But it doesn't bring that resolution. So I want to invite you to just a little bit of a shift in perspective with a couple of different stories that I think might paint a really, hopefully, hope-filled picture for you. And that is shifting from "I feel compelled to see the whole world change because the whole world is messed up, the whole world's at this whatever level" and the spheres of influence that we don't actually necessarily touch day-to-day and to move to the "What can I do to strengthen, to edify my own world, my own sphere of influence?" I have two stories for you that may sound completely unrelated, but I promise you that they're not, and I promise you they connect, and I hope that they're stories that you remember. One example is there was a clockmaker in Europe in the 1600s. Bet you didn't expect me to start out with that! He made pendulum clocks. One day, the story goes, he was feeling ill and went to lay down, but he hung up a clock that he had just finished before going to lay down. So when he was laying down, he was looking up at the clock that he had just hung with the one right next to it, and the pendulums were kind of, they were just doing their own thing. But he started to notice that after time, the pendulums started syncing up. Isn't that interesting? It actually baffled scientists and philosophers and such for a couple hundred years. And then the second story, the second word picture I want to throw out to you is, have you ever been to a college football game? Okay. We lived in Nebraska for a few years, and we went to a couple Cornhusker games, and they're an experience! There's like 40,000 people there to watch one event. The moment that I loved and really why I'm bringing this story up is the fight song. That moment when the crowd, and then I assume the football players, you couldn't hear them obviously, but everyone joined in and sang this fight song. The energy changed, and it was palpable. So what I didn't know then was, something I learned recently is that when people sing together, their heartbeat actually syncs up. Isn't that incredible? And it doesn't have to be 40,000 or 50,000 people in a stadium. It could be five or ten people, it could be a quartet, it could be a smaller choir. I was in a choir in high school, and looking back, I was like, "You know what, I can totally picture that our hearts were beating at the same time." Isn't that incredible? People from different walks of life, especially in the football analogy, all walks of life, all ages, all types of people, when they come to that one place and they sing together, their heartbeats sync up. That is why it feels so powerful. So, it is the proximity. It's the proximity that we had at the football game, it's the proximity even in the high school choir, and it's the proximity of those clocks and the pendulums that ended up syncing up together that really made the difference. That's what made them so unique and stand out. So I want to encourage you that if you feel like the world is big and scary, it can be, yes, but I want you to feel so empowered to be that clock that other clocks can mirror up with. And I want to encourage you, you can be the first person to start singing that people will sync up with and start joining you, and then the heartbeats will sync up. I love both of those stories. Let me know in the comments, what do you think is a cooler story? Do you think it's the pendulum, or do you think it is the singing? I'd love to hear from you. I want to remind you that you are not helpless. The world may feel big and scary, especially when bad things happen. I hope that you remember this moment and take from it that you can help your world be a better place, a safer place, a stronger place, a more cohesive place, a more welcoming place. However you want to create it, it is yours to create. You have more power, you have more authority than you realize, especially over your world. And in case you think that I am being too soft on this, I want you to know that love is not weak. I wrote this down because I wanted to make sure I voiced it. It is not a cop out. It is bold, and it is brave, and it requires our best. There is no real way to halfway love. There's no real way to halfway push up or pull up. You can halfway pull down, but there's no halfway to pull up. So I encourage you to think of yourself as a pendulum clock, to think of yourself as that first person that's willing to start singing that gets everyone else going, to have more of an influence in your world. That is what you can do when it feels overwhelming and you feel helpless. You can change your world. You can have an impact in your world. I would be remiss if I didn't create another call to action of, it is so helpful to see our thoughts out on paper or on a screen. So especially if you feel thoughts of anger about this weekend, I encourage you, if you have a favorite method of journaling, whether that be you have a favorite journal, a physical journal, or if you use Evernote or Google Docs or whatever, I encourage you to use whatever method you love to answer that question — "Why am I so angry about X?" In this case, Charlottesville. And then I encourage you to ask a second question of yourself, is "Do I feel helpless? And then if so, why?" I encourage you to journal on those topics. It will help you see your thoughts, understand your thoughts more clearly. But it will also really give you insight into people around you and potentially what they're feeling, what they're thinking, what they're concerned about, and be able to approach them, be that clock, be that first person to sing in a more effective way. If you don't yet have a method of journaling, I have a gift for you. If you go over to UnSabotage.com/tryit, it's a blank journal. It is full of space for you to write. It's a printable, so you can just download it for free. Then at the end, there is the really cool key that helps you to see your thoughts in a totally different visual color-coded way. So like I said, journal on those, whatever method, but if you're looking for a method, I have one for you because I really believe in the power of that. So again, be that pendulum clock, be that first person to start singing, and you can help change your world today. Have an amazing day, and I will see you next Tuesday at 11:00 AM Pacific. Bye, Gorgeous. So, with all that said, I hope you enjoyed my take on what we actually have power to change in our own worlds. You are a beautiful person! XOXO, Ginny

Wait, what? Don't you mean glass ceilings? Nope! In this episode, we unpack what a Glass Wall is, how they affect our lives and what they're actually made of. Spoiler alert: Glass Walls are those barriers we unintentionally put up in our own way. The good and the bad of it is we actually have the power to shatter them (instead of run into them). Interested in trying a unique exercise we use over at UnSabotage? Hop on over to UnSabotage.com/tryit to claim yours now. I promise, it'll be an eye-opening, clarity-forming use of your time. Here's today's transcript: Hey, Gorgeous! Ginny Townsend here, and I am so thankful that you're on here watching with me. If we haven't met before, like I said, my name is Ginny Townsend, and I am the founder of UnSabotage. It's a beautiful and unique community of women that gather with the sole intention of figuring out what's been holding us back, and then, how can we step into the life that we love. And now, I've been really excited about this video because I want to share one of the word pictures that has really changed my life. And, if you're new, if you don't know me, and you continue to get to know me, you'll find that I love analogies, that I love word pictures, and so this is the one that I think is the most poignant, and I wanted to start out my Facebook Live series with. It's the idea of “Glass Walls.” We all have them, and I'm sure when you hear me say that, you're like, "Well, Ginny, don't you mean 'glass ceilings'?" And actually, I don't. Now, what's the difference? Glass ceilings, they're externally imposed. They reflect more of the culture at a macro level than really any one individual. Oftentimes they require campaigns, awareness, key figures, and sometimes even legislation to change. Whereas Glass Walls, they are all internal. We have the ability and the control, once we know what they are, to shatter them. Another reason why I love this analogy of Glass Walls is, you can running, charging ahead, and then all of the sudden, WHAM, out of nowhere you feel like you hit a wall that you didn't know was there. You didn't see it coming, right, 'cause it's glass. You can see right through it. You can see where you want to be, but something is holding you back. And so, I am here today because I love the idea of knowledge is power, awareness is power, but then knowing and understanding what the key components are to these glass walls will change your life. So, there are just two building blocks in these Glass Walls. Just two of them. And the first one is limiting thoughts. There are limiting thoughts. And then the second one is our old habits. Now, what do I mean by these? With limiting thoughts, I came across a report published by the Cleveland Clinic a few months ago that I thought put great numbers to what I had been experiencing. In the report they said, the average person thinks 60,000 thoughts a day. I think that's about a thought a second of our waking hours. That's a lot of thoughts. And then, what actually almost knocked me out of my chair was, when I kept reading, and it said, 95% of our thoughts that we think today we thought yesterday. And then, if that's not astonishing enough, they went on to say, 80% of those thoughts are negative. So, 95% of our thoughts that we think every day are in automation. Automation. And I call these thoughts that we think, these 95% of our thoughts that we think every day, I call them soundtracks. And why I do that is, they're loud enough, they influence us, right? They influence our decisions, but they're not loud enough that we actually stop and question their validity. So, what's an example of a limiting thought? That could be like, "Oh, no, I'm not good enough for that," or "Failure is terrifying. I shouldn't even try." You're like, "Don't get out there. Failure is way too big and scary. Don't even try." Or, the "I'm not good enough" thought, which is devastating. So, those are limiting thoughts. And then, the other building block of Glass Walls are our old habits. What's interesting about old habits is, when they were formed, they could have served your highest good. They could have been extremely powerful to your life, and taking you forward. An example that I like to use because I noticed it in my own life is, in a previous role, as soon as I would wake up in the morning, I would check my email to see, okay, what kind of day am I walking into? To mentally prepare, to get the team started on whatever needed to be done, but then when I moved on from that role, I continued that habit. But then in my new role, my mornings were my creative master time. I needed those mornings to be focused and working on writing and creating content, and I’m working on a course, and I'll be telling you more about that course later on. But that old habit, I didn't realize that it was continuing, obviously, 'cause it was a habit. I never questioned it. So when I would sit down to write, I'd be kind of scattered because I had just checked my email, and my thoughts were everywhere but where they needed to be. So that is an example of a habit that could have served you so well, but then now, you've outgrown, or it's just holding you back. What I love, again, about the two building blocks of Glass Walls is that they're both internal, and we have the ability to, once we know what they are, to shatter them, to remove them, to redefine them, so they actually help propel you forward to where you want to be. Your goals, your relationship, your career, whatever it may be. So, along those lines, it's like, "Okay, so I know now, Glass Walls." I bet you're thinking of, maybe, certain times where you feel like you hit Glass Walls, right? What do I do about it? What's next? And, honestly, really, the best way that I have found to get rid of these Glass Walls, to shatter them, is to get our thoughts, just a they are, no judgment, out of our brain an onto paper where we can see our thoughts and then actually do something about it. So, I have created a gift for you, and if you go over to unsabotage.com/tryit, it's a freebie that you can download, and I've created a couple different videos for you to be able to get the most out of the experience, and it's called UnClutter, and it's just getting thoughts that are at the top of your mind out of your mind onto paper so you can start to see, hey, what are my limiting beliefs? What are these recurring words that I keep saying? And then, what are, maybe, some old habits that are around and no longer serving me well? So, I hope that you go over to unsabotage.com/tryit. I'm really excited to see what comes up when you go through this exercise. I think it's very empowering, it's very uplifting, and it's refreshing. That's the feedback that I constantly get about this exercise, and it's just the tip of the iceberg about what's possible. So, thank you so much for joining me today on the Shattering Your Glass Walls Facebook Live. Did you like what I had to say? If so, share it. I would be so honored if you would send it to your friends and help them see that they can move forward with just a little bit of awareness and exercise on their part. I hope you have an amazing day. Thanks again for joining, and I'll see you next Tuesday at 11 a.m. Pacific. Bye, Gorgeous!

Hey, Gorgeous! My name is Ginny Townsend and welcome to my podcast! To start on a personal note, I am an absolutely podcast junkie so the fact that your listening to this is a personal dream come true! So, I wanted to create Episode 0 to welcome you into my world, talk about this podcast, share some of my story, and then let you know how we can stay connected. Every week, I’ll share unique and interesting stories, analogies (oh, goodness, I love a good analogy), and strategies to help you - the driven, heart-centered business women or entrepreneur step into a life you adore. Sounds great, right? So, how do I plan on doing this? Something I’ve found in my own life (and this was the reason that I started the experiment called UnSabotage) was, I had a few specific goals in my professional life and was charging forward toward them when something crazy happened. I ran into what I now call a “Glass Wall.” I’ll explain more about what these are in the first episode but for now I’ll say they are roadblocks that I put up in my own way without even knowing about it. That’s right! I was getting in my own way! I had heard other people say “so and so is always getting in their own way” and I remember thinking why would someone do this? Let’s just say, it totally took me off guard because I consider myself to be a high-achiever. I loved having goals and crushing them! I loved school! I loved working! I only saw a bright future and then WHAM! Yep, a Glass Wall. The 2 cruel things about Glass Walls are you can see right through them to where you want to be and you don’t always see them coming. But I remember deciding that this was NOT going to be the end of me and this was NOT going to be as far as I’d go! So, I went to town! I did all kinds of research, interviewed all kinds of women who had achieved their dreams and done great things, I started digging into my own story and then the magic happened when I started applying the principles I used with my marketing and branding clients to my own life. SOOO many things became clear and I was able to start dismantling the Glass Walls in front of me. So, in these episodes, I’ll be sharing my own personal stories and I’ll be sharing with you the different approaches I’ve used to shatter Glass Walls and start to see them coming. Why am I sharing all of this? I spent a good 2+ years obsessively working through what had actually happened to trigger me getting in my own way and I became my own guinea pig in several experiments. I’ve had the chance to meet some amazing people in the process and I’ve read more books trying to unpack this topic than I’d previously know existed. And thankfully, my life looks totally different than it did about 3 years ago. So, if there is a way for all that learning, all those experiments, all those experiences, my stories and even the different ways I’ve started looking at things can help other women, I’d consider UnSabotage to be my life’s greatest work so far! I guess you could say, I’m doing this for you. I hope these episodes encourage you and even challenge you to push through and not settle, to strongly believe that there is always more in store for you. Like I mentioned in the intro, this is the podcast version of the weekly show originally filmed on Facebook LIVE so if you want to watch the video version hop on over to UnSabotage.com and Like UnSabotage on Facebook. And because I love podcasts so much, I’ll be sharing bonus episodes and interviews with AMAZING women here that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. To celebrate the launch of UnSabotage with Ginny Townsend, I’ll be posting an episode a day for this first week, then we’ll move to a weekly podcast. So, that is what to expect from UnSabotage with Ginny Townsend in a nutshell. I’m excited for you to come alongside me on this journey. And if you have any questions or want me to feature a specific topic, shoot me an email at heyginny@unsabotage.com. I can’t wait to hear from you and I’ll see you in the first episode!

Ein veganer Podcast? Was soll das? Wer steckt dahinter und was könnt ihr hier erwarten? Unser Host und Moderator Lars stellt sich vor und gibt euch einen Ausblick über das was euch auf unserem Podcast erwartet. So viel vorweg - jeden Montag gibt es jetzt eine neue Episode auf's Ohr! Fragen zur Show? Schickt uns einfach eine Mail an podcast@veggieworld.de oder besucht uns persönlich auf einer VeggieWorld in eurer Nähe. Links zur Show: [1] "Glass Walls" by Paul McCartney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql8xkSYvwJs  [2] Sustainability and Food Choice: Why Eating Local, "Less" Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won't Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fws0f9s4Bas  

It's more than 40 years later, and businesses and homes are awash with computing devices. There's more computing power in my watch than on that entire top floor of equipment back in the early 70's. Much has changed... except it seems there remains a divide between the techies behind that glass wall and the business desk on the outside.   At the end of 2016, Barbara Dossetter of CIO Connect and I undertook a research project to better understand the current frustrations and challenges faced by both tech and business leaders. It's something I've been doing every 3 years or so that we can continue to pragmatically address the real issues faced in the workplace and not just spout empty Ivory Tower theories.   What is particularly shocking is that those essential glass walls from the 70's are metaphorically still in place today. It seems that Business Leaders are frustrated that the techies are still not aligning the systems to the needs of the business. In the meantime, Tech Leaders tell us that they are frustrated with stakeholders (business leaders) changing their minds throughout the projects!   Could it be that these two major frustrations that cost massive time delays, significant reduction in ROI from projects and inordinate stress to both parties have the same root cause?   Isn't it time we smashed down those glass walls and Tech leaders learn to speak business unto business?   And before my fellow Techies get up in arms about this and suggest that it should be the business folk who should learn to speak tech unto tech... let me share a little secret with you. Business language hasn't changed in over a century. Tech changed yesterday. We cannot expect business people to learn the language of Tech. Respect and recognise the vast contributions and acknowledge all the excellent work, yes. But if we wait for Business leaders to learn how to communicate to tech, we'll miss this opportunity to address the challenges.   And the great news is that it will be possible to achieve the holy trinity for tech projects once we learn how to bring all stakeholders on board and keep them partnering together. On time, within budget and delivered to business needs and expectations.    But it's not solely the responsibility of the tech team. As one of my clients mentioned after reading the draft report: There isn't a single project in the business that doesn't now involve IT in some way. We need to Invest time up front on tech and business programmes to ensure that all stakeholders completely understand and that the programme is aligned with what the business wants and needs is likely to save swathes of wasted time and effort and money later.   You can download the report in the form of a PDF White Paper now.    Discover all the frustrations and issues from both the Tech and Business perspectives and what it is costing your business.   Barb and I are putting together some exciting development and consulting solutions to overcome these issues and we'll be sharing the Power Continuum Dashboard in the coming weeks as one way you can quickly and accurately assess where your organisation sits in it's maturity for the 21st century. Contact us and find out how we can help guide you, with no obligation, to break that glass because there is an emergency.

R. Dana Browne first fell in love with acting in fourth grade playing a role in a school play. In high school he helped co-write an award winning one act docudrama for his High School drama team. Afterwards, he continued briefly in college and joined a theater company in Washington, DC focusing on Social issues. After a hiatus R. Dana moved to North Carolina and began a transition from stage to film and television Landing local and national commercials, film and television roles. Recently, R. Dana branched into Executive Producer on short films hitting film festivals nationally. Take 2 Radio chats with R. Dana Browne about his current project on domestic abuse and love called Glass Walls. 

How would you run if you knew there was a glass wall that you could run into?  We build these walls that we can't even see around ourselves that keep us from doing our best!  Use Verbal Surgery as a glass cutter and FREE YOURSELF from the constraints around you!