Podcasts about Gnawing

Get ready to bang your head, metal warriors! CHRIS AKIN PRESENTS... cranks it up with Your Spirit Dies' Brandon Byers. Their debut MY GNAWING PAINS WILL NEVER REST brings extreme heaviness that'll rattle your bones. Byers dishes on signing with MNRK Heavy, writing anti-spiritual bangers without hating on faith, and why new bands get ignored. Europe tours are coming—tune in for the chaos!NOTE: Everything said here, and on every episode of all of our shows, are 100% the opinions of the hosts. Nothing is stated as fact. Do your own research to see if their opinions are true or not.Follow us for more riff-heavy episodes!Get a free Rumble Account so you can comment! https://rumble.com/register/classicmetalshow/Get commercial free versions of our episodes, advance releases and exclusive content by subscribing to Rumble Premium! https://rumble.com/premium#MetalPodcast #YourSpiritDies #HeavyMetal #ExtremeMetal #ChrisAkin

We were very fortunate to have Brandon Byars from Your Spirit Dies on the podcast to talk about their new album, "My Gnawing Pains Will Never Rest". Enjoy!Your Spirit Dies Socials: Twitter: https://x.com/yourspiritdiesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourspiritdies/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourspiritdies/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yourspiritdiesYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcmiGdMJwWP7MDCBl0J95EgApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/your-spirit-dies/1495918048Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iLA9qNrXngiyQqZjcnwxtBandcamp: https://yourspiritdies.bandcamp.com/album/my-gnawing-pains-will-never-restWebsite: https://yourspiritdies.com/Grab some GNP Merch!: https://goodnoisepodcast.creator-spring.com/Check out the recording gear we use: https://www.amazon.com/shop/goodnoisepodcastSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodnoisepodcastGood Noise Podcast Socials:Twitter: https://twitter.com/good_noise_castInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodnoisepodcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodnoisepodDiscord: https://discord.gg/nDAQKwTYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFHKPdUxxe1MaGNWoFtjoJASpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/04IMtdIrCIvbIr7g6ttZHiAll other streaming platforms: https://linktr.ee/goodnoisepodcastBandcamp: https://goodnoiserecords.bandcamp.com/

Send us a textMegan and Michelle acknowledge loneliness, compassion, choosing solitude, the horseshoe effects, spinsters, tiny home villages, lack of community, and someone to go home to.Sources:- Loneliness: Causes and Health Consequences- The surprising truth about loneliness in America- The best way to help women? End the male loneliness epidemic- Speaking of Psychology: Are we in a “loneliness pandemic”? With Louise Hawkley, PhD****************Want to support Prosecco Theory?Become a Patreon subscriber and earn swag!Check out our merch, available on teepublic.com!Follow/Subscribe wherever you listen!Rate, review, and tell your friends!Follow us on Instagram!****************Ever thought about starting your own podcast? From day one, Buzzsprout gave us all the tools we needed get Prosecco Theory off the ground. What are you waiting for? Follow this link to get started. Cheers!!

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Welcome back to The Pulling Curls Podcast! In today's episode, Hilary Erickson shares her personal experience with appendicitis. From the initial symptoms to her time in the hospital and the recovery process, Hilary provides a detailed and eye-opening account of what it's like to deal with a ruptured appendix. Tune in for valuable insights, emotional moments, and practical tips on navigating an unexpected medical crisis while balancing motherhood and daily life. Big thanks to our sponsor Family Routines -- they can really save you when the stuff hits the fan. If routines have only one fan it's me -- especially after this. Links for you: My Semaglutide episode. Timestamps: 00:00 Mom's thoughts overwhelm before surgery; responsibilities linger. 05:07 High cost delayed treatment despite severe pain. 07:35 Delayed surgery led to complications, still satisfied. 11:03 Mom's hospital worries: life insurance and minutiae. 15:18 Gnawing stomach pain caused anxiety and fear. 16:09 Grateful for doctor; small change improved everything. 19:36 Upcoming episodes: pregnancy exercise, health insurance. Keypoints: Hilary Erickson shares her recent experience with appendicitis, highlighting the details of her symptoms and diagnosis. She describes the importance of routines, which helped her family manage during her absence. Despite the signs, she initially attributed her stomach pain to other causes, including semaglutide and muscle pain. Hilary discusses the tests for appendicitis, explaining the concept of rebound tenderness and how her symptoms differed. She eventually went to the ER, detailing the financial concerns and pain that prompted her to seek medical help. Her appendix had burst, leading to septic shock and a more complicated recovery process. She emphasizes the challenges of hospital life, including the struggle to get rest and the limited food options. Hilary voices the emotional weight of being a mom facing surgery, worrying about household tasks and family needs. Post-surgery, she talks about her recovery process, the trauma of the event, and the importance of communicating with healthcare providers. Upcoming episodes will cover topics like pregnancy exercise with Kaylee Cohen and her unconventional approach to health insurance. Producer: Drew Erickson Keywords: Hilary Erickson, Pulling Curls podcast, appendicitis, episode 247, nurse, pregnancy nurse, family routines, semaglutide, abdominal pain, lower right quadrant, DigestZen, doTERRA, rebound tenderness, ER visit, septic shock, CT scan, morphine, Fentanyl, Dilaudid, IV antibiotics, laparoscopic surgery, general anesthesia, post-operative recovery, hospital stay, clear liquids diet, hospital at home, protonics, infection control, surgeon, home healthcare, patient experience.

Lords: * Cort * Mark Topics: * The best and worst thing you've ever found in the trash. * Traveling with children & associated challenges/solutions * Adventures with BB-8 * Survey of Forms - Burma-Shave Sign, by Andrew Plotkin * https://eblong.com/zarf/thod/58.html * The useless superpowers game * Does Mega Man ever suffer ennui? Microtopics: * Dependable sources of guava. * Staring at the raccoons as they go by at night. * Room temperature ice cream full of bullets. * Vietnamese guava vs. central american guava. * Gnawing through a leathery rock to impress your in-laws. * Cudgel Hero Faction. * A life-sized deer sticking out of your neighbor's trash can. * What to do with three quarters of a deer. * Swimming around in a treasure factory and finding spices. * Explaining to your mom where this salt and pepper came from. * Dodging a delicious treat bullet. * Bringing home a NeXT machine from the dumpsters behind Carnegie Mellon. * Throwing away 30 year old legal books and a time traveling lawyer compares you to Hitler. * Won't somebody think of the LA hipsters? * Figuring out how to be okay not having exactly what you want all the time. * Getting heatstroke in Japan. * Mr. Puddles Pineapple having the time of his life. * Getting a photo of your stuffed penguin at a Hamlet castle holding a skull. * Is it really fake if you're telling the truth in a fake way? * Housekeeping having a good time with your stuffed animals. * The perfect companion to explore the Star Wars Galaxy by your side. * Arranging yourself external motivators. * A skill separate from cooking that is still relevant to the dining experience. * Butterfly Pee Tea. * Interwoven bread dough. * These are Zelda meatballs! * Trying out the recipe for Dubious Food in the Zelda cookbook. * Sonic the Hedgehog chili that takes five hours to make. * Rouge the Bat's favorite dish. * Very round droid. Rounder than most. * The make-your-own-lightsaber course class project room experience. * Going to Disneyland and asking someone in costume for directions to the speakeasy. * A game that exists to make children sad. * Everyone working together to blow the shit out of Bowser, Jr. * Losing the boss battle with Bowser Jr. at Super Nintendo World and the attendant hands you the dongle so your kids can listen to Princess Peach crying in despair the entire drive home. * Explaining to the Super Nintendo World staff that you shouldn't need all the keys to get to the final boss because that's not how Mario games are typically structured. * The guy trying to backwards long jump the stairs to the final boss in Super Nintendo World. * A series of billboards that turn out to be a poem. * Which came first, the Pizza Hut or the building shaped like a hut that you make pizza in? * A racially insensitive fireworks store. * Dropping a CRT monitor off of a tall building vs. dropping an LCD display. * Raccoons witnessing crimes. * Shaking exactly two aspirin out of the bottle every single time. * An extremely opaque Pepper's Ghost. * Mega Man defeating Ennui Man and acquiring his powers. * Mega Man can't defeat Dr. Wily because of Asimov's Three Laws. * Dr. Light deleting Mega Man's special abilities between games because he needs the hard drive space for porn. * Mega Man choosing to forget Crash Man's memories because he's tired of remembering that awkward first date. * Dr. Wily hacking everyone's iPhone to have the latest U2 album. * Searching for lords and finding a random raccoon.

Aleph cases are those that came before Raedulf's discovery of the Shiga Machine. Brief episodes depicting old case studies from Red's past. With no order or firm canon to speak of, these will largely be from memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MG reviews the Met Gala, a Chinese zoo is trying to pass dogs off as panda's & a German political party is trying to subsidise kebabs. Plus, comedian Lehmo joins us and brings a couple of WTF's to the team. Join Mick & MG weekday mornings from 6am or grab the podcast everyday on LiSTNR or where ever you get your podcasts. #MickAndMGInTheMorningSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You know you talk about the tournament... Kim English talking about his marital status. Missouri... those college teams are good, huh? Listeners poking the bear with Jackson on the topic. Iggy's firings across history. New SoundStory feature. Youth sports, should everyone play? Cutting kids from teams. Iggy's attempt to book Stevie Nicks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You know you talk about the tournament... Kim English talking about his marital status. Missouri... those college teams are good, huh? Listeners poking the bear with Jackson on the topic. Iggy's firings across history. New SoundStory feature. Youth sports, should everyone play? Cutting kids from teams. Iggy's attempt to book Stevie Nicks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another year has come to a close, so its time to look back at the best albums of 2023. Dylan and Justin go through 10 picks each of their favorite records from the year. majorawards.bandcamp.comJoin our Patreon to get bonus audio, videos, blog posts, and access to our Discord for only $1 at patreon.com/punklottopodPodcast platforms and social media links at linktr.ee/punklottopodCall our voicemail line: 202-688-PUNKLeave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Song clips featured on this episode:Connections - Slow RideAJJ - Death MachineCable Ties - Perfect ClientGel - DiceyRivalry - SatelliteHalf Stack - I Might TryDead Pioneers - Bad IndianSuzie True - DrainOpen City - Return Your Stolen Property Is TheftMoving Targets - Make It Easy  Rodeo Boys - Feel the SamePaint it Black - FamineDaisy Chain - Nothing in Your HandGnawing - Gimme TinnitusScreaming Females - Mourning DoveRatboys - Morning Zoo  Teenage Fanclub - Back to the LightWorriers - Trust Your GutDropkick - TelephoneLucero - Macon If We Make It

Join your host, Shelly Burns, of Maneuvering Obstacles Through Menopause Podcast.   How many of you are dealing with aches and pains? You aren't sure if it is hormone related, injury injury-related?  Do you feel like the Tinman moving around some days?   Well, in today's episode, we will talk about the science, solutions, and strategies involving joint pain and joint health.   These are easy and simple task to help you knock those aches and pains out of the park.    Follow Shelly Burns, D.C. at: 30 Free Workouts you can do from home or anywhere:  https://menopausesecrets.com/30workouts Order my Book: Menopause Tsunami: How to Ride the Hormone Waves Like a Badass https://a.co/d/dlKtl1A Website: www.DrShellyBurns.com Book a Free 15-minute Consult: https://calendly.com/drshellyburns/15min Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MenopauseSecrets

That's not all he's done. Featuring... Five. Minute. Fight. - Ghost (1990) "It does what it needs to do" What Is It? - In which we put baby (Corey) in the corner (other recording booth) as we (Rachel and Sam) read a script for Corey (baby) to identify Hosted by your own personal cinematic Oppenheimer & Barbie! Music by Splash '96 Recorded & Edited by Boutwell Studios

Though few people ever realize it, human desire is never fulfilled for long. Inevitably, desire rises again and again, never satisfied. Here's how we can avoid the trap. Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more information. To learn more about Michael's private counseling, visit http://www.MichaelBenner.com. To learn more about Michael's book, visit http://www.FearlessIntelligence.com.

Episode 2751: The Rats Are Gnawing Away On The American's Wallets

by Ben Goldfarb • Scientists have long overlooked beavers in the intertidal zone. Now they're counting on the freshwater rodents to restore Washington's coastal ecosystems. Originally published in January 2019, the story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. This is a podcast where we talk to guests about their favorite albums. Today we're talking with Fisher Mays of the band Wishkit. We talked about 12 Rods' 2002 album "Separation Anxieties." We also talk about the documentary Accidents Waiting to Happen & about Todd Rundgren and the growing cult of 12 Rods. Wishkit released their EP, "Hot Gold" early last year and just recently followed that up with a 4-way split with Gnawing, Mo Troper and New You. Check that out now wherever you stream music. https://laserpuppyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rock-against-bush Subscribe to our Patreon here: www.patreon.com/spinningoutpod Follow us on social media -- twitter and instagram (@Spinningoutpod)

Newest Pokemon just dropped! Psychic-poison type, has 2 evolutions, something about eggs. Special move is mansplaining Subway cookies and butting into group teeth-brushing sessions. Yeah, this Pokemon is not for everyone . . . how about even newer Pokemon, CupHolder? Suggested talking points: The Sound of 18 Brushes, Dougbater, Emo Basketball Type, A Little Bit of Ruffalo Coming Out the Sides, Trash Cat, Always a Risk of BeesHarmony House: http://harmonyhouse.org/

Summary:  In this episode, Dr. Peter brings together what we have been learning about receiving love in the story of Susanna Lead-in:  There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls at least be offered the chance to be restored. The reader of today looks for this motion, and rightly so, but what he has forgotten is the cost of it. His sense of evil is diluted or lacking altogether, and so he has forgotten the price of restoration. When he reads a novel, he wants either his sense tormented or his spirits raised. He wants to be transported, instantly, either to mock damnation or a mock innocence.”  Catholic Novelist Flannery O'Connor Intro.   I have been doing a lot of podcast lecturing.  Dense programming, lots of information.  Like Episode 99.  Not a bad thing.  But I want you to really take in what I'm offering at a bones level.  To possess it at the felt level, to be that familiar with it.  Not just head knowledge.  Whole self knowledge.   So I am going back to another way of learning, one I haven't emphasized enough.  Stories.  Today, I am going to tell you a story.  A story about receiving different kinds of love.  Why? Here's why.  In the words of Edward Miller tells us.  “Stories are our primary tools of learning and teaching, the repositories of our lore and legends. They bring order into our confusing world." Our primary tools for teaching and learning.  And it's true.  We teach our children in their earliest years through stories and experiences.  Not through lectures.   I am Peter Malinoski, clinical psychologist, passionate Catholic, co-founder and president of Souls and Hearts and soulsandhearts.com, and I am very pleased to with you as  your host and guide in this Interior Integration for Catholics podcast, episode 101 to be your storyteller, to tell you a story.  This episode is titled A Story about Receiving Different Kinds of Love -- a story we can all related to.   Prepping for the Story  Ways to Listen Listen to the Story  Listening to yourself as you listen to the Story.   What is going on inside Listen to your own parts Can pause the audio  Reflective space  What are your noticing  What are you resonating with in the story, what is impacting you.?  What are you rejecting   Parts -- Episode 71 A new and better way of understanding myself and others.   Needs  Primary Conditions for Secure Attachment Felt sense of safety and protection -- have to go through the valley of shame, fear, anger, grief  Feeling seen, heard, known and understood -- have to tolerating being in relationship, being present.   Feeling comforted, soothed and reassured  Feeling cherished, treasured, delighted in  Feeling the other has your best interests at heart   Integrity Needs My need to exist and survive  My need to matter  My need to have agency  My need to be good  My need for mission and purpose in life   Resistance to Being Loved from IIC 99  Limited vision and lack of imagination, leading to a refusal to be transformed by God We don't understand God's love The Costs of Being Loved by God Poor God images Poor Self images -- Shame Refusal to be vulnerable, to be exposed, to be revealed to God.  Lack of courage. Anger at God -- rebellion Cautions -- could be evocative for you -- parts of you may really connect in various ways.  I want you to take care of your self and your parts as you listen to the story.  If you need a break, take a break.   The Story -- Hero's Journey outline  The Ordinary World Susanna -- 40 year old married mother of three -- Brown hair, warm brown eyes, and easy smile, she laughs at your jokes -- the kind of person that you immediately felt comfortable with.  Open and engaging with other people, was well read, and could talk about your interests.  Socially adept, she coordinated making meals for local women who had babies.  Had a sense that she had suffered in her life and understood something about suffering.  And that was true Life wasn't always easy for Susanna Grew up in Culpeper, VA, 75 miles west of Washington DC, oldest of four children, all girls.  Named Susan.   Mother -- quiet, introverted - an interior designer turned homemaker.   Father -- extroverted, warm, gregarious high school teacher - taught algebra, geometry and trigonometry at Culpeper County High School  -- great sense of humor, gratifying, and a pretty easy grader, students loved him and he really liked being a popular teacher.  Strong sense that father had favorites among the daughters, and she wasn't one of them   When Susan was age 16, her mother divorced her father -- his affairs, excessive drinking Mother devastated.  Really wanted her daughter to understand.  Susanna was cold.   Read the divorce decree "Irreconcilable differences"  And she was so angry  At an emotional level, Susan repudiated both Mom and Dad.  Not understanding, not wanting to understand.   Decided to go by "Susanna" -- three reasons Devoted to the Chronicles of Narnia -- The last book of the series, The Last Battle.  Aslan says "Susan is no longer a friend of Narnia."  Given to nylons, lipstick, and party invitations -- she didn't seem serious  any more.   Susan was her given name -- she wanted different name, but not too different  In the Bible, in Daniel chapter 13, Susanna was the beautiful, faithful wife of Joakim.  She refused to be blackmailed into adultery by two respectable men of high stature in the community, two judges, who just happened to have also be voyeurs, peeping-Toms.  Susanna preferred death by denunciation rather than compromise her moral principles, and was saved by a young boy, Daniel, whose clever cross-examination of the accusers revealed them to be liars.  Susanna was a real heroine in her eyes, someone to be emulated.   Shuttling back and forth between parents, who were drifting from the Faith. Mom pursued an annulment got it, and remarried the summer after Susanna's graduation from high school.  Susanna refused to be in the bridal party, refused to go to the wedding.  Like many teenagers in this position, Susan rebelled.  But not by using alcohol, drugs or sex.  Susan rebelled by becoming more Catholic --  Went to Christendom college, it was close, it was Catholic.  She was determined to make a new life there.  Leave the old life behind.  Came home to see her parents as little as possible, focused on her sisters when she did come home.  Very uncommunicative with Mom and Dad.   Christendom is where she met Brett, who eventually became her husband.   Mathematics major, got into computer programming.  Very introverted, not very social.  Not socially awkward, exactly, but not at all inclined to parties and large groups.   Home based -- independent contractor.   High income Fantasy Role playing Games.   Children 16 year old Savannah, her oldest -- now driving and asserting her independence.   13 year old Trevor -- athlete, mechanically talented, liked woodworking  10 year old Micah -- still really cute and cuddly with Mom, starting to play volleyball and very into play dates with her friends.   The Call to Adventure Had been a freelance writer, mostly for Catholic publications, small but dedicated following. Made a little money.   Fr. Brownlee, the pastor asks her if she would consider being the assistant for ministry outreach at their suburban mega-parish.  Part time position.   Ray de la Cruz, the director for ministry outreach needed and assistant, just 10-15 hours per week, a lot of writing and some event planning, event management.   Fr. Brownlee, the pastor, love to have you on board, consider it -- Office at the parish, near the parish grade school, close to her two youngest kids.  A fit for her charisms.   Refusing the Call to Adventure She has a comfortable life, deciding not to do it.  Likes her home.   Brett starting to have some odd heart problems.  High blood pressure for years, stress of hitting deadlines.  Not doing as well.  Strange bodily symptoms, heart racing, no biological causes found.  Sometimes off of work for a week at a time, income not so stable.   Gnawing anxiety about that -- his father and grandfather had both died young.  She wasn't confident that she could handle the family finances if he died or became incapacitated.  Pushing it out of her mind.   Conflict increasing at home, especially between Trevor and Brett.   Need for human contact, writing getting lonely.  Brett not very good company right now, irritable, sad.    Maybe she does have something to offer.  Kids are more independent now, very busy.   Meeting the Mentor Ray, the director of ministry outreach -- really dynamic guy, lots of positive energy.  Brought in six months ago to revitalize the ministry outreach and find ways to really reach people, bring them more alive in the Faith.   Lots of initiatives across the different demographics of the parish.  Just needed a little help.   Susanna didn't know him well.  But from her vantage point, she did appreciate how he motivated people, how he stayed on his message of getting people to pray, to spend time with the Lord.  The Eucharistic Adoration chapel at the parish had been pretty moribund, but now it was lively, and teenagers from the youth groups were regularly taking hours in front of the Lord, even her daughter Savannah.  Ray was direct, straight-talking and had just come from significant success as an assistant VP in a mid-size marketing firm, but now was looking for more meaning and purpose in his life.  He was 38, had a few years in diocesan seminary, discerned out, and had never married.  He was doing an amazing outreach with the Latino community in the parish as well.   In the initial interview with Ray about the position, Susanna felt uplifted and supported.  She sensed that Ray was interested in her life, her background.  He discussed how he wanted to craft the position around the person -- around her -- capitalizing on her strengths, gifts, charisms, and not trying to fit her to some procrustean bed of a rigid position description.  And he really wanted to make sure that the position, if she took it, fostered her spiritual life.  "We have a start-up spirit here, not your same old parish corporate Catholicism" he said, laughing.  He was a fan of Dynamic Catholic and Matthew Kelly, had his books handy, Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic was his favorite book, he told her.  So much in there we can learn to put in practice here.   Let me think about it.  Give me two weeks.  "OK, Susanna, you have two weeks.  Take all the time you need.  I'll be praying for you.  Just don't forget about me, OK, get in back in touch when you are ready."   If I am going to step back out in the world, I would want the position to support my spiritual life, foster my prayer life, help me toward holiness.  I would want someone in my corner, Susanna thought.  Someone who really had my back, someone that would advocate for me, some who understood me.  I need that.  If I start working outside our home again, I would need a supervisor who actually cares about me as a person not just what I can do for them.  Then with just a little twinge, a feeling she couldn't quite identify, the next thought came.  Someone like Ray.  She corrected herself.  Mr. De la Cruz.   Crossing the Threshold Ten days later she came back to the parish offices met  Ray and Fr. Brownlee in Ray's office and said, I'm in, but here's the caveat.  I want to try it for 90 days, see how it goes -- family life, how this sits with Brett, it's been a long while since I've been working in the world.   All right, Ray said, his face lighting up.  Let's do this -- and no worries, Susanna, this parish isn't the world,  You'll be working in the Church, not the world.  Fr. Brownlee shook her hand and smiled.  Have Martha onboard you with all the employment paperwork, she'll walk you through all that tedium.  I will let you and Ray figure out the details about how to work together, I trust you both, I have to go, financial reports for the Archdiocese are waiting.  You know how to reach me if you need something.  God bless.   Let's start with prayer, said Ray.  And without waiting for her to answer, he prayed out loud, thanking God for the parish, for Fr. Brownlee, for the outreach work, the work of evangelization, for the beauty of the day, and for Susanna joining the staff, bringing all her gifts and talents and her whole being to the team.  Then he made the sign of the cross.   All right, Ray said again, let's shake on the deal.  He held out his hand and she shook it, and felt a ripple of electricity surges up her arm as he gave her a quick squeeze before releasing.  She felt excited, was she really happy?  She hadn't sensed such an uplift in a long time.  I must have gotten older than my years somehow, she thought to herself.  She smiled warmly at him and he laughed again and asked "what's your schedule for today?   Test, Allies, Enemies The next six month seemed like a whirlwind to Susanna.   She absolutely embraced the parish work. Her confidence rose week by week.  Ray was able to find just the right growing edges for her, to really stretch her but not overwhelm her.  They read passages from Matthew Kelly's book "The Dream Manager" and brainstormed together about her professional development.   Susanna did most of the planning for the eighth grade retreat, and her son Trevor said that all his friends at school thought it was the best retreat ever.   Susanna connected with Martha, the parish administrative assistant and Sharon, the school principal, who also took an interest in her and appreciated her eating lunch with the students including Trevor and Micah on occasion.   And she made a lot of mistakes, there was a steep learning curve for Susanna.  Ray laughed them off with one or more of his inexhaustible supply of quotes.   For the eighth grade graduation supper, Susanna caused great commotion with a caterer -- Susanna had made several errors in placing the order and then alienated the caterer in her frantic attempts to force everything to work out.  Multiple different entrees had to be prepared in an emergency, the food quality suffered and worst of all, all Trevor's classmates knew it was Susanna's fault.  The caterer complained about Susanna to the pastor and the auxiliary bishop.   Susanna felt terrible, ashamed, and guilty.  Ray wasn't fazed by it at all. He just quoted the business magnate Richard Branson  who said "You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over."   That was so refreshing for Susanna, who ever since her parents' divorce had been so focused on not making mistakes.  She began to realize that she saw her parents' divorce as a huge mistake, she never wanted to make a mistake like that, and the best way to avoid making such a huge mistake was to make no mistakes at all.  She began to feel more free, like the world was a little more spacious.   At Ray's insistence, Susanna had dispensed with calling him Mr. De la Cruz after the first meeting.  My name's Raimundo, but just call me Ray.  Everyone does." And everyone did, even the school kids and the youth of the parish.   Ray seemed to have unbounded energy and no end of creative ideas.  He also took prayer seriously -- Early in the morning, Susanna would see him in the Adoration chapel.  He invited her to pray with him before they met to discern and discuss plans.  He inquired about her prayer life -- and let her know that he was continuing to pray for her, that she be a saint.  He asked her to pray for him.  And amazing things were happening in the parish.  Ray was a dynamic motivational speaker, especially for the teenagers and the young adults, and he had a way of connecting with the men of the parish as well.  He had a remarkable ability to remember names.  Susanna found herself admiring him.   She grew more and more curious about him, and what made him tick, where did he get all the energy and enthusiasm?  He never seemed to have a bad day.  He had the full support of the pastor and a lot of autonomy.   Her daughters noticed that Mom was happier and busier.  Her husband Brett seemed to be noncommittal about her working at the parish.  But he was in his funk still, and Susanna began to wonder if he might be depressed.  It was hard to know, he was so hard to reach in so many ways.   Her own prayer life was growing -- the challenges she was facing encouraged her to pray.  And now she had two teenagers, with their trials and their hormones to deal with.  Trevor, now in high school, occasionally would ask "How's it going for you, Mom at work.?  How's Ray?"  Susanna found herself tongue-tied trying to explain what her work was like to Trevor.   Susanna experienced some confusion and a vague sense of guilt about her marriage.  She struggled with how to love Brett, who so needed space and whose love languages seemed so different from hers.   He seemed even more uncomfortable with touch than in years past, with physical affection unless he had been drinking.  She had a sense that he didn't fully approve of her working at the parish, but he would not come out and say what he thought.  He was so indirect.  Why could that man not support her in something that she found joy and purpose and meaning in?  It troubled her.   Very gradually, over time, Ray became even more casual and familiar in his conversation with Susanna.  Sometimes he would call her "Susanita" and playfully refer to Susanna as his "guiding star" when she had a particularly creative idea.  He had an amazing vocabulary in multiple languages.  Once in a while, when he was in a particularly warm mood, he would refer to her with terms of affection in other languages -- querida, cara, carino, mon chéri.  She asked him about that.  He responded with a big smile and his arms open wide, I'm from Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco, We talk like that there, they are just ways of expressing friendship and connection.  And I consider you more than just my assistant.  I think we are spiritual friends -- at least I hope we are.  Like St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal.  But hey, if it bothers you, I won't use those words,  I can just call you Susanna.  No problem."  "No, no it's ok, I kind of like it.."  Great, said Ray.  Susanna, I just want to be a Ray of sunshine in your life, and he laughed heartily at his own play on words.  But those words stayed with Susanna and echoed in her memory.   A Ray of sunshine in my life.    Three weeks later, at the end of the day.  Susanna stopped by Ray's office to drop off a file and saw him head down in his chair, shaking.  "Ray?"  "Ray, are you all right?"  He took his hands from his face, eyes streaming with silent tears. "No."  "I'm not all right."  "I'm very not right."  Susanna immediately pulled up a chair next to his, and instinctively she reached out to take his right hand in both of hers.  "Ray, it's OK.  Ray, what is it?"  Ray's breathing was labored and his body shuddered.  "I'm glad you're here, I am so glad you're here. Susanna. Just stay with me for a while.  With his free hand he wiped tears from his eyes and looked at her.  "Ray, what's wrong?"  Ray broke off eye contact, looked over her head at the wall.  "I can't tell you what's wrong, Susanna.  I can't."  "I'm so alone, I am so lonely."  He looked at her again.  "I can't tell you how lonesome I am."  He looked down at their hands joined together -- "Do you know it's been four days since anyone has touched me?"  And he sobbed silently, rocking back and forth in his chair looking so wounded, looking so broken, looking like a little lost, abandoned boy.   Susanna's heart was so full of emotion, and she was acting on impulse.  She disengaged her right hand and put her arm around his shoulders holding him with just enough pressure to slow his rocking down.   Look at me, she said to him.  He looked into her eyes.  She said -- You are my Ray of Sunshine.  Remember that."  Then fear flooded through her and she ran out to her car without her coat or purse in a cold and dark mid-December mist.  Her mind was reeling and she tried to recollect herself in the driver's seat.  What had just happened?  What was going on?  She turned the key, the car started.  I need some music she said, and turned on the radio.  Savannah had tuned in last to an 80s station, and the DJ was saying, up next, Dan Fogelberg's top 10 hit from 1981, Same Auld Lang Syne.  Met my old lover in the grocery store. The snow was falling Christmas Eve I stood behind her in the frozen foods. And I touched her on the sleeve.  And then her tears flowed.  And from deep within her, a very, very young voice was crying out over and over again "I want to go home."  "I want to go home" as Dan sang on.   Two minutes later the lyrics pierced her like a spear when Dan was singing She said she'd married her an architect, Who kept her warm and safe and dry, She would've liked to say she loved the man, But she didn't like to lie.  Susanna clawed the driver's door open leaned over and threw up on the asphalt.  She shut the radio off in the middle of the saxophone solo, slammed the transmission into reverse and spun her tires on the wet pavement backing out of there, away from the parish, away from Ray, away from anywhere, just to get away.   I love Brett, Susanna insisted to herself, as she drove.  I love my husband.  I do.  I am faithful to him.  I love my husband.   But another voice, low and soft, almost gentle, said, Yes, you do.  Yes you do.  But are you sure Brett is your husband?  Of course Brett is my husband.  We're married.  We were married on October 10, we made vows to each other.  "Yes, you did.  You did.  You made a vow.  And Brett said the words too.  Maybe Brett made a vow, if he was actually capable of making a vow.  Maybe.  But, Susanna, you know that Brett is on the spectrum don't you?  What's the term Functioning autistic?  He has been since he was little.  Come now, listen to me.  How often does he look at you?  How well does he understand you, really?  Or connect with you emotionally, relationally?  What about how he shrinks from your touch so often?  How he is so, so  introverted?  How he lives so much in a fantasy world in his role playing games with anonymous gamers from all over the world?  Let's be honest, Susanna, about Brett, it's about time.   And let's be honest about you, too.  Why you wanted him for a husband.  Did you want to love him out of charity -- really?  How has that been going, you loving him?  Isn't it true that what you really wanted was your own safety, security, his income?  And isn't it true that you so desperately wanted to not depend on either of your parents, but you weren't ready to stand on your own two feet?   Shut up, shut up, shut up.  Susanna, Don't you know that you actually love Ray?  Are you that blind?  You have loved Ray for months now, but you still you won't admit it.  Didn't you just prove that, holding hands with him, your arm around him?  Your Ray of Sunshine.  Shut up, shut up, shut up! I'm going crazy, Susanna thought.  I am going round the bend.  Could it be that Brett was too impaired to marry me?  Could there be any truth to that?  She remembered several Catholic friends and acquaintances who after their civil divorces had applied for declarations of nullity for their marriages from the Archdiocesan Tribunal.  All of them were granted.   That was a long evening back at home.  Susanna told the kids and Brett she wasn't feeling well, skipped supper and went to bed where she lied awake in the darkness in the chaos of her thoughts.   The next morning she was supposed to meet with Fr. Brownlee and Ray at 9:00-- she considered calling in sick, but she knew she would have to face Ray again at some point.  She arrived at the conference room exactly at 9 -- she didn't want to be late, but she didn't want to be early.  Ray was there, looking like his old self.  He told her Fr. Brownlee is running a little late.  Hey, Susanna, about yesterday -- I'm sorry about being a hot mess.  I'm not usually like that, I know I probably made you uncomfortable.  Susanna found herself saying, no, Ray, it's OK, really, I was glad to help, and taking in his smile.  Thank you, Susanita.  Thank you.  We're OK?  Yes, Ray, we're OK.  OK. I just want to thank you for all you did for me.  You can't possibly know how much you helped me.  You were a gift from God, no really, a gift.  I thank God for you.  You were so attuned to just what I needed.  Can I give you just a little hug, to thank you, my spiritual friend, my sister in Christ?  It's hard for me to express everything that's in my heart for you just in words alone.   And Susanna, speechless, gave the slightest of nods before being enfolded in Ray's arms.  Her body felt electrified as he held her, she felt his body warm and firm and strong against hers, he was smiling down at her, just for those three seconds, and then felt the ache of longing as he let her go, saying, Thank you, mon cherie. Please don't tell anyone how you found me, yesterday.  Let's keep that between us, please, I am still embarrassed by my weakness and vulnerability.   And at that moment, before she could respond Fr. Brownlee's steps sounded in the corridor, and they separately quickly as they heard his customary hearty greeting, his Pax Vobiscum preceding him from the hallway.  They sat down around the table and started with the business items of the day.   After that, their hugs became more frequent and longer.  They prayed together in the chapel.  Sometimes, they furtively held hands, with God's approval, Ray said, as God's beloved children would and siblings who loved each other, Ray said.  But they did hide it, because others wouldn't understand their relationship, as Ray said.   They were having lunch in the break room of the parish center -- instead of at the school cafeteria -- Susanna asked Ray once more what he was crying that late afternoon -- if he felt up to talking about it.  Ray said he was grieving.  Grieving what?  Grieving for himself.  For his situation.  Did you ever see the musical Man of la Mancha?  When Don Quijote sang the Impossible Dream.  She wasn't familiar with the song.  They were alone -- so in a low voice, he sang the first few lines for her.  To dream the impossible dreamTo fight the unbeatable foeTo bear with unbearable sorrowTo run where the brave dare not goTo right, the un-rightable wrongTo love pure and chaste from afar And this was why I was grieving -- I was grieving you.  That all I could do in my love for you, all I could do was to love you, pure and chaste, from afar.  We were never going to be close in the way I wanted, in the way I hoped you wanted, it was just going to be frustration and pain and sacrifice and suffering -- But you Susanna -- you showed me another way -- in that dark hour of despair, you reached out and touched me, took my hand, made it all right.  You had the presence, you were so able to find a way I could not see for us to be together, for us to love each other and it be right and good.  So now it's out there, Susanna Richards.  I, Raimundo de la Cruz, your Ray of Sunshine, I love you.  I will always love you.  Whether you love me or not, I will always love you.  Like in Wendell Berry's novel Jayber Crow -- How Jayber loved Mattie Chatham in the way he did, pure and chaste from afar, because Mattie was married to Troy. Jayber was more faithful and true to Mattie than Troy ever was.  And Ray leaned back and held his arms wide and said.  I love you this big much, mon cherie and laughed.  You don't have to say anything Susanita, it's all right.  I know this is a lot to take in. I'm OK with whatever your decide.  I've decided for me. I've sorted it out on my end, I am at peace.  I've made my commitment.  I will devote my life to you, in love, in whatever way you permit, in whatever way you allow.  I am all yours to take or to leave.  You are my Dulcinea, my querida.   And like a moth to the flame, Susanna was drawn in deeper and deeper.  At the time, the her increasing enmeshment with Ray felt inexorable but later in the clarity of retrospect, she knew it wasn't.  Eventually they had sex on a wrestling mat in storeroom by the school gym.  So much shifted in both of them after that.  For a few weeks after that, they tried to "make the relationship work".  It didn't work.  Two months after his initial conquest of her, Ray's quote eternal love end quote fizzled out.  His idealized Dulcinea image of her faded, and he moved on, decided to leave his ministry position at the parish and moved to another state.   Susanna also quit her job and entered into a deep depression, filled with shame and guilt.  Brett and the kids were worried, they had never seen her like this.  Who am I?  She kept saying to herself.  Who am I?  She was walking downtown that Saturday afternoon on her way from the parking garage to the Catholic bookstore, to find a confirmation gift for her niece as she struggled with her identity.   You know what you are, said the soft, silky voice. You know what you are.  An adulterer.  A whore.   You are Susan.  Not Susanna.  Susanna was the one who resisted seduction, was willing to die rather than enter into adultery.  Don't you remember?  You are not her.  Then hardest cut of all You are just like your father.  You should die. Death will bring you release, Susan, do you know that?  What do you have to live for now? To the be the adulterous wife of Brett who you don't love and who doesn't want you?  To be the whore mother of your children, infecting them with your vice?  Can't you be humble enough, even now, to know that they are better off without you?  End it all now, Susanna.  It would be so easy, there's nothing to it… Approach to the Inmost Cave and the Ordeal At that exact same time on Saturday afternoon, In the little coastal town of Barra Grande, halfway between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil, a 10 year old girl felt an inspiration to pray for whoever might be in most need right now, maybe a lady who was really sad, a lady who needed help.  Her prayer went up to heaven like incense and Susanna did not throw herself into the traffic on that busy street, but made it to the Catholic bookstore, looking a little disheveled.  The cashier noticed her as she came in and gave a faint smile and a halfhearted greeting-- she thought the lady did not look well, but at least she clearly was not one of the homeless people that had been so inconvenient lately.   In her numbness and distress, dwelling on Who am I?  Susanna noticed she was thirsty.  Weird, to notice that right now.  It made sense.  She hadn't had anything to eat or drink all day.  It doesn't matter.  Nothing matters anymore.  She walked up through the aisle on prayer, and a slim green volume caught her eye.  Thirsting for Prayer.  Fr. Jacques Phillipe.  She reaches, takes it off the shelf.   On page 20, she reads "Over and above our sins and failings, we discover that we are God's children. God loves us as we are, with an absolutely unconditional love and it is this love that gives us our deepest identity." Something moved within her. She flipped to page 22 and read: It is a deep aspiration of every man (and, still more, every woman!) to feel uniquely loved. Not loved in a general way, as one of a large group, but appreciated in our uniqueness. This is what the father's love brings about. Each of us can experience that in his eyes we are loved, chosen by God, in an extremely personal way. We often have the feeling that God loves us in a general way: he loves all men, I'm one of them, so he must take a bit of interest in me. But being loved in a " global" way, as one item in the collection, cannot satisfy us. And then to page 23 "Each of us is every right to say: "God loves me as he loves nobody else in the world!" God does not love two people in the same way because it is actually his love that creates her personality, a different personality for each."  And then, for the first time in many months, the sobs came, racking, heaving sobs.  This is who I am.  This is who I am!  This is who I am.  A beloved daughter of God.   The cashier heaved herself out of her chair and peered into the aisle.  Ma'am?  Are you OK? But received no answer from Susanna.  The cashier shrugged and went back to her chair to work on her Sudoku puzzle.  The store manager came over and asked the cashier in a low voice what was going on.  She replied sardonically that he had a major clean up to tend to in aisle 4.   Then Susanna was up on her feet and moving fast to the door. She stopped momentarily to ask the manager and cashier -- is there a Catholic church nearby?  Yes, there's one two blocks north, just go right, and then straight up, can't miss it, Mass is in 50 minutes.  Thank you, thank you and she hurried out -- Ah, do you want to pay for the book?  I'm so sorry, I'm a bit beside myself.  Susanna threw a $20 bill on the counter and ran out.   At St. Patrick's Parish, the new pastor Fr. Jennings was eyeing James, the volunteer guitar player and song leader for the 5:00 PM Mass. James, who he he had inherited with the parish in the reassignment two weeks ago.  James was in his mid-60s, with a grey ponytail, limited musical talent, and a overweening penchant for Marty Haugen tunes, the very ones that Fr. Jennings most despised.  What James lacked in accurate pitch he made up for with increased volume.  And James had not followed through on the music they had agreed on for last week's Mass, substituting songs that seemed to him as better to sing in the moment, ones the congregation was familiar with and loved.  Much better than the dry hymns this new pup of a pastor wanted.  Fr. Jennings told himself to remember that James was also a beloved son of God as he moved in for the confrontation.   But at that moment, a woman burst into the church.  Father, will you hear my confession?  Yes, I would be glad to.  And truth be told, Fr. Jennings appreciated a reprieve from the messy business of dealing with James.   Forgive me father, for I have sinned.  It's been six months or so since my last confession.  And then it all poured out, twelve and a half minutes of heart rending sin and sorrow as Susanna's mascara completed its journey to her chin, borne by tears of both sorrow and joy.  Her hatred for her parents, her pride, the adultery with Ray, it all came out.  And as the priest gave the absolution, the Magdalene smiled.   The Ordeal Susanna left the confessional with three things. A huge sense of relief, a strong sense of mission and a business card for a counselor in the city.  The priest strongly recommended that she see this counselor Sandra, one whom he knew and trusted.  With the suicidal crisis over for now, a whole new set of questions emerged.  How should she tell Brett about Ray?  Should she tell him at all?   The priest had stressed the point that much of her struggle was in the natural realm - in her history, in her upbringing, and that all needed to be addressed.  She needed some professional help.   Susanna looked Sandra up.  Sandra looked young, really young.  She found another one, a Dr. Waldron, a psychologist in his late 60s nearing retirement and started therapy with him.  .  It didn't go well.  She felt blamed and judged by this man who seems more interested in catechizing her than listening.  It lasted two sessions and she fired him.    She connected with Sandra and entered into deep work.  She learned that everyone has parts within them -- constellations of feelings and thoughts and desires.  Sometimes parts blend.   She was able to connect with her managers A Good Girl Part who always wants her to do the right thing and grew exhausted and hopeless when she could not prevent the affair with Ray.   An inner critic who tries to help her by riding her and cutting her down in the hope that she will be good enough to be loved  A stuff-it-down manager who represses other parts out of a deep fear that they will overwhelm her  A keep-it-safe avoiding part that steers clear of potential trouble and works to minimize the risk of being negatively evaluated by others.   And over time she was able to connect with the exiled parts within her A part that wanted to be loved by her father, who so missed her father.  She realized that this part's impulses and desires were fueling so much of her interactions with Ray, because this part saw so much of her father in Ray.  The parts believed that if she were to win Ray's love, it would fill her father needs.   Another exile that felt so much shame about not being able to keep her parents' marriage from falling apart, who felt responsible for the divorce. Her Good Girl part and her inner critic were both focused on silencing this part.  This part just wanted to be able to go home to be loved by Mom and Dad.   A part filled with rage toward her parents and who hated God for giving her those parents  She discovered parts of her that hated her husband and parts of her that were fond of him.  Both could be true.    As parts gave her space, she was able to discover her innermost self -- her innermost self was able to emerge and begin to lead and guide her system, and innermost self with beautiful qualities.   And as she became more integrated inside, her experience of herself began to make sense.  For the first time.   She realized the when she was tempted by the devil, the devil was trying to co-opt the most alienated parts of her, the one who would be most susceptible to his influence.  Then if those parts could take over and drive her bus, great harm would result.   It was painful work.  She felt in her bones what Fr. Jacques Philippe wrote on page 19 of her book:  The negative aspect has to do with her sin, our deep-seated wretchedness. We only know these things truthfully in the light of God. Face-to-face with him, there is no longer any possible room for lies; no invasion, no excuse, no mask. We are compelled to recognize who we are, with their wounds, our weaknesses, or inconsistencies, selfishness, hard-heartedness, secret complicity with evil, and all the rest. But with that work came a sense of peace and joy, of being loved by God and Mary in all her parts.  A realization that all her parts were good. A knowing that her parents did not have to love her any more than they did.  God the Father and Mary her Mother are her primary parents.   Susanna was able to get in touch with Life-Giving Wounds to work through the impact of her parents' divorce in a retreat and in a local chapter.   And she began to pray and related with God and Mary in a completely different way.  Good girl:  I don't have to give up Catholicism.  I just have to give up my flawed understanding of Catholicism.  The Rewards She feared Brett would be devastated when she told him.  He seemed more relieved.  Trevor had told Brett that he thought Mom and Ray had been having an affair.  Trevor had heard rumors and seen some interactions that made him suspicious.  That was a blow to Susanna, that the affair was not nearly so secret as she imagined.   Brett and Susanna were able to find a marital therapist to begin to work on their marriage in a more focused way.  Not easy, there were limitations.   The Road Back She hates her husband and loves him.  Lots of work with the children.  Trevor's anger.    A sense of Providence.   Resurrection / Return Two years later -- she was knocking at the door of her childhood home in Culpeper.  Her father answered, surprised to see her.  It's good to see you -- will you come in?  he asked.  She smiled at him and said:  It's good to see you too, Dad.  And for the first time in more than a quarter century, she meant it.   Take a minute.   Feedback welcome What you thought  Your own story -- send it to me -- crisis@soulsandhearts.com   IIC 102  The Last podcast, episode 100 was a great success in spite of some real technical failure.  We have a learning curve with our technology, and we know some of you were not able to join us.  We have resolved those issues.  We will be meeting on Wednesday, December 14 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM Eastern time to record and experiential exercise on parts getting the love that they need. Need to register, here is a link, can get the link from our weekly reflections in your email inbox or in our archive at soulsandhearts.com/blog.   Imagine how Susanna's experience would have been different if she had known about parts before encountering Ray -- or before marrying Brett?  Resilient Catholic Community -- you do not have to be alone.    120 Catholics like you already on board, already on the pilgrimage Reopened December 1 -- new cohort, our St. Dymphna cohort.  Until December 31.  Check it out.  Had a great meeting on December 1 and we will posting the recording very soon if it's not up already.  Sign up soulsandhearts.com/rcc -- lots of information there I've brought together the best Get to know your own parts Get to love your own parts If interested, contact me.   Crisis@soulsandhearts.com 317.567.9594 conversation hours 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time Every Tuesday and Thursday.  (not November 24 which is Thanksgiving).     Upcoming Sign up for the weekly reflection     

Today, we share more funny Thanksgiving Day stories. Do you always have turkey as your main entree? Ever have a turkey not cook properly and have to move to plan B? What would you like to serve for Thanksgiving Dinner besides turkey? Join us as we tell tales of Thanksgiving's past and of course enjoy our stories along with our drink of the week, The Apple Pie A La Mode! Don't forget to give us a 5 star rating as well! 

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Talking to John from the group Gnawing that is based out of Richmond, Virginia. We discuss the early inception and evolution of the band, stories behind a couple tunes, how he's getting by as an artist, and his favorite sight to see. Follow Gnawing on all social medias here: (https://linktr.ee/gnawinggg) and be sure to get their music on Bandcamp here: (https://gnawinggg.bandcamp.com). Playlist: 1. Germs Burn - gnawing 2. Crenshaw Ave. - gnawing 3. Happy For You - gnawing 

Upset stomach? Wondering if it might be acid reflux, gastritis, or something else? It's all found in episode 42 with Jade Etter, Acid Reflux vs Gastritis.Because the quality of life can greatly improve by addressing either/both acid reflux + gastritis, I know you'll find this episode highly beneficial.Acid Reflux vs Gastritis {Episode 42 with Jade Etter}IMAGEResources MentionedH. PyloriGastrin: All About GI HormonesGI Tract, all about the digestive systemWhat is AchlorhydriaEpisode 40: SIBO vs IBS {and a SIBO Q&A with Dr. Nirala Jacobi}Jade on Instagram HEREServices Jade provides HERE Don't Miss These ThoughtsWho is Jade Etter?Her journey with Ulcerative Colitis and endometriosis.What is the stomach? And what is Gastritis? What is the cause of gastritis and what part of the stomach does it affect?What are the differences between acid reflux and gastritis? Also, how might someone feel different with one or the other? Does one cause the other? What are some common causes?What happens if someone has chronic gastritis?Can gastritis heal for good after h pylori (helicobacter pylori) treatment?Best diet, supplements, and lifestyle changes for gastritis?Can SIBO cause gastritis?Can gastritis cause lung/breathing issues?Is gastritis from low or high stomach acid production?What helps with a gastritis flare up?It's been a year and half, will my gastritis symptoms ever be gone forever?I've been on proton pump inhibitors (PPI's) for almost 2 years. Is that too long? Also, what do you think is an appropriate treatment?Gnawing starving wakes me up every morning early. H. Pylori negative. Gastritis?Can chronic or even acute gastritis lead to stomach cancer?Jade's 3 convictions around gut health and gut healing. How to Test for Gastritis?According to Jade, a lot of it is based on symptoms, namely if you wake up in the morning with a gnawing, burning stomach pain.But additionally, here are two methods for testing if the risk factors are there:EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy) - also known as an upper endoscopy. During this procedure a long flexible scope with a tiny camera is inserted through the mouth and down the upper GI tract in order to see what's happening visually. A small tissue sample can be taken to determine any reason for current health problems as they relate to the upper GI tract.Imaging study. An imaging study makes detailed pictures of areas inside the body. A barium swallow test is a special type of imaging test that uses barium and X-rays to create images of your upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract (stomach contents would look thickened or inflamed). (source) I would personally want to have these tests done if the problem persists because otherwise stomach ulcers can form which increases the risk of stomach cancer.Endoscopic findings can be life changing (also life saving).More on Acid RefluxYou are no stranger to acid reflux.Here are a couple things to recap; reflux causes + symptoms.What Causes Acid Reflux?The main causes of acid reflux include:hiatal herniaweakness / dysfunction of the valve called the lower esophageal sphincterInflammation because it causes tissue damage and dysfunction in the esophagusCarbohydrate malabsorptionUnderdeveloped digestive system. (i.e. children)Magnesium deficiencyAging And what are some common symptoms?Acid Reflux SymptomsSome symptoms of acid reflux include:prolonged sore throat and/or hoarse voicebad taste in the mouthheartburn, pain in the upper abdomen (can be so severe that it's mistaken for a heart attack) / chest painsensation of a lump in the throatdifficulty swallowing and/or painful swallowingdisrupted sleepvomit that looks like coffee grounds and/or contains bloodnausea after eating Remember, Acid Reflux and GERD are not the same things.GERD is what acid reflux progresses to after a long time, if the condition worsens. It stands for Gastroesophageal reflux disease. The GERD symptoms are mostly the same, but they happen more frequently.ALL ABOUT ACID REFLUX HEREMore on GastritisGastritis is when acid damages the lining of the stomach, creating inflammation of the stomach lining.Gastritis Main CausesThese are 6 of the most common gastritis causes:h. pylori bacteria infectionstressover the counter medicines + NSAID overusetoo much alcohol (excessive consumption)stressbacterial infection Gastritis SymptomsIn addition to the things Jade mentioned, here are 4 common symptoms of gastritis:burning sensation in the stomachtarry stoolsnauseavomiting Common Treatment for GastritisDepending on the cause, the treatment for gastritis might include the following:Eating smaller and more frequent meals vs large meals.Avoiding irritating foods like spicy foods, acidic (for example, fruit juices), fried or fatty foods.Not drinking any alcohol.Stopping smoking.Lifestyle modifications like reducing stress.Acid suppressing medications like PPI's and H2 blockers. UreaseSources: HERE and HERE.More from A Gutsy GirlWant to learn even more about the gut and ways to heal it? Learn all the secrets via my signature book, A Gutsy Girl's Bible: a 21-day approach to healing the gut. Grab your copy on Amazon HERE.CODEWelcome to A Gutsy Girl PodcastHang out on InstagramBFF's on YouTubeFree resource: The Master Gutsy SpreadsheetRated-G Email Club Wrap UpTime to wrap this up. As always, a huge goal for this show is to connect with even more people. Feel free to send an email to our team at podcast@agutsygirl.com. We want to hear questions, comments, show ideas, etc.Did you enjoy this episode? Please drop a comment below or leave a review on Apple Podcasts.If you're looking to finally get started on your gut healing journey, Gut Healing for Beginners is now open!Or, have this book at your fingertips instantly by downloading the PDF now.codeJade Etter BioJade is a Board Certified Physician Assistant specializing in gastroenterology and hepatology, a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, a gut health consultant and founder of Jade Etter Wellness - a virtual practice focusing on root cause healing of gut dysfunction via functional medicine testing and individualized protocols.If you liked this episode, you might also enjoy:Functional Dyspepsia (Episode 32 with Dr. Andrew Hubbard) Xox,SKH Connect with A Gutsy GirlThrough the websiteOn InstagramVia LinkedIn

Upset stomach? Wondering if it might be acid reflux, gastritis, or something else? It's all found in episode 42 with Jade Etter, Acid Reflux vs Gastritis.Because the quality of life can greatly improve by addressing either/both acid reflux + gastritis, I know you'll find this episode highly beneficial.Acid Reflux vs Gastritis {Episode 42 with Jade Etter}IMAGEResources MentionedH. PyloriGastrin: All About GI HormonesGI Tract, all about the digestive systemWhat is AchlorhydriaEpisode 40: SIBO vs IBS {and a SIBO Q&A with Dr. Nirala Jacobi}Jade on Instagram HEREServices Jade provides HERE Don't Miss These ThoughtsWho is Jade Etter?Her journey with Ulcerative Colitis and endometriosis.What is the stomach? And what is Gastritis? What is the cause of gastritis and what part of the stomach does it affect?What are the differences between acid reflux and gastritis? Also, how might someone feel different with one or the other? Does one cause the other? What are some common causes?What happens if someone has chronic gastritis?Can gastritis heal for good after h pylori (helicobacter pylori) treatment?Best diet, supplements, and lifestyle changes for gastritis?Can SIBO cause gastritis?Can gastritis cause lung/breathing issues?Is gastritis from low or high stomach acid production?What helps with a gastritis flare up?It's been a year and half, will my gastritis symptoms ever be gone forever?I've been on proton pump inhibitors (PPI's) for almost 2 years. Is that too long? Also, what do you think is an appropriate treatment?Gnawing starving wakes me up every morning early. H. Pylori negative. Gastritis?Can chronic or even acute gastritis lead to stomach cancer?Jade's 3 convictions around gut health and gut healing. How to Test for Gastritis?According to Jade, a lot of it is based on symptoms, namely if you wake up in the morning with a gnawing, burning stomach pain.But additionally, here are two methods for testing if the risk factors are there:EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy) - also known as an upper endoscopy. During this procedure a long flexible scope with a tiny camera is inserted through the mouth and down the upper GI tract in order to see what's happening visually. A small tissue sample can be taken to determine any reason for current health problems as they relate to the upper GI tract.Imaging study. An imaging study makes detailed pictures of areas inside the body. A barium swallow test is a special type of imaging test that uses barium and X-rays to create images of your upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract (stomach contents would look thickened or inflamed). (source) I would personally want to have these tests done if the problem persists because otherwise stomach ulcers can form which increases the risk of stomach cancer.Endoscopic findings can be life changing (also life saving).More on Acid RefluxYou are no stranger to acid reflux.Here are a couple things to recap; reflux causes + symptoms.What Causes Acid Reflux?The main causes of acid reflux include:hiatal herniaweakness / dysfunction of the valve called the lower esophageal sphincterInflammation because it causes tissue damage and dysfunction in the esophagusCarbohydrate malabsorptionUnderdeveloped digestive system. (i.e. children)Magnesium deficiencyAging And what are some common symptoms?Acid Reflux SymptomsSome symptoms of acid reflux include:prolonged sore throat and/or hoarse voicebad taste in the mouthheartburn, pain in the upper abdomen (can be so severe that it's mistaken for a heart attack) / chest painsensation of a lump in the throatdifficulty swallowing and/or painful swallowingdisrupted sleepvomit that looks like coffee grounds and/or contains bloodnausea after eating Remember, Acid Reflux and GERD are not the same things.GERD is what acid reflux progresses to after a long time, if the condition worsens. It stands for Gastroesophageal reflux disease. The GERD symptoms are mostly the same, but they happen more frequently.ALL ABOUT ACID REFLUX HEREMore on GastritisGastritis is when acid damages the lining of the stomach, creating inflammation of the stomach lining.Gastritis Main CausesThese are 6 of the most common gastritis causes:h. pylori bacteria infectionstressover the counter medicines + NSAID overusetoo much alcohol (excessive consumption)stressbacterial infection Gastritis SymptomsIn addition to the things Jade mentioned, here are 4 common symptoms of gastritis:burning sensation in the stomachtarry stoolsnauseavomiting Common Treatment for GastritisDepending on the cause, the treatment for gastritis might include the following:Eating smaller and more frequent meals vs large meals.Avoiding irritating foods like spicy foods, acidic (for example, fruit juices), fried or fatty foods.Not drinking any alcohol.Stopping smoking.Lifestyle modifications like reducing stress.Acid suppressing medications like PPI's and H2 blockers. UreaseSources: HERE and HERE.More from A Gutsy GirlWant to learn even more about the gut and ways to heal it? Learn all the secrets via my signature book, A Gutsy Girl's Bible: a 21-day approach to healing the gut. Grab your copy on Amazon HERE.CODEWelcome to A Gutsy Girl PodcastHang out on InstagramBFF's on YouTubeFree resource: The Master Gutsy SpreadsheetRated-G Email Club Wrap UpTime to wrap this up. As always, a huge goal for this show is to connect with even more people. Feel free to send an email to our team at podcast@agutsygirl.com. We want to hear questions, comments, show ideas, etc.Did you enjoy this episode? Please drop a comment below or leave a review on Apple Podcasts.If you're looking to finally get started on your gut healing journey, Gut Healing for Beginners is now open!Or, have this book at your fingertips instantly by downloading the PDF now.codeJade Etter BioJade is a Board Certified Physician Assistant specializing in gastroenterology and hepatology, a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, a gut health consultant and founder of Jade Etter Wellness - a virtual practice focusing on root cause healing of gut dysfunction via functional medicine testing and individualized protocols.If you liked this episode, you might also enjoy:Functional Dyspepsia (Episode 32 with Dr. Andrew Hubbard) Xox,SKH

original Air Date: July 26, 2021 Let's talk about burnout. We've all sung this song before. Whether it was out front leading the tune, Joining in the chorus, Or subconsciously humming it to ourselves as we pick up the broom. We can't sweep away the exhaustion, The depletion of energy. The jagged, gnawing feeling, That we are nearing our candle's end. For too long burnout has seemed that necessary friend You must deal with if you want to achieve. If you want to be the best at ______. Fill in that blank with whatever extrinsic achievement we are Chasing, Hoping it will finally show everyone we are enough. But we can out hustle our worthiness. Or we'll find ourselves buried in a hole of our own making. We need to redefine what it means to be winning. To recognize that perfectionism And burnout often goes hand in hand. Where is the balance? Where is the rest? What are the flags, Warning signs, And hints That can suggest when we've gone too far. On this week's episode, Let's talk openly about burnout. Together, let's explore ways We can invite more balance into our lives. Not just when it gets so bad it can't be ignored. But as a practice. A commitment. A path. That leads us back home to ourselves.

Do you ever wonder what your gut feeling might be trying to tell you? Your gut feeling rarely, if ever, leads you astray when your instincts and thoughts are in tune.   Newsletter: https://bit.ly/tams3tips    Show notes: Visit SincerelyTam.com/Notes   Instagram: @TamSincerely

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Topic: 01 South Asian diaspora recall gnawing loneliness in post-war Britain Topic: 02 Crisis around the world-Meditation and seclusion Presenters: Imam Sharjeel Ahmad And Khalif Bhunnoo Guest: 1.Henna 2.Nisreen Khashman 3.Petsy Finden Researchers: Anam Ahmedi, Sahar Namood, Nawira Khan, Maria Sheikh & Hania Producer: Adeela Amber Ahmad, Anam Ahmedi & Hania Yaqub

Gnawing unknowing.  Episode written by Andrea Phillips. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm. ReMade is a Realm production. Listen away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi and welcome back to the Beers With Band podcast! On this first episode of 2022 I sit down with John from Gnawing, a fuzz band from Richmond, VA. We start out talking about the forming of the band, from starting as a solo project to recruiting and becoming a three piece. We then dive into their releases of 2021 with "You Freak Me Out" their first LP. Now for people looking for a twangy rock inspired album this is it! It falls on the line between a a grungy 90s album and classic country which comes out to become this masterpiece. Next we go into the live album that they released, be sure to tune in to see how crazy of a scenario it was to get their hand on this recording. Lastly we talk about their latest single "Germs Burn" and what it is leading up to next. In typical BWB fashion we end the episode with some great stories from John's time with Gnawing! This episode features the songs "So Glad" and "Germs Burn". You can find Gnawing on all streaming sites and here: gnawinggg.bandcamp.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beers-with-bands/message

We were very fortunate to have John from Gnawing on the podcast to talk about their new album, "You Freak Me Out". Enjoy! Gnawing Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/gnawinggg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gnawinggg/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gnawinggg/ Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/gnawing/272436348 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/18CanqVYL58vJPDbmPrQ6V Bandcamp: https://gnawinggg.bandcamp.com/ Good Noise Podcast Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/good_noise_cast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodnoisepodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodnoisepod Discord: https://discord.gg/nDAQKwT YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFHKPdUxxe1MaGNWoFtjoJA Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/04IMtdIrCIvbIr7g6ttZHi All other streaming platforms: http://hyperurl.co/GoodNoisePodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodnoisepodcast Bandcamp: https://goodnoiserecords.bandcamp.com/

What happens when all is seemingly OK with your career and life, yet you somehow yearn for that ‘something' you can feel is still missing. In this episode of I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY my guest is Dr. Anitza San Miguel a certified coach, scientist, wife, mother, and business leader who, despite the challenges, stereotyping, and skepticism she faced, was able to rise to Dean of Science in a highly competitive academic environment. But it wasn't enough. Gnawing her insides was an emptiness she couldn't explain even while experiencing work-life balance and success. This void propelled her onto an intentional journey of self-discovery, personal development, and finding purpose. Anitza came to the conclusion that the answer is not learning to balance everything in life successfully. The key lies in finding harmony while on your path to accomplishing what matters most to you. As the Founder of ASM Mentors, she works with female leaders who are committed to a journey of transformational growth and personal development, because she can empathize with the twists and turns of exploring, unveiling, developing, and maximizing a purpose-driven life.

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Dylan and Justin wrap up their picks for the best albums of 2021. Also voicemails from our past guests!patreon.com/punklottopodCall our voicemail line: 202-688-PUNKLeave us a review and rating.https://linktr.ee/punklottopodSongs featured on this episode:Jawbox - Jackpot PlusCalyx - Leslie Plain and StrongJalang - Darak TulangThe Sonder Bombs - What Are Friends For?Sedai - OrangelimeFotocrime - So So LowBat Fangs - Actiongnawing - You Freak Me OutMove BHC - Freedom DreamsGroupie - Thick as GlueCowboy Boy - Pet Voicemails from:Greg from Celebration SummerTom from Arms Like RosesPJ SykesLexi from Suzie TrueJosh Robbins from Spinning OutMorgan from BEDTIMEMAGICAngelo from Magazine BeachOlivia from Cowboy BoyScott from Totally Slow

No one is safe from this man's tongue - Steve Allen takes to the airwaves on LBC every Monday to Friday morning from 4am. Hear all of Steve's show with the news, travel and breaks taken out.

An ALL NEW MUSIC episode of Studio B featuring new releases from Thunderchief, Shiva Bulldozer, The WImps, Sammi Lanzetta, Bucket, Gnawing, DJ Harrison and a new remix of Butcher Brown by CARRTOONS. www.studioBRVA.com    

实锤！大熊猫吃肉被发现了，巡护员：它捧着一根骨头啃得正香…… | Giant Panda was Found Eating Meat!Ranger: It was Gnawing at Bones with a Good AppetiteA wild giant panda has been caught on camera gnawing at the bones of a dead takin, an animal similar to a goat antelope found in Northwest China's Shaanxi province.一只野生大熊猫被抓拍到正在啃食一头羚牛的骨头。羚羊类似于山羚羊，分布在中国西北部陕西省。 This species of bears, whose ancestor was omnivorous, is believed to sporadically eat dead animals after it was forced to change its diet to bamboo.大熊猫的祖先是杂食动物。据说，在被迫改食竹子后，大熊猫偶尔会吃动物尸体。While counting the number of giant pandas in a field population survey, ranger Li Shuiping and a team from the Foping National Nature Reserve in Shaanxi, took the pictures of a wild giant panda gnawing on the bones of a takin.陕西佛坪国家级自然保护区巡护员李水平等人在实地调查大熊猫数量时，拍下了一只野生大熊猫啃食羚牛骨头的照片。"When we found the panda, it was less than 50 meters away from us. There is no bamboo forest on this large mountain slope so we were wondering what it was eating as we kept observing," Li told Xinhua.“我们发现它时，距离不到50米。这一大片山坡上没有竹林，它能吃啥呢？吃得这么香？”李水平告诉新华社，他们一直在观察它在吃什么。Li mentioned that the "thing" the wild panda was eating turned out to be "the bones of a dead takin that were more than a foot long." 原来，李水平提到野生大熊猫吃的“东西”是一根超过一英尺长的羚牛骨头！"The panda enjoyed its food for about 10 minutes before it dropped the bones and walked slowly into the woods on the hillside and climbed up a big tree," Li said.李水平表示，它吃了大概10分钟，然后扔下骨头，慢慢走进山坡上的林子里，爬上一棵大树。Researchers also found that the feces of the panda after eating meat were different from the usual bamboo diet.研究人员还发现，与通常食竹大熊猫的粪便相比，大熊猫吃肉后的粪便有所不同。The feces of pandas that usually eat bamboo are called "qingtuan" like the traditional Chinese green rice dumpling. The China Academy Science (CAS) Chengdu Branch explained that they named the droppings after the food for the shape and "fragrance of bamboo."通常，食竹熊猫的粪便被称为“青团”，其形似中国传统绿色粽子。中国科学院（CAS）成都分院解释说，之所以用食物的名字命名这些粪便，是因为它们的形状和“竹子的清香”。 As they collected feces samples they found that, compared with the droppings of the common giant panda, the color of these clusters was gray and white, like a "spindle-shaped lime stick," according to the report.据报道，在收集粪便样本时，他们发现，与普通大熊猫粪便相比，这些粪便的颜色灰白，就像一根“梭形的石灰棒”。This is the second image of a wild giant panda captured eating meat in the Foping National Nature Reserve.这是第二次在佛坪国家级自然保护区拍摄到野生大熊猫吃肉。Still, bamboo occupies 99 percent of the catering habits of wild pandas and only in rare cases would they eat meat, according to the CAS. A proper explanation for this sudden meat-eating behaviour is that the animal needs "to absorb other nutrients the body requires when necessary," Sun Quanhui, biologist of the World Animal Protection, told the Global Times on Sunday.据中国科学院介绍，竹类占据野生大熊猫日常饮食的99%，只有在极少数情况下它们才会吃肉。周日，世界动物保护协会生物学家孙全辉在接受《环球时报》采访时表示，对这种突然肉食行为的一个恰当解释是，动物需要在必要时吸收身体所需的其他营养。Originally carnivore, this species was forced to change its diet to bamboo to adapt to the changing climate and habitat. Yet, experts say that its digestive system still "retains the traits of a carnivore, just like their ancestors."大熊猫最初是食肉动物。为了适应气候与栖息地环境的不断变化，大熊猫被迫改变了食性，特化为专食竹子。然而，专家表示，大熊猫的消化系统结构依然保留着食肉类祖先的特征。"Wild pandas mainly prey on the remains of a wide range of dead animals," mentioned Li Sheng, researcher at Peking University and expert at International Union for Conservation of Nature, adding that there had been several records of wild pandas "eating meat occasionally" in areas around the Qinling Mountains.北京大学研究员、世界自然保护联盟（IUCN）专家李晟认为，野生大熊猫“主要是取食动物残骸”，并补充说，在秦岭周围地区有几项“野生大熊猫偶尔会‘打牙祭'”的记录。重点词汇：gnaw 英 [nɔː]；美[nɔː] v. 咬；啃；啮omnivorous英 [ɒmˈnɪvərəs]；美[ɑːmˈnɪvərəs] adj. 杂食的；（尤指）动、植物都吃的；兴趣广泛的feces英 [ˈfiːsiːz]；美[ˈfiːsiːz] n. 粪便；排泄物；渣滓droppings英 [ˈdrɒpɪŋz]；美[ˈdrɑːpɪŋz] n.（鸟、小动物等的）粪carnivore英 [ˈkɑːnɪvɔː(r)]；美[ˈkɑːrnɪvɔːr] n. 食肉动物

The October 9th edition of Local Fidelity previewed an awesome basement gig that went down that night in Jersey City. The episode features tunes from bands on the stacked bill, including Gnawing, Resounding No, Glazer, and Joy Cleaner. Plus, new music from fellow New Jerseyans Skylar Pocket, and more NYC bangers from Belaver, Surfbort, My Son The Doctor, Activity, Geese, Hello Lightfoot, Zoos, Anjali Rose, Ruby Landen, and more. Playlist: Skylar Pocket "Evelyn" from Evelyn - Single on Skylar Pocket Belaver "Mount Misery" from Mount Misery - Single on Niles City Records Joy Cleaner "Post - Neurotic" from You're so Jaded on JIGSAW RECORDS Resounding No "Ya Blew It" from Gross Dominance - EP on State Champion Records Glazer "Pounds per Square Inch" from Split 7 Inch - EP on State Champion Records gnawing "You Freak Me Out" from You Freak Me Out on Refresh Records Surfbort "Fml" from Fml - Single on Inner Freak Records My Son The Doctor "Hotel For Dogs" from Taste Those Dreams - EP Activity "Text the Dead" from Text the Dead - Single on Western Vinyl Geese "Projector" from Projector on Partisan / Play It Again Sam Hello Lightfoot "Twenty-Seven" from Twenty-Seven - Single Zoos "Hideaway" from Hideaway - Single on Zoos Anjali Rose "Expectations" from Shadow Works on Ananda Luna Productions Ruby Landen "Sunsick" from Martyr, Well on Slang Church

In this episode, I chat with Josh from Refresh Records. One of the coolest things we talk about in this episode is how critical it is for labels to get out into their local communities. Like Refresh did by setting up shop as the only label at a comic book fair!  ►► Download our Free Record Label Toolkit → http://OtherRecordLabels.com/Toolkit Find more resources for independent record labels and DIY artists at http://OtherRecordLabels.com

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. This week's guest is my long-time friend, John Russell (of Gnawing). Today we are talking about "Funhouse" by The Stooges (1970). We also discuss Iggy Pop's career, growing up classic rock freaks in a small beach town and if real dads even like The Stooges. Gnawing released "Shaky," a 7" EP last year on Refresh Records. They are set to follow up that release this year with their debut full-length. And from the preview I've heard, you're in for a real treat! Episode edited/produced by Sarah Blumenthal Theme song performed by Pretty Matty

Pastor Oliver brings a message from Matthew 6:24-35.

Dr. Kenneth Taylor of Gannon University is interviewed by Stephen M. Shaffer regarding a presentation he gave at the 2019 AAOMPT Conference titled, “Knackered, Gnawing, and Lackadaisical: Redefining Musculoskeletal Health by Assessing and Addressing Sleep Complaints in OMPT Practice.”

by Ben Goldfarb • Scientists have long overlooked beavers in the intertidal zone. Now they're counting on the freshwater rodents to restore Washington's coastal ecosystems. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

"The Gnawing and Growing Issue of Unrealistic Parental Expectations for their Younsters in Sports"

Occasionally a client will send a spreadsheet of company statistics and ask me to comment on what I see. I usually look and see ambiguous statistics but I certainly don't want to say that. Discussing business numbers with people is like discussing religion. No matter what you say, you're unlikely to change their intrinsic beliefs, so I always approach these conversations carefully. “What do you see?” I ask. “Well, last year 68 percent of our customers were repeat customers and 32 percent were new customers. Now we're selling 63 percent repeat customers and 37 percent new customers.” “What do you think this tells us?” “It tells us your ads are working!” the client says excitedly. “Perhaps it does,” I say. “But it could just as easily indicate that our competition is growing stronger or that we have somehow offended or disappointed our old customers.” My client gave me a confused look, so I continued, “If a smaller percentage of our business is repeat customers, couldn't this mean that fewer customers are choosing to buy from us again? Couldn't it indicate that we've disappointed them somehow?” The confused look became a worried look. “But our sales volume has never been higher.” “I know that,” I said. “But that could mean that we're bringing in new customers fast enough to disguise the very serious problem that we're losing our old customers to someone else. After all, you said yourself that our percentage of repeat customers is down.” “Do you think we have a problem with our old customers?” the client asked, now truly worried. “Not at all,” I smiled. “I'm just saying that nothing can be learned from the numbers you gave me.” Not everything that can be measured has meaning.Many of you are now recoiling in doubt and disbelief. I get that. Like I said, talking about business numbers is like talking about religion. Here's how I finished that conversation: “If a company sells a product or service that people buy once a year, what percentage of their customers will be new customers in year one?” “One hundred percent,” said my client with confidence. “And if our sales volume doubles in year two and exactly 50 percent of the customers are new customers, what percentage of customers did we retain from year one?” The client thought for a moment, then said, “If business has doubled and one half of our customers are new and the other half are repeat, this means that one hundred percent of last year's customers chose to buy from us again.” I continued, “Sales in year three are exactly triple the sales of year one. One third of the customers are new and two-thirds are repeat customers. What does this tell us?” Another moment of thought, he answered, “We have 100 percent retention of customers from the first two years.” That's when I said, “But someone is likely to point out that your percentage of new customers is falling and they'll likely interpret this to mean that your ads aren't working. After all, your sales volume grew 100 percent in year two but only 50 percent in year three and your percentage of new customers has fallen from 100 percent to only 33 percent. You're now doing triple the volume you were doing just two years ago but these numbers would seem to indicate that you've got serious problems with your advertising.” The client began to smile again, so I continued, “Oh, and I forgot to tell you that this company increased their prices by 12 percent at the beginning of year two, so none of what we just calculated is accurate. And that company has only been in business for 3 years! Your company, on the other hand, has been in business since 1939 and you sell a product the average person buys every 13 years and lots of old customers have died or moved away and new people have moved to town and some of your old competitors have gotten more aggressive while others have gone out of business and we need to factor in the percentage of sales opportunities your salespeople...