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Somebody has to make sure that guided conversations surrounding racism takes place.  Kahlida N Lloyd Esq joined me a while back, explaining her being the Founder & President of Mission Reconcile, a faith-based racial reconciliation nonprofit created to bring together predominantly single race/culture churches to talk about race, racism and create organic relationships through the lens of Jesus. I wanted access to the view of a person facilitating the conversations; one could share the view of Americans        linkedin.com/in/kahlidanicole. Highlights: What is race reconciliation and conciliation? What part does the church play in race relations? All races, backgrounds, coming to your place of reconciliation is not cookie cutter. Mission Reconcile facilitates a safe place, a common ground intentionally set to encourage honest conversation at single race churches where all are open to having a conversation covering the subject of racism. Esq Lloyd speaks on what it means to take this faith-based model to colleges, small businesses, organizations for intentional conversations to get maximum results. She is doing this work. Welcome the moments when one identifies to be a racist because this opens the door to a conversation about the mindset. To call one out denotes I’m Comin to get you, so rather than “call out,” take the responsibility to have a dialogue.  

Highlights:  “What do families think about this? What do parents think about this? Well, we have no freaking clue. And we have no freaking clue because they were not asked. And they were not asked because, keep in mind, we’ve got educators and experts to do the thinking for us.” “The permanent political class is increasingly arrogating to themselves more and more power to regulate our daily lives .” “What advocates of cultural Marxist grievance politics had to do is they had to go about proving each and every day that America was still a radically racist nation.”“The election of Barack Obama forced proponents of identity politics to see more racism in our nation, not less.”Timestamps:       [02:27] On the cancellation of Dr. Seuss and why  [04:28] How educators and experts have been targeting Dr. Seuss for several years now and what this cancellation means[05:52] The self-defeating nature of cancel culture  [07:28] How identity politics is causing leftists to become even more racist[10:25] What manufactured outrage is and how leftists’ cancel culture will eventually destroy themselvesResources: Evaluate your cybersecurity today with Graybeard Security! Book your personal security analysis by using the Dark Web Scanner for FREE at turleytalks.graybeardsecurity.ioGet Hemp Fusion’s sleep supplement with 25% OFF plus 10 FREE travel packs of Hemp Fusion’s stress products using the code ‘WINNING’ at  hempfusion.comFight back against Big Tech CENSORSHIP! Subscribe to my GAB PLATFORM: https://gab.com/turley-talksSubscribe to my Brand-New RUMBLE Channel here: https://rumble.com/c/DrSteveTurleyFind me on BITCHUTE: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/vEzYfW0ALXeNBecome a Turley Talks Insiders Club Member: https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com/welcomeThank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review.Do you want to be a part of the podcast and be our sponsor? Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture!If you would like to get lots of articles on conservative trends make sure to LIKE Dr. Steve Turley’s Facebook Page and sign-up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts. 

Are you looking for a new job or want to become a more hirable tester? Today I invited my first guest from the team at Abstracta, Stephanie Gordiola. You may recognize her on LinkedIn as the one who spreads the word of new opportunities to work at Abstracta! "Steph" is a psychologist and English teacher who has been on our team for two years, recruiting, interviewing, and helping to hire software testers from all over, with different levels of experience and areas of expertise. Among other things, she’s helped us to hire 52 testers and counting. Listen to today's episode if you want an inside look into our software testing recruiting and hiring processes. Highlights: - What testers should keep in mind when going through the recruitment process - The importance of soft skills and how recruiters can assess them - Allowing for authenticity and how it enriches a company's diversity - Ways to increase the chances of hiring someone who is a great fit - Things you should do every day to get better at a foreign language Go here for the episode transcript and relevant links: https://abstracta.us/blog/podcast/recruiting-software-testers/

Michael Levitt thought he HAD to work 6 am to 11 pm in order to succeed at the company he was at. It wasn’t until he had 369 of the worst days ever that it dawned on him that something had to give because he was completely burned out,  After his wake-up call Michael overhauled his life and started Breakfast Leadership Network, as the Chief Burnout Officer. Listen as Michael shares how he learned to set boundaries in his work and personal life, so that you, too, can accomplish more, by doing less. Enjoy listening! HIGHLIGHTS: What made Michael a burnout specialist?  How do Michael do things now to prevent getting burnout again? How to get more things done by working less? (...Getting focused from the distracted world.) What are the lessons learned after experiencing burnout and how has this impacted his life? Why is there an increase in mental illness despite the fact that the pandemic supposedly slowed people down? (...Specifically for people who are working from home.) Why does shifting roles achieve more deliverables than Henry Ford's assembly line model of working? RESOURCES: Book, Burnout Proof: How to establish Boundaries To Avoid The Negativity of Stress  by Michael Levitt  Book mentioned in the interview, Deep Work (Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World) by Cal Newport  Online Course to prevent burnout CONNECT WITH MICHAEL LEVITT: Website Email Facebook CONNECT WITH EMI: Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door!  Facebook LinkedIN Instagram  

Brett Sutton is joined by Joe Amato, the District Director at the Small Business Administration to discuss the latest updates in the Paycheck Protection Program and answers the attendee’s live questions. After that, Scott, a CPA based in Nevada, will discuss what you need to be aware of when trying to file your Federal loan tax credit for last year, and other tax info you need to consider. All the proceeds of this webinar will be going to the food bank of Northern Nevada.   Highlights: What do we need to know about the second draw of PPP? Every application for PPP must be in before March 31st. The eligible expenses for PPP have changed. How are you eligible for a second draw? If you have a 25% or greater loss in revenue, you’re eligible. For PPP1 you need to be at 500 employees or less and for PPP2 you need to be at 300 employees or less. Do you have to apply for forgiveness in order to get a PPP second draw? Is your PPP taxable by the IRS? Do you have to use the same lender? The answer is no! Best places to contact a lender? Joe answers some pending questions! The whole idea of PPP is you get a fully-forgiven loan. It was unrealistic for the IRS to not let you deduct your expenses from a PPP loan. Applied for PPP and haven’t heard back? Scott takes the stage to discuss the Federal loan tax credit. How do you consider sick leave? There are special rules for the self-employed. Remote schooling? You might qualify for medical leave. You have delayed payment of your employee payroll taxes. What do you need to know about the PPP flexibility act? Make sure your bookkeepers are using the right credit and going through this manually! Some software is not automatically calculating this. The IRS is behind, but they will still be checking on these tax returns. With the PPP proceeds, are they tax-exempt income or are they capital contributions? This is tricky and we still need more clarification on this. Scott answers some questions! Should you keep your doctor’s notes to prove you have a legitimate request for medical leave?   Resources: Suttonhague.com Calnevalaw.com Sba.gov/ppp Email Joe: Joseph.Amato@sba.gov

Beau’s favorite characteristic of business is that there is always the need to solve complex problems through making mutually beneficial connections. He never intended to be a headhunter or recruiter. The talent industry just so happens to be where he saw a huge problem and the largest opportunity to utilize his skillset (networking) to fix it.   When he first started his business, he would shudder when someone called him a recruiter or headhunter. This was not because he was “above” the industry, but more so because there was so much negativity surrounding the industry and the typical candidate experience, it was an uncomfortable association.   Over the last several years it has continued to be apparent that there’s little innovation and forward thinking in the talent acquisition space. And so, he built his company, The Free Agent. He built the Free Agent precisely to overcome these gaps by enhancing the candidate and company experience and disrupt and rebuild an industry that is long overdue for an overhaul. They enhance the experience, specifically, by heavily vetting both the candidates and the positions in their network and their virtual exchange. Gone are the days of sifting through multiple candidates, and fake or already closed positions, as they take care of the heavy lifting on the front-end.   Highlights What he does at The Free Agent - 1:57 Sales and marketing - 3:23 Leveraging their networks - 4:40 Questions to use in our companies - 5:52 Common issues that happen in the industry - 6:44 Keeping motivated in the sales cycle - 11:16 Engaging and creating community - 14:50 The importance of engagement and networking - 21:31   Episode Resources Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork  https://dogoodwork.io/work-with-raul  https://dogoodwork.io/podcast  Connect with Beau Billington beau@thefreeagent.com  www.thefreeagent.com  https://www.linkedin.com/in/beaubillington/   

What is success? How do you measure it? What story do the numbers tell? Confronting numbers can be intimidating, but it is an essential step to growing both yourself and your business. It forces you to be realistic about where you are, including your weaknesses, and it challenges you to make up for any lost ground. This month we are looking into measuring success and today I want to share with you the tracking procedure that has helped grow my business by up to 40% every single year. I’ll share ideas to help get you started on your own monthly business report, highlight some of the fun and surprising areas you need to track (beyond just the sales) and tell you how to download a copy of a monthly report for your art business. The numbers definitely won’t tell the whole story, but if you’re looking for an effective and telling way to measure your efforts, your satisfaction, and your success, this is the place to start. Highlights What numbers should you use to measure your success? (0:01) How I learned the true value of being authentic in my business. (1:26) The importance of confronting numbers when you’re ready to grow yourself and your business. (3:37) The number one thing to include in your monthly business report. (5:12) Report the monthly numbers and then find insights in them. (5:38) The value of making cool connections every month. (6:53) The most productive and enjoyable approaches to promoting and sharing your art each month. (8:30) Upcoming interviews that will elaborate on the theme of measuring success. (10:22) How to download and customize your own monthly art report. (11:58) Mentioned Episode 32 — Success Is Complicated Episode 71 — Goals for Artists Episode 17 — Transform Your Creative Ideas into Multiple Income Streams with Helen Hiebert Resources Featured artists and full transcript Art Career Success System Art Biz Success Community Intro and outro music by Wildermiss  

Welcome to episode 26 of the Keri Faith On Purpose Podcast. This week, we welcome Emotions Code Practitioner, Cindy Berry, to the show. Cindy has devoted endless hours to studying human energy and emotions. She's highly and naturally gifted, and has a line out the door of people who sing her praises! Often, they're relieved of fears that held them back from reaching for more in life, love, and careers. Some have had their "heart walls" removed from things that they have never been able to "open up to", thus expanding the quality of their relationships and self healing. Cindy loves witnessing ambitious people set out to change the world, but she takes it a step further by offering them help so they can do what they do best without anything holding them back. You could say, she heals the helpers. In this episode she states, "Our purpose in life is to have complete joy no matter what we are going through." Highlights: What is emotion code (07:00)Where I found self-healing (08:22)Explaining how emotions are energy and energy is everything (10:00)Emotions are a reaction and association from the pastWhat the fear of success really means in high-performers (16:24)How we define success (19:00)Happiness is your circumstance and joy is your inner peace. (20:58)How to release inherited emotions (29:30)What is the heart wall? (31:10)What and how the beautiful butterfly morphs. (38:00)How do you stay present and grounded? (42:50)Contact Cindy Berry: WebsiteInstagramFacebook GroupRecalibratingemotions@gmail.comContact Keri Faith:www.kerifaith.comInstagramFacebookYouTubekerifaithonpurpose@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want to seduce someone this Valentine’s Day? Forget the lingerie, lipstick and silk-tie handcuffs—just ensure that the object of your desire drinks a little wine. Over a few glasses of wine, love is blind, or at least it’s wearing rosé-coloured glasses.  Perhaps that’s why it’s one of the greatest social lubricants—wine has certainly done more to keep marriages together than beer. Wine embodies physical pleasure: With pheromones, its aromas are a heady mix and its velvet caress on the tongue both soothes and excites. What other drink is described as “voluptuous” and “curvaceous”? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with you about not only wine for Valentine's Day, but we’re also going to turn up the heat and talk about the rising levels of alcohol in wine. You can find the wines we discussed at www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks.   Highlights What rule of thumb should you keep in mind when pairing wine with chocolate? Which wines can you choose when pairing with sweet desserts? Why does the alcohol in wine hit you harder now than in the past? What is fuelling the trend of wines having higher alcohol content? How does alcohol support wine and the tasting experience you enjoy? What can you determine from the tears coating your glass? Why does the alcohol in wine give you the impression of sweetness and texture? Does high alcohol really prove beneficial for New World wines? What traditional processes contribute to the high alcohol levels you might be accustomed to in wines like Amarone? Why do usually find lower alcohol wines coming from cool-climate regions? Where would you find most of the world's most alcoholic wines being produced? Which white wine myth should you dispel? Why should you care about the steadily increasing alcohol content in wine? How do winemakers test grapes for maturity? How does climate change influence ripeness? How do modern winemaking techniques boost alcohol levels? What influence did Robert Parker have on the tasting profile of the wines you've tasted? Why might big wines be spoiling your dinner parties? How can you enjoy different wines for different purposes? Why shouldn't you rely on alcohol levels reported on wine labels? What can you expect from the future of high-alcohol wines?       To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the https://www.nataliemaclean.com/114.

In today's workshop, Steve Stine talks about which notes to emphasize, so you can sound more musical and authentic when you play blues solos. P.S. Make sure you check out Steve's new course Creative Blues Soloing: https://guitarzoom.com/creativebluessoloing/promo/Highlights:What is EmphasizingBest notes to use when emphasizingUtilizing notes from other scalesDoing the parallel with big wide movementsThe beauty of parallel motion and how it produces a super cool soundHow information and theory impacts the way we play

As an expert in mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), Dr Tania Dempsey, imparts priceless information regarding the nature and treatment of this insidious condition. Among many insights, Dr Dempsey explains how to distinguish histamine intolerance from MCAS, the impact of this condition on gastrointestinal health, as well as views on the connection between COVID-19 and MCAS. Importantly, Dr Dempsey draws on years of experience to provide advice on the identification and management of MCAS. Dr. Dempsey is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. She has served as an attending physician at a large multi-specialty medical practice in White Plains, NY, and since opened AIM Centre for Personalised Medicine. *Highlights * What is MCAS and how prevalent is it? (6:30) Examining the connection between gut health and MCAS (13:00) Histamine intolerance versus MCAS (21:30) Why a personalised diet is important (27:00) MCAS and COVID-19 (38:20) How to spot MCAS (47:20) Stabilising mast cells and avoiding triggers (53:00) **Useful links and resources: Follow Metagenics on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/metagenics_anz/ Or on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/metagenics Website: https://www.drtaniadempsey.com/ LinkedIn: AIM Centre for Personalised Medicine - https://www.linkedin.com/company/armonk-integrative-medicine#:~:text=Tania%20Tyles%20Dempsey%2C%20MD%2C%20founder,Dr. Twitter account: https://twitter.com/drtaniadempsey?lang=en Paper Tania mentions: Afrin LB, Weinstock LB, Molderings GJ. Covid-19 hyperinflammation and post-Covid-19 illness may be rooted in mast cell activation syndrome. Int J Infect Dis. 2020;100:327-332. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.016 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7529115/

As an expert in mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), Dr Tania Dempsey, imparts priceless information regarding the nature and treatment of this insidious condition. Among many insights, Dr Dempsey explains how to distinguish histamine intolerance from MCAS, the impact of this condition on gastrointestinal health, as well as views on the connection between COVID-19 and MCAS. Importantly, Dr Dempsey draws on years of experience to provide advice on the identification and management of MCAS. Dr. Dempsey is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. She has served as an attending physician at a large multi-specialty medical practice in White Plains, NY, and since opened AIM Centre for Personalised Medicine. *Highlights * What is MCAS and how prevalent is it? (6:30) Examining the connection between gut health and MCAS (13:00) Histamine intolerance versus MCAS (21:30) Why a personalised diet is important (27:00) MCAS and COVID-19 (38:20) How to spot MCAS (47:20) Stabilising mast cells and avoiding triggers (53:00) **Useful links and resources: Follow Metagenics on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/metagenics_anz/ Or on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/metagenics Website: https://www.drtaniadempsey.com/ LinkedIn: AIM Centre for Personalised Medicine - https://www.linkedin.com/company/armonk-integrative-medicine#:~:text=Tania%20Tyles%20Dempsey%2C%20MD%2C%20founder,Dr. Twitter account: https://twitter.com/drtaniadempsey?lang=en Paper Tania mentions: Afrin LB, Weinstock LB, Molderings GJ. Covid-19 hyperinflammation and post-Covid-19 illness may be rooted in mast cell activation syndrome. Int J Infect Dis. 2020;100:327-332. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.016 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7529115/

Why do sommeliers love Grüner Veltliner? How does this zesty white wine from Austria compare to Gewürztraminer and Riesling? Does it age well? What are the best food pairings? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Rudi Rabl, founder and winemaker at Austria’s Rabl Winery. You can find the wines we discussed at www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks.   Highlights What makes Grüner Veltliner such a flexible type of wine? Which characteristic flavours will you taste in Grüner Veltliner? Which dishes should you try pairing with Grüner Veltliner? Can you pick up aromatic similarities between Gewürztraminer and Grüner Veltliner? How is climate change affecting winemakers in Austria? Why is it harder for you to find Grüner Veltliner in North America? What should you look for when buying Grüner Veltliner? Which appetizers could you pair with Grüner Veltliner? How many different styles of Grüner Veltliner are available to you from Rabl? What can you expect from Rabl St. Laurent, as an Austrian red wine? What made the 2013 and 2015 vintages ones you'd particularly enjoy? Why is Grüner Veltliner a great candidate to add to your cellar? How did wild yeast lead to Rudi's favourite moment in his winemaking career so far? What is Rudi's most memorable wine moment?   Key Takeaways Austrian is a boutique wine producer, a country that makes less wine than the region of Bordeaux. It’s great to know that we get the best wines in North America, as these tend to be exported rather than the more ordinary vin de table, especially since the country produces less than what its citizens consume on average each year. Grüner Veltliner is such a versatile wine both stylistically and when it comes to food pairings. No wonder it’s a favourite of sommeliers. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: We shouldn't be afraid of acidity. What salt is to food, I find acidity is to wine. It brings forward the flavour of both the wine and the food. One of the preservatives of wine is good acidity and Grüner Veltliner has it in spades so yes these wines can age well, though they’re also so vibrant and fresh when young.   About Rudi Rabl Rudi Rabl is proud of the family tradition of his winery, dating back to 1750. The love for nature and grapes, the ecological work in the vineyard with herbal plants and the knowledge of the professional processing ensure an excellent quality of the different types of wine. In the cellar, modernity is combined with traditional values. Ecology is an important factor and the winery has been certified as "Sustainable Austria" since 2015. Among the highlights of the awards in recent years is the “White Wine Maker of the Year" 2019 at IWSC in London, the two Decanter Trophy Winners Grüner Veltliner Dechant and Riesling Steinhaus, as well as the 2017 regional winner in the Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc categories. In addition, the winery was awarded "Winery of the Year" in Kamptal.     To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the https://www.nataliemaclean.com/113.

How is Icewine different from other sweet wines? How does that change the way you drink it and pair with food? Which pairings work beyond dessert? How can you make delicious Icewine Slushies and pair them with chili chips and wasabi peas for an incredible flavour combination? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Karen King, co-owner of the Ice House Winery in Niagara. You can find the wines we discussed at www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks.   Highlights What differences can you see in how different generations think about Icewine? Why shouldn't you save Icewine only for special occasions? How is the Ice House Winery Icewine different from others? How does Karen and Jaime's winemaking goal benefit you? What rule-breaking experience can you expect from the Ice House's Icewine Slushies? How can you make Icewine Slushies at home? What taste profile will you encounter when drinking Icewine Slushies? Why should try a pairing of Icewine with wasabi peas? Which surprising notes will you taste in the Ice House Riesling Icewine? What foods can you pair with Riesling Icewine? Which complex notes can you identify in Ice House Cabernet Sauvignon Icewine? Are there certain aspects of a wine that make it more suited for you to have at the end of a meal? How can Icewine make your other wines more interesting? How did being on The Big Decision catapult the Ice House Winery's popularity? Where can you find the Ice House Winery?   Key Takeaways Karen reveals some interesting stats: 20% of wine lovers drink dessert wine, but 80% are interested in them as cocktails, particularly younger people. I think it’s smart that she came up with a way to make icewine more accessible and have a broader reach with the slushies even though purists might be horrified. They lower the intensity of the flavour and sweetness making them more palatable. Her pairings of chilli chips and wasabi peas were simply brilliant with icewine. The combination of heat, salt, sweetness and acidity was a party for my mouth. Also try other chip flavours like chipotle, lime and jalapeno. I like her observation on high tone fruit like peach, pear, apricot in Vidal icewines versus the lower tone, more mellow fruit of a Cabernet-based icewine with notes of dark berries and cherries.   About Karen King Karen King and her husband, Jamie Macfarlane are the co-owners of the Ice House Winery in Niagara. Karen has applied her business and sensory expertise to support Jamie’s expertise as a master winemaker. He developed his unique award-winning Icewines through Karen's research that identified that consumers preferred a more balanced Icewine with a complex fruit-forward delivery that had a crisp rather than sweet finish.     To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the https://www.nataliemaclean.com/111.

You have started your cleaning business. You’re doing great and you want to break your limits to expand and grow more. You’re in the perfect place! Tune in as we peek the brain of the Profit Cleaners hosts on what it takes to grow your cleaning business into a million-dollar company.In this episode, you’ll learn the biggest things (and top secrets) that you need to consider in growing your cleaning business as we share with you this coaching session with Curt. Highlights:What does it take to build a million-dollar cleaning businessThings to consider when franchising and expanding your businessHow to make sure you’re getting x amount every month & how do you make it growWhy does the end result matterHow reviews/testimonials affect your SEO and how does it impact the growth of your businessTips on hiring the best person for your businessThe best way to handle customer influxThe importance of having a part-timer employee Incredible financial strategies to cut cost w/o compromising qualityLINKS:Grab our toolkit here: https://profitcleaners.com/toolkitJoin our 8-weeks free live coaching at https://profitcleaners.com/masterclass/IG HandlesGet the latest updates and stay connected with us by following us on Instagram@profitcleaners. And don’t forget to share your insights, messages, and requests with us!

Kiara McHugh is an Infant Nurse, Reiki Master, Human Design Reader and Self-Love Advocate. After some time of identifying with her career as a Registered Nurse, she began to question the meaning of healing. Can we heal from just the physical, or are we more than just these bodies? Through some investigation of her own, she found the answers that she was seeking. Join us in this fun, light-hearted conversation where we talk about her childhood, some transitions she experienced in nursing school, her love for Human Design, and so much more!Highlights:-What it means to call herself the Spiritual Nurse-Her experience being raised in an Irish Catholic family-Some of the shifts that motivated her questions regarding religion and spirituality-Reasons why she began to observe healing from a different perspective-Ways in which she aims to bridge the gap between science and spirituality-Some encouragement she received on her own spiritual awakening-Her love for Human Design and how she is incorporating it in with her services-& more!Learn more at www.BeyondtheBlissPodcast.com@BeyondtheBlissPodcast@DesertMoonYogiResources:Website: www.TheSpiritualNurse.com Instagram: @SpiritualNurseAffiliate Links:FourSigmatic Mushroom Adaptogen Coffee: 10% off discount code "DESERTMOON"Natural Shilajit Resin- Ayurvedic Supplement: 10% off discount code "MOON"Theme Music:"Good Old Days" by Joakim Karud: @JoakimKarudMusic

An interview with Alanna Tonetti-Tieppo, the sub-principal second violin of the Royal Northern Sinfonia in England. Before earning her current position in the Sinfonia, the Massachusetts native attended college in London and won awards with the Jubilee String Quartet. We discuss her education, auditions, and her professional philosophy and approach.   Highlights What movement requires -  5:09 Her love for music - 7:31 What a good sound is - 11:37 Work hard and do your best - 14:12 How she got started - 16:48  Attention to details - 21:00 The repertoire attracted her - 24:58 Having an amazing coach - 30:15 Not being an impulsive person - 32:16 Being a total perfectionist - 35:33 Do your best and try your best - 38:08 Who helped her with sound production and intonation - 40:37 Her orchestra’s activities during the health crisis - 49:12 How the job can be different when we come back - 53:16 Music is necessary for our soul and well-being - 54:44   Episode Resources Connect with Robert Hunt Simonds: roberthuntsimonds@gmail.com  http://roberthuntsimonds.com/ Connect with Alanna Tonetti-Tieppo: Alanna performing with the Jubilee String Quartet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsoJhZbbBEE  Royal Northern Sinfonia: https://sagegateshead.com/royal-northern-sinfonia-alanna-tonetti-tieppo/  Alanna's recommendations: Metropolis (movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvtWDIZtrAE  "Natives" by Akala: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Natives-Class-Empire-Sunday-Bestseller/dp/1473661218  http://craigwagnermusic.blogspot.com Agents of Change: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NYHXOK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Are there really that many different descriptors for inebriation? What's the origin of drunken euphemisms like "three sheets to the wind"? Why does our language go from getting hammered at college dorm parties to more mature sentiments like "feeling no pain"? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm sharing the interesting and surprisingly vast vocabulary that describes the things we do, say and feel when we've had a little too much. You can find the wines we discussed at www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks.   Highlights What descriptors for overindulgence might have you thinking of food instead? How does our drunken behaviour lend itself to immature and animal-like labels? Which more macabre adjectives might remind you of the excess that comes with college parties? What old-timey predecessors can you find for these drunken adjectives? How can you describe the more mellow inebriation you've matured into? Would you find different descriptors for intoxication when it comes to women versus men? What meaning do you find behind euphemisms from the past? Which colourful phrases do other cultures and languages use to refer to intoxication? What are some of the stories you'd find at the heart of our alcohol-rich language?     To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the https://www.nataliemaclean.com/110.

Raul talks with Julian Roberts, who is an Executive and Leadership Coach with a background in commercial & sales. He has held several senior strategic commercial positions from global multinational corporations including Heinz, Yoplait, and Johnson & Johnson to help family-run businesses.  Commercially astute with strong negotiation and leadership skills along with a proven track record within the UK and International sectors, he has extensive ‘hands-on’ experience in strategic business development and a proven record of achievement in rapidly changing organizations.   He’s on a mission to unlock the potential of 100,000 leaders.   Highlights What’s happening now - 2:09 Resilience - 3:07 Getting to that place where you really know your purpose - 4:44 Keep your motivation and energy - 6:00 Being in a time where you can try and think - 12:36 Becoming more authentic - 13:40 How to be authentic - 16:05 His primary purpose - 17:51 Accountability and responsibility - 20:22 Being clear about your expectations - 21:33 You need tools and resources - 31:44   Episode Resources Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork  https://dogoodwork.io/work-with-raul  https://dogoodwork.io/podcast  Connect with Julian Roberts Website: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julesroberts/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/julesmroberts  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julesroberts45/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCLKBJ8Q5ZgM8foS9bqlkow?view_as=subscriber

What exactly is a cool climate Chardonnay? Which dishes are delicious with this style of Chardonnay? What's the most important element for you to discover when tasting wine? Why did Chardonnay become so popular, then fall out of favour? What is the Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Brian Schmidt, Vice President and Winemaker at Vineland Estates Winery. You can find the wines we discussed at www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks.   Highlights What are the hallmarks you would find in cool climate wine-producing regions? Why is "cool climate" being redefined? Which traditional cool climate wine regions would you be familiar with? Why shouldn't you compare Niagara and Burgundy wines? How did Chardonnay rise in popularity since the "Anything But Chardonnay" times? Would you experience a difference in Chardonnay styles in recent years? Why would you prefer to pair a light versus a buttery white wine with food? How can you identify minerality? Which element of wine is the most important for you to identify? What type of experiences can you have at the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration? Are there certain dishes that you should try with cool climate Chardonnay? What was Brian's most interesting cool climate Chardonnay experience?   Key Takeaways Brian gives us a great definition of cool climate Chardonnay being grown in wine regions that have 1000 to 1450 heat units during the growing season to give the freshest expression of the fruit. It’s also a combination of latitude and attitude. He draws some valid comparisons with Riesling, another cool-climate grape, that also undergoes a cool fermentation in stainless steel tanks rather than oak barrels. Chardonnay, much like Merlot, fell out of favour a decade ago with the Anything But Chardonnay backlash because it had become both too popular and too homogenous. But Chard is back baby, with a slim new profile and crisp style. Minerality in wine is more of a tingling texture than a taste, though it is often described as wet stone.   About Brian Schmidt For over two decades, winemaker, Brian Schmidt has faithfully served Vineland’s vineyards and cellars with a steady, farsighted view to promoting complete integration, natural synergies and reduced intervention. This holistic approach has resulted in specific tiers of wines that continue to voice a clear expression of time and place. Brian maintains, “It is critical to understand the soil and site where your grapes are grown while developing a defined, yet flexible frame to react to the curve balls that Mother Nature likes to throw.” Brian continues, “I do have an untamed passion for growing all cool climate varieties, but I must admit that I have a particular love for Riesling and Cabernet Franc.” On mentioning his recent award, he smiles broadly, locks eyes and says in a warm voice, “You do know that I have an entire team of creative and dedicated individuals behind me. The award is clearly the result of the efforts of a team of talented people at Vineland, all working towards a common goal. I was the fortunate one to be able to receive the award on their behalf.” Brian Schmidt was born in Kelowna, British Columbia and was raised on a vineyard that had been in the family for three generations. The Schmidt family was one of the founding families of the Okanagan wine industry and this was the bedrock of Brian’s interest in winemaking. Brian has experimented, researched and has travelled extensively throughout Europe’s cool climate regions studying winemaking and the specific connections to the land. It is this intensive experience that has resulted in the creation of a winemaking style that has become Vineland Estates Winery’s signature. Brian is most concerned with how the public receives and embraces Vineland’s wines but the wines have also garnered formal, national and international recognition. One notable achievement was the awarding of the 2003 VinItaly Grand Gold trophy as the highest-scoring winery in a field of over three thousand wines. This was the first time this trophy had ever been awarded outside of Europe. Brian humbly accepts the many honours but is quick to get back to the important business of building Vineland Estates’ reputation for wines that delight and engage by expressing the true essence of place.       To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the https://www.nataliemaclean.com/108.

Our guest today, Melanie Deziel, is the founder of StoryFuel, the author of "The Content Fuel Framework: How to Generate Unlimited Story ideas" and an international keynote speaker recognized as one of the world's leading experts in native advertising and branded content. In this episode, we talk about the power of storytelling, content creation, and strategies that you should implement in building a better brand. HIGHLIGHTS What's the value of good content and good storytelling and how it helps you connect with your audience How to develop your creativity and do things more efficiently Some ideas on how to create content more consistently How to strategically repurpose your content Some new approaches to connect with your audience through storytelling Advice on how to make more engaging content QUOTES "Content is a tool for building a relationship." "Putting our audience's needs at the center, I think is absolutely key." "I think if we can explore all those different options and find out which one is going to work for us, it makes it a lot easier." "You could sit down thinking, I'm not a creative person and all you've got to do is mix and match different combinations and see what works." Guest Links: Melanie's site: https://www.storyfuel.co/ Get Melanie's book at: http://iwantmelaniesbook.com/ MORE ADVICE AND INTERVIEWS If you’d like my full plan for how to build your content marketing strategy, check out my free Content Marketing Starter Guide. And here are some more of my most popular thought leader interviews! What Business to Start with John Lee Dumas Personal Branding Masterclass with Chris Ducker Built to Serve with Evan Carmichael  Don’t want to miss the next thought leader interview? Subscribe to the free B-team Insider Newsletter! And don’t forget to leave a rating and review on iTunes. Talk soon!

In the last 40 years, Oliver Dowson has created, built, and managed 25 companies in 15 countries, and has traveled for business (and fun) to over 120 other countries.    He’s now the host and founder of Grow Through International Expansion, an independent platform of podcasts, articles, and videos.    He’s on a mission to help business owners and executives increase the value of their businesses and lives through effective and sustainable international expansion.   Enjoy this episode!   Highlights What is the mindset that you look at when you are expanding internationally - 2:55 An opportunity to expand - 4:19 Having an international plan in mind - 5:32 How can you build your product - 7:04 What do I need to do to develop my product - 8:13 Which markets to look into? - 13:13 Understanding the need that you have - 16:00 The first stage of thinking internationally - 21:34 What to do if you want to expand internationally - 24:57 Look to the future - 26:56 Get in touch with Oliver - 27:52   Episode Resources Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork  https://dogoodwork.io/work-with-raul  https://dogoodwork.io/podcast  Connect with Oliver Dowson Website: https://growinternational.org  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverdowson1/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/growexpansion?lang=en and https://twitter.com/oliver_dowson?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/growexpansion

Is being a sommelier as glamourous as it seems? Why is it sometimes difficult to differentiate between certain New and Old World wines? How does terroir play a key role in a blind tasting? What's it like being in a sommelier competition? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Bruce Wallner, Master Sommelier at Sommelier Factory. You can find the wines we discussed at www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks.   Highlights What un-glamourous truth might you be surprised to learn about being a sommelier? What intangible joy can you get from being a sommelier? How should you view the role of a sommelier? Which areas would you see assessed in the Best Sommelier in Canada competition? How do you train for a sommelier competition? Why would you do a blind tasting? Is there a reasonable explanation why you might confuse certain regions in a blind tasting? Why should you pay close attention to terroir? What parallels can you find between the Quebec Best Sommelier competition and The Karate Kid? What underlying principle should you keep in mind when you're pairing food and wine? What does grenache add to your wine tasting experience? What tasting profile will you encounter with 2009 Clos De Caveau Fruit Sauvage? How can you match 2009 Clos De Caveau Fruit Sauvage with food? How did Bruce go from bartending to becoming a sommelier?   Key Takeaways Bruce defines a sommelier as being the one step between the person who makes the wine and the person who drinks it. Bruce takes a professional approach to training for the competition that includes mental conditioning as well as abstaining from wine the day before so that his palate is at peak perception for tasting during the event. I’m going to see if I can detect if my own palate perception is more acute when I’ve not had wine for a day. That does happen once in a while! The blind tasting component of the sommelier competition is more about describing the wine and its elements rather than nailing the exact name and vintage of the wine. The latter is a meaningless party trick like trying to balance a spoon on your nose.       To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the https://www.nataliemaclean.com/107.

Brett Sutton is joined by two members of his team, Sandra Lepson and Evelin Bailey, to discuss the upcoming changes to CFRA and what employers need to know about the new SB-1383 expansion. The team also dives into FMLA and how this will be adjusted/used in combination with these new CFRA changes. There’s a lot to cover in this week’s podcast, so let’s jump right in. Highlights: What is the current CFRA law? A covered employer has to have 50 or more employees under the CFRA and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Who is an eligible employee under CFRA vs. FMLA? What are some qualifying reasons an employee can take leave? How does military leave apply under the FMLA? A family member can leave for up to 26 workweeks to care for an injured military member. This is unpaid, but it is job-protected leave. Evelin shares what leave is available under California law vs. Federal law. What are the upcoming CFRA changes and whom will they impact? Brett weighs in on what he’s seen when it comes to layoffs during the pandemic. The definition of family member is changing. Employees can take on the care of the elderly grandparent for up to 12 workweeks and they’d still be eligible for personal leave for up to 24 workweeks. This is where things get complicated. Parental leave laws and how they’re changing in 2021. What happens if the CEO or an executive member needs to take leave? Any employer with five or more employees has to comply with the pregnancy disability leave law. Your employee handbook needs to be updated! Make sure you designate the leave in writing! What is the max potential for taking leave? Your employee could technically be out on leave for 56 workweeks. What questions should you ask your employee before they take their leave? Things to think about when it comes to the health insurance benefits. Regulations are still being ironed out, which means you have to check in with your employment counsel for the latest updates.   Resources: Suttonhague.com Calnevalaw.com

Wade addresses the Infinite Banking Concept. Although Infinite Banking, also called privatized banking or “banking on yourself” has gained attention recently, it isn’t a new concept. Don't miss Part Two as Wade explains this simple and self-rewarding concept.   Highlights What is the Infinite Banking Concept - 0:34 The financing function in your life - 2:16 Where are we storing our money? - 2:59 Practicing the Infinite Banking Concept - 6:40 Making a huge decision in life - 7:55 Get educated and understand Nelson Nash’s key ideas - 12:20 Who are we choosing to work with? - 13:46 Where the true wealth goes - 17:22 Read “Becoming Your Own Banker” book - 17:58   Episode Resources Connect with Wade Borth https://www.sagewealthstrategy.com/  wade@sagewealthstrategy.com   https://www.sagewealthstrategy.com/blogposts/what-is-infinite-banking

Should you try a cheese-only cheese course? Why are cheese and bread not necessarily great matches for cheese? Which underappreciated wine and cheese pairing should you try today? How does sparkling wine stack up with your favourite cheeses? Have you been serving cheeses the wrong way? Should you eat the rinds on cheeses? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with award-winning journalist and author, Janet Fletcher. You can find the wines we discussed at www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks. Highlights What shift can you see in the restaurant industry's approach to serving cheese? Which mindset shift did Janet want you to make when writing her first book about cheese? How did writing a weekly column create a space for Janet to deep dive into the culture, science and history of cheese? Why should you try a cheese-only cheese course? What extra consideration do you need to make when pairing wine and cheese? Is it a good idea to pair wine and cheese with grapes? Which problem might you encounter when pairing cheese with crackers? What creative bread and cheese pairing should you try? Which type of underappreciated wine does Janet recommend as a great pairing with cheese? Why is Gouda the perfect cheese to pair with your brandy? Why is sparkling wine Janet's "desert island wine"? What characteristics and flavours will you pick up on with Tomales Teleeka cheese? What do you need to know about double and triple cream cheeses? How are wine and cheese very similar? Which little-known, connoisseur-approved wine and cheese pairing should you try? What's the right way to serve Parmigiano-Reggiano? Why does Parmigiano-Reggiano make a great table cheese? Why do contrasting textures work so well with wine and cheese pairings? How can you tell which cheeses aren't meant to be sliced? What basic tips can you use when choosing a cheese knife? Should you eat the rinds on cheeses? Can you pair blue cheese with sparkling wine? How many cheeses should you serve at a dinner party? Can you use the horizontal tasting concept with cheese? What's the best way you can pair sparkling wine with goat cheese? Key Takeaways I love Janet’s advice that simplicity is often the key to a great cheese board -- let the cheese be the star both visually and flavour-wise rather than a lot of condiments. When it comes to condiments, many can clash with your wine whether they’re sweet, vinegary or pickled. The same goes with bread and crackers, best to stick to fairly neutral flavours. I can’t wait to experiment more with sherry and cheeses, especially an aged Gouda that has those nutty, butterscotch flavours. I found it interesting that triple cream cheeses are about 75% butterfat -- that’s the dry matter without any water versus 62% for double cream cheeses and 45% for average cheeses. It’s interesting how our perception of the salt in cheese increases as it ages and loses moisture. Janet has great advice for chipping rather than cutting hard cheeses to maintain their crunchy crystalize structure -- you can see the special knife she recommends in the video version of our conversation (https://www.nataliemaclean.com/blog/videos/janet-fletcher-wine-and-cheese-pairings-video/) About Janet Fletcher Janet Fletcher is the author or co-author of nearly 30 books on food and beverage, including Cheese & Wine, Cheese & Beer and Yogurt: Sweet and Savory Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Janet publishes the weekly Planet Cheese blog and is the cheese columnist for Specialty Food and Somm Journal magazines.   She teaches cooking and cheese-appreciation classes around the country. Her journalism has received three James Beard Awards and the IACP Bert Greene Award, and her food writing has appeared in numerous national publications, including The New York Times, Saveur, Fine Cooking and Food & Wine.     To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the https://www.nataliemaclean.com/105.

“After a two-and-a-half-year battle with Plantar Fasciitis, I was finally pain-free and could run.” It was October 2014 when I first experienced the most intense pain from my Plantar Fasciitis after I finished the Chicago marathon. Plantar Fasciitis is when the fascia that connects your heel to your toes becomes inflamed and causes intense pain in your foot. Listen in as I share how I overcame this obstacle and was able to run again through therapy and treatment. Be sure to tune into the end where I share easy ways to combat Plantar Fasciitis and take preventive measures against other injuries. Highlights: What is Plantar Fasciitis? Will you still be able to run again with plantar fasciitis? My physical therapies and healing procedures that helped me recover from plantar fasciitis Three tips to avoid or deal with plantar fasciitis Resource mentioned: Liz Yerly (Physical Therapist) The Running Institute   ---   Did you enjoy today’s episode?   Please subscribe and leave a review. If you have questions, comments, or possible show topics, email runningischeaperthantherapyolb@gmail.com.   To subscribe and review use one links of the links below: Apple Spotify Google    Get a copy of the book Running Is Cheaper Than Therapy: A Journey Back to Wholeness

Raul talks with Will Christensen about how to streamline your automations. Will is the co-founder of DataAutomation, which customizes both automation and integration processes for e-commerce sellers. He enjoys tinkering with cutting-edge technology, apps, and systems, and loves to create innovative solutions for businesses and individual clients.   His mission is to help our clients get back some of that most precious commodity - time. Time to spend on innovation and time to spend with family. Prior to his present endeavors Will has garnered extensive proficiency in advertising, media management, and product development.   Enjoy this episode!   Highlights What is automation - 1:48 Automation to scale a business - 3:20 You need to have a plan - 7:41 Understand what the recipe is - 8:30 Talking about customer service - 15:30 How you can build a real relationship - 17:52 Using Trello - 22:00 Different communication channels - 25:06 Using Google Data Studio or other tools - 27:14 The sales process - 28:02 Eliminating the need around collecting - 30:37 Being passionate on automation - 32:44 Enjoying efficiency - 33:05   Episode Resources Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork  https://dogoodwork.io/work-with-raul  https://dogoodwork.io/podcast  Connect with Will Christensen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DataAutomation2016/  Website: www.dataautomation.com  Twitter: https://twitter.com/dataautomation1?lang=en  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-christensen-91074a11

Wade breaks down the meaning of capital and what value means to each of us. This perspective is important in defining immediate value and what matters to each of us in the long term. Listen in and think about what matters to you!   Highlights What are you spending your capital on? - 0:38 Investing your capital in time and money - 2:33 Being innovative - 4:23 You need to love yourself and your family - 5:38 Think on what’s important to you - 6:07 What’s important to us - 7:02 Help empower others - 10:20 Wade’s job - 11:48   Episode Resources Connect with Wade Borth https://www.sagewealthstrategy.com/  wade@sagewealthstrategy.com

If you've had a baby, are pregnant or work with moms in any capacity, PLEASE go get this book. I'm almost done reading it and all I can say is WOW! and We have to do better! Here is a description from Walker.Transformed by Postpartum Depression traces the experiences of 25 women through the trauma of postpartum depression. The impact of untreated postpartum depression is described within the context of the psychological literature on trauma and posttraumatic growth. Women describe being terrified by symptoms they didn’t understand and the systemic failure of care providers to screen or treat their worsening symptoms, resulting in life threatening and life changing trauma. Interviews with leaders in the field of maternal mental health provide critical counterpoint to the concept of postpartum depression as a traumatic life event. Transformed by Postpartum Depression provides timely and insightful reflection on the state of maternal mental health in the United States.Highlights:-What is PPD? the risk factors of PPD?-Why it being untreated is the scary part, not the PPD itself!-How women can advocate for themselves-What we as a tribe can do differently to prevent, treat and lessen the burden of PPD-Finding that sense of self again!About Walker:Walker Ladd, Ph.D. has been a recognized thought leader in the field of maternal mental health for nearly two decades. Her writing and research challenge current paradigms of motherhood and mental illness, using women’s stories to reveal the hidden truths and extraordinary dimensions of the lived experience of motherhood. Dr. Ladd’s personal experiences with traumatic childbirth, breast cancer, postpartum depression, and major depressive disorder drive her passion for her bold, soulful, and transformative work.To Connect with Walker:Her websiteAmazon to get her book

We no longer log off social media like in the early days. It's available literally at our fingertips. And that's exactly how the social media companies would want it. But to what end? How is it changing us in ways we don't notice? Where is it headed? In this two part series, these are some of the points I discuss with Jag Sharma. Jag Sharma has over a decade of experience driving social media campaigns in industries such as FMCG, luxury goods, automobile and finance among others and for companies like Nissan, HSBC and Mondelez. His passion is social media and he also hosts a podcast Society 4.0 where he talks about this very phenomenon. Highlights: • What got him interested in social media? [6:03] • Driving social media campaigns for corporates vs. influencers [18:30] • Why we're stuck in measuring social media success with followers and likes [27:07] • How is social media being used for the 2020 US Presidential election [33:06] This interview was recorded prior to the 2020 US Presidential election results.  You can reach Jag Sharma on LinkedIn @JagSharma and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jagsharma. Check out his podcast Society 4.0 on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. You can check out the Maharani Talks on Instagram at www.instagram.com/maharanitalks MUSIC: Lights by Sappheiros https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic

Gabriele Corcos is the Creator, host, and producer of Extra Virgin on Cooking Channel/Food Network, an NYT Bestselling author, as well as a James Beard Award Recipient, and Food Futurist.   He joins me on the podcast this week for a rich conversation about his decision to change course and move back to his hometown in the Tuscan countryside with his family. During our time together we explored the notion of how changing course does help you confront new challenges and learn more about yourself. This option is always available, it is never too late. Gabriele’s interest in technology and utilizing it to live off the land is fascinating. He helps us reimagine ways to incorporate technology into what feels like a traditional endeavor.  We also discussed being practical versus continuing to dream. Join us for this thought-provoking and inspiring conversation.   Here’s more about Gabriele and his career journey: Gabriele has never been a great student. Born to a surgeon and a schoolteacher, he was raised with high expectations. He had to fulfill my role in society.  According to his parents, that only could be achieved by earning a college degree. He gave it his best shot. Gabriele even enlisted in the Italian Army and studied medicine for several years.  Yet, Gabriele freaked out when he approached graduation and deployment simultaneously.  Gabriele decided to devote himself to music. He sold his Ducati, his treasured motorcycle, which totally broke his heart, and left for Brazil to study drums. Gabriele kept traveling for a time, studying with drumming masters in Cuba and around Europe.   He has spent time in wonderful places and has had the opportunity to perform with great talent. Gabriele’s barn in Fiesole became a small museum of drums from all over the world.  Gabriele thought he finally found himself. Music set him free!  Then one day, in Florence, Gabriele met Debi Mazar, and she swept him away. They fell in love with the hot summer of 2001. He hugged his family goodbye and moved to California.  For the first time in his life, HE LEFT HIS FARM BEHIND without plans of returning anytime soon.  Once Gabriele arrived in the US It did not take him too long to realize that what he always had taken for granted, what he had always considered an inevitable boring and physically demanding part of his life in the Tuscan countryside would be an incredible asset on which he could build a career. Like most Italian men he was raised in front of the stove and already spent most of his life cooking.   Once again, Gabriele reinvented himself. All the work he had done in the vineyard, in the olive tree orchard, in his grandmother’s vegetable garden, all the stories, and recipes he had learned from generations of women in my family, all the heritage traditions he was exposed to by the farmers, the hunters, and their wives… all these lives again in the work Gabriele does, the recipes he cooks, and the way he celebrates Tuscany. This is perfect for anyone who has contemplated leaving a big city for life in the countryside of Italy. Gabriele has lived in both settings and now he is starting a new chapter of his life along with Debi Mazar his wife on the path towards restoring his family’s estate in the countryside.   Highlights: What has changed in the old country Tuscan countryside over the last 20 years. (6:57) How New York City compares to other cities in the world through the lens of a restauranteur/chef.  Plus, NYC vs. California and building a cocoon or being open to confronting yourself to people.  (9:04) Learning how to cook and leverage his talent despite not being a classically trained chef. (10:36) Needing to sell as many dishes as pasta to meet a quota vs. sharing a glass of wine and leaving you fulfilled – cooking as an act of love and how NY striped this away after 5 years with his Brooklyn-based restaurant. (12:48) What’s next after owning an NYC restaurant and how Gabriele wishes to explore tech + farming + hospitality. (15:54) Advice to his daughters on how to chart their own career paths – the value of clean air and arable land. (22:21) How New York helped him discover his own ambitions. (23:57) Gabriele shares how he was raised by a surgeon and therefore he was on the path to becoming a doctor in the Italian Army. (24:54) However, he chose not to sign his life away to continue on his Army path and worked to build his music career around the world. (26:29) His decision to switch from music to the food business and TV production in California – and we explore the notion of when what you know is not enough to be competitive. (27:28) Changing lives is scary but he likes the fight and learns more every time – now he is in the country and he is not a farmer, so this is a new experience for him too. (30:57)  How he thinks about careers – you should feel attracted and compelled about your work, exhausted but excited about your work. (39:33) Gabriele’s desire to use modern technology, for things like Climate Change, in the traditional Italian countryside. (41:31) What can be passed down to the next generation other than another luxury hotel with a helipad? (49:13) Food should not be discriminated against. (50:59) Changing lives helps you know yourself better…you keep confronting yourself with new things, you just need to be courageous and it’s a luxury or privilege. (50:10) How do you pick one interest to follow and focus on? (55:02) When his dream becomes a reality on his family estate what would his dream be for the kids who visit? (1:01:32) Finding your place in the world is one of the hardest things to do. (1:02:00) Love requires sacrifices…needing to be a dad vs. going on tour with Shakira. (1:08:08)  Links to quench your curiosity: Explore Gabriele’s cuisine for yourself Follow Gabriele on Instagram 

What's it like harvesting grapes in sub-zero temperatures? Is there really any difference between a vineyard on one side of the road and a vineyard on the other? Is this a good time for you to visit a winery? What's changed with Covid? How does the Taste the Season at Home initiative allow you to support local wineries? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Andrea Kaiser, Chair for the Wineries of Niagara-on-the-Lake and Director of Marketing at Reif Estate Winery. Highlights What's it like being part of an Icewine harvest without automation? Which harvest tradition did Andrea start while embracing the Great Indoors? How did Karl Kaiser's wine press end up breaking during a particularly cold harvest? As a wine consumer, how does the Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) benefit you? Is there really much of a difference between geographically close appellations? How can Russian nesting dolls help you understand appellations? What's Andrea's earliest memory with wine? Why shouldn't you feel intimidated by wine? Why should you look forward to 2020 wines from Niagara-on-the-Lake? How have Niagara-on-the-Lake wineries evolved their customer experience during the pandemic? Is this a good time for you to visit a winery? What precautions are Niagara-on-the-Lake wineries taking to prioritize health and safety? Why should you make a reservation to enjoy holiday treats at Drea's Wine Co.? How has the demand for online sales changed in recent months? How can you take advantage of the wider selection of wines available online versus in the LCBO? How does the Taste the Season at Home initiative allow you to bring the winery experience into your home? What resources can you find on the Wineries of Niagara-on-the-Lake website? How can you learn more about the story of winemaking in Niagara-on-the-Lake? What are the most famous wines you'd want to try from each of the sub-appellations of Niagara-on-the-Lake? How do the climatic and geological features you experience affect the growing potential of Niagara-on-the-Lake? Why should you be especially proud of the Canadian wine industry? What can you expect from Niagara-on-the-Lake wineries in 2021? About Andrea Kaiser Andrea Kaiser grew up in Niagara-on-the-Lake amidst a transformation ignited by her father’s vision in winemaking. Karl J. Kaiser was none other than co-founder and winemaker of Inniskillin Wines, that revolutionized an industry. He is considered by many to be the pioneer of modern winemaking in Canada. His pursuit of creating exceptional wine revolutionized local viticulture and grape growing sparking a transformation in winemaking. As the daughter of Karl, she had the unique opportunity to see first-hand the birth of an industry but also an iconic Canadian brand. His influence on her was also great. She was inspired by his vision and his absolute commitment to excellence in winemaking. Her father also understood the value of authenticity and taught her that above all else, it is the foundation of all things exceptional. While her father’s ultimate career path was born of his passion, like Andrea’s own, it began as a winding road that was cemented by serendipity along the way. Her father first intended to become a priest, was then a teacher and later found his true calling when he by accident, became a winemaker. Andrea’s career began as a restauranteur and along the way she has been a sommelier, politician, writer, teacher, marketer and now winemaker. She recently launched Drea’s Wine Co., making wines in memory of her father, who affectionately called her ‘Drea’. Andrea’s deep passion for local food and wine has been the common thread in her career path. Her incredible journey has provided her with an insight and a depth of understanding not only of her community and country but a global industry. You could say she was born into a life of food and wine and now shares this passion with others. About Wineries of Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara-on-the-Lake is home to some of the oldest and most established wine-producing vineyards in Canada. Our wineries have been growing and producing world-class wines from vinifera varietals for more than four decades. The efforts of pioneer winemakers in this region were instrumental in propelling Canada onto the world’s wine stage and positioning Niagara-on-the-Lake as a premium wine-growing region.         To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the https://www.nataliemaclean.com/101.

Brent and Pastor Phil Wilson discuss in this part one of a two-part series episodes, what Jesus had to say about money and how it affects your life in the present and the future. They had a life-changing conversation talking about the church and money.    Highlights What does Jesus have to say about money? - 2:00 Jesus had a lot to say about money - 3:33 Why is it taboo to talk about money in some churches - 4:27 Giving money to the church - 7:02 Living here and now - 10:12 The Kingdom that Jesus set up - 14:29 What the church is - 14:46 Big things can be done with small churches - 19:16 What this podcast is about - 24:36   Links and Resources from this Episode Connect with Brent Turner https://brentturner.net/  bturner@brentturner.net  Connect with Pastor Phil Wilson https://tbfonline.net/  https://www.instagram.com/thebridgefellowship/

Thanks to Chris Middleton for the interview! Highlights: What can someone bring to the ASSU by working in community centers first, and vice versa? How do Chris and Vianna plan to acknowledge current events to promote racial justice? Why should we self-advocate while the campus compact is in effect? Why should people stay involved with student advocacy? How and why should people emphasize civic engagement?

Julie Cochrane is a Rapid Transformational Therapy Practitioner located in Vancouver Canada. After the loss of her stepson Cody to an accidental overdose, she became very involved in advocacy work around the Opioid Crisis. This has motivated her to shift her main focus of her practice towards helping men of all ages who suffer from anxiety. In this interview, we will discuss how Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) can remove some of the limiting belief systems from our subconscious mind. We talk about how these belief systems can develop over time and begin to effect us. She also speaks up about some of the ways men can struggle differently than women in the western society and how we can begin to make a change.Highlights:-What is Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT)?-Where limiting beliefs stem from and why we aren't consciously aware of them-How limiting beliefs can show up in our lives physically, mentally or emotionally-Why men can struggle differently than women in expressing their emotions-How we can hold businesses more accountable in advocating for mental health-Ways in which we can have more supportive communication, especially for our children-& more!Learn more at www.BeyondtheBlissPodcast.comResources:Website: www.JulieCochrane.comInstagram: @JulieCochrane_RTTFacebook: @JulieCochraneRTTPractitionerGetting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix & Helen LaKelly Hunt: Buy Now On AmazonAffiliate Links:FourSigmatic Mushroom Adaptogen Coffee: 15% off discount code "DESERTMOON"Theme Music:"Good Old Days" by Joakim Karud: @JoakimKarudMusic

I am so excited to have this conversation with Sarah Noll Wilson, who is on a mission to help leaders build and rebuild teams. Sarah has 15 years extensive experience in talent and leadership development, the CEO (Chief Edge Officer) of her coaching and consulting firm and soon to be author.  Sarah shares how being empathetic and allowing our “human-ness” to come through when managing a team is frequently the missing link that helps team members feel more valued and perform at a high level. Enjoy listening! HIGHLIGHTS What was Sarah’s inspiration to become what she's doing right now?  (...What is her background, what was her journey like?) What should the perspective of leaders be in relation to the humans they serve?  The separation of emotions in the workplace, or should they be really separated? What was the experience like for Sarah in building her business? (... the financial consideration she has to weigh in and so much more)  What were the challenges like and how has it affected Sarah’s leadership? Self-care is important to mitigate burnout. Leadership is more about action - the concept of adaptive leadership in order to thrive in challenging environments.  Consistent things that you can do to keep you performing at a high level. Women should give permission to give themselves self-care and not be biased on the male perspective on mental health.  Sarah’s words of wisdom for people who find themselves struggling.   RESOURCES Adaptive Leadership concept by Dr. Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky    CONNECT WITH SARAH NOLL WILSON Website: https://sarahnollwilson.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahnollwilson/ Twitter: @sarahnollwilson   CONNECT WITH EMI Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door!  Facebook LinkedIN Instagram

How can you visualize the taste of wine in a chart? How would those charts be different for Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Riesling and Shiraz? What makes the wines from Australia's Clare Valley unique? What is bâtonnage and what flavours and aromas will result in the wine? How does acidity improve your tasting experience? Why is balance one of the most critical aspects of a great wine? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Justin Taylor and Neil Hadley of Australia's Wakefield Wines.   Highlights What was it about Wakefield Wines 2011 vintage that brought Justin to tears? Which stunning Wakefield Wine was born from the 2011 disaster? How did Neil end up tasting Wakefield Wine with a buyer at a motorway stop? What gives the vineyard at Clare its x-factor? Why does the cool break at night improve the integrity of the grapes? How does the unique Clare Valley terroir show up when you're tasting Wakefield Wines? What properties will you notice in Wakefield Wines as a result of their terroir? What inspired the creation of the Wakefield Wines flavour charts? How can you use the Wakefield charts when tasting Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Riesling and Shiraz? What would you notice when tasting a warm-climate Chardonnay which has been oaked? Which French influences can you find in Wakefield Chardonnay? What is bâtonnage and what flavours and aromas will you notice in wine made using this technique? What foods should you pair with Wakefield Chardonnay? Are there certain foods you should avoid pairing with Chardonnay? How does acidity improve your tasting experience? What distinguishing characteristics should you pick up in a high-quality dry Riesling? How does the maturation of a Riesling impact it's tasting profile? What is meant by a "long finish"? How can you differentiate between a cool climate and a warm climate Shiraz? What tricky flavours can you pick up with Wakefield Shiraz? What makes Wakefield Shiraz feel more elegant and refined to you versus other Australian Shiraz? Why is balance one of the most critical aspects of a great wine? Can you zero in on the nuances of the different types of wine? What tasting experience can you expect with Wakefield Cabernet Sauvignon? Where do the notes of mint in Wakefield Cabernet Sauvignon come from? How does the ageing of Wakefield Cabernet Sauvignon impact it's tasting profile? What foods should you pair with Wakefield Cabernet Sauvignon? Will the 2020 Australian wildfires have an impact on wine regions? How can you support Australian winemakers during this difficult period?   About Justin Taylor and Neil Hadley Justin was one of six kids growing up in the Taylor household in Sydney’s Rose Bay under the watchful eye of their mother Loretta and father Bill Taylor Jr. – one of the original founding family members of Wakefield Wines. A natural salesman, Justin is noted as the loudest and jovial one of the bunch. He graduated from the prestigious Cranbrook boy’s school in 1988 and loved spending weekends on the rugby field. In 1997, the Taylor family welcomed third-generation family member Justin Taylor into the family business. Since then, Justin has been pivotal in introducing Wakefield Wines to wine drinkers all over the world. Justin started his professional career at Wakefield serving a three-year apprenticeship of types working as a sales representative in the Western Suburbs of Sydney. Justin has completed the Wine Society Advanced Wine Appreciation Certificate, Advanced Wine Marketing at TAFE and the Wine Executive Program through the Monash University of Melbourne. In 2000, Justin was promoted to the role of National Sales Manager in Australia. Over the following eight years the company’s domestic market share doubled, as did the size of the domestic sales team and the portfolio of wines that were being offered to the public in Australia, as Justin said “it was definitely a very fun time to be part of the Wakefield Wines team, we worked very hard and achieved very satisfying results.” After a visit to Australia in the late 80s, he decided Sydney would become home and pursued numerous roles in sales and marketing with prestigious brands like Rosemount Estate, Penfolds and Villa Maria in New Zealand. Today at Wakefield Wines, Neil manages the export portfolio of the 50-year wine company along with third-generation Export Manager and Company Director Justin Taylor. His main regions of responsibility include the United Kingdom and Europe, North America and South America. When not jet setting on behalf of Wakefield, Neil is an avid traveller himself. He cites trekking the foot of Mount Everest, dam-building for Masai tribes-people in Kenya and driving around Australia in a ‘Kingswood’ amongst his more memorable journeys around the world. Neil Hadley MW joined Wakefield Wines as General Manager, Export in early 2007. With more than 30 years of industry trade experience, Neil is key to developing and executing international sales and marketing strategies around the world for Wakefield Wines. His career in fine wine began in the early 80s as a wine retailer in England. Determined to understand the wine shelves of Lay & Wheeler, Neil dove straight into WSET training, later moving on to become one of the youngest members initiated as a prestigious Master of Wine in 1993.       To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the https://www.nataliemaclean.com/98.

Ysania is a Doctor of Traditional Naturopathy. She uses various modalities for holistic healing, personal growth and expansion. One of her favorite tools to work with is the Emotion Code and Body Code System. These systems were created by Dr. Bradley Nelson after more than 20 years as a holistic chiropractor and teacher. They are designed to help you alleviate physical discomfort, ease emotional wounds and restore love to relationships. They can even help you break through potential self-sabotage to live the life you were meant to live. In this interview, Ysania helps explain how emotions become suppressed and how this system works to remove them. Plus, she will also offer a *FREE* listener's only gift related to Bach Flower Remedies! Tune in to learn more!Highlights:-What is the Emotion Code and Body Code and what are the differences between the two?-How do these systems actually work?-Why do energy or emotions become trapped in our body?-How can we release trapped energy or emotions that are causing suffering?-Which ways can trapped energy or emotions effect our lives?-How can we access the subconscious body to get to the root of our suffering?-What after effects or down time can we expect after a session?-What are Bach Flower Remedies and how can they assist us in our daily lives?-& more!Learn more at www.BeyondtheBlissPodcast.comResources:Website: www.HolisticMysticHealing.comInstagram: @Holistic_Mystic_YsaniaThe Emotion Code: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love, and Happiness by Dr. Bradley Nelson: Buy Now On AmazonGifts:FREE Bach Flower Remedy with the purchase a Body Code and Emotion Code healing session: Just mention that you came from Beyond the Bliss or from Dani :)Affiliate Links:FourSigmatic Mushroom Adaptogen Coffee: 15% off discount code "DESERTMOON"Theme Music:"Good Old Days" by Joakim Karud: @JoakimKarudMusic

Thanks to David Pantera for the interview. Highlights: What happens if a freshman doesn’t complete three quarters? Sidenote: I’d suggesting reaching out to Student Affairs to check on this year’s procedure with the flex terms… How many units is acclimating to Stanford? What do the class presidents do? How are the responsibilities of the class presidents changing this year? What is the Stanford Report?

Meet Tana Douglas. Throughout the music industry, Tana has been acknowledged as Rock’N’Roll’s first female roadie. Her journey started in 1973 in Australia and within a year she was working for AC/DC. She then moved to lighting, working for a Major Australian Promoter and completed in quick succession several tours with International acts such as Santana, Suzi Quatro, Neil Diamond, David Essex, and Leo Sayer, and Status Quo all before she turned 18. In this episode, Tana joins me for a discussion about her career, the evolution of the music industry, and some of the lessons she’s learned along the way. During our conversation, Tana emphasizes the notion of taking ownership of your own learning. We discussed taking control of your own destiny and doing things before you feel ready. As that is how you will grow rapidly – in your career or in your life. Tana has so much life experience and many stories to share. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Here’s some more background information about Tana: After getting her father to sign her passport so she could travel Internationally she ventured to London to start 4 years with Status Quo running their lighting rig. She then brought that rig to TASCO a major Production company in London that until that time had only supplied sound for tours. A relationship developed there that would last several years and include working for such artists as Status Quo, The WHO, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, The Police, Elton John, Iggy Pop, and Johnny Halliday the French megastar. Her relationship continued with TASCO enabling her to transfer to the USA after they opened a Los Angeles division. After becoming a resident of the USA, she broadened her working relationships to also include both Delicate Productions and Light & Sound Designs. The tours that followed were Elton John, INXS, Men at Work, before being once again called back to Europe to manage the largest lighting rig ever built for a 7-month residency for her old friend Johnny Halliday, at Le Zenith in Paris, for Light & Sound Design (LSD).  After successfully completing that task it was time for a change. Los Angeles had offered Tana new passions and she gradually left lighting, stage/production to focus her skills on logistics which meant if a tour had to be somewhere, she was the person to make sure it happened - for everyone including Lenny Kravitz, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Luther Vandross, Ice-T, and Ice Cube to name a few. Tana’s career spanned 30+ years and has seen her work alongside some of rock’s biggest names and personalities. As the music industry grew to become a worldwide cultural phenomenon, she was there, in the thick of it, a girl.  Tana and her unique position in the music industry have been included in several other people’s books – most recently a chapter in Stuart Coupe’s book, Roadies, which confirmed her as the first female roadie. But now it’s time for Tana to tell her story, in her own words. Her Memoir is being published through HarperCollins Australia and tells of the joys and struggles faced as a girl out on the road on her own in the wild and woolly days that created this industry of music. It is due to be released in Spring 2021.   Highlights: What music means to Rock’N’Roll’s first female roadie. (5:04)  Janis Joplin as a hero and early inspiration. (6:20)  Tana’s entrance into the world of Rock’N’Roll as a roadie, and how she went on seven international tours back to back by the age of 17. (9:43)  What’s a roadie, anyway? (11:56) On being the only woman roadie in the early 70s and 80s. (12:30) Some of the things Tana did to fit in that was, “wild and woolly.” (14:53) Hear about Tana’s first driving experience! (15:36) Her fondest band memory from working with AC/DC, Malcolm Young, and Angus Young specifically. (19:51) What it was like working with Iggy Pop and how Tana described him as caring and nice, a contrast in his character on stage. (22:15) The on-stage characters that can’t turn it off, Keith Moon from The Who. (24:00) The impact of the pandemic on the music industry and Tana’s experience watching the evolution of the industry. (33:33) Tana describes the tight bonds between roadies and the artists on tour. (36:05) Comparing corporate gigs vs. roadie gigs. (40:43) The technology behind music production, plus the introduction of AR/VR and how it can be used when a musician can’t tour creating a full-immersion experience for concert-goers. (41:46) Her idea of using AR/VR to create a one-of-a-kind New Year’s Eve concert. (48:01) How to stage production companies have pivoted and helped hospitals in the wake of the pandemic – including sending crews to build hospital triage and more. (50:59) The two ways people can work and learn to become a roadie. Don’t only learn what you can do, also learn what you can’t do. (53:45)  Links to quench your curiosity Learn more about Tana   Tana’s book published by HarperCollins Australia entitled LOUD will be released in Spring 2021!  Join the Interview With Melissa Llarena Facebook Community! Did you enjoy the conversation? Let's build a powerful community of dream chasers on Facebook! Let's huddle around a virtual campfire to open up about the wisdom, insights, and stories featured on An Interview With Melissa Llarena the podcast. Join me there for exclusive takes and behind-the-scenes content.  

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” -Brené Brown   Focusing on the fellas today… finally! We often cover equality on T&T and most of the time it is through the female narrative, because I am a woman after all. Today, we are talking all things men, their emotions, what it means to “be a man” and how that meaning in itself is evolving, thank goodness. I have noted the Netflix documentary, The Masks They Live In, many times as it’s an excellent example of the discussion and awareness of American society pushing masculinity on our boys that inevitably destroys them (in short). This a much longer conversation that Kris taps into as he exemplifies a modern, evolved man. He is the father of two boys, successful businessman, entrepreneur, speaker, and mission driven to update the conversation, awareness, and perception of “what it means to be a man”. 2020 has been a crazy year to say the least, there is no better time than now to question a better way, genuinely get back to your authentic self, and work to further evolve on the personal front. Our guys need the same empathy and space that our girls do. Kris kicks off the convo with a personal childhood story that sets the tone for the rest of the conversation. He is vulnerable, open, and willing to help and /or advise anyone that asks. This is an awesome cast for everyone, particularly parents of young boys. Enjoy! Highlights: What it means to “Be A Man”. A boy’s and a man’s perspective. Men’s emotion, vulnerability, empathy, sympathy, awareness. Stigma. Questioning a better way. Working with, teaching, and raising happy, self-assured men. Life evolution and awakening. Making lemonade from lemons. Entrepreneurship, community, and embracing self-love to make the world a better place. Kris Lovin Kris is the founder and owner of the most exclusive men's clothing company in the world, 1OH1 Exclusive. After overcoming self-hated, self-doubt, addiction, and being left to be a full-time single dad, Kris has made it his life's goal to help men overcome their own struggles, and become the best men they can be. @krixlovin   1OH1 Exclusive Our Mission At 1OH1 Exclusive, our mission is to create clothing that inspires men to be their best. Each product has a personality and story that reminds you of who you are and the man you want to be. Helping you be your best. You are a unique combination of strengths and weaknesses. We help you learn to take ownership of who you are, leverage your strengths, and improve on your weaknesses through a process that we call "going ROWG." Recognition - Ownership - Work - Growth (ROWG) Going ROWG is a process of  Recognizingboth your weaknesses AND strengths.  Takingownership of who you are, both good and bad, and letting go of any blame or excuses. Putting in the workto overcome your weaknesses and leverage your strengths.  Experiencing thegrowth, and gaining greater success and happiness.  Look and feel like a stud. Every time you put on your 1OH1 shirt, you will look and feel like a freaking stud! What you wear has a huge impact on how you feel. Every time you look in the mirror you will see the best version of yourself looking back. A premium brand your friends can't get. We love exclusivity and don't want you to ever see someone wearing the same shirt or even the same brand. All of your friends will want one, but just because they can afford one, doesn't mean they can get one, and they will never be able to get yours. Only 101 shirts sold. We limit our production to 101 prints per design, and 4 designs being available at a time. When a product sells out, it sells out for good. So, if you find a shirt that resonates with you, grab it fast before it is gone. @1oh1exclusive   Connect with T&T: IG: @TurmericTequila Facebook: @TurmericAndTequila Website: www.TurmericAndTequila.com   Host: Kristen Olson IG: @Madonnashero Tik Tok: @Madonnashero Email: Info@KOAlliance.com Website: www.KOAlliance.com

BOOK: Invisible Rainbow https://amzn.to/300Sn23 Cellular Phone Task Force, www.cellphonetaskforce.org International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space, www.5gSpaceAppeal.org Check out IIN and get a free module: LearnTrueHealth.com/coach   The Invisible Rainbow https://www.learntruehealth.com/the-invisible-rainbow Highlights: What is electrical pollution Illnesses caused by exposure to electrical pollution Ways to lessen exposure to electrical pollution   5G is here, and while many people are excited about this technology, Arthur Firstenberg describes it as the most urgent threat on earth today. In this episode, he explains why 5G is bad for us. He also enumerates different sources of electrical pollution and how we can lessen exposure to electrical pollution. [00:00:00] Ashley James: Welcome to the Learn True Health podcast. I’m your host, Ashley James. This is episode 445. I am so excited for today’s guest. We have the author of The Invisible Rainbow, Arthur Firstenberg. Arthur, one of my best friends was freaking out when she read your book. Her husband read your book, and he just was blown away. And then I started getting requests from a few listeners saying that your book has been mind-blowing, and it’s the most important book people have read in the last 10 years or more. It really caught my attention, and I thought I have to have this man on the show. We have to let more people know about your work. So I recently got your book, and I cannot put it down. I’m holding it right now. I could probably use it as an exercise device because of how thick it is. Based on the picture on Amazon, I was expecting a little paperback I could finish on the weekend, and it’s almost 400 pages. And then there’s what seems like about 75 to 100 pages of references. I mean, you really did your homework.   [00:01:23] Arthur Firstenberg: There’s actually 150 pages of footnotes and bibliography.   [00:01:30] Ashley James: Yes, I was guessing. I’m holding it. I showed my husband. I’m like, “Do you see the scientific references?” I’m quite impressed. But reading your book, it’s very, very interesting. The first thing that came to mind is that I would love to see your book become a documentary or some kind of movie because of how—   [00:01:50] Arthur Firstenberg: Somebody called me yesterday that wants to do exactly that.   [00:01:55] Ashley James: Yes, please do. I mean, as long as you have control of how it goes, but it is phenomenally well-written. Well-researched. If everyone knew what you lay out so well in this book it would change the world. I want to dive into understanding—for those who’ve never heard of you or your work—I want to dive into it a bit. But first, I’d like to know a bit about you. What happened in your life that made you want to write this book?   [00:02:31] Arthur Firstenberg: I went to medical school, and midway through school—at the end of my second year—I had some dental work and a whole lot of dental x-rays in the course of a summer. The last series of x-rays did something to my head, and I felt something give way in the back of my skull. I felt an electric current travel from head to toes and out into the floor. The next morning, when I went around in the hospital, I could feel electric currents emanating from every piece of electrical equipment in the hospital. My life has not been the same since then. I found out that I couldn’t finish school, essentially. I attempted to stick it out and get my MD. One day, on the inpatient pediatrics, I collapsed with all the symptoms of a heart attack. I had a year to go for my MD, and I left school. Before I had done that, I did a trade with my plastic surgery professor because being in the operating room was no longer possible. Every time I assisted a surgery I would have crippling pains in my hips so that I couldn’t walk for three days. He excused me from the OR in exchange for writing a research paper on a topic of my choice. I chose the effects of radiant energy on living organisms.   [00:04:33] Ashley James: Wow.   [00:04:33] Arthur Firstenberg: This was in December of 1981. In doing research for the chapter, I went to the medical school’s library—this was the  University of California Irvine—and lo and behold, there were many shelves full of books on the effects of electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic fields on biology and on health. We were not being taught this in medical school, and this seemed very strange to me. So I started doing research. That’s been my life, partially, since 1981, and full time since 1996 is researching being an advocate, being a support person, and being an activist. Trying to educate the world to this biological and environmental factor that nobody’s aware of.   [00:05:43] Ashley James: Did your professors believe you when you explained that being near electronics gave you excruciating pain?   [00:05:52] Arthur Firstenberg: I never asked him that question that way.   [00:06:00] Ashley James: Do you feel like they treated you as if they believed you? If they believed you, wouldn’t they have wanted to help?   [00:06:12] Arthur Firstenberg: I didn’t get any feedback because I submitted the paper in December, and I collapsed at the end of February. So it was only a couple of months before I quit school, and I never got any feedback from him.   [00:06:26] Ashley James: Do you still experience pain when you’re near electronics?   [00:06:32] Arthur Firstenberg: Not to the degree that I did then, but yes. A lot of people do. In fact, I would venture to say that most everybody does, but they’re not educated as to what the cause is. So a lot of people are on various pain medications. It causes sleep disorders, and the people are on sleeping medications. It causes anxiety, so people are on anxiety medications and antidepressants. They keep their cell phone in their hip pocket, and that causes excruciating pain, but they don’t connect the cause. So they end up going to the doctor, and the doctor tells them their hips are worn out. Let’s give you a hip replacement, and the nerves are cut, so it doesn’t hurt anymore. This is not confined to a few people. This is affecting the entire population of the globe.   [00:07:36] Ashley James: My husband and I both noticed—he has an iPhone, I have an android—our hands hurt when we hold our cell phones. That we can feel something. There’s something there. I mean, if you weren’t really paying attention, you could ignore it, but we’re very in tune with our bodies, and we can feel it. His hurts his hand more than mine does, I noticed.   [00:08:00] Arthur Firstenberg: Right. And that is the sign that you should stop using it because you can get cancer of your hand.   [00:08:10] Ashley James: Jeez. I was going to say, what damage is being done by being exposed to—and there are so many different forms of electricity like you say in your book. The cell phone is like the microwave, right? But we have electricity going throughout our house, our laptops, the Wi-Fi, the cell signals, and the radio waves.   The Dangers of 5G and How To Reduce Exposure to Electrical Pollution [00:08:32] Arthur Firstenberg: Okay, so now you’re talking about two different types of electrical pollution. The electricity going through your wires creates an electric field. That electric field is not intentional. That’s not part of the product, and it can be shielded with proper engineering. You can twist the wires. You can put it in a conduit. You can eliminate the electric fields to a great extent. They’re not necessary. The difference with wireless technology is that radiation is the product. That cell phone and Wi-Fi will not work unless you’re getting irradiated, so it’s a different idea. It’s actually the first form of pollutant in history that is intentionally being spread over every square inch of the planet. In other words, pesticides are designed to kill pests. They escape into the general environment, but that’s not deliberate. With wireless technology, the pollutant is the product, and that’s a big difference.   [00:09:57] Ashley James: You know what scares me is hearing that Elon Musk is launching satellites so that he can bathe every square mile in the entire earth with 5G waves, basically. There’ll be no escaping this electric pollution, as you put it.   [00:10:19] Arthur Firstenberg: That scares me more than anything else that’s going on right now on the planet. I am scared of climate change, pesticides, deforestation, and everything else that’s destroying our beautiful earth. But he’s putting thousands, in fact, he plans to put tens of thousands of satellites in low orbit around the earth. And I am less concerned about the direct radiation reaching the earth from a few hundred miles up than I am how they’re going to alter the electromagnetic environment of the earth itself in which we evolved and which we are dependent on for life and health. In other words, atmospheric physicists study what they call the global electrical circuit, and people are not aware of our electrical environment. We’re not taught this in school. Electricity is thought of as something useful that can accomplish things for us. That can turn on our lights, power motors, and so forth. But we actually live in an electric field—a natural electric field of 130 volts per meter on average in fair weather. And it’s a complex electric field.  In thunderstorms, the direction of the field reverses, and lightning actually completes the circuit. So you actually have a complete circuit traveling horizontally through the ionosphere, then vertically down to the earth in fair weather, beneath our feet horizontally through the earth, and then back up to the sky during thunderstorms. This circulates all the time, and it goes through the bodies of every living thing. It actually goes through our bodies, circulates through our acupuncture meridians. Doctors of oriental medicine study a little piece of this science, but basically, it’s little specializations and nobody’s looking at the whole picture. If you put 12,000 or more or 42,0000 or 100,000 satellites, there are a lot of players in this game. Space-X is the first entrant, but there are others waiting in the wings and starting to launch satellites. If you put tens of thousands of satellites up there, each one emitting thousands of different frequencies because you’re serving thousands of different users from each satellite, you’re going to pollute this circuit that travels through our bodies, keeps us healthy, and gives us life. This is what I’m frightened of, and this is imminent. This is much more imminent and life-threatening than any of these other environmental threats.   [00:13:50] Ashley James: I love studying astronomy. Why is it that earth has a perfect environment than any other planet in our solar system for life? And we have this beautiful electromagnetic field that you just described that allows us to have life. That allows the earth to prevent solar radiation from fully hitting us. It’s a shield. It protects us, but it also is what we’ve evolved from. Something you brought up in the book that we evolved from wherever we came from. Whether you believe we came from Adam and Eve, or whether you believe we came from single cells in a swamp, we have been here—for as long as we’ve been here—living with this natural electricity that is moving, that we are part of.   [00:14:51] Arthur Firstenberg: And in the 18th century, when people were beginning to study electricity in depth and when they were beginning to find ways of storing it and using it, it was initially used in medicine before it was used for any other technologies as kind of a panacea for a lot of illnesses. Isaac Newton also believed that electricity was the life force. That this is what gave us life. And my conclusion after studying this field for the last 40 years is that probably that’s right.  Electricity is either closely related to or identical with the life force, with this substance that travels, that acupuncturists work on, and travels through our acupuncture meridians. It’s modulated in complex ways. There’s what a lot of people have heard of, the Schumann resonances, which are the resonant frequencies of the biosphere—8, 14, 20, 26, and 32 hertz. That’s part of what circulates to our bodies. But it’s all controlled by the ionosphere. The ionosphere is a source of high voltage. It’s the earth’s source of high voltage. It’s charged to an average of 300,000 volts, and this is what powers and regulates the electricity that circulates in the biosphere and goes through every living thing.   [00:16:33] Ashley James: So what are the dangers of our modern electricity, of our modern devices? I love that in your book, you show very clearly that at each point in our history when we had a new introduction to the widespread use of electricity, that there was an uptick in disease. Could you go over some of that?   [00:17:05] Arthur Firstenberg: Yeah. The first major use of electricity was for telegraphy. Millions of miles of telegraph wires were strung all around the earth, and there was a new disease described during the 1860s called neurasthenia. And nobody knew where it came from. Its sufferers were tired all the time and couldn’t sleep. Had aches and pains all over their bodies. A lot of things that people who call themselves electrically sensitive complain about today. I don’t use that term by the way—electrical sensitivity—because it gives the wrong impression that people who realize what’s making them sick are not normal. We’re just like everybody else. We just have figured it out. This is what’s making us sick. Like every other toxin in the environment, there’s a range of vulnerability in the population. If you poison the population with anything—with arsenic, not everybody will get sick at the same time. But if you expose people to high enough levels of electromagnetic fields, as we are doing today, eventually, everybody gets sick. Everybody gets affected. But in the 1860s, there was this epidemic, actually pandemic, of what they called neurasthenia. And for 40 years, it was in the literature. Nobody could figure it out, and along came Sigmund Freud in about 1895. He said this is a psychological disorder, and he called it anxiety neurosis, and that has stuck. So today, we have this thing called anxiety disorder, and 1/6 or 1/5 of the population is being diagnosed with it. And everybody’s being put on anti-anxiety meds, but still, the cause is not being realized. Telegraph operators suffered from it to a large degree. In the coming decades, in the 19th century, telephone operators suffered from it to a large degree. And then in 1889, when AC current essentially spread all over the world, and it spread extraordinarily rapidly. Basically, 1889 was in the space of a year the earth became wrapped in electric wires with alternating currents in them. And that was the year when the first modern influenza epidemic broke out all over the world.  Following that, the Spanish influenza of 1918—according to my research—was triggered by the United States’ entry into World War I with the latest in radio technology. The most powerful radio stations in the world. The first radio stations in the world that broadcast voices that could be heard over most of the earth. These were extraordinarily low frequency, enormously powerful radio stations that were turned on in September of 1918. The one in New Brunswick, New Jersey. And that month was when Spanish influenza became deadly all over the world. I traced the epidemics of influenza throughout the 20th century. 1957, the advent of radar for civil defense especially by the United States 1968. The Hong Kong flu coincided with the launch of the first fleet of military satellites into space.  That’s a brief summary. The advent of the wireless revolution in 1996 in this country a couple of years earlier in Europe and some of the rest of the world, the illness that was caused by that was also caused influenza, but it was not simultaneous all over the world because antennas and cell towers were not coordinated quite as well throughout the world as some of these earlier technologies. For example, where I was living in New York City, the first digital cell towers were turned on citywide commercially on November 14, 1996. A so-called influenza epidemic locally to New York City began essentially on that date and lasted officially until the following May. As a previously injured person living in New York City, I escaped one week later. It felt like I barely survived, I barely escaped with my life. That’s when I started the Cellular Phone Task Force and put an ad in the New York City newspaper saying if you have been sick since November 15, 1996 with the following symptoms, please contact us. And we heard from people all over the city who thought they were having a heart attack, a stroke, or a nervous breakdown on approximately that date. And that was the foundation for my nonprofit, which I have been running ever since then, since 24 years ago. And I got mortality rates. I downloaded mortality rates from the CDC’s website.   [00:24:07] Ashley James: Really?   [00:24:09] Arthur Firstenberg: Yeah. I called up the doctor—what was his name in Israel? His name escapes me. Anyway, he directed me to the CDC’s website and said there’s where you can find mortality statistics. Indeed, there was a spike in mortality in New York City that lasted two to three months. I think it was three to four months in New York City. It was particularly devastating. I did this later. There was an increase in mortality between 10% and 25% lasting on average two to three months in every city that deployed what we now call 2G technology that began on the date in that city when the first 2G system went commercial. And I documented this for dozens of cities.   [00:25:11] Ashley James: Going back in the late 1800s when they had the major influenza outbreak after the modern world basically had electricity, had the wires everywhere, and the homes had access to electricity for the first time ever. Had there ever been a documented case of influenza to that extent, or was this the largest we’d ever seen?   [00:25:45] Arthur Firstenberg: Sure. Influenza is an ancient disease. It’s been known forever, but it was never an annual disease. When the worldwide influenza hit in 1889, a lot of doctors had never seen a case of it before. The previous influenza epidemic in the United Kingdom, I believe, had happened in 1854 or 1856.   [00:26:20] Ashley James: That skipped like 20 years?   [00:26:24] Arthur Firstenberg: Forty, forty-five years.   [00:26:25] Ashley James: Oh, huge difference.   [00:26:26] Arthur Firstenberg: Forty, forty-five years previously. And the last influenza epidemic in the United States had been in the 1870s, more than 20 years previously. Suddenly, in 1889, there was influenza throughout the world, and it returned every single year worldwide after that. In 1890, there was in the winter—every year.   [00:26:54] Ashley James: Every year until now.   [00:26:56] Arthur Firstenberg: Yeah. It was never an annual disease before. It was never a seasonal disease before. It had something to do with solar radiation. There has been any number of studies correlating historical influenza epidemics with sunspots. So it seemed to come with the maximum solar activity until modern times.   [00:27:22] Ashley James: It would disrupt our electromagnetic field or disrupt our cells in a negative way, and that would leave us susceptible or weakened?   [00:27:32] Arthur Firstenberg: Something like that. And I also explored the Maunder Minimum in the 16th and 17th centuries when there were no sunspots for a period of 75 years, something like that. And during that time, there were no influenza pandemics. That’s consistent with influenza being—as I propose—an electrical disease, and not a viral disease, although it is associated with a virus.   [00:28:10] Ashley James: Well, the viruses live dormant in our body and are opportunistic, many of them, right? Chickenpox becomes shingles when someone’s immune system is compromised, and warts—herpes outbreaks. I mean, that’s one thing that could be hypothesized is that we have the influenza virus dormant in our body, and then when we are in a weakened state, it comes out as opposed to being caught by people.   [00:28:37] Arthur Firstenberg: That is what a number of influenza specialists have proposed in the past.   [00:28:43] Ashley James: And that’s radical.   [00:28:45] Arthur Firstenberg: Exactly what they proposed.   [00:28:46] Ashley James: I mean, what a radical concept because the pharmaceutical companies would not want us to believe this because they want us to take a flu shot every year. And now they’re saying we should take two flu shots because of COVID. I just thought it was really funny. I saw this video yesterday that Dr. Oz was saying that those who get flu shots have, I think he said, 36% more chance of developing COVID and they cut him off. I don’t know if it was CNN, but it was some interview and they cut him off.   [00:29:16] Arthur Firstenberg: That is actually based on a peer-reviewed published study that says that. Back in 1918 actually, doctors attempted to prove the infectious nature of influenza. These were doctors in Boston, and they published their research in public health reports in The New England Journal of Medicine and prestigious publications. They failed. This was during the height of Spanish influenza. They tried to infect 100 healthy individuals with secretions from sick influenza patients by having sick influenza patients cough several times into their faces, by injecting blood from sick influenza patients into healthy people. Not one of the 100 healthy people got sick, and they ended up saying we don’t know how influenza is spread. There were veterinarians because horses got influenza. They caught the epidemic about a month before people did. They tried to transfer influenza via secretions from horses into healthy horses, and the healthy horses didn’t get sick. So there was a resounding failure to infect healthy people with sick people by influenza.   [00:30:46] Ashley James: I don’t want to call it a conspiracy theory, but there’s been a chatter that areas in the world where COVID has taken off are the same areas where they’ve been introducing 5G or testing 5G technology. Have you heard of this? Is there any basis for it? It sounds like it’d be up your alley.   [00:31:11] Arthur Firstenberg: I have investigated it personally. There is a basis for it. My hypothesis is that the COVID-19 virus causes hypoxia by preventing oxygen from binding to hemoglobin. That the radiation from 5G causes hypoxia by interfering with electron transport in your mitochondria. So the COVID-19 virus starves your blood vessels of oxygen. The 5G starves your cells of oxygen. And when you put the two together, they are deadly. At first, I didn’t believe this, but when I investigated it, 5G officially got turned on in Wuhan, China two weeks before the first known cases of COVID-19 broke out there. 5G officially was turned on in New York City about two weeks before a very bad COVID-19 epidemic broke out in New York City. 5G was on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship. There seems to be a pattern here. Here where I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico—at least when I checked a week or two ago—there had been zero COVID-19 deaths in Santa Fe county to date. We don’t have 5G. Albuquerque does. They’ve got a bunch of COVID-19 deaths. As to why COVID-19 is rampant on the Navajo reservation could be due to other forms of pollution. It could be due to the fact that Native Americans have high rates of diabetes. There’s a lot of factors here. It’s not black and white simple, but there is a correlation with 5G. I did a search last week because I was curious. The Gaza Strip has one of the highest densities of population in the world. I wanted to know if they have a problem with the coronavirus, and it turns out to date, out of 1.8 million people, they’ve had 10 deaths from COVID-19. Essentially, they don’t have the disease there even though they are more crowded than any place in the world.  So there seems to be a correlation, and as I said, I have a hypothesis as to why there is a virus. It is deadly. My opinion is that there was—for the first few months—a pretty bad pandemic, and that has more or less passed. People adjust to it, people have immune systems, and the world is pretending that nobody has an immune system. We have to continue locking down the world, wearing masks, and social distancing. From my research, it doesn’t make sense that the places that have the highest number of deaths and the highest rate of illnesses are the places that have the most radiation.   [00:35:14] Ashley James: Why is it that ever since we have electricity and radio waves—we have all this electric pollution. Why is it that influenza comes back every year in the winter? Is it because we’re indoors more? Because I think people are indoors and are exposed to this all the time, so why winter when a few hundred years ago, it was like once every 40 years?   [00:35:42] Arthur Firstenberg: We don’t know. It has something to do with either the amount of solar radiation, which goes down in the winter, or the amount of artificial electromagnetic fields, which goes way up in the winter because we’re indoors. But that’s just speculation. I certainly don’t know all the answers.   [00:36:04] Ashley James: Like you said, there are other factors. Perhaps vitamin D levels, which are already dangerously low. Many people don’t have their vitamin D tested. To a naturopathic physician, if you’re below 60, it’s unhealthy. You want your vitamin D levels to be between 60 and 100. I’ve had a doctor come on the show—very experienced doctors—say that he has never seen toxic vitamin D levels and he prescribes incredibly high amounts of vitamin D, and he’s never seen someone above 100. But he does see chronically low vitamin D, and chronically low vitamin D leads to and there’s a correlation to cancer and to lowered immune health—lowered immune function. And of course, the more we spend time indoors, the less vitamin D we have and the more exposure to electric pollution, right?   [00:36:57] Arthur Firstenberg: It could well be.   [00:37:00] Ashley James: Right. Very fascinating. What other illnesses are commonly seen with exposure to electric pollution? You yourself had it when you had that x-ray. Can you give us some more examples?   [00:37:20] Arthur Firstenberg: Well, the chronic diseases that we are all living within the 21st century, and I show this in my book. Not only I explained the mechanism, but I showed historically when it began the trend, I graphed it out, and I published all the data—cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. These three diseases were rare or virtually non-existent before electrification, which means before telegraphy began in the 1840s, was well underway by the 1860s. And there’s a good reason for it because electromagnetic fields interfere with the movement of electrons. So this means that it interferes with electron transport in your mitochondria. In the mitochondria of every cell of every living organism. Electron transport is the last stage of metabolizing your food and utilizing the oxygen that you breathe. So when you metabolize your food, you’re producing electrons, which get transferred to the oxygen you breathe. It generates ATP, and this is how we live. If you interfere with electron transport, you are not efficiently metabolizing sugars, fats, and proteins. You don’t efficiently metabolize sugars at the rate at which you should be able to. Sugars back up into your bloodstream and excreted by your kidneys and you have diabetes. You don’t efficiently metabolize, fats they back into your bloodstream, get deposited in your coronary arteries, and you get heart disease. Cancer thrives in anaerobic environments. That’s actually how it’s diagnosed. So you’re effectively starving your cells of oxygen forcing them into anaerobic metabolism and cancer cells love it. So these three diseases, in my opinion, are predominantly caused by the escalation of what in some parts of the world is called the electrosmog. It hasn’t caught on in this country, but electromagnetic pollution.   [00:40:01] Ashley James: The rates of those diseases back in 1870, for example, before the widespread use of electricity in our homes. What were the rates of those diseases then?   [00:40:18] Arthur Firstenberg: Cancer, before it started to rise, was the 25th most common cause of death. About as many people died of accidental drowning as died of cancer. Diabetes was almost non-existent. The first book in English that was ever written about diabetes in the 1780s, the doctor who wrote it had only ever seen two cases of diabetes in his life. Heart disease was a disease of old people and infants—people with heart defects. People in the prime of their life between infancy and old age never got heart disease. This started to change in the 1840s and 1850s with all those three diseases.   [00:41:21] Ashley James: But that was before electricity was in the homes though. Was there electric smog or electric pollution being developed back then?   [00:41:31] Arthur Firstenberg: It was not in the homes but there were telegraph wires in most populated places.   [00:41:40] Ashley James: That’s right.   [00:41:41] Arthur Firstenberg: And not only most populated places, but running around alongside railroad tracks and elsewhere in rural environments.   [00:41:48] Ashley James: Yeah. It’s absolutely fascinating that you go through in your book all of the electric pollution that we’ve experienced in the last few hundred years, and then the rates of these diseases going through the roof.   [00:42:01] Arthur Firstenberg: And back in those days, the return current for telegraphy did not go through a wire. The return was through the earth itself, and that meant that there were ground currents from—well, nowadays it’s the power grid. But then those days, it was the telegraph grid. All of the return currents went through the earth, and so people were exposed to it just by walking around.   [00:42:32] Ashley James: I have a friend who has fibromyalgia, and there was a thunderstorm. It was so violent that when I woke up in the middle of the night, I could see the lightning—the light of the lightning. There’s so much lightning that I could walk down the hallway in my house and I could see everything. After that, I think it was August 1996 in Muskoka, Canada. And after that day, she was in the hospital for six months unable to walk in excruciating pain.  That just stuck in the back of my mind that she had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Back then, it was really hard to get diagnosed with it, and doctors really don’t know what to do about it. But that anytime there were electrical storms, she was put out for days or weeks. And this one was so bad she was in excruciating pain for six months. That’s a natural phenomenon, right? So imagine what is happening to our bodies when we’re around this electric pollution.  I love to point out in the show that we really don’t focus enough on the fact that our body is energy. When you go to a hospital, if you’re having weird symptoms, they’ll put electrodes on you and they’ll read the energy coming from your heart, coming from your brain. They’re reading the energy our body is putting out there in order to diagnose. That every part of our body is using electricity in some way. So when we’re exposed to this electric smog, of course, it would have an effect on us. Why do we think that we’re immune? Why do we think we’re immune to microwaves, Wi-Fi, and 5G? Why do we think we’re immune? Is it all through marketing? I mean, why is it that we think we’re totally immune and then we get sick and we take meds. Why are so many people blind to the fact that our body is energy, and our body is disrupted by the artificial energy we have surrounded ourselves by?   [00:44:54] Arthur Firstenberg: I do discuss this in my book. We have been in denial since the year 1800 as a culture. That was the year that the electric battery was invented. There started to be uses invented for electricity stored in batteries, and then in the 1840s telegraphy was used with essentially electric generating technology which had been invented in the meantime. The fact that it can make our lives easier and take over the work, the animals—industrial society has grown up completely dependent on electricity since about the year 1800. It has to do not so much with marketing, It’s a societal addiction. It has to do with our self-concept of who we are as human beings. It’s like if you took away electricity from us, who would we be? How would we live? People don’t want to think about it. There was a medical controversy in the year 1800 as to even the existence of what in the 18th century, the 1700s had been called animal electricity. As I said, people believed that electricity was a life force. Along came Alessandro Volta with the electric battery, and he demonstrated that you could generate electricity without the use of animals. He said there’s no such thing as animal electricity. There were a big controversy and a debate between Volta and Galvani in the 1790s as to the source of electricity, and Volta’s pronouncement that electricity had nothing to do with biology was widely believed and became the standard teaching in medicine and in society and people forgot. But they didn’t totally forget because electricity was still used very widely for electrotherapy to cure a lot of different diseases basically until the end of the 19th century when it started to be used for lights and power. Once it started to be used for lights and power, electrotherapy died out. People couldn’t continue to think that it was the life force if it could do all these wonderful things and be so powerful.   [00:48:21] Ashley James: I love the chapter where you gave the history of how they used electricity and medicine. That’s what made me really want this to be a movie, like a documentary or something. It’s so fascinating. That electricity can be harmful, but you also documented the thousands and thousands of cases where they saw healings from it. Many people who were deaf gained their hearing after using a specific electrode in and around their ear that physicians used, or back then, they called them electricians I think you said in the book.   [00:48:58] Arthur Firstenberg: They were called electricians, yes, in the 18th century.   [00:49:02] Ashley James: Quite fascinating.   [00:49:04] Arthur Firstenberg: Yeah, it cured quite a number of documented cases of deafness. It cured some cases of blindness. It was reputed to make the lame walk but at really low power levels and brief exposures. They would expose somebody’s ear to a few pulses of electricity for a few minutes and that was it. When they tried to use higher powers of electricity, it didn’t work. It just injured them.   [00:49:41] Ashley James: There are medical devices that I’ve used and that show great results. Ionic foot detox spas that use a platinum energy system, it’s called, that uses almost a rife frequency. The BEMER, which is a mat out of Europe and used as a medical device in the hospitals there, is documented to increase blood flow right at the capillary and also make red blood cells function in a better way, not stick together, and it stimulates mitochondria to function even better. So there are lots of devices out there that use very, very, very low frequencies—gentle, and they see that it stimulates health and healing.   [00:50:32] Arthur Firstenberg: Gentle and brief, it has to be.   [00:50:35] Ashley James: Right. Gentle and brief.   [00:50:36] Arthur Firstenberg: Not chronic, not for long periods of time. And in today’s world, when we’re all immersed in a sea of electromagnetic radiation, I tell people to exercise extreme caution before using any of these devices because it has some therapeutic effects, but you don’t know what else it’s doing to you.   [00:50:58] Ashley James: Exactly. And wouldn’t it be even healthier to take a break? I mean, I daydream now about going to a cabin in the mountains or somewhere far away from all of this and living like a pioneer by candlelight and just having a break, having a detox from electric pollution.   [00:51:20] Arthur Firstenberg: But you can’t do that anymore because it’s everywhere. It’s coming down from satellites. It’s going through the earth. It’s being broadcast from very powerful radar stations. For example, the entire Amazon Rainforest is being blasted by 28 super powerful radar stations so they can track anybody that moves through the forest. It’s unbelievable what’s going on on the planet.   [00:51:56] Ashley James: This episode wasn’t designed to be doom and gloom. I do want to wake people up, but we also want to give people tools. You do talk in your book about what we can do to protect ourselves given that there’s nowhere to run. Electric pollution is everywhere. I mean, I have friends that live out in the Okanagan Valley in a very remote area of Washington, and there’s no cell service. There are almost no radio waves, and they live off the grid, so they have solar. They heat the house with firewood. You can lessen. You can decrease the amount of electric pollution. I mean, you have to really go out of your way. You can’t live in a city.   [00:52:42] Arthur Firstenberg: The most important thing that people have to do is get rid of their cell phones. That is the single most powerful source of radiation that everybody’s exposed to nowadays.   [00:52:52] Ashley James: Fascinating.   [00:52:54] Arthur Firstenberg: You’re getting more radiation from your phone than from all the cell towers and from the satellites, and people do not realize this because you’re holding it in your hand, holding it next to your head. The exposure level goes up exponentially with the proximity to the body.   [00:53:15] Ashley James: You had outlined that when 2G went live back in—I believe you said 1996.   [00:53:23] Arthur Firstenberg: Six and seven.   [00:53:24] Ashley James: 1996, 1997, which was right around that time my friend got sick for six months in the hospital after the electric storm. That’d be interesting to see when 2G went live in that part of Canada. So when it went live, you could document, you could pinpoint in the different cities the death rate going up and strange influenza outbreaks only in these specific cities during that time. Well, since then, we’ve had 3G and 4G. Have you been able to repeat this? Have you been able to see that once 3G and 4G went live that you could again see a spike in deaths and a spike in illnesses?   [00:54:04] Arthur Firstenberg: I have not tracked it in as much detail as I tracked it from zero radiation to 2G. That was very dramatic. Locally, I collected anecdotal reports here in Santa Fe when AT&T upgraded all its towers from 3G to 4G, there were lots of reports of illnesses around Santa Fe. I don’t have statistics to back that up. Those are only anecdotal reports, but it’s very consistent.   [00:54:42] Ashley James: It would be interesting to go back and look at because, of course, the biggest leap would be from zero to something. But then 2G to 3G to 4G, I mean, those just ramp up incredibly more powerful and more pervasive.   [00:54:59] Arthur Firstenberg: There are also so many more providers. There’s AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile. Each one does a different thing at a different time, and it’s just a kind of a gradual increase. Then you added Wi-Fi in about 2001. Yeah, it’s a gradual increase. 5G is no longer gradual. 5G is very dramatically different.   [00:55:29] Ashley James: Why is 5G so different than 4G?   [00:55:32] Arthur Firstenberg: Because it uses millimeter waves instead of centimeter waves—a very short wave, high frequency. It uses phased array technology, which is focused pencil-like beams where the cell tower tracks your user device and vice versa, or the satellite tracks you in a narrowly focused beam. And the power levels are very much greater. They’re 10 to 100 times greater than with 4G, 3G.   [00:56:08] Ashley James: If 5G comes in my area, I’m going to get rid of my cell phone. I mean, that is just it. What you just described was the final straw. I have a friend who doesn’t have a cell phone, and she’s a dear friend. I’m kind of just perplexed at how she survives in life, but she does. She gets around, and she has a home line, has a landline, and a computer and does just fine. I know it would definitely be an interesting experience.   [00:56:36] Arthur Firstenberg: There are a few of us that still live like that.   [00:56:41] Ashley James: It would definitely be an interesting experience, but I’m not willing to sacrifice my health to that extent. Either that or I’ll have to move to an area where 5G doesn’t exist anymore.   [00:56:52] Arthur Firstenberg: Well, I want people to wake up to the fact that they should not sacrifice their planet.   [00:56:57] Ashley James: I know.   [00:56:58] Arthur Firstenberg: For the convenience.   [00:57:01] Ashley James: I think there’s so much more to discuss about 5G, and I’ve had a few people come on the show and talk about it a little bit. It is so fascinating, and if there’s more for you to share, I’d love to do that. I also want to talk about Wi-Fi because we haven’t touched on it. Dr. Klinghardt, who I’ve had on the show, is an MD from Germany who is actually local to me, but people come from all around the world to see him at the Sophia Health Institute. He regularly helps children who are on the spectrum no longer be on the spectrum. Now, were they ever truly autistic in the first place? That’s debatable. He says the first thing he does when the parents come, from all around the world, with their autistic child or autistic-like symptoms I should say—non-verbal, beating their head against the wall, looking like they’re in incredible agony, these children. He says to remove them from Wi-Fi. Zero Wi-Fi in the house. Have them be nowhere near Wi-Fi. In his clinic, there are no cell phones allowed. There’s no Wi-Fi allowed. Every computer is hardwired. And he says that heavy metals, which have accumulated in the brain, the Wi-Fi vibrates those heavy metals at 60 hertz, and it’s heating up the brain and causing the autism-like symptoms. And then he does a natural detox, a natural chelation of heavy metals. And these children become verbal, stop hitting their head, are able to communicate, are able to look their parents in the eye and say they love them, and give them hugs. It is miraculous what we see come out of his clinic, but he says the first thing is to stop with the Wi-Fi. It is basically cooking their brain.   [00:58:53] Arthur Firstenberg: I agree with him. People have to stop with the Wi-Fi, and schools have to stop with the Wi-Fi. Children have to start living in a non-irradiated environment. They’re growing up much more unhealthy than previous generations of children. Why? Because they go to school with Wi-Fi and they grew up with cell phones. If we want to have a healthy future and a healthy planet to live on, that’s the direction in which we have to go.   [00:59:27] Ashley James: Do you see any correlation between the use of cell phones, Wi-Fi, or electric pollution, and mental health issues? You did mention that anxiety, which was never previously documented, was widespread after we used the telegraph. We’re now seeing that the second leading cause of death in the ages between 10 and 24 is suicide or the second leading cause of death of suicide, and that is new. As of the last few years, suicide has now jumped up to the second leading cause of death in our youth right now, and all these children have cell phones in their hands and are constantly exposed to Wi-Fi. Now, of course, social media bullying is all a factor. Do you see that there is a direct correlation between the amount of electric pollution that our youth is exposed to and mental health issues?   [01:00:23] Arthur Firstenberg: I would say it’s a big factor. It’s not the only factor, but it’s a big factor.   [01:00:29] Ashley James: So, what can we do to protect ourselves? Okay, so we get rid of our cell phone, that’s one thing. If someone can’t because of work, they completely limit their exposure at all costs to the cell phone. What else can we do in our home?   [01:00:48] Arthur Firstenberg: Well, I’m on a campaign to save this planet, not just to have people individually be healthier because it’s becoming impossible. If you own a cell phone, if you’re dependent on your cell phone, which means you expect it to work wherever you go, then you are dependent on the wireless infrastructure. Your cell phone cannot work wherever you go unless the entire infrastructure of the planet is there. All the cell towers have to be there. People more and more, even when they go on an ocean cruise, they want their cell phone to work so all the satellites have to be there.  The demand has to stop. It’s an insatiable demand for connectivity that is driving a lot of this. Yes, there’s a desire to make money, but at the base, it’s an insatiable demand for connectivity. We’ve gotten so used to—as alive human beings—having the right to connect to anyone, anywhere, anytime, wherever we happen to be. That’s killing our planet. It’s got to stop.   [01:01:59] Ashley James: So my friend Sean, who loved your book has some questions, and I think these are fantastic for everyone. He says that it’s a logistical question that in your book, you talk about aluminum or copper mesh to block EMF. How would you do that? Line your roof, cover your walls? How can we live in a city with, for example, 5G? Or how can we live in a city with electric pollution and best protect ourselves within the walls of our house?   [01:02:30] Arthur Firstenberg: I live in the Southwest where a lot of the houses are made of adobe, which is mud, it’s earth. Earth blocks the radiation, and that’s partly how I survive in Santa Fe. If you do not live in that kind of a house, there’s a big problem with smart meters.   [01:02:55] Ashley James: Yes.   [01:02:56] Arthur Firstenberg: That is increasingly everywhere, and they put a meter that emits radiation on the outside of your wall, and there’s basically nothing you can do about it. But a lot of places have an opt-out. If you opt-out and your neighbors got it, you can line your wall. You can actually paint that wall with paint that contains metallic fibers that are usually silver fibers that you can buy from places like Less EMF and paint the wall. It’ll block radiation from that side of the house. If your neighbor’s Wi-Fi is bothering you, again you can block that. You can even do it cheaply. You can put a sheet of aluminum foil over your wall and it’ll do the same thing. The thicker the sheet or the more layers, the better the blockage. The problem comes if the shielding material, if it’s metallic, becomes too large then it starts acting like an antenna. And it actually draws in and amplifies electromagnetic radiation from your environment. Then it depends on the size of it and what its resonant frequency is. But basically, I tell people that they do not want to live in a house with a metal roof because a metal roof is a huge antenna. Unless you want to live in a Faraday cage in complete metal structure. Not terribly healthy. A lot of people sleep on their sleeping canopies, which shield them from everything in their environment, and it’s not terribly healthy, but it does block the radiation. The reason it’s not terribly healthy is it distorts your own body’s electromagnetic field, it reflects it back at you, it blocks (to some degree) some of the earth’s natural frequencies, which you depend on for health but unblock all of them. It’s not a terribly healthy thing to do. But sometimes it’s a tradeoff. If you want to survive, sometimes you’ve got to do it.   [01:05:22] Ashley James: How effective is it to turn the circuits off in the house, or at least to your bedroom when you sleep?   [01:05:29] Arthur Firstenberg: Somewhat effective. The problem is when you turn off the circuit breaker, it only disconnects the hotwires and not the neutral wire. The neutral wire is at the same potential as the earth, supposedly, and it’s the return current to the power plant. So when you turn off the circuit breaker, it disconnects the hotwire, leaves the neutral wire connected, and when there’s dirty electricity in the power grid it still gets into your house. So it’s somewhat effective and not completely effective. What I’ve done in my house is I’ve installed a three-pole switch on the outside of my house, which allows me to disconnect all three wires at the same time.   [01:06:16] Ashley James: Oh, yes. I had a Ph.D. electrician—a really interesting guy. His whole life work is about helping people to get clean electricity and minimize electricity in the house. People will call him up with weird symptoms. He comes into their house, he tests, and he either sees that their entire neighborhood is dirty electricity from the transformer, or they’re sometimes an entire town has dirty electricity and the whole town is experiencing weird symptoms.   [01:06:53] Arthur Firstenberg: I’ll tell you a secret. Every wire in the world now has dirty electricity because there are computers connected to them. There are billions of computers connected to the power grid.   [01:07:08] Ashley James: Fascinating.   [01:07:09] Arthur Firstenberg: And that did to use to be the case 30 years ago   [01:07:13] Ashley James: Yes. This man, Sal La Duca, when I interviewed him, he talked about how after he helped people stop having dirty electricity, all of a sudden everyone in the house could sleep. The insomnia the whole house had, even the baby had it. The father who is an MD didn’t believe any of this. Everyone had insomnia. All of a sudden, the insomnia went away overnight. And I’ve said this many times. I live in a rural area 45 minutes outside of Seattle, and when we have storms in the winter, our power will go out—sometimes for two weeks because of the wind storms. And it’s the best sleep I ever have when the power is out because there’s no Wi-Fi, no electricity.   [01:08:04] Arthur Firstenberg: It used to be that when I would tell people when you go home tonight, turn off your cell phone, take the battery out of it—which mostly is not possible, but it used to be. Either that or put it in a metal pot is just as good. Unplug your computer, unplug your modem, unplug your television, and see how you feel in the morning.   [01:08:34] Ashley James: And leave the electricity on in the house?   [01:08:37] Arthur Firstenberg: Yes. Turn off your cell phone and all the wireless. Unplug your TV, computer, and modem, and they suddenly can sleep and feel better in the morning. It used to be. Nowadays, when everybody’s got a smart meter on their house, it might not make so much difference.   [01:09:00] Ashley James: When I was pregnant with my first pregnancy, I had a blanket that had lead in it. It was quite heavy. It was a lead blanket. And I would wear it over my belly when I was at the computer. I experimented with my cell phone to see that my cell phone lost all signals when it was in this blanket. There are videos of people using these meters to show that the blanket really does block. I’m just wondering, should we be wearing these blankets when we’re sitting at work or wearing clothing that has this lead or some kind of copper or aluminum mesh?   [01:09:38] Arthur Firstenberg: Copper is the best shield.   [01:09:39] Ashley James: Copper is the best shield, okay. We should be wearing synthetic clothing?   [01:09:43] Arthur Firstenberg: Copper and silver are the best. Well, there are companies that sell clothing like that. To some extent they work. To some extent it depends. They don’t surround you completely. They’re not complete barriers. If you’re wearing a shielding hat, for example, and radiation bounces off the floor ad up into your hear onto the hat, it can get amplified from the inside. It’s a two-edged sword shielding.   [01:10:18] Ashley James: Oh my God. I never thought of that. You’re right. Oh my gosh. For those who have to use computers to work—I mean, now, think about the education of these children.   [01:10:32] Arthur Firstenberg: If you have to use a computer, turn off the Wi-Fi. Use it wired only.   [01:10:38] Ashley James: Hardwire your computer. That’s what we do at our house. We hardwire everything.   [01:10:42] Arthur Firstenberg: Hardwire everything. Hardwire your computer. Hardwire your phones—simple answer.   [01:10:46] Ashley James: Yeah, that’s right. You can get an adapter to plug into your phone to hardwire it. And then keep it on airplane mode if you need to.   [01:10:55] Arthur Firstenberg: I do not recommend using the cell phone even that way because it still got the resonant circuit in it.   [01:11:00] Ashley James: Okay. So get a landline.   [01:11:04] Arthur Firstenberg: Get a landline. Use it only hardwired, not cordless, and use a wired computer.   [01:11:10] Ashley James: Got it.   [01:11:11] Arthur Firstenberg: And disable the Wi-Fi on your computer. Disable the Wi-Fi in your modem or your router.   [01:11:18] Ashley James: What about earthing or grounding as a way of helping the body with exposure to electric pollution? Have you looked into earthing and grounding as a form of mitigation?   [01:11:35] Arthur Firstenberg: It’s very popular. It used to be very effective. Nowadays, when the earth is polluted with dirty electricity, most places on the earth, when you plug yourself into the earth, you actually can draw up the dirty electricity into your body. So it no longer is as effective as it used to be.   [01:11:56] Ashley James: What do you do on a daily basis to clean yourself of electric pollution or mitigate electric pollution?   [01:12:08] Arthur Firstenberg: I feel well in my house in Santa Fe. Mostly, there’s nothing that I have to do. If I am overcharged, I fill up a bathtub full of water and put some sea salt in it, and that will draw out the electricity from your body, or a handful of clay.   [01:12:30] Ashley James: I love it. As we wrap up our interview, I’d love to talk about how we can help your movement. I think we’re all on board. We all want a healthier planet. You have laid out very well that there is a definite problem that we have, and we are rapidly getting worse and worse. I mean, I don’t want to be doomsday about it, but if we just run with this technology, we’re just going to get to the point where we kill ourselves and the planet. There needs to be checks and balances. We need to slow down and really take the precaution seriously. What can we do to prevent 5G, for example? What can we do to tell these companies that we don’t want this electric pollution anymore?   [01:13:26] Arthur Firstenberg: I think the single most powerful thing that anybody can do is get rid of their cell phone. Stop being part of the demand for it. That’s the single most important thing to do. They can also monitor my websites, which are cell phonetaskforce.org. I send out newsletters, and there are posted on the website—a number of languages. And my other website is 5gspaceappeal.org. That’s the international appeal to stop 5G on earth and in space. It’s got about 300,000 signatures to date. And they can make donations on either of those websites to support my work and to support legal action that we’re taking. We have a case before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals right now to declare laws that facilitate 5G unconstitutional.   [01:14:42] Ashley James: Yes. Arthur, that’s wonderful. I’m going to make sure the links to everything that Arthur Firstenberg does is in the show notes of today’s podcast at learntruehealth.com. And the link to your book, which I want everyone to read. It’s a fascinating book. I really can’t put it down. I’m very excited to finish it. I’m in the middle of it.  [01:15:08] Arthur Firstenberg: Our third website, which is not so popular yet, is echoearth.org, and it stands for End Cellphones Here on Earth.   [01:15:20] Ashley James: Okay, echoearth.org. I’m going to make sure that that and all the other links are on the show notes of today’s podcast at learntruehalth.com, and a link to your book, The Invisible Rainbow, which is fantastic. I think everyone should read it. Arthur, is there anything you’d like to say to wrap up today’s interview?   [01:15:39] Arthur Firstenberg: We live in dangerous times. Our earth is under threat from many directions. Electromagnetic radiation is just one of them. We have the burning of fossil fuels, which has got to stop. We have deforestation. We have pesticides. We have a lot of threats, and to me, the single most urgent one—and the one that I have become an expert in—is the electromagnetic radiation. It’s more urgent because it’s escalating faster than the other, and society is in total denial that it even exists. This is what I’m working on.   [01:16:34] Ashley James: Arthur, thank you so much for your work. I really appreciate you coming on the show today and sharing this information. I can’t wait to see The Invisible Rainbow as a documentary. It’s going to be such a great movie. Please, feel free to come back to the show anytime you have more to share. We’d love to have you back.   [01:16:51] Arthur Firstenberg: Thank you, Ashley.     Get Connected With Arthur Firstenberg! Website Echo Earth.Org International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space Website   Book by Arthur Firstenberg The Invisible Rainbow   Recommended Reading by Arthur Firstenberg The Body Electric by Robert O. Becker  

My interview with former Sarasota Ballet dancer Cadence Rolland: We trace her journey from early ballet training, to a professional dance company, to now pursuing a business degree. We discuss how an injury accelerated her career change and the steps she took to move on. Cadence shares where ballet and business overlap, where they differ, and how artists can repurpose their creativity in new and rewarding ways.   Highlights What we want as human beings - 2:37 Her ballet experience - 6:26 Memorizing ballet performances - 9:49 What happens in an audition company? - 14:17 Different dancers perform different roles - 17:20 Physical demands for professional dancers - 22:22 How the audition season works - 25:33 You have to be focused - 31:43 Pursuing your dreams and passions - 41:38 Aspirations and ambitions that she has in her life - 44:55 Being interested in finances - 49:38 Doing virtual seasons - 52:01 A very strange time - 53:10   Episode Resources Connect with Robert Hunt Simonds: roberthuntsimonds@gmail.com  http://roberthuntsimonds.com/ http://craigwagnermusic.blogspot.com  Connect with Cadence Rolland LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cadencerolland/  Cadence's recommendations: Steven Mitchell ballet music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkYnuGLi4ALrDi7NnMRGlPw Firefly Method: https://www.fireflymethod.com

Bri Harris is the owner and creator of her company called Zentric Flo. This company was inspired by the creation of her hand-poured, crystal-infused candles and has now expanded it's merchandise to include beautifully designed cork yoga mats, yoga blocks, crystal water bottles and more! Bri and I crossed paths many years ago when we worked in the casino industry of Las Vegas. In this interview, Bri shares some of the struggles she faced during that time which left her feeling a little lost. She openly speaks about her decision to go sober and fully commit to her spiritual growth. It was because of her willpower and determination that she was able to build a life, and a company that she is truly proud of. You will learn what inspired her visions for the business as well as many more exciting things to come!Highlights:-What goes into making her hand-poured, crystal-infused intention candles-How the idea for this creation was delivered to her in a dream-The steps she had to take to bring Zentric Flo to life-Her spiritual awakening and how it helped her question the way she was living-Her past of drinking, gambling and smoking that left her feeling unfulfilled-What motivated her to devote herself fully to her spiritual growth-Ways in which she had to stand in her truth and not be influenced by others-Details on the artwork that is on her *NEW* yoga mats Click Here!-What Zentric Flo means to her-What's next in store for Zentric Flo-& more!Learn more at www.BeyondtheBlissPodcast.comResources:Website: www.ZentricFlo.comInstagram: @ZentricFloFacebook: @ZentricFloYogaBri's Instagram: @BriDaisyAffiliate Links:FourSigmatic Mushroom Adaptogen Coffee: 15% off discount code "DESERTMOON"Theme Music:"Good Old Days" by Joakim Karud: @JoakimKarudMusic

Activate your abundance with Heidi Hood – Abundance Activator. A performing artist turned serial entrepreneur helping female creativepreneurs and coaches manifest their abundant life by monetizing their passionate purpose and tapping into their unique story brand. Heidi Hood is an avid lover of popcorn, live theatre, and deep conversations. Heidi states, “One of my greatest drives is to show people how valuable they truly are. Everyone matters. Your story matters. The world needs you to shine your light.” Heidi celebrates life daily with her hubby Grant and their puppies Batman and Wonder.This episode we discuss a wide variety of topics from failure, to wounds versus scars, to abundance, and how to tell our stories as our true authentic self. My biggest take away…ABUNDANCE IS A STATE OF BEING. Highlights:· What is story branding? (03:30)· How to build a business on the concept of failure. (06:34)· Learning is a lifestyle (11:07)· How to define happiness as related to health? (16:04)· Identifying what the most significant events from your childhood are and how those feel for your story branding? (23:30)· Learning from the school of hard knocks and how to confidently learn and serve (26:06)Create Your Abundant Story Workshop by Heidi Hood is free to join and designed for female creativepreneurs and coaches in their first few years of launching their service-based business. We discover how to align your business with who you are so you can start creating the abundant story you desire for your life. Resources: Becoming a Certified Knowledge Broker How to become a Podcaster Connect with Heidi Hood - Abundance Activator heidihood.com/createabundance FacebookInstagram Connect with Keri Faith:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kerifaithonpurposeFacebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/positivemindsetmasterkerifaithonpurpose@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Single mamma of 5, a dancer and running two businesses, Melissa Rose shares how being consistent in everything she does helps her easily manage everything on her plate and why she’s inspired by her kid… everyday.   Enjoy!                                                         HIGHLIGHTS: What was Melissa Rose’s background and how was her journey to become what she is today? A very different dance philosophy. (...Is it really different from all the rest?) Who are the clients that show up to learn the nitty gritty stuff? Learn how she was able to manage 5 kids and two businesses? (...as a single mom) How does a day look like for Melissa being a single mom?  What have the kids taught her about leadership?  How does she plan her goals for the next year? (...What does reverse technique mean?) How to stay consistent and be good at it?   RESOURCES: 5 Must-have tools for consistency 2 weeks to try dance lessons, free   CONNECT WITH MELISSA ROSE: Podcast: In the Nitty Gritty Podcast   Instagram Website   CONNECT WITH EMI Join the Tribe of Leaders Community on Facebook Download Your FREE guide so you always have leads knocking on your door!  Facebook LinkedIN Instagram

Notes: Thanks to Vianna Vo for the interview. One professor gets a mention. Highlights: What is the executive committees program? What is the executive branch and how is it structured? Why are telehealth services important to Stanford community members, and what is being done by the ASSU to expand telehealth services? Why is empathy from the administration important for students? How do you find motivation, and why should you consider taking a class S/NC instead of for a letter grade? Note: Vianna is now President. At the time of this episode's publication, this was not the case. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

What should you consider when pairing wine and cheese? Why is sparkling wine the perfect pairing for many cheeses? Are there red-flag flavours that signal a bad wine and cheese match? How can you develop your wine and cheese pairing palate? What can you do to make the most of your cheese and wine course when entertaining? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with James Beard award-winning author, Laura Werlin, one of the planet’s most authoritative writers on cheese and cheese and wine pairings.   Highlights What is the most surprising-but-delicious cheese and wine pairing you need to try? Why do sparkling wine and goat brie work well together? How can you identify a soft-ripened cheese? What should look for when pairing wine and cheese? What are the three types of cheese and wine pairings you can identify? Are there red-flag flavours that signal a bad wine and cheese match? Which wine and cheese pairings should you avoid? Why should you make sure to have sparkling wine on hand for pairing? What can you learn about cheese from Laura's books? How can learning about the different families of cheese simply your life? What should you pair with Limburger cheese? Why are you better off pairing cheese with unoaked vs oaked Chardonnay? What surprising coating will you find on Valencay cheese? How can you develop your wine and cheese pairing palate? What role does texture play in wine and cheese pairing? What rind-related cheese etiquette rule should you always follow? How can you take advantage of the best part of soft-ripened cheese? What's the difference between wine scores and cheese ratings? How is truffle cheese made? How can you pair sweet wines with cheese? What can you do to make the most of your cheese and wine course when entertaining? Why did Laura decide to become a writer, with a focus on cheese?   About Laura Werlin Laura Werlin is one of the country’s foremost authorities on cheese. She is a James Beard award-winning author of six books on the subject, is a sought-after speaker and spokesperson for consumer and trade organizations, and is a frequent television and radio guest.   An expert in cheese and wine pairing and in particular American artisan cheese, Werlin received the prestigious James Beard award for her book The All American Cheese and Wine Book. Her book, Laura Werlin’s Cheese Essentials, received a James Beard Award nomination. Her most recent book, Mac & Cheese, Please! focuses on one of America’s favourite comfort foods, while two of her other books, Grilled Cheese, Please!, and Great Grilled Cheese focus on the other. Her groundbreaking first book, The New American Cheese, published in 2000, set the stage for what is the American artisan cheese movement today.   Laura has been featured on numerous television and radio segments across the country including Fox & Friends, CNN, QVC, the Martha Stewart Show, the CBS Early Show as well as numerous local television and radio shows. In addition, she has been the subject of instructive yet fun cheese-related videos on the popular website chow.com. She also writes for national magazines including Food & Wine, Sunset, Everyday with Rachael Ray, Culture, Saveur and Cooking Light.   Werlin is known for her approachable yet authoritative teaching style and is frequently asked to conduct cheese and wine pairing, cheese education, and cooking classes across the country. She is also a regular instructor at The Cheese School of San Francisco. In addition, she serves as the President of the American Cheese Education Foundation and is a member of the American Cheese Society and Slow Food USA.   When she isn’t eating or teaching about cheese, she can be found jogging on the streets of San Francisco, where she lives, or hiking in the mountains, which she loves.       To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the https://www.nataliemaclean.com/92.

This week, we're talking about super easy ways to fill your content calendar all year.  If you're anything like me, you’re always looking for new ways to keep the ideas coming. Creating content is not easy. In fact, creating content can be really hard. One of the hardest things is coming up with ideas. It's easy to lose motivation when you don't have a consistent flow of ideas. But your audience is counting on you to be consistent. The reason they tune in each week is that they expect you to deliver more new content, so you need to create great habits to keep that content flowing. Highlights: What habits you should develop How to dive deeper into previous content Find out what people are asking about Zoom in on your niche Repost your best content Quotes: "Your audience is counting on you to be consistent. The reason they tune in each week is because they expect you to deliver more new content, so you need to create great habits to keep that content flowing." "Looking backward is a great way to create things forward." "Niche content is about depth instead of breadth." "Don't make your audience find the diamond in the rough. Share your diamonds with them right from the start." "What do your listeners get from a mashup? They get several industry leaders’ opinions on one topic all in one place. And they didn't even have to listen to all those episodes to figure it out. You brought it to them. That's the power of a mashup."   MORE ADVICE AND INTERVIEWS If you’d like my full plan for how to build your content marketing strategy, check out my free Content Marketing Starter Guide. And here are some more of my most popular thought leader interviews! What Business to Start with John Lee Dumas Personal Branding Masterclass with Chris Ducker Built to Serve with Evan Carmichael  Don’t want to miss the next thought leader interview? Subscribe to the free B-team Insider Newsletter! And don’t forget to leave a rating and review on iTunes. Talk soon!

Natalie Adele is the co-founder of Vasu- a beautiful yoga community that she built with her twin sister. Vasu was a yoga studio and organic spa located in Hartford, Connecticut. After the global pandemic hit, restricting the ability for Vasu to operate as they had before, Natalie and her sister made the scary, yet powerful decision to trust in the present moment and close their doors. They both decided to sell their studio and all of their belongings to take Vasu completely virtual and embark on a trip across the country. Natalie's journey was filled with many moments of surrender. The trust she encompasses in the area of the unknown is inspiring. Although we do not dive too deep into her lifetime of inspiring moments that made her who she is today, when you tune in you will still learn through her inspiring perspective and strength that shines through her so brightly. In this interview, Natalie and I hold space in an open conversation around the topic of surrender, trust and what helps us get through this challenging time that we are all experiencing collectively.Highlights:-What is Vasu?-Her experience and emotions around choosing to close Vasu's doors-How the culture of Vasu's online structure has evolved since the quarantine first began-What makes Vasu's online yoga platform stand out among all the rest-Natalie's view points around surrender and trust-The importance of building communities at this time-Why giving ourselves time, care and pause is helpful in finding contentment-Her plans for traveling and building the Vasu brand organically as time goes on-What to expect in joining Vasu's membership program-A special **Listener's Only FREE Gift worth $100 in Value**-and more!Learn more at www.BeyondtheBlissPodcast.comResources:Website: www.VasuCommunity.comInstagram: @Vasu.Community | @Natalie__AdeleFacebook: Vasu CommunityGifts:1 FREE Month on Vasu's online yoga platform Vasu University (valued at $100!): Click here to sign up now!Affiliate Links:FourSigmatic Mushroom Adaptogen Coffee: 15% off discount code "DESERTMOON"Theme Music:"Good Old Days" by Joakim Karud: @JoakimKarudMusic