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A Gluten Free Podcast Episode 180Today's episode is a special one. I'm joined by Stephen, a long-time listener and passionate supporter of A Gluten Free Podcast. Stephen first reached out after connecting with me on Instagram and feeling our coeliac disease diagnosis stories were similar. Since then, we've stayed in touch, sharing messages, stories, and updates about life with coeliac disease. It's been so encouraging to connect over this shared journey—and now, we're finally having a face-to-face chat on the pod! Stephen opens up about his personal diagnosis story and how his daughter's coeliac diagnosis soon followed. We talk about the emotional and practical impact that had on their family, and how they've navigated it together. Stephen also speaks candidly about some frustrating challenges at work—especially dealing with colleagues who struggle to understand the seriousness of coeliac disease and the need for a strict gluten free diet.Despite being relatively new to his diagnosis, Stephen hasn't let it slow him down. He's already travelled overseas multiple times and shares what he learned through those experiences—the wins, the tough moments, and how to better prepare for gluten free travel. We also talk about what it's like living with coeliac disease as a guy, especially in social settings, and how those dynamics can sometimes feel isolating or misunderstood.One of the things I admire most about Stephen is his love for the outdoors. He regularly shares his hiking adventures on Instagram, and in this chat, he explains how staying active and being in nature has helped him both physically and mentally as he adapts to life with coeliac disease.

TW: This episode discusses burnout, anxiety, and the long-term mental health impact of high-growth entrepreneurship. Please listen with care.What happens when you scale faster than you ever imagined - but your mind and body can't keep up?Today's guest is Richard Lee - a founder who grew a tech company from 9 to 35 staff during Covid lockdowns, achieved explosive success, and quietly faced a breakdown behind the scenes.In this raw and powerful conversation, Richard opens up about:How chasing success without boundaries almost destroyed himThe hidden toll of building a fast-growth businessWhy stepping away from his company was the hardest, and bravest, decisionLife after the exit: navigating trauma, anxiety, and the long tail of burnoutRedefining success beyond the headlines and hyper-growthRichard shares with honesty what most leaders never say out loud , that success sometimes costs far more than it gives, and why recovery is a road, not a moment.If you're building, leading, or scaling right now… you need to hear this conversation.

In this episode, we explore the extraordinary and heartbreaking story of Abraham Shakespeare — a working-class man who won a $30 million Florida lottery jackpot, only to disappear under mysterious circumstances just a few years later.We dive into the timeline of Shakespeare's life after his big win, the people who entered his circle, and the chilling events that led to his tragic death.This story isn't just about luck gone wrong — it's a sobering look at greed, betrayal, and the dark side of sudden wealth.Abraham Shakespeare's life before the lottery: a modest man with simple dreamsHow winning $30 million changed everything — and everyone around himThe key figures who entered Abraham's life post-winThe manipulation, schemes, and financial exploitation he facedThe shocking discovery of his disappearance — and what investigators uncoveredThe arrest and trial of Dee Dee Moore, and the shocking details of her deceptionLessons from Abraham's story about trust, vulnerability, and the hidden dangers of overnight wealthNews coverage from The Tampa Bay Times and ABC NewsCourt documents and trial testimony regarding Dee Dee MooreInterviews with family members, investigators, and legal expertsIf you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review!For deeper dives into true crime stories and exclusive bonus content, check out my Substack https://criminalmotives.substack.com/And remember — navigating life's highs and lows is never easy, especially when trust is broken. If you're looking for support, BetterHelp can connect you with a licensed therapist from the comfort of your own home.Visit http://betterhelp.com/mattphifer

Follow the new podcast here: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | All platforms ----------------------» For the Neville Goddard listener: Get the 30-Day Unlock God Mode Program «  Unlock God Mode is a 30-day program designed to elevate your manifestation skills and and align you with your deepest desires. Join this tranformative course designed to help you connect deeply with life and achieve your goals with clarity and purpose. Claim the early bird sale (limited-time) at unlockgodmode.org * * * In this lecture, Neville Goddard explores the spiritual purification process that every individual undergoes on the path to self-realization and divine awakening. He focuses on the Beatitude:“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” (Matthew 5:8)This is not a metaphorical statement—it is a literal spiritual experience. To see God is to become God, for man inevitably becomes what he beholds. However, before this vision is granted, a purification must take place.Neville explains that purification is not something man can achieve on his own. Instead, God initiates and orchestrates the entire process, leading individuals into experiences that will dissolve their illusions, false beliefs, and prejudices. Every obstacle, every hardship, and every struggle in life serves to break down mental walls and unveil the truth.The Process of PurificationThe journey to purity of heart involves the dismantling of deep-seated delusions—the false assumptions that shape one's perception of the world. Neville emphasizes that these beliefs are like buildings that must be torn down. As it is written in Mark 13:2:“Not one stone will be left standing upon another that will not be thrown down.”These "buildings" represent false identities, prejudices, and limitations that keep man from recognizing his divine nature. But as each false belief crumbles, God unveils Himself.Neville references William Blake, who wrote:"What seems to be, is, to those to whom it seems to be, and is productive of the most dreadful consequences to those to whom it seems to be... but Divine Mercy steps beyond and redeems man in the body of Jesus."This means that life reflects back to us our own assumptions and beliefs, making them appear real. Yet, through divine grace, we are redeemed from these false perceptions and awakened to truth.Seeing God and Becoming One with HimThe ultimate purpose of purification is to remove all veils that separate man from his true identity. Neville explains that, at a certain stage of spiritual awakening, God lifts the veil, and man sees Him.This unveiling is not the end but an ever-expanding revelation. As Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 3:18:“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into His likeness from one degree of glory to another.”This transformation is gradual and infinite—as man purifies his heart, he beholds God more clearly, and in doing so, he becomes what he sees.How to Apply This UnderstandingNeville urges his audience to recognize that all life experiences serve a higher purpose:Every difficulty is a divine tool for transformation.What seems to be real is only a reflection of one's own assumptions—change the assumption, and reality changes.Dare to assume the highest and noblest concept of yourself, for what seems to be, is—to those to whom it seems to be.Trust that divine mercy is always at work, leading each person toward awakening, no matter how impossible it may seem.Final Revelation: Man's True DestinyNeville concludes by affirming that everyone will ultimately be redeemed and unveiled as God. The process of life, with all its seeming struggles and contradictions, is actually God's plan for man's awakening. The veil will be lifted, and every individual will recognize their divine nature.This is the great mystery—the journey from illusion to truth, from separation to oneness, from man to God. ***Download the free Neville Goddard PDF Guide at manifestwithneville.com - Discover the transformative power of Neville Goddard's wisdom with this FREE 60-page guide on his 12 timeless principles of manifestation and reality creation.★ Follow the podcast for daily lectures from the mystic Neville Goddard ★FREE RESOURCES:• Join the FREE Neville Goddard newsletter• Join the FREE Telegram Channel• Feeling is the Secret • Full Audiobook* * *The James Xander Trip Podcast:• Listen on Spotify• Listen on Apple Podcasts• Listen on YouTubeDIVE DEEPER:• The Unlock God Mode Course• The Infinite Wealth Guided Meditation* * *ABOUT NEVILLE GODDARD:Neville Goddard (1905-1972), was an English writer, speaker and mystic. He grew up in Barbados and moved to the United States of America as a young adult. Neville Goddard was perhaps the last century's most intellectually substantive and charismatic purveyor of the philosophy generally called New Thought. He wrote more than ten books under the solitary pen name Neville, and was a popular speaker on metaphysical themes from the late 1930s until his death in 1972.Possessed of a self-educated and uncommonly sharp intellect, Neville espoused a spiritual vision that was bold and total: Everything you see and experience, including other people, is the result of your own thoughts and emotional states. Each of us dreams into existence an infinitude of realities and outcomes. When you realize this, Neville taught, you will discover yourself to be a slumbering branch of the Creator clothed in human form, and at the helm of limitless possibilities.Neville's thought system influenced a wide range of spiritual thinkers and writers, from bestselling author Dr. Joseph Murphy to Rhonda Byrne and Wayne Dyer.He has inspired and continues to inspire millions of readers around the world.* * *SOCIALS:• Neville Goddard Newsletter•

A king doesn't rise from pressure—he rises from your invitation.What if the very thing you're doing to get your man to lead... is the exact thing blocking him from rising?In this soul-stretching episode, Meg sits down with intimacy coach Jamie Elizabeth Thompson to unravel the lost feminine art of becoming an irresistible invitation—the kind of woman who inspires a man's devotion and leadership without ever needing to push, demand, or manipulate.They dive into the three biggest shadows women bring into relationships—entitlement, manipulation, and affectation—and how they silently kill intimacy without you even realizing it.If you're craving a relationship where your man steps up, claims you, and meets you in devotion—this episode will crack you open.Meg and Jamie also riff on:Why controlling your man actually weakens himThe myth of the "ready-made king" (why no man comes fully formed)The difference between preferences vs. true feminine desireThe biggest mistake women make when trying to get a man to changeWhy real masculine leadership requires you to surrender your egoThe secret to being claimed without forcing itHow to inspire a man's devotion by fully embodying your feminine power

Luke 2:7 (ESV) And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.Life will reveal vulnerability, fragility, weakness:HealthSuccessFinancesBusiness (2-3 best years, suddenly lay off 15 people)RelationshipsFinances (Longview, mill shuts down, whole town reels)The wellbeing of a childLifeWeakness, fragility, vulnerability is a FACT of life. It is a reality that will settle upon you often.It will often feel like “this thing is hanging by a thread.”For some:This is the moment to give in and quitFor people of faith, this is the moment where God shows upNever more weakness in God's plan to save man than is Luke 2!A babyIn a woman's wombBorn in a world 2000 years agoDuring Roman occupationDuring a censusPeople who had to travelNo hospital, no hotelA manger in a stableWrapped in a blanket???Announcement of a King when there's no King but CaesarThe decree to exterminate all male childrenI would not have forged this plan - it is as fragile as they getYou will live in this tension more often than not.It can be one of the best places to live.Weakness Reveals Our Need For HimI don't like to feel weak or appear weak.Especially as a ChristianToo often we live in the power of our own strengthWe do strive to do our part, be the best we can beIn limitations, we try to compensate, muscle throughRecognizing our limitations identifies our need for GodThis works best when it is formal.Mark 6:34–44 (ESV) When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?” And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.” What do you have? “NOT ENOUGHT”Recognizing my “not enough” invites God to fill that gapDeclaring Weakness Invites His StrengthJesus could have just performed a miracleDefining how little they had was a formal declaration“How bad is it” is importantMatthew 14:18–21 (ESV) And he said, “Bring them here to me.” Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. He Protects What We Trust Him WithLuke 1:34–38 (ESV) And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.The Discomfort Of Weakness Builds Faith If We Lean In“It's been great, I haven't had to trust God for anything lately” might be the worst admission you could ever make.Trusting doesn't make you strongerTrusting strengthens your confidence in HimThe need to trust is a gift

Happy Everything In Conversation day! The EIC newsroom has been flooded with allegations of cheating, pump and dumps and new celeb pregnancies. Listen to get your essential briefing on the world of pop culture. This week on extra episode, we tackled the allegations against MasterChef co-presenter Gregg Wallace. A BBC investigation unearthed 13 people's testimonies of sexual harassment from the presenter and across five different shows. Last week he responded saying allegations against him came from "a handful of middle-class women of a certain age". Thank you so much for messaging in with such insightful, interesting takes. Follow us on Instagram @everythingiscontentpod so you can be involved in all future discussions.See you Friday for the main ep!---------------MasterChef's Gregg Wallace steps aside after allegationsGregg Wallace: I spend two hours every Saturday by myself playing computer strategy gamesAutism to blame for my inappropriate actions, Gregg Wallace expected to tell inquiryRachel Johnson: the storm over Gregg Wallace shows we've all gone mad — I stand with himThe unfiltered world of Gregg Wallace's Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textfaith without relationship? it doesn't work. today i'm talking about why true faith is rooted in a deep relationship with God and not in striving for spiritual achievements or trying to “will” ourselves into faith.what i talk about:why faith begins with knowing who God is, not striving to believe harderhow our relationship with God transforms our trust in Himthe importance of going back to the basics of the Gospel to build solid faithhow reading and reflecting on the Word helps us understand God's characteri also am open and honest about my personal journey of learning to trust God in difficult seasons.faith isn't something we conjure up... it grows from spending time with the One who is faithful. when you stop striving and start trusting, you'll discover the boldness, confidence, and peace that comes from truly knowing God.i pray this episode encourages you to lean into your relationship with God, reflect on His Word, and let Him grow your faith

TAKEAWAYSWhen we are connected with our Creator, we know that He IS enoughKeep your eyes fixed on Jesus and stay in the Word daily to remain grounded and be ready, willing, and available to serve HimThe good news of Christ is even better than we will ever truly comprehendThe false summits of life are short-lived, but in Jesus, there is eternal satisfaction

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.comSHOW NOTES:There's substantial evidence (just look at most of our leaders and politicians today) that humble people DON'T rise – even though research shows they are more effective leaders. Can you be humble and still get ahead, and still get big things done? In this episode of 97% Effective, host Michael Wenderoth speaks to David Harris at Vista Equity Partners about how being “humble and hungry” has propelled his rise in the investment world – and furthers his impact. Beyond being a sponge that is continually learning, David shares how he built a powerful network that opened doors, cultivated and benefitted from diverse mentors, and leveraged and created opportunities that serves larger goals. Memorable and insightful, David will make you think deeply about what it truly takes to earn your seat at the table -- and the critical steps you need to add to your playbook to get there.David and Michael were born and raised to be mortal enemies: An attempt to deal with their differences.At age 6, why David said he wanted to become a manager at McDonald's when he grew up.David and the US Air Force Academy: “the reason you come is different than the reason you stay”Is private equity about “serving”? How David sees it.His start in investing began with a terrible LinkedIn profile“Reaching out to someone like you:” the huge impact of Christian Evans, and how David reached out to himThe power of the mindset: “Humble and Hungry”Connecting with Kneeland Youngblood: doing his homework and landing the 60-day summer work at Pharos CapitalKeys to David's networking: Everyone gets the need to do secondary and tertiary research -- but few people go deeper to create a memorable first impression.Have you ever been in “LinkedIn jail?” and how to flood the market.Planning ahead: Meeting Michael Milken and benefitting from Riordan, MLT, and Tiogo to build a strong network and receive mentoring to accelerate his path into financeThe importance of making lifelong connections to institutionsDavid gives back, and forms “The Club” that helps Air Force grads get into top MBA programsHow power comes when you become a “known quantity”Creating virtuous circles: giving leads to gettingHow David stays grounded and humble? Insight from 3 football coaches, and his wise girlfriend.Why David has little to no social media presence.Lightning round: David's top influences, a non-business book recommendation, and the one place and one dish he has yet to learn how to makeThe one question I didn't ask: managing the family divide in the OU – UT rivalry.How to connect with David HarrisBIO AND LINKS:David Harris is a software investor at Vista Equity Partners, one the world's largest private equity firms with more than $100 billion in assets under management. Prior to joining Vista, David worked at Blackstone in the Tactical Opportunities Group, managed a $250 million satellite software portfolio that supported 8,000 users at the National Reconnaissance Office, and led a 30-person team with strategic oversight of the $7.3 billion development phase as Program Manager supporting the U.S. Department of Defense's Nuclear Cruise Missile. In his first role in finance, David was a summer analyst at Pharos Capita. David is member of the Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle and an active member of Management Leadership for Tomorrow. Originally from Dallas, Texas, USA, David is an avid Cowboys fan. He graduated from the US Air Force Academy and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-harris-aa401912b/Vista Equity Partners: https://www.vistaequitypartners.comThe Cowboys-Eagles rivalry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboys–Eagles_rivalryChristian Evans: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cevans2008/Kneeland Youngblood, Founding Partner, Chairmana & CEO at Pharos Capital Group: https://www.pharosfunds.com/kneeland-youngblood.phpHow to network with powerful people (HBR article): https://changwenderoth.com/articles/Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle: https://milkeninstitute.org/partner/young-leaders-circleManagement Leader for Tomorrow (MLT): https://mlt.orgToigo Foundation: https://toigofoundation.org/education/mba-program/Coach Candace Tumey at MLT: https://mlt.org/mba-prep/coach-candace-headshot-circle/Dr. Wale Lawal, Co-Founder at MesaQuantum: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wale-bumaye-lawal-phd/Having a co-pilot: A Chief Pilot's Insight, interview with Tenille Cromwell on 97% Effective: https://tinyurl.com/ypj99pmtDavid featured in Poets & Quants: From Football to the Military to an MBA at Stanford: https://tinyurl.com/5br498k6David interviewed on For the Zoomies: From the Air Force to Finance: https://tinyurl.com/4t8xpt3tMichael's award-winning book, Get Promoted: https://tinyurl.com/453txk74Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on Nov. 10. It dropped for free subscribers on Nov. 17. To receive future episodes as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoJohn Melcher, CEO of Crystal Mountain, MichiganRecorded onOctober 14, 2024About Crystal Mountain, MichiganClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: The Petritz FamilyLocated in: Thompsonville, MichiganYear founded: 1956Pass affiliations: Indy Pass & Indy+ Pass: 2 days, no blackoutsReciprocal partners: 1 day each at Caberfae and Mount Bohemia, with blackoutsClosest neighboring ski areas: Caberfae (:37), Hickory Hills (:45), Mt. Holiday (:50), Missaukee Mountain (:52), Homestead (:51)Base elevation: 757 feetSummit elevation: 1,132 feetVertical drop: 375 feetSkiable Acres: 103Average annual snowfall: 132 inchesTrail count: 59 (30% black diamond, 48% blue square, 22% green circle) + 7 glades + 3 terrain parksLift count: 8 (1 high-speed quad, 3 fixed-grip quads, 2 triples, 2 carpets – view Lift Blog's inventory of Crystal Mountain's lift fleet)Why I interviewed himThe biggest knock on Midwest skiing is that the top of the hill is not far enough away from the bottom of the hill, and this is generally true. Two or three or four hundred vertical feet is not a lot of vertical feet. It is enough to hold little pockets of trees or jumps or a racer's pitch that begs for a speed check. But no matter how fun the terrain, too soon the lift maze materializes and it's another slow roll up to more skiing.A little imagination helps here. Six turns in a snowy Michigan glade feel the same as six turns in Blue Sky Basin trees (minus the physiological altitude strain). And the skillset transfers well. I learned to ski bumps on a 200-vertical-foot section of Boyne Mountain and now I can ski bumps anywhere. But losing yourself in a 3,000-vertical-foot Rocky Mountain descent is not the same thing as saying “Man I can almost see it” as you try to will a 300-footer into something grander. We all know this.Not everything about the lift-served skiing experience shrinks down with the same effect, is my point here. With the skiing itself, scale matters. But the descent is only part of the whole thing. The lift maze matters, and the uphill matters, and the parking matters, and the location of the lift ticket pick-up matters, and the availability of 4 p.m. beers matters, and the arrangement base lodge seating matters. And when all of these things are knotted together into a ski day that is more fun than stressful, it is because you are in the presence of one thing that scales down in any context: excellence.The National Ski Areas Association splits ski areas into four size categories, calculated by “vertical transportation feet per hour.” In other words: how many skiers your lifts can push uphill in an ideal hour. This is a useful metric for many reasons, but I'd like to see a more qualitative measurement, one based not just on size, but on consistent quality of experience.I spend most of my winter bouncing across America, swinging into ski areas of all sizes and varieties. Excellence lives in unexpected places. One-hundred-and-sixty-vertical-foot Boyce Park, Pennsylvania blows thick slabs of snow with modern snowguns, grooms it well, and seems to double-staff every post with local teenagers. Elk Mountain, on the other side of Pennsylvania, generally stitches together a better experience than its better-known neighbors just south, in the Poconos. Royal Mountain, a 550-vertical-foot, weekends-only locals' bump in New York's southern Adirondacks, alternates statuesque grooming with zippy glades across its skis-bigger-than-it-is face.These ski areas, by combining great order and reliable conditions with few people, are delightful. But perhaps more impressive are ski areas that deliver consistent excellence while processing enormous numbers of visitors. Here you have places like Pats Peak, New Hampshire; Wachusett, Massachusetts; Holiday Valley, New York; and Mt. Rose, Nevada. These are not major tourist destinations, but they run with the welcoming efficiency of an Aspen or a Deer Valley. A good and ordered ski day, almost no matter what.Crystal Mountain, Michigan is one of these ski areas. Everything about the ski experience is well-considered. Expansion, upgrades, and refinement of existing facilities have been constant for decades. The village blends with the hill. The lifts are where the lifts should be. The trail network is interesting and thoughtfully designed. The parks are great. The grooming is great. The glades are plentiful. The prices are reasonable. And, most important of all, despite being busy at all times, Crystal Mountain is tamed by order. This is excellence, that thing that all ski areas should aspire to, whatever else they lack.What we talked aboutWhat's new for Crystal skiers in 2024; snowmaking; where Crystal draws its snowmaking water; Peek'n Peak, New York; why Crystal is a good business in addition to being a good ski area; four-seasons business; skiing as Mother; what makes a great team (and why Crystal has one); switching into skiing mid-career; making trails versus clearcutting the ski slope; ownership decided via coinflip; Midwest destination skiing's biggest obstacle; will Crystal remain independent?; room to expand; additional glading opportunities; why many of Crystal's trails are named after people; considering the future of Crystal's lift fleet; why Crystal built a high-speed lift that rises just 314 vertical feet; why the ghost of the Cheers lift lives on as part of Crystal's trailmap; where Crystal has considered adding a lift to the existing terrain; that confusing trailmap; a walkable village; changes inbound at the base of Loki; pushing back parking; more carpets for beginners; Crystal's myriad bargain lift ticket options; the Indy Pass; why Crystal dropped Indy Pass blackouts; the Mt. Bohemia-Crystal relationship; Caberfae; Indy's ultimatum to drop Ski Cooper reciprocals or leave the pass; and why Crystal joined Freedom Pass last year and left for this coming winter.  Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewThe Storm's mission is to serve all of American lift-served skiing. That means telling the stories of ski areas in every part of the country. I do this not because I have to, but because I want to. This newsletter would probably work just fine if it focused always and only on the great ski centers of the American West. That is, after all, the only part of U.S. ski country that outsiders travel to and that locals never leave. The biggest and best skiing is out there, at the top of our country, high and snowy and with a low chance of rain.But I live in the East and I grew up in the Midwest. Both regions are cluttered with ski areas. Hundreds of them, each distinct, each its own little frozen kingdom, each singular in atmosphere and arrangement and orientation toward the world. Most remain family-owned, and retain the improvisational quirk synonymous with such a designation. But more interesting is that these ski areas remain tethered to their past in a way that many of the larger western destination resorts, run by executives cycled in via corporate development programs, never will be again.I want to tell these stories. I'm aware that my national audience has a limited tolerance for profiles of Midwest ski centers they will never ski. But they seem to be okay with about a half-dozen per year, which is about enough to remind the wider ski community that this relatively flat but cold and hardy region is home to one of the world's great ski cultures. The Midwest is where night-skiing rules, where blue-collar families still ski, where hunting clothes double as ski clothes, where everything is a little less serious and a little more fun.There's no particular big development or project that threw the spotlight on Crystal here. I've been trying to arrange this interview for years. Because this is a very good ski area and a very well-run ski area, even if it is not a very large ski area in the grand landscape of American ski areas. It is one of the finest ski areas in the Midwest, and one worthy of our attention.What I got wrong* I said that “I forget if it's seven or nine different tree areas” at Crystal. The number of glades labeled on the trailmap is seven.* I said Crystal had been part of Indy Pass “since the beginning or near the beginning.” The mountain joined the pass in May, 2020, ahead of the 2020-21 ski season, Indy's second.Why you should ski Crystal Mountain, MichiganCrystal's Loki pod rises above the parking lots, 255 vertical feet, eight trails down, steep on the front, gentler toward the back. These days I would ski each of the eight in turn and proceed next door to the Clipper lift. But I was 17 and just learning to ski and to me at the time that meant bombing as fast as possible without falling. For this, Wipeout was the perfect trail, a sweeping crescent through the trees, empty even on that busy day, steep but only for a bit, just enough to ignite a long sweeping tuck back to the chairs. We lapped this run for hours. Speed and adrenaline through the falling snow. The cold didn't bother us and the dozens of alternate runs striped over successive hills didn't tempt us. We'd found what we'd wanted and what we'd wanted is this.I packed that day in the mental suitcase that holds my ski memories and I've carried it around for decades. Skiing bigger mountains hasn't tarnished it. Becoming a better skier hasn't diminished it. Tuck and bomb, all day long. Something so pure and simple in it, a thing that bundles those Loki laps together with Cottonwoods pow days and Colorado bump towers and California trees. Indelible. Part of what I think of when I think about skiing and part of who I am when I consider myself as a skier.I don't know for sure what Crystal Mountain, Michigan can give you. I can't promise transformation of the impressionable teenage sort. I can't promise big terrain or long runs because those don't have them. I'm not going to pitch Crystal as a singular pilgrimage of the sort that draws western Brobots to Bohemia. This is a regional ski area that is most attractive to skiers who live in Michigan or the northern portions of the states to its immediate south. Read: it is a ski area that the vast majority of you will never experience. And the best endorsement I can make of Crystal is that I think that's too bad, because I think you would really like it, even if I can't exactly explain why.Podcast NotesOn Peek'n PeakThe most difficult American ski area name to spell is not “Summit at Snoqualmie” or “Granlibakken” or “Pomerelle” or “Sipapu” or “Skaneateles” or “Bottineau Winter Park” or “Trollhaugen,” all of which I memorized during the early days of The Storm. The most counterintuitive, frustrating, and frankly stupid ski area name in all the land is “Peek'n Peak,” New York, which repeats the same word spelled two different ways for no goddamn reason. And then there's the apostrophe-“n,” lodged in there like a bar of soap crammed between the tomato and lettuce in your hamburger, a thing that cannot possibly justify or explain its existence. Five years into this project, I can't get the ski area's name correct without looking it up.Anyway, it is a nice little ski area, broad and varied and well-lifted, lodged in a consistent little Lake Erie snowbelt. They don't show glades on the trailmap, but most of the trees are skiable when filled in. The bump claims 400 vertical feet; my Slopes app says 347. Either way, this little Indy Pass hill, where Melcher learned to ski, is a nice little stopover:On Crystal's masterplanCrystal's masterplan leaves room for potential future ski development – we discuss where, specifically, in the podcast. The ski area is kind of lost in the sprawl of Crystal's masterplan, so I've added the lift names for context:On Sugar Loaf, MichiganMichigan, like most ski states, has lost more ski areas than it's kept. The most frustrating of these loses was Sugar Loaf, a 500-footer parked in the northwest corner of the Lower Peninsula, outside of Traverse City. Sunday afternoon lift tickets were like $12 and my high school buddies and I would drive up through snowstorms and ski until the lifts closed and drive home. The place went bust around 2000, but the lifts were still standing until some moron ripped them out five years ago with fantasies of rebuilding the place as some sort of boutique “experience.” Then he ran away and now it's just a lonely, empty hill.On Michigan being “littered with lost ski areas”Michigan is home to the second-most active or semi-active ski areas of any state in the country, with 44 (New York checks in around 50). Still, the Midwest Lost Ski Areas project counts more than 200 lost ski areas in the state.On Crystal's backside evolution and confusing trailmapBy building pod after pod off the backside of the mountain, Crystal has nearly doubled in size since I first skied there in the mid-90s. The Ridge appeared around 2000; North Face came online in 2003; and Backyard materialized in 2015. These additions give Crystal a sprawling, adventurous feel on par with The Highlands or Nub's Nob. But the trailmap, while aesthetically pleasant, is one of the worst I've seen, as it's very unclear how the three pods link to one another, and in turn to the front of the mountain:This is a fixable problem, as I outlined in my last podcast, with Vista Map founder Gary Milliken, who untangled similarly confusing trailmaps for Mt. Spokane, Washington and Lookout Pass, Idaho over the past couple of years. Here's Lookout Pass' old and new maps side-by-side:And here's Mt. Spokane:Crystal – if you'd like an introduction to Gary, I'm happy to make that happen.On resort consolidation in the MidwestThe Midwest has not been sheltered from the consolidation wave that's rolled over much of the West and New England over the past few decades. Of the region's 123 active ski areas, 25 are owned by entities that operate two or more ski areas: Vail Resorts owns 10; Wisconsin Resorts, five; Midwest Family Ski Resorts, four; the Schmitz Brothers, three; Boyne, two; and the Perfect Family, which also owns Timberline in West Virginia, one. But 98 of the region's ski areas remain independently owned and operated. While a couple dozen of those are tiny municipal ropetow bumps with inconsistent operations and little or no snowmaking, most of those that run at least one chairlift are family-owned ski areas that, last winter notwithstanding, are doing very well on a formula of reasonable prices + a focus on kids and night-skiing. Here's the present landscape of Midwest skiing:On the consolidation of Crystal's lift fleetCrystal once ran five frontside chairlifts:Today, the mountain has consolidated that to just five, despite a substantively unchanged trail footprint. While Crystal stopped running the Cheers lift around 2016, its shadowy outline still appears along the Cheers To Lou run.Crystal is way out ahead of the rest of the Midwest, which built most of its ski areas in the age of cheap fixed-grip lifts and never bothered to replace them. The king of these dinosaurs may be Afton Alps, Minnesota, with 15 Hall chairlifts (it was, until recently, 17) lined up along the ridge, the newest of them dating to 1979:It's kind of funny that Vail owns this anachronism, which, despite its comic-book layout, is actually a really fun little ski area.On Crystal's many discounted lift ticket optionsWhile Crystal is as high-end as any resort you'll find in Michigan, the ski area still offers numerous loveably kitschy discounts of the sort that every ski area in the country once sold:Browse these and more on their website.On Indy Pass' dispute with Ski CooperLast year, Indy Pass accused Ski Cooper of building a reciprocal resort network that turned the ski area's discount season pass into a de facto national ski pass that competed directly with Indy. Indy then told its partners to ditch Cooper or leave Indy. Crystal was one of those resorts, and found a workaround by joining the Freedom Pass, which maintained the three Cooper days for their passholders without technically violating Indy Pass' mandate. You can read the full story here:On Bohemia and CaberfaeCrystal left Freedom Pass for this winter, but has retained reciprocal deals with Mount Bohemia and Caberfae. I've hosted leaders of both ski areas on the podcast, and they are two of my favorite episodes:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 73/100 in 2024, and number 573 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on Nov. 5. It dropped for free subscribers on Nov. 12. To receive future episodes as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoGary Milliken, Founder of Vista MapRecorded onJune 13, 2024About Vista MapNo matter which region of the country you ski in, you've probably seen one of Milliken's maps (A list captures current clients; B list is past clients):Here's a little overview video:Why I interviewed himThe robots are coming. Or so I hear. They will wash our windows and they will build our cars and they will write our novels. They will do all of our mundane things and then they will do all of our special things. And once they can do all of the things that we can do, they will pack us into shipping containers and launch us into space. And we will look back at earth and say dang it we done fucked up.That future is either five minutes or 500 years away, depending upon whom you ask. But it's coming and there's nothing we can do to stop it. OK. But am I the only one still living in a 2024 in which it takes the assistance of at least three humans to complete a purchase at a CVS self-checkout? The little Google hub talky-thingys scattered around our apartment are often stumped by such seering questions as “Hey Google, what's the weather today?” I believe 19th century wrenchers invented the internal combustion engine and sent it into mass production faster than I can synch our wireless Nintendo Switch controllers with the console. If the robots ever come for me, I'm going to ask them to list the last five presidents of Ohio and watch them short-circuit in a shower of sparks and blown-off sprockets.We overestimate machines and underestimate humans. No, our brains can't multiply a sequence of 900-digit numbers in one millisecond or memorize every social security number in America or individually coordinate an army of 10,000 alien assassins to battle a videogame hero. But over a few billion years, we've evolved some attributes that are harder to digitally mimic than Bro.AI seems to appreciate. Consider the ridiculous combination of balance, muscle memory, strength, coordination, spatial awareness, and flexibility that it takes to, like, unpack a bag of groceries. If you've ever torn an ACL or a rotator cuff, you can appreciate how strong and capable the human body is when it functions normally. Now multiply all of those factors exponentially as you consider how they fuse so that we can navigate a bicycle through a busy city street or build a house or play basketball. Or, for our purposes, load and unload a chairlift, ski down a mogul field, or stomp a FlipDoodle 470 off of the Raging Rhinoceros run at Mt. Sickness.To which you might say, “who cares? Robots don't ski. They don't need to and they never will. And once we install the First Robot Congress, all of us will be free to ski all of the time.” But let's bring this back to something very simple that it seems as though the robots could do tomorrow, but that they may not be able to do ever: create a ski area trailmap.This may sound absurd. After all, mountains don't move around a lot. It's easy enough to scan one and replicate it in the digital sphere. Everything is then arranged just exactly as it is in reality. With such facsimiles already possible, ski area operators can send these trailmap artists directly into the recycling bin, right?Probably not anytime soon. And that's because what robots don't understand about trailmaps is how humans process mountains. In a ski area trailmap, we don't need something that exactly recreates the mountain. Rather, we need a guide that converts a landscape that's hilly and windy and multi-faced and complicated into something as neat and ordered as stocked aisles in a grocery store. We need a three-dimensional environment to make sense in a two-dimensional rendering. And we need it all to work together at a scale shrunken down hundreds of times and stowed in our pocket. Then we need that scale further distorted to make very big things such as ravines and intermountain traverses to look small and to make very small things like complex, multi-trailed beginner areas look big. We need someone to pull the mountain into pieces that work together how we think they work together, understanding that fidelity to our senses matters more than precisely mirroring reality. But robots don't get this because robots don't ski. What data, inherent to the human condition, do we upload to these machines to help them understand how we process the high-speed descent of a snow-covered mountain and how to translate that to a piece of paper? How do we make them understand that this east-facing mountain must appear to face north so that skiers understand how to navigate to and from the adjacent peak, rather than worrying about how tectonic plates arranged the monoliths 60 million years ago? How do the robots know that this lift spanning a two-mile valley between separate ski centers must be represented abstractly, rather than at scale, lest it shrinks the ski trails to incomprehensible minuteness?It's worth noting that Milliken has been a leader in digitizing ski trailmaps, and that this grounding in the digital is the entire basis of his business model, which flexes to the seasonal and year-to-year realities of ever-changing ski areas far more fluidly than laboriously hand-painted maps. But Milliken's trailmaps are not simply topographic maps painted cartoon colors. They are, rather, cartography-inspired art, reality translated to the abstract without losing its anchors in the physical. In recreating sprawling, multi-faced ski centers such as Palisades Tahoe or Vail Mountain, Milliken, a skier and a human who exists in a complex and nuanced world, is applying the strange blend of talents gifted him by eons of natural selection to do something that no robot will be able to replicate anytime soon.What we talked aboutHow late is too late in the year to ask for a new trailmap; time management when you juggle a hundred projects at once; how to start a trailmap company; life before the internet; the virtues of skiing at an organized ski center; the process of creating a trailmap; whether you need to ski a ski area to create a trailmap; why Vista Map produces digital, rather than painted, trailmaps; the toughest thing to get right on a trailmap; how the Vista Map system simplifies map updates; converting a winter map to summer; why trailmaps are rarely drawn to real-life scale; creating and modifying trailmaps for complex, sprawling mountains like Vail, Stowe, and Killington; updating Loon's map for the recent South Peak expansion; making big things look small at Mt. Shasta; Mt. Rose and when insets are necessary; why small ski areas “deserve a great map”; and thoughts on the slow death of the paper trailmap.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewTechnology keeps eating things that I love. Some of them – CDs, books, event tickets, magazines, newspapers – are easier to accept. Others – childhood, attention spans, the mainstreaming of fringe viewpoints, a non-apocalyptic social and political environment, not having to listen to videos blaring from passengers' phones on the subway – are harder. We arrived in the future a while ago, and I'm still trying to decide if I like it.My pattern with new technology is often the same: scoff, resist, accept, forget. But not always. I am still resisting e-bikes. I tried but did not like wireless headphones and smartwatches (too much crap to charge and/or lose). I still read most books in print and subscribe to whatever quality print magazines remain. I grasp these things while knowing that, like manual transmissions or VCRs, they may eventually become so difficult to find that I'll just give up.I'm not at the giving-up point yet on paper trailmaps, which the Digital Bro-O-Sphere insists are relics that belong on our Pet Rectangles. But mountains are big. Phones are small. Right there we have a disconnect. Also paper doesn't stop working in the cold. Also I like the souvenir. Also we are living through the digital equivalent of the Industrial Revolution and sometimes it's hard to leave the chickens behind and go to work in the sweatshop for five cents a week. I kind of liked life on the farm and I'm not ready to let go of all of it all at once.There are some positives. In general I do not like owning things and not acquiring them to begin with is a good way to have fewer of them. But there's something cool about picking up a trailmap of Nub's Nob that I snagged at the ticket window 30 years ago and saying “Brah we've seen some things.”Ski areas will always need trailmaps. But the larger ones seem to be accelerating away from offering those maps on sizes larger than a smartphone and smaller than a mountaintop billboard. And I think that's a drag, even as I slowly accept it.Podcast NotesOn Highmount Ski CenterMilliken grew up skiing in the Catskills, including at the now-dormant Highmount Ski Center:As it happens, the abandoned ski area is directly adjacent to Belleayre, the state-owned ski area that has long planned to incorporate Highmount into its trail network (the Highmount trails are on the far right, in white):Here's Belleayre's current trailmap for context - the Highmount expansion would sit far looker's right:That one is not a Vista Map product, but Milliken designed Belleayre's pre-gondola-era maps:Belleayre has long declined to provide a timeline for its Highmount expansion, which hinged on the now-stalled development of a privately run resort at the base of the old ski area. Given the amazing amount of money that the state has been funneling into its trio of ski areas (Whiteface and Gore are the other two), however, I wouldn't be shocked to see Belleayre move ahead with the project at some point.On the Unicode consortiumThis sounds like some sort of wacky conspiracy theory, but there really is a global overlord dictating a standard set of emoji on our phones. You can learn more about it here.Maps we talked aboutLookout Pass, Idaho/MontanaEven before Lookout Pass opened a large expansion in 2022, the multi-sided ski area's map was rather confusing:For a couple of years, Lookout resorted to an overhead map to display the expansion in relation to the legacy mountain:That overhead map is accurate, but humans don't process hills as flats very well. So, for 2024-25, Milliken produced a more traditional trailmap, which finally shows the entire mountain unified within the context of itself:Mt. Spokane, WashingtonMt. Spokane long relied on a similarly confusing map to show off its 1,704 acres:Milliken built a new, more intuitive map last year:Mt. Rose, NevadaFor some mountains, however, Milliken has opted for multiple angles over a single-view map. Mt. Rose is a good example:Telluride, ColoradoWhen Milliken decided to become a door-to-door trailmap salesman, his first stop was Telluride. He came armed with this pencil-drawn sketch:The mountain ended up being his first client:Gore Mountain, New YorkThis was one of Milliken's first maps created with the Vista Map system, in 1994:Here's how Vista Map has evolved that map today:Whiteface, New YorkOne of Milliken's legacy trailmaps, Whiteface in 1997:Here's how that map had evolved by the time Milliken created the last rendition around 2016:Sun Valley, IdahoSun Valley presented numerous challenges of perspective and scale:Grand Targhee, WyomingMilliken had to design Targhee's trailmap without the benefit of a site visit:Vail Mountain, ColoradoMilliken discusses his early trailmaps at Vail Mountain, which he had to manipulate to show the new-ish (at the time) Game Creek Bowl on the frontside:In recent years, however, Vail asked Milliken to move the bowl into an inset. Here's the 2021 frontside map:Here's a video showing the transformation:Stowe, VermontWe use Stowe to discuss the the navigational flourishes of a trailmap compared to real-life geography. Here's the map:And here's Stowe IRL, which shows a very different orientation:Mt. Hood Meadows, OregonMt. Hood Meadows also required some imagination. Here's Milliken's trailmap:Here's the real-world overhead view, which looks kind of like a squid that swam through a scoop of vanilla ice cream:Killington, VermontAnother mountain that required some reality manipulation was Killington, which, incredibly, Milliken managed to present without insets:And here is how Killington sits in real life – you could give me a thousand years and I could never make sense of this enough to translate it into a navigable two-dimensional single-view map:Loon Mountain, New HampshireVista Map has designed Loon Moutnain's trailmap since around 2019. Here's what it looked like in 2021:For the 2023-24 ski season, Loon added a small expansion to its South Peak area, which Milliken had to work into the existing map:Mt. Shasta Ski Park, CaliforniaSometimes trailmaps need to wildly distort geographic features and scale to realistically focus on the ski experience. The lifts at Mt. Shasta, for example, rise around 2,000 vertical feet. It's an additional 7,500 or so vertical feet to the mountain's summit, but the trail network occupies more space on the trailmap than the snowcone above it, as the summit is essentially a decoration for the lift-served skiing public.Oak Mountain, New YorkMilliken also does a lot of work for small ski areas. Here's 650-vertical-foot Oak Mountain, in New York's Adirondacks:Willard Mountain, New YorkAnd little Willard, an 85-acre ski area that's also in Upstate New York:Caberfae Peaks, MichiganAnd Caberfae, a 485-footer in Michigan's Lower Peninsula:On the New York City Subway mapThe New York City subway map makes Manhattan look like the monster of New York City:That, however, is a product of the fact that nearly every line runs through “the city” as we call it. In reality, Manhattan is the smallest of the five boroughs, at just 22.7 square miles, versus 42.2 for The Bronx, 57.5 for Staten Island, 69.4 for Brooklyn, and 108.7 for Queens.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 71/100 in 2024, and number 571 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. This is a public episode. 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Kenny Embry and Scott Beyer delve into the fundamental question of Christianity: "Who is Jesus?". They explore the historical evidence for Jesus' existence, discuss the implications of His claims to be the Son of God, and address the significance of His miracles. They also grapple with the complexities of understanding Jesus' dual nature as fully God and fully man, and emphasize the importance of a personal relationship with Him.8 Key Quotes:"Who is Jesus is fundamental... We call ourselves Christians. Christianity is the faith and belief in Jesus." - Scott"The claim of Christianity is that Jesus died for all of our sins." - Scott"Christianity is all about the historicity... Everything said in the New Testament hinges on real historical events that either happened or they didn't." - Scott"Jesus is either a liar, a lunatic, or Lord. There are no other options." - Scott (quoting C.S. Lewis)"The empty tomb is the true answer to whether or not Jesus is liar, lunatic, or Lord. If the tomb is empty, he is not a liar. He is not a lunatic. You're only left with one choice, which is Lord." - Scott“God doesn't have grandchildren. He only has children. And if you're going to be in His family, you better find ways to relate to Him.” - Kenny"Jesus is the embodiment of the Word. He is the Word that walked amongst us so that you can understand all these character traits about God." - Scott“What's good about knowing Jesus? I know I'm safe. I know I'm loved, and I know I'm not in charge.” - Scott6 Takeaways:The question "Who is Jesus?" is central to Christianity.Christianity stands out due to the historical evidence supporting Jesus' existence and the public nature of biblical revelationJesus' claims to be the Son of God and the Messiah have profound implications for how we understand Him and our relationship to HimThe miracles Jesus performed served as signs of His divine power and authorityA personal relationship with Jesus is essential, but it doesn't mean we will fully understand Him or His ways.Faith in Jesus involves trust based on evidence, even when faced with unanswered questions.4 ApplicationsInvestigate the historical evidence for Jesus and the claims of ChristianityReflect on the implications of Jesus' identity as the Son of God and KingConsider the significance of Jesus' miracles in demonstrating His divine powerCultivate a personal relationship with Jesus through prayer, Bible study, and obedience to His teachingsIf you would like to sign up for the 2024 Balancing the Christian Life Conference, go to www.balancingthechristianlife.com and click the menu at the top.Support the show

Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places: https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024Trigger warning: sexual assault, hate crime, attempted murderIn this episode we will be discussing the experience of David Keck, a man in the U.S. who was brutally attacked 9 years ago and left for dead, simply because he was gay. The experience of a hate crime is something not all of us will ever truly understand but the lessons David has to share can help us all. Believe me when I say that David's story will shock and then also inspire you. Now David uses his experience to help others. As a professional Life Coach, David draws on his experience working with clients who have faced Borderline Personality Disorder, survivors of hate crimes, survivors of domestic violence, and PTSD. He is also one part of the “The Process Of Healing Podcast” (Formerly Surviving Podcast) where they to shed light on the struggles faced during and after traumatic experiences by sharing interviews with survivors, experts and answering listener questions.In this episode he shares:His personal experience being gay as a young man and how it helped himThe early stages of his night before the attackWhat is believed to have happened as part of the attackThe aftermath of the attackThe harsh journey after he was released from hospitalThe prejudice that happened with the police forceThe shockingly short amount of time his attacker spent in prisonThe dark space he was in after the attackWhat the early stages of his road to recovery looked likeThe pivotal moment that helped with his recoveryHow he took control of his life againKey Quotes"I had someone who was on trial, telling my mother what I looked like taking my last breath, describing my lips turning blue, saying that I looked like a fish out of water."“The only revenge I thought that I could get was to live.”“He spent about 2 hours sexually assaulting and beating me…and called the mother of his children and confessed to murder.”More about DavidThe podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-process-of-healing/id1572182113Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/processofhealing_pod/You can get involved with the podcast onlineOn facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeusOr on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeusIf you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.comOr check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.comIf you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.auFor her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk a lot about being healthy and whole, but what exactly does it mean to be healthy and whole?We dive into that topic in this episode with a man who's been accomplished as a CEO but has also worked hard on himself as a husband and father, plus:Why honesty and vulnerability are essential for healing and growth, and how forgiveness has been very healing for himThe 4 stages of growth required to love wellA resource for leaders, pastors, and seminariansVisit ChrismPriest.comEmail Matt: matt@chrismpriest.comView Restored's ResourcesVisit BlackStoneFilms.coShownotes

My gift to you all: FREE High Performance Leadership E-book https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/strategic-blueprint-high-performance-leadership Do you love High performance then check out our 3 day summit in October this year, only 30 places : https://events.highperformanceleadershipsummit.com.au/october-summit-2024When we are unhappy with ourselves and our career things can really start to spiral and that's exactly what happened for Kapil Kulshreshtha.Despite having what many would consider a very successful career, he found the passion and direction was lacking.He started lying about why he couldn't come into the office and things went down hill from there until his days felt full of rejection, despondency, boredom and even depression.But after getting help and turning things around he is now a successful author, Tedx speaker and coach.In this episode Kapil shares:How he struggled comparing himself to his successful twinWhat happened when he was fired from MicrosoftHow no matter how successful he was it never felt like enoughHow bad everything got for him in his professional lifeHow experience with his arranged marriageThe lies he told to get out of going to workHow his wife helped him recoverThe power of hopeHow coaches have helped himThe key things that changed himThe instant flip and how it can change your lifeHis pride in his daughtersKey Quotes “In the beginning it's always a hidden shame and you don't articulate it. So it just stays with you.” “Who would you like to be, somebody who gets a million dollar lottery or someone who makes a million dollars.”More about KapilBook: https://playitfull.com/pifaudiobook59081179Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kapilkulshreshtha/You can get involved with the podcast online On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeusOr on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeusIf you want to contact the podcast, email us here: support@challengesthatchangeus.comOr check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.comIf you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.auFor her other business you can find it through the websites: www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au@trialtitudeperformance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are re-releasing one of our most popular episodes ever on the show, a powerful conversation with Dr. Marc Brackett. In this episode, we'll explore themes from his book Permission to Feel  as well as his broader work as a leader in the field of emotional intelligence. Marc, is on a mission to educate the world about the value of emotions and the skills associated with using them wisely. “I want everyone to become an emotion scientist. We need to be curious explorers of our own and others' emotions so they can help us achieve our goals and improve our lives.”In today's episode:How events in Marc's childhood, including surviving abuse, led to his dedication to the work he does todayWhy people so often suppress emotions and what happens in our brains and bodies when we doWhy it's important to ask people “how are you feeling?” and to genuinely listen to the answerThe story of his Uncle Marvin, and what he learned from him about the power of creating safe spacesHighlights from the biggest study he has ever conducted and the case for empathy, compassion, non-judgment, and good listening as life changing qualities for leaders, parents, and individuals.An introduction to the RULER skills (Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing, and Regulating emotions)How he uses the RULER skills in his own life to navigate daily challenges, enhance wellbeing, and stay on track with goals that are important to himThe link between emotions and performance - why and how emotions matter when it comes to thriving teams and organizationsWhy giving people the permission to feel may be one of the most important things we can do to help people thrive at work and in life. More about Marc:Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and professor in the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine. As a researcher for over 20 years, Marc has focused on the role of emotions and emotional intelligence in learning, decision making, creativity, relationships, health, and performance. His book, Permission To Feel,  has been translated into 22 languages. Most recently, with Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann, Marc and his team co-created the Apple award-winning app, HowWeFeel, that was designed to teach emotion skills and enhance well-being. Marc is the lead developer of RULER, a systemic, evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning that has been adopted by over 5,000 schools across the United States and has reached over 4 million children. Marc regularly consults with large companies such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft on best practices for integrating the principles of emotional intelligence into training and product design. For more please visit: https://www.marcbrackett.comDid you find this episode inspiring? Here are more episodes we think you'll love!Dr. Jud Brewer - Is Curiosity is a Superpower?Kelly McGonigal - Finding the Hope, Connection, and Courage to TransformThanks for listening!Support the Show.

The surprisingly common experience of near death experiences and what science still can't explain about them.Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, Fire, A Death in Belmont, War and Tribe, and In My Time of Dying. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. In this episode we talk about:Junger's near death experience and the impact it had on himThe conclusions he came to after investigation the possibilities of an afterlife The mysteries of quantum physics and what they might tell us about life and deathHow he believes we can all experience awe on a daily basis Related Episodes:How Thinking About Death Can Improve Your Life | Alua Arthur Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Why Having a “Cosmic Perspective” Will Help You Do Life BetterGeorge Saunders on: “Holy Befuddlement” and How to Be Less of a “Turd”Sign up for Dan's weekly newsletter hereFollow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTokTen Percent Happier online bookstoreSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelOur favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular EpisodesFull Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/sebastian-junger/Additional Resources:Download the Ten Percent Happier app today: https://10percenthappier.app.link/installSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What does healing mean to you? What expectations do you hold around how we heal and how quickly we heal?Meeting our basic human need to be loved and experience belonging can be the root of many things we do, say, and want–for better or for worse.Many of us have experienced relationships that shape how we pursue love and belonging, how we respond to folks who are different or have differences, how we handle conflict, and how we navigate not being perfect and not knowing all the answers.So, how we seek love and belonging and perceive and pursue healing are inextricably connected.Under those circumstances, we want to rush our healing process, achieve our desired changes, and be fixed as soon as possible. The stakes are high!But we do not arrive at “healed” and coast for the rest of our lives. There is no three-step plan to change, heal, and thrive ever after.Healing is a lifelong process that must be pursued and revisited with the ebbs and flows of our lives. Sometimes, those ebbs and flows feel like tsunamis, forcing us to revisit old wounds or discover new spaces in our stories that require our care and attention so that we can find love and belonging within, first and foremost.Frank Anderson, MD, returns to the show to discuss his beautiful new book, To Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma, and Transformation.Frank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is an author, psychiatrist, therapist, speaker, and trauma specialist who's spent the past three decades studying neuroscience and trauma treatment. He is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS therapy model. His published work spans contributions to literature and training for a clinical audience and works accessible to the general public.Content Warning: We cover some heavy topics around verbal and physical abuse, conversion therapy, and suicidal ideation. Please take care as you listen to this conversation.Listen to the full episode to hear:How the process of writing his memoir caused Frank to interact with his past in ways that surprised himThe tricky balance of telling stories honestly but from a loving place, especially with his familyHow releasing his anger and coming to forgive and love people who harmed him gave Frank space and freedom to forgive himself for the harm he has doneWhy Frank says healing happens first emotionally and somatically within yourself, and then you can work towards relational healing and forgivenessHow different phases of Frank's life have influenced what and how trauma he unpacked and releasedWhy do we have to stop clinging to divisive polarities and recognize the good and bad in ourselves and each other Learn more about Frank Anderson, MD:WebsiteInstagram: @frank_andersonmdFacebook: @mdfrankandersonConnect on LinkedInTo Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma, and TransformationTranscending Trauma: Healing Complex Ptsd with Internal Family SystemsLearn more about Rebecca:rebeccaching.comWork With RebeccaSign up for the weekly Unburdened Leader Email.Resources:Open Monogamy: A Guide to Co-Creating Your Ideal Relationship Agreement, Tammy NelsonConan Gray - HeatherP!NK - TRUSTFALLFellow Travelers

It's a very busy time of year for everyone involved in IEP meetings, for sure! In today's episode, we are discussing IEP meetings and the roles of compassionate educators who want to look beyond strict compliance to genuinely meet the needs of students with disabilities and special needs. Join us for the conversation!Andrew Goff taught early childhood special education in five different least restrictive environments for 12 years. He took this unique insight into his doctoral program, from which he graduated in 2017. As he moved into the community college system in Colorado, he is currently the lead instructor at Colorado Northwestern Community College, not far from Steamboat Springs. Based on his life as an educator, he has written the memoir, Love Is a Classroom and is a fierce advocate for “inclusion–early, everywhere, and always.”Show Highlights:Andrew's unique perspective on IEP meetings after teaching across early grade levels and into the college systemThe key to effective IEP services is to start early and not wait until the teenage years.Andrew's book—and the emotions it stirred up in himThe need for more training for educators in compassion and creativityThe value of teaching assistants in creating a compassionate community in the classroomA focus on compliance puts special education in a restrictive box.What Andrew wishes teachers and parents knew before going into IEP meetingsLinks/Resources:Connect with Andrew Goff and his work: Website, Love Is a Classroom book, Love Is a Classroom podcast, podcast on Spotify, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTubeContact us on social media or through our website for more information on the IEP Learning Center: www.inclusiveeducationproject.org Thank you for listening! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to the show to receive every new episode delivered straight to your podcast player every Tuesday.If you enjoyed this episode and believe in our message, then please help us get the word out about this podcast. Rate and Review this show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, or Google Play. It helps other listeners find this show.Be sure to connect with us and reach out with any questions/concerns:FacebookInstagram–We are doing videos on Instagram, so connect with...

After another year of this awe inspiring event, we are joined by a survivor and finisher, Alice Mcleod and Mayank Vaid.We first chat with Alice to discuss: Her back story, growing up in Perthshire, Scotland and moving to HK from London in 2019 and exploring the trailsHer awareness of Four Trails from seeing the legend Nikki Jan finish in 2019 Her training block for 2024 and the volume and focusFour Trails goalSleep and nutrition strategyWhat next?? As the second Scottish lady to reach the green post box, Will Alice come back to follow Nikki Han and finish? And then we are joined by Mayank Vaid at 43m mark to discuss:The 3rd year taking on the challenge, what convinced him to come back after surviving last year.How last year went? What he learned from last year that he adapted in 2024What he's been up to since 2023 edition when he did HK marathon just 2 weeks after! Competing in Hyrox and 4 peaks race, triathlons, 15k swim. Was cross training a big part of his plan.We go into details about the 4 Peaks Race in HKHis plan going in to 2024 edition.How he got his wife and eldest son Bono to crew himThe last 30k of Lantau chasing the clock and the 60 hour cut off. The feeling to finally finish the challenge.Hong Kong Four Trails continues to show why it is the most epic ultra running challenge in the Asia region. The community, the difficulty and the drama. It always an epic dotwatching and social media follow. Congrats to Andre, Paper, all the athletes and crew, photographers and everyone involved with this event.

225 – If you could ask Jesus a favor, what would it be?If you had met Jesus 2,000 years ago while as he was traveling around healing and ministering to people, what would you ask him for? A healing? Deliverance from a problem? The answer to a burning question in your heart?Lots of people came up to Jesus to ask him for all sorts of things. Sometimes he granted their requests and sometimes he didn't. There's so much to learn from these folks who approached Jesus with a request. In this week's episode I talk about why Jesus answered some requests and why he didn't answer others. Here's who is in the show:JairusVarious religious leaders asking about how to obtain eternal lifeA man who wanted Jesus to get his brother to share the inheritanceMore religious leaders who wanted Jesus to show them a miraculous signPeople who weren't sure if Jesus was the MessiahJames and John, who wanted to sit next to him in heavenly gloryA disciple who asked Jesus how to prayPhilip, who wanted Jesus to show God to himThe  crux of the matter: what you want or what God wantsIf you could talk to Jesus, would you ask for something you want really bad? Or would you ask him to show you what God's will is for you?And how on earth do you figure out what God's is will for you? There are some helpful ideas to get you started, plus a previous episode I recommend (see below for link).Who should you pray to, Jesus or the Father? Listen to find out...Episodes mentioned:Episode 79: How Do You Know if Something is God's Will ?Episode 121: Praying in the Name of Christ Please rate and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks!Support the show_________________________James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life. Reach out today if you need a speaker or Bible workshop for your church or organization (online and in person) Subscribe to the podcast (and get your copy of Praying with the Mindset of Jesus) Make a donation to support the show Schedule a free one hour coaching call to see if the Jesus Mindset Coaching program is a good fit for you Contact James here

Want an inside look at Chick-fil-A?In this episode, I'm joined by Steve Robinson, author of Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A: How Faith, Cows, and Chicken Built an Iconic Brand.Steve is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Chick-fil-A, Inc. (1981 to 2015).During Steve's tenure, Chick-fil-A grew from 184 stores and $100 million to 2,100 stores and $6.8 billion and became one of the most iconic brands of our time.Now, he's here to share stories and insights from his career, including:Truett Cathy's inspiring leadershipA $2 million mistake that shaped himThe importance of valuesChick-fil-A's inverted marketing modelAnd more

222 – Have you ever tried to find yourself in the Bible?So many people are trying to find themselves these days. They're looking in so many different directions, but they often overlook the spiritual aspect of who they are as a child of God.The best place to discover your identity is in the Bible. In a couple of previous episodes, I talked specifically about this: Episode 37: You Are the Image and Likens of God. What the Heck Does that Mean?Episode 144: Finding Your Identity in the Bible with Keith FerrinThis week I'm taking a different approach. I'm looking at various Bible characters to see what we can learn about ourselves from the way they dealt with the situations and the issues of their day.Here are the Bible folks explored in this episode:MosesGideonThe 300 men Gideon chose to fight with himThe thousands of men who were not chosen to fightKing DavidBathshebaUriahAbsalomNaamanNaaman's wife's servant girlElishaBelshazzar's wife (he was Nebuchadnezzar's son)Pilate's wifeJonahThe king of NinevehZacharias and ElisabethJoseph, Mary's future husbandJesus's disciplesSaul, who becomes PaulWith each of these Bible characters, what can you see in them that helps you understand yourself? What lessons can you learn from them based on the situations they were in and how they responded?If there's someone in the Bible you especially identify with and relate to, let me know. I'd love to hear who it is and what you've discovered about who you are from someone in the Bible.And more importantly, I'd love to know not just what you've learned about yourself, but what you've discerned that God has called you to do.Show notes: Full transcript and Bible quotesSupport the show_________________________James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life. Reach out today if you need a speaker or Bible workshop for your church or organization (online and in person) Subscribe to the podcast (and get your copy of Praying with the Mindset of Jesus) Make a donation to support the show Schedule a free one hour coaching call to see if the Jesus Mindset Coaching program is a good fit for you Contact James here

Happy Friday and Happy New Year Nieces & Nephews! Your favorite aunties Bridget Kelly and Mandii B had the blessing to sit with some AMAZING musical guests this year. The ladies recap their favorite musical interviews of 2023. If you're a regular listener, the second listen is better than the first!!! If you've been trying to put your friends on this podcast for awhile, this is a good episode to refer them to! Bridget and Mandii are excited to return back to the regularly scheduled program starting Monday! EP 191: Victims & Villains Feat. Musiq Soulchild // https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/see-the-thing-is/id1534096260?i=1000606769996 Why liking is better than loving someoneWhy contextual perspective when teaching someone how to love you Musiq Soulchild confesses that women have never created a safe space for himThe difficulties of identifying if something is LOVE or LIES Why silence and restraint shows more power than screaming and arguing Support Musiq's album “Victims & Villains” : https://music.apple.com/us/album/victims-villains/1671613142 EP 209: 'Terms and Conditions' feat Mahalia // https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/see-the-thing-is/id1534096260?i=1000616244387 The different accents in the UK and ways to identify themNavigating a toxic relationshipCreating boundaries and composing a 3 strike rule while dating Support Mahalia's album “IRL” :https://music.apple.com/us/album/irl/1686520298 EP 211: Love or Lust Feat. Anik Khan // https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/see-the-thing-is/id1534096260?i=1000617237744 Anik's journey of dating as a member of the non-monogamous community The duality if feeling needed but also allowing freedom within a relationship Music theory and the rhythmic beat composition of certain countries Check out Kolkata Chai shop: https://kolkatachai.co/ EP 235: Lead With Transparency Feat. Durand Bernarr // https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/see-the-thing-is/id1534096260?i=1000627172639 The different ages of your inner child, inner teenager, and inner elder. The importance of tapping into the inner teenager.Would you listen to warnings about your partner from an anonymous number about your partner? Non-monogamy and the emotional maturity required you to have COMPERSION which means “our wholehearted participation in the happiness of others.” Check out Durand's Tiny Desk Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klL7nY1HzaY ---------------------------CONNECT WITH US:

A huge thank you to all who contributed to this podcast in Rebecca McDuff and Duncan Munro for their time recording and reviewing the exhibition. To Bradley and Joyful Peach, Terry Krahe, Chris Hill, Amanda Bacchi and Paul Mason for their videoing and photos we used throughout the podcast.Because of what they did, it has allowed those who did not attend the ability to enjoy this PHantastic exhibition.To find out more about the event you can go to their Facebook page or their website. If you would like to purchase a shirt, catalogue or other items, please contact them.This podcast consists of three parts:The first part is a chat with Rebecca McDuff the curator of the exhibition.The second part is Duncan Munro giving a phan perspective of the exhibition.The third part are the audio musings of Shane Foley as he discusses everything Phantom including:Diana and the TwinsWhich past artists inspire himThe popularity of the PhantomHow to draw the Phantom's faceThe Phantom's ringsThe process behind the page artAbout his studioThe Swedish influenceHis favourite coversYou can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel. Support the show

"This is not love, this is not even worth a point of view..."In 1980, Gary Numan released one of his greatest singles, the top 10 hit 'I Die: You Die'. At the time it was a non-album single, but was later included on the Telekon album, alongside We Are Glass.The episode delves into:How the song was inspired by the press's hatred of himThe various versions, mixes and coversHow David Bowie got him thrown off the Kenny Everett ShowClips used:Gary Numan - I Die You DieGary Numan - (R)Evolution (audiobook)Radio 1 interview, 1980Radio 1 Chart Show, 1980Gary Numan - I Die You Die (alternate mix)Gary Numan - I Die You Die (The Kenny Everett Show)Gary Numan - I Die You Die (live in Sydney)Gary Numan - Down in the Park (piano version)The Magnetic Fields - I Die You DieColdplay - ClocksPlease get in touch on Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram, or email at numanpodcast@gmail.com.

September is Sepsis Awareness Month, so host Sarah Lorenzini is throwing it back to one of the earliest Rapid Response RN podcast episodes with guest Yesha APRN. This episode tells the story of a patient with sepsis, and it's one of Sarah's favorite episodes because it exemplifies all of the classic signs and symptoms of sepsis as well as the important role the nurse plays in caring for septic patients.Last week, you learned about fluid resuscitation and the potential harm of fluid overload in the treatment of sepsis. In this episode, you'll hear how Sarah and Yesha's patient responded to fluid boluses and what made them advocate for a different treatment approach.Sarah then goes deeper into the pathophysiology of sepsis, indicators of sepsis using SIRS criteria and the qSOFA score, and more indicators any nurse can test without a tool. You'll also find out how to treat a patient with sepsis, which diagnostics to run, and what you can do to promote a return to homeostasis in your patient.Tune in to learn the signs and symptoms of sepsis and septic shock, and how to facilitate early detection. Plus, hear Yesha's takeaways from this patient story that will benefit all nurses in their treatment of sepsis!Topics discussed in this episode:Yesha's nursing journey and updates on her careerHow Yesha's patient presented and his response to fluid administrationWhat made her decide to call a rapid response nurse, SarahSarah's assessment of the patient and how they treated himThe pathophysiology of sepsisSIRS criteria and qSOFA score for prediction of sepsisWhat happens in the “septic inflammatory cascade of awfulness”How to detect sepsis earlyTreatment and management of a sepsis patientRead the article, “Fluid selection & pH-guided fluid resuscitation” by Dr. Josh Farkas, here:https://emcrit.org/ibcc/fluid/Mentioned in this episode:AND If you are planning to sit for your CCRN and would like to take the Critical Care Academy CCRN prep course you can visit https://www.ccrnacademy.com and use coupon code RAPID10 to get 10% off the cost of the course! Rapid Response and Rescue Intro CourseIf you would like to check out Sarah's 1hr, 1 CE course, go to: http://www.rapidresponseandrescue.com To get the FREE Rapid Response RN Assessment Guide and the coupon code for $10 off the cost of the course, message Sarah on Instagram @TheRapidResponseRN and type the word PODCAST!

TAKEAWAYSGod tells us to pray about everything that is worrying us and to give it to HimThe worst thing you can do for your body is to have a sedentary lifestyle and eat processed junk foodMovement and exercise help the lymphatic system keep a healthy balance of fluids throughout your body and protect you from infectionGinny's book, Unleash Your God-Given Healing: Eight Steps to Prevent and Survive Cancer, gives in-depth advice for staying healthy

199 – How do you pray when bad things happen?Have you ever felt overwhelmed by with a problem, or series of problems, when it seemed like evil forces are trying to tempt or harm you?As always Jesus has the answer to these kinds of situationsHe told his disciples, who had been out preaching and healing, that he gave them authority to overcome all the power of the enemy (Satan).Christ gives you and me this same power today, to defeat the lies and temptations of the devil.That's what this week's episode is all about. Here are some of the main points I cover.We can  pray "with the mind of Christ.Accept the authority Christ gives usSee the devil what he is, as Jesus defined himThe lies Satan tells don't have any power over you unless you believe themEvery time Jesus healed, he was exercising his power over the devilTurn Satan's lies back on himWhy it's important to call Satan by nameYou can only resist the devil, you can only speak with authority to Satan, when you first submit wholly to God. This allows you to see the devil for what he is: a liar, the father of lies, a murderer from the beginning, in whom there is no truth.Christ gives you this authority over Satan. God empowers you to exercise this authority. And the Holy Spirit keeps you alert to when and how to speak to Satan with authority.Never doubt your ability to follow Jesus's example of speaking to Satan with your God-given authority.To read a full transcript of this episode and study the Bible references quoted, go to the show notes: thebiblespeakstoyou.com/199Support the show_________________________James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life. Reach out today if you need a speaker or Bible workshop for your church or organization (online and in person)? Subscribe to the podcast (and get your copy of Praying with the Mindset of Jesus) Make a donation to support the show Contact James here

In this episode, Michael and Ethan are joined by two very special guests: Risha Lilienthal, host of Tapestry's newest addition, Shakespeare in the Village, and Lydia Grabau, friend of the show and Shakespeare afficianado!In this episode:Cut Medieval BrianThis play slapsAbandonment issues vs. intelligence issuesA short digressionDon John: interestingly uninterestingBeatrice slapsHero is a rock, perhaps THE Rock?As You Like It, or, Everyone Messes Around in the Woods for Four Acts and then the Climax Happens Off-StageThis play still slapsSorry about all the Joss Whedon talk, Ethan does actually dislike himThe most Midwestern endingNext time Michael and Ethan will discuss Where the Light Fell, by Philip Yancey. Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Donate to our Patreon! BUY A NIHILIST BLANKET! Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett) MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

Virginia and I continue the conversation about manifesting God's plan for your life. We talk quantum mechanics and grounding it out in scripture. Who doesn't want to bring heaven to earth? Enjoy!!Recap of Virginia's Bio:Virginia Killingsworth is a worship leader, teacher, minister and singer/songwriter who has released 11 worship CDs and has written two books, one of which has been translated into both Spanish and Russian. Through a life of encounter, Virginia releases throne room worship into the earth, where the presence of God brings healing and freedom. Her music is prophetic in nature, God-breathed in essence, and her passion is to display the beauty and the true nature of God until the earth is “filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” (Habakkuk 2:14)Join her All Things Restored ekklesia online Sundays nights at 5pm Eastern: https://www.facebook.com/AllThingsRestoredGOLD NUGGETS:- Quantum mechanics of pulling from the spiritual realm into the physical realmThe relationship you have with God as a new believer will not look the same as the one you have as a maturing sonWhen God pulls back to wean us as we grow and mature, it can feel like abandonmentWe have been saved/redeemed/justified/sanctified, we are being saved/redeemed/justified/sanctified, and we shall be saved/redeemed/justified/sanctifiedOur maturation is an expansion of our oneness with himThe world has tapped into the spiritual truths God created, yet the church doesn't talk aboutOur mindsets are shifting so quickly because of new revelation, that it can be disorientingLINKS:- Join Virginia's online course, Miracles Are Normal: http://SpiritCenteredBusiness.com/miracles- Check out her music CDs: http://VirginiaKillingsworth.com- Subscribe to her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@VirginiaKillingsworth- Take our FREE Business Assessment:SpiritCenteredBusiness.com- Build and Launch your online Course…and more! Build It Business Services: https://BralynnNewby.com/BuildIt- Join the Activation Ekklesia for Business: http://SpiritCenteredBusiness.com/activation- Join the SCB Tribe: http://facebook.com/groups/scbtribeBe sure to answer the membership questions so we know you're legit! ;-)Copyright 2023 - Bralynn Newby Int'l. All rights reserved.

Celebrating Curiosity - featuring Michael J. Bobbitt (he/him)Featuring theater director, choreographer, playwright and Executive Director of Mass Cultural Council Michael J. Bobbitt | he/himThe subject of structure, from institutions to boards to families, appears throughout this week's sparkling conversation. Will kicks off by asking Michael how his intersectionality across race, artistry, and sexuality informs the organizational reforms and redesigns he now leads as an artist turned executive administrator. Michael explains that he is learning to trust his artistic curiosity when approaching hard questions and inherited systems within art institutions. He continues by outlining how Theatre will need young people with new ideas and a friendly embrace to technology in order to welcome audiences back instead of waiting to go back to normal - or, as he points out, "theater of the late-1900s." In the tarot reading, Michael generously shares his hopes and dreams for his son in this tender conversation with the cards. When it comes to structure, the melodious dialogue between Will and Michael sustains a rejection of rigidity in favor of astute suppleness. In Teacakes and Tarot: Conversations with Queer Futurists, host Will Wilhelm (they/them) welcomes an artistic crush for an intimate chat and a reading. Each episode features a new queer guest discussing art, life in our industry, and their dreams and intentions while the world of performance waits in the wings. Together, they hold space to summon more inclusive, exciting, and queer-friendly ways to create. As the candle burns low,  Will offers their guest a unique tarot reading to give them greater insight on a personal journey. It's one part cocktail party and one part slumber party that will leave you stirred but never shaken. Teacakes & Tarot: Conversations with Queer Futurists is produced by Island Shakespeare Festival as part of the Shakespeare Playground Series. The series presents socially distanced programming that upholds ISF's mission of accessible Shakespeare that embraces intersectional storytelling and artistic excellence. Find out more at islandshakespearefest.org!Co-Created by Will Wilhelm (they/them) and Erin Murray (she/her)Graphic Design by Ray Kathryn Morgen (they/them)Theme Song: Raro Bueno by Chuzausen, licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.Audio & Mixing: Nigel Saskrotch (they/them)

Samuel Lintaro Hopf is a photographer, filmmaker and popular YouTuber based in Germany.Samuel has worked as an ambassador for Ricoh GR cameras and filmed a “GR Project” series of videos where he travelled the world connecting with other GR street shooters.Samuel also runs workshops and has had his work published in magazine such as Eyeshot, Photographie and Soul Of Street.In this episode Samuel discusses, among other things:How we began shooting street photography in Hamburg How he splits his time between photography and making videosWhether street photography still excites himThe challenges of making street photos while living in the country How shooting on the street has changed post pandemicGermany cracking down on street photography Discusses his project with Alex Munoz and their road trip around JapanWorking with the Void Tokyo collective and Tatsuo SuzukiFollow Samuel:Instagram Website

Today's guest, Dr. Marc Brackett, is on a mission to educate the world about the value of emotions and the skills associated with using them wisely. “I want everyone to become an emotion scientist”, he says. “We need to be curious explorers of our own and others' emotions so they can help us achieve our goals and improve our lives.”In this deep dive conversation, Marc and I explore themes from his book Permission to Feel  as well as his broader work as a leader in the field of emotional intelligence, including:Some of his story and how events in his childhood including surviving abuse led to his dedication to the work he does todayWhy people so often suppress emotions and what happens in our brains and bodies when we doWhy it's so important to ask people “how are you feeling?” and to genuinely listen to the answerThe story of his Uncle Marvin, and what he learned from him about the power of creating safe spacesHighlights from the biggest study he has ever conducted and the case for empathy, compassion, non-judgment, and good listening as life changing qualities for leaders, parents, and individuals.An introduction to the RULER skills (Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing, and Regulating emotions)How he uses the RULER skills in his own life to navigate daily challenges, enhance wellbeing, and stay on track with goals that are important to himThe link between emotions and performance - why and how emotions matter when it comes to thriving teams and organizationsWhy giving people the permission to feel may be one of the most important things we can do to help people thrive at work and in life. More about Marc: Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and professor in the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine. As a researcher for over 20 years, Marc has focused on the role of emotions and emotional intelligence in learning, decision making, creativity, relationships, health, and performance. His book, Permission To Feel,  has been translated into 22 languages. Most recently, with Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann, Marc and his team co-created the Apple award-winning app, HowWeFeel, that was designed to teach emotion skills and enhance well-being. Marc is the lead developer of RULER, a systemic, evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning that has been adopted by over 5,000 schools across the United States and has reached over 4 million children. Marc regularly consults with large companies such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft on best practices for integrating the principles of emotional intelligence into training and product design. For more please visit: https://www.marcbrackett.comDid you find this episode inspiring? Here are more episodes we think you'll love!Dr. Jud Brewer - Is Curiosity is a Superpower?Kelly McGonigal - Finding the Hope, Connection, and Courage to TransformEnjoying the show? Please rate it on iTunes!Thanks for listening!Support the show

My guest today is Mike Tyson, a former heavyweight boxing champion of the world and one of the greatest boxers of all time!  At the age of 20, he became the youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title.  He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold WBA, WBC, and IDF titles and a member of the international boxing Hall of Fame.Mike has appeared in many movies and TV shows.  He is the actor and creator of a one-man Broadway show Undisputed Truth, and the author of the best-selling book of the same name.Mike is also a very successful entrepreneur and a founder of two cannabis companies, including Tyson 2.0.  He is an incredible person and a dedicated philanthropist through his Mike Tyson's Care foundation, and the support of other charities including The Make a Wish Foundation and The Special Olympics.(00:00) Mike's childhoodHis dad was a pimp, his mom an alcoholic and a sex industry workerHe was bullied in his childhood ("you can't run from them, you must confront them")Started robbing people to buy food for his pigeonsA traumatic event with the birds that changed himMike's first fight and from being bullied, to being the bullyWent pick-pocketing and stealing with his friendsStarted with crime at 11, by the age of 13, he was arrested more than 37 timesThe stealing mentality - nobody else mattersHis mom encouraged him to steal (his goal was to be a professional criminal)(18:13) Juvenile facilities and Mike's first steps in boxingWatched the movie “The Greatest”, the story of Mohammed AliTransferred to Elwood CottageMike was always handcuffed in a dangerous environment Met Bobby Stewart who inspired him to finish school and started training himAt 13, Bobby wanted to take him to the next level - introduced him to Cus D'Amato (21:14) Mike's first mentor - Cus D'AmatoRelationship with Cus D'Amato (Cus taught him to never give up)Cus became a father figure for himThe time Mike first experienced loveCus saw in him the future world championWorking out for 6 hours a day while going to schoolWanted to get kicked out of school, but Cus didn't allow thatThere is no progress without struggle (study about rats)(29:32) The beginning of his fighting careerAt 18, a fight with Hector Mercedes - beat him in one roundWasn't afraid of losing, but being a bad loserMike's desire to be the world champion consumed him completelyBecame the youngest boxing champion everHis mother's reaction - never got affirmed by her(34:57) From millions of dollars to bankruptcyStarted making millions of dollars (became highest paid athlete in the world)Went bankrupt being reckless, didn't know how to manage money as a street kidBeing rich and going broke multiple timesFame and money won't make you happyBecome your own alarm systemThe pain is the same at the top and the bottom of the worldSponsors:Sandee | Bliss: BeachesWant to Connect? Reach out to us online!Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

Have you ever noticed that a bad attitude is contagious in the family? Parents have to get to the ROOT of the problem.  In episode 178 we will look at how to deal with bad attitudes at various ages of our kids.Link to earlier episode on teaching the habit of being joyful: Episode 7 "Work Ethic & the Habit of Happiness in Littles, Middles, and Teens"Link to Root Parenting : Episode 25 "Root Parenting vs. Surface Parenting"Link to Root Parenting Part 2: Episode 26 "Digging Deeper to Get to the Roots"A lot of times, the unhappy child just needs to be shown how to handle life - how to handle circumstances around them, how to handle feelings, how to handle others around them, etc.  As parents, we are not just making sure they are fed, clothed, and sheltered. Parents need to EQUIP our kids for the complex parts of life. We want to help them BLOOM in the aspects of their life.  This episode will give you tools to help your children to deal with their bad attitude at various ages.One person's attitude affects:*those around them*the atmosphere of our home*my attitude about other things*my attitude affects me physically*my attitude prevents me from praising the Lord and glorifying HimThe habit of choosing joy, is better for me, for those around, and for God's KingdomSide note: Boredom, lack of direction, lack of accomplishment can be one contributing factor in a bad attitude. We really are designed to accomplish, overcome, discover, explore, investigate, and create.  Kids need to be LIVING, not just existing.  Are your kids spending too much time just being entertained?  Let's get them moving and get their minds thinking.This is a listener supported podcast. To give a set amount each month click here. A few dollars a month would help so much!Here's some other ways to give:Cash App: $valPSMPaypal: val@PracticallySpeakingMOM.comDonate with a creditcard HEREAll donations will be used for the ministry. Gifts are NOT tax deductible. THANK YOU for partnering in this ministry to strengthen families and encourage intentional moms.Visit Val's website: PracticallySpeakingMOM.comJoin Val's Facebook Group Intentional Mom, Strong FamilyFollow Val on Instagram and her Facebook Public Page Practically Speaking MOM"May the Words of my mouth and the meditation of my hear...

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on April 2. It dropped for free subscribers on April 5. To receive future pods as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe for free below:WhoJim Quimby, General Manager of Saddleback, MaineRecorded onMarch 6, 2023About SaddlebackClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Arctaris InvestmentsLocated in: Rangeley, MaineYear founded: 1960Pass affiliations: Indy PassReciprocal partners: NoneClosest neighboring ski areas: Sugarloaf (52 minutes), Titcomb (1 hour), Black Mountain of Maine (1 hour, 9 minutes), Spruce Mountain (1 hour, 22 minutes), Baker Mountain (1 hour, 33 minutes), Mt. Abram (1 hour, 36 minutes), Sunday River (1 hour, 41 minutes)Base elevation: 2,120 feetSummit elevation: 4,120 feetVertical drop: 2,000 feetSkiable Acres: 600+Average annual snowfall: 225 inchesTrail count: 68 (23 beginner, 20 intermediate, 18 advanced, 7 expert) + 2 terrain parksLift count: 6 (1 high-speed quad, 3 fixed-grip quads, 1 T-bar, 1 carpet)Why I interviewed himThe best article I've ever read on Saddleback came from Bill Donahue, writing for Outside, with the unfortunate dateline of March 9, 2020. That was a few days before the planet shut down to prevent the spread of Covid-19, and just after Arctaris had purchased Saddleback and promised to tug the ski area out of its five-year slumber. Donahue included a long section on Quimby:But to really register the new hope that's blossomed in Rangeley, I needed to drive up the winding hill to Saddleback's lodge and talk to Jimmy Quimby. Fifty-nine years old and weathered, his chin specked with salt-and-pepper stubble, Quimby is the scion of a Saddleback pillar. His father, Doc, poured concrete to build the towers for one of Saddleback's first lifts in 1963 and later built trails and made snow for the mountain. His mother, Judy, worked in the ski area's cafeteria for about 15 years. “We were so poor,” Quimby told me, “that we didn't have a pot to piss in, but I skied every weekend.” Indeed, as a high schooler, Quimby took part in every form of alpine ski competition available—on a single pair of skis. His 163-centimeter Dynastar Easy Riders were both his ballet boards and his giant-slalom guns. They also transported him to mischief. In his teenage years, Quimby was part of a nefarious Saddleback gang, the Rat Pack. “We terrorized the skiing public,” he said. “We built jumps. We skied fast. We made the T-bar swerve so people fell off.”Just days after his 18th birthday, Quimby left Maine to serve 20 years in the Air Force as an electrical-line repairman and managed, somehow, to spend a good chunk of time near Japan's storied Hakkoda Ski Resort, where he routinely hucked himself off 35-foot cornices while schussing in blue jeans. When he returned to Maine in 1998, he commenced working at Saddleback and honed such a love for the mountain that, when it closed in 2015, his heart broke. He simply refused to ski after that. “I decided,” he said, “that I just wouldn't ski anywhere else.” Friends in the industry offered him free tickets at nearby mountains; Quimby demurred and hunkered down at Saddleback, where he remained mountain manager. The Berrys paid him to watch over the nonfunctioning trails and lifts during the long closure. “I'm a prideful person,” he explained. “OK, I did do a little skiing with my grandchildren, but they're preschoolers. I haven't made an adult turn since Saddleback closed.”Quimby is now working for Arctaris, which owns Saddleback Inc., but that's a technicality. His mission is spiritual, and when I met him in his office, I found that I had stepped into a shrine, a jam-packed Saddleback museum. There were lapel pins, patches, bumper stickers, posters, and also a wooden ski signed in 1960 by about 35 of Saddleback's progenitors. Quimby's prize possession, though, is a brass belt buckle he bought in the Saddleback rental shop in the 1970s. “I used to wear it every day,” he told me, “but when Saddleback closed, I put it on a dresser and never wore it again.”Quimby stood up from the desk now, to reveal that he was wearing the buckle once more. In capitalized brass letters, it read “SKI.” His eyes were glassy with emotion.“We're going to do this,” he said quietly, speaking of Saddleback's resurrection. “We're going to make this happen.”They did make this happen. One feature of improbable feats is that they are often taken for granted once achieved. The number of people who confessed doubts to me privately about the viability of Saddleback is significant. It won't work because… it's too remote, there are not enough skier visits to spread around Maine, there are too many bodies buried on the property, the previous owners emptied the GDP of a small country onto the property and it still failed. All fair arguments, but for every built thing there are reasons it should have failed. The great advantage of humans over other animals is our ability to solve the unsolvable. I push a button on my phone and a person 5,000 miles away sees a note from me in an instant. That would have been dubbed magic for 100,000 years and now it is a fact of daily existence. Humans can do amazing things. And the humans who dug Saddleback out of the grave did an amazing thing, and it's a story I just can't get enough of.What we talked aboutSaddleback's strong 2022-23 ski season; the Casablanca Glades; the ski area in the sixties; “Saddleback was my babysitter”; Rangeley reminisces; when the U.S. Air Force stations a ski bum in Northern Japan; the Donald Breen era of Saddleback and a long battle with the Forest Service; Saddleback's relationship with the Forest Service today; the Berry family arrives; an investment spree; why Saddleback closed in 2015; why the Berrys replaced the Kennebago T-bar with a quad and whether they should have upgraded the Rangeley lift first; Quimby's reaction when Saddleback closed; how Quimby kept Saddleback from falling apart during his five years as caretaker of a lost ski area; why Arctaris finally revitalized the ski area after so many other potential buyers had faded; the most important man at Saddleback; the blessing and the curse of rebuilding a ski area in the pandemic year of 2020; how close Saddleback came to upgrading Rangeley to a fixed-grip, rather than a detachable, quad; how much that lift transformed the ski area; the legacy of Andy Shepard, the former general manager who oversaw the ski area's comeback; Saddleback the business in year three of its comeback; surveying Saddleback's ultra-new lift fleet; why Saddleback replaced the 900-year-old Cupsuptic T-bar with a brand-new T-bar; why the ski area chose Partek to build the new Sandy quad and how successful that lift has been; the story behind the old Saddleback trailmaps with theoretical lifts scribbled all over them (yes, this one):… whether Saddleback will expand terrain any time soon; the ski area's next likely chairlift; the potential for a hotel; the mountain's masterplan; how important the Indy Pass has been to Saddleback's comeback; and Indy blackouts and whether they will continue.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewWith lift towers rising up the mountainside and hammers clanging through the valleys and autumn frosts biting the New England hills, Andy Shepard hacked out an hour for me in October 2020 to discuss the previous six months at Saddleback. He itemized the tasks that Saddleback's crews had achieved in the maw of Covid. An incomprehensible list. Rebuild everything. Clean everything. Hire an army. Demolish and build a chairlift. Stand up a website and an e-commerce platform. All in the midst of the most confusing and contentious time in modern American history. The mission was awesome, and so was the story behind it:Congratulations, you did it. But the second that new detachable quad started spinning in December 2020, Saddleback became just another New England ski area, just another choice for skiers who already have dozens. So now what? What of all those old masterplans showing terrain expansions and lifts extending halfway to Canada? When can we get more places to stay on the hill? Can we get snowmaking on the trail back to the condos finally?Two and a half years later, it was time for a check-in. To see how Shepard and Quimby and the crew had quietly transformed what was long a backwater bump into one of the most modern ski areas in the country. To see how the Indy Pass – which hadn't existed when Saddleback went into its shell – had turbocharged the mountain's comeback tour. And to see, indeed, what is next for this New England gem.What I got wrongI wasn't wrong on this so much as late to publish: Quimby and I discussed season passes at the end of the podcast. At the time, details on the 2023-24 pass suite had not yet been released, and we talked a bit about where pricing would land. These details have long gone public, but I kept the section intact because Quimby details why the ski area was compelled to raise rates from previous seasons (the increase ended up being modest in the context of ongoing inflation, from $699 this season to $799 for next).Also there's a reference in our conversation to Sandy being a detachable quad, but the 227-vertical-foot quad is in fact a fixed-grip lift.Why you should ski SaddlebackMan is this place big. Two broad ridges staggered and stacked and parallel, with dozens of ways down each. Glades all over. Amazing fall line skiing. Lift lines? Not many. Maybe on Rangeley, maybe on big days. But mostly, the place is a glorious wide-open banger, stuffed into a north country snow pocket that most always stands above New England's notorious rain-snow line as storms roll through.“Yes but is it worth the drive?” asks Overthinks Everything Bro. Yes it's worth the drive. “But I have to pass 19 other big ski areas to get there.” So? If a genie erupts out of my next can of Bang Energy Drink, my first wish will be to eliminate this brand of thinking from existence. Passing other ski areas to ski Saddleback is not like passing a McDonald's at exit 100 to eat at a McDonald's at exit 329, more than 200 miles down the road. You're passing a number of distinct and unique ski areas to experience another distinct and unique ski area. A Saddleback run will imprint on your experience in a way that your 400th day at Waterville Valley will not.Not all of us, I realize, are so driven by novelty and the unknown. To many of you, turns are turns. Yee-haw. But I'm not suggesting you drive four hours out of your way to lap a town ropetow. This is a serious mountain, with terrain that has few peers in New England. It is special, and it is most definitely worth it.Podcast NotesOn the ski area's battle with the National Park ServiceQuimby and I had a long discussion on Saddleback's 15-plus-year war with the National Park Service over former owner Donald Breen's expansion plans. While Saddleback sits on private land, the Appalachian Trail runs over the mountain's summit, giving the government a say in any development that may impact the trail. As with most things New England, New England Ski History provides a comprehensive synopsis of what amounts to Saddleback's lost generation:With Saddleback finally financially stable and controlling 12,000 acres of land, Breen sought to tap into its vast potential in the mid 1980s. In 1984, Breen told Ski magazine, "Saddleback has the potential to be one of the largest resorts in this part of the country" and could become "the Vail of the East."While a massive development was possible, including above treeline skiing as well as a bowl on the back side of the mountain, initial plans were made for a phased $36 million expansion "opening up the entire bowl where the ski area sits with three more lifts and numerous trails."Working to gain approvals, Saddleback offered to donate a 200-foot easement to the National Park Service for the Appalachian Trail while retaining the ability to have skiers and equipment cross the corridor if needed. Countering the ski area's plans, the National Park Service recommended taking 3,000 acres of Saddleback's land. As a result, instead of investing in the mountain, Breen was forced to spend large sums of money to defend his property from eminent domain.Attempting to break the impasse in the early 1990s, Saddleback offered to pare back expansion plans and sell 2,000 acres to the National Park Service. The National Park Service responded with an offer for one sixth of the amount Saddleback wanted from the property.By the mid 1990s, Saddleback was offering to donate 300 acres of land to the National Park Service, while retaining the right to cross the Appalachian Trail with connector ski trails. The National Park Service once again refused, sticking with its eminent domain plan. Later Congressional testimony revealed that the Breen family was forced to negotiate with and give concessions to the Appalachian Trail Conference, only to have the agreements retracted by the National Park Service. In addition, the National Park Service would refuse to turn over documents relating to its involvement with other ski areas, or to put parameters of potential agreements in writing.After having spent a decade and a half of his life trying to work with the Forest Service, Donald Breen took a step back from negotiations in 1997, handing the reins over to his daughter Kitty. The Maine Congressional Delegation was brought in to attempt to get the National Park Service to negotiate.At Senator Olympia Snowe's urging, Saddleback offered to sell the bowl on the back side of the mountain to the Park Service in exchange for being able to develop its Horn Bowl area. The National Park Service rejected the offer, insisting the expansion was not viable, that the ski area could sustain increased skier visits on its existing footprint, and that Saddleback's undeveloped land had little financial value.Negotiations continued into 2000, at which point Saddleback had increased its donation offer to 660 acres, while the National Park Service still wanted to take 893 acres by eminent domain. Five proposals were put on the table while the National Park Service threatened to turn the matter over to the Department of Justice for condemnation. Finally, on November 2, 2000, the National Park Service and Saddleback reached a deal in which the Breens donated 570 acres along the Appalachian Trail corridor, while selling the 600 acre back bowl for $4 million. While the deal meant Breen could move forward with his development of the resort, the long battle with the government had consumed millions of dollars and nearly two decades of his life. Now in his 70s, Breen was ready to retire. In 2001, the massive resort property was put on the market for $12 million.To understand just how deeply this conflict stalled the ski area's potential evolution, consider this: when Breen and the Forest Service squared off in 1984, Sunday River, less than two hours away and closer to pretty much everyone, looked like this:And Saddleback looked like this:While both had just five lifts – Sunday River sported a triple, two doubles, and two T-bars; Saddleback had two doubles and three T-bars – Saddleback was the larger of the two, with a more interesting and complex trail network. But while Breen fought the Forest Service, his mountain stood still. Meanwhile, Les Otten went ballistic at Sunday River, stringing terrain pods for miles in each direction. By 2001, when Breen sold, Sunday River looked like this:While Saddleback had languished:Whatever market share Saddleback could have earned during New England's Great Ski Area Modernization – which more or less exactly coincided with his Forest Service fight from 1984 to 2001 – was lost to Sunday River and Sugarloaf, both of which spent that era building rather than fighting.And yes, I also thought, “well what did Sugarloaf look like in 1984 and 2001?” So here you go:On the Berry familyBreen sold Saddleback in 2001 to the Berry family, who absolutely mainlined cash into the joint. Over the next decade, the family replaced the upper (Kennebago) and lower (Buggy) T-bars with fixed-grip quads, and substantially blew out the trail and glade network. Check the place in 2014:But two big problems remained. First, that double chair marked “C” on the map above is the Rangeley lift, the alpha chair out of the base. It was a 1963 Mueller that could move all of 900 skiers per hour. And while skiers could have ridden Sandy to the Cupsuptic T-bar (if both were running), to the Pass trail to access the Kennebago quad and the upper mountain, that's not how most people think. They want to go straight to the top. So they'd wait.Which leads to the second problem. Queueing up for a double chair that was pulled off of Noah's Ark when you could be skiing onto high-speed (or at least modern) lifts just down the road at Sunday River or Sugarloaf is frustrating. Lines to board the lift could reportedly stretch to an hour on weekends. Facing such gridlock and frustration, most casual skiers who stumbled onto the place probably thought some version of, “This is cute, but next weekend, I'm going to Sunday River.”And they did. If the Berrys could have upgraded Rangeley, the whole project may have worked. But financing fell through, as Quimby details in the podcast, and the ski area closed shortly after. But to underscore just how crucial the Rangeley lift is to Saddleback's viability as a modern resort, Arctaris, the current owners, reportedly paid more to replace the chairlift ($7 million), than they did for the ski area itself ($6.5 million).On potential buyers between the Berrys and ArctarisQuimby notes that a parade of suitors tromped through Saddleback between 2015, when the ski area closed, and 2020, when it finally re-opened. The most significant of these was Australia-based Majella Group, whose courtship New England Ski History summarizes:On June 28, 2017, the Berry family announced they had reached an agreement to sell Saddleback to the Australia-based Majella Group. Grandiose plans were announced, as Majella declared it would be "turning Saddleback into the premier ski resort in North America." Initial plans called for reopening for the 2017-18 season with a new fixed-grip quad replacing the Rangeley Double and a new Cupsuptic T-Bar. However, despite announcements that "physical work" had started in September and that the company was "committed to opening in some capacity for the 2017-18 ski season," the area remained idle that winter and the sale was not completed.Nearly one year after the original sale announcement, the Majella Group CEO Sebastian Monsour was arrested in Australia for alleged investor fraud, revealing a financial house of cards. The Majella branding was removed from the Saddleback web site that fall and the ski area sat idle during the snowy winter of 2018-19.So things could have been much worse. Had Majella completed the purchase and then fallen apart, Saddleback would likely still be idle, caught in a Jay Peak-esque vortex of court-led asset salvation, but without the benefit of operating revenue.On Mount WashingtonQuimby notes that the weather at Saddleback can be “comparative to Mount Washington and that's no joke.” For those of you unfamiliar with just how ferocious Mount Washington weather can be, here's a synopsis from the Mt. Washington State Park website (emphasis mine):…in winter, sub-zero temperatures, hurricane-force winds, blowing snow and incredible ice claim the peak, creating an arctic outpost in a temperate climate zone. Known as the Home of the World's Worst Weather, Mount Washington's winter conditions rival those of Mount Everest and the Polar regions.The mountain's summit holds the world record for the “highest surface wind speed ever observed by man,” at 231 miles per hour. As I write this, the summit temperature is 4 degrees Fahrenheit, with 62-mile-per-hour winds driving the windchill to 28 degrees below zero. It's April 2. There's surely some hyperbole in Quimby's statement, but the spirit of the declaration is clear: if you go to Saddleback, go prepared.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 30/100 in 2023, and number 416 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. Want to send feedback? Reply to this email and I will answer (unless you sound insane, or, more likely, I just get busy). You can also email skiing@substack.com. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

In episode #115, our guest is Betty Kovacs. She has a Ph.D. in comparative literature, and the theory of symbolic, mythic language. She's also the author of Merchants of Light, the Consciousness That Is Changing The World, as well as The Miracle Of Death There's Nothing But Life. Today we will discuss the God outside of us. What we observed.The Nag Hammadi texts describe a Jesus that did not want us to follow him, but to become himThe monks at Nag Hammadi were visited by representatives from the church and  were told to destroy these manuscriptsAccording to these texts, we have the mental capacity to connect with the divine from within The gospels do not show the true intent of Jesus, which was to remind us of who we areWe all have the ability to achieve Christ Consciousness or Cosmic Consciousness The church would never allow anyone openly to experience the vastness of who we areGnostics and Mystics were threatened with ex-communicationGnosis is when you experience that truth within you, that's it. You don't have to have validation for me outsideThe afterlife communication with her son Pisti, and how his consciousness is very much aliveWhen we go outside ourselves, we don't have that power within, so we want to control. The true stories always are for our evolution to help us grow and develop. The Merchants of Light are higher frequency beingsFor more info: www.kamlak.comMore episodes on www.closertovenus.com

Get your free Personal Reboot Guide at www.theconfidentman.meCheck out more resources to help you as a man at David Maxwell CoachingIntimacy isn't sex! Today that must be stated because so many people misunderstand what real intimacy is all about. The best thing you can do for your relationship is learn how to create an atmosphere of intimacy with your woman. When men take the lead in the intimacy of the relationship, they have better relationships and stronger families, which makes a stronger society.Real Intimacy Comes with CommitmentReal intimacy only comes with people who are committed to each otherMarriage is built on a lifelong commitmentMarriage was designed to create an environment for the deepest levels of intimacyThis is why waiting till marriage to have sex is the optimalCasual Sex often deadens people on the inside to the true intimacy they can have in relationshipsWithout commitment, there is never true intimacyCommitment Demands SacrificeWhen you make a commitment to someone, sacrifice is part of that commitmentThe thing is many people go into relationships saying they are committed but aren't willing to make sacrificesMarriage has a built-in sacrifice to help seal the commitmentThe commitment and sacrifice of marriage are to breed safety and wholeness for the coupleCommitment without sacrifice isn't really a commitmentA commitment must be part of any couple who wants to achieve real intimacyAs men, if we aren't willing to sacrifice, we aren't ready to commitSacrifice Shows through ServiceService is how we show our sacrifice and commitmentMost men get this at a base level because serving is something we doService in marriage is how men make their sacrificeWe are to love our wives so much that we give up our life for her through our serviceWhen men are willing to serve their wives and families with all of themselves it communicates their commitmentWhen a man gives himself wholly to a woman she will gladly walk in intimacy with himThe key to service is knowing and understanding your wifeThis means you have to pursue closeness with her to serve the best wayAs men learn how to effectively serve their wives, they will build incredibly deep and intimate relationships

The most important story you will ever write and tell is the story of your legacy. Daniel de Pao chats with us today about how our culture, family stories, and our own choices can lead to a life of adventure, resilience, and impact or a life of struggle. In this episode:How the culture of South Africa has shaped Daniel's story and why he sought a greater community online to expand himThe unique challenges of online coaching while living in an Africa: load shedding, power outages, imposter syndromes, collective scarcityLiving a life of flow, adventure, and resilience in a culture that doesn't make it easyGetting curious about our family stories and what we've been learning through Enlifted AncestorsWrite the story of your legacy by doing the work for yourself and bringing that to your family and communityGet more from Daniel:@dandepaoGet more from Enlifted Coaches:http://enlifted.me / @enliftedcoachesKimberly: @kimberly.kestingKill overwhelm and indecision and build confidence: Join the Soft Talk Challenge

Dude,What?! is an Amazon Associate which means there are some links where we may earn from qualifying purchases.Episode Notes In this episode: The guys celebrate Black History Month by opening the vault and dropping a Dude, What?! Original. You can listen to the original episode from 2018 hereOriginally a Milestone EpisodeMovie TalkJim has started watching a Tarantino movie and a fun family movieBrian and his wife enjoy a TV Series while illThe guys talk about their excitement for Black PantherWhat's In The Box?!Crimson Tide (1995) (amazon link)Malcolm X (1992) (amazon link)The Book of Eli (2010) (amazon link)SHOW SPOILERS Brian and Jim discuss what they look for in biographical movies.Brian shares how this film impacted himThe guys discuss Spike Lee and the influence of Martin ScorseseDenzel is just a damn great actorJim talks about parallels between this film and another film they have reviewedJim shares some of his faith journey Listen to our Archive here5 ways to Support the ShowSupport the Show while you shop at Amazon here Brian Takes On The World1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (amazon link)IMDbMetacriticRotten TomatoesRoger Ebert Movies Mentioned in this episodeThe Hateful Eight (2015 Crime/Drama)Paddington (2014 Adventure/Comedy)Nurse Jackie (2009-2015 TV Series Comedy/Drama)Black Panther (2018 Action/Adventure)Malcolm X (1992 Biography/Drama)American Gangster (2007 Biography/Crime)American History X (1998 Crime/Drama)Goodfellas (1990 Biography/Crime)JFK (1991 Drama/History)Follow Us on FacebookInstagramTwitterPinterestYouTubeContact Us at: HeyYouGuys@dudewhatpod.comIntro Music on the Original Episode: Performed by The Cherry Poppin' Daddies ©1989 Dr. Bones, Space Age Bachelor Pad Records. Listen to the Daddies on Spotify Used with permission & licensed through Wixen Publishing, Inc

On today's episode of The Edge of Excellence, Matt talks with Joe John Duran, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, Head of Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management, and best-selling author. From CNBC to CNN, Joe regularly provides financial commentary at TV. He has been profiled in numerous publications, including the New York Times and SmartMoney. Joe is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds MBA degrees from Columbia University and UC Berkeley.He will share his great American story which did not begin in America, including the hardships of growing up in Zimbabwe, having to work at age 11, and how those experiences prepared him to build successful businesses. He will offer advice to those who have had experiences similar to his, such as extreme poverty and abusive parents, on how to succeed. He will recommend Stutz, the Netflix documentary by Jonah Hill, and talk about the three inescapable aspects of life: pain, uncertainty and hard work.He will talk about how he felt lost after selling his first business, how he dealt with it, and why he started his second company. You will learn why you need to know your purpose in life. He recommends several books on self-awareness and wellness, as well as the mindset required for success. You will learn why and how to be specific and intentional about your goals. He talks about how to make conscious choices, develop positive habits, and take radical responsibility. You will learn about the two non-negotiable standards in his family. He will explain why he sold his first business to GE even though there was a higher offer.Join Matt and Joe for a fascinating conversation about living with integrity, how life does not happen to you, it happens for you, and the power of positive thinking.Enjoy! What You Will Learn In This Show:Joe's definition of excellenceHow a victim mindset is detrimental to your growthHow important it is to learn to control your reactionsThe three inescapable components of lifeImproving and changing your life is a series of small, incremental improvementsHow important it is to give more than you getWhat leadership means to himThe importance of having non-negotiable standards in your family.And so much more...Resources:The Edge of ExcellenceAwareness: DeMello, Anthony

Regi Wooten started playing homemade instruments early on. At five years old, Regi and brothers Roy and Rudy, were seen dancing by James Brown, who pulled them up on stage to dance with himThe oldest of The Wooten Brothers, when Regi was nine he started teaching his younger brother Victor, bass and Joseph keyboards. Immediately the Wooten Brothers Band was formed featuring; Regi on ukelele, Roy on drums, Rudy on Saxophone, Joe on Keys and Victor on bass. Regi was ten years old at that time, Roy was nine, Rudy was eight, Joseph was five and Victor was two.  The rest, as they say, is Musical History.Regi teaches Guitar and lectures on many diverse aspects of Music during our Programs.https://www.facebook.com/RegiWootenMusic/https://www.instagram.com/regiwooten/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/c/RegiWooten?app=desktopHost - Trey Mitchelltreymitchellphotography IGfeeding_the_senses_unsensored on IGtrey mitchell: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074368084848For sponsorship Information or submitting for interviews -  ftsunashville@gmail.comTheme Song - Damien HorneTake It From Me @damienhorne

Episode 23A eulogy for ‘22Documentaryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ1PDsNRfTk&ab_channel=RealWildMountain lion infohttps://web.archive.org/web/20101121100620/http://cougarnet.org/cougarfacts.htmlhttps://a-z-animals.com/animals/mountain-lion/https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/Mountain-LionMap:https://www.flickr.com/photos/santamonicamtns/33781179435/in/album-72157670897770258/News beats (Some paywalls) Don't pay them.https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/10/us/los-angeles-p-22-mountain-lion-mauls-zoo-koala-bear-killarneyhttps://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-famed-p22-mountain-lion-found-under-los-feliz-home-owner-says-20150413-story.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-21/big-cat-kills-chihuahua-in-hollywood-hillshttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/hollywood-cat-p-22-mountain-lion-los-angeles/672285/?fbclid=IwAR2vsgJwcSLPweYgQaSI5_A1RZHi6RqXLez4udvoFnb171BJzwECwz1-3oshttps://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2022-12-16/essential-california-p-22-mountain-lion-legacy-essential-california?fbclid=IwAR36K8iqSX0lra7OOap05QXPDTIYwC_eNj4WuFslkFlK0r8QLLDmQc1wqNshttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/p-22-la-celebrity-mountain-lion-photographer-1234649904/?fbclid=IwAR23yJRWiWIvjxvpO_7X8xcSXgCN56vFRQwQgfx0OydCpK0DX56jJgLtmTkhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/a-cougar-ready-for-his-closeupWiki links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-22https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_Annenberg_Wildlife_CrossingHow to helphttps://annenberg.org/initiatives/wallis-annenberg-wildlife-crossing/https://www.facebook.com/p22mountainlionofhollywood/https://savelacougars.org/https://friendsofgriffithpark.org/p-22/More videoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eufGfQulp0U&ab_channel=KCETSoCalConnectedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWFFvFmzkVA&ab_channel=ABC7Attributionshttps://freesound.org/people/shelbyshark/sounds/513332/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm2x6CVIXiE&ab_channel=YangBan-HoSteve winter for photosAs for what we've got today though, it's something a little different, it isn't really horror so much, unless you're a chihuahua, in which case be very afraid. But it's a story that's been bouncing around in my head for the last month or so. I think there's a lot of metaphor and coincidence when it comes to a sendoff for 2022 and more topically P-22.Towards the end of the episode I want to give some quick thoughts on the state of the show and the state of my life going into 2023, but if you're just tuning in because you found me from some arcane algorithm, or if you googled how to bag cougars, (Which you'll find I won't be much help with) I'm sure you want to jump right into the action. So with a quick belated Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year, and without further ado let's pounce right into today's topic.P-22 was a mountain lion that lived in the heart of Los Angeles in a small territory consisting of Griffith Park, and later on the surrounding city. For those of you that don't know LA well or at all, Griffith Park is home to that big ass observatory in Grand theft auto five, and the iconic HOLLYWOOD Sign. He became a celebrity in the city of celebrity and like many celebrities in hollywood, sometimes he did great good for his species, and other times he swallowed koalas right out of their pen. Looking at you gary busey. His life brought awareness to wildlife and kickstarted a project to help wildlife in the LA area. He was eventually brought down by the people of LA, not unlike the rest of the country, but his relationship with them proved fatal just about a month agoP-22 began his life in the Santa Monica mountain range, as many mountain lions do. I think big cats are cool as hell, peep episode one if you want to hear an amazing tiger story, and keep an eye out for future cat episodes down the lion. The Tsavo man eating lions, vengeful russian tigers, weird british ghost panthers, the great zoo suicide of 2011, depends on whatever mood I'm felineBut I think it's spectacular we have them in America, mountain lions and I think there are even jaguars or panthers in Florida now. Life and times of P-22Before we talk about the tragedy at the end of the story I think it's best we do a record scratch//freezeframe yup that's me I guess you're wondering how I got here situation so let's jump back in time, to somewhere between 2009 and 2012 on the 101 or 405 highways near los angelesThe Interstate 405 alone is 8 lanes across both ways. That's a big fucking highway and if any if the drivers in LA are as bad or worse than the ones in LA, which is an assumption I have no problem making, it's a dangerous proposition to cross. I rarely want to cross more than a two lane road in small towns unless I'm playing fucking frogger. Now imagine you're a 2 or 3 year old mountain lion or puma, or catamount, or mountain screamer or cougar or red tiger or any of the myriad of names we call felis concolor. You're entering adolescence and leaving the protective care of your mother to stake out a territory of your own. Unfortunately the santa monica mountain range doesn't have a whole lot of extra real estate so you need to venture westward towards human civilization, if you stayed around here the dominant male cat would kill you sooner or later This was P-22s predicament. When the going gets tough, the tough get going and he had to make the choice between certain death at the paws of the dominant male or 90 percent death crossing over 10 lanes of traffic on some of america's busiest highways. He somehow dashed across the 101 AND the 405, where many animals and cougars meet their doom and made his way into griffith park.Griffith park like I mentioned earlier, home of the hollywood sign and surrounded by human civilization. It was an area of about 9 square miles. Mountain lions usually claim an area of 280 square miles. So an insane choice for the cat but what is he supposed to do? go  back across a dozen lanes of busy traffic or just swang at his new pad where no mountain lion has been for probably hundreds of years. It was free real estate, and cats don't know exact statistics on how bg their homes should be, because they can't read biology textbooks. So P-22 made his home there in the park, peacefully eating mule deer, coyotes, and escaped chihuahuas. Fast forward to february of 2012 and Humanity got its first glimpse of the soon to be famous cat. He was caught on a wildlife trailcam looking for bobcats and coyotes and the guy is like that's a lion's ass! Immediately the national park service wanted to tranq him and fit him with a radio collar. It was a big deal. No lions got this close to humanity. Jeff sikich with the national parks service set up traps and eventually captured him in march They tagged him with a radio collar and dubbed him P-22, the name that would go on to be quite possibly the most famous puma ever, and simply standing for P as in puma and 22 because he was the twenty second puma captured and collared in the study.So it began, his observed life in griffith parkHe showed up in a variety of newspapers over time, la times ectPeople were excited to see him on hikes or later on as the tech became more mainstream, ring cams or other CCTV footage in the hollywood hills, because he would occasionally prowl through those suburbs. As time went by, he was more frequently spotted in civilized areas outside of the parkYou can see all kinds of footage of this. Prowling under stairs, running across the street, just walking down a sidewalk casually. It's really awesome. They're the fourth largest Cat species worldwide if we don't count sightings of relic smilodon. behind, I'm guessing, Tigers, lions, and jaguars. Cheetahs would be next, just guessing. If I'm wrong @ me on twitter or instagram or facebook or whatever. They clock in at 117-220 pounds generally and hit up to 8 feet long snout to tail tip. Way smaller than a tiger, if you want to know more tiger stats feast your ears on episode one. Still way bigger than a dog or a cat or anything else that'll be wandering the streets of LAPublished in late 2013 was a national geographic story with the now iconic image of P-22 crossing the ridge at night with the Hollywood sign off in the background. The cameraman set up motion detector cameras for 15 months in the park and finally got some great shots. Most of the other great shots couldn't be collected because people kept stealing the cameras. Following the Nat Geo stories, I'll link all this in the show notes, and I'll actually do that this time.More and more people became interested in the life and times of P-22.There's something remarkably human and relatable about him. One documentary put it well where it describes him, alone on a friday, stuck because of traffic, and unable to find a mate. We've all been there. He never ended up finding a mate just because the odds of a cougar making it out there across those highways to his territory were astronomical. He would stroll the city, like I mentioned, but the city took him on as a part of their own local culture. There are several murals, tons of facebook groups, hiking teams, fan clubs, you name it! People would see him on hikes, in their security cams or just roaming around. Some wanted him gone but the general vibe I get is that people were really proud of the big cat, as a neighbor, and as a symbol of the coexistence of nature and humanity As we over-expand and turn this place into a coruscant style hellhole we need to do what we can to keep giant predators living side by side with us. In 2014 we came across I think the first time I ever saw P-22, and that's when he was acting erratically according to his collar Authorities trapped him again and found he was suffering from disease, parasites and the dreaded mange. He looked bad, in short. That's another Iconic image, P-22 looks like the worst hangover of your life, scraggly unkempt hair, droopy eyes, dried mucus, and a general malaise marked his appearance The national park service tranqed him, cleaned him up and loaded him up on antibiotics and when he was captured again six months later he was in peak physical shape, this is where the meme comes in. They show the before and after picture of his treatment and in the after, he looks alert and regal. People were happy with his recovery and it was at this time a few other mountain lions were killed on the dangerous highways and where P-22 really found his greater purpose, or rather where we found it for him. He was already a symbol of urban wildlife and essentially became an ambassador in spirit for the wallis annenberg wildlife crossing, a proposed wildlife bridge over the 405, that would be the largest of it's kind in the world. It would be essential a highway overpass/underpass but instead of a road, it would be forested and maintained to keep the feel of the landscape, providing a safe way for all sorts of animals to cross the exceedingly deadly 405.I love this they have em in europe, and other places that care about animalsI'm pretty sure that as of now the crossing has broken ground and the construction has begunI'll throw a link to that in the show notes I think this is really awesome and really important, and 22s lasting legacy but I don't think it makes great show material necessarily so I'm not gonna go on too much about it, but I'm sure there are some crowdfunding options or cougar rehab organizations, if you want to lend them a hand somehow.Make sure it's the right kind of cougar thoughBut as his final glorious legacy, it's up to you to say if the end justifies the means and this is where the means get meanAfter recovering from mange and everything, The cat coasted for a while on his celebrity status. It seems most locals had at least heard of him but the sources I was looking at were obviously p-22 centric so I can't really asses what the actual feel was in LALet me knowPeople were content to catch a glimpse of the legendary critter on hikes or through local news reports and were overall happy to have himThe articles didn't touch on this too much but I'm sure there was a subset of people indifferent or straight up “shoot that varmint” before he kills a kid or something and I can see both sides but also I generally prefer cats to people anyway so if somebody's gotta be lunch to keep the big cats around wellBut like every true crime documentary, there's the part where everything is going fine, UNTIL IT WASN'T cue the music sting and the inverted image of P-22 His range was perilously small compared to other mountain lions his age and size, and he was no doubt lonely and restless. After all in the wild he would have likely mated by now. Additionally one of the main problems that he and many other animals in the entire ecosystem out there is rodenticide poisoning.People try to get rid of rats and pestsRats and pests eat the poison but take a long time to dieIt all stays bioavailable when they're preyed on or even just in the soilIt trickles up the food chain to the point that like 90 percent of the rescued wildlife in the areas is poisoned by it one way or another.They're all disoriented and internally bleeding It sucks just keep your place clean and put your trash away and you won't have the problemSo lonely, restless, and not thinking clearly, P-22 begins to roam further outside griffith park, showing up more and more frequently over the next few years, sometimes LION on peoples porch in broad daylight, I'm sure dogs and cats probably went missing But in 2016 it all came to a head.It was a weird year for zoos, peace be upon harambe's nameOn second thought it was a weird year for everyoneKillarney the koala, a robust 18 pound brave female koala, aged 14, so no spring chicken was doing her nightly walk about her enclosure, she was reportedly the only one brave enough to walk on the ground at night and paid with her life for it.On March 2nd of 2016 P-22 was spotted on security footage prowling outside the LA Zoo on the outskirts of Griffith park. The next morning Killarney was missing. Clumps of fur were discovered in her enclosure but none of the other koalas were gone. Later though, her remains were found chewed up 350 yards away. GPS data couldn't conclusively point at P-22 because there was a 2 hour gap in his GPS Tracking that night.  THE PERFECT CRIMEAnyway killarney, kill for short was mauled to death and the zoo was very sad, but they also said IF, big “Big if true” as to whether he killed her. It could be a bobcat, or SKC, spontaneous koala combustionDon't kill ‘22 he's just acting within his natureOver that same time period and later up until his untimely death, ‘22 increased his erratic behaviorHe showed up throughout the surrounding city and suburbsGot under peoples porchesAttacked dogs Ate a chihuahuaAte another chihuahuaAttacked another chihuahuaHe hung on, appearing sporadically in sightings until December of 2022He was captured after a report in a los feliz owners backyard on december 12th,where he would get a medical evaluation while tranquilized and have his gps collar battery changed, as usual.He was found to have huge trauma to his abdominal organs, and GPS data matched up with a reported collision with a vehicle and a mountain lion earlier that week. Not only the trauma damage, but long term health problems like heart disease and kidney failure were plaguing P-22 at his evaluation.IT was with heavy heart the decision was made At 9am on December 17th, 2022, the king of LA's reign came to an end.P-22 was euthanized, too beat up to be safely returned to the wild, see episode #1 if you want to know what an injured big cat can do to a human populationNow he reigns in cat heaven, with an all you can eat chihuahua buffet, maybe he'll finally meet a mate, maybe it's the champawat tigress, does that biology or spirituality work out on any level? I don't know and it doesn't matter, it's all a hologram anyway. This episode is actually coming out just in time, because P-22's celebration of life is going to be livestreamed this Saturday, February 4th, I'll have a link to that in the notes if you want to see it. I'll probably tweet that out too. And so the king of california is gone, but far from forgotten. His story serves as a reminder of the need to live in peace with urban wildlife. And saving big cats in general. I'm proud to bring this story into 2023 and I have a lot of awesome stuff planned for this year. We're doing youtube,we're doing sponsors? Any takers? We're hitting 3 thousand downloads, we're inspiring people to make their own art, we're educating the masses on big cats, big foots, big conspiracies, big legends, big history and so much more. I want to thank you guys for listening this far, and if you don't care about the sappy stuff, you know it's only gonna be nightmares from now onBut if you do, thanks for listening to this show, whether this is your first episode or you've binged the whole catalog, you're the reason I do this.The support has been unreal since launch and it's really a dream come true. I want to bust my ass this year and maybe get to a point where this can pay maybe a bill each month, and maybe a few years from now pay all of them. I'm happy to have you along, 2022 had some of the best and worst days of my entire life, I married my best friend with the support of all the people I care about, started this very podcast finally, and had he trip of a lifetime on my honeymoon, At the same time we battled all kinds of tragedy both close to home and abroad.I Cannot wait for the next 11 months ( I really did slack a bit there huh) for spooky bullshit here at nightmare now, more getting together with friends and family, more adventure and more of all the stuff that makes life awesomeSo thank you, the listener, one more time.And let's take a moment to learn from P-22 and take that into the new year.You may not be in the perfect habitat, without all the freedom to roam that you think you need, but even where you are you find your people, and you can make a difference. Whether it's crushing your chihuahua enemy analog, or blazing a brilliant new path forward for others like you On the flipside, don't be afraid to take that leap, cross your 10 lanes of 405, to find the place where you belong. And lastly remember you may not fully know the impact you have on others. ‘22 didn't know he was admired by thousands across LA, The US and the world, he just did what he was gonna do no matter what. Carry that shit with you this year and it'll be greatGoodnight to you, goodnight to 2022 and goodnight of course sweet prince, P-22I'd say Sweet dreams, but you all know it's only gonna be nightmares now!

Who is Andy Welk?Andy Welk leads our team and is a full-time firefighter and paramedic. Thanks to his schedule at the firestation, he is able to put in full-time hours with his real estate business. The knowledge and information Andy has gained over his 14 years in real estate will help you create success in your real estate business. “My biggest focus with my real estate career is that it isn't my success—God is the one that gets all the glory for all of this.”“You have to watch out on your social media pages, the audience that you're playing to.”“…it's a long game. It's kind of like a 26.2-mile marathon…you don't go one mile in and give up.”Find out the following and more: What led him to pursue a second career in real estateHow he has the time to work two full-time careers Why it's hard to do real estate part-timeHow he handled the crash of 2008Why having conversations creates successWhat Andy does special for first responders who refer to himThe importance of creating relationships where you areThe value of social media as a free resource to promote your businessMaking the most of your drive timeA Realtor's biggest toolTips to make connectionsHow to prepare buyers for buying a houseAdvice for Realtors who are building teamsThe importance of writing things downWhy you should have a business planResourcesFree social media coaching calls are back! To schedule your free social media coaching call go to: https://calendly.com/realestatesurvivalguide/social-media-strategy-for-realtorsPodcast edited by Kenny Carfagno.Show notes and blog posts are created by Jennifer Harshman and RealtorEmails. John Schuchman is a licensed REALTOR® in Lancaster, PA, with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty and a part of the Andrew Welk Group. The opinions shared on this show represent the opinions & values of John Schuchman and do not necessarily represent the opinions & values of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty. The opinions & ideas shared in this podcast do not guarantee or promise any results of success to the listener.

Stephen Baker is the Vice President of Sales for Circle L Solar, a premiere solar sales and installation company in the state of Texas. Throughout his career, Stephen has led teams selling over $175,000,000 in solar revenue, totaling $15,000,000 in solar revenue himself over just 8 years. Stephen has thrown away the negative stigma of a door knocker by not only generating massive revenue and commissions, but by also taking massive action to master sales and persuasion. Stephen now lives with his family in Utah. Stephen is someone who lives by being a high-performing individual. Through his morning routine, work day and other activities his goal is to win the day. Winning the day leads to winning the week, month, year, and at life. He works tirelessly to build wealth but to also improve himself. Between reading books, learning from others, challenging his mind and body and more, Stephen operates at a very high level. He joins the show to discuss what he has done to become a high performing individual and what you can do to win at life. On this episode, Stephen and Matt discuss: How reading has positively impacted himThe power of disciplineMaking decisions to move the needle in lifeA great leader is a great followerHow to win at lifeUnderstanding that taking losses is okayBe around the people you want to be likeMuch More!

Episode Highlights With Morley RobbinsHis background and what led him on his own journey into researching these topicsWhat the “innate healer” is why this was a paradigm shifter for himThe importance of minerals and understanding mineral balanceStress: the body's inability to make energy for the mind to respond to its environmentUnderstanding oxidative stress and what happens to oxygen without the bodyWhat ADP is and why it is importantAntioxidant enzymes and why they are important to understandWhy copper is so unique in its ability to regulate both iron and oxygen and how to use this to our advantage for healthThe reason you likely aren't iron deficient or anemicWhy we need to produce 2.5 million new red blood cells per second and why this is importantThe difference between iron in the blood and iron in the tissue, and why this distinction is so important for understanding healthHow iron ages usWhy most testing isn't accurate and the testing that shows a more accurate picture of iron, copper and magnesium5 habits of daily living that are a good insight to health: sleep, hunger, elimination, energy, and moodWhy they started adding iron to wheat flour and why this can be a big problemThe nine different forms of iron being added to our food system and why they are carcinogenicWhy gluten sensitivity might actually be a reaction to glyphosate and added ironThe reason he firmly believes that there is no iron deficiency anemia and what is actually happeningHow mental health and emotions have a measurable effect on physical issues and how to disrupt the processBest forms of magnesium for restoring balanceA good rule of thumb - 5mg magnesium per pound of body weight plus more during stressHow to actually get bioavailable copper to help restore this balanceResources We MentionRoot Cause Protocol - Morley RobbinsIron Toxicity Posts - Morley RobbinsSo You've Just Been Told You're Anemic? Jigsaw Health MagnesiumBiOptimizers MagnesiumSoverign Silver copper - Use code wellnessmama for a discountCu-RE Your Fatigue: The Root Cause and How To Fix It On Your Own by Morley RobbinsIron: the Most Toxic Metal by Jym Moon PhDMitopure from Timeline Nutrition -  Easy way to get your daily 500mg dose of Urolithin A. It upgrades your body's cellular power grid - giving your body the energy it needs to optimize. And clinical studies have shown that 500mg of Urolithin A alone significantly increases muscle strength and endurance with no othe

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Sometimes part of healing trauma means learning how to be human. This episode is the last episode of our Mental Health Reboot series to mark Mental Health Awareness Month. Dr. Jacob Ham, who was introduced in Stephanie Foo's episode earlier this week, helped Stephanie through her case of complex PTSD and discusses how to live with the hardest things that have happened to you. Dr. Ham is the Director of the Center for Child Trauma and Resilience and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He sees children, youth, adults, and families across the age range and for a variety of issues. In this episode we talk about: What Dr. Ham says may be the “most important thing he's discovered” as a therapistWhy he shuts down his clients' attempts to intellectualize their experiencesKairos versus kronos Why Dr. Ham says the Incredible Hulk is so important to himThe concept of mentalizationWhat it means to love exquisitelyAnd whether or not we have to learn to love ourselves before we can learn to love othersContent Warning: Explicit language.Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/jacob-ham-453See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.