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John 2:28 "And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming."  Hetells the parable of the nobleman and the 10 servants to whom he gives a minaeach. The one servant who kept the one mina says, "Oh,I knew you were a stern master, so I hid it in the ground, and here it is; Igive it back to you." The master says, "I'm judging you out ofyour own mouth. You should have at least put it in the bank, and then when Icame, I could have had it with some interest." This servant did notget rewarded; in fact, what he had was taken from him and given to the man whohad 10 minas. Ibelieve what the Lord is clearly teaching us here is that one day He is comingagain. He is a Master who will come and reward his faithful servants one day. InRomans 14 Paul teaches that we will stand before the judgment seat of Christ. “…For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written:"As I live, says the LORD, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongueshall confess to God." So then each of us shall give account of himself toGod.” (Romans 14:10-12) Don't waste your time judging one another, tryingto figure out who's right and who's wrong. Serve the Lord; he is Lord of all.Whether we live or die, we live unto the Lord, and one day we will stand beforehis judgment seat, and each one of us will give an account of himself to theLord.  1Corinthians 3:5-15 teach basically the same thing, telling us we will give anaccount for each work we've done. There are works that abide and those thatdon't in the fire of judgment at the judgment seat of Christ. I believe thisjudgment takes place at the end of the tribulation period, just before themillennial reign of Christ. There the rewards will be passed out to thosewho've been faithful to serve the Lord and reign with Him. If we suffer with Him,we will reign with Him in His millennial 1,000-year reign, as He sits upon thethrone of David in Jerusalem and rules over the earth. We come back with Him torule and reign, and the reward will be determined by our performance now. (2 Timothy2:12; Revelation 19:11-16). Butnot just by what we do, though, because the scripture teaches every work willbe judged, whether it's good or bad, whether it's gold, silver, or preciousstones, or whether it's wood, hay, and stubble. In other words, what we do ordon't do for Christ and through Christ alone. Remember in John 15 Jesus said, "Withoutme, you can do nothing." Our motives for our service will be judged atthat time, and we'll be rewarded accordingly. We all have been given the onemina, the Word of God, and we can determine, by the grace of God through thepower of the Holy Spirit abiding in us, to serve faithfully. I love what 1 John2:28 says: "Abide in me, little children." It says, "Ifyou abide in Him, you will be confident and not be ashamed at His coming."We're to “study to show ourselves approved unto God, workmen that need notbe ashamed” (2 Timothy 3:15). Manyof us will stand at the judgment seat of Christ and be ashamed! I believe manyChristians think that if they're saved, they will go to heaven, and everyonewill be happy all the time. But my friend, there will be a time of accountingwhen we stand at the judgment seat of Christ, and every work will be judged.Read 2 Corinthians 5:7-11. It says we will all stand before the judgment seatof Christ, and there it also says, “…knowing the terror of the Lord, wepersuade men”. Paul knew and talked about that judgment seat.  So,we need to understand what Jesus is teaching here in Luke 19. He says, "Listen,you need to make sure you serve me faithfully now, and serve me with the rightmotive, and your reward will be great in heaven."  Andmy friend, in the Millennial reign of Christ on earth, you will also rule andreign with him. Please take time  to lookthe above verses up.Godbless!

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Today, we're looking ata solemn passage of Scripture as we examine Luke 16:19-23. Jesus has justsilenced the sneering Pharisees, pointing out their covetousness—their love ofmoney over their love of God. In fact, Luke 16:14 says, "Now thePharisees, who were lovers of money, heard these things and they derided him.” Theysneered at him. They mocked at him. Jesus talked about money and theconsequences of living a covetous life, pursuing the world, the flesh, thedevil, and money rather than living for God. Remember in this same passageJesus said, "You cannot serve God and mammon." Over the years, I'veheard some preachers say, "You'll never hear me talk about money."They're scared that if they discuss money from the pulpit, people might thinkthey're money-hungry and run them off. My friend, they're not following the exampleof Jesus. Jesus spoke often about money, its use, and how we're to be goodstewards of the resources, money, and wealth that God has blessed us with.There's nothing wrong with talking about money from the pulpit, Jesus did. Ifyou want to follow His example, you may need to do the same. It's goodteaching; it helps people understand stewardship because money is where welive. We need money for everything we do in this life. Money, as I've saidbefore, represents our life. We exchange our time, skills, and talents for apaycheck at the end of the week so we can buy food, shelter, andtransportation, and meet necessary needs. Money is a representation of ourlife, and how we spend our money shows how we spend our life. It's veryimportant and reveals whether we're covetous or not. If we fail to apply God'sprinciples in our lives and follow them in the use and stewardship of money,using it to make friends for eternity, as mentioned in this passage, we missthe mark. The Pharisees didn'tlike what Jesus was saying, and Jesus is about to confront them powerfully,explaining the consequences of their covetousness if they do not repent andcome to the Lord. Notice that Jesus told a story in verse 19: "Therewas a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and faredsumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full ofsores, who was laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fellfrom the rich man's table. Moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores. So itwas that the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. Therich man also died and was buried, and being in torments in Hades, he lifted uphis eyes and saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom." You see a contrast inthis story. First, I want to point out that Jesus began this chapter by sayingin verse one, "There was a certain rich man who had a steward."Now in verse 19, He again uses the same wording, "There was a certainrich man." This one was clothed in purple and fine linen. Jesus istelling two very real stories about two very real men in both stories.  In the first one, a rich man and a unfaithfulsteward, and in this one, a rich man and a beggar. Jesus is not making up aparable, as some try to claim, to dismiss this and avoid believing in a placecalled hell. My friend, we miss the holiness and righteousness of God if weignore the reality of hell. Jesus talked aboutmoney, and He talked about an eternity in hell, a place of fire and torment foreternity. And if we reject God and His only way of salvation and choose to livefor temporal things rather than what is eternal, failing to believe in the LordJesus Christ and trust Him to be our Lord and Savior, it will be our eternaldestination.  This passage caught myattention as a 19-year-old teenager 54 years ago and led me to accept JesusChrist as my Lord and Savior. I believe God can use it in your life too. Itrust that today you will choose to live for Jesus and eternity.  God bless!

From football fields to heartfelt verses, Jay Q stops by Vigilantes Radio Live to share his incredible journey from athlete to artist. We tap into the soul of his newest single, “If You” and the personal story behind his debut album, Pati3nce. At just 20, he's already worked with top producers and carved out a raw, authentic lane in melodic rap and R&B. Tune in for a dose of resilience, rhythm, and real talk.

Remember that Neptune (Visionary) just left Pisces and entered Aries marking a new 14-year cycle of growth. Astrobutterfly says about this: "on a personal level, our focus will shift from seeking connection with something greater (Pisces) to a focus on selfhood – reshaping our identity, discovering our purpose, and stepping into a more active role in our lives."Mercury (Storyteller) re-enters Aries (after its recent retrograde period in Pisces) and conjoins Neptune. Be open to any new inspirations, ideas and opportunities with communication that may be way-showers for new directions. Mars (Advocate-Champion) re-enters Leo after its recent retrograde period in Cancer having challenged us to address and heal our aggressive emotional defense patterns. Now its time to honor our emotions in courageous ways and move forward with our creativity and self-respect.Mars in Leo trines Neptune in Aries supporting you to express your unique creativity. Chani says: "let your musings take the lead. Flowing rather than forcing merges ease with success."The Sun (Conscious Self) enters Taurus inviting you to slow down and smell the flowers and honor your sensuality, security and connection to Earth.The Sun in Taurus squares Mars in Leo challenging you to ground excessive unconscious selfishness. Chani advises: "temper tantrums signal unmet needs. Ifyou find yourself fuming, investigate the ways that you're at odds with yourself."Podcast Poem: "The Forest for the Trees" by Rena PriestSupport the showGo to Sheila's website for information for transformational resources: https://www.ontheedgesofchange.comFollow Sheila: https://www.instagram.com/ontheedgesofchange https://www.pinterest.com/ontheedgesofchange

And Jesus said to him, "'If You can?' All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the boy's father cried out and was saying, "I do believe; help my unbelief." (Mark 9:23-24

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This week on the Rox Lyfe Podcast, I'm joined by TomFrannsens (@move_to.mprove) and Pieter Maes (@pietermaes__)Tom and Pieter recently qualified for the Elite 15Doubles Race at the 2025 HYROX World Championships and hold the 4th fastest Open Doubles time EVER (49:06)!!

I believe that one of the greatest obstacles for lostsinners to put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ is the hypocrisy displayedin the lives of believers. When they see us acting like the rest of the worldaround us, and at the same time claiming to be a follower of Jesus Christ, theythink we are a bunch of fakes, or flakes, and use us an excuse not to trustChrist. Jesus denounced hypocrisy of any type in the harshest terms possible. Yesterday we gave a summary of how Jesus said we can avoidhypocrisy in our own lives, but it bears repeating: 1) Remember that everythingwe say or do in secret, or behind closed doors, will one day be exposed to everyoneto see and hear (vv. 2-3). 2) Jesus tells us not to fear men, or anyone, and whatthey might say or do against us, but to fear God (vv. 4-5). 3) Jesus reminds usthat despite our circumstances during difficult and tragic times, God stills lovesand cares for us and notices the smallest detail of our lives and all the needsof our lives (vv. 6-7). 4) Jesus tells us to be courageous enough to publicly professand confess our faith openly (vv. 8-9)!  In verses 10-12, Jesus promises us that we have a fifthpowerful “Helper” that we should also recognize and depend on, which is the ministryof the Holy Spirit. (Please watch or listen to our Pastor's Chat today. It probablysays it better than I can write about it.) I also should point out that the OldTestament emphasizes the ministry of God the Father. The Gospels emphasizes theministry of Jesus Christ. And the Acts and Epistles belong to the ministry ofthe Holy Spirit. You might remember in the previous chapter, Luke 11:13, whenJesus was teaching about prayer, that He finished His lesson with these words: “Ifyou then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how muchmore will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!" Jesus knew the disciples and all futurebelievers and followers would face tremendous opposition and persecution throughouttheir lives (John 16:33). They would find it difficult, and most likely,impossible to “keep their faith”.  That is why Jesus spent much time in His last hours anddays with His disciples assuring them of the ministry of the Holy Spirit. In HisUpper Room discourses, Jesus told them He would not leave them “orphans”. “AndI will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abidewith you forever-- the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, becauseit neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you andwill be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you” (John14:16-18). John chapter 15, finishes with this promise from Jesus: "Butwhen the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit oftruth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.” In John 16:7-14,Jesus continues to assure them: “Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is toyour advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will notcome to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you…, when He, the Spirit oftruth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on Hisown authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you thingsto come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it toyou.” Jesus last words to His disciples before He ascended intoheaven were: “Wait for the Promise of the Father, which you heard of Me… andyou shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shallbe witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the endof the earth." (Acts 1:4-8). Have you ever asked and received the Promise and Gift ofthe Holy Spirit to give you grace, strength, and wisdom, to live for Jesusevery hour of every day? God bless!

听前提示一、每期提供10个单词，每个单词都会有2-3个例句，方便理解记忆。二、每个单词和句子都会重复5遍，其中第2遍为慢速，有助于识别。三、本材料的整体难度较低，可以用来听力磨耳朵和单词查漏补缺。Day90891.Facen.脸，面部v.面临，遭遇Whatdangers do we face?我们面临什么危险？Shewiped the sweat from her face.她擦掉了脸上的汗水。Sheapproached him with a smile on her face.她脸上带着微笑走近他。892.Factn.事实，真相；现实Beliefcreates the actual fact.信念创造了事实。Wemust accept this inevitable fact.我们必须接受这个不可避免的事实。Sheisn't kind to him. In fact, she's not kind to anyone.她对他不友善。事实上，她对任何人都不友善。893.Factorn.因素，要素；等级Healthis an important factor of happiness.健康是幸福的重要因素。"Povertywas the greatest motivating factor in my life."“贫困是我一生中最大的激励因素。894.Factoryn.工厂，制造厂Theydecided to close the factory.他们决定关闭工厂。Thisfactory produces over 20 different kinds of product.这家工厂生产20多种不同种类的产品。Theold factory has been transformed into an art gallery.旧工厂已经改建成了美术馆。895.Failv.失败；辜负n.不及格，失败He isbound to fail.他注定要失败。Don'tbe afraid to experiment and fail.不要害怕尝试然后失败。Winnersare not people who never fail, but people who never quit.赢家不是永不失败的人，而是永不放弃的人。896.Failuren.失败；失败的人；未做到Hisproject ended in failure.他的项目以失败告终。Don'tblame others for your failure.不要因为你的失败而责怪别人。Thegreatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.成功的最大障碍是对失败的恐惧。897.Fairadj.公平的；合理的，公正的Idon't think it's fair.我认为这不公平。I'llgive you a fair price.我会给你一个合理的价格。Wehave to play fair, whether we win or lose.无论我们赢还是输，我们都必须公平竞争。898.Fairlyadv.相当地；公平地，公正地It'sa fairly complicated problem.这是一个相当复杂的问题。Theteacher treated all the students fairly.老师公平对待所有学生。Someof my friends can speak English fairly well.我的一些朋友英语说得相当好。899.Faithn.信任，信心，信念；忠诚Idon't have much faith in his ability.我对他的能力没什么信心。Faithis to believe what you do not see.信念就是相信你所没有看到的。900.Faithfuladj.忠实的，忠诚的Ihave always been faithful to my wife.我一直忠于我的妻子。Ifyou truly love someone, being faithful is easy.如果你真的爱一个人，那么忠实很容易。

This is an episode about using gratitude as a tool and a practice.If you're new to the podcast, welcome, and if you listen regularly, thank you.I'm doing a series on tools for living and last week I talked about the first tool in the tool kit, breathing. Were you able to take 10 deep breaths at some point in time during the day? If not, maybe give it a try this week. Set a reminder on your phone to stop and take 10 deep breaths, your mind and body will love you for it.Practicing gratitude is the second tool. Gratitude is a simple practice that helps you feel better, stress less and can improve your overall health. Yep, that's from studies on the power of gratitude and I love that we now have tangible proof of the benefits.Last year I talked about the science behind gratitude. You can find out more in 2024, episode 38. One of the biggest things I have discovered about gratitude is how I feel when I come from a place of appreciation. Physically I feel my body shift from frustration to a more relaxed state when I choose to appreciate what is happening. I don't have to like what is happening AND if I accept it and shift my thoughts to being grateful, it makes a huge difference in my next steps. I make clearer decisions when I practice gratitude.One of my beliefs is that all timing is just right. And if I believe that, what is happening RIGHT now is just right. Being grateful and saying two simple words, thank you is a powerful practice. So I say thank you. All. Day. Long. Thank you is my go to mantra during the day.Do I get frustrated? lol Yes, I do. And because I have practiced saying thank you so much, it is natural for me to think it and/or say it out loud. Thank you. Thank you. I smile as I say those words. And I feel my body shifting from frustration to appreciation.If you've listened to any of my podcasts, you know what time it is. It's time to practice lol.In this gratitude practice, start thinking of what you are grateful for in THIS moment and we will speak those out loud with enthusiasm.I'm going to share a few things that I am grateful for in this moment as an example of this gratitude practice.I feel so grateful to be mobile and able to exercise regularly.I am so grateful that I have the ability to think and make sound decisions.I give thanks for my supportive husband, my brother and my family and friends.Thank you for access to healthy food.Thank you for my creative approach to cooking.I love having a flexible work schedule.I am so grateful for ideas.Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!Now it's your turn.Are you ready?Let's do it!Let's take a few deep breaths to ground you in the present moment.Place both hands in the center of your chest, you may stack them on top of each other or place them side-by-side or whatever way feels best in this moment.You will take a breath in through your nose and a loud, exhale out your mouth, and will do that three times.Deep breath in, and exhale.Deep breath in, and exhale.Last time, deep breath in and exhale time.Start with your gratitude practice by saying out loud what you are grateful for in this moment with enthusiasm. You can just say thank you as well.I'll be back shortly to close the practice.I'm back.How was that for you?That was a simple gratitude practice. Take a moment to notice how you feel in your body. Ifyou have an adjective that comes up, say that out loud right now. For me, it is loving.One of the benefits of gratitude is that it helps us use negative language less. I think that's a pretty good benefit. What about you?I'm grateful that I started this podcast back in 2017 on a whim. What are you grateful for in this moment?If you'd like to share your thoughts - barbarafaisonllc@gmail.com is the best way to reach me. If social media is better for you, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram, are best.

The original lineup of BlackSabbath -- Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, GeezerButler and Bill Ward -- are reuniting for one moreshow. Back to the Beginning is an all-day festival set for July 5thin the band's hometown of Birmingham, England. The show will also feature asolo set by Ozzy, plus sets from Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Halestorm, Alicein Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax and Mastodon.https://www.instagram.com/ozzyosbourne/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=b5a8fc1c-05cd-4676-87eb-12bf4e3aae61 Infestival news, JackWhite, Noah Kahan, TheLumineers, Phish and Sturgill Simpson arethe headliners at Bourbon & Beyond. https://bourbonandbeyond.com/ Jerry Cantrell has revealed thathe "felt like s***" due to food poisoning during the band's 'MTVUnplugged' concert back in '96. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3XNx8fk_5Q Shaboozey's song, "A Bar Song(Tipsy)", has now spent more weeks at #1 on theBillboard Radio Songs Chart than any other song in HISTORY.https://musicrow.com/2025/02/shaboozey-breaks-record-for-most-weeks-at-no-1-on-radio-songs-chart/  TVHollywood'sbig night at the Oscars is almost here and the first round of star presentershas been announced. https://deadline.com/2025/02/oscar-presenters-2025-list-1236279070/ Gisele Bundchen is a mom again, her first child with herboyfriend, JoaquimValente was born – details on the babyhave been kept private.  https://people.com/gisele-buendchen-welcomes-her-third-baby-her-first-with-boyfriend-joaquim-valente-8769037 Bill Burr called Howie Mandel a "Hollywoodwhore" last week for catching himoff-guard by bringing out his alleged half-brother Billy Corgan during a podcast interview.Well, Howie issued an apology on Tuesday's episode of his podcast.Quote, "Iwant to apologize.  I feel horrible.  I'm sorry Bill, I'm sorryBilly, I only tried to do something good . . . I legitimately thought I wasdoing something nice, I swear to you.  I thought it was funny." https://consequence.net/2025/02/howie-mandel-sorry-bill-burr-billy-corgan/     Ifyou see Whoopi Goldberg in an adfor a weight loss drug, don't believe it.  It's fake. The EGOT winnerrailed against an ad that's circulating on social media with a manipulatedversion of her promoting "bad weight loss drugs"  https://people.com/whoopi-goldberg-warns-fake-ai-ad-weight-loss-mounjaro-8786432  BroadCity's Ilana Glazer is developing a "Sex and the City"-stylecomedy. which they said will focuson the “woman and gay guy friendship.” https://deadline.com/2025/02/ilana-glazer-developing-sex-the-city-style-comedy-1236279592/ MOVING ON INTO MOVIE NEWS: Checkout Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali in the firsttrailer for "Jurassic World Rebirth". https://youtu.be/ot0cwH6r0Lg  AND FINALLYShe's on theprowl! This Cuddly Cougar is in her prime and looking for a good time... Getyour paws on her exclusively online in the Bear Cave, our website withhilarious gifts just for adults 18 and up! Links in bio. https://www.instagram.com/p/DFn6yY1hIn7/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When's the last time your beliefs about another generation were challenged?  Mine were recently, after interviewing a couple, whose life's work is to teach and enable “generational reconciliation” in the workplace.  What on earth is generational reconciliation?  It's helping us, and each generation to understand the other generation, to know the truth about what they believe and to know the best attributes of each, so they can be appreciated and leveraged. What has it got to do with faith and work? Apparently, a great deal. In the next two years, Millennials will make up 50% of the workplace. Ifyou own a business or manage anyone from this generation, your knowledge of them will be a huge predictor of “meeting with ETERNAL and EARTHLY success”. How will YOU seek generational reconciliation in YOUR OFFICE this week? 

We revisit The 1975s 2020 album Notes On a Conditional Form & decide if it deserved the hate it received. With singles such as 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know) and Me & You Together Song. Let us know your thoughts on the album in the comments! Linktree - https://linktr.ee/ManOverboardPodcast

Divorce rates are dominant, but is there hope for a happily ever after? James Sexton is America's top divorce lawyer, and bestselling author of romantic advice books 'How to Stay in Love' and 'If You're in My Office, It's Already Too Late'. In this conversation, James and Steven discuss the number one reason for 99% of divorces, the link between sex and divorce, the glue that holds marriages together, and a ‘note hack' that could save relationships.  00:00 Intro 02:02 I Am A Divorce Lawyer 02:37 How Many People Divorce 08:51 The Dynamics Between Gold Diggers And Millionaires 12:33 What's Prenups? And The Legalities Behind Marriage! 17:14 The Perfect Prenup 18:56 Disagreements Over Prenups 26:48 Are Prenups Legal? 28:34 The Most Shocking Prenup (Don't Get Fat) 29:59 Appearance As A Measure Of Love In A Relationship 32:33 Prenups With Fidelity & Cheating Clauses 37:30 Are Prenups On The Rise? 39:39 Are People Fake Happy? 44:18 Stop Comparing Your Relationships To Others 50:44 How To Prevent Divorce 55:25 "Happy Wife, Happy Life" 01:02:59 Is Sex The Biggest Cause Of Divorce? 01:07:53 Fixing The Marriage 01:09:36 Who Cheats More? 01:10:02 Who Wants More Sex? 01:13:05 Most Shocking Deceit 01:14:18 Why Husbands Like To Sleep With The Nannies 01:16:36 Killing To Get Out Of A Relationship 01:22:17 Have You Ever Cried? 01:24:29 Love And Loss 01:37:01 Seeing Relationships As Chapters 01:40:55 Have We Been Sold An Idyllic Lie? 01:44:34 Is Money The Biggest Cause Of Divorce? 01:48:59 Can You Hide Money? 01:50:16 You Are Liable For Debts 01:51:49 Winning The Lottery And Keeping Quiet 01:53:20 LGBT Rights & Divorces 01:59:19 Are Open Relationships The Answer? 02:02:00 Is Cheating Okay? 02:05:44 Should We Get Married? 02:13:14 Last Guest Question You can purchase James's book, ‘How to Stay in Love', here: https://amzn.to/4dTzdzI  Follow James: Instagram - https://bit.ly/4dFRX5v  Twitter - https://bit.ly/3wCXFV7  Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo   Sponsors: Linkedin Ads: https://www.linkedin.com/doac24 Uber: https://p.uber.com/creditsterms Shop the Conversation Cards: https://thediary.com/products/the-cards  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this Sunday's Edition of News You Can Use on WTICNewsTalk 1080 at 5:30a and 9:00a, host Ann Baldwin isjoined by President and CEO of the Root Center forAdvanced Recovery, Steven Zuckerman, as well as theChief of Staff, Margaux Farrell.The Root Center for Advanced Recovery is a non-profit,behavioral healthcare organization that provides mentalhealth and substance use treatment, prevention,community health services and research to around 5,500patients a day at their 10 locations throughoutConnecticut. Since 1871, the Root Center's rich history of helpingothers continue to grow, develop, and advance throughtheir recovery journey has only grown stronger.Be sure to tune in to hear some of the amazing successstories accomplished as well as what services areoffered at the Root Center for Advanced Recovery. Ifyou or someone you know is in need of the RootCenter's services, visit rootcenter.org or call(800)-862-2181.

On January 20 1966 — The Baseball Writers Association of Americaelects former Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams to the Hall of Fame. Williams, the lastmajor league batter to hit .400, receives 282 of a possible 302 votes. He wonthe Triple Crown twice, the American League MVP Award twice, and produced thehighest career on-base percentage of all time (.483), even though he lost fiveyears to military service. American League Triple Crown: 1942 and 1946. In neither ofthose years did Williams win the MVP Award; in todays game he would have wonthe award because he had the highest WAR, he also had the highest WAR in the AL6 times including posting 10+ three times. He is one of 11 positions playerssince 1900 to post a War over 10 multiple times. Hit for the cycle on July 21, 1946; blasted three homersand drove in 8 runs on July 14, 1946; collected more RBI's 159 than games played 155 (1949); had RBI in 12 straight games (thru September 13, 1942); RBI in 11 consecutive games (thru June 10, 1950); homered in four straight at-bats (September 7th andSeptember 22nd, 1957); combined with Bobby Doerr for 549 homers as teammates(Williams 333, Doerr 216)...During Ted's speech in the summer of 1966 he may have donethe most selfless thing during his association with baseball. Williams was bornof Mexican decent and it was something he kept to himself, he may have neverplayed MLB if he had not. He was sensitive to the color barrier and made apitch for the Negro League players inclusion into Cooperstown. The voters willlisten and begin with Satchel Paige in 1971. Here is Ted's speech the day he learned he was voted in. Ifyou want more Ted Williams interviews, and listen to games he played incheckout vintagebaseballreflections.com and use the code – thisday to getsomething extra off the membership!

On January 20 1966 — The Baseball Writers Association of Americaelects former Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams to the Hall of Fame. Williams, the lastmajor league batter to hit .400, receives 282 of a possible 302 votes. He wonthe Triple Crown twice, the American League MVP Award twice, and produced thehighest career on-base percentage of all time (.483), even though he lost fiveyears to military service. American League Triple Crown: 1942 and 1946. In neither ofthose years did Williams win the MVP Award; in todays game he would have wonthe award because he had the highest WAR, he also had the highest WAR in the AL6 times including posting 10+ three times. He is one of 11 positions playerssince 1900 to post a War over 10 multiple times. Hit for the cycle on July 21, 1946; blasted three homersand drove in 8 runs on July 14, 1946; collected more RBI's 159 than games played 155 (1949); had RBI in 12 straight games (thru September 13, 1942); RBI in 11 consecutive games (thru June 10, 1950); homered in four straight at-bats (September 7th andSeptember 22nd, 1957); combined with Bobby Doerr for 549 homers as teammates(Williams 333, Doerr 216)...During Ted's speech in the summer of 1966 he may have donethe most selfless thing during his association with baseball. Williams was bornof Mexican decent and it was something he kept to himself, he may have neverplayed MLB if he had not. He was sensitive to the color barrier and made apitch for the Negro League players inclusion into Cooperstown. The voters willlisten and begin with Satchel Paige in 1971. Here is Ted's speech the day he learned he was voted in. Ifyou want more Ted Williams interviews, and listen to games he played incheckout vintagebaseballreflections.com and use the code – thisday to getsomething extra off the membership!

On January 20 1966 — The Baseball Writers Association of Americaelects former Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams to the Hall of Fame. Williams, the lastmajor league batter to hit .400, receives 282 of a possible 302 votes. He wonthe Triple Crown twice, the American League MVP Award twice, and produced thehighest career on-base percentage of all time (.483), even though he lost fiveyears to military service. American League Triple Crown: 1942 and 1946. In neither ofthose years did Williams win the MVP Award; in todays game he would have wonthe award because he had the highest WAR, he also had the highest WAR in the AL6 times including posting 10+ three times. He is one of 11 positions playerssince 1900 to post a War over 10 multiple times. Hit for the cycle on July 21, 1946; blasted three homersand drove in 8 runs on July 14, 1946; collected more RBI's 159 than games played 155 (1949); had RBI in 12 straight games (thru September 13, 1942); RBI in 11 consecutive games (thru June 10, 1950); homered in four straight at-bats (September 7th andSeptember 22nd, 1957); combined with Bobby Doerr for 549 homers as teammates(Williams 333, Doerr 216)...During Ted's speech in the summer of 1966 he may have donethe most selfless thing during his association with baseball. Williams was bornof Mexican decent and it was something he kept to himself, he may have neverplayed MLB if he had not. He was sensitive to the color barrier and made apitch for the Negro League players inclusion into Cooperstown. The voters willlisten and begin with Satchel Paige in 1971. Here is Ted's speech the day he learned he was voted in. Ifyou want more Ted Williams interviews, and listen to games he played incheckout vintagebaseballreflections.com and use the code – thisday to getsomething extra off the membership!

On today's episode, I'm going to talk about how you can access nature to help your fertility. Nature synchronizes with our bodies and nature is kind of like our mothership and when we follow nature, we allow it to synchronize our bodies. Harmonizing with nature is one of the core principles of Chinese medicine because we do talk about elements and then you can see the yin and yang really super imposed into every aspect of nature. In this episode, I will cover: -How to regulate your circadian rhythm through elements of nature. -Ways nature can regulate your nervous system. -How to optimize any breathing exercise. -Ways that nature's elements can improve egg and sperm quality.   To check out my Top 10 Fertility Boosting Tips E-book, go to https://www.michelleoravitz.com/mytop10fertilityboostingtips For more information about Michelle, visit www.michelleoravitz.com The Wholesome Fertility facebook group is where you can find free resources and support: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2149554308396504/ Instagram: @thewholesomelotusfertility Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewholesomelotus/       Transcript:[00:00:00]Welcome to the Wholesome Fertility Podcast. On today's episode, I'mgoing to talk about how you can access nature to help your fertility. And yes, 100percent nature synchronizes with our bodies and nature is kind of like ourmothership. So when we follownature, we allow it to synchronize our bodies.   Then we are able to come back to our own nature and vitality. So to learn moreabout this, stay tuned. So if you've been following my podcast, you may haveheard me talk once or twice or maybe three or four or five times about how amazing nature is and really it is One of the core principles of Chinese medicine because we do talk about elements and then you can also see the yin and yang really super imposed into every aspect of nature and ultimately it[00:01:00]is because we are nature and this is why TCM traditional Chinese medicine has been around for thousands of years and doesn't seem to go out of style Because it bases its concepts and its methods on nature And understanding nature is really understanding ourselves When we understand ourselves and our own nature, thenwe're able to get to a place or access a point of healing where our bodies naturally love to thrive, which is when they are in their normal rhythms.Typically nowadays, especially in modern day times, we have a lot of things that take us out of nature, like artificial light. There's many, many things and factors that can throw us out of nature and out of sync with our own nature. And that typically takes us out of our natural ability to also heal ourselves, which is one ofthe reasons why Chinese medicine works so well when you're doing acupuncture and[00:02:00] you're also implementing balance in the body, then it's able to create self healing and regulate itself.And how you start to see that, of course, reflects in reproductive health. So reproductive health always, always reflects overall health. So Overall health is the foundation and there are certain ways that we can harness nature typically overtime when we have a lot of artificial means and artificial food and artificial light and artificial times, our own circadian rhythm gets thrown off over and over andover again, it becomes almost like an assault to the body. And that eventually really takes us out of our natural rhythms. So I'm going to actually discuss four different ways you can synchronize or use nature and harnessit in order to improve your own reproductive health. And some of these actually instudies have been shown to impact reproductive health.And I'll talk about it and[00:03:00]sometimes indirectly. You know, by otherthings, other means, and I will discuss more in detail, so you will know what I'mtalking about. But I also am aware that some people listening to this right now maylive in New York City or in the city,and they're not really able to access some ofthe things that I am going to be talking about.So don't even worry because I have you covered. I have some other ways, thoughthey might seem artificial. But we can utilize artificial things to our benefit aswell,and I will explain. So all of this will start to make sense as I progress in thisepisode. It is very exciting to me because I remember growing up, my grandmotheralways talked to me a lot about natural medicine.She always talked to me about food,and she always talked to me about howimportant it is. To connect with nature and how, even when you're looking atsomething really beautiful, a scenery, it's[00:04:00]really healthy for your body.And I remember her saying that and it made sense to me,although I didn't reallyknow how to make sense or understand where.The logic came from specifically or how it worked, but it did make sense to mebecause when I would go on vacations or I would get to look outside, and saw abody of water, it did have animpact on how I felt and typically how you feel is areflection of how you're feeling. body feels and that is the way that the bodycommunicates with your mind to let you know if things are right or things need toget changed and it will motivate you andthat's why.A lot of imbalances eventually motivate people to make changes and that you canthank your incredible intelligent design and how your body knows to get yourattention. So let's begin with number[00:05:00]one. And number one. Is sunlight.Sunlight is so important in anchoring our own rhythms. It is how our bodyresponds to its own cycle. So you'll notice, and this is a great example, when you'removing to a different place that has different time, so you're moving from onerhythm. of time, onecycle of time, and your body starts to have its own internal clock.   And that internal clock typically will synchronize with your environment. That iswhy when you go to a different time zone where you're flying to a different place,you'll feel jet lagged and you'll start to have a lot of different symptoms and thosesymptoms are actually letting your body know something's off.And one of the ways that you can bypass that or get. more synchronized quicker[00:06:00]is by sunlight. So your body needs to recognize light in order to anchoryour circadian rhythm. And that circadian rhythm does impact your menstrualcycle. And in fact, Having shift work for certain women who have had to doovernight shiftsand when their circadian rhythm gets disrupted, it actually impacts their fertilityhealth as well. So it's actually been shown that people who do shift work or likeovernight shifts. it Does compromise fertility, unfortunately, there are certain waysaround it, and if you do have to do that, and I know that sometimes you can't reallyget away from it, it's important to at least get sunlight on days that you are not Inthat night shift time so that you are able to anchor back to that time or at leastdarken the room when you are sleeping so that it mimics nighttime.And there are certain ways around it, but ideally it would be[00:07:00]better tohave a normal daily consistent rhythm and consistent time because it does take alot of energy for the body to move back and forth and adjust.If you happen to be in aplace where you don't always get the sunlight early in themorning and You're in winter and it's hard to get sunlight and you're indoors andyou're working something that you can do or you're in New York city. This isalways something that I've given my clients in New York city.This is the advice I give them is you can order a light box and a light box isbasically something that mimics. The sunlight, and it helps with things likeseasonal affective disorder and it can actually work on your circadian rhythm. Soyou can have the light box, not look directly at it, but have it sitting on the side ofyour desk towards you, almost like it's a window and that can compensate for nothaving as much light.[00:08:00]Or being in winter, and I personally had seasonalaffective disorder when I was in New York, and I really respond a lot to the sun, sohaving that light box can really make all the difference, So it is an alternative.Another thing with the circadian rhythm is that there have been associations orlinkswith circadian rhythm disruption when your circadian rhythm is not functioning optimally and then there is a connection between that and menstrualcycle disorders or sometimes PCOS. Interestingly enough, when I had issues withmy period not coming on timeyears ago for like many years, during that time Imyself had issues. It's going to sleep early enough. Like I'd have a really hard timegoing to sleep and I'd always go to sleep really late and I'd always be exhausted inthe morning. And if you left me tomy own devices, I would just sleep in[00:09:00]till two orthree, even on other days when I was in college and I did. All nighters. I mean, Iwould sleep till 6 PM, but that's obviously not always like it wasn't something thattypically happened, but myclock just did not know where I was and I wasdefinitely off with that.And it also impacted how I felt my emotions, depression. All of that. And it's soamazing how our own internal rhythm and clock can impact so many things. So it'skind of like if you have a clock, I always compare it to the second hand and theminute hand and the hour hand. If the second hand, which let's compare the secondhand to sunlight, a daily 24 hour cycle, if the second hand is thrown off.Then, yes, it's going to impact the minute hand and the hour hand, the hour hand.Let's compare that to like the 30 day cycle or like the 28 day cycle of[00:10:00]your period. So every aspect of our cycle matters and every aspect of our internalcycle impacts everything. And that will typically also impact.The time of day you poop, and there's certain times where that can become moreregulated as well, where you have it at a certain time of the day and your bodyknows, and your body does like that rhythm. And yes, it's important to have someelement of variety for sure, but there are certain things that you would benefit fromhaving as a regular pulse.So that is number one, sunlight. So important. And then also at night, taperingdown the artificial light and the device light and all of that,because that willconfuse your internal rhythm as well, because it's going to think that nighttime isactually daytime because it's getting that blue light. So that is really, reallyimportant.And then also[00:11:00]with sunlight, cause there's just somuch when you getsunlight, especially early in the morning, and if it's in a warm. Place or a climateyou want to do it early in the morning because it's a safer type of light It doesn'thave as much UV rays. So it's a little lower It's a little safer and that's the time where you're really able to absorb the nutrients as much as possible from thesunlight and that also induces cellular melatonin, so not only is it good for yourcircadian rhythm, but Cellular melatonin is different than the melatonin thathelpsyou to fall asleep at night It's a same melatonin, but it's used differently in the bodywhen it's in the cells, it acts as an antioxidant, which is incredible. 6where you're really able to absorb the nutrients as much as possible from thesunlight and that also induces cellular melatonin, so not only is it good for yourcircadian rhythm, but Cellular melatonin is different than the melatonin thathelpsyou to fall asleep at night It's a same melatonin, but it's used differently in the bodywhen it's in the cells, it acts as an antioxidant, which is incredible.It's incredible for your body. It's anti aging and think egg health, sperm health. It'sreally, really great for the body. You want that natural antioxidant. So it's veryregenerative and good for the body. So that's like another incredible aspect ofsunlight that can[00:12:00]help your fertility health. So number two.is nature walks. Walking in nature can calm your nervous system. A calm nervoussystem allows the body to heal. Think about how rejuvenative it is to get sleep.When your body is able to rest, it is able to repair itself. It's able to balancehormones and a calm nervous systemcan really impact hormones and the balanceof natural hormones.And you're also getting fresh oxygen, which is incredibly chi enriching. So she islife force vitality. When you're getting fresh oxygen, I always say the best time todo. Exercises or breathexercises and pranayama pranayama is another word forbreathing exercises or breath control from ancient India.It's part of the yogic tradition, and[00:13:00]there are tons of exercises that youcan do to really expand the capabilities of the lungs andto also be able to take inthat fresh oxygen, utilize it in the body and I always suggest if you are gonna dobreathing exercises, it's preferable to do them outside, whether it's warm or cold,however you can go outside and do that is really, really important. So that isdefinitely something that I highly recommend.Another great thing that happened on nature walks is you get to listen to the soundof leaves and you get to hear the sound of water, hopefully, because that's just. Sonice. And, sounds of birds. So the sounds of nature synchronize the body to a stateof calm, and it actually does impact. The mind when you are exposed to sounds ofnature, it, it is naturally calming and a lot[00:14:00]of meditative music uses thatuses sounds of nature and sounds of birds or sounds of water, and it has a verycalming effect on the mind and.I always say it's almost like a, when I listen to birds and I'm meditating outside, Ifeel like they're tuning my energy literally. And so one alternative to nature walks, if you are not able to go out and do that, you can listen to certain, you can find thison YouTube or, you know, Spotify or any like music. App that you use and you can find meditative music or Pandora sometimes has thatand you can find music that has sounds of nature and listen to those sounds. So Ihad one patient that specifically really connected to. Water into the beach and shesaid just throughout her whole life She always felt really calm at the beach, but shehad a hard time meditating So I[00:15:00]suggested for her just find a YouTubevideo with the sounds of the ocean and just listen to that and And so she startedlistening to that and it actually impacted her.Because that was specifically something that triggered peace in her mind andbrought her back to positive memories, she was able to find that and that be thetool to get her almost like induce that state. It's almost like an anchor inhypnotherapy. We always find an anchor, sometimes an anchor. Is bringingyourself back to a state of mind or something that puts you in that state of mind orsomething that you can remember a time where you felt a certain way that'spositive and then using maybe a mudra, like a hand gesture, a specific one that youkeep doing over and over again.They call that an anchor. And then you would use that in a time of need once youreally like get that software in your mind. So[00:16:00]similar. To that is oursounds or any really like stimulus that brings you back to a certain state So usingthat that's something that calms you down or makes you feel good is a great way toget yourself quicker into a state of peace, especially in times that you need it.So the third way you can harness nature is earthing, and that's huge because therehave been a lot of positivestudies that show that earthing can, lower inflammation in the body, which is huge,huge, huge when it comes to reproductive health and really to overall health.Inflammation could be something that really, It takes a lot of energy in thebackground, and it also is something that can impact your gut health.It can impact so many systems. It can also impact your cells health, and thatimpacts your egg cells and even sperm. So it's important to lower inflammationwhen you're trying to conceive for men and[00:17:00]women. Earthing also helpswith your circadian rhythm. It helps with better sleep and calming your nervous system. It is really an important aspect of healing What earthing is, in case you have neverheard of it before, and actually, if you want tolearn a little more, I would highlysuggest, and you can find this for free on YouTube, looking up the earthing movie,and you can find it for free online. Highly recommend it.It's a documentary, and it explains exactly how earthing works. And they haveshown in studies that wounds heal faster. It really gets the body's healing process tomove much faster and lowering inflammation. Like I said, it's just incredible. Andsome people even believe that you can get sick without earthing.So it's something that That is interesting because nowadays we only have likerubber soles that we're walking on, whereas back in the day they used to haveshoes that were not rubber, like if you[00:18:00]think about moccasins and thingslike that, where it conducted the energy from the earth and it also absorbs excessenergy in our bodies, but now we are so bombarded with excess energy Just fromdevices from, EMFs and there's just so much going on like the wifi and signals andradiation.So it's extra important that we earthand get some grounding. So an alternative, ifyou are in a city is you can get a grounding mat, you can actually purchase agrounding mat. And what that does is it actually, it goes into the grounding wire.It's basically like, the plug is only the grounding wire and it connects with that,which the grounding wire always goes into like that part of the outlet always goesdown into the earth and it's used forgrounding electricity. So it is, it's important for electric devices as well. And[00:19:00]we'reelectric, so it is important for us as well. One thing that I alwaysjust mention is. Just don't use it if it's, if there's lightning because, during that time,I don't, I don't know. It just, that is always something that would scare me becausethat is where it grounds the lightning.So that's the only time I would say be careful, but usually those devices when youget it online, they will have information and, a little instructional guide. Make sureif you do get a kit that it has a testing device. So they're usually, they'll come with alittle testing device that when you plug it into your outlet, it'll give you an orangelight.And that orange light shows that that outlet is okay. It gives it kind of the okay touse. So always make sure to get it with that. Sometimes I think they sell it withoutit. I think the earthing movie. Might have a company that's affiliated with that. There is one that's a little bit better. Look at the reviews, check them[00:20:00]out, and then just make sure that it has like the full kit.Sometimes they'll even send a book with it about earthing, which is kind of cool.So I definitely suggest doing that. But again, there is definitely an alternative if youare in the city and you're not able to, to do that on actual earth.Keepin mind, too, if you are to go out in earth, you can pretty much use any areaon the earth, and that includes sand at the beach, anything that there's no barrierbetween your feet and the earth. So that can mean sand, it can mean dirt, it canmean grass,like anything that you are able to access the earth from.And number four, swimming in the ocean. So swimming, if you can Access theocean is incredible. First of all, you will get a lot of negative ions, which is very,very healing. It's just something that nature often gives off and is very healing forthe body. It can help your circadian rhythm as well. It calms your[00:21:00]nervous system.It's very cleansing. The salt water is incredibly cleansing and it's very calming forYour well being. So definitely something that I highly recommend. It kind of alsoimpacts you just by the view of the water and the sound and the smell. So it kind ofhas all of that which we talked about with the nature walks.So swimming in the ocean, having that salt water, thatpurification is incredible. Ifyou do not have access to that, what you can do is take a salt bath if you haveaccess to a bath. I actually do not. I wish I had a bath, but I don't. So, if you don'thave a bath, I actually recommend pink Himalayan salt. It's really purifying. It hasa lot of minerals, so you can use that. And if you don't have. a bath, then you canalso use it as a scrub. You could put it with oil and use it as a scrub.[00:22:00]Gogentle because it depends on how rough it's cut. But I also have seen bars ofHimalayan salt, which is really cool.So they have these bars and you basically use it almost like a bar soap. But again,be careful because sometimes the way it It dissolves. It starts to get a little bumpy.So you just want to makesure that you're smooth on your skin. Sometimes I wouldjust put a little bit of that salt on my hand and then use whatever's on my hand torub it on.Like if it's a kind of dissolved, like salt on my hand. Like if I would lick it, it wouldbe salty and Iwouldn't recommend that. Then you can use that and put it on your body and you'll feel it. It has like a different feel to it. So that is an alternative ifyou are not able to get to nature by yourself directly. So those are my four suggestions on how youcan harness nature to help yourfertility and overall health. So I[00:23:00]hope you enjoyed this episode. If youare enjoying my episodes, please subscribe and review so other people can find itAnd you can always reach out to me on Instagram at the wholesome Lotus fertility.You can DM me. I get a lot of DMS from my listeners and I always, always love tohear from you guys. So thank you so much for tuning in today and have a beautiful day.  

In 'Webinar Replay - Secrets of Human Influence, Conversational Hypnosis and Persuasion Training Part 1,' David Snyder discussed the echo technique. He emphasized that human beings never resist themselves and that anything the human nervous system generates, it accepts. He believes that using the echo technique, which involves repeating a person's own words back to them, forces their neurology to pay attention, creating a powerful tool for influence and connection. Learn more about how this technique, along with state control and rapport, can amplify emotional connections and penetrate a person's psyche and emotions. Standout Quotes:    "Ifyou approach every single interaction in a playful, easygoing, pleasure-based state, people's mirror neurons will pick it up, and they will become more connected to you." [Dr David] "Human beings never resist themselves. Anything the human nervous system generates, the human nervous system accepts." [Dr David] ·      "One of the fastest, most powerful ways to signal a match is to give them their very own words back to them." [Dr David]      "The words that come out of their mouth are a key to lock fit to every filter, need, and value that they have." [Dr David]     "Follow the master echo sequence: Ask a question, pay attention, validate the response, echo their words, ask another question." [Dr David]   Key Takeaways: Recognize the importance of controlling your emotional state. Learn techniques to shift into a pleasurable, playful state when needed, as it can greatly influence the outcome of your interactions.      Understand the impact of positivity on your interactions and relationships. A joyful and enthusiastic approach can lead to more favorable outcomes and deeper connections.     Language is a powerful tool for influence. The way you communicate and the words you choose can have a significant impact on your ability to connect with and influence others.   Show respect for others' viewpoints and experiences. Using their words demonstrates empathy and a willingness to understand their perspective.    Be present in your conversations and engage actively. The echo technique is most effective when it's genuine and sincere.     Realize the significance of validation in human interactions. Validating someone's thoughts and feelings can lead to stronger and more positive relationships. Recognize that emotions drive human behavior. Learn to harness emotional motivation to achieve your goals and help others achieve theirs.   Episode Timeline: [00:01] What is the importance of pattern recognition for influence and persuasion? [04:56] How can we influence people through playfulness and pleasure in a fast and ethical way? [10:36] How can we access and expand our inner sense of playfulness and pleasure for effective communication? [15:06] What is the Echo Technique? [20:24] How important is controlling one's state for influence and persuasion? [25:44] What's the effect of the echo technique on a person's neurology? [31:40] What technique does David Snyder share for making small talk more enjoyable and meaningful? [36:18] Why should a person manage the spotlight effect using the echo technique? [42:05] What is the connection between echo technique and martial arts? [47:48] What is the effect of using an emotional motivation checklist for personal growth? [53:32] How does one identify their emotional motivations for a specific goal?   Learn more about Dr. David Schneider at: Website: http://www.davidsnyder.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-david-snyder-02aa23213/

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְקוָק, אֱלֹקינוּ וֵֽאלֹקי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ, אֱלֹקי אַבְרָהָם, אֱלֹקייִצְחָק, וֵֽאלֹקי יַעֲקֹב. הָקל הַגָּדוֹל הַגִּבּוֹר וְהַנּוֹרָא, אֵל עֶלְיוֹן,גּוֹמֵל חֲסָדִים טוֹבִים, קוֹנֵה הַכֹּל, וְזוֹכֵר חַסְדֵּי אָבוֹת, וּמֵבִיאגוֹאֵל לִבְנֵי בְנֵיהֶם לְמַֽעַן שְׁמוֹ בְּאַֽהֲבָה:Love 13 Echad One and Names 13+13 = 26 Havaya Colors מֶֽלֶךְ עוֹזֵר וּמוֹשִֽׁיעַ וּמָגֵן: Instead of paraphrasing Rabbi Kaplan, I thought it importantto quote him directly as this is such an incredible lesson, I doubt there is asingle person who would not benefit tremendously, He writes: The first paragraph in the Amidah concludes withfour words that are designated to bring Hashem closer to the worshiper. These fourwords are 'Melech - King, Ozer - Helper, Moshia - Rescuer, and Magen -Shield,' Whereas in the first part of this paragraph we relate toHashem in a general manner, here we develop our personal relationship with Him.These four words are the key to the entire Amidah. If one says them correctly,one is left in a perfect spiritual space for the rest of the service. Even ifone has said the first parts of this paragraph without proper concentration, ifthese four words are said properly, they will bring the worshiper to such acloseness to Hashem that the rest of the Amidah will be perfect. Let us look atthese four words in detail. The first word is 'King' (Melekh). We begin bylooking at Hashem as our king and at our relationship to Him as that of asubject to a king. A king is far away, in his capital city, in his palace. Ifyou want something from the king, you must send him a formal request, and itgoes through his staff, his ministers, his secretary. Then, if you are lucky,after a few months you may get a reply. Therefore, when we address Hashem asKing, we see Him as majestic but distant. Help is available from him, but notclosely available. In the next word, we address Hashem as 'Helper'(Ozer). Now we see him as much closer than a king. A 'helper' issomeone whom we can readily approach. He is a friend whom we know we can always call on and who always will make himself available.Therefore, when we call Hashem 'Helper,' we realize that we can callon Him at any time and He will be there for us. This is a relationship much closer than that to a king. In saying this word, we arebeginning the process through which we draw closer to Hashem. Third, weaddress Hashem as 'Rescuer' (Moshia). Again, a rescuer is much closerthan a helper. A rescuer is someone who is available to save you when you aredrowning in a river; he is right there to jump in and pull you out. A helpermay have the best intentions in the world, but if he is not close to you at alltimes, he cannot save you when you are in danger. Therefore, when we speak toHashem as our 'Rescuer,' we see Him as being available whenever weneed Him, ready to rescue us in an instant. We recognize that Hashem is alwaysclose enough to help us, even when we are in imminent danger. Thus, therelationship of Rescuer is much closer than that of Helper. This word brings usyet a step closer to Hashem. Finally, we speak to Hashem as our 'Shield'(Magen). A shield is even closer than a rescuer. A shield can help even when anarrow is flying at me and there is nothing else that can stop it. When the arrowis flying, there is no time for even the rescuer to intercept it. The shieldmust be there in place—right in front of me. Thus, when I address Hashem as my'Shield,' I can feel Him right in front of me. Hashem is all aroundme, surrounding me like a suit of divine armor. I am totally aware of Hashem'sprotective power, surrounding me on all sides. I feel that I am being protectedby Hashem, so that nothing in the world can harm me. Thus, in the four words 'Melech - King, Ozer -Helper, Moshia - Rescuer, and Magen - Shield,' we become more and moreaware of Hashem's closeness. First we see Him as a benevolent but distant king,then as a willing helper, then as a nearby rescuer, and finally, as an immanentshield. In these four words, we make the transition from viewing Hashem as aremote transcendental force to seeing Him as a protector who is closer than theair around us. The one person who reached the level where he couldconstantly see Hashem as his shield was Abraham. Hashem had told him, 'Donot fear, Abram, I am a shield to you' (Gen. 15:1). From that time on,Abraham had a constant perception of Hashem as his shield. He was always awareof Hashem being very close to him, surrounding him and protecting him on a mostimmanent and direct level…. Of all the levels of relationship to Hashem, thelevel of shield is the closest. Here we see Hashem close enough to us to stop evena flying bullet. This was the level attained by Abraham, and at this point inthe Amidah, we aspire to it. Even unaware of the danger and oblivious to even callout for help, Hashem is there protecting us. יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֗המַה־נֹּאמַר֙ לַֽאדֹנִ֔י מַה־נְּדַבֵּ֖ר וּמַה־נִּצְטַדָּ֑ק הָאֱלֹקים מָצָא֙אֶת־עֲוֺ֣ן עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ הִנֶּ֤נּוּ עֲבָדִים֙ לַֽאדֹנִ֔י גַּם־אֲנַ֕חְנוּ גַּ֛םאֲשֶׁר־נִמְצָ֥א הַגָּבִ֖יעַ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ According to ourview Yehudah reasoned with Joseph as long as he felt that they were all beingpunished for something they had done in the past. When he realised thatinnocent Benjamin was being singled out for punishment whereas they, the guiltyones, were allowed to go free, he realised that he did not confront divinejudgment in the person of Joseph, but that Joseph was a capricious ruler whohad framed Benjamin for reasons of his own. There was therefore no cause forthe brothers to submit to what they had previously considered as divineretribution. The word אליו mayhave been inserted in order to deflect an accusation against Yehudah who hadpreviously offered that all the brothers including Benjamin would be slaves toJoseph whereas now he wanted Benjamin released. How could he dare reversehimself? The Torah therefore explains that the word אליו refers to Joseph whowanted to keep only Benjamin.

Trigger warning: In this episode, our guest shares her journey with abuse and suicide. Ifyou or someone you love has recently experienced the tragic loss to suicide, please feel freeto skip this episode during your healing process. We have 100+ other powerfulconversations to enjoy at www.warriorsunmasked.com In this episode of Warriors Unmasked, we had the honor of sitting down with Kiyomi O'Connor, a beacon of resilience and healing. Kiyomi's journey began in the shadow of emotional abuse as a young child, a time marked by harsh verbal bullying and the painful witnessing of her mother's struggles. These early years laid a complex foundation for Kiyomi, intertwining trauma with a deep-seated sense of self-blame and unworthiness. Despite these challenges, Kiyomi blossomed into an individual of remarkable strength and versatility. She excelled academically and professionally, pursuing a career in dentistry, yet never feeling truly aligned with her path. It was not until a pivotal moment in her early twenties, following a heart-wrenching suicide attempt, that Kiyomi embarked on a transformative journey to reclaim her authentic self. Her move to the United States marked a significant turning point. Here, Kiyomi not only pursued advanced scientific research but also began to peel back the layers of her past traumas. She encountered love, marrying her late husband, Patrick, and together, they delved into spiritual healing and Dharma teachings. This spiritual exploration became a source of profound personal growth and healing. Kiyomi's story is one of courage in the face of adversity and the power of self-reflection and spirituality in healing deep wounds. Her narrative serves as a vivid reminder that no matter the darkness we face, there is always a path towards light and self-reconciliation. To dive deeper into the profound insights and experiences of Kiyomi O'Connor and learn more about her book, hit play on this episode of Warriors Unmasked and join us on a journey of healing, resilience, and the discovery of inner peace. GUEST LINKS:   Website: https://kyomioconnor.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyomi-o-connor-a37bb7210  Twitter: https://twitter.com/KyomiOconnor  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/memoir_writer2    LINKS: malarchuk.com/book  malarchuk.com  www.thecompassionateconnection.com www.warriorsunmasked.com  Join Chuck's Text Community: 251-418-7966 Follow us on Instagram Like us on Facebook Subscribe To Our YouTube My Community Contact   Episode Minute By Minute: 00:00 Introduction + Messages From Our Sponsors  03:25 Kiyomi's Journey of Emotional Abuse 08:26 Kiyomi's Struggles in School and Home 09:10 Kiyomi's Journey to Self-Realization 12:35 Kiyomi's Struggles with Family and Relationships 18:31 Kiyomi's Journey to the United States 20:16 Kiyomi's Spiritual Journey and Healing 22:33 Kiyomi's Life with Husband, Patrick 34:42 Kiyomi's Transformation through Buddhism 38:48 Kiyomi's Self-Care Practices 42:10 Kiyomi's Book and Final Thoughts For Those Who Are Struggling  

Note from Inspire: TW - This episode contains a discussion of sexual assault and suicide.If you've ever wondered about the psychology behind a happier life then this episode is for you. There's a reason that self-help books, courses, videos and seminars are available in abundance. Have you ever considered that generally every action we take as humans are things that we believe are going to make us happier or better off?Today's guest has spent her career on helping people find just that. Niyc Pidgeon is the founder of online training empire Unstoppable SuccessⓇ and Positive Psychology Coach Academy CertificationⓇ.Having studied Positive Psychology - the scientific study of happiness - Niyc has made it her mission to help people unlock more joy, personal power and feel rich in ALL areas of their lives. She is an acclaimed international speaker, award winning Positive Psychologist, triple certified coach, host of the Unstoppable Success podcast AND Award Winning Hay House author with her best selling book “Now is your chance”. She has more than a decade of experience in business, coaching, and psychology, and has been featured in magazines such as Forbes, business insider, goop, Marie Claire and many more. She has mentored tens of thousands of coaches to create massive breakthroughs, lasting positive change, and Unstoppable Success in their lives & businesses.But how did she get here? From a suicide attempt aged 11 - Niyc's story truly shows that her challenges paved the way for her growth to her thousands of others transform their lives. From planning to study engineering at university, to a last minute trip to Australia with her then boyfriend aged 18 - one conversation changed the entire trajectory of Niyc's life and career and she says "there is profound simplicity in listening to conversations that are already in your life and changing your perspective on them" From going to LA in 2015 for three months - to never returning - Niyc has been trailblazing the way for others to understand what's possible when you say yes to yourself and commit to doing the inner work. From discovering self help books, and in that moment knowing that one day she wanted to write a book, to becoming a Hay House Author and obtaining a specialist Extraordinary Ability VISA to live and work in the US. Niyc's bio is nothing short of inspiring, but her story and this conversation digs deeper into the challenges that she faced along the way - PTSD, depression, anxiety and ADHD to name a few, and the simplicity of how gratitude can change your life, and how she believes that through connection we can heal and lift ourselves, each other and our world. This episode will leave you feeling inspired, uplifted and if you need it hopeful that whatever your life experience has been or is currently, that there is so much that can be done to achieve happiness. Listen to this ifYou have big dreams but are unsure how to achieve them You want to understand how to be happy You have struggled with your mental health and want to find happiness Connect with NiycWebsitehttps://www.niycpidgeon.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/niycpidge/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Trigger warning: In this episode, our guest shares her journey with abuse and suicide. Ifyou or someone you love has recently experienced the tragic loss to suicide, please feel freeto skip this episode during your healing process. We have 100+ other powerfulconversations to enjoy at www.warriorsunmasked.com Welcome back to another episode of Warriors Unmasked. Today we go from the depths of despair to a beacon of hope, as we unpack the inspiring journey of Angela Williams. Angela's story commences with the challenges of being raised by a single mother after her biological father decided he didn't want children. The emotional scars left by such abandonment were only the beginning of the challenges Angela would face. Angela recounts the feeling of not being wanted, which was instilled in her from a very young age when her father left her mother during her pregnancy. The pain deepened when she was told that her father, after holding her for a brief moment, decided he wanted nothing to do with her. Growing up in the 1960s, single motherhood was frowned upon, prompting her mother to quickly remarry a man she had met only two weeks prior. Little did they know, this man would bring unimaginable pain and trauma into their lives as Angela suffered rape and sexual abuse for years. During her formative years, Angela often felt different from her peers. Despite her circumstances, she found solace in music, reading, and her vivid imagination. This coping mechanism allowed her to escape from her grim reality, if only for a moment. But as she grew older, the intensity of the abuse only worsened. The consistent trauma took a toll on Angela's mental well-being, culminating in a heart-wrenching suicide attempt. Yet, against all odds, she survived. In the aftermath of that dark episode, a beacon of hope emerged in the form of a high school friend. This friend's father was a powerful attorney, who recognized the gravity of her situation and helped emancipate her. With newfound freedom, Angela embarked on a mission to heal and subsequently to help others. Angela, now a passionate crusader for change, has dedicated years to raising awareness, prevention, and healing through her advocacy work. Her impactful voice has reached national and international platforms, contributing to legislative reform and national policy work. Angela's Voice, her organization, continues to provide healing and prevention programs. Angela's narrative is a powerful testament to the human spirit and the transformative power of faith. If this inspiring story resonates with you, hit play now to hear our full conversation! GUEST LINKS: Angela's Voice: https://www.angelasvoice.com/  Angela's Resources: http://www.angelasvoice.com/resources  Social Media: @‌angelasvoice    LINKS: malarchuk.com/book  malarchuk.com  www.thecompassionateconnection.com www.warriorsunmasked.com  Join Chuck's Text Community: 251-418-7966 Follow us on Instagram Like us on Facebook Subscribe To Our YouTube My Community Contact   Episode Minute By Minute: 00:00 Introduction + messages from our sponsors  03:10 Welcome to special guest Angela Williams, mental health advocate and suicide survivor  04:05 Angela shares her background and more about her story  04:46 Angela's father left when she was born and immediately was brought up feeling not wanted  06:22 Angela opens up about living in extreme abuse from a young age through her step father  10:08 The challenge Angela faced with having close relationships growing up  11:02 Angela talks about finally snapping in highschool and attempting suicide to escape the pain  13:32 After several attempts to take her life, Angela was met by the presence of God  13:50 Angela's turning point and emancipation  18:05 The harsh reality of abused children in our world and how we can make an impact  20:33 Angela encourages people to stand up and help those who are being abused  24:36 Angela talks about her organization, Angela's Voice  26:34 Angela opens up about setbacks and the beginning stages of writing books  29:52 The power of writing and what would happen if more people did it  33:56 Angela shares her perspective on loving yourself  37:14 Learn more about Angela's Voice, Angela's books, and all the resources she has  44:29 Hear what Angela would say to someone who is going through the same things she did   

In this episode I talk with Scott Hay. A influencer from the YouTube channel Curbside Chronicles. https://youtube.com/@CurbsideChronicles?si=tUZWjpJ6wm_QXRSN We talk about a large number of topics, from bigfoot and dogmen to depopulation. Ifyou would like to watch this episode, you can watch here. If you would like to come on the show and talk about a topic you like, Or tell your testimony how GOD has worked in your like. Or both, you can email me at cliffschmidt25@gmail.com.Please help the show grow by hitting the follow buttone at the top of this link. https://open.spotify.com/show/1UIHqYqaijHvumMO9fjw0i?si=L8E6hpeKT1WJRJ6YPGrTMA If you would like to help the show financially, you can send a donation on cashapp to TRUTH TO FAITH $cliffsteven.or through buymeacoffee.com/cliffschmix. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cliff-stephen/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cliff-stephen/support

Step into the world of 'The Dodge Cast' as Jared and Dat Guy embark on a captivating journey in Episode 35: 'If You're Afraid of Doja Cat, Go To Church.'In this lively and engaging episode, they fearlessly explore an array of compelling topics that are sure to leave you both entertained and enlightened. From the riveting and thought-provoking discussions on the latest events, including the intriguing title query, to sharing gripping accounts of car wrecks and the intricacies of navigating traffic, Jared and Dat Guy keep you on the edge of your seat.Prepare to rock out as they curate an exciting list of Indigenous metal bands, unveiling hidden musical gems that deserve your attention.As aficionados of 'Reservation Dogs,' they provide insightful commentary and in-depth analysis of the latest episode, giving you a fresh perspective on this popular series.Jared's recent escapades at the Oklahoma State Fair take center stage, as they recount the unexpected surprises and unforgettable moments from his adventure.Dat Guy fires off tremendous questions, and Jared tackles them head-on with thought-provoking answers, ensuring an engaging and dynamic listening experience that will keep you hooked.Parenting becomes a central theme as they share their unique experiences of taking their kids to concerts, peppered with heartwarming anecdotes and practical tips for creating memorable family outings.But that's just a glimpse of what's in store! This episode is brimming with captivating content that caters to your craving for intriguing conversations.Don't miss out on Episode 35 of 'The Dodge Cast,' available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

Ryan & Becca are joined today by Juliann Roush while Becca is visiting her in the upper peninsula of Michigan. We discuss how she makes her very time-intensive functional work using various hand-building techniques. Her business and work has shifted a lot over the 30+ years she's been playing with clay, but she still finds love in what she's making. We also answer a couple listener questions with Juliann's input. Join the three of us at Clay Con West in St. George, Utah January 12-14. See her process & finished work on various platforms and let her know we sent you!-----Find more about Juliann business below-----Instagram - @juliannroushWebsite - https://www.juliannroushpottery.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JuliannRoushPottery/ What would you do ifYou had all the free clayListener QuestionsOn this episode:- I'm working on finding the right market for my work and it's been pretty difficult. I primarily enjoy carving porcelain in a similar style to Elaine Coleman. I feel like my work is decent quality, but am struggling to find buyers. Do you have any advice for me? @thorpeceramics- I'm wondering how you balance the need for new products versus having too many different things.  I attend a local farmers market monthly, so I try to have some staple items (mugs, spoon rests, gnomes, etc.),  while also having new things to draw people to my booth.  To be honest, new items are for my creative and skill practice benefit, too.  Just a late night throwing thought. Thanks for everything you guys produce and share with us.  @basking.turtle.designsSend us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com.Sponsors - L&L KilnsThe durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.comSupport the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/WheeltalkpodcastFollow us on Instagram:@wheeltalkpodcast@rdceramics@5linespotteryVisit our website:www.wheeltalkpotcast.comWheel Talk YouTube ChannelSupport the show

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. Ifyou are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free.Welcome to episode #151! This week, Matt and Braden chat with Jody Burkeen, the founder of "Man Up Gods Way".Share this with your friendsWho do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well.SubscribeSubscribe on any podcast app to make sure you catch new episodes!ResourcesRelay appMan Up Gods WayPure Freedom Journey for men and womenBook a Cleansing HourBook a call with one of Restored Ministries' trained coachesHelp for wivesFamilyLife Canada: Resources and events to strengthen your marriageOnline marriage resources (FamilyLife Canada)Covenant Eyes Accountability Software - use promo code RM30 for 30 days freePodcast HostsBRADEN HAFNERBraden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 14 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.comMATT CLINEMatt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.

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This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. Ifyou are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free.Welcome to episode #150! This week, Matt and Braden talks to the directors of Moral Revolution, Cole and Caitlyn Zick.Science is catching up with the BibleNumerous neurotransmitters are released when we have sex and there's a powerful reason for this effect. God designed us so that we would feel connected in every way with the person we are sleeping with. The problem is that when we have sexual encounters with various people, the attachment isn't unique to any one person, which subconsciously trains us for divorce. Sexual relationships are never supposed to end and the science in our bodies verifies that, but when we have multiple sexual partners, we feel less and less of a draw to stay with the individual person we're with because of the intimacy we've shared with multiple people.Masturbation & co-habitation get in the way of God's best for youBoth masturbation and co-habitation get in the way of God's best for you. Co-habitation is rooted in fear, not in safety. We are scared of our partner leaving us so we don't get married in case our fear comes true. The safest relationship you can have is one where you know there is no escape plan. When conflict arises, you don't have to wonder if the relationship will end. The commitment to each other is already decided so you can move forward in confidently and lovingly resolving conflict.Masturbation is selfish in nature, since it's you pleasuring you. It gets in the way of God's best sex for you when you train yourself to receive pleasure by your hand rather than waiting for you spouse. It takes away from the intimacy you can have with your spouse and with God.Cole and Caitlyn have sufferedAlthough they now travel the world speaking about sex, Cole and Caitlyn have had their own battles with sex to work through. Caitlyn had trauma from various sexual encounters as a teenager, which led to years of counselling and hesitancy in receiving Cole's physical affection as a sign of love.After years of selfish, transactional sex in the midst of undealt-with trauma, they put the work in to do years of therapy and healing. After 11 years of marriage, Caitlyn finally started enjoying sex for the first time. Now, they are advocates that connection leads to the best sex and that within marriage, your sex life can be rockin'.Share this with your friendsWho do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well.SubscribeSubscribe on any podcast app to make sure you catch new episodes!ResourcesRelay appMoral RevolutionMen & Masturbation podcastPure Freedom Journey for men and womenBook a Cleansing HourBook a call with one of Restored Ministries' trained coachesHelp for wivesFamilyLife Canada: Resources and events to strengthen your marriageOnline marriage resources (FamilyLife Canada)Covenant Eyes Accountability Software - use promo code RM30 for 30 days freePodcast HostsBRADEN HAFNERBraden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 13 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.comMATT CLINEMatt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. Ifyou are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free.Welcome to episode #149! This week, Matt and Braden continue in their two part series talking to Dr. Doug Carpenter. They chat about his book, Secret Shame, and discuss how sexual abuse and trauma affects development in men.Misinterpreting AbuseOften for men who have been sexually abused in their formative years, they may not see what happened to them as abuse. Part of that may be because their abuse was framed in a way that they (the victim) feel responsible for the abuse. It also may have felt physically good, but it was not wanted and that can cause confusion. This confusion causes misinterpretation, and along with that, there may be shame surrounding the event and that creates a distancing from the abuse or a desire to not re-visit what happened. What is Abuse?Dr Carpenter describes abuse as something that was not wanted, something that may have unwillingly awakened sexual feelings, and something that was not nurturing. This can cause sexual confusion that reshapes what happened in the mind of the victim, and they can begin to act out of that pain in harmful ways. Porn is a form of abuseWhen we are exposed to porn, it is usually not a welcomed event, and it awakens sexual curiosity in us in our formative years. This essentially is a "raping" of our mind, and the porn industry grooms its users from an early age as it aims to create lifelong addicts and consumers. But we have a choice to get help and with God the chains of abuse and addiction can be broken, we don't have to remain a victim! Share this with your friendsWho do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well.SubscribeSubscribe on any podcast app to make sure you catch new episodes!ResourcesRelay appDr. Doug Carpenter's websiteDr Doug's book on male sexual abuseDr Doug's book on the non-alpha malePure Freedom Journey for men and womenBook a Cleansing HourBook a call with one of Restored Ministries' trained coachesHelp for wivesFamilyLife Canada: Resources and events to strengthen your marriageOnline marriage resources (FamilyLife Canada)Covenant Eyes Accountability Software - use promo code RM30 for 30 days freePodcast HostsBRADEN HAFNERBraden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 14 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.comMATT CLINEMatt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. Ifyou are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free.Welcome to episode #148! This week, Matt and Braden bring Dr. Doug Carpenter to you to share about his book, Childhood Trauma and the Non-Alpha Male. This bookdiscusses how boys and men struggle to find their sense of masculinity after abuse, trauma, bullying, being fatherless, and not fitting the sterotypical alpha male role of society.What is a non-alpha male?90% of men fit in the category of the non-alpha male. The two extremes on the spectrum of masculinity would be the 'man's man alpha male' type of person and the more feminine, flamboyant, maybe homosexual type of male. There are blessings and hardships that come at every stage along the way, but many men feel that they are not as masculine as they should be. Dr. Doug's book looks at who each man in the non-alpha category was made to be and how they can live apart from societal pressures.Raise kids for who they areDr. Doug had a son who is the typical alpha male, so while his interests are vastly different than his father's interests, he needed to have a dad that would encourage him in his areas of natural gifting. Thankfully, Doug learned from a childhood void of fatherly affection that his son needed affirmation and quality time in his areas of passion. Doug learned to enjoy watching his son do the things he loved, even if Doug wasn't having the greatest time himself, apart from enjoying his son.Become who God made you to beWhen there has been hurts, trauma, sins, or a sense of lack in your life, consider whether or not this has affected your sense of masculinity. It may be time to take action with coaching, counselling, or getting some kind of support to guide you back into exactly who God made you to be. Remember to pray about this and ask God for his help as well.Share this with your friendsWho do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well.SubscribeSubscribe on any podcast app to make sure you catch new episodes!ResourcesRelay appDr. Doug Carpenter's websiteDr Doug's book on the non-alpha malePure Freedom Journey for men and womenBook a Cleansing HourBook a call with one of Restored Ministries' trained coachesHelp for wivesFamilyLife Canada: Resources and events to strengthen your marriageOnline marriage resources (FamilyLife Canada)Covenant Eyes Accountability Software - use promo code RM30 for 30 days freePodcast HostsBRADEN HAFNERBraden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 13 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.comMATT CLINEMatt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. Ifyou are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free.Welcome to episode #147! This week, Matt and Braden talk about having sexual dreams, and what they may or may not indicate.Dreams may or may not indicate something deeper First things first, dreams are not a sin issue because we aren't actively choosing to dream about sex nor do we have control. However, dreams may reveal something that is going on in our life. When we are battling a porn addiction, our subconscious can be affected by what we do when we are awake. If we are watching porn, or are involved in sexual fantasy, our mind may regurgitate what we are taking in. But as we move towards sobriety, and as our minds are re-wired in a healing journey, our dreams will reflect that change. All that said, sometimes our dreams are not linked to anything specific and we shouldn't over analyze them and assume it means we have some uncovered dirt in our lives. However, we can invite God into our dreams and pray over them, which helps us view them in a proper light to make better decisions if they do trigger us or tempt us to masturbate or go back to looking at porn.What is the source?Our dreams may come from what we are taking in while we are awake, they may come from our flesh (sin nature), they may come from the enemy, or they may come from God. They also may have no link to any one thing, but are just part of our subconscious. That said, it is worth praying and asking God about our dreams and what they may be linked to. Sometimes we do have past hurt or trauma that God wants to work on in us, and our dreams may stem out of that past. But even if that isn't the case, God cares about all aspects of our life and when we ask him to work in our dreams, He will help us!  Control what you canIt can be frustrating when we feel like we don't have control, and that is no different with our dreams. When we are consistently dreaming about sex or our dreams have a sexual nature to them, we can feel defeated and triggered at the same time. While we cant control what we dream about, we do have choice while we are awake. Part of how we can have agency with our dreams is choosing how we go to bed and how we wake up. Spend the time before bed in prayer, listening to worship music, or reading the Bible. Avoid browsing social media and try to spend 30 minutes before bed away from screens. This will help with our sleep patterns, but it will also diffuse any adrenaline or heightened stimuli that may trigger sexual memory or links to porn use. While building these habits isn't easy, don't beat yourself up, but instead ask God for his help and utilize your accountability to help in this!  Share this with your friendsWho do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well.SubscribeSubscribe on any podcast app to make sure you catch new episodes!ResourcesRelay appPure Freedom Journey for men and womenBook a Cleansing HourBook a call with one of Restored Ministries' trained coachesHelp for wivesFamilyLife Canada: Resources and events to strengthen your marriageOnline marriage resources (FamilyLife Canada)Covenant Eyes Accountability Software - use promo code RM30 for 30 days freePodcast HostsBRADEN HAFNERBraden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 13 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.comMATT CLINEMatt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. Ifyou are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free.Welcome to episode #146! This week, Matt and Braden share what it looks like to hear God's voice in life and in your recovery journey.You were made to hear GodGod made you with an ability to hear Him and know His voice as well as you know the voice of someone you've known for years. God is creative in how He speaks, but as you get to know what His communication with you looks like, you'll find Him confirming His voice by bringing fruit into your life based on what He has said.Expect God to speak to you and make space in your day to sit and listen to God. If you ask Him a question, give time for Him to answer before moving onto the next thing on your mind. Also know though, that if God doesn't answer your prayer in a specific way or time, He has a better way and time planned and He wants you to wait for it.God's Word will never condemn, but will always be life-givingMany people will ask how to know it's God and not just their thoughts or the devil. God's words always bring life, hope, encouragement, and seem to take a weight off of your heart. Even if you're not sure if your thoughts were just your thoughts or if they were in fact God speaking to you, if your thoughts are lined up with scripture, you can thank Him for His Word.God's words specifically to you will always align with scripture. If you feel God saying something to you, it's good to bring it out into counsel with others so you can see if they are in agreement that it really was God.Get God's perspectiveGod's words to us brings His perspective. Instead of just praying for peace on a situation, when you ask for God's perspective on that situation and each person involved, peace will come with His perspective. Ask for God's perspective on yourself, others, and on circumstances that seem to bring you down.You can invite God into your memories and ask for His perspective on those who have hurt you or tempt you. Listen for His voice so that you can share in the perspective of God.Share this with your friendsWho do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well.SubscribeSubscribe on any podcast app to make sure you catch new episodes!ResourcesRelay appPure Freedom Journey for men and womenBook a Cleansing HourBook a call with one of Restored Ministries' trained coachesHelp for wivesFamilyLife Canada: Resources and events to strengthen your marriageOnline marriage resources (FamilyLife Canada)Covenant Eyes Accountability Software - use promo code RM30 for 30 days freePodcast HostsBRADEN HAFNERBraden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 13 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.comMATT CLINEMatt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. Ifyou are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free.Welcome to episode #145! This week, Matt and Braden talk about disappointment, and how learning to deal with it in a healthy way is essential in beating a porn addiction!Avoidance never worksIt stands to reason that we would prefer to avoid pain and to not face the emotions that come from disappointment in our lives. But  when we engage in self-preservation behaviour, we are actually harmed in the long term because we cant bury emotions alive. All that leads to is furthering our connection to porn or masturbation as a coping technique, and it can become a second nature response to any negative emotion that we may feel. A better way is to let God into that pain, to invite him to help and to face what we are going through instead of avoiding it. Strong emotion may be tied to our pastHave you ever had a blow-up or meltdown emotionally? Were you surprised by the level of your reaction to situations that didn't seem to warrant it? That can sometimes be a indication that you have a button linked to past hurt or disappointment. When that button gets pushed all the past pain comes flooding in and it amplifies whatever we are feeling to the extreme. But when we sit with Jesus in that pain, He shows us what it is linked to, and how He wants to bring healing to past hurt or trauma. We have to let that pain come out and to let God touch the hurt in our past so that our present and future can be free from the damaging effects of unresolved issues. Learning to deal with disappointment loosens to grip of pornWe all can learn coping techniques in our life, and these patterns can keep us stuck in destructive cycles that pull us further into our drug of choice (porn etc). So when the pangs of disappointment come, our first response can become so ingrained in us that we don't recognize the mindset we have when we spiral down into porn. But if we learn how to deal with disappointment in a Godly way, the addictive cycles can be broken as our hearts become unlocked to the work of Jesus in our life. Share this with your friendsWho do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well.SubscribeSubscribe on any podcast app to make sure you catch new episodes!ResourcesRelay appPure Freedom Journey for men and womenBook a Cleansing HourBook a call with one of Restored Ministries' trained coachesHelp for wivesFamilyLife Canada: Resources and events to strengthen your marriageOnline marriage resources (FamilyLife Canada)Covenant Eyes Accountability Software - use promo code RM30 for 30 days freePodcast HostsBRADEN HAFNERBraden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 13 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.comMATT CLINEMatt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. Ifyou are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free.Welcome to episode #144! This week, Matt and Braden share what lacked in their own motivations when they were trying to get free from porn and what they've seen be effective in walking with many others.Motivation has to be on a heart level, not just a head levelKnowing that pornography is bad is often an initial reason for wanting to quit. However, its often not enough. Identifying motivating factors that are on a heart level is key. What will you get from being free? What could you do that you can't do now? How will you believe about yourself or experience God differently? These motivators will drive our heart to action when we're tempted more than just simply believing that porn is wrong.God designed you for motivationGod designed you to desire love, acceptance, significance, and more. Think about what your heart really wants or lacks when you engage with your sexual vice. Is it significance, value, or fun? It could be a number of other things. This will point you to the motivation your heart has to quit.Eliminating our sexual vices makes room for God to come and satisfy us in the ways we are looking for. If you want significance, He'll use your story for good and your newfound openness will naturally impact others. If you want fun, your creative brain will start thinking of new ways to have fun when your sexual outlet isn't an option. God designed you for motivation. Now you have to identify what that is and how to let it drive you. Are you motivated by guilt or godly sorrow?Many of us are scared of getting caught or worry about what habitual masturbation will do to our sexual function down the road. These are things to be aware of, but they can be guilt-driven motivation. Godly sorrow is a real repentance with the awareness that behaviour affects God's heart and hinders His work in and through your life. Having godly sorrow and desiring a life free of sin to simply enjoy a more intimate relationship with Jesus will give you the motivation to face the hard decisions, like confessing to someone or paying money for help, that otherwise would be hard to face.Share this with your friendsWho do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well.SubscribeSubscribe on any podcast app to make sure you catch new episodes!ResourcesRelay appPure Freedom Journey for men and womenBook a Cleansing HourBook a call with one of Restored Ministries' trained coachesHelp for wivesFamilyLife Canada: Resources and events to strengthen your marriageOnline marriage resources (FamilyLife Canada)Covenant Eyes Accountability Software - use promo code RM30 for 30 days freePodcast HostsBRADEN HAFNERBraden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 13 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.comMATT CLINEMatt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.

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This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. Ifyou are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free.Welcome to episode #143! This week, Matt and Braden discuss what intimacy after betrayal can look like if we rebuild with God's help!Intimacy is more than just sexWhen we just focus on moving towards having sex again, we may miss out on the actual healing needed as a couple to recover from betrayal (whether it is porn use or infidelity). Rebuilding true intimacy is part of the process that is needed, and when we learn that intimacy is so much more than just sex, we can start to understand a better path forward. Intimacy includes the emotional, and spiritual, all the way to our recreational companionship. In other words, there are many layers to intimacy and we can start to ease our way into growing our intimacy with one another before we have sex. Move slowly and prayerfullyRebuilding trust and safety takes time, but it also takes intention and active choices. If we push forward too fast, the spouse that is the victim of betrayal in the relationship may feel taken advantage of, or even traumatized again. That is why rebuilding slowly and with prayer is key! Part of that is making small movements towards one another, and understanding that healing is a process and can't be fast-tracked.Keep the lines of communication openSharing with one another about what you are feeling will help rebuild safety and trust. It will also create an openness to communicate that is vital in growing true intimacy and rebuilding lost trust. We may need to have third party help with this, to give us some ground rules to effective communication and being able to share without expressing ourselves in a toxic way. But as we grow in our ability to share, as a couple we can understand the path forward instead of playing a never ending guessing game. The goal is our marriage is not just to have great sex, but to keep our hearts open to one another in true and lasting intimacy. Communication is an important component of building that intimacy, that leads to great sex, even after betrayal! Share this with your friendsWho do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well.SubscribeSubscribe on any podcast app to make sure you catch new episodes!ResourcesRelay appPure Freedom Journey for men and womenBook a Cleansing HourBook a call with one of Restored Ministries' trained coachesHelp for wivesFamilyLife Canada: Resources and events to strengthen your marriageOnline marriage resources (FamilyLife Canada)Covenant Eyes Accountability Software - use promo code RM30 for 30 days freePodcast HostsBRADEN HAFNERBraden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 13 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.comMATT CLINEMatt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.

This episode is brought to you by Relay, the app that helps you find healing and make progress alongside peers who get it. Ifyou are in a group and need a resource to help you support each other every day, check out Relay! Go to www.joinrelay.app and use our promo code PV2023 to try it out for free.Welcome to episode #142! This week's episode is a practical guide for those who are trying to navigate their response to their spouse's sexual betrayal.Getting support is not dishonouringYou may think that to tell your story as a victim of betrayal is dishonouring to the one who betrayed you. You can honour your spouse while getting the support you need. Consider what your heart posture is. Are you trying to slander your spouse and make them look terrible? Or are you trying to get healthy for yourself and your marriage in the face of what was done to you? Are you using honouring or dishonouring language when talking about your spouse? These are some questions to consider.You must be real with what happened and with the emotions you feel. Rely on trusted people who will help you, rather than immature friends who will simply want to slander your spouse with you.Prioritize your emotional safetyWhen deciding which boundaries need to be set in place in your marriage after betrayal, a key question to ask is, "Do I feel safe in this situation?" Things like having sex, opening up emotionally, letting our spouse do things in private, and showing physical affection can all cause trauma-reactions like a flight, fight, or freeze response. It is fair for you to set boundaries that you need to protect your own heart in the healing process.Boundaries should be more firm if the offending spouse is not repentant or seeking help. If they are repentant, the boundaries can be different than they are when they are unrepentant.Your marriage can get betterMany couples report that after working through the trauma and insecurities related to a sexual betrayal, their marriage becomes better than ever. Both spouses get to know each other on a new level, they know themselves in new ways, and they know God in more intimate ways as well. All of this can lead to a new marriage with the same spouse that doesn't seem possible in the midst of the extreme pain betrayal causes. Be careful to not make rash decisions on your future, but focus on pursuing healing first.What is God asking you to do? Stay and fight for your marriage? Leave for your safety? Make sure to spend time seeking God for direction and follow the guidance He gives you.Share this with your friendsWho do you know that can benefit from this podcast and other episodes coming in the future? Share it with them so they can subscribe as well.SubscribeSubscribe on any podcast app to make sure you catch new episodes!ResourcesRelay appEpisode 26 - The Munoz Story: Intimacy After Betrayal with Clinton and CharityEpisode 50 - Wives Roundtable With Rosie And Charity: Responding To Porn In Your MarriageEpisode 92 - Dave and Kirsten Samuel: Exposing Secrets After 25 Years Of MarriageEpisode 93 - Dave and Kirsten Samuel: A Brand New Marriage...With The Same Spouse!Episode 134: Forgiveness: Your Key To Freedom with Bruce and Toni HebelEpisode 135: Forgiveness: It's A Transaction, Not A Process!Pure Freedom Journey for men and womenBook a Cleansing HourBook a call with one of Restored Ministries' trained coachesHelp for wivesFamilyLife Canada: Resources and events to strengthen your marriageOnline marriage resources (FamilyLife Canada)Covenant Eyes Accountability Software - use promo code RM30 for 30 days freePodcast HostsBRADEN HAFNERBraden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 13 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.comMATT CLINEMatt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.

Episode SummaryIn this livecast episode, we welcome back Dr. Zain Chagla, Dr. Stefan Baral, and Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti to address some of the issues we've seen throughout the pandemic, new variants and what to expect with future variants, discussing what we've done well over the past few years, misinformation, the effect of social media and the messaging on Twitter, the role media plays and the influence of experts on policy, public health agencies, booster shots to combat new variants and who actually needs them, where we are at with public trust, and much more!SHOW SPONSORBETTERHELPBetterHelp is the largest online counselling platform worldwide. They change the way people get help with facing life's challenges by providing convenient, discreet and affordable access to a licensed therapist. BetterHelp makes professional counselling available anytime, anywhere, through a computer, tablet or smartphone.Sign up today: http://betterhelp.com/solvinghealthcare and use Discount code “solvinghealthcare"Thanks for reading Solving Healthcare with Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Thank you for reading Solving Healthcare with Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng. This post is public so feel free to share it.Transcript:KK: Welcome to ‘Solving Healthcare' I'm Kwadwo Kyeremanteng. I'm an ICU and palliative care physicianhere in Ottawa and the founder of ‘Resource Optimization Network' we are on a mission to transformhealthcare in Canada. I'm going to talk with physicians, nurses, administrators, patients and theirfamilies because inefficiencies, overwork and overcrowding affects us all. I believe it's time for a betterhealth care system that's more cost effective, dignified, and just for everyone involved.KK: All right, folks, listen. This is the first live cast that we have done in a very long time, probably a year.Regarding COVID, we're gonna call it a swan song, folks, because I think this is it. I'm gonna be bold andsay, this is it, my friends. I think what motivated us to get together today was, we want to learn, wewant to make sure we learned from what's gone on in the last almost three years, we want to learn that,in a sense that moving forward the next pandemic, we don't repeat mistakes. We once again, kind ofelevate the voices of reason and balance, and so on. So, before we get started, I do want to give acouple of instructions for those that are online. If you press NL into the chat box, you will be able to getthis. This recording video and audio sent to you via email. It'll be part of our newsletter. It's ballin, you'll,you'll get the last one the last hurrah or the last dance, you know I'm saying second, secondly, I want togive a quick plug to our new initiative. Our new newsletters now on Substack. Everything is on therenow our podcasts our newsletter. So, all the updates you'll be able to get through there. I'm just goingto put a link in the chat box. Once I find it. Bam, bam, bam. Okay, there we go. There we go. That's itright there, folks. So, I feel like the crew here needs no introduction. We're gonna do it. Anyway, we gotDr. Zain Chagla, we got Dr. Stef Baral, we got Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti back in full effect. Once again, like Isaid, we were we chat a lot. We were on a on a chat group together. We were saying how like, we justneed to close this out, we need to address some of the issues that we've seen during the pandemic. Talkabout how we need to learn and deal with some of the more topical issues du jour. So, I think what we'llstart with, well get Sumon to enter the building. If you're on Twitter, you're gonna get a lot of mixedmessages on why you should be fearful of it or why not you should be fearful of it. So, from an IDperspective, Sumon what's your what's your viewpoint on? B 115?SC: Yeah, so, first of all, great to be with you guys. I agree, I love doing this as a as a swan song to kind ofmove to the next stage that doesn't involve us talking about COVID all the time. But so yeah, I think thatwe've had a bit of an alphabet soup in the last year with all these variants. And you know, the most oneof the newest ones that we're hearing about recently are BQ 1, xBB. I think that what I talked aboutwhen I was messaging on the news was taking a step back and looking at what's happened in the last 14months. What that is showing us is that we've had Omicron For this entire time, which suggests a levelof genomic stability in the virus, if you remember, variants at the very beginning, you know, that wassynonymous with oh, man, we're going to have an explosion of cases. Especially with alpha for the GTAdelta for the rest of, of Ontario, and I'm just talking about my local area. We saw massive increases inhospitalizations, health care resources, of patients having been sent all over the province. So, it was itwas awful, right. But you know, I think that was a bit of PTSD because now after anybody heard theword variant, that's what you remember. As time has gone on, you can see that the number ofhospitalizations has reduced, the number of deaths has reduced. Now when omicron came yeah, therewas an explosion of cases. But you know, when you look at the actual rate of people getting extremely illfrom it, it's much, much, much less. That was something that, you know, many of us were secretlythinking, Man, this is great when this happened. So now where we are is we're in January 2023, we'vehad nothing but Omicron, since what was in late November 2020, or 21? Maybe a bit later than that.And x BB, if you remember, be a 2x BB is an offshoot of BH two. Okay. Yeah, if you're noticing all thesenew variants are their immune evasive, they tend to be not as they're not as visually as, I see this in myown practice, like all of us do here. You know, they are, well, I'm kind of piecemeal evolution of thevirus. Now, there's not one variant that's gonna blow all the other ones out of the water, like Oh, microndid or delta. Right. I think this is a good thing. This is showing that we're reaching a different stage of thepandemic, which we've been in for almost a year now. I think that every time we hear a new one, itdoesn't mean that we're back to square one. I think that this is what viruses naturally do. And I thinkputting that into perspective, was very important.KK: Absolutely. Zain just to pick your brain to like, I got this question the other day about, like, what toexpect what future variants like, obviously, is there's no crystal ball, but someone alluded to the ideathat this is what we're to expect. You feel the same?ZC: Yeah, absolutely. It's interesting, because we have not studied a Coronavirus this much, you know, inhistory, right. Even though we've lived with coronaviruses, there probably was a plague ofcoronaviruses. What was the Russian flu is probably the emergence of one of our coronaviruses areseasonal coronaviruses. You know, I think we had some assumptions that Coronavirus is when mutate,but then as we look to SARS, cov two and then we look back to see some of the other Coronavirus has,they've also mutated quite a bit too, we just haven't, you know, put names or other expressions tothem. This is part of RNA replication of the virus is going to incorporate some mutations and survival ofthe fittest, the difference between 2020, 2021, 2022, and now 2023 is the only pathway for this virus tokeep circulating is to become more immune evasive. This is what we're seeing is more immune evasion,we're seeing a variant with a couple more mutations where antibodies may bind a little bit less. But Ithink that the big difference here is that that protection, that severe disease, right, like the COVID, thatwe saw in 2020/2021, you know, that terrible ICU itis, from the COVID, you know, for the level ofantibody T cell function, non-neutralizing antibody functioning mate cell function, all of that that's builtinto, you know, humanity now through infection, vaccine are both really, you know, the virus can evolveto evade some of the immunity to cause repeat infections and, you know, get into your mucosa andreplicate a bit, the ability for the virus to kind of, you know, cause deep tissue infection lead to ARDSlead to all of these complications is getting harder and harder and harder. That's us evolving with thevirus and that's, you know, how many of these viruses as they emerge in the population really have kindof led to stability more than anything else? So, yes, we're going to see more variants. Yes, you know, thisis probably what what the future is, there will be some more cases and there may be a slight tick inhospitalizations associated with them. But again, you know, the difference between 2020/2021/2022/2023 is a syrup prevalence of nearly 100%. One way or another, and that really does define how thisdisease goes moving forward.KK: Yeah, absolutely. Maybe Stef we could pipe it a bit on, the idea that, first of all, I just want toreinforce like as an ICU doc in Ottawa with a population of over a million we really have seen very littleCOVID pneumonia since February 2022. Very minimal and it just goes to show know exactly whatSumon and Zain were alluding to less virulent with the immunity that we've established in thecommunity, all reassuring science. One question I want to throw towards Stef, before getting into it. Youdid an interview with Mike Hart. As you were doing this interview, I was going beast mode. I was hearingStef throw down. I don't know if you were, a bit testy that day, or whatever. There was the raw motionof reflecting on the pandemic, and how we responded and far we've gone away from public healthprinciples, was just like this motivator to say, we cannot have this happen again. I gotta tell you, boys,like after hearing that episode, I was like ‘Yeah, let's do this'. Let's get on. Let's go on another, doanother show. I'm gonna leave this fairly open Stef. What has been some of the keyways we'veapproached this pandemic that has really triggered you?SB: Yeah, I mean, so I guess what I'd say is, in some ways, I wish there was nobody listening to this rightnow. I wish there was like, I don't know what the audience is. I don't know if it's 10 people or underpeople, but I think it's like, I wish nobody cared anymore. I want Public Health to care. I want doctors tocare, we're going to keep talking because you know, Kwadwo, you've had folks in the ICU we we'vewe've seen cases in the shelters, we have outbreaks, like public health is always going to care aboutCOVID, as it cares about influenza cares about RSV, and other viruses, because it needs to respond tooutbreaks among vulnerable folks. That will never stop COVID, it was just clear very early, that COVID isgoing to be with us forever. So that means tragically, people will die of COVID people. I think that, youknow, there's that that's a reality, it's sometimes it's very close to home for those of us who areproviders, as it has for me in the last week. So COVID never ends. I think the issue is that like when doesCOVID And as a matter of worthy of discussion for like the average person? The answer is a long timeago. I mean, I think for the folks that I've spoken to, and the way that we've lived our lives as a family isto focus on the things that like bring folks joy, and to kind of continue moving along, while also ensuringthat the right services are in place for folks who are experiencing who are at risk for COVID and seriousconsequences of COVID. Also just thinking about sort of broader systems issues that I think continue toput folks at risk. So, one: I think it's amazing, like how little of the systematic issues we've changed,we've not improved healthcare capacity at all. Amazingly, we've not really changed any of the structuresthat put our leg limitations on the on the pressures on the health system, none of that has changed. Allof it has been sort of offset and downloaded and just like talking about masks and endless boosterswhen we've never really gotten to any of the meaty stuff. As you said three years into it, andeverybody's like, well, it's an emergency. I'm like, it was an emergency and fine. We did whatever wasneeded, even if I didn't agree with it at the time. But irrespective of that, whatever that was done wasdone. But now it's amazing that like the federal money expires for COVID In next few months, and allwell have shown for this switch health guys got became millionaires like a bunch of people, I don't mindnaming and I don't care anymore. These folks, these Grifters went out and grabbed endless amounts ofmoney. These cash grabs that arrival, the ArriveCan app with, like these mystery contractors that theycan't track down millions of dollars. So it's like all these folks like grabbed, you know, huge amounts ofmoney. And I think there's a real question at the end of it of like, what are we as a country? Or youknow, across countries? What do you have to show for it? How are you going to better respond? Andthe answer right now is like very little, like we have very little to show for all this all these resources thathave been invested, all this work that has been done. That I think should be the conversation. That tome needs to be this next phase of it is like billions and billions and billions of dollars trillion or whatever,like 10s of billions of dollars were spent on what? and what was achieved? And what do we want to donext time? And what do we have to show for it? that, to me feels like the meat of the conversationrather than like silly names for these new variants that do nothing but scare people in a way that isn'thelpful. It does not advance health. It doesn't you know, make the response any more helpful. It justscares people in a way that I think only detracts them from seeking the care that we want them to beseeking.KK: Yeah, I think you brought up a point to about or alluded to how some of this was the distraction.That was one of the points that really stuck home is that we, we didn't really dive into the core s**t, thecore issues. This is why at the end of it all, are we that much more ready for the next pandemic that wellsee, you know, and so like maybe Sumon, what do you think in terms of another tough one, are weready for the next pandemic? Do you think we've done enough? do we think are in terms of what we'veinvested in, how we've communicated to the public. The messaging to the public. Are we learning? Is myquestion, I guess.SC: I'm a clinician and I don't work with the public health and the policy aspect as closely as Stefan does.But I will say that, obviously, I've been in this realm for quite a long time, since in ID, I think that, youknow, what that's important to remember is that for SARS 1 we actually had this document thatoutlined all of this, you know, masking, social distancing, what to do with funding and all that kind ofstuff. Basically, I was actually interviewed about this, I remember back way back in 2020, and half of itwas basically just thrown out the window. I think that a lot of what happened is that fear came indecisions were made from emotion, which is, by the way, understandable, especially in April 2020. I'veshared with you guys before that, in February 2020, I was waking up at night, like nervous, that I wasgonna die. I that that's where I was thinking I it was, it was terrible. I completely understand makingthose decisions. I think as time went on, I wish that, you know, there's a bit more of public healthprinciples. You know, making sure that we're dealing with things without, you know, stepping onpeople's bodily autonomy, for example, you know, doing things in an equitable way, where you, youknow, we all know that every intervention that you do is squeezing a balloon, you must remember theunintended consequences, I think that we did. So, kind of putting that all together. I think, right now, aswe stand in Canada if we do have another pandemic. I fear that a lot of these same mistakes are goingto be made again, I should say, a disruptive pandemic of this because it's not forgotten H1N1, thepandemic it that was a pandemic, right. It wasn't nearly as disruptive as COVID was, but I do think thatinquiry and like you mentioned at the beginning, Kwadwo was talking about what we did, well, we didn'tdo well, and making sure the good stuff happens, and the bad stuff doesn't happen again, because this islikely not the last pandemic, in the information age in our lifetimes.KK: Zain, was there anything that stuck out for you? In terms of what you'd really want to see usimprove? Or whether it is messaging, whether it is public health principles, does any of those stick out inyour mind?ZC: Yeah, I mean, I think the one unique thing about this pandemic that is a lesson moving forward andfor us to kind of deal with I think we talked about messaging. This was the first major pandemic thatoccurred with social media and the social media era, right, and where, information, misinformation,disinformation, all the things that were all over the place, you know, we're flying, right, and there doesneed to be some reconciliation of what's been we have to have some reconciliation of some of thebenefits of the social media era in pandemic management, but also the significant harms the people,you know, we're scared that people got messaging that may not have been completely accurate, thatpeople had their biases as they were out there. I will say even that social media component penetratedinto the media. This is also the first time that I think we saw experts you know, including myself andSuman and all of us you know, that you know, could be at home and do a news interview on NationalNews in five minutes and be able to deliver their opinion to a large audience very quickly. So, you know,I think all of that does need a bit of a reconciliation in terms of what worked, what doesn't how youvalidate you know, good medical knowledge versus knowledge that comes from biases how we evaluatepsi comm and people you know, using it as a platform for good but may in fact be using it you know,when or incorporating their own biases to use it for more, more disinformation and misinformationeven if they feel like they have good intentions with it. I you know, I think this is a, you know, for thesociologists and the communications professionals out there, you know, really interesting case exampleand unfortunately, I don't think we came out the other side. Social media being a positive tool, it mayhave been a positive tool, I think in the beginnings, but, you know, I think I'm finding, it's nice tocommunicate with folks, but I'm finding more harm and more dichotomy and division from social mediathese days is compared to the beginnings of the pandemics where, you know, I think, again, there's justbeen so much bias, so much misinformation so much people's clouds and careers that have been, youknow, staked on social media that it's really become much, much harder to figure out what's real andwhat's not real in that sense.KK: Absolutely, I fully agree Zain. At the beginning, in some ways, I'll tell you, ICU management, thatwhole movement for us to delay intubation, as opposed to intubation early, I really think it was pushedby in social media. So, I think it saved lives, right. But then, as we got through more and more thepandemic, wow, like it, like the amount of just straight up medieval gangster s**t that was going on thatin that circle, in that avenue was crazy. Then just like, I mean, this might be controversial to say, I don'tknow, but news agencies got lazy, they would use Twitter quotes in their articles as, evidence, or asproof of an argument. It's like, what is happening? It? Honestly, when you think about it, it was it wascrazy. It still is crazy.ZC: Yeah. And I think expertise was another issue. Right. And, you know, unfortunately, we know of, youknow, certain experts that were not experts that weren't certified that weren't frontlines and a varietyof opinions and various standpoints and epidemiology, public health, intensive care, infectious diseases,whatever is important. But, you know, there were individuals out there that had zero experience thatwere reading papers and interpreting them from a lens of someone that really didn't have medicalexperience or epidemiologic experience, that chased their clout that made money and, we know someexamples that people that eventually had the downfall from it, but you know, at the end of the day,those people were on social media, and it penetrated into real media, and then that is a real lesson forus is that validation of expertise is going to be important. You know, as much as we allow for anyone tohave an opinion, you know, as they get into kind of real media, they really have to be validated that thatopinion comes from a place that's evidence based and scientific and based on a significant amount oftraining rather than just regurgitating or applying one small skill set and being an expert in many otherthings.KK: SumonSC: So we're just gonna add really quickly is that, in addition to what Zain saying. When this stuff bledover from social media to media, the thing that I mean, at least what it seemed like is he was actuallyinfluencing policy. That's, I think that's the important thing is, so you can have 10 people 20 peopleyelling, it doesn't matter if they're extreme minority, if it's influencing policy that affects all of us, right.So, I think that's important.KK: I'll be honest with you, like, I got to the point where I really hated Twitter, I still kind of hate Twitter.Okay. It was conversation. I remember Sumon that you and I had I don't remember it was we weretexting. I think we talked about this. But the fact that policy could be impacted by what we're throwingdown the facts or the messages that we were doing on media that this can impact policy, you had tolike, especially when there was some badness happening, we had to step up. We had to be a voice oflogic, whether it was mandates, whether it was you know, lockdown school closures, whatever it mighthave been like, the politicians, we heard about this politicians looking at this, the mainstream medialooking at this, and for us not to say anything at this point, like we had, we had to do something Sorry,Stef, you're gonna jump in?SB: Yeah, I think I think what was interesting to me to see and I think a clear difference between H1N1was that in a lot of places, and including in Ontario, across the US, where this sort of emergence of theselike the science tables, these task forces, these whatever you want to call them, it was like a new bodyof people often whom had never spent a day in a public health agency. Often academics that you know,are probably good with numbers, but really don't have a lot of experience delivering services, you know,all of a sudden making decisions. So I think there's a real interesting dynamic that when you compare,for example, Ontario and British Columbia, one has this science table one does not, and just howdifferent things played out, I mean, given it's a, you know, an end of have to, or no one in each camp,but I think what you see is like, there's a place there where like public health or you know, let's say,Sweden, you know, as a public health agency that didn't strike up its own taskforce that used itstraditional public health agency. I think was in a place to make more like reasoned and measureddecisions, and just was better connected, like the relationships exist between the local healthauthorities and the provincial health authorities and the national ones. I think when you set up these,the one thing that I hope we never do, again, is that something like the science table never happensagain. That's not to sort of disparage most of the people. Actually, most of the folks on the science tableI like, and I respect, say many of them, maybe not most, but many of them, I like and respect, but it isthe case that there was it was they weren't the right group of people. They weren't representativeOntarians he was like, ten guys and two women, I think, I don't know many of them white, they weren'trepresentative socio economically, racially diverse, anything. They didn't have the right expertise onthere. I would have liked to see some like frontline nurses on there to say ‘listen, this stuff is silly' orsome frontline, whoever just some frontline folks to be say ‘listen, none of the stuff that you're sayingmakes any sense whatsoever'. And luckily, there was some reason, voices on there, but they were theminority. But luckily, they prevailed, or we would have had outdoor masking and even tougherlockdowns. I don't know how folks really; it was really close. I think we fortunately had thatrepresentation, but that should have never even happened, we should have had public health Ontario,being its agency and making recommendations to the ministry and to the government. There shouldhave never been a science table. Then second thing, I just want to say I've we've talked about thisforever and I do think we should talk about this more, not in the context of like this, this podcast, but isalso just absolutely the role of the media. I do want to say that, like historically, media had to do a lot ofwork, they had to go to universities or hospitals and ask for the right expert, and then the media orcomms team, ‘you should really talk to Zain Chagla' Because he has good example, you know, it givesgood expertise on this or you start to like, I don't know, like Dr. so and so for this or that, and they puttogether the right person, they organize the time and then they talk. Now you know that it was reallylike the story I think was more organically developed on based on what the experts had to say. Nowyou've got reporters, for people who are not from Ontario, there's a sports reporter in the city ofToronto that I looked historically, I can't see that they've ever done anything in public health suddenlybecame like the COVID reporter in the city of Toronto, for a major newspaper. It's like this person hasnot a clue of what they're talking about, just like has no clue they've never trained in. I don't disparagetheir sports reporter like why should they? but they became the voice of like public health for like theaverage person. It just it set us up where that person just had a story and then just found whateverpeople on Twitter that they could to like back up their story irrespective to drive controversy, to driveanger towards the government based on sort of political leanings. Even if maybe my political leaningsare aligned with that person, it's a relevant because it's not about politics, it's about public health. So Ithink the media, we have to think about, like, how do we manage the media's need for clicks and profit,you know, during this time, in with, like, their role as like, the responsible are an important part of like,you know, social functioning, in terms of the free press. So, I, there's no easy answers to that. But I'll justsay, I think there was a fundamentally important role that the media played here. And I have to say, itdidn't play out positively, in most places.KK: I gotta say, like, this is gonna be naive talk. But we're in a pandemic, there had to be so many of ushad a sense of duty, like, I was surprised at the lack of sense of duty, to be honest with you. Even if youare about your cliques, ask yourself, is this is this about the greater good here? Is this really gonna get usfurther ahead? I've said this a few times on my platform, I would have a balance of a mess. The balancedmessage on was usually one specific network that would bail on the interview. They would literally bailon the interview because my message might not be as fearful. What the actual f you know what I mean?Like it's crazy.(?) I will say there were some good reporters. I don't want to say that that you know, there were someincredible folks. I was talking to someone the other day, I won't mention who but I think the mark of thegood reporter was, you know, they have a story, they want to talk about it. They contacted us. And theysaid, what time can we talk this week, right? They didn't say I need to get this filed in three hours. If yousay you need to get this filed in three hours, the expert you're gonna go to is the one that's available inthe next three hours, right? They wanted to hear an opinion, they wanted to get multiple opinions onthe table, but they would carve out the time so that everyone could give their story or, what theiropinion was or what evidence they presented. They made sure it rotated around the experts rather thanthe story rotating around being filed. I think it's important and, you know, you can get a sense of certainthings that are on the need to be filed this day, or even on the 24/7 news cycle, where they may not beas well researched, they're they're a single opinion. They're quoting a Twitter tweet. Now, I think insome of these media platforms, you can just embed that Twitter tweet, you don't even have to, youknow, quote it in that sense, you just basically take a screenshot of it basically. Versus again, thosearticles where I think there was there more thought, and I think there were some great reporters inCanada, that really did go above and beyond. Health reporters, particularly that really did try to presenta picture that was well researched, and evidence based, you know, with what's available, but therecertainly are these issues and it's not a COVID specific issue, but with media ad reporting, in that sense.Yeah, it's and it's important to say like, it's not actually just the reporter, it's the editors, its editorialteams, like I had said, OTR discussions with reporters very early on, I've tried to stay away from themedia, because I think the folks who have done it, I've done it well. But it was interesting, because BobSargent, who sadly passed away, an internal medicine physician, and an amazing mentor to manyclinicians in Toronto. Put me in touch with a couple of reporters. He's like, you know, you're a publichealth person, you should really talk to these reports. We had this; can we talk to you privately? It wasso weird. This was summer of 2020. So, we had a very private discussion where I said ‘Listen, I haveconcerns about lockdowns for like, these reasons' I think it's reasoned, because it's not it, I've got noconspiracy to drive, like, I've got no, there's no angle in any of it. So, but it was just fascinating. So, theywere like we might be able to come back to you, and maybe we'll try to do a story around it. Then theycame back and said, we're not going to be able to pursue it. I said that's fine. It's no problem. It just sortof showed that I think, similar as academics, and clinicians, and all of us have been under pressure basedon everything from like CPSO complaints, the complaints to our employers, to whatever to just saw, youknow, the standard attacks on Twitter. I think there was also a lot of pressure on reporters based on thiswhole structure, and of it. So I think, I don't mean to disparage anybody, but I do think the point thatyou made is really important one is. I'll just say, in our own house, you know, my wife and I both werelike talking at the beginning of this and being like, what do we want to know that we did during thistime? So, my wife worked in person, as a clinician alter her practice all throughout her pregnancy? Shenever didn't go, you know, she did call she did all of that, obviously, I have done the work I've done interms of both clinically and vaccine related testing. But this just idea of like, what do you want toremember about the time that you would like what you did when s**t hit the fan? And, you know,because first, it'll happen again, but just also, I think it's important to sort of, to be able to reflect andthink positively about what you did. Anyways,KK: I hear you both, part of it, too, for me, I'll just straight up honesty. In some ways, I'm just pissed, I'mpissed that a lot of the efforts that were that a lot of people put into to try and get a good message outthere. The backlash. Now people reflecting saying, ‘Oh, I guess you did, you know, many of you do tohad a good point about lockdowns not working out'. I know it may be childish in some way, but it's just,you know, a lot of us have gone through a lot to just try and create a balanced approach. I think therewas a little bit of edge in this voice, but I think it comes with a bit of a bit of reason to have a bit of edge.I think in terms of the next couple questions here are areas to focus on. A lot of people in terms of like,decisions regarding mandates, boosters, and so forth, like we talk a lot about it on public health, it's thedata that helps drive decisions, right. That's really what you would think it should be all about. So, one ofthe many questions that were thrown to us, when we announced that this was happening was, the needfor like, almost like universal boosters, and Sumon, I'll put you on the spot there, at this stage in thepandemic, where I'm gonna timestamp this for people on audio, we're on January 10th, 2023. There aresome questions that we get, who really needs to push through to we all need boosters? What's yourthoughts on that?SC: So, I think that one of the things that I said this, as Zain makes fun of me throughout the pandemic, Icame up with catchphrases, and my one for immunity is the way that we've conceptualized immunity inNorth America. I think a lot of this has to do with an actual graphic from the CDC, which likens immunityto an iPhone or a battery, iPhone battery. So, iPhone immunity, where you have to constantly berecharging and updating. I think that has kind of bled into the messaging. That's what we think of it. Iremember back in I think it was October of 2021, where they were also starting to talk about the thirddose. The third dose, I think that at that time, we knew that for the higher risk people, it was probablythe people who would benefit the most from it. We had Ontario data from it was I think, was ISIS.There's vaccine efficacy against hospitalization, over 96% in Ontario in health care workers 99%, if you'reless than seventy-seven years of age, yet this went out, and everybody felt like they had to get thebooster. So, I think that the first thing that bothered me about that is that there wasn't a kind ofstratified look at the risk level and who needs it? So now we're in 2023. I think that one of the big thingsapart from what I said, you know, who's at higher risk, there's still this problem where people think thatevery six months, I need to recharge my immunity, which certainly isn't true. There wasn't a recognitionthat being exposed to COVID itself is providing you a very robust immunity against severe disease, whichis kind of it's coming out now. We've been we've all been talking about it for a long time. And you know,the other thing is that the disease itself has changed. I think that I heard this awesome expression, thefirst pass effect. So, when the COVID first came through a completely immune naive population, ofcourse, we saw death and morbidity, we saw all the other bad stuff, the rare stuff that COVIDencephalitis COVID GB GBS tons of ECMO, like 40-year old's dying. With each subsequent wave asimmunity started to accrue in the population, that didn't happen. Now we're at a different variant. Andthe thing is, do we even need to be doing widespread vaccination when you're with current variant, andyou can't be thinking about what we saw in 2021. So, putting that now, all together, we have as Zanementioned, seroprevalence, about almost 100%, you have people that are well protected against severedisease, most of the population, you have a variant that absolutely can make people sick. And yes, it cankill people. But for those of us who work on the front line, that looks very different on the on the frontlines. So, I really think that we should take a step back and say, number one: I don't think that thebooster is needed for everybody. I think number two: there are under a certain age, probably 55 andhealthy, who probably don't need any further vaccination, or at least until we have more data. Numberthree: before we make a widespread recommendation for the population. We have time now we're notin the emergency phase anymore. I really hope that we get more RCT data over the long term to seewho is it that needs the vaccine, if at all. And you know, who benefits from it. And let's continue toaccrue this data with time.KK: Thanks Sumon. Zain, are you on the along the same lines assume on in terms of who needs boostersand who doesn't?ZC: Yeah, I mean, I think number one: is the recognition that prior infection and hybrid immunityprobably are incredibly adequate. Again, people like Paul Offit, and we're not just talking about youknow, experts like us. These are people that are sitting on the FDA Advisory Committee, a man thatactually made vaccines in the United States, you know, that talks about the limitations of boosters andprobably three doses being you know, The peak of the series for most people, and even then, you know,two plus infection probably is enough is three or even one plus infection, the data may suggest maybe isas high as three. Yeah, I think, again, this is one of these things that gets diluted as it starts going downthe chain, if you actually look at the Nazi guidance for, you know, bi-Vaillant vaccines, it's actuallyincorporates a ‘should' and a ‘can consider' in all of this, so they talked about vulnerable individuals,elderly individuals should get a booster where there may be some benefits in that population, the restof the population can consider a booster in that sense, right. And I think as the boosters came out, andagain, you know, people started jumping on them, it came to everyone needs their booster. Andunfortunately, the messaging in the United States is perpetuated that quite a bit with this iPhonecharging thing, Biden tweeting that everyone over the age of six months needs a booster. Again, wereally do have to reflect on the population that we're going at. Ultimately, again, if you start pressing theissue too much in the wrong populations, you know, the uptake is, is showing itself, right, the peoplewho wanted their bi-Vaillant vaccine got it. Thankfully the right populations are being incentivized,especially in the elderly, and the very elderly, and the high risk. Uptake in most other populations hasbeen relatively low. So, people are making their decisions based on based on what they know. Again,they feel that that hesitation and what is this going to benefit me? and I think as Sumon said, theconfidence is going to be restored when we have better data. We're in a phase now where we can docluster randomized RCTs in low-risk populations and show it If you want the vaccine, you enter into acluster randomized RCT, if you're in a low-risk population, match you one to one with placebo. You wecan tell you if you got, you know, what your prognosis was at the end of the day, and that information isgoing to be important for us. I don't think that policy of boosting twice a year, or once a year is gonnaget people on the bus, every booster seems like people are getting off the bus more and more. So, wereally do have to have compelling information. Now, as we're bringing these out to start saying, youknow, is this a necessity? especially in low-risk populations? How much of a necessity is that? How muchdo you quantify it in that sense? And again, recognizing that, that people are being infected? Now, thatadds another twist in that sense.KK: Yeah, and we'll talk a little bit about public trust in a bit here. But Stef, you were among someauthors that did an essay on the booster mandates for university students. As we've both alluded toZain, and Sumon there's this need to be stratified. From an RCT booster point of view that we're not wellestablished here. When Stef's group looked at university mandates and potential harm, when we'redoing an actual cost benefit ratio there, their conclusion was that there's more room for harm thanbenefits. So, Stef I want you to speak to that paper a bit.SB: Sure. So, I will say this, I don't actually have much to add other than what Zain and Sumon said. Runa vaccine program we are offering, you know, doses as it makes sense for folks who are particularlyimmunocompromised, multiple comorbidities and remain at risk for serious consequences related toCOVID-19. We'll continue doing that. And that will, you know, get integrated, by the way into like, sortof a vaccine preventable disease program, so offering, shingles, Pneumovax, influenza COVID. And alsowe want to do a broader in terms of other hepatitis vaccines, etc. That aside, so this, this isn't about, youknow, that it was really interesting being called antivax by folks who have never gotten close to avaccine, other than being pricked by one. Having delivered literally 1000s of doses of vaccine, so it'salmost it's a joke, right? but it's an effective thing of like shutting down conversation. That aside, I thinkthere's a few things at play one as it related to that paper. I find it really interesting, particularly foryoung people, when people are like, listen, yes, they had a little bit of like, inflammation of their heart,but it's self-resolving and self-limiting, and they're gonna be fine. You don't know that. Maybe sure we'llsee what happens with these folks twenty years later. The reality is for younger men, particularly, thishappens to be a very gender dynamic. For younger men, particularly, there seems to be a dynamicwhere they are at risk of myocarditis. I don't know whether that's a controversy in any other era for anyother disease, this would not be a controversy would just be more of a factual statement, the data wereclearer in I'd say, probably April, May 2021. I think there's lots of things we could have done, we couldhave done one dose series for people who had been previously infected, we could have stopped at two.There are a million different versions of what we could have done, none of which we actually did. In thecontext of mandating boosters now for young people, including at my institution, you were mandated toget a booster, or you would no longer be working. So obviously, I got one. There's a real dynamic ofwhat is it your goal at that point? because probably about 1011 months into the vaccine programbecame increasingly clear. You can still get COVID. Nobody's surprised by that. That was clear even fromthe data. By the way, wasn't even studied. I mean, Pfizer, the way if you just look at the Pfizer, Moderna,trials, none and look to see whether you got COVID or not, they were just looking at symptomaticdisease. That aside, I think that it just became this clear thing where for younger men, one or two doseswas plenty and it seems to be that as you accumulate doses for those folks, particularly, it's alsoimportant, if somebody had a bad myocarditis, they're not even getting a third dose. So, you're alreadyselecting out, you know, some of these folks, but you are starting to see increased levels of harm, as itrelated to hospitalization. That what we basically did, there was a very simple analysis of looking ataverted hospitalization, either way, many people say that's the wrong metric. You can pick whatevermetric you want. That's the metric we picked when terms of hospitalization related to side effects of thevaccine versus benefits. What it just showed was that for people under the age of 30, you just don't seea benefit at that point, as compared to harm that's totally in fundamentally different. We weren't talkingabout the primary series, and we weren't talking about older folks. So indeed, I think, you know, thatwas that was I don't know why it was it was particularly controversial. We it was a follow up piece tomandates in general. I'll just say like, I've been running this vaccine program, I don't think mandateshave made my life easier at all. I know, there's like this common narrative of like mandates, you know,mandates work mandates work. I think at some point, and I'll just say our own study of this is like we'rereally going to have to ask two questions. One: what it mandates really get us in terms of a burdenCOVID-19, morbidity, mortality? and two: this is an important one for me. What if we caught ourselvesin terms of how much pressure we put on people, as it relates to vaccines right now, in general? Thevery common narrative that I'm getting is they're like, oh, the anti Vax is the anti Vax folks are winning.And people don't want their standard vaccines, and we're getting less uptake of like, MMR andstandard, you know, kind of childhood vaccines, I have a different opinion. I really do at least I believesome proportion of this, I don't know what proportion, it's some proportion, it's just like people beingpushed so hard, about COVID-19 vaccines that they literally don't want to be approached about anyvaccine in general. So, I just think that with in public health, there's always a cost. Part of the decisionmaking in public health as it relates to clinical medicine too. It's like you give a medication, theadvantage and then you know, the disadvantages, side effects of that medication. In public health, thereare side effects of our decisions that are sometimes anticipated and sometimes avoidable, sometimescan't be anticipated and sometimes can't be avoided. You have to kind of really give thought to each ofthem before you enact this policy or you might cost more health outcomes, then then you're actuallygaining by implementing it.KK: Yeah, number one: What was spooky to me is like even mentioning, I was afraid even to use a termmyocarditis at times. The worst part is, as you said, stuff, it's young folk that were alluding to, and for usto not be able to say, let's look at the harm and benefit in a group that's low risk was baffling. It reallywas baffling that and I'm glad we're at least more open to that now. Certainly, that's why I thought thatthe paper that you guys put together was so important because it's in the medical literature that we'reshowing, objectively what the cost benefit of some of these approaches are. Sumon: when you think ofmandates and public trust, that Stef was kind of alluding to like, every decision that we madethroughout this thing. Also has a downside, also has a cost, as Stef was mentioning. Where do you thinkwe are? In terms of the public trust? Talking about how the childhood vaccines are lower. I don't knowwhat influenza vaccine rates are like now, I wouldn't be surprised if they're the same standard, but whoknows them where they're at, currently. Based on your perspective, what do you think the public trust isright now?SC: Yeah, as physicians, we obviously still do have a lot of trust in the people we take care of. People arestill coming to see us. I wish they didn't have to because everyone was healthy but that's not the case. Ido think that over the last two and a half, we're coming up on three years, I guess right now, that peoplethat we have burned a lot of trust, I think that mandates were part of it. I do think that some of it wasunavoidable. It's just that there's a lot of uncertainty. There was back and forth. I think that one thingthat were that concern me on social media was that a lot of professionals are airing their dirty laundry tothe public. You could see these in fights, that doesn't, that's not really a good thing. We saw peoplebeing very derisive towards people who were not listening to the public health rules. You know what Imean? There's a lot of that kind of talk of othering. Yeah, I think that that certainly overtime, erodedpublic trust, that will take a long time to get back, if we do get it back. I think that the bottom line is that,I get that there are times that we have to do certain things, when you have a unknown pathogen comingat you, when you don't really know much about it. I do think that you want to do the greatest good forthe, for the population or again, you always must remember as Stefan alludes to the cost of what you'redoing. I do think that we could have done that much early on. For example, Ontario, we were lockeddown in some areas, Ontario, GTA, we were locked down in some regard for almost a year and a half. Ifyou guys remember, there was that debate on opening bars and restaurants before schools. It's just like,I remember shaking my head is, look, I get it, I know you guys are talking about people are going to beeating a burger before kids can go to school, that might ruin everything. But the problem is, is that youmust remember that restaurant is owned by someone that small gym is someone's livelihood, you'remoralizing over what this is, but in the end, it's the way somebody puts food on the table. For a yearand a half, we didn't let especially small businesses do that. I'm no economist, but I had many familymembers and friends who are impacted by this. Two of my friends unfortunately, committed suicideover this. So, you know, we had a lot of impact outside of the of the things that we did that hurt people,and certainly the trust will have to be regained over the long term.KK: It's gonna take work. I think, for me, honestly, it's, it's just about being transparent. I honestly, I putmyself in some in the shoes of the public and I just want to hear the truth. If we're not sure aboutsomething, that's okay. We're gonna weigh the evidence and this is our suggestion. This is why we'resaying this, could we be wrong? Yes, we could be wrong but this is what we think is the best pathforward, and people could get behind that. I honestly feel like people could get behind that showing alittle bit of vulnerability and saying ‘you know, we're not know it alls here' but this is what our beststrategy is based on our viewpoint on the best strategy based on the data that we have in front of usand just be open. Allowing for open dialogue and not squash it not have that dichotomous thinking ofyou're on one side, you're on the other. You're anti vax, you're pro vax, stop with the labels. You know,it's just it got crazy, and just was not a safe environment for dialogue. And how are you supposed to he'ssupposed to advance.SB: Yeah, I do want to say something given this this is this idea of our swan song. I think there was thissort of feeling like, you know, people were like ‘you gotta act hard, you gotta move fast' So I thinkeverybody on this, you guys all know I travel a lot. I like to think of myself as a traveler. In the early2020's I did like a COVID tour, I was in Japan in February, then I was in Thailand, and everywhere Ilanded, there were like, COVID here, COVID here, COVID here. Then finally, I like got home at the end ofFebruary, and I was supposed to be home for like four days, and then take off. Obviously things got shutdown. It was like obvious like COVID was the whole world had COVID by, February, there may have beena time to shut down this pandemic in September 2019. Do you know what I mean? by November 2019,we had cases. They've already seen some and Canadian Blood Services done some showing someserological evidence already at that time. There was no shutting it down. This thing's gonna suck. Thereality is promising that you can eliminate this thing by like, enacting these really like arbitrary that canonly be described as arbitrary. Shutting the border to voluntary travel, but not to truckers. Everythingfelt so arbitrary. So, when you talk about trust, if you can't explain it, if you're a good person do it. If youdon't do it, your white supremacist. Kwadwo you were part of a group that was called ‘Urgency ofNormal' you are a white supremacist. It's so ridiculous. You know what I mean? It creates this dynamicwhere you can't have any meaningful conversation. So, I really worry, unless we can start having somereally meaningful conversations, not just with folks that we agree with. Obviously, I deeply respect whateach of you have done throughout this pandemic, not just actually about what you say, but really whatyou've done. Put yourselves out there with your families in front of this thing. That aside, if we can't dothat, we will be no better off. We will go right back. People will be like ‘Oh, next pandemic, well, let'sjust get ready to lock down' but did we accomplish anything in our lock downs? I actually don't think wedid. I really don't think we got anything positive out our lock downs, and I might be alone in that. I mightbe wrong, butut that said it needs to be investigated and in a really meaningful way to answer that,before it becomes assume that acting hard and acting fast and all these b******t slogans are the truthand they'd become the truth and they become fact. All without any really meaningful evidencesupporting them.KK: I gotta say, I'll get you Sumon next here, but I gotta say the idea of abandoning logic, I think that'sthat's a key point there. Think about what we're doing in restaurants, folks. Okay, you would literallywear your mask to sit down, take off that bloody thing. Eat, chat, smooch even, I mean, and then put itback on and go in the bathroom and think this is meaningful. Where's the logic there? You're on a plane,you're gonna drink something, you're on a six hour flight, you know what I'm saying.(?) During the lockdown, by the way, you're sending like 20 Uber drivers to stand point. If you ever wentand picked up food, you would see these folks. It'd be like crowding the busy restaurants all like standingin there, like arguing which orders theirs, you know what I mean? then like people waiting for the foodto show up.KK: I mean, that's the other point. The part that people forget with the lockdowns, tons of people willwork. I'm in Ottawa, where 70% are, could stay home, right? That's a unique city. That's why we werevery sheltered from this bad boy.(?) Aren't they still fighting going back to the office?KK: Oh, my God. Folks, I'm sorry. Yeah, it's like 70% could stay home, but you're in GTA your area. That'sa lot of essential workers. You don't have that option. So, how's this lockdown? Really looking at the bigpicture? Anyway, sorry. Sumon you're gonna hit it up.SC: We just wanted to add one anecdote. I just think it kind of talks about all this is that, you know therewas a time when this thing started going to 2020. Stefan, I think you and I met online around that time.You put a couple of seeds after I was reading stuff, like you know about the idea of, you know, risktransfer risk being downloaded to other people. That's sort of kind of think of a you know, what, like,you know, a people that are working in the manufacturing industry, you're not going to receive them alot unless you live in a place like Brampton or northwest Toronto, where the manufacturing hub of, ofOntario and in many cases, central eastern Canada is right. So, I remember in, I was already starting touse this doing anything. And when I was in, I guess it would have been the second wave when it was itwas pretty bad one, I just kept seeing factory worker after factory worker, but then the thing that stuckout was tons of Amazon workers. So, I asked one of them, tell me something like, why are there so manyAmazon workers? Like are you guys? Is there a lot of sick people working that kind of thing? Inretrospect, it was very naive question. What that one woman told me that her face is burned into mymemory, she told me she goes, ‘Look, you know, every time a lockdown is called, or something happenslike that, what ends up happening is that the orders triple. So, then we end up working double and tripleshifts, and we all get COVID' That was just a light went off. I was like, excuse my language, guys, but holys**t, we're basically taking all this risk for people that can like what was it called a ‘laptop class' that canstay home and order all this stuff. Meanwhile, all that risk was going down to all these people, and I wasseeing it one, after another, after another, after another. I'm not sure if you guys saw that much, but Iwas in Mississauga, that's the hardest, Peele where the manufacturing industry is every single peanutfactory, the sheet metal, I just saw all of them. That I think was the kind of thing that turned me andrealize that we what we'll be doing. I'll shut up.ZC: Yeah, I would say I mean, I think Stefan and Sumon make great points. You know, I think that thatwas very apparent at the beginning. The other thing I would say is 2021 to 2022. Things like vaccinationand public health measures fell along political lines. That was a huge mistake. It was devastating. Iremember back to the first snap election in 2021. Initially great video of all the political partiesencouraging vaccination and putting their differences aside. Then all of a sudden, it became mudslingingabout how much public health measure you're willing to do, how much you're willing to invest in, andit's not a Canadian phenomenon. We saw this in the United States with the Biden and Trump campaignsand the contrast between the two, and then really aligning public health views to political views, andthen, you know, really making it very uncomfortable for certain people to then express counter viewswithout being considered an alternative party. It's something we need to reflect on I think we havepublic health and public health messengers and people that are agnostic to political views but are reallythere to support the health of their populations, from a health from a societal from an emotional fromthe aspects of good health in that sense. You really can't involve politics into that, because all of asudden, then you start getting counter current messaging, and you start getting people being pushed,and you start new aligning values to views and you start saying, right and left based on what peopleconsider, where again, the science doesn't necessarily follow political direction. It was a really bigmistake, and it still is pervasive. We saw every election that happened between 2021 to 2022 is publichealth and public health messaging was embedded in each one of those and it caused more harm thangood. I think it's a big lesson from this, this is that you can be proactive for effective public healthinterventions as an individual in that society that has a role, but you can't stick it on campaigns. It reallymakes it hard to deescalate measures at that point when your campaign and your identity is tied tocertain public health measures in that sense.KK: Amen. I am cognizant of the time and so I'm gonna try to rapid fire a little bit? I think, there's only acouple points that people hit up on that we haven't touched on. There was a push for mass mandates inthe last couple months because of of RSV and influenza that was happening. It still is happening in,especially in our extreme ages, really young and really old. Any viewpoint on that, I'll leave it open toalmost to throw down.(?) I think mass mandates have been useless. I don't expect to ever folks to agree with me, it's like it's aninteresting dynamic, right? When you go and you saw folks who were on the buses, I take the bus to theairport. Our subway in Toronto just for folks only starts at like, 5:50am. So, before that, you gotta jumpon buses. So the construction workers on the bus who were wearing masks during the when the maskmandates were on taking this what's called, it's like the construction line, because it goes down Bloorare basically and takes all the construction workers from Scarborough, before the subway line, get todowntown to do all the construction and build all the stuff that you know, is being built right now.Everyone is wearing this useless cloth mask. It's like probably the one thing that the anti-maskers who Ithink I probably am one at this point. The pro-maskers and all maskers can agree on is that cloth masksare useless. That's what 100% of these folks are wearing. They're wearing these reusable cloth masksthat are like barely on their face often blow their nose. So, to me, it's not so much about like, what couldthis intervention achieve, if done perfectly like saying the study you were involved with the help lead,it's like everybody's like, but all of them got COVID outside of the health care system, they didn't get itwhen they're wearing their N95. That's like, but that's the point, like public health interventions live ordie or succeed or fail in the real world. I was seeing the real world, I would love to take a photo but Idon't think these folks have been friendly to me taking a photo of them, but it was 100%, cloth masks ofall these folks in the morning all crowded, like we're literally like person to person on this bus. It's like aperfect, you know, vehicle for massive transmission. I just I just sort of put that forward of like, that'swhat a mask mandate does to me. I think to the person sitting at home calling for them, they are justimagining, they're like ‘Oh but the government should do this'. But they didn't. The government shouldbe handing out in N95's. How are you going to police them wearing a N95's and how are you gettingthem? It would be so hard to make a massive program work. I would say it's like if you gave me millionsand millions and millions of dollars, for me to design a mass program, I don't know, maybe I could pull itoff you really with an endless budget. But for what? So, I just think that like as these programs went outin the real world, I think they did nothing but burn people's energy. You know because some people itjust turns out don't like wearing a mask. Shocking to other folks. They just don't like wearing a mask.Last thing I'll say is that just as they play it out in the real world, I think we're functionally useless, otherthan burning people's energy. I'm a fervent anti masker at this point because it's just an insult to publichealth. To me everything I've trained in and everything I've worked towards, just saying these two wordsmask mandate, as the fix. That is an insult to the very thing that I want to spend my life doing .ZC: Yeah, I mean, three points, one: you know, masks are still important in clinical settings. I think we allunderstand that. We've been doing them before we've been continuing to do them. So I you know,that's one piece. Second: I mean, to go with the point that was raised here, you know, the best study wehave is Bangladesh, right? 10% relative risk reduction. It's interesting when you read the Bangladeshstudy, because with community kind of people that pump up masking that are really trying to educateand probably are also there to mask compliance. Mask's compliance people, you get to 54% compliance,when those people leave compliance drops significantly. Right. You know, I think you have to just lookaround and see what happened in this last few months, regardless of the messaging. Maybe it's thecommunities I'm in, but I didn't see mass compliance change significantly, maybe about 5%. In thecontext of the last couple of months. You must understand the value of this public health intervention,Bangladesh has actually a nice insight, not only into what we think the community based optimalmasking efficacy is, but also the fact that you really have to continue to enforce, enforce, enforce,enforce, in order to get to that even 10%. Without that enforcement, you're not getting anywhere inthat sense. That probably spells that it's probably a very poor long term public health intervention in thecontext that you really must pump it week by week by week by week in order to actually get compliancethat may actually then give you the effects that you see in a cluster randomized control trial. Again, youknow, the world we live in is showing that people don't want to mask normally. Some people can, i

In today's episode, Paul chats with James Sexton, New York Divorce Lawyer and Author about what not to do in a successful relationship. This is off the back of James' 21 years as a Divorce Lawyer in NYC and his experience with thousands of cases during the break up of marriage-- everything from the messy to bitter to the crazy and uninspected. James delivers this message with a mix of humour, charm and wisdom. He is the author of one of Paul's favourite books 'If You're In My Office It's Already Too Late ' Enjoy this conversation. James' book:  If You're In My Office It's Already Too Late Website: https://www.nycdivorces.com/ Instagram: @nycdivorcelawyer You may be interested in checking out Paul's blog post on his website www.pauldermody.com/blog With over 6000 hours of 1 to 1 Personal Training behind him, Paul transitioned into the online space over 6 years ago. He specializes in helping you find calmness and joy in food, understand your core food values and how to apply it all to your life successfully. For coaching inquiries email paul@pauldermody.com

Hello and welcome to the not so travelling Introvert. TodayI want to talk about inspiration. Every now and then I get asked about whoinspires me, why do I do the things that I do? And to be honest, I don't have aspecific, specific person in mind. There's not someone I want to be or someoneI admire per se.And maybe it's because I don't really understand the admirepart. I don't know. But inspiration is different as far as how I findinspiration to do the things that I do, or for new podcast episodes, forexample, or a cross stitch pattern or whatever it might be. Inspiration happensall the time in everyday life. But sometimes we get so bogged down in the grindof stuff and just getting through each day, you know, go to work, eat, comehome, eat, sleep, repeat that we lose the access to avenues for inspiration.And that can be a bad thing. Finding inspiration can be thekey to success in any area of your life. It can help you develop new ideas,overcome challenges and stay motivated. And if you don't have a way of lookingfor inspiration, then life can become very stuck. Inspiration can come frommany places.It could be a book, a movie, a song, a person. Maybe youhave a hobby that you're passionate about, or a cause that you care deeply for.Finding ways to spark inspiration or finding things that inspire you, can helpyou achieve goals in really random ways. So I want to talk about six reasonsthat will help you understand why it's important to find inspiration. So let'sstart with new ideas.If you're feeling stuck, inspiration can give you the pushyou need to come up with new ideas. It can help you see things from a differentperspective, maybe create or develop creative solutions to problems. Let's sayyou are a writer struggling to create new ideas for stories, for a book thatyou're writing. You could try reading books in a genre that you don't usuallyread, or watching movies from different cultures. That could help you seethings in a new light and then come up with fresh ideas for your writing.Having inspiration can help you overcome challenges. Whenfacing a difficult situation, inspiration can give you the strength to kind ofkeep going. It can remind you of your goals and why they are essential to you.If you are dealing with a personal challenge, you could look to someone who'sovercome a similar obstacle. Reading that story, watching them speak, listeningto them speak, watching a movie about them, can give you hope and ideas of howyou too can overcome that challenge.Inspiration can help you stay motivated. Losing motivationwhen things get tough is so very common. But if you have something to lookforward to, it can help you to sort of just get through those tough times.Inspiration can give you a reason to keep going even when things are tough.Inspiration can help you find your purpose or a purpose. Ifyou're unsure what you want to do with your life, inspiration can help youdiscover a purpose. It can show you what is possible. Help you see the impactthat you could have on the world. Maybe your goal is to start your ownbusiness.When reading about successful or maybe even unsuccessfulentrepreneurs, note what it takes to repeat their success or avoid theirfailures. It can give you inspiration and motivation at the same time. Also,inspiration can help you connect with others. When you're feeling inspired,it's so much easier to connect with others. Inspiration can help you findcommon ground and build...

This week it's just me talking about how taking a rest can help you become more productive. I've made a few mistakes in the last week and had some stressers that brought me to a point of realization: I needed rest. If you're looking for a way to rest, rejuvinate and refuel your brain and creativity, this is the episode for you! This show is value for value. Ifyou receive value from this episode, consider sharing it, reviewing it or supporting the show at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PencilsLipstick Looking for tips on writing, publishing, and storytelling? Join my writers' newsletter! https://www.subscribepage.com/katcaldwellnewsletter Want more information on my books, author swaps, short stories and what I'm reading? Sign up for my readers' newsletter.

On the 41st episode of Shirley's Temple, #Wolftyla discusses her love for basketball, almost quitting music after recording "All Tinted", getting played on the radio, recording the song in Korean, never trying a PB&J sandwich, #Timbaland flying her to Miami to record "Candy," getting co-signs from #BTS & #Blackpink, signing to a label at age 18, her #mentalhealth, how #meditation changed her life, shooting the "Butterflies" video with #JayPark from different parts of the world, her new project 'If You're Not Happy, Then Leave', & more!

29-year-old Alexis Ware was last seen around 7:30 p.m. at a 7-Eleven off Highway 29  in Anderson, South Carolina on January 30, 2022. Calls to her phone went directly to voicemailafter that. On February 1, Alexis was officially reported missing.Alexis's mother, Alberta-Gray Simpkins, and half-brother, Travis Ware,speak with Dateline's Andrea Canning about the disappearance. Alexis was last seen wearing a black bonnet, a black jacket with a purple shirt, blue jeans, and black Crocs. Alexis has multiple tattoos and dimple piercings. She has long black hair and brown eyes, is about 5'6” and weighs around 215 lbs.Ifyou have information, please contact the Anderson County Sheriff's Office at (864) 260-4405 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.More photos and information can be found at DatelineMissingInAmerica.com

Lil Miss Hot Mess is a founding member of the Drag Queen Story Hour in the United States and has hosted book readings across the country including RuPaul's Drag Con, libraries and schools. She's also a children's book author releasing her first ''The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish' in 2020 and her second 'If You're a Drag Queen and You Know It' in May 2022. Additionally Lil Miss Hot Mess organised the #MyNameIs campaign on Facebook which challenged the platforms 'real name' policy which discriminated against trans and non-binary people as well as drag queens.More info - http://www.lilmisshotmess.com 

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American Happiness: The Book Dan Sullivan and Dr. Mark Young are proud to share their brand new book with you! Ifyou'd like to discover the mindsets of a happy American, purchase your copy of American Happiness right here: https://americanhappinessbook.com/   In This Episode: Created and Blueprinted:  The U.S. was created and blueprinted by the Founding Fathers to be an entrepreneurial republic. Not Their Mindset:  When you have people who say they hate America, it's because the country wasn't designed for people with their mindset. Many Are Concerned:  Many people on the right are concerned that progressivism, socialism, and even communism have taken hold in America and areabout to swallow the country up. Can Only Grow:  Progressivism can't grow on the basis of the marketplace. It can only grow on the expansion of government. Unfortunate By-Product:  One of the unfortunate by-products of war is that it expandst he agencies of government in a very non-accountable way. Tend to Gravitate:  Americans who believe in progressivism tend to gravitate toward jobs in government and media, making it seem like the movement is much larger than it actually is.