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How do you fix a face that's falling apart? In Rachel's case, you break it even more. What started as trouble swallowing as a teenager turned into a full facial reconstruction. Rachel's TMJ deterioration left her unable to eat, breathe properly, or even recognize her own face. With her airway down to just 2 millimeters (when it should be 11!), doctors had no choice but to break and rebuild her entire jaw. In this episode, Rachel walks us through her insane surgical journey—from bone saws to gold weights implanted in her eyelid, the facial paralysis that followed, and the emotional rollercoaster of waking up with a face that felt like someone else's. This is a story about identity, survival, and the body's wild ability to rebuild itself.Be sure to catch the full video version of this episode on YouTube!

How do you fix a face that's falling apart? In Rachel's case, you break it even more. What started as trouble swallowing as a teenager turned into a full facial reconstruction. Rachel's TMJ deterioration left her unable to eat, breathe properly, or even recognize her own face. With her airway down to just 2 millimeters (when it should be 11!), doctors had no choice but to break and rebuild her entire jaw. In this episode, Rachel walks us through her insane surgical journey—from bone saws to gold weights implanted in her eyelid, the facial paralysis that followed, and the emotional rollercoaster of waking up with a face that felt like someone else's. This is a story about identity, survival, and the body's wild ability to rebuild itself.Be sure to catch the full video version of this episode on YouTube!

In life's pitch-black moments, our prayers can often resemble last-minute cries rather than first-response chats. Facing her own desperate moments, Rachel Wojo discovered that throughout the Old Testament, we find those in crisis using three-word pleas in their cries to God. That discovery brought life to her prayer journey, guiding it from frenzied desperation to dependent faith. In Rachel's latest book, Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments, she shares personal experiences of heartbreak and loss, opening up about how desperate prayers can be powerful pathways to peace. Those panicked, last-minute cries can deepen our faith and draw us closer to God.  Link to her book: https://amzn.to/3SZ5HQj

Don't Make This Mistake!  The Importance of Product Ownership In this episode, Rachel is getting really passionate about the possibility of making one huge mistake…not taking ownership of your products in your apparel brand. In Rachel's 20+ years of experience in the apparel industry, she's seen and heard it all. She shares real-life stories and recent client calls that demonstrate how skipping certain steps can compromise your product's quality and jeopardize your brand's future. From production mishaps to changing vendors, she goes deep in explaining the significant dangers and highlights why it's important to retain control over your tech packs, patterns, and materials to ensure consistency, customer loyalty, and brand survival.   In this episode, you'll hear: -A lot of start-ups are developing product through their manufacturers - why this is a HUGE mistake. -At some point, you will need to diversify your sourcing base. -A real-life example of what can go wrong and what can happen when there's a mishap with your factory. -Why it's important to own your tech packs and patterns and how this helps you in the future.   We can't wait to hear what you think of this episode!   Purchase the Business of Apparel Online Course: https://www.thebusinessofapparel.com/course To connect with Rachel, you can join her LinkedIn community here: LinkedIn. To visit her website, go to: www.unmarkedstreet.com.

In this episode, we're joined by Rachel Sterling, CMO at Identity Digital. Rachel shares her fascinating and varied career path, from production to marketing, discusses the impact of empathy in marketing, and provides insightful examples of how her unique experiences have shaped her professional approach. She also shares some fascinating insights from recent campaigns, the advantages of non-traditional domain names like .bio versus .com, and how Rachel and her team are tapping into seasonality for greater marketing efficiency. Guest Quote:“The reason I love talking about failure is because once you fail once, you never make that same mistake again. I would say my biggest failure was at Twitter. We did some research and we found that only 5 percent of users were creating 90 percent of the content. And so the next question you ask is, why? And the answer was fear. And so what we determined is that fear was a significant barrier to content creation. And we looked at the competitive landscape and we saw that ephemeral products like Instagram and Snapchat stories were hugely popular. And so not rocket science, let's do this too. And so we tested in lots of markets…and you know what we found?   Nobody wanted to use it…So we built something that we wanted. We didn't build the thing that people wanted, and so within eight months it failed. And so if you are building exactly what you want, you run the risk that you are not building for the person that you are trying to convert, and that is a recipe for disaster.” Episode Breakdown: [08:42] Alchemy Unveiled: Building credibility through a non-dotcom domainWhy choose a domain that's a non-dotcom? For one, they're available. Rachel's work focuses on marketing non-dotcom domains to help users understand all of their options for personalization with their websites.[24:19] Nuggets to Campaign Gold: Failure is valuableRachel's failures have informed something very important: how she approaches work in the future. When we make a mistake, we're likely to never make that same mistake again. Rachel shares that her failures, alongside her successes, are what make her valuable to any organization.[35:23] Gold Rush: Rely on the dataGut instinct is a great place to start but it's not the end all be all. In Rachel's case, she learned that gut instinct can mean building something users do not want to use. So start with gut instinct but always fall back on the data - what are you users telling you? Links & Resources:Connect with KathrynConnect with RachelLearn more about DeluxeLearn more about Identity Digital

EP #290 - Unshakably Well - An Interview with author and psychotherapist, Rachel Kaplan   I truly love my job. I get to meet so many interesting and fascinating people.  I am thrilled to welcome Rachel Kaplan to Empowering Chats. Rachel is a psychotherapist and the author of “Feel, Heal & Let That Shit Go.” At the tender age of 14 Rachel experienced great trauma when the boy she fell in love with took his life. In her words, she became dead inside and did not know how to process her grief and trauma so she shifted into her very active brain, ignoring her emotions. Then at the age of 16 she started therapy but did not reach full -fledged healing until she reached 18. That is when she knew she wanted to be a therapist. It took her until she hit 37 before she felt like her baseline of self-love was enough. And this was after she had already been a therapist for 10 years. Rachel wrote this book in order to help others work through the necessary pieces that can make the difference between compensating for their emotional wounds and learning how to break that cycle and get to a place of well-being, so that they have a baseline of self-love. In Rachel's words, “I did this book because I didn't want this to take others as long as it took me.”  There is such a difference between feeling unshakably well and looking okay. Rachel feels there is a lack of understanding in the therapy world and most people at best are managing a part of themselves that feels very unlovable. According to Rachel, emotions are clusters of sensations that signal something to us, but no one really taught us how to work with those and how to let the emotions flow through our body. We were conditioned out of our feelings. And many of us eat, smoke, go shopping, distract ourselves or find other ways to not deal with our pain and our emotions. Life is for living and it includes feeling your emotions and allowing them to pass through you so you can process and move on.   To learn more about Rachel visit: TheFeelingsMovement.com   To pre-order her book,  “Feel, Heal & Let That Shit Go," which will be released on October 15, 2024 please visit: TheFeelingsMovement.com/book   To learn more about me and how I show up in the world visit: SusanBurrell.com Book will be released on Oct. 15th and can be pre-ordered on her website. 

Monday, 19 August 2024   “A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted, Because they are no more.” Matthew 2:18   “A voice – it was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, and a wailing, and a mourning – great. Rachel sobbing – her children. And she would not be comforted, For they are not” (CG).   The previous verse introduced the idea of the fulfillment of that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet. Now, Matthew cites that prophecy, beginning with, “A voice – it was heard in Ramah.”   The words of this prophecy come from Jeremiah 31:15, which says –   “Thus said Yehovah, A voice in Ramah heard Lamentation, a weeping – bitternesses Rachel weeping upon her children Refused to sigh upon her children For he naught” (CG).   Of the entire verse, the Expositor's New Testament rightly says, “It was poetry to begin with, and it is poetry here.” The voice is that of Rachel of the third clause. She is being used by Jeremiah as expressive of the woe that had come upon the people of Israel who were being deported to Babylon. The reason for this begins in Genesis 35:19 –   “So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”   Rached died on the way to Bethlehem. That is then explained in 1 Samuel 10:2 where it notes that Rachel's tomb is in the territory of Benjamin. This is confirmed by Joshua 18:25 where Ramah is listed in the cities inherited by Benjamin. It is in this location that the captives of Jerusalem were taken before they were deported to Babylon –   “The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains among all who were carried away captive from Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon.” Jeremiah 40:1   Therefore, the voice is being expressed as being in Ramah which is “Lamentation, and a wailing, and a mourning – great.”   The first word, translated as lamentation, thrénos, is found only here in the New Testament, and it is found only in some manuscripts. It signifies a wailing or a lamentation. Each word used is descriptive of real mourning, one word being added to the next to convey the agony of the situation. As for the final word “great,” it answers to the Hebrew plural noted above “bitternesses.” There was a great mourning of the exiles (the children of Israel) as they were readied for their long trek to Babylon. Likewise, Matthew poetically takes the death of the children of Bethlehem in this same fashion. There is the voice of the people raised as one over their slaughter. This is then equated to the wailing of Israel in the land of Rachel (meaning Benjamin, her son), saying, “Rachel sobbing – her children.”   There is no “for” as inserted by translators. Rather, it is left out to highlight the situation. It is as if while she is sobbing, the writer gasps and calls out “her children.” It is a mournful expression. The parallel to the Babylonian exile is seen. Those who leave will not be returning. It is as if they are dead. Rachel mourns the loss of the people. Likewise, these children slaughtered by Herod are mourned over poetically by Rachel, who died “on the way to Ephrath (that is Bethlehem)” (Genesis 35:19).   It is as if Rachel is reaching forward in her place of burial toward Bethlehem, mourning for the loss of those as if they were her own children, “And she would not be comforted.”   The Hebrew uses the word nakham, to sigh. The context determines the exact meaning, but it is as if a person sighs in whatever way is being expressed. One can sigh over regret, one can sigh in a state of being comforted or not being comforted, one can sigh in pity, one can sigh in exasperation or sorrow, etc.   There is a strong, heavy breathing that conveys human emotion. In Rachel's case, she would not sigh in comfort as if “I have come to accept the situation, and I will move on.” Rather, she would not be comforted because it next says while referring to her children, “For they are not.”   The children were slaughtered by Herod, and they would not return to their mothers. Rachel, emblematic of this situation, is poetically used to describe the matter. It is from Jeremiah's prophecy that the Lord, through Matthew, makes this woeful connection, noting that it is fulfilled not only in the past, but it carried through to the time of Christ's coming.   Life application: As noted in the previous commentary, we must be careful when taking verses out of their intended context and applying them to our own situations. The five main rules of biblical interpretation are: Is this prescriptive (does it prescribe anything)? Is this descriptive (does it merely describe a matter)? What is the context? Be sure of the context! Don't stray from the context!!   If a verse merely describes a matter, it means that we are being given information, but it is not instructing us to do something. If it is prescriptive, certain people are being told to do something. But who are those certain people? For example, it says this in Malachi 3:10 –   “‘Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,' Says the Lord of hosts, ‘If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.'”   Is this merely descriptive, or does it prescribe something? The answer is that it prescribes something. What is the context? It is the Lord speaking through the prophet Malachi to the people of Israel under the law of Moses. Are we sure of the context? Does it apply to the church? No. Tithes are never mandated to the church. There is no prescription for this. Therefore, do not apply the words of Malachi to the church. Malachi 4:10 is for our understanding but not for our conduct. The law was a tutor to lead us to Christ. We are not under the law. The law is done away with in Christ. Therefore, when you hear Malachi 3:10 quoted by a televangelist or your local preacher and have evaluated it with the five basic rules, you can ignore their mishandling of Scripture.   Be wise and discerning. The Lord determined that Jeremiah's prophecy would be used by Matthew, but we cannot use it ourselves if our own children die. That would be inappropriate. Let us endeavor to always maintain proper context when evaluating Scripture.   The tithes of Israel were only brought into the storehouse once every three years. The other two years, the people ate their own tithes. But you will never hear a televangelist (or most preachers) tell you that.   Lord God, help us to have a clear and proper understanding of what applies to us in Scripture and what is only there for our knowledge in particular matters, even if it doesn't apply to us directly. May we stand approved by holding to the proper context of what is being conveyed. Amen.  

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Ever sipped on a drink and wondered, "Why can't I drink like everyone else?"

Ever sipped on a drink and wondered, "Why can't I drink like everyone else?"

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Owner & Principal of Bolt from the Blue Copywriting, Rachel Allen. Rachel Allen is the driving force behind Bolt from the Blue Copywriting, a full-service copywriting agency. They handle everything from high-level branding conversations to social media posting. In Rachel's words, their work is about "making words make money."Good copy does more than just fill space on a website. It should draw people in, show them your value, and make clicking that Contact Us button a no-brainer. Good content does more than take up space in people's social media feeds. It makes them want to reach out and connect, click, and share.Many clients have asked Rachel about the impact of AI on her field, with some even suggesting that AI might replace human copywriters. However, Rachel firmly believes that while AI, specifically ChatGPT, is excellent for finding combinations of words, it can never replace human creativity and strategic work.Rachel shared an example of an email pitch that, while technically correct, lacked the warmth and connection that only a human can provide. AI can give accuracy regarding demographic facts but lacks the depth of understanding from human interaction. When copy needs to perform, it requires the expertise and creativity of a human mind.If you don't have the right words, you're dead in the water, because silence is disconnection. Bolt from the Blue is brilliant at taking wildly complex information and distilling it down to only what truly matters to your potential clients so they sit up, pay attention, and think, “These are the people I want to work with!”Bolt from the Blue Copywriting, the client onboarding process is designed to understand the client's business and their past experiences with copywriters. They offer various services, including web design, content infrastructure, social media, nurture campaigns, email campaigns, and sales pages. They also provide consulting and branding development, help with brand pivots or crisis management, and even offer fractional work, where they come in as a fractional CMO for a few months to ensure things are done right. Key Points from the Episode:Explanation of what Bolt from the Blue Copywriting does as a full-service copywriting agencyDiscussion on the impact of AI on copywriting and Rachel's disagreement with the idea of AI replacing human creativity and strategic workElaboration on the limitations of AI, specifically ChatGPT, in copywritingExplanation of the process of working with clients at Bolt from the Blue Copywriting and the various services they offerDifferentiation of Bolt from the Blue Copywriting through their commitment to honoring the humanity within themselves and their clientsInvitation for small to medium-sized businesses or departments to reach out if they genuinely care about their work and value the human connectionMention of the blog and free workshops offered by Bolt from the Blue Copywriting About Rachel Allen:Rachel Allen is a highly accomplished professional in copywriting and marketing. As the owner of Bolt from the Blue Copywriting, she has built a reputation for helping clients across various industries, ranging from accounting to astrology, maximize the impact and profitability of their written content. Rachel and her team have worked with clients from over 21 countries, providing copywriting, content creation, and consulting services.In addition to her expertise in copywriting, Rachel is an engaging speaker who delivers informative and...

“Here's To You, Rachel Robinson,” chapters 13-14. Drama and excitement descend upon Palfrey's Pond! Charles embarks upon a name change journey and hosts a Metallica party. Rowena and The StairMaster go line dancing. But most thrilling of all, JEREMY DRAGON AND MACBETH PLAY MONOPOLY! In Rachel's room! Join Jody and Alison as they travel back to 1993 and get into all the gory details of this wonderful Judy Blume YA novel. There's throwback commercials, dramatic readings and letters from Blume Heads Helen and Allie. It's a Judy Blume book club. Join us every week!

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app. Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. To Rachel Mallison, fierce means “being brave for 30 seconds at a time.” She should know a little about bravery. Rachel was working at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021 — and by 11:30 a.m., she knew it would be one of the worst days of her life. At the time, Rachel was in emergency management and disaster response for the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate. Now, she is the Senior Manager for Risks and Operations at the Aspen Institute, a nonprofit that brings people together to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world to ensure a more free, equitable, and just society. From these and other impactful work and life experiences, Rachel takes on risk despite fear and doesn't sweat what she can't control. She's the type of person who goes for it, even if she doesn't check off each and every qualification. It's this calculated risk-taking and scenario-planning — evaluating “What's the worst that could happen?” — that's gotten Rachel to where she is today. In this episode, Rachel and Tara touch on everything from facing trauma in the moment and healing afterward to negotiating and openly discussing our salary with friends, socializing an idea up or down, making the most of situations in which we feel out of our depth, and much more. In Rachel's words, “You might as well take that first step, because who knows where it gets you?” Take that first step with the support of your friends in the Fierce Lab community. Start by immersing yourself in Rachel's incredible stories of her experiences in this episode of the Fierce Lab podcast. FOLLOW FIERCE LAB Follow Fierce Lab on Instagram or LinkedIn for the latest updates. Please be sure to SUBSCRIBE, REVIEW, and SHAREFierce Lab with women who are looking for community and tools for leveling up.

SIGN UP FOR THE APP Eager for more tools and resources to help you find your fierce? Now you can access additional content across the four content pillars using the Fierce Lab app. Premium subscribers get access to articles, guides, checklists, video content, and workshops, as well as exclusive events for members only. To Rachel Mallison, fierce means “being brave for 30 seconds at a time.” She should know a little about bravery. Rachel was working at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021 — and by 11:30 a.m., she knew it would be one of the worst days of her life. At the time, Rachel was in emergency management and disaster response for the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate. Now, she is the Senior Manager for Risks and Operations at the Aspen Institute, a nonprofit that brings people together to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world to ensure a more free, equitable, and just society. From these and other impactful work and life experiences, Rachel takes on risk despite fear and doesn't sweat what she can't control. She's the type of person who goes for it, even if she doesn't check off each and every qualification. It's this calculated risk-taking and scenario-planning — evaluating “What's the worst that could happen?” — that's gotten Rachel to where she is today. In this episode, Rachel and Tara touch on everything from facing trauma in the moment and healing afterward to negotiating and openly discussing our salary with friends, socializing an idea up or down, making the most of situations in which we feel out of our depth, and much more. In Rachel's words, “You might as well take that first step, because who knows where it gets you?” Take that first step with the support of your friends in the Fierce Lab community. Start by immersing yourself in Rachel's incredible stories of her experiences in this episode of the Fierce Lab podcast. FOLLOW FIERCE LAB Follow Fierce Lab on Instagram or LinkedIn for the latest updates. Please be sure to SUBSCRIBE, REVIEW, and SHAREFierce Lab with women who are looking for community and tools for leveling up.

An episode with an A-list celebrity guest star is always worth the re-watch! We may not love Reese Witherspoon's portrayal of Jill but we still love Reese, nonetheless. Our list of general wondering-ments is worth discussing as well. Does anybody really want to have sex that badly when they're sick? We're pretty sure that Jill couldn't legally be using just credit card numbers from memory to charge things around town. Is there an argument that Ross, of all the guys, would probably know what a pashmina is? Rachel's little sister, Jill, comes to visit after their dad cuts her off. In Rachel's attempt to help Jill stand on her own two feet, Jill gets a bit too close to Ross and sparks start to fly. Monica refuses to accept that she is sick and goes to extreme measures to prove that she is in the "prime of lime". Joey is giving away all kinds of free coffee shop goodies to all of his pretty female customers and when Gunther tries to stop him, suddenly, it's everyone's birthday! All clips are property of Warner Media. Find us on Instagram! Leave us 5 stars and a kindly worded review while you're here. Thank you for listening!

In Rachel's second podcast with Award winning director Mark Pellington, they go deeper into his work with actors: how each director chooses to be directed differently, how nothing matters more than what you DO in the audition room, and how to never give-up on your dream because being of service to the world isn't always about getting the role.Read the DiariesCo-Host, Author of Diary of an Actress,. Executive Producer: Rachel BailitEditor, Producer : Max Bugrov

In this episode, we're exploring why company culture matters for a fully remote team and I'm delighted to be joined by Rachel Wright, a founder and HR expert living in Berlin, Germany. In Rachel's latest professional chapter at Zengrowth, a fully remote digital marketing agency with a team of 40, Rachel defined and shaped a remote-first culture, first as the Head of HR and then as the interim CEO of the company. Stay connected with Rachel on LinkedIn or check out her website. Show Notes 01:17 - Rachel's career journey from Zalando to Zengrowth 02:49 - Why culture matters for a company? 04:56 - Importance of culture for a remote company 06:08 - How the pandemic has shifted the emphasis of company culture beyond lip service 07:34 - Key lessons from building a culture at Zengrowth 13:12 - The challenge of building culture for a fully remote team 16:45 - How culture has benefited Zengrowth internally and externally 20:58 - 3 tips for building a great culture for remote teams 24:23 - The future of work culture for remote companies 27:47 - Examples from remote companies that are successful in building a great work culture 30:16 - Fun questions with Rachel

Rachel Benton joins us to discuss the power of space and allowing yourself to BE while you are evolving into the next version of yourself. Stepping into a higher version of yourself is not about doing more but to be still with yourself and realize what is truly serving you and what isn't, then make the necessary life shifts. Evolution of a woman who runs a personal brand may inevitably require an evolution of the brand and/or services offered. In Rachel's part 3 of The Life Chat Series, she takes us through the process of coming out of the biggest awakening and growth she has experienced to date and how she evolved her business with this shift. Follow Rachel BentonWebsite: https://rachelbentoncoaching.com/Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/rachelbentonlifecoach/ Take TheVibeQuiz.com and discover how aligned you are with your goals & receive a personalized report on how to become the conscious creator of your life. Follow Simpli Sara:Website: https://www.simplisara.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simpli.sara IS IT TIME FOR THE NEXT LEVEL OF YOUR PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY?The UPGRADE - a 6 week program with a 3 day shamanic plant medicine retreathttps://www.pneumaexperiences.com/upgrade // Intro music from THBD - Good For You //✖ https://soundcloud.com/thbdsultan✖ https://fb.com/thbds

Identity and self worth are issues that have plagued the human race since the fall. Women of scripture have wrestled with the cultural pressures of their day which discouraged them by the expectations of society's sinful and arbitrary standards. In many cases, the social norms reflected a perversion of God's law and order in a vain attempt to achieve deliverance from the curses of the fall. In Rachel and Leah's day, this included the practice of handmaid surrogacy in the case of bareness. If a woman suffered the shame of childlessness, according to the customs of the pagan nations, she may offer her servant as a concubine to her husband to birth children she could then claim as her own. This practice was implemented in Jacob's household and with it came only more anguish, jealousy, strife, and heartache. Jacob's early legacy is quite the sinful spectacle as his 2 wives and 2 concubines compete for status, resorting to all manner of desperate schemes. These disruptive beginnings, however, will serve as a stage to feature the glorious power of redemption throughout covenant history. Paul can write Rom 8:28 with authority, in part, because he has witnessed God's remarkable grace in the course of scriptural history. Jacob's testimony is a conspicuous example. Furthermore, the testimony of Rachel, acknowledging the hand of God's deliverance from the trial of bareness, will be echoed by covenant women to come -- even Elizabeth; the mother of John the Baptist. Jacob's family teaches us that if we try to deliver ourselves, we only add to our reproach, while true salvation promises according to the Word of

Rachel and Erin Alder are a married couple from Seattle. Shortly after they met they became entangled in a situation within AA where their vulnerabilities were being used to control their behavior by a controlling sponsor. In Rachel's case, the vulnerability that was exploited was undiagnosed mental illness, specifically Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. While Erin’s biggest vulnerability became whether the marriage was dependent on continued work with this manipulative group leader. Eventually, Rachel and Erin were able to break free from the exploitation of the invasive sponsor and her high-demand group. They share with Rachel the details of how they were pulled into this controlling situation and describe the fears that kept them there for 7 years. In our third and final episode with Rachel and Erin, they conclude the story of their experiences in a high control AA group. They discuss the difficulties of leaving the group and the after-effects they felt once they finally left it behind. Before You Go: Rachel emphasizes the importance of taking breaks from high control groups. She explains how it gives your mind a chance to reset and gain a new perspective. Thanks to our newest Patrons: Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, Sherry Agee, Gina Claborn and, Connie Scum!! To help support the show monthly and sign up for cool Indoctrination stickers and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Want to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link! http://www.paypal.me/indoctriNATION You can always help the show for free by leaving us a review on Apple/iTunes, it really helps the visibility of the show! To read more of Rachel's thoughts on AA check out this article in Filter Magazine: https://filtermag.org/deprogramming-from-aa-when-a-fellowship-resembles-a-cult/

Rachel and Erin Alder are a married couple from Seattle. Shortly after they met they became entangled in a situation within AA where their vulnerabilities were being used to control their behavior by a manipulative sponsor. In Rachel's case, the vulnerability that was exploited Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder while Erin’s biggest vulnerability became whether the marriage was dependent on continued work with this manipulative group leader. Eventually, Rachel and Erin were able to break free from the exploitation of the invasive sponsor and her high-demand group after 7 years of control. In the second part of this 3-part story, the Alders detail some of the most heart-wrenching experiences they endured during their time in the group and explain the painful lessons they learned while trying to overcome tragedy. Before You Go: Rachel examines the narcissistic tendencies of group leaders who make everything about them. She explains how this manipulative tactic can be used as a means to control the narrative of others. To help support the show monthly and sign up for cool Indoctrination stickers and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Want to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link! www.paypal.me/indoctriNATION

Rachel and Erin Alder are a married couple from Seattle. Shortly after they met they became entangled in a situation within AA where their vulnerabilities were being used to control their behavior by a controlling sponsor. In Rachel's case, the vulnerability that was exploited was undiagnosed mental illness, specifically Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. While Erin’s biggest vulnerability became whether the marriage was dependent on continued work with this manipulative group leader. Eventually, Rachel and Erin were able to break free from the exploitation of the invasive sponsor and her high-demand group. They share with Rachel the details of how they were pulled into this controlling situation and describe the fears that kept them there for 7 years. Throughout this first part of a 3 part story, Rachel offers insights into the manipulative tactics used by this sponsor that are so common amongst high control groups. Before You Go: Rachel explains how manipulators can use a sort of unwanted reciprocity, with claims of personal sacrifice for your benefit. She breaks down how they often disguise their intentions of guilting you into compliance as an innocuous social construct of genuine reciprocity. Thanks to our newest Patron Angelica Ceniceros!! To help support the show monthly and sign up for cool Indoctrination stickers and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Want to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link! www.paypal.me/indoctriNATION

In Rachel's latest Trivia Challenge, she quizzes Sarah, Erin, and Bri on all things Lenten. What does the word “Lent” actually mean? How and where do our Lenten observances tie in with Scripture and Christian history? What made Lenten fasts in the Middle Ages so hardcore? How do Lutheran, Catholic, and Orthodox attitudes and practices differ today? Perhaps most intriguingly: what happens when one of the Ladies turns around and stumps Rachel? Play along at home and learn more about this reflective, penitential season. Sources referenced in this episode include: “What are the origins of Lent?” (Religion News Service) “What does the word ‘Lent' mean?” (Aleiteia) “Think Lent is tough? Take a look at Medieval Lenten practices” (Society of Saint Pius X) “Great Lent” (Wikipedia) “Just in time for Lent: Martin Luther on fasting and mortification” (World Wide Wolfmueller) Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge). Follow us on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge, and also follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erinaltered), and Bri (@grrrzevske).

Through a mutual friend, Jill Devine was introduced to Brandon Janous. Brandon lost his wife, Rachel, to breast cancer on March 1st, 2020. With the one-year anniversary of her death approaching, Jill invited Brandon on the podcast to share Rachel's story because as he describes in the episode, "there's beauty in the brokenness".  To gain a little insight on who Rachel was, here's some information from her obituary: Rachel excelled in everything that she attempted. But it was dance that captured her heart. From the time that she could walk to the time that she could walk no more, she danced. She danced everywhere she went and never in her life had trouble finding a dance partner. Rachel attended the University of Nebraska (Go Big Red), where she not only danced on the sidelines of every football and basketball game as a Scarlet, but she also excelled in the classroom. It was here, in Lincoln, Nebraska, where Rachel would meet the love of her life (though she didn’t know it at the time.) He knew it. It just took her a bit longer to be convinced. His name was Brandon Janous, and because of a silly flag football tournament, their love story began. Brandon was introduced to Rachel through some of her High School friends (Go Oak Park) on a weekend trip he and his buddies took to Lincoln from the University of Missouri (MIZ).  On March 13, 2010, Rachel and Brandon said their “I do’s” and began what they would consider the greatest love story ever told. The first of their 3 children, Hadley Mae, arrived just over a year after their wedding day, and for the next few years, Rachel would spend most of her time in maternity clothes. In 2012, they welcomed their second daughter, Cooper Grace, and in 2014 they got their boy, Macklin Lawrence, and became what is now known as The Janous 5. Rachel was an incredible nurse because she loved people so well. Rachel was an incredible mom because she loved her children so well. Rachel was an incredible friend because she loved her friends so well. Rachel was an incredible daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin, sister-in-law, aunt, wife, and daughter-in-law because she just knew how to love everyone so well. Rachel was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was only 36 years old at the time. But she fought it hard, beat it and was in complete remission for about 7 months. In July of 2019, the cancer came back, and it came back with a vengeance. Down deep, Rachel had always felt that it would eventually come back, and she was prepared to battle it again. The problem was that this time, the cancer took over her entire body and before long, the doctors had exhausted all treatment options. Rachel could have easily given up and been angry for the hand she’d been dealt. But instead, she decided she’d do her best to change the world. And that’s exactly what she did. She taught us how to love people better. Not just when it’s convenient, but to love them through their ugly times and worst days and to love them well. She taught us that cancer is hard, but that everyone has their “hard.” And that you never know what someone is going through. You never know their struggle. You never know their pain. You never know where they have been or where they’re going. So to always be kind and to always love hard. She taught us that God is so dang good. And that while dying of cancer at 38 years old isn’t fun, dancing in heaven was going to be a blast!  She taught us not to take moments for granted and that it’s the little moments that matter most.  She taught us all how to hug better. She taught us that there is so much beauty in the brokenness. And that even in her final days, when she knew death was imminent, she was helping everyone around her heal. She was encouraging and equipping everyone for the next chapter. She was leading people, so many people, many that she’d never met, to know Jesus. If you didn’t have the chance to meet Rachel, you missed out. Just five minutes with her would have had a major impact on your life.  Rachel's story is one every person should hear. Your perspective on life will change after hearing it. #LoveLikeRachel Instagram and Facebook: @brandonjanous  Jill would like to acknowledge and recognize the hard work moms put in on the daily. It can be a thankless job at times, and Jill wants these moms to know their worth, so she created the Supermom Shoutout. This week’s Supermom Shoutout goes to Rachel. Jill Devine is nominating her on behalf of all who have loved and continue to love Rachel: How could I not make Rachel this week’s Supermom nomination? This is a woman who continues to touch lives, mine included. I can only imagine what it was like to be loved by Rachel. What a true gift from God! Every time I get sad thinking about Brandon and the kids, I try and relive the conversation he and I had about Rachel’s final days. In Rachel’s honor, we all need to love and love hard.  Rachel - you will be forever seen and forever supported! To nominate a Supermom (or you can nominate yourself) email hello@jilldevine.com. Submit the name of the Supermom, where they're from, and a brief description as to why Jill should shout out this particular Supermom. Two Kids and A Career Website: https://www.jilldevine.com/ Two Kids and A Career Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jilldevine/?hl=en Two Kids and A Career Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JillDevineMedia/ Thank you to our sponsor: Blondin Professional Real Estate

Today's guest on The Expat Money Show is Rachel Marshall, Chief Financial Educator & Co-Founder of https://themoneyadvantage.com/ (The Money Advantage). She is known for making money simple. fun. and doable. She is the co-host of https://themoneyadvantage.com/subscribe-to-podcast/ (The Money Advantage podcast), the popular business, and personal finance show. She teaches how to keep more of the money you make, protect it, and turn it into cash-flowing assets. I know some of you are thinking: Mikkel, Life Insurance....really? how boring! But I can tell you, this conversation with Rachel Marshall is super interesting. Really! There were so many questions for her, stuff people just don't know or understand, and once you've listened to this episode, you will. For true generational wealth, this is an amazing podcast to listen to. In Rachel's words: 'We help entrepreneurially-minded wealth creators build financial freedom with Privatized Banking, alternative investments, and cash flow strategies without working harder or sacrificing their lifestyle.'   TOPICS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN THIS INTERVIEW:Money Advantage Podcast withhttps://themoneyadvantage.com/mikkel-thorup-expat-living-and-offshore-investing/ ( Mikkel Thorup) Robert Kiyosaki The difference between the many types of insurance Having income is not the same as wealth Privatized banking Safe. Liquid. Growing. Whole Life Insurance - When did this start? Is it something new? Or old? Nelson Nash - NN Institute https://themoneyadvantage.com/ (TheMoneyAdvantage.com) Details of Whole Life Insurance Leveraging your insurance Generational Wealth transfer Compound Interest   HOW TO REACH RACHEL MARSHALLhttps://themoneyadvantage.com/ (TheMoneyAdvantage.com) Book a 30-minute call Free Guide - https://privatizedbankingsecrets.com/freeguide/ (Privatized Banking Strategies)   RELATED ARTICLES & PODCAST EPISODEShttps://expatmoneyshow.com/captivate-podcast/brandon-pearce-intentional-living-world-schooling-your-children/ (078: Brandon Pearce – How To Travel The Globe Homeschooling Your Children) https://expatmoneyshow.com/captivate-podcast/grant-cardone-how-millionaires-think-developing-millionaires-mindset/ (075: Grant Cardone – Developing a Millionaires Mindset) https://expatmoneyshow.com/captivate-podcast/clint-arthur/ (016: Clint Arthur – How To Position Yourself For Success)   FINAL THOUGHTSI loved this episode with Rachel Marshall and I learned a ton. Even though I'm a Canadian, I left before I got Life Insurance for myself and my family. As I found out today, Whole Life Insurance is really a special product for Americans and Canadians and that's why I had never heard of it, living in the UAE for 8 years. I'm really glad Rachel walked me through the concept of Generational Wealth and I can't wait to buy her book: 7 Generations when it gets published!   Support this podcast

Rachel Anne Rainwater, a former Rockford native turned California transplant, takes us on her life long journey with the unexplained and paranormal. As a teen she would hear mysterious foot steps and rope swinging in the barn she painted in. Later on she would see dark shadow figures running through her house. As a musician on the road, Rachel and her family unknowingly stayed in the famous haunted Berkley Oceanfront Hotel in Ashbury Park, NJ, where she would encounter rattling door knobs, drawers that opened on their own, and a ghostly party on the floor above them. In Rachel's adult life she underwent spinal fusion surgery, after which she developed sleep paralysis where she would wake up trapped in her own body. Finally Rachel was in a life altering car crash in which she believes she died and woke up on the other side in a place between here and heaven and was given a second chance. As an NDE survivor, her view on life is to be alive every moment you're given, be grateful for your life, and love the people around you.

This is Colin Carvalho Burgess, writer, director and co-creator of Coexistence... a sci-fi mystery thriller set in earth's near future. You're about to hear episode 9 of 15, which begins with our protagonist, Rachel, painting a picture of how her particular version of the future looks... no prizes for guessing that it's not pretty. In Rachel's world society has broken down, there are no natural resources, people are confined to small accommodation pods where A.I. is always on...and it's proper creepy. There's an annoying propaganda guy called 'The Preacher' who barks messages of reassurance via her 'Network Feed'- the only thing she's allowed to listen to while she works her job as a drone delivery pilot. Now, her delightful existence has been shattered by an outbreak of giant genetically-modified killer bats. This has forced Rachel out of her pod and into a secret underground city populated by sentient robots and outcasts, where she is eventually rescued by two unusual characters in a strange spacecraft...and that's where we pick up our story. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy Episode 9 of Coexistence - Patient Zero. https://coexistence.online/ Twitter: @CoexistencePod

Welcome to Episode 27 of Intuitive Queens podcast from your Intuition Queen.   My name is Mara and I have created this podcast to inspire you with the stories of my guests and how they overcame fears, limiting beliefs, tragedies and obstacles and managed to find their purpose following their intuition. My hope is that you will resonate with one or all of them and their story will get you to take-action to change your life, and finally go after your dreams.   In this episode I am Interviewing Rachel Stewart is a podcaster and blogger intensely driven to see women discover a deeper level of their identity and achieve their goals and dreams with passion and perseverance.  She has over ten years experience working directly with women to help them increase their self awareness and develop physically, emotionally and spiritually.   Rachel’s story starts in a very similar to a lot of other women, at least at the start.   She tells us how once finished college what she wanted was to climb up the corporate ladder, make money and be successful.   In fact, she started that way, climbing up the corporate ladder pretty fast however, she wasn’t happy. She wanted something that was more meaningful. In Rachel’s words, despite liking the pace of the corporate world, she struggled to find relevance and found herself asking what kind of impact was she making to make this world a better place.     After much thinking, at the age of 25 she got into personal training and started teaching classes in some gyms, that’s when she realised she liked the interaction with people.   She was not happy and burn out in her corporate job so she decided to change and managed to find a part time position in the same company so that she could pursue the other job at the gym.   Despite making less money, she gained in happiness because she was finally contributing something, which for her was much more important.   As she grew up Rachel went back to corporate and managed to get to executive levels but again, being a people’s person, she wanted to help. Rachel once again wanted something with more purpose and so she went into no profit.   This time her transition was different, she decided to go into the charity world and in order to do that, Rachel started to make a list of all the people she could talk to, women and men and started getting in touch to learn more, get more information and find her way in.   She is now working part time in the no profit and as a side hustle she is a coach helping women finding their purpose and getting them to have a life that makes sense to them. She blog and interviews other amazing women on her podcast and that’s how she continue connecting and be surrounded by people that inspire her.   We talk about how our life decisions always follow a thread and how that can lead you to figure out how to get closer to your purpose. How your past experiences can help you understand more of yourself and your new experiences and being curious, experimenting will give you that excitement and grit that Rachel talks about in her podcast.   We had such a beautiful conversation on how, we as women, love to help other women rise up and do what they love so that they can live a happier life.   Rachel also gives some tips on how to get out of that confusion and the feeling that you are stuck and can’t see forward.   Listen to the full episode to listen to her full story, her transitions and learn more.   Available on Itunes, Spotify and You Tube.       To get in touch with us:     RACHEL STEWART   www.piecesofgrit.com   IG @rachelthestewart FB @therachelstewart LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelstewartsd Podcast : The numerologist podcast     THE INTUITION QUEEN:   Book your free discovery call.   In this call we will look at your current situation and understand how you can get clear on what you want. I will hold the space for you so that you can feel heard and looked after and we can define areas that might need work.   You can book your call here: https://calendly.com/theintuitionqueen/30min   Or go to my website   www.theintuitionqueen.com   IG @theintuitionqueen FB @theintuitionqueen You Tube @ Mara Marchesi - The Intuition Queen LinkedIn @ Mara Marchesi

In this episode, Dr. Denis talks about incorporating movement into play therapy. After going over the basics and discussing how to incorporate movement across the lifespan, she interviews Dr. Jennifer Rubens, who explains how to use a specific movement technique called "Marshmallow Catapult." In Rachel’s research segment, she talks about Dr. Dan Siegel’s research on brain integration.

After losing both of her parents to brain cancer in the last two years, when she was just 26 and 28 years old, Rachel Reichblum started her growing Instagram account, @thatgoodgrief.On her page, Rachel shares quotes that have resonated with her, reflections on her day-to-day with grief, and professional resources she's found to be really wonderful. In Rachel's words, "I'm just trying provide content for others in this terrible club so we feel less alone, and to provide resources to the friends and extended family who want to help, but really just don't know where to start."Rachel currently lives in San Francisco and works in tech PR.In this episode, Rachel opens up about the reality of living with grief and learning to cope with it on an every day basis. We discuss the importance of embracing every emotion that comes with grief, understanding that grief is not linear and is a lifelong process, the value in therapy and grief counseling, how to support someone during a difficult time, and more.FOLLOW RACHEL:INSTA: @thatgoodgriefTWITTER: @thatgoodgriefCONTACT TARA:INSTA: @tara.mont / @trustandthriveYOUTUBE: Tara MontFACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramontWEBSITE: www.tara-mont.comEMAIL: tara@tara-mont.com

This week on the show, I'd like to introduce to you Rachael Markarian, dancer, actor, master teacher (full bio below). I met Rachael through last week's guest Bethany Londyn, at Bethany's book launch (I'm learning about networking here, guys). She had great energy and passion, and a message to share, so I'm excited to bring her to you this week. Episode drops Tuesday on Apple Podcasts and my Youtube channel, follow the link in the bio. (Insert bio). #Doctor #Host #Moments #Podcast #Show #Dancer #Master #Actor #Rejection #Success #Audition ​ ​ Originally from Boston, Rachael resides in Los Angeles with a versatile and successful career in the Entertainment Industry. Rachael was introduced to the arts at a young age, taking up dance to correct an innate handicap she had with her legs. After falling in love with it, she attended a Performing Arts High School immersing herself in dance, theatre and music. As a teenager, Rachael trained at some of the most prestigious schools in New York City, solidifying her dream to pursue a career in Entertainment. She then attended Oklahoma City University as a Theatre & Dance Performance Major. Since moving to Los Angeles, Rachael has been in over 30 Films, TV Shows & Commercials, ranging from Co-Stars, to Guest Stars, Recurring, Supporting and Lead roles. Some of her Film & TV credits include Top Gun: Maverick, The Morning Show, Dollface, Legion, Glee, True Blood, Rush Hour 3, Gilmore Girls Revival, Mascots, How I Met Your Mother, CSI, Dr. Ken, No Strings Attached, Microsoft, Target, Chevy, Farmer's Insurance, H&M and many more. ​ . She's the proud owner of the In-Studio Intensive, The Dancer's Edge As a well-respected Master Teacher who travels both domestically and internationally, Rachael is passionate about sharing her love for dance and educating young artists about the importance of a healthy mindset in preparation for the Entertainment Industry. She hopes to encourage others to pursue their dreams and feel empowered by their ability to do so.   Show Notes [1:10] We have a wonderful guest for today, Rachel Markarian, an actress, dancer, and Master teacher. Master Teacher is somebody who had a very lucrative or versatile career as a dancer that works in multiple areas and is now sharing the knowledge and that passion to other generation. Rachel is now teaching for 6 or 7 years. She has a convention that is like studios from all across the world and has 200 children in her classes. [2:15] The convention Rachel teaches was called “Energy Dance Project”. They are in the 10th season this coming 2020. This will be Rachel’s 2nd full year with them. They teach the kids what is a professional dance world looks like, and they compete for awards, scholarship money, and all the stuff in their studios. [4:17] Rachel is one of the 15 Master teachers on her convention. Rachel can teach the children lyrical dance, jazz or hill class. She is very versatile, she is not the kind of teacher who teaches specific dance type. Rachel said that dance is so subjective and it’s great for younger dancers to be exposed to Master Teachers because everybody has a different perspective and different style. The more they can expose themselves to that, the better and stronger they’re going to be as an artist and as a human being because they teach beyond steps and choreography. In Rachel’s class, she teaches a deeper understanding in what they are doing. [7:14] Rachel is from Boston, she studied at Oklahoma. During her semester off, she goes to LA to train and tries to audition and work. Oklahoma City had a really good musical theater department so she was able to do her acting, her music, and dancing. She went to a performing arts high school so it’s like a perfect fit for her and she like the slow-paced. [9:00] In between of her summer, off Rachel lost her father. She was 18, so that put everything in perspective and she thinks what she’s going to be and what she will be doing so she decided to move to LA. For nine months, it was a huge struggle for her. She worked hard to save for money before going to LA but it wasn’t enough and she wants to only work on her industry. In 9 months of auditioning and hoping her money would last, she had only $6.86 on her bank account and her rent was due and there was an audition for a tour. There were like 400 girls at the audition and they only needed two and thankfully, Rachel and her roommate were chosen out of the 400 girls. That was the moment were Rachel’s career change.  [12:31] Most of her 20’s was all direct booking which is the choreographer. The director calls her agency and asks her if she’s available. Rachel thinks that it is good because if you can work with a handful of choreographer you worked with multiple times, that’s all you need to constantly work because if they work all the time and they trust you and you deliver for them and you are right for the job, they will keep asking for you to come back. [14:00] Rachel said that if your work is defining you and you are not getting the result that you want at work, that’s a really dangerous road to go down especially if you love what you do. So if you are not going to do that anymore, it’s heartbreaking. It is a hard balance but it is important because you will lose yourself or you will be discouraged and you’ll quit. Rachel was very naive, the idea of not working out for her never cross her mind. She said that this is what she trained for her whole life. This is the only thing she wants to do therefore she is going to be successful. However, she did not think what it is going to look like but she will do everything she can do to make her dreams become a reality. [17:00] She said that mentality is very important; it is not being conceded. It is not thinking that you are better than them; it knows what you will bring to the table. In an audition, Rachel will do her best she can. If she is right for it, she’s hopefully booked for it, and if she doesn’t, it’s either she fell short in some way or it wasn’t the right type. She can’t control types that they are wanting but she can’t change her height, her hair or ethnicity so having an understanding of your self, your worth and knowing not to take it personally is truly half of what this is about. [20:02] A lot of older dancer used to tell Rachel that rejection is protection. That God is protecting her from that job, or that experience or rejection is a redirection. That she is supposed to be available for something else. Especially now that she is an actress, rejection is on a much deeper level than dancing. [22:00] Dr. Larry shares his experience in medical school acceptance. It is like the worst thing ever for him, but the difference is once you get in, that’s it. There’s other stuff, but its not a continual audition every week or month. Imagine going into a job interview multiple times a week. That’s what Rachel career for all these years. Rachel is very thankful that she had a nice career when she was a dancer but when she was transitioning out of dancing and her passion is shifting into acting, she was not getting results the same way when she was a dancer. [24:00] She needs to start from the ground at 30 years old when all this other actress had been building their resumes since they were 16. In times when Rachel is questioning herself, thankfully she had a coach that told her not to allow anybody to dictate her path. You decide what your heart sings for. Then she thought that this is the road and she will saddle up and go. She goes out with nature, changed her environment, writes her journal, understands that life is bigger than this and she is still doing it. This is why she tried to instill this when she was teaching. [27:37] Rachel remembers in the 400-girl audition that she felt confident and that she also felt the pressure because she needs to pay her bills. If she didn’t get this job, she would probably try to get a side job at a studio teaching or something. Rachel was used to being one of many auditioning for something so when she is going for an audition, she was focus on remembering the choreography and the thing that will make her stand out. That moment you will grab the client’s attention. [29:41] Rachel always tells her students that the first 4 to 8 counts of their audition is the most important because it’s when casting or the directors are going to decide on whether or not to watch you. You don’t overdramatize something, but there is the little thing that you can deal and a lot of it has to deal with eye contact and confidence. Rachel said that it’s simple just to make them uncomfortable but there is a sense of essence that comes over you with true confidence like “I have something that you want”. [32:50] The 400-girl audition was for the tour with a Latin artist name Chayanne. He was like the Michael Jackson of the Latin world. Dr. Larry remembers one of Chayanne's song was “Torero,” and Rachel was one of the dancers. She works with Chayanne for two years. All of Rachel’s tour was mostly in South America and in Europe. They spend a lot of time in Spain. Rachel loves to travel but after her third tour, she stops. [35:10] Doctor Larry and Rachel talk about anorexia and body issues in dancing. Rachel has a company and they travel a lot of studios around the world and she always does a Q and A with parents and teachers. She often gets a parent asking about the weight. She said that they have to feel healthy and also they have to take care of their bodies in a healthy way. They have to eat nutritious food and work out so that when they dance, they will not get injured. [37:29] Rachel struggles in college because their grade was dependent on their weight. If they didn’t hit the number on a scale, they would lose their scholarship or their grade was affected. Their reasoning is they have to be fit and when they get into the professional world, they can’t be overweight but the downside of that is when Rachel saw that they are not qualified in weight, she automatically assumes that they are not talented. She will see them dance and got blown away by their talent. She can’t believe how awful she was when making assumptions base on weight. [40:37] At a certain weight, dancers perform their best but being too thin or too heavy they can’t make their moves well. Dr. Larry asks Rachel that in their dance world to what extent is skinny still valued. Rachel explains that in the audition, they must be in super fit condition or they will be cut. Some jobs need a showgirl type of a role, they will need a tall and has abs or very lean body. [42:08] There are jobs that Rachel was getting cut and choose not to know the reason why she gets cut because she has been involved in the casting with the choreography process. There are times that they love the girl but they already have one and they can’t have two redheads. Whatever it is she sees that has nothing to do with them personally and sometimes it does. Sometimes the talent was not just good enough, and as a talent, they don’t know the reasons so there was no use on wracking their brain about it. [45:20] Dr. Larry relates to Rachel because today was the 18th death anniversary of his mom. Rachel’s dad and Dr. Larry’s mom both died in 2001. Her dad died because of liver cirrhosis when she was a freshman in college. The death of her dad was her moment and was not sure if she processed it at that time. Until 5 or 6 years ago, she came to terms with his passing and she was okay with it. She felt that her father willfully experience his children now in a way that he wouldn’t to if he was alive and that gives her peace. [49:00] Hearing Rachel talking about having found a way come to peace with her father’s death, Dr. Larry is struggling to let go of his children not knowing his mom. Dr. Larry loves wedding but when its time for mother and son dance, sometimes he would leave, he still feels it. Rachel said that a lot of her therapy was through dance, so if something were going on, she wouldn’t talk about it and go to the studio and work it out until there are many moments of that but that would do and then you got to face your stuff. [52:10] When Rachel’s dad died, she felt a sense of urgency came over her because she wants to live her life and be happy. She remembers speaking to one of her brothers and said that she was not happy at school. Her brother said that you have control of your happiness if you are not happy, then change to something that would make you feel happy. That is when she decided to go to LA. [54:05] Rachel said that when going to college, it depends when you are emotionally, mentally, financially ready. Also, you will need the support of your family. She went to a University but she needs more, she was majoring in dance but she didn’t need a dance degree because she doesn’t want to teach at the University. Because she could come to LA during the summer, she takes a class with choreographers and signs with an agency. When she is ready to move out, they are there for her. It’s an easier transition for her because she is slowly getting her feet for over two years. [56:00] When her dad died, she realizes that nothing is guaranteed. Life is not guaranteed. She check-in with herself, where she was going to be happy and do the things that would make her happy. When talking to her brother, that was the thing that makes her pursue her dreams and go to California.

Happy Holidays! In this series we are going to be revisiting some of our favorite interviews from this year. This episode includes interviews with Rachel Alltmont of SampleCon, Thania Farrar of Burke, and Priscilla McKinney of Little Bird Marketing. In Rachel’s interview, she gives a preview of the upcoming SampleCon conference, and touches on gamification, respondent experience, global conversations, and new additions to the SampleCon board. This is a great preview for Samplecon 2020 coming up in February! Thania chats with Brian about how she got her start in market research and her new role at Burke as Senior Vice President of Client Service. She also discusses her role as leader of the Cincinnati chapter of Women in Research (WIRe) and the upcoming goals she has for the chapter. She also gives a preview of the Cocktails and Networking event at MRMW. This episode also includes a new Mount Rushmore and Thania reveals her hidden talent. The guys also get to chat with Priscilla McKinney who tells them about her start in market research and what led her to start Little Bird Marketing. She talks about her podcast, Ponderings from the Perch, her taste in music, a book she would recommend, and her hidden talent. This episode also features a Mount Rushmore of museums! Part 1 of the “Best of Intellicast 2019” series is a great episode to catch you up on a few of the great interviews from this year. Stay tuned for Part 2 next week! Got a suggestion or feedback? Reach out to us at Intellicast@emi-rs.com, or on Twitter at @Intellicast1, or leave us a voicemail on our new call-in line 513-401-5463.

We LOVE our guest for this episode! She's Rachel Nielson, mom to two kids and a former high school English teacher. She is also the host of her own awesome podcast: 3 in 30 Podcast for Moms. In this episode, we turn the tables on her and have her be the guest on our podcast! In Rachel's signature 3 takeaways in 30 minutes format, she teaches us about having more patience in motherhood. She also opens our eyes as to what patience really means. Join us for this enlightening and inspiring episode. Show notes can be found on the blog at BeckyHiggins.com. DIRECT LINK. Follow us on instagram — @BeckyHigginsLLC and @BeckyProudfit. Love the podcast? Please share with your friends and leave a review on iTunes!

We LOVE our guest for this episode! She's Rachel Nielson, mom to two kids and a former high school English teacher. She is also the host of her own awesome podcast: 3 in 30 Podcast for Moms. In this episode, we turn the tables on her and have her be the guest on our podcast! In Rachel's signature 3 takeaways in 30 minutes format, she teaches us about having more patience in motherhood. She also opens our eyes as to what patience really means. Join us for this enlightening and inspiring episode. Show notes can be found on the blog at BeckyHiggins.com. DIRECT LINK. Follow us on instagram — @BeckyHigginsLLC and @BeckyProudfit. Love the podcast? Please share with your friends and leave a review on iTunes!

In Rachel’s words, her becoming a mother is a different story than most. She became a mother over night to her boyfriends almost 2 1/2 year old son when his mother was killed in a boating accident. She speaks rawly about the moment she made the conscious decision to choose to stay by Michael and Harrison’s side, about the difficulty of watching her partner grieve an ex, and also how losing her brother to suicide a year before was something she was able to make meaningful because it gave her the empathy and understanding to support those around her who were affected by the loss of Jen.  Rachel shares with us the steps she and her family took to grieve and process- from a play therapist to writing a children's book about loss. If you are interested in play therapy for your children, Rachel is happy to recommend local sources in austin Tx. She also recommends the nurtured heart approach. For more recommendations you can reach out to Rachel on her instagram and she will happily refer you to her network.  @racheldicksonart https://www.racheldicksonart.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/modernrenegades/message

Every February, Conscious Discipline hosts the Advanced Institute, also known as CD2. CD2 is limited to 48 participants. During this transformative week, each participant presents a ten-minute session on how they’re implementing Conscious Discipline and the results they’ve seen. In this episode, you’ll listen in on CD2 presentations from Rachel Frasier and Alissa McGraw. Rachel is a dance specialist at a magnet school in Raleigh, North Carolina. Alissa teaches fourth grade at Palm City Elementary in Palm City, Florida, where she was once the only teacher implementing Conscious Discipline. Both Rachel and Alissa share insight into their implementation, as well as powerful examples of how they’ve used Conscious Discipline to transform the lives of children. Essential Takeaways  Children who exhibit behaviors labeled “attention-seeking” are searching for connection. Instead of responding by isolating the child or removing them from the room, make a conscious effort to consistently connect with the child.  Helpful activities can include visuals, daily commitments, and ensuring that the child “has a person” they can go to at the school.  Be the change you want to see. Even if you’re the lone teacher implementing Conscious Discipline at your school, keep doing what is best for children. Other teachers will notice, and interest will grow. Steps for Tomorrow  Shift your perception of “attention-seeking” behaviors and label them “connection-seeking” instead. Find a person for the child, and work on building connection. In Rachel’s case, the student met with her every morning to set a daily commitment and foster connection through activities like I Love You Rituals.  Children who engage in physical behaviors or anxious behaviors (e.g. pulling their hair) need safety. When Alissa allowed her student to go to the Safe Place and/or to draw at her desk when she felt overwhelmed, the girl’s behaviors and life changed dramatically.  Stay the course. Even if you’re the only teacher implementing Conscious Discipline at your school, don’t get discouraged. Alissa started her journey alone and now holds two monthly meetings for a group of 25 teachers implementing Conscious Discipline. Important Links  ConsciousDiscipline.com (https://consciousdiscipline.com/)  Conscious Discipline School Family (https://consciousdiscipline.com/methodology/school-family/)  Professional Development Opportunities (https://consciousdiscipline.com/professional-development/)  Shubert’s School (https://consciousdiscipline.com/free-resources/shubert/)  Certified Instructor Rachel Frasier (https://consciousdiscipline.com/professional-development/instructors/rachel-frasier/) Show Outline 0:21 What is Conscious Discipline? 1:13 About CD2, introduction of guests Rachel Frasier and Alissa McGraw 2:56 Why specialists play an important role in school-wide implementation 3:50 Background about Rachel’s school and family 5:34 Rachel’s story about becoming a second-grade student’s “person” 11:26 How Conscious Discipline impacted the second-grade student 13:12 Background on Alissa’s family 15:04 Alissa’s introduction to Conscious Discipline 16:20 Alissa’s story of how Conscious Discipline transformed a third-grade student’s life 18:30 Growth of Conscious Discipline at Alissa’s school 19:44 I Care Club 21:43 Where Alissa’s Conscious Discipline journey is now 23:03 What’s Becky up to? 24:00 What’s Becky celebrating? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING There are many ways you could have spent this time today, but you chose to spend it with me and I am grateful. If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it with others via your favorite social media platforms.

We lost a beloved friend, teacher, and true faith groundbreaker this week. Her teachings, writings, and insight into the Christian faith have quietly revolutionized the lives for many whose religious upbringing imposed limits and yielded scars. Because of Rachel, more women than ever have begun pursuing their place in the pulpit. Because of Rachel, the way has been paved for all of us who struggle with questions, doubts and failings in the faith to speak openly about it. Her passing seems sudden, and too soon. But right now, we are clinging to her warmth and wisdom in hopes we can continue to be the light she always was for us. In that spirit, we’re re-airing her conversation from last year about her fierce love of the church, even in the midst of her doubt. In Rachel’s own words from that interview, “Ours is a God of death and resurrection—and that God can take anything and bring it to life.” In moments like this, we realize Rachel’s work planted seeds of hope that will bloom across generations.

Rachel is a Hispanic woman of Chilean descent, raised in a Jewish family. She shared her feelings of otherness trying to connect with other Spanish speaking children with her limited proficiency. Rachel describes her father’s blindness to her heritage, and her unbelievable luck to have strangers who went out of their way to help her meet her birth mother in Chile. Read Full TranscriptRachel:                        00:03               It took me a while to sort through it. I remember talking to my grandmother about it and she said, you know, Rachel, it’s not about how you get here, It’s about what you do with yourself once you’re here. So she was like focused less on that event that led to you being here and focus more on what you want to do with yourself and how you want to, you know, make a name for yourself. And that is something that I’ve always held onto Voices:                        00:35               Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Damon:                       00:47               This is Who Am I Really? A podcast about adoptees that have located and connected with their biological family members. I’m Damon Davis and on today’s show is Rachel. She called me from right here in Frederick, Maryland. Rachel is a Hispanic woman of Chilean descent, raised in a Jewish family. She shared her feelings of otherness, her father’s blindness to her heritage and her unbelievable luck to have strangers who went out of their way to help her meet her birth mother in Chile. This is Rachel’s journey. In Rachel’s family, adoption was a fairly open topic. Her brother was adopted three years before her and they always knew they were adopted from young ages. When they got older, they understood a little bit more what that meant. Rachel:                        01:37               I feel like I was my only like person in my group of friends that was adopted growing up. And I think that kind of felt a little bit strange sometimes. Damon:                       01:48               Do you remember mentioning it to other people or did you just, you just couldn’t see other adoptees so you figured you were the only one? Rachel:                        01:56               No, I think I always mentioned it like, I feel like it was something that I talked about a lot. Um, I know that I asked a million questions. My brother didn’t talk much about his biological family or didn’t really express like a lot of curiosity about it, but I was always asking questions like, can you tell me about my biological mom or why was I given up for adoption? Or Can we talk about this? And, um, my parents didn’t ever answer questions. It was kind of always like, when you turn 18, we’ll let you know. But I still was always asking. So it was definitely something...

When word got out that 22 year old Rachel Chang had quit her job as an architect, a former classmate called her in tears saying, “If you can’t make it, what chance do the rest of us have.” In Rachel’s words, she had always been held to a very high standard. People outside of her firm thought she was leaving the profession because she couldn’t handle it. Her boss knew better. He knew Rachel would be quitting even before she did. Make no mistake here. Rachel was very good at her job. It was just obvious to everyone around her that she was not cut out to be stuck behind a desk. As her boss put it, “if you’re this good at a job you hate, then I can’t wait to see what you’ll do when you find something you’re passionate about.” For Rachel the hardest part about quitting were the mental blocks. The fear that she was going to disappoint so many people if she changed careers, or she was going to disappoint her parents, or that she would never find something that she was this good at again.   These fears held her back, until one day she realized she was ready to take back control of her own life. Are you living your life, or one that you fell into by chasing other people’s dreams? You can connect with Rachel on LinkedIn Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to connect. Email tim@screwthenaysayers.com Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/stnwithtimalison/ Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/screwthenaysayers/ LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-alison/ Screw The Naysayers- www.screwthenaysayers.com

Rachel Caine is the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of more than fifty novels in a diverse range of genres and categories. She has been honored with multiple awards from RT Booklovers Association and the Texas Library Association, and was honored with two spots on the 2012 “Most Favorite Books of UK Schoolchildren” list. More recently in 2017, she began writing thrillers with the huge bestsellers "Stillhouse Lake" and "Killman Creek". In early July of this year, she’ll also be releasing “Smoke and Iron”, her 4th book in the Great Library Series where she continues the adventures of her unforgettable characters from "Ink and Bone", "Paper and Fire", and "Ash and Quill". In Rachel’s episode, we discuss how she first fell into storytelling, how her musical background taught her to be in the moment with her writing, and how she met her first editor and then sold her first book. Be sure to pay special attention to the helpful advice on carving out time for your writing around a full-time job from the time management queen herself. We also dive into the details about the inspiration behind her stories that helped establish the urban fantasy genre, how she proactively gets the word out about her novels, advice on navigating the world of conventions, conferences, and school visits to promote your work, and how Rachel and her team packages her different genres to make her series distinct from one another. Further into our conversation, we discuss how to go about the writing business by taking control of your expectations, the different ways to overcome writing difficult scenes in your story, crafting a plot that interacts naturally with your characters, and advice on how to decide which point of view works best for your story. We also discuss why it’s important to keep the passion with your story alive throughout the entire process. Say 'Hi' to Rachel on Twitter! Head over to her shownotes page for a list of resources mentioned in the episode by clicking here. Happy listening! 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You also get the opportunity to submit your questions for upcoming guests on the show. Click here to join our private Facebook group! --- Warm welcome to our new listeners, be sure to check out our archive of episodes by clicking here! ---  “Writing is unique business in that there is so much of it that you can’t control. You can only control what you do and nothing else.”  -Rachel Caine (Click to tweet!) “You have to figure out what your expectations are and how you can best apply yourself to the process.” -Rachel Caine (Click to tweet!) "You have to learn to balance just like you balance your work and your family life and all that. You’ve got to learn how to balance writing and everything else. If it’s a matter of your health, then I think you have to choose your health.” -Rachel Caine (Click to tweet!) “As far as points of view, you pick the person to whom the story matters the most. That’s my general rule.” -Rachel Caine (Click to tweet!)  --- WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN TODAY'S EPISODE:  How Rachel met her first editor and sold her first book A look into Rachel’s musical background that taught her how to be in the moment with her writing Ways you can carve out time for your writing while working a full-time job The importance of taking care of your health and the tips and tools that can help you stay healthy as a writer The inspiration behind Rachel Caine and her stories that helped establish the urban fantasy genre How taking control of your expectations will help you navigate the writing business How Rachel proactively promotes and gets the word out about her novels Advice on how to strategically navigate the world of conventions, conferences, and school visits to promote your work An exciting look at all the projects Rachel is currently working on How a conversation on Twitter pushed Rachel and Ann Aguirre together to craft the “Honor Among Thieves” series Ways to overcome writing difficult scenes in your story How Rachel and her team packages her different genres to make her series distinct from one another The importance of crafting a plot that interacts naturally with your characters Rachel’s experience with writing from different points of view and advice on how to decide which point of view works best for your story The importance of keeping the passion and attraction you have towards your story alive throughout the entire process

Our Subject for today’s podcast falls on the heels of the latest school shooting. In Wylie ISD, we have a standard that every student have at least one positive relationship with an adult as a method of engaging kids and deterring acts of violence. Most students who commit these acts are isolated individuals without connection or support. By engaging our kids with kindness, caring and love will give them the hope and happiness necessary to thrive in a positive way. In Wylie, we actually measure student/teacher relationships 3 times per year to identify and help those who feel isolated. Our focus today is to learn about the value of caring, kindness and engagement and reflect on one parent’s experience of losing a child to an incident like what happened in Florida. Darrell Scott, parent of Rachel Scott and is the founder of Rachel’s Challenge. Rachel was a victim of the Columbine School Shooting in 1999. In Rachel’s diary, she wrote "I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go." Darrell’s life has been dedicated to Rachel’s Challenge to bring kindness and caring to the world in a chain reaction that has touched over 5,000,000 lives. Episode guests: Darrell Scott, father of Rachel Scott, founder of Rachel's Challenge Mike Williams, principal of Wylie East High School Virdie Montgomery, principal of Wylie High School Barbara Goss, Wylie ISD parent, Board Member Heather Leggett, Wylie ISD parent, Board Member Ian Halperin, Executive Director of Public Relations For the Love & Logic parent resource referrenced by Mr. Scott, please click here: https://www.loveandlogic.com/ For the 180 Connections resource referrenced by Mr. Scott, please click here: https://goo.gl/mTxvk6 Information and advice contained in this podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to defining, interpreting or establishing policies or procedures of a school or the district. No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast. Wylie ISD does not endorse any of the products or services referenced and guests on this podcast are not compensated.

I know you're curious…! Let's talk tantra and how to keep the spark alive when you're busy parents. In Rachel's interview you will learn: What tantric sex and tantric yoga are really all about How she works with couples to reignite the flame and how you can do it at home Why women have a hard time getting back into sex after the kids enter the equation and why men don't Why it might be ok to take a time-out from sex after baby is born, and how to stay sexually connected with your spouse during this time even though you're feeling less than sexy The reason it is so critically important to stay connected to your spouse A little about her Moonbeams group for tween girls and their moms (something to think about down the road!)

We LOVE our guest for this episode! She's Rachel Nielson, mom to two kids and a former high school English teacher. She is also the host of her own awesome podcast: 3 in 30 Podcast for Moms. In this episode, we turn the tables on her and have her be the guest on our podcast! In Rachel's signature 3 takeaways in 30 minutes format, she teaches us about having more patience in motherhood. She also opens our eyes as to what patience really means. Join us for this enlightening and inspiring episode. Show notes can be found on the blog at [BeckyHiggins.com](http://beckyhiggins.com/). [DIRECT LINK](https://beckyhiggins.com/podcast-show-notes-episode-055-patience-in-parenting-with-rachel-nielson). Follow us on instagram — @BeckyHigginsLLC and @BeckyProudfit. Love the podcast? Please share with your friends and leave a review on iTunes!