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0:11 Seele verkörpern9:06 Saturn prüft Grenzen24:22 Lehrmeister der Liebe31:03 Integration im Körper38:48 Einfachheit statt Verstand42:50 Dankbarkeit als Kunst__www.stephanie-korn.comInstagram: stephaniekorn_humanflowTikTok: @stephaniekornYouTube: stephaniekorn_humanflow__Hier findest du immer alle Termine im ÜberblickDein erster Schritt? Empfange das Grace Integrity Soul Embodiment by Patricia St. Clair für 369€ - hier für Erwachsene | für KinderWerde Master der energetischen Aufrichtung nach Patricia St. Clair Manchmal reicht eine kleine Frequenzverschiebung – und plötzlich verändert sich alles. In meiner Human Flow Begleitung tauchen wir tief ein in dein System, klären Blockaden und öffnen Räume für Klarheit, Freiheit und Leichtigkeit. Magst du herausfinden, wie sich das für dich anfühlt? Hier erfährst du mehr.Hier geht's zu den Infos und Buchung 48h Grace Integrity Clearings by Patricia St. Clair als Fr., / Sa., 2./ 3.10. Rückkehr zur Freude ohne Reue Die Grace Integrity® Planetenübertragungen bei Patricia St. Clair sind hochfrequente Energieschlüssel, die kosmische Prinzipien in dir aktivieren und verschiedenen Lebensbereiche deines SEINs berühren .
My guest today is Tania de Jong, co-founder of Mind Medicine Australia. Tania and her husband, Peter, helped lead the push that, in 2023, made Australia the first country in the world to allow MDMA and psilocybin to be prescribed for psychiatric conditions. I wanted to understand how the hell they helped make that happen and what the rest of the world can learn from it.This episode is brought to you by:ProLon science-backed Fasting Mimicking Diet that helps activate cellular renewal through fasting, while still eating nourishing meals: https://prolonlife.com/TimMomentous high-quality creatine for cognitive and muscular support: https://LiveMomentous.com/TimAG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: DrinkAG1.com/TimTimestamps[00:00:00] Intro from Tim.[00:02:46] The article that changed Tania's life.[00:04:39] A first psychedelic experience—and the year it took to integrate it.[00:10:17] Rick Doblin's encouragement and the birth of Mind Medicine Australia.[00:13:15] Turning regulatory rejection into a stronger application.[00:20:48] Building a grassroots movement and training clinicians.[00:23:23] Cold emails, scientific allies, and singing your way into the room.[00:31:11] A week with Ram Dass: silence, singing, and an extraordinary LSD story.[00:37:54] Bringing David Nutt—and a family's devastating story—to the regulators.[00:42:42] Dancing in the kitchen: Australia's rescheduling breakthrough.[00:43:40] From changing the rules to treating patients.[00:48:18] Why Tim thinks MDMA is still underestimated.[00:50:23] Integration beyond the session: therapy, nutrition, and exercise.[00:52:29] Scaling access and collecting real-world evidence.[00:58:13] Getting insurers, government agencies, and philanthropists on board.[01:01:39] Syrian rue, psilocybin, and learning to let go of control.[01:10:01] Dosing, expectations, and the pressure to take more.[01:12:02] The promise of group therapy and shared integration.[01:14:22] Hiring mistakes, personal attacks, and the resilience advocacy requires.[01:23:38] Turning a window of change into lasting habits.[01:25:51] Getting through to regulators and pushing for end-of-life access.[01:28:27] The bureaucratic barriers that remain.[01:31:38] What treatment costs—and why therapist time drives the bill.[01:35:07] Could shorter-acting compounds make treatment more affordable?[01:38:46] Ketamine, kratom, and the limits of “all natural.”[01:43:14] The unexpected payoff from Tim's ketamine experiment.[01:47:46] What might come next for psychedelic access worldwide?[01:49:04] Persistence versus pushiness—and knowing when to try another door.[01:54:22] Supporting patients and training the next wave of clinicians.[01:57:51] “Be curious”: exploring your inner world and walking each other home.[02:01:35] The ripple effects of sharing your curiosity—and simply asking for help.Timeline:February 2, 2015: Michael Pollan publishes “The Trip Treatment” in The New Yorker, which is the article Tania credits with setting her journey in motion.March 21, 2015: Tim releases his James Fadiman interview, “The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide” (#66). Its show notes link to “The Trip Treatment.”January 15, 2016: In 5-Bullet Friday, Tim announces support for Johns Hopkins' psilocybin research and a personal commitment of at least $100,000 toward psychedelic research that year.2016: Tania and Peter travel to the Netherlands for their first guided psilocybin experience. (Source)2017–2019: UCSF conducts the psilocybin-assisted group-therapy study involving long-term AIDS survivors that Tim helped support. (Source)May 6, 2018: Michael Pollan joins Tim for “Exploring the New Science of Psychedelics” (#313), discussing his forthcoming book (How to Change Your Mind).May 15, 2018: Pollan's How to Change Your Mind is published.February 13, 2019: Tania and Peter publicly launch Mind Medicine Australia. (Source)2020–2022: MMA applies to reschedule MDMA and psilocybin, faces rejection, and submits new applications in March 2022. (Source)November 21, 2022: David Nutt presents to Australia's medicines regulator, the TGA, supporting the case for therapeutic access. (Source)February 3, 2023: The TGA announces restricted prescribing access to MDMA for PTSD and psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, effective July 1, 2023. (Source)January 2024: Patients begin receiving treatment under the new prescribing program. 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The conversation covers the topics of DevNets, network testing, protocol upgrades, and fork dates. It also addresses the issues related to P2P circuit breakers and the need for client releases. The discussion explores the challenges and considerations for scheduling the Cepolia and Hoodie forks, as well as the testing of direct connections to builders for mainnet readiness. The conversation covers the testing and integration of software on DevNets, the planning and scoping of EIPs for upcoming forks, and the discussion around the scope of EIP 8365. The scoping of EIPs involves client rankings, technical discussions, and considerations for future forks. The conversation also delves into the deprecation and force exit of zero validators and the implications of these actions. The conversation focused on the discussion and decision-making process for various EIPs, including forced exits, issuance changes, and broader community impact. The core developers emphasized the need for a comprehensive and inclusive decision-making process, considering the impact on stakeholders and the broader community.TakeawaysDevNets activation and testingProtocol upgrades and deprecation of network protocolsScheduling of fork dates and client releasesImportance of P2P circuit breakers for network securityTesting direct connections to builders for mainnet readiness DevNets play a crucial role in testing and integrating software for upcoming releases.The scoping and planning of EIPs for upcoming forks involves client rankings, technical discussions, and considerations for future forks. Inclusive decision-makingCommunity impactChapters00:00 DevNets and Protocol Upgrades15:01 Scheduling Fork Dates and Client Releases19:47 P2P Circuit Breakers and Network Security29:46 Testing Direct Connections to Builders32:06 Testing and Integration on DevNets35:15 Planning and Scoping of EIPs55:42 Discussion on EIP 8365 Scope01:05:58 Forced Exits and EIP 836501:06:35 EIP Scope and Community Consensus01:09:03 PQ Roadmap and EIP Prioritization01:10:37 DFI and CFI Decisions01:11:40 Issuance Changes and Community Impact01:20:26 Governance and Decision-Making Process01:28:30 Future EIP Discussions and Community Engagement
Wie baut man ein hybrides Tonstudio sinnvoll auf? Und wann lohnt es sich überhaupt, Audiosignale aus der DAW in analoges Outboard und wieder zurück zu schicken?In dieser Studiosofa-Folge ist Jan Kalt, Produzent, Mixing Engineer und Betreiber des Tonstudios Schraubfabrik zu Gast. Jan nimmt uns mit in seinen Workflow zwischen DAW, analoger Studiotechnik, externen Synthesizern und Modularsystemen.Es geht ganz konkret um die Bausteine eines Hybrid-Studios: Audio-Interfaces und ausreichend Ein- und Ausgänge, die Integration von Kompressoren und EQs, Routing in der DAW, Latenz, Gain-Staging und Total Recall. Außerdem erklärt Jan, wann eine Patchbay sinnvoll ist, was fest verkabelt bleiben kann und wie sich externe Geräte flexibel in den Mix einbinden lassen.Jan erzählt auch, warum er meist mit wenigen Plug-ins pro Chain arbeitet, wie seine Vocal-Produktionen entstehen und warum Hybrid-Setups nicht zwingend ein großes Mischpult oder ein riesiges Budget erfordern.Eine Folge für alle, die ihr Homestudio erweitern, Hardware sinnvoll einsetzen und ihren Mixing-Workflow besser organisieren möchten.Gear CornerAudient Horizon: https://tidd.ly/4h06DQQNeumann KH 310 II L: https://tidd.ly/4hgsh1XNeumann KH 310 II R: https://tidd.ly/4xrTtkcNeumann KH 350: https://tidd.ly/4h9sILzArturia Audio Fuse Studio Rev 2: https://tidd.ly/4yHNokSSSL Solid State Logic The Bus+: https://tidd.ly/4rjECqORME Fireface UCX II Audio Interface: https://tidd.ly/4rqBbi3RME Fireface UFX III Audio Interface: https://tidd.ly/4izxIeQSound&Recording-Magazin | Studiosofa PodcastMusic Store Shopping: https://tidd.ly/4vH53rOWebsite: soundandrecording-magazin.deWebinare: soundandrecording-magazin.de/webinareCoachings: soundandrecording-magazin.de/coachingsWhatsApp-Gruppe: soundandrecording-magazin.de/whatsappInstagram: @soundandrecording.magazinYouTube: @StudiosofaPodcastTikTok: @soundandrecording.mag
This week's episode is dedicated to remembering our dear colleague and friend Rodney Charters, ASC, who passed away in Amsterdam during the show – we will dedicate more time to him in an upcoming episode. We work through Johnnie's first hands-on demo of our SmallRig x CineD OrBrella prototype and the 200 pre-orders that sold out in just days, all the winners of our CineD Best-of-Show Awards at IBC 2026 – from the Adobe After Effects AI Assistant and the Deity PR-4 to the Aputure STORM CS32, NANLUX Matrix 2500C, Atomos Shinobi 7 II and Hollyland Pyro 7 Ultra – the Teradek Bolt 7, Sony's DWX Gen 4 and its US patent problem, the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo, SmallRig's iPhone 18 cinema kit, the latest Pixboom Spark update, the Canon EOS R8 Mark II, Tilta's Pyro 7 Ultra cage, the SNAPGRID Core, SmallRig's Nano power banks, the Saramonic WiTalk Base, Angelbird's new CFexpress Type A v4 cards and a new MZed Storytelling Session. This Episode is Sponsored by Hollyland. Check it out at (00:18:36) ►Learn more: http://cined.co/lwhjQk Topics and Chapters in this Episode: (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:33) SmallRig x CineD OrBrella Light Introduced – 60W Umbrella-Style Light That Deploys in Five Seconds https://www.cined.com/smallrig-x-cined-orbrella-light-introduced-60w-umbrella-style-light-that-deploys-in-five-seconds/ (00:21:14) Winners Announced – CineD Best-of-Show Awards at IBC 2026 https://www.cined.com/winners-announced-cined-best-of-show-awards-at-ibc-2026/ (00:28:42) Deity PR-4 Detailed – Six Tracks, Wireless Timecode Master, and Dual-Media Recording https://www.cined.com/deity-pr-4-detailed-six-tracks-wireless-timecode-master-and-dual-media-recording/ (00:37:03) OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI Introduced – Two HDMI 2.1 Ports, 140W Laptop Charging, Full-Speed Downstream Storage https://www.cined.com/owc-thunderbolt-5-dock-with-dual-hdmi-introduced-two-hdmi-2-1-ports-140w-laptop-charging-full-speed-downstream-storage/ (00:40:28) DZOFILM Arles Zooms Announced – 25-75mm and 65-180mm T2.6 With Prime-Matched Color https://www.cined.com/dzofilm-arles-zooms-announced-25-75mm-and-65-180mm-t2-6-with-prime-matched-color/ (00:42:03) Aputure STORM CS32 Explained – 3,200W of Full Color From a Household Outlet https://www.cined.com/aputure-storm-cs32-3200w-of-full-color-from-a-household-outlet/ (00:44:12) NANLUX Matrix 2500B and Matrix 2500C – First Look https://www.cined.com/nanlux-matrix-2500b-and-matrix-2500c-first-look/ (00:45:14) Atomos Shinobi II Wins One of Two Awards in the Category “Monitors” (Interview video will follow) (00:46:59) Hollyland Pyro 7 Ultra Explained – 4K60 Transmission, 20ms Latency, Camera Control From the Receiver https://www.cined.com/hollyland-pyro-7-ultra-explained-4k60-transmission-20ms-latency-camera-control-from-the-receiver/ (00:48:52) Teradek Bolt 7 Introduced – 6GHz Zero-Delay Wireless Video, 900MHz Radio for Camera Control, and More https://www.cined.com/teradek-bolt-7-introduced-6ghz-zero-delay-wireless-video-900mhz-radio-for-camera-control-and-more/ (00:53:02) Sony DWX Gen 4 Wireless System Detailed – 32-Bit Float Recording, 1.1ms Latency, and a 30% Price Cut https://www.cined.com/sony-dwx-gen-4-wireless-system-detailed-32-bit-float-recording-1-1ms-latency-and-a-30-price-cut/ (00:56:49) Apple iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max Announced – Variable Aperture Main Camera, New Sensor, Pro Controls, Plus the Foldable iPhone Duo https://www.cined.com/apple-iphone-18-pro-and-18-pro-max-announced-variable-aperture-main-camera-new-sensor-pro-controls-plus-the-foldable-iphone-duo/ (01:07:23) SmallRig iPhone 18 Cinema Kit Introduced – HawkLock Cage, 67mm Screw-On Filters, $190 All-in-One Kit https://www.cined.com/smallrig-iphone-18-cinema-kit-introduced-hawklock-cage-67mm-screw-on-filters-190-all-in-one-kit/ (01:09:42) Pixboom Spark Updated – Pre-Record, Browser Remote Control, and 12-Bit RAW in Development https://www.cined.com/pixboom-spark-updated-pre-record-browser-remote-control-and-12-bit-raw-in-development/ (01:14:24) Canon EOS R8 Mark II Announced – 24.2MP Full-Frame, IBIS, and Oversampled 4K60p https://www.cined.com/canon-eos-r8-mark-ii-announced-24-2mp-full-frame-ibis-and-oversampled-4k60p/ (01:17:45) Tilta Monitor Cage for Hollyland Pyro 7 Ultra and Integration with Nucleus-M II Demonstrated https://www.cined.com/tilta-monitor-cage-for-hollyland-pyro-7-ultra-and-integration-with-nucleus-m-ii-demonstrated/ (01:19:53) DoPchoice/Ellar Works SNAPGRID Core Modifier for ARRI Omnibar and Astera Titan Tubes Explained https://www.cined.com/dopchoice-ellar-works-snapgrid-core-modifier-for-arri-omnibar-and-astera-titan-tubes-explained/ (01:21:53) SmallRig Nano36 and Nano72 Introduced – Rig-Mountable Power Banks With Retractable USB-C https://www.cined.com/smallrig-nano36-and-nano72-introduced-rig-mountable-power-banks-with-retractable-usb-c/ (01:23:47) Saramonic WiTalk Base Detailed – 64-User Scaling, IP66 Rugged Design, and 700m Range https://www.cined.com/saramonic-witalk-base-detailed-64-user-scaling-ip66-rugged-design-and-700m-range/ (01:26:42) Angelbird AV PRO CFexpress Type A v4 Explained – VPG800 Certification, Up to 1.6TB, and Roman Rabitsch on the Storage Crisis https://www.cined.com/angelbird-av-pro-cfexpress-type-a-v4-explained-vpg800-certification-up-to-1-6tb-and-roman-rabitsch-on-the-storage-crisis/ (01:28:47) Breaking the Framing Rules – New “Storytelling Sessions” Recording Now Available on MZed https://www.cined.com/breaking-the-framing-rules-new-storytelling-sessions-recording-now-available-on-mzed/ Which IBC winner would you have picked? 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Podcast: OT Security Made SimpleEpisode: AI in OT: Hype, Opportunities, and Risk-Free Integration in Industrial Plants | OT Security Made SimplePub date: 2026-09-15Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationKlaus Mochalski and OT expert Daniel Ehrenreich discuss the integration of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Control Systems (ICS). Discover why AI already delivers value in predictive maintenance and PLC programming, the physical risks of real-time process control, and why a "human-in-the-loop" approach backed by deep domain expertise remains essential.You can find more information on OT Security Made Simple at rhebo.com or send us your ideas, questions, or guest suggestions at podcast@rhebo.com.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Klaus Mochalski, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Jacob Margulies is the Co-Founder at Reah, a financial operating system that unifies fiat banking, digital assets and AI-powered execution in one platform.It provides global bank accounts, payments, treasury, cards and invoicing for businesses worldwide, all governed by one programmable policy engine.And Reah describes itself as non-custodial. Customers have complete control of their assets, and Reah says it cannot access, freeze, or move their funds.This episode also includes a live demo, where Jacob shares his screen and walks through the platform.✅ OUR RESOURCES
1929 OTTAWACanada Seeks EU Integration Amid RealignmentCharles Burton reports Canada is rapidly reorienting its economic and defense relationships away from dependency on the United States. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed opening associate membership to Canada, creating a unique alliance covering defense, trade, and personnel movement. Supported by former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canadian leaders are promoting infrastructure initiatives to redirect trade flows while granting Europeaccess to critical minerals. Polling indicates that over 70% of Canadians identify with European values, whereas USsympathy dropped to 16% due to trade unpredictability. Canada also quietly strengthened strategic military defense ties with China regarding security. (3)
Dearest Blubirds, It is such a joy to be back after nearly three years away. To bring you all into the journey of where I've been, Lily and I decided to film a miniseries and open the story of what has unfolded since I last sat in this chair, as well as talk about what it truly took to birth the Heavenly Bodies Tarot deck into the world. In this episode we speak into our friendship, the initiation of art, my journey with hearing loss and the integration of Blu and Charlotte. This conversation truly feels like a doorway into a new season of my life. One that I feel is less about having all of the answers, and more about sharing our lived, human experience: The beauty of what it takes to create an entire 78-card deck by hand, how we've learned to soften into life, and the magic we can create in the world when we learn to surrender to what is being asked of us. Thank you for being here. I'm excited for you to hear this first episode and for us to embark on this journey together. It truly means the world. Blu Heavenly Bodies Tarot: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HB125M7H?maas=maas_adg_BCD7C5F0BFD959E15037AEB4BC13F33C_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas Read about all things Tarot: https://www.instagram.com/weareheavenlybodies/ _______ 00:00 Intro 01:45 Where I've Been for The Last Three Years 18:42 We Released A Deck! 19:02 Introducing Lily Ashwell 22:07 The Origin of Heavenly Bodies Astrology 33:12 Collaborating on the Tarot Deck 38:48 The Beginning of Our Journey 42:45 Facing Imposter Syndrome 45:27 Navigating Life's Initiations 57:31 Sisterhood & Grief 59:01 My Journey with Hearing Loss 1:03:40 The Integration of Blu and Charlotte 1:10:42 Pausing from social media 1:15:35 Sisterhood as a Healing Balm 1:20:18 The Initiation of the Hero's Journey 1:26:43 Synthetic Noise vs Authentic Frequency 1:31:08 A Handmade Body of Work in the Time of AI 1:35:13 Pull a Card with Us! 1:43:48 Closing Remarks _______ Lily Ashwell is an artist, author and teacher devoted to exploring the symbolic languages of the soul. Through her work, she invites others into a deeper relationship with the archetypal patterns that shape our lives, encouraging a path of self-inquiry, creative expression and remembrance. Writer of the best-selling Heavenly Bodies Astrology Deck, her illustrations have been introduced to tens of thousands of readers on viewing astrology as a living, experiential practice. Through her writing, teaching and creative projects, Lily encourages others to see life as a sacred curriculum ~ one that continually guides us back to the truth of who we are. Work With Lily: https://www.lilyashwell.com/ Substack: https://substack.com/@lilyashwell Connect: https://www.instagram.com/lilyashwell/ _______ Blu is a motivational speaker, artist, musician & host of the Deja Blu Podcast with over 4 million listeners worldwide. She is also an artist, illustrator and writer for the Heavenly Bodies Tarot created alongside artist and writer, Lily Ashwell. Join The Substack: https://substack.com/@bluofearth "6 Things Losing Words Taught Me About Being Human" : https://substack.com/home/post/p-213763962 Connect With Blu: https://www.instagram.com/bluofearth/ The Deja Blu Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dejablupodcast/
(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation including a poem from the Sioux Nation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene IV | Online Wednesday-Morning
Taylor welcomes Master Energy Healer, Intuitive, and Mental Health Coach Annelise Cherie back to the pod for a powerful channelled conversation on healing and integration. They discuss a new era of consciousness that is coming, the trend of “breaking up” with the wellness industry, moving from data collection to integration and SO much more on this week's episode of Magic Hour! ***Heavy Subject Matter - Today's episode includes a brief mention of SA. Please take care while listening or feel free to skip from 43:52 to 44:48 if you need to. CHAPTERS (0:00) Welcome to Magic Hour (4:17) Conversation with Annelise Cherie (01:12:35) Sitting With Spirit ******************************************** This Episode of Magic Hour is brought to you by OSEA Malibu Use code magichour at checkout for 10% off your 1st order at https://oseamalibu.com/ ********************************************* Connect with Taylor Paige Instagram @angels_and_amethyst Website https://www.angelsandamethyst.com Follow @MagicHourPod on instagram and YouTube for more Magic Hour content. Connect with Annelise Cherie Website https://www.annelisemindset.com/ IG https://www.instagram.com/annelisecherie/?hl=en Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@annelisecherie/videos TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@annelisecherie *************************** Find out more about Taylor's signature program Becoming The Oracle! In this 8 week mentorship container Taylor shares her signature method and professional expertise after almost a decade as an Angelic Intuitive, Astrologer, and Evidential Medium. Learn her tricks of the trade, gain confidence in your intuitive abilities, and learn to reliably connect with Spirit, Angels, and Guides. Find more info and apply at https://angelsandamethyst.com/becoming-the-oracle-mentorship/ ************************** If you have any questions about, intuition, spirituality, angels, or anything and everything magical, please email contact@magichourpod.com. We will answer listener questions once a month in our solo episodes Don't forget to leave us a 5 sparkling star review, they help more people find the pod and remember their magic. Please screenshot and email your 5 star reviews to contact@magichourpod.com and we will send you a free downloadable angelic meditation, and enter you to win an angel reading with Taylor Paige! The next Angel Reading giveaway will happen when we hit 333 5 star reviews on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Join the waitlist for a reading with Taylor here: https://angelsandamethyst.com/offerings/ Find Taylor's 3 part workshop series on Angelic Connection, Attracting a Soulmate Connection, and Healing the Witch wound here: https://angelsandamethyst.com/workshops/ Code 333 gives $33 off, plus, each student can email Taylor one question on the subject material per lesson. Join Taylor's email list at https://www.angelsandamethyst.com to know when her monthly gatherings of Earth Angel Club are open for registration. Earth angel club is a monthly meeting of like-minded and magical people across the world. EAC includes an astrological and energetic overview, a guided meditation attuned to the current zodiac season, and for the highest ticket tier, a mini email angel reading. Each EAC member also has the option to skip the waitlist and sit with Taylor sooner for a reading. Are you an aligned business owner that would like to advertise to our beautiful community of magical people? Please email contact@magichourpod.com ****** Editing by Ashley Riley Music by Justin Fleuriel and Mandie Cheung. For more of their music check out @goodnightsband on instagram. #magichour #witchypodcast #intuition #spirituality #angelicmessages #higherself #intuitiveguidance #spiritguides #astrologer #astrologytips #birthchart #zodiac #monthlyenergyreport #horoscope #collectiveenergy
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(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation including a poem from the Sioux Nation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene IV | Online Wednesday-Morning
SUPER COOL✨Dr. Lotte is generously offering New Earth Eden listeners 10% off one-on-one session. Just use code NEWEARTH10 within 30 days of this episode's release.Have you been carrying a pattern that was never yours to begin with?In this episode of the New Earth Eden Podcast, I chat with Dr. Lotte Valentin who is a naturopathic physician, medical and psychic medium who survived two near-death experiences (one during childbirth and a major earthquake) before returning to medical school at age 54. Big on proof and evidence as well as being a former atheist, Dr. Lotte bridges the gaps of Western medicine and intuitive healing, and she's opening up about what she's learned along the way.We dive deep into ancestral healing and Dr. Lotte's own Kindraya method, a blend of cognitive, somatic, and spiritual work that uncovers what's been silently passed down through your family line, including the mother wound almost everyone carries, even with a loving mom. We talk about generational and transgenerational patterns, why "cycle breakers" show up in every family, how the veil between this world and the spirit world is thinner than we think, and why trusting your own intuition matters as much as any diagnosis.Dr. Lotte also shares her honest take on Western medicine versus holistic healing (there's no one right answer, and she explains why), and what she's noticing about the New Earth consciousness shift, timeline, and the growing awakening she's seeing in younger generations. For this episode's New Earth Practice, Dr. Lotte leads us through a guided meditation called "The Pattern That Calls," tuning into your maternal and paternal lines to sense what's ready to heal in your own lineage.Time Stamps:00:00 — Why Are We Still Doing All the Mental Labor?01:02 — Eden Introduces Dr. Lotte Valentin & What You'll Experience03:04 — Vision for the New Earth: What the Shift Feels Like05:31 — Women Reclaiming Power & Ancient Wisdom09:56 — Where Are All the Young Healers? Age & Conscious Awakening10:31 — Why Awareness Changes Everything13:18 — The Missing Piece: Spirituality in Science14:32 — Mediumship, Near-Death Laughs & Letting Your Guides Surprise You19:53 — Do You Even Need a Veil? Spirit World Is Right Here22:18 — Can Spirits Really Heal From the Other Side?25:44 — The Origins of Kindraya Healing & Becoming a Cycle Breaker29:03 — Are You Actually Carrying a Mother Wound? Spoiler: Probably33:38 — How Did We Wind Up People-Pleasing? Unpacking the "Good Girl" Script36:31 — When Trauma Hides in the Family Tapestry39:52 — Cycling Through Patterns Until You Break Free42:19 — The Magic of Hemi-Sync & Healing Frequencies43:29 — Why the Energies of Workplaces & Ancestors Still Stick45:24 — Changing the Past: Generational Karma Isn't a Punishment48:05 — Western Medicine vs. Energy Medicine: Why Both Can Heal51:34 — New Earth Practice: Meditation to Uncover & Heal the Pattern You Were Born to Transform1:03:17 — You Are Not Alone: How Connection & Awareness Begin the Healing1:04:09 — Stay Connected: Session Discounts 10% Off & Where to Go Next1:05:03 — Farewell, Integration, & Eden's Final BoostConnect with Dr. Lotte:Website: https://drlotte.comExplore 1-on-1 Sessions: https://drlotte.com/explore-all-sessionsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrLotteValentin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.lottevalentin/?hl=en Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLotteSciencewithSoul
In this episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA Cloud, host Owen McQuaide sits down with Andreas Eißmann, CEO and Founder of dinext Group — a 100% cloud consulting company that recently completed their own migration from SAP Business byDesign to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. Andreas shares what it's really like to go from consultant to customer, the lessons learned along the way, and how that experience has changed the way dinext Group supports its own clients. In this episode:- Why dinext Group chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition as the future of their ERP- The phased implementation approach: Finance first, Professional Services second — and why they'd do it exactly the same way again- Integration challenges with third-party tools and what to plan for- Why change management was their biggest unexpected hurdle- How SAP's transition tools and accelerators support mid-market migrations- The AI and Joule opportunities Andreas sees reshaping ERP user experiences
Ulf Valentin ist Partner bei der Convidera GmbH in Köln. Die Digitalberatung verbindet seit rund 15 Jahren Systeme und Prozesse, damit Industrieunternehmen mehr Umsatz generieren – ohne CRM-Einführungen. Valentin baut mit seinem Team „Digitale Revenue Systeme" und kennt den mehrstufigen B2B-Vertrieb aus Projekten in Industrie, Bau und Chemie. Seine Keynote „KI zerstört den mehrstufigen Vertrieb" sorgte auf der digitalBAU für Aufsehen. In dieser Folge: KI im Vertrieb – diese Use Cases bringen sofort mehr Umsatz. Ulf Valentin zeigt an echten Projekten, wo künstliche Intelligenz im Vertrieb schnell messbar wirkt: E-Mail-Kategorisierung im Innendienst mit 96 Prozent Trefferquote, Reiseberichte per Sprachassistent, automatische Reaktivierung schlafender Bestandskunden und der Konfigurator als Lead-Maschine. Dazu erklärt er den Chat-GPT-Bias, zwei Wege zur KI-Einführung – Zielbild oder Experimente – und warum Datenschutz und EU AI Act kein Grund sind, nichts zu tun.
Wir erklären Ausdrücke mit der Zahl fünf: „alle fünfe gerade sein lassen" und „das fünfte Rad am Wagen sein". Danach beantworten wir eine Frage unserer Hörerin Liza: Sie lebt in Duisburg und erlebt dort Stadtviertel, in denen man auch nach Jahren kein Deutsch braucht. Wie kann Integration besser gelingen? Wir sprechen über gestrichene Sprachkurse, schwierige Bürokratie, und darüber, warum Politik so selten länger als bis zur nächsten Wahl denkt. Transkript und Vokabelhilfe Werde ein Easy German Mitglied und du bekommst unsere Vokabelhilfe, ein interaktives Transkript und Bonusmaterial zu jeder Episode: easygerman.org/membership Sponsoren Hier findet ihr unsere Sponsoren und exklusive Angebote: easygerman.org/sponsors Follow-up: Landkarten Map Projections (xkcd) Ausdrücke der Woche fünfe gerade sein lassen (DWDS) das fünfte Rad am Wagen sein (Wiktionary) Eure Fragen Liza aus Russland fragt: Wie viel Integration braucht das Zusammenleben? Lage der Nation - Episode 492 Hast du eine Frage an uns? Auf easygerman.fm kannst du uns eine Sprachnachricht schicken. Support Easy German and get interactive transcripts, live vocabulary and bonus content: easygerman.org/membership
John Paul II is the most important psychologist of the twentieth century — and almost no one knows it. In three dense paragraphs on the subconscious, he named what Freud got wrong and gave us a fuller picture of the human person. Dr. Greg sits down with Fr. Randy Sly to trace how a pilgrimage through Poland turned a philosopher he'd studied for twenty-five years into a father he'd finally met — and why that kind of encounter, not more theory, is what integration actually asks of us. Key Topics: What John Paul II saw about the subconscious that Freud missed entirely Why studying a saint for twenty-five years isn't the same as actually meeting him How explaining integration can be the very thing that keeps you from it Why you don't have to be in crisis to need help becoming who you're meant to be What it means to be a channel instead of a closed loop — and why receiving isn't optional if you want to keep giving Learn More: Join us at the Summit of Integration this October in Dallas — launching the Year of St. John Paul II The Personalist Cure — Dr. Greg's upcoming book, launching this October at the Summit Sign up for our newsletter Fr. Randy Sly's podcast: The Follow to Lead Podcast Integration Pilgrimages — the encounter-focused pilgrimage Dr. Greg helped lead this summer Practice Catholic mindfulness to find the presence of God in the moment Go deeper in the integrated life through the Integrated Life app and community John Paul II on the subconscious: Person and Act and Related Essays by Karol Wojtyła Duc in Altum Schools Collaborative Black Elk Healing Retreat (Wyoming) Need help? Schedule a free CatholicPsych consultation Want to help? Learn more about our Certification in Professional Accompaniment Follow Us on Socials: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter (X) | LinkedIn
In this episode of the Pipeliners Podcast, host Russell Treat talks with Nick Dresang, Director of Cybersecurity at Flow State, about how leak detection systems get their data and what that means for pipeline cybersecurity. They cover OT/IT integration across the Purdue Model, cloud deployment options, and the security tradeoffs operators face as more pipeline data moves off premises. Visit PipelinePodcastNetwork.com for a full episode transcript and detailed show notes with relevant links and definitions to insider terms.
Betches senior video producers Tess Tregellas and Madeline Mahoney reveal how they transformed a viral social media premise into their flagship scripted comedy series Sisters. They outline the operational mechanics of building an in-house creator studio, maintaining a sponsor-free first season to protect brand voice, and driving multi-platform distribution completely organically.Key Highlights
Welcome to another episode of the Outdoor Adventure Series! Today, we're joined by Todd Gerson—mental health therapist and creator of the Ninefold app—for a deep dive into how nature, self-reflective practice, and technology can work together to enhance our well-being. Todd shares the inspiration behind Ninefold, explains how it empowers users to actively reflect and build healthier practices outdoors, and gives us a guided tour of the app's features. Whether you're a therapist, coach, outdoor enthusiast, or simply looking to deepen your connection with nature, this episode explores practical ways to use both the outdoors and digital tools to become agents of change in your own life and for those around you. Get ready to rethink your next walk—and how you process it—with insights from Todd and the story of the Ninefold app.DISCUSSION1. Introduction to the Podcast and GuestOverview of the Outdoor Adventure Series and its focus on exploring and enjoying nature [00:00:06]Introduction of Todd Gerson as a mental health therapist and creator of the Ninefold app [00:00:28]Purpose of the episode: exploring how nature and apps like Ninefold can promote physical and mental well-being [00:00:33]2. Todd Gerson's Background and InspirationTodd's background as a therapist, education, and experience in mental health settings [00:01:58]Work with trauma, anxiety, mood disorders, and life transitions [00:02:24]The origin story and inspiration for developing the Ninefold app [00:03:17]Personal experiences in nature and with injury [00:03:22]Observations about limitations in existing mental health resources [00:03:49]The desire for more active, reflective, and personalized practices [00:04:09]Developing the app and learning to code [00:05:03]3. Using the Ninefold App in NatureFlexibility in app usage: indoors, outdoors, and while moving or sitting [00:06:27]Deliberate design to reduce device engagement and avoid gamification [00:07:02]Self-contained activities encouraging users to put the phone down and experience nature [00:07:21]Activities rated by intensity and reflection depth to suit user needs [00:07:25]4. Integration with Outdoor Coaching and Therapy PracticesAlignment with principles such as forest bathing and outdoor mindfulness [00:08:50]Suggestions for therapists and coaches on introducing the app to clients [00:09:12]Options for clients to independently explore or work collaboratively with a practitioner [00:09:46]Nonlinear and structured exploration within the app's framework [00:10:20]5. Example Practice: Leaves on the StreamUse of nature-based metaphors (leaves floating as negative thoughts) for reflection [00:10:43]Applicability for coaching and therapeutic conversations in outdoor settings [00:11:26]Positive feedback from practitioners about the accessibility and clinical grounding of app practices [00:12:30]Design for users of all backgrounds, not requiring specialist knowledge [00:13:25]6. Guidance on App Usage and CadenceRecommendations for pacing: starting wherever feels natural and building up over time [00:13:40]Features for setting reminders and revisiting practices [00:14:26]Tailoring frequency and type of activities to individual needs and goals [00:15:01]Encouraging meaningful practice and self-reflection rather than prescriptive use [00:16:16]7. App Tour and Functional OverviewOnboarding process and overview of the home screen [00:17:01]Mandala interface showing progress through different app paths [00:17:17]Description of the 8 initial paths and the unlockable 9th, deeper path [00:17:35]Selection of activity intensity: light, medium, or deep [00:18:00]Overview of specific paths:Spirit (values, meaning, goal setting) [00:18:18]Persona (roles and masks) [00:18:27]Soma (mindfulness, grounding, emotion regulation) [00:18:36]Shadow (shame, avoidance) [00:18:48]Relational (relationships, boundaries, communication) [00:18:55]Light (gratitude, strengths, connection) [00:19:05]Inner Script (thought patterns, beliefs, incl. leaves on a stream) [00:19:13]Self Within (inner identity) [00:19:21]Practice saving and reminders, chronological logging, and narrative timeline features [00:19:54]Archive and insights features for reviewing and reflecting on progress [00:20:31]Unlocking deeper content with progression [00:21:13]8. Demonstration of Activities and Reflection PromptsWalkthrough of grounding and reflection practices such as 5-4-3-2-1 and box breathing [00:23:12]Requirement of user reflection after engaging in a practice [00:24:02]Emphasis on reflection as an agent of change and making it a habitual part of well-being routines [00:24:56]Built-in prompts and example reflections to support users [00:25:57]9. Reflections on the App's Purpose and ImpactTodd's personal and professional integration in the app's design and philosophy [00:27:30]Valuing user autonomy, non-pressured growth, and a non-gamified approach [00:28:11]App as a culmination of Todd's views on well-being and growth [00:28:42]10. Advice for Outdoor Leaders, Teachers, and FamiliesThe value of using the app to cement and structure outdoor experiences [00:30:34]Encouragement to use the app for reflection and to enhance the impact of time spent in nature [00:30:44]Resource for encouraging new outdoor experiences in a meaningful way [00:31:05]12. Closing ThoughtsSummary of the episode's discussion and the app's role in outdoor well-being [00:32:48]Encouragement to get outside and use tools for reflection and change [00:34:19]LEARN MORETo learn more about Todd and Ninefold, visit the Nionefold website at https://ninefoldapp.com, or on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ninefold.appLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddgerson/RESOURCES:Outdoor Coaching by Jonathan Passmore and Ellie Lloyd-JonesCoaching Outdoors by Lesley RobertsAssociation of Nature and Forest TherapyForest Bathing (Treeming)NEXT STEPSVisit us at https://outdooradventureseries.com to like, comment, and share our episodes.KEYWORDSTodd Gerson, Ninefold App, Outdoor Coaching, Howard Fox, Outdoor Adventure Series, Podcast Interview#ToddGerson #Ninefold #OutdoorCoaching #HowardFox #OutdoorAdventureSeries #PodcastInterviewMy Favorite Podcast Tools: Production by DescriptHosting BuzzsproutShow Notes by CastmagicWebsite powered by PodpageBe a Podcast Guest by PodMatchBanner Customization by Nano Banana & Canva
The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy
What This Work Asks of Therapists: Integration, Not Knowing, and the Capacity to Stay - An Interview with Juliane Taylor Shore, LMFT, LPC, SEP Juliane Taylor Shore, LMFT, LPC, SEP, on therapist integration, not knowing, and the capacity to stay in the room. Curt and Katie talk with Juliane Taylor Shore, LMFT, LPC, SEP, about what determines how much a therapist can do in session. Her answer is not which model you reach for, but how integrated you are while you reach for it. Jules wrote Setting Boundaries That Stick and created the STAIR Method. Jules separates eclectic practice, pulling from whichever training fits the moment, from integrative practice, where one theory of mind and theory of change organizes which tool gets used when. Hers is neurobiological: the brain as an open, dynamic, complex system, most stable and most flexible when its parts stay differentiated and cross-share information. She also names what she thinks training got wrong. Many therapists learned to read client comfort as the measure of their therapeutic presence, a poor gauge when most clients arrive in a threat state. Her alternative is the therapist's own integration, because that is what creates capacity for connection, bonding, and creativity when a session gets hard. In this episode, we discuss: - What separates integrative from eclectic practice - Why client comfort is an unreliable measure of therapeutic presence - How adding compassion to empathy keeps a clinician from fatiguing - What humility and self-kindness predict about client outcomes - How power with differs from power over and power under - Why presence and skill have to be trained in the same state - What grief this job asks therapists to hold Timestamps: - 02:32 - Integrative therapy versus eclectic practice - 05:07 - Theory of mind, theory of change, and integration - 09:10 - What therapists get wrong about presence - 16:27 - Why empathy fatigues and compassion does not - 19:36 - Color shifting and finding felt compassion - 28:11 - PONS: power, of-courseness, not knowing, and self - 35:23 - The salience network, presence, and skill - 38:41 - The grief this work asks you to hold Guest Bio: Juliane Taylor Shore, LMFT, LPC, SEP, is a therapist, author, and teacher who translates neurobiology into practices that support brain change. She wrote Setting Boundaries That Stick, created the STAIR Method, and is an associate Instructor with the Coherence Institute and core faculty with Therapy Wisdom. Learn more at julianetaylorshore.com. Full show notes and transcript: mtsgpodcast.com Join the Modern Therapist Community Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mtsgpodcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/therapyreimagined Modern Therapist's Survival Guide Creative Credits Voice Over by DW McCann: https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/ Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano: https://groomsymusic.com/
Rob Gauthier channels the Vive and a Yahyel hybrid being in this Portal To Ascension "Embracing Contact" transmission — and the perspective is unusually intimate, because the Yahyel say humans are literally part of their genetic makeup: "humans are our parents in a way." Speaking through Gauthier, they reframe contact as something that begins inside you first, not in the sky, and drop a startling figure: only 12 to 17% of your soul actually inhabits your body, with the rest fanning out through higher self, oversoul, and the collective consciousness of the whole cosmos. They describe the soul as valuing every experience without judging it good or bad, and offer a memorable image for finding your path — "your higher self is a laser pointer, and your lower fractal is the cat chasing it." The big-picture map? Contact unfolds in three stages — speculation, confirmation, integration — and Earth, they say, has just entered confirmation.
Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with Jeff Lindsay (aka progruim) about the history of, naming and thoughts behind the evangelism of Webhooks. Mentioned Links Jeff's website Wikipedia: Webhook Wikipedia: SuperHappyDevHouse
On this week's show: TiVo decides skipping commercials should cost something, LG TVs face some very ugly privacy claims, Home Assistant 2026.9 brings a big Modbus cleanup, UniFi tries a friendlier whole-home Wi-Fi pitch, and Sonos rolls out Beam Ultra, Ace Ultra, and a whole new Sonos 27 software story. We also hit new gear from both CEDIA and IFA, a full mailbag of feedback for Gavin, project updates, and so much more!HomeTech HeadlinesApple announces September iPhone launch eventTiVo Plans to End Free Automatic Commercial Skipping in November, Tests Paid Premium Replacement Service | Cord Cutters NewsLG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devicesHomey expands beyond the app with the Portal touchscreen and rotary controllerJBL takes on Sonos with new multi-room Cove speakersShelly launches first smart camera at a budget price without any subscriptionsSonos Launches Beam Ultra and Ace Ultra Pre-Orders in Canada | iPhone in CanadaHow Sonos rebooted itselfSonos 27: Why Your System Keeps Getting BetterIntroducing UniFi Travel Router Long-RangeIntroducing Whole-Home WiFi by UniFiProStudio by Josh.ai Raises the Bar for Custom Home Control, Integration, & Installation at CEDIA Expo 2026AVA OS 3.0 Adds Over 100 New Features to SystemsAudio Pad Series | Architectural Audio Integrated into Faceplates | Magna AudioCEDIA Announces Winners of 2026 Smart Home Awards AmericasGovee expands its smart lighting lineup at IFA 2026 with dual-zone outdoor lights, a simulated skylight, and new COB stripsAqara expands its global smart lighting range with Thread and Zigbee support at IFA 2026These new robot lawn mowers trim your edgesRoborock expands beyond the living room with automated pool cleaners and LiDAR mowers at IFA 2026iRobot unveils the Roomba DuoFeedbackICO – The Smart Pool MonitorSmart Pool Water Analyzer | Make Pool Care Effortless - iopoolDroplet: Smart Home Water SensorTailwind iQ3 Smart Automatic Garage Door ControllerESPHome Tesla BLE“How Many Gavins” Calculator2026.9: There's room on this busE-Wand™ Single Unit – Current Luxury
Join Allen Kopelman for a B2B podcast episode featuring guest Travis D. Lombardi-Spicer. Learn how to navigate modern business.In this episode of B2B Vault, we sit down with Travis D. Lombardi-Spicer to discuss the realities of running a business in today's landscape. Whether you are a founder or a decision-maker, these conversations provide actionable business growth strategies that you can apply immediately to your operations. We focus on the intersection of leadership and practical application, helping you avoid common pitfalls that hinder scaling.Our discussion also covers essential fintech insights, including how payment technology and automation are shifting the way companies handle transactions and compliance. By understanding these trends, you can better position your organization for long-term success. This B2B podcast is dedicated to equipping entrepreneurs with the knowledge needed to compete in a fast-changing market.Subscribe for weekly entrepreneurship advice and leadership breakdowns, and let us know in the comments what business challenges you are currently facing.
Integration problems often get blamed on culture after close. The real issue may have started earlier, when leaders were never given enough clarity on how to operate inside the new company. Kim Jones is an HR Director of M&A with more than a decade of people-integration experience across deals ranging from single-employee acqui-hires to acquisitions involving thousands of people. In this episode, Kim shares how to avoid integration debt, what to do when trust and operating rhythms start to break down, and the stories that shaped her approach, including a CEO who delayed his own close and a butterscotch Life Savers incident that sparked an employee uprising. What You'll Learn Why experienced leaders still need onboarding after an acquisition What creates integration debt before the deal even closes How to define "you'll run independently" before it becomes a source of friction The retention question Kim asks before deciding where to spend retention dollars Why integration planning should start around LOI, not Day One How to spot the people who actually hold influence, even when the org chart doesn't show it What buyers should preserve from the target before replacing its operating rhythms If you're planning an integration and trying to get leadership aligned before close, DealPilot, powered by M&A Science, gives you practitioner-built guidance for the decisions that shape Day One and what comes after.
This was an explosive episode of Soul Elevation with guest Marston Fries. During their recording—notably, while discussing pineal-gland piezoelectric effects—Kara's electronics suddenly shut down and her computer dropped to 1% battery. This is significant when you understand the energetic nature of reality, and how electronics respond to surges of energy. Marston shares her background rising to VP in her Wall Street career by age 27, then feeling called toward spirituality. After the sudden death of a partner, her psychic and mediumship abilities emerged, leading to telepathic contact with an extraterrestrial "soul family," insights about a control paradigm, and a decision to leave her career, travel, and publicly share her experiences, which led to social fallout and also global support. She shares about a 10-day ayahuasca master plant dieta in Costa Rica involving a kundalini/DNA activation and later physical ET contact. Marston explains her work through The Bridging Catalyst, offering sessions and building a consciousness-and-capital bridge to support new-paradigm systems.
In this talk Dayanandi covers the first of the five great stages of spiritual experience that develop and unfold as we progress on the Path to Enlightenment — integration and wholeness. Excerpted from the talk entitled Mindfulness and the Mandala of Integration, part of the series The Five Great Stages of the Spiritual Path given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2011. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now Subscribe to the FBA podcast: A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube
Jerry spoke to former GAA president Seán Kelly who’s now a Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South. Seán Kelly gave his views about the controversy over the stalled integration of three Gaelic games sporting bodies, the GAA, the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association.
We dig a bit deeper into the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association integration debacle and chat to Professor of Economics and member of the Sports Economics Research Centre in UCC.
In this episode of the Psychedelic Medicine Podcast, Nigel Denning, MA, MPsych, joins to discuss the reasons profound psychedelic experiences don't always lead to lasting change. Nigel is a Counselling Psychologist and Director of Integrative Psychology & Medicine, with nearly 40 years of experience working with psychedelic and non-ordinary states. He has trained with MAPS, and served as co-lead therapist on three psychedelic clinical trials. In this conversation, Nigel emphasizes the importance of preparation, integration, and creating the conditions for new experiences to become part of everyday life for effective psychedelic therapy. He explains that psychedelic sessions can open a period of neuroplasticity, but that without adequate reinforcement, people may naturally return to familiar patterns and ways of understanding themselves. Nigel discusses his three-phase approach to integration, which begins with simply becoming familiar with the experience, moves into narrating and embodying it, and ultimately arrives at meaning-making. He also highlights the importance of somatic awareness, curiosity, breathwork, and stabilization in helping people integrate experiences without prematurely imposing intellectual interpretations. Throughout the conversation, Nigel cautions against rushing back into ordinary routines or repeatedly pursuing psychedelic states in search of a lasting transformation, instead encouraging people to give new experiences time and space to become woven into their everyday life. In this episode, you'll hear: The importance of preparation and setting realistic expectations before a psychedelic experience Why curiosity is more useful than trying to control or rush to interpret what happens during a session How somatic awareness and breathwork can help integrate psychedelic experiences Why integration requires stabilization and creating space after an experience Why it's never too late to begin integrating a psychedelic experience from the past The risks of "state change chasing" and repeatedly pursuing psychedelic experiences instead of integrating them Quotes: "[Psychedelic therapy] is a very different way of intervening psychologically. You're really preparing someone to be curious about anything that arises so that they're not going in with expectations that this is going to be this incredibly wonderful experience that's just going to change their life—it might be a really awful experience—but that as long as you can make meaning of it as you're coming out of it, that's where the transformation comes." [5:28] "We can't predict, we can't shape and control what happens in the session. Therefore, let's just get really curious. Let's learn how to breathe and slow down and relax ourselves into meeting anything that emerges." [6:11] "The real meaning, the real return to subjectivity, is part of the integration process" [7:21] "[Integration] is all about familiarizing the unfamiliar without racing into a top-down reduction of it into a thing that meant this." [21:45] "It's amazing how stabilizing the breath can be. If you're in the depths of a psychedelic hell-world and you've got no perspective on anything, what you can still do is breathe. … that quality of centering in the breath creates then that capacity to at least remember you have a body." [27:21] Links: Nigel on LinkedIn Integrative Psychology & Medicine website Integrative Psychology & Medicine on Instagram Psychedelic Medicine Association Porangui
As The Trade Desk confronts negative growth guidance, executive turnover, and a 15% workforce reduction, media analysts Brian Wieser and Luke Stillman dissect the structural missteps behind the company's valuation drop.They reveal how an insistence on open-web transparency manifestos lost ground to buyer demands for price, convenience, and direct supply path performance.Key Highlights
Former President Mary McAleese stood down from the steering panel on the integration of the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association.Rachel Sheehan from Off The Ball joined Dave with the latest, and Camogie Players Ashling Thompson, Leane Lifely and Tara Power told him how they felt about it.
Ein spielerischer Neuanfang mit Cricket – Nach dem Umzug von Indien nach Deutschland stand Akther Khan vor einem schwierigen Neuanfang. In München gründete sie schließlich eine Frauen-Cricketmannschaft und schuf damit einen Ort für Begegnung und Austausch.
After decades of spinoffs and separations of various parts, GE Aerospace is now trending toward integration. Its $11.75 billion acquisition of Consolidation Precision Products is taking what business schools have been teaching for years (specialization, capital light) and flipping it on its head. Lou, Travis, and Tyler dissect the GE aerospace deal, how it impacts the aerospace & defense indsutry, and whether we're on the precipice of integration. Plus, cybersecurity threats and reverse stock splits. Have a question? Email us; podcasts@fool.com Tyler Crowe, Lou Whiteman, and Travis Hoium discuss: - GE Aerospace acquires Consolidated Precision Prodcuts - The winners and losers of the deal - Boston Scientific's cybersecurity hack fallout - Will cybersecurity make these industries less appealing to investors? - Mailbag: when is a reverse stock split good? Companies discussed: GE, HWM, BA, HONA, RTX, BSX, NVO, CRWD, IBM, BKNG Host: Tyler Crowe Guests: Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman Engineer: Dan Boyd Disclosure: Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, “TMF”) do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. We're committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You can become who you are. Which means you can also become who you're not. Recorded on location in Poland during a pilgrimage through the life of John Paul II, Dr. Greg Bottaro and Dr. Gerard McNicholas trace JP2's line "let yourself be molded by love" — and what happens in the subconscious that blocks our freedom to choose it. Key Topics: Why "become who you are" carries a hidden warning — you can also be molded into who you're not Why virtue never becomes automatic, no matter how many years you practice it How the one freedom no one can take from you is the freedom St. Maximilian Kolbe used to step forward and say "take my place" Why the buried things in your subconscious actually want to be known — and why John Paul II called surfacing them a task of morality How art slips in the back door of the subconscious and unlocks what analysis alone can't reach Learn More: Person and Act and Related Essays by Karol Wojtyła (John Paul II) — his account of conscience and the subconscious Our God's Brother — the Wojtyła play that gives us "let yourself be molded by love" Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk John Paul II's Letter to Artists The Personalist Cure — Dr. Greg's upcoming book, launching this October at the Summit Join us at the Summit of Integration this October in Dallas — launching the Year of St. John Paul II Need help? Schedule a free CatholicPsych consultation Want to help? Learn more about our Certification in Professional Accompaniment Follow Us on Socials: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter (X) | LinkedIn
If you are navigating Mormon faith transition, LDS faith crisis, religious trauma, mixed-faith relationships, faith expansion, spiritual awakening, or healing after high-demand religion, this conversation offers a compassionate framework for growing without needing to erase where you came from.What happens when a Mormon faith crisis becomes an invitation to spiritual growth rather than the end of faith? Licensed therapist and Latter Day Struggles host Valerie Hamaker joins Meghan Farner to explore faith expansion, religious trauma, spiritual authority, the true self, patriarchy, and how to build a deeper relationship with God after inherited beliefs begin to change.Valerie shares her journey from deeply committed Latter-day Saint life—including serving a mission, graduating from BYU, temple marriage, Relief Society leadership, and working as an LDS Church preferred mental health provider—to eventually resigning from the Church after being called to a disciplinary council.Rather than framing faith transition as simple deconstruction, Valerie and Meghan explore a model of transcendence and inclusion: allowing beliefs and identities that no longer serve us to change while honoring the experiences, wisdom, and spiritual foundations that helped us grow.They discuss why a faith crisis can feel like death, the movement from externally sourced authority toward inner spiritual discernment, and the importance of rediscovering the true divine self beneath inherited identities, shame, perfectionism, and fear.The conversation also examines transactional images of God, masculine and feminine expressions of divinity, developmental stages of faith, healthy versus dominator hierarchies, religious shame, mysticism, and the possibility of finding a more direct experience of the divine.Timestamps00:00 - Spiritual Autonomy After Faith Change00:39 - Hidden Wisdom: Faith Renovation and Spiritual Discernment01:20 - Meet Valerie Hamaker, Therapist and Faith Expansion Coach02:24 - From Devout Mormon Life to Counseling and Healing Work05:44 - Starting the Latter-day Struggles Podcast07:36 - Healing, Integration, and Personal Spiritual Authority09:16 - Leaving the LDS Church and Resisting Religious Control13:21 - Staying Connected to Mormon Community After Resignation14:38 - Faith Expansion Through Transcendence and Inclusion18:14 - Discernment, the True Self, and Inner Spiritual Trust22:11 - Divine Wholeness, Masculine and Feminine Spirituality25:07 - Reframing Atonement, Shame, and Healing27:15 - Faith Crisis as Death, Rebirth, and Personal Growth32:21 - Healing Harmful God Images and Transactional Theology37:07 - Patriarchy, Hierarchy, and Compassionate Spiritual Development41:55 - Mysticism, Symbolism, and Direct Experience of the Divine45:18 - Finding Spiritual Possibility Beyond Traditional Mormonism48:01 - There Is More: Hope for Faith Expansion49:02 - Valerie Hamaker's Faith Healing Groups and Resources50:13 - Hidden Wisdom Closing InvitationValerie Hamaker is a licensed therapist and certified coach specializing in faith expansion, mixed-faith relationships, and recovery from high-demand religion. She is the creator and host of the Latter Day Struggles podcast, where she combines clinical expertise with lived experience to help people navigate the psychological, relational, and spiritual challenges that accompany changing belief systems. Valerie also offers coaching, online courses, live events, faith-expansion groups, and other resources for individuals and couples seeking support beyond traditional religious frameworks. Continue Your JourneyIf this episode resonated with you, there are several ways to go deeper:
We all love the idea of a redemption arc. We love the idea of hitting rock bottom and bouncing up and transforming into a confident, powerful badass permanently. As humans, we tend to see things in black and white, before and after, cut and dry. But it's important to remember that no timeline or journey or arc is linear. Unfortunately life, and healing, is a messy process. Unfortunately it is not something you can win or lose, but instead relies on a perspective shift that allows compassion and integration to be able to react better, not perfectly. Prioritizing yourself (after years of not) might piss off the people around you who are used to you self sacrificing for them. This transition period will be uncomfortable for them and you. Adjust anyway. Again, I'm not saying to be mean or neglectful but you must learn to set some actual boundaries, and start to take yourself and your own capacity into consideration, and stop abandoning yourself in order to take care of everyone else. When you do this, with enough time and practice, you'll be teaching others that they are capable of taking some of the burden they'd offloaded onto you. And you'll be teaching your own nervous system you are safe and someone who can be trusted. Correcting those who criticize or dislike or misunderstand you cannot become the priority. You have to build your tolerance for unpopularity. Now admittedly, I initially had some hesitation to say embrace your “villain” era because I don't want anyone who is already evil to feel empowered to be more evil, but I do truly believe that there is a select few of us human beings who need to be explicitly taught how to prioritize ourselves, which means we need to unlearn some of the ingrained habits that make us feel like we HAVE to be “good” a the expense of what is actually fair and right. So the villain I'm speaking about is not the type of villain that will harm others to get ahead, but instead the type of villain that realizes the power in prioritizing their needs so they can get back to elevating the collective needs of the world around them. I'm speaking specifically to those people who's empathy for other people has become such an inherent part of their identity that they've forgotten their own humanity in the process.The idea is to integrate the parts of ourselves we've blocked out so we can become whole. Integration is the goal, instead of leaning into the tendency to neglect certain aspects and label them as undesirable. SOURCES:https://heroinejourneys.com/healing-journey/https://www.alchemyofthought.com/blog/heroines-vs-heros-journeyhttps://www.abuddhistlibrary.comRead Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Read Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOKSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 406 explains how movement prepares the brain but does not guarantee learning. It traces the full sequence—movement, RAS-driven readiness, salience and relevance, focused attention, encoding, retrieval and repetition, and recovery and sleep—that turns activation into lasting memory and performance. The episode offers practical steps in a Move–Focus–Learn protocol: use brief movement to create readiness, clearly identify and remove distractions for one learning target, interact with material in meaningful ways, practice retrieval and spaced repetition, and protect recovery to support consolidation. Listeners are encouraged to test these simple experiments for school, work, or personal learning to make experience more usable and improve attention, memory, and performance. ON THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: ✔ Why movement prepares the brain but does not guarantee learning ✔ How attention directs the capacity movement creates ✔ Why meaning and emotional relevance capture attention ✔ The difference between paying attention and actually learning ✔ How retrieval and repetition help new information stick ✔ How seeing, hearing, explaining, and applying an idea can help us remember it ✔ How restorative sleep supports memory and learning ✔ A practical Move–Focus–Learn Protocol for school, work, or your own personal learning The central idea is simple: Movement opens the window. Attention determines what enters. Repetition strengthens what remains. And recovery helps the brain integrate what it has experienced. Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we bridge neuroscience, social and emotional learning, and human performance so we can create measurable improvements in our well-being, achievement, leadership, productivity, and results. I'm Andrea Samadi, and if you've been following along through Season 16, you'll know that we have been building what I call The Brain's Operating System for Human Performance—a neuroscience-based framework designed to help us understand how the different systems of the brain and body work together to influence how we learn, adapt, connect, lead, and ultimately, how we perform. We are currently in Phase 3, focused on Movement, Learning, and Cognition. As I prepared for this phase, I went back through more than 400 episodes of the podcast and organized them according to the five phases of this framework. I wanted to see whether any patterns would emerge. And some did. Phase 1, Regulation and Safety, includes 57 episodes. Phase 2, Neurochemistry and Motivation, includes 41 episodes—the smallest category, possibly because this is the area I have explored the least with my learning. Phase 3, Movement, Learning, and Cognition, includes 174 episodes—the largest category by far. Phase 4, Perception and Social Intelligence, includes 68 episodes. And Phase 5, Integration and Meaning, includes 71 episodes. When I saw that 174 episodes—more than 40 percent of the entire podcast—fit into Movement, Learning, and Cognition, it immediately showed me where much of my curiosity has been directed over the years. I have always been fascinated by learning: How do we prepare the brain to learn? What captures our attention? Why do some ideas (or people) remain with us while others disappear? How does knowledge become something we can retrieve, apply, and actually use to improve our lives? And while I am spending most of my spare time hiking, or at the gym over the years, I wonder, how does this movement that I'm doing help to improve my attention, or memory, and finally, where does recovery fit into this process? The past few weeks, I'm finally connecting the dots with how important recovery is with this equation. I'm also learning how to determine what's important to me. John Medina's Brain Rules book explains what holds our attention. He reminds us that “we don't pay attention to boring things (or people).[i] As we continue through these five phases of The Brain's Operating System for Human Performance, I'm especially curious about how we will move beyond understanding these lessons, to begin implementing what we are learning, and connecting more ways to improve how we learn, adapt, connect, lead, and ultimately perform in our day to day lives. That will become an important part of the upcoming workbook—which is a practical way for each of us to identify what we have already strengthened, where gaps may remain, and which specific actions can help us to improve our own learning, well-being, and performance. Because the purpose of this 5 Phase Framework is not simply to collect more information about the brain. It is to understand how the systems connect—and then use that understanding to create meaningful change. “Attention Is the Gate—How Movement Becomes Learning.” For today's Episode 406, we'll connect Dr. John Medina's Brain Rules to the Movement Loop we have been building throughout Phase 3—and answer the next important question: Once movement activates and prepares the brain, what determines whether that readiness becomes lasting learning? You can review our full interview with John Medina from EP 42[ii] from February 2020. (find the link in the reference section of the show notes). INTRODUCTION: THE MISSING STEP We have spent this phase so far, examining how movement changes the brain. Dr. Chuck Hillman and Paul Zientarski[iii] showed us that movement prepares the brain for learning. Dr. John Ratey[iv] helped us understand how exercise influences neurochemistry, BDNF, and neuroplasticity. Dr. Kristen Holmes[v] showed us that recovery helps determine whether strain becomes adaptation. And our restorative-sleep episode explored where some of that recovery, adaptation, and integration may occur. But one important question remains: A brain can be activated, chemically prepared, and physiologically ready—but what determines what it actually learns? The answer begins with attention. Movement may create the readiness to learn, but readiness alone is not learning. The brain must still select what matters, focus on it, interact with it, encode it, revisit it, and eventually integrate it. That gives us the pathway we will explore today: Movement creates readiness. But what is the filter in our brain that helps us to focus on the things that are most important to us. What gives us the ability to pay attention to something? The RAS- or The Reticular Activating System. Before we continue, let's remind ourselves what the RAS is. The RAS—or reticular activating system—is a network of neurons extending through the brainstem that helps regulate wakefulness, alertness, and our readiness to respond to incoming information. We explored this system previously in Episode 272, “Priming the Reticular Activating System to Achieve Our Goals.” In that episode, we described the RAS as a type of filter that helps us notice information connected to what we have identified as important. For example, once you decide that you are interested in a particular type of car, you may suddenly begin seeing that car everywhere. That's the RAS filtering system in our brain. The cars were already there, but your attention now has a reason to prioritize them. In Episode 272[vi], we applied this idea to goal-setting. When we clearly identify an intention, we may become more likely to notice relevant information, opportunities, and connections that were previously present but did not receive our attention. That explanation gave us a useful starting point. But here in Episode 406, we can add more precision. The RAS is not a tiny gatekeeper sitting in the brain and personally deciding what we will learn. It is part of a broader network that helps maintain the level of arousal and alertness required for our attention. It helps the brain become available to notice whatever it is that is important to us. Then salience, relevance, emotion, intention, and our current goals help determine what receives priority. Focused attention directs our limited cognitive resources toward the selected information. Next, encoding and repetition help strengthen what we want to focus on. And recovery and sleep help to further support its consolidation and integration. So our expanded Movement Loop now looks like this: you can see an image in the show notes to expand this understanding. Movement supports brain activation. RAS helps the brain become awake, alert, and ready to pay attention. Salience and relevance (or what matters the most to us) helps to determine what receives priority. Our focused attention selects what gets our priority. Encoding and repetition further strengthens this pathway. Recovery and sleep (that we've dove deep into) support consolidation and integration. And together, these processes increase the likelihood that experience becomes learning—and that learning becomes available for future performance. Whatever it is that we have put our attention on, is now made usable. This shows us how our understanding has evolved since Episode 272, three years ago. Then, we were asking: How can our intention help us notice what matters with the attainment of our goals? Now, years later, with more understanding, we are asking: Once the brain is alert and something important has captured our attention, what sequence of events must occur for that information to become lasting learning? We are no longer asking only what must remain top of mind so we can notice opportunities connected to our goals. We are asking what happens next: How does something we notice become something we understand? How does something we understand become something we remember? And how does something we remember become knowledge or a skill we can retrieve, apply, and use to improve our performance? This is where Dr. John Medina's Brain Rules help us to connect the pieces. Let's begin with Lesson One: Lesson 1: Movement Creates Readiness—Not Guaranteed Learning Movement can increase alertness, circulation, and readiness for cognitive work. But why might movement have such a powerful relationship with the brain? Dr. John Medina explains this through an evolutionary lens. His point is that the human brain did not develop while we were sitting motionless at desks or staring at screens. It developed while human beings were moving through changing outdoor environments, solving immediate problems, and continually responding to the world around them. Let's listen to how he explains it. CLIP 1 John Medina “The human brain was designed to solve problems related to surviving in an outdoor setting, in unstable meteorological conditions—and to do so in constant motion. The constant motion is where the exercise comes in. But the rest of that—the more a school, or any of us, can recreate the world of the Serengeti, the place where this brain actually grew up, the better things are. And exercise, particularly outdoor exercise, is a terrific example of this idea.” When Medina refers to the Serengeti, I don't think he is suggesting that schools should literally recreate the dangers or conditions of an ancient environment. He is giving us an evolutionary picture of the conditions under which the human brain developed: We moved. We navigated changing environments. We encountered new sensory information. We solved problems. We adapted to uncertainty. And we did these things together rather than remaining physically still for most of the day. Outdoor movement may bring several of these conditions together. We are moving our bodies while also responding to changes in light, temperature, terrain, sound, distance, and direction. This helps explain why movement belongs at the beginning of our Movement Loop. But it also brings us to an important distinction: Movement creates readiness. It does not guarantee learning. A student can move before class and still become distracted. A leader can exercise before work and still spend the morning reacting to notifications. An athlete can warm up physically without becoming mentally focused on the strategy or skill required next. Movement can help activate the system. The RAS in the brain helps us become awake and alert. But the brain must still determine what stands out, what is relevant, and what deserves focused attention. Movement opens the window. Attention determines what enters through it. Our Key lesson: Movement prepares the brain. Attention directs the preparation. PUT THIS INTO ACTION Before your next period of demanding cognitive work, use movement to create a window of readiness. Take a five-to-ten-minute walk, complete a brief movement break, stretch, or choose another form of movement appropriate for your ability and environment. But do not move without deciding what comes next. Before you begin, identify the specific task you will return to: “When this movement break ends, what will receive my attention?” For a student, it might be the first problem on a math assignment. For a leader, it might be the one decision that requires uninterrupted thinking. For an athlete, it might be the cue, strategy, or skill that needs to remain at the center of practice. Movement creates the opportunity. A clear intention helps direct what happens next. Your experiment is: Move briefly, choose one target that you want to complete with this intention, and begin that task immediately after the movement ends. Lesson 2: Attention Is the Gate In EP 395[vii], we examined what captures attention: Meaning Emotion Relevance Intention Reward Human connection Now today's episode shows how we move beyond why the brain notices something and explains what attention does after movement has prepared the system to learn. Attention acts as a filter. The brain encounters more information than it can consciously process, so it must select what receives priority. This creates the bridge: Brain activation creates capacity. Attention distributes that capacity. Our Key lesson: What the brain does not attend to has little opportunity to become lasting learning. Andrea's Application This distinction between brain capacity and cognitive efficiency became personal for me when I reviewed the results of my 2020 brain scan. We covered this topic on EP 84[viii] and we will do a thorough review of what was learned with our brain scans at Dr. Daniel Amen's CA Clinic. The evaluation that I received after my scan was completed with Dr. Shane Creado, suggested that I had areas of strong capacity, but that my brain appeared to be working harder than necessary to complete certain tasks in the cognitive testing. A possible contributor we discussed was sleep deprivation. I want to be careful here: a SPECT scan is not a direct measurement of attention or learning, and my results cannot tell us that insufficient sleep caused a specific attention pattern. But the experience gave me a useful way to think about what we are learning today. Having cognitive capacity does not necessarily mean that we are using that capacity efficiently. I may be motivated, active, and ready to work—but if I am under-recovered, under-slept, distracted, or trying to process too many competing inputs, my brain may have to expend more energy to sustain focus. This helped me understand the Movement Loop at a more personal level: Movement can help activate my brain. Attention gives that activation a target. But recovery may influence how efficiently I can sustain that attention and use it for learning. My scan did not define what my brain could do. It gave me another reason to examine the conditions under which my brain performs at its best. PUT THIS INTO ACTION Before asking yourself—or someone else—to focus, make the target of attention clear. Start by completing this sentence: “The most important thing to notice right now is…” Then reduce the competition around it. We all know to do this. Silence unnecessary notifications. Close unrelated tabs. Remove extra materials from view. Avoid asking the brain to switch repeatedly between tasks. If you are teaching, make the relevance visible: “Why does this matter?” “What should students be listening or looking for?” “How does this connect to something they already know?” If you are working independently, write your one priority clearly where you can see it. Remember, the goal is not to force the brain to attend to everything. The goal is to help it identify (with your RAS-that filter in your brain) what deserves your priority. Your experiment is: Choose one target, (something you want to accomplish) remove as many unnecessary sources of interference as possible, and create one meaningful reason to pay attention. This also helps explain why keeping your desk clear, your closet organized, or your car tidy may make you feel calmer and more focused. How we do anything is how we do everything. Every object, notification, unfinished task, or piece of visual clutter can become another potential signal competing for your attention. That does not mean everything must be perfectly organized before you can begin (while some of us would prefer to work this way), perfection can become its own form of interference. Just get started. It simply means that when you reduce unnecessary visual and mental competition, you make it easier for the brain to recognize the priority in front of you. Clear the space. Name the target. Create the relevance. Then give the task your full attention. Lesson 3: Attention Is Necessary—but It Is Not Enough Paying attention to information once does not guarantee that it will be remembered. This is where Dr. Medina's memory rules enter: Repeat to remember. Remember to repeat. The first refers to giving new information more than one opportunity to be encoded. The second points toward revisiting information over time. This allows you to extend the Movement Loop: Movement prepares the brain and body. Attention selects what to focus on. Retrieval and Repetition strengthens our focus. Recovery helps us to integrate what we are learning. PUT THIS INTO ACTION After learning something new, do not immediately reread it. First, look away from the material and try to retrieve it. Ask yourself: “What were the three most important ideas?” “How would I explain this without looking at my notes?” “What can I remember on my own?” Retrieval reveals the difference between recognizing information and actually being able to access it. Then return to the material, check what you missed, and retrieve it again later—after an hour, the next day, or several days afterward. For students, this could mean closing the textbook and explaining the lesson to a partner. For professionals, it could mean summarizing a meeting before reviewing the notes. For personal learning, it could mean recording a short voice memo explaining the idea from memory. Your experiment is: Learn it once, retrieve it without looking, and schedule a brief return to it later. See if you can remember it. Attention begins the pathway. Retrieval and repetition help strengthen it. Andrea's Application This lesson reminded me of one part of the cognitive testing that accompanied my brain scan at Amen Clinics: a Continuous Performance Test, or CPT. In the version I completed, letters appeared on a computer screen. The instruction was to press a button whenever a letter appeared—except when the letter was X. This type of task may sound simple, but it requires you to remain attentive over time, respond consistently, and inhibit your automatic response when the target letter appears. My results indicated that this was an area in which I did not perform as strongly. Looking back, I remember hearing the basic instruction: press the button for every letter except X. But I do not remember fully appreciating that the speed and consistency of my responses also mattered. This gave me an important real-life lesson: Hearing an instruction is not the same as accurately encoding everything the task requires. Before beginning something important, pause and ask: “What exactly am I being asked to do?” “What details determine successful performance?” “Can I explain the instructions back in my own words?” And, when appropriate, write down the key steps before beginning. This applies in a classroom, during a meeting, while completing an assessment, or whenever accuracy matters. First, attend to the full instruction. Then restate or retrieve it. Clarify anything that is missing. And only then begin the task. My experience showed me that attention is not just about working harder or concentrating more intensely. It is also about identifying the correct target—and making sure we understand the complete task before directing our effort toward it. Lesson 4: Learning Becomes Stronger When It Has More Than One Path Dr. Medina's Brain Rule #9 about sensory integration and vision(meaning our brains learn and remember best when multiple senses—like sight, sound, and touch—are engaged at the same time) give you the practical learning background to involve ALL of your senses. While teaching and learning you can ask: Can I see it? Can I hear it? Can I explain it? Can I demonstrate it? Can I connect it to something I already know? Can I apply it physically or practically? The goal is not sensory stimulation for its own sake. It is to provide clear, relevant pathways through which the learner can interact with the information. Our Key lesson: The more meaningfully we interact with information that we are learning, the more opportunities the brain has to encode and retrieve it. PUT THIS INTO ACTION Choose one idea you want to remember and interact with it in at least two meaningful ways. You might: See it in a diagram. Hear it explained. Say it in your own words. Write or draw it. Teach it to someone else. Demonstrate it physically. Connect it to a previous experience. Or apply it to a real problem. The goal is not to add noise or stimulation. More input is not automatically better. Each interaction should make the idea clearer, more relevant, or easier to retrieve. For example, instead of only reading about the Movement Loop, you could draw the sequence, explain it aloud, and identify where it appears in your own daily routine. Your experiment is: Take one important idea and represent it in two different, meaningful ways. The more deeply we work with information, the more opportunities the brain has to encode and retrieve it. Andrea's Application If you have been listening to this podcast for a while, I'm sure you have noticed that when I organize an idea into a framework—or represent it in a visual graphic—it begins to come to life. I can see how the pieces from past episodes connect, can explain the concept more clearly, and retrieve and apply it to my life more easily. It's also difficult to forget something when there's a visual image connected to it if you are the type of learner who needs to see something to make it stick in your memory. LESSON 5: RECOVERY HELPS LEARNING CONTINUE AFTER ATTENTION ENDS So far, we have followed learning through four important steps: Movement prepares the brain and body. RAS helps “turn on the lights,” allowing us to become awake, alert, and ready to respond. Next, the brain begins identifying what might be important to us. Salience refers to something that stands out—perhaps because it is new, unexpected, emotional, or connected to a possible reward or threat. Relevance refers to how closely that information connects to our goals, needs, experiences, or interests. In simple terms: Salience asks, “What stands out?” Relevance asks, “What matters to me?” Attention through the RAS next directs the brain's spotlight toward the information selected for deeper processing. Imagine a flashlight shining on whatever it is that you have picked to be important to learn. Encoding creates the initial memory. Retrieval and repetition strengthen it. But learning does not necessarily end when we close the book, leave the classroom, finish the meeting, or stop practicing. The brain still needs time to stabilize, organize, and connect what we learned. This is where recovery and sleep enter the Movement Loop. SLEEP IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF LEARNING Sleep is not a period when the brain simply switches off. While we sleep, the brain continues processing information from the day. Newly encoded memories may be reactivated, strengthened, reorganized, and connected with knowledge we already have. This is called memory consolidation. In simple terms, consolidation helps make a new memory more stable and easier to access later. Deep non-REM sleep and REM sleep may support different but overlapping parts of this process. Deep sleep is associated with physical restoration and the consolidation of certain facts and experiences. REM sleep has been associated with emotional learning, procedural skills, creative connections, and integrating new experiences with older memories. But we should not think of these as completely separate jobs. Deep sleep and REM are parts of a repeating sleep cycle, and both may contribute to learning. This is why I use the phrases: Deep sleep helps me recover from the hard work I did that day. REM may help me integrate what I experienced and what it meant to me. The word “may” matters because sleep is more complex than saying that deep sleep only restores the body and REM alone integrates learning. The most important lesson is this: What we focus on while we are awake gives the brain something to work with while we sleep. Retrieval and repetition strengthen the information before sleep. Then sleep provides conditions that can help stabilize, organize, and connect what we learned. THE MOVEMENT LOOP IN SIMPLE TERMS Let's put the complete cognitive side of the Movement Loop into simple language. MOVE—to prepare the brain and body. BECOME READY—RAS- in the brain helps us become awake, alert, and available to respond. NOTICE—salience helps something stand out because it is new, emotional, unexpected, rewarding, or potentially threatening. RELEVANCE—relevance helps the brain recognize how that information relates to our goals, needs, interests, or previous experiences. ATTENTION—directs our mental resources or a spotlight toward the selected information. ENCODE—begins forming a memory of what we are focused on. RETRIEVE AND REPEAT—strengthens the memory and makes it easier to access again. RECOVERY and CONSOLIDATION—so the brain and body can restore, and sleep can support memory consolidation. Leading us to-- INTEGRATION—to connect the new learning with what we already know. APPLY—Making the learning available and ready to use when we need it. So, in its expanded form, the Movement Loop looks like this: Movement → RAS-Supports Readiness → Salience and Relevance (what's important to us)→ Focused Attention → Encoding (forms the memory of what we are focused on)→ Retrieval and Repetition (to strengthen the neural pathway) → Recovery and Consolidation (important for the brain and body to be rested and recovered)→ Integration (connect new learning with what we already know)→ NEW Learning and Performance (ready and available for us whenever we need it). Here is an even easier way to remember how we LEARN: Move. Wake or Get Ready. Notice. Focus. Form a Memory. Strengthen it. Recover it. Connect it. Use it. Movement prepares the system. The RAS helps us become alert. Salience and relevance identify possible priorities. Attention selects the target. Encoding begins the memory. Retrieval and repetition strengthen it. Recovery and sleep help stabilize it. Integration connects it. And application makes it useful. These stages do not always occur in a perfectly straight line. We may notice something before we are fully focused on it. We may need several rounds of encoding and retrieval. We may sleep on an idea and understand it differently the following day. Or we may try to apply what we learned and discover that part of the pathway still needs strengthening. That is why this is a loop rather than a one-way process. Application produces feedback. That feedback shows us what we understand, what we can retrieve and use, and what still requires attention, repetition, or recovery. Then that feedback guides the next cycle of learning. We move again. We become ready. We direct our attention toward what matters. And with each cycle, we build learning that becomes more accessible, adaptable, and useful in our performance. PUT THIS INTO ACTION Before ending your next learning or work session, take one minute to ask: “What is the most important thing I want to remember?” Without looking at your notes, write down the central idea in your own words. Then decide when you will retrieve it again—perhaps later that day or the following morning. After that, give yourself permission to recover. When your attention is fading, another exhausted hour may not be as valuable as a break or a full night of sleep. The following day, try to retrieve the idea again before looking at your notes. Notice what remained accessible and what needs another repetition. Your experiment is simple: Summarize it. Sleep on it. Retrieve it again. Because learning begins while we are awake—but recovery and sleep help the brain continue the work. The Move–Focus–Learn Protocol BRINGING THE FIVE ACTIONS TOGETHER Here is the full Move–Focus–Learn experiment: Test this in school, work or personal learning: Use a brief walk or appropriate movement break before demanding cognitive work. This is what I told Dr. Medina 6 years ago is the only way I'm able to stay focused on writing difficult topics, like this one. Identify the one thing that deserves your attention next. Pick one priority you will focus on. Remove interference. Reduce unnecessary notifications, competing tasks and distractions. This can take a few minutes ahead of time, but keeps the learning slate clean so to speak. Create relevance. Ask, “Why does this matter to me—or to this learner?” Interact with the information you want to learn. Explain it, visualize it, discuss it, demonstrate it or apply it. Retrieve it. Close the book or screen and recall the important ideas without looking. Repeat it later. Return to the information after time has passed. Protect recovery. Allow sleep and recovery to support the next stage of learning. REVIEW AND CONCLUSION As we close out Episode 406, I want to return to the question we began with: Once movement activates and prepares the brain, what determines whether that readiness becomes lasting learning? The answer is not one single process. Learning emerges through a sequence of connected conditions: The brain and body must become ready. Something must stand out and feel relevant. Attention must select it. The information must be encoded. It must be retrieved and revisited. And recovery and sleep must provide opportunities for consolidation and integration. Dr. John Medina's Brain Rules helped us follow this sequence through five key lessons. LESSON 1: EXERCISE PREPARES THE BRAIN Movement helps create biological conditions that support alertness, attention, and cognition. The RAS contributes to this process by helping us become awake, alert, and ready to respond. But movement creates an opportunity—not a guarantee. A prepared brain still needs direction. LESSON 2: ATTENTION SELECTS WHAT MATTERS The brain encounters far more information than it can consciously process. Salience helps us notice what stands out. Relevance connects that information to our goals, needs, interests, or previous experiences. Attention then directs the brain's spotlight toward the selected target. Movement may create greater readiness, but attention determines where that readiness goes. LESSON 3: RETRIEVAL AND REPETITION STRENGTHEN WHAT ATTENTION BEGINS Paying attention once may create familiarity, but familiarity is not the same as learning. Encoding begins the memory. Retrieval asks the brain to locate that information again. Repetition gives us additional opportunities to strengthen our access to it. This is why explaining an idea without looking at our notes can be more useful than simply rereading it. Attention begins the pathway. Retrieval and repetition help make it last. LESSON 4: MEANINGFUL INTERACTION HELPS LEARNING STICK We can strengthen encoding by interacting with an idea in more than one meaningful way. We might see it, hear it, explain it, draw it, demonstrate it, or apply it. The goal is not to add as much stimulation as possible. The goal is to give the brain clear and relevant ways to understand, represent, and later retrieve the information. This is something I have experienced while creating this podcast. When I organize an idea into a framework or bring it to life in a visual graphic, I can see how the pieces connect. That helps me explain the idea more clearly, remember it more easily, and apply it more effectively. LESSON 5: RECOVERY ALLOWS LEARNING TO CONTINUE Learning does not necessarily end when we close the book, leave the classroom, finish the meeting, or stop practicing. During sleep, newly encoded information may be reactivated, stabilized, reorganized, and connected with existing knowledge. Deep non-REM sleep and REM sleep may contribute to this process in different but complementary ways. This is why recovery is not separate from learning. Recovery is part of the learning process. PUTTING THE MOVEMENT LOOP TOGETHER The complete cognitive side of the Movement Loop now looks like this: Movement prepares the brain and body. RAS-supported arousal helps us become awake and alert. Salience and relevance help identify possible priorities. Attention selects the target. Encoding begins the memory. Retrieval and repetition strengthen it. Recovery and sleep support consolidation. Integration connects the new learning with what we already know. And application makes that learning available when we need it. Or, in its simplest form: Move. Wake. Notice. Focus. Form. Strengthen. Recover. Connect. Use. Movement creates readiness. Attention provides direction. Encoding begins the memory. Retrieval and repetition strengthen the pathway. Recovery supports consolidation and integration. And application turns what we have learned into improved performance. Together, these processes help turn activity into lasting learning. FINAL THOUGHT This is not the first time we have explored Dr. John Medina's work, but each return has allowed us to ask a different question. In Episode 42[ix], we asked: How should schools and workplaces change when we understand the brain? In Episode 370[x], we asked: How can neuroscience and emotional regulation improve learning environments? In Episode 395[xi], we asked: What captures attention and motivates behavior? And here in Episode 406, we asked: How does an activated and attentive brain convert an experience into learning? That question has helped us add important detail to the Movement Loop. Movement alone does not create learning. Attention alone does not create lasting memory. Repetition without meaning may not produce understanding. And effort without recovery may not give the brain the conditions it needs to consolidate and integrate what happened. Each part of the process matters. Before we close, consider these questions: What are you preparing your brain to notice? Where is your attention going after you move? Are you interacting with important information deeply enough to encode it? Are you retrieving what you are learning—or merely rereading it? And are you protecting the recovery that allows learning to continue? Because what we repeatedly attend to, retrieve, and apply begins to shape what we know, what we can do, and how we perform. PREPARING FOR EPISODE 407 Movement can prepare the brain. Attention can direct it. Encoding can begin the memory. Retrieval and repetition can strengthen it. And recovery can help consolidate and integrate it. But every part of this process requires energy. The brain needs energy to direct attention, form memories, regulate behavior, and sustain performance. The body needs energy to move, adapt, recover, and begin the cycle again. So in Episode 407, we will revisit Jason Wittrock's work through a more current and carefully defined lens. We'll examine his experience with nutrition and fasting as an applied practitioner and personal case study, while comparing those ideas with current evidence surrounding nutrition, blood-sugar stability, metabolic flexibility, recovery, and performance. Because the brain and body cannot sustain performance without the energy required to power the system. I'll see you next time as we ask: How does metabolic health influence our capacity to move, learn, recover, and perform? RESOURCES Clip 1 with Dr. John Medina https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zDItOHAc8qQ Full Interview with Dr. John Medina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFzg5nQnEMs REFERENCE [i] John Medina's Brain Rule #4 https://brainrules.net/article/attention/ [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 42 with Dr. John Medina on “Implementing Brain Rules in Schools and Workplaces of the Future” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-john-medina-on-implementing-brain-rules-in-the-schools-and-workplaces-of-the-future/ [iii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 403 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/movement-first-how-a-20%e2%80%91minute-walk-lights-up-the-brain/ [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 404 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/movement-matters-how-every-move-rewires-the-brain/ [v] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 405 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/movement-isnt-enough-how-recovery-drives-real-adaptation/ [vi]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 272 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-on-priming-the-reticular-activating-system-to-achieve-our-goals-in-2023/ [vii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 395 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/theory-of-mind-the-missing-link-between-attention-reward-and-motivation/ [viii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 84 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/how-a-spect-scan-can-change-your-life-part-3-with-andrea-samadi/ [ix] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 42 with Dr. John Medina on “Implementing Brain Rules in Schools and Workplaces of the Future” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-john-medina-on-implementing-brain-rules-in-the-schools-and-workplaces-of-the-future/ [x]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 370 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-rules-revisited-how-neuroscience-can-transform-classrooms/ [xi]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 395 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/theory-of-mind-the-missing-link-between-attention-reward-and-motivation/
**If you're thinking about buying a pharmacy in 2026… this video could save you a LOT of money, stress, and regret. Here's everything you need to consider before buying an existing pharmacy, whether it's your first location or you're growing your portfolio. I share why buying an existing pharmacy can be easier than starting from scratch (though both have their challenges), and the three key factors I always evaluate. I also talk about how I approach new employees when taking over a pharmacy, why slashing staff is never the answer, and how strong purchasing contracts can immediately improve your margins by 4–5%. If you're thinking about buying a pharmacy, this video will help you go in ready.** **Show Notes:** 1. **Introduction** [0:00] 2. ** Buying an Existing Pharmacy or Starting a Pharamcy** [0:10] 3. **Evaluating the Value of a Pharmacy** [1:35] 4. **Pharmacy Fixed Operational Costs and Rent ** [2:52] 5. **Pharmacy Employee Evaluation and Integration** [4:29] 6. **Developing a Plan for Pharmacy Improvement ** [5:51] 7. ** The Importance of a Comprehensive Plan ** [8:15] 8. **Final Thoughts and Encouragement** [9:25] ----- #### **Becoming a Badass Pharmacy Owner Podcast is a Proud to be a part of the Pharmacy Podcast Network**
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With the September 30 deadline approaching, the debate over the future of the resistance factions is entering a critical phase. While some factions have signalled their willingness to place their weapons and forces under state authority, others continue to resist disarmament, arguing that the conditions which gave rise to the resistance have not disappeared.This episode examines the pushback from factions including Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba and unpacks the arguments they have advanced for retaining their weapons. We also examine the incentives behind Kataib Imam Ali's decision to transition into politics and join the Coordination Framework, and ask why the same path may hold considerably less appeal for the more senior factions of the resistance axis.
CAPTION 1888 DAMASCUSSyrian Integration Brings Hope and RiskAhmad Sharawi outlines regional developments in the Middle East, starting with a US-mediated agreement involving the IAEA and Syria to monitor nuclear material from the bombed Al-Kibar site. Although supervised by the IAEA, the material remaining in Syria poses a risk of theft or exploitation by neighbors. Sharawi also details the finalized integration of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into the national military, granting Kurds citizenship and language rights while expanding state control to ninety-seven percent of Syrian territory. This satisfies Turkey by ending hopes of Kurdish autonomy. Finally, he notes impending US sanctions against Oman for sanctions-busting. (8)
Designing a custom power chip used to mean an ASIC budget and a year of NRE, but Renesas Power GreenPAK lets you configure one at your desk in minutes. In this OnTrack Podcast episode, host Zach Peterson talks with Sidney Chan, product marketing director in the Configurable Mixed Signal Division at Renesas, about how Power GreenPAK folds DC-DC converters, LDOs, and load switches into the same programmable platform engineers already use for power sequencing, reset ICs, and watchdog timing. Sidney walks through a live camera demo built on the SLG51002, an eight-channel high-PSRR LDO, showing how supply noise turns into visible banding and artifacts on a CMOS image sensor and why clean rails matter for smartphones, automotive camera systems, and even endoscopes. He also covers the wider GreenPAK family, including AnalogPAK, HVPAK, Automotive GreenPAK, and the new ForgeFPGA line, plus what configurable converter architectures could unlock for system-level efficiency. If you select power components from a catalog distributor and requalify every time a rail changes, this is a genuinely different way to approach power management IC design.
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick chats with Dr. Nicole Marinaro, a sociolinguist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg. Her work explores how language policies shape people's experiences of accessing healthcare and other public services. Dr. Marinaro's research focuses on linguistic justice, examining how communication barriers affect patients who speak a language other than the majority language and how these barriers can lead to unequal access to care. Today she and Brynn discuss her 2025 paper "Operationalising linguistic unease for the evaluation of language policies in healthcare". In this paper, Dr. Marinaro expands on the concept of "linguistic unease" as a practical framework for evaluating whether healthcare language policies truly meet patients' communication needs. Through her research, Dr. Marinaro aims to help policymakers and healthcare organizations create more inclusive systems that ensure everyone can communicate confidently and receive equitable care. References Gazzola, M., & Marinaro, N. (2022). Sprachenpolitik und Integration in Ausländerbehörden und Krankenhäusern: Der Fall Berlin und Leipzig. Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Interlinguistik, 2022, 57–84. Marinaro, N. (2025). Operationalising linguistic unease for the evaluation of language policies in healthcare. Revista de Llengua i Dret (84), 73–93. DOI here For additional resources, show notes, and transcripts, go here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Industrial Talk is onsite at PowerGen and talking to Ted Pardee, CRO at Kognitiv Spark about "Augmented Reality hands-free connected worker solution". Ted Pardee from Kognitiv Spark discussed augmented reality's role in power generation at PowerGen in San Antonio. He highlighted the technology's potential to enhance efficiency and problem-solving by enabling remote expert guidance through headsets. Pardee emphasized the importance of leveraging AI and AR to address the skilled labor shortage and the "gray tsunami" of retiring experts. He noted that while Microsoft exited the AR headset market, numerous manufacturers now offer durable, intrinsically safe devices. Pardee also mentioned the integration of AR with existing systems and the development of disconnected worker solutions for low-bandwidth areas. Outline Introduction and Welcome to Industrial Talk Scott introduces the episode of Industrial Talk, sponsored by the Propane Education and Research Council, highlighting their commitment to safety training and innovative propane-powered technology.Scott praises industry professionals for their bravery, innovation, and problem-solving skills, celebrating them as heroes.The podcast is broadcasting from PowerGen in San Antonio, Texas, where industry professionals gather to discuss solutions for power generation. Introduction of Ted Pardee and Kognitiv Spark Scott introduces Ted Pardee, the guest, and his company, Kognitiv Spark, which focuses on augmented reality technology.Ted Pardee shares his first impression of PowerGen, describing it as an incredible conference with a large number of vendors and attendees.Ted emphasizes the importance of presenting new technologies to make businesses more efficient and solve problems.Ted provides a brief background on his career, highlighting his experience in the software business for over 30 years, including selling enterprise asset management software in the 1990s. Evolution of Technology and Augmented Reality Ted discusses the evolution of technology from mainframe to client-server to the web, and now to the mobile world.He explains how augmented reality technology, combined with AI, will revolutionize business operations by providing workers with headsets that connect them with experts remotely.Ted provides examples of how augmented reality can be used in various industries, including power generation and medical fields.He shares a personal anecdote about using MapQuest in the past, contrasting it with the current reliance on mobile devices. Application of Augmented Reality in Power Generation Ted describes how augmented reality headsets can help experts remotely assist workers in solving problems, especially in remote locations.He explains how the technology can be used in asset management, allowing experts to guide workers through repairs using Teams calls or Kognitiv Spark's remote assistance software.Ted highlights the importance of leveraging technology to protect workers and improve efficiency in industries like oil and gas, chemical plants, and manufacturing.He emphasizes that the technology is still in its early stages but has the potential to revolutionize how work is done in various industries. Durability and Market of Augmented Reality Headsets Ted compares the durability of augmented reality headsets to cell phones, suggesting that if a headset breaks, it can be easily replaced, similar to replacing a broken phone.He explains that the focus should be on the software that runs on the headsets, as the hardware can be replaced.Ted discusses the market for augmented reality headsets, mentioning that there are now many manufacturers, including Microsoft, which has exited the market.He predicts that in the future, there will be a variety of headsets available, each suited to different use cases and industries. Use Cases and Integration with Existing Systems Ted provides a use case for augmented reality in power generation, explaining how it can help ERCOT assess and solve problems quickly during extreme weather conditions.He discusses the integration of augmented reality with existing asset performance management systems, allowing workers to access real-time data and expert guidance.Ted explains how Kognitiv Spark's software has open APIs, making it easy to integrate with other systems and enhance existing solutions.He highlights the potential for augmented reality to improve maintenance efficiency and reduce downtime in various industries. Addressing Skilled Labor Shortage and Knowledge Transfer Ted addresses the issue of the skilled labor shortage and the "gray tsunami," where experienced workers are retiring, leaving a gap in expertise.He explains how augmented reality can help maximize the expertise of experienced workers by allowing them to remotely assist younger workers.Ted provides examples of how companies are using augmented reality to reduce travel for experts and improve efficiency in their operations.He emphasizes the importance of leveraging technology to bridge the gap between experienced workers and the next generation of professionals. Conclusion and Contact Information Ted shares his contact information, encouraging listeners to reach out to him on LinkedIn or through Kognitiv Spark's website.Scott thanks Ted for the conversation and highlights the importance of the work being done by Kognitiv Spark in advancing augmented reality technology.The podcast concludes with a reminder to listeners to visit the Industrial Talk website for more information and to connect with Ted Pardee.Scott reiterates the importance of storytelling and marketing for industry professionals to inspire the next generation and ensure the success of their companies. If interested in being on the Industrial Talk show, simply contact us and let's have a quick conversation. Finally, get your exclusive free access to the Industrial Academy and a series on “Why You Need To Podcast” for Greater Success in 2026. All links designed for keeping you current in this rapidly changing Industrial Market. Learn! Grow! Enjoy! 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Send us Fan MailHave you ever had a profound breakthrough, an incredible reading, or a life changing spiritual experience only to find yourself slipping back into old patterns? In this episode, we're exploring the difference between insight, integration, and embodiment. We'll talk about why awareness alone doesn't create transformation, how to integrate spiritual lessons into everyday life, and what it truly means to embody your healing. If you've ever felt stuck after a breakthrough or wondered why lasting change takes time, this episode is for you.ENROLL IN GABRIELLE'S MEMBERSHIPPlease rate and review the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, or wherever you listen!ENROLL IN GABRIELLE'S MEMBERSHIP Want to book a reading with Gabrielle? Please visit her website www.aguaastrology.comFollow us on Instagram @thespirtualsisterspodcast Follow Gabrielle on Instagram @aguaastrology (She will NEVER DM you for readings! Watch out for scammers!)Follow Brianna on Instagram @Brianna_mcferonSubscribe to Gabrielle's YouTube Channel Agua AstrologyEnroll in ARCANA today: https://aguaastrology.teachable.com/p/arcanaSee our faces on YouTube!Join Soul Reading MethodMini Tarot Readings with Gabrielle: https://www.etsy.com/shop/IntuitiveGabrielle
Today's episode is with Cristine Hull, PhD, Integrative Mental Health expert and natural medicine practitioner. Bryce Hamilton, LSCSW, asks Cristine... The post Brain Integration and Holistic Approaches to Mental Health: Combining Mental Health and Medicine to Create Change with Cristine Hull, PhD appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
How do you identify your writing weaknesses? And, even more importantly, how can you tell if something really is a weakness? In this episode, I share five ways writers can recognize recurring craft problems, strengthen weak areas, and distinguish poor execution from intentional writing style. Every story presents its own challenges. Struggling with one beginning doesn't necessarily mean you're bad at beginnings. But when the same problem keeps cropping up across multiple stories, that's information worth paying attention to. We'll look at how to identify writing weaknesses by listening to your story sense, noticing what you consistently avoid, comparing patterns across multiple stories, and learning from beta readers, critique partners, editors, and reader reviews. We'll also talk about the important difference between the inner critic's generalized judgments and the specific diagnostic nudges that can actually help you improve your writing. But identifying a recurring pattern raises another question: Is it actually a weakness? Writing craft is largely the study of patterns that work. But not every departure from those patterns is a mistake. Writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, William Faulkner, and Cormac McCarthy made unconventional choices that became part of their distinctive styles. The real question is whether your choices effectively communicate what you intend. In this episode, we'll talk about: • What writing weaknesses actually are • 5 ways to identify recurring weaknesses in your writing • How to distinguish your inner critic from your story sense • Why patterns across multiple stories matter • How to use feedback without surrendering your own judgment • When breaking writing "rules" becomes a stylistic strength • How to turn weak areas into stronger writing skills Read the transcript: https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/identify-writing-weaknesses/ LINKS & RESOURCES Want More? WRITING MASTERCLASS: Flat Character Arcs: From Transformation to Integration https://kmweilandstore.com/b/flat-character-arc-class If character arcs are one of the areas you'd like to understand more deeply, my new masterclass Flat Character Arcs: From Transformation to Integration explores not just how Flat Character Arcs work, but why. The more deeply we understand the patterns underneath story (i.e., the reasons certain choices create meaning and resonance), the less we have to rely on memorized "rules." Instead, we can begin internalizing the principles themselves and using them instinctively in our own stories. You can also save 15% by purchasing the class as part of my Writing Steadfast and Tragic Character Arcs bundle, together with Negative Character Arcs: Hidden Patterns of Self-Deception.
Week Four - Theological IntegrationThis episode features Greg Pinkner and Sarah Scott exploring what it means for theology to shape the whole of our lives. Theology is not reserved for classrooms or scholars. What we believe about God shapes how we understand ourselves, walk through suffering, make decisions, and live every part of our lives. Theological integration brings together right thinking and right living, allowing the truth of who God is to move from our minds into our hearts and ultimately into our actions. As we know God more deeply through His Word, theology becomes more than information. It becomes an invitation to love Him, become more like Him, and live in response to who He is. Today's episode ties with the sermon from August 30 called “Theological Integration.”