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I've had a pattern in my marriage.I feel hurt by something.The kids or Elizabeth ignoring me. The kids being rude. Elizabeth turning away from a hug or kiss.Then, I get mad.I pull away. I think to myself “Fine, if they don't want me then they can pay for everything themselves!”I picture leaving them alone to fend for themselves.I can say mean things and get angry when I feel this way.Then later, I calm down and regret this…But there's been damage done. I've scared my family and created lack of safety.I've been trying to get rid of this pattern for a LONG time.But I feel like I've found the answer.It's working on my inner child.You see, my inner child is looking for my family to provide unconditional love. To take care of me.And, my younger me's do need that.But, it's not my kids' job to take care of me. It's my job to take care of them.And, it's not my wife's job to be my unconditionally loving “mother.” It's our job to work in partnership in life together. She needs a husband, not another kid.And so, it falls on me to parent those younger me's and give them unconditional love.I'm just starting the journey, and I think it's the key to breaking some very difficult patterns.Learn more on today's episode.Watch on YouTube here.And to become a man who makes this generation better than the last, join us in Strong Men Strong Marriages.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Making $250k+ per year and want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

This past week I had the chance to stand up for someone else.A large man was being threatening and eventually physically aggressive to his wife or girlfriend (not sure which it was)..Thanks to the MMA training I've been receiving from Ethyn Ewing (here's a recent knockout of his)...I felt confident to confront the guy and stop him from continuing to abuse this woman.It felt great to join the ranks of men who will stand up physically for what's right.It made me realize that confrontation is one of the main masculine traits.The willingness to confront and fight others is a lot of what makes a man.Whether that confrontation is physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.And it takes physical, mental, emotional and spiritual strength to step into that confrontation.Hear more about what happened on today's episode.Watch on YouTube here.And to become a man who fights for what is right, join us in Strong Men Strong Marriages.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Making $250k+ per year and want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

When you wife says she wants space…It's SCARY!Our brains usually go to thinking she wants to leave, whether that's true or not.Usually we either go to pleading for her not to leave…Or we go to anger.Both of these are unattractive and push our wives away.Instead, we can share what we're actually feeling…Ask for her help…And take care of ourselves.Learn more about this in today's episode.Watch on YouTube here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5FvaokDOcYAnd join the program to learn how to do this together.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Making $250k+ per year and want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Over 50.000 elever i norsk skole har en individuell opplæringsplan, også kalt IOP.  I denne episoden spør vi: Hva er en IOP og hva bør den inneholde? Gjest i studio: Anita Lopez-Pedersen, førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for spesialpedagogikk på Universitetet i Oslo. Programleder og produsent: Fredrik Solli Wandem, kommunikasjonsrådgiver i SpedAims. Har du spørsmål eller temaer du vil at vi skal forklare, send oss en melding på Facebook eller til f.s.wandem@isp.uio.no.

It can be scary and frustrating if your wife doesn't want to pray with you.Or maybe it's that she doesn't want to go to church or read scriptures with you.You can worry that your marriage won't make it.That your kids won't grow up with God.That your wife and kids are on the fast track to eternal damnation.Unfortunately, this fear usually makes you anxious and controlling…Which drives your wife and kids away more.Learn what to to instead…In today's episode.Listen on the Strong Men Strong Marriages Podcast. https://strongmenstrongmarriages.buzzsprout.com/Watch on YouTube here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEubK6OeKkIAnd join the program to learn how to do this together.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Making $250k+ per year and want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

With so may IOP-lowering drops on the market, it can be challenging to know which is the most appropriate drop to start a patient on for glaucoma.  How does one choose between the variety of prostaglandin analogs, beta blockers, alpha agonists and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors that are available?  When whould one choose monoterapy vs combination therapies?  How do the drops' side effect profiles influence one's first choice on which drop to start?  Glaucoma specialist Dr. Irfan Kherani joins the podcast.This episode is sponsored by Thea Pharma Canada - https://www.theapharma.ca Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/blind-spot-the-eye-doctor-s-podcast--5819306/support.

With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, this episode serves as a timely reminder that mental health deserves just as much care and attention as physical health. Renee and Molly explain what makes IOP unique, how patients can begin treatment, and the important role family members can play in the healing process. https://www.medshoprx.com/blog/a-deeper-dive-into-mental-health-care-with-aultman-hospital 

What's your goal for your marriage?A wife who is excited to see you?A wife who hugs, kisses and has sex with you?A wife who appreciates you?And that should happen all the time, right?And if not, something is wrong. Right?Well, this mindset of having an “endpoint” to marriage usually leads to frustration.God helped me see that it's much better to see your wife and marriage as a plant.Something that has seasons. That needs consistent nourishment. Something living that doesn't have an “end point.”Something that needs a good husband to care for it.Learn how to do this well in today's episode.Listen on the Strong Men Strong Marriages Podcast. https://strongmenstrongmarriages.buzzsprout.com/Watch on YouTube here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o_L3TnIoEIAnd join the program to learn how to do this together.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Making $250k+ per year and want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

John Berdahl, MD, joins Blake Williamson, MD, MPH, and Gary Wörtz, MD, to share insights into the journey of turning an idea into a product. Dr. Berdahl highlights his experience with the research and development of pressure-equalizing goggles, a nonsurgical, nonpharmacological treatment to lower IOP by creating a small vacuum to relieve pressure on the optic nerve. He describes the positives and negatives of the journey to launch a product, including funding, FDA trials, and beyond.

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It can be easy to get into a downward spiral about our wife and marriage.The sex isn't there.The connection isn't there.We're dealing with infidelity, separation or divorce.It can all seem pretty hopeless.And, when we feel hopeless, we don't feel good, we're not attractive, and we don't solve our problems.Fortunately, there's a way out of this.It's gratitude.Not necessarily for our wife, but for the fact that God has our back.When we can see and feel that, we feel empowered, which is attractive.And, we can start solving problems effectively.Learn more in today's episode.This is a tool from the book The Tools Listen on the Strong Men Strong Marriages Podcast. Watch on YouTube here.And join the program to learn how to do this together.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Geoff Nau, Senior Manager of Product Management for Paragon at Altera Digital Health, highlights how digital health solutions can address the challenges of nurse burnout and retention. AI and machine learning can help automate documentation tasks and streamline workflows to allow nurses better access to patient information. Improving nurse retention requires attention to factors like time-off policies and leveraging technology to give nurses more time to focus on patient care. Geoff elaborates, "I have been a nurse since 2004. I practiced at the bedside for approximately 15 years. I did pediatric and adult ER as well as NICU. So I started my nursing career on paper and transitioned to electronic. And so in that time, a couple of factors, in the beginning, there was not enough information, and click-intensive. And looking at my travels and going to hospitals and sites today, that challenge is still there as far as access to data relevant to that patient visit, whether it's trending labs, care plans, etc. My experience with most EHRs out there, most of all, is that it's just click-intensive. A one-size-fits-all is tough to do nowadays." "There is still a considerable amount of paper out there. When you start getting into these specialized areas like behavioral health, IOP or intensive outpatient, a lot of that, especially if there's anything like a treatment plan, things that may have multiple people needing to touch it, I still see a lot of that on paper. My goal from a solutions perspective is to get as much of that electronic as possible, especially given where we're at with challenges with nursing and staffing. Today, your patient loads go from four to five to one nurse." "I'm a nurse. I also have a doctorate in organizational psychology. And this was a big study of my focus during my dissertation, where I looked at why people stay on the job as opposed to why they leave. When I first got into nursing, nurses would leave for a dollar. They would go up the street to another facility. But now, having support systems in place allows nurses to take time off, as you said. I know that here, where I live in North Carolina, a couple of institutions are taking a look at their PTO policies. They're looking at their holiday policies and trying to be more flexible. They're working with PRN staffing. In my research, I also found a community component to job embeddedness, if you will, in nursing." #AlteraDigitalHealth #DigitalHealth #Nurses #Nursing #NurseBurnout #NurseRetention #MedAI alterahealth.com Download the transcript here

Geoff Nau, Senior Manager of Product Management for Paragon at Altera Digital Health, highlights how digital health solutions can address the challenges of nurse burnout and retention. AI and machine learning can help automate documentation tasks and streamline workflows to allow nurses better access to patient information. Improving nurse retention requires attention to factors like time-off policies and leveraging technology to give nurses more time to focus on patient care. Geoff elaborates, "I have been a nurse since 2004. I practiced at the bedside for approximately 15 years. I did pediatric and adult ER as well as NICU. So I started my nursing career on paper and transitioned to electronic. And so in that time, a couple of factors, in the beginning, there was not enough information, and click-intensive. And looking at my travels and going to hospitals and sites today, that challenge is still there as far as access to data relevant to that patient visit, whether it's trending labs, care plans, etc. My experience with most EHRs out there, most of all, is that it's just click-intensive. A one-size-fits-all is tough to do nowadays." "There is still a considerable amount of paper out there. When you start getting into these specialized areas like behavioral health, IOP or intensive outpatient, a lot of that, especially if there's anything like a treatment plan, things that may have multiple people needing to touch it, I still see a lot of that on paper. My goal from a solutions perspective is to get as much of that electronic as possible, especially given where we're at with challenges with nursing and staffing. Today, your patient loads go from four to five to one nurse." "I'm a nurse. I also have a doctorate in organizational psychology. And this was a big study of my focus during my dissertation, where I looked at why people stay on the job as opposed to why they leave. When I first got into nursing, nurses would leave for a dollar. They would go up the street to another facility. But now, having support systems in place allows nurses to take time off, as you said. I know that here, where I live in North Carolina, a couple of institutions are taking a look at their PTO policies. They're looking at their holiday policies and trying to be more flexible. They're working with PRN staffing. In my research, I also found a community component to job embeddedness, if you will, in nursing." #AlteraDigitalHealth #DigitalHealth #Nurses #Nursing #NurseBurnout #NurseRetention #MedAI alterahealth.com Listen to the podcast here

Nesta aula, explicamos como investigar a etiologia da insuficiência ovariana prematura (IOP) com base nas recomendações atualizadas do novo guideline.Endocrinologia descomplicada para médicos e residentes.Aqui você encontra conteúdos sobre atualização médica, casos clínicos e preparação para provas de título.

You are listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Elizabeth Ayiku. Elizabeth is a food justice organizer and founder of the Me Little Me Foundation, a nonprofit committed to advancing food equity and providing free, culturally competent support services for marginalized communities. Based in Los Angeles, Elizabeth works to dismantle the systemic barriers that affect mental health and wellbeing, emphasizing the importance of meeting basic needs first. Elizabeth's foundation draws its name from her debut feature film Me Little Me. The Me Little Me Foundation offers a free virtual food pantry for folks in need—with a focus on helping people with multiple marginalized identities, folks of color and folks in eating disorder recovery.And Burnt Toast, we have a challenge for you! We want to raise $6,000 to support the Me Little Me Foundation.If we hit that goal by June 1, Burnt Toast will match it with another $6,000 grant. You're going to hear more from Elizabeth in this episode about why this work is so important. Please share this episode widely, and donate if you can! Today's episode is free but if you value this conversation, please consider supporting our work with a paid subscription. Burnt Toast is 100% reader- and listener-supported. We literally can't do this without you.Episode 192 TranscriptElizabethSo I was born in the prairies of Canada to a Caribbean mother and West African father. I'm currently Los Angeles based. And I'm a filmmaker, a food justice organizer and a nonprofit founder.VirginiaThat is a lot of very hard jobs that you have! You sound extremely busy.ElizabethI am. It's a lot.VirginiaWell, we'll start with the film, because that's how we first got connected, when you were looking for sponsors for your really incredible film called Me Little Me. It came out in 2022, and it is available to stream on Amazon Prime and Apple TV. You were working on this for quite a long time. It was a the labor of love project for sure.ElizabethOh my goodness, 100 percent. It's based on my own lived experience. So, in 2009 I went to treatment for eating disorder recovery. I went to IOP—an intensive outpatient program—and I was also working full time while I did it.Being in eating disorder treatment became this kind of double life, and this big secret I had to hide. Because life couldn't stop, you know? And I guess that's something that I just never saw portrayed in any mainstream media, film, TV. It was always the person checked into inpatient. They had unlimited resources.VirginiaThousands and thousands of dollars per day for treatment.ElizabethAnd no mention of where this money was coming from. It was just this really nicely packaged perception of what recovery is. And I was just waiting and waiting to see something that had any semblance of what I'd gone through. And I just couldn't wait anymore! One day, I was like, “Okay, they're not doing it. I'm going to have to be the one to make it.” And that's what I did.Like you said, it was a labor of love. This is an indie film, 100 percent. We didn't have a studio backing us or anything like that. I just literally went to as many organizations as I could, and was like, “Look, I'm trying to make this. Can we have some money?” And it took a long time. We started shooting maybe the end of 2018 and 2019, before the pandemic. We started shooting principal photography, just getting the shots in. We ran out of money multiple times. There were so many challenges. So when I reached out to you, I was looking for finishing funds.I took a shot and submitted to South by Southwest as my work in progress. That means the sound wasn't done, the color wasn't finalized. It was 2021, by this time. And I was like, “You know what? I'm just going to shoot my shot and say I did it.” I was 100 percent sure nothing was going to come of it. But just to say that I did it. So end of 2021 I submitted and January 2022 is when they told me we were accepted. Still, I have to remind myself—I'm like, Oh my gosh, that happened.VirginiaYeah, you did it! You did the thing.ElizabethI did the thing! And then there were a whole bunch of other expenses that came with that. They needed a digital cinema package as a way to show the movie professionally, which was like a minimum $1500+. Plus, it still wasn't finished. So I just needed someone to do a quick color and sound pass. Because, my God, I couldn't just show the the work in progress. So we just did a quick, rough color and sound pass. And I had to hire someone to do that.I was grasping at straws. So when I reached out to you, I was just like, “This is what's happening. This is what the my need is. Any help would be so so appreciated,” and you were like, absolutely, let's do this.VirginiaThe story really resonated with me. As a journalist who's written about eating disorder recovery for two decades now, I'm very aware of that mainstream narrative that you were talking about and just how many people it doesn't represent. There is this whole eating disorder industrial complex that's built to sell a certain kind of recovery and center a certain thin, white girl narrative. And it just perpetually frustrates me, because everybody I know, whether personally in my own life, or people I've interviewed for work who has gone through recovery, is like, “Yeah, it doesn't look anything like that.”ElizabethNope. Not even a little bit.VirginiaAnd we're doing such a disservice to people! So the fact that you were going to tell this much more complex story, centering a Black woman—I was like, yes, thank you so much. ElizabethWhat you described is what I was up against, just this, all of those things. Trying to sell that story to the public, and if that's all people are offered, that's that's what they think the reality is.VirginiaAnd then that just pushes recovery so much further out of reach for people who wouldn't have access to that kind of treatment. Meaning the expensive inpatient treatment options, which also aren't even necessarily the best treatment! It doesn't work for everybody! Okay. We could have a whole other show about that.ElizabethWe really could. VirginiaThe point is, the film's incredible. It's out. I want everyone to go stream it now that they can. And what we really want to talk about today is how working on that film then led you to launch the Me Little Me Foundation.ElizabethWhile I was working on finishing the film, it was the middle of the pandemic. It was a hard time. The racial uprisings were happening all around us, and almost everyone I knew was traumatized by the world they were witnessing. And that combination — There was so much need, and people in my community and people I didn't know, people online were like. “I need resources, I need assistance, but I don't know where to turn.” It was too much to just ignore, you know? So that the subject matter of the film, plus the world that was happening at the time—I just knew there needed to be something in place that was different than the current resources out there.So I came up with the idea for a virtual food pantry where folks are approved up to a certain amount. They make a list of what they need. I shop for them online from a local grocery store that offers delivery, and the groceries are shipped to them for free. So you don't need to have a vehicle, you don't need to live in the correct zip code to get to the food pantry—because that's a thing. And you also get to choose how you want to nourish yourself, because that was important to me, too. Because there's dignity in being able to choose.VirginiaYes, and not just being handed a bag of food like, “This is what you get.”ElizabethYeah. “Be grateful, now move along.”So I wanted to help with the trauma, and the lack of resources. Cultural needs aren't taken into account at any food pantry I've ever used. I've been to so many pantries in my life, and it's a lot of white foods. Like, I don't know how else to describe them. And when you're having mental health issues because of trauma, because of the world around us, for whatever reason, just because you're struggling to make it, your cultural foods can be so comforting. They can just be so so comforting, and just what you need. And I just wanted to take that into consideration. So that's why I set it up the way I did, where folks tell me what they need, and that's what they get.VirginiaThere's such dignity in that, and empowerment for people. I think about the power of choice all the time, even just at the level of feeding my own kids. The idea that I would know what someone else needs to eat on any given day seems wild? I don't know what you're hungry for! I don't know what what you need right now. You know what you need right now. The fact that so many of our aid systems are not set up to honor that is a huge problem. So I love that you built that into into how you're doing this.You're focusing on folks of color who need assistance, and you're also focusing on folks in eating disorder recovery.ElizabethYeah, so basically folks who hold multiple marginalized identities are really who we serve the most. That's just how it honestly just started happening because of the people I'm connected with onlin,e and the places I was advertising this pantry. So many folks in recovery struggle with food security. Because the recovery models we were talking about earlier really emphasize “You need to always have food available.” You need to have snacks. So Recovery has been hard for them because that. Recovery has been hard for me because of that. I don't always have a cupboard full of snacks and multiple choices even though that's something in recovery that we're told to do. I'm laughing because they say, “Just make sure you fill your pantry.” Like everyone has a pantry! They're like, “fill your pantry with all the food you can.”VirginiaFirst, we need to get a pantry.ElizabethNumber one.VirginiaWhen does that get delivered?ElizabethExactly! So there are so many people in the recovery community telling us, “Oh my goodness, this is what I needed. Like, thank you so much. It's impossible to keep myself nourished without this assistance, this has been amazing.”Coming from that world, I couldn't have asked for a better outcome. It's beyond hard to recover in this world we're living in without assistance. So maybe 65 percent of who we serve are actively in recovery or currently have an eating disorder.And there is also a large population of folks with disabilities. People who are mobility impaired, or even young people and youth who don't have a car to get somewhere. There are so many folks with multiple marginalized identities who rely on us. It's beyond what I even thought.VirginiaAre you focusing on a particular geographic area?ElizabethGood question. It's nationwide. Because it's virtual—that's another thing I wanted to not be a barrier. If you can apply online, if you have access to computer at work—I'm trying for accessibility purposes to have another way to apply as well, but as of now, you apply online, and you can be anywhere. As long as you live somewhere that has a local grocery store that delivers, then you can use our services.VirginiaThat's really, really great. So as you're working in this food justice space… what you're doing is meeting an immediate critical need. People need to eat today. People are working on their recovery, they need access to food. And the reason this need is so dire is because of many larger structural failings in our systems. So how do you think about like, “Okay, I'm trying to put out this immediate fire. But we need so much larger change as well.” How do you kind of hold that together?ElizabethSometimes it does make me sad, because I'm like, “Oh, is this just a band aid for something systemic.” But I believe that what we're doing can eventually be just the way folks are given the resources they need. It doesn't need to be what we've always had. Why can't you just pick? Why does it have to be food that might not be good anymore? Expiring, not fresh, food that's offered? Why is that the only thing that we're saying is acceptable? So I'm really trying to get the word out that, hey, we're doing something that's working. And yes, it's for folks who are facing food insecurity now but you know, all these organizations that have these elaborate setups where they're pre-boxing things, you can do it a different way.VirginiaSo you're creating a new model that hopefully other organizations will replicate.ElizabethAbsolutely.VirginiaAs your organization continues to grow, this is something you can scale up, because of the way you've designed it. You're helping connect people to their local grocery store. This isn't you needing to build some whole infrastructure of warehouses, right?ElizabethExactly. That's eliminated. We don't have to pay rents to store a bunch of boxed items. I don't think people are looking at things like that with the current systems that are in place.VirginiaAnd obviously, it would be amazing if programs like SNAP and welfare were providing more resources for folks. But given the current political climate, we're going to be lucky to hold onto any social safety net we have left. ElizabethLike, any. And that's the same how I was saying earlier. Like, middle of pandemic, people were just so traumatized. People were just kind of numb. And like, “I don't know what to do, I need food to eat, though.” I'm seeing it now again, like this year the same. I'm like, whoa. This is history repeating.VirginiaI think people are feeling a lot of the same panic, embarrassment, and uncertainty about what's happening next. Everything is feeling extremely unstable.ElizabethAbsolutely.VirginiaSo making sure people have a way to feed themselves today—it's something we can do. There is all this bigger change that needs to happen, and we can contribute to that however we can. But this kind of direct aid to people getting fed today is something that we can do, and really is crucial right now. We can't do the rest if people aren't eating. This is the starting point.I mean, I've worked on pieces about childhood hunger over the years, and I know you're focusing more on adults, but it blows my mind how often organizations that work on hunger have to show research to convince people that kids can't learn if they're hungry. And it's just like, why did we need to have to do a study? Why did you need data?ElizabethYes, they need to see the numbers. It's fascinating to me. When I tell folks stuff based on my lived experience of going to pantries, not having enough, or not having access in the area. They're like, “Oh, okay, we just need you to type that all up, and we need to see where you got that data.” And I'm just like…where I got that data? From my life! And so many people I know! That blows my mind, the amount of data folks are requesting when it comes to food insecurity.VirginiaWe shouldn't have to explain it or justify it. It should just be obvious that people need enough food to eat. That's the baseline.So Burnt Toast, we have a mission!Our goal is to raise $6,000 by June 1 for the Me Little Me Foundation to support the virtual free food pantry project. When we reach that $6,000 goal, Burnt Toast (the newsletter and podcast) will match that with another $6,000. So we have a chance to raise $12,000 for Me Little Me to help them make a big push on this work.Elizabeth, tell us a little bit about what those funds will mean for your organization. What are we going to help you do? And then, of course, what do folks need to do to donate?ElizabethOh, my goodness. It would just help us so immensely. Just to break it down: $100 worth of groceries means folks can make a minimum of 20 home cooked meals. So if we raise $6,000 that's literally 1200 home cooked meals that we could provide.VirginiaThat's awesome.ElizabethIt would help us so much, because we always have more applications than the resources. It's crushing. Applications will be open for 24 hours and we have to shut them down because we're just so overwhelmed. And say, “I'm so sorry. Please try back next quarter.” I'm trying to raise more money. I'm not going to let you all down. So it would help us immensely. I'm trying to play it cool. This is my cool and collected voice, but I'm sort of squealing inside.VirginiaWell, I think what you're doing is so important. And we have over 65,000 people on the Burnt Toast list! This is not a big ask for anyone. A few bucks will cover one of these meals that we're trying to raise money for. If you have 100 bucks, great! That's 20 meals you've covered. This is the kind of community effort that is giving me hope right now, that's making me feel like the entire world's not falling off a cliff. We can get this done. And I think actually, we can exceed this goal.The second piece of our challenge is: If you're able, please become a monthly donor! Whether that's $5 a month or $100 a month—which would buy 20 meals a month! Do it! We are setting a goal to add 25 new recurring donors to the Me Little Me rosters. Burnt Toast is already a recurring donor, but we want 25 of you to sign up to be a recurring donors, too. So take whatever gift you were going to give and divide it by 12; break it up monthly and donate that. Because recurring donations are really critical to organizations like this. Elizabeth, you can speak a little bit to why that matters so much.ElizabethBecause the need is ongoing. We're inundated every time we open the pantry, and the recurring donations will help us reach our ultimate goal of being able to see real systemic change and have this just be something that's in place. So of course, yes, please if you're able to just give a few dollars we would love that. But if you can support us on a monthly basis in any capacity, it'll just be such a big weight off of the shoulders of so many folks who rely on these services.VirginiaRecurring donations help nonprofits plan. It's money they can rely on and actually look ahead and not just be scrambling. ElizabethScramble—that's the perfect word. I get a little stressed every time we open the pantry.VirginiaWell, I am really excited. I really appreciate you reaching out and giving us this opportunity to support what you're doing. I think it's so meaningful and so important. And, Burnt Toast, let's get it done. This section contains affiliate links. Thanks for supporting Burnt Toast when you shop our links! ButterElizabethSomething I discovered, I think by accident, is painting on burlap—like the material that they make sacks out of. It's so random. They sell it at craft stores. And there was just some on sale. So I have just regular paints at home from ages ago that I just didn't want to throw away. And, yeah, I just started. I stuck some burlap on a piece of wood, and just started painting it. And it just was so soothing. Just the surface of it, the texture, just painting over the burlap. And I was like, oh my gosh. Do people know about this?VirginiaI did not! This is amazing.ElizabethSo not painting on canvas, but on burlap material. Even if you make a mistake, it still looks nice. VirginiaWhat kind of paint are you using?ElizabethIt was literally paint that you would get at a hardware store, like if you were painting a wall in your house. They have specific fabric paint—because I'm going down a rabbit hole with it now—but that works just fine. Like, if you go to a hardware store and get a sample size, that's what I had. I had a bunch of little samples. so I just started painting words on the burlap and making little gift things. And it was just so soothing. So that's just a really random activity.VirginiaThat's a great Butter. Thank you. I've been noticing a little trend with guests lately, where a lot of the Butters are people are really drawn to something that gets them off their phone, off the computer, kind of like an absorbing project. Absorbing projects have been a trend in butters, and I am a big fan. I'm a big jigsaw puzzle person and gardener. Like these tactile things that get us out of our heads a little bit are just great.ElizabethOh, wonderful. Oh, I'm so glad to hear that.VirginiaMy Butter is going to be somewhat related, and it's a repeat Butter. I've recommended it before, but we have this great bird feeder. It's called the Bird Buddy, and it has a camera in it, so it takes pictures of the birds for you and sends them to your phone. It's not cheap, but they do go on sale from time to time. I will link to it. But anyway, we moved the feeders to a new part of the garden, and we hung up our hummingbird feeder and another type of feeder—and just all of the birds that are coming now are making me so happy.ElizabethI can imagine!VirginiaI'm That Mom now. I'm like, “Guys, there are more goldfinches! Have you seen the goldfinches??” And one of my kids loves birds, and one of them doesn't care. So I'm being a little excessive, and they're like, okay, yes, we see. But I think it's the same thing of — I'm needing beauty that's not in the Internet. That's taking me away. And they're so soothing to watch. So bird feeders, specifically, the camera one is really fun, but bird feeders in general, is my Butter today.ElizabethOh, now I want to see the photos of the birds.VirginiaOh, I'll send you some. It's pretty exciting. Elizabeth, thank you so much. Let's just remind everyone again, how to support you, how to donate to Me Little Me. ElizabethYou can go to MeLittleMeFoundation.org and there's a donate page where you can make a one time donation or become a recurring donor. You can get updates on our Instagram. You can also get updates about my film at Me Little Me Film on Instagram.The Burnt Toast Podcast is produced and hosted by Virginia Sole-Smith (follow me on Instagram) and Corinne Fay, who runs @SellTradePlus, and Big Undies.The Burnt Toast logo is by Deanna Lowe.Our theme music is by Farideh.Tommy Harron is our audio engineer.Thanks for listening and for supporting anti-diet, body liberation journalism! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com/subscribe

Too busy to read the Lens? Listen to our weekly summary here! In this week's issue we discuss:Epigenetic aging alone, as established by DNA methylation studies, correlates with faster glaucoma progression independent of IOP. Repeated low-level red light (RLRL) therapy can delay myopia progression and axial elongation in children, but new research shows it can lead to ganglion cell damage and cone photoreceptor loss.Pegcetocoplan treatment reduces vision loss in the fovea and junctional zone in patients with geographic atrophy, per microperimetry analysis.

Does your wife feel distant?Does she seem to not really care about you?Does she seem to care more about the kids than you?Do you tell her that she should be paying more attention to you, hoping to get more from her?Well, maybe it's not actually about you at all!And maybe asking her to do more will create MORE distance instead of connection.Learn how to approach your wife in a strong, supportive, secure way when she feels distant…So you can feel the closeness you desire.Learn how in today's episode.Listen on the Strong Men Strong Marriages Podcast. Watch on YouTube here.And join the program to learn how to do this together.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Do you wish you had more in your marriage?More sex?More conversation?More connection?More fun?It's not a problem to want more.However, your emotional state when you desire and ask for more can be a BIG problem.Most of us ask for more from a place of whininess and “not enough.”This usually just makes our wives feel like they're not doing enough and less motivated to do anything more.Learn a new and better way to get more in your marriage…In today's episode.Watch on YouTube here.And join the program to learn how to do this together.(This is from a book The Gap and The Gain by Benjamin Hardy)Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Rob Lohman's battle with addiction began at just 14 years old, fueled by a family history of alcoholism. Throughout his teenage and young adult years, he lived a chaotic, chameleon-like existence, losing his true identity to drinking and drug use. Despite the mistakes he made during those years, Rob credits his journey with giving him the powerful stories he now uses to help others move from addiction to recovery. One night, while drinking heavily at a bar in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Rob experienced a moment of divine intervention. He heard the words, "You're done," in the middle of the crowd and later, at home, came within seconds of taking his own life. It was the nudge of his dog, Jake, and a flood of thoughts about his family that saved him. The next day, Rob reached out for help, attended his first AA meeting, and has remained sober for 18 years, building a new life filled with family, purpose, and faith. Sober since 2001, Rob Lohman helps people suffering from substance abuse to find freedom from addiction and incarceration. He does this through sharing his testimony, Professional Interventions and Recovery Coaching, Advocacy, Self-Published Author and being the host of Beyond The Bars Radio Podcast and Addiction, Freedom & Faith Podcast Rob has been through the wringer, AND continues to press on! Freebie: Get a FREE copy of Rob's Best-selling book at https://freerecoverybook.com/   Secure your spot on the Wall of Hope in the IOP at https://recoverybrick.com/  Addiction, Freedom, and Faith Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/addiction-freedom-faith--4566082 HELP SUPPORT OUR FIGHT AGAINST ADDICTION. DONATE HERE: https://www.patreon.com/theaddictionpodcast   PART OF THE GOOD NEWS PODCAST NETWORK. AUDIO VERSIONS OF ALL OUR EPISODES: https://theaddictionpodcast.com CONTACT US: The Addiction Podcast - Point of No Return theaddictionpodcast@yahoo.com Intro and Outro music by: Decisions by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100756 Artist: http://incompetech.com/  

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Are you hiding in your marriage?Do you avoid speaking your mind?About money, sex, in-laws, parenting, religion, housework or free time?Do you get defensive with your wife?All of these symptoms are due to a fear…A fear of part of you being exposed or rejected.Learn how to overcome that fear…Through acceptance of your “Shadow…”Watch on YouTube here.And join the program to learn how to do this together.(This series is from the book The Tools https://amzn.to/42410JT )Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Does your wife make you mad?When she criticizes you?When she seems to care about the kids more than you?Do you feel like just a paycheck?When we get into this negative spiral…It doesn't do us or anyone else much good.Thankfully, there IS a way out of it…A way we can feel FREE instead of TRAPPED.We can feel powerful no matter what our wife or others might be doing.Learn how in today's episode.Watch on YouTube here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5fciTKrrSIAnd join the program to learn how to do this together.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Welcome to the Athlete Mindset podcast, hosted by Lisa Bonta Sumii, LCSW, CMPC. In this episode, Lisa sits down with Courtney Messina, MA, LPC-S, LCDC, a former Ole Miss soccer athlete, and Senior Director for Outpatient Clinical Operations at All Points North (APN). Courtney shares insights from her work with elite athletes, including her role at APN's Elite Athletes Program and as a visiting therapist at TCU. They explore why athletes seek therapy—sports injuries, identity struggles, mental performance, and more—while unpacking the unique challenges of transitioning out of sport. From practical tips like prioritizing sleep to society's need to destigmatize mental health, this coffee-chat-style conversation offers hope and actionable insights.Key Takeaways from "Mental Health Realities for Elite Athletes with Courtney Messina"Common struggles: Injuries, identity loss, and the relentless pressure to perform flawlessly.APN's Elite Athletes Program: Residential care to virtual IOP, serving NFL players and expanding to other sports.Strategies: Reframing identity beyond sport, building resilience, and normalizing help-seeking behaviors.Society's role: Prioritizing mental health as integral to overall health and reducing stigma.Sleep matters: How rest boosts focus, mood, and emotional regulation for peak performance.Injury impact: The loneliness and body image shifts that amplify mental health challenges.More about Courtney Messina:Courtney Messina, MA, LPC-S, LCDC, is the Senior Director for Outpatient Clinical Operations at All Points North, leveraging extensive experience in clinical leadership and behavioral health services.After earning a bachelor's in psychology from the University of Mississippi and a master's in clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Texas at Tyler, Courtney has had the opportunity to work in various settings including community mental health, corrections and inpatient and outpatient facilities treating clients with co-occurring disorders.Beyond her pursuits at All Points North and as a former Division I athlete at Ole Miss, Courtney is very passionate about working with the Athlete population. She is a visiting senior therapist for the Athletics Department at Texas Christian University and is listed in The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Mental Health Registry.Courtney has been featured in several media outlets, including Treatment Magazine, the Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Learning Network, The Dallas Morning News, and Genesis the Podcast.Credits: Athlete Mindset is part of the SportsE Media platform.Produced by KazCM and featured on the QuietLoud Studios podcast network.Support the Athlete Mindset Community: Click Here to contribute to the Athlete Mindset Community.By supporting the Athlete Mindset community, you will contribute directly to the mental health of athletes. With your amplification, we can ensure more voices are heard and more individuals are impacted. Thank You for making a difference!Connect with the guest, host, and podcast production team:Courtney Messina: LinkedIn | websiteLisa Bonta Sumii, LCSW, CMPC: LinkedIn | Instagram | websiteSportsE Media: LinkedIn | XRelated episodes to “Mental Health Realities for Elite Athletes with Courtney Messina”:Mental Strength with Dr. Brook ChouletThe Intersection of Sports Psychiatry and Performance with Dr. Wilsa Charles MalveauxUnderstanding Athlete Identity with Kim BradyMusic: Beat Provided By freebeats.io | Produced By White Hot

Brian gives a market update plus talks about how to get your house ready to sell this Spring! Thinking about renovating your home to sell? Text the word REMODEL to 843-800-0065 to recieve a guide on how to maximixe your investment and learn what renovations are actually worth the hassle.  Have a real estate need or question? Book a consult with us today! ☎️ (843) 800-0065

Are you feeling “stuck” in your marriage?Do you avoid having difficult conversations?Do you avoid asking for what you want?Are you stuck in “roommate mode?”There's one big reason for the “stuck” feeling in your marriage.It's avoiding pain.It's normal to avoid the pain of a hard conversation and risking rejection.It just keeps you stuck.Learn a tool from the book The Tools how to REVERSE your desire to avoid pain…And learn to LOVE the pain that helps you grow.Watch on YouTube here.And join the program to learn how to do this together.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Brian talks about the Short Term Rental market and how times are changing! With new laws, fees and interest rates, does a STR make sense right now? And with more STRs hitting the market how does that effect Charleston home sales? Find out NOW on the Brian Beatty Real Estate Show! Have a real estate need or question? Book a consult with us today! ☎️ (843) 800-0065

I've recently started to take MMA lessons and I am LOVING it.Here are some of my big takeaways:-Having a strong base keeps you prepared and stable-Having a strong base in God does the same-You won't die if you take a punch-You won't die if you take an emotional punch from your wife or kids-You can be confident in caring for yourselfHear more about this and what I've been learning in today's episode.Watch on YouTube here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1n_NXQm5R4Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Are you an active duty member of the military who also struggles with alcohol or substances? The Tricare-approved intensive outpatient program (IOP) at The Addiction Resource Center (530-593-1098) gives you flexible, evidence-based addiction recovery treatment. Visit https://sayarc.com/tricare-approved-iop/ for details. Addiction Resource Center LLC. City: Yuba City Address: 1002 Live Oak Blvd. Website: https://sayarc.com

I read a few books in the last few weeks that have really impacted the way I view life and life after death.After by Bruce Greyson, MD  andProof of Heaven by Eben Alexander, MD The main takeaways I got are:-Life DOES continue after this life-We are LOVED by our creator, God-He has a great plan for us-We can tune into his love and plan any time, and the more we do the better we feel and the better we operate as men, husbands, fathers and in all areasLearn more in today's episode.Watch on YouTube here.And join the program to learn how to do this together.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Find out more about the state of the Charleston, SC real estate market. Brian shares current market stats. Plus, questions to ask if you are thinking about moving into a retirement community and so much more! Don't miss this action packed episode of the Brian Beatty Real Estate Show! Have a real estate need or question? Book a consult with us today! ☎️ (843) 800-0065

Does your wife feel safe with you?Do your kids feel safe with you?What if they did something wrong? Would they come to you for help?What if your wife is struggling emotionally? Would she come to you for comfort?If not, you haven't been a secure attachment figure to your wife and kids.And that's not fun to realize. I've had to realize it myself.But, the good news is, you CAN be one.By being someone who is there for your wife and kids… no matter what.Who loves them (wants the good for them)... no matter what.Who is also there for yourself… no matter what.Learn more about how to do this in today's episode…Watch on YouTube here.And join the program to learn how to do this together.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

We're all following someone, consciously or unconsciously.When it comes to being a husband and father… who are you following?When it comes to being a man… who are you following?If you're not consciously following someone, you'll unconsciously follow your parents in your marriage and parenting relationships.Either by doing what they did… or doing the exact opposite of what they did.Both of those can cause problems.Learn how to intentionally choose your role models…So you can be the husband, father and man you want to be…In today's episode.Watch on YouTube here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcnkkkOS4U4Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Brian talks about the Dockside Condo Crisis currently happening in downtown Charleston and how you can avoid similar HOA disasters when purchasing a condo! He also talks about the current market in Charleston, SC and dives into why you NEED title insurance when buying a property. Plus, COMMISSION! How to make sure you get the value you pay for! Have a real estate need or question? Book a consult with us today! ☎️ (843) 800-0065

Do you feel worthy of love?What about when you're not doing the “right things?”Are other people willing, able and available to love you when you need it?The answers to these 2 questions shape your relationship style.If the answer to either question is “no,” or a conditional yes…Your relationship style will cause problems in your marriage and parenting…And your relationship with God.Learn how to feel worthy of love (no matter what you're doing or not doing)...And how to find people who are willing, able and available to give you love…In today's episode.Here's the book, God Attachment, I mention in the episode.And keep in mind…It's not that God doesn't want us to do good, or that we don't want our kids to do good…It's just that we want them to do good because we love them and it's good for them…Vs we want them to do good so that we can love them.Listen on the Strong Men Strong Marriages Podcast. Watch on YouTube here.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Are you feeling burnt out in your marriage?Feel like you're putting in SO MUCH work, but not getting much back?Not sure if you want to keep going in the marriage anymore?Don't worry. These are NORMAL feelings to have.It doesn't mean your marriage is over.It just means it's time to take some steps to:-Take care of yourself and your emotions-Ask for what you want-See both the good and badWhen you do this, you can release the feeling of “burnt out” and start feeling joy, energy and put your marriage on course for the joyful, fun, intimate relationship it was meant to be.Learn how in today's episode.Watch on YouTube here.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Making $250K plus per year and want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Catherine Johnson, MD, MPH, recaps her article, “Impact of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty on Diurnal IOP Fluctuation,” which was written with Barbara Wirostko, MD, FARVO, and featured in the November/December issue of Glaucoma Today. Home tonometry data are shedding light on SLT's effect on IOP spikes in the months following laser treatment. This article reviews diurnal IOP fluctuation before and after SLT and discusses the implications of home tonometry in research.

Was your Valentine's Day… not what you were hoping for?Maybe you're dealing with separation or divorce.Maybe your wife is interested in someone else.Maybe you were hoping for intimacy that didn't happen.It's normal and natural to be disappointed.And, there are ways to deal with that disappointment that will make things WORSE…And ways to deal with it that will help you create more intimacy.Learn what NOT to do.. And what TO do…In today's episode.Watch on YouTube here.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Making $250K plus per year and want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

Recovery Matters Podcast Episode 167 | Tajay's story begins with a life-changing arrest, leading him to outpatient treatment and, ultimately, to CCAR. He didn't initially seek recovery—it found him. While in IOP, he struggled with staying sober, turning to alcohol as a coping mechanism. However, deep down, he knew he wanted more for himself. His commitment to trying something differentled him to school, where a conversation about psychology unexpectedly introduced him to the idea of becoming a recovery coach. This opened the door to a new world, and through CCAR, Tajay found the support, structure, and inspiration to rebuild his life.One of the most significant changes in his recovery journey was reevaluating friendships and relationships. He realized that many of his past connections were built around substance use, and changing his circle was necessary. He now values friendships based on mutual respect and personal growth rather than peer pressure or partying. Relationships, particularly romantic ones, remain tricky, especially when dating someone who isn't in recovery. However, he emphasizes the importance of healthy communication and setting boundaries.Education played a crucial role in his transformation. What started as a simple way to stay busy turned into a passion. Tajay became deeply involved on campus, founding the Legacy Club to help students network, connect, and take their careers seriously from day one. His belief that “it's not just what you know, but who you know” helped him secure opportunities, despite not yet having a degree. He encourages students to build relationships, take advantage of resources, and stay open to new possibilities.Beyond education, Tajay found purpose in entrepreneurship and music. His first venture, a clothing brand focused on positive affirmations, gave him his first taste of running a business. While it was a learning experience, it laid the foundation for his current passion—creating and promoting music. Initially hesitant, he pushed past self-doubt and began sharing his music on social media, even shooting a music video for one of his songs, Love Life. His new goal is to combine music, merch, and motivation, using his platform to inspire others.Throughout the conversation, Tajay emphasizes that recovery is not easy, but it's worth it. He describes recovery as "armor"—something that protects him from life's hardships. He acknowledges that early recovery is overwhelming, especially when emotions come rushing back after years of numbing pain with substances. However, he encourages anyone on the fence about recovery to stick with it. His biggest message? "Don't quit before the miracle happens."Tajay's life is proof that even when things seem impossible, recovery can open doors you never imagined.Timestamps:00:00 – Intro & Tajay's background02:00 – Getting arrested & his first steps into recovery06:00 – How addiction shaped his friendships & how he had to change his circle10:00 – Finding education as a new path & becoming a leader on campus14:00 – The "Get Out of Here" mindset vs. realizing it's about changing yourself18:00 – Entrepreneurship, music, and using creativity in recovery23:00 – The moment he knew he had to go all in on sobriety28:00 – What he'd say to someone struggling: “Don't quit before the miracle happens.” ----Across the Web----

In this episode, Kingsley Okafor, MD, joins Ogul Uner, MD, to review a case of a 40-year-old man who presented with intermittent visual changes, pain, and halos in his left eye. On examination, the patient had an IOP of 19 mm Hg, mild myopia, pigment on the corneal endothelium, and midperipheral transillumination iris defects in both eyes. Dr. Okafor reviews findings for pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS) and risk factors for developing pigmentary glaucoma.

A revelation while scuba diving leads to a novel device designed to reduce IOP pressure. Dr. Emily Schehlein speaks with Drs. Katherine S. Peters and Daniel Terveen about their study on the FSYX Ocular Pressure Adjusting Pump, from their recent Ophthalmology Glaucoma article, “Manometric Intraocular Pressure Reduction with Negative Pressure Using Ocular Pressure Adjusting Pump Goggles” Manometric Intraocular Pressure Reduction with Negative Pressure Using Ocular Pressure Adjusting Pump Goggles. Peters, Katherine S. et al. Ophthalmology Glaucoma, Volume 8, Issue 1, 22 – 27.

Has your wife told you “You make everything about you!”What was your response?Did you give her examples of how you don't make everything about you?Did you get mad and walk away?If you did either of these…You made it about you!I've done this plenty of times, and so have the guys in my program.But, we don't have to do this.We can break out of this pattern and “find our lives as we lose them.”Learn how…In today's episode.Watch on YouTube here.And in the Strong Men Strong Marriages program.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Making $250K plus per year and want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

SIGN UP FOR THE JUST THERAPY NEWSLETTER. If you are a therapist or counselor looking for continuing education, check out my $5 Podcourses and other continuing education offerings. Reframe is a science-backed app that helps you reduce or quit alcohol, build healthier habits, and achieve lasting change in just 10 minutes a day. Start your journey now with a free 7-day trial—download Reframe today. (affiliate link) In this episode of the Just Therapy podcast series, I dive into the complex world of mental health care levels with my special guest, Melody McKibbin. Melody is licensed in 10 states and owns Counseling Cove, a virtual Christian counseling practice specializing in borderline personality disorder, trauma, and substance abuse. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to help us better understand the different levels of mental health care, from self-help to inpatient hospitalization. Key Takeaways: Levels of Mental Health Care: We explore the spectrum of care, including self-help strategies, peer-to-peer support groups, outpatient therapy, intensive outpatient programs (IOP), partial hospitalization programs (PHP), and inpatient hospitalization. Inpatient Care Demystified: Melody breaks down what happens during inpatient treatment, including the admissions process, common diagnoses, discharge planning, and what families can expect. GeneSight Testing: We discuss how genetic testing can help match patients with effective medications. Family Involvement: Melody shares how families can support their loved ones during inpatient care and highlights the importance of following discharge plans. The Role of Therapists: I talk with Melody about how therapists work with clients before and after inpatient treatment to ensure continuity of care and stabilization. Melody provides clarity on this important topic, making it accessible for therapists, clients, and families alike. Whether you're a mental health professional or someone seeking help, this episode is packed with valuable insights for navigating mental health care. Visit Counseling Cove at counselingcove.com for more information about Melody's virtual counseling services. The content provided in this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to replace professional mental health care, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your own licensed mental health provider or medical professional regarding your specific situation. While I am a licensed marriage and family therapist, and my guests are also professional counselors, the discussions in this podcast are meant to offer general insights and should not be taken as personalized therapeutic advice. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapist-client relationship with me or any of my guests. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis or have thoughts of harming yourself or others, please contact a mental health professional, call 911, or go to the nearest emergency room immediately. You can also reach out to a crisis hotline, such as the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 in the United States, for immediate support. Every individual's journey is unique, and what works for one person may not be suitable for another. Please use discretion and seek appropriate care as needed. Mental health care, levels of care, inpatient vs outpatient, mental health treatment, borderline personality disorder, trauma counseling, substance abuse recovery, Christian counseling, IOP (intensive outpatient programs), PHP (partial hospitalization programs), therapist insights, mental health resources, GeneSight testing, family support in mental health, discharge planning, mental health crisis help, therapists for families, counseling tips, virtual counseling, mental health podcast.  

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This week we are launching the first group of the Strong Men Strong Marriages Membership!This will be The Alpha Group. The group that helps grow us to 500 men. The group that helps shape the membership into something that helps men become the Christ-like, strong and loving leaders of their homes that they were meant to be.The group that leads the charge to making generational changes and is the man that is led by God, the husband his wife loves and can count on, and the father that shows genuine love and strength to his children.At Strong Men Strong Marriages we are:-Strong and loving leaders of our homes as disciples of Jesus-Examples of real, Christ-like manhood to ourselves, our families and the world-Building a stronger world through stronger families-And for my Christian brothers, helping prepare the world for the Second Coming of Jesus ChristIf this mission resonates with you...Come join us!Join our email list at http://strongmen.io for your invitation to join.Dr. Mike P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.ioP.P.S. Want to work intensively with me, Dr. Mike, and are willing and able to invest in the 5 figures to create a great marriage and legacy? Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

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Tiff and Dana start their first episode of the 2025 focused on getting the entire practice team on board with goals. This doesn't mean just the numbers or just the patient experience, but all the pieces of the puzzle. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Join Dental A-Team Consulting Leave us a review Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:01.926) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. I am so excited to be back here today. We are recording quite a few podcasts today, Dana and I, and this is our second up, so we should still be super fresh for you. Just kidding, we're always fresh. Dana, your hair looks amazing. You guys know it's hair and leggings and workouts, apparel and...   protein bars for me. Like she is my girl who shares all of my same hopes, dreams, wishes, and desires in life. So Dana, your hair looks amazing today. I love it. Yeah. I used my...   Dana (00:33.454) Well, you know, I'm podcasting with Tiff. I had to put a little effort in.   The Dental A Team (00:38.46) Well, thank you. went and straightened it real quick, but I used my my crimper thing yesterday. I've used it quite a few times on my new haircut. I wasn't sure how it was going to work, but it worked. For all you male dentists out there listening, just give me a stitch. I'm sorry.   Dana (00:43.854) Let's go!   The Dental A Team (00:51.26) Dana, made her, this is like a year and a half, two years ago now, something like that. I made her give me a tutorial because she was doing this weird thing with her hair and I was like, my God, it looks so good. I need to know how to do my hair like that. She's like, just get this thing. I'm like, yeah, but I don't think you understand. I need a tutorial. So she literally did a tutorial for me on how to wave my hair. And it is actually really cute with my new cut. So thank you, Dana, for stepping up my game, my hair game.   and all of the other games. Your Tip Tuesdays, I'm always like dying to see what it's going to be. I have protein bars because of you. I have so many things. So thank you, Dana, for having all of the tips and the tricks in your back pocket every single time.   Dana (01:36.022) can't take credit for it, I'm constantly asking my girlfriends, hey, what are you guys doing? Give me all the products too. So a lot of them are tips that have been shared with me that I just pass on.   The Dental A Team (01:46.182) That's what this world is about, right? Everything we share on this podcast are things that we've learned along the way, either on our own from exploration or because we learned it from somebody else. And that is the beauty, I think, of life and really being able to have that community and that camaraderie where you can share those things. So you have your girlfriends, our doctors here at the Dental A Team have each other. We have a...   An amazing doctors group that I feel like is just like that, Dana, where I see things go off all the time on the little texting app and they're like, my gosh, what do you guys have for this? Or what new bond are you using? My bond sucks. Or cosmetic stuff. So I think that's...   That's how we do it. That's how we move along and that's how we were meant to do it. We were never meant to do life solo. We were meant to do life in groups with incredible, amazing people. And we are here for it every single day. We love our clients. We love you guys who are our clients and we love you guys who are not yet our clients. And we have those communities for you. So look for them. Instagram, Facebook, we've got all kinds of communities there for our clients who are listening. If you don't know what I'm talking about with this doctor,   collaboration sucker, you better be texting me right now. Same with Dana. If you are our client and you don't know what I'm talking about, you better be texting me right now. Let's get you in there. Awesome. Dana, today I really wanted to talk about teams and how doctors and leaders, so doctors and probably office managers, business administrators, can really utilize the team to help push goals.   I think oftentimes we have clients that come in, they onboard, and I hear a lot of the time, and Dana, I think you might as well, I don't talk to my team about numbers because I don't want them to think that I'm numbers driven. And I think it's super freaking common in the dental world because we have a really hard time differentiating black and white numbers and emotions. And   The Dental A Team (03:44.13) I always like to say that emotions are fleeting, the way I felt when I woke up this morning, drastically different than how I feel right now. And that was like six hours, seven hours ago. Like within a day, I've had so many emotions come and go that if I'm constantly weighing out if something's working right or not, or if I'm growing or if I'm happy, if I'm sad, I'm just constantly trying to weigh out what that looks like based on my feelings, it's gonna be very difficult. But dentistry, we are in the   care profession and we are saturated, luckily I think this is an incredible asset to all of us, we are saturated with emotional beings, highly emotionally intelligent human beings that are keyed in first to how we feel.   So bringing in that numbers aspect can feel cold and sterile and it can feel like, Tiff, I'm here for the patients. I'm here for the patient experience. I don't wanna talk about the numbers. I've literally had a doctor say, I don't wanna look at the numbers. I don't wanna talk about them. And I said, okay, you don't want to yet, but we're gonna get there. Now Dana, I know you've had that as well. What do you feel is the reason that you've seen or reasons that you've experienced that doctors or business administrators might not want to talk about numbers?   Dana (04:58.923) Yeah, I think a lot of it comes from a fear of when they talk about numbers, the team sees that only as profit, right? Or dollars, dollars, right? When we talk about numbers and dollars that go directly to the doctor or to the owner. And so I always feel like   The Dental A Team (05:08.433) Yeah.   Dana (05:16.692) Yeah, we want to talk about production. We want to talk about collections. We want to talk to dollars. We also want to talk about expenses, right? You want your team to have a full picture of numbers, not just the dollar, because when they have a full picture of the numbers and they also know what those numbers tell them in relation to patient care and patient experience, and all of those are part of numbers. And so I feel like you can't talk about numbers without talking about those other things too. And you can't highlight, like you have to highlight what the numbers tell you about those pieces, which are the   The Dental A Team (05:22.214) Correct.   Dana (05:46.808) that usually rally up the team that they really care about that are the reasons why they are there. And so when you make those connections of, yes, these are dollars, but these dollars tell us about patient care. These dollars tell us what an amazing patient experience we're creating for our patients. These dollars tell us how great we are at getting our patients to accept the treatment that we recommend to them. And these dollars come with expenses. And so they aren't just profit. They aren't just dollars that are sitting in a bank somewhere and accumulating interest.   The Dental A Team (06:10.789) Yeah.   Dana (06:16.384) and making you as the owner, right? And you as the owner should you take all the risk, right? So don't feel guilty about that either. You take all of the risk. It is all of your license. It is all in everything that you've created. So also don't feel guilty if you make a healthy profit from your practice. But I think when you have a full picture.   The Dental A Team (06:21.498) Yeah.   Dana (06:33.334) of expenses and what they tell you and all of those things numbers become really easy to talk about and team members can start to get behind those numbers when they understand what those numbers are telling them about the things that they care about.   The Dental A Team (06:49.692) Totally agree. I 100 % stand by everything you just said. One thing that you made me think of is, because you're talking about this profit piece, gosh, I think a lot of dentists, you all want the profit, but I think a lot of you feel almost guilty for the profit, and especially when it comes to the numbers. That's why sometimes you don't want to talk about it. I totally understand that. But I think what you forget to see in that,   is how much decision making becomes easier when you know the numbers. When you know that you're truly profitable and when the practice knows you're truly profitable, the team meaning that it makes it much easier to make decisions. So can we take an extra day off next month because there's a festival in town and we all want to go to it? Can we buy the ultrasonic or the autoclave or the cavatron? how many cavatrons do we get asked for at the end of the year you guys? I just had one, I just had a call today.   Dana (07:41.003) you   The Dental A Team (07:44.966) They're like, hygiene department needs a cavern shot, and we need an ultrasonic, we need a sterilizer, and I'm like, cool, we've got to figure out where that's coming from. But the team, I mean the team, I just had this call with this doctor this morning, he's one of my favorite doctors I talked to, him and his wife. We have...   like tenfold changed their money and their financial situation and their practice and it has been incredible. They went from like an 82 % overhead to typically they're like 57 to 62 % right now. They're profiting, they're able to put money aside. He has a CE bucket I make him put money in, all of these different pieces. He's just bought a new practice to expand. It's huge. All of this stuff has happened in the last couple of years but it's because we were willing to start looking at the money.   Well, his team sent us this laundry list of like wishes and it's fantastic. And the office manager has gone through and she's priced everything and she's done it all correct so that now we can say, okay, well, what are the educated decisions based on the finances prior to working on this with them prior to working so hard at getting that, that overhead down by at least 20 % over the last two years. They weren't talking numbers a lot with the team. They were just going through the motions.   The only number that they really talked about was where's our production and are we at 98 %? Collections are higher, which are two fantastic numbers to talk about, but they weren't watching other pieces. They weren't watching the AR. They weren't watching necessarily the new patients super closely and what was happening is their AR was being padded with overpayments and so what was happening, profit was down, their overhead was high because they actually had a ton of money still outstanding, but it wasn't showing up in the initial reports.   know this, they didn't understand this, we had to break it down, we had to pull backwards, we had to start moving money around, all of these different things had to come into place and once the team understood what the numbers meant, what they could control, they were on board. They were like, my gosh, this is a disaster. Like how do we positively impact this? Because you guys, they care about your business too because they care about you. This specific practice, this team loves this doctor. I mean, I love this doctor and that's why   The Dental A Team (10:00.998) like they are incredible human beings. Most of you guys out there are incredible human beings with teams who want you to do really well. When you do well, your team does well. And your team does well and can help promote that, like Dana said, when they know what they're going after. Does your team know how to win? Because emotions are fleeting and I might feel like, gosh, today was a fantastic day. It was so smooth and it flowed so well. And you're leaving the back door   complaining because we had $1,200 worth of treatment today and I'm like...   Today was great. Today, I wasn't running around like a chicken. It seemed to flow really well. And you're like, no, I couldn't even pay the people that were here today based off of the money that we brought in. That's the difference. And your team needs to be able to see that, to see where they can go. And Dana and I chatted earlier about really seeing those overarching goals, but then seeing how does my individual position in this practice add to that goal? So what is the goal of my position?   And how does that goal, that metric add into the larger metrics of the practice? So if I'm a billing representative, how does the work that I do directly affect profitability of the practice or overhead of the practice is probably easier to talk about, right? And Dana, I know we were just talking about this. So what are some other spaces like hygiene's an easy one because they're providers, right? But even as far as like treatment coordinators, billing or front office representatives, like what are you seeing with the practices you work at?   work with, not at, that you work with, that you're having those leading measures that are really, really contributing to the back end full arch goals.   Dana (11:45.622) Yeah. And I think that that's, that's, it's, it's knowing what your other numbers tell you, right? Or what adjunct numbers then to look at that feed into some of those larger numbers like production and collections. So if I TC, right, how would you impact collections? Well, you would help increase production by getting more treatment accepted. And it's just breaking it down and making those connections for them. If I am the scheduler, well, how do I impact collections? Well, if I have a full schedule where we can produce it, then we're able to collect it. Right. So just breaking that all down. If I'm a   The Dental A Team (11:50.747) Yeah.   The Dental A Team (12:12.24) Yeah. Yeah.   Dana (12:15.488) dental assistant, well how do I affect production? Well you make sure that you're as efficient as possible so our appointment lengths can be as short as possible and you're part of reappointing right? So making sure that you get the next thing on the schedule, making sure that you're teeing things up for the doctor, all of those things help build production but sometimes it's difficult for team members to make those links or to see wow yeah like me doing that really does impact that.   number or that larger overarching goal. And so almost every number in the practice, each individual seat can contribute to it in some way. We just sometimes as leaders have to make those connections or draw those links for team members to see.   The Dental A Team (12:42.588) Thank you.   The Dental A Team (12:53.308) you   Totally agree. I was working with a pediatric practice last week and this was most of our meeting was spent on this and we spent at least two hours really diving into each department from the overarching goal standpoint and really the daily production that they're looking to hit to hit the monthly production and how does every department and each individual within that department control that and one of the most interesting pieces that was pulled out for them was the dental assistance and the dental assistance   you guys that is usually the toughest spot to like really pull something out of it. Same day treatment for sure, conversions like all those pieces but this one was really cool. It's a pediatric practice and they have their dental assistants chart prep.   48 hours ahead. So they're always like one and two days ahead doing the chart preps. Well, this team listed chart prepping as one of their issues when we first started our meeting. So I was like, let's talk about these chart preps. What is happening here? Well, they're spending like 40 minutes per provider at a four to five provider practice chart prepping for them.   And my mind was blown. And I was like, holy cow, this is taking you so long. And I started diving into it. This is just their normal every day. One of the complaints from the front office team was that they're getting last minute same day schedule changes that are necessary because the back office is chart prepping so late that they're coming up and saying, hey, we can't do that. You need to reschedule that patient.   The Dental A Team (14:22.352) Well, what does that do? That tanks our production, it's bad customer service, completely changes the experience of the patient and the parent because it's a pediatric practice. So many things are entangled in that. And what we ended up doing was really breaking down that if we could change the metrics on this, right? So who's responsible for this? Who's going to do it every single day? So one of their metrics was someone is responsible for doing it and to decrease the amount of time. So their metrics right now is to get it   done by 838 am so the opener will do   this chart prep, they have to be done by 8 30 a.m. and they're they're timing themselves to get it down to 15 minutes. That is going to significantly change what they're able to do because what was happening is all of these dental assistants were like trying to get it done and it's like whoever can get to it and hey that's where I was and I started there and you can do this one over here while they're seeing patients throughout the day. So it wasn't actually getting done and when it was it was kind of just muddled.   So the whole point of it, like the value of the schedule was unseen. The value of same day treatment ads completely bypassed because we weren't actually looking at it and applying it to open appointments on the same day. And the value out of being cherished side and available for patients during patient time was lost. So appointments were taking too long. Can you imagine like your overall overarching goals, production collections, new patients, patient satisfaction, so your reviews, all of those pieces   are insanely impacted by something as easy as changing the chart prep and how they were doing it and how they were running it. I talked to the doctor yesterday and I didn't specifically look at the chart prep with her but they hit three out of four days last week they were 100 % to goal and they are over like they're over what   The Dental A Team (16:17.296) producing what they should this month based on the projections. I was there a week ago and we put the attention back on it with the scheduling coordinators, with the whole team's attention is on this single day production, totally changed the game. Even just by the dental assistants looking at how effective their time use is. And Dana, what you said made me think of that because we under...   when it's not attached to cell fluoride, or how many night guards can we get? And I agree, do 80 % night guard case acceptance, diagnose 10 % more night guards than you usually do, recommend, whatever you want to call it. Like I agree with those, but I think we undervalue how much just time saving techniques can add back production. So Dana, you've worked with a lot of pediatric practices as well, and GP practices, but where else do you feel like from a   office standpoint, simple things like that. What else have you seen practices do to really get the back office on board with the goals? Because I do think a lot of times for an office we think numbers, right? It's not always, and I say that I'm a dental assistant by trade as well, but for an office thinks numbers first most of the time. Back office it's much more difficult to think the numbers because I think it's because it's more difficult to see the impact that we can have on those numbers. So what are some other areas that you've worked with practices on?   that have worked really well.   Dana (17:44.886) Yeah, and I will say in my last pediatric practice, was we worked a ton on how the back impacts AR and billing. And sometimes they feel like, no, we don't impact that world at all. Well, actually, you do fairly significantly. And so making sure that you are walking out and attaching   The Dental A Team (17:59.749) Yeah.   Dana (18:03.828) everything that you did, every single thing that you did because you were in there. You know if that surface changed, you know if you added a tooth, you know. So making sure that everything is in there, making sure that you have, that the billing team has all of the pieces they need to build successfully. Did you take that pre-op x-ray? Did you take that post-op x-ray? Do we have period charting? Do we have all of the things that we need? Do we have the IOP of that decay of that tooth? So really just full picture of you guys actually impact billing tremendously and you also like you are   heavy hitters on the amount of time it takes for an insurance to reimburse or all of those pieces. And so we worked a ton on making sure everything was walked out, making sure everything was updated in the chart and getting them to check codes for the next appointment. You just saw the patient, you know that they had bite wings this time. So what better space for you to do than check codes for the next appointment.   The Dental A Team (18:38.671) Yeah.   The Dental A Team (18:55.798) Mm-hmm.   Dana (18:56.354) So that's another space where oftentimes like they don't realize that they impact those things. And I don't think a dental assistant is like, well, the things that I do really impact the timely filing and timely payment of insurance claims. It absolutely does though.   The Dental A Team (19:10.598) Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.   I agree. I think that's brilliant. And when you're doing that, all you have to do then is take those pieces that Dana just spoke on and turn it into a measurement. The easiest space to do that is a percentage. Because if you say, sell five fluorides a day, or convert two same day treatments a day, a dental assistant is like, cool, I didn't have any opportunities for that today. So I got a big fat zero. So if you say we're converting 80 % of the opportunities given,   we can say I converted three out of five opportunities today or how many times, you what's the percentage? I want 100 % of all of the codes attached every single time. So then we can go back through and say, hey, there was 10 % here that we had to go back and ask questions or fix it. If you change that metric into a percentage or this out of this, you're going to get a much higher success rate and also doing it on a daily but weekly. So a lot of times I'll say, okay, everyone needs to ask for two   reviews a day, but at minimum 10 a week. So if you get to Friday and you were like, only asked for four this week, you know you have six people you got to ask today. So it's two a day, 10 a week or whatever that metric might be. But I love that you said that Dana, it truly does. And I do think as dental assistants, we underestimate that and we want to give everything away for free, by the way. We want I know hygienists too. We just want we just want to like, we just want to fix it. We want to make it better. But really seeing the value of those missing   those missing attachments like that $12 that $16 add that up over the course of 20 patients a month and that's a significant amount, you know, you're asking for cavatrons and I'm like, well, give me some PA's pay for it. I'll get you a cavatron tip. How can we calculate this? So just bringing that awareness up to your team I think really makes a difference you guys and they start thinking about it the same as they do their finances at home. It's finances at work as well and   Dana (20:57.272) Yeah.   The Dental A Team (21:13.64) in order to reinvest back into the patients, back into the practice and into your team, the profit has to be there. We have to meet these metrics. So biggest ways to get a team on board with that is to show them the path.   to win. If they can see it, they're going to freaking go for it you guys. If they know what that goal is, if they know what the metric is that they have to meet to say I won today, they're going to do it because everyone wants to feel really good about their jobs and this is an easy way for them to win. Just find those metrics. Dana, thank you so much. I knew picking your brain was going to be fantastic on this one. This was a super, super fun one to do and you guys, we do this all day. 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