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When Lee got the results back from his DNA test, he was stunned to discover that he had pages and pages of white cousins. All his life he'd been under the impression that 95% of his DNA traced to West Africa. This discovery opened up a new historical pathway, one that traces all the way back to 17th century Wales. In this episode, Lee takes us on the journey to discover his white ancestry. Later, Lee sits down with two newly-found white cousins to understand how differently history shaped the Black and White sides of one family. TranscriptLee Hawkins (host): We wanted to give a heads up that this episode includes talk of abuse and acts of violence. You can find resources on our website whathappenedinalabama.org. Listener discretion is advised.My name is Lee Hawkins, and this is What Happened In Alabama.[intro music starts]Back in 2015, I took a DNA test and found out some pretty shocking information. I always thought that I was 95% West African but it turned out that nearly 20% of my DNA was European. This revelation raised so many questions for me and led to years of research that would change my understanding of my own upbringing forever. Today I'll share that with you. We're going to go all the way back to 17th century Wales to uncover the path my ancestors took from Europe to the American South and how that, through slavery, led to me.I'll talk with experts and newly discovered white cousins to explore the history that connects the two sides. I want to find out how my family's experiences on the opposite ends of slavery and Jim Crow shaped our beliefs and our understanding of American history. But you'll get a whole lot more out of it if you go back and listen to the prologue first – that'll give you some context for putting the whole series in perspective. Do that, and then join us back here. Thanks so much. In many ways, the seeds for this project were planted in 1991, during the first trip I remember taking to Alabama.[cassette tape turning over, music starts] Tiffany: He would play an album on repeat. That's my sister, Tiffany. I call her Tiff. It's 1991, she's sitting in the backseat of our family's car, driving from Minnesota to Alabama. Tiffany: Dad used to like still stay up to date on, you know, pop culture, current music. There were certain songs that he would be like, “Oh, I like that,” you know, like Tony! Toni! Toné! It Feels Good. And things like that.My dad hated flying. He'd seen too much in his life, and he related flying to so many of the musicians he loved: Otis Redding, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Holly. They were all his contemporaries, and they all died in air crashes. So instead, we drove.I was 19 years old, and I was attending college at the University of Wisconsin Madison. At that time, I had just really gotten into the school newspaper. I was thinking about becoming a journalist or maybe a lawyer, but at that point, writing was more intriguing to me. I was excited about this family trip to Alabama, and I had no idea what was coming.Tiffany: Yeah, so Alabama, it's been kinda a, a mystery for me throughout my life because I wasn't able to ask questions that anyone would ask when you're wanting to know things about your parent.One of the big reasons my dad wanted to go to Alabama was to interview my great-Uncle Ike. He was the eldest patriarch of the family in Alabama, and he owned a farm near Greenville, dad's boyhood town. But most importantly, because he was in his 90s, he knew a lot about family history. And Dad had a lot of questions. I remember getting to Uncle Ike's and sitting in the living room, and across from me sat a caramel-skinned, white-haired man. For me, his reflection was like looking into a mirror and adding 70 years.Uncle Ike was in his early 90s, but those high cheekbones and blemish-free skin made it harder for me to believe that he was a day past 75. It was also hard to believe we were actually in Alabama, with Dad finally standing before his legendary, long-lost uncle, with a tape recorder in his hand. It was a trip we'd been talking about for months. Dad wanted to learn as much as possible about the Alabama family he left behind. Lee Sr.: Well, it's definitely, it's been a blessing to get to see you. As interested as I was in journalism, I was far from having the experience and interview skills to feel confident taking the lead. Plus, I knew that Dad needed this, so I deferred to him. The fact that he grew up there meant his questions would be far better than anything I could just randomly think of. But hearing his questions and how basic they were showed me just how far he'd strayed from his Alabama roots. Lee Sr.: Let me see, um, you were telling me about my father Lum. Now, how many brothers and sisters did he have? Most of the conversation was going over family tree details. Simple things like, how many siblings did my father have? And what were their names? We sat in that living room and asked Uncle Ike questions for just over an hour.Uncle Ike: I understand that all of them were named [unclear].Lee Sr.: Oh, we had a aunt, uh –Uncle Ike: Colby…When Uncle Ike answered, I struggled to catch every word of his southern accent. It was so thick, I thought it might even be a regional dialect, one that was unique to what my dad always humorously called, “LA,” Lower Alabama. I marveled at how quickly Uncle Ike started reciting family members. Even at his age, his recall, it was as swift as a rooster's crow at dawn! Lee Sr.: Oh yeah, Aunt Jem. I remember her…As we talked, my eyes began to drift to the fireplace, which was decorated with family photos. There, I saw a framed, weathered photo of a white man looking like he'd been plucked from a vintage Field and Stream ad. He appeared part outlaw, part GQ model. He was in hunting attire. There were hounds at his heels, and it looked like he was gripping a musket. Why, I thought, would Uncle Ike have a picture of some random white man hanging over his fireplace? Lee Sr.: Now this, what's this guy's name? Is this George Pugh up here on this picture? Uncle Ike: No, that's Isaac Pugh. Lee Sr.: That's your father? Uncle Ike: Yeah. They called him Ike, but his real name was Isaac. That made him my great-grandfather, Isaac Pugh Senior. I looked closer at the photo, into his eyes. His gaze was a determined one, as if he was daring me to look into the records and find out more. Who was this white man?[music starts]That day was more than 30 years ago. Since then, I've learned so much more about our family history. Seeing that picture of Isaac Pugh Senior on the mantel opened up an entirely new branch of my family tree – a white branch – that I had no idea existed. Digging through the records and existing research, I was able to trace that line all the way back to 17th century Wales.I recognized that I couldn't fully understand my family's experiences in America without uncovering the history of our white blood relatives on the other side of enslavement and Jim Crow. I had so many questions. Why did they come to America? What did they do when they got here? And most importantly, how were they connected to me? [sounds of a boat on water, sea gulls]In 1695, a man named Lewis Pugh boarded a boat near his hometown in Northwest Wales to sail for what was then called, “The New World.” The journey was long and grueling. Many people didn't survive. But the ones that did held on by a combination of luck and faith. Faith that the land that they were headed towards would help them prosper. He landed in Virginia, likely as an indentured servant. Several years later, he met and married a woman named Anne. The couple purchased land in Richmond County. They built a home, had seven kids, and many more grandchildren. Two of their great-grandchildren, the brothers Jesse and Lewis Pugh, decided to move south to Alabama at the start of the 19th century. The first thing they had to do was to get land. And to achieve that, they had to overcome one major obstacle. Chris: Well, it's important to remember that whites wanted Indian land from the moment they first stepped into the Americas. And so Indians have been removed since 1492, of course. This is Chris Haveman.Chris: Let me just talk briefly about terminology and the use of the word “Indian.” I've interviewed dozens and dozens of Native people throughout my career, and prior to talking to them, I always asked how they would prefer to be identified, and almost universally they say “Indian” or “American Indian.” Now, these folks tended to be a bit older, and as the younger generations come of age, the term seems to be falling out of favor, and when it does, historians including myself will adapt and adjust accordingly.He's an author of two books on the removal of Indigenous peoples from Alabama and Georgia to present-day Oklahoma, and a professor at the University of West Alabama.I've come to Professor Haveman to help me get a lay of the land in 19th century Alabama, when Jesse and Lewis Pugh arrived in the state around 1810.When the brothers got to Alabama, they were in Muscogee territory. The Muscogee were a loose union of multiple Indigenous groups, and they had millions of acres. Tribal leaders also use the name “Muscogee Nation.”Chris: Really, the story begins after the War of 1812, when whites decided that they really wanted that, that nice, nutrient rich soil in central Alabama. Over the years, throughout the 17 and early 1800s, this land was whittled away through treaties.The federal government started sending commissioners down to remove the Muscogee – and to do this, they had to coerce them into signing treaties first. This was done all over the American South and the rest of the country – and by the time the removal really got going, the Muscogee nation had already lost a large part of their land. But they were resisting. Chris: Commissioners were sent out, and Indians did not want to give up their land. And so a lot of times they resorted to threats, they resorted to some other shady tactics. And you had whites streaming into the Creek Land and they would, you know, just establish their farmstead illegally in the Creek Nation. Sometimes it would just overrun a Creek homestead and kick the family out and commandeer their crops for their, as their own. A lot of times they would get Creeks hooked on alcohol and uh, sell them merchandise on credit, get them indebted to them, and then they'd force them to give up their property as collateral. And things get really, really bad. Lee: What was the philosophy that was used to justify that? Chris: Conquest. The whites wanted it, and they were gonna take it regardless. There was no real justification, moral justification for it other than whites had the racist premise that they were civilized and the Indians were “savages” and that the whites could make better use of the land than Indians.Jesse and Lewis Pugh became landowners, both running plantations. They founded a church in Troy, Alabama, called Beulah Primitive Baptist Church. It still stands today. In my research, I found an article honoring the church. The paper hailed the brothers as “those daring ones, who braving the perils of the wilderness, came here and reclaimed this fair land from the planted savage.” The “planted savage,” I now know, refers to the Indigenous people who lived on the lands across the American South and beyond.Professor Haveman told me that on top of forced removal, there was a great deal of Muscogee land ceded by the tribe, but the conditions of these transactions make it hard to say how voluntary these handovers actually were. Chris: In 1832, the federal government gives a proposition to the Creek Indians, and they say, ‘Look, if you cede the rest of your land to us, we will allow each head of family to take 320-acre plots of land.' And this is where everything really goes downhill for the Creek Indians, because they gave up their sovereignty, uh, in exchange for a title or a deed. But what it does is basically, and I think you have to ask, it was so one-sided in favor of the federal government. You have to ask yourself, ‘Why would the Creek Indians agree to this?' And I think that they agreed to this because whites had illegally trespassed on their land so much between 1827 and 1832 that they realized that you know, whites usually liked a deed or a, you know, a title to their land, a piece of paper, something you could say, “This is my land.” And I think the Creeks tried to adopt that in order to stave off this encroachment that whites were giving on their land.So they, they had this deed and this title, and they thought that that would prevent whites from streaming onto their land, but it didn't. It actually, it just opened up massive amounts of fraud for them. And so you had 5 million acres of land in the Creek Nation in 1832. When this was ceded, all 5 million acres of land went to the federal government, and then parcels of 320 acres were then given to each Creek family. If you add up the over 6,000 families times 320 acres, it only comes out to like 2.1 million acres. And so almost 3 million acres of land will now be opened up for white settlement. And so the thing that they were trying to prevent – whites from encroaching on their land – is now gonna become legal.[music]On a January evening in 1837, Lewis Pugh was in his plantation fields in Alabama with his overseer. By this point, he owned land and enslaved people. That night, a man quietly snuck onto the roof of a house that overlooked the Pugh family cemetery on the plantation. The man fired a rifle from the top of the house, killing the overseer. Immediately afterwards, a swarm of 60 Muscogee swooped down on the plantation field. They killed Lewis, one of his sons, and an enslaved baby, who was in his mother's arms. Four enslaved men tried to defend themselves, the women, and the plantation. The Muscogee killed them too. The story captured the country. Lee: It was in every major newspaper across the country, uh, that Lewis Pugh, a prominent white settler, had been killed, um, and murdered by the Creek Indians. Why do you think it was so important that it be framed in that way? Chris: It made national news because the thing whites feared the most was an Indian uprising. And it's one of the reasons that whites who, um, had no means to become large-scale cotton planters still wanted the Indians gone because they were constantly terrified that Indians would rise up and attack them. Uh, and they had, you know, somewhat of a legitimate reason to be scared because whites treated the Indians so terribly and stole their land and, you know, created all these problems for them.It's clear that the Muscogee didn't just fold and concede their land. They retaliated, determined to defend it. And I can't help but think about it from the perspective of those enslaved people who died, fighting alongside their enslaver, to protect his life and his land – that's how closely their lives were intertwined. I'm still very curious about them, because they, too, might've been my relatives. Not long after I took that DNA test and first found out about the Pughs, I found a last will and testament belonging to Jesse Pugh, the brother of Lewis Pugh, the man who was murdered by the Muscogee in Alabama. In the will, it stated that Jesse enslaved a young girl named Charity, who was kept in bondage by the family into her adult years. Not long before Emancipation, she gave birth to a biracial son who she named Isaac Pugh. That was the white-looking man whose photo I saw on the mantel at great-Uncle Ike's house. Isaac Pugh, my great-grandfather. Doing my DNA test couldn't have been any simpler. I went online and ordered the $100 test, and the next day, I got a small box in the mail. Inside, I found a vial, and returned my saliva sample the following day. In just a few weeks, I got an email with my DNA results. It shows you who your cousins are, from first, all the way to distant. I had pages and pages of cousins, including many who were very, very white. I'm talking blond with blue eyes. There were a lot of Pughs in there. I was stunned by the sheer volume. One genealogist told me he had never seen anybody with so many pages of cousins who had also taken DNA tests. At that point, I had more than 216 fourth cousins or closer. One of the descendants was a man in his late 80s named Lloyd Pugh. We both descend from Ann and Lewis Pugh, but our relation wasn't close enough to show up on my DNA chart.Lloyd lives in Petersburg, Virginia, and last year I went to his house to meet him with my producer, Kyana. You'll sometimes hear her in the background throughout the interview.Lee: It's a nice, quaint neighborhood with a lot of brick homes in a colonial-style design typical of Virginia, I think. I met Lloyd through a man named Jim Pugh, another newly discovered cousin, but coincidentally, I've known Jim for 30 years through my early work as a journalist, back in Wisconsin. He was a PR guy for the state chamber of commerce. Every month, I called him for a comment on the employment rates. I wouldn't say we were friends back then, but we definitely liked each other. And then, through an odd twist of fate, I found out that we were related. Jim: When you reached out to me and say, “I think we're cousins,” I was like, “What?!” Let's do a call.I'd always noted that he had the same last name as my Grandma Opie, but it was only through an exchange on Facebook after I'd taken the DNA test, that Jim and I compared notes and figured out that we were both tied to the Pughs of Wales. Once Jim and I reconnected, he told me he had an elder cousin who was a family historian of sorts. That person was Lloyd Pugh.Lee: Oh, he has, okay, an American flag on his house and one on his car. [laughs] And here we are. [seat belts unbuckling] Let's go get started. Lloyd has worked on this long before genealogy exploded in the mainstream. His research is in the archives of the Library of Virginia. He has binders full of information he's gathered over the years on the Pughs. Lloyd: That book right there is one that's on the early, early Pughs. Lloyd is 88 years old. He's a tall, lean, active guy, full of warmth and southern charm. He was born and raised in Petersburg, a city known for being the site of a nine-month siege back beginning in 1864 that ended up costing the Confederacy the Civil War. Lloyd is absolutely fascinated with the Civil War, especially the Confederate side. He has tons of relics in his home, everything from swords and rifles to cannons, decommissioned bomb heads, and bullets. He also has a huge painting of General Robert E. Lee, hanging right above his couch. Lee: Why do you have a picture of General Lee in your front room? Lloyd: Because it's a part of my heritage. It has nothing to do with being anti-Black or slavery. It's just part of my heritage in that I had three grandfathers that served under Lee. [music starts]Lloyd and I couldn't be more polar opposite in our views about the Confederacy. But I didn't go to Virginia to condemn or to convert him. I went to his house to talk to him about history, our shared history. And he was interested in talking about it too. So he and his daughters invited Jim and I over, and we had a conversation that helped me understand how the white Pughs would come to shape the Black side of my family for generations. [music]Lee: Well, thank you everybody. Um, the man of the hour is Lloyd. Because Lloyd has done a tremendous amount of work around the Pugh family history. And really, I want to thank you, Lloyd, for opening up your home and showing us this museum of incredible Civil War history that you have, and also helping me gain a better understanding of my own history.Um, it's, uh, it's bittersweet to understand how we're connected, but it's also, the power of it is that I wouldn't know this history if we hadn't worked together to understand it and to identify it, and part of my goal in doing this work is to inspire other people across racial lines to do this work. Um, and it is hard, but we both love it, right? Lloyd: Right. Lee: Okay, so, uh, you've done a tremendous amount of work on the Civil War, and we'll get into that, but you've also done a lot around the Pugh family, and I think it's important to talk first about how the Pugh family got to America.Lloyd: There were actually three migrations. One migration of Pughs went to Norfolk, and from Norfolk, they went down through North Carolina, South Carolina, on into Alabama, and in that direction. Lee: That's my line. Lloyd: That's his line. Our line of Pughs landed at, uh, Richmond County, which is the upper neck over on the, uh, near the, on the east, west side of the Chesapeake Bay, and they migrated on down through, uh, came this way, Chesterfield, on to Amelia County, and eventually they end up on the, uh, east side of the Appalachian Mountains.And the third group came in, in New York, and they migrated down the west side of the Appalachian Mountains into Tennessee and Kentucky on down in that direction. So there are three distinct lines of Pughs, and I was happened to be the one that migrated down through the Chesapeake Bay into Richmond County.Lee: What did the Pughs do here initially? Lloyd: Farmers. Tobacco was king in Virginia. They raised other crops. They had to raise, uh, food crops, but the money crop was tobacco. Tobacco was critical to the expansion of the slavery economy in America, so it doesn't surprise me that the White Pughs were involved in the tobacco trade. But through talking to Lloyd, I learned more about their interactions with Black people, specifically through a man named John Boyd Pugh. He's Lloyd's great-grandfather, and he fought on the Confederate side of the war. In fact, he was so committed to the Confederacy and the slavery it represented, he refused for months – after being captured and imprisoned near the end of the war – to take the oath of allegiance to the United States. It blew me away to learn how deeply committed people I share heritage with were to white supremacy – John Boyd Pugh and others believed devoutly in it. They practiced it, and were willing to die for it. And after the war, he became an overseer for a prominent family named the Baylors.Lloyd: And the Baylor family, signers of the Declaration of Independence, founders of Baylor University, some kind of way found out about my grandfather, John Boyd Pugh, and they offered him the oversee of New Market Plantation, which is in Milford, Virginia.His salary was one fourth of all the crops, plus $50 a month salary. And so he took the job, and he moved from Albemarle County with his family up to Milford to New Market Plantation. And he was the overseer of that plantation, right there at Bowling Green, Virginia. When I heard that, my mind went back to all the books I've read in my research, including The Half Has Never Been Told, by Edward Baptist, which clearly outlined the role of overseers as the drivers of productivity on plantations, many using whipping and other torture techniques to get the most out of enslaved Black people. Baptist explained that on many plantations, overseers held the enslaved to strict quotas. They'd weigh the crops and assess the work at the end of the day, and if the quota wasn't met, the person would be whipped in front of all the other enslaved people, to make an example out of them.Hearing that I not only share heritage with enslavers, but also overseers, I was absolutely stunned. I began to see how far back the whip could be traced in my family.Lloyd stipulated that because John Boyd Pugh did his overseer work after Emancipation, he believes he probably wasn't involved in whipping. Lloyd: When John Boyd went to Newmarket, this was after the Civil War. So they had to have hired labor. And I think, I doubt that there were the whippings and the lashing and so forth when you have hired workers because they could say, “I'm leaving,” and just walk off the farm, so, yeah. To be fair, it's possible that Lloyd is right – maybe John Boyd Pugh was one of the few exceptions; an overseer who never resorted to violence. But I doubt it, and here's why: in my research, I found the archive to be packed with proof that whipping continued to be a foundational aspect of overseer duties for decades after Emancipation into Jim Crow.Lee: This is the hard part, you know, for me, because, you know, I think when I first talked with you, Jim, you were telling me that your great – great-great- grandfather was an overseer. And I didn't know – or you didn't know – what an overseer was, and when I looked at, you know, a lot of these movies that you see, the overseers are the guys that drove the production of the, of the plantation. Um, and that, for me, is just, that's inextricably tied with the capitalistic, sort of, reality of building America and how so much of the productivity was driven at the plantation level. How did you feel when I explained, especially the part that whipping was a big part of overseer work? How did you feel about that?Jim: Well, you know, you don't really know what you don't know until you find out. And that's when you learn about it, you know, 'cause you don't, you think of, um, overseeing, uh, like a agricultural operation today, you wouldn't have that 'cause you have machines, you know? So, um, but yeah, that was pretty, pretty shocking to find out about that, but it's also the reality of what, the way the world was at that time, you know. [music starts]My mind went back to that interview with my Uncle Ike in 1991, when he told us about Grandma Charity. He told us that when he was a kid working on his father, Isaac Pugh Senior's farm, she would beat the kids if she felt they weren't being productive enough. This, from a woman who was enslaved by Jesse Pugh, a cousin of John Boyd Pugh. It's almost as if, once she became emancipated and the family got its own farm, she became the overseer, and her grandchildren, the free labor. Lee: I've been always fascinated by the way, when we built our country, just how deeply rooted it was, not just in slavery, but also in the establishment of the land, how people got their land, you know, um, particularly from, from the Indigenous people.And I think that the problem, just in my opinion, is that everything is so controversial that people have decided they don't even want to even begin to study this work. And there, of course, are many, many academics who write powerfully beautiful detailed accounts of all of this history. Um, Doug Blackmon, Slavery by Another Name, um, Edward Baptist, The Half Has Never Been Told.And in a lot of this stuff, they give really detailed accounts of the economy of slavery and also the Civil War, and the way all of the different range of realities that were at stake as our country was starting to form itself into what we now know today. Um, when you study the Civil War and the Confederate side of it, what, how do you relate to that history in terms of your un– do you know anything about John Boyd Pugh or was the, the oral history lost?Lloyd: I knew absolutely nothing. No one in the family shared anything, ever shared anything with me. And what was learned, learned through my research. Clearly, family secrets are preserved on the white sides of the family, too. Dark secrets like the violent role of overseers, the fact that land was stolen, and the identity of white men who fathered Black children, were not often openly discussed. And those lies of omission make it harder for future generations of whites to acknowledge the causes of generational disparities and trauma – through ignorance or cognitive dissonance. But this work – especially the DNA testing – exposes the lies, and people doing it have to prepare themselves for unsettling discoveries. This work isn't about agreeing on everything. It's about opening up the family bibles and records to access information that neither side would have without the other. So it requires a rare form of tolerance, and a spirit of unity as opposed to division on the issue of genealogy. The truth is that I feel like I was blessed. I was fortunate to stumble on a white guy who I'd known for 30 years, and we discovered we were cousins. We already had trust between us, and he opened up the door for me to meet Lloyd. And the timing was perfect. Lee: I think for me, and especially the fact that, that you're basically a Republican dude [laughs] who, uh, you know, really like, and deeply rooted in the Republican party, um, and, and that you're a Republican dude who took me through to make this introduction so I could meet Lloyd so that we could study this together, to me, defies all of the conventional wisdom, which is that we're all divided and we're all, um, to be, you know, enemies on the other side of the issue.Jim: Well, Lee messaged me. I had posted about the, the trip where we did, we followed Lee's retreat back to Battle of White Oak Road. I think that was our last stop, and then we came home. And Lee, he said, ‘I, I see your, I think we're related.' And I said, I messaged him back and, and I'm thinking, ‘I don't want to put a bunch of this stuff in writing,' right? 'Cause I'm being like, it's not, this is sensitive stuff. I mean, we're dealing with race, and this is a war –Lee: You knew the political, the political – Jim: Yeah, I'm working in operatives, and he was working for the Wall Street Journal! And I'm thinking, ‘This is gonna be, this is not, this is gonna end bad,' right? So I, I said, “Lee…” He's like, “I think we're related.” He goes, ‘I've been doing family research. There's Willoughby and Spotsworth –.' And I said, ‘Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That sounds about right.' He said, ‘Can we do a call?' 'Cause I'm thinking, I want to, I want to turn off the typewriter. There's nothing good that's gonna come [Lee laughs] from this if it's typed forever and ever.And we did a call, and he's like, ‘Yeah.' And I said, ‘Well, how do you know?' He said, ‘I did 23andMe. And my DNA goes back to Wales,' and I said, ‘Well, you know, welcome to the family.' [laughter]Lee: And then I said, ‘I want my reparation.' Jim: Yeah.[laughter]And as the conversation continued, we drilled down deeper into the undeniable proof of our ancestors being enslavers, and Lloyd plainly stated the facts: Lloyd: Okay, let me, let me confirm that. I'm looking at the will of John Pugh in December 1827. His will, one negro hired by the name of Harry, worth $300. One woman, Judy, worth $200. One young man named Abram, $400. This is actually in the will, so that goes directly in our line, so there's, I mean, that's the proof of our line owning slaves.Lee: Do you feel guilty about it? Lloyd: No. Lee: Tell me what you think about it.Lloyd: It was a, it was a time. It's just like the Confederate statues in Richmond. It was history in a time, and you can't destroy it. Even though they've taken them down, they're still there in the minds of people, and they are people who are gonna keep them alive.Jim: But we're not white supremacists. Lloyd: No. Jim: We're not white supremacists, and that's the thing people need to understand. It's so easy to just shortcut from, ‘You're a conservative Republican or you're a libertarian or whatever' to, ‘You're a white supremacist,' and that's just not the case. I don't hold white people of today responsible for slavery and the actions of their ancestors. We're not responsible for the sins of our forefathers. But we should take responsibility for the present and the future by being transparent and honest about history. I know I joked with Jim about reparations, but that discussion isn't just between the white and Black families tied to slavery; it's between Black American descendants of slavery and the U.S. government, which includes states that enforced racist laws. Contrary to what many assume or imply, reparations wouldn't be about individual white citizens personally compensating Black people; it would be government obligation, funded by taxpayers like any other public expense – infrastructure, education, or foreign aid. Taxpayers don't get to opt out of funding highways they don't use, just as those from families who didn't own slaves can't opt out either. Slavery fueled America's economic rise – on the backs of Black people, largely on stolen land – a legacy from which today's Americans still benefit, no matter when they came here. [music starts]All in all, I spent two days with Lloyd, his daughters, and Jim. We had dinner and we talked a lot. He told me more about his life, like how he spent most of his career as an educator and superintendent, even helping oversee the desegregation of schools. I realized our families share many common values despite all our differences.Lee: When you hold all these documents and all the binders you've made, thinking of all the Pugh history, what do you feel?Lloyd: First of all, I feel thankful that I'm the result of all of that, that I'm able to carry on the family line. I just look at the Pugh family across the years as just good, sound, solid business people who did what they were supposed to do, and stayed out of jail, and paid their taxes, and didn't beat their families, and just good old southern Christian families is the way I look at it. The information I received from Lloyd deepened my understanding of why so many slavery-era customs appeared in my childhood. It helped me with my quest to begin to trace the whip back to the very plantation where it started. For me, that's part of where the healing comes from – not from any kind of validation I'd seek from Lloyd and Jim, but from the information that's allowed me to draw my own conclusions and undertake my own healing work. The Pugh family history is intertwined with America's story, from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War and into the Jim Crow era. Lloyd and I come from the same family, but our experiences reflect opposite sides of the American history it's rooted in. Meeting Lloyd helped me piece together our family history. It also triggered a need in me to uncover the story of how the white Pughs in America treated the most disenfranchised and exploited person in this saga, my great-great-grandmother, Charity, the matriarch of my family.That's on the next What Happened In Alabama.[outro music]CREDITSWhat Happened In Alabama is a production of American Public Media. It's written, produced and hosted by me, Lee Hawkins.Our executive producer is Erica Kraus. Our senior producer is Kyana Moghadam.Our story editor is Martina Abrahams Ilunga. Our lead writer is Jessica Kariisa.Our producers are Marcel Malekebu and Jessica Kariisa. This episode was sound designed and mixed by Marcel Malekebu. Our technical director is Derek Ramirez. Our soundtrack was composed by Ronen Lando. Our fact checker is Erika Janik.And Nick Ryan is our director of operations.Special thanks to the O'Brien Fellowship for Public Service Journalism at Marquette University; Dave Umhoefer, John Leuzzi, Andrew Amouzou and Ziyang Fu. And also thanks to our producer in Alabama, Cody Short. The executives in charge at APM are Joanne Griffith and Chandra Kavati.You can follow us on our website, whathappenedinalabama.org or on Instagram at APM Studios.Thank you for listening.

Today, Cheryl Meyer joins us to share her inspiring journey of overcoming chronic autoimmune disease. Cheryl was a successful solopreneur – and like many of us, neglected her health due to her busy lifestyle, which eventually took a toll on her body. After extensive research and significant lifestyle changes, she was able to ditch the pain and return to a balanced and healthy life. And today, she is here to help you start to find your missing puzzle pieces and begin to adopt a healthier lifestyle. In this episode, you will hear: ●      Why you should also stop eating CRAP (carbonated, refined, artificial, and processed) food. ●      How dieting and changing your diet are two different things. ●      Eating from the rainbow from the Farm-acy. ●      Your pets are also affected by the toxins in your house, not just you. ●      What functional medicine is and what you should look for in a functional medicine practitioner. ●      Why the SAD (Standard American Diet) is sad for your body. ●      Changing the social mindsets around land use and growing food.   Ten years ago, I was a solopreneur when I woke up one morning and couldn't get out of bed because of pain in my joints and my muscles. My conventional doctor ran many tests but had no clue what was wrong with me. She believed that there was NOTHING wrong with me and that I should seek mental therapy.   I was working 24/7, not practicing any kind of self-care. I was eating on the fly and eating as fast as I was working. My diet was processed food of all kinds and it was making me sick. I had an autoimmune disease. My stress was so out of control that my cortisol was almost to Addison's disease. Something had to change, I couldn't function.   I researched, changed my lifestyle and eating habits, and ditched my pain of autoimmune disease. I lost 65 pounds without dieting, but by allowing my body to return to balance by eating the rainbow of organic whole foods.   I work with clients with chronic illnesses to help them return to balance and wellness. My superpower is helping others find the puzzle pieces for wellness that they can control for themselves. Eating the rainbow, and adopting my 22 pillars of health, I no longer have pain from my autoimmune disease, and I feel great. I want others to enjoy feeling great as well. I have books, classes, podcasts, cookbooks, and coaching available to support this process. My magazine on health is due out at the end of May. It Feels Good to Feel Good Magazine, Inspiration for a Healthier Life   My superpower is finding holistic solutions for missing puzzle pieces to wellness. The magazine will be a roadmap for the many different avenues to health. Nothing is Impossible. Embrace the possible. Health is a journey, it is not a destination.   Episode References: ●     Environmental Working Group: https://www.ewg.org/ ●     What's On My Food?: https://www.whatsonmyfood.org/ ●     Institute for Functional Medicine: https://www.ifm.org/   Connect with Cheryl Meyer: Website: www.cherylmhealthmuse.com Email: cherylmhealthmuse@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheryl.meyer3/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/feelinggoodlivinglowtoxin/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cherylmhealthmuse/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylmeyer/ Books: https://cherylmhealthmuse.com/store/book/ Ditch Your Diet Program: https://cherylmhealthmuse.com/product/ditch-your-diet-program-run-quarterly-class-description/   Connect with R Blank and Stephanie Warner: For more Healthier Tech Podcast episodes, and to download our Healthier Tech Quick Start Guide, visit https://HealthierTech.co and follow https://instagram.com/healthiertech     Additional Links: ●     Shield Your Body website: https://ShieldYourBody.com ●     Shield Your Body Youtube Channel: https://youtube.com/shieldyourbody ●     Host R Blank on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rblank9/ ●     Shield Your Body on Instagram: https://instagram.com/shieldyourbody

 Brett Christoffel is the Founder and CEO of All Y'alls Foods. All Y'alls Foods was born from Brett's love of cows. After spending over 40 years consuming them, it hit Brett that he loved all animals as much as he loved a dog or cat, so he stopped eating meat and became a vegan.As a native Texan, Brett takes pride in his state. When he learned that one of Texas' most substantial contributions to the world is beef, he decided to support changing that by launching All Y'alls' first product: It's Jerky Y'all, in May of 2018.In this episode of Pivot, Brett describes his journey from avid carnivore to becoming vegan and founding his plant-based snack company in Texas, USA.Brett shares his story of vegan entrepreneurship and what it was like launching a plant-based food brand in Texas, a state whose second-largest export is beef. Get to know Brett and All Y'alls Foods better here: http://www.allyallsfoods.com  Quote Things have changed and people are seeing it. 90% of all plant-based foods are eaten by people who still eat meat - so it's happening, people are trying it, people are sampling things. Whether it's from a health perspective, Planet perspective, or compassion for the animal perspective, more and more people just keep coming to it. And what's great is no matter why they come to it, at least it impacts all three areas every time.—Brett ChristoffeShownotes timestamps⭐ [01:45] All Y'alls Foods is a mission-driven plant-based proteins company that is based in Texas. ⏪ [04:24] Two books that changed Brett's life: meatless Monday was fun for him until he realized that diet and diseases are related.☎️ [09:05] It all started at Grapevine Main Street Festival: calling vegan grocery stores to move forward and scale.

Today I explore how to talk (and answer their many questions) to elementary school age children (ages 6-12) about sex, sexuality and gender identity, relationships, body image, family dynamics, & supportive parenting if your child (including when identifying as gender creative or expansive or transgender). Resources - Planned Parenthood Website (2023) - Book Recommendations: What are my Words by Katherine Locke, What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg, Bodies are Cool by Tyler Feder, One of a Kind Like Me (Español) by Lauryn Mayeno, It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Teresa Thorn, Introducing Teddy by Jessica Watson, Body Boundaries make me Stronger by Elizabeth Cole, YES NO - A first book on consent by Megan Madison, Gender Explorers by Juno Roche, The Gender Creative Child by Diane Ehrensaft PhD - If you enjoyed this podcast - Please consider donating to my Patreon account at http://patreon.com/TheSexPositivePodcast

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It's our final show before we take a little break, and as our holiday gift to you, we go through as many library books as we can in an hour! In alphabetical order, today's books are: Daddy & Dada by Ryan Brockington & Isaac Webster, Illustrated by Lauren May. Published in 2021 by Little, Brown and Co. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/daddy-dada-ryan-brockington/1137608922 Declaration of the Rights of Girls and Boys: A Flipbook by Élisabeth Brami, Illustrated by Estelle Billon-Spagnol. Published in English in 2017 by Little Island Books. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-declaration-of-the-rights-of-girls-and-boys-lisabeth-brami/1140781432?ean=9781915071200 Ho'onani”: Hula Warrior by Heather Gale, Illustrated by Mika Song. Published in 2019 by Tundra Books. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/572660/hoonani-hula-warrior-by-heather-gale-illustrated-by-mika-song/ I am Perfectly Designed by Jason “Rachel” Brown and Karamo Brown, Illustrated by Anoosha Syed. Published in 2019 by Henry Holt Company. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250232212/iamperfectlydesigned I'm Not a Girl by Maddox Lyons and Jessica Verdi, Illustrated by Dana Simpson. Published in 2020 by Roaring Brook Press https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374310684/imnotagirl It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn, Illustrated by Noah Grigni. Published in 2018 by Henry Holt and Company. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250302953/itfeelsgoodtobeyourself My First Book of Feminism (for boys) by Julie Merberg, Illustrated by Michele Brummer Everett. Published in 2018 by Downtown Bookworks, Inc. https://www.dtbwpub.com/my-first-book-of-feminism-(for-boys).html OTHER SHOW NOTES https://www.pantone.com/ A Place in the Middle - Ho'onani”: Hula Warrior: https://aplaceinthemiddle.org/ I'm Not a Girl: https://www.bustle.com/articles/180131-why-we-need-to-stop-calling-girls-tomboys Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sexedbookreview

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It FEELS GOOD to BE GOOD. As we smoke the "Cat Pack" here on this "Victory Monday", Chris breaks down everything that happened Saturday night in Lexington in the Gamecocks 24-14 win over UK. Plus, your listener questions/voicemails as we celebrate the big victory and talk what it means for Shane Beamer's team moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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We expose A House for Everyone, I Am Jazz, 10,000 Dresses, Call Me Max, It Feels Good to be Yourself, Almost Perfect, Lawn Boy, and All Boys Aren't Perfect. If you would like to see if these books are in your school, please go to www.gofollet.com. Another website that you will find benefit in this cause, is www.pavementeducationproject.com.

A child begins to have an innate sense of their gender between ages 3 and 5. It may be daunting to help kids understand something as complex as gender identity as such a young age, but being a safe space for kids to ask questions and share observations is a good place to start. In this episode, Molly and Blaire discuss: How to observe your own feelings and judgements about gender How to start the conversation about gender with your child How to detect when your child is telling you about their own gender Links to resources mentioned in this episode: It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn Pink is for Boys by Robb Pearlman Darling Days by iO Tillett Wright Find your local PFLAG group: https://pflag.org/ Azeen Ghorayshi for The New York Times: "Report Reveals Sharp Rise in Transgender Young People in the U.S." plannedparenthood.com: "How do I talk with my preschooler about identity?" Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: "When Do Children Develop Their Gender Identity?" World Health Organization: Gender and Health Special thanks to this month's sponsors: Faherty is a family-run brand making high-quality, timeless clothing with modern design and functionality. Head to fahertybrand.com/LAUGHING and use code FRESH at checkout to snag 20% off ALL your new spring staples. Firstleaf is a no-brainer if you love finding and tasting new wine! Join today and you'll get 6 bottles of wine for $29.95 and free shipping! Just go to tryfirstleaf.com/TODDLER. Little Passports offers globally inspired, award-winning monthly subscription kits designed for curious kids to fuel their inner explorer. For listeners of the show, Little Passports is offering new customers 20% off when you go to littlepassports.com/purgatory Peloton has workouts for every schedule, every goal, and every fitness level. The Peloton Bike+ is now $500 less, its best price yet! Including FREE delivery and setup. Visit onepeloton.com to learn more. Prose is the healthy hair regimen with your name all over it. Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today! Go to prose.com/toddler With Thrive Market, you can shop everything from healthy pantry essentials and sustainable meat and seafood to non-toxic cleaning and beauty products - all delivered right to your door. Go to thrivemarket.com/laughing to get $80 worth of free groceries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The TGP Boyz end their hibernation and have just learned that the season ended and we missed out on the top 4. Apparently the transfer window has also closed and we've missed out on every single player in world football and plan on starting 9 players each game next season. Is it time to panic? Has Andy become a Charlton fan? Has Mikey Herz cut his hair into the words "AC Milan?" Has Eoin fathered any more children? Will Magic Mike be wearing a shirt? Tune in to hear from 4 of the TGP 5 (Jared is opening a new Subway), reunited and it feels so good! Trust us, it feels good. I said, IT FEELS GOOD.

Cheryl Meyer suffered from autoimmune disease. By eliminating hundreds of toxins, she reversed her pain. Cheryl has a BA from UC-Berkeley and is a health coach from IIN. Cheryl is an award-winning author, international bestseller, health coach, speaker, local tv host and podcaster. Cheryl has written 4 books on health and toxins available on Amazon that have won 24 awards combined and has her own podcast It Feels Good to Feel Good, Futureproof Your Health on Voice America. Her website is https://cherylmhealthmuse.com She specifically works with clients with chronic illness giving them hope and helping them find solutions. It is never too late to start healthy habits. Cheryl is available to speak about the toxins in our world that are making us ill. She is a sought-after expert on toxins, in our food, cleaning, water, minds, including toxic stress and toxic lack of sleep. She also talks about the impact of toxins for our children and our pet's health. Contact Cheryl for one-on-one coaching at cherylmhealthmuse@gmail.com. Eliminating toxins is a crucial step to regain wellness. You can find her books on Amazon https://bit.ly/cherauthorpg Listen to Cheryl on VoiceAmerica.tv https://bit.ly/cherylpodcast1 Topics Cheryl speaks on: How Not to Get Sick Dear Leaders- If You Don't Feel Great, You Can't Be Great Food Quality Matters- Breaking the Confusion About Food. What SHOULD You Be Eating for Your Health and Your Families Health If Only I Had Wonder Woman's Super Powers- Fighting Dr. Poison and the Duke of Deception (Where are the poisons and toxins in your life? What can you replace them with?) Stop the Treadmill, Lose weight without Dieting, and Never Diet Again Toxic Stress- Simple Exercises to Significantly Reduce It and Increase Your Productivity If the relationship you are in is toxic, ditch it. There is a fabulous man out there perfect for you

This week's show is excerpted from a recent online panel discussion for the Sonoma County Library and Lumacon! in Northern California about efforts to ban certain books, keeping them from children or youth by removing them from libraries and schools. The panelists explore the possible motives for book bans, and explain why it's vital for young people to have access to books that represent diversity and marginalized communities that are most frequently targeted for banning. The featured panel members were Maia Kobabe, author of "Gender Queer: A Memoir," and Noah Grigni, illustrator of "It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity.” The panel also included two local student activists. Both the aforementioned books have been targets for banning. The discussion took place on April 9, and was sponsored by the Sonoma County Public Library. Project Censored's Mickey Huff was the panel moderator. Audio used by permission of event organizers and parents of the minors.

It is Marathon Monday so we revisit the great Boston Globe masterpiece by Gish Jen. Also, we read another children's classic called, "It Feels Good to be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity." Tom asks that the world be destroyed by the Argo's wave motion gun. Find us at www.burnbarrelpodcast.com Email us: burnbarrelpodcast@gmail.com Follow on Parler: @burnbarrelpodcast On Gab: @burnbarrelpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/burnbarrelpodcast And Twitter: @burnbarrelpod Rumble: rumble.com/c/burnbarrelpodcast YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCWhLuhtutKdCmbHaWuGg_YQ Follow Tom on Twitter: @tomshattuck You can follow Alice too: @aliceshattuck More Tom stuff at www.tomshattuck.com Tom's "Insta" as the zoomers say: www.instagram.com/tomwshattuck/ Join us at Locals: burnbarrel.locals.com (subscriber based) Join us at Patreon: www.patreon.com/burnbarrel (subscriber based) The opening theme music is called Divine Intervention by Matthew Sweet. The closing theme music to this podcast C'est La Vie by Derek Clegg. Excelsior

Oggi voglio portarvi una riflessione molto importante per me, che ha cambiato il mio modo di approcciare la crescita personale e ha rivoluzionato la mia concezione di successo da meramente raggiungere una meta, avere un titolo o acquisire un oggetto, ad essere genuinamente felici mentre faccio. Ma come si fa? Con quello che chiamo "Intention based action", ovvero azione basata sull'intenzione. Molto spesso agiamo unicamente in funzione dell'obiettivo finale "Goal oriented action": pianifichiamo degli obiettivi e nel momento nel quale andiamo un pochino fuori strada ci buttiamo giù e buttiamo la spugna.Oggi vi invito ad approcciare la questione con un altro paio di lenti, metaforicamente parlando, radicando le vostre azioni, le vostre abitudini in un perchè che abbia significato per voi. L'energia che vi spinge ad agire non è esterna, un obiettivo, una meta, ma è interna e deriva da quello che voi considerate importante per voi stesse. Ad esempio, se per me è importante prendermi cura di me, andrò in palestra regolarmente; non perchè me lo impongo, non perchè devo, ma perchè è una naturale conseguenza di quello che per me è una priorità. E se una settimana vado un pò meno del solito, magari solo due volte a settimana, invece di sentire di aver fallito rispetto al mio "obiettivo", mi sostengo e imparo a dirmi: "Brava Bea, anche questa settimana ti sei ritagliata del tempo per prenderti cura di te". Sostieniti ad ogni passo del tuo cambiamento, apprezza ogni piccolo sforzo perchè è parte di un percorso che ti darà tantissimo se glielo permetti, se ti fermi e vivi nel presente e se impari ad apprezzare dove sei, ora. Ma cosa faccio se mi accorgo che i miei valori e le mie azioni no sono in linea? Lavora per allinearle: mattoncino dopo mattoncino. Chiediti quali sono le cose davvero importanti per te, e comincia a chiederti cosa puoi fare per rispecchiare quel valore. Non importa se è una cosa minuscola, come prepararsi un pasto sano su tre o cominciare a mediare 5 minuti al giorno. E un atto di amore verso te stessa, and IT FEELS GOOD. Non perchè devi, ma perchè vuoi.

We have a beautiful conversation with Lauren's buddy, “Jay,” who tells us the story of his daughter's coming out, and shares his own experience as a “cis hetero male dad” raising a trans child. At three years old, Jay's AMAB (Assigned Male At Birth) daughter began giving “insistent, persistent, and consistent” signals that she felt she was a girl. Jay discusses what he and his wife observed in their daughter's development, and speaks candidly about the challenges parents of trans kids face, including the "ticking clock behind big, hard decisions.” We're so grateful to have had this conversation!Some of the resources Jay mentions in this episode include:“It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity” by Theresa Thorn “Sex Is a Funny Word” and “What Makes a Baby” by Cory Silverberg TransFamilies.orgThis episode is sponsored by Lorals, the world's first oral sex panties! Get 15% off your first purchase today at www.mylorals.com with code COP15!

In our 10th episode, Diana shares her experience with Dinah's first days of school. We cover tips for communicating a child's gender identity with parents and students, and we continue to navigate disclosure and privacy considerations for our young children.  Episode 10 references the following resources:"Red: A Crayon's Story" by Michael Hall"It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity" by Theresa ThornGender Diversity (http://genderdiversity.org/) is an organization that works with schools, workplaces, and health care providers to create welcoming environments for people who are gender diverse at any age.If you're taking something away from our podcast, we'd appreciate it if you'd subscribe and/or  take a moment to  provide us a review; the more listeners and reviews, the more people we can reach and support.As always, feel free to reach out to us at transparentlyspeakingpodcast@gmail.com.

After suffering from severe autoimmune disease award-winning international bestseller, local tv host, and health coach, Cheryl Meyer, reversed her pain by eliminating hundreds of toxins. In this episode, you'll hear all about how she healed herself and now feels better in her 70s than she did in her 50s! You will be inspired by Cheryl's story and learn a great deal. If you are experiencing even minimal symptoms, you'll learn what you can do to feel much better and maybe even save your life. She also shares how to mitigate the harmful impact toxins have on our children and our pets. Cheryl is a sought-after expert on toxins who encourages you to listen to your body and to own your own health. She has written 4 books on health and toxins available on Amazon and has her own podcast, It Feels Good to Feel Good, Futureproof Your Health on Voice America. She specifically works with clients with chronic illness giving them hope and helping them find solutions. It is never too late to start healthy habits. Eliminating toxins is a crucial step to regain wellness. Links & Resources mentioned: Cheryl M Health Muse You can find Cheryl's books here: https://bit.ly/cherauthorpg Cheryl's Podcast My interview on Cheryl's podcast Kelly's Free Intermittent Fasting Email Course Join the waitlist for The Body Harmony Method Group Program Join us on FB & IG: @cherylmhealthmuse Instagram @kellybonanno Join Kelly's free FB group: Savvy Girl's Organic World Facebook Group Book a complimentary consultation call with Kelly Corporate Wellness Programs & Workshops p.s. I would love it if you left me a review! If you enjoyed this episode, please head to Apple Podcasts, select 'listen in Apple Podcasts', choose the 'ratings and reviews' tab to share your thoughts. I would be most appreciative, thank you!

Are You Ready to Ditch the Pain of Chronic Illness and Start Living Again? - Cheryl M Health Muse Amazon.com: It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reduce Inflammation and Feel Great Again (9780578569598): Meyer, Cheryl: Books Feeling Good: Living Low Toxin in Community and Everyday Life: Meyer, Cheryl, Gins, John, Patton, Nicholas, Dizzy, Gizzy: 9781734385922: Amazon.com: Books

Cheryl Meyer has autoimmune disease. She eliminated toxins and reversed her pain. Cheryl has a BA from UC-Berkeley and is a health coach from IIN. Cheryl is an award-winning author, international bestseller, health coach, speaker, local tv host and guest podcaster. Her book, It Feels Good to Feel Good, Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reduce Inflammation and Feel Great Again has won 14 awards.

Cheryl Meyer has autoimmune disease. She eliminated toxins and reversed her pain. Cheryl has a BA from UC-Berkeley and is a health coach from IIN. Cheryl is an award-winning author, international bestseller, health coach, speaker, local tv host and guest podcaster. Her book, It Feels Good to Feel Good, Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reduce Inflammation and Feel Great Again has won 14 awards.

Sex Outside Nature Quickies are short dives into a specific, practical topic about our bodies and the outdoors. This one features Alessandra Hurt-- a mother, wife, book reviewer, and outdoor-lover-- who shares her top 3 children’s sexuality books and offers some perspective on how important it is to be intentional when it comes to navigating these kinds of learning and self-discovery moments with children-- as well as ourselves.Mentioned in this mini episode:Find Alessandra on Instagram: @naturemamareadsBooks Alessandra recommended in this episode:“It Feels Good to Be Yourself” by Theresa Thorne“From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea” by Kai Cheng Thom“Julian is a Mermaid” by Jessica LoveCheck out Alessandra’s Bookshop list with tons of recommendations!Alessandra leads a virtual Middlegrade book club for adults! Learn more about MGLit here.Let’s be friends!We want you to be a part of the Sex Outside community!Take our first-ever community survey here!Subscribe to the showFind Sex Outside on Instagram! @sexoutsidepodWant to support Sex Outside?Leave a 5-star review in Apple Podcasts or the app of your choosing!Head to the Sex Outside Shop to find stickers, shirts, and underwear!Need a transcript for this bonus episode? Find it here.Additional Resources:Sex Ed Rescue - Tips To Make Reading Sex Ed Books to Kids Super EasyPlanned Parenthood - Resources for ParentsParents - 15 Best Sex Education Books and Resources for Kids By AgeHuman Development - Sexuality Development in Adolescence and BeyondThe Family Journal - Adult SexualityHosted by Laura Borichevsky.Cover artwork by Hailey Hirst.Music by Calica licensed via  MusicBed.

It Feels Good to Feel Good, Learn to Eliminate Toxins and Protect your Health Show Guest: Cheryl Meyer Cheryl Meyer, author of It Feels Good to Feel Good Learn to Eliminate Toxins and Protect your Health, tells us that toxins are in almost every item we use on a daily basis including our food, clothing, personal care products, cosmetics, water, cleaning supplies, air, and environment. In her new book Cheryl recounts the morning she woke up in extreme pain. After her conventional doctor ran extensive tests multiple times, he concluded that there was nothing seriously wrong with her and decided to allay her concerns by placing Cheryl on steroids for the pain. Join us as Cheryl shares how It Feels Good to Feel Good is for anyone with a chronic disease who wants to be more proactive with their health. Filled with the “whys” and the “how-tos”, it is a masterful resource for anyone who is seeking to recover their health and thrive into old age.

Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Many of us are, but we spend countless hours chasing doctor's trying to find the answers to combat the pain, fatigue and joint stiffness and all we are offered is a pill that may or may not help. Have you ever considered that maybe it's your food or the toxins in your environment that are actually the source of your misery? According to Dr. Amy Myers, there has been a 300% increase in autoimmune disease over the last 50 years. There are 53 million people struggling with this disease in the United States. There are now 250 million with the disease worldwide. Autoimmune is the 3rd leading cause of death. (Excerpt from It Feels Good to Feel Good by Cheryl Meyer) Join Susan as she chats with author and Health Coach, Cheryl Meyer about how we can reclaim our lives and our health with the healing power of food and how to locate and elminate the hidden toxins in our homes. Join us live on Facebook!

    Cheryl has a BA from UC-Berkeley and is a health coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Cheryl is an award-winning author, international bestseller, health coach, speaker, local tv host and guest podcaster. Her book, “It Feels Good to Feel Good, Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reduce Inflammation and Feel Great Again” has won 14...

MANY people find themselves running around the same old stories that they can't do something because of old excuses and fears.  Are you a “people pleaser”?  Do you feel guilty when you say “No” or annoyed with yourself when you say “Yes”?  Julie Scott lives in Palm Springs, CA and is truthfully living the confident life she always dreamed of.  She thrives on helping women prioritise their needs and gain confidence so they can stop worrying about “being enough” and start living life.  It FEELS GOOD to be CONFIDENT.

MANY people find themselves running around the same old stories that they can’t do something because of old excuses and fears.  Are you a “people pleaser”?  Do you feel guilty when you say “No” or annoyed with yourself when you say “Yes”?  Julie Scott lives in Palm Springs, CA and is truthfully living the confident life she always dreamed of.  She thrives on helping women prioritise their needs and gain confidence so they can stop worrying about “being enough” and start living life.  It FEELS GOOD to be CONFIDENT. https://www.itsabouttimebaby.com/ The Confident Women’s Community FB:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/567793640559038 Quiz:  How Do You Rank in Your Life:  https://www.itsabouttimebaby.com/rank-quiz

Our special guest, Cheryl Meyer, Health Coach, Award winning Internationally Best Selling Author, Podcaster shares her amazing journey to a pain free life. Cheryl Meyer suffered from autoimmune disease. By eliminating hundreds of toxins, she reversed her pain. Cheryl has a BA from UC-Berkeley and is a health coach from IIN. Cheryl is an award-winning author, international bestseller, health coach, speaker, local tv host and guest podcaster. Cheryl has written 4 books on health and toxins available on Amazon and has her own podcast It Feels Good to Feel Good, Futureproof Your Health on Voice America. Her website is https://cherylmhealthmuse.com She specifically works with clients with chronic illness giving them hope and helping them find solutions. It is never too late to start healthy habits. Cheryl is available to speak about the toxins in our world that are making us ill. She is a sought-after expert on toxins, in our food, cleaning, water, minds, including toxic stress and toxic lack of sleep. She also talks about the impact of toxins for our children and our pet's health. Her signature talk is “How Not to Get Sick”. Contact Cheryl for one on one coaching at cherylmhealthmuse@gmail.com. Eliminating toxins is a crucial step to regain wellness. She has her own podcast on health https://bit.ly/cherpodcast. You can buy her books on Amazon https://bit.ly/cherauthorpg or from https://bit.ly/heavenlytreepress. Cheryl encourages you to listen to your body and to own your own health Connect with Cheryl: Website: cherylmhealthmuse.com heavenlytreepress.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylmeyer/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cherylmhealthmuse For more episodes likes this visit www.seemagiri.com

This week Seth and Rebecca discuss their favorite books about celebrating differences.   1:55- An ABC of Equality, by Chana Ginelle Ewing  18:49- Who Are You: The Kids Guide to Gender Identity, buy Brook Pessin Whedbee 19:00- It Feels Good to be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity, by Theresa Thorn Justice, Equality, and Equity Cartoon 31:27- The Barefoot Book of Children/Barefoot Books Children of the World, by Tessa Strickland 37:55 The Baby’s Catalogue, by Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg  54:10- Lovely, by Jess Hong 1:08:40- I See You, by Michael Genhart  1:12:06- Drawn Together, by Minh Le 1:26:53- I Dissent, by Debbie Levy   Find us on the web! Rad Child Podcast: www.radchildpodcast.com Facebook Twitter Instagram Contact us: radchildpodcast@gmail.com Be a guest Donate Buy Rad Merch Shift Book Box: https://www.shiftbookbox.com/ Facebook Instagram Twitter  

Twitter: @podgaverockInsta: @podgaverockChris Isaak 1989  “Wicked Game”  from "Heart Shaped World" released on Reprise. Written by Chris Isaak. Produced by Erik Jacobsen.Personel:Chris Isaak– vocals, acoustic guitarJames Calvin Wilsey– electric guitarRowland Salley– bass guitar, vocalsKenney Dale Johnson – percussionFrank Martin – keyboardsCover:Performed by Josh Bond and Neal MarshIntro Music:"Shithouse" 2010 release from "A Collection of Songs for the Kings". Writer Josh Bond. Produced by Frank CharltonOther Artists Mentioned:Link Wray “Rumble”Pulp FictionDonovan “Hurdy Gurdy Man”ZodiacBoogie NightsAlfred MolinaSister Christian “Motor End”Rick Springfield “Jessie’s Girl”“Sleepwalk”La Bamba“La Bamba”Office Space“Damn, It Feels Good to be a Gangster”The Animals “House of the Rising Sun”CasinoJoe PesciQuentin TarantinoMartin ScorceseBlowThe Rolling Stones “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”Ram Jam “Black Betty”Fight ClubOasis “Fucking in the Bushes” Christian BaleAmerican PsychoHuey Lewis and the News “Hip to be Square”Huey Lewis and the News “Power of Love”Back to the FutureAlmost FamousElton John “Tiny Dancer”Wayne’s WorldQueen “Bohemian Rhapsody”Cream “White Room”Groundhog DaySonny and Cher “I Got You, Base”Wes AndersonThe Royal TenebaumsThe Rolling Stones “Ruby Tuesday”Darjeeling UnlimitedThe Rolling Stones “Play with Fire”Natalie PortmanJim WeatherlyGladys Night and the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia”Bob MarleyStray CatsFlock of SeagullsDavid LynchWild at HeartLaura DernNicolas CageRadioheadChris Isaak “Baby Did A Bad Thing”Chris Isaak “Somebody’s Crying”Game of ThronesHelena Christensen Roy OrbisonElvisThe Avengers From Duck til DawnThe DoorsU2 “Desire”ElectionMa tthew BroderickTrue BloodJan and DeanBuck OwensElvisRaymond ChandlerRicky NeilsonDwight YoakumGram ParsonsRyan Adams “I Do Not Feel Like Being Good”Butch Walker “Bed on Fire”The Neighborhood “Sweater Weather”Boy and BearMidland   HIMUrsine VulpineJames Vincent McMorrow

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Not a food allergy but a sensitivity? It will harm you! In this episode Cheryl Meyer author of "It Feels Good to Feel Good", a book about Eliminating Toxins, Reducing Inflammation and Feeling Great Again, is sharing information that is not so commonly talked about. Her research and knowledge about sources of chronic disease and inflammation had produce amazing results for herself and her clients. You'll learn about sensitivity and how it creates damage in your body and resources that you can use to start healing yourself and your children. Listen and get the information you need to reduce chronic pain and get your power back concerning your health!   About Cheryl: Cheryl Meyer has autoimmune disease. She eliminated toxins and reversed her pain. Cheryl has a BA from UC-Berkeley and is a health coach from IIN. Cheryl is an award-winning author, international bestseller, health coach, speaker, local tv host and guest podcaster. Her book, It Feels Good to Feel Good, Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reduce Inflammation and Feel Great Again has won 14 awards. Feeling Good Living Low Toxin in Community and Everyday Life due out May 2020. Victory Log and Gratitude Journal to Celebrate your health achievements. Stress- 2 Minute Exercises to Release it Throughout the Day,a desktop guide. Her own publishing company Heavenlytreepress.. Cheryl has her own podcast on RHG TV/Voice America. It Feels Good to Feel Good, Futureproof your Health. She also has a local TV show on Community Television in Monrovia, CA on KGEM. Toxins are everywhere and impacting our health and the health of our children. Eliminate the toxins now and don’t wait until you get sick and tired.” She adds, “It’s all about toxic load. Each toxin that is eliminated is one step closer to health.” She specifically works with clients with chronic illness giving them hope and helping them find solutions. It is never too late to start healthy habits. Cheryl has participated in 17 summits and is a sought after expert on toxins, toxic food, toxic cleaning, toxic water, toxic minds, including toxic stress and toxic lack of sleep. She also talks about the impact of toxins for our children and our pets health.  Cheryl encourages you to listen to your body and to own your own health. Contact her at cherylmhealthmuse.com/ For her book set visit heavenlytreepress.com/860-2/   Her podcast is voiceamerica.tv/channel/it-feels-good-to-feel-good-futureproof-your-health-13718

Toxins are everywhere and impacting our health and the health of our children. Eliminate the toxins now and don't wait until you get sick and tired.” She adds, “It's all about toxic load. Each toxin that is eliminated is one step closer to health.” Cheryl Meyer has autoimmune disease. She eliminated toxins and reversed her pain. Cheryl has a BA from UC-Berkeley and is a health coach from IIN. Cheryl is an award-winning author, international bestseller, health coach, speaker, local tv host and guest podcaster. Her book, It Feels Good to Feel Good, Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reduce Inflammation and Feel Great Again has won 14 awards. Feeling Good Living Low Toxin in Community and Everyday Life recently published May 2020. Victory Log and Gratitude Journal to Celebrate your health achievements. Stress- 2 Minute Exercises to Release it Throughout the Day,a desktop guide. Her own publishing company Heavenlytreepress.. https://heavenlytreepress.com Cheryl has her own podcast May 2020 on RHG TV/Voice America. It Feels Good to Feel Good, Futureproof your Health. She also has a local TV show on Community Television in Monrovia, CA on KGEM. Cheryl specifically works with clients with chronic illness giving them hope and helping them find solutions. It is never too late to start healthy habits. Cheryl encourages you to listen to your body and to own your own health. Cheryl is a sought after speaker on toxins and has participated in 17 on line summits. Her dream, now that her books are published, is to speak to large groups of women to inspire them to clean up how they eat and shop, and to raise healthier children. A former corporate executive and solopreneur, she also loves to talk about chronic/toxic stress control to improve employee productivity and lower health issues that impact company insurance rates. Now that she has completed her books and has started her podcast, Cheryl is actively coaching others one on one via Zoom. She coaches heart to heart. FREE GIFT: 20 Signs You are Not as Healthy As You Think: https://bit.ly/hiddensymptoms For access to more of Tiffany Cano's Soul of An Empath Episodes, go to https://SoulofAnEmpath.com. If you want more information about Healer and Clairvoyant, Tiffany Cano, please go to https://HighlyPerceptivePeopleAcademy.com.

In this episode of Life, Lemons & LemonDrops, hosts Greer and Whitnie welcome health coach Cheryl Meyer, the Health Muse, to discuss her health and healing journey. Cheryl’s story is all too familiar. For a time, she had horrible pain that no one understood. She woke up every morning more tired than when she went to bed. She had brain fog and required 2-3 cups of coffee to function. Every joint and every muscle in her body hurt. She was increasingly sensitive to products, including perfumes, under arm deodorant, fabric softener, even her cosmetics. She couldn’t clean without getting sick. She hated being sick all the time and just wanted to pull the covers over her head. She was girl interrupted. Most of all, she was frustrated because no one understood. Eventually Cheryl turned from conventional medicine after the approach was to mask the symptoms with drugs and being told there was nothing wrong with her. Not wanting to live a life of pain and pills, Cheryl learned to control her stress, began eliminating toxins from her life, and found a functional doctor. But that’s not all. Years of research helped her cure herself and then she returned to school to shore up her bona fides. She is the author of award winning books including It Feels Good to Feel Good and is the host of a podcast by the same name. Cheryl is on a mission to help America become healthy again and toxin-free. You can learn more about Cheryl and her mission to clean up America's diets and cupboards at www.cherylmhealthmuse.com and listen to her podcast It Feels Good to Feel Good at https://bit.ly/cherylpodcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lifelemonslemondrops/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lifelemonslemondrops/support

Drake is a country music singer and songwriter from Alabama. His songs, "Making Me Look Good Again", "Livin' The Dream", and "It Feels Good" have all been chart-topping hits. In August of 2019, Drake collapsed on stage during a show and was later diagnosed with the brain condition, arteriovenous malformation (AVM). He has since been working through rehabilitation for his condition while expressing the healing properties that music and positivity have had on his health. You can learn more about Drake and find his music at https://www.drakewhite.com/

Peace Y'all, thank You for being here! Today was a reflection of how change is upon us. During the process of change things are going to get shaken up. Don't hold back, acknowledge whatever it is, let it out, let go and move on. We're evolving in more ways than we can imagine and through it all, It Feels Good. I Love You

Please join us our conversation today as Cheryl Meyer shares her journey of how she ROSE above the Toxic Shadows & turned tragedy into Triumph! This episode contains an AMAZING Story from special guest CHERYL MEYER from California, USA. She is a Health coach, TV host, Podcaster & Award-winning author of international bestseller Book "It Feels Good to Feel Good". Cheryl also has her own podcast May 2020 on RHG TV/Voice America: It Feels Good to Feel Good, Future proof your Health. Cheryl has a BA from UC-Berkeley and is also health coach from IN. Another achievement she was lead to on this enlightening journey is becoming the owner of her own publishing company- Heavenlytreepress. Cheryl's published books include: It Feels Good to Feel Good, Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reduce Inflammation and Feel Great Again, which has won 14 awards! Feeling Good Living Low Toxin in Community and Everyday Life, recently published May 2020. Victory Log and Gratitude Journal to Celebrate your health achievements. Stress- 2 Minute Exercises to Release it Throughout the Day,a desktop guide. Cheryl Meyer was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease many years ago. Unfortunately, the medicines she was being prescribed at the time were super Toxic, along with her Toxic partner. One day he conveyed that he had decided that he wouldn't participate in her care anymore. This caused Cheryl to be suffocated under a Toxic Blanket! She decided to eliminate toxins once and for all & reversed her pain permanently. She had to get rid of the medicines & her partner & go on an enlightening journey to Freedom! Now that Cheryl has risen above the toxicity, she helps spread her message through a local TV show on Community Television in Monrovia, CA on KGEM. Cheryl specifically works with clients with chronic illness giving them hope and helping them find solutions. Her message to everyone is "It is never too late to start healthy habits!" *********************************************************************************************************************** Please Download to hear more on this Amazing Woman's Journey to Healing herself by sharing her Healing with other Souls! Thank you for TUNING INTO our Broadcast! / Viewer Support is Always Appreciated to keep this Podcast Efficiently Running! Love & Light Beautiful Souls / Jess Intuitive Angel Healer Here is how you can reach Cheryl if you resonate with her services: FB: facebook.com/Heavenly-Tree-Press-highlighting-Cheryl-M-Health-Muse-Books-106487307748874 Website: cherylmhealthmuse.com Book Publishing Website: heavenlytreepress.com Preview Chapter of Award Winning Book: It Feels Good to Feel Good free chapter of book- bit.ly/freechapterfeelinggood --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/toxicshadows/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/toxicshadows/support

Our sponsor for today's show is Redmond Real Salt. Visit Redmond.Life and use the code SUGARSHACKLES to get 15% off your order. Check out their amazing toothpastes that make your teeth feel like porcelain! And the best salt I've ever tasted and only one I ever use (Real Salt!)Cheryl Meyer suffered from autoimmune disease. By eliminating toxins and working with a Functional MD, she reversed her pain. Cheryl has a BA from UC-Berkeley and is a health coach from IIN. Cheryl is an award-winning author, international bestseller, health coach, speaker, local tv host, and guest podcaster. Her book, “It Feels Good to Feel Good, Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reduce Inflammation and Feel Great Again” has won 13 awards. It is available on Amazon. She has also published “6 week Daily Victory Journal Celebrate Your Daily Wins And Practice Gratitude”. She is currently writing her third book, “Feeling Great, Living Low Toxin in Community and Everyday Life”. Her next book will be on Stress and releasing it little by little every day.Cheryl is a sought-after authority on toxins in our lives for summits and has done 15 summits to date. She has done over 100 podcasts to help others discover how the toxins in their lives are making them sick."Toxins are everywhere and impacting our health, the health of our children, and the health of our earth. I would like people to eliminate the toxins now and not wait until they get sick and tired of being sick and tired.” She adds, “It’s all about toxic load. Each toxin that is eliminated is one step closer to health.” She is hosting her own local TV show on local public access TV beginning in March 2020 and her own podcast on RHG TV/ Voice America starting in May 2020.As a coach, Cheryl specifically works with clients with chronic illness giving them hope and helping them find solutions.She encourages you to listen to your body and to own your own health. Her website is https://cherylmhealthmuse.com You can contact her at cherylmhealthmuse@gmail.comIf you're liking the show, please remember to subscribe, leave a review & a rating! Thank you so much for listening! I appreciate each and every one of you

I'm back in effect, and this week, I am featuring, Filipinx poet, Ina Cariño.  We discuss her work and her future plans and how she is holding up during this Coronavirus pandemic. Note: I will be discussing how other writers/poets/artists and creatives are dealing with creating during these times. http://yourartsygirlpodcast.com/episodes www.inacarino.com Bio: Born in the Philippines, Ina Cariño is a queer Filipinx-American writer. She holds an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, and is a 2019 Kundiman Fellow. Her work appears in Waxwing, New England Review, The Oxford Review of Books, Tupelo Quarterly, and VIDA Review, among other journals. In 2019, Ina founded a reading series in the Triangle area of NC called Indigena, which centers marginalized voices, including but not limited to those of BIPOC, QTPOC, and people with disabilities. Through her writing, Ina explores the navigation of being American as a brown body, and the deeply impactful effects of living in the diaspora. She hopes to find paths to not just justice, but also to healing of self and community. It Feels Good to Cook Rice by Ina Cariño it feels good to cook rice it feels heavy to cook rice it feels familiar                           good        & heavy                      to cook rice                           when I cook rice                   it is because hunger is not just                              an emptiness but a longing                                          for multo:                                    the dead who no longer linger                   two fingers in water                   I know just when to stop:                   right under the second knuckle in the morning          chew it                                                         with salted egg in the evening          chew it                                                         with salted onion at midnight          eat it                                                         slovenly                 with your peppered hands           licking relishing                         each cloudmorsel                                                       sucking greedy   as if                 there will no longer be any such thing as rice                               good                 is not the idea of pleasure                                           rather                                                it is the way                                                          I once tripped                                             spilled a basket                 of hulls & stones onto soil —                 homely sprinkle of husks                 as if for a sending off —                                 how right it was: palms                                 brushing the chalk of it                                 swirls rising in streaking sun                                 heavy                 is not the same as burden                                             rather it is falling rice                                                   as ghostly footfalls —                                             trickling mounds                                                           scattered on wood —                 my dead lolo in compression socks                 my dead lola in red slippers scuffing                 & a slew of yesterday’s titos & titas                                 their voices traveling to me                                 tinny                                ringing                                  as if from yesterday’s nova familiar just                 what it sounds like family                 blood home                 marrow bone                 grit calcified memories                                 of things that feel good                                                                 & heavy                 calcified                                 as in made stronger by mountain sun                 only to have them crumble                                 after enough time has passed                 (just like the mountain forgot what it used to be)                             still it feels good to cook rice it feels good to eat rice    even by myself & it feels familiar to know                with each grain I swallow I strap myself to my own                                          heavy                             hunger ------------------------------------------------------------ Below are links to her other works: http://www.nereview.com/vol-40-no-3-2019/bitter-melon/ http://waxwingmag.org/items/issue20/7_Carino-It-Feels-Good-to-Cook-Rice.php https://readwildness.com/21/carino-bodies https://www.the-orb.org/post/when-i-sing-to-myself-who-listens IG: @indigena.collective  / Facebook: Facebook.com/indigenaNC/

After turning from conventional medicine when it didn't offer answers to her health struggles, Cheryl Meyer discovered life-changing information in the functional medicine world. She explains to listeners her own story of autoimmune disease and how she researched her way out of pain, what testing and information functional medicine offered to help her understand what changes to make, and what are some fundamental ways to make similar changes in our own lives such as eating choices and reference sources. Author Cheryl Meyer was living a stressful lifestyle running a high-profile jewelry business. One day she woke up with bodily swelling and so much pain she couldn't get out of bed. She details this story and how she turned to her regular doctor whose only solution was steroids and therapy, a response indicative of what she describes as our broken healthcare system. After Cheryl turned elsewhere through research, she discovered the world of functional medicine. She then explains how testing revealed she had 18 food sensitives, a concept in functional medicine that conventional medicine doesn't explore in the same way. She goes into more detail about this testing and her various sensitives and how they led to damage to her gut over time called leaky gut syndrome. She describes how our bodies react to that leaking material, causing even more physical distress. Cheryl explores how understanding her autoimmune disease led to enough life alterations that she's now pain free. She then talks about coaching others through this process of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, acknowledging how yes, it is hard for people to deal with giving foods up but she says the payback is worth it. She reminds listeners how much better it is to reduce the pain and have so many healthy days. Cheryl believes our broken healthcare system is itself a symptom of our lack of understanding and attention to the toxins that surround us and the foods that are harming us. She is the author of the award-winning It Feels Good to Feel Good and will be publishing another book over the next month. For more information and to contact her about speaking or coaching, see https://cherylmhealthmuse.com/.

Eliminating toxins and learning from what our bodies are trying to tell us with Susan and Cheryl: Paying attention to what your body is trying to tell you (and other things in your life too!). Toxins are everywhere and in everything. We can join together to protect ourselves. Finding ways to decrease the toxins in your life and how it will improve your life by doing so. Key Takeaways: As your toxicity level builds, you will become more and more sensitive to the toxins around you. Sensitivities and allergies are different. Allergies will react quickly, but sensitivities are a slow-burn and will affect your life, even if you aren’t aware of what they are. Own your own health. "You don’t have to accept that you have to have pain and pills." —  Cheryl Meyer About Cheryl Meyer: Cheryl Meyer suffered from autoimmune disease. By eliminating toxins and working with a Functional MD, she reversed her pain. Cheryl has a BA from UC-Berkeley and is a health coach from IIN. Cheryl is an award-winning author, international bestseller, health coach, speaker, local tv host and guest podcaster. Her book, “It Feels Good to Feel Good, Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reduce Inflammation and Feel Great Again” has won 13 awards. It is available on Amazon. She has also published “6-week Daily Victory Journal Celebrate Your Daily Wins and Practice Gratitude”. She is currently writing her third book, “Feeling Great, Living Low Toxin in Community and Everyday Life”. Cheryl is a sought-after authority on toxins in our lives for summits and has done 16 summits to date. Toxins are everywhere and impacting our health, the health of our children, and the health of our earth. I would like people to eliminate the toxins now and not wait until they get sick and tired of being sick and tired.” She adds, “It’s all about toxic load. Each toxin that is eliminated is one step closer to health.” She is hosting her own local TV show on local public access tv beginning in February 2020 and her own podcast on RHG TV/ Voice America starting in May 2020. As a coach, Cheryl specifically works with clients with chronic illness giving them hope and helping them find solutions. She encourages you to listen to your body and to own your own health. Her website is https://cherylmhealthmuse.com You can contact her at cherylmhealthmuse@gmail.com Connect with Cheryl Meyer: Twitter: @goldenathena7 Facebook: Cherylmhealthmuse & It Feels Good to Feel Good, Futureproof Your Health Website: CherylMHealthMuse.com Blog: Cheryl M Health Muse: Inspiration For a Healthier Life Book: It Feels Good to Feel Good: learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reverse Inflammation, and Feel Great Again Email: cherylmhealthmuse@gmail.com LinkedIn: Cheryl Meyer Instagram: @cherylmheathmuse Pinterest: CherylM Health Muse Reference: EWG Research DataBase Connect with Susan Dascenzi: Email: kickyourbuts2020@gmail.com Twitter: @butskick Facebook: Kick Your Buts Instagram: @kickyourbuts Website: KickYourButs.com Book: See Books Here! Show: Kick Your Buts YouTube: Susan Dascenzi LinkedIn: Susan L. Dascenzi, MSW, LCSW

On this week's WTGRTG, Seth, Rebecca, and Chrystal discuss their favorite books around the topic of gender. They also discuss the controversy surrounding Maya Gonzalez's Gender Wheel, and Brook Pessin-Whedbee's Who Are You: The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity. You won't want to miss this one! Show Notes: 00:45- Who Are You?: The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity, by Brook Pessin-Whedbee 4:27- The Gender Wheel: A Story About Bodies and Gender for Every Body, by Maya Gonzalez 20:38-http://www.genderwheel.com/ 28:22- It Feels Good to Be Yourself! A Book About Gender Identity, by Theresa Thorn 41:16- You Be You: The Kid's Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family, by Jonathan Branfman 44:29- They Call Me Mix/Me Llaman Maestre, by Lourdes Rivas 48:40- Meet Polkadot, by Talcott Broadhead   Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Reach out to us at radchildpodcast@gmail.com or at www.radchildpodcast.com Find out about being a guest here You can support us here You can buy merch here

On the second part of our special Gender two-parter, Seth is joined by creator of Queer Kid Stuff Lindz Amer, author of You Be You Jonathan Branfman, therapist Karen Foley, and sociology professor Simone Kolysh.  This week they discuss practical ways to talk to kids about gender and help raise kids to be aware of gender roles and stereotypes. Show Notes: 6:58- It Feels Good to Be Yourself, by Theresa Thorn 31:56- Gender Neutral Parenting, by Paige Lucas-Stannard 34:05- Neither, by Airlie Anderson 34:19- Julian is a Mermaid, by Jessica Love 34:23- Red: A Crayon's Story, by Michael Hall 35:54- Sewing the Rainbow, by Gayle E. Pitman 36:45- A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, by Marlon Bundo and Jill Twiss 37:37- Worm Loves Worm, by T.J. Austrian 38:07- A is for Activist, by Innosanto Nagara 38:15- The ABCs of Equality, by Chana Ginelle Ewing 38:23- The GayBCs, by M.L. Webb 38:52- A is for Awesome!, by Eva Chen 39:25- Sex is a Funny Word, by Cory Silverberg 39:37- What Makes a Baby, by Cory Silverberg 40:01- Camp Aranu'tiq ( summer camp for gender variant youth) 40:11- Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas, by Pamela Ehrenberg 40:53- Intersectional Allies, by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, and Carolyn Choi 41:38- The Conscious Parent, by Shefali Tsabary 42:24- Gender Born, Gender Made, by Diane Ehrensaft 42:38- The Gender Creative Child, by Diane Ehrensaft 42:44- Parenting Beyond Pink and Blue by Dr. Christia Brown 43:19- Queer Kid Stuff 43:48- Lindz Amer Ted Talk about Gender 44:18- Activist, You! Podcast

Cheryl Meyer is an Award-Winning Author, International Bestseller, Health Coach, Speaker, Local TV Host and GuestPodcaster. After owning a silver jewelry business for 25 years, she sold her business so that could fulfill her mission tohelp people discover where the toxins are in their lives and how they are making us sick. Her goal is to give otherswith chronic illness hope, and help them discover what lifestyle changes they can make to get back on track withwellness. In this exclusive interview, Cheryl shares how she began her health journey over 8 years ago when shebecame sick with an autoimmune disease. Since that time, she been on an 8 year journey back to wellness and is90% there. Cheryl went back to school and graduated as a health coach to help others with what she has learned. Herfirst published book, “It Feels Good to Feel Good” is now the recipient of 13 Book awards. This Award-Winning bookteaches you how to eliminate toxins, reverse inflammation and feel great again. Her second book, Feeling Good, Living Low Toxin in Community and Everyday Life, due out in Feb 2020. Her work has garnered the attention of manyand has resulted in her winning numerous awards to include, the Next Generation Indie Award, Beverly Hills BookAward, the sole award winner in The 2017 New Apple Self-Published Summer E-Book Awards in Health/ Medicineand she was her book has been named the Gold Metal Mind-Body-Spirit award winner and the 2017 Evergreen LivingNow Awards, Recognizing the Year’s Best Books for Better Living. You’ll discover how you can rid your world of toxins to being living a happier and healthier life.

Few people know, I almost died (or at least felt like I was dying) from toxicity about 10 years ago. That's why this conversation is so important to me. And it should be for you. For the sake of your health as well as your family. Cheryl is speaking 100% from the heart and personal experience. Meet our Feature Guest My message is simple, “eliminate toxins, heal your chronic pain. Own your own health." I got sick and didn't want a life of pain and pills. Thus began an odyssey that culminated in Meyer’s writing the manual she wishes she’d had when she got sick. In her award winning book It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reverse Inflammation and Feel Great Again, Meyer explains how she discovered she was suffering from inflammation and autoimmune disease, how she actively searched out, purged, and replaced toxins in her life, how she found the right doctor (a Functional MD), and how she finally returned to wellness. Eliminating toxins was a big step in reducing Cheryl’s chronic pain. Eliminating toxins was a critical step in healing her leaky gut, which is the cause of inflammation. As she regained her health, she returned to school and became a health coach to share her new knowledge with others. She comments, “I wrote this book for people with autoimmune disease and inflammation, but really, it’s for everyone. Inflammation is a root cause of many of our illnesses and disease, cancer, heart disease, strokes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, Type I and Type II diabetes, possibly even autism. Inflammation inhibits weight loss. I have given talks to people with autoimmune disease but also to people who are cancer survivors, people who are stroke survivors, moms with children with health issues, and millennials that don’t want to get sick like their parents. Toxins are everywhere and impacting our health, the health of our children, and the health of our earth. I would like people to eliminate the toxins now and not wait until they get sick and tired of being sick and tired.” She adds, “It’s all about toxic load. Each toxin that is eliminated is one step closer to health.” Cheryl just turned 70 and feels better than she did in her 50”s. She is passionate to share her message. Cheryl holds a BA from the University of California Berkeley. She is a Integrative Nutrition Coach and received that designation from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition©, in New York City in 2017. She is a self-employed business owner and is a member of Wellness Universe. Her book "It Feels Good to Feel Good" has won 13 awards to date. Connect with our Guest https://cherylmhealthmuse.com/ (CherylmhealthMuse.com) Business Coach Needed Now!I need another Business Coach on my team to help me handle the exploding demand for business coaching services. I’m willing to train [at my expense] the right individual with a passion for wanting to help small business owners become successful. NO travel required. $225,000 first year income. If you or someone you know is interested, https://coachforprofit.com/carmichael/access/ (click here) and a 4 minute video will explain it all. https://menofabundance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Copy-of-Your-Offer-should-NOT-be-your-product-or-Service.-Change-My-Mind.png ()Business Owner Growth PodcastWhen you grow, your business grows. Discover business and marketing strategies no one else is sharing with you. Get subscribed to https://anchor.fm/businessownergrowth (Business Owner Growth podcast) Support this podcast

The guest for this episode is Theresa Thorn, co-host of the parenting humor podcast One Bad Mother and the co-author of You’re Doing a Great Job! 100 Ways You’re Winning at Parenting. Along with illustrations by Noah Grigni, Theresa also wrote her first book for children, It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity, a straightforward exploration of gender identity to give children a fuller understanding of themselves and others. As I detailed in my recent essay about discovering my own identity (LINK), Theresa’s recent appearance on Alison Rosen’s podcast telling her own journey with her transgender daughter that inspired her to write this book also was that final piece of the puzzle I needed to understand myself. During this episode, we talk about her book, her podcast, gender identity, and about how she helped me figure out my own identity. It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity By Theresa Thorn and Illustrated by Noah Grigni: PURCHASE You’re Doing a Great Job! 100 Ways You’re Winning at Parenting by Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn: PURCHASE Follow Theresa Thorn: Web: theresathorn.com Twitter: twitter.com/theresathorn Twitter: twitter.com/OneBadMothers Instagram: instagram.com/onebadmothers Facebook: facebook.com/OneBadMother One Bad Mother at Maximum Fun: maximumfun.org/podcasts/one-bad-mother SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW FRESH IS THE WORD: Subscribe on all major streaming platforms. Please rate and review on Apple Podcast and Stitcher. List of where Fresh is the Word streams: linktr.ee/freshisthewordpodcast or just search “Fresh is the Word”. Also available on IHeartRadio. THEME MUSIC Courtesy of Knox Money, Bang Belushi, and Foul Mouth. Support via Patreon If you want to support Fresh is the Word, please consider pledging via Patreon at Patreon.com/freshistheword. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/freshistheword/message

This week we are joined by Theresa Thorn and talk to her about her new book It Feels Good to Be Yourself, her podcast, background, parenting, and dogs. In the news we have Trump, India, NY anti-vaxxers, and E. coli. Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or leave us a voice message using atheistnomads.com/speakpipeSupport the show at atheistnomads.com/donateSubscribe at atheistnomads.com/subscribe Interview Theresa Thorn is the author of It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity which is written for 4-8 year olds, wrote You're Doing a Great Job!: 100 Ways You're Winning at Parenting along with her cohost of the podcast One Bad Mother. Website News Trump administration, citing anti-Semitism on college campuses, to interpret Judaism as a nationalityIndia passes controversial citizenship bill that excludes MuslimsJudge dismisses suit by NY anti-vaxxers that claims the new rules are an example of religious hostilityE. coli outbreaks continue Feedback Gene via the website This episode is brought to you by: Jimmy NinetoesDaniel MRebecca PPat Acks from the Humanists of IdahoDarryl GRachel BGeorge GKim BSoJoJenErik from WyomingThe Flying Skeptic And by our $1 patrons and those who want no reward. You can find us online at www.atheistnomads.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us at contact@atheistnomads.com, and leave us a voice message using SpeakPipe. Theme music is provided by Sturdy Fred. DOWNLOAD EPISODE

This week we are joined by Theresa Thorn and talk to her about her new book It Feels Good to Be Yourself, her podcast, background, parenting, and dogs. In the news we have Trump, India, NY anti-vaxxers, and E. coli. Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or leave us a voice message using atheistnomads.com/speakpipe Support the show at atheistnomads.com/donate Subscribe at atheistnomads.com/subscribe Interview Theresa Thorn is the author of It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity which is written for 4-8 year olds, wrote You’re Doing a Great Job!: 100 Ways You’re Winning at Parenting along with her cohost of the podcast One Bad Mother. Website News Trump administration, citing anti-Semitism on college campuses, to interpret Judaism as a nationality India passes controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims Judge dismisses suit by NY anti-vaxxers that claims the new rules are an example of religious hostility E. coli outbreaks continue Feedback Gene via the website This episode is brought to you by: Jimmy Ninetoes Daniel M Rebecca P Pat Acks from the Humanists of Idaho Darryl G Rachel B George G Kim B SoJo Jen Erik from Wyoming The Flying Skeptic And by our $1 patrons and those who want no reward. You can find us online at www.atheistnomads.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us at contact@atheistnomads.com, and leave us a voice message using SpeakPipe. Theme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.

Today we connect with Theresa Thorn, the co-host of the parenting humor podcast One Bad Mother and the author of It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity for children. We loved exploring the ways in which gender can be a unique and personal expression of self for all of us… and the how this perspective can build momentum in dismantling the binary thinking many of us hold regarding unconscious fears and expectations of who are kids are and who they will become. Join us! Relevant links: - One Bad Mother Podcast - Genius and Fail Moments on OBM, Episode 307 - I Am Jazz - by Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings & Shelagh McNicholas - Red, A Crayon Story - by Michael Hall - Teaching Tolerance - The Gender Spectrum - Human Rights Campaign’s LGBTQ Glossary of definitions Visit our website, www.upbringing.co to learn more about us and sign up for our newsletter! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together. Email us: info@upbringing.co Follow Upbringing on: Instagram: @up_bringing Facebook: @jointheupbringing

Theresa Thorn (One Bad Mother, Maximum Fun) stops by the show to talk about It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity, the beautifully illustrated children's book she authored, which she says is for everyone and which was inspired by her own transgender daughter's journey and the desire for a book which could provide people with the language to discuss gender. We also talk about her involvement with the podcast network Maximum Fun which she runs with her husband Jesse Thorn, law school, meeting Jesse in high school, motherhood, being the "manager" of the house, the experience of having three kids and so much more. Plus we answer your questions. Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen   Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) You probably need to buy a new ARIYNBF Legacy Shirt! and the HGFY ringtone! This show is brought to you by  http://BetterHelp.com/BESTFRIEND (use code BESTFRIEND for 10% off), http://Joybird.com/ ROSEN25 (use code ROSEN25 for 25% off your first order), BEST FIENDS (download free on Google Play or Apple Store),  http://theRealReal.com (use code REAL for 20% off). Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

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  In this episode we talk with author, podcaster, and mom to a transgender kid, Theresa Thorn. We'll talk about how parents can be supportive of their LGBTQ kids and we'll discuss her new kids book "It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity."  You can find the book It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity on Amazon and the illustrator Noah Grigni on Instagram. Be sure to check out Theresa Thorn's podcast One Bad Mother. And you can find more information about all of her creative endeavors at Theresathorn.com. Support us on Patreon to help us keep making great content, and to get some cool rewards—like drinks with us at Stonewall Inn! Check out our website for our latest episodes!  And watch the brand new Gender Rebels TV Youtube Channel!  Like us on  FaceBook so we can haunt your feed.  Faith's book, American Transgirl, available now! Music by one of our favorite bands, the super cool, all-female punk band Jasper the Colossal. Download their new album "Take Your Time" and all their tracks on iTunes. 

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This week, Alison and Shan talk to podcaster and author Theresa Thorn about her wonderful children's book! Find more about Theresa and her new book, It Feels Good to be Yourself, on her website!  https://theresathorn.com/ Support us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/vintagelespod  Send us an email:vintagelespod@gmail.com Follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/VintageLesPod https://www.instagram.com/vintagelespod/ https://www.facebook.com/VintageLesPod/

Thus began an odyssey that culminated in Meyer’s writing the manual she wishes she’d had when she got sick. In her award winning book It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reverse Inflammation and Feel Great Again, Meyer explains how she discovered she was suffering from inflammation and autoimmune disease, how she actively searched out, purged, and replaced toxins in her life, how she found the right doctor (a Functional MD), and how she finally returned to wellness. Eliminating hundreds of toxins was a big step in reducing Cheryl’s chronic pain. Eliminating toxins was a critical step in healing her leaky gut, which is the cause of inflammation. As she regained her health, she returned to school and became a health coach to share her new knowledge with others. She comments, “I wrote this book for people with autoimmune disease and inflammation, but really, it’s for everyone. Inflammation is a root cause of many of our illnesses and disease, cancer, heart disease, strokes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, skin ailments, Type I and Type II diabetes, possibly even autism. Inflammation inhibits weight loss. I have given talks to people with autoimmune disease but also to people who are cancer survivors, people who are stroke survivors, moms with children with health issues, and millennials that don’t want to get sick like their parents. Toxins are everywhere and impacting our health, the health of our children, and the health of our earth. I would like people to eliminate the toxins now and not wait until they get sick and tired of being sick and tired.” She adds, “It’s all about toxic load. Each toxin that is eliminated is one step closer to health.”

HEALTH MUSE/CERTIFIED INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION COACH. CHERYL MEYER Five years ago, Cheryl Meyer discovered she was suffering from inflammation and autoimmune disease. She didn’t want a life of pain and pills so she actively started researching. She found a functional MD, actively searched out, purged, and replaced toxins in her life, and returned to wellness. Thus began an odyssey that culminated in Meyer’s writing the manual she wishes she’d had when she got sick. In her award winning book It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reverse Inflammation and Feel Great Again, Meyer explains toxins are everywhere and impacting our health, the health of our children, and the health of our earth. “It’s all about toxic load. Each toxin that is eliminated is one step closer to health.” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/delafitpodcast/message

On this episode, Dr. Vincent Esposito and Dr. Kali Olsen are joined by health coach and author of "It Feels Good to Feel Good," Cheryl Meyer. Cheryl talks about her personal battle with environmental toxins, and how she was able to change her own life! They talk about everyday toxins you can find in you food, cosmetics, water, and environment. They discuss the health implications of these exposures over long periods of time. More importantly Cheryl goes over her favorite tips for detoxifying all different aspects of your life, leading to a healthier you.Keep up with us and join our newsletter at evokhealth.com!Subscribe to Dr. Esposito’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHRpZFrFsbJIk5fbNIkj4pQ?sub_confirmation=1You can reach Cheryl by using the information provided below:Web: https://cherylmhealthmuse.comIG: @cherylmhealthmuseEmail: Cherylmhealthmuse@gmail.comGet a FREE PREVIEW of one of our online courses here: https://evokhealth.thinkific.com/courses/how-to-revamp-your-kitchen-and-pantryFeel free to reach out to us at artofeatingpodcast@gmail.com. You can also follow us on Instagram @artofeatingpodcast. To reach your hosts, you can find Dr. Esposito at:Email: drvincentesposito@gmail.comTwitter: @VinEspositoMSDC IG: @vinespositomsdcWeb: insideouthealthwellness.com You can find Dr. Kali at:Web: drkali.com IG: @dr.kali

Today's Guest: Cheryl Meyer Cheryl's message is simple, “eliminate toxins, and heal your chronic pain. Own your own health.I got sick and didn't want a life of pain and pills." Thus began an odyssey that culminated in Meyer’s writing the manual she wishes she’d hadwhen she got sick. In her award winning book It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to EliminateToxins, Reverse Inflammation and Feel Great Again, Meyer explains how she discovered shewas suffering from inflammation and autoimmune disease, how she actively searched out,purged, and replaced toxins in her life, how she found the right doctor (a Functional MD), andhow she finally returned to wellness. Eliminating hundreds of toxins was a big step in reducing Cheryl’s chronic pain. Eliminatingtoxins was a critical step in healing her leaky gut, which is the cause of inflammation. As sheregained her health, she returned to school and became a health coach to share her newknowledge with others. She comments, “I wrote this book for people with autoimmune diseaseand inflammation, but really, it’s for everyone. Inflammation is a root cause of many of ourillnesses and disease, cancer, heart disease, strokes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, skinailments, Type I and Type II diabetes, possibly even autism. Inflammation inhibits weight loss. I have given talks to people with autoimmune disease butalso to people who are cancer survivors, people who are stroke survivors, moms with childrenwith health issues, and millennials that don’t want to get sick like their parents.Toxins are everywhere and impacting our health, the health of our children, and the health ofour earth. I would like people to eliminate the toxins now and not wait until they get sick andtired of being sick and tired.” She adds, “It’s all about toxic load. Each toxin that is eliminated is one step closer to health.” Cheryl holds a BA from the University of California Berkeley. She is a Certified IntegrativeNutrition Coach, Cheryl M Health Muse, and received that designation from the Institute ofIntegrative Nutrition©, in New York City in 2017. She is a self-employed business owner and isa member of Wellness Universe. Her book has won 12 awards to date.     Join the “Acknowledge Someone” Movement! Use the code "TEACHERRECHARGE" and receive 10% off your entire purchase:  http://www.fredmotivates.com/shop/ Become eligible for prizes by purchasing a shirt, taking a picture in it, and sending the picture to fred@fredmotivates.com along with a short story about a time you acknowledged someone or someone acknowledged you.    Cheryl Meyer: Website: cherylmhealthmuse.com Email: cherylmhealthmuse@gmail.com Link to It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to EliminateToxins, Reverse Inflammation and Feel Great Again: Book   The Dr. Weil breathing exercise: Video FREE Audiobook and a FREE 30 Day Trial: Audible   Fred Koepp: Twitter/Instagram: @fred_nationBusiness Account: @teacherrecharge Facebook: Fred Motivates Website: www.fredmotivates.com Podcast Website: www.teacherrecharge.podbean.com Email: teacherrechargepodcast@gmail.com   You can also listen on: Stitcher iTunes Google Play Podbean Spotify Player FM  

“When people ask me how to lose weight, don't count calories, count chemicals.” After visiting a doctor because everything in her body hurt, every muscle, every joint, combined with brain fog and chronic fatigue, the doctor preceded to tell this guest that she would prescribe steroids but that nothing was wrong with her and that she should seek therapy. Cheryl Meyer took matters into her own hands and after healing herself, Cheryl is now a Certified Health Coach, Speaker and Award winning Author of “It Feels Good to Feel Good, Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reduce Inflammation & Feel Great Again.” Find a wealth of free information on Cheryl's website

Cheryl Meyer My message is simple, “eliminate toxins, heal your chronic pain.  Own your own health. I got sick and didn't want a life of pain and pills. “ Thus began an odyssey that culminated in Meyer’s writing the manual she wishes she’d had when she got sick.  In her award-winning book It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reverse Inflammation and Feel Great Again. Meyer explains how she discovered she was suffering from inflammation and autoimmune disease, how she actively searched out, purged, and replaced toxins in her life, how she found the right doctor (a Functional MD), and how she finally returned to wellness. Eliminating toxins was a big step in reducing Cheryl’s chronic pain.  Eliminating toxins was a critical step in healing her leaky gut, which is the cause of inflammation.  As she regained her health, she returned to school and became a health coach to share her new knowledge with others.  She comments, “I wrote this book for people with autoimmune disease and inflammation, but really, it’s for everyone. Inflammation is a root cause of many of our illnesses and disease, cancer, heart disease, strokes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, Type I and Type II diabetes, possibly even autism.  Inflammation inhibits weight loss.  I have given talks to people with an autoimmune disease but also to people who are cancer survivors, people who are stroke survivors, moms with children with health issues, and millennials that don’t want to get sick like their parents.  Toxins are everywhere and impacting our health, the health of our children, and the health of our earth.  I would like people to eliminate the toxins now and not wait until they get sick and tired of being sick and tired.”  She adds, “It’s all about toxic load.  Each toxin that is eliminated is one step closer to health.”  Cheryl is passionate about her message.  She has done 40 podcasts in the last year.  .  Cheryl has also participated in 7 summits: Fibromyalgia 12/17, Weight Loss 3/18, Thrive Onward and Upwards with Cancer 3/18, and The Healthy Gut Flow Summit 3/18, Living Your Intentions in Joy and Abundance 5/13/18 and The Gut Guide Summit 5/20/18. Inspired by Nature 7/31/18.  She has also done several local speaking events. Cheryl holds a BA from the University of California Berkeley.  She is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Coach, Cheryl M Health Muse, and received that designation from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition©, in New York City in 2017.  She is a self-employed business owner and is a member of Wellness Universe.  Her book has won 11 awards to date.  https://cherylmhealthmuse.com  Cherylmhealthmuse@gmail.com  I am available for one on one coaching.  Your first hour is FREE and is your opportunity to Tell Me Your Story.  I want to hear your health history and I WILL listen to you.  Then we decide if I can help and inspire you to better health.   If you enjoyed this episode, please Comment Share and leave a review... Come Hang With US as WE Discuss The Show  Want to start a podcast? https://www.facebook.com/groups/SYWTP/ Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group Success Champions Each Sunday we send out an email with the 5 episodes that aired along with this interview Sign Up Here   Affiliate Links - Which means if you click and buy our company will get paid... Audio Books have been a huge part of my journey. Audible changed the game by taking the books you love and turning them into Audio.... Check it out here https://amzn.to/2KeGXC5 Have you struggled with getting on podcasts? Have you found it difficult getting exposure? Check out what Abigail Sinclaire is doing with Human Network Connection  

Cheryl Meyer My message is simple, “eliminate toxins, heal your chronic pain.  Own your own health. I got sick and didn't want a life of pain and pills. “ Thus began an odyssey that culminated in Meyer’s writing the manual she wishes she’d had when she got sick.  In her award-winning book It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reverse Inflammation and Feel Great Again. Meyer explains how she discovered she was suffering from inflammation and autoimmune disease, how she actively searched out, purged, and replaced toxins in her life, how she found the right doctor (a Functional MD), and how she finally returned to wellness. Eliminating toxins was a big step in reducing Cheryl’s chronic pain.  Eliminating toxins was a critical step in healing her leaky gut, which is the cause of inflammation.  As she regained her health, she returned to school and became a health coach to share her new knowledge with others.  She comments, “I wrote this book for people with autoimmune disease and inflammation, but really, it’s for everyone. Inflammation is a root cause of many of our illnesses and disease, cancer, heart disease, strokes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, Type I and Type II diabetes, possibly even autism.  Inflammation inhibits weight loss.  I have given talks to people with an autoimmune disease but also to people who are cancer survivors, people who are stroke survivors, moms with children with health issues, and millennials that don’t want to get sick like their parents.  Toxins are everywhere and impacting our health, the health of our children, and the health of our earth.  I would like people to eliminate the toxins now and not wait until they get sick and tired of being sick and tired.”  She adds, “It’s all about toxic load.  Each toxin that is eliminated is one step closer to health.”  Cheryl is passionate about her message.  She has done 40 podcasts in the last year.  .  Cheryl has also participated in 7 summits: Fibromyalgia 12/17, Weight Loss 3/18, Thrive Onward and Upwards with Cancer 3/18, and The Healthy Gut Flow Summit 3/18, Living Your Intentions in Joy and Abundance 5/13/18 and The Gut Guide Summit 5/20/18. Inspired by Nature 7/31/18.  She has also done several local speaking events. Cheryl holds a BA from the University of California Berkeley.  She is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Coach, Cheryl M Health Muse, and received that designation from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition©, in New York City in 2017.  She is a self-employed business owner and is a member of Wellness Universe.  Her book has won 11 awards to date.  https://cherylmhealthmuse.com  Cherylmhealthmuse@gmail.com  I am available for one on one coaching.  Your first hour is FREE and is your opportunity to Tell Me Your Story.  I want to hear your health history and I WILL listen to you.  Then we decide if I can help and inspire you to better health.   If you enjoyed this episode, please Comment Share and leave a review... Come Hang With US as WE Discuss The Show  Want to start a podcast? https://www.facebook.com/groups/SYWTP/ Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group Success Champions Each Sunday we send out an email with the 5 episodes that aired along with this interview Sign Up Here   Affiliate Links - Which means if you click and buy our company will get paid... Audio Books have been a huge part of my journey. Audible changed the game by taking the books you love and turning them into Audio.... Check it out here https://amzn.to/2KeGXC5 Have you struggled with getting on podcasts? Have you found it difficult getting exposure? Check out what Abigail Sinclaire is doing with Human Network Connection  

This episode is JAM PACKED with valuable information! We are bombarded with toxins today and they are wreaking havoc on our immune system, gut, brain, hormones, skin, and causing us more stress than we realize. Today we have Cheryl Meyer, author of It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reverse Inflammation and Feel Great Again. Cheryl is on a mission to educate people on toxins as she has healed herself of autoimmune disease that she has discovered developed from toxic overload. Tune in to learn where toxins reside in our environment and the best ways to avoid them!

Please join us Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. PST and 7:00 p.m. EST for a live show with host Denise Messenger.  Our special guest is Cheryl Meyer known as the Health Muse!  Five years ago, Cheryl Meyer got sick. Her doctor said it was in her head, but she had so much pain she couldn’t get out of bed. Thus began an odyssey that culminated in Meyer’s writing the manual she wishes she’d had when she got sick. In  her award winning book It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reverse Inflammation and Feel Great Again, Meyer explains how she discovered she was suffering from inflammation and autoimmune disease, how she actively searched out, purged, and replaced toxins in her life, how she found the right doctor, and how she finally returned to wellness. Eliminating toxins was a big step in reducing Cheryl’s chronic pain. As she regained her health, she returned to school and became a health coach to share her new knowledge with others.  She comments, “I wrote this book for people with autoimmune disease and inflammation, but really, it’s for everyone. Inflammation is the root cause of many of our illnesses and diseases. Cheryl holds a BA from the University of California Berkeley. She is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Coach and received that designation from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition©, in New York City in 2017. She is a self-employed business owner and is a member of Wellness Universe.  Her book has won 9 awards to date. You asked for it and we deliver.  

It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to eliminate toxins, reverse inflammation and feel great again with Cheryl Meyer Got Pain? This book is for anyone with chronic pain looking for answers. It will give you a place to start. You don’t have to resign yourself to a life of pain and pills. In this book you will learn: • What is causing your pain and how to eliminate it. • How to find a practitioner that will help you gain back your health. • What’s in your food? Identify your sensitivities and heal your leaky gut. • Identify the toxins in your life. Learn how to purge them. • 34 stress-busting ideas, and four simple exercises to reduce your stress. • 32 suggestions from leading functional experts on how to get a good night’s sleep. • How to recognize a toxic relationship and make it work or walk away. • How to tame Anxious Negative Thoughts “ANTs”. • This book will teach you how to take control of your health, reduce your inflammation and feel great again! Cheryl has a BA from the University of California, Berkeley. Cheryl became a health coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition so that she can share what she has learned with others. Cheryl is a member of the Wellness Universe. For more information visit: cherylmhealthmuse.com/ ************************************************* For more information about BITEradio products and services visit: http://www.biteradio.me/index.html

   Thus began an odyssey that culminated in Meyer’s writing the manual she wishes she’d had when she got sick. In her award-winning book It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to Eliminate Toxins, Reverse Inflammation and Feel Great  Again, Meyer explains how she discovered she was suffering from inflammation and autoimmune disease. How she actively searched out, purged, and replaced toxins in her life, how she found the right doctor (a Functional MD), and how she finally returned to wellness. Eliminating toxins was a big step in reducing Cheryl’s chronic pain. Removing toxins was a critical step in healing her leaky gut, which is the cause of inflammation. As she regained her health, she returned to school and became a health coach to share her new knowledge with others. She comments, “I wrote this book for people with autoimmune disease and inflammation, but really, it’s for everyone. Inflammation is a root cause of many of our illnesses and disease, cancer, heart disease, strokes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, Type I and Type II diabetes, possibly even autism. Inflammation inhibits weight loss. I have given talks to people with an autoimmune disease but also to people who are cancer survivors, people who are stroke survivors, moms with children with health issues, and millennials that don’t want to get sick like their parents. Toxins are everywhere and impacting our health, the health of our children, and the health of our earth.                                                                                                                               

Dr. Jeanette welcomes Cheryl Meyer, author of It Feels Good to Feel Good, to talk about how we are in the dark about the connections of our health to the food and toxins that seem to be appearing as a cummulative load in our tissues and producing pain or inflammation.  Cheryl shares her life experience from hitting the wall with a chronic disease to researching and testing therapies to heal her body. Who is responsible for our health?  What can we do to change the way our body works and increase the way it responds on a daily basis to the life we lead?  Do we have to learn more about our health and have to find a way out of the hole we may find ourself in? Yes, you can heal your body and you can improve your health, one step at a time. For more information visit:  www.CherylmHealthMuse.com For health and wellness support with Dr. Jeanette visit:  www.DrJeanetteGallagher.com or www.MyPersonalAdvocate2.com

INSERT PICTURE   EPISODE 152 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today’s Tip - Sometimes You Just Have To Fire Some Customers / Clients   In today’s episode: ​Have you Ever Wanted to Fire a Customer or Client? Well today, I give you permission to FIRE them. Firing a customer or client can be very healthy for your business.  You will regain time, energy and money by letting them go and replacing them with new, healthier client / customer relationships. You have my permission to fire them! It Feels Good to Fire a Pain the Butt Customer / Client Thanks for listening! Tammy ~~~~ The Local Small Business Coach Podcast is for Local Small Business Owners who are tired of living job to job and want to get to $100,000 in take home pay. Each episode we discuss how to increase your profits, boost your sales, improve your processes and develop stronger teams. HELPFUL LINKS Website: LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Get your free Business Health Check PDF at LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com/businesshealthcheck Have an Idea for a Show or Have a Question? Email me at tammy@LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Our Training Materials for Local Small Business Owners:  TrainingforLocalSmallBusinessOwners.com Starting a Local Small Business Website:  StartALocalSmallBusiness.com Get Your FREE eBook - 8 Steps to Increasing Your Profits in Your Local Small Business Follow Me on Twitter @tadams4u   AFFILIATE LINKS Build a Website with BlueHost Get a FREE Audiobook! Take your Business Books on the Road with You!   CLICK to GET YOUR FREE AUDIOBOOK My Recommended Bookkeeping Program for Local Small Business Owners: Freshbooks Link     WHO THIS PODCAST IS FOR: local small business owners, mobile businesses, brick and mortar businesses, handymen, landscapers, pool cleaners, cleaning services, QSRs, restaurant owners, mechanics, plumbers, real estate agents, dog groomers, franchisees, tradesmen, medical, dentist, insurance, & those looking to increase profits, boost sales, improve processes and develop stronger teams ~~~  

Welcome to That's The Issue! This is the very first episode of a brand new era for the show, as it's the first one for Multiversity Comics! This first episode is a little bit of a zero episode if you will. Wes was unable to join me for this inaugural show due to sickness, and my voice has a unique raspiness to it that only comes from some sickness that's plagued me these past few weeks. So instead of diving right into the show proper, this is an episode that brings you up to speed on That's The Issue, as well as letting you peek into the vault by playing some of my favorite clips from past episodes of the show. Enjoy! Theme song: It Feels Good to be Alive Too by Loyalty Freak Music

At 62 Cheryl Meyer is inspiring - her story of persistence and achievement from waking up one morning not being able to get out of bed because of extreme pain, then on to a total health turnaround is definitely worth learning how she did that.   Cheryl discusses her experience with toxins, stress and other things like sugar to how today she is assisting other over 50’s suffering with chronic pain. With an inquisitive mind Cheryl began her get-well journey where she found a functional Doctor, and learned about “leaky gut” caused by toxins, stress, and other things, like sugar.   Digging deep into the EWG (Environmental Working Group) database, she identified the toxins in her life, then, experimented until finding much less toxic replacement items. This discovery and working with her Functional Doctor her healing began.  Not content with that, Cheryl went back to school at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, became a health coach, and now teaches others how to clean up to improve their health and the quality of their life.  Adopting that approach can also clean up other areas of ones life, in Cheryl’s case it was her toxic significant other relationship.  Sometime after that ended, a wonderful man came into her life just 10 minutes away and he too wanted to go on a get well journey.  Having lost 70 pounds and a shadow of his former the two got married. His goal is to be toxin free so that he can die with a smile on his face and Cheryl’s goal is to help the over 50’s suffering with chronic pain, or who want to live out their lives in a healthy way by making lifestyle changes. Cheryl’s book “It Feels Good to Feel Good”, learn to eliminate toxins, reverse inflammation and feel great again, has won numerous awards.  It’s a manual the author wishes she had when first getting sick. http://amzn.to/2x9lGCt

Five years ago, Cheryl got autoimmune disease.  This led her to go on a get well journey that ended up with her eliminating all of the toxins in her food, her cosmetics, her over the counter drugs, her kitchen utensils and storage, her cleaning supplies, and her water, and also led her to lower her toxic stress, her ANTs “anxious negative thoughts”, toxic lack of sleep, toxic relationships and toxic lack of movement in her journey back to wellness.  She wrote a book, It Feels Good to Feel Good, which is the manual that she wishes she had had when she began her journey. website is https://cherylmhealthmuse.com Amazon book https://www.amazon.com/shop/boxcosmetics

How to have healthy hair, beautiful skin and lots of energy It Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to eliminate toxins, reduce, inflammation feel and look great again with my guest  author Cheryl Meyer. Ceryl talks about her book "It feels good to feel good" website is https://cherylmhealthmuse.com Amazon book http://amzn.to/2yiMqgr    

My guest today was handpicked due to her interesting health journey to finding resolution for a chronic condition called leaky gut, which she eventually attributed to toxins in the environment. Cheryl Meyer is the author of “It Feels Good to Feel Good, learn to eliminate toxins, reduce inflammation and feel great again.”Now although our body has adaptive methods of purging toxins, it can definitely become overloaded, as I have seen in practice, and Cheryl’s approach is definitely one to explore.Cheryl is a health coach and advises that although you can't always get organic food etc, but, you should do the best you can and your body will thank you.  Lower the toxic load one by one.Links from the show:Drug Muggers: Which Medications Are Robbing Your Body of Essential Nutrients--and Natural Ways to Restore ThemAndrew Wiel 4-7-8 Breathing TechniqueIt Feels Good to Feel Good: Learn to eliminate toxins, reverse inflammation and feel great againRebounder trampoline: Stamina 38-Inch Intone Plus Rebounder 

Cheryl Meyer is the author of It Feels Good to Feel Good. Got Pain? This book is for anyone with chronic pain looking for answers. It will give you a place to start. Cheryl got sick, very sick. She had terrible pain and wasn't finding answers. Now on the road to wellness, she wants to share what she has learned to help others.

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