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Welcome back to the Building Your Money Machine Show! Today, we're cracking open the mystery decade when money stops being a treadmill you're stuck on, and finally starts working for YOU. If you're in your 40s (or you feel like you're hustling twice as hard for half the payoff), give me a few minutes—this is the episode you can't afford to miss.I'm laying out the exact moment your money flips from something you chase to something that quietly builds your future behind the scenes. We're talking real math, real stories, no Instagram inspiration posters—just life-changing perspective on how the crossover decade could already be happening for you, even if you don't feel it yet.Don't sleepwalk through the most pivotal financial years of your life. Find out how to leverage income, discipline, and a bit of messy reality to fuel your wealth and freedom.IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR:The overlooked decade when net worth goes vertical (and why you might not feel it)Why being "behind" is often just being blind to your own progressThe exact trap your 40s sets for your wallet—and how to avoid itThe boringly simple move that tripled my money after a seven-figure lossWhy horsepower without discipline is a wreck waiting to happenHit play and join me as we bust some money myths wide open—and get you one step closer to financial freedom!RECOMMENDED EPISODES FOR YOUIf you liked this episode, click here to enjoy these and more:https://melabraham.com/show/When Does Investment Income Finally Beat Your Day JobI'm Politely Begging You To Get Good with MoneyEvery Financial Trap Middle Class People Fall Into ExplainedRich People Don't Buy Luxury...They Buy These 8 ThingsPsychology of Families Who Stay Rich For GenerationsRECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU If you liked this video, you'll love these ones:When Does Investment Income Finally Beat Your Day Job: https://youtu.be/bRyW3hxzRac I'm Politely Begging You To Get Good with Money: https://youtu.be/tEJ89xF2ZZ0 Every Financial Trap Middle Class People Fall Into Explained: https://youtu.be/kn5nCbd5FOU Rich People Don't Buy Luxury...They Buy These 8 Things: https://youtu.be/clc7oX7VJUQ Psychology of Families Who Stay Rich For Generations: https://youtu.be/phB_2VcYPbA ORDER MY NEW USA TODAY BESTSELLING BOOK:Building Your Money Machine: How to Get Your Money to Work Harder For You Than You Did For It!The key to building the life you desire and deserve is to build your Money Machine-a powerful system designed to generate income that's no longer tied to your work or efforts. This step-by-step guide goes beyond the general idea of personal finance and wealth creation and reveals the holistic approach to transforming your relationship with money to allow you to enjoy financial freedom and peace of mind.Part money philosophy, part money mindset, part strategy, and part tactical action, these powerful frameworks will show you how to build your money machine.When you do you'll also get over $1100 in wealth resources & bonuses for FREE! TAKE THE CONSTRAINT SCORE DIAGNOSTIC™:Take the free Constraint Score Diagnostic and discover what's really holding you back. In less than two minutes, you'll identify your primary constraint and get a personalized roadmap to reclaim bandwidth, reduce overwhelm, and move forward with greater clarity at http://TheConstraintScore.com

Send us Fan MailSchedule an Rx AssessmentYour infusion pharmacy is scaling fast, but is your legal foundation keeping up? On this episode of the Bottom Line Pharmacy Podcast, we sit down with Chris Pucillo and Patrick Carpenter of Boesen & Snow Law to break down:Why home infusion pharmacies are consolidating in 2026, and what's driving itThe state-by-state licensing patchwork that trips up new infusion clinicsWhat regulatory and financial due diligence actually looks like when buying or selling an infusion pharmacyWhere anti-kickback risk hides in doctor detailing and cash-pay pricingAnd more!Stay connected with Patrick Carpenter, Chris Pucillo and Boesen & Snow Law:Patrick Carpenter LinkedInChris Pucillo LinkedInBoesen & Snow WebsiteBoesen & Snow LinkedInBoesen & Snow FacebookStay connected with us:FacebookTwitterLinkedInScotty Sykes – CPA, CFP LinkedInScotty Sykes – CPA, CFP TwitterBonnie Bond – CPA LinkedInBonnie Bond – CPA TwitterMore resources on this topic:Podcast - Peptides, Policy, and PBMs: 2026 Quarter 3 Pharmacy UpdatePodcast – Driving Independent Pharmacy Profitability in 2026 with Nicolette Mathey, PharmD, CEO of Atrium24Podcast – The Bottom Line Catch Up | Ep. 3 | R&D Tax Credit, Trump Accounts, Taylor Swift's Wedding

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!What if your next chapter could be born in a beautiful city… while you gave yourself permission to dream? Space to Dream Global Workshops: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/space-to-dream-globalSonya Weisshappel calls herself the Chaos Whisperer, and her business card should probably read more like a dictionary than a title — she helps people move through major life transitions by starting with what's actually around them, whether that's a friend circle that no longer fits or a lifetime of inherited belongings nobody's touched since a loved one died. In this episode, Sonya and Wendy explore:Why it's okay to let go of relationships that used to be a match and no longer are, and how to trust that shift without needing to explain itThe disconnect Sonya sees constantly between what someone says they want and what their actual physical surroundings are set up to supportHow organizing a closet, a junk drawer, or a lifetime of inherited belongings is rarely just about the stuff, and why the physical work often opens a side door into grief that talk therapy alone doesn't always reachSonya's approach isn't about decluttering, or networking, for their own sake. It's about recognizing that your surroundings — people included — should actually reflect what you want now, not just what you've always had.Connect with Sonya:seriatim.netConfessions of a Chaos Whisperer: My Life as an Organizing Guru, Business Owner, and Mom https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Chaos-Whisperer-Sonya-Weisshappel/dp/B0CTGD5HZD?tag=syty-20Referenced in this Episode:The One Question that Shifts Everything | Aransas Savas buzzsprout.com/1872382/episodes/18652692The Numerology of Endings and Renewal | Dina Berrin buzzsprout.com/1872382/episodes/18106144________________________________________________________________________________________Connect with Wendy:LinkedinInstagram: @wendy.harropFacebook: Phineas Wright HouseWebsite: Phineas Wright House PWH Farm StaysPWH Curated Experience and TravelInterested in being a guest on the show? Send your pitch to podcast@phineaswrighthouse.comPodcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Tim Landry, an Emmy-winning artist, filmmaker, and former Disney Imagineer with an incredible career in film, television, visual effects, and theme park entertainment.Here's what we talked about:Tim's beginnings in film schoolHis career in visual effects and animationWorking on major films and television projectsHis years as a Disney ImagineerThe creative process behind theme park attractionsHis book Addie's Eyes and the story behind itThe power of storytelling, imagination, and creativityOvercoming challenges while continuing to createIf you're a Disney fan, an animation enthusiast, or simply fascinated by the people who bring entertainment to life, this is an episode you won't want to miss._____________________________________Shoveling Pixie Dust and Addie's Eyes: https://timlandry.comPurchase Addie's Eyes: https://www.amazon.com/Addies-Eyes-Historical-Tim-Landry-ebook/dp/B0FD95QCX7/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8Mystic Manor and other Disney attractions that I worked on: https://www.timlandry.com/The%20Vaults/Disney%20Attractions/index.htmlPersonal films including Cabbages & Kings: https://www.timlandry.com/The%20Vaults/Personal%20Films/index.html_____________________________________Link to all things Not in a Huff Podcast: https://linktr.ee/notinahuffpodcastPlease follow/subscribe to the podcast to be the first to see new episodes when they come out each week. Be extra awesome and rate us on Apple Podcast and Spotify! :)

Timothy has been left in Ephesus with an intimidating assignment: confront false teachers, restore order, and guide a divided community without Paul beside him. Why did Paul trust this relatively young leader with such a difficult task and what does their story reveal about the real purpose of 1 Timothy? In this episode, we meet the two men behind the letter and uncover the central question that will guide the entire series: What happens when the truth of the gospel begins to shape the way God's people actually live together?Before we can understand 1 Timothy, we need to understand why it was written. This opening session of our study introduces the two men behind the letter and explains the situation that made the letter necessary. What you find here will change the way you read every chapter that follows.In this episode:Why 1 Timothy belongs to a special category of Paul's letters called the pastoral epistles and what makes them different from his other lettersHow Paul went from being the church's most determined persecutor to its most tireless missionary, and what his conversion on the road to Damascus actually meantWho Timothy was before Paul found him, why Paul chose him, and how their decade-long partnership shaped Timothy into someone Paul could trust with a troubled churchWhy the church in Ephesus was in crisis and what Paul hoped one young leader could do about itThe two major themes that hold the entire letter together: godliness and the conduct of believers in the household of GodHow Paul organized his instructions to Timothy around five distinct charges, one at the end of each major section of the letterSeries: 1 Timothy: Fight the Good Fight

Everyone says, “Date God's way.” Almost nobody tells you what that actually looks like.What boundaries did you actually keep? How did you handle physical temptation? When did you have the hard conversations? Did you ever doubt the relationship? And how did you know they were the one?In this episode, we're joined by another couple who dated God's way and are now on the other side of it. Together, we're pulling back the curtain on what Christian dating looked like behind the scenes.We're not glossing over it, or pretending it was easy. Just sharing honest stories about what worked, what was difficult, and what we'd do all over again.We'll talk about:The biggest mistakes Christian couples make with dating boundariesWhy “How far is too far?” is the wrong questionWhether protecting physical boundaries was actually worth itThe hardest conversations every dating couple should haveHow much of your past you should share before marriageWhat their first major conflict revealed about each otherHow to tell the difference between chemistry and characterWhether God really tells you who you're supposed to marryWhat role wise counsel played in their relationshipsHow they knew they had found the person they wanted to marryWhat they wish they could tell their dating-season selvesThis episode isn't about finding a perfect formula. It's about learning how to date with wisdom, intentionality, and integrity so you can build the kind of marriage you're hoping for.Whether you're single, dating, or wondering if doing relationships God's way is really worth it, this conversation is for you.Let's talk about it

385 – Is loving your enemies still relevant?One of the most challenging commandments Jesus has given us is to love our enemies. This was not a request nor a mere suggestion to follow through on only if we want to. It's not just a recommendation or advice. It's a command directly from Jesus's heart to yours and mine.But what is the point of loving someone who is mean to you, has abused you, and has done everything in their power to oppose you and what you stand for?Why on earth did Jesus want us to love our enemies?In this week's episode, that's exactly what we'll be talking about:Why Jesus wants us to love our enemiesHow to do itThe blessings that come when you doThink what would happen in the world today if all those who claim to be Christians actually obeyed Jesus's command to love your enemies. The whole world would feel the difference. The change would be immediate. Who do you need to love today?∞∞∞∞∞∞∞Previous blog post mentioned: Thoughts on Libya and Muammar QadaffiSHOW NOTES: For a full transcript and all the Bible quotes, go to thebiblespeakstoyou.com/385Text me your questions or comments.Support the showIf you enjoy the podcast, please rate and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify__________________James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life. Reach out today if you need a speaker or Bible workshop for your church or organization (online and in person)Subscribe to the podcast  (and get your copy of Praying with the Mindset of Jesus)       Make a donation to support the showSchedule a free one hour coaching call to see if the Jesus Mindset Coaching program is a good fit for youContact James here

A private lender who's closed 2,000+ deals explains why 100% funded deals are the riskiest move.Jeff Cichocki has closed over 2,000 real estate deals as a private lender and coach, and he's spent years watching guru culture push investors toward 100% funded, no money down deals. In this episode, he explains why that's backwards, why having skin in the game is what actually builds trust with a lender, and how a lack of it is quietly draining private lenders across the country right now.Jeff also walks through a real cost comparison between hard money and private capital, breaks down a creative deal structure that erased a $32,000 lien without paying it off, and flags the mortgage fraud red flag most investors don't realize they're committing. He closes with the reading and productivity habits, including his one-two-three method, that keep his team focused.Key topics:Why private lenders are losing money right now, and what's driving itThe real cost comparison between hard money and private capitalWhy sub-2, seller finance, and lease options aren't "creative finance"The mortgage fraud red flag most investors don't see comingThe one-two-three method for staying focused and getting more doneGuest bio:Jeff Cichocki has closed over 2,000 real estate transactions as a private lender and coach, working both sides of the table as an investor and a funder.Links:Looking for funding on your next deal? bestreifunding.comWant to learn how to become a funder? myreicoach.com/trial (first month for a dollar)

Jasmine Jonte runs CRE8TION, a done-for-you program design agency that's built 160 programs and reached more than 100,000 students.This whole conversation revolves around one question: now that anyone can generate a course outline in ten minutes, what are people actually paying for?Her answer is that they were never paying for the information. The passive income promise sold to experts in 2020 was a marketing lie, and AI didn't break the model so much as make the crack impossible to ignore. She walks through where her clients use AI inside a program build, where they deliberately don't, and what the standard looks like now that buyers know what good feels like.What you'll learn:Why the barrier to entry keeps dropping while client expectations keep climbingThe $7,500 program that showed her experts know what they know but can't teach itWhat her clients are replacing workbooks and calculators withThe one thing she says AI can't be coded withHow to talk about AI use with clients who have friction around itThe closing line about lifetime value that reframes your whole delivery modelCHAPTERS01:05 Meet Jasmine Jonte02:05 From Teacher to Agency03:52 AI Raises the Bar06:58 New Client Expectations09:00 Beyond Information Dumps12:03 Personalization at Scale15:08 How Much AI to Use17:23 Positioning and Disclosure22:53 Case Studies in Action28:02 Make Results Easy29:28 Where to Connect>MEET JASMINEThanks for Listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please help us share it by:Following the show—this helps you stay updated and supports us!Leaving a positive review—this boosts our ranking and helps more entrepreneurs find the podcast.--------------------------Entrepreneur School is proud to be featured on the Feedspot list of 30 Best Canada CEO Podcasts! https://blog.feedspot.com/canadaceopodcasts/

“Structure” might not be the most exciting word in parenting.In fact, if you're anything like me, it might sound a little too much like schedules, color-coded charts, and someone who actually knows where all the matching socks are.I am not that person.But here's what I've learned: structure isn't about controlling our kids. It's one of the ways we care for them.I was recently talking with an 11-year-old who, I realized, didn't really have a bedtime. No adult was telling him when it was time to sleep, and he was regularly falling asleep in class. That hit me hard.Kids need choices, absolutely. But they need choices inside a fence. They need adults who create boundaries that say, “You're safe here. I've got you.”And mealtime is one of the best places to practice this.In this episode, I'm sharing six practical habits that can make meals healthier, calmer, and far less exhausting for parents. We'll talk about:Why structure can actually reduce stress for kids instead of creating more of itThe ridiculously simple “veggies first” system that does not require you to chop carrots at 5:47 p.m. while everyone is melting downThree questions we use at our table to get kids talking about when they laughed, learned, and lovedWhy parents need a good poker face at the dinner table, especially with picky eatersHow to give kids plenty of food choices while still keeping the very important boundary that you decide what gets servedThe after-dinner rule in our house that has helped my kids become people who automatically notice when there's work to be doneOne tiny lunch-packing habit that can save you from pulling seven containers and three utensils out of the refrigerator the next morningYou do not need to implement all six ideas tomorrow. Please don't.Listen for the one that makes you think, “Ohhh. We need that.”That's probably your action step.Resources We Mention for Mealtime Habits for FamiliesThe Kimball Family Chores System helps develop good habits to make getting a clean house simpler!You can learn how all these habits work to solve picky eating from the No More Picky Eating Challenge and also in my upcoming book, The Picky Eater Playbook!My interview with Deborah MacNamara about food and family connectonWhy kids have anxietyFamily dinner rituals for physical and mental healthWhy “veggies first”?A good divided vegetable tray to tryMy interview with Shannon Miller where she talks about the three L'sYes, we have nights when our kids cook dinner! Here's how to start one.Get a peek at Teens Cook Real Food right here!Kitchen StewardshipRaising Healthy Families follow Katie on Instagram or FacebookSubscribe to the newsletter to get weekly updatesYouTube shorts channel for HPHFind the Healthy Parenting Handbook at raisinghealthyfamilies.com/podcastAffiliate links used here. Thanks for supporting the Healthy Parenting Handbook!

You know what you want to do.Then five minutes later, you're asking three people what they think, running it through ChatGPT again, second-guessing the decision, and trying to find some kind of guarantee that you're making the “right” choice.That's the pattern we're talking about in this episode.I'm joined by Rosie Milsom, Self-Worth & Success Coach and host of the Self-Worth School podcast, for a conversation about self-worth, self-trust, and why so many women have learned to trust outside opinions more than their own voice.Rosie shares how her own journey through infertility, IVF, personal development, and eventually coaching led her to recognize something she kept seeing again and again. Underneath so many of the things keeping women stuck was the belief that they weren't good enough.And that belief doesn't always look obvious.Sometimes it looks like asking everyone else what they think before you make a decision.Sometimes it looks like overthinking something you already know.Sometimes it looks like waiting for certainty before you move.Sometimes it even looks like using AI, coaches, friends, or family to make a decision that deep down, you already know how to make.We talk about why self-trust isn't about always getting it right. It's knowing that even if you make the wrong decision, you can handle what happens next.Rosie also shares why every time you ignore your intuition and look outside yourself for confirmation, you reinforce the belief that your own voice can't be trusted.That's where the loop begins.And breaking it starts with choosing yourself again.In this episode, we talk about:Why so many women struggle with feeling good enoughHow childhood experiences and social conditioning shape self-worthWhy knowing what you want isn't the same as trusting yourself enough to act on itThe ways women unknowingly outsource their decisionsHow overthinking can become an attempt to create certaintyWhy certainty isn't required before taking actionThe connection between self-worth and self-trustHow ignoring your intuition weakens your trust in yourselfWhy following through builds confidenceUsing mistakes as information instead of evidence against yourselfHow optimism can be learned and strengthenedWhat it really means to become an Unblocked WomanA line to sit with:“Self-trust is a choice. It's a choice that you have to make over and over again.”Every time you follow through, keep your word to yourself, or choose your own voice over someone else's opinion, you're building your self-trust.One decision at a time.About Rosie MilsomRosie Milsom is a Self-Worth & Success Coach and host of the Self-Worth School podcast. She helps purpose-led women stop second-guessing themselves, trust their own voice, and take the actions that move their lives and businesses forward.Combining neuroscience, psychology, and practical coaching, Rosie is passionate about helping women bridge the gap between knowing what to do and having the self-worth to actually do it.Connect with RosieInstagram: @rosie_milsom_coachinghttps://www.instagram.com/rosie_milsom_coaching/Website: www.rosiemilsom.comEmail: hello@rosiemilsom.comFree Get Out Of Your Head Workshop: A free workshop to help you stop overthinking and trust your decisions. rosie-milsom-coaching-get-out-of-your-head.subscribepage.ioConnect with AmyInstagram: @its.amysandersLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itsamysanders/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachamysanders/Explore Amy's WorkThe Unblocked Woman Collective:https://amysanders.co/the-unblocked-woman-collective-33The Mirror: https://amysanders.co/the-mirrorThe Unblocked Method:https://amysanders.co/the-unblocked-method

The Power of Being in the Room: Why Nature-Based Educators Need Each OtherHave you ever felt like you're swimming upstream as a nature-based educator?You believe in getting children outside. You see the learning, confidence, curiosity, and connection that happen there. But when you're constantly explaining—or even defending—why this work matters, it can be easy to start questioning yourself.In this episode of the Outdoor Classrooms Podcast, I'm exploring the power of being in the room with people who understand the work you're trying to do.Inspired by conversations in our Teaching Beyond Walls Capstone Course, we'll talk about finding the language to articulate the value of nature-based education, moving from defending our practice to advocating for it, and the idea of borrowing courage from others when our own confidence wavers.Because maybe the answer isn't to swim harder.Maybe it's time to find your people.In this episode, we explore:Why nature-based educators can feel isolated and begin questioning their practiceHow being in the right room changes what we believe is possibleFinding the words to communicate the value of outdoor learningMoving from defending your practice to advocating for itThe power of “borrowed courage”Why community is essential for sustaining this workHow the CIRCLE Community creates space for nature-based educators to learn, share, question, and grow togetherIf you've been feeling like you're doing this work alone, this episode is your invitation to get in the room.You don't have to have all the answers. You don't have to be the expert. And you don't have to swim upstream alone.Find your people. Get in the room. And when you do, hold the door open for the next educator. Outdoor Classroom Resources & Links:

What happens when your logic, intuition, words, and actions finally begin moving in the same direction?In this episode of The Crystal Library, we explore sodalite—a deep blue stone commonly associated with truth, communication, intuition, and conscious awareness.We begin with the science of sodalite, including its mineral structure, its connection to lapis lazuli, and the fascinating sodalite variety known as hackmanite, which can actually change color in response to light.From there, we move into sodalite's history, including its formal description in 1811 and its earlier use in Mesoamerica, before exploring the surprisingly consistent themes found throughout modern crystal traditions.Again and again, sodalite appears at the intersection of logic and intuition.It asks us to notice our thoughts, question our patterns, recognize what is actually true for us, and become conscious of whether the lives we are creating align with the values we claim to hold.In this episode, we explore sodalite through three simple ideas:Know your truth.Speak your truth.Live your truth.We also connect sodalite with the psychology of metacognition and habitual behavior, exploring why awareness is often the first step toward meaningful change.And in our tarot connection for this stone, we meet Justice—a card of truth, discernment, accountability, balance, and conscious choice.At the end of the episode, I'll guide you through a simple sodalite alignment practice using three questions:What do I know?What do I intuitively feel?What would alignment look like?Because perhaps sodalite doesn't give us answers we don't already possess.Perhaps it simply helps us bring what has been hidden into the light.In this episode:The geology and mineralogy of sodaliteWhy sodalite is sometimes confused with lapis lazuliHackmanite and the science of tenebrescenceThe history and naming of sodaliteSodalite's connection with truth and conscious awarenessLogic versus intuition—and why we may need bothThroat and third-eye symbolismMetacognition, habits, and old patternsWhy knowing your truth is different from living itThe tarot card JusticeA simple sodalite ritual for clarity and alignmentJournal prompts:What do I know to be true?What do I intuitively feel or know?Where are my actions out of alignment with what I say I want?What is one conscious choice I can make today to bring myself back into alignment?✨ The Crystal Library is a space where we explore the science, history, folklore, and magic of the stones we love—and discover what they might teach us about ourselves.Send me any questions or comments you may have and I will answer them on upcoming podcast episodes!! Looking forward to hearing from you!Please message me with any questions or comments. bigcrystalenergypodcast @gmail.com

Legal is the department that can stop a business transaction cold. A contract goes into review and two weeks disappear. Procurement waits. Sales waits. And the tools that were supposed to fix that — an assistant bolted into Word, a chat window with a contract pasted into it — ask an in-house lawyer to trust a system that can give one answer today and a slightly different answer next week. In a field where the human carries the liability and the model does not, that is not a rounding error. That is the whole problem.In this episode of Talking AI, Matt Paige sits down with Emad Khazraee, co-founder and CTO of RiskVantage AI, previously VP of AI at Xometry, a data science and AI leader at Turing, an information science professor, and a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center. For years Emad told his co-founder, Mark Afshar — a practicing lawyer turned in-house counsel for big pharma — that legal AI was a bad idea: a wrapper has no moat, and Anthropic or OpenAI will do it better than you overnight. What changed his mind was an architecture, not a market: a deterministic ontology that owns the legal reasoning, and small domain-specific language models that handle the language.The conversation covers why a nine-billion-parameter model running sub-second on a commodity GPU can match a frontier model inside a single domain, how subsidized token prices are distorting the entire legal AI market, why RiskVantage AI sells to procurement and sales ops rather than to lawyers who bill by the hour, what a failed PhD project on symbolic AI taught him about where determinism belongs, and whether the billable hour survives the decade.In this episode, you'll hear about:What ChatGPT can't know about your company: its risk appetite, its baselines, and the practices it expects every single timeWhy the legal services market — north of $900 billion, by Emad's count — has every frontier lab gunning for itThe objections that made him refuse to build a legal AI company, and the one that still holdsWhy a Word plugin stopped being defensible the moment Anthropic shipped its ownHow subsidized token pricing echoes Uber and Lyft, and who gets hurt when the subsidy endsThe consistency problem: one answer today, a different answer next week, and a lawyer's confidence goneNeuro-symbolic AI in plain English — a deterministic ontology for legal risk, LLMs for document understandingThe three years Mark Afshar spent codifying legal risk before there was a productWhy a 9B domain-adapted model is “dumb enough” that it can't wander outside its sandboxKnowledge distillation, silver datasets, and self-distillation policy optimization in practiceThe sovereign-cloud niche: ITAR data, commodity GPUs, and customers whose data will never leaveOutcome-based pricing, AI-enabled law firms, and what happens to the billable hourThe access-to-justice case: pro se filings, public defenders, and what a $20 subscription changesKey Moments00:01:30 — What ChatGPT can't know: your company's risk appetite and baselines00:05:12 — $700 an hour, a tenth at a time — and Coinbase's AI mandate to outside counsel00:08:12 — Why he told his co-founder no: a wrapper has no moat00:10:22 — Subsidized tokens, Uber and Lyft, and Legora's move to consumption pricing00:14:31 — The sovereign-cloud niche: ITAR data, commodity GPUs, and data that can't leave00:16:56 — “I am on the hook for the liability, not which model I used”00:18:15 — Same question a week later, a different answer, and confidence gone00:22:13 — If a rule can govern it, you should never use an LLM00:23:00 — The PhD failure: narrative machines, Frege, and symbolic AI's rigidity00:26:53 — Mark Afshar's three years codifying legal risk into an ontology00:29:00 — Neuro-symbolic AI, explained00:31:03 — Don't use a missile to hit a fly: why smaller models are safer00:35:47 — A 9B model, sub-second on a commodity GPU, matching Fable 5 in-domain00:38:00 — Does the billable hour survive? Outcome pricing and AI-enabled firms00:42:40 — Why affordable legal access is a democratic-society problem00:44:00 — The pro se surge: people filing their own cases with ChatGPT and Claude00:48:30 — “I'm talking with Copilot.” “That's not research.”Key LinksRiskVantage AIConnect with Emad on LinkedInMentioned in this episode:AI Opportunity FinderFeeling overwhelmed by all the AI noise out there? The AI Opportunity Finder from HatchWorks cuts through the hype and gives you a clear starting point. In less than 5 minutes, you'll get tailored, high-impact AI use cases specific to your business—scored by ROI so you know exactly where to start. Whether you're looking to cut costs, automate tasks, or grow faster, this free tool gives you a personalized roadmap built for action.

I'm pulling back the curtain on real coaching conversations—and what I found might surprise you.This week, I did something I've never done before: I'm walking you through three real client case studies from inside my coaching sessions. These are experienced photographers—talented, established, and doing so many things right—but still hitting frustrating plateaus.What's fascinating? The problems they thought they had weren't the real problems at all. In this episode, I break down how we identified the true blind spots in their businesses and the strategic shifts that led to immediate breakthroughs.This episode originally aired as episode 174.In this episode:Why more traffic won't fix a conversion problem (and what will)How generosity can actually accelerate your authority—not dilute itThe key to raising your prices without just saying “luxury”Find It Quickly:02:48 - Case Study #1: A wedding photographer stuck in a booking plateau08:50 - Case Study #2: “Is my freebie too good to give away for free?”13:04 - Case Study #3: Raising prices without just saying “luxury”Mentioned in this Episodejoymichelle.co/coachingMore ways to connect:JOY MICHELLE INSTAGRAMWORK WITH JOY AS YOUR COACHJOY MICHELLE CO. WEBSITERead the full show notes from today's episode HERE.Doors are opening soon for The Rise Collective, an intimate group coaching experience designed for photographers whose work is strong—but whose business hasn't caught up yet. If you're ready to stop figuring it out alone and build a business that reflects your talent, this is your next step. Join the waitlist: joymichelle.co/riseIf you're enjoying the content we're creating on the podcast and want to connect with others who are called to both, make sure you come join us in the PhotoBoss® with Joy Michelle Facebook Group!Join Now >>CLICK HERE TO GET 30% OFF YOUR FIRST YEAR OF HONEYBOOK!

Paying off your mortgage can feel like one of the clearest signs of financial freedom. I understand the appeal. For many families, that monthly payment represents pressure, obligation, and dependence on someone else. That is exactly why Velocity Banking can sound so compelling. Use a home equity line of credit to attack the mortgage balance, run your income through the line, reduce the total interest you pay, and get the house paid off faster. On paper, the math can work. That is not really where Bruce and I disagree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6N3lnog3PY What I want you to look at is what happens to your control of capital while you are doing it. A HELOC gives you access to credit under a bank's contract and lending rules. Infinite Banking starts from a different premise: build capital first, then use the policy's loan provision to access capital against what you have already built. Both strategies can involve borrowing. Both require disciplined behavior. But they are not the same financial system. And I want to say this up front: we are not anti-HELOC. A HELOC can be a useful financial tool. The purpose of this conversation is not to tell you that using one is automatically wrong. It is to help you see the structural tradeoffs clearly, especially if you are thinking about making a HELOC the center of your banking strategy. When you are thinking beyond one transaction, about the opportunities you want to pursue, the people you want to provide for, and the financial strength you want to build for your family, that distinction matters. Key TakeawaysWhat Velocity Banking Actually DoesPaying Less Interest Is Not the Only Financial ObjectiveA HELOC Gives You Access to Credit. That Is Not the Same as Controlling Capital.Home Equity Is Valuable, but It Is Not Liquid CapitalWhat Infinite Banking ChangesThe Ownership Question MattersA Different Way to Think About Paying Off the MortgageThe HELOC Draw Period Deserves Attention From the BeginningInfinite Banking Has Tradeoffs TooThe Bigger Question Is Who Controls the Capital Key Takeaways Velocity Banking can accelerate mortgage payoff, but the HELOC itself does not create the savings. Your cash flow and additional principal reduction do the work. Home equity is a real asset, but it is not the same as liquid capital. Turning it into spendable cash requires a sale or another financing decision. A HELOC gives you access to bank credit. Your continued access to unused credit remains subject to the lender's contract and applicable rules. Infinite Banking requires capitalization first. Policy loans charge interest and have to be managed responsibly. Our preference for Infinite Banking is about building a capital system around liquidity, contractual guarantees, long-range behavior, and control, not pretending every bank loan is bad. Before you ask how fast you can eliminate your mortgage, ask what position your capital will be in while you are getting there. DimensionHELOC (Velocity Banking)Infinite BankingWhere the capital comes fromA bank's credit line against your home equityCapital you build first inside a participating whole life policyGetting access to itThe bank approves the line; access to unused credit stays subject to the lender's contract and rulesThe policy's loan provision, based on the contract and available loan value — not income, credit score, or home valueWho controls continued accessThe lender, which may freeze or reduce the line in defined circumstances (per the CFPB)You, within the terms of the policy you ownCost of borrowingCommonly a variable rate that can change over timePolicy-loan interest (not free money); an unpaid loan can reduce the death benefitLiquidity of the underlying assetHome equity is real but not spendable until you sell, refinance, or borrow against itA capital base designed to stay liquid, accessible, and deployableUnderwriting each time you use itSet when the line is established; future refinancing depends on conditions at that timeNo bank-style underwriting each time you use the loan provisionYour relationship to the institutionYou are the bank's customerYou participate in a mutual insurer as an eligible policyholder (dividends are non-guaranteed)The main tradeoff to weighAccess can tighten at exactly the moment you need itYou must capitalize the policy first, and give it timeHELOC vs. Infinite Banking at a glance What Velocity Banking Actually Does Velocity Banking uses a revolving line of credit, often a HELOC, as part of a mortgage-payoff strategy. The basic mechanics are straightforward. You open a HELOC against available equity in your home. You use some of that credit to reduce or replace mortgage debt. Then you direct income into the HELOC and use the line again for living expenses. If more cash flows into the line than flows back out, the balance declines. That can reduce the total interest you pay and shorten the payoff timeline. But here is the part I do not want you to miss: your surplus cash flow is paying down principal. The HELOC changes the path the money takes. It does not create the surplus. Bruce said it very simply in our conversation: your behavior is more important than the strategy. If your income is steady, your spending stays disciplined, rates cooperate, and you follow the plan consistently, the model can look very compelling. But life is not an illustration. Income changes. Businesses have slow seasons. Families face expenses they did not plan for. And sometimes an opportunity shows up at exactly the moment you were not expecting it. That is why I want a financial strategy to be evaluated by more than how it performs when everything goes perfectly. I also want to know what options it leaves you when life does not follow the spreadsheet. Paying Less Interest Is Not the Only Financial Objective One of the strongest arguments for Velocity Banking is something we actually agree with in principle: the interest rate by itself does not tell you the total cost. A higher rate on a balance that falls quickly can, in some circumstances, produce less total interest than a lower rate carried for decades. Looking only at the rate can give you an incomplete picture. But looking only at interest saved can do the same thing. I understand why people see the amount of interest on a long mortgage schedule and immediately think, "I need to get rid of this as fast as possible." That reaction makes sense. Nobody is trying to pay a bank more interest than necessary. The question I want you to add is: what else is happening to that dollar while you are paying down the house? Every extra dollar of principal you put into the four walls of your home increases your equity, but that dollar is no longer liquid. To turn home equity back into spendable cash, you have to sell, refinance, or borrow against the property. There is also an opportunity cost. Could that same dollar have strengthened your reserves? Funded your business? Put you in position for an investment opportunity? Built capital somewhere that remained accessible to your family? A paid-off home may absolutely be part of your financial plan and part of your legacy. But so is the financial capacity you preserve along the way. For me, that is the bigger conversation. We are not simply trying to win an interest calculation. We want each decision to strengthen the whole financial system. A HELOC Gives You Access to Credit. That Is Not the Same as Controlling Capital. This is the distinction at the center of the episode. When you have a HELOC, a bank has agreed to extend credit to you against the equity in your home. That credit can be incredibly useful, but it is still a lending relationship. The bank decides whether you qualify when the line is established. Your available credit exists under the agreement, the value of the collateral, and the lending rules that apply to the account. HELOCs also commonly have variable interest rates, so the cost of borrowing can change over time. Some products offer fixed-rate features, but the details depend on the lender and the contract. The other issue is access. An unused credit line is not the same thing as cash you already control. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau explains that a lender may freeze additional advances or reduce a HELOC in certain circumstances, such as a significant decline in the home's value or a material change in the borrower's financial condition. That does not mean a bank can simply demand repayment of every HELOC whenever it wants. Bruce was careful about that distinction in our conversation, and I want to be just as careful here. It means your continued access to unused credit is not entirely yours to decide. If your financial strategy depends on that line staying open and available, that matters. You are still a customer of someone else's bank. Home Equity Is Valuable, but It Is Not Liquid Capital Owning more of your home is not a bad thing. A paid-off home can be a meaningful goal. But we need to distinguish between having equity and having capital you can deploy. Your home's equity is real. The house is an asset. But if you want to use that equity without selling the property, a lender usually has to become part of the decision again. That is why Bruce and I kept coming back to the image of money being stored inside the four walls of the house. You can put more money in by paying down principal. The harder question is how easily you can get that money back out when you need it, and on whose terms. If your primary financial objective is to pay off the house as fast as possible, you may be directing a large share of your available cash into an asset that is not immediately deployable. At the same time, you may be delaying your ability to build a capital base somewhere else. For me, financial freedom includes having capital that is growing,...

The cruel math of founding is that the exact qualities that took you from zero to a million are the ones keeping you from three — the speed, the omnipresence, the personally enforced standard, the whole business held in one head. In the final episode of the arc, Sheena explains why this has never been a behavior problem, and why two years of knowing about it has not changed anything: somewhere along the way the skill migrated inward and became an identity, and every operational reason you have given for not letting go is downstream of that identity fighting for its life. She names the grief that founders actually report when they hand off the work they were best at, and argues that it is a real loss inside a real win rather than a sign anything has gone wrong. Then she says the quiet part — that the fear is not of failing without you but of succeeding without you, and finding out the difference you made was smaller than it felt. The episode closes on the shift from one medium to another, from doing the work to building the people who do it, and the question underneath the entire arc: does what you built exist only through you, or does it exist?Key Topics CoveredThe cruel math: the traits that got you to a million are the ceiling that keeps you from threeWhy this is an identity question rather than a behavior or discipline problemHow a skill migrates inward and becomes "I'm the person who does X"The grief of handing off the work you were best at, and why nobody warns you about itThe quiet part: being more afraid it will succeed without you than fail without youChanging mediums — from the work itself to other people's capabilityWhy your old medium had a ceiling of one human being, and the new one compoundsKey TakeawaysYou did not develop bad habits; you developed excellent habits for a company of three and then kept them.Every operational reason you have given for not letting go is downstream of an identity fighting for its life.The failure story is the comfortable one, because it confirms you were necessary.A belief that lives only in your hands has an expiration date, and the date is whenever you get tired.Resources MentionedThe Strategic Discovery Audit — the diagnostic gateway to working with The DeVain CollectiveThe CEO Self-AssessmentBeyond Founder-Led newsletterConnect with The DeVain Collective:LinkedInInstagramWebsite: thedevaincollective.comConnect with Sheena:LinkedInInstagramAbout Beyond Founder-LedBeyond Founder-Led is the podcast for mission-driven founders — primarily women scaling service-based businesses from $500K to $5M — who are ready to move beyond being the bottleneck in every decision. Hosted by Sheena Hunt, founder of The DeVain Collective, each episode delivers frameworks, honest reflection, and practical tools for building a business that grows without sacrificing the founder or the mission.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/beautifullycomplicated-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We just got back from nine days in Florida. It was the first non-sports vacation we had taken in three and a half years.That number stopped me cold when I said it out loud. Not that we hadn't gone anywhere — we'd been everywhere, for tournaments. But a trip that existed for no reason other than to step away? Three and a half years.The trip got built around Christopher, who is a Chiefs fan, and a preseason game against the Bucs on August 22nd. Beach in Treasure Island. A Rays game. The Bucs game in Tampa. Then Orlando — water parks, Discovery Cove, Mickey's Halloween Party. Somewhere in the middle of it was a Friday where I sat on a beach from 9:30 in the morning until four in the afternoon and did nothing at all.I have not done that in years. And if you have heard me talk about the trip to Aruba my husband surprised me with for my 40th — the one where I panicked because he didn't check with my office first — you know that stepping away from my firm has never come naturally to me.This time was different, and I want to be precise about why. It wasn't willpower. It wasn't a mindset trick. It was that I have spent the last stretch working hard on delegating — with Kim, in my coaching work — and I have built a team in my office that can run without me standing over it. I checked email. There were a few client matters I handled. But the office did not need me, and I felt that for the first time.The realization on the other side of it is the part I'd want you to take: the work was still there when I got back. Nothing was a crisis. Nothing fell apart. Which means it probably wouldn't have any of the other times either.The second half of the episode is about the other thing that made the trip work — habits. I have built health and wellness habits over years, and this was the trip that proved what they're for. I packed my supplements by the day. I finished my progressive overload program in the hotel gym. And then I made a decision I have never made before: I did not start my next program on schedule. I waited until I got home, until I could do it right. Who is this person, honestly.In this episode:Why "I can't step away" is usually a team problem, not a discipline problemThe delegation work I've been doing — and the version of CEO I'm still building towardWhat actually happens when you leave: the honest inventory of what broke (nothing)How built habits let you travel without falling off — and why flexibility is the habit, not the enemy of itThe phone lockers at the water park, and the difference I could see in my kids within hoursIf you own the business and haven't taken a real break in years, this one is for you. Send it to someone who needs to hear that the world will keep spinning.

Most people walk out of an event and decide the room was a flop. Very few of them stop to ask whether they actually did their part.In this episode, Haley sits down with Inbal Claudio — an event and membership strategist who helps female founders create profitable in-person experiences that people actually show up for. Inbal is the founder of Like Minded, an in-person community and coworking space for women in business in Orange County, and the creator of The IRL Effect, her framework for turning real-life connection into recurring revenue. She's hosted roughly 140 in-person events over the last three years, which means she isn't theorizing about what makes a room work.The conversation takes the topic from both sides of the table. First from the seat of the attendee — what you're actually responsible for when you walk through the door, why "it didn't work for me" is usually a vetting problem, and the one line Inbal uses at every event she attends that opens a conversation every single time. Then it flips to the host's chair: how to start smaller than your ego wants you to, why what you host doesn't have to match what you sell, and the money conversation most women hosting events are avoiding entirely.In this episode we get into:Radical responsibility as an attendee — vetting the room, knowing what you're actually there for, and being present once you're in itThe one line that makes walking into a room of strangers survivable, even for introvertsWhat separates an actual community from an audience, and why "community" has lost its meaningStarting smaller than your ego wants you to, and why what you host doesn't have to match what you sellThe case for charging — and why the women who don't charge tend to spend the mostMentioned in this episode:Like Minded Live — Costa Mesa, October 2nd. *Code HALEY10 saves 10%!Connect with Inbal:Instagram: @inbalclaudioWebsite: www.inbalclaudio.comConnect with Haley:Instagram: @thehaleywestfallWebsite: www.haleywestfall.comTikTok: @thehaleywestfallLinkedIn: Haley WestfallSubscribe to The Weekly PourGrab your ticket to The Table Experience 2027 | Feb 5-6, 2027 in Phoenix, Arizona

What if the thing exhausting you isn't your workload… but the fact that your business still depends on you for every decision?Because let's be honest there's a very specific kind of founder exhaustion that comes from realizing you built yourself into the bottleneck.In this Thursday quick-hit episode, Dawn Andrews shares the brutally honest story of the day a canceled meeting turned into a complete business redesign. What started as a quiet spiral of “Do I grow this? Burn it down? Start over?” became a 6-hour AI-powered breakthrough that helped her uncover the frameworks hidden inside years of bespoke client work.But this episode isn't another “AI will save your business” TED Talk in a blazer.It's about how to use AI as a strategic thinking partner without handing over your leadership, your judgment, or your brain. If you've been drowning in decisions, over-customizing your offers, or secretly wondering if your business still fits your life… this one is going to hit home.If you're tired of trying to solve every business problem alone, come join the conversation.The AI for Founders Community is where ambitious founders test ideas, ask messy questions, explore AI tools, and figure out how to scale without losing themselves in the process.Bring your half-formed ideas. Your weird prompts. Your “I think I'm doing too much” realizations. That's literally what it's for.In This Episode, You'll Learn:Why founders become the bottleneck without realizing itThe hidden cost of rebuilding your services from scratch every timeHow AI can help you identify scalable frameworks inside your existing workThe difference between using AI for clarity vs. abdicating leadershipA simple shift that makes AI dramatically more useful: letting it interview YOUWhy “AI informs, you decide” needs to become your new leadership mantraResources & LinksAI for Founders CommunityRelated Episodes You'll Love169 | Why “Just Delegate” Is a Lie in Leadership (And How AI Changes the Game)128 | How Female Founders Use AI to Stop Being December's Bottleneck122 | The 4-Stage AI Process Female Founders Use to Stop Losing 10 Hours Each Week079 | Your Attachment to the Founder Struggle is ExpensiveSend us Fan MailWant to increase revenue and impact? Listen to “She's That Founder” for insights on business strategy and female leadership to scale your business. Each episode offers advice on effective communication, team building, and management. Learn to master routines and systems to boost productivity and prevent burnout. Our delegation tips and business consulting will advance your executive leadership skills and presence.

What if the parts of you that feel "too much" are actually the parts that make you aggressively MAGNETIC?I'm joined by spiritual guide, numerology expert and podcaster Zoey Greco for a deep dive into the parts of your personal numerology you need to understand if you're ready to claim higher levels of visibility, recognition, & successWe Chat:The 4 core numbers to pull from your birth date to reveal who you REALLY are (and the one most people never even think to check)What your unique Attitude Number and Birthday Number can reveal about the gap between how people see you at first glance and the secret skill you've been sitting on your whole lifeWhy money is no longer the currency Zoey chases, and what she's replaced it with that has helped her grow her audienceWhat it actually takes to become an "automatic magnet" (it's not about trying harder)The specific number that predicts whether you have the people pleaser shadow, and what to do about itThe collective energy for 2026 and why it changes EVERYTHING about how you set goals for the rest of this year

Throughout the summer, we're revisiting some of our most meaningful conversations - stories of hope, healing, and life-changing collisions with Jesus that continue to encourage women year after year.This episode originally aired in March 2026 and we're grateful to share it again with you.Whether you're listening for the first time or returning to it again, we pray it meets you right where you are and reminds you of God's faithfulness, grace, and redeeming love.What does it really look like to live out the love of Jesus in everyday life?In this inspiring and often hilarious conversation, Willow sits down with bestselling author, attorney, and founder of Love Does, Bob Goff. Known for his joyful spirit and unconventional approach to faith, Bob shares stories and wisdom about living a life that moves from the sidelines to the field—where love becomes something we do, not just something we talk about.Bob reflects on the power of availability, why influence matters, and how taking a genuine interest in people can transform relationships. Through stories about answering phone calls from strangers, building friendships across the world, and helping others pursue their dreams, he challenges us to live courageously and intentionally.He also shares a powerful spiritual practice of looking into both the “eye of forgiveness” and the “eye of responsibility” in Jesus—reminding us that faith invites both grace and growth.This episode will leave you encouraged to live boldly, love deeply, and take your faith off the bleachers and onto the field.In This Episode, You'll Hear AboutWhy Bob spends nights at Disneyland giving strangers a shortcut to the front of the lineMoving from watching life to actively participating in itThe difference between controlling outcomes and influencing peopleWhy being available might be one of the most powerful ways to love othersThe importance of taking a genuine interest in people's storiesAbout Bob GoffBob Goff is a New York Times bestselling author, attorney, and founder of the nonprofit Love Does. Known for his contagious joy and practical approach to faith, Bob has inspired millions through books like Love Does and his global work advocating for justice, education, and opportunity. His life message is simple but powerful: love isn't just something we say—it's something we do.View full video Podcast on YouTubeCollide BookFollow Willow: Website | Instagram | Facebook

Schedule a Meeting with Joshua TODAY!You've seen Weston Zimmerman everywhere. Every hardscaping event, every social feed, every "know your numbers" conversation in the landscaping and outdoor living space. But who is the man behind Synked Up? This week, we pull the mask off.In this raw, unscripted conversation, Weston opens up about what most founders never say out loud. The addiction to solving problems, the year they almost couldn't make payroll, a customer who paid for dinner because Weston didn't have the cash, and the moment his own family's future was on the line. He talks candidly about:Why he cut his travel from 100+ nights a year on the road down to 38, and what it cost the business to do itThe early days of Synked Up, when a trade show sign up saved the company from running out of cashWorking through hard seasons with his dad, and how that relationship became one of the strongest in his lifeWhy mentorship isn't optional. "There's no way Synked Up exists today without mentors."The pressure to perform a founder "persona," and how he's learning to just be radically honest insteadWhat legacy actually means to him, for his kids, his team, and the industry he servesThis isn't a numbers episode. It's a look at the real tension every entrepreneur faces, chasing a mission while protecting your family, your faith, and your own identity along the way. If you've ever wondered how someone builds a company while staying present at the dinner table, this conversation will hit home.Listen now to hear Weston get real about the cost of building Synked Up and don't miss his Contractor Summit, September 10 and 11 in Pittsburgh, where he'll unveil what's next for the industry. Grab your ticket before it sells out! https://synkedup.com/Ready to get your copy of The CORE 10? Check it out HERE!Connect with Joshua at:The WebsiteThe Facebook GroupSales Master ClassesHow to work with Joshua - https://yes.express/apply/Tune into this podcast where a seasoned craftsman shares expert communication skills, strategies for overcoming stress and overwhelm, and insights on building a profitable business in landscaping and hardscaping, with tips on how to sell, close more deals, and achieve financial freedom to retire early as a successful business owner in the design/build and outdoor living industry. Music from #Uppbeat:https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/puncherLicense code: AWUDIYK15E3NWYPK

Marcus Ogden shares his inspiring journey from NFL athlete to successful speaker and coach, emphasizing resilience, authenticity, and purpose-driven living. Discover how adopting a bison mindset can help you face life's storms and unlock endless possibilities.Key topicsThe bison mentality and its relevance to facing challengesMarcus Ogden's personal story of failure, resilience, and successThe importance of living with purpose and integrityStrategies for delivering value as a speaker and coachThe role of authenticity in personal and professional growthLessons learned from NFL, entrepreneurship, and life hardshipsThe significance of resilience under pressure and how to develop itThe impact of living a purpose-driven life on success and fulfillmentAdopt the bison mentality: face problems head-on, not avoid them.Live with purpose, integrity, and self-awareness to succeed.Resilience is built through facing hardships, not avoiding them.Authenticity and living true to oneself attract success.Focus on delivering value and customizing your approach to clients.Never quit, even when facing setbacks or failures.Invest in yourself and prioritize self-love and authenticity.For more: Marques Ogden | Leadership Keynote Speaker

Your website photos are one of the most powerful tools you have for building trust with someone who has never met you, and most people are treating them as an afterthought. In this episode, we talk about why that's a problem, what real imagery does for your website, and why having real, human photos of yourself is a bigger competitive advantage heading into 2027 than it has ever been before.YOU WILL LEARN:Why your website creates an emotional response within seconds of someone landing on itThe three things that shape that first impression, and why imagery sits at the center of all threeWhat types of photos your website actually needs, from headshots to branded stock imagery to custom visual elementsWhy AI-generated websites can look decent at first glance but feel empty within 30 secondsWhy your real face and real photos are something no AI tool in the world can replicateHow to build a shot list before you book a photographer so you walk away with exactly what your website needsWhat to do if you're not ready to invest in a brand shoot yetReady for a website that attracts your ideal clients and makes you money?

Send us Fan MailShe holds it all together all day — the job, the kids, the house, everyone's emotional weather. Then she gets into bed and still can't stop managing. And orgasm requires the one thing she's trained herself never to do: let go.This week I sit down with Regina Thomashauer, better known as Mama Gena, founder of the School of Womanly Arts, New York Times bestselling author of Pussy: A Reclamation, and author of the new book On Our Knees. We get into why control quietly costs a woman her pleasure, and why surrender — not submission, not collapse — is the doorway back to her own body.In this episode:Why your nervous system is stuck in “brace mode” — and how pleasure interrupts itThe medicine-cabinet of chemistry your body makes on its own (and how to open it)Why grief and erotic aliveness can live side by side — and heal togetherA live truth-tantrum practice you can do tonightThree ways to start a daily pleasure practice, no matter how “boss babe” your life isThis one got vulnerable. Bring a pen — you'll want to write the practices down.

“You can't get through it if it's not real.”Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this alumni speaker connection episode, Dan sits down with Robin Blair — an ordained minister, award-winning speaker, singer, and media producer who spent decades inside network television and radio before walking away from it all to pursue ministry and professional speaking.Robin's career arc reads like a Hollywood pitch: TV shopping host on network television, then a key player in the first children's radio network to go national, then co-founder of a children's television production company. She and her team created a live-action, puppet, and music children's show, made four pilots, and sold the show to Animal Planet. But at the New York City Toy Fair in the 1990s, she watched an executive preview a show being imported from the UK and announce to the room that one-year-olds were now advertising targets. That moment gutted her. Shortly after, discouraged with the direction of the industry, she answered a call to ministry and headed to seminary — all the way through to a doctorate.After a couple of decades preaching from the pulpit, Robin has stepped back from congregational ministry to build a professional speaking business. Her body of work, Digital Discipleship Matters, takes a faith orientation to the digital culture we all live in — helping families discern media rather than making an enemy of it. And she's working through a mindset shift that will sound familiar to a lot of speakers: moving from speaking for little or nothing to truly valuing the expertise she brings.You'll learn:How Robin's decades inside network TV, radio, and children's media became her strongest speaking credentialWhy your past career detours are qualifications, not wasted timeWhat “digital discipleship” means and how Robin carved out a speaking niche from itThe mindset shift from speaking for free (or nearly free) to getting paid what your message is worthWhy Robin created a family discernment tool as the key to unlocking hesitant audiencesDan's advice on finding the smaller group who desperately need your message instead of trying to reach everyoneWhy slow, relational trust-building beats aggressive outreach — especially when you're just startingHow to handle silence after a pitch (hint: it's normal, even when it stings)Robin's approach to treating the internet as a mission field for her messageThe difference between having something important to say and assuming everyone wants to hear itAnd much, much more!“What I'm bringing has value to people for their lives and for generations of their lives. And it's perfectly okay to receive compensation for that.”Are you sitting on years of hard-won expertise — but still struggling to turn it into a speaking business that actually pays? Take the free Speaker Business Assessment and find out exactly where you stand.Episode Resources:Speaker Business AssessmentRobin BlairMySpeakerFeeApple PodcastsSpotifySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you're a business owner who's built custom GPTs to share with your clients or sell as a product, listen in.On August 16th, 2026, OpenAI stopped letting personal accounts create or publish new custom GPTs. That covers the Free, Go, Plus and Pro tiers. Existing GPTs still work. Editing an existing one still works with an eligible subscription. Creating a new one to share is what's gone.There was no email about it. I found out from some buzz online and went and checked my own account.In this episode I walk through what actually changed, what I found when I tested it, and the bigger question underneath it all. What does this mean for you if your methodology is sitting inside a tool on somebody else's platform?What you'll learn:What OpenAI changed on August 16th, in their own words, and what still worksMy take on why this happened now, and what an 852 billion dollar valuation has to do with itThe backup habit to start this week for your GPT instructions, knowledge files and settingsWhy custom GPTs were never designed for what we've been using them forWhat multi-tenant access, data privacy and gated delivery mean for a non-technical builderHow a bot squad differs from a single GPT, using Nicole Pearl's Pearl Pitch Desk as an exampleCHAPTERS0:00 What OpenAI changed without telling you0:25 The exact wording of the new rule1:22 What still works, and what doesn't2:13 The IPO theory nobody's saying out loud4:01 Back up everything you've built5:49 You built something OpenAI never intended8:36 What a bot squad actually looks like10:55 The part vibe coders forget about12:21 Claude and wAIv, the wedding of the century15:47 No need to panic, but do decide--->Mentioned in this episodeThe AI Product Build Lab, Friday August 28, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. MDT. Podcast listeners get in for $1 with the code PODCAST1, and the link below applies it automatically. Can't make it live? Register anyway and you'll get the replay, plus an invite to the next live session.https://graviastudio.com/build/?code=PODCAST1--->Introducing wAIvThis episode is brought to you by wAIv—our brand-new platform built for online experts who want to securely build and sell AI tools powered by YOUR thinking, YOUR frameworks and YOUR methodology.wAIv helps you create Bot Squads—a suite of AI tools that work together to help your clients implement your expertise faster and with better results than ever before.--->Your Next Steps:

In this short episode, I'm pointing out where in the Bible shows us it's God's will for us to be well. I share today:The main reason God wants you to receive your healingWhat Jesus' teaching on prayer to His disciples shows us about His will not just happeningWhat heaven and the Garden of Eden teach us about healingA powerful analogy to help you understand why it's illegal for sickness to reside in your body as a child of GodPractical action steps to do to get your body get in line with your Bible-based beliefs about healingWhat the majority of Jesus' ministry was focused on, a clear indicator this was important to HimWhat the Full Gospel message is and signs your church isn't teaching itThe importance of knowing your rights and inheritance in ChristPast episodes mentioned:⁠5 Roadblocks to Receiving Your Healing⁠⁠Learn to Speak to Nausea, Period Cramps or Any Sickness or Injury Like Jesus Would⁠⁠The Identity Shift that Unlocked Asthma Healing⁠⁠These Bible Verses Teach us How to Find Relief From Pain in Our Bodies⁠Connect with Nyla:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nyla's IG ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nyla's website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nyla's Christian business podcast On the Job with God⁠⁠

Can Reiki help our animals relax, heal, and deepen the connection we share with them? In this episode of the PetAbility Podcast, we explore the fascinating world of Reiki for animals with returning guest Samantha Hankey, CVT, CSAMP, RM.Sam joined us previously to talk about therapeutic massage for animals, and this time she's back to introduce us to another gentle, complementary approach to animal wellness: Reiki. As a certified Veterinary Nurse, Small Animal Massage Practitioner, and Reiki Master, Sam brings a unique perspective that blends her background in veterinary medicine with her training in holistic and energetic practices.What Is Reiki—and How Does It Work With Animals?Reiki is a form of energy healing often described as working with the energy that flows through and around all living things. One of the things that makes Reiki particularly interesting for animals is that it can be offered without physical touch, allowing animals to participate in a way that feels comfortable to them.During our conversation, Sam helps us better understand what a Reiki session may look like, how animals can respond, and why respecting an animal's individual preferences and boundaries is such an important part of the process.In This Episode, We Discuss:What Reiki is and how Sam explains it to a pet parent or someone who has never experienced itThe different ways animals may respond during a Reiki sessionWhy animals don't necessarily need to be touched to receive ReikiHow Reiki may support relaxation, emotional well-being, and a sense of calmThe importance of allowing animals to choose how—and whether—they participateReiki as a valuable complementary practice alongside conventional veterinary care The connection between our own emotions and the animals who share our livesUsing Reiki to create comfort and connection during difficult transitions and end-of-life careCommon misconceptions about Reiki What pet parents should consider when looking for a Reiki practitionerIf you are curious about how energy work might impact and improve your pet's life physically and emotionally, tune in to learn more about how to support your four-legged companion's overall well-being. If you think this may be for you, you may even want to learn how to perform Reiki with your own pet in the comfort of your home.About Our GuestSamantha Hankey is a certified Veterinary Nurse with experience in alternative veterinary medicine. She is a certified Small Animal Massage Practitioner and Reiki Master and has additional training in acupressure, Tui Na, and craniosacral work for animals. Sam combines her veterinary background with holistic approaches to support the well-being of animals and the people who love them.You may find out more about Sam, her services, and schedule an appointment on her website, Healing With Sam or on Instagram @healingwith_samDisclaimerVitalVet.org, a platform for all things related to pet rehab - product information, education, and resources abound! MedcoVet (show sponsor)  Luma - advanced red-light therapy therapy that puts healing in the hands of the pet owner in the comfort of home! Use Promo Code PETPOD22  to receive discounts from our affiliates!Jope - science-backed supplements Ruff Ramp - a safe alternative to stairs Optimum Pet Vitality - education/coursework  Dr. Buzby's -Toe Grips to prevent slipping, Encore Mobility joint supplement, and Brain Boost cognitive supplement. Using this link donates 20% to PetAbility Calm & Cozy Cat Wrap - a must-have for anybody working with catsHedzUpPets Watercollars – save your dog from drowni...

There's a version of financial advice that lists fifty things you're supposed to be doing at once: build an emergency fund, pay off debt, invest, get life insurance, start a Roth, build an estate plan. All true, all important, and all completely useless without one missing piece: the order. Joe and OG walk through the exact sequence for figuring out what to tackle first, second, and third, so instead of freezing under the weight of everything, you know precisely where to start today. This one's a Stacking Benjamins classic, originally recorded a few years back, and the framework holds up so well it earned a spot in our Greatest Hits lineup unchanged.What You'll Walk Away WithA simple four-quadrant framework for seeing your entire financial picture in one place, instead of overwhelming yourself with fifty scattered tasksWhy cash flow and risk management should almost always come before any long-term goal-setting, no matter how exciting the goals areThe real difference between a strict budget and an "anti-budget," and how to know which one your situation actually calls forWhy debt consolidation can quietly make things worse if the underlying behavior never changesA clear-eyed look at which insurance actually matters most early in your financial life, and which ones get overhypedWhy starting with your tax strategy or investment picks first is almost always backwards, and what should come before itThe blunt case against co-signing a loan for a family member, no matter how good the reason soundsWhy This Matters NowThe instinct to fix everything at once usually backfires, not because the individual advice is wrong, but because doing five things halfway rarely beats doing one thing completely. A clear order of operations replaces that scattered, everything-at-once anxiety with a simple next step, and that clarity alone tends to build more momentum than any single tactic. Whether you're just starting to get organized or you've been meaning to revisit your plan for a while, knowing what actually comes first changes everything that follows.From the BasementA TikTok "hack" involving sneaking into a hotel breakfast buffet to save on groceries becomes the day's cautionary tale, alongside a genuinely unhinged story about an office keg that taught an entire WeWork floor a hard lesson about unlimited free beer.Resources MentionedStacking Benjamins Field Kit — the all-in-one net worth and budgeting tool referenced in the updated introThe 201 Newsletter — deeper dives on topics covered in the show, written by Kevin BaileySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Genie has been leaving his body since he was 16 — and somewhere along the way, that took him places most people never get near. In this episode, he walks through what he says he encountered inside Area 51: a technology he later learned was real, an alien body he wasn't supposed to describe, and a childhood memory that reframes the entire story. We also go deep into out-of-body mechanics, why the world feels like it's falling apart right now (and why that might be the point), where humans actually come from, and what happens the moment you stop fearing death.This isn't guided-meditation content. This is someone who says he's mapped the other side and is still trying to figure out how much of it he's allowed to say.In this episode:His first out-of-body experience at 16, before he even knew what it wasWhy the current chaos in the world is part of an ascension cycle, not a collapseWhat he says he found inside Area 51 — and why he wasn't supposed to talk about itThe alien body, the technology, and the childhood memory that ties it togetherWhere humans actually originated, according to what he's been shownThe Egyptian deities, the 12 gates, and what "passing a test" on the other side really meansHow he lost his fear of death completely

What if the addiction isn't actually the problem?In this episode of Just the Guys, we're joined by author, speaker, and podcast host Jon Seidl, whose journey through anxiety, OCD, alcoholism, trauma, and recovery has led him to an unexpected conclusion: lasting change doesn't happen by simply removing the behavior; it happens when we discover what's underneath it. Together we explore:Why addiction is often an attempt to escape something deeperThe relationship between trauma, fear, shame, and unhealthy copingADHD, neurodiversity, and why research shows higher vulnerability to addictionWhy understanding our brains explains behavior—but never excuses itThe difference between identity and diagnosisHow "special interests," work, ministry, food, gaming, pornography, alcohol, or success can all become misplaced prioritiesWhat it means to get to the root instead of simply modifying behaviorWhy the gospel offers something far deeper than behavior managementHow the church can become a safer place for confession instead of condemnationWhy true freedom isn't learning to manage an addiction—it's no longer needing it to escapeOne of the most powerful moments comes when Jon shares the words that changed his life. His wife didn't tell him to stop drinking. She challenged him to discover why he needed alcohol in the first place. That question became the beginning of real healing. Whether you've wrestled with addiction, anxiety, ADHD, compulsive behaviors, or simply find yourself escaping into work, ministry, hobbies, food, or endless distraction, this conversation offers hope that transformation is possible. Jon talks about his later-in-life discovery of ADHD.Because every addiction is asking a deeper question.And every heart longs for real freedom.ResourcesGuest: Jon SeidlFinding Rest: A Survivor's Guide to Navigating the Valleys of Anxiety, Faith & LifeConfessions of a Christian AlcoholicPodcast, blog, and nonprofit: ChristianAlcoholic.com If this episode encouraged you, be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who could use the reminder that freedom begins—not by managing the symptom—but by discovering the root.

Richard Entrup is unusual in quantum circles: he's not a physicist, and he doesn't pretend to be. He spent decades as a CIO, CTO, CDO, and CISO at organizations including Verizon, Christie's, Disney/ABC, Time Warner, and Tiffany & Company before joining KPMG to lead its Emerging Solutions practice. That background — deep operational experience on the client side — shapes everything about how he thinks about quantum. He's not selling a hardware roadmap; he's thinking about what it actually takes to get a large, complex organization to change its cryptographic infrastructure before a threat materializes.The conversation matters now because the signals are accelerating. NIST has finalized its first post-quantum cryptography standards, executive orders in the US are pushing federal agencies toward PQC migration, and the algorithmic efficiency gains that reduce the qubit threshold for breaking RSA-2048 keep coming. Listeners who work in enterprise technology, cybersecurity, or quantum strategy — or who advise organizations that do — will find Entrup's practitioner perspective a useful counterweight to the more hardware-focused conversations that dominate the field.What We Get IntoWhy Q-Day's exact date is the wrong question — and why the more important issue is how long it will take enterprises to even inventory their cryptographic exposure, let alone remediate itThe scale of the cryptographic migration problem, including why a single laptop may contain hundreds of individual cryptographic components and why upstream/downstream API dependencies make this a supply-chain-wide challenge, not just an internal IT projectWhy "harvest now, decrypt later" creates urgency today, regardless of when fault-tolerant quantum computers arrive — and how compliance and regulatory timelines interact with that threat modelWhat crypto agility actually means in practice — moving from a "set it and forget it" cryptographic posture to a dynamic, continuously monitored framework, including the pressure SSL certificate renewal windows are already creatingHow KPMG built its PQC practice, incubated it within the firm, and handed it off to the cybersecurity advisory team as a core service offeringThe "good quantum" side of the ledger — how KPMG's emerging research function is approaching quantum computing as a source of competitive advantage, not just risk, and what sectors are furthest along in exploring itThe AI-quantum convergence, including Entrup's observation that AI is already being used to read and crack code — and what that means for the urgency of cryptographic modernizationWhy the enterprise quantum opportunity still has a long tail, and how the current moment compares to the early infrastructure phase of the internet — when everyone was talking about TCP/IP and DNS, not Uber or NetflixResources & LinksGuest & OrganizationRichard Entrup — Worth Magazine Profile — Career arc from CIO/CISO roles at major global brands to KPMG's Emerging Solutions practiceKPMG Quantum Dawn (2025) — KPMG's enterprise quantum readiness hub, introducing the Q-PREP framework and PQC implementation services, with Entrup as named leadReports & ResearchKPMG — "The Quantum Threat Is No Longer Theoretical" (2026) — The threat brief discussed in this episode, charting the rapid decline in qubits needed to crack RSA-2048 and urging immediate PQC migrationKPMG — "From Theory to Impact: Real-World Results in Quantum Machine Learning" (2026) — KPMG's joint report with IBM and Kipu Quantum on measurable quantum ML results on real hardwareKPMG — "Prepare Now for Quantum Cyber Risk" — Board Leadership Article (2026) — C-suite and board-level guidance on integrating quantum risk into enterprise oversightarXiv — "Quantum-enhanced satellite image classification" (2026) — The underlying research paper behind the KPMG/IBM/Kipu Quantum ML resultsEcosystem & EventsChicago Quantum Exchange — KPMG Joins CQE (October 2024) — Announcement of KPMG's formal CQE membership, referenced in the episode as part of the firm's ecosystem-building strategyKPMG 2026 Quantum Consortium — The inaugural KPMG Quantum Consortium event (March 2026, Orlando) discussed in the episodeIndependent CoverageQuantum Computing Report — KPMG joins Chicago Quantum Exchange (2024) — Independent coverage of KPMG's CQE partnership and enterprise quantum strategyQuantum Zeitgeist — Kipu Quantum satellite imagery coverage (Feb 2026) — Independent analysis of the KPMG/IBM/Kipu hybrid QML resultsKey Quotes & Insights> "It's not if but when. And it could be five years, could be three years, could be ten years. The fact is organizations are not gonna be ready. And that's the scary part." — Richard Entrup on Q-Day> "This is not just the CISO. This is gonna be the software engineering app dev guys. This is gonna be all your partners, upstream and downstream, who have to also be compliant — because if you change your crypto and they don't, that stuff's gonna break." — On why PQC migration is an enterprise-wide, supply-chain-wide problemInsight: Entrup draws a sharp distinction between the "bad quantum" (cryptographic risk requiring urgent defensive action) and the "good quantum" (competitive opportunity with a longer tail) — and argues that most organizations aren't adequately addressing either.Insight: The analogy to the early internet is deliberate: just as the 1990s were consumed with TCP/IP and DNS rather than the applications those protocols would eventually enable, the current quantum moment is still largely an infrastructure conversation — and that's normal, not a sign of failure.> "AI is expediting all of this. If AI is doing one thing, the use case is reading code and cracking it. That's pretty scary." — On the intersection of AI capability and cryptographic vulnerabilityRelated EpisodesEp. 81 — Quantum LDPC Error Correction with Larry Cohen and Paul Webster — Directly relevant: Cohen and Webster discuss how QLDPC error correction reduces the qubit overhead needed for RSA cryptanalysis, the technical underpinning of the threat timeline Entrup describesEp. 38 — Quantum Machine Learning with Jessic...

After sharing my live Love Retrieval in Episode One, I wanted to come back and talk about what actually happened in that experience and, more importantly, what has changed since.I recorded the original session in May. It's now August, and the emotional charge and pattern we uncovered that day no longer lives in my body in the same way. That's why I recorded this integration episode: to help you understand what you witnessed, how our present-day patterns are often connected to much older stories, and what can happen when those stories are finally met with safety, love, and presence.In this episode, I share:Why the thing we're fighting about is often not really the thing we're fighting aboutHow present-day triggers can lead us back to the emotional roots of our patternsWhat it means to follow an emotion through the body instead of trying to think our way out of itThe role of safe, loving human presence in helping an old experience finally completeWhat reparenting, the inner mother, and the inner father actually look like in practiceWhat has shifted for me in the months since my Love RetrievalWhy this podcast exists: to show you what this work actually looks like, through real humans, real stories, and real experiencesMore than anything, this episode is about hope: the past you had does not have to dictate the future you experience.EXPERIENCE THIS FOR YOURSELFGet started at https://liberate.love/begin?rajThe Love Map is a 45-minute guided conversation you can do from the privacy of your own home. Virgil, our AI guide, walks your whole story and traces your patterns back to the moments they were written.The Love Retrieval is where the Love Map becomes an experience: a live, gently guided 90-minute session with Raj or Natalie personally, returning to the moment a pattern was born, so the younger you can finally be met with the love that was missing.Get started at https://liberate.love/begin?raj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura Danger got laid off five days into her maternity leave. Then she opened a birthday card that said best mom, best wife — and realized she couldn't remember the last time anyone asked if she was doing okay as a person. That stack of moments became No More Mediocre, her book about the mental load, the nag paradox, and the care work that holds everything together while remaining completely invisible.In this conversation, Ashley and Laura talk about the Truman Show moment that cracks open the life you thought you wanted, why the nag paradox is a loop you literally cannot win, what sitcom syndrome is doing to households across the country, and how a garden club in Chicago became something much bigger than anyone expected.In This EpisodeLaura's Truman Show moment — laid off on maternity leave, a birthday card that only named her roles, and 2020 doing the restWhat the mental load actually is — and why the emotional thinking work definition mattersWeaponized incompetence — what it is and how it shows up in real relationshipsThe nag paradox — the corrosive loop of directing and executing, and why doing it yourself only makes it worseSitcom syndrome — how couples comedy on TikTok normalizes dynamics that can be genuinely toxic behind closed doorsWhy high-achieving women often can't separate their anger at the system from the person right in front of them — and what to do about itThe career rug pull as the new midlife crisis for men — and what that means for conversations about equity at homeWhat the 2026 Equimundo State of the World's Fathers report found — and why it's hauntingLinchpin exhaustion — why Ashley couldn't snowboard freely because of what it would cost her family if she got hurtWhy believing in equal roles leads to less conflict even when the division of labor isn't equalZone defense parenting — and why taking the average over time beats snapshot accountingThe garden club that became a care network — free plants, seed libraries, and neighbors who know each other's namesNo More Mediocre the book — and why the audiobook is specifically designed to listen to while you gardenQuotes From This Episode“I felt bamboozled. I really thought I could change things or just work really hard and this would get better. And it didn't.”— Laura Danger“I can't die because I have knowledge that nobody else has. I know the schedule.”— Laura Danger“The nag paradox is that corrosive relationship loop where one person takes direction and the other directs.”— Laura Danger“It's not just a garden club. It's a full-blown care network.”— Laura Danger“I am here, I am wearing the name tag, I am doing the thing. But that doesn't mean it's my responsibility.”— Ashley BlackingtonResources & LinksNo More Mediocre (book): available everywhere books are sold — audiobook recommendedLibro FM (supports local bookstores): libro.fmInstagram: @thatdarnchatSubstack: search Laura DangerEquimundo State of the World's Fathers 2026: equimundo.orgFair Play by Eve Rodsky — mentioned as companion resourceDrained by Leah Ruppaner — mentioned in conversationConnect with Ashley:Website: https://www.ashleyblackington.comPodcast website: https://www.andbothpodcast.com/Dovetail® App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dovetail-app/id6744341822Instagram: @mydovetail.appLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyblackington/

Recruitment and search business owners: if you've hired a consultant who "should have been good" and they still haven't billed, this episode is why.Watch the free video on how we help recruitment and search firm owners fix this: https://makemoreplacements.com/vslIn our experience, two out of three consultants hired end up costing the business money rather than making it, once you account for salary, on-costs, and the time spent managing them. Most owners who make a bad hire blame the person, the market, or a lack of effort. It's almost never any of those. The real reason is harder to hear: you hired for the wrong reason, took a claim on trust that was never tested, and gave talent no system to work with. Hiring multiplies what already exists. Hire into nothing, and you multiply nothing.In this episode:Why hiring to solve a growth problem instead of a capacity problem sets the whole thing up to failWhy two out of three consultant hires end up costing the business money, not making itThe claim on a CV that owners never actually testThe difference between hiring for talent and hiring into a systemWhy "let systems run the business, and let people run the systems" changes how you hire from hereWatch the free video on how we help recruitment and search firm owners fix this: https://makemoreplacements.com/vslThis episode is sponsored by PlacementBox, our client attraction platform built for recruitment agencies. CRM, ATS and automated outreach in one system, so you get consistent client flow without living in cold call mode. placementbox.ioWho we are: Drew and Terry Edwards help recruitment and search business owners win better clients, higher fees and predictable pipeline without living on the phone.#RecruitmentBusiness #RecruitmentAgency #ExecutiveSearch #RecruitmentOwner #Hiring #Pipeline

Send me a message If you use social media to grow your business, I'm about to give you advice that's pretty much the exact opposite of everything I've ever taught you.This is for anyone creating content who's either burned out from doing too much, or bored and uninspired with what you're putting out. And if you're neither right now, stick around anyway, because eventually you will be.I'm actually in that second camp myself right now. A little over it, still posting, still trying things, just not fully feeling it. So what I'm about to teach you is the exact advice I'm giving myself.In this episode:How to diagnose whether you're actually burned out, or just bored and uninspired, because the fix is completely different for eachWhy doing what sounds fun beats following the "proven blueprint" when you've lost interest, and why your audience can feel it when you're not into itThe story of how leaning into being a sarcastic smart ass instead of a straight talking head 10x'd my resultsWhy content doesn't need to take as much time as you're letting it takeThe exact tools and systems to use if you're genuinely burned out: batch recording, hiring help, and the app that's saving me hours every weekWhy sometimes you just need someone from the outside to make a small tweak, not a complete overhaulHave fun with your content. It doesn't need to be this big elaborate thing.

What if the light God placed in you only shines as the vessel breaks? Ken Fish and Kady Taylor welcome back Jeffrey Fazl—longtime friend, church planter, and deliverance minister from Australia—for an honest, tender conversation ahead of the Luminosity conference (Nashville, Oct 1–3, 2026). Register: https://kingdomluminosity.org/Jeffrey shares openly about seasons of "eclipse"—years in Indonesia, deep grief, and recent dark nights of the soul—and how the Lord kept drawing him back out with fresh purpose. From that comes the thread running through the whole conversation: brokenness feeds the carnal man, and healing it—through inner healing, deliverance, and confession together—sets us free to shine. Tying it to the conference theme, he unpacks luminosity as the light within, emerging not by striving but as the fear and performance that keep us hidden are healed.In this conversation:Jeffrey's seasons of "eclipse"—and how the Lord drew him back outWhy "brokenness feeds the carnal man"How inner healing, deliverance, and confession work togetherLuminosity as the light within, emerging as the vessel breaksThe difference between damaging brokenness and being broken before the LordKeeping a soft heart instead of hardening itThe war against a "performance" mindsetReaching the next generation with heroes, encounter, and real powerRegister for Luminosity

Welcome to The Calm & Happy Home Podcast!This week I'm doing a proper dos and don'ts, walking room by room through your whole home, dead practical, starting outside your front door and working our way right through to the garden.If something I mention feels impossible to change, don't. If it feels a little uncomfortable, that's usually a sign it needs doing.Why your front door is the mouth of chi, and the one thing to check before you walk through itThe hallway habit almost all of us are guilty of (hint: it's behind your doors)Why your living room layout might be quietly stopping you connecting with the people in itThe "little museum" trap our shelves fall into, and why your home should reflect who you're becoming, not who you wereWhy the stove is a wealth hotspot, and the habit that could be limiting your income energyWhy your dining table might secretly be an office, and how to bring back real connection thereWhat's living under your bed, and why it matters more than you'd thinkWhy the spare room becomes the place decisions go to dieYour home is communicating with you all day, every day. You don't have to fix everything today, just choose the one thing that came to mind while you were listening.So much love, Kimberley xx5 Days to Manifest: https://www.kimberleygallagher.com/5-days-to-manifest-with-the-lions-gate-portal2026 Year of the Horse Energy Planner: https://www.thefengshuiflow.com/2026-plannerJoin the community at somuchlove.com and follow along @somuchlovekimberleyA bespoke analysis of your home to unlock the exact remedies your living space needs to support you in a life of more abundance and prosperity: https://www.thefengshuiflow.com/home-analysis-serviceWork with me 1 to 1 here!If you loved this episode don't forget to subscribe, leave a 5* review on Apple Podcasts and tag me in your stories on Instagram @thefengshuiflow! xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most of us would fire our contractor building our dream home if she tried to make the plans conform to "specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound." So why do we do that to our own lives?Session two of the Back to School (of Midlife) series. If last week was orientation, this is the core curriculum — the actual framework behind everything Laurie coaches: BEST LIFE™.She starts by naming the pushback she hears constantly — "I'm not a high achiever" — and dismantles it directly: if you've ever solved a problem nobody asked you to solve, put yourself last on the list, or believed your rest had to be earned, you're a high achiever, whatever your job title says.From there she walks through the two real reasons she built BEST LIFE™: the goal-chasing problem (achieving the goal without ever asking what you actually wanted, and feeling empty anyway), and her long-standing issue with SMART goals as personal-life advice. The dream house metaphor she opened with threads through the entire back half — you wouldn't build a house without a plan for what you actually want to live in, so why are you building a life that way?Then she breaks down BEST LIFE™ letter by letter — BEyond your wildest dreams, Success on your terms, Truly want, so you can build a LIFE of Legacy, Impact, Fulfillment, and Excitement — with homework at the end: pick one letter, write down what it actually means to you.What we cover:Why Laurie built BEST LIFE™ for two specific reasons, not oneThe "I'm not a high achiever" pushback, and why she doesn't let anyone off the hook for itThe success playbook checklist — school, job, marriage, kids, house, promotion, retirement — and why finishing it doesn't always feel the way you expectWhy chasing the right goal without checking in with yourself first still leaves you emptyWhat changes when clients do the foundational work first — what do you want, what does success mean, what does your best life look likeLaurie's own story: 20 years in commercial real estate and brokerage before she became "student one" at the School of MidlifeWhy the SMART goals framework is excellent for a sales quarter and terrible for a marriage or a health goalA closer look at two SMART letters specifically — Attainable and Time-Bound — and why Laurie thinks both are the wrong filter for your personal lifeThe dream house metaphor, used to explain why you plan a life the same way you'd plan a home: you can't hand someone the blueprints until you know what you wantBE: Beyond your wildest dreams — letting yourself want something big before your brain talks you out of itS: Success on your terms — redefining success outside of money and job title, specific to this season of lifeT: What you truly want — stripping away everyone else's opinion, including a nod to that scene in The NotebookLIFE: Legacy, Impact, Fulfillment, and Excitement — including the generational angle: what your daughters and sons learn by watching how you liveThis week's homework: pick one letter, write down what it actually means to you — not a dictionary definition, the real oneA preview of next week: the three seasons of life — Learn, Earn, Yearn — and why waiting for the last one is a bad betQuotable moments"You have to remember, I was student one at the School of Midlife.""If there is a problem in your life, more often than not, you're the one who solved it, even when nobody asked you to.""I don't care if you get there. When we talk about attainable and achievable, I want you to make it so big — wildest dreams big.""If this is something you genuinely want... who cares how long it takes?""You have to stop trying to make everybody happy and start living a life that is true to you.""If, like, none of it excites you, it's probably someone else's goal or dream that you've just adopted.""This is not just some rosy saying that should make you feel good. There is intentionality behind this."Resources + links mentionedEpisode 186 — Orientation Day: When Being a High-Achiever Isn't Enough (Back to School [of Midlife] series, session one)Best Life PlannerJOIN MY MAILING LISTCONNECT WITH LAURIE

Send us Fan MailHave you ever wanted to reach out to someone you admire but talked yourself out of asking?This week on Here's What We Know, Mark J. Carter has been asking people for their time since he was in college, when he started tracking down CEOs, authors, and other successful people simply because he wanted to learn from them. That curiosity eventually led to his work as an interviewer, the Idea Climbing podcast, and conversations with people like Bo Jackson.Mark shares what he has learned from years of interviewing successful people, including the two questions that can help an interviewer when they don't know what to ask next: How? And why? We also talk about networking, asking for help, finding your personal superpower, building a brand, and figuring out how to turn a big idea into something that can actually make money.In this episode, you'll hear about:How Mark started reaching out to successful people before social media changed networkingWhy asking for someone's time can be much easier than we make itThe importance of genuine curiosityMark's "How and Why" approach to interviewingWhat he learned from interviewing Bo JacksonHow to find your personal superpowerWhy everyone has a personal brandHow to ask for help without feeling like you're imposingTurning a big idea into a businessWhy successful entrepreneurs keep looking for the next challengeHow Mark uses interviews to help coaches, consultants, and speakers tell better stories This episode is sponsored by: Dignity Memorial Sterling Oak Cabinetry Bio:Mark J. Carter is the founder and host of the Idea Climbing podcast, as well as an interviewer, speaker, author, and entrepreneur. For more than 27 years, his curiosity about how successful people think, solve problems, and turn ideas into action has led him to conversations with entrepreneurs, authors, athletes, and other accomplished people. He is the author of Idea Climbing: How to Create a Support System for Your Next Big Idea, and his upcoming book, Idea Scaling: How to Monetize Your Next Big Idea With Passion and Purpose, draws on interviews with six-, seven-, and eight-figure business owners to offer practical guidance for entrepreneurs. Mark also brings his experience as an improv practitioner to his interviews and presentations, creating conversations that are curious, collaborative and spontaneous.Website: https://www.markjcarter.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjcarter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markjcarter/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mjcarter/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkJCarterConnect with Gary:Gary's WebsiteFollow Gary on InstagramGary's TiktokGary's FacebookWatch the episodes on YouTubeAdvertise on the PodcastThank you for listening. Let us know what you think about this episode. Leave us a review!

What if the next stage of your growth is not about fixing yourself?What if you are not stuck because you need another book, another healing modality, another mentor, or another breakthrough, but because somewhere along the way, you learned to distrust what you already see, feel, and know?In this episode of Mirror Talk: Soulful Conversations, Tobi sits down with Natalie Bouchard, TEDx speaker, former world-class competitive athlete, and founder of Harmonise With Life, for a powerful exploration of inner authority, self-trust, nervous-system capacity, and what it really means to return to your centre.Natalie shares how years of personal development and healing eventually led her to a deeper realisation: wisdom cannot simply be borrowed. At some point, we have to become capable of standing inside our own experience without immediately judging it, resisting it, or trying to make it disappear.Together, we explore why high-achieving people can appear successful while feeling unstable inside, why discomfort does not necessarily mean something has gone wrong, and what becomes possible when we stop making ourselves wrong.Natalie also introduces the idea of participating with reality—meeting life as it is rather than constantly fighting what it is revealing—and explains how containment, observation, curiosity, and inner authority help us move from survival toward genuine expansion.In this conversation, we explore:What it really means to return to your centreWhy more healing and information do not always create transformationThe difference between borrowed wisdom and embodied wisdomWhy discomfort can be information rather than failureHow self-judgment disconnects us from ourselvesWhy external achievement cannot guarantee internal stabilityMoving from survival mode toward self-trustHow to distinguish fear and conditioning from genuine inner authorityBuilding the nervous-system capacity to hold reality without immediately reactingWhy observation can be more transformative than constant self-correctionParticipating with life instead of resisting itThe relationship between inner authority and leadershipWhy true growth may be far simpler than we have been taughtOne of the most powerful reminders from this conversation is that life may not always be asking us to fix what is happening.Sometimes it is asking us to see it clearly, remain present, and allow it to reveal who we are becoming.Connect with Natalie BouchardWebsite: https://nataliebouchard.comBump It Like It's Hot: https://nataliebouchard.com/bump-it-like-its-hotFree Relationship Bumps Course: https://nataliebouchard.com/relationship-bumpsFree Health & Body Bumps Course: https://nataliebouchard.com/health-bumpsIf this conversation speaks to you, share it with someone who may be tired of constantly trying to fix themselves.Subscribe to Mirror Talk: Soulful Conversations for more conversations about personal growth, spirituality, purpose, healing, leadership, and becoming more deeply aligned with who you truly are.Continue Your JourneyRead CONFESSIONS: A personal invitation to reflection, healing and honest self-discovery: https://mirrortalkpodcast.com/confessions-book/Try Aletheia: Receive calm, personalised biblical wisdom for the questions and decisions shaping your life: https://aletheia.mirrortalkpodcast.comAsk Mirror Talk: Share what is on your heart and receive a thoughtful reflection that may help you see your situation more clearly: https://mirrortalkpodcast.com/ask-mirror-talk/You can also support our work and outreach by becoming a Mirror Talk Patreon member: http://patreon.com/MirrorTalk

Drew Mendelow was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 13 and left the hospital overwhelmed by how much he was suddenly expected to learn and calculate on his own. So he built the tool he wished he'd had: T1D1, a free app that takes the mental math out of insulin dosing for people who are newly diagnosed or managing with injections.Now a student at Georgia Tech, Drew joins Lauren to talk about what's actually next in diabetes tech, from AI and continuous ketone monitoring to smarter pump algorithms and the apps making daily life with T1D easier, while asking an important question: as diabetes technology gets smarter, how do we make sure people with T1D still feel informed and in control of their own management?WHAT WE COVER:Why Drew built T1D1 after being diagnosed at 13The diabetes tech Drew thinks could change T1D nextWhy continuous ketone monitoring matters, even when blood sugar is in rangeLauren's scariest low in 25 years with T1D and what caused itThe diabetes app Drew recommended that Lauren immediately wanted to downloadWhere AI and smarter pump algorithms could help, and where they could take away too much controlWHAT'S NEXT:

Featuring: Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Ben Cossette, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell Edited by: Tim NicholsonIn this deep-dive episode, we walk through all five chapters of Lamentations, one of the most raw and honest books in the entire Bible. This isn't a feel-good study. This is what real grief, real discipline, and real restoration actually look like — and why you need to hear it.We cover:What you actually get when you ignore God long enoughProphets for sale — what happens when the voices around you are lyingGod's discipline vs. God's anger — and why the difference changes everythingSeasons of wilderness and what God is doing inside your sufferingSo many voices — how to know which one to followThe perfect will of God — even in devastationSuffering in misery — and why the unexamined life is not worth livingWe are God's Holy Temple — and what it means when we forget itThe capacity to unforgive — how bitterness keeps you in ruinsWe forget God when... — the pattern that leads to every collapseWhere am I now? — an honest inventory before GodTurn back to the Lord — because surrender is not defeat, it's the doorIf you love Jesus and want to obey Jesus — this episode will show you what that actually costs, and why it's worth every bit of it.If you surrender, all is well. Lamentations isn't just ancient poetry. It's your story. And it ends with hope.Thriving in the Word is a Bible teaching podcast rooted in deep Scripture study, honest faith, and practical discipleship. New episodes weekly.Search tags / keywords: Lamentations Bible study, book of Lamentations explained, Christian suffering podcast, God's discipline Scripture, how to return to God, Bible podcast for believers, what is the perfect will of God, grief and faith, wilderness season Christianity, Jeremiah Lamentations, hope in suffering Bible, how to forgive Bible, Thriving in the Word podcastMore Info: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.thrive.church⁠⁠⁠ Give: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.thrive.church/give/⁠⁠⁠ Need prayer? ⁠⁠⁠prayer@thrive.church⁠⁠⁠ This is a presentation of Thrive.Church. © All Rights Reserved.

Johanna Stamps is a life coach and certified Grief Recovery Specialist who found her way to this work the hard way: 13 weeks pregnant, her husband left, and she had no roadmap for what came next. So she locked herself in a room, told her family she'd "come out really depressed," and started figuring it out.Fifteen months after certification, she's logged over 300 hours of grief recovery client work — and counting.In this conversation, Cole and Johanna talk about:Why readiness has nothing to do with how long ago the loss happenedHow doing your own grief recovery work deepens your intuition as a specialistWhy worry is "misplaced imagination" — and what clears itThe counter-cultural self-care rhythms that make it possible to show up fully for othersWhat a six-year-old's emotional breakthrough during a movie taught Johanna about why this work mattersFind Johanna at positivedoingcoach.com — she offers a free 30-minute exploration call.

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I want to share three signs with you today that tell me whether coaching and consulting is actually part of your purpose.This episode is for you if:You've had success in your career, as an athlete, in the corporate world, whereverPeople keep telling you that you should be coaching or consulting, but you haven't made the moveYou've already started but you're wondering if you can actually sustain itThe three signs I walk through:You genuinely care to see other people winIt bothers you when someone won't act on your adviceYou feel a real return when someone actually implements what you gave themIf all three are true for you, the hesitation you feel isn't proof you're on the wrong path. It's proof you haven't built the systems yet to make it sustainable, and that part is fixable.----Are you ready to build credibility, generate qualified leads consistently, and close premium deals? Book a discovery call to learn about the Podcast Client System here: https://www.joewintersjr.com/start

Everywhere you look people are talking about peptides. But what exactly are they, how do they work and how safe are they for human consumption? Mike and Ross review the evidence, discuss the politics that continue to muddy the waters around peptide efficacy and regulation, and examine the dangers of using untested peptides. The team also look into the role of the popular GLP-1's that have revolutionised diabetes and weight loss and the controversial BPC-17 peptide, touted as a miracle treatment for tissue repair.LinksThe Undark article that describes the history of BPC157More on the FDA and the complex regulation of peptidesA report on one of the FDA decisions about peptides - in this case BPC157 and KPVA paper from the discoverer of BPC157, who has published more than three-quarters of the research on itThe human safety study on BPC157, with its two participantsSystematic review of BPC157 evidence, suggesting promise but cautionA well researched article by Dr Eric Topol raising concerns about safety and regulatory decisionsExample of a public warning from a regulatory body, this one from South AfricaFollow the money - Fortune 500 piece on why deregulation could create a multibillion dollar marketBecome a Supporter of The Science of Sport for about the price of a coffee, or a gel, and help us keep the lights on, and Gareth's candle burning! Plus, you'll get ad free listening, a weekly Applied show, and a community that argues better than the internet does! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

877 · Disney Worldbuilders Interview with Leslie IwerksDisney Worldbuilders asks a question most of us have never thought to ask... where does a Disney world actually begin?Not the land. Not the ride. The moment before any of it existed, when it was still just a feeling inside one person's head.This week I sit down with Leslie Iwerks, director of The Imagineering Story and Disneyland Handcrafted, to talk about her ambitious new documentary. Disney Worldbuilders brings together Bob Iger, Josh D'Amaro, James Cameron, Kevin Feige, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Pete Docter, Jennifer Lee, and Jared Bush for a series of remarkably candid conversations about how deeply personal ideas become stories, characters, and physical worlds that millions of people can walk into.I had the privilege of screening the film before its release, and it is even better than I hoped.In our conversation, Leslie shares:Why so many of today's most influential creators were Disney fans first, and what that says about the parksHow personal struggles and childhood memories shaped stories like Frozen, Inside Out, and ZootopiaThe brutal note Jared Bush received on an early version of Zootopia, and what pulled it back from the edgeWhy Kevin Feige's favorite detail in any Disney land is a construction wallWhy story and technology have always worked together at Disney, going back to Walt and UbWhat creative failure, uncertainty, and rejection can teach the rest of usHow great leadership protects storytellers and creative riskWhy honoring Disney's history cannot mean being afraid to evolve itThe moment Leslie filmed that became the emotional heart of the filmLeslie also reflects on her grandfather, Disney Legend Ub Iwerks, and her father, Disney Legend Don Iwerks, and how their legacy of combining storytelling and technology continues through Disney's worldbuilders today. She does not just study world builders. She comes from them.Disney Worldbuilders premieres at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event on August 16 and begins streaming on Disney+ on August 20.Subscribe to WDW Radio so you never miss an episode. Then tell me this: What Disney story, character, attraction, or world first made you believe that something impossible could become real? Share your answer in the WDW Radio Clubhouse at WDWRadio.com/Clubhouse, or leave me a voicemail at 407-900-9391.