Podcast appearances and mentions of karen baker

James Lott Jr continues the tradition of chatting with the Presidents of NAPO (napo.net).Karen Baker is the owner of SOHO Productivity Solutions. Started in 2011 in Houston, SOHO Productivity marries modern digital tools with time-tested organizing principles to create custom productivity systems that truly work. With a decade of experience in sports operations and media relations, she brings a strategic mindset that focuses on improving the synergy between people and technology. Karen's diverse academic background—a sociology degree from Duke, a JD from the University of Houston Law Center, and a master's in sports management from the University of San Francisco—fuels her unique, multidisciplinary approach. Karen is a member of the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals (NAPO) and the National Association of Black Professional Organizers (NABPO). Her leadership shines through her roles with NAPO, having served as the President of the NAPO Houston chapter, and she is set to become the NAPO National President in May 2025.

Discover the transformative impact of design thinking on business innovation in this episode of The Power Lounge. Amy Vaughan welcomes Karen Baker, managing owner of Seven Concepts Inc., recognized by Forbes as one of “3 Women Breaking The Glass Ceiling In The Male-Dominated Tech Industry.” With 26 years of experience driving marketing innovation and enhancing organizational performance across public, private, and academic sectors, Karen shares her expertise in crafting and executing growth strategies. Her collaborations with organizations such as Pernod Ricard, the American Diabetes Association, AARP, Black Entertainment Network, and the Smithsonian illustrate how design thinking goes beyond aesthetics to drive substantial business growth and resilience. Learn how integrating designers into strategic roles can transform your business approach and discover practical methods to implement these strategies in your own work. Whether you're in digital marketing or passionate about creative strategy, this conversation offers actionable insights to elevate your business innovation and adaptability through design.Connect with Karen Baker on LinkedInKey Takeaways:Karen Baker's Background and CareerUnderstanding Design ThinkingApplication of Design Thinking in Various SectorsDesign Thinking as a Catalyst for Business TransformationInfluences on Karen Baker's Approach to Design LeadershipThe Role of Community in Design Thinking and Business SuccessTechnology and Its Impact on Design Thinking and Business StrategySocial Art and Culture's Purpose and ImpactTransferable Skills and Career AdaptabilityRole of Research in Design ThinkingChapters:00:00 - Introduction01:18 - "Empowering Women in Business Design"04:17 - Design Thinking in Program Development08:13 - Design Thinking Solves Complex Problems09:46 - Passion for Creative Problem-Solving15:13 - Insightful Learning Experience16:34 - "Podcasting: Focused Creative Reflection"20:18 - Mastering AI in Food Photography22:49 - Designing Impactful Social Programs28:07 - "Blending Creativity and Strategy"29:58 - Versatile Skills Across Industries32:53 - Crossover Impact in Health Care35:09 - Design Requires Community Collaboration40:12 - Tech Vital for Small Businesses42:00 - "Enhancing Business with Tech Tools"44:45 - "Power Round Q&A Session"48:31 - Upcoming Master Class Announcement49:00 - OutroQuotes:"Good design isn't just about aesthetics; it's about transforming creativity into a competitive advantage."- Amy Vaughan"Design thinking is not a theory; it's a methodology born to solve problems, turning ideas into impactful change across every facet of life."- Karen BakerConnect with the host Amy Vaughan:LinkedInPower Lounge PodcastLearn more about Together Digital and consider joining the movement by visiting togetherindigital.com.Support the show

SPONSOR:Burn the PageLINKS:Pod Virginia | PatreonLearn more about Jackleg MediaThis week, Michael and Lauren are joined by three Democratic Congressional candidates running in deeply Republican districts: Leslie Mehta, running in the 1st against Rob Wittman; Gloria Witt, running against John McGuire in the 5th District; and Karen Baker, who is challenging Morgan Griffith in the 9th. 

How can the offshore wind industry balance environmental stewardship, community engagement, and economic growth to drive the global energy transition? In this episode, recorded live at the International Partnering Forum (IPF) in New Orleans, Jon Baston-Pitt is joined by Karen Baker, and Jean-Stéphane Naas, to discuss the challenges of marine spatial planning, community engagement, and...

Marketing professional Karen Baker shares her story of starting her own company at just 24 years old to leading the social impact practice at Boathouse Group and how family legacy of civil rights activism has deeply influenced her approach to business, underscoring the need for inclusive representation in the industry. With her wealth of experience working with renowned brands like BET and Puma, Baker offers invaluable advice for young marketing professionals, urging them to network, gain practical experience, and embrace the lessons learned from potential failures. "Diversity Beyond the Checkbox" is presented by The Diversity Movement and hosted by Inc 200 Female Founders award winner, Jackie Ferguson.  Check out exclusive bonus content on BeyondtheCheckbox.com! This show is proud to be a part of The Living Corporate Network and to be produced by Earfluence.

Send us a Text Message.Every parent's journey is unique, but some stories resonate with the profound strength of the human spirit. Karen's unwavering resilience shines through as she opens her heart about life with her son Lachie, a spirited boy with the dual diagnosis of epilepsy and autism. From the initial shock of his first seizure to the daily nuances of managing his fascination with elevators, Karen's narrative is a testament to the love and challenges that come with raising a child who sees the world a bit differently. Lachie learnt to talk and socialize, then he caught Covid and the family's life turned upside down again.  danabaltutis.com, mytherapyhouse.com.au, https://mytherapyhouse.com.au/your-childs-therapy-journey/ https://www.danabaltutis.com/services

Over the past year, the ad industry has witnessed a deprioritizing of DEI initiatives through a series of events: CMOs are back to focusing on hard hitting business goals, brands are hesitant to use LGBTQ+ marketing and the data shows women makeup 37% of industry employees, still down from 50% before the pandemic.However, there's another way to create a more inclusive world and it involves the creatives.Enter: Design justice, a practice which rethinks design processes and focuses on people who are often marginalized by them. This approach calls for collaborative and creative practices to approach the deeper challenges these communities face.On the latest episode of Yeah, That's Probably An Ad, community editor Luz Corona and Europe brand editor Rebecca Stewart sit down with Karen Baker from Boathouse, giving us the 101 on design justice, examples of the concept in action, and why marketers should feel inspired by Lego and Netflix.Join us virtually at Social Media Week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Mike is chatting with Karen Baker, Executive Director of the Humane Society of Carroll County, about their mission.

[PARTENARIAT] Julien Villeret revient sur la conférence TED de Vancouver, largement consacréer à l'IA, à laquelle il a assisté. Les conférences TED sont un événement réservé à un public trié sur le volet qui donne la parole à des innovateurs du monde entier sur des thématiques de pointe. Sans surprise, l'édition 2023 était en grande partie consacrée au thème majeur du moment : l'intelligence artificielle. Présent sur place, Julien Villeret, directeur de l'Innovation d'EDF, raconte comment Greg Brockman, co-fondateur d'OpenAI, a présenté les dernières avancées de chatGPT et notamment sa capacité à interagir avec d'autres services. Tom Graham a discuté avec des Deepfakes en temps réel, soulignant les défis liés à la véracité de l'information. Karen Baker a présenté comment l'IA pouvait servir à traduire le langage des dauphins et ainsi, dans le futur, aider peut-être à communiquer entre espèce humaine et espèces animales. Un spécialiste de l'IA a également souligné l'importance, selon lui, de ne pas freiner le développement de l'IA dans le domaine de la défense, en raison de la nécessité de maintenir un équilibre des forces. La conférence a également abordé le thème du climat et de l'innovation technologique au service de l'environnement, notamment la possibilité de produire de l'énergie dans l'espace, dans le futur. "Bien que certains concepts présentés puissent sembler futuristes, ils témoignent de la volonté d'explorer des idées disruptives pour répondre aux défis actuels", explique

Spring in the northern hemisphere is here, bringing warmer days, longer hours of sunshine, and a sense of fresh possibilities. Let's take advantage of an early-spring day to “spring forward” on a few household organizing tasks. In episode #162 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, shines daylight into neglected corners of our homes and offers a list of simple tasks to kick off your spring cleaning regimen.Co-host Ed Gumnick was out sick, so Karen Baker of Soho Productivity Solutions graciously agreed to help moderate this episode.Show notes: http://cfhou.com/tcfw162The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.To participate live in our weekly webcast, join our Meetup group, follow us on Facebook, or subscribe to our mailing list. You can also watch the videos of our webcast on YouTube.Support the show

Karen Baker, thought leader on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,  President and co-founder and president of Boathouse Marketing, joins the podcast to discuss design justice principles in the Metaverse.==== Have any comments or questions? Email the show Feedback@Buildingtheopenmetaverse.org   Want more information? Visit our website www.buildingtheopenmetaverse.org   And make sure you follow us on Linkedin for all of our show updates   https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildingtheopenmetaverse/ Building the Open Metaverse is a podcast hosted by Patrick Cozzi (Cesium) and Marc Petit (Epic Games) that invites a broad range of technical experts to share their insights on how the community is building the metaverse together. 

Ethnographic Artist Karen Baker is an award-winning executive specializing in Design Research, Strategic Planning, Marketing, and Experience Design. She is the Board President of Social Art and Culture, a nonprofit founded in 2009, and the Creator and Host of Behind The Mind Radio Show on the We Act Radio Network. She is a 4x grantee of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship for her fiber artwork, and she is the founder of Fiber With A Cause. Topics: Research on the textile  contributions of African Americans pre-Great MigrationThe importance of Indigo to the African Slave TradeThe difficulties and challenges with uncovering the contributions of African Americans in textile arts.Thank you so much for listening. I hope you have enjoyed this episode. New episodes are released weekly on Sundays. Also, stay in the KNOW by subscribing to our email and newsletter blasts; you will receive a FREE Download copy of The Earning Potential Assessment Template. Credits:Music: Islabonita by An JoneVanessa S. - Ph.D Host

We're live with Karen Baker, author and Office Manager at Mary Queen of Peace talks about her new book Faith, Hope and a Sense of Humor: How to Survive and Thrive on the Front Lines of Parish Life, Dave Plisky with Director of Product and Innovation at DeSales Media talks about survey finding many Catholic uncomfortable with sharing their faith and decreased mass attendance and Randall Smith, author, talks about his book From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body.

The Charlotte 49ers have fired head football coach Will Healy.The move comes one day after the team lost is homecoming game to FIU, 34-15, to fall to 1-7 on the season."We are grateful to Will Healy for the incredible energy and enthusiasm he brought to our program," Director of Athletics Mike Hill said. "Sadly, however, our on-field results have not met expectations."Healy was 15-24 as the second coach in program history.The 37-year-old was hired ahead of the 2019 season to replace Brad Lambert.Healy enjoyed immediate success at Charlotte, finishing 7-6 in 2019 and guiding the team to the first bowl appearance in its history.Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the team only played six games in 2020, finishing 2-4.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/sports/unc-charlotte-fires-football-coach-will-healy/275-3df8b9dd-0e8f-42aa-84d1-ffbdcb466cc3A man is facing a first-degree murder charge for the death of a woman who was shot and killed at an ATM in July.On Sunday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced that J'wuan Horton, 24, was arrested for the death of Karen Baker, 48. Horton is charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and possession of a firearm by a felon.Baker was shot on July 13 at University Plaza on University City Boulevard, near America's Best Wings and Toppers Pizza near Old Concord Road. Police believe it was a random incident.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/cmpd-man-arrested-for-murder-accused-of-shooting-woman-at-atm-charlotte-north-carolina/275-65cb80e9-c077-4899-b9ce-c74ae1d64c01Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT! 

The Charlotte 49ers have fired head football coach Will Healy. The move comes one day after the team lost is homecoming game to FIU, 34-15, to fall to 1-7 on the season. "We are grateful to Will Healy for the incredible energy and enthusiasm he brought to our program," Director of Athletics Mike Hill said. "Sadly, however, our on-field results have not met expectations." Healy was 15-24 as the second coach in program history. The 37-year-old was hired ahead of the 2019 season to replace Brad Lambert. Healy enjoyed immediate success at Charlotte, finishing 7-6 in 2019 and guiding the team to the first bowl appearance in its history. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the team only played six games in 2020, finishing 2-4. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/sports/unc-charlotte-fires-football-coach-will-healy/275-3df8b9dd-0e8f-42aa-84d1-ffbdcb466cc3 A man is facing a first-degree murder charge for the death of a woman who was shot and killed at an ATM in July. On Sunday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced that J'wuan Horton, 24, was arrested for the death of Karen Baker, 48. Horton is charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and possession of a firearm by a felon. Baker was shot on July 13 at University Plaza on University City Boulevard, near America's Best Wings and Toppers Pizza near Old Concord Road.  Police believe it was a random incident. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/cmpd-man-arrested-for-murder-accused-of-shooting-woman-at-atm-charlotte-north-carolina/275-65cb80e9-c077-4899-b9ce-c74ae1d64c01 Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT! 

Sheneisha sits down with executive, speaker, educator, and author Karen Baker to talk about design thinking, strategic design, women in business, multiculturalism, and digital marketing.  Connect with Karen Baker on LinkedIn and Twitter. https://bit.ly/3CGwuI2 https://bit.ly/3SffDBD The following are links pertaining to the episode of Workplace Democracy - make use of them if required. https://www.eeoc.gov/retaliation-making-it-personal https://www.indeed.com/hire/c/info/workplace-retaliation https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector/digest/digest-equal-employment-opportunity-law-79# https://www.eeoc.gov/statistics/charge-statistics-charges-filed-eeoc-fy-1997-through-fy-2021 https://www.ethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019-ECI-WP-Retaliation-in-Workplace.pdf

Having a seat at the table... That's what we often talk about in the service design field. And I would say rightfully so. Because when you do get involved early, you have the opportunity to influence the direction of a project. On the flip side, you could end up making the perfect solution for the wrong problem when you get involved late. But how do you get your business stakeholder to see and appreciate the strategic value you can bring early on? That was the question Karen Baker and I explored in our recent conversation. Karen has a marketing background, and she looks at the challenges in our field from a slightly different perspective. As you'll hear, our conversation started by discussing design inclusivity, but... We eventually landed upon one simple question that brings everything together. This simple question acts like your north star, compass, and light in the dark. This question is so good that it deserves its own t-shirt. So want to get a seat at the table? Want to influence projects early? Want to make your design practice more inclusive? The clue to all of this is in this episode. Enjoy the conversation, and keep making a positive impact! --- [ 1. GUIDE ] --- 00:00 Welcome to episode 160 03:45 Who is Karen 05:30 lightning round 07:30 Defining design for inclusivity 09:30 When did it start 13:00 Where do we need it 15:45 Including the community 17:30 Why now 19:45 Two examples 24:30 Guiding principles 27:00 Example from Lego 29:00 How do clients respond 32:30 What's surprising 35:00 Accelerating adoption 36:15 Getting leadership engaged 38:15 The question people aren't asking 41:00 Where is this heading 42:45 Lesson learned 45:30 Remember this one thing 46:45 Final thoughts --- [ 2. LINKS ] --- - https://www.linkedin.com/in/krbaker/ - https://www.weforum.org/press/2022/05/new-initiative-to-build-an-equitable-interoperable-and-safe-metaverse/ - https://www.marketingdive.com/news/degree-deodorant-inclusivity-metaverse-virtual-marathon/622609/ - https://designjustice.org --- [ 3. CIRCLE ] --- Join our private community for in-house service design professionals. https://servicedesignshow.com/circle

Uncover lost textile histories with Karen Baker — a researcher and ethnographic fiber artist — in this episode. You'll also hear Karen talk about:Her research into African American weavers' contributions to textile and fibers before the Great MigrationThe impact of these lost histories in understanding textiles and fashionHow we can collectively work to uncover and integrate lost and/or overlooked textile histories How she is integrating her research into her work with the organization Fiber With A CauseWhat role technology plays in the fashion industry, and in the slow fashion movement. Hit play to uncover the impact of restorative textile history in building a better fashion future. *** This episode was brought to you by Green Eco Dream, a sustainably-minded marketplace with eco-conscious alternatives for your health, home, beauty, and on-the-go needs.Check out Green Eco Dream's collection of low waste, low impact clothing care essentials. *** FULL SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT:https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/fiber-artist-karen-baker EPISODE MENTIONED:EP29: Compostable Clothing, Natural Dyes, and Localizing Fashion Systems with Lydia Wendt LINKS MENTIONED:The Day The World Stops Shopping by J.B. MacKinnon (Book)Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save The World by Jason Hickel (Book) CONNECT WITH KAREN & FIBER WITH A CAUSE:Fiber With A Cause WebsiteFacebookInstagram - @fiberwithacauseTwitter - @sevencon CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH & CONSCIOUS STYLE:WebsiteInstagramPinterest SUBSCRIBE TO THE CONSCIOUS EDIThttps://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/edit 

Today on "Breaking with Brett Jensen," Brett shared audio from CMPD Lt. Bryan Crum with the latest information on the suspect that killed 48-year-old Karen Baker at an ATM in the University area of Charlotte.  The audio included information about the suspect captured via surveillance video but also a plea from the victim's son for the public's help in identifying and finding the parties involved. Anyone who is able to provide information about the case could be eligible for a reward of $5,000.  If anyone has any information on the suspect please contact the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department or Crimestoppers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlotte police now have the picture of the killer of 48-year-old Karen Baker at an ATM.  Mark Garrison and WBT's Joe Gillespie have the latest on the investigation including some heart-wrenching comments from the victim's son. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet Karen Baker, Founder, and Educator at Business As Pleasure. She develops and cultivates women leaders. We talk about innovation and the tricks of sales.Connect with Karenhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-leba-baker-8367379/Connect with Jeffhttps://jgsalespro.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffgoldbergsalescoach/

Lindsay and Madison discuss Railway Madness, as well as how men seemed to lose their minds while riding trains in Victorian England, that locking people into their train car isn't a great idea, and how important it is to install safety measures right away instead of decades later. Information pulled from the following sources: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/how-steam-trains-drove-victorians-to-acts-of-madness-23707/ (2018 Ian Visits article by Ian Mansfield) https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/railway-madness-victorian-trains (2017 Atlas Obscura article by Joseph Hayes) https://blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk/victorian-railways-popup-anthology/ (2017 Railway Museum blog post by Karen Baker) https://academic.oup.com/jvc/article-abstract/21/1/21/4095587?redirectedFrom=fulltext (2016 Journal of Victorian Culture article by Amy Milne-Smith) https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/speed_01.shtml (2011 BBC article by Bruce Robinson) https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/victorian-railways/ (The National Archives) https://worldwiderails.com/why-were-railways-unpopular-in-victorian-times/ (Worldwide Rails article by Josef) Be sure to listen to our friend Ana at https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/apple-for-the-teacher/id1473698720 (Apple for Teacher). Looking to launch a new website? We recommend checking out https://www.pair.com/free (Pair Networks). Right now, when you sign up, you'll receive one free month of web hosting using code QUICKSTART at https://www.pair.com/free (www.pair.com/free). Become a member of our https://www.patreon.com/yeoldecrimepodcast (Patreon) to view exclusive episode outtakes, as well as other perks like early episode access and more for as little as $1/month.  You can write to us at: Ye Olde Crime Podcast, PO Box 341, Wyoming, MN 55092. Leave us a rating and review on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ye-olde-crime/id1514461061 (Apple Podcasts), https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/ye-olde-crime-1206837 (Podchaser), https://open.spotify.com/show/4PaoAqjp9e1uv93ffd3KhU (Spotify) or https://www.goodpods.com/?_branch_match_id=679768698334329639 (Goodpods)! Don't forget to follow us on https://twitter.com/yeoldecrimepod (Twitter), https://www.instagram.com/yeoldecrimepodcast/ (Instagram), https://www.facebook.com/yeoldecrimepodcast (Facebook) and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDBay4jJ4AR9f48ZwuU2r2w (YouTube).

Karen is the Founder & CEO of ShipperHQ and WebShopApps Karen is an iconic tech pioneer in the eCommerce space, helping merchants improve eCommerce experiences for their customers since 2008 ShipperHQ is a SaaS platform that helps manage highly complex shipping rules, custom logic and calculations on eCommerce sites ShipperHQ is based in Austin, Texas and has out of the box integrations with all popular eCommerce platforms In this episode, Jason and Karen take a stroll down memory lane and discuss what it takes to build ground breaking eCommerce tech in a highly competitive industry while creating an environment where teams can do their best work

Defining Leadership and Finding Balance in Life  People have conflicting opinions on what leadership is truly about. Some believe that leadership should involve tough love. Others think that it is about the leader and their capabilities. Today's guest shows us a brand of leadership based on kindness and curiosity.  In this episode, Abcam Director of Customer Services Karen Baker shows us how she manages colleagues of different backgrounds. She talks about her three proudest moments, one of which is getting a PhD. Furthermore, we delve into how she can balance life as a mother, manager and athlete. Karen also generously shares her secret to success.     If you're curious about what leadership is and how you can find balance in your life, this episode is for you! Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode: Gain a deeper understanding of what leadership is. Learn to balance your time and priorities between your career and personal life. Discover Karen's secret to success. Resources Connect with Karen: LinkedIn Neil Marsh Health and Fitness Coaching with Angela Episode Highlights [02:53] Getting a PhD One of Karen's proudest moments is graduating from her doctorate program.  During the process, she learned much about herself and built resilience. What she enjoyed the most was getting to know new people from different backgrounds. While fulfilling, a Ph.D. is something she won't do again. However, she would like to learn from a structured process again. [07:55] Helping Others Grow Karen takes pride in seeing other people, especially her workmates and her children, succeed. She also enjoys watching them learn. For her, it's not about her kids being the best in the world. It's about being the best that they can be and trying as hard as they can. Hearing and supporting others' ideas and opinions is what leadership is about.  [11:12] Transition from Research to Management When Karen attended an event on what leadership is, she discovered her strength in managing people. Karen started in a technical role in her company, then had the opportunity to manage people. She is now the director of customer operations.  People management is not just something she is good at; it also brings her joy. It took her over ten years to identify her strengths, know from where she gets satisfaction and what she enjoys doing. [12:52] What Leadership Is  Karen liked getting to know more about her colleagues outside of the workplace setting.  When you naturally find people interesting, it's easier to engage with them. Often, other leaders think that what leadership is, is about their strengths.  Karen shows that leadership is about having the humility to put other people first. [15:21] Running a Marathon Karen has been running for more than two decades. But what she's proud of is finishing a 30-mile marathon. At first, she was anxious about getting injured. So, she spent five months conditioning and training for both endurance and speed. At the 20-mile mark in the marathon, she thought she would not be able to continue, but she did.  Karen gained support from her best friend who was also doing the marathon.   Neil Marsh's fitness community also helped her stay accountable and motivated. [20:43] Balancing Parenting, Work and Physical Fitness Karen believes in planning and scheduling properly. It also helps to have someone hold you accountable. Guilt can sometimes sneak up on you when you're spending time for yourself. But you can avoid this feeling by proper scheduling. When you take time for yourself, you can be a better person for others as well. No one does perfect parenting the right way the first time around.  [24:59] Secret to Success Karen's key to success is kindness. You don't know what's weighing on other people's shoulders, so it's important to be kind.  Assuming others' positive intent can help you to be kind. 5 Powerful Quotes from This Episode [9:21] ‘And for me, it's not about them being the best in the world, but it's about being the best that they can be and trying as hard as they can.' [13:24] ‘I think it's just a case of really engaging with people, getting to know people. So that you understand a bit more about who they are, what they're driven by what they like if they're receptive to understanding.' [19:41] “So, it's really great to have that community and people around you that are going through the same experience because a lot of people were also doing it for the first time. So doing that together, that support really helps to keep you motivated.' [24:19] ‘It's all about strong messaging and leading by example.'   [27:16] ‘If you force yourself to find out what the positive intent might be before you allow yourself to be offended, it then really helps with the response and helps us to be kind in that response.'  About Karen Baker  Karen Baker is a mother, business leader and running enthusiast. She also holds a Ph.D. in Biology and was also an active researcher at the University of Cambridge. But what she truly takes pride in is her contribution to other people's growth and development. She feels joy and pride the most in getting to know people and guiding them to success. Karen now works as Abcam's Director of Global Customer Services. Her curiosity and love for people and human relationships are what make her the proud parent and leader she is today. If you want more information about Karen, you can connect with her via LinkedIn. Enjoy this Podcast? Being a leader to a diverse set of people can be challenging. Luckily, Karen offers advice to help you excel in leadership positions. If you enjoyed today's episode of The Mindset Mentor Meets…, then hit subscribe and share it with your friends! Post a review and share it! If you enjoyed tuning into this podcast episode, then you can share your thoughts through a review. You can also share it to help your family and friends improve on how they lead in their simple ways. Have any questions? You can contact me through LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook. Thanks for listening!  For more updates and episodes, visit my website. You can also tune in on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Podbean.  To meeting inspiration, Angela  

This show is an enlightening, insightful, 30-minute conversation with amazing people to help listeners nurture their own souls and live their best lives. Guests range from thought leaders in health, PR, faith, politics, finance, mentorship, and community advocacy to mental health, music, entertainment, social justice, education, and leadership. “Soul Wealth” not just a brand — it is also a “lifestyle” of vision, compassion, authenticity, abundance, and legacy created one conversation and one choice at a time. vikkijohnson.com

Smash sits down with Karen Baker from the Alton Marina to discuss their 25th anniversary bash featuring "The Z Band". Joe Turek hops in the conversation to discuss the genesis of the band and how they have came along since 1970. Check out Smash Daily on your radio weekdays from 3-5! Stream at www.altondailynews.com and listen to the podcast ANYWHERE at www.smashdaily.com!

In this episode of Corps Talk, it's all about filters. See how leadership filters are applied by the new district commander, Col. Brian Hallberg, to help deliver the mission; how an environmental restoration project is based on using natural filtration to help return the Chesapeake Bay to health; and, hear what Women's Equality Day 2021 looks like through the filter of one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' leading ladies, Ms. Karen Baker. https://www.nao.usace.army.mil/ https://www.nad.usace.army.mil/ https://www.vbschools.com/ https://www.vbgov.com/Pages/default.aspx https://www.cbf.org/ https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/resources/commemorations/womens-equality-day/ NAOonFB @norfolkdistrict

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But has that feeling completely ruined the moment, maybe not yet but it's about to get worse. On a whim you decide to take a picture of the bone and send it to your sister who is a nurse. Your good time is officially ruined when your sister confirms your suspicions, the bone is, in fact, not animal, it's human. A human femur to be exact. This is the exact scenario that led to the discovery of one of the, if not the, largest crime scenes in American history and a series of crimes that would as of yet, go unsolved.   Christine Ross was the unfortunate soul that came across the body in the scenario described at the outset of the episode. She was walking her dog Ruka in an area that had recently been cleared out for a new neighborhood to be built. After the bone was found she called the police and that's when things get crazy! So let's get further into this story!   The West Mesa is an elevated landmass lying west of the Rio Grande stretching from south of Albuquerque northward to Bernalillo in the state of New Mexico. A large portion of West Mesa is part of Petroglyph National Monument and is bisected by Interstate 40 and Historic Route 66. There are numerous subdivisions with new homes being built on the lower portion of the West Mesa as the City of Albuquerque continues to expand further to the west. Further west on the mesa are the mobile home communities of Pajarito, located to the south of I-40, and Lost Horizon, located about 1/2 mile north of I-40. The bodies of 11 women and one unborn child would be uncovered in West Mesa. It would take a year to identify all of the victims. Police would follow many leads but to no avail. We're going to look at the victims then discuss the most likely suspects and evidence did them being there killer and even discuss how this may be connected to a small sex trafficking ring that could be part of a larger global ring!   The story may start earlier than you think. In the early 2000s, in an area called The War Zone, a tumor began to spread about a killer in albuquerque. There were stories of a killer roaming the streets and murdering sex workers. The war zone is an area now known as the international district. It is one of the most diverse areas of the city. It is also one of the poorest areas in the city and has a high crime rate. A 1991 article from the Albuquerque Journal described East Central as "a loose-jointed carnival of sex, drugs and booze" with drug dealers and prostitutes operating openly. In 1997, the city put up barricades in the neighborhood to make it harder for criminals to get in and out. Eventually, thanks in part to efforts by neighborhood residents, the crime rate decreased and the barricades were removed. In 2009, residents who resented the War Zone name persuaded city leaders to officially re-brand the area as the International District, highlighting its diverse community rather than crime. The first International Festival was held later that year. Despite these changes, crime has continued to be an issue in the neighborhood.    It was here in 2004 that Cinnamon Elks, a sex worker that often worked in the war zone, came to hear a crazy story. She had told her friends there was a dirty cop murdering and decapitating sex workers and burying their bodies on the West Mesa. Soon after she related this story she disappeared.    Years before the bodies are found, police detective Ida Lopez found that a number of sex workers were going missing. She began to compile a list, which included Cinnamon Elks, and began to try to bring notice of the issue to light. Lopez had a list of 16 women that had gone missing. When the body's were found Lopez feared the bodies were the same women on her list. She was partially correct, 10 of the 11 women identified we in fact on her list.    For homicide investigators, the case posed challenges from the start, said Dirk Gibson, a communications and journalism professor at the University of New Mexico who has authored numerous books on serial killings. Years had passed from the time the women and girls disappeared, probably limiting available evidence.   “You can’t have a colder cold case,” Gibson said. “In this case, there was almost nothing but bones.”   Let's take a look at the victims. All but one of the women were sex workers from New Mexico. Many were known to live hard lives. Several were mothers. None of them deserved what happened to them.    Jamie Barela, 15, was last seen with her 23-year-old cousin Evelyn Salazar heading to a park at San Mateo and Gibson SE in April 2004. Neither woman was ever seen again until their bones turned up in the mass grave site on the West Mesa in 2009. Jamie was the final skeleton to be identified, almost a year after the first bone was found. But Jamie’s mom believed investigators would find her daughter’s body long before she was named. Unlike the other West Mesa victims, Barela had no known prostitution or drug arrests.   Evelyn Salazar was reported missing on April 3, 2004, by her family. She was 23 when she disappeared. She was the 10th victim to be identified, and her 15-year-old cousin Jamie Barela was the final one to be identified. The two were last seen together at a family gathering and then went to a park at San Mateo and Gibson. Salazar liked camping and outdoor activities, was a good cook and taught her daughter how to roller skate, according to her obituary.   Michelle Valdez: The last time Dan Valdez saw his daughter Michelle, he asked her to not stay away too long. Michelle Valdez had a daughter who she cared for deeply, and had a big heart, Dan Valdez said. “Michelle was quite a gal, she would give you the shirt off of your back if you needed it,” he said. “She was good-hearted, kind, and didn’t deserve what she got.” He said he couldn’t remember exactly when she got involved with drugs. But she started disappearing for days, sometimes a week at a time. Later it turned to months. When she did show up, he would give her small sums of money — even though he knew she would use it on drugs — in the hopes that she would come back again. Eventually, she stopped altogether. Dan Valdez reported her missing in February 2005, when she was 22. Her bones were the second set to be identified in late-February 2009 after investigators started digging for bodies. They also discovered the remains of Michelle Valdez’s 4-month-old unborn baby. Michelle had dreamed of one day being a singer, her mother said, or maybe a lawyer like her aunt. “Drug addiction certainly wasn’t the lifestyle she wanted,” Jackson said. “She wanted help, but she didn’t have money or insurance, so it was very hard for her to get it.”    Veronica Romero was 27 when she was reported missing by her family on Valentine’s Day 2004.   Her family laid her to rest in July 2009 after her body was one of the 11 unearthed. “We’re putting her to rest finally, but considering what’s been done, and now we’re finding out more of what’s happened to her, and it’s sad,” family member Desiree Gonzales told KOB-TV at the time. “She was hurt real bad.”    Julie Nieto grew up in Albuquerque’s South Valley and Los Lunas, and loved chile peppers and jump rope. She later went to Job Corps, which teaches under-priveleged young people different professions. Her mom, Eleanor Griego, said Nieto started doing drugs when she was around 19. She tried to get her treatment to no avail. Griego says she last saw Nieto, then 23, in August 2004 at Griego’s dad’s house. She left behind a young son, who Griego said she had doted over. Two years after Nieto went missing, her sister Valerie Nieto was found dead in a motel on Central Avenue after overdosing. “She couldn’t handle it. She was depressed all the time, crying all the time,” Griego said. “That was the only sister she ever had.”    Doreen Marquez loved jewelry and fashionable clothes and had a huge personality, according to her friends and family. She went to West Mesa High School where she was a cheerleader, and later had two daughters who she was devoted to, throwing them extravagant birthday parties. But as the girls got older, Marquez’s boyfriend was jailed and she turned to drugs. She spent less and less time with her daughters, leaving them with her sister or other family members.   “I had kicked her out of my house. That was the last time I saw her,” Julie “Bubbles” Gonzales, Marquez’s sister, said in an interview last year. “I just told her, ‘You know, it’s better if you just go. Whenever you feel like you’re not going to use, or you just want somewheres to come and eat, shower, or whatever, my door is open.’ And she never came back.” Garcia said the last time she saw Marquez, she told her she could help her deal with her addiction. But Marquez refused. Unlike many of the other women whose bones were found on the West Mesa, Marquez didn’t have any prostitution arrests. But police believe she engaged in it nonetheless.   When Diana Wilhelm didn’t hear from her daughter on her birthday in August 2004, she knew something was wrong. But it would take nearly five years for police to confirm what Wilhelm already believed — her daughter Cinnamon Elks was dead. Elks, who was 32 when she went missing, was the third of the West Mesa victims to be identified after the first bone was found in early 2009. She, like many of the others, had a string of prostitution and solicitation arrests — 19 total, with 14 convictions. She was friends with at least three of the other victims — Gina Michelle Valdez, Victoria Chavez and Julie Nieto.   Syllannia Edwards stands apart from the other West Mesa victims. She had no known friends or family, and was a runaway from foster care in Lawton, Okla. Edwards, who was 15, was the only African American victim. She never knew her father, and last saw her mother when she was 5. Police believe she may have been a “circuit girl,” meaning she was traveling along the I-40 corridor as a prostitute. Early in the investigation, a tipster told investigators Edwards was seen in Denver in the spring and summer of 2004. The tipster said she had been at a motel on East Colfax Street in Denver. “They were high-prostitution areas,” then-APD spokeswoman Nadine Hamby said in 2009. Police believe she may have been travelling in a group. “We’ve received information that Syllannia was associated with three other females and that she may have gone by the aliases Chocolate or Mimi,” Hamby said. Early on, investigators hoped Edwards’ background, because it’s different from the other victims, would provide the details needed to crack the case.   Virginia Cloven grew up in a small trailer heated by a wood-burning stove in Los Chavez. She was funny, loved doing her makeup and was a favorite at school. Tragedy struck the family when she was in high school. Her brother was shot and killed in a homicide that would later be ruled self-defense. Virginia Cloven ran away from home a week later, when she was 17. Another brother ran away too. “They said they couldn’t stand it anymore,” Robert Cloven said. At first Virginia Cloven lived with her grandfather in Albuquerque, then moved in with a boyfriend. He got hit by a car and went into a coma, and soon Virginia Cloven had lost her home and was living on the streets of Albuquerque’s International District. One year, she called her dad asking what he wanted for his birthday. He asked her to clear up her citations and then they were supposed to meet in Albuquerque. They last heard from her in June 2004. She called to say she had a new boyfriend who had just gotten out of prison and that she was probably going to marry him. “We said we’d like to meet him, but we never heard from her again,” Robert Cloven said in 2009. “After that, everything just went dead.” Robert Cloven reported his daughter missing four months later, in October 2004. She was 23 at the time.   Victoria Chavez, 26, was the first woman whose bones were identified after they were found on the mesa — before the public learned the women were likely murdered by a serial killer. “To have them come and knock on my door, I was devastated,” stepfather Ambrose Saiz said at a memorial event in 2009. “I never thought it would end like this. I just had that hope.” Chavez’s mother reported her missing in March 2005 after she hadn’t seen her in more than a year. The mother also said in the missing persons report that Chavez was on probation and was a “known drug user and prostitute.” She had five prostitution convictions, according to court records.   Sheriff’s deputies investigating the disappearance of Monica Candelaria in 2003 heard from her friends that she had been killed and buried on the mesa. It turns out, those friends were right. When the 21-year-old never showed up, detectives turned it over to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office cold case unit. The case stayed cold until she was identified as one of the women found on the mesa in 2009. She was last seen near Atrisco and Central in Southwest Albuquerque. Deputies said she lived a “high-risk lifestyle” and may have had gang ties. She had been convicted of prostitution once, according to court records. But her obituary highlights a happier side. “Monica enjoyed laughing, joking, taking care of babies, and spending time with her family,” the obituary reads. “She will be remembered as a loving daughter, mother, granddaughter, niece, cousin and friend who will be truly missed.”   11 women who all list their lives too soon. Most likely in a terrible manor. The police have not revealed the causes of death of the women. It was difficult to figure out how the women died and they are keeping that nugget to themselves to use as a gage of the beauty of claims and tips.    After several years of nothing some suspects started popping up. Some  actually fit the profile very well. Even still no official suspects have been named. Here's a look at some of the suspects that police have checked out.    Lou Fred Reynolds, who police said was a pimp, died of natural causes on Jan. 2, 2009. Police found pictures of several West Mesa victims at his home but no physical evidence linking him to the murder. Reynolds, of Albuquerque, was arrested in 2001 and in 1998 on suspicion of promoting prostitution. Reynold was supposedly very focused on some of the West Mesa victims back when they were still missing. Lori Gallegos and Amy Reid both have connections to the mystery. Reid's sister and many friends started to disappear around the same time. Gallegos's close friend Doreen Marquez vanished in 2003. Gallegos said her search led her to Reynolds who supposedly ran an escort service. "When I met Fred Reynolds I wasn't looking for a suspect of a murder case at that point I was looking for my friend that was missing," said Gallegos. In October 2008, he showed her pictures of Doreen. He also had photos of missing women he claimed he was looking for. "He told me he was a former heroin addict himself and this was the reason he wanted to help the women that worked for him, he wanted them to have a good life," said Gallegos. Reynolds passed away a couple months later from health complications. What came as a surprise to Gallegos was Fred Reynolds was one of the names initially mentioned as a person of interest in the case. Reid who also knew Reynolds and considered him a friend. She said there is no way he was involved. "He wasn't violent and he wasn't abusive and he wasn't in anyway a killer," said Reid. Reid said Reynolds was someone who truly cared about the missing women and wanted to help find them.   Another really suspect was Ron Erwin. Erwin has a connection to I've of our previous episodes. He is a photographer from Joplin Missouri. Erwin fell under a cloud of suspicion in the serial murders case investigators from New Mexico showed up at his properties in Joplin armed with search warrants. In the first interview he has granted about the matter, Erwin told the Joplin Globe he does not know how he became a suspect in the case, only that the experience has resembled a nightmare. “There’s an old ‘Twilight Zone’ episode,” Erwin said, “where a man wakes up to the world he’s always known and suddenly nobody recognizes him and he’s running around trying to say, ‘Don’t you remember me? I’ve known you for 40 years,’ and all this.   “Well, that’s what my life’s been in that time,” he said during the interview at the office of Joplin attorney Phil Glades.   “I don’t know how it all got to that stage before it suddenly exploded that morning,” he said. “I don’t know.” Erwin spent the better part of a year trying to prove his innocence behind the scenes. He hired lawyers in Joplin and New Mexico to advise him, even though he has never been charged with the murders, and he declined all interview requests.Erwin went to Alexandria, Va., in December to have the polygraph exam administered by former FBI polygrapher Barry Colvert. Glades said Colvert determined that Erwin was not being deceptive in his answers regarding the West Mesa murders. The results of that exam were provided to Albuquerque investigators a few months later when they asked, as a last request, if he’d be willing to take a polygraph. While no real reason was given to the public about why Erwin was a suspect, it is said that he was seen often at the fair in Albuquerque where the women were known to frequent and men were known to pick up prostitutes. Erwin and his attorneys provided the Globe with a copy of the final page of an Albuquerque police report dated June 26 of this year that concludes: “Ron Erwin is not a viable suspect in the killing of the 11 victims located at the 188th Street S.W. site.”   The paragraph specifies dates in 2004 when victims Veronica Romero, Evelyn Salazar and Jamie Barela are known to have disappeared. The report states that detectives were able to verify that Erwin was in Joplin on both the day that Romero vanished and the day Salazar and Barela turned up missing.   “I believe there weren’t too many specific dates in this case, but those were two of them,” Erwin said. “And I was able to account for all my days in 2004.”    “Why he was a suspect — that’s all in sealed warrants, that’s still part of our pending investigation,” said Sgt. Tricia Hoffman, spokeswoman for the Albuquerque Police Department, in a phone interview. “But, at this point, we’ve been able to eliminate him as a viable suspect.”    So at least they know who didn't do it.    Scott Lee Kimball  is a convicted serial killer from Boulder County, Colorado. He is serving a 70-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2009 to the murders of 5 people. All four victims died between January 2003 and August 2004, while Kimball was on "supervised release" after a prior check fraud conviction, serving as an FBI informant. In December 2010, Kimball told a cousin that he had been proposed as a suspect in the West Mesa murders in New Mexico, which were committed during the same 2003-2005 time period. He denied involvement. Even though he's denied involvement, he has boasted about committing other murders although authorities have yet to uncover direct evidence to back up his claims.    Another suspect, and one of the most viable ones was Lorenzo Montoya, we say was as he was killed while in the act of committing another murder. When Lorenzo Montoya was killed in 2006, the bodies of the West Mesa victims had not yet been found. Police Chief Ray Schultz said at the time that police had been looking into him in connection to prostitutes who had vanished from the city.   He has since been named as a possible suspect in the West Mesa deaths.   That’s likely because, like another possible suspect Joseph Blea, who we'll get to in a bit,  Montoya cruised the East Central corridor and was known to be violent.   His first prostitution-related arrest was in 1998 when he picked up an undercover detective posing as a prostitute. He offered her $40.   She took him to a motel room near Washington and Central, where officers arrested him.   That apparently didn’t deter him.   In 1999, vice detectives watched him pick up a prostitute near Central and San Mateo and followed him to a dark dead-end road near the airport.   Police believe they caught him in the act as he was trying to rape and strangle her.   Montoya had apparently never planned to pay her — he only had $2 in his wallet.   He was arrested, but the case was later dismissed.   About four years later, he was still at it. Detectives watched him pick up a prostitute on Central Ave. and arrested him. The woman told officers he paid her $15.   By that time, Montoya already had a history of violence.   According to a domestic violence form his girlfriend filled out after an alleged assault, Montoya repeatedly beat her.   The woman said he had also done “gross things to me,” but didn’t detail what they were in the document.   She wrote that Montoya threatened “to kill me and bury me in lime.”   That threat may shed light on Montoya’s last crime.   In December 2006, he invited an escort to his trailer and killed her, according to a search warrant affidavit.   “She was bound by the ankles, knees and wrists, with duct tape and cord,” a detective wrote in the warrant.   When the woman’s boyfriend came to check on her, he shot and killed Montoya. The woman’s body was found outside Montoya’s trailer partially wrapped in a blanket. Her legs and wrists were wrapped in duct tape, and a thick layer circled her neck. An unrolled condom, pillowcase, and the woman’s belongings were in a trash bag in the trunk of the car Montoya had rented. Inside Montoya’s trailer, investigators found duct tape next to his bed. They also found hardcore pornography and some homemade sex tapes. One of those recordings shows Montoya having sex with a woman and the tape goes black. In a following scene on the same tape, the camera is focused on Montoya’s bedroom wall.   The camera doesn’t capture what’s happening, but the audio captures what sounds like tape being pulled from a roll. At least one trash bag is opened and there’s minutes of rustling noises. Police have sent that audio to the FBI and other crime labs for enhancement, but haven’t been able to determine what Montoya was doing. Two years after Montoya’s death, the decomposed remains of the West Mesa victims were found.  Montoya was immediately a potential suspect. But police have never detailed conclusive evidence tying him to the crime. Police spokesman Tanner Tixier said detectives tested Montoya’s living room carpet for DNA of all the victims found on the mesa and it came back negative. They also found nothing suspicious in his financial records around the time that the women went missing. Although Montoya’s family has declined to speak with the press, some of their comments were captured in interviews recorded by police the day he was killed. His mother expressed disbelief that Montoya could have done what police accused him of. And his girlfriend told them through sobs that she was supposed to be at Montoya’s trailer the night Hill was killed, but she had canceled because she wasn’t feeling well.   “He was very aggressive when he was younger, but he changed a lot,” she said. “He was good to me.”   Police announced in October 2016 they were looking for two escorts shown in one of the sex tapes.   “We need those two women identified,” Tixier said. “We’re trying to figure out if they are still alive.”   Next up is the aforementioned Joseph Blea.  Joseph Blea caught the attention of investigators almost immediately after the first remains of the West Mesa victims were unearthed.   April Gillen, Blea’s first wife, contacted police seven days after the discovery of a bone on the mesa and said she thought police should look into him.   They already knew a lot about him.   Blea is currently serving a 90-year prison sentence after he was convicted of four sexual assaults unrelated to the West Mesa case. He’s faced other sex-related charges as well, including accusations that he raped a 14-year-old girl he knew with a screwdriver. That case was later dropped, according to online court records.   And his DNA was found on a prostitute left dead on a curb in 1985. He’s never been charged in connection with that crime.   Police knew him even before many of those allegations surfaced — they had run across him more than 130 times between 1990 and 2009, and many of those encounters were along the East Central corridor known for prostitution and drugs, according to a search warrant affidavit unsealed late last year.   It’s an area many of the victims reportedly frequented.   In one report six years before the West Mesa victims went missing, a woman who had been walking on Central Avenue said Blea called her over to his car and exposed himself.   Police found rope and electrical tape on his passenger seat.   In the weeks after the victims’ remains were found, detectives with APD’s Repeat Offender Project tailed Blea for four days as he appeared to stalk prostitutes on the stroll.   “On two separate occasions Mr. Blea drove Central Ave from the west part of Albuquerque to the east part of Albuquerque,” the detective wrote in the warrant. “He slowed and circled the block in areas where prostitutes were working. He did not approach any prostitutes but appeared to be closely watching them.”   When detectives interviewed a prostitute who knew him, she said he took her to his house and tried to tie her up. She said she didn’t let him.   About eight months after the West Mesa murder investigation began, detectives searched Blea’s home and collected women’s jewelry and women’s underwear.   His wife, Cheryl Blea, told police he enjoyed wearing women’s underwear when having sex. She said she had on occasion found jewelry that didn’t belong to her or her daughter in their home. And she said her daughter had found women’s underwear hidden in their shed.   In a 2015 interview with the albuquerque Journal, Robert Cloven, the father of victim Virginia Cloven, said some families had noticed the women’s jewelry was missing.   Detective Mark Manary, who is the only investigator on the West Mesa case full-time, won’t say if the jewelry or underwear found at Blea’s house matched any of the victims’ DNA.   “Due to this being an ongoing criminal investigation this question cannot be answered at this time,” he said in an email in January 2016.   Blea also reportedly discussed the West Mesa case with others.   When detectives interviewed a former cellmate, he said Blea told him he knew the victims. He said he had paid them for sex acts.   “Mr. Blea spoke poorly about other identified victims, calling them trashy,” officers said cellmate Monroe Elderts told them.   Blea told Elderts he hit one of the victims when she tried to take his money.   Most of the evidence detectives present in the search warrant is circumstantial, but there’s one piece of physical evidence they believe may tie him to the crime.   Officers digging up the bones found a plant tag for a Spearmint Juniper next to Virginia Cloven’s remains.   Detectives traced that tree tag to a nursery in California that sends plants to Albuquerque, and Blea’s business records indicate he bought plants from nurseries that sold the California plants.   It’s unclear if detectives were ever able to directly tie that tree tag to Blea.   Blea began his lengthy prison sentence for the sexual assault cases in 2015. He is appealing his conviction in those.   His former attorney, John McCall, said Blea says he had nothing to do with the West Mesa murders.   “We dealt with issues relating to all of this,” McCall said in January 2016. “But it doesn’t seem like they really had any conclusive evidence regarding Joseph Blea. He’s denying involvement in West Mesa consistently.”   Authorities believe that the women may have been involved in a large interstate sex trafficking operation. According to the El Paso Times, the presence of Syllannia Edwards among the victims has led authorities to believe that sex trafficking gangs could have been involved. Edwards was from Oklahoma, but was known to have been in Texas and Colorado before ending up in Albuquerque. It is unknown, however, if she traveled on her own or was trafficked there. Several arrests and convictions in El Paso, Texas, indicated that Albuquerque is part of a broader sex trafficking route that includes the states of Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, as well as the Mexican city of Juarez. According to New Mexico State University, the FBI has investigated long-haul truck drivers as suspects in murders of sex workers along major highways, and authorities have reason to believe that Edwards was one such victim. The El Paso Crime Stoppers office received an anonymous tip in 2010 that a suspect whose last name was Cota had killed a girl nicknamed "Mimi" and "Chocolate," both of which were names Edwards was known to go by. Despite the tip, however, the West Mesa Murder case remains unsolved.   So what about this Cota feels anyways. The following is taken from a new Mexico state university article.     A truck driver who used to belong to El Salvador’s military special forces allegedly could be linked to serial crimes of girls and women in El Paso, Texas, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to a Crime Stoppers tip included in court documents related to the appeal of Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood. The tip, which is part of the Crime Stoppers report, refers to Wood’s case and to the West Mesa murders of Albuquerque.   The report states that the victim or victims of the alleged suspect, whose last name in the Crime Stoppers report is Cota, were nicknamed “Mimi” and “Chocolate.” New Mexico authorities had identified one of the 11 victims that were found in shallow graves in Albuquerque’s West Mesa in 2009 as Syllannia Edwards, whom police stated may have used the nicknames “Mimi” and “Chocolate.”   The West Mesa case remains unsolved. Edwards, who was 15 years old, was reported missing in 2003 in Lawton, Oklahoma. Police there said they considered her an endangered runaway. Police said she was also seen in Aurora, Colorado in May of 2004, and may have been associated with prostitutes in that city. It is not known when and how Edwards traveled to Albuquerque.   “Edwards was killed sometime between 2004 and 2005 and then buried in a mesa located adjacent to 118th Street SW in Albuquerque,” police authorities stated. “(The Cota) suspect would lure the females with narcotics,” the tipster told Crime Stoppers.   An anonymous caller provided the tip on Feb. 22, 2010 to Crime Stoppers of El Paso, Inc. According to court records, El Paso Detective Arturo “Tury” Ruiz, who was assigned to follow up on the tip, went as far as to prepare a grand jury document so that he could request more details about the tipster’s information. An official with the Albuquerque Police Department confirmed today (Sept. 13, 2016) that the El Paso Police Department had shared the 2010 Crime Stoppers report with authorities investigating the West Mesa murders. No further comment was available due to the ongoing nature of the investigation.   According to the Crime Stoppers report, “The caller (tipster) advised they have information regarding the crimes for which a man named David Leonard Wood will be executed soon. The caller advised (that) the suspect [Cota]… is responsible for these crimes.”   “The caller advised two of the victims’ nicknames were Mimi and Chocolate,” the Crime Stoppers report stated. “The caller advised the suspect never admitted to killing the women, but did admit to having picked up the women and paid them in exchange for sex.” “The caller has reason to believe the suspect … is responsible for the West Mesa, NM murders as well … (and) may also be responsible for several murders in Milwaukee, WI,” the Crime Stoppers report stated. The tipster claimed that the suspect had been a member of El Salvador’s military special forces. The tipster further alleged that the suspect is “very violent” and “exhibits a very strong hate towards women.”   The tipster told Crime Stoppers that Cota allegedly once boasted that “You will see me all over the news one day.” The suspect, the tipster alleged, used to be involved in drug-trafficking, and had a relative that was arrested on drug charges in California. The tipster alleged that the suspect ‘s nickname was “El Tigere,” was between 55 and 56 years old (in 2010), had a thin build, reddish hair, and drove a light burgundy-colored van.   The suspect reportedly worked as an interstate 18-wheel truck driver, and had lived in Albuquerque and West Oakland, California.     Wood was convicted in the deaths of six girls and young women who disappeared in 1987 in El Paso. Their bodies were found in shallow graves near what is now the Painted Dunes Golf Course in Northeast El Paso. The victims were Ivy Susanna Williams, Desiree Wheatley, Karen Baker, Angelica Frausto, Rosa Maria Casio and Dawn Marie Smith.   Three others who went missing in 1987, two from Northeast El Paso, and one who lived in nearby Chaparral, New Mexico, were Melissa Alaniz, Cheryl Vasquez and Marjorie Knox; they were never seen alive again. El Paso police said they had suspected Wood in their disappearances.   Wood has steadfastly denied killing the six victims and denied any connection with the disappearances of Knox, Alaniz and Vasquez. After his conviction by a jury trial, Wood was sentenced to death, and was scheduled to be executed in 2009. The Texas Criminal Court of Appeals granted him a stay the day before he was to be executed so he could prepare his appeal.     There is thought that the same person responsible for the west mesa killings was also responsible for the cringes that Wood was convicted of.    So there you have it… the unresolved story of the West Mesa killings. Who did it? Why did they do it, where are the rest of the missing girls? We may never know.   Sources for today were an amazing special article series from the Albuquerque Journal, the New Mexico state university article on the Cota suspect, the El Paso times and their article on the subject. Those were the main sources although we did find some smaller bits scattered around various random websites.  Horror movies filmed in new mexico: https://wheninyourstate.com/new-mexico/14-awesome-horror-movies-you-didnt-know-were-filmed-in-new-mexico/

In this episode, we talk with Karen Baker, part of Trinity Wesleyan Church in Fishers Indiana. Today we will explore what disciple making looks like in the 21st century,

Karen Baker joins us to discuss Chapter 16 of The Mandalorian. Join us for some laughs and fun Star Wars talk! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/genxreverb/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genxreverb/support

www.ArticulationMedia.clubSECURING FINANCIAL WELL-BEING Listen anytime Wednesday (03/17/21) to this new episode of ARTICULATION RADIO (www.ArticulationMedia.Club). During this episode of our show, you will hear music from indie artists from around the world and listen to Goddess Sage interview finance guru Karen C. Baker about managing finances during tough times and special tips from her new book for those struggling with illnesses seeking to better manage money

In part one of a two-part episode marking our 20th anniversary, NSVRC’s Laura Palumbo is joined by Yolanda Edrington, NSVRC’s Executive Director who recently celebrated her four-year work anniversary on the team; Karen Baker, CEO of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, which is NSVRC’s sister organization and founder; and Nancy Hoffman, Executive Director of the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services and a former NSVRC Advisory Council Member and Chair. Listen as our guests reflect on some of the big moments that shaped the culture, our movement, and our work over the last twenty years. For more information and transcripts visit www.nsvrc.org/podcasts. 

We conclude this two-part episode marking our 20th anniversary as NSVRC’s Laura Palumbo and Yolanda Edrington, along with Karen Baker of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and Nancy Hoffman of the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services, look towards the future of the movement.  For more information and transcripts visit www.nsvrc.org/podcasts. 

As 2020 comes to a close, we take a moment to reflect on the numerous books that government officials from across the nation have recommended over the past several years. In the Arena’s podcast interviews have included many good book recommendations, often more than one, from government officials all over the country. The officials have suggested books for all kinds of reasons; some have enchanted them as a child, others have inspired them to pursue their current career of public service. Sometimes all the officials can manage is to list the three most recent books they have enjoyed because, as Blair Milo, Indiana’s secretary for Career Connections and Talent, explained, “I could no sooner pick a favorite star in the heavens,” than pick a single best book to read. Books often become favorites if they provide some sense of nostalgia or wonder. They can be an escape into an alternate reality or a world that satiates the present moment’s wanderlust. During the coronavirus pandemic, this can also act as a form of stress relief, an escape from the confines of the shelter-in-place orders. Los Angeles, Calif., Mayor Eric Garcetti turns to Jorge Luis Borges’ Ficciones, a book of short stories “and many of them are these beautiful fantastical metaphors for the universe.” But he also turns to books for hope, which can act as an escape from the fear and uncertainty of this global pandemic. He discusses how Marge Pearcy’s book of poetry, Stone, Paper, Knife, which gets its title from a poem that is “all about how, in the midst of struggle, do we still stay idealistic and hang on to hope, and hope rests in each one of us.” For others, a favorite book can be a connection to a cherished moment in time. For Kristen Cox, executive director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, it also happens to be a moment of triumph. “Because I had some vision growing up, they didn’t teach me braille. But then as I went more and more blind, I had no way to read,” Cox explains. After having her first son, she taught herself to read braille, learning a letter a day, so that she could read to her son. Eventually, she was proficient enough to read her first book in braille: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. “I love The Hobbit anyway, but to read that in braille was a huge accomplishment for me.” Other times, a favorite book can create a cherished moment and connection between two people despite physical separation. For In the Arena host, Cathilea Robinett, and senior advisor to the California Office of Emergency Services, Karen Baker, this unity was fostered over a mutual favorite children’s book: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. “I just don’t know what secret garden is around the corner for me,” Baker explains. “The good is about to happen.” Books can offer us many things during these unprecedented times, whether that is escaping to a different land or building connection between two people and the public officials who have spoken with us “In the Arena” have read it all. Learn more and subscribe for free to In The Arena at www.governing.com/ITA

The career public servant has served a president and in the cabinets of three governors, and is not afraid of tackling big, complicated jobs that help the disenfranchised while building better communities. Karen Baker was raised in Ohio with seven siblings where there was not much opportunity to be selfish. Her upbringing taught her the value of selflessness and service, which has helped shape her decades-long career in public service. Whether it was volunteering with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps while attending UCLA, working for a congressmember in Washington, D.C. or being appointed by President Clinton to help create AmeriCorps, Karen Baker has always been inspired by creativity and problem solving within communities. “I'm particularly interested in that because I feel like one of the biggest things that people miss as a leader is just the ability to really listen very hard and then create,” Baker explains. “And part of how community is created by being there for each other and serving, and I think that's the glue of our culture.” Karen Baker has held cabinet positions under three California governors, and currently leads Gov. Newsom’s Listos California, a multi-million-dollar initiative to educate disabled, non-English speaking, and other vulnerable populations across the state about disaster preparedness, including COVID-19. Its mission is guided by the principle of letting the community decide how best to reach its members. Baker admits it is a big and complicated job, but it is the kind of problem-solving that she knows will have a significant impact on the lives of others. “I think the only thing that you have to be aware of when you need to be inspired is: What are you giving?” she asks. “You have to keep doing those acts of service. Cause that's what makes you feel connected in my view. And that's where the joy comes.” Listen to the full interview with Karen Baker to hear more about her tremendous career of helping others, an inspiring drive-thru event in Mendota, Calif., and a special bond created over a shared favorite book. Learn more and subscribe for free to In The Arena at www.governing.com/ITA

This is Karen's second time on my podcast and I'm really excited for you to hear as she talks about decluttering, what papers to keep and what to get rid off as well as understanding your group benefits and preparing for retirement. Get your pen and paper out in case you want to make notes as Karen shares some really useful information that we all need to hear. Karen A. Baker, is a licensed Estate Planner and Financial Advisor who is passionate about instilling sound wisdom to train the next generation in using money as a tool and not a goal. With over 20 years in the financial services and insurance industry, she has worked in the admin role leading up to being an advisor - so she is well versed on documentation and ensuring that families are protected with the right combination of protection and income flow. She blends the technical, tangible and intangible wisdom in her practice to help the next heirs be wise with money and live generously. Her area of specialty is inter-generational wealth and working with special needs families and seniors. Karen holds: FCSI - Fellow of Canadian Securities Institute - the highest honour & most credential in Canadian financial services. It's reserved solely for an elite group of experienced financial services. FMA - Financial Management Advisor, FIC, CLU®, CKA® and QAFP- Qualified Associate Financial Planner Her mission is to help families implement tools to protect their ability to earn a living while maintaining a life of purpose. Connect with Karen Baker for financial advice at info@kabfsi.com or www.faithlifefinancial.ca. She is available for bookings as a speaker for corporate events, family events and other special engagements.

In Episode 7, we speak with designer and founder/CCO of 7Concepts, Karen Baker.

My guest today is Karen A. Baker. Karen, is a licensed Estate Planner and Financial Advisor who is passionate about instilling sound wisdom to train the next generation in using money as a tool and not a goal. With over 20 years in the financial services and insurance industry, she has worked in the admin role leading up to being an advisor - so she is well versed on documentation and ensuring that families are protected with the right combination of protection and income flow. She blends the technical, tangible and intangible wisdom in her practice to help the next heirs be wise with money and live generously. Her area of specialty is inter-generational wealth and working with special needs families and seniors. Karen holds: FCSI - Fellow of Canadian Securities Institute - the highest honour & most credential in Canadian financial services. It's reserved solely for an elite group of experienced financial services. FMA - Financial Management Advisor, FIC, CLU®, CKA® and QAFP- Qualified Associate Financial Planner Her mission is to help families implement tools to protect their ability to earn a living while maintaining a life of purpose. Connect with Karen Baker for financial advice at info@kabfsi.com or www.faithlifefinancial.ca. She is available for bookings as a speaker for corporate events, family events and other special engagements. Suggested reading: Your New Money Mindset by Brad Hewitt and James Moline

For this edition we enjoyed a lovely virtual afternoon tea on a Sunday Zoom chat with some of our unpluggers. We explored work-life balance in lockdown and trying something new - or doing more of something - both for work and for wellbeing. Featuring Sally Northeast, Darren Caveney, Georgia Turner, Jill Spurr, Pen le Kelly, Joe Crossland, Josephine Graham, Karen Baker, Saranne Postans and Rosaleen Kelly joining from Scotland, Wales, the north, the middle and the south.

Karen Baker Landers is a two-time Oscar-winning sound editor in LA, working for the Formosa Group. Her credits include The Bourne franchise, Skyfall, Spectre and Black Hawk Down.In this Skype interview we talked about her fascination with sound in storytelling since a young age, working with an audiences expectations of "movie" sound, and keeping the sound authentic in her most recent Netflix film Sergio.Follow me on Facebook at Sound PerspectiveTwitter @soundperspectInstagram @alfiefabersoundGot feedback? Email me contact@soundperspectivepodcast.com

Getting your customers' attention may seem like it's getting harder to do. So, it's easy to see why some brands turn to experiential marketing. But what exactly does experiential marketing mean? How can you incorporate it into your brand's marketing plan? How do you identify, reach, and engage your audience? Master marketer Karen Baker of 7 Concepts, gives us the skinny for ways to engage customers using branded experiences to make a memorable impact. SHOW PAGE: https://ceoconvo.com/karen-baker/

On this week’s mid-week episode, tune in as Adam coaches Karen Baker live, around bringing the fire without bringing down the universe bringing more habit, structure, and rigor into the pants free lifestyle.

On this special episode of the Commerce Party podcast, we have the two powerhouse women of tech behind the success and madness that is ShipperHQ. Listen in as CEO Karen Baker and CTO Genevieve Eddison recap where it all started and some of the major decisions they've made along the way, both business and personal.

With an increasing number of natural disasters occurring in California, what does it take to be prepared? Karen Baker, senior advisor to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and architect and co-chair of Listos California, discusses how people, communities, and philanthropic organizations can show up for each other—helping to improve and empower disaster preparedness.

Karen Baker, founder and CEO of ShipperHQ, join Blue Acorn iCi to discuss how shipping plays into the ecommerce strategy, what customers expect in terms of shipping, the top shipping myths, and the biggest mistakes companies make in their shipping strategies.

On this episode of the Creativity in Focus podcast we chat with Artist Rosalind Soules. Rosalind will share with us her creative process, different types of paintings, how she gets inspired and much more! Fun Fact: Rosalind is Karen Baker’s mom – yes, the sculptor!

On this episode of the Creativity in Focus podcast we chat with Artist Rosalind Soules. Rosalind will share with us her creative process, different types of paintings, how she gets inspired and much more! Fun Fact: Rosalind is Karen Baker’s mom – yes, the sculptor!

You walk into a social event where you don't know anyone. Everyone's mingling - everyone but you. You're at the buffet, scoffing vol-au-vents, holding your plastic glass of pee-warm chardonnay. You glance around, wiping crumbs from your lapels. Nope. Still no one you recognise. You look at your watch, wondering how long to subject yourself to this low-grade humiliation. The temptation to pull out your phone is intense. It'd make you feel like less of a plonker. Five more minutes, you tell yourself. So you stand awkwardly next to the potted plant, reading the fire escape instructions. Dum-de-dum-de-dum. Moment by moment, you're emitting more desperate signals, and shockingly, no one swans over to engage you in conversation. You give a passer-by a watery smile, but no dice. I'm outta here, you say to yourself. I'm just not good at this socialising thing. That was as fun as a root canal. If any part of my intro rings true, today's conversation is going to be a game-changer. Karen Baker is a professional people-person, rapport-building-wizard and master conversationalist. That's my description of her. She goes, more simply, by 'Coach.' In her previous career, Karen was a successful fundraiser and a masterful connector. She was - and IS - the kind of person who strikes up conversations in supermarket queues (and at those buffets I mentioned) without coming across as cheesy, insincere or stalkerish. That, friends, is an art. I approached Karen with one question: How can we talk to absolutely anyone, anywhere? Her answer is this episode. She's going to teach us... how to find an "in" when you want to connect with someone how curiosity and paying attention are the only tools you need - look for the "foamy moustache" in the room how power can befuddle the ways in which we connect how to create a service mentality how to belong in every room you're in If you've ever wanted to feel less awkward in conversations, and be one of those smooth operators who starts conversations with ease, get your note pad and press play. We've got you covered. Join us.   Links and Resources: Karen Baker on Instagram Review MoxieCast on iTunes   Quotes by Karen Baker:   “Conversation is not about give and take. Conversation is mostly about give.” “Your ultimate goal is to have a conversation that they will never forget.”

On today’s show we discuss the future of sculpting, where it is going, market changes, etc. Join Shahar Boyayan as she hosts another Episode of Creativity in Focus with Noemi Smith, Karen Baker, and Apryl Jensen.

On today’s show we discuss the future of sculpting, where it is going, market changes, etc. Join Shahar Boyayan as she hosts another Episode of Creativity in Focus with Noemi Smith, Karen Baker, and Apryl Jensen.

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Discussion of Adobe/Magento Acquisition - Karen Baker, TJ Gamble, Eric Hileman, Kalen Jordan by Kalen Jordan

On today’s episode we’ll be chatting with sculptor Karen Baker. Karen has been sculpting art dolls for over 10 years. Karen Baker is also one of our favorite instructors at curiosmondo.com Check out her courses!

On today’s episode we’ll be chatting with sculptor Karen Baker. Karen has been sculpting art dolls for over 10 years. Karen Baker is also one of our favorite instructors at curiosmondo.com Check out her courses!

The City of Idaho Falls hosted a very informative community meeting covering a lot of the logistics that are being planned out for the upcoming total solar eclipse on August 21st. The event was hosted by Karen Baker, Executive Director of the Museum of Idaho and presenters included Idaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Casper, City of Idaho Falls Police Chief Mark McBride, Bonneville County Sheriff Paul Wilde, Deputy Chief Dave Coffee from Idaho Falls Fire Department, Kellye Eager from the Environmental Health Division, Traffic Engineer Ben Burke with the Idaho Transportation Department, and other city officials. [...] The post Episode 3 – Community Meeting appeared first on KID Newsradio.

I'm excited to share this Episode #15 with you-- a conversation with Karen Baker, a mentor of mine who played a pivotal role in connecting me to a career of service. It’s not surprising because connecting people to service is Karen’s super power. Karen has been making matches her whole life, but she currently brings this gift to her role as the Chief Service Officer of CaliforniaVolunteers, where she serves under Governor Brown. Karen has 20 years of innovative leadership in all facets of the service and volunteering sector, including local and national non-profits and federal agencies. In 2008, she was appointed by Former California Governor Schwarzenegger to serve as the first-in-the-nation state cabinet Secretary of Service and Volunteering. Karen is also an amazing mom to 2 children, Ella and Christopher, both adopted at birth by Karen and her husband. In our conversation, we talk about the ways in which Karen’s parents and seven siblings inspired her to be of service to others, how she brings that service to her work at CaliforniaVolunteers, and how she has learned to put needs out there and watch as a community rises up to meet them, most recently experienced as Karen led efforts to respond to the Oroville Dam disaster. We also talk about her experience parenting children with ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder, how she using a morning playlist and thoughtful nighttime ritual in between the “madness in the middle,” to ground herself and her children, and how she is learning to take time and find new ways to invest in herself and her relationships.  It was a total joy for me to reconnect with my mentor Karen and I left the conversation so appreciative of the work she does in my state of California, reminded of the importance of using our superpowers to benefit others, and inspired to engage my own children in service. I hope you too find this conversation an inspiration to uncover and channel your family’s superpowers to create a service legacy. Topics discussed in this episode: How Karen used her superpower, helping people find their vocation and passion, to set me on my career path after college The lesson Karen’s civically-minded parents imparted to her and her siblings of the duty  to people who have no one else to support them Book-ending your day between the “madness in the middle” with a  morning playlist and a thoughtful question before bedtime Moving from isolation to community when raising children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) The power of putting your needs out there and having faith that the right people will come into your work and life to fill those needs Living a life of service and utilizing your superpowers to give and receive positive energy and find solutions Karen’s recent E.P.I.C. life moment when she was called by to respond to the Oroville Dam disaster and saw a community rise up to meet the needs Resources mentioned in this episode: Heart of Los Angeles Youth, the incredible organization that Karen connected me to that set me on my career path after college. CaliforniaVolunteers - addresses state and community challenges by investing in high impact service solutions, while leveraging public, private, and nonprofit partnerships and resources. AmeriCorps - provides thousands of Americans of all ages, abilities and backgrounds with intensive full- and part-time opportunities to serve their communities and build the capacity of grassroots organizations to meet local environmental, educational, public safety, or other human needs. http://www.californiavolunteers.org/index.php/AmeriCorps/ Being Boss Podcast - Episode 79 - The Chalkboard Method Mother’s Quest Podcast - Episode 14 with Amanda Steinberg of the DailyWorth E.P.I.C. Life Planning and Reflection Sheets to help you start recording weekly intentions and daily gratitude. Democracy jeans, the E.P.I.C. jeans, created by my very own sister, that Karen Baker and I were both wearing when we sat down to do our interview Announcements If you haven’t yet visited the website, I want to invite you to head over to mothersquest.com to explore some of the ways you can get more connected. At the site, you can sign up for our email list to have show notes delivered to your inbox, click the link to join the Facebook group and press record to leave a voice message for me. I would love to hear which are your favorite moments from the podcast and how what you are hearing and learning is impacting your E.P.I.C. life. I plan to highlight those moments from the different episodes, and your voices, in the season finale coming in early April. So do head over to mothersquest.com and use the voice message tool to help me create an amazing season finale. Finally, I invite you to schedule a free 15 minute planning session where I can help you bring more intention to your life using the Live Your E.P.I.C. Life Planning and Reflection Sheets which you can download for FREE at www.mothersquest.com/reflectionsheets. A big THANK YOU to our “patrons” for helping to bring these conversations to myself and other mothers through financial support: Rachel Winter Caren and Debbie Lieberman Cameron Miranda Fran and David Lieberman Debbie and Alan Goore Jenise and Marianne of the Sustainable Living Podcast Want to join the patrons above and help support more meaningful conversations such as these? Visit the Mother’s Quest Patreon Page to become a regular patron or visit this link www.mothersquest.com/be-a-supporter to make a one-time donation. If you would like to "dedicate" an upcoming episode to a special mother in your life, email me at julie@mothersquest.com

I am filled with excitement and gratitude as I bring you this Episode #13, a solocast. It is an opportunity for me to reflect on the milestone of completing the first twelve episodes I set out to record when I launched the podcast, the common themes and lessons I have found among them, and the ways in which my life has been enriched as a result. I open with honesty about the challenge I had recording this solocast and how and why I decided to bring you an unedited second version, one in which I didn’t worry about flaws or strive for perfection. I also share a dedication with you to a woman whose words have been an anchor for me the last few months, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. I let you in on some areas in my life where I am feeling challenged and how I carefully selected topics and guests in the extended season, another six episodes, to support me in these areas. Finally, I let you know about a few ways you can lend your support, through spreading the news of the extended season utilizing my Thunderclap campaign or by helping me create the finale, calling in with your favorite moments and the ways in which they have impacted you. In this episode I share: How coaching from Episode #9 guest Amber Lilyestrom and a visit to Dr. Angela Wu helped me record a second version of the solocast with more ease Highlights of a “Letter to a Young Activist” and other words from Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, that have been an anchor for me The three P’s I have seen weave through all the podcast episodes, the Power of Perspective, the Power of Metaphor and the Power of Connection My desire to grow in how I approach money, become a better activist, nurture my creativity, and make quality time for my children... and how that influenced the next six episodes. Some background on the confirmed guests: Daily Worth CEO Amanda Steinberg, Karen Baker of California Volunteers, Paola Mendoza, Creative Director of the Women’s March, Danielle Dutton, author of Margaret the First and founder of the Dorothy Project, and my very own son, in honor of his milestone birthday. My plans for the season finale and how you can bring your perspective and voice to it Resources mentioned in this episode: Do Not Lose Heart; We were made For These Times by  Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés website - www.clarissapinkolaestes.com Focus on our Goodness: A Framework for my Activism Inspired by my Four-year Old posted on the Mother’s Quest blog in January 2017 The She Podcasts Facebook Group Dr. Angela C. Wu’s Healing Center The First Season of the Mother’s Quest Podcast Ep 00: Planting Seeds for Mother’s Quest – An Introduction Ep 01: The Spiritual Mindset of Abundance with Navjit Kandola Ep 02: Unmasking Motherhood with Katherine Wintsch Ep 03: Cultivating a Healthy Family with Michelle Ratcliffe Ep 04: Taking Center Stage as a Go Girl! with Lynn Johnson and Allison Kenny Ep 05: Live your E.P.I.C. Life to Help Your Children Thrive Ep 06: Healthy and Happy with Dr. Elisa Song Ep 07: Living Out Loud with Jenjii Hysten Ep 08: Empathy, Acts of Kindness and Climbing Mountains with Erika Greff Ep 09: The Soul-Fueled Truth with Amber Lilyestrom Ep 10: Choosing Gratitude and Glitter with Nancy Netherland Ep 11: “Flawed” with Truth Bomb Mom Kristina Kuzmic Ep 12: Breaking Bread and Building Bridges with Saadia Ahmed A big THANK YOU to our "patrons" for helping to bring these conversations to myself and other mothers through financial support: Caren and Debbie Lieberman Cameron Miranda Fran and David Lieberman Debbie and Alan Goore Jenise and Marianne of the Sustainable Living Podcast Announcements: As you know, I will be extending the season for six more episodes! And if you would be open to spreading the news of my extended season, sign-up today for my ThunderClap Campaign. With your help, the day the extended season launches on March 2nd, there can be a thunderous announcement on social media to help reach more moms with these conversations.     Still available for download is the Live Your E.P.I.C. Life Planning and Reflection Sheets to help us record our weekly intentions using the E.P.I.C. Framework and reflect at the end of each day on that one positive thing we want to focus on. You can get the free download at mothersquest.com/reflectionsheets. --- Want to join the patrons above and help support more meaningful conversations such as these? Visit the Mother’s Quest Patreon Page to become a regular patron or visit this link www.mothersquest.com/be-a-supporter to make a one-time donation. If you would like to "dedicate" an upcoming episode to a special mother in your life, email me at julie@mothersquest.com

Show Notes The guys get personal with Karen Baker from Webshopapps and Kalen makes fun of her accent. She flips the tables and runs the rest of the show. Hilarity ensues. 1:38 Politics 4:09 Shipper...