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In today's digital economy, data is a form of capital. Given the mission-critical role that it has, having a robust data management strategy is now more crucial than ever.   Join Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Kay Malcolm, as they talk about the various Oracle Database offerings and discuss how to actually use them to efficiently manage data across a diverse but unified data tier.   Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/Oracle_Edu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/   Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, Ranbir Singh, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode.   --------------------------------------------------------   Episode Transcript: 00:00 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started. 00:26 Lois: Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast. I'm Lois Houston, Director of Innovation Programs with Oracle University, and with me is Nikita Abraham, Principal Technical Editor. Nikita: Hi there. If you've been following along with us these past few weeks, you'll know we've been revisiting our most popular episodes of the year.  Lois: Right, and today's episode is the last one of the Best of 2023 series. It's a throwback to our conversation on Oracle's Data Management strategy and offerings with Kay Malcolm, Senior Director of Database Product Management at Oracle. Nikita: We'd often heard Kay say that Oracle's data management strategy is simply complete and completely simple. And so we began by asking her what she meant by that. 01:09 Kay: It's a fun play on words, right? App development paradigms are in a rapid state of transformation. Modern app development is simplifying and accelerating how you deploy applications. Also simplifying how data models and data analytics are used. Oracle data management embraces modern app development and transformations that go beyond technology changes. It presents a simply complete solution that is completely simple. Immediately you can see benefits of the easiest and most productive platform for developing and running modern app and analytics. 01:54 Kay: Oracle Database is a converged database that provides best of breed support for all different data models and workloads that you need. When you have converged support for application development, you eliminate data fragmentation. You can perform unique queries and transactions that span any data and create value across all data types and build into your applications.  02:24 Nikita: When you say all data types, this can include both structured and unstructured data, right? Kay: This also includes structured and unstructured data. The Oracle converged database has the best of breed for JSON, graph, and text while including other data types, relations, blockchain, spatial, and others. Now that we have the ability to access any data type, we have various workloads and converged data management that supports all modern transactional and analytical workloads. We have the unique ability to run any combination of workloads on any combination of data. Simply complete for analytics means the ability to include all of the transactions, including key value, IoT, or Internet of Things, along with operational data warehouse and lake and machine learning. 03:27 Kay: Oracle's decentralized database architecture makes decentralized apps simple to deploy and operate. This architecture makes it simple to use decentralized app development techniques like coding events, data events, API driven development, low code, and geo distribution. Autonomous Database or ADB now supports the Mongo database API adding more tools for architectural support. Autonomous Database or ADB has a set of automated tools to manage, provision, tune, and patch. It provides solutions for difficult database engineering with auto indexing and partitioning and is elastic. You can automatically scale up or down based on the workload. Autonomous Database is also very productive. It allows for focus on the data for solving business problems. ADB has self-service tools for analytics, data access, and it simplifies these difficult data engineering architectures. 04:43 Lois: OK…so can you tell us about running modern apps and analytics? Kay: Running applications means thinking about all the operational concerns and solving how to support mission-critical applications. Traditionally, this is where Oracle excels with high availability, security, operational solutions that have been proven over the years. Now, having developer tools and the ability to scale and reduce risk simplifies the development process without having to use complex sharding and data protection. Mission-critical capabilities that are needed for the applications are already provided in the functionality of the Oracle Data Management architecture. Disaster recovery, replication, backups, and security are all part of the Oracle Autonomous Database. 05:42 Kay: Even complex business-critical applications are supported by the operational security and availability of Oracle ADB. Transparently, it provides automated solutions for minimizing risk, dealing with complexity, and availability for all applications. Oracle's big picture data management strategy is simply complete and completely simple with the converged database, data management tools, and the best platform. It is focused on providing a platform that allows for modern app development across all data types, workloads, and development styles. It is completely scalable, available, and secure, leveraging the database technologies developed over several years. And it's available consistently across the environment. It is the simplest to use because of the available tools and running completely mission critical applications. 06:50 Nikita: Ah, so that's how we come to… Kay: Simply complete and completely simple. Easy to remember and easy to incorporate into your existing architectures.  Lois: OK. So Kay, can you talk a little bit more about Autonomous Database? 07:04 Kay: Let's compare Autonomous Database to how you ran the database on premise. How you ran the database on the cloud using our earlier Cloud Services, Database Cloud Services, and Oracle Exadata Cloud Service. The key thing to understand is Autonomous Database, or ADB, is a fully managed service. We fully manage the infrastructure. We fully manage the database for you. In on premise, you manage everything-- the infrastructure, the database, everything. We also have a service in between that that we call a co-managed service. Here we manage the infrastructure, and you manage the database. That service is important for customers who are not yet up to 19c. Or they might be running a packaged application like E-Business Suite. But for the rest of you, ADB is really the place you want to go. 08:09 Nikita: And why is that? Kay: Because it's fully managed and, because it's fully managed, is a much, much lower cost way to go. So when you talk to your boss about why he wants to move to ADB, they often care about the bottom line. They want to know like, am I going to lower my costs? And with ADB, because we take care of a lot of the tedious chores that DBAs normally have to do and because we take care of best practices, configurations, we can do things at a really low cost.  08:49 Lois: Kay, what does it take for a customer to move to Oracle's Autonomous Database?  Kay: We've got a tool that helps you look at your current database on prem. This tool will analyze what features you're using and let you know, hey, you know you're doing something that's not supported for ADB, for example. Like if you're running some release before 19c, we don't support it. If you're doing stuff like putting database tables in the system or sys schema, we don't support it. You know, there are a few things that very few customers do that we don't support. And this tool will flag those for you. And then the next step, it's pretty simple. You just use our Data Pump import/export tool to move your data out of your database on prem into the object store on the Cloud. And then you simply import-- you know how to use Data Pump to import-- the data off the file and the object store into the database. Then you're done. Pretty simple process. 09:57 Nikita: Do we assist our customers with data migration from on-prem to Cloud? Kay: More recently have come out with a new service on our Cloud called the Database Migration Service. With Autonomous Database Migration Service, you can just point us at your source database on prem or even on some other cloud. Whatever it is, we will take care of everything from there and move that, go through all the steps and move your database to ADB on the Cloud. Even better, we now are working with our Applications customers to make it really easy for them to move their packaged applications to Autonomous Database. The Oracle development teams that built JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Siebel have now all certified that those packaged applications can run with Autonomous Database no problem. Our EBS team is working on it. And that'll be coming soon, sometime next year. 11:02 Lois: So, if I am an Apps customer, is there a special service for me? Kay: We have a fully managed service available on our Cloud that lets you take your entire application stack on the middle tier and the database tier, move it to our Cloud. Move the database part to Autonomous Database. And they will also manage your middle tier for you. 11:32 Want to get the inside scoop on Oracle University? Head on over to the all-new Oracle University Learning Community. Attend exclusive events. Read up on the latest news. Get first-hand access to new products and stay up-to-date with upcoming certification opportunities. If you are already an Oracle MyLearn user, go to MyLearn to join the community. You will need to log in first. If you have not yet accessed Oracle MyLearn, visit mylearn.oracle.com and create an account to get started. Join the community today! 12:11 Nikita: Welcome back! Kay, can you talk a bit about APEX?  Kay: We have this great tool called APEX or Application Express. We have a version of Autonomous Database just for any APEX application.  Well, APEX is a low-code tool. It is our low-code tool that lets you rapidly build data-driven applications where the data is in the Oracle Database, really easy and really rapidly. We estimate at least 10 times faster than doing traditional coding to build your applications. What we're seeing is much, much higher productivity than that. Sometimes 40, even 50 times faster coding. 13:01 Kay: Out of the box, it comes with really nice tools for building things-- your classical forms and reporting kinds of workloads. It gives you things like faceted search and capabilities to do things like see on an e-commerce website where you get to choose things like dimensions, like I want a product where the cost is in this range. And, you know, it might have some other attributes. And it can very quickly filter that data for you and return the best results. And it's a really nice tool for iterating. Now, if your user interface doesn't look quite right, it's very easy to tweak colors and backgrounds and themes. Another reason it's so productive is that the whole middle tier part of your application is fully automated for you. You don't have to do anything about connection management or state management. You don't have to worry about mapping data types from some other 3GL programming language to data types. All of that is done for you. The combination of ADB and APEX really rocks. 14:17 Lois: Do we have Extract, Transform, and Load capabilities in our ADB? Kay: We have ETL transformation tools. Again, they let you specify transformations in a drag-and-drop fashion on the screen. We have all sorts of other tools and, in the service, the full power of the converged analytic technologies, things like graph analytics, spatial analytics, machine learning. All of this is built into this new platform. Now, a big, new capability around machine learning is something that we call AutoML. That lets any data scientists give us a data set, tell us what the key feature is that they want to analyze, and what the predictions are. And we will come up with a machine learning model for them out of the box. Really that easy. Plus, we have the low-code tool APEX that I mentioned earlier. 15:17 Kay: So this environment is really powerful for doing more than traditional data warehouses. We can build data lakes. We are integrated with the object stores on Oracle Cloud and also on other clouds. And we can do massively parallel querying of data in the core database itself and the data lake. 15:38 Nikita: Beyond the database tech, there's the business side, right? How easy do we make a customer's path to ADB from a business standpoint, a decision-making standpoint? Kay: So if you're an existing Oracle customer, you have an existing Oracle Database license you're using on prem, we have something called BYOL, Bring Your Own License, to OCI. We have the Cloud Lift Service. This huge cloud engineering team across all regions of the world will help you move your existing on-prem database to ADB for free. 16:16 Kay: And then, finally, we announced fairly recently something called the Support Rewards Program. This is something our customers are really excited about. It lets them translate their spending on OCI to a reduction in their support bill. So if you're a customer using OCI, you get a $0.25 to $0.33 reward for every dollar you spend on Oracle's Cloud. You can then take that money from your rewards and apply it to your bill for customer support, for your technology support even, like the database. And this is exactly what customers want as they move their investment to the cloud. They want to lower the costs of paying for their on-prem support. Now, we've talked about money. This lowers costs greatly. So ADB has lots of value. But the big thing I think to think about is really that it lowers costs. It lowers that cost via automation, higher productivity, less downtime, all sorts of areas.   17:22 Lois: You make a very convincing case for ADB, Kay. Kay: ADB is a great place to go. Take those existing Oracle Databases you have. Move and modernize them to a modern cloud infrastructure that's going to give you all the benefits of cloud, including agility and lower cost. So on our Cloud, we have something called the Always Free Autonomous Database Service. This service lets you get your hands on ADB. Try it out for yourself. You don't have to believe what we claim about how great this technology is. And we have other technologies like Live Labs that you can find on developer.oracle.com/livelabs that lets you do all kinds of exercises on this Always Free ADB infrastructure. Really get your hands dirty. And see for yourself how productive it can be.  18:16 Nikita: Thanks, Kay, for telling us about ADB and our database offerings. To learn more about this, head over mylearn.oracle.com, create a profile if you don't already have one, and get started on our free Oracle Cloud Data Management Foundations Workshop. Lois: We hope you've enjoyed revisiting some of our most popular episodes these past few weeks. We're kicking off the new year with a new season of the Oracle University Podcast. And this time around, it'll be on Oracle Autonomous Database so make sure you don't miss it. Until next week, this is Lois Houston… Nikita: And Nikita Abraham, signing off! 18:52 That's all for this episode of the Oracle University Podcast. If you enjoyed listening, please click Subscribe to get all the latest episodes. We'd also love it if you would take a moment to rate and review us on your podcast app. See you again on the next episode of the Oracle University Podcast.

Kay's story is a must-listen for everyone! Hopeful VBAC moms, CBAC moms, first-time moms,  and birth workers will be inspired by Kay's wisdom, beauty, and strength. Kay was Julie's first cross-country virtual doula client. She shares her journey of thoroughly preparing for a VBAC (complete with a color-coded binder!), having 100% confidence in her intuition, and ultimately having a euphoric CBAC. Yes, euphoric! Julie also shares a special lesson learned from Kay that she will never forget.“My biggest piece of advice to anyone would be to have that plan C. Have A, B, and C and be so at peace with all of them. Love every part of them because that made all the difference in the world.“I think it's just as important to listen to all of those beautiful VBAC stories as it is to listen to beautiful CBAC stories because it does not have to be the trauma that most of us have experienced in our first C-section. It can be different.” Additional linksThe VBAC Link on Apple PodcastsHow to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for ParentsThe VBAC Link Community on FacebookFull transcriptNote: All transcripts are edited to correct grammar, false starts, and filler words. Meagan: Happy Wednesday, everyone. This is Meagan and Julie. You are listening to The VBAC Link. I am currently driving in the car and Julie is her usual, very organized self sitting in front of the computer. We are excited to record today's episode. This is Kay. She is actually a virtual client of Julie's, so I'm excited to hear this story from her because I heard the story from Julie. So yeah. We are excited to get into this story. Review of the WeekAnd of course, we have a review of the week. Since I am driving, we are going to turn the time over to Julie, since I cannot read and drive, and then we will jump back into her story.Julie: Yes. We are quite a dynamic duo. We record in the dentist's parking lot, on the road, in our home.Meagan: That's true, yeah.Julie: I remember the early days. Oh my gosh, the episode with Dr. Cormano (Episode 15).Meagan: Oh man. I was in the car going to a prenatal.Julie: I was in my garage in the car and it was 80° outside. I was sweating, but I didn't dare turn the car on because of the AC noise. Oh my goodness.Meagan: Mhmm.Julie: That was so crazy. Oh my gosh. We have come a long way, and then we have regressed a little bit because of COVID. But one day, we are going to be in a studio again and our kids' schedules won't be as crazy, or they will be crazier. When they are all in school during the day, that will just be nice because we won't have to worry about all the preschool shuffling around and all of the things. But for now, this is what you get. We are real-life moms just like you. So, so excited to share Kay's story today, but before we do, like Meagan said, I have a review. This review is from Apple Podcasts and the reviewer‘s name is Matthias.Band. The review title is, “So much love for this podcast.” She says, “I am a mom who has had two VBACs following the Cesarean birth of my firstborn. If I could give a gift to my post-Cesarean self while preparing for my VBACs, it would have been this podcast. I did not discover this podcast until after my last birth, but I have fallen in love with the hosts and the women who come here to share their stories. “Listening to Julie and Meagan feels so often like sitting down with friends due to their candor and obvious passion they bring to this facet of childbirth and early motherhood. I love this community they have created that genuinely understands the emotional impact of birth and the many reasons, both physical and psychological, why women pursue VBAC. Julie and Meagan are so knowledgeable, kindhearted, and obviously hardworking.“Keep up the good work. You are making an impact.”That is so sweet. I love that. Doesn't that just make you feel so good, Meagan?Meagan: I know.Julie: Not going to lie, sometimes business is a little hard and sometimes things get a little bit rough. We love getting reviews like this because it really, really does keep us going. It lifts our spirits when times are more difficult than others and really these kind words just-- I just can't even tell you how many times they have lifted me up when I have just been really struggling with life generally, but specifically some business stuff. So thank you. Thank you, Matthias.Band on Apple Podcasts. We appreciate your review so much.Kay's storyMeagan: Okay, you guys. So, so excited to get into this story. Kay, if you're okay with it, we would love to turn the time over to you.Julie: Wait, can I talk first for a minute?Kay: Sure. Please.Meagan: It would be out of character for you not to say something.Julie: Yes. So I've just got to-- you know how I am. I am going to try to not take up too much time because I want to give Kay plenty of time to tell her story. But Kay was my first virtual client that did not live in Utah. We all know that during COVID-19 and all of the hospital restrictions, and the lockdowns, and the difficult policies, and restrictions that were being placed under the families, most parts of the country don't allow doulas in. There was a time when all of this started that they weren't even allowing birth partners and husbands to be able to be there for these women's birth. It has been a journey. We are out of the part where they don't allow husbands or birth partners into the hospital, but in some areas, most areas are still restricting doulas. We are really lucky here in Utah that most hospitals are allowing one support person plus a doula right now, but in a lot of other parts of the country, it's not like that. So something that has become more emergent in the birth world, in the doula world, is virtual doula support. What most people think of when they hear “virtual doula support” is, “I don't want to be on Zoom or FaceTime with my doula the whole time. That just sounds weird. She is staring at us in the room and being like, ‘good job' on the phone.” Let me tell you, virtual support looks so different than what you would think or would imagine. I have supported a couple of clients locally, virtual support just by force, because of a hospital switching policies the day before they had their baby and things like that. I'm sure, Meagan, you have dealt with the same thing, but it was really neat to have Kay reach out to me from across the country wanting doula support initially because the hospital that she was birthing at wasn't allowing doulas and she was like, “Heck, if I'm going to have a virtual doula, I might as well have The VBAC Link as my virtual doula.”Kay: Right.Julie: So luckily, I had an opening. Let me tell you, it was such a beautiful experience. I am so glad that we connected. The hardest part about virtual support is just not being there when the baby is born. I was literally in tears when Kay was having her baby because I wasn't there with them. But it's pretty amazing. And so I am sure Kay is going to share part of that in her story with you as far as how she prepared and things, but without further ado, I am going to turn it over to my wonderful, digital client who I feel just as close to as if it was an in-person client, Kay.Kay: Thank you. Yes, it was quite a journey. This is my fourth child. So to go through, the first one was a vaginal birth. It took me 38 hours to birth that child and recovery was fine. I had my second birth and with this one, I opted to get an epidural right away. I dilated to 10 cm and everything was going great. I pushed for five and a half hours only to have a C-section after that. It turns out my little guy was wedged diagonally into my hip pocket. When the doctor pulled him out, she goes, “He's sunbathing” because he had his hands behind his head and his legs crossed like he was just lounging at the pool. And then, my third baby was actually adopted in March. We had been trying for about two and a half years and thought adoption was our way to go for the rest of the children that we were going to have in our family. God had other plans. So we adopted my daughter in March and found out, I think it was in April or May, that I was pregnant.It was quite a surprise for both of us. So while I was having my newborn, I started researching VBAC. I came across The VBAC Link and when everything went virtual, I thought, “Hey, what the heck? I'm going to reach out to them and see if there is any chance that you would take a virtual client.” Lo and behold, Julie got back to me and we started our journey together. So once I started to learn everything, I did HypnoBirthing, I did Julie and Meagan's class on The VBAC Link which was absolutely amazing. I did Spinning Babies®. I was doing my exercises. I had practiced how my birthing room was going to look. I had gotten tea lights and my essential oils. It was really important to me because I was planning to birth at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and I knew that they were a very big hospital and I wasn't sure what type of doctor I was going to get. So I stayed with my provider the whole time because you can see so many different providers at that location. I had just expressed my wants and my needs to have the birth that I desired and everyone was very supportive. But I was still a little iffy on the whole situation. I knew that if I was going to have the birth that I desired, I had to keep training and keep learning. So I am a bit OCD in that I had a color-coded binder with all of the different exercises and all of my notes that I had learned from Julie, and from HypnoBirthing and Spinning Babies®.Julie: I loved that binder. It made me so happy. You are just like me. I feel like we are soul sisters or whatever you want to call it because you are exactly like me.Kay: Yeah. It was great. But that's why I wanted us to have you there so much because I knew as much as I planned and trained, when it came down to labor, sometimes you forget everything all at once. That's why it was so nice to have you there. When the labor actually hit, that was another story. I hit my due date and nothing. I hit week 41 and nothing and girls, I was doing everything. Julie knows. I was doing my Miles Circuit. I was walking. I was doing curb walking and this child just said, “Nope. I just want to stay in you for as long as I possibly can.”At week 41 and, I think it was, five days, they did schedule an induction. I was so nervous. I almost left the hospital twice. I just didn't feel like my body was ready and I think because of all the nerves, I just felt the baby pulling upwards instead of being in that nice, down position he had felt like he was in for the previous week. So after many conversations with Julie and then speaking with the doctors, I thought, “Okay.” We started the process. After talking to Julie, I came up with the idea of, “Hey, can you try to do a membrane sweep first and give me a few hours?” So that was nice. They did the membrane sweep. They did give me a few hours. Nothing really happened. With my previous birth, my water broke after my membrane sweep and things started to progress a little bit, but with this one, it didn't happen.So the next step was the Foley bulb. That went well. I dilated to 4 centimeters fairly quickly, and then I pounced on the ball like crazy and I just wasn't progressing any further, so they said, “Hey, we want to do a slow Pitocin.” So again, during all this time, I had Julie on text with my husband and I was texting with her. I think we did some phone calls too and I kept saying, “What is the best way to do Pitocin?” I couldn't remember even though I had this beautiful binder in front of me about what the best way to do it was and Julie said, “Hey, this is what I recommend if you can do it,” and luckily, the hospital was very accommodating to that. So I think I did two units every hour I think it was.At that point, things were going well. The contractions were getting intense. It had gotten up to a level 8 of the Pitocin and I was going through a pretty intense contraction. Once it clicked up to level 10 of the Pitocin, I was in a lot of pain. I was having a hard time breathing. My husband was texting Julie and she was saying, “Hey, try this position. Try this position.” I labored on the toilet and I labored in the shower. I labored on all fours. I did everything that I could and it was just getting so intense to the point where I was having a hard time breathing in. I could breathe out beautifully, but I couldn't breathe in and that's the point when I said, I needed to get an epidural because it was taking so much out of me that I was a little nervous I was going to pass out or just not have the energy to push when the time came.So that point, I did get the epidural which was a godsend. I don't know if you guys had felt like this if you had an epidural, but once I had it, I felt a little bit out of it. I had oxygen on my face and I felt like I was watching everything from above as I was trying the different positions to get baby to descend. All of a sudden, they asked if they could check me. As soon as I turned onto my back, the baby's heart rate dropped and it wasn't anything super scary. It was kind of a quick drop, and then they were able to stabilize baby and it was okay. They checked me and I was at 7 centimeters, so I thought, “Oh gosh, this is good. This is going really, really well.” But the baby was really high in my belly and after sitting in bizarre positions with the epidural, I didn't feel like I could get him low. So thankfully again, if you have the choice to get a virtual doula or no doula, get the virtual doula because again, I was texting Julie saying, “Okay. What should I try now? How should I do this?”Thankfully, I also had a nurse that was trained in Spinning Babies®, so she suggested some positions. We were going to try the side-lying release. So we got me on my side and we started to do it. I probably was there for about a minute and baby's heart rate dropped again. This time, it was pretty scary. His heart rate went down for what I thought was two minutes and later found out it was five minutes. My husband‘s face was absolutely white as a ghost as they kept saying, “We are not getting his heart rate back up. We are not getting his heart rate up.” There was definite panic in the room. Finally, I switched sides again and his heart rate did come up and they were like, “Just don't move.” So I stayed in exactly the same position until baby was “happy again” and thankfully, he was.But it was every time I even tried to roll a tiny bit into a different position, the heart rate would drop again. I was definitely getting a little scared. So my husband looked at me and said, “I am getting a really bad feeling about this.” My heart dropped a little bit because I had wanted so bad to have a VBAC, but we are very religious people and I kept thinking, “If he's getting this thought, there's something to it.” So we stopped and we prayed the Rosary and we just really thought about what should be the best decision. In the middle, as we were praying the rosary, my husband kept saying, “I feel like somebody is holding the baby's hand and not letting him descend.” I knew as soon as he said that, there was a gut instinct that said, “This is probably not our best solution to go ahead and try to push once I get to 10 centimeters, that it might be better to have a C-section.” I was nervous about this because I know the recovery of having a C-section and I have a 10-month-old baby at home. I didn't want to not be able to pick her up or hold her, but at the same time, I wanted to get through this labor with a healthy baby and a healthy mama. He just kept saying, if we get into the pushing stage and he gets stuck, we are going to be in an emergency and I had that feeling too. I didn't want to voice it because I had trained so hard. I did everything I needed to do and I mean, I ate, I think, six pineapples that week trying to get myself in labor. I ate it every single day. I did the exercises religiously, but you know when you get that gut feeling. and the one thing that I love about The VBAC Link course is that they tell you if you get that feeling, you need to trust your instincts. That's one of the hardest things to do when you want a VBAC so bad.So I was scared. The doctor came in and I told her. I said, “Listen. I am not actually scared of the surgery. I'm scared of the recovery. I am afraid that something catastrophic could happen afterward like a blood clot or something crazy like that.” And because I had that VBAC Link training, I was able to say to the doctor, “Listen. You might think this is silly, but this is what's bothering me and this is why I'm scared.” I literally said to her, “I am scared I'm going to get up and have a blood clot. I am scared you are going to try to get me to walk and I could have an aneurysm or something like that.” She was shocked that I asked those questions and said, “How did you even hear about that stuff?” I said, “Well, I do a lot of research and I have had a C-section before and you hear stories-- horror stories with vaginal birth, and horror stories with a C-section, but I need to know that you are going to look out for these things and be on my side and take care of me after the surgery.” She was really kind. She went through all of the risks, which were so minuscule. When she said the statistics of having something like a blood clot, or an aneurysm, or something like that afterward, it eased my mind big time.I think also having The VBAC Link training because you go over the risk of uterine rupture and then once you hear that the statistics are lower, your mind rests a little bit and it eases your mind. So once I heard the statistics for things that I was probably a little irrationally afraid of, it eased my mind and I don't think I would have been able to do that if I didn't have that training. Once I did get that training, it gave me the confidence to speak with the doctor about that stuff. So we went on and I went to my plan C. I told the doctor, “Listen.” I was not expecting to have a C-section, but because I made a plan A, a Plan B and I didn't want to make a plan C but decided to make a plan C after I took your class, I knew if I had to have a C-section, these were the things that I wanted. The things that I wanted were, I wanted to have a clear curtain so that I could see my son. I wanted to have the cord pulse out for as long as humanly possible in a safe manner and I wanted to listen to music. I didn't want to be in an environment that I was scared of. I also didn't want my hands to be tied down. I don't know if that happened with either of you guys, but in my first C-section, they had Velcro that strapped your arms down and that was traumatic.Julie: Yeah, me too.Kay: It was just a horrible feeling. I felt like I had no control over what was happening and I did not want to experience that again. I have done a lot of work to heal from that, and then I just was adamant about it. They were like, “Yeah. Absolutely.” They were very accommodating. So when we went into the surgery room, the atmosphere of the nurses, and the anesthesiologist, and my surgeon was so light. I mean, my surgeon was literally dancing as she dressed in her gown and stuff like that. Everyone was coming to talk to me and they had my Jesus music on. God bless their souls because I played-- have you guys heard the song Stand in your Love? It says over and over, “My fear doesn't stand a chance when I'm standing in your love” and I played that song on repeat the entire surgery because it was the only thing that kept my mind grounded. My husband talked to me the entire time. The anesthesiologist talked to me the entire time. They were all joking and I was just so relaxed. My hands weren't tied down. I had little straps I could hold onto it if I chose to. I had my Rosary in my hands and everything was just really light. And then they kept pressing down on my belly to try to get the baby out. They were pressing on my rib cage, actually. I kept saying, “You're going to break my ribs.” It didn't hurt that bad, but I could feel the pressure and that baby was so high up in my belly that it took a while to get him out, but once they did, they dropped the curtain. My son locked eyes with me the entire time while his cord pulsed out. They just held him there. That woman's arms must have been so strong because my baby was 8 pounds and 11 ounces and she held him there the entire time. I think we were there for three or four minutes while the cord pulsed. And then as soon as I was done, they let my husband cut the cord and they brought the baby right to me. They didn't do anything else. He came right and was right on my chest and sat there for a long time. They actually did finish the rest of the surgery and close me up and he was on my chest the entire time. In fact, my husband didn't even get to hold him. And then when they were done, they did everything they needed to do. They measured him. They weighed him. My husband got to hold him as they were wheeling me back and it was beautiful. It was the most amazing experience. I was on cloud nine. I had just a calm sense that the peace that was in the operating room and the bubble that me and my husband were in is something I have never experienced before. It was just, it was a miracle. It was quite frankly probably one of the most beautiful births and situations I have ever been in. I attest it all to being prepared beforehand because I am definitely a people pleaser and I would have never went and said, “Hey. This is what I want.” You know? When they gave me, “No, I'm not sure about the clear curtain,” I said, “That is very important to me. Please, can you try to make that happen?” And they did. It was amazing. It was absolutely amazing. So I am so thrilled and so grateful for everything that you guys have bestowed upon me in terms of training and all that good stuff and for Julie being there virtually the entire time.Plan A, plan B, plan CJulie: Yeah. I love that. Before I get into a valuable lesson that you actually taught me during your birth, I want to have you talk more about having backup plans. Plan A, plan B, plan C. Do you want to talk more about that?Kay: Sure, sure. So plan A, for me, was going into spontaneous labor, not using any medications, and having my beautiful vaginal birth that I envisioned. I had a couple of other different ones in there, but that was the gist of my plan A. Plan B was if I have to get induced, to not use the epidural, and to stay as long as possible without the epidural. I had been in a 38-hour labor before with no epidural until hour 28, so I am very well aware of how painful contractions can be with Pitocin, but I was determined to just-- my goal was, okay. Plan B, if they have to induce me and do Pitocin, do two units every hour, and then have them turn it off so that my body could take over. That was my plan B. I also wanted to be able to birth the baby and catch him in my arms and bring him right to my chest. I just love that image. So that was part of my plan A and plan B. I did not want to plan plan C. I was just like, “I am not doing it. I don't want to.” It wasn't until I took your course that I said, “Okay. I probably should do this. It is the responsible thing to do. So I thought about it for a long time, “Okay. If I have to do a C-section, what would make me feel a lot more comfortable?” One of the things was listening to the different podcasts on The VBAC Link of people who had Cesareans that they thought were beautiful and that they enjoyed the process, and then doing my own research of just hearing people's stories, so I came up with little things. Things like music made the hugest, biggest difference in the entire world. It just kept my mind calm and having the sheet-- I didn't even know that there was a sheet before starting to research the stuff about having a clear sheet so you can see everything after they are doing the surgery. They don't let you see it during surgery. But I would say my biggest piece of advice to anyone would be to have that plan C. Have A, B, and C and be so at peace with all of them. Love every part of them because that made all the difference in the world.Julie: Yeah. I really liked that about you. Most people, I mean we have talked about it before in the podcast, but most people are like, “Oh, good vibes only. Positive stories only. I don't want to even think about a C-section because I don't want to manifest something wonky out to the universe.” Something that I really like is your eagerness to learn and get educated, but also your faith.So Kay and I are from different secular backgrounds, but we both believe in God. No matter what you believe in, whether you believe in divine power or you don't believe in anything at all, we all have our intuition that can guide us and trust us. It was really admirable when I was working with you, Kay. Through the whole way, all the way, through our prenatals, through your birth, even post-birth when we had our little visit, you always trusted in God, and you trusted in yourself, and you trusted that you knew what would be the right thing to do if plans ever had to change. And plans did change. That's why having a plan A, B, or C-- I always call them, A is your perfect plan if everything goes perfectly, and then B is the backup plan, and then C is your Cesarean plan. I'd like to encourage all of my clients to have that, but not everybody wants to talk about it. That's one thing we do go over in detail in our course, like you said, about the importance of having one of those. You can make it and know it's available to you, and then just fold it up, tuck it in your pocket and never even think about it again. But if you need it, guess what? You pull it out and it's there. You are prepared and you can enter into your birth in a really more confident way. I really like how you said that you were talking with your providers about your concerns. You were asking questions. They were talking with you. This is the thing, I think, that is hard for us to remember as people when we are working with providers and when we are working with people who do birth all the time is that they have a system. We all know that. You go into the system. You check-in. You labor. If you need an epidural, you need an epidural. If you need a Cesarean, you get a Cesarean, right?All of what they do is very routine and they are used to all of it, so they go through the steps and they go through the motions, but I think what we don't give providers credit for is their willingness to deviate from the standard of normal. Not all of them. Keep in mind, I'm not talking about all of them. But I think most providers have that heart and mindset that if you just talk to them and ask questions about your concerns or about your options or be really insistent. Like for you, it was the clear drape. They were like, “We don't normally do that,” and you were like, “No. I need that.” And they were like, “Okay well, let's figure out how to make it work.” I think most providers if given the chance and if asked questions would respond in a similar way. And so I think that's really great that you were able to stand up for yourself and the things that you knew based on what we had talked about and what you learned in our VBAC prep course for parents is that it gave you the confidence to ask that when you had to pull out your plan C.Kay: Yeah and you know what? I totally forgot to mention this. But before I got pregnant with my son, I went through two and a half years of fertility issues. Unexplained infertility and just went through the gamut of issues. I knew that I couldn't handle it mentally with IVF and all that sort of stuff, so I stayed on more of a holistic path of trying to get pregnant and just do that type of thing. They were always pushing me to get surgery and said, “You know, something is probably going on. You should probably get surgery to look at your ovaries, look at your uterus, look at your tubes to see if anything is going on.” So you know what? When I was on the operating table, I said, “You know, I saw (the doctor's name),” and I said, “Hey, can you do me a favor? I went through two and a half years of fertility issues and they were always pushing me to get surgery to see if everything was healthy on my female parts. Can you take a look for me while you're in there?” It was as if she was in the grocery store and I was like, “Hey, can you grab some milk for me?” She was like, “Yeah, sure. No problem. Let me get through this part and then I will check them for you.” And she did. She went through and she goes, “There are two beautiful ovaries. Your tubes look great.” I said, “What about my intestines? They always mentioned something about my intestines like maybe there was scar tissue?” And then she was like, “Okay, give me a couple of seconds.” And then a minute later she goes, “Oh, your bowels look beautiful.”Meagan: What a weird compliment to have, huh?Kay: Right?Meagan: “Oh, your bowels-- they look beautiful.” You're like, “Thank you. I am glad that my bowels are in good shape.”Kay: It's so true because--Meagan: But it's a really good thing.Kay: Yeah, and after having people question that something is wrong for so long, it starts to get in your head and you think, “Oh my gosh, is there something wrong? Should I have gone through with the surgery?” But I would have never in a million years asked that question if I have not gained the confidence through the parent prep course. There is no way I would've ever done that. But now, they closed me up and I go, “Hey, I know my insides are all healthy too.” It's like a bonus.Julie: Well and I just imagine you sitting there on the operating table. You are literally open and having these conversations with a provider. Oh my gosh, to be a fly on the wall. I mean, hopefully, there are no flies in the operating room. You know what I mean. But just how actively involved in your birth you were throughout the whole process. There are so many more details that I know that I feel like we can talk about your birth for two hours, but I want to share a lesson that I learned from your birth.Julie's lesson So during this process, I was just at home and as Kay said, sending text messages, and taking phone calls from them, and helping them through labor with different position ideas, and different things to do and try, and how to help them through the induction process, and all those things. And so I'm just hanging out, waiting, and checking in if I haven't heard after so long. And then the last I had heard, her husband had sent me a text message asking about a different position because baby wasn't engaging. I am super cool about that. I know all these positions. I sent them a couple of ideas and I am like, “Okay. If this doesn't work, then call me. I know a be-all-end-all to baby engagement that I've only seen not work one time in my entire doula career.”And so I was just waiting, expecting them to say, “Oh yeah! Baby is engaged,” or “Okay, we need to try the one more thing.” But I get a text message from her husband saying, “Baby's heart rate is not doing so great. We are going into a Cesarean. We are at peace with it.” It completely caught me off guard. I was like, “Oh my gosh. What is going on? I started crying to my husband.” I am like, “Oh my gosh. These poor clients. Their birth ended in a Cesarean” because I just made all these assumptions that you were not okay with it because most of the time when people try for a VBAC, they feel at least some degree of sadness at the loss of that birth experience. And so I text back and I'm like, “Okay. If you are confident in that decision, I support you. Let me know if you have any questions,” and then her husband was like, “All right. Pictures are coming next.” SoI could see a picture of the baby and I am like, “Okay well, I guess that's it. It's settled.” And so I was with my husband just watching shows. It was in the middle of the night. We were watching shows waiting to hear the word and I wanted to be able to chat with her for a little bit afterward while she was in the recovery room. I remember when I finally got the call, my doula-self was ready. I was ready to help her cope through the loss of this birth experience that she wanted so badly because that's what we do as doulas. We help people cope through hard things sometimes. Kay, you called me and we were talking. I could hear a little baby cooing in the background and there was hustle and bustle in the room. After you had talked to me for a little while, I was like, “Okay well, I will let you go for tonight. We will talk more tomorrow, but I just want you to know that it's okay to be so excited that you have a happy, healthy baby right now, but also, it's okay to feel sad about the loss of that VBAC experience that you wanted and worked so hard for,” because that is what I usually tell people if they end up in a repeat Cesarean. I am like, “It's okay to feel both of those feelings,” trying to bring this peace to her and say, “It's okay to feel all of the things. We need to feel them.” I will never forget the words that you said to me. You said, “Okay. I will keep that in mind for later, but right now, I am just on cloud nine.”You could tell you were smiling. You were so happy. God was with you through your whole journey. You were prepared. You made all the right decisions and knowing more about what happened now, it's easier for me to look back and see that. Maybe I would have said different things if I was actually there with you in person, but it took me off guard for a little bit. I am like, “Oh my gosh.” Even as doulas-- Meagan, I am sure you are still learning too. Every birth, we take something with us and it helps us be a little bit better of a doula for the next person that we support. That's one thing I'm never going to forget is that, and you're probably the first client I've ever had that's actually said that to me fresh out of the Cesarean. Baby was less than an hour old and you were so confident that you were supported, that you tried your best, and that you were educated, and you made all the right choices that all you were was on cloud nine and that you could look back at your birth so instantly with such happiness. I mean, the conversation has been the same since we have chatted ever since then. It was just a really good thing for you to say that to me because sometimes we just make assumptions about how people feel about their births or how they respond based on other people that we have seen in similar situations.Meagan: Well, and I think that sometimes as a doula, especially doulas who have had Cesareans and then gone on to VBAC or haven't gone and know the passion behind wanting to go on and have a VBAC sometimes can reflect a little bit more in their own experience of how they feel as a doula because they knew that you wanted that, right? So the hardest thing, and this is maybe a message for birth workers. As Julie was saying, you gave this lesson to her. For birth workers, we have to remember not to assume that someone else is going to feel the way we felt about our own birth because I feel like there are sometimes too where I have had a client go in for an induction and I was super bummed for them, but at the same time, they were completely content with it because again, in the end, they look back and they were like, “I did everything and this is the way it happened. I chose this and I feel good about this. I feel confident about this.” And as birth workers, we have to be okay to be confident with them as well and be okay with their outcome.Julie: Yeah. I think that's maybe one of the hardest parts about being a doula is we get so emotionally invested when working with all of our clients, and then when we see clients go through the process of an unplanned Cesarean, no matter if it's a VBAC or a CBAC or just a first initial Cesarean, I think we always start mourning the loss for them-- and not always, maybe, but at least for me, I have to really check my headspace to make sure that I don't start making assumptions about how they feel about their birth before they tell me how they feel about their birth. I totally did that with you, Kay. I totally just had my speech all ready to go. I was getting ready for when you were going to call me and it was just like-- you know, we all learn lessons along the way, and sometimes we have to re-learn these lessons and re-learn these lessons. That was just very valuable to me that you said that. I will never forget it and the happiness in your voice. I hung up the phone after talking with you and I looked at my husband. I was still crying a little bit because I was so sad for you. But why was I sad for you when you were so happy? I told my husband-- he was like, “How did the call go?” I was like, “Well, she's really excited and happy. So I guess I am really excited and happy too for her.”It was just such an interesting change of feelings. Maybe that's just the thing that comes with virtual doula support is that we help, and support, and send information, and call, and answer questions just as if you were to do it in person, but because we are not there sensing the emotions and feelings of things, I pulled in my own emotions. I will remember that conversation after your birth for the rest of my life probably.Kay: But it's interesting too because I have been on both sides of it. I have had a vaginal birth and I had a C-section after not expecting to have a C-section in any way, shape, or form, and then with that C-section, I had all those feelings that you are referring to. I had the disappointment and the “what if.” What if I tried this? What if I tried this? And then having this C-section, because it was my own because I dictated it, the nurses and the doctors, not the doctors, the nurses-- I think they were disappointed when I decided for a C-section, but I knew it was the right decision. We had those instincts. We prayed about it. We had that gut intuition and that is completely why I felt so in control because I know if I kept going that I could have been in a dangerous situation. My gut was just telling me, “This is not the right choice.” And because I had that, my husband had it, it was my plan. It was nobody else's plan except mine, where the first one, I was not in control. So I think it is so normal, but I feel like there should also be a, “your Cesareans can be beautiful too” because this was such a beautiful, beautiful experience. Even though you train for it, it can still be so peaceful, and so I will look back on this birth with nothing but happy memories because I did my best. I trained. I tried everything and this was the path that I was meant to take. I am totally, so at peace with it and I absolutely love it. I feel that Cesarean pride.Julie: I love that you said that. I love how you said that this was your plan. This was not anybody else's plan. Even though it wasn't plan A, it was still your plan because you had taken the time to make a plan C and you had taken the time to get educated and trust your intuition. You really trusted and honored that instinct and what you needed to do. So I just love that, that this was your plan. It was nobody else's plan and I think that's really important.Q&AWell, I think we have a couple of questions to ask you. We have been forgetting to ask questions, Meagan. Last week when we recorded five episodes, I don't think we asked questions in a single one.Meagan: Oh, I know.Julie: So it's been a while.Meagan: I know. I know.Julie: But I remembered this time. Do you want to ask them?Meagan: Yes, sure. So what is your best tip for someone preparing for a VBAC?Kay: Preparing for a VBAC, I would say to make plans A, B, and C. I know it is something we said over and over again, but to have all of those plans, and know that each one of them can be absolutely beautiful, and to kind of revel in each of those plans. If A happens, awesome. Euphoric. If B happens, it's also euphoric and if C happens, it can also be euphoric if you have this, this, and this in place. And to figure out what is going to be important for you. So I think it's just as important to listen to all of those beautiful VBAC stories as it is to listen to beautiful CBAC stories because it does not have to be the trauma that most of us have experienced in our first C-section. It can be different. That would be my advice.Meagan: I love that.Julie: Love it.Meagan: I love it. I also know listening to CBAC stories, or uterine rupture stories, some of the harder stories that we share on here can be hard to hear because it can be something that you are like, “Wait, no. That is not what I want to hear because I don't even want to imagine myself going there.”Kay: Right.Meagan: But there's so much you can learn with those stories. So I try to encourage people to find a space for that. That might take time, but find a space for it because I think you will be pleasantly surprised when you listen. You learn more and you will feel more in control at the end.ClosingWould you like to be a guest on the podcast? 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Why your story is your most important asset? #Takeaways:   The importance of sharing your story when it comes to self promotion Sharing you who are really connects you and develops conversations Your story can give permission for others to share theirs. The importance of role models for those wanting to grow in an organisation     Kay Fabella  is a DEI Consultant & Remote Team Specialist who builds diversity, equity and inclusion solutions for companies with distributed teams. Her mission is to amplify the voices of underrepresented groups, who are ready to step up as the leaders our companies and communities need.    As a Filipina-American expat in Spain since 2010, Kay  leverages her  multicultural experiences to build end-to-end DEI solutions for organizations. She’s been featured in Forbes and Fast Company, and hosts a weekly podcast: Inclusion in Progress.    Kay is passionate about helping companies to translate their DEI initiatives  across cultures and countries — to create workplaces where diverse talent can thrive.    **Today’s episode was recorded back in early May and before george Floyds death and the Black Lives Matter global movement and I know Kay has done so much work around allyship before and since then - listen to how we talk about giving yourself permission to share your story and use this to inspire others, the importance of role models in organisations**   ‘Who’s checking in on those female leaders who are looking after everyone else?’ - Gemma “Business as Usual should be adapted to Business as Us” - Kay “I often talk to my clients about using stories because it connect to your personal branding, standing out and people always remember stories and it’s such a powerful way to stand apart from other people” - Gemma “Dealing with the question ‘Where are you from? And ‘Where are you really from? And I was a t crossroads here I could either clench my fists or open my hands and share my story” - Kay “Like many driven women we are box checking our whole lives - we are defined by what we do and not who we are” - Kay “It’s almost like we are waiting for permission to share who we are?” - Gemma “I’m thinking of the women after me” - Kay “We cannot wait for the world to be equal for us to be seen and the more different you are the more important it is for you to be seen” - Kay   #Resources   “5 Steps to being more visible at work” one page guide  - get yours here:   https://www.gemmastow.com/5-ways-to-be-more-visible-at-work   Get the White Paper ‘Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women’s Career Progression:   https://bit.ly/WP2020podcast   Book a call with Gemma:   http://bit.ly/CallGemmaPodcast   More info about the 1-1 No More Hiding 12 month Coaching Programme:   https://bit.ly/NMH12Pod   Connect with your host Gemma Stow: Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemmastow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamgemmastow/   Connect with Kay: Website: https://kayfabella.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayfabella/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KayFabellaStoryteller/ #nomorehiding #leadership #selfpromotion #femaleleaders #leadershipdevelopment #visibilitymatters

Welcome back to Mainframe Radio ++ Tune in for 90 minutes of Austrian Drum & Bass pressure ++ Behind the Beats with Fourward ++ Dubs ++ Classics ++ Mixes Tracklist: 00:50 – TR Tactics & Phentix – Foe 03:01 – DisasZt – In & Out (feat. Phentix & Patch Edison) (Club Mix) 05:48 – TR Tactics & DisasZt – Fuck It (Sub Zero Remix) 08:23 – Bl4ck Owlz – Time Copter 10:33 – Roygreen & Protone – Warman 13:29 – D.Kay – It’s On The Way 17:20 – Body & Soul – Pure 20:32 – DisasZt & Infame – Oh My Dear! 23:12 – Behind the Beats with FOURWARD 26:06 – TR Tactics – The Wasp (Dubplate) 28:05 – Phentix – Russian Roulette (feat. Kinetical) (Dubplate) 30:27 – dBridge – True Romance (feat. Vegas) 34:16 – Pendulum – Hold Your Color 37: 39 – Octane & DLR – Set Up The Set (feat. Script) 40:54 – Lemon D - Dead By Dawn 43:59 – DJ Fresh – All That Jazz (feat. MC Darrison) 45:37 – Jonny L – Back To Your Roots (Friction & K.Tee Remix) 48:13 – SPY – Xenomorph 50:26 – Spor – Kingdom 54:34 – Brooks Brothers – Crackdown (Shock One Remix) 56:36 – Black Sun Empire – From The Shadows (feat. Foreign Beggars) 59:36 – Phentix MIX QZB & Phentix – Indigo Heart ID – ID Skeptical – Orbit Monty – Set The Swing QZB & Phentix – Gang Signs ID – ID Phentix – Russian Roulette (feat. Kinetical) (forthcoming Flexout Audio) Amoss & Fre4knc – Warning (feat. MC Swift) Bowsar & Phentix – Parsec DLR – Looking in From The Outside Fearful & Amoss & Arkaik – Collective Conscience 01:15:26 – TR Tactics MIX Fourward & Phentix – Ratio State Of Mind – Oracle TR Tactics & DisasZt – Fuck It TR Tactics – ID L33 – Get Down Black Sun Empire & State Of Mind – Ripsaw TR Tactics – Rise Of The Galaxy Prolix – Beat Down (feat. DC Breaks) TR Tactics – Vision (Disphonia Remix) L33 – Creatures TR Tactics – ID The Clamps & Redject – Brand New Beginning TR Tactics – ID The Clamps & Merikan – Fast Way

KAY BESS is a veteran voice-over actor with hundreds of commercial, film/TV narration and video game credits to her name. Kay says technology has dramatically changed the way VO artists work. And while there are more voice-over jobs than ever before, they’re a whole lot harder to get than when she first began. (45:27)     EPISODE NOTES: I’d like you to meet my new Bess friend, KAY BESS, a veteran voice-over actor with hundreds of commercial, film and TV narration, live show announcing, network promo and video game credits to her name.  Kay is the voice of HGTV’s “Property Brothers” seasons 1-4 and plays Persephone Brimstone in the video game "Agents of Mayhem" and is Lara Croft’s nemesis, Ana, in the video game “Rise of the Tomb Raider.” She’s also pitched everything from Apple, Motel 6 and Hidden Valley Ranch to Toyota, Jergen’s and Kaiser Permanente on the radio. As Kay tells me in VOCE FORTE, technology has dramatically changed the way VO artists not only audition for jobs – which are harder and harder to come by these days – but the way in which they work when they do get a job. First, most everyone involved in voice-over now has a home studio, so it’s no longer necessary to live anywhere near a professional recording studio in order to read copy. Second, there’s VoiceBank.net: KAY: “It’s like a clearinghouse for copy. Advertising agencies used to either contact a casting director or contact talent agencies directly with copy and agents would call in their clients and read in the agency’s booth. Now with the advent of VoiceBank.net, all that copy is available to talent from coast to coast, and in Canada and European countries, too. So where I used to be reading against maybe 25 or 30 people locally, now it can be thousands. Back in the heyday, I’d book probably 1 out of 10 auditions. I’m nowhere near that now, because there’s just so many more people auditioning.” Having a home studio certainly makes recording copy convenient, but Kay says it’s also isolating. So, that’s why she now uses it to also record her own podcast, which she calls “The B-Hive.” All of Kay’s guests are women who work in the voice-over field in one way or another. And while there’s definitely plenty of VO shoptalk, the conversations she has with her guests invariably get deeply personal: KAY: “Really the crux of the podcast for me is the question that I ask, What is your biggest obstacle? What has tripped you up to the point where you thought you weren’t going to be able to carry on? And all of a sudden, everything gets really real. And the podcast becomes not about voice-over, but about the human condition. That’s what I love about my podcast more than anything else.” Exploring the human condition happens to also be what I like most about having a podcast. Like Kay, I really enjoy talking with people about the challenges in their lives and how they have or are working to overcome them. So when she revealed something extremely personal about her life, something that she’s never talked about publicly, not even on “The B-Hive,” I was definitely intrigued. And I think you will be, too. BP Many thanks to Lee Rosevere for the music featured in this episode royalty free through Creative Commons licensing: 1. "Try Anything Once" 2. "Vaping in LA" www.leerosevere.bandcamp.com      

The Funky Technicians – Airtight (Remix) (Legend Records) Dr. S. Gachet – Remember the Roller (Audio Maze) Peshay – Jah VIP Rollers Mix (Razors Edge) Goldie – Angel (Peshay Back from Narm Mix) (FFRR) Adam F – Circles (Roni Size Mix) (F-Jams) LTJ Bukem – Orchestral Jam (Vocal) (Good Looking Records) P.F.M. – For All of Us (Good Looking Records) Peshay – Jazz Lick (Nexus Records) Peshay – On the Nile (Metalheadz) Omni Trio – Breakbeat Etiquette (London Steppers Remix) (Even Angels Cast Shadows LP – Moving Shadow) Logistics – Together (Hospital Records) D.Kay – It’s on the Way (soul:R) Strategy – 3 Phase (Bear Necessities) Roni Size/Reprazent – Brown Paper Bag (Roni Size Full Rap Remix) (Mercury Records Ltd) MC Conrad & DJ Furney – Drum Tools (Good Looking Records) Zinc Feat. Slarta Jon – Flim (Calibre Vocal Mix) (Bingo) Digital – Spacefunk 2000 (Nasty Habits Mix) (Timeless Recordings) Digital – Archive (Ingredients Records) Simon Bassline Smith – Jungle (Digital 99 Remix) (Timeless Recordings) Nausika – Pressure (Subtitles Music) Breakage – Clarendon (Digital Soundboy) Deepcutt – Sarabande (The Sarabande EP – Scion) Circa – Ida (New Blood 010 – Med School) Helios – First Dream Called Ocean (Stray Remix) (New Blood 010 – Med School) Alix Perez & Sabre – Solitary Native (SGN LTD) Calibre – Mr Right On (Signature Records) S.P.Y. – By Your Side (Keeno & Whiney Remix) (Spearhead Records)

Today we have our first ‘Featured’ interview with our guest Maxime Pawlak, Managing Director of Easytrust. We have lined up a number of very interesting people over the coming months to share their expertise and knowledge in the areas of Software Asset Management, Oracle Licensing and influential IT trends in general. Maxime will also feature in our next podcast ‘Licence Management Today – Episode 05′. The full transcript of the interview between Kay and Maxime is on our blog. It was a pleasure to talk to Maxime, who is extremely knowledgeable about the Oracle Compliance marketplace and provides a lot of experiences and know how. Some Highlights below: Maxime: We’re part of the software asset management market, we are specific on that market because we only address Oracle. Usually people, they separate the software management market in the inventory tools and the software management tools and some tools which can do both of them. We can do both of them, we do inventory and we do software asset management but we just do it for Oracle and we can do it right. We can bring up value audits around Oracle licenses problems and solutions. In terms of industry customers we address, we address every single industry who are Oracle customers so it concerns every industry. Kay: Okay, as a non-technical person could you explain to me what the differences between the inventory tools and the software asset management? Maxime: Of course, yes. The inventory tools, it’s all about discovering which are the software installed on the laptops or the servers of customers. It’s about with agents or agent-less technologies connecting to that servers or to that laptops and grab some information about the presence of the software installed or not. This is the inventory part of the market and there are some tools in the market which just do inventory. They are especially focused on that feature. The software asset management part of the market is more about consolidating data which can be provided by inventory tools but it also can be provided by CMDBs or different tools which are already installed in the companies. They provide different features like the ability to put into the tool all the contracts, what other licensing that I have bought. It also provide the ability to get the data from the inventory tools and work on that data in order to reconsolidate this data with the contract information. Most of them, they have catalog with SKUs, which is the unique identifier of the software, and they are the SKU catalog and they can match this SKU of the software which has been bought with the software which has been discovered. Providing that, they can provide some compliance position by comparing what you have bought and what you have deployed. They also provide some capabilities about optimization, the software and the licenses. Sometimes they provide some process and processing of your software asset management policies in terms of workflows or integrations with third party tools. It’s a little bit different on the market. Kay: It sounds like an inventory tool like yours should be part of any SAM programme, would that be correct? Maxime: Yes, the software asset management programme could be run without any tools, but as you know you need to have correct data in order to be able to do software asset management so you will definitely have a question of “should I buy an inventory tool” or “do I already have some tools in my company that I can use or extend in order to grab this information I already have somewhere, but I don’t use?” Maxime: Well, yes, what’s important to understand about the Easytrust tool is that it has been verified by Oracle, so we’re part of support vendor verification program. Kay: What does that mean as opposed to a tool that’s not verified by Oracle? Maxime: It means for database because this programme is only for database option and management packs, the tool can be used as a source of data in case of audits. You just have to push one button and you export the equivalent of the Oracle’s scripts results. It means the process is much more easy to run this audit and you are much more secure about the usage of that tool compared to another tool which is not verified. Kay: Oracle will take the data from your tool and rely on that data? Maxime: Yes, exactly. I just want to clarify a confusion which is usually made. Data which is taken by Oracle in the verification process, it’s a kind of raw data, it’s not calculated computer data. So one verified tool is not equivalent to another verified tool because what interests customers is not the raw data, it’s the computer data, the calculated data. There are many, many huge differences in the markets between different inventory tools. Some are generalists, we do on the Oracle and we claim to be able to do it very accurately. We’ve seen that on several customers on which we work. We’ve seen different tools, there is all the provide, it’s a generalist approach. The very specific Oracle rules on every kind of server, on every kind of operating system, every version of it, it’s very hard to implement a tool which to complete and accurate compute of that data. I have to say that, we don’t provide the records during the audit, we don’t provide the calculated data, we provide the raw data. It means that there could be a difference between the results of what Oracle tells at the end of the audit and what the tool says. It’s all about it, the quality of the tool, even if it has been verified by Oracle, it’s a good point, it’s a good start because the verification process tells you at least what are all the data you need to grab and to control from the inventory part in order to propose a proper inventory. It’s not enough, then you have to implement the compute that data to provide how many licenses do I need. For now, even Oracle LMS is doing that kind of job manually using the results of the scripts or using the exports of the verified tools. Kay: Great. What about the cloud? Are you seeing take-up with this and does this present new challenges? Maxime: [The Cloud…] this is changing many things in terms of licensing for Oracle. They are specific rules for Amazon and Azure, also for Oracle public cloud and for private clouds as it goes with virtualization, this has also a huge impact on the licenses and it brings new challenges, but it also brings great opportunities. We now put the cloud insights in every review we do. We start to propose to our customers to migrate part of their infrastructure to the public cloud. It could be development and tests, for example, environment, it could be the Amazon or the Oracle cloud and we also propose them to change their infrastructure and to create while they change, a private cloud because it’s how people do it now, it’s all about automation. We don’t want DBAs to do the same tasks a hundred times a day, we just want to automate everything and it’s a big change in the Oracle future. You can learn more about Easytrust and the ‘Easytrust License Management for Oracle ‘ solution at Easytrust.com. If you would like to get in touch with Maxime simply leave a message on the contact form. You can also follow them on all the social media platforms including Twitter @Easyblogs

Get out your notebook because smart advice comes fast and furious on this episode of The Girl CEO Podcast. Host Ronne Brown welcomes beauty influencer and educator Kay Lynn, who is sharing her journey from being a single mom with “zero clients, zero dollars” to leading a seven-figure luxury hair extension business that is changing lives. Her #1 online teaching platform @KerriAlstonHair offers not only education and mastery but also a community for entrepreneurial women looking to grow their beauty ventures. Has getting to this point been easy? Of course not. But as these two dynamic women remind us, it's a process! You'll come away with important advice related to relationships (self-love comes first!), building out a business (don't rush it!), setting expectations and creating a network of support to get you through the inevitable bumps and bruises. There's no use being “thirsty for a relationship or companionship when really we just have to learn to be content with ourselves,” says Kay, whose meaningful (profitable!) life is grounded in a hard-won sense of self-worth that she has also modelled for her kids. Are you ready to let old assumptions go and clear the way for something better? This episode is full of actionable strategies to change your mindset, grow your brand and watch your new vision take flight! If you want to learn more about Kay and her #1 training platform for luxury hair extensions, then visit this link. https://kerri-alston.teachable.com/?affcode=641107_phtevkli  Is it time to build brand clarity, develop a social strategy or create new revenue streams for your business? Visit Girl CEO Inc., a playground for female entrepreneurs ready to take their vision to the next level. Click here to become a Girl CEO Member and gain exclusive access. https://igniteyourbrand.mn.co/landing If you enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more, you can listen, rate and review The Girl CEO Podcast. KEY TOPICS: (01:00) Welcome to the pod and a little bit of background about Kay, her business and journey.(02:18) Why Kay made mastery her first priority as a stylist – a commitment that paid huge dividends when she showcased that expertise in a YouTube video and it took off!(03:30) Tip #1: Stay on it! Because she pushed herself to get licensed as a cosmetology instructor, Kay was qualified and ready to go when online teaching caught fire during Covid.(04:30) Getting into the Beautiful Backstory:• Kay started doing hair about 13 years ago and bounced around in various jobs.• As a single mom of two, an independent, sustainable source of income was key.• From “zero clients, zero dollars,” Kay was all about self-empowerment.• Wanting the “fairy tale” sparked an eye-opening relationship that left her vulnerable.(07:30) Tip #2: Check your thirst! When it comes to launching relationships, look for those red flags and always keep self-love at the forefront and your whole “self” intact.(10:15) Ronne and Kay dig into mythmaking and the way we are raised, starting as little girls, to feel incomplete unless and until the fairy tale prince shows up.(11:10) Tip #3: Keep your head straight and surround yourself with people who are likeminded. You can check all the boxes, but learning to love yourself (and be okay on your own) attracts everything else you want in life – especially a solid and loving partner!(13:14) Can you really be happy single? Yes. Kay has experienced it! Far from thirsty, she was turning people down. And by focusing on her whole self, she was preparing for her right person.(14:05) Tip #4: Your partner isn't going to be your everything and not every day is going to be great, so dig in and understand: Relationships are hard. Life is hard. And it's okay!(15:00) How Covid19 gave Kay the invaluable break that she needed to get quiet, hear from God and regroup to change her business “completely for the better.”(15:35) All About Kerri Alston Hair:• #1 online training platform for luxury hair extensions.• Luxury extension training certifications.• Access to KA Beauty Pro Wholesale Buyer's Club Membership.(17:00) About Kay's mission to help other stylists tap into the billion-dollar beauty industry and reach beyond self-limiting beliefs about “only” being a service provider!(18:30) Notes from the owner of a seven-figure business. What's important to know:• Broaden your mindset and look for big ideas.• Know that you can build and own something that goes beyond service.• Pursue what you love!(19:35) How to Establish Multiple Income Streams:• Locate different ways to monetize your existing business.• Think BIG and think ahead – 10 years down the line• Make a mental transition to lock in and focus on big-picture goals.(20:37) Drying the Tears: Shedding dysfunctional relationships can be hard but it also opens us up – if we're willing – to fresh energy and big possibility.(22:30) Tip #5: Starting over offers us a chance to humble ourselves and dig into uncomfortable places, which is where growth occurs.(23:00) Broke, working a $10 an hour job and living at her mom's house, Kay wasn't giving up on her kids or herself. She got up each day, got dressed and started talking to people, looking for opportunities to rebuild and be the entrepreneur she knew she could be.(26:00) Tip #6: Don't let Instagram fool you. Being an entrepreneur is hard work. It's a journey, and a grind and no one else's responsibility. If you're giving up stability, be prepared!(27:42) How Kay made her luck change: While working at Ulta (far from her ideal job) Kay lobbied to introduce luxury hair extensions, then recruited customers by introducing herself, networking and cultivating what would become the start of her clientele.(29:15) Tip #7: Working relationships are so important. It's not about making a quick dollar. Your success is built on loyalty and attention to client needs – regardless of business sector.(30:15) Content is Currency: Kay documented her brand and service, creating social media posts that captured the personalized, luxury in-home concierge experience she could provide.(33:00) Tip #8: Remember that there are people out there who genuinely want to help you promote your talent or skill. Reach out to mentors. Build that network!(34:21) Tip #9: Do not put pressure on your friends and family. Lower expectation and let them organically come around after they see what it is that you've been doing!(38:20) Tip #10: Stay Nimble and be patient! Businesses require flexibility and time in order to grow without overextending. What not to do:• Get locked into big overhead.• Take on a bunch of debt.• Get stuck in a box when you're actually in a position to negotiate.(39:00) Kay walks us through how she grew her business incrementally from a mobile service in women's homes to a by-the-day booth to a permanent salon home and online platform.(42:00) Starting Over: It's what Kay regularly does – and what all of us have to do if we want to move towards a better vision.  QUOTABLE: • “It was fairly new when I started doing luxury extensions. It was kind of a hidden thing. I saw some white space and jumped in!” (Kay) • “It's crazy how we play small with ourselves versus saying, ‘I'm going to work for myself and have my own brand.' ” (Ronne) • “The beauty industry is the most lucrative industry. There is so much money!” (Ronne) • “As women we want to be successful but, as I always say, success is a very small portion of your happiness.” (Ronne) • “I never regret any of my experiences because I always come out on top by learning something.” (Kay) • “When you're looking for somebody, you're going to be so … thirsty for a relationship or companionship when really we just have to learn to be content with ourselves. And just be patient, because you don't want someone that's not for you.” (Kay) • “When I saw that next level of success I wanted to tell more people about it so they could also be successful.” (Kay) • “Once I got out of the (bad) relationship, it's like my mind just opened up!” (Kay) • “If you're going to be successful you have to promote yourself!” (Ronne) • “It doesn't matter what type of business you're in, if you develop (a strong) relationship with your clients … Those little acts of kindness go a very long way.” (Ronne) • “Content is currency. Without content, it's like, is it really happening? If you're not capturing the moment it's like it didn't happen.” (Kay) • “Give (your business) all that you have and then I promise it gets easier because it starts to work on your behalf.” (Kay) • “Allow your business to push you into the next level … Allow it to grow and push you into that space where you've got enough income coming in that it's time to transition out.” (Ronne) • “Sometimes you just have to wait until it's your time … Sometimes it's your time to not expect recognition, edification, applause. Just do the work and eventually it will be your time.” (Ronne)   If you enjoyed this episode text us your favorite quotable 202-410-2903About Ronne:A brand expert, podcast host and TedX speaker, Ronne went from being a single mom mopping floors as a janitor to becoming a successful business owner and influencer. She has been a full-time entrepreneur since 2013, building GirlCEO from scratch. Featured by Forbes and NBC News, Ronne helps clients find their life design, develop brands and grow online audiences across industry sectors. Follow Ronne and Girl CEO:Website | LinkedIn | Facebook | RonneBrown@Instagram | GirlCEOInc@InstagramAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy