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For many of us how the new consciousness is coming in is not what we “thought” it would look like, and yet it is exactly what we KNEW it would be. Because everything we thought was part of the lies, everything we (heart) knew is part of the truth. Each day we can choose to release more of what was never us. You are the being in charge. Turning inward, tuning back into the truth of ourselves. How do we practically move through this moment? How can we choose differently—staying in the body, staying present to our pure love presence, and choosing people, places and businesses that reflect our vision for the positive future of this Earth. Releasing ancestral baton meditation https://www.artthatmoves.ca/meditations-and-audio-journey/ Find out more about Kaya Usher's work https://kayausher.com/ and the work of Oracle Girl https://www.oraclegirl.org/. Coming h(om)e to you.

What would you do if you KNEW you could create any result you want? ANY. RESULT. I can already hear you now saying “But I can't play for the NBA, I'm too short. If that's true, how can it be possible to create any result I want?” STOP. You don't want to play for the NBA! That's just an excuse your primitive puppy brain is throwing up so you can stay stuck. You really can create any result you desire, and you only need two tools to do it. Tune into the 50th episode (!!!) of my Rock Your Brain Rock Your Life podcast to find out exactly what those two tools are, and how easy they are to implement in your life. Spoiler: I used these exact tools on myself to start my podcast a year ago. And look at me now! You can do the same thing. Heck, you might even do it better & faster than me! You'll never know til you try, so don't wait.Make sure to leave a 5-star ⭐ review to be entered in this week's drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card.

When I met Nicole, she was tired of the constant narrative in her brain of negative self-talk and the constant body shaming that was going through her head. Not to mention, she had tried every diet under the sun to heal her struggles with food and her body -- she had even a therapy and EFT Tapping -- but talking about her past struggles and constantly thinking about her current pain was wearing her out and not providing her the freedom she desperately wanted! She knew she didn't want to go through life abstaining from foods, constantly thinking about her weight, or trying to manage the shame and self-criticism that her brain and self-image had gotten used to, but it seemed that everywhere she turned, the only option available to her was ANOTHER form of restriction or obsession! Desperate to change, but not wanting to go on yet another diet, she found me and booked a call to speak with me about getting help. There was so much information out there, and she was so overwhelmed and tired of thinking about it all, but she knew she had to do SOMETHING radically different. She knew that the problem was in her BRAIN and SELF-IMAGE. But there was something else that was in play when Nicole and I met: She had plans to walk down the aisle and marry her dream man in just a few months, and she KNEW she did not want to bring her old ways of being into her new chapter. Oh yea...and to boot...this was all IN THE MIDDLE of a worldwide pandemic. In this episode of the podcast, Nicole shares the in's and out's of her struggles, her journey, and the steps she took that finally led her to freedom after DECADES of shaming herself and feeling out of control. ★ Watch The Stressless Eating Webinar:  https://www.StresslessEating.com

Biden's handlers are seeking to require vaccination at the Federal level and the parasites that pass for the nation's intelligentsia are already monitoring and treating "COVID-19 misinformation" as though it were wHiTe SoOpReMaCy or ISIS. They apparently KNEW that there would be a correlation between "online hate" and "COVID-19 misinformation" because a recent study published in the journal Nature claims that researchers were already looking for that overlap as early as December 2019 -- before most people even knew what COVID was. They were apparently planning on treating "disinformants" like domestic terrorists while cable news pundits were still downplaying the significance of the virus. Hence this "study." So what's the actual connection between "online hate" and "medical disinformation?" Researchers found that people who are censored for "online hate" and people who are censored for "medical misinformation" both tend to use alternative platforms like Gab and Telegram. Weird, right? It's almost as though a small group of tech companies have a near monopoly on social media, leaving only a handful of competing alternatives whose main appeal is lack of censorship. Researchers in the study concluded that this MAY explain why banned content continues to emerge despite concentrated censorship on platforms like Facebook and Twitter. To combat "future threats", they recommend comprehensive "network analysis" and cooperation between platforms. At this rate, the FBI will be foiling an FBI plot to spread COVID-19 disinformation any day now. This is EPISODE 731 of So to Speak w/ Jared Howe!

To love is to give of yourself for the well being of someone else, when viewed introspectively its the act of disconnecting yourself from anything/one that causes you to die or whither. It's not mani/pedi's and vacations - in fact it's so much more! How are you loving on you? Tap in let's talk about it! Convo comes from 'Growth' a chapter in Return to The Knew.www.jelizahs.comjelizahs@gmail.comFB: Jasmine Elizabeth - IG: MissJ_Elizah

Welcome to Twisted Sister History! Everything you THOUGHT you knew about This women in history...is about to get TWISTED! Make sure to download, subscribe and follow us on social media! @twistedsisterhistory!

Is it my thyroid?!? 1:8 women will have a thyroid problem at some point in their lives. After menopause, it's 1:3. But sadly conventional medicine doesn't typically offer more than lifelong medication once you're so far past “fine” that it's hard to get back. Today's episode is a deep dive into all things thyroid with the Thyroid Fixer-Dr. Amie Hornaman. Dr. Amie Hornaman DCN, MsN, CFMP, a.k.a The Thyroid-Fixer, a woman on a mission to optimize thyroid patients around the world and give them their lives back using her transformational program: The COMPLETE Thyroid Fix Method (CTFM). After her own experience of insufferable symptoms, misdiagnoses, and improper treatment, Amie set out to help others who she KNEW were going through the same set of frustrations and who were on the same medical roller coaster. She grabs your hand, gives you answers about your health that no one has told you, and gives you the actual tools and treatment to fix you. That's the transformational journey. With a focus on optimizing thyroid function and thus optimizing her patients, Amie looks at each person as a unique individual and not JUST a lab value. She examines all factors that tie into thyroid dysfunction and thyroid symptoms and treats the person from top to bottom to give them their lives back. Are you looking for the next step on your health journey and want to get some one-to-one support? As a thank you for listening to the show and being proactive with your health I'd like to offer you a $200 discount on an initial consultation with me. On this visit, we do a deep dive into your current state of health and the goals you have and together craft a plan to help you move forward confidently. To learn more visit https://www.emergentwomenih.com/initial-consult. The link is also in the show notes. I would love to connect with you and partner with you on your health journey. Thank you for tuning in to rejuvenated women- impeccable health for high-performing women, where we provide you with the tools, information, and inspiration you need to transform from overwhelmed, overworked, and overweight to vibrant, energetic, and on fire. If you enjoyed the show, please head over to iTunes to subscribe and leave us a review. Each month I will select one lucky reviewer to receive a special impeccable health sample kit from me. Also, I don't want to be working with you on your health, only once or twice a week. I want to be in this conversation, and in the trenches with you every single day. I invite you to join me at www.emergentwomenih.com for even more information, inspiration, and motivation to transform your health and become vibrant, energetic, and on fire. Until next time, remember to keep putting yourself first so that you can better serve the ones you love. And the things you are passionate about. Be sure to check out our website, follow us on Facebook and Linked In, and Instagram

Have you been told your labs are normal, but you don't feel normal? Have you wondered if/why you have a thyroid issue? Have you heard of reverse T3? Did you know that reverse T3 interferes with your thyroid function? Do you want to understand how thyroid function affects your sex hormones- estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone?This is a "must listen" episode! Dr. Tabatha has a truthful conversation with Dr. Amie Hornaman about the struggles of dealing with thyroid dysfunction. Both docs have personally been on the Hashimoto's journey and have studied and researched until they found the answers! Listen as Dr. Amie explains why this journey can be such a struggle and what you can do to feel like yourself again! ~learn how thyroid affects your sex hormones~learn what labs you really need to have checked~understand why you're told that your labs look normal~feel empowered that there is help!~you CAN and deserve to feel amazing!Dr. Amie Hornaman, a.k.a. The Thyroid-Fixer, is a woman on a mission to optimize thyroid patients around the world and give them their lives back using her transformational program: The COMPLETE Thyroid Fix Method (CTFM). After her own experience of insufferable symptoms, misdiagnoses and improper treatment, Amie set out to help others who she KNEW were experiencing the same set of frustrations and who were on the same medical roller coaster.She grabs your hand, gives you answers about your health that no one has told you and gives you the actual tools and treatment to fix you. That's the transformational journey. With a focus on optimizing thyroid function and thus optimizing her patients, Dr. Amie looks at each person as a unique individual and not JUST a lab value. She examines all factors that tie into thyroid dysfunction and thyroid symptoms and treats the person from top to bottom to give them their lives back.Dr. Amie's Website: https://dramiehornaman.com/Dr. Amie's FB: https://www.facebook.com/amiehornamannutrition/ Dr. Amie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/dramiehornaman/The Functional Gynecologist's Guide to Balancing your Hormones Naturally: https://drtabatha.synduit.com/sueb0001ReNew You 7-Week Challenge: https://challenge.drtabatha.com/renew-you Work with Dr. Tabatha One-On-One: https://www.drtabatha.com/Dr. Tabatha's FB: https://www.facebook.com/DrTabathaDr. Tabatha's IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr_tabatha/Dr. Tabatha's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFunctionalGynecologist

0:00 - Intro 0:48 - Art Hooker Introduction 2:11 - Spreading Positive Impact on People 3:31 - Art Hooker's first meeting with Cross Allan 5:19 - Art Hooker's Journey 11:27 - Connecting to People 17:00 - Everyone is a Lyrical One 17:40 - Empathy 26:56 - Journey within Your Own Faith 32:22 - How Empathy Served Art 37:54 - Listening to People's Problems 39:53 - Connecting with Yourself 42:00 - Getting out of Your Own Poverty 43:24 - Right Question to the Wrong People 46:08 - Giving Yourself Permission to Succeed 50:14 - Keep Pushing Yourself until Failure turns into Success 57:54 - People Projecting Their Fears on What You Want to Do 1:00:24 - Nourishing Your Heart 1:04:12 - Developing your Implementation of Boundaries as an Impact 1:09:18 - Culture of Incubation 1:14:28 - Right Pathway, Passion and Purpose 1:16:33 - Sense of Freewill 1:17:09 - What would you do if you Knew you Wouldn't Fail? 1:20:57 - People Healing Each Other 1:23:25 - Art Hooker's Contact Info 1:24:37 - Words of Wisdom by Art Hooker 1:26:38 - Outro

We had Stephen Lovegrove (@drlovegrove) on for a recap a few weeks ago and KNEW we had to do a full show with him. His story is riveting; from being raised by parents in a religious cult to being kicked out of home at 18 and how he found his purpose in helping others. You may have seen him on Hallmark, CNN, MTV, & more and he is so full of energy we promise you'll be energized after this one. Thanks to our incredible sponsors for making this episode possible! BETTERHELP – Go to BetterHelp.com/behindtherose for 10% off your first month - CARE.COM - Visit care.com today to find your ideal caregiver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever spent time watching children build community? There is so much we can learn from them! This weeks JasJewels visits Reflections in Return to The Knew and talks about all we can learn from our babies... often times we think we're teaching them in reality we can learn so much from them!

Title: Worthy of suffering Text: II Timothy 2:8-13 FCF: We often struggle in the Christian life to endure suffering and trial. Prop: Because the gospel of Christ is worth suffering for, we must continually cling to the truth of the gospel. Scripture Intro: [Slide 1] Turn in your bible to II Timothy 2. Last week, Paul came back to some key concepts he mentioned Chapter 1. In different words now in chapter 2 Paul gives Timothy the same commands as before. He tells him to be ready to suffer for the sake of the gospel. Through illustrations he emphasizes that the Christian life is full of struggle. It is full of suffering. Not just the suffering of sickness, and pain, such is the human experience, but mostly suffering for the sake of the gospel of Christ. Paul is saying all this knowing that he is about to ask Timothy to join him in Rome. The place of his current confinement. Paul is calling on Timothy to suffer for Christ, not in the theoretical someday, but in the practical and close future. Having stated this, Paul now turns to emphasize how the gospel is worthy of suffering, both in its truth and in is promises. In its correctness and in its reward the gospel is worthy to proclaim despite the cost. The gospel is worthy to be clung to, no matter what. This is where Paul takes us next. He will show us that suffering for the gospel is a fitting activity for those who are in Christ. I'll start reading again in verse 1 of chapter 2. I am reading from the NET starting on page 1342 if you are in the pew bible, otherwise follow along in the version you have. Transition: I listened to a sermon recently. In it, the preacher conveyed a short illustration that I would like to use also. A friend of the famous martyr Jim Elliot once flew with a pilot over the site in Ecuador where Jim Elliot was killed. As they flew overhead, the pilot said “That is where Jim died.” The friend replied, “No it isn't.” The pilot, somewhat taken aback said, “Yes, it is , I was the one who flew him here and collected his body after. That is where he died.” The friend said, No. I was with Jim when he died. It was in a little church in the US several years ago. He was crucified with Christ that day. It wasn't him that was living after that. It was Christ living in him. To understand the gospel, and to truly know Jesus Christ in a personal way, is to have been crucified with Christ, yet live because Christ lives in us. So with Paul I say… I.) The gospel of Christ is worth suffering for, so we must keep the gospel at the front of our minds. (8-10) a. [Slide 2] 8 – Remember Jesus Christ, i. Paul calls on Timothy to exercise his memory. He calls on Timothy to recollect all that Paul has taught him regarding Jesus Christ. ii. The teaching he is supposed to entrust to faithful people who are competent to teach others also… the teaching that he heard in the presence of many others as witnesses, this teaching is… Jesus Christ. iii. About this Jesus Christ Paul wants to highlight two truths. iv. As we head into both of these items we need to recognize the order that Paul sets the title Jesus Christ. v. While I will say, that in most contexts, the difference between saying Christ Jesus and Jesus Christ is probably negligible. It seems that in this text it is done with purposeful intention. vi. Christ as we know is not Jesus' surname, but is a transliteration of the Greek word Cri;stoV which means anointed one or Messiah. vii. So when we say Christ Jesus we mean, The anointed one of God, Jesus. And when we say Jesus Christ, we are saying Jesus, the anointed one of God. viii. In subtle nuance it is generally accepted that placing Christ first gives slight emphasis on His deity, and placing Jesus first places slight emphasis on His humanity. ix. In our previous 7 verses, Paul uses the name Christ Jesus. x. In that section Christ is the source of grace for us, He is our commander, he is our prize. These are all roles of authority and divinity. xi. And so, when Paul switches to Jesus Christ in the middle of this and then back again in verse 10– it is a subtle indication to Timothy and us that Paul is going to shift his focus from Jesus the son of God to Jesus the son of man. xii. So, as we move forward here, we need to pay particular attention to the humanity of Christ and His work in that humanity. Since Paul is calling on Timothy to suffer, we should also view Christ's work through that lens. When we do, we see Paul make an powerful point. xiii. So right off the bat, before we move on, what do we need to remember about Jesus, this God-Man, who was the anointed one of God? xiv. What was He anointed to do? 1. He was anointed to be our Savior. 2. He was anointed to conquer sin. 3. He was anointed to be our prophet to teach us the ways of God and our priest to keep us clean of sin. 4. He was anointed to be the hope of the nations. 5. He was anointed to bring us into peace with God. xv. Jesus' humanity is central to His salvific work. If He was not truly human – our sins still condemn us, and God must still rightfully judge us for them. If He was not truly human – we have no prophet to teach us the truth of God's Word, and we have no priest to represent us before God. xvi. But what else must we remember about Jesus, the Messiah of God. b. [Slide 3] Raised from the dead, i. This is a HUGE statement for SOOOOO many reasons. ii. First, this is a fairly large stumbling block for Jews. Why? Because God cannot die. iii. It also brings up some pretty heady theological issues for US. If Jesus is God and Man. 100% of each. How could He die? iv. Is it possible for God to die? Of course not. For God to die would mean the universe would cease to exist. For God the Son to die would mean the universe would implode. v. So how is it that Jesus died? vi. His divine nature allowed his human nature to die. Again – the necessity of Jesus being human. vii. A second rather large item in this is that the Greek for this says something to the effect of “having been raised from dead ones” raised is a participle and dead is plural. What does this mean? 1. First, that Paul wants Timothy to remember Jesus as the “having been raised” one. As much as we love the cross and should speak of it often – any image of Jesus hanging there still is fundamentally opposed to how Paul commands Timothy to remember Jesus. He is not the dying savior. He is not the dead Savior. He is the risen Savior. Our crosses should always be empty along with our tombs. Because Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Paul wants to emphasize the risen-ness of Christ. He is a living Savior. This has particular significance as Timothy is being called to suffer for the gospel. The fact that Christ is the firstborn among many brothers to rise from the dead, gives Timothy hope that to suffer for His name is not to suffer in vain. 2. Second, when Paul uses this phrase “from the dead” dead is plural here. What does this mean? a. I've wrestled with this and in some ways, still am, but I think I am fairly confident that when Paul says that Jesus was raised from the dead – to get the full picture – we should translate this “having been raised out from among the dead” b. In the 1st century most people believed in a spiritual realm where your soul was imprisoned after you died. Even many Jews believed this. With that backdrop, Paul is saying that Jesus' spirit broke out of this realm. Or rather, that he was broken out of this prison. c. What does this mean? That Jesus as the human anointed one of God would experience death in every way that a human would. Not only pain and agony, not only his body expiring, Not only his body being buried in the earth but also his human spirit descending into the realm of the dead. But the realm of the dead had no power over Him. Why? Because He was not JUST a man –He was GOD! The true and eternal master of the realm of the dead. d. And so, God has freed us from death, he has freed us from Satan. By Jesus being raised up from among the dead, he has provided for us a path in that all that are in Christ are raised up with Him. e. And so, for us, death has died. It has lost its sting. It is not a prison, but rather it is merely a gate we must walk through to go into His presence. viii. Remember Jesus… the conqueror of death, the curse breaker, the firstborn among many brethren. c. [Slide 4] A descendant of David; i. Since he has been raised up from among the dead, he is now an eternal King. ii. The order Paul puts these two truths in is, perhaps, significant. Remember that he is raised and that He is still a descendant of David. This affirms Christ's continued existence as the God-Man. He is still united in two natures. It also paves the way for the Davidic Covenant to be fulfilled. iii. Inherent in this teaching is that He is Lord of all. All things are under His feet or are being put under His feet. iv. He is the King of the Jews, the covenant keeper, the fulfillment of many promises. He is the future for Israel. He is their redemption and their hope. He is the spring that will rise up in Jerusalem. They will remember the one whom they have pierced and they will mourn in repentance. v. It also means that He will come again. For to be raised from among the dead and be a descendant of David is to be the King forever. To reign over the whole of God's people. vi. Jesus, an actual, physical descendant of David, fulfills all of this. d. [Slide 5] Such is my gospel, i. The message that Paul has preached – this good news – this saving faith – is that Jesus has conquered sin and death and is the living King of all things. ii. This is significant groundwork for Paul to lay because the primary false teachers Timothy is opposing in Ephesus, which Paul will be addressing before the end of the chapter, not only are living lawbreaking lives but have concluded that the resurrection of all the dead has already occurred. iii. Meaning that the church is currently in the full-kingdom state and are free to live as they wish, possibly even concluding that if Christ is King, and they are able to do something, then it must be ok since He would stop it if it were not ok. iv. So, Paul begins with this groundwork that Christ has been raised and that He is King. But he will still deny the conclusions of these false teachers. More on that in the coming weeks. e. [Slide 6] 9 – for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, i. These simple truths that mean much deeper things are the reason that Paul has been imprisoned. ii. They are the reason he has been regarded as a criminal. iii. Yes, HE is bound…but if death could not hold CHRIST… f. [Slide 7] But God's message is not imprisoned! i. Jesus, the message of God cannot be imprisoned in any Roman cell if even the realm of the dead could not keep Him. ii. Jesus the gospel of God cannot be bound. g. [Slide 8] 10 – So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, i. So, Paul endures everything he has for the sake of those chosen by God. ii. Why? iii. If God would not spare His own Son. If the Son submitted to the will of the Father for the sake of His beloved, for the sake of His chosen ones, to suffer and die for them… iv. Should Paul endure anything less? Should it be a great tragedy for Paul to suffer for Christ's chosen bride? v. Indeed, there is but one choice. To endure for the sake of the elect. vi. To what end? h. [Slide 9] That they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus i. Paul makes it plain, that the elect to which He speaks are both those who have confessed Christ already and those who have not. ii. Paul's mission has always been to find God's people. iii. And just as Christ from heaven came to seek and save His bride… so Paul through suffering went to find her also. iv. But not just for conversion – but to the eventual eschatological salvation. The salvation Paul speaks of here most assuredly is salvation in the ultimate sense. Glorification. How do we know? v. He continues… i. [Slide 10] And its eternal glory. i. This is the end of it all. ii. This is the finish line. iii. Not just to be converted into Christ, but to reign with Him. iv. To be wed to Him. v. To inherit what He has. This is the future of the elect of God. And it is a future worth enduring all manner of suffering. j. [Slide 11] Passage Truth: So, Paul's primary teaching here for Timothy, as he prepares him to suffer for the gospel, is to emphasize to him that the gospel is worth suffering for. He has spent his life suffering for it and even though he is in prison for preaching it – its power continues to ripple through the world. Christ Himself has conquered sin and death. He is the current King. This is the gospel and it is worthy of full adherence. It is worth a little suffering to proclaim for the sake of the elect of God that they may obtain salvation in Christ. k. Passage Application: So, what must Timothy do? Remember. How important is this simple command? Timothy I am calling you to suffer for Christ. How do you prepare for that? Remember who Jesus is. Remember what He has done. Not even death could hold him. He has been raised from among the dead, Timothy. He is now the fulfillment of prophesies made thousands of years ago! He is the Son of David. The Son of Man. The Son of God! Timothy… Such a gospel is worthy of suffering. Remember. Call to mind the gospel of Jesus Christ. l. [Slide 12] Broader Biblical Truth: Looking to the rest of scripture we find that this gospel has been considered worthy of suffering by countless people. Even more as we trace back throughout the history of the church, those recorded and others unrecorded. Countless thousands have been massacred in the most disgusting ways by those who would not believe. IS IT WORTH IT? They certainly thought so. Not because these men and women were living for their best life now! But because they KNEW… that since they had been crucified with Christ, their life did not truly begin… until they were dwelling with Christ in His Kingdom. m. Broader Biblical Application: CBC, how can we prepare to suffer for this gospel? The writing is on the wall my friends. It is only a matter of time before the world rightly recognizes us as a threat to their way of life. We who would dare preach freedom from sin to someone who loves their sin and wants to keep it. Such teaching cannot and will not be tolerated. And the church will either have to equivocate and stop preaching these messages or they will suffer. And make no mistake the teaching of Christ conquering sin and death and being the King of Kings is central to that whole discussion. Christ died to free us of sin, not simply its penalty but its power and eventually its very presence. So how do we prepare ourselves to face certain suffering? Recall Jesus Christ. We must put His person and work at the forefront of our minds. May our days begin and end with a meditation on the God-Man and His conquering of sin and death for us. May our days begin and end with a mediation on His Lordship and Sovereignty over all things. When the beginning and end of our thoughts are tuned to this… suddenly, suffering for His name… is a joy. How could it not be? Transition: [Slide 13(blank)] And so we see that the gospel is worthy of our suffering. And to prepare for it to be so in our lives, we must continually keep the truth of the gospel at the forefront of our minds. But it is not enough to simply recall it. Indeed, we must cling to it. II.) The gospel of Christ is worth suffering for, so we must hold fast to the gospel. (11-13) a. [Slide 14] 11 – This saying is trustworthy: i. Paul will now take the opportunity to synthesize for us all that he has said into another one of his trustworthy sayings. ii. This is our last trustworthy saying of the Pastoral Epistles. iii. And it reads like a poem. This could mean it is a hymn, a creed, a confession, or some kind of well-known saying in the church at the time. b. [Slide 15] If we died with Him, we will also live with Him. i. Inherent in this phrase is the doctrine of substitution. Christ died our death – in the fullest way. So, we are baptized into His death. We die with Him. ii. If we are those who have died with Him… what is true? iii. We will also live with Him. Now what does this mean? iv. This is to be raised into a new life. This is the promised resurrection to come. v. Paul sets this in a future tense. That it has not yet happened. Already Paul begins to chip away at the teaching that the resurrection has already occurred. By putting this statement in the future tense, Paul shows that he is primarily talking about a physical resurrection. vi. Just as Christ has been raised from among the dead, so also, we are now raised spiritually to new life, and will soon be raised from among the dead. c. [Slide 16] 12 – If we endure, we will also reign with Him. i. So, Paul says in this saying that if we endure, if we finish the race, if we fight the good fight, if we keep the faith, then we will also reign with Christ. ii. Just as Christ is a descendant of David and rightful King eternal, so we, His chosen bride, will reign by His side. iii. His words of endurance transports us to the present. If we are enduring… what? iv. We will reign with Him. Again, in the future. We are not reigning with Him now. v. So, Paul says if we died with him (past) and are enduring (present) then We will (future) live and reign with Christ. vi. But now the hymn takes a negative turn. d. [Slide 17] If we deny Him, he will also deny us. i. As we saw in the first chapter, the same themes return. ii. God's true people, those who died with him and are enduring will live with him, and will reign with Him. iii. Those who do not endure are those who will deny him. iv. This is in the future tense. If we will deny Him… meaning that they are not denying him now but if, they sometime in the future, do deny him…. This is the only tense that Paul could use to express this thought. It is, from the author's perspective, the “possible” future. v. If we do deny him? Then what? vi. He will in the future deny us. vii. [Slide 18] But there is another layer here. The Greek language has 3 voices. In English we have active and passive voice. I bought the car vs. the car was purchased by me. But in Greek they have what is called a middle voice. Active voice emphasizes the action of the verb the subject is performing. Passive voice emphasizes the action of the verb the subject is receiving. viii. [Slide 19] But Middle voice emphasizes the subject and their participation in the action they are performing. ix. Oftentimes this means that they do the action to, for, or by themselves. x. [Slide 20] So, in this passage, the denial of Christ is something that will be done in a special sense toward themselves. They are certainly denying Christ, but their part in that denial is emphasized. xi. Indeed, to denounce, or deny is an action one must always do by themselves or even to themselves. Oftentimes middle voice is for an action used to their benefit – but here, certainly it is to their destruction. xii. So, when we deny Christ for ourselves, likewise, he will deny us for Himself. xiii. Yes – Christ's denial of the deniers is focused on His part in that activity as well. There is some reflexive element to His denial. xiv. Knowing this helps us enter into verse 13 and to understand it. e. [Slide 21] 13 – If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful i. If we are unfaithful, not believing, or without faith. ii. This is an action. It is a verb. iii. And in it we see this as a further expression of denial. But it is not in the future but rather in the now. In the present. If we are not believing, or, if we are without faith. iv. What is true? v. He remains or continues to be faithful. He continues to be trustworthy. This is not a verb. The verb here is remains. He remains what? The adjective – faithful. That is a characteristic of His that never changes. vi. So, what does this mean? vii. [Slide 22] There are three basic options for how to view this last line. 1. Certainly, the most popular view, is that this is meant to be a comfort. That despite temporary lapses in trust or faith, Christ is always faithful and will never deny Himself by breaking His promises to preserve His people. 2. A second, somewhat middle of the road interpretation, is that regardless of what men do, should every Christian on earth end up being unfaithful, Christ is still faithful. Meaning that the song breaks from God's response to men and focuses on His character at the end. 3. A third, and more ancient view is that Christ's faithfulness as the judge prevents Him from making exception for unbelief. If a person denies the Lord, or if a person does not endure in belief, Christ is faithful to keep His promise of judgment on such a person. To extend forgiveness in spite of their faithlessness would be to denounce Himself. viii. Certainly, each interpretation is true. So regardless of where we land this morning, it can be supported from the rest of scripture. ix. But looking strictly at the context of this book, I believe the third option seems to fit best for several contextual reasons. 1. The context of II Timothy is in regard to Paul passing on the mantle and for Timothy to take over, but peppered throughout are the warnings of men who were thought to be faithful but have turned out to be apostates. We have already seen this in Phygelus and Hermogenes. And we will see others, even before this chapter's end. To be unfaithful or not believing is not a condition that the saved are usually described as. In fact, the opposite. The believing ones are those who will not perish but inherit eternal life. And so, for the “unfaithful” or those “without faith” to be a reference to saved people who have stopped believing for a time or sinned in some way, would be odd here. It is far more likely to refer to these men whom Paul is singling out by name. 2. The preceding couplet begins with a past condition with a future promise of hope. It then moves to a present condition with a future promise of hope. This next couplet begins with a future condition with a future promise of punishment, so for it to finish with a present condition with a future promise of hope breaks the pattern abruptly. However, if it finishes with a future promise of punishment, it would complete the pattern. 3. The preceding line of this proverb very clearly has those who are apostates and their eventual outcome of being rejected by Christ. And as we noted, for Christ to deny us for Himself, seems to indicate that there is some Christward action of His denial of the deniers. This second statement of Him remaining faithful, seems to indicate what that Christward action is. Namely, to maintain His own faithfulness. x. For the final point, let's finish verse 13 f. [Slide 23] Since he cannot deny Himself. i. First, we do not know if this was included in the hymn. It actually seems like it is less of a hymn and more of Paul's explanation to the ending of that hymn. ii. Some translations have set off this poem but have excluded this line from it to show that they too see this not as part of the original poem or proverb. iii. It seems best to read this last phrase as giving us the answer to this question. Christ is faithful to God the Father and does not denounce Himself when He what? Keeps His promise of judgment to the faithless. iv. John 3:18 – The one who believes in Him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. v. My friends – Jesus will not denounce Himself and give to those who are unbelieving life. Rather He will remain faithful and give to the unbelieving, condemnation. g. [Slide 24] Passage Truth: So, Paul, through this well-known hymn, continues his teaching that suffering for the sake of the gospel will not prove to be a fruitless cause. Indeed, within these promises of both having died with Christ and enduring in belief, there is promised reward. We will live with Him. We will reign with Him. On the other side though, for those who deny Him or are without belief, there is the certain expectation that He will remain faithful and rightly judge those who are still in their sin. h. Passage Application: So, Timothy must endure. He must hold fast and cling to the gospel of Christ. Not just to think about it and keep it at the forefront of his mind, but to rest in it, even when the suffering seems too much to bear. i. [Slide 25] Broader Biblical Truth: The bible is clear. Those who are believing are those who will not perish. Those who are enduring are those who will reign with Christ. This life is the proving ground. The furnace in which all the dross is purified from His people. But if all you are is dross… it will all burn away. Nothing will remain. j. Broader Biblical Application: So, my friends, how do we prepare ourselves for suffering, knowing that to suffer for the gospel is a worthy cause with rich promises and blessings to follow? How do we get ready to do this? Not only must we keep the gospel before us… but we must also keep the gospel under us. It is both our light and our path. It is the narrow way and our guide. Christ is both the prize and sustainer! Conclusion: [Slide 26(end)] So what does this all mean for us today CBC? How can we apply this text? We must remember and proclaim the death and resurrection of Christ. We must cling to and hold fast to His conquering of sin and death and His lordship over all things. He is both our light and our path. Our road and our bread. We who were baptized into His death will be raised in His life. We are sustained in His atonement and because of that, we will reign with Him someday. My friends, it is by providence of God that we celebrate the Lord's Supper today. A time when we not only remember Jesus Christ and all that He has done for us, but by this our faith is fed, filled, sustained by feasting on the reality of the atonement in physical signs. All our senses partake in the invisible truth of God's sustaining power in the gospel of Christ. So let us Remember Jesus Christ and all that He has done today. After I pray, we will sing two songs to prepare us to Remember Christ and partake in His sustaining atonement. Then we will have the men come forward and pass out the elements to each person. Remember that to eat and drink when your confession or your lifestyles do not conform to the gospel of Christ, is to eat and drink judgment upon yourself. But to eat and drink to be refreshed, sustained, and empowered to defeat sin and obey God is a marvelous reason to join us. Before we partake of the bread, we will have a testimony of how God miraculously saved one of us. I will comment on the bread and we will eat. We will do the same for the cup. Afterward we will have 1 more testimony and then open the floor for more testimonies. After which we will close with a prayer of thanksgiving. Because we are to eat and drink in THANKFUL remembrance. Once again – be sure to partake only if you know you are a follower of Christ, and desperately wish to be sustained by communion with Him and His bride. Let me pray.

Have YOU ever been accused of murdering your spouse? Most of us have not, but I can assure you that people DO NOT act normal when under the pressure of losing a loved one AND at the same time, have what seems like the entire community CONSPIRING to CONVICT you. How would YOU feel? How would YOU act? What would YOU want YOUR community to do if you lost your husband to suspicious circumstances after an argument?What if you KNEW the person you were talking crap about? We believe alot of things would change if people would use that thing in their head called a brain. Why aren't the police actively searching for this young man?Who set the narrative in the community to make it so that 99.9% of the people are ACCUSING a young mother of MURDER?Look at the disgusting comments on social media, if you dare. It almost reminds me of watching pundits pick who is going to win a game of sports or something... Virtually everyone has picked a side on this and may have a suprise... because WHEN ALL OF THEM PICK ONE, THE UNDERDOG USUALLY WINS. What about Baylee and Banks? Does anyone have any compassion for a young mother and child? It seems that answer is a big NO because everyone is accusing one person of doing something that would NOT benefit her in any way. This is nonsense. Could she have done it? Anything is possible right? Motive? NONE. Means, yeah the car maybe. Opportunity, yeah, but quite a stretch given the evidence we do have.Have the police pursued the active leads about the altercation Chance had while walking? There is evidence of someone giving him trouble while on the phone with his wife. Why has THAT not been pursued, and if it has been... did it have anything to do with the immediate drug bust AT the SAME house that the LAST Video of Chance came from?The police have been notified of the witnesses that claim he was beaten and dumped with bricks tied to him. Has anything ever come of those leads?Too many questions, not enough investigation.

In this episode, Amie Hornaman, DCN, MsN, CFMP, talks about How To Optimize Your Thyroid to Beat Fatigue. Dr. Amie Hornaman DCN, MsN, CFMP is a leading certified functional-medicine expert on a mission to optimize thyroid patients around the world and give them their lives back using scientific elements of nutrition and functional medicine. After her own experience of insufferable symptoms, misdiagnoses and improper treatment, Amie set out to help others who she KNEW were also going through the same set of frustrations and who were on the same medical roller coaster. She consults people around the world via tele-health/virtual appointments beginning with in depth 90-minute consultations addressing everything form lab values to nutrition to lifestyle. She specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors of chronic disease and customizing health programs for thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, hormonal dysfunctions, digestive disorders, and brain problems. With a focus on optimizing thyroid function and thus optimizing her patients, Amie looks at each person as a unique individual and not JUST a lab value. She examines all factors that tie into thyroid dysfunction and thyroid symptoms and treats the person from top to bottom to give them their lives back. To learn more about Amie Hornaman, click here. For more information about Dr. Evan and his programs, click here. Prefer to watch on Youtube? Click here! Click here for a free gift from Amie Hornaman.

This weeks JasJewels talks about the power of knowing... you! Once we truly understand our purpose, we shift from busy-ness to intentionality but it takes really sitting and getting to know yourself. So, what do you know about, you?Purchase your copy of Return to the Knew or a JasJewels phone case, book a coaching session - www.jelizahs.com Contact Jasmine Elizabeth - jelizahs@gmail.comFB: Jasmine Elizabeth - IG: MissJ_Elizah

Dr. Amie Hornaman DCN, MsN, CFMP is a leading certified functional-medicine expert on a mission to optimize thyroid patients around the world and give them their lives back using scientific elements of nutrition and functional medicine. After her own experience of insufferable symptoms, misdiagnoses and improper treatment, Amie set out to help others who she KNEW were going through the same set of frustrations and who were on the same medical roller coaster.  She consults people around the world via telehealth/virtual appointments beginning with in-depth 90-minute consultations addressing everything from lab values to nutrition to lifestyle. Amie specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors of chronic disease and customizing health programs for thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, hormonal dysfunctions, digestive disorders, and brain problems. With a focus on optimizing thyroid function and thus optimizing her patients, Amie looks at each person as a unique individual and not JUST a lab value. She examines all factors that tie into thyroid dysfunction and thyroid symptoms and treats the person from top to bottom to give them their lives back. Follow Dr. Amie Hornaman Website Facebook Instagram Podcast: The Thyroid Fixer ______________ Follow Therese "Tee" Forton-Barnes and The Green Living Gurus: The Green Living Gurus Website Healthy Living Group Facebook Green Living Gurus Page Facebook Instagram Youtube Services For further info contact: Therese Forton-Barnes Email: Greenlivinggurus@gmail.com Cell: 716-868-8868

This week we offer an apology to any one who has been hurt in the church - based off a chapter in Return to The Knew, Jasmine Elizabeth explores how the church can hurt but God can heal. Tap to listen!Send emails or inquiries to jelizahs@gmail.comVisit - www.jelizahs.com to purchase a copy of Return to The Knew and #JasJewels phone casesSocial Media:FB: Jasmine Elizabeth-IG: MissJ_Elizah

Today's episode is about building and deepening professional relationships at work, and small changes that can have a big impact on your work relationships, personal brand, and people's experience working with you. Tip #1. No ghosting. We discuss the person, who we never know if they are going to show up to our meetings, and therefore we wonder how much they respect our time. The key here is to look at your calendar regularly to avoid double bookings and no-shows, and to let someone know AHEAD OF TIME (vs after the fact) when you won't make the meeting. Giving someone time back = good. Leaving them staring at a blank screen = not good. Sending the “are you going to make this meeting?” email stinks. That said, we know no-shows happen, and we apologize and move on. That said, “Sorry I missed our meeting, I was in the car.” is BS -- you KNEW you were getting in the car, and you KNEW you had a meeting... you know better, and we're encouraging yourself to do better. *Tip #2. Be on time. *Liz worked with SignalFx for years, and a core value of the company was to respect people's time, so meetings started on time, and calls happened on time. If someone was going to be late, they would send an email, text, or Slack. Nobody was ever left waiting and it was GLORIOUS. *Tip #3. Keep people posted on your progress. *When you're assigned a project, the people you work with are going to assume you're going to meet your deadline. Send an update half way through, let your colleagues know if you forsee any delays, and help people know they can rely on you to update them and meet your deliverables. Yes, it may be uncomfortable to send an update, especially if you're going to miss a deliverable, but setting expectations is key to building trust at work. Tip #4. Be kind. Thank the IT person who fixes your computer. Say hi when you see someone in the kitchen. Don't leave a mess for the janitor. Being kind makes you pleasant to work with. If people like working with you, they're going to give you opportunities. How you behave has a ripple effect in your career. Savvy interviewers are looking for how people treat others around them- it's important to be kind. Tip #5. Don't overshare. Giving the gory details of your latest virus or of your breakup is completely unnecessary. Big picture, “I'm sick and can't come to work” - yes. Every detail of fever, headache, vomit, and malaise - no. Tip #6. Follow Up. Don't ghost. If someone takes the time to talk with you, reaches out with an idea, and especially if you say something like “I want to work with you” or “I'm going to follow up by this date.” Yes, it may feel uncomfortable to tell someone that you've changed your mind, but it's about respecting someone's time enough to follow up when you say you will. Kat and Liz agree that they both will bend over backwards for people who show them respect, whereas they put less time and effort into people who don't show appreciation for our efforts. If you're respectful to the people who you are working with, they'll be respectful to you, and you will build more robust professional relationships.

This week's guest was one that was MUCH more than sports talk with a television station's Sports Director! Glenn Marini, Sports Director for WANE 15 (CBS affiliate in Fort Wayne Indiana), joined Sam & Richey in the Lounge, and it was such a great time, AND it was his first-ever podcast appearance!From nearby Muncie Indiana, Glenn talked about his time working in a VERY small television station in Kentucky, where he KNEW being on TV was for him! Going from there to Arkansas wasn't something that was expected, but something great happened there that kept him there longer than he wanted, but eventually, he made it back to the Hoosier state, and the position he now holds!What led him to television? Growing up in Muncie, how in the world did he end up going to college at Miami University of Ohio? What was one of his most memorable experiences since becoming a sportscaster? How about the WEIRDEST?! Glenn shares so many stories that are funny, unusual, and UNEXPECTED! He shares a Peyton Manning story that... well, you just have to hear it! What is the biggest change he's seen with high school sports in his time as a sportscaster? He does some name-dropping, and that's A-OK! His take on people and comparing them to their public persona is a good one! What a fantastic time the guys had with Glenn! It's definitely imperative they have him back because they only scratched the surface with him! You will certainly enjoy the guys reminiscing about things around the town of Muncie, because all three of the guys went to Ball State, and Glenn... well he grew up there!SO, sit back, relax & #grabalisten!Find Glenn on Twitter: @glennmariniWANEand on Facebook: Glenn Marini WANE 15

We all encounter experiences that cause us to rise or cower. In this weeks #JasJewels I share from a chapter in Return to the Knew (RTTK) about my first time in college and how it challenged me to be a little less rough around the edges.  I also remind you that God is with you right in the midst of your chaos.Make sure you leave a review and subscribe! Feel free to send an email with a question, thought or answer to how you found JasJewels to jelizahs@gmail.com.Purchase Return to The Knew and your #JasJewels affirmation phone cases at www.jelizahs.com

Hey there! Remember that time we all ran away to the big city to play golf and exorcize teenagers? Neither do we, but it sounds like a sweet dream. Find out what sorta BMX tricks we'd have pulled together in this hypothetical scenario when you donloyd and listen now! Up first! It's 1980's Times Square! The third film in Kevin Moss's continuing series exploring the runaway teenagers of the 1980s, this one's got marquees-a-plenty and a supporting turn by Tim Curry portraying none other than Johnny LaGuardia, famed fictional NYC radio DJ. The soundtrack's chock full of bangers from top to bottom, but does the movie thrill us? !Next up! There's very little exorcism and absolutely no teenagers in 1991's Teenage Exorcist, but that can't stop us from reviewing it. It's a Fred Olen Ray production, after-all, and Parker Bowman's got priorities when it comes to enjoying every instance of a leather bikini-clad Brinke Stevens whipping Eddie Deezen in a demonic basement scenario. Finally! Of course, it's 2004's 3-Iron (aka Bin Jip). It's the Korean romance film that you just KNEW we'd review some day - and the day is here. Is it a Sean pick, though, or does it not feature any baffling stretches of surreal silence? Is it even about golf? All this plus the trouble with cicadas, a cricket's jihad, Kevin wants his classic Jughead doll, a weirder looking dude than Paul Giamatti, being unfair to Jim Van Bebber, casting out demons on Skype, Siskel v Ebert: a heavyweight title match, extended musical interludes, nerd news and even more! Recorded live-to-tape on National Best Friends Day, 2021! Direct Donloyd HereGot a movie suggestion for the show, or better yet an opinion on next week's movies? Drop us a line at JFDPodcast@gmail.com. Or leave us a voicemail: 347-746-JUNK (5865). Add it to your telephone now! JOIN THE CONVERSATION!Also, if you like the show, please take a minute and subscribe and/or comment on us on iTunes, Stitcher, Blubrry or Podfeed.net. Check us out on Facebook and Twitter! We'd love to see some of your love on Patreon - it's super easy and fun to sign up for the extra bonus content. We'll disappear completely for your love and support. With picks like these, you GOTTA #DonloydNow and listen in!

Well welcome to this week's episode of #ForWhatitsWorthwithBlakeMelnick, called #LivingtheImpossibleDream part 2, in our music series called #PasstheJam, with my guest Canadian music icon @Blair PackhamIn part 1, we discussed Blair's early career as a singer / songwriter, the founding of his band, #TheJitters. Those heady days in the late 1980s, where they opened for Heart, the Kinks, The Byrds, and played large venues, both here in Canada and abroad. We heard about his time in the studio and the various personalities he worked with over the years. Blair shared some great stories about his time as a radio show host with CFRB and Q107 and the guests he interviewed over those years.  And in particular, his favourite interview, the soulful Solomon Burke. We concluded the episode with a discussion about Blair's passion for teaching songwriting.In this episode we pick up from where we left off, and then focus on Blair's songs and his soon to be released new record called #SongFood.  We will be joined by current artist in residence, @OliverMcQuaid who will take a deep dive into the art of songwriting with Blair, and help me to  #PasstheJam.  I hope you enjoy this episode  ...For What it's WorthAnd if you like the show please share it out to your networks, and consider making a small donation to the cause by buying us a coffee, using the Support the Show linkThe Music for Today's Show,  "You, Ya You"  and "The Land we Knew by Heart" is written and performed by Blair Packham along with his band, #ImpossibleDream Click HERE to visit the Blog post for this episode and learn more about Blair.Other Important Links:Show website - https://fwiw.buzzsprout.comShow Blog - https://forwhatitsworthpodcast.comLink to Show Trailer: https://fwiw.buzzsprout.com/1151660/4138862-for-what-it-s-worth-trailerLink to For What it's Worth Face Book group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/720335292207376Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forwhatitsworth.podcast/Knowledge Management Institute of Canada From those who know to those who need to knowBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/forwhatitsworth)

Tim Connelly reacts to Jokic winning the MVP, tells us when he knew the Joker was a special player, discusses the injured Nuggets and their impact on rotations, talks finding gems late in and after the draft, and the Nuggets-Suns series

They say nothing changes unless you do! We can change our location but if we don't change what's inside it doesn't matter. A large part of changing includes humility, forgiveness and vulnerability - tap in and listen to this weeks #JasJewels.Purchase Return to The Knew - www.jelizahs.comFB: Jasmine Elizabeth-IG: MissJ_Elizah

Today I had a super fun chat with my new friend Amie Hornaman on all things thyroid!  I love chatting with like minded individuals who are on a mission to help us all GET HEALTHY and realize we can take ownership of our health to improve the aging process!  As I say daily, I am on a mission to live my best life in my second half of living life!  Somehow I turn 5-0 this November 5th, after being “35” for 15 years!  As I reach this new age, I am going to e sharing my thoughts and lessons learned with you as well – as we know that life is not a race, it is a journey! AMIE'S PASSION, PURPOSE AND MISSION:  What is your WHY? I'm on a mission to optimize thyroid patients around the world and give them their lives back using scientific elements of nutrition and functional medicine. After my own experience of insufferable symptoms, gaining 20+ lbs. while prepping for a figure competition followed by misdiagnoses and improper treatment, I set out to help others who I KNEW were going through the same set of frustrations and who were on the same medical roller coaster. Amie Hornaman DCN, MsN, CFMP is a leading certified functional-medicine expert on a mission to optimize thyroid patients around the world and give them their lives back using scientific elements of nutrition and functional medicine. After her own experience of insufferable symptoms, misdiagnoses and improper treatment, Amie set out to help others who she KNEW were going through the same set of frustrations and who were on the same medical roller coaster. She consults people around the world via telehealth/virtual appointments beginning with in depth 90- minute consultations addressing everything from lab values to nutrition to lifestyle. She specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors of chronic disease and customizing health programs for thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, hormonal dysfunctions, digestive disorders, and brain problems. With a focus on optimizing thyroid function and thus optimizing her patients, Amie looks at each person as a unique individual and not JUST a lab value. She examines all factors that tie into thyroid dysfunction and thyroid symptoms and treats the person from top to bottom to give them their lives back. We discuss all thing THYROID Health and CHRONIC Stress- CHRONIC FATIGUE! How do you actually OPTIMIZE your thyroid? Why diagnosing/treating thyroid patients on TSH alone is an injustice. What does it mean to be OPTIMAL and not just "normal"? How does CHRONIC Stress impact our Thyroid – and how would that dysfunction impact our ability to BURN FAT, improve athletic performance or achieve performance gains and the aging process- longevity? Optimal ranges and what insights the results provide to figure out the WHY and How to regain health to be fit and healthy from inside out. Why we need to get the full panel to see the entire pictures- plus what other labs would you suggest? What is included in a full thyroid panel?  What we should ask our Doctors to test (get paid by insurance when you can!) and how the results correlate to other imbalances or dysfunctions – clues. WHY do women need to do more strength training and less chronic cardio!  UPCOMING EVENTS: Stay connected to learn more about the upcoming online course The Complete Thyroid Fix Masterclass (link)   Social Media Links: Podcast: thethyroidfix.buzzsprout.com FB: @amiehornamannutrition IG: @dramiehornaman Get your Free eBook 12 weeks to weight loss Debbie Potts Health & Fitness Coach, Author, & Speaker Host of ‘The Low Carb Athlete' Health Building Podcast Founder of ‘The WHOLESTIC Method' Coaching Program FNTP, FDNP, NASM CPT, CHEK HLC, Ben Greenfield Coaching BURN FAT. OPTIMIZE HEALTH. IMPROVE PERFORMANCE. Learn more on https://linktr.ee/Debbiepotts

You might think a lie is a statement. That's not true. But that's really not sufficient. Because if a little kid says, "Mom, did you know that the moon is made of blue cheese?" Well, that's hardly a lie. And yet, it's something that's not true. Today Raymond gives his definition of a lie - it is a statement that's true or false. This is the definition of a lie, a statement that is true or false, that is intended to hurt, intended to injure. Here we talk about the three levels of misrepresentation: fraudulent, negligent, and innocent. Raymond Aaron has shared his vision and wisdom on radio and television programs for over 40 years. He is the author of 10 best-selling books, including Branding Small Business For Dummies, Double Your Income Doing What You Love and the co-author of New York Times best-seller Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul and author of the Canadian best-seller, Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul. www.Aaron.com 

The second we saw artist Christie Wright’s watercolor clover tutorial, we KNEW we had to have her in Issue 03! Her work was so clearly and beautifully inspired by our issue and we fell in love immediately. She was equally as delightful during our podcast chat! I had the most fun time talking with Christie, who is the artist and owner behind Red Echo Studio, and I know that you’re going to love hearing what she has to share. https://www.facebook.com/RedEchoStudio https://www.instagram.com/redechostudio/  

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Knew it from the beginning! Congratulations to our new Miss Universe Andrea Meza from Mexico. She was stunning and definitely knew the assignment. Had to hope on here real quick to give my quick thoughts and boast a bit! I'm so excited! Grab your glass. This is another quickie will post a fuller update later. Enjoy! Watch my live on Youtube from this evening! https://youtu.be/KAQj58vik8w --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pageantsandprosecco/support

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Intro: Should Boz become a band manager? Let Me Run This By You: When you ASSUME. Interview: We talk to Sarah Charipar about playing old ladies when you're barely an adult.FULL TRANSCRIPTSpeaker 1: (00:08)I'm Jen Bosworth Ramirez and I'm Gina Pulice. We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it all. We survived theater school and you will too. Are we famous yet? Before we begin this episode? Just a little note to say there were some audio problems with this. I did the best I could fixing it up. The content is still good, but you know, sometimes things work out that way. Mercury was in retrograde or something. I'm sure. Anyway, enjoy. Speaker 2: (00:47)Hi. How you doing? How you doing, babe? I stayed up pretty late. You did. Okay. I have these neighbors. Do you know? Oh my God though, that gives me flashbacks. Um, no, no, I have these neighbors, right. I adore them. Okay. They are young, you know, mid, late twenties in a band that I adore and they're trying to get me to be their manager. I don't think that's a great idea just because I don't know how to manage bands. And I am trying to work on my own career, but, but I did give them some feedback, like about how to go about their there's a great band, great kids, you know, kids 20, 27. Yeah. But still kids to me. And, um, anyway, we stayed on the w we have balconies next to each other. So we just sat out there talking while miles, miles was as long asleep at like seven, but I stayed up until nine. Speaker 2: (01:48)So that's late for me. Oh my gosh. I thought all this was building up to like, you stayed up till three in the morning. You got two hours of 7:00 PM. 7:00 PM. Well, he gets up at four. So, um, he goes to bed. No, I shouldn't say last night he did go to bed a little earlier, but usually it's about eight 30, eight, eight 30. It's really quite does he get up at four? Because like, that's his natural body. He likes to do that. He does his burpees. He's Mr. Kind of healthy. He does all this workout stuff and I'm just jealous. That's the reason you didn't see it. But I did like a dismissive hand gestures only because I'm jealous. That's the only reason. So, so he, so anyway, his people were farmers that's. I mean, that's what they say. Like people who are night owls probably have ancestors who were on the night watch, you know, caveman style and people who just a mosquito and people who are early risers were, I mean, I've heard, Oh, I like that. Then that I like that. That means my dad was on the Nightwatch and, uh, or just very Speaker 3: (03:00)Depressed and couldn't go to sleep, but, or I'm going to choose the nightmare. Speaker 4: (03:08)Let me run this by you. Speaker 5: (03:15)I recently called to tell you about, uh, a experience I had with a friend of mine, who I felt like didn't like something I had suggested to them and wasn't responding to my text message and it's, I wasn't, uh, freaked out about it. That's a step forward. And I wasn't even very worried about it, but I thought, okay, well I suggested something to this person. They didn't write me back. My assumption was that they thought it was a terrible idea and didn't want to have any part of it. And I was completely wrong because I had another conversation with this person yesterday. And like, and of course they reason they didn't write me back was completely Speaker 3: (03:56)Had nothing to do logical. Right. And this is Speaker 5: (03:59)So lesson that I can't seem to grasp that. Like my first inclination is always to say, they're mad at me. I did something wrong. Speaker 3: (04:13)Sure. How do I get out of that? I don't know. It's the same. So I think I have the exact same thing. Mine goes mine. It's my first instinct. And I think it's practice of look, actually what I think it is is if you go to that first thing first, which you probably, I probably will, and you probably will, the rest of your life. It's just, just part of the DNA. All right. But the process of working through it right. And getting to the point of being like acceptance of, okay. So if they are mad, okay. So if they are, they hate my guts. Okay. What then, what am I going to, how am I going to take care of myself? If this person is upset or who doesn't want to be my friend or whatever, I think that's the real, um, when of the thing is working through, working with ourselves through that process is the process versus, you know what I'm saying? Like that's the reason it comes up is to, to be worked through and not necessarily that the first instinct will go away because I don't think it will. I just think that's the way we're wired. At least I know that's the way I'm wired. And I think I it's practice of working through so that it becomes less of a whole situation. Um, and more of a, Oh yeah, I did that thing again. Okay. Well, how can I work with myself? Okay. So let me talk it through with somebody, let me, but I, you know, Speaker 5: (05:48)Bernie in that, and I have, I guess now that we're talking about, I guess I have come some, what of a way? I mean, cause it used to just be that I would immediately respond to that person and say like, I'm sorry, I take it back. Or, or like, I know that I know you hate me now. Speaker 3: (06:05)Just start crying profusely, get on the phone and say, I'm sorry, I'm so terrible. Um, and please forgive me. Yeah. Like you said, it was a, be a whole play, a drama Speaker 5: (06:18)And then DBT, uh, I think it was in DBT, but anyway, as a therapist, I would always encourage my clients to check the facts about something, you know, because feelings aren't facts and you know, just because even if you have, even if this person really doesn't care for you, that doesn't mean that every interaction you have you're, you're doing something wrong. You're, you know, you should be put up on the cross. Speaker 3: (06:40)Yeah. It's just ownership of self. And of, I think it really, for me comes down to this core, core, deep, deep belief that I deserve to have my feelings. I deserve to have opinions about things. Um, I deserve to take, um, to take initiative on ideas and even if they're shot down or even if people think it's the stupidest idea in the world, I deserve to throw things out there and see, and you know, it's, it's a deep, deep core situation for me. Yeah. Speaker 5: (07:14)Yeah. It is. And, and I think I I'm really learning. It's there's a big part of it. That's generational too. I mean, you know, when we talk to younger people, they seem a lot less burdened by, I mean maybe sometimes going in the opposite direction. So that was the other thing I was just going to ask you about is now that you've been teaching at DePaul for a minute. Speaker 3: (07:37)Well, now I'm done. It's crazy. Well, I'm not done. I'm done, but yeah, it has been quite the journey. So they're just like us in some ways. It is amazing. So I had 13 individual one-on-ones with these students, um, at 10 minutes each. So I offered one-on-ones because they really wanted that. And they too Speaker 5: (08:06)Knew like her feedback about their Speaker 3: (08:09)Like, to do like therapy. Let's just be honest because they're struggling. And it was my suggestion. It turned into not therapy, but it did turn into a lot of coaching. Let's just say, but they're struggling just like we were, even though there's I would say, yeah, I would say a good 13 out of 24, right. Or 12 out of 24 half are struggling with the exact same thing. I don't have a rep. Other people have reps. Now they get reps before school ends because they they'd been auditioning for, um, agents, um, on zoom. They had like a class where they bring agents in. So half that sets up a dynamic where half the people now have reps and half don't. So the people that don't have acting reps obviously wanted to meet with me partially to say, how do I get a rep? And I'm like, listen, it takes time. You'll find your people. Let me, I, and I offered to help with, I say, send me your showcase link when you have it, your part, your monologue. I will send it to my peeps, but like, it's the same stuff we're dealing. We dealt with. I think they're not quite as quiet about it. Like they're pretty loud about it. Speaker 5: (09:22)They don't have their quiet shame that they'd have to wait 25 years to listen to somebody else on a podcast to go, Oh, I shouldn't have been ashamed about that at all. Everybody was feeling the same thing. Speaker 3: (09:30)Yeah. That they're loud, they're vocal about their issues. So that actually makes it somewhat easier to work with. But it also is. I'm jealous, you know, that they're able to be so vocal. Um, that brings up a lot. I have a lot of feelings of like man D but then at the root they're just as scared as, as we were, well, a lot of them and just as, um, petrified to fail. And just as a, I think it's just an age thing too. And it's also a competition thing. Like there's a lot of competition and within the school, right. Because you set it up, some have repped, some don't and that sets up this whole dynamic of some of these kids or these young people are going on auditions. And they're not like supposed to, but because it's a zoom world, it's a different situation Speaker 5: (10:20)Rule that they're not supposed to, but everybody took advantage of this time. Which of course they did. And I would have thought Speaker 3: (10:26)Of course. And so anyway, it has been, it was in very fascinating ride, but what I did find was, you know, after my 13 one-on-ones I was exhausted. Like I had to lay down, it was like 13 mini therapy sessions. And I was like, and then follow up, you know, I I'm sending certain people resources. So, but I do feel like it was, it didn't, it didn't feel, um, I don't feel resentful. I feel like they paid me really well. And this is part of my deal. And also one of my, one of my strong suits, one of my jams is connecting one-on-one and really listening and saying, Hey, like, you know, let's like you said, like, let's look at the facts here. You know, you haven't graduated yet, but you see, it doesn't matter because when you're that age, you feel like there is no time. And now you look, as we get older, I'm like, Oh my God, you had so much time girl. Speaker 5: (11:23)But the other day sitting at my rate, waitressing job, talking to this guy who was, you know, he was a good 30 years older than me. I was 20, I think. Um, I think it was like 24 and being like, I'm old, I'm at 24. I started thinking I'm almost 25. And then when you're 25, it's over like every, you have to have everything established by the time you're 25 because who, you know, becomes a person after that. Like, I really thought Speaker 2: (11:54)That way. And in part it was because, uh, not because I thought my parents were so emotionally mature because they'd be the first to say, or at least my mom would be the first to say that they weren't, but they own their first house when they were like, they got married at 18, they own their first house right away. Or I guess they rented. But then really soon they own their first house. And that kind of set the bar. Like I felt, I feel like a failure sort of before I even went to school, like, there's no way I'm going to be right. You know, right away. I felt the same. Like I think it's generation. Yeah. I, my parents had their, they didn't have their together emotionally, you know, and, but they definitely own the house and they definitely had job jobs. And, you know, so that, and also the, I guess that speaks to the difference of what kind of, what we culturally value we had. Speaker 2: (12:47)There was no room for valuing like personal growth and development at that time. Whereas that that's gotten much more of a stakehold in terms of our societal values and, and hopefully less and less about what you have and what you own and how much money you have. Oh, well, that's interesting. So if you're listening to this and you're, this is your final year of the theater school, it gets better, you know, it gets better and it's already good. Like there's this combination platter of the, the depth of despair that you may be feeling now that'll get better. Um, but also you are doing it. You are doing the career part. The training is part of the career. Everything that comes after that. Yeah. You'll, you'll, you'll build upon. I mean, that's what we've learned during this podcast. Like you build a PA, even if you leave in 10 years, you find yourself, you didn't do anything, thought what you thought you were going to be doing in this final year. Speaker 6: (13:49)You are using your skills and what you learned there, and you are applicable everywhere. This is your life, you're living it. And this is the life like it's all of today on the podcast, we talked to Sarah charper. Sarah is one of those actresses that multiple people that we've talked to have described as a powerhouse. And she really is, and she's on stage and on screen. She's just so connected. She has such a presence. And, um, we talked to her and it was a lovely conversation. And I just she's has this outlook about the pandemic and about life. That's really inspiring. So I'm so glad we got to talk to Sarah charper on I survived theater school. Enjoy fancy. I, I move your camera so I can see Speaker 2: (14:52)Your beautiful face. I want to see the bottom of your beautiful face there you okay. Oh, you're so you're so I know you're not supposed to say this, but Sarah, you, you have you, are you eating? Speaker 6: (15:05)What's going on? I I'm it's it's so funny. H I said the same thing. I mean, I, I, I don't. I have, I don't. I mean, yes, yes. I'm yes. I'm you look great. Thank you. Just checking that, you know what I did? I, um, I stopped drinking. It was weird. I mean, I haven't, I have not had any alcohol in like three months and all of a sudden, like I have a chin wall. I mean, just like, I think the puffy goat has gone away. Um, yeah. Regrettably, I guess. I, I it's, it's so nice to see your face and I still feel like such a crumb that I, I just think I had a pandemic stroke that last time, but, um, I'm so happy to see that something terrible had Speaker 2: (15:47)Happened. Um, Fred, this passed away. Speaker 6: (15:50)Oh, right. That's right. Yeah. One of the mini pandemic suicides. Um, Oh my God. Yeah. So sorry. Um, but this was super fun, but this is fun. What a. I am Jen before. So before I forget, you have to send me your address because I have something for you that I've had for over a year. And now I feel bad, Gina, because I don't have something for you, but I don't know what to get you, but I do. I'll share it. I do have something for you, Jen, that I've had for a very long time, and you're going to know what it is and when you see it, Oh my God. I can't wait. I can't wait. Well, welcome. And congratulations. Speaker 2: (16:32)You survived theater Speaker 6: (16:33)School. I did allegedly Speaker 2: (16:36)You in actual fact, you survived it and you are. I ha I probably shouldn't be starting this with such a gush, but you, you are such a fantastic actress. I mean, really everything you do now, everything you did in school is fantastic. You are so like deeply connected to everything you do. It's very admirable. Speaker 6: (17:03)Thanks. We hear it all the time. Speaker 2: (17:09)We've heard it from multiple people on the podcast about how much of a powerhouse or like in the, you know, in the Facebook chat situation, how much of a powerhouse. And I think that's the word that comes to mind when I think of your and your you and your acting is like powerhouse, but connected is also like Gina said, totally connected. And I've seen you, you know, in rooms, running casting sessions, and you're the same way you're connected as a reader. You're connected as a casting associates. So you're, Speaker 6: (17:39)You should see me weeping in corners on a regular basis. Speaker 2: (17:43)So, um, did you want to be an actor since you were a young lady? Um, Speaker 6: (17:50)I think, well, my mother always says th th th th my transformative moment, they took me to go. I grew up in upstate New York. So they took me to the Shaw festival and I saw Cyrano de Bergerac and Cyrano was played by this. I want to say, he'd let her know. His name is Heath Heath Lambert, a very diminutive, um, Canadian actor. Well, I say that only because he played Cyrano, who is such a heroic, huge character. Um, and the one we played Roslyn was so beautiful, but more importantly, her hat was amazing. Like she had one of those pointed princess hats with a gossamer hanging down, which I don't know if you it's like, that's the fabric that looks like fairy dust. And my mom is like she said, Sarah, you just sat at the edge of your seat and didn't breathe the entire time. Speaker 6: (18:33)And I still to this day, and I think I might, I think I might've been nine. I still, to this day, remember sitting in that theater, just being like now, granted I was mostly drawn to the fairy dust and the applause, but I, um, I don't think I ever recovered from that moment, but I really, it, it has taken me, um, I'll say I'm, I'm 50 now. I think I've just started to admit that I'm going to be an actor. Do you know what I mean? Like, I don't think I ever really wanted to own that. I don't think I ever wanted to, although I just said I was 50, but everyone knows that. Um, uh, I don't think I wanted to own that. So I did a lot of things to kind of be like, Oh, I'm going to be an academic. I'm going to, you know, um, so really what kind of academic did you think you might've studied theater? Speaker 6: (19:15)I mean, I got it, got my degree in theater studies and women's studies and religious studies. So really, I just liked studying people and motivation. So it's all the same thing, right? Like, Oh yeah, definitely all the same thing was when it, DePaul, I went to university of Toronto for my undergrad. So, um, they're in there, you know, they're a very rigorous academic school. Um, and it's a totally different than the American system. Like most of your classes are a year long, some are a half year. So it's a really like hardcore, like in some of the colleges they wear robes. It's very, um, not my school, but, um, so yeah, so I, I went there and got a BA in theater in women's studies and, and, um, religious studies, uh, and did have some performance. So that's why I went on to get my masters, um, w where I ended up at DePaul, uh, because I wanted to learn how to act. Speaker 6: (20:09)I mean, I knew what I thought was really great theater. And I worked with incredible people that I still haven't had the gift of working with people of that caliber ever again, but I didn't know how the to do anything. I just felt a lot. Yeah. Did you, did you act as a, in high school, did you say, Oh, golly. No, it wasn't. So it's funny. So I went to my high school, I went to a super urban high school and it was connected to the school of the arts, but again, this fight in me, I was like, I'm not going to go to school, the arts, I'm not going to be one of them. Um, and like, you know, I went to high school with Taye Diggs, whose name is Scott. Um, you know, uh, people who ended up having massive careers. And I sort of sat on the periphery. I did, however, was a part of Speaker 7: (20:48)An improvisational theater group called awareness theater, which is hilarious. And I think about it now. And we went around and did improv for like, doctors about how to deal with kids with like drug addiction or parental issues. And I think I was remembering the day. I think we actually did a performance at Attica, and I'm not even you. Like, I don't know who led us in these places, but we did these improv's about like, don't do the cocaine, but I want to do the cocaine. And like we got in a van and drove to schools. I mean, I had a little sweatshirt, I loved it so much. I loved it so much. Speaker 5: (21:18)So I love that. That's fantastic. So, um, in upstate New York, uh, you went to the shop festival. Did you get, did your parents also take you to Broadway Broadway? Speaker 7: (21:29)Um, I believe so. The first Broadway show I saw was the touring company of Annie. So I saw that in Rochester, the first Broadway show I saw was the tap dance kid. I think Speaker 7: (21:42)Alfonso, Roberto, the kid, yes. Right. He was the tap dance kid. Um, and you guys are, you're younger than me by a lot, but this was the time too, in my junior high, they had to band taps because in the, in the, um, the musical, there were all these great tap numbers where they had like converse sneakers with taps on the bottom. So everyone had to get taps. So as you can imagine, the halls of my high school were just says, coffin is insane. Those got manned along with the Michael Jackson belts. Cause everyone beat each other with them. Speaker 5: (22:14)It was a little aggressive with the spice, Speaker 7: (22:18)The ones with the big name, like the one where you could get them personally, not, you know what I mean? We weren't allowed to wear those as anything could be weaponized with a creative mind Speaker 5: (22:28)When I was in junior high, I got sent home for wearing, um, what I thought was just a cute little accessory in my hair, a bandana, it wasn't red or blue, but I got sent home because there was a no bandana, uh, gang violence in Sacramento at the time that I was in junior high was like real, real, real high. So, uh, anyway, so, okay. So you, uh, did your MFA at DePaul and, and then when you left or when you graduated, were you debating, staying in Chicago, moving to LA moving to New York? Speaker 7: (23:06)No. Um, I I'm realizing now in this pandemic time of reflection, like how much, and I've been thinking so much about this thinking about theater school and stuff. Um, no, I think I was lived with, I think I just lived in fear and waited for permission. So I was waiting for something to tell me where I had to go. Um, and I thought Chicago was a great place to get started. And I, um, I had friends of mine right out of school who had started a company. Um, so we were working together. So that seems like a great little launching pad and then they watched real careers. Um, and, um, Speaker 6: (23:47)Was that sad? Yeah, yeah, Speaker 2: (23:50)Yeah. We were talking to Lee a little bit about it, Speaker 6: (23:52)Eric. I was thinking about him this morning. Um, yeah, so they, um, so I, no, I didn't. I mean, I did, did I think that that call was going to come where I was desperately needed elsewhere. Absolutely. But, um, shockingly, that hasn't arrived yet, but there's time Speaker 2: (24:09)Fair to be fair. You have had calls come for different things. Speaker 6: (24:13)I have, indeed. I have been very lucky. No, I have been very lucky, um, Speaker 2: (24:17)And hardworking. I just want to put that out there, that call comes and then we answer it and we try to show up the best we can and you've done. Speaker 6: (24:25)I appreciate that. And I, and I feel like Speaker 2: (24:27)Ciao hasn't called yet. Judd, Apatow has not called yet, but that doesn't Speaker 6: (24:32)No, and I, it's funny, I have been thinking a lot about, you know, when, when you're ready for things and when you're not. And, um, I don't know if the world is ready, but I kind of feel more ready now than I ever happened. So that's kind of exciting to not feel like your life is over in the midst of all this chaos and breaking down. It's sort of interesting to find, I'm trying to, I'm really trying to silver lining this whole pandemic, so yeah, yeah. Speaker 2: (24:56)Yes, yes. There is the option. The alternatives are not good. Silver line. Speaker 6: (25:02)I know. Right. I mean, don't we all? So, um, yeah, so, no, I, I mean, I wanted to go and I did, I did spend some time in New York. Um, I went with a show, um, I did it, I ended up doing, um, Cuckoo's nest at Steppenwolf, and then we did it in London and then we did it in New York and then the world went to hell in a hand basket and I saw the world trade center fall down. I thought, well, I want to go back to Chicago. So anyway, blah, blah, blah, um, nine 11 Blomberg. Anyway, that happened back to me. Speaker 2: (25:35)I have a question. I have a question going back to the, so when you, when you decided, did you decide, um, were, were other schools in the running for you besides DePaul for your MFA? Speaker 6: (25:44)Well, so I had already gone to another program for a year. I went to SUNY Binghamton, um, in Binghamton New York, which is where rod Sterling's from, that gives you an indication. Um, and that program was actually rather astounding. It was run by this guy, gene lesser, God rest, his soul, who I can unequivocally say was a bit of a sociopath, but he was one of the people who started Julliard in the early days. So he was one of those Svengali kind of teachers that could get you to do work. You never thought you had access to, but you were completely dependent on him to do it, which is why he had these weird little acolytes following him around and stuff. So I spent a year kind of being brainwashed by him and then the program crumbled. So then I had to find somewhere, um, the program shut down and it was hell in a hand, basket was just total task. Um, so I left that program and then went through the process of desperately auditioning and, um, you know, when Tish and Julliard and everyone else to get that, but I will say this, this is an amazing story. So I went to New York for the IRDAs Speaker 7: (26:44)Or something to audition for DePaul. And, um, at the time I had just been recovering from an illness. All of us ladies are familiar with it, had a horrible UTI. And so I took sulfa and didn't know I was allergic to sulfa. Um, and if you're allergic to sulfa, it does something great. So I went into my audition. I, you not by face was swollen. You came out to here. Like I looked, I looked like a homeless person in the middle of a Chicago winter by that. I mean, my face was completely swollen and disbanded, dark purple when burned and insane. My lips were deformed. Um, I mean, I looked horrified and I remember standing like in this waiting pen room, like it was a dance studio and there are mirrors everywhere. And I was just kind of looking at myself going, are you me? Speaker 7: (27:33)And I was like, Oh, okay, here we go. And I went and did my pieces and was like, I remember Jim hostel help was there. And I think John Jenkins and all these people, and I finished my pieces and they're like, do you have any questions? And I just kind of stand there, look at them going seriously. We're not going to talk about that. I've ever been like, just in case any of you are wondering, I don't normally look like this. I'm like, I'm not a supermodel, but this is not what we're normally just to put that out there. Cause like, it was good. You were brave to do that. Oh my like, I mean, I was making children cry in the streets. I mean, I really, but it was just so funny that they didn't even acknowledge. I mean, I get it, but we weren't even politically correct then, but no one said a word and I'm like, we're going to pretend I don't look like a descendant of the elephant man. Okay. But anyway, they took me. I think they felt badly for me. Speaker 5: (28:20)No, no. They saw they saw your talent audition. Speaker 7: (28:26)I know, I think I know I had this piece. I have no idea of what it's from, but it was about green peppers, like about, do I not like green peppers? And I went to this diatribe. No. As a matter of fact, I hate it. Actually. I really hate it. Everyone else likes green peppers. They think it was highlighted in that it was this theory about grit, which is very close to me cause I tend to get furious about nonsense. Um, and I probably did something tragic, like from Troilus and Cressida. I think I did a Cassandra monologue control. I was impressed. I talk about overblown. Like I'm, I'm going to play a deeply connected sear. Um, but they felt, Speaker 5: (29:02)I bet you knocked it out of the park. So you weren't talking about, uh, your earlier experience in having a spin golly type figure. And I, I probably wouldn't go so far as to say the theater school head spin golly types, but we did have, and we talk about on this podcast a lot, you know, people with big personalities people w we, we got, um, labeled in a way by our section in a way. Uh, so I'm curious to know your thoughts about that, about the personalities among the faculty, how you related to it, then how you relate to it now, what Speaker 2: (29:42)Your thoughts are. Speaker 8: (29:42)Well, so it's interesting, again, like I've been really deliberating about this a lot, you know, cause I wanted to do a good podcast to help you get now I know there's a great at the end, I was in a very different position. You know, I'd already gone to undergrad for four years and I'd already done one year of, of theater training. So I came into it at a different place and it was interesting because, um, temperamentally, I was much more, I felt a greater kinship with, uh, the folks that were getting BFAs and my MFA class. I mean, I really just didn't, it's not that I didn't get along with them. I just didn't. I was in school with a lot. I'll never forget. I was auditioning. I wanted to go to, um, ATC elemental P whatever the Harvard school is and I'll forget it. Speaker 8: (30:21)They were audition. They were like, if you want to be a teacher, get the hell out of here. We don't want accuracy. We want to be teachers. We want actors who want to act. And I was like, yes. Um, and not in any way to be disparaging of the folks that were in my class, but I felt like a lot of people were like, this is my backup. I'm going to be a teacher. And I'm like, who's going to want you to teach if you don't actually do this. Right. So, um, there was a little, just a little bit of a disconnect. And I think, I thought I knew everything and I was more than likely a snapback. So I, um, I didn't have the same kind of, Oh my God, this is a whole new world for me. You know, I was 23 and worldly, you know, but I'd already had those aha moments. Speaker 8: (31:02)So, and I came out of a really, um, I don't want to say for me, but like a borderline abusive stage. I think, I mean, I think this teacher I had before was actually a predator. And I say this now, cause he's dead. Although I should say it out loud when he was alive, I think he was a predator. So, um, I came out of a very intense environment into something where I remember sitting with Jamal's to Hoff all the time and he'd be like, Sarah, I just feel like you want me to yell at you. And I was like, yes. And then I had a little PTSD. I was like, no, one's mean enough. No, one's hard enough. Um, and I was constantly asking for more in gym and it's funny. Cause like everyone was like Jim Austin, Hoff crusty guy. And I'm like, I want more crust. Speaker 8: (31:39)I um, and I think I was very much a victim of one of those people that convinced myself that it didn't hurt. And I wasn't an excruciating pain all the time. I wasn't doing enough. Um, and if people didn't tell me how much I sucked, then they thought I couldn't be better. And so I really had, I was stuck with that feeling for a very long time in DePaul, like, Oh, I guess this is as good as I'm gonna get. Cause no one seems to tell me what I need to fix. And again, no one can, no one can fix me other than me. Uh, but I think I a very much, um, I think it goes into the whole permission thing that I was really looking for someone to tell me what was wrong and tell me I was going to be okay and tell me I was gonna make it. And that I was one of the chosen ones so that I could go out and take chances, which I think is the biggest problem with theater school in general. But that's a customer question. Speaker 2: (32:26)It's interesting because we do have a lot of you're the first person that I've really is struck me as saying like I needed more crust, I wanted more crust. I needed that for whatever reason. And it's, there's no judgment on, but um, there Speaker 5: (32:40)Are those people and I think it's also the Julliard method. That kind of method of, you know, unless it hurts, you're not, you're not growing and you know, to be fair, there's something about that that works like when I'm in pain is when I make changes in my life. It's just that, uh, you seem a little, like you were a little more ready to make changes. I was just trying to figure out what's happening. Speaker 8: (33:00)Well, totally. I was in a different place. I mean, I had, I'd already left home. I lived, you know, in a university of Toronto, it's a totally different than the American system. Like you live on your own, you live in co-op housing. There's no doubt. I mean like I had already sort of lived a pseudo, I mean a wildly protected pseudo adult life for five years. So I wasn't in the same place of like, Holy crap, I get to smoke cigarettes in front of teachers. You know what I mean? Like I, uh, so I just, um, but again, like, I, I still very much, I mean, it's not a level of maturity that I'm, I'm super proud of because I still very much was desperately seeking for someone to say, Sarah, you can live the life you want to live. You can be who you want to be. And it's not about which role you get here. Cause it's, you know, that world is also as the three of us don't we, we were never fricking algae news. What the hell was I doing? Doing shows and theater school. Speaker 5: (33:52)Right, right. Yeah. So you, you are w when you talk about waiting for permission and, and being scared, um, that ties into something that boss and I talk about all the time, and we talked about it earlier today. Uh, those of us who, whose parent whose mothers were in the sixties generation of feminism, um, really experienced, horrible, horrible things. And so their impression that they taught to us and that became our impression is that it was all fixed and it was all better. And feminism worked and patriarchy was over, which is obviously less laughable, Speaker 8: (34:43)Just look at TV. Speaker 5: (34:44)Yeah, exactly. But we, I feel envious of young women growing up now, even at, even though they can still be in a patriarchal context, they can still be oppressed by somebody no longer. Is there just such a dearth of information about what, how it could be, or maybe even how it should be. Um, do you ever feel that envy wishing that you had been raised with, or maybe you were raised with a strong feminist bent? I don't know. Speaker 8: (35:19)Uh, well for sure, like I was raised in a tremendous matriarchy. I mean, everyone jokes, my, my late father, like my friends who, like, he just was a husk and a corner, which he wasn't, but like we just, I come from not surprisingly generations of really dominant women. Um, but I also, um, you know, my mother is the kind of woman she was getting her master's degree, worked a full-time job and raised two children and did everything all at the same time. So my mom didn't have time to about. I mean, so my parents were political and social idealists and they, they actually met in Chicago is this part of this Catholic youth, um, rebel organization. I mean, they were, as far as Catholics can be, but they were really about social justice and change. And so I grew up around all of that. Speaker 8: (36:04)Um, but I also think at a certain point, like what's funny is I, I noticed this particular last year at the beginning of the pandemic when things got cuckoo and, um, so many issues, so many social issues came to light. I realized how old and out of touch I was. Do you know what I mean? Like I had, I had lived this whole period thinking I am so enlightened. And then all of a sudden I was teaching these students and I was like, Laura. And I like literally vomiting on my own words and terrified of saying the wrong thing and not understanding, um, social codes anymore and thought, but I'm a good person. You know, I went through all that white guilt and fear and doubt. And so, um, yes, I, I, I, well, envious of these women, I'm, I'm envious for the time that they have. Speaker 8: (36:48)I'll say that I'm really envious of the time. And I try very much not to squander the time I have worrying about what I did with the time I wasted. Um, but I, uh, you get your lessons when you get them, I guess. Uh, but I think it's a really complicated place that people are in, but I'm very encouraged. And I was having this discussion recently with friends of mine, talking about the movies we grew up with. And again, like I thought me and my girlfriends, like nine years old going to see like nine to five or like we just thought we were a little budding feminists. And then I go back and I look at 16 candles and I'm like, I was obsessed with rape movies. You know what I mean? Like, um, coming, having those awakening moments of realizing I'm brainwashed too, um, or realizing that women cease to exist past 40. Speaker 8: (37:32)You know, when, when I was reading an interview with Reese, with this one recently where she was like, stop time up, Oh, this is a picture of me on set, playing Adam Sandler's mother. You know what I mean? Or like that new shell manque, that's out like Amanda, Seyfried's playing what's her butt's wife. And she's 78 years younger than him. And in real life, his wife was the same, you know, like just this horse shittery where like who's controlling the narrative of who women are is just especially as someone who's like, Oh wait, here I am, I'm 50. I'm ready to go. Now I'm like, well, I have to write it because you know what? These men are terrified to know that we exist. Speaker 2: (38:08)Right. That's absolutely true. And I, I just think, yeah, so that speaks of that thing of like, um, right. I don't know if you guys feel this, but it's like, I came of age thinking I was a feminist and that, that we, everything was possible that I was crushed right by the system. And now I'm coming of age again saying, and I am, I am, I wish I have this on this podcast all the time where I'm listening. I'm like, man, I wish I knew this when I was 18. And there's that thing where they say, you can't know what, you know, until you know it, but I hate that because I just, if I was armed with this, I listened to the stories of people that come on the podcast that are like, you know, I told so-and-so to F off that I was going to play this part or that, and I'm like, I wish I had had that, but you're right. Speaker 2: (38:50)You'd get, you'd get the lessons when you get them. But it sounds like you were able, there just seems to be a sense then about yourself, that when you were at the theater school, that you were able to step into your own, which is why you probably seemed so connected and were, was, was a good actor. And the rest of us were not terrible actors, but I can tell you, it wasn't that I was a terrible actor, is that I had no clue what was going on. You had a clue of what was going on, which is why your work probably seemed so connected because you knew Speaker 7: (39:18)I, maybe I just, I just had more of a chance to know who I was. And I think so much, I think so much of it. And again, like I think about Slack because I teach acting now and I teach at the university level a lot. And, um, I think so much of that environment is about a, tell me I can do this as there's a whole body of people that are gonna tell you just, just between you and me just to make it, am I going to make it like that feeling all the time of thinking someone can actually bestow your life upon you. Um, and then having someone to like, who are you? Who are, who am I do? Can you tell me who I am? And here I am going to school. And yes, I had, I had a pretty, I had a more, um, secure sense of self because I was older just by virtue of years. Speaker 7: (39:58)Um, and I w I was fortunate to be exposed to a lot of things in a very unique way, I think. Um, but still I went into theater school and I played old ladies, my entire career. I played old women. I played grandmothers and old women and the fat ferry. And then I got out of school and I played hookers for 20 years. Do you know what I mean? Like we, there's no sense of what, so theater school doesn't really help you find a truth. And that the hilarious irony is like, you get to be your senior year and you got to do the showcase, which is going to make or break your whole life. And they're like, how are you going to market yourself? And I'm like, are you kidding me? I have no idea of who I am, because I've been running around playing. Speaker 7: (40:43)I played women in theater school that I'm still too young to audition for. So it, it, it, it you up in terms of trying to figure out some way of being authentic and you know, how it is to, it's funny, I'm sure John, you saw it too. You know, our, our dear friend, Nick Whitcomb wrote something recently about like theater and what does theater mean? And I'm thinking, you know, gone are the days where we're all sitting around. I mean, hopefully not forever. We have to reimagine them, but like, I don't know how much me playing Cresseta in Troilus and Cressida is going to aluminate today's world. I don't know how much this can of things that we thought were really going to establish us as artists is going to move us forward anyway. And yeah, I don't know. Speaker 2: (41:29)I also feel like theater never really embraced me as a woman as a, Speaker 5: (41:34)As who I am. So I'm, I'm, I don't feel a loyalty to recreate the art form, which other people can, I just never found like my spot there. So when people are like, how are we going to reimagine theater? I'm like, because I, I never Speaker 8: (41:50)Theater that I liked in America, to be honest, I was spoiled. I was trained by a bunch of Europeans and undergrad and went, I mean, we went on school trips to Italy and Germany and Sasha, and that's the, still to this day, that theater, I, my favorite theater is Russians and Germans and stuff where it's like, I don't have to speak the language. Like to me, that's theater. I don't know a word you're saying. And I'm riveted. And that's, that's what I've never seen that really recreated here. Um, Speaker 5: (42:14)All right, well, gauntlet thrown America. You got to try to impress Sarah. I told boss this earlier, but, um, I just happened yesterday to be looking through the plays in my bookshelf. And, um, I was looking for, uh, to do something specific and I P I picked up a play that I haven't read in a long time called dead man's cell phone. And of course, I was delighted to see your name as having been one of the original, other, other woman, uh, characters. Can you tell us anything about your experience with that play? Speaker 8: (42:53)Yeah, that was great. That was super, super funny play. I mean, um, how do I talk about that? You know, it's so, so, so, so Pauli Noonan, um, who play gene and the play is sort of like Sarah rules muse. So it's very interesting to be in a play with the writers muse in there. And Polly's just one of these, she's just an other worldly being she's, she's a magnificent human being and creature, but like indescribable, I just use just this ephemeral sort of creature. Um, uh, and it was, you know, it's always interesting to work on new plays. It was, um, I find it really challenging. It was sort of one of those, and I'm in poly had done the show before. Cause I remember going like, you know, of course I'm trying to make my role really important and grounded. And sometimes, you know, sometimes a pipe is just a pipe, you know what I'm saying? Speaker 8: (43:40)So I think there were times where I was beating my head against a wall, trying to make my, to understand every, uh, every bit of minutia I could mind out of it. And, you know, I remember once Paul saying to me, yeah, you know, this part never worked in DC either like that. It's um, Oh, wow. That there were shortcomings, but it was, it was wonder, I mean, it was wonderful, you know, I, um, I never, you know, it's like, I think I went through a period. I was like, I'm going to keep working. And then you don't work for a long time. And you're like, I wish I appreciated those moments more. I mean, it was, it was, it was lovely. It was terrifying. I remember, I, of course I only really remember the moments I went up on my lines and didn't know what's happening and got Jeezy on a rake stage and was terrified. Um, please, anyone directing plays, don't put anyone on rage stage. It's just cruel. Um, especially anyone with anxiety vertigo. Forget it. Yeah. Um, Speaker 6: (44:36)You were on a rake stage at the theater school, in the one with the turf. What was that called? Speaker 8: (44:42)That was called systemly feelings, which for like six years, I still found AstroTurf in my underwear. Yeah. That Speaker 6: (44:52)You Speaker 8: (44:52)Were brilliant too. That was brilliantly. That was, Speaker 6: (44:56)That was the audition right. Where we had to be funny. Wasn't that the one where Speaker 8: (45:01)It was late and it was super funny. Okay. And, and I was thinking that Lee Kirk, this is my cousin Lee Kirk was in it. Sean Gunn was in it. JP Cabrera was in it Alex, but like, I mean, and, and, and, and, and, um, Bradley Walker and that, that play Kendra through. And that, that was, that play was F I was all, yeah, that was my favorite place for sure. That I did. Although, full of calamitous moments of, of utter tear and, and destruction. Speaker 6: (45:28)Did you get dizzy on that rake stage too? Speaker 8: (45:30)No, I got, I got sculled. I got to horrible things happen in this show. I have to. Okay. So the first one was, there's always a show at the end of like one scene, there's like a coin toss. And then that determines what the next scene is going to be. And we had to run off stage. It was a rainstorm. We had to run back on stage wet. So we got dunked with water off stage and ran back on. And I can't remember, Stan, I'm such a crumb. He was a lovely stage manager. We had long kind of Auburn hair and he was just adorable. Speaker 6: (46:00)Oh, yes. It'll come to me. Speaker 8: (46:07)Yeah. Reddish hair you're with me. Okay, Speaker 6: (46:12)Lovely. Speaker 8: (46:12)So I remember, um, he had told the, the, the kids, I say kids, because what other, th th th the kids working crew, um, make sure you put relief, um, warm water in, at the top of the act, put hot water in the bucket at the top of the app so that when we dunk them in water, they, um, aren't freezing. And, um, Oh no, whoever, uh, neglected to do this. So did it at the end of the act. And I ran off stage and literally had a giant bucket of scalding water poured on top of me. And I had to run immediately back on stage and finish a scene that was alarming. Speaker 6: (46:51)Oh, that's horrible. And how far along were you on? Speaker 8: (46:55)I was on stage then for another few minutes. And then we did the coin toss, but I just looked at Kendra and like, you're doing the next scene. I was like, this is not because I couldn't go. I was like hyperventilating. I'm like, I can't, I mean, it's like burn cream in my hair line. And then I had, like, I had like a scene or two to recover, and then I had to go back on, but that, because it was like the potential to do like eight different plays or whatever, the way that play was set up. Um, but that wasn't the most terrifying moment. I will, the most terrifying thing that happened that show. So there was a whole big picnic scene. We were all, I remember this all on that Hill. And Gus thing is about the extra guy. I think it was Bradley's an extra guy shows up. Speaker 8: (47:31)So we were one short we're, one short of everything. And all of the dialogue in that scene revolves around the one shortness, and God it. If I didn't open that picnic basket and it was empty, there was like a napkin and two plates. And I'll never forget this. I was thinking of Lee. Cause like I was really, I was really tight with those guys at the time and, and I was running the picnic. So all the dialogue was motivated by me, motivated by prompts about the things and about the lack of things. And I remember opening it up and looking at it being like, there's nothing in here. And this is that the reskin, like there's people out there. And I turned to Sean, Sean Gunn, he was playing my boyfriend Steph, and I'm like, Stafford, could you go to the car and see if there's a bank in the County? Speaker 8: (48:23)And I just remember looking over it and seeing Lee Kerr, cause he could tell him he just went and put his hands behind his head and lean back. Like I can't wait to see how Sarah gets out of this one. I'll never forget that. It was so funny. I mean, it was like the most panicked and we just had to basically make up the entire like, and then I remember seeing that same stage manager whip off his headset go poking around, trying to find, and then like, you know, three minutes later Sean comes walking out. I was like, Oh, is this what you're looking for? I'm like, Oh, was super, Speaker 5: (48:49)Thank you so much. Oh wow. Speaker 8: (48:53)Like I think of that moments where I'm like, Oh God, what if? And I'm like, I already dealt with a big one, if that's fine. And it was true. It was horrifying. Horrifying. Yeah. Speaker 5: (49:03)So, um, I, we have never talked in this podcast about this, but um, recently I was thinking about the actor's nightmare and what you experienced was, was a nightmare. But what we're typically referring to when we say the actor's nightmare is the dream you have that you're and there's variations on it, but like you're supposed to go on stage and you don't know any of your lines or you can't, for some reason you can't get all the way on stage. And I don't know why it took me so long because I would have the stream for the 25 years. I had never acted. Um, so it took me all this time to, to link the way that that is just tied to your own life and your feeling of like being an imposter or you're feeling that you're ill prepared. And I'm just wondering if you guys still have dreams like that. Speaker 5: (49:56)I have the same dream. I have the dream where, where I, I finally got to the point of the dream where I say, it in the dream. I'm just going to make the up. Because before I would try to cram cram, cram and lobby backstage and finding someone's script with the highlighted script and like I'm crying. And then finally about a month ago I had one where I was like, you know what, this. I'm going to make this up. And it was so my God I'm so inspired. Go back to the scary dream. Me too, Speaker 2: (50:29)Just, I said, it. I'm going to make it up. I can't go through this anymore. I can't go through this. Like I literally would. My dream was like, I took control because I had him all the time. Speaker 8: (50:38)I just had that. I'm not no word of a lie last week where I was like, can I just borrow? Like, and it was like the Shakespeare style where they just had their lie. And I was like, maybe that'll just, Oh, I have that dream. And I never have pants on, or I'm always missing either assertive. I find always like trying to take some kind of towel and yes, Speaker 5: (50:58)Boss that is very encouraging that you had that dream. And I am going to try to like take that in such that if I find myself in the middle of that dream, I might be able to give myself that same advice. But it, I wonder for you, I bet it is really linked to this idea that you're having to write for yourself and which yeah. Which Sarah mentioned, you know, you're, you're saying you, you, now that you are now that you're ready to embrace your greatness, um, and you're maybe not going to find a bunch of roles ready-made, you're going to have to make it for yourself. Are you already, Speaker 8: (51:36)Uh, I am eight pages in, I mean, so it's funny. I've been, I, um, like I said, I'm trying to use my downtime, my, this pen Demi time, um, effectively. And so part of what I'm trying to do is not break myself constantly. So, you know, I got my final draft, I got my ideas and I've had all sorts of interesting things pop up over the past few months. So have I done as much writing as I intended to know, but is it something that I'm thinking about and actively trying to not stop myself from doing every day? Yes. And I think that that's the biggest hurdle I have to get over is like the part of me that thinks, well, I've got to get it right from between here and my fingers. It's got to get right. Then instead of like, maybe I should just bark out some really bad and see what happens. Speaker 8: (52:18)Um, and not worry. Cause I tend to stop that. Well, what happens after that? it. I'm done. And shortbread and sourdough. So I, um, I'm trying to get over that hurdle, but I am quite excited and enthusiastic and, and I've had other interesting things. I've had great distractions pop up in the past little bit. So I have sort of like, all right, so I'm going to shelf that and work on. And I'm just really working on, um, not panicking. I'm just realizing, you know, in terms of the dream of like, um, not succumbing to panic and anxiety and fear of what's next and trying to be a bit more present in this weird timeless time. I'm trying to be just a little more mindful and slow. Speaker 2: (53:01)Well, you, you see, I gotta be honest. You seem, you seem pretty, you know, knowing, knowing you, you seem pretty much [inaudible]. I know I Speaker 8: (53:12)Thank you. I appreciate that. Cause I really have, um, and it's also been hard to do to realize like, wait, I it's, I think part of it leads into that. Like if it doesn't hurt, it's not work, um, trying to surrender to like Sarah, your life doesn't have to be excruciating all the time and you don't have to be miserable or suffering. You can just be, and that's a piece of the work. And so I'm really trying as I sit here watching icicles mouth outside of my house, I'm really trying to appreciate and sit with that time who knows what will happen. And again, like, Ooh, what's going to happen as soon as I have to, but I'm really trying to be okay. Speaker 2: (53:44)What did about Cuckoo's nest? Because people are going to ask, how did that come? How, how was that? I mean, that was, that was, that was like a big, huge deal for people that don't know it was Sarah was wasn't Cuckoo's nest. Speaker 8: (53:58)It was super easy, pretty fun. Um, although again, not without its challenges. I, um, I auditioned like every other woman between the ages of, you know, 20 and 32 for this little walk on part. Um, and uh, hilariously, it came down to me and this woman, Jennifer Inkstrom, who's a marvelous actress. Um, and we, at the time we're roommates, we work at the same restaurant. We had the same agent and Oh, my Gary Sinise and Terry Kenny could not choose which one of us to cast. So they cast both of us. So we were double cast in a role. And every other night, one of us went on is Sandy. And the other one played the electroshock tech. I. You not. Um, and that's how that run. It was bananas. It makes, I mean, and to this day, people are like, what the? Speaker 8: (54:52)It was really weird. And I don't really understand what transpired behind the scenes at the end of the day. I think it was a wildly unfair thing to do to Jennifer and I, because for years it really, really with our friendship, especially when I ended up going to Broadway and she did, and it was really unfair. Not that it's going to come back and bite me in the. It was a really unfair situation to put us in, um, horribly. So, um, especially when they're like, so Sarah, when are you leaving Broadway? When's Jen coming. And I'm like, this is up to me. I mean, it was really, really weird night anyway, but it was marvelous and wonderful. And I was very lucky to do a number of shows at Steppenwolf and, um, work with just astoundingly, uh, generous people and not realize it at the time. Speaker 8: (55:35)I just thought, I don't think I, you know, some youth is wasted on the young. I didn't realize how great it was. Um, but it was awesome. I mean, I, I looked out in the audience one night and Paul Newman was looking at me and I was like, that's Paul Newman. I mean, it was just, it was banana cakes. It was, it was, it was, it was wonderful. And it was a, a really fun show. And, um, I can't believe it was, you know, 20 years ago that it closed. Um, but it was a, it was a good time. It was a good time. Yeah. Speaker 2: (56:02)I got, I got, who played, who played first ratchet. Speaker 8: (56:05)Amy Morton. Oh, nice. Amy Morton. Um, yeah, we had a, Speaker 2: (56:12)Okay. I just love that. I love the stories about people. I know. Speaker 8: (56:16)Oh, it was super fun. I got paid to make out with Gary. Like it was like, Speaker 2: (56:22)You know, yeah. And you, you know, Speaker 5: (56:24)We, we, when the, by the time this is all over, you may be part of a bygone era of Broadway. I mean, I was just having this discussion with a bunch of theater people last night. Is it going to come back? Is it going to be, I mean, the whole model, the whole financial model of it, it was so unsustainable, um, with packed houses and, you know, charging $400 a ticket. I can't imagine trying to make this work with any type of social distancing protocols. Speaker 8: (56:53)Yeah. And who the hell are they going to put in those seats to fill? I mean, like, who's going to be on Broadway. Do you know what I mean? Like gone are the actors not to be a Dick, but you know, Speaker 5: (57:05)No, no, it's totally true. I, they interesting. So speaking of plays, um, probably my most memorable theater school watching experience was raised in captivity. Oh my God. And, and, uh, it made me, it made me a Nicky silver fan. Yes. I mean, that play is so funny. And I have the experience of watching it, that I was laughing so hard and so loud and people around me were laughing too, but I felt like, no, no, you don't. This is the most brilliant thing I've ever heard. John Gunn trying to say, I'm working with the baby, I'm teaching the baby. It's the baby's about to walk. Oh, such a great play. It was Nick directed that, right? Yeah. Do you remember that experience? I wasn't in it myself, Speaker 8: (58:09)Laughing in the audience. I wasn't in it. Speaker 5: (58:12)I've been telling myself you were in my favorite play at the theater school. Maybe I'm combining two plays. Did you do another Nikki that you were in you? Speaker 8: (58:22)I mean, I could be hallucinating. No, I cause Susan Bennett, PJ powers, um, was Juliette and that like I wait, was there someone that wasn't that on it? Speaker 5: (58:33)Wait in a Tutu. Speaker 8: (58:35)It's not about being passed around like a, like a, like a candy dish of nuts or something like there's I remember that, that awesome. Speaker 5: (58:42)Maybe we're thinking of a different name of the prompt. Maybe they did to Batman and skirts. Did you do any Nicky silver plays at the theater school? No, Speaker 8: (58:50)That's with Nicky silver too, because I love language play. Like I just, I, um, Speaker 5: (58:55)No, this is the problem Speaker 8: (58:59)That I wasn't in that show. Cause I was like, Oh, better to do Nicky silver then. Yeah. I mean, I was like, I grumbled, I think I was doing some Irish play at the time about, I don't know if I did some Declan. Speaker 5: (59:10)It's so funny. I believe I've used this to disparate things into one flatter. Speaker 8: (59:17)I thought it was me. Cause that play was awesome. And I, I can see Speaker 7: (59:22)Myself in that classroom watching it and just being gobsmacked. It was like, you know, Speaker 6: (59:27)Two little flats and like a light bulb on the floor. Maybe we were sitting next to each other. And I remember, okay. So I'll, I'll Speaker 2: (59:36)Share with everybody that, um, we are doing a part two with Sarah Shera par because, because my audio unfortunately lost. Yeah. So, so I went back and I just listened to the part where you can only hear you and I talking to, to remind us what we were talking about, but I just being transparent about it. The audience, I mean the audio quality will never sound the same. So if you're listening to this, well, yes, it was recorded in two separate days, but I'm going to do my best to bring us back to the point in the conversation that we were at when we were so rudely interrupted by squad cast. So, um, w we were, we were talking about the shows you did, and you were talking about a show that you did with Joe slowish. Um, and then, uh, a story that I loved talking about the show you did, where you had to be CA you were wearing a beautiful gown, I think. And you had to be carrying Helen of Troy, Helen of Troy. Yeah. Tell us that story. Speaker 7: (01:00:37)I just remember being devastated cause David decimal shin had to carry me and I was like, Oh my God, he's going to know how fast, I mean, you know, Speaker 6: (01:00:47)Like I, Speaker 7: (01:00:48)I mean, I had such a crush on him. Um, hi David, uh, as did everyone as did everyone now. Yeah, yeah. Speaker 6: (01:00:55)Me and it precluded you. Speaker 2: (01:00:58)What we were talking about is how it precluded you and things like that, or can so easily preclude us from focusing on the thing that would actually make the memory good. And the experience enjoyable. Like I'm on stage at a beautiful venerated Chicago theater, and I am getting to play this amazing part and I'm getting to do something that I love instead. We're, we're focused on the thing that you worry about what you ate last night. Speaker 7: (01:01:26)It's not really being in the moment. That's not being in the essential moment there that's not the Colonel one wants to clean to, for sure. Speaker 2: (01:01:34)Definitely not. Definitely. If you were in that position today, how do you think you'd be? Speaker 6: (01:01:40)I think regrettably, Speaker 7: (01:01:44)Well, yeah, I'm a bit in that position every day. Do you know what I mean? Like, I'm very, I, it's funny. I, um, uh, recently in this universe, uh, Oh, I apologize. There's some kind of siren happening. Um, recently in this universe of, um, zoom auditions, uh, has been a really eye-opening and a horrifying experience, but illuminating about certain things. And that is that, Oh, I am now back at a place where I'm have to relearn how to not focus on myself in an audition. Right. So because, um, all of a sudden you can see yourself in the corner can see that little piece and try not to be. So I, I thought mistakenly, um, as of late, I was in this groovy Headspace and I was ready to go and it's all about the work. And then the second I could, I was like, Oh God it. Speaker 7: (01:02:31)There you are. And right in front of you, are you and all of your insecurities. Um, and I was, uh, both reassured and disappointed by the fact that I still have the same, the same struggle as a performer to get out of my own way and to get out of my head and stop looking at myself in the moment. And I just had the same experience I had to watch myself. I was on, I saw myself on TV last week and everyone's gathered around the TV and it's like, Ooh, you're on that show. And how exciting. And all I saw were chins. All I saw were, and I remember the day I'm thinking, he looked great. You feel great. You should be confident now, focus on your work. And then I get to watch my work and all I'm all I'm seeing are, wow, that's a really bad sweater. And boy, you know, so it's hard. It's hard to not. Um, I think I focus on it. I try to actively focus on it less. Do you know what I mean? It's kind of like trying to, it's like trying to play a negative intention. I will not, not do. Speaker 2: (01:03:25)Right. Right. Right. Well, the, probably the biggest difference though, is that, you know, that you're doing that now and you know, that it robs you of something that's joyful and you're trying, and you, you know, I think having the desire to get to the place where you can like, just live your life and appreciation for it instead of monitoring your life or how other people are appreciating you. Yeah. Speaker 7: (01:03:45)Yes. And to appreciate the, I mean, so in a way back to that show, my, my goal doing when I shot that show was like, Sarah, you're going to enjoy this experience. You're not going to go home after three days of shooting going. I don't know what happened because I wasn't there. So do I feel like I was able to do that at least 60% of the time? Yes. Which is a big win, right? Like I was like, I was able to have fun being on set and working and focusing on the work rather than worrying about, are they going to fire me? Am I going to get kicked off? And I didn't lose 40 pounds last week. So that was good. That was good to be able to, what was the show? The, uh, the Chicago fire. Um, Speaker 2: (01:04:26)Okay. It's about the it's about the department. Speaker 7: (01:04:29)Is it, is the, it is the fire show of America. Yes, it was. Yes. It was really fun. It was actually super good to, and it was super rewarding because I got to work with a student who I, it was his first job on camera. We had our scene together, a female director that I had worked with before, and it was written by a woman and a woman

When it comes to sports, do you have some unruly friends and family members you just can't trust anytime there's a bet going on? Have you ever had someone make a wager you KNEW they weren't going to be able to follow through with, but you went along anyways? Can family really be trusted when it comes to competition and money? Who said sports had to be so serious? When you are interested in catching up with last week's games AND hollar'ng at the same time, then we've got the show for you. Check out "Simplee Sportz w/ 1Mic, RG, and Simplee Bree" every Monday starting at 8 PM ET.

Sarah shares a major recent parenting fail which left her kids holding something she KNEW that they shouldn't be touching, and Boyer shares a story of Dave's daughter eating a freaking fly when she was little! Boyer then goes off into a different world about what prisoners do with their food in jail...we apologize for that.

Chapter 28 begins with Ray and team feeling pumped.  They are confident the big break is about to happen.Many Cones is a podcast novel based on true crime. The murders inspiring this crime fiction took place 30 miles from Chicago in Northwest Indiana, and captivated the area from the initial brutal crime scene all the way through and beyond discovery of a shockingly bizarre motive. By 8:00 A.M., the Detective Bureau was a hive of activity. The entire special team had arrived, all with the same idea. Each tiny desk was littered with white styrofoam cups, brimming with steaming black liquids and multicolored rectangular boxes of donuts. The men and women were pumped. Ray’s belief that a break would come from the publicity was infectious. He purposely allowed them to mingle, without purpose, until the meeting. They were hyping each other. No matter what happened, today would be a good work day. Grandisha remained seated in his office. He didn’t mix. The dark wooden desk was piled with information from the two massacres. His balding head barely hovered over the stacks. The stoop didn’t help. He looked busy, but was doing nothing. Waiting for time to pass until the meeting started. The plan had been reviewed in his mind, over and over again. They would start from the beginning. Go over every printed word a fifth or sixth time with an eye toward young men and teens, and brace themselves for the break. The break had to come. At approximately 8:30, Ray sauntered into the bureau, centered himself amongst Long Johns, Danishes, and Bismarks. The meeting was easy. Everyone wanted to listen, wanted to work. The constantly ringing phones didn’t disrupt. Calls were answered without an interruption of attention. Two of the men transferred the files from Ray’s desk to Ray’s side. He passed them out to the group with specific instructions. Each team had a separate road to travel, but all roads would meet at the same place. Not a lot of questions were asked. Every person was required to man the phones, in addition to everything else. The phones had been ringing since 7:30. Kooks, revenge seekers, little old ladies with too much time on their hands, and do gooders trying to help. Some with the right mix of suspects, setting, and description. Each member of the team was experienced enough to separate the wheat from the chaff. Grandisha wanted the wheat brought to him immediately. Even if it was the end of the day. The meeting lasted a half hour. The call came at 9:15. A female detective sitting one desk over from Margie was the lucky one. The caller was a person with a Spanish accent. Male. Wouldn’t leave a name. Claimed to be a student at the high school. Could have been. Sounded young. But could have been older too. Knew a student by the name of Ricardo Morales. Had heard him say “Maricon” during the last couple of years, always said it in an angry way. His best friend was Richard Sparne. A white kid. They did everything together. The last couple of months they had been acting like Al Capone and John Gotti. End of conversation. Call traced to a public pay phone. The female detective hung up the phone, stood and yelled, “I got one,” like a greedy stockbroker. She had been writing on a notepad during the conversation and waved the paper sheet in the air. The bureau quieted and watched her triumphant march to Grandisha’s office. 

Have you ever been a social situation where you thought, "if they only knew the truth, there's no way they'd want anything to do with me."? There was a season of my life that I knew this feeling all too well and that inner voice almost caused me to miss out on one of the most impactful experiences of my life! I'm guessing I'm not the only one who's ever felt this way. The feeling of knowing that because of the sin in my life, I wanted to run away from community instead of running towards it, running away from church instead of being apart of it, running away from God instead of running to him. My encouragement to you is this: 1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." God doesn't carry around the burdens of our sin and view us for that. We're seen as forgiven when we come to him. It's good news.

What are you looking at? Where's your eye being drawn? What light is filling your eye? Are you looking at the world? If the world has caught your eye, then your thoughts will be dominated by worry, survival, what you eat and drink what you wear, people's opinion of you. The world's great at helping us keep our eye on ourselves. But Jesus says, Your eyes like a lamp that provides light for your whole body. When you're is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eyes unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is. If the eyes like a lamp for the whole body, then what we're looking at really matters. If our eyes fixed inward, it becomes a black hole. It only leads to a life of self obsession, worry regret, which has a way of filling our whole life and dominating us. Jesus says when your eyes unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And for religious folks, Jesus has a special warning. He says if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is parading our religious light before others, in an attempt to co OPT God and draw attention rather to ourselves is a deep, deep darkness. But Jesus wants to invite us into a different way, a way that goes beyond worry and self obsession. He allows and enables us to step into a life of trust and rest in God. A God focused life. When we focus our eye on him, we find a father who knows everything about us, even our private motivations, and yet, he still loves us. Our father sees us. And lets us know that we are far more valuable to him than we can dare to imagine. When you know that you are loved that way. You can afford to take your eye off of yourself and actually begin to take a good look at someone else. on others. A God focused life allows us to see, love, honor and serve others. When our eyes and life are fixed on him. His light will fill our whole body. It'll start to shine out in all the untouched areas of our life. He'll shine his gracious, merciful healing light into our past onto our wounds. So what you look at matters. What is your eye looking upon? Keep your eye fixed on him. Let the light of Jesus fill your eye. It'll bring light to your whole body, your imagination, your soul, and it will make you what you really are. Knew. And that's a prayer that I have for my own soul. That's a prayer that I have for my family for my wife, my daughters, my son and that's a prayer that I have for you may be so  

Bryce and Melissa jump on-air to spill their thoughts on the Bec scandal and how they KNEW something was up with her from the start!

In episode 4 of Season 5; we are headed to Denver, Colorado to discuss the murder of 5-year-old Sophia and 7-year-old Noah, by their own brother, 20-year-old Malik Murphy.For years, Malik’s mother and father attempted to get him the mental health help that he needed. His mother KNEW that he was dangerous and someone/anyone needed to help him. However, once he turned 18 – a legal adult – she was no longer permitted to be in charge of nor a part of his mental healthcare needs.That, his mother and father say, was where the state failed their family. Now, they’ve lost all three of their children.--------Promo in this episode is for “Voices for Justice” Podcast – hosted by Sarah Turney. Check out Sarah’s podcast here: Voices for Justice PodcastFind your favorite platform, buy merch, find sources, and more! https://linktr.ee/nvnpodcastWE HAVE A NEW MERCH STORE: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/swagmetc/albums/105579-nvn?ref_id=22209Call/text us: 1-513-549-5735 Email us: naturevsnarcissism@gmail.comSend us things:PO Box 498396Cincinnati, Ohio 45249

QUANTUM TRANSFORMATION CERTIFICATION is OPEN!  Doors close soon, and we begin this 4 month journey together in just a couple weeks!!   What if you had the tools, the modalities, the support, the next level skills to not only completely transform your own story, your level of impact, income, confidence and success...   But you also KNEW with complete certainty that you can deliver mind blowing results for your clients?   This is what you’ll gain from joining me inside of Quantum Transformation Certification.   I’m going to train you and certify you in the most potent reality shifting, inner healing, abundance expanding modalities out there like:   NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming Hypnosis EFT Tapping Quantum timeline journeying Spiritual Life and Success coaching   So you can confidently facilitate miraculous transformation for your clients, AND for your own self.   When I learned and mastered these tools — my business completely quantum leaped.   My clients were suddenly getting RAPID results, experiencing lasting shifts, stepping into their unshakable confidence, attracting more clients, quantum leaping their income, and more.   In QTC you will have the training (4 months together), the support, the certifications, the community of like minded soul sisters, and the complete confidence in your ability to take your life, business, money flow, and client results to a whole other level.   So of course you can serve at a higher level, infuse these new tools into your existing magical tool belt, up level your offers, charge more for your services, and receive raving testimonials from those you serve.   QTC closes on Thursday, and I am not going to be opening this again until next year!   So now is the time babe.   Now is the time to step it up.   Think about where you can be less than 6 months from now with your upleved mindset, skillset, and bank account.   You’ll be amazed at how quickly things can shift and expand for you when you make decisions from the vantage point of your next level AF self in the now!   Join me for the class of spring 2021 in QTC.    

Connect with Reagan on LinkedInKey Moments:11:06 - Talking about setting boundaries at work after having baby. Not just for her but created a standard and norm in the organization for other women19:04 - Importance of knowing your worth and claiming your accomplishments22:31 -  Importance of hiring people better at things than you are28:06 - How to “balance” work and personal priorities36:47 - Knew she wanted marketing. Didn’t know she wanted to be a leader43:42 - Importance of strong communication skills

Welcome to the Flow and Flourish Podcast. This is what I like to call a “sister-friend” community, which is the safe space to talk openly and honestly about the challenges we face while managing the competing priorities between our personal and professional lives. Many of us are either in corporate, an entrepreneur of a combination of the two, on top of being moms, wives, caregivers, big sister’s or just the go-to person in our circles of friends and families. Having all that responsibility can leave you overwhelmed and depleted if you don’t take inventory of where you’re at on a regular basis.  Have you ever avoided talking about money with your other half because you just KNEW it would end in argument? Or, have you ever avoided checking your mail (email included) because you didn’t want to open bills? Listen to me when I tell you I’ve been there and done that!  And, know that you are NOT alone!!!  75% of people who are stressed about money experience physical symptoms. 65% of Americans feel like their financial problems are too overwhelming to be resolved. 53% of employees say financial stress interferes with work. In today’s episode “Money Makeover” Financial Educator and Executive Coach Rhonda Williams spills the tea on how to manage our stress when it comes to our cash flow. If money stresses you out, this episode gives you 3 tips (and then some) on how to flow and flourish in this pillar. Start by asking yourself: What are your values and motivation when it comes to money? Where is your money going? How much is the deficit? After you’ve listened, I invite you to connect with us in social media. I love to hear how this is helping you, so make sure you tag me on Facebook or Instagram with your favorite takeaway from the episode. As a Capacity Coach, my philosophy is that when you flow effortlessly, you flourish tremendously. And when you do, it allows you to show up in excellence in all the areas of your life. Because I’ve been in your shoes, I am excited to be your guide on this journey. My promise is to help you increase your capacity by creating balance between your personal and professional life, without ever having to sacrifice yourself, your family, and what matters most to you! Want more interaction? Get additional tips, resources and connect with other sister-friends who are on similar journeys to you.  Join the Flow and Flourish Facebook Community by going here: www.facebook.com/groups/flowandflourish/  If you haven’t already, make sure you join my online community at www.nicolerhone.com and stay up to date on events, giveaways and opportunities to work with me directly. Don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast, it makes a big difference! And of course, make sure you share this with at least 3 women you know need to hear this! Nicole’s Contact Info: Website: www.nicolerhone.com  Free Discovery Call: https://BookwithNicoleRhone.as.me/DiscoveryCall  Instagram:  www.instagram.com/Nicole_Rhone  Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/Nicole-Rhone-101343468137931  LinkedIn:     www.linkedin.com/in/nicolerhone  Rhonda Williams Contact Info: Website: www.rhondaonamission.com  Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Rhondaonamission  IG: : https://www.instagram.com/rhondaonamission/?hl=en

Welcome back to the show listeners! In this episode Steve is hacking away at the financial planner's favorite phrase: Diversification. This time he is taking on the topic from the angle that focuses on what your financial planner would actually do if they KNEW which stocks and mutual funds would actually make you money.  Can you imagine?  Do you really think those people would be in the job of spreading your money across the market if they could 100% predict the market?  We think not!  So tune in and listen to Steve explain why Diversification is really just the mitigation of ignorance. Remember that Steve is answering all questions that come to AskSteve@GetTotalWealth.com personally.  So send an email today!

In August 1962, I was 17 years old and taking Private Pilot lessons at Atlantic Aviation in Wilmington, Delaware. I was taking my lessons in a PA-18 Super Cub, and felt like I was getting close to solo. At the time, a minimum of 8 hours was required to solo, with most students taking about 12 hours. I had slightly under 11 hours and my instructor indicated my solo would be soon. I was on cloud nine as I drove home from my lesson. I would be able to solo before starting classes at the University of Delaware in September! There's an old expression, "The most dangerous part of flying is the drive to and from the airport". That was certainly true for me. On my way home a drunk driver slammed into the back of my car, causing a serious whiplash injury. I had to wear a cervical collar for nine months. When I showed up for my next flight lesson, my instructor told me there was NO WAY I could solo as long as I couldn't turn my head to clear for traffic. He was right, of course. I continued taking lessons every couple of weeks, but it was starting to get EXPENSIVE - after all, it was costing TEN DOLLARS AN HOUR for flying lessons! Finally, in March, I was able to remove my cervical collar for a few hours a day, and expected to immediately solo, but my instructor apparently wanted to be sure I could safely clear for traffic. I was at 24 hours total flying time, and still hadn't soloed. I decided I needed a different flight school. I was living in a U. of D. dorm in Newark, and found a nearby grass strip with a "Learn To Fly" sign a few miles down Highway 279.  I met the owner, Waldo Lovett, and showed him my logbook.  He was immediately concerned about what a dangerous student pilot I must be, having that much time without soloing. But he agreed to train me in his PA-11, which is a J-3 Cub that can be flown solo from the front seat. I got the training for $9 an hour. No electrical system, no radios, no starter. No preflight inspection. For three more half-hour flights, I got in the airplane and held the brakes, Waldo spun the prop, and we practiced landing on turf. FINALLY, on April 2, 1963, I was cleared solo! In my heart I absolutely KNEW that I would never become a military or professional pilot, because I was such a lousy pilot it took 25:30 to finally solo! The PA-11 I trained in, N4681M, was unfortunately destroyed in a landing accident in 2016. I had often thought of trying to buy it, but the 65 horsepower engine would never have been able to handle Colorado's mile high elevation.

Adam LeBlanc, aka DJ Adam EL, has been sharing his love of music for well over a decade, spinning beats at legendary music and nightlife venues, underground dance clubs, and more. Adam keeps the focus on ‘feel good tunes’ from the past and present that’ll make you want to dance into the future! In addition to being the resident DJ for World Wide Dance Challenge, Adam also is the lead vocalist for Sixteen Candles, an 80’s Pop & New Wave tribute act that hails from Chicago who has gone strong for 17 years, performing over 150 shows per year and playing for high profile gigs for the likes of The Chicago Bears, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Indianapolis 500, Google, and ABC/Disney, to selling out House of Blues and Live Nation venues around the USA. Let’s dive right into the episode and learn more about the secret of how Adam has stayed relevant throughout the years, even while being part of a cover band!  Things you will learn in this episode: [00:01 - 08:49] Opening Segment I introduce today’s guest, Adam LeBlanc, aka DJ Adam EL Singer for Sixteen Candles  Staying relevant and authentic Register for World Wide Dance Challenge Academy  Links below Some background about Adam  Danced with my on WWDC Current work  Our creative experience together  Knew that music was the dream from a young age  Family and childhood history around music  [08:50 - 16:49] Wiping the Slate and Tapping Into the Creative Corners  Adam talks about his first steps in making music a career  Doing music through church  Going into high school and applying the passion  Becoming a profession  Leaving school to move into a new environment Getting a job at the entertainment district in Chicago  Joining a band after searching through ads  The experience of getting into the nightlife of music The opportunity to get gigs Learning a lot about the culture [16:50 - 23:45] Staying Relevant Through the Years Adam shares about the continued relevance of his band  No one is here for the ego stroke  Reminding each other of the great opportunity  The high skill of the group  Sharin the music and connection  Personality and uniqueness in the group  Making fans a part of the show  I talk about the importance of serving the audience  Adam’s thoughts around serving the audience Don’t think you’re better than anyone else  Everyone has their place that makes the group  Featuring each other’s strengths  [23:46 - 35:35] The Ever-Increasing Importance of Authenticity Adam talks about the importance of authenticity The challenge of keeping balance  Asking yourself the right questions Examples  Treating your art differently  Find out who you are and share it What you want to do through your art We are in entertainment, but we are really here to serve  Adam shares some advice around missteps artists are taking  Don’t focus on the fame Focus on putting love into the art Don’t compare yourself to someone else Adam’s thought over quality over quantity argument within Content Putting in the time for quality  Gravitation towards what excites you over the flood of content Example through experience - fans creating your content for you  [35:36 - 41:56] Closing Segment Adam shares his model for creating content  Driving traffic to social media  Building the brand and team The balance of craft and business  How you treat people matters  Serving the people  How to connect with Adam Links below  Final words  Tweetable Quotes:  “Nobody is here for the ego stroke. We all understand the ins and outs of the business, and that’s one of the things we’ve been able to remind ourselves and each other about is, ‘Man! Are we lucky to be able to do this.” - Adam LeBlanc “I’m doing this because, man, do I love these...

Over the last year we’ve experienced loss in many ways, from disturbed routines, to job loss, and even the loss of loved ones. In this episode Jenna Samuel sits down with Josh Smith, director of counseling at Sure Oaks, a ministry of Redeemer Dubai. Josh explores the topic of grief and provides a framework for how to process grief biblically and authentically. We hope this episode encourages you as we process grief together and draw comfort from the Man of Sorrows.Additional Resources: Articles:“How to Help a Grieving Child” by Judy Blore“Grief: It’s Not About a Process; It’s About The Person" by Paul Randolph“In the Valley of the Shadow” by Jayne Clark“When Grief Enters Your Door” by Paul David Pripp“Truth, Tears, Anger, and Grace” by Tim KellerBooks:Grieving with Hope by Samuel Hodges, IV and Kathy LeonardThe Complete Guide to Crisis and Trauma Counseling by H. Norman WrightGod’s Healing for Life’s Losses by Robert KellemenWhat Grieving People Wish you Knew by Nancy GuthrieSupport the show (http://redeemerdubai.com/give)

Have you had to survive staggering loss in your life? Robin Cote is a widow who also lost her young daughter but taught herself how to heal in spite of life's sometimes-ugly dealings. Robin is a survivor, not only of loss but also of domestic violence, verbal and emotional abuse, rape and bullying. She is an outspoken advocate for victims. Through all she has endured, "VICTIM" will never be a word use to describe Robin. Her journey started when she was raped as a teenager. Robin's father didn't believe her and wouldn't call the cops. He said she deserved it because she had a sip of beer (which had been drugged) and her mother didn't comfort her. From that point on, she KNEW she was on her own. Robin Cote is a radio and show business personality, author, transformational coach and motivational speaker with a no-nonsense attitude. Robin’s story, “Victim No More!” is her personal journey through the morass of abuse and loss, ultimately revealing her own self-worth, preservation, and accountability. It's Up To You....To Have A Better Life This message rings true not only in the pages of her book but in her daily life. Robin is a living kidney donor, a loving mom, an award-winning writer, and honored member of the Arizona independent film and music community. She currently works as a Podcast Producer for Star Worldwide Networks and hosts her own podcast, Get Real with Robin.   It's not what happens to us but what we do with it that makes all the difference.   I guarantee that Robin's story of perseverance, tenacity and getting REAL may possibly shock you but.......for those who have been victims of any abuse will be encouraged, motivated and challenged. Robin shares that no matter what we go through in life, we have to learn to pick ourselves up and persevere. She shares HOW to do that:

405 - Dropkick Murphys - Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya: Chris, Nick, and Andy celebrate St. Patrick's Day by breaking down "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya" from the 2007 Dropkick Murphys album The Meanest of Times.

Tersh talks with the crew over at Card Choice about how many laws he is breaking! Have you ever been pulled over by a police officer for doing a U-turn?! I HAVE! Apparently, it is against the law to perform a U-turn in the ENTIRE city of Columbus, Ohio...and apparently, it's my responsibility to read the law book for Every. Single. City. that I drive through, prior to me driving there... There were no signs stating that I could not perform a U-turn, and I hadn't seen a "No U-turns" sign anywhere in the entire state! I have driven to Columbus 10 or 15 times prior to this since Columbus is where Julie (my beautiful wife) grew up and went to college (Go Bucs!!). Here's a little secret that I need you to keep between the two of us...I had even performed this maneuver on MANY occasions inside the city limits prior to this encounter!! Since this time, I've even watched for these signs throughout the city and have not seen any. I'm rambling and I know that you want me to get to the point, so here it is... Do you know what that friendly officer told me when I professed to him how confused I was for the citation and while repeatedly asking where the hidden camera was located because I just KNEW that I was being PUNKED, he said...and I quote... "Ignorance is no excuse...enjoy the rest of your visit to your mother-in-law's!" lol, thanks!  Well, this is what we are discussing in today's show with the team over at Card Choice. We often use the exact excuse that I gave the friendly officer from Columbus, Ohio when we are talking about breaking laws within our small business, but just as the officer told me, ignorance is no excuse for us breaking any kinds of laws within our business. Before Mary reached out to me about www.cardchoice.com, I was breaking all kinds of laws!! I'm proud to say that we have fixed the ones we talk about in today's episode. Card Choice is more than just some merchant service that spam calls your business.  In today's episode, Tersh, Ray, Steve, and Mary talk about the 6 MUST DO's for you to stay in compliance when it comes to adding a surcharge to your invoice.    Our Deep Dive~ Register with Visa, Master Card, Discover Card, and American Express prior to taking payments. Inform the consumer, and you must be SPECIFIC. 4% Cap Charge everything at once Must be displayed in at least 2 places. ...you'll have to listen to the rest of the episode for these juicy details!    RESOURCES Get your free resources by emailing Mary at MLent@cardchoice.com  Learn more about the team and what they have to offer by visiting https://www.cardchoice.com    Learn more about Tersh by visiting https://serviceemperor.com  Connect with Tersh on social media @tershblissett  Have you ever wondered HOW to target your perfect client?!? It's EMOTION...EMOTION is what sells, and this link is how you learn your client's emotion for free... visit https://admanity.com/SBM/ to get this free share that I (Tersh) stand behind 100%! "If you know how people will emotionally react, you have an advantage more valuable than all of humanity's innovations." Thank you for listening to another episode of the Service Business Mastery Podcast! Learn more about Tersh at https://ServiceBusinessMastery.com   

Dallas Realtor, World Traveler, Son, and Sibling,  LANCE BLANN, sits down with host Jeremy Lock to share his Last Letter and discuss family, growing up in Arkansas, coming out,  suicide, & when he was 5-years old...HE "KNEW."Last Letters Website

Today you are going to go on an amazing journey. Our guest today has an incredible and inspirational story to tell us all. From an idea sparked in her living room with her husband, Jamie Kern Lima took the biggest risk of her life for an idea that she just KNEW would make it. Faced with self-doubt, body-doubt, God-doubt, down to her last few dollars and told “No one is going to buy makeup from someone who has your body,” @jamiekernlima reveals for the first time here on T&B and in her book 'Believe It' what really went down, how she almost didn’t make it, how she learned to trust herself, and the powerful lessons you, too, can use to go from underestimated to unstoppable.She shares her story from when she started as a Denny’s waitress and realizing she had more to give to life Describing her journey from sitting on the living room floor with her husband and TRANSCENDING to accomplish her selling her company for 1.1BHow Jamie managed to pull it together on live television to sell her product and never quit when it got hard for her Believe IT - Jamie's new book about her journey of listening to her gut and how it drove her to her success Buy the Book At: BelieveIT.com Available Feb 23. 2021 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.