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On today's MJ Morning Show: Gene Hackman RIP Should the NFL do something about the 'tush push'? Morons in the news Loud conversations while on speaker phone People are discovering empty breading with no chicken in their nuggets 3 second hack to be more attractive Delta captain announcement Was someone sitting behind MJ at the Lightning game cheating? This restaurant has maternity clothes for its servers Amazon has a knock-off bag MJ has been car shopping with Chloe Wendy's is rolling out changes for the Frosty 'Sing-songy' delivery in speech patterns are driving people crazy Matthew Perry reportedly had how many ketamine shots in his final days? Lee County carjacking, crash, name of company that was damaged Famous movie prop survived the California wildfires A can of soda shortens your life by how many minutes? These stories drive MJ mad. Old food found in MJ's pantry Dollar store attack update Lake Wales woman was stealing power, dog attacked police MJ says TECO should save money from advertising 2 girls have plane to themselves OnlyFans model wants to sleep with a man from every country Man threatens to kill Elon Musk Truckload of curly fries was in an accident and burned Possible release of the Epstein documents today

Always nice to chat with Chet from Lake Wales! Chet Gladkowski is an author and an encourager. He’s been a part of our Kurt & Kate Mornings community for a while now. He dropped by the studio to chat about change, the constant we need! https://www.chetglad.org/newsDonate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshow/wkesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are back! Its the Season 7 premiere of your favorite podcast. We start off with a quad crew this week getting back into things. We open up the show with a pick 3 of a list of items and we get a quick update on the upcoming Chicken Tender Bracket. Chris has the latest Blind Rankings involving chain restaurants.   No rules this year as we talk about the new Big Board and Florida Man takes us to Lake Wales involving something sexual. No rules continue with Dad Tip switching spots on the show. Chase introduces a new segment that will add to the Big Board challenge. Chris wraps up the episode with Movie Talk. Special thanks to Henderbeard and Naomi for the voice nuggets! Glad to be back! Cheers!       Chris's Top Moments 14:25-15:21 Going 95 Strong 35:20-36:10 Sleeping on Chilis  55:40-56:21 Make the Money Fun  1:04:30-1:05:31 Joker 2 Sucks  1:10:40-1:11:55 Twisters Was Fun 1:13:30-1:14:27 Be Better Anthony        Cuptocuplife.com

Did you know that Florida has a ridge? And in that ridge is an amazing little town called Lake Wales

On the afternoon of March 19th, 2018, residents in Lake Wales, Florida were going about their usual day-to-day business. Adults were just getting off work, kids were returning home from school, and others were finishing up their errands. But, around 3 PM, that all changed when waves of police and paramedics made their way to a neighborhood on the south side of town, surrounding a small field near Caloosa Blvd and Lake Blvd. As public interest grew and residents watched on, they learned that just beyond that field, in a small but dense area of trees, lay the dead body of 15-year-old Giovanni Diaz. As for the suspect, 16-year-old Dillen Murray, he was already in custody, claiming that he had beaten the boy to death in self-defense. It just so happened that the community themselves had far more information than investigators initially realized, helping to piece together the puzzle of how a hang out between friends turned deadly. ***We originally covered this case in an abbreviated “Felony Friday” mini-episode back in 2020. This is a follow-up full length rewrite now that the perpetrator has been sentenced and all investigative reports have been made publicly available.*** Written by Trevor Pason, edited and engineered by Scott Ecklein, and executive produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/secretproject  Support Our Sponsors:  Rocket Money: Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way by going to https://www.rocketmoney.com/invisible.  StoryWorth: Go to https://www.storyworth.com/invisible to save $10 on your first purchase! Bilt Rewards: Earn points by paying rent right now when you go to JoinBilt.com/choir!  Masterclass: Visit Masterclass.com/choir to receive up to 50% off a Masterclass membership, where you can learn from over 200+ of the world's best!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we hear the inspiring story of a Lake Wales native, Blair Updike, who turned a childhood passion into a professional art career—and is now working to put Florida art back on the map. With no artistic background in her family—her father invented the Grove Goat, and her mother was an accountant—her journey began after an inspiring demo by Highwaymen artist Robert Butler.After years working in marketing and sales at her family's manufacturing business, art resurfaced when she painted her youngest child. That moment sparked a full-time career and, most recently, the launch of The FL Gallery online in June with the support of AllFla.Florida art, she believes, is neglected, and its stories are vital to the state's identity. By combining artist promotion with engaging art history, The Florida Gallery has struck a chord with Floridians, reaching over 2 million people and gaining 20k+ followers. Participating artists are seeing huge growth in awareness, and future collaborations with museums and organizations are in the works.Join us as we explore how art can tell Florida's story and why working together is key to supporting its artists and the protection of wild Florida. All Blair's links:Find Blair's prints here: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/blair-updikePersonal website www.bupdikeart.comPersonal Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bupdikeart/Florida Gallery Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefloridagallery/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/florida-uncut/donations

Welcome to The Marinade, a free-flowing conversation about the creative process with creative people. Each episode we welcome musicians, actors, comedians, authors, visual artists, filmmakers- anyone who creates art to talk about how and why we make stuff. This is a bonus episode in our Jason's Journal series. In addition to sharing conversations with creative people, we often cover live creative events and work to bring you in on the action. On this edition of Jason's Journal, we are recapping day one of the 2024 Orange Blossom Revue festival in Lake Wales, FL, featuring Wyatt Ellis, Robert Earl Keen, and The War and Treaty.

Welcome to The Marinade, a free-flowing conversation about the creative process with creative people. Each episode we welcome musicians, actors, comedians, authors, visual artists, filmmakers- anyone who creates art to talk about how and why we make stuff. This is a bonus episode in our Jason's Journal series. In addition to sharing conversations with creative people, we often cover live creative events and work to bring you in on the action. On this edition of Jason's Journal, we are previewing day one of the 2024 Orange Blossom Revue festival in Lake Wales, FL, featuring Van Plating, Robert Earl Keen, JJ Grey and Mofro, Steep Canyon Rangers, and more.

Aaron & Riverman watch UNSOLVED MYSTERIES! First up to bat, we watch and discuss the case of the Lake Wales Haunting. Full video version on our YOUTUBE channel! Throw us a sub and a kind review on podcast services! https://www.youtube.com/@RevivalHouse

In this episode of Cloudlandia, Our stories highlighted agricultural aspects of central Florida and comparisons of population densities in the U.S. and Canada. We also reminisced on television's evolution from shows like Romper Room to the first color programs. We reflected on limited past options versus today's unlimited streaming and the importance of managing screen time given continual new choices. Additionally, the discussion explored social dynamics considering Dunbar's number theory contrasted against digital reach on platforms. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS Dean discusses the strategic advantages of living in Central Florida, particularly in Winter Haven, which is centrally located and offers easy access to both coasts. We delve into Winter Haven's rich agricultural heritage, highlighting cattle ranches, orange groves, and other rural aspects of Central Florida. There's an interesting comparison between the population densities in the U.S. and Canada, including reflections on Ontario's geographic size and its southern location relative to many U.S. cities. We take a nostalgic look at the evolution of television, from classic shows like "Romper Room" to the advent of color TV with hits like "The Price is Right," and how this contrasts with today's streaming culture. The episode includes reflections on how past limited screen choices have evolved into today's endless streaming possibilities, and the impact of this shift on modern screen time habits. We explore the concept of social reach and relationships in the digital age, discussing the Dunbar number and how platforms like TikTok and Instagram have changed the dynamics of personal connections. Insights are shared from the new book "Casting, Not Hiring," which introduces the VCR formula—Vision, Capability, and Reach—as a framework for modern success. Through real-life examples and personal stories, we emphasize the importance of aligning vision, capability, and reach to achieve significant accomplishments, using figures like Safali Shabari and Max Martin as case studies. The episode also discusses the importance of choosing the right tools and staying committed to ongoing exploration and self-improvement. Finally, the conversation underscores the necessity of conceptual ability to see how one can be useful to others and leverage their capabilities, vision, and reach for collaborative success. Links: WelcomeToCloudlandia.com StrategicCoach.com DeanJackson.com ListingAgentLifestyle.com TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dean: Mr Sullivan, mr Jackson, you got through Hurricane Week. Dan: Not quite Hurricane Week, Tropical Storm Week, but we did oh. Dean: Tropical Storm A notch down in the hierarchy. Dan: That's one of the good things about living in Winter Haven. It is actually a haven from winter. We are in the center. We are perched on high dry, sandy land, so there's no storm surges, nothing like that yeah, so you're a long way from the coast, aren't you? Well, I'm actually an hour and 15 minutes from either coast. We can get to either side and we can get to virtually almost every beach in two hours. Like it's such a centrally located, we're almost in the exact geographic center of peninsular Florida, so I can get to Jacksonville in three hours and Miami in three hours and pretty much everywhere you want to be within an hour. So it's good. Dean: So I have a question because I've been there. Where is the big cattle ranching country? Is that south of you or north? Dan: It's surrounding us, but sort of north and south in the central. If you think about the middle of Florida, basically aside from the Orlando-Tampa corridor which is like this swath that goes all the way across the state from Tampa to Cocoa Beach, that area is very developed but above and below that the center is much like the Australian outback in terms of the density of population. And north of I-4. In that area there is equestrian and rolling hills and there's a lot of equestrian properties there and ranches. South of that is where you'd find a lot of the cattle ranches, sod ranches, orange groves. All of that is in the center and then you get all the way down to the Everglades and then the Everglades is one of the big national parks, it's the Everglades. Dean: Yeah, alligators I was actually on something that was described as the biggest cattle ranch, not only in Florida, but one of the bigger ones in the United States. Yes, and we drove at least 20 miles on the ranch before we got to buildings. Dan: And it was interesting. Dean: It was interesting. They had a lot of pigs wandering around and I asked them were they in the pig business? And they said no. It's just that every week or so the trail hands would like something besides beef. Dan: Right, go out and wrestle them up a hog Right. Dean: Yeah, yeah, have a barbecue, have a. Dan: Yeah, well, you can actually not too far from here you can do hog hunting, where you can go and hunt hogs in the forest, yeah, all natural. Dean: It's not. So. It's not silicon valley that we're talking about here no, we're really not. Dan: We're talking about, you know, rural florida. This is why I know, yeah, you know you look at Florida and you know people talk about population density and stuff, but there's a lot of land in Florida that is undeveloped. I mean there's a whole south of I-4, there's another highway that goes all the way across the state, called Highway 60, and through Lake Wales, and it's very undeveloped. I mean there's really nothing. All the way from Tampa to Vero Beach is where it goes and it's virtually. It's the only place I've been in Florida where you can, on certain parts of it, look as far as you can see in any direction and see nothing. I mean it's that. And somebody has bought up like 80,000 acres around what's called Yeehaw Junction, which is where the Florida Turnpike intersects with Highway 60. Where the turnpike, the Florida turnpike, intersects with Highway 60. And you could see easily that you could duplicate the entire I-4 corridor, like Tampa and Orlando, along Highway 60 with plenty of room to spare. So I'm not worried about the you know population increase in Florida. Dean: Yeah, it's really interesting. Peter Zion and one of his frequent you know he has his. You know he has videos every three days. Yeah, and you. But he was talking about all the developed countries, which would be mostly European countries, and you know Australia, new, zealand. You know he said that the US is by far the country with the least population density. I agree with that. Dan: Most any state, even Ontario you look at as densely populated as the GTA is. Once you get beyond the GTA it's pretty sparse in Ontario. Dean: Oh yeah, oh yeah I mean, yeah, there's an interesting thing. Just to give you a sense of how big Ontario is. First of all, ontario is a province in Canada, for those listening, and it's roughly about from north to south it's about 1200 miles, and from east to west it's 1400 miles. It's actually it's as big as mainland. It's almost as big as mainland Europe Isn't that amazing Without Russia when I found out. Not counting Russia. Dan: I heard when I found out you could drive north from Toronto the entire distance from Toronto to Florida and still be in Ontario. That's pretty amazing. Dean: Yeah, that gives you a context for it and most people don't realize that Toronto itself is further south than almost 20% of the United States. Dan: People don't realize that Ontario dips down no below that. Dean: No, it wouldn't be that much, but it is south of Minneapolis, south of Seattle, I think, it's south of Portland, you know, and then it's quite a bit south. I think it's south of Boston, it's south of you know everything like that. Yeah, maine all of it. It's about as south as you can get actually, yeah, but I think it's the most populated large city in the world, furthest north large city in the world oh, wow I think it's further south. I think it's further north than moscow oh, wow interesting. Yeah, yeah and yeah, and it's getting bigger, it's getting bigger. Well, there you go. Dan: Well, everyone. I'm waiting with bated breath to hear the great air fryer experiment from the Four Seasons beaches. Dean: Has your air fryer arrived. Dan: Oh, it's on the counter. Dean: Okay, it's on the counter. It's on the counter, it's been plugged in, but it hasn't been used yet. Okay, okay, we sort of inch our way into these new technologies. Dan: I got it, just unpack it and set it there for a little bit and just kind of let it live with it. Dean: Well, it's been a week now and we haven't used it. Why don't we use it? So anyway, but it is sitting on the counter. It's a ninja. Is that the kind you have? Dan: I think I have a breville is the name of uh mine. But did you get the one then? Did you get the one that steven palter posted? I have no idea. Oh okay, that's uh. Dean: So, oh yeah, that's fab you have to appreciate how little I take into this sort of thing, exactly right. Dan: I love that. Dean: There will be a who who's between me and the air. Dan: That's right? Dean: Oh, dan, that's the best Any technology in the world. I can guarantee you there will be a who between me and the technology. And I said what do you think? And I look for people who really love interacting with technology. I want that person between me and the technology and I'll ask them what's it do? What's it do? Dan: I'll tell you what I'm working on. Dean: What will it do for the thing I'm working on? Yeah, yeah, I love that and I've been pretty constant on that. I mean, you know, I was constant on this when I was six years old. I just always let some other human investigate the new technology. Dan: Yeah, and yeah. Dean: So I've lived a disconnected life when it comes to technology. What explains that? Dan: Well, I was thinking, you know about you, and I was thinking how you have the gift of being kind of brought into an era where television wasn't even a thing Like your earliest childhood was electronic free, I thought. But were you like? So you were born in 1944. And so it was six years. Probably Do you remember when you got exposed to your first television. Dean: Yeah, I think I was maybe. Yeah, I think it was around 52. I mean I had seen it, I'd been in other people's houses right they had television, but actually having our own television, I think it's maybe eight years. I was eight, so you got all the way to you. Dan: Think about this. You got all the way to eight years without being exposed to anybody else's visual bombardment of electronic propaganda or otherwise. Right, your visual input into your mind was largely formed through your own imagination. Yeah, you. You had to work, you had to create these visual pictures in your mind. Yeah, did you guys, did you? Dean: listen to radio, and I was assisted by radio. Dan: I remember radio had a big impact on me. Dean: And yeah, oh yeah, sorry, sergeant King of the Yukon. And yeah, there was Amos and Andy. We listened to Amos and Andy, andy, we listened to Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and then there was one that my siblings, my older siblings, listened to at night, which was called the dark museum, which scared the daylights out of me and the shadow. Dan: We listened to the shadow so was that the family activity no, no. Dean: Here you have to get the full impact okay, sorry sorry. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. The shadow knows. And then you had a 30 minute. 30 minute example of human evil. You know it was great but you had to do all the visuals. You know I, you were the visual director of all these radio programs. Dan: So was this? Everybody in the family gathered in the living room sitting on the couch listening to the radio like this. Is that what was going on? Dean: Yeah, there was sort of a. Yeah, there was sort of a dining room actually where you could listen. There were a number of radios. There was a radio in the kitchen, there was a radio, I think, someplace else, and it was a big house, a farmhouse, yeah, and I remember listening, imagining, you know, imagining. There was another series called Sky King, sky King, which became a TV station you know, and the Lone Ranger. We had the Lone Ranger. Dan: So there was a lot of variety, uh-huh and so, and then, in 1952, eight years old, you get your first television set. Dean: I think, so I think that would have been about then, yeah. Yeah, because I remember the first presidential election was 52. And I can remember that being on television. Who was the? Dan: president, was that Ike Eisenhower? Dean: Yeah, I like Ike, that was Eisenhower's first term. I like Ike. Dan: Now you know that's a really interesting thing. Do you remember, like your new routine when the television came? Were you watching TV every day from that period on? Or were your parents limiting the TV, or was everybody gathered around and limiting the TV, or was everybody around? Dean: and watch the TV. Yeah, I mean it was a frequent. It was a frequent activity once came in, that's all I can say I don't know, I don't know if I watched every day, but there you know, there were favorite shows. I think Arthur Godfrey was one of the early shows, the variety hour, and yeah, no, children's. I think there wasfrey was one of the early shows, the Variety Hour, and yeah, no, so Children's. I think there was Howdy Doody. Howdy Doody was. Dan: I think one of them Doody time. Dean: Yeah, and I think Soupy Sales was on and yeah. Dan: Yeah, I'm just thinking how. Yeah, I remember Romper Room. I just saw a video of Joe and I at the I Love Marketing event and I was saying we had all the people streaming from all over the world and I was doing a little Romper Room and about half the people in the audience knew about Romper Room and half didn't. Dean: That was kind of interesting. Dan: I remember I see Bobby and Johnny in their magic mirror. I used to hide behind the sofa so she wouldn't see me miss joan miss joan, miss joan. Yeah, so I was thinking about it was good, I mean I mean it was good, but it wasn't. Dean: It wasn't the major part, you know, of your you know it was only during weekdays, it was only at night and uh yeah, and on weekends I don't really there was. I don't know what the years were, but you know you got. You know, somewhere along the line you had jackie gleason and you had ed sullivan and you had other things like that, you know. But I wasn't. I can't say I was captivated because I was usually out. You know, I was outside, we lived in the country and I was out and I had really gotten hooked on reading. So I was doing a lot of reading back then. Yeah, interesting, but it is kind of what about yourself? Dan: I mean, you were born in the television age. I was born in the television age, you're right. And so every day, you know, I mean, yeah, tv was part of every day. And I was just the reason. The context for me thinking about this was thinking about how recent, you know, as each layering availability of content became unlocked kind of thing, our, you know, screen time has dramatically increased. And I was thinking all the way back to you. That's why I was thinking about you is, you know, literally your first six or eight years there were no screens, there were the only, you know, the cinema of the mind. That was your, that was your entertainment, your imagination. But I remember, so when I remember when we got our first color television right Around 19 or some early like that, and I remember the first show that I saw in color was the Price is Right with Bob Barker, and then All in the Family with Archie Bunker. That was, so you know, in the 70s. It was the Jefferson and Sanford and Sand and then all these. You know, the 70s, I think, was the golden era of television, you know, with all these shows becoming. You know, I remember Star Trek and you know all these, the Rockford Files and Starsky and Hutch, all the Love Boat, all these shows, these iconic shows in the seventies. But you only had, you know, basically the three networks was Canada, we had the CBC and TV Ontario. So those were the things and I remember as a kid, when the TV guide would arrive, we subscribed to the Saturday Star, the Toronto Star, that would arrive on Saturdays and that would have the TV guide in there, and I remember they would have it laid out like a you know a. Gantt chart, or whatever the time, the grid of times, to show you what was on. Dean: It was like a matrix. Dan: It was like a matrix you could see yeah, so it would list there were, you know. Dean: Every day had a matrix from yes till night 13 but you only had the three. You only had the three. Dan: There were 13 13 channels, yeah, to choose from three networks. And I remember the you know organizing my saturdays in the winter around the cartoons. You know like okay, so I would have a highlighter which was recently invented in that winter around the cartoons. You know like okay, so I would have a highlighter which was recently invented in that or newly introduced or whatever to our household, but I would have the highlighter and I would like highlight my. I would do my programming. You know I'm going to watch. I'm going to watch the Justice League at you know eight o'clock and then I'm going to watch the Justice League at you know eight o'clock, and then I'm going to watch Batman at nine, and then I'm going to watch Shazam and then Scooby-Doo, and then it was the we're all about why CBS or ABC's wide world of sports. That was like a big thing. And I remember now how much of my childhood was around synchronous and scheduled programming Because there was no other option. If you wanted to see that show, if you wanted to watch the Waltons that was on my mom's favorite show you had to watch that on Thursday nights or whenever the Waltons were on, you know, and Little House on the Prairie, and it was like your selection, your decisions were made. It wasn't like what should we watch tonight? Of the like now, infinite choices available to us, but we actually spend probably more as a percentage of our time not you, but collectively watching, consuming screen content. It's just been an observation. I've had some of these conversations. I'm getting really conscious of really being aware of my screen time and trying to be more discerning. Dean: I was just thinking now that you've got me thinking about it. I left home in 62 when I was 18. And I can't remember until I was 40 actually having a television during that 20 years or 22 years. I went 22 years and you know I don't remember. I remember people having televisions that I would go and watch things, sports things like that but, I went 22 years so, and then, of course, I haven't watched it in the last six years, so I've got pretty close to 40 years of my life when I didn't watch television Half, almost half my life. So I think it's never been a big deal for me. Dan: Right, think now like I look at kids now, like you think about the technological sophistication and facile nature of technology to eight-year-olds today, compared to Dan Sullivan at eight, you know is pretty amazing. But your experience in the outdoors to the average eight-year-old you know? Dean: it's so funny. I never see very rare. Dan: It's very rare, even in the 70s. Like growing up, you know the whole period of my childhood like from you know, six to 12. Six to 12. You don't see the same sort of pack of kids roaming around on the street that we saw when we were, when I was growing up anyway. I mean, you know, I grew up in the suburbs so we had like a very active, you know social ecosystem. We were outside all day, every day. You know social ecosystem. We were outside all day, every day you know, playing and making things up and riding our bikes and exploring the ravines and the sewers, and our parents never really knew where we were either. I mean we were. The idea was you got up and you had breakfast and you got out and you came home when you got hungry or when the streetlights came on at night. That's the deadline, you know I heard a comedian talking about that that it was so laissez-faire when we were growing up that they had to run ads on TV at night that said it's 1030. Do you know where your children are? Had to remind our parents that they had kids. Oh, so funny and true, you know. Dean: Yeah, it was really interesting, Really interesting. We in London we have our favorite hotel where we stay in London. Dan: And across. Dean: They've taken a whole old industrial area and they've completely transformed it. So they have a hotel and then they have condos and then they have shops and there's a courtyard in the middle and you cross one of the courtyards and there's a Japanese restaurant there. I remember being in there one night and there were six teenage girls, Japanese girls 16, 16, 17. And there were six of them at the table and each of them was on their phone during the entire meal. Dan: Yeah they're all talking in direct with other people. Yeah, so funny, right? Dean: They're not even there even when they're in the presence. It struck me that their world is actually inside the phone. Well, that's my point. Dan: That's the whole point of Cloudlandia. Cloudlandia is the real world. That's where we all live in. Cloudlandia. Dean: Not me. Dan: No, when I say we all, I mean society, everything. I have to have a permanent disclaimer. Dean: You're saying a large number, a large percentage, a large percentage, a large percentage, and Sullivan excluded A large percentage of people. Yeah, yeah. And it's honestly a different world. I mean, yeah, I can't make too many comments on it because I've never really experienced that you know. Dan: So we've got a young guy in our, in our go-go agent platform. He's a young realtor in Guelph, ontario. He's in his mid twenties, just getting started on his career and stuff. He's lived in Guelph his whole life and one of the strategies that we teach people. Dean: Nice city. Dan: Yeah, guelph is a is beautiful, yeah, so he's grown up there. You know, really, you know good looking young guy, very personable. I think he's got a big future. But one of the strategies that we encourage people is to gather their top 150 relationships, the people that if they saw them at the grocery store they'd recognize them by name and stop and have a conversation with them. Right, and the hardest thing, the funniest thing is he, after racking his brain, could only come up with 88 people on his list of 150 people. And I thought to myself like the population of Guelph must be 150,000 people right In the Guelph area I mean, it's pretty good size city. I thought you know you look at this right that there's a kid who has grown up largely in the internet world, right, like largely on in Cloudlandia, and that's the real thing. The reality is that if you go outside of his bedroom and walk around on the street, he only knows 88 mainland people and he's surrounded. I was teasing him that I said are you telling me that you've lived your entire 26 years in Guelph and all you know is 88 people and you're walking around surrounded by 149,920? Npc is a gaming term, dan for non-playing characters, because all of these online video games GTA or Grand Theft Auto and all these things that are kind of photorealistic things. All the people that walk around in the background are called non-playing characters or NPCs. Ground are called non-playing characters or NPCs. And I said that's really what you're telling me is, you've spent your whole life in Guelph and you only when you step outside your bedroom, know 88 people. That's a problem If you're in a business that is a mainland business. Mainland business right. Dean: All houses are 100% firmly planted on the mainland, as are the people that inhabit those homes. Dan: So it only makes sense that you need to get an outpost on the mainland, not in Cloudlandia, you know. Dean: Yeah, I was just thinking, I was just caring of my company company, my team members. There may be some new ones that I don't know, but I certainly know 100. And then my free zone program. I've got 105 in there and you know, some of them. I have to check the list to get their name, but you know I'd be over. I'd be over 150 with those two groups. Dan: Yeah, but there's. Dean: And then there'd easily be another 100 with the 10 times group, and then there would be 20 with Genius Network. Yeah, I'd probably be 300 or 400 anyway. Dan: And it's a really interesting thing. There's a lot of thing around that. Like Robin Dunbar, the evolutionary psychology anthropologist from Oxford, he is the one that coined that or discovered that information that the 150 is the magic number. You know, that's the number of relationships that we can manage where we recognize people and have, you know, a current status in their life kind of thing, in their life kind of thing. And that goes back to our first kind of days of playing the cooperation game where we would be tribal and have 150 people and that was a security thing. If you didn't know the people around you, that was a threat. Right, you had to know everybody. So, that's part of it. If it got to 150 150 what would happen is they would split up and go off and, you know, form other tribes. But that was. There's so many naturally occurring ways that that happens, but I just noticed you know how so much of it is for me personally. Like my Cloudlandia reach is a hundred times or more my mainland reach. Like if you just think about the number of people that I know or know me from in Cloudlandia it's way bigger than the number of people that know me in Winter Haven, florida, in my own backyard, you know. Dean: Yeah, well, it's very interesting. You know good FreeZone partner Peter or Stephen Poulter. You know, with TikTok he's got he's probably got 100,000 people who believe that he's their friend, he's their guide, he's their friend, yeah, yeah, but he wouldn't know any of them. Dan: Right, that's exactly right. Dean: So it's very. Taylor Swift probably has 100 million easy, probably more who know her? Dan: Mr Beast has 350 subscribers. You think about that. That's a measurable percentage of every person on the planet. When you think about that, almost that's, yeah, more than. Dean: It'll be interesting to see what he's like at 40. I wonder he's pushing 30. He's pushing 30, now right. Dan: Yeah, I think 26 or 7. Dean: Yeah, yeah, it'd be interesting to see what that does, because we only have really interactive relationships with a very small. I mean you talk about Dunbar's 150, but actually if you see who it is you hang out with, you know in the course of a year. I bet it's less than 15. Yeah, that's less, yeah, but yeah, yeah that's less, yeah, but yeah, I think, these numbers, you know, these huge numbers that come with quadlandia, do they mean anything? Do they actually mean anything, though, you know? Dan: um, well, I think that what I mean to that? Dean: do they have any? If you have that large of a reach, does it actually mean anything to you? Dan: It certainly from a monetary standpoint it does. From a relationship standpoint it's sort of a one-way thing, yeah, I was talking to one of our social media. Dean: We have a social media team here and I said can you bring me up to date? We have a social media team here and I says can you bring me up to date? I'm out there a lot every day, aren't I On Facebook and TikTok and Instagram and everything I said? I'm out there. And LinkedIn I'm out there a lot. And she says oh, yeah, every day there's probably about you know, five to ten new messages are going out from you and I said, that's interesting Because every once in a while I run into someone and someone says boy, I really liked your Instagram the other day and I said yeah, well, I aim to please. That's your whole thing, yeah, but I have no idea what's going out. Dan: And that's, you know, that's only going to be amplified when you take, when AI starts creating or, you know, repackaging a lot of the let's face it, you've got a lot of content out there. You've spoken a lot of words, You've been, you know, if we capture, everything you say basically is captured digitally right. Dean: Yep, Danny's got a lot to say. You do. Yeah that's right and you've got your. Dan: You've got the whole organization. You're the happiest. He's very expressive. Dean: Yeah, he's very expressive. You got a lot of milk, yeah, yeah. Well, anyway we're. I think we're going to start our next big book. We did the three with Ben Hardy, which have been a huge success. And I sent Ben a note. I said it was your idea to do these things, so without your initiative none of this would have happened. And of course you wrote the three books, so without your writing none of this would have happened and we've had really good results from hot leads coming in to coach from the books. It wouldn't have happened if you hadn't done that. But you know the publisher is giving us a call every month Say do you have a new book, do you need a new writer and everything. But we're ready to go. Dan: We're ready. Dean: And I think so it's going to be. I think it's going to be the one that we're doing with Jeff Madoff casting, not hiring. Yeah, it's a nice punchy, you know, it's another one of the punchy titles and so that will come out in coach form in the first week of September. Dan: So that'll be all printed. Dean: I think it went. I think it goes tomorrow to the printer and it'll be printed up. And you know, I don't know what it is, but I think a lot of people are fooling themselves about reach because they're lacking vision and capability. They think if you have reach, you've got something. But I think, if you don't have all three, you don't have. If you don't have all three, you don't have anything. Dan: Well, I think it's, if you have capability if you have capability. Dean: If you have capability but no vision, no reach, you have nothing. If you have vision but you have no capability and reach, you have nothing. You got to have all three. Dan: Yeah, you know it's very interesting. Chad Jenkins and I were talking, you know he's one of the bigger advocates for the VCR formula vision, capability, reach, about the you know the secret of that for people that you know whether we were to express them in capital V or lowercase v and capital C, lowercase c, capital R, lowercase r to see that where somebody self I see a lot of situations where people have a capital C capability that gets discovered and all of a sudden they're thrust into reach that they have no idea, no vision of what to do with. And it's very interesting. So someone that comes to mind. There's a woman, safali Shabari, who I met in Toronto through Giovanni. She was a guest or speaker at one of his Archangel events capital C capability for parenting and that kind of advice and she got discovered by, you know, Oprah and all the mainstream. So she was kind of thrust into the spotlight that was now shining a light on her capability, which brought her tremendous, acute onset reach that she really doesn't have, in my observation, a vision for how to navigate, you know, or what to do with that. They're an abundant reach asset with no vision. You know, to connect the two and I think that happens a lot. I think that happens a lot, that people get thrust into a spotlight and they, you know, have. And often you can have reach without capability too, and that's a problem too, and that's a problem. But if your reach is a result of somebody discovering your capability, that is a big. That's the formula I was. you know I've often talked about Max Martin as a role model you know the guy who's written all the number one songs on the radio that when I really started looking a little bit deeper into it, what I found out was that it was really through the reach of of Clive Davis that Max Martin's capability became. You know that he became Max Martin capability became. You know that he became Max Martin and because he was just a guy in Sweden producing great music, with a capital C capability of making pop songs, you know, and Clive Davis, when he discovered that he, as the president of Columbia Records and the founder of Arista and Jive Records, all of these subsidiaries, he had tremendous reach to both artists and their audiences. Visionary, to pair his artists with this Max Martin capability to create this capital VCR outcome of you know, all the success that Max Martin has had. And it was only through that pairing of a capital C capability with a capital R reach and a capital V vision then it all really became a big thing. Dean: This is my observation. Dan: This is all like live, you know developing, you know thoughts here around it, because I constantly. I run that filter constantly in background, filter constantly in background. But that VCR formula is, I think, a very relevant collaboration tool, that if people were really aware of their capabilities and had transparency to other people's vision, capabilities and reach, that's where the big connections happen, you know. Dean: Yeah, I think it requires a fair amount of conceptual capability that you can. You can sort of depersonalize your situation enough to understand what your capability would mean to somebody else. And you have to have a conceptual ability to see what reach would mean. For example, I was on a podcast on Friday. I was a guest of someone who is a key player in the land development industry across the United States and he's in COACH. So he asked me a lot of questions about coach and I went through and I explained. He's got 10 years in coach and he talked about what each of those concepts meant to him and everything else. And then his podcast is going to go out to 5,000 key players in the land development land development business in you know probably 25 or 30 states and everything else. And so at the end he says you know, I'm going to send this out and I'll send all the coach information, everything else. And I got off the call and I said that was easy. Dan: That was easy. Yes, that all you had to do was stay in your C lane of your capability. Dean: I just stayed in my lane and said what we had done. And then I talked about where I thought we would be with Coach when I was 100. I'm 80 and Coach was 100. And that's kind of a significant statement. It's not the sort of thing you would hear every day from an 80-year-old of what things were going to be like when they were 100 and much bigger at 100 than at 80. And it was really interesting, but that was like an hour middle house and you know I'm just talking, you know really good conversation, a lot of back and forth and you know, both of us asking the other questions and everything else and I said that's pretty cool that goes out immediately to five thousand. That's immediately goes out to five thousand people. Dan: Uh, yeah, yeah I mean that's pretty mean, you know, when you think about this, so of staying in your, in your lane of that's. Part of the great thing is that these things are largely plug and play, you know, like, and it happens. That's why I say a multiplier. You know, with the formula vision plus capability multiplied by reach, that reach is a multiplier. Dean: Well, they're actually. Yeah, I think what it is that two of them are addition, but the third one's a multiplier. Dan: Yes, that's exactly right. Dean: In other words, you can have vision plus reach multiplied by capability. You can have vision plus capability multiplied by capability. You can have vision and capability, vision plus capability multiplied by reach. You can have vision plus reach multiplied by yeah, yeah, yeah but, I, think it's like two of them are inside of our parentheses. You have, you know yeah, then the other that's multiplied by the third one. Dan: Yeah so it's very. Dean: I'm convinced it's three yes From the triple play. So I'm thinking about a tool right now where I said who's got the big idea, who's got the big idea, who's got the ready-to-use capability, who's got the ready-to-use capability? Dan: And who's? Dean: got the ready-to-use reach? Dan: Yes, you know that's fantastic. That would be a very useful tool. I think that's a really useful framework for collaboration. Yeah, it fits so well with our whole free zone operating system, you know? Dean: yeah, because we're surrounded by those those capabilities. Dan: Everybody's got a capability in the form of, uh, their self-multiplying company that they've already kind of established. To get to that point right, most people undervalue. They mostly undervalue their own capabilities and reach. They don't see them as assets in most cases. Dean: Well, even when they have vision, the vision isn't really useful to anyone else. It's only useful to them Right. Dan: Vision isn't really useful to anyone else. It's only useful to them, right yeah? Dean: I mean your vision has to have a lot of room for other people. Dan: That's what. So, chad and I've been talking about this there's the horizontal vision is within your own capability channel. You know they see vision, maybe within how to improve their capability, or internally. All their vision is within the walls of their own company. But where the real benefit comes is with horizontal vision. I said vertical vision is within your own company vision. I said vertical vision is within your own company. Horizontal vision is being able to see what your capabilities paired up with, recognizing someone else's vision that your capabilities could help or how someone else's reach could enhance your capabilities. You know all of those that vertical or the horizontal vision is where the collaborative creativity comes yeah, yeah, there's so much yeah I think you're right that there's, you know, articulating, the thinking tool that helps you recognize and assess what your unique probably unique ability fits within a capability right. That's a thing in your organizational unique ability and your unique teamwork all fit within that capability channel. Dean: Yeah, it was really funny. I was when was it Thursday? I think I was. When was it Thursday? I think I was invited into a workshop here in Toronto and it was the lead master's group. Okay, so the lead master's group is the lead group of all the people who are still at the signature level after 20, 25 years. Okay, and they haven't jumped to the 10 times. They haven't, you know. Their next group would be 10 times. Dan: And they're a long way. Dean: They're a long way off from free zone Anyway, but we're introducing the triple play straight across the program. This quarter. So everybody's getting the triple play. And there was a group, probably about 40, maybe 40 in the room and I would say, three got it, three got the triple play Understood, yeah. And they said, yeah, well, why would I do this? And I said well to differentiate yourself from everybody else. Yeah well, I'm not sure why I would do that and everything else, and so this is why I put the emphasis you have to have a conceptual ability that's apart from you. You're just seeing something that exists, that's big and it's powerful, but it exists outside of you. It's not you. Somebody else's capability exists outside of you. Somebody's vision exists outside of you. And somebody's reach exists outside of you. And you've got to be able to see this as a reality that exists in the world, whether you want to use it or not. These abilities, these capabilities, vision and reach is outside of yourself. Vision and reach is outside of yourself. And then you have to say if I'm going to use what other people have, how do I have to be useful to them, that they would be agreeable to that, and I think that takes a lot of conceptual ability to see how you could be useful to other people. Dan: Yeah, I agree with that, that's true. Dean: Yeah, I think there's. I mean, if you can only see within your own framework, you're not going to be VCRing anything. Dan: Right, exactly, you're only going to be trying to increase, you know, or improve your own limited vision within your own situation and working on your own capabilities, and only with your own reach. It's real. That's where it's like linear. That's linear, yeah, and you know exponential is plugging in to ready to implement reach, vision and technology or capability. Dean: It's really funny because huh, well, yeah, it's who, not how. But you have to see the who's as existing, completely independent of you. They just exist. They're out there, they're doing their thing and they're not going to be interested in you unless there's a big payoff. In other words, they have to see and it was very interesting because when I talked to like first year and strategic coach, you know first or let's say, signature level first or second and people will say well, you have such great people here at coach, how do you find great people? Dan: And I said you know where I live, you know I live in such and such place. Dean: We don't have great people like you find great people. And I I said you know where I live, you know I live in such and such place. We don't have great people like you have great people. And I said I suspect you do have great people, they're just not looking for you. Yeah right, how? How do you have to be such that other great people would be interested in you as an opportunity? Dan: Yeah, yeah, amazing you have to have something compelling you do you? Dean: have to have something compelling. Yeah, not convincing, but compelling. Dan: That's right, you know, shaped with a what's in it for them. Yeah, viewpoint, you know that's. I think Joe's book is amazing to set. I can't. It's one of those things that I can't believe nobody has written that book until now, you know. But just that whole idea of thinking about your vision, capabilities and reach from a what's in it for them perspective, with other people, what you can do for other people, it's almost one of those things that it's so powerful. Dean: That's true. That's true of all new things, though. Dan: Yeah. Dean: I can't believe somebody hasn't thought about this before. Uh-huh. Right right, right yeah. Dan: Oh man, that was. So there was George Carlin. He had a thing, a little you know comment where he was saying how the English language is so incredible that you'd think everything that's possible to say has already been said, you know. But he said I'm going to say things tonight here that have never been spoken in the history of the world. For instance, he said hey, marge, after I finish sticking this red hot poker in my eye, I'm going to go out and barbecue some steaks. Nobody's ever said those words in the history of the world. So it's not. Everything hasn't been said. I thought that was pretty funny actually. So there, yeah, Well we've spent an hour. Dean: We did a good hour, I think so. Dan: I always enjoy these conversations. Dean: Yeah, and. I'm going to, I think yeah you ought to zero in on the tools. You know that, yeah, and I'm going to. Dan: I think, yeah, you ought to zero in on the tool. Dean: You know that I'll give some thought to it, but this is your tool, not my tool. I'll give some thought to it. I love it, All right. Dan: Okay, talk to you next week. Bye. Dean: Okay, bye.

Christian pastors were told to start private schools since taxpayers would foot the billThe Friendly Atheist, By Hemant Mehta, on August 16, 2024https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-pastors-were-told-to-startIn Florida, the expansion of religious school vouchers has raised significant concerns about the state's education budget and the role of public funding in supporting private religious institutions. This issue has been exacerbated by organizations like the Remnant Alliance, which actively encourages churches to start their own schools, funded largely by government vouchers intended for students attending these schools. This practice has strained the education budget, diverting substantial funds away from public schools where the majority of students are enrolled. One example highlighted is High Point Church in Lake Wales, Florida, which has significantly benefited from this voucher system, receiving nearly $7,900 per student from the state. The church's enrollment has grown rapidly, showcasing a clear financial incentive for churches to participate in this program. Beyond financial gain, these schools are viewed as tools for religious indoctrination, with reports indicating a high rate of baptisms among students, emphasizing the dual impact of public funds supporting both education and religious activities. Critics argue that this practice not only undermines the financial stability of public education but also violates the constitutional principle of separation of church and state. They contend that taxpayer dollars should not be used to fund religious education, especially when it promotes specific religious teachings and practices. Concerns extend to issues of accountability and discrimination, as private schools, unlike public ones, have greater latitude in selecting their students and curriculum, potentially excluding or disadvantaging certain groups. Moreover, figures like Jack Hilos, a prominent pastor involved in these initiatives, have leveraged their religious influence to influence local politics, further blurring the lines between church and state. Hilos, for instance, has been vocal in his opposition to LGBTQ rights and has used his position to mobilize churchgoers politically, illustrating the broader societal impacts of these educational policies. In response, opponents argue for stricter oversight of voucher programs to ensure they comply with constitutional standards and do not undermine the accessibility or quality of public education. Legal challenges are anticipated as these programs continue to expand, prompting debates over the appropriate use of taxpayer funds and the broader implications for educational equity and religious freedom. The Non-Prophets, Episode 23.35.1 featuring Kelley, Infidel64 , Jonathan Roudabush and Eli SlackBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-non-prophets--3254964/support.

Encouraging news for the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow, the most endangered bird species on mainland America. A pair of notorious Florida villains have died. Norma Padgett Upshaw who falsely accused "The Groveland Four" of rape, and William Calley, Jr. a U.S. Army officer convicted for his role in 1968's My Lai Massacre in Vietnam. Our guest today is Erica Smith from Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales. Here's more information about its native plant conservation and research efforts.

Shoutout to Lake Wales, Florida's own Dolo B for coming on my show for an interview! Dolo B discussed his new single Sleep For The Rich, how he got connected with Lil Poppa, and not wanting to do too many features. He talked about not trusting anyone, his mother being his biggest supporter, and being inspired by Bow Wow. He got into his upcoming single Astronaut, a fan connecting him with Rod Wave, and why it took this long to make noise starting at the age of 7 despite having talent. Stay tuned! Dolo B's new song Sleep For The Rich is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nU0QGTdGYc. Follow Dolo B on Instagram and X: @dolob863 Shoutout to L Nyce for connecting us! Follow L Nyce on Instagram and X: @lnyce Follow me on Instagram and X: @thereelmax Website: https://maxcoughlan.com/index.html. Website live show streaming link: https://maxcoughlan.com/sports-and-hip-hop-with-dj-mad-max-live-stream.html. MAD MAX Radio on Live365: https://live365.com/station/MAD-MAX-Radio-a15096. Subscribe to my YouTube channel Sports and Hip Hop with DJ Mad Max: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCE0107atIPV-mVm0M3UJyPg. Dolo B on "Sports and Hip-Hop with DJ Mad Max" visual on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaByPI7Ssow. 

On this day and in this Denny's, the gals cover the Mann family + the Lake Wales haunting, and the very dark history of  Lake Lanier. (no snails were harmed in the making of this episode)Stalk us here!Merch - ghosts-n-heauxsTwitter - ghostsnheauxsInstagram - ghosts_n_heauxsFacebook - GhostsnHeauxsPodcastAnd don't forget to send your stories to ghostsnheauxs@gmail.com

A symphony of bells play hypnotic melodies … Harmonies and compositions sound out daily in the small town of Lake Wales in Central Florida.The peculiar source of the music - a grandiose marble-lined pillar affectionately named ‘ The Singing Tower” - is as wonderful as it is unexpected. The story behind it's construction, however, is yet more interesting… Works Cited: https://boktowergardens.org/2021/06/28/the-origins-of-the-singing-tower/https://www.gcna.org/about-carillons/whathttps://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/boktower/boktower.htmhttps://boktowergardens.org/edward-bok/https://boktowergardens.org/the-singing-tower/https://verobeachmagazine.com/features/inside-the-bok-singing-tower/https://www.floridacurrents.com/the-singing-tower/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ladies-Home-Journal

To the east of Lake Wales lies Lake Kissimmee...This week we chat with Marty Mann, a biologist from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, to learn more about this system and its rich history! Helpful Resources Working in the Weeds ⁠⁠Lakes and Landscapes Episode⁠⁠ FWC What's Happening On My Lake ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ — Working In The Weeds is a podcast by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠University of Florida/IFAS Center for Aquatics and Invasive Plants⁠⁠⁠⁠. This series connects scientists with stakeholders to clarify and discuss issues surrounding aquatic and invasive plants, while also highlighting the research being conducted at the Center. Do you have topics or questions you would like us to discuss on this podcast? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠caip@ifas.ufl.edu⁠⁠⁠⁠. For more information and resources, visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow UF/IFAS CAIP on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠.

ABC News Investigative Reporter Peter Charalambous has been in the courtroom following the Trump Hush Money Trial and tells us what we might expect when Michael Cohen takes the stand today. NewsRadio WFLA Anchor Chris Trenkmann joins Ryan Gorman and Dana McKay with some of Today's Top Stories: TECO is proposing a new rate hike that favors some big customers, the Coast Guard had a busy weekend rescuing multiple people in Tampa Bay, and a dog attack killed 29 animals at a school in Lake Wales. Ryan and Dana discuss the circumstances surrounding airman Roger Fortson's shooting death by a Florida deputy. NewsRadio WFLA National Correspondent Rory O'Neill talks about the weekend's Solar Storms and whether or not we might be able to see another one. He also has the latest on the ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas.

About Our GuestSamah (“Sam”) T. Abukhodeir was born and raised in Lake Wales, Florida. Following high school, Ms. Abukhodeir moved to Tallahassee, Florida, to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a Minor in Arabic and Child Development at Florida State University. Ms. Abukhodeir obtained her Juris Doctor from Florida International University College of Law, where she was on the Dean's List and earned two CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Islamic/Sharia Law and Judicial Externship. While in law school, Ms. Abukhodeir worked as a Graduate Assistant to Law Professor Cyra Choudhury and was a judicial intern for the Honorable Marisa Tinkler Mendez, Circuit Court Judge in the Criminal Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade, Florida, and the Honorable Maria M. Korvick, Circuit Court Judge in the Probate Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade, Florida.     Notable Links:Official website: https://floridaprobateandfamilylaw.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/floridaprobatefamilylawyerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawyerladyboss/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-florida-probate-family-law-firm/?viewAsMember=true       **********  "Women Winning Divorce" is a radio show and podcast hosted by Heather Quick: Attorney, Entrepreneur, Author and Founder of Florida Women's Law Group, the only divorce firm for women, by women. Each week Heather sits down with innovative professionals and leaders who are focused on how you can be your best self, before, during or after divorce. In these conversations, we are looking at how women can win at life.  With our guests, we enjoy the opportunity to explore ways all women can win and enhance their life, no matter where they are in their journey, because divorce is just point in life, not the end and not what defines you, rather it can be a catalyst for growth. Come join the conversation on social media, and join our Facebook group, Women Winning Divorce and send comments and suggestions, we want to bring you content that helps move your life forward.Women Winning Divorce Podcast Series https://www.womenwinningdivorce.com/Women Winning Divorce Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/685277376560289Florida Women's Law Grouphttps://www.floridawomenslawgroup.com/Divorce 101 Online Course: https://heather-quick.mykajabi.com/   Thank you for listening. Please share the podcast with your friends and colleagues. Send your questions, comments, and feedback to marketing@4womenlaw.com Women Winning Divorce is supported by Florida Women's Law Group Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not an advertisement for legal services.  The information provided on this podcast is not intended to be legal advice.  You should not rely on what you hear on this podcast as legal advice. If you have a legal issue, please contact a lawyer.  The views and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are solely those of the individuals and do not represent the views or opinions of the firms or organizations with which they are affiliated or the views or opinions of this podcast's advertisers.  This podcast is available for private, non-commercial use only.  Any editing, reproduction, or redistribution of this podcast for commercial use or monetary gain without the expressed, written consent of the podcast's creator is prohibited.  

The Great Depression: Mental Health by Jacqueline IveyJacqueline Ivey is a retired teacher and author of Book of Original Poems and Memoirs. She taught at the Campbell Senior High and Turie T. Small Elementary School in Daytona Beach, Florida; Gra-Mar and Haynes Elementary Schools in Nashville, Tennessee, Firestone, Barber, Fraunfelter and Henry Elementary Schools in Akron, Ohio; and she completed her teaching career after a twenty-three-year stint at the Lakeland Highlands Middle School in Lakeland, Florida.Jacqueline's colorful The Great Depression: Mental Health draws from her own personal experience of clinical depression during her marriage to the late Mark Ivey III, Phar mD, M.D, and while caring for her loving husband, whose physical health was steadily deteriorating. She could not accept the reality that he might succumb to death at an early age.Jacqueline is a Christian, a widow, mother, former teacher and author. She attended Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University and graduated from Bethune-Cookman College, the now Bethune-Cookman University. She also took a writing course at Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida.She, too, has traveled extensively, visiting many parts of North America, South America, the Far East of East Asia, Northeastern Africa and Western Europe. She enjoys gardening, sewing and playing the piano.https://bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com/the-great-depression-mental-health/http://www.KingPagesPress.com   http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/41124kpp2.mp3 

Today we are embarking on a sun-soaked journey to the Sunshine State - Fantastic Florida. From the magical world of theme parks in Orlando to the laid-back vibes of the Florida Keys, we'll be chatting about some of the State's best known spots as well as uncovering its hidden gems that may not yet be on your radar. For example, did you know that Florida is a foodie's paradise? My first guest today knows a bit about that. Jimmy Doherty is a TV presenter and one of the UK's best known farmers. His journey started over 20 years ago when he took on a leasehold of a 100-acre farm which was followed in a BBC series called Jimmy's Farm. You'll have seen him on loads of shows including Escape to the Wild, Food Unwrapped, as well as co-hosting Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast with his friend, Jamie Oliver. Jimmy recently returned from a three week shoot travelling all around Florida for his new ITV show, Jimmy's Taste of Florida, and I can't wait for you to hear his Floridian travel diaries. Then, we'll be joined by Florida resident and Florida travel expert and writer, Simon Veness, who'll be sharing all his hidden gems, travel tips, and recommendations for your next trip to Florida.Destination Recap: Jimmy DohertyUniversal Studios, OrlandoUnion Public House, Pensacola Dat Cajun Place, Panama City Beach Third Wave, New Smyrna Beach The CURRENT Hotel, TampaWaterline Marina Resort & Beach Club, Anna Maria Island, Gulf CoastThe Florida Aquarium, TampaLittle Havana, Miami The Ball and Chain Restaurant, Little Havana, Miami Columbia Restaurant, TampaBusch Gardens, Tampa BaySand Bar, Anna Maria Island The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, BradentonPeebles BBQ, Polk County, Central FloridaWestgate River Ranch, Lake Wales, Central FloridaEverglades National Park, Miami Simon VenessCapa, Four Seasons, OrlandoGulf CoastOverseas Highway, Florida Keys Casa Morada, Isla MoradaKey LargoFlagler BeachSt AugustineEvermore Orlando Resort, Orlando Resort Collection, IslamoradaSt Regis, Longboat Key Epic Universe, Universal Orlando Indian River Lagoon, Atlantic Coast Manatee swimming, Crystal River, Gulf Coast Deep Sea Fishing, Florida KeysFlorida PanhandleAmelia Island, Nassau County Gulfport, St Petersburg Don't miss Jimmy's Taste of Florida on ITV. For more Florida travel inpso, head to Instagram @hollyrubenstein and visitflorida.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Embark on a Floridian adventure with Larry McNamara, the CEO of Giant Recreation World, on this week's RV Hour podcast! Discover fun and intriguing places to visit in Florida, including Larry's own travel stories. Get ready for the RV Open House On-Lot Sales Event from February 1st-4th, where you'll find specially marked Red tags on units with incredible discounts. Be sure to explore the exclusive special units at Bartow's Corner! Don't miss out on the excitement - tune in at www.GiantRecreationWorld.com.

Welcome to The Marinade, a free-flowing conversation about the creative process with creative people. Each episode we welcome musicians, actors, comedians, authors, visual artists, filmmakers- anyone who creates art to talk about how and why we make stuff.  This is Episode 153 and our guest is Kaitlin Butts. Kaitlin is a singer and songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her incredible record What Else Can She Do is an examination of complicated female characters who are up against the patriarchy, addiction, family issues, and as she Kaitlin puts it, “tension and them being at their lowest point.” We caught up with Kaitlin in her car backstage after her set at the wonderful Orange Blossom Revue Festival in Lake Wales, FL, at the beginning of the month. Be sure to check out our two Jason's Journal recaps of that incredible experience.  Y'all, this was maybe the most fun I've had making an episode. Kaitlin is smart and hilarious. I can't say enough about her as a songwriter, performer, and conversationalist. Follow all things Kaitlin Butts: https://www.kaitlinbutts.com/#newalbum-section Support The Marinade on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marinadepodcast    

Son shot mom after she told him to stop smoking in his room Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Seth Settle shot and killed his mother Thursday after she told him to stop smoking inside his room in their Lake Wales, Florida home. During a press conference Friday, Judd said – by all accounts – the victim was "the most wonderful mom in the world" and the family was regarded as nice and hard-working.

Welcome to The Marinade, a free-flowing conversation about the creative process with creative people. Each episode we welcome musicians, actors, comedians, authors, visual artists, filmmakers- anyone who creates art to talk about how and why we make stuff. This is a bonus episode in our Jason's Journal series. In addition to sharing conversations with creative people, we often cover live creative events and work to bring you in on the action. On this edition of Jason's Journal, we are recapping day one of the 2023 Orange Orange Blossom Revue Revue festival in Lake Wales, FL, featuring Cat Ridgeway, Kaitlin Butts, Mike and the Moonpies, Brent Cobb, and JJ Grey and Mofro. Support The Marinade on Patreon: patreon.com/marinadepodcast    

Welcome to The Marinade, a free-flowing conversation about the creative process with creative people. Each episode we welcome musicians, actors, comedians, authors, visual artists, filmmakers- anyone who creates art to talk about how and why we make stuff. This is a bonus episode in our Jason's Journal series. In addition to sharing conversations with creative people, we often cover live creative events and work to bring you in on the action. On this edition of Jason's Journal, we are recapping day one of the 2023 Orange Blossom Revue festival in Lake Wales, FL, featuring Harper O'Neill, Molly Tuttle, and The Wood Brothers.

On this episode of the Club + Resort Talks podcast, Joe Conforti, Director of Golf at the Club at Olde Cypress sits down with Club + Resort Business Editor Rob Thomas to talk about taking members on golf trips. Conforti and Thomas recently participated in the Annie's Revenge Jamaica Pro-Am—a first for Rob, but Joe's fifth trip to the Caribbean for the event. Presented by the Jamaica Tourist Board and The Golf Connection, Annie's Revenge was sponsored by COBRA PUMA Golf, IBEROSTAR Hotels & Resorts, Appleton Estate Rum, and Jamaica Tours Limited. The 54-hole event was played on the championship courses at the Tryall Club, Cinnamon Hill and Half Moon. C+RB Senior Editor joined the podcast to discuss some recent news from around the industry, such as a development proposal that may consolidate two Florida courses (https://clubandresortbusiness.com/dev.... A large-scale redevelopment proposal would create a hybrid 18-hole layout between Lake Wales Country Club and the adjacent Oakwood golf course community in Lake Wales, Fla. If approved, the project would add up to 1,424 new homes, townhomes, cottages and apartments. Also, Grey Oaks Country Club recently completed a renovation of its Pine Course (https://clubandresortbusiness.com/gre.... The Naples, Fla. club enlisted renowned golf course restoration specialist Andrew Green for the project. The renovation now offers enhanced aesthetics with strategic bunker placement, challenging green surrounds and larger greens for a variety of pin placements. “The course design reflects the latest trends to give a lot more open space around the green, and that means golfers will have a lot of variety to approach the shot,” said Marty DeAngelo, Senior Director of Golf at Grey Oaks. Lastly, Keren and Thomas talked about Streamsong readying to unveil The Chain (https://clubandresortbusiness.com/str.... The non-traditional 19-hole short course by renowned designers Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, meanders through the Central Florida resort's rugged terrain. Preview play on around half of the holes is currently open for resort guests, with the remainder planned for opening on Dec. 1. Read deeper into these articles (and more) at www.clubandresortbusiness.com.

Taylor Doll chats with Lake Wales defensive coordinator Coach Don Grant and former Gator and Chicago Bear Quarterback, now Gator analyst Shane Matthews on Dexter's short but successful journey to the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Taylor Doll chats with Lake Wales defensive coordinator Coach Don Grant and former Gator and Chicago Bear Quarterback, now Gator analyst Shane Matthews on Dexter's short but successful journey to the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Florida man with a notorious criminal history and a troubling past involving drug abuse now faces murder charges. According to Polk County Sheriff Grad Judd, the suspect allegedly used a power tool to kill his 16-year-old son.  The harrowing incident came to light when deputies responded to a distress call from a 67-year-old grandfather named Stephen Rodda in Lake Wales, Florida. Mr. Rodda reported that his 37-year-old son, Stephen Thomas Rodda, had taken the life of his own grandson, 16-year-old Stephen Lee Rodda.  Mr. Rodda informed authorities that he had left home to visit his wife, who was undergoing physical rehabilitation, and returned around 11 a.m. on a fateful Monday. Upon his return, he encountered his son, Stephen Thomas Rodda, outside the house, who warned him not to enter.  “I wouldn't go in there if I were you," the grandfather quoted his son as saying. "I killed someone. You might want to call the police."  According to investigators, it was not uncommon for the suspect, who had been using methamphetamine since high school, to experience psychotic episodes and make bizarre comments.  Upon entering the home, the grandfather discovered the lifeless body of his 16-year-old grandson in the kitchen dining area. Investigators believe the teenager had been fatally injured with an angle grinder, a power tool typically used for cutting, grinding, polishing, and sharpening various metals.  Sheriff Judd expressed his shock and dismay, stating, "There aren't adequate words to describe how horrific this event is."  Stephen Thomas Rodda had recently returned to the Lake Wales area, having spent time in Texas, Ohio, South Carolina, and other locations. He had an active warrant from South Carolina and was known to be a methamphetamine user since high school.  Sheriff Judd described the victim as a "standup, stellar young man" who had been living with his grandfather to assist him while his grandmother underwent rehabilitation. The teenager had been set to begin work at a fast-food restaurant the following week to save money for a car.  "To have this worthless individual murder his son is inconceivable," Sheriff Judd declared while holding up a mugshot of Stephen Thomas Rodda for the cameras. "This guy has been nothing but a problem to society for a very long time. And now, he's turned a troubled person into an evil one by murdering his son, creating a devastating situation for a loving family."  Stephen Thomas Rodda fled the scene of the murder before deputies arrived but was swiftly apprehended about a mile away and taken into custody. As of now, no clear motive for the murder has been established. Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

NewsRadio WFLA Anchor Chris Trenkmann runs through today's top stories, including a father who killed his 16-year-old son in Lake Wales home, polls continue with Trump in the lead in the GOP presidential primary, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor continues to push for a proposed tax increase to help improve roads and sidewalks. Also, NewsRadio WFLA National Correspondent Rory O'Neill discusses how consumers are dealing with inflation and what to expect now that Congress is back in session.

Arianne Seidl of Lake Wales High School is back with her 3rd segment on ALL STAR AD - our series featuring 10 Great Women ADs from Florida. THIS is The Educational AD Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/support

Arianne Seidl is BACK with another segment on ALL STAR AD - our weekly series featuring 10 Great Women ADs from Florida. Arianne runs one of the most successful programs in our state and today she shares some more BEST PRACTICES on The Educational AD Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/support

This week the Madcaps discuss the little-known oldest area of Florida:  The Lake Wales Ridge.  Millions of years ago when most of what we now consider Florida was underwater the exposed part is now known as the Lake Wales Ridge and is located in Central Florida.  In this episode, we discuss the significance and some of the great recreating opportunities available on the Lake Wales Ridge.Please subscribe! Shares and reviews are much appreciated!Get your FREE sticker from the Florida Springs Council at https://www.floridaspringscouncil.org/madcapsQuestions and comments can be emailed at thefloridamadcaps@gmail.comRyan can be found on Instagram at: the_fl_excursionistChris and Chelsey can be found at https://www.instagram.com/sunshinestateseekers/?hl=en

Arianne Seidl is back on the Podcast as a member of our ALL STAR AD Team! Arianne has a long history as a teacher, coach, and administrator and today she shares a great program at her school called WOMEN OF WILL. Take a listen and you will want to add this at your school to help recognize and promote your girl's teams and athletes! THIS is All Star AD on The Educational AD Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/support

Let's go to Lake Wales, Florida and visit with Arianne Seidl the "Founding" AD for Lake Wales High School. Arianne shares her story of growing up in Kansas before coming to Florida to help with the start of a brand new school and help lead them to great things! THIS is The Educational AD Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/support

Check out Skye McDermott on Episode #87 of Oak Performance Radio! Skye is an extremely accomplished volleyball athlete whose dedication and hard work have led her to a scholarship at Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida! Not only has she excelled on the volleyball court but she has also crushed the beach volleyball scene at the world level! And she is a setter...with only one hand. This is the most inspiring podcast we have ever done. Enjoy the show! - - - - - - - - - - - Many thanks to POWER ATHLETE for sponsoring this episode of OAK PERFORMANCE RADIO! POWER ATHLETE is the premier resource for training athletes, educating coaches, and nutrition! POWER ATHLETE's goal is to provide world-class solutions for real-world athletes & coaches. POWER ATHLETE has worked with thousands of athletes around the globe and have taken them to the highest levels of performance! Check them out at: https://powerathletehq.com/ Power Athlete

Crossover Adventures Presents: Polk county? What is there to do in Polk county? If your traveling to polk county for a local tournament trail, or a family trip there is tons to do in the area. Welcome to Polk County, Florida's Sweetest Spot for epic outdoor adventures, incredible eats and Sunshine State attractions! Here, you can experience the best that Lakeland and Winter Haven, Lake Wales has to offer while escaping the crowds found in larger cities. From wide open spaces to exhilarating thrill rides at nearby theme parks, we have it all. You may be here a while so learn about some amazing restaurants, and things to do while your off the water. Tourism Link: https://visitcentralflorida.org/ Restaurant Hot Spots: https://www.cherrypocket.com/cabin-rv-park https://visitcentralflorida.org/featured/crazy-fish-bar-grill/ Camping: https://visitcentralflorida.org/featured/westgate-river-ranch-resort-rodeo/ https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/lake-kissimmee-state-park https://guyharveycampmack.com/ Bait Shop: https://www.fishermanscandystore.com/ Brewery: https://www.theranchlw.com/ Dale Hollow Lodging- www.eastport.info Waypoint TV- https://waypointtv.com Podcast & Website- www.paddlenfin.com YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/paddlenfin Email- paddlenfin@gmail.com Social Media- @paddlenfin Yak Gadget- www.yakgadget.com Pelican Professional- www.pelican.com Rocktown paddlesports - rocktownadventures.com JigMasters Jigs- https://jigmasters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Episode 122 and our guest is Langhorne Slim. Y'all, this is a special episode on several levels. I am so excited to bring you my intimate conversation with Slim but first we are going to do something a little different. Our good friends Jordan Foley and The Wheelhouse have been hard at work on a new album and you are about to hear the premiere of the first single from that record called "Loners." Then, you will hear our conversation with Langhorne Slim. Langhorne Slim is a singer and songwriter from Pennsylvania whose work has been lauded by The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The Guardian and many others. Conan O'Brien is among his obsessive fans. Slim has a fascinating mind and sweet spirit that he channels into some of the most beautiful songwriting of his generation.  We caught up with Langhorne Slim at the incredible Orange Blossom Revue festival in Lake Wales, FL, in December of 2022. Slim's music has meant a lot to my dear friend and collaborator Jenn Ross who was fortunately covering the festival with me and was able to sit in on the conversation. You will also hear questions from our friend and Patreon patron Jordan Conant as well. This was a true Marinade community effort and I am so grateful for everyone who continues to support this thing.  

This is Episode 120 and our guest is the singer songwriter Hayes Carll! Over his twenty-year recording career he has been nominated for a Grammy, written with the likes of Ray Wylie Hubbard and Guy Clark, and earned the almost near universal respect of peers, critics, and fans. We caught up with Hayes at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, FL, for the Concert Under the Stars series. Y'all, Hayes is a dream guest and he did not disappoint.

Funeral Bulletin for Frank Emil OelschlagerBorn: June 8th, 1928Baptized: July 1st, 1928Confirmed: March 29th, 1942 Entered eternal rest in Christ: December 25th, 2021 Obituary Frank E. Oelschlager, 93, passed away peacefully on December 25, 2021, at Brookdale Conway Assisted Living in Orlando, FL. Frank was born on June 8, 1928, in Bridgeville, PA, the eldest of six children born to Frank M. and Pauline (Engel) Oelschlager. Frank grew up during the Great Depression. At age 11 he went to work in Carozza's Market where he worked part-time as many as 6 days a week until completing high school. Frank then worked for an auto service station until he was drafted into the Army during the Korean War. Following basic training in Colorado, he was stationed in Alaska, attaining the rank of sergeant. Upon his honorable discharge, Frank returned to Bridgeville and worked first at the Flannery Bolt Co. where his father worked, and later at the Universal Cyclops steel mill. In 1954 Frank met the love of his life through a bowling league. He and Irene (“Renie”) were married on May 11, 1956, at Zion Lutheran Church in Bridgeville, PA. Not long afterward, Frank was laid off from the steel mill, so he and Irene indulged in a honeymoon trip to Florida. Tired of the difficult conditions and unsteady employment of factory work, Frank decided to try a different path. He landed a Sales/Marketing job with Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania, where he worked for the remainder of his career. He eventually became the sales representative to Westinghouse Electric in Pittsburgh and was so appreciated by his customer they offered him a job! While working to support his family, Frank devoted time to Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in West View, PA. Over the years he served in the roles of Sunday School Superintendent, Elder, Trustee, Vice President, and President. Upon retirement in 1985, Frank and Irene relocated to Melbourne, FL where they became active members of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Frank served in various roles including Elder, Vice President, President, and Custodian. He was also active in-service projects with the Telephone Pioneers of America. Frank and Irene traveled extensively. They visited all 50 states, Canada, Europe, China, Australia, New Zealand, and several countries in South America and the Caribbean. They also made visiting family in Pennsylvania a priority. When he wasn't volunteering or traveling, Frank filled his free time with DIY projects and household chores. He also enjoyed swimming, long walks, happy hour, and talking to anyone, anytime, anywhere. Following Irene's devastating stroke in 2014 Frank gave her countless hours of faithful companionship until her death in 2017, despite suffering from depression which led him to isolate himself from supportive friends and to drop most of the activities he had previously enjoyed. His own physical decline the last year of his life only exacerbated that illness. Frank is survived by his two children, Eric Oelschlager, and April (Richard) Drucker; his brothers, Robert (Sandy) and Wilbur (Kay) Oelschlager; his sisters, Jane Kozak, Judy Dames, and Carol Lockhart; and 14 nieces and nephews. Frank was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife of 61 years, and five nieces and nephews. The family has chosen to hold a memorial service and celebration of life this summer in Frank's hometown of Bridgeville, PA. At that time, his and Irene's cremains will be buried together at Melrose Cemetery. Details will be announced at a later date. The family wishes to acknowledge Beverly Floyd for being a friend to Frank and Irene, and for providing support that enabled Frank to live independently since Irene's death, until the last few months of his life. Special thanks also to Pastors Ron Myer and Kevin Duff and the lay ministers of Faith Viera Lutheran in Rockledge for attending to Frank's spiritual needs, and to the care teams at AdventHealth Medical Center in Lake Wales, and Brookdale Conway Assisted Living and Cornerstone Hospice in Orlando. Expressions of condolence may be made to the family using the Tribute Wall of this obituary. In lieu of flowers, donations in Frank's memory may be made to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) at www.nami.org or to your local community of Christian faith.

Today we are welcoming back the creator of Damn Sis, You Can Clap - Sarah Carmele.Sarah Carmele, hailing from Lake Wales, Florida. Author of Mind Under Troubled Waters, Nurse, CEO of Feel The Reel Productions, and creator of the shoe, Damn Sis You Can Clap. Mom of two children, creator, dreamer, and advocate of mental health and overall well-being. Follow @sarahcarmele across social mediaWATCH first episode of Damn Sis, You Can Clap for FREE:https://www.onestnetwork.com/zen/e2-dsyccConnect with ONEST Fam on social media:https://www.onestbusiness.com/social

Today you are meeting the creator of Damn Sis, You Can Clap - Sarah Carmele.Sarah Carmele, hailing from Lake Wales, Florida. Author of Mind Under Troubled Waters, Nurse, CEO of Feel The Reel Productions, and creator of the shoe, Damn Sis You Can Clap. Mom of two children, creator, dreamer, and advocate of mental health and overall well-being. Follow @sarahcarmele across social mediaWATCH first episode of Damn Sis, You Can Clap for FREE:https://www.onestnetwork.com/zen/e2-dsyccConnect with ONEST Fam on social media:https://www.onestbusiness.com/social

Talk smack and you might actually get smacked in these ghost stories! Join Lily as she recounts the mysterious house hauntings of the Mann family in Lake Wales, Florida. Afterwards, Chase titillates our thirst for American Colonial torture punishments that inevitably led to the angry ghost of Harry Maine located in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

So happy to be already onto Episode #2 and thanks for downloading n' listening. Please pass the pod around to others :) Ep#2 has an interview with David Taylor, an instructor at Aviator, Lake Wales, Florida. I've know David since his first flying days and now he's out there putting food on the table by teaching our great sport... perfect candidate for a little chit-chat :)

God is the source of our comfort.    Today's guest, life coach, marriage coach, and mental health coach Christina Hjort shares her story about living in a world of discomfort.   What does it take to release shame and guilt from your past, allowing the true source of comfort that only God gives to enter your life? Please join us for today's podcast to find out.   ******* Welcome to empowering lives with purpose. And I'm your host, Kimberly Hobbs. I am the founder of Women world leaders. Ladies, we are so grateful for every time you join with us on our podcast. Today, I have the privilege to introduce you to our guest today. Christina Hjort. Christina is from Winter Haven, Florida. Thank you, Christina, for joining us. Christina Hjort   Thank you, Kimberly. It's an honor to be here. I'm excited about the word that God is bringing through this message today. Kimberly Hobbs   Amen. And we're excited to hear. Ladies, God is working in you. He's working in me, Christina, he's lurking in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him. That's Philippians 2:13. So today, ladies, we believe that God will strengthen and encourage each of us as we walk through this podcast together. And just listen to the story shared by Christina. We're going to talk about comfort today. So our it's our hopes that we can encourage you to be comforted in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, because that is where our ultimate comfort comes from. I want to share a little bit about our guests Christina York today. Christina served honorably as a veteran of the United States Marine Corps for five years. Thank you so much, Christina for your service. God bless you. Thanks. She served in Operation Desert Storm and I am sure you have stories to share with that. But Chris has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida. And she has been a small business owner for seven years and she is an AA certified professional life coach. She's a break water professional ministry, marriage coach, and currently studying to be a Board Certified Master mental health coach. Wow. Chris has a passion for serving in this part of the welcome team at High Point church and Lake Wales. She's been married to Matt since 2015, and has a blended family with four children and three grandchildren. And together they believe that the Christ Church relationship provides us with a model for our own marriage. And through the husband wife relationship, we have the opportunity to mirror God's love and His will for mankind and the world. We believe that today ladies, as we talk about comfort, the word comfort, I want to start off with sharing some scripture that I believe is going to carry us into Christina's story. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, I'm reading from the Passion Translation says that all praises belong to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he is the father of tender mercy and the God of endless comfort. He always comes alongside us to comfort us in every suffering so that we can come alongside those who are in any painful trial, we can bring them the same comfort that God has poured out upon us. And ladies, those of you that walk with Jesus know, the beautiful comfort that we come that we can have that only comes from Him. And it's here that I want to have Christina, introduce her story to you that starts off with growing up with a very abusive father. Good times from a mother with love. But she was not comfortable in her home life. And Christina, can you share a little bit about the brokenness? Christina Hjort   Yes, so the only memory I have of my father Jerry and mother Peggy together with them arguing. Remember one time in the kitchen they were arguing fiercely and my father threw my mother against the refrigerator out of anger. My father had been severely abused as a child, and now he had become the abuser. My mother left that relationship at five years old. My mother and my father were divorced. I don't remember a lot from those days that I do remember some good times with my mom and I do remember some weekends with my father. My father he, he called me his princess. I mean, when I was at my father's house, he would take me for doughnuts and ice cream. He liked the finer things of life. But for my brother, life was just how on earth it was filled with abuse and pain. He was physically abused by my father. So when I was eight years old and my mother, she met Ronnie Ashley's, the master sergeant of the United States Marine Corps, he was being reassigned to a military base in Virginia Beach, Virginia, which is a long way from San Diego, California, where I was born and raised. My mom and Ron, they had a whirlwind romance. They got married in January of 1980, and relocated to Virginia. Rod was a good man, he was willing to take responsibility for a single mom, two children. He had a wonderful sense of humor and a very strong protective way about him. But over the years, I found out that he suffered with PTSD from being a Vietnam veteran, excuse me and suffered and struggled with alcoholism. He could be a very hard man to please. That summer in 1980, after they were wed, my brother was flown out to visit us. One evening, shortly after my brother had arrived, we were sitting at the dinner table. So sorry, my mother, my mother, she had handed my brother a plate of food, which she just commenced to shoveling down as fast as he could. My mom said to Jeremy, you don't have to eat so fast. No one's going to take your plate from you. Apparently, I pulled my mom aside and politely advised her that Jeremy regularly had his food taken from him as a form of punishment at my father's house. My mother, she was shocked and heartbroken. She contacted our father and informed him that their son was not leaving Virginia, and that she would be assuming full parental custody. After that day, I did not hear from my father for another 21 years. Wow. Yeah. Even at the early age of 10 years old. It was just it was too late for my brother and he was so broken from the abuse of our father. As years passed, he was in and out of counseling. He struggled in school, he used marijuana to ease the pain from the past. He was broken and manic depressive. I was not aware of any of this at the time to me, my brother was the most amazing person. I knew he was funny. He was popular. He was athletic. He was a brilliant artist. He did everything right in my eyes. He used to wake me up in the morning tickling me until I couldn't breathe. He was the first person to tell me about Jesus. So for a while, I thought things were gonna be okay. You know, we were trying to make it work as a family. After high school, Jeremy went into the Army and I went to the Marine Corps. Of course, I was trying to live up to my stepdads standard. I'll never forget getting a phone call from my brother Jeremy. For Thanksgiving, it was 1990 I was on duty. He called me and he told me to resolve any issues or disputes that I had with my mom and my stepdad and to take care of them. He told me that he loved me something that he rarely said. And then on December 6 of 1990, I got the news that would change my life forever. My brother was dead from suicide. My world just came crashing down. I'm so sorry. Kimberly Hobbs   I'm so sorry. And I know you're even struggling in this moment to share, to share but your pain started right there. Like you said it changed your life. And because of that pain, you act it out. And you are even sharing with me, Christina and I'm sure ladies you can relate to this pain. If you've lost somebody so dear to you and you don't understand why and then all of the things that created this perfect storm in her life for her to act out. She was uncomfortable. She wasn't comfortable in her life. There was no comfort around her know where to turn. So Christina, you You told me that you started acting out in different ways alcoholism, men in your life divorce, different things started happening. You said at one time that you the woman in the well, at the Bible, we are in the Bible. We know that story about the woman in the well. You said that she looked like a saint compared to your life. So we know that there was acting out in this pain, this horrible pain and understandably that you were going through rough times rough years. But you told me that you experienced shame and guilt. And I'm thinking, Okay, you experience shame and guilt. Why is that? Can you explain the shame and guilt that you felt? Christina Hjort   Yeah, I think that the the abandonment from my, my father, and then the inadequacy that I felt for my stepdad. And then, you know, the loss of my brother, it just broke me. I had so many questions. I was wondering, Was it my fault and lied and blame? What can I do differently to be worthy of love? I just had so many questions and no answers. I spent the next 20 years going from relationship to relationship and religion to religion trying to fill that hole in my heart I was I was in relationship with the alcoholic and the addict, the abuser. The adults are trying to fill the emptiness that only God can fill each relationship ending in disaster. I was baptized three times in three different denominations trying to just wash off. The shame and guilt of my life only did come up out of those baptismal waters just feeling dirty than dirtier than before. I went to counseling for five years trying to put the puzzle pieces of self destruction and shattered heart back together. I just I didn't believe that I deserve goodness and peace. I just wanted to read out of limitations. Chapter one lamentation Chapter One Two says she leaves bed early in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all of her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her they have become her enemies. And lamentation is when nine says her uncleanness was in her skirts, and she did not consider her future. Therefore she has fallen in Astonishingly, she has no comforter, see, oh Lord, my affliction for the enemy as the enemy this magnified himself. I just love this because Jeremiah was calling God's people to repentance. After this, but years ago of disobedience. We see God's compassion and comfort. In this, you know, and how he experiences people. I mean, no matter how bad or how devastating our sin is, our father invites us to repent, and to be healed by the blood of Jesus. So somewhere through all of this, even deep down, I knew that God was always there. He was watching over me. He was walking before me and he would make a way I love in Jeremiah 2911, where he says that vein is the status works for I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD plans to prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you a hope and future. Kimberly Hobbs   That is so good. Oh my goodness, that is so good and so powerful. And yes, those words. God doesn't want to leave you where you are ladies, none of you. He doesn't want you in that uncomfortable. Self Destruction feeling like, like Christina was experiencing. It's a horrible place to be. And especially when we're struggling there with shame and guilt. It's like the enemy just heaps it on us more and more and more. So, Christina, again, as you described, you know, there was no comfort around you, you are all alone. By God key had a plan. But the enemy was trying to keep you from being comforted, right because he knew you were going to be this powerful force for the Lord Jesus Christ because look at your life now But God kept trying to get your attention while the enemy kept pounding, the discomfort, the misery everything that you were experiencing, which made you go to alcoholism and all of this. It's not an excuse, ladies. It's just it's that reality. When you don't know where to turn, you turn to these things hoping to find comfort. Bert, there. So ladies, please, please listen closely right now is we're going to share, don't find your comfort in other things, men. Alcoholism, yep, blaming it on everything else. But look to God, He is the only source of your comfort. So God kept trying to get your attention, Christina, and he wanted to comfort you. So he used your daughter in the car, which you're going to share about and he also used your friend Lisa. So tell the ladies just how God loved you where you were. He loves you in your guilt and shame. And he used these two incidents powerfully. Christina Hjort   He did. He absolutely did. So in 2012, I had just bought a house in Winter Haven, Florida. I was divorced yet again. And I had three children Austin, was 13 Ryan, who's 10 and Maggie who's nine. I, I was trying to fresh start, even though I was still stuck in my ways and and blind to God's will for my life. One day while driving to school, my daughter said, Well, why don't why don't you stop listening to this kind of music on the radio and turn on the joy of them, which is our local Christian station. Jesus tells us in Matthew I love this out of the mouths of babes you have perfected praise. And how true is that? He used my daughter to to, to change the direction of my life. So she reached over at that moment, she changed the station and she started saying... Kimberly Hobbs   Amen, amen daughter. Yeah, you go girl. Christina Hjort   She started singing the next Christian song. I just remember that morning being so amazing. Just filled with just words of hope and joy and love. I vowed to leave that station on in my car. Psalms 118 14 says the Lord is my strength And my song in victory. So that was a life changing moment for me. But in my life, I always struggled with right versus wrong, good versus evil. I love when Paul says in Romans four, I do not do the good I want but the evil I do not is what I keep doing. I mean, how do we relate to that? I know I do. I wanted to be holy, but I didn't understand how to get there. I still imagine the God of the universe in heaven ready and waiting for me to screw up again. So he could rain down as rats like something that I certainly felt like I believed I had such a wretched life. I mean, I love Jesus. But did I really believe that I deserved the gift of His death, His burial in his resurrection? I didn't. Oh goodness. How could How could a good God love a person like me? It was just a struggle until 2013. I had a dear friend Lisa. Oh, I love her. She pulled me aside and told me something I just needed to hear my soul needed to hear. She told me that God is not like my earthly father, who fell short. And at the end of me. She told me that God is the best father a girl can ask for a daddy was his daughter more than words, consenting. He's the Papa who will never leave me. He will never abandon me. He will always take care of me. I mean, he's the father I can trust. I can have a personal and intimate relationship with him. And the light bulb came on that day. It's, it's a day I'll never forget that. My father was not condemning me. I was condemning me. And then Isaiah 4110 This is my life. Verse. God says, so do not fear for I am with you. Do not be dismayed for I am your God, I will see you and I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. So from that day, little by little things started to change. I remember when they in 2015 I found myself just spaced down weeping on the floor of my bedroom. I was just I was alone, worn out from years of self abandoned innocent and I cried out to God and I told him that I fully surrendered my life to him. I had been, you know, a religious Christian for many years, but now I wanted a relationship with him. And I felt like he wanted to relationship with me. Yes, yes. I made a commitment to him that day to get to know him better. I made a commitment to wait on Him and to obey him i That verse in John three, He must increase but I must decrease I would say less of me and more of you God. I believe in that omit that I felt his arms wrapped around me while I was laying there just completely broken. And I ultimate comfort, the ultimate comforter. And somehow I just knew that day that things were going to be different. So it Nehemiah he says, Do not greed for the Lord, or for the joy of the Lord is your strength. And then Paul, he writes in Corinthians and says, our hope for you is firm because we know that just as you share our suffering, so also you share in our comfort. Yes, yes, ladies, all of us have difficult days where we are struggling, and we're stressed, but do not lose hope. Share your stories, sharing your suffering, and ask your father in heaven to be the god of comfort for you today. Kimberly Hobbs   What a good word, what a good word, Christina, God loved you where you were, in that guilt and shame. Ladies, if you are there, if you can relate to anything this precious woman of God is saying, you know what it's like to be in that discomfort, and hurt and pain. But God says when the eight when the enemy is aiming his arrows at you, ladies, when you are feeling that, and you're feeling right now that oh my gosh, I hurts so bad, and nothing, nothing is making me feel better. The Lord is my strength and shield, I trust him with all my heart, he helps me and my heart is filled with joy. I burst in songs of Thanksgiving, Psalm 28, seven, God knew what He was doing when he provided your daughter Christina, to turn that radio station to worship music, which you never changed again. And you started changing through that music. God was comforting you with his words with his love. And that was only the beginning until Lisa came into your life and introduced you to the loving father that was going to comfort you permanently. And again, your heart burst into joy of song and thanksgiving. It's a total new way to walk in freedom, right? Because God wasn't condemning you, Christina, you were condemning you, ladies, God doesn't condemn you. Don't be stuck in that guilt and shame. We bring that upon ourselves. So just like some of you are carrying that, know that in his love in his grace, He brings you out of that life and into everything that He has for you. And that's what we're here trying to comfort you with, is that God loves you, He will never abandon you. He will never leave you or forsake you. Christina, there's a listener out there who's hurting, and she's full of discomfort from a wound that just won't heal. And we all know those wounds that just won't stop. So what can you offer her in the form of hope, honey, Christina Hjort   I'm going to encourage her to step out in victory, that there's a God who loves us in, in everything that we are, all the past hurts all the sense. Everything that we've been through, there's a guide, a daddy in heaven, who, who loves us and wants us to be victorious. And he's bigger, with his arms wide open, ready to comfort us and to give us a joy and a peace that does pass all all understanding. It's true. It's true. And I encourage you if you don't know, if you don't know that Jesus, I would be happy to introduce you to him. Kimberly Hobbs   Amen. Amen. And I know you had some scripture that was so important to you about comfort in 2 Corinthians. Can you share that scripture? I have it right here actually I do. Because it was so when when we talked about it in our conversation, Christina, it just got me right in the heart. And ladies, listen to this. It is just beautiful. If trouble weighs us down. That just means that we will receive even more comfort to pass on to you for your deliverance for the comfort pouring into us empowers us to bring comfort to you. You can endure victoriously the same suffering that we experienced Now, our hope for you is unshakable, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings you will also share in God's comforting strength. And again, that's Second Corinthians 1627. That's the passion translation. And I'm sorry, Christina, I didn't mean to put you on the spot. But you know what, thankfully God said, Kimberly, prepare that that Scripture because I wanted to emphasize it again, hoping that you would share it. That yes, Christina Hjort   That when we were talking about this upcoming event, God had brought those to my attention, and how, you know, he really does want to come for us and how He wants us to live victorious. And I love that I love that he's there for us, and he's ready to receive us. We just have to surrender our will. And I love it. I love it so much. I love our Father God. Kimberly Hobbs   Amen. And you know, ladies, beauty of how he has changed her life, Christina and this woman is such a joy and we are so grateful that you are part of women world leaders and and as we were sharing and preparing for this podcast, wow, God came in powerfully did he not Christina. And through her sharing the story, my heart was pounding. We at women were leaders are putting together a book this year called surrendered, yielded with purpose. And her story was a beautiful story of surrendered. And so I get to share with you that Christina York is going to be one of the authors in surrendered, yielded with purpose, and you're going to hear her full story or read her full story when that book comes out, hopefully by the end of 2022. So please be praying, ladies as we do these writings with amazing women of God that he brings. And you may be one of those women that are listening in right now that have a story that you want to share. And through coming on these podcasts, ladies, you're just helping others to relate to you and identify with you. On the internet. Let them have compassion and hope through your story of finding Jesus that they could to and all of our stories are different, right? Yours doesn't look like Christina's nor does it look like mine. But God gave you a story. So I pray that as you've listened to today, and you have found comfort, even if you are in that uncomfortable place, we pray that Christina sharing her story has allowed God to bring comfort into your heart through the scriptures that she shared. Oh my goodness, ladies, you each carry powerful testimonies, and you may not even know it. And God wants to use you an incredibly powerful ways to serve and glorify Him. That's what we do here at women. We're leaders, we're here to come together and help each other and encourage each other to Jesus, right? So please, if you're listening ladies, jot down women world leaders.com Go to our website, search us out, you can email me like Christina said, if you want to know Jesus, and you don't please contact Christina. Christina how do they contact you? Christina Hjort   You can email me at CHJORT15@Gmail. I'd love to hear from you. If you want to write I'd be happy to be your pen pal. Kimberly Hobbs   That's so beautiful sweetie. And you can always reach Christina through womenworldleaders.com as well. And ladies if you want to. Christina Hjort   Also I'm so sorry Kimberly but through Breakwater Ministries, we I can be reached through Breakwater Ministries as well where my husband and I are serving, you know, a mission marriage for or other marriages. Kimberly Hobbs   That's right. She is healed. She's comforted. She's serving in a ministry ladies if you need marriage coaching if you need life coaching, that's why she is so open to have you contact her reach out to her. She's a beautiful woman of God and she's here to help to help. That's what we're all here to do. So ladies, we love you. We pray that you were encouraged today, strengthened by this podcast and you can tune in each Monday, Wednesday and Friday to our podcasts and be uplifted in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and ladies, we also want to invite you to receive voice of truth publication that's the magazine that comes out every quarter. And ladies, it's available digitally on our website, as well as if you are in the United States, you can get your free copy every quarter and it's beautiful table top quality. And you can be uplifted and encouraged by other women in the ministry that right from their heart and share scripture that God has laid on their hearts to share with you. I also would love to invite you ladies we have a an event coming up. And it's coming up this week. So please, please, you don't have to live in Palm Beach County, but we June 4, at nine o'clock at Kaiser University, the flagship campus. We are having our first Renu event where we are gathering together with women that can come and just be blessed. And listen for three and a half hours to praise and worship prayer, encouragement, speakers fun, we've got everything and ladies that are listening from other countries because we've got you listening and over 70 countries now. We are not leaving you out because you are women, world leaders. And you know what, we are live streaming. So the live streaming will start after the praise and worship because of copyright. But we want to include each and every one of you into this event. And let you know that you can join right in with us from wherever you are, get a party together, have a watch party, whenever you can watch, we just pray that you'll join in. Because we know that God has called us to gather again for a purpose and we're including all of our listeners from around the world. Ladies, catch us on Facebook, that's where it's going to be live streamed to the women world leaders Facebook group. And if you're not already on it, please ask or request to come in women world leaders. It's a private group. So you have to request to come in and we will see you on Saturday June 4 at 9am. Eastern in person or 930 if you're joining us for live stream. thank our guests today Christina hort. We are so grateful that you came on to share your story today. God bless you all. Unknown Speaker   God bless you. Kimberly Hobbs   God bless you all and have a beautiful and blessed day.  

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