Podcasts about Lehigh Valley

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2026 22:30

Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Become a partner or contact us On this episode of Off the Record with the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast, we're highlighting The Chopper Foundation and the work they're doing to help families access lifesaving veterinary care when money is tight, so people do not have to surrender a pet or make an impossible decision. We're joined by Sharon, Moreen, and Dr. Lee for a conversation about how The Chopper Foundation started, what the need looks like in real life, and how community partnerships make it possible to keep pets healthy and at home. Sharon shares what she saw again and again when dogs were relinquished: lack of funds for care, or behavioral issues, often after a dog had already been rehomed. She talks about how the unexpected loss of Chopper became the turning point, and how she decided to turn that loss into action that helps other families keep their pets. The episode also digs into what support can look like beyond emergency vet bills, including food distribution. The foundation has worked with community partners to provide large food donations and run what they call a “chow line,” with past stops in Reading, Allentown, and Bethlehem, and a goal of expanding to Easton. The point is simple: help families who are stretched thin so they do not have to choose between feeding themselves and feeding their pets. Looking ahead to 2026, The Chopper Foundation shares plans for a low-cost vaccination clinic and ways local sponsors can help make basic care more accessible, including a “sponsor one shot” approach. For more information and ways to support: https://www.thechopperfoundation.org/ Sign up for our Newsletter! Thank you to our Partners! WDIY 88.1 FM Wind Creek Event Center Michael Bernadyn of RE/MAX Real Estate Molly’s Irish Grille & Sports Pub Banko Beverage Company Advertisement Advertisement Email your news release to info@lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com Subscribe to our email list

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Defend Public Radio with Lovecartel - Your Next Favorite Band

Your Next Favorite Band

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2026 96:05

Many of our finest institutions are under attach by removing funding and support. One such pillar is public radio - stations across the country are faced with difficult decisions and intimidating challenges on how to accomplish their missions with drastically reduced or non-existing funding from our government.Stations like WDIY here in the Lehigh Valley that provides so much for our community now approach an uncertain future with the hopes that the coommunity they've served for so long will continue to and increase their support financially.And thanks to citizens like Lucas Wolk, there is hope. Lucas has organized the Defend Public Radio event, bringing together 4 bands, food trucks, local vendors and raffles and giveaways all in the hopes of generating funding and support for the station. And to inspire others to take similar action in other communities.Lucas is also a member of the band Lovecartel - one of the bands on the line-up. They are joined by Drew & the Blue, We're From Antarctica and Dear Misty to hit the stage and delight our earholes.In this episode we'll be joined by Executive Director of WDIY Margaret McConnell to learn first hand how these funding cuts have impacted the operation. And how they are persevering.We'll also hear spend time with Lucas Wolk and Ash Kernan of Lovecartel to hear all about their band's journey, and the inspiration to put on this show to support WDIY.Text us your thoughts on this episode, and who should be OUR #NextFavBand...As always, our hope is to bring you "your next favorite band". If you tuned in today because you already knew this musician - thank you very much! We hope that you enjoyed it and would consider following us and subscribing so we can bring you your #nextfavband in the future. And check out nextfavband.com for our entire catalog of interviews!If you have a recommendation on who you think OUR next favorite band should be, hit us up on social media (@nextfavband everywhere) or send us an email at nextfavband@stereophiliastudio.com.Thank you to Carver Commodore, argonaut&wasp, and Blair Crimmins for allowing us to use their music in the show open and close. It makes everything sound so much better! Let's catch a live show together soon!#nextfavband #livemusic #music #musicinterview #musician #singer #guitar #song #newmusic #explorepage #instamusic #bestmusic #musicismylife #musicindustry #musiclife #songwriter #musiclover #musicfestival

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Beef Tallow Skin Care, Red-Light Therapy and More Trends: Part Two

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2026 9:23

What's the beef with tallow? Depending on your skin type, beef tallow (cow fat) skin care can either leave you hydrated or clog your pores. If you want to hear which skin care trends you should try or skip, you'll want to listen to the latest episode of The Healthiest You podcast. In Part Two of our podcast series, you'll hear from medical esthetician Karissa Wolf, with Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), part of Jefferson Health. What are the pros and cons of using beef tallow skin care? Does face tape work for smoothing fine lines and wrinkles? Which at-home face mask recipes work? Are at-home red-light therapy masks worth it? Should you use an ice roller to depuff your face? We answer these questions and more on The Healthiest You podcast this month.Chapters:0:01 - Intro0:21 - Beef tallow skin care0:53 - Face tape for anti-aging 2:05 - DIY face masks 3:22 - Red-light therapy masks 4:41 - Ice baths and ice rollers5:31 - Self-tanner or sunless tanning6:21 - Building a strong skin barrier7:08 - Skin care trends we've tried8:14 - The secret to healthy skin

Celebrating Pennsylvania's historic place in America's 250th birthday

Hemlocks to Hellbenders

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2026 53:12

The story of the United States of America cannot be told without Pennsylvania. Independence Hall. The Declaration of Independence. Philadelphia. The Liberty Bell. Benjamin Franklin. George Washington's Crossing of the Delaware. The Battle of Brandywine. And Valley Forge. Pennsylvania is called the Keystone State because it refers to the central stone in an arch that holds all other stones in place, symbolizing strength and stability. Pennsylvania was the hub of political and economic activity during the colonial period and played a pivotal role in American history. Pennsylvania – it's people, its industries, its thinkers, it's revolutionaries, its influence, it's morals and its resources – serve as the bedrock of these United States. And throughout this year, we are going to be celebrating our place in history as part of the 250th Anniversary of the United States. The semiquincentennial – as it's known – will be celebrated in the original 13 colonies as well as throughout the entire country. But, you know, we're here to talk about Pennsylvania. While so much of our colonial history took place in and around Philadelphia, America 250 PA will be highlighting the incredible contributions of all of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. From Lancasters farmers to Pittsburgh's factory workers. From the fisherman in Erie to the coal miners of Lehigh Valley. I'm a history lover, I don't hide this fact. Give me a book or documentary series about the American Revolution or Civil War and I'm a happy camper. But you don't have to be a history buff to care about this year's historic celebrations.This upcoming celebration serves as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn about the founding of this amazing Commonwealth and country. There's going to be concerts, fireworks, educational programs, lecture series, family events, volunteer opportunities and so much more. On this episode, I speak with Matt Darragh. Matt is the Chief of Staff for America250PA.Be sure to support our 2025 sponsors:Keystone Trails AssociationPurple Lizard MapsPennsylvania Parks and Forests FoundationSisters' SunflowersDiscover Clarion CountyGo Laurel Highlands Support the showVisit our website to learn more about the podcast, to purchase merch and to find out about our incredible sponsors. Follow us on Instagram and Meta to stay connected. Hosting, production and editing: Christian AlexandersenMusic: Jon SauerGraphics: Matt Davis

Alison Conklin on Photography, Bonus Days Magazine, and Finding Beauty in the Hard Parts

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2026 14:32

Get More at LVwithLOVE.com! Become a partner or contact us On this episode of the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast, we sit down with photographer and storyteller Alison Conklin, the publisher of Bonus Days Magazine, to talk about what it means to keep creating, even in the middle of the hardest seasons of life. Recorded at Dan's Camera City, this conversation starts with the way Alison sees the world through a lens and how “who you are personally is like your power.” From there, she shares the moment her health story took a sharp turn: “he told me in July that I had six months to live,” and what happened next as she faced the reality of needing a heart transplant. Alison talks candidly about the waiting, the fear, and the pace of it all, including the shock of how fast things moved once she was listed. But the story doesn't stop at survival. It turns into purpose and into print. That's where Bonus Days Magazine comes in, a print magazine centered on “all transplants and chronic illness,” created to “tell these stories that are not toxic positive.” Alison's not pretending it's easy: “not gonna tell you it's all sunshine and rainbows.” She makes space for nuance too: “two things can be very true at the same time”… and sometimes, “just existing is enough.” LINKS Bonus Days Magazine: https://www.bonusdaysmag.com/ Alison Conklin: https://www.alisonconklin.com/ Sign up for our Newsletter! Thank you to our Partners! WDIY 88.1 FM Wind Creek Event Center Michael Bernadyn of RE/MAX Real Estate Molly’s Irish Grille & Sports Pub Banko Beverage Company Advertisement Advertisement Email your news release to info@lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com Subscribe to our email list (more…)

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Save, Splurge or Skip It Skin Care: Part One

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 11:12

In a sea of skin care options, knowing which products and treatments are worth it will save you time, money and breakouts. Now is the time to say goodbye to those half-used products collecting dust and find out what works best for you. If you need recommendations or want to learn more about getting a personalized skin care regimen, you'll want to listen to the latest episode of The Healthiest You podcast. In Part One of our podcast series, you'll hear from medical esthetician Karissa Wolf, with Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health. What are the differences between professional dermaplaning and at-home dermaplaning? Which in-office procedures are most effective for smoothing fine lines and wrinkles? Which ingredients should you avoid in skin care products? When can you save money and get drugstore products? What custom facials are offered? We answer these questions and more on The Healthiest You podcast this month.Chapters:0:01 - Intro0:53 - Skin care basics1:16 - To wash your face or not1:43 - Products you should avoid using at the same time2:31 - UV sensitivity 3:09 - Drugstore products vs. high-end options4:12 - Ingredients to look for5:36 - Ingredients to avoid6:17 - Seeing a medical esthetician 7:08 - Custom facials7:44 - Dermaplaning 8:50 - Anti-aging options9:16 - Chemical peels10:17 - The No. 1 skin care question Karissa gets asked

AG Craft Beer Cast Wet Ticket Brewing

AG Craft Beer Cast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 45:16

Tim Pewitt co-owner of Wet Ticket Brewing joined me for 2 segments. We're talking about their recent 9th Anniversary, beers coming out soon and how to brew a beer event. News from Other Half, Troegs, Icarus. Spring beer fest in the Lehigh Valley. Anniversary party at Three 3's. More breweries closing and more. #drinklocal #smallbusinessowners #music #podcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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S8E233: In Phlight - Ep 233 - Wild Card Weekend - Eagles vs 49ers

The Philadelphia Sports Table | Philly Sports News & Views

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2026 19:34

Will the real Philadelphia Eagles please stand up? This is a championship caliber Defense... but which Offense will we see when the lights get bright in the postseason?! @crockettonair joins the fellas of Lehigh Valley Fox Sports to shake the crystal ball in the IN PHLIGHT podcast! Brought to you by Kitay Law Offices - 'The Law Firm With a Heart' -- visit KitayLegal.com! And by CAT Country 96 -- the Lehigh Valley's Home of the Philadelphia Eagles! As well as Cumulus Media Allentown! Find this podcast on our station's websites -- and wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode 251 – Chronic Bladder Symptoms, Biofilms, and the Hidden Genetic Drivers

Let's Talk Wellness Now

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2026 48:25

Dr. Deb 0:01Welcome back to another episode of Let’s Talk Wellness Now, and I’m your host, Dr. Deb, and today we’re pulling back the curtain on a topic that barely gets a whisper in conventional medicine. Chronic bladder symptoms, biofilms, and the hidden genetic drivers that keep so many women stuck in a cycle of pain, urgency, and infection that never truly resolves. My guest today is someone who is not only brilliant, but battle-tested, like myself. Dr. Kristen Ryman is a physician, a mom, and the author of Life After Lyme, a book and blueprint that has helped countless people reclaim health after complex chronic illness. After healing herself from advanced Lyme, she has spent her career helping patients recover their most vibrant, resilient selves through her Inner Flow program. Her Healing Grove podcast, her membership community, and her deep dive work on bladder biofilms and stealth pathogens. And what I love about Kristen is that she teaches from lived experience. In 2022, she suffered a stroke. And not only survived it, but rebuilt her brain, resolved lateral strabismus, restored balance, and regained her ability to multitask That journey uncovered her own genetic predisposition to clotting, the very same patterns she sees in her chronic bladder patients. And that personal revelation ultimately led to her Introducing this groundbreaking work that we’re talking about today. So let’s get into it, because bladder biofilms, clotting genetics, stealth pathogens, and real recovery is the conversation women have been needing for decades. And we’ll get started. Where did this one go? There we go. Alright, so welcome back to Let’s Talk Wellness Now. I have Dr. Kristen with me, and I am so excited to talk to her for multiple reasons. A, she’s got a fabulous story, and B, she’s an expert in a topic that nobody’s talking about, and I want to learn from her, too. So, welcome to the show. Kristin Reihman 3:07Thank you! I’m so happy to be here, Dr. Deb. Dr. Deb 3:10Thank you. Well, let’s dive right in, because we have so much to talk about, and you and I could probably talk for hours. So, let’s dive into this conversation, and tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got involved in this. Kristin Reihman 3:23Well, I mean, like so many people, I think, on this path, I had, had to learn it the hard way. You know, I had to find my way into a mystery illness, a complex, mysterious set of symptoms that sort of didn’t fit the… the sort of description of what, you know, normal doctors do, and even though I was a normal doctor for many years, nothing I’d been trained in could help me when I was really debilitated from Lyme disease back in 2011, 20212, 2023. And so I kind of had to crawl my way out of that, using all the resources at my disposal, which, you know, started out with a lot of ILADS stuff, you know, a lot of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, resources online, found some Lyme doctors, and then my journey really quickly evolved to sort of, like, way far afield of normal Western medicine, which is what my training is in you know, I think within a year of my diagnosis, I was, like, you know, at a Klingheart conference, and learning all sort of, you know, the naturopathic approach to Lyme, and really trying to heal my body and terrain, and heal the process that had led me to become so, so ill from, you know. A little bacteria. Dr. Deb 4:29Yeah. Yeah, same here. Like, I’ve been an ILADS practitioner for over 20 years, and when I got sick with Lyme, I was like… how did I not realize this? And I knew I had Lyme before I even was ILADS trained, but when I got really sick and got diagnosed with MS, I never thought about Lyme or mycotoxins or any of that, because I was too busy, head down, doing what I’m doing, helping people. And I, too, had to take that step back, not just physically, but more spiritually and emotionally, and say, how did my body get this sick? Like, what was I doing, and what was I not doing? That allowed this to happen, and now look at this from a healing aspect of not just the physical side, but that spiritual-emotional side as well. Kristin Reihman 5:13Totally. I have the same… I have the same realization as I was coming out of it. I was like, wow, this wasn’t just about, sort of, physically what I was doing and not doing. There was something spiritual here as well for me, and I… I feel like it really was a wake-up call for me to get on the path that I’m supposed to be on, the path that I’m on now, really, which is stepping away from the whole medicine matrix model and moving into, you know, working with really complex people. Listening to their bodies, understanding intuition, understanding energy, understanding all these different pieces that doctors just aren’t trained to look at. Dr. Deb 5:46Right? We don’t have time to learn everything, right? Like, you have time to learn the body and the medical side of things, and that’s a whole prism of itself, but then learning the spiritual energy medicine, that’s a completely different paradigm. That’s a full-time learning aspect, and it’s so different than what we learn in conventional medicine. Kristin Reihman 6:04Yeah, it’s a complete health system. Like, it’s a complete healthcare system. Dr. Deb 6:10Yes, and nobody takes it that seriously, but I, for myself, I’ve been spiritual healing for decades, and it wasn’t until I got really sick that I dived deeper into that and looked at what is it in this world that I’m owning, what belongs to generational things that were brought to me from childbirth and other generations in my family that I’m carrying their old wounds. And how do I clear some of that so that it’s not still following me? And then how do I help my kids so that they don’t have to carry what I brought forth? And it’s just… a lot of people, that may sound crazy, but that’s the kind of stuff that we need to be looking at if we want to truly heal. Kristin Reihman 6:54Yeah, and I think it’s also, it’s inspiring, you know, because when people… and I would tell this to my patients with Lyme and these sort of mystery illnesses, like, look, you are on this path for a reason, and this is going to teach you so much that you didn’t necessarily want to learn, but you need to learn. And this… nothing that you learn or change about your lifestyle or the way in which you move through the world is gonna make you a worse person. Like, it’s only gonna sort of up-level you. You know, it’s gonna up-level your diet, and your sleep habits, and your relationships, and your toxic thinking, like, it’s all gonna change for you to get better, and that’s… that’s a gift, really. Dr. Deb 7:27It really is, and I tell people the same thing. Like, we can look at this as… something that’s happening to us, or we can look at this as something that’s happening for us. And that’s how I looked at my MS diagnosis. This was happening for me, not to me. I wasn’t going to be the victim. And you have a very similar story, so tell us a little bit about your story and what kind of catapulted you into this in 2022. Kristin Reihman 7:52Well, by 2022, I was, like, 10 years out of my Lyme hole, and I had been seeing patients, you know, I had opened my own practice, and I was working for another company, seeing, families who have brain-injured children. I was their medical director, still am, actually. And so I was doing a patchwork of things, all of which really fed my soul. You know, all of which felt like this is, like, me, aligned with my purpose on the planet. And so, based on a lot of my thinking, I sort of figured, okay, well, I’m good now, right? Like, I’m on my path now, like, the universe is not going to send another 2×4. And then the universe sent another 2×4. And in 2022, I had an elective neck surgery. You kind of still see the little scar here for my two-level ACDF. Because I had crazy off-the-hook arm pain for, like, a year and a half that I just finally became, like, almost like it felt like I was developing fasciculations and fiery, fiery pain, and I just got the surgery, and the pain went away. But when I woke up, I was different. I didn’t have a voice. Which is a common side effect, actually, of that surgery that resolves after a few months, and in many cases, and mine did. But I also didn’t have, normal balance anymore, and my right eye turned out a little bit, and I couldn’t multitask. And my job is all about multitasking. As you know, with very complex people in front of you, you’re hearing all these pieces of their story, and you’re kind of categorizing it, and thinking about where they fit, and you’re making a plan for what to work up, and you’re making a plan for what to wait until next time. It’s like all these pieces, right? You’re in the matrix. And I… I couldn’t hold those pieces anymore. And I didn’t realize that until I went back to work a couple months after my, surgery, because my voice came back and was like, okay, well, now I’m going back to work. And then I realized, I can’t do simple math. In fact, I can’t remember what this person just said to me, unless I read my note, and I can’t remember taking that note. What is going on? And so I had a full workup, and indeed, I had some neurological deficits that didn’t show up on an MRI, so they must have been quite tiny. Possibly were even low-flow, you know, episodes during my surgery when my blood pressure drops really low with the medicines that you’re on for surgery. But I, basically had, like, a few mini strokes, and needed to recover from that. So that was sort of the… that was the 2×4 in 2022. Dr. Deb 10:09Wow. So, what are, what are some of the things that you learned during that process of that mini-stroke? Kristin Reihman 10:17Well, the first thing I learned is that, something that I already knew from working with the Family Hope Center, which is that organization I mentioned that helps families heal their kids’ brains, I know that motivation lives in the ponds, and if you have a ding or a hit to the ponds, like, you don’t want to get out of bed in the morning, you don’t want to do the work it takes to heal your brain, in my case. And I remember spending several months in the fall of 2022 just sort of walking around my yard. With my puppies, being like, This is enough. I don’t really need to work anymore, right? Like, I don’t… why do I need my brain back? Like, I don’t need to have my brain back to enjoy life. You know, I’ll have a garden, I have people I love and who love me, like, why do I need to work? Like, my whole, like, passion, purpose-driven mentality and motivation to kind of do and be all the things I always strive to do and be in the world, was, like, gone. It was really interesting, slash very alarming to those who knew me, but being inside the brain that wasn’t really working, it wasn’t alarming to me. I was just sort of like, oh, ho-hum, this is my new me.Well, luckily I have some people around me, I like to call them my healing team, who sort of held up a mirror, and they’re like, this is not you, and we’re gonna take you to a functional neurologist now. And so, I ended up seeing a functional neurologist who, you know, within… within, like probably 6 visits. I had all these, like, stacked visits with him. Within 6 visits, my brain just turned on. I was like, oh! Right! I need my brain back! I gotta fix this eyesight, I gotta get my balance back, and I gotta learn how to do simple math again and multitask. So, after that sort of jumpstart, I actually did the program that I, you know, know very well inside and out from the Family Hope Center, where I’d been medical director for 10 years. And, it’s a hard program, it’s not… not for wimps, and it’s certainly… I wasn’t about to do it when I had no motivation, so I’m really grateful to the functional neurologist who helped me kind of, like get my brain… get my pawns back, and my motivation back, my mojo. And then I’m really grateful to the Family Hope Center, because if I didn’t have that set of tools in my back pocket, I would still have an eye that turns out to the side, I would still have a positive Romberg, you know, closing my eyes, falling over backwards, and I would still have, a lot of trouble seeing patients, and probably wouldn’t be working anymore. Dr. Deb 12:32I can totally relate to that. When I got my MS diagnosis, you know, there’s a period of time where you go, okay reality kicks in, and I’m thinking, okay, how long am I going to be able to work? How long am I going to be able to play with my kids and my grandkids and be able to be me? And I started looking at, how do I sell my practice, just in case I need to do this? How do I step back? And I spent probably about 9 or 10 months in that place of, this is gonna be my life, and it’s not gonna be what I’m used to, and, you know, how are we gonna redesign my house, and do this, and that, and… Finally, my husband looked at me one day, and he’s like, what the hell is wrong with you? And I was like, what are you talking about? He’s like, this is ridiculous. He’s like, you fix everybody else. He’s like you can fix yourself. Why do you think you can’t fix yourself, or you don’t know the people that can fix you? You need to get out of this, and pick yourself up, and start doing what you tell your patients. And… and I sat there, and at first I was like just did he know that I’m sick? Like, I have MS. I took that victim mode for a little bit, and then I went, no, he’s right. Like, this is my wake-up call to say, I can reverse this, I can fix this, and total, total turnaround, too. Like, I started reaching out to my friends and colleagues, because I kept myself in this huge bubble, like, I didn’t want anyone to know what was going on with me, because I was afraid my patients wouldn’t see me, what are my staff going to say? My staff are going to leave, and if I lose my business, what am I going to do? And da-da-da-da, all those fears. And then… when I finally started opening up and sharing with people, people started bringing me other people, and you need to talk to this person, you need to talk to this person. They connected me here and there, and this place, and 18 months later, I was totally back to normal again. And now my practice is growing, and we’re adding on, and it’s bigger, and I’m taking on more projects than I feel like myself, and… and I was a lot like you, too. Like, I couldn’t remember my protocols that I’ve done for 20 years. I had to depend on what was in the EHR to pull forward, because I always had them in my notes, so I didn’t have to type them all the time, but I was like I have to pull that forward, because I don’t remember the name of the supplement that I’ve used for 15 years. I don’t remember what laps I’m ordering. I don’t remember the normal values of this stuff. And now it’s back on the tip of my tongue, but at the time, it was a little scary, for sure. Kristin Reihman 14:47Wow, so scary. Well, that’s a remarkable story, and why I can’t wait to have you on my podcast, but I’m really… I’m really happy that you had a healing team around you, too, who was like, yeah, nope, that’s not your… that’s not the train we’re on. Get off that train. Come back on your usual train. What are you doing over there? Dr. Deb 15:03Yeah, and you know, I hope that a lot of patients have that, or people that are experiencing this have that, but there’s so many people who don’t have that. And they need somebody, they need somebody in their corner, like we had in our corners, to help pick them up and say, this doesn’t have to be your reality. It can change, but it is a lot of work, like you said. It’s a lot of work. It’s not… Kristin Reihman 15:25Yeah, no, it’s a lot of work. So when I started off. I was work… I was doing probably 4 hours a morning, like, 4… basically, my entire morning was devoted to brain training and healing my brain through the ref… you know, we… I mean, I can get into the details of it, but basically it’s a lot of, like, crawling on the floor. On your belly, creeping on your hands and knees, doing reflex bags to stimulate, you know, more blood flow to the brain, doing a lot of smells. You know, and just staying with it, you know? And I remember balking, even in the beginning, I was, like, seeing some changes, I was feeling more motivated. I remember feeling this… I started noticing it was changing about 2 weeks in, when I would get up in the morning. And I would… I noticed I would start… I would do my, like, beginnings of the day, I would get the kids on the bus, I would do everyone’s breakfast, I’d do the dishes, and I’d be, like, sitting down and being like, hmm, like, what am I supposed to be doing now? Like, where… What is my purpose today? And because I had this plan, I was just like, well, I know that has to happen, so I may as well do that now. And I would get on the floor, and I would start crawling down the length of our hallway. And within about 8 laps, I would feel my brain, like. I felt like it integrating. I would feel things, like, just coming online, and I’d be like, oh, right. I know who I am, I know what I’m doing today, I have these other things this afternoon, I gotta get this done before noon, and I would do it. But it was really interesting, and I’ve never been a coffee drinker, but when I thought of what that felt like, to me, that’s how people often describe, like, my brain doesn’t wake up until I have coffee. I never needed coffee to have… my brain woke up before I’d wake up, and I’d be like, bing, and I’m ready to go. But when I had the brain injury for those 9 months, it wasn’t that way the whole time. In the beginning, it was very hard to get my brain back in the morning, and it was creeping and crawling that would pull it in. Dr. Deb 17:08Wow. Is there one particular thing that you did that you felt made the biggest difference to rebuilding your brain? Kristin Reihman 17:15Crawling on my belly like a commando, wearing elbow pads, knee pads, actually two sets of knee pads, wearing toe shoes, and just ripping laps on my floor. Dr. Deb 17:26Oh, and that’s so simple to do. So why does that work? Kristin Reihman 17:31So interesting, and I… this is the kind of… this is the… the story of this is something that I think is bigger than all of us, and I wish everybody knew how to optimize your brain using just the simple hallway in your house. But essentially, if you take a newborn baby. And you put them on mom’s belly, and they’re neurologically intact, and maybe you’ve seen videos of this. There used to be a video circulating about a baby born onto mom’s belly, nobody touches the baby, and in about 2 minutes and 34 seconds, that baby crawls on its belly, like, uses arms, uses its toe dig with its little babinsky, and pushes its way up to mom’s breast. Latches on with its reflexes, and there you go. That baby keeps itself alive through its primitive reflexes. So it’s essentially telling its brain, every time it runs those reflexes, every time it does a little toe dig, every time it, like, swings its arm across in a cross-later, hetero… what do we call, a homolateral pattern. That little baby is getting a message to its brain that says, grow and heal and organize. And because all the reflexes come out of the middle and lower brain stem. That’s the part of the brain that’s organizing as a baby. And as a baby grows and does the various things a baby does using its reflexes, like eventually on its belly, crawling across the floor, and then popping up to hands and knees, and creeping across the floor, and eventually standing and walking, all of those things are invoking a different set of reflexes that tell the brain to grow and heal and organize. So it’s almost like the function creates the structure, and if you run those pathways again and again and again your brain will get the message to basically invoke its own neuroplasticity, and that’s how a baby’s brain grows. And it turns out, any brain of any age, if you put it through those same pathways, it will send a message of neuroplasticity to the brain, and the brain will grow and heal and organize. Dr. Deb 19:16That was going to be my question, is why aren’t we using this for elderly people with dementia, or Alzheimer’s, or stroke, or Parkinson’s, or things like that, to help them regrow their brain? Kristin Reihman 19:28Well, because number one, nobody knows about it. Number two, even when people do know about it, nobody likes to be on the floor like a baby, creepy and crawling. And least of all the stubborn old people with dementia who are, like, who don’t even think they have a problem. I mean, the problem with the brain not working, as I discovered, and it sounds like you discovered, too, is the brain that’s not working doesn’t know it’s not working, or worse, doesn’t care. You know, and so it’s tricky with adults. With kids who, you know, you have some sort of power over, you can often make your kids do things that they don’t want to do, like eat their vegetables, or creep and crawl on the floor for 80, you know, 80 laps before they get to go, you know, do their thing. But adults are a little trickier. Dr. Deb 20:10Is there another way for us to be able to do that same thing without the crawling on the floor? Like, could they do it in a sitting motion, or do they need that whole connection to happen? Kristin Reihman 20:21Well, they need to be moving in a cross pattern, and they need to be moving their arms and their legs in such a way that stimulates the reflexes. But you can do that on your bed, you can do it face down on your bed by getting into a pattern, and switching sides and, you know, moving your legs and your arms in the opposite… in the, you know, an opposite cross pattern, and that will get you some of the benefit. And we, in fact, we have… we work with kids who are paralyzed and who don’t… aren’t able to independently move forward in a crawling pattern, who have people coordinating their movements so that they get the same movement, and the brain registers it, and they do make progress, and some of them eventually. Crawl, and then creep, and then walk. Dr. Deb 20:59Wow, that’s so… and it’s so simple and easy for people to do. Kristin Reihman 21:04Well, it’s simple. I don’t know that it’s easy. I do… I do… having done it myself, I will say it’s probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done, was literally crawl my way out of that brain injury. And I’m so glad that I knew what to do, and I’m so glad I had people push me to remind me that it was important, because… I’ll even… I’ll share another story of my own resistance. So, about 2 or 3 weeks into it, I was up to 300 meters of crawling on my belly. And 600 meters of creeping on hands and knees, which was really killing my knees, which was why I was wearing two knee pads. And, I started to get this feeling that maybe I wasn’t doing enough. Like, even though I was noticing changes, and even though I was feeling more purpose, and I was getting organized in the morning, I could tell it was making a difference. I… I knew, I remembered that usually the kids on our program are doing a lot more than that, including my own… my youngest kids, but I made them creep and crawl, even though they didn’t have serious brain injuries, I just thought, we’re gonna optimize everyone, get on the floor, get on the floor. Lord so I was… I was nervous about not doing enough, so I… I reached out to the member… one of the members of the team, and I said, you know, hey, Maria, what’s… what do you think about my numbers? And here’s a… here’s a video of me creeping and crawling, what do you think? Am I doing it right? And she said, you’re doing it right, but how many, how many meters are you doing? And I said, I’m doing 300 meters of crawling on my belly, and 600 meters of creeping, and she’s like, oh. Yeah, that’s not nearly enough for an adult. She’s like, Matthew probably gave you those numbers because he felt bad for you and thought you were going to be still working. He didn’t know you were going to take off from patients. Now that you’re… since you’re not working, you need to do more. I was like, okay, tell me… tell me how much I’m supposed to do. And she goes, you need 900 meters of crawling on your belly, and 3,600 meters, 3.6 kilometers of basically crawling on my hands and knees. Dr. Deb 22:51Oh my gosh. Kristin Reihman 22:52And I just shut down. Dr. Deb 22:54Yeah. Kristin Reihman 22:55I was like, okay, screw it. I’m not doing it. Dr. Deb 22:58And I spent a day or two just not doing it and feeling petulant, and then I was like, you know what? Kristin Reihman 23:01Forget that, I was noticing some benefit. I’m gonna do my 300-600. So, the next day, I went and did 300 and 600 while my daughter was at physical therapy, and we got back in the car, and I said, hey, I’m so excited, I finished my… all my creepy and crawling, and it’s only 10 a.m. on a Saturday, I’m done for the weekend. And she did this. She’s sitting in the car, she looks at me, she goes. Was that your whole program, or was that a third of your program? Dr. Deb 23:28How old is she? Kristin Reihman 23:01Well, she’s, like, 20 now, but she was 18 at the time, and she… she had my number, and I was like, Tula! How can you say that? I’m working so hard! And she’s like, Mom? You need to stop seeing patients completely, and do what they tell you at the Family Hope Center. Because we’re your family, and this is your brain we’re talking about, and we need you to have all your brain back. And I must have looked terrible, because she goes, too much? Dr. Deb 23:54You raised a good daughter. Kristin Reihman 23:58And I was like, well, let me tell… let me ask you, do you mean that? She goes, yeah, I really mean that. I’m like, then it’s not too much. I needed to hear that. Thank you. And I went home, and I finished another 600 of crawls. I didn’t… I never got up to 3,600 of creeps. It was just too much for my knees. I got to 900 and 900, but that was the end of my resistance, and I just did it. Dr. Deb 24:17I just did it. Yeah, your family needed you, right? I mean, when somebody in your family that you love tells you they need you, that’s a huge motivating factor. Kristin Reihman 24:27Yeah, yeah, I’m so grateful for that. So, I did that for 9 months, and at the end of 9 months, my eye was straight and stayed straight, my balance was back, I was multitasking again, and I could take, you know, days and days off of creeping and crawling and not notice a dip. I was like, I’m done. Dr. Deb 24:45Wow, that’s awesome. Kristin Reihman 24:46Yeah. Dr. Deb 24:47During this process, you also discovered that you’re part of 20% of the people with clotting genetics. Tell us a little bit about that. What’s your understanding in that? Kristin Reihman 24:58Well, so, I’ll back up. So, before I had my stroke, I had already been seeing patients with really complex, you know, patients like yours, really complex stories, lots of different things going on, kind of the perfect storm for if they got a tick bite, they tanked. Dr. Deb 25:12and… Kristin Reihman 25:13And I’m one of those people, and my patients were those people. And about 7 years ago, I had one of these patients who said to me, you know, I’ve never told you this, but when I was in my 20s, I had so many bladder infections, so much, like, you know, kind of interstitial cystitis, they said it was, and they said it wasn’t an infection, but it felt like one. And I’ve been doing a little research, and I’ve learned about this woman whose name’s Ruth Kriz, she’s a nurse practitioner, and she sees Patients, and she has… she works with practitioners, and she basically heals interstitial cystitis. And I want you to work with her, I want you to learn from her. And I was like, I’m game. That sounds really interesting, I have no idea what she’s doing, and you don’t usually hear the words cure and interstitial cystitis in the same sentence, so, like, I’m in. So I reached out to Ruth, and long story short, I’ve been working with her for the last 5 or 7 years basically increasing the number of patients who I’m diagnosing now with these hidden bladder infections that are really often what’s at the root of these interstitial cystitis symptoms, meaning, you know, you go to the doctor, you pee in a cup, they look for something, they say there’s no infection here, so, you know, you’re probably crazy, or, you know, you probably have just a pain syndrome, we can’t help you. And actually, if you look with a much more sensitive test, and if you break down the biofilms where these bugs kind of are living in the bladder, you find them. And then you can treat them, and then people get well. So I knew about this, and I, didn’t have any bladder infections that I knew about, and what I did start to think about after my stroke was, well, maybe, since these people who have these bladder infections often have issues breaking down biofilms, the same genetics that lead you to have trouble breaking down biofilms, which are these places where the bugs are kind of hiding in your body, have trouble breaking down clots. And I just had some strokes. I wonder if I have maybe some of these clotting genetics that I’m looking for in all my bladder people. And so I looked, and surprise, surprise, I had not one, not two, but, like, six of them. Ruth said to me, Ruth said, Darlin, I don’t know how you’re standing up. This is more than I’ve ever seen in any of my patients. And she’s been doing this for, like, 4 years now. I was like, oh boy, that’s not good. But in retrospect, it made a lot of sense to me, because having the clotting genetics I have. puts me at risk for severe, you know, chronic Lyme that’s intractable, which I had. It puts me at risk for trouble with, you know, having surgery and clotting and, you know, low blood pressure and low flow states. It puts me at risk for the cold hands and cold feet that I had my entire life until I started treating the clotting issues by taking an enzyme that breaks down little microclots. I mean, I was the person in med school who’d put my hands on people, be like, I’m so sorry. My hands are ice. Warm heart, cold hands, warm heart. Yeah, not anymore, because I’ve treated it. But yeah, so I was surprised slash not surprised to find that I’m one of the people in my community who is a setup for chronic infections and, strokes and bladder infections. Dr. Deb 28:22So you just had that predisposition that took you down that path. Kristin Reihman 28:28Yeah, I think so. Dr. Deb 28:30What are some of the layers of biofilm and the stealth pathogens, like tick-borne diseases and things like that, hiding inside us that… what are some of the symptoms look like, and how do they look different in people with clotting disorders versus the common tick-borne disease? Kristin Reihman 28:47I would say they’re very similar, so it tends to be poor peripheral circulation, so if you put your hands on your neck, and your hands feel cold to your neck difference in the heat, right? The amount of blood flow in your sort of axial skeleton and area as compared to the periphery. And that can indicate a biofilm kind of predisposition or a clotting disposition. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s there, but it’s a clue, right? Another clue is a family history of any kind of clotting disorders. So, miscarriages, heart attacks, especially early heart attacks, strokes, especially strokes in young people. These things are… are clues that we should probably look for some kind of clotting issue. And of course, in my population, I’m always thinking about it now, because if you have not been able to get well with the usual things for Lyme disease, for example, or Babesia or Bartonella, all of which, by the way, can form biofilms or, you know, love to live and hide in biofilms, then chances are your body’s having a hard time addressing those biofilms. And it turns out, so the connection between the clotting and the biofilm piece is that the same proteins that our body uses to break down Biofilms are used to break down microclots, blood clots, and soluble fibrin, which are the sort of precursors to those clots. And so, if we have an issue kind of grinding up those just normal flotsam and jetsam in our blood flow, then our blood flow is going to become sticky, and our blood will become sort of stagnant and sludgy, and that’s sort of a setup for not being able to heal from infections. Dr. Deb 30:25Is one of the genetic markers you look at MTHFR? Kristin Reihman 30:28I look at that, but I don’t consider that a clotting issue, unless it leads to high homocysteine. So, homocysteine can be either high or low, they’re both problematic. And MTHFR can create either an over-methylation situation, and sometimes if people have low homocysteine, it’s almost worse, because they’re such poor detoxers that they can’t actually get anything out of their system, and they get sludgy for that reason. But I think in terms of the clotting, the bigger issue is high homocysteine, which, you know, typically the MTHFRs, the 1298 would be more implicated for that. Dr. Deb 31:02Yeah, it kind of sets you up. Dr. Deb 31:04Yeah, yeah. Kristin Reihman 31:05I’m curious what you’re seeing. I know since the pandemic, we see a lot of people with elevated D-dimer levels.Are you seeing some of that in your practice, too? Like, we’re seeing more of it, and now that you’re talking about this, I’m wondering if some of those people are predisposed to some of these genetic makeups, and that’s why we’re seeing such a high rise in that.It… and this is connected, and it’s a piece we’re missing. Kristin Reihman31:29Yes, I do think it’s a piece we’re missing. There was a very interesting study that came out of South Africa. A physician in his office did a clinical study on his patients using 3 blood thinners. So he put people on Plavix, and Eliquis, and aspirin, all at once. It… yeah, you’d be hard-pressed to find a doctor in the States to, like, you know, kind of risk that, because most people don’t even want people on aspirin and Flavix at the same time. Dr. Deb 31:55But Kristin Reihman 31:56They put them on 3 different blood thinners, people with long COVID, and in 6 months, 80% of those people were completely free of symptoms. Dr. Deb 32:04Wow. Kristin Reihman 32:05Yeah, yeah. Now, my question is, what about that 20%? Like, what’s going on with them? And I suspect, they weren’t looking at the other half of the pathway, because when you give a blood thinner, you’re not doing anything to help the body break down clot. You’re simply stopping the body from making more of it. And you rely on the body’s own mechanisms, you know, plasminogen activating inhibitor, for example to kind of grind up those clots and take them out. But when people have a mutation, say, in that protein, they’re not going to be able to grind up the clots, and so my suspicion is the 20% of people who didn’t get well in that study were people who had issues on the other side of the pathway. Dr. Deb 32:44Yeah, they weren’t able to excrete that out and maybe have some fiber and issues and things like that, and that wasn’t being addressed. Kristin Reihman 32:50Yeah Dr. Deb 32:51Yeah Kristin Reihman 32:52Of course, COVID makes its own biofilm. There’s a whole… there’s a whole new, you know, arm of research looking at sort of the different proteins that get folded in the body when COVID spike proteins are in there, kind of creating these almost, like, little amyloid plaque situations in your blood vessels. So, I do think that people who can’t break those down are really at risk for both COVID and the shots. You know, the spike protein comes at you for both of those, right? Dr. Deb 33:17Yeah. Did you use any lumbrokinase or natokinase in your situation? Kristin Reihman 33:22So lumbar kinase is what I use. It’s my main player. I use the Canada RNA one, which is, you know, I think, you know, more studied than any of the other ones, and because of its formulation, it’s about 12 times more potent than anything else out there. So that’s what I’m pretty much on for life. You know, that’s… I consider that kind of my…My… my main game. Dr. Deb 33:44Yeah, I agree, I love Limerocheinase for that, that’s really good. So you recently hosted a retreat around this topic. What were some of your biggest aha moments for the participants as they started unraveling some of these biofilm layers? Kristin Reihman 34:00Yeah, no, it was so fun. My sister and I host retreats together. She came out from California and did the yoga, and I did the teaching about biofilms and bladder issues, and it was really fabulous, because a lot of these folks are people already in my community. A few of them were new, and so we had this wonderful Kind of connection, and learning together, and just validation of what it is to live with symptoms that are super inconvenient, you know? Like, one of the… one of the members even, or participants even brought a big bag of, like, pads, and she’s like, listen, ladies. This is what I’m going to use to get through the week. If you want to borrow, I’ll put my little stash over there, and I think they all went by the end of the week. So we… my aha moment was just how powerful it is to be, hosting community and facilitating conversations where people really feel seen and heard, and just how important that is, especially post-COVID, right? When we, you know, so many people just really missed that piece of other humans. And, yeah, I love… I love being able to help people connect around stuff like that. Dr. Deb 35:00That’s awesome. So, for people who are listening that have that mystery, quote-unquote bladder issue, frequent UTIs, interstitial cystitis symptoms, or pelvic pain, or bladder spasms. Where should they start, and what are the first clues that tell you this is biofilm-driven? Kristin Reihman 35:20So, I think it’s always a good idea to… to do a test, you know, to take a microgen test. There’s a couple companies out there, I think Microgen’s the one that I rely on more than any of the others, and it requires, you know, not only doing a very sensitive test like Microgen, but breaking down biofilm before you take it. So, I always encourage people to take a biofilm breaker like lumbrokinase for 5 days leading up to the test, so you’re really grinding into the bladder wall and opening up those biofilms so that when you catch whatever comes out of your bladder, there’s something in there. If you don’t have bladder biofilm, nothing will come out, and you’ll have a negative test, and that’s usually confirmatory. If you’ve done a good provoking with BLUC or, you know, lumbrokinase for 5 days, and nothing comes out then I usually say mischief managed. That’s… that’s a great… that’s great news for you, right? And most people in my community, when they look, they find something, because, you know, not for nothing, but you’re in my community for a reason, right? Dr. Deb 36:17And so… Kristin Reihman 36:18So, yeah, and typically then we need to get into the ring with those bladder biofilms, and it doesn’t… it doesn’t usually take one or two tests, it’s many tests, because the layers are deep. I’m working with children, too, and even in small kids, they… if they have the right genetics, and if they’re living in an environment that is… that kind of can also push them to make more biofilms, like living in mold, for example, is a huge instigator of inflammation and biofilms, and also, you know, microclots and fibrin in the body. then those layers can go deep. And so, we’re peeling the layers one at a time, and we’re treating what comes out, and supporting people along the way. Dr. Deb 36:57With these microgen tests, can you find biofilms in other parts of the body as well, or is it primarily bladder? Kristin Reihman 37:03No, you can find… you can culture… and you can send a microgen PCR for any… any, you know, secretion you want. So they have a semen test, they have a vaginal test, they have a nasal test, you can send sputum, you can culture out what… you can stick a swab in your ear. There’s all sorts of… anything that you can put a swab in, you can… you can send in there. Oh, that’s awesome, that’s amazing. Yeah. Dr. Deb 37:26So, once you identify the drivers, genetics, environment, stealth infections, what does an effective treatment or reversal process look like for people? Kristin Reihman 37:36For the… for the bladder in particular? Well, I wish I could say it was herbs or oxidation, which are my favorite things for Lyme. I haven’t found those to work for the bladder, and so I’m using antibiotics. Which, even though I’m a Western-trained MD, it was not my bag of tricks. You know, when I left, sort of, the matrix medicine model, I really stopped using those things as much as possible, and I’ve had to come back to them, because they really, really work, and they’re really, really needed. So I love it if someone else out there is getting results with something other than antibiotics, please contact me and let me know, because I have plenty of patients who are like, really? Another antibiotic? I’m like, I know. But they work. We also do a really careful job, you know, I work with Ruth Kriz on every case, and we do a very careful job in finding the drug that’s going to be the least broad spectrum, and that’s really only going to tackle the highest percentage bug there. So, MicroGen does this really cool thing. It’s a PCR, next-gen sequencing, they’re looking at genetics, so you don’t have to have it on ice, it can sit on your countertop for a month, and you can still send it in. And they, they, they categorize by percentage, like, what’s there. And they’re not just looking for the 26 or 28 different bacteria that you would get if you were looking at a culture in your doctor’s office. They’re looking for 57,000 different organisms. Fungal and bacterial, yeah? And so, this is why I say, if there’s something there, and you’ve broken down the biofilm, microgen will find it. Dr. Deb 39:06That’s really great. That was going to be my question, is does it pick up fungal biofilms as well? So I’m so glad you mentioned that, because a lot of times with bladder stuff, it’s fungal in that bladder, too, and then we’re throwing an antibiotic at it and just making it worse if it’s fungal in there. Kristin Reihman 39:21Yeah, yeah, that’s… they… and I recently saw one, I had a little Amish girl who came back with 5 different fungal organisms in her bladder. And a whole flurry, a slurry of bacteria, too. Yeah, pretty sick. And that’s usually an indication that you’re living in mold, honestly. Dr. Deb 39:37Now, conventional medicine treats the bladder as a sterile organ, and rarely looks at biofilms. Why do we believe that this has been overlooked for so long, and what are they missing? Kristin Reihman 39:53Dr. Dr. Deb 39:53I’m loaded up. Kristin Reihman 39:54One of the many mysteries of medicine. I have no idea why people are like, la la la, biofilms. I mean, we know, so when I say we know, so when I trained, you know, I trained at Stanford for my medical school, I trained at Lehigh Valley for residency. Great programs, and I learned that, oh yes, biofilms, they exist in catheters of bladders. When people have an indwelling catheter for more than a month and they spike a fever, it’s a biofilm, but it’s only in the catheter. Really? Why does it stop at the catheter? Dr. Deb 40:23Yeah. Kristin Reihman 40:25Or, you know, now chronic sinusitis, people are recognizing this is a bladder… this is not a bladder, this is a biofilm infection in your sinuses. But we’re really reluctant to kind of admit that there’s, you know, that we’re teeming with microorganisms, that they might be setting up shop, and for good, right? Like, it’d be great if they were in biofilms as opposed to our bloodstream. Like, we don’t want them in our bloodstream, so thankfully they wall themselves off. But yeah, I think they’re everywhere. I mean, they found a microbiome in the brain, in the breast, in the, you know, the lung. There’s microbiome, there’s bugs everywhere. And the question is, are they friend or foe? And the bladder really shouldn’t have anybody in it. Because, think about it, you’re flushing it out, you know, 6 times a day. You know, most people who can break down biofilm because their clotting genetics are normal, and because they’re peeing adequately, will never set up an organism shop in their bladder. Even though things are always crawling up, we’re always peeing them out. Dr. Deb 41:23Yeah. Kristin Reihman 41:23And then there’s the 20% of us who… Who aren’t that way. Dr. Deb 41:30Oh, so you run the Interflow program and a number of healing communities. What tools and teachings have been the most transformational for people going through this journey? And tell us a little bit about the Interflow program, too, please. Kristin Reihman 41:44Okay, maybe I’ll start there, because honestly, I have to think about the which tools are most transformational. The Interflow program is my newest offering, and we developed it because my team and I were looking around at the patients we had, and so many folks were needing to go down this… we call it the microgen journey, like, get on the microgen train and just start that process. And there was just a lot of hand-holding and support, and… education that they were requiring. And by the way, their brains aren’t working that great, because when you have these infections, you know, you’re dealing with, like, downloads of ammonia from time to time from the bladder organisms, you’re dealing with a lot of brain fog, overwhelm, you know, there’s just a lot of… you know how our patients are, they… they… they’re struggling, and they really need a lot of hand-holding, and so we were providing that. But we kept thinking, like, gosh, it would be great to get these guys in community, like you know, we can say all we want, like, you know, it’s important to check your pH, it’s important to, like, stay on top of the whatever, but it’d be great to have them hear that from one another, and to have them also hear, sort of, that they’re not alone. So, because we had some experience running communities online, which we started during the pandemic and has been super successful, we said, let’s do this, let’s create a little online community of our inner… of our, you know, call them… informally, we call them our bladder babes. But, like, let’s create a community of people who are looking to really heal and get to this deep, deep root that no one else is doing. And that was really the key for me, that nobody else is really doing this. Very few people are doing it or aware of it. I wish that weren’t the case, but as it stands now, it’s pretty hard to find someone to take this seriously. Most doctors, if you even take a microgen to them, they’ll say, oh, there’s 10 organisms on here, that’s a contamination. That must be contaminated. Well, yeah, buy your biofilms, but they don’t know about biofilms, so they think it just comes from the lab. Dr. Deb 43:31Something. Kristin Reihman 43:32I don’t know. But, yeah, basically it was because I felt called to do this service that no one else is providing, and I wanted to do it in a way that was going to be really optimally supportive for people. So we created a membership, basically. Dr. Deb 43:44Do you see a difference in men and women? Obviously, women have this problem more than men, but do you see a difference in how many men that have these self-infections or live in mold compared to women? Kristin Reihman 43:57I… it’s hard to know, really, what the, sort of, prevalence is out there, I will say, in terms of who calls our office. Dr. Deb 43:03It’s, you know, 95% women call our office. Kristin Reihman 44:08And occasionally, we’ve had someone call our office on behalf of a husband or a son. I just saw a woman whose 2-year-old son is in our Bladder Babes community. But typically, it’s the women who are seeking care around this, and I don’t know if that’s a function of their having more of the issues. I suspect it is, because as you said before, so many more women deal with these complex mystery illnesses than men.But there certainly are men who have them. Dr. Deb 44:33Yeah. So, you’ve lived through Lyme, chronic illness, stroke, and now biofilm-driven bladder issues, and you’ve come out stronger. What mind shifts helped you stay resilient through all of these chapters? Kristin Reihman 44:50I think there have been many. I think the first one I had to really, Really accept and lean into and kind of internalize. Was this idea that, I… I couldn’t… I didn’t have to do the work that I was doing. Dr. Deb 45:09You know? Kristin Reihman 45:09In order to be of value to the world. You know, I’d trained in a certain way, I had, you know, I had this beautiful practice. I was working in the inner city, I was working with my best friend, we were seeing really needy people who had no money, and it felt really, like, you know, I felt very sort of service-driven and connected to a purpose. And I think the hardest thing in the beginning for me was realizing, I can’t do that work anymore. That’s not the work that I’m… needing to do, and to make a leap into the unknown. It felt like, you know, having a baby at 45 and not doing any ultrasounds, or any tests, and just being like, I’m birthing something here. I don’t know what it is, it’s me, but who knows what she’s gonna look like, or… what this doctor is going to be, you know, what, you know, peddling in terms of her tools. That was a big leap of faith, and I think letting go of the kind of control of needing to be… needing to look a certain way and be a certain kind of doctor was a big step for me, my big initial step. Dr. Deb 46:05That’s really hard, because you’re taught and ingrained in who you’re supposed to be as a doctor, and what that person’s supposed to be, what your persona’s supposed to be. And doing a lot of the Klinghart work and some of those things, and I’m sure on the days crawling through the floor, you’re like, this is not what I was trained to do. If my colleagues could only see me now, they’d… they’d… Commit me, right? But like you said, just giving that leap of faith and saying, I’m gonna turn this over to your higher power, and you’re gonna bring me out on the other side, and trusting that, that is a vulnerability for us that is huge. Kristin Reihman 46:43Yeah, and I mean, I’d like to say it’s because I’m some sort of strong person, but truthfully, I feel like there was no other choice. Like, I had to surrender because there was… the alternative was death or something. I didn’t… I don’t know, right? There was no other choice. Dr. Deb 46:56Yeah. Kristin Reihman 46:56I couldn’t move. I was in so much pain. I couldn’t move. Couldn’t get out of bed. Dr. Deb 47:01Thank you so much for sharing all of this and being vulnerable with our audience. Where can people find you? Find your book, your podcast, your programs, if they want to go deeper with you? Kristin Reihman 47:12Yeah, thanks for asking. So, I have a website, it’s my name, kristenRymanMD.com, and all my programs are listed there. I have several, you know, I have a, sort of, a wellness… I have an online membership for well people who want to stay well and pick my brain every week around, sort of, healthy, holistic tools. It’s called The Healing Grove.I have a podcast that people can listen to for free, where I interview people like you, and you’re gonna be on it, right? She’s gonna be on it soon. Dr. Deb 47:38I’d love to. Kristin Reihman 47:39So I can share stories of hope and transformational tools with people. I also have a Life After Lyme coaching program, which is kind of the place where I invite people who are dealing with a mystery illness to come get some support, community, and guidance from someone like me, and also just from the other people in the room. There’s a lot of wisdom in those groups. And that’s… I guess that’s the answer I’ll share for what you asked earlier, like, what’s the main tool they take away? I think they take away an understanding that community really matters, and that they’re not alone. You know, I think it can be very lonely to be stuck in these… to feel stuck in these illnesses, and people need to be reminded that they’re… that they’re human, you know, and that they’re worthy of love and acceptance. I think that’s what people get from my… from my community, is kind of like, that’s the common thread. Dr. Deb 48:23They definitely need that. Kristin Reihman 48:25Man. Dr. Deb 48:26Kirsten, thank you so much for sharing your powerful story. Your work is so needed, and your ability to weave personal experience and advanced clinical insight is exactly what our community craves. And this kind of conversation helps women finally be seen and heard, which is my motto too, and gives them just the real tools to get their life back. And for everyone listening, if you’re struggling with unexplained bladder pain, frequent UTIs, pelvic discomfort, or symptoms that never match your labs, because they never quite do. You are not crazy, you are not alone. You need to find the answers, you need to be with community, and there are solutions, and conversations like this is how we bring them forward. So, thank you all for tuning in to Let’s Talk Wellness Now. I’m your host.And until next time… Kristin Reihman 49:15Thanks, Dr. Dove. Dr. Deb 49:16Thank you. This was awesome. Thank you so much. This was… Kristin Reihman 49:21You’re so welcome, you’re such a great interviewer.The post Episode 251 – Chronic Bladder Symptoms, Biofilms, and the Hidden Genetic Drivers first appeared on Let's Talk Wellness Now.

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TABLE TALK: This Lehigh Valley Phantoms Season

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2026 23:06 Transcription Available

This week on TABLE TALK, Jeff sat down with Madeline Campbell from BroadStreetHockey.com and PHLY Sports to discuss the ins and outs of this Lehigh Valley Phantoms season. There are a ton of Flyers prospects who are showing us some great development play this season, and we dove into it. A fantastic discussion this week!Topics Madeline and Jeff discussed:- Tne word to describe this Phantoms team during the 2025-2026 season.- Offensive injuries have been plaguing this team. So, who are the depth pieces that are stepping up?- Who has been the biggest surprise on this Phantoms roster this season?- Which players are great contenders to possibly be called-up to the Flyers this year?All of this and much more this week on Table Talk!SUBSCRIBE on YouTube: youtube.com/@thephiladelphiasportstableHead over to our website for all of our podcasts and more: philadelphiasportstable.comFollow us on BlueSky:Jeff: @jeffwarren.bsky.socialErik: @brickpollitt.bsky.socialFollow us on Threads:Jeff: @mrjeffwarrenErik: @slen1023The Show: @philadelphiasportstableFollow us on Twitter/X:Jeff: @Jeffrey_WarrenErik: @BrickPollittThe Show: @PhiladelphiaPSTFollow us on Instagram:Jeff: @mrjeffwarrenErik: @slen1023The Show: @philadelphiasportstable.Follow Jeff on TikTok: @mrjeffwarrenFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/PhiladelphiaSportsTable

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Lymphedema and UE Therapy

Hands In Motion

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2026 27:38

We are joined by Stephanie Hassler, an occupational therapist and Certified Hand Therapist who is also a Certified Lymphedema Therapist. Stephanie shares with us what lymphedema is and how she combined her background as a hand therapist to address the effects of lymphedema. We discuss early recognition and practical treatment strategies to integrate into practice.Stephanie Hassler, MS, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, CHT works as an outpatient occupational therapist in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. She earned her M.S. in Occupational Therapy from Misericordia University in 2014. Stephanie began working in an outpatient orthopedic-based hand therapy setting following graduation. She went on to become a Certified Lymphedema Therapist in 2018, achieved Lymphology Association of North America certification in 2019, and became a Certified Hand Therapist in 2020. She continues to practice in an outpatient therapy setting, treating a mixed caseload of upper and lower extremity lymphedema as well as upper extremity injuries. The views and opinions expressed in the Hands in Motion podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of ASHT. Appearance on the podcast does not imply endorsement of any products, services or viewpoints discussed.

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S8E232: In Phlight - Ep 232 - Did the Eagles Make the Right Decision?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2026 10:18

The playoff picture is set! Some things broke the Eagles way yesterday, but they weren't able to take advantage... was it the right decision to rest the starters?! @crockettonair says it was a 'no-brainer' -- we get you set for Wild Card Weekend in the IN PHLIGHT podcast! Brought to you by Kitay Law Offices - 'The Law Firm With a Heart' -- visit KitayLegal.com! And by CAT Country 96 -- the Lehigh Valley's Home of the Philadelphia Eagles! As well as Cumulus Media Allentown! Find this podcast on our station's websites -- and wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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S8E231: In Phlight - Ep 231 - Rest vs Rust

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2026 11:41

Controlling what they can control. The conversation came up with Nick Sirianni this week about what to do with the #2 seed on the line, and @crockettonair thinks it's the right call. What needs to fall the Birds way?! We talk about the playoff picture in the IN PHLIGHT podcast! Brought to you by Kitay Law Offices - 'The Law Firm With a Heart' -- visit KitayLegal.com! And by CAT Country 96 -- the Lehigh Valley's Home of the Philadelphia Eagles! As well as Cumulus Media Allentown! Find this podcast on our station's websites -- and wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Allentown Trombonist Brody Segan Talks Jazz, Yacht Rock, Original Music, And Life On A Ship

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2026 18:51

Get More LVWITHLOVE Content at LVwithLOVE.com Become a partner or contact us On this episode of the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast, we sit down with Allentown born trombonist, composer, arranger, and educator Brody Segan to talk about his original music, his independent label Brodacious Music, and his next big step as a showband musician with Royal Caribbean. Brody has been busy releasing a string of projects, including the country rock single Make Lovin Great Again, the soundtrack to the short action film The Great Escape, and his final 2025 single Im Kinda Busy Now, a 1980s inspired funk blues song about unrequited love that also encourages getting to know the people in our everyday lives. Under his Brodacious Music label, Brody is building a catalog that pulls from country, rock, funk, blues, film music, and big band writing. Make Lovin Great Again was released August 1 on all major streaming services, with artwork by his father and an animated lyric video by Miami based animator Juan Menache that earned a Special Mention from the Global Shorts Film Festival. Brody and collaborator Michael Ford promoted the track on PA Live in Wilkes Barre. Im Kinda Busy Now followed on October 24 as the final 2025 Brodacious Music single. Brody describes it as a 1980s inspired funk blues song about unrequited love that also encourages getting to know those in our everyday lives. The track features music and lyrics by Brody Segan, mixed and mastered by Michael Ford, with Segan on lead and backing vocals and keys, Ford on electric guitar, electric bass, and cowbell, and Denisse Ferrara on backing vocals. Beyond his singles, Brody composed the soundtrack for Sukavision's short action film The Great Escape, recorded live at the Frost School of Music's Weeks Recording Studio, and he continues to write for large ensemble. His big band chart Honk on This, a saxophone feature in the style of 1950s rock and roll, is available through JW Pepper. Since graduating from UM in May 2025, Brody has stacked experience as both player and educator, including serving as low brass faculty for the PA Jazz Institute at Misericordia University, performing at the 20th Annual Scranton Jazz Festival, and working with groups across eastern and central Pennsylvania such as Panchito Bongo y Su Orquesta, Jessee Hernandez of La Maña Brava, Schutzengiggles Oompah Band, and M&J Big Band. Next up, he performs with the Scranton Jazz Festival Big Band for their Christmas Spectacular and then begins a contract as a showband trombonist with Royal Caribbean starting December 14, performing nightly while continuing to write and release new music under Brodacious Music. Where To Listen And Follow Brody Segan Website:https://brodysegan.com SoundCloud:https://soundcloud.com/brody-segan/ YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQSBUeq3kTCa8xFrboyNrOA Facebook (Brodacious Music page):https://www.facebook.com/p/Brodacious-Music-61560112600953/ Facebook (profile link):https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560112600953 Instagram:https://instagram.com/brodysegan Thank you to our Partners! WDIY 88.1 FM Wind Creek Event Center Michael Bernadyn of RE/MAX Real Estate Molly’s Irish Grille & Sports Pub Banko Beverage Company Email your news release to info@lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com Advertisement

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S8E230: In Phlight - Ep 230 - A Clearer Playoff Picture

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2025 11:46

There is a lot on the line this week... but how much are the Birds willing to risk?! @crockettonair sets the table in the IN PHLIGHT podcast! Brought to you by Kitay Law Offices - 'The Law Firm With a Heart' -- visit KitayLegal.com! And by CAT Country 96 -- the Lehigh Valley's Home of the Philadelphia Eagles! As well as Cumulus Media Allentown! Find this podcast on our station's websites -- and wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A $150 million expansion project launches in Lancaster County. And a remarkable story of cancer recovery this holiday season.

The Morning Agenda

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 9:33

A central Pennsylvania bio-lab is planning its largest expansion yet. Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories will build a new three-hundred-thousand-square-foot facility at its New Holland campus in Lancaster County. Pennsylvania communities lost millions in expected federal funding this year after Congress passed a short-term spending bill that wiped out Community Project Funding grants for fiscal year 2025. The Lehigh Valley lost money planned for infrastructure and public safety initiatives, including an opioid task force. A former speaker of the state House of Representatives will not seek reelection for his Lancaster County district in 20-26. Representative Bryan Cutler’s exit comes after a turbulent few years. This holiday season, the Philadelphia Ballet, like many ballet companies across the country, is performing “The Nutcracker." One of the company’s principal dancers, Nicholas Patterson, made his solo debut earlier in December. It's a remarkable turnaround for a dancer who could barely walk a year ago, due to stage four cancer. And this programming note: The Morning Agenda will be taking a holiday break for a week, from Christmas Day to New Year’s Day, returning with a new episode on Friday, January 2nd. If you're already a member of WITF's Sustaining Circle, you know how convenient it is to support programs like the Morning Agenda. By increasing your monthly gift, you can help WITF close the budget gap left by the loss of federal funding. Visit us online at witf.org/increase or become a new Sustaining Circle member at www.witf.org/givenow. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Show #76

Tape Swap Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025

We premiere the Shards Session from Lehigh Valley alt-metal band Leadpetal, recorded at Shards in November 2025. Plus, we dig into the IceHouse Punk & DIY archive for live sets recorded at the Ice House in Bethlehem in January 2025 from Spoing, Party Nerves, and Fictional Name — during the Fictional Name album release show for their album Overall Now I Want To Destroy This Place. Finally, we talk with Bethlehem indie folk artist William H. Travis about his new album Ruby and his show at the Gap Theatre in Wind Gap that was coming up the day after this show premiered on WDIY 88.1 FM on November 29, 2025.

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S8E229: In Phlight - Ep 229 - A Chance to Win the NFC East

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2025 18:39

After taking care of business against a Raiders team already out of the playoff picture, can the Eagles do the same against WAS this weekend -- and wrap up the NFC East?! @crockettonair talks about the blowout vs LV -- and if that was more about the Birds or the Raiders in the IN PHLIGHT podcast! Brought to you by Kitay Law Offices - 'The Law Firm With a Heart' -- visit KitayLegal.com! And by CAT Country 96 -- the Lehigh Valley's Home of the Philadelphia Eagles! As well as Cumulus Media Allentown! Find this podcast on our station's websites -- and wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Show #75

Tape Swap Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025

Hear a mixtape from Derick Fiedler aka @tumbleweed_photographer, a Lehigh Valley-based photographer who has shot a number of live music shows over the past few years. His work includes DIY shows — like Tape Swap Radio's Live in the Garden sponsored shows in Bethlehem this past summer — as well as larger concerts at places like Archer Music Hall in Allentown. Derick has become a fixture at shows in the area for his willingness to help the local DIY music scene and his impressive high quality photographs. Photographing many different shows has given Derick a wealth of knowledge when it comes to lesser-known bands, and his mixtape that he put together for Tape Swap showcases some of his favorite music.

S8E228: In Phlight - Ep 228 - LAC on MNF

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2025 8:53

Well... where does it all go from here? The Raiders are making their way to Philly -- this isn't 2023 all over again... is it?! It's the IN PHLIGHT podcast! Brought to you by Kitay Law Offices - 'The Law Firm With a Heart' -- visit KitayLegal.com! And by CAT Country 96 -- the Lehigh Valley's Home of the Philadelphia Eagles! As well as Cumulus Media Allentown! Find this podcast on our station's websites -- and wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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HORROR BUSINESS Episode 162: FROM THE OLD EARTH and BORN OF FIRE

Horror Business

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 66:48

Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We've got one heck of an episode in store for you guys, as we're talking about 1981's From The Old Earth and 1987's Born Of Fire. First off, thank you to the fine folks over at Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations, the premiere screen-printing company of the Lehigh Valley. Chris Reject and his merry band of miscreants are ready to work with you to bring to life your vision of a t-shirt for your business, band, project, or whatever else it is you need represented by a shirt, sweater, pin, or koozie. Head on over to www.xlvacx.com to check them out. Thank you also to Essex Coffee Roasters, our newest sponsor. Head to www.essexcoffeeroasters.com to check out their fine assortment of coffee and enter CINEPUNX in the promo code for ten percent off your order! And as always thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Your support means the world to us and we are eternally thankful. If you would like to become a Patron, head to patreon.com/cinepunx. Thanks in advance! We briefly talk what we've doing involving horror recently. Liam talks about seeing the remastered version of Re-Animator, Lord Of Illusions, Black Eyed Susan, and House of Dynamite. Justin talks about some of the films he saw for Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and Screamfest, as well as the films Alma and the Wolf, Somnium, The Astronaut, and Traumatika, and the HBO series Welcome To Derry. Up first is From The Old Earth. Justin talks about how this feels very much like the archetypical folk horror film. We talk about the history of the attempts to keep the Welsh language alive. We briefly talk about the history of Wales and how British colonialism had long attempted to crush the Welsh culture. Justin talks about the role of the Welsh in Lovecraftian fiction, particularly Colin Wilson's short story, “The Return Of The Lloigor.” We discuss how despite taking place in Wales, the film still has a very British feel to it. The fact that only women can see the villain (a shadowy god) is touched upon and how that plays into the misogynistic views of post-WWII UK. Liam talks about the relative lack of gore and blood, and how despite not being out-and-out frightening, it still has a good amount of creepiness. Justin talks about how the film accomplishes what a folk horror film sets out to do, which is presenting a sense of time and portraying the modern world as a thin veneer resting upon the horrors of the primordial past. Justin also talks about the theme of feminine fertility being the enemy of some of these deities. We talk some more about the basic tenets of folk horror. Up next is Born Of Fire. We give a summary of the film. We talk about how the film, despite being directed by a Pakistani person, presents some rather problematic views of Turkey, in that Turkey is presented as a place inhabited by actual cave dwellers. Liam talks about the film’s British sensibility of being simultaneously uptight and horny, and its utter lack of subtlety. We talk about the film's themes of decadence and temptation, as well as hints of a Charlie Daniels-esque master flautist vs. the devil. We talk about the history of “trickster” beings in Europe, tying back to a Muslim influence and the Muslim concept of the djinn. As always, thank you for listening and to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening and donating. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller, Jacob Roberts, Paul Sharkey, and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com and on Twitter), Essex Coffee Roasters (www.essexcoffeeroasters.com) and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, check out our Spotify account at Cinepunx, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we'll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra-stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks! The post HORROR BUSINESS Episode 162: FROM THE OLD EARTH and BORN OF FIRE appeared first on Cinepunx.

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Jack McCallum on Bird vs today's NBA, Victor Wembanyama, and storytelling in the AI era

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 6:57

Get More LVWITHLOVE Content at LVwithLOVE.com Become a partner or contact us Today I'm joined by NBA and Lehigh Valley legend Jack McCallum, a New York Times bestselling author of “Dream Team” and “Seven Seconds or Less” who spent decades covering the league for Sports Illustrated. I caught up with Jack at WDIY 88.1 FM before he recorded a Something to Say segment to talk about how today's NBA compares to the Larry Bird era, why he would build the next decade around Victor Wembanyama, and what AI and changing media mean for storytelling. We also revisit the time Michael Jordan called him during one of my Moravian University classes and get into what he is working on now, from a new novel to the short radio pieces he jokes are his Tuesday “elevator music.” Let's get into it. Thank you to our Partners! WDIY 88.1 FM Wind Creek Event Center Michael Bernadyn of RE/MAX Real Estate Molly’s Irish Grille & Sports Pub Banko Beverage Company Email your news release to info@lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com Advertisement Advertisement

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Navigating Postpartum Depression: Part Two

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 14:49

Life after welcoming a baby into the world looks different – it's messy, beautiful and exhausting. As you nurture the newest addition to your family, remember yourself too. Hormones shift significantly after giving birth, which can leave you feeling sad, anxious or overwhelmed. If you're looking for support in postpartum, you'll want to listen to the latest episode of The Healthiest You podcast about postpartum depression. In Part Two of our podcast series, you'll hear from psychiatrist Samantha Cerimele, MD, with Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health. Is it “baby blues” or postpartum depression? What increases your risk for postpartum depression? Should you try placenta encapsulation? What treatment options are available for postpartum depression? How can the WAVES (Women Adjusting to Various Emotional States) program help? We answer these questions and more on The Healthiest You podcast this month. Chapters:0:01 - Intro0:11 - “Baby blues” vs. postpartum depression1:27 - This may increase your risk for postpartum depression2:15 - Ways to prevent postpartum depression3:09 - Placenta encapsulation5:17 - Reaching out for help6:04 - Treatment options 8:57 - Talk therapy10:01 - Helpful things to include in your routine11:45 - Advice for moms and our programs

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Bettina from Laurel Glen Vineyard

California Wine Country

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 43:47

Bettina Sichel, the owner of Laurel Glen Vineyard is back in the studio as our guest on California Wine Country with Dan Berger and Daedalus Howell. She was on the show once before, on this episode last May. Bettina has brought a new wine that Dan is tasting for the first time. This is a 2025 Gruner Veltliner from a historic vineyard on Sonoma Mountain, an unusual grape from a historic vineyard. It is most associated with Austria, usually made dry and has a natural richness. It is not as austere as a Riesling can be. Dan suggests a little bit of green tea component in the grape, and some mineral flavors like slate. It is dry and rich at the same time. CWC is brought to you by Deodora Estate Vineyards. Visit Deodora to discover 72 acres in the Petaluma Gap that are producing exceptional Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Riesling. The Steiner Vineyard on Sonoma Mountain has two acres of Gruner Veltliner. Dan remembers the Galen Glen Vineyard in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania also makes a great Gruner Veltliner. Dan appreciates that Laurel Glen Vineyard uses a screw cap. Bettina says that all their white wines are bottled with screw caps. Dan explains that screw caps work great but with red wines of a certain price, people just expect a cork. Recently some screw cap producers have developed different screw caps that completely seal or that allow a little bit of air. You can choose the cap that matches your intentions as a winemaker. If a wine has to sit on the shelf for a long time, the cap protects the wine better than a cork might do. They are tasting the Laurel Glen Cabernet, which is blended with about 20% Merlot, to soften it.

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Coping With Depression: Part One

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 16:47

On average, you have over 6,000 thoughts a day. That's a lot – and about 80 percent of them are negative. Unsettling thoughts, lingering feelings of sadness or losing interest in activities you once enjoyed are all reasons to check in on your mental health with a trusted friend or your clinician. If you're looking for options because something feels off or you know a loved one who is facing depression, you'll want to listen to the latest episode of The Healthiest You podcast. In Part One of our podcast series on major depression, you'll hear from psychiatrist Samantha Cerimele, MD, with Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health. How can you break the cycle of negative thoughts? What causes depression? Which symptoms should not be ignored? Should you try transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy? Can St. John's wort supplements help fight depression? We answer these questions and more on The Healthiest You podcast this month.Chapters:0:01 - Intro1:06 - Why women have a higher risk2:16 - What causes depression2:31 - Most common types of depression3:04 - Symptoms you should not ignore 4:33 - Take these first steps if you have symptoms5:35 - How depression is diagnosed6:16 - Treatment options7:15 - Nonmedication treatment options7:33 - Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)8:49 - Side effects of TMS9:14 - Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or talk therapy10:19 - Mental health toolkit11:39 - What to do when your thoughts are spiraling12:16 - Breathing exercise14:29 - St. John's wort supplement

‘Hazel’ Starring Bethlehem's Own Madelyn Dundon Comes to ArtsQuest for Three Special Screenings

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 29:38

Get More LVWITHLOVE Content at LVwithLOVE.com Become a partner or contact us Bethlehem Catholic graduate and Lehigh Valley native Madelyn Dundon is bringing her latest film Hazel to the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas at ArtsQuest for three special screenings this December AND you can find it on streaming soon! Hazel is a survival thriller based on the true story of Hazel Miner, a teenager who tried to protect her younger siblings during a deadly 1920 blizzard in North Dakota. The film has played to sold out audiences across the Dakotas and now arrives in Bethlehem before it begins streaming later this month. The production converted an abandoned Kmart in Bismarck into a full movie studio, complete with a snow landscape, lighting rigs, VFX elements, and even horses brought inside for filming. Local audiences will appreciate the creativity of turning a forgotten building into something new. Dundon also spoke about what it means to bring the film home. From her years at Bethelehem Catholic High School to the Freddy Awards to her breakout in Getting Grace with Dan Roebock (who has also been on our podcast), she credits the Valley for giving her the foundation to take on roles like this one. ArtsQuest screening dates:• Sunday, December 7 at 1 p.m. with Q and A• Monday, December 8 at 7:15 p.m. with Q and A• Wednesday, December 10 at 12:30 p.m. Tickets: https://www.artsquest.org/event/hazel-standard-screening/ Hazel will also be available to stream on Apple TV beginning December 23. Thank you to our Partners! WDIY 88.1 FM Wind Creek Event Center Michael Bernadyn of RE/MAX Real Estate Molly’s Irish Grille & Sports Pub Banko Beverage Company Email your news release to info@lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com Advertisement Advertisement

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How Women Can Reduce Holiday Stress with Micro Joys and Better Mornings featuring Melissa Smith of Balance and Bloom

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 15:49

Get More LVWITHLOVE Content at LVwithLOVE.com Become a partner or contact us This week on the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast, we're talking with Melissa Smith, corporate wellness coach and founder of Balance and Bloom, a health and wellness coaching company helping women, leaders, and organizations reduce stress, prevent burnout, and rebuild their spark. With the holiday season in full swing, Melissa breaks down why this time of year hits women especially hard and what small shifts can actually make a difference. In this episode, Melissa shares: • Why the first three minutes of your day matter and how they set the emotional tone• Why women often feel responsible for “everything” this time of year• The difference between stress and burnout and how you can tell which one you’re in• Micro joys, what they are, and how they instantly shift your mindset Learn more about Melissa Smith and her work at:https://www.balanceandbloom.life/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-smith-3b834610/ https://www.instagram.com/balanceandbloomnow/ Thank you to our Partners! WDIY 88.1 FM Wind Creek Event Center Michael Bernadyn of RE/MAX Real Estate Molly’s Irish Grille & Sports Pub Banko Beverage Company Email your news release to info@lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com Advertisement Advertisement

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S8E227: In Phlight - Ep 227 - Black Friday vs the Bears

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 20:49

NFC implications are all over this one today! For the Eagles, can they quiet the noise? For the Bears, can they win their biggest game... maybe since the 'Double Doink'?! A 3pm kickoff on a Friday sounds good to us, and @crockettonair joins the fellas on the 'Happy Hour' on Lehigh Valley Fox Sports to discuss it in the IN PHLIGHT podcast! Brought to you by Kitay Law Offices - 'The Law Firm With a Heart' -- visit KitayLegal.com! And by CAT Country 96 -- the Lehigh Valley's Home of the Philadelphia Eagles! As well as Cumulus Media Allentown! Find this podcast on our station's websites -- and wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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S8E226: In Phlight - Ep 226 - Dallas (and Drama) Week

Pruning To Prosper - Clutter, Money, Meals and Mindset for the Catholic Mom

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 19:19

For the Offense, the issues seems to be going on both on - and off - the field. For the Defense, they are the problem for everyone else in the league. What is the current state of the Birds? How can they get things right as they continue through the back half of the schedule?! @crockettonair joins the fellas on the 'Happy Hour' on Lehigh Valley Fox Sports in the IN PHLIGHT podcast! Brought to you by Kitay Law Offices - 'The Law Firm With a Heart' -- visit KitayLegal.com! And by CAT Country 96 -- the Lehigh Valley's Home of the Philadelphia Eagles! As well as Cumulus Media Allentown! Find this podcast on our station's websites -- and wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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310. Downsizing with Purpose with Tracy Hoth

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 40:06

Tracy Hoth is a certified life and organizing coach on a mission to help women simplify their homes and their lives. As the creator of Organized Life Academy and host of the top 1% globally ranked podcast, Organized Coach, Tracy equips women to declutter with confidence, create systems that last, and step into the role of Organized Life CEO. Today, Tracy joins us to discuss downsizing with purpose. How to keep what matters and let go of the rest. To work with Tracy, please see her website for all the details for her coaching opportunities: https://simplysquaredaway.com If you live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and would like help decluttering your home, I offer in-person decluttering. This is a 5 hour appointment and I donate all items to local thrift stores. Cost $300. Please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com For hourly coaching via Zoom (decluttering, budgeting, meal planning), you can see my calendar and book a session here: Virtual Coaching Schedule Join the private Facebook community here: Facebook Group Prefer to receive a weekly email with the monthly freebie like a group rosary, group declutter, or budget Q&As? Join my mailing list here: Weekly Newsletter Do you like to watch a podcast? Check out my YouTube channel here: YouTube For any other inquiries or guest appearances, please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com

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S8E225: In Phlight - Ep 225 - Detroit Roars Into Town

Crime Writers On...True Crime Review

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 17:23

Tell me if you've heard this one before... but there's a big NFC matchup this weekend! The lights will be bright in Primetime as the Lions come to the Linc -- are the Birds the best team in the NFC? Can they overcome the on-field and off-field issues?! @crockettonair joins the fellas on the 'Happy Hour' on Lehigh Valley Fox Sports in the IN PHLIGHT podcast! Brought to you by Kitay Law Offices - 'The Law Firm With a Heart' -- visit KitayLegal.com! And by CAT Country 96 -- the Lehigh Valley's Home of the Philadelphia Eagles! As well as Cumulus Media Allentown! Find this podcast on our station's websites -- and wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Preventionist

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 50:47

An official in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley made a troubling discovery about the county's Office of Youth Services. Workers were taking action against a large number of families based on the diagnosis of a hospital specialist…diagnoses that were frequently proven wrong. He argued money was wasted and lives were destroyed by an overabundance of caution from one doctor. Dr. Debra Jenssen made a career in multiple states finding signs of abuse others hadn't found, and strong-arming authorities to take action against unsuspecting caretakers. Parents, social workers - and even judges - claimed the specialist too often misdiagnosed illness or accident as trauma, rejected contrary evidence, and upended families in a misguided effort to protect children. The podcast “The Preventionist” from Serial Productions and The New York Times explores the rise of a powerful new field in medicine and the consequences of its “better safe than sorry” application by one doctor. Host Dyan Neary also highlights the story of a family trying to piece itself together after authorities took action on a questionable diagnosis of child abuse.OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "THE PREVENTIONIST" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 10 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE. For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.This show was recorded in The Caitlin Rogers Project Studio. Click to find out more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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309. LIVE Declutter Coaching Kids' Bedroom

Pruning To Prosper - Clutter, Money, Meals and Mindset for the Catholic Mom

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 35:36

Amy Brooks, creator and owner of Catholics Online and the Prayer, Wine, Chocolate Retreat program joins us again today as we declutter the bedroom shared by her twins. When we began our Zoom session together, Amy said she was tired and not really feeling excited about our session. That's very real and that's where I am there to help. I got her started and by the time we finished our one hour session, she was so excited to drop off her donation bag before the kids got home from school. Motivation is not going to strike, just get started and it will show up in its' own time. As of the recording of this episode, Amy had one or two spots still available for the Philadelphia Prayer, Wine, Chocolate Retreat. Here is a link to her website to sign up. Prayer, Wine, Chocolate Retreat in Philadelphia To order Amy's Catholic Christmas catalog, please click here: https://catholicinfluencers.com/ ***If you live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and would like help decluttering your home, I offer in-person decluttering. This is a 5 hour appointment and I donate all items to local thrift stores. Cost $300. Please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com For hourly coaching via Zoom (decluttering, budgeting, meal planning), you can see my calendar and book a session here: Virtual Coaching Schedule Join the private Facebook community here: Facebook Group Prefer to receive a monthly email with the monthly freebie like a group rosary, group declutter, or budget Q&As? Join my mailing list here: Monthly Newsletter Do you like to watch a podcast? Check out my YouTube channel here: YouTube For any other inquiries or guest appearances, please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com

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ATLP Rewind - Ralph Heiss & The Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal - September 24, 2024

Around The Layout

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 60:49

ATLP Rewind - Originally Released September 24, 2024On this episode of Around The Layout, we head to New Jersey and talk to Ralph Heiss, owner of the Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal HO scale layout and frequent operator of quite a few great layouts in the Garden State. Ralph tells us how he got started in the hobby and how he was operating at great layouts by the age of 17. He also shares how he researched the Lehigh Valley, his passion for the history and ghost railroading and how to make good use of free time gifted by a hurricane derived power outage.Learn more about this episode on our website:aroundthelayout.com/rewindThank you to our episode sponsor, Oak Hill Model Railroad Track Supply:https://ohrtracksupply.com/Thank you to our episode sponsor, ScaleSigns.com:https://scalesigns.com/

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From Serial: 'The Preventionist'

The Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2025 41:16

The story of how this extraordinary situation in the Lehigh Valley came to light — because it almost didn't.In the summer of 2023, reporter Dyan Neary received a tip about a problematic doctor in Pennsylvania. Families were claiming that when they sought medical care for their children, this pediatrician falsely accused them of abuse, and their children were taken away from them. The Preventionist traces this doctor's decades-long career across multiple states, and explores the rise of a new and powerful kind of specialist, the “child abuse pediatrician” — whose decisions can be incredibly difficult to challenge. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

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Helping Kids Grow: Ivy Rehab for Kids Opens in Bethlehem and Allentown

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 15:55

Get More LVWITHLOVE Content at LVwithLOVE.com Become a partner or contact us This week on the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast, we're talking with Megan Cara, Clinic Director at Ivy Rehab for Kids in Bethlehem. (more…)

308. 6 Easy Steps To Organize An Unfinished Basement

Pruning To Prosper - Clutter, Money, Meals and Mindset for the Catholic Mom

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 17:13

Opening Bible verse: 1 Corinthians 3:10-11 Your basement is some valuable real estate in your home. Is it a dumping ground or is it usable, active space adding value to your home and life? On today's podcast episode I walk you through 6 easy steps to organize your unfinished basement. 1. Mark off and clear pathways to mechanical areas and egress window(s). You can use painters tape to clearly define the walkways. 2. Ask yourself: What do I want to keep down in the basement? Make a list of broad categories. 3. Assign areas to each category. 4. Do a quick sort of items. Is there obvious trash or donate items? If you are keeping an item, quickly place it in the area in which it will live. 5. Once everything has been placed in its' permanent area, keep only the items you use at least once per year. 6. How will you store the items in this area? Begin organizing on shelves, in bins, etc. You can keep anything you want, it just has to fit comfortably on the shelf or home that you've assigned it. ***If you live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and would like help decluttering your home, I offer in-person decluttering. This is a 5 hour appointment and I donate all items to local thrift stores. Cost $300. Please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com For hourly coaching via Zoom (decluttering, budgeting, meal planning), you can see my calendar and book a session here: Virtual Coaching Schedule Join the private Facebook community here: Facebook Group Prefer to receive a weekly email with the monthly freebie like a group rosary, group declutter, or budget Q&As? Join my mailing list here: Weekly Newsletter Do you like to watch a podcast? Check out my YouTube channel here: YouTube For any other inquiries or guest appearances, please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com

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S8E223: In Phlight - Ep 223 - A Big Win and a Bye Week.mp3

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 12:10

It felt like the one we've all been waiting for! They Eagles dominated the Giants last Sunday... and now we have to wait UNTIL NEXT MONDAY to see if they can repeat it! Could the Birds be adding maybe THE best defensive player in the league to the mix? The trade deadline is around the corner... and @crockettonair lets us know there's already a buzz around the Birds in the IN PHLIGHT podcast! Brought to you by Kitay Law Offices - 'The Law Firm With a Heart' -- visit KitayLegal.com! And by CAT Country 96 -- the Lehigh Valley's Home of the Philadelphia Eagles! As well as Cumulus Media Allentown! Find this podcast on our station's websites -- and wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Preventionist - Ep. 1

Serial

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 40:23

The story of how this extraordinary situation in the Lehigh Valley came to light — because it almost didn't. Our newest podcast, “The Preventionist” is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts.To get full access to this and other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts.To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter.Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedback on our shows? Email us at serialshows@nytimes.com

307. I Made A Mistake and I Felt So Guilty, Now What?

Pruning To Prosper - Clutter, Money, Meals and Mindset for the Catholic Mom

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 12:23

Opening Bible Verse: Romans 10:22 Boy did I mess up and the guilt was killing me. Should we avoid the feeling of guilt at all costs or can we embrace it for the good? If you live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and would like help decluttering your home, I offer in-person decluttering. This is a 5 hour appointment and I donate all items to local thrift stores. Cost $300. Please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com For hourly coaching via Zoom (decluttering, budgeting, meal planning), you can see my calendar and book a session here: Virtual Coaching Schedule Join the private Facebook community here: Facebook Group Prefer to receive a weekly email with the monthly freebie like a group rosary, group declutter, or budget Q&As? Join my mailing list here: Weekly Newsletter Do you like to watch a podcast? Check out my YouTube channel here: YouTube For any other inquiries or guest appearances, please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com

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How To Protect Your Pelvic Floor: Part Two

Pruning To Prosper - Clutter, Money, Meals and Mindset for the Catholic Mom

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 39:35

Leaking after sneezing or exercising, rushing to the restroom and experiencing pelvic discomfort are health problems often tucked away on a to-do list of things to deal with later. These everyday disruptions though are signs that your pelvic floor needs some attention. Whether you've recently had a baby or you're approaching your menopause era, there are treatment options that can fit into your routine and help you feel better. If you're looking for ways to support your bladder naturally or wondering how pelvic floor physical therapy could benefit you, you'll want to listen to the latest episode of The Healthiest You podcast. In Part Two of our pelvic floor podcast series, you'll hear from urogynecologist Nabila Noor, MD, and rehabilitation clinical specialist Karen Snowden, PT, DPT, both with Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health.Which supplements may support your bladder health? What is pelvic organ prolapse? What treatment options are available for pelvic floor disorders? How can you strengthen your pelvic floor at home? What can you expect at your first pelvic floor physical therapy appointment? We answer these questions and more on The Healthiest You podcast this month.Chapters: • 0:01 - Intro • 0:04 - Toilet stools • 3:52 - Bladder supplements • 7:16 - Pelvic organ prolapse • 9:11 - Treatment options • 12:11 - Pelvic floor physical therapy • 20:42 - Exercises at your appointment • 26:20 - How to strengthen your pelvic floor at home • 35:18 - Advice for your bladder and pelvic floor

306. From Playdate to Prayer Group with Raquel Rose

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 56:06

Raquel Rose, owner and visionary of, The Little Rose Shop, a former school counselor who turned her passion for supporting families into simple, beautiful resources that help families build faith habits at home joins us on today's podcast episode. We talk all about how an unexpected pregnancy in college led to this beautiful business of creating Catholic gifts, books and more for moms to use in building holy habits at home. We also chat about promptings from the Holy Spirit that led Raquel to creating a prayer group among friends and how you can too! In this episode we talk about listening to the Holy Spirit and I reference another one of my podcast episodes on gifts of the Holy Spirit. You can listen to that here: 284. Is Clutter Preventing You from Using Your Charism? If you live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and would like help decluttering your home, I offer in-person decluttering. This is a 5 hour appointment and I donate all items to local thrift stores. Cost $300. Please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com For hourly coaching via Zoom (decluttering, budgeting, meal planning), you can see my calendar and book a session here: Virtual Coaching Schedule Join the private Facebook community here: Facebook Group Prefer to receive a weekly email with the monthly freebie like a group rosary, group declutter, or budget Q&As? Join my mailing list here: Weekly Newsletter Do you like to watch a podcast? Check out my YouTube channel here: YouTube For any other inquiries or guest appearances, please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com

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TABLE TALK: The James Franklin Firing And The Future Of Penn State Football

The Philadelphia Sports Table | Philly Sports News & Views

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 34:10 Transcription Available

This week on TABLE TALK, Jeff sat down with Mike Raymond from Fox Sports Radio of the Lehigh Valley for a discussion about the James Franklin firing and where this Penn State Football program goes in the future. Many fans and alumni are still in shock over what this season has become. What will the future bring? It was a great discussion with Mike!Topics Mike and Jeff discussed:- The pure shock of how this Penn State Football season has gone given the expectations.- Why the firing of James Franklin happened mid-season.- What will Franklin's legacy be when we are further removed from his tenure?- What will the PSU Athletic Department be looking for in the next head coach, and who might the next Penn State Football coach be; Pat Fitzgerald, maybe Matt Rhule?All of this and much more this week on Table Talk!SUBSCRIBE on YouTube: youtube.com/@thephiladelphiasportstableHead over to our website for all of our podcasts and more: philadelphiasportstable.comFollow us on BlueSky:Jeff: @jeffwarren.bsky.socialErik: @brickpollitt.bsky.socialFollow us on Threads:Jeff: @mrjeffwarrenErik: @slen1023The Show: @philadelphiasportstableFollow us on Twitter/X:Jeff: @Jeffrey_WarrenErik: @BrickPollittThe Show: @PhiladelphiaPSTFollow us on Instagram:Jeff: @mrjeffwarrenErik: @slen1023The Show: @philadelphiasportstable.Follow Jeff on TikTok: @mrjeffwarrenFollow us on Facebook: facebook.com/PhiladelphiaSportsTable

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305. Daily Routines for a Home that Runs Itself

Pruning To Prosper - Clutter, Money, Meals and Mindset for the Catholic Mom

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 13:22

Opening Bible verse is 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 Persistence and Perseverance is key. Here is a quick list of recommended daily routines: 1. Pray your rosary before anything else. 2. Trash 3. Ask yourself, "What's for dinner?" 4. Tidy as you go 5. Do the dishes 6. Make your bed 7. Do a load of laundry 8. Declutter as you go **If you live in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and would like help decluttering your home, I offer in-person decluttering. This is a 5 hour appointment and I donate all items to local thrift stores. Cost $300. Please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com For hourly coaching via Zoom (decluttering, budgeting, meal planning), you can see my calendar and book a session here: Virtual Coaching Schedule Join the private Facebook community here: Facebook Group Follow me on Instagram here: Instagram Prefer to receive a weekly email with the monthly freebie like a group rosary, group declutter, or budget Q&As? Join my mailing list here: Weekly Newsletter Do you like to watch a podcast? Check out my YouTube channel here: YouTube For any other inquiries or guest appearances, please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com

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Pass the Budget Episode Featuring Meals on Wheels Greater Lehigh Valley

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 17:20

Get More LVWITHLOVE Content at LVwithLOVE.com Become a partner or contact us In this episode of Lehigh Valley with Love, we talk with Dina Kovats-Bernat, Director of Development and Communications for Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley, about what happens when politics stall and how delayed budgets are putting real lives at risk. (more…)

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