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Brad Crowell and Lesley Logan share enlightening takeaways from confidence expert Simone in this compelling episode. They explore how confidence can be intentionally built through facing challenges and adopting actionable strategies. Tune in to learn about embracing failures, transforming mindsets, and using these experiences to cultivate a more confident and self-loving approach to life.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Failure is a pathway to growth and a valuable learning experience.Cultivating a positive mindset to fuel actions and attract success. The importance of regularly asking yourself what you truly want in life.  Why acceptance and self-love is the foundation for true confidence. Episode References/Links:OPC Summer CampCambodia early birdSummer Tour is around the cornerBarrels FlashcardsLesley Logan eLevateBest Pilates Reformer for Home StudiosShop Spine Corrector at ContrologySimone Knego's websiteSimone Knego's podcastDaughter Dearest Pod interview with Lesley Logan  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. DEALS! 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Welcome to the be it till you see it podcast, where we talk about taking messy action knowing that perfect is boring. I must say Logan Paul is instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained 1000s of people around the world. And the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week my guests will bring bold executable intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and be it till you see it it's a practice not a perfect LET'S GET STARTED Welcome back to the beat till you see it interview recap where my co host and life Brad and I are going to dig into the positively competent combo I had with Simone Cunego in our last episode if you haven't yet listened to that one you should listen to it now. I'm gonna say positively competent combo I had with Simone Cunego did get on that can we just say that those words together positively competent combo with Simone Koneko. Like there's it's like one of those like, She sells seashells down by the seashore. I know you should have heard me yesterday when I was filming tutorials for the barrel stack okay, I had to keep saying see shaper. See shaper see shaper and it was really hard not to say shaper. Like you will say like you say it like I'm Leslie Logan here to talk about criss cross on the sea shaper and then it's like the C shape or the t shirt you just keep saying it starts to blend into su words. Hi guys anyways, todayBrad Crowell 1:59  it was a third take through that intro by the way.Lesley Logan 2:02  I was reading the wrong one slang. It's okay listen to the outtakes at the end. You'll hear it out here. So today is May 9 And it's all last sock Memorial Day. This is when you do due to or what's a memorial song?Brad Crowell 2:18  Do I have no idea what immortal Okay,Lesley Logan 2:21  so the origin of last sock Memorial Day is as big a mystery as the whereabouts are the socks. The day is meant to memorialize. But socks have been around for centuries. And it's clear Americans love their socks and 2018 in the US alone we purchased over $11 billion in socks. Most men wear socks every day including those particularly fashionable guys who wear socks with sandals Brad what hardly oh my gosh, you guys are ugly. We're so lucky. We know he wears socks with his sandals all all the time his socks and stocks all the time. So I believe rock industry continues to grow in sales and expand in variety. Gone are the days of the one color one style sock HelloBrad Crowell 2:57  Who does that boringLesley Logan 2:58  I know I'm back to crew socks that I love it. Today socks are multiple purposes and are manufactured perform based on neat of course the dress the trouser sock is neutral colors exist for professionals, or fancy occasions for the markets for fun and functional socks are making a name for themselves. There are themed graphics like it keeps going I have Star Wars I'm going to skip to the end. So apparently they did a survey. And it said that the average person loses 1.3 SOCKS per month what that is over 15 SOCKS per person per year. So you can see that this is universally hits home and it causes us all distress when sock goes missing major distress. In fact, today we stand together to pay tribute to our deeply departed socks and this is where the song would come on. AndBrad Crowell 3:42  it would be amazing because it causes so much stress that I decided with the help of my favorite chat bot to write an ode to my last suck. Okay, so here we go Jeffro should be singing this Oh noble sock, vanishing into the abyss of the laundry is dark realm. Once snugly paired now solitary you wander alone, a solitary helm in the labyrinth of mismatched pairs your absence leaves a longing overwhelmLesley Logan 4:14  long and overwhelmed. That's how it finished up on chat TV.Brad Crowell 4:18  Ah Hey, who said that?Lesley Logan 4:21  I don't know who your favorite is. I that's what I know. That's all you guys I don't even I don't even use a chatbot I don't I don't use I don't have any AI. That's what my team is for. Okay, back to the regular scheduled program upcoming events and travel get ready get your get your pen and paper out and paper out OPC summer camp is less than a month away June one and we are hoping for the biggest biggest summer camp Edberg. If you don't have to attend live you can watch the replays. So what you can do to go is go to opc.me/events OPC that means slash events plural and you will see we have 14 events and you can buy them ala carte. You can buy a day pass or you buy both day passes. The savings is On the day pass, I will tell you that at any rate, I'm teaching one event and we have 13 other teachers from around the world. I'm so excited. We have a variety of classes and workshops and all different pieces of equipment, spinning different topics we've got, like Heather Ingram is doing Empower Matt. It's a resiliency mat class for those who have who had breast cancer or have are going through it. I'm super excited about that. We have Aaron Donohue doing a pelvic floor mat class. Super stoked about that. We also have workshops on knee pain, we have one a chair class, a couple reformer classes, a Tower of Power with the head tower power, happy hour with Lisa, I can keep going, it's gonna be great. We have 1414. So seven classes, seven workshops, over two days, come alive for the party. Watch the replays whenever you want. But you got to buy them before they go into full price. I'm just saying. So obviously that means slash events June 1 And second is going to be when we go live. Yeah.Brad Crowell 5:58  And if you sign up for any of them, whether you pick ala carte, or you buy the full day pass, you actually have access to the replay indefinitely. Yeah. in perpetuity, in perpetuity forever ever. For Finiti CambodiaLesley Logan 6:15  earlybird is happening as this is happening. So if you are on the waitlist, got the email, and if you aren't on the waitlist, you don't get it. So you have to wait. Well,Brad Crowell 6:24  if you want to get on the waitlist right now go to Leslie logan.co/retreats. With portal that's plural. So that'sLesley Logan 6:31  gonna be our February event because October is very sold out. Yeah, first of all down super not an option. So FebruaryBrad Crowell 6:39  in and yeah, February, we're gonna go the 25th I think for 23 to 28, something like that. It's the end of Feb. It'sLesley Logan 6:46  after it's after the Lunar New Year. So you know, we'll be past the high season of travel andBrad Crowell 6:52  it's gonna be great. I'm really, really fired up and we're gonna have an amazing group at that point in the year as well. Next up, we got Summer Tour summer.Lesley Logan 7:01  We are doing a summer tour. We're not doing the West Coast tour. This time we're doing the summer we're doing I don't know it was the Midwest. Yeah. And I'm super excited because I've been back to Milwaukee since 2018. IBrad Crowell 7:12  know it's been a minute and in fact, you've never done Minnesota and we're looking at I've never been to Minnesota. I got locked in. It's not confirmed yet, but we're working on it literally right now.Lesley Logan 7:22  We're gonna get back to Chicago for the first time since 2018.Brad Crowell 7:25  Yeah, this time we're gonna hit Cleveland, but on the summer tour, and then we're gonna go south back through the Midwest. So we're looking at like, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City. Yeah, we're even looking at Colorado Springs, y'all.Lesley Logan 7:41  Yeah. So at any rate, you want to go to opc.me/door? Yeah, getBrad Crowell 7:45  yourself on the waitlist for the tour. We're going to start talking about it and opening up the doors for that in earnest after summer camp. So yeah, first is summer camp. After that. We'll do the Summer Tour. Yeah.Speaker 1 7:55  Barrels flashcard. Oh, my goodness. So actuallyBrad Crowell 7:59  lots of progress.Lesley Logan 8:00  Here's the thing. This might be the last chance get on the waitlist, because based on one's is coming out and our presale is very, very, very sorted. It could be happening as we speak. I'm not really certain on that. So here's the deal. You want to go to opc.me/flashcard waitlist, it's a lot. It's a mouthful. Ready. opc.me/flashcard waitlist, all in a word. So only people on the waitlist will get the presale price. The pre sale price is the best price you don't want to miss out on that.Brad Crowell 8:28  Oh, this is a new exciting news that les is looking at me like do we want to talk about this? Maybe maybe not.Lesley Logan 8:36  No, I'm skipping it. We're skipping it. There's other people who need to hear about that first. Okay.Brad Crowell 8:40  All right. Well, we have something very exciting, well, secret that we will shareLesley Logan 8:45  later. Because come back maybe next week, but not just me doing that.Brad Crowell 8:48  Alright, so lastly, butLesley Logan 8:51  not leastly is the elevate my mentorship program for amazing teachersBrad Crowell 8:57  to say lastly, but not less late. Oh.Lesley Logan 9:01  All right. All right. So if you look at the OBC summer camp, all the teachers have been through my mentorship program. So they will to see how they teach and like their personalities and their styles. And I couldn't pick every grad. So for the grads listening, it's not like I skipped you. There. I only do so many. But I I was able to see the teaching, and I was able to at that time pick them. I'm not saying that. That's why you should elevate you should do elevate because it makes you fucking badass. Yeah, and I actually just got a message from one of our grads who was kind of treated like a little bit like crap at work. And she actually took a moment and asked for a meeting. And then she asked what she want that meeting. She got what she wanted that meeting and she was able to remember like a year before being so scared to have a meeting. And now she's like comparing herself to herself. It's like, I know I'm good. And so if you are wanting competence in your teaching and your power and your awesomeness, and you are already a comprehensively to mean teacher, go to Leslie logan.co/ew. Leslie Logan, that CEO slash Ew, that's going to get you on the waitlist. The people on the waitlist are the ones who and we invited to apply. And we're not probably doing applications until after summer camp to be completely honest. I'm I'm 100% positive about that. But we have to fill 2025 early so you guys can plan your life around this amazing experience. Yeah. And it's virtual my mentorship is virtual you can come in person around for is like all up a whole bunch of people out there all the time. I love it so much. So anyways,Brad Crowell 10:37  we also people who are all over the world as literally not an option to come in person. So yeah, it was designed to be virtual. Just we got a couple of people who were like, Can I drop in?Lesley Logan 10:45  And then we're like, Sure. And then people just keep coming. And now it's like, it's amazing. We know a guy named Kevin around the corner who Airbnbs his place. So we met Kevin, we don't we actually have never met Kevin but okay, so we thought we gotta get into some Alan. But before we do that, do we have an audience? Question?Brad Crowell 11:02  We sure do. This is from Daniella on Instagram, on the ad G. Is there a cheap reformer that you can recommend? Dr. Leslie? No, there isn't.Lesley Logan 11:15  There's not there is not there isn't? Here's the deal. If you are looking for appeal applies equipment you can afford. Check out a window chair, check out a spine corrector check out the ControlLogix line. The spine corrector is about $700 When a chair I want to say is like 1200 and might be a little bit better. Look, I don't know what the price is already done this exact moment. But yes, that's still expensive. But it is a piece of code that doesn't take up a lot of space. You can have an amazing workout on it. It will support your mat practice. And it's not forBrad Crowell 11:41  rolling it around. It doesn't break either. Yeah. YouLesley Logan 11:45  know, and so the best performer is a ControlLogix reformer. And then there's other reforms that are also amazing. But any reformer, that's really going to get you the results you want isn't me over $3,000 I'm sorry. I hate to break it to you. That's just how it goes. They're hard to make they have hundreds of parts. Like it's just a complicated and when there is a cheaper form are out there that you're seeing, like Costco or some like that, it's probably doesn't have springs, it probably doesn't have the weight limit. Most easel springs, right? It's not going to have the foot bar that moves around. So check out my video on YouTube about choosing a home or farmer and you will hear why I cannot tell you about a cheaper farmer that I would ever recommend. Yeah,Brad Crowell 12:27  so just go to a search lesson Logan home reformer or we'll put it in the show. It'sLesley Logan 12:34  a YouTube video. So thank you for your question, Daniela. I'm so sorry. I'm the bearer of bad news. But also, you know what one of my clients she has a tower and a wooden chair in her entryway of her townhouse. And she's had an a spine corrector now she misses reformer. Absolutely. She actually doesn't have space for it. So this is what we're doing. And it's really quite exciting. You'd be surprised what you can get out of having a spine Correct. I have another client that I teach online who only has a mat and I want to cheer and you know, like it's great. It's amazing. We work out every week together. So anyway, thanks for asking good questions. Send your questions in via pod we will answer them here and and that's that's that heard itBrad Crowell 13:14  here first, peeps. Okay. Now let's talk about Simone. Can I go Simone, a keynote speaker and author of the extraordinary an ordinary you is renowned for her journey from CPA to a dedicated advocate for women with experiences in teaching medical sales and charitable works. She uses her diverse background of inspire and empower confidence in others. Simona is also the host of the daughter dears podcast, furthering her impact on personal development. I just want to do a brag for Simone. She summited Mount Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro, the big one. It's pretty cool.Lesley Logan 13:50  It's really cool. Also, I was on the daughter ders podcast. So I would go listen to my episode. It's a great way to break into the daughter dears podcast, I look got to talk to her daughter Olivia. And, and also Simone and Nate has asked really great questions, and we had a really great conversation. So highly recommend that you go listen to that episode. And then you can see if you really like it. I think her podcasts is really great. I love this a mother daughter podcast, and they talk about really amazing things someone has just, she's also just freaking cool. And she has the coolest tennis shoes. Oh, it just came out. Yeah, it just came outBrad Crowell 14:28  the episode. I'm gonna put the I'm going to put the link to that in the show notes.Lesley Logan 14:33  While he's doing that. Here's the deal. I loved that she is a very big believer that it's okay to change your mind. I think that's really something we we I for fucking sure have a really hard time doing this. Brad has been the reason why all like, he taught me how to cancel plans. He's like I said, but we told him to do that. He's like, Well, we changed our mind. We can't we're not or we aren't doing the thing that was over there. So we can't do the thing with them that's over there. So it's gonna have Change. And I'm like, oh my god, people get mad. So anyways, I just absolutely love that she, that she said this. And I think it's a great point for all of us. But until I see it people to remember that it's okay to change your mind. And trying different things also means that she has to fail and some of it and I think that that's also a really cool thing, you're gonna fail forward, really, especially if you learn from it. She actually believes that failure is actually an important part of how we grow. And it's not a stop sign. I love that. Failure is actually not a stop sign of some people come like we'll have an obstacle on the go, oh, this is a sign that I'm so busy doing the thing? No, it's actually the thing you have to learn how to overcome to get to the next fucking level, sometimes, you know what I mean? People Oh, door closed at the sign of necessity after that thing. You know what I mean? It's like, no one thinks about that with dating. By the way, no one goes up that day, it was honestly me alone for my date set. So that means I'm not meant to be with anybody. You know what I mean? But we think about that with anything that we want to do in our life, or like, Oh, no one responded to my post. So I'm not good enough, whatever. And it's like that, what are you talking about? These are not stop signs. These are just feedback. And she also mentioned that we should embrace failure. And to understand failures don't equal your worth. I love this. Because all the people that we admire, who are amazing business, people, whatever, they all fail on a lot of things. One of our coaches, literally coaches, people on book titles, and all these things. And he talks endlessly about how he titled one of his books terribly wrong.Brad Crowell 16:36  And he argued, he argued for this title that he has now concluded later is terribly wrong. It's terribly wrong. Like he was convinced this is going to be the best amazing title ever.Lesley Logan 16:48  Yeah, more or less. And so but he has used it as a way to help others not have that same thing. So it's kind of we, you know, these fail, we should call them other things. This is some words that need rebranding. And failure is one of them. It's a sliding step. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I'm not the marketing people here. But I'm just saying it needs a new thing. Well, I'll your needs a PR person,Brad Crowell 17:17  we need a PR person for failure. Alright, here's what I really loved. She was talking about Kilimanjaro. Actually, really, really fascinating side note, she said that we apparently have 6000, roughly 6000 thoughts a day and 80% of them are negative what the effLesley Logan 17:33  I know. And also most of them are repetitive. They're the same thoughts as before. I'm like, who's counting these thoughts? Ding, ding. And also, do you ever wonder like, okay, as the overachiever in the room, the recovering one? I'm like, a bit, you have more?Brad Crowell 17:49  A bit, you have more negative thoughts than you know,Lesley Logan 17:52  I'm not. I'm not fighting for those. But that's funny.Brad Crowell 17:55  She said, when she was climbing Kilimanjaro. First off, it was like, a process to even get there and the mental battle to you know, write off the people who are who are basically challenging her. Or do you think you're actually going to make it? You know, like, yeah, I fucking do. Why do you think I'm going to I'm just going to do this. So I can go to the base. ButLesley Logan 18:16  what needs me fucking train on proper responses in life? Just yeah, that's here's the thing. When someone gets married, you don't have to ask them if they're having a baby. When someone said they're gonna climb a mountain. You don't have to ask them. Do you think you're gonna fucking finish it? Yeah, what happens? IfBrad Crowell 18:30  you follow? It says I'm going to open a Pilates studio. Do your friends go? Really? That's so risky. Are you going to do that? Yeah. Well, yes. If they say that,Lesley Logan 18:37  then and it's one or the other. If that is you, if I just said, if I just said a response that you think you've done, first of all, give yourself permission to never do it again. And also let it go. You did it and now you know better. But it I get it. Like I have a girlfriend who I just was having coffee with and she has a four year old. And there is a part of me that wants to know, does she want to have another guess what I didn't do ask? I kept it to my fucking cell. If she wants to tell me if she's having another, she will tell me. It's not my business. That's fun. Anyways, well,Brad Crowell 19:08  so she she was talking about while she was climbing Kilimanjaro. She was actually having this internal argument with herself. And she had to, you know, continue to encourage her own self and challenge herself while she was climbing the hill, y'all. And she said, when you once you got back home, it was really exhilarating. You know, it was quite a moment that she could be proud of. And she said, the challenge of it was something that she isn't going to forget she see challenged us to find our own Kilimanjaro and in a figurative sense, not necessarily a literal sense. Although, if any of you decide to go climb Kilimanjaro, tell us because we will cheer you along. There'll be alsoLesley Logan 19:55  the other Kilimanjaro climber we've had because now we've had to JenBrad Crowell 19:59  Did she climb a clique is Kilimanjaro the second highest? So yeah, it'sLesley Logan 20:03  okay to see we have had to I remember on her first attempt, two people died. Yeah. So she turned around, turn around. And then she did it again. She actually did it again. But guess what she's doing? She's creating a like retreat of some kind where you will climb with her? Oh, wow. And I was like, wow. And she's like, Yeah, are you in and I was like, probably not. So excited for you, and everyone is doing it with you, because I'm gonna go with Simone and find my own Kilimanjaro. When I'm on my own. I'm gonna say, owning the businesses we have feels like fucking climbing Kilimanjaro every day. So I'm good. Note it. I got it. Well, youBrad Crowell 20:45  know, she actually said it was not part of her bucket list. And she did it as part of a charity work to raise money for the LIVESTRONG Foundation. And people asked her what it would feel like if she didn't reach the summit. And she said, honestly, it wasn't about reaching the summit for her. It was the mindset that got her there. Like I was saying one step at a time continuing to encourage yourself, she did talk herself up, not down so many times during the climb due to self doubt. Right, and then having summitted Kilimanjaro and surmounted her negative self talk, that's why she's encouraging everyone to go find their own Kilimanjaro because it was a challenge. And it was it was probably quite scary. And you know, what a conversation we're having in your head, if you actually do doubt yourself making it to the top? Well, I just think is great, though. Because you know, and you're Kilimanjaro doesn't have to be an extra. It doesn't have to be physical. It could be, you know, Kilimanjaro, it could be weighing nice to that person who's consistently an asshole to you. You know, it could be, it could be right. Like, I said, I'm not, I'm not a parent. So I don't have to go to like PTA meetings. I don't have to go to soccer games to stay on the sidelines.Lesley Logan 21:59  We gotta dig neighbor that we have to like we do. Yeah, that's my mountain calling drought.Brad Crowell 22:04  I'm still working on that. There's,Lesley Logan 22:07  there's like, Okay, you guys, when we walk past this one house, also passes one house is the view of a building that shall remain nameless, because I envision the name of this building, burning off the building every single day. And so maybe my mountain Kilimanjaro is just not noticed these two things that I have to walk past, that might be it. Or maybe it's just like not having negative thoughts while I do it. But at any rate, find your own. Ask us later, if we found ours, that can be a question you ask. AndBrad Crowell 22:36  like I said before, you know whether it's literal Kilimanjaro or figured out if you've got something that you are going to tackle, and you want us to cheer you on. Tell us Yeah,Lesley Logan 22:46  well, and also you can send us your wins when you do because we have an FY EPS but and I just want to reiterate, she was focusing on overcoming her negative thoughts to get her up there to talk herself up, like you said, it's okay to talk yourself up.Brad Crowell 22:59  Yeah,Lesley Logan 23:00  I think it's really important. And also, like Brad said, we want to cheer you on. If you don't ask us to cheer you on. That's totally fine, not offended. But tell people in your life, this is really important to me, and how you react to me doing this thing is also really important to me, you know, Brené Brown, as the person who taught me the people whose opinions of you matter, they should know that their opinions of you matter. Yeah. And so if you have someone in your life who you love, and whenever you tell him, you're doing something that scares you, they kind of shit around it, then you need to have a talk with them. It says, When I tell you what I'm excited about. And we you respond with doubt. It's really hard for me to stay excited. So I would really love it. If when I say something that I'm excited about that you just say I'm excited for you. And then take your fears and talk to your other friend about it.Brad Crowell 23:53  Or another time not in the moment. Yeah,Lesley Logan 23:55  yeah. Yeah. Cuz, you know, they think they're being curious, but their curiosity is actuallyBrad Crowell 24:00  negative shanks. Yeah, um, youLesley Logan 24:04  know, Dr. Pepper, no, Sprite. We don't do those things around here. Okay, let's go to those be. At least a Dr. Pepper is better. I still haven't had you know, I haven't had soda since I was 18 years old.Brad Crowell 24:16  Oh, really? Yeah. That's impressive. I've definitely had soda since I know it's terrible for you. Yeah. I mean, I don't have it all the time.Lesley Logan 24:23  It doesn't even matter. It's like it clears off battery acid from a car you should not be drinking.Brad Crowell 24:30  This is true. It does that. All right. Finally let's talk about those be it action items what bold, executable intrinsic or targeted action items. Can we take away from your combo with Simone can Nago, she said that she uses affirmations on a daily basis. And then she told a really hilarious story about her daughter being like, I have nothing to be happy about today. And she was like, Oh, yes, you do. Let me tell you how. And then her daughter was like, I'm never telling that to you again. ButLesley Logan 24:56  you know what? Simone just was that guys That's an example of the response people in your life should be saying to you, yeah, when you're like, nobody likes me, you should have someone's like, Nope, this person, this person, this person, this person, last person. Somebody goes, oh my god, it's so true. No one likes you. Yeah, right.Brad Crowell 25:13  So right, everyone hates you.Lesley Logan 25:16  Yeah, you do. So did you know that this person also?Brad Crowell 25:22  She said, it's important that we constantly ask ourselves what we want, so that you can get what you need. Right? Because I think, you know, the two of you were talking about effectively, just doing life and being sucked into the whirlwind that I like to call the whirlwind. And there are times where we feel like we need to make a change to tackle something big, right? I've often over the years, I've had moments in my life where I'm like, Okay, I'm gonna have to kick it into high gear, right? And and that might be for the next six months, or whatever it might be right? And she said, we kind of forget to change it up. We just get stuck in this thing. So whether that is oh,Lesley Logan 26:08  you You mean, you're like the truck that just gets the press accelerate just floors it and yeah.Brad Crowell 26:16  lived at one of those trucks. The Tesla, the Tesla truck,Lesley Logan 26:20  they're called something else. They're called. This has happened, guys. So obviously, you're gonna know when we did this, but it's called theBrad Crowell 26:26  cyber truck, the cyber, the cyber truck has flopped and just issued a recall shocking, because the accelerator literally gets stuck to the floor, and then it's stuck in high that is accelerated.Lesley Logan 26:37  That's a lot of you, you guys get stuck. You like you.Brad Crowell 26:41  I mean, me too. I've done it too. Right. ILesley Logan 26:42  do it all the time. But you're also Enneagram three. So that's true. But like, it's you forget that you also have another gear, which is called Slow? Well, it's not.Brad Crowell 26:52  It's not just that. But we when we kick into high gear, there's one consistent common factor that suffers and that is yourself. Because you're like, I don't need to deal with me right now I need to focus on this thing. I need to focus on my family, my daughter, my, you know, my partner is going through law school, whatever it is, right? And you're, you're shifting everything around to support this cause. And, you know, there comes a time where you're like, hey, wait a minute, you know, what do I actually want? Because it might be that the two of you or on a team or you know, there is this thing where you're consistently sacrificing, but you also need to make sure you're taking care of yourself. And if you don't ask yourself, what do I want? How are you going to know? Yeah, I thought about this when I was listening to the interview, you know, and I love running our company and traveling and all the things. And I asked myself, What do I want? And I like literally the answer was instantaneous sleep. You know, and so it's like, okay, maybe I need to be more intentional about sleep. And then I won't. That won't be my guttural responseLesley Logan 28:01  on something else. Yeah, yeah, they're gonna want something else. Yeah. So anyway,Brad Crowell 28:05  ask yourself, what do you want? Right? And, yeah,Unknown Speaker 28:10  well, I'll go Yeah, go.Lesley Logan 28:12  So she said, respect your reflections. We need to learn to love the woman or the man or the person in the mirror, likeBrad Crowell 28:21  the reflection asleep.Lesley Logan 28:22  Know what I need to know. No, no, no, no. Literal reflections, your literal reflection,Brad Crowell 28:28  okay, literal reflection.Lesley Logan 28:29  So she wants us to be who we are. So that when we look in the mirror, the first thing we see is what we actually love. And that's us. It's ourselves. And the truth is, is that so many of us are comparing ourselves to others. When we're actually looking in the mirror. We're comparing ourselves, you know, to like something unattainable, and then we're nitpicking. And really, it's just like, get it just focus. Like yeah, to love the person. And you're always loveSpeaker 1 28:52  the one you're with. Yeah. Love the one. You wasted something earlier that that was a better so I love the one we're looking at in the mirror. Yeah, no,Lesley Logan 29:01  that was not the song either. There was another song earlier. I don't remember. It'll come back. Oh, you said we don't get as we want. We ate and I was like, we can't I hate that song. When you get it. You can't always get what you want on. And he just keeps repeating that, but IBrad Crowell 29:19  just my he gave meLesley Logan 29:24  like, oh my god, what was that music? Good. Anyway, Simone, You're fabulous. Thank you for teaching us all. Oh, I missed this part.Brad Crowell 29:32  This is important. This is important. Yeah.Lesley Logan 29:34  She said that 20% of people are born with confidence. So 80% of us have to work with it. If you're listening to this, and you're like, I'm struggle with confidence. It's because you're probably part of the 80%. And so we'll work on it. And Simone with her Mount Kilimanjaro situation, that's how she was able to she committed to something and she did the thing. And she that'sBrad Crowell 29:53  coaches, women on Khan competence.Lesley Logan 29:55  She literally said when were with her last week, she said women instead of asking for a raise, we'll just look for another job. And really, competence comes like ask for the raise, even if you don't get it like the girl I've talked about earlier about Elevate, she like went in there and she asked what she wanted. And what I saw when I saw the video telling me about it was she was so fucking competent because she did the thing, right? The things that scare us or the things like put us in a confident bucket. So just go do that. All right, Melissa Logan, and I'm Brad Crawley. Thank you so much for listening, or watching or how are reading this? I don't know how you're doing it. Anyway, we're so grateful for you. This is due here. This is episode 365 Holy cow, holy cow. We're here because of you. And if it's your first time, we're still here because of you. Well, thank you so much for being here. Make sure you share this podcast with a friend who needs to hear it. And until next time, be it Titus yet bye for now. That's all I got for this episode of the bee until you see a podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. 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Lesley Logan hosts Simone Knego for an in-depth discussion on the often-overlooked impact of societal pressures on self-esteem and how to counteract these negative influences. She delves into the importance of embracing failures as growth opportunities, utilizing positive affirmations to bolster self-worth and the crucial practice of loving oneself. Simone also highlights the importance of regularly questioning personal desires to truly understand one's needs, offering strategies for listeners to build a resilient, confident identity amidst external expectations.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:How to view failures not as setbacks but as essential growth opportunities.Strategies for shifting your mindset to overcome negative talk and self-doubt.The role of positive affirmations in strengthening self-esteem and confidence.Simone's 3 tools that can help build and sustain inner confidence every day.How respecting your own reflections can enhance self-awareness and acceptance. Episode References/Links:Simone Knego InstagramSimone Knego WebsiteDaughter Dearest PodcastThe Extraordinary Unordinary YouChelsea Peitz InstagramGuest Bio:Simone Knego is an international speaker and award-winning author of the best-selling book, "The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You." She is a two-time TEDx Speaker, and her work has been featured on ABC, NBC, and CBS and in Entrepreneur Magazine and Yahoo News. Her literary contributions have been honored by the National Indie Excellence Award and the NYC Big Book Award. Simone has not only summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, but she is also the heart of a bustling household with six children, three dogs, and one husband of 30 years. As the creator of the REAL Method, Simone continues to inspire and impact teams, fostering growth, and promoting self-discovery.   If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. DEALS! Check out all our Preferred Vendors & Special Deals from Clair Sparrow, Sensate, Lyfefuel BeeKeeper's Naturals, Sauna Space, HigherDose, AG1 and ToeSox Be in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar  Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramFacebookLinkedIn  Episode Transcript:Simone Knego 0:00  I think people who are confident from the inside out, they are able to compromise, they are able to see when they've made mistakes. They're able to admit when they've made mistakes. They celebrate their victories but they also celebrate when they figured out that they did something wrong and they can fix it. Lesley Logan 0:22  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.  All right, Be It Babe. Hello, welcome back. Thank you for being here. Thank you for being awesome. My goodness, I can't believe how long we've been doing this podcast and the time of recording this intro I just recently saw several of you listeners in real life. And I got to hear your favorite takeaways in person. Also, like the quotes you were saying. And some of you have listened to the episodes two times, and I just want to say like that means so much to me. When I started this podcast, because I really wanted to help women really, truly understand how amazing you already are. And for you to find that inner confidence. And so what I'm so excited about with today's guest is she really is going to help you tap into your bold confidence. And she hasn't the most interesting take on it that I have not heard. And so her name is Simone Knego. I happen to know her in real life. And she's just amazing. And when I, when I am with her in person, like there's just something about her that like you're drawn to listening to her. She's so thoughtful and insightful. As you will listen to her on this podcast, I think you will also get that as well. She's got some amazing tips for helping you find your inner confidence, which is like the true confidence. Talk about like, confidence on the outside, confidence on the inside. And I just think this is gonna be a really wonderful conversation for you to listen to, and probably save it and listen to it again. So Simone, thank you for being here. Y'all, here she is. And I can't wait to hear your favorite takeaways. All right, Be It babe. I'm so excited because I have a wonderful woman here. I remember, when I first met her, we actually hadn't met yet. I heard her introduce herself. I was like, this woman is a badass, she is doing amazing things. And I really was excited to get to know her more. And I've been lucky enough to see her in person a couple of times and also be on her amazing podcast. Simone Knego, thank you so much for being here. Can you tell everyone who you are and what you rock at?Simone Knego 3:07  Absolutely. First, thank you so much for having me here today. I'm excited to be here. And same thing I when I first heard you speak, I was like, okay, this woman is amazing. Want to get to know her better. First and foremost, I'm a mom of six. I have been married to my husband for almost 31 years. I am a keynote speaker, author and podcast host and I love what I'm doing.Lesley Logan 3:22  Oh my gosh, 30 years of marriage and six kids and a podcast host, and I mean, you've also like climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, you've written books like you've been on TEDx twice. So we can go a lot of different ways, I guess. I'd love to hear like, what got you started in doing what you're doing to do always work for yourself? Are you always interested in helping people? Or did you do something before this and it kind of led to what you're doing now?Simone Knego 3:51  So I'm a big believer that it's okay to change your mind. I have tried many things over my life. I started out as a certified public accountant. That was what I got my degree in. And the reason I got an accounting degree, I have a Bachelor's and Master's in accounting was because I failed organic chemistry and then got us D at the second time, and that was the end of like med school. So I had to move on and so.Lesley Logan 4:18  Med school drop out to CPA. Simone Knego 4:21  Yes. And I really wanted to act. But the words of my dad were while you live under my roof and I'm paying for your education, you're gonna get a real education, which means you're going to be an accountant because you're really good at math. Okay, great. Thank you. And realized quickly that I did not love accounting, so worked at it for a couple of years, had a horse farm, taught horseback riding lessons were at a summer camp, I did all kinds of stuff. And then I had kids. I went back to school to be a teacher because I figured I have six kids. I kind of have my own classroom might as well, put it to work in the real world. And unfortunately, as we know, teachers don't get paid enough for what they do. And I was paying my babysitter more than I was making. So that's when I went into medical sales. And then from there, I started speaking because I was asked to speak at some volunteer events through charitable organizations, and I fell in love with it. And that's when I realized I had a story.Lesley Logan 5:28  That's cool. Yeah, teachers don't get paid enough. We say this a lot. And also, like, I was also thinking, like, my goodness, you could go you take care of other people's kids all day long, and then you have a sick one at home, you're never getting a break so.Simone Knego 5:44  There was definitely no breaks happening there. But you know what, I love kids. So obviously I better, right? So it was fine. Lesley Logan 5:51  Yeah, I think thank you for sharing like it's okay to change your mind. It's also okay to like dabble in things. I think so often people go, oh, that didn't work out. So I failed at that. And that didn't work out. I failed at that. And it's like, actually, you know, you get to know yourself. And I imagine that you use different skill sets from each, each different stint you had in what you're doing. Simone Knego 6:12  I learned so much about myself by trying all these different things. And by failing at some of them, I mean, I think failure is actually an important part of how we grow. It's not a stop sign it is. Okay, try this next time. So, sometimes easier said than done, right? When you're in the moment of failure, it's a little bit difficult. But it's so important that we realize that it isn't something that should stop us forever. It should just say, Okay, that didn't work. What's next? Lesley Logan 6:40  Yeah, I know, I it is very difficult when you're in it, like, you need someone around you, who also has that same mentality, to remind you that this is going to be a lesson that you're gonna learn from, it might be the best thing that ever happened to you. Doesn't feel good when you hear it, either, but like to get a reminder. Okay, so you got into speaking and you found you had a story to tell. I feel like a lot of people that first of all, their biggest fear is speaking in public. I know you had that acting love, but also like, was it easy for you to get into speaking? How did you take your story and put that out there because I feel like there's a big journey between like speaking efforts in charities and then doing TEDx. Simone Knego 7:19  I think the more you do it, the more comfort just like anything, the more you do it, the more comfortable you feel, the more you're willing to put yourself out there. And really realizing that if my story can impact one person, it's worth it, it's worth standing on a stage and telling it and I've, I've changed even what I'm doing now. So now my speaking is really for women, women's groups all about overcoming self-doubt, building bold confidence from the inside out. Which, when we think of confidence, I think a lot of people will look at someone say, oh, my gosh, they're so confident, but are they really on the inside? Right? Is it just how they're portraying themselves? Or do they really feel good about themselves all the time? And it was a learning process to get up on that stage and just be okay with, you know, still gonna make mistakes on stage. I mean, that's life. And I'm big on just putting it out there. And I think it's good for people to see other people get up and try something that they maybe want to try. But they're too afraid to do it and then say, Oh, wait, they're human. It was still fine. It was great. I learned a lot. And yeah, they still messed up. They're great. Lesley Logan 8:26  Yeah, there's a law that I'm forgetting. But Chelsea Peitz, a mutual friend of ours, she posted it. She did it in a speech. And it's like, actually, when people see someone, they look up to make a mistake, they don't go, oh, they're, they're a terrible person. They made a mistake. They actually go, oh, my God, they're human. And they trust you more. It's like this really interesting thing. Okay, so. So I want to dive into this bold confidence. And like, what is driving you to do this venture that you're working on, because you could do anything, and you could still have stuck with any of the things you've already done. So what made you want to dive into helping women specifically, have bold confidence?Simone Knego 9:05  So it really started with my journey to Kilimanjaro? Because I was someone who struggled for years to believe in myself, I really struggled with self-doubt. And looking back and I talk about this now and I write about this now, I had a really, mentally and physically abusive boyfriend when I was a teenager actually just did a podcast episode earlier this morning with my daughter about dating culture and what's okay and what's not okay, and the things that we don't talk about. But when I realized that that was really, it killed my self-esteem that it just brought me to the lowest levels. I didn't respect myself, I needed to build myself back up and it took years for me to talk about it for me to realize what had happened to me. And when I was asked to climb Kilimanjaro, it totally out of my wheelhouse. It's not something that was a bucket list item, but it was raising money for the Livestrong Foundation. So the philanthropic part made me very happy. And I was like, you know what, I'm going to do this, I'm going to do this and I'm going to put everything in, I'm going to change my mindset, I'm going to believe in myself. And that change kind of started so many different things for me. Lesley Logan 10:19  Thank you for sharing about your dating history. It's really interesting. Like, I think so many people, so many women get into relationships, and they do end up losing themselves because of it's embarrassing to talk about it, you're not really sure it was a red flag is that like, you know, there's all these different things. I have a beautiful girlfriend who's, who just recently went through a breakup and I was like, I was like, fully supportive. I was like, oh my gosh, whatever happened, like on your side. And then she told me all these things when I'm away. I'm like, I had no, I had no idea. If you'd told me one of these things had happened. I would have been like, girl, you okay? You know what, I think it's so easy. So I love that you and your daughter have this conversation because it's, they're needed to have. So I think that that's really cool. Also, like I've, I've never wanted to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. I've met many people who have most of them have done it to raising money. You know, after you climb that mountain, you know? And did it was, during the mountain, you were like reflecting like, what was like, was there a change and you came down at the high of the elevation?Simone Knego 11:22  All of the above. Get, so the really getting to the summit, it wasn't even getting to the summit, I've had people ask me, okay, if you didn't make it, would you still feel the same? Well, I don't know, because I did so, but hopefully, I would. Because again, I'm not a believer that failure stops you, it kind of opens the next door. But really, when I had to talk myself up, not down, I had to talk myself up so many times on the mountain thinking that, hey, what are you doing here, you have six kids at home, this is not in your wheelhouse, you're not capable of this. And the whole time, I had to say to myself, you can do this, you put in the work, you set the goal, you put in the work, you are going to accomplish this, like you are absolutely going to accomplish this. And I have a bad knee. So that didn't help with things. But it was really that change of mindset. And when I got to the summit was when I really kind of put it all together where I said that all these things, all of these negative thoughts that I have all the time, right, we have 6200 thoughts a day, and 80% of them are negative, that those aren't what I'm going to let control how I move forward, it's the positive ones and making more of the positive ones. And it really has made a difference for me and self-respect, self-worth, self-love. All of it is all part of that moment. And so I like to tell women, find your Kilimanjaro I'm not saying the specifically Kilimanjaro, but find that one thing that will kind of pull you out to where you want to be. Lesley Logan 13:02  I agree with that I just heard, I was listening to some podcast. And this girl was like, so excited, cuz she ran a 5k. And she's like, I never thought I would run like I never could run around the block without like being out of breath. And she was so excited and so proud of herself for like this 5k that she ran. And I think that to her could have been Kilimanjaro, because like that just seemed like so she's like I hear about these people just go for a couple mile run. And I'm like, I can't go for a couple mile, couple block run. So I think it's true. We have to figure out what it is and also put you out of that comfort zone makes you challenge yourself. And you do have to change the story. So like I could hear, you know, it'd be so easy to oh, got this bad knee, I'm just not gonna go all the way to the top, or I'm actually gonna, I'll raise the money, but I'm not gonna go like there's so many different things you could do takes a whole superhuman level of finding yourself to do something that's outside of your comfort zone. Can we talk a bit about the difference between like the confidence that we see outside from people and then that bold confidence that comes from inside? Like, can we talk about what those two things look like or feel like?Simone Knego 14:09  So I think I see a lot of people who seem to be confident and then they go home and they struggle looking at themselves in the mirror. It's kind of like what they put on for everybody else to feel like they're that they're strong and they're and a lot of times when someone is confident on the outside and not on the inside, they tend to be a little bit rough around the edges with conversations. And basically, if you don't agree with them, then you're wrong. I mean, that's how what I see a lot of the time. I think people who are confident from the inside out, they are able to compromise they are able to see when they've made mistakes. They're able to admit when they've made mistakes. They celebrate their victories but they also celebrate when they figure out that they did something wrong and they can fix it. So there's four things that I like to talk about when it comes to confidence from the inside out is really your respecting your reflection, embracing your failures, asking yourself what you want, and loving the woman in the mirror. Because I think all those pieces together really, it covers everything that has to do with self-esteem. And when you look at statistics that eight, almost 85% of people will say that they struggle with self-esteem. That's a lot of people. That's a lot of people that are struggling. And my daughter was asking me the other day, so why do you think it is I was like, it's called society, we have these pressures that are put on us by society, to behave a certain way to look a certain way to have a certain job to drive a certain car. And that's not real. It's just like body image. When we talked about, on our podcast, she was talking about when you said, how every woman has a different body, there's, you don't have to be the super skinny person to be really strong with Pilates. She was like, I really never thought about it like that. We always think about that, if you're super skinny, that means like, you're super fit. And that's not how it works. Lesley Logan 16:12  No, no, I,um, I think that you're correct. Society puts us pressures on us it affects, it affects the compass that we're working from, you know, like, I feel like when you're I watch my girlfriend's as a little, little girl, and she posts these videos, and I just like, watch her like, this little girl has like, not really experienced the pressure of society, yet. She just hasn't. She is just like, walking around doing her own thing, like smelling a rock, like just all these things. And then at some point, you know, you learn that you have to conform in a different way, and you have to mask certain things. And my husband, he is not diagnosed, but pretty confident he has ADHD. So he taps his feet all the time, they're always shaking, he'll start whistling and like doesn't even realize it, like he's got this, like, just these interesting things. And in school, he would have to, like, keep his leg still and not whistle and like that is kind of masking of like a personality, just so we can all conform. It can change didn't change him. He is resilient in that way. But like, I think for me, like I definitely as a child go, okay, well, I have to do it like this. And if I do it like this, then I get the affirmation stuff, I get the affirmation that I did a good job, but I must feel good. And it was so interesting. Like, I went to college. And I still did all the things, and I was like, I don't actually feel very good. I don't really know why I'm here. Why am I studying this major? What am I doing? And I think it's, it's a very difficult place to be when you're like, okay, now I'm gonna pivot, I'm gonna change these things. You have to figure out that inner confidence because the outside world's like, why did you do that? How the work and it's also the outside world, like, I'm just thinking of some other times where you go through a breakup, and people like, oh, but you guys were so great together, or you decide like, one of my girlfriend's posted on Instagram, like, just being okay with people who decide to be child-free. And she's like, you don't know why they're being child-free. Like, you don't have to tell them anything. And I jokingly wrote like, oh, yeah, people will say, but she would have the most beautiful children as if that's the thing the world needs more of. And it's an interesting thing, when you make a decision in your life, and then the society, what they come out, you have to find that inner confidence, otherwise, you're going to end up doing things for the wrong reasons.Simone Knego 18:29  Absolutely. And I love that you brought up that, that part about when you make a choice for as a couple, as a woman as a man that you don't want to have children. How that is seen as an outlier, which is so ridiculous, right? Like everybody chooses what they want to do. And people just assume something has to be wrong. It's not like, hey, wait, we just didn't want to have children or for us, they assume because we have six children and we adopted our youngest three that we're super religious, that's the thing that we get is thatLesley Logan 19:03  You be your own version of suicidal.Simone Knego 19:06  So no matter what you do, you get some weird ideas that our people have in their heads of this isn't what you're supposed to be doing like two kids, house with a picket fence, or 2.2 kids, I forget what it is now. But six kids is way out of the norm. And so there has to be a reason there has to be an issue that you're solving in that moment or your problem that you have and that's why you have six kids now that's we just like kids and we wanted to adopt and it worked out great.Lesley Logan 19:38  Yeah. Well, I mean, also like, people like you and your husband should, if you love kids, should have all the kids you want because you're raising these beautiful people from, with inner confidence. I always joke when I meet people with six I'm like, great, thanks for keeping the average up for me. But obviously, you have six kids, so I'm sure you can see the differences from your boys and your girls, but also like, I do think that it's, it can tell us particularly interesting pressure for women to have that inner, bold confidence you talk about and stick with the choice that they've made for themselves, whether it's their career or whether they want to stay at home or go to like, all these different things. There's these different pressures. And so to keep that compass steady, I mean, I feel like it's not perfect. I feel like it's a pendulum and you have to be aware of when you're kind of getting out of that bold confidence. Simone Knego 20:30  Yeah, I, and even yesterday, I was having a moment where I was frustrated about something, I'm late for my doctor's appointment, and all these things are happening at once. And I was like, why do you always do this? Why are you making yourself wait, why are you doing and I was like, okay, hello, take a breath. These are such minor things like, just push it aside, you'll get there when you get there. You can't change that, you've already started this process, you can't change the past. So next time you leave a little earlier and stop driving yourself crazy. I mean, just those kind of little things. I think sometimes like I call them our daily doubts, like the little things that creep up on us that we're not allowed, you know, we're not good enough to go to this party because all these women will be dressed a certain way. And I'm a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl. So when I go somewhere, I still, unless it's truly like a formal event, I wear what I wear. And what's really interesting about that, and I know I'm kind of random here, but when I go to something like that, in jeans and a T-shirt and it's a nice cheap T-shirt, I mean, I still look nice, but I'll have multiple women come up to me and they'll say, I didn't know we were allowed to wear jeans. I was like, I don't think it's about being allowed. I think it's what you want. They're like, oh, gosh, I wish I would have known I would have dressed like that you look so comfortable. And I am wearing these heels and they're killing me. And so that's part of the inner confidence is being able to show up as yourself and not worry about what anybody else is thinking of you. Because a lot of times what they're thinking is I wish I would have done that. Lesley Logan 22:04  Yeah, okay. Okay, first of all, love the daily doubts. And also, the conversation you just have with yourself in the car, it's like, it's a daily thing. I'm like, why did I do this? Why did I put these things back to back? Why didn't I give myself 15 minutes in between what like all these things, and then it's just like, then if you don't stop it, it goes into a whole spiral that by the end, you're like, I made the worst mistake of doing this.Simone Knego 22:30  It becomes like Doomsday, and you're like, wait, I was just going to be five minutes late to the appointment. And I turned it into this ridiculous cycle. Lesley Logan 22:36  Yes, I mean, it's also a pressure we can throw ourselves, my husband is late to everything and I don't mean that in like a rude way. He's like, Lesley, we can be five minutes late, like, it's not the end of the world. It's just a dinner, it's going to be okay. And I am like, we should be early, you should be 10 minutes early, people should not be expecting that, like worried that you're late or wondering if you're gonna be respectful of people's time. And he's like, it's a coffee, it's gonna be okay. And so we have like, I was like, okay, well then, there's, we had to negotiate. Like, if it's something that's really important to me, then it's on me to say, I want to be here on time, because this is really important to me. And if it's not, then I will do my very, very best to just chill out in the car and not worry about being late. I'm not perfect at it at all. But it's helped me because this weird pressure that I put on myself, and it puts me in a doubt, a daily doubt. And then almost a doomsday so. So I love that. I also love that you brought up like inner confidence that can be just like showing up as you are and not waiting for the permission to be like, how can I show up? Like how should I, how should I show up versus like, how do I want to show up? I think that's really beautiful. And I feel like it's really cool because you can be this like little example, giving into your inner confidence and showing up as yourself and wearing the jeans and a nice shirt. Oh, my goodness, I went up T-shirt shopping the other day. I was like, are you kidding? Why are these T-shirts? $200? I'm like, okay, I'm going to Target. I will get there. I will look around and I see people in there they're showing off in their style like when you can see that they have their own. This is like this is their brand is (inaudible) wear but like that's how they are, like I wear tennis shoes with dresses because I just, I can't wear heels. I just don't feel good in them. So I always wear tennis shoes with dresses, and people are like oh my god that's so funny. Like Punky Brewster. I'm like the adult version. Here she is. And you do give people permission. But I also just want to say to the people listening if that sounds like something you do, that's a checkbox for this inner confidence and I think we sometimes don't realize because that might come easier for us to just do that than we might not realize we have more inner confidence than we think we're not maybe not giving ourselves credit for it. Simone Knego 24:47  Absolutely. And then the sneaker thing I love as well. So I say that I gave up heels for (inaudible), for my birthday last week my girls bought me a really fun pair of sneakers because that's what I want to wear. I want to wear stuff that's comfortable. But that's kind of my style that I don't feel like I have to dress up for anyone else. Whatever I do, and this is I think a really important thing that I would love for your audience to take away is that what we do we need to do for ourselves. So the way we dress, it should be for ourselves, it shouldn't be that we're worried that the woman down the street is going to judge us if we don't wear something that she wears, the way we show up at something, it should be about us. You want to get Botox? That's about you. It's how you feel good in your skin and not what anybody else tells you. Going back real quick to Kilimanjaro, when I first told people that I was going to climb it. I will tell you, my close friends were like, okay, that is amazing. And then the people that I didn't know very well, you know, kind of gave me the ones over and we're like, do you really think you're going to make it to the top? No, no, I think I'm going to make it halfway. That's why I'm doing it. So these pressures that we put on ourselves, when you hear negative things enough times from other people, you can understand why these thoughts will creep into our head because people will say ridiculous stuff to us all the time.Lesley Logan 26:16  Oh, my gosh. I've told the story before but I'll tell you, I, Brad and I signed up for like an artist's way. It was a group that all the artists were together. And so we all were on week one together, week two together, I forget which week it is, I think it's week two or three, but there are some questions that she asked you to journal about. And this memory came up of when I was really young. And I felt like eight years old. And I had made myself a grilled cheese sandwich. But I didn't know how to turn on the stove at my grandparents' house. So I grabbed my grandfather, I said hey, had like a plate with like butter on the outside, cheese on the inside sandwich. And I was like, hey, Papa, can you turn on, can you turn on the stove so I can make this grilled cheese sandwich? Many of you are probably stuck on the eight-year-old at the stove. I just want you to know like that was really normal for me. I'm just, that's its own childhood trauma. He was like, are you an idiot? What is on their sandwich? Like he called me stupid for putting butter on the outside of my sandwich. I was like, well, I'm making a grilled cheese sandwich. And you put that's how you butter on it to like go I don't know, maybe people do oil. I don't know. But that's how I was raised. Right? And so my grandmother said, oh, Jake, just turn on the stove. She's got it right, it's fine. But I'll tell you this, I actually never cooked. Like I, like my dad would, I would cook with stuff that my dad had prepared from like pancakes and French toast. But I never cooked at that house again. And then when I left my dad's house, I never cooked again. Like it's just so rare. It's very, very rare from and I'll just say I don't, I can't cook, I can't cook. So I'm doing the artist's way. And I'm like writing these different memories that I have. And I was like, oh my God, that's why I can cook. I (inaudible) I can't from someone else's negative thing. And it's so easy for those daily doubts that you're talking about. They're not really our voice. They're just other people's doubts that we've like, absorbed like a sponge and put on (inaudible).Simone Knego 28:16  Yeah, we put all those upon ourselves and but yeah, you hear things enough time. And this is why I think it's so important that so one of the things I love to do are positive affirmations. And if you would have asked me 15 years ago, I would have said, that doesn't work. That would not work for me. I'm not talking to myself. I talked to myself all the time now. And it really does work. But when you see how people can absorb all the negative stuff, think about it, it makes sense that we can absorb the positive stuff, too. So if we're constantly telling ourselves that we can't do something, or that we're not enough, why can't we flip it and say, yes, you can do this. And you are more than enough. And if you say it enough times you do believe it, it really is about that mindset shift. And when you think about it that way that if we can believe all the crap, then we should be able to believe the good stuff as well.Lesley Logan 29:11  Yeah. Yeah, I was gonna ask you like, is that, is that the only tool that you use to like flip the script or to stop your daily doubts? Or do you have other tools that you use to kind of build this inner confidence? Simone Knego 29:24  I have other other tools as well. So that, that one I like to do. I do evening gratitudes so like a gratitude journal or and I remember my daughter said I have nothing to be thankful about today. I was like, Hello. Yes, you do. Let me tell you all the things and she was like, Okay, I'm never gonna say that in front of you again. No, you won't know. So really, if I go through like the the different steps like embracing your failures, it's really about understanding that your failures don't equal your worth. Right so it's all a stepping stone to the next, next section of your life and asking yourself what you want, I think is such an important thing, especially as women, I think that we forget to do that, that we either we've done the same thing for so long, we don't actually know what we want. Or we have to do this because we're in this part of our lives, right? We have to have this job, we have to do this work, we have to raise the kids, it's all about everyone else. It's all about our spouse, whatever it is. And we don't ask ourselves what we want. So I have the, it's really like a compass that you go through the different parts of the compass, asking yourself what you want, and that kind of, like, do I want to do I want to wake up negative in the morning, right? I mean, you have a choice every day. So it's really looking at that compass of where your direction is going. And kind of following a bunch of questions to say, okay, yeah, no, I mean, I have a choice when I wake up in the morning, do I want to be negative? Do I want to be positive? Do I want to be happy, do I want and I know, there's external factors. But it's really important that we constantly ask ourselves what we want, so that we can get what we need. Lesley Logan 31:06  Yeah, I think that's a really beautiful, it's very important because especially the longer you go, without asking yourself that the harder you have to spend more time thinking about it, and almost like, it's like the Runaway Bride sitting where she's like, trying out all the eggs, you know, it's like, she doesn't know what her favorite way of having eggs is. And it's a simple, funny story, but also like, just reality, if like, if you just are doing so much for so many other people, you start to forget what you want. And then it's going to take time to really go through that. I love it. It's a compass. I don't know, I didn't know that. And I just like for whatever reason, like this felt like there's a compass measurement for like keeping ourselves on this path. Simone, I could talk, we could go in more things, because I just think confidence is something that so many of my listeners are always how do you have it? How do you get it? What is it and it's like, there's, I love the way that you're talking about it. Because it's different than it's different than the other ways I've heard it, which is like, just keep doing, just keep doing the things. You said you'd do. Then you'll have confidence. And it's like, yes, and that gets the perfectionist overachiever in trouble. That's a really great tool for the person who is not perfect. We're not looking for perfection or overachiever awards. We're gonna take a brief break, and then find out how people can find you, follow you, listen to you. All right, Simone, where can people work with you? How can they study your real method? What do you got for us?Simone Knego 32:24  That's where to find me is my website, Simoneknego.com. I have a new downloadable, which is the first step of my real method, all about respecting your reflection and tools and everything that goes along with it the work that we need to be doing, because like anything else, you're building a muscle and you have to work on it. I'm also Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, you can find me, Simone Knego, K-N-E-G-O because I am the only one in the world with that name.Lesley Logan 32:59  That's awesome. That's actually awesome. And you never have to regain your handle anywhere. And you have a podcast. Simone Knego 33:06  Yes. So I have a podcast with my daughter called The Daughter Dearest Podcast. And it's really so much fun. You can find it anywhere you listen to podcasts. And I also, I have a book and I'm working on my second book. My first book is called The extraordinary Unordinary You. And you can read more about my Kilimanjaro story, my children, it's all about realizing what you're capable of. And recognizing that the little things you do everyday matter.Lesley Logan 33:32  I love it so much good stuff, I'll have all those links in the show notes. Before I let you go, I mean, you gave us some really good action steps already. So but just in case you will skip to the end for the too long, (inaudible) action steps of bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted steps we can take to be it till you see it, what do you have?Simone Knego 33:48  So I think the first step is really goes back to the respecting your reflection using positive affirmations on a regular basis. Don't be afraid of them. Don't, like, okay, so maybe they're silly, right? But they work like keep doing it. Whatever you do. It just doesn't happen overnight. You have to keep working on yourself. And again, if we want to say build bold confidence from the inside out, it really is you have to work at it doesn't just happen. You're not born with confidence. It's like 20% of people are born with confidence okay, so the 80% of us, we got to work. And I would say the other thing is really learning to love the woman in the mirror. We have to stop comparing ourselves to others, we have to realize what we're capable of put the work into our ourselves and really be proud of who we are so that when we look in the mirror, the first thing that we see isn't what we don't like, but the first thing that we see is what we actually love and that, that's us and I think that is such an important thing for women to remind ourselves of. Lesley Logan 34:46  Oh, I love that. That is beautiful. Okay, well, yes, because it's so easy. The first thing I look at was like, oh gosh, my, I have a puffy eye. I've got this like you just like pick yourself apart and you're like, okay, I'm gonna have a good day. Simone Knego 34:58  Yeah, have a good day. Lesley Logan 35:01  I love it also, here on the pod on Fridays, y'all, we do the Fuck Yeah Fridays, which is like just I celebrate the wins of our listeners and I share a win of mine, it's mostly so people can hear, like, different ways that you could have a win. They don't always have to be like, I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, which is a win, but also like, there was a little parts along the way that are wins as well. And so I started doing affirmations at the end. And I said, I hope people like these, because they can seem really like cheesy, cliche. Yes. But you know what, like, I whenever I read them, I repeat, I read them three times for the podcast. I go through my day, and I'm like, oh, look, I am pacing myself. Look at that. I'm sorry to find it. One of our other guests we've had on. She even shared, you guys, she used to put these affirmations on Post Its it's all around her house and then but she was so nervous that people will make fun of her that she would pull them all down when people come over and then she put them all up when they would leave. And she's like, now I just leave a lot because now I have the confidence to do that. But it's a, there's different ways to find those affirmations. And I think that's a great way to remind yourself of awesome things if it's not a natural phrase for you to say to yourself. So, Simone, thank you so much for being here. I really enjoy our talks and I can't wait to see you in person again soon I hope. You all, how are you going to use these tips in your life? Let Simone know, let us know in the Be It pod. Share this with a friend who is needing some inner confidence and you just know they need it. This could be a nice little nudge. You don't have to tell them why you could just send them the episode. And until next time, Be It Till You See It. That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. 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Neuroendocrine Tumours could be described as an impassable obstacle, more complicated the more you research. That's where Michael and Josh come in, and this week, explore Grade 3 metastatic neuroendocrine tumours. Michael provides a brilliant overview of this well-differentiated cohort and the lack of efficacy platinum chemotherapies have, while Josh discusses CAPTEM (temozolomide and capecitabine) through a systematic review. Interestingly many of the current data is retrospectively collected, highlighting how challenging it is to collect enough patients to pursue meaningful research.Note- there is a quote from Lance Armstrong, who was stripped of his titles due to illegal doping (which we do not endorse); he did start the Livestrong Foundation to support those affected by cancer.Links to studies discussed in this episode (subscription may be required):1. Review - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8158108/2. Cape/tem - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9790144/3. Platinum-based chemo: https://erc.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/erc/20/5/649.xmlFor more episodes, resources and blog posts, visit www.inquisitiveonc.comPlease find us on Twitter @InquisitiveOnc!If you want us to look at a specific trial or subject, email us at inquisitiveonc@gmail.comArt courtesy of Taryn SilverMusic courtesy of Music Unlimited: https://pixabay.com/users/music_unlimited-27600023/Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only. If you are unwell, seek medical advice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ms. Loyce Pace, MPH, is Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs (OGA), at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ( https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/loyce-pace.html ). In her current role, Ms. Pace is responsible for advancing the U.S. international health agenda through multilateral and bilateral forums. Reporting directly to the Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS), she is the Office of Global Affairs' lead on setting priorities and policies that promote American public health agencies and interests worldwide. Ms. Pace oversees HHS' engagement with foreign governments and international institutions, as well policymaking bodies such as the G7, G20, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), and World Health Assembly. Previously, she served as President & Executive Director of Global Health Council (GHC) and was also a member of the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. At GHC, she advocated for increased federal investments in global health, in the face of budget cuts to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, United States Agency for International Development, and World Health Organization (WHO). Prior to her role at GHC, Ms. Pace spent over a decade working with community-based organizations and grassroots leaders in countries across Africa and Asia on campaigns calling for person-centered access to health, including American Cancer Society, Catholic Relief Services, and the LiveStrong Foundation. Additionally, she has held positions on various global and regional advisory committees and boards that focus on equity and inclusion. Ms. Pace holds a Bachelor's degree with Honors in human biology from Stanford University and a Master's degree in international health & human rights with the distinction of Delta Omega from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Support the show

Go to http://hellofresh.com/CASKET16 and use code CASKET16 to get 16 free meals across 7 boxes AND 3 free gifts! Go to http://joinhoney.com/CASKET to get Honey for free. Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide.  Lance Armstrong's charity, the Livestrong Foundation, has become well-known for funding cancer research. However, when Lance's scandal about using illicit substances to win his titles made it to the spotlight, the foundation crumbled. Did Lance's good deeds cancel out his previous cheating, and was Livestrong truly just caught in the crosshairs? Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii Sources: https://justpaste.it/9jeua Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Last to Fall- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Sacred and Profane- Nicholas Rowe

Katie and Dixie speak with Professor Megan Hildebrandt whose unique life journey, which conjoined her artistic development with serious unexpected health issues, led her to become an "arts in healthcare advocate." Her experiential learning class, the Aesthetics of Health, won a Texas Tower award in 2021 and is a proving ground for the beneficial effects of artmaking in healthcare spaces. Thanks for joining us on The Other Side of Campus! ABOUT THE GUEST https://apps.jsg.utexas.edu/profiles/files/photos/megan_hildebrandt_thumb.jpg Megan Hildebrandt received her BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design in 2006, and her MFA in Studio Art from the University of South Florida in 2012. Hildebrandt has exhibited widely, including: The Painting Center, New American Paintings, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Craft, Arlington Arts Center, Detroit Contemporary, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, the LIVESTRONG Foundation, Hyde Park Art Center, The Torpedo Factory, and The Painters Room. Hildebrandt has also recently had her writing on arts pedagogy during the pandemic published in Art Education, The Journal of the National Art Education Association. In 2018, Hildebrandt received an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the Aesthetics of Health Course she developed for Interlochen Arts Academy. An artist, educator, and arts-in-health advocate, Hildebrandt currently lives and works in Austin, Texas, where she is the Director of the First-Year Core Program in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas. PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on October 8th, 2021 via Zoom. CREDITS Assistant Producers/Hosts: Dixie Stanforth and Katie Dawson (Intro theme features the following faculty in order: Jen Moon, Daron Shaw, Rich Reddick, Diane McDaniel Rhodes, Siobhan McCusker, Moriba Jah, and Stephanie Seidel Holmsten) Music by Charlie Harper (www.charlieharpermusic.com) Additional Background music by Charlie Harper, Scott Holmes, Ketsa, and Blue Dot Sessions Produced by Michelle S. Daniel Creator: Mary C. Neuburger Connect with us! Facebook: /texasptf Twitter: @TexasPTF Website: https://texasptf.org DISCLAIMER: The Other Side of Campus is a member of the Texas Podcast Network, brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/1/1ed1b736-a1fa-4ae4-b346-90d58dfbc8a4/4GSxOOOU.png Special Guest: Megan Hildebrandt.

Joyce Reinecke is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Fertility Preservation, a national nonprofit organization focused on all aspects of fertility preservation for cancer patients. Joyce is a long-term survivor of leiomyosarcoma who opted for embryo freezing and surrogacy to create her family. Her personal oncofertility journey informs her professional focus and her commitment as a patient advocate. Prior to her work at Fertile Hope, Joyce was a trademark attorney in Seattle, WA. She has a law degree from Fordham University, and a B.A. from Occidental College. Joyce currently lives in Lafayette, CA with her husband, John, and their twin daughters, Alexandra and Olivia. She speaks about the following: Can you get pregnant if you have cancer Chemotherapy and fertility Radiation and fertility How to determine whether fertility preservation is right for you How fertility preservation works for cancer patients How to handle the timing of cancer treatments and fertility preservation Fertility preservation in childhood cancer If you liked this episode and you're feeling generous, don't forget to leave a review on iTunes or Spotify! Referenced in the podcast & related episodes: Resolve: The National Infertility Association Spotify Playlists: Female-Related Cancer and Fertility Fempower Health Recommended products for Fertility And be sure to: Follow Fempower Health on Instagram for updates and tips. Follow the podcast and tell your friends! Shop the Fempower Health store, which has many products discussed on the podcast. More about Joyce Prior to joining the AFP, Joyce was a Cancer & Fertility Advisor for the LIVESTRONG Foundation, and the Vice President of Programs for Fertile Hope. She is a recognized leader in the field of fertility preservation who has been a featured speaker at numerous professional conferences, including ASCO, ASRM, ONS, the Oncofertility Consortium Conference, as well as serving as guest faculty for health policy graduate courses at UCSD and Northwestern. She is a co-author of the 2018 update of ASCO's fertility guidelines, and several other publications.    **The information shared by Fempower Health is not medical advice but for information purposes to enable you to have more effective conversations with your doctor. Always talk to your doctor before making health-related decisions.

Author of “The Extraordinary Unordinary You” Simone Knego shares her story of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the Livestrong Foundation having not been a climber. She tells Daniel her journey to decide to take a leap and stop telling herself no. She flipped her life when she decided she could do anything she put her mind to. She talks about her experience learning to give herself affirmations to create a more positive outlook on her day.

The moment I met Simone Knego, I was in awe of her. We were in an intensive public speaking class together earlier in 2021. One of our first assignments was to craft a ‘big idea' for the speech we would be scripting early in the course. Simone is a walking example of her big idea: We do not need to change who we are, we need to change the way we see ourselves. I discovered that Simone is a best-selling author, speaker, entrepreneur, and mother to six multicultural children. To add to the mix, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds and awareness for the Livestrong Foundation. Do you need to ask? Of course, she made it to the summit. Simone began her professional career as a Certified Public Accountant. But she soon realized that her passion wasn't numbers—it was helping people. She transitioned into teaching horseback riding lessons, as this was something she enjoyed as a kid while doing some bookkeeping on the side. This led her to return to school to get her teaching credentials in elementary and exceptional education and work with children. She loved teaching but eventually had to leave because her salary was barely enough to cover the babysitter she paid to care for her six children. A friend offered her a job in medical sales which would give her the income and flexibility she needed, so Simone did that for the next eight years. Somewhere in the mix she also got her real estate license and flipped a few houses. Needless to say, there is no grass growing under Simone Knego's feet! Today, Simone's desire to help people has expanded into sharing her story and experiences to inspire and motivate others to make a difference in this world. Her book, The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You: Follow Your Own Path, Discover Your Own Journey is a fascinating read in which she shares her journey of adopting three of her six children in foreign countries, her climb of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise cancer awareness, and all of the funny, scary, and inspiring stories that happened along the way.  In this week's Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Simone's personal and professional journey: Simone instills in her audiences, the powerful lesson that what you do matters, and it's the little things we do each day that make the difference.  She shared a story of a conversation she had with her daughter about body image which offered an important perspective on herself as a parent and as an adult.   Learn more and connect with Simone here:  https://www.facebook.com/UnOrdinaryYou https://www.instagram.com/authorsimoneknego/ https://www.facebook.com/simone.knego https://www.linkedin.com/in/simone-knego-7965701a3/ https://www.simoneknego.com

While sometimes as a mom it feels like you're just doing the same things over and over without contributing to the world in a meaningful way, the truth is that the tiny things you do every day have an impact. In today's episode, our special guest, Simone, shares how she realized the extraordinary power in what seems mundane at first and how she challenges herself and sets a good example for her children. Simone Knego is a mother of 6 children & 4 dogs, serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and author of the book, "The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You". She has a Master's in Accounting but soon realized that numbers weren't her passion but rather, it was helping people. This led her to become an elementary and exceptional education teacher to work with children. Today, she desires to help people has expanded into inspiring and motivating others as an author and speaker. She has done some pretty remarkable things in her life: climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds and awareness for the Livestrong Foundation and served 6 years (including one year as co-chair) in the National Young Leadership Cabinet for the Jewish Federations of North America. She desires to help individuals recognize that it's the little things we do each day that have the biggest impact on the world around us. Connect with Simone Knego: https://simoneknego.com/ (https://simoneknego.com/) Join us LIVE each week in our Facebook Group … https://www.facebook.com/groups/blissfulparenting (https://www.facebook.com/groups/blissfulparenting) Connect with Blissful Parenting: Free Workshop ► https://www.blissfulparentingworkshop.com/ (https://www.BlissfulParentingWorkshop.com)  Website ► http://www.theblissfulparent.com/ (http://www.TheBlissfulParent.com/)  Blog ► http://www.theblissfulparent.com/blog (http://www.TheBlissfulParent.com/blog)  Podcast ► http://www.theblissfulparent.com/podcast/ (http://www.TheBlissfulParent.com/podcast/)  Contact ►http://www.blissfulparenting.com/contact (http://www.BlissfulParenting.com/contact)  Follow Us On Social Media: Youtube ► https://www.youtube.com/theblissfulparent (https://www.youtube.com/theblissfulparent)   Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/theblissfulparent (https://www.facebook.com/theblissfulparent)   Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/theblissfulparent/ (https://www.instagram.com/theblissfulparent/)   Twitter ►https://twitter.com/blissfulparent (https://twitter.com/blissfulparent)   Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a note in the comment section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. You can also subscribe to the podcast app on your mobile device. Leave us an iTunes review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on iTunes, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on iTunes.

PAM WHITEHEAD was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2000. Whitehead battled and beat cancer. But what happens after the battle? Pam recognized a need for cancer survivors, especially when it came to physical fitness. During her research, Whitehead became a part of the Livestrong Foundation. In 2004, Pam received a $5000 award for her outreach efforts. She took the money and began Triumph Fitness, which launched for the first time in 2005. And that's just the beginning ...In today's episode of Experience the Buzz, Host Steve Buzzard lets the braintrust behind the Triumph brand do her thing. "Triumph is Pam's baby. You can feel her passion when she tells her story and what is behind things like Triumph Fitness, Triumph Cancer Foundation, Triumph to the Summit, and Triumph 2.0. She has made a major impact for cancer survivors in this area."  Our conversation hits THREE areas: SEGMENT ONE  introduces us to Triumph Cancer Foundation and the idea behind Triumph Fitness. Pam also shares her own personal journey with cancer.SEGMENT TWO  shows us what one does to become part of the Triumph Fitness program. We find out what happened with Triumph when the Covid pandemic hit. Whitehead shares other programs under the Triumph umbrella, including Triumph 2.0 for graduates.SEGMENT THREE  starts with another amazing Triumph program called Triumph to the Summit. Whitehead shares details surrounding the program's annual fund-raising event called Triumph Uncorked. And we finish off how to support Triumph and what that support means.Here are my favorite HIGHLIGHTS  ...1. Passion. When I first met Pam in 2020, that was the first word that came to my mind. She is one individual who believes strongly in the mission of Triumph. It's impressive to see and has made such a huge difference for so many.2. Drive. She heard the words. She battled. And then didn't stop there. Her battle became her war cry to help others. Again, so impressive!3. Triumph Fitness seems like a no-brainer for something that should be nationwide. I can guarantee that Pam is thinking the same thing.Our Connection |  I met Pam in 2020. I was asked to be the auctioneer for Triumph Uncorked. While it was a virtual auction, we had an absolute blast raising money for a great organization.ENJOY THE TALKING STORY!

Helen Knost tells Dr. Nancy her story of multiple cancer diagnoses and her progress of fighting it and recovering and doing what doctors said she wouldn't do, her discovery and work with the Livestrong Foundation and her new business using skills of being a friend to others and helping them make the world a better place, which she named "My Friend Helen."

Simone Knego has done some pretty remarkable things, but she says it's the small things that have impacted her life the most. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds and awareness for the Livestrong Foundation, and she's traveled the world on philanthropic missions with her neurosurgeon husband. She says every choice she's made is a part of her story, but it’s the small things that have impacted her life the most. In this episode we discuss why she believes every person has a story, why we should tell our stories, what she learned training for and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, how we can all be the change in the world, and so much more. There's even a story about rats that will leave you on the edge of your seat! Connect with Simone: Web- https://simoneknego.com FB- https://www.facebook.com/UnOrdinaryYou IG-https://www.instagram.com/authorsimoneknego/ LI- https://www.linkedin.com/in/simone-knego-7965701a3/ *** Episode Sponsor: Iris Digital Media Group  Iris Digital Media Group helps small businesses with social media strategy and content creation to help small business owners shine a light on their big ideas. We create social media content and videos for websites and sales presentations, in addition to helping businesses with website creation and YouTube set up.  Contact us to learn more about how we help small businesses connect with prospects and convert them to new business. Download the FREE Content Brainstorm Workbook and learn how to come up with endless ideas for posting on social media. ****** Resources  Train with Kim: https://www.crushingmygoals.com/Train-with-Kim Endurance training is not one-size-fits-all. Sign up for Kim's mailing list to receive emails, tips, and resources that will help you be a stronger, more resilient athlete.  Additional links: Kim's website: www.crushingmygoals.com Kim's Instagram Power of Run Facebook Contact Kim at CoachKim@ThePowerofRun.com  

My guest for this episode is a serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and best-selling author of the Extraordinary, Unordinary You. As well as wife, mother of 6 children and 3 dogs! Simone Knego. We talk about perspective, as she has dedicated a whole chapter to it in her book. We discuss why her trip to Ethiopia helped her thought processes on it. Perseverance, teamwork, kindness and thoughtfulness were pivotal lessons Simon learnt when climbing Kilimanjaro with the LiveStrong Foundation, so she expands on these and the amazing experiences she had and connections she made. At the end of her book Simone includes 20 valuable lessons for readers to take-away. We expanded upon lesson 15: 'You create your own reality' and she has definitely done that. Her story is truly inspiring, however Simone wants to impart through her own experience that everyone can find their own unique greatness. We talk about the importance of family and how they help keep you grounded, that we as parents also can learn valuable lessons from our children and why laughter is the best medicine to see you through the tough times. You can follow Simone on Instagram or check out her website here. Her book is available to buy in Amazon. I'll leave you with a quote by Bertrand Russell - 'To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom'. So if you thought the episode was 5* then leave a written review about the Episode on iTunes stating what you enjoyed the most to be in the chance to win a kindle copy of her book.  The winner will be drawn at random and posted on @ThePlantedMindsetPodcast Instagram account the following Monday after the podcast has been aired.  Entry requirements if you thought the episode was 5* Follow us both on Instagram Leave a written review of what you enjoyed most in the episode on iTunes. Then snap a copy of this and share on your IG stories tagging us both in with the hashtag #theplantedmindsetpodcast  Terms and Conditions apply If you enjoyed this episode then please share to a friend as this will help grow the podcast organically.  Thanks for listening Natasha x 

In this episode, Carly chats with certified Clinical Nutritionist Carly Pollack about fostering a restorative, compassionate mindset while on a healing journey, and functional testing; how it is used in a holistic nutrition practice, and who would benefit from its use. This episode covers: what a holistic nutritionist does + how it is different from a traditional dietician what is functional testing Carly Pollack shares her daily wellness routines + practices how to curate a therapeutic mindset of compassion why your way of thinking is important in a healing journey the psychology behind successful healing what you learn from each of the functional tests discussed details about each test + who would most benefit from each the benefits + uses of supplements micronutrient testing, balances, and deficiencies Dutch hormone test and reasons for hormone testing GI Map test and information about gut health Quicksilver heavy metals test, information on heavy metals contamination + its sources Resources: Nutritional Wisdom (Austin, TX) – certified Clinical Nutritionist The Daily Detox 8-week course Connect: IG: @carlyloveskale web: carlybrownwellness.com Carly Pollack is a published author, hilarious speaker, and the founder of Nutritional Wisdom, an award-winning private practice based in Austin, Texas. She is a certified Clinical Nutritionist specializing in holistic nutrition whole body wellness. Carly has been awarded Best Nutritionist in Austin five years running and has helped over 20,000 people achieve their health and happiness goals. Her book, Feed Your Soul: Nutritional Wisdom to Lose Weight Permanently, was a #1 New Release on Amazon. Carly has lectured all over the country for incredible companies such as Facebook, SXSW, Whole Foods Market, Texas Women's Conference, Rackspace, Livestrong Foundation, lululemon, Atlassian, Frog Design, WeWork, Tech Stars, Flatwater Foundation, and the Texas Medical Association--among many more. Growing up, Carly struggled with anxiety, immune issues, and an ongoing battle with her weight. Through trial and error, Carly was able to figure out why so many of us fail to achieve the health we so badly desire. Through years of study and self-healing, she found the key to creating permanent change. Carly beautifully marries the science of the body to the wisdom of our intuition. Having grown up as a quick-witted New Yorker, she was raised without the ability to sugarcoat the truth. You won't find any nonsense here--just clear and honest information—and some tough love if you need it. Her teachings empower you to shift your thought patterns, change your physical body, properly manage stress, and live your best life.

The treatment of prostate cancer is continually evolving as we look at new technologies and advances in managing the disease. Today, board-certified urologist and prostate cancer expert, Dr. Jim Hu, from Weill Cornell Medicine, in New York joins us. In this episode, Dr. Hu will be talking about targeted focal therapy. He will focus specifically on HIFU (High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound) as a treatment option for targeted focal therapy, for prostate cancer. He will also review who may and may not be a candidate for focal therapy.  Dr. Jim Hu completed his urology residency at UCLA and his urologic oncology fellowship at City of Hope National Medical Center. He got recruited at Weill Cornell Medicine in February of 2015 after establishing high-volume internationally renowned programs at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and UCLA Medical Center, where he served as Director of the Prostate Cancer and Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery programs respectively. He is internationally renowned as a surgical innovator and health services researcher. His research interests have been funded by the Department of Defense, National Cancer Institute, and the Livestrong Foundation. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Hu has performed thousands of robot-assisted prostatectomies, among over 4000 laparoscopic, robotic and open procedures. He has been instrumental in helping drive some of the advances that have helped the field of urology, including working with the FDA to look at the outcomes of HIFU (High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound), a type of targeted focal therapy for prostate cancer.   Disclaimer: The Prostate Health Podcast is for informational purposes only. Nothing in this podcast should be construed as medical advice. By listening to the podcast, no physician-patient relationship has been formed. For more information and counseling, you must contact your personal physician or urologist with questions about your unique situation. Show highlights: Dr. Hu explains what targeted focal therapy for prostate cancer is. Dr. Hu describes some of the different technologies currently utilized for focal therapy. Dr. Hu explains what HIFU is and how it works in treating prostate cancer. When looking at targeted focal therapy, Dr. Hu describes the best potential candidates for the HIFU option. Dr. Hu explains the methods he is currently using to identify the targeted area to treat with focal therapy. Dr. Hu discusses one of the challenges with the localization of prostate cancer. Dr. Hu explains what a man considering HIFU as an option for targeted therapy can expect from the procedure. Some of the risks and potential advantages of using HIFU for focal therapy for prostate cancer. Dr. Hu describes his set protocol for following men after focal therapy with HIFU in terms of monitoring them for any recurrence or progression of prostate cancer. Dr. Wu discusses whether men are still candidates for other therapy if needed after HIFU, should they have a prostate cancer recurrence. What the future holds for the future of HIFU in the management of prostate cancer. Dr. Hu talks about whether he sees HIFU making its way into current guidelines and becoming more widely accepted as a standard of care for appropriate candidates. Most of the current guidelines continue to advocate for the templated biopsy rather than the MRI. Some tips for men considering targeted focal therapy for prostate cancer. Links and resources: Follow Dr. Pohlman on Twitter and Instagram - @gpohlmanmd  Get your free What To Expect Guide (or find the link here, on our podcast website)   Join our Facebook group  Follow Dr. Pohlman on Twitter and Instagram  Go to the Prostate Health Academy to sign up for the wait-list for our bonus video content.  You can access Dr. Pohlman's free mini webinar, where he discusses his top three tips to promote men's prostate health, longevity, and quality of life here.

Duration: 00:35:59 Guest: Dr. Sanford Jeames, Eastside Memorial Early College High School, Austin ISD Lessons from the Field engages staff members from the Austin Independent School District about teaching and learning in our community. Discussions focus on various education topics and how they impact and empower teachers and students. Website: Austin ISD Professional Learning Social Media: @AustinISDPL In this episode, Mark Gurgel and Matthew Castilleja interview Dr. Sanford Jeames, a coordinator of the Health Sciences Program at Eastside Memorial Early College High School (Austin ISD) as well as an adjunct professor at Huston-Tillotson University (Austin, TX). He is Chair of the ASCO Health Equity Committee and a manuscript editor and reviewer for LIVESTRONG Foundation and PCORI. Projects have been with UT School of Public Health, UT Dell Medical School, Huston Tillotson University, and St Edward's University. During this episode, we discuss: Current realities [7:02] Week in the life in Dr. Jeames class [12:05] Discovered opportunities [17:28] Personal professional growth [21:45] What do you wish you had known a year ago [25:58]

This conversation offers a simple, yet often tough, perspective when it comes to how we respond to challenging periods in life. Do you retreat when you are in mucky waters or do you lean into it and allow your hurt / humiliation / anger to evolve into purpose?From 7 Tour de France wins to Livestrong Foundation to battling lawsuits to Next Ventures, Lance Armstrong shares his journey through life and how facing his challenges head on served him rather than hiding away and letting that minimize him.With the current climate, I've had many conversations with others on the hardship that they are experiencing. This episode with Lance provided a nice shift in awareness that we are responsible for how we feel, given any type of circumstance.During this conversation, Lance and I discuss...• What can come from releasing bitterness.• The emotional impacts from retirement that no one talks about.• Not allowing hardships take us out of the game of life.• Continuing forward movement through our darkest moments.• How a simple mindset shift opened a channel for opportunities.• Letting our kids choose their own life path, their own passions.References:The Forward Podcast – https://bit.ly/forwardpodThe Move Podcast – https://bit.ly/movepodPowerDot – https://www.powerdot.comStrava – https://www.strava.comNext Ventures – https://nextventures.comPr Lotion – https://amphuman.comConnect with Cal –UnlearnX: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/unlearn-xInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/cal.callahan/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegreatunlearnYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thegreatunlearn/Website: https://www.thegreatunlearn.comNewsletter: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/newsletterThis show is produced by Soulfire Productions

In this episode we sit down with former Centrum resident, Megan Hildebrandt, who exudes humor, care, and generosity as she shares stories of the various shifts in her life and the ways that cancer and parenting have impacted her work over the years. Megan Hildebrandt received her BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design in 2006, and her MFA in Studio Art from the University of South Florida in 2012. Hildebrandt has exhibited nationally and internationally, including: The Painting Center, New American Paintings, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Craft, Arlington Arts Center, Detroit Contemporary, HEREarts Center, Latitude 53, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, the LIVESTRONG Foundation, Hyde Park Art Center, The Torpedo Factory, and The Painter’s Room. In 2018, Hildebrandt received an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the Aesthetics of Health Course she developed for Interlochen Arts Academy. An artist, educator, and arts-in-health advocate, Hildebrandt currently lives and works in Austin, Texas, where she is Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas. See more of Hildebrandt’s work at https://www.meganlynnhildebrandt.com/

Dr. Gia Sison is the head of Women’s Wellness Center at Makati Medical Center.  She is a doctor specializing in Occupational Medicine and is a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas. She is also a breast cancer survivor and advocate, serving as the Philippine Leader for Livestrong Foundation.  Her blog, Sand and Stone is all about the concept of – you mark things you want to remember in stone and write those you want to forget on sand to be washed away forever.  It is her personal blog that contains lessons she has learned from her battles and victories as well that left scars that she considers “trophies” in life. Dr. Gia shares the moments where she was able to surpass herself and build confidence along the way.  She also shares about being diagnosed with breast cancer 6 years ago and the lessons she learned during her journey. Check out https://thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Dr. Gia's episode, Dr. Gia's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Amy Verhulst is a business development and marketing professional with over 19 years of experience in the legal and professional services industries. Amy founded and leads the marketing and business Development department at Coats Rose, P.C., a 75-attorney law firm based in Houston, Texas with six offices in Texas, Louisiana and Ohio. She is responsible for all business development, marketing and communications initiatives for the firm including growth strategies to drive revenue, leadership development, brand awareness, content management and public relations. Amy has a passion for professional, peer-to-peer organizations, and currently serves as President-Elect of the Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Southwest Region. She has served in several leadership roles within the LMA organization throughout her career, including Chair of the 2019 LMA Southwest Region Conference, Co-Chair of the LMA Membership Engagement Committee, Director-at-Large-Communications for the Southwest Region and former Texas Chapter, and as Local Leader for both the Austin and San Antonio Local Steering Committees. Additionally, Amy has served in leadership roles with Entrepreneurs' Organization (Austin Chapter), the Livestrong Foundation, and Leadership Austin. Amy earned her B.A. in Mass Communications - Advertising from Texas State University. https://www.coatrose.com Email Amy - AVerhulst@coatrose.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/amypaytonverhulst/              

Feed Your SoulAired Tuesday, 7 May 2019, 2:00 PM ETCountless diets, cleanses, and thirty-day challenges are geared to help people lose weight, heal their digestion, and have more energy. Yet these temporary protocols fall short when it comes to true transformation. In this inspiring conversation, nutrition expert Carly Pollack shares her unique understanding of body science, brain wiring, and spiritual principles to facilitate real, long-term change. You’ll learn why your inner work the most important piece of weight loss and so much more.About the Guest: Carly PollackCarly Pollack is the author of Feed Your Soul and is the founder of Nutritional Wisdom, a thriving private practice based in Austin, Texas.A Certified Clinical Nutritionist with a master’s degree in holistic nutrition, Carly has been awarded Best Nutritionist in Austin five years running and has helped over 10,000 people achieve their health and happiness goals.Carly has lectured all over the country for incredible companies such as Facebook, Whole Foods Market, Livestrong Foundation, lululemon, Atlassian, WeWork, Tech Stars, Flatwater Foundation, Frog Design, Texas Medical Association, Rackspace, The Hilton, Planet Cancer, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Gerson Lehrman Group, Crimson, and Heineken among many more. She was a featured speaker at Whole Foods Market with CEO John Mackey and board of directors and helping founders, Margaret Wittenberg and Jim Sud.WEBSITE: https://www.carlypollack.comFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CarlyPollackNutrition/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/carly_pollackPINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com/wisdomseekers

What does it feel like going to from one of the most loved sports celebrity’s in the world to the most hated? Few people on the planet know that feeling and the Team Never Quit Podcast has got one of them on the show. Navy SEALs, Marcus Luttrell, David Rutherford and #TheWizard welcome Lance Armstrong to this week’s epic show. Join the team as Lance tells his insane #NeverQuitStories which will leave you shaking your head in amazement and disbelief. Lance possesses a one of a kind perspective on winning, losing, fame, shame, love, and hate. Stand by to learn some profound lessons about dealing with perseverance, obsession, humility, regret, friendships, second chances, and moving forward. Try for a moment to imagine winning one of the most difficult sporting events ever created in the Tour de France. Now try and contemplate winning it 7 times in a row after overcoming testicular, lung and brain cancer. Lance Armstrong was able to accomplish this amazing feat. Because of his remarkable accomplishment, he was able to start one the largest non-profits of its day, the Livestrong Foundation which helped millions of people around the world in their fight against cancer. And at the height of his fame, fortune and following it was discovered that he and many members of the US Postal Service Team had been cheating the entire time with an elaborate doping program. Ultimately Lance was stripped of all his titles, disgraced around the world, lost his fortune, and is now actively engaged in a 100 million dollar lawsuit against the federal government. His insane ride from the top to the bottom and now his slow climb up will leave you thinking about second chances in ways you’ve never thought about them before. The TNQ Podcast has once again delivered on their promise to help their listeners develop the #NeverQuit mindset. Marcus, Rut, The Wizard, and Lance give perspective unlike any other podcast out there. After hearing this epic show if you should feel compelled to share your greatest never quit story please head to the ‘Share Your Story’ section on the website and submit your story. We are building an epic catalog of positive content to help our teammates battle their greatest challenges and to overcome their greatest obstacles. Support the show.

ASCO: You’re listening to a podcast from Cancer.Net. This cancer information website is produced by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, known as ASCO, the world’s leading professional organization for doctors who care for people with cancer. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity, or therapy should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement. Cancer research discussed in this podcast is ongoing, so the data described here may change as research progresses. Caring for a loved one with cancer can be challenging as well as rewarding. But you are not alone. In this series of podcasts, developed in collaboration with LIVESTRONG, Aditi Narayan and Mike Threadgould interview family caregivers, who share their stories and offer advice for others facing similar situations. In today’s podcast, Scott Joy, a testicular cancer survivor and patient advocate, discusses his experience when his wife Judy was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, including some of the bright spots and challenges, things he wishes he had known at the time, and tips for other caregivers. Aditi Narayan is a social worker and Director of Programs & Strategy at LIVESTRONG, and Mike Threadgould is Senior Manager of Marketing & Communications at LIVESTRONG. Scott Joy is a LIVESTRONG senior leader and a member of Cyclists Combating Cancer. ASCO and LIVESTRONG would like to thank Mr. Joy for discussing this topic. Aditi Narayan: I'm Aditi Narayan. Mike Threadgould: And I'm Mike Threadgould. Aditi Narayan: And we're with the LIVESTRONG Foundation where our mission is to improve the lives of people affected by cancer now. We are joined today by Scott. Scott, thanks so much for being here. Scott Joy: I'm happy to be here with you. Aditi Narayan: Thanks. Can you tell us a little bit about who you are and your connection to cancer? Scott Joy: Yes, I can. My name is Scott Joy, and I'm from the New Hampshire seacoast. I'm a father of four adult children in their 20's. I'm a business technology professional, a tenor, a recreational cyclist, and a 15-year testicular cancer survivor myself, and a LIVESTRONG volunteer since my diagnosis. But I'm here to talk about my role as a caregiver for my wife of 26 years, Judy, who was a beautiful woman, intelligent, witty as a can be, a novelist of 2 young adult science fiction novels. And, unfortunately, 10 years after my diagnosis, she was herself diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which is a blood cancer, and only lived with the disease for about 3 months or so. So I'm here to talk about that. Aditi Narayan: Thank you for sharing. Mike Threadgould: And so, obviously, here we're talking about roles as a caregiver. What would be something you would share with somebody else who was facing being a caregiver and the challenges or the opportunities that they would face? Scott Joy: I think the first thing I would say is to be easy on yourself, that it's a tough role, and you will make mistakes. And if you can talk them through, mostly with yourself, just be kind on yourself. Do your best. Accept all of the feelings as they come. You'll have them all. Take help where you can get it. Be sure to take care of yourself, to step back and rest when you need to, and just do what you can. Aditi Narayan: And would you say that those are things— I mean hindsight is 20-20, right? So are those things that you did yourself? Did you accept the feelings during the process, or was that something you wish you had done after? Scott Joy: It's always a mix, right? So there are some things that I— I felt fairly prepared just because at that point, I'd had 10 years of experience myself in the patient role. I had friends from the LIVESTRONG community. I felt I had lots of resources I could turn to, both for information and for emotional support and just for the practical, “what should I do?” But it's still hard. Knowing that you can do it and feeling that you can do it are awfully different things. So I did feel somewhat prepared, but I had a lot of learning to do along the way to feel like I'm not doing enough: there's got to be something more we can do. I'm doing too much: Judy's now feeling overwhelmed with all of the options I'm trying to provide to her, and she just wants to talk to the doctor, and get into treatment, and not worry about all of the other things I might be able to do to help her. I'm going too far now. So I had a lot to learn. Aditi Narayan: Yeah. It sounds like it. And so would you say that communication line between you and Judy seemed to be really important in keeping that open? Scott Joy: It absolutely is important. I'm not going to say I got it right all the time, for sure. But I do think that her diagnosis actually helped our communication in some ways. She could now sort of suddenly understand some of what I'd gone through and appreciate it more. She told me at one point, "You know? I would marry you all over again," which is something I hadn't heard in a while. [laughter] So there were good points. Mike Threadgould: And I think we've spoken before, and we know at LIVESTRONG we talk a lot about the fact that there are a lot of resources now for cancer patients, to deal with their emotional challenges, and we provide those in different ways. But a lot of the time the caregiver is not aware of those challenges and the emotions that come with it. What were some of the challenges that you felt as a caregiver which maybe was different than being a patient? Scott Joy: Let me think about that. One of the things that was just so different is that in the patient experience, I sort of still felt like I was in control about decisions that needed to be made, because it was all about me. And in the caregiver role, I had to realize that I'm not in control of anything. It really is about what she needs. And although I need to try to get all of the information I can and absorb all of that and help where I can, I also need to realize that what I want isn't what matters right now. It matters some but it doesn't matter as much as, “what does Judy need?” So that was a big change and, obviously, the realization that this is an incurable disease that she had. I had a disease that could be treated and cured. She had one that needed to be managed and sort of coping with that from the beginning, that I am going to lose my wife. I don't know when. Maybe it's going to be 10 years down the road. Maybe it's longer. Maybe it's shorter. I had no idea it was going to be 3 months. And just understanding that someday— all of us are going to have limited time on the earth, so it's not a surprise. But just the realization of this is going to change my life. That was a big deal. So strap in. Do what you can. Be there for her in sickness and health. That's what I promised to do, and I did the best I could. Mike Threadgould: We all find our way in our way I suppose. Scott Joy: Right. Aditi Narayan: Was there anything that was a part of your experience and your journey that you would say was unexpected or surprising? Scott Joy: I think the unexpected part for me, other than just the diagnosis itself, the I'm no longer the cancer patient in this family here, right? was the difference in the role. I expected that all of the information and the support that I had would be enough, and it wasn't. It just wasn't enough to solve the problem and to get to the cure, to get past it and live a long, healthy life together. That was the surprising part. And then just the not being prepared for the what-ifs, the pushing that aside and focusing solely on the treatment and the path to cure, and not thinking about the, “what if this doesn't work?” It was always, “what's the next step going to be, and the step after that?” and not the preparing for the worst-case scenario. Aditi Narayan: And what was the impact—because you mentioned at the start of this conversation that you're the father of 4, and your kids are now all in their 20's—but what was the impact in terms of caregiving, not only for your wife who had cancer, but also for 4 children at the time? Scott Joy: That was the one thing that I wish I had more help with was knowing the right way to help my kids. We're so focused on the practical things of the getting to the hospital and the meal delivery and the-- they're all still-- at that point were all still in school. Three of them were still in high school, and one was off in college. And I would love to have known how to better help them with what they needed. My sons, in particular, I think were maybe more, setting that aside and thinking, “I'm going to class, and I'm going to soccer practice, and I feel for mom, but I'm also living my own life as a teenager.” And I don't know yet, still, how that's impacted them and will show itself in the years ahead. I think my daughters tell me more about it, and my sons just sort of shrug it off. Mike Threadgould: So in a similar kind of realm, and you said that they were going to school every day and trying to live day-to-day, how did being a caregiver affect you day-to-day? Obviously, you had to change your routine, as you mentioned having meals delivered. What was that experience like? Scott Joy: So part of it was trying to stay as much as possible in the routine and continuing to work, which is necessary to support the family, and not feeling like the world is as shaken as it is. So I did keep going to work. It's hard not to feel distracted every moment—but you know that things that have to be done in the office—but to be open to leaving when you can to help, and to get to a point and to make sure that Judy had the company she needed. I was lucky that we had a neighbor up the street, a close family friend, who could step in and help with a lot of that so I could continue to work without feeling like I was abandoning my wife. I think I'm stepping away from the question now. Can you help me back to it? Mike Threadgould: I think you've touched on that. It was more just the day-to-day. Like you say, going to work, that's, obviously a big shift in emotional energy that you have to go through, and the day-to-day becomes a very different routine when you're a caregiver. Scott Joy: Right, yeah. It really does. Between the mix of trying to stay normal and the needing to take on new responsibilities, things that Judy would have done. We were both working parents and were more partners before, and to have to have that shift where now I've got to worry about making sure the house stays clean, and the pool gets vacuumed, and all of those things that just weren't on my plate before. And how much of it can I take on? And how much of it is fair to ask the kids to try to help with? And how much can we feel comfortable depending on other people and take the help? People are offering it and want to help, so don't be embarrassed or worried that you're becoming a burden. If people are willing and able to do that then, by all means, let them. It's good for everybody. Mike Threadgould: Absolutely. Aditi Narayan: So you mentioned that you had a neighbor who came in and stepped up and was really helpful to you. Who were some other people that really helped with your day-to-day caregiving tasks? Scott Joy: I think a lot of the day-to-day caregiving fell to me and to Marnie. And the practical side of things, I guess, would be supported, of course, by the hospital staff and not just the doctors but the nurses for certain. They have some emotional support resources. That's less on the practical and more on the emotional, but you can't get the practical done without the emotional help, or you fall apart. So that's a certainly a big part of it is just having somebody to lend an ear to keep you going. Mike Threadgould: And you mentioned earlier the importance of taking time for yourself. Do you feel like you managed to do that? What we hear from a lot of caregivers who they only do that when they reach the end of their rope. They don't do it early enough that it actually helps them through the process. They kind of get to this point where oh god, I've got to take time for myself. Did you feel like you went through that in a positive way, or was it— how would you explain it? Scott Joy: I think it was learning. It was a struggle to feel I was getting it right. There's some guilt when you step back and think I'm not doing enough. I'm not filling the role I need to. I thought we were going to be doing this for years, so I wasn't sure how much to pace myself. I did enlist family help. Now that I had got it, Judy has had 3 older sisters and a brother. And 2 of her sisters were-- 3 of her sisters, all of her sisters, were able to come and spend some time. So I took advantage of that and didn't cancel my attendance at a business conference. So I escaped to Orlando for a few days in October which I wouldn't have done if I had known, that was 6 weeks, I guess, from Judy's death. I wouldn't have gone. I absolutely would not have gone. But I got away for that. I stayed true to my commitment to go to the LIVESTRONG Challenge here in Austin. So I was expecting that that was going to be my break. And then I would go home, and we would get ready for the bone marrow transplant that was planned in January. And we just didn't get that far. So I think I was pacing myself more than I would have if I had known which should have been a good thing. I should have been taking the time I needed for myself. Mike Threadgould: Exactly. It's so hard to know when a diagnosis has no defined limits to. It could be three months. It could be 10 years. How do you pace yourself through that? There's such uncertainty. You obviously want to make the most of life, but you've got to find that balance of taking time for yourself and re-energizing yourself to be there for your partner, or whoever it is, that you're helping. So a difficult situation for sure. Aditi Narayan: We’ve talked a little bit about your support systems. We've talked about Judy's family. We've talked about your neighbors and, perhaps, other friends who were supportive. Were there any resources, other than family and friends, that you took advantage of or that you accessed that were really helpful for you and maybe for your children as well? Scott Joy: The local Stratham Community Church, a lot of support from that group. Really, friends and neighbors. The meals that kept coming which they managed to pace well for us so that we weren't feeling completely overwhelmed by that, too, which can be if everybody's trying to help so much that you don't know how to control the help as it comes in. We didn't have to. We had somebody who was helping with that. I think really just the knowing how to help my kids and more family resources than practical resources, I guess. If we'd had other people who had been let us take the kids for the day or— because with the only help there was people who were trying to talk to the kids about their experience. And the kids didn't want to have those conversations. Aditi Narayan: So somebody to really normalize, to some extent, their day, to sort of not focus on the cancer for a while. Scott Joy: Right, right. I guess to do that in a way that feels respectful and if they're open to what they want to talk about, great. And it's a tough balancing act to know what's right. I don't think I got it right. Aditi Narayan: I think that's a really interesting feeling and thought. And I'm sure it's something that many caregivers struggle with is did I get it right or feeling like they didn't get it right. But really what is right? It's such an arbitrary concept. Scott Joy: Yeah. You don't know. And I think it was different for each of them. I think my daughters were closer in how they reacted and what they needed. My sons were closer in what they needed and how they reacted. But all four of them have different personalities and perspectives and needs. And understanding that on top of—we've got to be 100% focused on Judy. But they need help too. And what is that help? Aditi Narayan: Yeah. And I wonder for-- you've talked a little bit about how at some points Judy felt overwhelmed with the attention that she was receiving as a result of her diagnosis and care. I wonder how that puts a strain on dynamics between you and your spouse, but also the parents and children as well, is how everybody's trying to find that balance of wanting to normalize but also wanting to acknowledge that something's not right. Scott Joy: Right, yeah. And the other complicating factor was, of course, the difference that all of the pain medications had in just Judy's behavior some of which was just alertness and ability to understand. Opioids really take a toll when you're so dependent on the pain medications to not feel terrible all of the time. That was a struggle for her. Mike Threadgould: Do you feel like your healthcare team prepared you for those struggles in terms of, particularly with the medication and the changes that are going to be physical and mental that that would bring to her, but also how it might impact you? Scott Joy: I think that was another big surprise for us and certainly for me. I don't know, honestly, how Judy-- how much she knew about what the impact, whether it was just happening. I'm sure she recognized that in the changes and the phone calls she would make and just bewildered, “I'm not sure. I think I just took a pill, but I don't know. What should I do?” And I don't know how to help with that from my desk at work. I can't tell whether you just took a pill. How do I help you? So some of that was a big challenge. And I don't think we were well-prepared for it to know these are the things that may happen, and what you should do when they happen, and when you should call us for help. I think we could have used some more guidance. And there was so much more concern, I think, about the practical parts of it about making sure we got the dosages right, and the pain was under control, and less about the here's how this may affect your relationship and your cognitive function. And those things just-- I don't recall them coming up. You had to discover them. Aditi Narayan: So you just mentioned something interesting that the healthcare didn't quite address how Judy's care was going to impact your relationship. So how did it impact your relationship? Scott Joy: Well, I mentioned that in some ways it brought us a lot closer together. That suddenly I felt, we felt, that we had something we needed to solve, to go through together, that she felt, “oh, all of that experience you have from Livestrong and the cancer community suddenly is relevant to me. It's not something you're off doing. It's now part of our life,” and I thought that was positive and healthy. Aside from the effect of the pain meds and how much she really sometimes was in a daze, when she was more alert and willing to talk, it was more open and more candid. And that was all good. I think the hardest part was, you know, we both were focused on, as I said, on the treatment, on the search for the cure, on the let's get through it. And we should have talked more about, “when one of us is gone, what does the other want?” I'm now navigating through the how can I continue to have Judy be part of the kids' life affect what we do as a family. Carrying on the traditions and all of the decisions that had to be made after her death about care for the kids and her own services and all of that. I would have loved to have known because she told me not because I can figure it out. And I can figure a lot of it out, because we spent 26 years in marriage and years before that. We met in high school, and we were high school sweethearts so all of that. I can figure a lot of it out. But I wish we had talked through more of it which is so hard to do because we don't want to concede. We're fighting to the end. And I didn't talk about the intervention, I guess, where the healthcare team and our minister brought me in and were trying to have some of that conversation about end-of-life care and all of the things that we should have in place. And I think that was frightening for Judy at a point where she wasn't ready to be scared that way. She needed to focus on I'm trying to get through the day here. But it left us with things that weren't said and done that should have been. It's so hard. Aditi Narayan: Yeah. It really is. Are there those things that you found yourself thinking about but you didn't feel like it was the right time to bring it up with Judy? Scott Joy: I had some of those times like out on my bike, right? So part of my keeping it normal was finding time— I wouldn't do the long rides. Normally, I would do a long weekend training ride, and I would maybe do an hour instead of half a day. But certainly, while I'm out, that's what my mind is going through is some of the what-if scenarios, and trying to push them out and saying I can't think about that but I have to. Yeah. So I did have some of that. And then it's, can I talk to you about it? Should I talk to you about it? And it never felt right. It was always, you're not ready for that, and I don't think it's the time. Mike Threadgould: We’ve set this series up about caregivers and the phrase caregiver. Do you identify with that phrase? A lot of people use kind of different terms to talk about this role that you take on in supporting somebody that's going through a disease. Does that identify with you? Scott Joy: It's an interesting question because I hadn't really thought about it until you posed it because caregiver is one that you can grab onto, like survivor, that initially this thing is that's a word that I can use to describe this. It's a shorthand and everyone will know what I mean. And then you start to think about it intellectually. And so what else does it mean, and how do I react to it if I think about it instead of just accept it? And it starts to sound a little bit more clinical. And I think how is that different from the healthcare professional role and what the nurses and doctors do? Aren't they caregivers? And does it feel more like “housekeeper?” So it doesn't have the same love to it that maybe I would want. And so I just think of— thought of myself— think of myself as Judy's husband. And that says so much more to me where it doesn't necessarily mean what caregiver does, but it's the word I would choose for myself still. And caregiver was just one that I accepted because it was handy. Mike Threadgould: That makes sense. And I think how you're saying if you think of yourself as husband and wife, just because one of you has something in their life that needs support doesn't change the fact that you're still husband and wife. And those relationships are built on love and support and doing whatever is necessary. So giving that change a label isn't necessarily of value to a caring relationship. It's interesting to think about it that way. Aditi Narayan:  You mentioned accepting the role, the title, and I was wondering did it feel like you had to feel certain things because someone was putting that role on you, that you are now a caregiver and you should be feeling these things, or you should be doing these things? A lot of “shoulds” involved there. Scott Joy: That's a really interesting question and wonder if I had more of those checklists and resources if I would've resented them. [laughter] I don't think I felt that way. I felt that it was a role that I needed and wanted to step into. I didn't resent it. I can see how one might, especially depending on where you are in your relationship with the person you're providing care for. I felt it was something that I owed her and wanted to give. But that's a really interesting question. [laughter] Aditi Narayan: Scott, we've talked a lot about your experience, a little bit about as a survivor, and then extensively about your role as Judy's husband. What is 1 word you would use to sort of try to capture that experience or describe it? Scott Joy: I would pick the word “whirlwind.” It's just the sudden storm of unexpected magnitude, and everything's circling around you and sometimes feeling like you're in the eye of the storm. And there are calm moments, but you know it's all still swirling around you. And it's a whirlwind, and it just tears everything apart but still moments of calm inside it. Mike Threadgould: And if you look at where you are now, are you still in a whirlwind? Do you feel like you've moved into some other one-word description of your emotional state? Scott Joy: I'd still pick the 1 word “healing” for where I am now. It's a long process of coming to terms. It's one of those things where it hurts to talk about it still, but it hurts a lot more not to talk about it. My kids and I have had some wonderful experiences since. I loved her, remember all of the things that we did together as a family. I think there's some mixed opinion on how much we should talk about and remember that, and I love it. And I think how much does it hurt them, and how much does it help them? I think they're starting to come around now where now my son, Eric, will talk more about it and put on the “We Remember Judy” t-shirt, just spontaneously. So I think it's a long healing process. Aditi Narayan: Well, Scott, thank you so much for being here. And thank you so much for sharing so openly and always being willing to share. I think your voice and your experience has healing to it, and I think that can never be emphasized enough in this journey. So thank you so much. Scott Joy: Well, thank you. Mike Threadgould: Thank you, Scott. ASCO: Thank you, Mr. Joy. Learn more about caregiving at www.cancer.net/caregiving, and find support and resources for caregivers at LIVESTRONG.org. And if this podcast was useful, please take a minute to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. Cancer.Net is supported by ASCO’s Conquer Cancer Foundation, which funds breakthrough research for every type of cancer, helping patients everywhere. To help fund Cancer.Net and programs like it, donate at conquer.org/support.  

A Hunger To Change The Conversation About Health Growing up, Carly Pollack struggled with a buffet of issues: anxiety, autoimmune disorder, a never-ending battle with her weight. As Pollack puts it, “I was the queen of impeccable weekday eating and the impressive weekend binge.” So, it’s only natural then, that she’d go on to earn a Master’s Degree in Holistic Nutrition and be voted ‘Best Nutritionist’ in Austin for four years running. Right? Well, that’s not exactly the most obvious line of logic but Carly believes, “we often teach what we need to learn most.” That mantra bleeds through to every corner of her work. Pollack caries an impressive resume, having lectured all over the country for incredible companies like: Facebook, Whole Foods, Lulu Lemon and the Livestrong Foundation. And yet, she’s equally at home giving a small talk at the Sustainable Food Center or mentoring an aspiring entrepreneur at the Young Women’s Alliance. Her No-BS approach to creating lasting change is both uncommon and refreshing. You are in for a real treat with this interview. In this episode of Voices of Impact, Carly and I discuss the importance of asking high-quality questions. We talk about celebrating ‘small wins,’ as a means to combat ‘next-level syndrome.’ We tackle the subjects of behavior modification, emotional eating and spirituality. And Carly shares why traditional diets have such a high failure rate and what she and her team are doing to coach their clients back to health and happiness.

The LIVESTRONG Foundation fights for the more than 32.6 million people around the world affected by cancer now. how about Founded in 1997, LIVESTRONG unites, inspires and empowers people and their loved ones affected by cancer with free cancer support services. In this episode, Charlie and Kyle chat with Mike Threadgould, Digital Marketing Manager at LIVESTRONG, and Genny Dalton, a cancer survivor and LIVESTRONG alumni. Genny Dalton shares her story of strength through her fight with colon cancer. She teaches us how to be our own advocate in the US health system and how the foundation's programs empower patients during and post cancer treatment. Genny shares her experiences with LIVESTRONG's programs including LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, and LIVESTRONG Navigation. Looking ahead, Mike talks about their goal to drive systematic changes in patient-centered care through the LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes which they launched in partnership with The University of Texas Dell Medical School. Learn more about LIVESTRONG & Survivors Like Genny Dalton Below Learn all about the LIVESTRONG's mission and connect with cancer resources on their official website Watch Genny's Story Support them on Facebook Stay up to date on Twitter Inspire yourself through amazing stories of cancer survivors on YouTube See the lives changed on Instagram Restore your faith in humanity with Everyday Superhumans Click here for our official website! Subscribe to the Superhuman Newsletter for your monthly dosage of good news Rate us on iTunes Like us on Facebook Tweet at us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram Become a Superhuman and donate to our Patreon! Logo by Adam Dodson Designs Music in this episode: Opening & Transition Themes Themes - Take a Chance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Closing Theme - "Door to Door" by Alex Allen

JD is a Partner and Chief Creative Officer at Instrument. Since 2000, JD has created digital experiences for cultural institutions and companies large and small. Current clients include Facebook, XBOX, Google, Nike and Livestrong Foundation. We talked about how Instrument changed their HR model to a Human Development one and what are the benefits of it, what is his own design process and principles, how great products are created and much more. In the end, we discussed how companies can keep innovating and create a creative environment, and we got a bit more personal in the end with our blitz questions. Listen on Soundcloud: https://goo.gl/2ToK59 Listen on iTunes: https://goo.gl/AQoEZY About podcast: https://www.laroche.fm/ About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/ ------- Music: https://soundcloud.com/itsnglmusic

The Lance Dance: Armstrong Part 3 In The Series This description for these episodes was sourced from; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong Content in these episodes was sourced from; https://youtu.be/PgRBxsW26vY If you have topics you would like to learn more about, if you have public information and education you would like addressed or if you simply want to let us know how to do better. Email us at; Publicaccessamerica@gmail.com Public Access America PublicAccessPod Productions #History #Information #Education #Entertainment Footage downloaded and edited by Jason Roeseke at PublicAccessPod producer of Public Access America Podcast Link Review us Stitcher: http://goo.gl/XpKHWB Review us iTunes: https://goo.gl/soc7KG Subscribe GooglePlay: https://goo.gl/gPEDbf YouTube https://goo.gl/xrKbJb YouTube In 1996, he was diagnosed with a potentially fatal metastatic testicular cancer. After his recovery, he founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation (now the Livestrong Foundation) to assist other cancer survivors.

  Laura Bosworth, CEO and co-founder of TeVido BioDevices, is a dynamic former Fortune 50 executive with 25+ years of cross-functional industry experience. TeVido is a biotech start-up using innovative 3D bioprinting and a woman’s own cells to create tissue engineered solutions for reconstruction after breast cancer. Recent press coverage includes CNBC, CNN, The Economist, Popular Science and many more. The company has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Cancer Institute and the LIVESTRONG Foundation. With a B.S. in Engineering from UT El Paso, Bosworth started her career in manufacturing process development for IBM. She quickly moved into management where she led software development and launched a Technical Marketing Center earning a General Manager’s Award for her contributions to sales and customer relationships. At Dell, she built strategic business partnerships with large companies such as Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle and she led software product marketing delivering significant product feature improvement, highlighted by industry analysts. Ms. Bosworth is recognized for her skill in starting up new business functions and created multiple technical sales support functions including an OEM business unit: enabling over $500M in sales. She launched a professional services business unit and has expertise in customer support services. Using her cross-functional and international experience, she developed corporate wide quality strategies that reduced operating costs by ~$120M. Ms. Bosworth has volunteered for numerous non-profits, primarily supporting women’s needs in the Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) field as well as domestic violence – in Board positions as well as providing direct service. She volunteers as a Spanish interpreter at a Healthcare Clinic that serves low-income individuals Ms. Bosworth developed curricula, taught and provided mentorship with several applied entrepreneurship programs -including those at Texas State University and UTEP- focused on mentoring aspiring underrepresented and women entrepreneurs to develop their own high-growth companies. She volunteers as a Spanish interpreter at a Healthcare Clinic that serves low-income individuals seeking healthcare access.

Suzi is cofounder and CEO at Verb., a social enterprise that produces, innovative competitions for social entrepreneurs who are working toward bringing bring disruptive innovation to the world’s most wicked problems. Suzi started Verb  to serve foundations, Fortune 500 companies, and governments. Verb’s clients include Dell Inc., The Livestrong Foundation, IBM, and MetLife Foundation. Sosa...

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Chase Jones experienced the childhood cancer world first-hand; in 2006, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, he was diagnosed with Stage IV brain cancer. As a byproduct of community help and national research, Chase attests his status of six years cancer-free to a combination of the two. Since beating cancer, Chase has had the chance to collaborate with multiple childhood cancer organizations, from local children’s hospitals to international efforts in the constant battle to help more kids. After being treated at the NC Children’s Hospital, Chase went on to work with Ronald McDonald House Charities, the LIVESTRONG Foundation, and the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. In college, Chase founded BaseBald, enabling student-athletes a platform to give back to childhood cancer, which grew to connect dozens of communities and thousands of supporters to donate to childhood cancer research. In 2013, the Office of the Governor of the State of North Carolina named Chase to the North Carolina Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control Chase is a 2011 graduate from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Chase is a Christ follower, former collegiate baseball player with the UNC Tar Heels, and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina

KMOVE Radio was "On The Move" in Austin, TX covering the Austin Relocation Council - a wonderful non-profit association of relocation professionals. The organization holds meetings twice a year and their charity of choice for this meeting was LiveStrong Foundation.  The meeting took place at TopGolf-The Ultimate Venue for Fun! Listen in to some great interviews from mobility professionals and the spokesperson from LiveStrong Foundation.  www.austinrelocationcouncil.org, www.livestrong.org.

...And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Jamie D.'s Mightiest Acquaintances found themselves united against a common threat: the disease that took Jamie's life. On that day were JAMIE'S AVENGERS born, to take part in a 5K/10K footrace to raise funds for the Livestrong Foundation in Jamie's memory. These are the audio chronicles of Jamie's Avengers, recorded shortly before and after the group's epic race for cancer relief. Excelsior! (47:20)

Guest: Chris Brewer, Deputy Dir. External Affairs, worldwide efforts of LIVESTRONG Foundation. Adolescent & Young Adult Oncology, Daily Cures & Cancer Hacks (the U.S. cancer care system for more support to survivors NOW), the “Big C” competition (international movement to create financially-sustainable enterprises to make the world better for the 32.5 million people living with cancer globally, and for their family, friends and caregivers) and more. Co-Host Dr. Peter Hofland, www.oncozine.com. Joni live M-F at 2:00 p.m. ET on www.W4CS.com. www.JoniAldrich.com

Some young cancer patients learn that chemotherapy can have a strong impact on fertility before they begin chemotherapy, some learn during and sadly some do not discover this until their treatment is complete. Fertility is not just one more thing cancer seeks to rob from us, but this particular blow can feel unexpected, and can take the wind out of a patient's sails. The Livestrong Foundation's Fertile Hope Initiative offers support, information and access to programs in an effort to empower the patient where ever they are in the treatment process. Miss Emily Eargle helps us tackle this tough subject as she highlights the programs the Fertile Hope Initiative developed in response to the challenges faced by these patients. They work to restore the hope for a future family after chemotherapy. Come listen for a breath of fresh air as well as some well needed hope.

A cancer diagnosis often brings concerns about how long your life will be. In this “Moving Forward” video from ASCO and the LIVESTRONG Foundation, learn from oncology experts and young adult survivors about coping with this common fear.

Pain relief is an important part of your overall cancer care. In this “Moving Forward” video from ASCO and the LIVESTRONG Foundation, learn about this common side effect from medical experts and young adult survivors.

Cancer often changes a person’s relationships with friends and family members. In this “Moving Forward” video from ASCO and the LIVESTRONG Foundation, learn more from medical experts and young adult survivors about keeping the lines of communication open so you get the support you need.

Cancer and its treatment can change how your body looks, feels, and performs. In this "Moving Forward" video from ASCO and the LIVESTRONG Foundation, learn more about coping with such changes from medical experts and young adult survivors.

Cancer and its treatment may affect a person's ability to conceive a child in the future. Get perspectives on fertility and cancer in this video led by medical experts from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). In collaboration with the LIVESTRONG Foundation, ASCO has launched a series of "Moving Forward" videos aimed at helping young adults with cancer.

Cancer and its treatment can change how your body looks, feels, and performs. In this video from ASCO and the LIVESTRONG Foundation, learn more about coping with such changes from medical experts and young adult survivors. For more information on the "Moving Forward" video series, vist http://www.cancer.net/movingforward

Eating well and being active can help you gain strength and energy. In this "Moving Forward" video from ASCO and the LIVESTRONG Foundation, learn more about how diet and exercise can play a key role in your health, both during and after cancer treatment. For more information, visit http://www.cancer.net/movingforward

Balancing cancer and school may be a concern of yours. In this "Moving Forward" video from ASCO and the LIVESTRONG Foundation, learn more about how to handle your schoolwork and stay connected to your classmates from medical experts and young adult survivors. For more information, visit http://www.cancer.net/movingforward

I love watching the Olympics. Especially the swimming events. I recall seeing my guest Eric Shanteau find out he had testicular cancer during the 2008 Bejing Olympics and he still competed! Eric talks about the Olympics, his cancer, his involvement with the Livestrong Foundation and his event in October Eric Shanteau's Swim for Life, where you can not only help out the Livestrong... Mel Majoros has been sharing her battle with breast cancer online for nearly 2 years now on her blog titled "The Cancer Warrior". After being named one of the top cancer blogs in the country, Mel is taking her advocacy and inspiring outlook a step farther with her new weekly show at www.empoweradio.com.

Season Three, Month One, Episode One... Welcome to a brand new season of The Unsigned Countdown. The only pure promotion platform for the unsigned and independent musician band and artist. This month we feature all bands originating from the Austin Texas area, and this diverse industrial grouping should bleed your earballs and warm your hearts just fine. We have a new cast of judges bring back some from previous seasons and some great guest judges all knowledgeable in the music industry and all eager to discuss this months fantastic tracks In case you're new to the concept let me briefly fill you in. We search the globe for the newest and freshest unsigned and independent music. We then feature it and review it. So simple. no bullshit to get in the way. We cover the genres around Metal, Punk, Alternative, and Rock, and we only help promote bands that we've featured. We don't censor our songs or our hosts, and we are not restricted by sponsor demands. We are what we are, The Unsigned Countdown and Underground Recap Sessions can be found on SoundCloud, iTunes, and your Stitcher Smart Radio app. We don't buy our audience and we don't pay for promotion. You can connect socially with the show by searching JarCodes on the web. We are on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tunblr, and more. We love what we do, and it shows. If you would like your song featured in an episode of The Unsigned Countdown and reviewed and discussed in The Underground Recap Sessions. If you might like to be a part of our growing community. Along with the over two hundred bands we've already featured then please feel free to send an audio file. Brief bio, and band links to the crew at Jarcode01@gmail.com. For SoundClouders we offer an exclusive way to submit your songs. Just simply join our group at https://soundcloud.com/groups/soundclouder-submission-portal, enable downloads and we will add it to the show. It's really that easy. Our mix of new artists, vetren musicians, and knowledgeable hosts makes this a no brainer for anyone looking for honest feedback, and more. Now lets share some information about these first five bands. Thank you NUMBERS/┼666┼ By Destroyed For Comfort From Austin Tx Genre Hacker Punk Find Them On SoundCloud Facebook BandCamp YouTube Tumblr Destroyedforcomfort.com Song Link https://soundcloud.com/destroyedforcomfort/numbers-666 Destroyed For Comfort Info Band Members Rani23 Baker + a rotating band of co-conspirators. While many feel comfortable using canned or frozen Electro as their soup base, Destroyed For Comfort prefers to whip up their Electro from scratch, using fresh ingredients. We go heavy on the samples and are not afraid to spice things up in an unconventional way effects-wise, while mixing in traditionally enjoyed flavors like analog synth and 8-bit sounds. Fronted and founded by art-school dropout r*23 (Rani Bakr), DESTROYED FOR COMFORT utilizes both found sound and real-time synthesis to create stompy, noisy, sample-heavy 8-bit hacker-punk that never sounds quite the same way twice, or ever. Disorienting sonic textures and mangled vocals set the tone, complementing surprisingly danceable beats. Performances frequently include backup dancers and projected animation. Interested in meta-meme reprogramming and cheap beer. We'll play in your backyard if you ask us nicely enough. DESTROYED FOR COMFORT has been honored to share the stage with a veritable who's who of independent and experimental electronic music over the past decade, including (but not limited to) acts like Author And Punisher, Bozo Porno Circus, CeVin Key, Cry Blood Apache, The Emotron, Eric Archer, Femme Fatality, I Cactus, Juiceboxxx, Krista Muir, Ludivico Technique, Malekko, Martin Rev, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Otto Von Schirach, Peelander Z, Realicide, The Subliminator, Talmadge D'Amour, and Yip Yip. DESTROYED FOR COMFORT has also performed remix work for Houston Bernard, Suicide God Pill, and Christopher Anton, with more to come soon. DESTROYED FOR COMFORT has devoted several of their performances to benefits for non-profit, activist, and relief services such as the SIMS Foundation, Locks Of Love, The Livestrong Foundation, the Green Party, Anti-Racist Action, and the ACLU, as well as relief efforts for Katrina victims and the citizens of Darfur. We've also performed at benefits for independent music venues and the Texas Rollerderby jeerleader team Bomb Squad. Reality Begins By Emilys Gone Mad From San Antonio Texas Genre Other Find Them On Facebook ReverbNation SoundCloud Myspace Last FM YouTube Song Link https://soundcloud.com/emilys-gone-mad/01-reality-begins Emilys Gone Mad Info Band Members John Brown Jain Brown Kristopher Robin Frankie Sussie Asmodeaus You ask who is emily's gone mad, WE ARE YOU! The movement, the progression of thought. An unlimited outlook on the possibility of becoming whole. We communicate the view of the world as it is, what it has been, and what it could be with a true understanding of what it is to be free. Not an illusion of freedom. We are not free, we are all oppressed, oppressed by the history of humanity. Emily's Gone Mad has over time progressed changed and re invented themselves time and time again. We epitomize the idea of forward motion. We are not boasting to be arrogant we merely say this to inspire to an uncompromising principle to evolve to a perfectly chaotic conclusion. Emily's Gone Mad a band with an idea. Change our world express an idea of forward motion. This is who we are. NO genre. NO clique. Just music. A free expression of our hearts our minds, and our views of the world we live in. Nothing in art, music, literature, or life is unique. It is the idea behind the art that is the only thing unique. All chords have been played all things have been painted, everything has been written, we are all repeating what we know. The only way true uniqueness can be found is through exploring all avenues. That's what Emily's Gone MAd does. "We hold to nothing, but our will to explore. We mean what we write we live the life we have been given." Emilys Gone Mads Music is a solid expression of this mentality Emilys Gone Mad wraps their social views into an electric synth rock that has become EGM's signature sound. With over four albums written and two released their sound has evolved into a sound that is unique and distinct. EGM is a hark back to the core root of what Gothic,Industrial, Punk,and Glam was with a love of technology and all that it can achieve in music. The Pyre By SubNatural From Austin Texas Genre Post-Rock Industrial Rock Find Them On ReverbNation BandCamp Facebook Myspace iTunes Last FM Twitter SubNatural.net Song Link http://www.reverbnation.com/subnatural/songs SubNatural Info Fueled by ritch N. Other members include: current: - | Martin Mccreadie | Erik Gustafson | Robert Kenneth Thomas | Eirik Ashe | Past members: - | James Willsey | Eric Riggz | Guymon Adams | Nick Grubbs | Eric Rietman | Steve Bartlett | Whether it's trading remixes or pushing subwoofers while rocking out subNatural is a culmination of passion, sound and sweat... A neurotic blend of darker rock, intricate layering and pounding electronic beats. "...Dizzying, energizing, the set was sex on legs, and I was desperately sorry when it was over." - Sammi (Adzuki Bean Stash) subNatural has grown from an atmospheric and dark studio experiment into one of the Austin underground scene's premiere bands. Winning "Best Industrial/Goth Band" in The 2009 Austin Music Awards (subsequently placing in the top ten for Experimental & Industrial every year since their inception as a live band in '07), performing at SXSV's Livestrong Benefit for SXSW and pushing a refined and hugely energetic live show has expanded their core fanbase.. People keep seeking them out from all corners of the globe to help appease their need for something genuine, sincere and intense. "The 1st sincere post-rawk band EVAR!!1!!" - Rev. Ralf23 of Destroyed for Comfort "...Aggressive, visceral and yet emotive... The sheer energy alone that these guys exude is enough reason to experience them live." - Cindy Adzuki (Adzuki Bean Stash) Devil On The Run By Dead Love Club From Austin Texas Genre Electronica New Wave Funk Rock Find Them On SoundCloud Facebook Twitter InstaGram ReverbNation Vimeo DeadLoveClub.com Song Link https://soundcloud.com/deadloveclub/devil-on-the-run Dead Love Club Info Austin, Texas' DEAD LOVE CLUB fuse contagious electrofunk beats with scandalous tales of tainted love, dirty lies and scantily clad rock ‘n roll. Masterminded by singer/producer Johnny X with additional production by Don Jon, the band's sound is undeniably their own breed of swaggering sexy electroclash. The band released their smashing debut Chronic Electronic in early 2012 and in early 2014 released the self titled EP Dead Love Club, which include video singles “Lies” and “Lover”. Featuring the succulently seductive Emmy “Ferocious E” Robbin (Machete Kills, Sin City 2) on vocals, the shredding guitar of Kriss St. Kriss and hot new drummer Rona Rougeheart (Gretsch Drums Artist)…DEAD LOVE CLUB is simply “the” shit. Stay tuned to DEADLOVECLUB.COM for the latest music news and upcoming concert performances! Sleepyhouse By Panjoma From Austin Texas Genre electronic electroshock Find Them On SoundCloud Facebook YouTube Twitter Myspace iTunes Song Link https://soundcloud.com/panjoma/sleepyhouse Panjoma Info Core members are Patrik Nilsson, Mary Panjoma, and Ritchard Napierkowski. Contributing Studio and Live Members include John Ousley, Richard Evans, Christian Alvarez, and Melissa Riotgurl. Panjoma was formed in 2006 in Austin, Texas, where the band currently resides and plays. Panjoma's core members are Mary Panjoma (vocals), Patrik Nilsson (funk/ bass), and Ritchard Napierkowski (synth/ drum machine). Contributing Studio members past and present include John Ousley (Construction Paper Records), Richard Evans (Guild), Christian Alvarez (past tours include Saul Williams and John Spencer Blues Explosion), and Melissa Riotgurl (The Future Process). Patrik Nilsson and Ritchard Napierkowski are Panjoma's primary songwriters. Ritch's current main squeeze is The Nimbus. Patrik also plays bass for Exit.