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Sarah speaks with Zach, a self-proclaimed nerd, sex geek, and consent educator. In this extra long episode, Zach and Sarah discuss A LOT -Zach's 10+ years experience with polyamory, his five pillars of consent, intersectionality and kink, and Zach's life as a Dominant - how it's helped his mental health, his missteps, and what he's learned. Zach became interested in consent as a topic over 5 years ago as a personal research project. He is currently completing his Masters of Social Work degree at University of Houston to be of even more benefit to his community. Zach also serves as the Gulf Coast Advocate for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF), attending professional social work conventions, providing info on kink & polyamory to social work and mental health professionals. He is currently serving as an intern of social work at Houston's local LGBTQ Center, where he serves as a group facilitator and clinical student intern. Zach is a member of the Board of Loving More (www.lovemore.com), the nation's oldest Polyamory Advocacy organization. Zach puts his Consent Educator muscles to work on www.consentwarrior.com, where he consults and schedules presentations on the topics of ‘The Five Pillars of Consent'©, ‘Radical Self-ish Care', ‘BDSM & the Law' and does consultation sessions for self care. Find Zach at: Consentwarrior.com @zinvictuz @black_sexgeek
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel appeared on Pat Robertson's show, "The 700 Club," on the Christian Broadcasting Network, CBN, on August 16, 2005. For history archiving purposes, Mark Henkel's taped appearance on this specific segment helped "made history." Namely, for the first time in history, a renowned Christian organization (The 700 Club), as led by a worldwide-known Christian leader (Pat Robertson), had publicly acknowledged "Christian Polygamy" as "evangelical Christians" on TV and even said the exact words of "Christian Polygamy" and "Christian polygamists." The two words "Christian" and "Polygamy" were no longer a supposed "contradiction in terms." History had been made indeed. For this segment, Mark Henkel had been previously "interviewed on tape" by a professional woman named Kim Bonney. To hear her lengthy interview with Mark Henkel, listeners will want to hear Episode 99 of this podcast, posted February 5, 2020. The final segment that aired on August 16, 2006 (despite a number of times being "bumped" from previously scheduled dates to air) was instead reported by David Brody. The scope of this segment unfortunately intended to scare its major Christian audience with the notion that the then-growing efforts to legalize same sex marriage would supposedly result in legalized group marriage, polyamory, and polygamy too. The premise - and especially the early part of the segment - initially focused more on salacious notions pertaining to group marriage and polyamory in order to indeed "scare" the network's Christian audience. The report included statements from many then-big names such as Stanley Kurtz ("conservative" lecturer and pundit), Maggie Gallagher (president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy), and David Frum (albeit famous among conservatives as a "faux conservative") - all to speak against such supposed "changes to marriage." Contrary to their opinions, the report also included statements from Elizabeth Emens (former University of Chicago Law School Professor), an unnamed then-President of the American Civil Liberties Union (claiming that the ACLU would "defend polygamy" – which never really happened as the ACLU ultimately remained silent regarding polygamy in the following decade to come), Robin Trask (editor for the polyamory magazine, Loving More), and of course, the one and only advocate for actual polygamy on the segment, Mark Henkel (Founder of the TruthBearer.org Organization for Christian Polygamy). As the concluding voice to make the final argument for polygamy, Mark Henkel was able to make a number of quick yet important soundbites in the segment, including his "circular argument of law and sin" soundbite. Most importantly, the reporter, in the end, genuinely treated the concept of Christian Polygamy itself separately yet surprisingly fairly. The reporter kindly and accurately introduced Mark Henkel with the following QUOTE that made history: "Polygamy has a range of defenders including some evangelical Christians. Mark Henkel is the founder of the Christian Polygamy organization, TruthBearer. Christian polygamists believe husbands are called to love their wives as Christ loves the churches." That introduction is repeated and looped a couple of times at the end of this podcast to demonstrate its profound history-making significance. Yes, with this segment, history had been made on August 16, 2005. http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nationalpolygamyadvocate/support
When this episode goes live, I'll be in the middle of my longest “unplugged” vacation yet. Unplugged for me means not traveling with a laptop or having to work more than a few check-ins here & there. While I do keep an eye on emails, I don't feel the need to respond to anything that is not urgent. Other than checking in with my team occasionally, I don't have any obligations other than enjoying time with my family, resting, reading, and giving my mind space to freely think without an agenda. So, I suppose it's not 100 percent unplugged, but I don't really strive to have zero digital connection, more to limit any unnecessary connection. It has taken me 8 years to take a 10-day unplugged vacation and I truly think I could have done it a lot sooner, but I was missing one crucial element: the absolute desire to just do it! If I'm honest with myself, my ego and false belief that I “needed” to be working and my desire to be in control and constantly striving were probably holding me back most. Another element that needed to change was my personal digital attachment. What good is unplugging from work only to mindlessly scroll Instagram or refresh my apps multiple times an hour? I didn't want the temptation to get ahead on work or to get too productive, so I deleted the apps off my phone & left my computer behind. In today's episode, I'm sharing three books that have helped me recognize my unhealthy habits and detox from social media (even when I was kidding myself that it was “all for work”), over-working, and under-resting! I also talk a bit about how I'm managing to still stay visible online without doing much personal social media, including how I utilize a “social media phone” and have limited batched times when I go online. I am always searching for ways to create more ease and freedom while juggling motherhood and business. What better time than a vacation to put some of these mindful strategies to the test? Be sure to check back as I'll share next week more about what worked and what didn't as I venture into this digital minimalism journey. Resources Mentioned: Break the Twitch: A Practical Guide To Minimalism, Intentional Living & Doing More Of What Matters by Anthony Ongaro Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport Hands Free Life: Nine Habits for Overcoming Distraction, Living Better, and Loving More by Rachel Macy Stafford Connect with me: Website Instagram Facebook This episode first appeared at emilyrichett.com/episode-36.
For those who follow Jesus, this is foundational to who we are, this is a mark of who we are, it's a corner stone of our faith commitment. Meaning Jesus would tell us on more than one occasion, that it's one of the two great commandments, love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, love our neighbor as ourselves. And therefore, if a Christian's not doing it better than anybody else, something’s wrong. It's why I think we need to do this series because it kinda helps spell out for us who we are, what we're about, what our purpose is, about and what it is we need to be doing. What's the most important commandment what's the thing we're supposed to do? In at all three cases, Matthew-Mark-Luke-Jesus would say, "Love the Lord your God, love your neighbor, as yourself.” But he didn't just stop there, this is also kind of made some extra twists to it, to make it known that it was really important. So when we get to the Gospel of Matthew for instance, Jesus would be encountered by an expert in the law, and He would say, What's the greatest commandment Jesus would tell them what the greatest commandments were and he would say, At the end of that Matthew 22... 40 on these Hang all of the law, everything, it's the whole kit and kaboodle. And so we've got to recognize that this is really important that if the great commandments are love God and love neighbor. And all the law, everything else that ever was written in the Old Testament. It hangs on these two things. It’s pretty important, right? Get to the Gospel of Mark and the guy comes and approach a Jesus and says, "Hey what's the greatest commandment?” Jesus does a typical thing he asks him a question, the guy spouts them off "Love God, love neighbor,” and he says, Man, that must be true. In fact, what I've realized the guy says to Jesus is you desire this loving God-loving neighbor you desire this, more than Loving More than sacrifice more than the commitment to the worship and making these sacrifices. So, Jesus's response goes something like this. We're told that in this place, when we love our neighbor when we do this thing that we're coming close to the Kingdom of God, that the kingdom of God is important to this realm of loving neighbor. It's right there in Mark 12, 34, Jesus’s response to this guy, is you have spoken well, you have spoken right you have come near to the kingdom of God when you acknowledge that this is important. And this is heavy stuff, right? All the law hangs on it, it helps build the kingdom, it helps bring the Kingdom near to who we are and then we get to the Gospel of Luke, and it comes in a very familiar story, it's called The Parable of the Good Samaritan. Some of us know that story, right? A guy falls among robbers. He gets left for half dead and people walk by a priest walks by, a Levite walks by, then the Good Samaritan comes and he sees him and he has compassion he pours on his wounds he binds them up, he picks him up, puts him on his horse takes him to an inn, gives the innkeeper money says Take care of him. I'll come back to the next day. I mean, you know that story, right? That guy was a neighbor. But it's really quite powerful how this particular story starts because it starts like none of the other components of how we get to the Great Commandments. So Matthew tells us that all the law hangs on it, Mark tells us that it brings us near to the Kingdom of God, and here in Luke, Gospel in the parable of the Good Samaritan, we're told that to love our neighbor is a way to inherit eternal life, man, this is serious stuff, right?
EPISODE 101: Interview with Matt Connolly. Matt is a member of the Polyamory Leadership Network and a facilitator of the Arizona Chapter of Loving More. As a polyamory community leader, Matt hosts regular meetings on a variety of Poly topics for Arizona’s most active Poly group, Arizona Polyamory Events. He’s currently helping create an alternative relationship men’s support group as well as Arizona’s first conference on ethical non-monogamy, Southwest Love Fest (SWLF). Learn more about and register for this year’s SWLF March 29–31, 2019 at www.swlovefest.com. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/lovingwithoutboundaries
Our guest today is Jessica Ortner, or “Jess” as she's known to us. Jess is the producer of The Tapping Solution and author of The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss & Body Confidence: A Woman's Guide to Stressing Less, Weighing Less, and Loving More, a book based on her revolutionary online program. She's also a host of The World Tapping Summit, an annual online event that has attracted more than 500,000 attendees worldwide. Jessica has been interviewing experts in the personal development field since 2007, having conducted more than 200 broadcast interviews to date. In this episode she discusses how tapping can be a powerful technique to calm down your nervous system, and best of all, it's free to do and you can apply it to any area of your life! Jessica also talks about dating, parenthood, running a business with your family, as well sharing the details on her brand new book, The Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change: A Guide to Get Unstuck and Find Your Flow. Would you, or a company you know, be a good fit to sponsor The Kate & Mike Show? If so, let's talk! You can email mike@mikejwatts.com regarding current sponsorship opportunities. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.
Craig Roberts invites pastor Chip Ingram to explain the need to slow down and love on those around you, from his book Spiritual Simplicity: Doing Less, Loving More.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
GUESTSSegment 1 - 4: Pastor Chip Ingraham joins the program sharing insights on his book Doing Less and Loving More.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Devi chats with Abby Gooch about Loving More, Being the Change, & Monetizing Your Gifts as a Spiritual Entrepreneur. Abby shares her incredible journey and so much beautiful wisdom in this episode. This is an that you won't want to miss! Devi & Abby discuss: The importance of trusting your own truth The hidden gifts and messages in our wounding Building her first business at 19 Healing the heart Creating her certification program Modeling business structure How to access your inner guidance How to know your gifts & purpose "Stop, Drop and Love" Dropping your awareness in (head, heart & belly) & Following the "pull" How she partnered with a University and opened a wellness center Putting what you "know" into action Trusting what you "know" beyond what your mind fears Dissolving fear with love Integrating the body and mind What it means to totally love and not be defined by anything outside of oneself The wholeness of our world and how we are all connected in our heart How her heart broke into a million pieces and then spread its light across the world The contrast of love & judgment in a single moment Loving more not less to allow your heart to expand "Moving" Meditation Abby's creative process How to Attract your clients from a heart resonance, rather than a mental place Communicating with the Universe through rings of energy How we can move in resonance with the Universe Holding the space of unconditional love & non-judgement to help others to know the truth How sometimes we can’t see the truth in the moment, we can only feel it with our heart. Living Namaste The role of money in the Universe Being the change "Root to Rise" from LOVE and so much more... More about Abby: Abby Gooch is an Intuitive Success Coach, Author, Speaker and Teacher who trains men, women, and children throughout the world to develop their intuitions to heal and create the lives they desire. She is the Founder of Life Force Connection, One Heart Global and the author of Touch The Light, The Miracle of U, and the Intuitive Success Coaching Process. Her work with children and adults began professionally when she opened her practice at 19 years old and went on to build a wellness center, certification school and is now working on her non-profit One Heart Global to support the children of our world to have a home of love and safety, and to provide the education, support, and mentorship to live their highest potential. Connect with Abby: Her website: www.lifeforceconnection.com Non-profit: www.oneheartglobal.co Contact Abby & Team @ success@lifeforceconnection.com
Polyamory: It is the idea that you can love more than one person as long as you're doing it openly, honestly and with the full consent and participation of all involved. Valerie White will tell you all different aspects of Polyamory. Where do people find each other who are poly amorous? Why would you get involved in Polyamory? Is it a choice or orientation? Does the 3rd person live with the first couple? How does that work? Anyways, it's a fascinating subject no matter if your are a part of it or not. Bio: Valerie White has been a Unitarian Universalist for 53 years, lawyer, and director of Sexual Freedom Legal Defense and Education Fund, Valerie White has spoken on polyamory at many national and regional conferences. She has written for many periodicals, including Loving More, The World and The Humanist, and served on the boards of Church of the Larger Fellowship, Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness (their first president), Interweave and UU’s for Jewish Awareness. She has been president of the Unitarian Church of Sharon, MA and currently chairs the worship committee. A long-time sexual rights activist, she was president of the Vermont Civil Liberties Union. She has lived in an open triad for 21 years and is helping raise 13-year-old twins. Favorite Quote: “My feeling about technique in art is that it has about the same value as technique in lovemaking. Heartfelt ineptitude has its appeal and so does heartless skill; but what you want is passionate virtuosity.” John Barth, Giles Goat Boy Website Links: Sexual Freedom Legal Defense and Education Fund Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness Loving More Books of interest: Loving More: The Polyfidelity Primer Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality By Christopher Ryan Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships The Ethical Slut More Than Two Opening Up Final Credits: music thanks to: "Carefree", "Open Those Bright Eyes", "Sweeter Vermouth" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
With all of the distractions in our lives, how do we live in order to create meaningful relationships with our children? Where does our time with work, technology, and household duties fit in with the little people in our lives? And how to we communicate with our children in order to build their trust? Kathi and Erin talk with Hands Free Mama, Rachel Stafford, about Hands Free Life: Nine Habits for Overcoming Distraction, Living Better, and Loving More.
You know it. I know it. And Connie Clay has learned the hard way that diet’s don’t work. She’s an attorney, a single mom, an author and overall inspirational woman! You’re going to enjoy hearing from her today as she shares all her best lessons from life. You can find even more in her book, Quit Skinny!: 7 Simple, Sane Steps to Wellness. It’s a practical guide to re-claiming your body and mind. Key Ideas: Part 1 – Interview highlights The magic bullet of Sleep Why you should just say NO! Power in Planning Focusing on Wellness not Weight Learning lessons from failures Part 2 – My Wellness Journey Website Links Connie Clay Website Dr. Daniel Amen and Amen Clinics Recommended Resources Connie’s Book – Quit Skinny!: 7 Simple, Sane Steps to Wellness The Amen Solution: The Brain Healthy Way to Get Thinner, Smarter, Happier, by Dr. Daniel Amen Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body!, by Jillian Michaels Jillian Michaels: Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism, Jillian Michaels DVD And I’m adding this since we talked about saying “No” and it’s not easy! The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands, by Lysa TerKeurst And I’m also adding these – since these are helping me get to the emotional part of why I eat what I eat. Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food, by Lysa TerKeurst The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss & Body Confidence: A Woman’s Guide to Stressing Less, Weighing Less, and Loving More, by Jessica Ortner Encouraging Word of the Week: Psalm 107:9 “For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.” The post #038: Quit Skinny with Connie Clay and My Wellness Journey (Podcast) appeared first on Christy Largent.
One year ago I was just getting started. The summer of 2013 was when I decided to get back into speaking full time. Little did I imagine the changes I would find, and as I began exploring over the next few months I discovered a new world had evolved in my time “away.” There were things called “blogs” and “podcasts” and “social media”! Did I ever have a learning curve ahead of me. By last October 27th, my birthday, I was celebrating in Maui, and contemplating all the exciting things ahead. So as I celebrated my birthday just this past Monday, I thought it would be appropriate to do an analysis of what went as planned and what didn’t and what was per expectations and what was way over expectations. Well, I guess you get the idea. Following are the top 5 lessons I learned in this past year. Maybe these will help you too as you navigate this life of constant change. Lesson #1: Everything will take much longer than you anticipate. Lesson #2: The learning curve will be steeper than you imagined. Lesson #3: You can’t do everything at once. Lesson #4: You will get discouraged. Lesson #5: You will succeed if you stay consistent with effort over time. Favorite Books of the Year: Fiction: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery, by Alan C. Bradley Letters from Skye: A Novel, by Jessica Brockmole Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Mysteries, No. 1), by Louise Penny Nutrition/Health/Faith: Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar–Your Brain’s Silent Killers, by Dr. David Perlmutter The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss & Body Confidence: A Woman’s Guide to Stressing Less, Weighing Less, and Loving More, by Jessica Ortner The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living, by Nick Ortner What Happens When Women Pray, by Evelyn Christenson Business: The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months, by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World, by Michael Hyatt The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition, by Strunk and White Encouraging Word of the Week: Proverbs 16:9 “A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps.” Proverbs 19:21 “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” The post #028: Christy Largent – 5 Big Lessons from a Year of Change (Podcast) appeared first on Christy Largent.
Nick Ortner from The Tapping Solution interviews his sister, Jessica Ortner, New York Times Bestselling Author of “The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss & Body Confidence: A Woman’s Guide to Stressing Less, Weighing Less, and Loving More”. Listen and be inspired as Jessica shares her own personal story and discusses new research about Tapping and […] The post TS 003 The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss and Body Confidence: How to Stress Less, Weigh Less and Love More with Jessica Ortner appeared first on .
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Zoe Duff and Carol Chanteuse on the efforts to defeat Canadian anti-polygamy laws, recorded with permission at Poly Living West Coast 2010. Visit CPAA, Loving More and Poly Weekly.
An interview with Robyn Trask of Loving More. www.polyweekly.com
Robyn Trask of Loving More comments on the Studio 60 mention; Tacit talks about his belief that relationships aren't work (really? yes, really!) Email cunningminx@gmail.com or call 206-202-POLY. Thanks for listening!
This week's big story: among other poly in the media, we discuss the mention of polyamory and Loving More in Aaron Sorkin's Studio 60 mainstream TV show. Email cunningminx@gmail.com or call 206-202-POLY. Check polyweekly.livejournal.com for show notes. Thanks for listening!
Polyamory in the dictionary; Loving More needs your help; who has affairs and why? Email cunningminx@gmail.com or call 206-202-POLY.
Coming up on this week's show: more on dealing with jealousy and time constraints; the Loving More conference; and poly in the media. Questions? Comments? Feedback? Email cunningminx@gmail.com or post a comment to the show blog at Polyweekly.livejournal.com. Thanks for listening!
0:00-1:55 Introduction Intro, under-18 warning, and an apology. 1:55-7:50 Listener mail Eric Silverbear and poly conferences; Takanami calls in about painting; K writes in about women talking about sex; Vannevar Morgan comments on my approach to smut 7:50-10:30 Comments--erotica: Morgan Hawke Morgan Hawke, author of Victorious Star, Fortune's Star and Fallen Star, writes in about how he came to start writing poly-friendly erotica of the MFM variety and "erotic romance." His work is available at DarkErotica.net or Darkerotica.blogspot.com. 10:30-13:50 Comments: on sending flowers Graydancer of Rope Weekly writes in with some poly advice, and minx tells a story. 13:50-21:30 Comments: Amy Gahran comments on coming out Amy Gahran of Contentious tells more about her professional outing and makes a few corrections. Links: BlogHer How To Get Naked This is a downloadable audio link of the panel discussion. Her blog article on outing herself. 21:30-26:30 Listener mail: single and poly 5x5guy writes in to ask about dealing with being a third and issues surrounding that. 26:30-28:30 Topic: The Anna Karennina principle Pure agnostic's musings in the Polyfi community about the necessary ingredients for a happy poly relationship, including above-average communication skills, above-average problem-solving skills, unflinching honesty and integrity, flexibility and compromise and empathy. 28:30-35:30 Topic: Baltimore Sun article, "Term of Endearments" This wonderful article on the Loving More conference in the Baltimore Sun is unfortunately no longer available online, but the staff writer was John Woestendick if you'd like to write in and compliment him. Robyn Trask of Loving More magazine is quote extensively. 35:30-end Wrap-up Tags: coming out, loving more, poly, polyamory