Podcast appearances and mentions of Melinda Gates

“When you tap into your creativity and use it to uplift others, you're not just making art—you're sparking a ripple effect of real, empowering change.”In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Patty from the Spark Foundation to explore how creativity and volunteerism create real, measurable change. From mindset shifts to meaningful action, we discuss how giving back to your community—especially through your unique creative gifts—can uplift others and fuel purpose in your own life. Backed by powerful statistics and insights from Melinda Gates' research, we uncover how supporting women and children leads to lasting impact. Tune in to learn why organizations like Spark Foundation are vital to community wellbeing and how you can get involved—whether by volunteering, attending their May Market on May 30th, or simply showing up in your community.2 Takeaway Tips:Volunteer with your gifts: Use your time, skills, and creativity to connect with your community. It builds connection, purpose, and joy.Support programs that support others: Uplifting women and children creates exponential positive impact in any community. Find your local Spark.

It's been announced that Warren Buffett is stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. In this episode, I'll discuss Buffett's humble beginnings, his approach to investing, and the philosophy that built one of the most successful companies in history. I'll also break down Warren Buffett's wisdom into seven powerful, practical tips that align with my own approach to advising clients. Listen for tips on starting your investment journey early, staying the course during tough markets, and prioritizing temperament over intellect.  You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in... [00:00] Principles of Warren Buffett's investing strategies. [05:55] Buffett co-founded The Giving Pledge, pledging 99% of his wealth, and influencing other billionaires. [07:08] Berkshire Hathaway class A shares have averaged a 19% annual return since 1966, vastly outperforming the S&P 500's 11%. [12:41] Invest early, stay committed through market ups and downs, and be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. [17:03] Warren Buffett advises most people to use index funds due to the difficulty of replicating his results. [18:43] Make investment decisions based on facts, not emotions. Investment Lessons from Warren Buffett Warren Buffett, often called the “Oracle of Omaha,” has long been considered one of the greatest investors of all time. His recent announcement that he will step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway after more than six decades is the perfect time to reflect on what sets Buffett apart, not just as an investor but as an individual. This episode digs into key lessons from Buffett's life and career, exploring practical ways to apply his wisdom to your financial journey. From Humble Beginnings to Monumental Success Warren Buffett's rise didn't begin in a Wall Street boardroom, but in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was born in 1930. From an early age, Buffett showed an affinity for entrepreneurship, selling chewing gum, Coca-Cola, and magazines as a child. His formal education at the University of Nebraska, Wharton Business School, and Columbia University (where he studied under the legendary Benjamin Graham) laid the foundation for his value investing philosophy. Buffett started his first investment partnership in 1956 with $105,100, much of it from family and friends. By the age of 32, he was a millionaire. His acquisition of Berkshire Hathaway, a struggling textile company at the time, became the launchpad for one of the most successful investment conglomerates in history. The Power of Modesty and Discipline Despite amassing unparalleled wealth, Buffett is renowned for his modest lifestyle. He still lives in the house he purchased in 1958 for $31,000 and drives an older model Cadillac, proving that frugality and comfort often go hand in hand. This modesty is more than a quirk; it's a testament to his belief that wealth should serve a purpose beyond personal extravagance. Buffett's philanthropic efforts are equally legendary. Through The Giving Pledge (co-founded with Bill and Melinda Gates), he's committed to donating more than 99% of his fortune. For Buffett, investing is not just about making money, it's about stewarding resources responsibly and generously. Berkshire Hathaway's Long-Term Outperformance Under Buffett's leadership, Berkshire Hathaway's stock has delivered returns averaging 19% annually since 1966, trouncing the S&P 500's historical average of 11%. One share of Berkshire's Class A stock now costs nearly $800,000, a figure that tells the story of sustained outperformance. Buffett has also issued Class B shares at a lower price tag to democratize access for smaller investors, reflecting his desire to make wealth-building accessible. Buffett's Top Investing Lessons 1. Don't Lose Money Buffett's two most famous rules are simple: “Rule number one: don't lose money. Rule number two: don't forget rule number one.” He emphasizes buying quality businesses with durable competitive advantages rather than taking risks on struggling firms with unsustainable dividends. 2. Start Early and Stay the Course In his book The Snowball, Buffett likens investing to rolling a snowball down a long hill: the earlier you start, the bigger the results. Even if you're approaching retirement, encouraging the younger generation to invest early can yield enormous benefits over time. 3. Remaining Committed Through Market Ups and Downs is Equally Vital Buffett urges consistent investing, especially when markets are turbulent. Staying invested and buying during downturns can lead to significant long-term gains. 4. Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy Buffett's contrarian mindset, being “fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful”, has served him well during market panics. While it's emotionally taxing to buy during selloffs, history shows that long-term investors are often rewarded. 5. Buy Great Companies at Fair Prices Rather than chasing bargains, focus on acquiring well-run businesses at reasonable valuations. Many of Buffett's best investments, Apple, Coca-Cola, and American Express, embody this approach. 6. Focus on Buying and Holding Low-cost Index Funds Buffett believes this is the simplest and most effective long-term investment strategy because it provides broad market exposure while keeping fees to a minimum, both of which are important for building wealth over time. 7. Temperament Is Key According to Buffett, success in investing is more about temperament than IQ. The ability to remain rational and stick to your plan, regardless of market noise, is what separates great investors from the rest. Resources Mentioned Retirement Readiness Review Subscribe to the Retire with Ryan YouTube Channel Download my entire book for FREE  The Snowball by Warren Buffett The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing by Benjamin Graham  The Giving Pledge  Connect With Morrissey Wealth Management  www.MorrisseyWealthManagement.com/contact   Subscribe to Retire With Ryan

Warren Buffett, seguramente el inversor más famoso del mundo, anunció el sábado pasado que se retira como presidente de Berkshire Hathaway. Deja en el cargo a Greg Abel, que irá gradualmente haciéndose cargo de la compañía hasta finales de este año. Buffett, que tiene 94 años y es la sexta persona más rica del mundo según Forbes, es uno de los inversores más influyentes de la historia muy conocido por su filosofía de inversión en valor. Nació en Omaha, una pequeña ciudad de Nebraska, y desde niño mostró gran habilidad para las finanzas. A los siete años, inspirado por un libro que acababa de leer, comenzó a vender chicles, revistas y periódicos, y a los 14 compró una granja con sus ahorros. A los 11 realizó su primera compra de acciones siguiendo el ejemplo de su padre, que era corredor de Bolsa y congresista. Aunque no tenía demasiado interés en ir a la universidad, se graduó en la universidad de su Estado natal y luego fue a Columbia, donde se convirtió en discípulo de Benjamin Graham, autor de un libro que le marcaría mucho: “El inversor inteligente”. Este libro y las enseñanzas personales de Graham, padre de la inversión en valor, dieron forma a su manera de pensar e invertir. La inversión en valor consiste en comprar acciones por debajo de su valor priorizando fundamentos empresariales y añadiendo un margen de seguridad, principios que Buffett adoptó con su famosa regla número 1: nunca pierdas dinero. Tras trabajar en la agencia de su padre y en la de Graham, fundó Buffett Partnership en 1956 con 100.000 dólares que le proporcionaron familiares y amigos. Empezó a aplicar la llamada estrategia de “colillas de cigarrillo”, es decir, empresas muy baratas pero que estaban infravaloradas. Consiguió rentabilidades excepcionales y se convirtió en millonario con sólo 32 años. Fue en esa época cuando comenzó a comprar acciones de Berkshire Hathaway, una empresa textil en pleno declive. En 1965 tomó el control, una decisión que luego calificó como su peor error. Pero sobre ese error inicial construyó un acierto. Transformó Berkshire en un inmejorable vehículo de inversión, abandonó la industria textil y se concentró en los seguros. El flotante de las primas de seguros, un capital a muy bajo coste, impulsó el crecimiento de Berkshire en los años siguientes. Influenciado por su socio Charlie Munger, Buffett fue afinando su estrategia. Compró empresas enteras y entró en el accionariado de compañías de primera línea con ventajas competitivas como Coca-Cola, American Express, Apple y la principal empresa ferroviaria del país, la Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Admitió, eso sí, algunos errores y mostró gran humildad reconociendo que había perdido la oportunidad de invertir en tecnológicas como Google o Amazon. Como filántropo, fundó The Giving Pledge en 2010, comprometiéndose a donar el 99% de su fortuna, principalmente a la Fundación de Bill y Melinda Gates. Buffett, famoso por, a pesar de su inmensa fortuna, llevar una vida modesta en Omaha, deja un legado como maestro de la inversión en valor y una serie de principios que inspiran a inversores de todo el mundo. Abel, su sucesor, deberá preservar la cultura de Berkshire, eso sí, mientras viva, Buffett seguirá al pie del cañón. En La ContraRéplica: 0:00 Introducción 3:44 Buffett, el adiós de un maestro 34:07 Emigración cualificada, inmigración sin cualificar 41:30 Silvia Orriols y Alianza Catalana · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “Contra la Revolución Francesa”… https://amzn.to/4aF0LpZ · “Hispanos. Breve historia de los pueblos de habla hispana”… https://amzn.to/428js1G · “La ContraHistoria de España. Auge, caída y vuelta a empezar de un país en 28 episodios”… https://amzn.to/3kXcZ6i · “Lutero, Calvino y Trento, la Reforma que no fue”… https://amzn.to/3shKOlK · “La ContraHistoria del comunismo”… https://amzn.to/39QP2KE Apoya La Contra en: · Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/diazvillanueva · iVoox... https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-contracronica_sq_f1267769_1.html · Paypal... https://www.paypal.me/diazvillanueva Sígueme en: · Web... https://diazvillanueva.com · Twitter... https://twitter.com/diazvillanueva · Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/fernandodiazvillanueva1/ · Instagram... https://www.instagram.com/diazvillanueva · Linkedin… https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-d%C3%ADaz-villanueva-7303865/ · Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/147276463@N05/?/ · Pinterest... https://www.pinterest.com/fernandodiazvillanueva Encuentra mis libros en: · Amazon... https://www.amazon.es/Fernando-Diaz-Villanueva/e/B00J2ASBXM #FernandoDiazVillanueva #warrenbuffett #berkshirehathaway Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

#125: In her new book, billionaire heiress Melinda Gates tries to present herself as a good human being with an interesting life and the same challenges normal people face. The Next Day: Transitions, Change and Moving Forward is a banal self-indulgent brag rag crammed with cliches and soured by boring, bad writing. It betrays a profound lack of self awareness. Being a billionaire is not a feminist concept - especially if you are known to fight capital gains taxes that would directly benefit working mothers.   Sponsored by Chop Mart - America's Guillotine Superstore!

David Rubenstein helped pioneer modern private equity—building The Carlyle Group into a $400B global investment firm from a modest D.C. office and a relentless fundraising streak. But beyond PE, his legacy spans presidential libraries, historic American artifacts, and a lifelong obsession with civic contribution.In this episode, David shares how he raised billions without a background in finance, why owning a baseball team was more than just a trophy purchase—and what building true generational success really means beyond wealth alone.Chapters:00:00 Trailer00:53 Introduction01:40 Family, wealth, class14:40 Happiness disparity and longevity19:25 I need more to give away more25:04 The relentless fundraiser 33:53 Kids and travel36:06 No track record, the great white buffalo38:59 Business and politics43:53 Fired from Washington45:52 Fundraising, presidents, podcast guests48:04 Private equity and sports53:44 Expenses — no charges55:49 Waking up with energy 57:26 Preserving copies1:02:05 Organizational architecture1:03:41 Bury me in my plane1:08:11 Not a big luxury spender1:10:32 What “grit” means to David1:10:50 OutroMentioned in this episode: Andrew Rubenstein, Stanford University, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Procter & Gamble Company, Forbes 400, Duke University, University of Chicago, Harvard Corporation, Johns Hopkins University, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Arianna Huffington, Xi Jinping, Hank Greenberg, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, Baltimore Orioles, Fred Trammell Crow, Harlan Crow, National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), Arctos Partners LP, Anthropic, Magna Carta Libertatum, Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln, US Constitution, National Archives, Lincoln Memorial, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Mount Vernon, Monticello, Montpelier, Mark Cuban, Paul McCartneyConnect with David:X: @DM_RubensteinConnect with Joubin:X: @JoubinmirLinkedIn: Joubin MirzadeganEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comkleinerperkins.com

There are seasons when everything feels a bit undone. A marriage ends. A child grows up. A job shifts. And suddenly, we’re no longer who we were…and not yet who we’ll become. Melinda French Gates has lived through some of life’s biggest transitions. In this conversation, she reflects on what it means to stay open when life is changing—quietly or all at once. To hold your own hand when everything feels uncertain. To lean on the people who tell you the truth. And to remember that good enough is more than just survival—it can be a way forward. If you’re in the middle of something—grief, reinvention, or a season that feels like wandering—this conversation is a soft place to land. In this conversation, Kate and Melinda discuss: Why transitions—chosen or not—ask us to be braver than we feel How to listen to the inner voice that won’t go quiet The beauty of being a “good enough” parent, partner, or person Why our friendships might be the most sacred thing we have What it means to be held—by community, by love, by something even bigger If you liked this episode, you’ll also love: Nicholas Kristof, "Hope is a Muscle" Sharon McMahon, "Drops Make an Ocean" Gregory Boyle, "The Case for Hope" Watch clips from this conversation, read the full transcript, and access discussion questions by clicking here or visiting katebowler.com/podcasts. Follow Kate on Instagram, Facebook, or X (formerly known as Twitter)—@katecbowler. Links to social pages and more available at linktr.ee/katecbowler.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Property Tax Bill signed into law by Braun. Scott Jennings systematically dismantle every Democrat talking point on the Albrego Garcia deportation case in real-time. ‘Home Alone 2’ director Chris Columbus says he wants Donald Trump’s cameo removed. Everyone at WIBC knows that Matt Bair is an unbelievable story and an incredible person. His life turnaround is a joy to watch. He deserves nothing but the best. Making Indiana Healthy Again. Popcorn Moment: Katy Perry is insufferable, and so is Melinda Gates. Marketplace: Triumph for sale. Trump administration refers NY AG Tish James for potential prosecution over alleged mortgage fraud. Braun didn't veto the property bill because it would have only been symbolic. What's wrong with symbolism? Mike Wilson from Laser Precision Marksmanship Club joins to talk about running a business in a challenging environment. Markets are down, but consumer spending still up. Dana Bash says CNN does not hate this country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Send us a textIn this conversation, Dr. Paul Offit and pediatrician Jessica Hochman discuss the importance of vaccinations, the challenges of vaccine hesitancy among parents, and the need for nuanced conversations in public health. They explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public trust, and the science behind vaccination schedules. The discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding parental concerns while advocating for the safety and efficacy of vaccines. About Paul A. Offit, MD!Paul A. Offit, MD, is Director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.Dr. Offit is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of virology and immunology, and was a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is a member of the Food and Drug Administration Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, and a founding advisory board member of the Autism Science Foundation and the Foundation for Vaccine Research, a member of the Institute of Medicine and co-editor of the foremost vaccine text, Vaccines.He is a recipient of many awards including the J. Edmund Bradley Prize for Excellence in Pediatrics from the University of Maryland Medical School, the Young Investigator Award in Vaccine Development from the Infectious Disease Society of America, a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health, and the Sabin Vaccine Institute Gold Medal.Dr. Offit has published more than 160 papers in medical and scientific journals in the areas of rotavirus-specific immune responses and vaccine safety. He is also the co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, RotaTeq, recommended for universal use in infants by the CDC. For this achievement, Dr. Offit received the Luigi Mastroianni and William Osler Awards from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the Charles Mérieux Award from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, and he was honored by Bill and Melinda Gates during the launch of their Foundation's Living Proof Project for global health.In 2009, Dr. Offit received the President's Certificate for Outstanding Service from the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2011, he received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the BiologicDr Jessica Hochman is a board certified pediatrician, mom to three children, and she is very passionate about the health and well being of children. Most of her educational videos are targeted towards general pediatric topics and presented in an easy to understand manner. For more content from Dr Jessica Hochman:Instagram: @AskDrJessicaYouTube channel: Ask Dr JessicaWebsite: www.askdrjessicamd.com-For a plant-based, USDA Organic certified vitamin supplement, check out : Llama Naturals Vitamin and use discount code: DRJESSICA20-To test your child's microbiome and get recommendations, check out: Tiny Health using code: DRJESSICA Do you have a future topic you'd like Dr Jessica Hochman to discuss? Email Dr Jessica Hochman askdrjessicamd@gmail.com.The information presented in Ask Dr Jessica is for general educational purposes only. She does not diagnose medical conditions or formulate treatment plans for specific individuals. If you have a concern about your child's health, be sure to call your child's health care provider.

President Trump exempts smartphones and laptops from new tariffs. Also: US and Iran describe first round of nuclear talks as constructive, and Melinda Gates says women face more obstacles now than when she was young.

People Magazine put Melinda Gates on the cover to complain about Bill, Canadian penis yard art, the stock market tanks, Maz-terbation, Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer on Netflix, Kanye wants Bianca back, and Jim's Picks: Songs about rain. Amherstburg, ON has quite a few pranksters. An entire neighborhood is up in arms over a lawn decoration...OF A PENIS! Check out the video. Uncle Baby Billy wants you to see his dong on EVERY Righteous Gemstones episode this season. A new Bonerline with lots of complaints. Don't check your 401k. Yay tariffs! But hey, mortgage interest rates are better. Mixed messages on Elon Musk: reports are that Elon is OUT! But is he? Stellantis laid off a bunch of people today. Ugh... The most boring People Magazine cover ever. MELINDA. FRENCH. GATES. She has a lot of complaints and they all involve Bill and Jeffrey Epstein. Kanye has another stupid new song where he's trying to win back Bianca Censori. This dude is somehow cancel-proof. Have you watched the new Gilgo Beach Murders doc on Netflix? Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer. Rex Heuermann is an ogre. We call Maz right on time and he accuses us of being late. We talk about Opening Day. Then we quickly get into Tom's over/under on times beating it last weekend while he was alone. Final Four predictions. Tom's throwing rocks tonight. Mark it, dude. We go in search of Jim Barktek due to a duck fart. USA Fencing disqualifies a girl for refusing to fence transgender athlete. Drew went on a Val Kilmer binge last night. Jim's Picks: Top 10 Songs About Rain. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (The Drew Lane Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley and BranDon).

In 2021, Bill and Melinda Gates shocked the masses by announcing they were ending their 27-year marriage, but behind closed doors, the pair's relationship had been crumbling for quite some time. Listen here and learn more at OKmagazine.com. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

TDC Podcast topics - Another new Tesla terrorist, shock jock Anthony Cumia is back on the radio and already has a syndication deal, new survey in CA. says people hate Gavin Newsome's podcast, can the left have someone successfully debate the likes of Charlie Kirk, Melinda Gates rolls her eyes at latest comments by Bill, Bill Gates has plenty to answer for about his Epstein relationship, Brown University doctor deported to Lebanon, and email 

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In our world of urgency, certitudes, and immediate access to a flood of information, could it be that a humble curiosity, inspired awe, and delightful wonder might give us the strength to heal and thrive?Using an expansive emotional vocabulary matched with wit and care, TV host, podcaster, and author Kelly Corrigan is inviting the world to relational vulnerability, compassionate curiosity, and stalwart bravery to face our biggest problems through listening and loving wonder.In this conversation with Kelly Corrigan, we discuss:Her approach to having conversations that feel transformative—the kind that unlock and open us upHow wonder grounds her spirituality and personal vocationThe profound lessons she learned from her mother and father, and how each showed up for her when she was at her lowestHow to learn wisdom and leadership through coaching and mentoringHow to build the emotional container of home for a familyWhat it means to be brave in our world todayAnd how to communicate love through the simple act of listening through three simple invitations: “Tell me more!, What else?, and Go on.”About Kelly CorriganKelly Corrigan is a journalist of wonder. Through hundreds and hundreds of conversations with some of the world's most interesting people, she approaches both timeless questions and contemporary problems … through focused and generous listening, an attitude of awe, and a joyful expectation to be surprised and delighted, even in life's most challenging and painful circumstances.She's the author of four New York Times bestselling memoirs: Tell Me More, The Middle Place, Glitter and Glue, and Lift. Her most recent offering is a children's book, Hello World, which celebrates the people in our lives and explores the meaningful connections that come from asking each other questions.Her podcast, Kelly Corrigan Wonders, is a library of conversational wisdom ranging from current events, to arts and entertainment, to psychology and philosophy, and an approach to spirituality and transcendence through the gift of everyday, ordinary life.A master of conversational hospitality, downright funny storytelling, and journalistic listening, she's also the PBS television host of Tell Me More, and recently spoke on Bravery at the 40th annual TED Conference.You can find her podcast, Kelly Corrigan Wonders wherever you listen to podcasts and her full library of resources at kellycorrigan.com.Books and Media by Kelly CorriganListen to Kelly Corrigan WondersVisit [KellyCorrigan.com](http://KellyCorrigan.comhttps://www.kellycorrigan.com/)Watch Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan (PBS)Read Kelly's books, such as Tell Me More, The Middle Place, Glitter and Glue, Hello World!, and Lift.Show NotesKelly Corrigan's storytelling and journalismKelly's interviews with famous figures like Bono, Bryan Stevenson, David Byrne, and Melinda Gates.Celebrities are just people.“What happens almost instantly… is that they become people.”“You are a never-to-be-repeated miracle.”Core questions to know a person:  ”Who raised  you, and where, and what happened  that you still remember vividly.”Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary”All the quotidian facts of their life that make us equals in some  weird way, it puts you at ease.”“There's this story about how being an adult is holding in one pocket that you are ashes to ashes, dust to dust, one of billions And holding in the other pocket that you are a never to be repeated miracle. And that adulthood is knowing when to pull out which piece of paper.”Childhood and parental influence reveal deep insights into a person's adult self.Vivid childhood memories help shape storytelling and personal understanding.“A strong, detailed memory of an experience is an indicator that there's a lot there for you.”Famous people also deal with everyday concerns, which makes them relatable.“They're just looking for a sandwich at lunchtime.”Perspective shifts with age, realizing that many things once thought important aren't.“There's 8 billion people here. It doesn't matter what I say and do.”Embracing the paradox of being both insignificant and uniquely valuable.“Being an adult is holding in one pocket that you are ashes to ashes, dust to dust… and in the other pocket that you are a never-to-be-repeated miracle.”Kelly's father, George Corrigan, was an enthusiastic listener and deeply engaging with others.“The thing you need to know about me is I'm George Corrigan's daughter.”Her father's ability to find something lovable in everyone influenced her deeply.“He wasn't looking for people just like him… he could become engaged in something he knew nothing about.”Kelly Corrigan's TED Talk, "To Love Is to Be Brave"Her mother, Mary Corrigan, was structured, disciplined, and devoted to family. “She went to church every single day.”Passed away six weeks before the interview, leaving a strong legacy.”I felt like I  had been loved and people cared about me. Not excessively, not obsessively, but you know, like I was safe in the world.”Getting the love you needRecognizing bravery in everyday family life and personal struggles.Nick Hornby's experience of receiving a book—that filled him with a sense of pride and recognitionCoaching JV Lacrosse in Piedmont, CA—and seeing the impact of “seeing people” and offering loving recognition—the power of making young girls feel seenParents handling difficult conversations with children require immense courage.“There's so much happening inside every house that's deeply brave and very complex.”Kelly Corrigan's spiritual upbringing—raised Catholic and participated in church traditions but felt distanced from the institution because of patriarchy and abuse scandals“The dominant feeling I had in Catholicism was that there's this superstructure of men who tell you if you're good or bad.”Disillusionment with the Catholic Church following abuse scandals.“My religion is wonder.”Finds spiritual connection through nature, puzzles, painting, and observing small details.“I mean, I can really go crazy on a leaf.”Painting as a practice of attention: “ it slows you way down and you have to focus on something so minute.”How to deal with emotional flooding through physical practices like walkingKelly Corrigan on Thriving—deeply connected to being in service to others.“I probably thrive best when I'm in service to something.”“And then they say, ‘Okay, Kelly, we're ready. Action.' And then it's just me and this other person and the fullness of our attention to one another is thrilling by  virtue of the fact that it's so damn rare. And sometimes when I'm finished, I'm like, there's almost like a romance to it. You know, like where I'm like, I, I love you. I love the experience that we just had.”Clarity and purpose often come in caregiving moments, like her parents' passing.“90 minutes of pure connection.”Pam King's experience of her daughter's hospitalization after a rare infectionKelly describes her experience of cancer in her thirties.Be mindful of what you consume—both media and information.“Junk in, junk out.”Engage in hobbies that disconnect from screens, such as painting and cooking.“Read poetry. Read it out loud.”You should be really careful what you let in your head.“If you're small in the frame, you're just going to move more freely. And if you're big in the frame, if you're the most important thing in your whole life, God help you.”Politics and voting or acting against your own self-interestsKelly Corrigan's conversation with April Lawson on abortionRedefining bravery“And the reward is a full human experience.”The meaning of familyThe experience of selling her childhood home after 55 years and how that raised questions about the meaning of family and connection—“We bought it on July 7, 1969, and it sold on July 7, 2024.”“Will it hold? … Is it durable? … A place of comfort?”“I think most parents would say the biggest project they've ever undertaken was to try to build a family.”“Is this thing that was the most important thing I ever built durable?”The emotional container of homeAn expansive emotional vocabulary“More questions, fewer statements.”Encouraging curiosity in her children as a lifelong tool“Ask questions. Tell  me more. What else? Go on.”“Just ask questions. Nobody's listening. So just be the person who listens. It's like the lowest bar.”Enabling someone to get over themselvesCreating space for another person's life, story, and emotions to unfold“So embrace intellectual humility and just assume that you do not have any relevant information to give them and that your only work is to keep saying, tell me more, what else go  on? And  they'll talk their way into a solution.”“And so it's a little bit of like physiological adjustment. And then it's also this intellectual pause. And it's also a big emotional pause. So like, do your dishes slowly with a scent that you like. … It's like a tiny reset.”Live takeaways from Pam and Kelly“Wonder is cheap and accessible and effective. It's like, free!”Embody wonder into the power of listening.“Part of the reason why Christy Turlington is so beautiful is her posture. So sit up straight.”“500 questions before you marry someone and commit your life to them is not a bad idea.”“Junk in, junk out. Like be careful what you put in your head. Your head is a sacred space. Do not put junk in there. Don't listen to junk. Don't watch junk. Don't read junk. Like, it's sacred. Think of it as like a cathedral. You wouldn't take like a shitty meatball sub and eat it in the backseat of a cathedral. You know what I mean?”“ The fullness of life involves this full cup that is full of joys and sorrows.”“ It only takes one person. It only takes one person to correct for a lot of absence. Doesn't mean it's going to be perfect. It doesn't mean it's going to wipe away every ounce of pain, but one person investing can compensate for a lot that's been missing.”Deep interviews as rare opportunities for pure connection“It's weirdly unusual to have a full hour of pure connection.”Facing fear and hardship as part of the full human experience“A full human experience includes all the emotions at full maximum dosage.”Finding purpose in slowing down and being intentional with habits“Evaluate your diet—not just food, but content, relationships, and daily habits.” About the Thrive CenterLearn more at thethrivecenter.org.Follow us on Instagram @thrivecenterFollow us on X @thrivecenterFollow us on LinkedIn @thethrivecenter About Dr. Pam KingDr. Pam King is Executive Director the Thrive Center and is Peter L. Benson Professor of Applied Developmental Science at Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy. Follow her @drpamking. About With & ForHost: Pam KingSenior Director and Producer: Jill WestbrookOperations Manager: Lauren KimSocial Media Graphic Designer: Wren JuergensenConsulting Producer: Evan RosaSpecial thanks to the team at Fuller Studio and the Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.

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Most people would say that Rhonda Farrah has had a difficult and, at times, scary life. As you will hear, Rhonda had a pretty conservative upbringing. She will tell us that she was in fact surrounded by love from her family and even her extended family of aunts and uncles and grandparents who all lived under the same roof. Rhonda was the oldest of her siblings and many looked to her for strength and knowledge.   Rhonda went to college first majoring in Horticulture, but switched to Psychology. As she says, she likes to help things grow and while she loves gardening, she preferred to help people grow and development.   Rhonda, as part of her so-called difficult life spent six years in prison and while there discovered that she had a lump on her breast. She didn't address the lump until she was released from prison. She used a combination of Western and Eastern medicine to complete eliminate the tumor without surgery. Also, fairly soon after leaving prison the sentence and charges she faced were completely expunged. While many told her she should litigate she disagreed and turned to forgiveness instead.   Today Rhonda coaches and teaches women to grow and learn to look within themselves to better understand how to grow and move forward. Rhonda calls herself a lifestyle empowerment alchemist. As she explains, an alchemist changes materials. She helps women to change by learning to look within for answers. As she says, if we look for answers, the best place to find them is within ourselves.   Rhonda offers many wonderful and relevant pieces of knowledge we all can learn to use. I think you will enjoy her story, her progress and her inspirational and unstoppable attitude very much.       About the Guest:   Rhonda M. Farrah, MA, DRWA, a LIFEstyle Empowerment Alchemist, Coach and prominent figure in personal development, has dedicated her years of insights as a psychotherapist to be a guiding light for women facing unique challenges, helping them embark on a transformative journey of Selfdiscovery and Empowerment.   In a world where external issues often command our attention, Rhonda Farrah stands out as a catalyst for inner growth with her mantra, “Fix Your Reflection First.” A beacon of hope for women who find themselves trapped in the throes of personal turmoil, be it in relationships, careers, or daily life.   Through her extensive career and profound dedication, Rhonda Farrah has spearheaded the Fix Your Reflection First method of realizing that both the joys and the setbacks in your life can serve you IF you can look past your immediate emotional response and use your Self-awareness to grow instead of pushing yourself down. Farrah's holistic approach centers on Self-reflection and the restoration of Self-love as the cornerstone of personal growth and Change.   As a seasoned author, Empowerment Alchemist coach, speaker, entrepreneur, spiritual teacher, and educator, Rhonda has cultivated an extensive toolkit designed to assist individuals in addressing the challenges that hold them back and embracing the joys that propel them forward. Working with clients and companies from International Centers For Spiritual Living to the US Open Wellness Team, Rhonda's teachings emphasize harnessing Self-awareness and leveraging life's setbacks as opportunities for growth rather than obstacles.   Rhonda's mission is to Empower women to prioritize their Self-love and Self-awareness, nurturing a profound alignment that positively influences every facet of their lives. Her work fosters a renewed sense of confidence and a hunger for personal growth, igniting a powerful journey of Self-discovery. Having written several e-books, Rhonda has participated as a Contributing Author to America's Heroes, Leaders, Legends, The Power Of The Human Spirit, and America's Leading Ladies Who Positively Impact Our World, featuring Oprah Winfrey and Melinda Gates.   Ways to connect with Rhonda:   Website: https://helpmerhondanow.com Email: rhonda@helpmerhondanow.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhonda-m-farrah-ma-drwa-81097b14 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rhonda.farrah Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helpmerhondanow_   About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/   https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       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 comment in the 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 Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can subscribe in your favorite podcast app. You can also support our podcast through our tip jar https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/unstoppable-mindset .   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review   Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.       Transcription Notes:   Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, hello and welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. I am your host, Mike Hingson, our guest today is Rhonda. And Rhonda pronounce your last name Farrah, which is what I thought. But I always like to make sure I get it right. Well, Rhonda Farrah is our guest, and as you will learn from her, Rhonda is a lifestyle empowerment Alchemist, and I'm intrigued to learn more about that and all sorts of other things. She especially helps women and helps ground them, I think, to summarize a lot of what she does, and we're going to talk about that. I know she talks and and in her bio, I read a lot about encouraging people to really think and center themselves. And that's something that we talk a lot about on various episodes of this podcast, and it's something that I talk about in the new book that is published in August of 2024 called Live like a guide dog, where I talk about and encourage people to be much more self analytical and look at themselves and take the time to do it, because it will create a lot less fear in their lives if they discover that they don't need to be afraid of so many things, but that's not something we're going to worry about as much today, unless Rhonda wants to talk about it, but we'll get there anyway. Rhonda, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We're really glad you're here.   Rhonda Farrah ** 02:50 Thank you so much, Michael, thank you for inviting me to be your guest. I love the name of your podcast, unstoppable mindset, because that's, after all, where everything begins, it   Michael Hingson ** 03:02 does. Well, why don't you start, since we talk about starting at the beginning by telling us a little bit kind of about the early Rhonda growing up and all   Rhonda Farrah ** 03:10 that stuff. Okay, yes, the early Rhonda growing up. Early Rhonda. I am originally from the East Coast. I grew up in Connecticut in a largely traditional household and family. I had a stay at home mom. I had dad who preferred mom stay at home. And I am the oldest of three brothers and one sister, and during that period of time, largely through grade three. You want to talk about my early days through grade three, I lived in an extended family, and many people know what that is. It was my parents, myself, my siblings, grandparents, at least one set at a time, aunts, uncle, one, uncle and great aunts, and it was a all under one roof, so there was a lot of love and there was a lot of discipline all at the same time. And it was a household primarily women, and my sense of nurturing and nurturing nurturance began very early with that feminine influence there. It's not that men don't nurture but I had an entourage of all that feminine presence around me, and also being the oldest of my siblings, I took on that while everyone's looking to you, Rhonda, that you're the role model so early on growing up, it was, I would have to say, We were a very conservative family, and I had conservative influences around me, and it actually paved the way for me wanting to. Not only to be in service of to others, but to go ahead and do my studies in psychology, counseling and educational psychology, and to help others be their highest and their best self. And that, that unstoppable mind, as you put it, is when we go within and we understand, how are we attending to the agenda of our soul that going within? So that's that's a brief that's a capitalized version of how I grew up. I like to play girls CYO softball. I was raised Catholic, Roman Catholic, later on, rebaptized a Christian. I honor all paths to God. I consider myself spiritual. I've always been spiritual, whether I realized it or not, and that, you know, that helps with that going within once, one says, Once I said, Yeah, I want to, I want to experience what is going within little Rhonda. And as I grew into an adult, and I got better at it, let's, let's put it that way, I got better at going within.   Michael Hingson ** 06:16 Well, yeah, and I think that's, that's important, and I think that that development of the brain is something that more people ought to do and and don't do nearly as much as as they should live like a guide dog. Is all about learning to control fear, because when I was in the World Trade Center and we had the emergency that we did on September 11, although I had plenty of fear, fear did not overwhelm or, as I put it, blind me. I used it as a powerful tool to help me focus. And the reason all that happened as I really figured out many, many years later and then started to write about it in the era of the pandemic was that I developed a mindset. I knew what to do because I researched what to do. It wasn't a matter of reading signs. Oh, I can read these signs that'll tell me what to do. That works until it doesn't, and it's not nearly the same as knowledge. And so I learned what to do. I talked to the Port Authority, police, the fire department, emergency preparedness people, and learned everything that I could about what was, what was occurring, or what what could occur in an emergency, and what to do in an emergency. And did it enough that it became a mindset for me, so that when it actually happened, although we never thought that it would, when it did, I was able to function because I had conducted a lot of self analysis and thought about, what do I do in this kind of situation? Realized I know what to do. Yeah, it's always possible the building could have just come down around us, and then where would we be? Well, we wouldn't be here talking about it, probably anyway, but knowing what to do was the issue, and we we, selectively or collectively as a society, tend not to do that. We think we can just read signs or Well, if it happens, it happens. But we don't think about that. But we think about so many other things. My gosh, what? What if one politician gets elected? What if another politician gets elected? What if any number of things happen? What if I go to the store and I get robbed and all sorts of things that we don't have any real control over, and we create so much fear because we don't just focus on the things that we can control and leave the rest alone. And I think that that is probably something that leans right into a lot of the things that you talk about,   Rhonda Farrah ** 08:53 yes, and that's you make an excellent point, because there's a point where we need to depend on what's going on within us. We can't depend on the government. We can't depend on the economy. We can't depend on the health care system, the pharmaceutical system. We need to listen to our intuitive self, to our authentic self from within and sure, I've been scared, sure, but with with stuff that happened within my all my own life. However, I wasn't paralyzed by fear. I didn't react. I responded, and that's really important for people to consider. We have so many questions, and especially now in these times, we're in chaotic we're in uncertain times. We're in a mess, basically, but the mess is here for us to learn, to grow and to move forward with that power from within, as I call it, our authentic power from. Then, and we, we all have, it's the power to thrive and not merely survive.   Michael Hingson ** 10:06 Yeah, and we all have the power to work together and to create harmony, if we would, but do it right   Rhonda Farrah ** 10:15 if we choose to. Yeah, it is a choice.   Michael Hingson ** 10:18 But make no mistake, it is a choice, and we can do it if we if we wanted to, and it would be so much more amazing how well people would get along on how much more we would accomplish if we did that.   Rhonda Farrah ** 10:32 That's absolutely correct. Michael, we are oftentimes we get caught up in what is different within us. You know, what are our differences? How about, let's talk about, how are we so similar, right? And that's where the strength comes in. That's where the power of numbers come in with that strength, with that power.   Michael Hingson ** 10:56 Agreed. So you grew up? Did you go to college?   Rhonda Farrah ** 11:01 I did. I attended the University of Connecticut under graduate school. And ironically, I didn't start out in psychology. I started out in horticulture, and was two years it's an agricultural college, actually the University of Connecticut. It was at that time. Now it's in the top 25 in the United States. And I enjoyed school. I enjoyed college immensely, and I always I switched to psychology. And let me tell you why. When I was a kid, I used to watch this show. It was The Bob Newhart Show, and he was a psychologist in this particular part in   Michael Hingson ** 11:52 that show, right?   Rhonda Farrah ** 11:54 And and for you know, unfortunately, several days ago, he made his transition. But when I heard that, I said, wow, look at how long ago. I mean, I admired him. I admired what he did. And I said, No, that's that's what I want to do. So I started out in horticulture, growing, okay, so I just switched to help people grow within themselves, and I am an avid gardener, by the way, and I like all those things with respect to preparing the soil, with respect to pruning, with respect to weeding so that you can grow healthy plants. And I'm a big advocate in growing where we are planted. We always have something to learn, if it regardless of situation, circumstance or happenstance. There's always something to learn wherever we're being planted or plant. There are no accidents, in my opinion, no coincidence, no happenstance. And we call everything forward into our lives to do just that, to grow when we are we are planted to experience joy, to experience sorrow,   Michael Hingson ** 13:05 and a lot of times when we experience sorrow, if we would really stop and think about it, we might find it's not as bad as we think too, right? But that happens, and that's again, it's a growth era and a growth thing to deal with. Yes,   Rhonda Farrah ** 13:20 yeah, absolutely. And you know that paved the way in psychology for me to become what I call a lifestyle, empowerment Alchemist, a coach, author and a speaker and alchemy, believe me, I am no left brain person. I alchemy is the precursor to chemistry. I never took chemistry. I opted for, I think it was environmental science. I was safe when there was a science requirement. I was good with that. But alchemy is indeed the precursor to chemistry, and it's the transmutation of one substance into another. So I learned by my own situations and circumstances. I have plenty of credentials, but my biggest credentials are that I came out on the good side, I'll say, On the positive side, on the Empowered side of some not so good situations and circumstances in my life. So that's why I refer to myself as an alchemist, and I am dedicated to awakening those who choose to be awakened, to opening their hearts, their minds, and most especially, their spirit within them, so that they can live their best life ever.   Michael Hingson ** 14:36 So in in your case, you you you do change things, what? What were some of the the maybe negative things that you had to work through that caused you to decide that you were truly an empowerment Alchemist, a lifestyle empowerment Alchemist, nothing   Rhonda Farrah ** 14:53 is negative unless, unless you think,   Michael Hingson ** 14:57 what challenges? Yes, the challenge. Challenges,   Rhonda Farrah ** 15:00 the struggles, the the adversity. Okay, six years in a woman's federal prison camp, breast cancer, several divorces, financial ruin was thrown in there, and it was like, wow, this is the not so good stuff that's happening, and it took me a while to understand. I called all this forward. I called all this forward for all the reasons why, whether it was poor choices, especially in the case of prison camp, called it forward to learn lessons and to to actually be in a major time out, because it began there that I began to realize my biggest struggle and challenge was I didn't know myself. I'd lost my sense of self. It I was in there somewhere, but I had lost my sense of self, and I needed to be literally extricated, separated from all that was familiar to me, so I could do something about that.   Michael Hingson ** 16:08 Yeah, how long ago was that that you were in the prison camp? No,   Rhonda Farrah ** 16:12 would have been. Actually, I was there when 911 hit. Okay, oh yeah, it's been a while, and I began that prison term of being of service to others, as well as myself, service set loosely in 20 in 2002 1000 in 2000 in 2000 and when 911 hit, I wasn't in a place where it was, you know, bars and razor wire or any of that. But when 911 hit, most I know my family and other people that I knew were saying she's probably in the safest place she can be. Yeah. And I said, Wow, this is actually happening. And I remember that happening. I remember I was actually part of a work cadre. I was teaching wellness classes as well to my fellow inmates, 300 women, and that came a little later, but it was part of a work cadre that went to the Presidio five days a week, five of us, five women, and we did Gardening. We did organization within, let's say, the warden's house that was up there on the Presidio. So I was part of the those that were trusted enough to be out five days a week. I mean, we had to go back, but so I experienced a lot. That was a gift and that was a blessing, and that is what got me through that instance. Just as other instances, I found the gift, I found the blessing in particularly like where I was at all times. But I did find gifts and blessings. I'm an avid runner. I had a track to run on. I a strength trainer. I had what was called a weight pile up there with antiquated equipment and everything else. But yet it was, it was mine. It was available to me. And so the gifts and the blessings come in in sometimes unlikely places, if you are open and receptive to them. And it wasn't about until a year after being incarcerated that I stopped banging the phone against the wall saying, Get me out of here. I had an aha moment. It was that period where I surrendered that I really began to peel away the onion skin that was keeping my sense of self, my true sense of self, self with a capital S at bay.   Michael Hingson ** 19:13 So you, as you said, started peeling back the onion and went on clearly, what was a journey of self discovery, and you began to realize, and I put it in quotes, I made these choices, and I'm the one that can fix it in the long run, in   Rhonda Farrah ** 19:39 the long run, right? But in the short run, I was learning more about myself than I ever imagined. Yeah, because I was separated from all those things that were my comfort zone, I was definitely out of my comfort zone, which is where our life really begins. When you're out of your comfort zone.   Michael Hingson ** 20:02 Yeah, and in so many ways and and, of course, that's the whole point that we get so comfortable on our comfort zone that we never really do look beyond it. And that's a problem, because life is all about so many things that we choose not to explore that would be so beneficial if we did? Yes,   Rhonda Farrah ** 20:26 absolutely, and I was pivoted right back into being of service to others.   Michael Hingson ** 20:35 Okay, by   Rhonda Farrah ** 20:36 teaching wellness classes and by you know there was a camaraderie. It was like women would say, Well, what about what should I do in this situation? What I said, I think you should take this time, because you have this time, literally time to explore from within, you can a lot of women that want to lose weight, they want to have better body image and otherwise. And those wellness classes were not just physical wellness classes I was teaching. It was emotional well, because that's how you get to the physical if you're working from the inside out, going within, then you're gonna have better results well being, rather than Ill being. And I would often say, you know, well, they would say, Well, when I get home, I'll get on a program and   Michael Hingson ** 21:36 lose weight, and yeah, when I,   Rhonda Farrah ** 21:39 when I said, Well, let me tell you what, when you go home, you're going to have to pay your rent, take care of your kids, have a job, and do everything else that you do in the real world without being institutionalized. So I said, there is a gift for being here. It's sad a lot of the times, because we all missed our families, but there is a gift and a blessing if we choose to know that so many women took me up on that some did not, and that's was their right. It's not my right, nor obligation, to want for someone what they do not want for themselves, not at all.   Michael Hingson ** 22:25 We are our own best teachers, and no one else can can do that for us,   Rhonda Farrah ** 22:30 right? That's exactly right, Michael, and it's it was an interesting time in my life. I actually so I was in my very early 40s, and I just turned 66 last last month, and I I never imagined that my midlife crisis, that was act one of my midlife crisis to be incarcerated to be and actually incarcerated to be liberated. I had more freedom getting to know myself and my true sense of self than I ever had at that point again, it wasn't all roses, it was pain, sorrow, emotional, largely, but I went through it. I felt, you've heard the the phrase, um, feel the fear, feel the pain, and do it anyway. Yeah, because it's subside. It's actually empowering to know that we have that power to feel pain, to feel sorrow, yet it will move us forward, or propel us forward. So   Michael Hingson ** 23:49 was that time in prison for you? Kind of the the end of Act One, and then the transition to act two.   Speaker 1 ** 23:57 Well, that was act one of my midlife crisis. Oh, you're master of your midlife crisis. That's my midlife crisis.   Rhonda Farrah ** 24:03 That that was that. But it was so surreal to me. I've never had a parking ticket or speeding violation, and it was like, What is this? So? Hard lessons, hard lessons when you do not trust your intuition. When you make poor choices, when you try to please people, just remember you, you will not come out on the best side of things, but you must go where you need to go to learn what you need to learn. Yeah, kind of like a college. It's an extra. Was an extra grad school,   Michael Hingson ** 24:45 well, and you said something very interesting, because, in reality, if you trust your intuition and you really work and develop that it will help you avoid things that otherwise you might not be able to avoid. But we. Don't tend to do that. And my favorite example of that is the game Trivial Pursuit. How often do you play that game and someone asked the question, and you think, I know the answer, and then you go, No, that can't be the right answer. And it turns out it was the right answer, and you should have answered with it. But, you know, it happens so often in so many ways, with so many things, yes.   Rhonda Farrah ** 25:19 So I mean, I took the best of a not so good situation and it was all right. It served me. It served me to empower me so that I could have that like in my that was a notch in my belt, to let people understand, that I could understand what they're going through because I was there.   Michael Hingson ** 25:47 So what happened when that time was over?   Rhonda Farrah ** 25:51 So I was teaching wellness classes there, and I was supposed to be released in April of 2005 and it got delayed until, I believe it was July of that year. And for 11 months I knew I had a lump on my breast, and I did nothing about it, but go within, meditation, prayer. I was not going to subject myself to the Bureau of Prisons, medical, and I took a risk, sure, but I went within and the intuition said, Okay, you're going to be all right. I call it my godling self, not my mere, earthling self. I didn't run around in this chaotic, chaotic tone and in every area of my life and say, Oh, my God, I got I got to do something about this. And no, I knew, but I knew what I had to do. I had to go within and reinforce that my authentic power would help me get through this? So that act two of midlife crisis is now entering in and I came home. I was living on the Monterey Peninsula, and we had to go to a halfway house for a month or so when they understood I had a lump on my breast, because I told them they couldn't wait to get rid of me from the halfway house. So I went home and I went to my gynecologist. He ordered a biopsy immediately, and in none other than breast cancer awareness month, October, I was diagnosed with nearly stage three breast cancer. And I'm a believer that what happens to us really happens for us. And that's that period incarceration strengthened me to get through this. And I was scared, but I was not in fear mode. I was not immobilized. And of course, biopsy comes back, and everyone's saying, what happened? What was it? And I, my response has always been, well, it's not the best news, but it's not the worst news, right either. And from that point, I met with my friends, would say, we're going to get you another breast. And I go, No, I don't want another breast. I like this one, and I have a nice little war scar right here, and I'm good. I'm good with that. No one has ever complained. So I'm good with all of it, because I'm good with it myself. And I got this feeling that had the best breast dye they called him in the United States, Dr Jeffrey Hyde, and he I was scared because I told my god, I heard about chemotherapy, surgery, radiation. And he said something to me that surprised me from within the Rhonda inside. He said, this can be chemically treated. And I said, What? And I was happy that it could be chemically treated. Okay, so I mean that meant chemotherapy. I was happy, but I was like, How could this be? I'm an athlete. I take care of myself. I don't have any negative vices or anything. And now this is happening and the incidents, so here I am the nurturer. Okay? I nourish others now. I help them be their highest and best self by taking the. The adversity as well as the joys, and making it work for them, if they choose that finding the gift of the blessing. So here I am the nurturer now realizing that incidence of breast cancer in women is due to the fact that women do not nourish or nurture themselves. They're good with everyone else. Okay, they're good, but nourishing others. I wasn't nourishing myself. Couple that with and that had started well before prison. I was a people pleaser. I was a doormat at times, and I just went about my life. And that was that, until I got a major time out in prison camp, and then I got hit with the breast cancer thing, and I decided, well, oh, there's my aha breath. That's my god breath. I decided, well, I'm gonna, I'm going to do this with Eastern medicine. I began the practice of medical Qigong, and I put off going to chemotherapy, and my daughter looked at me as if I was nuts, and she says, I don't know when we're going to get a break. And I go, it's going to be okay. Everything's going to be great. Don't worry, I'm not going to die, because who will be here to run your life? Tell you to brush your teeth and all of that in between. And I mean, I was interjecting some of you into a very serious thing, and that day, I made a promise to myself and to my daughter, I am not only going to live, I'm going to dance at your wedding, and I'm going to see my grandchildren and all that happened. There you go. That happened. I've been cancer free for about 17 or 18 years now, but my point of telling you that is that the medical Qigong professional heat said, go back and get to your oncologist and get an ultrasound, because Western medicine has the best diagnostic tools. I went back to her, my daughter was with me, and she said to me, I don't know what you're doing, but you're shrinking your tumor. And I felt good about that. And then my daughter's head spun around on her neck, and she looked at the oncologist as well as me, and said, Are you buying this shit like that? And I knew then that was another fear of mine. There were enter that fear of surgery, chemotherapy and all of that in between. I knew then, no, you got to go through you go, you'll use Western and Eastern medicine. And I never looked back. I had chemo. They cleaned up the margins a little bit on one of my breasts, and I had 40 blasts of radiation. So I got over that fear. I mean, that's, I'm not a doctor person. I don't I don't like to go to doctors, so I needed to call that forward so that I could understand that I had that power from within me to face even that fear. But once again, I was pivoted right back into being of service to others and doing support groups with women with breast cancer. Cancer.   Michael Hingson ** 33:44 So when did you become cancer free?   Rhonda Farrah ** 33:49 It was the end of March, 2006 Okay, and so what claimed cancer free? What?   Michael Hingson ** 33:56 What did you do? How did Eastern medicine help with that. What? What was involved with the Eastern medicine aspect of it?   Rhonda Farrah ** 34:03 Well, even though I started the chemotherapy, I had very few side effects from chemotherapy, because I continued with the medical dig on. I continued with acupuncture and prayer chanting, so I had side effects. I'm a runner. I was, I wasn't running as quickly, but I was, I was moving along with my dog four days, sometimes five out of the week, and I went. I was very diligent on Thursdays at 11 o'clock. That was my chemotherapy. So I come I combined them, but I was glad I combined them, and I was glad I faced that fear of, Oh, my goodness,   Rhonda Farrah ** 34:52 I need to do this stuff that I don't like to do. Do. So I could have become a victim and said, Oh, poor me,   Rhonda Farrah ** 35:04 we would probably not be having this conversation right now, because it's a little over 35% of women with breast cancer. Yeah, never   Michael Hingson ** 35:12 fake it. Well, yeah, go ahead.   Rhonda Farrah ** 35:15 I didn't choose that. I chose. I chose my own healing once again, and whether I knew it or not, by helping others heal emotionally, most especially, I was healing, and I was becoming more empowered. And I just took this next scary piece of life, adventure of midlife crisis, and I made it work for me, rather than anything less.   Michael Hingson ** 35:46 But that's really the whole point of stepping back and doing introspection in your own life and thinking about it and listening to what you have to tell yourself, because that's where the real solutions come from in most anything that we do, if we but listen. And you know, we don't tend to listen to that inner voice nearly as much as we can or should, and we lead ourselves astray.   Rhonda Farrah ** 36:21 I so agree with that. Michael, you know, we, we have so many questions within understand that the answers are within us. Yeah, that's it, and it is an inside job to live the powered life, to live the life that you want to live. Perhaps the life that you dream about, it comes from here, that comes from the heart, space, the heart, the emotions. And I believe there's only two emotions, fear and love, right? Whatever emotion you're in creates your thoughts, and your thoughts create your external world,   Michael Hingson ** 36:59 and you have some control over how all that really shakes out in the end, we all   Rhonda Farrah ** 37:05 do. We're all our own Guru. That's it. If we only knew that we we all have a godly self, not merely an earthling self.   Michael Hingson ** 37:17 Well, I think, in reality, they're they're one in the same in various ways, but I hear what you're saying   Rhonda Farrah ** 37:23 the and whether you call it, I happen to call it God, because my upbringing it universe, source, spirit, the divine.   Michael Hingson ** 37:31 Well, God's a very powerful word. I have no problem using that. Yeah,   Rhonda Farrah ** 37:35 black people are afraid of the God word. I like the God word. Yeah, definitely. Every time, there it is again, the AHA breath, that's my god breath. It's a confirming breath. So we just confirmed that it's great to say the God word, and   Michael Hingson ** 37:51 it has nothing to do with any specific religion.   Rhonda Farrah ** 37:54 No, it does not.   Michael Hingson ** 37:58 So what happened after Act Two in your midlife crisis, world,   Rhonda Farrah ** 38:10 I was asked in an interview, and I'll get to act three. Adventure number three, I was once asked in an interview, what was the worst date you've been on? So I was videoed, and the long and short of it was, I said, Oh, I thinking about it. I don't date and meet somebody. We get to know one another. They asked me to marry them, and the rest is history. Enter two divorces. You know, pretty close together, five, six years apart, very short lived divorces. And I'll tell you what prison prepared me for, breast cancer, and prison and breast cancer together prepared me for a lot of people don't think prison or breast cancer would be worse than divorce. It wasn't the divorce, it was the betrayal. It was the trusting of someone and then, like being sideswiped, that was it. Sideswiped and lots of tears. I always say, wherever I was, tears and laughter are signs of growth. If one is not laughing or crying weeping, then you're not growing. And growth is essential if you're going to be your highest, best self, if you're going to be an empowered, your empowered self. So the first one was ugly, the second one was ugly, and but I, I, I know I have a formula for living in empower. Life, and boy, did I use it my formula, because, after all, I am an alchemist, is gratitude plus forgiveness equals living the life that you want to live. So I was, first of all, I was grateful for meeting these people, because they taught me again about myself. I was settling, no disrespect to whomever I was married to, but I was settling because, well, I don't want to be alone, and maybe no one will also come and blah, blah, blah. I mean, I went through these gyrations. I'm no stranger to feeling that way, and I'm very vulnerable. I think you know that by now, and I'm good, you can hold me up to the light, and I'm transparent because I'm okay, whereas I wasn't to begin with, and that's about two years ago. My brand changed to fix your reflection first and live your best life ever, because that's why we're not living our best life ever. It's not that everything must go right for us, it's that we can find the gift and the blessing when nothing is going right. My whole life fell apart only so it all together in better ways. So I went from that people pleaser door map to under to thanking those who I was pleasing and had used me as a doormat. Thank you. I got it now. Okay, I got it so when I look in the mirror now, I see the love of my life. Because unless we are able to understand who we are and our magnificence, we will attract much less. Again, no disrespect to any situation, circumstance or event, to any person that I have been with so and the other thing is, if you treat yourself like the love of your life,   42:11 you will attract the love of your life,   Rhonda Farrah ** 42:14 not only in a romantic situation, in every freaking area of your life, you will attract the best of the best,   Michael Hingson ** 42:24 and I gather you've done that.   Rhonda Farrah ** 42:26 Oh, I'm open to love, but I'm not, I'm not with any I'm single and but I'm not, like, not in any dating sites or anything like that, right? I'm I'm working with myself,   Michael Hingson ** 42:40 yeah, well, that's what I'm getting at and yeah, that's   Rhonda Farrah ** 42:44 who I'm with. I'm with myself. Because wherever we go, we take ourselves with us, and   Michael Hingson ** 42:48 somebody might come along at some point that you develop a relationship with, but you're going to look at it differently now than you have in the past. Absolutely, absolutely, which is so cool.   Rhonda Farrah ** 43:06 It's what needs to happen. If it happened to me, then I have the right to say, well, it could happen to you too,   Michael Hingson ** 43:15 and it's not an ego issue. To say you're the love of your life. That's That's not it at all, and and it's important, I think, that people understand that it is that you're you're happy with yourself, you respect yourself. Now, my life was different than yours. My wife and I got married in 1982 and she passed two years ago, almost two years ago. So we were married 40 years and lots of wonderful memories, and I don't know what will happen in the future, although I'm not looking for any anything like the romantic kind of thing to happen, although some people told me I'm crazy and I should, but my response is, you know, Karen is monitoring from somewhere, and if I misbehave, I'm going to hear about it. So I got to be a good kid. That's   Rhonda Farrah ** 44:05 it. And it works. And it works because it works for you, and this works differently for everyone, exactly, right. It works differently for everyone, but, and I have to say, and sometimes an audience will go up one side of me and down the other when I say, you know, selfishness is the most selfless thing we can do, right? I think, especially as a woman.   Michael Hingson ** 44:33 Well, yeah, I would say everyone, but I hear what you're saying, but I hear what you're saying. Well, so what do you do today, what, what is your, your your job, or whatever, or what do you what do you do with your life today?   Rhonda Farrah ** 44:49 With my life today, I I have dual duties after divorces. I was heading back to Connecticut. I. All my family's in Connecticut, two grandchildren. And not that I don't love the rest of my family, but, you know, grandkids, yeah, okay, I could do this, and ages 10 and eight, and a friend of mine, that's why I'm in Colorado Springs. Asked me to I've known her for 12 years. I know her through someone else that no longer speaks to me, okay, but that's that's how it happens. That's how people come together to learn lessons and otherwise. And she said to me, I need you to make a pit stop. Here I go, Oh, I kind of knew what was going on. Her mother in law has dementia, and she's totally ambulatory, and she's we high functioning. But as I'm in there somewhere, wherever I was, she's in there somewhere. So I came, I met the woman, and my friend said, Can you give us a year? A year? You want me stay here for a year, grow where you're planted? This is my point of telling you this, and this is why I do what I do. I have another growing where I'm planted. So she said, Can you give us a year? I said, What? It'll be three years, the beginning of October. I'm feeling that this woman and I will make our exit together, because I'm feeling I'm supposed to be here on one direction or dimension. Now I I still do plenty of interviews. I have my own radio television show on transformation network, which I'm inviting you to be on, and you'll hear from me on that. Let me know. Oh, yeah, and I'm catering to several clients. You know, everything is zoom these days, which fine. That's fine with me. So that's what I do. I'm in the process of, right? I've written three ebooks, a contributing author to three books, and I'm writing a book from PTA to prison, my journey in transformation. Now that was just a part of it, but that was the beginning, right? My journey and transformation. We're never too old for transformation. No, I would often joke and say, you know, Moses, he was transformed. He didn't didn't think he could do anything major. That was his mistake. And he did the greatest thing in his late 70s, yeah, the greatest thing for him. And the interesting part is I do mirror work is nothing new. And I go to the mirror every morning and at night sometimes as well, and lots of things developed after I changed my brand to fix your reflection first and live your best life ever. I went, I call it. I came out of the closet with prison and other personal aspects of my life. It's the best thing I ever did, be vulnerable in front of audiences and show them that I'm not immune to anything either. Just because I live and breathe this, which I do and I like it, I'm not stuff still happens to me, happens for me that not so good stuff, but so what I'm doing now is I'm continuing to transmute myself so that I can be A better service to others. That's literally what I'm doing.   Michael Hingson ** 49:05 One of the things that I love to say, and it fits right in with what you're discussing, is when I have the honor of doing these podcast episodes, if I'm not learning as much as, or more than anyone listening or whoever to the podcast that I'm not doing my job. And I think that that's an absolute part of it. We we all need to learn and transform. And I look for the opportunities that come along where people may say something like you've said a number of things that make perfect sense. I'm not sure I've heard today too many brand new things, but the reality is, there aren't that many. There really aren't new things in the world. It's just that either we haven't heard them yet, but they're still there, or we. We've forgotten them, and we need to remember them, or we have heard them, and we do remember them, and it reinforces it. But the fact is, there really isn't anything new in the world. We just have to sometimes rediscover it for ourselves. Exactly   Rhonda Farrah ** 50:14 it's it's the amount of reading I did in prison camp, and if I make notes on the in the sidelines of the pages, and then I go back and I read the same passages and books and everything else, and I'd read what I've written, and I'd say that was a learning experience. And my measure look how far I've come. That that's when self help wasn't called self help. Yeah, now we have self help, you know, yeah, Bob bought the programs and everything, and then never opened them, because, again, it's an inside job. And I believe that with all my heart,   Michael Hingson ** 51:02 right? Yeah, and I think there's, there's merit to that. So you have clients in various places nowadays, yes,   Rhonda Farrah ** 51:12 Canada, Australia. I'm actually the final touches on a group coaching program. It is coaching program for women. I'll take 15 women for 12 weeks, 12 weeks, and if they choose to continue with another 12 weeks, at the end of 412 weeks, we've done a year, yeah, together, and we've accomplished what we want to accomplish, but in bite sized pieces, right? We're building on the first 12 weeks, so I'm very excited about that. And my clientele is, I say 45 and over, but like 5850 and over, because we all having those little crises for our benefit. What?   Michael Hingson ** 51:57 What made you decide, though, to work with people who are essentially 50 and older, as opposed to younger people, because   Rhonda Farrah ** 52:04 I kept getting older. You know, I kept getting older, and my experience has happened to me, and I call it the mid life, and there are so many people going through, maybe not exactly the same thing, but in some cases, yes, the same things. They're going through them, and I, I want to be the light at the end of whatever tunnel they are journeying through, and let them know this is not a train coming at you. Your light is exactly that. It's your light. It's your guidance to move forward, and nothing less.   Michael Hingson ** 52:49 Now you you teach women, and that's fair, but if I were to carry it forward, what about men? Not that you that you're doing that, but don't men also really deal with the same issues they do,   Rhonda Farrah ** 53:03 but they deal with them in different ways, and in many cases, men have it over women because of the way they're dealing with them. Society has ingrained in men. They're the strong, they're the powerful, they're the empowered. Of course, you look at the state of affairs in this world today and you find that, well, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 53:26 and that's, of course, that's the problem is that it's great to be the powerful and the empowered and so on. But if you will, you let it go to your head, and you're not listening anymore,   Rhonda Farrah ** 53:37 right? The what I believe is that that's That's exactly true. If you're not listening to your intuitive self from within, if you're not, you're doing a number on yourself with that whole mindset thing. Yeah, think you can, you're right. If you think you can't, you're right as well. You're right as well. So the I have just had more women approach I've had more women approach me. There's a the they kind of assimilate with me and who I am, you know, I'm Mom, I'm the grandmother, and I'm the sister, you know, the oldest, and I'm in this thing, this gig, called counseling. Now, when I was a psychotherapist, my I turned to right around in 2005 couple things happened. I was released from prison. By the way, my sentence was expunged shortly after that.   Michael Hingson ** 54:46 Oh,   Rhonda Farrah ** 54:48 and so, and many people will also say, Aren't you mad? Aren't you angry? I go for what? For   Michael Hingson ** 54:54 what? Yeah, what good is that gonna do? I forgave   Rhonda Farrah ** 54:58 everybody. And. I came that's was part of my program for being my best self ever.   Michael Hingson ** 55:04 What were you accused of doing? If I might ask the   Rhonda Farrah ** 55:07 money. Money, crime, non violent. Non violent. No drugs, yeah. Money, crime, okay, got it. I mean, I was no milking and all of that. But the interesting part about that is, I served my sentence in prison camp. It used to be a men's prison camp, and Milken was there, and that's where he contracted cancer, and he won his release in $5 million and built the Cancer Center in Los Angeles. So you see, and that's, you know, everyone had me convinced, well, you should sue the government. I go, No, I don't think so. It's like, I need to move on. You know, it's like I'm moving on, and I'm taking the best pieces of that part of my life and this part of my life and these parts of my life, we teach that they can do the same.   Michael Hingson ** 56:04 When I was in my mid 20s, something happened. I became blind because I was born two months premature and given a pure oxygen environment, and that caused the retinas not to develop properly, something known at the time as retro enteral fibroplasia. And if we really want to learn to spell it, go buy my book thunder dog. Um, now it's called retinopathy or prematurity, and you can learn that in Thunder dog too. But anyway, um, I think it was in the mid 20s somewhere I read an article about someone who was born around the same time that I was and blind for the same reason, and they sued their medical people, and just, had just won a major lawsuit and got money and all that. And I was talking to my father about it, and I said, What do you think about that? And he he said, probably something that you can really imagine, he said, and what good would suing really do at the time? They probably had just the information that they had, and medical science had started to hear that retro enter fibroplasia was a condition, but medical science hadn't really accepted it yet. But my father said, Sue isn't going to solve anything. And he was absolutely right. And I thought the same thing. And to this day, I think that's true. I think there are times when there is such a thing as doing litigation for some purpose, but, you know, don't do it for the wrong reason, and don't go off and try to mess up somebody else's life, because I'm sure that those same ophthalmologists and so on in the 70s and 80s would never take the same approach that they did when I was born, or if they had to, because it really meant the life of the child, the parents would get an appropriate warning saying this could happen, which is what does happen. But also, it's been proven that it doesn't take a pure oxygen environment, 24 hours a day, every day to keep a child alive, and even just a few minutes a day will prevent the whole issue of becoming blind. So there are a lot of aspects of it.   Rhonda Farrah ** 58:34 There sure are.   Michael Hingson ** 58:36 But you know, we all are. We're in this same world, and we do need to, you know, to move forward. So what do you think that people can learn from you? We've talked for almost an hour. Summarize some of that, if you would.   Rhonda Farrah ** 58:52 I think people can learn from me that, you know, we're all whole, perfect and complete, even in our imperfections, all of us and I am more like others, and others are more like me than we all realize, because we all have that wholeness, that perfection within each within us, and they can learn to get out of their comfort zone a little before they're taken out of their comfort zone, to live an empowered life, to live maybe a little bit of the life that they've been Thinking about, perhaps dreaming about, they can learn that you know, even with everything that happened to me, I mean, I am so blessed. It could have been a lot worse in every situation that we have just talked about again in the last hour. But there was something within me, and it's within everyone. We are not alone. Alone, no one is alone. To take the best to count the gifts and the blessings, to use that formula gratitude plus forgiveness, not a popular topic, forgiveness will empower us if we go within and say, Yeah, that's the that I think that's the biggest thing, and that they're to get passionate about something, whether whether it's garden or whether it's changing lives, helping people fix their reflection first and live their best life ever. That's what they can learn from me. Find something to be passionate about,   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:50 yeah, the operative part about that is fix your reflection first, do something that you're passionate about. I would add to that, that doing something for negative reasons is only going to hurt you. It's not going to hurt anyone else exactly that's   Rhonda Farrah ** 1:01:06 taking the poison and expecting the other person to die. Yeah, it's not happening.   Michael Hingson ** 1:01:12 It doesn't happen. Well, if you were to Well, go ahead.   Rhonda Farrah ** 1:01:17 No, that's ask me. I want you to ask me another question. Do   Michael Hingson ** 1:01:23 you have a particular one you want me to ask you? No, oh, just checking. Just checking. If you were to to summarize all of this and leave people with one thought that they should take away and remember what? What do you want them to learn from this. I know we've talked about it a lot, and I kind of suspect I know the answer. But if you were to summarize it very briefly, what would you what would you say very   Rhonda Farrah ** 1:01:49 briefly? I would say, once again, you're not alone if you are struggling with a challenge, with something that not so good stuff in your life, reach out, whether you reach out to me, whether you reach out to someone else, reach out and go within. If you don't know who to reach out, to go within and listen and listen, and you'll know who to reach out to. And I have to say that wherever we go, and I alluded to this during the interview, during our conversation, wherever we go, we take ourselves. So those of us who are trying to avoid in life, wherever you go to avoid, whatever it is you're trying to avoid, you're the common denominator. You have still taken yourself there   Michael Hingson ** 1:02:41 and avoiding doesn't help. Facing is a different story than avoiding. Facing   Rhonda Farrah ** 1:02:46 Yes and it's okay. We all have feelings, feels. You want to feel sad, you want to feel angry, feel whatever the hell you want to feel okay. Because if you keep shoving those feelings down, eventually they will erupt at the most inopportune time. And quite frankly, and quite bluntly, I liken it to a toilet overflowing when you have a house full of guests, not a good thing. And finally, I'm inviting our audience to treat life as if it were ice cream and enjoy it before it melts.   Michael Hingson ** 1:03:28 I believe life is an adventure. We should all partake of it and not hide. We may not and shouldn't all do it exactly the same way. Everyone is has got their own way of doing it, but enjoy it, as you said, especially before it melts. Well, Rhonda, if people want to reach out to you, and I hope people will. And you know, you may get some, some guys who who email you, but how do people get hold of you?   Rhonda Farrah ** 1:03:58 I would welcome any questions. I love to hear what is on the heart and minds of others, and you can get a hold of me. At, Rhonda. R H, O, N, D, A at, help me, Rhonda now.com, Rhonda. At help me. Rhonda now.com,   Michael Hingson ** 1:04:18 and as I said earlier, we know what musical groups you grew up with.   Rhonda Farrah ** 1:04:24 Yes, we do.   Michael Hingson ** 1:04:27 But Rhonda at help me. Rhonda now.com and I hope people will reach out and seek the wisdom that you are providing and the knowledge that you have to offer, what a wonderful treasure trove of information and knowledge you are and you have, and I hope people will take advantage of that. Thank you. Thank you. Michael, well, I want to thank you for being here, and I want to thank all of you for listening and watching. Us today. We really value it. I would really like to hear from you. I want to hear what your thoughts are about today. Please email me, whoever you are, wherever you are. You can reach me at Michael H, i@accessibe.com that's m, I C, H, A, E, L, H, I at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, I b, e.com, or go to our podcast page, www dot Michael hingson.com/podcast, and Michael hingson is m, I C, H, A, E, L, H, I N, G, s, o, n.com/podcast, wherever you're listening, I hope you liked today and that you will rate us and give us a five star review. We value your reviews and your ratings. So very much. 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There is nothing wrong with wanting to be a wealthy individual. I REPEAT: There is nothing wrong with wanting to be a wealthy individual. The more wealth we have, the more good we can do. I saw a post on social media that said the world needs more women billionaires – women like MacKenzie Scott, Melinda Gates and Taylor Swift – women using their financial resources for good. I couldn't agree more. In 2025, my focus is definitely on building my wealth, and hopefully yours is too!  But what is built must also be protected. That's why I'm so excited to talk with former financial advisor, now Certified Financial Planner Brittney Castro on the show today. Brittney and I are going to talk about how women can build and protect their wealth for the long haul.   Here's a glance at this episode: [02:52] Brittney breaks down her journey in the financial services industry, including the experience of selling her financial planning business. [11:51] Do you struggle with knowing your values? Brittney acknowledges that it can be a struggle to know your next steps when you're unsure. [17:10] Not sure if you should save or pay off debt? Brittney shares her advice for deciding whether to save or pay off your debt or do both! [32:49] Brittney walks through different investment vehicles, including life insurance and leveraging it for building wealth. [40:44] If you leverage your life insurance policy properly, you can access tax-free dollars and use how you'd like.   Rate, Review, & Follow: Did you love this episode? Are you a fan of the City Girl Savings podcast? If so, please consider rating and reviewing the show! This helps spread the word about City Girl Savings, and hopefully helps more people make the best money moves possible on the way to their dream life! To leave a review on Apple Podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, please make sure you're subscribed and following the City Girl Savings podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube!   Resources mentioned in this episode: Follow Brittney on Instagram Learn about Raya's Financial Focus Coaching Program Follow City Girl Savings on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Join the City Girl Savings Facebook Group Subscribe to the City Girl Savings Newsletter!

Bill Gates's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has drawn significant criticism and cast a shadow over his reputation as a philanthropic leader and tech visionary. Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, met with Epstein several times beginning in 2011, after Epstein had already been convicted of soliciting minors in Florida. These meetings, reportedly to discuss philanthropy, raise troubling questions about Gates's judgment and his willingness to engage with a known sex offender. Gates admitted to dining at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse and attending gatherings where other influential figures were present, but his explanations of their interactions have done little to dispel skepticism. Critics argue that Gates's association with Epstein reflects a disturbing willingness to overlook Epstein's criminal past in pursuit of personal or professional gains.The revelations about Gates's connection to Epstein also underscore deeper issues of accountability among powerful men in elite circles. Gates's public persona as a tech mogul turned global humanitarian stands in sharp contrast to his willingness to engage with someone as controversial as Epstein. This hypocrisy has led to calls for greater transparency about the true nature of their relationship and the motivations behind their meetings. Gates has sought to downplay the significance of his ties to Epstein, characterizing them as a mistake, but his actions have fueled public distrust and damaged his carefully cultivated image as a moral and intellectual leader. This controversy serves as yet another reminder of how wealth and influence can insulate individuals from scrutiny, even when their decisions betray glaring lapses in ethics.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-gates-thought-jeffrey-epstein-was-his-ticket-to-a-nobel-ex-staffer-sayshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10573431/Melinda-Gates-slams-Bills-friendship-pedophile-Jeffrey-Epstein-CBS-interview.htmlhttps://nypost.com/2020/05/15/bill-gates-didnt-visit-sex-criminal-jeffrey-epsteins-island-repeatedly/

And Another Thing With Dave, by Dave Smith In this thought-provoking episode, Dave dives deep into the controversial legacy of Bill Gates, exploring his transformation from a tech mogul to a global influencer in health, agriculture, and climate change. This episode examines: The United States v. Microsoft antitrust case and Gates' evasive testimony. Controversial Gates Foundation-funded healthcare programs in Africa and India, highlighting issues of accountability and human rights. The concept of "philanthrocapitalism" and its implications, with insights from academic studies on Melinda Gates' family planning initiatives. The role of NGOs in healthcare and how weaker regulations in developing countries have facilitated questionable practices. The growing influence of Gates on food systems, including regenerative farming versus industrial solutions. Dave brings in clips from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., discusses groundbreaking research, and questions the unchecked power of billionaires in shaping global agendas. Gates Foundation's controversial healthcare trials. The saviorism of Western philanthropy and its ties to historical eugenics. The role of regenerative farming in combating climate change. Gates' lack of formal credentials in medicine, agriculture, or climate science. TED Talk analysis: Gates on population control. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on clinical trials in Africa. High court decisions in Kenya suspending Gates Foundation immunity. The Saviorism of Melinda Gates – Research from Duke University on philanthropcapitalism and eugenics. Updates on regenerative farming and climate solutions. Want to dive deeper into the Gates Foundation's global impact? Listen now and join the conversation! Subscribe to And Another Thing with Dave on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you for tuning in! If you are digging what I am doing, and picking up what I'm putting down, please follow, subscribe, and share the podcast on social media and with friends. Reviews are greatly appreciated. You can leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Links below  Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/and-another-thing-with-dave/id1498443271 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1HLX3dqSQgeWZNXVZ1Z4EC? Thanks again!!! Follow me and find More of My Content with link below https://linktr.ee/andanotherthingwithdave Thank you to my listeners throughout the world. Now heard in 65 countries. According to Spotify my podcast is in the top 20% of podcasts shared internationally. Listener locations: 71% USA 8% Canada 6% United Kingdom  3% India 3% Australia  1% Ireland 1% Germany And less than 1% in 50 plus countries THANK YOU all !!! #aatwd #andanotherthing #davesmith #podcast #conspiracies #truther #politics #uspolitics #truthseeker #andanotherthgingwithdave #USA #usa #Australia #australia #Ireland #ireland #India #india #Germany #germany #uk #UK #United Kingdom #united kingdom #Canada #canada #PodcastEpisode #AndAnotherThingWithDave #PodcastHost #BillGates #GatesFoundation #Philanthropy #Philanthrocapitalism #GlobalHealth #FoodSystems #ClimateChangeSolutions #RegenerativeFarming #HumanRights #HealthcareEthics #Accountability #RFKJr #EugenicsDebate #NGOImpact #TechMoguls #BillionairePower #GlobalAgenda #Sustainability #ListenNow #PodcastLife #DeepDive #CriticalThinking #GlobalIssues

Bill Gates's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has drawn significant criticism and cast a shadow over his reputation as a philanthropic leader and tech visionary. Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, met with Epstein several times beginning in 2011, after Epstein had already been convicted of soliciting minors in Florida. These meetings, reportedly to discuss philanthropy, raise troubling questions about Gates's judgment and his willingness to engage with a known sex offender. Gates admitted to dining at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse and attending gatherings where other influential figures were present, but his explanations of their interactions have done little to dispel skepticism. Critics argue that Gates's association with Epstein reflects a disturbing willingness to overlook Epstein's criminal past in pursuit of personal or professional gains.The revelations about Gates's connection to Epstein also underscore deeper issues of accountability among powerful men in elite circles. Gates's public persona as a tech mogul turned global humanitarian stands in sharp contrast to his willingness to engage with someone as controversial as Epstein. This hypocrisy has led to calls for greater transparency about the true nature of their relationship and the motivations behind their meetings. Gates has sought to downplay the significance of his ties to Epstein, characterizing them as a mistake, but his actions have fueled public distrust and damaged his carefully cultivated image as a moral and intellectual leader. This controversy serves as yet another reminder of how wealth and influence can insulate individuals from scrutiny, even when their decisions betray glaring lapses in ethics.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-gates-thought-jeffrey-epstein-was-his-ticket-to-a-nobel-ex-staffer-sayshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10573431/Melinda-Gates-slams-Bills-friendship-pedophile-Jeffrey-Epstein-CBS-interview.htmlhttps://nypost.com/2020/05/15/bill-gates-didnt-visit-sex-criminal-jeffrey-epsteins-island-repeatedly/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Il y a dix ans, la Sierra Leone vivait un cauchemar, balayée par l'une des épidémies les plus meurtrières de notre époque. Ebola a fauché plus de 11 000 vies en Afrique de l'Ouest, dont près de 4 000 en Sierra Leone, semant la terreur au-delà des frontières. Si le virus semble endormi, la résurgence de cas en Guinée en 2021 a ravivé les craintes. Aujourd'hui, alors qu'une campagne de vaccination préventive vise à protéger les travailleurs en première ligne, le souvenir de cette tragédie reste vif, porté par des survivants comme Daddy Hassan Kamara et Victoria Yillia, dont les récits résonnent encore. Entre mémoire collective et espoir scientifique, la Sierra Leone cherche à se relever, tout en veillant à ce que l'histoire ne se répète pas. Dans l'arrière-cour d'une petite maison à Masiaka, petite ville nichée à une heure de Freetown, Daddy Hassan Kamara fait défiler les portraits de ses proches disparus. « Voici ma mère, elle a été la première infectée par le virus après un mauvais diagnostic du médecin », raconte ce survivant d'Ebola, le regard perdu dans ses souvenirs. Ignorant qu'elle souffrait d'Ebola, il l'a soignée à mains nues, sans protection, contractant le virus à son tour.« Un jour, des gens sont venus me voir. Ils m'ont dit : "Tu as perdu ton fils, ton père, ta belle-mère et ta femme." Ce mois de novembre, j'ai perdu neuf membres de ma famille. » Ces mots, Daddy Hassan les prononce avec une douleur contenue. Comme lui, des milliers d'autres Sierra-Léonais ont été fauchés par le virus ou ont vu leurs familles décimées.Vaccination préventive : une course contre-la-montre« Ce n'est qu'une question de temps avant que nous enregistrions une nouvelle épidémie d'Ebola », alerte le Dr Desmond Maada Kangbai, chargé de vaccination au sein du ministère de la Santé.Face à cette menace persistante, la Sierra Leone a lancé, le 30 novembre 2024, une campagne de vaccination préventive destinée aux soignants et travailleurs de première ligne. Avec le vaccin Ervebo, administré en une seule dose, les autorités espèrent éviter une répétition de la tragédie de 2014.« Les soignants sont le premier rempart contre Ebola. S'ils ne sont pas protégés, nous risquons de revivre l'enfer d'il y a dix ans », insiste le Dr Kangbai.La campagne, financée par l'Alliance mondiale des vaccins, Gavi, vise à vacciner 20 000 travailleurs de santé et autres acteurs communautaires. Destinée à couvrir les 16 districts du pays, elle bénéficie d'une logistique optimisée : bien qu'exigeant une conservation à -80°C au niveau national, le vaccin peut être stocké entre 2 et 8°C dans les districts, simplifiant ainsi sa distribution.À écouter aussiDix ans après Ebola, la Sierra Leone mise sur la vaccination préventive [1/2]Un hommage aux héros disparus« À Kailahun, j'ai perdu environ 40 de mes collègues », se souvient le Dr James Sylvester Spire, directeur de la surveillance électronique à l'Agence nationale de santé publique, créée après l'épidémie. Cet ancien chef médical régional du district de Kailahun a gardé intact le souvenir des premières heures de l'épidémie.« Lorsque le virus Ebola a commencé à sévir, personne ne voulait aller travailler à Kailahun. L'endroit était extrêmement silencieux ; si on laissait tomber une épingle, on pouvait l'entendre. Tout le monde avait fui les lieux, les gens s'étaient réfugiés dans la brousse ou ailleurs. Moi, j'étais souvent en contact avec les patients, car lors des supervisions, si vous voyez un patient malade, en tant que professionnel de santé, vous devez le soigner. Et c'est ainsi que la plupart des membres du personnel ont été infectés. »Plus loin, à Kenema, troisième plus grande ville de la Sierra-Leone, le docteur Donald Grant se tient devant une grande pierre tombale, sur un terrain poussiéreux. Les noms gravés racontent une tragédie collective : celle des travailleurs de santé tombés au front lors de l'épidémie.« Voici une liste de 40 agents de santé », indique l'ancien responsable médical du district de Kenema, en caressant la pierre du bout des doigts. « Mais ce n'est que pour Kenema. Le bilan national est bien plus lourd. »Sa voix se brise un instant. « Tous, je les connaissais tous. Chaque nom ici représente un collègue, un ami, une perte irréparable. »En 2014, tout commence lorsqu'un individu infecté en Guinée traverse la frontière pour consulter un guérisseur traditionnel en Sierra Leone. La guérisseuse succombe rapidement au virus et ses funérailles, réunissant des centaines de personnes, deviennent un foyer de contagion incontrôlable. À partir de là, la diffusion de la maladie explose.À écouter aussiSierra Leone : reconstruire la santé dix ans après Ebola [2/2]Victoria Yillia : une survivante marquée à jamaisVictoria Yillia est devenue, bien malgré elle, un symbole de la lutte contre Ebola. Elle était le « premier cas confirmé » de la Sierra Leone, diagnostiqué dans le district de Kailahun en 2014.« J'ai attrapé la maladie d'une femme enceinte soignée par la même infirmière qui s'occupait de moi », raconte-t-elle. Transférée à l'hôpital de Kenema, pendant des semaines, Victoria a traversé un véritable calvaire : la fièvre, les douleurs insoutenables et surtout la peur. « Chaque fois qu'on essayait de poser une aiguille pour une perfusion, je saignais abondamment. »Elle a survécu, mais au prix de terribles pertes. « Quand je suis sortie de l'hôpital, mes parents étaient morts. Je ne trouvais que leurs tombes. J'ai perdu environ 21 proches à cause d'Ebola. »Le legs du Dr Sheikh Umar KhanÀ cette époque, la riposte contre Ebola est dirigée par le Dr Sheikh Umar Khan, expert en fièvres hémorragiques et seul virologue du pays.Écartant le diagnostic de la fièvre de Lassa, le Dr Khan met en place des protocoles stricts pour tenter de contenir la maladie. Mais la pression sur le personnel est immense. Beaucoup tombent malades, lui y compris.Le 29 juin 2014, le Dr Khan succombe au virus, laissant un pays en deuil.« C'était comme perdre un général en pleine bataille, se remémore le Dr Donald Grant. Tout le monde était désemparé, pensant que la guerre était déjà perdue. »Une résilience fragileDix ans après, les échos de la tragédie d'Ebola résonnent toujours dans les esprits. Si des progrès ont été réalisés, comme l'établissement de l'Agence nationale de santé publique et la modernisation des infrastructures sanitaires, beaucoup restent à faire.« L'assainissement reste un problème. Les choses les plus basiques n'ont pas encore été réglées. Avoir de l'eau courante relève encore du rêve pour beaucoup. Si vous ne vous attaquez pas à l'assainissement, les maladies comme Ebola continueront d'émerger », avertit le journaliste Umaru Fofana.Pourtant, l'espoir persiste. « Le Dr Khan m'a enseigné à toujours servir l'humanité, quelles que soient les circonstances, conclut le Dr Grant. Nous devons transmettre cette ardeur aux générations futures pour qu'elles poursuivent ce combat. »À écouter aussiEbola : le virus est-il encore une menace ?Ce reportage a été réalisé avec le concours de l'Alliance mondiale des vaccins, Gavi, financée par la fondation Bill and Melinda Gates. 

It's the season for gratitude and reflection. But also, a day for taking stock. As we gather with loved ones, it's worth considering the subtle shifts happening beneath the surface of our communities. The connections that bind us, the acts of generosity that fuel positive change—these are the things that deserve our attention.Ten years ago, nonprofits, the tireless champions of our communities, began to sense a change in the air—a moment of pause, a desire to understand the evolving landscape before taking the next step, a perfectly reasonable response to a world in constant flux.This week, Stacy Palmer, CEO of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, sits down with Carrie to explore the evolution of this space. They explore the findings of the Generosity Commission, acknowledging the dip in traditional giving and volunteering while also recognizing the rise of new forms of engagement. The landscape of giving is changing, and that presents both challenges and opportunities.Amidst this evolution, inspiring figures like Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Scott emerge as trailblazers, reshaping the philanthropic landscape with their bold and transformative giving. They shine a light on the often-overlooked, demonstrating that philanthropy can be a powerful catalyst for positive change, especially when it embraces innovation and challenges traditional norms.How do we ensure that positive momentum continues? Stacy offers a balanced perspective. She celebrates the progress made while also encouraging us to remain vigilant and adaptable. The insights from 1989, when the Chronicle of Philanthropy first highlighted the need for philanthropy to embrace a multicultural America, still resonate today.Carrie and Stacy explore the delicate balance between thoughtful planning and decisive action. They discuss the All In By April campaign, a compelling example of how accelerating philanthropic giving can empower positive change, particularly in support of democracy. This story of proactive engagement is a testament to the power of foresight and collaboration.This week invites you to reflect on each of our own contributions to the story of generosity. Are we building meaningful connections or simply going through the motions? Are we embracing new approaches or clinging to outdated models? The answer, as Carrie and Stacy reveal, lies in the power of relationships, the courage to speak up, and the unwavering commitment to move missions forward together.Links & NotesThe Commons (from the Chronicle of Philanthropy)The Generosity Commission reportGiving TuesdaySolutions Journalism NetworkAll In By April campaign (00:00) - Welcome to Mission Forward (01:58) - Introducing Stacy Palmer (04:28) - Journey into Non-Profit (09:51) - The Generosity Crisis (18:04) - Is Philanthropy Ready for Multi-Cultural America?

Today, we are joined by Polina Marinova Pompliano. Polina Marinova Pompliano is the best-selling author of HIDDEN GENIUS: The Secret Ways of Thinking That Power the World's Most Successful People. She is also the founder of The Profile, a media organization that studies successful people and companies. Previously, she spent five years at FORTUNE where she wrote more than 1,300 articles and earned the trust of prominent investors and entrepreneurs. As the author and editor of Term Sheet, FORTUNE's industry-leading dealmaking newsletter, Polina interviewed the industry's most influential dealmakers, including Melinda Gates, Steve Case, Chamath Palihapitiya, and more. In this episode, we dive into the remarkable story of Holocaust survivor Edith Eger, author of The Choice, and explore her teachings on the distinction between victimization and victimhood. We also discuss the powerful technique of creating an “alter ego” with examples from personalities like David Goggins, Kobe Bryant, and Beyonce. Additionally, we cover the importance of storytelling, effective leadership qualities, building a community, and the crucial differences between solitude and loneliness. Tune in for inspiring lessons on mental resilience, leadership, and personal growth. - Website and live online programs: http://ims-online.com Blog: https://blog.ims-online.com/ Podcast: https://ims-online.com/podcasts/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesagood/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlesgood99 Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:49) Tip: Victimhood vs. Victimization (03:48) Technique: Mental Resilience (04:39) Tool: The Power of Alter Egos (08:17) Tool: Storytelling as a Skill (11:15) Tip: Qualities of Great Leaders (16:22) Tip: Building and Engaging Communities (20:46) Tip: Solitude vs. Loneliness (23:08) Tip: Betting on Yourself (27:27) Conclusion

Today, we are joined by Polina Marinova Pompliano. Polina Marinova Pompliano is the best-selling author of HIDDEN GENIUS: The Secret Ways of Thinking That Power the World's Most Successful People. She is also the founder of The Profile, a media organization that studies successful people and companies. Previously, she spent five years at FORTUNE where she wrote more than 1,300 articles and earned the trust of prominent investors and entrepreneurs. As the author and editor of Term Sheet, FORTUNE's industry-leading dealmaking newsletter, Polina interviewed the industry's most influential dealmakers, including Melinda Gates, Steve Case, Chamath Palihapitiya, and more. In this episode, we discuss Polina's inspiring journey of a seasoned journalist who turned her passion for profiling extraordinary people into a successful newsletter, The Profile. From her beginnings at high school journalism to working at Fortune magazine, she shares insights into what differentiates great profiles from average ones. Learn about her methods, the importance of consistency, and the creative techniques that have allowed her to interview fascinating individuals like James Clear and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. - Website and live online programs: http://ims-online.com Blog: https://blog.ims-online.com/ Podcast: https://ims-online.com/podcasts/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesagood/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlesgood99 Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (04:15) Tool: The Tomato Sauce Theory of Profile Writing (06:33) Tip: Difference Between Profiles and Biographies (12:44) Tip: The Power of Consistency and Trust (14:59) Tip: Learning vs. Idolizing (18:51) Technique: Cultivating Creativity (25:50) Conclusion

The history between Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein was kept hidden for quite some time and still to this day, Bill Gates still refuses to admit the extent of his relationship with Epstein. His wife, however, is going on the record and saying that Bill's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was enough to give her nightmares.(Commercial at 17:34)To contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10573431/Melinda-Gates-slams-Bills-friendship-pedophile-Jeffrey-Epstein-CBS-interview.htmlBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Behind the Scenes with Dr. Abby: Celebrity Relationships, Loyalty, and Reputation in the SpotlightThis week's PR Breakdown Live episode on Patreon takes a deep dive into celebrity relationships, loyalty, and the challenges of managing public perception. With Dr. Abby Metcalf joining as a special guest, this lively discussion covers how fame and success impact high-profile relationships, what drives public reputation, and the complexities that unfold when loyalty and fame collide.Episode Highlights:Celebrity Relationships and Fame: Dr. Abby shares insights on why high-profile figures often face unique relationship challenges, covering famous couples such as:Patrick and Brittany Mahomes – How their relationship evolved from high school sweethearts to a branded partnership.Shaquille O'Neal and Snoop Dogg – Examples of loyalty in long-term relationships amidst public careers.Jon Bon Jovi – Insights on long-term celebrity marriages and why some last despite the spotlight.Infidelity and Opportunity in Hollywood: A look into why fame often leads to temptation, featuring:Bruce Springsteen, Justin Hartley, Ethan Slater – When fame tests loyalty.Bill and Melinda Gates, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez – Dr. Abby discusses why many high-profile breakups happen later in life, touching on the concept of “gray divorce.”Public Reputation and Redemption: A discussion on reputation management, with a focus on:Ellen DeGeneres – Molly's take on Ellen's career shifts, her latest Netflix special, and how handling public perception impacts her legacy.Upcoming Masterclass on Managing Online Backlash: A sneak peek into the November 6th masterclass focused on handling backlash and protecting brand reputation, designed for communication professionals and anyone facing public scrutiny.For more exclusive content, weekly insights, and live discussions, listeners are invited to join the Patreon community for full access to PR Breakdown Live.Join us next week for more expert PR insights and behind-the-scenes stories!Join Molly on Patreon for even deeper dives into celebrity PR strategies and exclusive live sessions! Follow Molly for daily updates and more PR insights: TikTok: @mollybmcpherson Patreon: Patreon.com/mollymcpherson Connect with Molly: pillar.io/mollymcpherson © 2024 The PR Breakdown with Molly McPherson

Selon l'ONG Global Witness, c'est en 2023 en Colombie, où se réunissent à Cali les négociateurs de près de 200 pays pour s'entendre sur la sauvegarde de la nature, que le plus grand nombre d'assassinats de défenseurs de l'environnement au monde a été enregistré. Et les peuples autochtones sont en première ligne. A l'occasion de cette grande conférence qui se tient à Cali jusqu'au 1er novembre, nous rediffusons donc un épisode de notre série Sur la Terre, consacré aux Kogis. Les Kogis, qui vénèrent la "Terre mère", et vivent dans la plus haute chaîne de montagnes côtières du monde, la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta en Colombie sont de plus en plus écoutés par les scientifiques, comme d'autres peuples autochtones, après de longs siècles de mépris.D'autant que plusieurs études ont montré que les populations autochtones vivent sur des territoires représentant 80% de la biodiversité mondiale. Première diffusion : 6 juillet 2023. Intervenants : Arregocès Coronado Zarabata, directeur d'école Kogi, Luciano Mascote Conchacala, sage (“Mama”) kogi, Eric Julien, géographe et fondateur de l'association Tchendukua , Monica Hernandez Morcillo , Ingénieure forestière, University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde (Allemagne), Melissa K. Nelson, professeure de développement durable autochtone, Arizona State University. Réalisation : Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer. Composition musicale: Nicolas Vair avec Irma Cabrero-Abanto et Sebastian Villanueva.Un grand merci à Loïc Le Meur et à Paua d'avoir autorisé cette rencontre.Sur la Terre est une série de podcasts et de textes réalisée par l'AFP Audio, en partenariat avec The Conversation qui part à la recherche de solutions pour surmonter la crise climatique et écologique, avec rigueur et esprit critique. Notre série a été financée par le Centre européen de journalisme dans le cadre du projet Journalisme de solutions, soutenu par la fondation Bill & Melinda Gates. L'AFP et The Conversation ont conservé leur indépendance éditoriale à chaque étape du projet. Pour joindre l'équipe de l'AFP Audio écrivez-vous à podcast@afp.com ou laissez-nous une note vocale : au + 33 6 79 77 38 45. A très bientôt ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

The history between Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein was kept hidden for quite some time and still to this day, Bill Gates still refuses to admit the extent of his relationship with Epstein. His wife, however, is going on the record and saying that Bill's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was enough to give her nightmares.(Commercial at 17:34)To contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10573431/Melinda-Gates-slams-Bills-friendship-pedophile-Jeffrey-Epstein-CBS-interview.htmlBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

"Control is not the answer. Connection is."In this episode of the Business is Human podcast, Rebecca Fleetwood Hession sits down with Psychotherapist and Keynote Speaker Patricia Bathory to explore how staying connected and grounded drives personal and professional growth for leaders. They discuss how cultivating meaningful relationships helps leaders face challenges, embrace vulnerability, and let go of the need for control. Patricia highlights the importance of building a strong inner circle, or “village council,” that can offer guidance and support throughout a leader's journey.Patricia also addresses common misconceptions about success, pointing out that while money and titles aren't the ultimate goal, they are powerful tools for creating influence and making a positive impact. Drawing on examples from leaders like Melinda Gates and Oprah Winfrey, the conversation emphasizes staying open to growth and change, urging leaders to remain curious and courageous as they evolve.In this episode, you'll learn:How “connectedness” help leaders grow and succeedWhy money and titles should be used as tools for greater impactThe importance of embracing change and staying curious for personal and professional growthThings to listen for:(00:00) Intro(05:58) The journey to writing 'Connected'(09:39) Never limit yourself(13:38) “Don't deny yourself the possibility of a full and purposeful life”(15:57) Managing expectations in relationships(19:16) Not all relationships can be repaired(21:52) How identity and purpose plays into relationships(24:07) Finding purpose beyond your title(26:03) Success is more than just the money or title(30:41) The power of having a “village council”Connect with Patricia:Website: https://pbathory.com/home/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciabathory/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patibathory/?hl=enConnect with Rebecca:https://www.rebeccafleetwoodhession.com/

(2:00) FEMA's Hellene on EarthWSJ says insurance companies are likely to stiff policy holders and disavow claimsDeSantis shows other governors what THEY can do — tells FEMA the state of Florida will handle the emergency and he sends National Guard to NC to do what Dem Gov Cooper won't doLindsey Graham reaches an all new level of contempt — kicks Americans to the curb for his support of war and IsraelLala sends $157M to Lebanon — Americans can go to HeleneMTG can't wait to give FEMA director a tongue lashing  but the GOP Congress will continue to fund FEMA and Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't care enough to bring Congress back until AFTER their electionLala the "Broadband Czar" - $42 BILLION for rural internet and not a single project underway 3 years later as FEMA blocks Starlink service being delivered to Helene victimsWalz donors, corporate contractors, gave him just under a MILLION and reaped $15 BILLION in contractsWATCH Biden's incoherence, apathy, lies, and contempt for Helen victims is beyond beliefDolly Parton donates $2 MILLION for Helene victims — stands virtually alone out of celebritiesWho do you believe? FEMA or the people on the ground?(1:09:18) Melania confirms Barron has autism.  Remember when we were told that Trump was anti-vax because Barron had autism?  Melania doesn't talk about WHY he has autism but makes it about "bullying" — an LGBT staple (1:13:54) Sheriff Deputizes Everyone to Fight Lockdown An example of why political power is exactly OPPOSITE of what they're telling you (1:19:31) Fluoride — Unsafe, Now Proven Ineffective Since when do we medicate public by dumping even a safe, effective "medicine" into the water supply? (1:30:53) Homeschools vs Public Education — A parallel society example that could be used for Health Care vs. Medical Industrial Complex? How & why did homeschooling become the only example of liberty increasing in an increasingly tyrannical and centrally controlled world? (1:54:39) WEF War Against Home Gardens They want to destroy independent farms and now there's a war on home gardens (even house plants).  CO2 is like "preferred pronouns" — we've got to stop playing their games and stop them from defining the terms of engagement (2:06:36) UK Chicken Rebellion In the UK the public has responded to a demand to register & license every single backyard chicken or even pet birds with a "malicious compliance".  As part of the Chicken MacGuffin, a flock has now been redefined as "1" bird.  What should we call a group of politicians?  A "gaggle"?  A "murder"? (2:17:36) Western governments (NATO) goes to war against our own power grids UK has most expensive, unreliable power and we're following the same script that got them there.  Is "carbon sequestration" the dumbest thing Greens have ever come up with? (2:40:59)North Korea's Kim thinks he's godMelania and Trump "family values" — porn, abortion, money, trafficking, Epstein.  We know what she is, she's just haggling about the price people will pay her to hawk her bookWill Melania become Melinda Gates after Trump? (He's 24 years older than her)Presidential? Trump hawks, NFTs, Melania porn, Bibles, $100,000 watches and cryptoWalz talks about his "faith" — how does he fit child mutilation and grooming into his compassionate "faith"?American Academy of Pediatricians (67,000 members) throws out de-transitioners who want to warn others about their suffering as the pediatricians embrace "transition" mutilationFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

(2:00) FEMA's Hellene on EarthWSJ says insurance companies are likely to stiff policy holders and disavow claimsDeSantis shows other governors what THEY can do — tells FEMA the state of Florida will handle the emergency and he sends National Guard to NC to do what Dem Gov Cooper won't doLindsey Graham reaches an all new level of contempt — kicks Americans to the curb for his support of war and IsraelLala sends $157M to Lebanon — Americans can go to HeleneMTG can't wait to give FEMA director a tongue lashing  but the GOP Congress will continue to fund FEMA and Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't care enough to bring Congress back until AFTER their electionLala the "Broadband Czar" - $42 BILLION for rural internet and not a single project underway 3 years later as FEMA blocks Starlink service being delivered to Helene victimsWalz donors, corporate contractors, gave him just under a MILLION and reaped $15 BILLION in contractsWATCH Biden's incoherence, apathy, lies, and contempt for Helen victims is beyond beliefDolly Parton donates $2 MILLION for Helene victims — stands virtually alone out of celebritiesWho do you believe? FEMA or the people on the ground?(1:09:18) Melania confirms Barron has autism.  Remember when we were told that Trump was anti-vax because Barron had autism?  Melania doesn't talk about WHY he has autism but makes it about "bullying" — an LGBT staple (1:13:54) Sheriff Deputizes Everyone to Fight Lockdown An example of why political power is exactly OPPOSITE of what they're telling you (1:19:31) Fluoride — Unsafe, Now Proven Ineffective Since when do we medicate public by dumping even a safe, effective "medicine" into the water supply? (1:30:53) Homeschools vs Public Education — A parallel society example that could be used for Health Care vs. Medical Industrial Complex? How & why did homeschooling become the only example of liberty increasing in an increasingly tyrannical and centrally controlled world? (1:54:39) WEF War Against Home Gardens They want to destroy independent farms and now there's a war on home gardens (even house plants).  CO2 is like "preferred pronouns" — we've got to stop playing their games and stop them from defining the terms of engagement (2:06:36) UK Chicken Rebellion In the UK the public has responded to a demand to register & license every single backyard chicken or even pet birds with a "malicious compliance".  As part of the Chicken MacGuffin, a flock has now been redefined as "1" bird.  What should we call a group of politicians?  A "gaggle"?  A "murder"? (2:17:36) Western governments (NATO) goes to war against our own power grids UK has most expensive, unreliable power and we're following the same script that got them there.  Is "carbon sequestration" the dumbest thing Greens have ever come up with? (2:40:59)North Korea's Kim thinks he's godMelania and Trump "family values" — porn, abortion, money, trafficking, Epstein.  We know what she is, she's just haggling about the price people will pay her to hawk her bookWill Melania become Melinda Gates after Trump? (He's 24 years older than her)Presidential? Trump hawks, NFTs, Melania porn, Bibles, $100,000 watches and cryptoWalz talks about his "faith" — how does he fit child mutilation and grooming into his compassionate "faith"?American Academy of Pediatricians (67,000 members) throws out de-transitioners who want to warn others about their suffering as the pediatricians embrace "transition" mutilationFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

In this episode of the "Dancing in the Discomfort Zone" podcast, host Anne Bonney sits down with Jasmine Brett Stringer, a professional speaker, TV personality, and author on a mission to help people live empowered and authentic lives. Wwe talked about:Embracing Uncertainty and Pursuing Happiness: Jasmine shares how a pivotal moment of being laid off from her corporate job led her to courageously pursue her "secret dream" of becoming a speaker and coach, helping others seize their lives.Living Authentically and Practicing Positive Psychology: Jasmine discusses the importance of living authentically, connecting with oneself, and incorporating positive psychology practices like gratitude, mindfulness, and drawing on past experiences to overcome challenges.The Power of Human Connection: Jasmine emphasizes the vital role of authentic connections and vulnerability in a world that often feels disconnected, sharing her personal practice of sending handwritten cards to nurture relationships.Dreaming Big and Seizing Opportunities: Jasmine recounts serendipitous encounters with Oprah Winfrey and the unexpected gift of concert tickets to see Janet Jackson, highlighting the importance of being open to life's surprises when you're living with intention.Prioritizing Goals and Saying No: Anne shares her own journey as a running influencer, underscoring the need to intentionally prioritize one's goals and say no to non-essential activities in order to live a fulfilling life.This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking inspiration and practical strategies to live more empowered, authentic, and intentional lives. Jasmine's infectious energy and wisdom provide a roadmap for seizing the day and embracing the discomfort of personal growth.Want more from Jasmine?  Here ya go.  Website: www.jasminebrettstringer.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarpeDiemwithJasmine Twitter: https://twitter.com/carpediemjbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carpediemjbs/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminestringer/We also talked aboutAuthentic Happiness by Martin Seligman https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/https://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Happiness-Psychology-Potential-Fulfillment/dp/0743222989Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates https://www.momentoflift.com/the-moment-of-lift Jasmine Brett Stringer is a keynote speaker, award-winning author of Seize Your Life: How to Carpe Diem Every Day, on-air TV personality, and host of the podcast and lifestyle blog Carpe Diem with Jasmine. Jasmine is on a mission to help people live empowered and authentic lives. Through her Seize Your Life keynotes, workshops, and customized coaching sessions, Jasmine guides clients and audiences through a simple process to identify their goals and achieve their personal definition of success. She graduated from American University's Kogod Sch

This week I am talking with Kimothy Joy, the author of “Extraordinary Wing Women: True Stories of Life-Altering, World-Changing Sisterhood,” “Focus Pocus: A 90-Day Guided Journal,” and “That's What She Said: Wise Words from Influential Women.” A Denver-based artist and author who combines watercolor and hand lettering to create artwork that uplifts and inspires women worldwide, Kimothy has collaborated with the Women's March on Washington, the US Women's National Soccer Team, Gucci and Melinda Gates, just to name a few. We covered: - How following her curiosity into painting watercolors in her journal went took her from “just a person painting my feeling” to “a career” - How motherhood impacted her creative process - How her creativity ebbs and flows, and how she learned to accept those ebbs and flows because “the more I resist, the more painful it is” - Learning how to untie her sense of self-worth from how much she was producing on any given day - How time spent outside sparks both mindfulness and creativity - The inspiration for her Focus Pocus 90-day journal - The concept of creative hygiene - The tools she uses to catch her creative ideas when they come Big thanks to our sponsor, AquaTru.com. Use promo code KATE to save 20% off a reverse osmosis water filter and support this podcast! For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of "All About Capital Campaigns," hosts Amy Eisenstein and Andrea Kihlstedt dive into the transformative power of women in philanthropy with their special guest, Kathleen Loehr. Kathleen, a leading expert on women's giving and author of "Gender Matters: A Guide to Growing Women's Philanthropy," shares her deep insights on the unique ways women approach charitable giving and why they are often the unseen yet significant donors in capital campaigns. Kathleen discusses the rising wealth among women and how they are becoming key decision-makers in philanthropy, often giving more and in different ways compared to their male counterparts. She highlights the importance of curiosity in fundraising, encouraging organizations to ask insightful questions and truly understand the motivations and values of women donors. Kathleen also challenges the traditional fundraising practices that were established with male donors in mind, emphasizing the need to adapt these strategies to better resonate with women and other unseen donors. Throughout the episode, Kathleen offers practical advice on how to engage women donors effectively, from data mining and asking the right questions to understanding the complexities of women's relationships with money. She also touches on the growing trend of collective giving among women and how role models like MacKenzie Scott and Melinda Gates are inspiring more women to make significant contributions. Whether you're a seasoned fundraiser or new to the world of capital campaigns, this episode is packed with valuable insights that will help you better engage with women donors and unlock their full philanthropic potential. Don't miss out on this enlightening conversation that could transform your approach to fundraising. Tune in to learn how you can start seeing and valuing the unseen donors in your campaigns! For more free capital campaign resources, visit https://capitalcampaignpro.com/campaign-resources.

Lauren beats the summer heat with New York Times reporter Jessica Testa. They ask: Who is a Miu Miu girl, really? Why were the closing ceremony outfits at the Paris Olympics so boring? And who's behind Melinda French Gates' glow-up? Finally, the duo preview New York Fashion Week. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Subscribe to Mamamia The US election became... weirder. It seems a school-yard insult has become the most effective political strategy and the man who coined it is has just become Kamala Harris' right-hand man. We unpack. Plus, a teenager with a big heavy medal, worms in the village food and a very hot man sleeping in a park… Yes, it's our very non-expert Olympic round-up.   And, the truth council friendship theory. One of the world's richest women says she runs every big decision by three specific women and what she doesn't tell them that says the most. What To Listen To Next:  Listen to our latest episode: Mia's ADHD… Now Listen: Unpacking The Olympic Boxing Gender Panic Listen: The Biggest Try-Hards In Paris Listen: A Gold Medal In Olympic Perving Listen: Two Icons. One Logie. Internet Beef. Listen: Joe Finally Listened (To Jill?) Listen to Cancelled: Sex. Nudity. Scandals: We Need To Talk About The Olympics Enter Lazy Gewl Giveaways here! Use code VACAY20 for 20% off a yearly subscription. Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts  Sign up to the Mamamia Out Loud Newsletter for all our recommendations and behind-the-scenes content in one place.  Want to try our new exercise app? Click here to start a seven-day free trial of MOVE by Mamamia  What To Read:  Read: If you're loving the Olympics, put this Games-inspired playlist on repeat. Read: 'Where the f**k is Ben Affleck?': Why Hollywood's biggest stars haven't been seen striking. Read: In 2020, BMX put Kai in a coma. Now his sister Saya has won in the same event at the 2024 Olympics. Read: How a chocolate muffin became the most talked about part of the Olympic Village. GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We're listening. Send us an email at outloud@mamamia.com.au Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show. Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud CREDITS: Hosts: Holly Wainwright, Mia Freedman & Jessie Stephens Producer: Emeline Gazilas Audio Production: Leah Porges Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bill Gates' relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has been a subject of significant controversy, particularly regarding Gates' alleged aspirations for a Nobel Peace Prize. Gates met Epstein multiple times between 2011 and 2014, even though Epstein had been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008. Gates hoped that Epstein's connections could help him secure the prestigious award.A former employee of the Gates Foundation claimed that Gates was willing to overlook Epstein's criminal past in pursuit of the Nobel Prize. Gates believed Epstein could introduce him to influential people who might support his candidacy for the prize. This ambition was so important to Gates that it reportedly caused tension with his then-wife, Melinda Gates, who was strongly opposed to any association with Epstein and cited it as a factor contributing to their divorce.Gates has since acknowledged that meeting with Epstein was a significant mistake, and he has attempted to distance himself from any substantial relationship with Epstein. However, reports and testimonies from former staffers continue to highlight Gates' desire to leverage Epstein's network to achieve his goal of winning the Nobel Peace Prize.In this episode, we dive in!(commercial at 13:44)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Bill Gates is desperate for what he can't buy: a Nobel Prize (nypost.com)

EPISODE #63:  Welcome Back! Apologies for the delay this week, Mike Solana came down with a bad case of strep throat. But we're still delivering the pod! Nic Carter is here to give us the latest update on Bitcoin & Crypto after Trump mentioned Operation Chokepoint 2.0 at the Bitcoin Conference. Crypto money is started to change the landscape of elections. We then get into VCs for Kamala, Google searches editing Trump's assassination attempt, controversy at the Olympics involving an intersex boxer, and Melinda Gates philanthropic mission to destroy us all. Enjoy! Featuring Mike Solana, Brandon Gorrell, Sanjana Friedman, Nic Carter We have partnered with Polymarket! Insights into everything from election coverage to astronauts stuck in space: https://polymarket.com Sign Up To Pirate Wires For Free! https://piratewires.co/free_newsletter Topics Discussed: https://www.piratewires.com/p/crypto-choke-point?f=home https://www.piratewires.com/p/is-silicon-valley-shifting-right?f=home Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana Brandon Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandongorrell Sanjana Twitter: https://twitter.com/metaversehell Nic Twitter: https://x.com/nic__carter TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod! 0:50 - Solana Had Strep Throat - Welcome Nic Carter To The Pod! 1:50 - Operation Chokepoint 2.0 - Trump At BTC Conference Mentions Pirate Wires Piece 12:50 - Crypto Money Is Starting To Change Elections 16:00 - VCs For Kamala 25:40 - Google's Bizarre Search Results - Are They Hiding Trump Results To Help Sway The Election? 36:15 - Astronauts Stuck In Space! What Are The Odds They'll Make It Home? - Sponsored By Polymaket  41:50 - Nic's First MMA Fight! 46:15 - Olympics Controversy! Internet Erupts After Boxing Match With An Intersex Boxer From Algeria 1:03:25 - Attack Of The Ex-Billionaire Wives!  1:15:40 - Biggest Lesson That Nic Learned While Training For MMA Fight 1:17:10 - Thanks For Watching! Like & Subscribe - See You Next Week! #podcast #technology #politics #culture

Watch this video Right Now at our independent platform: https://remnant-tv.com/v/1192?channelName=RemnantTV Parents, please note: The topic of eugenics necessarily includes mention of certain contraceptives. Therefore, this interview may not be suitable for your children. Parental discretion is advised. In Britain in 1921, a eugenic society was founded to create a race of well-formed, well-endowed, beautiful men and women. The Society for Constructive Birth Control and Racial Progress, founded by Marie Stopes (later known as the UK's Margaret Sanger) aimed to increase the offspring of the wise, healthy and well-to-do while reducing the progeny of the poor, weak and unemployed. It lobbied Parliament to pass laws to compulsorily sterilize "undesirables" and set up a clinic to achieve the "reduction of the birth rate at the wrong part and increase of the birth rate at the right end of the social scale." Marie Stopes was opposed by a Catholic, Dr. Halliday Sutherland, who fought her all the way to the highest courts and won, but Stopes' work lives on, though the eugenicists of today have changed their name and mask their agendas with promises of paradise, convenience, and the greater good. The connection between these early eugenics societies and the bill and Melinda Gates foundation is absolute. This is not the first time that evil in power has attempted to reduce the global population. Nor was it the first time in 1921, but though the cult of death back then was in its nascent stages, its true goals could already be discovered: “good breeding” means eugenics; “good death”, euthanasia. In this Underground Interview, Michael Matt brings in Mark Sutherland, grandson of Dr. Halliday Sutherland, to help you fully grasp the nuances and agenda of the Death Culture Vultures, to recognize their handiwork in so many facets of our modern society, and to open the forum to the discussions which must take place if we are to fight back effectively. Contact Mark Sutherland on X (formerly Twitter) to request speaking engagements. His handle is: @MarkHSutherland Mark Sutherland is a facilitator and executive coach who lives with his wife and son in Sydney. Educated at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, Mark has worked in banking, financial services and investment. He also served in the British Army's oldest regiment, the Honourable Artillery Company, in London. Mark is the author (with Neil Sutherland) of Exterminating Poverty: The true story of the eugenic plan to get rid of the poor, and the Scottish doctor who fought against it. Mark's highest qualification is a master's degree from the Australian Graduate School of Management. He curates and writes articles for hallidaysutherland.com a website celebrating the life and work of Dr Halliday Sutherland. Exterminating Poverty is his first book. Support RTV: https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/donate-today Follow Michael Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Michael_J_Matt Sign up for Michael Matt's Weekly E-Letter: https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/subscribe-today/free-remnant-updates Subscribe to The Remnant Newspaper, print and/or digital versions available: https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/subscribe-today Listen to Michael Matt's podcasts: SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1AdkCDFfR736CqcGw2Uvd0 APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-michael-j-matt-show/id1563298989

Founder Amy-Willard Cross discusses the mission and operations of Gender Fair, the first consumer rating system for gender equality. Gender Fair aims to measure and promote gender equality within consumer-facing companies by utilizing data and the UN Women Empowerment Principles. Amy highlights the importance of transparency and data-driven insights to create social change, emphasizing that gender equality in corporate practices benefits not just women but overall fairness in the workplace. Gender Fair evaluates companies across five categories: women in leadership, employee policies, diversity reporting, supplier diversity, and philanthropy for women. Amy also shares how Gender Fair has incorporated technology to increase its impact, including an app and browser extension that allow consumers to easily access company ratings on gender equality. These tools enable users to make informed purchasing decisions based on a company's gender equality practices. The app features functionalities like barcode scanning and logo recognition to provide real-time information about products. Amy emphasizes the significance of making gender equality data accessible and actionable for consumers, believing that collective consumer power can drive corporate accountability and fairness. Throughout the conversation, Amy discusses the challenges and successes of building Gender Fair, the importance of leveraging economic power for social change, and the role of technology in facilitating gender fairness. She also touches on the broader impact of Gender Fair's work in promoting fair business practices and the potential for future expansions, such as a B2B database for procurement. Gender Fair (https://www.genderfair.com/) Follow Gender Fair on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/begenderfair/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GenderFair/), or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/genderfair). Follow Amy-Willard Cross on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-willard-cross-genderfair/). Follow thoughtbot on X (https://twitter.com/thoughtbot) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/150727/). Transcript: CHAD: This is the Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots podcast, where we explore the design, development, and business of great products. I'm your host, Chad Pytel, and with me today is Amy-Willard Cross, the Founder of Gender Fair, the first consumer rating system for gender equality. Amy, thank you so much for joining me. AMY-WILLARD: Well, I'm very happy to be talking to robots, giant and small. CHAD: [laughs] We'll try not to smash into each other too much on this show. I think we probably have a lot to learn from each other rather than conflicting. AMY-WILLARD: I think so. CHAD: Let's just get started by digging in a little bit to what Gender Fair actually is in terms of what we mean when we say a consumer rating system for gender equality. AMY-WILLARD: It's about data. So, I was originally a journalist. I've written for a living my whole life: books, magazines, articles [laughs], you know, radio shows. I wanted to do something to promote equality in the world. And I realized that data is one way that you can want to have commercial value. Data has value that isn't, like, just blah, blah, blogging, and also, data can create social change. So, I decided to do something like, you know, we know fair trade has created great change as has, you know, marine stewards certified. And also, I was inspired by something that the Human Rights Campaign, the LGBTQ organization, does, which is called the Guide to Corporate Equality. So, our goal is to measure how companies do on gender and then share that with the public. And I didn't just make this up. We use a set of principles called the UN Women Empowerment Principles, which look at eight different sort of areas of an organization. And so, we created metrics that are based on these UN Women Empowerment Principles and also based on what is findable in the public record. We rate consumer-facing public companies, you know, like Unilever, Procter & Gamble, the shampoos that you use, the cars that you buy, the airplanes you ride on. And we look at five major categories, such as, like, women in leadership. We look at employee policies like parental leave, and flex time, part-time, summer Fridays. I'll be curious to know what you do at Giant Robot. I bet you have good ones. And then, we also look at diversity reporting. Our company is upfront with their attempt to bring more diversity into the workforce and also supplier diversity. I don't know, are you familiar with supplier diversity, Chad? CHAD: I am because we often are a supplier, so... AMY-WILLARD: You are. So, when they ask you if you're diverse...but one way companies, especially the big companies that we rate on this public database, they can make a big impact by trying to buy from women and minority-owned businesses, right? When procurement spending is huge. That's a metric that people may not know as well, but it's one that I would encourage every business to undertake because it's not that expensive. And you could just intentionally try to move capital into communities that are not typically the most rewarded. The last category that we measure is philanthropy for women, and that's important. People say, "Well, why do you measure philanthropy?" One, because the amount of philanthropy that goes to women and girls is 1.5% of all donations, and it used to be 1.8. So, pets get more money than women. I don't know how that makes you feel, Chad, but it doesn't make me feel very happy. I mean, I suppose if you're Monster Beverage and you don't have any women clientele, one, it's okay if you don't score well on your gender metrics; just meet the basic fairness. But maybe Monster Beverage doesn't have to donate to the community of women. But if you're making billions of dollars a year selling a shampoo, I would sort of think it's fair to ask that there's some capital that goes back the other way towards the community of women. So, that's the measurement. So, we could do it...and we do it for small companies like yours, too. I imagine your company would do well from the little bit I've talked to people on your staff. It sounds like you have a lot of women in leadership. And I don't know your policies yet, but I'm sure you...I bet in Massachusetts I know you have parental leave anyway in the state, but you're a more progressive state. But I think this is something that all of your listeners can benefit from is putting a gender lens on their operations because a gender lens is a fairness lens. And it includes usually, you know, this includes people who are not just all the same men, White men. So, it helps all businesses sort of operate in a more fair way to put a gender lens on their operations. And it's not hard to do. CHAD: So, one of the things that jumped out at me, in addition to just the Gender Fair mission, as I was learning about Gender Fair, is that you have an app and a browser extension. And so, that's part of why you're on the show, not only do we care about the impact you're having. AMY-WILLARD: That's right. Yeah [laughs]. CHAD: But you're a tech company. Did you always know as you got started that you were going to be making an app and a browser extension? AMY-WILLARD: Well, yes, that was the beginning because you have data. You have to make it used. You have to make it available, right? Personally, I like to see it on packages. But yes, we've had two iterations of the app, and I'm sure it could always get better and better. The current one has a barcode scanner and, also, it can look at a logo and tell you, "Oh, this soda pop is not gender fair. Try this soda pop, which is gender fair." And it can make you a shopping list and stuff like that. But, you know, tech is only good if people use it, so I hope they do. I mean, the idea is making it more accessible to people, right? I would like to have it as a filter, some easy tech. We've talked to big retailers before about having a filter put on online shopping sites, right? So, if I can choose fair-trade coffee, why can't I choose gender-fair shampoo? I like it when people can use technology to create more fairness, right? If this is a great benefit to us if technology can take this journalism we do and make it accessible and available and in your hand for someone, you can do it in the store, for Pete's sake. You could just go on the store shelf, and that's pretty liberating, isn't it? When you think of it. It should be easy to know how the companies from which you buy are doing on values that you care about. So, I never really thought of it as a tech. I wish it was better tech, but, you know, I'd need millions and millions of dollars to do that. CHAD: [laughs] Had you ever built in any of your prior companies, or had been directly responsible for the creation of an app? AMY-WILLARD: No, but I did actually once when I worked at the major women's magazine in Canada, I did hire the person who created the first online sort of magazine in Canada, and she made money, so I felt good about that. I plucked her from...she was working as sort of tech support at the major...what do you call those? Internet providers in Canada. But no, I had not, and so I relied on experts. I had a friend who was on the board of Southby, and he helped me find a tech team. I went through a few of them and, you know, it's hard to find. Like, where do you go and find people who will build something for you when you're a novice, right? As a journalist, I don't really know anything about building technology, and I certainly wasn't about to start at my age. It was definitely a voyage of discovery and learning, and I don't think I really learned much coding myself. CHAD: That's okay. AMY-WILLARD: That's okay [laughs]. CHAD: But was there something that sort of surprised you that you didn't anticipate in the process of creating a digital app? AMY-WILLARD: Oh gosh. Well, you know, of course, it's difficult, and there's lots of iterations, and there's lots of bugs. And in every business, mistakes are part of what people...in the construction industry, they'll tell you, "Mistakes are just going to happen every day. You just have to figure out how to fix each one." But, no, it's a difficult road. So yeah, I wish I could have coded it myself. I wish I could have done it myself, but I could not. But yeah, it's good learning. And, of course, you know, I think anyone who's going to start building a company with technology...if it were me now 10 years ago, I would have actually done some coding classes so I could just even communicate better to people who were building for me. But I did learn something, but not really enough. But it's a very interesting partnership, that's for sure. CHAD: And there is a lot of online classes now... AMY-WILLARD: Right [laughs]. CHAD: If someone is out there thinking, oh, you know, maybe that's good advice. And there's a lot of opportunities for sort of an on-ramp, and you don't need to become an expert. AMY-WILLARD: No. CHAD: But, like you said, even just knowing the vocabulary can be helpful. AMY-WILLARD: I think that would have been useful. Yeah, definitely useful. But I definitely, like, you learn a little bit as a text-based person. You learn the rigor of just sort of, like, you have to think in ones and zeros. It either is or isn't. That helps. I learned that a little bit in working with tech devs. The last version we did actually white labeled off of someone who had created a technology to do with...it was to do with building communities online. And their project failed, but it had enough backbone that we were able to efficiently build what we needed to on top of what they built. CHAD: Oh, that's really...was it someone you knew already, or how did you get connected? AMY-WILLARD: Yes, they knew one of our partners in New York. We tried it first as a community project. It didn't really work. And then, we realized it could actually hold our data at the same time. So, my first iteration of the app was different. But yeah, anyway, we've built it a couple of times, and I could build it even more times... CHAD: [laughs] AMY-WILLARD: And make it even better and better. CHAD: So, on the sort of company side of you've worked with companies like Procter & Gamble, MasterCard, Microsoft, do you find it difficult to convince companies to participate? AMY-WILLARD: What we do is data journalism. We don't contact the companies. We have researchers. We have journalists go and look through the SEC data and CSR reports and collect the data points on which we measure them. So, no one has to cooperate with us to get the data. It's journalism. It's not opt-in surveys, which is a very common...when I first started, no one was measuring women, and now there's lots of different measurements. And they're often pay-to-play surveys, so they're not really very valuable. Ours is objective and fully transparent journalism. But then afterwards, our business model how we typically used to pay for this is that companies that did well on our index were then invited to be quote, "certified." And this was a business model that was sort of suggested to us at the Clinton Global Initiative, to which I belonged in 2016. And they loved what we were doing, using the free market to drive gender equality. Because, you know, our whole point is that women and people who care about women and equality, we have a lot of power as consumers, or as taxpayers, or as tuition payers, or as donors to nonprofits. And whenever you give money to an organization or a company, you have the right to sort of ask questions about the fairness of that organization. Well, that's our whole ethic, really. I answered that question and came around to a different idea, but yes, no. So, the companies do participate to be certified, and some of them are interested and some of them are not, and that's fine. We do projects with them sort of like when we...we've talked about MasterCard, and we did a big conference with them in New York. This is pre-pandemic. And then, we did a big, global exhibit with P&G, and Eli Lilly, and Microsoft at TED Global, which was very fun. It was all about fairness. And it was great to talk to technologists such as yourself. And we made a booth about fairness in general, not just about women. And we had a fairness game, and it was very interesting to just discuss with people.  I think people like to think about fairness, right? I don't know if you have children, but little children get very interested in the idea of what's fair very early on. Yeah, so some companies participate...now we have companies...we do some work in B2B procurement which is something that your listeners might be interested in thinking about is that just, like, supplier diversity. If I were purchasing your services, your company services, I would ask about the gender metrics of your organization. I already learned they're quite good. So, big companies buying from other companies can put a gender lens on their B2B procurement. And so, that's a project we're doing with Salesforce, Logitech, Zoetis, Andela, which is another tech provider, and Quinnox, which is a similar sort of tech labor force, I believe. And so, we're going to be releasing a database about B2B suppliers. Actually, I should make sure that you get on it. That's a good idea. CHAD: Yes. AMY-WILLARD: That's a good idea because then it's going to be embedded in procurement platforms because this is a huge amount of money. It's even probably more...it could be more money than consumer spending, right? B2B spending. So, I'm excited about working with more companies on that to help promulgate this data and this idea because it's an easy way to drive fairness in a culture. When the government isn't requiring fairness, at least large companies can. And in some countries, actually, the government requires its vendors to do well on gender. Like, Italy now has a certification for gender, the government does, and companies that do well are privileged in RFPs and also get a tax deduction. CHAD: I don't want to say something incorrect, but I think the UK has, like, a rule around equity in pay... AMY-WILLARD: Yeah, absolutely. You're absolutely correct. CHAD: And yet they don't have equity in pay, the data shows. AMY-WILLARD: That's right. And we don't have that in the United States. It's voluntary in the U.S. We measure that, actually, too. That's seven points over a hundred points scale is whether they, one, publish the results of their pay study. In the U.S., though, we do it in a way that isn't rigorous as the way they do it in the UK. In the UK...you're great to remember that, Chad, in the UK, I mean, I wish my government did that. In the UK, companies report on the overall salaries paid to men and the overall salaries paid to women. So, that means if, you know, all the million-dollar jobs are held by men, it shows very clearly, and all the five-dollar jobs are held by women, it shows very clearly there's an imbalance. And in the United States, we just say, "Oh, well, is the male VP paid the same as a female VP?" That's sort of easier to do, right? CHAD: When we've talked with some larger companies about different products we're creating or those kinds of things, sometimes what I hear is they're looking for big wins, comprehensive things. And so, I was wondering whether you ever get pushback or feedback that's like, "Well, not that your issue is not important, but it's just focused on one aspect of what our goals are for this year." AMY-WILLARD: Right. Yeah, that's always a hard thing because when I think about fairness to half of the population, it's a hard thing for me to think that's not hugely important. CHAD: Yes. AMY-WILLARD: I have a really hard time, but yes, of course, we get that a lot. And, you know, quite frankly, when we did this B2B project with Logitech and Zoetis, they would ask their vendors, like, the major consulting companies and big companies, to take a SaaS assessment that we do. We have a SaaS product that private companies can take, or just instead of doing our journalism, they can just get their own assessment. And they were very, very reluctant to do this. That was just, you know, half an hour. It was a thousand-dollar assessment. And it took many months to convince these companies to do it. And that was their big customers. So, yes, it is very hard to have...what's the word? Coherence on what one company wants versus what a big company wants, and it's hard to know what they want. And it's, yeah, that's a difficult road for sure. And it changes [laughs]. CHAD: Part of the reason why I asked is because from a product perspective, from a business perspective, at thoughtbot, we're big fans of, like, what can be called, like, niching down or being super clear about who you are, and what you believe, and what you offer. And if you try to be everything to everybody, it's usually not a very good tactic in the market. AMY-WILLARD: That's right. That's right. CHAD: So, the fact that you focus on one particular thing like you said, it's very important, and it's 50% of the population. But I imagine that focus is really healthy for you from a clarity of purpose perspective. AMY-WILLARD: That's right. But at the same time, now there's lots of...when I started in 2016, there weren't a lot of things in this space, and now there's many, many, many, many, many, many, so corporations that want to sort of connect to the community of women or do better for women. There's many different options. So, there's many flavors of this ice cream. Even though we're niche, the niche is very crowded, I would say, actually, and people are very confused. I mean, I think I remember hearing from Heineken that they're assaulted daily by things to, you know, ways to support women in different organizations and events. And they said they took our call because we were different. But yeah, there's many competitors. But, I mean, that's the main thing. In any business, in any endeavor in life, one has to show one's value to the people who may participate, and that's a challenge everywhere, isn't it? CHAD: Yeah. AMY-WILLARD: But the niching down thing is...and interesting we hear a lot these days is that women are done. We've moved on from that. Now we care about racial equality, and we say, "That's a yes, and… We can't move on." CHAD: Well, the data doesn't show that we've moved on. AMY-WILLARD: The data doesn't show that at all, and we're going way backwards, as you well know. So, I mean, actually, I don't know if you know, there's something called the named executive officers in public companies. Are you familiar with that? The top five paid people. CHAD: Yeah. AMY-WILLARD: They have to be registered with the government. Well, that number really hasn't changed in six years. That's where the big capital is, and the stock options, and the bonuses, and the big salaries. So, to me, that's very important that I would like, you know, rights and capital to be more...well, I want rights to be solid and capital to be flowing. And so, that's what we hope to do in our work. MID-ROLL AD: Now that you have funding, it's time to design, build, and ship the most impactful MVP that wows customers now and can scale in the future. thoughtbot Liftoff brings you the most reliable cross-functional team of product experts to mitigate risk and set you up for long-term success. As your trusted, experienced technical partner, we'll help launch your new product and guide you into a future-forward business that takes advantage of today's new technologies and agile best practices. Make the right decisions for tomorrow today. Get in touch at thoughtbot.com/liftoff. CHAD: So, going back to the founding of Gender Fair, when did you know that this was something you needed to do? AMY-WILLARD: I wanted to serve, you know, you want to be useful in life. And I wanted to do work in this field that I care so much about. As I said, I think I told you I started doing journalism before, and I realized anyone could take the journalism, and they could, you know, Upworthy would publish things we would create and then not pay us for it. And I thought that's crazy. But it's interesting talking to my husband. My husband's, like, a very privileged White guy. And I remember he said something to me very interesting. He said, "You either have power, or you take it." And he said, "Women have all this power." So, he helped me understand this. Like, you know, I think sometimes as women or communities that are underserved, you start thinking very oppositionally about what you don't have. But at the same time, you can realize that you do have this power. So, what we're trying to do with Gender Fair is remind people they have this economic power, and they can use it everywhere, you know, in addition to our consumer database. I told you that we're doing a B2B database this year. And we also...I think next week I'm going to release a database of 20,000 nonprofits looking at their gender ratings. That was done as a volunteer project by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology if you know them. So, yeah, this is an ethic that you can take everywhere in your life is you have this power, even as a consumer. Chad, even in your little town, you can ask your coffee shop if they pay fair wages. Like, this is just a way of looking at the world that I hope to encourage people to do. CHAD: Along the journey of getting started, I assume you ran into many roadblocks. AMY-WILLARD: Mm-hmm. CHAD: Did you ever think maybe this is too hard? AMY-WILLARD: Oh yes. Well, not in building. In building, you're very optimistic, you know, it's just like when you're writing your first book. You think it's going to be a bestseller. Like, you build something, and you think the whole world is going to use it right away, and you're going to...I did have a great...when I first launched, I had a wonderful, I had, you know, press in Fortune. I had Chelsea Clinton. I had big people writing about us. Melinda Gates has written about us many, many times. The fact that...well, I've always wanted to build, like, a consumer revolution of women, and I'm going to keep at it. But it's very daunting. It's very daunting when you're trying to move a boulder such as, you know, big institutions and companies that don't really want to change, and they're not motivated to do it. So, yes, those are my roadblocks. It's not creating the massive amount of change that I wanted to do. And I'm not going to give up, but, yes, it is very daunting, and it's very daunting to see how little people care. Some people don't care about it, but some people in power don't care about it. But I think if you asked, you know, regular women, they would say, "We would like fair pay. We would like equal opportunity. We would like paid parental leave." They would want all these things, and hopefully, together, we can fight for them. CHAD: Well, and, like you said, the premise of what you're doing is you're focused on the power that you do have, which is the dollars that you spend with these companies. I think that's such a smart angle on this because especially for...it seems like the core in terms of the consumer-facing companies. That's so inherent in what this is. AMY-WILLARD: That's right. CHAD: Yeah, the angle of empowering consumers, and giving them the information, and leveraging the power that consumers have with these companies seems really smart to me... AMY-WILLARD: That's right. If it works -- CHAD: As opposed to individually going to the companies and saying, you know -- AMY-WILLARD: "Please make it." Yeah. And some people would refute your use of the word empower because that implies that people don't have power. So, when I give speeches...I have a pair of beautiful gemstone red pumps, and I say it's the ruby slippers. We had this power all along. We just were not exercising it. But this power will only work, Chad, if it's done in the aggregate. So, our challenge is to reach the aggregate of American women. I have to, you know, I have to go reach 50 million women this year. That's my goal. Reach 50 million women with this message that we have the power in the aggregate to make change. And that's the only way this will work. If it's just one by one, it really doesn't. When I first launched, I found when I showed the app to people on the lower end of the economic scale, like, you know, people in the cash register; they understood this more than middle-class women. They understood the fact that if all women come together and, you know, buy from this company or don't buy from this company based on how they treat women, they understood that as a collective power. Whereas middle-class women who don't have as many struggles didn't really groove to that idea as quickly, which I thought was very...to me, it was very interesting, you know, individuals feel more powerful on the higher end of the social scale. They may or may not -- CHAD: That is interesting. AMY-WILLARD: Yeah. So, yeah, that's my goal. We'll see if I can do it. That's going to be my life's work, I think, Chad. CHAD: How do you reach 50 million people? AMY-WILLARD: I don't know. That's what I'm going to think about. You know, we're talking to different people about campaigns. We actually stopped the consumer work during the pandemic because it just, you know, everything changed. And so, now, this year, we're going back. I don't know; I mean, I guess if Ryan Reynolds tweeted about me, you know, that would help. If [laughs] anyone listening has any ideas how to reach 50 million women...no, maybe 3 million is what I need to create social change. CHAD: I imagine that it doesn't just come down to spending money on advertising. One, you might not have that money. AMY-WILLARD: No. And that would be, you know, that also would be not in the ethics of what Gender Fair is, for example, right? That means I would be paying money to Facebook and basically Facebook, I guess, and Google. If you look at the major spends of nonprofits, they're advertising with these big tech giants. And so, we have...actually, we have some partnerships with large women's organizations, and I think that's the way we hope to spread that. And if I had money for advertising, I would want to spend it with other women's organizations, or women's owned media, or women influencers. There's another idea I talk about in my work I call the female domestic product, and so talking about how much money women earn or capital we control. And the more we can grow that female domestic product, the more we can achieve equality actually. I always say, in America, you get as much equality as you can pay for sadly. CHAD: I was just about to say, "Sadly." AMY-WILLARD: Sadly, yeah. It's true. We still don't have the Equal Rights Amendment. A hundred years. CHAD: Well, 50% of the population would say, "Why do we need an Equal Rights Amendment [laughs]?" AMY-WILLARD: All men are created equal, but yeah, it's quite astonishing. I don't know. Do you have daughter, too, or just a son? CHAD: I have a son, and my younger one is non-binary. AMY-WILLARD: Well, I'm sorry to be so binary. Excuse me. CHAD: It's okay. AMY-WILLARD: Well, interesting. And that's great, too, isn't it? Because we see how fluid gender is and their rights are just as important as a woman's rights. And these are, you know, women and non-binary people are often excluded from things. And so, we are all working together just to create fairness. I'm sure that the same thing happens in your family, too. CHAD: Yeah. I think fairness is one of those things. Sometimes equality is not necessarily the same as fairness. AMY-WILLARD: Yes. CHAD: But I think, like you said at the top of the show, fairness is something that we seemingly learn very early on. But one of the ways that it comes across is I'm being. It is unfair to me, especially in little kids, at least with my kids [laughs]. AMY-WILLARD: Of course, yes. CHAD: That was the thing that they learned first and caused them the most pain. And it was very difficult for them to see that something was unfair for somebody else. So, I remember saying to my kids when they were little, "Fair doesn't mean you get your way." AMY-WILLARD: That's right. Not fair. CHAD: Right [laughs]. AMY-WILLARD: It's true. But then, you know, it's funny. When I talk about equal pay, I often say to people, "When I used to cut cakes for my children, I cut equal slices, and I didn't put them under the table," like, you know what I mean [laughter]? So, why are we so cagey about the slices of economic pie we give to one another? I mean, there's no reason why pay has to be secret, right? If it's fair. You could easily talk to people. Well, you know, Chad gets paid more money because he's the CEO, and he does the podcast, and he has to talk to the bank, you know what I mean? So, you could easily explain that to people. And I don't know why we have to keep salaries a secret from one another. It seems very irrational to me and not really a part of fairness. CHAD: Yeah. Yep. That's something...so, all of our salary bands at thoughtbot are public on the internet. AMY-WILLARD: Cool. On the internet. Oh, I'm very impressed. CHAD: Yeah. So, you can go to thoughtbot and use our compensation calculator. You enter in your location, what role you have. AMY-WILLARD: Oh. So, you do it for other people. Oh, that's cool. That's a great service. And that was just some sort of tech that was sort of pro bono tech that you all built for the world. CHAD: Yeah, we created it for ourselves. AMY-WILLARD: And then you shared it. CHAD: Mm-hmm. AMY-WILLARD: Then you open-sourced it. Great. Well, I bet you have a lot of happy employees. CHAD: I like to think so [laughs]. I do think that there is an inherent understanding of fairness. And when people ask how we do things at thoughtbot or how we should do things, I say, "How do you want it to be?" I think that guides a lot of how we do things and why a lot of stuff we do is just common sense. And it's not until ulterior motives or maintaining power comes into play where the people in power don't want to give it up. Because, like you said, people don't understand that by giving someone else a bigger piece, they think that that means their piece is smaller. AMY-WILLARD: Right. Or they just think they deserve it. I was reading last night about succession planning and CEOs. And apparently, a lot of them just stay...oh, sorry, in big public companies, not in their own companies, they stay on way too long. And all these consultants are saying it's the four Ps, you know, position, privilege, pay, and then...I forget the other one. But one of them was jets. They don't want to give up their jets. So yeah, I think when you have things, it seems fair, and sharing them seems...giving up some of what you have seems unfair. But I do think humans can see fairness. But sometimes, when you have a lot, it's hard to see it. You're able to justify why it may be not unfair to people who don't have as much as you do. But anyway, I can't change human nature, but most people do understand fairness. I think you're right about that. CHAD: Well, one thing...I noticed...so, you're a Public Benefit Corporation. AMY-WILLARD: Yes. CHAD: Did you set out to be a Public Benefit Corporation from day one? AMY-WILLARD: Yes, you know, originally, when it came to how was I going to pay for this, the first part I paid myself with my own money. I hired MBAs. I hired researchers. I built the tech. And then, I wasn't sure how I was going to pay for it going forward. But I knew I didn't want to become a nonprofit because, in my mind, there are so many things that...there are so many problems that women have that need to be solved by nonprofit organizations, planned parenthood first among them. Like, I don't want to take money away from women's organizations that help women fleeing abusive homes. So, I wanted to see if I could pay for this in the private sphere, which we've been able to do, and not have to seek donations because, really, I felt very strongly about not taking money out of that. That's part of the FDP, the part of the female domestic product, but the part that's contributed by people philanthropically. And there isn't a lot of philanthropic dollars going to women, as I mentioned before. So, yes, I knew definitely I wanted to be a Public Benefit Corporation. And there's no tax benefits to that, you know, I don't know if you are yet, but... CHAD: No, it's something that we've looked at, but it's very attractive to me. AMY-WILLARD: Right. And there's also the private version of it being a B Corp, which is also very useful. It's an onerous process. Public Benefit Corporation isn't quite as onerous, I don't believe. I mean, we're in Delaware and New York, but it just says that you're, I mean, we exist for the public good. I'm not existing to make millions of dollars. I'm existing to create social change. And some organizations don't want...are leery of working with us because we're not a nonprofit so that's to assuage them. Well, it's not really about...we're not about enriching shareholders. It's just a different way to pay for it. But yeah, I would encourage all companies to look into being a Public Benefit Corporation or do a B Corp assessment or a Gender Fair assessment. It helps them, you know, operate in a world that is increasingly more values concerned. Maybe 20 or 30 years ago, it wasn't so on the top of mind of many people. We were coming out of, you know, warring '80s capitalism. But nowadays, the younger people, especially, are very focused on issues of fairness and equality. So, I think those tools making business better that way are very useful. CHAD: Well, I would encourage, you know, everyone listening to go check out the app, if you're at a company, to look at doing the assessment. Where can people do those things? AMY-WILLARD: Ah, well, yeah, I would encourage them to do all those things. You're right, Chad. I would encourage you to download the app and check some of your favorite brands. It's very simple. Do the paid subscription. And then, if you're a company, you can do an online assessment. You just go Gender Fair assessment, and you'll find it. If you're a business and would like to participate in our B2B database, you can also do the assessment, or there's a coalition for Gender Fair procurement, where you can get information. We had the prime minister of Australia speak at our launch. It was quite excellent. We'll be launching our nonprofit. Actually, I think it's already online. It's called genderfair-nonprofits.org, if you want to see how your favorite nonprofits do. But, basically, we're here to help any business or organization do better on gender. And you can email me amy.cross@genderfair.com. And I would love to help anyone in their journey for fairness of any kind. Yeah, many ways to participate. Just go to genderfair.com or genderfairprocurement.com. CHAD: Awesome. Amy, thank you so much for sharing with us. I really appreciate it. And thank you for all the good that you're doing in the world with Gender Fair. AMY-WILLARD: Well, I appreciate the way you're running your company in a very new, interesting, and apparently ethical way. Privately, I could look at your website and your career page and figure out how you're doing. But it sounds, to me, when I've talked to people, that you're doing very well. And I honor your curiosity about learning from others. CHAD: Awesome. 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