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This episode covers: • Mic-628 Could Reset Your Body Clock and Cut Jet Lag in Half A new circadian drug candidate, Mic-628, has demonstrated the ability to shift the body's internal clock and significantly reduce jet-lag recovery time in early human studies. In controlled simulations, participants experienced faster realignment of their sleep-wake cycles and improved daytime performance compared to standard approaches like melatonin and light timing alone. Dave explains how this compound targets a core clock pathway, why eastbound travel is biologically harder than westbound, and how pharmacologic chronotherapy could become a serious performance tool for frequent travelers and shift workers. He also connects circadian alignment to obesity, insulin resistance, cardiovascular risk, and cognitive decline, outlining what this breakthrough could mean if safety data continues to hold. • Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/top/ • Late-Life Depression May Signal Parkinson's or Dementia New research from Shanghai Jiao Tong University found that new-onset depression in older adults is strongly associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease and dementia. Dave reframes this finding as a brain health signal rather than a purely psychiatric issue, explaining how inflammation, microglial activation, vascular health, and neurodegeneration intersect with mood changes. He breaks down why sudden depression in someone with no prior history may warrant deeper cognitive testing, sleep evaluation, and metabolic screening instead of simply prescribing an antidepressant and moving on. This story highlights the importance of treating mood shifts as early biological data in a longevity framework. • Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260210040623.htm • Speed-Training Brain Games Reduced Dementia Risk by 25 Percent The long-running NIH-funded ACTIVE trial found that a specific speed-of-processing training program reduced dementia incidence by roughly 25 percent over two decades. Unlike memory or reasoning exercises, this visual processing speed protocol produced measurable long-term protection. Dave explains why reaction time and processing speed may be core capacities tied to cognitive resilience, and how structured brain-training programs descended from this research can be treated like strength training for the mind. Instead of vague advice to “stay mentally active,” this data supports building deliberate, trackable cognitive training into a midlife longevity plan. • Sources: – NPR summary: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/09/nx-s1-5702423/modest-mental-exercise-can-reduce-risk-of-dementia-for-decades-study-finds – Psychology Today analysis: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/build-your-brain/202602/new-study-means-the-age-of-dementia-prevention-begins-now • Moderate Coffee Intake Linked to Slower Brain Aging A large analysis of roughly 130,000 participants found that moderate coffee consumption, about one to three cups daily, was associated with markers of slower brain aging and lower dementia risk. Dave explains why moderate, morning-weighted caffeine intake may align acute performance benefits with potential long-term brain protection. He breaks down the dose curve, why more is not necessarily better, and how to use coffee strategically without compromising sleep or circadian rhythm. Rather than framing caffeine as either a miracle or a villain, this study supports intelligent, personalized dosing as part of a broader brain-health stack. • Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00409-y • Kratom Crackdowns and the Future of Supplement Freedom Regulators are tightening restrictions on high-potency kratom derivatives such as 7-hydroxymitragynine, with new bans and stricter warning requirements emerging at the state level. The FDA continues to treat kratom and its concentrated derivatives as unapproved drugs with opioid-like effects, while local jurisdictions are targeting specific formulations linked to adverse events. Dave breaks down how this represents a broader shift in how edge-case compounds are regulated, why supply volatility and underground markets can increase risk, and what this means for biohackers who experiment with gray-area tools. He also explains how evolving enforcement strategies could shape future access to peptides, nootropics, and other advanced compounds. • Sources: – Kansas City coverage: https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/strong-high-weak-laws-7-oh-ban-kratom-regulation-moves-forward-in-kansas-city-missouri – Florida policy coverage: https://www.wgcu.org/health/2026-02-04/kratom-advocates-tout-its-properties-but-legislators-want-strict-warnings-about-the-herbal-supplement – Legal landscape analysis: https://www.lumalexlaw.com/2025/10/09/kratoms-legal-future-how-states-and-the-federal-government-are-responding/ – FDA background: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/public-health-focus/fda-and-kratom All source links are provided for direct access to the original reporting and research. This episode is designed for biohackers, longevity seekers, and high-performance listeners who want mechanism-level clarity on circadian biology, neurodegeneration signals, cognitive training, caffeine strategy, and supplement regulation. Host Dave Asprey connects emerging science, behavioral data, and policy shifts into practical frameworks you can use to build a resilient, adaptable health stack. New episodes every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. Keywords: Mic-628 circadian drug, jet lag recovery science, chronotherapy biohacking, late life depression dementia risk, Parkinson's prodromal symptoms, ACTIVE trial dementia prevention, speed of processing training, brain aging coffee study, moderate caffeine longevity, kratom regulation 7-OH, supplement law biohacking, neurodegeneration early signals, cognitive performance training, circadian rhythm optimization, metabolic brain health, biohacking news Thank you to our sponsors! - Antarctica Trip | Join me in Antarctica from March 8–17, 2026. Visit https://www.insiderexpeditions.com/future and use code DAVE for $1,000 off.- TRU KAVA | Go to https://trukava.com/ and use code DAVE10 for 10% off.Resources: • Get My 2026 Biohacking Trends Report: https://daveasprey.com/2026-biohacking-trends-report/ • Dave Asprey's Latest News | Go to https://daveasprey.com/ to join Inside Track today. • Danger Coffee: https://dangercoffee.com/discount/dave15 • My Daily Supplements: SuppGrade Labs (15% Off) • Favorite Blue Light Blocking Glasses: TrueDark (15% Off) • Dave Asprey's BEYOND Conference: https://beyondconference.com • Dave Asprey's New Book – Heavily Meditated: https://daveasprey.com/heavily-meditated • Join My Substack (Live Access To Podcast Recordings): https://substack.daveasprey.com/ • Upgrade Labs: https://upgradelabs.com Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:18 - Story #1: Circadian Drug for Jet Lag 2:00 - Story #2: Depression as Early Warning Sign 3:30 - Story #3: Brain Processing Speed Training 4:56 - Story #4: Coffee and Brain Health 6:24 - Story #5: Kratom Regulation 8:21 - Weekly Roundup 9:25 - Closing See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Bob and Dave hear some of the best Mic’d Up audio from the Seahawks’ Super Bowl LV victory, they break down where the Seahawks defense will need to improve in 2026 to repeat as champions, they look at some more members of the Seahawks coaching staff who could be on the move, and they bring you the biggest stories around the NFL, including why Rams WR Puka Nacua hates the Seahawks.
Bump and Stacy break down the most important things on the Seahawks’ offseason to-do list, they give you their thoughts on the Seahawks offensive coordinator search and the NBA expansion rumors in Headline Rewrites, they listen to some of the best Mic’d Up sound from Super Bowl LX, and Bump rants about the Seahawks Super Bowl Parade in Get Off My Lawn!
This Sesh starts with tone.Not podcast tone. Not branding tone. Real-life tone.The kind that turns “I'm fine” into a full-blown argument.We get into how much of our conflict isn't about what was said… it's about how we heard it. And how much of that is just our own insecurity filling in the blanks.Then it spirals, in the best way.We talk about success. Not the Instagram version. The real version.Is it money? Status? A title?Or is it being at peace driving a beat-up car and actually liking your life?We bring up people like Logan Paul and Keanu Reeves and why one gets constant heat while the other feels untouchable. Is it fame? Or is it how they carry themselves?There's a story about generosity that hit hard. The kind that makes you want to level up as a human. Not for clout. Not for applause. Just because someone showed up for you when you needed it.We also call ourselves out for hiding behind phones, projecting our own fears onto other people's tone, and chasing goals we never actually defined.This one feels like a therapy session disguised as a casual hang.No big cannabis science breakdown this week. Just two dudes trying to figure out how to communicate better, live lighter, and stop overcomplicating everything.Keep the Mic on.Fuel the movement. Keep the conversation going.We keep a running list of tools and brands we personally enjoy and actually use.Find everything in one place here:
Cinnamon Kernes, VP of Market Expansion at the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) and Show Director of AIMExpo, joins Jacob Berry to break down what dealers often don't see day-to-day: how advocacy, research, market expansion, and industry events connect to dealership success.We cover:Cinnamon's path into powersports and why motorcycles were “always there”What the MIC actually does: advocacy, research/data, and market expansionWhy Ride With Us is year-round: inspiration turns obstacles into stepsAIMExpo 2026 recap: Anaheim energy, networking, education, and show growthHow dealers should treat AIMExpo as an investment, not a tripWhy post-show execution matters—and how to pick 3 takeaways to implement in 30 daysA powerful point: protecting the industry from land closures and regulatory threatsContact Cinnamon: ckerns@mic.orgMIC: mic.orgNext AIMExpo: Orlando, FL (2027)We post weekly updates, so make sure to subscribe and follow us! If you have any suggestions or want to chat with us, don't hesitate to leave a comment.Interviews YouTube: https://youtube.com/@dealershipfixit Connect with Cinnamon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cinnamon-kernes-28103a30/Connect With Jacob: https://linkedin.com/in/jacob-b-berry Follow the Fixit Online: https://linktr.ee/dealershipfixitSponsor: https://dealers.motohunt.com
Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day, and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.To sign up to receive a daily email of the Morning Offering through The Catholic Company, go to https://www.morningoffering.com/Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.If you have any comments, please email me at Deanna.pierre25@gmail.com.Support the show
Rachel Sheehan is joined by 2016 Fitzgibbon Cup winner's Declan Hannon (Limerick) and Niall O'Meara (Tipperary) to preview Friday's Fitzgibbon cup final between MIC and UL in Croke ParkGAA on Off The BallThis week our live League of Ireland commentary comes from a sold-out Tolka Park as the 2024 champions Shelbourne, welcome 2025 champions Shamrock Rovers across the Liffey.Jonathan Higgins will be joined by Richie Towell in the gantry and you will be able to hear live and exclusive commentary on Off The Ball on your radios from 7 and on the GoLoud App.
Send a textHi! Season 6 begins with AGGs on the MIC - a special Ageless Glamour Girls feature recorded live at PodfestExpo in Orlando. In this special episode, you'll meet 15 podcasters across 14 shows as they introduce their platforms and reflect on their ageless-aging journeys. From wellness and entrepreneurship to faith, farming, confidence, chronic illness, and culture - the range is powerful. You'll also hear from a few younger creators, because ageless aging isn't about age. It's about perspective. These conversations were recorded live at a bustling conference, so you may hear background noise, but the insight and authenticity are worth it. If you're looking for new podcasts to add to your rotation, this episode is a great place to start. Cheers to healthy aging and joyful living, Luvvies.Featured Podcasters: René Anderson: They Come With Instructions Ro Nita & Donnica Hawes-Saunders: Raised By Her Podcast Julie Donnelly: Muscles Matter Keia Valentin: The Rich Auntie PodcastFreddie Simone: Enlightened Idiot PodcastMelodie Powell Boone: The Evolution of Me Deborah Niemann: For the Love of Goats JaQualia “Lynn” Leonard: Unpacking with the Leonard SistersAngela Belford: Be Freaking Awesome Dr. Yolanda Nollie: Radio & TV Entertainment AM/FM Podcast Show Erykah Holloway: Take 30 PodcastJulie DeLucca Collins: Casa de Confidence Nikita Williams: Business with Chronic Illness Gina Carr: Stark Raving EntrepreneursThis episode is shared in partnership with Bricker Labs. As part of my own wellness routine, I've been using Liquid B12 Blast with Folic Acid from Bricker Labs - an easy addition that supports everyday energy in this season of life. Learn more: https://brickerlabs.com/AGG10 Code: AGG10 for savings.Support the show https://buymeacoffee.com/agelessglamourgirls www.linkedin.com/in/marqueetacurtishaynes www.agelessglamourgirls.com https://www.shopltk.com/explore/AgelessGlamourGirls https://www.youtube.com/@agelessglamourgirls Instagram @agelessglamourgirls Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/agelessglamourgirls Private (AGG) FB Group: The Ageless Café: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theagelesscafe TikTok: @agelessglamourgirls Podcast Producers: Ageless Glamour Girls and Purple Tulip Media, LLC
This week, the crew dives into one of the most controversial political moments of the week after Trump posts an AI-generated video depicting Barack Obama as a monkey. The conversation unpacks the racial implications, the intent behind the post, and what it says about the current political climate. Later in the episode, the crew discusses the developing story surrounding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie and the growing public attention around the case. The episode wraps with this week’s Pass the Mic. Timestamps1:00:44 – Fun Facts1:10:14 – Best Thing Seen1:17:10 – Trump’s Controversial Obama Meme2:09:33 – The Nancy Guthrie Disappearance2:21:32 – Pass the Mic Stories Discussed Trump posts AI video depicting Obama as a monkey Nancy Guthrie reported missinghttps://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/savannah-guthrie-mom-nancy-missing-02-06-26 Join the conversation and let us know your thoughts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day, and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.To sign up to receive a daily email of the Morning Offering through The Catholic Company, go to https://www.morningoffering.com/Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.If you have any comments, please email me at Deanna.pierre25@gmail.com.Support the show
Implementing fees without alienating clients is a key challenge for contractors like us. Things become exceedingly difficult when trying to balance a normal full-time workload and "incentivize" clients to send their files on time.What are the options we have to shuffle jobs around to accommodate a client who "needs it tomorrow"? Angelina Gurrola and Charles Commins provide solutions you can use in your own business.Key moments:(00:00) Defining Late and Rush Fees(06:35) Enforcing Fees Without Alienating Clients(12:13) Including Fees in Proposals and Contracts(15:38) Client Choices and Boundaries(22:00) Transparency and Trust in Client Relationships(27:53) Preventing Late Submissions and Rush Jobs(35:54) Percentage vs. Flat Rate Rush FeesResources mentioned in the show:Charles was Non-Employee of the Week (week 38)Thanks to Chad Parizman and Alejandro Ramirez for their contributionsSee flowers sent instead of paying a Rush Fee__________________________Our Panel:Angelina Gurrola is a podcast producer, manager, and strategist offering full-service launch and monthly management packages to creative businesses & brands.She helps her clients connect more deeply with their audience, disrupt the status quo, and create a profitable ecosystem of content through values-aligned support, systems, and accountability.A former music producer & current DJ, Angelina resides in Chicago with her cats, hobbies, and a growing vinyl collection.Website: https://wildwavepodcasting.comThreads: https://www.threads.com/@_angelinagurrolaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelina-gurrolaCharles Commins is the host of the award winning It's All Cobblers To Me podcast, founder of podcast production company, Vibrant Sound Media and co-runner of the largest UK podcaster community, MIC's Podcast Club.From Warrington, Charles spends most of his time running - be that for exercise or simply chasing his two kids around!Website: https://vibrantsoundmedia.com______________________________Tools we used:*Riverside.fm to RECORDWe used Riverside to record this episode and create video shorts for marketing the show.*PodChapters for CHAPTERSPodChapters allows us to create chapters, incorporate them into the MP3 and RSS feed, and include chapters in the show notes.*Captivate.fm for our podcast MEDIA HOSTWe...
On the latest episode of Chesterfield Behind the Mic, we talk to Dr. Mark Miller of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors to talk about his first tenure as chair, some of the big items facing the county in 2026, and a number of updates on projects in the Midlothian District. Credits: Director: Martin Stith Executive Producer: Teresa Bonifas Producer/Writer/Host: Brad Franklin Director of Photography/Editor: Matt Boyce Producer/Camera Operator: Martin Stith and Matt Neese Graphics: Debbie Wrenn Promotions and Media: J. Elias O'Neal, Joanna Heims, and Michael Senter Music: Hip Hop This by Seven Pounds Inspiring Electronic Rock by Alex Grohl Guest: Dr. Mark Miller, Chair of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors (Midlothian District) Recorded in-house by Communications and Media Chesterfield.gov/podcast Follow us on social media! On Facebook, like our page: Chesterfield Behind the Mic. On Twitter, you can find us at @ChesterfieldVa and on Instagram it's @ChesterfieldVirginia. And you can also watch the podcast on WCCT TV Thursday through Sunday at 7 p.m. as well as on weekends at noon on Comcast Channel 98 and Verizon Channel 28.
In this Utah strain review, we sit down with Cap Junky from Dragonfly and do what we always do, slow it down, smell it, smoke it, question it, and talk honestly about how it actually feels.Cap Junky is a hybrid made from Alien Cookies and Kush Mints, and on paper it looks intense. High THC, loud genetics, and numbers that usually scare people off. What surprised us is how smooth and controlled the experience actually was.We talk about the dryness a lot of Utah flower picks up in winter, how packaging dates matter more than strain hype, and why climate plays a bigger role than most people realize. We also compare Dragonfly flower to Beehive's bud straight out of the bag and break down why “sticky” isn't the same thing as “good.”The high itself is mostly heady and light, not overpowering, no chest tightness, no racing heart, no panic. A big part of that comes down to terpenes like limonene and a noticeable amount of CBG, which helps mellow the ride and smooth out the edges of a higher THC strain.We also get into why THC percentage alone is a bad buying strategy, how terpene profiles tell you more about how a strain will feel, and why some high THC flower can feel calmer than lower percentage options.This episode is part strain review, part Utah cannabis reality check, and part reminder that intent matters more than numbers.Strain notesHybridHigh THC, smooth experienceHead-focused, light body feelNoticeable limonene and CBGCalm, controlled, and surprisingly chillIf you're in Utah and you've tried Cap Junky, or if you've had wildly different experiences with the same strain depending on brand or batch, let us know. These conversations matter more than marketing labels.Keep the Mic on.Fuel the movement. Keep the conversation going.We keep a running list of tools and brands we personally enjoy and actually use.Find everything in one place here:
Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day, and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.To sign up to receive a daily email of the Morning Offering through The Catholic Company, go to https://www.morningoffering.com/Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.If you have any comments, please email me at Deanna.pierre25@gmail.com.Support the show
In this Mike on the Mic episode of The Better Leadership Team Show, I challenge the way most organizations think about employee engagement. Engagement isn't something you measure or delegate to HR—it's something leaders create every day through how they engage their people.I share six practical, immediately actionable ways leaders can increase engagement by changing their own behaviors—from accelerator sessions and stay interviews to purpose-driven conversations and career planning. If you're tired of surveys without results, this episode will change how you lead. Thanks for listening! Connect with us at mike-goldman.com/blog and on Instagram@mikegoldmancoach and on YouTube @Mikegoldmancoach
Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of Passage to Profit Show interview Wombi Rose from Lovepop, Christina Muller, LSCW from Mind Your Workplace and Alyssa Pettinato from Alinato Events. A Harvard-trained engineer who once designed ships never imagined a $5 pop-up card would spark a multimillion-dollar business—but that's exactly what happened. In this episode, Lovepop co-founder Wombi Rose shares how art, engineering, and human emotion collided to create a brand that helps people say what's hard to put into words. Read more at: https://www.lovepop.com/ People don't burn out from hard work—they burn out when they stop feeling like they matter. Christina Muller, LCSW, is a workplace mental health strategist helping leaders build cultures where people feel seen, valued, and energized to do their best work. Read more at: https://www.christinamuller.com/ Alyssa Pettinato—known as the “Wedding Whisperer”—is the NYC event-planning powerhouse behind Alinato Events, who has orchestrated over 500 unforgettable events and 150 weddings, turning chaos into seamless, jaw-dropping experiences with an artist's eye and an almost scary level of detail. Read more at: https://www.alinato.com/ Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, a startup, an inventor, an innovator, a small business or just starting your entrepreneurial journey, tune into Passage to Profit Show for compelling discussions, real-life examples, and expert advice on entrepreneurship, intellectual property, trademarks and more. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes. Chapters (00:00:00) - Passage to Profit(00:00:53) - Passage to Profit(00:02:22) - The One Decision That Changed the Direction of Your Business(00:05:09) - The One Decision That Changed the Direction of Your Business(00:07:07) - When You Make the Decision to Give Up on Events(00:09:00) - What Was the One Decision That Most Changed Your Career?(00:11:55) - Love Pop: The Cards That Pop Up(00:14:10) - Valentine's Cards Made in the 3-D(00:17:42) - Car Shield(00:18:41) - Better Health Insurance for You(00:19:41) - Wambi Rose on Her Unique Name(00:22:10) - How Love Pop Made It on Shark Tank(00:24:34) - Meet Wambi Rose and Her Grammy(00:25:40) - Love Pop Cards: One Billion Magical Moments(00:28:06) - AI Use Cases(00:29:06) - How AI Is Helping You Understand Your Business(00:31:00) - How AI is Affecting Gearhart Law(00:32:18) - Solar Exit Hotline(00:36:11) - China vs. The US in Patent Rankings(00:39:06) - What to Do to Make Your Employees Feel More Seen and Appreci(00:45:50) - What is your top priority in the workplace?(00:47:43) - The Impact of Mental Health Programs on Companies(00:48:24) - How to Help Your Employee Get Through Burnout(00:52:03) - The Wedding Planner's Secret to Success(00:55:57) - Have You Designed a Wedding?(00:57:33) - Critiquing Weddings on MIC(01:01:41) - Should Wedding Planner's Get a Percentage Fee?(01:04:15) - Passage to Profit(01:05:29) - A Sense of Human Presence(01:06:41) - 4 Secret of the Entrepreneurial Mind(01:09:12) - Richard Gearhart(01:11:00) - Passage to Profit
From Olympic podiums to local bike lanes, Jon Dutton unpacks the joy, pressure, and purpose behind leading a sport that half the UK now touches.In this episode of the and. Double D podcast, Dave Evans and Debbie Halls-Evans speak with Jon Dutton, CEO of British Cycling. With nearly half of the UK's adult population riding a bike at least once last year, Jon shares what it really means to lead a sport that doubles as a lifestyle, form of travel, and source of national pride.From Olympic medals to mental health, from inclusivity to infrastructure, Jon offers no-nonsense reflections on leadership, pressure, purpose, and performance. He talks openly about transforming British Cycling's culture, navigating change, and making cycling accessible for everyone not just the Lycra elite.Whether you ride, lead, or just want to make impact where it counts, this conversation will get your wheels turning.Mic drops“British Cycling is a sport, a life skill, and an active form of travel. That's a hell of a privilege to lead.”(00:01:53)“We had to radically rethink who cycling is for. Because the answer must be: everyone.”(00:03:12)“We can't just talk about inclusion. We have to reflect it in our culture and leadership.”(00:04:25)“Leadership is about pressure. But purpose makes that pressure mean something.”(00:05:31)“Sport can't be in a bubble. It has to serve communities and be part of bigger conversations.”(00:07:43)“When you lead a national governing body, everyone has an opinion. The key is listening, not reacting.”(00:09:58)
Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day, and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.To sign up to receive a daily email of the Morning Offering through The Catholic Company, go to https://www.morningoffering.com/Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.If you have any comments, please email me at Deanna.pierre25@gmail.com.Support the show
Most people have experienced some church hurt, sometimes to the point of losing faith in what the church even is or what it stands for. Some feel isolated and confused because church is supposed to be safe. What should we do when these things happen?In today's episode, Pastor Derek and Pastor Jackie talk through a listener question on how to respond when faith has been lost in the institutional church, or even just institutions in general. We talk through all of the God ordained institutions mentioned in Scripture, examples of corruption in those institutions throughout history, and what a person's responsibility and response should be in these kinds of hurtful situations. Our hope is that if you have church hurt and are listening, that you would find hope in the Word of God's instruction to rebuild trust in Jesus and follow His direction for the Church!The 17:17 podcast is a ministry of Roseville Baptist Church (MN) that seeks to tackle cultural issues and societal questions from a biblical worldview so that listeners discover what the Bible has to say about the key issues they face on a daily basis. The 17:17 podcast seeks to teach the truth of God's Word in a way that is glorifying to God and easy to understand with the hope of furthering God's kingdom in Spirit and in Truth. Scriptures: Exo. 39-40; Judg. 2:15-16; 1 Sam. 8-12; Matt. 16:18; Eph. 4:11-13, 16; 1 Sam. 23:8-9; 1 Kings 12; Hos. 5:1; Joel 1:13-15; Mic. 3:9-12; Zeph. 3:3-4; Mal. 2:7-8; Matt. 2; Matt. 14; Matt. 23:13-36; Mark 3:6; Gal. 2:11-21; 3 John 9-11; Rev. 2-3; Rev. 2:2-5; Rev. 3:19; Gen. 6:11-12; Psa. 14:2-3; Rom. 3:23; Psa. 118:8-9; Psa. 146:3; John 2:23-25; Hag. 2:4-7; Acts 6:1-7; Acts 14:21-23; Titus 1:5; 1 Tim. 3:1-10; Acts 15; Rom. 13:1; 1 Pet. 2:13-15; Matt. 23:1-3; Jer. 29:7-9; 1 Tim. 2:1-2; Heb. 10:23-25; Acts 2:42-47; Col. 3:16; Rom. 16:17; Matt. 18:15-17.If you'd like access to our show notes, please visit www.rosevillebaptist.com/1717podcast to see them in Google Drive!Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review the podcast so that we can reach to larger audiences and share the truth of God's Word with them!Write in your own questions to be answered on the show at 1717pod@gmail.com. God bless!
The Settle Seahawks are champions of the world! They got there revenge and shut down the Patriots. Was this the worst football game of all time? Some would say the Commercials carried last nights game. Bianchi and Kravitz goes through some of there Super Bowl Commercials from last night! What did Bianchi and Kravitz think about the Bad Bunny halftime show? Did they wake up this morning becoming Bad Bunny super fans or just hungover? We got a post SB edition of Mic'd Up, and Bianchi and Kravitz run through there Champs and Chumps!
Fact or fiction? The Spanish Inquisition of the 13th and 14th centuries was instituted by the Catholic Church to torture, burn, and kill millions of heretics. Get the real story as Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, sheds light on the truth about this period in history.Become a Marian Helper!Discover more about the Catholic faith on Divine Mercy Plus!
Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day, and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.To sign up to receive a daily email of the Morning Offering through The Catholic Company, go to https://www.morningoffering.com/Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.If you have any comments, please email me at Deanna.pierre25@gmail.com.Support the show
The week is here what everyone waits for the biggest game of the year! Bianchi and Kravitz talk about everything that has lead up to this Sunday. We hear the best clips from radio row in a Friday edition of Mic'd Up, Bianchi doesn't understand all this new slang. Uncle Paulie makes one last glorious appearance until next NFL season roles around he will be enjoying Italy for the time being. BK gives you his last Stone Cold locks of the year! Bianchi has a lead on BK in the Six Pack Challenge can BK clutch up with his picks and somehow take the lead? Daniel Libit from sportico.com joins Game On to talk about all this debt colleges are starting to have.
The group discussed the two Greenland movies, focusing on their prepper relevance. Jeff provided a synopsis of the first movie, which follows Gerard Butler's family as they try to reach a safety bunker in Greenland before a comet hits Earth. The group criticized the movie's lack of realism and reliance on coincidences, but agreed it had some prepper lessons, such as the importance of having a bug-out plan and considering potential obstacles. They also discussed the second movie, which takes place five years after the comet impact. Even though the sequel was more of a disaster flick, it still offered some prepper lessons. Wasn't this episode informative? You can watch both movies with enlightened eyes! Show your gratitude by becoming a Patron on Patreon, or a monthly member at Buy Me A Coffee, Members get to read ahead as we start Novelette #4: Refuge Mountain. One-time coffee at Buy Me A Coffee are a great way show Mic you enjoy this podcast content.
Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day, and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.To sign up to receive a daily email of the Morning Offering through The Catholic Company, go to https://www.morningoffering.com/Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.If you have any comments, please email me at Deanna.pierre25@gmail.com.Support the show
This week, the crew unpacks a heavy run of news and viral moments. Newly released Epstein files spark fresh questions, federal agents raid a voting center in Georgia, and Don Lemon is arrested. The episode also dives into Tracy Morgan’s viral confrontation and wraps with Pass the Mic questions from the community. Timestamps05:33 – Fun Facts28:55 – Best Thing Seen28:05 – The Epstein Files Unveiled70:33 – Don Lemon Arrested80:00 – Tracy Morgan’s Confrontation94:30 – Pass the Mic Questions Stories Discussed Voting center raided by federal agents in Georgiahttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fbi-raid-in-georgia-highlights-trumps-preoccupation-with-the-2020-election Don Lemon arrested during Minnesota protesthttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/don-lemon-minnesota-protest-charges Tracy Morgan’s viral confrontation with an unhoused manhttps://www.bet.com/article/bkamzd/tracy-morgans-viral-confrontation-with-an-unhoused-man-sparks-debate New Epstein files releasedhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/politics/takeaways-epstein-files-release As always, tap in and let us know which conversations hit hardest this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This one felt like catching up with an old friend you've never actually met in person.Kyle Trevor has been part of the Cannabis School orbit for a long time. Messaging us, asking questions, listening to episodes on repeat, and genuinely getting what this show is about. So having him on The Sesh felt less like an interview and more like finally pulling up a chair together.We talk about music, creativity, and what it looks like to grow alongside your art instead of trying to force it into something it's not. Kyle opens up about his relationship with cannabis, how it shifted over time, and how intention and dosing completely change the experience. Not chasing being “stoned,” just wanting to feel present, connected, and okay in his own head.There's a real conversation here about trauma, forced introspection, and how cannabis can sometimes bring things to the surface before you're ready. We don't dress it up. We talk about backing off when you need to, respecting the plant, and listening to your body instead of muscling through an experience because you think you're supposed to.We also get into the weirdness of wearing your identity out in public, merch, art, judgment, Utah culture, and those moments where strangers either glare at you or light up because they feel seen. That tension between expression and perception shows up everywhere, especially when you're making something honest.By the end, this episode lands in a really grounded place. Cannabis as a tool, not a crutch. Creativity as a long game. Growth as something that rarely looks clean while you're inside of it.If you've ever felt like cannabis helped you reconnect, then challenged you, then asked you to slow down and reassess, this one will hit home.Go check out Kyle's music, follow his journey, and sit with this conversation for a bit. It's a good one.Listen to Kyle TrevorFollow Kyle TrevorKeep the Mic on.Fuel the movement. Keep the conversation going.We keep a running list of tools and brands we personally enjoy and actually use.Find everything in one place here:
Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day, and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.To sign up to receive a daily email of the Morning Offering through The Catholic Company, go to https://www.morningoffering.com/Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.If you have any comments, please email me at Deanna.pierre25@gmail.com.Support the show
In this raw and real episode of Mindsent 2 Mic, Drew and Jimmy explore the transformative space between identities — that moment where your old self no longer fits, but your new self hasn't fully landed yet.They kick things off with reflections on fasting, food addiction, and how self-imposed challenges become spiritual mirrors… then dive deep into subconscious programming, ego detachment, and what it takes to embody a different reality.Drawing inspiration from Bashar's formula — “Follow your excitement, to the best of your ability, with zero expectation” — this episode unpacks how to navigate the “void,” where true transformation begins.
There was a time when conferences felt a little bit magical. You'd show up, coffee in hand, and before the first session even started, you'd be deep in a hallway conversation that changed how you thought about your work. Those little moments, sitting on the floor near an outlet, laughing over lunch, that's where the real magic happened. But somewhere along the way, that magic started to fade. Big events got flashier. More sponsors, more VIP packages, and a lot more “networking opportunities” that felt like thinly disguised sales pitches. It stopped being about connection and started being about clout. I found myself missing the kind of conversations that left me inspired instead of exhausted. So, with a few fellow podcasters, Lisa Mitchel and Jenn Edds, we started dreaming about something smaller, more human. A gathering for women behind the mic who aren't chasing followers but chasing meaning. That's how Beyond the Mic was born. Not a conference, but a conversation. A cozy afternoon in Indianapolis this March, no panels, no presentations, just 10 or 15 women sharing stories, scars, and the lessons they've learned along the way. We'll talk about the messy parts of podcasting, burnout, creativity, community, and how we can keep making something meaningful, one episode at a time. So if that sounds like your kind of magic, come join the conversation at talkbeyondthemike.com. Because maybe the best conference isn't in the ballroom, it's in the hallway, over coffee, between two people who get it. Join me for Beyond The Mic in Indianapolis on March 26 - https://talkbeyondthemic.com
In this episode of Two Pastors and a Mic, we keep walking out what we're calling the 2:6 Life - Anyone who claims to live in Him must live as Jesus did” (1 John 2:6). And today we go straight into a tension a lot of us feel after deconstruction, church hurt, or betrayal:How do you protect your heart…without closing it off completely?Because for many of us, cynicism starts to feel like wisdom. It promises we won't be surprised again, disappointed again, or fooled again. But over time, cynicism doesn't just guard the wound—it can quietly starve the heart: connection, wonder, curiosity, hope.So we talk about the difference between:Discernment vs. distancingWise boundaries vs. emotional retreatSelf-protection vs. staying tenderAnd we get super practical with real-life examples—how cynicism shows up in relationships, leadership, church spaces, and even the way we interpret “good” stories. We also give a few ways to stay tender without being naive—because tenderness isn't fragility… it's availability (with boundaries).If you've ever felt yourself growing colder, pulling back, or assuming the worst just to stay safe… this one's for you.00:00 - Welcome to Two Pastors and a Mic (Episode 264)00:46 - The 2:6 Life Theme: Living Like Jesus (1 John 2:6)01:33 - Quick Recap: Deconstruction + Feeling Stuck02:09 - Today's Topic: Protect Your Heart Without Closing It03:10 - Cynicism vs Tenderness: The Heart Posture Tension04:37 - Why Cynicism Creeps In After Church Hurt05:50 - Discernment or Cynicism? Processing the Difference07:19 - What Cynicism Promises: No Surprise, No Disappointment, No Fooling08:21 - Real-Life Example: “What's the Catch?” When Good Things Happen10:33 - Discernment vs Distancing: Staying Present vs Staying Safe11:46 - How Hearts Harden: Disappointment Fatigue13:50 - Polished Answers + Emotional Retreat (Not Strength)14:13 - Why Tenderness Feels Dangerous After Betrayal15:53 - Tenderness Isn't Fragility: It's Availability + Boundaries16:31 - Real-Life Example: Naming Hurt Calmly Instead of Disappearing17:42 - Tenderness Heals: Cynicism Shrinks, Tenderness Expands19:35 - Practical Steps: Stay Curious Longer Than Certain21:01 - Let Disappointment Teach You, Not Define You21:37 - Speak Honestly Without Rehearsing Your Exit22:28 - Counseling Story: One Foot In, One Foot Out24:05 - The Invitation: Stay Reachable to Goodness Again24:52 - Tenderness + Boundaries: Wise Without Being Cold25:40 - Next Week Tease: Trusting God and Trusting Yourself Again25:54 - Wrap-Up: Cynicism Robs Connection
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is often misunderstood... but it's real, common, AND treatable. In this episode of Talk Dizzy To Me, vestibular physical therapists Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS and Dr. Carly Lochala, PT, NCS sit down with Dr. Julie Hershberg, PT, NCS to explain what FND is, why it's been minimized in healthcare, and how it overlaps with dizziness, migraine, dysautonomia/POTS, hypermobility/EDS, and vestibular disorders.They break down brain networks like the default mode network and salience network, discuss common clinical clues (variability, attention-related shifts), and explain how treatment often starts with nervous system regulation, trust-building, and whole-person care—not just exercises.If you've been told your symptoms are “all in your head,” this episode is for you.Guest: Dr. Julie Hershberg / Reactive PT Instagram: @reactiveptResources: FND resources hub, reactivept.com/FNDresourcesHosted by:
Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day, and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.To sign up to receive a daily email of the Morning Offering through The Catholic Company, go to https://www.morningoffering.com/Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.If you have any comments, please email me at Deanna.pierre25@gmail.com.Support the show
On the latest episode of Chesterfield Behind the Mic, we talk to Adam Kennedy of SwimRVA about the group's mission, vision, impact in the community here in Chesterfield, and all of the varied ways water safety matters to the lives of so many. Credits: Director: Martin Stith Executive Producer: Teresa Bonifas Producer/Writer/Host: Brad Franklin Director of Photography/Editor: Matt Boyce Producer/Camera Operator: Martin Stith and Matt Neese Graphics: Debbie Wrenn Promotions and Media: J. Elias O'Neal, Joanna Heims, and Michael Senter Music: Hip Hop This by Seven Pounds Inspiring Electronic Rock by Alex Grohl Guest: Adam Kennedy, SwimRVA Executive Director Recorded in-house by Communications and Media Chesterfield.gov/podcast Follow us on social media! On Facebook, like our page: Chesterfield Behind the Mic. On Twitter, you can find us at @ChesterfieldVa and on Instagram it's @ChesterfieldVirginia. And you can also watch the podcast on WCCT TV Thursday through Sunday at 7 p.m. as well as on weekends at noon on Comcast Channel 98 and Verizon Channel 28.
By 2025, the business podcast Acquired was getting one million listeners per episode, having doubled the audience year over since Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal started it in 2015. And they'd grown without a strict release schedule or relentless optimization. Still, they felt pressure to scale—without throwing off their work-life balance. How did they determine a way forward? They join Harvard Business School Professor Shane Greenstein and host Brian Kenny to discuss the case “The Acquired Podcast: Scaling the Mic.”
Halle Berry from Betty Wellness is one of those strains that doesn't kick the door in right away. It takes its time, then quietly settles in and makes you realize you're smiling, relaxed, and way more comfortable than you expected.First thing you notice is the look. These nugs are straight purple. Not hints of purple. Not accents. Just deep, rich purple all the way through. One of the most visually striking Utah flowers we've seen, easily in the same conversation as Tropicana Cherries, but darker and more uniform.The flower leaned a little dry, likely storage or packaging related, but even with that, the smoke was surprisingly smooth. No harsh bite, no instant throat grab. Across a few different pieces, it stayed easy and clean.Terpene wise, this one is led by limonene, followed by linalool, beta-caryophyllene, myrcene, and humulene. Translation, this is not a panic strain. The experience came on slow and even, with light facial tingles, a relaxed jaw, and a very clear headspace.Genetically, Halle Berry is bred from Ice Cream Cake × Blockberry. You'll sometimes hear Blockberry casually called Blackberry, but the official Utah listing for Betty's cut specifies Blockberry. The genetics show up more in the overall vibe than in-your-face flavor.Flavor stays subtle. Slightly peppery, a little earthy, nothing loud or perfumey. This is not a strain that tries to impress your nose, it wins on how it feels.THC sits around 18 percent, which matters here. This strain doesn't rely on brute force. It's balanced, approachable, and forgiving. No racing heart. No anxiety spike. No couch lock either.As the session went on, it turned into a sneaky euphoric creeper. Floaty head, relaxed body, calm arms, and a general “everything's fine” feeling. There was even mild pain relief without the heaviness that usually comes with that territory.This is a strain we'd confidently hand to someone newer, someone sensitive, or someone who just wants to feel good without getting wrecked. It's also a solid anytime option if you want to stay functional but noticeably happier.Big win for Betty Wellness here. This ended up being our favorite Betty strain so far, not because it was loud, but because it was thoughtful.If you're looking for a happy, relaxed, clear-headed hybrid that doesn't demand attention but earns it anyway, Halle Berry is worth your time.Keep the Mic on.Fuel the movement. Keep the conversation going.We keep a running list of tools and brands we personally enjoy and actually use.Find everything in one place here:
The readings for this homily: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020326.cfmThe Church remembers St. Blaise as a powerful intercessor for those suffering from ailments of the throat — but his witness points far beyond physical healing. In this homily, Fr. Matthew Tomeny, MIC, draws us into the heart of the Gospel, where Christ's miracles transcend the physical.From the blessing of throats after Candlemas to the healing of the woman with the hemorrhage, Scripture reveals a consistent truth: God desires our complete healing, yet He always aims first at the salvation of our souls. Physicians, medicine, and created goods are true gifts from the Lord — but there are moments when only divine grace can reach the deepest wounds. Physical cures may come or not come, but spiritual healing is always offered.The woman who dared to touch the hem of Christ's garment knew she could not approach Him openly. Unclean by the law, exhausted by years of suffering, she reached out in faith — and power went forth from Him. Her healing becomes a sign of what Christ longs to do for every soul that is “bleeding out” through sin, despair, or distance from God.The Gospel does not deny suffering. It reveals its meaning. Jesus restores life not only to bodies, but to souls cut off from grace. Through Confession, Holy Communion, and Eucharistic adoration, He continues to pour out the same mercy that flowed from His pierced side — blood and water that cleanse, revive, and nourish us for eternal life.Saint Blaise understood this truth, and demonstrated it with his life and martyrdom. So do the other saints whose relics remind us that even the smallest contact with the truly holy — like touching the hem of a garment — can become a channel of grace when done with faith.Whether we seek physical healing or carry unseen wounds of the soul, the invitation is the same: Run to the Divine Physician. Do not be afraid. Reach out. He still heals. ★ Support this podcast ★
Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day, and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.To sign up to receive a daily email of the Morning Offering through The Catholic Company, go to https://www.morningoffering.com/Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.If you have any comments, please email me at Deanna.pierre25@gmail.com.Support the show
In this Mike on the Mic episode, I break down why conflict isn't a leadership problem—it's a leadership strategy. I explain why most teams either avoid conflict or engage in the wrong kind, how that damages decisions and execution, and what leaders can do to build healthy, idea-based debate. I also share real client stories, clear ground rules, and eight practical tools you can use immediately to turn conflict into a competitive advantage. Thanks for listening! Connect with us at mike-goldman.com/blog and on Instagram@mikegoldmancoach and on YouTube @Mikegoldmancoach
Alan provides a new Me on the Mic episode. Today, Alan describes 3 perspectives about AI, specific to inventors. AI is advancing very rapidly, and it can be daunting learning to use these powerful tools to save time, effort, and money. Learn to improve your productivity - by "dipping your toes in the water" with AI now. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, so you won't miss a single episode. Website: www.alanbeckley.com
Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day, and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.To sign up to receive a daily email of the Morning Offering through The Catholic Company, go to https://www.morningoffering.com/Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.If you have any comments, please email me at Deanna.pierre25@gmail.com.Support the show
What does science have to say about a saint's body when it is found to be incorruptible? Why do Catholics venerate relics? Is this science or superstition? Is it faith or paganism? Join Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, to hear about this fascinating subject.Become a Marian Helper!Discover more about the Catholic faith on Divine Mercy Plus!
The readings for this homily: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020126.cfmAs our nation approaches a historic milestone, Fr. Mark Baron, MIC invites us to look deeper than slogans, documents, or even the American Dream. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are good aspirations—but they are incomplete unless they are rightly ordered. True happiness, as St. Thomas Aquinas teaches, is not rooted in possessions, power, or comfort, but in communion with God Himself.Father Mark contrasts worldly definitions of happiness with the radical vision Jesus offers in the Beatitudes. Happiness is not a passing emotion or a collection of achievements; it is the deep peace that comes from desires rightly ordered toward God, who alone can satisfy the human heart. When our loves are disordered, we build inverted kingdoms—measuring success by wealth, status, or pleasure. Christ comes to overturn that logic.The Beatitudes show us how to live as citizens of the Kingdom of God in the midst of a wounded world. Poverty of spirit reminds us that God is God—and we are not. Mourning gives us eyes to see the pain of sin and injustice. Meekness governs our anger so it does not become vengeance. Hunger for righteousness fuels a desire to do God's will. Mercy, purity of heart, and peacemaking flow from a life reconciled with God. And yes, living this way may bring persecution—but it also brings freedom.This is not an escape from the world, but a way to live in it rightly. The Beatitudes are Jesus' answer to a restless age: how to be truly happy, even now, by ordering our lives toward heaven. ★ Support this podcast ★
Starting the morning off with God is the key to strength and success in your day!Join me in praying the Catholic morning offering, as well as hear meditations, learn about the saint of the day, and hear today's Scripture readings from Holy Mass.To sign up to receive a daily email of the Morning Offering through The Catholic Company, go to https://www.morningoffering.com/Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.The Morning Glory Consecration Prayer is excerpted from "33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Marian Consecration" by Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, © 2011 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., p. 137.If you have any comments, please email me at Deanna.pierre25@gmail.com.Support the show
Kenny Albert, Rangers radio voice and one of sports broadcasting's most versatile talents, joins Neil Smith and Vic Morren for an in-depth career discussion. From 2025 National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction to his autobiography "A Mic for All Seasons" now available on audiobook, hear about calling the 1994 Stanley Cup Final on NHL Radio when Rangers-Canucks matched his two favorite teams, Barry Trotz fake arrest prank in Baltimore Skipjacks days, growing up with legendary father Marv Albert, and preparation differences between 20-30 hour NFL weeks versus NHL games. Plus comprehensive Rangers analysis on inconsistency and JT Miller trade impact, Washington and Winnipeg surprising success, Detroit and Ottawa turnarounds, Islanders injury plague with three waiver pickups, Devils inconsistency despite upgrades, why all three New York teams making playoffs raises excitement, radio versus TV call differences working with Dave Maloney and Eddie Olczyk, Twin Rinks Port Washington skating instructor origin story where Neil first saw Kenny's name, and humbleness making journey to top more fun than being there. Broadcasting legend shares 40 years of career insights.IN THIS EPISODE:[00:00] - Welcome: A Man for All Seasons with Kenny Albert joining NHL Wraparound[01:00] - Great privilege: reminiscing with good friend Kenny Albert[02:00] - 2025 National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction: great names inducted past years[03:00] - Hall of Fame located Commack Long Island: big honor to be included[04:00] - Madison Square Garden press room: sitting with mom and dad after Rangers games[05:00] - Neil scouting for Islanders: innocent days for all of us[06:00] - NHL this season: things didn't see coming or surprised you[07:00] - Two biggest surprises: Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets[08:00] - Washington last year playoffs: tired, old, slow against Rangers[09:00] - Retooled: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Logan Thompson, key players during off-season[10:00] - Alex Ovechkin amazing season: Spencer Carbery a lot of credit[11:00] - Winnipeg: Scott Arniel great guy, assistant coach with Rangers[12:00] - Head coaching opportunity Columbus: long time assistant, takes over where he played[13:00] - East Coast doesn't pay attention: tremendous goaltending Hellebuyck, terrific players[14:00] - Flip side disappointments: Detroit, Ottawa, Buffalo on the rise[15:00] - Todd McLellan coming in: terrific record since took over[16:00] - Ottawa finally next level: challenging for playoff spot, still time left[17:00] - Montreal rough start then great stretch: right in mix as well[18:00] - Pittsburgh impressive without Crosby and Malkin: leading up to break[19:00] - Not many teams really out of it: three-point games, 25-26 games remaining[20:00] - Players get to refresh: 100 players Four Nations, others recharge[21:00] - Doing color with Kenny at Joe Louis Arena: Detroit on Versus/OLN[22:00] - Over-preparer: tend to do even more than probably need[23:00] - Learning tricks of trade: what to do and what not to do through years[24:00] - Keep all game sheets: file cabinet to my left, could pull it out[25:00] - 1994 Stanley Cup Final: NHL Radio, looked through sheets recently[26:00] - Grew up Vancouver Canucks fan but also Rangers fan[27:00] - Working Washington doing Capitals home games cable 1992-95[28:00] - Also WTOP radio station: Rangers-Devils conference final happening[29:00] - Howie Rose and Mike Keenan: 1993 Final NHL Radio, Los Angeles-Montreal[30:00] - 1994: Howie supposed to do NHL Radio final, unavailable if Rangers got there[31:00] - Got call day of Game 3 Rangers-Devils series: would you be interested?[32:00] - 26 years old: of course I'd be interested, Rangers and Canucks my two teams[33:00] -
Jon Sumrall is trying to change the culture surrounding the Florida Gators but can he do it or are we gonna laugh at him in five years, Do the kids nowadays even care about what a logo means? Bianchi gives us a end of the week Mic'd Up! BK is at the LPGA Golf Tournament interviewing all kinds of former NFL legends and today we air one of the greatest running backs of all time Emmitt Smith! Hall of Fame Voter Sam Kouvaris, and Gators Basketball Reporter Chris Harry joins Game On!
Our Goals for 2026: Jess is gonna finish a novel.Sarina is going to figure out what she wants a long haul writer career to looks like.KJ is going to write this book as hard as she can and for as long as it takes.Jennie is going to claim her authority in the writing space.Our Words of the Year are …Meanwhile: Fan of Heated Rivalry? You'll want to read these books by Sarina Bowen!Ready to talk about your own goals and words? COME ON IN. We are here for that!Hey - if you've been curious about becoming a book coach, Jennie'd like to invite you to a live training she's doing on February 4th, at 5pm PST / 8pm EST. She's going to be talking about how to become the kind of book coach writers love to pay. You can sign up at bookcoaches.com/liveWOTYs … in the episode! If you want to know what was so funny, you'll have to listen.Transcript Below!If you love us enough that you got this far…SPONSORSHIP MESSAGEHey, it's Jennie Nash, and if you've been curious about becoming a book coach, I'd like to invite you to a live training I'm going to be doing on February 4th, at 5pm PST, which is 8pm EST, and I'm going to be talking about how to become the kind of book coach writers love to pay. You can sign up for that at bookcoaches.com/live. That's bookcoaches.com/live. (bookcoaches.com/live) I'd love to see you there.EPISODE TRANSCRIPTJennie NashHey everyone, it's Jennie, and this is the Hashtag AmWriting Podcast, the place where we help you play big in your writing life, love the process, and finish what matters. All four of us are here today to talk about our Word of the Year for 2026 and our goals. This is one of our favorite episodes to do, and we've all been kicking our words around, and we're ready to share them with you. So Sarina, do you want to go first?Sarina BowenOkay!Jennie NashI just know you are kind of ready.KJ Dell'AntoniaRight off the diving board. No throat clearing, no chit chat. Yeah, we're just alrighty.Sarina BowenAll right, so I'm Sarina, and I write novels, and pretty much that is all I write. So my goals tend to look kind of the same from year to year, but my, but how I feel about them, changes. So in 2026 I plan to write two to three books, and when I do, I will be rolling off of two contracts with two different publishers. So that means that the other part of my 2026 is really asking myself what I want to do next. Because, you know, finishing energy is a really hard thing, but I'll be like extra super finishing energy here, because I'm finishing a commitment. And, you know, I used to have goals, like, I'm going to write more books. I'm going to write all the books. And I don't anymore, because there were, there was a while there where I only wrote books, and then last year, I did a really nice job of meeting my goals that I would also go and have more fun and take more vacations. And it worked. I did that. It turns out that planning fun takes a lot of energy and time. Oh my goodness, it was I, you know, I so I was either off having a wild time, or I was like, you know, nailed to my desk, and, yeah, so I need to do a slightly better job of that this year. Although looking at the schedule, it's a little hard to see how, because I'm spending a big chunk of March and part of April in Australia and Hong Kong, and then...Jennie NashWait you can't just throw that in and not say why. [laughing]Sarina BowenOh, well, I'm, I'm visiting. I'm doing four reader events in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.Jennie NashIt's so exciting, so exciting.Sarina BowenAnd you know, time will tell if accepting this invitation was, in fact, a good idea. When I get home, I will be—it'll be June, and I will be launching my second book of 2026, which is a romance and so, but, but then, you know, I will have turned in half of what I'm turning in this year, and I will be able to have big thoughts about what I do next. And that is the thing that is going to be hard about this year, not turning in files, but, you know, deciding what does it mean to me? And also a thing that I realized last year, while balancing my busy life is that in this job, there is no summit. It's not like you climb that big hill and then you stand there and you hear an angel choir, and then you know that the only thing that greets you after writing a big novel is that you will pretty soon, eventually write another one. So you have to enjoy the hike itself. And I am really working on that.Jess LaheyI actually have just—I have just to address what you just mentioned Sarina, I have put in my calendar in June. Since we love to—I happen to love the mid-year check-ins on goals. I put a little note to self, to future Jess to revisit Sarina's goals at mid-year so that we can talk about maybe what that second half of the year, what comes next, stuff is going to look like. So, expect that to come back around.Sarina BowenOkay, I hope there's some clarity by then, so I'll get right on that.Jess LaheyWell, and I would also like to mention that you mentioned, you know, all the work you're doing and doing fun and stuff like that. You also went back to skating this year, and you, I have loved watching you learn, relearn something fairly new, and gain skills and get determined to like, be able to do that. What's it called, when you change the side of the blade you're on? When you turn?Sarina BowenYeah, all that edge work...Jess LaheyIt's very exciting.Sarina BowenAnd those three turns. Yeah. So that is part of my leave the house and have fun plan, and that has worked out really well. It—when you do something that's so outside of your usual, like, we could just stipulate by now that I'm pretty good at writing a novel, because I have turned in a number of them and sold a number of them, but I am really not good at skating. So when you take yourself so far out of your element, and you do something that is so foreign to you, you learn, relearn all those weird little tricks about how you learned anything, and the fact that last year I could not do a three turn to save my life, which is where you turn around on one foot. And I tried and I tried and I tried and I tried to trick myself into it. And I'm like, okay, I'll take off on two feet, but land on one. I just every single thing didn't work. And then this year, now I can do it. And also, I woke up at four in the morning once and thought I could do a waltz jump tomorrow, and then the next day I did, in fact, just do a waltz jump. And I hadn't even been thinking about it. It wasn't even on my list of things I was going to try that week. So learning something really, really new is really just great for your brain and your attitude. And I don't know what the next thing that I do like that will be, but, yeah, I'm a fan.Jennie NashBut I must reflect back to you that a few years ago, you were, I think the goals had to you were working so hard and just, you know, book to book to book to book and, like, look at you now .You're going on all these trips, and you're learning to ice skate, and I know you and KJ are learning Mahjong.KJ Dell'AntoniaMahjong, yes.Jennie NashAnd you write in coffee shops like, you've kind of really changed that, that vibe. It's cool.Sarina BowenI have! I did it right? Like I said, I'm going to have more fun. I'm going to learn to write out of the house. Like I sat in a room and said to you that this was going to happen. And I did, right? But the, but then, but then, writing the actual books, it magically did not get easier. So I am having more fun, but it's still hard, and that's how I'm coming to this new realization that, like you know, I need to stop being surprised that the actual job is hard, but it's just like a piece of the fun that I'm having, and if and I can only write books that I'm probably going to enjoy, because it's still hard and it still takes a lot of hours.Jennie NashThat's amazing. I feel compelled to ask you, what are you most enjoying about what you're writing right now?Sarina BowenWell we are at maximum finishing energy, because I am finishing a revision, which is scary, right? Because then you're sending it off into the world of telling yourself that it's done. And I have to say, I have not enjoyed it all that much. This has been one of the more one of the more stressful weeks. But, yeah, I—but there are moments as I look through this manuscript, because I've just reached that point where you hate every living word of it, right? Where I read a line and I laugh, and then that's just a good sign.Jennie NashLike I'm so clever, look at me.Multiple Speakers[all laughing]Jess LaheyI actually just, just for fun. I just dropped—I got to go—I traveled an hour and a half to go so that I could go sit in a coffee shop and work with these guys, because I miss them so much. And I took two pictures of Sarina while she was working there, and in one, she had this look on her face... I just dropped it in our group text just now, where she's got this look on her face like this is the hardest, worst thing I've ever done. And then I also took one of her smiling and looking like her usual happy self. But it was—I love having those two pictures together on my phone, because it's so representative of the slog. How there are these moments of really having fun and engaging with the book and loving it, and then there's those moments of editing where you're trying to just finish it and get all the words in the right order.Sarina BowenYep, it's, it's, you know that the push and pull and the trick to liking this job is that when you're in that trench of I have to be finished with this. I have to love it, and I have to set it free. You have to remember that the other side is out there. That like the drafting happy, I haven't made any big mistakes yet, I haven't sealed off all the x's yet, like that's waiting for you on the other side of it. You know, if you get too deep in one place or the other, so that you can't remember, the other one is out there for you. Then, then that's a trap. It makes the job harder.Jennie NashWell, thank you for that. Jess, do you want to go next?Jess LaheySure! Yeah, so last year, last year was weird. Last year, my, my, I'm going a little bit into what my word was last year; it was ‘amplified' because it led, it sort of guided a lot of my goals last year, which had to do with just reaching more people, but during the year, during the course of the year, reaching and educating more people on the topics that I feel really strongly about, like mental health wellness, the specifically substance use prevention, as it relates to things like self-efficacy in kids and feelings of competence in kids. I realized sort of part way through the year how much more I was enjoying and feeling engaged when I was talking to the kids, and how much more impactful I felt when I was talking to the kids, and that shouldn't be surprising. But, if you're not a speaker, and if you don't spend your time speaking to adults and kids and especially teens, you should know it takes, you know, maybe three to four times as much energy to talk to the kids as it does to the adults. In fact, yesterday, I was trying to explain to someone why a virtual event to a lot of kids, doesn't work. I can't project that much energy through a screen to captivate a big room of kids. It's just it's really hard to do. And anyway, so I realized about halfway through the year that I really wanted when I when I thought about the word amplify and expanding on the number of kids that I reach per year, and the depth to which I am able to reach some kids in particular, it comes it comes down to not just people, but just kids specifically. So I talked with my agents, and we've agreed that I'm going to try to incorporate more kids this year. That even if it's more exhausting for me, it's more fulfilling, and so that's one of my big goals for this year, is to figure out how—yes, I still have to talk to adults, and I have to help them understand how to talk to their kids about substance use and mental health and how to see, know, love, support the kids you have, and not the kids you wish you had and all that stuff. But when it comes down to it, I have to figure out ways to get in the room with kids more and...KJ Dell'AntoniaYou're a kid-travert!Jess Lahey[laughing] Apparently.KJ Dell'AntoniaWhich some people get their energy from being with people, and some people get, you know, it takes—that's extroverts and introverts. So you're a kid-travert, you get your energy from talking to kids. That's delightful!Jess LaheyIt's in the moment. In the moment, it's much more exhausting. But there was a—I spoke at a school in Los Angeles. It was one of the best days I had in front of kids. And the number of emails I got afterwards explaining why it was meaningful to them. You know, I love when the kids, anytime a kid reaches out, it's this huge honor, because, you know, I'm, who am I? I'm some adult that comes into their school because their teachers say that, and now their teachers say they have to listen to this bozo. They don't know who this person is. But over time, I've figured out ways to help them trust me a little bit more, even before I get there. Like creating these videos where I introduce myself ahead of time. So I'm trying to figure out all the ways in to getting being a trusted adult, becoming a trusted adult to more and more kids, is something that's incredibly important to me, because that's where the great education stuff lies. So that amplify word changed for me over last year, and it's reflected in this year's goals as well, which is, get in front of more kids. I track those numbers really carefully. Last year, I was in front of just shy of 10,000 people generally, and a couple of 1000 kids. And I just want to change that ratio a little bit so that it's have more heavily in the kid direction and less heavily in the adult direction. Just because it's fun and really interesting and challenging. That's the other thing is, when you've been doing something for a long time, there are some talks I can do in my sleep, because I've done them so many times, and I don't want to do that, like, why would you want to come and spend time with someone who's asleep in front of you? But you know, they look good and it sounds good, but they're not totally invested. And I think everybody can feel that. So I've had to find ways to change things up, to reevaluate my content from other angles, so that I'm not getting sick of myself, and so that I can be fresh and new and useful to people. So, and then, like, I have small goals, you know, Sarina was just talking about her skating and looking, you know, trying to do something completely new that makes you a little nervous. You know, the beekeeping thing still makes me super nervous. And as I mentioned in another episode, I think Tim saw me emotionally preparing to do something I needed to do with the bees and he said I have never seen you so nervous and so doubting yourself about your ability to do something, and I realized how good that is for me. And so we will see at the end of this winter if my bees actually made it through the winter, and if they did, I'll have a hive of bees to deal with, and if they don't, I'll have to get a new hive. But that's been really, really good for me. Sarina, did you want to add something?Sarina BowenI have a question.Jess LaheyYes, ma'am.Sarina BowenDo we have a writing goal for this year?Jess LaheyYes, we do. And that's actually at the bottom of my list, because it's new. So I've been attending this weekly, really interesting virtual Blueprint for a Book Fast Track. What is it? Jumpstart you guys? With Jennie Nash, this really great book coach and founder of Author Accelerator, and KJ Dell'Antonia and I have been actually writing—working on this novel that I've been working on for ages and ages and ages and thinking about at a minimum once a week, and I'm going to finish it this year. 100% I'm going to finish it this year. And I'm really grateful to Jennie and KJ, because being in that, in—being in there, is forcing me to ask me all kinds of questions about, why am I even bothering to stick with this thing that has stymied me for over a decade? Like, why bother if it's been that hard and I haven't ever gotten it done, why am I even doing it? And I love asking myself those questions. It's been really fun. Plus, there's like 100 other people in that virtual session asking themselves the same questions and coming up with really cool answers for why they're even writing something in the first place. And it gets at all these fundamental questions of why we do what we do. So yes, I will be, I'm researching a nonfiction thing still. I have a—I'm looking at a stack of books behind me, and but I'm going to finish this YA novel this year period, full stop, it's going to happen..Multiple Speakers[Unintelligible] [several speaking at once]Jennie NashWell what's cool is, is, I mean, YA is not children, but it's young people. So that's kind of cool. It goes with your other thing.KJ Dell'AntoniaThere's a trend there.Jess LaheyYeah. And it was funny, because when you were asking the why the other night, and one of my things was, oh, because these characters speak to me, blah, blah, blah. And KJ mentioned, oh, I do know what Jess is talking about. And maybe it's, you know, she wants to write a coming of age story, and that's 100% it. I think I have, I have. I very much love that coming of age space and the struggles that middle school and high school kids go through in that coming of age space. And I think I have an interesting insight into it, and an ability to, an ability to make it come alive on the page. And I, for me, really want to do that. I really want to see it on the page, and I'm really excited about it.Jennie NashYou do have such a compassion for that age and what people are going through and how hard it is and it's...Jess LaheyAnd I love these characters. And I said I love these characters, and I want to do right by them. And that's true too. I do love these characters, and I can't stop thinking about them.Sarina BowenThat is the best reason to finish any piece of fiction. You know?Jess LaheyYeah, no, I really it's like they're stuck until I help them get to the other side. And I would hate to leave them there. I would it would make me feel really bad.Jennie NashI love it. Well you know, committing to something that you've been working on for that long, that's a that's a big deal.Jess LaheyYeah, it's also one of those. I know it's going to feel really, really good when I finish it. It'll be like, oh my gosh, I've been harping on that for whatever it is now 12 or 13 years, and I finally finished it. So I know it's going to be one of those. I'm going to be very, very glad I did it when it's done. And is it super hard? Yes, I've, you know, bitched and moaned about this in the past, that fiction is really hard for me and dialog is so hard for me, but that's what I'm writing right now.Jennie NashThat's another, another learning edge, right?Jess LaheyYep. Yep.Jennie NashAwesome. KJ, what about you?KJ Dell'AntoniaMy only goal this year with respect to writing is to write this book as hard as I can for as long as it takes. That's all I got. I got a couple other goals. I'd like to get my Christmas tree down at some point during the year. It seems like a plan. I was pretty excited about the Valentine's Day concept a few years ago, but I don't know, people have been really negging on it. Easter also, apparently not tree material. I mean, come on the fourth? I'm seeing it. No one else is. So there's that. No, my and my big life goal is to leave more white space for myself in my day and in my calendar, to do things, to not do things, and for the unexpected things, both good and bad things. I have a real tendency to be like from 11:30 to one I'm doing this, and from 1:30 to 2:30 there's this, and hey, at three there's this. And that is, in fact, an excellent description of my day. And sometimes I like it, but I just do it to myself constantly, and I need to stop.Multiple Speakers[all laughing]Jennie NashThat's all? Okay. Mic drop. I'm just thinking about that white space. What? What happens when you have white space?Sarina BowenYou know what happens to me when I have white space, because I'm actually pretty good at keeping it in my calendar, is that I get an email that's like, and today, we will be choosing among these eight narrator auditions. And then you will decide who is the narrator for this book that you haven't been thinking about for four months since you last did the copy edits, and then my whole day just explodes in a little puff of admin, like trying to get out of my own inbox is killing me. So, yeah, I don't, I don't. It's not even that I planned it. Other people are making this my, my problem, and I wish I had a 2026, goal for how to fix it.KJ Dell'AntoniaYeah, there's that. I mean, to some extent, I think that's my point. Is that I would like to stop doing it to myself, because I mean it through exactly the thing it is was not my was not my idea, nor was the thing, the unexpected event at eight o'clock this this morning, or the one when I walked in from the expected thing from nine to 10. I need to do a little less of it for myself, to allow for the fact that the other things in my life, I think, and I did this to some extent last year too. My final kids have actually all left for college this year, which is great, but there's still a lot of trouble. And also I have a lot of pets, and also just, there's a lot going on. So I sort of thought, and I really made this mistake in the Fall pretty hard. I thought, oh, I should probably fill like I should put some things on the calendar because I might feel sad. A, I still felt sad, and that was okay. And B, I put way too much on the calendar, given the number, amount of time I had to spend on... I'm just yeah, and here I am thinking I didn't do it in the spring, and I didn't, but I sort of am doing it on a daily basis, like, oh, look. And some of that is just that this was, what am I wrong? Was this the longest holiday season ever in the history of holiday season? Like it was still Christmas on January 17, I swear to God. And so a lot of it, I think, is I'm feeling a little dejected, because my days are really packed, because I had the sense not to put everything in the week of January 6, but I put a lot of things this week and last week. So hopefully I'll, but, but having done that, and now feeling it, I think, I hope, will inspire me to block off more time that, no doubt, will get filled with things. But that's better than it getting filled with things and my having already filled it.Jennie NashYep.KJ Dell'AntoniaIt's not going so great.Jennie NashI get that. Okay, so, so for me, I made some really big moves in my business in 2025 and they worked, and that was great. And I made a decision toward the end of the year to make even bigger moves, and did some thinking about, I wouldn't say, an exit strategy or a succession plan, but I'm 62 this year, and I'm working really, really, really hard in my business day to day, running, you know, pretty big small business, and I really want more time to create. To create curriculum, to, I just like making things. You know, to work on the podcast, to work on my own book, and I'll talk about that in a minute. And so I made a training plan to teach my team to take over the things that they are fully capable of taking over, if I just get it out of my head and onto a page to teach them how to do it. So it's a really big move for me, and kind of a terrifying move. It means trusting people. It means handing over some things. It means there's some ego-y things involved in that, the idea that nobody can do it as well as I can. And so, yeah, that's, that's big. It's big mindset. It's big actual shifting of duties. It's, it's kind of the white space idea writ large. What, what would it look like for me to have more white space? And it is, it is not retiring, it's not stopping. It's just, can I do more of what I want to do and less of the—of the day to day of this business? I am constantly surprised by the thing I have made. Author Accelerator has more than 375 certified book coaches now, and it's this huge community, and they're having a huge impact. And a lot of my coaches are becoming huge their own selves and doing really well, and just we're becoming known. And all of that takes time to manage, like the, I don't know, I wouldn't call it the brand, it's, it's the community. It just takes a lot of time to manage and the kinds of inquiries that we get and that sort of thing. And I, it's a thing that needs care, and I'm the one to give it that care. So just meeting the moment, I guess, is what my goal is for the year, and as part of that, the Write Big Sessions that I've been doing here at the podcast are my stepping into that space of thought leadership and creation, content creation in a different way. And haven't talked about this a lot, but I am writing a Write Big book, and I went out and found myself a brand new agent. I did my search from scratch. I did it cold. I tried to find the perfect agent for this book, rather than somebody that I knew, because I know a lot of agents, and I don't want to, I don't want to talk about a lot of specifics at the moment about who that person is, or what's happening really, but I will say that it's taken a little minute to get it together, because that's how it happens sometimes. But the book is out on submission, even as we speak, and I was telling KJ, this agent does something that I've never heard of and never seen, and I love it so much, which is that she shares a spreadsheet of the submissions and puts the responses right in there so I can log in, you know, 10, 12, 25 times a day and...Multiple Speakers[all laughing]KJ Dell'AntoniaJust normal, healthy behavior, right?Jennie NashWhich is so fantastic. Rather than, like, why isn't she telling me, or how come we haven't heard or whatever? But it's very, very early days, and so all that's coming in are the no's, because that's, that's what happens. But the no's are so great. I love them so much. They're totally boosting me up. Because, like, people know me. They know my work. They like my work. Like I, I don't know. I'm just so delighted by the nature and quality of the no's, which is just a funny place to be, but that is, that is where I am so...Sarina BowenJennie, it's a fantastic place to be. Like I have never heard another author say the no's make me happy. Like that is not a sentence I have heard in my life. And I know a lot of authors, so the fact that you know that that's, I just have good, good feelings and good thoughts about this project, and you are amazing.Jennie NashWell, thank you. And that is not by accident. That's what Writing Big means, right? It's like I own this idea. I'm not waiting to be picked; I'm not waiting to be anointed. I'm not waiting for somebody to say, you know, good job. But, when they do, and you know, these no's are just indications, like I self-published the Blueprint Books and I sort of think of them as this little thing that I made. I made them for my coaches to use in their coaching, and I made them to, it's a model that I teach. I didn't ever think of it as a thing, but I've sold more than 20,000 copies of the Blueprint Books my own self, and, but I just didn't think like editors would know what they are. They would use them with their own authors. They would know my company. They would know my coaches, and that's what all the no's are showing me. And that I'm just, I'm just like, when do you get a mirror into your impact? It feels like the no's a mirror into my impact, and I feel, I feel like there's no doubt that something great is going to happen with this book. I have no doubt. So bring on the no's and have them be awesome, because I know good things, great things are coming, and whether, who knows what path that is going to be, but that, that is where I am, and that sharing of the spreadsheet that this agent has done is just feeding right into, I mean, for other people, it might be the biggest disaster in the world, but for me, I'm like, this is so fun. I love it. My goal is for the year to lean into this bigger vision of what I can be.KJ Dell'AntoniaThat's a good goal.Jennie NashThank you. Well, I'm going to share my word first, because it just goes so well with what I've just been saying, and it's so obvious, and it's so great. And my word of the year is ‘play big'. Play big.KJ Dell'AntoniaThat's two words.Jess LaheyThat's two words.Sarina BowenI get two words.KJ Dell'AntoniaShe's allowed to have two words because she's playing big.Multiple Speakers[all laughing]Jennie NashAll right, we have to go in reverse order then so KJ, what's your, what's your word?KJ Dell'AntoniaOh, my word of the year is, is ‘alive'.Jess LaheyOh, dear. Okay, that's a... quite a goal you got there missy.KJ Dell'AntoniaIt's a good word... laughingJennie NashCan you explain?!Sarina BowenShe can't, because she's laughing really hard right now.KJ Dell'AntoniaUm, it was going to be enthusiast, because I wanted to be sort of a welcoming both the challenges and the excitements of my life. But I really just feel like, and then it was going to be relish, but, but that's pickles, and I hate them. And then I'm just, I just feel really good about just letting it all come and, and being a part of it.Jennie NashOkay, good word.Jess LaheyOh, Sarina?Sarina BowenI've used a lot of the words.Jess LaheyOh, not yet. Sorry.KJ Dell'AntoniaShe said, reverse order.Jennie NashI'm laughing so hard that I'm crying.Jess LaheyOh, she said, reverse order. That's right.Sarina BowenWe have done this so many times, and we have never laughed all the way through it. Okay, okay.Jess LaheyKJ is right though we have used all of the words, I actually considered reusing one of my words this year, but then I thought maybe that was a cop out. So I did come up with a new word.Sarina BowenI considered it, and then I was too lazy to go look them up.Jess LaheyThat's quite a statement there, Bowen.Sarina BowenI know!Multiple Speakers[all laughing uncontrollably]KJ Dell'AntoniaI know I had savor before, that was kind of where I was going, but...Jennie NashI can't stop laughing.KJ Dell'AntoniaI don't know I feel very gritty about my... [unintelligible]Jennie NashI'm like snort laughing over here at the idea of I'm never going to not hear relish and pickles. [laughing uncontrollably]Jess LaheyI know, I know, I like it so much. I love it.Sarina BowenWell, she really doesn't like pickles. KJ is that friend where if she is served a pickle with her lunch, you can take it.Jess LaheyYeah. Absolutely.KJ Dell'AntoniaAnd the bit of bread that it touched.Sarina BowenOkay Jess? Jess, I don't know how you're going to follow this, but do you have a word?Jess LaheyI do have a word, and I'm really excited about this word, because years ago, when I did a really cool conference in Abu Dhabi, I met this woman that I was shocked I hadn't met before. But her name is Elke Govertsen, Elke, and she has a Substack. Her Substack is just, it's @ Elke, is her. She managed to snag @ Elke. She has a newsletter. She has something called Open Nesting. She's got older kids. Anyway, I subscribed to her Substack. I love it. She's one of those people that when she walked down on stage to give her talk, she just glowed from inside, like she was one of those people that you just, I felt really drawn to. So I started following her and her year, her word for this year I really liked, although I thought about it in a different way than she did. Her word for the year is ‘allow'—a, l, l, o, w—and so that is my word for the year, to allow myself to do some things. For example, finishing this book, and just realizing, allowing myself to be really bad at it and hoping that I can pull it off, allowing myself to look really dumb doing stuff like the beekeeping, allowing myself some grace about the fact that I'm probably killed my bees this winter because they're not insulated enough, all of the things. But I just really liked her word allow. So that's where I am. That's my word. I was going to redo evaluate, because I really did like that one, because that the emphasis there was, like, figure out what's valuable to you, but whatever, I've used that one before, so I'm going to give credit out to Elke and go with allow.Jennie NashOkay, Sarina, what about you?Sarina BowenWell, you know, I picked a word, and I usually really struggle with this, and I never feel quite comfortable with it, but I pick something, or it just picked me one day, and that word is ‘esteem'. And my little job, my little job is having a strange little moment of esteem, because there's this show that's at the tippy top of HBO right now called Heated Rivalry. And Heated Rivalry is a book that is a queer hockey romance, which is something that I have also written since 2014, and it has; strangely, some of my best performing books ever over the last decade fall into what I thought was a niche. So I write this niche thing, and people read it and they love it, but you know, it has always stayed in its corner until now. And Rachel Reid is the author of the book called Heated Rivalry, from which this TV show was made very faithfully. And Heated Rivalry is a fantastic novel, by the way. Fantastic conflict, and an interesting story structure. So it has been quite a revelation to watch her book and story reach an audience that I did not feel it was capable of. And there is something about that, that really spoke to all the parts about my, of my business, where, for example, sometimes I have to do research. And early on, I almost felt apologetic about asking an orthopedic surgeon to talk to me about something for a romance novel, because I just assumed that they would roll their eyes. I did it anyway. Thank you, Mark, Dr. Mark, for explaining knee surgery to me. But um, so esteem is a couple of different things. It is choosing projects that I esteem and that I care about, not because I think they'll sell, but because I love them, and also just realizing that the esteem that comes to various things that we do is not always predictable or measurable or something to rely upon. So I have to esteem it all on my own before I commit the time to do that. And that is how I ended up picking this word that I that I really like. It's kind of a quiet word. It doesn't, it isn't sexy, I guess is, is a word I would describe it, not really, but, um, but it is a, it's like asks you to pause and measure how we feel about something before we commit. And that is how I ended up there.Jess LaheyI love that meaning to the word. I love it.Jennie NashSomething that also occurs to me is you spoke with such esteem about this other author and the work that that she's done, and that's something that you often do, and you lift up all the writers in lots of different ways. And that esteem you have for the process of writing and the publishing business and the hard work of it comes across as well. So I like that meaning too.Sarina BowenWell thank you. I had an interesting conversation with my 22 year old son, who is quite a reader. Right now he's trying to get to the end of Crime and Punishment before his semester really kicks in. And he asked me over drinks, on a trip to Boston that I was making time for, so go me, if I could write like anyone, like if I could suddenly have the skills of any author, dead or alive, who would I pick? And I instantly gave him a couple of names in contemporary fiction that he has never read and never will, because there are people who write books that are not for 22 year old nerds. And, um, and he, he sort of blanked and he's like, no mama, like you could have, you could be Tolstoy, you know, like you could pick anything. And I'm like, no, I'm serious. I have esteem for the things these people are doing in contemporary fiction. And it's like that, um, that George Michael quote, like, when are you going to make some serious music? And he says, you don't understand, I'm very serious about pop music. And you know, it's my right to esteem whatever I choose. And I really do choose this. It's not; it's not a runner up thing for me. This is my interest, and I'm going to value it.Jess LaheyHell yeah,Sarina BowenYeah. Woohoo!Jennie NashI feel like we should end on that.Jess LaheyYeah. I think that's a good place to stop.Jennie NashThat was some power, power language there. We would love our listeners to share in the chat your goals for the year, your words for the year, how you feel about pickles and their touching a bread. [laughing] We would love to hear all the things from you, and until next time, keep your butt in the chair and your head in the game.NarratorThe Hashtag AmWriting Podcast is produced by Andrew Perrella. Our intro music, aptly titled, Unemployed Monday, was written and played by Max Cohen. Andrew and Max were paid for their time and their creative output, because everyone deserves to be paid for the This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe
The readings for this homily: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/013026.cfmFather Jason Lewis, MIC, leads us into one of Scripture's most sobering and hope-filled accounts: the fall and repentance of King David. Chosen, anointed, and beloved by God, David nevertheless sins gravely — through sloth, lust, deceit, and murder. Yet this story is not preserved to excuse sin, but to reveal the astonishing depth of Divine Mercy.David's crimes are real and devastating. He abuses power, betrays trust, and orchestrates the death of an innocent man. But when confronted by the prophet Nathan, David does not justify himself. He repents. From the depths of that repentance comes Psalm 51: “Have mercy on me, O God, in your kindness; in your compassion blot out my offense” (Ps 51:3; NABRE). This cry becomes the prayer of the whole Church.What follows defies human logic. God does not abandon His covenant. From this broken history comes restoration. From repentance comes mercy. And from this wounded lineage comes Solomon — and ultimately Jesus Christ Himself. As St. Paul teaches, “where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more” (Rom 5:20; NABRE). Mercy does not deny justice; it transforms the sinner who turns back to God.This is the heart of The Divine Mercy message entrusted to Saint Faustina: no sin is greater than God's mercy when met with repentance and trust (“The Diary of St. Faustina,” 699). The Catechism affirms that God's mercy is infinite and offered to every contrite heart (“Catechism of the Catholic Church,”1847).This homily invites us to hope. No past is irredeemable. No repentance is wasted. God is always working — not against us, but with us, for our salvation.Watch the full homily on DivineMercyPlus.org, the no-cost, ad-free Catholic streaming platform with exclusive Catholic content. ★ Support this podcast ★
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