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Ask Paul Tripp is a semi-weekly podcast resource from Paul Tripp Ministries. Each week, pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp answers your questions about anything and everything, connecting the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life in the process. In this episode, Paul answers this question we received from Michelle: “How do you love a husband who is a believer but is prideful and unteachable? I want to get counseling for our marriage, but he thinks we're fine and refuses."If you have a question you'd like to ask Paul, you can email ask@paultripp.com or submit it online at PaulTripp.com/Ask.Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs To Make:PaulTripp.com/Marriage

Patrick explains the profound mystery of Christ's presence at Mass and clarifies that Jesus doesn't leave heaven to be present in the Eucharist; He manifests simultaneously at countless altars worldwide while still reigning at the right hand of the Father.   Good News: Hiker Survives 50 Days in Canadian Wilderness (01:20) Michelle - How can I handle people who are getting off track with personal experiences in a bible study I am leading? (09:59) Mark - I was lost in the Rockies for a few hours, and I was more concerned about freezing to death. I was given some preparation which kept me from panicking. It's like with the spiritual life, if you prepare you won't panic when things get tough. (13:14) Connor - If so many people seem to go to hell, it seems like the sacrifice of Christ is not very meaningful. How is God's sacrifice worthwhile if only a few people are going to heaven? (18:59) Jim - I am a Eucharistic Minister and give communion to my mom. My sister wanted to receive also, even though she is not practicing Catholic. Was it wrong for me to give her communion? (25:57) Christine (email) - Gut microbiome, gut health and how it affects our mood and actions (38:19) Patrick recommends “Legacy: A Father's Handbook for Raising Godly Children” by Steve Wood Rydin - How can Catholic priests call down Jesus in the Eucharist if there are multiple Masses going on around the world at the same time? Are goats considered demonic animals? (44:03)

Patrick commends on Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent comments saying “heaven is a fantasy” Monica – We are fed not only through homily but through Bible studies and radio shows, books, etc Bob - Do we need to receive communion on the Holy Days of obligation? Michelle - How can I pray correctly for God's guidance? I have two neighbors who are on the sex offenders list and I don't know what to do. James - Verbal prayer and Mental prayer - is one more affective? Letty - Can I still watch the Dodgers games? Diane - Is there a Catholic study guide for the Book of Revelation? Patrick recommends “The End” by Dr. Scott Hahn Sandra - My grandma is 101, and seems to be dying. One of my family members practice Reiki and is wanting to heal my grandma with her powers. What should I do? Kotya - Does God love the devil? Greg - Confession and final judgement: Will our sins come out into the open? Caroline - What happens to saint's bodies who are relics at the end of time? Richard - Can you explain what you mean by “gay ideology?”

We can build courses and do webinars, but these actions don't guarantee success. Adrienne Taylor-Wells speaks with Michelle Jackson about the need to be authentic and vulnerable with our audiences and the importance of seeing people and not just sales. https://plutusfoundation.org/2022/adrienne-taylor-wells-purposelessness/ Notes and summary from this episode Adrienne-I'm the founder of Tailored Wealth Saver and our goal is to help Millennials live a life on their terms. I help people figure out their financial intentions while reaching your financial goals. Michelle-How did you get into this space? Adrienne-When I was in college I was a chemistry major. I transferred schools at the end of freshman year in 2009 during the Great Recession and was an interesting time to be in finances. Personal finance has always been pretty interesting to me. Michelle-How did you grow your brand and what your intention was behind the type of work you were looking to do? Adrienne-Every week I recorded on YouTube. I cringe at those videos now. Right before COVID started I moved to Houston and I noticed that Instagram Reels was starting to pick up. I started making Instagram posts and stayed consistent with that. I would do fun money reels. “How to fly first class without paying” went viral Michelle-How did you translate that traction into paying clients. We've heard the stories of folks unable to convert their followers to purchases. Adrienne-I actually had a failure like that. I launched the Wealth Saver Planner. A lot of people booked consultations with me (10 minute free consultations) out of the free consultations I may have converted 20% of those people who became clients (I didn't have clear intentions behind it) when I launched the planner I actually didn't have a lot of sales. What I realized was that the audience wanted to learn about flying first class, I didn't have the intention to convert them into understanding the financial content (and the “why”) behind what you're talking about. The importance of finances. I had to get a marketing team for the planner because it wasn't selling. Michelle-Why do you think your audience didn't understand what you were trying to do. How do you share what you're doing without being disingenuous? Adrienne-I still struggle with this because I don't like selling. I realized that everything we do we're being sold to. One of the greatest things we can do is have authentic conversations. Sometimes we forget that people are people. Let people know that you actually care for them. When we first talked about intent I thought about compassion. Michelle-How did you know that your product was a product your audience wanted? There's intention, purpose and service. Sometimes a content creator designs a product with purpose but it may need to be repositioned. Adrienne-The planners at first were a failure. I thought I would sell thousands of units of this planner. I laughed at myself. What I did was I realized that the planner could be used as a supplement and offered it to my clients. You can buy them separately but I focus on the planners being a supplement to what I'm working with clients on. Once I stop working with clients after 3 months they still have a tool to use for their goals. I was one of the winners of the Plutus Grant and because of that I was able to reposition the planner. Michelle-What are some tips that you would share with other content creators building out their brands in relation to intent. This is a BROAD question Adrienne-Be intentional about your purpose with your audience, be vulnerable. I had emergency surgery in May. Be vulnerable about some of the things you normally wouldn't share. Your audience will connect with your authenticity. Also, do market research. Ask your audience-What do you want from me. Follow Adrienne Tailored Wealth Saver Podcast-The Wealth Saver Podcast

For more information, visit the show notes at https://plutusfoundation.org/2022/rahkim-sabree-hubris   Welcome to Series 6 of the Plutus Awards Podcast hosted by Michelle Jackson. Our community is filled with hundreds of stories from creators and entrepreneurs just like you. And through this show we share these stories of challenges and successes from bloggers to podcasters, from writers, speakers, and more. In this season we talk about a somewhat taboo topic — the deadly sins that personal finance (and other content creators) can make. We share lessons learned, how to avoid these mistakes, and the fact that we're all human, putting our creative work out there into the world. This season's conversation is about the inherent risks we're taking in developing online brands, our own hubris, and the impact that how other people perceive us can make us or break our online brand. Today's guest is Rahkim Sabree and in this episode we talk about hubris. Just because we built something doesn't mean that our audience wants it. Learn the lessons learned from the mistake of building out a product without talking to your audience. We've all done it before and how Rahkim is avoiding making that mistake in the future. Rahkim Sabree – The Sin of Hubris: How to Use Insight From Your Audience Notes and summary from this episode Rahkim-I'm Rahkim Sabree, I'm an author, columnist, speaker and financial coach. Got into financial education about 10 years ago. I talk about financial empowerment, financial trauma and financial mindset. Michelle-How would you describe what your business is to other online entrepreneurs? Rahkim-It evolves part of me feels like I act like a consultant and stepping into an influencer role. My business model is definitely digital media. Michelle-This season of the Plutus Awards Podcast we're talking about the 7 deadly sins that creators need to be aware of making in their businesses. We're definitely talking about this with a lot of empathy. How did you even get into this space? Rahkim-I fell in by accident. A happy accident. I spent 10 years in the banking industry. And one of the things I realized was that there was a lot that I didn't know about money. In my banking career I had to learn about the products in order to sell them. I realized what I wasn't exposed to growing up. For example-the idea of homeownership. It didn't occur to me that homeownership was available to me. I shared my knowledge with my friends and family because they also didn't know. Michelle-What's interesting around your brand and mission is that it's positioned around firing your boss. Rahkim-The best decision I've ever made and the hardest decision I've ever made. I had to figure out how I was going to move forward and figuring out how I was going to survive. It's been a liberating experience, but the biggest takeaway for me is that my mental health has improved significantly. The idea of “I fired my boss” is to take back your power. Michelle-What are some of the ways your building out your brand and components of your business? Rahkim-I like this question. When I first started I didn't know what to do. A lot of the growth I've experienced is based on a combination of things. Being active on Twitter, reels, etc. But, what solidified my credibility was contributing to publications and being featured. People look at you as a thought leader. Michelle-You're talking about building up your authority. What about building out how you're making money? Let's deep dive into the product's conversation and the deadly sin related to product. Rahkim-Most of my money comes from solidifying that credibility. I do a lot of writing and the writing brings in income. I wouldn't have gotten paid for my writing if I was writing for free first. I also do some social media management, get paid to speak and one-on-one financial coaching. Going into products I was approached by a coach to build out a course. I was like “oh, ok.” I'd never thought about creating a course and this should be easy. I was convinced to do it and paid the coach to help me with it. I drank the kool aid. I thought I was going to pay a high ticket price, etc. Then, I would invest in Facebook ads. I spent 4 figures in Facebook advertising no sales, 4 figures in retaining the ad agency, 4 figures for the coach. And the thing that I learned in hindsight I didn't ask my audience is this what they actually wanted (from me). The difference between my content and the course is that it's not sexy. It's not “I'm going to bring your credit score to 850 in 30 days” I was advised to market it differently and I knew that I couldn't because the content was about abstract topics and the psychology of money. Not sexy. I really didn't test the market and I assumed that I knew best and that they would buy. Michelle-That's a hard lesson especially because you developed a course and you have to factor in the time that you took to do that. I think a lot of content creators make this mistake. It's hard to hear from people to pre-sell a product. It feels weird to make sales on a product that doesn't feel real. Rahkim-The coach did give me the advice to run a pre-sell and it didn't really work. The coach and I even worked out what the revenue would like for pre-sells vs. post sales. The coach and I were friends prior to this and I trusted that their expertise was aligned with what they were articulating based on our friendship. This did have a negative impact on our friendship. There was very minimal involvement with the coach; they were theoretical versus on-hand. In hindsight I should have asked for a case study showing their results with other clients. Michelle-You're in the process of developing new products and how does this experience influence that process? Rahkim-There's definitely trauma associated with it. I haven't abandoned the course and it lives in two places and rebranded the content and repriced it. As far as moving forward, I have a better pulse on what my audience resonates with. My favorite platform to test content on is Twitter and then Instagram is a close second. And then launching a pre-sell around these products to see the pace of buy in versus engagement. Because someone likes an idea on a post doesn't mean that they're going to buy something. There's so much momentum with the Great Resignation and Work From Home because of the Pandemic. It doesn't just mean quit your job. Michelle-What types of products are you looking at and why? Rahkim-I am working on a book. That's the biggest product that has gained a lot of momentum. I've started some pre-sells around that. The process of emptying my mind of all of those experiences and the real, raw things about being in corporate America (has been hard) Michelle-I know that a lot of people in the PF space write books as a way to get in front of other people and launch your brand. Are you prepared for some of the energy around the book and the reception of the book? What are you doing to get the book out there?Are you worried about missing out on this wave of interest? Rahkim-That's a good question. But, I got burnt out. I got to a point where I felt like I was done and then I looked at the word count and it wasn't enough. I took a pause and in taking a pause to take the time to decompress and heal. I've been able to reflect and let those experiences marinate. I've asked my audience for some grace. I just continue telling my story. My audience has grown during this time due to viral posts and national television coverage. Michelle-It's an evergreen topic. I think that you've tapped into a feeling and sentiment that had really good timing with millions of people (in the U.S.) quitting. Rahkim-When I hit a one year mark having made that decision and people congratulated me. Michelle-What's your goal for next year? Rahkim-To continue to be free. Continue the momentum, continue to find ways to make income as an entrepreneur. It's a little scary. Making smart choices financially to allow me to sustain this lifestyle.

Patrick gives advice to a listener who had a hysterectomy after her husband had a vasectomy Lauren - I get chills in the bedroom and feel strange things in my house and other weird things. What should I do?  Thaddeus - Welcome to Chicago! Would you ever consider giving a talk in Chicago? Michelle - How do I move forward after having a hysterectomy? Dan - I was addicted to pornography before I was confirmed. Was my confirmation valid? Megan - At toddler level in the bookstore, I hid some books about transgender ideology. Was that okay for me to do?

Diana is a stay-at-home, homeschooling, Pinterest mom turned accidental entrepreneur. Her love of holiday cinnamon rolls and travel hacks catapulted her once part-time blog into a full-fledged 6 figure business in 2021. Her inspirational, yet always relatable, content has grown her following on social media to over 600k and given her the opportunity to work with brands like Disney, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Hilton, Nickelodeon, Walmart, and so many more.   She is passionate about inspiring her audience to look for magic in the everyday and showcases easy and accessible ideas, so they know that amazing things are within their grasp. She also doesn't sugar coat the struggles she faces with imposter syndrome, mental health, the never-ending search for "balance" as a mom and business owner, and the sacrifices she makes to live the life she wants. -------------------------- In today's episode, we cover: Meeting Diana and what she does The different niches she creates content for What it's like to backpack with 3 children How she connected with Michelle How important consistent branding and messaging is Discovering TikTok and how she grew on the app What the business side of being a content creator looks like How her life has changed since starting out Why does she separate content for herself and her family How the rebrand gave her a fresh perspective on her business The importance of creating tangible business goals What makes her brand brag-worthy ----------------------- EPISODES YOU MIGHT DIG: 043 Managing Multi-Biz Balance with Morgan Motsinger 032 Sis My Aesthetic: Tik Tok for Brands 023 Everything in My Brand Questionaire ----------------------- Guest info:   For more on Diana, you can find her @Mrsblinks on Instagram and on TikTok, and to check out her brand new website and offerings, head over to withtheblinks.com.   ----------------------- WORK WITH MKW CREATIVE CO.   Connect on social with Michelle at: Kiss My Aesthetic Facebook Group Instagram Tik Tok ----------------------- Did you know that the fuel of the POD and the KMA Team runs on coffee? ;) If you love the content shared in the KMA podcast, you're welcome to invite us to a cup of coffee any time - Buy Me a Coffee! ----------------------- This episode of the Kiss My Aesthetic Podcast is brought to you by Audible. Get your first month free at www.audible.com/kma.

In this episode, Michelle Abraham, from Amplifyou, joins me to celebrate my 150th podcast as well as Michelle's 150th podcast. Michelle interviews me and the surprising moments along the way and then I interview her. Come join in on our fun conversation about the podcasting journey.    Highlights From This Episode: Here are some of the questions Michelle asked Val: What has been the most surprising thing that's come out of podcasting? What keeps you going? What keeps you consistent? What do you see fast forward? What's coming down the pipeline? How have you found your voice? Has your voice grown or changed? Here's some of the questions Val asked Michelle: How many podcasts have you launched to date? What's been a highlight along this podcasting journey? What's in store for the journey ahead with Amplifyou?   Links & Resources From This Episode: Entrepreneur Toolbox  Where you'll find all our podcast guest gifts   Learn more:   Amplifyou Podcast on iTunes Behind the Mic. Ask the Experts.   More About Michelle Abraham After realizing we were living someone else's “American Dream,” in 2016 my husband and I ditched the ‘burbs and took our family on a 5-month RV trip. Since then, I've launched over 300 shows, managed 65 episodes a week, AND grown a SIX-FIGURE business while raising small kids in an off-the-grid cabin. I'm a firm believer that with strategy and an A= team, you can have mega INFLUENCE from ANYWHERE. – 15 years of Entrepreneurial Experience – 2020 Business From the Heart Entrepreneur of the Year – #14 of Top 50 Moms in Podcasting 2 Years Running – Traveled to 47 countries – and counting!   Awesome FREE Resources for YOU! Entrepreneur Toolbox Special access to reports, books and resources provided to you as gifts from our podcast expert guests. This valuable information covers various business and life topics.  Power of 3 Daily Planner A one-page daily planner to keep you on track to reaching your goals and taking action on the important things in your business and life.   Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please Share It, Subscribe to the Podcast and Leave Us An iTunes Review. Val Low is a MAP IT Master & Brand Strategist and takes entrepreneurs to their next level of growth and impact. Through visual business mapping, Val works with entrepreneurs to take their dreams and business ideas out of their head and bring them to life. Val provides strategy on creating a message and brand to stand out in a noisy marketplace that people love to talk about. Visit Val's Website: https://vallow.me/ Connect with Val on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/val-low #entrepreneur  #business  #branding  #marketing  #mindset  #success  #leadership  #podcasting  #content  #strategy

How can we help our daughters when they struggle with perfectionism? Body image? Negative self-talk? How can we help our daughters set boundaries and identify toxic friendships? We're in our Grace in Parenting series, and we're talking all about raising daughters with Licensed Professional Counselor, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert. (We talk so much in fact, that this one conversation spans two podcast episodes!) In this episode, Michelle: How to help your daughter stand up to a culture of mean, What to do when your daughter suffers from negative self-talk, Tools to help your perfectionistic child. Key Quotes “When we speak truth in love, it's not a mandate that we speak truth to every human.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “You keep going even though your daughter rolls her eyes. She'll probably sigh too.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “Your daughter is watching you.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “Wanting and needing your child to be an extension of you is narcissism.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “When it comes to perfectionism, we first model excellence, humility, and transparency.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “If it has to be perfect, it's a problem. If you like it to be perfect, you might be made like that.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “Our kids cannot be driven by the fear of failure.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “The world is telling our kids you cannot afford a mistake. One thing on social media will destroy your career. One grade will destroy you. Those are lies. God can overcome anything.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “The minute our girls start being critical of themselves, we need to teach them what God says about them and then we need to teach them how to retrain their brains against what the world is telling them.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “The prayers of God's people in the spiritual battle are so significant.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “There are some things our daughters are not going to learn under our roof.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “Be around people who are honest with their struggles.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert “We are not really great friends until both of us have messed up and we have forgiven each other.” - LPC, author, speaker, and podcaster Michelle Nietert Mentioned in the Podcast The FCC requires that I tell you that I'm an Amazon Affiliate, which means I earn a bit of commission on each sale. But don't worry there's no added cost to you! Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay Melissa Spoelstra Raising Mentally Healthy Kids: Treating your child's diagnosed eating disorder Becoming a Friend and a Lover by Dick Purnell For all Michelle's media appearances + podcast episodes About Michelle Nietert Michelle has been a licensed professional counselor for over 25 years and is the co-author of the award-winning book Loved and Cherished: 100 Devotions for Girls and Make Up Your Mind: Unlock Your Thoughts, Transform Your Life.  She leads a team of counselors as the clinical director of Community Counseling Associates in the Dallas, Texas area.  She is a frequent guest on national television and podcasts, including her own podcast: Raising Mentally Healthy Kids.  She and her husband Drew have been married for almost two decades and are raising two school-aged children.  Here's how to connect with Michelle Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Podcast Here's how to connect with Jill Website  GraceInRealLifePodcast.com  Instagram  Facebook group  Facebook page Subscribe to Jill's weekly “the good + the grace” email 

Michelle Moore is an award-winning leadership coach, author, speaker and educator voted as one of the UK's 50 Most 'Influential Women in Sport'. Based on a twenty year' career in senior leadership roles across sport, government and education, her pioneering work and coaching and leadership programmes have transformed the lives of professionals, young people, athletes and the culture of many organisations. Winner of the 2016 UK Precious Award for ‘Outstanding Woman in Sport', a Football Black List award and an esteemed national Change Maker award. Michelle is a globally recognised executive on leadership, race equity and sport for development. A sought after experienced speaker and moderator hosting events and delivering keynotes for The University of Cambridge, The NBA, and UNICEF UK. She has chaired events at the United Nations and presented to the House of Lords. Michelle makes regular appearances for top tier media outlets including BBC Radio 4, TRT World, Channel 4, BBC World Service Sportshour and been featured in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Times and The Independent. Michelle is a regular contributor on BBC radio. Michelle combines her campaigning roles with board positions for SportsAid, a Sport England Talent Inclusion Advisory Board member and is commissioner for The Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket. She is a senior honorary associate lecturer at the University of Worcester. Michelle's book Real Wins was published November 25 2021, by John Murray Press, Hachette UK.      New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time - Hit the subscribe button so you don't miss out.    To support the Tough Girl Podcast and learn more about becoming a patron please visit www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast.      Show Notes Who is Michelle Her work in the world  Using sport to address inequities  Supporting individuals in their leadership journey  Helping people to transform themselves and their communities  Being based in London  Working as a former teacher and having a love of education Learning more about Michelle's early years  Growing up as a twin in the 70s Being at athlete and being encouraged by her mum to do sports Being a Black woman of mixed heritage Being surrounded by love and culture and sports Future dreams and ambitions Wanting to be the best athlete she could be The lessons learned from sports Dealing with losses Showing up every week to train Wanting to be of service and to make a difference Leaving athletics behind after going to university  The challenges at university Having an honest conversation with herself  Using sport to develop leadership  Changing your mindset around fear How we achieve success which is defined by ourselves Why we need to ask ourselves better questions Learning to practice self compassion Write the newspaper headline for tomorrow Why we are not our thoughts Why you have more power and control than you realise Definitions of success and how they have changed  Figuring out strengths and talents Wanting to talk to young people about well-being Why the biggest competition is always yourself Living in the moment and being present Going through the process of writing her book Attracting different opportunities into our lives Why you should be successful at a job if you've been doing it for 10 years Why 20% was good enough Creating her own leadership seminars  Backing herself Turning up and being me Focusing on what I can control Writing for herself  How to connect with Michelle How to support Michelle and why it makes a big difference Final words of advice  Wanting to be seen, heard, valued and respected  Why the small things are important    Social Media   Website: www.michellemoore.me    Instagram: @michellemoore.me   Twitter: @hellomoore    Book: Race, Leadership and How to Redefine Success.    Real Wins is an urgent call to action from one of the most influential women in sport. In her unflinching style, Michelle Moore seeks to redress inequality at all levels and shows us how to channel our inner Serena Williams or Raheem Sterling to challenge stereotypes and tired assumptions.    Through this timely, eye-opening insight into her experiences both on the track and in the boardroom, Michelle shows us how to face our fears, build resilience and find our own unique leadership style. She shares stories from athletes, leaders and many other inspiring people, as she redefines the relationship between identity and success for both individuals and organizations.    Giving you the practical strategies of self-awareness and resilience to run your own race, Real Wins will empower you to take responsibility for your own prejudices, actions and ultimate success.  

Show Notes: 02:25   Dan's dogs' disc golf epiphany. 04:25   Maggie's alarming alarm usage.   10:50   Mags to Valentine or Gal-entine this year? 15:10   Theatre Kids theory and how NOT to take music lessons. 19:00   “Would you rather” random questions for the family. 24:00   Listener question from Michelle – How do you quiet your mind and unwind?             The negative side of social media on the brain. https://now.northropgrumman.com/this-is-your-brain-on-instagram-effects-of-social-media-on-the-brain/ 34:50   What are Maggie's “No” lines? 39:50   Would you rather be stuck in an elevator or on a ski lift? 42:33   Would you rather have your first child at 18 or 40? 42:54   Would you rather be 4'5” or 7' 7”? 43:30   Listener question from Emma: Who is your favorite character on “New Girl?” 46:38   Dan and Shay binge watching “Alias.” Jennifer Garner is the bomb! Show Sponsor BetterHelp – get 10% off your first month by going to www.betterhelp.com/wholesome

Did you know that over 1 million people train on a Peloton every day? How was this phenomenon created and maintained? Tony had the pleasure of speaking with John Foley, Co-founder and CEO of Peloton at a recent Business Mastery event. Foley has led Peloton to geometric growth, after more than 400 rejections from potential investors, it is now valued at over $32B dollars! With 3.6 million raving fans, Foley has created an online community that both supports and challenges people to live better lives through convenient fitness in your home. His dedication to principles like “stay hungry and humble” and “don't use hope as a method” are part of the secret to his success. It is Foley's continued focus on aspirational goals combined with his ability to inspire his employees to act like owners in solving problems and staying hungry that ensures Peloton will continue to accelerate and thrive as a business. Watch the full conversation here. [01:03] Intro of John Foley, CEO and co-founder of Peloton [03:32] Foley background, including working at a Skittles Factory  [05:25] Hunger and humility most important to success [06:44] Foley's mentor [08:01] Digital media disruption [09:52] 400 nos before a single yes [11:06] Funding Peloton [11:39] Surround yourself with people who see the vision [13:22] Consistency and perseverance created traction [14:41] Goal of growing business 100% and making your life better [17:55] Don't let perfect be the enemy of good and minimum viable product [19:23] Communal motivation in group fitness to make it fun [21:15] How willing are your customers to recommend your business? - Peloton is in low 90's on 1-100 scale [23:12] Foley's competitive nature [25:23] The instructor, the human factor, matters. Scaling via digital media [28:22] Don't use hope as a method [28:47] Don't plan for failure, plan for success because it becomes self-fulfilling [30:13] Partnership with Beyonce [33:59] 8,000 employees globally [34:06]Marc Benioff is an inspiration. Champion of social change and team culture [34:57] Internal culture permeates into the brand [36:32] Audience question from Karina: How have your margins increased with COVID? [37:24] COVID was tailwind for Peloton [38:23] Had to spend $100M to satisfy the demand but margin structure has increased [40:14] Audience question from Michelle: How did you build a team with great people AND establish a culture? [42:30] Audience question from Brett: What did it feel like to see something you created finally succeed? [43:15] We are not doing a victory dance. Hungry and humble with fire in our belly to get to our goals [44:45] Audience question from Ann: What was your journey as you began putting Peloton together as a company? [45:33] Bought parts of our business. Decided needed to be good at software, hardware and content. Focus on what will make your business special [47:12] Find partners that share your work ethic, that you like being around [48:32] Sign off

In this week's Solidarity Fridays episode, Kyle, Joe, and Michelle start out by reflecting on the awesome conversation with Dr. Carl Hart from earlier in the week and everything it made them think about concerning the drug war, society's framing of addiction, how different drugs have been vilified in different eras, privilege, and how greed is keeping the truth from us. They then launch into the articles, which really run the gamut: Nebraska's governor saying cannabis will kill your children, the Biden administration asking staffers to resign over past cannabis use (What? A politician LIED TO US?!), a study from 2008 showing no statistical difference between SSRI and placebo effects (notable because it mirrors findings from the recent microdosing study they keep discussing), and an opinion piece on the healing power of mushrooms. They then talk about an interesting study where researchers are looking to predict who will do best with psychedelic-assisted therapy, and who might have a really challenging experience. Could you always predict that? Or is it just about getting to know a patient, supporting them, and titrating the dose, hence the title? And since there aren't enough links on this page: If you've been looking to take the Navigating Psychedelics for Clinicians and Therapists live course you keep hearing about, new dates are up, so now is the time! And if you want a free copy of Dr. Carl Hart's amazing book, Drug Use for Grown-Ups, we're giving away 5, thanks to Penguin Random House, so make sure to enter the giveaway! Notable Quotes "Why are we only concerned about someone’s psychological well-being when it has to do with drugs?” -Michelle “Heroin was killing a lot of Black men in the 70s and no one cared. And now that it’s killing all these white people with opioids and all this middle-class stuff, all of a sudden, we care. And we want harm-reduction and we want laws and we want drug-checking. But no one gave a fuck 40 years ago.” -Michelle “So we had the war on drugs and ‘drugs are bad.’ ‘Weed, psychedelics- they’ll make you go crazy.’ And now we have that part of the drug war sort of ending and we’re legalizing them and we’re making money off of them, so all of a sudden, we’ve gone from one untruth which is 'all drugs are bad’ to this kind of other untruth which is like, ‘Weed and psychedelics: they’ll save your life, they’re great, everyone should use them!’ It’s like, fuck, dude, where was the middle? Where was the neutral? Where was the actual truth?” -Michelle “How do we catch medicine up to the state of science? Medicine seems to be 10 to 30 years behind science, often. ...Sorry doctors- I don’t mean to insult you, but it’s your field, it’s not you as an individual. If you’re listening to this show, clearly you’re ahead of the curve.” -Joe “Just thinking about how transpersonal came out of the humanistic movement because they needed something new, we’re at a new point where like, how do we incorporate and integrate a lot of this neuroscience, the somatics, the transpersonal, the depth, and what could a new field look like? ...What would that look like to create a new branch of psychology that really incorporates and integrates a lot of this stuff, and the impact that psychedelics have had on this? What type of theories and frameworks do we need, moving forward, as psychedelics become more integrated into the culture and into the medical realm? Do we need to bring psyche back a little bit with the psychedelics, to really help give a framework or some context to some of these transpersonal and numinous experiences?” -Kyle  Links Hilary Agro’s tweet Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel, by Tom Wainwright Hightimes.com: Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts Says Marijuana Will ‘Kill Your Children’ Norml.org: Marijuana Regulation and Teen Use Rates Rollingstone.com: Evanston, Illinois Will Use Weed Tax to Fund Nation’s First Government Reparations Program Thedailybeast.com: Biden White House Sandbags Staffers, Sidelines Dozens for Pot Use Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth, by Irving Kirsch, PhD Chemistryworld.com: LSD: cultural revolution and medical advances Bdnews24.com: Can magic mushrooms heal us? Talkbusiness.net: Alice Walton’s Whole Health Institute will build a new medical school in Bentonville Scienceblog.com: Predicting Who May Do Best With Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Pubs.acs.org: Predicting Reactions to Psychedelic Drugs: A Systematic Review of States and Traits Related to Acute Drug Effects Psychedelics Today: Kyle Buller and Joe Moore – A Clinical Approach to Trauma Resolution Utilizing Breathwork Support the show! Patreon Leave us a review on Facebook or iTunes Share us with your friends Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics  

In today’s Solidarity Fridays episode, Kyle, Joe, and Michelle once again meet through the airwaves to discuss recent news articles and see where that takes them.  They first talk about a North Wales police boss who wants to give prisoners controlled amounts of cannabis as a way to combat violence and drug addiction and how that questions the notion of prisoners being expected to suffer. Then, they head to "Missurah," where a bill was just introduced to remove their established provision against Schedule I substances, expanding eligibility and getting them closer to how other states use 2018's federal Right to Try Act to help people with terminal and life-threatening illnesses. They then talk about a study that showed significant reduction in alcohol consumption after MDMA use and why the sense of connection that MDMA fosters could be the reason, a self-blinding microdosing study that proved the power of the placebo (and expectation) effect and what that might mean for regular microdosers, and a listener email highlighting the importance of establishing the idea that rituals and ceremonies don’t have to have a Shaman, healer, or some other person in an all-knowing, leadership role. Other topics covered: how to make therapy cheaper, whether or not a lot of letters after someone's name matters, learning survival skills, Paul Stamets, NASA, and astromycology, Zapatistas, Star Trek: Discovery, and Pauly Shore (but only a little- hopefully more next week). Notable Quotes “I feel like they’re getting a little out of hand sometimes with how we sell these treatments. In press releases or on websites for retreat centers, it’s like: 'Cure everything that’s ever been wrong with you in one week!' and 'Addiction no more!' -all this kind of stuff. ...It’s not as sexy to sell a mushroom retreat as like: 'Start this new relationship with mushrooms and work on it every day for the rest of your life!” That’s not going to sell.” -Michelle “How essential is it that the therapist is even in the room? Can’t you just be somewhere really safe with a volunteer sitter or somebody that doesn’t have a huge student debt to pay off? Is the conversation being steered in a particular direction because of incentives like graduate degrees, licensure, etc? ...If I can consume $30 of street MDMA and not have to pay 12 grand, and I can just go to my medicare-covered therapist a few times before and after, that’s a way cheaper proposition.” -Joe “There’s a lot of great healers in the world that would be really amazing at doing a lot of this stuff, but could they afford their degree? The answer is probably no, and so they don’t get to even be at the table to make any of these decisions.” -Kyle  “We can say microdosing is all a placebo effect, but I think there’s something more interesting here on the power of the expectation effect, and how we’re almost manifesting our own mood change.” -Michelle “You don’t need a Shaman there, I think, for a spiritual experience. ...You don’t need someone in a seat of power. I also feel like Shamans and healers- they’re fascinating and they’re a deep part of human history, but so is the desire for power. ...You don’t have to get stuck in that ‘I’m nobody, the Shaman has all the power, and I need you for learning' [narrative].” -Michelle Links Bbc.com: Police boss wants cannabis trial for prisoners Marijuanamoment.net: Missouri Bill Would Add MDMA, Psilocybin Mushrooms And LSD To Right-To-Try Law Independent.co.uk: Taking MDMA could help to treat alcoholism, study suggests Dr. Ben Sessa’s appearance on Psychedelics Today Elifesciences.org: Self-blinding citizen science to explore psychedelic microdosing Drweil.com: Is The Placebo Effect Real? Nature.com: Positive expectations predict improved mental-health outcomes linked to psychedelic microdosing Paulstamets.com: Astromycology funded by NASA, Science Fiction becomes Science Fact Nasa.gov: Making Soil for Space Habitats by Seeding Asteroids with Fungi Damer.com (Dr. Bruce Damer) Mehl-madrona.com (author Lewis Mehl-Madrona) Psychedelicstoday.com: Online Psychedelic Community Options to Ride Out the Rest of Covid-19 Free Psychedelics Today Event: On Dreams, the Feminine and the Practice of Psychotherapy: An Interview with Maria Papaspyrou (with Kyle and Johanna Hilla) Support the show! Patreon Leave us a review on Facebook or iTunes Share us with your friends Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics  

Show Notes: What do you do to package yourself up and make yourself acceptable or popular? What would it be like to be more yourself in every single place you show up? How would it impact your business to move further in this direction? In this week's podcast episode, I dive into those questions with Michelle Markwart Deveaux. Michelle works with voice professionals to become the people they need to be in order to run the businesses they want to create. Michelle runs a thriving business with a lot of clients and a large audience. When she was just a year in, she ran a 30-day experiment. She tried showing up 100% as herself everywhere. Here's some of what Michelle shares: The rules of her 30-day experiment (includes: stop filtering, start swearing!) The difference between packaged Michelle and the real Michelle How her fear of losing approval came up right away in this experiment A moment when she felt herself choosing a more controversial and truer statement during a Facebook Live The positive side effect of gaining the right people in your audience The long-term benefit of creating the culture and expectations you want within your business Show notes at http://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/142

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Sam Goodwin of www.samgoodwinhorseportraits.com and Michelle Fey of www.michellefey.co.nz are both featured in this episode where the focus is on pricing, mindset and how some simple changes in their photography businesses have resulted in massive change, big profits, happy clients and [...] The post 383: Sam and Michelle – How to change your photography pricing and mindset for business success appeared first on Photography Business Xposed - Photography Podcast - how to build and market your portrait and wedding photography business.

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Sam Goodwin of www.samgoodwinhorseportraits.com and Michelle Fey of www.michellefey.co.nz are both featured in this episode where the focus is on pricing, mindset and how some simple changes in their photography businesses have resulted in massive change, big profits, happy clients and [...] The post 383: Sam and Michelle – How to change your photography pricing and mindset for business success appeared first on Photography Business Xposed - Photography Podcast - how to build and market your portrait and wedding photography business.

Katerina Satori is an internationally-acclaimed spiritual teacher and thought leader who has dedicated her life to serving humanity, helping women activate our highest potential and create a rich legacy.  She was a child growing up in the Soviet Union when it collapsed, and she knew that if she wanted a better life, she had to earn it and develop it through her own hard work. She’d need to take leaps of faith and trust her vision. So that’s exactly what she did. Katerina loves helping women perceive their reality through what she calls five different eyes: your physical eye, the eye of the mind, the eye of the soul, the eye of the womb, and the eye of the heart. “The mind is not our master,” she says. “It’s here to be the servant of an awakened heart.” She teaches women how to become leaders by embracing the idea that leadership is deeply connected to our relationship with our own power. The more we rise in 1.) realizing that our power has been hidden, suppressed, denied, then 2.) we begin to embrace and awaken that power within and 3.) we begin to wield that power wisely and progress in our leadership. Today on the InFLOW podcast, Katerina tells Michelle: How to create an environment that sets you up for an inspired life. How to lead with curiosity instead of anxiety. Three simple, beautiful, and exciting steps for bringing your ideas to fruition. How to ensure you’ll leave behind a meaningful and significant legacy. Find out more! Subscribe and rate our podcast on iTunes at: http://www.michellebosch.com/itunes Android users can subscribe and rate our podcast at: http://www.michellebosch.com/android Follow Michelle Bosch on Instagram to see what she’s up to: https://www.instagram.com/michelleboschofficial Find out more about Katerina Satori: https://www.katerinasatori.com/

COMMUNITY IS EVERYTHING! Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook groups:Live and Love with Joyful Courage Joyful Courage for Parents of Teens Join the Patreon Community and enjoy livestreams of solo shows, group coaching and a powerful community! www.patreon.com/joyfulcourage :::: Michelle Bowen is a parent empowerment coach, entrepreneur and mother to a child who she gave birth to at the early stages of her awakening. The only way for Michelle to continue to further expand in her awakening was to utilize her relationship with her child. Your Child is Your Guide was birthed from her own process with her child that brought about an enormous transformation in her own life. In her practice, she specializes in guiding you to the realization of the divinity of your child and your relationship with them which initiates a level of accountability that aids in the acceleration of both your healing and actualization. Michelle learned that her child was her guide and provides you with guidance and applicable practices that allow you to see the same. The courses created by Michelle along with her other offerings show you how to achieve the actualization of the unconditionally loving relationship you want with your children. Michelle's story of coming into motherhood Spiritual teachers that influenced Michelle How her baby brought up places for Michelle to grow Michelle explains what “being awakened” means to her Learning how to unconditionally love ourselves as we parent our children How our relationships with our children are divine “co-creations” How parenthood highlights our conditioning The difference between resistance vs being open to learning about yourself on the parenting journey The messiness of the practice Trying something new can feel uncomfortable and awkward  Shifting from our children’s behavior triggering us to our children’s behavior triggers our CONDITIONING and places we still have yet to heal Michelle talks a bit about current racial unrest and her experience of being raised by immigrant parents The message of unity Speaking up speaking out even when it is uncomfortable Find Michelle: Website | Instagram | Facebook Take her free course: https://parentempowerment.teachable.com/p/parenting-is-your-gateway-to-freedom What does Joyful Courage mean to you? That's a beautiful question. Doing the work that we are called to do and the work that the Divine relationship between us and our children inspire, and doing it courageously and happily. :::: Register for the Teens and Screens Audio Summit I have five AMAZING guests talking about all things screens – our teens attachment to their screens, setting limits that are useful, gaming, tech and the brain, and finally, having those conversations about WHAT they are posting on social media… Inside of these interviews are tips and strategies for helping our kids stay safe online, developing their own internal compass around using tech, knowing when their screen time is a problem, and how to nurture your RELATIONSHIP with your teen so that they will drop their defensiveness and engage in meaningful conversation with you. Cost is $29 until the summit starts. The summit will go live October 12th – 16th. It is appropriate for anyone raising tweens/preteens or teens. 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It’s easy to look at someone like Jill Johnson and think she keeps it all together without any struggle. She’s a homeschooling mother of five, avid blogger, CrossFit enthusiast, real estate investor, and accountability coach. Whew! But, a few years ago, her husband of 14 years died of pancreatic cancer, and she found herself as a single mom of five.  Her story is painful and powerful, full of redemption and inspiration. You don’t want to miss it! Especially the part where she tells us how she connected with a wonderful man named Joe through her real estate investments who is now her husband and loving stepdad to her kids. Today on the InFLOW podcast, Jill tells Michelle: How she balances homeschooling five kids with her successful career and pursuing her passions. The secrets to her daily routine. How she and her husband incorporate financial education into their kid’s curriculum. How they’ve positioned themselves to thrive financially during a pandemic and beyond. Find out more! Subscribe and rate our podcast on iTunes at: http://www.michellebosch.com/itunes Android users can subscribe and rate our podcast at: http://www.michellebosch.com/android Follow Michelle Bosch on Instagram to see what she’s up to: https://www.instagram.com/michelleboschofficial Jill would love to connect with you on social media. She blogs regularly at Life’s Never Dull, and you can find her on Facebook and Instagram. She’s also generously sharing a free ebook with my listeners. https://www.lifesneverdull.com/free-ebook/ I’m so excited to stay connected with her, and I know you will be too!

Zach chats with Michelle Kim, co-founder and CEO of Awaken, in this episode centered around effectively creating inclusive leadership cultures. Michelle shares her journey into social justice work with us, including what led to the creation of Awaken, and she explains why she and her organization prioritize the needs of the most marginalized people in the room.Connect with Michelle - she's on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn!Check out Awaken's website and social media pages! Twitter, IG, FB, LinkedInYou can read Awaken's Medium blog by clicking here.Want to learn more about Build Tech We Trust? Here's their website and Twitter!Click here to read the Salon piece mentioned in the show.Visit our website!TRANSCRIPTZach: What's up, everybody? It's Zach. Yes, again, it's me. Your boy, your host, your friend, your co-worker--maybe your co-worker, I don't know. If you work with me you know that I have this podcast, and, I mean, hopefully if you're checking it out, you know, hopefully you're having a good time. Shout-out to you. I'm not gonna say your name, but you know I'm talking to you. What's up? Look, you know what we do. We serve to amplify the voices of black and brown people at work, and we do that by talking to black and brown people in a variety of spaces, right? So these could be executives, public servants, activists, creatives, entrepreneurs, anybody, and we try to have these conversations in approachable and authentic ways, centering black and brown and otherwise underrepresented experiences and perspectives at work, and today we have with us a very special guest, Michelle Kim. Michelle is the founder and CEO of Awaken, a firm that empowers leaders and teams to lead inclusively and authentically through modern interactive and action-oriented workshops. Prior to Awaken, she had a successful consulting career working with C-suite and VP-level executives at high-performing companies around the world, helping them set ambitious business goals and align their teams to achieve them. While working in management consulting and technology start-ups, she experienced and validated first-hand the urgent need for modern, up-to-date education that empowers leaders to be more empathetic, agile, and culturally aware. Come on, now. Culturally aware. Pay attention. Michelle's experience in organizational change management, strategic goal setting and social justice activism set the groundwork for Awaken's multi-disciplinary and action-oriented learning programs. As an immigrant queer woman of color, Michelle has been a life-long social justice activist and community organizer. Michelle, what's going on? Welcome to the show.Michelle: Hey, thank you for having me. I'm so honored.[yay sfx]Zach: No doubt. It's a pleasure. It's a pleasure. Michelle: Those are the sound effects that you told me about. [laughing]Zach: Yes, yes. So for those who are newer to the show, I have a soundboard. I have all types of sounds on here, you know what I'm saying? You know, we add a few things from time to time, and, you know, just enjoy yourself. If you're new to this space, sit back, grab something to drink--it doesn't have to be alcoholic, you know? I respect your choices, your boundaries. But enjoy the soundscapes that are gonna be coming to you in this episode and many more to come.Michelle: I love the production.Zach: You know what? We gotta add a little bit of razzmatazz, just from time to time. So let's do this. You know, I gave a little bit of an intro, but for those of us who don't know you, would you mind telling us a little bit about yourself?Michelle: Sure. Hi, everyone. Thanks for having me. Thanks, Zach, for the intro. I think you covered a lot in my intro, but I think something that some people might be familiar with is actually my writing. I am an [?] writer. That's how I communicate my thoughts and perspectives to the world, in addition to facilitating workshops and doing speaking like this one or on stages all over the country. My passion is in really closing the gap between how we talk about social justice in our society today and how, you know, quote-unquote diversity and inclusion gets done, and quickly. So I think that there's a lot of work that we can do to help bridge the gap in understanding and awareness of how we communicate with each other. And also a fun fact about me is I'm a Virgo.Zach: Shout-out to Virgos. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute. You said you're a Virgo?Michelle: I'm a Virgo.Zach: Man, shout-out to the Virgos one time. I'm also a Virgo. [air horns sfx] You know what I'm saying? They don't know about us like that. But please, tell us about your Virgoness.Michelle: You know, a lot of my friends who know me closely know my tendencies to be highly critical, but I also think that's what--I think being critical gets a bad rep, but I actually think that being critical is what makes me decent at my job. I also think that I have perfectionist tendencies, which I don't think is healthy, so I'm working on that. I like being organized. I am a huge fan of to-do lists. And I love--my love language is acts of service, so I think that also aligns with me being a Virgo. So I tend to, you know, go overboard when it comes to supporting other people, sometimes to a fault, 'cause I need to prioritize self-care and boundaries and all of that, but I'm not. I'm not perfect at that stuff.Zach: I just feel so--I feel so seen in you talking about yourself.Michelle: [laughing] Good. I'm glad, I'm glad. Virgos unite.Zach: They do. And honestly, like, you know, here we are, two people who over-extend for others sitting down, having a conversation that really helps to amplify one another. Isn't that something? [look at us sfx] Not me, you know what I'm saying?Michelle: That's right.Zach: [laughs] You were about to say something.Michelle: I said "Do you know who else is a Virgo?"Zach: Beyonce.Michelle: Beyonce's a Virgo. So whenever I feel like I need to be [?] about being a Virgo, I look to Beyonce for inspiration.[ow sfx]Zach: I'm right there with you. I mean, if she can do it, certainly I can do it. And, you know, my dad's a Virgo, so shout-out to my dad. He was born on the 6th, I was born on the 4th, and, you know, we're a lot alike. Okay, so yeah. Let's talk a little bit about your inspiration for social justice, and I really want to--'cause social justice is such a broad term. It's often even, like, used as a pejorative these days. So, like, when you say social justice in, like, your history, what does that look like for you?Michelle: That's a great question. My journey into social justice work really began with the lens of being a queer person. You know, I think my journey really started with my coming out. So I came out as queer and bisexual when I was 16. So I was in high school, and I was really confused. I didn't know about, you know, any social justice issues beyond--I think what people were talking about then were women's rights, and, you know, now I understand that to be white women's rights, but we'll get into that more. But when I came out as queer I didn't have a lot of resources, so I was really actively searching for community and support to make sense of who I was [and what I could do about my identity.] I was really fortunate to have found a great support group within my high school that was kind of an underground support group, and through that I found out about this program happening out of UC Santa Barbara where they were doing youth activism summer camp kind of stuff for LGBTQ young people. So that was my entryway into social justice work, and that's where I learned how to organize, how to, you know, stage protests and knowing my rights as a student activist, and that's where I learned about social justice activism and writers who wrote about social justice, like Audre Lorde. So that was my entryway into understanding social justice, is through the frame of my being queer and learning from queer trans activists, also young people, and that's also where I learned about the intersections of being queer and also being a person of color and all of the nuances of the different identities and the intersections of different types of marginalization and oppression and how often times they all come from the same root and source of, you know, patriarchy or white supremacy. So, you know, I'm throwing a lot of [?] here, but really at the end of it, for me social justice is about, you know, understanding that we're all in this struggle together, and in order for us to achieve equity and equality and justice that we need to have solidarity in this frame of social justice.Zach: And so I'm really curious, right? Let me talk to you a little bit about my perspective, it being singular and limited, right? So I don't believe this is the way it is. This has been, like, my perception as I look--a cishet black man, Christian black man, looking across this, like, D&I space, right? Like, I'm seeing, like, different camps and groups, right? So I see this group that is largely white and who--like, they're invited to a lot of the fancy things, but they're not necessarily credentialed other than being in a certain social strata, but they're not really credentialed in any type of lived experience, nor are they credentialed in any specific level of education, but they're credentialed in, like, certain experiences from, like, again, just being in certain spaces, right, that are afforded to them because of their class and race. I then see another group of people that are very much so, like, activists. Like, they're on the street. If they're using social media, it's to mobilize something tangible. It's to affect a change in some type of grassroots community level. And then I see, like, another group that is kind of--like, they're in the corporate space and they're doing a few things, but they're not necessarily really, like, enacting anything beyond whatever the company needs them to do to kind of mitigate litigious risk, but I think--I'm kind of seeing, like, tensions against each of these groups. I'm curious about, like, your perspective, considering your social activist background and the work you do today. Do you see similar camps in the space, and, like, if not, what are you seeing? Do you think I'm oversimplifying kind of, like, the various camps and groups, or, like, what's your perspective on that?Michelle: I don't think you're oversimplifying per se, 'cause I do see what you're saying. I hear you in terms of there being different--because identities [are?] also a different approach to doing diversity and inclusion work inside the workplace. I think--a couple things that I want to clarify in terms of my beliefs is that I don't think anyone can truly call themselves a D&I expert. I certainly don't call myself a D&I expert, because I believe fundamentally diversity and inclusion is about lived experiences, so it's all about how we make sense of our lived experiences in relation to the systems that we inhabit, so I think everybody's an expert in their own lived experience, and I can't ever claim that I'm an expert in your life, right? So I think that's one belief that I have, that we all are experts in our owned lived experiences. And then another belief that I have is that, you know, social justice activism isn't just about being out in the street and marching and protesting. You know, there's a lot of activism happening inside of workplaces today as well through corporate activism, but also just daily acts of survival for a lot of folks, especially black and brown people, underrepresented people of color and trans and queer people inside workplaces. I think what they're doing, just by mere survival and speaking up when they can, is an act of activism. I think there is a greater sense of responsibility that I'd love for D&I professionals to have, whether they're inside or outside of the workplaces, in really making sense of how change happens and pushing the boundaries to serve the most marginalized people in the room. I think that's where my criticality comes in, when you start to talk about mostly white--I think I've seen a lot of white women take up the role of head of D&I. That's where I start to question whether, you know, are they understanding the positionality of being a white person, doing this work inside workplaces, holding a position of power? And, you know, I start to question sort of how change is being [assisted?] inside companies while prioritizing the needs of the most marginalized people. So I do think that people without the social justice frame, as in--you know, I think the root of my education and the foundation of my social justice education that I've gotten from, you know, activists who were organizers at the community level, what they've taught me is that in order for us to enact change, we need community, we need solidarity, and we need to approach everything through the lens of centering the most marginalized people and their needs, 'cause then everybody in-between and all of us will rise together. So that is sort of my approach when it comes to education or policies, whatever organizational design we're talking about. If we can center the most marginalized people, then everybody else will benefit. So that's the social justice framing that I use to approach all of my work, but I think I see some D&I people in the corporate space doing D&I work as if this is a new discipline that's not tied to social justice at all, right? That this is--in a vacuum, this is just about recruiting the most, you know, diverse set of candidates, that it's about retaining those people once they get there, but it's sort of in a vacuum without the understanding of systemic issues and history that has fueled D&I to exist in the first place. I think that's my biggest sort of criticism about how D&I gets done in the corporate space today.Zach: And I get that, right? It resonates with me, which is why I was so excited, because I really enjoyed--like, I've read some of your written work, and of course I follow you on social media. I love what Awaken is doing, right? And really, based on what you're sharing, I'm curious, how does that translate into the work that Awaken does? Because everything you're saying, I'm hearing it, right? But I guess I'm trying to understand--how does that effectively translate in majority-white spaces in the work that--and I'm making an assumption that the spaces that you engage are largely white. If they're not correct me, but from what I'm looking at it seems like the spaces are largely white, and it seems to be that when I talk to other D&I professionals, the subtext of a lot of the work, and even some of the, like, backhanded critique that I've received--because I'm often times received as "Well, you're passionate, but you're not really credentialed, right?" Like, "You're a person of color and you have a certain lived experience, but, you know, you don't have the same foundation that I may have as a quote-unquote D&I expert, so your point of view only goes so far," or it's only limited to the black experience. There seems to be, like, a subtext of "Let's not make people too uncomfortable," but the work that you're talking about in centering underrepresented or the most marginalized, that--I feel as if the argument could be made that you're automatically making other people uncomfortable. So again, just what does all of that look like as it translates into your work with Awaken?Michelle: Yeah, that's a great question. And I'm also so curious about these credentials, right? [both laughing] 'Cause I see these credential programs or certification programs. Like, what are you certifying people for? I'm so curious. I think there are absolutely some skills that we can learn, whether that's facilitation or curriculum development or policy design, that we can get better at, but in terms of understanding other people's lived experiences and the identities that folks hold and the complexities that come with that, I don't know if we can truly ever be credentialed enough to be, you know, discounting other people's experiences and opinions. So that's my perspective on it. And in terms of how our approach translates into our work, you know, I think we can talk about sort of the founding story, why we were created in the first place. So, you know, after having done organizing work when I was in high school and college, I decided to pursue a career in, you know, the for-profit space because I needed to make money, let's be real, and I was told actually by my activist mentors, who have gone onto pursuing social justice careers as career organizers and non-profit folks, that they were also experiencing very sort of similar harm, because even non-profits are predominantly led by white people, right? So I think the issues that we think are non-existent in progressive--quote-unquote "more progressive" spaces, they continue to exist, while folks are not making enough money to make ends meet. So--[straight up sfx]Michelle: [laughs] I love the sound effects. Knowing that and knowing my situation as a--you know, I grew up low-income, and I needed money to support my family. The advice I got from my mentors was "Hey, you can create change in certain spaces." They warned me about the toxic culture, but I went in sort of ignorant about what I was getting myself into. So I also really am grateful for my journey, having started my career in management consulting and in tech. I think I have experienced a lot of different things that I wasn't ready for but I'm grateful for nonetheless. But when I entered in those spaces, I was exposed to and I searched for D&I spaces, right? Because I thought that that was what I knew to be social justice work. So when I joined an employee resource group, I was, you know, disappointed at the level of conversations that were being had around what it means to be inclusive, what it means to be a diverse place, and I was surprised and disappointed and disillusioned by what companies were talking about as D&I was quite surface-level and marketing-oriented rather than real actionable behavioral change or cultural change that were being modeled by leaders of the company. So, you know, I was going through different workshops and trainings and just kept feeling like I was not seeing the level of conversations that actually needed to take place in these spaces, and it felt really safe. It felt safe. It felt white-washed. It felt diluted. As, you know, somebody who was just sitting in the room and constantly challenging the facilitator, I felt like I was doing all of the work. [Zach laughs] And after the [?] is over, you know, unfortunately the burden of re-educating other people who went through the workshop who now thinks that they are quote-unquote "woke" or who say that they checked the box, right? "Okay, we went through this unconscious bias training, so now we're good. Now I'm back to being a progressive person who cares about this issue." [Zach laughs] You know, [it was?] a challenge to really think differently, but the burden of their action, their unchanging behavior, their unawareness, and they're now feeling like they know what they're talking about, falls on the most marginalized people in the room, and I think that was a frustration that kept coming up for me as I was going through different types of trainings, whether that was done by external vendors or internal people, that people weren't pushing people enough, and I genuinely felt the need for a compassionate space for uncomfortable conversations, and that's our mission statement, to create a compassionate space for uncomfortable conversations to developing inclusive leaders and teams, and the way that we do that is by centering the needs of the most marginalized people, meaning we don't pat on ourselves on the back when a workshop goes well from the perspective of a bunch of white men saying that that workshop was great, you know? That may be true, but if, you know, the one black person in the room says that that workshop wasn't good while a bunch of white people say that the workshop was great, we don't pat ourselves on the back for that, right? But if we can support the most marginalized people in the room, you know, in tech and also in many other spaces as predominantly black and brown folks, trans, queer, people of color, if they give us the stamp of approval, if they feel like they were seen and heard and lifted and that they didn't have to do all the work, that's success for us, right? So by designing our curriculum to speak truth to them and to, you know, have that frame of "Can we lessen the burden on people who are the most marginalized in these spaces by saying the things that they can't say because there are too many risks and repercussions that they fear?" That's our job, and I don't think enough D&I practitioners out there are taking that approach, because, you know, if they're internal, their job is at risk. I get that. So I think as a third-party, we coming in--we have a different level of risk that we get to take because we don't have that kind of repercussion that we need to worry about, besides not being able to come back to that place again.Zach: Right. And, I mean, at that point that, you know, they don't let you back, I mean, you already got the bag anyway, so... [cha-ching sfx] You know? Michelle: [laughs] Well, and usually we can come back, because we don't often take on one-off workshops. I think that approach is pretty harmful, and, you know, companies come to us and say, "Hey, we just want to do a one-day, like, [?]." We tend to say no to those engagements because we really believe in delivering impact and working with people who are genuinely interested in real change. So, you know, I think the mistake people make is thinking that meeting people where they're at needs to be done by diluting the message. I don't think that's true. You can meet people where they're at with compassion and criticality. So you don't have to coddle people, but I think you can be compacted and make your content accessible for folks that they understand and they can move along the journey while feeling and embracing some tension and discomfort that comes with challenging their beliefs.Zach: So it's funny, because you see, like, even in, like, our current political tone and tambor today from, like, mainstream media, it's still around, like, the idea of respectability and quote-unquote kindness, kind of pushing against this idea of, like, call-out culture or just, like, keeping it real, like, just saying how things are, and it's interesting, and I hear what you're saying about, like, coddling versus accessibility. Do you have an example of what it looks like to effectively call something for what it is while at the same time making it accessible for folks to actually grasp and understand. Like, I don't think there's enough work that you could do to cater to or mitigate against fragility, but I would love to hear, like, kind of what Awaken does and, like, what that looks like for you.Michelle: Mm-hmm. Hm, let me think of an example. I think that's a great question, and I'd love to be able to contextualize it just a little though with an example. I think--I don't know why this example keeps coming up in my head. I think it's because we're designing a curriculum right now around inclusive interviewing practices, and one of the common questions that comes up is this idea of not lowering the bar and hiring in this sort of notion of meritocracy, and I think, you know, one way to approach that is really sort of making the person who said that feel like they don't know what they're talking about and, you know, calling them racist and all of that... I think is one way. [both laugh] I think another way could be really helping unpack why meritocracy doesn't currently exist, even though that is an ideal that we can strive for together, and how people who are currently in companies today may not have been hired purely based on merit. Zach: And how do you prove that though?Michelle: How do you prove that?Zach: Yeah.Michelle: I think there's a lot of data that actually backs up the claim around how meritocracy doesn't exist. I mean, what we often talk about is that, you know, meritocracy is a concept that was created as a vision that we can all work toward, but we falsely believe that right now there is sort of meritocracy in a sense, but there's lots of data that shows that actually there's a lot of biases in the hiring process, whether it's from the referral stage or, you know, the interview stage or the deliberation stage. I think there's a lot of data that actually shows discrepancies in the ways that we make decisions, and I think, you know, calling that out specifically I think is really helpful. I think the harmful alternative of sort of diluting that fact of, you know, not having meritocracy is that I have sometimes heard, you know, folks explain that to people in a way that actually equates hiring people of color or women as lowering the bar and that being sort of the, you know, unfortunate short-term solution. Like, yeah, but we need to hire more people of color and women, so, you know, we want to make sure that we are getting that quota filled. So I think there's, like, a lot of weird ways of people explaining difficult concepts to make people feel comfortable, because the discomfort in this conversation is the fact that you may not have been hired based on your merit, right? I think that's the tension, is that if we debunk meritocracy, people who have these jobs in higher-paying positions, they are feeling attacked because they feel like they warrant--they didn't get to where they are purely based on merit, and recognizing that they've had privileges that weren't afforded to another demographic groups, I think that in and of itself is the discomfort, and I think a lot of folks have a hard time calling that out, because we're then directly sort of highlighting the fact this may be an awful position that they're in. And I think talking about privilege in general is something that's really difficult for people. It's not an easy topic for any of us to really grapple with, but I think if we can't have those tougher conversations where we are directly highlighting and shining light on the fact that, you know, there are--"Yes, we worked hard, and there are struggles that we didn't have to go through to get to where they are." I think if that conversation doesn't happen, it would be a huge miss.Zach: You know, Michelle, when you and I first spoke, you know--we do our thing, we try to get to know each other first, and then we do the episode. A little bit of background behind the scenes for y'all, but anyway, when you and I first spoke we talked about people of color and that term, right? And we had conversations about Living Corporate and how, you know, we don't really use the term "people of color," we say black and brown. And then you and I had a conversation about how you don't really consider, or you don't count, Asian-American or, like, that space, East Asian, in the "people of color" category. Can you talk to me a little bit more about that?Michelle: Yeah. I think that's a great question. So I think, just to clarify, I do count Asians as a part of the people of color community, but I think there's context that we need to put into place whenever we're using the term. So I think the term people of color is a useful term when we're talking specifically about non-white people in the context of talking about white supremacy and how that impacts all people who are not white who experience racism and other forms of oppression because of their race. Where I don't feel comfortable using the term people of color is when we're discussing specific issues that impact black and brown communities. For example, when we're talking about police brutality or the murders of black trans women, I think it's really important for us to be specific about who we're talking about, because as an East Asian person, I don't have the same type of fear or risk when I'm around police. I think that is really important for us to specify, and I think that understanding around how there are very specific forms of racism, like anti-black racism. I think that clarity is so needed in having this conversation in a more effective way, and also for, you know, Asian-American folks to be able to show up in solidarity with folks who are experiencing very specific forms of marginalization. Zach: I just... you know, one sound we don't have on the soundboard is, like, finger snaps. [snapping fingers] But I'ma put these in there. Yeah, I love it. And it's interesting because, you know, we're moving at the speed of the Internet when it comes to a lot of this stuff, right? And certain things become trendy or become--I don't know. They kind of just catch fire, and I think the term people of color, it has a place, and I've seen it be used interchangably when people are just talking about black folk, right? It's like, "Why are we using that term right now when--" If we're really talking about something targeted for black Americans, if we're talking about something that's targeted for Latinx trans Americans--these groups, as niche or as just unique or small as they may seem to you, these represent actual human beings. So I think it's great that we're using them, but sometimes for me--it sometimes almost gets used as, like, a catch-all, and you end up erasing a lot of identities and experiences and points of view.Michelle: Totally, and I think if we can't be specific about the actual issue, then how can we solution around it, right? If we can't name what the actual issue is? It's not police brutality against all people of color, right? It's [?] against black and brown people specifically, you know? People who are seen as a quote-unquote "threat" to cops. I think it's really important for us to get specific around that so that we can solution around it, because it wouldn't make sense for us to do--you know, to solve for all people of color experiencing police brutality because that's not true. I think, you know, when we talk about black maternal [debts?], that's not happening to Asian-Americans that it's happening to black folks who are giving birth. So, you know, I think specificity is important for solutioning the right outcomes, and also, like you said, it doesn't erase people's experiences. I think tech is starting to incorporate more of the term around underrepresented POC, because, you know, Asian-Americans are overrepresented in many tech companies, but, you know, Asian-American also, similar to POC, is a very broad terminology, so I'd love to be able to see some dis-aggregated terms that we can use to also talk about underrepresented Asian-Americans. But yeah, I think specific language is always helpful in most cases, and I think there's also purpose to the term people of color when we can really mobilize and build a coalition across all people of color.Zach: I think it's just so interesting. I do think a function of white supremacy is, like, keeping things as surface as possible so that--because the more surface you can be, like, to your point, the less specific and targeted you can be in your solutioning, and if you're not targeting your solutioning, then you're not really gonna be able to affect true change. 'Cause, you know, and the last thing about this in terms of, like, just keeping things general and grouping people all together is, like--I know that in Europe there's a term that's called... it's black--it's like people of color to the max, right? So it's called "BAM," black, Asian, and Middle-Eastern. Like, what is that? Michelle, like, that's--that is nuts. You can't--huh? Like, when someone told me that--like, I just learned about this maybe, I don't know, like, a couple months ago. Like, a colleague told me, and I said, "How is that possible?" Like, those are thousands of identities and experiences and cultures and languages and histories. Like, how are you just going to just lump--so you're just gonna take all the non-white people and put 'em in one big cluster? Huh? Considering the history of, like, colonialism and, like--oh, my gosh. Like, that's nuts. You can't do that. And so, anyway... okay, okay, so from this conversation, what I'm hearing, I don't think that we always give, like, members of the majority enough credit in their ability to have an honest conversation when it's framed effectively, right? I think a lot of times it's kind of like, "Well, we don't want to bring that up because then that makes people uncomfortable," or "We don't want to bring that up because then they shut off," and it's like... eh. I mean, yes, people are fragile, but, like, come on. We've got to be able to have some type of--some level of authentic conversation around something. So that's--Michelle: Yeah. I wouldn't go as far as giving them credit. [both laughing] You know? I think there is a reason why--you know, why people are hesitant to have that conversation. I think it's because of the backlash. It's because of the fragility and it's because of [?] and also frankly the repercussions that people face. So I think while we sort of finesse the way that we deliver certain messages without losing the criticality but also having compassion and being accessible, what we also need to be doing is building the resiliency on the part of the dominant or the privileged group so that we can receive that information and check their fragility or check their defensiveness, and I think that education needs to be more prioritized than the other stuff.Zach: I agree, and thank you. Thank you for pushing back. [laughing] I do think there's a low level of fluency and stamina, right, when it comes to these conversations, and it's interesting because I just read an article, and it was published on Salon, and it was called "Diversity is for white people: the big lie behind a well-intended word." Have you read that yet?Michelle: I have not.Zach: Yo, I'ma send this to you. But it's just interesting because it's really this conversation in a really tactful rant form just around, like, how D&I is often phrased today, and it's, like, phrased with, like, white comfort in mind as opposed to the perspective and experiences of the marginalized in mind, and so I just find that very interesting. Okay, so look, you're the first East Asian-American person that we've had on the show, and so first of all, you know what I'm saying, shout-out to you. [air horns sfx] You know, shout-out to you for that and just being here, you know? [coin sfx] Michelle: Thank you for having me. I'm honored.Zach: Nah, I'm honored. I mean, I'm excited. I think there's this--like, despite civil rights history and all of the work especially done, like, within California, L.A., Oakland, in the '60s, and of course, like, during the era of the Black Panthers, there's this stereotype that Asian-Americans don't really care about social justice. Like, have you heard this before, and, like, why do you think that that is?Michelle: Yeah. Yes, I have heard that before, and I continue to hear it quite often. I think something that I hear when I meet people for the first time and I talk about what I do and we get to know each other a bit better, a weird sort of form of compliment or they think it's a compliment that they pay me is this fact that, you know, I'm one of the unique ones, right? Like, "Oh, wow. I've never met another Asian person who is like you," or "I'm so glad you're doing this work, because we need more Asian people doing this," and I have mixed emotions about that, because while I appreciate the acknowledgement of the work, I think that there's also this continuing erasure of the historical work that different Asian-American activists have done, whether that's the labor movement that was led by Filipino activists or folks marching [?] or even current activists working as prison abolistionists who are Asian-American racial justice organizer or disability justice organizers like [?], queer trans [?] activists. I think there's a lot of folks who are doing really radical work who continually get erased, so it leaves sort of a bitter taste in my mouth when I hear that because I think that with that simple sentiment we're erasing so much of history and current work that's being done. I also think that some of that comment is valid in that, you know, I do see a lot more work that can be done on the part of Asian-Americans specifically. You know, East Asians in tech is sort of the reputation that I hear about where people can be more active in doing D&I work or social justice work, and I think there's a real sort of lack of awareness or even the sense of solidarity amongst Asian-Americans in what their place is, like, what our place is in this conversation around social justice activism. So I think it's a complex topic. I do think that we can do more. I think all groups can do more, and I think there's a serious lack of education around Asian-American history and sort of--even the current facts around, you know, the struggles that Asian-Americans are going through, that if more Asians knew about that and if more Asian folks found commonality between our oppression and other marginalized communities' depression that we may be able to build a coalition to do more amazing work.Zach: One, thank you for--that's a really thoughtful answer. All of your answers have been very thoughtful. It's almost like you're very... awake. [haha sfx] What's really interesting, to your point around just, like, history, is as much as the Black Panthers--I really think that the way that we think about--and when I say we, I mean just, like, Americans, right? Like, the way that Americans categorize and think about the Black Panthers has to be, like, some of the most effective example of American government propaganda, right? Like, we think of Black Panthers as the equivalent of the KKK, like, the black equivalent, like they're these terrorists and that it's just full of these angry black people, and we don't think about the fact that Richard Aoki was--he was a founding member of the Black Panthers, right? Asian-American. And he's not, like, this ancient figure. Like, he passed away in 2009, but we don't really talk about that, and I'm really curious as to--'cause, like, the Black Panther Party, and, like--not the new Black Panther Party, but the initial, original Black Panther Party was not, like, hundreds of years ago, and so it's just so interesting how we are uneducated, right? We're uneducated just on civil rights history, and we're certainly--I don't remember in high school or in college hearing anything about Asian-American participation or engagement in the civil rights movement. That was not anything that I remember being taught, nor do I remember that being something that was, like, readily available for me to learn, you know?Michelle: Right. And I think that lack of education is within the Asian-American community itself, right? I think I feel like sometimes I know more about, you know, black history than my own sort of Asian-American history here in the U.S., and I'm an immigrant, so I think I grew up with a different set of history lessons. So there's a lot of catching up for me to do as well, and I think that the--I mean, even in the school system, I'm sure you've been talking to your guests around the lack of real education around what really happened in history too, right? Not just for Asian-Americans, but for, you know, black Americans and, you know, Latinx Americans. I think there's a lot of, you know, untrue history that's being taught to our youth, which is problem #1, and I also think there's a lot of internalized racism and oppression that exists in the Asian-American community, and there's a lot of complex topics that I don't know if we have time to get into, but things like the--Zach: Well, pick one. Let's go. I have time.Michelle: You know, the myth of Asians being closer to white people and the sort of model minority myth, and that's a very prevalent stereotype, and I think there's a lot of interrogating that we need to do when we talk about those things around, "Well, who were the initial group of Asian-Americans that were allowed to come to the country? What were the ramifications of that? What are some of the current statistics that we can talk about, even in the workplace, around Asian-Americans being the least likely group to advance to senior leadership positions even though they are overrepresented in industries like tech and, you know, [?] in an analyst position?" "How does that impact the continuing stereotypes and narratives around Asian-Americans?" Being good at math, and, you know, I think there's a lot of complex, intertwined stories that we tell about our people, Asian-Americans, and also we're combining an entire continent when talking about Asian-Americans as this monolith of a people when if we were to dis-aggregate that data, there's actually a ton of lessons to be learned around who's actually marginalized within the Asian-American community, right? I recently learned that 1 in 7--I think that's the stat--1 in 7 Asian-Americans are undocumented, and they're the fastest-growing population that's undocumented in the United States currently, but we don't hear about that, right? We don't hear about that narrative, and I think the way that white supremacy works is this sort of untrue and erasing of different stories that make the people of color the collective question and also not able to work alongside each other, and I think that's the--the most difficult thing that I see in the sort of solidarity that we need to be able to move the needle on this work is that there's so much of a lack of education on everyone's part, including myself, that we need to do a lot of work to be able to, you know, truly practice that solidarity with each other.Zach: Man. You know, and, like, Michelle, you've been just casually dropping just bombs, like, this whole conversation, right? So I just gotta give you at least one. [Flex bomb sfx] 'Cause it's been ridiculous. But one thing you said--and it brought something back to my memory. So I'm not gonna say the consulting firm. If y'all want to look on my LinkedIn, y'all can make a guess as to where this was. It's not the one that I'm at right now, but I'll never forget, Michelle, I was at a team dinner--this was some years ago--and we were talking about... so, you know, I'm at the table, and then there's senior leaders, and then there's, like, super senior leaders, and there's me, and I was, like, a junior-level person at this point in time, right? This was, like, five or six years ago. And so I'm a pretty junior person, and there's somebody in there talking about this one particular employee, and they said, "Oh, Insert Name Here is the perfect little Asian. He just does exactly what I tell him to do. He does his work and then he goes home." And I remember I was just eating my dinner--I literally stopped, I looked at the person who said it and was like, "Oh, my God. I can't believe you just said that." And she looked at me, and then you could tell that she, like, quickly averted her eyes and was kind of, like, "Oop--" You know, like, she got caught, but just that idea of this subservient just worker bee that just does whatever I tell them to do... that just stuck with me forever. I was like, "Oh, my gosh." Like, that's not--I'm still flabbergasted by that, as you can tell, and I told my coach. I said, "Hey, this is not okay," right? I said, "This is what happened." And they were like, "Oh, well, you shouldn't have heard that." I was like, "No, no, no. It's not about me shouldn't have hearing it. Like, they shouldn't have said that, but beyond them saying it, they shouldn't believe that." So yeah, I just wanted to share that. Like, I'll never forget me hearing that. And, like, they were talking about the person like they were a--you know, like a resource, and, you know, they call talent that in consulting, resources, but in a genuine, like, piece of property [way], right? And it makes you just question, like, "Well, damn, okay. You felt comfortable enough to say this at a team dinner." And it was a white woman, by the way. But, like, you felt comfortable enough saying this in, like, a mixed group at a team dinner. Like, God forbid, what are you saying about me, what are you saying about other people, what are you saying about this person in, like, more private settings, you know what I mean?Michelle: Right. Well, the scary thing though is that sometimes that kind of trope or narrative is almost seen as a compliment, as if we should be celebrating that. "Well, you know, why is it so bad for us to say Asians are good workers or Asians are good at following orders?" And what have you. I think sometimes that trope gets weaponized to divide the people of color community even further, which is--you know, I think we saw that divide also in the recent affirmative action case, right, where Asian-Americans--there were arguments on both sides around how Asians are being discriminated against for getting good grades and all of that kind of unfortunate, annoying [?], but that's a conversation for another time.Zach: No, you're absolutely right. And to be specific for our listeners who may not be abreast, recently that was the affirmative action case that went before Harvard, correct?Michelle: Correct.Zach: Yeah, and so it was interesting--so, like my perspective, as I was kind of, like, reading and understanding it was, like, some people were saying--so I'm on this app called Fishbowl... this is not an ad, but Fishbowl is, like, this anonymous posting app for consultants and other, like, different industry professionals, and people on there were talking about the case, and so basically the commentary was, "Yeah, you're excluding us and you're letting in these black and brown people who aren't smart enough to get in, but you're trying to fill in these racial quotas." And I was like, "Wow." I don't think that that's the point, and I think the data showed that the people who are the most advantaged by this current system of applications and acceptances were legacy students, right? It was people that--but again, like, to your point, then you'd see people arguing, then you'd see black and brown people arguing with Asian-Americans about, you know, "Well, we deserve to be here--" Again, I think that's--white supremacy is winning again when we start having those types of... when it starts devolving in that way, you know what I mean?Michelle: Right, exactly. And I think it also comes from the fact that a lot of people don't understand the point of affirmative action and why it got started in the first place. It's almost like people think that we're just trying to fill quotas or, you know, have diversity for the sake of diversity, but I think this is where the concept of D&I falls short 'cause we're not actually ever talking about justice and correcting past mistakes or historical oppression. So I think there's a lot of conversations that we need to have that we're not having right now around this concept of justice and sort of historical wrong-doings being corrected with some type of mechanism, and I think similar conversations, you know, are being had in tech and other industries where they're focused on quote-unquote "diversity recruiting" where folks are talking about that concept of, you know, lowering the bar for the sake of diversity and, like, all of that stuff I feel like are interconnected and they're just happening in different spheres, and I think for me it's always coming back to the lack of basic communication around history and social justice concepts and people not understanding how all of these struggles are connected. I think there's just a lot of room for improvement in how we're talking about these issues.Zach: You know, we gotta have you back to talk about the connection--like, to really talk about justice in diversity, equity and inclusion work, because, like, I have all these questions, but I want to respect your time. [both laugh] So let's do this. First of all, let's make sure we have you back. We definitely consider you a friend of the pod.Michelle: Thank you.Zach: Yeah, no, straight up. So thank you for being here with us today. Now, look, y'all--now, I don't know what else y'all want from me. I'm talking to the audience now. You know, look, we come at y'all, we bring y'all some amazing guests, you know, we're having these really dope conversations. I mean, [what more do you want from me? sfx] what more do you want? Like, I'm not even trying to martyr myself. I'm just saying, like, "What do you want?" And when I say me, I mean Living Corporate. Like, you see this guest. Michelle Kim is a beast. Like, thank you so much. This has been a great conversation. Now, look, before we get out of here though, Michelle, I have just a couple more questions. First of all, where can people learn more about Awaken?Michelle: You can learn more about Awaken at our website, www.visionawaken.com. You can also follow on Twitter @AwakenCo and our blog. Please check out our blog on Medium, www.medium.com/Awaken-blog. I'm all on Twitter, I'm on LinkedIn. You can follow me. I also have an Instagram. So all of the social media platforms there's gonna be me or Awaken, so please follow us and subscribe to our newsletter.Zach: All right, y'all. Now, look, she said all the stuff. Mm-mm, hold on, 'cause you're probably driving or you're doing something, you know? You're in your car or maybe you're typing something up on your phone, but what I really need y'all to do is I need you to stop... [record scratch sfx] and check out the links in the show notes, okay? Make sure y'all hit up all those things. I want y'all clicking on them links like [blatblatblatblat sfx]. You know, check them out, okay? We'll make sure we have everything right there for you. Now, Michelle, any shout-outs or parting words before you get out of here?Michelle: Well, I think we're living in a really interesting time right now. There's a lot going on in so many different communities and our society, so my shout-out is to everyone who is doing their best to survive and to thrive to take care of themselves, to stay vigiliant, to educate themselves, and to be in community with people that care about you. I think that's so important in this climate. One last shout-out I want to give is to this new initiative that I'm a part of called Build Tech We Trust. It's a coalition of different CEOs and tech leaders who have come together to say enough is enough around white supremacy spreading online on social media platforms and other tech platforms. It was founded by Y-Vonne Hutchinson and Karla Monterroso of Code2040, and check out our work. We're doing some really important work to build coalition around this issue of radicalization happening on tech platforms. So Build Tech We Trust, and I can send you the URL so you can link it.Zach: Please do. Y'all, this has been--first of all, Michelle, again, thank you. Great conversation. We look forward to having you back, because we will be having you back. If you would like to come back--it's not a directive, you have agency. Michelle: [laughing] Of course. I'd love to. I'd be honored.Zach: Okay, super cool. Listen, y'all. This has been the Living Corporate podcast. You know, make sure you check us on Twitter @LivingCorp_Pod, Instagram @LivingCorporate, and then--now, the websites. Now, look, y'all hear me rattle off all these websites every time - livingcorporate.co, livingcorporate.org, livingcorporate.tv, livingcorporate.net, right? Livingcorporate.us I think we even have. We have every livingcorporate, Michelle, except livingcorporate.com, but we do have living-corporate--please say the dash--dot com. Now, if you have any questions or any feedback for the show, just hit us up. We're at livingcorporatepodcast@gmail.com. Hit us up on DM. All of our DMs are wide open for your convenience. That's right. We take on the emotional labor of keeping our DMs open so that you can reach out to us, okay? So you hit us up and you let us know if you need anything. If there's anything else, just Google us, right? Type in Living Corporate on your browser. We're gonna pop up. We're on all the different streaming mediums. Make sure to tell your momma about Living Corporate, your cousin, or your weird uncle, or your racist uncle at Thanksgiving. So you make sure you--come on, shoot the link over. We got all kinds of stuff on there, so we out here, okay? What else? I think that's it. Shout-out to Aaron [thank you], shout-out to all the listeners, and God bless y'all. Or, you know what I'm saying, bless y'all, 'cause I'm not trying to offend anybody, but bless y'all, okay? And what else? I think that's it. This has been Zach. You've been listening to Michelle Kim, founder, educator, activist, public speaker, and of course CEO of Awaken. Catch y'all next time. Peace.

If you are interested in personal exploration and development, wellness, and spirituality, you likely have come across Holisticism. I am elated to be chatting with Michelle Pellizzon, Founder of Holisticism, today on the podcast! We dive into Michelle’s story, how she came to build Holisticism, what wellness means and looks like to Michelle, how to find purpose, and much more. In this episode, we discuss: Michelle’s health journey How Michelle moved through her epilepsy diagnosis Michelle’s career journey How she got out of a major life rut and depression How Michelle approached finding purpose Why she created Holisticism and the focus on inclusivity How she grew her business to a large and highly engaged community How Michelle approached monetization for Holisticism What wellness actually means to Michelle How to audit your wellness practice and scale back Trying out new modalities and finding the right practitioner for you String theory Mentioned in this episode: The Body Keeps Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz The Intuitive Way: A Guide to Living from Inner Wisdom by Penney Peirce Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential by Caroline Myss Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss Overcoming Underearning: A Five-Step Plan to a Richer Life by Barbara Stanny Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping by Paco Underhill All the deets: Sign up for the newsletter and check out the talented roster of facilitators over on Holisticism (and peep at their upcoming events) You can find Holisticism on Instagram at @holisticism, and Michelle’s personal account at @betterbymichelle (highly recommend her very funny stories) Tag me (@saraweinreb) and Michelle/Holisticism on Instagram with your favorite takeaways from the episode! Related episodes: Episode 6: Tarot reading with Helen Miamii Moon (Holisticism facilitator) Episode 19: Jungian Mental Wiring with Lauren Tisza (Holisticism facilitator) Episode 21: Natal chart reading with Dani Beinstein Episode 3: Human design reading with Jaclyn Michelle

Today's episode explores topics like "Has This Been in Michelle?" How long does semen live in you? And would you try kink such as role playing, water sports, foot worship or adult babies? We also consider a new business venture as Findoms.

I had so much fun with this interview! You all will LOVE Michelle as a guest on this podcast! We go over all things branding, becoming vulnerable, sharing your story, and so much more! Sit back and enjoy this super fun episode!   Michelle Knight is a Branding and Business Coach, mother, wife, world  traveler and storyteller. Michelle has distinguished herself as an entrepreneur through the power of storytelling and its power to unite  people, especially women. She has helped transform the businesses lives of female entrepreneurs by supporting them in tapping into their  story to create a standout brand and message, ultimately leading them to living a life of freedom. Michelle is living proof that no matter what obstacles life may throw at you, or chapters that may contribute to your story, you have the power to write your own ending. As a storyteller and branding expert herself, Michelle supports women who are unfulfilled in their 9-5 break free into a life of freedom. Programs include private coaching, self-study courses, and a group program that unites women to create thriving online businesses.  Michelle didn’t always have the freedom based business that she now has and helps others create. She had many ups and downs in her life.  She has experienced heartache, loss, great love and above all beauty. She’s learned that the more you accept your story and choose to share it with the world the stronger your brand, business and impact will be. ———--  In this episode we talk about:  -Just getting started even when things aren’t clear -Releasing perfectionism  -Following your intuition  -Leaving your 9-5 -Starting your coaching business -Branding yourself  -Becoming Vulnerable  -What to do when you are fearful -Traveling the world and living freedom lifestyle -All things mindset  -Time management  -Mastering the balance between motherhood and business     Questions: -Who is Michelle? How did you get here?  -How did you feel with transitioning your business after 6 months? -Was there ever a time when you felt like a freud?  -What shift did you need to make internally to allow yourself to just be you? -What tips do you have to release perfectionism? -What is your favorite thing about your business? -Will you tell us more about the freedom lifestyle you live?  -Where is your favorite place you’ve visited so far? -What advice do you have that feels like they don’t have the time to start their business? -What does your day to day look like?  -What is your big vision for this next year in your business? -What do you need to have set up in the background to have the freedom lifestyle? -What suggestions do you have to plan out this content to have it work for you rather than forcing it to come out of you? -Since this podcast is all about stepping into your fiercely unstoppable self, can you tell us about a time that you had to overcome an obstacle that truly made you feel victorious? -What is the most exciting thing that you are working on right now?     Favorite Quotes: “If you recognize a gap, make something to fill that need!” “Look at what you are good at in the moment!” “Come face to face with your inner perfectionist!”  “Focus on vulnerability and trust!” “Time wraps around me!”  “I have the time, money, energy, and resources to achieve all of my desires”    Connect with Michelle! http://brandmerry.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/brandmerrycoaching Business FB Page: http://facebook.com/brandmerrycoaching Free FB Community: http://facebook.com/groups/authenticbrandbuilders Youtube: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?%20add_user=MichelleKnightBrandmerry FREE- Write an About Me Page that Converts: http://brandmerry.com/freeaboutme

Starling Tribune - Season 6 Edition – Divided (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) ST182   The Official Arrow and Green Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network Covering DC Comics and CW Based DC Comic TV Shows   Episode:            “Divided” [Season 6 Episode 10] Air Date:           Thursday, January 18, 2018   Director:           James Bamford                         http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051466/?ref_=tt_ov_dr                           8x Arrow | 1x Supergirl   Writers:             Ben Sokolowski                         http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2408940/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4                           20x Arrow | 2x Flash   Emilio Ortega Aldrich                         http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3598136/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5                           11x Arrow                           Third team up: also did Vigilante (2016) and A Matter of Trust (2016) Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L855sEJwpVA   Arrow   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Fallout 12-Oct-17 1.52 02 Tribute 19-Oct-17 1.51 03 Next Of Kin 26-Oct-17 1.34 04 Reversal 2-Nov-17 1.33 05 Deathstroke Returns 9-Nov-17 1.29 06 Promises Kept 16-Nov-17 1.28 07 Thanksgiving 23-Nov-17 1.11 08 Crisis On Earth-X Part 2 27-Nov-17 2.54 09 Irreconcilable Differences 7-Dec-17 1.30 10 Divided 18-Jan-10 1.42   Legends Of Tomorrow   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Aruba-Con 10-Oct-17 1.71 02 Freakshow 17-Oct-17 1.58 03 Zuri 24-Oct-17 1.43 04 Phone Home 31-Oct-17 1.38 05 Return Of The Mack 7-Nov-17 1.52 06 Helen Hunt 14-Nov-17 1.53 07 Welcome To The Jungle 21-Nov-17 1.49 08 Crisis On Earth-X Part 4 28-Nov-17 2.80 09  Beebo The God Of War 5-Dec-17 1.61   Supergirl   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Girl Of Steel 9-Oct-17 1.87 02 Triggers 16-Oct-17 1.76 03 Far From The Tree 23-Oct-17 1.76 04 The Faithful 30-Oct-17 1.82 05 Damage 6-Nov-17 1.87 06 Midvale 13-Nov-17 1.89 07 Wake Up 20-Nov-17 1.92 08 Crisis On Earth-X Part 1 27-Nov-17 2.65 09 Reign 4-Dec-17 1.81 10 Legion Of Superheroes 15-Jan-18 2.17   THE FLASH   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 The Flash Reborn 10-Oct-17 2.84 02 Mixed Signals 17-Oct-17 2.54 03 Luck Be A Lady 24-Oct-17 2.62 04 Elongated Journey Into Night 31-Oct-17 1.99 05 Girls Night Out 7-Nov-17 2.38 06 When Harry Met Harry 14-Nov-17 2.46 07 Therefore I Am21-Nov-17 2.20 08 Crisis On Earth-X Part 3 28-Nov-17 2.82 09 Don't Run 5-Dec-17 2.22 10 The Trail Of The Flash 16-Jan-18 2.51   BLACK LIGHTNING   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 The Resurrection 16-Jan-18 2.31     Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters What was the overall theme? What was the link to the episode's name? The team is split Fight scenes and stunts Warehouse Oliver beats up some guys in a hallway; arrow in a shoulder Trick arrow to pin Black Siren to wall, choking her Shoots T-spheres like tennis balls Oliver learns Caydon has formed the LRIL Shoots arrow to leave Docks - always nice when Bam Bam is directing as we get solid fight scenes Bertinelli's men against Diaz's men Oliver somehow dodges bullets while shooting arrows Oliver in trench - punching, makes one bad guy shoot another; tracking shot, Oliver uses his legs a lot - nice shaky cam action Black Siren shows up; knocks Oliver out of trench Calvary - T-spheres Arrow ties Black Siren's legs Anatoly and his men show up Vigilante and Oliver fight Charges go off, gives Oliver chance to flee Bertinelli gives Caydon the docks; Diaz kills Bertinelli; Caydon says he won't kill Bertinelli's daughter OTA steals T-spheres to help in the fight Oliver Queen / Green Arrow 5 weeks since Recruits left team Leaves William with Raisa; hasn't told son he's GA again How does William not realize? Dad is gone at all hours and the GA is active. Running around as GA even though under investigation and anti-vigilante law Bertinelli goes to him for help; Huntress underground Agrees to share intel Has a plan to help Bertinelli - pulls the fake scene like they did with Deathstroke Trust and forgiveness - Angry at Rene for possibly taking son away My idea to spy on you Hey Dinah, you lied about Vince Blame on all sides WTOT - hey, you spied on us, created environment of distrust, we want to part of a real team, so we're going to form our own (ARE YOU KIDDING ME??) OTA is back! Roy's pending return will bolster their numbers more Felicity Smoak / Overwatch Pulling all nighters to find Caydon and Black Siren Finally figures out Caydon bugged Arrowcave Bull Durham - Sometimes it rains John Diggle / Spartan Tries to get Oliver to forgive others and reform team Lyla lets OTA use ARGUS Chip finally works Thea Queen / Speedy To Quentin - “You're like a father to me” Firing Rene bad optics Chief of staff, but not ready to be Speedy again Quentin Lance Fired Rene Photo album - can Laurel be saved? (Even though this is a Laurel from a different Earth? Ugh.) (Michelle: How come the writers didn't say “Sara” when talking about his other daughter?) Whiny Trio of Traitors - How dare you spy on us! Form own team Curtis Holt / Mr. Terrific Develops chip to heal Diggle Figures out Caydon leaked audio to FBI (We called that!) Uses Helix's old lair to make a lair for the WTOT Dinah Drake / Black Canary “Dating” Vince until she finds out he's with Caydon Walks up to Vince and decks him; tries to bring Vince in, but Vince knocks her out; scrapped out of cuffs, hand heals Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog Unemployed; has Zoe (Michelle: still want Rene and Curtis to have a “My Two Superhero Dads” spinoff) Wants Curtis to hack and find evidence so he can recant R.I.L. Caydon James Targets Bertinelli to get the docks Brute force messy; design over chaos; precision Now is not the time to kill GA Wants Oliver to see the city burn Kills Bertinelli - for betraying him (was he actually going to let him live?) Laurel Lance / Black Siren Blows a kiss We need to kill GA now Ricardo Diaz / Richard Dragon Hey Caydon, letting GA go is a bad move Vigilante / Vince Helping bring bad guys to the cops Claims to know how to push all of Dinah's buttons Anatoly Sheck   ARROW NEWS:   Action-Packed Arrow Trailer Leaves Star City Ripe for a Takeover (Date: 17 Jan 2018) The trailer opens with a major, if not surprising, reveal: James is now in control of the city's entire infrastructure, which enables him to shut down all forms of communication. In the promo, Dinah Drake, Curtis Holt and Rene Ramirez go on to form their own super team. However, this quickly leads to strife with Oliver's original team, who stands by his side. In addition to fighting James' team, Oliver will ultimately come to blows with his former recruits. The teaser also contains a few other surprising reveals, such as Oliver's daring rescue of his son William and William's trip to the bunker. https://www.cbr.com/arrow-season-6-midseason-trailer/    CW boss 'optimistic' that Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, and Legends will return (Date: 07 Jan 2018) Network president Mark Pedowitz is “optimistic” that Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow will return next season, he told EW at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour Sunday. “At the moment, it's a little too soon. We're noted for announcing at winter TCA that we're picking up shows, we just weren't ready to do that yet. A couple more weeks [and] we'll probably get around to it. I'm pretty confident we'll see them all back.” http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/07/arrow-flash-supergirl-legends-tomorrow-renewals/   Could The Huntress Return?(Date: 19 Jan 2018) When Oliver asked why Jerry couldn't just ask his cousin, Helena Bertinelli/Huntress (Jessica De Gouw) for help, Jerry remarked that she'd "gone underground." "I want to say, 'Absolutely,'" executive producer Marc Guggenheim said about Huntress' potential return. "Jessica De Gouw has expressed an absolute willingness to come back. Jessica's a favorite actor of mine, and the Huntress is a favorite character of mine. I want to make it happen in Season 6. We've got some plans for the later half of the year that I think she will fit into really well, so we'll see." http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/01/19/arrow-season-6-episode-10-the-huntress-helena-bertinelli/   GENERAL DC NEWS:   Legends of Tomorrow adds Keiynan Lonsdale as series regular (Date: 19 Jan 2018) Welcome to the Waverider, Kid Flash! Following the departure of Franz Drameh and Victor Garber, Keiynan Lonsdale has joined the cast of DC's Legends of Tomorrow as a series regular, EW has learned. Executive producer Phil Klemmer said in a statement, “We loved working with Keiynan in our series premiere — the episode in which we learned that in between seasons 2 and 3 he had been fighting crime in Central City with Nick Zano's Nate Heywood. So when his character stepped away from Flash to go on walkabout, after being dumped and feeling somewhat estranged from his family and team, we knew that Wally West would fit in perfectly on Legends. After all, our show is about a collection of unlikely heroes who all began their journeys questioning who they are and where they belong — only to find those answers while traveling through time and having wacky adventures. So now, Wally West is not only back in the company of old friends from the Arrowverse, he's fighting alongside a former enemy and career arsonist Mick Rory/Dom Purcell. By the end of this season, Wally will learn that the Legends have a different definition of what it means to be a hero.” http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/19/legends-of-tomorrow-adds-keiynan-lonsdale-as-series-regular/ The Flash: Elongated Man's Super Costume Revealed in New Photo (Date: 17 Jan 2018) In the photo, Dibney sports a burgundy jacket with white accents. The jacket has a gauge on the left shoulder, not unlike the one worn by Firestorm. He also wears a pair of goggles, with black eye makeup underneath to obscure his face so that he won't be easily recognizable. The costume is likely of Cisco's design, since it will have to stretch and conform to Dibney's metahuman abilities. https://www.cbr.com/the-flash-elongated-man-costume-2/ Arrow Cast and Crew Interviews:   Arrow's Echo Kellum Reveals Why the Stakes Are Higher Than Ever Before (Date: 18 Jan 2018) Speaking to CBR, Mr. Terrific himself Echo Kellum offered some insight into how Team Arrow's big split will affect his character moving forward. Fortunately for fans, the divide won't impact Curtis' happy-go-lucky attitude, though it will bring a lot of conflict into his relationship with his business partner Felicity Smoak. Kellum also teased his favorite scene from the midseason premiere, shared his hopes for Curtis' love life and explained why Cayden James' supervillain team will raise the stakes like never before. https://www.cbr.com/arrow-echo-kellum-divided-interview/ Arrow's Echo Kellum Talks The Importance of Black Superheroes (Date: 18 Jan 2018) "I think for myself and for Curtis, it is something we're both very proud of," Kellum told ComicBook.com. "I'm so proud and I feel so fortunate to get to portray a hero like this, an inclusive hero, you know, part of the LGBT community, a person of color who's a person of, you know, endless optimism and positivity. And it's a role that I love to play and as far as Curtis, I know he takes a lot of pride in that, too, you know? "I personally, I feel like, you know, what a time to be alive where, you know, I get to see so many people, I can be on TV, I get to portray that," he said. "I get to help people of color, people of the LGBTQIA community so like they can do it too. And for me, that was so important growing up” http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/01/19/arrow-black-lightning-echo-kellum-black-superheroes/   NEXT EPISODE   Link to Promo: (Date: 18 Jan 2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNXBYnNQjLU   Episode: “We Fall” [Season 6 Episode 11] Air Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018 Summary: William gets caught in the cross hairs as Oliver attempts to stop Cayden James with just the original Team Arrow. Director: Wendey Stanzler Writers: Speed Weed and Spiro Skentzos IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6493676/?ref_=tt_ep_nx     Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Sunday Evenings at 6:00 PM eastern or 5:00 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.   Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com.   You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com   This podcast was recorded Sunday January 21st, 2018.   Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!   Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

Michelle Schroeder-Gardner is one in a million. In 2011 she had started her blog Making Sense of Cents as a hobby to share her ideas of how she was managing the money in her early 20s. It wasn’t until after six months of blogging for fun, she was told by a friend she could actually make a few bucks through her blog. Six months later she made her first $100 and began to realize there was room for growth. Fast forward to 2017 and she is consistently earning over $100,000 every single month from her blog! Not only is she generating an incredible income from her laptop, she is also doing all of this while living in an RV full-time with her husband so they can travel all over the United States. I wanted Michelle to come on the show to share how she is as normal as normal can be, yet she also has such an incredible accomplishment - financial freedom and the ability to live the life many only dream about. During the interview, I ask... What sets Michelle apart from the thousands of bloggers who are trying to do the same thing she is? How many hours per week does she really work? What does a normal day look like for Michelle? How does she generate income from her blog? How does one really live full-time in an RV? All the show notes, links, and anything Michelle and I mentioned can be found at https://www.moneypeach.com/session62

Episode 12: Michelle Yeager is a former fitness model and physique competitor. Her main goal was aesthetics for years until she wound up in an unhealthy place, both physically and mentally. Michelle did what many people in the fitness industry cannot do but so wish they could. She took a step back to analyze her lifestyle and what she wanted for her future. Michelle is now on the road to real health, fitness and happiness and she’s here today to tell us exactly how she did it. Michelle is also a graduate from the Dominican University in Chicago with a degree in Nutrition. She is a personal trainer, a former fitness competitor and she is an online Health Coach. Michelle is now pursuing an Intuitive Eating Certification so that she can continue to expand her business and teach others how to have food freedom. Here's what we talked about it today's show: An overview of Michelle's past fitness competitions and modeling experiences A look at what happens to stress levels and social lives during competition prep The ridiculousness of being uptight about having to eat every three hours on the dot, even if it's warm liquid egg whites How IIFYM helped Michelle eat more than what she was used to and/or "allowed" to eat How Instagram pressures people to adopt a particular diet and go all out on it Why it's not a good idea to count your macros if you're not competing The trust and faith required to trust your intuitive eating instincts again Why the book Intuitive Eating is a MUST read for anybody looking to improve their mindset towards their food and body The importance of eating whatever you want, without any limitations for a decent amount of time when starting to intuitively eat The real reason why we get cravings and what to do about it Only following inspirational and encouraging accounts on all social media Wearing clothes that fit the body you have now Diving deeper into the correlation between weight and happiness The powerful movie Earthlings Why Michelle has adopted a vegan diet and the benefits she's experiencing A typical day of vegan eating for Michelle How she learned to give up her strict training routine and adopt an intuitive one Links & books mentioned in this episode: 1. Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole 2. Watch Earthlings 3. The 80/10/10 Diet by Douglas N. Graham Where can you find Michelle? (and seriously, go follow her)  Website: yeagerfitness.com Instagram: @_michelleyeager Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleYeagerFitness [Tweet "Former fitness competitor Michelle Yeager dishes out her #NPC days & how she found food freedom"] Click below to listen to Episode 12 of the Mind Body Musings Podcast. And if you NEVER want to miss an episode, subscribe to this podcast in iTunes HERE (and please leave a review to let me know what you liked about the show!) Enjoy!  

asset title: Lesson 11: Pronunciation of Palatalization (alt), Cell Phones and Driving filename: tafalado_11.mp3 track number: 12/46 time: 8:16 size: 5.81 MB bitrate: 96 kbps In the previous lesson we learned all about palatalization, when words spelled with 'ti' sound like 'chee' and words with 'di' sound like 'jee.' This is pretty much true for people in live in the central regions of Brazil. However, in the far north and in the far south of Brazil, it is much less common. Today we introduce everyone to Alfredo Barros who is from Teresinha, Pernambuco. We'll all get a chance to hear his dialect, from a region where people don't have as much palatalization. It makes for a great comparison with the way that Valdo and Michelle talk.DialogPortugueseValdo: Um dia desses minha tia, que já é de idade, veio me visitar aqui em Austin.Michelle: Ela conversou contigo sobre a cidade? O que ela disse?Valdo: Ela gostou, mas desde que chegou decidiu falar mal de quem usa celular no trânsito.Michelle: Não acredito. Por que?Valdo: É que ela perdeu os dentes num típico acidente de carro em que o motorista estava usando o celular enquanto dirigia.Michelle: Que coisa triste! Eh, diante disso é até bom que no Brasil a gente seja proibido de usar o celular no volante. Você pode receber aquela multa! SpanishValdo: Un día de estos mi tía, que ya es de edad, vino a visitarme aquí en Austin.Michelle: ¿Ella conversó contigo sobre la ciudad? ¿Qué dijo ella?Valdo: A ella le gustó, pero desde que llegó decidió hablar mal de los que usan el celular en el tráfico.Michelle: No lo creo. ¿Por qué?Valdo: Es que ella perdió los dientes en un típico accidente de carro en que el conductor estaba usando el celular mientras conducía.Michelle: Qué cosa triste! A causa de esto, es bueno que en Brasil nosotros seamos prohibidos usar el celular en el volante. Usted puede recibir una multa!EnglishValdo: A few days ago my aunt, who is getting older, came to visit me here in Austin.Michelle: Did she talk to you about the city? What did she say?Valdo: She liked it, but ever since she arrived she has decided to talk bad about those who use their cell phone while driving.Michelle: I can't believe that. Why?Valdo: She lost her teeth in a typical car accident where the driver was using a cell phone while driving.Michelle: How sad! Given that it's a good thing that in Brazil it's against the law to use a cell phone while driving. You could get a ticket!

asset title: Lesson 10: Pronunciation of Palatalization, Cell Phones and Driving filename: tafalado_10.mp3 track number: 11/46 time: 13:47 size: 9.70 MB bitrate: 96 kbps One of the great differences between Spanish and Portuguese is seen in how Brazilians pronounce words that are spelled with 'ti,' which sounds more like 'chee' and how words spelled with 'di' sound more like 'jee.' The fancy word for this is palatalization. But look out, not all Brazilian dialects do it. So, in this lesson we listen to Valdo and Michelle, who both do it. In the next lesson we'll repeat the same dialog to hear what these words sound like without palatalization. As to the culture part of this lesson, Valdo and Michelle talk about the use of cellular phones while driving.DialogPortugueseValdo: Um dia desses minha tia, que já é de idade, veio me visitar aqui em Austin.Michelle: Ela conversou contigo sobre a cidade? O que ela disse?Valdo: Ela gostou, mas desde que chegou decidiu falar mal de quem usa celular no trânsito.Michelle: Não acredito. Por que?Valdo: É que ela perdeu os dentes num típico acidente de carro em que o motorista estava usando o celular enquanto dirigia.Michelle: Que coisa triste! Eh, diante disso é até bom que no Brasil a gente seja proibido de usar o celular no volante. Você pode receber aquela multa! SpanishValdo: Un día de estos mi tía, que ya es de edad, vino a visitarme aquí en Austin.Michelle: ¿Ella conversó contigo sobre la ciudad? ¿Qué dijo ella?Valdo: A ella le gustó, pero desde que llegó decidió hablar mal de los que usan el celular en el tráfico.Michelle: No lo creo. ¿Por qué?Valdo: Es que ella perdió los dientes en un típico accidente de carro en que el conductor estaba usando el celular mientras conducía.Michelle: Qué cosa triste! A causa de esto, es bueno que en Brasil nosotros seamos prohibidos usar el celular en el volante. Usted puede recibir una multa!EnglishValdo: A few days ago my aunt, who is getting older, came to visit me here in Austin.Michelle: Did she talk to you about the city? What did she say?Valdo: She liked it, but ever since she arrived she has decided to talk bad about those who use their cell phone while driving.Michelle: I can't believe that. Why?Valdo: She lost her teeth in a typical car accident where the driver was using a cell phone while driving.Michelle: How sad! Given that it's a good thing that in Brazil it's against the law to use a cell phone while driving. You could get a ticket!

In the previous lesson we learned all about palatalization, when words spelled with 'ti' sound like 'chee' and words with 'di' sound like 'jee.' This is pretty much true for people in live in the central regions of Brazil. However, in the far north and in the far south of Brazil, it is much less common. Today we introduce everyone to Alfredo Barros who is from Teresinha, Pernambuco. We'll all get a chance to hear his dialect, from a region where people don't have as much palatalization. It makes for a great comparison with the way that Valdo and Michelle talk.: I can't believe that. Why? Valdo: She lost her teeth in a typical car accident where the driver was using a cell phone while driving. Michelle: How sad! Given that it's a good thing that in Brazil it's against the law to use a cell phone while driving. You could get a ticket!

One of the great differences between Spanish and Portuguese is seen in how Brazilians pronounce words that are spelled with 'ti,' which sounds more like 'chee' and how words spelled with 'di' sound more like 'jee.' The fancy word for this is palatalization. But look out, not all Brazilian dialects do it. So, in this lesson we listen to Valdo and Michelle, who both do it. In the next lesson we'll repeat the same dialog to hear what these words sound like without palatalization. As to the culture part of this lesson, Valdo and Michelle talk about the use of cellular phones while driving.ne while driving. Michelle: I can't believe that. Why? Valdo: She lost her teeth in a typical car accident where the driver was using a cell phone while driving. Michelle: How sad! Given that it's a good thing that in Brazil it's against the law to use a cell phone while driving. You could get a ticket!