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In this episode Andrea Samadi explains the concept of sleep stress — a wearable-device measured how physiologically activated your body remains during sleep — and places it within a neuroscience-based movement and recovery framework. She reviews the autonomic nervous system (sympathetic vs. parasympathetic), how WHOOP estimates sleep stress from heart rate and HRV, and why trends over weeks matter more than single nights. Using her six-month data, Andrea shares how recovery habits and removing alcohol coincided with an 89% drop in nightly high sleep stress. The episode ends with practical steps and a seven-day experiment to help you observe and reduce nighttime physiological activation by changing daytime behaviors, sleep environment, and training timing so your body can better recover and adapt. When Sleep Isn't Rest—What “Sleep Stress” Reveals About Recovery: The Story Behind My 89% Drop in Sleep Stress Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we bridge neuroscience, social and emotional learning, and human performance so we can create measurable improvements in our well-being, achievement, leadership, productivity and results. I'm Andrea Samadi, and if you've been following along through Season 16, you'll know that we have been building what I call The Brain's Operating System for Human Performance—a neuroscience-based framework designed to help us understand how the different systems of the brain and body work together to influence how we learn, adapt, connect, lead and ultimately perform. We are currently in Phase 3: Movement, Learning and Cognition, where we have been following a central pathway: Movement → Adaptation → Performance Movement creates a stimulus. But movement alone does not make the brain or body stronger. We must be able to recover from that stimulus before adaptation can occur, to give us our desired outcome of improved performance. This is why our recent bonus episodes have moved beyond exercise itself and into the recovery signals that help us understand whether our bodies are successfully handling the demands we are placing upon them. In Bonus Episode 3[i], we explored the hidden story behind my resting heart rate. My data showed that it was not merely a measure of fitness—it was also reflecting the total load my body was carrying. During the higher-stress months of January and February, my resting heart rate remained elevated at approximately 56–58 beats per minute. As I placed greater emphasis on sleep, hydration, Zone 2 movement, sauna, meditation and recovery, it gradually fell to 54 and then 53 beats per minute. The lesson was that a lower resting heart rate signals that the body is working less during rest, and recovering more efficiently. The idea is to learn what your baseline is, and see how you can improve this number for a more efficient RHR. In Bonus Episode 4[ii], we explored restorative sleep and learned that sleep quality is not measured by duration alone. Deep sleep supports physical restoration and repair, while REM sleep plays an important role in memory, learning and emotional processing. Because longer REM periods tend to occur later in the night/morning time my regular 4:00 AM wake time may give me less opportunity for that REM-rich portion of sleep—which is the tradeoff I'm choosing--since waking early allows me to exercise. Two additional hours in bed would not guarantee two more hours of REM, but they could create a greater opportunity for more REM sleep. The lesson was not to choose sleep over movement or movement over sleep. It was to protect enough sleep while still making room for movement, so the brain and body have the opportunity to adapt. Throughout these bonus episodes, I'm sharing patterns from my WHOOP wearable device[iii] data—not because everyone's numbers should look like mine, but to demonstrate what can happen when we measure consistently, look for trends and test small changes. The goal is not comparison. It is to help each of us better understand our own baseline and use that information to improve our habits, recovery and results. While examining my own sleep data for these recent bonus episodes, another question came to my mind. It was while looking this sleep stress score. What if we are sleeping—but our physiology remains unusually activated throughout the night? How would we even know if this was happening? This is another measurement I can see with this wearable device. What if our eyes are closed and we are technically asleep, but the body is still working harder than usual? What if our sleep isn't giving us the rest and recovery that we need. This brings us to today's question: What is Sleep Stress? One of the most valuable metrics I have been tracking this year is not simply how long I sleep or how much deep and REM sleep I achieve. Those are all important to me, but something stood out with these sleep scores to me, this year. It is the amount of time my body spends in a state of elevated physiological stress while I am asleep. When I examined my most recent six-month trend, I noticed something that kind of stopped me in my tracks. My average time in WHOOP's high sleep-stress zone (monthly score from January 2026 till now) initially rose from 21 minutes to a peak of 35 minutes (around April/May) where I noticed my sleep scores were terrible with International travel, but I can't blame everything on just the travel and times zones. I knew I was off track with rest and recovery. How much I was off, I'm not sure because Whoop confirmed my scores with the times zones might have been inaccurate, but either way, even if my sleep stress peaked at let's say 25 minutes, it still showed me that I was doing something to keep my body stressed out while I was sleeping. As I paid attention to rest and recovery, the scores began to improve in May, June, July, August…until now. 35 minutes of high sleep stress went…to 18…to 14…to 5…and finally to just 4 minutes of sleep stress each night. That is an approximately 89% decrease from my six-month peak. The data cannot tell me that one specific behavior caused this change. But it does suggest that my body has become progressively less physiologically activated while I was asleep. And this helped me see recovery in a new way. Sleep duration tells us how long we slept. Sleep stages estimate the type of sleep we experienced throughout the night. Sleep stress gives us another window into how physiologically activated the body remained during that sleep. In today's BONUS EP 5 we will explore: What Sleep Stress measures The sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the nervous system Where Sleep Stress fits into the Movement Loop What I noticed in my six-month results What the results show—and what they cannot prove How you can monitor nighttime physiological stress And practical tips to help your body settle and recover Let's begin with the nervous system and what's working behind the scenes while we are asleep. The Autonomic Nervous System To understand Sleep Stress, we first need to understand the autonomic nervous system and how ACTIVATION and RECOVERY work together. We covered this topic on a very early EP 59[iv] with Suzanne Gundersen on “Putting the Polyvagal Theory into Practice” and then again with educational neuroscientist Dr. Lori Desautels and Michael McKnight[v]. You can review those episodes if you want a deeper dive here. The autonomic NS is the part of the nervous system that regulates many of the functions that happen automatically, without requiring conscious thought. It helps manage: Heart rate Blood pressure Breathing Digestion Temperature regulation Energy use And our physiological responses to changing demands in our life experiences Two of its primary branches are the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system helps mobilize the brain and body when we need energy, alertness or action. It is often called the fight-or-flight system. We need this sympathetic activation to wake up, exercise, concentrate, solve problems, respond to challenges and perform under pressure. When sympathetic activity rises, heart rate may increase, breathing may become faster and energy becomes more readily available for action. That is exactly what we want when climbing a mountain, completing an intense workout, delivering a presentation or responding to an immediate challenge. The problem is not activation itself. The problem may arise when the body has difficulty shifting out of that activated state after the challenge has passed. The parasympathetic nervous system supports the restorative side of this process. It is often described as the rest-and-digest system because it helps the body conserve energy, digest food and create conditions that support rest and recovery. When our parasympathetic NS is activated, heart rate generally slows and the body becomes less physiologically activated. But the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are not simple on-and-off switches. They continually interact throughout the day and night. Healthy regulation depends on our ability to move flexibly between activation and recovery as our life circumstances change. I'm sure you've heard people talking about how they “regulate” themselves, or take themselves from a high stress state, to lower stress state usually through intentional breathing, (I've just started to add this technique), physical movement (my go-to way to get back to myself when I have time) and some people use sensory grounding to get themselves out of anxious loops. American neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman suggests the physiological sigh as a breathing technique “to reduce stress and anxiety in real-time, while they are still engaging in life.”[vi] He does say that this pattern of breathing is something that we all engage in when we are in deep sleep (our dogs do it too), a double inhale, followed by an extended exhale. He says it works well to reduce stress because “it offloads a lot of carbon dioxide all at once.” Until I started to look at this sleep stress number, I didn't realize that even during healthy sleep, our autonomic activity fluctuates. Deep sleep is generally associated with greater parasympathetic influence, while REM sleep can include more variable heart rate, breathing and sympathetic activity. This means that brief periods of increased physiological stress during sleep are not automatically signs that something is wrong. The more useful question is: Can my body move flexibly between activation and recovery—or is it remaining unusually activated for extended periods? What Does WHOOP Mean by Sleep Stress? WHOOP estimates physiological stress using signals that include heart rate and heart-rate variability, or HRV, compared with your personal baseline. Its Sleep Stress view shows the proportion of the night spent in low, medium and high physiological stress zones. This is an important distinction: A wearable does not directly measure your thoughts or emotions. It cannot know whether you are worried, excited, digesting a late meal, fighting an infection or recovering from a difficult workout. It also does not directly measure the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the nervous system. Instead, it uses cardiovascular signals to estimate how physiologically activated your body appears relative to what is normal for you. Elevated nighttime stress can potentially be influenced by: Mental or emotional strain Alcohol Illness or an emerging infection A late or heavy meal Intense exercise close to bedtime Accumulated training strain Dehydration Heat or an uncomfortable sleep environment Travel and disrupted routines Hormonal changes Certain medications Or sleep-disordered breathing Sleep Stress should therefore be treated as a signal to investigate, not a diagnosis. One elevated night may not mean very much. The greatest value comes from observing your own patterns across several weeks and comparing those patterns with your behaviors, environment, training and health. Where Sleep Stress Fits in the Movement Loop Our original Phase 3 framework was: Movement → Adaptation → Performance But we can now expand this pathway: Movement → Physiological Load → Recovery → Adaptation → Performance Movement provides a challenge to the brain and body. That challenge creates physiological load. Recovery gives the body an opportunity to respond to the load, repair what was challenged and build additional capacity. That process is adaptation. And the capacity created through adaptation supports future performance. Sleep Stress sits within the recovery stage of this loop. It helps us investigate whether the body is successfully downshifting from the demands of the day or remaining more activated than usual during the recovery window. This does not mean that every increase in nighttime stress prevents adaptation. The body is dynamic. Exercise, digestion, illness, temperature and different stages of sleep can all affect nighttime physiology. But if elevated Sleep Stress becomes a repeated pattern, it may indicate that the body is carrying more load than it is currently absorbing. This is why Sleep Stress belongs in Phase 3: Movement supplies the challenge. Recovery determines how effectively we absorb it. Adaptation builds capacity. And capacity supports performance. What My Six-Month Results Show When I examined my 6-month Sleep Stress results from March 17 through September 12 when I was writing this episode, I first looked at six consecutive monthly windows: March 17–April 15: 21 minutes of average high Sleep Stress April 16–May 15: 35 minutes May 16–June 14: 18 minutes June 15–July 14: 14 minutes July 15–August 13: 5 minutes August 14–September 12: 4 minutes The pattern was not a straight decline. My average high Sleep Stress initially increased from 21 to 35 minutes. That April-to-May period (with International Travel) was the highest point in the six-month window—a 67% increase from the preceding month. The nightly graphs also show more frequent and more substantial periods in WHOOP's high-stress zone during that time. The data cannot tell me exactly what caused the increase. It may have reflected accumulated emotional stress, training load, disrupted routines, sleep timing, travel, temperature, or several factors interacting at once. But after that 35-minute peak, the direction changed: 35 → 18 → 14 → 5 → 4 minutes That is an approximately 89% reduction from the peak. This was not the result of one isolated night or a single unusually good week. It was a progressive decline across four consecutive monthly windows. When I switched to WHOOP's full six-month view, however, I initially noticed what appeared to be a contradiction. My six-month average was 16 minutes in the high-stress zone—60% higher than my preceding six-month average of 10 minutes. How could my current Sleep Stress be improving so dramatically while the six-month comparison still showed an increase? The answer is that a six-month average is a lagging measure. You can see my 6 month data in the show notes. This graph includes the elevated spring period, particularly the April-to-May peak of 35 minutes. Those earlier nights continue to pull the six-month average upward, even though my more recent results are much lower. The percentage of each night spent in WHOOP's different stress zones makes the recent change especially clear. During the April-to-May peak: 6% of my sleep was in the high-stress zone 27% was in the medium-stress zone 67% was in the low-stress zone By August 14 through September 12: High-stress sleep had fallen to 1% Medium-stress sleep had fallen to 10% Low-stress sleep had risen to 89% This may be the most meaningful finding in the entire six-month trend. I did not simply spend less time in WHOOP's high-stress zone. A much larger proportion of my night shifted into the low-stress zone. From spring into early summer, my high Sleep Stress had already begun to decline as I was focused on my health routine it kept dropping—from 35 minutes to 18 and then 14 minutes. I was living my life as usual. Three observations help explain what I think this pattern means. Observation One The Spring Peak Was Worth Investigating The 35-minute average represented a 67% increase from the preceding monthly window. The nightly graphs also show more frequent and more substantial periods in WHOOP's high-stress zone during that time. Something was placing a greater physiological demand on my system, but the screenshots cannot tell me precisely what it was. The increase could have reflected emotional stress, training load, disrupted routines, sleep timing, travel, illness, temperature or several factors interacting at once. This is why wearable data becomes more useful when it is paired with context. The number shows us what changed. A behavior log helps us investigate why it may have changed. Observation Two The Improvement Began Before August My Sleep Stress did not suddenly improve in one week. After the April-to-May peak, it declined across four consecutive monthly windows: 35 minutes fell to 18, then 14, then 5 and finally 4 minutes. That suggests an ongoing recovery shift rather than one isolated good night. By the latest monthly window, 89% of my sleep appeared in WHOOP's low-stress zone, compared with 67% during the spring peak. My body appeared to be spending progressively more of the night in a lower state of physiological activation relative to my baseline. Observation Three One Change May Have Strengthened the Trend Then, on August 7, I changed one thing. My movement, training, sauna, hydration and sleep practices remained relatively consistent. The clearest variable I intentionally changed was this: I stopped drinking alcohol. The timing matters. My July 15-August 13 average, which contained only the first week of the alcohol-free experiment, was already down to 5 minutes. Because most of that monthly window occurred before August 7, alcohol removal cannot explain the entire decline. But after I removed alcohol, my Sleep Stress remained at its lowest level and fell again to 4 minutes. During the same period, my HRV increased, my resting heart rate decreased and my overall recovery improved. These measures are related rather than completely independent-WHOOP's Stress Monitor itself uses patterns in heart rate and HRV. Still, when several parts of my recovery picture begin telling a consistent story after one clearly defined change, the pattern becomes more compelling. The data does not prove that removing alcohol caused every improvement. The most responsible conclusion is that my recovery had already begun improving and alcohol removal may have helped reinforce and sustain that progress. My Biggest Aha Moment My biggest realization was this: I was not improving my sleep only by changing what I did at night-such as cooling the room, using a sleep mask or limiting phone use before bed. I was improving my nights by changing my days. This is exactly what Dr. Kristen Holmes suggested we do on EP 4054. Everything we do during the day contributes to the total load our bodies must process: The emotional stress we carry The timing and intensity of exercise The food we eat The time we eat it Alcohol Hydration Light exposure Travel Work demands And whether we create moments of recovery between those demands The night can become a physiological reflection of everything that came before it. For years, many of us have assumed that being exhausted guarantees a good night's sleep. But exhaustion and regulation are not the same thing. We can be deeply tired and still physiologically activated. The goal is not to exhaust the body until it shuts down. The goal is to help the body transition from meeting the demands of the day into the conditions required for recovery. How Can YOU Measure Nighttime Stress? WHOOP provides a specific Sleep Stress view, but you do not need WHOOP to begin observing your recovery patterns. Depending on the wearable or device you use, you may be able to track: Sleeping heart rate Resting heart rate Overnight HRV Respiratory rate Skin-temperature deviation Sleep disruptions Restlessness Blood-oxygen trends And recovery or readiness scores The most important consideration is your personal baseline. Your HRV, resting heart rate and respiratory rate should not be judged against someone else's ideal number. Begin by learning what is normal for you. Then look for: Sudden deviations Repeated elevations Changes lasting several nights Connections with specific behaviors (I noticed that sleep stress was ALWAYS there after no more than 1-2 glasses of wine) And whether multiple measures change together (I noticed that after a long hike, if I chose to have a drink that night, even one glass of wine, sleep stress would be there the next day). There was no escaping what elevated it for me. Even without a wearable, you can begin tracking subjective signs of recovery. Each morning, ask: How many times did I awaken? Did I feel restored when I woke up? Was my mind calm or racing before bed? Did I wake with tension, a racing heart or unusual warmth? How was my energy, mood and focus the following day? You can then compare those observations with factors such as: Alcohol Meal timing Exercise timing Emotional stress Illness Travel And changes in your sleep environment The purpose is not to become anxious about every fluctuation. The purpose is to find patterns that help you make better decisions. It did help me to have a wearable to notice just how consistent my sleep stress was with certain behaviors. Can you measure Sleep Stress without a wearable? Not in the same way. Without overnight heart-rate and HRV data, we cannot calculate WHOOP's Sleep Stress score—and we may not consciously feel that our physiology remained activated. That was true for me. I did not feel stressed while I was sleeping. I needed the data to show me that my body was experiencing something my conscious mind could not detect. Without a wearable, we can still watch for indirect clues: repeated awakenings, morning fatigue, an elevated morning pulse, daytime sleepiness or a bed partner noticing snoring, gasping or restlessness. A sleep diary can help connect those clues with our daytime behaviors. The wearable did not create the stress. It made an invisible physiological pattern visible. How Can We Lower Sleep Stress? There is no single method guaranteed to lower nighttime stress because the underlying cause may differ from one person to another. The following ideas are best approached as individual experiments. Examine Alcohol Alcohol can make us feel sleepy, but sedation is not the same as restorative sleep. Try reducing or removing alcohol for several weeks and observe what happens to your Sleep Stress, HRV, resting heart rate, awakenings and morning energy. Look for a trend rather than expecting every night to improve. This isn't the first time I've removed alcohol while creating certain conditions for my body to perform at its best over the past 7 years of this podcast, and prior. I remember first hearing Dr. Daniel Amen talking about how alcohol isn't a health food, and that he suggests no amount to be healthy for the brain. When I first heard him say this, I did think, “Oh come on, Dr. Amen, say it's not so” because I don't eat junk food (we'll cover this topic next) so I would almost look to find some research that would allow even just small amounts. You can hear what Dr. Huberman[vii] suggests on his riveting episode on this topic, and I'm sharing that my reduction with sleep stress was significant enough for me to decide that cutting it out of my diet would be a permanent decision. This is a personal decision though and what might be significant for me with my results, might not be what you notice. Finish Eating Earlier A large or heavy meal close to bedtime may keep the body active through digestion. Experiment with finishing dinner earlier and leaving a consistent interval before sleep. Then observe whether your nighttime heart rate, Sleep Stress or restlessness changes. I've always had dinner around 5pm and don't eat anything after 6:30pm (except the occasional hot chocolate). Create an Evening Wind Down The brain and body need a transition between daytime demands and sleep. Your off-ramp might include: Dimming the lights Reducing stimulating content Reading Meditation Slow breathing NSDR Gentle stretching A warm shower or bath Writing down tomorrow's priorities Or following a consistent bedtime routine The purpose is to give the nervous system repeated cues that the demands of the day are ending. I like an Epsom salt bath when I'm home to transition from a work day, to night time. Balance Training With Recovery Exercise generally supports sleep and long-term health, but timing and intensity can affect individuals differently. If you repeatedly notice elevated nighttime stress after late, intense workouts, experiment with completing those sessions earlier. You might replace a late high-intensity session with walking, gentle mobility or recovery work and then compare the results. I did notice that on days I go to the gym after work, I do have higher stress that next morning. It's not always easy to fit everything in early mornings. Practice Regulation During the Day Do not wait until bedtime to address accumulated activation. Small recovery periods throughout the day can include: Brief movement breaks Time outdoors Slow breathing Space between meetings Short periods without digital stimulation Meditation Recovery does not begin when your head hits the pillow. It is built into the rhythm of the entire day. Optimize the Sleep Environment Examine the physical conditions surrounding your sleep: Is the room comfortably cool? Is it dark? Is it quiet? Are notifications turned off? Are pets or other interruptions waking you? Does your bedding help regulate temperature? Has travel disrupted your routine? Sometimes the source of elevated nighttime activation is due to your environment. Pay Attention to Possible Health Signals A sudden increase in nighttime stress—especially when accompanied by changes in resting heart rate, respiratory rate or skin temperature—may occur when the body is fighting an illness. Persistent changes deserve attention, particularly if they are accompanied by loud snoring, gasping during sleep, chest symptoms, unusual shortness of breath or significant daytime sleepiness. A wearable cannot diagnose sleep apnea, an infection or another medical condition. Its role is to help us notice when something has changed and decide whether further evaluation may be appropriate. A Seven-Day Sleep Stress Experiment This week, select only one or two variables to change. Your experiment does not have to involve alcohol like mine did. I honestly just stopped enjoying it, so it was an easy variable for me to pick. Don't ask me to give up coffee though. I won't be participating in any caffeine reduction experiments. Choose one variable that may be influencing your nighttime physiology, keep everything else as consistent as possible, and watch the trend—not one isolated score. You might: Avoid alcohol Finish dinner earlier Move intense exercise away from bedtime Create a 20-minute evening wind down routine Practice five minutes of slow breathing Or make the bedroom cooler and darker Each morning, record: Time in high Sleep Stress, if available HRV Resting heart rate Respiratory rate Number of awakenings And how restored you feel on a scale from 1 to 10 At the end of the week, ask: What changed? What remained consistent? Which behaviors appeared to help my body settle? Which behaviors were followed by greater nighttime activation? Do not try to produce a perfect score. The goal is to identify a pattern you can repeat. Review and Conclusion To close out this BONUS EP4, where we explored Sleep Stress—not as another score to chase, but as a window into what the body may be experiencing while we sleep. We learned that Sleep Stress estimates how physiologically activated the body remains during the night. It is different from sleep duration, which tells us how long we slept, and sleep stages, which estimate the kinds of sleep we experienced. To understand this metric, we looked at the two primary branches of the autonomic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system mobilizes energy so we can move, focus, respond and perform. The parasympathetic nervous system supports conservation, digestion, restoration and recovery. Neither branch is inherently good or bad. We need activation to meet life's demands, and we need the ability to downshift when those demands have passed. Healthy regulation is not the absence of stress. It is the flexibility to move between activation and recovery. We also learned that WHOOP does not directly measure either branch of the autonomic nervous system. It uses patterns in heart rate and heart-rate variability, compared with our personal baseline, to estimate physiological stress. That makes Sleep Stress a useful signal—but not a diagnosis and not proof of what caused a particular change. This metric fits within the recovery stage of our expanded Movement Loop: Movement → Physiological Load → Recovery → Adaptation → Performance Movement creates the challenge. But the challenge alone does not build greater capacity. The body must be able to absorb the load, recover from it and adapt. When I examined my own six-month results, I saw my average high Sleep Stress rise from 21 minutes to a spring peak of 35 minutes. It then declined across four consecutive monthly windows: 35 → 18 → 14 → 5 → 4 minutes That represented approximately 89% reduction from the highest month The proportion of my sleep in WHOOP's low-stress zone also increased from 67% during the spring peak to 89% in my most recent monthly window. My recovery had already begun improving before I had cut out alcohol on August 7, so alcohol removal cannot explain the entire decline. But when I kept the rest of my routine relatively consistent and removed alcohol, my Sleep Stress remained at its lowest level. At the same time, my HRV increased, my resting heart rate decreased and my overall recovery improved. This does not prove that one behavior caused every change. But it gives me good reason to believe that removing alcohol helped reinforce an already improving recovery pattern. And that brings me to the most important lesson from this experiment: I did not improve my recovery by asking my body to do more. I improved it by creating better conditions for my body to recover from everything it was already doing. So tonight, instead of asking only: “How many hours will I sleep?” Think about-- “What am I doing today that will help—or prevent—my body from settling tonight?” Because the night does not begin when we close our eyes. It carries the accumulated effects of how we moved, trained, ate, worked, regulated and recovered throughout the day. Movement creates the stimulus. Recovery allows us to absorb it. Adaptation builds our capacity. And greater capacity prepares the brain and body to perform tomorrow. I'll see you next time for Episode 407, where we will revisit Jason Wittrock's work through a current and carefully defined lens. We'll examine his experience with nutrition and fasting as the perspective of an applied practitioner and personal case study, while comparing those ideas with current evidence surrounding nutrition, blood-sugar stability, metabolic flexibility, recovery and performance. Because if recovery determines how well we adapt to a challenge, metabolism determines whether the brain and body have the energy required to power that adaptation. And the brain and body cannot sustain performance without the energy required to power the system. I'll see you next time. REFERENCES: [i]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast BONUS EP 3 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/the-hidden-story-behind-your-resting-heart-rate/   [ii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast BONUS EP 4 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/is-your-4-am-hike-costing-you-rem-the-movement-vs-sleep-trade%e2%80%91off/   [iii] whoop.com   [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EP 59  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/suzanne-gundersen-on-the-polyvagal-theory-in-practice/   [v]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast “The Future of Educational Neuroscience”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/lori-desautels-and-michael-mcknight-on-the-future-of-educational-neuroscience-in-our-schools-and-communities/   [vi] Dr. Andrew Huberman Breathing Techniques to Reduce Stress and Anxiety. The Physiological Sigh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSZKIupBUuc   [vii] Dr. Andrew Huberman https://www.hubermanlab.com/subtopics/effects-of-alcohol-on-the-brain-and-body  

Terrain Work: Why Your Body's Story Matters More Than Your SymptomsAfter 11 years of tissue mineral analysis and 44 personal tests, I've learned that sustainable healing isn't about chasing symptoms or following one-size-fits-all protocols. It's about understanding your unique terrain - your genetics, constitution, life story, and the environmental factors that shaped your health journey.In this vulnerable birthday episode, I share the biggest insights from my decade-plus healing journey, including how I finally moved from survival mode to true optimization. I dive into why personalized medicine must go beyond lab results to include your genetic bottlenecks, astrological constitution, and shadow work - elements completely missing from traditional clinical approaches.What you'll discover: • Why genetics "load the gun" but environment "pulls the trigger" - and what this means for your healing • How sulfur pathway challenges can sabotage even the best protocols (and which popular supplements made my gut worse) • The astrology-mineral connection that revolutionized my approach to supplementation • Why I was stuck in cell danger response for years and how getting out changed everything • The shadow work piece that clinical medicine ignores - but tribes understood intuitively • How understanding your metabolic type and constitutional needs prevents healing plateausThis isn't just another HTMA episode - it's an invitation to see your body as an integrated system with its own unique story, patterns, and needs. Real terrain work addresses your whole self: your environment, your history, your emotional landscape, and your constitutional blueprint.If you're tired of protocols that work for everyone else but not you, this episode will shift how you think about personalized healing forever.Mentioned in this episode: • My July 15th episode "Making Sense of Detox: What Hair Tests and Methylation Really Tell Us" • My 2020 interview with airway specialist Michale Chatam on cellular voltage • Last year's "10 Years of HTMA Insights" birthday episodeReady for truly personalized healing? I'm accepting  2 new clients for my 6-month Rewilded Wellness coaching program starting October 2025, where we integrate HTMA, BiomeFX, genetic analysis, and your birth chart for a completely individualized approach. Mineral Foundations Course HERE Minerals and microbes package HERE Rewilded Wellness program HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: connect@lydiajoy.me Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing

Today, we welcome Micaela Hoo, co-founder of Chronically Hacked and My July, to the Courageous Wellness Podcast. Micaela Hoo is a writer, lifestyle entrepreneur, and chronic illness coach living in Los Angeles. She is the co-founder of Chronically Hacked, a world renowned and celebrity endorsed online course about how to navigate the confusing world of chronic illness. Additionally, Micaela and her mother, Dawn, run My July, a clean skincare line that was born out of her chronic illness. She serves as a mentor in the Global Lyme Alliance Peer-to-Peer Mentor Program.  When Micaela was diagnosed with late-stage chronic Lyme disease among other chronic illnesses and found it difficult to find safe products that wouldn't irritate her skin, her mother, Dawn, turned to nature's simple gifts and developed homemade remedies that were effective, gentle, and comforting. This was the conception of My July. This episode is sponsored by Honeylove. Treat yourself to the best bras on the market and save 20% Off at honeylove.com/CWPodcast  Seize the summer in Lands' End. Head to landsend.com and use code CWPOD to get 30% off your summer purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My July 4th call to action. Independent journalist Sam Oser (@samthemullet) discusses her workshop on training citizen journalists. Jerry Ashton (@WrittenOffUSA) discusses his project to end veteran's debt. Latinos to Trump?

#39: On today's episode, Han is joined by writer, entrepreneur, and chronic illness coach, Micaela Hoo of My July & Chronically Hacked. The girls get into her almost decade long healing journey as she uncovered the battle she had with getting to her Lyme disease diagnosis, the physical and mental resilience that goes into getting to the root cause, and how she developed her natural skincare brand, My July. They also discuss how our journey can lead us to our purpose, the importance of doing research and taking necessary steps to find healing, prioritizing feeling 100% physically, the ins and outs of Lyme disease, the beauty industry and the unethical marketing that some brands are resorting to, and the importance of vulnerability and forming community around chronic illness (which Micaela did through her world renowned, celebrity endorsed course, Chronically Hacked, for how to navigate the world of chronic illness.Micaela Hoo is a writer, lifestyle entrepreneur, and chronic illness coach living in Los Angeles. She co-runs My July, a clean skincare line she founded with her mother, Dawn. Micaela, also, is one of the founders and CEOs of Chronically Hacked and she serves as a mentor in the Global Lyme Alliance Peer-to-Peer Mentor Program.CONNECT BELOW:follow Micaela on Instagram herefollow My July hereshop My July here (use code HOWISEEIT15 on all products)check out Chronically Hacked hereCONNECT WITH HAN:follow Han on Instagram herefollow How I See it the pod herefollow Han's TIK TOK herecheck out the blog here

In this episode Brenda and Julia are joined by Micaela Hoo to get real and raw on Lyme disease, her journey to receiving a diagnosis, tick awareness, founding Chronically Hacked and its uses, communities and support groups, starting her clean skincare line My July, the importance of clean skin care, My July favorites and ingredients, writing her memoir and the role it has played in her healing journey. Use code RAWRING15 for 15% off your My July order! Micaela Hoo is a writer, lifestyle entrepreneur, and chronic illness coach living in Los Angeles. She co-runs My July, a clean skincare line she founded with her mother, Dawn that was born out of her chronic illness. Micaela and Dianna Brescia are the founders and CEOs of Chronically Hacked, a world-renowned and celebrity endorsed online course about how to navigate the confusing world of chronic illness. Micaela serves as a mentor in the Global Lyme Alliance Peer-to-Peer Mentor Program. Micaela loves warm, sunny days, deep connections, and words that make you feel things. She is currently working on her first memoir. Micaela on instagram: https://instagram.com/micaelahoo http://micaelahoo.com My July: https://instagram.com/myjulyskin https://myjulyskin Chronically Hacked: https://instagram.com/chronicallyhacked https://chronicallyhacked.com Stay Connected: Instagram: @rawringtwentiespodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rawringtwentiespodcast Reach out to us at RAWringtwentiespodcast@gmail.com Host's Pages: Brenda: @balancewithbrenda Julia: @julia_tolchin Subscribe: Subscribe to RAWring Twenties on YouTube: YouTube Channel Subscribe & Listen on Apple Podcasts, leave us a rating and review! Subscribe & Listen on Spotify, leave us a rating and review! Explore Our Favorites: Our Fave Supplements —> Link Prioritize your health & wellbeing using the 1st Phorm App —> Link. The app includes: Personalized Meal Plans & Tracking Custom Workouts for Your Goals Barcode Scanner for food info Daily Live Streams with Experts Exclusive Nutrition Education Direct Access to Advisors Visual Progress Tracker Join us every week as we get real and raw about your twenties. Here's to redefining this wild decade, together!

Hi everyone! I hope you have had a wonderful summer. I've missed being with you! My July was spent soaking up precious time with my family, relaxing, and hitting the pause button on the daily rush of life. It's so important to remember to take time for ourselves to refill our cups in all the ways we need.One of my favorite things I did during my break was re-listen to all of the amazing guests that have visited the Cracking Open podcast thus far. And – WOW! We have had some spectacular guests in Seasons 1-4! I was astonished all over again by the profound wisdom, intriguing conversations, and depth and vulnerability of every single guest that has come on the podcast. In fact, I found myself in such deep awe and gratitude, that I decided to gather some of my favorite clips from the past four seasons and put together a recap episode filled with golden nuggets of wisdom that were shared by some of our guests.It was honestly really hard to choose which ones to highlight because each episode shares an immense amount of wisdom, truth, and vulnerability. But in order to avoid making this episode several hours long, I followed my gut and chose several clips that I know you will love revisiting again too.I created the Cracking Open podcast to help people feel less alone and more hopeful. There is so much light,  even during our darkest hours, and our Cracking Open moments are what teach us the most about life and love.Love, MollyP.S. Do you know what the common thread is among all of the guests that have visited the Cracking Open podcast? The answer might surprise you... they put themselves first. They have been through the ups and downs of life, like we all have. They have faced hardships, challenges, heartbreak, and loss. They have come face-to-face with life-changing, life-defining moments. And in those moments, they chose themselves. They chose to heal; to live their truth; to show up with vulnerability and authenticity; to radically shift their circumstances; to go for the dreams they had been holding back on... it was their time and they knew it and leaned into it. Are you ready to put yourself first? Are you ready to choose YOU?It's Your Time: 6-Month Group Coaching Program with Molly CarrollStarting September 2023Interested in learning more?Book a free discovery call with Molly Carroll here.

Episode 64. My July 2023 Meetup was done on Zoom, so I recorded it so you can all partake. We had Scott Keller from NotaryAct come on. Plus we discussed E&O Insurance and RON. The following link will take you to our Podcast links, YouTube, social media, and email: https://linktr.ee/peaksigning Please support our sponsors: NotaryAct ⁠https://register.notaryact.com/peaksignings/⁠ Loan Signing System http://loansigningsystem.com/?afmc=3ew Complete Notary Mentorship https://www.loansigningsystem.com/notary-signing-agent-mentorship.html/?afmc=3ew

Welcome back to the Witching Half Hour or so... This is the last episode of our series on the elements. We are talking about fire today, Goddesses relating to Fire, the idea of transformation, burning ceremonies and phoenix fire. So pop in your earbuds and join me. My July love letter "Little Bit of Magic" will include a fire ceremony for you to work with ... you can sign up for the monthly love letter on my website jodiannepsychicmedum.com full show notes are there as well as details on all my offerings

Micaela Hoo is a 28-year-old freelance content creator, social media manager, Global Lyme Alliance (GLA) peer mentor, and entrepreneur from Los Angeles, California. She is the co-creator of MY JULY, a clean skin care brand. Born in the eastern United States Lyme belt, Ms. Hoo's childhood was interrupted by persistent illness, learning difficulties, issues with word recall, and heightened sensitivity. She made frequent trips to doctors and medical centers without securing a diagnosis. Ms. Hoo's health did not improve when her family moved across the county to pursue professional opportunities on the west coast. Frustrated by the medical community's failure to diagnose the source of her chronic symptoms, she turned to social media where she was told she “sounds very Lymie”. As a graduation present, her dad offered to pay for a visit to a highly regarded California based Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD). Her gift included an IGeneX Lyme disease test that answered the multiyear medical mystery. If you would like to learn more about how Lyme disease inspired a digital creator and entrepreneur to build a social platform that bravely represents “what it looks like when you do not feel well”, then tune in now! PS Randi Goodman from ThinkLyme special guest co-hosted this interview with Rich from Tick Boot Camp!

Have you ever had a low cash month?! What kind of rhetorical question is this? ofc you had.  We all did and we all still do. It doesn't matter if you grow to 5-6-7 figures, you're still bound to have low cash months or low sales months, or low revenue months. The next question is: What are you making it mean?  Followed by: How are you moving forward? I used to be ashamed and make it mean that I made a mistake, I must work harder to redeem myself because otherwise I am weak and not good at business or manifesting. And this pressure actually worked. Shame works. For years I made consistent good money. But it came a day when I didn't want to shame myself into working more or working harder when I just wanted to slow down and bring more ease into my business. And yes, all hell broke lose and I am still releasing the blocks and limiting beliefs that don't allow me to do that fully. See what I mean in the podcast episode. Show Notes: - Struggling to be consistent: "Is this type of content the best for me right now?" (01:45) - Having low cash months (05:35) - My July sales and dealing with low emotions and limiting beliefs (10:15) - Choosing to build more self-trust and going deeper into self-development work (14:55) - Episode's homework: "What does it mean when I have a low sales month?" (16:51) - Manifest 1K Challenge and ask for support (19:34) If you enjoy this, please share it with a friend or with your community and tag me @roswithaherman. It will literally make my day. THANK YOU xx JOIN THE MANIFEST 1 K CHALLENGE in 5 days, if you want to manifest $1,000 this month in your business: https://roswithaherman.com/manifest1k   Get all my RESOURCES: https://www.liinks.co/roswitha Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roswithaherman/  

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My July guest for this month is a Navy Vet who will talk about her experience as a mother of a special needs child, navigating race, assault and how she connects Veterans to resources. www.glassoldier.org https://www.instagram.com/glasssoldierorg/

We check in on our year-long project #BLTrees, following the seasons through the trees around us with Marielle Anzelone, urban botanist and ecologist and the founder of NYC Wildflower Week. This month, landscape architect Kate Orff, founder of SCAPE Studio and professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) where she directs Urban Design Program and is co-director of the Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes (CRCL), talks about "Trees as Protection" -- from the sun, storm surges, and air particles. #BLTrees New growth on my dawn redwood. It's grown about 7 to 8 inches this year. 🌲 pic.twitter.com/7rY6XCxQsN — Phoebej Vote out every last damn Republican 🇺🇦 (@Phoebej) July 20, 2022 #BLTreesMy street tree in the Bronx pic.twitter.com/2r9JAT1WaE — Corbde (@corbe27) July 15, 2022 #BLTrees My July photos of:1. Japanese maple, front yard 2. Sugar maple, back yard pic.twitter.com/4E2Oo1IzGk — Bill Bartosik (@BillBartosik) July 14, 2022 Happy July from Holmdel Ginkgo! Looking good after a much-need "haircut". @BrianLehrer #bltrees pic.twitter.com/0ej573b9eA — Ana (@AnaCVW) July 14, 2022 Enjoying the shade from my favorite tree during the hot days of summer. @BrianLehrer #BLtrees pic.twitter.com/4iW5pR7tfy — Nicole Ruffo ☮️ (@nruffo) July 11, 2022

This episode is a follow-up to the original episode on Micro Quitting. If you're new around here (welcome!), listen to episode 24 or 74 first and then come back here.I get this question quite often:  how do I know if I'm micro quitting or just listening to my body? In this episode, I share how to know the difference. I teach you the Mental Endurance filter of body awareness vs. self awareness.My July 2022 TYM for Next Level Performance coaching program is enrolling now! Find the details HERE

My July podcast is close to three hours and is stuffed full of new tunes ranging from indie folk to psych and on to shoegaze. You can be blissed out and bang your head, possibly in the same set. Also, I am no longer affiliated with any radio station and I suspect I will remain independent.Pink Frost – Until the Summer Comes (new single, from forthcoming Until The Summer Comes, Chicago indie rock influenced by Smashing Pumpkins in bits)Beachheads – Break Me Down (from s/t 2017 debut, power pop from Oslo)New Age Healers – Scars (new, from forthcoming Demolition Stories, Seattle shoegaze)Break 1Auld Spells – Bought and Sold (new single from Edinburgh based dream pop artist Thomas Alexander Danbury ex Lower Heaven)Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Caught Low (new, Endless Rooms, Melbourne Australia indie rock)Sharon Van Etten – Anything (new, We've Been Going About This All Wrong, NYC experimental artist)Kevin Robertson – Sleepy Island Sound (new, Teaspoon of Time, Aberdeen Scotland jangle pop)Love, Burns – Wired Eyes (new, Tom Gallo Session EP, NYC indie pop from Phil Sutton of Pale Lights)Belle and Sebastian – Unnecessary Drama (new, A Bit of Previous, indie pop from these Glasgow stalwarts)Super 8 – Where's the Sunshine? (new, Universal Journey, Paul Ryan with help from Lisa Mychols, UK indie pop)The House of Love – Into the Laughter (new, A State of Grace, out in September, UK indie pop)Martin Courtney – Sailboat (new, Magic Sign, NYC indie pop from this Real Estate songwriter)Young Guv – Sign from God (new, Guv IV, Toronto Ontario indie pop)Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band – Pretty Child (new, Dear Scott, Liverpool indie pop)Breathless – Somewhere Out of Reach (new album, first in ten years, Dominic Appleton UK indie pop, See Those Colours Fly out 7/29)Break 2SPC-ECO – Hide and Seek (new, Life Left EP, UK dream pop from Dean Garcia and his daughter Rose Berlin)Beneather – Dreamgaze (new, s/t, London UK chillwave)The KVB - Lumens Trentemøller Remix (new, Unity Remixes, Manchester UK post punk)Mercvrial – I'll get you home on time (new, Brief Algorithms, Mexican post punk)Mike Gale – A Place of Going to the Stars (new, Mañana Man, UK indie pop from this member of Co-Pilgrim)MOTORCADE – Crusades (new, See You In The Nothing, Dallas TX post punk)My Raining Stars – Behind Her Lovely Smile (new, 89 Memories, French shoegaze from Thierry Haliniak.Break 3Julian Cope - Hanging Out & Hung Up On The Line (1991, Peggy Suicide, Tamworth psych pop from ex-leader of Teardrop Explodes)The Heavy Heavy – All My Dreams (new, Life and Life Only, London UK psych pop)The Brian Jonestown Massacre - It's About Being Free Really (new, Fire Doesn't Grow On Trees, California psych)Ghost Woman – Behind Your Eyes (new s/t, Arizona psych)Day Wave – Loner (new, Postlife, indie rock from California)Turmallina – Cinzas (new, Aurora, shoegaze from São Paulo, Brazil)Claire Pitt Wigmore – Skin (new, English indie pop)Hammock - I'm a Sensory Explosion featuring Lumenette (new, featuring Christine Byrd on vocals, Tennessee ambient dream pop)Gwenno – Anima (new, Tresor, third full length solo album and the second almost entirely in Cornish (Kernewek, Cardiff UK experimental music)Break 4Indoor Voices – I Hide (new single, from forthcoming Falling, dream pop from Toronto artist Jonathan Relph)Heavytrip – Low (new, Death Dreams, Oklahoma shoegaze)Salvana – Keroseno (new s/t, Barcelona shoegaze)Hayien – If You Smile (new single, LA shoegaze)Healees – Any Day (new s/t, shoegaze from Toulouse)Panda Riot – Extra Cosmic (new, Extra Cosmic, Chicago shoegaze)Helens – Mirage Rock (new, Portland OR shoegaze)Lúa Gramer – La Espada (new single, shoegaze from Badajoz, Spain)Secrets of the Third Planet S3P - Здесь (new, translates to Here, Cosmo Meadows, Moscow shoegaze)Lost Echoes – Stars (new, title track, Portland OR shoegaze)Break 5Haunted Summer – Whole (new title track, LA psych rock)Stars – Capelton Hill (new, From Capelton Hill, Montreal indie pop)

Coming in hot with an MVP episode this week! Tune in to listen to my conversation with Pro Triathlete Skye Moench.She's accomplished so much since this episode was originally released and I have no doubt she would agree so much of that is because of how she's upleveled her mind in racing to match the level she has to race at physically.My July 2022 TYM for Next Level Performance coaching program is OPEN! Find the details HERE

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My July ‘sit spot' challenge - day 1. A challenge to myself and to you, should you choose to accept it, to commit to a daily practise to lift the mood and feel more connected to wonderful nature. Please get involved by leaving a voicemail on Anchor or a message on @naturespotpodcast on Instagram. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/naturespot/message

My July update: 1. testimony from a local pro-life ministry in Hong Kong 2. why I'm doing the Asia for Life Podcast 3. news about finances 4. time finally set for Mercy's funeral Read the update at: https://www.asiaforlife.com/july-update-why-the-asia-for-life-podcast/

My July podcast is all about camera technology from formats and exposure to the emotion and motivation of focus pulling and much more. Topics covered include: What it takes to capture the “cinematic” look and feel with your camera Selecting your next camera: the pros & cons of Panasonic GH4, Sony A7s, Canon 5D Mark II & Mark III, C100, C300 and the Blackmagic Cinema Camera The emotion and motivation of focus pulling 3D LUTS and false color

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to my July Income Report! Each month I publish an income report to take you behind the scenes of my online business and reveal exactly how much money I make, how much I spend and lessons learned along the way! You can check out Part 1 where I review my income and goals here. If you want to learn step-by-step how to build a website so that you can start a side hustle and make money online, check out this blog post on how to get started! View all of my income reports here! EXPENSES BREAKDOWN TOOLS 1Password for Teams – $143.64 AccessAlly (Membership plugin for all of my courses) – $79.00 Acuity Scheduling (Done For You Consultations) – $10.00 Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, etc.) $54.73 Auphonic (audio optimization for podcast) – $11.00 Bluehost – $0 ContentSnare – $29 Cookiebot (GDPR Compliance) – $24 Dropbox (File Storage) – $19.99 Flywheel – $100.00 FreeConferenceCall.com  (Coaching & Client Calls) – $3.00 GSuite (wp-bff.com Email) – $10.76 Infusionsoft (email marketing, automation, e-commerce & customer management) – $321.34 LibSyn (Podcast Hosting) – $20.64 ManageWP (WordPress Site Management for Clients & WordPress Protection Package) – $98.89 Smart Podcast Player – $6 Soundup (Alexa Flash Briefing Hosting) – $9.99 Zapier – $15.00 Misc Plugins – $135.00 TOTAL: $1091.98 Marketing Bonjoro (Video Welcome Service) – $25.00 CoSchedule (Social Media Scheduling) – $59.00 LinkTree Pro (Instagram Profile Links) $6.00 Tailwind (Pinterest) $0 Facebook Ads – 186.66 Creative Market Templates, etc. – $34.70 TOTAL: $311.36 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Bench Accounting – $135.00 TOTAL: $135.00 HELP: Subcontractors TOTAL: $1645.00 LEARNING/MENTORSHIP Misc Audiobooks TOTAL: $39.98 TRAVEL $300 – AirBNB for Girlboss Retreat in Austin in September FEES Credit Card Processing Fees: ~ $200 OFFICE SUPPLIES $0 TOTAL EXPENSES: $3618.16 NET PROFIT: $3859.01 Save BIGGEST LESSONS LEARNED As I reviewed my numbers for July, I see that my expenses are still higher than I want them to be for what I’m generating in revenue. And while I do believe that I must invest in my business in order to grow, I have to invest wisely, with focused intention. That philosophy applies to both time and money, because not only am I spending more money than I want to and not getting the ROI I want to get, I’m also spending more time than I want to and also not getting the ROI… So you know whose fault that is? Mine. My July income report is a clear representation of me winging it. Giving into the relief of not worrying about money and then making totally random decisions about how I spend my time (I’m looking at you, Bluehost Birthday Sale) and chasing shiny objects (Pinterest, that’s you. Definitely important, but I didn’t plan for you, Pinterest!). Yes, I’ve got my schedule and I was planning my week every week, but if how I’m spending my time doesn’t tie out to an overarching, clear goal? What’s the point? Oh my gosh, imagine what I could do with solid systems, a concrete plan, and laser-focus? That’s exciting to me. And that’s why I’m planning to do my own little mini-retreat so that I can go off and make some decisions about what I want to focus on for the rest of the year and in 2019 and create a plan, a budget and BOUNDARIES to make it happen. And as I plan for the rest of 2018 and for 2019, while I have a strong focus on increasing revenue, I’m going to look at realigning my spending on expenses to make it happen.

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After listening to this episode, you know I have strong opinions regarding the artist's responsibility. Do you agree? Do you have a different view? Speak up about it, or... you know what? I'm just going to assume you're with me 100%!  Let's hear from you in the comments!It's a bit different from, but kin to, James Baldwin's interpretation. With all due respect, his version might even be a subset of mine. Listen and see what you think. Before I get into the main topic, I give you a quick run down of what's been happening in my life creatively and professionally, and how to find out more. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Here are some of the things I talk about in this episode, including a few links to sites with which I have an affiliate relationship. I'll earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase products through those links. It's a lovely way to show your support for Sonitotum! Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights is my ongoing serial fiction project set in my Sovereign Era storyworld and featuring characters from my novels Brave Men Run and Pilgrimage. Read the first three installments for free, then become a patron to catch up with the rest and read new installments every two weeks! My Now page for August, 2018, inspired by Derek Sivers. My July, 2018 transparency report. Filmmaker James Gunn was fired from Disney after alt-right media personality and conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich (the same man who helped bring widespread attention to the "pizzagate" fake conspiracy that nearly got people killed) brought attention to several deleted tweets Gunn had posted in 2009 and long since apologized for. Possibly attempting to ride the Gunn / Disney news cycle, the conservative website Town Hall writer Chris Reeves republished a tweet comedian and actress Sarah Silverman had posted in 2009 and subsequently addressed in 2017. I can't find the email from a concerned reader of Brave Men Run that I mention in the episode, but it did inspire this ten year old post that features a less developed idea of the artist's responsibility, specifically for writers of fiction. I mentioned my songwriting. You can listen to or purchase many of my songs on Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, and most other streaming or digital download marketplaces. Richard Pryor was an American comedian, writer, filmmaker, and actor. He co-wrote Blazing Saddles with Mel Brooks and others, and was an unflinching critic of race relations and other social issues.http://youtu.be/hzl7G9XhLxc (NSFW) Orson Scott Card is a science fiction writer and editor with a long history of opposition to civil rights for anyone not identifying as heterosexual. Share Your Thoughts on the Artist's Responsibility After listening to this episode, you know I have strong opinions regarding the artist's responsibility. Do you agree? Do you have a different view? Speak up about it, or... you know what? I'm just going to assume you're with me 100%!  Let's hear from you in the comments!I think about the artist's responsibility a lot, and it's on my mind every time a comedian or filmmaker comes under fire for the work they create. So in this episode, I lay it all out and define the artist's responsibility. It's a bit different from, but kin to, James Baldwin's interpretation. With all due respect, his version might even be a subset of mine. Listen and see what you think. Before I get into the main topic, I give you a quick run down of what's been happening in my life creatively and professionally, and how to find out more. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Here are some of the things I talk about in this episode, including a few links to sites with which I have an affiliate relationship. I'll earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase products through those links. It's a lovely way to show your support for Sonitotum! Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights is my ongoing serial fiction project set in my Sovereign Era storyworld and featuring characters from my novels Brave Men Run and Pilgrimage. Read the first three installments for free, then become a patron to catch up with the rest and read new installments every two weeks! My Now page for August, 2018, inspired by Derek Sivers. My July, 2018 transparency report. Filmmaker James Gunn was fired from Disney after alt-right media personality and conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich (the same man who helped bring widespread attention to the "pizzagate" fake conspiracy that nearly got people killed) brought attention to several deleted tweets Gunn had posted in 2009 and long since apologized for. Possibly attempting to ride the Gunn / Disney news cycle, the conservative website Town Hall writer Chris Reeves republished a tweet comedian and actress Sarah Silverman had posted in 2009 and subsequently addressed in 2017. I can't find the email from a concerned reader of Brave Men Run that I mention in the episode, but it did inspire this ten year old post that features a less developed idea of the artist's responsibility, specifically for writers of fiction. I mentioned my songwriting. You can listen to or purchase many of my songs on Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, and most other streaming or digital download marketplaces. Richard Pryor was an American comedian, writer, filmmaker, and actor. He co-wrote Blazing Saddles with Mel Brooks and others, and was an unflinching critic of race relations and other social issues.http://youtu.be/hzl7G9XhLxc (NSFW) Orson Scott Card is a science fiction writer and editor with a long history of opposition to civil rights for anyone not identifying as heterosexual. Share Your Thoughts on the Artist's Responsibility After listening to this episode, you know I have strong opinions regarding the artist's responsibility. Do you agree? Do you have a different view? Speak up about it, or... you know what? I'm just going to assume you're with me 100%!  Let's hear from you in the comments!Do you have any kind of responsibility for what you create? Do you have a certain, specific, responsibility as a creator? I think about the artist's responsibility a lot, and it's on my mind every time a comedian or filmmaker comes under fire for the work they create. So in this episode, I lay it all out and define the artist's responsibility. It's a bit different from, but kin to, James Baldwin's interpretation. With all due respect, his version might even be a subset of mine. Listen and see what you think. Before I get into the main topic, I give you a quick run down of what's been happening in my life creatively and professionally, and how to find out more. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Here are some of the things I talk about in this episode, including a few links to sites with which I have an affiliate relationship. I'll earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase products through those links. It's a lovely way to show your support for Sonitotum! Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights is my ongoing serial fiction project set in my Sovereign Era storyworld and featuring characters from my novels Brave Men Run and Pilgrimage. Read the first three installments for free, then become a patron to catch up with the rest and read new installments every two weeks! My Now page for August, 2018, inspired by Derek Sivers. My July, 2018 transparency report. Filmmaker James Gunn was fired from Disney after alt-right media personality and conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich (the same man who helped bring widespread attention to the "pizzagate" fake conspiracy that nearly got people killed) brought attention to several deleted tweets Gunn had posted in 2009 and long since apologized for. Possibly attempting to ride the Gunn / Disney news cycle, the conservative website Town Hall writer Chris Reeves republished a tweet comedian and actress Sarah Silverman had posted in 2009 and subsequently addressed in 2017. I can't find the email from a concerned reader of Brave Men Run that I mention in the episode, but it did inspire this ten year old post that features a less developed idea of the artist's responsibility, specifically for writers of fiction. I mentioned my songwriting. You can listen to or purchase many of my songs on Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, and most other streaming or digital download marketplaces. Richard Pryor was an American comedian, writer, filmmaker, and actor. He co-wrote Blazing Saddles with Mel Brooks and others, and was an unflinching critic of race relations and other social issues.http://youtu.be/hzl7G9XhLxc (NSFW) Orson Scott Card is a science fiction writer and editor with a long history of opposition to civil rights for anyone not identifying as heterosexual. Share Your Thoughts on the Artist's Responsibility After listening to this episode, you know I have strong opinions regarding the artist's responsibility. Do you agree? Do you have a different view? Speak up about it, or... you know what? I'm just going to assume you're with me 100%!  Let's hear from you in the comments!Do you have any kind of responsibility for what you create? Do you have a certain, specific, responsibility as a creator? I think about the artist's responsibility a lot, and it's on my mind every time a comedian or filmmaker comes under fire for the work they create. So in this episode, I lay it all out and define the artist's responsibility. It's a bit different from, but kin to, James Baldwin's interpretation. With all due respect, his version might even be a subset of mine. Listen and see what you think. Before I get into the main topic, I give you a quick run down of what's been happening in my life creatively and professionally, and how to find out more. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Here are some of the things I talk about in this episode, including a few links to sites with which I have an affiliate relationship. I'll earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you purchase products through those links. It's a lovely way to show your support for Sonitotum! Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights is my ongoing serial fiction project set in my Sovereign Era storyworld and featuring characters from my novels Brave Men Run and Pilgrimage. Read the first three installments for free, then become a patron to catch up with the rest and read new installments every two weeks! My Now page for August, 2018, inspired by Derek Sivers. My July, 2018 transparency report. Filmmaker James Gunn was fired from Disney after alt-right media personality and conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich (the same man who helped bring widespread attention to the "pizzagate" fake conspiracy that nearly got people killed) brought attention to several deleted tweets Gunn had posted in 2009 and long since apologized for. Possibly attempting to ride the Gunn / Disney news cycle, the conservative website Town Hall writer Chris Reeves republished a tweet comedian and actress Sarah Silverman had posted in 2009 and subsequently addressed in 2017. I can't find the email from a concerned reader of Brave Men Run that I mention in the episode, but it did inspire this ten year old post that features a less developed idea of the artist's responsibility, specifically for writers of fiction. I mentioned my songwriting. You can listen to or purchase many of my songs on Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, and most other streaming or digital download marketplaces. Richard Pryor was an American comedian, writer, filmmaker, and actor. He co-wrote Blazing Saddles with Mel Brooks and others, and was an unflinching critic of race relations and other social issues.http://youtu.be/hzl7G9XhLxc (NSFW) Orson Scott Card is a science fiction writer and editor with a long history of opposition to civil rights for anyone not identifying as heterosexual. Share Your Thoughts on the Artist's Responsibility After listening to this episode, you know I have strong opinions regarding the artist's responsibility. Do you agree? Do you have a different view? Speak up about it, or... you know what? I'm just going to assume you're with me 100%!  Let's hear from you in the comments!

My July 2017 Monthly Goals Report

This is a discussion that encompasses technology, health, innovation, the future, and of course risk and uncertainty. It raises a number of fascinating and challenging questions around personal freedom and public protection. Today, we're talking transhumanism. My guest is Michele Battle-Fisher. Michele was my guest on episode 20. She is a respected systems theorist, bioethicist and futurist. Michele is an adjunct professor at Wright State University in Ohio, USA.  She is also a co-producer of an upcoming documentary called “Transhuman”. If that rings a bell, it might be because I had Ford Fisher, the documentary's other co-producer on episode 36 of All Things Risk. If you listened to that episode, you know that transhumanism is the belief or theory that through technology, we can evolve beyond our mental and physical limitations. It includes things like biohacking, genetic engineering and life extension. It is exciting, but also raises a number of questions and uncertainties. We explore these in this episode. For instance, if someone wants to hack their body, why should anyone interfere? As you'll hear, it can get complicated. Michele and I discuss: Transhumanism and personal freedoms; Whether or not these technologies should be regulated, and the constraints that might create for innovation; Unexpected consequences, risks and uncertainties associated with transhumanism; For instance what happens if the body rejects some of the changes to which it may be subjected?; Transhumanism and inequality; "Dark networks" and black market transhumanism; Loads more! Show notes: Michele's webpage: mbattlefisher.com She has a page dedicated to both the documentary as well as to her book Application of Systems Thinking to Health Policy and Public Health Ethics which is a 2016 Doody's core title, selected as “essential” to medical knowledge. Michele on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MBattlefisher Michele on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbattlefisher/ Amazon author page: amazon.com/author/michelebattlefisher Transhuman (working Title) webpage: Http://www.transhumandocumentary.com Transhuman Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1813912155554321 Commentaries on transhumanism written by Michele: 1. https://impactethics.ca/2017/05/26/radical-technology-bodyhacking-medicine/amp/ 2.http://hipporeads.com/transhumanism-tech-entropy-and-fighting-for-a-future/ Episode 20 with Michele Episode 36 with Ford Fisher ________ My July 24 evening talk My July 28 breakfast talk  Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on: iTunes: http://apple.co/1PjLmKh Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-things-risk/the-all-things-risk-podcast Subscribe on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ben-cattaneo   _________

What is it we are celebrating this week?  How far have we deviated from our founding values expressed in the Declaration of Independence? In this special episode of the Conservative Conscience, we break down six key principles referenced in the Declaration of Independence.  Anyone who fully understands the 201 words of the preamble should have no problems discerning the right course of action on almost every policy issue.  While the world around us has changed dramatically over the past 241 years, these foundational principles are self-evident truths that will never change. Show links John Adams essay on equality    Calvin Coolidge’s epic July 4 speech in 1926 My July 4 manifesto on sovereignty The real right to health care our founders believed in   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's Up #Diamonds, Welcome to Music Monday where I’ll be playing 90 minutes of music with your favorite Independent Artists. I have SO many #groovy new artists that have been added to my #DiamondFamily that I can’t help but have to floss these new #DiamondDelights.  I’ll also have some #nice social media tips too,  My July theme is "What About Your Friends" #friendships make sure you check me out all month starting – this Monday, live, July 3rd, 7pm EST, 6 pm CST, and 4 pm PST. I hope you guys are having an AWESOME and SAFE 4th of July weekend! If you’re going to drink, please have a designated driver – I really want my valuable listeners to stay safe. Stop by later this week to the completion of the revived official LJDN Show’s website, where there’s a page now for all the different shows on the network: #CoffeeTalk, #That’s REAL Talk, and #Talentin10. As always you can listen to the show on Podcast on Spreaker, iTunes, and Blogtalk after the show ends. I want to thank you for your support for the show and The DiamondNetwork – I love you all!  And if you want to learn anything about upcoming shows, the music, or anything else, visit me at www.ljdnshow.com or write to me with your ideas or feedback at: ljdnshow@gmail.com. If you’re interested in being a show sponsor or advertising on the show, just contact me at the email address listed above. That’s it for now and I’ll see you in the social network world!!  

I recently found myself caught in my own trap. My July 6th post on social media stated that when someone behaves badly, rather than react with disdain, show them their goodness and encourage them to express more of it. Always champion their excellence. Yet less than three days later, I violated my own philosophy.This show is brought to you by Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

I recently found myself caught in my own trap. My July 6th post on social media stated that when someone behaves badly, rather than react with disdain, show them their goodness and encourage them to express more of it. Always champion their excellence. Yet less than three days later, I violated my own philosophy.This show is brought to you by Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

My July appearance on CFAX's Ian Jessop show was devoted to the rapidly evolving workplace. Did workers, and employers, see it coming?

My July 3rd appearance on Bloomberg radio's popular program, "Taking Stock with Pimm Fox and Carol Massar" was actually three segments: * One with yours truly* One with Ian Bremmer* and One with Adam SussmanThe discussions ranged from general economic and market matters (me) to geo political issues (Bremmer) to the changed market structure (Sussman). Each segment runs about 7 to 8 minutes in length.

My July 4 show was cancelled due to a scheduled power outage here on UBC campus, but I filled in for the Saturday blues show, "Code Blue". The theme was women performing the blues, and I thought it went well enough to share with you listeners. Hope you enjoy it!Summer is here at last; don't forget to 'slip/slop/slap' and stay cool, mes amis!Val folkoasis@gmail.com