Podcast appearances and mentions of nancy monson

AJ was sent to the Running River school in around 2007, to attend kindergarten when she was five or six years old. The school was headed up by longtime Divine Madness community member Nancy Monson, and founder Marc ‘Yo' Tizer didn't have a whole lot to do with it. AJ stayed in the school up until sixth grade, when a new teacher became concerned and shared with parents some of the things he had found out. As soon as AJ's parents realised the serious deficits in her education, along with some other worrying details, they pulled her from Running River. The school shut down soon afterwards, around 2014.Full episode page here. You can support us on Patreon or with a one-off donation or merch purchase.Links:Running River — archived snapshot of the school website from 5 April 2005Inner Journey Wilderness Camps — archived snapshot of the 'Summer overnight camps for girls' website from 11 March 2022If you have been personally affected by involvement in a cult, or would like to support those who have been, you can find support with or donate to Cult Information and Family Support if you're in Australia (via www.cifs.org.au), and you can find resources outside of Australia with the International Cultic Studies Association (via www.icsahome.com). Subscribe and support the production of this independent podcast, and you can access early + ad-free episodes at https://plus.acast.com/s/lets-talk-about-sects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year Nancy closed Running River down and will be spending the next few years in New Mexico to reflect on what they have learned and where this approach to education needs to go next.    In our interview we talk about how important play is as an aspect of learning, how getting kids in nature invigorates all their senses and how to promote agency in early childhood. We talk about the impact of technology on developing minds and how vital feedback and incorporating the parents into the educational process is to healthy development. Nancy talks about how her life spent living in intentional communities has helped shape her philosophy about education, why running & regular exercise is so important and how vital it is for parents to remain open and vulnerable to promote those same values in young people. In this interview you will find tons of nuggets about child psychology and how children actually learn, as opposed to the military training they get in public education. So whether you are a teacher, a parent or someone like me who didn't pay any attention to this stuff till I actually had a kid… even us up-tight adults can gain something critical from Nancy's approach. Reach out to Nancy through the Running River website

Nancy Monson: Flow I have been immersed in personal growth and spiritual development for the past thirty years. Curiosity is the source of everything that is rich and excellent. It’s the source of authentic art, and of science. When everything is in harmony a creative energy is called forth. Its intention is to experience its […] The post Nancy Monson: Flow appeared first on Five Changes.

2pm ET / 1pm CT / 12pm MT / 11am PT (Outside US: Dial 00 + 1 + 714-464-4891) Viki Winterton interviews Nancy Monson! Nancy Monson, MA, MBA, CPCC is a Soul Purpose Advocate devoted to helping people live a soul directed life every day. She brings a multitude of skills, talents, wisdom and a lifetime of transformative experiences to guide people who are ready to live their soul’s potential and purpose. Working in both the corporate leadership consulting and personal transformation arenas for over twenty years, Nancy has a unique combination of experience helping hundreds of leaders and entrepreneurs using her strategic, intuitive, healing and pragmatic skills. This gives her a special ability to mentor women leaders struggling to navigate challenging personal transitions. Nancy is a co-author in the best-selling book Come Out of Hiding and SHINE! In her chapter, “The Dark Night that Spawned My Liberation,” she vulnerably shares how her midlife crisis was her spiritual wake-up call, and how surrendering to her soul helped her create a life that truly makes her heart sing and honors her deepest gifts.  

Nancy Monson is a Soul Purpose Advocate devoted to helping people live a soul directed life every day. Through her own personal journey and spiritual awakening, she knows how important it is for people to discover and live their soul’s potential and purpose. Despite her very spiritual purpose now, Nancy Monson has formal training including an MBA and is a certified coach. She has worked in both the corporate leadership consulting and personal transformation arenas for over twenty years, Nancy has a unique combination of experience helping hundreds of leaders and entrepreneurs using her strategic, intuitive, healing and pragmatic skills. This gives her a special ability to mentor women leaders struggling to navigate challenging personal transitions. When I met Nancy, she was demonstrating to me how the Human Design helps you navigate to what your purpose is. I admitted I was skeptical about it: I listened with an open-mind and she powerfully demonstrated to me how it describes exactly who I am and what I am to do, which is exactly what I’m doing now. I’m sure you’ll totally enjoy listening to this show and seeing how you can discover your own personal journey and purpose. To find out more about Nancy and Everyday Spirituality click here. For those of you ready to talk to me about bringing success into your life the easy way, go to http://scientifichealer.com/contact to send me a note or to http://scientifichealer.com/appointment when you’re ready to take action. Listen in to this delightful interview with Nancy!

Join Rebecca Hall Gruyter, Kathleen Sims, Kathleen Zemansky, and Nancy Monson as we share wisdom, tips and insights from our Best Selling Book: Come Out of Hiding and SHINE! Lean in as we share how to step forward, be seen, heard and shine on both a practical and profound level. Enjoy the show!

Join Rebecca Hall Gruyter, Kathleen Sims, Kathleen Zemansky, and Nancy Monson as we share wisdom, tips and insights from our Best Selling Book: Come Out of Hiding and SHINE! Lean in as we share how to step forward, be seen, heard and shine on both a practical and profound level. Enjoy the show!

Nancy first founded Nancy Monson Coaching, Inc., now Leadership Alignment Consulting Group, in 2003 to offer customized leadership and organization development services that support leaders in achieving their highest potential and effectively leading their organizations. For over twenty years, Nancy has specialized in leadership development and organization change strategies. With extensive knowledge, credentials and experience in leadership and change, her expertise is tailor-made to effectively coach and guide leaders at the highest levels. She has helped dozens of senior leaders, executive teams and boards increase their effectiveness through her unique combination of strategic thinking, pragmatic problem-solving, organization-wide perspective, expert facilitation and teaching abilities, and breakthrough coaching techniques. She has worked with clients in a wide range of industries, spanning financial services, high-tech, nuclear energy research, government, medical instruments, bio-tech, transportation, food service, entertainment, non-profit and education. As a frequent speaker and workshop leader, she has presented at conferences, universities and colleges, and has published articles on leadership and change. Nancy holds an MBA in Organization Behavior from UC Berkeley, an MA in the Science of Creative Intelligence from Maharishi University of Management and a BS in Applied Mathematics from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. She has extensive training and certification in a wide variety of disciplines and methodologies including, Myers-Briggs, Human Design, Co-Active Coaching, Spiritual Guidance, the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Systems Coaching, Compassionate Communication, and the Alchemy of Transformation. She is also an avid outdoors woman with over 20 years experience in wilderness leadership, summiting on many of the highest peaks in North America, trekking in Asia and South America, and leading wilderness backpacking trips in the the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Sierra Nevada. She is also a landscape photographer and writer. Seth Greene is a 6 Time Best Selling Author, Nationally Recognized Direct Response Marketing Expert, and the only back to back to back GKIC Dan Kennedy Marketer of the Year Nominee. To Get a FREE Copy of Seth’s new book Podcast Marketing Magic, and access to a Live Podcast Marketing Training Session go to http://www.UltimateMarketingMagician.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The path to living your souls purpose and potential is fraught with diversions and blocks. The ego struggles to let go of who its been to allow a new and greater expression of the soul to emerge. Not only do we struggle with our inner barriers to and fears of change, our culture doesnt support the inner alchemical process the psyche, or ego, goes though to be rebirthed into a more fulfilling and meaningful expression of the soul. Its not recommended to do this alone. Having a guide to support you through the transformation process is essential to help you on your rebirthing journey. In this episode we will talk about the role of the Soul Purpose Advocate and why having an advocate for your soul so important to living your best life every day.

Midlife can bring unexpected life events that create turmoil. Coupled with the physical changes that many women experience, it is a time that can throw them into a feeling of confusion, helplessness and frustrationmade even more difficult when old ways of dealing with things no longer seem to work. Motivationsthat used to carry a woman through tough times give way to deeply buried longings from an earlier time.The truth is there is a deeper process unfolding at the very essence of a womans beingher soul is calling her, urging her, to awaken to her true purpose and live her hearts deepest desire. During this episode, Dr Pat and Nancy will be exploring how this passage unfolds and what women can do to supportthemselves to awaken to their soulspurpose.

[intro music] Host – Dan Keller Hello, and welcome to Episode Seventy-nine of Multiple Sclerosis Discovery, the podcast of the MS Discovery Forum. I’m Dan Keller. Wouldn't it be great to be able to predict who will develop MS? Then those people could be followed prospectively, possibly medication could eventually avert the disease, and at least some medical planning could be done early. Immunologist Dr. Nancy Monson, an associate professor in the department of neurology and neurotherapeutics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, has developed a promising diagnostic test for relapsing-remitting MS that looks at unique antibody gene mutation signatures in B cells in cerebrospinal fluid. Interviewee – Nancy Monson We can identify with 86-92% accuracy patients who either have MS or will develop MS in the future. Interviewer – Dan Keller How long is the future? Dr. Monson So the longest patient we've tracked so far is 17 months out. MSDF And how quickly might this turn into MS? Dr. Monson As soon as immediate. It kind of depends on, you know, what the patient's history has been really in that respect. MSDF This is tested so far on a pretty small cohort, is that right? Dr. Monson No, we tested it on three different smaller cohorts here at UT Southwestern. And then when DioGenix licensed the IP on MS PreCISe, they actually took it to clinical trials, and we're writing that workup now. And that was 300 patients in that trial. MSDF It looks like there's very good sensitivity, but what's the specificity in terms of other kinds of neurological diseases, inflammatory diseases, anything else? Dr. Monson Right. So we're just starting to figure that out. So the accuracy is based on comparing true patients who convert or evolve to MS versus patients who do not. That's where the accuracy mathematics comes from. But in that respect, the control patients that we've looked at so far, the majority of them have very low scores to no score detectable at all in those patients. But some of them do have higher scores. And we don't understand that yet, because we don't really understand any CNS disease for that matter and how the immune system is operating in there. But we're working on trying to expand the control cohorts that we can really kind of nail down, you know, which ones they'll be different from and which ones they won't be different from. MSDF Is it worth doing healthy controls also? Dr. Monson Not really. Healthy controls are always really low, and so I don't think that's a very fair comparer because it's just not very stringent, right? It's not very hard to be able to figure out who are the healthy donors with MS PreCISe. But when you start looking at people that mimic MS, like people with sarcoidosis and people with neuromyelitis optica, you know, then, you start to really have a rigorous ability to test MS PreCISe. And it's quite possible, when we start expanding those kind of control cohorts, the mimics of MS, that the MS PreCISe scoring mechanism will have to be adjusted to kind of push those different control groups away from the MS group and distinguish the two better. MSDF When we talk about these gene mutation signatures, what are you really looking at? Or for? Dr. Monson So if you think about B cells in the blood, they produce antibodies, which are designed to survey the entire body for infection. Okay? So the way that they do that is to have a really great ability to bind to infectious agents or foreign agents in your body. So the mechanism that a B cell uses to do that is called somatic hypermutation or affinity maturation. And what that means is just fancy immunology speak for saying that they incorporate mutations into their antibody genes in order to bind to their targets better, okay? So it makes them more effective in being able to find them and to stick to them. So we've done an initial look at the different antibody genes that were being used by MS patients versus our control cohorts, and didn't really see that the genes themselves were that different that they were using. So then we thought, well, maybe it's the somatic hypermutations that they're putting into those genes that are really different from what we see in the controls, and that's what turned out to be true. So it turns out that there is a family of antibody genes that incorporate these somatic hypermutations allowing them to bind to their target better that we don't see in healthy people or people with other neurological diseases. In fact, in some cases some of these codons will accumulate mutations up to seven times more than what we see in control cohorts. And that's what MS PreCISe is based on, is the accumulation of those mutations into those six codons. So the more mutations there are in those six codons, the higher the MS PreCISe score you get, and the more likely it is that you actually have MS. MSDF Are you essentially losing tolerance here, because of the hypermutation there's more chance that you're going to start to recognize self-antigens? Dr. Monson So we have actually taken the antibodies that have these somatic hypermutations in those six codons and looked to see if they bind to human brain tissue. And it turns out that they absolutely do, hands down. We've tested 38 of those so far, and 90% of them bind to neurons in the brain. So we know they bind to self-antigens, right? But that doesn't necessarily mean that they've lost tolerance or that they're proinflammatory, for example. It's possible that the B cells that are making these antibodies are actually somehow able to quiet the immune system. We don't know yet because we haven't been able to do those experiments to see. But obviously, when you see a lot of B cells that are reactive to the brain, right, that they're antibodies are reacted to the brain, that is an alarm to us that they have probably overstepped their boundaries, have not gone to school correctly and done what they're supposed to do. But we still have some experiments to do to make sure that that's what's going on with it. MSDF I suppose that leads to a question of, are they pathogenic in themselves? Or are they bystanders or regulatory somehow else? Dr. Monson Right. That's a really good question, and we don't know the answer to that. There're some experiments we can do to start testing that, but it's very tricky to do those experiments, particularly in the mouse models we have right now. We're not going to give these antibodies to people and see if they get MS, right? So you have to do all that testing in animals or in vitro. And because no one prior to this time has ever actually been able to demonstrate that antibodies from B cells of any type in MS patients actually bind to brain tissue, I mean, this is completely undiscovered country. We're kind of out there on our own trying to figure out how to best ask those questions, and it's a little bit tricky. But I'm fortunate to have a lot of really brilliant people that work with me, and so we'll work on trying to figure out how we can test that in the best way. MSDF It seems that people have been looking for years for the antigen or antigens that are being reacted against in MS. Can you isolate anything and try to stimulate these B cells to nail down what the antigen might be? Or because they're so hypermutable, they might react to anything and then expand on their own anyway? Dr. Monson Well, we know that they don't recognize all targets, right? So we just published a paper in November of this past year, actually it was October when it came out online. But what that shows is that these MS PreCISe-based antibodies bind to neurons and astrocytes in the gray matter of the human brain. And they don't bind to other tissues. They don't bind to other cell type. They are really fairly specific to neurons and glia in the brain. So we know that part of it already. But the question is, you know, what are they doing there? And is it just an epiphenomenon (is what they call it, right)? Is it just a bystander effect that we're even able to find them? So we just don't know the answers to those questions yet. But all those are good possibilities. MSDF Does this depend on the natural propensity of the immune system to create a lot of diversity, generate diversity, because it seems like what you're talking about are all replacement or substitution mutations within these codon hot spots? If you had a deletion or frame shift or something else, you wouldn't see it, because they're not even functional, I assume? Dr. Monson Right. That's exactly right. You got that right. MSDF Is there any value in combining MRI with the antibody gene signatures for a higher predictive power? Dr. Monson So let me be very clear. This test is not meant to replace MRI. MRI is a gold standard in the field. It is essential for physicians to be able to understand the disease and to come up with a plan for how to treat those patients. This is just meant to be a very powerful, supportive, preclinical diagnostic tool to help them base their decisions appropriately. So that's what we're mostly excited about. So, yeah, absolutely. Combined with MRI, I think it'll do an even better job. We actually in the clinical trial we just finished, it's not published yet, what we showed was that when you combine MS PreCISe with oligoclonal banding, the OCB test, that actually you can boost the accuracy of MS PreCISe up to 96% when you combine it with OCB. So that tells us, also, at a scientific level that not only are the genetics of the antibodies important to drive disease, but also that the antibodies probably plays a role in their conversion to MS as well. MSDF Based on the efficacy of rituximab that's been shown, and what you've been finding, is there any thought to doing something more permanent, like using CAR T cells to eliminate B cells almost permanently? Dr. Monson So as a B cell biologist, it's really somewhat offensive to think that we are going to get rid of B cells in all these people, and they're going to be able to be okay with that. We rely a lot on B cells differentiating into plasma cells and living in the bone marrow and making antibodies against things that we see all the time. But when we start depleting B cells from people long-term, it's possible that their humoral immunity, which is composed partly of the B cells and their antibody products, will not be able to fight newer infections because, you know, there's no new B cells to learn about those new infections. So no, I don't think it's a wise decision that we continue to use rituximab and ocrelizumab. I think that they are the next step. They're a transitional stage that we need before we can get to the true gold standard, which would be a way to deplete just the B cells that are involved in pathogenesis of the disease. My stump on that would be that we should be making B cell depleting antibodies that only recognize those B cells that carry the MS PreCISe antibodies, and those are the B cells we should be getting rid of. But we have a lot of work to do to be able to show that they really are the ones that drive evolution to MS. MSDF What is MS PreCISe? Is this a commercial test now? Dr. Monson So MS PreCISe is its commercial name, but it has not been rolled out yet. It's just beginning into a CLIA lab right now. So hopefully within the next year, it will be an orderable test. MSDF One thing I noticed in one of your papers was you said it wasn't feasible at the time the paper was written to be doing this en masse because it was a very tedious procedure. So does this test essentially make it more feasible? Dr. Monson Yeah. The way we discovered MS PreCISe was actually looking at the antibody genetics of single B cells, which we sequenced using Sanger sequencing. Sanger sequencing is a very elegant immunogenetics-type method. So we spent about a year and a half re-tooling that technology to use next-generation sequencing. So now all we need to do is get a spinal fluid from a patient, and then we extract the DNA directly from that, and we sequence from the entire pool instead. And actually, what's nice about it is we also get a much deeper database from each single patient because we see all of the DNA from that sample now instead of just the few B cells we were able to sort before. It's really nice in that respect because we get a much broader idea of the repertoire. So that is what MS PreCISe is based on is being able to use next-generation sequencing now to really pull those antibody genetics out of individual patients. MSDF What are the unanswered questions at this point? Dr. Monson Well, there are a lot. But I think the one that strikes me the most is whether or not we can pull the antibody gene signature out of the blood. If we can do that, it would get rid of all these spinal fluid taps that our patients have to undergo right now. And so we're working really hard to see if we can find a way to pull them out of the blood so we don't have to do these spinal fluid samplings any more. That's probably our biggest one. The other thing that we're really interested in, once we can find the signature in the blood, it shouldn't be too hard for us, then, to start asking questions about whether or not family members have a higher risk of getting MS. Which is probably one of the primary questions I get from patients all the time: Can you test my daughter? You know, I'm worried about her maybe getting MS someday. And so that motivates us to think, yeah, we got to get this test ready in the blood so we can start asking those kind of questions. I also think MS PreCISe will be a good monitoring tool. I mean, maybe we do keep treating patients with rituximab, but we don't re-treat them unless they're MS PreCISe score starts to creep back up again. So we're hoping that it's a way to also monitor efficacy of different drugs for that matter. So those are the things we're really working on pretty hard right now. MSDF Great. I appreciate it. Thanks. Dr. Monson Sure. Thank you. [transition music] MSDF Thank you for listening to Episode Seventy-nine of Multiple Sclerosis Discovery. This podcast was produced by the MS Discovery Forum, MSDF, the premier source of independent news and information on MS research. MSDF’s executive editor is Carol Cruzan Morton. Msdiscovery.org is part of the nonprofit Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis. Robert McBurney is our President and CEO, and Hollie Schmidt is Vice President of Scientific Operations. Msdiscovery.org aims to focus attention on what is known and not yet known about the causes of MS and related conditions, their pathological mechanisms, and potential ways to intervene. By communicating this information in a way that builds bridges among different disciplines, we hope to open new routes toward significant clinical advances. [outro music] We’re interested in your opinions. Please join the discussion on one of our online forums or send comments, criticisms, and suggestions to editor@msdiscovery.org. For Multiple Sclerosis Discovery, I'm Dan Keller.

We will be exploring the four alchemical phases of inner transformation that the psyche goes through when committing to bring out the souls potential and purpose. Without understanding whats going on at the soul level, we can become confused, fearful, discouraged and frustrated. Understanding this inner transformation process and learning how to support it can lead to a smoother transition and a greater expression of your souls potential.

We will be exploring the four alchemical phases of inner transformation that the psyche goes through when committing to bring out the soul’s potential and purpose. Without understanding what’s going on at the soul level, we can become confused, fearful, discouraged and frustrated. Understanding this inner transformation process and learning how to support it can lead to a smoother transition and a greater expression of your soul’s potential.

Despite our best intentions, we all still struggle with consistently living our insights and “breakthroughs.” Human Design is Active - not Passive. It is evolutionary to accelerate, expand and draw abundance into our everyday lives. Everyday Spirituality for Everyday Positivity. During this episode, we will be exploring why we get stuck in old, limiting thoughts and behaviors even when we do our best to stay focused on achieving our New Year’s resolutions or our desired behaviors. Tune-in to find out why and how to truly break free of the limiting beliefs that keep you from living your soul’s full potential!

Your soul’s blueprint was created the moment you were born. The Human Design system reveals this blueprint and provides you with a GPS for living the full expression of your soul’s potential and purpose. In this episode we will explore the critical components of your Human Design and why it is so essential for living a fulfilling soul-directed life.

You have two choices in life: you either fight your souls purpose or embrace your purpose. In this episode we will explore the typical ways we fight living our souls design and purpose and how working with a soul purpose advocate can help you break free and live the life you were designed to live.

In this initial episode, Nancy and Dr. Pat will explore what it means to live a soul-directed life—every day. We will look at why it matters and how to embark on the journey to live our soul’s full expression each day. We will talk about how to discover the GPS to your soul and outline the process to unfold your soul’s full expression. Stay tuned-in for more detail in upcoming shows with Nancy Monson.

Join Rebecca Hall Gruyter, Nancy Monson, and Leslie Ellis as we explore how to bring the magic of the holiday season back into your life and business. We will explore with Nancy how to support your soul during this important time of year and throughout your life. We will explore with Leslie how to move forward in our business and make selling a more positive experience.

Join Rebecca Hall Gruyter, Nancy Monson, and Leslie Ellis as we explore how to bring the magic of the holiday season back into your life and business. We will explore with Nancy how to support your soul during this important time of year and throughout your life. We will explore with Leslie how to move forward in our business and make selling a more positive experience.