Podcast appearances and mentions of Nancy Smith

Have you ever been so affected by fear that you lost touch with the "truth?" Do you know how to find your way back to what is true when you are overwhelmed with anxiety and fear?This week join Nancy Smith and her guest, Mary Digiovanni, Pastor of the Greater Boston Church of Spiritualism. Mary and Nancy will discuss the collective energy of fear and the lies that support it. We will also discuss strategies for getting out of fear so that you can grow, learn, and see with clarity. We are creating our own reality, so it's better to align yourself with the highest source for the best results possible!I am Looking forward to this talk!Live Tuesdays at 7 pm ET on Facebook ⁠https://www.facebook.com/NancyofAngelscapes⁠ Join us and post comments and questions!

What is an effective healing modality that is used worldwide? Do you know what the second most widely used medicine in the world is?Nancy Smith welcomes Susan Keefe, a trained homeopath, who explains homeopathy, its origins, and its many uses. Homeopathy embraces the mental, emotional, and physical aspects of a patient when treating an ailment. Not only is health restored, but so is well-being.Live Tuesdays at 7 pm ET on Facebook ⁠https://www.facebook.com/NancyofAngelscapes⁠ Join us and post comments and questions!

Do you know we all have psychic and Mediumship abilities? Have you considered that the most significant path to healing grief is through embracing your ability to communicate with your loved ones in spirit?Nancy Smith welcomes Rev Graham Connolly, a spiritualist minister and very active member of the Spiritualist community. In this episode, Graham talks about developing and using your own spiritual gifts to lead a more fulfilling life.Live Tuesdays at 7 pm ET on Facebook ⁠https://www.facebook.com/NancyofAngelscapes⁠ Join us and post comments and questions!

Maria Johnson interviews Nancy Smith, O.F.S., Director of Holy Cross Retreat House in North Easton, Massachusetts.   from the Holy Cross Retreat House intro: Launched in 1964 in a converted cow barn, the Retreat House has been a spiritual haven for thousands who have passed through its welcoming doors. It is located in Easton, Massachusetts, adjacent to Stonehill College, also founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross. The Retreat House is operated solely on private donations and retreat fees, and receives no state or federal funding. Among retreat houses in the Boston area and south of Boston, our retreat house has established its “market niche” by emphasizing Cursillo and Matt Talbot programs. Link in Show:  Holy Cross Retreat House: A Ministry of Congregation of Holy Cross Nancy Smith, Director

2025 promised to be a big year astrologically. The first quarter of 2025 was a doozy. Would you like to know more about what is coming in the Spring quarter of 2025?Nancy Smith welcomes back Mary D'Alba to talk about the parade of planets for the spring quarter of 2025. 2025 is a year of cosmic shifts, with more social upheaval, new ideas, exploration, and technological advancements. We are picking up where we left off in the November 11 podcast called "Pluto, Jupiter, and Mars, where are you in 2025?"Live Tuesdays at 7 pm ET on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NancyofAngelscapes Join us and post comments and questions!

This week Nancy Smith welcomes John and Keriann Balucha from Wyoming Valley Ghost Tours to explore the world of paranormal investigations. They discuss the excitement of ghost hunts, the rich history behind the hauntings, and the unique chance for others to experience the unknown firsthand. From leading ghost tours to hosting murder mysteries and haunted excursions, John and Keriann are passionate about keeping the region's spooky history alive.Live Tuesdays at 7 pm ET on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NancyofAngelscapes Join us and post comments and questions!

Anne Ganguzza (00:05.233) Hey everyone, welcome to the VO Boss podcast. I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza, and today I am so excited to be with very special guest, Luanne Regis. Luanne is a veteran voiceover agent and talent agency executive with over 30 years of experience. Her career spans everything voiceover, all voiceover, including... heading up scale departments at two LA boutique agencies, running the celebrity division at a top bi-coastal theatrical and commercial agency, as well as launching her own Chicago voiceover department in 2007. After a year at Sound and Fury Casting, she now owns and operates her own talent representation agency, Regal V.O. Luanne, thank you so much for joining me today. Luanne Regis (00:57.621) and thank you for having me, Anne. Anne Ganguzza (00:59.929) I love this. So I had such a wonderful time meeting you like fleetingly at MAVO and was so excited to get the chance to talk to you and work with you as well. You're gonna be coming up soon as a guest director for me on my VO Peeps group. So I'm very excited about that. And so for bosses that don't know who you are, give us a brief, kind of a brief. Luanne Regis (01:06.115) Yes. Luanne Regis (01:16.777) I can't wait. Anne Ganguzza (01:26.981) bio of you more than what I've given in regards to your evolution through the years as a talent agent and representative. Luanne Regis (01:37.067) Sure, of course. So I'll try to be brief because it is quite a long speech. And you know, voiceover, just, people ask you, how do you get into voiceover? And I'm like, I sort of really just fell into it, which I did. You know, back in the mid nineties, I answered an ad, they were looking for a voiceover assistant, an agent, and one of the partners at a boutique agency was looking for an assistant. And I thought, this is great. Let me just try this. And I quickly liked it. I liked the fact that Anne Ganguzza (01:41.124) Ha ha ha ha! Luanne Regis (02:04.703) The voice can really be anything. It has nothing to do with your aesthetic, what you look like, how tall you are, what color your hair is. I loved that. That to me was a very creative aspect for VoiceOver. And I started there and quickly became an agent, a scale agent, and was there for about five years. I have seen the business really, really grow and change to... And right around the early 2001s when all of the theatrical agencies were getting into voiceover because they poo-pooed and they snubbed their noses at voiceover for so very long, a major theatrical agency wanted to have a voiceover department. And so they plucked our entire department from the boutique agency, which was Special Artists, which is where I worked since the mid-90s. And we took our entire business, SpongeBob and all, and set up shop at Innovative Artists, which was the Anne Ganguzza (02:56.229) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (02:58.751) Bicoastal theatrical agency that I was at for 16 years, including what you mentioned in my bio, starting a Chicago voiceover department for them in 2007, just after the birth of my daughter. So I was there for 16 years and you wake up one day and you have 800 clients because you represent not only, we came with not only our voiceover department intact with all of our amazing clients, but we also were there to represent. Anne Ganguzza (03:00.314) Yes. Luanne Regis (03:26.591) their clients and they have a really healthy roster, a very well known TV and film actors. And that's where I began doing celebrity and overscale voiceover and really enjoyed it. But you know, like I said, you wake up one day and you have 800 clients and that's a lot to manage, especially in the way in which I agent. I was taught voiceover agenting by one of the best, she's a mentor, Marsha Hurwitz. you know, it's... Anne Ganguzza (03:29.735) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (03:43.441) Yeah. Luanne Regis (03:52.321) All hands on, it's more like a manager. It's not just submit an audition and whatever happens happens. It's you pitch, you sell, you call producers. We don't do that anymore because the business has changed. But you're on the phone, you're calling producers, you're selling people, you're saying, I think you should really listen to Nancy Smith. She's really good on this read. That's the way I voice over agent and it's really impossible to do that with 800 people. Anne Ganguzza (03:55.589) Yeah. Luanne Regis (04:20.641) 800 clients on your roster. So I went back to my small boutique agency, Roots TGMD Talent, which is formerly Tishman Agency. the owner, Kevin Motley, who's a dear friend of mine, had recently sort of reshaped his agency, gutted all of the promo and trailer announcer type guys, which was an avenue in which advertisers weren't going down anymore. And we built a really great roster of actors, well-known actors. Anne Ganguzza (04:28.993) Yep. Luanne Regis (04:50.761) working actors, which is all I know. I know about actors in voiceover as opposed to voice actors. And was there for four years doing that until the pandemic. And then after the pandemic, I thought, you know what, I want to try my hand on the buyer's side. I always wanted to try my hand at being on the other side of the business, not just rapping. And so I worked at Sound and Fury, which is one of the, if not the top voice casting companies in the entire country, if not the world. Anne Ganguzza (05:14.928) Mm. Luanne Regis (05:18.941) And you know, really enjoyed my time with that team. They're like a family to me. And I missed representing talent and agenting. And so after a year, I decided to go back to it, but do it on my own. And believe it or not, I kept a lot of clients with me even as I left the agenting side and went over to the casting side because I have a a really lovely roster of very loyal talent. Some of them I've had since I started in the mid 90s and you know they were very sad to see me leave the agenting side. So they sort of held on to me even while I was on the casting side and once I decided to jump back they were like well we're still here for the ride let's go and that's how I sort of built my roster, my independent roster I should say and again it just they just come at me. I have agents and managers and Anne Ganguzza (05:56.687) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (06:13.909) theatrical agents and commercial agents just wanting to work with me and they throw all their clients my way and I don't refuse them because I love to Anne Ganguzza (06:21.827) love that, I love that. You know, it's interesting because, you know, as we're talking, you're kind of going back and forth between casting and agent and manager. And, you know, for the benefit of our boss listeners, what is your definition of the difference between the responsibilities of each? Because I think it's important for us as voice actors to know when we're trying to develop relationships, you know, to understand. what is encompassed in your job because that makes us able to communicate with you easier and help you, because I really believe it's a partnership no matter what you're really looking for. And so I think it will help us as voice actors to work with agents or casting directors better. Luanne Regis (06:57.664) It is. Luanne Regis (07:06.443) Well, the reason why, and that's a great question, and the reason why the transition from agent to casting director back to agent was such a seamless one is because a lot of what my job entails as a voiceover agent is casting. We work with casting directors, but agents also work directly with buyers and producers, and they come to us looking for talent. And we sit there and cast. Anne Ganguzza (07:22.287) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (07:28.657) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (07:33.555) in pretty much the same way a casting director who gets paid to do it does it. I sit there, I go through my roster, who's right for this? And I do essentially do a casting. And so a lot of my agenting is casting, but that's just sort of like the day-to-day job of a voiceover agent. Again, back in the day when we had booths and actors would come into our lobby and read and have, you'd be distributing copy, you know, back in the day, pre-pandemic and all that. Anne Ganguzza (07:41.307) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (07:48.07) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (07:58.631) Look at Luanne Regis (08:03.611) A big part of my job also was directing talent, not just sitting at a desk and agenting. I would go into the booth. I need to know what my talent does. I need to be able to sell that person. So in order to do that, I'm in the booth, I'm directing, and I really, really love that directing process because it's, again, it hinges on such creativity. It's so creative. They get to play around. I get also to play around with them in terms of what they can do, what their range is. Anne Ganguzza (08:07.974) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (08:15.109) Right. Anne Ganguzza (08:21.264) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (08:32.991) And that's how I know what my clients can bring to the table so I can effectively sell them. So it's casting, it's directing, it's obviously selling. It's very managerial as well because I'm, like I said, very, very hands on. you know, like for instance, many times I go into the booth with a client and we'd spend an hour in there if we have the time. And the last five minutes of that hour really is recording the copy and auditioning. Anne Ganguzza (08:46.767) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (09:02.342) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (09:02.561) but the previous, how many ever minutes, spent catching up. How's your wife? How are the kids? How is life? How's your mom doing? Stuff like that. That's how you get to really know clients because what they share with you in the booth, you bring that to you as you're casting. You bring that to you as you're selling them. You have to really know them inside out. That's more of a very managerial, I think, position as an agent. Anne Ganguzza (09:08.646) Right. Anne Ganguzza (09:16.238) Right. Luanne Regis (09:30.641) not all agents agent that way. I just learned to do it that way. So it's manage it's managing talent. It's selling talent, agenting obviously, but it's also casting and directing talent in the booth. And then of course your negotiations skills come into play. Your knowledge of contracts, your knowledge of legal, legal procedures, as far as contracts go. That's all encompassing as a voiceover agent. Anne Ganguzza (09:33.484) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (09:48.355) Sure. Anne Ganguzza (09:54.34) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (09:58.767) It's such a broad base of that you need to have. And you said something before that I thought was so interesting. You said you had been working with, and it really, I think it goes to show the evolution of the business. You talked about actors who did voice acting rather than voice actors. And so I caught that little tiny nuance right there, which really speaks to your amount of time and experience in the industry. Luanne Regis (10:00.82) It is. Luanne Regis (10:16.416) Yes. Yes. Luanne Regis (10:23.829) Yes, yes. Anne Ganguzza (10:25.509) Because how often, like what would you say, I guess now in your, because you've been in business for so long, you must still, I suspect, deal with actors who do voice acting, as well as voice actors. And what are your thoughts on how you work with, let's say, actors now who do voice acting, or voice actors differently? Do you spend as much time, or how does that work today? Luanne Regis (10:33.877) We will. Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (10:53.737) The reason why for me, it's actors in voiceover, not only was I brought up in the business knowing that, because when I started at Special Artists, they were mainly a commercial, on-camera commercial agency, and this predated me, obviously, but when they started their voiceover department, they used their on-camera actors as the basis for their voiceover department. Anne Ganguzza (10:56.25) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (11:10.118) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (11:21.253) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (11:21.853) I come from a track record where the agents who taught me used actors and put them in voiceover and made them successful. The voice of SpongeBob, Tom Kenny, was a comedian, an actor. We put him, he made that transition because of how talented he is. So I do feel voiceover is not just a voice, you're acting. Anne Ganguzza (11:29.339) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (11:35.44) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (11:49.35) Sure. Yeah. Luanne Regis (11:50.529) You're bringing copy to life. You're selling copy, but you have to bring it to life. You have to connect with the product. You have to connect with what the words are saying. So at the end of the day, it really is about acting, which is why I favor having someone who has an acting resume, someone who's done work, because they have a certain measure of experience that they can bring to the voiceover table. Anne Ganguzza (11:59.761) Sure. Anne Ganguzza (12:08.358) Sure. Anne Ganguzza (12:15.463) Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And I love the emphasis on acting because even for something like I specialize in a lot of the corporate e-learning, the non-broadcast style stuff, but in order to really bring that material to life, and sometimes it needs a lot of help, just saying, because it can be a little bit dry and boring, you have to, I mean, every company, and I think whether you're dealing with commercial, Luanne Regis (12:27.894) Yes. Anne Ganguzza (12:41.959) Right? Any type of copy. mean, if you're dealing with a company or a client, they're ultimately, I mean, unless you're doing entertainment, right? Ultimately, they're trying to sell something. And so there's always a story. I good companies, I would say that, you know, it's marketing 101 that, you know, stories really sell better than, you know, Luanne Regis (12:49.375) Right. Absolutely. Anne Ganguzza (13:03.322) cold heart announcing facts sort of thing. And so if you can be the actor that can tell the story or understand the story that the company wants to sell or tell, that's gonna help them to sell. So I love the emphasis on acting. Luanne Regis (13:04.437) Yeah, yeah. Luanne Regis (13:14.749) Absolutely, and it really, you're absolutely right. When you say, a story, that is really what it is. I was telling actors yesterday, you have to, when you get a script, you create a narrative behind that script that those lines will support. Whether it's right or wrong, it's truthful and it's authentic. But you do have to connect with the product. You do have to connect with the lines. You do have to connect with the script. And the only way you do that is if you make it part of a story that you're telling. Anne Ganguzza (13:36.142) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (13:45.703) Yes, absolutely. And I think that's what so, at least with students when I'm working with them in the corporate narration or the e-lin, like what story? I'm delivering information. I'm like, but there is a story and you have to keep the listener's attention for longer than 30 or 60 seconds. This is not a 60 second commercial. And so even if I... Luanne Regis (13:58.849) We resist. Luanne Regis (14:04.372) You too. That's right. Anne Ganguzza (14:08.642) I think if the story doesn't make sense, right, if they're reading the words and they're like, well, I would never really say that, or you know, you have to create the scene in which those words make sense. And I guess my question to you is, what would you say is the main difference between on-camera acting and voice acting? Luanne Regis (14:17.173) That's right. Yes. Luanne Regis (14:26.939) on camera acting, you have so much more at your disposal. You have what you look like, you have the physicality of being on camera. And this is why I love voiceover, because with voiceover acting, you have to basically emit all of that just vocally. Whether you're in the booth and you're, you where you see the animation characters, they're in the booth and they're using their hands and all that, that's all well and fine, but that does not translate on camera in the way it Anne Ganguzza (14:31.59) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (14:44.708) Yeah, yeah, through your voice. Luanne Regis (14:56.417) would if you were an on-camera actor. really does have, so again, we go back to is telling that story. If you have a story to tell, it's gonna come out in the words, it's gonna come out in the smile, it's going to come out in the warmth that you bring out, or not the warmth, or the cold, or whatever it is, the stories that you're telling. But it all comes from the heart, it all comes from here. Anne Ganguzza (14:57.062) Right. Luanne Regis (15:22.313) as opposed to you being able to use your hands to gesture in a way that conveys whatever you're trying to convey in an acting, you know, when you're acting. Anne Ganguzza (15:26.49) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (15:32.231) So what would you say when you're working with talent? time is precious these days, so I imagine that you probably don't have as much time to work with talent, let's say on a job or an audition, as you would. What are the types of things that you find you're telling your talent to do most in terms of, know, either following direction better or their performance-wise? What are the kind of tips or tricks that you're speaking to most? Luanne Regis (15:40.437) Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Luanne Regis (15:59.487) Yeah. Well, it does vary from project and script to script, obviously, but a lot of it is what I just said, you know, creating that story, creating that narrative. A lot of times, and this specifically relates to commercial copy, a lot of times you get a script and you have no idea what the storyboards are. You have no idea what the visuals are. You just have maybe two or three lines and you sort of have to put it together. At that point, you have to make a very specific creative choice. This is the story I'm going to tell. Anne Ganguzza (16:02.171) these days. Mm. Anne Ganguzza (16:18.566) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (16:25.562) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (16:27.957) So that's one tip and we just spoke about that. There's a lot of non-announcery, non-polish, non-slick directives nowadays and I always have to tell my clients, so here's what I want you to do. I don't want you to think about yourself on mic. I don't want you to think about yourself up there as a speaker or as an announcer saying something. I want you to sit and talk to a friend at a bar and you say what you need to say and you come from that place. so that we can get you conversational, we can get you casual, and we don't have you coming out of the box like you're making a grand announcement. A tip, a trick I use sometimes is I will have them slate their name after they've done their session, after they've done their audition, because once you slate your name, Luanne Regis, you sort of go into this, okay, I'm here, I'm announcing mode, I just want you to tell me what you have to say on your copy, you can save the slate for later. So that's just one of the tips that I use. Anne Ganguzza (17:05.296) Sure, sure. Anne Ganguzza (17:17.808) Right. Anne Ganguzza (17:25.06) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (17:25.375) you know, the conversational thing, just sort of like bring it back home. If it's something that I feel they need to be a little bit more intimate with, I give them situations like, I want you to read this bedtime story to your six year old, or I want you to sit with your child and have a one-on-one conversation with him or her. you know, I just give them a place from which to emote so that we can bring that emotion into the copy. Anne Ganguzza (17:48.752) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (17:52.803) Speaking of emotion, find, for me, just on longer copy, because if you have a particular energy or emotion and you continue for over a minute or two or three, with that same energy, it doesn't necessarily allow the story to flow. And I feel that people might get into the rhythm of this particular emotion or this particular... Luanne Regis (18:03.958) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (18:14.887) Energy and I feel with with any good story right energy in your story changes and evolves and it can evolve throughout like the course of one sentence even and the energy you start with in the beginning or the story that you tell in the beginning isn't necessarily the same story that's happening or evolving when you're halfway through or three-quarters of the way through and for a lot of for a lot of my students I find that you know if they're if they forget Luanne Regis (18:25.502) Absolutely. Luanne Regis (18:37.152) Right. Anne Ganguzza (18:44.119) about the story halfway through, then it starts to turn into this kind of just into this, let's news, news broadcast read or, you know, something like that. And so in the middle of the script, do you ever have to kind of redirect or give another scene to help this through? Or are you finding that for the most part, you're working with with top caliber actors that already are doing that or have done that? Luanne Regis (18:51.041) Yeah. Luanne Regis (19:09.279) Yeah, know what, an actor is gonna find his or her way, again, depending on the story that they want to tell. The seasoned actors, the really good actors understand how to flow in and out, how to make a change, or how to sort of navigate around certain things. And I'm glad you asked that question, because one point I really wanna bring to mind is sometimes when you're directing talent, I can't tell you. Anne Ganguzza (19:13.723) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (19:18.042) Yeah. Luanne Regis (19:37.663) Yes, I can give you a line reading. Yes, I can tell you how to do it. But I want you to color it the way you would color it because that brings a certain uniqueness that no one else will do. You might put a pause in the middle of the copy for effect, or you could take a beat, or you could do a slight, And someone else will not necessarily do that. that... Anne Ganguzza (19:39.748) Yeah. Anne Ganguzza (19:44.613) Right. Anne Ganguzza (19:50.395) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (20:02.822) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (20:02.827) Completely changes the way that copy gets conveyed to to the audience. So a lot of times it's it's what you do specifically and not me directing you into that read because I want it I sort of wanted to come from you I want you to bring that that authenticity to it because at the end of the day authenticity is what will May not book you the job, but it will have the producer go. Wait a second. What can we hear what? And that's what you want to do Anne Ganguzza (20:27.787) Mm, it might get you on the short list. Luanne Regis (20:31.357) Exactly. That's what I'm glad you said that I was seeing this exact same thing yesterday. It's like, yes, you want to book the job, but don't focus on booking the job. Focus on wowing whoever's listening, focus on making an impact. So maybe you weren't right for that job, but perhaps you bring you back in for something else. Anne Ganguzza (20:42.17) Yeah. Anne Ganguzza (20:48.133) Yeah, yeah. And also I think then you're really, especially if it's an audition that you're submitting to your agent or casting director that is very familiar with working with actors in regards to, well, okay, it can showcase right away that you're an actor. And if you're an actor, you'll be able to follow direction no matter what the direction ends up being. Cause I have a lot of times people will say to me, but that's not what I hear in the actual commercial. Luanne Regis (21:00.321) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (21:06.037) Yes. Anne Ganguzza (21:16.229) you know, it sounds completely different. And, you know, I'm always like, well, you know, it really depends on who's directing you at the time and what the client is listening to and what they hear in their head as being the way they want the copyright. So you have to be versatile enough to be able to take any direction. I've turned in for me as a coach, I've turned to almost saying, well, here, I'm coaching you on how to get the gig, not necessarily on the final product, because Luanne Regis (21:17.878) Thanks Luanne Regis (21:22.251) That's right. Luanne Regis (21:28.415) Yes, yes. Luanne Regis (21:45.429) Right. Anne Ganguzza (21:46.129) Coaching you to get the gig is gonna make you the most authentic actor that you can showcase in the first or second sentence. So for me, Luanne, coming in in the first or second sentence is so important with a connection to the copy. Talk to the importance of maybe that, the first few words that come out of the actor's mouth or in the copy, how important is that? Luanne Regis (21:50.145) That's right. Luanne Regis (21:58.719) Yes. Yes. Luanne Regis (22:10.145) very, very important because again, when I worked at Sound and Fury and we got 800 casting, 800 auditions from one casting, they're listening and they know right away if this person's gonna nail it or not. So you wanna come in just hitting the mark immediately. even, obviously I don't have 800 clients, but you see that process with a casting director. They don't have the time to listen to the entire script if they feel you didn't hit it within the first. Anne Ganguzza (22:24.079) Mm. Anne Ganguzza (22:28.027) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (22:39.929) Or maybe not even hit it if you didn't do something in the beginning that made them go. let me keep listening because time is money and they do have to get through all of these these auditions and the same to a certain extent with me I mean I listen to every single audition all the way through but I know by the second or third line if someone has nailed that piece of copy or not just because obviously I have the the experience in the years of the instinct but again, it's that You can't put your finger on it. It's that je ne sais quoi. It's like, yeah, let me keep this. wow, she did that? Okay. It really is important to nail whatever you want to nail at the beginning of the copy as opposed to saving your best for last. Anne Ganguzza (23:24.047) Yeah. Now, I love that you said you listen to the auditions all the way through. Now, why? Why do you do that? Luanne Regis (23:32.085) For several reasons. One, and you said something that I wanted to sort of bring back to the forefront, so I'm glad you asked that question. A lot of times, again, I'm a casting, I'm sort of a casting director when I age, because I'm putting people on stuff and I'm wondering, is she right for it, is he right for it? I have to listen throughout the whole thing. One, because it's my client and they've done the audition and I need to hear what they did, they may not be right for it. Anne Ganguzza (23:33.732) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (23:48.848) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (23:54.715) Mm. Luanne Regis (23:58.805) That way I know, you know what, I'm not gonna put him or her on this anymore because I don't think they're right for it. Or I hear something that they do and I think, you know what, I've got something else that, I've got a different role that I think she's right for. I don't think I put her on the right role. I think I need to get her on this other one. So it gives me a clue. It clues me into what my clients can do, what they can't do, even as well as I know them, even as much as I know their range. Anne Ganguzza (24:04.314) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (24:23.494) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (24:25.481) I still am learning a lot about them as we go along. So it behooves me to listen to everything that they do. Anne Ganguzza (24:33.53) so interesting. I love that you listen all the way through because it shows that you really care and that you really care about your clients and you care about making the best fit and really choosing the best person for the job. That just requires a lot of, think, integrity and I love that. I think that's amazing. Plus, I think it's so interesting because maybe even... Luanne Regis (24:36.417) Mm-hmm. It does, yeah. Yeah. Luanne Regis (24:47.359) Yeah. Luanne Regis (24:52.883) Yeah. Anne Ganguzza (24:57.946) You know, people that you've known for a long time, I mean, we continue to grow and evolve and learn and discover. I find with myself, like, I discover new things about myself and it impacts, right, my acting in the booth. And, you know, in lots of different ways where all of a sudden I'll be like, well, gosh, I've been doing it like this for years and goodness, I should have maybe thought this way. And it just will bring something different out in me, which is kind of cool. And so that's just kind of being the lifelong learner sort of. Luanne Regis (25:02.678) Yes. Luanne Regis (25:12.607) Yes. Luanne Regis (25:27.05) Yeah! Anne Ganguzza (25:27.483) you know, always trying to grow my skills and craft. And you think like, well, have I reached this point? Well, now I've done it and I'm an actor. But I feel like you never quite reach the point where you're never not learning. Luanne Regis (25:31.583) All right. Luanne Regis (25:42.129) No, you always are learning and you're always trying new things and I'm always learning things about clients. I'm like, I didn't know you did that. That's good for me. I can sell you in a different way now. it's a learning process on both ends. Anne Ganguzza (25:49.508) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (25:53.05) Yeah. Yeah. Anne Ganguzza (25:59.142) So the sell, okay? I wanna talk a little bit about the sell. When you're trying to sell a talent, what is it when you're communicating with a client for a particular spot? So what's involved in the sell of it on your end? I'm just curious because I've never, I mean, I've cast people, but I've never really been had to like, hear my choices and then the client will ultimately make the... the end result, but when you're really trying to sell a talent, like what goes, what sort of qualities are you selling in the talent? Luanne Regis (26:36.605) So you're talking about me selling to a buyer a casting director or okay? So then it would it depends on if it's the buyer's a casting director or if the buyer is the actual buyer the producer the the ad agency or something You know if it's a casting director. It's because I want that person to understand He can do this what you're asking what you're asking for me to cast for you This guy can do this so I need you to Anne Ganguzza (26:39.876) Yeah, to a buyer, yes, yeah. Anne Ganguzza (26:45.766) Mm-hmm. buyer, right, Yeah. Luanne Regis (27:05.161) I send links, send if it's stand-up comedians they're looking for, I send a link to their stand-up. One of many different ways I keep all of my auditions, so I will curate a specific sample of voices so that they can hear. For instance, if they're looking for something specific, I go back and I pull auditions that they've done for that specific character and I said, listen, here's what he's done for me in the past. That's one tool I use to sell. Anne Ganguzza (27:20.75) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (27:32.622) Mm. Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (27:32.833) And that's to a cast director if I want to convince her that this client can audition for her on a project if it's a buyer the actual buyer the producer the ad agency or Yeah, well, it would be the producer of an ad agency because if it's animation is it's casting directors You know again, it's showcasing what they've done before showcasing the stuff that they've done showing them listen to this Anne Ganguzza (27:40.218) Got it, got it. Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (27:48.357) Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anne Ganguzza (27:55.206) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (27:59.647) I know you're looking for a guy that can do this. Listen to him right here. He's done this before. He's auditioned for this before. He's actually booked this before. Here's a spot that he's done. And you might want to listen to this. So that is, that's what I'm pushing when I'm speaking to producers. Sadly, don't get, don't have, agents don't have that direct link to producers anymore. It's really become so remote now and remote, in the sense of remote recording, but. Anne Ganguzza (28:12.003) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (28:16.624) Got it. Luanne Regis (28:27.433) remote in the sense of we're far removed from these producers. I used to be able to pick up the phone and call a producer at Leo Burnett and say, listen to Nancy, she's really great for this. You want to hire her. And they would hire her. But they themselves, the producers, they're removed as well from their clients. Now it's the client, Walmart, that has to make the decision. The producer used to be able to make the decision before. Anne Ganguzza (28:30.181) Yeah. Anne Ganguzza (28:47.59) Sure. that's a, I'm so glad you made that distinction because I think for a lot of voice actors, they don't really know what happens once they submit that audition. then what is, like what's, how does my audition traverse, you know, to either get to the ears of the person who's hiring and who is the person that's hiring, right? You know, because I think if you're my talent agent, right, and I'm auditioning for you. Luanne Regis (29:03.478) Yes. That's right. Luanne Regis (29:11.638) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (29:17.219) What I love and what I've heard from you is that you must have a little file of me where you're keeping all my good auditions and you're keeping all the spots that I've done and I like that, right? You didn't just trash my audition if I didn't work for that particular spot, but you're like, okay, so you've got like bits and pieces of me there. And then, so if you're working with another, let's say, casting director, right? You can then send those files and sell me in that way. But then if you're actually talking to the client directly, Luanne Regis (29:22.527) Yes. Yes. Luanne Regis (29:28.619) Nope, keep everything. Luanne Regis (29:43.236) Right. Anne Ganguzza (29:47.342) Which is something I'm like, well, I've not been in this process. I speak with my clients directly, but probably not on the scale that you do because you're working on a broadcast scale. So I have a client that I've worked with for years and they'll ask me, who do you think would be good to do this for me? And I can refer, which is. Luanne Regis (29:55.937) you Luanne Regis (30:00.394) Right. Luanne Regis (30:05.569) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (30:09.817) on a small scale compared to what you do. Because you're talking to big time producers and agencies that have multiple projects going on. And so for me as an actor, I never quite know what happens once I submit that audition. So it's really nice that you just kind of explain that process. And the fact that you said you don't always get to talk to the producer like you used to be able to, which is what I sometimes I assume and I don't really know. Luanne Regis (30:11.457) Yes. Anne Ganguzza (30:36.548) you know, depending on the agency, depending on who it is and what your relationships are, which I think it comes all down to relationships. But you're right, now even the producer is removed because it really comes down to like, let's say the client Walmart or whoever that might be. So that's a very good thing to know from my perspective. Luanne Regis (30:42.518) Yes. Luanne Regis (30:53.621) And I'll tell you the reason, I'll tell you the reason for that, Anne, and I want to make sure people understand this because it was a very drastic change. think the reason that I was able to, first of all, be able to pick up the phone and call a producer and they would actually book, or the producer would call me and say, who do you have for this? We need to cast this job right away. Who do you have? book David Pasquese. He'd be great. And they would hire him. So how many ever years, 10, 15 years ago when, you know, the big Anne Ganguzza (31:09.666) Mm. Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (31:15.611) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (31:23.113) ad agencies, the DDB Needhams, the Chiat Days, you the big ad agencies, they had the bulk of the work, they had the majority of the work. And as time went by, these smaller agencies started picking up work. So the ad agency now sort of lost the power to be able to make that decision because they themselves are trying to hold on to their accounts. So they no longer can say, I can hire you for this Walmart voiceover. Anne Ganguzza (31:25.37) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (31:29.821) mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (31:41.527) Mm-hmm. Yes, yes, yes. Makes sense. Luanne Regis (31:49.953) they now have to check with the head of marketing or whomever at Walmart. That never used to be the case. They used to be able to pull that trigger and go, great, let's hire him. That's no longer the case. And I do firmly believe it's because of that change over in, in work, a lot of ad agencies lost clients, a lot of ad agencies are afraid of losing their clients. So they're really at the disposal at the mercy of their clients to make every single decision. Anne Ganguzza (31:52.944) Sure. Anne Ganguzza (32:20.359) That's very interesting and that really speaks to this, think also the size of the industry over the years that has really increased greatly. Luanne Regis (32:21.248) Yeah. Luanne Regis (32:25.183) Yes, yes. It has, yeah. No, it has. You've had a lot of these smaller or maybe ad execs from ad agencies sort of offshoots and go off and start their own small companies, and they're now getting the big jobs. They're now getting the big work as opposed to those big multimedia conglomerate ad agencies that they're not really getting those accounts anymore. Anne Ganguzza (32:41.616) Sure. Anne Ganguzza (32:46.544) Right? Anne Ganguzza (32:51.686) Well, and now also I think technology, mean, gosh, technology has certainly evolved over the years. And now a lot of times, like you said, you'd meet in the, and I from back in the day when I would go to a studio for a callback, and gosh, that's almost not the case too much anymore. But I miss the days when you would see all your voiceover friends in the lobby. And even though you'd kind of be a little bit nervous, you'd all be like catching up and seeing people you hadn't seen in a while. Luanne Regis (32:55.179) Yeah. Luanne Regis (32:59.188) It has. Luanne Regis (33:09.491) I know. Luanne Regis (33:14.185) Yeah. Luanne Regis (33:19.137) Yeah. Anne Ganguzza (33:21.375) And I kind of miss that. with the digital evolution and people having their home studios and the internet and I think a lot of those agencies too, mean, went online, am I not correct? Yeah, yeah. Luanne Regis (33:23.497) Yeah. Luanne Regis (33:34.943) They sure did. They sure did. Yeah, they really did. And to speak a little bit, I'm just going to hear my pet peeve about that. Again, I remember a day when ad agency would hire a studio here, hire a studio in Chicago, hire a studio where they are, and they would connect. Now that cost, because we've had a situation like the pandemic where everyone sort of had to get set up to record from home, a lot of ad agencies haven't gone back to that, gone back to hiring studios. Anne Ganguzza (33:49.52) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (33:59.366) Mm-hmm. Yeah. Luanne Regis (34:04.277) they figured out a way, wait a second, we don't have to hire a studio. We don't have to incur that cost. We can keep that budget under control and pass that cost on to the actor. That's one of my biggest pet peeves of the consequence of the pandemic where actors have now had to become engineers, incur their own costs for studios. I'm like, wait a second, you would hire a studio in New York and Los Angeles back in the day. We're like, how is that? Anne Ganguzza (34:29.489) Yeah. Luanne Regis (34:34.37) What do I know what you're doing. Anne Ganguzza (34:36.282) Yeah, and they're not necessarily, you know, claiming, I am correct in the assumption, they're not necessarily saying, well, hey, I've got a home studio. I should be charging for that studio. I should be tired. Theoretically, right, they are, but I don't know anybody that really, like, has a line item that says, hey, this is my studio cost, right? Luanne Regis (34:45.825) No! Luanne Regis (34:53.957) No, no, the actors sadly have had to fall in line, you know, and now we've gone, it's just everyone is now remote studio required, home studio required. I'm like, wait a second, you would hire a studio back in the day. I just think it's unfair because now the actor should be concentrating on his audition and he should be concentrating on the creative aspect. He should not be asked to upload stuff. He should not be asked to be an engineer in his own session. You know, it's just the way of the world now. Anne Ganguzza (34:58.35) Yeah, it got absorbed. Anne Ganguzza (35:03.504) Yeah. Yeah. Anne Ganguzza (35:23.567) It is such a luxury to be directed even in my home studio now. It's just, and it's lovely for, I will say at least they're Source Connect so that an engineer can take what I'm doing back here in my home studio and engineer it and I don't have to upload and he can just take it. That is a luxury. And also the fact of actually having a director is a luxury these days. And I love it. And I kind of wish we went back to it. Luanne Regis (35:27.403) Yeah. Luanne Regis (35:39.711) and do his own thing. Yes. Luanne Regis (35:47.198) Yeah. Luanne Regis (35:52.757) I know. Anne Ganguzza (35:53.33) And you never know, mean, maybe that will happen, maybe that will not, but I think in the end, right, is it not all driven by the customer, right, the client, like it's Walmart, like what do they want? And so ultimately, what type of voice are they gonna look for? How are they gonna hire? And I think that's something as a voice actor, we need to consider the business aspect of it, because how are we going to kind of shine in front of all of... it seems like obstacles, maybe not obstacles, but there's so many paths to getting hired these days, you know, and yeah. Luanne Regis (36:28.031) Yes, there are. And let me go back to a question you asked earlier about what happens when that audition goes off. And it's really important for actors to understand, because you don't book a job, that doesn't mean you weren't on a short list. That doesn't mean that you weren't listened to and someone was vying for you and that just, the client or whomever came in and said, no, let's go with a woman instead of a man. doesn't, you have... Anne Ganguzza (36:53.264) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (36:54.205) I have no idea what happens once it leaves my, you know, my coffers because no one says anything. And then you get on a short list and you have one of five on a short list and that's great, you're excited. And then it just goes away. But for me, that's a win. Like someone listened to you and someone put you on a short list and someone considered you for this job. And even beyond the short list, you don't know who listened and went, wow, I really like him. You know what I mean? It's like, there's so many. Anne Ganguzza (36:57.574) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (37:08.42) Yeah. Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (37:20.496) Sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love that you brought that up. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Luanne Regis (37:23.837) intangibles and actors need to understand that just because you didn't book a job doesn't mean you weren't right for it. They could have changed their minds, changed the specs, changed the age, changed the gender. All of those things sort of are out of your control. Anne Ganguzza (37:36.432) Yeah. Anne Ganguzza (37:39.791) Yeah, there's so many aspects that are out of your control. And I think that's one of the most important things that a voice actor can also do is try to understand that and not let the mental, like, my gosh, I don't know what happened, or I'm not good enough, or that self-sabotage, get to them. And I think that's one of the biggest challenges that a lot of voice actors face is imposter syndrome that, because they didn't hear anything, they assume, right? Luanne Regis (37:53.119) I know. Yeah. Yeah. Luanne Regis (38:00.788) It is. Luanne Regis (38:06.399) Yeah, that's right. And by the way, that's another aspect of my job as an agent, to sort of manage their expectations and manage their disappointments. I had an actress tell me last night, she said, you know, I'm really just very dejected and sort of tired and fatigued with these auditions. I haven't had a callback, I haven't had this, I haven't had that. And for me, you know, I need to... Anne Ganguzza (38:15.171) Mm-hmm. Anne Ganguzza (38:19.792) Mm-hmm. Luanne Regis (38:32.841) I do need to boost her up, at the same time, I do need to understand her frustration and it's real. So, you know, my job there is to sort of maybe go, okay, let me reevaluate, reevaluate, excuse me, what I'm sending her. Maybe I'm not sending her the things that she's really gonna nail because at the end of the day, as an agent, you don't want to keep sending an actor hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of auditions and they're not booking because that debilitates them. Anne Ganguzza (38:38.63) Mm-hmm. Yeah. Luanne Regis (39:02.207) So part of my job is almost like a therapist of sorts. It's sort of like manage how they feel. Okay, let's do this then. Let's sort of reevaluate what we send you. Let me pull back a little bit so that you don't feel burnt out. How can I help you? Because obviously I believe in her. I don't want her to just go silent and not do auditions, but I have to kind of hold her hand along the way. Anne Ganguzza (39:06.086) Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Anne Ganguzza (39:26.727) Right, Sure. Luanne Regis (39:30.187) That's another aspect of the voiceover agent's job, at least mine. Anne Ganguzza (39:31.706) Yeah. Yeah. I love it. this has been such a wonderful conversation, Luanne. thank you. Thank you. Well, it's been a pleasure. And I'll tell you what, I cannot wait to have you as a guest director for my group, for my VO Peeps guys. So make sure you take a look for that coming up soon. Luanne Regis (39:37.824) I love your questions, the way. Your questions are very pointed. Luanne Regis (39:47.711) Yes, I cannot wait. Yes. Luanne Regis (39:54.08) Yes. Anne Ganguzza (39:55.916) And with that, I will give a great big shout out to our sponsor, IPDTL. You too can connect and network like bosses. Find out more at ipdtl.com. Luanne, this has really been amazing. Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure. Luanne Regis (40:08.373) Thank you, Anne, for having me. I really do love talking about this stuff. Anne Ganguzza (40:13.146) Bosses, have an amazing week and we'll see you next week. Bye. Luanne Regis (40:16.033) Bye!  

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I'd also encourage you to check out the short film embedded on the episode's webpage, which will give you a visual overview of the process and its results. - A big thanks to Nancy and Austin for the fun conversation, and thank you for listening. --- Nancy Smith Austin Rempel Riparian Restoration short film Full episode notes and links: https://mountainandprairie.com/nancy-austin/ --- This episode is brought to you in partnership with the Colorado chapter of The Nature Conservancy and TNC chapters throughout the Western United States. Guided by science and grounded by decades of collaborative partnerships, The Nature Conservancy has a long-standing legacy of achieving lasting results to create a world where nature and people thrive. On the last Tuesday of every month throughout 2024, Mountain & Prairie will be delving into conversations with a wide range of The Nature Conservancy's leaders, partners, collaborators, and stakeholders, highlighting the myriad of conservation challenges, opportunities, and solutions here in the American West and beyond. To learn more about The Nature Conservancy's impactful work in the West and around the world, visit www.nature.org --- TOPICS DISCUSSED: 4:00 - Nancy's intro 5:26 - Austin's intro 7:15 - The impact of wet upland meadows on the Colorado River (Nancy) 10:00 - How the Inflation Reduction Act has funded TNC's important partnership work (Nancy) 13:30 - Defining the low-tech, process-based, restoration (LTPBR) involved in this project (Austin) 16:30 - What meadows have historically looked like in the American West (Austin and Nancy) 21:00 - Describing more of the structures TNC uses in this work, like beaver dam analogs (Austin) 26:30 - What kind of land TNC does this restoration work on (Austin) 29:30 - How long this work takes (Austin and Nancy) 33:30 - What success will look like for this work (Nancy) 37:30 - How LTPBRs help empower crucial work by being simple 40:45 - What could make or break this project (Austin and Nancy)  44:00 - TNC's ability to balance innovation with responsible stewardship of funding (Nancy) 46:30 - Overlaps between river and forest restoration (Austin) 50:30 - What would make a good staff member for this work 55:45 - Nancy's book recommendations 57:00 - Austin's book recommendations 59:18 - Nancy's parting words of wisdom 1:00:10 - Austin's parting words of wisdom --- ABOUT MOUNTAIN & PRAIRIE: Mountain & Prairie - All Episodes Mountain & Prairie Shop Mountain & Prairie on Instagram Upcoming Events About Ed Roberson Support Mountain & Prairie Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts

All three of the Smith kids are currently serving in full-time ministry. Ben Edwards talked with Matt and Nancy about the lessons they learned raising children in ministry.

In the tight-knit community of Lorain, Ohio, a whirlwind of horror swept through as unsettling allegations surfaced - a trusted bus driver and her alleged companion accused of shattering the innocence of preschoolers in the respected Head Start program. The verdict? Life-long prison sentences that would cast a shadow over a community, and initiate an untiring quest for truth.'The Edge of Doubt' is a meticulously researched true crime narrative that delves into the reverberations of a sensational trial. This gripping tale is anchored in three decades of unwavering claims of innocence. As the pages turn, you'll find yourself torn between the scales of justice and the resilience of the human spirit.In a world that is quick to judge, 'The Edge of Doubt' compels you to lend an ear to the whispers of truth. This is your invitation to dive into a powerful account that will challenge your assumptions and unveil the complexities of human nature. Read it, and prepare to see the world with new eyes. THE EDGE OF DOUBT: The Trial of Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen-David MiraldiCookUnity.com/murder

As an ordained Minister in the Spiritualist tradition Nancy Smith has shown over and over again that life truly continues after the change called death and that we can communicate with our loved ones. Her work as a medium and spirit artist has opened the door to many of her clients who have lost dear ones and need help creating meaning during their grief process. She combines the Akashic soul work with mediumship into a practice she calls Akashic Mediumship, The language of Spirit and Soul. She has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humanitarianism for her spiritual work and community service from the Global International Alliance out of Atlanta, Georgia. Along with the Honorary Doctorate, She was also awarded the President's Gold Volunteer Service Award for her volunteer work in the Spiritualist community. Ommie Award winner from the Om Times TV: In the category of Best Angel Card Readers, Nancy Smith was one of two deserving nominees. After careful consideration, the coveted title was awarded to Nancy Smith, who has consistently demonstrated a deep understanding of angelic realms and an unparalleled ability to provide guidance through angel card readings. Best American Psychics have awarded her “Best Psychic of the Year Award” in 2020, “Social Activism Award ” in 2021, and “Awesome Accolades Award in 2022”.

Have you ever looked at a photo you took and saw a little extra something in it? Do you know about photographing spirit? Join Rev. Nancy Smith and Rev. Julie K. Gray, medium and artist, about her process for taking photos of her sitter's spirit. She uses a unique, what she calls “triangulation” of science, energy to reveal the subject's spirit. Energy is always in motion, it transfers and translates easily into a photographic modality. Spirit is energy and energy shows up in her photos! Live Tuesdays at 7 pm ET on Facebook: NancyofAngelscapes Go to https://www.facebook.com/NancyofAngelscapes to post comments and questions.

Join me and special guest Nancy Smith, Business Miracles Member, Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur, leader, and owner of Vibrant You Coaching. Nancy's story is inspiring!  She made the shift from viewing her part time job as a crutch and feeling the challenge of her focus being divided between what she felt she needed and what she loved - to embracing her part-time job as a support beam for her dreams and allowing it to become a launch pad into the space that she truly wants to be in. “It can just really feel so intimidating and overwhelming and exhausting and kind of have you feeling bad about starting your business part-time.” - Heather Dominick. Learn more about this episode of Business Miracles at https://www.businessmiracles.com/XXX

Join me, Dr. F Scott Feil, as I speak with special guest Dr. Nancy Smith on the Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast. We dive into the topic of service-based learning in physical therapy education, which has been a crucial area for both of us. We also talk about the definition of service-based learning from both the community and student perspectives. Dr. Smith shares how her program partners with United Way to run a pop-up clinic that serves patients with MS and other neurological conditions, and the reflective assignments and projects assigned to students. Moreover, we discuss the benefits of intentional service learning in physical therapy education. Dr. Smith emphasizes how students are exposed to different orthopedic conditions, which helps alleviate anxiety on their first day of clinical. We also talk about how students develop clinical skills, including interview and documentation skills, and provide direct client support. As someone who has incorporated service-based learning into my work life, I believe this episode will be an enlightening and valuable resource for physical therapy students and practitioners. Tune in to discover how service-based learning can be an obligation for physical therapists, and how it benefits both students and the community. Nancy Smith, PT, DPT, PhD received her MPT and DPT from Saint Louis University, and her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Learning Design and Technology at North Carolina State University. She is a Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatrics from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists. Prior to teaching at Winston-Salem State University, she practiced in geriatrics and acute care for 11 years. In her practice, her experiences have ranged from practicing as a staff-level therapist to managing multiple skilled nursing facilities clinically and operationally. Dr. Smith's research focuses on the effects of mobile technology on clinical reasoning, and interprofessional education using human patient simulation, community engagement, and standardized patients. You may reach Dr Smith at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-smith-3769982b/ Email - smithna@wssu.edu Special thanks to both our sponsors, The NPTE Final Frontier, and Varela Financial! If you are taking the NPTE or are teaching those about to take the NPTE, visit the NPTE FInal Frontier at www.NPTEFF.com and use code "HET" for 10% off all purchases at the website...and BREAKING NEWS!!!! They now have an OCS review option as well... You're welcome! You can also reach out to them on Instagram @npteff If you're a PT and you have student loan debt, you gotta talk to these guys. What makes them unique is that they view financial planning as like running hurdles on a track. And for PTs, the first hurdle many of us run into is student loan debt. Varela Financial will help you get over that hurdle. They not only take the time to explain to you which plans you individually qualify for and how those plans work, but they ALSO take the time to show you what YOUR individual case looks like mapped out within each option. So if you're looking for help on your student loan debt, or any area of your personal finances, we highly recommend working with them. You can check out Varela Financial out at varelafinancial.com. Feel free to reach out to us at:  http://healthcareeducationtransformationpodcast.com/ https://www.facebook.com/HETPodcast https://twitter.com/HETpodcast Instagram: @hetpodcast @dawnbrown_pt @pteducator @dawnmagnusson31 @farleyschweighart @mail.in.stew.art @ujima_institute For more information on how we can optimize and standardize healthcare education and delivery, subscribe to the Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.

On May 7, 1993, Margaret Grondin brought her four-year-old daughter to the hospital in Lorain, OH. Grondin claimed her daughter had told her that her school bus driver, Nancy Smith, a 37 year old mother of 4, had not taken her to school that day, but instead took her to the house of a man named Joseph, who tied her up, taped her eyes shut, and sexually molested her. The doctors examined her and did not see any signs of injury to her body. And despite substantial evidence that the allegations were false, Nancy served 15 years in prison. Maggie talks to Nancy Smith, Courtney Smith, Nancy's daughter and Mark Godsey, Nancy's attorney. To learn more and get involved, visit:https://foundation.uc.edu/PhoenixInitiative https://foundation.uc.edu/donate?id=40a16270-e34c-4ee5-971c-7bb9ed8347e8 Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts  in association with Signal Co. No1.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The digital advertising industry has been too focused on data perfection, according to Analytic Partners CEO Nancy Smith. But as data disappears due to signal loss, brands have an opportunity to regroup around “commercial analytics,” a different measurement approach focused on driving outcomes with less user-focused data.

Matt and Nolan are live this week and talk about Christmas trees, gifts, and have a conversation with Nancy Smith from the Pet Haven Animal Shelter.

This week on A Place Called Poarch, we interview Sandra Day and Nancy Smith. Nancy is the Director of Nursing for the PBCI Health Clinic and has been nursing for 40 years. Sandra is the Community Health and Education Director for the PBCI Health and has been nursing for over 40 years. 

My friend Sister Nancy Smith, who is in her 7th year serving in the California Anaheim Mission, shares her story. Nancy (married mother of 4 children, 13 grandchildren, and 4 great-grand children) talks about her own mental health journey during her early years of marriage and her path to healing. Nancy talks about her work to help and support full-time missionaries in her mission with their emotional health. It is a wonderful insight into the vast network of seasoned Latter-day Saints working to support full-time Latter-day Saint missionaries. If you are working to solve mental illness or help others, Nancy's podcast will help you. Thank you, Nancy for your much needed work. Links referenced in the podcast: https://nimh.nih.gov (National Institute of Mental Health) National Institute of Mental Health Resource Center (866-615-6464) (Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services National Helpline (800-662-4357) https://medlineplus.gov Suicide and Crisis Hotline 988 The Power of Stillness: Mindful Living for Latter-day Saints (Deseret Book) https://calm.com (Calm app for meditation and mindfulness) ** Please Check Out My New Book (Listen, Learn and Love: Improving Latter-day Saint Culture; link below which has a chapter on this subject) ** Deseret Book: https://deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-love Amazon: amazon.com/dp/1462139566

Hear WBFO's Michael Mroziak on whether an 18 year old brain is fully formed—and what that means in the gun control debate after the Tops shooting. Also an exit interview with Nancy Smith, the outgoing executive director of the WNY Land Conservancy. We also have news of a Hell's Angel rally in Ontario, and Gov. Kathy Hochul's opportunity to appoint a new top judge for NYS.

July marks the thirty-second anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, as it's better known—the landmark civil rights law that promised equal opportunity and economic security for Americans with disabilities. As we've talked about a lot on this show over the years, as important as it is to celebrate how far we've come in the decades since the ADA became part of the fabric of American life, every time we hit the month of July, it's even more important to acknowledge how far will still have to go to achieve the as-yet unfulfilled promises of the ADA.  And that's why this July, Off-Kilter is once again spending all month long having conversations with leaders from across the disability community. To continue that series of conversations, this week we're taking a deep dive into the criminalization of disability in America—and how we got to a place where people behind bars in prisons and jails are three to four times more likely to have a disability than the general population. And to unpack the intersection of criminal justice and disability justice, Rebecca sat down with a panel of incredible leaders from two organizations working at this nexus: Access Living, a longtime leader in the disability rights and justice space that works to build a world free from barriers and discrimination for all disabled people, and Activating Change, a new organization that recently spun off from the Vera Institute of Justice to center people with disabilities in reforming and reenvisioning the nation's criminal justice system.  This week's guests are: Candace Coleman, racial justice organizer at Access Living; Nancy Smith, executive director of Activating Change; Olga Trujillo, Director of Leadership Development, Visibility and Collective Healing at Activating Change; and Keith Jones, President and CEO of SoulTouchin' Experience and a consultant who works closely with Activating Change. Editor's note: The Century Foundation is thrilled to have Access Living and Activating Change as members of the Disability Economic Justice Collaborative, which you can learn more about at dejc.org.  For more: Here's a report Rebecca wrote a while back at the Center for American Progress offering an overview of the mass warehousing of disabled people behind bars, including most of the stats the panel mentions throughout this episode Check out Access Living's 2019 report on how to stem the flow of disabled people into U.S. jails through pretrial diversion and other tools: “A Cross-Disability Perspective on Reducing Jail Incarceration”; as well as their 2022 “Voices of Reentry” panel series Learn more about Activating Change—which recently spun off from the Vera Institute of Justice—and how to get involved with their work to center disabled people in the movement to end mass incarceration and criminalization  Check out Olga Trujillo's work on deconstructing the stigma of dissociative identity disorder And here's more from Keith Jones about his work, and why building stronger communities requires a commitment from heart and soul 

It easier than you think to be accused, tried and convicted of a crime you did not commit or one that did not happen. It's harder, much harder, to have that conviction undone. In the state of Ohio 94 persons have been exonerated, but that is not the end of the story. Works used in this recording: 1. Righting Wrongful Convictions, Kathleen Maloney | March 2021, Courtnewsohio.gov 2. Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on Conviction Integrity and Postconviction Review at supremecourt.ohio.gov/Boards/CIPR 3. “Ohio Innocence Project helps Lorain, Ohio, woman clear her name 27 years after wrongful conviction; Lorain County judge throws out conviction of Nancy Smith” by Cedric Ricks uc.edu/news/articles 2/25/2022 4. “Mansfield drug case gone wrong: The inside story” Published: Jun. 22, 2008, by John Kroll, The Plain Dealer. 5. “Ohio Prosecutors Struggle to Accept Wrongful Convictions” by Adam Lee Nemann; newmannlawoffices.com 6. “In wrongful conviction cases, prosecutors don't give in easily on guilt, compensation.” Updated: Feb. 04, 2013, 11:00 a.m. | Published: Feb. 04, 2013, 10:00 a.m., by John Caniglia Cleveland.com 7. The National Registry of Exonerations www.law.umich.edu/special/exonerations. 8. Wikipedia: Ohio State Reformatory --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This 18th episode of our podcast highlights the amazing journey of gymnastics at the Tuscarawas County YMCA. Fun photos, memories, and future goals of the program are shared by Nancy Smith, long-time Y Member, Coach and Gymnastics Coordinator and Rachel Cummings , YMCA Gymnastics Team Head Coach. These ladies share their heart and soul not only about gymnastics but about life and finding your passion. Enjoy! LEARN MORE! www.tuscymca.org

NFL Craziness! Von Miller Traded, Derrick Henry OUT, Jameis OUT, Calvin Ridley OUT, Henry Ruggs NIGHTMARE. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Wyatt's Mom, Nancy Smith who passed away this week. We love you Wyatt, and your wonderful MOM!

Join Nancy Smith and co-host Mary D'Alba For an in depth conversation about Nancy's ability to Draw the faces of spirit during a mediumship session. Mediumship has many aspects...and spirit can come through many different ways, including showing themselves to a medium that is also an artist.

http://escapeboardman.com/330-707-4660Escape Boardman Vampire's Layer and HP Potion Room7253 Glenwood Avenue (Enter on Glendale)Boardman, Ohio 44512Escape Boardman Hotel (Next to BW3's outside access at the Southern Park Mall)Annabelle Red Door Room, Insane Asylum, and Ultra HD Virtual Reality7401 Market StreetBoardman, Ohio 44512Our Guests Don Hepler and Nancy SmithIt all started with a group of crazy friends with a passion for Halloween. We spent endless hours constructing, decorating, and designing themes for our annual house party. Although this wasn't just a Boardman Halloween party; it rivaled that of a Hollywood production. The entire house was decorated and often reconstructed both on the inside and out. Each room was made to carry out the overall theme of the party. The development was incredible and the response was amazing! Countless friends and strangers drove by to get a glimpse of the progress being made daily. The parties came and went, but they all ended in a single night.After weeks, months, and years of this routine, it has brought us to where we are today in sharing our experience with you and others like you to Escape with us – not just on Halloween but always! We hope you enjoy our passion as much as we do!

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Join Marla Calico, President and CEO of the International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE) as she visits with five legends in the fair industry on the five things COVID taught them as leaders.  Marla is joined by Becky Brashear, CFE with the South Florida Fair & Palm Beach County Expositions Inc; Cindy Hoye, CFE with the Indiana State Fair; Marlene Jolliffe, CFE with the State Fair of Virginia; Gary Slater, CFE with the Iowa State Fair; and Nancy Smith, CFE with the South Carolina State Fair.

It is predicted that due to climate change, all areas of the UK will continue to get hotter and drier, with 2021 projected to be one of the hottest years on record. Combined with an estimated population increase of six million people in England and Wales by 2043, many areas will be facing significant water shortages by 2050. In this podcast Alice Ritchie, CLA Climate Change and Water Lead discusses how vital water is for the rural economy, how farmers and landowners can reduce their reliance on water, and the CLA's vision for the water environment. Alice is joined by Nancy Smith, Communications and Engagement Executive at Water Resources East (WRE) who shares with us the current state of the water environment, and the importance of collaboration across all water-using sectorsWRE Systematic Conservation Planning: https://wre.org.uk/projects/systematic-conservation-planning/WRE Norfolk Water Strategy Programme: https://wre.org.uk/projects/norfolk-water-strategy-programme/WRE Resource Position Statement including future planning: https://wre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WRE-RPS-report-March-2021-FINAL.pdf If you have enjoyed this episode you may also like to listen to Nancy Smith's podcast, What is water? https://anchor.fm/whatiswater Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nancy Smith is the General Manager of the South Carolina State Fair. During her time at the fair her team has faced its ups and downs. From flooding to record setting events to the pandemic, patience and quality leadership has brought them through it all.

Join RHC Angela and Patrick as they interview Tammy Thomas and Nancy Smith from WVU Facilities on the Evansdale Campus. Nancy and Tammy will share some info about the semester with students and will share what students can do to help make their jobs a little bit easier. Listen here!

In my book Sell From Love I do a deep dive into the five protector strategies we use when we feel fear, uncertainty, doubt, guilt or the pressure to meet expectations.  The 5 protector strategies are perfection, pleasing, proving, performance and punishment. I've fallen prey to these more often than I'd like to talk about, and overtime have learned what I need to pay attention to and the triggers that activate one of these protection strategies. It's made it easier to manage and even avoid because I know whenever I do something outside my comfort zone, inadvertently I can evoke a need to prove, perform and please. My guest today, Nancy Smith is a licensed Professional Counselor with eleven years in private practice and has spent over two decades working as a counselor and coach. She is an expert in High Functioning Anxiety where she helps successful, driven, type A professionals see through their perfectionism, people-pleasing, and tendency to compare themselves to others as a manifestation of their high functioning anxiety. In this episode Nancy enlightens us on what the difference is between trusting ourselves and being loyal to ourselves like we would to others. You may not always trust or believe in yourself in that moment however as you move forward to that goal, task or conversation. However when you approach it with a loyalty towards yourself where you are kind and compassionate to yourself no matter what the outcome is - your presence, power and leadership are transformed. Nancy gives us a way forward a simple 3 step process on how to overcome the tendencies to please, compare and be perfect and manage the voices going on in our head so you can go out there use your brilliant difference to make a meaningful impact to your clients and company. I can't wait for you to listen to this episode and get inspired to be as loyal to yourself as you are to others Nancy Smith shows us her way.   Episode 10: Be Loyal to Yourself, Even if You don't Always Get it Right With Nancy Jane Smith appeared first on Sell From Love.   PS: If you loved this episode please head on over to Apple Podcasts to rate and give us a review. We need your help in sharing the Sell From Love message with others.  Finka and them Sell From Love podcast team appreciate you for listening and spreading the word.   PSS: Resources and references highlighted in this episode can be found on www.sellfromlove.com/podcast

As we wind down to Christmas, it hasn't gone under our radar that water is getting attention for our entertainment pleasure. From Brave Blue World, Rotten, the institution that is David Attenborough, and Down to Earth with dreamy Zac Efforn, it's all kicking off. It's a lot to take in, but are they any good? That's right, it's a Netflix review episode! Combining our unique brand of cautious realism from Nancy Smith and the never ending challenge bringer that is Ed Potter we're watching, reviewing and tearing them apart for your inquisitive minds. There's no time to waste, or is there?

In this episode of Aerial Evolution, Rowan and Jane have a conversation with Nancy Smith, the founder of Frequent Flyers in Boulder CO and the Boulder Aerial Dance Festival, the first aerial dance festival. Some things to look forward to from the in depth discussions in this episode are the US origins of Aerial Dance as related in Nancy’s book Aerial Dance, published in 2008 with Janye Bernasconi and the “Kids Who Fly” program, launched in 2001, for at risk youth in the community and to date have served over 6,500 kids! The history Nancy shares from her years of practice and dedicated research is profound. Buckle up and let’s dive in! SHOW NOTES: http://www.frequentflyers.org https://www.facebook.com/FrequentFlyersAerial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freqflyers Join in on the conversation: On our website: www.aerialevolutionpod.com Instagram or Facebook @aerialevolutionpod Or for more about: Rowan and Jane Aerial Evolution is produced and edited by Rowan Metzner. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aerialevolution/support

In this episode we talk with Nancy Smith, Akashic Medium and author of Nautilus Award winning ‘Divine Love Affair: An Akashic Journey.’ Nancy takes us a bit deeper into the modality of Akashic Records and talks about how she brings all her skills to a reading. Another super episode to [...] The post Episode #41: Akashic Medium and Author, Nancy Smith appeared first on The Psychic Wives.

We call up Burnworth to talk about his annual vintage race that he held this year which featured a tribute to the late Marty and Nancy Smith, why an 87 RM125 is his choice. riding the vintage bikes and more. Then 6-time MX champion Broc Glover joins the show to talk about being at the race, his memories of Marty, riding an old Elsinore, what people want to talk to him about and more.

A national survey shows that during the pandemic, gender based violence is worsening. Guest: Nancy Smith, Executive Director of Interval House

Rick Cross is an enormously talented writer, with the kind of imagination and enthusiasm you don't find very often. He's written books, short stories, scripts - you name it and he's done it. All of this, and a full-time job at NASA where he's the senior media writer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.On this episode, host Angela de Burger chats with Rick about his opportunity to write a novel that adds to the canon of his favourite TV show - Doctor Who, his short stories and other works that will be published this year, the Loose Lobsters Writing Collective that's celebrating 20 years in 2020, and how his creative approach positively impacts his work at NASA. Rick shares tons of ideas about how everyone can tap into their own creative talents.Say hi to Rick:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rickcrosswriterWeb: https://rickcrosswriter.com Show mentions - people who inspire Rick:Anghus Houvouras, Chris Fain, Iain McLaughlin, Jim Mortimer, John Peele, Mark Morris, Nancy Smith, Paul Magrs, Richard "Dick" Smith, Robert Sheerman, Stephen King, Tommy Donbavand, Candy Jar Books, Chromakey Magazine, Flame Tree Press, and the Loose Lobsters: Brian Kelly, Chuck Woodford, Danny Evans and George Evans.----Creative Pulse Podcast socials:  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/creativepulsepodcast  Twitter https://twitter.com/CreativePulseTWMusic credit: https://www.purple-planet.com

While we all know taking care of our bodies is important, it has never been more important to keep ourselves healthy than right now in the midst of a pandemic! But how should we be going about it? I am so excited to welcome life enhancement coach Nancy Smith back on this week's episode of The Stress Less Show to share her best tips for how we can create healthy habits and take care of ourselves and our immune systems so we can feel our best even during this uncertain time! Key lessons from this episode: 03:16 - The Importance of movement 05:43 - Supporting our immune system 08:19 - Maintaining our physical health Learn more about our self-care accountability group here: https://stresslessco.com/virtualstresslessspace Follow and learn more about Nancy! https://www.facebook.com/vibrantyoucoaching http://vibrantyoucoaching.com/

In this episode, Nancy share about the chronic illnesses that both her and her husband deal with on a daily basis. We also talk a lot about having anxiety and how to do with it, support someone who struggles with it and ultimately live happier!

In today's turmoil some might say that there is no God. The Bible teaches that only the ungodly would say that. Even though we're going through circumstances incidents and accidents God is still in control. We must continue to tell the gospel story no matter what external things are going on, even the internal mindset of our imagination. The gospel is the reality and the rock that we stand on! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/walk-in-truth-ministries/support

I started learning about high-functioning anxiety from our guest today, Nancy Jane Smith. The way Nancy described anxiety was nothing like what I thought of anxiety to be... but was everything about my experience of the world. I've shared on the podcast before that only recently did I realize I was living with chronic anxiety. I had always identified as dealing with chronic depression and didn't recognize my normal-for-me mental state was one of high anxiety. But the more I've learned from Nancy, the more I've learned about my own brand of anxiety. Nancy is an expert in High Functioning Anxiety. Nancy is trained as a licensed professional counselor and therapeutic coach. She's the author of The Happier Approach book and the host of The Happier Approach podcast. And, she lives every day with high functioning anxiety. People with high functioning anxiety respond to anxiety by over-performing, by showing up to do all the things, by trying to be so good that nothing bad can happen. That's pretty much me in a nutshell. And it's absolutely how I started off this whole crisis. I figured that I could perform my way into sanity and certainty. Well, listener, I could not. And neither can you. Now, Nancy and I recorded this interview before the cancelled events, the lockdowns, and the economic uncertainty. So we don't talk about this collective experience explicitly. But if you listen between the lines, you'll hear it. It's there. We might not have known it was coming yet but everything we talk about applies to this unique period of time because high functioning anxiety is so dang predictable. In this interview, Nancy and I talk about how she thrives with high functioning anxiety as a business owner, how she's structured her business to support her with this challenge, and who she relies on for the support she needs. Whether high functioning anxiety is your normal to or whether you're listening as someone who is interested in the many ways we find what works for our unique situations, I think this episode will be really enlightening. The post EP 280: Thriving With High Functioning Anxiety With The Happier Approach Host Nancy Smith appeared first on What Works.

What happens after we die? Nancy Smith talks about the journey every soul takes after death, and how to live the best life possible.

What's up, everyone! Today we have a special guest by the name of Nancy Smith! In this interview, we will go over transformation, self-love and challenging life head-on! She is a woman who has served her country and faced adversities to make her stronger. If you ever needed encouragement to bring back hope back into your life this is the episode for you! Full of energy and inspiration to help you get your day going. You don't want to miss this! Nancy Smith Website: majesticmove.com Also, get more great information to help take your life to the next level with Soul Productions University at https://www.yourvoiceissoulproductions.com/free-business-information

Join me on episode 47 of The Stress Less Show where founder of Vibrant You Coaching, Nancy Smith, and I discuss how we can use sensory stress reduction techniques to manage our stress and keep moving forward on our goals! Learn more about our BRAND NEW online course, The Stress Less Masterclass here: https://thestresslessco.teachable.com/ Schedule a complimentary 30-minute discovery session with Nancy by reaching out via Facebook here: http://bit.ly/2Oj5eab

Sam and Paddy have a great time with this interview. Patrick in this goes deep into his own self-deprecation, even though he does it in a joking manner, he realizes that his inner "monger" takes hold some times. Don't get us wrong, the not so perfect couple certainly love themselves, but this episode is AWESOME! Nancy has a Masters Degree in Higher Education and in Community Counseling from the University of Dayton. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eleven years in private practice and has spent 20+ years working as a counselor/coach. She has written three books on living happier, most notably The Happier Approach: Be Kind to Yourself, Feel Happier and Still Accomplish Your Goals. A certified Myers-Briggs®, Strong Career Assessments®, and Daring Way™ Facilitator, Nancy has brought her light-hearted, practical speaking style to corporations and nonprofits as both a keynote and workshop facilitator like the Bailey Cavalieri Law Firm, CASA of Central Ohio, Wallick Communities and the NAWBO Bradyware Visionary Leadership Conference. Now, if you're interested in helping the NSPC launch their book, they need advanced readers. If you want to be one, email Sam at sam@biggerlove.com 

In this episode, Shawna and Larry talk with Nancy about little tips and tricks that help coaches be great in the Early kids and Later kids environment.

Mission Week Speaker: Nancy Smith Songs: All The Poor And Powerless, Build My Life

For a few years, Emily and her moms, Sammy and her family, Cara and her moms, most of the Gold-Doyle household, and Gerald and his wife would get together for Summer gatherings and Christmas get togethers. And then the reunions started to fade. Throughout the course of this experience definitions of family evolve and change. What is family? You'll hear thirteen answers to this question! Plus Hillary quotes Ann Hartman again and reflects on a Summer spent indoors making a podcast. This is the eighth (and final) chapter of the big story that takes up most of Rashomon Season 2. You will hear multiple families telling every side of multiple stories, all having to do with the early days of sperm banks and how it effected the lives of the families that used them. From Season 2, Episode 2 onward, it is important to listen to them in order to get the full story. Before you listen to this one, listen to: S2E02: Sharon and Sammy S2E03: Emily, Cathy and Nancy S2E04: Cara, Susan and Carol Ann S2E05: Sammy, Emily and Cara S2E06: Rebecca, Matthew, Colette and Laura S2E07: The Families Are All Right and S2E08: Gerald Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea Thank you to Anny Celsi for recording on the West Coast. And thank you to Sharon Sass, Sammy Sass, Emily McGranachan, Cathy McGranachan, Nancy Smith, Cara Swan, Susan Swan, Carol Ann Dalto, Rebecca Doyle, Matthew Doyle, Laura Gold, Colette Doyle, Dorothy Mauer and Gerald Layden. Music in this episode is by Paul Defiglia Podcast artwork is by Thom Lessner Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive Rashomon is an independent podcast. Become a supporting member of this podcast over on Patreon: https://patreon.com/rashomonpod We have member levels beginning at $1/month Check out our website: https://rashomonpodcast.com Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @rashomonpod Please share this podcast episode with a friend and/or subscribe to us, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Thank you for listening! There's one more episode of this season coming your way.

Sammy and Emily both hear back from their sperm donor, Gerald, at the same time. And after meeting each other, they decide to meet Gerald together. And the chain of donor siblings meeting each other, each other's moms and Gerald, begins. Plus a rumination on the film The Kids Are All Right This is the sixth chapter of a big story that takes up most of Rashomon Season 2. You will hear multiple families telling every side of multiple stories, all having to do with the early days of sperm banks and how it effected the lives of the families that used them. From Season 2, Episode 2 onward, it is important to listen to them in order to get the full story. Before you listen to this one, listen to: S2E02: Sharon and Sammy S2E03: Emily, Cathy and Nancy S2E04: Cara, Susan and Carol Ann S2E05: Sammy, Emily and Cara and S2E06: Rebecca, Matthew, Colette and Laura Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea Thank you to Sammy Sass, Sharon Sass, Emily McGranachan, Cathy McGranachan, Nancy Smith, Cara Swan, Susan Swan, Carol Ann Dalto, Rebecca Doyle, Matthew Doyle, Colette Doyle and Laura Gold. And a HUGE thank you to Anny Celsi for recording everyone in California. Please visit her website to learn about her music and her radio work! Music in this episode is by Ben Chace and Paul Defiglia Podcast artwork is by Thom Lessner Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive Rashomon is an independent podcast. Become a supporting member of this podcast over on Patreon: https://patreon.com/rashomonpod We have member levels beginning at $1/month Check out our website: https://rashomonpodcast.com Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @rashomonpod Please share this podcast episode with a friend and/or subscribe to us, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Thank you for listening!

Ever since she was little, Emily daydreamed about meeting her donor dad. He was a prince living in a far away land, a celebrity who had sent her a necklace, and possibly even George Bush. (The latter being more of a nightmare than a daydream.) When Emily was thirteen, she found other kids who had family structures like hers. They also wondered and dreamed about the day when they might be able to meet the sperm donor who helped their moms have a child. But what really united this group of young people was being together in Provincetown, Mass. for Family Week -- the largest annual gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified families in the world. This is the second chapter of a big story that takes up most of Rashomon Season 2. You will hear multiple families telling every side of multiple stories, all having to do with the early days of sperm banks and how it effected the lives of the families that used them. From Season 2, Episode 2 onward, it is important to listen to them in order to get the full story -- so go and listen to Sharon and Sammy first. Rashomon is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea Thank you to Emily McGranachan, Cathy McGrananchan, and Nancy Smith. Music in this episode is by Ben Chace and Paul Defiglia Podcast artwork is by Thom Lessner Theme music is by Ryan Culinane courtesy of the Free Music Archive This episode of Rashomon is sponsored by StoryWorth. For $20 off your StoryWorth subscription visit https://storyworth.com/rashomon. Rashomon is an independent podcast. Become a supporting member of this podcast over on Patreon: https://patreon.com/rashomonpod Check out our website: https://rashomonpodcast.com Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @rashomonpod Please share this podcast episode with a friend and/or subscribe to us, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Thank you for listening!

Keeping Up with Nancy Smith by Cynthia Dill

Title: Immersion Trip Highlights Speakers:Nancy Smith, Rachel Wightman, Isaac Braak Songs: King of My Heart, All the Poor and Powerless

Nancy Smith of GrowSmart Maine sits down with MaineQuality host Orion Breen

"Give yourself time to realize where you are physically and emotionally ." - Nancy Smith I want you to meet Nancy Smith. Nancy was on a trip with her daughter's Girl Scout troop when a head-on car accident paralyzed her from the neck down. That happened ten years ago. Nancy is the author of Only the Rats are Walking. She has taken part in research of the brain at CalTech and UCLA. She’s also, with the help of her husband, created art pieces for CalTech and a gallery at Montclair Mall. Before becoming paralyzed, Nancy taught high school. She has a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and a Masters in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling. This conversation is a very raw and honest conversation about what it’s like to realize you no longer have control over your body. Nancy talks about the crash, rehab... and what she’s learned about life through this experience. And sometimes... it’s very difficult to find joy - we talk about how she has been able to find glimmers of happiness. CONNECT WITH NANCY: Only the Rats are Walking Website CONNECT WITH DANIELLE: Facebook Instagram Twitter Website Sign Up for the Happier in 2019 Challenge This podcast is brought to you by the Mail Tribune. Check out more Mail Tribune podcasts here.

The opposite of Love is fear and how can we fear and say we love God. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/walk-in-truth-ministries/support

The SC State Fair has a weekend left & Nancy Smith shares the events, celebrations & noted displays, competitions & groups that are all on hand on the Fairgrounds in Columbia. This 149th edition is one that you should not miss.  Plus, as always the Outdoor Guys talk a little about how good fair food is.

The South Carolina State Fair runs from October 10th through the 21st, 2018. The theme this year is "Homegrown Fun!" South Carolina State Fair - Pre-Fair Interview with Nancy Smith, Fair Manager The post South Carolina State Fair 2018 appeared first on countyfairsusa.net.

It was so good, we're playing it again! If you haven't already, listen in to this exciting replay interview with Nancy Smith. If you've already heard it, listen again!  Get ready to connect with Spirit to know yourself more fully and live the happiest life you can. Tune in to this special episode of Power Your Life Radio. You may receive a free on-the-spot reading! Nancy Smith is a Spiritual and Akashic Medium, and spiritual advisor, teacher and author working in her field for over 20 years. A Nautilus silver medal award winner, her book Divine Love Affair, an Akashic Journey, leads you on a path of spiritual connection through the Divine Essence of the Creator called the Akasha. She has developed and teaches her own certificate program called the School of Akashic Soul Mastery. These classes include spiritual development and training meant to enhance, support and guide your life. Nancy teaches from her studio, online,  as well as centers throughout New England.  As an Akashic Medium she can read your Soul's Akashic Records and connect with your spiritual team for life guidance and healing. Nancy is also trained in the Spiritualist tradition of mediumship. Nancy’s passion is connecting with the Spirit of our loved ones and our spiritual team, to bring messages of love, compassion, resolution and courage to myself and others. As she connects to those loved ones in spirit she draws their images.

Donna and Zach dish on the royal wedding (and Donna's latest outing in Las Vegas) before inviting local author Nancy Smith on to the podcast to talk about her time as a society writer for the Dallas Morning News, her adventures at over 5,000 Dallas parties, and get the scoop on her latest book "Original Scarlett O'Hara."

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In this episode, Nancy Smith, Executive Director for GrowSmart Maine, talks about ways her organization is supporting economic development throughout the State of Maine as well as some of the challenges Maine faces right now and where there are pockets of optimism and success.  Nancy also discusses her past career as a Maine legislator and what brought her to Maine originally (working in the Maine woods!).   To find out more about GrowSmart Maine, visit www.growsmartmaine.org.   

In this episode, Tourism Director Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce Jackie Boos, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism Stephanie Klett on WI Native American resorts, Shawano Country Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Nancy Smith and West Allis Olympic gymnast Chellsie Memmel.

Helen Martin followed her dream and became an Haute Couture Model. She has a fun and inspiring story to share. Helen’s book of essays, High Fashion High Adventure will be available early 2018. Helen is a Former fashion model, experienced television actress, spokeswoman, fashion consultant and published writer. Helen’s website... Helen Martin Style, is dedicated to every woman who chooses to be master of her universe; who understands the meaning of “claiming your space”. Having the confidence to walk into a room and know you look fabulous. Looking good and creating “your own style” frees you up to be bold, to take risks, to relax and enjoy ‘the moment’. Many of us, want to ‘find that groove’, want to feel, look and act - not younger – but modern, current, active and attractive at any age. She rejects the notion that some women feel their “glamorous time” has passed. Women and Glamour – it’s the same thing! We, as women, do not want to look like our daughters, our nieces, dress like the ingénues on the red carpet or try to look younger. We want to find our own personal style, our place; defining us. Helen Martin hopes to challenge, inform and inspire women of all ages to reach their highest potential. As a top high-fashion model, Helen Martin has appeared in dozens of designer shows, ...Christian Dior, Balenciaga, James Galanos, Kritzia, Marc Bohan, Yves Saint Laurent, Armani, Bob Mackie, Oscar De LaRenta, Karl Lagerfeld, Channel, Donna Karan, Pauline Trigere, Todd Oldman, Fendi Furs, Valentino and Givenchy. Helen includes in her extensive resume the Midwest Fashion Director of three Chicago area Neiman Marcus stores She has appeared in numerous fashion magazine layouts, including People magazine with Stanley Marcus of Neiman Marcus. Ms Martin was selected to model a James Galanos gown, symbolizing the ‘best‘ for his book called Quest for the Best. Ms Martin is featured as one of 75 women in the book, Texas Women, published by Taylor Publishing. Her fashion and commercial background included bookings with internationally known fashion photographer, Victor Skrebneski. In the fashion industry, Ms Martin was named Regional Fashion Manager of Neiman Marcus stores where her responsibilities included serving as liaison with the Chicago fashion press, supervising all major fashion events in a three-store area and presenting fashion clinics to community and civic groups. Professional Experiences Produced and narrated Fashion segment ’Smart and Casual for Over 50 and Fabulous’
 Fox 4 TV Morning Show Co-Executive Producer and Host TV Special: Women in the Outdoors
 Broadcast on WFAA TV ABC Style Editor, Feature writer, Today’s Dallas Woman magazine Midwest Fashion Director Neiman Marcus, three Chicago stores: Michigan Avenue, Oakbrook and Northbrook Instructor, Style and Image, KD Studio Runway Model, Photography Model, Neiman Marcus Fashion Model/Talent, Kim Dawson Agency TV segment host, Channel 27 “Weekend Magazine” Fashion segment (13 weeks) Featured writer ’Society’ magazine, Nancy Smith, publisher Style Editor and monthly featured writer ‘Today’s Dallas Woman Magazine’ Co-Editor and featured writer for ‘Shikar/Safari Magazine’ Helen Martin's website Download.

Helen Martin followed her dream and became an Haute Couture Model. She has a fun and inspiring story to share. Helen’s book of essays, High Fashion High Adventure will be available early 2018. Helen is a Former fashion model, experienced television actress, spokeswoman, fashion consultant and published writer. Helen’s website... Helen Martin Style, is dedicated to every woman who chooses to be master of her universe; who understands the meaning of “claiming your space”. Having the confidence to walk into a room and know you look fabulous. Looking good and creating “your own style” frees you up to be bold, to take risks, to relax and enjoy ‘the moment’. Many of us, want to ‘find that groove’, want to feel, look and act - not younger – but modern, current, active and attractive at any age. She rejects the notion that some women feel their “glamorous time” has passed. Women and Glamour – it’s the same thing! We, as women, do not want to look like our daughters, our nieces, dress like the ingénues on the red carpet or try to look younger. We want to find our own personal style, our place; defining us. Helen Martin hopes to challenge, inform and inspire women of all ages to reach their highest potential. As a top high-fashion model, Helen Martin has appeared in dozens of designer shows, ...Christian Dior, Balenciaga, James Galanos, Kritzia, Marc Bohan, Yves Saint Laurent, Armani, Bob Mackie, Oscar De LaRenta, Karl Lagerfeld, Channel, Donna Karan, Pauline Trigere, Todd Oldman, Fendi Furs, Valentino and Givenchy. Helen includes in her extensive resume the Midwest Fashion Director of three Chicago area Neiman Marcus stores She has appeared in numerous fashion magazine layouts, including People magazine with Stanley Marcus of Neiman Marcus. Ms Martin was selected to model a James Galanos gown, symbolizing the ‘best‘ for his book called Quest for the Best. Ms Martin is featured as one of 75 women in the book, Texas Women, published by Taylor Publishing. Her fashion and commercial background included bookings with internationally known fashion photographer, Victor Skrebneski. In the fashion industry, Ms Martin was named Regional Fashion Manager of Neiman Marcus stores where her responsibilities included serving as liaison with the Chicago fashion press, supervising all major fashion events in a three-store area and presenting fashion clinics to community and civic groups. Professional Experiences Produced and narrated Fashion segment ’Smart and Casual for Over 50 and Fabulous’
 Fox 4 TV Morning Show Co-Executive Producer and Host TV Special: Women in the Outdoors
 Broadcast on WFAA TV ABC Style Editor, Feature writer, Today’s Dallas Woman magazine Midwest Fashion Director Neiman Marcus, three Chicago stores: Michigan Avenue, Oakbrook and Northbrook Instructor, Style and Image, KD Studio Runway Model, Photography Model, Neiman Marcus Fashion Model/Talent, Kim Dawson Agency TV segment host, Channel 27 “Weekend Magazine” Fashion segment (13 weeks) Featured writer ’Society’ magazine, Nancy Smith, publisher Style Editor and monthly featured writer ‘Today’s Dallas Woman Magazine’ Co-Editor and featured writer for ‘Shikar/Safari Magazine’ Helen Martin's website Download.

Get ready to connect with Spirit to know yourself more fully and live the happiest life you can. Tune in to this special episode of Power Your Life Radio. You may receive a free on-the-spot reading! Nancy Smith is a Spiritual and Akashic Medium, and spiritual advisor, teacher and author working in her field for over 20 years. A Nautilus silver medal award winner, her book Divine Love Affair, an Akashic Journey, leads you on a path of spiritual connection through the Divine Essence of the Creator called the Akasha. She has developed and teaches her own certificate program called the School of Akashic Soul Mastery. These classes include spiritual development and training meant to enhance, support and guide your life. Nancy teaches from her studio, online,  as well as centers throughout New England.  As an Akashic Medium she can read your Soul's Akashic Records and connect with your spiritual team for life guidance and healing. Nancy is also trained in the Spiritualist tradition of mediumship. Nancy’s passion is connecting with the Spirit of our loved ones and our spiritual team, to bring messages of love, compassion, resolution and courage to myself and others. As she connects to those loved ones in spirit she draws their images.

This episode discusses the civil suit that Fred Murray filed against the “state” of NH after the police refused to release any of the documents they had in their possession pertaining to Maura’s disappearance. Erinn and Ethan are joined by an attorney and a public defender in Brooklyn, NY, who began her career as a public defender in New Hampshire. I felt that she was the perfect person to help provide context and guide us through some of the legalese in the transcripts and the affidavits provided by Nancy Smith, Assistant Attorney General Jeff Strelzin, and Detective Todd Landry. You can find the documents referenced in this video at the107degree.com. Erinn @GRLA_Ontologist g.ontologist@gmail.com the107degree.com Ethan @ryebreadreturns ComicPOP! youtube.com/user/TVLittleHouse #MauraMurray #UMass #NewHampshireStatePolice #TrueCrime #MissingPersons

This episode discusses the civil suit that Fred Murray filed against the “state” of NH after the police refused to release any of the documents they had in their possession pertaining to Maura’s disappearance. Erinn and Ethan are joined by an attorney and a public defender in Brooklyn, NY, who began her career as a public defender in New Hampshire. I felt that she was the perfect person to help provide context and guide us through some of the legalese in the transcripts and the affidavits provided by Nancy Smith, Assistant Attorney General Jeff Strelzin, and Detective Todd Landry. You can find the documents referenced in this video at the107degree.com. Erinn @GRLA_Ontologist g.ontologist@gmail.com the107degree.com Ethan @ryebreadreturns ComicPOP! youtube.com/user/TVLittleHouse #MauraMurray #UMass #NewHampshireStatePolice #TrueCrime #MissingPersons

Alan & Nancy Smith are visionaries who love to see people walk out the simplicity of the gospel. They are passionate about being united as a church to reach out to the lost. This couple carry a lot of wisdom, and spend an immense amount of time teaching and training all believers, including leaders, and pastors to walk in faith and the supernatural. They live a lifestyle of desperation and hunger for God.

…His mother, a restaurant manager, familiarized him with the daily grind of the kitchen — from peeling potatoes and shrimp to cleaning bathrooms and washing dishes — as the family moved from town to town after Michael's birth in Gettysburg, South Dakota. After earning a degree in Psychology at the University of Southern Colorado, Michael began work at Chateau Pyrenees, a French restaurant in Denver, where he studied under Jean-Pierre Lelievre and, later Georges Mavrothalassitis. In 1985, he traveled to the South of France to cook and while in Nice and Cassis he discovered the traditional European approach of artisinal products made from the freshest local ingredients. Fueled by this resonating impression, Michael returned to Chicago in 1987 to work as Sous Chef at Charlie Trotter's. Not satisfied with his European training, he returned to Nice, France in 1989 to be the Executive Chef at L'Albion. Upon his return to Chicago in 1991, he worked as Co-Chef at Carlos' in Highland Park and then Executive Chef at Gordon until 1994. In 1994 Michael was recruited to be Executive Chef and Corporate Chef for Kansas City's The American Restaurant. Beginning there in 1994, Michael quickly breathed new life into both the menu and the image of the 25-year-old restaurant, which had suffered in the past from an intimidating and pretentious image. His fresh, simple, unfussy American fare, supported by the foundation of his extensive French training, won the trust and loyalty of local diners. In 1999 Michael won the James Beard Award for “Best Chef in the Midwest” a first for him and for Kansas City. In June of 2002 Michael Smith co-founded the award winning bistro, Forty Sardines in Leawood, Kansas which was nominated for a James Beard Award for “best new restaurant” and won the James Beard Award for “best restaurant graphics” in 2002. Michael is also the owner of Tapas restaurant, Extra Virgin, and is a consultant in the highly successful fast casual concept, SPIN Pizza in Leawood, Kansas. As an active member of the culinary community, Michael established a series of annual James Beard Foundation fundraising dinners, as well as developed local seminars and special events that featured celebrity chefs from all over the country. Michael and his recipes have been featured in numerous publications both locally and nationally including Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Wine Spectator and Robb Report. Having lent his face and name to a number of major ad campaigns, including those for Grey Poupon mustard, Vita-Prep Blenders, Kikkoman Products and the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Michael continues to rank among the nation's most recognized and respected chefs. @michaelsmithkc #10Yearsof MichaelSmith #theSlackerMorningShow101theFox

Today, CEO Susan Michel interviews special guests, Joy Ann Lowery and Nancy Smith, on how they live The Middle Way: a lifestyle choice that honors both work and family obligations. Joy works part-time and owns her own business. Plus, she has three children. Her mother, Nancy was also a working mom and now helps with her grandchildren in her retirement. Join us every other week on Women's Wealth: The Middle Way, a radio show aimed at helping women navigate questions about work, money and family. You can find us on http://www.womensradio.com/author/lhurd, and https://womenswealth.podbean.com, and on the SoundCloud and Apps for iPhone and Android, https://soundcloud.com/womenswealthmiddleway. See you in two weeks!

Marriages often don't make it. Despite the best intentions going in, couples often find themselves in a place of relational crisis at some point in their marriage. Lacking the tools to cultivate health, those marriages often fail. The solution for this epidemic isn't mere crisis intervention. We must equip singles to think differently about relationships and choosing a spouse. We must move beyond the normal criteria of attraction, shared faith and common interests and begin to intentionally leverage the dating season to demonstrate and discover the relational components that will actually build and sustain connection over time. In this podcast, Alan and Nancy Smith introduce Self-Control, Honor and Vulnerability as the key attributes of healthy and sustainable relationships and talk to singles about how to powerfully and purposefully exercise wisdom in their pre-marriage season. You can dive even deeper into Alan and Nancy's e-book, Finding the One: Thinking Differently About Choosing A Spouse - grab on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-One-Thinking-Differently-Choosing-ebook/dp/B00HAGY4D6

Join Amy as she chats with her friend and Pastor of Catch the Fire DFW, Nancy Smith about Women in Leadership! We love these quotes from a blog Nancy wrote:  "Instead of leaning on cultural mores for our way of doing things, let’s ask questions. Dig in. Discover what the Bible really says about women. Let’s invite women into the discussion; they have a little bit invested in that process, after all. Let’s begin to take the “neither male nor female” thing Paul talks about in Galatians 3:28 seriously, allowing women to become all—and I mean all—they are created to be. And let’s create a safe environment in which they can become themselves. Let’s develop leaders of both genders, training them in Bible study (not just someone else’s Bible study, but how to really dig into the Word), leadership principles and communication skills, and then give them some opportunities to practice and grow in these skills. Let’s call those women who are already functioning in their calling by the labels we would use for men: Leader. Apostle. Pastor. Preacher. Teacher. Elder. Prophet. Deacon. Let’s honor their calling, gifting and authority the way God does."  Tune into today's podcast for even more greatness from Nancy! 

How do we nurture growth in a positive and sustainable way? Whether this is economic, ecological or social growth, the answer is the same: by paying attention to what factors may be influencing it, and working favorably with those factors whenever possible. Today we speak with Nancy Smith, executive director of Grow Smart Maine, Sue Inches of the Red Oak Group, and Tyler Kidder, assistant director of sustainable programs at the University of Southern Maine, about fostering mindful growth in Maine https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2016/01/growth-sustainability-227/

How do you recover from chronic disease or illness? How do you renergize and renew your spirit so that you can arrive to wellness? Lisa Gulotta a certified cancer exercise specialist, Yoga instructor and creator of "The Next Step" exercise program for breast cancer survivors and Nancy Smith producer of "The Next Step" and breast cancer survivor shares with us about Yoga, Relaxation, Meditation andhow it aides the healing process. Allison Smela, expert on eating disorder and addictions, Social Infulencer on www.BlogHer.com and weekly contributor to www.EmpowerHer.com shares with us her powerful story of dealing with an eating disorder and how overcame this chronic illness. Wellness Woman 40 and Beyond Magazine is Here! DeStress The Mess 21 Day Challenge Webplexx Quality Graphic and Webdesign    

Nancy Smith Kilkenny interviews Kathie Roig, a weaver specializing in painted warp imagery and draw loom weaving.  I talk about the summer hiatus and when a weaver should use “the good stuff.” WeaveCast summer challenge. Kathie Roig’s website Nancy Smith … Continue reading →

A candid interview with Nancy Smith and Lynda Milligan of Possibilities